Chapter 8 - The Destruction
Gohan and Videl were enjoying their dinner after studying when all of a sudden Gohan sensed two huge and unmistakable ki levels. He stopped eating and turned his head around towards the direction of Goku and Vegeta and thought, now what? Don't tell me Vegeta's bored again. Videl noticed that Gohan's attention directed away from his dinner and that it was 'saiyan business.'
"What is it Gohan? Are your dad and Vegeta fighting again?"
Gohan nodded.
"Well, I've never seen one of their fights properly, so do you think we could go right now? And if they finish before we get there, we still might be able to ask Vegeta about gravity so that we can add more information to our assignment. I'm lucky to have you as my partner for this particular assignment, Gohan."
Gohan thought about it, and then answered, "sure. Why not? I'm curious to know why they're fighting myself. But I wouldn't want to ask Vegeta about his gravity room. He wouldn't pick a fight with my dad unless he was really pissed about something." They wolfed down the rest of their meals as fast as they could and flew towards Goku and Vegeta.
Goku and Vegeta were busily punching kicking and blasting away at each other when Gohan and Videl arrived. Vegeta saw them and became more than just annoyed. He was now on the verge of blowing up the planet, but luckily he had enough sense to know that he wouldn't survive. Instead he tried to make his situation sound as bad as possible.
"This is so unfair! All I wanted to do was sort out some business with Kakarot's mate, but then that devil of a woman Bulma had to interfere, so then Kakarot and I had to fight, and then everyone starts staring at us! And by everyone I mean you, your mate, my mate and my son, and Kakarot's son and mate!" Gohan and Videl looked at each other, then both of them protested, "us? Mates? No way!"
Vegeta grinned and said, "so I'm right. You two are certainly very close." Gohan and Videl both blushed scarlet and looked away from each other. Vegeta was feeling very pleased with himself, and looked back at Goku.
"Now that that's settled, we can get on with our fight once again."
Videl watched in awe as Goku and Vegeta moved at super human speeds and had faster than light reflexes. This is unbelievable... and I thought this stuff only happened in sci-fi movies... I guess there's more to the universe than I'll ever know.
Gohan was also staring at them, but for a different reason. It's really quite amazing how dad and Vegeta improve so much every time they fight. Before you know it, they'll be so strong that the Earth probably wouldn't be able to keep stable under all the stress from their power. Haha, they might even end up fighting in Vegeta's gravity room instead as a last resort. But then again, it's probably too small for them.
Their fight intensified and soon ki blasts were going everywhere. Gohan, Videl, Goten and Trunks were all busy dodging the ki blasts. Videl was screaming nearly every time a blast went past her.
"Gohan, how can you stand this? I mean, I could get killed! I wish I were as fast as you, Gohan."
"Well Videl, I've been doing this as training ever since I was a little kid. You just need more practice."
"I certainly hope you're right. This is a horrible way to die!"
Gohan smiled and thought, Videl understands and accepts things that are beyond her control, unlike her father. That's why I like her, I guess.
Vegeta shot a huge ki blast at Goku. It missed, and was headed straight for Gohan and Videl. "Watch out!" shouted Gohan and pushed Videl out of the way. At that instant, Goku realised that Chi Chi's restaurant was in the path of the blast. He fired his own ball of ki, hoping that it would divert Vegeta's attack away from Planet Plant. Unfortunately his blast wasn't fast enough, and it was only a matter of seconds before Planet Plant exploded.
Back at the Capsule Corp, Chi Chi and Bulma watched as Vegeta's blast sped towards a place near Planet Plant. Chi Chi's eyes widened, and said, "hey, isn't that headed for...." Bulma looked at Chi Chi and finished off her sentence. "Yeah, your restaurant." Now you've blown it, Vegeta. Literally. I wonder what you're going to do when Chi Ch finds you. Vegeta and the others watched as Planet Plant exploded, and Chi Chi screamed out louder than ever before, "NOOOOOOOOOO! MY BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT! GONE! VEGETA, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!"
