A/N: Updating is going to be exactly like this from now on. It will take longer. A LOT of things have been going on and I have a lot of stuff to do. Here is a longer version with more events, not changed, just longer. The part after the ---- is the bit I added.

zfighter1989: I sometimes laugh at nothing. Never mind, I was just figuring out what you thought was funny so maybe I could improve and make this more humorous. It's okay. I asked a few of my friends and they told me what was good and what needed improvement. So um... yeah. No worries.

SSJ3MysticGohan: Thank you. I had no idea it was something to admire or that someone admired what I do.

Ethereal Messengers

Chapter Seven

"I want you to teach me how to fly and all that other fancy stuff you do," Videl ordered, a smile creeping upon her face. Gohan sighed, all these women dominating his life, it would just keep going and going, however he loved them any way.

'Except for Videl!' Gohan quickly thought, 'We're just friends, just friends,' Gohan began to make a song out of the two words "just friends". He started to hum. Videl raised an eyebrow as if to say "i'm waiting". Gohan smiled at her, he had to do it. He knew perfectly well Videl would tell the world about his secret, one thing that didn't cross his mind was would they believe her? He hadn't thought of that, however it was too late any way. Videl grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him close so their noses were touching.

"Well?" she asked, clearly not one for patience. Gohan gulped and nodded continuously, the stupid song still running around in his head. 'Just friends, just friends...'.

"Ye... yeah, sure," he stuttered, hoping Videl would let go of him. She smiled and let him be as she pranced about thinking of how well she could beat people up once she learns all the new techniques Gohan would teach her. Her eyes filled with stars as she went off into her rather strange dream world where she beat up people, rather strange indeed. Gohan flinched as he thought of how his mother would react. Chi Chi was a pretty good mother but when it came to Videl... well that's another story. Videl came out of her dream state.

"Gohan?" she asked rather innocently. He looked at her, giving his attention. "How am I going to get home without your mum pulling my hair?" Videl began to fiddle with her pigtails, they were just too darn cute to lose, especially to Chi Chi. Gohan smiled, he had a plan.

-

Gohan crept quietly through the front yard of the Son household, Videl on his back and Goten hanging from his leg as he carried the two towards Videl's capsule plane which she conveniently forgot to put back in it's capsule form. Videl bit her lip and tried not to scream as Gohan tripped over a rock and struggled for his balance. Gohan continued to wobble about with Goten and Videl hanging on for dear life. Gohan stopped and stood on both feet triumphantly, he somehow managed not to fall, hence the saying "there's a first for everything".

Videl sweat dropped and Goten wiped his brow letting out a quiet sigh of relief. Videl looked into the house through the half-open curtains. Chi Chi was sitting in the lounge chair watching TV while violently knitting. Cotton was everywhere and the needles seemed to always clash together chipping one another or getting Chi Chi in the hand. Videl smiled nervously as Gohan began to creep forward along the lawn, he too smiled nervously able to sense his mother's anger. He set Videl beside her plane and shook Goten off his leg. He smiled at Videl and waved, not wanting to say anything. She beamed at him and waved also. Gohan helped her up, like any gentleman would, and stepped back, his arm resting on Goten's shoulders. Gohan waved once more along with Goten. Videl waved to them also then took off now officially safe... or so she thought.

Upon hearing the plane, Chi Chi came racing out with her knitting needles ready to stab Videl with them. She went into a fantasy about Videl's body lying on the ground with knitting needles embedded into her chest. She chortled heartlessly then growled up at the plane and it's nervous pilot. Chi Chi screamed at Videl in some unknown language and began to peg her grey needles at the plane. They bounced off and landed on the ground in front of Gohan and Goten who were holding each other as if they were about to die.

"I'm sorry for the time I ate your dinner!" Gohan cried, obviously believing he would die.

"And i'm sorry that I told Videl about your underwear!" Goten wailed. Gohan stopped crying and looked at Goten angrily.

"You did what?" He asked, frustrated. Goten gulped and laughed nervously, he pulled out of Gohan's grip and ran into the house, scared of both his older brother and mother.

Speaking of mothers, Chi Chi was steaming in her place, glaring after Videl, she gave a small "humph" and stormed back into the house causing Goten to scream and bolt out with his arms flailing about as he ran into the trees. Videl wouldn't be coming any where near the Son household. Videl Satan would stay far, far away from her son. Chi Chi smiled triumphantly, she scared her off... or that's what she thought.

-

Later that afternoon Gohan found himself being dragged into a hair salon by his mother. He looked at Goten who was enjoying the ride. His feet were lightly skimming across the ground as his mother dragged him with one hand whereas the teenage Gohan was trying to stand up and be dragged at the same time, not a good mix. Finally, they reached their destination and Chi Chi let go of her two sons. Gohan rubbed his wrist and stretched as Goten pouted wanting to be dragged more. Chi Chi checked in at the counter.

"Ah, I have an appointment for my son, Gohan," she said, fishing around in her bag for something. The hairdresser nodded and beckoned the Sons over to three chairs. Goten bounced into one, inspecting it thoroughly for god knows what as Gohan and Chi Chi waited patiently. Chi Chi seemed to have calmed down from this mornings ordeal with Videl. She now sat humming and looking around the room with her handbag sitting upright in her lap.

"Son Gohan..." A youngish looking girl came up from behind him and pushed on his back signalling for him to get up. "You can read some magazines here or go for a walk and come back later if you want," the girl said, her hand still on Gohan's back. Chi Chi looked at her youngest son and bit her lip as he was still looking around the chair for whatever it was. She nodded her thanks.

"We'll go for a walk," she said, getting up and bringing Goten also. "We'll be back later, okay honey?" Gohan nodded. "Okay, see you later then. Come on sweetie, let's go," Chi Chi said as Goten gripped onto her hand. Chi Chi waved and walked out of the salon, dragging a content Goten behind her. Gohan waved back and smiled nervously. He turned around to the hairdresser who gave him a wide grin and pulled him away into a seat ready to cut his hair.

Chi Chi stopped beside the newsagency. She picked up a magazine and began to flip through the pages as Goten sat on the ground behind her licking his ice cream cone. Chi Chi began to hum and flick through the magazine, looking for a good reason to buy it. Goten had finished the top of his ice cream and stuck his tongue into the cone hoping it would get the rest out, instead the cone broke and the ice cream went all over his face and clothes. He groaned and picked the pieces up and put them in his mouth. He wiped the ice cream of his face and licked his hand clean. Chi Chi didn't seem to notice and began to flick through another magazine. Goten lifted up his shirt and began to lick the bits of ice cream off it until it was what he would call "clean". Chi Chi put the magazine back and turned to Goten, she frowned upon seeing his shirt. Well, at least he tried to keep it clean. Chi Chi grabbed his hand and dragged her son away to the rest rooms.

After cleaning Goten up properly Chi Chi decided to make her way to the video store where Goten would hopefully be civil. She smiled at him and pointed over to the children's section where Goten soon was looking at "Barney The Dinosaur" videos. She smiled and went to the romance section and looked at movies.

"Mummy..." Goten said bouncing up and down "Can I rent this one? It looks really cool!" Chi Chi looked up and stepped back. Goten was holding an "unsuitable" movie. She sighed and took it out of his hands.

"No, this movie isn't for you," she said taking it back and putting it on the shelf behind her.

"But mum! It was in the kid's section!" he protested. Chi Chi shook her head at the carelessness of other shoppers and told him to pick something else. Goten pouted then waddled back to the children's section. He came back almost instantly holding a Barney video, he handed it to his mother and began to rock backwards and forwards while humming the theme song. Chi Chi smiled, chose a video for herself and went to the counter with both videos. Her son didn't seem to notice and stood there humming his little heart out. Chi Chi thanked the man at the counter, and looked around for Goten who was still humming. She sighed and grabbed him by the hand, she dragged him out of the store, receiving a short "wee!" from him. Chi Chi looked at her watch. Gohan's haircut had probably finished, besides, it was just a quick cut. Chi Chi began to drag Goten back to the hair salon.

Goten reached around and into his mother's handbag. He grabbed his video and began to look at the back, humming once again. He flipped it over to the front and looked at the overly large picture of a purple dinosaur giving a thumbs up. He smiled and tried to give a thumbs up back with the hand his mother held. It worked slightly but instead of directing it at the dinosaur it went towards an old lady who snorted at the young boy for showing her such 'teenage filth'. Goten ignored it and began to hum again while shoving the video back into his mother's bag.

Finally, after a short trip from the video store to the hair salon Chi Chi and her youngest son arrived at their destination. Chi Chi bit her lip and looked around. Funnily enough everyone in the salon were young teenage boys with black hair, each complaining and making rude comments to the hair dressers, all except for one, whom of course is the one and only Son Gohan who sat patiently in his chair twiddling his thumbs and looking at his hair in the mirror. His pitch black spikes still stuck up in it's usual Saiyan way except this time not every where, only in one direction, upwards. You could actually see his face. He turned around able to sense his mother's and younger brother's ki. He smiled nervously and bit his lip, still twiddling his thumbs. As predicted, Chi Chi gave her smile of approval at Gohan's new look. Gohan's smile broadened into wide grin as his mother gave him a small hug followed by a short smile.

"I'm guessing you like it," he said, putting down his newspaper. Chi Chi nodded and grinned at her son. He looked so grown up now.

"What's most important is if you like it," Chi Chi replied.

"And I quite do," Gohan said smiling. He linked arms with his mother hoping that would prevent him from being dragged. Chi Chi, who was currently blinded with happiness, didn't take any notice and grabbed Gohan's arm and began to drag him. He groaned and let his mother drag him back to the car and drive back home.

- - - -

Videl shoved the spoon into her mouth. On it was a mixture of chocolate, vanilla and caramel ice cream. She dug her spoon back into the container and put a large scoop of it in her mouth. Her eyes grew wide and she dropped her spoon on the bench. She began to wave her hand in front of her mouth as she struggled to keep the ice cream in her mouth and not spag all over the kitchen bench. She scrunched her eyes up and began to squeal lightly. After incessant waving of her hand and several squeals she opened her eyes and let out a sigh of relief. The scoop of ice cream was obviously too big, froze her teeth and gave her a headache. Not learning at all from her past experience, Videl shoved yet another large scoop of ice cream into her mouth going through the same ice cream fit again. Drop spoon, wave hand, scrunch up eyes and squeal. Videl began to continuously do the same thing until she had satisfied her stomach with enough ice cream.

Videl smiled contently upon placing the lid on the container. She then placed her spoon in the sink and put the 'what used to be full but now only half' container in the freezer. She washed her hands under the kitchen taps and dried them on paper towel. She left the room only to be surprised by her father who appeared in front of her.

"So Videl honey..." he said with a look of innocence on his face one would not think achievable. He began to whistle as Videl furrowed her brow. Hercule Satan wanted something off his very own daughter. His grin widened. "Hey Videl?..." he asked slyly.

"Yes father..." Videl replied in a mocking tone.

Hercule began to bounce. "When's Gohan coming over? Huh? Huh? I wanted to show him these..." he said with deep enthusiasm. He showed Videl the three sheets of paper he had. They had music on them, suitable for a door bell. They were quite beautiful, Videl had to admit but her father's obsession had gone beyond tolerable. She tried to smile but it came out as a lopsided grin.

"Uh... I dunno dad. Maybe later on this we-"

"TOMORROW!" Hercule boomed. "Yes, Gohan will come over tomorrow and we can have a TEA party with scones and chocolate chip cookies. Oh, the joy of it all! Videl. You can come too if you want," Once again, Videl gave her crooked smile. Her father had definitely lost his marbles. Maybe she could buy him new ones! Wait... that wouldn't work.

"Yes father, yes... I think you should have your little nappers now, don't you?" Videl said as if she were trying to convince a baby to stop crying.

"Yes... nappers. Nappers indeed," With a slight guidance to the stairs, Hercule made his way into his room to let out his obsession and hopefully be normal again, just for a little while. Videl sighed and shortly after followed her father's path up the stairs and into her bedroom. It was getting late. She had already had dinner and a fair share of dessert. She pulled the ties of her pigtails down. Her shiny black locks tumbled down her shoulders and bounced against her chest. She pushed it back and began to brush it. When she was finished, Videl took off her clothes and replaced them with powder blue Japanese style pyjamas. Being as rich as she is, these were made of silk, embroidered with a fine dragon design. She quite liked her pyjamas. If it was a life or death situation where she had to tell what her favourite pyjamas were to live she would say the ones that she was wearing now. Not that any one in their right mind would come up and threaten you with a gun asking you about your pyjamas of course. Videl slipped under the covers and went to turn her bedside lamp off. She then realised that she did not have a bedside lamp so she got up and went to the switch next to her door and flicked it upwards turning the lights off. Videl then moaned. She couldn't see where she was going and her room was a mess with stuffed toys about the place and clothes on the floor. She decided to be brave and venture forward. Videl blasphemed rather loudly as she stepped on something sharp.

'Curse the day I ever said I would clean this room myself,' she thought.

Videl began to move forward only to crash into the side of her bed and fall into a soft mound of stuffed animals. She patted her trusty white bear with it's pink bow tie and stood up again. She felt around for her bed and finally found it. She sat down on it and pushed herself backwards and lay her head on the pillows. She placed herself under the covers and closed her eyes.

-

"Son Gohan! Wake up!" Chi Chi screamed from down the stairs. His eyes fluttered open only to find his brother bouncing on the end of his bed. Typical. Gohan smiled gently at his brother and got out of bed. He pulled on his usual day clothes and made his way down the stairs. He sat at the table where his mother beckoned him to eat his large breakfast with a look of appreciation on her face. If there's one thing she wouldn't go without, it would be getting praise for her delicious cooking. Gohan had now finished his breakfast, rather fast might I add, and was outside playing with Goten. He certainly had changed since he met Videl. He was more happy, more focused on having fun. Chi Chi threw the thought aside like a bag of peanuts. She didn't like Videl. That's all that mattered to her. Chi Chi stared out the window again and looked at her two laughing sons. Maybe that didn't matter. All of a sudden the phone rang making the poor woman jump. She took no notice and picked the phone up. It was Videl, she sounded nervous.

"H-hey. Can I please... please speak to Gohan?" she asked.

'Is he there? He better be...' Hercule gibbered in the background.

"Shut up dad!" Videl said under her breath. "I'm doing the talking!"

From what Chi Chi heard she could only imagine that Hercule was now hanging his head and shuffling his feet like an embarrassed school girl. She grinned. He should hang his head in shame, especially after stealing Gohan's fame. She put the phone on the table and called for Gohan who came racing in with Goten chasing him.

"Hello?" Gohan asked upon picking up the phone.

"Okay, just shut up... HI GOHAN!" Videl exclaimed after telling her father to shut his mouth. "How are you?"

"I'm good, yourself?"

"Oh, i'm great thanks! Hey... um... I was wondering. Did you want to come over to my house?" Videl asked with several nudges from Hercule.

"When?" Gohan asked, concerned for what his mother would do.

"Like... right now," Videl cried desperately as her father tried to snatch the phone. "HURRY AND GET HERE BEFORE MY DAD GOES CRAZY GOHAN!!! I NEED YOU!" Videl hung up. Gohan gave a short laugh and placed the phone on the hook. He smiled then walked off. He was going to Videl Satan's house. Even better, he was invited.

"MUM! I'm goin' to Videl's. Catch ya later!" Gohan cried down the hall.

"Okay honey... that's nice," Chi Chi answered, not paying attention. Gohan gave a quiet "Yes!" and pumped his arm. He waved good bye to his younger sibling and flew off towards Satan City.

-

Of course by know we would all expect Son Gohan to already be at the Satan mansion chatting to Hercule about doorbell music and flirting with dearest Videl but for some strange reason he wasn't. Gohan's sleeves were rolled up and his hands were smothered in a thick layer of dirt. He was dabbing at a deep cut on his elbow with a white cloth while sitting beside a crystal clear stream that gurgled like a baby. He put the cloth in the stream and took it back out again dabbing at his cut.

Gohan had been stupid enough to fly backwards while day dreaming. He hadn't noticed that a capsule plane had been flying towards him. It had hit him and cut his arm causing him to fall from his place in the clouds down into the dirt. It was very unfortunate considering he was on his way over to Videl's. She would be most unhappy that Gohan was late, worried too. Gohan got up, satisfied that his cut had been cleaned well enough. He placed the wet cloth deep in his pocket, hoping it wouldn't show on the outside. He then turned to fly away but then was stopped by a large shadow.

There was a knock at the door, scaring Videl awake. She had fallen asleep on the couch trying to calm her father. Thinking on the bright side, she had settled him down. He was now in the kitchen baking scones and several chocolate cakes knowing all too well about the Demi-Saiyan's appetite. Videl blinked the glare from her eyes as there was another knock at the door. She got up and ran her fingers through her hair. She then answered the door only to find the one and only Son Gohan standing there.

"Hey Gohan! I was just thinking about you!" Videl exclaimed, referring to her strange dream of Gohan getting hurt. She smiled and beckoned him inside. Gohan returned the favour and made his way into the Satan mansion.

"How's your dad?" Gohan asked, hands casually in his pockets.

"He's baking chocolate cakes and scones at the moment," Videl couldn't help but laugh as Gohan's charcoal eyes lit up, "He knew you'd like it," she said giggling.

Gohan blushed as he realized that his appetite was getting the better of him. Out of pure curiosity, Videl grabbed his sleeve and rolled up his arm, looking at his elbow. Nope, not there. She tried the other one. She gave a sigh of relief, Gohan was perfectly fine, she then looked at his hands, clean and dirt free. Nice.

"You right there? Just help yourself to my arms why don't you?" Gohan said sarcastically, wondering what Videl was doing. Videl smiled.

"Oh, I will," she grabbed his arm and hooked hers onto his and dragged him away and up the stairs. Gohan grinned, a crooked one at that. He regretted his sarcasm and realized how much his mother and Videl were alike. Chi Chi liked to drag poor innocent Saiyans and apparently, so did Videl. Gohan smiled to himself. He wouldn't dare let Videl or Chi Chi know about this, he didn't want to relive the "Knitting Needle" war. He shuddered, that would definitely be horrid, horrid indeed.

A/N: Is that enough events for you? It better bloody be... now I will go and do something constructive. :D Have a nice one!

-Love Always, GohanGirl7711-