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"Uhh.. Gohan?" Videl spoke up, turning her head toward him. They had stopped they're fast pace, and slowed to a much more enjoyable rate of walking, her clothes air-drying. "Can't you---" Videl almost got her question through her lips, when her mind declined from asking. Why not? she thought. He stared at her like a confused child. He's so cute. "Never mind, it's not a big deal. " She smiled, causing him to grin back, his unsureness apparent in his features.
Her question was: Couldn't he just find their Ki? Right? Isn't that why he's out here searching, or maybe, he's looking for something else? She examined her surroundings, the trees seemed to be so peaceful, undisturbed, and so still, calm, relaxed, wind was their only master. Until of course, a huge projectile attack blew half of them away... bye bye birdies...
"Vegeta..." Gohan remained stable, ignoring the ashes in place of the lush wood. Videl was alarmed, and cowered beside Gohan. "You should show some respect for your elders, those trees were much older then you." He threw his head back cockily, smirking at Vegeta's form hovering in the sky, very unlike the Gohan Videl had ever seen before.
"The brat has a friend," Vegeta said in his deep, dark, devilish tone. Triple D... He lowered himself from the vast openness of the sky, and strode toward them. Seeing that Gohan wasn't frightened, Videl straightened her position. Wow, Trunks truly is the spawn of Satan... "And what a surprise! It's not a dragon." Vegeta moved in, to get a closer look at Videl's profile. "Or is it?"
"YOU WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN?!!!!!" Videl blew up, her face flushed with fire burning on her forehead. Gohan admired her courage to stand up to a guy like Vegeta. She did know he was a Saiyan, but that's all she knew about him... he had better do something before Vegeta does.
"Hpmh, whatever. She's like the dragon I have back home! There's no shutting them up, trust me on that, run while your ahead Gohan." Vegeta's face was pierced with a smirk. Videl was quite baffled, what was he trying to say? Gohan got slightly red in the cheek region of his face.
"I wouldn't be saying that if I were you, Bulma might have me bugged, she could be listening to every word you're saying," Gohan joked, smiling, he shot a look at Videl. "Don't take what he says to heart, he's just lonely, and jealous..." he said boldly implying a compliment to her.
"Oooooooooooooookkkkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy..." Videl said, even more confused than before... Jealous? Of what?...
"What do you want Vegeta?" he questioned.
"I came to get the brat... woman's orders." He grunted, and complained in silent mumbles under his breath.
"Oh... I see, your just another distraction that god has sent to us..." Videl said to herself, not intending on voicing her opinion. He caught herself being glared at by Vegeta. "Hey... you're supposed to be a prince right?! That explains why you're a royal pain in the---" She was cut-off by Vegeta himself, appearing behind her and capturing her mouth with his hand.
"Trust me, you don't want to finish that sentence," Vegeta threatened, only to have Gohan's arm wrap around his neck. Vegeta heard the teen's quick, angry breathing next to his ear.
"Get your hands off her Vegeta!" Gohan said through clenched teeth. He released Videl from his grasp, smirking. She walked off to the side, shaken up by their violent behavior, but Vegeta was smirking, he was only toying with her and Gohan. "Don't touch her again... Ever again," Gohan whispered fiercely and let him go.Vegeta laughed evilly.
"Heh, so you care about her more than I first thought... I always saw you as the overprotective type, only getting involved when it includes saving someone you love from danger... " Vegeta noted, turning around, to find an extremely unwelcoming face. "Wow... so even after all these years of slacking off, you still have some aggression left in you? Maybe that girl is becoming a liability?" He pointed at Videl, who was watching Gohan intently, not fully listening to Vegeta's words. "I wasn't going to hurt her, it was a harmless threat, it's how I get my point across, but you should know that by now."
"I thought you were getting Trunks?" Gohan tried to change the subject, in hopes of returning to the calm walk he was sharing with Videl. Someone always got in the way. Gohan wanted nothing more than to have a good time simply enjoying Videl's warm company. She made him feel like he could be himself, and Videl could be herself. No hiding, no pain, no troubles...
"Yes, I was... I warn you though, the woman is visiting your mother, so I doubt I'll be leaving for awhile anyway."
"I guess we'll go say hi to Bulma then," Gohan suggested to Videl, she nodded, trotting up beside him. It was over, no one was hurt, but a few more hints were given in Vegeta's small speech, it's a shame that Videl wasn't paying him any attention. Gohan didn't deny a word of it.
"Suit yourself."
"What are we looking for?" Erasa asked, turning in all directions. This was what she constantly seemed to be doing, going in circles. Her whole life a sphere, and she never got anyway but the abyss of nowhere.
"How do you expect me to know?" Sharpner replied, walking along the path inside the forest, following Erasa. Two circles, two spheres, two globes, bouncing off each other, but never actually touching.
"Apparently we're searching for Satan's spawn, and Gohan's little brother..." she said, remembering Videl's statement.
"Erasa?" he inquired, attempting to gain her attention. She turned her gaze to him. "Why did you stop the slow dancing lesson so quickly?"
"Because, it only took 30 seconds to get the results I wanted. So why would I drag out the torture any longer?" She giggled lightly. Torture for Videl and Gohan that was. Sure, Erasa liked Gohan, but Gohan liked Videl.... It wasn't her place to come between it, only to bring that special place closer together.
"I wasn't being tortured..." he muttered, his head sinking down. Why did I agree to do this? he thought to himself. It was tormenting to see his very first crush falling in love with a guy she only knew for a few weeks, a month at the most.
"I thought you said you were over Videl?!!!" Erasa snapped at him, her tone sharp and warning. This was a mistake, a big mistake, now Sharpner's going to make a scene... Although, that would only play into her hand, it was bonus round time.
"I thought I was... but, I still like being around her... I can't help how I feel," he admitted to her, and she sighed compassionately.
"At the very least, could you please try to control yourself around her?"
"He didn't hurt you?" Gohan quired, surveying her with concern. They were making their way back to Gohan's house to see Bulma, and Vegeta had gone the opposite way. He wasn't going to let Vegeta, or anyone else do that to her, even if it was a small threat, it was his Videl... you threaten her, you threaten him.
"I'm fine." She giggled at the worry skipping around in his eyes. What a lovable guy!
"What's so funny?" The distress that was draped on his face still remained obviously he had taken her tiny giggle for something else.
"You are really overprotective..." She smiled at his blush. "Not that I don't appreciate it," She added, thanking him indirectly, she couldn't get the grin to peal off her mouth, it overtook her completely.
"I wasn't going to just stand there and watch it," he stated, desperately looking for a good excuse.
"You got really upset." she commented, causing his face flushed again. Why is he so embarrassed?
"I don't trust Vegeta... I've never truly put my faith in him. He's not a bad guy, but when he said that to you..." He paused, thinking over the way he could phrase it. "Vegeta is a Saiyan, like myself... if I were to fight him, I don't know what would happen. The situation would be out of my hands." He stopped again, this time to meet her gaze. "When he threatened you, I felt like anything could happen, if he had been serious, I might not have been able to stop him. It was uncontrollable."
"But you weren't afraid of him..." she said, searching his eyes for the answer, it was clouded by something she wasn't able to see through at that time.
"I'm not scared of him... I'm afraid of what he could've done to you," he explained, still continuing their walk to his house. "What if I wasn't able to protect you? That's what terrifies me."
"Hey Bulma, what do you think about Videl?" Chichi asked, emerging from the kitchen to see her guest.
"What about her?" The blue haired woman asked back, her attention placed on her long time friend.
"Well she's Hercule's daughter... the guy stole credit for beating Cell away from my Gohan..." S]she whined, blaming Videl for her father's lies.
"Gohan never cared about that, you know how he is," Bulma said, trying to appeal to Chichi's weird way of thinking. "Gohan likes her, and you love Gohan, so it's only right for you to like Videl..."
"That's true... but Videl has always lived in the big city. She's probably dated tons of times before, whereas Gohan doesn't have as much experience..." she explained her reasoning to Bulma. "I don't think she realizes how fragile Gohan's young heart really is. I just don't want to see my son get hurt." She brought up a good point, from a mother's point of view.
"Whatever happens, I'm sure Gohan can handle it... and besides, what's love without a little heartache?" Bulma said comfortingly, Chichi seemed to be very protective of her first born, but she let Goten do whatever he wanted. Very strange...
"Here they come now," Chichi informed, motioning to the window. They seemed to be entranced with each other's stares. The women wondered what they could be discussing that was so complex. Gohan was blushing on and off, and Videl was either laughing or smiling. They approached the house ever so slowly. When they finally reached the entrance, Chichi had already been waiting for what she thought as forever. They walked in, to find both Chichi and Bulma glaring at them curiously.
"So... what have you two been doing all this time?" Chichi interrogated, in an incriminating tone. Bulma remained neutral, almost feeling sorry for the pair.
"Nothing that exciting..." Gohan said, pondering to himself why he volunteered to go back to his mother's presence.
"We met up with Prince Donkey," Videl insulted, getting a huge smile to burst unto Bulma.
"Chichi!! I LOVE this girl!" Bulma jumped up from the sofa, and gave Videl a gigantic bear hug. Videl's mouth twitched into an unsure grin, and Gohan shook his head and shrugged.
"Argh!! I give up!! How the hell are we supposed to find something that we've never seen?!!" Sharpner yelled aggravated from the luckless search. "Videl might have just made them up!"
"I think your right for once... we're not getting anywhere." Erasa sighed, stopping her walking, "Let's go back to the house... if they find them, then they'll come back. We'll just have to wait until then."
"I don't think they'll come back at all. They obviously wanted to be alone," Sharpner complained, and huffed.
"Then our plan is working. It's a good sign." She sighed at his anger. "We were supposed to make them jealous, not the other way around..."
Gohan felt kind of left out. The women, Bulma, Chichi and Videl had all gone into Chichi's room for some "Girl talk" and Gohan was exiled from that general area. So, he was stuck watching T.V, and his mind was left to wander. What were they talking about, that was so top secret that he wasn't allowed to know?
"Are you serious?" Videl exclaimed, finding it hard to bottle her laughter.
"Yup, he didn't like clothes when he was little," Chichi continued. "He preferred to run around "Nakie" as he would say..." Chichi sighed at her own reminiscence. Videl and Bulma were overcome by burst of insane giggles.
"That's exactly what Trunks was like, despite his name..." Bulma nodded, and smiled to herself. Videl's eyes widened, and she was tearing up from all her laughing.
"And Goten?" Videl asked curiously.
"Oh! He's just like Goku!!! That boy wouldn't mind if the whole world saw him prancing around in the nude!" Chichi answered, thinking of her past husband.
"But Goku was raised in the forest, he didn't know any better," Bulma added in, defending Goku.
"That's for sure, when I met him, all he knew how to do was fight..."
"Me too," Bulma said, both woman's eyes sad from the loss of their best friend.
"I don't know the whole story... but from what I heard, Goku was a really amazing fighter," Videl chimed in, trying to lighten the mood.
"One of the best. That's what keeps Vegeta training everyday. Even though his rival isn't here anymore..."
"Where's the woman?" A husky voice rose from the open doorway. Gohan turned his head away from the television screen and focus his attention on Vegeta. He was carrying Goten and Trunks in his arms, one on each arm. They must have wanted to stay outside, and he had to drag them in...
"Girl talk in Mom's room." Gohan sighed, deciding to let the earlier event slide. Vegeta set the kids down, and they scurried away to Goten's room.
"Oh... " he mumbled. He sat down onto the chair, next to where Gohan was sitting. The entrance to the house was once again disturbed, this time by someone Gohan didn't have any interest in seeing.
"Shut up Sharpner, you're so annoying sometimes," Erasa vocalized in an irritated tone, as she was entering the house. She was shocked to see that Gohan was here, and not looking for the children... and then there was this beautiful man sitting next to him. "Hey, Gohan? Who's your friend?"
"I'm not his friend," Vegeta said in his dangerous voice. Erasa liked the quiver she got from him.
"Sorry sweetheart, but he's taken," Bulma sounded, while emerging from "Chichi's Room of Girl-talk".. She walked over to her husband, and sat on his lap, claiming him. An evil smirk struck Vegeta's mouth as Erasa gasped and was utterly heartbroken. Why do all the cute ones have to be either married or gay?
"I dunno Trunks... we could get into lots of bad, bad, bad trouble if we did that," Goten said, questioning Trunks devilish antics.
"Not if we don't get caught. Plus, think of how cool if would be if we were superheroes!!" Trunks said persuasively, trying to sway his young friend's judgment.
"Okay, now here are the rules: If you choose truth, then you have to answer honestly, and we'll know if you lie, because I brought along a compact lie detector." Erasa popped her capsule, and POOFF a small, mini lie detector became apparent through the heavy white mist. "And if you choose dare, and refuse to do the dare, you have to do that whole pile of homework, and all of my homework for the rest of the year, and if I happen to refuse the dare, I have to do all of Videl's homework..." Erasa said, hoping someone would be forced to do ALL of her homework. "These are the terms, does everyone agree?"
"This is stupid," Vegeta said in an annoyed tone... "You're all fools." The rest of the group(Gohan, Videl, Sharpner, Erasa, Bulma, and Chichi) glared his way angrily. "Fine, I agree to the damned terms"
"So do I," Bulma answered.
"I'm in," Sharpner agreed.
"We have much better things to do, but whatever, I agree," Videl complained, she hated to be sucked into Erasa's little games.
"This will be fun!!" Chichi rang out excitedly. So, it all came down to Gohan...
"Uhh..." He sweat under the heat of everyone's stares. He took a deep breath, knowing that once he went in, there was no way out. "Okay, let's do it."
"YAY!!!!" Erasa yelped with glee. She loved it when her victims were in her pit of doom and she didn't even have to throw them in this time!
"I go first!!!" Bulma blabbed out, claiming the first round as hers. "Okay, Vegeta! Truth or dare?" she asked, knowing exactly what he would say...
"Argh! Why do I have to go first?!!!" Vegeta said, agitated by his wife. He sighed, knowing he could complete any dare her brain could fathom. "Dare," he said reluctantly, Bulma grinned massively.
"Alright!" Bulma said, her grin turning into a sly smirk, "I dare you to..."
Hey I know, I know, I said there would be truth or dare! Next chappie okay? It took more words to write what I wanted, than I had expected. REVIEW PLEASE! THANKIES MUCH!