Author Notes: Not much to say really, except that this chapter will have
some of the same dialog as the episode where Gohan teaches Videl to
fly...Anyways(did I mention I use this word A LOT??)I have another fan fic
out there called, 'Rifts'. Summary points: Kaioshin calls upon the Earth's
Saiya-jins to help guard the broken barrier in Hell!! Will the survive the
encounter with long dead Saiya-jins and evil villains?! That's basically
what it's about, but it's a get-together Goten/Bura and Trunks/Pan if
you're interested...
Disclaimer: WHAT?! I don't own DBZ?! *plugs ears while saying, "I'm not listening!! Lalalala!! I'm not listening!!"* OK...guess you're right...DBZ doesn't belong to me...
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Chapter 3: Flying 101
Gohan waited nervously outside. It was fifteen to ten and Videl hadn't shown up yet. Yet, he couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing. It was a good thing because the day of torture that Trunks and Goten had planned out for him might be postponed and it was a bad thing because Videl might be lying dead in the woods because she had decided to walk to his house and...
Goku's oldest son mentally smacked himself. Of course Videl wouldn't walk to his house. Only a *moron* would do that. Speaking of morons...Gohan glanced at the two demi saiya-jins about a yard away from him. They were whispering in hushed voices and occasionally looking over their shoulder at Gohan. They were probably planning phase three of their 'Revenge Against Gohan' plan.
'Maybe blowing up the game console wasn't such a good idea after all...' Gohan thought. 'At least they're not the brightest crayons in the box or else they would've hit me with one of their attacks by now. And Mom's not going to be happy when she sees the new landscaping they did...'
Chi-Chi had gone into town to spend a little girl time with Bulma and spend her 100,000 zeni. She wasn't supposed to be back for awhile. Hopefully 'awhile' meant until Videl left, but Gohan was sure his mother was going to bring Bulma back with her to show her Gohan's so called girlfriend.
Gohan wouldn't be surprised if the house was gone by the time she got back. Half the lawn was a crater due to the fact that Goten 'missed' Trunks with a Kamehameha wave and it landed about a foot or two away from Gohan. And the there was the incident where Trunks missed Goten with his ki blast and it went straight for Gohan instead. The older boy dodged it, but it ended up knocking the satellite dish off the roof instead...'One less electronic around the house to worry about' was a common Son and/or Briefs saying.
"The ki blasts aren't working, Goten!!" Trunks hissed. "We need to figure something out that will surprise Gohan!!"
"How about you fire a divisionary ki blast, while I fire one from behind. While he's distracted with both of them, we'll attack." Goten planned out, Trunks giving him a very surprised look.
"For once Goten, you've come up with a better plan then mine!!" the purple haired boy replied. "OK...So I've got the diversionary tactics...Gotcha..."
"When are we going to pull this off? He'll be expecting it now."
"Ummm...How about when he'd teaching that 'Videl' girl how to fly? He definitely won't be suspecting a ki attack then!!"
"Yeah!! That's a good idea!!" the black haired boy exclaimed. "So what are we going to do? Play 'What Time Is It?'(1) for the next ten minutes?"
"Sounds fine, but remember how mad my Dad got when we did that on the road trip? If he shows any sign of blowing something up, run away. Fast." Trunks instructed, before walking up to Gohan. "Gohan? What time is it?"
"9:50 AM," Gohan replied. "Why do you want to know?"
"Oh, just wondering."
A minute later Goten asked, "Big brother? Do you know what time it is?"
"9:51, Goten."
"Hey, Gohan!! Is it 10 o'clock yet?"
"No, it's 9:52."
"Gohan!! Is it time for Digimon, yet?"
"No, that starts at 3:30 PM. It's 9:53 AM."
"Is it lunch time yet?"
"No. Lunch won't start for another two hours and forty-six minutes," After seeing their confused looks he said, "I mean that it's 9:54."
"Brother..."
"It's 9:55, Goten." Gohan replied. He was starting to catch on to what they were doing and it was beginning to bug him.
"What time is your *girlfriend* coming again?"
"10 o'clock, meaning in less than four minutes."
"When's Mom supposed to get home?"
"Not in the next three minutes that's for sure."
"This is boring!! Is there anything we can do..."
"For the last two minutes of your life? I don't think so."
Goten and Trunks faces paled. They retreated away from Gohan and back towards the corner of the house.
"D-Did your Dad switch bodies with Gohan over night?" Goten whispered, sweatdropping.
"I hope not, but I think we should use the last minute to...RUN!!!" Trunks yelled, grabbing Goten by the collar and pulling him towards their forest-hiding place.
'And just in time too...' Gohan thought as Videl's jet copter appeared over the horizon. 'I don't want Videl to meet Trunks and Goten quite yet...'
About five minutes later, Videl landed the copter in the crater. She cut the engines, jumped out, and capsized the copter. After putting the capsule in her pocket, she walked over to Gohan.
"Are you ready to start my lessons?" she greeted. "I don't have all day you know."
"Hello to you too, Videl." Gohan replied. "Have a rough night?"
"Let's just say I was kept up by 'noises' coming from my Dad's bedroom. Rather loud noises if you ask me." she sighed, looking around. "What happened to your yard?! It looks like a meteorite hit!!"
"That," Gohan explained, pointing to the crater. "is the result of a ki blast that failed to hit it's target. And that," he pointed to the downed satellite dish. "is the result of another ki blast that also missed it's target."
"And this all happened when?!"
"In the last hour. Goten, my little brother, and Trunks, his best friend, were sparring and decided that they wanted to get revenge on me for blowing up their game console. So they tried to hit me with their ki blasts but failed miserably." he said. "Follow me, OK? We're going to go to a valley nearby so we don't endanger the house's structure anymore."
"OK..." Videl muttered, "But I've got a question, Gohan. What exactly is this 'ki' you keep talking about?"
"Erm...Do you call it something different in the city?"
"I guess...Dad calls it a bunch of tricks and everyone else agrees with him..."
"So something that you don't understand and can't come up with any reasonable solution for is automactily a trick?" Gohan asked, quite amused.
"No! It's just really strange to see someone being able to fly or blow up things with flashes of light!" she exclaimed. "It's almost...inhuman..."
"Inhuman? Nah..." Gohan replied. "Most of my friends that can control ki are human..."
"Most?"
"I'll save that for another day. Right now, we need to begin your lesson." he said, as the reached the valley. They sat down on the grass and Gohan began, "OK...I've never really taught this to anyone besides me brother, so bear with me." Videl nodded and Gohan continued, "To fly, you first need to learn how to control ki, which'll be our first lesson."
"Again with this 'ki' business?"
"Right...Guess I better explain that...Well, ki is kinda like the energy that you can feel in your body..."
"Who are YOU to talk about MY body, Gohan?!" Videl yelled. "Does it interest you THAT much?!"
"N-no, Videl!! I just meant that..."
"Do you think he's distracted?" a voice whispered in the woods. There was clear view of Gohan's back from where they were hiding.
"Of course baka! I think you would be distracted too if a girl basically called you a pervert!!" another voice added.
"What's a pervert?"
"You know Muten Roshi?"
"Yeah..."
"That's what a pervert is."
"But Gohan doesn't look anything like Muten Roshi!! Is he still a pervert?"
"Goten are you really THAT dumb?! That's not what I meant!!"
"OK, OK...Geez, Trunks. I was just asking..."
"Yeah-yeah. Let's get him now, kay?"
"OK!!"
Gohan was having no luck in trying to calm a furious Videl down. A sweatdropped rolled down the back of his head as she continued to yell at him.
'Oh no...Not now...' he groaned. In the back of his mind he could feel Trunks and Goten powering up ki blasts from somewhere behind him. 'Can't they ever give it a rest when guests are around?!'
"Are you even listening to me, Son Gohan?!" Videl roared. When she didn't get an answer she continued on. "Fine then! I don't need to learn how to fly!! But I'm sure ZTV will be happy to hear that the Great Saiyaman is Son Goku's son!!"
"What?! You wouldn't!!" Gohan pleaded, snapping back into reality.
"Now that I've gotten you're attention I would like to get on with my lessons..." she replied, glaring at him. "And if you ever hint something hentai around me again, I'll be sure to give you more than a lecture!!"
"All right, all right…" Gohan sighed. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed to ki blasts release from their owner's hands.
Before Videl knew what was happening, she was on the ground with Gohan on top of her. After a few moments of general shock, it suddenly dawned on Videl that hers and Gohan's bodies were very close together. And by the shade of red on Gohan's face, she could tell he knew too.
"G-gee Videl…" he stammered, helping her back up. "G-gomen ne…"
"You better be!! What was that for?!"
"Damn!! We missed!!" a voice yelled from behind them. "Your brother's way too good, Goten!!"
Videl looked over her shoulder to see two boys floating a few feet of the ground. The lavender haired one looked rather mad and the other was looking naively at something behind her.
When she happened to turn around, her eyes met with a cloud of smoke and the charred remains of what once was a very large mountain.
"W-what happened to that mountain, Gohan?!"
"Yet another result of Trunks and Goten's failed attempts to hit me with a ki blast…" Gohan muttered, rolling his eyes. "Now that you've seen what a ki blast can do, how about we move onto what ki is?"
"S-sure…"
Back by the woods, Trunks and Goten were busy arguing about how Gohan had eluded their attacks once again.
"This just sucks!! We'll never hit him!!" Trunks groaned.
"Well…Look at it this way Trunks…We can add Mt. Hisame to the list of mountains we destroyed this week…" Goten added. "And I think we got Mt. Piccolo too."
"Really? We actually got Mt. Piccolo?!"
"I can't tell…The dust hasn't settled yet."
"It looks like we got it…wait a second…No way!! It's still standing!!" Trunks exclaimed, as a dark shadow rose out of the dust. "But it looks like we managed to take a huge chunk out of it this time!"
About an hour and half later, Gohan was still trying to get Videl to understand the concept of ki. After he showed her another example of it and explained how to bring it out, she was trying her hardest to bring it out.
"No, no, no, Videl!!" Gohan scolded. "You've got to loosen up!! You'll never control your ki if you're so tense!!"
Videl looked up at Gohan, tears brimming in her eyes. "Gohan!! I just have to learn how to do this!!"
Gohan was surprised for a moment, but then said, "Listen, Videl. You need to relax. That's the only way you can do this."
"I'm *trying* to Gohan!!" Videl sighed, sounding defeated. "Maybe I just wasn't meant to do this…"
"Nonsense, Videl! Anyone who puts their mind to it can learn!" Gohan explained. "It just depends on the person really."
"How long did it take *you* to learn, Gohan?" she asked. "Five seconds?"
"Nope. It took me a few weeks(2) actually. My sensei, Piccolo, had to throw me into mountains to get me to control it." Gohan chuckled. "If you don't start learning soon, I might have to resort to that."
"Very funny, Son Gohan. You throw me into a mountain and my Dad'll slap a lawsuit on you so fast you'll be seeing stars for a week." Videl said, grinning.
Gohan was about to say a smart comeback, something about how her Dad could slap a lawsuit on harder than he could punch, when a female voice roared, "GOHAN!!! LUNCH IS READY!!!"
"Looks like my Mom's home." Gohan groaned. "Lucky thing too. I was beginning to think that I would have to cook for myself."
"Shall we take a break and eat?" Videl asked, standing up.
"Guess so. Just a warning though…my Mom's a little eccentric when it comes to girls and me. If she starts talking about marriage and grandchildren around you, just ignore it." Gohan explained, leading her through the forest. "She probably brought Bulma with her too…"
"Bulma?! As in Bulma Briefs?!" Videl asked, gaping at Gohan. "You're Mom is a *friend* of Bulma Briefs?!"
"Yeah…" Gohan grinned at the look on Videl's face. It was priceless.
When they entered the clearing where the Son house was, all talking came to a halt. Gohan grinned uneasily at the blue haired woman and his mother at the picnic table. Bulma looked as though she was in the middle of chewing out the Saiya-jin no Ouji-who had come because Bulma said he couldn't take care of himself-and Chi-Chi was yelling at the two demi saiya- jins, but now had hearts in her eyes.
"So, that's your mate brat?" Vegeta asked, breaking the silence. He eyed Videl curiously. "At least she has some muscle on her…Unlike that moron of a fath…"
"Shut up, Vegeta!!" Bulma yelled, backhanding him in the back of the head. "Why don't you do something useful for once?!"
"And what would that be, onna?" Vegeta asked. "I was doing something useful in the GR, but what happened? You came in and began to rant about going and seeing Kakarrot's spawn's mate…"
"SHE'S NOT MY MATE!!" Gohan yelled, turning a bright red.
"Hmmm…" Chi-Chi muttered, looking Videl over. "Well, she looks healthy enough…She'll be an excellent mother!! Especially when it comes to child birth!!"
"Um…Gohan?" Videl whispered, sweatdropping. "Do they always talk about you as if you're not here?"
"Most of the time…" Gohan sighed. He stomach growled rather loud, reminding him and the other saiya-jins that they were hungry.
"Kakarrot's mate!! Serve me food!!" Vegeta barked, as Trunks, Goten, Gohan, and Videl slid into their seats.
"Vegeta, will you call her Chi-Chi for once?" Bulma asked, exasperated.
Vegeta didn't reply because he was busy helping himself some rice. He was obvisouly excited about having a good meal for once.
Bulma sighed and continued, "Excuse his behavior, Chi-Chi. The only reason he hasn't blasted you into the next dimension is because of your cooking abilities."
"And if he did, Goku'd come back and kick his ass to Hell and back." Chi-Chi added.
"In your dreams he would…" Vegeta grumbled, grabbing an egg roll.
"Geez, Gohan!! You and your brother eat like pigs!!" Videl exclaimed, watching as the three demi saiya-jins went onto their sixth proportion.
"Tell me about…" Bulma muttered. "Oh excuse me! I haven't introduced myself yet!! I'm Bulma Briefs, and this…" she pointed at Vegeta. "is my husband, Vegeta. I'm presuming you've already met our son, Trunks?"
"Yeah…He and Goten tried to blow up Gohan while we were training."
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Bulma and Chi-Chi yelled together. Trunks and Goten stopped eating and glanced at their mothers.
"YOU COULD HAVE KILLED MY FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW!!" Chi-Chi screamed.
"I SWEAR TRUNKS BRIEFS, YOU NEVER THINK OF WHAT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR CRAZY ANTICS COULD BE!!" Bulma added, as the advanced on the boys.
"Wha-what should we do Trunks?!" Goten asked before stuffing an egg roll in his mouth.
"The smart thing to do would be…RUN!!!" Trunks yelled. He shot off into the sky, Goten following closely behind.
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The afternoon went very quietly for the Sons and the Briefs, considering Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten decided to go train at Capsule Corp, for their own safety. Bulma and Chi-Chi were at the house looking through wedding catalogs, while planning Videl and Gohan's wedding. They had already decided on Videl's dress, the decorations, the flowers, and the bride's maid dresses.
Gohan and Videl were back in the valley and Videl had finally gotten the hang of ki usage. She was now trying to concentrate her energy to her feet.
"You can do it Videl!! Just concentrate!!" Gohan encouraged.
Videl did as she was told and a few minutes later, the grass began to flatten, and Videl's feet lifted a few inches off the ground.
"All right!! You did it Videl!!" Gohan exclaimed.
"I'm trying to concentrate, Gohan!!" Videl hissed, glaring at him. Gohan quickly clamped his mouth shut until she floated back down to the ground.
"Good job Videl!! You're a fast learner!!" Gohan said. "Guess that's all you need to learn…"
"I'm coming back tomorrow." She replied, taking out her capsule and throwing it to the ground. Her jet copter appeared and she walked toward it.
"What?! Why?! You learned everything you need to fly!! All you need is some practice and…"
"I want to learn more about this 'ki' thing." She explained. "And you're the only one who knows how to do this."
"So I'm your sensei now?" Gohan joked, grinning.
"Guess you can say that." Videl replied, climbing into the jet copter.
"Oh yeah…Videl? I was thinking…Maybe you should cut your hair shorter…"
"Huh?" Videl asked. She looked at her pigtails and blushed. "Do you like girls with short hair?"
"Uh…That's not what I meant Videl…I meant that it would be easier to fight without all that long hair and your competitors in the Tenkachi Budouki wouldn't be able to pull your hair…"
"YOU JERK!! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Videl roared, starting the copter up and flying away.
Gohan blinked in surprise before muttering, "Girls!! I'll never understand them!!"
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Done!! Hope you liked this one!! There'll be more action in the next chapter, I promise!!
(One) I got that 'What Time Is It' game from a very annoying boy in my class. He kept asking my friend what time it was every minute….
(Two) I've never seen the Saiya-jin saga and I only own the manga's where they're fighting the saiya-jins, so I'm just guessing on how long it takes Gohan how to learn.
Next Chapter: Hey guys! This is Son Goku here and next time on 'Nothing but the Truth', I'm coming back to Earth for one week!! How is this possible? The Tenkachi Budouki isn't for a few more months!! You'll just have to wait and see!!
Disclaimer: WHAT?! I don't own DBZ?! *plugs ears while saying, "I'm not listening!! Lalalala!! I'm not listening!!"* OK...guess you're right...DBZ doesn't belong to me...
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Chapter 3: Flying 101
Gohan waited nervously outside. It was fifteen to ten and Videl hadn't shown up yet. Yet, he couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing. It was a good thing because the day of torture that Trunks and Goten had planned out for him might be postponed and it was a bad thing because Videl might be lying dead in the woods because she had decided to walk to his house and...
Goku's oldest son mentally smacked himself. Of course Videl wouldn't walk to his house. Only a *moron* would do that. Speaking of morons...Gohan glanced at the two demi saiya-jins about a yard away from him. They were whispering in hushed voices and occasionally looking over their shoulder at Gohan. They were probably planning phase three of their 'Revenge Against Gohan' plan.
'Maybe blowing up the game console wasn't such a good idea after all...' Gohan thought. 'At least they're not the brightest crayons in the box or else they would've hit me with one of their attacks by now. And Mom's not going to be happy when she sees the new landscaping they did...'
Chi-Chi had gone into town to spend a little girl time with Bulma and spend her 100,000 zeni. She wasn't supposed to be back for awhile. Hopefully 'awhile' meant until Videl left, but Gohan was sure his mother was going to bring Bulma back with her to show her Gohan's so called girlfriend.
Gohan wouldn't be surprised if the house was gone by the time she got back. Half the lawn was a crater due to the fact that Goten 'missed' Trunks with a Kamehameha wave and it landed about a foot or two away from Gohan. And the there was the incident where Trunks missed Goten with his ki blast and it went straight for Gohan instead. The older boy dodged it, but it ended up knocking the satellite dish off the roof instead...'One less electronic around the house to worry about' was a common Son and/or Briefs saying.
"The ki blasts aren't working, Goten!!" Trunks hissed. "We need to figure something out that will surprise Gohan!!"
"How about you fire a divisionary ki blast, while I fire one from behind. While he's distracted with both of them, we'll attack." Goten planned out, Trunks giving him a very surprised look.
"For once Goten, you've come up with a better plan then mine!!" the purple haired boy replied. "OK...So I've got the diversionary tactics...Gotcha..."
"When are we going to pull this off? He'll be expecting it now."
"Ummm...How about when he'd teaching that 'Videl' girl how to fly? He definitely won't be suspecting a ki attack then!!"
"Yeah!! That's a good idea!!" the black haired boy exclaimed. "So what are we going to do? Play 'What Time Is It?'(1) for the next ten minutes?"
"Sounds fine, but remember how mad my Dad got when we did that on the road trip? If he shows any sign of blowing something up, run away. Fast." Trunks instructed, before walking up to Gohan. "Gohan? What time is it?"
"9:50 AM," Gohan replied. "Why do you want to know?"
"Oh, just wondering."
A minute later Goten asked, "Big brother? Do you know what time it is?"
"9:51, Goten."
"Hey, Gohan!! Is it 10 o'clock yet?"
"No, it's 9:52."
"Gohan!! Is it time for Digimon, yet?"
"No, that starts at 3:30 PM. It's 9:53 AM."
"Is it lunch time yet?"
"No. Lunch won't start for another two hours and forty-six minutes," After seeing their confused looks he said, "I mean that it's 9:54."
"Brother..."
"It's 9:55, Goten." Gohan replied. He was starting to catch on to what they were doing and it was beginning to bug him.
"What time is your *girlfriend* coming again?"
"10 o'clock, meaning in less than four minutes."
"When's Mom supposed to get home?"
"Not in the next three minutes that's for sure."
"This is boring!! Is there anything we can do..."
"For the last two minutes of your life? I don't think so."
Goten and Trunks faces paled. They retreated away from Gohan and back towards the corner of the house.
"D-Did your Dad switch bodies with Gohan over night?" Goten whispered, sweatdropping.
"I hope not, but I think we should use the last minute to...RUN!!!" Trunks yelled, grabbing Goten by the collar and pulling him towards their forest-hiding place.
'And just in time too...' Gohan thought as Videl's jet copter appeared over the horizon. 'I don't want Videl to meet Trunks and Goten quite yet...'
About five minutes later, Videl landed the copter in the crater. She cut the engines, jumped out, and capsized the copter. After putting the capsule in her pocket, she walked over to Gohan.
"Are you ready to start my lessons?" she greeted. "I don't have all day you know."
"Hello to you too, Videl." Gohan replied. "Have a rough night?"
"Let's just say I was kept up by 'noises' coming from my Dad's bedroom. Rather loud noises if you ask me." she sighed, looking around. "What happened to your yard?! It looks like a meteorite hit!!"
"That," Gohan explained, pointing to the crater. "is the result of a ki blast that failed to hit it's target. And that," he pointed to the downed satellite dish. "is the result of another ki blast that also missed it's target."
"And this all happened when?!"
"In the last hour. Goten, my little brother, and Trunks, his best friend, were sparring and decided that they wanted to get revenge on me for blowing up their game console. So they tried to hit me with their ki blasts but failed miserably." he said. "Follow me, OK? We're going to go to a valley nearby so we don't endanger the house's structure anymore."
"OK..." Videl muttered, "But I've got a question, Gohan. What exactly is this 'ki' you keep talking about?"
"Erm...Do you call it something different in the city?"
"I guess...Dad calls it a bunch of tricks and everyone else agrees with him..."
"So something that you don't understand and can't come up with any reasonable solution for is automactily a trick?" Gohan asked, quite amused.
"No! It's just really strange to see someone being able to fly or blow up things with flashes of light!" she exclaimed. "It's almost...inhuman..."
"Inhuman? Nah..." Gohan replied. "Most of my friends that can control ki are human..."
"Most?"
"I'll save that for another day. Right now, we need to begin your lesson." he said, as the reached the valley. They sat down on the grass and Gohan began, "OK...I've never really taught this to anyone besides me brother, so bear with me." Videl nodded and Gohan continued, "To fly, you first need to learn how to control ki, which'll be our first lesson."
"Again with this 'ki' business?"
"Right...Guess I better explain that...Well, ki is kinda like the energy that you can feel in your body..."
"Who are YOU to talk about MY body, Gohan?!" Videl yelled. "Does it interest you THAT much?!"
"N-no, Videl!! I just meant that..."
"Do you think he's distracted?" a voice whispered in the woods. There was clear view of Gohan's back from where they were hiding.
"Of course baka! I think you would be distracted too if a girl basically called you a pervert!!" another voice added.
"What's a pervert?"
"You know Muten Roshi?"
"Yeah..."
"That's what a pervert is."
"But Gohan doesn't look anything like Muten Roshi!! Is he still a pervert?"
"Goten are you really THAT dumb?! That's not what I meant!!"
"OK, OK...Geez, Trunks. I was just asking..."
"Yeah-yeah. Let's get him now, kay?"
"OK!!"
Gohan was having no luck in trying to calm a furious Videl down. A sweatdropped rolled down the back of his head as she continued to yell at him.
'Oh no...Not now...' he groaned. In the back of his mind he could feel Trunks and Goten powering up ki blasts from somewhere behind him. 'Can't they ever give it a rest when guests are around?!'
"Are you even listening to me, Son Gohan?!" Videl roared. When she didn't get an answer she continued on. "Fine then! I don't need to learn how to fly!! But I'm sure ZTV will be happy to hear that the Great Saiyaman is Son Goku's son!!"
"What?! You wouldn't!!" Gohan pleaded, snapping back into reality.
"Now that I've gotten you're attention I would like to get on with my lessons..." she replied, glaring at him. "And if you ever hint something hentai around me again, I'll be sure to give you more than a lecture!!"
"All right, all right…" Gohan sighed. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed to ki blasts release from their owner's hands.
Before Videl knew what was happening, she was on the ground with Gohan on top of her. After a few moments of general shock, it suddenly dawned on Videl that hers and Gohan's bodies were very close together. And by the shade of red on Gohan's face, she could tell he knew too.
"G-gee Videl…" he stammered, helping her back up. "G-gomen ne…"
"You better be!! What was that for?!"
"Damn!! We missed!!" a voice yelled from behind them. "Your brother's way too good, Goten!!"
Videl looked over her shoulder to see two boys floating a few feet of the ground. The lavender haired one looked rather mad and the other was looking naively at something behind her.
When she happened to turn around, her eyes met with a cloud of smoke and the charred remains of what once was a very large mountain.
"W-what happened to that mountain, Gohan?!"
"Yet another result of Trunks and Goten's failed attempts to hit me with a ki blast…" Gohan muttered, rolling his eyes. "Now that you've seen what a ki blast can do, how about we move onto what ki is?"
"S-sure…"
Back by the woods, Trunks and Goten were busy arguing about how Gohan had eluded their attacks once again.
"This just sucks!! We'll never hit him!!" Trunks groaned.
"Well…Look at it this way Trunks…We can add Mt. Hisame to the list of mountains we destroyed this week…" Goten added. "And I think we got Mt. Piccolo too."
"Really? We actually got Mt. Piccolo?!"
"I can't tell…The dust hasn't settled yet."
"It looks like we got it…wait a second…No way!! It's still standing!!" Trunks exclaimed, as a dark shadow rose out of the dust. "But it looks like we managed to take a huge chunk out of it this time!"
About an hour and half later, Gohan was still trying to get Videl to understand the concept of ki. After he showed her another example of it and explained how to bring it out, she was trying her hardest to bring it out.
"No, no, no, Videl!!" Gohan scolded. "You've got to loosen up!! You'll never control your ki if you're so tense!!"
Videl looked up at Gohan, tears brimming in her eyes. "Gohan!! I just have to learn how to do this!!"
Gohan was surprised for a moment, but then said, "Listen, Videl. You need to relax. That's the only way you can do this."
"I'm *trying* to Gohan!!" Videl sighed, sounding defeated. "Maybe I just wasn't meant to do this…"
"Nonsense, Videl! Anyone who puts their mind to it can learn!" Gohan explained. "It just depends on the person really."
"How long did it take *you* to learn, Gohan?" she asked. "Five seconds?"
"Nope. It took me a few weeks(2) actually. My sensei, Piccolo, had to throw me into mountains to get me to control it." Gohan chuckled. "If you don't start learning soon, I might have to resort to that."
"Very funny, Son Gohan. You throw me into a mountain and my Dad'll slap a lawsuit on you so fast you'll be seeing stars for a week." Videl said, grinning.
Gohan was about to say a smart comeback, something about how her Dad could slap a lawsuit on harder than he could punch, when a female voice roared, "GOHAN!!! LUNCH IS READY!!!"
"Looks like my Mom's home." Gohan groaned. "Lucky thing too. I was beginning to think that I would have to cook for myself."
"Shall we take a break and eat?" Videl asked, standing up.
"Guess so. Just a warning though…my Mom's a little eccentric when it comes to girls and me. If she starts talking about marriage and grandchildren around you, just ignore it." Gohan explained, leading her through the forest. "She probably brought Bulma with her too…"
"Bulma?! As in Bulma Briefs?!" Videl asked, gaping at Gohan. "You're Mom is a *friend* of Bulma Briefs?!"
"Yeah…" Gohan grinned at the look on Videl's face. It was priceless.
When they entered the clearing where the Son house was, all talking came to a halt. Gohan grinned uneasily at the blue haired woman and his mother at the picnic table. Bulma looked as though she was in the middle of chewing out the Saiya-jin no Ouji-who had come because Bulma said he couldn't take care of himself-and Chi-Chi was yelling at the two demi saiya- jins, but now had hearts in her eyes.
"So, that's your mate brat?" Vegeta asked, breaking the silence. He eyed Videl curiously. "At least she has some muscle on her…Unlike that moron of a fath…"
"Shut up, Vegeta!!" Bulma yelled, backhanding him in the back of the head. "Why don't you do something useful for once?!"
"And what would that be, onna?" Vegeta asked. "I was doing something useful in the GR, but what happened? You came in and began to rant about going and seeing Kakarrot's spawn's mate…"
"SHE'S NOT MY MATE!!" Gohan yelled, turning a bright red.
"Hmmm…" Chi-Chi muttered, looking Videl over. "Well, she looks healthy enough…She'll be an excellent mother!! Especially when it comes to child birth!!"
"Um…Gohan?" Videl whispered, sweatdropping. "Do they always talk about you as if you're not here?"
"Most of the time…" Gohan sighed. He stomach growled rather loud, reminding him and the other saiya-jins that they were hungry.
"Kakarrot's mate!! Serve me food!!" Vegeta barked, as Trunks, Goten, Gohan, and Videl slid into their seats.
"Vegeta, will you call her Chi-Chi for once?" Bulma asked, exasperated.
Vegeta didn't reply because he was busy helping himself some rice. He was obvisouly excited about having a good meal for once.
Bulma sighed and continued, "Excuse his behavior, Chi-Chi. The only reason he hasn't blasted you into the next dimension is because of your cooking abilities."
"And if he did, Goku'd come back and kick his ass to Hell and back." Chi-Chi added.
"In your dreams he would…" Vegeta grumbled, grabbing an egg roll.
"Geez, Gohan!! You and your brother eat like pigs!!" Videl exclaimed, watching as the three demi saiya-jins went onto their sixth proportion.
"Tell me about…" Bulma muttered. "Oh excuse me! I haven't introduced myself yet!! I'm Bulma Briefs, and this…" she pointed at Vegeta. "is my husband, Vegeta. I'm presuming you've already met our son, Trunks?"
"Yeah…He and Goten tried to blow up Gohan while we were training."
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Bulma and Chi-Chi yelled together. Trunks and Goten stopped eating and glanced at their mothers.
"YOU COULD HAVE KILLED MY FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW!!" Chi-Chi screamed.
"I SWEAR TRUNKS BRIEFS, YOU NEVER THINK OF WHAT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR CRAZY ANTICS COULD BE!!" Bulma added, as the advanced on the boys.
"Wha-what should we do Trunks?!" Goten asked before stuffing an egg roll in his mouth.
"The smart thing to do would be…RUN!!!" Trunks yelled. He shot off into the sky, Goten following closely behind.
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The afternoon went very quietly for the Sons and the Briefs, considering Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten decided to go train at Capsule Corp, for their own safety. Bulma and Chi-Chi were at the house looking through wedding catalogs, while planning Videl and Gohan's wedding. They had already decided on Videl's dress, the decorations, the flowers, and the bride's maid dresses.
Gohan and Videl were back in the valley and Videl had finally gotten the hang of ki usage. She was now trying to concentrate her energy to her feet.
"You can do it Videl!! Just concentrate!!" Gohan encouraged.
Videl did as she was told and a few minutes later, the grass began to flatten, and Videl's feet lifted a few inches off the ground.
"All right!! You did it Videl!!" Gohan exclaimed.
"I'm trying to concentrate, Gohan!!" Videl hissed, glaring at him. Gohan quickly clamped his mouth shut until she floated back down to the ground.
"Good job Videl!! You're a fast learner!!" Gohan said. "Guess that's all you need to learn…"
"I'm coming back tomorrow." She replied, taking out her capsule and throwing it to the ground. Her jet copter appeared and she walked toward it.
"What?! Why?! You learned everything you need to fly!! All you need is some practice and…"
"I want to learn more about this 'ki' thing." She explained. "And you're the only one who knows how to do this."
"So I'm your sensei now?" Gohan joked, grinning.
"Guess you can say that." Videl replied, climbing into the jet copter.
"Oh yeah…Videl? I was thinking…Maybe you should cut your hair shorter…"
"Huh?" Videl asked. She looked at her pigtails and blushed. "Do you like girls with short hair?"
"Uh…That's not what I meant Videl…I meant that it would be easier to fight without all that long hair and your competitors in the Tenkachi Budouki wouldn't be able to pull your hair…"
"YOU JERK!! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Videl roared, starting the copter up and flying away.
Gohan blinked in surprise before muttering, "Girls!! I'll never understand them!!"
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Done!! Hope you liked this one!! There'll be more action in the next chapter, I promise!!
(One) I got that 'What Time Is It' game from a very annoying boy in my class. He kept asking my friend what time it was every minute….
(Two) I've never seen the Saiya-jin saga and I only own the manga's where they're fighting the saiya-jins, so I'm just guessing on how long it takes Gohan how to learn.
Next Chapter: Hey guys! This is Son Goku here and next time on 'Nothing but the Truth', I'm coming back to Earth for one week!! How is this possible? The Tenkachi Budouki isn't for a few more months!! You'll just have to wait and see!!
