Gohan and Videl: A sweet surprise

Chapter 15: Frying Pans and Saiyans...

Last time...

Suddenly a certain green god, known as Kami of the planet Earth, smiled evilly. He knew exactly what he would do, and the expression that had entered his face made poor Mr. Popo run for cover.

Yeah, that was good. Finally it was time for torturing his favourite demi-Saiyan once again...

After all, he had given Gohan a quite and peaceful, no wonderful honeymoon. He had not even watched the area in which those two spend their honeymoon. But now the time had come to use his Kami-powers and play fate once again...

The leash on the Saiyans had to be maintained, or else they would get stupid ideas. Thus he used his powers, and suddenly a certain object, furnished with a note, appeared in the kitchen of a certain black-haired woman, which a certain Saiyan Prince had not only once called 'harpy'...

Dende only laughed wickedly. This note could not be traced to him, and Earth was safe once again. But a certain demi-Saiyan surely was not...

Now the continuation...

Meanwhile Gohan and Videl were still sitting in the kitchen of the Satan mansion, unaware of what fate (or better Dende) would do to them soon.

The young couple had finished breakfast, and to Gohan's utter surprise he had survived the strange food cravings Videl claimed as normal intact.

Now he only had to convince Videl that a trainings session with Vegeta was exactly the right thing for him. As much as he liked being around his wife, her food cravings and the start of her mood swings (of which he knew despite Videl's attempt to hide them) were something he had to prepare adequately for. He would ask Vegeta during training...

At the same time Videl was putting her plan to get Gohan busy in action.

"Gohan..." Videl began, and exactly at this time

"Videl..." Gohan began, and the couple laughed.

Gohan, as a true gentleman, let his wife begin.

"Please continue, Videl."

Videl smiled.

"I wanted to fly over to Erasa and have a chat with her, if that's okay with you." she said, not thinking at all during this moment for fear to think the wrong thing. "It could take all day, so if you want you can spend the day as you want. No need to accompany me."

Gohan nodded. He could barely hide the gleam in his eyes.

"That's okay with me. But one thing: you promised me not to fly alone, so either use your jet-copter or public means of transportation."

Videl pouted.

"Aww, come on, Gohan, what can happen when I fly on my own?" she asked.

Gohan gave her a stern look.

"Remember our talk. You don't fly on your own, except in your jet-copter. I know it is always faultlessly maintained, and Bulma makes regular check-ups on the thing. So, either you use it or a bus." he said, not tolerating objection.

Videl sighed. She knew when he spoke in the tone he had just used that he would not give in. On one hand she understood him, for he cared for her (and the baby's) safety, but on the other hand he was just so... overprotective! Argh!

"Okay, Gohan. I will give in, but only this one time. Got it?" she asked, and felt her temper rise.

Gohan was taken aback. Man, that was starting out good...

"Yeah." he simply said, and knew that he had to steady himself for some really harsh quarrels in the upcoming months...

"Okay. I will now leave for Erasa. With the jet-copter." she said, stressing the last word sarcastically. But the very next second she smiled and gave him a kiss. "Till later, sweetheart!" she called, and walked out of the door.

Now Gohan was really worried. Not worried about Videl, though, but about his own safety. This was starting out the same way it had with his mother during her pregnancy with Goten. Now it was official: the mood-swings had started.

"Bloody hell." was all Gohan managed to say before slumping onto the chair.

On the lookout a certain green god was laughing wickedly. Everything was just going perfectly, and soon it would even become better and better..

Once Videl had boarded the jet-copter she steered it first into Erasas' direction, then, when she had flown far enough changed the course and headed straight for Gohans' former home.

She activated the turbines, but even with those she would need a good half hour until she would arrive there. Supposedly Chi-Chi would be alone now, as Goku and Goten had made it a habit to train with Vegeta and Trunks in the Briefs gravity room. Gohan joined them whenever possible, and today she had given him just this opportunity. And he had jumped at it. She could not help it but smile at her manipulative skills...

While Videl was en route towards the Son residence, Gohan prepared himself to fly over to the Briefs. He, too, knew that his father and brother were by now training with Vegeta and Trunks, and he was glad that he was able to join them today. Although Videl had made it a bit easy for him, which made him a tad bit suspicious...

But this suspicion was quickly forgotten in face of the upcoming training. Gohan smiled in anticipation of a good work-out, changed into his black trainings-suit, left the Satan mansion and flew straight towards the Briefs, ready for a good fight...

Ten minutes of flight later at a fast pace he arrived at Capsule Corp. and touched down in front of the GR. Goku and Trunks were delighted once Gohan entered the GR and closed the inner lock.

The Saiyan Prince however had to mock Gohan a bit.

"Ahh, Kakkarots' first brat. Let your onna you off the hook today?" he asked mockingly.

"Very funny, Vegeta. Forgot that threat of your onna already?" he asked smirking.

That shut the Saiyan Prince up very nicely. Too bad that the others had not witnessed how Bulma had blackmailed Vegeta into complying, but it had given him a very welcome way to deal with Vegeta's mockery. Blackmail material was always good...

Trunks however looked at his father.

"Otousan, what did okaasan do?" he asked curiously, while both Goku and Goten were watching with interest.

"Nothing that would concern you, brat. And now we will continue where we were interrupted." the Saiyan Prince said indifferently.

Goten and Trunks looked at each other and exchanged an evil grin. They would find out what that had been about, sooner or later...

Soon the training started, and Gohan got the fight he had wanted. His father had powered up into full Super Saiyan Three mode while Vegeta was a fully powered up Super Saiyan Two, and Gohan had to tap deep into his mystical powers to keep those two from overwhelming him.

While Gohan had his fun Videl finally landed in front of the Son house. She shut the machine down, exited and went straight for the door. Sensing that Chi-Chi was inside Videl knocked.

After some seconds the door was opened, and Chi-Chi practically gleamed with joy at the sight that presented itself to her.

"Videl!" she exclaimed, embracing her daughter-in-law in a tight hug, "What a pleasant surprise! Come right in, I have cake in the oven!" the elder Son woman exclaimed, and Videl followed her into the house.

And indeed, the air was filled with the aroma of fresh cake.

"Mmmh," Videl said, "is this a citron-cake?"

Chi-Chi nodded smiling.

"Yes, and it will be ready in some minutes. But it is nice to see you, Videl."

Videl blushed.

"Gomen, Chi-Chi. I had no time to stop by until now. So much to do! But today I sent Gohan training with the others and here I am." she said smiling.

Chi-Chi mirrored the smile. She had always liked her daughter-in-law, for she thought to see a resemblance to herself in this young woman.

"No need to be sorry. I know how it is, Videl. The relocation, the pregnancy itself... it is stressing. And although I am sad that you two could not move in here I understand it perfectly that you chose the house of your father. There is so much more space, and here you would have had to share Gohan's old room. But it would be nice to see you more often. You two."

Videl nodded.

"Me too. And I had an idea for this matter. Shortly I had a talk with Bulma during which I asked her if she could oversee my pregnancy in the early months, and she agreed. During this talk we had the idea that we could make it a weekly thing, just dedicated to us women. We could change the meeting place weekly, one week at Bulma's, one week here, and the other at the mansion. I will kick my father out, the men can go training and we have our talk. What do you say?"

Videl had her answer instantly. Chi-Chi's eyes gleamed like diamonds.

"I am all for it! When do we start?" the elder Son woman asked.

The younger Son woman smiled.

"First of all we have to choose a day. And I think we could start next week. How about it?"

Chi-Chi nodded.

"I will phone Bulma and clarify it. What a nice idea!" she exclaimed, smiling like the Cheshire cat.

Videl smiled too.

"I thought you would like it. But I've a question, Chi-Chi..." she began, and the elder Son woman looked at her.

"Ask, Videl."

Videl nodded.

"Bulma told me during our talk that I should ask you about frying Pans and their effects on Saiyans. What about it?"

The older Son woman's eyes suddenly gleamed.

"She told you, did she? Good... Videl, it is time that I introduce you into the depths of knowledge we, the women married to Saiyans, have acquired." she said mysteriously, and Videl listening to Chi-Chi's words with rapt attention.

"Go on!" she urged.

Chi-Chi smiled, proud at the younger woman's eagerness.

"Well, Videl, you certainly know the normal, good ole frying pan." she began, and Videl nodded. "You know it as an instrument of cooking, but in reality it is something so much more. You know of course that a frying pan has often been used to knock out burglars in the movies. And really, a frying pan is the weapon of choice when fighting a man, but even more so a Saiyan. Its primary use, cooking, will distract them long enough with thoughts of food for you to get in one good hit. But that does not work with ordinary frying pans, for they would break in face of a Saiyans thick skull. No, what I am about talking is the frying pan of doom! I never told anyone how I came into its possession, so listen closely..." she said.

Videl leaned forward in her chair, eager not to miss one syllable. And promptly, Chi-Chi continued.

"I always wanted to have an instrument to induce even fear in a Saiyan, and one day, when I hit Gohan with a normal frying pan for something he had done and the stupid think broke in two I wished that I had a frying pan that was unbreakable. I don't know how it happened, but the next day I opened my kitchen cabinet to fetch another frying pan I found this beauty." she said, got up, fetched an impossibly black frying pan from the stove and sat down again.

Videl took it in her hands and cooed a 'Wow!'

Chi-Chi nodded.

"Yeah, you can say that again. No idea how this beauty got there, but it contained a note:

'Use it wisely.' That was all! Just 'Use it wisely.' And that I did. The next time Gohan stepped out of line he regretted it deeply. I know it like it was yesterday..." the older Son woman said, a dreamy look on her face.

Videl listened with rapt attention, eager not to miss a single word. After a brief pause Chi-Chi continued.

"Gohan said something insolent, just what ten year olds say when they think they can't get punished. He knew that his skull was hard enough to break any frying pan, but he had not reckoned that there could be something harder than his skull here on Earth. Well, he soon found out that there is! I whacked him with this baby, and he slumped to the ground like a sack potatoes. Fully knocked out! Imagine my surprise! This baby had managed to knock out a half-Saiyan. Finally I had a weapon against them! And I used it wisely!"

Videl looked a tad bit unsure.

"Whoa, that sounds a bit extreme to me, don't you think?" she asked.

Chi-Chi just shook her head.

"Nah. You need a method to maintain the leash onto a Saiyan, or otherwise they will walk all over you. Believe me! And it is a good method to cure men from their habit of knowing everything better..." the older Son woman said.

Videl nodded.

"Maybe you're right, Chi-Chi. But there is only one problem... as far as I see the facts, this frying pan of doom as you call it is a unicum. And it's not likely that I will get one in the local mart...."

Chi-Chi smiled.

"You're right. But look what I found this morning while tidying up the kitchen cabinet..." she said and went to, you guessed it... the kitchen cabinet. She opened it and fetched something from it, all the while keeping her back so Videl could not see.

When the elder Son woman finally turned around her eyes were glittering maliciously. In her right hand she held... an exact replica of the frying pan lying on the table!

"What in the world..." Videl began, and Chi-Chi placed this frying pan besides the other so that Videl could have a closer look. Yup. They were absolute identical. Only that this one had a note...

Written in writing she did not recognize it read: 'To Videl Son. Use it wisely.'

Blatant! From where in the world did this thing spawn from? This was unreal!

"Do you have any idea from where exactly this thing came from?" Videl asked her mother-in-law.

The older Son woman shook her head.

"None whatsoever. But it gives you the means of maintaining the leash on your Saiyan, even if he is my son. You will know by now that Saiyans are an entirely different case. Without my frying pan of doom I would not have been able to acquire the respect I have now. Bulma maintains her leash trough other means... blackmail, threats and other neatnesses, but Vegeta deserves it and probably likes it this way. But coming to think of it... a frying pan of doom would make things easier for her too..." she mused.

Videl nodded. She began to see the uses of such a weapon at her command, and up on the lookout a certain green god laughed wickedly once more at the next actions he would carry out. All for the better of Earth, of course...

Chi-Chi's idea had been good, and Bulma would be both surprised and pleased to find a frying pan of doom in her possession soon...

to be continued...

Thanks for reading! And please review!

And as always a very special thanks to my beta, who is doing a great job! Thx!

REVIEWERS RESPONSES:

Marshmellow13Dragon: hands out cookie Correct answer! You will soon see where the frying pan of doom comes from. I think the first time I saw it was in a GT episode, where Chi-Chi and Videl wanted to help in the fight against Super 17. But I'll explain its origins...
As for the food craving, that's really gross! Your brother has a... weird taste!

cosmictwilight: hands out cookie Riiight! A frying pan it is, but not an ordinary, so much is for sure!
And thanks for the compliment, I do my best. And nice idea for a food craving, those in the last chapter were really gross. Sometimes my imagination surprises even me... :)

PanBraSaiyin: hands out another cookie Yeah, you guessed it, too! That's a definite yes!
Uhh, nope, Videl did not think about killing Gohan yet, I guess those thoughts will occur once she has to give birth. I heard some rumours that this is often the case...              

Candy the Duck: Sorry, no cookie...             

Saiyan-of-the-Seas: Yup, that makes sense... :)
Glad that you like it, and the possibility that Goten and Trunks play pranks can never be ruled out...

Caitlin: Thank you! And thanks for reading and reviewing all those chapters! As for the questions, they have been answered...        

Tootsy: Yeah, and I hope it's actually somewhat accurate and believable. And here is your cookie for having the right guess hands out cookie                

Son Oliver: You're very quick on the uptake, pal. You figured it out. hands out bag of cookies
But I won't Dende hurt right now or in the next chapters, I'm gonna wait till after the birth, and then...

Mr.Staypuft: Right guess! hands out cookie
Yeah, your story is good! As for scaring Gohan, I simply love to surprise ppl... smirk              

Goku's little sister: Yeah, that was really gross... and I love food too! starts eating cookies
Cool that you liked it!       

Cappucine: Yup, and the mood-swings will soon start full bout too. As for the energy drop, good suggestions, maybe I'll include it later...
I am glad that you liked the chappie, and even more glad that you like my stories. Thank you!     

bri: Thanks. And I think that too. Finally the torture begins... evil grin        

Rose Vaughn: That it will for sure. Although this chapter was mainly story development (and some torture) we will get to the real torture soon...   

animeprincess1452: Thank you! And yup, those really are weird food combos. Sometimes I surprise myself...

GOGI: Not knocked off, but knocked at. Let the poor demi-Saiyan live, will ya! The poor fella has enough to suffer in the next few months. Being yelled at, his hair smashed flat by a frying pan of doom, not to forget the enormous headache resulting from the hits... uh oh...

== Next time: The women try to think up a believable story how Videl came into the possession of a frying pan of doom. And Videl visits her best friend. So stay tuned! ==

Note: Due to too much work I've gotta switch to updating this story in one week and the other ongoing story in the other week, in weekly interchange. Sadly I don't have the time to update as quickly as beforehand any more. Gomen!
Runs for cover while being persecuted by angry reviewers Ahhhh! Help!