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Chapter three

Gohan could feel himself waking up. It wasn't fair. He was comfortable. Curling himself into a ball, Gohan snuggled down into the warmth of the duvet. Ahh, so cosy. And he could almost picture his Mum, already awake getting his breakfast ready for when he got up. Hey wait a minute! Gohan sniffed. No breakfast smells.

Gohan sat bolt upright, the whole episode from the day before flooding back to him. The duvet pooled around his middle but it didn't matter. Someone had had the courtesy not to undress him.

The room was completely foreign but bigger than the one he had at home. The bed was a double and...was that an en suite bathroom. Judging by the sunlight streaming in through the crack in the curtains it was late in the morning. But still Gohan had no idea of where he was. Piccolo had knocked him out and then...nothing.

Overriding the protests of his aching muscles Gohan pattered over to the door. Pushing it open a crack, he stuck his head out curiously.

"Smash"

The palm of someone's hand crashed into the wall centimetres from his face. Gohan ogled it in shock before following the arm to find the owner. He was being careless again, her ki wasn't that low. Nowhere near dangerous, but still higher than most untrained humans.

Her pretty face, haloed by black pigtails, was glaring up at him gravely and his immediate reaction was to squeak,

"It wasn't me!"

Weird. She made him feel just like his Mum did. They had the same way of looking at him.

All of a sudden, her stony countenance fractured just a little.

"Guilty conscience", she smiled scarily making Gohan 'eep' in fear. She was way too much like his mother.

There wasn't much time to ponder this however before she forced him back into the room he'd started in.

Driving him back until he had no choice but to sit on the bed she grabbed a lamp and shone it in his face

"Hey. What? Stop that..."

She then, ignoring his protests, grabbed a chair from the corner, straddled it and proceeded to glare threateningly at him. Gohan shifted uncomfortably but was quickly stilled as, if possible, the girls stare grew sterner. After a few uncomfortable minutes in which it became clear that she wasn't going to speak first though, Gohan decided that it was up to him.

"So uh hi. Um. Where am I?" he said nervously, flicking his gaze from side to side in an effort to avoid looking her in the eyes. She pursed her lips.

"Um...what's your name?"

She didn't answer. This was getting tedious.

"Well even if you don't know where I am could you at least tell me why I'm here because I don't remember...?"

"Grrr. You idiot. I'm the one interrogating here", she snarled.

Gohan squeaked nervously again and leant back as far away from her as he could. Well at least he'd got her talking though he seemed to have angered her even more. Was this good or bad.

"Ack. You can't deny it you know so start talking. I saw everything. Don't even try to hide from me Son Gohan or you'll..."

Gohan's forehead furrowed as his head jerked heatedly in her direction. She blushed bright crimson and now she was the one that couldn't meet his eye. Not a word had been spoken but it was clear that she knew that she'd done something wrong.

Gohan broke the fresh silence muttering stonily, "I think you owe me an explanation before you obligate me to say anything wouldn't you say."

Her hands shifted uncomfortably in her lap as the interrogator became the interrogatee. But Gohan wanted to know. Was it so easy to nose around in his privacy?

"Well?" he rumbled threateningly, eyes narrowing to dangerous slits.

She glanced up from her lap and twitched slightly on seeing his expression. She swallowed nervously before answering.

"Well..uh...you see..." she grimaced as she found herself unable to come up with an appropriate excuse. Crossing his arms in a Vegeta like manner, Gohan raised an eyebrow questioningly and the girl flushed again. And then the words came gushing out.

"I looked it up on the internet. Your name was only a guess to be honest. I wasn't sure it was your real name. I was going to use it to scare you. Make you think I knew everything...it took me ages to find you."

"And how did you find me", asked Gohan with genuine curiosity. He didn't know he was on the interenet.

"I saw the symbol on your gi shirt. I found you under your Dad", she whispered.

Gohan winced in pain, as he looked at he thought of the turtle hermit's symbol emblazoned across his back, but he had asked for it. He was glad she had been honest. They both shifted uncomfortably in the quiet. Neither knowing what to say. But one of them had to go first.

Coming to a decision, the girl tossed her pigtails out of the way, held out her hand and declared,

"This is riduiculous. Let's start again. I'm Videl. Nice to meet you!"

Gohan eyed her hand. Videl chewed her lip nervously. Could the situation be anymore awkward? Gohan didn't think so.

Then, smiling, Gohan took her hand warmly in his own.

"If I'm not mistaken you were the one interrogating me. But I'm Gohan. Pleased to meet you too."

Having started again the conversation became much more comfortable. And Gohan was grateful to finally find out exactly where he was and why one earth he was there of all places."

"You mean this is Mr Satan's house and you're his daughter", he cried in shock, slapping his forehead.

Videl frowned and eyed him up as though he were crazy.

"Yeah. I go the police to let me take you. They had enough to deal with already. Didn't you know who I was?"

"Well. No actually. Isn't that obvious. My mum..."

He broke off. He didn't want to talk about her. It was too painful. Videl was obviously bursting with curiosity but for once she held her tongue and Gohan was glad she did.

"So does your Dad know that I'm here", Gohan asked carefully.

Videl snorted in disgust, "Oh God no. And if he did well...Let's just say you wouldn't be here now. No...he ran off on his world tour as soon as the trouble started. Left me to my own devices. I'm used to it."

"He left you completely alone..." But Gohan was interrupted.

"Oh no not completely. He's not that bad a Dad though he is a moron. There are the servants. But it's not the same you know."

"Yeah I know", sighed Gohan sympathetically. It was like him and his Mum with Dad not around any more. "Will your servants tell him I'm here."

She grinned

"No. That's is, they won't if I tell them not to, "She grinned mischievously and Gohan paled, "Don't worry about that. They know how to keep a secret. Most likely I can come up with some reason for your presence if your still here when Dad gets back."

Gohan scratched his head thoughtfully.

"Does that mean I can stay here."

"Are you crazy", Videl blurted, "Now that I've got you, you're not getting out of my sight!"

Both of them laughed. It was so easy to make friends sometimes. It just felt...right.

Videl, though burning with curiosity decided to postpone her questioning. She could see that Gohan was uncomfortable and as long as she knew where he was, she'd be able to find out someday. Though that day better be soon, she thought, or I'm going to have to ask him no matter how he feels.

She watched Gohan out of the corner of her eye. Seeing her looking Gohan raised an eyebrow enquiringly, but she just shook her head. Gohan was still blinking far more than necessary, she noticed, to try and remove the dots of colour that blurred his vision. But that was what usually happened when you had a light shined in your face for too long. The colours began to fade however as the pair left the darkness and headed for the kitchen. Viidel was in for a show.

All the servants and Videl gazed in shock at the piles of food that Gohan was putting away. It wasn't that he was making a mess, it was just the sheer volume! Gohan stopped eating and blushed sheepishly.

"Sorry", he muttered looking down at his lap, "I have a big appetite."

"You're telling me", murmured Videl to herself, her surprise still evident.

But even though Videl had only spoken quietly Gohan looked up with curiosity,

"Were you talking to me?"

When he got no response, other than widened eyes, he merely shrugged and continued satiating his appetite. Though he ate more he was finished long before Videl and he couldn't help but ask the question that had been burning his tongue for quite some time.

"Sorry to bring this up again. But you see I kind of need to know. Are you sure it's ok for me to stay here"

"Well yeah", shrugged Videl, "There's lots of room. You're family won't worry will they and you'd better not try anything funny", she threatened.

"No, no", said Gohan, waving his hands for emphasis, "and I'm sure they know where I am", in fact he knew they knew where he was, why else would Piccolo leave him, "I'm going through a rough time at the moment at home you see. And it would be really helpful if I could stay. Just for a little while. You're pretty much the only person round here that I know. There are others, friends...but quite frankly I don't want to see them."

But thoughts on the others quickly sprang memories of home into Gohan's mind. I hope Mum and the baby are ok, Gohan pondered, I hate making them worry but I can't go back at the moment. I can't.

"Hello. Earth to Son Gohan"

Gohan's mind sailed back to his body. On seeing Videl's hand practically planted in his face Gohan leaned backwards, arms cart wheeling, eyes bulging, and toppled, with the chair, to the floor. Everyone in the room blinked in surprise.

"Owie" was all that could be heard from the direction of Gohan's prostrate form.

"And we're here because", Gohan sighed.

"We're here...because I want to see how strong you are, get it?"

"Ok", Gohan whined, "But I still don't get why we couldn't just use the gym at your place."

"Because I want to spar."

"But, like I said, we could have done that at your house?"

Videl shrugged, "Habit. Normally I have to come here looking for a fight."

Their conversation was cut short, however, when two muscular guys sauntered over, the larger one rubbing his bald head, the other favouring a blonde ponytail.

"Hey little Videl. That your boyfriend. Your Dad won't be happy, no he won't", the beefy man said as though talking to a baby, waggling his finger insultingly as he did so.

Frowning Gohan contemplated the men not really paying attention to their words. They were no threat. But didn't all that muscle slow them down? It was fine if they were trying to win Mr Universe but otherwise...what was the point. Thoughts ceased however when Gohan saw that Videl had already dropped into a more stable stance, fits at the ready.

"Shut it you big hunk of meat", she growled.

"Ooh. That's a big threat for someone so small."

"I said shut up"

He lowered his chin to her level and grinned mockingly.

"Or...?"

He never got a chance to finish. He and his friend were already out cold.

"V...videl?", squeaked Gohan.

She tossed her hair proudly into the air.

"Come on Gohan. We're done here!"

And she sauntered off. Gohan, still ogling the two men, followed after her.

Well that was chapter three. Wahoo.

School starts tomorrow though so I won't have so much time to update but that doesn't mean I'm gone for good. I've already given up the time when I should have been revising for a test so that I could give you guys this chapter. Chemistry yeuch! Can't really complain though I chose to study it. Well I look forward to your reviews.

Ooh don't let me forget

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Well I think I deserve a pat on the back for updating three chapters so quickly. I wanted to make the most of the weekend.

Well I guess I'll see you all next time, hopefully soon,

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