Sorry for the delay folks, this chapter took longer then I thought it would. And updates for all my fics will be coming out at a slower rate since I just started working full time back on Monday.
Also, because of my new job, I've decided that I'll know longer have the minimum chapter lengths for my fics. But I'll make sure that they are at least close (within 1000-2000 words) to the minimum chapter lengths I had set for myself. So that's why this chapter is shorter then the first one.
I do not own Dragon Ball Z.
Destiny
Part 1: Finding Love
Chapter 2: What a Weekend
The next morning Videl wakes up without the aid of an alarm clock, or the constant nagging of one of the maids. A smile brightens her face as she showers and prepares for school. While she is checking her book bag, Videl's bedroom door opens and a maid walks in. The woman stops in her tracks and gasps upon seeing Videl not only up and dressed, but up and dressed with a smile on her face.
"Are you feeling ok Miss.?" The maid asks.
"Yeah. I'm fine. I just…felt like getting up early this morning. Why do you ask?"
"Alright Miss. You just seem a lot happier then usual. Breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes." The maid says before bowing slightly and leaving the room.
"I seem happier today?" Videl asks herself as she watches the door close. "Hmmm…I guess I am." She adds as she goes about packing what she will need for the weekend, the reason for her happiness is unknown to her until a name pops into her head, Gohan. 'I can't believe I'm going to be staying at the home of a guy, who I just met yesterday, for the entire weekend.' She thinks while walking down the hallway. 'But how am I going to get Poppa to…of course. I'll just say I'm staying at Erasa's.' She adds as she reaches her father's bedroom. "Hey Poppa? Is there any reason I can't stay at Erasa's this weekend?" She asks through her father's bedroom door. The only response is a grunt from the still sleeping Hercule. "Great! Thanks Poppa!" She calls before practically skipping to the kitchen for some breakfast.
• • •
Goten silently creeps into his older brother's room and over to his bed. "Hmmm…that's it…don't stop Videl…" He hears his brother mumble in his sleep. He looks at his sleeping brother curiously for several seconds before deciding that he will ask him what he means later. "Wakey wakey Nii-chan!" Goten yells as he jumps onto his brother.
"Ugh…Goten!?!"
"Time to get up Nii-chan!"
"Ok." Gohan says as Goten sits there looking at him.
"Aren't you going to get up?"
"I am as soon as someone gets off of me."
"Oops. Sorry." Goten says while jumping off the bed and running out of the room.
Less then a minute later Gohan is in the kitchen where a large pile of food waits on the table, Goten is almost shaking as he keeps himself from devouring the food before him. 'Kaa-san must have threatened to use the frying pan on him if he touched the food before I got here.' Gohan muses to himself.
"It's about time!" Goten says as he practically dives face first into the food.
For several minutes the only sound is that of two hungry demi Saiya-jins consuming plate after plate of food, but a shout from Chi-Chi interrupts their meal. "Gohan?" Chi-Chi calls from her bedroom as she packs her suitcase.
Gohan walks in a few seconds later with a plate of toast. "Yes Kaa-san?" He says while munching on the toast.
"We have to leave while you're at school so Goten and Trunks will just be locked in the gravity room until you get out of school. Hopefully they won't blow the thing up and escape."
"Ok Kaa-san."
• • •
The morning's lessons in english and math seem to drag on forever since both are at the top of the class. And in Gohan and Videl third hour class, the discussion on the previous day's frog dissection becomes boring the moment the teacher brings it up. "So class. What did you learn from dissecting those frogs yesterday?" The teacher asks after taking roll.
Erasa and Sharpner look at each other before they both say, "Not to butcher something on a day when you ate breakfast."
The entire class chuckles just as Videl's watch beeps. "Videl here, go ahead chief." She says into the communicator.
"The Red Shark gang are holding the mayor hostage at City Hall, Videl. And they say that they will blow up the place if their demands aren't met."
"Ok Chief. I'm on my way." Videl answers before clicking off the small radio and running down the stairs. "Got to run. Another emergency." She says as she runs out the door.
"Fi…" Is all the teacher says before Gohan excuses himself, saying that he has to use the bathroom. "Very well."
• • •
As Videl nears the City Hall building she can see a lone figure standing on the roof, his hair almost seems to glow in the sunlight. 'Gold Fighter. I wonder why Gohan's here.' She thinks to herself as she lands her jet-copter on the roof.
"Hey Gohan. Why are you here?"
"I'm here to help you out. That is, if it's ok."
"No it's not, but I have a feeling that it wouldn't matter if I told you to buzz off. So, why don't you lead the way since you're bullet proof and I'm not."
"Concerned for my safety I see. How nice of you." Gohan says sarcastically.
"Well YOU'RE the one who's bullet proof Mr. Gold Fighter. So I figure I'll let you go in first and if they have a weapon that can hurt you then I'll run for my life." She answers quietly with a smirk while they make their way down the stairwell.
"Oh really? And here I thought Hercule's daughter didn't run from a fight." Gohan whispers as they peak through the window one of the stairwell doors. On the other side is a man with a gun, his back is to the door as he is apparently watching something.
"I told you…" Videl says as she rips the door open and kicks the man in the head, sending him to the floor in an unconscious heap. "…not call me that!"
Gohan glances at the fallen man. "Umm…ok." He says as footsteps can be heard from the down one of the hallways. Looking around, they both spot the security camera at the same time, its tiny red light telling them that it is on.
"So much for surprising them." Videl mutters as three heavily armed men appear from a hallway at the end of the corridor. "I umm…think that it's your turn." She says while ducking behind Gohan just as the men open fire.
A smile spreads across Gohan's face at how Videl is acting. "Jeez, what did you do before I came along?" He says with amusement while catching each of the bullets.
"I planned out what I was going to do. But since I don't have to worry about being shot with you here I didn't plan anything."
"Well in that case, how about I disarm these guys and you knock them out. Then we can go to the mayor's office and do it all over again."
"Sounds like a plan." Videl answers as she watches Gohan disappear then reappear in front of the armed men who suddenly find their hands empty of the weapons they had been firing only seconds before. 'How sweet, he's leaving the ass kicking for me. How'd he know that that's my favorite part of this job?' She thinks while charging the unarmed men as they look around for their guns.
Gohan looks on from the side as Videl moves with smooth and precise movements, dispatching the three men in with one continuous movement. A look of satisfaction crosses Gohan's face as he watches Videl's foot lands squarely on the first guy's face before she spins around and punches the second guy in the stomach followed by a swift elbow into the back of the third man's head. "Nice job." Gohan says as Videl secures the three men with several large zip ties she had in her pocket.
"Thanks." She replies while dusting off her hands. "Shall we go? The mayors office is that way?" Videl adds while pointing down the hallway the three men came from.
"Lead the way my lady." Gohan says politely while bowing.
"Why thank you kind sir." Videl answers with smile before walking off down the hallway, neither realizing that they are flirting with each other.
As they quietly slip closer to the mayor's office, they can hear the sound of two men arguing. One of them sounds panicked since they have lost contact with the men that were sent to take care of Videl and Gohan. And the other man just says that the men are probably busy having a bit of fun with the "Satan bitch."
Videl can feel her blood pressure rise at the way the man is talking, and is only stopped from bursting into the room by Gohan's strong hand on her shoulder. With an almost silent growl, she spins around to snap at him but stops upon seeing the look in his eyes. Gohan's obsidian eyes seem to burn with a hatred that matches Videl's own. A puzzled expression comes to her features upon seeing this fiery hatred in Gohan's eyes and how he seems to be controlling himself. This is odd to her since she herself usually gives in to the thirst for revenge and beats up the person who angers her until they are a bloody pulp or they beg for mercy.
With a nod of his head, Gohan indicates the bags scattered about the room and a man with a devise, presumably the detonator, in his hand. "Damn, they weren't kidding when they said they'd blow the place up. But where's the second guy?"
"He's probably in that room over there. I'll take care of this guy and you get the other one."
"Alright." Videl says as she charges towards the man while seeing that Gohan already has his target knocked out. But when she is reaches the doorway to the other room she stops in her tracks. "What the hell?" Videl exclaims upon seeing the man she is supposed to subdue as a perplexed look comes to her face, and the thought to burst out laughing crosses her mind, as she tries to tell which is thicker, the man's waist line or his glasses.
"What's wrong?" Gohan asks while walking over to her. "Oh." He adds upon seeing the man who balled himself up in a corner the second he saw Videl in the doorway.
"Please don't hurt me! I didn't want to do it! They forced me to make those bombs!" The man says between sobs. "They said they'd…"
"It's ok. Just cooperate with the police and they'll go easy on you." Videl reassures the man before pressing a button on her watch and talking into it. "You can come up now, and bring the bomb squad with you." And, not waiting for a reply, releases the button.
"I better get back to school. I'll see you later."
"Ok, bye Goh…Gold Fighter."
• • •
"It's about time you came back Brains." Sharpner says as Gohan sits down.
"What are you talking about Sharpner? I've only been gone for…THIRTY MINUTES!" He yells in surprise upon seeing the clock.
"Mr. Son! Please be quiet or else I'll have to send you to the principal's office."
"Sorry Sensei." Gohan apologizes while hiding behind his book as Sharpner snickers at him.
About fifteen minutes pass by as Gohan lets his mind wonder since the teacher is not covering anything he has not known for at least a couple of years. But the image in his mind fades as the sound of chair next to his being pulled out brings him back to reality. "Welcome back." He says to the raven-haired beauty beside him as a small smile forms on his face.
"Thanks. So what happened while I was gone?"
"Nerd boy here spent half the class in the bathroom. But besides that, nothing interesting."
A smirk appears on Videl's face upon hearing this since she knows what he was actually doing during his absents from class. "Really? Half the class? Gee Gohan, maybe you should go see the nurse. I don't think that…"
"Yeah, maybe you should go see the nurse." Erasa interrupts, totally missing the obvious sarcastic tone of Videl's voice, as she leans around Videl so that she can see Gohan. "It would be a shame if a cutie like you had to miss school."
Gohan chuckles under his breath at Erasa's actions, and at the jealous look Sharpner is sending his way. "I don't need to go to the nurse, I feel fi…"
"Excuse me, but would you four mind telling the class what's so important that it can't wait until the bell rings?"
"We were just asking Gohan-chan if he's ok since he spent so much time in the bathroom, Sensei." Erasa answers polity as Gohan blushes in embarrassment and Videl finds herself feeling angry towards her friend for the playful manner in which she referred to Gohan.
"Thank you Miss Rooler. Now, unless there's anything else that needs to be said about Mr. Son's bodily functions, pay attention!"
"Yes Sensei!" The four friends reply as Gohan's blush deepens, only to hear the bell ring.
"Yes! Lunch! My favorite subject! Gohan exclaims as he packs up his things.
Erasa and Sharpner look at Gohan strangely while Videl just giggles at him.
"Oh…my…god."
"What?" Sharpner, Gohan, and Videl ask their friend.
"You just giggled. I've NEVER heard you giggle in all the years I've known you."
"Don't be silly Erasa. I've heard Videl giggle at me lots of times.
"Happy to disappoint you Sharpner, but I was laughing at how stupid you are and look." Videl retorts, causing Gohan and Erasa to laugh.
Sharpner just snorts before heading off to the cafeteria.
• • •
A shiver runs down Videl's spine as she walks out of the door and onto the cold roof of the school, "So Gohan, why did you want to come up here?"
"Because, there's been a slight change of plans."
"Oh really? I should have known that you'd back out of our deal. Now I guess I'll just have to tell everyone that you're…"
"No! It's not that!" Gohan says while holding his hands up as if to shield himself from Videl's glare. "It's just that I have to watch my brother and his friend for the weekend since our parents are going out of town. So we're going to West Capital instead of my house."
"Oh! Alright then." Videl says as she takes her jet-copter capsule out of her pocket.
"Wait. There's a faster way to get there."
"And what's that?" Videl asks only to feel Gohan's arms wrap around her waist and lift her into the air. A small cry of surprise escapes Videl's as her feet leave the ground and her eyes clamp shut.
"This." Gohan whispers softly in her ear. The close contact, and realization of how he just said what he did, causes Gohan's cheeks to burn with a bright red blush.
Videl's face is a similar shade of red from feeling Gohan's warm breath caress her ear. It is a sensation that she has never felt before. And it is one that, although she would never admit it to anyone, she silently hoped to feel again. In an effort take her mind off of the firm body she is being held again, she forces her eyes open and gasps at the sight before her. As far as she can see is a landscape of brilliant white that is glittering like diamonds from the sunlight reflecting off of the snow. Here and there she can see the trails that animals have made through the snow-laden forest below them.
As they fly high over a plain an idea pops into Gohan's head upon seeing a herd of deer looking for food. Without warning he drops towards the ground causing Videl to shriek in surprise. The loud noise sends the herd of grazing deer running for cover in the forest. Just before they impact with the ground, Gohan pulls up and skims along the snow-covered field as he races along side the deer. Gohan looks down at the girl held securely in his arms and sees a look of awe on her face as she watches the deer sprinting beside them, their hooves kicking up the powdery snow into small clouds each time the leap forward.
All too quickly though, the deer disappear into the tree line as Gohan and Videl fly low over the frozen forest. The branches of the trees send a shower of sparkling ice to the forest floor as their wake blows them around.
After several minutes a bright twinkling light can be seen ahead of them. And just as Videl is about to ask what it is, they are upon it. "I've never seen anything like this Gohan. It's beautiful." Videl says in awe as Gohan slowly circles a frozen waterfall. Its many crystalline surfaces of frozen water are reflecting sunlight in a rainbow of colors.
'Not as beautiful as y…' Gohan starts to think before willing himself not to finish the thought. "Yeah, it is." He says several seconds later before blasting off towards Capsule Corp.
The vast, unbroken, expanses of white slowly give way to roads and houses as they near the large city. And soon the scenery below is a patchwork of white and gray, the undisturbed snow of yards and rooftops contrasting highly with the plowed streets and driveways, as they fly over the city.
Videl watches the people below as they go about their daily lives, unaware of the two teens flying over them. She does not think anything of it as they fly on towards the heart of the urban sprawl until they start to slow and descend towards the biggest building in the city's center. The large yellow dome of Capsule Corp. "Do you need to pick something up from Capsule Corp. Gohan?" She asks upon noticing their destination.
"No, not exactly. That's where we're going."
"WHAT?"
"Bulma's an old family friend. Kaa-san, Bulma, and her family are away for the weekend so I have to watch Goten and Trunks." Gohan says casually as he lands behind the large yellow dome.
Videl just follows him in shocked silence as he enters a combination into a keypad beside a door, causing it to open. And, as they walk into the large building, Videl is surprised by the interior. She was expecting it to look at least something like her father's mansion, with expensive pieces of art and furniture that cost a lot but was anything but comfortable to sit on, and not like the home of an average family. The sharp contrast between the way the Briefs appear to live and the way in which her father lives is nice surprise since she does not really like the lifestyle that has beset her do to her father's fame. "This place is…"
"Really big?" Gohan finishes for her.
"Yeah, but I was thinking more along the lines of it being nothing like what I expected. Except for the size, it seems more like an average families home and not the home of the richest people in the world."
"Oh. I guess you're right about that. But why would want to buy expensive things if you don't like them?"
"I don't know. You'd have to ask my father."
• • •
"You might want to stand back. The two little demons will probably be happy to see me." Gohan says as they stand in front of the door to the gravity room.
"Demons? What kind of way is that to talk about your little brother?"
Gohan laughs a little. "You'll see soon enough." He says, Videl just shrugs and steps back so she is not in front of the door as Gohan presses several buttons on a keypad beside the door.
A muffled clunk can be heard before a soft hiss fills the air as the metal door slides into the wall. Two blurs, one orange and one green, shoot out of the room before the door is fully open and run into Gohan. Goten hits Gohan in the chest, knocking the teen backwards. While Trunks grabs Gohan's leg. Unfortunately, Trunks had latched on around Gohan's thigh and slid down his leg, taking Gohan's pants with him and sending the teen onto his butt.
"Nii-chan!" "Gohan-san!" Goten and Trunks yell as they happily bounce on the, blushing, older demi Saiya-jin's stomach.
Videl's eyes widen as Gohan's boxers come into plain sight before she turns away with a red face.
"Hey guys." Gohan manages to cough out as he quickly stands up and yanks his pants back up. "How was your day you little demons?"
"They're not demons Gohan, they're cute." Videl interrupts.
'You think they're cute because they just gave you a nice view of Gohan with his pants down.' The voice in her head says as Videl grimaces. 'That's not it! And since when do I think anything as cute? I really need to stop hanging around Erasa so much.' She thinks, not noticing that she has drawn the attention of the two little kids who are now just sitting on Gohan.
"Hi! I'm Trunks! You must be Gohan-san's girlfriend. Are you going to marry Gohan-san? If you do then you'll be Goten-kun's Nee-chan. And if you're Goten-kun's Nee-chan then it will be like you're my Nee-chan since Goten-kun's and I are like brothers."
"I'm Goten! You're pretty! Are you going to marry Nii-chan? I hope you do because I'd like to have a Nee-chan too. And I think Kaa-san would like to have a daughter. Why are you here? What's in the bag? Is it candy? We ate all the candy in the… OUCH TRUNKS! Why'd you hit me?"
"Because the candy is a secret you baka! Jeez."
"Then why'd you say that in front of Nii-chan and uh…her?"
"Because I…uhh…YOU'RE IT!" Trunks yells before taking off down the hall.
"HEY! Come back here Trunks-kun!"
"Please tell me they did say they were eating candy." Gohan practically moans as he pulls himself up off of the floor and looks into the gravity room. A exasperated sigh escapes his lips as he sees something that is any of the Z-Senshi's worst fears, a panel on one side of the large room appears to have been pried open and the floor of the gravity room is littered with candy wrappers.
"Yeah, they said something about eating all of the candy."
"Damn it. How could Kaa-san, Bulma-san, and Veggie forget about that? I mean they KNEW that those two would be locked in there for several hours."
"What's wrong?" Videl asks in confusion since she has no clue what Gohan is talking about.
"Vegeta's stash of candy he keeps in there for a quick pick me up while training. Those two got into it and ate all of the candy."
"They seemed a little hyper but I don't think a little candy is…" Videl says, her voice catching in her throat as she looks into the room and sees the sea of brightly colored wrappers covering the floor. "…anything to worry about." She finishes with a voice that says she does not believe what she just said.
Gohan smirks at her as he starts to stretch his arms and legs. "Well it looks like your training has begun." He says with a smirk. "Your first task is to help me catch two little demons on a sugar high."
"Alright, this should be easy enough." She replies confidently. "And why do you call them demons?"
"This will be much harder then you think, and you'll know soon enough. Now let's go before they destroy anything." Gohan says as they head off down the hallway.
As they walk through the many halls and rooms they see paints canted at odd angles, overturned furniture, and all kinds of items knocked off of tables and shelves. Luckily, for the two hyper active boys, nothing seems to be broken.
• • •
Finally, Gohan and Videl walk down the last corridor within the Briefs' private section of Capsule Corp. If they do not find the two hyper active demi Saiya-jins in one of these rooms then the public's lives might be at stake. But as they near the suite of rooms reserved for the Z-Senshi, they can hear the two boys yelling and laughing.
An ominous feeling passes over Videl upon seeing that the boys are in the room that she is going to be staying in. The feeling that she is not going to like what she sees inside the room weighs heavily in her mind as she and Gohan step into the room.
The faces of both Gohan and Videl turn red upon seeing what the boys are shooting each other with Videl's undergarments as though they are giant rubber bands. Gohan quickly looks away from the scene, his face burning red as images of Videl wearing nothing but the undergarments Goten and Trunks are playing with fill his head.
A nice reddish hue also adorns Videl's face upon seeing what the two boys are doing, but for her it is from anger and not embarrassment. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING!?!"
The loud yell pierces the sugar clouded minds of Goten and Trunks, causing them to stop and stare at her in fear since she sounded just like their mothers, even Gohan cringed a bit at the tone of her voice.
"We umm…" Goten says as his grip on a pair of Videl's panties loosens just enough to allow the piece of clothing to shoot from his hand. And Gohan, who chose that moment to turn back at his brother and Trunks in order to reprimand them, only sees something flying through the air towards his head. Unfortunately, he does not have time to react and the smooth material lands squarely in his open mouth.
The reaction is almost instant as Gohan and Videl turn extremely red while Goten and Trunks roll around on the floor in laughter at the sight of a pair of panties hanging from Gohan's mouth. Almost all rational thought is driven from Trunks' mind at the sight, when his ever-present mischievous side springs forth with an idea. Taking the small camera from his pocket that he always carries in order to photograph any of his really good pranks, he snaps a few photos showing Gohan with the panties in his mouth. And then a short sequence showing Videl yanking them away and stuffing them in her pocket.
But the amusement is short lived as Videl turns to the two boys, now realizing why Gohan had called them demons, and gives them a look that sends a chill down their spines. The chill increases to a blood-freezing blizzard as they feel her power level rising along with the evil glint in her eye.
Gohan looks at Videl in shock as her power quickly reaches his mother's maximum before continuing to rise high. By the time her power levels off, it is as high as Yamcha's.
"Umm…Trunks-kun?" Goten says wearily as he glances between his friend and the murderous glare of Videl.
Fear seems to poor from the lavender haired boy as he watches Videl for any sign that she is going to attack. "RUN GOTEN!" He yells just as Videl starts to move towards them.
Unfortunately, neither boy counted on the one other person in the room doing anything to aid the girl in her quest for retribution. And because of this, they run right into Gohan as he steps in front of the door to block their escape. The escape attempt was for seen by Gohan and he was prepared for the collision with the two boys. "Where do you think you two are going?" He asks calmly as the two boys sit on the floor in front of him while rubbing their aching heads.
"We were just…uhh…going to…uhh…get something to eat!" Trunks says in hope that the mention of food would allow them by.
"Yeah Nii-chan. We're REALLY hungry! And we're REALLY sorry for messing with your clothes Miss Videl lady." Goten adds while using the puppy dog look on the two teens.
"Sorry boys, but after seeing the way you trashed the house I know you can't be sorry." Videl says. "And Gohan, since you know them better then me, what do you think is a suitable punishment for what they did.
"Hmmm…" Gohan looks around the room at the bras and panties hanging from lamps and scattered on the floor, his face turns red as the thoughts of a scantily clad Videl return and he quickly focuses on the matter at hand to push the thoughts aside. "Well since they're both hungry, I think that a nice fast for the night will do." He says with a smirk at the look of horror on the faces of the two boys. Even Videl looks a little appalled at the idea.
"NO!"
"ANYTHING BUT THAT NII-CHAN!"
"Sorry." Gohan says as he quickly grabs Goten and Trunks and carries them to a bathroom. With an evil smirk, he tosses them into the room before erecting a ki barrier over the door and window. "You two can drink all the water you want. And if you get too hungry you can always eat the soap." He yells through the door as cries of "let me out" and "this isn't fair" are heard from the other side.
Turning from the door, he sees Videl standing there with a smile on her face. "Isn't this a little harsh Gohan?" She asks him.
"This? No way, they did the same thing with Kaa-san and Bulma's clothes before. They should know better."
"Oh. In that case, I'm going to pick up my clothes then we can train some."
"Alright, I'll be cleaning up the living room." Gohan says as he walks off down the hall.
• • •
Several minutes later, Videl walks into the living room to see that everything seems to be picked up. "Gohan?" She calls when she does not see him anywhere.
"Yeah?" Gohan answers as he suddenly appears in front of her, causing Videl to jump a little in surprise.
"Don't DO that! Now, let's train. I want to be able to fly by the time I leave."
"Alright, but I don't think you'll be that far along by Sunday." Gohan replies as he leads the way to the gravity room.
Videl glares at him and says sternly, "I WILL be able to fly by then."
In response, Gohan gulps and keeps his mouth shut.
• • •
"You're doing great Videl! I didn't think you'd be able to hover yet!" Gohan says in encouragement as Videl floats several inches off the floor of the gravity room.
Videl gently lowers herself back to the floor, breathing heavily from exertion. "Th-thanks Gohan."
"You might just get to flying by tomorrow night after all since you're doing so well after only a couple hours."
"I told you so Mr. Gold Fighter." Videl says with a smirk before concentrating on her energy again. Slowly, she lifts back into the air.
• • •
"Truuuunks, I'm huuuuungry." Goten whines as the rumble of an empty stomach fills the bathroom; almost shaking it's contents.
"Baka, I'm hungry too."
"Oh…I wish Nii-chan hadn't put that ki barrier over the door."
"Yeah, then we could…" Trunks' suddenly stops in mid sentence and smacks himself on the head. "THE WINDOW!"
"Huh? What window? There's no window in this bathroom Trunks-kun."
"I know that. But Kaa-san mentioned that she wanted to put one in. So why don't we help her out by making the hole for her?"
"Weeell…I don't know. If Nii-chan…"
"We'll be able to get out of here and EAT!"
"OK! OK! OK! Let's do it!" Goten says excitedly before ramming into, and through, the outside wall.
The air fills with dust from the demolished wall, causing Trunks to cough. 'Hehe…not I can't be blamed for putting a hole in the wall.'
• • •
A cry of surprise and slight pain comes from Videl as she slams into the ceiling of the gravity room when the gravity suddenly shuts off with the opening of the door. "What the hell happened? Why'd the gravity turn off?" She asks, rubbing her head, while floating back down.
The answers to her questions come bounding into the room seconds later.
"NII-CHAN! I'M HUNGRY!" Goten, completely covered in plaster dust, yells as he comes through the door.
"Yeah! We want food!" Trunks, also covered in plaster dust, agrees.
"Ok, let's go…wait a second! How did you two get out of the…" Gohan says before trailing off as the answer comes to him. "DAMN IT! Bulma-san isn't going to like this!"
A look that says she does not understand crosses Videl's face. "What is it Gohan?"
"They broke through one of the walls."
"What? How could they…"
"We're a lot stronger then we look." Trunks and Goten say at the same time. Both have an identical innocent smile on their face, which looks out of place on Trunks' face.
"I guess you can have something to eat. Videl and I need a brake anyway." Gohan says while thinking, 'And then I'll lock you two in here where you can't escape.'
• • •
"Oh man…" Videl says with a yawn. "…this ki training is tiring."
"It can be until you get used to it." Gohan agrees. "And the two little demons don't help any."
"Yeah, well I'm going to bed. Goodnight Gohan-kun." Videl says as she gets up from her seat next to Gohan, the urge to give him a goodnight kiss comes to her but she suppresses it.
"'night Videl."
• • •
With a contented sigh, Videl rolls over and sees that the clock on the bedside table says that it is only eight o'clock. "Figures, it's a weekend and I don't feel like sleeping in." She mumbles while climbing out of the plush bed. 'A hot shower sounds nice this morning.' Videl thinks while grabbing what she needs for the shower. The memory of this bathroom being connected to Gohan's room does not come to mind as she opens the door to be confronted by a wall of steam. Through the hazy air she catches a glimpse of a bare backside and highly toned muscles as a surprised voice cuts through the thick steam.
"VIDEL!"
"S-sorry G-Gohan." She stutters as Gohan quickly covers his lower half. 'Oh man. Why'd he do that? I wanted to see…' Videl thinks before mentally slapping herself.
'You wanted to see ALL of him.' That voice in her head says, but Videl ignores it since she decided the night to simply accept its comments since she knows that they are true.
"Umm…i-it's ok. I was just leaving anyway." He says quickly before practically running from the room.
"Oh man. That was awkward, embarrassing…" Videl says quietly to herself while setting her stuff next to the sink.
'Arousing.' The voice in her head interjects again.
'Yeah, that too.' She thinks while nodding her head in agreement. "A cold shower definitely sounds better then a hot one right now."
'Why's that? Don't you want a hot shower to remind you of how hot Gohan is?'
'Gohan is…GO AWAY YOU DAMN VOICE!' Videl yells in her mind. "Good." She says with a nod of her head upon not hearing the voice reply.
• • •
'That was weird. I wonder why she didn't knock?' Gohan thinks as he quickly dresses.
'Why don't you accidently walk in on her when she gets out of the shower? After all…' The tiny voice in his mind says.
'WHAT!?! No way! Even the that sounds really appeal… NO IT DOESN'T!'
'Come on. You know you want to see her naked.'
'NO!'
'Yes you do. And you found her walking in on you like that a little exciting.'
'NO I DIDN'T!'
'Yes you did. I'm you and I know everything that you know. Remember?'
'So what. I wanna see…I mean I don't wanna see Videl naked!' Gohan yells in his mind as he argues with the voice as he goes to check on Goten and Trunks to make sure they are not causing any trouble. He quickly find them playing quietly in Trunks' room and sighs in relief upon seeing that they are not causing and trouble before going to the living room to watch some TV.
• • •
Videl walks into the kitchen to get some breakfast just in time to have a bag of flour and a bottle of seltzer water dumped on her head. Looking up at the shelf above the doorway she sees the two little hellions that have been making life miserable for her and Gohan. Whenever the two little demons are not training, sleeping, or eating they are causing trouble. "GOTEN! TRUNKS! GET DOWN FROM THERE RIGHT NOW!"
Trunks looks at her like a deer caught in a car's headlights. "UH…" He says with a candy bar held halfway to his mouth.
"…OH" Goten finishes as they quickly jump off of the shelf and run out of the kitchen.
"You two bas…brats get back here right now!" Videl yells at Goten and Trunks as they fly out of the kitchen, kicking the spilled flour up into a cloud in their haste to escape her wrath.
In the hall Gohan is nearly bowled over by the two hyperactive demi Saiyan-jins as run past him as fast as their little legs can carry them. 'They better not have broken something AGAIN.' He thinks as he walks into the kitchen and almost falling to the floor in laughter. There before him is Videl, her hair almost white with flour as she coughs.
"Wh-at's…so…funny?" She asks between coughing fits.
"You! You look like…wait…that's not funny at all." He says before turning a little green.
Videl looks at him strangely while whipping some of the flour from her face with a damp washcloth. "What's…not funny?"
"I was thinking that you looked like Sharpner's twin sister, that is if he had one." Gohan says while cringing in fear of what Videl might do.
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" Videl yells before bursting into laughter at the look on Gohan's face. And, when the look suddenly changes from one of surprise to the red blush of embarrassment, her laughter only increases. "Now that…is funny." She says to the red-faced demi Saiya-jin in front of her.
"V-V-V…" Gohan stutters, unable to say anything while pointing a severely shaking finger at her.
Videl takes several calming breaths while putting her hand over her racing heart. "What is…" Her question stops in her throat as the sensation of soaked fabric registers in her mind. It is her turn to blush as she looks down and sees that her white shirt is completely soaked. Revealing everything that it was covering since she did not bother to put on a bra after taking a shower, and runs from the room while holding the nearly transparent white shirt away from her body.
"Kami what a great site." Gohan sighs while looking at the spot where Videl had stood just seconds before. 'WHAT AM I SAYING!' He screams in his mind before starting to clean up the aftermath of the chibi's search for more candy while quietly repeating "Roshi in a tutu. Roshi in a tutu…" over and over in an effort to put an end to the thoughts and feelings filling his mind.
• • •
"That was close Trunks-kun!" Goten says as they take refuge in the older boy's room.
"Yeah. Did you notice how she acts a lot like my Tou-san?"
"Yep! But my Kaa-san acts like Vegeta-san too sometimes."
"At least my Tou-san doesn't use a…frying pan." Trunks says, causing both little demi Saiya-jins to gulp and shiver at the mention of the dreaded frying pan.
"What if that Videl girl used a fr…" Goten starts to say, but stops as both of them hold their breath upon hearing Videl talking to herself while walking past the closed door.
• • •
"Those damn brats. This is no way to start off a Saturday." Videl mutters to herself as she storms down the hall to her room. "And I just took a shower too damn it." She adds as she runs her hands through the thick paste in her hair. As she grabs another set of clothes from her bag Videl is utterly grateful that she had packed more then a few changes of clothes.
• • •
"Hmmm…that smells delicious Gohan." Videl says as she walks into the kitchen to find Gohan cooking at the stove and a table covered in food.
"Thanks. And you look better without all that flour on you."
"Yeah, I fee…"
"FOOD!" Goten and Trunks yell, interrupting Videl, as they run into the room.
The only thing Videl sees is two small boys running into the kitchen before a multi colored blur envelops the food-covered table. In the matter of a few seconds most of what was on the table has disappeared into the two bottomless pits known as Goten and Trunks.
"Jeez…so much for being able to get some breakfast." Videl mumbles as the two blurs disappear out the doorway again.
"Don't worry, I only made enough for them. I'll make us some breakfast now." Gohan says as he gets some more food from the refrigerator and cabinets.
"I'll help you." Videl says as she gets another pan out and starts to cook beside Gohan.
Soon, they have enough food for the both of them prepared so they sit down and eat.
• • •
"Where are those two at? They weren't in Trunks' room or the gravity room."
"And they weren't in the living room." Videl adds as they walk through the halls.
As they near the rooms where Gohan and Videl are staying, they can hear laughter and cries of disgust coming from the room Gohan is staying in. Both their faces pale as they look into the room and see Goten and Trunks sitting amongst neat stacks and disheveled piles of dirty magazines.
Both boys look at each other after seeing Gohan and Videl enter the room, an evil smirk adorning both their faces. "So Gohan-san why'd you…" Trunks starts.
"…bring all your magazines with you?" Goten finishes for his friend.
Gohan and Videl's eyes grow large in surprise as they look at each other. In Videl's eyes Gohan can see shock, and disappointment. "They're not mine!" He exclaims just as Videl is about to yell at him for being just like every other guy she has ever known.
But the way in which he said it causes her stop since she could tell that he was not lying. "Ok, I believe you."
Now it is Goten and Trunks turn to look shocked since they had expected some kind of fight between the two teens.
"What are you two so surprised about? Gohan is a terrible liar."
"Yeah, I'm…HEY!"
Videl snickers at the indignant look on Gohan's face. "Well it's true."
"I know that. But still…"
"Come on Goten-kun. This is boring. I thought they'd at least fight." Trunks interrupts.
"Fight? Just wait until your mother's get home and find out about all that you two have been doing. Then you'll have to fight for your lives.
The two little demi Saiya-jins gulp before taking off to find some place to hide since their mothers will be home in a few, incredibly short, hours.
"So umm…what did you want to do?" Gohan asks nervously while he and Videl pick up the magazines.
"I don't know. How about we just watch TV or something. I don't think I could concentrate enough to train today."
"Sounds good."
• • •
Bulma drops her bags by the door with a sigh of relief as she enters her home. 'Lazy ass husband of mine won't even carry my bags.' She thinks as the sound of the TV comes from the darkened living room. Her breath catches in her throat, stopping her from saying that they're back, upon seeing the two teens sitting on the couch. Both seem to be lost in their own little world, their faces only inches apart with the distance shrinking by the second. Beside her Bulma can hear a sharp intake of breath, and turns to see an upset looking Chi-Chi. Before she can stop her from ruining the moment for her friend's son and apparent girlfriend, Chi-Chi's voice rings out loud and clear. But what she says is not even close to what Bulma had expected to hear do to the look on the younger woman's face.
"SON GOHAN! Why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend and that I should be expecting grandkids!?"
Gohan and Videl instantly jump apart at the sound of Chi-Chi's voice, their faces flushed from embarrassment.
"Kaa-san…I…"
"I don't want to hear any excuses young man! If you had told me then I could have spent the weekend planning your wedding while I was sitting around relaxing.
Videl, who had found the exchange between mother and son slightly humorous, finally realizes that he conversation involves her and not just Gohan. "HEY! Gohan and I are NOT getting married! We just met Thursday!"
"So what. I knew I was going to marry my husband the first day I met him. And I was only twelve at the time." Chi-Chi says with a forlorn look in her eyes. "Besides, neither of you said you don't want to marry each other."
"We didn't kiss! You inter…" Gohan and Videl say at the same time before stopping and blushing as they both realize they are saying the same thing.
"What kiss?" Chi-Chi says in confusion.
"You interrupted them before they could kiss, Chi-Chi. And from how they looked, I bet that if you hadn't interrupted them then you could possibly be expecting a grandchild."
"It's umm…getting kind of late. I better get my stuff and head home." Videl says while getting up and hurrying out of the room.
"Well if she's going home then I expect you to escort her, Gohan." Chi-Chi says while giving her son a look that says he would regret not doing as told. "I don't want my future daughter-in-law to be attacked by some bad person before she has a chance to give me at least one grandchild."
"Yes Kaa-san." Gohan says obediently as he leaves to help Videl. 'Jeez, it's like she thinks it's ok for Videl be attacked after we have…WHAT AM I THINKING? I'm not going to have any kids with Videl…not that it wouldn't be fun trying to…NO! I can't think like that!'
"You ok Gohan-chan? You look a little red." Videl says as she emerges from the guestroom she stayed in.
"Huh? Oh uhh…nothing's wrong." Gohan says as he puts his hand behind his head and grins like an idiot while thinking, 'Nothing's wrong. I just can't stop myself from thinking about being in bed with you.'
• • •
"You know Chi-Chi, I think I've seen that girl someplace before." Bulma says after Gohan and Videl have left.
"Yeah, me too. But Gohan never said her name and she didn't introduce herself so I can't put my finger on where I've seen her." Chi-Chi agrees before an angered look comes to her. "How rude of her! If she's going to marry Gohan then that girl is going to have to learn some manners! I don't want her teaching MY grandchildren any bad habits!"
Bulma rolls her eyes at the behavior of her friend. 'If you don't want your grandchildren to pick up any bad habits then you'll have to keep them away from all Goku's friends. And that could NEVER happen.'
• • •
"I can't believe that you got so far in only a couple of days, Videl. I'm impressed." Gohan says with a smile as they fly towards Satan City.
"Th-thanks Gohan-chan."
A faint blush creeps across their faces, Gohan's from the way Videl referred to him and Videl's from the compliment and the way she just referred to Gohan, as silence, only broken by the sound of air rushing past them, overcomes them.
Gohan chews on his lower lip as he struggles to find something to say. "You're uhh…you're welcome. Just keep practicing and you'll get better really quick."
"Ok." Videl simply replies, before the silence claims them again as neither can think of anything to say.
• • •
Two figures silently land on the dark lawn of the Satan Mansion and walk up to the door.
"Thanks for bringing me home Gohan. I had a lot of fun this weekend."
"It was no problem, I had fun too." Gohan says as he gazes into Videl's eyes. The soft lights of the entryway seem to be making the blue of her eyes shine with more brilliants then usual.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Videl replies as a thought about how the look in Gohan's obsidian eyes seems so caring runs through her mind.
Without any conscious thought on the parts Gohan and Videl, two sets of eyes, one black as night and the other as blue as the ocean, lock and become lost in the other. The world around the two teens seems to shrink and fade away until it is just the two of them as their slowly move closer together. Thoughts that they are about to kiss briefly cross their minds as their faces inch closer together with each passing second. Time seems to slow as they feel the warmth of the other's breath brush away the cold air. Barely a hair's width separates their lips as their hearts pound furiously inside their chests in anticipation of the first kiss either have had. But the door to Videl's home is suddenly flung open; causing Gohan and Videl jump apart as a deep blush stains both their faces.
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