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He turned to find the two teenagers, on the ground, playing with the little girl. "Well, the woman said the young brat is staying with you two brats until she could find her family," he said before walking off into the woods, not giving them a spare glance. He smirked evilly. He knew from experience how difficult it was to take care of a toddler. It was going to be fun watching the two brats go through it without any help.

Gohan and Videl stared at each other, then at the little girl who sat, blinking her long eyelashes innocently up at them. What were they going to do with a child for five days?

Confessions of a Teenage Saiyan

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Gohan sighed as Kiara finally fell asleep in his arms. The little girl had many questions for them but surprisingly, she never asked about her parents. After pleading with the chatty girl for a while, she finally agreed to go to sleep, provided that Gohan lay next to her. Gently, he extricated himself from the tangle of tiny legs and arms and inhaled deeply, in preparation for facing one of his worst fears. He was about to tell the girl he loved everything about his life and pray to Kami that she would stick around even long enough for him to finish his story.

He looked over at Videl who had already climbed into their large sleeping bag and was looking at him expectantly. He gave a grim smile at her eager face. He could bet the magnitude of his big secret had never crossed her mind. Sighing heavily once more he sat at the foot of the sleeping bag, giving her enough room in case she wanted to run away.

"Well," he said. "I'm going to tell you the story of my life. Some things you hear are going to sound impossible but I promise that it is all true. Please just listen and don't interrupt me."

Videl nodded in impatience. When will he cut the drama and tell the story already?

Taking a deep breath Gohan began his tale. "Well I was born to Son ChiChi and Son Goku eighteen years ago. My dad was the newest World Martial Arts Tournament winner and my mom was the princess of the Ox Kingdom. As a result, I was introduced to the world of politics and of martial arts at a very early age. Up until I was four, was the closest I ever got to being normal. The only differences were that I was quite strong for my age, I was doing high school algebra and I had a monkey tail."

Videl opened her mouth to protest but was silenced as she saw the warning glint in her friend's eye. Monkey tail? Well that definitely sounds impossible.

"My mom hated the thought of me fighting so she refused to teach me any martial arts and forbid my father from doing so. Instead she forced me to study books in hopes that I would become a scholar and an educated successor to the throne. My father had not seen his tournament buddies since his marriage to my mom so when he got a phone call saying they were all going to meet at Kame Island, he was happy to go along," Gohan continued.

Videl considered this new information. Well the only weird things so far are his monkey tail and his mom's crazy overprotectiveness.

"I guess I should tell you about them. First there was Bulma Briefs. She met my dad when they were kids while she was on an adventure looking for dragon balls," Gohan went on. Anticipating the question, he added, "Dragon balls are seven mystical spheres each with a different number of stars in them. When they are brought together, a dragon is summoned which can grant you any two wishes. After you use them, they are scattered around the Earth where they look like regular rocks until a year has passed."

Videl nodded. The tattoo on his back now made sense to her. As to how an entire dragon managed to appear out of seven balls, she had no idea, but was willing to take his word for it. At least for now.

"Anyway there was Yamcha Plate. He had been a desert bandit and was terrified of girls. He and Bulma actually dated while they were teenagers," Gohan added.

Videl's jaw dropped. She had never been much for celebrity gossip but she had had no idea that Yamcha and Bulma were together at any point in time. It made her wonder why she would leave such a nice guy for Mr. Grumpy Frohawk.

"There was also Krillen Chestnut. He had trained with my dad under the same master while they were still children. There was also Tienshinhan, and Chaoutzu, Master Roshi, my dad's master, Oolong and I think that was about it," Gohan continued.

Videl wasn't sure her eyes could widen much more without falling out of their sockets. Gohan had just named nearly all the greatest martial artists except for her father. This boy certainly had connections! It's no wonder she was so weak compared to him.

"Well anyway, dad was introducing me to his friends and we were having a pretty good time until someone crashed our party. There was this tall man with waist length spiky hair, a monkey tail and a strange device over his eye, claiming to be my father's brother. I probably should tell you that my dad up to this point had no memory of his life before he was twelve. An old man named Gohan found him alone in the woods, not even knowing his own name. He named him Goku and dad named me after him."

Videl nodded in understanding. She had no idea the legendary Son Goku suffered memory lapses. It was nice of him to name his firstborn after the man who took him in though.

"Anyway, the guy called my father Kakarott. When he realized my father knew nothing about his past, he revealed to him that he was not human at all. He was a Saiyan, one of the few left of the planet Vegeta after its destruction about 15 years before and demanded that he come along with him. My dad refused so the guy grabbed me and gave my dad an ultimatum: either he killed 100 humans or I would die."

Videl could not contain her gasp at this. How could anyone do such a thing? And place a four-year-old in the midst of it all! Wait? Did he just say that his dad wasn't human? There's got to be some kind of mistake! Aliens don't exist! But then again, how is it that only him and some of the people around him can do the Gold Fighter transformation? So that ancient warrior clan he mentioned is actually alien?

Seeing her reaction, Gohan said with his eyes looking straight at hers, "Yeah, I know it's weird but just hear me out."

Videl nodded in response. She would wait around to see where this was going.

"I was scared out of my mind at the time. My uncle flew away with me and locked me in his space pod. Anyway my dad and his rival, Piccolo teamed up to try and save me without killing all those people. Radditz, my uncle, eventually overpowered them and was beating my dad to a bloody pulp right in front of me. I was terrified but also angry. Somehow, despite having no prior training, I managed to break out of the locked space pod and head-butted Radditz in the chest, cracking his armor. I passed out right after that but woke up only to find both my dad and Radditz were dead. My dad had sacrificed himself to save me," Gohan said sadly.

Videl looked at him sympathetically. How could he still be so cheerful when he'd gone through all of that at such a young age? Her eyes suddenly narrowed. Did he just say that both Radditz and his father died that day? How was it that he was still alive? They just saw him five days ago. She really wanted to see how he explained his way out of this one.

"Anyway, we also found out that before he died, Radditz sent a transmission out to his colleagues and they would arrive the next year. Piccolo, although he was my dad's rival saw the potential in me to become a great warrior, so he kidnapped me right after the incident. I didn't even get to go and see my mother. I was a crybaby at the time, so I was screaming my head off the entire time. He decided I needed to toughen up so he made me a sword, dropped me off, deep in the wilderness and told me to survive. I was there for six months alone."

Videl looked appalled. Gohan had told her earlier that his first master had given him his first sword and taught him how to fly by throwing him at a mountain. But leaving a four year old to survive in the wilderness alone for half a year was just brutal! She definitely didn't blame ChiChi for wanting to keep Gohan at home anymore. If she were her, she wouldn't let him out of her sight!

"It was tough, but I did learn to become more independent. Six months later he showed up and decided it was time for him to start training me. After teaching me the basics, we moved on to ki training where he tossed me into a mountain to force me to bring out my ki. He taught me how to develop my own energy attacks. I know he sounds like a total bully to you, but he softened up over the time we spent together. I saw him as a second father. I later found out that all that time I spent alone, he had been watching over me to make sure I was ok."

Videl considered this new piece of information. She forgave Piccolo, well, a tiny bit. That didn't mean she would let her kid anywhere near him though.

"Anyway, soon enough the year passed and the other Saiyans arrived right on schedule. In order to lure us out, they began killing people at random, destroying an entire city." Gohan said.

Videl gasped again. She vaguely remembered a news broadcast where a whole city was destroyed by aliens. As she was so young, her mother had immediately sent her out of the room as she deemed the violence was too much for a five year old. As she heard about it later, she thought the news anchors were exaggerating in order for them to sell their story. After all, aliens didn't exist. Now she wasn't so sure. There was a boy, one she so happened to like very much, sitting in front of her, telling her he was half-alien. She didn't know whether the worst part was that she believed him or that it looked like his story was just beginning.

"One of the Saiyans was Nappa and the other was named Vegeta," Gohan said. As her eyes flew to his, he continued. "Yes, it was Bulma's husband."

Videl just sat there, staring at him as he recounted his entire tale. How his father had miraculously returned to life. How Vegeta had ruthlessly killed his partner for being too weak and their trip to Namek and subsequent battle with Frieza. His dad regaining his memory and the mental breakdown he suffered which allowed him to transform into a Super Saiyan for the first time. His defeat and what was believed to be his death on Planet Namek and Vegeta's loyalty switch. The boy from the future claiming to be Bulma and Vegeta's son and the warning about the androids. Their preparation and subsequent battle with Cell in which his father died yet again. Her brain practically shut off once she heard that he, the boy she was almost sure she was in love with, defeated that monster and not her father.

Videl slumped back against the cave wall. For the rest of his tale, his voice seemed a million miles away. His father's return to life once again. The development of his friendship with Lime and Goten's birth. Mirai's return from the future. All of it seemed of little significance compared to the bombshell the boy had just dropped on her.

It took him three hours to tell his life story and by the end of it, Videl's head was hurting in every possible way. Despite all the seemingly impossible events he had told her about, she believed them all. The disbelief on her face lay not in the story itself but how her father could feel comfortable lying to her for all these years. She understood that Gohan and his friends didn't mind as they preferred someone human to take credit so that no one would bother them, but the least Hercule could do was tell her. How could he lie to his own daughter?

Gohan had his eyes, glued to the floor of the cave as he finished his story, terrified of seeing her reaction. After hearing complete silence from her, he snuck a peak at her face. He gasped as he saw the silent tears running down her cheeks and rushed to comfort her. She launched herself into his arms and cried her heart out.

"Why didn't he tell me?" she asked Gohan brokenly.

Gohan was at a loss for words. He knew exactly why Hercule didn't tell Videl that he had stolen credit for the deafeat of Cell from an eleven year old boy who had just lost his father. It would damage his reputation and that faith his daughter had in him would be gone in an instant. Wisely, he chose not to say anything. Instead he just held the girl, running his fingers through her long, dark locks.

He really wanted to know what she thought of him now that she knew everything. But he did realize that he had practically destroyed her perception of the world in a few short sentences. Instead, he got under the covers with her, held her against his chest, and stroked her back until she fell asleep. He could wait.

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