Well this chapter took too long and I do apologize. With the holidays making it worse, this chapter was just surprisingly VERY difficult to write. I'm not really sure why but as I'm writing this fanfic I'm slowly realizing how hard writing really can be.
Either way I Really hope you all enjoy this chapter! The next few should come out pretty quickly as I have already done some starting work on them since this took me forever.
Also, guys, a short poll at the bottom, but don't read it until after the story. Has to do specifically with something that is in this chapter, but would like basically a yes or no.
Anyway, read on and enjoy!
Gohana just stood there staring at Erasa as she was slightly shaking. Gohana was a little worried because she couldn't really see what Erasa had going through in her mind, but the shaking wasn't really making Gohana feel any better. She was a little scared it would scare Erasa off, but it didn't change the fact she had decided to just answer anything Erasa asks.
"No way, you mean you really killed Cell?" Erasa asked a little shakily.
"Yeah, I did." Gohana casually said.
"But you must have only been about ten years old? How on Earth could you be strong enough to do that?" Erasa asked her eyes wide now.
"That's…"Gohana started and looked at the ground as she softly rubbed one of her shoulders.
Erasa just stared at Gohana having not seen her act like this before. Sure she acted shy from time to time but this looked like she wasn't even sure how to say anything. This was very new since Gohana always usually seemed to know how to say things.
"Gohana, I really want something. I don't care what but after seeing that I don't know what to think much anymore. I never really did believe Mark but now, actually seeing this, I just don't know." Erasa said softly holding her head as it felt like she had a migraine.
Gohana just looked a little sad now; she really didn't know how to explain anything in a way that Erasa would explain. Or even scare her for that matter. And she could see how Erasa was trembling a lot. It didn't seem like she was scared or anything like that, but after today and now getting this shock, it didn't really seem like a stretch her mind would be in a slight state of shock.
"Erasa, I'm going to tell you a few things, but I have to ask just one thing in return. Please don't ever tell anyone what I'm about to say. I don't want the attention and neither does my family!" Gohana pleaded, which Erasa just kept staring at her but was able to nod. And with a sigh, Gohana just started with something.
"I can do a lot of things that not many can do. I'm not going to lie I have no idea how to explain it without showing you. I don't even know how to from your prospective. All I know is what I can do the rest of the world would consider to be impossible."
"Show me? What do you mean?" Erasa asked confused.
Pushing her ki underneath her, Gohana slowly raised herself a few inches into the air and pointed down at her feet. Looking down Erasa saw that her feet were just dangling in the air and her eyes were transfixed onto her feet. She kept looking back up and down between her feet and back at her face, but Gohana couldn't begin to understand the garbled mess that left her mouth.
"Look I really don't know how to explain this because I never even had a normal childhood to begin with. So I don't really even know what people consider normal or anything. All I know is that most people that have found out what I can do have been scared of me. "
"What do you mean you never had a normal childhood?" Erasa asked.
"Ever since I was about four years old, I have had to fight to keep the Earth safe. So the last few years have actually been the most 'normal' years of my life."
"What do you mean keeping the Earth safe? You mean like from that supposed alien invasion about twelve years ago?" Erasa asked thinking of only that.
"Wait, you mean people know about that?" Gohana asked confused.
"That was real!" Erasa asked even more shocked and confused and was trembling a bit.
"Calm down Erasa, please! But yes it really did happen. We managed to stop them but yes it wasn't fake or anything! I was there and fought them." Gohana explained.
Erasa thought back as best as she could to reading about that incident and she was trying to remember the names in the report. She knew the names though but she couldn't remember them. How did she remember them in the first place, because she remembered them for another reason as well. All she remembered was it was because of Videl and Sharpner that she knew the names. Then it hit her all of a sudden.
"They were those fighters in the Tenkaichi Budoka?"
Gohana just looked at her not really getting what she was talking about. She just stared at Erasa hoping that she would elaborate what she was talking about because it made no sense to her what she was talking about.
"There was a guy that was telling the news about this secret group of fighters, and that they were fighting off the alien invaders. Their names, they were the same as some of the fighters in the previous tournaments! Two of them were winners!"
Gohana had no clue what Erasa was talking about the news covering this, but so far Erasa was right more or less. Both dad and Tien had won the Tournaments before that event.
"Wait a minute…Son Gohana?" Erasa softly said like she suddenly put something together. "You're Son Goku's daughter!"
"Um, yeah that's my dad." Gohana just rubbed the back of her neck nervously again.
"And he, he defeated King Piccolo about twenty years ago! You're really his daughter?" Erasa asked suddenly remembering a lot of things that seemed to be connected all of a sudden having seen this piece of the puzzle.
"Well, yeah actually. But how do you know about this?" Gohana now asked confused having never read anything about these incidents, having just been told about it or been there.
"King Furry had some commemorative event and thanked a Son Goku after it. And a Son Goku won a tournament as well, and he was also mentioned by the guy they were interview about that alien invasion. Um, to be honest it's always been a conspiracy theory, or at least that's how people see it. But was it really true?"
Gohana just nodded and it was now her turn to be a little shocked. This was the first she was learning that anyone else knew about all this. And now to learn that it was associated with conspiracies, she wasn't sure what to feel about it. At least it would help them keep their simple lives.
"I feel like everything I knew has been just been dumped at my feet now." Erasa said and softly just rubbed her arms with her hands.
"Erasa, I can explain more later if you want?" Gohana offered not wanting to overburden her.
"No, I want to know everything Gohana! Why were they here anyway? If you were there, why did they come to Earth, and how is it you were able to stop them? And Cell?" Erasa demanded. "How is it that humans could defeat alien invaders?"
"Um, well…" Gohana started. "Erasa, are you sure you really want to know now?" Gohana tried to skirt away from that subject.
"Gohana, please tell me! If you trust me then please!" Erasa pleaded. "I have to know. What came to Earth? How were you able to fight them off?"
Gohana just sighed to herself and just looked upwards a bit. She didn't really even know how to explain that part without freaking her out. But would she really even be freaked out? She was taking this all rather well considering. Not to mention that Lime trusted them enough to be friends with them, maybe that was enough to give her the courage to say what came next.
"The long story is they are called Saiyan's. And…" Gohana stalled and was shaking a little bit. She was now terrified to even finish her sentence afraid Erasa would run. Gohana nervously started rubbing her left arm and she looked down a little bit.
"We were able to stop them, because my father is also a Saiyan." She softly said, and almost instantly regretting it out of fear.
Erasa started shaking a little bit and was pointing at her. She was just trying to form words but she was failing. But she wasn't sure what she was feeling, was she scared, was she just overloaded mentally? Honestly she couldn't even answer herself what she was feeling as her mind was going numb, and it was causing her head to be in a lot of pain. Holding onto her head a little bit, Erasa was now at her limit for today, especially after the mental trauma from earlier. She just couldn't take any more today.
Gohana was tearing softly a bit, now terrified that her friend would now hate her. She couldn't even take this either as it also seemed Erasa was at her limits now as well. Gohana prayed for any way out of this because now she couldn't even see a way to end this.
Gohana's prayer was answered as Erasa's phone started ringing and it was able to knock Erasa out of her funk enough to come back to reality. Reaching into her pocket, Erasa just took it out but didn't answer it. Putting it back into her pocket, Erasa picked up her backpack and just stood there and then looked back to Gohana.
"We need to go." Erasa softly spoke and turned around and started walking, now past her limit.
Gohana just walked behind her, looking down at the ground. She had no idea what Erasa was going through mentally, and she realized it was better to just leave her to herself at the moment. She was happy the conversation was at least over for now but she was now more scared then before she even started talking. It wasn't that she didn't want to talk about this, but the consequences are what were scaring her.
Gohana realized that they were walking towards their parents as she saw not only Erasa's parents, but her mother with Goten and Raina chasing each other around the school parking lot. They must have noticed them coming along as well because Gohana could see Erasa's mother coming quickly towards them.
Erasa's mother embraced Erasa in a quick hug but looked worried with the look on her face. She had been though a lot earlier and Erasa did seem much shaken right now. Gohana just didn't focus on them and let them be alone. She figured after all of that Erasa would need time to process it all.
"Everything is fine mom, I promise. I just…have had a long day." Gohana managed to overhear as she walked past them to her own mom. It gave Gohana a slight sliver of hope that she would not lose her as a friend.
Gohana just stood there and watched as Erasa's father got the car ready and called for them to get in. Looking back over her shoulder, Erasa caught Gohana's attention and they just stared at each other for a moment before her and her mother walked over to the car. She was hoping that Erasa would say something, like 'see you tomorrow', or her usual 'later.' Just anything right now because Gohana wasn't sure what was going to happen now between them all. She could see her parents talking about something but she wasn't really making anything out they were saying. She was just hoping Erasa would say something, but nothing came. The car slowly started driving off, and Erasa just sat in the back looking down.
Watching the car drive off, Gohana had not noticed that her mother was standing right next to her the entire time. It wasn't until Raina started tugging at her hand that she finally got knocked out of her funk and looked down.
"Nee Chan, what's wrong?" a worried Raina looked up to her and asked.
Gohana noticed that even Goten looked worried, and that was very rare that even he looked like that.
"Sweetie are you alright? It's like you haven't been hearing me that last minute." Chichi asked worried with a comforting hand on her shoulder. She soon noticed a small tear on her face and was worried as her hand gripped her shoulder a bit tighter now.
"Can we just go please?" Gohana asked and Chichi just nodded.
"Let's get going kids." Chichi said as she pulled from her purse a capsule and made it transform into the jet copter that it contained.
Everyone got in but no one really said much of anything. Goten and Raina just knew something was wrong so they just got in and didn't say anything at all. Chichi took the pilot seat and waited for everyone to get in. Gohana got in last and closed the door as Chichi powered it up and slowly raised them up into the air.
Rising into the air, Chichi flew them off towards their house as they kept climbing higher and higher. Goten was sitting backwards in the passenger seat looking at his sister trying to figure out in his head what was wrong.
"Goten, please don't bother your sister right now ok?" Chichi told her son.
"Oh, sorry mommy. I didn't mean to bother her." Goten innocently said and sat back straight.
"Its alright mom, you're alright Goten." Gohana said with a smile, but Chichi looked back and knew it was for show to not worry Goten much.
"Gohana dear, is everything going to be alright?" she asked.
"Um, I'm not too sure. Erasa saw me fight them off, and I sorta…told her some stuff. I don't know what's going to happen." She said as her hands clutched her shorts a bit.
Gohana saw a small hand placed on top of hers and she saw Raina with a big smile on her face.
"Don't worry Nee Chan! She's your friend, everything will be alright, right?" she said with such an innocent look on her face.
Gohana just stared at her little sister for a moment and then she couldn't help but smile back at her with a nod. Raina did have a point, but just the innocence both she and Goten had always helped bring her out of any funk she had. It reminded her so much of how innocent she was before her life took a turn when she was four.
"Gohana, is there anything specific you told your friend that we should know?" Chichi asked a little worried. She was more so thinking about her children, but she did need to know what if anything she told her for when they came up this weekend. If they came up this weekend.
"Well, Videl never believed that her father beat Cell, and she suspects that I did. Uh, not me me, but 'delivery girl' me." Gohana was quick to be more specific. "But Erasa know now's the truth, and she apparently knew about Vegita and Nappa coming to Earth. I guess the media showcased some stuff?" Gohana said with a slight questioning tone as that was news to her.
"We have Yajirobi to thank for that." Chichi said flatly, and it sounded like that had always annoyed her.
"She…also knows that I'm only half human." Gohana started to say when Chichi suddenly stopped the ship and looked back at her with a worried look.
"Gohana, how could you tell her that so soon? You know what could happen if word gets out you are part alien?" She said very worried and it was all over her face.
"To be honest I was debating telling them already to begin with. I honestly feel I can trust them. But I'm not too sure if she still wants to be my friend though. She seemed pretty in shock."
Chichi just looked at her daughter and wasn't sure what to say next. Technically speaking it was up to her ultimately who she would tell of her real lineage. She just didn't think it would be so soon. Or to anyone else other then the guy she marries. But still it was entirely her decision. As was Goten and Raina's once they were older and understood the ramifications of doing so. Turning back around, Chichi continued to drive their air ship towards home, even though they could get there faster flying the old fashioned way while she kept on Kintoun. By now they would be doing so but Chichi didn't want to push it.
Gohana just sat there for a little bit deep in thought. She was concerned about what was going to happen now. Would Erasa keep her promise and keep what was exchanged between them to herself? Or would she go out and tell the world? It didn't seem like her to do something like that as she usually kept everything about Videl to themselves. Even the few times Erasa and her got cornered by some paparazzi, Erasa refused to comment on anything about Videl even though Gohana knew it was already public knowledge. So maybe she would keep today to herself.
They continued to fly home for a little bit in silence as Goten just kept staring outside looking at the clouds as he kept sighing in boredom. He hated flying in machines like this because he couldn't feel the wind hitting his face. He always loved that feeling. Not to mention the air ship was even slower than Kintoun.
"Mom, can we please fly normally now?" Goten asked.
"You know the rule Goten, when we arrive or leave somewhere, we get into the air ship and do so that way to avoid looks." Chichi scolded her son reminding him why they have the air ship in the first place. Honestly she just didn't want Gohana flying if she wasn't ready, knowing full well she could fly in her sleep without issue though.
"But that was so long ago. And this is so slow." Goten complained.
"Actually mom, I'd rather fly normally myself." Gohana piped in, also getting a little uneasy in the ship. She really just wanted to fly off and clear her mind. It was always something she did anyway and now seemed like a good idea.
Brining the ship to a stop, set the ship into hover mode and opened up the door and called out for Kintoun. It didn't take long before they saw the little cloud coming to them in response to his call. Stepping out onto it, Chichi sat down on the cloud and looked back in.
"Well, what are you waiting for kids? You were the ones who wanted to fly the old fashioned way right?" Chichi said as she drifted to the side a bit so they had space to get out.
Goten happily hoped out into the air and floated next to his mother with a big smile on his face and he stretched his arms and legs out, enjoying the new found freedom. Raina hoped out next as Gohana was right behind her. Turning around, Gohana pressed the button to turn the ship off and recapsulized it. Grabbing it from the air, Gohana floated over to Chichi and handed her the ship as she didn't want to forget she had it.
"Hey, you guys can go on ahead. I'd like to go see someone first. I'll come right home after I'm done, I promise." Gohana said.
Chichi wanted her to instead come home with them, but she knew that this was better. Ever since Goku's death she would go to Piccolo whenever she was mentally stressed, which back then was almost all the time. But right now that seemed to be the most logical decision. Krillin as well, but she was pretty sure that this situation called more for Piccolo.
"Tell Piccolo and Dende that I say hi will you?" Chichi asked which Gohana just nodded and smiled.
Turning to her younger kids, chichi just clapped a few times to get their attention.
"Alright kids, let's get home now alright? The sooner we get there, the sooner I can start dinner."
At the sudden thought of food, both Raina and Goten just nodded and stopped playing around. Heading off towards home, Chichi speed through the sky with her two youngest following close behind her. Gohana just watched as they speed off towards home before she speed off in a different direction.
Gohana just kept flying at her usual flying speed, which happened to be much faster than any air ship. She was watching the forests and cities below her as she passed them from high above. Of all the abilities she had learned as a child, flying was always one of her favorite things. It allowed her to literally get away whenever she needed to.
It didn't take her long to get to the area that she was heading to, and she could soon see the pole that was part of Korin tower ahead of her. Tilting upwards, Gohana flew higher and higher, passing both the tower and the clouds. It wasn't long before the lookout came into view, and with ease Gohana flew over it a bit and then just dropped onto the tiled surface.
Walking over towards the building, Gohana felt that Dende was heading towards her anyway.
"Gohana, what a surprise! I didn't expect to see you!" Dende said happily to his friend when he came out of the door.
"Hey there Dende!" Gohana smiled back to him.
Dende looked over Gohana and knew something was slightly off but didn't really know what. It wasn't that he was not happy to see his friend, but he could tell when she was visiting just to visit, or needed someone to talk to.
"Are you alright Gohana?" Dende asked worried.
"Actually, can I talk with Piccolo?" Gohana asked.
"Of course, he should be inside meditating. Mr. Popo is off gathering herbs so I can't ask him. He always knows where he is."
"Oh, it's alright." Gohana said as she suddenly spiked her energy.
"Oh right, you don't need to go finding him. Just bring him to you." Dende said as Gohana's energy rose to signal for Piccolo.
"So I gotta ask Gohana, what exactly are you wearing anyway?" Dende said motioning to Gohana's short shorts jeans and hoodie.
"Huh, oh this. Well I got some new cloths when I meet my new friends, and to be honest I actually like them! Or at least the ones we got."
Dende nodded as he remembered her mentioning her new friends at her birthday party a few weeks ago. He was glad that she was making more friends her age, and in her day to day life as well.
"Hey there kid."
Turning around Gohana saw Piccolo walking towards them and just smiled.
"Hey Mr. Piccolo!" she said happily.
Walking up to her, Piccolo couldn't help but notice her attire as well and just looked her over and raised an eye brow. This didn't go unmissed by Gohana at all.
"Oh come on, why is everyone so surprised when they see me wearing cloths like this all of a sudden!" Gohana pouted at her causing Dende to just laugh a little bit.
"Well you have always worn rather different cloths for starters. It's just interesting seeing you wearing something different is all." Piccolo poked a little bit of fun at her. "Either way kid, what brings you here anyway?"
"Oh, well I need your advice actually." Gohana said.
"Ok, tell me what happened." Piccolo just crossed his arms and ready to wait for her to talk.
"Well for starts, today something happened at school. This jerk and his friends attacked me and my friend Erasa. Well lets just say that it didn't go well for them. But my friend, she saw me fighting a bit. And my super speed as well." Gohana just started and Piccolo just listened wanting to ask something but let her finish first.
"Well after that, she wanted to know stuff, and after seeing what I did she deserved an answer. And her and my other friends always did think that Hercule didn't beat Cell and assumed we did from the footage. Well I basically told her about Ki, that I killed Cell, and then she asked about when Vegita and Nappa showed up. She already had put together that that event and the King Piccolo event were both connected to the Cell Games. And I sort of told her I'm only half human." Gohana finished the very short summary of her day.
"Hmm, after everything we have been through, and the nightmare after Goku was gone, it feels really interesting we are now dealing with this wouldn't you say?" Piccolo casually said I response.
"Huh, what do you mean?" Gohana asked confused.
"Usually were dealing with threats to the Earth after all, and now it's something totally different for once." Piccolo said with a small smile.
"Oh, well I guess you do have a point there. I didn't really think about that. But either way, I don't know what to do next." Gohana said and then looked up to Piccolo.
"Well what do you expect from me exactly?"
"Well you're older than me,"
"By only four years." Piccolo interrupted her.
"Still, I just don't know what to do! She knows about us already to some extent. And she now knows about our world. But I didn't really ask anyone else if that was alright! I don't know what to do about it."
Piccolo just looked at her and even though she was doing a horrible job explaining what she wanted, he was able to understand what she wanted help with none the less having basically helped raise her in a way.
"First off Gohana, it's up to you what you tell anyone. I personally do not care all what you do because it is up to you. And second off, why don't you first see how she reacts to it before stressing over what to do next when you don't even know what she's going through."
Gohana had to admit that he did have a point. She was so worried about what to do next but she didn't even know what Erasa would do with the info. Would she blab to the world? Would she not but never talk to her again? Would she not really do anything and carry on like usual? She didn't know and Piccolo did have a point. Wait until Erasa does, or doesn't, do anything about it then figure out her next move.
"Let me say this thought Gohana, most of us don't really care one way or the other if the world knows about us anymore. We were tempted to tell the world when we realized that that oaf stole your credit. The only reason we didn't is because you wanted nothing to do with it. If it comes to the point she tells the world, we were all prepared for that possibility at some point in time happening." Piccolo smiled.
Gohana just thought for a moment and did realize Piccolo was absolutely right. She just needed to relax as best as she could tonight and see what happened.
"Thanks Piccolo." Gohana smiled.
"No problem kid." Piccolo smiled back. "You might have more luck with Krillin though. He actually interacts with normal people more than me. Yamcha as well." He offered.
"To be honest I thought of going over to see Krillin real quick, see what he thinks about people knowing about us. But, you said you all wanted to already." Gohana said with a slight questioning tone.
"We found out about that Mr. Satan saying he defeated Cell, and he was mocking us Ki users. We thought about showing him up and tell him to stop that. But as I already said, we ultimately decided against it." Piccolo explained.
"How come?" Gohana asked out of curiosity.
Piccolo just smiled and couldn't help but chuckle a little bit now. He didn't even uncross his arms as he looked back.
"Vegita threatened to kill anyone that did so."
For almost the first time today, it was Gohana's turn to be completely shocked. Of all people, why would Vegita tell them to not tell anyone? Of course he didn't really get along with most humans anyway, the other z fighters maybe. But this was really new to her. Maybe she would ask Vegita about this next time she saw him, which would probably be when they fought next. She hadn't had a spar with I'm since their last spar and she told him how to learn to control their ascended level.
"I guess that solves that for now I guess." Gohana said, not really wanting to do much else now.
"Now that that is cleared up, Gohana would you like to stay for a while? We can make something for you to eat?" Dende offered.
"Thanks, but no thanks Dende. Mom is expecting me home for dinner after all. I just needed some advice and knew I could come here for that."
"Any time kid."
"Anyway, I should get going then. I'm sure mom already had dinner almost ready so should be ready once I get home." Gohana said as she turned around and headed off towards the edge of the lookout.
"Oh, and mom says hi!" Gohana shouted right before jumping off the edge and started falling towards Earth.
"From what you have told me, Chichi sure did a one eighty towards you." Dende said to Piccolo.
"I'm pretty sure the little incident right after Goku died started shifting that." Piccolo stated with his arms still crossed.
"What did happen anyway?"
"To be honest it is between Gohana, Chichi, Krillin and myself. But it mostly has to do with King Yemma not allowing us to wish Goku back. That started it at least, I'll leave it at that. If you want to know, you'll have to ask Gohana sometime." Piccolo stated and turned around and headed back to where he was to continue his meditating.
Dende just watched as Piccolo walked off and he just went to the edge of the lookout himself. Looking down he smiled softly and just chuckled to himself a bit.
"I'm glad things are changing for the better." He said to himself.
Traveling at high speeds towards her homes mountain range, Gohana still was going through today in her head, about telling Erasa everything. She still had no clue what to do, but she decided to just not worry tonight. There was nothing she could even do at this point anyway, so there was no use in worrying about it right now anyway.
By the time Gohana got home, it was still a light time as it was still only the very early evening. Slowing down a lot she continued to just fly over the forest in peace. It was actually tempting to just keep flying around and relax, but her mom was expecting her. Not to mention a really hot shower and some dinner would help her relax after today.
Chichi stood at the stove mixing a large pot as the last part of dinner. Having everything simmering or on a timer when she was gone, it made it easier to make sure it didn't take much longer once she got home.
Trying a sip from the stew, Chichi reached for some spices and added them into the large pot and turned off the stove. Wiping her hands with a cloth, Chichi went over to the living room to check up on the children. Seeing Goten mesmerized by an old martial arts film on TV, and Raina floating and meditating, she just smiled and went back into the kitchen to finish up dinner. She hoped that Gohana would get home soon so they didn't have to wait, even though it would take another half hour before dinner would even be ready.
Hearing the door open, Chichi quickly made her way to the living room to see Gohana just smiling as Goten was, as usual, wrapped around her leg.
"I promise Goten, I'm fine." Gohana said with her leg up in the air so Goten wasn't too far below her eye level as she just ruffled his hair. "Just a long day is all."
"You sure Gohana?" Goten asked as he let go and landed back on the floor.
"Yeah, I promise."
"Did you get a chance to talk to Piccolo?" Chichi asked.
"Yeah." Gohana nodded with a slight smile. "It was pretty quick, but it did help. I do feel a bit better. I'm just worried how tomorrow will turn out is all."
"Well it is something that you will have to learn to handle in the real world sweety. As for now, why don't you just go take a hot bath, dinner will be ready in a little bit. If you'd like we can talk about it later." Chichi offered.
"Yeah, a hot bath sounds nice actually." Gohana smiled.
Laying down in the hot water, Gohana just tried relaxing as much as she could. But no matter what she still couldn't stop worrying at all. It didn't help the not only did she reveal some of her abilities to Erasa of all people, but that she was only part human, and part alien. Still she did plan on telling them anyway so maybe it would all work out for the best. She didn't even know how she expected them to react when she did decide to tell them about her heritage in the first place, so why would this be any different. Maybe it was for the better that they find out sooner rather than later.
The biggest worry on Gohana's mind though wasn't what Erasa would do, but what Videl would now think if, or more precisely, when she found out. They all already though that she was herself when she tried going Super Saiyan the first day saving everyone. And after denying it so heavily as her super hero alter ego, how could she suddenly say that it was her all along? Videl would most certainly hate her for that. Videl had enquired her about being Gohana a few times as Saiyako in the first place and she always told her no.
Trying to just let the hot water relax her, Gohana just let her entire body relax as her face just barely floated out of the water. Her hair was going even more all over the place in the water and she could feel it against her neck and shoulders. But it didn't work very much. She just kept worrying about what to do about the entire day. Assuming that Erasa still wanted to be her friend still, what would she do next telling Sharpner and Videl?
'Videl is going to hate me.' Gohana thought as she just sat back up.
Her hair stuck to her face now and it was weighted down a tiny bit now. She really didn't think Videl would hate her, from what she has seen with Videl sparing or training the few times she kept Erasa company, Videl would probably demand to know everything and demand to learn how to fly. Gohana couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at that thought, as she could easily imagine Videl shouting at her to teach her.
"I guess that would be the best outcome."
Finishing her relaxing soak in the hot water, Gohana walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Having smelt the aroma of dinner the last few minutes, she was looking forward to it a lot more. Walking into the dinner area, she saw the food already at the table ready to eat. Sitting down next to Raina, Gohana just waited for dinner as patiently as she could. She suddenly realized that both Goten and Raina were just staring at her, even as Chichi sat down having placed the last plate of food down.
"Um, yes?' Gohana asked.
"Your hair is down." Goten casually said pointing to it.
"So my hair is down, what's the big deal about that?" Gohana asked her little brother extremely confused.
"Probably because you hardly every go anywhere without your hair tied back the last few years." Chichi answered for him.
"Huh? Oh well, I just didn't feel like dealing with it right now." Gohana said holding a stand of her hair, now resting down to the bottom of her shoulder blades.
"Well I think that you should do that more often, you look very cute like that." Chichi said with a smile causing Gohana to just smile a bit.
With that conversation out of the way, Chichi took her food that she wanted and then as usual, the moment Chichi started eating the three of them started eating at a fast pace. Even with how bad today had gone for Gohana, a good old fashioned meal that her mother made always was something to look forward to. And it would almost always bring her spirits up a little bit.
After dinner, Gohana was sitting on her bed deep in thought. After everything today she was a bit tired. Physically she was fine but she was still tired none the less. She was debating to go to sleep early and try to feel rested to deal with whatever would happen tomorrow. But she didn't even think that she would be able to get to sleep any time soon. So what was the point anyway?
Laying on her side, Gohana was looking at the picture of her and her dad. It was literally the last picture of them together ever taken. It was the day before the Cell games, and Goku looked so happy in it. That smile on his face, it always brought comfort to her. She couldn't explain why, but even just seeing the picture of him like that, it brought on the same feeling of comfort that it always had when he was right in front of her. Maybe this whole situation would turn out alright. After all, Erasa didn't just up and run, she even said 'we' instead of 'I'. Maybe she was just so in shock she needed a night to think about it?
Hearing a sudden buzz in her room, Gohana shot up. She looked around and noticed her phone was blinking so she got up and went over to it.
'Maybe its Erasa.'
Looking at it, she saw that it was actually Lime that had texted her. Opening up the message, she was very curious why she was texted her instead of just flying over. She was only about a few minutes by flying of course.
'Erasa asked about Saiyans and Ki.'
Putting the phone down, Gohana just sighed. Returning to her bed, she laid there and just stared at the ceiling. Erasa didn't seem to not want to be friends anymore, that part was made a bit clear since Erasa asked Lime. But now the big question is what did Lime say? She knows a lot about them, all of them. It's kind of hard not to when you can do the same things as them. Even if she didn't have to same ferocity that the rest of them had as she had only trained, never had to fight to the death, still she was stronger than just about every other human on the planet. Lime even rivaled Yamcha at this point.
Getting back up Gohana went back to her phone and reopened Lime's message and began to type back asked for a heads up about what Erasa had asked so she wasn't completely thrown off. She didn't really expect an answer really as it was a tad late. After dinner Gohana had just watched some TV with Goten and Raina, but she was more so just doing it for show. She had been thinking in her head about almost nothing but what to do. If only Erasa had found out about this in a better way, a way that was on her terms, then maybe she wouldn't have been so shocked.
Just as Gohana got back to her bed, the phone buzzed again. Tired of getting back up she just grabbed it and brought it to bed with her. She never really used it much to start with so she didn't mind if it wasn't charging. Opening Lime's message again she read the somewhat lengthy message.
'She told me she saw you using your speed, hovering, and a ki ball. She asked me if the words 'ki' and 'Saiyan' meant anything. We talked for about two hours on the phone. And she knows I can do these things as well. She won't tell anybody, but she thinks that you should tell Videl. I do as well to be honest. I never did to respect everyone's decision not to tell the world.'
Putting her phone back down, Gohana sighed lightly. She did fell a bit better now knowing the Erasa wasn't going to never speak to her. But she still didn't want to just leave Erasa hanging. If she was talking with Lime about this, maybe she should message her. But she didn't even know what she should say in the first place. Maybe just saying hi would be better than saying nothing.
With a sigh Gohana just decided to leave it for now. She wasn't even sure what to say after all, and she didn't want to say anything more for tonight. It was already past midnight for her and she needed to get some sleep. Getting under her covers, Gohana curled up a bit and laid her head on her pillow and just closed her eyes. She just wanted the day to finish and try to see what tomorrow brought.
Ok, so for the poll. Dende asked Piccolo why Chichi made such a change towards training and Piccolo and such. I said it that way because I didn't know if you guys would be interested in a back-story chapter about it as it is really where one of a few major changes takes place. Just vote if you would like a chapter dedicated to that, or 2. The notes I have for it are a rather good chunk, just didn't know if you would all be interested in just a simple "Here is what happened" or full blown story mode. Or not really interested at all. Let me know, either in the poll, or you can just MESSAGE me yes or no. posted this THEN tried to get the poll going so will see how that goes, hahahaha.