I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter!
By the way if any of you could tell me how the flashback from last chapter was that would be great. I spent probably half my time with just that specific part trying to get the emotion across.
Disclaimer: i dont own anything.
Gohana slowly stirred, feeling the grass against her. Softly sighing, and opening her eyes she found herself outside of the school under a tree. 'How did i?' She thought to herself before she remembered her little emotional snap from earlier. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, still a little watery, but she could tell it would be obvious to other she was crying. It was a time like this she was glad she always hated make up.
"Your awake! Is everything alright Gohana?"
She turned her head and saw Erasa sitting with her as well as Videl with all their bags. Gohana just blushed a little bit.
"Um, I guess." Gohana said staring at the grass. She looked back up at Erasa and needed to ask. "Did anything...weird happen?" She asked. She could remember any time she snapped like that she would either release her energy or she couldnt control her transformation in a Super Saiyan. But usually she was with her friends and family, or at home so there was no need to even try containing herself. She usually just went to a deserted area in the desert and would just let it all out. She felt so exhausted from trying to contain it this time though as she had never had to do so. She could feel that she was still fine, but tired. more than anything though she was glad that she didn't power up or turn into a Super Saiyan.
"Weird? You were crying like crazy for some reason! We dragged you away from class so you didn't have a break down in the middle of class! On your first day no less!" Erasa explained, and it was obvious she was worried. "I wont ask whats wrong because we just meet, but do you need anything?"
Gohana just rubbed her eyes with her shirt sleeve and sniffed a little. "Id rather not talk about it right now. Sorry but, I'm not ready to share that just yet. I will be alright. Its just, something triggered a really bad experience. I will be alright. It happens from time to time." She said to at least let them fell more calm.
Videl however, while still worried about Gohana, was wondering why hearing about her dad beating Cell would trigger an emotional cord like that. "Well, if you're alright lets head on back. I'm sure that everyone is concerned." She said as she stood back up.
Gohana, Erasa, and Videl slowly walked back inside, just as class was letting out. So they just headed to their next class when Sharpner came up behind them. "Is everything alright?" He asked Gohana once he caught up with them. Gohana looked at him a little confused, as all day he had sounded like a cocky guy. But now he seemed more like a really caring person.
"Gohana just needed some fresh air is all. She'll be alright though." Erasa answered for her. Sharpner just nodded at her, ''If you say so.'' he sai and didn't push it any further. Growing up with both Videl and Erasa, he learned that if they wanted him to know what was going on, they would tell him. He figured it was a girl thing and just let Gohana have the same respect he had for his two best friends. ''I am glad to see you feel better though.'' he extended to Gohana.
The four of them walked through the halls towards their last class of the day. Gohana did look a little bit lost in thought, which didn't go unnoticed by her three friends walking with her. Sharpner looked as if he was about to say something about it, but Erasa gave him a look that said, 'not now', so he headed her message. ''So Gohana, you're new to the city, right? Maybe after school we could show you around town.'' he offered to her. He figured something like that would be alright.
Gohana came out of her daze and looked right at Sharpner, ''huh, oh around town? Well to be honest Jake already offered during swim class. I figured I would give him a second chance.'' she shrugged a little as she kept walking.
Erasa and Sharpner gave each other a worried look at that, and Videl looked like she was ready to pounce. of course with Gohana being new, she wouldn't know what's happening, but she noticed the sudden shift of the three around her. ''Is there something I should know about?"
''Gohana, Jake is is pretty dangerous. He has a reputation for being a womanizer, even though no one ever admits to it. Not only that when he gets angry he can become very violent. Even in his tournament matches, he's put several competitors in the critical condition ward. The only two that have ever even beaten him are me and Lime. Sharpner can hold his own here but usually ends in a draw.'' Videl said.
Gohana just listened to Videl fill her in on Jake, but what surprised Videl was that Gohana's face didn't really show much of anything in it. She wasn't shocked, or scared or anything, just blank. Almost like it didn't bother her. 'Oh, I see. Well I can hold my own no problem, so no problem there.'' she said stretching her arms in the air, yawning a tad bit. ''In that case, yeah I'd love to know the city a bit better! As long as we can go get something to eat as well.'' she said smiling. 'Plus would give me more places to land depending on where I'm going!' she thought to herself.
The four of them entered their final class of the day, and in a way Gohana was excited to get the final class over with. She had been nothing but bored the entire day in class. Luckily for her it was an art class and today they just had to paint stuff. Gohana had dabbled in painting before so she was familiar with different techniques, however she didn't do it very often.
Gohana and her new friends were heading out after the final bell had rung for the day. Erasa was a little giddy at showing Gohana around, of course Sharpner and Videl both knew that would mean going to the mall not too far from school. But they didn't mind too much as they did want to show Gohana around.
''Hey Gohana, what's your number by the way? If we get separated we can figure out where to meet.'' Erasa said pulling hers out.
Gohana just smiled and rubbed the back of her neck. ''Um, to be honest I don't have one yet. I've never needed one before now. I was planning on going tomorrow to get one. Just didn't want to deal with it one the first day.''
''Your kidding! You mean you've never thought about getting one!'' a surprised Erasa asked. ''That's it girl! Were getting you one right now!''
Gohana was now a little flustered as she didn't want to impose, and she certainly didn't want to go out of their way just to get her a phone when she could just nab one from Bulma later when she went to speak with her. But she was suddenly pull forward by Erasa and she excitedly hurried off towards the mall.
When they finally arrived, Gohana was very amazed at how big it was. She usually went to a smaller one in West City with Bulma, but you could easily fit that mall inside the current mall. Gohana just kept glancing all over the place, wondering why there were so many places together here. She noticed a directory and started glancing around at it to get a sense of how big it was.
''This is where we are going for your phone! It's nice that the cloths shop is right near it!'' Erasa pointed out.
Gohana followed as Erasa lead the pack. She was walking right next to Videl as Sharpner was walking behind them, watching both Gohana and Videl as they walked.
''You'll have to forgive Erasa Gohana. She loves taking us shopping. about the only reason we let her drag us here is because once were done she let's me and Sharpner pick what to do next without question. He usually picks the arcade. Can't say I blame him, they have this really fun punching game. I sometimes even use it for speed punch training.'' Videl threw a few punches to make her point.
''An arcade? Wow, maybe ill bring the demon trio here sometime!'' Gohana happily exclaimed.
''The demonic trio?'' Sharpner raised an eyebrow in question.
Gohana just smiled and nodded. ''Yeah, its a trio of miscreants and pranksters! Or at least that how they got called that.'' Gohana laughed a little bit at the memory of when she first dubbed them that. ''Really it's my little brother and sister, as well as their friend. Well he's like another little brother to me as well so I guess my little brothers.'' She smiled.
''Oh, how old are they'' Erasa asked.
''Well, my two siblings names are Goten and Raina, Trunks is the other member of the trio. Trunks is about seven and a half, while both Goten and Raina are six and a half. Raina is a few minutes older, so Goten is the youngest of the three.''
Sharpner couldn't help but notice how happy Gohana looked while talking about them, and just chuckled, ''You and your parents must be pretty lucky then. Sounds like they mean the world to you, huh?'' Sharpner said smiling. ''Its kinda like that with my little sister, she...'' Sharpner stopped as Gohana has stopped walking and was a few steps behind them as they turned around.
Gohana had a small tear that ran down her cheek, and she rubbed it away with her sleeve. Sharpner had no clue what he said that caused this but he knew that he was at fault. ''Hey Gohana, listen. Forget I said anything.'' He tried to save himself.
Gohana just looked up and had a small smile, but they could tell she was a little sad. Sharpner got a small glare from Videl and he shivered a bit, and even Erasa gave him a look. ''Yeah, they do mean the world to me! Me and my mother are so lucky to have them. but...'' she trailed and took a deep breath, in a way glad that she had her emotional outbreak earlier as now she was just sad and wasn't hit as hard as she was earlier. Her three friends looked back at her, waiting for what she was about to say. ''Our father died, a few weeks before we even found out mom was pregnant.''
Sharpner went white as a ghost and looked like he was scared she was about to be clobbered by Videl. To his surprise though it was Erasa that hit his arm as hard as she could, which to him didn't bother him much. Gohana just smiled and couldn't help giggle a little, ''It's alright, honestly. We just meet, and you didn't know. I know you didn't mean to bring it up Sharpner.'' Causing him to relax a little bit. ''Maybe one day, when were closer, I might fill you in. But for now I really can't say how.''
''Hey, it's alright Gohana. if you don't want to tell us yet that's fine by us. we won't pry.'' Erasa said and softly hugged the girl for a few second and then smiled, ''now let's go get some shopping done, shall we!'' she nearly shouted.
Nabbing a phone for Gohana was a very quick process, and much easier than Gohana had though. they were in and out in half an hour. As they were walking out Gohana was busy putting in their numbers, as well as her home phone, Bulma's, Krillin's, and her grandpa's.
''Alright, now that that is taken care of,'' Erasa started and looked between both Gohana and Videl, causing Videl to flinch a little bit confusing Gohana. ''its time to go cloths shopping!'' she exclaimed.
''Damn it Erasa, every time you play dress up with me, Sharpner won't stop staring!'' she yelled to her friend her face red with anger. Gohana just blushed slightly as she was worried what Erasa had in mind. Her mother always made her try on either very elegant things, or rather revealing outfits. She always said it was to get the attention of a nice young man so she could have grandbabies. Gohana didn't like much wearing anything really girly. Revealing she didn't mind as much, as usually when training she would mostly wear the sports bra's Bulma developed for her using Saiyan materials, or just wrapped her chest if not using a gravity chamber with either her Gi bottoms or biker shorts.
''Oh come on Videl, only half his attention will be on you.'' she tried to help her friend out, causing Gohana to blush more.
Somehow that seemed to help, and Videl sighed in defeat. '' I'm not going to win this anyway, fine let's just go!'' She crossed her arms. after years of knowing Erasa, she knew full well that there was no way out of this without hearing the end of it.
Gohana just followed them so she didn't get lost. She could just feel out their energy but when completely calm like they were now it was next to impossible for her to do so unless she meditated and focused. She had already spaced that she now even had a phone of her own so she could have just called.
They soon arrived at Erasa's favorite shop to go to. it was the same shop her father owned, so everyone knew her and had no problem with her just coming in to try things on. It was partially the reason Videl was so forgiving about 'dress up' days with Erasa because she knew she probably wouldn't have to carry home any new cloths. Gohana however didn't have this inside knowledge and she guessed from the look of things that the cloths were rather expensive. ''um, could we go somewhere...less...expensive? I don't want to break my budget here.'' Gohana asked. In truth it was a small account that Bulma opened for her and she had a small amount deposited each month for her helping Bulma out.
''Don't worry, my father owns it! So you don't have to buy anything if you don't want to. The staff is used to me just coming in to tr stuff anyway!'' Erasa just smiled. It helped ease Gohana and so she smiled back.
Gohana just kept looking around at the clothing options available. There was practically every type of style and fashion here. it didn't seem like it on the outside but this store alone looked like it was made from about twelve individual stores all combined into one large lot. She had already lost track of Sharpner as he said he was going to buy what he needed anyway and would be back to judge. Gohana was pretty sure his meaning behind that and just blushed a little. She just kept following Videl and Erasa, still looking around at clothes to see if she actually found anything that she liked. She did find a few shirts that she thought she would like so grabbed that.
''Hey Gohana, you don't actually have to try anything on you know.'' Videl pointed out to her when she noticed Gohana grabbing stuff.
''It's alright. I'm used to my mom and God mother playing dress up with me whenever we go shopping. I really don't mind it too much. I've been meaning to actually go cloths shopping anyway. I havent gone in a year and I need some larger cloths anyway.''
'Videl raised an eyebrow in question. ''I'm surprised you'd even say you need bigger cloths. What your wearing now seems fine though.''
Gohana blushed a little bit. ''Well, in the last year or so I've been going through a pretty big growth spurt. I was about this tall two years ago'' she said putting her hand right where she guessed it was, which happened to be just below Videls eye line and now she was a full head taller than Videl. ''It doesn't help my chest has grown a lot as well, so between the two I need larger cloths. It helps at home or during training I just wear whatever is comfortable. So it wasn't really a problem, but with me starting school now I need a new wardrobe. My mom was going to take me but, I've never liked her sense of fashion. So Erasa helping would be a good thing actually!''
Erasa nearly squealed with delight at hearing this and instantly took Gohana's hand and started dragging her around the store. Videl just followed them with a slight smile on her face as she was happy this was now about shopping for Gohana and she was now off the hook. She was, however, designated carrier of whatever Erasa insisted on Gohana trying on. Gohana was very unsure how she would even have time to try on every little thing before Erasa just pointed out everything was the right size, she just had to choose what to buy then mix and match. So Gohana just followed around and watched as the pile of cloths in Videls arms kept growing, and soon it looked like she was having a hard time seeing where she was going.
Gohana was in the changing room debating what of the few things to try on. She never really wore any type of feminine cloths ever since she started training for the Saiyan arrival, with the exception of maybe family gatherings. Luckily Erasa took that into consideration and didn't get anything that was to much for the young girl. Everything she had in front of her wouldn't limit her movement either, so she couldn't really refuse them. Still it was kinda odd for her to be showing off new cloths to her new friends, but it wasn't the hardest thing she'd ever done.
She pulled her shirt off and set it on the hook on the door and grabbed on of the dark blue blouse shirts that Erasa nabbed for her. She did have to admit, it wasn't that bad at all. She just wasn't sure what to even try on with it. Holding up a pair of jean shorts that looked like they would reach just above her knees with pockets on the legs, she shrugged and decided with that combination. At first she thought the shorts were a little to tight on her hips, but she just moved her leg in the air a few times and noticed that it didn't limit her in any way, even with her balancing on one foot with her other leg straight over her head. 'Wow, maybe it was just the type of cloths mom kept picking that were limiting my movement!' she though to herself.
Putting both legs on the floor now, she looked again in the mirror and though she actually liked exactly what she was wearing now. Smiling, she changed back out and put it next to what she was wearing earlier. She rummaged through the cloths and kept picking different combinations of cloths. In the end, she had decided to stick with just about everything that Erasa had picked out for her. She would figure out exactly what to match everything with later, as she just had tried on everything to make sure they would fit.
Putting on the shorts with the blouse from earlier, she grabbed everything else and walked out of the changing room where Erasa was poking fun at Videl and Sharpner was just relaxing on on of the chairs with his stuff he bough in a bag at his feet.
''So, how do I look?'' Gohana asked her friends smiling while a slight blush found its way to her cheeks.
The three of them glanced over at her and were surprised in a sense. Erasa noticed how cute she looked in her new cloths. She had a mix of femininity, but at the same time because of both her stance and the scar on her left shoulder, it was obvious she couldnt handle herself and she could easily take anyone on. Surprisingly enough to both Videl and Erasa, it was Sharpner who spoke up first.
''Hot damn Gohana! You should dress like that more often!'' he stated, causing Gohana to blush a bit more and rub her neck just like her father. Sharpner caught sight of Videl giving him the look, ''I mean, well you have a natural beauty to you like Videl and Erasa here. And your a fighter as well, so it suits you. ya know, a mix of being both feminine and soft, with an edge.'' he tried to save himself.
Luckily for him Gohana smiled and giggled a little. ''Thanks Sharpner.''
Paying for everything, Gohana put them all into a spare capsule she had for carrying stuff home. They walked out of the clothing store and Gohana kept noticing Erasa staring at her hair which caused her to get curious as to why. ''Um, Erasa, is there something in my hair?'' she asked, feeling around for anything that might be in it.
''No, sorry. I was just thinking, how do you get it to stay up like that? It looks kinda wild. although growing up in the mountains I guess it suits you.'' Erasa asked, having been curious all day.
''Wild?" Gohana said, "Oh, you mean it standing all over the place in the front. Actually my hair just naturally does that. I don't really do much to it because I like how soft it is. If I have to dress up I might do something with it. My hair is honestly one thing I really like. My mom even tried me getting it cut different than this before school. She wanted some more normal style. I kept raising a fuss against it, so in the end we just agreed to touch it up a bit. Raina helped out because she likes playing with it.''
''No way! Your hairs just slightly shorter than mine when its down and I couldn't get it to stand up with a tub of glue!'' she said, then glanced at Sharpner.
''Hey, we were nine when I did that! can't you get over it already!'' Sharpner defended.
''No, seriously,'' Gohana said while grabbing Videls hand and placing it in her hair that stood out. ''See, no glue.'' she joked.
Videl couldn't stop playing with Gohana's hair. it felt just like silk, yet at the same time incredibly tough. ''what the hell? Seriously Gohana what type of conditioner do you use?'' she asked getting a slight look from Sharpner, and a knowing smirk from Erasa. Videl blushed a tad bit and crossed her arms. ''N...not that I care!''
Erasa was soon stroking the long hair and was really surprised at how soft it was. ''So, it just stands up like that? Kinda cool I guess. It really does suit you Gohana. I have to spend a ton of time with my hair.''
Gohana just smiled her family innocent smile and laughed a little. ''Yeah, got it from my dad. Raina's hair tends to get wild but she doesn't mind it cut. Goten's is even more wild!'' she said happily.
''Can we stop talking about hair please. It's making me gag.'' Sharpner said sounding very board. He didn't mind hair, but if he didn't stop it they would have gone on forever. ''Besides, we still have to show Gohana around town remember?'' He tried to reason.
Gohana continued to be shown around town for a bit, and she was actually enjoying seeing the sights there were. She made a point to make sure she flew by a couple times early in the morning to get an aerial view. Her favorite thing she saw so far was the world famous Satan City Zoo, the largest in the world. She knew she had to go there sometime, and they had even mentioned they would go with her. Gohana wasn't paying much attention to the time, but knew she was still alright as she told her mother she would be walking around the city after school so to not expect her till later.
The small group was headed to get some lunch at a local buffet as Gohana had pointed out she was a little hungry. It was only about 7 blocks away so they started heading that way when Videl' watch started beeping. Gohana just looked around for the source of the noise as she didn't know what was causing it, Videl just pulled her glove back a little bit, ''Videl here!''
''Videl, the Satan apartments are on fire. We need you here now! there are people still trapped high up but their too scared to even move! We're hoping you could get them to move!''
Gohana recognized the voice, it was that of the police chief from this morning. She could hear the panic in his voice and before Gohana could think Videl pulled out her helicopter capsule and decapsuleized it. ''Get in!'' she ordered.
Opening up the domed door, Videl got in and Erasa and Shaprner followed suit. they were used to this and something like this they could help those that get out, and the police force was familiar with them to allow them to help as Videl had brought them on occasion before. ''Gohana! get in!'' Videl barked at her and Gohana quickly joined Erasa in the back.
Videl closed the cockpit door and lifted of before speeding towards the building. Luckily it was only about a minute by flight, but the bad news was it was one of the largest residential buildings in th entire city. And in the area around it it was one of the tallest as well, as it had thousands of occupants. Videl found a landing spot set out for her by some flares and carefully landed in it. a crowd of people had already gathered, all crying out with worry for those still inside, may of which lived in the burning building. Videl quickly opened the door and ran over to the chief so she could be filled in. Erasa and Sharpner got out as well, but as they were not the front lines so to speak. Gohana just followed them as they seemed to know more what they were doing and decided to just follow suit.
''Cheif get me fire jacket! I'll go up and try to get them to come down! Is there any way to help put the fire out while I'm in there?''
''There is a water tower on the roof, if we could get that open, it could help. It won't put it out, but it can easily help slow it down so the fire fighters can get to it.'' He informed Videl.
Gohana just kept an ear out for what Videl was being told so she could react as needed. She knew she needed to help, so was waiting for the perfect opportunity to get away. She just had to figure out how to sneak away without anyone seeing her, and Sharpner and Erasa not noticing.
''Gohana, Erasa and Sharpner know what to do! I'm sorry but could you please stay with the crowd!'' Videl asked more as a demand as she put on the fire resistant jacket she was handed and quickly ran into the burning building with some more fire fighters right behind her. Gohana headed towards the crowd, glad that she didn't have to find an opening to sneak away as it was presented right to her.
Videl raced up the flight of stairs with the goup of emergency personal behind her, a mix of EMT and Fire fighters. She was informed every floor was clear but the last ten, and when the building was forty stories high, she knew she had to hurry as fast as she could. The emergency people behind her were able to keep up with her barely, but they pushed on to stay near her, as they knew the people who were to scared to do anything would feel better with all of them. At least that was the hope.
Quickly flinging a door open, Videl ran down the hall to the first floor she was told to try and help at. she saw people being helped to escape, and from the looks of it many were burnt or injured. The smell of the burning building was getting to her, but she ignored it for the time being. She saw someone waving her down the hall and she quickly ran towards them, shielding her face from the heat.
''Videl, there's a little girl, she's inside a hole in the wall that formed when part of the floor collapsed! She's to scared to come out, and we can't get in there!'' she informed Videl as quickly and calmly as she could, but it wa obvious that she was scared for the little girl.
Videl quickly asked where she was and ran into the apartment, and quickly spotted the hole. She ran over to it and peered in, seeing the little girl frightened and curled up against something as she clutched onto her stuffed bunny. Videl guessed she couldn't be any older than 5. She was crying and crying out for her mom and Videl got down lower so the little girl could see her better. She wasn't even really sure what to say, it wasn't to often she had to handle a situation like this one, it was usually hostages if anything and she usually just addressed the guys she was beating up. Finally, Videl just decided to get the girls attention before over thinking anything.
''Hey, are you alright?'' Videl asked loud enough so she could be heard, but she didn't scream it out. She tried to make it as gentle as she could.
The little girl looked up at her, and she instantly recognized Videl. ''Y..yes, but...mommy. Where is she! I'm scared. I want my mommy'' she was crying, holding onto the bunny even tighter.
Videl looked at the hole and guessed she was just large enough to fit through, one of the few times her small frame came in handy. She slowly started crawling into the hole, ''I'm sure she's fine, she is probably outside now worried about you like crazy! Let's go see her.'' she offered her hand out to the girl, now through the hole and kneeling right next to the girl.
The little girl rubbed her eye's and grabbed Videls hand, still tearing though. She held the bunny in a death grip, to scared to let it go. Videl slowly climbed back out the hole then waited for the girl to crawl through. She quickly got the girl to the police women that had flagged Videl down earlier and she ran back off to the stairs. She had no clue how many people were left in the building, but hoped se didn't run into any more policeman on the stairwell as they were informed to wait for her if they needed her to try to help boost their morale and get out of the building.
Luckily for Videl she managed to climb all the way to the roof, but the higher and higher she climber the worse the heat got. She could feel it, even with the flame retardant jacket she was wearing. She saw what she needed, the giant water tower, and the release valve incase of emergencies. Well this certainly counted as an emergency, so Videl tried to make her way through the flames to open it. Helicopters were flying around the building, trying to get an aerial view of everything to help better coordinate the ground team below. But from their vantage point it looked like the building was burning worse than before.
The building shook, throwing Videl off balance and she slammed her should hard into the ground and she screamed at the sudden pain in her shoulder. She got up though, as she was determined to get the valve open and buy them more time to put out the flames before the building fell over. The building shaking was a sure sign the supports were being destroyed somewhere, most likely about two thirds of the way up as that's where the fire started.
Videl barely touched the steel and searing pain shot through her hand, causing her to scream and blow on her exposed fingers. She could even feel the heat though her gloves, which looked as though they we're burn on contact. she frantically looked around for anything she could use to help her open the valve without touching the metal.
The building shook as the supports gave away about eight stories down. It had yet to topple over, but the suddenness of it threw Videl to the ground again, although this time she wasn't caught off guard as much she still landed hard on her knees causing her leg to go numb a little. The shock did cause the floor beneath one of the support structures for the massive water storage dome to fall apart, causing it to start falling, right towards Videl. Videl's eye widened in fear as she saw the five ton water tower falling towards her, she knew she couldn't get away because it was to big, and her right leg was still tingling. She just closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable.
A loud clang was all Videl heard, but no pain followed. She didn't feel anything crushing her and she was glad that she didn't have to experience trauma in her passing. But she could till feel heat all around her. She opened her eyes in confusion and saw she had not been crushed. She looked up and her eyes went wide in shock as someone was standing, or more accurately, floating just above the ground, holding up the water tank with just a single arm. She looked just like the glowing girl from this morning to Videl, but she didn't know why she seemed different.
''Are you alright?'' Gohana asked, but trying to make her voice slightly different.
Videl looked at the girl in front of her in shock. 'How is she holding that up, with one arm even! and she's not on the ground. What's going on?' she was lost in her own thought that she had not realized she had asked her anything.
''Videl!'' Gohana snapped at her, causing Videl to flinch a little but come out of her daze. ''Are you alright?'' She asked again looking back down at her, her hair flowing around her a bit from the flames surrounding her body.
Videl nodded and looked at the girl in shock. Then something hit her. 'She looks so familiar. but, why? I only just saw her this morning.' then she caught site of her face. 'She looks similar to Gohana. wait a minute, her eyes, and...' she glanced over at her shoulder and she could see a scar on the girls left shoulder. It looked lighter than Gohana's but almost exactly the same. ''Gohana!?''
Gohana outwardly kept a convincing poker face, something she had learned over the years thanks to both Piccolo and Vegeta. ''Sorry, who's Gohana?'' she asked Videl.
In truth, Gohana was now rushing through her head how Videl could have seen through that it was her. It didn't take her long to realize and remember that not only had everyone got a good look at her scars, but her eyes were still a little red from her crying earlier. 'Fuck! Why didn't I just put on a t shirt.' scolded herself.
''Gohana! what the hell!'' Videl repeated in shock.
Gohana just turned back to the water tank, 'fuck it, I'll figure this out later.' she though as she thrust her other hand through the metal effortlessly and pulled her hand back through. She grabbed a chunk of the metal and ripped it open without an visible strain. To Videl it looked just like she was tearing tissue paper.
Putting the water tank down so it could spill down the building, Gohana turned back to Videl. ''We have to get off, now.'' she said in a rather neutral tone as Videl just stood up shouting. '' I'm not going anywhere until you tell me how the hell your floating, and this...this, glowing flame thing your doing. and how the hell can you just shove your arm through solid steel!'' She started yelling.
''Listen you, I don't know who the hell you think I am, but stop demanding anything of me! I just saved your life and unless you can fly yourself, good luck getting down.'' she yelled back, pointing to the hole in the floor that was the stairwell. ''If your talking about that black haired girl you came here with, then take a closer look! My hair isn't even the right color, and mine sticks out more than her's. Care to explain that one!'' She yelled back.
Videl did have to admit, she had a point. Gohana's hair was shiny jet black, and this girl had glowing blond hair that stood up a bit more than Gohana's. Even her eye's were different, they were a shiny teal green color. She was right, even though they looked so similar. Still, she wasn't going to give up, but right now she did need a way off the building.
The building shook a little and started to tilt, and Gohana quickly grabbed Videl, and jumped off the building edge. Videl was screaming as she felt dizzy at staring down and seeing how high they were, in free fall. She couldn't help hold onto Gohana tightly in fear, until they were close to the ground and their decent started to slow down. Gohana landed and let Videl down, but Videl just kept holding onto her for a few seconds as her legs were trembling too much at first. She was still in a slight panicked state from the sudden leap from the building she didn't notice a few police officers rushing towards her.
They all looked at Gohana in fear, after all it wasn't every day they saw someone in flames and flying. Gohana let her aura calm down and it disappeared, which seemed to help calm the police officers down a little bit. Or at least take a few more steps to help Videl.
Videl slowly got her legs back and started heading towards the police chief, where she saw both Erasa and Sharpner as well. She made a beeline towards them, not paying any attention to the paparazzi around her.
''Videl! Oh Kami you're alright!'' Erasa nearly death gripped the girl, causing Videl to struggle breathing. Taking the hint, Erasa eased up and held onto her shoulders, ''We knew you were on the roof, but then suddenly saw someone falling. we were so scared!'' Erasa had a few tears escape her eye's as she was terrified she was about to see her best friend splatter on the pavement. Sharpner was right there as well, at Videl could see the worry on his face, even if he didn't verbally express them. She had grown up with them so she could read him like a book.
''I'm alright Sharpner, a little shaken up though.'' She looked back to Gohana, or at least who she thought was her. ''Where's Gohana?''
''She went into the crowd to get out of the way like you said. Honestly we've been so busy helping everyone else, we havn't bothered calling or looking. I'll go call her real quick, make sure she isn't lost.'' Sharpner said and went to sit against the bumper.
Gohana walked up to them, and looked at the police officers, who most had their hands at the ready to shoot. She looked back at the chief, ''You saw I helped this morning. Tell your men they don't have to worry.'' she said in a slightly more neutral voice than she had with Videl just moments ago on the roof.
Erasa looked up at the girl who saved Videl and had a look of confusion on her face. ''Go...hana?'' She asked unsure.
Gohana just shook her head at her then looked back to the chief. ''Hey, this building might collapse! You have to clear this area of everyone now!''
The chief just looked Gohana over, unsure what exactly to do. It was obvious that the building would fall over at some point because of the damage done by the fire. However, he wasn't sure how to get ride of everyone and just called some officers over to him.
''Look, whoever you are. Were not even sure who you are, or that you didn't start this for the attention.'' He accused. Gohana just stared him down without making a change in her face. This caused him to get a little uneasy so he just decided to listen to her advice for now. ''Men, get everyone out of the area. And call the city center, were going to need some cranes over here to dismantle the damaged area so they don't fall!''
The officers ran off to their squad cars to get the info to the police HQ, and the chief just rubber the bridge of his nose in thought. ''Damn it, every day something goes wrong.''
The sound of creaking metal was heard again as one of the few support structures keeping the top part of the building level gave away, and the broken section tore off from the other side as the sudden shift in weight caused the structures to fail. Everyone in the streets below was now in a panic as they all tried to get away, including the emergency teams. unfortunately a massive group had come to see what was going on, so no one could get away without hurting others. Videl wasn't sure if her knee was bruised or fine but she didn't care. She started running for cover just like everyone else.
''Masenko-HAAAAA!''
Gohana thrust her hands over her head and blasted her own signature move towards the falling debree. She had not sensed any living thing left in the building, so she was sure she wouldn't be killing anyone. Most of the crowd was to scared to really even notice at all what was going on behind them, but Videl and most of the police force were watching this happen right in front of them. All they could see was a golden bean of light coming from the girls hands shooting upwards towards the building, and when the beam shrunk and vanished, almost all of the debree was gone. Even a few extra floors were gone, but the danger was all gone.
Gohana just stood there looking up at the sky and was glad that was over with. She wished she had not needed to do that but it was the only way to save everyone. There was to much debree to simply hold up. She started walking toward the police officers, but they all now had a look of either shock or terror, a few even shakily held their guns towards her. Gohana didn't mind to much and just kept walking up to the chief and she stopped in front of him. ''What's your name officer?'' she asked bluntly.
''Y, yamanaka Akito.'' He answered, slightly shaking. He had now seen this girl do the impossible two times today, and it both sacred and amazed him.
''Well than, Akito, get everyone to safety and do not tell the media what I did. You can say anything else you want.'' Getting a nod out of him, Gohana vanished.
About half an hour later, the police had cleared the area of everyone that didn't need to be there. There were even police blockages preventing anyone from coming back in. Videl was finishing up informing the news media about what happened there, and she stuck with the story her and Akito had decided to tell them. Sighing to herself, she headed over to the squad car where Erasa and Sharpner were at as they had special permission to stay. She smiled a little but then noticed they were one short. ''Hey, where's Gohana?''
''Oh, the police wouldn't allow anyone back in. So we told her to stay where she was and you'll call when your finished. Seeing as we weren't allowed to head out.'' Sharpner filled her in.
Videl just thought for a moment and just nodded. Her mind kept racing back to earlier on the roof, that girl looked just like Gohana. ''come on, let's go get her. I feel bad her first day ended up like this.'' Videl said, pulling her phone from her bag and calling Gohana to see where she was.
It only took a few minutes for them to get where Gohana was, and Videl was close to questioning her, but decided against it right now. She was very suspicious of her now, but if she was right and it was Gohana, she had saved her and everyone else today. She had to get more from her before flat out interrogating her.
''Videl, are you alright?'' a worried Gohana asked, which threw Videl off a bit. 'I was sure that was her.' ''Yeah, I'm alright Gohana. Nothing to worry about.'' she said smiling.
Gohana sighed in relief that she was alright, and smiled back. ''I'm glad to hear that. When I saw you falling, I thought you fell and were going to die.'' She said worried.
''I'm fine, really Gohana. I face danger all the time. Although I will admit, that was pretty scary. Anyway, I say we call it a day. It's getting late and honestly, after what I just went through I wanna go home and sleep.'' she sighed.
Gohana just smiled and nodded. ''Yeah, I still have to get home. Just need to know which way the train is.'' she lied. She needed to still go see Bulma before even getting home and she didn't want to worry her mom too much.
The four of them walked together to the train station to make sure Gohana got their safe. She kept insisting she would be alright, but in the end she had lost. It wasn't like they were riding with her or anything. It didn't take them long as they were only a few blocks away, so they got their rather quickly. They said goodby to their new friend as Videl got her jet copter capsule out to take both Sharpner and Erasa home. Gohana waved them off smiling as the vehicle rose up and then speed off over the buildings. Waiting a few minutes, Gohana quickly glanced back and forth a few times to make sure no one was watching and then quickly lept into the air.
Now high above the city, Gohana could feel the evening breeze flowing across her body and she took in a deep breath of air and smiled. She always preferred the fresh air back home, or even high up in the sky. And after spending an entire day in the city she enjoyed it. Taking a few more deep breaths, opened her eyes and took one last glance at the city below her. ''Well, that was an interesting first day.'' she said to herself as she then flew off towards Capsule Corp leaving a white streak behind her
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. i do wanna say sorry it took so long to go through just the first day but i couldn t figure out how to shorten it.
anyway, if you liked it let me know! your encouragment helps. :)
as a heads up, the next one will either be out in just a few day, ooooor a little longerthan two weeks. Destiny comes out next week, hahaha