In the Eyes of a Child
Chapter Two - Tantrum Trouble
Their eyes and mouths were wide open in shock and disbelief at what the two boys just said. However, it was Bulma who recovered first. "Did you just say... that it was Videl's idea?"
Goten and Trunks nodded earnestly.
Finally, Chichi managed to recover, and she told the boys that she would not believe it unless she would hear it from Videl herself. She quickly turned around and called out, "Videl, dear, can you please come over here for a while?"
The raven-haired girl bounced out of the Son house, carrying in her hands...
Flowers..?
"Hai, Chichi-san?" she began in her usual tone recently, her sing-song voice that drives Trunks nuts. And just as it always had, Trunks started screaming and running around, yelling, "NOOOO! That voice, not that voice!!!!"
Videl looked at Trunks in a blank way, then returned to look at Chichi. "Hai, Chichi-san?" she repeated, and Trunks came running around all over again. Finally, Videl realized how to do it properly, so she yelled in her sing-song tone, "HAI, CHICHI-SAN?" and burst into laughter as Trunks went berserk on her little endeavor.
"Trunks, what's wrong?" Goten finally noticed what his best friend was doing, however, Trunks didn't hear him, for he was busy covering his ears and running away from Videl. Goten didn't like the idea of Trunks not listening to him, so using his sing-song voice, he asked, "Trunks, what's wrong?"
The lavender-haired saiyajin started crying.
His mother rushed to comfort him in an instant, and when all eyes fell on Videl, she whispered in a guilty tone, "I was just asking what Chichi-san wanted..."
"Where did you get those flowers?" Chichi asked, her tone immediately sharp.
Videl replied, "I asked Goten and Trunks to get them for me."
The older woman's eyes widened in shock. "So YOU were really the one behind this!" she exclaimed pointing to her ruined garden.
Videl looked at the garden, then back to the flowers she was holding, and started crying. "I didn't tell Goten and Trunks to get the flowers in the garden... I just told them that I want pretty flowers like the ones in the garden because I wanna make something for Gohan-kun because he's really nice and I just want to give him something as a thank you gift. But I didn't know they took the flowers in the garden!" she explained and burst into tears.
"Now, now," Chichi muttered rushing to her, the older woman's eyes darting to Gohan's room to make sure that the demi-saiyajin didn't hear his girlfriend crying. "It's alright, dear. I understand. Don't worry about it."
"I'll just help you fix your garden," the other answered softly. Videl looked at the flowers in her hands, then hesitantly, she walked towards the garden and placed the flowers on the ground. She scooped up some of the soil and tried to make the flowers stand once again. "Grow well, pretty flowers," she whispered to the flowers and forced a smile.
Chichi looked at her and smiled. "Dear, you don't have to do that. Those flowers are yours now. Make them into what you were planning to give Gohan. Just help me grow the new ones, okay?"
"Okay."
"Good," she said ruffling Videl's hair. "Now, as for you two," she muttered looking at Goten and Trunks.
Trunks spoke up, "She said she wanted flowers like the ones in the garden, and we were too tired to go somewhere, so we got them! We're sorry!"
"WE'RE SORRY!" the boys chorused.
"Well, I think that apology could be accepted, right, Chichi?" Bulma asked, wanting to end the commotion.
Chichi sighed, then nodded. "Well, I guess it could... Alright, apology accepted. Boys, just be careful next time. Okay?"
"Hai," Goten and Trunks chorused.
"Now, Bulma, as I was saying..." Chichi continued to rant as she led Trunks' mother back into the house.
Gohan felt himself blush as he resumed his reading session. He heard the commotion below --- every word of it --- and could not help thinking that Videl had become sweeter as time passed. Maybe because she lost her prideful ways when she felt the happy days of being a child, or something like that.
He was interrupted --- again --- when he heard another commotion from outside their house.
"Don't you two use that sing-song voice on me again!" Trunks snapped angrily.
Goten and Videl looked at each other, and laughed.
"Why, what's wrong with this voice, Trunks?" Goten asked, using, once again, his sing-song voice.
Videl did the same. "Yeah, Trunks, what's wrong? I can even sing if you want!"
"NOOOOOOOO!!!" Trunks hollered. "NOT THE SING-SONG VOICE!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!"
"Hey, can you two please get me some string---"
"NO!" Goten and Trunks replied in an instant.
"We don't wanna get in trouble again," Trunks said. "Not when my mom and Goten's mom is on your side, just because you're Gohan's girlfriend and you're generally UNSTABLE!"
Videl looked very hurt, and tears were coming to her eyes. "I am NOT! And you two aren't gentlemen, you never do girls a favor! All you think of is yourselves!"
That did it for the two demi-saiyajins.
"WE'RE NOT SELFISH! WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF YOU!" Trunks shot angrily, then he transformed in his super saiyajin form. Goten followed shortly thenafter.
Videl gasped.
"At the count of three, attack her, okay?" Trunks whispered.
"But Trunks... Nii-chan is gonna kill us!" Goten replied
"We'll have to kill him first when that time comes!" Trunks said, then counted. "One, two, three!"
The two demi-saiyajins charged.
However, Videl was holding their heads in an instant.
Goten and Trunks paled.
"How did she..." Trunks began, but he trailed off as Videl started touching and examining their hair, as if she hasn't seen them turn SSJ before.
"Oooooooh coooooool! Your hair... YOU'RE BLONDE!" Videl exclaimed, then she put the two saiyajins down. "How did you do that?! I've always wanted to be blonde!! You look soooo cool! You two are awesome!!"
Goten and Trunks exchanged blank looks.
"Wow, you two are the greatest! Can everyone in your family do that?"
"No," Trunks replied.
"Hey Goten, can Gohan do that too? Can he turn his hair blonde?"
"Ummm... yeah," Goten answered.
"COOOOOOOOL!!!!!! You should teach me! How do you do that?!"
Trunks tried to interrupt her glee in the appropriate manner. "Uhh... Videl... you're not a sai---" he was stopped when Videl marched in front of the door of the Son house and exclaimed in her sing-song voice, "Chichi-san! Goten and Trunks have blonde hair, and they look soooo cooool!!!"
Goten and Trunks paled even more.
The raven-haired woman emerged from the house with her weapon in hand. "GOTEN! TRUNKS! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU, NO SUPER SAIYAJINS IN THE HOUSE!!!"
"But we're not in the house!" Goten tried to explain when Chichi flung a powerful spanking stroke, the two barely able to get out of range in time.
"GET BACK HERE!!" Chichi screamed, but Goten and Trunks flew off in fear of the mighty Chichi and her trusty frying pan.
Chichi was still fuming when she felt someone tap her on the shoulder.
It was Videl.
"Chichi-san, what's wrong with their blonde hair?" she asked innocently.
And that was her mistake.
Chichi started yelling her lungs out at her, ranting about how dangerous and monstrous super saiyajins are.
And that, was Chichi's mistake.
The teenaged girl turned kid was greatly shocked and emotionally hurt by Chichi's outburst, although it wasn't directed to her or anyone in particular. But Videl just didn't like to be yelled at, and she didn't enjoy being yelled at just because she asked a question.
"I DO NOT ALLOW SUPER SAIYAJINS IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY ONLY BRING TROUBLE AND I ALSO DON'T WANT---" Chichi abruptly stopped as she stared at the girl infront of her.
Videl's lower lip began to tremble.
Chichi's eyes widened in shock, and she dropped her frying pan on the ground. "Videl, dear... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you. I... I was just..."
But it was no use.
Videl was already at the verge of crying.
"Dear... I'm really sorry... I... I just lost control... My apologies, Videl dear... no..."
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Videl screamed, unleashing her emotions. She then burst into tears and ran into the house.
