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"Talking"

* Thinking *

(* Author Notes *)

The next morning when Videl was awakened by Goten jumping on her bed, she was extra careful that she didn't slip over the rug. As she got into the kitchen, there was a huge batch of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage, and whatever else people eat for breakfast.

"Well, good morning dear. Did you have a good rest?" ChiChi said as she was making another batch of pancakes.

"Oh, yes, yes I did. Thank you for asking ChiChi. Oh and I would like to thank you for letting me stay here for a little while. Are you sure I'm not being a burden?" Videl asked as she sat down in front of a plate that had a piece of paper that said "Videl"

* Goten must of put that there. He is so adorable. * ChiChi walked over and smiled.

"Of course not sweetie. You can stay as long as you like. We love to have you around." Then ChiChi put a pancake on her plate.

"You just tell me when you want another one." Videl just nodded her head. Then Gohan walked in the kitchen with a worried look on his face. Videl looked at him.

"Gohan is something the matter?" Videl asked. Gohan looked around.

"Huh…uh…no. It's just that…" Videl looked up at him.

"It's just that what Gohan?" Videl asked. Gohan looked at his mother who was also waiting for an answer, and then his brother that wasn't paying attention, and was stuffing his face with pancakes.

"It's just that last night I felt a huge power. A power that was evil, and stronger than Cell's." The room became silent. Videl started to get nervous.

"Stronger than Cell?" Videl asked. Gohan nodded.

"Yeah…" Videl started to tap on the table. Gohan looked at her.

"Videl? It's alright." Videl couldn't help but worry. She knows that anything stronger than Cell was bad. She was getting really scared.

"Videl. It's ok. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. I promise." Videl looked up and nodded.

"Ok…" So then Gohan and Videl ate breakfast.

About an hour after they ate, Videl thought that they should go shopping or something. She had a training suit in mind that she thought she could use. Though she couldn't stop thinking of the power Gohan said he felt. She didn't have a smile on her face all day. Then she looked up and noticed Gohan wasn't looking very happy, and she knew why.

"OH GOHAN!" An annoying voice called. Gohan sighed. It was Amy.

"Hi Amy." Gohan said as Amy ran, pushed Videl aside and hugged him.

"OH GOHAN. I THINK WE SHOULD TOTALLY GET BACK TOGETHER. I MEAN, I'M SO LONELY WITHOUT YOU!" Gohan shook his head and got out of her grip.

"Sorry Amy. But I'm taken." Gohan said looking at Videl, giving he a look that made her realize that the reason he was doing this is because it is the only way that Amy will leave him alone. "Oh! But you don't want her! Don't you want someone rich and beautiful?" Amy said swooshing her hair. Gohan shook his head.

"Nah, I don't need money. Besides, Videl is beautiful!" Gohan said smiling. Then Videl stepped forward.

"Hey, I'm richer than you, so what is that supposed to mean?" Amy turned around.

" I was mostly saying that I'm more beautiful than you." Videl sighed. Amy turned to Gohan.

"So what do you say? Come back with me, or stay with…the freak? Hehe." Gohan shook his head.

"No." Amy started to get angry again. She started stomping on the cement and stepped towards Gohan.

"FINE! BUT WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT…" Amy realized what she said and walked away.

"I almost blew the plan." Amy said in barely a whisper. Videl could hear her say something, but couldn't figure out what. So she just let it go. Then she saw the training suit that she wanted in the window of a store. Se tapped Gohan on the shoulder.

"Gohan? I'm going to look at the training suit in the window there to see how much it is." Videl said pointing at the window.

"Ok, I'll come too. Oh, thanks for helping me get away from Amy." Gohan said Videl smiled

"No problem." So they left for the training suit. When they got to the store, Videl looked at the price tag. Gohan looked also.

"Do you think you have that much money with you Videl?" Gohan asked. Videl then looked at the price tag again. It was 1000 Zenni. Videl looked in her wallet. She only had 500 Zenni with her. She put her wallet back into her pocket.

"Nope, not with me that is. I only have 5,000 Zenni, and it is worth 10,000 Zenni…Oh well, I might need the money for later use. I'll just get it for my birthday, or Christmas or something." Gohan felt really bad for not bringing enough money to help Videl get the training suit she wanted, but she didn't seem too disappointed, so he didn't feel extra bad. Then Videl smiled.

"I figured out an emergency for you." Videl said pointing at the food court. Gohan smiled.

"Oh yeah!" Gohan said with his stomach growling. Videl laughed. When they got to the food court, Gohan ordered what he thought was a snack, which was really like a gourmet dinner, and Videl ordered a sandwich.

"Hey Gohan? I think we should go home after this. There isn't really anything else to do at the mall right now." Videl said while Gohan's face was stuffed. Videl laughed.

"Ok." So when they were finished, they went home in Videl's jet copper because she didn't feel like riding a cloud today. Finally when they arrived home, as soon as they got in the house, the phone rang. ChiChi answered it.

"Hello? Well hi Bulma how are things? What? Stolen? I'll send Gohan and if she wants Videl over too. Ok, nice talking with you. Alright, bye." Then ChiChi noticed Gohan and Videl in the house.

"Hey, do you guys mind going over to CC do you? Something was stolen, and she would like you to go over to look at things." Gohan and Videl nodded, and then went to CC. When they arrived, Vegeta answered the door.

"What now?" He asked annoyed. Videl looked at him funny. Gohan coughed, then spoke.

"Bulma called us over here today. About something missing?" Gohan asked. Vegeta then walked away, but left the door open for them to walk through. While they were walking, Videl tapped him on the shoulder.

"What's with that guy?" Videl asked in a whisper, so he couldn't hear her, but he did.

"Excuse me, but I've ALWAYS been like this, so shut up you weakling." Videl got angry. Even though she isn't as strong as these people doesn't mean that she is a weakling. She is super strong compared to some people.

"Gohan, I expected you to at least have a girlfriend stronger than, than…Yamcha or someone." Vegeta said smiling. Gohan blushed.

"She's not my girlfriend! We're just friends! Besides, she is kind of stronger than Yamcha!" Gohan said still blushing. Vegeta smirked.

"Sure." Then he led them to Bulma's lab. When they finally arrived at the lab, Bulma was working on some papers when she noticed Gohan and Videl in the room.

"Oh hey guys…I'm glad you're here." Bulma said. Gohan looked around the room for a sec, then started talking.

"Uh, Bulma? My mother said that you wanted to see us for something. Something missing?" Bulma nodded.

"Actually more like two things, the other one isn't very important to me. It's mostly important to Vegeta. Any ways, the thing I miss is my gold necklace…but once I think about it, the other thing is more important." Bulma said. Gohan wanted to know what the other thing was.

"So…what is the other thing that Vegeta likes so much anyway?" Gohan asked when he looked at Vegeta.

"Well, it's a potion that makes you stronger than Cell. But I didn't really want Vegeta to have it, but he ordered me to do it." Bulma said shaking her head. Vegeta growled.

"Hey! That power that I could have gotten would have come in great use!" Vegeta said. Bulma started yelling too.

"All you really want is to become stronger than Goku you jerk!" Bulma yelled pointing a finger at him.

"So what if I want to be stronger than Kakorot! I could still use that power for helping the earth!

"Since when did you want to help the earth?" Bulma asked boiling. Vegeta stomped his foot.

"Don't talk to me like that woman! I am Vegeta! Prince of the— Then Bulma interrupted him.

"We know, we know Prince of the Saiyans." Then Bulma realized what she just said and covered her mouth. Gohan had a sweat drop. Videl was very confused.

"What in the world is a Saiyan?" Videl asked. Gohan turned around. He had to think of something to say very quickly.

"OH! Well, uh you see, uh…Vegeta likes to pretend he is a prince of his uh, made up people called Saiyans. Haha." Then Vegeta started talking again.

"Actually Videl, Gohan is a Sa— Bulma put her hand over his mouth.

"Yeah, and Vegeta also likes to pretend that his friends are the Saiyans like Gohan and me. Hehe." Videl gave a look.

"Ok…" * Very weird. * Videl thought as they were talking about the potion some more.

"Hey Vegeta? Didn't you feel a strong power level last night around 12:00?" Gohan asked. Vegeta nodded.

"Yes…I think it was the person who stole MY potion!" Bulma rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything, because he was on track.

"Alright. Well Videl and I better get home. It's five o'clock and we need time to talk things over about who we think took the potion." Gohan said.

"Alright. Call us if anything comes up." Gohan nodded, and Gohan and Videl left. When they finally arrived back, it was 5:15. They didn't stop for anything. They just ran right up to Gohan's room to start thinking.

"So Gohan…who do you think would do this?" Videl asked while Gohan closed the door.

"I don't know…we need to think of people we may know that would want to do this." Gohan said. They were thinking for almost an hour…but they still couldn't think of whom.

"Maybe it isn't anyone we know…maybe, it's a new villain who was weak, and knew he couldn't destroy or take over the world, so he knew about Bulma's potion, and took it." Gohan replied scratching his head. Videl sat for a while…but then something popped up in her mind.

* Flash Back *

Amy: FINE! But when you find out that…

Amy: I almost blew the plan!

* End Flash Back *

Videl the realized that she now could understand what Amy whispered until she really thought about it. She stood up.

"Gohan…I think I have a suspect." Gohan also stood up.

"Really? Who?!" Gohan said jumping up and down. Videl gave him a look but continued to talk.

"Well…Amy, I remember she said something about a plan and stuff." Gohan crossed his arms.

"Now wait a sec, Amy isn't that smart. How would she figure out how to become strong?" Gohan said laughing. Videl sat back down.

"Maybe she didn't." Videl said looking at the ground. Gohan stopped laughing. He could tell that Videl was serious, and as a friend he wouldn't laugh at her.

"Then who did?" Gohan asked. Videl looked up. She smiled. She looked so sweet when he asks her a question.

* He looks so sweet…handsome too…WAIT! WHAT AM I THINKING? HE IS MY FRIEND! Nothing more. * Videl shook her head at the thought and started thinking of the case. Gohan just stared at her while she was thinking.

* Wow…her eyes look unusually beautiful today. Ahh! What am I thinking? * Gohan also shook his head to get the thought out of his head. Videl looked up and noticed Gohan shook his head.

"Gohan? What's the matter?" Gohan looked up. He blushed.

"Oh nothing!" He said waving his hands in the air and jumping up and down. Videl gave him a look.

"You're creepy!" Videl said as Gohan settled down. Then ChiChi ran into the room.

"What are you guys doing up here? I feel like the roof is gonna cave in. I don't want that happening again." ChiChi replied just standing there. Videl looked at ChiChi.

"We think we have a suspect ChiChi…or at least a partner of it." Videl said looking back at Gohan. Gohan nodded.

"Yeah. We're gonna check it out tomorrow. Right Videl?" Videl nodded her head. ChiChi started pointing at her watch.

"Well, if you want to do a good job tomorrow, then you better get to bed." Gohan shook his head.

"Okay mom." Videl then tapped ChiChi on the shoulder.

"Can I get some fresh air first?" Videl asked. ChiChi smiled.

"Sure sweetie. Just don't be too long." Videl smiled and hugged ChiChi.

"Thanks!" Videl then walked out of the room. ChiChi looked at Gohan.

You didn't tell me that Videl liked to hug! I would have hugged her AGES ago if I knew." Gohan shrugged his shoulders.

"I wouldn't know! I don't hug her! And she doesn't hug me!" Gohan replied. ChiChi smiled even more.

"Do you want her to hug you?" Gohan eyes widened.

"NO! We're only friends mom! Nothing more!" ChiChi turned around.

"Uh huh. Sure." Then ChiChi went back downstairs. Gohan folded his arms. Then he thought something.

* Do I want to hug her? *

Videl then walked out into Gohan's yard and looked up in the sky. She saw so many stars. It is hard for her to see stars since she lived in the city.

"Wow…look at the stars. They're so beautiful." Then Videl heard a ruffle in the bushes. Videl looked over at where she heard the noises. Then she heard it in another direction and looked over there. She stared to sweat.

"Who's there, and…what do you want?" No one answered. Then she started to run to the house. But then the figure ran in front of her. Then she screamed.

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU ASS HOLE! GOHAN HELP!" The man grabbed her. But Gohan came out.

"Get away from her!" Then he realized who it was.

"SHARPENER?" Gohan said in his fighting stance. Sharpener started to laugh. Then he looked at Gohan.

"Yeah. It's me." Gohan growled.

"Let got of her you— Then Sharpener started laughing. Gohan gave him a look. Sharpener then tried to talk while laughing.

"I—I'm not gon—na listen to…YOU!" Gohan then ran and tried to punch him, but Sharpener dodged it.

"You can't defeat me." Gohan cursed at himself for not training for seven years. Sharpener then started to talk again.

"This is getting on my nerves. I'm leaving!" Then Sharpener sped away pretty much faster than he did.

"VIDEL!" Gohan said running. Then ChiChi and Goten ran out.

"Gohan what's the matter where's Videl?" Then she could see Gohan was sobbing silently.

"She's gone. It's all my fault." He replied as a teardrop ran down his cheek.

"She's gonna die and it's because I haven't train for seven years." Gohan said sobbing a little more. Goten ran up to his brother's side and hugged him.

"It's not your fault Gohan." Goten said still hugging him. ChiChi went up to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Goten is right Gohan. Videl will be fine. We'll find her before that stupid man kills her." ChiChi said. Gohan looked up.

* I will find you Videl. I'll never give up. *

( * NO! Where did Sharpener take Videl? Will Gohan ever find her? Are Gohan and Videl more than friends? Find out in the next Chapter of Soulmates. If you have any flames, they're welcomed, but don't be too hard on me! Thanks! * )

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