How Things Work Out?
1. All characters appearing the show are courtesy of their respective owners and designers
2. All other characters such as Serena are copyright of Frying Pan of Doom (love ya sis) Be sure to check out her work and give her the inspiration to update, she goes on holidays soon so beg her cause I am hint hint Serena Son is property of Frying Pan of Doom. You should go see her work it is very worthwhile reading. Ignores the NO IT AIN'T by FPOD herself
3. Tiffany and Jo are mine…. well kinda considering they are my friends, so their not really mine. But you get that.
4. This chapter was edited and put into HTML format by GohanGirl7711.
Serena stood staring at the woman in front of her. She kept watching her carefully. She wanted to speak but something inside her was telling her not too. She opened her mouth but just couldn't bring herself to make a sound.
"Excuse me young lady?" the woman asked the girl in front of her.
Serena just stood there. The lady kept watching, always being careful not to take her eyes off her.
'I can't do this' she thought to herself as she turned around and ran down the stairs. What she wasn't counting on was a young man and girl behind him. She knocked him to the ground much to the shock of the teen.
"Ouch" he groaned feeling his head. "Who are you, you're awfully strong…"
Serena just got up and left. Leaving Gohan looking after her in surprise and Tiffany and Videl were left looking on from behind both with confused looks on their faces.
"Who was that?" Tiffany answered
"Yeah" Videl piped up from behind the two. "Mom… who was that?"
"I have no idea," Panna whispered letting the trio through the door. Videl gave her mother a quick hug.
"You ok?" she asked
"Yeah, I'm ok, I just couldn't help thinking that I knew that girl from somewhere" Panna whispered walking into the house, "How was your day?"
They walked into the kitchen where Chi Chi was pouring some coffee.
"Afternoon Chi Chi?" Videl said politely as a small blur attached itself to her leg.
"Hey Videl!" the small blob said cheerily as Videl giggled.
"Hey Goten" she whispered to the adorable munchkin. "How are you?"
"I'm alright though" Goten answered "Missed you heaps"
She smiled at him as she felt a warm arm reach for hers. She turned to see Gohan. She smiled at him sweetly.
"You coming" he asked gently ignoring the "Oh what a perfect couple, imagine the grandkids" his mother was saying. She nodded. After all they had lots of work to do on the competition and they wouldn't get any done by sitting down talking about it. Besides anything was better then listening to their parents raving about grand children.
Videl followed Gohan to his room where Tiffany was sitting on the bed. She smiled. It was obvious she had a plan…and more importantly the two teens knew it involved them from the way their friend was looking at them.
Meanwhile Serena threw herself on the ground, continually banging her fist against it, forcing the dirt to separate and form a small ditch.
'Your such an idiot' she thought to herself, 'why do you act like that, I knew this would happen' she began to cry to herself.
"Damn" she whispered "I knew I'd choke, what's wrong with me?"
'What's wrong with you?' A voice called. Serena froze.
"Who are you?" she asked only to be answered with an echo of her question. She looked around there were no figures to who the voice could have come from. There was only her.
"It couldn't have been much worse…." She whispered to herself as she thought back to herself. In her memories she didn't ever remember her family living in the city, they'd always lived in the mountain areas. That wasn't the strange part. The strange thing was she knew to go to that particular house.
The wind blowing. The rain dropping on the leaves. A body lay lifeless on the ground. The water beading off her arms.
Yes dear reader this body was in fact a female lying on the ground. Her long black hair and slender body. The rain gradually slowed down when it stopped the girl woke up.
"Its strange" Tiffany said in a low voice "I'm watching it but I feel as if its me getting picked up! Like I'm not all there you know"
Videl looked on quietly as Gohan nodded his agreement.
"I've had the same dream" he confessed facing the two. Especially Videl who for one was being very quiet.
"What do you mean?" Tiffany answered clueless as she sat beside Videl who looked deep in thought, and in a world of her own.
"I've had that dream, only it felt like a part of me was missing as the girl was taken away y'know"
She nodded. "Videl are you ok?"
Videl appeared to jump out of thought upon hearing her friends voice. Her voice was small as she looked at the man sitting on the chair.
"How come you don't remember me?"
"I know" He answered sadly. "I don't remember anything from when I was a child, its very strange, but under the circumstances I guess it may be best if I don't remember anything, anyways let's get started on this song ok, we really need to practice"
"Ok" Tiffany answered, "Where's the CD player?"
Jo pushed the trolley down the isle of the supermarket, Marker beside her casually placing things in the trolley. She didn't look too pleased.
"My hand is hurting so bad" she complained
"Poor baby" Marker answered sarcastically as he dodged a playful punch from the teen. She smiled. Not that she had much to smile about. She was shopping the one thing she hated in most the whole world. They were shopping for food.
"Tomato sauce Marker" Jo answered pushing the trolley away from him as he began to try and balance on the edge. "Marker cut it out will you"
He pouted.
"HEY JO!"Jo turned to face the owner of the voice. It happened to be none other then Leo. She smiled graciously as he appeared beside her with a trolley.
"How's Tiffany doing? I haven't seen her in a few days or heard from her," Leo answered.
"Don't worry" Jo said patting his back.
"She's been really busy she's got a concert this Friday night, speaking of which are you going?" Marker asked
"Might as well" Leo answered, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Shopping, you know considering I live with Marker, he seems to eat more in a day then me in a week" Jo teased as Leo chuckled.
"Hey!" Marker said biting back. "You try living with my brother and seeing how much he eats you'd understand then"
"Hey I've seen Gohan eat, that's enough for me" Jo answered
"Hmm so where's Tiffany now?" Leo asked curiously
"Over at Gohan's to practise" Marker answered
"Don't fret, she's with Videl too" Jo said "Speaking of which we have a proposition of you…. to do with a few of our friends, you interested?"
"I guess, what is it" Leo asked in a conversation of his own. Jo smiled she and Tiffany had planned this out for a little while. And no matter what they WOULD get their friends together.
Tiffany smiled at Videl who had just finished singing. She had sung 'Girl of Your Dreams' a song which Tiffany had wrote, and Videl sung it so well, she actually believed what she was saying. And it is hard to find someone who can sing and do that to you.
They stared at her. She sunk back in embarrassment. "What are you two looking at?"
"You" Tiffany said playfully "That was really well done"
Gohan was still staring. "That was amazing"
"Really?" Videl asked curiously.
The two nodded. That definitely has to be your song. Videl's watch beeped. She groaned. And stood up and grabbed her backpack and flung it on her back. She flipped the top of her watch up and spoke into it.
Gohan watched in shock. She was talking to a watch. Which was very strange. She faced them and smiled weakly.
"I've gotta go help out at a bust, catch ya later" and with that she left, leaving Gohan staring at Tiffany.
"What was that about?" he asked
"She helps keep the streets safe with the police force" Tiffany said casually
"But she'll get hurt"
"It's all part of the business as she says,"
Serena brushed her hair behind her ear. That's it she had to get some shelter of some kind. She couldn't live on the streets. She would have to do her best to get some money and set herself up in an apartment, until she had the 'guts' to confront her mother, who she was sure would be very angry at her for leaving like she did.
'Oh no' Serena thought, "Maybe it'd be safer to just begin life on my own"
Serena
Serena looked up. She thought she heard her name. Not only that but it sounded like her father. "Daddy?"
"Serena, you have to go back to your mother and brother, they need you more then anything in this world, they lost me, don't let them lose you too" her fathers voice said from the sky.
"But, I caused him so much pain when I left" Serena cried softly
"You can't let it get to you, King Kai assures me that their hearts have healed, they'll understand why you left"
"You don't see!!" Serena said raising her voice. "Their hearts have healed, I don't want to do anything that will hurt them, please just let them live their lives," her voice dropped "And I'll live mine"
There was silence. Her father had given up, and she knew it. She sighed to herself. She reached into her pocket to find her wallet, with her key card and everything set into it. She walked off towards a tall building in the middle of the city. A big sign, which said 'VACANCY', was visible and she walked into the building.
The Following Day
Our favourite teens sat in the music hall. Jo on stage with her guitar hanging off her hip. Her black mesh top, covered with a black tank top which clearly said 'Punk Off'. Marker sat beside Sharpener and smirked.
"Ok" Tiffany said placing her head in her hands. "Jo you get ready for "On The Line"
Jo nodded.
"Videl I want you on bass" Tiffany said smiling "Gohan you're upfront with me"
"Where do you want me?" a voice called. Tiffany looked to the owner of the voice only to see Leo. And he had a set of drum sticks with him. She walked over to him and hugged him tightly.
"Oh thank you so much" She whispered to him "You have no idea how much this means to me"
"I have a feeling" Leo answered with a smirk as he ran his hand along her cheek. He smiled "Let's get started"
The music began to play, and Gohan brought the microphone to his lips.
I'm laying it
Everyone else began to sing together now. The harmony their voices made was beautiful, they all went together.
On the line to show you
I'll never let you go
On the line for your love
There's nothing
I want more
Gohan paused for a moment and then begun to sing the next verse as Videl walked over to him, her guitar on her hips.
Another dead end street
Another love gone wrong
Another shattered dream
Always the same old song
I started thinking that
You'd never come along
Videl walked closer to the microphone during this verse and began to sing herself. With Jo doing backing vocals.
I got all this love inside
That I'm sure you want tonight
I'm wishing you
What I've been through
To get to you
Everyone began to sing the chorus. Marker and Sharpener were clapping furiously as Eraser walked in the room with a black haired, black-eyed girl beside her.
I'm laying it
On the line to show you
(Never gonna let you go
Never gonna let you go)
On the line for your love
There's nothing
I want more
When you smile
I feel my heart open
And I know there's nothing
That I would not do
I'm layin' it
On the line this time
Just to be with you
The music faded out, leaving the four people in the audience clapping violently. Eraser smiled as she got to her feet.
"GUYS!!!" she shouted to get their attention. They all faced her. "This is a new student, her name is Serena"
Videl, Jo and Tiffany dropped their guitars and walked over to the girl.
"Hey" Jo said happily "I'm Jo, this is Videl, that's Tiffany, and the handsome guy sitting down on the chair is Gohan"
Serena waved to everyone. She slightly choked at the sight of Gohan though. She couldn't help but think of the pain that she'd caused him all those years ago.
Tiffany didn't look at the girl. There was something not right about her. Something that she wasn't telling and she knew that she would get to the bottom of it.
Videl walked over and sat beside Gohan. He just smiled at her. She smiled back at him. What she had noticed is that whenever she was around him he always seemed to blush. His cheeks would go a bright pink, and he seemed to laugh nervously a lot.
"You ok?" she asked him
"Yeah" he answered quietly. There was something about this girl that he liked. He liked a lot. He didn't know what, but he knew he would soon enough.
Tiffany and Jo smirked at each other. It was time to put their plan into action. They had gotten all of their friends in on it.
"So let's begin and get our mission complete, eh?" Jo said
"Hmm seems like the right time doesn't it?" Tiffany answered thoughtfully for a moment. "HEY!"
"What?" Jo asked curiously
"Sleepover at my place!" Tiffany answered "HEY GUYS!!!" everyone looked "Sleepover at my place tonight, your all invited!"
Everyone smirked. Tonight would be a fun filled night, and it was a pity the two unsuspecting teens happily chatting to each other, didn't know anything about it.
LadyLunic: Hope you guys like this, i have the next chapter almost finished ready to upload, plus im working on a new peice as we speak, well hope you guys like this and i cant thank Gohangirl1177 enough for all her help.