Here is Chapter 8, it needed some work so I held off on it, then got a
little distracted. Hope
you like it.
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Chapter 8: -------------
.:: Already? How can she tell? ::. Spoke Videl silently; aware of the implications of the comment, she blushed.
.:: Be glad she is so happy about it. ::. Replied Gohan, motioning to the giant smile on his mothers face. Videl feel that he was slightly embarrassed at being so obvious, but mostly happy, so she echoed his emotions.
"What are you guys doing?" Chirped Goten, between mouthfuls of food, that is. He certainly wasn't going to miss the chance for a shot at all the food, with everyone distracted, no matter how odd they were acting.
"Doing what?" Asked Gohan, a little distracted that his mom was onto them literally the second she saw them.
"Um, you are like talking without talking." Goten said, before mouthing 'Like this.' Soundlessly, while pointing to his face.
"What?" Replied the teens. "You could see that?" They asked still in unison.
"Don't worry you two, you will get used to it very soon. You just have to teach yourselves to think normally to each other. Right now you are thinking of it as talking still, just silent. I remember when I first learned to do that, it was so long ago, and we were so confused. It really was wonderful. I am so happy, so when can I expect my first grandchild?" ChiChi gave her advice happily but then got rather serious when the all-important issue of grandchildren arose.
"I'm gonna be an Uncle? Great. Wait till I tell Trunks!" Said Goten, forgetting his food for a moment.
"NO, you are not going to be an Uncle!" Yelled Gohan.
Videl added silently, very careful not to move her mouth; .:: Not for a while anyway, but someday. ::. At this Gohan turned to her and smiled in agreement.
"Oh, OK. But what mom said about Videl being my new sister is gonna be true right?"
Gohan looked to his mother, not quite wanting to know what else she had told the boy. From the exacerbated look on his face she decided to help out.
"You misheard me Goten, I said I hope she will be your new big sister. That sort of thing is not decided for some time now."
"Yeah squirt lets just settle for her to be your flying school partner for now." Said a relieved Gohan.
"Ok Great." Said Goten as he attacked lunch again.
"So this afternoon will be flying lessons? Maybe I will help you Gohan." Said Chi-Chi moving for the first time since the revelation from the stove to the teens at the entrance to the kitchen, before whispering seriously. "If I am going to let you two be alone with all that is new, know this. I will expect grandchildren soon, only after you are married, but don't take your time, or I might not be able to contain my anticipation." She then turned back to the kitchen instructed all of them to eat.
ChiChi turned back to the meal, offering Videl a seat, before dealing out even more of the mountain of food that was lunch. Gohan and Videl did as they were told and ate. Videl amazed at how much the boys ate, got a good amount of practice with her new 'abilities' conversing with Gohan as he gorged. By the end of the meal the young couple was talking with ease, even experimenting with saying something different aloud than silently at the same time. The meal went as normal as one could in the Son household otherwise.
Once they had finished eating they all helped to do the dishes. Videl had learned what the door next to the walk in freezer was, a walk in dishwasher, with little surprise based on the size of their meal. So after they had taken care of the rest of the clean up the family headed outside together for flying lessons.
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"So, Gohan do you have an idea of how to teach a human to fly?" Asked Chi- Chi.
"Hmm, I am not sure. How did you learn Mom?" Replied the older boy.
"What makes you think I know how to fly dear?" Came her innocent sounding voice.
"Well for one thing Goten is not very discreet about your training sessions, but I have seen you before. As careful as you might be as to not draw suspicion, do you really think that I would not notice my mother flying under her own power from time to time?"
"It was really pretty amazing, your dad just showed me mentally how to do it. He even loaned me a little energy. Well it was a little for him, but I was. um that is, I was bouncing off the walls. cause you see I had all that extra energy." Chi-Chi told of the happy memory, remembering her decorum before she went into detail as to where that extra energy went. "I figure you show Videl how to fly then we work on getting her enough energy for some real speed till she has to go home."
"How would I get more energy then? From Gohan?" Asked Videl, understandably confused about all these new, physical abilities.
"No, dear. We'll spare." Replied Chi-Chi as she warmed up expertly. "Ok Goten lets have a fighting lesson again. No Ki attacks. Afterwards your brother will teach you how to fly and control your new powers." She instructed the younger boy, before turning to the teens. "Go on you two, we don't have all day."
"I am still not sure how to teach her mom."
"Just show her Gohan. Ready, Goten? Lets begin."
The two teens walked away from the training area of the front yard to a nearby tree and sat in the shade. As Videl began to watch with amazement the mother-son spar before her, Gohan interrupter her with the more interesting prospect of learning to fly.
"Well Videl I am going to show you what it feels like to fly. Pay attention and then try to do it too. I will loan you some energy as you need it." Began Gohan before continuing silently. .:: Since our bond has a lot to do with proximity, lets start out with me hovering the two of us. But first, this is the energy I spoke of. ::.
.:: Ok, I can feel your energy, it is so powerful. ::.
.:: Here is your energy. ::. He said, showing her the source of her ki.
.:: You must be a million times stronger than me. It is like holding up a candle to the sun. I can hardly believe it. ::.
.:: That's nothing, imagine this: You are the one of the strongest humans who cannot use ki. Not that I am trying to impress you, ok so maybe a little. Pay attention here, this is the feeling you are going for. ::. He said as they levitated together. They floated up, face to face as if they were slowly dancing across the sky. Slowly he brought them back down, and stepped back to allow her to try and lift her own weight. .:: Your turn. ::.
.:: OK, I am just gonna do what I felt you do. Is this it? Am I lifting myself up? ::.
.:: You sure are. Here, have a little energy boost, and experiment. And know I would never let you fall. ::. He said as he floated to where she did, a foot off the ground. He took her hand and transferred her some energy, barely a fraction of his, but an entire days worth for her. In that second she shot up higher and higher, as he stayed with her the entire way. He showed her mentally the tricks and strategy to fly, never needing to form an actual word. And then, an hour after the lesson began it was over.
.:: Congratulations Videl, you now know all I know about flying. ::. He said as they landed back under the same tree they started from.
.:: That was amazing. It was like you downloaded it directly to my brain. ::. She said as she took her seat in his lap.
.:: That's nothing, I bet I could go even faster for something that is pure memorization. how would you like to know all of the information for Fridays history quiz? ::.
.:: This I gotta see. ::. At that, Gohan remembered everything he knew about the founding of Orange star City as fast as he could. To Videl it was like a flash, but then she started to remember Gohan reading the book to her. .:: Just when I think I have seen it all.. ::.
.:: I doubt I could top that. ::. He said with a smile as he looked up into her shining eyes.
"I am sorry to interrupt you two but I have had all I could take of Goten, he is just too strong." Called an exhausted Chi-Chi. She leaned warily against the tree and continued. "Can you give him his Super Saiyan and flying lesson now?"
"Sure mom. Videl why don't you and mom have a spar? Mom I will give you a recharge to your normal amount so you can have a fair fight." Said Gohan.
"Ok, Gohan. Mrs. Son lets see how I measure up." Said Videl as Gohan gathered up his hyper little brother to teach him about the wonders of Super Saiyan powers.
"Videl dear if I am going to help train you please at least call me Chi- Chi."
"It just doesn't seem right." Started Videl before pausing to think. "I know that someday I can call you mother, but that does not sound right either, it is like I would be forgetting about mom to do it too soon. She has been gone for many years now, but I still find myself missing her, and always trying to honor her memory."
"You poor dear, I did not know you lost your mother. I can understand you loyalty to her, take you time and call me mom when you feel ready."
"In a lot of ways, even though you are really nothing like her, the way you treated me from the start, so caring and nice, is very much like her." She said sadly before continuing. "Chi-Chi is ok for most of the time but could I call you sensei when we fight? I have never had a real teacher, my dad's influence and all. That and from what I have seen you could teach me a lot." She concluded, feeling Gohan's concern she called out to him silently. .:: I'm ok, just your mom is reminding me of mine. ::.
.:: You know she will be yours too someday, if she isn't already. ::. He said simply. But she felt how true it was, and how well they both knew it to be at least an eventuality.
"I hate to interrupt you two but if I am going to teach you anything, we must get to work." .::Oh, how I miss you Goku::. (A/N sorry to interject that but it is required by law)
"Yes, sensei!" Said Videl, obviously too eager to learn to be embarrassed by being caught talking silently again.
"Oh, Videl. For such an eager student, it is hard to believe you never had a master. Ok, lets see what you got!" Yelled Chi-Chi as she rushed Videl, beginning an afternoon of training for the two. While two brothers with golden hair used their own method to train off in the distance.
------- And so that was how the day unfolded, training, laughing and indeed growing stronger, until Chi-Chi had to leave to take care of dinner. At which point Videl could only struggle to watch the brothers training. Struggle not just because of her exhaustion from the beating the woman who would someday be her mother-in-law gave her but because they were just so fast. She was grateful when the call to dinner came, after all of the whiplash of following sonic booms and earth shaking collisions for most of the early evening.
As they sat to eat Videl found herself more hungry than she had ever been before, proving Gohan's theory, but not coming anywhere near the massive appetite of the boys. So after yet another feast of a meal called dinner, the day ended. Both teens were sorry to see it go, but since they had school the next day, they had parted company on Videl's roof in the mid- evening. They had only made out up there for a few minutes so they certainly would long for the next day to come.
As Gohan flew home slowly, and Videl deftly floated down to her balcony, she asked him a silent question.
.:: Gohan? ::.
.:: Yes? ::.
.:: You can hear me still? Great! I had a question, well I have two now since a second just occurred to me. I was going to ask you if I could get some help with some homework later on, but as I thought of school, the idea of what will happen tomorrow came up again. I mean, so much has changed since then. ::.
.:: And in a lot of ways not much has changed has it? I would not worry about school, just be yourself and rely on this more subtle form of communication when necessary. As for homework, nothing would please me more than to help you. Just ask when you get stuck, although I bet that I will be able to sense your frustration before you ask. ::.
.:: I guess you are right but can we meet in the morning just to make sure? ::.
.:: How about I pick you up at your window in the morning, say an hour and a half before class? ::.
.:: Better make it the front door. And I will look forward to it. ::. Said Videl ending this particular conversation. Although she knew full well that she still would ask for help later. Videl was still worried about how the change of her relationship to Gohan would be seen. 'He went from the new kid, to a guy I had a crush on, to my boyfriend, to a fiancé and now we are halfway married or something.' She thought, confused indeed. 'How could this look anything but odd? Although since when have I cared what anyone thought? That is what daddy is for. Oh my, I forgot about him. Maybe we will keep it quiet or only tell Erasa and Sharpner? Or maybe we will give the whole school something to talk about. I just don't know how to react to all this. I guess Gohan is right, lets just see what happens tomorrow and deal with it. For now, homework, dreaded homework.'
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End note: I extended a few points on the mental connection to their logical conclusions. I will elaborate on my rules for this in the coming chapters. Sorry again this took so long, just go a little caught up, ironically with what I just sent Videl after, as well as a couple of new dbz stories I should post with chapter 9 or 10. More to come. ---------
Chapter 8: -------------
.:: Already? How can she tell? ::. Spoke Videl silently; aware of the implications of the comment, she blushed.
.:: Be glad she is so happy about it. ::. Replied Gohan, motioning to the giant smile on his mothers face. Videl feel that he was slightly embarrassed at being so obvious, but mostly happy, so she echoed his emotions.
"What are you guys doing?" Chirped Goten, between mouthfuls of food, that is. He certainly wasn't going to miss the chance for a shot at all the food, with everyone distracted, no matter how odd they were acting.
"Doing what?" Asked Gohan, a little distracted that his mom was onto them literally the second she saw them.
"Um, you are like talking without talking." Goten said, before mouthing 'Like this.' Soundlessly, while pointing to his face.
"What?" Replied the teens. "You could see that?" They asked still in unison.
"Don't worry you two, you will get used to it very soon. You just have to teach yourselves to think normally to each other. Right now you are thinking of it as talking still, just silent. I remember when I first learned to do that, it was so long ago, and we were so confused. It really was wonderful. I am so happy, so when can I expect my first grandchild?" ChiChi gave her advice happily but then got rather serious when the all-important issue of grandchildren arose.
"I'm gonna be an Uncle? Great. Wait till I tell Trunks!" Said Goten, forgetting his food for a moment.
"NO, you are not going to be an Uncle!" Yelled Gohan.
Videl added silently, very careful not to move her mouth; .:: Not for a while anyway, but someday. ::. At this Gohan turned to her and smiled in agreement.
"Oh, OK. But what mom said about Videl being my new sister is gonna be true right?"
Gohan looked to his mother, not quite wanting to know what else she had told the boy. From the exacerbated look on his face she decided to help out.
"You misheard me Goten, I said I hope she will be your new big sister. That sort of thing is not decided for some time now."
"Yeah squirt lets just settle for her to be your flying school partner for now." Said a relieved Gohan.
"Ok Great." Said Goten as he attacked lunch again.
"So this afternoon will be flying lessons? Maybe I will help you Gohan." Said Chi-Chi moving for the first time since the revelation from the stove to the teens at the entrance to the kitchen, before whispering seriously. "If I am going to let you two be alone with all that is new, know this. I will expect grandchildren soon, only after you are married, but don't take your time, or I might not be able to contain my anticipation." She then turned back to the kitchen instructed all of them to eat.
ChiChi turned back to the meal, offering Videl a seat, before dealing out even more of the mountain of food that was lunch. Gohan and Videl did as they were told and ate. Videl amazed at how much the boys ate, got a good amount of practice with her new 'abilities' conversing with Gohan as he gorged. By the end of the meal the young couple was talking with ease, even experimenting with saying something different aloud than silently at the same time. The meal went as normal as one could in the Son household otherwise.
Once they had finished eating they all helped to do the dishes. Videl had learned what the door next to the walk in freezer was, a walk in dishwasher, with little surprise based on the size of their meal. So after they had taken care of the rest of the clean up the family headed outside together for flying lessons.
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"So, Gohan do you have an idea of how to teach a human to fly?" Asked Chi- Chi.
"Hmm, I am not sure. How did you learn Mom?" Replied the older boy.
"What makes you think I know how to fly dear?" Came her innocent sounding voice.
"Well for one thing Goten is not very discreet about your training sessions, but I have seen you before. As careful as you might be as to not draw suspicion, do you really think that I would not notice my mother flying under her own power from time to time?"
"It was really pretty amazing, your dad just showed me mentally how to do it. He even loaned me a little energy. Well it was a little for him, but I was. um that is, I was bouncing off the walls. cause you see I had all that extra energy." Chi-Chi told of the happy memory, remembering her decorum before she went into detail as to where that extra energy went. "I figure you show Videl how to fly then we work on getting her enough energy for some real speed till she has to go home."
"How would I get more energy then? From Gohan?" Asked Videl, understandably confused about all these new, physical abilities.
"No, dear. We'll spare." Replied Chi-Chi as she warmed up expertly. "Ok Goten lets have a fighting lesson again. No Ki attacks. Afterwards your brother will teach you how to fly and control your new powers." She instructed the younger boy, before turning to the teens. "Go on you two, we don't have all day."
"I am still not sure how to teach her mom."
"Just show her Gohan. Ready, Goten? Lets begin."
The two teens walked away from the training area of the front yard to a nearby tree and sat in the shade. As Videl began to watch with amazement the mother-son spar before her, Gohan interrupter her with the more interesting prospect of learning to fly.
"Well Videl I am going to show you what it feels like to fly. Pay attention and then try to do it too. I will loan you some energy as you need it." Began Gohan before continuing silently. .:: Since our bond has a lot to do with proximity, lets start out with me hovering the two of us. But first, this is the energy I spoke of. ::.
.:: Ok, I can feel your energy, it is so powerful. ::.
.:: Here is your energy. ::. He said, showing her the source of her ki.
.:: You must be a million times stronger than me. It is like holding up a candle to the sun. I can hardly believe it. ::.
.:: That's nothing, imagine this: You are the one of the strongest humans who cannot use ki. Not that I am trying to impress you, ok so maybe a little. Pay attention here, this is the feeling you are going for. ::. He said as they levitated together. They floated up, face to face as if they were slowly dancing across the sky. Slowly he brought them back down, and stepped back to allow her to try and lift her own weight. .:: Your turn. ::.
.:: OK, I am just gonna do what I felt you do. Is this it? Am I lifting myself up? ::.
.:: You sure are. Here, have a little energy boost, and experiment. And know I would never let you fall. ::. He said as he floated to where she did, a foot off the ground. He took her hand and transferred her some energy, barely a fraction of his, but an entire days worth for her. In that second she shot up higher and higher, as he stayed with her the entire way. He showed her mentally the tricks and strategy to fly, never needing to form an actual word. And then, an hour after the lesson began it was over.
.:: Congratulations Videl, you now know all I know about flying. ::. He said as they landed back under the same tree they started from.
.:: That was amazing. It was like you downloaded it directly to my brain. ::. She said as she took her seat in his lap.
.:: That's nothing, I bet I could go even faster for something that is pure memorization. how would you like to know all of the information for Fridays history quiz? ::.
.:: This I gotta see. ::. At that, Gohan remembered everything he knew about the founding of Orange star City as fast as he could. To Videl it was like a flash, but then she started to remember Gohan reading the book to her. .:: Just when I think I have seen it all.. ::.
.:: I doubt I could top that. ::. He said with a smile as he looked up into her shining eyes.
"I am sorry to interrupt you two but I have had all I could take of Goten, he is just too strong." Called an exhausted Chi-Chi. She leaned warily against the tree and continued. "Can you give him his Super Saiyan and flying lesson now?"
"Sure mom. Videl why don't you and mom have a spar? Mom I will give you a recharge to your normal amount so you can have a fair fight." Said Gohan.
"Ok, Gohan. Mrs. Son lets see how I measure up." Said Videl as Gohan gathered up his hyper little brother to teach him about the wonders of Super Saiyan powers.
"Videl dear if I am going to help train you please at least call me Chi- Chi."
"It just doesn't seem right." Started Videl before pausing to think. "I know that someday I can call you mother, but that does not sound right either, it is like I would be forgetting about mom to do it too soon. She has been gone for many years now, but I still find myself missing her, and always trying to honor her memory."
"You poor dear, I did not know you lost your mother. I can understand you loyalty to her, take you time and call me mom when you feel ready."
"In a lot of ways, even though you are really nothing like her, the way you treated me from the start, so caring and nice, is very much like her." She said sadly before continuing. "Chi-Chi is ok for most of the time but could I call you sensei when we fight? I have never had a real teacher, my dad's influence and all. That and from what I have seen you could teach me a lot." She concluded, feeling Gohan's concern she called out to him silently. .:: I'm ok, just your mom is reminding me of mine. ::.
.:: You know she will be yours too someday, if she isn't already. ::. He said simply. But she felt how true it was, and how well they both knew it to be at least an eventuality.
"I hate to interrupt you two but if I am going to teach you anything, we must get to work." .::Oh, how I miss you Goku::. (A/N sorry to interject that but it is required by law)
"Yes, sensei!" Said Videl, obviously too eager to learn to be embarrassed by being caught talking silently again.
"Oh, Videl. For such an eager student, it is hard to believe you never had a master. Ok, lets see what you got!" Yelled Chi-Chi as she rushed Videl, beginning an afternoon of training for the two. While two brothers with golden hair used their own method to train off in the distance.
------- And so that was how the day unfolded, training, laughing and indeed growing stronger, until Chi-Chi had to leave to take care of dinner. At which point Videl could only struggle to watch the brothers training. Struggle not just because of her exhaustion from the beating the woman who would someday be her mother-in-law gave her but because they were just so fast. She was grateful when the call to dinner came, after all of the whiplash of following sonic booms and earth shaking collisions for most of the early evening.
As they sat to eat Videl found herself more hungry than she had ever been before, proving Gohan's theory, but not coming anywhere near the massive appetite of the boys. So after yet another feast of a meal called dinner, the day ended. Both teens were sorry to see it go, but since they had school the next day, they had parted company on Videl's roof in the mid- evening. They had only made out up there for a few minutes so they certainly would long for the next day to come.
As Gohan flew home slowly, and Videl deftly floated down to her balcony, she asked him a silent question.
.:: Gohan? ::.
.:: Yes? ::.
.:: You can hear me still? Great! I had a question, well I have two now since a second just occurred to me. I was going to ask you if I could get some help with some homework later on, but as I thought of school, the idea of what will happen tomorrow came up again. I mean, so much has changed since then. ::.
.:: And in a lot of ways not much has changed has it? I would not worry about school, just be yourself and rely on this more subtle form of communication when necessary. As for homework, nothing would please me more than to help you. Just ask when you get stuck, although I bet that I will be able to sense your frustration before you ask. ::.
.:: I guess you are right but can we meet in the morning just to make sure? ::.
.:: How about I pick you up at your window in the morning, say an hour and a half before class? ::.
.:: Better make it the front door. And I will look forward to it. ::. Said Videl ending this particular conversation. Although she knew full well that she still would ask for help later. Videl was still worried about how the change of her relationship to Gohan would be seen. 'He went from the new kid, to a guy I had a crush on, to my boyfriend, to a fiancé and now we are halfway married or something.' She thought, confused indeed. 'How could this look anything but odd? Although since when have I cared what anyone thought? That is what daddy is for. Oh my, I forgot about him. Maybe we will keep it quiet or only tell Erasa and Sharpner? Or maybe we will give the whole school something to talk about. I just don't know how to react to all this. I guess Gohan is right, lets just see what happens tomorrow and deal with it. For now, homework, dreaded homework.'
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End note: I extended a few points on the mental connection to their logical conclusions. I will elaborate on my rules for this in the coming chapters. Sorry again this took so long, just go a little caught up, ironically with what I just sent Videl after, as well as a couple of new dbz stories I should post with chapter 9 or 10. More to come. ---------
