Title: A sweet surprise

Author name: Trugeta

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Akira Toriyama and Funimation. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

This story focuses on Gohan and Videl, and is set after the Majin Buu Saga. Reviews are welcome and appreciated.



Chapter 22: Why not have a picnic?



Last time...



On the lookout a certain green god pouted. Now they had gone and taken one of his favourite pastimes away from him. There they had gone and taught Gohan how to hide his thoughts from Videl. Pheew, he would find other ways to amuse himself...



A wicked grin crossed Dende's features as he enjoyed another glass of Pepsi. Oh yeah, he would...

Now the continuation...



While the decidedly drunk and altogether sugar-high Dende was enjoying the misadventures of a certain Hercule Satan ('How the fraud deserved it!' Dende thought), self-proclaimed saviour of the world, said 'saviour' was now slowly coming around again.



Lying on the kitchen floor, nursing a large bump that would have made a unicorn envy, Hercule put himself into a sitting position.
"Owww, has someone noted the license number of the elephant that hit me?"



Videl giggled at hearing this comment.
"Dad, elephants don't have license numbers. It was this baby here." she said, hefting her frying pan of doom™ in her right hand with an evil smirk Vegeta would have been proud of.



Hercule glanced warily at his daughters as she stroked her frying pan lovingly. What the heck was that thing?



No normal frying pan was this hard! He had a headache as if he had just run face first into a solid brick wall!
"Vi... Videl! What is... this thing?" he finally asked, pointing at the frying pan in her hand.



Videl smiled proudly.
"This, dad, is a frying pan, as you will have guessed. But it is also my choice weapon to educate men if they get naughty. Have I made myself clear?" she asked with a dangerous glint in her eyes.



Hercule could only nod. Videl smiled to herself. Obviously she had made quite an impression on him. Good!



That would teach him to never adorn himself with Gohan's plumes in front of her ever again.



Videl smiled.
"Good. Now that I have made my point clear I will make me something to eat." she said.



Hercule saw his chance.
"Videl, could you make me something too?" he asked in a sweet and hopefully convincing tone.



This hope however scattered as Videl turned around to him, her face contorted in fury.
"What! Do you expect me to stand in the kitchen all day and cook for you too?? What do I look like, your personal cook??!" she asked dangerously, while Hercule was thinking frantically what to say to calm her down.



The only thing he could think was however
'Damn mood-swings! I'm gonna move to my summer house over to Majorca until her pregnancy is over or her mood-swings are gone! She is even worse than Rebecca!'



Thus he could only say
"No... no, of course not! But I would really like something to eat, pumpkin."



That however blew Videl's top completely.
"Argh! Men!!" she yelled, grabbed her frying pan in all her fury and, before Hercule knew what happened his head was being smashed flat again and he landed with a 'thump' on the kitchen floor again, knocked out cold, while the sound of a loud BOOOOONG still reverberated throughout the house.



Videl slowly calmed down, and felt a bit sorry for her dad. But only a bit...
"So! When you come around again you can either go and cook your own food or you order it. Period!"



She then wrote a note that she was over to Erasa, as she did not want to cause her father's head any more damage. Okay, too late and probably no harm done, at least not more than before...
'Nope, I can't be bothered to cook now, I will get something at Erasa's. After all, her fridge is always well equipped...'
"But I better make sure that she is at home..." she said to herself, fetched her cell phone and dialled Erasa's number.



Five minutes (and a lively chat) later, Videl had her confirmation that Erasa was indeed at home. Her best friend had been delighted that she wanted to come over, as she wanted to hear first hand how her new frying pan of doom™ had worked.



At question if she had enough to eat Erasa had only giggled and had said 'That won't be a problem, Videl, come right over.'



Thus Videl wrote a note for both Gohan and her dad, to let them know where she had gone. Cautious as she was she packed her frying pan of doom™ into her backpack, so that no one could hide her most prized possession from her...



She stroked her belly, feeling the growing KI of her baby.
"Yeah, mommy is gonna show them, little one..." Videl said with her smile, then boarded her jet-copter and flew of towards Erasa.



30 minutes later, Erasa's flat



Videl and Erasa were sitting together in the comfy sofas, and chatted animatedly. Videl had helped herself to something to eat, and Erasa had granted her best friend full access to her fridge.



Thus Videl was enjoying a pizza, while telling Erasa what had happened ever since she had gained possession of the frying pan of doom™ yesterday.
"... and then Gohan ticked me off, I saw read, grabbed the frying pan and smashed it over his head. And do you know what happened?"



Erasa, who had practically hung at Videl's lips, shook her head.
"No. What, Videl?" she asked in the tone of someone who wanted to know how the detective story ended.



Videl had to suppress a smile.
"It managed to give him several large bumps! And the frying pan itself did not have the slightest scratch!"



Erasa looked impressed.
"That's blatant, Videl! Wow, you told how hard Gohan's head is and that it could withstand normal frying pans and would even break them! And that thing did not suffer a scratch! Really blatant!"



Videl nodded.
"And do you want to know what it did to my dad?" she asked, smiling mischievously.



Erasa nodded so hard that Videl was concerned her head would fall off any second.
"Of course! Tell me!"



Videl giggled before answering.
"It knocked him out cold! Twice!" she told her best friend triumphantly.



Erasa was impressed.
"It knocked your dad out? The world's strongest man?"



Videl nodded, but had to put something straight here.
"Yeah. But as you know, my dad is not the worlds strongest. Gohan is."



Erasa blushed.
"Oops. Forgot. I think it's out of old habit, Videl." she said sheepishly. "But what did your dad do to tick you off?" she asked then.



Now it was Videl's turn to blush.
"Well, he managed to tick me off while I had one of my more severe mood-swings. He wanted me to cook something for him, and I blew up on him. You know, I always hated when I had to cook something for him, and today I blew my top because of it. Plus, he boasted beforehand about his 'deeds as Earth' saviour, and I could not stand it."



Erasa smiled at her best friend.
"I understand that perfectly, Videl. That must have been a funny sight, however. Your dad, Earth' self-proclaimed saviour, knocked out cold by his daughter. Hilarious!" she said and promptly started to giggle.



Videl fell in seconds later, and it took them several minutes until they had calmed down again.



"Too bad that we had no time to make it to Lake Satan yesterday, but as we told you, Sharpener and I had no time. Once Gohan had said you would not be able to come, we planned it otherwise."



"Yeah," Videl said, "and that was the reason why I smashed Gohan's hair flat repeatedly. But I think I have made myself clear, and I think he won't decide over my head in future."



Erasa nearly pitied the poor Gohan. That was the Videl she knew ever since her first year, strong-willed and a force of nature if crossed.



Sure, she had improved ever since she and Gohan had become a couple, but it seemed as if those mood-swings made her a person better not to be crossed...



Suddenly Videl's eyes lit up, as an idea came into her mind.
"Hey Erasa, I have the perfect idea what we could do!" she exclaimed, all happy.



Erasa looked at her in anticipation.
"What is it?"



Videl smiled.
"I had the idea that we could make a picnic. But not only Barry and Alex, Sharpener and you, Gohan and me, but also my dad, Gohan's parents and the Briefs. How does that sound?"



Erasa looked thunderstruck.
"The BRIEFS? You mean... you want to invite the Briefs?" she asked, awed.



Videl smiled at her best friend.
"Yeah. So? Remember they were at Gohan's and my wedding, and your sister babysitted their son. So what? It's nothing special."



Erasa looked still dumbfounded.
"But Videl, it is. Remember, Bulma Briefs employs more than half the city! It IS something special!"



Videl giggled.
"Maybe, but you'll think otherwise once you've come to know Bulma. She is a wonderful person! Not bigheaded at all! She is kind, nice and resourceful, okay, when it comes to her husband she has to resort to other means," the young woman smirked at that, "but she is so cool!"



Erasa looked unconvinced.
"Videl, her husband, isn't that this dangerous man who injured several reporters who bothered him too much?"



Videl nodded while smiling sheepishly.
"Yup. That's Vegeta for you."



Erasa looked even more awed.
"Wow! You even know him on a first name basis! Blasting!"



 "How true." Videl said, smiling at the word fun, "You know that Gohan is a half-Saiyan, right?" she asked, and Erasa nodded. "Well, Vegeta, Bulma's husband is a full-blooded Saiyan, and that's not all, he is the Prince of all Saiyans!"



A loud thump could be heard. Erasa had leant over the couch for a while now, but now she fallen out by sheer surprise.
"What! Bulma Briefs' husband is a PRINCE??!" she nearly yelled.



Videl nodded.
"Yup. The Prince of all Saiyans. But as he has no subjects any more this title holds merely formal power."
'It's not as if Vegeta would not have enough power in his own hands...'



Now Erasa's curiosity was aroused.
"Why has he no subjects any more?"



Gohan's wife pondered if she could tell her best friend. After some seconds of thinking she came to the conclusion that she could.



After all, Erasa already knew that Gohan, Goten and their father were not full humans. Thus she figured Erasa could know. But she would only tell her the 'light version'...
"Okay, Erasa. Vegeta has no subjects any more because his homeworld was destroyed several years back by an evil space tyrant called Frieza. Only Vegeta and Goku survived. Both founded families here on Earth and do now live among us. They have sworn to protect Earth, and so does Gohan."



Erasa looked at her even more awed then before.
"Wow! That is incredible! And now I understand why this Vegeta injured the reporters!" she exclaimed.



Videl looked baffled.
"Yeah? Why?"



Erasa's face got a superior expression.
"Well, think about it. You are a Prince, and you have always been raised into the belief that others are beneath you. Now you are on Earth, and some nerving reporters have the wit to bombard you with questions. At first you ignore them, but you know reporters, they become obtrusive and soon you've had enough. And from your description of the capabilities the average Saiyan has I can tell that injuries are no surprise."



Videl looked at her best friend in surprise. That had actually made sense!
"Wow, Erasa. Cool explanation!"



Erasa smiled modestly.
"I've read a lot about royals..."



Her best friend smirked.
"I bet you have. So, how about the picnic? You in?"



Erasa nodded.
"Yeah, I am. I will tell Sharpie today. When had you planned it?"



"This weekend. I will arrange everything with Gohan's family and relatives; will you do the same with Sharpie, Barry and your sister?" Videl asked.



"Sure thing! You can count on me, Videl!" Erasa answered.



Videl smiled.
"I knew. But one thing, or rather two: Despite your knowledge on royals, don't cross Vegeta. I speak from experience. And the other: be prepared for very strange behaviour..."



Nobody (besides Mr. Popo) could hear the laughter that ringed out from the lookout...



TBC...



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== Next time: A picnic at the Briefs! Some surprises for Gohan, as the little demi-demons, eh, demi-Saiyans are up to something... so stay tuned! ==



Thanks for reading! And please review!



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



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Sherry3440: Thank you! I'm glad that you like it, and it's always nice to have new readers! Hope you enjoy the future chappies too!



goldfighter: Thanks to reviewer No. 300! Yeah, I love to write those fight scenes, and it will be explained later why Vegeta had no chance against Gohan. This has all a reason...



MK-United-Press: Glad that you like it! And yeah, it all follows a plan. This is not some kind of random plot less fic...



Candy the Duck: As far as I know, it has not been mentioned in the series, thus you're right, there is no wrong or right. That was just my take on it...



twerrpsam: Thank you! Hope you got somewhat enough Hercule torture out of this chappie. And I agree, the old baka deserves it...



megs21: Hey there! Thanks, I'm glad that you like it! Actually I'm planning ahead and know where I want to go with the story, so I can safely say it will be some chappies until you get the Chi-Chi reaction (foreshadowing: #sees Pan# "I'm finally a grandmother!" #faints#). As for Videl and an apology, compare to chappie 19...



zara m: Thanks! As said last chappie, I don't criticise other author's take on the Saiyan bond in any way. And I'm looking forward to read your take on it. That's bound to be interesting, as we both like to have well-though-out theories. We'll see if Videl will get suspicious. But I think Gohan is clever enough and will remember to pass some thoughts trough...



ElectraBlack: Thank you! And yeah, I just had to write this line regarding Star Trek, I though that fitted well. Glad that you liked it! Yup, one has to watch out what Dende is doing...



Saiyan-of-the-Seas: Cool, that sounds good! Looking forward to it!



Marshmellow13Dragon: Glad that you liked the history part, I put some thought into it... :)
And I believe you no problem regarding those rings. I've made my own experiences. Hope you're back to highspeed by now!
Sarki: I thought as much...



Rose Vaughn: I think it will. And from next chapter on it will get even more interesting...



Cappucine: Yeah, that he has. And thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!



cosmictwilight: # hands out a supply of frozen colas plus capsule fridge # Here you go! And 6 in the morning? Eesh! Now that's early...
As for the KI-interchange, compare to what Vegeta said to Gohan. And now you know what Erasa and Videl are planning. And Dende too... oO!



Mr.Staypuft: Thank you very much! Though this one is not as long, I hope it met the requirements. But before Dende screws up, there will be happening some more...



animeprincess1452: Thanks! Yeah, I had a lot of ideas for that one and it grew longer and longer. But that Vegeta helped out Gohan has a reason, and you'll soon see which. I'm glad that you like it!



Joou Himeko Dah: Thank you! The newest evil scheme of Dende will be revealed shortly. And a certain demi-Saiyan won't be happy...



Please continue to read and review. I greatly enjoy everyone's feedback. Thank you!