Hiya folks,

Once again I get a new chapter out. I'm doing this story just as quickly as I did GTOL originally. Anyway, please enjoy.

Chapter 3: Hercule's Awakening

"Okay then" he said with a smirk. Gohan stepped back from Videl and smiled. Then slowly his energy started to rise. The furniture around him started to shake and he started to glow. And then, as quietly as Gohan could manage it, he became a Super Saiyan.

"Is this proof enough?" he smirked. Videl smiled for a moment but suddenly her eyes narrowed on Gohan.

"Hang on Gohan, what are you doing here at this hour?" she asked with a glare on her face. Gohan swallowed hard. He couldn't possibly tell her he was there to disprove Goten's theory that he loved her. But what could he tell her?

"Uh, ya see, umm, well" he stuttered. Videl was waiting with a nasty look in her eyes. Even if Gohan did love her he would never know with this look on her face. Nor would he want to.

"Well?" she persisted. Gohan was sweating by now.

"Uh, can I tell you later?" he pleaded. If he bought some time he'd have a chance to find out the answer to his question, after which he can either tell her the truth or make up some cock and bull story. However, Videl was of course not going to be swayed so easily.

"I dunno Gohan, this isn't something I take lightly" she said with a mischievous tone. Gohan liked that tone, it meant she was less likely to give him hell over this.

"Come on, you can trust me, cant you?" Gohan said, trying to be as persuasive as he possibly could be.

"Sorry Gohan, fess up" she insisted. Gohan's mind was racing. What could he tell her? Just when all hope seemed to be lost, there was a very convenient distraction. Foot steps. Heavy foot steps. Coming towards them. Gohan froze in fear. The foot steps were too heavy to be Goten's. In fact, the only person he could think of who would be here at the moment who would make such foot steps was the last person he wanted to see. Hercule.

"It's my dad!" panicked Videl "Quick, Hide!". Gohan looked around. He couldn't see anywhere that he could hide. Hercule would turn on the light and see as plain as day that he was there. Then it struck Gohan. If there was nowhere to hide here than go somewhere else. He quickly ducked into a hallway and opened a door. Behind it there was another guest room.

*How many guests could they possibly have?* he asked himself. Gohan quickly went inside and listened as hard as he could to what was going on with Videl.

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Videl stood in the center of the room, awaiting the arrival of her father.

*Why would he be up at this hour?* she asked herself *Hang on, why am I up this early? What am I gonna tell dad? That Gohan just happened to show up at 3 in the morning?*. Videl pondered her answers to her dad's questions as quickly as possible but before she knew it he was coming down the stairs.

"Hey, intruder, get out of my house or you'll have to go toe to toe with the world champion!" yelled Hercule.

"Dad, it's me" Videl said with a sigh.

"I know Videl, I was just joking" he said, covering up his mistake. Videl sweat dropped.

"Anyway, what are you doing up this early?" asked Hercule.

"Uh, I woke up and I couldn't get back to sleep so I came downstairs to, uh, to get something to eat" covered up Videl "Why are you up?"

"Oh, I thought you were a burglar" answered Hercule "Anyway, now that I'm up, I think I'll go and do some training. In fact why don't you join me?"

"Uh, maybe a little later, I'm just gonna wait a little while first" she answered.

"Okay, suit yourself" replied Hercule as he walked off down a hallway and disappeared. Videl breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the room Gohan was hiding in. Gohan had gotten himself pretty comfortable on the bed inside. He was sprawled out and pretty much asleep. Videl smirked. She crossed the room and grabbed a pillow out from underneath his head. Then she started to smother him. In a few moments Gohan started struggling and making many muffled pleas for mercy. Eventually Videl removed the pillow and giggled with glee.

"Very funny" coughed Gohan "What happened to your dad?"

"He thought that we were burglars but I sorted him out" answered Videl "Now he's off to our dojo".

"Excellent. Now all we have to do is find Goten" proclaimed Gohan. Videl's eyes shot open.

"Goten is here?!" she asked panicked.

"Yeah, he's the main reason I'm here" answered Gohan.

"Did he go missing or something?"

"Uh, yeah, that's it" answered Gohan "He is missing and I tracked his energy here"

"Oh, I see" said Videl, a little confused.

*Phew, I covered that up pretty well* thought Gohan. Then, suddenly Gohan felt Goten. He was a fair way away but at least Gohan knew where he was.

"Quick, I've found Goten!" he declared as he jumped up from the bed and ran to the door.

"Where?" asked Videl.

"Follow me" he commanded as he opened the door and ran down the hall way.

"STOP GOHAN!!!" she yelled after him. Gohan stopped with a screech.

"What?" he asked.

"I can feel him too but that's the way to the dojo where my dad is" Videl pointed out. Gohan's face grew grim. He could just imagine Hercule walking into the dojo to find Goten jumping about the place.

"Well, what do we do?" he asked panicking. Gohan was pacing back and forth with worry now.

"Ummm, I don't know" she said "If my dad sees either you or Goten we're all in big trouble"

"I know that" he said, irritated "but what do we do to avoid that?"

"Well, it would be pointless to just go into the dojo and grab Goten" started Videl "It's too risky. We just have to hope Goten isn't stupid enough to get caught".

"Yeah, well hoping won't do anything" Gohan said, becoming harsh with worry.

"Don't worry Gohan, we'll just hide in one of the guest rooms until morning and then we can stage it like I invited you over"

"But what if Goten is caught?" asked Gohan, relaxing slightly.

"There's a chance of that but this way there is less chance of you being caught as well, so just calm down and get back into the room" demanded Videl with a look on her face that told Gohan that there is no argument from here on. Gohan receded and started to drag his feet back to the room. He entered and sat on the bed, trying to relax. Videl came and sat next to him.

"Don't worry about it, just try to get some rest, I'll make sure nothing bad happens, okay?" she said in a kind tone. Gohan smiled slightly and fell back onto the bed. Within moments he was asleep. Videl stood up and looked at Gohan.

*Something is definitely up. Once this is all over I'm gonna get it all out of him* she thought with a smirk.

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The story is actually developing. Hope you're enjoying this.