Rifts and Changes
Chapter Eighteen: The Next To Last One! Or Godzilla Videl!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its characters and properties. I also do not own anything/anyone that I make a cultural reference to in this story. I do however own the characters that I created, even though their templates are people I know
A/N: It's the last chapter! El Finale! Or is that Le Finale? I dunno. Sadly (or considering the delays I've had writing this, thankfully) this is the last Gohan-Videl fanfic I will be writing. In fact, this is most probably my last ever DBZ fanfic. I love writing; it's a good outlet for me, seeing as my brain is usually elsewhere than Earth, hehe. I have, however, loved writing the characters I created to go with these stories. I may still write with them, but modified to be out of the DBZ zone. It's a big maybe. Anyhoo, enjoy the last one guys!
"I am in awe!" Zophen said, as he watched Gohan fight.
"So am I." David said. "I never knew Videl could cry like that."
"Miscreant!" Andrea shrieked. "Could you BE anymore insensitive?"
"Is that a challenge?" David asked.
"This is no time to be funny Dave, your wife's the one that kills with words remember?" Natalie said.
"Ohh yeah." David said. "Sorry honey."
"Videl?" Nicholas asked. Videl was in a state of shock. All she could do was cry. "Videl? Dude? Seriously, you're making me feel uncomfortable with all the weeping here."
"Because for once, it's not you?" David asked.
"Yes exactly." Nicholas replied.
"What are they doing?" Trunks asked, very annoyed.
"This is how they used to cheer up Videl when we were kids." Natalie said. "She used to cry like this a lot after her mum died. Dave and Nick have always been able to cheer her up."
"We don't need her to cheer up. We need her to function!" Trunks said. "Gohan's fighting for his life!"
"No, he's not. My brother's totally kicking that guy's ass." Goten said, grinning proudly. Trunks turned around to look at the fight and Gohan was indeed winning.
"Well, I'll be damned." Trunks said.
"So, what really happened to your father?" Gohan said, grabbing Medilan in a full nelson. Normally, this would have been near impossible to do. Of course, there were two factors to consider. One; Gohan was extremely angry. Two; Gohan's extremely strong when he's extremely angry.
"You…killed him…of course!" Medilan struggled to say as he tried to get out of Gohan's grip.
"That's what I thought." Gohan said. "But from everything I've come to know about you in this very short time, I doubt something like that would affect you so much. I think it was part of your plan."
"To kill my own father? I don't know how you do things on Earth, but around here we respect our parents."
"Maybe so. But if he was in the way of your dream, you'd kill him without second thought. Isn't that right?" Gohan asked, as he threw Medilan on the ground. He placed his foot on Medilan's chest and proceeded to interrogate him. "Tocopherans, for their merit, are very good fighters. At the time when your father came, my powers weren't at their best. He fell much too easily by my hands. For years, I blamed myself but it was really your fault, wasn't it?"
"Ahhh, so that's what's going on here." Yamcha said.
"This feels an awful lot like the last episode of an anime series, where one of the main characters is spouting out pure exposition about a dangling plot point." Nicholas said.
"Ssshh honey, you're gonna knock down the fourth wall." Natalie said.
"I'm gonna do what now?"
"Never mind. Just stand there and look handsome."
"Okay!"
"Yes, that is true Son Gohan." Medilan said. "When he went there, I sabotaged his breathing apparatus. I replaced it with a slow killing poison. So what? It looks like it's all for naught now. You've come to stop me, just like that blasted legacy said you would. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T TAKE YOU DOWN WITH ME!" Medilan started to power up a power blast. Once again, he had underestimated his opponent. Gohan used the old Kame-sennin technique of after imagery, and got behind Medilan to knock him out before he could blast anything.
"Now, we're done." Gohan said. He turned around to find his friends applauding in awe.
"That's our Gohan!" Trunks said.
"That was incredible." Zophen said.
"Eh. I thought it was too short." Natalie said.
"NATALIE!"
"What?"
"Videl!" Gohan exclaimed as he rushed to his wife's side. He cradled her in his arms as she wept. "Ssshh, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here now."
"I'm here too Mama." Pan said, embracing her parents.
"Zophen's not though." Trunks said, looking around for their Tocopheran friend. "There he is! He's getting up on the stage."
"Think he's gonna perform for our enjoyment?" David asked.
"Nah, he's too conservative to do that." Nicholas said.
"Maybe he's gonna strip?" Drake asked.
"Whoooo, take it off! Take it off!" The three boys started yelling, much to Zophen's dismay.
"Shut up!" Zophen yelled. He then realised that the entire planet was watching him on the cameras that had been left behind by the cameramen. The journalists, however, had managed to get back into the stadium. Zophen then began speaking in his native tongue.
"What is he doing?" Uubu asked.
"I presume he's telling everyone what happened." Andrea said.
"Think we can get a translator?" Trunks asked. Zophen proceeded to tell all of Tocopherat about the events that had happened. The reporters asked many questions but Zophen handled it with ease. The reporters then left the stadium, as the Royal Guard came in to clear the mess away and take Medilan into custody.
"I'm still having this nagging feeling that this is over too soon." Natalie sighed.
"You know, if you keep talking like that, stuff's gonna happen. Stuff's gonna happen, and then I'm gonna blame you." Trunks said very annoyed.
Videl had since stopped crying, and Gohan was having her looked at by one of the Tocopheran doctors. The others were also being treated for any injuries they had sustained. Zophen kept looking up at the bottom-East entrance of the stadium.
"Dude, you okay?" David asked.
"Yes. Excuse me, I must see to something." Zophen said, abruptly leaving.
"Oookay!" David said. "Hey nurse! Can I get a smiley Band-Aid?" David asked. Everyone looked at him with confused faces.
"Why on Earth would you want something like that?" Gohan asked.
"So I can make it talk."
"I still don't understand."
"The wound's on my arm, right? So I can flex the muscle…"
"Ha! Muscle?"
"Shut up Natalie! Anyhoo, I can flex the muscle WHICH ALL PEOPLE HAVE EVEN IF THEY ARE SKINNY and make it look like it's talking with silly voices. Like 'I pity the foo who makes fun of me!' and stuff like that."
"Who would find that funny?" Andrea asked.
"I was hoping you would." David frowned. Zophen continued to walk to the bottom-East entrance of the stadium, until he got to the tunnel.
"What are you doing here?" Zophen asked. He was talking to Thelia, Medilan's teleporter.
"I came to see you."
"You should not be here. You were working for Medilan. You are an accomplice to his crimes."
"I realise all that Zophen, but I came to see if that changed any of your feelings for me." Thelia sighed. Zophen took her hands in his.
"Nothing could." Zophen said. "Well, unless you became a man, that might complicate things and I may have to re-evaluate some stuff."
"What?"
"I'm sorry." Zophen said, laughing sheepishly. "I seem to have picked up on the Earthlings strange sense of humour."
"I think you like them more than you are willing to admit. I haven't seen you smile like that in a long time." Thelia said, smiling sadly.
"I have to ask Thelia. How much of Medilan's plan did you know about?"
"As much as the public did. He never let anyone know his full intentions except Dimethic. Look where that got him."
"You have to turn yourself in."
"I was planning to."
"…Really?"
"Yes." Thelia said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Like I said, I just wanted to see you." Thelia smiled and disappeared.
"She's very pretty." A voice said from behind Zophen, causing him to jump in shock.
"Miss Pan?" Zophen said. "You scared me!"
"I'm sorry." Pan said. Zophen smiled sadly.
"She is very beautiful. She is also a very kind person."
"Does she make you happy?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"I hope you find that kind of happiness someday, Pan." They both smiled and headed back to the others.
The next day…
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T TURN US BACK TO NORMAL?" Andrea yelled, shaking Inerl to an inch of his life.
"If you just let me explain…!" Inerl said, turning blue.
"Honey, come on, you gotta stop this." David said, trying his hardest to pull his wife away from the mage. "Guys, a little help?"
"She's your wife, man." Goten, Yamcha, Trunks and Drake all said in unison.
"I've been told it is not wise to get in the middle of domestic disputes." Uubu said, smirking a little.
"You've got to turn us back Inerl!" Natalie cried. "I miss my boobs!"
"I miss her boobs!" Nicholas cried.
"Eww, guys!" Drake cried. "I'm still in the room!"
"Hey guys, Mom's awake! She's calmed down too!" Pan said. Andrea dropped Inerl and rushed to Videl's bedside.
"Nice one Pan-chan!" Trunks said, giving the thumbs up.
"What are you talking about?" Pan asked. "AND I TOLD YOU, DON'T CALL ME PAN-CHAN!"
"As I was saying before," Inerl said, straightening himself up "I cannot turn you back. The spell will wear off in due course. I did this, in case something happened to me, you would be able to turn back without a magical assist."
"Ahh." The effected people said.
"Anyway, now that Videl is awake, I'll have to get your things ready." Inerl said.
"I'll help you set up the spaceship." Trunks said, looking at the others, as if asking them mentally to come and help.
"It's your spacehip, man." The others replied. Trunks sweat-dropped and left with Inerl.
"How are you feeling?" Gohan asked Videl, as he handed her a glass of water.
"Stupid. Guilty. Horrible. I'd think of some more words, but I don't think they have thesauruses here." Videl sighed. Gohan ran his hand through her hair.
"It wasn't your fault." Gohan said.
"In a way, it was. Those feelings didn't come out of nowhere. They were in my subconscious." Videl said, her eyes filling with tears. "I feel so terrible."
"Everyone has their bad side." Gohan said. "That doesn't mean that's who we really are, or how we really feel. Look at Piccolo. He was supposed to be the pure evil side of Kami personified. He still turned out to be a good person. One of the best in fact!" Videl started to giggle. "What?"
"I can't believe you're comparing me to Piccolo." She giggled, playfully punching him in the arm.
"Mama!" Pan said, running in and embracing her mother.
"Pan-chan!" Videl smiled, as they both started to weep.
"Videl!" Andrea said, as she joined in on the hugging and the crying. Gohan stepped back and sweat-dropped.
"Now, now you guys!" Gohan said, laughing nervously. "We're all fine, everything's okay!"
In the living room…
"Are you sure it's okay to leave Gohan in there alone?" Goten asked.
"I ain't going in there with a bunch of crying girls." David said.
"Let them calm down first, then we'll go." Nicholas said. The others turned to look at Natalie.
"Just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I want to go in there and cry my eyes out." Natalie said, giving them all a killer look.
"Yes ma'am!" They all said, except Yamcha, who just looked embarrassed to be there. Goten started to grin stupidly.
"What are you grinning about?" Trunks asked.
"I get to see CJ!" Goten said, smiling even more.
"Oy."
Later that day, in the Palace courtyard…
"Gohan. I'm fine!" Videl insisted. The doctor had given Videl the all clear, but Gohan was still worried. The Prince had asked Gohan and the gang to stop by the Palace before they headed out for Earth, in order to thank them properly for all their efforts. Unfortunately, within the Palace, there was another problem.
"What do you mean Medilan has escaped from prison!" Zophen cried.
"We are very sorry sir, I just got news from there." The Chief of Royal Security said. "They were keeping him inside the room with the most security. Even this world's top fighters couldn't get out of there! We're certain that he's going to come here."
"We must warn them!" Zophen said, as he ran outside. Unfortunately, he was too late. Medilan was already standing in front of the gang.
"What the hell man?" Nicholas cried. "Gohan kicked your ass!"
"BE SILENT!" Medilan screamed. "I am not here just to get revenge on Gohan, but to get revenge on the remaining royal family!"
"Huh?" Everyone exclaimed.
"Revenge for what?" The Prince asked.
"For your father killing my mother!" Medilan said. As he got angrier, a dangerous aura formed around him. "She was from the planet Myristea. My father seduced her and left her while he was on tour with the Tocopheran army. She fell pregnant and had me. Not wanting her child to become fatherless, she stowed away to come and find him. Of course, people from Myristea are hated here and when she was found, your father executed her. This is why I wanted your monarchy to fall!" Medlian turned to Gohan angrily. "AND THEN YOU AND THAT DAMNED LEGEND!"
"Gohan, what are we gonna do?" Andrea asked.
"You've got to let me and Goten handle this, Gohan." Trunks said.
"What?" Gohan exclaimed.
"He's right, onii-chan. You can feel his chi. He's much more powerful than he was before." Goten said.
"Exactly. So why should he let you two deal with this?" Yamcha asked.
"Not the two of us, exactly." Trunks smirked, as he and Goten got into position.
"Why are they posing like that?" Drake asked.
"Oh man…" Pan said.
"Trunks! Goten! Stop!" Gohan cried. "You don't have your normal powers! We don't know how this will affect you!"
"Sorry Gohan, it's too late. We're already in motion!" Trunks said.
FUSION-HAA!
"Oh my goodness." Andrea said, as she looked at the new form of Goten and Trunks. Or more precisely, Gotenks!
"Dude. They suddenly got buff." Nicholas said in awe.
"I'm getting horrible flashbacks." Yamcha sighed.
"YES!" Gotenks screamed as he pumped his fist into the air. He pointed at Medilan. "YOU!"
"Me?" Medilan said.
"Yes! Your ass is toast dude." Gotenks said, as he began charging at Medilan. He sped by the others with such speed, that he created a big gust of wind that blew up Andrea's skirt. "Oooooh!" Gotenks said, as he stopped in his tracks to stare. Medilan used this opportunity to smack Gotenks across the face.
"Ah. This is what I was afraid of." Gohan said. "He was always a big show off. It's only natural that older Gotenks would be a pervert."
"Hey, shut up Gohan!" Gotenks said, pulling down his eyelid and sticking his tongue out at Gohan. He charged at Medilan again. Medilan began laughing hysterically at Gotenks. This only made him angrier, and he connected a deafening punch to Medilan's jaw.
"Owie." David said.
"Big owie." Nicholas agreed. Medilan fell to the floor and struggled to get up again.
"Did you really think you could win that easily!" Gotenks yelled, as he puffed out his chest and laughed.
"He sure is one for theatrics." Zophen sighed.
"And now, for the final punch!" Gotenks said, as he charged towards Medilan again. Medilan could barely stand but he managed to block Gotenks initial punch. Gotenks just smirked and pushed Medilan's face into the ground. He powered up a chi-blast. "MASENKO!"
"Hey! That's my attack!" Gohan cried. Everyone looked at Gohan surprised. "Yes, I know this is life and death, but that's mine!"
"Ooh, looks like Gohan never learned to share." Nicholas giggled.
"I DID IT!" Gotenks said, giving a V sign to the others, who promptly broke into applause. The police came to drag Medilan away.
"Hold it!" Natalie said, as she ran over to Medilan. She took out an injection and gave it to Medilan. The police looked at her shocked. "Oh don't worry, it's a tranquiliser. He'll stay asleep for the next few days." The police sweat-dropped and took him away.
"How long until he turns back to normal?" The Prince asked, looking worryingly at Gotenks, who was flexing his muscles.
"Usually, 30 minutes. But with his-um-their physiology so different now, I don't know." Gohan answered, as he bowed humbly. "I'm really sorry for his behaviour."
"It's perfectly fine." The Prince smiled.
"Of course, now that we have found the right heir to the throne, I must ask you Videl, do you want to rule this planet?" Inerl said.
"Yes, that's right." The Prince said.
"Um…" Videl said,
"Even though your husband is not a native, he and any members of your family are most welcome to stay with you!"
"Well…"
"Sweet!" David said. "Friends of royalty!"
"Hold on Dave." Videl said. She bowed to the Prince. "I'm very honoured that you would ask me, considering your position on the matter, but I don't think it'd be best. This is not my home. Earth is. And my family and friends are there. Besides, I have a lot of things to sort out when I get back. I can't hide from my problems."
"I was hoping you'd say that!" Princess 'Gina' said, grinning. Everyone laughed.
"I was hoping that also." A voice said appearing behind the Prince.
"Not now, Father." The Prince said. He realised what he had just said and who was behind him and became very frightened. He turned around and looked at the person standing behind him, it was indeed the King. "Father?"
"GHOST!" Natalie shrieked, as she hid behind Nicholas.
"I am not a ghost! I am the King!" The King said.
"Nuh uh! We saw you die!" Gotenks said.
"This is true!" Zophen exclaimed.
"You saw my double die." The King said.
"Huh?" Everyone exclaimed.
"About five years ago, I hired a stand-in." The King said, as if it was not a big deal. "I was worried that I'd be killed. At least this way, when the murderer was caught, I would be able to reveal myself and the monarchy would not be in jeopardy."
"WHAT ABOUT US?" The Prince yelled.
"I knew you'd be safe. The objective was me, remember?" The King said.
"That certainly explains why you were behaving so crudely Grandfather." Princess Gina smiled.
"The ship's ready guys. We should get going." Yamcha said, as the gate of the Palace was opened. "It's just a little over this way."
"I'll walk with you guys to see you off." Zophen said. Everyone proceeded to walk outside the gate.
"We should probably say our goodbyes here, Drake." The Princess said. "I doubt my father would allow me to accompany you to the ship."
"No sweat, Princess." Drake smiled. "Promise me one thing?"
"What's that?" The Princess asked.
"Try and lighten up a bit! Life's short!" Drake said.
"Actually, for Tocopherans, life is not…" The Princess tried to explain, but she was interrupted by Drake kissing her. Not just a normal peck either. A full-on, sweep her off her feet, movie style passionate kiss.
"Daaaamn!" David said.
"What? What's going on?" Pan asked. She couldn't see because Gohan was covering her eyes.
"Nothing you need to know about for another ten years." Gohan said, blushing. Uubu had covered his eyes as well, blushing in embarrassment.
"That's my boy!" Nicholas beamed.
"INSOLENT BRAT!" The King yelled.
"¿Que?" Drake asked, unsure of why everyone was so mad.
"In our culture, once you kiss someone, it is the equivalent of taking one's virginity." Zophen said, blue with fright.
"Crap." Natalie gulped.
"That's my boy!" Nicholas said, still beaming.
"It would be your kid." David said. "Gohan, I think we'd better…"
"Already way ahead of you, Finch!" Gohan was already running to the ship, with Videl in his arms and Pan running by his side.
"Crafty bastard!" David said, as the others quickly followed Gohan.
"SHUT THE GATE! WE MUST CAPTURE THE BRAT!" The King yelled.
"Sorry Your Majesty, not happening!" Nicholas said, quickly grabbing Drake and following the others.
"I'll never forget you, Drake!" The Princess cried.
"Ha! Hear that, Dad? I'm unforgettable." Drake smirked.
"You can be as arrogant as you like when we're home free and guards aren't chasing us." Nicholas panted. "Have you gained weight? You're heavier than I remember."
"You know, it's kind of ironic that this is how you leave the planet." Zophen chuckled.
"Why's that?" Andrea asked.
"The Prince told me that the story of why your ancestors were exiled from here in the first place. Everyone assumed it was because of their power, but it was because the Princess (Videl's ancestor) was kissed by another of the Exiles. Andrea's ancestor I believe. Once they got to Earth, I assume they didn't marry, seeing as you and Videl are not remotely related." Zophen explained.
"History really does repeat itself!" David said.
"Talking in clichés again, are we David?" Andrea smirked.
"Shut up!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"Quick, they're catching up, move it!" Videl yelled.
"Easy for you to say, you're being carried!" Natalie said. Everyone managed to get on the ship, and waved goodbye to Zophen (except Yamcha, who was driving).
"How long until we land?" Nicholas asked.
"WE JUST TOOK OFF!" Everyone except Natalie (who was holding Nicholas to calm him down) yelled.
"Alright, geez." Nicholas sighed. "Hey Dave?"
"Yeah?"
"When you said, 'it would be your kid', what did you mean by that?" Nicholas asked.
"Like father, like son. Stealing the purity of an innocent girl." David said, half laughing.
"I'm beginning to get really uncomfortable here." Drake said.
"You mean Natalie?" Gohan asked. A boot promptly connected with his face. "Sorry."
"Damn straight." Natalie said.
"Besides, I love Nat. It's not like it's a big deal. We were old enough as well."
"Yeah, but you weren't married when she was pregnant."
"WHAT?" Drake exclaimed. "You told me that…" Drake was cut off before he could say anymore, by his still teenage father covering his mouth.
"That's right little dude, you were born out of wedlock. That's the story exactly." Nicholas laughed nervously.
"Nicholas!" Natalie hissed as everyone looked at them. "They're both hysterical. They haven't had enough sugar."
"What does he mean by story?" David asked.
"Nothing!" Natalie insisted.
"Nick's a terrible liar. He'll crack in no time." Andrea smirked.
"Guys, can you keep it down? I'm trying to drive here." Yamcha said, very annoyed.
"Nick…" David said.
"ALRIGHT FINE, WE HAD A SECRET WEDDING BEFORE THE ONE YOU GUYS WENT TO!" Nicholas cried. Literally.
"What?" Gohan asked, confused.
"What!" David asked, enraged.
"Oy." Natalie said. "Here come the worms."
"Why did you have a secret wedding?" Videl asked.
"Well, there were two reasons. One, we really wanted to…you know. And my dad was adamant that I'd be married first. Two, at the time that we wanted to other stuff was going on and we didn't want to steal the thunder of a certain person." Natalie said, avoiding eye contact with everyone.
"Certain person?" Videl asked.
"You." Nicholas replied.
"Idiot!" Natalie said, hitting him the ribs.
"What?" Videl cried.
"V, since we've been kids, you've always had a thing about people taking away important life events from you." Natalie sighed. "When we were gonna announce our engagement at that dinner, you found out you were pregnant. We were afraid that you'd go all Godzilla on us for upstaging your special time. So we got married in secret, with my dad and brothers and Nick's parents as the guests."
"Yeah, but then Nat got pregnant so we had to hide that and the marriage from you guys until Pan was born." Nicholas explained.
"By which time, I was already four months gone." Natalie sighed. "Which was why we were pretending to be mad at each other back then."
"So I wasn't born out of wedlock?" Drake asked.
"No, honey."
"I can't believe you guys did that for me!" Videl said.
"Well, it was more out of my fear of Godzilla Videl." Nicholas said.
"Seriously. He kept screaming in his sleep IT'S GODZILLA!" Natalie sighed.
"Does that mean the bouquet I caught doesn't count?" Gotenks asked (well, the Goten side of him anyway). "Cos that totally explains why me and Paresu didn't work out."
"Dude, don't go blaming that on us. It'll bring bad karma!" Nicholas exclaimed.
To be concluded…
Don't get mad! It's only the epilogue AND it's already been written! The next chapter should be up tomorrow or the day after. I just split them to give you guys a bit of a break. Tomorrow or the day after, I promise!
