The Mystery Of Saiyaman
…Don't Be Stubborn!
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"So, Videl. Do you know anything about our report," Gohan said as he laughed uneasily and scratched the back of his head.
"But aren't you the genius, Saiyaman?" Videl said sarcastically.
Gohan looked around, hoping no one had heard her.
"Videl, you've got to keep it quiet! Someone will hear you."
"Who cares?" Videl said coldly.
Gohan looked at her for a few moments and she looked back at him, hatred present in her eyes. Her gaze didn't waver and Gohan looked down in defeat. There was no way he could win with her. She was just too darned stubborn. The awkward silence between the two teens ended when the teacher spoke.
"Since this report is so simple, it will be due on Monday. This means you have the whole weekend to work on it. You and your partner should both be cooperative and meet somewhere to work. I expect excellent work from all of you. You are dismissed when the bell rings."
Gohan looked at Videl expectantly. He hoped he could just do it himself.
"Meet me in Satan Park tomorrow at noon. We'll finish the project there. And don't be late," Videl said sternly.
Gohan nodded. She was worse than his mother when she was angry. Well, at least she spoke to him, even though it wasn't very nicely.
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Gohan slowly walked to the park. He knew it was going to be a long day. If only this ordeal had never happened, Videl would still be friends with him. She really was a sweet girl but when she got angry, she got very angry. Now he knew he would have to do a lot to make her forgive him.
When he saw Videl she was sitting at an empty table writing something down. She was dressed differently, with jean shorts and a purple blouse that wasn't as loose as her other shirts. Gohan put his books down and it caught her attention. She looked surprised, but when she focused her eyes she gave him a cold glare.
"It's about time. What took you so long? Were you saving a cat from a tree?" Videl said as she chuckled slightly.
Gohan frowned as he sat down. He was right across from Videl, which was very disturbing. He began to write notes, hoping he would leave the park without having to argue with Videl.
When Gohan finished his notes he looked up to see Videl, who was slightly turned around looking at the beautiful scenery that the park held. It was so nice to see a gaze from her that wasn't angry. He only saw that when he was her friend but now that she hated him, all he saw was a frown.
Videl turned around quickly when she noticed his eyes on her. "What are you staring at Saiyadork."
"Oh, nothing," He said as he turned back to his work. "I was just wondering why you were so sensitive," Gohan said as he continued to write. He could almost feel her heated glare. He knew it would piss her off pretty badly but he hoped it would give her the chance to listen to him.
"I'm not sensitive!" Videl yelled as she stood up.
"So why are you so mad?" Gohan didn't even look at her.
"Because you lied to me," She stated quite loudly as she slammed his book shut causing him to look at her. Maybe he should have just kept his mouth shut.
"I never wanted to keep it a secret from you, but I-"
"I don't want to hear your story, Gohan. Just shut up and leave me alone. Hopefully this is the last time I ever have to come near you."
Gohan opened his books. Why did she have to be so mean? Why couldn't she just listen? This situation wasn't going to get any better if she wasn't going to let him speak.
Videl stared at him guiltily and angrily. She was being so mean to him and he never said anything back. He really was such a sweet guy, but why did he have to lie to her. So many people have lied to her before but she was never this angry. Videl figured she was jealous. He was so strong, fast, and he even knew how to fly. Where did he learn it from?
"Gohan?"
He looked up surprised. No Saiyatrash?
"What is it?"
"Where did you learn to do all that stuff?"
Oh great. Why did she have to ask that question? He could never tell her the truth. She wouldn't believe him anyway. But he didn't want to lie to her again. He looked into her eyes, which held anticipation, curiousness and a hint of pain.
"I've trained most of my life," he said shakily.
"Well I've trained all of my life and I still can't do that stuff. No one can."
"Maybe I just trained harder." Gohan slapped himself mentally.
Videl clenched her fist as she tried to regain her temper. She had trained so hard every moment she could and he tells her he trained more. He had no right to say that.
"That's the problem. You think you're so good, don't you Gohan? Well, I have a challenge to you Mister. Fight me."
Gohan almost chocked on air. "I CAN'T FIGHT YOU!!"
"Oh yes you can. And you are. If you don't, you're little secret won't be a secret anymore."
"No please, Videl. This can't become public knowledge."
"Then fight me."
"We can't fight. We're in a public park and also-"
"Who cares?! I'll drive us somewhere else. And if you run, I'll go straight to the reporters."
Gohan closed his eyes tightly.
"Fine."
Videl smirked and decapsulized her jet copter. She quickly hopped in with Gohan right behind her. She flew them to an empty field. She didn't want to public to find out just yet who she was.
She got in a fighting stance and Gohan just stood there with his shoulders slumped and an empty look on his face. He had never fought a girl before. Especially a girl who was so much weaker than him. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt her.
He was surprised as her fist flew forward. He caught it easily and her knee barely missed a very sensitive spot. He grabbed her thigh to stop it and he blushed deeply, letting it go. Videl threw another punch and kick that Gohan blocked easily. Videl tried once more, only to fail. That's how the 'fight' went. Videl punched and kicked and he blocked every move. They barely even moved from the spot where they began to fight on.
Videl stopped, very frustrated. Gohan hardly even moved, except to block and she was sweating her ass off. He just stood there like a stone as she glared at him.
"What the hell was that?"
Gohan was surprised to hear that kind of language. She wasn't very lady-like. He gulped and shrugged his shoulders. He refused to hit her. What if she didn't move?
"Listen you stupid jerk either you fight me or everyone will now by tonight who you really are. They will flock to your house and follow you everywhere you go and you can't do anything about. If you can't lay a finger on me, you can't lay a finger on them. Think about it."
Gohan shook his head; he was beginning to get slightly angry. What was her problem? Why did she want to ruin him? He put a hand through his ruffled hair.
"I'm sorry Videl but I can't fight you. You wan-"
He was interrupted as Videl tried to punch him again. He caught her hand and squeezed it a little bit. She flinched a little bit and swung her other hand. He caught it and squeezed it slightly as well.
"Videl you need a second to listen to me and it's my turn to ask questions."
"I'm not going to listen to anything you say. You've already lied to me plenty," She said as she tried to pull her hand from his.
"I know that, Videl but I've already told you that I'm sorry. What else do you want?"
"I want you to fight me. It looks like you've finally gained some guts to talk back to me now why don't you use them to fight me."
"If I fight you, will you leave me alone about the whole Saiyaman thing? And will you forgive me?"
Videl shrugged.
"Fine." He said as he let her go. He got into a fighting stance. He wasn't even going to use two percent of his energy or power.
It surprised Videl that he was the first to make a move as his hand flew forward before she could blink. It hit her right in the cheek. She thought it was going to hurt extremely because the way his hand was moving so fast. It hurt, but not badly. She ignored the pain and went after Gohan. He blocked every punch and even landed a few hits. This is what it was going to take for her to forgive him. He couldn't believe he was even fighting her. He shouldn't. Gohan was completely concentrating on his own thoughts and he forgot how gentle he was supposed to be. He punched Videl in the mouth and she slid backwards through the dirt.
"Videl!" He ran to her and tried to help her up but she quickly pushed him away.
"Go away. I don't need your help." Her lip was bruised and bleeding and she was having a hard time regaining her balance. He tried to help her but she pushed him away again.
"Get away, you jerk!" She yelled once more.
He stepped away and she got up, ready to fight again. She smirked as she wiped her lip.
"That was just a lucky punch."
"I'm not going to fight you," he stated as he grabbed his books from the jet copter and began to walk off. You can tell the world but I won't fight you, Videl.
Videl started to run after him. "Where do you think you're going? You can't just leave. This fight wasn't over. Yeah I will tell the world but if you don't stop right now I will never speak to you again."
He stopped. He didn't know what to do anymore. Videl caught up to him and looked up at him angrily. He had pain written in his eyes. Why couldn't he just fight her? She knew he could beat her and that she was just making him angry so why didn't he just beat the crap out of her. Could it possible that all he wanted was for her to forgive him? Well she had forgiven him along time ago. She was practically in love with Gohan and she wanted to prove herself wrong. She liked him so much because he was so sweet, and he acted like she never did anything wrong. But this also made her angry because she couldn't believe it was possible. After today, she believed that maybe it could be possible. She continued to stare at him, unaware of what to do.
She felt a warm trickle run down her cheek. She hadn't even noticed that her lip was still bleeding. Gohan saw it and almost panicked. He gently wiped the small amount of blood off of her chin. Videl felt heat rush to her face. No one would have dared to touch her own blood before. He didn't even seem disgusted.
"Sorry…about that."
Videl nodded and tried to cover her lip and her blush.
"It's nothing," She said a little too softly. She felt so bad that she couldn't have a usual conversation like this with him. She didn't want to be mad at him. But it was the only thing she could do to erase the stupid emotions she was feeling towards him. She had even kissed the person she was hoping not to fall for. She hadn't known it was him of course but now that she thought of it, it was a pretty good experience. She shook her head and glared at Gohan.
"What kind of guy hits a girl?"
Gohan fell over. "But you were practically begging me to hit you."
"You didn't have to hit me so hard. I don't know if you're immune to pain, but I'm not."
Gohan had his eyebrows deeply furrowed as he looked at the floor in shame. He didn't even want to look at her anymore. He had actually hurt his friend. He hated himself.
Videl looked up at him and he just wouldn't look at her. Maybe she could just take his guilt trip even further.
"Don't act like you've never hurt me before. You've lied to me and insulted me plenty of times. It's not anything new."
She smirked as he shut his eyes and tried to block her out.
"I thought you were my friend. But no friend I know lies like you. You just care about yourself, Gohan. You think I like the reporters at my house everyday. It was already bad, but you made it so much worse. You're classified as my new opponent and sometimes even my partner so they never stop talking about you. You-"
"That's enough." Gohan muttered.
"What are you going to do about it, Saiyatrash? Are you gonna hit me again?"
Gohan just gave her one last glance and let his books drop to the ground. He turned around, and then took off into the air.
Videl stood there, completely dumbfounded. That was unexpected. But she couldn't let him get away. She jumped in her copter and flew after him. When he came into view she frowned. He seemed pretty angry. She decided that she needed to end this know. She would tell Gohan that he was forgiven and they could be friends again. But is that what she really wanted? She wanted to be his friend, but she also wanted to be something else. Videl shook her head, trying to erase the thoughts from her head. He would never see her that way, he just saw her as a pain. She saw him land and she landed right behind him. They were on the roof of a tall skyscraper. She jumped out to meet the deep frown that was place on Gohan's face. She tried to hide her surprise as she smirked.
"What happened Saiyaman? Did you decide to keep fighting? Or did you-"
"That's enough, Videl!" Gohan yelled as she walked closer to her.
"I've apologized time and time again. I've done what you wanted me to do, and you get angry with me for doing so. I try my hardest to make you forgive me and you just complain."
He took a breath and Videl shut her eyes. He was yelling at her. She never thought she could actually make him angry enough to yell at her. It reminded her of her father and she hated it. She felt her eyes burn and moisten.
…"Now what else do you want from me?? Just don't be stubborn and forget it!" Gohan shut up and looked at the expression on her face. It was one of pain and regret. He felt a familiar stab at his gut and he clenched his fists. He wished he would have never came to Orange Star High. He expected new experiences, but not like these. He was helpless. He looked her over once more and took off into the air, this time at super speed.
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Phew! That was a toughie. Too emotional if you ask me but I feel a writer's block coming on so I slapped something down. I hope it's not too bad. Alright, I'm gonna do a little rambling. I went to the theater last night and I watched "The Ring". It is a scary ass movie! I'm not joking either. I'm a person who doesn't get scared very easy but the movie was scary and ugly. That's the only reason I'm up at 2:28 a.m. I can't sleep! My internet also got taken off so it's probably going to be a while before I get to upload this. Okay, I'll shut up now. See you later and thanks for reading!!