Here is the next installment of "reflection"! YAY! Anyway, I have started my newest story, but it will not come up for a while. I'll have like 5 chapters before I decide to put it up to keep you all from having to wait on me for the updates.

Note on the baby-sitting: Goten is not bad when he is alone. It is when he and Trunks are together that it is bad. Don't be surprised at how calm he is. I have a Trunks and Goten baby-sitting job for one of the other characters. This one is just because I can.

Chapter 9: Baby-sitting and Conferences

Saturday came around too quickly. Sure, Gohan had convinced Videl to baby-sit Goten, and Chi-Chi wasn't mad anymore after she heard about the bets, but still, no one wanted that day to come.

The conferences were at 1:00, so Videl planned on getting to the house at 12:00 to give them some time to get to the conferences.

Videl flew her jet copter all the way out to the Son's residence. She got out of it and knocked on the door, as any polite person would. Gohan and Chi-Chi were already on their way out, so there wasn't much time to talk.

"He is to stay in his room for the entire day, and if he leaves, it can only be for food or to use the bathroom," said Chi-Chi, "If he causes you any trouble, he will be punished. And, don't tell him this, but if he is good, he will no longer be punished. Also, if he does come out, make sure that he doesn't get to the phone. He might call his friend or something, and his friend is grounded as it is, so they'll both get in trouble."

"Don't worry, Mrs. Son. I'll make sure he stays in his room like a good boy."

"Thank you so much for helping out! You have no idea how hard it is to get a good babysitter these days!"

"Your welcome. And, you should go, or else they will think that tardiness runs in the family."

Chi-Chi and Gohan left, leaving Videl alone with Goten, who was currently in his room coloring. Videl just took out a catalogue and started browsing through the contents. She would circle everything that she wanted—the catalogue being a workout equipment catalogue

After sitting there for about an hour, she got bored and decided to check up on Goten. When she got to his room, which she knew was his room because he had his name on it in big letters, she opened the door, and was surprised to see Goten sitting there in a martial-arts-type gi. He was wearily coloring his book. Next to him was a stack of completely colored books, and on the other side was a stack the same size. They were both very massive.

Upon closer examination, she noticed that he was much stronger looking than most boys his age. After standing in the doorway for about three minutes, he finally noticed her.

"Hello, pretty lady!" he said, "Are you my baby-sitter?"

"Yes, and my name's Videl."

"May I please leave my room for a while?"

"Your mom said that you were to stay in here unless you were using the bathroom or eating."

"Pretty please?" he asked with his bottom lip sticking out, trying to look as pathetic as he could, "I haven't left the room very much for the past week! It issooooo boring in here. I won't run away. I just want to see the sunshine for a while."

Giving in to the look, she replied, "Well, I guess if I'm there to keep an eye on you, you can go out for twenty minutes, but that is it."

"Thank you so much, Miss Videl, I promise I won't be bad."

Goten got his twenty minutes, and he was happy. He spent to whole time running around very quickly, asking Videl to play with him. She decided to teach him some martial arts, because she was THE Videl Satan. Most people would have given a lot of money for that. However, his response to the training was very unusual.

"Goten, would you like to have some martial arts lessons?" she asked.

"I already know a lot."

"You do?"

"Yeah, Big Brother taught me as much as he could."

"Show me," she said, meanwhile thinking, 'Gohan knows martial arts? If that is so, then I REALLY hope that he wins. Then I don't have to work so hard'.

So, he did. He showed her his fighting stances and kicks. They even had a sparring match. Goten won, even though Videl tried as hard as she could and be sure that she wouldn't hurt the poor boy.

'If he is this strong, then how strong is Gohan? I always thought that he was a little on the weak side, and now I find out that he has a little brother that is stronger than me? And, to make it weirder, Gohan was the one to train him, so Gohan must be much stronger.'

When they were done with the sparring, Videl decided to give the Chibi some lunch. She looked on the refridgerator door, and sure enough, there was a list of things to be foulnd in the fridge for his lunch. At first, she thought that all the different foods were his choices, but she soon learned that they were his whole meal.

She looked at the job with horror present on her face, but it soon disappeared when she saw that all the food was ready to just throw in the microwave, and the microwave was actually four times the average size of an oven, so she just threw in all the food.

Within half an hour, she had his lunch ready for him to eat. He inhaled all the food and left to get back to the coloring books that awaited him.

She sat there in awe of his eating habits before it dawned on her that Gohan was just as big an eater.

'Well, I guess it must run in the family.' She thought as she got back to the room. The reference in her mind made her remember the problem about his secret.

'I will find out your secret, and when I do, you are going to explain everything to me, Son Gohan,' she thought, as she waited until they got home.

Conference:

Gohan and Chi-Chi arrived just in time for the conference. All of his teachers and the principal gathered into one of the classrooms to discuss his constant tardiness.

"He never seems to get to class on time," said the math teacher, "And when he does, he often leaves the class to go to the bathroom. He is always missing some class. And, he is always talking to his friends. I think that he thinks that they are more important than school is."

"Gohan, do you have anything to say to that?" asked Chi-Chi.

"Yes, Mom, I do. I think that they don't give us enough time to get between classes. We can't even talk to our friends for thirty seconds and plan on making it to the next class in time. Also, we don't do anything for the first three minutes, because the teacher is usually just getting his papers together. I don't see why we can't have at least two more minutes to get from class to class.

"As for the bathroom…"

"…And never coming back," added the science teacher.

"Yes, that too, I have to go, why is that so difficult to get through your heads?"

"Do you have a bathroom problem? Because if you do, then get a doctor's note or something," ordered the math teacher, "You can't keep missing class like you have. If you keep this up, then we will have to punish you with detention."

"Now you listen here you! You have no right to punish my son when he has to pee. If he can't hold it, it isn't his fault!" yelled Chi-Chi.

"Mom…" started Gohan.

"Not now, Gohan, let me deal with these teachers!"

"But Mom…"

"No buts, Mister! Now, be quiet OR ELSE!"

It was unsaid as to what the "else" was, but the half-Saiyan knew the meaning. He could see in her eyes the look that he would see when she was about to beat him over the head with her frying pan.

"Now, as I was saying, if you teachers decide to punish him for anything that he can't control, then you have to deal with me!" finished Chi-Chi, yelling so loud that some of the teachers that were covering their ears in order to not lose their hearing.

"Now that this is settled, Gohan and I will be heading home now!" she exclaimed in an overly happy voice.

The second they left, the history teacher blurted out, "But we didn't decide on anything!" All her fellow teachers nodded, but were unable to do anything about it.

Chi-Chi and Gohan flew to their house in the mountains. When they got there, they saw Videl sitting on the couch randomly looking through her catalogue.

"Oh, you guys home already?" she asked.

"Yeah, Mom told them that I am not at fault because I am always late and stuff like that," answered Gohan.

"Those teachers deserved it!" added Chi-Chi, "Now, Videl, how was my Goten? He wasn't much trouble, was he?"

"Actually, he was very good, and I even took him out for a while so he could have some fresh air," seeing the look of anger on Chi-Chi's face, she added, "It was only for about half an hour, and he didn't do anything that he shouldn't. Besides, he spent a long time coloring, and all kids need some fresh air. He was very polite, and he deserved it."

"Well, as long as he was good and didn't go near the phone, I guess it was alright. Just keep in mind that he can be a very tricky boy."

"Okay. Oh, and, I wanted to get rid of some of his energy, so I tried to teach him martial arts…he said that "Big Brother taught him". Gohan, can you explain that?"

"Ummm…I took a self-defense class?" said/asked Gohan, trying to hide his nervousness.

"Wrong answer. He was even a challenge for me, so either he is a fighting prodigy, or you are strong as well."

"Umm…He has a friend that is really strong that is teaching him as well."

"How old is this friend?"

"Eight."

"So, you are telling me that your seven-year-old brother has an eight-year-old friend that has taught him to be as strong as me, the only daughter of the man who destroyed the evil Cell? But, wait, there's more! You taught your brother some as well. Seeing the fighting stances that he had, he has been training for at least a year."

"Well, umm, we thought it necessary to teach him at an early age?"

"Whatever, Gohan. Now, I will be leaving now. Kami knows that Dad is wondering what I am doing. He might send out a search team if I'm not back before dark."

"But, it is only 2:30."

"Yeah, I guess, but you know Dad…he is way too overprotective."

"Bye."

"See ya later, Gohan," and with that she went out to her jet copter and flew towards the city.

END CHAPTER

So, ho was it? I know, it needs work, but hey, I'm trying!

Answers to reviews:

Miroku-has-darkness—thanks for the review!

Zfighter1989—thanks for the review! I'm glad that I could brighten your mood!

Shadow Dreamer 27—thanks for the review. And, I hope the chapter wasn't too disappionting. I have another baby-sittng expedition planned, so his one wasn't supposed to be all that big.

A-man—Thank you for the constructive criticism. I'm trying to fix that, but I'm sorta new to writing descriptions, so it may take a while.

rinoakes--thanks for the review! I hope the babysitting is okay...I have something else planned for babysitting...WITH BOTH EVIL CHIBIS!

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