Disclaimer: Come on, if I owned Dbz I would have Gohan as a gothic badass, Vegeta as his best friend, Chichi turned into a mime so she couldn't talk, Goku as a servant,Bulma as a stripper, Videl as a sex maniac, and Radditz alive.And knowing me, I would probably accidentally name is Dragon Ball Y.

A Cold Place Ch 4: Trust in Thought

When Videl woke up, she wondered what time it was. She raised her head to where her alarm clock should be, but there was nothing there. Then it suddenly hit her. She was at Shadow's house! But when she looked around, she found that he was no where in sight. She got up to search for him. As she was looking, she soaked in all the things he had in the house. On the downstairs, there was a giant kitchen that had a walk in refrigerator, hundreds of bowls and plates, and some large cookware. The living room was decorated Goth like the rest of the house. There was a TV, stereo, DVD player, VCR, Playstation 2, and a game cube. The walls were black with crimson red curtains. The carpet was black. There was a leather couch, and another couch which was the one she slept in. Up stars there were six room, though she only looked into five since the last one look like it was the biggest because of the double doors, which would obviously be Shadow's room. The other five rooms were exactly alike. Tatsumi mats, futons, and rice paper sliding doors. They were like a traditional Japanese bedrooms. Videl laughed at that. Shadow didn't seem to be the type to take a liking into stuff like that. She walked back downstairs because the only other things up there were the bathrooms. She walked by a section of the house that only had one door. But the door looked more like the kind of door for a vault, not a room. It was what looked like titanium, with bolts made out of the same metal. She walked pass it, thinking it was probably were he kept his valuables. She then walked on looking at his indoor pool, weight room that seemed closed off due to all the weights being broken, and yet another bathroom. He just wasn't anywhere to be found, that was until she heard sounds coming from the vault looking thing.

When Videl looked more closely at the door she noticed that there was a small computerized panel that displayed different options. She browsed the options and chose to turn on the camera and view the inside. When she turned it on, the only thing she saw was a blurred image moving around in lightning fast speed. But when she used the slow motion what she saw was Shadow running so fast that she could barely make him out. Once she was bored of watching the blurs she decided to look around the computer's functions. She looked in the start menu and found a number of things interesting, but she decided on clicking the help menu. When the program was up there was a side menu asking about what topic she needed help in. She clicked the link called "Quick tour" option. A PowerPoint presentation began slowly showing pictures of a room with a computer control in it. Different angle of the room passed, and as the pictures ended an automated voice sprang to life,

" Due to an extreme need of new advanced physical training method being needed, a scientist by the name of Bulma Briefs developed a special room that was able to control the amount of gravity inside the room itself. Instead of working out one area of the body at a time, this room, referred to as 'Gravity Room', has the ability to exercise every muscle in the body at once. The gravity is controlled by selecting the number of gravitons wanted in the exercise. If a person wanted their body to be twice as heavy, then they would select the option 'x2'. The same goes on for three times, four times, and so on. But one must be careful, the only known human subject to extra gravitons could not exceed 'x10'. The first model succeeded poorly, due to not being able to sustain the 'x250' option, which was being used by the husband of Bulma Briefs, Vegeta Briefs. Surviving the destruction of the first model, he then requested that a new model to be constructed and able to sustain 'x500'. The second model was a success and now resides in the Capsule Corp. residence. The third and last model was privately constructed by Son Gohan. This new model is able to sustain 'x4000' gravitons, and resides in the residence of Son Gohan. No other Gravity Rooms have been made to the knowledge of my database."

Videl stared at the console. She couldn't believe what she just heard. There was a gravity room! That just sounded crazy. There was no such way that there was a room that could control the gravity around it! It was just so crazy. But why was information of that room in Shadow's house? Then it hit her. The room that Shadow was in now was the gravity room that the computer was talking about. That must also mean that he had to be training in gravity at the moment, but he was moving so fast earlier that it didn't even seem possible in regular gravity, let alone gravity that would liquefy every life form imaginable. Her thoughts were interrupted as the door slowly slid open to reveal Shadow, barely even breathing hard. He looked at her for a second, then to the computer in her hands. Videl watched as he looked at the computer and what program it was on, then he just smiled and simply said,

"Don't tell anyone about this room, please."

Videl blinked a couple of times, then screamed, "What do you mean, don't tell anyone about this? You stole this room, and I will not be your partner in crime! I am a police officer!"

Gohan just stood there with a confused look, "Stole? I didn't steal anything? What the hell are you talking about?"

"This computer says that there are only three of these rooms. Your name is not on here. The people who made these are named Bulma Briefs and Son Gotan."

Gohan laughed for a second, "You said it wrong. It's Gohan, not Gotan. That's me. Even though you know me as Shadow, and my records show me as Shawn, my real name is Son Gohan. But please don't call me that. I haven't used that name since I ran away. I had it changed so Bulma couldn't find me. She is helping my family and their friends find me and I have no desire to be found by those bastards."

Videl watched him as he said those word, and she could feel the hate he has for his own family. The hate made here want to cry. No one should hate that much. That is the kind of rage that would make one kill if tempted. 'What had they done to him that made him like that?' she asked herself, 'They must have hurt him badly.' Videl almost cried at the thought of his parents hurting him. No wonder he ran away. It was after she threw away those thoughts that she was having that she noticed how he looked. His hair had been wet from sweating. His bare chest was shiny from sweat, and the muscles were bulged from the workout that he was giving them. Her knees were going weak from the sight of them alone. He was wearing black spandex pants that were also drenched with sweat. His leg muscles were toned, but the workout that he does kept them small. But there was something wrong with his waist. There was something under his spandex that made a ring all around his waist. Videl must of looked at him oddly, because Gohan spoke out rather loudly.

"I presume that you have questions for me," He asked while leading her towards the pool.

"Yes," she answered, "Starting with what this alien race looked like and why trouble always surrounded them."

Gohan made his way to the changing room, motioning her to follow, "The aliens, known as saiyans, looked like humans, but they always had dark hair and eyes, not to mention a tail. Trouble always followed them because of the fights that they got in, or some fights started because of to search of seven orbs, called dragon balls, that gave you a wish when you bring them together. The saiyans were also warriors of great strength. So, all sorts of aliens would try to take on a saiyan to gain respect among their people. None of them succeeded. What made the saiyans even more of a target was the potential of the saiyan. The was a legend of a saiyan that transformed his body into what was called Super Saiyan. In this state, his body became more powerful and more indestructible than anything in the universe." Gohan stopped to take a breath, "The problem was, his power was beyond his control. It overcame him, and his body was ate up by his very own energy. That was about three-thousand years ago."

Videl stared, soaking it all into her mind. Her brain was a sponge and Shadow's words were water. But one thing he said was weird, "So you're saying that his power got too great for him? Does that mean that his muscles failed to get stronger or something? How can a person die from that?"

Shadow thought of how to explain it. Then he slowly brought his hand up and formed a ball of his own energy, "That is energy. Everyone has it, it just depends on how much they have. Nothing is ever brute strength, there is a need for pure energy sometimes. Attacks are enhanced by a number of time alone due to it's form. A human can have the ability to destroy planets with a finger if they so desired. This is what grew in that one saiyan. But it grew to untamed levels for him. The power inside of him ripped his body apart."

Videl leaned forward to get a better look at Shadow's energy. When she got close she felt warm and very safe, even though the whole concept was so confusing to her. Everything was quiet to her. She looked at Shadow's face and could tell he was talking to her, but all she could make out were sounds, "Huh? I couldn't hear you. What did you say?"

"I said that I could teach you how to fight better and do a bunch of other things if you desire. You can think about it if you want to," Shadow replied.

Videl's face lit up with joy at the thought of getting stronger just by learn how to use energy in it's purest form, "Of course! That would be great, Shadow! Oh my, I guess you're my sensei now. Thank you Shadow-Sensei!"

Gohan chuckled, "I never thought of being a sensei. Please don't call me that. It makes me feel as old as Master Roshi. Oh god! I'm gonna turn into a old man who only has his magazines. No!" He started running around the room shirtless.

Videl watched him speechless as he danced around the small room crying about being old. She herself was sitting on a chair that faced the lockers, "Um, um, hey, uh Shadow? Shadow? SHADOW! Quit that," She waited as he slowly got back to his seat as he muttered things like "I'm not old." Videl had to laugh at how childish he was acting, "Now, I have a few more questions. Like, are there any Super Saiyans presently living with the ability to control their energy like you can?"

The question made Gohan laugh, "Yeah, there's a few. The planet was destroyed by Frieza, like you know, but the remaining saiyans left can all turn Super Saiyan. There's Prince Vegeta, Goku, Miari Trunks, and, well, myself. Hehe, uh, yea. So anyway, any other questions?"

Videl looked at him in disbelief, "You say that you're a Super Saiyan, not to mention a saiyan in general? But where is your tail then?"

Gohan untucked his tail and lashed it around behind him, earning a small gasp from Videl.

"A, a TAIL!"

END CHAPTER