I'm dedicating this chapter to Beaner-Bop. I hope everything turns out ok in the end.

I don't own DBZ.

Two Halves of a Soul

Chapter 8: Surprises

"So how quickly do you want to get home?" Gohan asks as he slowly flies towards Videl's home.

"I don't know. What's the fastest we can get there?"

"Umm…in about five minutes or so."

Wow." Videl says in surprise. "But I don't want to get there that fast. Just fly fast enough so that we get there by five."

"Ok, your wish is my command my lady." Gohan says jokingly, earning a strange look from Videl, as they fly through the air.

"Don't call me that Prince Gohan." Videl says with a smirk while hitting his arm. But Gohan's reaction is completely different from what she thought it would be, for he bursts into laughter. "What's so funny?"

"Oh nothing, it's just that…well…I am a prince." He says with a smirk while Videl looks at him in disbelief. "My grandfather on my mom's side is the Ox-King, making her a princess and me a prince."

"Ok, ok. So when… YOU'RE A PRINCE!?!"

"Yeah, that's what I said. Didn't my mom's name seem a bit familiar?"

"Actually, now that I think about it. I think I did learn about the Ox Kingdom, and about the evil Ox-King and his warrior daughter Chi-Chi."

"My grandfather? Evil? Well…I guess he was but that was many years before I was even born." Gohan says as he thinks about what he has learned from books and what has been told to him about his grandfather. "Looks like we're here." He adds while landing faster then the average person can see.

"What do you mean?" Videl asks as she looks down, only to see grass beneath her feet. "Oh…I'm home already."

"Yeah, so how about I pick you up tomorrow around eight thirty and teach you some more about ki?"

"Ok, that sounds good. See you tomorrow." Videl says as she walks towards her home.

"Bye." Gohan answers back before taking flight.

~*~

"Poppa! I'm home!" Videl yells as she walks through the door. The smell of food cooking in the kitchen bombards her and causes her mouth to water.

"Welcome back dear." Olivia calls from the kitchen before walking into the room while drying her hands on a towel. "Your father is out talking with his new agent right now and should be back shortly. Dinner will be ready in an hour, do you think you'll be hungry?"

Videl opens her mouth to reply, but her voice stops in her throat when a low rumble fills the room. She sheepishly looks at Olivia while laughing a little and holding her stomach.

"I'll take that as a yes." Olivia says with a shocked look on her face. "I guess it's a good thing I took Mrs. Son's advice and cooked some extra food." Videl just nods and goes to her room to find something to do until dinner is ready.

Booting up her computer, she looks over the various games before realizing that none really interested her at the moment. Suddenly an idea hits her, and she connects to the internet. 'I wonder if there is any information on here about Momma's race.' She thinks while bringing up a search engine before realizing that she has no clue as to how Saiya-jin is spelled. Typing in her best guess as to how it is spelled, she hits enter. But her search did not find anything so she changes the spelling a bit and searches again. This time there are a few sites found, one of which says, Saiyans/Saiya-jins. An elaborate hoax or actual Alien life forms? Clicking on it brings up page with dozens of news articles and pictures dating from when she was about five years old. They all seem to describe two beings that somehow managed to destroy most of East Capital City before disappearing. The articles also told how one of their ships was recovered in the ruins of South City only to explode later on while it was being studied. Clicking on one of the images and it brings up a picture of two men. She almost falls out of her chair in surprise upon seeing since there on her computer screen was an image of Vegeta. Or at least someone who looked like Vegeta since the man in the image looked a little different from, and has fewer muscles then, the one she met earlier in the day at Bulma Brief's home. "Hmm…I wonder if Gohan knows anything about this." Videl says to herself just as Olivia yells that dinner is ready. Quickly shutting down the computer, she does not notice the small Capsule Corp. logo towards the bottom of the webpage.

Walking into the kitchen, she sees her father sitting at the table looking through magazines. "Hi Poppa. What you looking at?"

"Huh?" Hercule says, looking up from magazine in front of him. "Oh, I got a new agent today. It was amazing how quickly I found one. The guy said he'd make sure we lived like someone as magnificent as me should. Some of the stuff he said sounded pretty far out there."

"Umm…ok Poppa." 'That's not what I asked about at all…oh well. There's something more important right now.' Videl thinks as she digs into her plateful of food. She quickly finishes off what is on her plate and gets herself a second plateful. That too quickly disappears into her stomach and is soon followed by a third plateful. Just before she eats the last bite from her third helping she notices the strange looks on the faces of her father and Olivia. "What?" She says cluelessly as her fork pauses half way to her mouth.

"It's just that…you've always had a large appetite…but this is…is…weird. I've never seen you eat so much before." Olivia says as her own plate of food sits forgotten on the table.

"Did something happen to you today sweet pea?" Hercule asks with concern.

'Did something happen? No nothing happened, I just learned that I'm half alien last night. And that Gohan and several of his friends are alien. And then Gohan and I had a run in with a guy who shot Gohan, who ended up not even having a scratch. And then when he was FLYING me home I learned that he is a PRINCE!' Videl thinks while saying, "No not really. I just umm…was sparing for most of the day and didn't eat anything." She before eating the last bite of food on her fork and excusing herself from the table even though she is still a little hungry.

~*~

Gohan walks into his home just as Chi-Chi is setting several large bowls of food on the table. "Looks like I'm just in time for dinner." Gohan says as he eyes the delicious food laid out on the table.

"I take it that you took Videl home…by the way, when did Videl's tail really grow back?" Chi-Chi says while stirring one last batch of rice, totally catching Gohan off guard.

"Wha-what do you mean Kaa-san? Her tail grew back when D…that guy attacked us."

"Don't lie to your mother Son Gohan!" She yells while grabbing a near by frying pan.

"I…err….uhh…I…" Gohan stutters as his eyes lock onto the round metal object. "Sorry Kaa-san…Videl's tail grew back when Dende healed her."

"Oh…why'd you lie about that?"

"Because the other sounded more believable." Gohan says before stuffing his face with food so that any hint that he is lying again is covered up. Fifteen minutes later Gohan pats his full stomach and says, "That was really good Kaa-san."

"Thank you dear. How about you go study for a while? I put some books and things on your desk for you."

"Ok Kaa-san." Gohan says before getting up from the table and going to his room.

~*~

Deciding to watch some TV she goes into the living room and sees several new books on the coffee table. Looking through the short stack, she sees that they are all on real estate. Or to be more specific, they're all on the extremely large, extravagant, and gaudy homes in Satan City. 'This has to be the ugliest house I've ever seen.' She thinks while looking at some pictures of a huge mansion in one of the books just as her father walk into the room.

"Oh that one's perfect." Hercule says upon seeing the mansion in the pictures his daughter is looking at. 'I'll call whatever his name was in the morning and tell him to get me that one.'

"What's perfect Poppa?"

"That mansion. I'm going to have to tell my new agent about that mansion and that it's the one I want to buy when I see him in the morning." He says while taking the book from Videl since she does not appear to be looking at it anymore.

"We're moving again? But…" Videl says, but is cut off by her father. Both by his talking and by the smell of alcohol on his breath causing her to gag slightly.

"I know we just got this house. But the world champion, and man who defeated Cell, should live in someplace nicer then this honey. Now why don't you go take a shower and get ready for bed. I'm sure you're tired after sparing all day."

Videl glares at him in anger while thinking, 'Man who defeated Cell? He knows Gohan beat Cell. Why does Poppa have to act like he did.' Noticing that he is too engrossed in the pictures and description of the mansion to notice her, she leaves.

After getting a change of clothes, Videl walks down the hall to the bathroom and sees the large bathtub. Suddenly, a shower seems a lot less appealing as the small aches and pains, from her training in the gravity room with Gohan, begin to register in her mind. After filling the tub with warm water, and a little bubble bath, she strips down and gently lowers herself into the soothing liquid. 'Why do we have to move? This house is so nice and cozy…it's just the right size. And that one Poppa seems to like is so ugly, cold, and way too big.' She thinks as the warm water seems to wash away the small aches and pains in her limbs. In the relaxing bath water, she can feel sleep trying to pull her eyes closed.

With a contented sigh, Videl pulls the plug on the tub then gets out and dries herself off. After putting on the clean change of clothes, she brushes her teeth and goes to her room. Popping a movie into her VCR, she turns off the lights and lies down on her bed and starts to watch it. Several minutes later she can feel sleep pulling her down into unconsciousness. Just before sleep overcomes her, as single thought goes through her mind. 'Why did Gohan lie to his mom about when my tail grew back?' A couple of hours later the credits slowly scroll across the screen as Videl sleeps comfortably on her bed.

~*~

Almost an hour later, Gohan's head slips off his hand and slams onto his desk. The sudden impact with his textbook jolts him awake. He looks around in surprise before realizing what happened. Standing up, Gohan stretches then crawls under the covers of his bed and is soon fast asleep.

~*~

The next morning Videl is surprised when she wakes up before her alarm clock, or Olivia, got a chance to try and wake her up. But as the smell of breakfast gently plays with her senses causes her stomach to growl in order to voice its need to be filled. So, as if she is not in control of her body, Videl gets out of bed and goes to the kitchen.

"Well someone's up early." Olivia says upon seeing Videl walk into the kitchen. "And I take it you're hungry." She adds as Videl eyes the food cooking on the stove.

Videl just nods numbly and sits at the table where she quickly gobbles down the plate of food that Olivia sets before her then asks for seconds which she quickly eats as well.

As Olivia sets a third plate full of food in front of Videl she says, "Good lord child. What's up with you? You're acting like you haven't eaten in days."

"I…umm…doubt you'd believe me if I told you." She says between bites.

"Try me. You never know." Olivia says while sitting across from Videl after fixing herself a plate of food.

"Well…do you think it's possible that aliens are real, and that they've come to Earth?"

"Anything's possible. But I doubt they could, or would, come here."

"Yeah, it's more then possible. There are aliens and they have come to here, to Earth, and there are some here right now. There are also a few alien-human hybrids."

"I think that movie you watched before going to bed last night got to you." Olivia says while Videl looks at her oddly before realizing that Olivia must have looked in on her before going to bed herself. But Olivia interprets the look on Videl's face as something else. "If it wasn't the movie then why are you saying this?"

"Because…Momma was from a race known as Saiya-jins, making me half Saiya-jin. And she didn't know about this until after she died…" Videl says, causing Olivia to look at her strangely. "I know it sounds weird, but she appeared to me in a dream, or vision, the other night and told me about her being a Saiya-jin. She also told me about Gohan, the boy I met a week ago, being half Saiya-jin like me."

"Ok, let's say I believe you, why are you telling me all this?"

"I…don't really know…I guess it's that I think you'd listen to me more then Poppa would. Speaking of which…"

"Hi sweet pea. How's my little girl this fine morning."

"I'm ok Poppa, but why are you so happy today?"

"Because I'm supposed to meet with my new agent and go over some things, like the mansion we're going to move into and when the…err…sorry, I can't say anything more." He says while sitting at the table and reading his newspaper.

"Would you like some breakfast Hercule?" Olivia asks.

"Thank you Olivia. But just a small one since I need to leave shortly." He says since his stomach is a little upset from the booze he had the night before. "So what are you doing today honey?" He asks his daughter.

"I'm going to go over to Gohan's and we're going to train."

"So you're going to teach him some fighting moves? You're growing up fast, only eleven and you're already teaching people how to fight." Hercule says with pride.

"Actually, he's teaching me. I'm learning how to do some of the things that he did at the Cell games."

"But those are just tricks, you can't actually…" Hercule stops in mid excuse as Videl forms a small ball of ki between her hands. "H-h-h-how? It's not possible…they're just tricks…" He stutters while Olivia just looks on in shock.

Videl just smirks at her father. "Nope, they're not tricks. And by the end of the day I might even be able to fly."

"That's…" But before Hercule can say anything more, the phone rings. On the other end is the secretary of Hercule's agent who says that Hercule can come in early since an appointment had been canceled by another client. "I got to go. Have fun with your fre-friend." He says while thinking, 'Oops…almost called that boy a freak in front of Videl. She'd probably get mad if I did that.'

"Bye Poppa." Videl says as Hercule leaves.

A minute later Videl and Olivia can hear squealing tires followed by the doorbell ringing. "I'll get it." Olivia says as she goes to the front door.

~*~

Gohan's nose seems to pull him out of bed and into the kitchen as it follows the smell of his mother's delicious cooking. It is the first time since his father's death that the demi Saiya-jin has awoken to the smell of cooking food emanating from the kitchen. And in the boy's sleep clouded mind he knows that, at least on some level, his mother is recovering from losing Goku, her husband and bondmate.

"Good morning Kaa-san, that really smells good." He says while taking a seat at the table.

"Thank you dear. So are you and Videl going to do anything today?"

"Yeah, after breakfast I'm going to teach her some more about ki." He says while a plate of food is placed in front of him. "She may even be able to fly today." He adds after several bites.

"That's nice." Chi-Chi says before her expression and demeanor turns to one of anger. "Did you know her father said HE defeated Cell? How could that man do such a thing? That fight cost us so much. Why if he came near me I'd…I'd…I don't know what I'd do, but it wouldn't be anything pleasant." She says in a rant, not giving Gohan a chance to answer her question.

"Don't worry about it Kaa-san. When I went to Videl's house yesterday, he begged me not kill him." He says with a smile. "Videl and I thought that it was really funny."

"Oh." Chi-Chi says as she calms down. "As long as he knows we're not happy with what he did." She adds in a happy tone as she goes back to cooking and dishing out food to Gohan.

Several minutes later a pile of dirty dishes has amassed itself on the table as Gohan leans back in satisfaction. "That was great Kaa-san." He says before getting up and going to his room to change into his gi. "I'm going to go pick up Videl now. We'll probably come back here for lunch if that's ok." He says as he walks back into the kitchen and sees his mother washing dishes.

"Of course it's ok dear."

"'k. Oh…umm…Videl eats as much as I do, so you'll need to make extra." Gohan says as he walks out the door.

'As much as Gohan does? Well at least one meal will seem somewhat normal.' Chi-Chi thinks as she dries a plate.

~*~

Just as Hercule is pulling out of the driveway, he sees Gohan walking down the street in his direction. In a fit of panic and fear he slams his foot down on the gas causing the tires to squeal as he hurriedly drives away from the boy.

Gohan laughs to himself as he sees the look of terror on Hercule's face before he speeds away. 'I don't know what he's afraid of. I wouldn't hurt him unless he did something to hurt someone I care about.' He thinks while walking up the sidewalk to the front door and ringing the doorbell. A few seconds later the door is opened by a woman that Gohan does not recognize.

"Hello, how may I help you." The woman says.

Gohan stands there for a second wondering if he somehow has the wrong house before saying, "Hi, I'm Gohan. Is Videl here?"

"So you're Gohan. I'm Olivia. It's a pleasure to meet you, please come in." She says while stepping aside to allow Gohan into the house. "Videl's talked about you." She adds, causing Gohan to blush lightly as she leads the way to the kitchen.

"Hi Videl, you ready to train some more?" Gohan says when he enters the kitchen while Olivia just stares in shock since Videl has fixed herself a dozen or so pieces of toast.

"Hi, yeah let me finish my toast then I'll go change and we can go." Videl says after quickly eating several pieces of toast.

"How can you eat so much Videl? "You've already had three platefuls of food! Yesterday you didn't eat much more then a normal person. But this morning…"

"Only three? It's no wonder you're still hungry." Gohan says absentmindedly, earning a strange look from Olivia.

"Well…it's something that you'll learn about sometime. But I don't want to talk about it now."

"Alright I guess." Olivia says before busying herself with washing the dirty dishes.

Videl quickly finishes her toast and puts her plate in the sink before running off to her room to change her clothes. A few minutes later she comes back into the kitchen in a large T-shirt and shorts, with her hair pulled back into two pigtails. "I'm ready now, let's go. I'll be back before six." Videl calls as she and Gohan walk out of the house.

Ok, I know that this chapter was rather boring and pointless and I'm sorry for that. I had originally planned on having more in this chapter instead of just having it be nothing but filler. I promise that there will be more excitement in the upcoming chapters.

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