"I hate that Videl keeps buzzing around us..." They had just finished eating. Keira was whipering in Gohan's ear so Videl couldn't hear unless she wasup against wither one of them."We can't talk like we normally do, and I think she's a little freaked out about how muchwe ate at lunch..." Gohan nodded sheepishly, hoping Videl hadn't head them.
"I know it's annoying," he said quietly. "But we're gonna have todeal with it, because I don't think she's planning on leaving us for a while..." Keira looked back, forcing a smile at Videl, then turned around only to roll her eyes. "By the way... when do you think we should tell our partents about...you know...our...?" Keira looked at him and smiled weakly.
"Not now...later. I kinda had a bad run-in with my wonderful ex, and--"
"Did he try to hurt you again?" Gohan asked angrily.
"Don't worry about it, Vegeta came in and scared him, and after that, I punched him in the nose." She smiled evily at the thought. "Anyway, dad's still letting off steam..." After that last sentence, Videl was breathing down their necks, staring coldly.
"You guys wouldn't happen to be taking about me, would you?" The two saiyan teens shook their heads simulatinously, evading the truth. "You're hiding something, and I'm gonna find out what, no matter what it takes." Videl then slowed down, leaving them alone up front again.
"That's...gonna be a problem..." Gohan stated flatly. "And...Piccolo's been listening..."
"You think?" Keira whispered. "He was probably listening from the begining, meaning he knows what we did, which can end up as a problem..."
"Piccolo won't tell! You know that, he could care less about love."
"I know, I'm just saying tha--" She stopped in mid sentence. A purple skined, small man was in front of them, smiling. Next to him, a red skined man stood straight. Everyone execpt for Videl knew...they weren't from earth.
"Well...You must be Son Goku..." he said, holding his hand out for a hand shake. "And you're...friends. I've always wanted to spar with you... I know I can't win, of course. I just wanted to see how strong you are." Goku shook his hand, smiling.
"Nice to meet you." He looked a little shocked after his holding the stranger's hand. When they were out of sight, Piccolo spoke up.
"And who, Goku, were they?" Goku shrugged, but kept a hard expression on his face.
"I really have no idea...But I doubt we're gonna make a clean sweap with him..."
"He's...not...human, is he?" Keira asked hesintanly.
"No, I don't think he is..." Piccolo said plainly. Krilling shook his head.
"I dunno, you guys. He didn't look that strong, just weird..." A feeling of dread swept over Keira. They kept walking, but she just zooned out, thinking. Why? The word echoed in her head. Why do I feel like this is gonna be even worse than Cell? Or am I just crazy? Why do I feel like I'm gonna figure out something... And I'm gonna regret it for a long, long time...? W.H.Y? Her thoughts were interupted by Gohan yelling in her ear.
"You alive in there?" He knocked on her head. "Or are you zooning outon me because you're mad at me?"
"Huh...wha...? Oh, sorry. I was just...thinking..." she still hadn't noticed where they were, and who was fighing in the sixth match.
"Have you even heard any of the match-ups?" Gohan asked a little worried (since Keira never really used her hard head unless it was really important). "Guess who finally got their wish of revenge?" Keira finally looked up, and looked at the match-up board.
"Oh...my. Wow, that's...gonna be really interesting, won't it?" The other half-saiyan nodded.
The two matches were quick enough. Krillin won the first match in less than a minute, while Piccolo forfeited waringly. The thrid match was Videl. And from what everyone saw, it wasn't going very well... Videl was losing, and the worst was yet to come.
"What...the hell is this thing!" Keira screamed after Videl twisted his neck enough to break it, but Spopovich, Videl's adversary, just twisted it back and smiled. "There's no way this guy's human! We can't even do that!" The fact that Spopovich was beating Videl senseless wasn't keeping her water from boiling. Gohan wasn't doing very well from staying in his normal form, either.
"That...JERK!" he yelled. Gohan's hair wrap was falling off as he got angier. "I can't stand here anymore! She's gonna die!"
"STOP IT!" Keira screamed louder. Her eyes were closed, tying to keep the tears from coming. "THIS IS MURDER!" As if it were on cue, Spopovich pushed Videl out of bounds. "Oh...god! VIDEL!" She and Gohan rushed over when Videl's loss was announced.
"Lets get her to the imfirmary, Keira. She needs to get onto a bed." Gohan said quickly, picking Videl up. Keira nodded and helped carry the incredibly injured human through the entrance to the fighters waiting room.
"Hey, you two!" Krillin called, trying to sound calm and happy. "Goku just went to get some Senzu! Don't worry!" A wave of relief came over the two teens. Theyquicklywalked into one of the rooms. A doctor came in and started to examin Videl.
"I'm going back to get the senzu," Keira whispered into Gohan's ear. "I'll tell them to hold your match for you, alright?"
"Thanks Keira," Gohan said, smiling. "I don't know what I'd do without you sometimes." He gave her a little peck on the cheek, and she rushed off, blushing and smiling. When she reached the waiting room again, Goku had just returned.
"Right on time! Awsome!" She pushed her hair back, wiping her cheek, and reveiling a bit of her scar that she covered with make-up. "Thanks Goku!" she grabbed one bean, told the announcer to hold the match, and rushed back to Gohan and Videl. "I got it!" she yelled panting.
"Great! Give it to her,I gota match to fight." And Gohan was out. Hercule watched Keira as she walked over to Videl.
"Hey, you're holding up pretty good, huh?" Keira smiled warmly. "I know you probably don't trust me very much, but please listen. Take this bean, it'll help alot. Trust me, please." Videl gave Keira a weak smile.
"With...you and Gohan...I'd believe...anything." Keira placd the senzu in her mouth.
"I'm gonna watch Gohan fight. Don'tscare me like that again, alright?" And she ran out.The sweat on her face had completly gotten rid of the make-up that covered her scar. When she finally made it back, everyone was staring at her. "W-what? I ran back and forth...maybe...three times. I can't...be a little tired?"
"That's not what's wrong, Keira." Piccolo said. "Your face." Keira put her hand on her face and felt her scar.
"I-it came off...?" She stammered, trying to find out what happened. "I c-can explain, really." Vegeta stopped her.
"I already told them. Thye wouldn't stop bugging me." Keira nodded then lowered her head.
"I'm sorry I didn't say anything about it...It just really hurts to talk about it..." Goku laughed a little.
"Who would want to talk about something like that?" He looked at her and smiled. "I know I wouldn't. Lets just watch Gohan fight. We can talk about that later." Keira smirked, knowing Vegeta had probably lied at some parts. She walked up to the entrance and leaned against the sign.
"You'd better win, or you can't expect anything from me for ten years, boyo!" Keira yelled at him. A sweat drop fell down his head when he heard and walked faster to the arena. "I knew that'd make him go faster," she smirked as the fight began.