The Wedding Chronicles pt1
Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with DBZ
A/N: This story has been creeping around in my head for a long time. Enjoy! Anything said in bold italics without these ** is Gohan's narration for the story.
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Here I was. 22 years old, almost finishing University, becoming the scholar my mother had always wanted me to be. The happiest day of my life had finally arrived. The day I would get married to my high school sweetheart Videl. Sure, it sounds cliché now but the things we went through to get here…oy vey! There were times when I thought we wouldn't make it…like Videl telling her father.
"It's time Videl." Gohan said as he took his fiancée's hands in his. They both looked at the house in front of them.
"My Dad is really going to be…surprised!" Videl said, putting on a fake laugh. Gohan frowned.
"He'll either try to pound me into the ground or have a nervous breakdown. He is so unpredictable…"
"Hey! That's your future father-in-law you're talking about buddy!" Videl snapped. Gohan laughed nervously and rang the doorbell. Videl's housekeeper Rosie answered the door.
"Hello Miss Videl! I haven't seen you in a long time! How's college?" Rosie asked.
"Just fine Rosie, thank you." Videl smiled. Rosie ushered for them to come inside. They walked in to the front room where Mr Satan was watching an old fight that he had recorded.
"YES!! NICE SHOT!!" He yelled as he looked over to his visitors. "Sweetie!" He gasped as he ran to his daughter and engulfed her in a bear hug.
"Hey Dad," Videl said. Mr Satan let go and looked at his daughter. His eyes then fell on Gohan and he scowled.
"Who's this?" Mr Satan asked. Videl gulped and looked between the two most important men in her life, her father and her fiancée.
"This is…um, this person is…" Videl stuttered. Gohan looked at her expectantly. "This is one of the security guards at the University that was asked to escort me home!" Videl yelled quickly. Gohan face-faulted.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Well of course! The school knows just how important my daughter is! So they have to have someone to escort her!" Mr Satan laughed. "Although, he's a bit scrawny to protect a strong girl like you."
"SCRAWNY?!?!" Gohan exclaimed but his objections went unnoticed.
"Couldn't they have gotten one of your friends to do it instead? Like that Summers boy! Now there's an example of a strong young man!" Mr Satan laughed.
"This is unbelievable…" Gohan muttered.
"Yah well Daddy, Nick was busy…" Videl said as Gohan looked at her in shock.
"Oh that does it! Mr Satan! I am not a school escort type person! I am your daughter's fiancée and I have come here to tell you that we're getting married!!" Gohan said. He immediately covered his mouth with his hand and looked at Videl. She was fuming.
Ten Minutes Later…"I can't believe he cried…!" Gohan said in awe.
"Well Son, I am his only child! To make matters worse, I'm his daughter as well!" Videl snapped. Gohan gulped. Videl hadn't called him by his surname since…ever!
"I'm sorry Videl. I don't know what came over me!" Gohan apologised. **Wait a sec, why am I apologising?! She wouldn't tell her dad who I was!**
"Yes well you should be!" Videl snapped as she huffed off. Gohan stood there in shock.
"Oy, I'm in for it." Gohan sighed. They hopped in the hover car and flew over to the Son household. Now that Videl's family was done, it was time to tell Gohan's family about their engagement. The couple had been engaged for three years but hadn't told their families. They touched down and knocked on the door. Chi-Chi answered the door.
"Gohan!" Chi-Chi yelled as she engulfed him in a hug. "Videl, how are you?"
"I'm fine Mrs Son." Videl said as they went inside.
"Mom, we have some big news. Where's Goten?" Gohan asked.
"He's over at Trunks' house. GOKU!!! GOHAN IS HERE! AND HE HAS SOMETHING TO TELL US!!" Chi-Chi yelled. Gohan looked at his mother and then at his father who zoomed in as if he were Chi-Chi's pet or something.
**Is that how married life is going to be for me?! Videl is sort of like Mom…**
"What is it son?" Goku asked cheerfully. Gohan took Videl's hand and smiled.
"Me and Videl are engaged to be married!" Gohan exclaimed. Tears formed in Chi-Chi's eyes and Goku was grinning proudly.
"I am so happy!" Chi-Chi exclaimed. "But don't let the excitement ruin your grammar. It's Videl and I."
"Videl and you what?" Goku asked. Chi-Chi sighed. She went up to Videl and hugged her.
"I know you'll make my son very happy dear." Chi-Chi said.
"Thank you. I'll do my best." Videl smiled.
"Aw, this is so great! You're becoming a man son!" Goku said as he took Gohan to the side. "No matter what happens son, no matter how much you love her, when you see her with a frying pan in her hand run. Run and run very fast."
"Nani?!" Gohan squeaked.
"Don't worry!" Goku said. "I don't think Videl's like that anyways." Gohan gulped.
"So, when's the date?" Chi-Chi asked.
"It's the 13th of February we hope." Gohan said.
"Yes, it's going to be in my back garden." Videl said.
"That's a good idea. Since it's big and spacious…" Chi-Chi said as she started to mutter to herself.
"What's up with your mother?" Videl asked.
"This is what I warned you about…" Gohan said sweat-dropping.
And there started one of the big problems: my mother's obsession with having everything perfect. I love my mom and everything but sometimes she can be such a neat freak!
Back at the University…"I can't believe you guys have set the date!" Andrea exclaimed.
"Yah, especially since it took you three years to tell your parents." David cracked, getting a death glare from Videl.
"Knock it off Dave!" Natalie laughed. "Remember when these two met? You'd never have thought they would get married!"
**Flashback**
"Um hi? My name is Son Gohan. Is it alright if I sit with you?" Gohan asked.
"Sure! I'm Natalie, this is Nicholas, David, Lindsey and Videl." Natalie introduced. Gohan bowed shyly and sat down. He looked up at Videl.
"What is your problem?!" Videl snapped.
"Nothing!" Gohan said, suddenly the table looked a lot more interesting.
"Vid, leave the new kid alone." Nicholas said.
"Hmph, first we got the blonde one and now this nerdy one! I'm gonna go sit with Sharpener!" Videl huffed as she got up.
"With the PMSing!" Nicholas sighed.
"Hey!" Natalie snapped. "Why is PMSing your answer to everything?"
"Um sorry?" Nicholas said.
"It's okay." Natalie sighed. "Gohan, don't pay much attention to her…"
"Yah, it's that time of the month." Nicholas laughed as he high fived David. Natalie groaned in annoyance.
"She looks familiar…" Gohan said.
"Well that's because she's the daughter of Mr Satan!" Lindsey said. Gohan sweat-dropped.
**Him?! I guess that explains a lot…**
**End flashback**
"Hey! I was different back then!" Videl protested. "I have matured a lot!"
"Yah, since you got over that whole…" Nicholas started to say.
"If you say one thing about PMSing Nick, I'm gonna rip you a new head!" Natalie scolded. Nicholas laughed nervously and cleared his throat.
"So Gohan dude, have you picked who's gonna be your best man?" Nicholas asked.
"Of course he has, haven't you?" David grinned. Gohan gulped.
"Ooh, this is going to be interesting." Andrea smirked.
"Um, I haven't yet?" Gohan said sheepishly.
"Well dude, let me make it easier for you. Nicholas has the tendency to lose things so I'd be better trusted with such items as your tux." David said.
"Hey! I'm not the one who lost an entire car Finch!" Nicholas protested.
"Huh?" Andrea said.
"He lost his brother's car once. It was the first year of high school and he was really drunk. It was so funny!" Natalie laughed. "Well looking back on it anyway…"
"Um guys? You're going to have to give me a bit more time." Gohan said. "Hey Vid, have you picked your Maid-of-Honour yet?"
"Trying to get the heat off you huh?" Videl asked.
"Desperately." Gohan replied.
"Of course, I already decided months ago." Videl said haughtily. Gohan face-faulted.
"Of course you have! Hehe." Gohan said sheepishly.
"Natalie is going to be my maid of honour. Andrea will be the maid of honour at Nat's wedding and I'll be the maid of honour at Andie's wedding. That way we all get a turn." Videl said.
"Woah…" The three boys said.
"See? I told you there was a reason why we are the ones that carry the kids." Natalie said.
"I never said there wasn't a reason! I just said it's not fair that you girls always throw that in our faces!" David defended.
"If I had said that, she wouldn't talk to me for a week." Nicholas said. Gohan chuckled slightly. "See? I make jokes. The essential part of a best man's speech!"
"I'm not gonna get any peace until I decide, am I?" Gohan asked.
"Nope!" Nicholas and David replied.
"Oy vey…" Gohan sighed.
So, there was the other big problem. My two best friends arguing over who would be my best man. Then there was the problem over who we were going to invite…
"There is no way on this green Earth that I'm going to let that guy come to my wedding." Gohan protested.
"C'mon! You two got along." Videl said.
"We did not! He hated me!" Gohan said. Videl sighed.
"Please Gohan?" Videl asked. Gohan sighed.
"Oh alright, Sharpener can come. But I don't have to like it."
"Okay! Now let's see who you're inviting." Videl said picking up a list that Gohan had written down. "Wow, you sure know a lot of people honey…"
"I have an extended family." Gohan laughed.
"Piccolo can't come." Videl said.
"NANI?!" Gohan yelled. "I've known Piccolo since I was four years old!"
"I'm sorry Gohan but he creeps me out!"
"Well Sharpener annoys the hell out of me but he's still coming!"
"So, what are you saying? If Sharpener comes then Piccolo has to as well."
"In the words of Natalie, ja volt Mein Commandant!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
See what I had to go through just to get one guest? I guess it's true, stress brings out the worst in everyone. But little did I know, the worst was yet to come…
To Be Continued…
It gets better! Seriously! This is just a taster!