How Things Work Out?
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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 both, edited and put into HTML format by GohanGirl7711.
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Chapter 13 – The Confrontation====================================
That Afternoon
Videl and Gohan sat in the kitchen to the son house. Chichi and Panna sitting across the table, each with a huge smile on their face. They couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"Can you repeat that?" Panna asked
"Um…we're going out," Videl said in a low whisper.
The two women gave each other a huge hug. They're children were a couple now. Chichi smiled broadly.
"OH MY GOD!" ChiChi screamed happily. "Imagine what the grandkids will look like,"
"Oh…" Panna squealed as Goten walked into the room.
"What's going on?" Goten asked innocently.
"You're going to have a new sister!" ChiChi cried excitedly.
"OH Videl's my new sister isn't she?" Goten asked excitedly causing Gohan to sweat drop. He grabbed her hand and dragged her off into the living room. They sat on the sofa.
"You know my mom adores you….you're the first guy she's let me date without worries," Videl said politely.
Gohan smiled briefly at her before turning on the television and sitting beside her.
"Wish I could say the same," Gohan answered "Mom adores you, but she's grandchild crazy as you may have noticed, she's been like that ever since we were kids,"
She looked up at him with her big blue eyes. "What'd you say?" He blinked at her clueless.
"I don't remember" Gohan answered, "What did I just say?"
"Never mind," she answered "So how come you moved to the city? From what my mom told me you lived in the mountain area most of your life,"
"Well um you see…" Gohan answered nervously "He uh… died during the Cell Games,"
"Oh I'm sorry for bringing it up" Videl said apologetically.
"Nah it's alright," Gohan answered with a smile.
Serena walked into her fully furnished apartment. Thanks to the landlord who offered her the place for half of the requested price. However she only had temporary ownership she had to find herself a new place or get a job to pay full rent in a week.
She wanted to be with her family more then anything in the world. She wanted to be with them, she wanted to erase the pain she'd given them, but she knew she'd give them more pain than they needed.
She walked over to the fridge and opened it. There was nothing but a jar of vegemite and butter. She sighed to herself.
"This is no good for a Saiyan," she whispered, as there was a knock on the door. She groaned. Serena didn't feel like visitors at the moment. She walked over to the door and opened it, she couldn't believe who she saw. There standing in front of her were her friends Tiffany and Gohan. Each holding pizza's. She sighed.
"You're a life saver," Serena answered welcoming them in. "What are you two doing here?"
"She dragged me," Gohan answered pointing to Tiffany. Who was inside sitting beside the table in the living room in front of the television?
Gohan smiled as he sat down. He noticed a picture on the table. It consisted of a small chibi boy who was 'him' and beside him a girl who was a little bit shorter and she was giving him 'bunny ears'
"So where are you from?" Tiffany asked
"If I told you the truth you wouldn't believe me,'' Serena said with a giggle.
"I have this picture at home," Gohan whispered Serena looked at him with a glint in her eye. She gulped and looked at picture. She cursed herself for leaving it on the table for everyone to see.
"Why do you have this picture?" Gohan asked
"It's of me and my twin brother," Serena answered without thinking. She hit herself in the head. God she knew she was an idiot for saying that. This was going to be a long night.
That night when Gohan got home he walked into the living room and closed the door behind him carefully. His mother was on the sofa sipping a cup of coffee and watching a television show.
"Hey sweetie," ChiChi whispered as her son walked passed her and sat beside her on the sofa. "How was it at your friends place?"
"It was good," He answered softly "Mom I've found her,"
"Who?" Chi Chi asked curiously "The girl you're going to marry?"
"No," Gohan answered "My sister,"
"No, it's not possible," Chi Chi whispered.
"Yes it is,"
"No its not, she's training with King Kai or someone with that name,"
"Mom you don't understand, I saw her with my own two eyes, she lives in Satan City,"
ChiChi turned around. "Gohan don't talk lies, you were brought up not dragged,"
"It's true…look I'll bring her here after tomorrow okay,"
She looked off into the distance. She was off in a world of her own. He kissed her cheek. "I'll take that as a yes, see you in the morning okay,"
He left and walked to his room. She looked down at her legs, tears escaping her eyes. 'Oh Serena' she thought to herself 'Why did you leave us when you did?'
The Following Day
Gohan woke to find Videl watching him. She smiled at him. When she smiled she lit up the whole room.
"Morning," she whispered to him as he yawned a reply.
"How long have you been watching me?"
"Not long," she giggled "You sleep weird you know. You drool,"
"HEY" He answered throwing his pillow at her.
"It's strange," she answered, "It's like overnight we've become infatuated with each other,"
He smirked. Not his usual smirk either. This one was seductive and sexy. She backed away.
"Um Gohan," she whispered walking towards the door. "We have school today,"
And with that she walked off, leaving Gohan staring after her.
Later That DaySitting in class wasn't exactly where Tiffany wanted to be. She kept tapping her pen on the table. She wanted to walk out. It wasn't like her mind was on school anyway. Her mind was on the task at hand – THE CONCERT -. It was then her mind clicked.
"Ah Damn it," she whispered
"What," Videl answered curiously looking over from her side of the desk.
"I just realised I left all my music materials at home," Tiffany whispered
"Oh," Videl groaned, "Is that all,"
"Is that all?!?" tiffany snapped
"Excuse me Miss Kelly, is there something you would like to share with the class about Spinifex plants and which environmental zone they appear in?" the teacher asked as the girl sank back into her seat.
"No…" she answered in a small voice 'Things are just going to keep getting better aren't they?' she asked herself in thought.
Serena slammed her books on the table at lunch causing Marker to jump in fright. He for one was sleeping and this sudden thump on the table had made him wake.
"No I'm not going to your place," she repeated again as Gohan sat beside her. Marker watched the duo, he was quite intrigued to say the least.
"NO" Serena repeated this time louder and more irritated.
"Whoa!" Marker said "You've got guts babe, I wouldn't go near his mother with a ten foot pole she's horrible and has an annoying voice when she's angry,"
Serena brought her fist up and punched Marker in the face without thinking. She sent him flying to the ground. "Don't you dare badmouth her like that, she's just very protective that's all," she answered in defence of the woman.
"Serena, please," Gohan begged "Just come around and see her, just say hi it'll do her a world of good,"
Jo walked up to the group with her books in her hand. She noticed Marker on the ground. She smiled at Serena.
"Your not bad for a new girl," Jo said jokingly "Glad you knocked him out, it saves me," And with that she took him off to another table to leave these two to talk about their own. She walked over to where Videl was sitting.
"Gohan. No," Serena said bringing herself to his height. "Listen to me, you don't know me as well as you think,"
Tiffany dumped her books on the table, which her friends were sitting at. Jo was holding a cold bottle of water on Marker's forehead.
"What happened?" Tiffany asked curiously as she sat down.
"Serena punched him," Videl teased, "I watched the whole thing, kinda upset I didn't have any popcorn,"
Marker raised his fist. "Wouldn't do it, I'll get Serena to punch ya again" she winked at him. Jo letting go of a slight giggle.
"I know who you are," Gohan said making her sit down on the chair in front of him. She smirked at him weirdly.
"Oh yeah?" she whispered "Who do you think I am?"
"Your Serena…. daughter of Chi Chi and Goku"
She froze in her spot. "You're not supposed to have any memory at all,"
He looked down at his feet. "I don't," he answered sadly. "Mom does though, she told me last week after Videl's birthday party,"
Serena sat down, and began to speak using a gentler tone. "How is she? How is mom doing?"
"She's alright," Gohan whispered, "Please stop by to see her, It'd do her wonders,"
"I can't," Serena whispered "It'll cause too much pain for everyone," she groaned "Why did I let dad coax me into coming back?"
Now it was Gohan's turn to gasp. After the death of his father during the battle against Cell, he hadn't really spoken much about him. But the truth was he missed him like hell, and he knew it was his fault that his father wasn't here with him now.
"He's coping," Serena answered calmly "He enjoys it there,"
Lime groaned sitting down. Marker looked up and smirked. It had been one week since Lime had been at school and the group hadn't heard from her either.
"Where were you?" he teased "We were beginning to wonder if you'd been abducted by aliens,"
"Oh, I've been of shopping in a land full of non-stop sales," Lime answered sarcastically before gaining a serious tone "I've been off sick,"
"Glad your back and better," Videl answered
"What are they talking about?" Sharpener asked placing his two trays of food in front of him. "Looks super important," he began to eat his burger.
"Oh God! I'm stuck with idiots," Tiffany groaned.
Videl narrowed her eyes at Serena. 'Something's not right,' she thought to herself 'And I'm gonna find out what that Is,'
That afternoon Lime, Serena, Gohan and Videl walked home together. Lime herself kept glaring at Serena. She couldn't help thinking that she knew this girl from somewhere. She smiled when Videl and Gohan came into her view, walking side by side.
Videl reached for Gohan's hand, but he seemed to be off in a world of his own, as he hadn't even recognise she was beside him. Even upon reaching their houses, Gohan left to his without saying goodbye to Videl or Lime. He dragged Serena with him.
Lime walked beside Videl into the Satan household. "So does Chi Chi know that you two are going out yet?"
"Just wait here," Gohan instructed walked into the kitchen of the Son household. Serena paced around. Boy this was a big mistake from the beginning. There was so much that could go wrong. She didn't want to cause her family any pain, but she missed them so much.
'This isn't right,' she thought to herself as Gohan walked out, he smiled to his sister, before reaching for her hand and leading her into the kitchen.
Videl handed Lime a glass of Juice, she sat at the table, and took a sip of her own cup. Lime smirked.
"So when did you and Gohan start going out?" Lime asked, "I'm away for a week and look what happens,"
"A few days," Videl answered in a low voice.
"It's about time if you ask me,"
"You got my agreement on that," a voice said, the two teens turned to see Panna standing at the doorway, a big smile on her face. "You guys all set for the concert in two days,"
Videl smiled weakly "Yes mom,"
"That's good," Panna answered "Haven't seen you in a while Lime, where've you been?"
"Off sick," Lime answered
"You don't it any more do you?" Panna asked, "Cause if you did, you gotta sit on the opposite side of the table" she teased the teen, the trio laughed.
Chichi just sat in her seat. Not moving, it was like her mind hadn't clicked to what was sitting in front of her. She blinked a couple of times, and then without thinking she lunged for the teen.
Gohan watching the event occurring before his eyes. Suddenly wondered what Serena was afraid off. The two women were caught in a strong embrace.
"Oh Serena," Chi Chi whispered hugging the teenager even tighter. "Why did you leave all those years ago?"
"I'm sorry," Serena answered as a few tears trailed down her own cheeks. Chichi pulled away.
"Why did you run away?" Chichi asked again
Serena's face saddened "I'd rather not talk about it…"
"GOHAN!" Chichi snapped at her eldest son.
"What?!?" Gohan snapped back.
"How long have you known a bout this girl?"
"Mom!?!" Gohan groaned "You weren't interested?"
"Oh," Chichi squealed and hugged her daughter again "I'm so glad your home, where are you staying?"
"I got my own place,"
"Nonsense, you'll move back home, you can take the spare room,"
Serena smiled nervously as her mother continued babbling on.
"It's right next to your brothers room," she continued
Gohan sighed to himself 'Oh God´ he thought to himself as Serena smiled weakly before elbowing him. She leant over to him and whispered something in his ear.
"Look what you've gotten me into," she hissed jokingly.
"MOM!?!" a small voice called. A young child walked into the room. "Auntie Bulma gave me some capsules to give to…" he paused staring at the girl. He ran over to her. "Whoa your ki is as big as my big brothers"
Serena flinched. "Who's the kid he looks exactly like dad," her eyes widened, a smirk appeared on her face as she realised. "You and Dad did spend a lot of time together before Cell didn't you?"
Gohan groaned to himself quietly. Here was the Chichi coming out in her. One was bad enough, he didn't know how he'd survive with two. Chi Chi in the meantime had begun to blush.
"Goten," Chichi whispered "This is your big sister, Serena,"
Goten's eyes widened as he examined her over. "I thought Videl was my sister?" he asked innocently.
"She is, but Serena is Gohan's twin sister,"
"What's a twin?" The child asked, "Does it hurt?"
The group laughed. They had a lot of explaining to do, and mostly to the youngest son who was already talking about how cool it would be to have another person to fight with. And also amongst the young saiyans question was one that no one had thought of. Could this daughter of GOKU…. Become a Super Saiyan?
The following morningGohan woke to find Goten sitting on the edge of his bed. He smiled at his brother. He began to bounce up and down when he noticed that his big brother was finally awake, and much to the dismay of Gohan he pounced right on his leg.
"Your gonna be in trouble today y'know," Goten piped up.
"What for now Goten?" Gohan asked covering his head with his pillow.
"VIDEL" the child answered loudly "She left for school already and didn't even stop by to see if you were awake,"
Gohan leapt up. "What have I done? What have I done?!?" he asked himself as he slipped his black pants over his 'Hercule Satan' boxers. Goten cracked up in laughter and dropped on the bed.
"You tell me" a voice said. Both Demi-Saiyans turned to the door to see another Demi-Saiyan. After the long talk last night, Serena had crashed the night on the couch. She pushed her brother onto the bed and sat beside him.
"You two were the best of friends before I left," she whispered wiping hair out of his eyes "What happened?"
"I don't know," Gohan confessed "I don't remember Videl at all, I didn't remember you until mom told me,"
Serena looked shocked as her mind flashed back to the moment she left. The events that were occurring when she left, a particular request of hers. And it was then that she realised it was all her fault.
Lady Lunic:
Ok guys big apology for lateness of chapters. Good news is that i have the next two chapter written up and then it may be a while. I have been really busy with musical rehearsals and everything and my life aint been so good, but i'll promise to make more of an update.