Okay okay, so today's chapter was a little late. I wish I could tell you why but I don't wanna get my hopes up over it so I am not telling anyone why. By the way, here's an interesting piece of news: I was tossed around in the surf today and thrown onto rocks. My face got cut up pretty bad but I'm fine now. Anyway, enjoy today's chapter.

Chapter 4: To The Dojo!!!

Gohan rested peacefully until the sun rose. Videl on the other hand thought it would be a good idea to stay awake and keep an eye out for her father or Goten. She thought it was a pretty good sign that she couldn't here her father yelling at anything all morning. She debated going and checking the dojo to just make sure nothing had gone wrong but if she did there was a risk of Gohan being found by one of the servants or, even worse, her father.

*Gohan owes me big, I'm soooooo tired* she thought with a bit of a vengeance *I don't by that Goten story for a moment. There has got to be a more sinister reason for him to be here otherwise he wouldn't have acted so weird when I asked him why he was here*. She looked at wrist to check the time but unfortunately she didn't have her watch on so she walked over to Gohan and grabbed his arm to take a look at his watch. 7:15 am. Videl decided it was time to put her plan into action.

"Come on Gohan, wake up" she said quietly as she shook the dozing demi-Saiyan. Gohan moaned a little and stirred slightly but that was about it.

"Wake up Gohan!" she repeated harshly as she shook him harder. Gohan stirred a little more but he still slept.

"That's it, this is no time for sleeping!" she said as she held a palm out in front of her and fired a ki blast at Gohan. A small explosion filled the room. But when the smoke cleared Gohan was nowhere to be seen. The bed where he had been laying was both empty and in splinters.

"Uh oh, I guess I put too much into that one" she said worriedly "but I couldn't possibly have used so much power that I obliterated Gohan, could I?". At that moment she felt Gohan appear behind her. Before she could turn around Gohan grabbed her from behind and held her there.

"Good work Videl" he said sarcastically "but was that really necessary? I mean, you probably woke up the entire house". Videl grinned with embarrassment.

"Well, if you had of woken up earlier I would have had to do that" she said, trying to justify herself.

"Oh, I was awake, I was just having fun with ya" said Gohan with a laugh. Videl didn't find it terribly funny though.

"WHAT?! YOU WERE AWAKE?!?! IM GONNA KILL YOU!!!" she yelled as she broke free of Gohan's hold. Gohan wasn't laughing any more. Before he knew it he was trying his hardest to avoid Videl's attacks. He had really pissed her off.

"Videl, calm down, please, for all our sakes" pleaded Gohan as he dodged a punch from Videl that happened to hit the room's door, busting it off it's hinges. Gohan quickly dived out this new escape and took off down the hall, as Videl followed him with an evil look on her face.

"Get back here Gohan or I'll be forced to hurt you!" she demanded as she chased him. Then, all of a sudden, Gohan disappeared. Videl stopped and looked around for a moment. Then, before she knew it she was back in Gohan's hold. She struggled hard but this time Gohan had anticipated her attempts at escape.

"Relax Videl, I was just joking" said Gohan, trying to calm her down "I wasn't awake, it was just a joke".

"Then how did you escape the explosion?" she asked as she stopped struggling.

"I could sense it in my sleep" explained Gohan.

"Oh, so you'll wake up to escape an attack but when I need you to wake up you keep on dozing" she said, trying to trap Gohan. Gohan was about to answer but suddenly his attention was drawn to something else. Walking down the hallway, with a blank expression on his face, was Hercule. Gohan froze. He was in big trouble. Well, at least he thought he was. But, oddly enough, Hercule just kept on walking. In fact he walked right past them. It was one of the oddest things Gohan had ever seen.

"Uh, what was that all about?" he asked Videl.

"Ummm, I don't know" answered Videl, who seemed to be as equally puzzled as Gohan was "But I can still feel Goten's energy in the dojo and now that dad isn't there we can use this opportunity to go and grab him". Gohan's eyes shot open with excitement.

"We can too! Excellent!" he said excitedly.

"Come on" beckoned Videl "Oh, and you should probably let go of me first". Gohan had forgotten that he was still holding Videl and blushed slightly.

"Hang on, do you promise not to attack me?" he asked.

"I promise" answered Videl with a smirk on her face.

"I don't trust that smirk but I'll let you go anyway" said Gohan as he reluctantly released his hostage. Videl jokingly turned on him as though she would attack him but then just turned around and walked towards the dojo.

*What's gotten into her I don't know* thought Gohan as he followed Videl. On the way there Gohan's mind dwelled on Mr. Satan.

*What in the world was up with him? I was standing in the middle of the hallway holding Videl at 7:20 in the morning without having permission to be here at all and he just walked on by. I wonder what got into him*. His mind went on like this for a while. Gohan was quite amazed at how long it took to get from one side of the house to the other.

"How long til we get there?" he asked impatiently.

"Not long now" replied Videl. Gohan sighed. He wondered why he didn't arrive her right now instead of coming here at midnight.

"Oh crap!!!" he exclaimed "My parents don't know I'm here!!!"

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Hope you enjoyed today's chapter.