Disclaimer: okay, I have no witty thing for my disclaimer today, so I guess Ill just say that I don't own DBZ.
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Good is in the dictionary only to introduce the essence of evil.
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A Cold Place Ch 13: Doing Hard Time (originally, I had a different idea for this chapter, but now I went a diff direction, so the title may not make sense"
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Inside the chamber for six months, sat Videl and Goten. Goten was powered up to his fullest, while Videl was using her techniques that she learned while still outside the chamber to gradually increase her power level. Without the technique, she had about the strength of a super saiyan, but with it, she had the power a Gohan when he fought Cell. This was extremely amazing, considering that she could turn super saiyan yet. Her power lied in her normal form. With that kind of leap, imagine Goten's power! He could easily destroy everyone with that power. Well, not in this case. No matter how hard he tried, the technique just would not work. But his strength was gradually increasing. That was to be sure. The Z Sword was hardly an effort to hold anymore. To him, it felt like an extension of his body. But he only got a certain amount of training time. He spent the first two months teaching Videl how to sense ki, to fly, and to shoot energy attacks. By the end of her training by him, she was able to do kamehameha waves, zip through the air at unreal speeds, and employ her flight technique into her fighting style.
Later that night, as they laid in own beds, Videl came out of her own thoughts and asked Goten a question that had been on her mind for a while now for the last six months, "Um, Goten? I've been thinking. Why is it that you and Trunks are best friends? I thought that you would hate each other as Vegeta and Gohan's father do."
Goten stared at the ceiling from his pillow, "We don't hate each other. I think it's because Trunks doesn't think of me as Goku's son. He thinks of me as a brother. I'm always over there training with Vegeta. Vegeta himself once told me that he thought of me as what he used to be, believe it or not."
This brought two new questions to Videl, "What made him say that?"
Goten frowned, "We are both very similar, Vegeta and me. We both grew up living with our enemies. Him with Frieza, and then me with my father. There is one big difference though. I was cursed with my enemy's looks."
"Yeah, I noticed." Videl had a voice of pity when she said that. But she knew that she had to change the subject fast, "So, if Trunks thinks of you as his brother, then why doesn't he compete with you for Vegeta's approval?"
Goten smirked, "Oh, you may not see it, but we do compete. But it's not for Vegeta's approval. It's for skills. I excel in strength and energy attacks. And he dominates me with his speed mixed with a little strength. And he only gained his strength while practicing his speed. He used weighted bands on his arms and legs to slow him down. Once he got used to them, he took them off to see his speed increase with unexpected extra strength. It seems that speed is his most important thing in his skills. Without that, he would just be another fighter. But he never has tried to compete for Vegeta. He just doesn't want to. All he cares about is what his next prank is."
Videl opened her eyes wide, "Pranks? What kind of pranks? I haven't seen any so far?"
Goten let out a soft chuckle, which Videl gulped at, "Well, when you get back, check out Orange Star High School's website. You know, he's got an excellent collection of responses from the pictures of you and Gohan. Especially from two people named Erasa and Sharpner. They even sent him ideas for future pranks.
Electricity crackled around her. Lightning bolts struck the ground. Fire rose up under them and Goten gulped. She was angry, really angry. Suddenly, she punched her pillow, sending feathers everywhere. From there, everything pretty much died down from there. All through the night, Goten had nightmares where Videl was Godzilla, and she was trying to eat him.
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At the Son Residence
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Goku, who was recently kicked off King Kai's planet, appeared back home. Chichi was still sleeping, and Goku could feel that the rest of the Z Fighters were on their way to his house. They were probably wondering what happened on his journey to King Kai. They all showed up in the space of five minutes. As they all sat and waited for Goku to tell his story, Goku paced the room trying to figure out what to do with the whole situation. It was getting harder to fight their foes. Why couldn't it stay simple like the Red Ribbon army, or tournaments. Damn it all!
Krillen was the first one out of the group to speak, "So, how was your meeting? Did he tell you where Gohan was?"
"Not only did he not tell me where Gohan was, but he practically threw me off his planet. Face it, guys, we're alone in this for some reason." Goku sighed.
Yamcha's face brightened, "Well, we at least have Goten. I mean, he's even stronger than Goku. If anyone has a chance of beating Gohan, it's him."
"Where is he, anyway?" Krillen asked.
Yamcha got up and walked to the staircase, "I'll go look in his room."
While Krillen was searching up in his room, Tien turned towards Goku, "His ki isn't there. He's not home. I wonder how long it takes Baldy to find out. But seriously, where is Goten?"
Goku pondered this for a moment, " I don't really know. I bet he ran off for the night. You know, I don't think he likes me very much. Whenever I ask him to spar with me, sure he accepts, but when we're fighting, it's like he's seriously trying to kill me. In the end, he always stops though. I think he's mad at me about Gohan's disappearance. I'm not sure though."
Yamcha slapped his forehead. They were going to continue their conversation, but Krillen stumbled down the stairs holding a white piece of paper.
"Guys, Goten's gone. For good. He left a not. Here it is."
Goku grabbed the note quickly. He read it out loud,
" Hey idiots, this is Vegeta. Goten can't write very good, so I'm going to write for him. We are going to Gohan's house. From there, we will stay. Goten wanted to live with his brother, and I don't rally blame him. I wouldn't want to live with a bunch of morons either. Oh yeah, Kakkarot, the next time we meet, there will no longer be that part where you pull some amazing trick out of your ass that saves the day. I will beat you and regain the pride that I lost to you so long ago."
Goku reread the card to himself, with the fact that Goten was gone just entering his head. This week has been one of the worst in his entire life. Nothing was turning out right.
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Supreme Kai's planet
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"But Master, you have to listen to me!" said the red guy known as Kibito, "Wouldn't it be better to have Goku know? What if Gohan's team doesn't make it? Then Goku is all we've got!"
Supreme Kai just huffed, "There is no way Gohan will lose, and even if he did, what do you expect Goku to do? He can't do anything to Gohan now, so how will he succeed where Gohan could not? His past wins were lucky. If the monk Krillen never died, then Goku wouldn't have been a super saiyan. We don't want people to die to achieve results. Don't worry about it. Besides, do you really think that Gohan would like that?"
Kibito looked towards the ground, "No, I don't guess he would. Sorry that I troubled your excellency."
Supreme Kai smirked, "Don't worry about it. I'm glad that you're trying to help with this situation. The truth is, the rogue saiyans are closer than we predicted. It seems that they have obtained a faster ship. They could arrive sometime during the month."
"A month! But Master, sure Gohan and his company is strong, but they can't take on a whole ship of saiyans!"
"They can and they will, with hope."
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Hyperbolic Time Chamber
1 year left
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"Aaargh!" Videl swung the Z Sword with all of her remaining strength. Sweat was pouring from her head.
Goten laughed, "Oh, come on! You've only swung it about fifty times and you're tired! HA! You'll never make it. It's times like this that I wonder why Gohan likes you. Pathetic!"
Before he had a chance to move, the Z Sword ran across his chest. It was only a scratch, but Goten got the idea and went further into the nothingness to train harder than ever before, since he no longer had the sword that gave him most of his training materials.
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Gohan's Residence
Gravity Room
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Gohan and Vegeta sat there in the gravity room at 550x gravity. It was just a day of relaxing before Vegeta and Trunks entered the chamber. They were each barely breaking a sweat. And they seemed to get along, in a weird kind of way.
Vegeta thought about Gohan's question, "Okay, here goes. I think Three Eyes, on a pirate's plank, drunk, with ten solar flares to the face. An then, him and the clown Chaoutzu(sp) would have to walk from one end to the other with a circle of sharks under them."
They laughed for a few minutes before Vegeta asked Gohan the same question, "What would be the best death for one of your enemies?"
Gohan pondered on this question as well, "Alright now, I got this. I pick Master Roshi. Wished immortal, then thrown into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The door smashed, with only Master Roshi and fifteen years worth of Playgirl magazines trapped inside."
The whole room echoed with the laughter that escaped from Vegeta's mouth. Inside his head, he pictured Master Roshi inside, getting curious as he looked through the magazines for all eternity.
"So," Gohan turned to a new conversation, "A question has been bothering me. Why is it you never objected about me being the leader o this thing?"
Vegeta's laughter stopped, "Well, I guess this is a question that I knew would be brought up. Well, I hate explaining these kind of things, but I guess it's really the fact that when I did think about trying to take over, I realized that I really couldn't do better. You have really got this thing down. You're really good at organizing and executing each of your plans down to the detail."
Gohan looked at him with shock. Never in his wildest dreams did he think that Vegeta would do what he just did without a gun secured to his head. This guy in front of him, who had next to no manners at all, turns around unexpectedly, and compliments him on his own accord. He had just one more question to ask due to Vegeta's new behavior.
"Uh Vegeta," Gohan started, "You've never said anything like that before, so I have to ask, uh, man, are you, um, gay?"
Shouts and agony-filled screams were heard through the sound-proof walls( hey, it could happen) all throughout the house, which kind of scared everyone. They all ran to the room to find Gohan on Vegeta( stop the thoughts, you perverts) slapping him on the face repeatedly.
"You stupid asshole!" Gohan yelled, "Why did you hit me!"
Vegeta yelled, "Cause you asked if I was gay. For the last few days, I've been wondering the same thing about you!"
After this was said, there was a whole new volley of punches and kicks between the two powerful saiyans. Finally, after an hour of Trunks and Radditz eating popcorn, watching Gohan and Vegeta, and taking bets, Aurora showed up and separated the two. She sent Gohan to go get groceries, and Vegeta and Trunks to stay in the GR to do their task of learning the techniques of the Verionions, which were a race who were great at stealth and tactical attacks.
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Hyperbolic Time Chamber
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Goten and Videl gathered their things, left the chamber, and went back to Gohan's house in the same fashion that Aurora and Radditz did. When they returned to the GR to find Trunks smirking and Gohan and Vegeta glaring at each other with bruises on their heads.
Videl spoke first, "Well, are the next batch going already?"
Gohan turned his attention away from Vegeta, "Yes anything to get the vegetable away from me." Vegeta was about to insult his friend back when Gohan opened the portal. Videl gave the sword to Vegeta and then Trunks led Vegeta into the portal.
Videl turned to Gohan, "So, what was that about?"
Gohan walked to the GR's door, "He was acting funny, so I called him gay."
Gohan left the room, and Videl looked to Radditz, who only replied with, "Long story."
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End Chapter
Next Chapter: TROUBLE!
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