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Chapter 5

The sky outside was beginning to become a little bit lighter when Usa had finished telling Gohan about her birth into royalty, traveling to the past, turning into Black Lady, and everything else that had happened in her lifetime up to the point when she was outside walking with Diana and she ended up in this world. They had both gone through three sodas and a bag of chips by the time Usa ended her story. Gohan realized it was becoming light outside and sent Usa back to his parents house.

Gohan then tried to take in everything Usa had said. It was hard for him to believe. Her life had been a whirl wind of turmoil, mixed emotions, and hardships. He could not believe all of that could have happened to one person, but then again, was it really that hard to believe? Not to mention she was a princess. This girl was indeed very special, and she had told him all of her secrets. She trusted him, and he trusted her. There was definitely a bond growing between the two.

***

The next day...

Usa sat on the couch in front of the television vegging out. She flipped through some channels and dug her hand into the potato chip bag by her side. The Son family had gone into the city and she had decided to stay behind. It had been two days since she had confessed everything to Gohan and she had been contemplating if it was the right thing to do. Of course, Diana had gone totally ballistic which made Usa grin. She remembered the small cat jumping onto her head and then pounding her paws on her head shouting. But she had calmed down, sulked about, and then gave her a lecture about not telling anyone else and the importance of finding a way back home.

Home. That was another thing Usa began to drift into thought about. Her mother, father, the senshi, she missed them. Her heart ached and her eyes got misty every time she thought about them. Especially her mother. She knew right at this instant the senshi and her mother were searching for her. She wondered why Puu hadn't found her by now. This different dimension of Earth was very confusing to her, but she had been in stranger situations. So, she had decided to just go with the flow. Besides, she needed some time off and she liked this place. The Son family had been very kind to her, and she did feel something towards Gohan. All in an instant something fell over her head, it was heavy and felt like some type of cloth material.

"Umphh... muph, ummpph!" Uas struggled to take whatever it was off of her head. It was then lifted and her hair went all frizzy because of the static and she saw the face of Gohan grinning in front of her holding up some clothing.

"Gohan!" she exclaimed and raked her frizzed hair down.

"Time to begin your training Hime-chan." he grinned and dropped the weighted material of the gi in her lap.

"Don't call met that." Usa stated plainly, although she was blushing a bit at the way he had said 'chan' at the end.

"All right, I won't. But anyway, first things first, get into this and I'll meet you outside." he walked off leaving Usa with a heap of clothing and a dumb-founded look on her face. She gathered up the clothes and skipped to her room to change. She was going to be trained!

She walked outside into the sweltering heat, she hadn't realized how hot it actually was outside. Well, it is July she thought. The weighted clothing she was now wearing didn't help any either. It was a tan material, simple, plain, boring. She had tied her hair up into two loops so it would be out of her way. Usa walked over to Gohan who was sitting in the grass near the house.

"All right," she said, trying to sound enthusiastic, even though she would rather be in the cool air conditioning of the house. "I'm ready. What's first?" Gohan stood up and looked at her. Even in the baggy weighted clothing she looked angelic, fragile... beautiful. Gohan quickly got those thoughts out of his mind and quieted his mind for the day that lay before him and his newly appointed student.

"First," Gohan stated, "we run."

"Run?" Usa asked, but before the word was barely out of her mouth Gohan had grabbed her wrist and had taken off at a jogging speed over the grassy hill. After a few stumbles Usa began jogging beside him, their feat hitting the ground at the same time in a marching type beat. She had expected him to say how long they would be running, but he never did. And so they continued, picking up the pace a little bit at a time. Usa's lungs began to tingle and burn as she gulped for air, she could feel her stomach tightening with every hit of her foot on the ground. Her legs were beginning to tighten, not used to this type of work out. She gasped for air, and tried to bring her breathing into a type of routine, but it was hard. "H-how much--" she caught her breathe, "more do.. we... run?"

"We run, until we're done." Gohan said and picked up the pace a little bit more. He knew she was having a hard time, but soon this would seem like nothing to her. He just hoped she could keep up. Besides he had taken them on a path which was now returning back to the house, he could even see it a little ways off. He figured Usa had seen it now too, because she was not breathing as heavily as she had been before. Both jogged, slowing the pace down as they neared the house where they had began. Usa stopped leaned over and gasped for air, and sweat poured down her forehead. She could also feel it on the back of her neck, trickling down her back. She stood up straight and her legs felt wobbly beneath her.

"Here," she heard Gohan say, and he handed her a couple pieces of ice, "put them on the back of your neck, it will cool you down the fastest." he said and took her free hand and placed the ice on her wrist. "This will help too." She blinked and stared at her hand, the one Gohan was holding.

"Err... thanks." she said blushing. Gohan smiled, and Usa realized he hadn't even broken a sweat. It was really amazing how these Saiyans could take so much, and with only a tiny blow do so much damage. The ice melted much to Usa's disappointment.

"Now that you're cooled down, we can begin." Gohan said.

"Begin? I thought we already started. That run was really hard..." Usa said lingering on the words 'really hard', hoping Gohan would take pity on her.

"That was just the warm up! Now we really get you into shape, Miss Moon Princess!" Gohan purposefully teased her.

"Are you implying I'm fat?!" Usa exclaimed.

"Oh no..." Gohan said, while grinning mischievously "just a little... oh, just a tad... a tiny bit, maybe?"

"How dare yoouu!" Usa flamed and pounded her fists on his shoulder. Gohan laughed, "Oh no! Please have mercy on me!" he yelped in between laughs and this only encouraged her more and she gave him a hard punch in the stomach. That shut him up, because he grabbed at his stomach and flinched. "Owweee..."

Usa smiled triumphantly and hopped around humming 'We Are The Champions' around Gohan. Gohan crossed his arms and looked at Usa, amused by her antics. He stuck his foot out in the path of her hopping and she instantly wailed as she sprawled to the ground face first. "Heeeeeeyyyyy!" Usa half screeched, half growled into the ground underneath her face. Gohan chuckled.

"Just testing your reaction time, and as we can both see, that definitely needs to be worked on." he said nonchalantly while suppressing a laugh. He then leaned over and offered his hand. Usa looked at his hand and pushed it away. Gohan smirked at the action and stepped back as Usa got up herself.

"All right," Usa said while tucking some hair behind her ear that had fallen into her face, "Let's begin." Gohan grinned and nodded and they began their long day of training.

***

Usa lingered in the hot water of the shower she had just finished. It had been two days since she started her training. Her muscles were really tense and the only training they had done so far was physical training. No actual fighting techniques. She turned off the water and grabbed an extra large towel, to wrap her extra long hair up into. After somehow managing to get her hair into the towel she stepped out of the shower and looked around for her other towel. She growled under her breathe after she realized it had fallen behind the toilet. "Great.." She bent down to grab the towel when she felt a rush of cold air hit her back and looked over her shoulder to see Goten with the bathroom door partly open staring in shock at her. Usa screamed and grabbed for the towel. A yelp-type scream came from Goten as he covered his eyes while stumbling backward trying to shut the door which he failed in doing. Instead the door flew open all the way.

"Goten!" Usa screamed while trying to cover herself up, "Shut the door! Ecchi!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Goten yelled, trying to find the door with his eyes shut. "I didn't think anyone was in here!"

"What the hell is going on?!" another voice added to the yelling. "I am trying to stud--" Gohan stopped as he rounded the corner and saw a not-so-fully clothed Usa and a very embarrassed Goten trying to close the bathroom door. Usa screamed again when she saw Gohan come around the corner. And at the same time Goten found the door, somehow, and slammed it shut.

"Why you little hentai," Gohan said while stalking toward his brother.

"Iie!" Goten stammered, trying to back away, "it's not what you think! Seriously Gohan, I-I didn't think anyone was in the bathroom!"

"Yah right," Gohan said, "If you think I'm going to believe that, you must be dumber then you look..." He grabbed Goten's shirt and pulled him away from the wall he was trying to cling to. "Now, as soon as she gets out and gets dressed, you're going to apologize for spying--"

"Gohan!" Goten interrupted him, "I wasn't spying, really! I don't like her! I promise! Jeeze, just let me go!" Gohan blinked, and could tell his brother was telling the truth, but there was something he didn't like about what he had said, but he let go of his brother's shirt.

"What do you mean, 'you don't like her'?" Gohan asked.

"Well..." Goten brushed his shirt down, "I know you do."

"I do what?" Gohan asked, eyeing Goten suspiciously.

Goten rolled his eyes, "Yah.. right, you know you like her. Spending all that time with her while we were gone. Oh, Usa-chan, I love-a-you with all my heart!" With that Gohan clamped his hand down onto Goten's mouth and dragged him into their father's "study". After they were in he let go and Goten opened his mouth to say something, but Gohan stopped him.

"First of all, I'm not 'spending time with her', I'm training her. Second of all I don't love her. Third of all there's... well, you know." Gohan said while pacing back and forth. "But.. but I can't help being attracted to her, but that's it. I'm not like.. really liking her or anything."

"Pssh.." Goten waved his hand. "First of all, I think you're really weird for liking Videl." Goten starts making gagging noises, "Secondly, why are you training her? And third, I can totally understand why you're attracted to her...."

Gohan ignored the first and last comments his brother had and thought about answering the second. "Well, she asked me to. That's really the only reason I can give you. I think, there is a reason I'm doing it, other than just because she asked. I can feel that something.. well, that she needs to be trained. It's just some feeling I've got."

"The feeling of loooooove" Goten cooed and walked out the door, but then turned around to face the very annoyed look of his brother. "Don't worry Gohan, I won't tell her." he gave a salute and walked away. Gohan shook his head and his stack of books on his father's desk caught his eye. He sighed, put on his glasses and began hacking away at his homework again.

***

Usa peeked out the bathroom door to make sure the coast was clear, it was. So she hurriedly ran to her room. Shutting the door behind her she smacked her forehead with her hand. "That was SO embarrassing!"