Disclaimer: I still do not own dragonball z or any of their characters. But I do sorta own my altered character Victoria.
Note: Love my reviewers. big kisses
How great it is to be loved by you!
by: pic's pixie
Chapter 11: My Hero
The next morning came and everyone got ready for school as always. Vegeta was in the kitchen fighting with Bulma and Trunks was trying to eat. Vicki came down the stairs wearing a light green sundress that came to just above her knees, it was spegetti strapped and had a v-cut neck line. She had matching sandal heels and her hair was tied up with matching green ribbons, today she felt like blending her clothes with her hair since it was dark green. Her make up was lightly applied, and it was the same green on her eyes with some pink, with pink lipstick as well. He looked like a spring angel.
"You look awfully cheerful this morning." Bulma noticed.
"I just feel like wearing this today." Piccolo didn't know why she had chosen this outfit, she just knew that Gohan would like it, and that made her feel good.
"It wouldn't have anything to do with a certain demi-saiyan now would it?" Vegeta blurted out.
"What in god's name are you talking about Vegeta, Piccolo doesn't like Gohan! Do you?" Bulma defended and then got curious.
"No!" Piccolo yelled, not really wanting to admit to herself that she may be getting a little too close to her old student.
Piccolo ate breakfast and grabbed Trunks by the collar of his jacket. She had to start taking him to school from now on so she wanted to get there early so that she wouldn't be late for her school. Trunks got the feeling she was in a hurry so he hurried as well not wanting to get her mad today she seemed to be deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Trunks was in fact a curious little boy so he couldn't help but ask.
"Oh nothing." Piccolo denied.
Trunks knew she was hiding something and knew that he would find out eventually so he saw no need to push it for now. They got to his school and Vicki watched to make sure he got inside all right. Her maternal instincts were becoming stronger than usual. Then she set off towards her school. She got there before the bell, and sat down in her seat. A minute or two later she sensed Gohan but she didn't feel up to going to meet him after all that had happened between them on the weekend. Students started to pile in and so did Videl and Gohan. Videl was hanging off Gohan's back apparently she had asked for a piggy-back ride. Gohan's face was red Vicki didn't know if it were because she was watching him or if he was suffering from lack of oxygen. Videl jumped down and took a seat beside Vicki.
"I can't wait to see the cheerleading outfits what about you?" Videl was obviously excited.
"Oh yeah ,I'm pretty psyched." She lied she had actually forgotten that they were getting their uniforms today. They were also going to learn who was going to be the cheer-captain. She figured it was going to be Videl. The bell rang and Videl jumped over the divider and back into her seat next to Gohan.
Sometime during Math class, Vicki was finished early. She was getting kinda bored. She had this funny feeling come over to tease Gohan, since she could basically get a blush out of him with practically anything she did she wanted to see what he would do if she were actually trying to get him nervous. She peeked over her shoulder and noticed that Gohan was finished as well and was trying his hardest not to stare at her. She had found her chance and took it. She stretched back arching her back and extending her arms out. She faked a convincing yawn and landed with the top of her back right on top of Gohan's math work. She put her hands under her head and looked at him with an almost predatory look. Gohan's face instantly brightened, Piccolo had achieved her goal but she still wanted more.
"You finished too huh?" She smiled at him sweetly as he struggled for an answer.
"Yep!" was a quick response. Vicki just chuckled and smirked at him.
"What do you want to do today? I already finished the city tour on my own." Piccolo looked at him questioningly. Gohan didn't even hear her ,all his senses except for sight had been knocked out when he noticed that with her leaning back in that way, he could see quite a bit of cleavage along with some white lace from her strapless bra. He did come back to reality when he saw that she was trying to get his attention. He had gone into a trance, he was just sitting there with this brain-dead look ,starring at her, and she knew what he was starring at (it wasn't her face)and she didn't really mind. She smiled and then got impatient when he didn't come back to reality. She repeated his name trying to get his attention, finally he snapped back to this dimension ,and he looked into her eyes. Big mistake. He was instantly captured by their inky depths. They were like two black holes pulling his soul in to trap him there for eternity. Vicki had realised that he had slipped into yet another of his strange trances. She rolled her eyes and sent him an annoyed look. He caught it and came to.
"Welcome back Kid."
"Huh, oh sorry I'm kinda tired." Gohan tried to cover up his obsession.
The teacher started to explain the homework before Piccolo could say another word. She retreated back to her desk much to the dismay of one now very aroused teenage boy. The teacher read out page numbers and homework questions, and then she added a message from the Phys. Ed teacher.
"All those who made the cheerleading tryouts please report to the back field to receive your uniforms."
Boys started to whistle and make cat calls and some girls gave others who stood up to leave some dirty looks. /What? Why do we have to go now?/ Piccolo didn't want Gohan knowing that Videl had made her become a cheerleader. Reluctantly she rose from her seat when Videl snatched her by the arm and was dragging her down the stairs and out the door. Vicki just sweat dropped at Gohan who had a very surprised look of amusement on his face at her expense. /Wow! She's a cheerleader too./ Gohan was kept on his toes with all the surprised this girl had brought into his life. They were close to their destination now, and Videl still hadn't let go of Vicki's arm. They arrived and waited for all the other girls to arrive. When everyone was there the teacher handed them their uniforms. The uniforms were of the school's colours which were orange and white. It had a short white skirt with a thick orange band along the bottom, with a white shirt that had one no sleeve strap and a thin transparent strap on the other side so it looked like there was only one strap. The top had the school's initials on it in orange with strips along the top and bottom. They were also given a pair of orange spandex panties that are suppose to go on overtop your own underwear, stockings, orange and white wrist warmers, white running shoes with a big orange star on them, knee high orange and white socks, and pom-poms with orange and white steamers coming out of them. Piccolo felt completely out of place and just stood there while being handed all this stuff. Then the teacher announced who the captain was.
"...Victoria Briefs. She had the highest score." Vicki didn't really hear what she said all she heard was her name.
"Huh, what ,who called me?" She looked around frantically. Everyone figured she was just surprised so they laughed and then went over to congratulate her. Vicki was suddenly surrounded by everyone and was so confused. She listened to pieces that the girls were saying;
"Good for you."
"Good luck"
"You'll do just fine."
Then Videl practically doubled her over.
"Oh my god, Vicki you're our captain ,congrats." Piccolo then realised what happened.
"What? I don't know how to be captain."
"Don't worry I'll help you." Videl assured her, even though she was close to strangling the ditsy girl./How dare she take away my captains spot! I was captain 2 years in a row!/ Videl was furious but she did well to hide it. She seemed very excited about Vicki being captain. She actually thought that Vicki was a nice enough girl, it's just that she didn't know that Gohan was hers so she was now considered competition. All the girls then separated and went back to class. Vicki and Videl walked into their class with all their stuff. It was kind of difficult with all the stuff there actually was. Gohan wanted to get up and help them but he just stayed put. Videl made it up but Vicki was having trouble, she then regained her balance and started to walk up the stairs again. Suddenly she heard laughing and turned around to see that the orange spankie pants(panties) had fallen and a stupid boy had picked them up and was twirling them around on his finger. She froze and her face went bright red, so this was public humiliation ,it was just as horrible as she had heard. Everyone was looking at her and laughing ,some were even pointing as if anyone had missed what had happened. Her face was heating up and she knew she was blushing, and she was confused. /Why did she care what these stupid humans thought of her anyway? Why did she care?/ She didn't know why but she did. She did care, as an alien living on a planet inhabited by humans he had always been an outcast ,never excepted and this just brought her back to those hurtful memories from his past. Her eyes started to water from the added pain and embarrassment. Just when she felt like she was going to collapse and start balling her eyes out, everyone stopped laughing and she heard some people gasp. She looked up and even with her vision blurred she could see clearly what was happening.
Gohan was standing there with the boy who started this whole thing hanging by this throat in Gohan's grasp. Gohan was furious, how dare those jerks make fun of her! Vicki wiped at her eyes, so that she could see better, and then she saw the teachers face. She wasn't amused by this whole thing. Then she looked back at Gohan ,she could have sworn she saw his eyes flash green and his hair radiate with gold for a second, but it was gone the moment she blinked. Gohan had seen how the others were making fun of Vicki and his blood was boiling, he knew that he had to control himself, if he lost it he might end up doing something that he would regret. He closed his eyes tight trying to block out the situation in front of him. His hands were clasped tight into fists and the pencil that was in one was now a pile of splinters. He dared to open his eyes for a slight moment and then he noticed the tears forming in Vicki's eyes. He could no longer restrain himself and at inhuman speeds he whipped himself over his desk and down the stairs. He grabbed the boy who was holding Vicki's garment by the neck and lifted him above his head ,he was looking straight into his eyes, the boy was scared. He felt this need to crush this boy, so that he could never cause Vicki anymore pain but he was stopped. The teacher was screaming at him to let the boy go, he knew he was in trouble but he didn't want to let him go. He then felt gentle hands grasp his arm and try to pull it down. It was Vicki she was telling him to let the boy go, so he did he lowered his arms and dropped the boy to the ground a few inches before his feet touched down, the boy fell to the ground clasping his hands over his throat. The crowd that was silent was now laughing again ,this time at the stupid boy's inefficiency to defend himself. Gohan reached down and grabbed the piece of clothing that caused this whole rucus and handed them back to Vicki. He looked at her and she looked at him, their eyes met in a look of intense emotion and concentration, if the teacher's screams didn't reach a new octave Gohan was certain they would have kissed. But the moment passed and Gohan finally turned his gaze towards the hysterical teacher. Mrs. Alto sent him to the office to receive punishment for attacking a fellow student. Vicki felt sorry for getting Gohan in trouble but she also felt this warm fuzzy feeling in her gut. Gohan had stood up for her, no one had really done that for her in her life. He had wanted to protect her, and she found that she wanted him too as well. She gathered her things and went back to her seat, and shoved the clothing into her bag. The teacher brought the same boy up to where she sat and made him apologise. Vicki excepted it and packed her homework in her bag and sat there watching the clock to see when the bell was going to ring, it was going to ring soon, and she also watched the door, waiting for Gohan to get back so she could thank him and make sure he was okay. Vicki was getting very tense, the bell was going to ring any minute now and Gohan was no where in sight. Finally the door slid open and a very worried looking Gohan stepped in ,he slowly made the ascension to his seat and the bell rang. Gohan sat down and his head fell to the desk with a thud. Everyone left including Videl she figured that Gohan wasn't in the mood for her. Well everyone except Vicki and Gohan. Vicki just looked at him with sad eyes she hated being the cause for his pain. He made a muffled sigh and slowly raised his head. He looked up and was nose to nose with the girl he had saved.
"Aah, what are you still doing here?" He was somewhat startled and didn't know she was still there.
"I'm sorry I got you in trouble ,you didn't have to do that."
"It's no problem. That jerk deserved it." Gohan said in a joking manor.
"Thanks anyway. Why are you still here?"
"I've got detention." Gohan admitted humbly. It was the first time he had really gotten in trouble like that.
"I'm sorry." Vicki lowered her gaze and saddened her expression.
"Don't be ,I told you it wasn't your fault ,now you should be going you'll be late getting home."
"Yeah I guess you're right I do have to pick up Trunks from his school. See you later." With that she gathered her things and left the room turning only once to wave to Gohan. Gohan just sat there until she left then he dropped his head back down on his desk, he wished that she could have stayed with him, and another thing was nagging at him, what will his mother say.
Vicki was close to the elementary school when an idea struck her, if she hurried and got Trunks, they could run or even fly home she might be able to get back to the school in time to accompany Gohan home. /Hmmm...something with that plan seems a little familiar./
"Oh shit! Gohan asked me to dinner at his place tonight!" she just remembered that.
Gohan was already in trouble he didn't need to give Chichi another reason to be upset with him because ,he had forgotten to ask her to dinner. With that thought she quickened her pace to a run almost enable of the human species. She arrived quickly and saw Trunks waiting for her on a statue. She never slowed down she just grabbed him from off the stone lion and ran behind a building where she took to the sky with boy in tow. Trunks was caught off guard and didn't know what was going on.
"Trunks will you do me a favour?" Vicki more demanded then requested.
"Ah, sure."
"Tell Bulma I went to Gohan's for dinner okay."
"You're going to Gohan's why?"
"I was invited. So will you do it?" Vicki looked down at him as if to say 'don't do it and I'll kill you.' Trunks just shook his head yes and Vicki smiled. This might work if she hurried. The Capsule Corp. Building came into view and Vicki landed with Trunks, she put him down and opened the door.
"Thanks Trunks, I owe you one." With that she sped off again. Trunks' face vaulted for a second then he just shook his head and went inside. Then her words got to him. /Hmm..she owes me huh? I could have some fun with this./ Trunks got a mischievous look on his face then he went to go find his mother and tell her the message.
Vicki was flying so fast tears were forming in her eyes from the wind. She got to the school then hovered next to the window and looked in. /Yes!/ He was still there. She then landed and wiped her eyes, she leaned up against a wall where Gohan wouldn't notice her once he came out. She waited there about 7 minutes till she heard the door open. A moment later Gohan rounded the corner with his head down looking at his shoes.
"Still bummed out?" Vicki asked more to get his attention since she already knew the answer.
"Huh?!" He hadn't seen her and yet again she ended up giving him a bit of a fright.
"What are you doing here? Did you already pick up Trunks?" He was so cute when he was confused.
"Already did that. I'm hear cause somebody invited me to dinner." She tried not to make it obvious that that somebody was him. Apparently she wasn't obvious enough because he just stood there starring at her, then a spark snapped and he remembered.
"Oh! Yeah man good thing you came back ,I forgot." He just laughed nervously, pulled a hand behind his head and showed off the son-smile.
"Did you get in much trouble?"
"The principal said he was going to call my parents because of the severity of my actions, but he deserved it. Man ,my mom is going to flip."
"Just leave her to me." Gohan was surprised at what she said and was going to question her when she sat down on a bench and took off her shoes.
"Aaa, Vicki what are you doing?"
"Race me!" Was the only response he got.
Vicki got up and put her shoes in her bag, she was used to running without shoes, she did it alot when she was her old self. Gohan realised what she had in mind and took up a sprinting stance. Vicki did the same. They could see a traffic light in the distance so they waited till it turned green. It did and they both took off. Gohan had remembered how slow she was the last time so he was completely taken off guard when all he saw was her back when she passed him. She looked over her shoulder and sent him a mocking smile. Gohan started to really run now. They were almost nose and nose when Vicki was suddenly gone. Gohan looked beside him and found that a wall had replaced his racing partner, for a moment he was afraid she had ran into it ,but light chuckling from above him adverted his gaze to Vicki running just as fast as ever on top of the wall at least a head above Gohan. Gohan then noticed that from this angle he could see up her dress slightly. His face turned pink and he stumbled abit. He decided that he couldn't help himself so he better find some way of keeping her on the same level as he was ,when his request came true. The wall made a quick turn and Vicki had leapt off. They were running at the same sped now and the finish line was in view. She slowed down just enough so she could move behind Gohan. Gohan had his eyes closed to concentrate on his speed, and had opened them to see no one. He looked back in the direction where Vicki had been and seen no one. He turned back around to see Vicki pass right in front of him from the other side of him. She had too much a lead and passed over the finish line first. She stopped quickly digging her heels into the ground and using a tad of her ki to stop her. She turned around to face Gohan who she thought would have done the same as her but actually he didn't. Gohan was going too fast and wasn't able to stop in time. Vicki was thrown off her feet when Gohan plowed into her. They both flew about 12 feet side ways before they landed in a heap between a few trees. They were left panting trying to catch their breath. Gohan came to first and looked down to see a half-conscious Vicki underneath him. Vicki moaned a bit signalling her waking up. She blinked a few times then looked up to see Gohan above her rubbing his head. They just looked at each other for a moment then Vicki started to move her hips to try and sit up. When she moved Gohan became very aware of how they were lying. He was actually straddling her hips and when she moved the friction it created caused Gohan to gasp in surprise. Gohan immediately froze but this did not deter Vicki from getting up. She just pushed him off and sat up. She stood up and dusted herself off. She shook her head and extended a hand towards Gohan who was just sitting there with a faint blush across his face.
"You need to work on your brakes." Vicki mumbled as she pulled him to his feet. Gohan just laughed and said sorry.
"Well I guess we should get going now huh?" Vicki suggested. She reached into her bag and pulled her shoes back out and put them on.
"Yeah okay." Gohan then called Nimbus.
"Oh you don't have to do that can't we just fly normally." Piccolo didn't want Gohan to call Nimbus because Nimbus could only hold people who were pure of heart and she didn't want Gohan knowing that she wasn't one of those people. She had done many things that she wasn't proud of back when she was enemies with Goku.
"Nonsense, why waste energy when you don't have to?" Gohan had that goody smile on again.
Nimbus showed up shortly and Gohan hopped on. He then reached out a hand towards Vicki, who backed away slightly.
"Don't be afraid, Nimbus is a good little cloud." Gohan reassured her.
Vicki looked up at him and then took his hand, she stepped up one foot and went to set it on the cloud expecting her foot to just fall through. But it didn't. Her eyes widened ,she didn't know what was going on ,how could she have a pure heart after all that she had done? But before she could think about it anymore Gohan pulled her up, she just stood there and held onto Gohan's arms for support, she wasn't used to standing on clouds, then all of a sudden Gohan dropped down to a cross-legged position. This made Vicki loss her balance and she tumbled down onto Gohan's lap. She opened her eyes and saw that she was fine, he had caught her and she was now sitting in his lap with her legs hanging over his crossed ones with his arms wrapped protectively around her midsection pinning her arms down. She looked around slightly confused then turned her head to face Gohan with that silly son-smile on his face again. His smile turned to a smirk and Piccolo's expression turned to puzzlement when nimbus took off. Piccolo's weight was pressed against Gohan's chest by the sudden movement. She also reached her hands up to grip his arms. It was really peaceful as nimbus sped over the landscape ,changing from sky scrapers to lush green fields, to wooded land with streams running wild. The wind blew her hair gently, letting it brush up against Gohan's face every so often. Vicki apologised for that but Gohan actually kinda liked it. It was softer than silk. Gohan also loved how close they were. Vicki was literally sitting in his lap and his arms were wrapped around her. He loved this, he loved her. He did, he loved her. He had fallen head over heels in love with this girl in no longer than a week at most. But when he's with her he feels as if he's known her all his life, as if they were soul mates. He was too shy though. He didn't think he could ever tell her how he felt, so for now he would just cherish her for as long as he can. He gripped her a little tighter, when she started to drift off into a dream-like state and lean over the edge slightly. She let out a quiet giggle and leaned back against him. He leaned his head down and pressed his face into her hair, trying to come to terms with this situation, but he couldn't think of anything, her hair smelt so sweet it was intoxicating.
The trip to Gohan's house ended too quickly but it was unforgettable , so intimate without any realisation. Gohan reluctantly released his grip on Vicki and let her jump off, then he got off and nimbus flew away.
"Man my butt's asleep." Vicki joked.
"What?" Gohan started to laugh. Vicki joined in a second later and they stopped when their eyes met. The laughter subsided and they were left just starring into each other's eyes. Vicki noticed how long they had actually been starring at each other and looked down at her feet from embarrassment.
"Well It's now or never. Ready for an earful?" Gohan braced himself.
"Can we really chose never?" Vicki joked trying to get Gohan to loosen up, she had told him that she would handle it and she still would. They took a deep breath and Gohan opened the door.
"I'm home!" He yelled. There was silence for a second then a whole bunch of feet could be heard pounding on the floor from everywhere in the house. Goku came bounding in from the living room, Goten jumped down the stairs, and Chichi came running from somewhere in the kitchen with a towel in her hand. Goku smiled and greeted Vicki. Goten was babbling on and on.
"Wow, you're Vicki. Gohan's Vicki. Gohan's been talking about you all the time. He was right, you are really pretty." Gohan's face went red and he was just about to clasp a hand over his overly-excited little brother's mouth and drag him to a room with a lock on it. But thankfully Chichi stepped forward.
"So you are this Vicki girl huh? What's your full name?" Chichi questioned.
"Victoria."
Chichi just nodded and then turned towards her eldest son.
"So! How do you explain what your principal called me about?" She yelled.
"Ahh, we were, ummm... I kinda ..um..this..guy,,ahh.. he,..ummm..he" Gohan stammered, he loved his mother but she scared him some times.
"Ahh, what Gohan means to say is that there was this bully at school who was picking on me, he wouldn't stop. So Gohan here came to my rescue. He didn't actually hurt the guy, he just scared him. If the principal said anything other than that he was just exaggerating." Vicki stated firmly and calmly making it sound truthful which it actually was.
"Really?" Chichi examined all angles of the girl's story and was starring her son up and down.
"Is this true Gohan?" She asked. Gohan just shook his head up and down ,amazed that she was taking it so well.
"Okay then, but I don't want to hear any more about my baby getting into fights at school. Is that clear?"
"Yes mom, absolutely." He agreed. Chichi walked back into the kitchen to finish dinner. When she was completely gone ,everyone turned to face Vicki with their mouths ajar.
"What?" Vicki asked innocently. She could hardly believe it herself.
"Wow! You got Gohan out of trouble. No one's ever been able to do that before."
Goten was so amazed. Goku just grinned and patted her on the back. He then looked over at his son and said.
"You better hold on to this one son, she can even take on your mother." Gohan's face vaulted and his face turned red. Vicki just laughed.
"Don't worry Goku, I'm not going anywhere." She reassured. Gohan suddenly got an idea.
"Hey Vicki can we see your cheerleading uniform?" Gohan asked. Really curious as to what it looked like, all he's seen of it so far was those spankie pants.
"Huh? Ahh, ummm...sure I guess." She took her bag and then went up the stairs to the bathroom.
"She's a cheerleader?" Goku asked. He always liked cheerleaders.
"Yeah." Gohan answered a bit proud of her.
Vicki finished and looked herself over in the full length mirror. She was actually quite beautiful in it if she did say so herself. The orange in the costume made her green hair stand out. As soon as she deemed herself worthy, she began her slow descension of the stairs. She wasn't expecting the three boys to just be waiting there for her. She stumbled slightly and had to jump down the last couple stairs so it actually made her entrance more elaborate. Then there she was standing in front of three saiyans with wide eyes and open mouths.
"What do you think?" She asked nervously not knowing if she wanted to know the answer.
"You look....WOW!" That was all Goku could say.
Goten said shyly "You look real pretty Vicki."
And Gohan just stood there and starred, she was gorgeous. It clung in all the right places, and it showed off her beautiful long legs.
"Thanks" Vicki said a little embarrassed by all the attention she was getting. She was just about to go up stairs to change when Chichi called out that supper was ready. Goku and Gohan ran to the kitchen and Goten pulled her by the hand to her seat at the table. She was beside Goten and Chichi and across from Gohan.
"So Victoria, I hear you are a relative of Bulma's." Chichi asked.
"Yes, I'm her cousin."
"You're awfully young, and I didn't know Bulma had any aunts and uncles let alone cousins."
"Well she does."
"Really who were your parents?" Piccolo saw that she would really have to make people up to please Chichi. But she didn't feel too comfortable lying ,so she decided to mix both truth and make believe.
"Well Mr.Briefs, Bulma's dad has a sister who married a rich business man ,they are my step-parents."
"WHAT?!" Everyone yelled at once, Goku almost choked.
"You're not Bulma's blood relative then?" Chichi asked.
"No I'm not, my step-parents are infertile. And they said they fell in love with me the moment they saw me." Vicki took a bite of food admiring how well this might end up.
"Do you know anything about your true parents?" Goten asked unexpectedly. Chichi was about to hush him when Vicki continued.
"Well I know that I never knew my mother, and my father had left me when I was born. I was found wondering the mountain side by hikers and they brought me to the closest town and put me in an orphanage. I never really fit in, so I didn't think I would ever be adopted but then Bulma's aunt and uncle came in and adopted me."
"Wow, that was nice of them." Goku added.
"Why didn't you fit in?" Chichi had to know all aspects of the story. Vicki just pulled back her hair from one of her ears and showed Chichi how it pointed at the tip, and then she smiled a big toothy grin so that she could she her small fangs.
"Oh." Was all Chichi had to say to that. Everyone started to eat again but it wasn't long before Chichi had another question.
"Are you close to Bulma?"
"Yes, somewhat close."
"What do you think about Vegeta and Trunks?"
"Vegeta's a big teddy bear once you get used to him, and Trunks can be exasperating at times but he's a sweet little boy with a good heart." Vicki smiled to herself, she really had grown attached to them.
"I'm telling Trunks you said that." Goten exclaimed. Glad that he now had a piece of gossip to spread. Vicki just laughed and started eating again.
"So Goku informs me you know about ki. How did you learn?"
"Vegeta taught me."
"Really how did you survive?" Chichi half joked ,half serious.
"He's not that bad once you figure the rules of his game."
"Rules? Game? What do you mean?"
"The game is him. You have to figure out how to mould him to your specifications. For example, if I want a really good spar out of him I mock him verbally. Call him things like Sweetie, or Vegg-face." Everyone at the table giggled.
"Interesting. Just one more question I promise." Vicki nodded and Chichi went ahead.
"What is with the outfit?" Chichi burst out laughing and soon everyone but Vicki was holding their aching sides. Vicki just sweat dropped.
"I'm a cheerleader. There I said it. Videl dragged me out to the tryouts and I guess I blew the judges away since they made me the Captain of the team."
Everyone finished their food and Vicki helped Chichi clear the dishes. The boys were in the living room watching Gohan get the crap beat out of him by Goten at mortal combat the video game. Chichi had let Vicki go even after she offered to dry the dishes, she was already in the good books with Chichi ,that was something she had never ever dreamed she could achieve. The words 'Mortal Combat' was heard in a low deep voice from the tv.
"Hehe, that voice sounds like Piccolo." Goten shouted.
Vicki sweatdropped, everyone's a critic.
"What are you boys up to?" Vicki asked Goten while kneeling down to his level.
"I'm beating the pants off Gohan." Goten yelled proudly.
"Heehhee oh really!"
"Gohan keep your pants on will yeah!" She said looking towards him. This just made Goten laugh harder. Gohan's face also went red, which amused everyone.
"What game are you playing?"
"Mortal Combat!" Goten said trying to make his voice sound as deep as the voice from the game.
"I bet I could beat ya!" Vicki challenged.
"I wouldn't be so sure Vicki, he's better at it then he looks." Gohan warned.
"No problem." Vicki assured while picking up one of the controllers.
"You're on!" Goten shouted very into the game.
The game started, Goten chose 'SubZero' his favourite character and Piccolo ended up picking 'Sonya.' The game started and intensified, then it was over. Another game was approached, played, and won. And then another and then another. Even Chichi came out to see what was happening. It turned out that Vicki was an awesome video game player and had beaten Goten at every game he owned.
"Wow!" The others said in unison as Vicki beat Goten for the last time at one of the games. Goten was in shock.
"That was amazing Vicki, the only other person who can beat me at any of these games is Trunks." Goten confessed.
"Trunks isn't that great, I've beaten him just as much as I've beaten you." Goten was so happy, he was finally just as good at something as Trunks was, even if it was at losing. It was pretty late so Chichi put Goten in bed and ordered Gohan upstairs to study before bed.
"But what about Vicki?" Gohan tried to use as an excuse.
"I can fly home. I'm fine." Vicki told them but Chichi didn't allow it.
"Nonsense. Do you know how dangerous it is out there for a pretty young girl like you at this time at night. Goku will drive you home." Piccolo froze ,Goku was going to drive her home ./shit/ was all she could think. She had gone to take the drivers test with him and they both hadn't been very good. She was just about to refuse when Gohan made a loud sigh and got up to go upstairs.
"Bye Vicki! I'll see you tomorrow okay." Gohan said.
"By the way thanks for getting me out of trouble with mom, I owe you one big time."
"Bye Gohan and it was no problem." She answered back ,Gohan waved to her as she walked out of the house with Goku.
Much to Piccolo's surprise Goku had gotten a lot better at driving since their first try. They didn't run into anything.
"Vicki I just wanted to say thanks." Vicki was completely confused by what Goku said.
"For what?"
"Gohan hasn't been this happy, since, well since ever. He really likes you I know, he's just too shy to admit it." If Gohan knew what his father had told her you could kiss Goku goodbye.
"WHAT?!" Vicki was completely taken off guard.
"You can't tell me you didn't know, even I noticed, you must have." Goku claimed.
"Notice what?"
"The way he looks at you, how he blushes at everything you do ,and how you said he stood up for you against that bully." This got Vicki thinking. /Did Gohan really like her?/ She didn't know, what Goku was saying sounded true and Goku had been known to have very deep convictions that were usually right on the ball when he wasn't all brain-dead and stuff.
"So just thanks. For making him so happy." Goku smiled.
"But don't tell him I told you this he would send me to the next dimension." Goku giggled nervously.
"I won't" Came the silent reply.
"and you're welcome I guess." She added.
The car stopped and Vicki got out. Luckily it was her house, not just a stop sign because she didn't really look at where she was.
"Bye! See you soon hopefully." Goku yelled waving like crazy.
"Yeah ,bye." She waved slightly before she entered her home, and Goku drove away. /Was what Goku had said ,true, did Gohan like her in that way./ Once she started to think about it the more real it became, Gohan would always blush just like Goku had said and he did other things, he could be in such a bad mood ,then when she came near him he would brighten up, and Piccolo was also finding that this spell I guess you could say was vice-versa. She really liked being around him, and he made her feel safe and wanted. She always wanted to be wanted, it was the feeling she wished to experience the most, and now she was. And by the best person he had ever known. It's just that there was a catch. Should Piccolo allow herself to feel this way and let them discover their feelings for each other and then just leave when the four months had been up. Or was this too selfish on her part, was it cruel to let Gohan get close to her just to leave him when the time was up. Or should she try her best to stay out of his life and let the feelings that exist fade away, would Gohan even let them fade, he had asked him once if he ever felt lonely, this caused Piccolo to believe that the youth was also feeling alone. If that were true who was Piccolo to leave Gohan alone. Piccolo's head hurt he didn't know what the best option would be. She was tired so she just checked in with Bulma then went upstairs and went to bed. Tomorrow would be another day for her to think about this.