Dragon Empress' castle in Authorland. The authoress is currently wailing into her computer.

ME: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

GOKU: What's the matter with her?

VEGETA: Her new story failed and she got flamed last chapter.

ME: Sniff sniff. (Blows nose on mouse mat.)

VEGETA: Urgh. Just get on with the new chapter.

ME: Ok then. Vegeta?

VEGETA: What?

ME: Can you wash this for me? (Holds up sodden mouse mat.)

VEGETA: Fine then. But first, DISCLAIMER!



NO, SUPRISINGLY ENOUGH, I DON'T OWN DRAGONBALL Z. IT BELONGS TO THE GOD THAT WALKS AMONG US, AKIRA TORIYAMA.

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It was Vegeta.

"Vegeta, what are you doing here?" Gohan asked him. "I've got to go to work."

"Not today you don't." The Saiyan prince replied. "Today, you spar with me." Gohan blinked. "But Vegeta, I can't. I really have to go to work, another day off and I'll get fired."

"So get fired then. I want to spar with you." He grabbed Gohan's upper arm and pulled him out the door. Gohan wrenched his arm out of Vegeta's iron grip. "Why do you want to train with me? You usually spar with my father." He said. "I thought I was too weak to keep up with a mighty Saiyan prince like yourself." His words were dripping with sarcasm. Vegeta frowned. "Your baka father is out spending 'quality time' with the younger brat on your mother's instructions." He grabbed the younger Saiyan's arm again. "So stop wasting time, brat. Call in sick and come spar with me." Gohan sighed. "Alright, I'll take the day off. Just let go of my arm." Vegeta let go. He flew up into the air. "Come along to Capsule corp. once you've gotten changed." He yelled. "And don't even think about going in to work." He took off. Gohan walked back into his house and got changed into his gi. 'Damn Vegeta.' He thought. 'Why can't I just have a normal day for once?'

Meanwhile, a few hundred miles away.

"Hey, am I seeing things, or is that girl flying?"

"Uhh yeah, she's got a weird ring above her head too."

"How does she do that?"

Videl was flying at top speed towards West city and causing quite a disturbance too. She'd forgotten that most Earthlings didn't know how to fly or control their ki. As she flew like a bullet towards her destination, several people below her decided they should ditch the drink and look for a good psychiatrist. Videl didn't care if they saw her or not though, the only thing on her mind was her mission. 'West city's not far from here.' She thought. 'Soon Son Gohan, you are mine.' She powered up and blasted off, ever closer to her target.

Back to Gohan's place.

"Dammit! I can't find my shoes!" Gohan shouted to no one in particular, rummaging around in his wardrobe. "Aha! Here they are!" He stepped out of his closet and put on his shoes. 'Now I'm ready!' There was a loud knock on the door. 'What does he want now?' He thought angrily. 'Bulma really needs to teach that man some patience!' Using his IT technique once again, he teleported to his front door and pulled it open.

Well one thing was for sure, it certainly wasn't Vegeta.

Capsule corp. (Wow, we're really getting around today aren't we?)

Vegeta paced the floor of the gravity room like a wild animal. His brow was creased into a frown and every five seconds or so, he'd throw a punch at thin air. The prince was not a patient man. 'Where is that baka brat? I need to train with him.' He formed a small, weak ki blast with his right hand and bounced it off the wall repeatedly. 'Grrr, if he doesn't get here soon I'm gonna be forced to retrieve him myself.' A slightly evil smile lit up his face for a second. 'And what great fun THAT would be!' He continued in this line of thought for some time before something on the other side of the city caught his attention.

Back to (What's left of) Gohan's house.

The young demi-Saiyan flew high up into the air. He was beginning to like his 'visitor' less now she had totally annihilated his home. He dodged out the way of several ki blasts she sent his way and disappeared before her eyes.

"Wha..?" In a flash, he reappeared behind her and grabbed her into an arm- lock. "Right, now you're gonna tell me who you are and why you so rudely decided to barbecue my house without asking me first." He said.

"Let me go, or I'll make you suffer instead of killing you straight away." Gohan let her go. She spun round to face him, arms crossed over her chest with a smug look on her face. 'Wow. She's pretty. WAIT! Where did that thought come from? SHE JUST DESTROYED YOUR HOUSE!' As Gohan continued to argue with himself, Videl spoke again. "I have to come here on a mission." She said, looking proud of herself "My mission is to send you back to Otherworld." Gohan's eyes widened. "The Kai's sent you to take me back? Well sorry, girl. That ain't gonna happen, I'm not going back."

"YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE! IF YOU REFUSE TO GO QUIETLY I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEND YOU THERE THE OLD FASHIONED WAY!" She bellowed at him, red in the face. (*So she did get some characteristics from Hercule after all!*) Her voice lowered, and a weird, psycho smile lit up her face. "You will go back, Son Gohan." Dropping into fighting stance, her target also smiled broadly. "Make me."

"Alright, but don't say I haven't warned you." She flew at him and threw punch after blistering punch at his face. To her great surprise, he blocked them all.

"You'll have to do a hell of a lot better than that if you want to beat me."

"Don't worry." Videl replied, the smile still on her lips. "I'm just getting started." She fired another round of fast-paced attacks and Gohan again blocked all of them. She jumped backwards and fired a ki blast at him. He knocked it away easily.

"Is this the best the Otherworld can offer?" He asked. "Because if it is, I really think the Kais need to work on their training technique." Videl frowned. How dare he insult the Kais in this manner? 'Damn Saiyans, the smug bastards have no respect.' She thought, as he again dodged every blow she sent towards him.

They had been fighting for about five minutes, or Videl had been firing attacks and Gohan had been blocking them all, when Gohan decided to end it. This fight was boring, no challenge in it. So he disappeared from in front of her and appeared at her shoulder. He knocked out cold with a chop to the side of the neck. 'Pity.' He thought sadly. 'She really is pretty.' She fell to the ground with a thud. Gohan turned on his heel. 'Oh well, I suppose I'd better get out of here before she wakes up.' He had just taken to the air when he felt a familiar ki coming his way.

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ME: Wooooo! It's finished! The chapter that is, not the story. Personally, I think this chapter was the worst one yet, but I have very low self- esteem. So you can decide if this chapter was good or not. And also, REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!

VEGETA: Yes, reviews keep authors happy.

GOKU: And if the authors are happy.

GOKU & VEGETA: Then we're happy!

ME: Yup, so now you should go push that purple button and review for me now!