A/N:: *squeals in glee, huggles readers* You guys know I love you, right? ^^ Woot! *giggles* heehee, watch out Gohan! Lexi's on a sugar high, and in the mood for torture time!
T-chan:: *shakes head mournfully* Oh yes – it's kind of sad, actually. The girl is constantly complaining about how much she hates being short, then she goes and flaunts it!
***readers look clueless***
Lexi:: *smirks* Yeah, the only time I actually enjoy being all of 5'2" – if you wear a baggy enough costume while Trick or Treating, people think you actually are an eleven year old! ^^
T-chan:: *smirks* Yeah, she even got called an "adorable little girl" and received extra candy! *grins* and as her muse I get part of the spoils! ^_______^
Lexi:: *growls* No way! *grabs candy and takes off* YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!!!
T-chan:: *sweatdrops, chases after her* hey! Come back here!
Disclaimer:: Alexandra Elizabeth Winters hereby declares that she by no means owns the rights to Dragon Ball/Z/GT. Further more, the aforementioned 17 year old disclaims the rights to any payments for her work on this story outside of reader input. Signed:: DemonDancing
Lawyer:: *glares at signature* heeeeeeeey…
Lexi:: *meeps, runs away laughing*
Lawyer:: *chases her*
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Whistling happily, Bulma walked towards her private lab. She was currently working on an Inter Dimensional Time Machine. She had gotten the idea from the whole 'paradox universe' idea of the Mirai Timeline, and had gone to great pains to research the topic. She was almost done, but she wasn't sure whether or not her theories were even correct…
Well, no matter. She planned to test it out in the next few days anyway! In preparation, she'd even hosted a magazine competition designed to randomly choose three guinea pigs… It might not be ethical, but hey: the got to meet HER didn't they?
Her evil laughs ended abruptly when she entered the lab, only to be met with the sight of a fully operational InterDimensional Hope 5000, up and whirring contentedly.
Bulma's brief moment of confusion – how the hell did it get fixed up and turned on?? – was quickly drowned in ecstatic screams of "I DID IT!!!"
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Gohan gulped and scratched his head, nervously avoiding Videl's menacing glare. Why did she have to stare at him like that all the time??? When she did that he couldn't covertly drool over her!!! **…Waaaaait a sec – am I thinking what I think I'm thinking??? I don't like my sexy best friend that way!!! Doh…**
For her own part, Videl wished that he wouldn't keep looking at her like a whipped puppy. It made it so hard to covertly drool over him!!! **…Waaaaait a sec – am I thinking what I think I'm thinking??? I don't like my sexy best friend that way!!! Doh…** Videl quickly turned away and focused her attention up on the black board and Miss Cline – she didn't want to get caught daydreaming again!!!
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Gohan blinked and stared around himself. Where was he? He could have sworn he was just in the middle of a gigantic battle with the Saiya-jins… He whimpered, looking around himself in utter confusion. Where was Piccolo?
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Gohan's fist tightened as he scowled into the wilderness. He recognized this as the site of the Cell Games, but where were the other fighters? And most importantly – where was Cell???
He still needed to kill that bastard android…
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Gohan blinked and pushed his glasses further up on the bridge of his nose. It seemed to him that he was back on Earth! But how could that be? Earth had been destroyed along with the damn dragon balls…
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Gohan scowled into the streets. For some odd reason, he'd just popped into a random dark alleyway in a random city… Dressed as he was when he first finished training under the Supreme Kai. Tugging on his battered Saiya-jin armor, he peeked around the corner. He just knew that he was going to scare some people out there with his clothes; not to mention his calf-length hair…
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Gohan gasped, sitting up in alarm. Where was he? Where was Trunks? Where were the androids? He'd been on his way to fight with him just a minute ago… **I'm sorry Trunks, I know I shouldn't have knocked you out like that, but you can't fight them yet!** Clenching his only remaining hand, he rocketed off towards where he felt Trunks's ki.
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Gohan sighed as he watched Xan-sensei write up an involved physics equation on the board. He knew all of this already, so he didn't exactly have a whole lot to do apart from staring into nothing and trying not to have hentai thoughts about the sexy girl who sat next to him. (He wasn't having much success, I might add^^)
Suddenly he sat bolt upright. Either he was seriously deranged, or five kis exactly like his had just popped into existence! His hand shot into the air, and he waved frantically for the teacher's attention.
"Excuse me Xan-sensei, I have to go to the bathroom!"
Everyone stared at him in surprise. They were used to him needing to go to the bathroom, but this was the first time he'd ever requested to go to the bathroom while Videl was still present! Xan-sensei sighed and rolled her eyes before waving her hand dismissively towards him.
Forcing a smile, Gohan grabbed his books and raced down the hall – he needed to check this out!
Videl glared in suspicion. Something wasn't right with this picture… Being the clever girl she is, she quickly faked a police call, rushing out the door on pretense of emergency. She caught sight of Gohan's bright red pants disappearing up the stairs to the roof, and she followed in confusion.
Why would he want to go up there? Unless…
***Flashback in Bulma's Lab: Just cause I don't want to leave you wondering^^***
Vegeta winced as the huge machine crumbled beneath his… delicate touch.
"Whoopsie daisy…"
Looking both ways to make sure no one had seen – or heard, he didn't want his reputation ruined by saying such a gay phrase! – his little accident. Luckily no one was in the hall, and he grabbed the woman's blueprint. The banshee would skin him alive if she knew he'd ruined her precious master piece…
Now, it must be stressed that the Prince of the Saiya-jins was more intelligent than he let on. It took less than an hour for him to recreate the machine the woman was building. Granted – he wasn't sure how far she'd actually gotten, so he'd completed it for her (and made some improvements).
Rocking back on his heels to inspect the machine, he smirked – it was even better than the version the woman had done! Speaking of the woman… Vegeta could hear whistling coming down the hall, so he took off out the window – accidentally throwing a switch on his way out…
A/N:: ta DA!!! ^______^ What did you think???
Vegeta:: *smirks* finally the appreciation I deserve!
T-chan:: *snorts* more like evidence that this is fan fiction…
Vegeta:: *snarls, ki blasts her*
T-chan:: X.X
Lexi:: *shakes head, sighs* no matter how long we write together, those two will never learn.
Reviewer Responses::
THE MIGHTY CORRECTOR – am I supposed to feel honored that you like my series? ^~ And I already knew all that stuff about Narcissus – I was practically raised mythology; especially Greek and Roman. ^^ The reason I didn't include all the details is because not very many people really care enough – not to mention that it's a commonly known myth anyways. ^^ Besides – it was a /goddess/ that changed him into a flower – and made him fall in love with himself. Aphrodite to be exact. ^^
Ed – Hey there! Long time no review! ^~ Luved your review – long reviews are FUN!!! ^^ I'm glad you enjoyed my latest endeavor, and I most certainly hope that it lives up to my other Murphy's Law stories. *pictures Vegeta as said troop leader and falls to the floor, laughing hysterically*
Nadia Rose and Maria Cline – Just want to thank you both again, I love your stories, and it makes me feel so special to know that you're reading mine! ^^ *is in a rather sappy mood -_-* (oh, and double kudos to Nadia for being the first reviewer! ^^)
dragonscales – hey girl! Glad you checked this new story out! Just for that, I'm gunna advertise you! ^~ Everyone, go read Blinded by dragonscales. Gohan get's blinded during the Cell Games, and it's going to be an angst fic. Very good – as I should know, since I'm the betareader! ^_____^
Kioko – of course I love torturing Gohan! Are you just noticing this now? ^~
Liz - *waves* thanks! I updated! ^^ (Tixxi runs off to play with Pickles)
Natari Son - *jaw drops* me and Frozenflower? Related? *shudders* that would be beyond creepy… I mean, you are right – we both love db/z/gt, Gohan Torture, and writing angsty poetry…
*thrusts all the extra goku's that she could possibly want* Here! Get rid of the baka for me! ^___~
Dragongirl96 – You're right – they should really make those slips! ^~
Kaylendra – I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! ^^ …I'm…back? Lol *accepts melted marshmellow gravely* I thank you kind miss *hands Kaylendra a s'more* and since no one would dare flame your stories either… ^~
Everyone else – thank you all for taking the time to review, and let me know if you'd like me to continue addressing reviews at the end of chapters… I never know whether or not to, and the rest of my stories I just never got around to it… although I might if I get overwhelming support of the idea! -_-