Note: This will quite possibly be the hardest chapter I have had to write. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make all this work together, what to do with the tape, and how to get them all in the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai. Well, here goes nothing. Enjoy Chapter 8 of "The Saiyan Warrior!" I hope
Disclaimer: Well, I guess my old disclaimer won't work anymore. I'm going to turn 18 on the 5th of May so…
I own a PS2, a computer, and the clothes on my back. However much I want to own DBZ, I don't so… DON'T SUE!!
Due to my very unpolished writing skills, there will undoubtedly be some OOC moments in this story, and all I can say is I'm sorry!
"MOMMY! WE'RE BACK!" Gohan covered his ears at the onslaught emitting from his little brother's mouth. Goten landed on the ground, and burst through the door, nearly knocking it off its hinges.
"GOTEN! WHAT HAVE I SAID ABOUT RUNNING IN THE HOUSE??!!" Gohan, wincing slightly at the sheer volume of his mother's voice, calmly walking into the house. "Gohan, there you are! Go wash up, dinners almost ready. I made my special macaroni, with extra cheese! Now run along, hurry!" He rolled his eyes, as soon as his back was turned, and jogged to the bathroom to wash his hands.
Less than half an hour later the table, once stacked high with mountains of food, was a barren wasteland of dirty dishes. "Great dinner mom."
"Ya mommy! It was yummy!" Chi Chi smiled warmly at her two children.
"Thank you two so much. Just knowing that my two little boys liked it is all the thanks I need. Now then Gohan, could you please help me with the dishes? And Goten, would you be a dear, and bring in some more firewood? We're running a tad low." The two nodded, and set to work on their assigned tasks.
'What a day. I wonder if things like this will happen every day? I did get to have some fun at that hotel, but… What is up with Videl? The way she glares at me is just plain strange! I know she suspects something from the way she looked at me after the hotel incident, but how much has she figured out already? Himm… probably not much, yet. But I had probably be more on guard around her, just to be sure. Heck, she's even resorted to trying to stick to me after school! If Bulma hadn't shown up she'd… Bulma… That reminds me…' "Hey, ma?"
"Yes Gohan?"
"I just remembered something Bulma wanted me to tell you. She's hosting a little get-together this Saturday at the Capsule Corp. for all of our friends. Everyone's gonna be there." Chi Chi smiled.
"That wonderful Gohan! I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun for you and Goten. And I'm sure Bulma wouldn't mind if I helped out in cooking for the big event! With you Goten and Trunks there, there's sure to be a lot needed. Now lets see… I could make a baked ham… or maybe…" [1] She trailed off into her own little world, planning out what she could prepare. Gohan, smirking slightly, shook his head and walked off to his room to take a little nap.
Videl yawned as she trudged into the kitchen looking for a quick and easy breakfast to fill the empty hole in her stomach. yawn 'Man, this is way too early on a Saturday to be getting up. For being up at this time of day I had better find out something good about Gohan. Now where did I put that box of Corn Flakes anyway?' She shuffled through the pantry, smiling in triumph when she finally uncovered her missing cereal. 'Now lets see… I'm guessing that the party will be held sometime in the early afternoon, so if I just "happen" to be walking by the Capsule Corp. around one o' clock… It's foolproof! I'll have you figured out before this day is through Son Gohan!' She smiled to herself as she downed her breakfast. She quickly gathered her things and made a beeline for the front door in order to be near the party whenever it got underway.
"Good morning Sweetpea. Where are you off to this early?" Videl stopped in her tracks, turning to face the afro-haired man.
"Uh… Good morning dad… I was uh…" 'Come-on Videl, think! If he finds out I'm on my way to spy on some guy, he'll really flip! And I'll be stuck here all day listening to his "No boyfriends unless they can beat me" speech! I swear the man wants me to be a nun. But that's beside the point; I don't want Gohan to be my boyfriend anyway. I just want to know what he's hiding… What will work? I know!' "I was just on my way to Erasa's house! Ya, that's it. I could have sworn I told you about it at dinner last night." She smiled weakly.
"Oh? I must not have heard you. Well have fun at your friend's house Sweetpea! Call me if you need a ride home!" Videl breathed a sigh of relief as her father turned and walked into the study.
'It's official. I have the biggest moron for a father in the history of the planet. Erasa could have caught that lie! Oh well, works for me. Now then, where is the Capsule Corp. headquarters anyway?'
"We're going to Trunk's house! We're going to Trunk's house! We're going to Trunk's house!" Goten sang as a performed midair loop-de-loops and back flips. Gohan smiled at his little brother's antics, while Chi Chi, who (for reasons unbeknownst to me, she's not 'pure of heart' if you ask me!) was currently riding the Flying Nimbus.
"Goten, honey, please calm down! Your going to get hurt flying around like that! Oh my poor little baby! In the hospital with a broken leg, or worse!" Gohan frowned at his mother.
"Oh come on mom! Goten's a half saiyan after all, and he knows what he's doing. I did teach him to fly after all." Chi Chi shot him a short glare, but made no further mention of the subject. As the Capsule Corp. came into view, Goten's excitement grew. Even Chi Chi couldn't even suppress a small smile at her youngest child's excitement.
"TRUNKS! I'M HERE!" Goten dive-bombed towards the ground was Trunks rushed out of the building to greet his best friend. Gohan landed and helped Chi Chi off the cloud.
"Hey there buddy! How's it hanging?" Gohan smiled and turned to greet his short friend.
"Hey there Krillin! Its good. How are #18 and little Marron? I haven't seen them in a while."
"Great! 18 is inside, and Marron is taking her nap. Oh, I heard your mom sent you off to school. How is it? Made any… girlfriends yet?" Krillin smirked suggestively.
"KRILLIN! Jeeze! Your never going to let me live down telling everyone how you felt about 18 are you?" Krillin smiled.
"Not a chance in hell Gohan. Not a chance in hell." They both laughed. "Anyway, seriously how is high school?" Gohan grimaced.
"It's ok, I guess. Place is boring as hell seeing how I learned all of the subjects when I was 5. Plus there's the added 'bonus' of all the training time I'm missing. I got a lot to make up this weekend after the party. So…"
'Lets see. If the Capsule Corp. is on Tekenbright Drive, then its one block south…' Videl walked as fast as she could towards the party. 'Stupid Erasa dragging me to the mall. Now look at the time, its 2:30 already so I can't see what Gohan's using to travel to the party from the mountains! Still there's the chance he might expose something I don't know about…' Turning around the corner the giant dome-shaped building came into view. Videl grinned rushing toward the fence surrounding the building. 'Well, their not in front, so they must be in the back yard. Here goes nothing…' She started walking as quietly as she possibly could around the perimeter of the property toward a line of bushes surrounding the backyard.
"That's great to hear Krillin. I'll be he never saw it coming." Krillin smiled.
"I know." Krillin looked down at his watch, "Oh, hold on a bit Gohan. I've got to go wake up Marron anyway, so seeya in a bit." Gohan smiled and nodded, turning back towards the party guests noting who was here, and who wasn't.
'Ok then, there's Tien and Chiaotzu, Launch, Oolong, Master Roshi, grandpa [2] … There's Piccolo, and I'm guessing Vegeta is inside so that means all we're missing is Yamcha and Puar.' Gohan smiled and walked towards his first martial arts teacher. "Hey there Piccolo!" Piccolo, who was currently leaning against the side of the building with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, only half opened one eye to glance at his old student.
"Gohan."
"How are things at the lookout? Everything working out aright?" Piccolo frowned a little.
"Everything is fine. Gohan, I have something I need to ask you." Gohan raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
"Sure, go right ahead."
"Do you still have your tail?" Gohan's eyes widened in surprise at the strange question. He unwrapped his tail from around his waist, and held the end in his hand.
"Sure. Why do you ask?" Piccolo stood up opening his eyes to look directly into his young student's face.
"Dende has decided that he is going to bring the moon back as a gift to the people of earth, and you know what happens when a tailed saiyan sees a full moon." Gohan frowned.
"Well, tell Dende that this tail isn't going anywhere. Just tell him to make a moon that won't have that effect or something, cause I won't think twice about blasting it in order to save the tail." Piccolo nodded and resumed leaning against the side of the Capsule Corp.
'Holy Kami in heaven! I did not just see that. This is all a dream! Ya, that's it. A dream! First I see Gohan going to talk with a green thing that looks like it's probably from Mars or something. Then he goes and pulls out a tail from around his waist! Humans don't have tails, at least I don't think so! At the very least I've gotten a few of my ideas proved about Gohan, for example there's the Ox King over there. Actually it's kind of funny. He's supposedly an evil maniacal man and here he is at a party at the Capsule Corp. drinking a glass of lemonade.' Videl lost her train of thought however when a bright flash of light almost blinded everyone present. Blinking in order to clear her eyes she looked up in order to discover a bright yellow contraption sitting in the middle of the yard. 'What the hell? Where did that come from? Wait a sec… It's opening up!' A door on the side of the device began to open up to reveal…
"Mirai Trunks??!!" The purple-haired teen looked up at the surrounding crowd and smiled.
"Hey guys! Long time, no see. How's it going?"
Well, this is disappointing. Took this long to write, and its only this long! Sorry guys. Anyway next time I'll fully bring Mirai Trunks into the story, and get them joined into the Tenkaichi Budokai k? So please review the story for me. BTW I got bad news. If you reviewed the Author's Note I had posted at chapter 8 as a signed-in review then I don't think it'll let you review again unless you're not signed in. I thought it would delete the A/N reviews for you guys but it didn't. Try anyway; I wanna know what you guys think! Seeya!
[1] Chi Chi has more mood swings of anyone I have ever heard of. I'm trying to bring that bit of her personality into the story, so that's why she acts like that.
[2] In case you still don't know, cause I have talked about it earlier in the story, Gohan's grandfather is the Ox King.
BTW, I just thought I would share something I noticed with you guys.
1: In the first episode of DBZ, "The Arrival of Raditz", Raditz is talking about their home planet, saying how weak world they would send a kid to, it shows 3 pods being loaded with a saiyan baby each. There is a crowd of saiyans surrounding the pods, and all have black hair, except one. There seems to be a blond-haired female saiyan in the crowd. Strange, no?
2: In early Dragonball, when Goku goes to West City for the first time, you can see this also in the 'what happened last time' bit at the beginning of the episode "Master Thief, Haski." When Goku is lured into an alley by two crooks in order to steal the money he had won, there's a poster on the wall reading "Dragon Ball City" with seven little circles on it. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but hardly anyone in any of the three shows are suppost to know about the dragon balls, but there is for some reason a poster about them in West City. Funny, huh? If I see any more funny things in Dragonball or Dragonball Z I'll tell ya!