A/N: Another chapter complete! Yeaiih! But first to my reviewers, whose helpful reviews motivated me once again greatly (Five reviews, you ppl are the greatest ^_^) :



Frying Pan of DOOM: Wow! That's a huge praise! Thank you very much! I am glad that you like my writing, but I don't think that I'm good enough to be a professional writer, rather than a world famous one. But nice thought, though ^_- ...

Thanks for your suggestion regarding the wedding song! I am currently writing the next chapter, and naturally I do plan forward. 'When you say nothing at all..' sounds good to me...


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Silver Warrior: gokurousama bungeihihyou!! (in other words: Thank you very much for your review, I am currently trying some Japanese vocabulary...)
And yeah, the other guys would have made short work of him, luckily his dad lightened the situation up. Well, to the fast food, just assume that it is the worlds best McDonalds with enough storage capacities and food supply... ^_- 




Important Note: ppl, I've got a huge problem at hand! The wedding is drawing nearer and nearer, and I dunno who Gohans' best man should be. The only guy from Gohan's school that came to my mind until now is Sharpener... I'm in need of your suggestions! Thanks!



Gohan and Videl: Our Beginning



Chapter Eight: Planning the wedding (aka Hen talk)



Last time...

Finally the moment came. Gohan took the engagement rings out of his pocket, and in front of their family and friends he placed the engagement ring on Videl's finger. Now they were officially engaged.

Once the newly bought tuxedos and dresses were properly stowed, the women started preparing the lunch. This time Gohan really sneaked in to snatch his Videl for a round of snogging, and the two weren't seen for the next half hour. The barbecue lasted far into the night and made loads of fun...




Now the continuation...

Gohan awoke first the morning after the barbecue. He sensed Videl to his left and noticed her regular breathing. Obviously she was still asleep. That was no wonder, for the party had lasted quite long, and she as a normal human did not have the endurance and stamina of a (half-)Saiyan.

Gohan smiled. He liked that feeling of Videl lying next to him. It felt... right.

Silently he wondered how one single person, in this case him, could be so content and happy. Hmm, maybe that was why his father was always so content and happy in his life, because his mother gave him the same as Videl gave him now...

However, it was a wonderful feeling, and he silently prayed to Kami that it would stay like this forever. Although he was quite confident that it would. And when they would have kids together it would even be more wonderful...



~ Wait, I am thinking about kids already! What's up with me? ~ one half of his mind said.

 
~ You love her, dummy. It's only natural to think about having kids with her. ~ the other half answered


~ I am way to young for this! ~ countered the other half.


~ Oh, are we? Let's finish school and get a job. Then no more excuses! ~


~ Oh, shut it! ~


~ YOU shut it! ~ after that last collision of thoughts Gohan shook his head.


~ Oh, oh, ~ Gohan thought, ~ now I know I am losing it... I am talking to myself. Maybe one too many hits on the head... ~



Speaking of feeling, it was still a new and unusual sensation for Gohan to have a ring at one of his fingers. But he guessed that he'd get used to that sooner or later. He'd already gotten used to waking up next to Videl...



Meanwhile Videl had awoken without Gohans' notice. She looked at him, noticed that he was deep in thought and decided to tease him a bit.

"Morning, love! Anybody at home?"

He looked startled.

"Huh? What is it? What happened?" he said, snapping out of his contemplation.

She smiled.

"Penny for your thoughts."

He smiled back and scratched the back of his head.

"Nothing. Really. Just thinking." he said. "How about we get some breakfast?" he asked then, grinning.

She leaned closer and asked

"Well, how about this first?" giving him a kiss.

~ Well, nice too... ~ he thought and returned the kiss with passion.



After some time of snogging they decided to get some decent breakfast nevertheless. That was again due to, guess what... Saiyan stomach!

They dressed and went downstairs. Goku and Krillin were sitting alone at the kitchens' table, enjoying their respective breakfasts. When Gohan and Videl came in Goku gave them one of his smiles, whilst his mouth was preoccupied with too much food to talk properly.

Krillin however gave them a

"Good morning, you two." Which was returned by Gohan and Videl.

"Good morning to you, too, Krillin. Morning, Dad!" Gohan said, and Videl added

"Yeah, morning you two!"



Then they helped themselves to some breakfast and ate with passion. After they were finished Videl went for the toilet. When she came back some minutes later Gohan took her to the side.

"Now, we need to get to the other ladies in their improvised 'hen-coop'. I think they probably wanna talk dates and times. We got to tell them that we have set the wedding for July the 31st."

Videl however was irritated

"Hen-coop?" she asked, puzzled.

Gohan smiled at her.

"Sorry, if I am a bit chauvinistic, but that's what I call it. Or rather Vegeta. He said whenever the women gather it is like some kind of hen-coop. And I adopted the term. It's the gathering of my mother, Bulma and #18. Dunno if Bulmas' mother participates... well, they're already in the living room chattering. Dad told me. He said HE would never go in there right now... and that he will join Vegeta in the GR. I understand him fully..." he said and smiled in the goofy Son way.
"But if WE want to have a say in any bit of our wedding, we'd better join in soon. If we don't, they may even plan out our honeymoon! And believe me, I know my mom. She would pull that off."

Videl laughed. She'd never participated in such a 'gathering of the females' before. She had been told that it had become a regular meeting ever since Krillin and #18 had married. Well, Vegeta liked to call these meetings 'a pile of incessant chatter', too. And in Gohans' opinion he was right...

Videl was usually trying to get into the conversations and antics of the other (male) warriors rather than joining the circle of Bulma, Chi-Chi and #18, for she felt more like a fighter, a warrior than a chattering 'hen'. But it seemed she had no choice this time and would soon have to join this 'elected circle'...



Suddenly images of seeing a schedule planning out what they had to do each hour of their honeymoon came into her mind. It was a rather ridiculous thought, but knowing Chi-Chi that was not too farfetched...



07:00am: Get up. Fix Breakfast.


07:30am: Eat Breakfast. Smile.


08:00am: Clean dishes. Smile too.



and so on...

Most of their hours would be taken up and not include what honeymoons were all about... SEX.




Contemplating that last thought and realising its implications Videl said

"Yes, I suppose for YOUR sake, we need to get in there."

Gohan looked at her with a quirked eyebrow.

"For MY sake? What's that supposed to mean?"

Videl smirked at him.

"Well, if they have planned everything out already you need to make your reservations for sex." She mocked.

Gohan blushed crimson.

"Vi... Vi... Videl!" he exclaimed, shocked.

She just smiled innocently.

"What's up?" She teased. "We are adults. Why shouldn't we talk about sex? After all, I know for a fact that males think about sex every thirty seconds." She grinned at him.

"No fair." he pouted.

"I'm not fair?" she smirked.

"Nope, you're not." he replied.

"Not what?" she said with a smug grin.

"Videl stop."

"You stop."

"No, you stop."

"Ah ah, you do." She replied.



Krillin and Goku, who were sitting at the kitchens' table, were enjoying this display.

"Hey look Goku, they're not even married yet and already have their first verbal fight! They'll surely have a long lasting marriage. She's eroding his balls already!" Krillin exclaimed, laughing. Goku fell in. Both Gohan and Videl blushed and wasted no time entering the living room.



Chi-Chi looked up as they came in. She (or rather they) had obviously heard it, regarding the smiles on the other women's faces. Gohan blushed and looked somewhat put out.

"Don't worry son. It'll become clear to you quite soon, that the power we women have is stronger than a Super Saiyan of any level, right ladies?"

They all agreed, even Videl.

Gohan said nothing. From his past experiences he had learned to never challenge a woman's word at times like this. He had learned it the hard way with his mom...

Perhaps his mother had raised him into that belief, as she was the one responsible for his upbringing ever since he was eleven, but his father emphasized it by his own actions. Even the mighty Son Goku, Earths' #1 fighter, had fallen to such. There was no way in hell Gohan would be stupid enough to try his luck.

Bulma giggled.

"Awwww, don't worry Gohan. You'll get your chances with Videl... with Videl's approval." she said, and again, the ladies roared with laughter. Gohan blushed rather crimson as he perfectly knew what Bulma had meant with 'his chances'.

He couldn't believe this torture! First he was being humiliated by the guys and now the women were pondering on the rest of his once confident ego. Super Saiyan or not, Mystical powers or not, that was nearly too much... but Gohan was a resourceful and intelligent man. So he decided to make a tactical retreat the looked like an attack.

"Videl, I leave you to secure the dates we discussed. Especially the wedding date. And above all else, make sure we have a day off for ourselves and JUST ourselves." he then gave each assembled woman sitting at the table a stern look.
"I AM the one to plan the honeymoon. After all, it is MY right." he finished solidly as he strode out of the living room, displaying (what he hoped) confidence.



It was becoming rather evident now, that Gohan had gained a lot of confidence through both his talk with Videl, through which he was finally able to let the guilt flow out of him and that (the talk) had resulted in their proposal, and his mystical power-up. Obviously this power-up had awoken ALL hidden potential in Gohan.

In former times he would never have talked to his mother in the way he had done. Yeah, he was much more confident than ever. The only thing he did not want to find out was, if his head had grown strong enough through the mystical power-up to withstand his mothers' frying pan of doom...

Well, Chi-Chi could not remember that he had EVER spoken this confident in her presence either...

"Hear, hear ladies. Spoken like a true warrior. That's my boy!" she exclaimed.

He rolled his eyes and groaned. Aww, sometimes he couldn't believe his mother. Leave it to her to embarrass him. Yeah, he remembered this occasion at the world tournament quite clearly. He had powered up to Super Saiyan 2 and his mother had yelled 'This is MY boy!' and 'Come on you guys! Let's hear it for Gohan!'. This had been REALLY embarrassing, but right now she was again trying hard...

"Hey, that's my soon-to-be husband, Chi-Chi!" Videl protested.

Bulma smiled.

"Videl dear, don't worry. We will take you under our guiding wings and help you master the skills needed to maintain the leash on a Saiyan. Even if he's a Super Saiyan. Right, Chi-Chi?" she exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, we will." was the reply.



Meanwhile, Gohan rejoined the Krillin and his father.

"The cock should never enter the hen-coop when he is outnumbered. He roosts from a safe distance." Krillin explained, and Goku nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, son, Krillin is right. You'd never get me in there when they outnumber me. Wheew, even Chi-Chi alone is enough for that matter..." he grinned and Krillin laughed. Although it was a very forced laugh, for he knew what this fury was capable of. She and her patented frying pan of doom...

Gohan looked at those two.

"Where was this wisdom five minutes ago, you two?" he joked. "Should have told me." Gohan replied.

Krillin grinned.

"Well, we figured you knew what you were doing. I mean, you being intelligent and all..." Krillin replied with a smug grin on his face.

Gohan had to look at his father for some reason. He was another Saiyan warrior who had been whipped, by his own wife. Goku caught his gaze and just gave him a usual goofy grin.

"My goose is cooked." he said and sighed.

Krillin had noticed Gohan's glance at Goku.

"No. It's not all that bad, believe me. They make sure that we're clothed, fed, sheltered and get regular intervals of sex. Even fighting is allowed. They attend to your every need and desire. What more could a man want?"

Gohan contemplated this.

"Even fighting is allowed, huh? Good to know that I don't have to ask permission to save the world!" he joked, before continuing with more serious matters.

"So, I sacrifice my male pride in the name of being catered to? Hmm, sounds like I DO get the better end of the deal... but Videl is..."

Krillin looked at him.

"Once they are through with her, she will be a changed woman, believe me. I saw that change take place in both Chi-Chi and Bulma. In Videl's case it will be even more drastic... from fighter to wife; you just watch it, Gohan."

Gohan looked not that glad to hear that.

"But I want to preserve the fighter, the warrior in her. I like her that way."

"So make sparring your foreplay." Krillin joked, and received a playful punch from Gohan.

They sat down, and Gohan groaned.

"Aww man, this marriage stuff is so much more complicated than everything else I've gone trough in my whole life." he said. "Even my fight with Cell is nothing in comparison to it."

Krillin looked at him with sympathy in his eyes.

"Well, you know, it IS complicated, but believe me, you'll pull through. Hey, I did." he said and patted Gohan on the back.

Gohan nodded.

"Thanks, Krillin. You're right. I survived Cell, I'll also survive THAT..." he said with confidence.



to be continued




A/N: sry for all the girls and ladies reading this, but when Bulma and Chi-Chi gather it is really a hen-coop... no offence meant! *ducksforcovernevertheless*



A/N 2: I just HAD to embarrass poor little Gohan, heh. And Chi-Chi is just perfect for this job... *chucklesevilly*



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