Gohan and Videl: Our Beginning




Chapter 6: Dress code... by Bulma




Last Time...

Meanwhile Goku patted his eldest son on the back.

"My son, I am very proud of you. And totally glad for the two of you. You make an awesome couple. I say lets drink to Videl and Gohan!" he said, cheerfulness incarnate.

And so they did. Now, the party was officially running under the motto "Videl's-and-Gohan's-announcement-party", and Goku and Hercule talked the whole evening about their kids, tournaments and fighting...

Yeah, it was a world of fun for all of them. But the next horrors were already waiting... shopping with the women!




Now the continuation...



The next morning...

Something had awakened Videl. At first she didn't know what and she felt a bit disorientated. Then comprehension dawned on her and she remembered where she was and with whom. She rolled over and saw Gohan, sleeping peacefully. It was such a nice sight that she had to smile.

But she was still in an unreal state. She could hardly believe that the events of the prior day had been real. But every time she looked at Gohan she knew it had all been very real. She moved towards him and started to caress his left side (for he was lying in the right side of the bed). He groaned but made no attempt in waking up. So she decided to speed things up a bit. She accessed his back and started tickling his side. And it turned out that Gohan WAS ticklish, for he started to move. She increased her efforts and finally succeeded. He woke up and mumbled a "Whazzup?", eyes still closed. Videl reluctantly stopped and positioned herself besides him. More precisely, she snuggled up next to him.

He opened his eyes and looked around.

"Where am I?" he asked, before he looked at Videl. "Oh, yeah. I remember. The Briefs. Party. Late."

Videl shook her head.

"You are not the morning type, are you? It's such a luck for you that we have vacations..."

"I am definitely not the morning type today." was his reply while he rolled on his back.



Videl leaned closer.

"Well, I give you something that will motivate you." She said, leaned over and kissed him fondly. He reacted immediately and deepened the kiss, turning it into a longing and passionate one. THAT showed that he REALLY was awake by now.

After some minutes they broke the kiss to take in the very much needed supply of fresh oxygen. They also exchanged caresses, but decided to not go further just yet. After all, they both had agreed to wait until their honeymoon. They chose to wait... and as Gohan and Videl were now officially engaged (although an engagement ring was still missing) they had both slept in the same room and shared the same bed and could have gone further if they had wanted to. But both had sworn that nothing concerning a certain activity would happen until their honeymoon. Although it was very hard to resist...

When their desire to touch and kiss each other was satisfied for the next few minutes, they chose to get some breakfast. That was well due to the fact that Gohan's Saiyan stomach had started rumbling rather loudly...



So they finally went down to get some breakfast when the grumbling became too loud to ignore. It turned out that some of the others had had the same idea, as Goku and Chi-Chi were already present in the Briefs kitchen.

Chi-Chi looked at her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, smiling like the Ginger cat.

"Let me guess... Saiyan stomach?" she asked, grinning all the while.

Videl nodded.

"You got that right. Just how could you stand it all the while?" she asked.

"Hey!" both Gohan and his father protested in unison, "it ain't that bad!"

"Well," Chi-Chi said, ignoring the males, "you get used to it. Sooner or later..."

"Good to know." Videl mumbled while she helped herself to some toast, meat and eggs.

Once the talk was over Gohan helped himself to some decent breakfast, too, and his father joined him for another round. Goku and Gohan decided to take a bit from everything. Whereas 'a bit' meant a normal helping for humans...



It became clear to Videl that the past day had been reality, especially through the way Gohan was smiling at Videl all the while at breakfast, a smile that definitely had not been there yesterday. And if someone would have held a mirror in front of her, she was quite sure she would have seen an identical smile. A smile full of happiness...

All party attendees had slept at the Briefs, as the Briefs residence was more than large enough to provide enough room for all of them. And one by one they were now coming down for breakfast, patting Videl and Gohan on the back and embarrassing them this way.

The kisses and caresses Videl and Gohan had exchanged were certainly pleasurable and nice, but both knew that it was nothing in comparison to what would be waiting for them... although the snogging was really good and made a lot of fun. And the overall feeling of butterflies in the stomach... it was so nice to be in love!

But Videl found it still very hard to believe that all this had developed from the single talk they had had yesterday. And it had started rather bad... but in the end everything had turned out for the best. Videl was so happy, in fact she had never been this happy before in her whole life! And slowly she began to grasp that it all was reality...



When they had nearly finished their breakfast their hosts came down and finally joined them. Bulma immediately turned to Videl after the 'mornings' were exchanged, and Chi-Chi joined them also.

Vegeta rolled his eyes.

~ Bah, another round of hen talk... ~

Bulma started the 'hen talk'.

"Well, Videl, I'd say we start our attack on the local shopping malls once we've finished breakfast. I know a very good one not too far from here. What do you say?" she suggested.

Videl nodded her approval.

"Yes. I'd like that. And you, Chi-Chi?" she asked her future mother-in-law.

Chi-Chi agreed as well, so it was decided. But she had another suggestion.

"Why don't we take our husbands or in your case, Videl, rather future husband, with us? This way we could get them their suits. You know girls, nothing is harder than to get suitable suits for them."

The other women nodded.

"It's settled then. We will depart after breakfast!" Bulma exclaimed.



Vegeta, who had overheard 'the hens' entire conversation was not delighted at all. And he voiced his opinion rather forcefully.

"Woman, there is no way in hell that you are gonna get me into one of those blasted human shopping malls ever again! And that is final!"

Bulma shook her head. She should have awaited something like that.

"Oh, my prince, and what are going to wear, then?" she asked her husband mockingly.

He looked at her like she was mentally retarded.

"My Saiyan uniform and battle armour of course!" he bellowed.

Now it was her turn to start a rant.

"What! There is NO way in hell that YOU are going to wear something like THAT! Either you wear a suit or you will pay the price!" she stated sternly.

He looked at her taken aback.

"Hah! And what would be that price?" he asked mockingly, after he had regained his composure.

She smiled a most evil smile.

"Well, six month without sex should do the trick."

The other males present in the room winced mentally.

~ Ouch! Now she's got him. And she knows it! ~

Vegeta looked at his mate with an expression of utmost horror and disbelief.

"You wouldn't DO that! No, you wouldn't... you would punish yourself!"

Bulma looked at him, still smirking evilly.

"Well, we females can live without sex, you know. But I know for a fact that you males can NOT! So, either you come with us and get a new outfit, or six month of torment for you. Your choice!"



Vegeta grumbled and gnashed his teeth. If she did pull this through (and it really looked that way) he knew he wouldn't be able to betray her. She didn't know it, but he was bonded to her. So he had no other choice than to give in.

"Woman, sometimes I think you'd make a good Saiyan. The way you blackmailed me... is surely worthy of a Saiyan." he admitted grudgingly.

"Well, I take that as a compliment." Bulma answered. "And don't worry, Vegeta, we'll find something nice for you." she said, smiling.

Vegeta grumbled something inaudible but had to comply to fate.

Bulma grinned even more. Yeah, that had gone very well...

"But now I've got to deal with something else..." she said.

Videl looked at her.

"And what?" she asked.

Bulma smiled.

"I've got to get a babysitter for Trunks and Goten." she said and departed.

Chi-Chi smiled.

"Yeah, that's a good idea. One wouldn't believe the chaos and havoc those two could wreck without supervision..." she said.

Videl grinned. Yeah, she could imagine...



40 minutes later

Now that everyone had finished their respective breakfasts and that the babysitter question was solved it was decided to get a move on. Hercule had said that he would not accompany them. He'd rather announce the marriage of Gohan and Videl to the press. After all, he was an expert regarding this field. He'd said he'd leave the decision which wedding dress would be the right in Chi-Chi's and Bulma's capable hands.

The Z-Gang had decided that they would teleport to the shopping malls using Goku's Instant Transmission. They had agreed that they would teleport to a spot about one mile away from the shopping malls so that they would scare no one, and as Bulma knew the area like the back of her hand it was no problem to find a suitable spot. Goku concentrated for a moment and soon found the spot which Bulma had described.

"Found it!" he said, "Now, Chi-Chi grab hold on me and everybody else touch Chi-Chi and so on."

They did as ordered, and after they were finished Goku concentrated and put two fingers to his forehead. Then they all felt the pulling sensation that always accompanied IT (A/N: short for Instant Transmission) and they were off.

They reappeared seconds later in the foothills of a desert and looked around.

"Whoa," Krillin said, "a mall in a desert. Weird!"

The others nodded.



Bulma started to explain.

"Well, actually it's not that bad. They have an excellent road network and are not far away from next bigger city. In fact the mall has it's own water- and power supply. They are using a micro-reactor to generate their energy, invented by... guess who? Me of course! And luckily for the constructors a large lake is located under the spot were the mall was planned, and I provided the equipment to tap into the lakes water. They only depend on the city concerning food supply for the restaurants." she finished her explanation.

The others looked impressed. Well, Bulma never ceased to amaze one...

"I'd say we get a move on!" was Vegeta's suggestion who appeared to be unimpressed by what he had just heard. But inwardly he was very proud of his mate. And he would show it to her later on... but first things first. "I wanna get over with this as fast as possible!" he finished, giving them one of his trademark looks.

The others smiled inwardly at Vegeta's remark, but no one dared to mock the Saiyan prince when he was in a mood like... well, the mood he was obviously in.

So Goku said

"Lets go!" and they started walking towards the mall. Gohan and Videl walked holding hands and slowed the procession down by occasional kissing. The others found it sweet how those two displayed their affection for one another, and also Vegeta found it hard to remind them that they had a task ahead.

~ The way those two are behaving one could think we are back on Vegeta-sei. They have really created a bond like Saiyans would do... must tell Kakkarot about it and what it means...~ he thought.



But as it happened one two many times (for Vegeta's taste) he reminded them quite forcefully that they had business here.

"Hey you two! Would you stop that sissy display of love and remember that we have business to attend to! I wanna get over with this whole business as fast as possible!" he stated.

Bulma looked at her husband in wonder. Had only she noticed it? Well, it seemed that Vegeta was getting softer... in former times he would have ripped the young couples head off for slowing down their procession. Odd...

Gohan and Videl blushed and apologised. Seconds later she started to giggle. Gohan raised an eyebrow that questioned "What?"

"He's right, you know. We are acting like a bunch of teenagers." Videl said.



Gohan's eyebrow climbed even higher.

"We still ARE teenagers, hun."

That caught Videl off-guard. He was right! Damn, she already felt so... grown up.

"Well, then what's he complaining about?" she asked and giggled some more.

Gohan shook his head and took her hand. She had obviously still to learn that it was dangerous to anger Vegeta. Sure, he was now stronger than the Saiyan prince through his mystical power-up, but why ask for trouble if one didn't need to?

"Lets go." he said and together they took off after the others.



As Bulma knew the area they had no problem in finding the shopping mall. It was a vast complex made of metal and glass. It looked very impressive and the Z-Gang voiced their appreciations.

"Wow, that looks really cool!" or comments like "Whoa! Great!" were heard.

Chi-Chi approached Bulma.

"Hey, why haven't you shown me this palace of a mall before?" she asked half-angry.

Bulma looked at her long-time friend.

"Well, actually it was completed not sooner than before last month. And actually we were quite busy then, remember?"

"Gomen, Bulma. No offence meant." Chi-Chi smiled.

"None taken." Bulma smiled back. "How about we storm the place?"

Enthusiastic nods from the females, sour faces from the males. They looked as one at Gohan with an expression that said "It's all your fault", whereupon Gohan vigorously shook his head. The response he got consisted in nodding heads from the other males, and he could only sigh.

~ We better get this done fast! Or else they'll kill me! ~ he thought.



But his father aerated the situation by patting his son on the back.

"Son, I know exactly how you feel. Back then when I had announced that I'd marry your mother I was dragged to go shopping with your mum too. And she took all her female friends with her plus their boyfriends. They looked at me like they wanted to kill me. But believe me, the day goes by. Hey, even Vegeta had to go through this when he married Bulma."

Gohan looked at his father.

"Really? Vegeta?" his father nodded.

Well, THAT definitely improved his mood. The mental picture of Vegeta being dragged into a mall by Bulma was hilarious... maybe this was why he didn't like to enter malls? A trauma maybe? Ahh, whatever...

He looked at the others.

"I say lets get over with it. The sooner we are finished the better!"

Approval everywhere and so they prepared themselves to enter the lion's den. Or rather the lionesses' den...




to be continued...




A/N: I don't know when the next chapter will be out due to the fact that I am VERY busy. When the next chappie will be out depends on the amount of reviews I get. If I get a lot, chapter seven will come out very soon for I will find the time to write the next chapter. If I get only a couple, or worse, none at all, it might take a while. So please review!



A/N 2: I simply loved to write the 'Bulma-blackmails-Vegeta-scene'. Hope you liked it!



Thanks for reading!




Answers to my reviewers:



A/N: Yeaih, I've finally more time to write again!  If you all keep on reviewing, it will motivate me to top form! So, ppl, please keep on reviewing!

This is a thanks to all my reviewers, regardless if I commented their reviews in my chapters:



Trinity Son: Thanks to my first reviewer! But if you have any suggestions anyway, just send them in! btw: the more reviews, the sooner the updates! Reviews create motivation, motivation leads to a "write flow"... ^_-



AnimeFanatic: kourei! As you see, I continued it. And I've plans for them, big plans...



Fanwriterdbz: Thanks! As you saw, there was a problem... Hercule! But I think Gohan solved it well! Btw: when will your fic be out? I am very curious...



ss4goku2003: konookagede! I tried to write what I thought what Gohan was feeling. He always felt that he'd let everyone down, and he even used the pain of failure to become a Super Saiyan. Well, it's are certain pattern in his life. A word to the updates: the more reviews, the sooner the updates! So plz review! Btw: nice fic you wrote there! I hope to see it continued!



jewel of tasuki: Wow! The first person to give me two reviews! Double wow! AND the reason why I learn Japanese vocabulary. Thanks that you think it's lovely (I hope I translated it right!). kansha and duomoarigatou! Btw: I hope that you write a fic too. You can count on me to review it!


Kirie05: I agree! Poor Hercule? Nooo... it think it was time that the old fraud came to know what Gohan can really do! Till the next review!



Phyre Spryte15: gokurousama bungeihihyou! Hope to see you reviewing again!



Kitty86: Thanks for your review! 'Bapstism of fire' means that two people literally walked through hell together. And Gohan and Videl did just that. As explained in my bio, I am German. And I use the British English rather than the American; for I learned British English in school... well, old habits seldom die. 



SonJanusX: Thanks! And I love to write long chapters, but I don't manage to do so as often as I'd wish. I hope you review the shorter ones, too... ^_-



James Walker: Big thanks! Next chappie is out, btw...



gaul1: Thanks to the first reviewer of the new chapter! But I hope you won't be the last reviewer of this chappie... for I'd like to amend this list...



ss4goku2003: konookagede again! Wow, you're my second reviewer who has submitted two reviews! Cool! And I'm glad that you like my story. I am looking forward to your third chapter! Maybe you should explain Alexis' powers there. AND you could introduce a love triangle between Alexis, Kael and Savanna. Or give Savanna her own special powers... well, enough suggestions for now! Thx!



ShAdOwPhOeNiXgOdDeSs: Glad that you liked it! dumou arigatou!



If you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free to share them. Even if they've been said a thousand times before, it is still very much welcomed!



Btw: the next answers to my reviewers will be posted in the next chapter! Yeaih, the shopping trip of our Z-Gang. Will Bulma torment Vegeta? Stay tuned and find out! As said before, the more reviews the sooner the update! Chappie Seven is NEARLY ready... the only thing I need is SOME motivation to finish it...