One Heart
A/N: I don't own DBZ. Expect some OCC and a little craziness.
Chapter Nine: No need for matchmakers!!! (Part II)
One Day has passed…
Son House
"Chocolate and—and some cookies! Oh—lots of candy too!" Goten said as he continued to fill the pack back up.
"We're not going on a picnic bonehead, we're gonna see your brother and his new apartment." Trunks grumbled.
"(—you're just jealous, Trunks since your mom won't allow you to take snacks! —)" Goten thought. Goten glared at him and knew for a fact Trunks' backpack was probably filled with the same if not more than his own backpack. "Leave all these snacks here, Kami I'm surprised you don't have fifty cavities by now!"
Goten frowned, "But you wouldn't call these bananas and grapes snacks, would you?"
"Of course they are."
"Uhm—" he looked through his backpack, "—How about peaches and apples?"
"They're Snacks!"
"Well, how about these oranges and tangerines, Trunks?"
"Snacks,"
"Watermelons, Coconuts?"
BAM
"They're snacks and we're not taking them." Trunks folded his arms and glared at Goten who now had a watermelon for a head.
Goten ate his way through and planted the coconut firmly on Trunks' head. "There. Now we'll take it along, jerk!"
"Attention everyone," Chichi said. Everyone faced her. Her presence gave off that of a drill sergeant but much more fearful. "Gohan will tell us his honest feelings and then and only then shall we know the honest truth! We shall make sure those two fall in love with or without them knowing of our whereabouts. We want this done subtly and without failure. This maybe your first time in matchmaking but we will carry out this plan with total efficiency!"
"Sounds like garbage to me." a male voice spoke.
Chichi clenched her fists. "You wouldn't be happening to be talking to me, hum vegetables boy?"
Vegeta narrowed his eyes, "No I'm talking to some other grandbaby obsessed princess." Vegeta grunted, "As naïve as the brat maybe, he has his instincts and he doesn't need help in finding his mate or claiming her as his own. He's doing fine on his own."
"You're probably right Vegeta." Bulma said though she hated to admit it. She really wanted to go and look at this school and everything. And like the others, she wanted to see Gohan's face when they arrived.
"And if you all go and interfere with it even with the best intentions, I know he's going to be pretty pissed off." Vegeta said. "Understand?"
Chichi clenched and unclenched her fists. He had a good point. "That is…quite understanding of you Vegeta."
"I am very understanding. I however, trust in his instincts unlike a stubborn mother we all know."
"Humph! I believe in my son. But my beliefs and feelings are two different things. And my feelings are overwhelming. That's why I must know and that is what I am simply asking. I don't want anyone to be hurt, just a simple "yes" or "no"! Is that so much to ask? Tell me!"
Vegeta grumbled something underneath his breath and rolled his eyes. "Fine, do whatever you wish."
"Don't worry I will!" Chichi grunted. "All right everyone, move out!"
Orange Star High
"Welcome to Orange Star High's annual festival!" the principal announced. "Eat, have fun and don't forget to donate money for the new stadium!"
The entire courtyard was filled with lots of couples, friends, and families.
Erasa, now the head cheerleader of Orange Star High came on the intercom. "Don't miss the live concert at 2 pm! There's a limited supply of tickets left at a small fee of 100 zeni! Oh and have fun!"
Angela stood beside her booth and spotted Gohan two booths down. Angela smiled. She really liked him and she was determined to ask him to go steady with her tonight. Even though they never "dated" other than a date she'd blackmailed him into which was rather boring since he fell asleep during the movie and she could count the number of times he spoke to her on one hand. That one odd first date lead to a date with her former boyfriend Tyler.
She stilled liked Gohan even after she thought she'd caught him trying to steal a kiss from Videl. Videl had to be out of the picture right? They only claimed to be friends, right? Plus, he was cute, nice and everything a popular girl like her needed. It was something her mother had pushed into her skull since junior high.
"Angela you are the cutest girl around. And as always cute girls need cute guys. Don't set yourself low." Miss. Vulgar had said. "If you drag the Vulgar name in the mud I will NEVER forgive you!"
Angela rolled her eyes. That explained why her mother had the record for the shortest marriages in Satan City history, one day. As soon as a new cute face comes by, they had to be a lawyer, a doctor for her mother to even consider to date. She even settled for actors, but they had to win at least a Grammy award. But once another one that's better than her current catch comes along, the current man is booted out!
"Nothing beats a determined Vulgar, nothing!" Miss. Vulgar snapped.
Angela licked her lips and tossed a few locks from her face.
Somehow, someway Gohan was going to be hers.
She'd tried to flirt with him but he looked so confused and looked at her as if she was crazy? Was he abnormally immune to her come-ons? That was impossible!
Angela grimaced when she saw her mother heading towards her. Her brown hair caught up in a French bun and she wore a pink dress that came up just a few inches above her knees. She had a killer figure for her age but she had the most horrible attitude.
Angela doubted, no she knew her mother didn't even have even the slightest of clues to who her father really was. Once she'd claim he was a famous actor, the next day some doctor and so forth. Angela could only remember a vivid image of a man with a bright smile and a wonderful laugh. She remembered all three of them laughing… but that's all she had, nothing else was there. All the men that followed always seemed to hate her and never tried to love her as a stepdaughter but as some sort of garbage. Angela knew her mother didn't even realize and if she did, she didn't care.
Angela knew she couldn't stand it forever and was happy she was turning eighteen in two weeks. She'd be kicked out, she knew that but she wanted more than anything right now was so move in with her aunt Parisian.
"Angela, darling daughter, how good to see you. Give your mommy a hug." Miss. Vulgar beamed. Angela saw some man standing a few feet from them and knew instantly that her mother was putting on a show for him.
"(—ha, caring mother my ass. —) Angela thought.
Trying not to scowl but instead trying to look perplex, Angela said, "Excuse me miss, but you must be mistaken because I don't know you." Angela slipped away leaving her mother mortified and angry and the man quite puzzled.
Angela smiled mentally, she was actually happy her mother dated an actor last summer or her performance wouldn't have been such a great success. Angela didn't care if her mother would ground her because her mother would be in her bedroom with her current boyfriend or out at some club with her new boyfriend by nightfall.
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"Delicious pastries come and get them! They're nice and hot!" Mai said to the growing coward that gathered around them.
Gohan stirred the thick batter over and over. He'd recently tasted the pastries and loved them immediately.
"Hey Gohan, they got you working huh?" Sharpener said. The blonde boy had a fish in his hands that began to twitch now and then and carried a basket of carrots strapped to his back. Sharpener nodded to himself, "You're helping Videl, That's a smart move. I say, go for it!"
"Yeah, she has this food booth with Erasa and Mai and so I kind of volunteered."
"Yeah, I bet you did." Sharpener laughed. "I was planning on doing the same thing." He looked around vigorously. "Yeah, I've also decided on asking a girl to go steady tonight. What do you think?" he didn't wait for a reply, "You know what they say. If you get all romantic with a girl tonight, she'll fall for you like a ton of bricks. You've heard all the stories haven't you? You know what I mean?"
"Yeah…I guess I heard something about it."
"Hello there!" Erasa called, "Hurry up with that fish, Sharpener!"
"Just a minute," He turned to Gohan, "Wish me luck, oh and good luck to you with Videl." He looked at Erasa with a broad smile, "We'll be right there, me and the fish that is." Sharpener scurried along.
"What is he doing with that thing?" Gohan frowned, "Or maybe I don't wanna know."
Mai peeked through the curtains and smiled, "Oh Gohan, you're not even stirring. Come on we're running out of doe."
Gohan nodded, "Oh right, no problem." He began to stir the batter again.
Joining Erasa and Videl in the front of the booth, Mai said, "Gohan looks so cute working like that. I think—no I know he's doing that for you, Videl."
"He's sweet isn't he?" Videl asked.
"Better than sweet," Erasa giggled, "You're lucky to have a boyfriend like that Videl. If he has a twin brother send him my way!"
"It's not really like that. He's not really my boyfriend." Videl said softly.
Erasa and Mai rolled their eyes, "(—Not this "We're just friends" crap again!!—)" they thought.
"Really…?" Mai said, "You sure fooled me, Videl. From the way you look at him and he looks at you, and the way you two act around the other as if no one else was there except the two of you. Sounds more like love than some innocent friendship to me." Her eyes lit up, "Oh! Why don't you ask him to go steady after the festival?"
"Huh? But I couldn't do that." Videl said, "(—not yet…especially when I don't know how he really feels about me AND with all these gossipers around? No way! —)"
"Huh? Why not? Girls can ask boys too. We don't live in the stone age, Videl."
"I don't care! I'm trying to sale food and I'm not looking for a boyfriend. So stop pestering me."
"Oh, so that's why you were blushing a minute ago?" Mai said.
Videl didn't replay for she looked at the pastry and groaned. "Uh, it's burning!"
All the while, Gohan blushed furiously as he continued to stir.
SatanCity
Though Vegeta had been against the whole ordeal, a little threatening and convincing on Bulma's behalf had the saiyan eager to see the mishaps of their matchmaking.
"Wow, this is such a nice apartment!" Bulma said, "I wonder what the inside looks like."
"Isn't it convenient its just a few doors away from Videl?" Mrs. Briefs beamed.
Chichi rang the doorbell twice then she waited and did it two more times. "Hello in there! Hello, Gohan? Son Gohan, are you in there?" Chichi frowned, "He's not answering the door. I wonder where he is. It's Sunday he's usually home studying or doing homework or something."
"Maybe he's too busy with his girlfriend." Vegeta grunted.
"Oh…my…" Mrs. Briefs giggled before she used her hands to muffle her giggles.
"I guess it's safe to say that he's not at home. We checked all the places teenagers go these days, so where else could he have gone?" Bulma asked.
"He purposely masked his ki so we couldn't find him." Trunks grumbled. "He's not playing fair."
"Well it's about noon so he probably went out for lunch." Goku nodded, "Yeah that's natural."
"We should have told him we were coming over." Goten said, "Why does it have to be a secret? If you ask me you two are getting really weird."
"We're not weird." Bulma and Chichi said, "He's getting older and he doesn't tell us what's going on. He could be having difficulties and all. We have to come here without warning so that we know what's really going on."
"So are we going to stand here and make speeches or are we going inside to wait for Gohan?" Sakia asked.
"We don't have a key." Mrs. Briefs said.
"Keys are so old fashion." Sakia grumbled and with an easy quick kick to the door, it came down. "See it's easy! Don't gawk and come on in."
They looked around; the apartment was clean and organized. A few textbooks were on the bed opened with some paper that had diagrams and evaluations on them.
Chichi frowned. "It's empty. Gohan really isn't here. Not that I believe he'd try to avoid us by pretending he isn't here, or was here." Chichi sighed.
"Since we don't know where he went we'll just have to stay here and wait until he comes home." Bulma said.
"Yes, we don't have any choice." Sakia groaned.
Goten, who was also disappointed looked for a place to put down his bag. As he passed the table his eyes fell upon something. Goten blinked. "Hey look at this!"
"What is it, Goten?" Chichi said and peered at the paper that rested on the nightstand.
Mrs. Briefs beamed, "Ooo, it's a flyer for a school festival."
"Interesting," Chichi and Bulma chorused.
Orange Star High
Later in the day it grew warmer, about 78 degrees; it was a bit windy but nothing to ruin a nice sunny day.
Gohan and Videl sat together underneath a nearby tree. Gohan laid out a blanket and Videl pulled out two capsules that were filled with food.
Gohan looked at the large luscious lunch, "Wow it looks delicious."
Videl smiled, "Dig in Gohan."
"Don't mind if I do." He began first with the rice cakes, some meso soup, sushi, and some rice.
Gohan swallowed. "Is it all right?" Videl asked and looked at the demi-saiyan.
"It's great! Truth be told, I never tasted anything so delicious. Believe me, I'm an expert."
"Fantastic!" Videl beamed, "You don't know how much that compliment means to me. Your mother introduced me to some of her recipes. I wasn't too sure if I added too much seasoning or not. She said after you make it you should experiment so I did." Videl looked through her backpack and turned to Gohan producing two tickets, "Say do you want to go see that concert together?"
"A concert?"
"Yeah, it's in the gym. It's a live band. It'll be fun!"
Gohan nodded. "I'd like to go but what about the booth."
"Oh I don't think we'll have any costumers then. Everyone will be at the concert. Remember this is our festival." Videl winked. "You got to be true to your school and all that, right?"
"Well when you put it like that, how can I refuse? Let's do it."
Videl smiled.
Elsewhere
"Mama!" two children came rushing in. The boy, who was eighteen, came in holding a woman in his arms. His sister was following behind them with a bag of food in her hands.
"What is it?" the alarmed woman came out. She saw what her son was carrying and gaped. The woman looked so pale and was obviously unconscious since she hadn't moved even an inch. "Oh dear, get yourselves in here immediately."
While the children got themselves out of their coats and into dry clothing to warm their bodies up, their mother with the help of her husband carried the other woman into the guestroom.
The sister blew at her hands and gazed at the opened guestroom door. "I wonder who she is."
Orange Star High(Entrance)
The gang looked around at the large festival with awe. It was filled with wonders, handwork and delicious food.
"Oh come on, let's buy some food! I'm so hungry!" Goku said looking at the various choices. Goku looked around and was uncertain as to where to begin. "They have sushi, oh and fried noodles, ooo and those look good too!" he looked at the large display of desserts.
Chichi sighed, "You better be willing to pay for your snacks."
"Ooo…" Goku's bubble popped and he pouted.
Chichi sighed; there was something so irresistible about his puppy dog eyes. "Here's 500 zeni, no more."
Goku nodded, "Thanks, Chi."
The group began to walk and had to stop a few times for Goku to grab a "few" items to snack upon.
"I don't see Gohan anywhere. I wonder where he is." Bulma said.
"So many people here, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack." Mrs. Briefs commented.
"He's got to be here somewhere. After all, this is his school. He wouldn't miss their big festival." Chichi said. "We should split up. That way we'll have a better chance finding him!"
The female who had watched Gohan and the others in the zoo smirked, "(—Looks like the fun doesn't end here. This should be interesting.—)"
Elsewhere
"Excuse me, pardon me." Gohan said as he maneuvered past a few people, "(—I better hurry. I promised Videl I'd meet her for the concert. I got less than five minutes left. —)" Gohan thought.
Gohan held his breath for a second; did he just see a man dressed like V-Vegeta?
"It—it can't be, Vegeta?" Gohan shook his head, "No way. I'm just imagining things. Vegeta hates crowds and people in general. He wouldn't be caught dead in a city named after Hercule, let alone at some high school festival. No way. Funny how your mind can play tricks on you."
"Goku, GOKU!"
Gohan nearly jumped. "Eeek…!" he saw his mother ran past a few aisles ahead of him calling his father's name with rage. "(—Oh, Kami help me, this is bad what in the world are they up to?!—)"
"Goku wait for me!"
Gohan's left eyebrow twitched and he swallowed hard. "They're here."
BOMB
Gohan didn't have time to get use to that for what he heard caused numerous of students to scatter. "That's a ki blast!" Gohan said and raced over to the scene.
"He—he…" Trunks stuttered.
"H—how t—that little kid d-do t—that?" the booth owner squirmed beside the burnt booth.
"How could I have missed such an easy target like that?" Goten looked at his hand, ". I guess I need some more food or something. Hum, how strange. There must be something wrong with my ki level today. Trunks, hey you ok?"
"There MUST be something wrong with your head, dummy!!" Trunks yelled.
Goten didn't have time to reply for he saw his brother coming towards them.
"W-what are you two doing here, squirt?" Gohan asked, and then he noticed Trunks a few feet away. "Oh hey there Trunks,"
"Hey." Trunks said.
Goten beamed, "Hi, big brother! We've been looking for you! I thought you'd hear that blast."
Gohan nodded, "That's good and dandy but what's going on?"
BOOM
The students along with the three demi-saiyans watched as four windows on the second floor of the high school were blown out. "Oh no…the science lab…" Gohan said.
Science Lab
"Intriguing," Orion exclaimed (1).
Four other students began to chase Goku who had four large bowls of fried noodles in his hands. "Stop chasing me!" Goku yelled.
"Right here at Orange Star High I, Orion Kamahi have discovered a new species of human development!" he jumped on the desk, "I'LL BE RICH AND FAMOUS!!!"
"Yes! No one will EVER make fun of me again!" the shorter male stood beside him, "They called me nerdo—four-eyes—mouse breeder! But now I shall go down in history as "victuals man!"
Orion blinked, "Dude, you need a life, Milo. "Victuals man"?"
Ignoring him he pointed to Goku, "After that man!"
"You know I had some fan girls before but this is ridiculous! You're not even women!" Goku said and caught a bowl before it hit the floor, "And carry all this food down these stairs is a hell of a talent!"
"I'll be on daytime talk shows! The media will be all over me! Stop!" he did a dramatic pause, "Talk to my agent first!" Milo said. "Someone catch him! DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE ME!!"
Goku was trapped with the use of small needles that held him pinned up against the board.
"Now my specimen, you shall not go in vain for we shall remember the sacrifice you made for the advancement of mankind—" Milo smirked, "—and that of my career!!
"Ok that's it!" Goku said, "You take the word "freaky" to a whole new level buddy!"
Four teachers ran up the stairs when they heard a loud blast that broke the second and third floor windows. "What's going on up there?"
"Who cares?" two high school couples passed them, "The concert starting!!"
Gohan ran up the stairs and met up with Mrs. Briefs and Vegeta.
Vegeta was leaning against the railing looking quite amused.
"My dad's in trouble?" Gohan asked.
"Well that is to say how you define trouble." Mrs. Briefs said.
Gohan rolled his eyes; he was not in the best of moods for one of her riddles.
As soon as the two approached the door, two students from the lab, along with the door came crashing into the wall.
"Not good." Mrs. Briefs said.
"You think?" Gohan replied.
"You know you don't have to be so sarcastic." Mrs. Briefs grumbled and looked around.
"Don't move. I'll get the medics on the scene." Mrs. Briefs said to the unconscious teens. "Now where did I put that blasted phone?"
Gohan found Milo with a large bump on his forehead and a few cuts on his arms, face and legs. "T-Tell the papacies I did it for science." Then Milo slumped into unconsciousness.
Goku rubbed his head and groaned. He was so hungry and doing that technique took a lot of energy.
His food had spilled all over the place. "No…200 zeni worth of food—GONE!" Goku wailed. "Chichi's gonna kill me!"
"Dad, look at what—"
BOOM
"—YAAA!" Gohan said as he raced down the stairs. This was not good. If he was human he would have knelled over by now from exhaustion and stress. "Oh no Kami help! What next?"
Elsewhere
"Dude, it's totally broken."
Bulma took the mechanical mouse from the boy who was the leader of the experiment.
"Well, well, well. This is such an old fashion sensor and the motor is just a toy. Humph. Places like New Namek you couldn't give this away without implying some sort of insult!"
The boy blinked.
"Now let's see…" Bulma took out her small kit of tools. "We'll have this baby running in no time!"
Outside the gym
Videl looked to her right and to her left and leaned against the empty booth. "(—what happened to Gohan? He said he's met me here, he never breaks promises. —)"
Elsewhere
Gohan sweat dropped. "Don't you to think you've gone a bit too far?"
Chichi and Sakia pouted, "It's not my fault! They lied to us and we're so hungry you know how quickly angered we get when we are.
Sakia nodded, "Then out of nowhere they came up and scared the shit out of us! We didn't mean to mess up their thing. Honest."
Chichi's eyes sparkled with forming tears, "I—we just wanted to find you."
"Well you did. They worked so hard to build this for the festival. You two destroyed it. This was supposed to be fun."
"I'm so sorry, Gohan. Really I am…it's just that I was really worried about you."
"Just go home." He hadn't meant it to sound as sharp as it did but from the way his mother flinched it did. A part of him knew his mother was really upset and hurt by this for she never ever would be defeated like such. "I don't know what possessed you all to meddle into my life but we'll just have to talk about it later." He softened his voice and tried to sound calm. "You and the rest of the group can all meet me at my apartment and we'll all talk. Oh, and try not to destroy anything in the process, please."
Chichi and Sakai nodded.
Gohan unclenched his fists. Everything was turning into a complete disaster. Flying ki blasts, experiments, destructive frying pans—what next?
Just then a large mechanical mouse sped by and Gohan's eyes grew so large that it dominated his entire face. "P—please, don't tell me you brought Bulma with you,"
"(—what a stupid question.—) Gohan thought.
Chichi and Sakia barely nodded before a groan emerged from Gohan's mouth.
"Kami help us." Gohan said and ran off.
Inside
"Ahaa, she tried that toy into a g-giant RAT!" three girls yelled. Several students dodged out of the rat's path and either collided with a wall or another student.
Outside
A boy a few booths away from Videl's leaned back in his chair, "Since everyone is basically at the concert I can finally lay back and relax. Thank goodness for that." He sighed.
He opened his eyes. "Huh? What's that noise?" He began looking around for the source of the rumbling sounds. He noticed there was not a cloud in the sky and the rumbling was coming closer from the direction of the school.
He came about five feet from his booth and blinked, "A giant rat's rampaging through the courtyard?" he yelped as the giant rat went right behind him and destroyed his entire booth. "NO!" he looked around at the damage, "Amazing! I—I can't believe it, no way!"
Bulma ignored the glares from her son and mother, "So it bumps into things. I thought I fixed it before I enlarged it, but you can do so much with their substandard technology."
"Bulma," Gohan said running up to the blue-haired scientist.
Bulma turned and smiled, "Hey, Gohan how's it going?"
"How's it—it's going bad! What is that?"
"It's a mechanical rat." Bulma said simply and seeing that wasn't what Gohan had wanted, she continued, "It was a simple gadget those science kids were working on and I kind of enhanced it up a little bit. I thought those kids would be inspired and be interested in learning a few concepts of advanced science." She sweat dropped. "But it didn't quite make it through the maze."
"The school's not a maze! Its' got to stop it before someone gets hurt."
"Heroic is in your blood, huh." She blushed a bit, "Uhm, I sort of got rid of the on and off switch because it got in my way and looked sort of funny. So all I know is that we'll just have to let the batteries run out so we won't cause too much of a scandal."
"All I know is that you are a menace, Bulma." Gohan grumbled.
Bulma laughed. Gohan's eyes focused upon the rampaging rat, so far it cause incalculable amount of damage on the school property but no one was hurt—yet!
Gohan looked at the direction it was going—not good!
SatanCity
The same woman who had watched Gohan and the group at the zoo smiled as she stood hovering miles above the city. Everything was running quite smoothly.
"Don't fail me, Suzuki, we need those saiyans dead! We only have until the following full moon to accomplish this."
"Yes, master."
Suzuki scowled, "I'll get them back for what they did to you, Mayuka. I swear it."
Orange Star High
Videl looked at her watch and debated upon whether to leave or not.
"(—Gohan wouldn't stand me up or at least I don't think he would. —)" Videl thought and frowned deeply. Videl looked up at the sky and then at her watch.
He had two more minutes.
Videl frowned, "(—maybe this was a bad idea, maybe he doesn't feel the same way, maybe I was just wrong about everything. —)" Videl thought. Videl sighed, "I guess I'll just leave."
The rat came thundering down the aisles of booths, destroying any and everything that came into its path.
Videl turned around just to see the rat increasing its speed.
"Videl get out of the way!" Gohan wasn't sure if anyone would see him if he deflected the rat with his ki but judging by the gathering kis' of the student body he knew they'd see.
BOOM
Gasps emerged from the students that stood around the area. Many were on the ground after witnessing the winds that came from the large explosion. When the dust cleared a few figures stood where the rat had been previously.
Videl blinked, Gohan was holding her in a protective hold and his father and brother had their hands stretched out. She saw Sakia, Chichi, and Bulma putting ice or bandages on the few injured students.
"That was close but we stopped it, big brother!" Goten said. He blinked and saw his brother, Videl, Mai and two blonde teens looking at the booth beside him.
The burnt booth shook and fell to the ground. "Oh my," Mrs. Briefs said softly.
"Your not hurt are you, Gohan?" Goten asked.
"Hello, of course not bonehead!" Trunks scoffed. "Saiyans are built like steel!"
Gohan released Videl and looked at his family and friends he had known since he was little. If Goku didn't know any better he thought he saw Gohan was scowling at them! "I can't take this anymore, would you all just leave me alone?"
Goten sniffed. He never liked it when his brother got angry, it was so rare and it always got scary. "B—But we came to see you, I thought you'd want us to come."
"Maybe, but somehow you all became so much trouble."
"B—but you mean—"
"Hush now." Chichi whispered. She bent down on one of her knees to look Goten in his eyes, "You heard him little one."
Goku looked up at the sky and frowned, "Come on everyone let's go." This was not how it was suppose to end. This was far, far from what they had hoped. Their son was drifting away from them and there was nothing they could do about it. He was getting older now and things as simple as fishing or going for a flight around the world didn't interest him as much as girls and training did.
Videl looked at Gohan. It was like if there was two of him. One that she fell in love with and the other she didn't have a clue as to who he was. Videl frowned. He looked so serious and the only time she saw him like that was when that Mayuka girl came.
"Gohan, they're leaving. Aren't you going after them?" Videl asked.
Gohan didn't answer. Apart of him did want to go after them and apologize and right now he wished he hadn't been born with his mother's stubbornness.
Vegeta opened one eye and looked at the retreating forms of the gang. "I guess I didn't have to save the brat from them. They probably drove him crazy by now."
Elsewhere
In a distant village, in a small room of a small house, a woman no older than thirty laid unconscious beneath some warm blankets. Another woman about the same age with kind eyes carried a bowl of warm water into the room followed by her daughter, Daigle who was thirteen.
"So odd, who knows how long she could have been wandering around here without a single memory of herself or her past." The mother murmured. "What a beautiful woman. She looks like a woman her family must miss dearly." She turned to her daughter, "Are you certain Kanji checked with all the nearby villages for any missing person signs?"
Her daughter nodded. "He did, mama. And I went too so he wouldn't dally. He says nobody's missing any wife, daughter or mother. Nobody recognizes her picture probably because it's such a small area and nobody really has televisions or radios and things there."
"True." The woman nodded. "It's such a pity. When she awoke a few hours ago I noticed she had the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen." She looked at the woman's hair, "And loveliest hair like black silk."
"She must have really gotten hit hard on that head of hers or that's what the doctor says. She's lucky Kanji and I found her when we did or she'd have died from frostbite by now."
"Aye, and such a high fever," The mother placed a small towel on the woman's head. "Hopefully, she'll lose that amnesia of hers. My heart goes out to her family, where ever they are." She looked out slightly opened window.
Orange Star High (Approximately 10:02 PM)
The concert had ended about ten minutes ago and the festival party began. Kissy-kissy, lovey dovey, everywhere you looked it was the same thing. Several students were now laughing or kissing their now steady boyfriend or girlfriend.
"(—where's Gohan? What's up with that guy, it's like he vanished. Maybe he went home already!—)" Angela thought.
"Some of them came from Mt. Pazou? That's a long way from here." Videl said.
Gohan nodded, "A long way to do some damage to the festival."
"Don't be so down in the dumps. Its ok, besides the best part of the festival for me was working with you in the booth."
"But you do know what happened to the booth, right?"
"Of course, it was destroyed. I know that. We would have to take it down later that day anyways and besides at least we had a good time while it was there." Videl smiled, "Oh wow."
"What is it?"
"I never even thanked them for saving everyone and for making this festival one of the best we ever had." Videl looked at Gohan, "There's no reason for you to feel bad, and it wasn't your fault."
Gohan sighed and he finally smiled, "I guess your right."
After a few moments of silence Gohan asked, "Videl are you cold?"
Videl shook her head, "Not really. It feels pretty good up here" Videl shrugged, "I guess I feel a bit lonely and sad because the festival's almost over."
Gohan nodded, "I know what you mean. It was nice."
"Gohan," Videl said his name softly.
A blush came upon the demi saiyan's face when she leaned against him and placed her head on his arm, "Y-Yes Videl?"
"They say that you go to the one you love and tell them what you feel for them." Her eyes fluttered open, "I wasn't going to do that because I didn't believe in the school's legend. If I can be with you like we are everyday at school that's more than enough to make me happy. And I mean that, I really do. And sometimes when I feel so close to you I feel so far away. That's how I felt when you got angry at your family and friends, I never seen you so serious. I could tell that somehow this day was really important to you, in a special way."
Angela crept up the stairs of the orange star high school's roof. She saw Gohan walking up here and she presumed he was alone. Perfect.
"What am I saying? I didn't mean to say that, there are so many things going on around here."
"Videl," Gohan was holding Videl by her shoulder and looked so concerned.
They were staring at each other. Gohan could not make out the expression in her eyes, though he sensed the time was right…for the both of them. The sweet scent he'd detected throughout the day seemed to drift from her skin and hair and began to engulf around him.
Videl closed her eyes and got on her tipsy-toes. Slowly, Gohan bent down to touch her lips with his own. The kiss was as innocent as was its intention. But that didn't last for long.
Angela looked around softly calling Gohan's name. "Gohan, Gohan?" she blinked, "Where on earth could he have gotten to? I know this school's huge and all but I don't think he would have left so early before the big event." Angela paused and she looked towards the side of the roof and gaped. Gradually, she craned her neck before a better view before her mouth dropped open.
Angela didn't notice her eyes were shimmering or the few tears that had escaped from them. She cast her gaze to the floor and a few tears fell onto it. She muffled her sobs by biting onto her bottom lip. She felt sick and a bit lightheaded but it didn't compare to what her heart was feeling. Nothing did. "(—H-How dare you do this!—)" Angela thought.
Without another word she crept backwards into the darkness. She couldn't bring herself to comfort them, what claim did she have to him anyways? Everything she's hoped for with him had somehow shattered and was gone as if it hadn't been there before.
Along in the shadows of the night Suzuki floating alongside the school, undetected and unnoticed. Her golden haunting eyes were the first things to be noticed when she came from the dark depths. Suzuki smirked and replayed all the events that had occurred throughout that day in her mind. It was finally time to act upon her revenge. Suzuki glanced at her blue hair and selected three. Grinning deviously, she pictured her sweet revenge.
"This will be so sweet." She blew the hairs into the wind, "Now go along and do your job." The hairs scattered to the winds and Suzuki watched with a wide arrogant grin. Soon the three sparkling hairs disappeared into the night as well did the woman.
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Chapter Ten: Suzuki's Great Plan
So that's that. Where will things go from here? Will the matchmaking cease and will tension rise when Gohan goes back home? Will everything be forgotten and placed into the past? What about Angela? What is Suzuki's great plan? "At last the bonds that have been holding them together are coming apart! It's the beginning of the end…for the entire planet." (Suzuki.)
A/N: This was a bit shorter to begin with but I went over it and added more scenes than I had planned. It didn't end up like some of the matchmaking chapters with the gang usually do. I know there was a bit OCC about especially in Angela. But as people age, they grow and mature. I admit the whole disaster thing was a bit out of there but a possibility. I'm trying to do some more chapters that have to do with the heart and hopefully something everyone or some people can relate to. Thanks everyone who have reviewed in the past.
Updating days: Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays.
(1) Orion; this is his second appearance in my fanfictions. He's always the smart geeky boy that befriends Gohan and the group. He has a nice personality and very amiable character.
Complete Editing: 11/13/2004
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Pervious Chapter's Reviewers:
Dela-Vegeta Satan
PLZ PLZ PLZ WRITE MORE! IM LOVIN IT!
Luna's Meow
No problem. Do the same for me if you read my fanfics. And this chapter was good. I thought Gohan would be a little more embarrassed and try to get out of the movie when he realized what was in it, but it was still good enough to be realistic. Sorry if I sound critical, but I just can't think of anything else to say right now.
