~Ashley :D~ HELLO! ASHLEY HERE! I'M ANNOUNCING THIS *NEW* CHAPTER TO MY FICCIE!

~Sephiroth -.-~ You know you don't have to scream, its not like they can hear you through the computer screen.

~Ashley :o~ Wow! Your right! I never thought about that! Thank you sooooo much for enlightening me! *snuggles up to my beloved Sephy!*

~Sephiroth o~ Get off me before I slice you limb to limb!

~Ashley T.T~ Fine! *pulls away*

~Sephiroth~ Just get the disclaimer over with, before I decide to come back to life and avenge my mother by once again unleashing meteor!

~Ashley ^.^v~ Well, we wouldn't want that to happen! At least not the whole mother avenging meteor part! So I guess I'll just do the disclaimer then…

~Sephiroth #-.-~ Good, now I'm leaving. *walks off*

~*~Disclaimer- NO OWN DBZ! KAPEESH!~*~

~Ashley~ SEPHY WAIT FOR ME! *runs away towards a distant Sephiroth*

Cheesy Announcer Dude "Last time on DBZ- After Departing with their ruined home, Gohan, Goten, and ChiChi split their separate ways! ChiChi stayed at the well known Kame place where Krillin is getting into all sorts of trouble! And speaking of trouble, that's a great word to describe what Bulma and Vegeta were doing when Gohan and Goten arrived at the Brief's residence. So, don't miss this great new episode of DRAGON BALL Z!"

St. Patrick's Dragon Balls

Chapter Three ~ Circumstances

'I wonder how I'm going to get to help Gohan!' Dende thought, looking out at the sky, where the sun was now setting. 'I'm beginning to believe anything is better than this.' He glanced over at Piccolo quickly who was still in deep meditation. Dende walked to the other side of the floating fortress to find Mr. Popo and began helping him water some plants.

'Planning something eh Dende?' Piccolo thought to himself. He was, after all, partially telepathic.

~*~At Videl's House~*~

Videl was busy finishing up some science homework she had. 'Now lets see…' she was deep in thought. "How does that crazy old hag expect us to know the orbit of Jupiter's moon Callisto! We haven't so much as brushed on that subject! Grr…" Videl thought even harder, hoping she'd remember something about it. But all she could think of was the charming young man who sat next to her in the class.

Videl sighed and relaxed in her chair, propping her arms behind her head. 'His beautiful black hair, that soft fair skin, his eyes… the way they pierce my heart every time our gazes lock… But that doesn't help with my homework!' She reminded herself quickly snapping out of her daze.

"That's it I just cant concentrate!" Videl said angrily. "I better call him and ask for some help on this," she said to herself. 'Hopefully one of us pays attention in class … Or maybe… I should be hoping he gets distracted just like me…' Videl mentally kicked herself for once again blinking off into her happy little romantic world and searched for a phone she could call her beloved Gohan with.

~Ring! Ring!~

*Please pickup! Please pickup!*

~Ring! Ring! Ring!~

*Come on- Pickup! Pickup! Pickup!*

~Ring! Ring!~

*Why isn't he picking up?!?*

~Ring! Ri- "Call Error." A monotone operator voice that we all know too well came on. "The number you are trying to reach is out of service. Please hang up and try again later. Call Error. The number you are trying to reach is out of service. Please hang up and try again later. Call

Err-" *CLICK*

"CALL ERROR!?! OUT OF SERVICE?!?" Videl screeched and slammed the phone into its socket, nearly causing the entire thing to fall off of the wall it was mantled onto. *sniff* "But

Gohan!!" T.T

Videl pouted and jumped back on her bed. "All I wanted to do was talk to you! But no!" Videl tried to figure out what possibly could have caused something like that to happen to his phone.

"What if something happened to him!" She seriously put this possibility through her head.

"…WAAAAAA!!!!!" Videl stuffed her head under a pillow and started sobbing like a baby.

~Ring! Ring!~

Videl perked up. 'The phone…?'

~Ring! Ring!~

"Could it be?!?" She said excitedly.

~Ring! Ring! Ri-

"Hello, Sataan residence! This is Videl speaking!!!"

"Oh hey Videl! I was hoping you'd pick up! Its me-"

"GOHAN! I KNEW IT WAS YOU!!!!"

"Um… No this is Erasa, hate to disappoint you!" ^.^V

"Oh my god! I'm SO sorry!" *sniff*

"Its ok!"

*sniff* "So how are you doing?" *sniff*

"I'm fine… Do you have a cold or something Videl? You sound like you've been crying!"

"What?! Crying! Why I'd never!" O

"Ok! Just sounded like it! So what are you up to?"

"…Well, I do need some help on our homework!"

"Yeah sure! No problem!"

~Several Minutes Later~

"Thanks a lot Erasa! I was completely lost on that assignment!"

"Don't mention it! But you might want to pay better attention in class, you know?"

"Well… I kind of can't help it with Gohan sitting next to me," Videl said, blushing madly. But she was comfortable talking to Erasa about this type of thing, however she would not likely have whispered about it under her breath to anyone else.

"You're really crazy about him aren't you?"

"Well, yeah! But that's old news, who's it looking like for you right now?"

"Me? I'm living the single life!" The two of them laughed airily.

"Well," Videl said, "I think I better get going. I've got to get some training done before I go to bed!"

"Alright! Don't ware yourself out!"

"I won't! -Ja!"

"Sayonara!" *Click!*

Videl sighed and brushed her fingers through her hair. She put the phone back into its socket and thought about why Gohan's phone line had been disconnected. "…Oh well," She said shrugging. "Time to go hit the punching bag!" Videl started out of her room and down towards the gym.

~*~Next Day at the Briefs Residence~*~

Bulma pulled herself out of bed and looked around. Vegeta was no longer at her side. 'Probably in the gravity room.' She stood up, running a hand through her messy "bed hair", and walked down to the kitchen. Once she made it her mouth dropped to the ground when she saw the room.

It was an absolute pigsty. There were random splatters of food mixtures all over the walls, ceiling, and floor. A certain odd looking green one was particularly questionable. Her eyes slowly made their way to the counter where she found Gohan, Goten, and Trunks huddled around an assortment of pots and pans. Trunks caught a glimpse of her in the back of his eye and spun around.

"Hey mom! What's up?"

"What's up?! MY KITCHEN THAT'S WHAT! What are you three doing!?!"

"Oh, hi Mrs. Briefs!" Gohan said cheerfully. "You're a little low on food in your refrigerator, so we decided to make breakfast."


"Well I wouldn't exactly consider any of you to be chefs." Bulma said grumpily. "Where is Goku? I know that he can almost cook a meal without destroying the whole house."

"He's still asleep," Gohan said. "We tried to wake him up but it was no use."

"Oh it wasn't was it?" Bulma stormed out of the kitchen into the family room where she found Goku sprawled out on the couch. "GOKU-SON! YOU GET UP THIS INSTANT!"

"…zzz…hmmm… pork chops… zzz…"

"grrrr… GOKU!!!! WAKE UP! YOUR CHILDREN ARE DESTROYING MY HOME!!!!"

"…sausage…" *snore*

"GOKU! ITS FRIEZA! HE'S RETURNED AND IS ATTEMPTING TO TURN EARTH INTO A BALL OF ICE!"

Goku smiled dumbly and rolled over, still snoring.

Fuming, Bulma stormed out of the family room and back into the kitchen. Gohan, Goten, and Trunks eyed her cautiously. She grabbed hot pan off the burner and dragged Goten out to the living room with her by his ear.

"Ouch! What are you doing?!"

"Just come with me." Bulma stopped in front of the sleeping Goku *…steeeaak…* and handed the pan to Goten. "Now," Bulma started. "I want you to hit this man over the head with that frying pan."

"But… That's my dad!" Goten said, confused.

"No it isn't, that's an evil villain who has stolen your dad's body. If you don't hit him with that pan then he'll wake up and destroy the world!"

"Oh no!" Goten exclaimed gullibly. "AHHHH!" He raised the frying pan and then flung it down on top of Goku's forehead then brought it back up and slammed it down again. He continued this with much agility. You could hear the grown man's skin sizzle when the pan stayed down on his head for too long.

"OOOWWW!" Goku snapped up started dancing around, trying to get his head to stop hurting. Goten panicked and went at the sayaijin even more ruthlessly.

"Hey! Quit it! Ow! Bulma make him stop!" Bulma just laughed. "BULMA!!!"

"Ok, ok. Goten, he's not really a bad guy - That's your dad." Goten stopped and looked at his dad, who was rubbing his head. His eyes watered over and he dropped the pan before he started bawling.

*sniff* "I'm sorry daddy! I didn't know! I thought you were evil! WAAAA!"

"Oh, son its ok! Don't cry!" he quickly diverted his attention. "Bulma what's your problem?! That hurt!"

Bulma giggled and then broke out in laughter, she just couldn't take Goku seriously when he had a giant red spot on his forehead.

-.- "Stop laughing! I'm being serious!" Bulma gathered herself and sighed, trying to keep herself from cracking when she saw Goku's angry expression. Gohan then walked in the room, followed by Trunks.

"I've got to go now or I'll be late for school." Gohan said after gathering the situation. "I'll pick up something to eat on the way there."

"Ok son, have a good day!" Goku said, suddenly cheerful. You'd never guess that he'd just been severely beaten with a steaming frying pan.

"Bye Gohan!" Trunks and Goten both called after him before he flew from the house.

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OK!!! I just wanna post this chapter! So im done, I know it was kinda pointless but next chapter ill make it be st patties day - so stay tuned! And believe it or not I have most of this fic all plotted out, lol. I know that's really hard to believe but its true. So ill write more later! Ok, at this time, when u have finished reading the chapter, it is polite to REVIEW! So I would appreciate it if you did so! Arigato! Ok im out!!!!! Bai!!

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Do you like life? Good, because I don't enjoy taking a life if it is not appreciated. - The male pill popper villain version of me from 1994 movie The Professional.