Okay…this'll be tough….NOW I HAVE 2 STORIES TO WORRY ABOUT!!! This ain't good…anyway…I'm SOOOOOOOOO sorry for the lack of updates!!! I was writing the next chapter to my new fic 'An Unknown Past' and I totally forgot!! I'm sorry…but anyway…then FF.net decided to be down on June 21st so that ain't cool…Okay Sorceress Fujin. Yes she is vsd2oc. ^^ Fun, fun, ne? Thanks bcat! Lol, it's okay Videl-chan Conisa! *comforts Videl-chan Conisa* Yes gerry's giant green grassmoney, he does! I love his hair to death!

Gohan: O.O

Me: Anyway…thanks! *grins*…LOL! XD at least ya reviewed! ^_~ Thanks TearDrop826! Thanks A-man! Evil Shadow, XD Heheheh…yeah! Get the evil reporter…wait till ya see the result of that report…O.O Lol.

Gohan: *reads review* Yeah I should've…HEY! *pouts* I was confused…

Me: *hugs Gohan* Oh how I love Gohan…^_^ He's my new muse…

J-chan: HEY!!! WHAT ABOUT ME?!?!?!

Me: Oh, you are too!!! *hugs J-chan*

J-chan: *glares* I'm still mad…

Me: Well, onto the last review…Videl, glad ya thought it was funny. ^^ yes, poor them! I know! I like Spider-man and Star Wars! Lol…thanks. I really appreciate that. We got news that the jerk was in Houston; they caught him! We're getting the car back tomorrow. So that's good news…he's going to jail…as it should be…*gasp* SOMEONE NOT LIKE DBZ?! I know the feeling; I'm not either. And I don't want to either…they all think it's 'stupid' but they're just jealous cuz they have nothing better to do than insult people…no kidding! *nods head in agreement*

Disclaimer: Even I did say I owned it…you wouldn't believe me…

J-chan: Nope.

Me: So I'll say it….I. Don't. Own. DBZ.



Chapter 8



Gohan woke up in his room. School….

He sighed as he thought. 'Today is gonna be a looong day…'

He walked downstairs and found out he was early. He ate some breakfast prepared by his mom and was on his way. He decided since he was early, he would pick up the paper for his mom in the morning instead of getting it late from Bulma.

He flew into town and landed in an ally and walked out to the newspaper stand.

"May I buy one?" he asked the man politely.

"Sure. That'll be 50 cents." He replied with a smile.

"Okay, Here." Gohan said as he took the newspaper and handed the man the money.

"Have a nice day." He said as Gohan walked off.

"You too." Gohan said, turning around and continuing his journey to school.

Since he had awhile to walk and school didn't start for a while, he'd read some of the big stories. He looked at the front page, paused then paled 10 shades.

There was a picture of him and Videl kissing…the headline said, "Young Love…What'll Hercule Say?".

"HOLY SHHHHHHOOOOT WHAT THE $^#% IS THIS DOING ON THE FRONT PAGE?!?!?!?!"he screamed in agony when it registered in his brain how bad this'll make his already complicated life. He got several strange looks by people standing around him.

---Meanwhile, At The Satan Residence----

Videl was calmly combing her hair as she heard a yell from her father ringing through her large house.

"VIIIDDDEEELLL!!!! GET DOWN HERE THIS VERY MINUTE YOUNG LADY!!!!" Hercule shouted.

"Hmm…I wonder what he wants now…" she muttered as she walked downstairs. She was wearing some short black shorts and a forest green t-shirt.

As she walked over to her fuming father, she glanced at the front page and just about fainted.

"Not good…" she mumbled.

"You're darn right 'not good'! WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU?! You know that you can't date any boy that isn't stronger than me!!! Especially some scrawny kid!!!" Hercule boomed at his daughter.

As she tried to explain, he kept yelling. "My daughter turning into some 2 cent slut! I won't have this!!!"

"But dad-" she started before she was cut off again.

"No 'but dad's! I'm sick of this already! How could you go off and do something like this to me?! DO YOU KNOW HOW EMBARRESSED THIS MAKES ME?! DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THIS MAKES ME LOOK?!" he screamed at her.

Videl was frightened. Sure her father had been strict with her but never before had he yelled at her…not like this. He was enraged. For once, she was truly scared of her father.

"I-I'm sorry." Videl said, choking on her sobs. Tears running down her pale face.

"Sorry isn't good enough!" he yelled as he threw something at her.

Videl eyes went wide. He had tried to hurt her…and succeeded. She grabbed her stuff and ran out the door as fast as she could. She was crying her heart out as she ran to school. She could hear his yells over and over as she pumped her feet to get there as soon as possible.

SMASH!

She had run into someone. She looked up with tear-streaked cheeks and stormy eyes, apologizing. "I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going. I'm sorry…really."

She would've kept going but she heard a soothing voice. "Videl? You okay?"

She looked up into the eyes of Gohan and froze. "G-Gohan?" she stuttered, still quietly sobbing.

"Videl? Really, are you okay?" he said, putting the newspaper in his bag….he would hurt those news-people later…Videl was more important.

"No..." she choked out.

"We still have time. C'mon tell me what's wrong." He said, his voice dripping with compassion.

Not being able to find her voice, she just nodded and aloud him to walk her to a near-by bench.

"Now tell me what's wrong." He said quietly.

She decided it would be best to tell him. "Well, I was upstairs in my room when my dad called for me. When I got there, he started yelling at me about the picture. He said I was a slut and I was ruing his image. He acted like his fame was more important than me. Maybe it is but then he threw something at me." She said, sobbing all over again, shedding new tears as she showed Gohan the dark purple bruise on her arm.

Gohan was shocked.

"He…he hit you?" Gohan asked, eyes wide with disbelief.

She nodded her head.

"Just because of that little picture?" he asked. She nodded again.

"Gosh…my mom would be jumping off the walls, screaming about grandchildren, and your father hurts you…that's horrible. What are you going to do?" he asked.

"I don't know." She said quietly.

He starting thinking and came up with an idea. "I really can't think of anything but…you could always stay with a friend or something."

She smiled. "Yeah I could…but then he could easily find me…few people do I trust enough to stay with…" she sad sadly.

"Yeah I guess…" he said sadly.

There was silence.

"Well….you could stay with me…I mean, if ya want to. I could sleep on the couch and you could have my room. My mom wouldn't mind and Goten loves you." Gohan suggested.

She blushed but then noticed that he was trying to suggest anything perverted…Gohan just isn't like that.

She smiled at him. "That would be great."

"Okay. We can go to Capsule Corp. after school. That way we can sneak into house and get your stuff tonight. I live to far away and I doubt you will want to face your father." Gohan said.

"Yeah…that would be good. Thank you so much Gohan." She said, smiling affectionately at him. He grinned back.

"C'mon, we better get to school. We don't wanna be late. And don't worry about the page on the newspaper. Even if anyone saw it, I'll keep them from teasing you." Gohan said protectively.

"How?" she asked.

"Many ways. If all else fails, I'll just 'happen' to pair up with them in PE…we're still doing Martial Arts. I'll explain to Yamcha and he'll let me do whatever I want." Gohan said with and evil grin. Videl laughed.

"Okay then. Let's go." She said as she stood up. He stood up too and they finished their walk to school.

For once, Videl knew that no matter what, Gohan would protect her and keep her out of harm's way. She loved him and she loved her. Life…was good.

Luckily, all their friends had taken it well and thought it was cute…even Lime took it pretty well. Sure she was upset she hadn't gotten Gohan…but she got over it. Sharpener assisted Gohan in the 'Operation: Tease Videl And Die'. Erasa and Lime just kept her happy.

Videl decided not to tell them about the incidence with her father. She didn't want to endanger the press finding out. They just thought that the picture was really bothering her.

---After School---

Videl followed Gohan to Capsule Corp to talk to Bulma and wait for night.

He typed in the password, "OPEN UP YOU *BEEP*IN' GATE!!!"

"Access. Approves. Enjoy. Your. Stay. At. Capsule. Corp." replied the computer.

The two walked through and rang the doorbell. Unlike last time, Bulma answered the door quickly.

"Hi sweetie! Hi Videl. What are you two doing here?" Bulma said sweetly.

"We need to stay here for awhile…just 'til night." Gohan said.

"Why?" she asked, concerned.

The group walked in and sat on the couch. As Gohan explained, Bulma nodded.

"That's horrible. Sure you can stay here. You can either stay here over night or you can get her to your house Gohan. Since tomorrow is Saturday, it doesn't matter." Bulma offered.

"Thanks. Whichever Videl wants." Gohan said, looking at Videl.

"I think we should go over to your house Gohan. No doubt my dad will be looking for me. Sure this isn't the first place he would look, that isn't the point. But what will I do about school?" Videl said.

"There's only a week left. My mom is a great home schooling teacher. She taught me up until this year. She would be gad to teach us." Gohan said smiling.

Videl sighed in relief. "That's a relief."

"Yeah…" Gohan said.

"It just feels weird running from my dad…I mean, what if we aren't doing the right thing? What if he just got mad." Videl said, her eyes dimming.

"Don't worry about that Videl. We are doing the right thing. Fathers should never abuse their children. Even Vegeta doesn't abuse Bulma or Trunks and he's always mad. What he did was wrong and I won't let him hurt you." Gohan said.

"I guess…" Videl said quietly.

Bulma smiled. 'He's being so gentle with her….that's so sweet.'

They just hung around the house for a few hours 'til dark. They ate dinner and Videl once again experienced Saiyan-Eating Habits. Just for fun, Videl and Gohan put on dark colored clothes. If they were going to do this, they were going to do this right.

They snuck out of the house and into the streets of Satan City. They heard police sirens…they must be looking for Videl…

"Hear that? They are looking for me…maybe this isn't such a good idea…" Videl said.

"Aw, now where's your sense of adventure? Besides, there's no way they're getting you. Unless you want them too." Gohan said playfully.

Videl grinned. 'He's so cute!'

"Okay. Let's move!" she said as they went to her house and hid behind some bushes directly below her window.

"How will we get in? My dad is bound to be awake." Videl said, worried.

"We fly." Gohan said smirking.

"Huh? But you can't fly." Videl said, confused.

"Oh yes I can." Gohan said as he softly scooped her up and hovered up to her bedroom window.

Videl would've screamed but she knew that would attract attention…they didn't want that…that's for sure…

Gohan peaked in to make sure Hercule wasn't in and landed lightly on the soft carpet of her bedroom.

Videl's eyes were wide. "H-how'd ya do that?" she asked.

Gohan got worried. 'What if she thinks I'm a freak…aww man…'

Just as he was about to say something, she cut in, "Because that's sooo cool! Can you teach me how to fly?"

He felt one thing, relief. "Sure Videl. Tomorrow." He said laughing quietly.

She grinned and then packed everything up. Then she wrote him a note:

Dear Dad,

I love you. I'm sorry I have to leave but I can't stay. I wont' tell you where I am but I will tell you I can't come back. Not anytime soon at least.

Your daughter,

Videl

She set it on her desk and finished packing her things. Then she put her backpack on and walks over to Gohan.

"I'm ready to go." Videl said.

"Okay. Let's go." He said as he picked her up and flew her back to CC.

"Bulma! We're going to my house now! Bye!" Gohan yelled.

"Kay! Bye!!!" she shouted back.

The two flew to his house.

"Kaasan! I'm home!" Gohan shouted through the house.

"Hello hun! Oh, hello Videl. What are you doing here?" Chichi asked, walking out of the kitchen.

They explained everything and Chichi's face twisted with anger. "That's horrible! That man has put his fame before his own child! That is just horrible."

"So can she stay with us Kaasan?" Gohan asked hopefully.

Chichi's face softened. "Of course dear. Videl; welcome to our home. My boys will keep you safe, don't you worry."

"Thanks you. I'm just wondering why both you and Bulma Briefs didn't defend my father." She said confused.

"Defend that phony? I mean, no offense child but I don't like that man. Neither does Bulma. Mention his name in front of Vegeta and suffer the consequences. Our families and family friends aren't fond of him." Chichi replied flatly.

"Why?" she asked.

"He stole fame that didn't belong to him. Took credit for something he didn't do." She replied.

"How so? He did defeat Cell….didn't he?" Videl asked, beginning to doubt it as her sentence rolled on.

"I'm sorry that you have to find out like this but no, he didn't beat Cell." Chichi said.

"Then who did?" Videl asked.

Chichi looked at Gohan. When he nodded in approval, she continued, "Gohan did."

She stared in shock.

'No way…' she thought.

"Really?" she asked.

"Yep." Gohan said.

"How?" she asked, awe-struck.

Gohan sat her down on the couch and explained everything because I'm too lazy to type it out.

"Whoa…so YOU are really the strongest guy in the world?" she asked.

"That would be correct." Gohan replied.

"That's cool." Videl said with a grin.

'Whew…that went well…' Gohan thought.

"So….looks like I'm living with you for awhile Son Gohan." Videl said with

a sly grin.

Chichi stood from the kitchen and thought to herself, 'Grandchildren….'



Short yes….but I think I'm ending it now. I'll add a short epilogue if ya want…But you HAVE TO REVIEW!!! LOTS OF TIMES!!! MUAHAHHAHAHHAAA!!!! *passes out*

J-chan: *rolls eyes*

---10 Minutes Later---

Me: *regains consciousness*

J-chan: Welcome back.

Me: Thanks…

J-chan: You're welcome…

Me: Well, now with that over with…Read my other fics, kay? Especially my new one, 'An Unknown Past' ^_^ R/R PLEASE!!! Toodles! ^_~ Hey Krissy D?

Kristen: Yeah kiddo?

Me: How you be doin'?

Kristen: Me doin' good Chels. *slides her finger down the bridge of her nose* I'm sexy!!!

Me: *sweatdrops*….*mimics Kristen* Sexy!

Kristen: *grins*

Me: Krissy D, you're goober…

Kristen: *grins* I'm, too sexy for my nose, too sexy for my shoe, too sexy for my-

Me: *sweatdrops* Whatever you say Kristen…^^;;;; Well, can you drive me to the movies since you're a senior and I'm a lowly 8th grader who has yet to learn the ways of driving? *shiny watery anime eyes*

Kristen: Sure Chelsea! C'mon! *puts on sunglasses* We're gonna cruise!

Me: *grins*…*puts on sunglasses* Us sexy babes gonna go to the movies!

Kristen: *grins*…*gets in cool purple car*

Me: *gets in passenger seat*

Kristen: *drives off*

RANDOM RAMBLINGS OF INSANITY….READ AT YOUR OWN RISK…

WHAT IS UP? LOL HAHAHAHAHHAAAA….I RULE THE WORLD!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAA!!! I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!!!! GOHAN IS MINE!!! MINE I TELL YA!!!! SUGAR IS GOOD….I LIKE SUGAR….SUGAR IS VERY GOOD…YUMMIE, YUMMIE SUGAR….SUGAR IS MY FAVORITE FOOD…WAIT, SUGAR AIN'T A FOOD….HMMM….OH WELL, CANDY IS GOOD. CANDY IS MY FAVORITE FOOD…OR WAS THAT SUGAR? CANDY IS YUMMIE TOO…SO IS ICECREAM…AND COKE…AND MACORONI AND CHEESE…CAN'T FORGET SPAGGETTI OR UMMMM…WHAT WAS I SAYIN' AGAIN? I DON'T REMEMBER…OH WELL…I LOVE GOHAN. HE IS HOT. ALL YOUR REVIEWS ARE BELONG TO ME!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! WELL, I BE GOING NOW SO TOODLES AND DON'T LET THE EVIL RABID BUNNIES EAT YOU!!!!