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Ssj3Vegeta – Me get off my lazy ass? Well EXCUSE me if I'm lazy! Nah, I'm just kidding. I'll start writing more when I can.
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Previous Chapter:
"That was a long day, even if it was the first photo taken," sighed Gohan while rubbing his arm. He looked down at his watch and noticed the time. "No! No! No! No! No! I was supposed to be home two hours ago!"
Videl laughed slightly. "Why is it that you're always late? Even if it's not for school."
"I can't help it." He took another worried glance at his watch and sighed. "Well, I better get going. I'll see you tomorrow, Videl."
She waved to him as he flew off in the distance. "I better get home too." She then flew off in the direction towards her own home.
"You're kidding me right? We have to wear this?" asked Gohan.
Emi nodded her head. "Yes. Everybody's doing this theme, but it never comes out real enough."
Gohan knitted his eyebrows and looked down at the pieces of clothing clutched in his hands.
Videl shrugged her shoulders and elbowed her friend in the stomach. "What are you getting so worried about?"
Gohan looked over at Emi and asked, "Could you leave? I want to talk to Videl about something."
Emi raised an eyebrow at the boy's request, but complied anyway. She walked away from the duo and went to search for her partner.
Once he was sure Emi was out of earshot, he said, "I don't think this is a good idea. Someone might recognize us."
Videl laughed at the statement. "Gohan, just about everyone knows your secret. You really don't have anything to worry about."
Gohan scratched his head in confusion. "Everyone?" he squeaked out.
She nodded her head. "Remember the time you transformed a couple of months ago?"
"Oh yeah…" he heaved a sigh and bowed his head in defeat. He turned around and headed toward the changing rooms. "I guess I'll go change now."
Videl smiled and said, "I'm done changing into my costume."
Gohan turned around, confused by her comment. She was wearing her street clothes and she hadn't gone into the changing rooms, so how was it possible that she was already in costume? Once he noticed her pointing to her wrist, Gohan blushed. "I forgot about that."
She laughed at his embarrassed state and said, "It's a lot faster and looks more realistic thanthe costume they gave us."
Gohan nodded his head and pushed the button on his watch. "That's true, I guess." He dumped the costume in his hands into the box where Videl had thrown hers. "Come on, let's go and get this over with."
"Wait a second."
He turned around and asked, "What? Did I forget something?"
"I think that you should use your old helmet instead of your head cover and sunglasses."
"Huh? Why?" Gohan asked in confusion.
"Well, for one thing, the costume they gave you was the one with the helmet, not the head cover. Two, you said that you want to conceal your identity even though mostly everyone knows. Three, I just think that the helmet looks better."
"Oh…" He pushed another button on his watch. The head cover and sunglasses disappeared and were replaced by a familiar orange helmet. "Is this better?"
"Yeah. Come on, let's go," replied Videl.
Gohan nodded and followed Videl out to the room in which the cameras were stationed.
"Do you think this is a good idea? Using the Saiyaman theme?" asked Mita.
"Of course! We see Saiyaman #1 and Saiyaman #2 around the city all the time. People love them! This will be the cover of the magazine."
"But I thought that the cover was the Romeo and Juliet theme," said Mita.
"Well… now that I think of it, the Saiyaman theme would look better than the Romeo and Juliet theme. With this picture on the cover, people won't ignore it as much as they would before. Remember when we had one of our regular themes on the front? Hardly anyone bought it," said Emi.
Mita released a defeated sigh and said, "Fine. Let's just hope it works."
"Don't worry, it will." Emi checked her watch and said, "We should get to the photo shoot now. We have another theme to complete later."
"I don't really feel comfortable," whined Gohan.
Videl looked at her partner and asked, "Why's that? It's not because we're doing the Saiyaman theme, right?"
"A-actually… it is. I don't really feel comfortable doing this. To tell you the truth, I was hoping that they wouldn't use this theme."
"Relax Gohan, you look fine! And if I were to use the term Erasa uses, I would have to call you 'hot,'" She said with a wink.
Gohan bowed his head as his face turned crimson.
"Hey kids! Where are you?" called a voice.
Gohan and Videl turned to the sound of the voice and found their agents roaming around the halls, looking for them. "We're in here!" yelled Videl.
A few seconds later, Emi and Mita entered the room. "Good, I was afraid that you couldn't find the room since it's a different one…" She trailed off as she took in the appearance of the two teenagers. "Whoa… the costume designer is good. You look just like them!"
Gohan turned crimson once again. It was expected since they were the two Saiyamans.
Mita pulled the water bottle away from his lips and smiled. "You guys really do look awesome! I've got to compliment my sis on her work."
'He really shouldn't waste his breath doing that. The costumes his sister made us did not resemble the Saiyaman costumes at all!' thought Videl. She smiled weakly and waited for the instructions.
"We have a change of plans. We're going to go shoot this scene outside!"
"Is this safe?" Gohan asked while tugging on the cables suspending him in the air.
"Of course it's safe!" yelled Emi. She glanced up at the worried teen that was currently standing on the building and sighed. "What is he worried about? That's a professional crane operator."
Gohan tugged on the cables again. 'You know what? Sometimes it sucks being aSaiyan. Even though we have a fast metabolism, we are extremely heavy!'
"Gohan? Stop fidgeting," said Videl. "What do you have to worry about? I'm the one who's being carried. If you drop me, I'm dead."
Gohan knitted his eyebrows again. He was definitely worried about what would happen if he messed up.
Videl smiled at Gohan and slapped him on the back. "Don't worry, there aretrampolines on the bottom."
"Okay! Places everybody!" Emi yelled through the microphone.
Gohan picked Videl up and she put her arms around his neck. "Um… okay… I jump?"
Mita shook his head. "You don't have to do anything! The crane operator will do everything for you!"
'Crud… I have a feeling that the cables are going to snap…' thought Gohan.
The technician moved the controls and skillfully picked Gohan up off the building, suspending him in the air.
"Okay… take a couple shots of this," Emi ordered to the photographer.
The camera operator nodded his head and zoomed in on Gohan and Videl. Just as he was about to take the photo, some noises were heard.
"Damn… I knew they were going to snap," Gohan mumbled to himself.
"What do you mean?" asked Videl.
Gohan concentrated his ki and levitated. "Um… you know how we eat a lot and don't get fat, right?"
Videl nodded her head.
"Well… we kind of get really heavy instead of gaining lots of fat on our body…"
Videl sweat dropped at the explanation. That would explain why normal humans couldn't pick up a fallen warrior, without struggling very hard. Any normal human would be struggling extremely hard if they were to try to pick up a Saiyan. "So… just fly or something…"
"That's what I'm doing right now. I just hope no one noticed."
"Gohan! What's the matter? I heard some noises!" yelled Mita.
"Nothing's wrong!"
"Gohan! You've got some loose strings hanging out of your costume! Get back on the building so Videl can yank them out for you!" yelled Emi.
Gohan nodded his head and waited for the crane operator to start moving the controls before he flew over to the ledge of the building.
"The 'strings' she's talking about are the cables used to hoist you up, right?" asked Videl.
He sighed and reached behind his back, disconnecting the strings from his belt. "Okay… they're off."
When they were ready, a couple hundred shots were taken so they could choose the 'perfect' picture for the cover magazine. Eventually, the cameras stopped clicking.
"Thank Kami it's over…" Videl muttered.
"What are you talking about? I'm the one who has to stay in one place for six hours levitating in the air!"
Videl shrugged her shoulders and leaned into Gohan, preparing to fall asleep.
"Gah…." He heaved a sigh right before a loud growl echoed around the area.
"W-what was that?" asked everyone except Gohan and Videl.
"Don't tell me… you're hungry," said Videl.
Gohan nodded sheepishly. "That and I'm kind of tired. I don't think I have the energy to stay in the air any longer."
"You what?!" screeched Videl.
The two of them began to descend really quickly to the ground.
"Damn! It wouldn't matter if you hit the ground! You'd probably come out unscathed!" yelled Videl. She jumped out of Gohan's arms and grabbed onto Gohan's cape, hoisting him up with all her energy.
Luckily, no one on the ground noticed what was happening since everyone was too busy cleaning up and putting away his or her equipment.
"Kami Gohan! How much did you eat before you got here?!"
Gohan smiled sheepishly. "Just let go! It's like you said, I'd probably come out unscathed."
"You mean it?"
He nodded his head.
"Well alright…" she released his cape and let him drop to the ground. Meanwhile, she began rubbing her sore arms. He wasn't kidding when he said that he was heavy!
Gohan looked around to see if anyone was looking before gathering all his energy and powering up to Mystic. Then he flew back up next to Videl.
"I thought you said that you have no energy left."
"Uh…. That's true because I'm hungry, but I don't really feel like falling to the ground on an empty stomach so… I uh… powered up."
"You idiot! Why didn't you do that earlier instead of making me hoist you up?!" she yelled.
Gohan smiled sheepishly. "I didn't think of that until later."
She would've face-faulted if she wasn't in the air, but restrained herself from doing anything embarrassing. "Whatever." She lowered herself to the ground, followed by Gohan.
"Ms. Amaya? Mr. Takeshita? Could we go home now?" asked Gohan.
"Oh! Go ahead. Take that limo over there and they'll drive you home," said Mita.
The two jumped into the air instead of heading to the limo.
"That was tiring…" whined Gohan.
"Tell me about it. I'll talk to you later. I have to get home before my dad becomes suspicious," said Videl.
Gohan waved as he watched the girl he liked fly off in the distance.
So… it isn't as funny as the first two, but I wanted to get this scene out of the way.But don't worry. I'm gonna use muhahahha's idea. Chain reaction of utter chaos at the beach!!! I wonder… will Gohan get a nosebleed if he sees Videl in a bikini? P
But don't worry. I'm gonna use muhahahha's idea. Chain reaction of utter chaos at the beach!!! I wonder… will Gohan get a nosebleed if he sees Videl in a bikini? P
Thanks again to AOYU for the corrections. Even though there are still a couple of grammatical errors, IGNORE it! It was never there. D
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