Heya all!

So, you have this chapter. As you have read this story, even this chapter will be a different take. So, please read it first.

Guest Review:- I don't think I am shoehorning Videl and Gohan. First of all, this is not a strict romance story where things happen bit by bit. This is an all-round story where you ought to begin the romance at some point.

Now, I have read a lot of such stories where Videl just sees a golden-haired boy and they start loving each other. Here there was actual development.

From Videl's side:- She, as an eleven-year-old girl, developed a teenage crush but where other girls were just impressed by the glowing looks of Gohan… She was also impressed by his bravery and willingness to step up to the task.

Then, for seven years she totally forgot about him.

When Gohan resurfaced as Bardock, feelings made themself known again but they were a mere spark of remembrance, nothing more. Then, Gohan supported her despite everything, did not blame even her father; resulting in that spark to ignite into a flame.

When she met her, she just expressed her feelings that she liked him not outright love him. I think that's what normally happen: you like someone and then express your feelings and than spend time morphing that likeness into love.

From Gohan's side:- Gohan, as a normal male, was bound to take interest in a girl that expressed her desire in him (alter-ego).

Now, if I were someone who held the responsibility of the planet and had seen his own family facing problems due to the same responsibility held by his dad before, I was bound to consider the future of my love life.

Gohan did that, in this story.

He also admits to himself that Videl would be liked by his family members and for him, he would like to spend time with her and then know her - the usual process.

Then, Videl is the only girl that would suit him. She is more open to the world of martial arts than anybody else. By her father's actions, she became indirectly involved with the group (you know-how).

Where other girls are only after looks, she admires him for his abilities as she mentioned in the previous chapter and has actually mentioned earlier to Gohan. And will understand his responsibility to the world better than anybody else.

Further, we know Chichi and Bulma's relation with Saiyans but Gohan is a part human too, and hence has more defined moral values. He knows that even though Videl can be the only girl who is suitable, he tells her what she would be into if they proceed.

So, there's a development. Again, admittedly, I ain't a romance writer but believe this development is good enough. The rest is support from the reviews of the readers.

Anonymously96:- Yeah, I admit I didn't realise what I wrote. But thanks for your review. Now, I know what to rectify and how in the upcoming chapters.

Dolguldur:- Thanks for your support.


Adjusting his bag, Gohan walked through the school gates, nodding towards the guard. Immediately his vision caught his friends ambling towards the school building.

He raised his hand, mouth opening in greeting only for the memories from two days ago to flash in his mind. No later, he lowered his face towards the ground, hand clenching into a fist before going down on its own.

How was he going to face… her?

Her face from that night was still clear before his eyes; shock and uncertainty due to the load of information that he had dumped into her lap; slight hopelessness at the unexpected turn of… events… Wait! Why am I thinking this?

Mentally kicking, the demi-Saiyan reminded himself that Videl had yet to give an answer; she had not outright denied anything. Moreover, this was the reason why he had met her as Bardock; even if she changed her mind, he could still be friends with her as Gohan.

Oh, Dende! I am an idiot! Smiling in slight relief, Gohan nodded to himself before looking up only to blink seeing Sharpner's face hovering near, curiosity, and amusement blatant.

"What's up mountain boy? Or should I say, what's down?" The blonde chuckled at his own joke.

Hand inadvertently going behind his hand, the raven-haired boy awkwardly chuckled. "Uh… nothing. Just thinking of Goten… yeah!"

"Your brother?" Erasa chimed in, coming from the male blonde's side. "Did he, like, wake you up by jumping on your stomach?" An amused grin followed the words.

"Or maybe he put a fish in your pants?"

"What?! No!" The demi-Saiyan slightly blushed in embarrassment. "It's… uh… like Erasa said; he jumped on my stomach and then couldn't stop laughing. I am sure he's not gonna stop anytime today." Phew!

The blonde duo shared a laugh, with Gohan still rubbing the back of his head.

The sound of throat-clearing cut in before Videl joined the trio. "If your 'laugh at Gohan's expense' event is over, it's high time to proceed to the class. By the way, hey Gohan!" A smile followed the words.

She seems alright. Did she really make a decision in two days? Or she is just acting this way and hasn't told Erasa and Sharpner? The demi-Saiyan couldn't help the thoughts, unable to see any effects on Videl's face of the conversation two days ago. This is really frustrating… not able to know…

"You alright?"

A tap on his shoulder brought Gohan out of his musings, the blue-eyes looking at him in slight confusion and curiosity, before he nodded fervently. "Uh.. yeah, sorry. And, hey yourself!"

Videl looked oddly for a moment before shrugging. "Well, shall we?" Without waiting for any response, she began walking towards the school building, the blondes and Gohan immediately following her.

As they entered the main building, the students and staff alike began nodding in blatant respect, giving thumbs up and appreciative smiles towards the front of the group, making the muscleful blonde whistle in amazement. "Well, it seems V's reputation is on restoration mode."

"Ugh! Don't remind me!" The raven-haired girl quickened the pace. "It's becoming suffocating. Heck, I don't even know why they decided to, for the lack of a better word, dump all the credit onto me! I mean, I didn't do anything… or at least as grandeur as them!"

Matching the pace, Erasa placed her hands behind Videl's shoulders, slightly shaking them. "A~nd, here comes Videl the modest! Girl, you deserve every bit of the credit; if not for you, the ESF wouldn't have even known let alone acted."

"I agree… " But Gohan had to halt as on entering the classroom, the students immediately began clapping. A glance at the surprised faces of the blondes and Videl showed that even they hadn't expected something of this kind.

What is this?! The blue-eyes looked in shock. I have been doing this kind of work for two years now but this is unprecedented. Or maybe this attack was bigger than anything I have helped in before?

The rounds of applause stopping, Angela ambled forward, quickly taking Videl's hand and shaking it in apparent appreciation. "I know you don't like this sort of thing, that's why we kept it to the basics but you have our sincere gratitude for your efforts."

"A couple of students in our school had their relatives on that train; they are on leave obviously but asked us to give their regards. So, there you have it," The redhead swayed her hand in an arc towards the beaming students.

Okay… this… is warming, really warming… A memory from some months ago of the same students flashed into her mind. At least now their feelings are genuine, unlike last time when they only wanted to get close to my father. Still knowing to respond, she nodded with a smile. "It's my duty to look after the city. I won't have it any other way."

"Of course and you have our support," Angela firmly gripped the hand before releasing it. "And, that was all; you can proceed to your seats; we won't bother you any further," She finished with a good-humored smile.

However, a static sound cut in and attracted their attention. Erasa immediately clapped her hands in delight. "Ooh! They're gonna honor V on the stage in front of the entire school…"

"...With flower-shower from a plane?"

The blonde blinked at her male counterpart before nodding with greater enthusiasm, eyes twinkling in delight and even humor. "Now I can't really wait! Do you V?!"

The blue-eyed girl only gave them a dull stare which the blondes returned with cheeky grins making Gohan chuckle before they again looked at the speaker mounting on the wall.

"ZZZ… Good morning class three-B. First of all, Miss Videl Satan, you have the gratitude of Orange Star high for your tremendous efforts two days ago. Now, this is for the information of the entire class that Mrs. Bourbon is on leave today so you have this lecture free. Thank You."

The sound halted and immediately shouts and cheers followed, the class getting empty in a few seconds. Gohan looked in surprise. "That… was quick."

"Yeah, and if you want our usual place then hurry up," Sharpener caught his arm and Gohan allowed himself to be dragged away.


"Good weather, our usual place and of course the free class… what else can a person expect? I would say… nothing," Nodding to himself in a sagely manner, Sharpner sighed in contentment, crossing his hands behind his head.

Gohan smiled in amusement at the blonde's antics though couldn't help but share the feelings. The English lecture would have been nothing but boring with the teacher's flat voice and his total knowledge of the syllabus.

"Well, you are right," Erasa voiced, leaning on the table. "Now, if only V stops being grumpy over nothing; that would be an extra nice touch," She looked with mock expectation towards the blue-eyed girl.

"I ain't grumpy," Videl replied in an irritated manner, making the blonde girl give her a look which practically said 'YEAH, YOU ARE!' before the former sighed. "It's just that… I don't like it. I mean, what I did was nothing extraordinary… "

"For the nth time, it was you who discovered the problem… "

"By chance!... " The raven-haired girl cut in, some frustration seeping onto her face. "Anyone could have done that… "

"No."

Halting mid-sentence, Videl and the blondes looked towards Gohan, confusion apparent on their faces. "What?" Videl voiced, the words laced with her thoughts.

"Before I tell you, why are you so uh… sorry for this, grumpy about this? It's just people praising you and you getting the recognition you deserve. Nothing to worry about." The blue-haired girl was behaving as if she had committed some sort of crime.

Videl again sighed. "Yeah, you're right but I feel my contribution in all this was just a fraction, nothing more and the credit I am being given is much more than I deserve. It's just not right… or at least that's how I feel."

The demi-Saiyan could understand what she was implying. She was modest, that was a first but below the words, there was uncertainty if Yamcha had just used her as a sort of scapegoat for directing the attention of the masses onto her. Well, time to set her straight.

"I understand," Gohan nodded, locking his eyes with hers. "Everything," The blue eyes widened a bit. "However, you clearly deserve all this. Earlier you said that anyone could have done that but again my answer is no."

"Apparently, that ambulance going towards the sea was also seen by three other persons."

Videl's eyes widened in disbelief. "No way!" How is that possible? That was a totally remote area.

"Wait!" Sharpener interrupted. "How do you know that?"

"Today's local newspaper in Mt Paozu."

The male blonde looked in confusion. "Then how come we don't know it?"

"Local newspaper Sharpy," Erasa replied for Gohan, directing the confused gaze of the muscleful blonde towards her. "Local coverage is fast and in this case, most likely, exclusive to that certain newspaper. We will probably receive the news in the evening or by tomorrow morning."

Well, she's totally serious about journalism. Gohan mused to himself. "As Erasa said, the police and local media worked in tandem and worked out that three persons: one on a sort of night ride, another camping and last one a fisherman living near that sea saw that ambulance."

The raven-haired girl couldn't simply believe it. Leaving the other two aside, even the fisherman didn't bother to help in any way instead treated it as a routine… Oh! Of course… She slightly shook her head. "Of course, they were ordinary people and didn't want to be involved."

"You may be correct," Gohan began, a slight frown marring his face. "... about the other two," Videl nodded. "... but the camping guy was a retired policeman," A ripple of surprise and shock passed through the trio. "... and actually realized something was wrong with the ambulance but ignored it."

"But you pursued the matter leading to the prevention of a grave situation so you deserve every bit of credit. Further, you also had an option to ignore that considering the way the people are treating you but you didn't. That's why Yamcha gave your name."

Silence descended upon the group.

Even a retired policeman?... The expressions on Videl's face gave away her thought process while the blondes only gazed at her, not knowing what to do.

Gohan looked in concern at her face. Is this the only reason for your turmoil? Or you haven't decided about…

Releasing a breath, Videl broke down the silence, taking in the gazes of the others. "Alright, I get it but it will be hard to get used to this 'coz even the people are genuine this time, earlier they only wanted to get close to my father. Anyway, can we please change the topic?"

"Fair enough," Erasa voiced cheerily. "What do you have in mind?"

"Hmm… " The raven-haired girl mused only for a bit before excitement replaced her off mood. "Well… I finally accessed my Ki!" Finally, something positive and exciting.

"Really?!" Receiving a nod as an answer, amazement followed by joy flickered onto the blonde girl's face, her hands quickly latching onto Videl's before she gave them a congratulatory shake. "That's wonderful! Finally, your struggle paid off!"

It's really difficult to display false emotions when I already know about this. Despite the thoughts, the demi-Saiyan tried his best to smile as wide as he could. "That's great," Looking towards him, Videl nodded with a smile. "So, what was the trigger?" He voiced, genuinely curious.

"Saved the mayor's girl but nearly caught up in an explosion; if not for my Ki emerging in the nick of the time, we both would have been nothing but whispers of the wind," She slightly shook her head in remembrance.

"Same with me… "

Gohan looked towards the male blonde before nodding. "Oh… " Then his mind caught up and his eyes widened, the girls not faring any better. "W-what?"

Sharpener chuckled in amusement. "Got ya! I expected this. Anyway, yeah, even I managed to access my Ki. Saved an old lady from being overrun by a car driven by the gangsters; one moment I was desperate seeing the distance and the next, I had the lady in my arms."

"That's really wonderful… "

"Yeah except for the lady being old, it is," Sharpner cut in, halting Erasa who only shook her head while Gohan and Videl slightly smiled.

"As I was saying," Erasa shot a look at the muscleful blonde. "Both of you managed to access your Ki," Videl and Sharpner nodded in tandem. "Although, I don't know much but I am sure this is gonna affect your training in one way or another, right?"

"Well yeah," Videl replied, taking the lead. "Tien had already told us in the beginning that once we access our Ki, we will have to visit his dojo in the North country for advanced training. After all, learning Ki blasts and air-combat will be a hassle here in the city."

"He's gonna teach us the basics here on weekends, and once I get a grasp of flying, I will have to fly there on my own. Not only it will develop my flying skills but also increase Ki reserves and stamina," She finished, taking in the visages of the others.

Tien sure has it planned. This was one of the reasons Gohan respected the crane schoolmaster. The three-eyed man was a systematic person. Every action and the expected reaction was mostly planned in the beginning only.

"But of course," Excitement flickered into the twin pools of blue. "I am really looking forward to this and gonna take a day off tomorrow and visit the dojo."

"You are dedicated," The demi-Saiyan nodded, impressed. "What about you Sharpner?" Krillin might be a bit carefree about his lifestyle but when it came to martial arts and training others, he wasn't behind anyone.

"Same," The male blonde shrugged a bit. "Only that once I get a grasp of flying, I will have to visit the rocky area in Mt Paozu," Gohan looked in interest. "Well, Kame island is not coming to me, and going there, in the beginning, won't be easy. So, the middle - Mt Paozu was settled for."

"Alright, I look forward to that," A thumbs-up was his answer before the demi-Saiyan continued. "So, I assume all of you are free after school?"

The trio looked curiously before Videl voiced it. "You got something?"

Gohan nodded, before taking a look around him, piquing the interest of the trio. "Well, remember I promised a trip to capsule corp," The eyes of the trio widening, he suddenly looked towards Erasa. "Please… "

"Don't worry, I won't squeal," Erasa maintained the eye-stare with Gohan, a huge smile blossoming on her face before the latter nodded. "So, the details?"

"Well, normally Bulma doesn't allow trips, only family and close friends are allowed but I insisted on her and she agreed for today afternoon though only for two hours utmost," Even that was hard. Gohan recalled, knowing the blue-haired woman knew she would have to personally give the tour.

"This is awesome but before I thank you, I assume you have some means to take us to the other side of the planet?" The blue eyes narrowed but the grin and excitement dulled the effect.

"Yeah… "

Erasa squealed.


"Pinch me."

Videl, still not averting her vision, raised her hand and obliged.

"Ow!... What was that for?!" Sharpener shouted, rubbing his biceps furiously.

Finally, Videl looked towards him, taking in the slightly red coloring on the skin. "Oh, I thought you said 'punch'. Sorry," Though her expression gave it away before she again turned her attention towards the object before her.

The male blonde glared sullenly before also shifting his attention towards the front.

"Ya know, I would have laughed at this if not for… this… floating cloud before me… " A slightly confused expression dawned on her face. But aren't all clouds… floating?

Gohan chuckled, enjoying the bewildered expressions on the trio's faces. "Well, this is Nimbus - a gift to my dad, when he was a kid, by Master Roshi, and had been used by us both and now Goten uses it. Basically, it's a magical cloud that can fly per your will."

Okay. This world of Ki is getting weirder and weirder day by day. First flight and then Ki and its other abilities and now this magical flying cloud… what next? A wish-granting star or something? The blue-eyed girl took a moment to organize her wild thoughts.

Then she finally looked towards its summoner. "I am gonna totally ignore its strange existence and ask you one question: Can this cloud expand also?"

The demi-Saiyan looked in confusion but only for a bit before realization dawned. "Ah, no, " He nervously chuckled. "Two of you are gonna use it and I will carry the last one. Also, I will cover you with my Ki because we are gonna fly very fast."

Erasa immediately latched onto Gohan's biceps. "And, I am the carriage," Before she looked towards Videl and Sharpner. "You two can use the cloud from the heavens!"

"Of course," Sharpener immediately retorted. "I am not allowing him to carry me! No way!" He further shook his head in denial. "Moreover, I am a tad bit excited about this," Then he looked at Videl. "So, ladies first."

An eyebrow immediately lifted on her face before she gave a look to the male blonde that read 'REALLY!'. "You sit first," Her tone left no place for arguments.

The muscleful blonde shrugged before slowly boarding the cloud, adjusting to the slight cavity that appeared on his sitting.

Then he began feeling the cloud for some moments before nodding to himself in approval. "Alright! This gets an A-plus." Then he again glanced at Videl. "But make sure to hold me tight, okay!"

Shaking her head, Videl also boarded the cloud before crossing her arms. "In your dreams."

"Phew!" The demi-Saiyan sighed in relief, drawing the attention of the trio. "Though I believed that you will be able to sit on the cloud but still there was a bit of a doubt… "

"What?"

Gohan slightly cringed, hearing the tone of Videl's words before he began nervously chuckling, rubbing the back of his head. "... Uh… it's just that the cloud is a bit choosy of people… only those who are good of heart can sit on it."

Erasa's eyes widened, and Videl and Sharpner shared a glance before the raven-haired glared at Gohan. "If I fall, God save you. Let's go."

"... Heh," Gohan slightly gulped before motioning the blonde girl and picking her up bridal style. Then his Ki emerged before expanding around the cloud itself. Then he lifted into the air.

A female and a high pitched male scream filled the skies, a bit later.


Nimbus halted a bit above the green lawn of the Capsule Corporation. Sharpener and Videl alighted from it, excited grins on their faces. Unbelievable! Just half an hour! And the whole ride was a blur. The blue-eyed girl mused to herself before looking at Gohan. "That was simply awesome!"

"I wholeheartedly agree!" Sharpener declared, giving double thumbs-up.

"Me too!" Erasa cheered as Gohan put her down before the demi-Saiyan chuckled, hearing the collective excitement. "That's a relief," Actually. Otherwise, they would have chewed me out.

"So, you actually brought them on Nimbus."

The words drawing the attention of the group, they looked towards the glass door of the dome-shaped building before their eyes sans Gohan's widened. Hands immediately covering the mouth, Erasa was the first to dash forward making Videl and Sharpner quickly follow her.

Smiling, Gohan followed the trio.

"It's you!" Her voice not above a whisper, Erasa nearly froze reaching Bulma, eyes glued on the blue-haired woman before her.

An eyebrow inadvertently lifting, Bulma giggled. "Well, being treated like a celeb is certainly refreshing."

"Sorry, but you are more popular than most celebs," Gohan voiced, grinning a bit. "Hello, Bulma."

Bulma returned the smile. "Well, we seldom go out of our group, so who knows?" Then she diverted her attention. "Videl dear, we meet again."

"Bulma-san," The raven-haired girl nodded with a smile of her own, though the excitement in the twin pools of blue implied she wasn't any less thrilled than others.

Again nodding, the blue-haired woman looked towards the last one. "And you must be Sharpner; Gohan told me about you." The blonde slightly jerked his hair back, making a show to impress the business tycoon but only managed to bring an amused smile on her face.

"Wait! You have already met Bulma?" Gohan voiced in little disbelief, looking at Videl who nodded before opening her mouth…

"Of course," Sharpener rolled his eyes, looking at Gohan. "Didn't she talk about going to the annual ball at your grandfather's?"

She did? Gohan tried to recall but couldn't find any such conversation. "Uh, No. She didn't talk or I can't remember."

"Huh?" The male blonde's face scrunched in confusion. "How's that possible? She… "

"I didn't," Videl cut in, shaking her head. "Not to Gohan. It was just the three of us," Before she looked at her newest friend. "To answer your question, I have met Bulma, a couple of times in fact but it was only a formal greeting, nothing else."

"Oh my God! It's really you!"

Again looking at the blonde girl who was now quickly taking out her phone, Bulma chuckled. "Glad to see you back with us. I was waiting," Again smiling as Erasa hesitated a bit, intentions clear for a photograph, Bulma motioned to her. "C'mon! what're you waiting for?"


The photos finished, Erasa immediately asked. "Did Gohan tell you, we were coming on nimbus?"

Bulma shook her head before pointing towards the skies, the four following her. Immediately, Videl and Sharpner's mouths parted in surprise, seeing a purple-haired boy floating in the air.

"Ah. He sensed us," Gohan smiled and waved at the boy. "Hey, Trunks!" The purple-haired boy waved, grinning widely before shooting towards the east. The demi-Saiyan chuckled. "So, he's going for Goten?"

"No. Waiting for his dad and passing time by flying around the planet."

The demi-Saiyan nodded, having already sensed Vegeta somewhere near Saturn.

"Let's go inside," Bulma turned and walked towards the main dome, the others following her with Videl and Sharpner still not able to get over the fact that a seven or eight years child was flying so seamlessly and around the planet.


Videl, Erasa and Sharpner stood in awe and wonder, taking in the grand insides of the capsule corporation building. The dome-shaped building was huge, its curvature adding to the effect. Two circular balconies running along the dome indicated three floors.

People were rushing around, some on foot but most on hoverbikes, even robots of all sizes were working in tandem. Occasional holograms would appear and direct a group of, most likely, interns. This is simple yet extraordinary! Videl couldn't help but reflect in awe.

"Well, here we are," Bulma announced cheerily, enjoying the looks of awe on the trio's faces. "So, shall we begin?" Three nods were her answer while Gohan only smiled. "Alright. So as you can see there are three floors: the first is basically the 'get to know' or 'orient yourself' floor."

Her words getting the interest of the trio, she continued. "Here you will find reception-cum-general query, a room for product query, two meeting halls for potential business, two cafes, an after-sale service center, orientation room among other general areas. Basically, as I said, 'get to know' area."

Videl and Erasa nodded while Sharpner again took a look around before settling on Bulma, a curious look on his face. "I don't get it. Cc is everywhere and you only got a single after-sale service center; how's that done?"

Videl and Erasa looked at Sharpner in mock disbelief making him scoff while Gohan and Bulma smiled in amusement. Ah… now I miss my college days. Taking a bit to entertain her nostalgia, the soon to be trillionaire replied. "As you said Cc is everywhere so it's a lot difficult to manage."

"That's why robots work in tandem with people. There are supercomputers designed for this purpose and able to take hundreds and thousands of calls in a second, with pre-embedded solutions to most queries. But sometimes, there are things that need a human's hand."

"So, that's where my staff comes to help, and when I say sometimes, it's usually hundreds of calls daily, so you can understand," Bulma chuckled.

The trio looked impressed. And as usual, Gohan knows it all, heh. Videl mused in amusement, seeing a slightly bored look on the raven-haired boy's face. However, her musings halted when Bulma pointed towards the upper floors with her thumb.

"The first floor is the one where all the administrative and managerial work is done. Production queries from different departments, sales, accounts, our business-related meetings, planning among other sorts of work, following that?"

Three nods again were her answer.

"And on the third floor, the briefs reside," Bulma took a breath before looking expectantly at the trio. "Any queries?"

Erasa looked at the visages of Sharpner and Videl for once. "No. You explained it all."

"Alright. Let's move to the basement… "

"There's a basement?!" A second later, Sharpener looked around at the odd looks given by his friends and even Bulma. Then he chuckled a bit awkwardly. Idiot. What's wrong in having a basement?

"You know," The blue-haired woman began, an amused smile on her face. "I like you," Sharpener's eyes widened. "In every group of friends, there is a funny one and here, you are that guy.'

What… was that? A compliment or me being made fun of? Though on the outside, the muscleful blonde only smiled a bit sheepishly.

"And to your answer, yeah, there's a basement where one half of our entire production is done," Again, the trio's eyes widened in disbelief while Gohan savored it all. "Before you ask, yeah that is a fact."

"But how?" Videl asked in sheer disbelief. Capsule Corporation, as Sharpner said, was everywhere. Per its name, capsule technology was used in almost everything. From simple storage capsules to capsule tech embedded in every house building company's products including Cc's own dome-shaped unique houses.

Then there were automobiles, space equipment, medical equipment, the list seemed unending. For one-half of the production to be done in the basement of this, admittedly, huge area but still insignificant considering the bigger picture, was simply impossible.

Bulma smiled in confidence. "The place you are standing on, is the corporation that revolutionized, not to boast, the whole world. So, don't you think we will carry our produce in the same revolutionized and smarter way?"

The trio looking, she tapped the screen of her watch twice and immediately the tiled floor vanished, leaving smaller than a centimeter caps like structures.

A glass surface kept them standing.

"These glass caps work on the same principle as capsules," Bulma replied to the unasked but apparent questions. "They store the tiles into them. Moving on, take a look into the basement."

They complied.

Immediately, their eyes caught on to a Cc employee, going by his yellow and blue jumpsuit with a safety shield over the face, working on a jet plane no bigger than fifteen inches. Two robotic arms were assisting him while a couple of smaller robots were moving to and fro, carrying equipment.

A set of capsules was laid on his working table. But what surprised them was the model of the plane. It was the same as Videl's. "I didn't know Cc was into toys also?" Erasa summed up the curiosity and confusion of the trio.

Gohan chuckled, drawing the attention. "That's not a toy plane but an actual one."

"What?!" Videl nearly shouted, drawing surprised looks from her friends. Though not caring, she looked at Bulma. "Is this a joke?"

Bulma shook her head, enjoying the reactions. "No. Gohan speaks the truth. Only difference is the model of the plane. This is an advanced version. Based on Gohan's model, this plane became one of the most popular models among the masses… "

That I can believe. Videl mused to herself. Due to the excess storage and still uncompromised power and speed, the plane had quickly caught the attention of the upper-middle class and even elites.

It had sold thousands in a few months leading to a reduction in price and consequent affordability by the lower middle class as well. Dad had given me the look when the prices had dropped two days later I had brought it. Though she held back the nostalgic smile.

"So, you sort of plant it into a lot of steel and then sprinkle it with oil among other things and then wait for it to grow?" The male blonde voiced, raising an eyebrow.

Bulma and Gohan actually laughed, even Erasa and Videl couldn't help the smile before the blue-haired lady controlled her humor. "You really are funny. Anyway, as I said, here we do things the smart way. Here's a quick demonstration."

She motioned for a child-sized robot before tapping on her watch. Immediately a red light escaped from the watch and covered the robot causing it to shrink, making the trio's eyes widen.

In a moment, the child-size robot was reduced to the size of a doll before Bulma inverted the process and motioned the robot to go away. Then she looked up and giggled at the gobsmacked expressions of the trio.

"Unbelievable!" Erasa's mouth stayed parted after uttering the word.

"So, that's the way. The projects are shrunk such that they do not acquire much space but are also not a hindrance to the vision. After the finishing, they are taken out and tested before stored in a capsule. Storage has never been an issue. An infinite number of capsules can be stored into each other."

So Bulma wants to hold off the fact that this tech can even shrink humans to test the models… hmmm… well her choice. Gohan mentally shrugged.

The trio looked impressed, utterly too before Videl voiced. "Could you tell us about this shrinking technology? Also, why haven't we heard it before considering you are openly displaying it to us?"

"Going by your questions," Bulma replied. "Basically, this technology is nothing but an incomplete use of the capsule tech. As in capsules, the particles are dematerialized and then stored but in this, they are compressed or in other words, dematerialized and then rematerialized in a compressed form."

Understanding dawning over the trio's faces, She continued. "After the creation of capsules and hoverbikes, everything worked fine for a decade or so before we began expanding and diversifying Cc's operations."

"Instead of buying more space, dad worked on this technology. At that time, it was only able to reduce the size by half due to a lack of storage mechanism. A couple of years later, when I was twelve or thirteen, I worked on it and developed it further to these levels."

Twelve or thirteen?! Erasa mused to herself in shock. I can easily recall watching fairy tales at that time… truly genius minds are born not created. A slight crestfallen look appeared on her face.

Watching the blonde girl's reaction, Bulma held back the urge to smile, recalling the same look on Tight's face all those years ago. "You tend to pick up these sorts of things when surrounded by them twenty-four seven."

Erasa's mood uplifting, Bulma continued, looking at Videl. "Regarding not knowing about this, well articles were published all those years ago but as I said this is just an incomplete version of capsules, so there wasn't much hype."

That makes sense. Videl clearly understood the implications. Just like when computers were created, there was a lot of hype but when laptops and further tablets were developed, they were taken as a regular development. Still… "Even though, the government must have tried to acquire it for the sake of public welfare?"

Bulma paused for a moment. "Are you sure you want to hear this?" Videl looked confused but nodded. "All was good till… your father came into power… "

Oh…


So, this is it for now.

Now, we all have read a lot of 'trip to Cc' stories and some of them are really well done. But where we see almost everything from Videl and the group discovering Gohan's secrets to Videl and Erasa in bikinis… Vegeta among other things; they miss on one thing: the business of Cc.

That I tried to show here. I hope you liked it.

The next chapter continues the trip and also marks the beginning of the next major arc (counting the attack on Orange star city as the first).

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