Sorry for the long wait, but I've been working on all three fics at once. Hopefully the updates for the others will be finished before too long.
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Last of Two Planets
Part 2: A New Friendship
Chapter 6: Hercule The Comedian
In the sky, Gohan and Videl can see Goku and Hercule flying towards them. The sight instantly makes them laugh since, somewhere on the trip home, Goku found a rope, hog tied Hercule with it, and then tied it to his own waist so that he could cover his ears while flying.
"Jeez Goku, what's up with the rodeo act?" Krillin asks as Goku and Hercule land.
Goku looks at his friend curiously, "What do you mean Krillin?"
"Never mind…" Krillin says before trailing off as he watches Hercule struggle against the rope in a vain effort to free himself.
With stupendous effort, Yamcha keeps himself from laughing more, "I think Hercule wants to be set free."
"Oops, sorry big guy." Goku says before he snaps the ropes as though they are made of wet paper.
The instant he is lose, Hercule runs a few feet away before falling to his knees and kissing the ground. "I'm alive! I'm alive!"
"I didn't know you're afraid of flying dear." Celina says with a smirk.
"W-w-what? I'm not afraid of flying! I'm not afraid of anything!"
"Really? You're not afraid of anything?" Chaozu asks as he floats up behind Hercule, a smirk on his childish face do to a few stray thoughts that he picked up from the larger man.
"That's right I'm…" Hercule says confidently. But after turning around and seeing the small being floating behind him, his voice catches in his throat and his face pales until it is almost as white as Chaozu's. "…a-a-a-a MIME!" He yells as he springs to his feet and takes off running, leaving a smirking Chaozu behind.
Everyone, except Celina, watch as Hercule cowers behind his wife. The sight of the large man trying to hide behind someone so much smaller then himself causes everyone to lose themselves in another fit of laughter.
Goku's laughter suddenly stops, only to be replaced by a low rumbling. "When's lunch?"
"As soon as the table is set up out here I'll bring the food out." Chi-Chi says.
Goku instantly gets a large folding table and sets it up in the yard, then sets up enough chairs around it so everyone can sit down if they like.
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Looking up from his plate, Krillin is surprised by the manner in which Celina and Videl are eating. "For Saiya-jins, you two sure do eat neatly."
"What do you mean?" Videl asks.
Krillin gestures to Goku, Gohan, Goten, Vegeta, and Trunks.
Videl just shrugs at the way they're eating. "Momma, do we have to eat so slow since they aren't?"
"I guess not, seeing that your father appears to be taking this well." Celina answers after looking at Hercule, several noodles hang from his mouth as he stares at the male Saiya-jins while they pig out.
A happy smile spreads across Videl's face as the speed with she is eating picks up. The sudden increase in movement, and the clatter of dishes, draws the attention of the other people at the table.
"For a Onna no ko who didn't know she is half Saiya-jin, she definitely eats like one." Vegeta mumbles around a mouth full of food.
"What? Haven't you seen a Saiya-jin eat before?" Celina asks the others who are starring at her and Videl.
"We have, it's just that we thought that female Saiya-jins would be a bit more…umm…civilized about the way they eat." Bulma answers for everyone.
Vegeta chuckles quietly. "Don't be stupid Onna."
"If I just hear you correctly Veggie-head, you're sleeping on the couch for…"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?" Hercule shouts at his wife and daughter as he suddenly awakes from his stunned silence.
"What do you mean Poppa? We're eating."
"B-b-b-but you're eating like THEM!"
"Of course we are dear. I'm Saiya-jin and Videl's half Saiya-jin."
"But you never eat like THAT!"
"Actually, we do when it's just Momma and I."
"I…you…we…I…I…I give up." Hercule stutters as his eyes roll back into his face falls into his plate of food.
"You better not expect me to clean you up when you regain consciousness dear." Celina says while turning his head so he doesn't suffocate.
The others just shrug as they go back to eating, or just relaxing.
"Thank you Mrs. Son. That was delicious." Videl politely says several minutes later as the table is being cleared of dirty dishes.
"Your welcome dear. And please, call me Chi-Chi." She answers with a smile before carrying an arm full of dishes into the house to be washed.
"So Gohan…" Videl says as she turns to the boy sitting across from her only to be drowned out by a air-car landing a short distance away.
An old man jumps from the air car, causing all that know him to grown in annoyance. The man looks around at all the people that have gathered. "Looks like there's a couple of knew faces. Pretty ones at that." He says with a perverted leer in the directions of Celina and Videl. And, since she is closer, he walks towards Videl to say hello.
Gohan rolls his eyes at the look on the man's face. "Y…"
But Roshi interrupts before Gohan can warn Videl. "Hey there I'm Master Roshi. And you are?" He asks while raising his hand.
The sound of a fist being planted in someone's ribcage reverberates around the group a split second before Yamcha casually leans to the side so as not to be hit by the now flying Master Roshi.
"Dirty old man." Videl mumbles while dusting off her hands.
Approval and surprise fills the look on Gohan's face as he watches Roshi stumble to his feet "WOW! That was great Videl! How did you know that he was…"
"Going to try and cop a feel?" Videl finishes for him. "I'm around hormone crazed boys almost every day, and was lucky enough to learn what that look in their eyes means before any of them laid a hand on me." She says with a satisfied smirk just as a loud slap and yell from Hercule fills the air.
"Looks like Momma needs to learn about that look." Videl says as she and Gohan watch a dazed, twitching, Roshi lie at Celina's feet while Hercule glares at the man. The effect of Hercule's glare is lost however since one can see fear in his eyes.
Gohan just shakes his head at the fallen martial arts master. "I would have thought Roshi would have learned not to mess with women by now."
"DON'T TOUCH HER AGAIN!" Hercule shouts before softly kicking Roshi in the side, causing the already amused crowd to laugh once again.
"Jeez. Sometimes I think that Poppa would be a better actor then a martial artist."
'He probably would. He's been able to fool everyone about Cell.' Gohan thinks before replying, "So what were you going to say before Roshi interrupted you?"
"I was going to ask you to tell me about Saiya-jins."
"Oh. Sure, no problem." Gohan says as he scratches his head while thinking of where to being.
As Videl watches him, a silent struggle takes place within her mind. 'He's cute when he does that. What? I don't think like that! I know you don't, but I'm you and I know that you think he's cute when he does that. I…damn it! Why can't a person win when they fight with themselves?'
"Well, Saiya-jins come from…"
"Videl dear, we have to be going. Your father needs to pretend to have defeated Cell again." Celina calls as Hercule decapsulates an air-car.
"Can't we stay a while longer? Gohan was just going to tell me about Saiya-jins."
"I'm sorry, but we…"
"Why don't you let her stay the night? Then they have the time they need, and Gohan can bring her home in the morning." Chi-Chi suggests.
"That sounds fi…"
"Absolutely not!" Hercule interrupts his wife. "No daughter of mine is stay at some…" He starts ramble on when his rant is cut short by a withering glare from Celina. "…err…sound's ok to me, but she doesn't have a change of clothes or…"
"I got everything I need in my capsule case Poppa."
"Alright, we'll see you tomorrow dear. Bye everyone and thanks for lunch." Celina says while getting into the air-car.
"Bye!" Videl calls as the air-car flies off, a grumbling Hercule at the controls.
"So where was I?" Gohan asks as Videl turns her attention back to him.
"You were saying something about where Saiya-jins come from."
"Oh yeah. Saiya-jins come from a planet called Vegeta…"
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