Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ.

I've officially posted something other than a DBZ fic. I have a Harry Potter fic up, too! I'm so proud of myself...

Anyway...sorry for the long break. Once school started I didn't have as much time to write. I'm in an AP class and quite a few college prep classes (one level below AP), and it's quite the workload.

Alright, enough with the excuses. On to chapter 2!

But first, in a review, someone mentioned that this story starts out a lot like Gohan's Onna's fic, "What You Wouldn't Expect". I'm a big fan, and I wouldn't disrespect a fellow author by stealing their story. I thought of this before I read WYWE. Scout's honor! (and I really was a girl scout, so that promise really holds water). Now on to the fic!

"Speech"

Thoughts

Never Get A Saiyan Mad: Chapter Two-Stages One Through Three and a Pissed Demi-Saiyan

"Dabura, I thought you killed the girl," Babidi said. The wizard and his right-hand man...er, demon, were looking at his crystal ball, seeing the Supreme Kai, the Saiyans, and the human girl land on the floor of stage one.

"She must have avoided my attack somehow. She is quite small. Maybe she is faster than I had anticipated."

"Oh well. The Saiyans were mad enough to come without killing her. And now, though she may be pathetically weak, her energy can contribute to Buu's resurrection," Babidi pointed out.

Stage One

Goku dragged his son to the far side of the circular room.

"Are you crazy? Why on earth would you bring Videl in here?" he asked, struggling to keep his voice low.

Gohan blushed slightly. "I...didn't really have a say. She said she was coming with me, and I didn't want to try to argue...she's kinda scary when she's mad."

Surprisingly, Goku just laughed and said, "She does have quite the temper, doesn't she? I know you'll take good care of her Gohan."

Gohan smiled and admitted, "I'd give up my life to protect her."

Goku smiled and said, "I'm sure you would. You really care for her, don't you?"

For once, Gohan didn't blush. He looked over at Videl, who was talking to Shin, and nodded.

Really care for her is an understatement. I love her more than life itself, Gohan thought. He had realized this when he saw Dabura's blast nearly hit her. In those few seconds before taking it himself, he knew that if she had died, he would have no reason to live.

Goku walked back over to the other three, Gohan following him and stopping next to Videl.

"Hey there, Mr. No-regard-for-his-own-safety," Videl greeted teasingly.

"You have no right to tease me. I saved your life," Gohan retorted, crossing his arms over his chest and sticking his tongue out at her. Videl tried to think of a good comeback, but couldn't and remained silent, giving him a half-hearted glare.

After a few minutes of waiting, the three Saiyans debated busting down the single door in the room, but before they could take action, the door opened on its own, revealing a short fighter.

Pui Pui, as he called himself, was weak, about Vegeta's height, mostly white-skinned, and had an oddly shaped head.

"So, who wants to fight him?" Goku asked his son and rival.

"I sure don't," Gohan said.

Pui Pui smirked, thinking this was because the demi-Saiyan feared him.

"Neither do I. He's too weak," Vegeta said.

Shin and Pui Pui both fell over.

"Well I don't want to either," Goku whined.

"Okay, rock, paper, scissors. Loser fights," Gohan suggested. The other two nodded, and they formed a circle.

"One, two, three, shoot!"

Gohan and Goku threw rock while Vegeta chose scissors.

"Looks like you're up, Veggie," Gohan said, grinning.

Vegeta grumbled under his breath, stomping towards his opponent. Gohan and Goku returned to the 'sidelines.'

"Can Vegeta beat that guy?" Videl asked.

"Easily," Gohan replied just as Shin asked Goku the same question.

The fight began verbally, Vegeta and Pui Pui both trading insults. Vegeta easily got on Pui Pui's last nerve, causing the henchman to charge him. Pui Pui and Shin got a shock as Vegeta easily took the former down. Videl tried desperately to keep up with the fight as Gohan whispered a sort of 'commentary' in her ear.

Over and over, Pui Pui charged only to be thrown back from a weak yet highly damaging attack.

He finally stopped, finally figuring out that he was losing. He stood there silently, talking telepathically to Babidi, which was unknown to the others.

He smirked suddenly, saying, "Buckle your seatbelts, kiddies. We're going for a ride."

A strong wind picked up around them and the room turned dark. They felt as if the floor was moving sideways, taking them with it. They came to an abrupt halt in a quite new looking place. It looked much like the mountainous area outside the ship, but the sky was purple.

Videl felt her legs crumple under her as she fell to the ground in a painful heap. Unfortunately, no one noticed, for their attention was on Pui Pui.

"Notice anything different?' Pui Pui asked. Without waiting for a reply, he continued. "It's the gravity-10 times higher than that of Earth's!" He picked up a rock, letting it fall to the ground with a loud thud.

As Gohan watched the rock fall, he thought, Is this supposed to impress us? He's still standing? Wow... He smirked, seeing Pui Pui's noticeable sluggishness as he took a few steps forward. He suddenly whipped his head around looking for Videl. If the gravity affected Pui Pui that much...

"Oh, shit!" he exclaimed, hurrying to Videl's side. Videl was being crushed to the ground by the gravity, her arms and a leg caught under her in such a way that they were in danger of breaking.

Gohan crouched down next to her, now noticing that her face was beet red an drenched in sweat. Her left arm-her free arm-was shaking as she tried to push herself up.

Gohan wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into his lap with the greatest of ease.

"Are you okay, Videl?" he asked, positioning her on top of him so that he was supporting all of her weight.

"I think so," she said, trying to catch her breath.

"Hey Vegeta, do you mind hurrying?" Gohan called to the Saiyan prince, who was currently blocking Pui Pui's attacks with a look of boredom on his face.

Vegeta looked over at them, seeing the barely detectable pain written on the human girl's face. Oddly, he was not disgusted by the fact that she could not take a bit of extra weight. The girl had spunk and potential. It was not her fault that she had not realized that potential, living with that buffoon the people of Earth adored so much.

"Sure, brat," Vegeta replied, barely hiding the concern in his voice. He turned and charged at Pui Pui, quickly taking him out with a large energy blast. The room changed again as they were transported back.

"You okay?" Gohan asked, sitting up.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Videl lied. Gohan heard the same pain in her voice that Vegeta had seen on her face.

"What hurts, Videl?" Gohan asked sternly.

Videl blushed, not wanting Gohan to know she was in pain once again. "My wrist..." she admitted quietly. Gohan had her turn around so that her legs were straddling his waist.

Gohan gently grasped her arm, examining her wrist for visible marks. Not seeing any, he prodded here and there gently, stopping when she winced.

"Does this hurt?" he asked, bending her wrist backwards. When Videl said no, he bent it forward.

"That hurts a little," Videl said. Gohan grasped her wrist firmly, along with her forearm.

"This is gonna hurt, Videl. It's dislocated, and I have to put it back in," Gohan warned. He pushed her the rogue bone back into place with a sickening pop. Videl cried out in pain, a few tears slipping from her eyes. Gohan held his hand over her wrist, using some of his ki to warm up the joint and take away some of the pain.

"Make sure you go easy on it for a while, or it'll swell," Gohan pointed out.

"Okay. Thanks, Gohan," Videl replied, smiling up at him.

"Hey, when you guys are done cuddling over there, we can go," Goku called, grinning evilly. Videl and Gohan blushed fiercely as they noticed the...intimacy of the positions they were sitting in.

"Uhh..." Videl managed.

"Umm...hehe..." Gohan stuttered.

"Unless of course you wanna stay here and make out while we go ahead..." Goku added.

Videl practically leapt out of Gohan's lap, letting out a yelp as she landed painfully on her wrist.

"Videl, are you okay?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Videl replied, still blushing fiercely, much like Gohan. She walked over to Goku and the others, determined not to look at Gohan, because when she did, the blush on her face only intensified.

Gohan watched, dumbfounded, as Videl followed the others through the hole in the floor. Now what was that about? he thought. As he walked over to the hole, he also thought, I shouldn't have let her come...what if she gets hurt again during the next fight?

Stage Two

"So, my turn, huh? I wonder who I'll get to fight?" Goku said with a pout, lowering his scissors.

Gohan smirked and said, "Hopefully somebody stronger than the last one. I just hope they haven't all been scared off." It turned out, though, that they hadn't all run off, for they were joined a few minutes later by Yakon.

After exchanging banter with him, Goku began the fight, and, much like Vegeta, dominated. Another similar aspect of this fight was that they were transported to a new world. One difference, though, was the world they were sent to. This was the World of Darkness.

"Welcome to my world," Yakon stated, his voice coming from a different direction with every word as he jumped around unseen. He started cackling madly, his voice echoing off the unseen walls.

"Gohan?" Videl called tentatively. She wasn't scared of much, but the dark was one of the few things that scared her

"I'm right here, Videl," Gohan replied, feeling her out with his ki. He reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her over to him. They watched...er, listened, as Goku and Yakon continued to fight.

"You okay?" Gohan asked in a whisper, feeling Videl's hand trembling slightly.

"Yeah...I'm just a little scared of the dark..." Videl admitted.

"I'm right here, Videl. You'll be fine," Gohan said, squeezing her hand.

Their attention was returned to the battle as Goku went Super Saiyan and said, "It looks like I've found my extra flashlight." They watched as Yakon swallowed his energy and he powered down, the room turning dark once more. After an ignored offer of help from Gohan, Goku went super again and made Yakon drain too much of his energy. Gohan shielded Videl from the explosion.

They returned to the original room of stage two and the two older Saiyans and Shin flew down the hole. Videl and Gohan looked at each other's clasped hands, then at each other's faces. They both smiled.

"C'mon," Gohan said, tugging at her arm gently. Videl nodded, following him.

Stage Three

The two teens landed in a strangely familiar looking stage three.

"So...your turn next," Videl said, and hint of nervousness in her voice.

"Yup!" Gohan replied excitedly.

I hope his fight is as easy as the others'. I don't want him to get hurt. Videl thought.

After waiting for a good ten minutes, Gohan pulled Videl to the side of the room, sitting down against a wall. Videl followed his example, sliding down the wall. Videl leaned her head against his shoulder, blushing only slightly and hoping Goku would leave them alone for once.

Gohan grasped her hand gently in his, tracing his fingers over the lines in her palm.

"Gohan..." Videl began, trailing off.

"Yeah?"

"I don't want you to get hurt," Videl said, voicing her previous thought.

"I won't get hurt, Videl. What makes you think I will?" Gohan asked.

"I don't know," Videl said. "I just have kind of a bad feeling."

"I'll be fine Videl. I promise. It's you I'm worried about."

"Me?" Videl questioned, turning to look at him. "You're the one fighting."

"You've been in too much danger for my taste. Dabura almost killed you, and then the gravity in stage one..." Gohan trailed off, a guilty look on his face.

"It's not your fault, Gohan," Videl said, brushing back the lock of hair hanging in front of his face. "I'm the one that insisted on coming."

"Yeah, but I should've stopped you," Gohan replied.

"Gohan, it wasn't your fault, okay?" Videl insisted.

"I still should've stopped you. I care about you a lot. You're my best friend. Actually-"

Gohan was cut off by the single door in the room opening with a loud hiss. The most recent fighter appeared. Vegeta's eyebrows rose, Shin and Videl gasped, and the two Sons' mouths gaped open.

Why the hell would Babidi send Dabura? Doesn't he have anybody else to send? Gohan thought.

Oh no...Gohan...Videl thought.

"It seems you Earthlings are causing more trouble than master Babidi expected. But that will end now. You will not defeat me," Dabura stated confidently. "All of you, attack me!"

"Hey, no way! It's my turn to fight!" Gohan declared, stepping in front of the others.

"Fine, if you really wish to lose that badly," Dabura replied. "But first, allow us to change the scenery."

"Fine with me," Gohan said. They were transported again, this time to a world very similar to Earth except for the oddly colored sky.

Gohan dropped back into a guard stance, as did Dabura. Dabura made the first move, charging Gohan at an almost untraceable speed.

Gohan barely brought his arms up in time to block the punch Dabura sent at him. He let out a grunt as he threw a blinding flurry of attacks at the Demon King. Dabura easily blocked every one, countering with a painful punch to the chin and knee to the ribs. Gohan groaned in pain, coughing up a bit of blood. Videl watched helplessly as Dabura kept up his assault, landing most of his painful attacks. Dabura sent a bloody and battered Gohan into a mountain with a powerful energy blast.

Dabura smirked, crossing his arms over his chest. He flew over to the other four and said, "I don't supposed he'll be getting up any time soo-"

He was cut off as the pile of rocks Gohan lay in exploded in a golden light. Videl watched in awe as a now Super Saiyan Gohan appeared from the rubble.

"That was a nice warm up. It's time for the real fight to begin," Gohan stated confidently, wiping a trail of blood from his lip. He flew toward Dabura, disappearing from view. He reappeared inches away from Dabura, kicking him in the face and sending him hundreds of feet away. Gohan wasted no time in following him.

The two of them battled back and forth, powering up over and over every time they fell behind in the fight.

"I grow tired of this. Prepare to die, boy," Dabura warned menacingly. He let out a yell as a red aura surrounded him, his energy skyrocketing. Gohan's eyes widened. He could never match Dabura's strength, even at his strongest against Cell. Dabura attacked him mercilessly, not letting up until Gohan collapsed in a heap, his hair returning to jet black.

"Gohan..." Videl whispered, barely resisting the urge to fly over to him.

Dabura kicked the demi-Saiyan in the side, rolling him over onto his back.

"You gave me a good fight, boy. I'm giving you the honor of watching your little friends die," Dabura said, laughing evilly.

"Bastard..." Gohan managed before nearly choking on his blood. He tried unsuccessfully to grab Dabura's ankle as the demon flew over to the others.

Goku and Vegeta powered up, meeting Dabura half way. Videl waited until they were a good distance away and flew over to Gohan.

"Gohan, are you okay?" Videl said, resting a hand on his bloody cheek, feeling an odd sense of déjà vu.

"I'll be fine," Gohan replied, sitting up with a groan. He gasped, looking in the direction of his father and Vegeta. Videl looked over just in time to see Dabura hit them both with an extremely powerful energy blast.

"Dabura, leave them alone! You're fight is with me!" Gohan shouted, standing up with a grimace of pain.

"Gohan, let them Goku and Vegeta fight! You'll just get hurt," Videl pleaded.

"No. This is my fight," Gohan said, flying over to Dabura.

Dabura smirked as Gohan reached him.

"I thought I told you that you would be watching them die...oh well. If you really want to die first," he said. He disappeared from view, reappearing right in front of Gohan. He grabbed onto the demi-Saiyan's hair, driving his other fist into Gohan's stomach. Then he kneed him several times in the stomach, grinning as Gohan coughed up tons of blood. He frowned when Goku and Vegeta both got up and tried to attack him.

"You three don't know when to give up, do you?" he said, sending a powerful wave of energy out at the two Saiyans.

"Dad! Vegeta!" Gohan shouted, struggling to break free as his hair flickered gold.

"Shut up, boy," Dabura growled out, punching him in the face. Suddenly, someone kicked him in the head, making him release his grip on Gohan's hair and sent him flying. Oddly, that someone was not Goku, Vegeta, or even the Supreme Kai, but...Videl?

"Videl...get out of here. I'll take care of him..." Gohan said quietly as Videl used most of her energy to hold him up in the air as well as her.

"Gohan, you couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag," Videl said, gently lowering them both to the ground.

"Girl, you'll pay for that!" Dabura shouted, his sudden appearance startling the teens. Videl gasped in fear as the demon charged up a powerful energy blast in his hand.

All sound seemed to disappear as Dabura sent it towards her, except for Gohan's voice shouting at her to move. She did move, but she wasn't fast enough. She shrieked in pain as the red energy collided with her, searing her skin to the bone. The last sound she heard before she blacked out was Gohan's enraged scream...

End of Chapter Two.

So, how was that? I think it's the longest chapter I've ever written...it certainly took me a while to write...hehe

Anyway, the next chapter might be out soon...I'm not making promises.