I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 5: Water Park Madness
For a few minutes, Gohan argued that a good spot on a faraway beach would be better since there would be no people around. That failed miserably.
"You afraid of being seen Gohan?" Videl asked with a dark smirk.
His eyes shot open, "Uh, no, I just mean so no one gets accidentally hurt or anything, Goten and Trunks aren't exactly the masters of control!"
"Oh I know they'll be good. Otherwise I'll have you tie them up and I'll whack them over the head with the frying pan until their hair is poking out of their necks," Videl glared at them sharply right as she said it. Goten hid behind Gohan when she said that, Trunks behind a wall.
"And here I thought her mean streak was gone," I said, laughing as I stayed put.
"Fortunately the maids packed a swimsuit for me. So if you will all excuse me, I need to change," Videl said, turning just enough to send her hair into a violent twirl, even when it was short.
"Sometimes I wonder about her," Gohan whispered once she was gone.
"Yeah I'm sure you do, you lose any sleep over that?" I asked though he didn't answer.
"Hey Gohan, can we go to the one with the wave pool and the circle river?" Goten begged at his leg.
"Yeah, that one was cool!" Trunks claimed as he tagged Gohan's other leg.
"Oh god, not that one again," I smacked my head slightly.
It had been about two months ago, Mom demanded that we all go to a city park that rivaled the largest in the world. Sort of a day off of training before the tournament, and even Vegeta went, though not by choice. Gohan and Chichi came along as well, though Chichi and Mom spent the day tanning and Gohan pretty much sat off to the side and read a book. The terrors loved the wave pool, but unfortunately Trunks swam down to its base to figure out how it worked. We didn't see him and Goten for several minutes after they vanished, and the wave pool had been mysteriously shut off.
After about ten minutes the boys reappeared from a nearby shack and the wave pool turned back on, but we found Trunks had tinkered with the controls and turned the power all the way up. I must admit though, the nearby golf course looked like it needed watering. The circle river was actually called the lazy river. They didn't try to tamper with this one, but instead flew the other way along the surface, causing all of the other patrons to be thrown out of it. Then the waterslides, oh boy. Well, after the lifeguards told Trunks that he was to small, he took matters into his own hands. I don't think that lifeguard will ever go fishing again, but it was pretty funny to see him dangling off the slide over the jaws of a rather large shark. This was after Trunks remodeled another one of the slides to dump into the nearby landfill.
Needless to say, it was quite a historic day. No one really got seriously hurt until the management asked Mom and Chichi to take their freakish demon children away. I took slight exception to that as I had saved several employees from severe injuries, but I could certainly understand his objections to our presence. After they beat up the crew manager, the riot squad appeared, fully equipped with high-powered automatic rifles. That quickly turned into the highest injury rate for police officers on the job, not one got away unscathed. Afterwards, most of the remaining males at the pool left us alone, since Vegeta was more menacing then just his glare. I thought that might have been the end of it, until one steroid pumped show boater insulted Vegeta's hair, then his height. We never did ask him how the guy didn't end up dead, even after being smashed through the concrete. Then pulled upward through it, then smashed again, and then thrown into the distance. While no actual death report came in, we heard plenty of reports about total paralization and eating through a straw for the rest of his natural life.
I sighed at the memory, Well, at least the management was smart enough to write a letter to ask us not to come back.
"So Gohan, can we go to that one?" Goten continued his begging.
"No Goten, remember that we practically destroyed that place. I don't think they have enough lifeguards willing to work there now, we have to go somewhere else!" Gohan explained as Goten bit his lip, his shuddering could only mean one thing.
"I already picked a place, It's Mr. Satan's fantastic island in Satan City. I get free entry with anyone I come with!" Videl came in, still wearing her white shirt that hung over whatever she had on underneath. Gohan was stealing glances at her legs, causing Trunks to hold his nose in disgust.
"That sounds like a plan Videl," Gohan eagerly agreed before realizing what he just said.
"Good. We don't need to bring any towels, they have a large supply of that and sun screen as well," Videl said, a slight grin on her face.
"How are we getting there?" Gohan said, clueless.
"Flying of course, would you rather we walked?" Videl snapped, heading for the door.
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Our flight to Satan City was rather quiet, other than Goten and Trunks shouting happily that we were going. We flew high over Satan City, not wanting to attract much attention. The water park though did redefine the standards I was used to. It took up at least three miles of space, it had several unnatural rivers, including one that went around the entire thing, and a few that merged into others before splitting off again, and a even few tunnels under the hills. More waterslides than I could count, several open, tube and plunge slides. One really big wave pool, the deepest part of which being about twenty feet down. A lot of tanning decks and simple wadding pools, plus a big kiddies area that was packed with brats. And of course a standard swimming pool that had to be as long as a football field, and just as wide.
"Damn Videl, you weren't kidding when you said this place was big!" I gasped.
"Why thank you, ever seen one this big?" Videl asked.
"No."
"Well there's my dad's fame and fortune put to good use, though it wasn't originally his idea," she sounded agitated.
"Then who's was it?" I asked.
"Mine of course! He only added his personal charm to the plan and revamped it into this, still isn't bad I guess."
"I have to say, it did turn out pretty decent, at least from here," Gohan noted as we began to descend.
"Somehow I don't think you're going to like everything here Gohan," I said as we approached the entrance.
"Why's that?"
"Take a good look at the floor mat at the entrance," I pointed out. It was a big picture of Cell, a very well done Cell even though he was covered in shoe dirt.
"Oh geez, here we go again," Gohan shook his head. We landed, thankfully unnoticed, and Videl took us to the cashier desk, where no line was present before the gate.
"Can I help you?" the attendant asked before he realized it, "Videl Satan!"
"Really, it's the champ's daughter?" the other attendant piped up.
Videl cringed and growled at this, "Yeah, can me and my friends come in please?" She asked loudly over the excited office workers.
"Of course! You're always welcome here along with your friends, free of charge for the champ's daughter!" The gate swung open, and Videl took the lead to head inside. I passed through, noticing Goten looking at some strange frog over by the Cell mat.
"C'mon on Goten!" I called back to him. The gate swung shut behind Trunks, trapping Goten on the other side just as he realized it.
"Oh, hey mister, can you open that again please?" Goten whined slightly.
"Sorry sonny, you have to pay first to get in, where are your parents at?" the attendant asked, his tone had changed.
"He's with us, and Videl," Trunks said from the other side of the gate.
"Sure, just about everyone is with Videl once they see her go in with her friends. Sorry sonny you gotta pay the thirty zeni fee first!" CRASH! I spun to see the gate now lying on the ground, crumpled into a neat little pile of nuts and bolts.
"Don't ever tell me that my friend can't come in!" Trunks shouted at the speaker, getting a scared expression in return. He and Goten entered a half second later, running to the locker rooms.
"That didn't take long, we weren't even in and they broke something already!" Gohan moaned.
"Get used to it, I have a feeling we're going to be here awhile," I grumbled as my tail slashed angrily behind me.
"How are you going to keep that hidden, your wearing teal-green swim shorts!" Gohan asked.
"Guess I'll be underwater a lot then. A lot of people aren't really surprised to see it anymore, a lot of them saw me fight against Buu. That's of course the ones that do recognize me, I'll still keep it wrapped up," I said calmly, tossing my shirt and shoes into the locker Gohan had managed to find. He put his shirt in there as well as Trunks and Goten's, who were jumping up and down now in anticipation.
"And I'll just have to improvise," Gohan muttered.
"What's wrong, afraid of a tan?" I asked.
"No, I just prefer not to be noticed all that much," Gohan grumbled.
"Good luck then," I said with a grin. We exited the locker room and stood next to the exit for the women's room, waiting on Videl.
"Can we please go now Gohan?" Goten asked, almost shattering the ground with his jumpiness. Sure enough a few small cracks formed around his feet.
"Just a minute Goten, we need to wait on Videl," Gohan grabbed him tight to make him stop jumping.
"Aw, but why, we're in right? What do we need her for now?" Trunks whined.
"You wouldn't run off without me would you?" a girl with a semi-sweet voice behind me. We turned to see Videl all right, but she wasn't wearing her long white shirt anymore. My mind had briefly thought up what she was possibly wearing underneath it, but two-piece purple thong wasn't on that list. I don't think Gohan expected it either, his wide-eyed expression showed that off pretty well.
"What's wrong guys, did you see a ghost?" We all slowly shook our heads no, causing her to giggle again.
"Um, n-not exactly," Gohan stuttered.
"Well you're all as pale as ghosts, let's pick out a spot in the grass over there!" Videl said, walking on by as we slowly followed through the crowds. I heard a lot of loud shouts and yells soon, most of them general recognition of Videl's presence, soon followed by a mad rush in her direction for an autograph or something.
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The instant Videl laid out a towel and gave them the ok, the boys were gone, splashing like mad through one of the many pools. Videl was lathering herself with sunscreen, with Gohan trying not to look. He was doing a really bad job too, something Videl did notice, and made full use of. She laid on her stomach, undoing the back part of her top.
"Gohan, can rub this on my back?" Videl asked in an almost seductive voice. Gohan didn't know what to do, causing me to shake my head slightly while chuckling.
"Go for it Gohan. It'll only be on the news in about an hour, Videl Satan's timid boyfriend!" I laughed. Gohan shot a glare my way quickly and stood up. Just so his Saiyan pride wouldn't be permanently damaged, he sat down next to Videl, squirting sun lotion into his palms and onto her back. Worked like a charm. He finished quickly, to Videl's disappointment.
"Hey, do you guys need some too?" she asked, holding the bottle up.
"No, Saiyans don't get sun burnt," Gohan said quickly, trying not to look at her.
"Yeah I'll say, you're white as a sheet!" Videl laughed and gave him a slight shove, "What about you?" she asked me.
"What? I don't burn either," I said, stealing a look at her. I couldn't help myself; age didn't matter at this point. Besides, who wouldn't take advantage of that? Luckily for me, it didn't have near the effect it had on Gohan. Now where's a nice pair of sunglasses?
"Oh darn, I was hoping to oil you guys up," She snickered. She got the response she wanted in blushing glares.
Gohan stood up, "Well I think I'll go try some of those plunge slides!" He quickly walked off, muttering about self-control.
"Sometimes I wonder why I bother with him," I heard Videl whisper.
"You guys are almost there, the only thing holding Gohan back is his human side," I said. This received a smack upside the head with a very familiar metal artifact.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Videl growled.
"Well I personally think Gohan and yourself are meant for each other, and Vegeta recognized it a long time ago. He said you two would begin to bond as mates long. Him and his stupid talk of ritual," I said, covering my head just in case.
"So that's why he always calls me that," she said with a finger to her chin, "I didn't know Gohan liked me that well." I looked at her as if she were crazy, How could she not know, it's obvious.
I sighed before blurting out an answer, "He doesn't show it often, but he does care for you deeply. He's just not used to it, since outside of his general group of friends and family, you're the only one he cares for this way. He just seems thick because it runs in the family," I explained.
"Yeah I know that, what about this bonding thing that Vegeta talks about? Is that the same as sex?" Videl asked. My eyes went wide, Oh hell, how do I explain this? I'm not an expert.
"What? Does that question bother you, I thought you said you used to be older. I figured talking about the birds and the bees would be fine with your perverted mind," Videl snickered.
"Depends on the situation, and I'm not completely sure. Vegeta only explained it once to me a long time ago when we were training in the hyperbolic time chamber and he didn't hit the details. Bonding, is done in different ways, but he didn't say specifically how it's accomplished and I didn't ask. There might be more but that's all he was rather brief about the details since he figured it to be a waste of time. A mating bond is I guess the same as marriage, though it's deeper and only breaks in death. Vegeta says that there is no cheating on your mate in the Saiyan society. That is punishable by death, as were many other acts of dishonor. Also, he said that any bonded Saiyans could potentially hear each other's thoughts or something," I said, scratching my head slightly.
Videl was confused now, "That is crazy, but then again I've seen some crazy stuff!" You have no idea Videl.
"No idea about what?" My eyes flew open so wide that a bird nest could have been built in it.
"I didn't say that!" I rasped.
"Yeah you did, I heard you clear as day. Funny though, your mouth wasn't moving." Oh man, no fucking way! As soon as I thought that I tried to retract it, but she didn't say anything,
"What were you talking about, no idea about what?" she asked.
"Just crazy stuff," I muttered, shutting up. How the hell can I be bonding with her? It's supposed to be Gohan, man, I better ask Vegeta about this. Sure she's a sweet girl but she's Gohan's, not mine! After all of those thoughts had gone through, she didn't react, catching my attention. I thought she could hear me, I wonder if I tried some tests.
"Hey Videl!"
She looked at me, "What?"
I raised an eyebrow in confusion, "I didn't say anything!"
"Funny, I heard your voice just fine," Videl grumbled as she turned away in frustration. That's weird, she can't pick up on my regular thought trend, I actually have to send it to her like I do with Gohan and Piccolo. This isn't a bond and I'm too young anyway. It must be something else. Maybe its one of the other ones that he mentioned, I'll consult Vegeta about it later. The irony that I should be explaining this to her at the same time is incredible.
"Hey babe, glad to see you still come to the park!" A burly and arrogant voice said behind us. Two hands clamped down on Videl's shoulders, rubbing them slightly as she frowned.
"Great, just what today needed," Videl said in-between clenched teeth. I glanced upward to see what the disturbance was, and immediately regretted it.
"You look really good today Videl, we should head up to the juice bar!" Sharpner said.
Videl scowled further in annoyance, "Maybe you can drink so much that you drown."
"Ah come on, you don't mean that. Hey kid, move along so we can do adult stuff!" he said, though clearly not looking at me.
"My name is not kid, it is Verto. Get it through your pea-sized brain you idiot!" I said, giving him the death glare.
"Listen up junior if you don't leave right now I'll.." he stopped when he looked at me with full recollection.
I smiled slightly at just the mere thought, "You'll what?"
"W, wh, wh, what are you doing here?" he stuttered, taking his hands off Videl's shoulders.
"Wasting my time talking to you right now, I could ask you the same thing," I said, crossing my arms. He got over his shock and decided it was wise to ignore my presence, not that I cared except he was focused on Videl.
"Verto, would you mind pounding this guy before I do, heh too bad he can't hear me," I heard go through my ears though it came without true sound. Damn, we are connected somehow, that confirms it, I stared at the ground.
I felt Gohan approaching, "Hello Sharpner!" he said in his usual polite tone.
Sharpner stared at him with pure jealousy, "What's nerd boy doing here? I thought rules were in place against such things!"
"No but they should be to outlaw people like you Blondie," Videl growled a warning. The jock didn't get the hint obviously, staring daggers at Gohan.
"Hey Videl, Hi GOHAN!" another blond ran up. I remembered this girl, her pinching habits couldn't be forgotten. Erasa arrived wearing a green bikini, full of ditzy smiles that gave Mrs. Briefs a run for her money.
"Uh hi Erasa," Gohan said, his eyes wondering downward from her head before snapping back to attention. I chuckled, poor Gohan, being in the presence of two nearly bare females was overwhelming him. Erasa was now giggling at the sight of Gohan without a shirt on, much to Sharpner's chagrin. Soon thereafter several more girls were coming up to Gohan, who couldn't react very well other than the classic Son grin.
Sharpner was furious, "How can that freakish nerd boy be getting all the attention?!"
"Did you just call Gohan a freak?" I asked, he didn't notice my changed voice tone.
"Yeah, all you people are freaks with your little flying shows and light tricks! All you guys should be tossed in the slammer or something, things like you and Gohan aren't natural!" he claimed. I stepped up to the plate just then, a little mad because of his ignorance. I didn't get a chance to react though; Videl had already knocked his jaw loose.
"Did you just call my friends freaks?!" she screeched. Sharpner's face turned to jelly, stricken with fear.
"Well they are!" Sharpner said as he begged off. It was his last dare to Videl's wrath. She promptly kicked him down low with such a force I thought his children were erased from ANY possible existence. There was a collective groan from the crowd forming around us, Sharpner did the only reasonable thing he could, and he simply passed out from pain.
Videl's rage then turned on the crowd for a moment, "Anyone else think my Gohan is a freak?" Massive heads shook side to side in sudden fear.
"Good, get lost!" The crowd scattered, leaving a hay bail to flutter by.
"My Gohan? Well Videl, I thought you were just friends?" Erasa asked with a wide grin on her face. Videl turned crimson red at this; Gohan did as well before walking off elsewhere.
"Does that mean I can have this little cutie here?" Erasa turned to me. I think my eyes were starting to stretch out easier now after that question. Videl saw this as a chance to embarrass me and took it fully.
"Maybe, I still might want him as a backup boyfriend though, he's saved my butt a lot," her eyes flickered with evil.
"You're Cruel!"
"Yeah I know!" Her grin vanished and turned to suspicion, but she waited until Erasa wasn't looking.
"How did you hear me, and how did I hear you?" Videl whispered.
"I don't know, this isn't supposed to be happening. I'll ask Vegeta about it when he gets back. It only seems to work when we actually try to talk to each other, rather than just random thoughts," I whispered back before Erasa turned around again. I didn't turn back quick enough though, a pair of fingers managed to grab a piece of my rear, sending me into the air with a slight jump. I landed holding my rear protectively, staring at Erasa who stood over me in full giggle mode.
"He jumps just like Gohan does! When are you going to grow up? I need a date for the prom!"
"You'll have to wait awhile then Erasa, and I call first dibs!" Videl cracked a grin.
"Women," I muttered, sitting down again. Erasa jumped down and started talking excitedly about guys, something I didn't want to hear so I tuned it out in meditation. Something I forgot about was that my tail tended to unravel itself when I relaxed. About ten minutes into it, a hand grabbed my tail and snapped me back into reality. It was a rather large hand too, belonging to a certain blond jock.
"What the hell is this?" Sharpner asked as squeezed it hard enough to get my attention.
"Let go of that," I said in a warning tone.
"Is this some sort of tail, you're not human!"
"Did you just figure that out dumbass? I figured enough people watched me fight against Buu to remember such details?" I asked, yanking my tail out of his hands, and looking it over for damage.
"What the hell kind of weirdo freak are YOUUUUUU?!" The last part came as an extended shout, as Videl had just picked him up from behind and hurled him a good distance away. Unfortunately for him, he landed just outside the park, and into a large pack of rose bushes.
"Ooooooo," came the massive groan of people that had witnessed it.
"He has a tail! Cool! I was wondering what that was!" Erasa said, looking closely at it.
"Yeah, and I don't really like it when people touch it," I said sternly, pulling it away to the other side of me. That ended up being a mistake when another hand grabbed it, but not as harshly.
"Hey Erasa, you want to know what happens when you pet these things," Videl grinned at me evilly.
"No you wouldn't, not in public!"
"Yeah what happens?"
"They break down and make this really awesome sound, it's really sexy to hear. And then they can barely move while you do it. I use that to put this little guy to sleep sometimes," Videl explained.
"Does Gohan have one too?"
"His mom said he used to, but it got removed somehow," she sounded slightly disappointed.
"Can I see it?" Erasa asked me, giving me the puppy dog eyes. Damn, why can't I resist those when a girl uses them? I let out a heavy sigh and swished my tail her way, grunted slightly when she grabbed a hold.
"Man, these things are really soft," Erasa said, rubbing a hand across it.
I fought the urge to emit the sound they were waiting for, "Yeah they are a little sensitive." This is really humiliating. My breath changed out of my control, and the sound she was seeking came flooding out.
"Wow, you were right Videl, he must really like it," Erasa said, stopping finally. I pulled my tail away and wrapped it around my waist again.
"Anything else you two want to embarrass me with?" I shouted, standing.
"No, that will do!" Videl said, satisfied.
"Good, I'm gonna go see what the demons are doing!" I walked off in a slight stomp, getting a resounding giggle from the girls. The only good thing about all that is that I'm still only eight years old. Maybe I should ask the dragon to remove the damned thing.
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I made my way through the crowds swiftly, mostly because I cut across the pool connections that were filled with ankle deep water. I could have flown, but I didn't think these people really needed to see that today. I focused on Trunks and Goten's ki signal, which was down thankfully, but still noticeable. It came from the general area of the large lazy river area. Following the path, instead of the preferred air route, I scanned the area for unusual activity. Finding none, I relaxed momentarily, on guard though for anything. I spotted the boys finally, who were crouched down on the far side of the river, looking at the same frog Goten was examining earlier. It was very weird looking, green yes, but covered in black spots with strange antennae sticking out of its head. I've seen that frog before, somewhere…
"Hey Verto, do you know what kind of frog this is? I see it at Capsule Corp sometimes. Gohan said to stay away from it though, is it poisonous?" Goten asked.
"Did Gohan explain why?" I asked.
"Something about some purple dude in armor that fought my dad once," he said, confused. Purple dude in armor, must be that Ginyu clown.
"Here Goten, hand that thing to me," I said, holding out my hand. Once the slimy turd was in my hands, I put on a version of Vegeta's angry face.
"Okay frog, you have exactly thirty seconds to entertain me before I blast you into oblivion!" I shouted at it with a gruff voice, holding up a tiny ki ball in my hands. The frog jumped off and started to dance and jump all over the place in fear. Then it started to do poses just like Ginyu did at one time, except it couldn't talk aloud. One of the odder traits is that it posed a lot like Gohan did as the Great Saiyaman. The boys fell over in laughter, I had to chuckle as well, Ginyu made a pretty good clown of a frog. After thirty seconds was up I picked up the pathetic worm again.
"You managed to make me laugh, so you'll only fly today, you won't die!" I said loudly before throwing it into the air. Ginyu sailed into the distance in a few seconds, a loud "Ribbiiiiiiit!" came from him and faded quickly.
"That frog was funny!" Trunks said, still holding his sides.
"I wonder if a frog will skip off water. Oh damn, I already threw him away," I smirked slightly, gazing to the distance where I had thrown Ginyu. Once the laugh was over, I turned to face the both of them.
"So, have you two destroyed anything yet?" I asked, beaming at them.
"No, we went and rode the wave pool thingy, then we played in the kids area. Then we rode on that moving river all the way around, then we saw that froggy again, then you showed up and made it dance.." Goten babbled.
"Okay, I'll take that as a no. Don't get into trouble or else Videl will pull out the frying pan!" I warned before walking off, heading for a swimming pool. The one I picked out wasn't initially crowded, but it got that way, nothing but splashing sounds and shouts of kids and talk of adults. I back floated in the water, relaxing on the surface of it. I forgot that when I relaxed, I didn't track ki levels much, so I didn't notice a pair of small hands emerge from the water and grab a hold around my stomach before pulling me down under. I squirmed out easily and swam away before I resurfaced an instant later, glaring heat at the mischief-maker as I spat the chlorine water out. But the head that came up wasn't the one I was expecting, a head full of brown hair followed by a face with no nose.
"Krillin? What are you doing here?" I asked in surprise.
"Oh good, I thought you might pull a Vegeta and blow me up or something!" Krillin laughed as he grabbed a hold a small blond girl that was sitting by the edge, wet hair and all.
"That was fun Daddy!" Marron said, "Sneaking up on Verto was funny!" I smiled slightly at the toddler, even though down deep my Saiyan pride was burning hot.
"I didn't expect to see you guys here, until I saw Gohan over at the waterslides. The two boys haven't caused any chaos yet have they? Where are Vegeta and Bulma?" he asked in series.
"On vacation for four days with Goku and Chichi, they left me with a babysitter to watch over. You know what's funny, she turned out to be an android," I explained.
"Yeah that's what Gohan said. So you're stuck with the twin terrors for two more days, ouch! I hope you can find something for them to do for all that time! Especially with Videl hanging around Gohan a lot, I don't know if she'll be able to watch them and him at the same time!" Krillin broke into laughter.
"Yeah, she kinda agreed to watch them," I said, no mentioning the other side of that arrangement.
"Man, I wonder how he roped her into that," Krillin chuckled.
"Actually I did," I admitted.
"I don't even want to know why she agreed."
"And I almost wish she didn't." Marron made a small kick into the water, sending some into Krillin's eye. As he rubbed it out, he got another wicked grin on his face.
"So is Videl looking anywhere near what Gohan described today?"
"That and a bag of chips. I'll tell ya Krillin, sometimes I wish I was older again. I might give him a run for his money over her," I said, blushing and shrugging at the same time.
"Heh, I hear ya kid. But I'm married now, to the woman for me," Krillin said, rubbing his hair slightly.
"You mean bombshell for you right?" I chuckled to his blush.
"Yeah that's her!" As if on cue, another pair of arms grabbed a hold of my stomach and chest, this time not pulling down but surfacing. A shadow appeared an instant later behind my head.
"Well, even attractive boys hang out here!" Eighteen said, humming slightly.
"Mommy!" Marron giggled still holding onto Krillin.
"What are you doing here kid?"
"Videl's idea to keep the boys out of trouble for today, she drug me and Gohan along for the ride," I explained, trying to squirm out of her grip, she was squeezing a little hard.
"Oh god, you're not serious about hoping those two are actually behaving are you?" Eighteen asked.
"No, I'm pretty sure something is going to explode soon," I muttered.
"Kind of like that android you guys fried last night?" Krillin asked.
"What android?" Eighteen asked, catching that mighty quick.
"Does Dr. Gero's daughter ring any bells?" I asked her. The grip on me tightened into an almost vice grip. Krillin plugged his little girl's ears in preparation.
"Yeah, I recall that little bitch. Always sucking up to Gero like he was supposed to be Kami or something. He always favored her to, a disgusting freak is what she was!" I barely heard her words, I was turning blue.
"Hey Eighteen, could you let go, I need to breathe here!" I rasped out weakly.
Eighteen glanced down at was likely a blue face and promptly let go, "Oh, sorry kid." A figure splashed into the water a half second later, revealing Videl as she jumped in next to us.
"And here I find he's in the arms of another woman," she said jokingly.
"Wow kid, I see why you wished you were older again!" Krillin cracked a joke with poor timing. Eighteen held me tight when I threatened to move in his direction. I only stopped because his daughter was still there.
"You really said that? Wow, maybe we could ask that magic dragon you guys use to bring people back to life!" Videl held up her hands in a big smile.
"Don't you even dare," I warned.
A sharp and hard hand smacked me upside my head, "Oh cool it, she was just joking! You don't need to act like that royal pain Vegeta all the time!" Eighteen scolded.
Videl swam closer and giggled some more, "He is acting like Vegeta? He needs to work on his imitation then, Vegeta is much colder than this cutie!"
"Just please stop, I'm embarrassed enough," I thought at Videl. A loud crash reached my ears, followed by a lot of shouting.
"Great, now what?" I asked.
"Not sure, but I sense Gohan going over there. Goten and Trunks are there as well, that's a pretty good hint," Krillin said. Three more splashes suddenly occurred, being replaced by Gohan holding the two terrors by their necks.
"Okay boys, what did you do?" Videl asked for all of us. When Trunks didn't answer, Goten did for him.
"That mean guy at the gate said we couldn't go down the slide cause we weren't big enough, so Trunks blew up the slide with an energy blast!" Goten admitted.
"Shhh, dummy!" Trunks rasped at him but it was far too late. Gohan sighed along with the rest of us, the day wasn't over either.
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It turned out the man who didn't let them in was just being a bit harsh or something. Both Trunks and Goten were close to forty-six inches tall, the limit for the slide, they were both off by barely an inch. I frowned slightly at that thought, they were both a little taller than me in this state. Maybe gravity training stunts my growth or something. Gohan apologized for them, after having a slight argument with the worker, who had pissed his pants after Trunks blew up the slide. He came back over, scolding the two a bit and telling them to stay away from the slide area. While he was doing this, Eighteen was drilling me with questions about android twenty-one. Mostly her power attributes and abilities. She didn't exactly seem surprised when I described everything, except for the so-called weakness.
"Well, is the other lab destroyed?" Eighteen asked.
"Yeah, Gohan said he blew it up with Seventeen this morning, why?" I asked as I treaded water.
"Good, there was other projects he worked on there, some that made Cell look like Krillin," she snickered at this last thought. "I would have blown it up long ago except I didn't know where it was, just what it held. Seventeen had information like that."
"Well kid, we do need to be heading out. Gotta fly home and get dinner going, hopefully Master Roshi didn't throw one of those old farts reunions. He tends to hire strippers when he does," Krillin laughed slightly before dreading the thought.
"Okay, I'll see you guys later!" I waved at them at Krillin got out of the pool with his daughter in tow. Then Eighteen got out, and that had just about every guy in the area was paying attention. Damn you Krillin, lucky bastard. They left a few minutes later, leaving Videl and myself free floating.
"So explain this whole thought hearing thing again? I don't get it," she asked.
"Somehow when you or I actually send transmission to each other, we pick it up, here try one," I said, waiting patiently.
"So how long until the brats break something else?" she asked.
I smiled slightly, "Anytime now, looks like it's still working. But just general thoughts don't come by I guess. Otherwise I'm pretty sure we would hate each other by now," I smirked now.
"I thought you said only you and Gohan could do this cause Piccolo taught you how, how did I pick it up?" Videl asked, confused.
"Yeah, I didn't think you'd be able to use it either, and certainly not with me. Vegeta said you two were starting to bond, do you ever get thoughts from Gohan?" Videl gasped a little bit, but took a second to answer.
"And here I thought I was just imagining it, but sometimes I do hear random things in Gohan's voice, not necessarily directed at me either. Sometimes he's not even in the area and I still hear it. But how can you and I be doing almost the same thing?" Videl asked again.
"I don't know, something happened that's for sure," I said as I attempted to figure it out.
"Hey, is that how you knew I was in trouble last night? You showed up kinda quick!" She's right; I had that nagging feeling all night before Twenty-one attacked.
"Kind of. After I was done training and went to bed, I had a bad dream, and then I got up and came downstairs. It was like I was supposed to be down there to check on you. I saw everything was fine while you guys watched a horror movie, so I went back to bed, but I still couldn't sleep. I thought I was getting paranoid or something, that dream had felt so real. So I came back down and saw you shoot that energy ball at her the same way you did in my dream!" I explained.
Videl, needless to say, was shocked, "You mean you dreamt that would happen and then it did, like a premonition?"
"It isn't the first time either, I've had those on occasion for as long as I can remember. But that was the first one that actually came true so quickly. You remember when Buu turned you and the others into chocolate right?" I asked this time.
Videl's face scrunched up, "How could I forget?"
"I dreamt about that too, about eight months before it happened. That happened when I was training with Vegeta. It eventually caused me turn Super Saiyan for the first time," I admitted, "And I imagine it'll start happening again here pretty soon."
"Why, what is going to happen?" she asked.
"An alien race is going to invade, or at least I think they will. You remember Dabura, the one who turned Krillin and Piccolo to stone? Well I met him again in Hell, and he warned me about them. The Supreme Kai didn't deny it, so I know it'll happen. I just don't know when," I explained.
"Well bring em on! With you, Gohan, Goku and Vegeta here, no aliens can mess with us!" Videl declared, her face beaming with confidence. I decided to silence myself on the subject of the Zerg for now. I figured I'd have enough time to think about them sooner or later, but now wasn't the time. Another crash went off, causing Gohan's ki to rise in alert and rush to another side of the park.
"Looks like those two did it again, I'm gonna go try to tan for a little while, see ya!" Videl said, climbing out of the pool. I sighed and climbed out as well, heading for the general direction of the twin terrors. I arrived to see Gohan scolding the boys some more, this time two more slides now lay in pieces. According to the onlookers, they ran up the slides in the opposite direction instead of coming down, and ran into the wall of one or the other by accident, causing them to crumble. I didn't bother explaining their super strength, these people had seen enough as it was. Gohan was starting to lose it a little bit, but not quite to the point of overreaction.
After he stomped off again, the little devils decided to visit the wave pool again. I observed them from afar, simply curious. After the wave pool did a couple of rounds without interruption, I thought they might just leave it alone. Naturally they didn't, the next round of waves didn't exactly go like everyone around would have hoped. It was only one wave, disappointing sure, but when the one wave is about fifty feet high and crashes so hard that the force runs into the surrounding pools, well one wave was enough. That and the building that harbored the wave machine was on fire. I identified two blurs rush out of it at near light speed, heading for the perimeter lazy river. I followed quickly on my feet, but not abnormally quick for anyone around me. When I got there, I saw that all of the patrons in the pool had been forced out, mostly sitting on the side getting splashed on a fly by. The boys were flying through the river as high speed, showering everyone in water and looking like a couple of torpedoes made of light. They circled the park a few times before I held out my arms and caught them by their arms. The force drug me along a little bit, but I stopped all motion with my own ki.
"Aw, we were just having fun!" Trunks whined.
"And scaring the daylights out of the humans! Come on, stay in the normal pool for awhile," I said, dragging them along. I arrived at the pool Gohan was wadding in, and tossed the terrors in.
"I guess that explains the fire department being here," he said.
"Yeah, looks like the wave pool won't be working for awhile," I said, jumping in and giving off a decent splash. When I came back to the surface, Gohan shoved a bunch of water at me.
"Hey, you got me all wet!"
I gave him an evil eye, "Well, don't get in the pool then!" I shouted back, throwing a bunch back. That was all it took for a splash war to start. But between a couple of Saiyans, well the people on the grass were not too happy about it. It didn't take long for Goten and Trunks to jump in on the act, forming their own team about it and drenching both of us. Drenching the crowd was hardly the words to use though, most everyone in the pool had gotten out once we started, they really didn't want to be hit by moving water that was generated from the other side of the pool. The huge splash war lasted about three minutes, before we realized what we were doing and quickly stopped, seeing as the water level of the pool had significantly dropped. We held our heads slightly with a bright Son style grin as we were getting out, being returned with massive scowls, or massive shocked looks, depended on the person. We walked back over to the grassy areas, seeing Videl wringing the water out of her hair.
"Nice job guys, you got the snack bars wet and they just put up the closed signs," she sounded almost scornful. A management looking official came in our direction, his sailor looking outfit had seen better days.
"Oh boy, here we go Gohan," I muttered. He came over and sent us a slight glare, but held it in and instead deciding to consult with Videl.
"Miss Videl, I'm afraid I'm going to ask your friends to leave. They are a bit, disruptive," he asked with all the politeness he could muster.
Videl looked at her watch, "Well I suppose it is getting kind of late. Let's head back guys, see if we can whip up some dinner for you!"
Gohan was going to object, but the thought of food overruled his mouth, "Yeah sure!" The manager was left dumbfounded, as Videl had totally ignored what he said. But I could tell by the look in her eye that she didn't like what he said one bit, even with a fake smile while she was capsulizing all her stuff. I suddenly saw a tiny smirk show up before vanishing again.
"What are you up to Videl?" I purposely thought to her.
"Say boys, you wanna go for one last ride through the big swimming pool over there? I wanna see a race between you two, make a tidal wave out of it!" Oh boy. That's all she had to do was ask, because the boys rushed down there and did just as she asked. They started at the long end and raced all the way to the end and back, causing a huge wave of water to go up in both directions, twice. Gohan formed a ki shield around himself and Videl while I was left to get another dousing. The boys were back in about seven seconds flat.
"I won! I won!" Goten shouted.
Trunks frowned and shook out his hair, "No fair, you had a head start!" Needless to say, the remaining crowd didn't exactly know what happened. One minute they were fine, the next they were all coughing up water and dripping wet. Over half of them were in the pool again, dragged in when the water rushed back. Gohan was speechless, as was I. Videl snorted slightly, satisfied, and turned to head out the gate door that was being repaired.