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Last time on troubles from the past -
Android 19 is recreated as a "sparring robot" when activated how ever, he goes straight for Gohan. Gohan fights 19, but finds himself loosing and loosing badly. Just when he is about to be killed, Vegeta and Dende show up. Vegeta destroys 19 with ease and Dende teleports Gohan to Capsule Corp
*****
It was a mind-numbing process explaining to the police what happened. Videl wasn't even sure if she believed it herself. Everything was too real to be tricks, yet they had to be, right? I mean, no one could really fly or shoot lasers out of their hands.it was all just tricks. Yes that its. It was one big special effect production. Yet she couldn't fully convince herself of this. Deep down she knew it had been real, and with that a most startling discovery, Gohan was the gold fighter. Could he also be the Great Saiyaman? So many questions and each answer she found gave her two more questions. She decided to follow up on what that green guy had said, "I am taking [Gohan] to capsule corp." She had never told the police that part, and they weren't sure what to do with him. What exactly should they classify it as? They decided to deal with it if and only if one of his relatives reported him missing. She found herself wandering the streets heading toward the Capsule Corporation building that was just outside Satan City. After sometime she arrived at the main gates and she still had yet to think of what to say. 'Uh hi, I heard some freaky green guy talking about taking Gohan Son here, and I was wondering if he actually was.'.'Yeah.that would work reeeaaalll well,' she thought. She pressed the button and prayed that she could think of something to say. She waited and waited, and still nothing happened. She pressed the button again, and after about 10 seconds of waited a small section of the wall slid open revealing a monitor with the man that had fought that.thing.
"What?!" demanded the man.
"I.uh.ummm." she stuttered.
"You're that girl from before aren't you?" he asked in a gruff manor.
"Uhh.yeah.that's me," she replied shakily.
"Tell me girl, did you eat any of Gohans food or have any of his drinks?" it was asked with an annoyed tone, kind of like he didn't want to be having this conversation in the first place.
"I forgot my lunch today. Gohan gave me some of his..why are you trying to blame whatever is wrong with him on me??!!" she asked, his annoyed tone only caused her to get more agitated.
The screen went blank and the gates opened. Videl cautiously entered, not sure of what to make of this. She approached the main building, and there was a blue haired woman standing at the door, she soon recognized her as Bulma Briefs, head of Capsule Corps. As soon as Bulma saw Videl she started to wave at her and motioned her to come to her. Videl jogged up to Bulma upon seeing her wave at her.
"You must be Videl, so nice to meet you. Gohan has told me quite a bit about you."
"Your Bulma Briefs, the richest and most powerful woman in the world.and you know Gohan," said a shocked Videl.
Bulma nodded and said, "Of course I know him, we have had quite a lot of adventures together when we were younger."
"Umm.Gohan is still pretty young." replied Videl in a cautious tone.
"Of course he is, this was when he was about 6 or so, but that's really for him to tell. So tell me how are you feeling, and pains or aches?" asked Bulma, who was finally getting down to business.
"Why do ask?"
"Videl.Gohan is.sick. A heart virus. We have a cure for it, but only if we catch it early enough."
"He's.dying.?" said Videl, her eyes seemed glaze over like she no longer could see the world as this information began to sink in.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine in about 10 days or so. The medicine takes a long time to work. Now were you the only one who had part of Gohans lunch."
Videl slowly nodded her head, as she was still in shock about Gohan.
"And do you know of any other person that has been close to Gohan?"
"Erasa has been out of town for the past few days. A relative of her's passed away recently. She sits next to Gohan," said Videl.
"Good. No one else should have it then. Please follow me," and with that Bulma turned and walked inside the building with Videl in tow. Bulma led her to into the heart of Capsule Corp. Each room they passed was filled with all sorts of machinery until they came to the end of the hallway. The door at the end was just an ordinary door, except it had a large red cross on it, indicating that it was a medical facility. They entered and were greeted by many different faces, there were some she recognized, and some she didn't. She had seen picture of and read about Tien, Master Roshi, Yamcha, and Emperor Chauzu. How did Gohan know these people? Chauzu ruled a large empire and was the main backer of the World Martial Arts Tournament *, Tien was his body guard, Yamcha was a legendary baseball player who was supposedly once a bandit, and Master Roshi, was the most respected martial artist in the world. Some say that if he was younger he could defeat her father Hercule. She didn't have much time to look at every one else, as Bulma prodded her though another doorway in with a large glass window next to it. It was a very plain room, with only an occupied bed in it with a table next to it, a television, a few chairs and a couch.
"There is some medicine on the table over there, please take about one table spoon of it. It very well may save your life," said Bulma frankly as she pointed to a bottle on the table.
"Th.thanks," stuttered a ghostly pale Videl.
She walked over to the table and for he first time got a good look at the person occupying the bed. Gohan. She closed her eyes and put her hand on his. It pained her to see any one like this, especially one of her friends. Gohan may have been hiding a lot from her, but still that didn't change the fact that he was her friend not because of her dad, but because of who she was, and for her, that was a rarity. She opened her eyes when she heard the door close, and saw Bulma's back through the window. It looked as if she was explaining stuff to every one out there. She laughed as a woman she didn't notice before whacked Master Roshi on the head with a frying pan.
*****
Bulma exited the room where Gohan was being treated. She explained about Videl, and how Vegeta had let her in. All heads turned to him, could it be that Vegeta had done something nice? He glared at them and most people turned their attention back to Bulma.
"Well, I must say, Gohan does have good taste in women, hehehe," laughed Master Roshi, only to be greeted by a frying pan to the head.
"I will not have you talking about Gohan's future wife like that," Chi Chi told master Roshi who was gripping his head in pain.
"Well, I think we have to get going. We'll stop by in a few days to check up on Gohan again," said Krillin, and most every one nodded in agreement.
"Chi Chi, you and Goten are welcome to spend the night until Gohan is ready to leave," said Bulma.
"I know that Goten will probably want to, but I think I am just going to head home for the evening. There is something that's just...reassuring about that house. Like you know everything is going to end up just fine.
Every one piled out of the room and down the hall and Bulma opened the door to check on Videl.
"Videl, every one is leaving, but you're welcome to stay as long as you want."
"Thank you Mrs. Briefs, but if every one else is leaving I guess I should be too."
"Please, call me Bulma. Mrs. Briefs just sounds so old. And you remember to take the medicine right?"
"Yes, its tastes awful, but I guess it's worth it. By the way, would it be all right if I cam back tomorrow after school? And will you answer some question I have then?"
"I'm sure Gohan would like it, even if he's not awake to see it. And it would really depend on the questions being asked. Gohan's past is.difficult, and that story is not for me to tell."
"Oh no, nothing like that. I just want to know how Gohan came to know just about every famous martial artist in the world, the emperor of a nation, and two green men."
"Some of that I can answer, some of that I cannot."
And with that said they walked out of the room, and down the hallway. Most every one had already left, Chi Chi was still in the living room with Goten and was reassuring him that Gohan would be fine, he just needed some rest. Videl exited the main building and began the journey home. Chi Chi finally calmed down Goten and he jumped at the chance to spend the night, if not only to keep an eye on Gohan.
*****
Hercule and Gearshift finally woke up, and both were shocked at what happened. Gearshift went on about that bastard Beaker and how he wanted his revenge. For he believed that Beaker had programmed the robot to kill them both, but Hercule must have been too strong for it. Hercule quickly agreed with his assessment and they made plans to pay a "visit" to the manufacturing plant in the next few days.
*****
The next day was an extremely boring one for Videl, every few minutes it seemed like she was explaining what happened yesterday to some one else. Word got around pretty fast that Gohan was in fact the Golden Fighter, but oddly enough, there was no word of the battle on last night's news. At least when she was in class she got some break, or so she thought. Today's classes seemed to be determined to make her fall asleep, and it didn't help that she got little sleep the night before. She was in a half-asleep, half- awake trance while the teacher was handing out a paper to the class; she finally snapped out of it when the bell rang, she stuffed her books and the paper she had received into her book bag. She exited the building quickly ignoring everything and every one. Her only priority was to go to Capsule Corporation. The reason was two fold, one to check up on Gohan, two to have her questions answer by Bulma. She had just started to lift off in her Jetcopter when the police chief called her. There was a hostage situation downtown at the mayor's office. It was just her luck, no activity in the past few days and now at the most inopportune time. The standoff itself took 5 hours, followed by another hour of paper work and giving reports, before Videl was able to sneak in and disable the group, and it was now 9 PM and it would take a while to get to her destination. She made her way to Capsule Corporation, a bit wary though, because it was getting late. She went to the main gate and pressed the button like she had the first time she visited. Bulma answered after a little while, at least she thought it was Bulma, as her entire face was covered in a green glob. They exchange pleasantries and Bulma explained about how it was a beauty treatment. Bulma let Videl in an showed her to the hall
"Just let yourself out when you're done. I'll try to answer your questions tomorrow. Gohan has been a bit restless, tossing, turning, and grabbing his chest. But don't worry, that's completely normal," said a yawning Bulma.
"Thank you, and once again, I am very sorry about coming here so late," said Videl
"It's no problem. Plus we saw you on the news with the hostages," said Bulma as she walked away.
Videl made her way into Gohans room. It was as it was yesterday, except the lights where off. Gohan seemed to grunting in pain and grabbing his chest, just like Bulma had said he was. 'Its perfectly normal, he's not in any danger,' though Videl. She placed her hand on his arm that was gripping the bed sheets. Instantly he seemed to relax. He was no longer grunting, nor was he gripping he chest or the bed sheets. She smiled, and went to get a chair to sit down next to him, but the second she lifted her hand, it seemed like he was in pain again. He was grunting and gripping the sheets. She placed her hand back on his skin, and it all stopped. She seemed to have a soothing effect on him. She reached out with her foot and was barely able to snag on the legs of a char. She maneuvered it next to the bed and sat down closing her eyes, but never taking her hand off of Gohan's arm. Not long after the long day and lack of sleep caught up with her and she fell fast asleep.
*See Dragon Ball - Mystical Adventure.
Thanks to Andromeda Of The Moon [281967] for proof reading it and generally kicking my ass so I update it.
Random DBZ fact - Pu'ar is actually male (Quite a surprise isn't it, I know I though he was female until a few days ago). If you need proof see the first issue of Shonen Jump which hit newsstands on November 24, 2002. Page 011 Question 5, "Ask Akira Toriyama".
"Duct tape is like the force... it has a light side and a dark side, and holds the universe together." -Jason Weaver
Last time on troubles from the past -
Android 19 is recreated as a "sparring robot" when activated how ever, he goes straight for Gohan. Gohan fights 19, but finds himself loosing and loosing badly. Just when he is about to be killed, Vegeta and Dende show up. Vegeta destroys 19 with ease and Dende teleports Gohan to Capsule Corp
*****
It was a mind-numbing process explaining to the police what happened. Videl wasn't even sure if she believed it herself. Everything was too real to be tricks, yet they had to be, right? I mean, no one could really fly or shoot lasers out of their hands.it was all just tricks. Yes that its. It was one big special effect production. Yet she couldn't fully convince herself of this. Deep down she knew it had been real, and with that a most startling discovery, Gohan was the gold fighter. Could he also be the Great Saiyaman? So many questions and each answer she found gave her two more questions. She decided to follow up on what that green guy had said, "I am taking [Gohan] to capsule corp." She had never told the police that part, and they weren't sure what to do with him. What exactly should they classify it as? They decided to deal with it if and only if one of his relatives reported him missing. She found herself wandering the streets heading toward the Capsule Corporation building that was just outside Satan City. After sometime she arrived at the main gates and she still had yet to think of what to say. 'Uh hi, I heard some freaky green guy talking about taking Gohan Son here, and I was wondering if he actually was.'.'Yeah.that would work reeeaaalll well,' she thought. She pressed the button and prayed that she could think of something to say. She waited and waited, and still nothing happened. She pressed the button again, and after about 10 seconds of waited a small section of the wall slid open revealing a monitor with the man that had fought that.thing.
"What?!" demanded the man.
"I.uh.ummm." she stuttered.
"You're that girl from before aren't you?" he asked in a gruff manor.
"Uhh.yeah.that's me," she replied shakily.
"Tell me girl, did you eat any of Gohans food or have any of his drinks?" it was asked with an annoyed tone, kind of like he didn't want to be having this conversation in the first place.
"I forgot my lunch today. Gohan gave me some of his..why are you trying to blame whatever is wrong with him on me??!!" she asked, his annoyed tone only caused her to get more agitated.
The screen went blank and the gates opened. Videl cautiously entered, not sure of what to make of this. She approached the main building, and there was a blue haired woman standing at the door, she soon recognized her as Bulma Briefs, head of Capsule Corps. As soon as Bulma saw Videl she started to wave at her and motioned her to come to her. Videl jogged up to Bulma upon seeing her wave at her.
"You must be Videl, so nice to meet you. Gohan has told me quite a bit about you."
"Your Bulma Briefs, the richest and most powerful woman in the world.and you know Gohan," said a shocked Videl.
Bulma nodded and said, "Of course I know him, we have had quite a lot of adventures together when we were younger."
"Umm.Gohan is still pretty young." replied Videl in a cautious tone.
"Of course he is, this was when he was about 6 or so, but that's really for him to tell. So tell me how are you feeling, and pains or aches?" asked Bulma, who was finally getting down to business.
"Why do ask?"
"Videl.Gohan is.sick. A heart virus. We have a cure for it, but only if we catch it early enough."
"He's.dying.?" said Videl, her eyes seemed glaze over like she no longer could see the world as this information began to sink in.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine in about 10 days or so. The medicine takes a long time to work. Now were you the only one who had part of Gohans lunch."
Videl slowly nodded her head, as she was still in shock about Gohan.
"And do you know of any other person that has been close to Gohan?"
"Erasa has been out of town for the past few days. A relative of her's passed away recently. She sits next to Gohan," said Videl.
"Good. No one else should have it then. Please follow me," and with that Bulma turned and walked inside the building with Videl in tow. Bulma led her to into the heart of Capsule Corp. Each room they passed was filled with all sorts of machinery until they came to the end of the hallway. The door at the end was just an ordinary door, except it had a large red cross on it, indicating that it was a medical facility. They entered and were greeted by many different faces, there were some she recognized, and some she didn't. She had seen picture of and read about Tien, Master Roshi, Yamcha, and Emperor Chauzu. How did Gohan know these people? Chauzu ruled a large empire and was the main backer of the World Martial Arts Tournament *, Tien was his body guard, Yamcha was a legendary baseball player who was supposedly once a bandit, and Master Roshi, was the most respected martial artist in the world. Some say that if he was younger he could defeat her father Hercule. She didn't have much time to look at every one else, as Bulma prodded her though another doorway in with a large glass window next to it. It was a very plain room, with only an occupied bed in it with a table next to it, a television, a few chairs and a couch.
"There is some medicine on the table over there, please take about one table spoon of it. It very well may save your life," said Bulma frankly as she pointed to a bottle on the table.
"Th.thanks," stuttered a ghostly pale Videl.
She walked over to the table and for he first time got a good look at the person occupying the bed. Gohan. She closed her eyes and put her hand on his. It pained her to see any one like this, especially one of her friends. Gohan may have been hiding a lot from her, but still that didn't change the fact that he was her friend not because of her dad, but because of who she was, and for her, that was a rarity. She opened her eyes when she heard the door close, and saw Bulma's back through the window. It looked as if she was explaining stuff to every one out there. She laughed as a woman she didn't notice before whacked Master Roshi on the head with a frying pan.
*****
Bulma exited the room where Gohan was being treated. She explained about Videl, and how Vegeta had let her in. All heads turned to him, could it be that Vegeta had done something nice? He glared at them and most people turned their attention back to Bulma.
"Well, I must say, Gohan does have good taste in women, hehehe," laughed Master Roshi, only to be greeted by a frying pan to the head.
"I will not have you talking about Gohan's future wife like that," Chi Chi told master Roshi who was gripping his head in pain.
"Well, I think we have to get going. We'll stop by in a few days to check up on Gohan again," said Krillin, and most every one nodded in agreement.
"Chi Chi, you and Goten are welcome to spend the night until Gohan is ready to leave," said Bulma.
"I know that Goten will probably want to, but I think I am just going to head home for the evening. There is something that's just...reassuring about that house. Like you know everything is going to end up just fine.
Every one piled out of the room and down the hall and Bulma opened the door to check on Videl.
"Videl, every one is leaving, but you're welcome to stay as long as you want."
"Thank you Mrs. Briefs, but if every one else is leaving I guess I should be too."
"Please, call me Bulma. Mrs. Briefs just sounds so old. And you remember to take the medicine right?"
"Yes, its tastes awful, but I guess it's worth it. By the way, would it be all right if I cam back tomorrow after school? And will you answer some question I have then?"
"I'm sure Gohan would like it, even if he's not awake to see it. And it would really depend on the questions being asked. Gohan's past is.difficult, and that story is not for me to tell."
"Oh no, nothing like that. I just want to know how Gohan came to know just about every famous martial artist in the world, the emperor of a nation, and two green men."
"Some of that I can answer, some of that I cannot."
And with that said they walked out of the room, and down the hallway. Most every one had already left, Chi Chi was still in the living room with Goten and was reassuring him that Gohan would be fine, he just needed some rest. Videl exited the main building and began the journey home. Chi Chi finally calmed down Goten and he jumped at the chance to spend the night, if not only to keep an eye on Gohan.
*****
Hercule and Gearshift finally woke up, and both were shocked at what happened. Gearshift went on about that bastard Beaker and how he wanted his revenge. For he believed that Beaker had programmed the robot to kill them both, but Hercule must have been too strong for it. Hercule quickly agreed with his assessment and they made plans to pay a "visit" to the manufacturing plant in the next few days.
*****
The next day was an extremely boring one for Videl, every few minutes it seemed like she was explaining what happened yesterday to some one else. Word got around pretty fast that Gohan was in fact the Golden Fighter, but oddly enough, there was no word of the battle on last night's news. At least when she was in class she got some break, or so she thought. Today's classes seemed to be determined to make her fall asleep, and it didn't help that she got little sleep the night before. She was in a half-asleep, half- awake trance while the teacher was handing out a paper to the class; she finally snapped out of it when the bell rang, she stuffed her books and the paper she had received into her book bag. She exited the building quickly ignoring everything and every one. Her only priority was to go to Capsule Corporation. The reason was two fold, one to check up on Gohan, two to have her questions answer by Bulma. She had just started to lift off in her Jetcopter when the police chief called her. There was a hostage situation downtown at the mayor's office. It was just her luck, no activity in the past few days and now at the most inopportune time. The standoff itself took 5 hours, followed by another hour of paper work and giving reports, before Videl was able to sneak in and disable the group, and it was now 9 PM and it would take a while to get to her destination. She made her way to Capsule Corporation, a bit wary though, because it was getting late. She went to the main gate and pressed the button like she had the first time she visited. Bulma answered after a little while, at least she thought it was Bulma, as her entire face was covered in a green glob. They exchange pleasantries and Bulma explained about how it was a beauty treatment. Bulma let Videl in an showed her to the hall
"Just let yourself out when you're done. I'll try to answer your questions tomorrow. Gohan has been a bit restless, tossing, turning, and grabbing his chest. But don't worry, that's completely normal," said a yawning Bulma.
"Thank you, and once again, I am very sorry about coming here so late," said Videl
"It's no problem. Plus we saw you on the news with the hostages," said Bulma as she walked away.
Videl made her way into Gohans room. It was as it was yesterday, except the lights where off. Gohan seemed to grunting in pain and grabbing his chest, just like Bulma had said he was. 'Its perfectly normal, he's not in any danger,' though Videl. She placed her hand on his arm that was gripping the bed sheets. Instantly he seemed to relax. He was no longer grunting, nor was he gripping he chest or the bed sheets. She smiled, and went to get a chair to sit down next to him, but the second she lifted her hand, it seemed like he was in pain again. He was grunting and gripping the sheets. She placed her hand back on his skin, and it all stopped. She seemed to have a soothing effect on him. She reached out with her foot and was barely able to snag on the legs of a char. She maneuvered it next to the bed and sat down closing her eyes, but never taking her hand off of Gohan's arm. Not long after the long day and lack of sleep caught up with her and she fell fast asleep.
*See Dragon Ball - Mystical Adventure.
Thanks to Andromeda Of The Moon [281967] for proof reading it and generally kicking my ass so I update it.
Random DBZ fact - Pu'ar is actually male (Quite a surprise isn't it, I know I though he was female until a few days ago). If you need proof see the first issue of Shonen Jump which hit newsstands on November 24, 2002. Page 011 Question 5, "Ask Akira Toriyama".
