AN: Huzzah for reviews! I love you guys! Sorry for the long wait on the chapter. My father doesn't allow me on the computer as much anymore...
Gohan: You're retarded.
Cesna: Hey man. It was an honest mistake. And the whole Nazi scare would of had you deleting your author's notes as well.
Gohan: ::rolls eyes:: Well, look, I'm back in the notes. And I must say I hate you now more than ever. This angst story along with Myshel's 'Writer's Wrath' thing really has me unhappy.
Cesna: ::giggles:: Oh come on. Didn't you like seeing Cell pink with happy yellow suns on him? You were even protective of us. Admit it! You care about me!
Gohan: ...
Cesna: And after this chapter you'll like me even more. :D
Gohan: We'll see about that.
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When Gohan flew through the guardian angel portal and entered other world, he was relieved beyond belief when he saw Videl waiting for him.
She released her hair from her long braid, which left it long and wavy. Silver flares hung down from her hips. Her blouse was loose and flowy, making her look like a princess. Her wings were tucked in tight, and her blue eyes shone with brilliance. Gohan's depression melted away after seeing her smile. 'Kami, I love her...' he thought to himself.
He nearly toppled over when he touched down, making Videl walk forward to aide him in confusion. "Hey, Gohan, are you okay?" She asked, touching him lightly. He forced a smile... The power of his headband was fairly abused while he was in the living world.
"Yeah, just used to much energy." He managed to stay up with feigned strength. "So how was Annie?"
Videl smiled at the thought of her little girl she was watching. "Well, she's pretty good, and I haven't had to go in for awhile. Her seventh birthday just passed, and she's becoming quite an individual. I actually might not be her guardian for long..." She sighed wistfully, and they walked on. They were in the portal station, where all the angels popped in and out of other world. It was almost crowded, but it was an obscure time of he day so traffic was low. "...She's becoming such an easy person to watch that they're going to assign me to someone else. I really hate it when they do that. You fix someone, get attached to them, and move on..."
Gohan sighed unhappily. Would he move on if he fixed Goten?
"I hate the system." Videl finished with a tone of bitterness. Gohan watched her as they walked to no place in particular. The way her hair waved as she walked... Her expressions changed with what she said... Her very aura entranced him to the point of almost not paying attention to what she was saying.
"I'm unhappy with it as well, but we can't do much about it. Not like I would really want to considering how much responsibility would be on me."
Videl smirked, pulling some of her hair out of her face. "So you've thought about what it would be like to be number one in command?"
Gohan stuttered. "Uhh... of course not..." Videl smiled wider. "Okay, maybe a little..." She started laughing now. "Okay okay! I've imagined how everything would be if I were the one running things! For one, I would give much more power to the regular guardian angels, two, we would be a democracy, third..."
"Geeze, Gohan, power hungry much?" Videl laughed, shaking her head. "Zeal is probably doing everything he can to make sure we don't advance any more than we already have. He really doesn't like us much you know."
"Like I can't tell." He mumbled under his breathe. "He's probably scared we would take his job. He's so... anal. Too uptight. That's no way to live."
"And you would know that right?" Gohan glared at her with a smirk.
"Yeah... I guess I would. Too bad I never really became a rebel until I died."
"You and your stupid heart virus. Psh."
Their walking landed them in the outskirts of the angel section of upper world. Long ago did they stop passing stark white trees with no leaves with red rose petals littering the ground. Gohan started to turn around and go back. "Well, this was the wrong way..."
Videl grabbed him, still looking forward. "Want to explore?"
Gohan looked skyward with a scared expression on his face. "Kami, save me now. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies."
"Oh, pshaw, we're just going to go someplace we've never been before..."
"We've been everywhere, Videl, there's nothing new..."
"Everywhere?" She asked, turning him back towards her with a mischievous look in her eyes. Gohan quirked a brow.
"Uh, yes, everywhere.... OH NO. VIDEL SATAN. WE ARE NOT...."
Videl flashed a cute, flirtsy smile and pulled Gohan in close. "I thought you said you wished you were more of a rebel..." She swayed her body gently, making Gohan groan.
"Videl..."
"Please?" She swayed closer.
He winced. "NO."
She snuggled in on him, Gohan acting like it wasn't affecting him. But she could tell by the way he trembled lightly. "Oh... come on... I hear there's some fun stuff down there..."
"Hell is punishment, not a party." Gohan insisted. Videl giggled.
"So far as you know."
Gohan reached his breaking point. It was hard to say no when Videl uses her ultimate weapon: The French kiss of persuasion.
Needless to say, they were on their way in less than five minutes.
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"They're going to kill us."
"We're already dead!"
"We'll loose our wings."
"We don't need them to fly anyway."
"We'll get sent to hell. For going to hell."
"We'd escape in a flash. After some thorough exploring of course."
Gohan was running out of reasons to not go to hell. Then again, this was the way he was whenever 'they' decided to go someplace forbidden. And they always barley got away, both of them laughing so hard they were crying. He hoped this would be the same way.
"AHA. They would know immediately we aren't supposed to be here, because of these!" Gohan pulled hard on his own wing, a triumphant smile on his face. Videl simply gave him a smooth, 'I got that under control' kind of thing.
"Gohan... is that all you're worried about?" Videl asked, walking behind him and massaging his wings. He nearly melted on the spot, fumbling to find protest. Suddenly, that protest came; loudly.
"HRAAAH!"
"AAAAAAAAUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan screeched, jumping up. Videl started laughing insanely while Gohan caught his breath. It felt like Videl just dislocated his wings!
"What the heck what THAT?!" Gohan yelled.
"A simple charm that lasts a few hours. I'm surprised you don't know it... A common guardian angel technique, if you want to reveal yourself to your child and don't want them to know you're an angel."
"And that has WHAT with breaking my wings?" Gohan reached back to see what she did. Surprisingly, he was only groping the air. "Hai?!"
A knowing smile was on Videl's face. "Part of the charm is causing sharp pain. I guess it's supposed to simulate them being broken off—"
"YOU BROKE MY WINGS OFF?!" Gohan squalled, for a brief second reverting back to that innocent dweeb Videl got to know and love whilst they were alive...
"NO NO NO." Videl snapped firmly. "I said it was a CHARM. It makes your wings invisible, dork."
Gohan blinked away his frustrations, craning his head back to observe that his wings were, indeed, invisible. "Oh."
"Now let me teach you the spell so we can explore. I'm just itching to see what's down here..."
It only took about thirty seconds for Gohan to understand the spell, and another ten to perform it. Videl simply winced at the pain that it caused, making Gohan narrow his eyes, wondering why it hurt him so much more. Or maybe she just handled the pain better? This made him grumpy.
They flew down through the yellow clouds above snake way and were above the blood lake of hell. Videl was scanning everything she could, while Gohan had his arms crossed and didn't pay attention.
"Hey, what's that?" Videl asked lightly, then screamed. Gohan yelled out as a beam came from the ground. Videl was able to swerve out of the way for the most part; but doing so made her loose her concentration and fall out of the sky.
"VIDEL!" He called, flying down quickly to catch her. It didn't take him long to do so. "What in the heck was that?"
"We should land. Now." Videl instructed, Gohan complying quickly. He could have sworn he saw a few more go above him as he landed. They scrambled off behind some tall rocks before they could be seen. Gohan glared at Videl harshly while she caught her breath.
"We shouldn't have come." He huffed. Videl laughed it off.
"Nothing we can't handle." She insisted. Gohan scanned the area for a ki of some sort, and found nothing too grand in the general vicinity. "Know who it was?"
"Actually, no... Nothing that could have made that beam anyway. Let's just get out of here, this place gives me bad vibes..."
Videl grabbed the back of his gi and pulled him back. "What do expect in hell Gohan?!..... Hey, check that out." Gohan followed the direction of her finger and furrowed his brow.
Beyond thick rocky pinnacles, there sat a shallow building with dark windows. He gave Videl a curious look, giving hesitant consent to go and check it out. The currently wingless angels carefully approached the strange place, stopping at about ten feet away, keeping themselves hidden behind the pointy rocks. A squat and very unhappy gargoyle stood guard at the black glass door. "Before you say anything... no. Just no."
"Oh come on! You know you waaaaant toooo..."
Gohan rolled his eyes sharply. "I know I want to make it out of here alive—"
"Gohan. Shall I point out your halo?"
Before he could think of something witty to snap back, a small group walked up to the gargoyle. They appeared to be mutants, and Gohan could have sworn he saw them before. One was purple with black spots on his head, and was very short and lanky. No hair. Another one had light yellow skin and wild red hair and beard at a moderate length. Another was green with crater like ears (it reminded Gohan of Frieza) with bumpy skin and a white Mohawk. Videl tilted her head to the sided examining the rest of the crew.
"You have any idea who they are?" She asked.
"They seem familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it..." He replied to her. With great curiosity he noted that they all entered upon showing the gargoyle a 'one fingered salute'. He had to keep himself from laughing. "Is that how they get in?! Flipping the guy off?!"
Videl chuckled as well. "I can certainly handle that."
Gohan's laughing ceased immediately. "I don't think so. At all. Let's just... go check out something... else?"
"Pff! As if! I'm going in!" Videl strode out from behind the rocks, leaving Gohan spazing out behind. The gargoyle tensed as Videl walked up, but upon being given the bird, he relaxed. Gohan watched in horror as his girlfriend disappeared into the mystery building. "VIDEL YOU DID NOT JUST..." He whispered harshly to himself. Gaining his composure, he stood up as well. He had so many better things to be worrying about... Like Goten for example. He could not believe he was wasting time like this while he was in such an unstable condition. First thing was first though. He had to make sure Videl would come out okay...
Which meant he was going in...
Tense air flowed freely out of his lungs. He would do this. Raising to his feet, he walked tall toward the gargoyle. Not even looking the creature in the eyes, he showed him his middle finger. Pushing open the black door, Gohan entered the odd building.
The place had much more depth than he expected. The lighting was soft and red with some white and purple hue, giving it a supernatural feel. There were round tables taking up most of the space, all of them surrounded by creatures of types. There was a round bar in the center of everything, and that was where the bigger creatures sat. Waitressing were some very harassed looking females in revealing uniforms. Suddenly all of Gohan's confidence left him, and he was feeling extremely timid. It was like he was two again. Where was Videl?
As he made his way through the place, a few others pointed and sniggered at him. For some reason he forced a smile. Why? Its not like anyone was going to be impressed here at his ability to take an insult. If Videl were here, he would feel a lot surer of himself. He gasped.
With an entire table to themselves, were six Cell Jr's. They were restless as usual, screaming and jumping like wild animals, demanding to be served. Gohan backed away and looked around. At a far off table sat... Oh Kami, he could faint.
He tore his gaze away from none other than Radditz, sitting alone with a drink in his hands, swooshing it was he thought hard about something... something he didn't want to find out. His heart started pounding. This was the worst idea Videl ever had!
Loud cheering roared behind him. Gohan turned to see what it was. He almost screamed in frustration.
"VIDEL!" Gohan roared. The sight before him was too much. Videl was surrounded by at least ten of these mutant men... arm wrestling with one. Was she mad?! He stormed over, fury in his eyes. Had she no common sense?!
A tall well-built blue alien with long horns yelled out, apparently signaling the beginning of the next match. Videl nearly instantly pinned the other guy's arm down, crushing his hand as well. The roaring of laughter drowned out the opponent's scream of pain. Gohan leaned in by her ear.
"And now what do you think you are doing?"
She looked up at him with laughing eyes. "Havin' fun."
"I've scoped out the place and this is the absolute WORST PLACE EVER to be. Let's go." He grabbed her arm and pulled gently.
"Fine... You win." She slid her arm out of his grasp. Apparently this didn't please the other's much.
"Hey! We're just having fun!" One proclaimed unhappily. Others agreed. Gohan laughed nervously.
"Uhhh, well, we're done." Videl and Gohan backed up slowly as they took a closer look at the angels in disguise.
"You know, Rachet, I've never seen them before."
"You're right. Sure are strong to be new too."
"We were strong—when...uh...we died..." Gohan insisted, grabbing Videl's hand as they hastened backing up. They bumped through people, but still the group perused with curiosity.
"Gohan I'm so sorry." Videl whispered to him. "I just wanted to—"
"Not now, we've got to get out of here."
"Hey! I know you!"
Gohan's eyes widened in horror as Radditz stood up at his table, watching them as they walked by.
"Must be a coincidence! Bye!" Now Gohan resorted to turning tail and running like nothing else, Videl nearly being dragged out.
This caused a chain sequence of events that would haunt Gohan for the rest of his angel years. First, the bar broke out into chaos. The gang trying to catch them became violent in attempting to reach them, and caused others to retaliate, making a mob behind them. Second, the charm wore off. With pained yells Gohan's wings burst out of his back. Scattered gasps exploded. Third...
He crashed into a very familiar and old friend of his... Frieza.
"What in the world?!" The genderless changeling screamed, his anger turning into aghast shock at what he saw.
"Hey, nice to see you again, bye!" Gohan laughed, making a door out of a wall and taking off to the sky, leaving the state of the bar in utter confusion.
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So it didn't exactly end the way it usually did. After two seconds of flight, Videl's wings burst out as well, making them sore thumbs in the world of demons. They were flying over what seemed to be a desolate field of red sand, the sky being barley lighter than black.
"Gohan, we have to land and do the charm again!" Videl pleaded, Gohan in such a panicked state he couldn't think straight. He agreed, and they landed to do so. Quickly he performed it on Videl, who actually screamed out this time. Ignoring the pain, she reciprocated the same to Gohan. Exposed his sore back to her, and cried out in agony. Apparently the spell was not meant to be used more than once so soon.
The two of them collapsed on the red sand, completely exhausted. Gohan's breathing was harsh and shallow, while Videl was simply panting. They sat there like that for easily twenty minutes. Gohan forced himself to a sitting position. "Are you HAPPY now?!"
Videl didn't reply to him, but breathed a lot quieter.
"This is terrible. Do we even know how to get back?"
Once again, no reply.
"...Do you know how DEAD we are if we don't get back in time for our next shifts? Zeal would use this as an excuse to banish us down here forever! I for one don't want to have to spend my entire afterlife running away from bad guys I've killed before!!"
"Don't you mean your father?"
Gohan screamed and spun around, ready to jump up and fight. What he saw terrified him.
It was the subject of many nightmares for him when he was younger. The strange being tried to make his father do bad things. It ended with his father not returning for another year. A year of harsh training. Just to watch the ones he loved die... "Radditz..." Gohan said, barley loud enough to hear.
The tall saiyan towered over him, his long unruly hair swaying in the harsh wind. He still wore his saiyan armor, but something was different about him. It wasn't the fact that his skin was now a sleek bronze, or that he wasn't wearing his scouter... He had a gentle smile on his face. It was only then did he realize the similarity that he and his father shared. It scared and soothed him.
"Is that you, Gohan?" He asked, no longer holding the malice of so many years ago. The young demi saiyan angel nodded his head slowly, and a smirk crossed his uncle's face. "I am surprised to see you here so soon. But what I would like to know is... how did a saiyan get into heaven? Let alone become an angel?"
Gohan laughed, and Radditz helped him to his feet. Videl was already up, and looking quite confused. "Saiyan?"
Radditz gave Gohan a curious look. He gave his uncle a cheesy smile, still a little afraid that he was suddenly going to go psycho and eat his face off...or something...
"So... um... why aren't you... evil?" Gohan asked. Radditz chuckled.
"Gohan, Gohan... We need to have a long talk. Come with me, I'll show you the other saiyans." He led the way, Gohan and Videl giving each other surprised looks.
"Like... Is Nappa there?" Gohan asked. "Cause I don't know if I really want to see him."
"Eh, I think the feeling will be mutual. But he can go screw himself." Radditz laughed. "Come on, they won't hurt you while I'm there. And plus, I think there's someone there who would like to see you."
They hesitantly followed Radditz, and after a moment, Videl looked up at Gohan.
"Saiyans?"
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Cesna: Whizoot! Finally, it's done! I know, this isn't what I would call angst, but I don't want this story to completely focus on Goten and Gohan... There are other things Gohan would be doing in heaven, and I wanted to convey that. Well, in hell too, obviously.
Gohan: :O !! He's going to eat my face!
Cesna: Nooo, can't you tell he's good now?
Gohan: That was easy. I don't think he would actually be good, you know...
Censa: Well he is now. So ha.
Gohan: What haaaaaappeeeeeens?!?
Cesna: Yaaaay, you like it! You really like it!
Gohan: Just because I want to know what happens, doesn't mean I like it!!! XO
Cesna: Review or I'll kill you. Fo seriously. I need them to live you know. :)