That girl bewitched him He was staring at her through the corner of his eyes…she has this pissed off, determined look in her eyes…he was almost scared.
'Of her?' He asked, scratching his eyebrow. Why did he feel so scared of her, he wondered.
'I should be afraid.' He told himself…why…was another story…
"Oh, you're staring at that Satan girl, aren't you?" Some tall, lanky teenage boy commented, his eyes hard with something akin to hatred.
Gohan was standing at an intersection in the hallway; Videl was a diagonal line across from where he was…stuffing books in her locker and pulling other books out…
"Yeah." Gohan blurted out. 'Satan?'
"She always thinks she's better than everyone else…she fights crime…gets excused from class all the time…a real bitch, if you ask me…she's got this pissed off attitude about her…" The boy rambled on…"My advice is to stay away from her."
The boy finished…"you're obviously new and all…I'd hate to see her rough you up…take care okay, and stay away from her." The boy then proceeded to go down the adjoining hallway, shooting a nasty look at the back of her head…
"Hi Gohan," Erasa greeting, walking up to him.
"Hi." Gohan said, while looking at Satan Videl…"
"She's really pretty, huh?" Erasa said, after following his gaze."Her dad's an ass-hole…that's pretty much why she has a short fuse." She continued.
"Is she really…mean?" Gohan asked, not knowing what to think of this girl.
"No…she's not a cold-hearted bitch, just royally moody…I'm the closest she has to a friend. She doesn't like to be bothered much…but although I might annoy her…I'm really nice and genuine…and we have a sort of understanding of one another…her life is Hell, but I don't think she can do anything about it…" Erasa finished with a sad smile.
"Gotta go, cutie, see ya later…" She announced with a cheesy smile and off she went…leaving Gohan alone to his thoughts.
'Yeah…I know what it's like to be trapped…where can a freak alien go when he decides the freaks he associates with are too much to handle…who the Hell could understand me? No one…why did you send me here Momma? You kept us away from because we were different…you think that now as a teenager they would accept me? I actually want to feel normal…and fit in…but I bet they'll figure out that I'm a freak…some way or another…'
Meanwhile
'Why is that Gohan-kid staring at me?' She asked herself with a scowl.
"Hey, Son-kun…why are you staring?" The girl yelled, slightly, obviously agitated.
The halls were pretty empty, so she had no qualms about yelling…
Gohan looked up although he still felt like he was in a daze.
"Yes, I'm Son Gohan," Gohan said, while walking up to her…"and you're Satan, Videl, no?" He inquired.
"Yes." She said, curtly.
"You look pretty angry." Gohan stated.
"I don't like being stared at." She replied coolly.
"I'm sorry…it's just that I've never seen anyone so angry before…"
"Well…I'm not exactly enjoying myself here…" She said with a sarcastic smile…
"Because you hate everyone?" Gohan asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No…I don't hate everyone," she corrected…"I hate being Satan Videl…I'm Satan Videl…cop-in training…I put my life on the line because my father won't…and simply because I'm my father's child…he's on a Godly pedestal and seemingly immortal…and apparently, so am I…satisfied…" She asked with her arms crossed and with darkened eyes."Now, who are you Son Gohan? I, after all, explained who I was."
She didn't know if she was really curious or not, she figured she wanted to see this shy, quiet, polite guy squirm…
'Gee…I'm half alien on my paternal side…I can crush anyone like a bug…I'm probably smarter than everyone else on the planet….gee…NOPE…won't be telling her that…"
"He…he…" Gohan laughed slightly as he felt his cheeks redden a little.
"Scratching his eyebrow and sweating profusely, he stared at the tiled floor below him.
"Well…Son Gohan…" Videl stared…her voice revealed that she was still agitated…if not more so than she was before…"Since you wanted to know about me…and I actually granted your wish…I'll find out about YOU…after all…I was so polite…and told you a little about the real me…unwarranted…and soon, I'll find out about you, Gohan…one way or another…it's only fair, right?" She concluded, eyebrows slightly raised and violet eyes boring into his…
'Uh-oh…She's going to be on my tail…'he thought…absently reached out for the appendage that hasn't been there for many years…'If I still had my tail, I'd guess I'd be hiding it from her right now…No wonder, Poppa, that you jumped at the chance to fight villains…I bet that momma must have been more scarier than them…'
"Gohan, Son, what secrets are you hiding?" Videl asked with a smirk on her face, a smirk that rivaled on of one of the biggest demons he knows-Vegeta…
"What secrets, Videl?" He asked, terrified.
"Don't play dumb with me! I can tell by your demeanor that you're hiding something from me."
'Something from you, I don't even really know you…why do I feel like she's going to rip all the secrets out of my soul? '
"I'm not finished with you, Son." She stated simply, with fire burning in her eyes.
'Uh-oh.' Gohan said.
While Videl stalked down the hallway, he walked the opposite way while scratching the top of his forehead, just below the hair-line and asked himself just what kind of a mess he'd gotten himself into and how he got into it to begin with.
