A/N: Ok, I'm starting to type this in school so it might not get posted as
fast. And also, a big thank you to all the people that reviewed!!!! With
the musical production being this week and drama stuff starting up…..I'm
going to use my free time to type! So…here's chapter 5!
What Lies Beneath the Stardom
Chapter 5
Videl gasped. They were here to…kill…me? But..but…WHY? I didn't do anything wrong. What the-
" Now move over kid, I've actually got appointments to keep!"
" I'm not letting you get to her!" Gohan growled.
Sharpner and Erasa looked on in amazement. " What the hell does he think he's doing?! He's gunna get pulverized! There's no way in hell he can beat those guys."
Erasa sat down, "Well….maybe he's hiding something from us?"
" I doubt it. I mean, this is nerdboy Gohan we're talking about here." He scoffed.
Videl couldn't believe this. Here she was, the strongest person in the city, compared to her father, and she was cowering behind the school dork! There was definitely something wrong here. Why was he trying to protect her anyway?
" OK KID, THAT'S IT, YOU AND ME, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!!"
Gohan's saiyan pride was begininng to take over, "Fine by me."
" GOHAN! What are you trying to prove?!" Videl stammered, "These guys are monsters!"
He turned his head to her. She shivered at his facial expression, which seemed ruthless.
"This guy's asking for a fight, he's going to get a fight." He said, walking towards the man.
Gohan came five feet from the man, before a figure zoomed past him, knocking the man to the ground. When the figure came to halt, Gohan shouted,
" VIDEL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
" Look Gohan, I realize that you're just trying to protect me but I can handle this on my own. Take Sharpner and Erasa somewhere safe!"
" I'm not leaving you here."
" GOHAN! Why are you being so stubborn?! This guy is nothing more than a weak fame seeker!"
Gohan felt the guy's ki rise rapidly. He was getting stronger by the minute!
" Believe me Videl, this guy not weak."
" And what gave you that assumption?"
Out of the blue, the man dove towards Videl, catching her off guard and punching her in the stomach. Videl fell to the ground gasping.
" VIDEL!" Gohan screamed.
Videl slowly got up and faced the man. She ran towards him sending a flurry of kicks and punches at his face. Only a few of them made contact. She backed up and looked at him, wide-eyed.
" What the…how…can you…block……all THAT?"
" I told you! He's not human!"
" Oh! Then what he is? ALIEN?" She spat, sarcasm evident in her voice.
" Precisely."
"Gohan, please, this is not the time for joking."
" I'm not joking, Videl. This guy is seriously not human."
Videl took another look at the guy behind her. *Come to think of it, what is up with the green spikey hair? And the fact that he has muscles exactly like my dad's? Maybe Gohan's right. Maybe he ISN'T human…*
" I don't know Gohan, I still have my doubts…" She said as she sprinted towards the man again, barraging him with more punches and kicks. She kicked him in the gut, but it barely manages to hurt him. She went wide- eyed and sent a punch at his face. She pulled her hand back as soon as it made contact, but in pain. She stepped a few feet back and held her hand.
" Gohan…..this…thing….isn't…HUMAN!"
" I told you that already."
" But….how did..you know that?"
*Shit* Gohan thought, *I can't exactly tell her I can sense ki. *
"GOHAN?!"
" Um..well…after doing studies about the human physique and alien encounters, I put two and two together and kinda came up with a hypothesis."
" Riiiight. Anyway, is there anyway we can get him to leave us alone?"
" Show him whose boss. Make him see we are not weaklings."
" Well, from what I can tell, there is no possible way we can do that, seeing as Sharpner is cowering behind a rock and I can't even put a dent in him."
Gohan was too busy analyzing his adversary to listen to what she was saying. *I don't even have yo go super to beat him. Even when he is full power. Maybe with luck he'll go away before I have to hurt him. But I better get my other half to do it…
" Gohan?! ARE YOU LISTENING?"
" Yeah, sure Videl."
" So what are we gonna do?"
" I 'm going to get some help."
" Oh come on Gohan!! Where do you think you're going to find help?"
Without answering her, he broke into a dead run for the entrance. Noticing no one was around, he transformed into Saiyaman.
Videl looked around as she heard someone call her name…..oh kami, it's Saiyaman.
" Look Saiyadork…go home. You're not needed here. "
" I'm sorry Miss, but it seems you're having a little trouble with these men."
" And I think we can handle it. So…go hang out with your oversized ego or something."
" Im sorry Miss but I'm going to teach this guy that killing is not an option.
The man looked at Saiyaman suspiciously. Saiyaman smirked lightly. "It's time you met your match."
Videl looked on in shock as Saiyaman literally fazed out from in front of her and reappeared in front of the guy. The man stepped back in amazement as Saiyaman kicked him in the gut and sent a punch reeling towards his face. He caught Saiyaman's fist and shoved Saiyaman off.
" Man. How did you just do that. No ordinary human could do that."
" That's because I'm not ordinary." Saiyaman replied, forming a palm sized ki-blast and shooting it at the man. It hit his stomach dead on and sent him careening into a nearby tree. Getting up out of the rubble, the man took off into the air, followed by his accomplice.
" We'll come back for you kid. And the girl too!!"
" Look Carnaja, the boss ain't gonna be happy about this."
" I know that. There's no need to state the blatantly obvious you putz."
Saiyaman took off into the air as Videl lightly kicked at the sand underneath her. "Damn him…why can he just dissappear?"
* * * *
Gohan returned to the group minutes after Saiyaman 'left'. Videl was conversing with the others.
" Dangit, there's no one around here that would….help..us….where did those guys go?"
" That stupid Saiyadork came and threw a couple of punches at them then they left like chickens without heads." Videl scoffed
" Well he saved you from them."
Videl sighed.
* * * *
Videl walked up to her door and took out her house key. Sharpner had just dropped her off after leaving Gohan at the school. She opened the door and stepped inside.
" Videl?! IS THAT YOU?!!!"
" Yes daddy, I'm home"
" WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?"
"I told you yesterday that I was going to the beach with some friends."
Hercule picked up the nearest object-a picture of her mother- and threw it at her. Videl tried to dodge it but it hit her square in the chest.
" AAAHH. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
"I TOLD YOU, YOU COULD ONLY GO OUT WITH GUYS THAT WERE STRONGER THAN ME!"
" Who said there were any boys on this outing?"
" DON'T TOY WITH ME VIDEL!!" Hercule ran up to her, punched her in the face, then kicked her legs out from under her, letting her fall with a -THUD -.
" Dad?! What has gotten into to you?!
" I AM NOT JOKING WITH YOU VIDEL! NEXT TIME YOU LEAVE THIS HOUSE. I WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE SATAN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH YOU!! THE DAUGHTER OF HERCULE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN AN IMAGE!!"
" Image my ass. You just want them to see what a perfect family we are. Well, TO HELL WITH IT! DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO ME RIGHT NOW?! IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL A PERFECT FAMILY?! HITTING YOUR CHILD AND THROWING SHARP OBJECTS AT THEM?!"
Hercule became outraged and grabbed her arm, punching her in the gut numerous times.
" DON'T YOU EvER TALK TO ME LIKE THAT MISSY!"
Videl fell to the floor in a crumpled heap after three minutes of beating. Hercule left the room satisified and went to watch his old tournament videos. Elora was carrying a basket of clothes when she spotted Videl.
" Oh MY KAMI, VIDEL? What happened?" She asked, the basket she held dropping to the floor.
Videl growled in pain as she struggled to sit up, " I think my father has been drinking again."
Elora helped her up on her feet and assisted her to her bedroom. Videl sat down and felt a sharp pain in her chest. Elora went to the bathroom and retrieved a damp washcloth and some aneseptic. She placed it on Videl lower neck where the picture frame had punctured her and began wiping it.
" Miss Videl, are you saying that Master Hercule did this to you?"
" I…um..yeah, He has been acting really weird lately."
Elora finished her tending and stood up. "We have all noticed tha change in him. It's like he's hiding something. Well, I'll go now. You might want to get some rest. Goodnight."
" Goodnight and Thanks Elora."
" You're welcome." She answered before shutting the door.
Videl winced as she got up and changed into her nightclothes. Laying down on her bed, she wondered why her father was acting so strange lately. Something had seemed to bother him. Minutes later, she was fast asleep.
* * * *
" I'm sorry boss, we couldn't kill the girl. That stupid saiyageek got in the way."
" Ugh. You two disgust me. Get out of my sight,. We'll try again tomorrow."
The boss turned to the screen on his left,
" Im sorry master, they did not get the girl. But I promise you THEY WILL NOT FAIL."
" Well, haha, let's see if you can keep your word." The image vanished.
~-Somewhere with Carnaja and his comrade-~
"I don't think the master was happy with us. He might just beat us to a pulp."
"Yeah really, because he's not just any champion…"
A/N: Well, there's chapter 5!!! I'm SOOOOOOOOO sorry it took soooo long to get out. The musical was this previous weekend and that previous week I had practices until midnight EVERY NIGHT! But, this is sprink break coming up, and there will be lots of time for updates!
ADVERTISING: Ai no Chikara: Dark Passions – A well written and very intriguing fic that keep you on your toes. It's by far my favorite and it will be yours too!
What you wouldn't expect – I'm not sure if this author took the story off ff.net or what but if someone could PLEASE tell me where to find it….
Best Friends Forever- Another well writen fic and another one of my favorites!
~*I'll be there*~- this a pan/trunks ficcy, but I like where it's going!
NEXT CHAPTER: Videl stays home from school and Gohan goes to visit her. What excuse will she give him, or will she tell him the truth? Also, what do Carnaja and his comrade in crime want to kill Videl for?….
What Lies Beneath the Stardom
Chapter 5
Videl gasped. They were here to…kill…me? But..but…WHY? I didn't do anything wrong. What the-
" Now move over kid, I've actually got appointments to keep!"
" I'm not letting you get to her!" Gohan growled.
Sharpner and Erasa looked on in amazement. " What the hell does he think he's doing?! He's gunna get pulverized! There's no way in hell he can beat those guys."
Erasa sat down, "Well….maybe he's hiding something from us?"
" I doubt it. I mean, this is nerdboy Gohan we're talking about here." He scoffed.
Videl couldn't believe this. Here she was, the strongest person in the city, compared to her father, and she was cowering behind the school dork! There was definitely something wrong here. Why was he trying to protect her anyway?
" OK KID, THAT'S IT, YOU AND ME, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!!"
Gohan's saiyan pride was begininng to take over, "Fine by me."
" GOHAN! What are you trying to prove?!" Videl stammered, "These guys are monsters!"
He turned his head to her. She shivered at his facial expression, which seemed ruthless.
"This guy's asking for a fight, he's going to get a fight." He said, walking towards the man.
Gohan came five feet from the man, before a figure zoomed past him, knocking the man to the ground. When the figure came to halt, Gohan shouted,
" VIDEL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
" Look Gohan, I realize that you're just trying to protect me but I can handle this on my own. Take Sharpner and Erasa somewhere safe!"
" I'm not leaving you here."
" GOHAN! Why are you being so stubborn?! This guy is nothing more than a weak fame seeker!"
Gohan felt the guy's ki rise rapidly. He was getting stronger by the minute!
" Believe me Videl, this guy not weak."
" And what gave you that assumption?"
Out of the blue, the man dove towards Videl, catching her off guard and punching her in the stomach. Videl fell to the ground gasping.
" VIDEL!" Gohan screamed.
Videl slowly got up and faced the man. She ran towards him sending a flurry of kicks and punches at his face. Only a few of them made contact. She backed up and looked at him, wide-eyed.
" What the…how…can you…block……all THAT?"
" I told you! He's not human!"
" Oh! Then what he is? ALIEN?" She spat, sarcasm evident in her voice.
" Precisely."
"Gohan, please, this is not the time for joking."
" I'm not joking, Videl. This guy is seriously not human."
Videl took another look at the guy behind her. *Come to think of it, what is up with the green spikey hair? And the fact that he has muscles exactly like my dad's? Maybe Gohan's right. Maybe he ISN'T human…*
" I don't know Gohan, I still have my doubts…" She said as she sprinted towards the man again, barraging him with more punches and kicks. She kicked him in the gut, but it barely manages to hurt him. She went wide- eyed and sent a punch at his face. She pulled her hand back as soon as it made contact, but in pain. She stepped a few feet back and held her hand.
" Gohan…..this…thing….isn't…HUMAN!"
" I told you that already."
" But….how did..you know that?"
*Shit* Gohan thought, *I can't exactly tell her I can sense ki. *
"GOHAN?!"
" Um..well…after doing studies about the human physique and alien encounters, I put two and two together and kinda came up with a hypothesis."
" Riiiight. Anyway, is there anyway we can get him to leave us alone?"
" Show him whose boss. Make him see we are not weaklings."
" Well, from what I can tell, there is no possible way we can do that, seeing as Sharpner is cowering behind a rock and I can't even put a dent in him."
Gohan was too busy analyzing his adversary to listen to what she was saying. *I don't even have yo go super to beat him. Even when he is full power. Maybe with luck he'll go away before I have to hurt him. But I better get my other half to do it…
" Gohan?! ARE YOU LISTENING?"
" Yeah, sure Videl."
" So what are we gonna do?"
" I 'm going to get some help."
" Oh come on Gohan!! Where do you think you're going to find help?"
Without answering her, he broke into a dead run for the entrance. Noticing no one was around, he transformed into Saiyaman.
Videl looked around as she heard someone call her name…..oh kami, it's Saiyaman.
" Look Saiyadork…go home. You're not needed here. "
" I'm sorry Miss, but it seems you're having a little trouble with these men."
" And I think we can handle it. So…go hang out with your oversized ego or something."
" Im sorry Miss but I'm going to teach this guy that killing is not an option.
The man looked at Saiyaman suspiciously. Saiyaman smirked lightly. "It's time you met your match."
Videl looked on in shock as Saiyaman literally fazed out from in front of her and reappeared in front of the guy. The man stepped back in amazement as Saiyaman kicked him in the gut and sent a punch reeling towards his face. He caught Saiyaman's fist and shoved Saiyaman off.
" Man. How did you just do that. No ordinary human could do that."
" That's because I'm not ordinary." Saiyaman replied, forming a palm sized ki-blast and shooting it at the man. It hit his stomach dead on and sent him careening into a nearby tree. Getting up out of the rubble, the man took off into the air, followed by his accomplice.
" We'll come back for you kid. And the girl too!!"
" Look Carnaja, the boss ain't gonna be happy about this."
" I know that. There's no need to state the blatantly obvious you putz."
Saiyaman took off into the air as Videl lightly kicked at the sand underneath her. "Damn him…why can he just dissappear?"
* * * *
Gohan returned to the group minutes after Saiyaman 'left'. Videl was conversing with the others.
" Dangit, there's no one around here that would….help..us….where did those guys go?"
" That stupid Saiyadork came and threw a couple of punches at them then they left like chickens without heads." Videl scoffed
" Well he saved you from them."
Videl sighed.
* * * *
Videl walked up to her door and took out her house key. Sharpner had just dropped her off after leaving Gohan at the school. She opened the door and stepped inside.
" Videl?! IS THAT YOU?!!!"
" Yes daddy, I'm home"
" WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?"
"I told you yesterday that I was going to the beach with some friends."
Hercule picked up the nearest object-a picture of her mother- and threw it at her. Videl tried to dodge it but it hit her square in the chest.
" AAAHH. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
"I TOLD YOU, YOU COULD ONLY GO OUT WITH GUYS THAT WERE STRONGER THAN ME!"
" Who said there were any boys on this outing?"
" DON'T TOY WITH ME VIDEL!!" Hercule ran up to her, punched her in the face, then kicked her legs out from under her, letting her fall with a -THUD -.
" Dad?! What has gotten into to you?!
" I AM NOT JOKING WITH YOU VIDEL! NEXT TIME YOU LEAVE THIS HOUSE. I WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE SATAN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH YOU!! THE DAUGHTER OF HERCULE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN AN IMAGE!!"
" Image my ass. You just want them to see what a perfect family we are. Well, TO HELL WITH IT! DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO ME RIGHT NOW?! IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL A PERFECT FAMILY?! HITTING YOUR CHILD AND THROWING SHARP OBJECTS AT THEM?!"
Hercule became outraged and grabbed her arm, punching her in the gut numerous times.
" DON'T YOU EvER TALK TO ME LIKE THAT MISSY!"
Videl fell to the floor in a crumpled heap after three minutes of beating. Hercule left the room satisified and went to watch his old tournament videos. Elora was carrying a basket of clothes when she spotted Videl.
" Oh MY KAMI, VIDEL? What happened?" She asked, the basket she held dropping to the floor.
Videl growled in pain as she struggled to sit up, " I think my father has been drinking again."
Elora helped her up on her feet and assisted her to her bedroom. Videl sat down and felt a sharp pain in her chest. Elora went to the bathroom and retrieved a damp washcloth and some aneseptic. She placed it on Videl lower neck where the picture frame had punctured her and began wiping it.
" Miss Videl, are you saying that Master Hercule did this to you?"
" I…um..yeah, He has been acting really weird lately."
Elora finished her tending and stood up. "We have all noticed tha change in him. It's like he's hiding something. Well, I'll go now. You might want to get some rest. Goodnight."
" Goodnight and Thanks Elora."
" You're welcome." She answered before shutting the door.
Videl winced as she got up and changed into her nightclothes. Laying down on her bed, she wondered why her father was acting so strange lately. Something had seemed to bother him. Minutes later, she was fast asleep.
* * * *
" I'm sorry boss, we couldn't kill the girl. That stupid saiyageek got in the way."
" Ugh. You two disgust me. Get out of my sight,. We'll try again tomorrow."
The boss turned to the screen on his left,
" Im sorry master, they did not get the girl. But I promise you THEY WILL NOT FAIL."
" Well, haha, let's see if you can keep your word." The image vanished.
~-Somewhere with Carnaja and his comrade-~
"I don't think the master was happy with us. He might just beat us to a pulp."
"Yeah really, because he's not just any champion…"
A/N: Well, there's chapter 5!!! I'm SOOOOOOOOO sorry it took soooo long to get out. The musical was this previous weekend and that previous week I had practices until midnight EVERY NIGHT! But, this is sprink break coming up, and there will be lots of time for updates!
ADVERTISING: Ai no Chikara: Dark Passions – A well written and very intriguing fic that keep you on your toes. It's by far my favorite and it will be yours too!
What you wouldn't expect – I'm not sure if this author took the story off ff.net or what but if someone could PLEASE tell me where to find it….
Best Friends Forever- Another well writen fic and another one of my favorites!
~*I'll be there*~- this a pan/trunks ficcy, but I like where it's going!
NEXT CHAPTER: Videl stays home from school and Gohan goes to visit her. What excuse will she give him, or will she tell him the truth? Also, what do Carnaja and his comrade in crime want to kill Videl for?….