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Hercule gets what he deserves...




Chapter 2: Flashback




Last time...

The look Videl gave him caused him to laugh too. So they spend their time there talking and joking, but inwardly Videls thought were evolving around other themes...

She knew he was hiding something, something so much more than just the fact that he was the Great Saiyaman. Sure, he was very strong and could fly, but that was not all...

Somehow Gohan reminded her of someone she had seen when she had been a young girl...




Now the continuation...



Flashback

The ten years old Videl Satan was sitting on her couch, and watched (like the whole world) the Cell Games.

The screen was showing the desert with the tournament ring Cell had obviously created.

Silently she prayed to God that her father would survive this fight, for he was the only one who could save the world. If it was not for him, who could?

She could see Cell was standing alone in the centre of the ring with his arms crossed, and it looked as though no one had arrived yet. Then all of a sudden a section of the screen was enlarged, showing a reporter and his cameraman.


Suddenly the reporter switched the topic to her father as they obviously saw a large black car raced arriving. Yeah, her father was there to save the day!

"Go daddy!" she had exclaimed.

"Here we are, just twenty minutes away from the start of the Cell Games, and by the looks of it no one seems to show up to watch for fear of their lives. As you can see Cell continues to stand in the middle of the ring without moving a muscle.

And with not much time left until the opening bell, we are still awaiting the arrival of the people's grand champion. The one and only... Hercule! Aww, wait a minute someone is coming! Ladies and Gentleman, it's Hercule to the rescue!"

And the TV had showed her father how he had gotten out from his limo and stroked a pose.

She remembered that she had cheered, as her father had made his way to the ring. Cell had looked at him with contempt, and her father had said

"You're going down!"

Then Cell had said

"Let's begin!"



The TV had zoomed nearer towards the ring as the announcer guy and his camera man had approached the ring.

She remembered that her father had then called down on Cell.

"He might think he is a champion, but he is not." he had said.

Then he had called all his deeds tricks. He even had provoked him quite clearly, until something had happened...

Cell had had remained stoic during all verbal assaults coming from her father, until he had suddenly looked at the sky.

All of a sudden a white glowing man had appeared and had touched down right in front of the ring! He had been rather short, with spiky black hair. The look of his eyes made it clear that he was not a person to be crossed.

And her father had called his ability to fly a trick of Cells. She remembered that the reporter had tried to get a comment from this man, but he had just told him to get of his face and stop the insolence!



The reporter had run back to her dad, who had assumed that this guy was one of his fanatical fans. Boy had he been wrong!

The reporter had then said that the fate of the whole Earth rested on her fathers' shoulders, when another newcomer had landed.

He had been a tall red-haired guy dressed in some kind of armour. And her father had called it another trick.

Then Cell had spoken for the first time. He had said

"Well, what a surprise. Android Sixteen, you're still alive and kicking and with beautiful repairs no less."



Videl remembered that her father had waved the appearance of this red-haired man off.

He had said "Who cares" and that he could tell by his outfit that the guy was a nobody.

Then Cell had suddenly chuckled.

"Ah, there you are Goku, and just in time. I can hardly wait."

The camera angle had switched again to show the back of Cell's head and a close-up window of an entire group of people flying towards him.



And then they had appeared! Several strange figures, all flying! At first two golden glowing persons that could actually fly and four or five white glowing persons. It had been so strange! They all had been flying!

Videl had wondered if it really had been a trick as her father had claimed...

One of the strange figures had accelerated like a meteor, and then the whole group too! They had started their descend, and seconds later all seven touched down besides the ring and behind the first man with the spiky hair.

Videl remembered that she had tried to soak up as much details as she could. When did one see seven flying people who appeared out of nowhere?



One of the persons was a little boy who must have been her age, blonde with teal eyes, a white cape, black pants and shirt. And there had been a tall green man with pointed ears, who had been dressed the same way as the boy. Only the he wore a turban in addition...

Another one had been rather small, nearly a midget. He wore a red fighting gi tucked with a black belt.

The other man with the blonde hair and the teal eyes had worn a red-orange fighting GI, while another two people (the one with the spiky black hair and another one with lavender hair) had worn something that looked like blue battle suits.

The rest of the group had apparently consisted of two humans, but one of the humans had had three eyes! How odd!

Then the fights had started, and her father had been the first one to fight Cell.

Videl remembered how surprised she had been when her father had been swatted away like a fly be Cell!



Then the first Gold fighter, the taller of the two had started to fight Cell, and Videl had been surprised at what they had been capable of. Never had she seen techniques as such, and the Gold Fighter had seemed to be as strong as Cell! He had actually been able to blast off nearly half of Cells body!

But then, all of a sudden he had given up! And had chosen the next fighter...

Videl remembered that he had called 'Gohan', and the ZTV reporter had thought he had wanted something to eat. But it had turned out that this Gohan was the little boy, who could not have been older than she was!

And the taller blonde fighter had wanted him to fight Cell! At first Videl had asked herself how he could ask something like this from the little boy; he would send him to his grave!

The group had had a long talk, and she had not been able to understand them, but finally the boy had been willing to fight Cell.



He had dropped of his clothes and then he had been covered in an aura of golden light! Then he had taken off, and had touched down on the ground again, just where Cell had been standing.

The ZTV reporter had still thought that this boy had been the delivery boy, and her dad had said in his arrogance that he could bring him something, too.

Then he had fallen flat on his back again, as his stomach aches had become too strong...

These false assumptions had all been proven wrong once the boy (Gohan she reminded herself) had demonstrated his powers!

He had unleashed one huge scream, and large chunks of rock had crumbled because of his might. He had been entwined in a huge golden aura, and it had even intensified!

Suddenly golden light had shot from everywhere towards him, and there he had stood, with golden hair and enveloped in a golden aura!

End Flashback



~ Hmm, that can't be a coincidence... the boy was called Gohan and here right beside me walks another Gohan. He is 18, so that would fit. The only features that do not fit are the colour of his eyes and hairs... ~ she thought.

Gohan looked at her.

"And where have you been?" he asked her smiling.

Videl smiled sheepishly.

"Just old memories..." she answered, before another thought came to her.

"Gohan, how do you do it?" she asked, looking into his eyes.

Gohan looked at her curiously.

"How do I do what?" he asked.

She lowered her voice so that only Gohan could hear her.

"Well, I have seen you move so fast as the Great Saiyaman as it should not be possible. You don't have, like, rockets in your pants or something?" she joked.



Gohan blinked, before laughing hard.

"Rockets in my pants? No, not today, they are in for repair…" he joked and looked at her. "Why?"

"That's just one of my dad's totally silly explanations." she said, smiling too and looking him in the eyes. 

"He said that the Super Speed those fighters, most of all the Gold Fighters, possessed was nothing more than a cheap trick. Like it was caused by a rocket pack or something like that..."

"You didn't actually believe that, did you?" Gohan asked, trying to keep the contempt for this ignorant and arrogant son of a b**** out of his voice. That was so typical. If one could not explain something, it was a trick! How simple!

Videls' gaze remained at his coal-black eyes.

"No, but you as Saiyaman are so fast, too. And I've fought you; you did not have any technical gadgets to enhance your strength or speed. Your spandex is just too... tight." she said smiling.

Gohan grinned. In former times he would have blushed, but not any more...

"Thank you. I did not know you were paying attention to that."

Videl on the other hand actually blushed. She caught herself and continued.

"Ya know, Gohan, my dad claims that he defeated Cell," she said. "I tried to tell myself that he was being truthful… but something just kept nagging at me! He keeps on telling me that he did it, that he was the one, but as I told you, I've seen you fight and do all the things you do, and it just seems not possible that my dad did what he claims to have done! No, it must have been one of the mysterious fighters… and the last who fought Cell was the boy with the golden hair."



Gohan nearly fell out of his chair. Luckily for him, the waiter came just at this moment with their order. Well, at least with the first part of it...

"Here you go." he said, and placed the first ices' onto the table.

Videl smiled at Gohan and began eating her ice. Gohan did the same with his, and as usual he ate in deep concentration and did not talk at all. But it did not take him long to finish all ten banana boats, and the people at the other tables were staring at him.

He just waved it off. Gohan was now used to this, and it did not intrigue him any longer. Why should he be ashamed of his appetite? That would be illogical.



After he had cleaned his mouth he looked at Videl, who was still eating her ice.

"You should finish your ice now, Videl. It's nearly time." he said and pointed towards his watch.

Videl looked at her own, and was surprised that time had passed by so quickly.

"Whoops! Well, I guess time wears away quicker when one has so nice company." she said with a smile.

Gohan mirrored her smile.

"Thank you, my lady. That's vice versa." he said smiling. Then he stood up and offered her a hand.

She took it gladly, and Gohan helped her to get up from her chair. And again Videl did notice how strong he was, for he helped her to her feet with soft force.

Then they paid the bill and took of towards the Satan mansion...




to be continued...




** Heh heh, Videl and Gohan are preparing for the great finale. And it will contain one big surprise for a certain arrogant, self-confident Mr.I-beat-Cell-single-handedly... Please R&R! It always makes me soooo happy =) **




REVIEWERS RESPONSES:




Dooleys: I try to update regularly, cause I don't like to be kept waiting either. And I try to write more than just one genre, so new stories come up from time to time^^



Rose Vaughn: Yeah, I really was in the mood for one. After I did go so easy on Hercule in my other Videl and Gohan stories, this one is going to be different. Hercule will come to know what he's up against, heh heh... *falls into maniacal laughter*        



HEHEH: Here you go^^



animeprincess1452: Thanks! Although I think that this chapter might be a bit boring, but it is necessary cause it reflects on Videls thoughts and is maybe a tad bit funny.          



Candy the Duck: Heh heh, glad you liked it. Ah, I love to torture Hercule... *laughs at Hercule who's covering behind a rock*



eggamagga: Well, here it is! ^_-      



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Until after my vacation!