I had recently gotten an anonymous review, and they stated, in simple
terms, reviews weren't everything. I know that's true, but I didn't know
how many people actually took the time to read this story. For that person
who sent the no name review, I had wanted to see who would actually read
this fic so it wouldn't be abandoned as many other good fics were in the
past. I will actually finish this one because I am having the most fun
writing it, and I know many of you readers enjoy it too. But once again, to
that anonymous reviewer, I salute you for coming out and saying that. And I
appreciate for bringing up this problem to me, and I will change it. So,
thank you. ::Hugs::
But I must also say, this will be the last chapter for the week. So be expecting the next chapter sometime next week. I do want to thank everyone who has reviewed for the fic so far! ::Hugs!:: You all are so sweet! -! And because I will be gone for a few days... I have made this chapter a few pages longer. Hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 8 – The Enemy Shows Her Face
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Goku appeared in his home, and the first person he noticed was his teenaged son, Gohan. Well, truth be told, Goku appeared just inches before his son, and the ending results weren't pretty.
"GACK!" exclaimed Gohan as a person appeared before him. He used his super speed punching the person in the nose with out thinking and jumped back many feet. The girls also shrieked when they noticed the man 'magically' appear in the home. Goku fell over after he was hit in the nose. Goku began to whine when he realized that the nose was broken.
Gohan's eyes were in slits when he glared at the person, but the glare soon disappeared when he realized whom he attacked.
"DAD?!" exclaimed the teen as he looked to the fallen warrior. Goku sat up from where he lay and tried to rub the pain from his face.
"Damn, you have a good punch Gohan," stated Goku with the infamous Son Grin®. He scratched the back of his head as he looked back to Gohan. "How are you doing these days, son?"
Gohan stood there frozen. His eyes were as wide as saucers and all color seemed to drain from his face. But at last, he was able to choke out, "D-dad?"
The father of Goku jumped up from the floor and gave a large grin. "It's good to see you again too."
Gohan felt himself loosen up once more and he zoomed over to his dad giving him a HUGE hug. Needless to say, Goku began to turn a lovely shade of royal blue to match his blue weighted shirt. "N-nee-eed A-AIR!" he choked out. Gohan blinked as he released his dad and chuckled nervously.
Videl and Erasa blinked. 'Did that guy just appear into the room, out of thin air?!'
"I... I just can't believe you're here! And after so many years too!" exclaimed Gohan as a wide toothy smile graced his features. Goku gave the same grin back as he patted his son over the shoulder.
"I'm glad to be back-"Goku's stomach began to rumble too, as Goten's had earlier. Too the human teen girls, they looked up to the ceiling thinking the stomach growl was, yet again, thunder.
"That was LOUD!" exclaimed Videl as she crossed her arms, "I would almost say that was in this room!" The black haired female looked back to her saiyan friend, who had a sweatdrop at the side of his head.
Goku just began to laugh as he rubbed his tummy. "Nope! That was my stomach!" he exclaimed in his very cheerful voice. "Say... is Chichi here?" asked the warrior. "I'm famished!" A larger sweatdrop could be seen at the side of Gohan's head.
"Um... no," was his son's reply. "There isn't any food left in the house-"
"WHAT?!" shouted Goku as he grabbed his son's shoulders, and began to shake him. "NO FOOD?! We're going to STARVE TO DEATH!!!!!" The saiyan warrior fell to his knees and began to hold his arms up in balled fists. "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" The then began to sob.
Everyone else just stared at the fallen man. Gohan closed his eyes and began to rub his temples. 'Why does he always do this when mom's out of the house? Or when there's no food for that matter...'
Videl looked out of the side of her eye and mentally thought, 'Is he always like this?' she asked back. She had formed this hypothesis that maybe... just maybe this was some sort of mental link. She didn't know why she had it with Gohan... An evil smirk graced her face. But she knew it could come in handy when she took a test! All she would have to do was ask Gohan for the answers... and no one would know... She began to cackle mentally.
Gohan looked over to Videl. He could hear her laughing... but her mouth wasn't moving. The teen slapped his forehead, 'This bond...' The hybrid saiyan looked back to his father, who continued to cry. A small puddle was forming around where he was standing.
"Um... dad?" asked Gohan as he tried to be 'brave' and walk up to the sobbing saiyan.
"No... FOOD! WHO WOULD PUT SUCH TORTURE ON US?!?!?!?!" he exclaimed powering up. The house began to shake as the older man's power continued to rise.
"Dad! Mom went to the STORE. She can't get home because of the RAIN. We did have food earlier... but Trunks and Goten ate it for a snack-"
"THEY ATE THE FOOD?!?!?!" exclaimed Goku in hysteria. It then became known to the man that there were two ki's that were possessed in the children. He noticed two boys hiding behind Vegeta's leg.
Vegeta glared at the two boys and pushed them both forward so Goku could take a good look at them. Both children's eyes were as wide as saucers when Goku's glare turned to them.
Goku looked down to both children. He noticed Trunks, 'So this is young Trunks...' He turned to the second hybrid child, and blinked.
The child looked up to his daddy, and tears began to well up in his eyes. This big man was scary to the young child!
Goku pointed to Goten and looked to Gohan. "He... looks like me."
Gohan gave a slow nod, "Yeah... That's because he's your-"
"I'VE BEEN CLONED!" exclaimed Goku as he poked at the little chibi with glee. "He looks just like me! Only, one fourth my size!" He picked up the young boy and hugged him tightly. "Oh you're so cute!" he exclaimed in his baby voice. Goten couldn't help but laugh at his dad's enthusiasm.
About to say something to his dad about the youngest member of the family, Vegeta stopped Gohan with a glance. "Let him think what he wants right now... it'll keep his mind off of the food 'crisis'." Gohan just nodded slowly as he turned back to watch the father and son bond.
Erasa turned to her friend, Videl, and noticed the loving look the teen had on her face. Videl also seemed to be staring at something... or more like... someone. Erasa turned her head. Gohan. Videl was staring at Gohan. She looked back to her friend, who just sighed in a dreamy like way. Then an evil thought crossed her mind.
"Gohan's cute isn't he?" asked Erasa with a small smirk on her lips. Videl gave a small nod as a goofy grin came upon her face. 'SCORE!' thought Erasa with a small giggle.
"I think he's perfect," muttered back the dazed teen. Erasa looked to her friend in shock. 'She did not just say that aloud!' thought Erasa as she used her fingers to punch her arm. The pinch stung. 'She... DID say it!' Her smirk grew.
"Wouldn't he be the perfect boyfriend?" asked Erasa innocently. Videl gave a nod as she continued to stare at Gohan. Erasa's smirk deepened even more. It seemed to become like Vegeta's.
"And what about that muscled body?" asked the blonde. She noticed Videl's face become red from a blush staining her cheeks. Erasa shook her head, 'Damn... Videl's got it bad!' The human teen looked around the room but failed noticing the saiyan prince and Namek stare at the two girls. She didn't realize that they both just heard every word the two females exchanged.
"Should Kakarot know about his son's 'to be' mate now?" questioned the prince to the Namek. Piccolo couldn't help but let a chuckle escape his lips. "Or should we just let him smother his brat for the next few minutes?" added Vegeta.
"Let's just keep Goku the way he is right now. For all we know, he could blow up the earth because his stomach isn't full," stated Piccolo as he leaned against a wall. Vegeta gave a nod.
Goku continued to cuddle and hug his unknown son, thinking he was his 'mini' self. But as he was hugging his son tightly, he heard a voice.
"I have the kami. And he will die unless you come to the lookout."
All looked up and around. "Where did that voice come from?" asked Erasa as she brought a balled-up hand to her chest.
"It's the villain," stated Vegeta flatly as he gritted his teeth.
"Shit! I should have just stayed at the Lookout!" exclaimed Piccolo, as he was about to run out the room and to the front door.
"Wait!" exclaimed Goku as he continued to have his death grip on his son. Goten was slowly becoming the lovely color of a plum. "I can use Instant Transmission!"
Gohan gave a nod. "Good idea, dad!" Goku gave a grin as he placed his free hand behind his head. "Um... dad?" asked the hybrid saiyan teen. Goku blinked.
"Is there something wrong?" asked the older man blinking. A sweatdrop fell from the side of Gohan's head.
"I think you need to let go of Goten..."
Goku looked at his youngest son, and saw his purple face become blue, and almost black too! The saiyan dropped his grip on his son, and Goten fell to the ground gasping in much needed air.
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"I must say, Dende, that this whole hostage thing is incredibly fun!" exclaimed the lady with silver eyes as she sat on the kami's throne. Dende glared at the woman, upside down.
"It's fun for you..." muttered the young Namek as he growled. He was in the middle of the room, hanging upside down, wrapped from toe to neck in a steel rope. And now he could feel all of his blood rushing to his head, and he began to feel dizzy.
"Of course it's fun for me!" exclaimed the woman as she stood up, her heals clicking on the shiny tiled floor, "and I'm not the one hanging from the roof by my ankles!" She gave a cackle before she felt the presence of a few others.
Goku has used the transmission to this part of the Lookout. He brought all warriors from the house but Goten, but he did bring Videl! She had insisted on coming, and Goku let her come. Goku couldn't help but smirk. 'She could hold off on her own.' Her power level was already past Yamcha's!
"Ah, so you finally come!" exclaimed the woman as she flipped some of her long strands of white hair to the back. "You should give up now! It is impossible to win against me!"
"Oh yeah?" asked Vegeta as he 'ran' up to the woman. To Videl, it looked like he disappeared from one spot, and appeared in the next! Vegeta grabbed one of the woman's arms and twisted it up. "Tell me... before I kill you, why did you want to challenge the most powerful warriors on this planet?" asked Vegeta with a smirk on his features. The woman glared and she rose up her free hand.
And a stray lightning bolt smashed into the saiyan prince. The woman was able to free herself as a charbroiled prince stood there with big circle eyes and coughing out smoke. Other than the eyes, everything else was black... and smoke rose from the saiyan's body. "Ow..." he seemed to choke out before falling over.
The woman gave a laugh. "You saiyans are of no challenge to me!" she exclaimed. "You all should just give up now and surrender your planet-"The woman gave a gasp.
"What?" asked Goku as he crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side slightly.
The woman's eyes widened about five sizes as she pointed to the human. "Y-you brought HER?!" exclaimed the lady. All around Videl blinked as they glance at her. "Um... yeah?" replied Goku as he crossed his arms.
The woman ran up to Dende, who seemed to be swinging in the middle of the room by a rope, and she grabbed his antennas. "Don't move girl! If you do... the Namek will loose his antennas!" Everyone but Videl, in the room, gasped.
"Now... that's just cruel!" exclaimed Trunks as he crossed his arms to the lady. "I wouldn't do something THAT mean!" exclaimed the chibi. The villain began to cackle once more.
Gohan looked up to Piccolo's worried expression and he poked his sensei on the side. The Namek looked down to his student.
"Don't Namek's regrow limbs?" asked Gohan crossing his arms. Piccolo stopped, blinked, and slapped his forehead.
"How could I be so stupid?!" Piccolo turned to Videl, "You! Go and attack the woman!" ordered the Namek.
Videl shrugged her shoulders. "Okay." She looked to the villain and smirked as she leaped after the woman.
That silver haired woman just seemed to become more frightened, and she screamed bloody murder as Videl dashed to the woman.
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Erasa stayed in the home with Goten and a sleeping Sharpener. Erasa was still confused why she didn't have that photo album once the lights seemed to turn off in the room! So instead of snooping around the room... and possibly being caught looking for the album by the people returning home with that 'magic trick' of Gohan's dad, she went to the next best thing. She asked Goten for help.
"Goten?" she asked sweetly as she kneeled down to the child's height. The Goku look-a-like tilted his head up as he waited for her to continue. "Do you know where that picture book is with some of your family pictures?" she asked him innocently. Goten placed his finger on his chin and looked up to the ceiling in deep thought.
"Well... I saw Gohan take the book away when the lights went out," replied the young chibi. Erasa blinked. 'Gohan took it? But I didn't even notice it was gone till that man, Vegeta, arrived!'
"Do you know where he put it Goten?" she asked him with a smile. Goten turned his head as he looked to the bookshelf on the far wall. He pointed into that direction.
"I think he set it over there!" The blonde female turned her head, and sure enough, she noticed the brown book sitting on the shelf. She smiled back to the chibi and ruffled his hair.
"Thanks Goten!" She then walked over to the shelf, and picked up the book, then went back to her seat in the living room. She looked up to the chibi, who seemed to be staring innocently at her, and she giggled. "Say, Goten, why don't you come and look at these with me?" she asked.
The chibi smiled brightly as he ran up to the teen and sat beside her as she opened the book back up. She flipped the pages that she had already seen, and then flipped one more page and she saw the fighters from the Cell Games.
Her eyes widened, "Oh... my." It was of the full team of Z warriors. It showed Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, and the saiyans in their supersaiyan forms. It showed Super Saiyan Goku, Super Saiyan Vegeta, Super Saiyan Mirai Trunks, and Super Saiyan Gohan, kid version. She just stared at the picture for a while, and she placed her fingers on it to make sure this was indeed a real picture.
"G-Gohan's a Golden Warrior?" she asked, her eyes widening more.
"Yep! My brother is the strongest in the world!" exclaimed Goten, as his smile seemed to become brighter. Erasa looked down to the child as he continued to grin.
"S-so... it's true... You're brother was the o-one who defeated Cell?" she asked the child quietly. The hybrid saiyan child nodded as he looked up to her with wide innocent eyes.
"Yes... doesn't everyone know that?" asked the child blinking. Erasa looked back to the picture, before she looked to the child.
"No. Not exactly Goten. People think it was someone else who had defeated Cell..."
"Then we should tell the WORLD that my big brother was the one who truly defeated the bad guy!" he exclaimed with a toothy grin. Erasa gave a giggle before she ruffled the child's hair once more.
"I love that enthusiasm! Maybe we could use more people like you in this world, Goten." The chibi just giggled. In the mean time Erasa took out the picture from the photo album, and set it aside. She then flipped the page of the photo album and saw the next few pictures.
They were all of the Cell games! Let's not forget to mention a few of when the androids showed their face for the first time. Of course, one of the warriors had to sneak out a camera in order to get these pictures as close as these were. You could see the fighting going on! Erasa shook her head. 'This is INCREDIBLE!' She wished she could take out a few more pictures, but she knew Gohan would get suspicious if there were quite a few pictures missing from the album...
Of course, she wasn't going to take these pictures. She was just going to show Videl and Sharper them... Speaking of Sharpener...
She looked to her left and noticed him snoring on the couch. Erasa could only scratch her head. "How does he do it?" She looked to Goten, and he gave a shrug.
"Gohan's sometimes like that after he spars with Vegeta," stated the child, "Does he spar?" asked the child innocently.
Erasa shrugged. "I think you would have to ask him when he wakes."
"Cause if he does, I want to spar with him!" exclaimed Goten with a wide smile. The blonde locked teen just giggled at the child's enthusiasm once more. This child was such a cutie!
Erasa looked back to the photo album and flipped another page. This page was mainly of Gohan; he looked slightly older, but he didn't seem as cheerful as in the pictures before. And there was also one with him and his mom. She was obviously pregnant, again. In this picture, Gohan was a young teen and he has his arms wrapped around his mom's shoulders in a hug, and a huge smile was obviously seen on the teen's face. His smile seemed to show how much joy he must have had knowing he was going to be a big brother.
She turned the next page, and it was of baby Goten. He was crying as all new born children do, but she seemed to be surprised to find he too had a tail! Goten shrieked.
"That's me!" he exclaimed cheerfully as he pointed to the picture. Erasa smiled once again. 'I wish I had a brother like him...' She looked back to the child as he continued to smile. 'He's just so precious!'
This time, Goten looked up at the teenaged female and he tilted his head. "Do you want to see the newer pictures my mommy put in the book?" Before she could reply, he flipped thru the book, and to the current pictures. She gasped. Goten was right!
The picture was of Goten standing right next to Saiyaman, and his helmet was taken off. It was held in his right arm as his left one scratched the back of his head. The two brothers gave a smile for the camera. Erasa's smirk returned as she took that picture out and placed it along side with the one of the "Gold Fighters." 'Oh man... Videl would really like to see these!' She placed them face down on the coffee table, and placed the photo album over them for the time being.
The teenaged female looked out the window and noticed the rain pick up again. "I... wonder when they'll be getting back-"She was cut off by a HUGE, and I mean HUGE snore. A sweatdrop was seen falling from the side of her head.
"Could you be any louder?" commented the female. Sharpener gave a louder snore than the first for her reply. She slapped her forehead, 'Spoke too soon...' She looked up and noticed Goten standing on the couch beside the male human. Goten seemed to be peering inside of his mouth...
"What are you doing?" asked Erasa as she made her way over to the child.
"I think he need a plug for his mouth..." Erasa held back laughter at this child's statement.
"And you know what else?" asked Goten as he looked up to Erasa with his big innocent eyes.
She walked over to him, "Yeah?"
The black haired chibi looked back to the sleeping human. "I think he looks like a girl with the long hair." Erasa couldn't hold back the laughter anymore. She began to hold her sides as she gasped for air.
Goten just stared up at her. He just stated the obvious! He crossed his arms as he watched her continue to laugh, 'Sometimes these people just don't take me seriously...' He shook his head.
After a few long minutes, Erasa collected herself once more as she calmed down. She then looked at Sharpener and thought about the chibi's comment. 'Now that you think about it... he looks like a woman who's been on steroids for some time...' Gaining an idea, she reached in her pocket and pulled out her capsule case. She opened a random capsule, and out came a make up bag. She unzipped it and pulled out a bag of tiny rubber bands.
"Say, Goten... have you ever braided long hair before?" asked the teenaged female with a smile.
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And there you have it! This might be the last chapter for the week... I'm but I am sure that as soon as I get back from my trip, a new chapter will be given. In the meantime, please review. Suggestions are always welcome, and a word or two about how I am doing with this fic is appreciated! Thank you all to who have been reading this fic!
-Takuma
But I must also say, this will be the last chapter for the week. So be expecting the next chapter sometime next week. I do want to thank everyone who has reviewed for the fic so far! ::Hugs!:: You all are so sweet! -! And because I will be gone for a few days... I have made this chapter a few pages longer. Hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 8 – The Enemy Shows Her Face
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Goku appeared in his home, and the first person he noticed was his teenaged son, Gohan. Well, truth be told, Goku appeared just inches before his son, and the ending results weren't pretty.
"GACK!" exclaimed Gohan as a person appeared before him. He used his super speed punching the person in the nose with out thinking and jumped back many feet. The girls also shrieked when they noticed the man 'magically' appear in the home. Goku fell over after he was hit in the nose. Goku began to whine when he realized that the nose was broken.
Gohan's eyes were in slits when he glared at the person, but the glare soon disappeared when he realized whom he attacked.
"DAD?!" exclaimed the teen as he looked to the fallen warrior. Goku sat up from where he lay and tried to rub the pain from his face.
"Damn, you have a good punch Gohan," stated Goku with the infamous Son Grin®. He scratched the back of his head as he looked back to Gohan. "How are you doing these days, son?"
Gohan stood there frozen. His eyes were as wide as saucers and all color seemed to drain from his face. But at last, he was able to choke out, "D-dad?"
The father of Goku jumped up from the floor and gave a large grin. "It's good to see you again too."
Gohan felt himself loosen up once more and he zoomed over to his dad giving him a HUGE hug. Needless to say, Goku began to turn a lovely shade of royal blue to match his blue weighted shirt. "N-nee-eed A-AIR!" he choked out. Gohan blinked as he released his dad and chuckled nervously.
Videl and Erasa blinked. 'Did that guy just appear into the room, out of thin air?!'
"I... I just can't believe you're here! And after so many years too!" exclaimed Gohan as a wide toothy smile graced his features. Goku gave the same grin back as he patted his son over the shoulder.
"I'm glad to be back-"Goku's stomach began to rumble too, as Goten's had earlier. Too the human teen girls, they looked up to the ceiling thinking the stomach growl was, yet again, thunder.
"That was LOUD!" exclaimed Videl as she crossed her arms, "I would almost say that was in this room!" The black haired female looked back to her saiyan friend, who had a sweatdrop at the side of his head.
Goku just began to laugh as he rubbed his tummy. "Nope! That was my stomach!" he exclaimed in his very cheerful voice. "Say... is Chichi here?" asked the warrior. "I'm famished!" A larger sweatdrop could be seen at the side of Gohan's head.
"Um... no," was his son's reply. "There isn't any food left in the house-"
"WHAT?!" shouted Goku as he grabbed his son's shoulders, and began to shake him. "NO FOOD?! We're going to STARVE TO DEATH!!!!!" The saiyan warrior fell to his knees and began to hold his arms up in balled fists. "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" The then began to sob.
Everyone else just stared at the fallen man. Gohan closed his eyes and began to rub his temples. 'Why does he always do this when mom's out of the house? Or when there's no food for that matter...'
Videl looked out of the side of her eye and mentally thought, 'Is he always like this?' she asked back. She had formed this hypothesis that maybe... just maybe this was some sort of mental link. She didn't know why she had it with Gohan... An evil smirk graced her face. But she knew it could come in handy when she took a test! All she would have to do was ask Gohan for the answers... and no one would know... She began to cackle mentally.
Gohan looked over to Videl. He could hear her laughing... but her mouth wasn't moving. The teen slapped his forehead, 'This bond...' The hybrid saiyan looked back to his father, who continued to cry. A small puddle was forming around where he was standing.
"Um... dad?" asked Gohan as he tried to be 'brave' and walk up to the sobbing saiyan.
"No... FOOD! WHO WOULD PUT SUCH TORTURE ON US?!?!?!?!" he exclaimed powering up. The house began to shake as the older man's power continued to rise.
"Dad! Mom went to the STORE. She can't get home because of the RAIN. We did have food earlier... but Trunks and Goten ate it for a snack-"
"THEY ATE THE FOOD?!?!?!" exclaimed Goku in hysteria. It then became known to the man that there were two ki's that were possessed in the children. He noticed two boys hiding behind Vegeta's leg.
Vegeta glared at the two boys and pushed them both forward so Goku could take a good look at them. Both children's eyes were as wide as saucers when Goku's glare turned to them.
Goku looked down to both children. He noticed Trunks, 'So this is young Trunks...' He turned to the second hybrid child, and blinked.
The child looked up to his daddy, and tears began to well up in his eyes. This big man was scary to the young child!
Goku pointed to Goten and looked to Gohan. "He... looks like me."
Gohan gave a slow nod, "Yeah... That's because he's your-"
"I'VE BEEN CLONED!" exclaimed Goku as he poked at the little chibi with glee. "He looks just like me! Only, one fourth my size!" He picked up the young boy and hugged him tightly. "Oh you're so cute!" he exclaimed in his baby voice. Goten couldn't help but laugh at his dad's enthusiasm.
About to say something to his dad about the youngest member of the family, Vegeta stopped Gohan with a glance. "Let him think what he wants right now... it'll keep his mind off of the food 'crisis'." Gohan just nodded slowly as he turned back to watch the father and son bond.
Erasa turned to her friend, Videl, and noticed the loving look the teen had on her face. Videl also seemed to be staring at something... or more like... someone. Erasa turned her head. Gohan. Videl was staring at Gohan. She looked back to her friend, who just sighed in a dreamy like way. Then an evil thought crossed her mind.
"Gohan's cute isn't he?" asked Erasa with a small smirk on her lips. Videl gave a small nod as a goofy grin came upon her face. 'SCORE!' thought Erasa with a small giggle.
"I think he's perfect," muttered back the dazed teen. Erasa looked to her friend in shock. 'She did not just say that aloud!' thought Erasa as she used her fingers to punch her arm. The pinch stung. 'She... DID say it!' Her smirk grew.
"Wouldn't he be the perfect boyfriend?" asked Erasa innocently. Videl gave a nod as she continued to stare at Gohan. Erasa's smirk deepened even more. It seemed to become like Vegeta's.
"And what about that muscled body?" asked the blonde. She noticed Videl's face become red from a blush staining her cheeks. Erasa shook her head, 'Damn... Videl's got it bad!' The human teen looked around the room but failed noticing the saiyan prince and Namek stare at the two girls. She didn't realize that they both just heard every word the two females exchanged.
"Should Kakarot know about his son's 'to be' mate now?" questioned the prince to the Namek. Piccolo couldn't help but let a chuckle escape his lips. "Or should we just let him smother his brat for the next few minutes?" added Vegeta.
"Let's just keep Goku the way he is right now. For all we know, he could blow up the earth because his stomach isn't full," stated Piccolo as he leaned against a wall. Vegeta gave a nod.
Goku continued to cuddle and hug his unknown son, thinking he was his 'mini' self. But as he was hugging his son tightly, he heard a voice.
"I have the kami. And he will die unless you come to the lookout."
All looked up and around. "Where did that voice come from?" asked Erasa as she brought a balled-up hand to her chest.
"It's the villain," stated Vegeta flatly as he gritted his teeth.
"Shit! I should have just stayed at the Lookout!" exclaimed Piccolo, as he was about to run out the room and to the front door.
"Wait!" exclaimed Goku as he continued to have his death grip on his son. Goten was slowly becoming the lovely color of a plum. "I can use Instant Transmission!"
Gohan gave a nod. "Good idea, dad!" Goku gave a grin as he placed his free hand behind his head. "Um... dad?" asked the hybrid saiyan teen. Goku blinked.
"Is there something wrong?" asked the older man blinking. A sweatdrop fell from the side of Gohan's head.
"I think you need to let go of Goten..."
Goku looked at his youngest son, and saw his purple face become blue, and almost black too! The saiyan dropped his grip on his son, and Goten fell to the ground gasping in much needed air.
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"I must say, Dende, that this whole hostage thing is incredibly fun!" exclaimed the lady with silver eyes as she sat on the kami's throne. Dende glared at the woman, upside down.
"It's fun for you..." muttered the young Namek as he growled. He was in the middle of the room, hanging upside down, wrapped from toe to neck in a steel rope. And now he could feel all of his blood rushing to his head, and he began to feel dizzy.
"Of course it's fun for me!" exclaimed the woman as she stood up, her heals clicking on the shiny tiled floor, "and I'm not the one hanging from the roof by my ankles!" She gave a cackle before she felt the presence of a few others.
Goku has used the transmission to this part of the Lookout. He brought all warriors from the house but Goten, but he did bring Videl! She had insisted on coming, and Goku let her come. Goku couldn't help but smirk. 'She could hold off on her own.' Her power level was already past Yamcha's!
"Ah, so you finally come!" exclaimed the woman as she flipped some of her long strands of white hair to the back. "You should give up now! It is impossible to win against me!"
"Oh yeah?" asked Vegeta as he 'ran' up to the woman. To Videl, it looked like he disappeared from one spot, and appeared in the next! Vegeta grabbed one of the woman's arms and twisted it up. "Tell me... before I kill you, why did you want to challenge the most powerful warriors on this planet?" asked Vegeta with a smirk on his features. The woman glared and she rose up her free hand.
And a stray lightning bolt smashed into the saiyan prince. The woman was able to free herself as a charbroiled prince stood there with big circle eyes and coughing out smoke. Other than the eyes, everything else was black... and smoke rose from the saiyan's body. "Ow..." he seemed to choke out before falling over.
The woman gave a laugh. "You saiyans are of no challenge to me!" she exclaimed. "You all should just give up now and surrender your planet-"The woman gave a gasp.
"What?" asked Goku as he crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side slightly.
The woman's eyes widened about five sizes as she pointed to the human. "Y-you brought HER?!" exclaimed the lady. All around Videl blinked as they glance at her. "Um... yeah?" replied Goku as he crossed his arms.
The woman ran up to Dende, who seemed to be swinging in the middle of the room by a rope, and she grabbed his antennas. "Don't move girl! If you do... the Namek will loose his antennas!" Everyone but Videl, in the room, gasped.
"Now... that's just cruel!" exclaimed Trunks as he crossed his arms to the lady. "I wouldn't do something THAT mean!" exclaimed the chibi. The villain began to cackle once more.
Gohan looked up to Piccolo's worried expression and he poked his sensei on the side. The Namek looked down to his student.
"Don't Namek's regrow limbs?" asked Gohan crossing his arms. Piccolo stopped, blinked, and slapped his forehead.
"How could I be so stupid?!" Piccolo turned to Videl, "You! Go and attack the woman!" ordered the Namek.
Videl shrugged her shoulders. "Okay." She looked to the villain and smirked as she leaped after the woman.
That silver haired woman just seemed to become more frightened, and she screamed bloody murder as Videl dashed to the woman.
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Erasa stayed in the home with Goten and a sleeping Sharpener. Erasa was still confused why she didn't have that photo album once the lights seemed to turn off in the room! So instead of snooping around the room... and possibly being caught looking for the album by the people returning home with that 'magic trick' of Gohan's dad, she went to the next best thing. She asked Goten for help.
"Goten?" she asked sweetly as she kneeled down to the child's height. The Goku look-a-like tilted his head up as he waited for her to continue. "Do you know where that picture book is with some of your family pictures?" she asked him innocently. Goten placed his finger on his chin and looked up to the ceiling in deep thought.
"Well... I saw Gohan take the book away when the lights went out," replied the young chibi. Erasa blinked. 'Gohan took it? But I didn't even notice it was gone till that man, Vegeta, arrived!'
"Do you know where he put it Goten?" she asked him with a smile. Goten turned his head as he looked to the bookshelf on the far wall. He pointed into that direction.
"I think he set it over there!" The blonde female turned her head, and sure enough, she noticed the brown book sitting on the shelf. She smiled back to the chibi and ruffled his hair.
"Thanks Goten!" She then walked over to the shelf, and picked up the book, then went back to her seat in the living room. She looked up to the chibi, who seemed to be staring innocently at her, and she giggled. "Say, Goten, why don't you come and look at these with me?" she asked.
The chibi smiled brightly as he ran up to the teen and sat beside her as she opened the book back up. She flipped the pages that she had already seen, and then flipped one more page and she saw the fighters from the Cell Games.
Her eyes widened, "Oh... my." It was of the full team of Z warriors. It showed Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, and the saiyans in their supersaiyan forms. It showed Super Saiyan Goku, Super Saiyan Vegeta, Super Saiyan Mirai Trunks, and Super Saiyan Gohan, kid version. She just stared at the picture for a while, and she placed her fingers on it to make sure this was indeed a real picture.
"G-Gohan's a Golden Warrior?" she asked, her eyes widening more.
"Yep! My brother is the strongest in the world!" exclaimed Goten, as his smile seemed to become brighter. Erasa looked down to the child as he continued to grin.
"S-so... it's true... You're brother was the o-one who defeated Cell?" she asked the child quietly. The hybrid saiyan child nodded as he looked up to her with wide innocent eyes.
"Yes... doesn't everyone know that?" asked the child blinking. Erasa looked back to the picture, before she looked to the child.
"No. Not exactly Goten. People think it was someone else who had defeated Cell..."
"Then we should tell the WORLD that my big brother was the one who truly defeated the bad guy!" he exclaimed with a toothy grin. Erasa gave a giggle before she ruffled the child's hair once more.
"I love that enthusiasm! Maybe we could use more people like you in this world, Goten." The chibi just giggled. In the mean time Erasa took out the picture from the photo album, and set it aside. She then flipped the page of the photo album and saw the next few pictures.
They were all of the Cell games! Let's not forget to mention a few of when the androids showed their face for the first time. Of course, one of the warriors had to sneak out a camera in order to get these pictures as close as these were. You could see the fighting going on! Erasa shook her head. 'This is INCREDIBLE!' She wished she could take out a few more pictures, but she knew Gohan would get suspicious if there were quite a few pictures missing from the album...
Of course, she wasn't going to take these pictures. She was just going to show Videl and Sharper them... Speaking of Sharpener...
She looked to her left and noticed him snoring on the couch. Erasa could only scratch her head. "How does he do it?" She looked to Goten, and he gave a shrug.
"Gohan's sometimes like that after he spars with Vegeta," stated the child, "Does he spar?" asked the child innocently.
Erasa shrugged. "I think you would have to ask him when he wakes."
"Cause if he does, I want to spar with him!" exclaimed Goten with a wide smile. The blonde locked teen just giggled at the child's enthusiasm once more. This child was such a cutie!
Erasa looked back to the photo album and flipped another page. This page was mainly of Gohan; he looked slightly older, but he didn't seem as cheerful as in the pictures before. And there was also one with him and his mom. She was obviously pregnant, again. In this picture, Gohan was a young teen and he has his arms wrapped around his mom's shoulders in a hug, and a huge smile was obviously seen on the teen's face. His smile seemed to show how much joy he must have had knowing he was going to be a big brother.
She turned the next page, and it was of baby Goten. He was crying as all new born children do, but she seemed to be surprised to find he too had a tail! Goten shrieked.
"That's me!" he exclaimed cheerfully as he pointed to the picture. Erasa smiled once again. 'I wish I had a brother like him...' She looked back to the child as he continued to smile. 'He's just so precious!'
This time, Goten looked up at the teenaged female and he tilted his head. "Do you want to see the newer pictures my mommy put in the book?" Before she could reply, he flipped thru the book, and to the current pictures. She gasped. Goten was right!
The picture was of Goten standing right next to Saiyaman, and his helmet was taken off. It was held in his right arm as his left one scratched the back of his head. The two brothers gave a smile for the camera. Erasa's smirk returned as she took that picture out and placed it along side with the one of the "Gold Fighters." 'Oh man... Videl would really like to see these!' She placed them face down on the coffee table, and placed the photo album over them for the time being.
The teenaged female looked out the window and noticed the rain pick up again. "I... wonder when they'll be getting back-"She was cut off by a HUGE, and I mean HUGE snore. A sweatdrop was seen falling from the side of her head.
"Could you be any louder?" commented the female. Sharpener gave a louder snore than the first for her reply. She slapped her forehead, 'Spoke too soon...' She looked up and noticed Goten standing on the couch beside the male human. Goten seemed to be peering inside of his mouth...
"What are you doing?" asked Erasa as she made her way over to the child.
"I think he need a plug for his mouth..." Erasa held back laughter at this child's statement.
"And you know what else?" asked Goten as he looked up to Erasa with his big innocent eyes.
She walked over to him, "Yeah?"
The black haired chibi looked back to the sleeping human. "I think he looks like a girl with the long hair." Erasa couldn't hold back the laughter anymore. She began to hold her sides as she gasped for air.
Goten just stared up at her. He just stated the obvious! He crossed his arms as he watched her continue to laugh, 'Sometimes these people just don't take me seriously...' He shook his head.
After a few long minutes, Erasa collected herself once more as she calmed down. She then looked at Sharpener and thought about the chibi's comment. 'Now that you think about it... he looks like a woman who's been on steroids for some time...' Gaining an idea, she reached in her pocket and pulled out her capsule case. She opened a random capsule, and out came a make up bag. She unzipped it and pulled out a bag of tiny rubber bands.
"Say, Goten... have you ever braided long hair before?" asked the teenaged female with a smile.
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And there you have it! This might be the last chapter for the week... I'm but I am sure that as soon as I get back from my trip, a new chapter will be given. In the meantime, please review. Suggestions are always welcome, and a word or two about how I am doing with this fic is appreciated! Thank you all to who have been reading this fic!
-Takuma