CHAPTER PREVEIW
AN: I am so sorry I haven't posted anything in such a long time!! Ok well I
changed my mind, this is the next chapter, in it's entirety (unless I
decide to add some details of stuff later on when I get time to finish
editing it...)
SO ON WITH THE STORY
Chapter 16 Seeing is Believing
Gohan continued to stare into the trees where the mysterious woman had disappeared only moments earlier. "What was she talking about Gohan? What did she mean the man who truly defeated Cell? My father defeated Cell didn't he?" Videl looked at Gohan, confused yet angry at the same time. Gohan tore his eyes from the trees and turned to face Videl.
"Listen Videl, I'm not sure where she got that information from, but I'm not going to answer that question. If you think that she could not have been telling the truth then you the truth you know is the real truth, if you believe her then that is the real truth. Truth is relative Videl, whatever you believe beyond a shadow of a doubt is the truth, it may not be everyone's truth but it is your truth. Whatever you believe make sure that you have no doubts about it, doubting your beliefs in someone can be deadly, especially in battle." Gohan was looking straight into Videl's eyes, deadly serious about everything he was saying, his eyes never wavered or blinked as his stare penetrated into her very soul. "Just think about it Videl," he broke eye contact ad looked out to the front of the building, his expression softening, "Erasa and Sharpner are here anyway and we have work to do. Let's go." Gohan flashed a small smile at Videl before heading to the front of the building to greet his friends.
Videl just stood there staring after him, dumbstruck, "My father did beat Cell, didn't he?" Gohan greeted the other two teens merrily; he spoke to them for a minute before motioning Videl over to them. She walked over, not really knowing what she was doing but doing it nonetheless. The four teens set off on foot through the city though if you asked Videl what they did that afternoon she wouldn't be able to tell you a thing. She may have been physically with her friends but mentally she was gone, trying to figure Gohan and his comrades out was a long and complex process.
*Ok Videl, think, what do you know about Gohan? He's cute, smart, and really nice when he wants to be... No, no, no, about his past, dummy... He's Son Goku's son, Goku fought in the World Tournament and was the champion before my dad was. He could fly and do all those light attacks too. Gohan, being his son obviously knows how to do them as well, meaning he must know how to fight, although by his appearance he doesn't look all that strong. But he must be to have stopped Vegeta from hitting me. So he's strong and can fight but he doesn't like to, why? That strange woman said he beat Cell, but how is that possible... Was he that little boy at the Cell Games? This would also mean that he's the Gold Fighter, that he can change his hair color at will like that. Some of his friends do look like the people at the Cell Games... But why wouldn't he come forward before? Why would someone allow their accomplishments to be claimed by somebody else? If Gohan really did defeat Cell then he must be stronger than me, which would prove that he really is the Great Saiyaman but he fights as Saiyaman, but not as Gohan, why? What happened to him that made him lose his will to fight, and if he has no will to fight then why does he fight at all? Why?* "Why?" she whispered again as they walked through the streets of Ginger Town. Gohan looked at Videl, he had heard what she said but didn't want to interrupt her thought process, for fear of being screamed at again.
*Every time I talk to Gohan about his father he seems to get really depressed, although he tries to hide that, does his not wanting to fight stem from that? Wait, didn't he say his father was killed by Cell?* Videl looked up at Gohan, who was standing right next to her and started to speak for the first time all afternoon, "Gohan, I..."
"GOHAN!" The four teens looked up and stared at the man approaching them, "Hey, Bulma said you were out here somewhere this afternoon, how's it going?" Gohan waved to the man while Videl glanced at him curiously before returning her attention to other things. Erasa stared at him for a moment before she promptly passed out. Sharpner had the worst reaction though, he started off by staring, and then progressed on to stuttering incoherently for a few minutes, after that, and just as Erasa was coming to, he fainted.
"Sharpner you idiot get off of me!" Erasa screamed as she tried to get out from under Sharpner's overly muscled body.
"Here let me help you," Erasa heard as Sharpner's limp torso was lifter off of her and tossed over the man's shoulder with ease. "You all right? I didn't mean to scare you guys like that, but I guess sometimes my good looks just seem like they can't be real, and such perfection scares people sometimes."
"Yamcha, shut up," Gohan stated simply as he went over to help Erasa to her feet. Yamcha laughed merrily at the comment. "These are my friends, this is Erasa, Videl's over there, and the guy hanging over your shoulder is Sharpner. Your something of a hero to him I think, he was the one that wanted to meet you, and you played baseball with his dad I as far as I know." Yamcha placed Sharpner's unconscious form on the ground and looked at him for a moment.
"Yeah, he looks familiar, so that's a good possibility." Sharpner began to stir at that moment. Everyone looked at him as he began to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes only to find himself staring at a man with scars all over his face. "Well I'm glad you woke up when you did, I would've hated to put you through the pains of being brought back into the world of the living drenched in ice water; although it may have been an amusing sight." Sharpner stared at the man in awe.
"Wow, I can't believe it! You're actually talking to me!" Sharpner stood up and rushed forward. He grabbed Yamcha's hand and began to shake it so furiously that if Yamcha had been a normal human he was sure that his arm would have been ripped from its socket. After Sharpner had sufficiently calmed himself down Yamcha decided to treat them all to snack and he spent an hour talking to Sharpner about his baseball career. After that Videl go annoyed and insisted that the group continue on to work on their project before it got dark. Sharpner and Erasa were disappointed but agreed after they realized their complaining was getting them no where.
Yamcha said good bye to the teens and took out his capsule car to return to CC before flying home. Gohan and his group headed off in the other direction to find people to talk to about Cell's "visit" to the town. That was harder than it looked though, no one wanted to talk about it, and those who were willing to talk had only heard the story second hand. Apparently many people had left the city after Cell's attack due to the bad memories that were there, the few who stayed were very unwilling to speak about the experiences because they thought it bad luck.
"What s wrong with all these people? Why are they so superstitious about crap like this??" Videl screamed as they exited the thirtieth shop of the afternoon, "this is supposed to be a modern era, why are all these people afraid of a ghost?" Gohan cringed at the loudness of her voice. Even Erasa, who was clinging to Gohan once again, covered her ears at the sound. Sharpner was standing in between Gohan and Videl though, although, fortunately for him, he had selective hearing and paid no heed to Videl's screams. "WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID OF NOTHING?!"
"It's because ghosts can come back to take revenge on the living," a creepy high pitched voice taunted. Gohan looked to where he heard the voice, and the extremely high ki, coming from, but didn't see anything. At that moment the entire street exploded around them in a flash of light, engulfing them
AN: Ack, evil cliffy! I know this chapter is short but if I try to make it longer it'll confuse you considering the next scene is a really odd scene change, maybe a little look into the bad guy's hierarchy as well... Plus I have yet figure out who just did that...
Chapter 16 Seeing is Believing
Gohan continued to stare into the trees where the mysterious woman had disappeared only moments earlier. "What was she talking about Gohan? What did she mean the man who truly defeated Cell? My father defeated Cell didn't he?" Videl looked at Gohan, confused yet angry at the same time. Gohan tore his eyes from the trees and turned to face Videl.
"Listen Videl, I'm not sure where she got that information from, but I'm not going to answer that question. If you think that she could not have been telling the truth then you the truth you know is the real truth, if you believe her then that is the real truth. Truth is relative Videl, whatever you believe beyond a shadow of a doubt is the truth, it may not be everyone's truth but it is your truth. Whatever you believe make sure that you have no doubts about it, doubting your beliefs in someone can be deadly, especially in battle." Gohan was looking straight into Videl's eyes, deadly serious about everything he was saying, his eyes never wavered or blinked as his stare penetrated into her very soul. "Just think about it Videl," he broke eye contact ad looked out to the front of the building, his expression softening, "Erasa and Sharpner are here anyway and we have work to do. Let's go." Gohan flashed a small smile at Videl before heading to the front of the building to greet his friends.
Videl just stood there staring after him, dumbstruck, "My father did beat Cell, didn't he?" Gohan greeted the other two teens merrily; he spoke to them for a minute before motioning Videl over to them. She walked over, not really knowing what she was doing but doing it nonetheless. The four teens set off on foot through the city though if you asked Videl what they did that afternoon she wouldn't be able to tell you a thing. She may have been physically with her friends but mentally she was gone, trying to figure Gohan and his comrades out was a long and complex process.
*Ok Videl, think, what do you know about Gohan? He's cute, smart, and really nice when he wants to be... No, no, no, about his past, dummy... He's Son Goku's son, Goku fought in the World Tournament and was the champion before my dad was. He could fly and do all those light attacks too. Gohan, being his son obviously knows how to do them as well, meaning he must know how to fight, although by his appearance he doesn't look all that strong. But he must be to have stopped Vegeta from hitting me. So he's strong and can fight but he doesn't like to, why? That strange woman said he beat Cell, but how is that possible... Was he that little boy at the Cell Games? This would also mean that he's the Gold Fighter, that he can change his hair color at will like that. Some of his friends do look like the people at the Cell Games... But why wouldn't he come forward before? Why would someone allow their accomplishments to be claimed by somebody else? If Gohan really did defeat Cell then he must be stronger than me, which would prove that he really is the Great Saiyaman but he fights as Saiyaman, but not as Gohan, why? What happened to him that made him lose his will to fight, and if he has no will to fight then why does he fight at all? Why?* "Why?" she whispered again as they walked through the streets of Ginger Town. Gohan looked at Videl, he had heard what she said but didn't want to interrupt her thought process, for fear of being screamed at again.
*Every time I talk to Gohan about his father he seems to get really depressed, although he tries to hide that, does his not wanting to fight stem from that? Wait, didn't he say his father was killed by Cell?* Videl looked up at Gohan, who was standing right next to her and started to speak for the first time all afternoon, "Gohan, I..."
"GOHAN!" The four teens looked up and stared at the man approaching them, "Hey, Bulma said you were out here somewhere this afternoon, how's it going?" Gohan waved to the man while Videl glanced at him curiously before returning her attention to other things. Erasa stared at him for a moment before she promptly passed out. Sharpner had the worst reaction though, he started off by staring, and then progressed on to stuttering incoherently for a few minutes, after that, and just as Erasa was coming to, he fainted.
"Sharpner you idiot get off of me!" Erasa screamed as she tried to get out from under Sharpner's overly muscled body.
"Here let me help you," Erasa heard as Sharpner's limp torso was lifter off of her and tossed over the man's shoulder with ease. "You all right? I didn't mean to scare you guys like that, but I guess sometimes my good looks just seem like they can't be real, and such perfection scares people sometimes."
"Yamcha, shut up," Gohan stated simply as he went over to help Erasa to her feet. Yamcha laughed merrily at the comment. "These are my friends, this is Erasa, Videl's over there, and the guy hanging over your shoulder is Sharpner. Your something of a hero to him I think, he was the one that wanted to meet you, and you played baseball with his dad I as far as I know." Yamcha placed Sharpner's unconscious form on the ground and looked at him for a moment.
"Yeah, he looks familiar, so that's a good possibility." Sharpner began to stir at that moment. Everyone looked at him as he began to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes only to find himself staring at a man with scars all over his face. "Well I'm glad you woke up when you did, I would've hated to put you through the pains of being brought back into the world of the living drenched in ice water; although it may have been an amusing sight." Sharpner stared at the man in awe.
"Wow, I can't believe it! You're actually talking to me!" Sharpner stood up and rushed forward. He grabbed Yamcha's hand and began to shake it so furiously that if Yamcha had been a normal human he was sure that his arm would have been ripped from its socket. After Sharpner had sufficiently calmed himself down Yamcha decided to treat them all to snack and he spent an hour talking to Sharpner about his baseball career. After that Videl go annoyed and insisted that the group continue on to work on their project before it got dark. Sharpner and Erasa were disappointed but agreed after they realized their complaining was getting them no where.
Yamcha said good bye to the teens and took out his capsule car to return to CC before flying home. Gohan and his group headed off in the other direction to find people to talk to about Cell's "visit" to the town. That was harder than it looked though, no one wanted to talk about it, and those who were willing to talk had only heard the story second hand. Apparently many people had left the city after Cell's attack due to the bad memories that were there, the few who stayed were very unwilling to speak about the experiences because they thought it bad luck.
"What s wrong with all these people? Why are they so superstitious about crap like this??" Videl screamed as they exited the thirtieth shop of the afternoon, "this is supposed to be a modern era, why are all these people afraid of a ghost?" Gohan cringed at the loudness of her voice. Even Erasa, who was clinging to Gohan once again, covered her ears at the sound. Sharpner was standing in between Gohan and Videl though, although, fortunately for him, he had selective hearing and paid no heed to Videl's screams. "WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID OF NOTHING?!"
"It's because ghosts can come back to take revenge on the living," a creepy high pitched voice taunted. Gohan looked to where he heard the voice, and the extremely high ki, coming from, but didn't see anything. At that moment the entire street exploded around them in a flash of light, engulfing them
AN: Ack, evil cliffy! I know this chapter is short but if I try to make it longer it'll confuse you considering the next scene is a really odd scene change, maybe a little look into the bad guy's hierarchy as well... Plus I have yet figure out who just did that...