Disclaimer: DragonBallZ doesn't belong to me, Mm'Kay.

TO: ObedienceSchoolDropout

I know too little too late. I didn't mean to write 'hat' aka hate, I should have double check my spelling, and it should have been 'what' but it is water under the bridge and it time to move on.

A big thank you to Psycho Ann for pre-reading this story and pointing out the mistakes I have made.


This chapter has been modified a little.

There is an important note at the bottom so please read and respond.

"Talk"

~Thought~

[1-4] Author's Notes

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Videl was going to ask to go the weight room when she saw Gohan and Mrs. Chestnut going outside to which she followed suit. She watched as they bowed to each other and slid into fighting stances; both of their forms were perfect. She stopped and watched as she swore she heard something said between them. Then they attacked, it wasn't like any training or practice fights she had seen before; their hands and feet were moving so fast that she had all she could to keep up with action. Gohan was clearly on the defensive; blocking, dodging, and deflecting kicks and punches. Gohan appeared to be losing as Mrs. Chestnut was landing a punch here, a kick there, and every impact looked like a hard hit all the while Gohan had yet to counter attack.

"Gohan, you have gotten stronger since the last time we tangled, I was under the impression from your mother that you stopped training." 18 stated.

"What she doesn't know is that I'm training with Piccolo from ten-thirty to three-thirty every evening with fifty-five hundred pound training gear without a ki-suppressing necklace." Gohan smirked as he started to counter the barrage of fists and feet coming at him. [1]

~Gohan said he was using weighted training gear, he said fifty-five pounds I think, goddamn it, they are too faraway to hear what's being said.~ Videl watch as Gohan started to land punches and kicks of his own. ~Even in a fight Gohan is a gentleman, he hasn't hit Mrs. Chestnut in the face.~ Videl watched as Gohan did a round house kick that Mrs. Chestnut simply bent forward to let the kick sail over her head, only to have Gohan drive his elbow into the back of her head, slamming Mrs. Chestnut into the ground.

Gohan stooped to check on Mrs. Chestnut, "Are you alright?" he asked.

Mrs. Chestnut slowly sat up on to her knees, "I will be in a minute." Mrs. Chestnut said.

Videl watched as Gohan rose up and offered a hand to his teacher in which Mrs. Chestnut accepted. Videl didn't even have time to warn Gohan as Mrs. Chestnut's fist slammed into Gohan's groin. Videl's hands instinctively to her own as her mind flashed back to the time she was fighting a female criminal. The woman was good but Videl was better, when the woman was defeated and on her knees, Videl had offered her a hand when woman took it the woman's other hand balled into a fist and slammed into Videl's unprotected groin. Videl's mind snapped back to reality with a short burst from Mrs. Chestnut's whistle as she entered the gym.

"Alright, there is five minutes of this class left, go change, some you need a cold shower bad." Mrs. Chestnut commanded as the door close behind her.

Videl went over to Gohan who was still trying to stand. "Are you ok?"

"No." Gohan squeaked.

"Sorry, just lie down I will get you an ice pack." Videl responded as went off to Gunny's office. She knocked and entered out of habit, her arms still remembered the last time she entered without knocking. Videl instantly examined the room, which was as she always seen it, organized with everything in its place. Going straight to the freezer section and to the refrigerator that was parked in the back corner of the office, she opened the freezer and grabbed a frozen blue gel pack. As she left, she grabbed a first aid box and when she approached Gohan she handed him the icy compress; he took it without question.

"I have been punched there too, so I know how much that hurts." Videl said as she stood watching Gohan. ~Kami, what's wrong with me, I wouldn't be doing this for Sharpener or anybody else. If it was Sharpener I'd kick him several times to insure he didn't reproduce.~ "Why did she do that?" She asked.

"Thanks for the ice pack." Gohan said as he started to stand. "It was my fault, I hurt her pride," he explained in a strained voice.

Videl stepped behind Gohan and wrapped her arm around his waist, he automatically rested his arm on her outer shoulder as she led him to a bench and eased him onto it. "Pride?" Videl asked as She dipped a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and gently cleaned the cuts and bruises while wiping away the dirt and blood that had started to clot.

"Yah, she doesn't like losing and I asked if she wanted help and offered a hand up too boot." Gohan said slowly and quietly.

"What were you suppose to do, spit on her and kick some dirt in her face?" asked Videl with anger and shock.

"If it was Vegeta I would have kicked him too." Gohan quipped.

"So, Gohan, do you always spar like that?" Videl asked, noticing he was starting to recover.

As Videl pulled one of his hands into hers, Gohan answered. "No, it's usually a lot rougher."

Videl knew when Gohan was lying just by the sound of his voice; she could tell this time he was speaking the truth. As she looked into his eyes, she could the deep scars of a harsh life but there was the also the innocence and a bright spark of life that seem to fill her with hope and joy where those emotions had not been seen in some time.

The cold icy blue-gray glare had been melted away and Gohan could not help but stare in those perfect set of bright blue eyes, the fear and guilt that choked his heart seem to lose its strength under them.

18 had finished her shower and dressed back to the suit she had been wearing. Her hair still slightly damp, she watched the future couple on the bench stare at each other, clearly lost in their own thoughts about the other. 18 brought a digital camera to eye level; focusing the teens she took picture making sure the flash was disabled. As the teens' lips started towards the other's, 18 readied the camera for another shot. They closed on each other from feet to inches to now millimeters then contact. At first it was a brush of the lips, then the second became lingering and turning passionate--or would have continued if it had not been interrupted by the bell. 18 smiled as she looked down at the camera, their first and second kiss recorded for all time.

At the sound of the bell, the two teenagers' trance was broken, however, they continued to look at each other hand in hand. "Um, how are you feeling?" Videl asked as her head spun from the feelings that were such a mystery a short time ago and were now clear as a mountain stream. ~Wow, I kissed a boy. That was the best experience of my life.~

"Like a giant weight has been lifted from me." Gohan answered.

"That wasn't the answer I was excepting." Said Videl as she blushed at his words ~Wow, I can't believe he said that.~

"It is just throbbing pain now, if that's what you mean."

Videl nodded her head, "It was. A cold shower will help the pain. Do you want some help with the shower?" Videl asked. As soon as the words passed her lips she realized what she had suggested.

Gohan looked at her for a moment then spoke. "I could use a little support to the locker room, but if want to travel further it will be your choice."

"Ok, come let's get you up." Videl smirked. ~Why not, let's.~

Gohan sweated at her response as she assisted him to his feet. Gohan found walking with a girl wrapped around him to be a pleasant experience and understood why couples walk together. "Videl, would you consider going out with me?" he asked.

"I don't know if you know the rule, but I can't date anyone who can't beat my dad in a fight." Videl paused and thought about the fight she had just seen. "But a couple more weeks of training at your current level will certainly give him a real run for his money."

"Only if you train with me." Gohan answered. "Why don't you fight him yourself, your own war of independence."

"I don't think I could keep up with you let alone beat him, he did defeat Cell." Videl answered. She guided him through the boy's locker room and supported him as he sat down on the bench.

"I learned a skill that allows you to sense the power and strength of an adversary and friend alike. And through that I know that right now your power and strength surpasses your dad's, but it is dormant." Gohan pointed out as he started to pull off his shirt.

"Now, you're pulling my leg." Videl smiled but it was washed away as Gohan's sweatshirt came off revealing wife beater shirt unsuccessfully coving a body of a Greek god. [2] Well-defined muscle was in places where most people didn't have places, tight cords of muscle were covered by skin that showed scarring of training and battles best left forgotten. ~I wasn't kissed by a boy, but a man.~ her thoughts where quickly washed away by the flash of light from around his neck as the undershirt was pulled off.

"What is that?" Videl asked as she came closer for a better look to see a platinum medallion of a dragon with seven balls; one in his mouth, one in each talon, and the rest floating around freely. As Videl stepped closer, the discarded sweatshirt ensnared her feet. Her thoughts were once again cut off, this time by the sensation of falling and she instinctively grabbed onto anything, which happened to be Gohan. Her face pressed into his stomach, her nose buried in his belly button. His musky scent filled her nose as she tried to regain her composure.

"Videl, that's ticklish," Gohan laughed as he pulled her up right with ease.

"Uh, sorry," Videl said with her back to Gohan to hide her bright red face. "Gohan?"

"Yes, Videl?" Gohan answered.

"Since I met you, I have had questions about you, and today I asked for your police record." Videl paused, "What I saw in it was very disturbing, a contradiction to everything I have learned about you."

"Because it is a fake," Gohan interjected.

"What?"

"Faked, falsified, phony, bogus…"

"I know what faked means!" Videl snapped. "How could it have been faked? It was with me since it was delivered."

"I had my friend make it up yesterday after I overheard your little bet with Sharpener," Gohan confessed as he kick off his shoes and socks. "You didn't read it very carefully because in the notes it says: Videl, I hope you have a happy April Fool's day."

"It was a joke?" Videl stammered as she realized that she had been the butt of a joke for the first time in long time.

"Your not mad are you?" Gohan asked as pulled off his sweat pants.

"No, I'm actually relieved."

"Relieved?" Gohan asked with eyebrows raised. ~She really does like me after all.~

"Yah, I was afraid that I misjudged you and that my feelings about you were true." Videl confessed her feelings about Gohan in her own special way. She turned to see Gohan in a pair of boxers and lost all coherent thought.

"Time for that cold shower." Gohan announced as he tossed a towel over his shoulder and headed for the showers.

The flash of the white towel snapped Videl out of her focused staring. "What, huh? Oh yah, I'm going to change." Videl said as she worked her way out. ~And a cold shower, Kami, I can't believe I was staring, I'm so glad he didn't notice.~

As she reached the door, Videl heard Sharpener say that he forgot his car capsule so she turned back and headed for the other exit. As she approached the door, She could hear the sound of Angela and the gossipmongers. ~Got to find a place to hide! Locker area? Too open and that's where Sharpener's heading. The showers?~ She heard the water turn on. ~Crap, Gohan is in there come on, think! Gohan you're about to have company.~ Videl thought as she entered the shower area.

Gohan had chosen a shower head on the far wall, the shower head was aimed at him and the water pouring over his head acted like set of ear plugs, blocking out the world. ~Thank you, Kami!~ Videl thought as she pressed her back to the wall and watched the little rivets of water trickle down over Gohan' s muscular back to his-- Videl snapped to as she realized where her eyes were going. She turned her back to Gohan and look to see if Sharpener had left yet when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Sharpener has left, Videl, you really shouldn't be in here."

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Author's notes:

I thank you, all for the kind words you have written about my story, but it would not be half as successful if it had not been for Psycho Ann.

Yes, I have not updated I have been busy, and I am well aware this is a short chapter, but a new problem as arisen. I got carry away and started to produce a lemon and means a rating increase. But I'm not sure I want to do that, and that's where you come in. I would like you to tell me if you want the lemon or not.

Catherine requested that I have Videl whoop the dung out of Hercule, I was thinking of doing that in several more chapters at The Tenka'ichi Budokai, but I wanted them to elope because negative reactions to their relationship. What kind fun things can do they while on the run?

Thank you, and Please Review

[1] I know this is not very probable even for DBZ, But hell its my story. *BPPPPPPP*

[2] I'm not a supporter of domestic violence, I don't like the name of the undershirt if I knew a different name, it would corrected.