A sweet surprise Chapter 32: The new house is ready, a dragon ball z fanfic

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. It's and AU, and reviews are welcome and appreciated.

Author's Note: mainly plot development here. Gohan shows the new house to Videl...

Chapter 32: The new house is ready

Last time...

The poor doc, who was not used to such extremes, wiped some sweat from his forehead. These people, their family and friends were all very dangerous. He had personally attended to Chi-Chi Son and then Bulma Briefs during their respective pregnancies.

Now he was assisting Videl in her own and her coupling was part Son on top of it. Even worse, he was the son of Chi-Chi Son, the worst fury he had ever encountered... Getting through this bout would surely prove to be the most challenging task in his entire career...

Now the continuation...

One month later...

Videls' mood swings had indeed become worse again now that nobody was tempering with them, and now that everything was developing naturally, just as Bulma had proclaimed after the whole 'Dende-debacle' had been sorted out.

Hercule did not admit it, but he was actually glad that his daughter, although he loved her more than he could say, would move into her own home soon. Oh man, he pitied the poor Gohan, although the mood-swings were not as bad as those under which Gohan had had to suffer under Dende's reign. They were bearable...

Gohan flew out towards Satan City's shoreline. He had embraced Videl in his strong arms and flew quite fast. They were headed across the town, more in the direction of the outer regions.
"Gohan, where are we flying to? Tell me now!" she exclaimed indignantly.

He had not told her that their house was fully built and could be occupied now. Gohan had kept everything regarding the house secret and had told the others to do the same, and they had kept word.

And the best of all, he had sold the patents for his inventions to Capsule Corp., thus in fact to Bulma, for an incredible price and could now claim to be one of Earth' richest people. He and Videl were now in fact richer than even Hercule...

This enabled Gohan to pay their house by himself, something that Gohan liked very much. Now they were financially independent, something he had wanted to be his whole life. And now, finally, it had come true...

Bulma had been as merry as a lark, for this new patents were really the license to print her own money. Goku and the other Z-Fighters had already booked a new GR, and of course Bulma would construct it for them (with Gohan's help) for free. After all, it was for the good of Earth, and in a case like that financial interests had to step back...

Regarding the house, Gohan and the others had a few surprises for her, and he had taken Videl's promise that she would not go to the construction site to watch the progress. She had agreed most reluctantly, but she knew that he would have his reasons for it...

Gohan shook his head and risked to receive one of her mood swings. But that was a risk he took gladly.
"You will have to wait." he taunted, knowing perfectly well how impatient she was.

They passed shorelines of rivers that coursed through the landscape dreamily and undisturbed, forests of trees, wide areas of grass and beautiful lakes.

Videl looked around. Gohan was descending, so he was preparing to land, but where? All that Videl could see was the areas they had passed, and a forest and one hell of a beautiful sunset.

In truth, Gohan was actually landing backwards thus only showing Videl what they would actually be viewing by landing backwards. Now they were landing on a clearing of sorts, but Videl couldn't figure out where they were.
"Well, here we are. Welcome to our new home Videl."

She looked around, but saw nothing that was familiar to her.
"What? Where are we?" she asked, not able to figure it out. An instance, that (needless to say) annoyed her greatly. "Gohan, come on!" she begged.

He just smiled at her.
"Then how about you get onto the ground again?" Gohan suggested.

Videl did as told and got onto her own feet again. But she still did not see anything that looked even remotely interesting, until Gohan told her to come with him. He gently took her hand in his and guided her around.
Now she could see it...

Videl's mouth dropped and her eyes widened. Secluded in a forest of trees that was located near the shoreline of a beautiful river (but not too near) stood an even more beautiful house.

It was relatively modern, and really a mixture of the two styles of architecture from the Satan mansion and the Son residence. It wasn't domed like the Son residence, which had been built like the other standard-domed buildings, but rather like the Satan mansion with extensions off both sides and large windows arcing in an a-frame at its centre.

Videl looked up admiringly and counted... it had at least two stories and perhaps a loft. She was sooo anxious to get inside to see what had been built here...

Now she understood why her husband had wanted her to stay away from the constructing site, it was a great sight. Sure, she had seen everything on the blueprints (or so she thought), but seeing all this in reality was really something else. And Videl mused that her husband might have some surprises for her in store...

She turned towards her husband and gave him a loving look.
"This is simply wonderful, Gohan! I love it!" she exclaimed.

Gohan smiled.
"I aim to please, my lady..." he said smiling.

Then he turned serious again and started explaining.
"Look around you. It's really perfect, isn't it? This house is really a mixture of the mansion you lived in and the classic domed house my parents live in. In four words: our house is perfect..." he said with gleaming eyes.

Videl was inclined to agree, but she looked over the entire area nevertheless. Gohan was right. Behind the house was the familiar country with a large area of trees (the forest she had seen before) and the river that was flowing dreamily through the valley.

But when one gazed across the opposite horizon and across the water, the city line and its nearness was evident. The home and land was actually located near enough to the river that they would have no problem to go fishing with their kid. Maybe that was what Gohan had had in mind...

Also a small private road leading to their home had been built, and due to Videls questioning look Gohan said
"Your dad wanted to have a road to our house, for he's not able to fly and must use a car. All the others can either fly (or are carried by their mates) or use IT. So it figured and was the best solution." he explained.

Videl nodded. That was logical, and her dad would never have enough patience to be taught flying, and the Z-Fighters would surely eventually loose their patience and simply blast him to Kingdome Come...

Gohan smiled.
"But maybe we'll teach your dad how to fly, someday..."

Videl looked at Gohan, amazed.
"Gohan, you never cease to amaze me. This task would take even more patience than I have." she said smirking.

Gohan smirked too as he leaned in to kiss his wife.
"I hope I never will cease to amaze you. And regarding your dad... you're probably right!" he replied with a grin after they broke the kiss. "Shall we enter now? I can see by the look on your face that you wanna run in and see everything. And that at least since five minutes." he joked.

Videl aimed a playful punch for his arm, but then she jumped into his arms once again. This was the perfect occasion to carry her over their threshold, and she had served it to him on the silver plate. Well, she had always dreamed of this, being carried over the threshold by the man who loved her and that she loved with all her heart.

Gohan held his wife with one arm and opened the door with the free hand. As it had an ID-scanner he had only to press his palm on it, and the door opened obediently.
"Wow! That's cool!" Videl exclaimed.

Gohan nodded and grinned.
"Yeah, Bulma suggested we should use this ID-scanner. She said that remotes could be too easily misused, but we improved this technique before installing it here, and its failsafe. It's programmed on our IDs, your dads, my parents and Goten and the Briefs. All the others have to ring the bell." he explained.

Videl was really impressed. They seemed to have thought of everything. Once inside, Videl leapt from his arms to walk around on her own. A thorough inspection was in order. Definitely.

Gohan just stood at the doorway and observed his obviously amazed wife. Yeah, they seemed to have done well. He walked behind her and embraced her in a fond hug.
"I have not furnished it yet. I wanted to do this together with you." he said.

Videl stopped her gazing and touching of everything to look back at her loving husband.
"That would be nice. I may not be a shopper like my best friend Erasa, but I'd love to do this with you. Together..." she smiled.

Gohan grinned.
"I'm looking forward to do this together with you." he said and gave his wife a fond kiss. 'Even if it will kill me...'

After they broke the kiss Videl continued to look around. Gohan followed her trough the corridor that lead to the different rooms as she started to explore every nook their new home had to offer.

The first room she looked into was their living room. It was the first room on the right side, and this large room had been the dream of Gohan, being as the living room of the Son household had always been rather small. Videl opened the glass door that lead into the room, and was amazed at first sight.

Fifty square metres, nearly as much as the complete first story of Gohans' parents house! It was shaped like a rectangle, and on the side that had its view towards the river Gohan had had a sliding door installed. Outside a balcony was located in which they would have the perfect place to take in their breakfasts.

On the opposite side of the room a small window-door lead outside. This room was perfect, and Videl would love to furnish it together with her Gohan. Despite the fact that she hated shopping normally...

Then she walked outside the living room and along the corridor. The next room on the right side was a bathroom for the guests. It was more than adequate, ten square-metres, and it had everything that was needed. A washbasin, a normal toilet and a urinal for men. Very good!

The next room was located on the left side of the corridor, and Videl opened the door. It turned out to be an office, and it was more than big enough for the two of them. The only window of the room presented a direct view onto the city. Really perfect! Videl would love to equip the room together with her husband...

She exited the room and gave Gohan a fond kiss, and naturally Gohan smiled. That was her way of showing him that he had done well.

The next room was located on the right side, and it turned out to be their bathroom. Videl estimated that it was about twenty square metres in size. It contained a shower, naturally a wash basin, a toilet, a bath tub (yeah, bathing with Gohan would be so much fun!).

She turned around to face her husband who was leaning casually in the doorway, and embraced him in a tight hug.
"What I've seen until now is perfect! I would never have dreamed that the dark yellow tiling would take such a good effect. And the glass door for the living room... wonderful!" she exclaimed.

Gohan smiled. During the past months they had chosen the interior of their new home together. Videl knew from the blueprints how their rooms would look like, so this had been no problem.

They had chosen (besides the dark yellow tiling and the glass door for the living room) white doors for the different rooms, and all the rooms and the corridor in the basement had been wallpapered with white woodchip wallpaper. Oh my, she would love to decorate the whole house...

The corridor lead to another white door, and Videl knew from the blueprints that the front door was leading to the room that would be their kitchen. The door left to her would lead to the bedroom. She opened the left door first, and was amazed how large it was.

She estimated that it had to be thirty square metres... wow! And the two windows they had planned in were picture-perfect! She looked out of one window, and could see a vast area full of trees and grass. In the background the river was flowing dreamily...

Behind her stood Gohan, and he mirrored her facial expression. He was smiling like the ginger cat. Yeah, their new home was really something else.

She gave her husband another kiss and went for the last room in the basement. The kitchen. Videl opened the door, and again she was amazed. Sure, her dad had a very large kitchen, but this room did not have to hide...

It was approximately thirty square metres, and she was sure she would get her dream kitchen into this room.

She turned around and took Gohans hand.
"Wow, that's even better than I would ever have thought. But now I want to see the rest. Where do we start? The cellar or upstairs?" she asked with a smile.

Gohan mirrored the smile.
"Better upstairs. The cellar is a surprise..." he said.

Naturally this awoke Videls curiosity. Hmm, a surprise, and probably the reason why they had kept her away from the constructing site...

So she nodded and walked towards the stairs that lead to the first story. As they had planned a wooden stair corkscrew lead to the upper stories. Videl smiled and went to first story; Gohan followed suit. Yeah, he was satisfied, because his wife was happy...

Videl arrived in the first story and opened the door that lead to the corridor. She turned right and the first door on the right lead to a room which would make a perfect room for their child.

It had a large window, which had been made secure with a balustrade to make it impossible that the little one could fall out the window. Maybe it was an unnecessary precaution if the little one would be able to fly earlier than walk...

Videl nodded her appreciation. This room was even better than they had planned out...

Then she walked out of the door and followed Gohan into the next, identical room. They had agreed that they had better another room ready, cause who knew if this little one would be their only child? And even if the room was unused, the little one could use it to play.

The next room on the end of the corridor would be the bathroom of their offspring, and Videl opened the door to take a look. It was similar to the bathroom of Gohan and Videl, as it had been planned. Perfect!

She expressed her happiness by hugging her husband, and the next few minutes were spent for an intense snogging-session, although Gohan was careful not to hug his wife to tight.

Afterwards Gohan took Videls hand and lead her upstairs towards the loft. There they could stow all the things they did not need this often, and it was more than large enough to do so.

Yeah, that was the house she and Gohan had dreamed of. And now it was finally theirs! But one thing remained...

Videl turned to look at husband and smiled.
"This is what we've dreamed of, my love. But one more thing you wanted to show me..."

Gohan smiled.
"I hoped you would say that..." he said, took her into his arms and was so audacious to fly the whole way down with Videl in his strong arms. Yeah, that was a nice experience, and Videl enjoyed it to the fullest...

Once they had arrived in the basement Gohan let her down on her own feet again and took her hand. He lead her down into the cellar and showed her the 'normal' rooms first. One room to store their foodstuff, one room for washing and ironing, and another door that lead to the surprise.

Gohan motioned Videl forwards and urged her to open the door. She did so and bit her lips in anticipation. But what she saw once she opened the door was even more than she had anticipated...

They had installed a whole swimming-hall down here! Awesome! That was what she had always wanted! She had always loved swimming, and she could have condemned her father to the seven pits of hell when he had denied her her wish of a swimming pool at the new mansion that he had built after he had supposedly defeated Cell. She had been angry at her dad for months, and obviously he had remembered it and tipped off Gohan...

Videl turned to Gohan and practically flew into his arms.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she exclaimed and kissed him over and over.

Once she had regained her breath somewhat she managed to say
"That's what I've always wanted, Gohan. Thank you..."

Gohan smiled.
"I know. Your dad told me, and as we planned and had it built we had to keep you away from the construction site at all costs. You would have known what we were planning if you had seen just how large the foundation for the house was. But I suppose the wait was worth it, wasn't it?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.

Videl smiled like the cat that ate the canary.
"It sure was, my Gohan..." she said and leaned forward to kiss him. Their house was perfect. Her husband was perfect. Everything was just perfect...

TBC...

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The house is finally completely built and soon Gohan and Videl can move in. This means: furnishing the house is the next task. COMING SOON: a shopping trip from hell...

As always very special thanks to my beta Rose Vaughn, who is doing a great job! Thx, Ash!

Electra Black: Glad that you liked it. The betting pool was a spur of the moment idea, for I thought that was what the Z-Gang would do.
As for idiots like 'Hey...': I agree completely! :)

DBGT Goku: Hmm, I'd say it would be a likely possibility for Goten and Trunks to teach Pan and Bra how to do good pranks. After all, they're mischievous youngsters and love to prank. And honestly, do you think Goten and Trunks would care about how much trouble they find themselves in afterwards?

nick-lover1991: Thanks! As you saw, a swimming hall as surprise. Personally I'd love to have one myself.
Gohan and Videl are currently (but not for much longer) living with Hercule, for he has the most space available. No prob that you forgot, it was a while since I last mentioned it...

Megs21: Yeah, know we did, but I like to think that I managed to make the 'finding out process' interesting. The 'healthy as a snake' line comes from a novel I once read, and it stuck. After all, Saiyans are extremely healthy, so I figured it would figure. :)
I can imagine that school's hard, I went trough the hell that is called a term paper myself lately. Urg!

goldfighter: Thanks! I'm glad that clever Goku and Goten are appreciated. And here's your update!

PanBraSaiyin: Glad that you like it and thanks for the compliment! Will do my best to keep it up! :)

Pikachu90000: Thank you! And be sure that Goten won't be acting dumb any more...

HieiLuver1: Thanks! Yeah, I wondered that too at the beginning, until I checked it in the I-net. Dunno which name's worse, though...

Trunkslover22: Wow, thanks for the awesome compliments and thanks for standing up to this 'Hey...' baka. I think that fella noticed that he was at the wrong place to flame by now didn't show his French Frie Face again, did he? :) And that attack was very creative...
Will do my best to keep it up! And I didn't take it as a threat, rather the opposite!

KaylaTheHedgehog: Thank you! I like that Goku and Goten being smarter is appreciated. And yeah, I do put work into them, and its each time a lot of fun...

Son Oliver: Thanks! As for the Gotan, you'll have to wait a bit longer (sequel, I say). And you're as perceptive as always, yeah, Pan will keep her tail. After all, the moon is destroyed (though I might do something about it), thus no danger of Oozaru Pan. As for the rest, I have a lot planned for the sequel, but as said, first I'll finish the 'Afterlife' storyline.
Vegeta SSJ3... well, yeah, I haven't decided yet if he'll turn SSJ3 here or in the sequel. Quite hard to decide, actually. As for the Mirai Trunks story, you'll see it again, but in different form...
The term paper is due by now, but due to the fact that I still have a lot to do at university I won't manage to update twice per week. Guess it will remain Wednesday, unless my readers want me to update on Saturdays...

PANCHAN1: Yeah, that's something I always thought too. I mean, come on, how can someone be so brilliant during battles but so dumb outside of them? Not possible. Glad that you like my explanation!

hart4sale: Glad that you're doing so now! And don't worry, for the frying pans of doom are banned from this realm. :)
I'm glad that you like it!

Kitty86: That she is! Yeah, that's one of my fav scenes too. So cute!
Wow, a real life Pan-chan? Now that's cool! I can imagine the smile you wore then! :)

Bum with no account: Hmm, okay, 'Healthy as a snake' is maybe not the best terms, but as Saiyans are very healthy I figured it would figure...

Laurenke1: Thanks! Will do my best to do so! :)

Tootsy: I'm glad that you like them being smart. And that's exactly my reasoning, how can they be so smart while fighting and so dumb outside the battlefield? Not possible. Yeah, Trunks face must have been priceless. I would have loved to see it...
Yup, a little Pan it is...

Marshmellow13Dragon: And now I know why they deleted it! How fuddy-duddy, if you ask me. But now it's back, and better than ever! Yay!
Sry, off track... 'The act of cluelessness'... nice way to put it. My version is that Gohan did not want to be a part of it, and Goku got promised food by Chi-Chi. As for Goten, Chi-Chi can be rather convincing...
Yeah, it seems we're rid of this 'Hey Nerd...' dork. Good riddance, I'd say. Your sister is worse than Sarki? #shudders# Should I feel bad for 'Hey Nerd...' now? Answer: noooooooo!

Saiyan-of-the-Seas: Cool that it came as a surprise. And I agree, it's very useful!

Saiya-jin Queen: I agree. Poor doctor! But Gohan is used to this by now, after all, the mood-swings Videl has now are 'normal' ones and easily bearable. Right you are, Goku's (and his sons) intelligence does come from Bardock. Will do my best to keep it up!

Joou Himeko Dah: Thanks! Yeah, a little Pan. That's just like in the series...

animeprincess1452: Thank you! And I agree, this has to be one of the best parts of a pregnancy (haven't gone trough it myself too, but I'm quite sure my wife and I want to find out before birth, but that's a bridge we'll cross when its time). Will do my best to keep it up!

Rejhan: Thanks, glad that you like it. I agree wholeheartedly, the poor doc should retire after that. And here's more!

Princess of the Saiyans 16: I'm quite sure Gohan does not like them too much, but at least the killer mood-swings are over. And thanks for thinking that my story is actually good enough to be material for the series (though I myself do not think so. I'm not that good.). The compliment is highly appreciated! :)

Candy the Duck: Yeah, the doc is a poor fella. First Chi-Chi, then Bulma and now Videl. Poor man! I could understand it if he would want to move to another planet after the baby is born...
Glad that you like smart Goku and Goten!

SSJ3MysticGohan: No offence taken, but plot-development (just as in this chapter) is necessary. As for more humour, take a look at the chapter next week. I think you'll like it...

cosmictwilight: Thank you! Glad that you liked the twist, and I agree, I would not want to be in Dende's shoes too...

The blasted term paper is finally due! I'm freeeee! #laughs like a maniac, then deflates# Well, for at least a week...

Mei fa-chan: Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it. Here's the update!

zfighter1989: I did it all too gladly. I love to write on this story, and it was the only thing that kept me sane during my term paper. Evil blasted thing I'm finally rid off!

Cappucine: Yup, know they do. In contrast to your story, where they found out with birth at last, I did not want to let the poor parents suffer the fate of obliviousness. I'd want to know myself as fast as possible, if I was a father to be. So no suspense for the poor parents.
Thanks for the compliments, I'm doing my best!

zara m: K, that would have been a funny thing I did not think of. Actually the Z-Fighters could not be wrong with their KI-senses, but the doc very well could have been. Well, can't think of anything...
Glad that you liked it, and I can understand how a sudden intelligent Goku and Goten would be creepy.
Yeah, the sequel will be my view on GT, and I already have a few ideas for it. Good to hear that you have some control over DG, but that's the least one can expect after the 'deal'. :)

Till next Wednesday. Ja ne!