Thanks for all the reviews!

Oh, and if no one has noticed, which I hope you have, there will be quite a bit of Hercule bashing. He is just so stupid and he deserves to be punished for his stupidity. I'll come up with something to do t him, and if you want, you can give me ideas. I'm planning on this to be a long story, so there is plenty of time to get in all of the "goodies" for it.

Also, I'll try to add the contest within the next five chapters, so it will be here before Thanksgiving, at the latest ((I have to take a three-week vacation where I won't have access to a computer. And then there is school I have to do more yard work then a lot of people to deal with)). It just won't be the next chapter, but it may be the one after that.

'Thinking'

((Me bugging you, unless it is important, and then it is only one set of parentheses))

Chapter 7: Capsule Corp.

Gohan actually enjoyed that Sunday. Because Goten was grounded, there was no "play with me, I'm bored" coming out of Goten's mouth. So, while he had the chance, he went over to Bulma's to see if she had anything for him to do. When he got there, she had a job for him: he had to help test the new equipment that Hercule had ordered to be made for the person who won the contest. Actually, he just had to test the prototypes, but they were pretty much the same, except they didn't have the "safety" on them.

One of the pieces was a battle robot that specializes in the art of street fights. Basically, all you have to do is fight the robot until you are either down, or the robot is disabled or destroyed, or any other thing that would end a fight. Of course, when Gohan tested it, he had to really lower his power until he was a little more than Hercule's power when he was in his prime. And of course, Hercule was no longer near his prime, and even when he was, he was no match for even the Z fighters when they weren't that strong.

The poor robot lasted for quite a while, showing that it was built well enough for Hercule and his new student to train on it. Eventually, Gohan got bored wit h it, and he tried out the other things. For Hercule, they would be a challenge, but for Gohan they were nothing. He was the power of a SS2 (Super Saiyan 2), and he was proud of it. He beat up the other robots and the punching bags and the other equipment that could all inflict damage on people (the punching bag would come back and hit you back and you had to dodge it. Yeah, sound's stupid, but oh well!)

The day went on like that. Vegeta would have helped Gohan test the equipment, but he said, and I quote, "That baka woman of mine is always making new things! Why should I, the prince of all Saiyans, degrade myself to become her little "guinea pig"? Why, that's absurd!"

Videl:

She had spent the whole week angry with her father, and by the time the weekends came, she was really pissed at everything about the upcoming contest. She would growl at her father each time he mentioned it, but being the completely oblivious person that he was, he didn't notice a thing. He was way too busy talking about himself to notice anything. I mean, someone could be stealing all of his money right from under his nose as long as no one mentioned it to him, and he was talking. Oh well.

She got a lot of training dome that week. She avoided everybody—even her best friends. She hoped that no one would notice, and surprisingly, no one did. Every night, she would just cry herself to sleep, wishing that she wasn't so cruel to her friends, and deep inside, she really did want them to notice.

On Sunday night, her father sent her to Capsule Corporation to get some of the new equipment and have her test it before he bought a lot more of it. Reluctantly, she flew over to the Capsule Corp. building to retrieve her father's equipment. Like she was going to use any of it when he wasn't looking. She would rather train on him than train on robots.

When she arrived, though, she seemed to lose all her anger. She was actually glad that her dad had sent her out of the house. She had always liked to see what new things were being made by the genius Bulma Briefs. She was always amazed by her creations.

Videl walked up to the gate and pressed the button to speak with whoever it was that answers the door. She was surprised when she heard a young voice say, "Who are you, and what do you want with us? Go away if you aren't important!"

She figured it was an employee's son or something, so she simply replied, "I'm Videl Satan, and I am here to pick up some stuff for my dad, Hercule Satan. Maybe you've heard of him."

The voice on the other end just laughed. "You mean that old fool? People still care about him? I say that he should just leave everybody alone and get a life. He's too annoying, always talking about himself and his achievements, most of which even I don't believe."

Videl couldn't believe her ears. A little kid was talking about her father in such a way that just described the way that she thought of him. While thinking about what to say next—to agree or disagree—her thoughts were interrupted by yelling on the other side. She couldn't hear words, but whoever it was had a low voice. A minute later, she got her explanation. "Sorry about that, my grounded son decided to answer the door, even though he should be in his room." The man spelled it out, apparently for his son. The door was opened, and there stood the famous Vegeta Briefs. She had heard about him, but never seen him in person. They say that he refused to talk to the media, even more than she did, which was saying a lot.

"Hello Mr. Briefs, I am just coming for the equipment that my father ordered. Do you know where it is?"

"Yeah, Kakorat's elder brat is here testing them as we speak. Actually the woman said that he is testing the prototypes, and you will get the real ones. Follow me."

As they walked to the lab, Videl looked around her. There wasn't very much in the halls, so she looked at the most interesting thing around, which just happened to be Vegeta. She had heard rumors that he was stronger than her dad, and by the way that his son, Trunks, as she figured him out to be, saw Hercule probably in a similar light as his dad. She noticed that Vegeta seemed to carry an air of superiority wherever he went. At one point, they passed by an employee. The employee treated Vegeta with lots of respect.

When they finally reached the lab, Videl was surprised to find that Gohan was there looking over one of the robots. "Gohan, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Oh, hi, Videl," he replied, "What are you doing here?"

"I could say the same about you. Well, I'm here to pick up the robots for training the person that wins the stupid contest. What are you doing here?" she asked with suspicion hinted at in her voice.

"Ummm…well, I'm here to make sure that the robots are in fine condition. Yeah, you see, my mom signed me up to help Bulma here in her robotics department." As he said that, he really hoped that she bought it. It wasn't everyday he had to stand up to her and lie, but at least this time he added some truth to it.

"Well, if you say so. Now, I'll be taking the robots that my father wanted me to try out."

"Well, Videl, I assure you that they are tried out. We already had our team of specialists try them out, and we even had a fighter come in and test the prototypes," said Bulma.

"Oh, you mean that 'Kakorat's elder brat' that your husband was talking about?"

"Yeah, the son of Kakarot was just here, but you just missed him. His testing of the robots was done, and he didn't want to just wait around for nothing."

"Well, he should have waited, because then he could have met the famous daughter of Hercule."

"As if you would want to deal with him," added Gohan, "You would probably have run away from him had he started asking you questions."

"True, but still, he would have met me, no matter how little I would have wanted to meet him. Now, how do you work these robots, Gohan?"

He explained them all and sent Videl on her way, only to go to Vegeta and thank him for not using his dad's real name.

He went home, as it was already 7:00, and he knew that his mom wouldn't be very happy if he got home much later. When he got there, he ate his dinner, took a shower, and went to bed.

Videl:

She hadn't believed that Gohan was actually there. She was glad, though. Maybe he would be there next time she had to go to Capsule Corp. She took the supplies to her dad, helped him unload the supplies, ate her dinner, took a shower, and went to bed. She was still mad at her dad, but seeing one of her friends really helped her quiet her mood, so that she was no longer mad enough to kill him.

END CHAPTER

Okay, now it is time to talk to the reviewers. First, yes I know it was a short chapter, but I like to end chapters on an idea and not cliff. Also, I need your input. I'm gonna run out of ideas soon, so I need some for before the month at the Satan's. I want to have another crazy chapter before the contest, and I have an idea for the month at the Satan's. All ideas will benefit this story, and I will add who sent them in!

zfighter1989- thanks for the review! Last chapter was the crazy one. I like the ones where Gohan takes the evil Chibis camping—they always know how to prank people, which will be obvious after the drawing for the winner of the contest.

Shadow Dreamer 27- thanks too for the review! (Hey, I rhymed!) Anyway, it is good to know that people read what I put out there!