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Chapter 4 – Gohan's Dilemma

Videl and Erasa were having a girls evening out which meant that Erasa was basically dragging her best friend around the mall. The plan was to do some shopping then go back to Videl's house for a sleepover.

"Ooh! Let's go in here. Like, maybe we'll find something for you in here," Erasa insisted, signaling Videl to follow her.

Videl groaned. "For the last time, I don't need any more clothes!"

"But how are you ever going to get a boyfriend if you just keep wearing these baggy clothes?" asked Erasa.

"Erasaaaa," Videl whined. "I don't need a boyfriend right now."

"Yes you do," Erasa proclaimed. "I know there's boys you like."

Videl narrowed her eyes looking at her friend quizzically. "What are you talking about?"

"I know you don't like Sharpner, but what about Go-" Erasa said but was immediately interrupted.

"Don't you dare say it! I don't like him. Why would I like someone who just hides a bunch of secrets?" Videl reasoned with a scowl plastered on her face.

Truth be told, she was beginning to notice Gohan more, not in a sexual way like her bubbly friend suggests, but that he is far friendlier than she gave him credit for. He is the first person in a long time that wanted to know her because she is Videl, not her father's daughter. On top of that, he seems very compassionate and caring. Videl smiled thinking of him.

"See you are smiling when you think of Gohan," Erasa pointed out giggling.

Videl immediately frowned again in disgust. "No way."

"Yup. I'm your best friend. I can see these things," explained Erasa.

"Stop it Erasa," pressured Videl.

"Not unless you admit that you like him a teeny tiny bit."

"I'd never admit something to so absurd," countered Videl.

"Fine then, maybe you like Saiyaman," Erasa suggested.

"Umm. No. Way too nerdy for me," Videl countered.

"Yeah, I think Gohan is the better choice too," Erasa agreed with a smirk.

Videl sighed. "Can we just head back home? Our cooks can fix us something good to eat."

"Fine, be like that. But can we go by the park before we head home?" Erasa suggested.

Some fresh air would be nice, thought Videl. "Yeah."

The duo walked to the park, not far from Satan City Mall, to get some fresh air and enjoy the warm fall temperatures. Videl was glad to be away from the Mall.

"It's such a nice day! I wonder what Sharpner and Gohan are doing?" Erasa asked paying close attention to Videl when she uttered Gohan's name.

"I don't know. Sharpner is probably at the gym lifting weights and Gohan is doing whatever he does," Videl reasoned.

"Say, what do you think-" Erasa said but immediately stopped talking because she noticed something, rather someone walking in the distance. It was none other than Mito.

"What?"

"It's Mito," Erasa quietly said, pointing behind her. Videl immediately turned around and saw Mito roaming the park alone.

What is he doing here? Did he follow us? Videl thought. Suddenly, she wanted to see what he was doing here by himself. After the embarrassing defeat the other day, she absolutely needed to know Mito's secret. Who trained him? Where did he come from? Truth be told, Videl knew very little about Mito except that he was a jerk.

"Should we see what he's doing?" Erasa asked.

"Duh," Videl said. She was a little nervous approaching him especially knowing that he could easily beat here. Only her dear father was able to do that or so she thought.

The two slowly walked up to his back. Erasa decided that she was going to be friendly to him rather than be confrontational, however, she didn't think that was Videl's philosophy. Erasa liked to think of herself as a forgiving person so she wouldn't hold any grudge against Mito.

"I know you are there Erasa and Videl," Mito said without turning around.

Videl was surprised. How did he know they were there? He must have been following us.

"Hi Mito," Erasa greeted kindly.

"What do you two want," sneered Mito.

"We just saw you in the park and wanted to say hi. You don't have to get all mad about that," Videl explained.

"Well you said your hi - now leave," Mito said.

"Okay, but can you tell us what you are doing in the park all alone?" Erasa asked.

"Needed food and walked through it. Stupid humans and their requirement for food," he muttered.

"What?" Videl asked. What on earth does he mean by that?

"Umm, well, I guess we'll get going," Erasa said nervously.

"Who trained you," Videl asked, ignoring her friend's suggestion

Mito turned around smirking. "What's it to you?"

Videl paused, not wanting to bring up her embarrassing defeat the other day; however, she needed to know the secret to his strength. "You defeated me the other day and I was just wondering how?"

Mito began laughing while Videl was starting to become irritated. "What's so funny?" asked Videl.

"You. But if you must know, one might argue that my powers were stolen, but let's just say, my father helped me achieve perfection," Mito explained.

"What? Stolen? What power's are you talking about?" Videl asked.

"Watch."

Mito lifted his hand, opening his palm, and slowly, a spherical ball of light appeared in his hand. Videl leaned in closer but felt the warmth of the energy thus she leaned back away from it.

That looks like the tricks those from the Cell Games used, thought Videl as the ball of energy mesmerized her. The ball of energy became larger and larger, thus becoming warmer. Suddenly, a light breeze seemed to be emanating from the ball of energy. Videl felt her clothes ripple from the breeze, however, it seemed to be localized because the trees surrounding her at the park remained mostly still due to calm winds surrounding them.

He then raised his arm, smirking and staring at Videl, who had her mouth gaped open in amazement. Then suddenly, Videl had a flashback just before the Cell games. She remembered the day Earth lost most of its military with the wave of an arm from Cell. This flashback sent chills down her spine as she vividly remembered Cell using the same action of raising an arm holding an energy blast. She remembered watching the TV, questioning what Cell was about to do. Then suddenly, Cell had destroyed the entire military with one wave of his hand. Erasa continued to look on at amazement, however, Videl looked on in fear. She remembered her saddened state when her father agreed to fight the same person who defeated the military in one blow. How can father still say these are tricks?

Mito's smirk deepened as she saw fear in Videl's eyes. With his arm raised, he let out a grunt and pushed the energy blast from his body toward the sky. A gust of wind occurred when releasing the blast. To Videl, it looked like a fireball heading toward space. Mito fisted his hand feeling the invigoration of releasing energy.

"That my dear friend is the power I'm talking about," Mito explained calmly.

The wind had stopped and the warmth of the ball of energy was now gone. Videl tried to recollect herself and push those thoughts of Cell deep within her mind. For some reason, the vivid thoughts made Cell seem so real, but she knew that her father defeated Cell and that he was no longer a threat. For some reason, she couldn't quite shake the feeling that Mito was actually Cell but she knew it to be preposterous.

"Wow, can you do it again?" Erasa asked bewildered.

"No."

Erasa pouted not realizing the significance of Mito's power.

"W- Where did you learn that?" Videl stuttered, not feeling good about being this close to Mito.

"That's none of your business. I already explained enough to you humans."

Videl shook her head. "T- That's the same thing Cell used!" she pointed out.

Mito smirked once more. "Indeed."

Videl was taken aback. Does that mean that Mito knew how to fly like Cell, the Delivery Boy, or Saiyaman? What were the implications of this? Why did her father constantly say these were tricks? They felt so real.

"Now you might begin to realize how preposterous it is to think your weakling human father could defeat the perfection of Cell."

Videl stared at Mito confused. How was it that her father was strong enough to withstand those tricks? Certainly, there had to be a way to withstand those explosions and other tricks, because her father did in fact defeated Cell. For that, she was certain of.

"Wow, you certainly are gifted," Erasa explained.

Suddenly, Mito's eyes narrowed and he began searching his surroundings looking up and down, side to side. Videl was confused by the actions of Mito. It looked like he was preparing for an ambush; however, Videl also looked around and saw nobody coming. Every second of this encounter with Mito became stranger. As quickly as Mito was looking around the park, he stopped and faced Videl and Erasa.

"Hah, those fools. Not today," Mito said shaking his finger smirking.

Suddenly, he took off running, faster than the eye could see. Videl was shocked to see Mito running faster than any human could run. He took off away from the park, into the streets of Satan City, leaving a bewildered Erasa and highly concerned Videl.

"Wha?" was all Erasa could muster. One second he was talking to them and the next, he as gone.

"Where did he go? Did you see where he ran off too? It happened so fast!" Videl abruptly said.

"No, I have no idea," Erasa mentioned.

"Damn."

Videl was definitely not feeling comfortable about the whole situation. This little meeting just added more to her never-ending list of questions. Although she had seen Sayaman fly and have super human strength, she had never witnessed the balls of explosion that Cell used in person. She vaguely remembered her father mentioning that in the previous Martial Arts Tournaments, long before his reign in martial arts, people used those same tricks. She knew that those mysterious fighters at the Cell games also used those tricks and now Mito was added among them. She would have to have a conversation with her dad explaining that she thinks there is more to those blasts of light than calling them tricks.

"Wow, that was quite something. I have never seen anything like that before," Erasa explained.

But what about the Cell Games? We were there watching it together, thought Videl but realized she shouldn't bring up the Cell Games and ruin Erasa's mood regarding this incident.

It's probably best I don't mention this to anyone. What would happen if I tried to show people that this trick might not be a trick? What would father think? Perhaps Mito had some sort of light producing mechanism hidden in his clothes. This was the same thought process she used when explaining why Saiyaman was able to do the tricks he could. However, she was beginning to question her method.

"AHHH!" Erasa screamed.

Videl's head jolted up after hearing Erasa's shriek. What now? "What's wrong?"

"I swear I just saw a giant green animal moving behind those trees," Erasa said frightened.

Videl laughed not taking her friend seriously. "A giant green animal? What are you talk-"

Erasa was not kidding. Suddenly, a very tall green alien looking being appeared from the trees and approached the two. Videl wanted to run, however, for some reason which she could not explain, he didn't seem threatening. However taking no precaution, she got into her defensive position, prepared to fight off this monster. Erasa jumped behind her using her best friend as protection.

"Don't come any closer else or we'll have to fight," Videl warned.

"You wouldn't want that," the being sternly said.

Suddenly, another recollection from the Cell Games occurred. Yes, she had seen this green man before, at the Cell games. She couldn't mistake the white cape.

"W- Who are you?" Videl stuttered.

The being paused for a moment. "Piccolo."

Piccolo? Why does that name sound familiar? Videl thought. She continued to be prepared to attack. The day just kept getting stranger for her.

"Y- You can actually speak?" Erasa gulped.

"Indeed. I was following an energy signal but suddenly, it disappeared as I approached," Piccolo explained. "Was it one of you?"

"Energy signal?" Videl asked.

Piccolo sighed. This was not the Ki he had been following. While he was meditating on Kami's lookout, he felt a surge of energy emanating from the very park he had just landed on. The energy was dark in nature but surprisingly, it had some familiarity to it.

"Looks like we have company," said Piccolo as he peered up and to his right.

Videl was confused what he meant by this but cautiously decided to take her eyes off Piccolo and stare in the direction his eyes pointed toward. In the sky off in the distance, he saw a dot, which appeared to be coming closer. After a few seconds, she confirmed it looked like a person. Is it Saiayman? She never thought it would be comforting to have Saiyaman show up out of the blue.

Suddenly, the person flying toward them landed right by Piccolo. This person was most certainly not Saiyaman. This person wasn't even wearing a costume but the presence of this man was unnerving. His whole demeanor was making her uncomfortable.

"Namek!"

"Vegeta."

There was an awkward silence for a moment. "Are you speaking with these females because they possess the energy I sensed earlier?" he said disbelievingly.

"No, it's not them," Piccolo confirmed.

"Then you are wasting your time," Vegeta said gruffly, dismissing the two girls standing in front of Piccolo.

"It would seem that the others didn't sense it," Piccolo noted.

"Of course, their capabilities are waning in these peaceful times," Vegeta reasoned, scowl plastered on his face. "It would seem I came here for no reason, however, that energy I sensed felt like-" Vegeta explained but was cut off by Piccolo.

"…Cell."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "Which is not possible."

"Right."

Cell was gone suffering in the deep depths of Hell. Piccolo didn't need to worry about him, but it seemed like someone else with control of their Ki was catching him off guard. Although the Ki signature felt like Cell, it was still different and far weaker. Piccolo still had to determine where that power came from. He wondered if this power had any connection to the extreme surge he felt a while back.

"Did you two happen to notice anything out of the ordinary?" Piccolo inquired facing Videl and Erasa.

Videl had intently listened to their conversation, determined to understand what they were talking about. Finally, one of them had addressed her and Erasa. What was she to say about this? She vaguely understood that they must have been talking about Mito, but what was their interest in him exactly? How did they know to find them? Also, what is with people able to perform all these tricks today?

Videl knew that Erasa would let her command the conversation. Erasa knew not to get into affairs such as these and let her best friend deal with these types of situations. Videl decided that she needed to do more research on Mito and these mysterious warriors who possessed the skill to perform tricks. She had to do things her way and not have some random person and what appeared to be an alien handle this. She was Videl Satan, crime fighter of Satan City, and daughter of Hercule Satan who defeated Cell.

"Well?" pushed Piccolo.

"Nothing happened here," was Videl's response.

"You lie," Vegeta immediately said.

"I do not!" Videl defended.

"You have nothing to lose female, so why do you choose to lie?" Vegeta asked snidely.

Videl was surprised that this man could see straight through her. She believed that she had picked up a thing or two interrogating criminals but it didn't faze this man. How would they know that anything happened at the park? They must have known somehow that Mito performed those tricks here. Were they watching them? Videl made sure and didn't see anybody around when Mito released his energy blast.

Piccolo could see that Vegeta's method was not working, so he decided to interject. "We felt a release of energy here. Who was it?"

Videl hesitated but decided that if she were to maintain some of the control of the situation, she would have to figure this out herself, not have these two do it. She would deal with Mito herself. "We saw nothing."

"Stupid answer female. Perhaps I should resort to methods I had to deal with when I was your age if I lied" Vegeta smirked as he carefully studied the girl's facial expressions.

A chill went down Videl's spine. She didn't know what he was planning but she could tell it wasn't good.

"Not worth our time. Let's figure this out ourselves," Piccolo suggested.

The nerve of the girl who lied straight to his face. Vegeta contemplated ending her life for lying to the Saiyan Prince, however, he knew that his wife would have thrown a fit if he were to do such a thing.

"Is there a problem? If so, you should let me help," Videl suggested trying to gain the upper hand. She hated being left in the dark.

"Why would we require the help of a weak human female?" Vegeta asked crossing his arms.

"Hey! I'll have you know I am the strongest female on the planet and one of the strongest fighters ever to live," Videl defended.

Surprised by her confidence, Piccolo decided to do a quick check and sensed her power out. Surprisingly, the female was not joking. Her power level was much higher than your average human, but still pathetically low compared to him.

"You have significant strength for a human not in control of their Ki, but you wouldn't stand a chance against a true warrior," Piccolo explained.

"Namek! Let's go!" Vegeta annoyed that they were conversing with a random human girl.

"Huh? My father was the one to defeat Cell. You have no idea what you are talking about," Videl once again defended. That got Vegeta and Piccolo's attention.

"Kakarot's eldest has a child?" Vegeta sarcastically asked smirking.

"Who are you referring to?" Piccolo inquired.

"Hercule Satan of course, who else?" Videl explained.

It was not very often Vegeta busted out laughing, however, he couldn't help himself. He remembered that loud oaf of a man at the Cell Games and also remembered that he took Gohan's credit afterward. If it were up to him, he would have disposed of the fool, however, Gohan insisted that he wasn't worth their time. Gohan, the good doer he was, wanted to enjoy the peace and not go after that man who insulted them.

"Umm, is your friend okay?" Erasa asked the green man as Vegeta was finishing up laughing.

Piccolo was too shocked at this revelation. So they were talking to the daughter of that man?

"I didn't know that oaf was capable of reproducing," Vegeta said smirking.

Videl was becoming irritated. What was with everyone mocking or discounting her father these days? Shouldn't people respect her father since he was the one to finally finish off Cell?

"Let's go Green Bean. I don't know if I can stand staying in the presence of the offspring of that liar without killing her," Vegeta taunted.

"Are you saying you think my father didn't defeat Cell?" Videl asked attempting to keep her confidence. Although completely offended, she was aware the green being called Piccolo was indeed at the Cell Games. She was curious to what he had to say on the subject.

"Let's go Namek!" pressured Vegeta.

"Hold on. Piccolo was it? You were there – at the Cell Games," Videl commented.

Piccolo was surprised she'd recognize him as one of the warriors at the games. He hesitated. "Yes."

"Then you can tell me how my father defeated Cell?" Videl asked.

"No."

"No?"

Piccolo closed his eyes. "That is something you will have to ask your father."

Piccolo lifted his body off the ground and began flying away. Vegeta smirked also lifting himself off the ground, following Piccolo.

"Wait!" Videl yelled.

It was too late. They were nothing but little specs in the sky quite some distance away. They flew so fast, much faster than he'd ever see Saiyaman fly before. She sighed. This entire event was extremely confusing for her. How was it that Mito appeared, showed them something she believed to be tricks despite seeming so real, and then disappeared so quickly? Then suddenly, two random people who dissed her father flew from seemingly nowhere complicating things.

"That was incredibly bizarre," Erasa commented.

"Yeah."

Suddenly, Videl had a flashback to a few days ago when Gohan showed her a picture of his family. She suddenly became shocked at the revelation. She acutely remembered the man with the pointed hair in the picture. How could she have missed it? Gohan was connected to that man somehow. Was that man Bulma's husband?

This just complicated things even further. How was it that Gohan was connected to this whole situation? Somehow Gohan was connected to the richest family in the world who then was connected to the green being known as Piccolo, who was then finally connected to the Cell games, thus her father. It seemed like one large improbable circle. She would have to confront Gohan about all this to finally get some answers, or so she hoped.

That next Monday, Videl needed to speak with Gohan. She decided to ignore Mito and go straight to Gohan for answers. He was the only sane person who seemed to be connected to everything, however, throughout the day, she hadn't had a chance to speak with Gohan alone. Now that it was the end of the day, she only had one last opportunity.

Videl was attempting to catch up to Gohan who seemed to leave class quickly once the bell rung. She rounded the corner and ran out the front doors, however, there was no sign of Gohan but Mito began approaching her.

"So Satan, do you know the truth? Did you speak with your pathetic excuse of a father?" Mito asked.

"No."

"Hmm, guess you are dumber than you look. After all you have witnessed, I would have thought that even you would ask your father to clarify."

Videl stared at him. Although he had a point, she couldn't take him seriously. She really needed to have a conversation with her father regarding everything that she had learned in the past several weeks.

"Go away Mito. I don't have time to deal with you," Videl grumbled.

"Hm, no matter. You'll learn the truth soon enough and then there will be nothing you or your father can do about it."

Just then, Gohan appeared from the front door where he saw Videl and Mito conversing. He could tell that Videl wasn't having it with Mito at the second.

"Gohan."

"Hi Mito. Hi Videl."

Videl couldn't understand how Gohan constantly had a positive attitude. No matter the situation, he always seemed to find something positive in it.

"Son Gohan."

Gohan looked at Mito. "What's up?"

"You truly are pathetic," Mito said with a scowl.

"What?" asked Gohan.

"Listen Mito. I'm sick of you trashing my friends," Videl explained pointing her finger at him and also defending Gohan, who was surprised by this.

"Yeah? What are you going to do about it? We already clarified that you are no match for me. Gohan, on the other hand, is a worthy opponent," Mito explained.

"W- What?" Gohan stuttered. Can he sense my Ki?

"What on earth you talking about?" questioned Videl.

"Gohan knows what I'm talking about. The boy has power you can't even comprehend."

Gohan was shocked at what he was hearing. How on earth would Mito know about his strength? Did he know that he was, in fact, Saiyaman or maybe even a Saiyan? Gohan realized that Mito might have some control of his Ki, but was it possible that Mito could sense Ki just as he could?

"W- What are you t- talking about?" Gohan stuttered nervously.

Gohan immediately sensed Mito's power to familiarize whom he was dealing with. Were there secrets about Mito that connect him to his past?

"Son Gohan. Why don't you power up to your max? You know, transform? Let's just see how strong you truly are."

Gohan was flabbergasted to hear that Mito was indeed aware of his power. "Who are you?" Gohan said in a much more serious tone.

Videl decided to interject. She was clueless to what was going on, but she wanted to know immediately. It was almost if Mito and Gohan had some sort of history. "Listen Mito, I don't know what you are talking about Gohan and having power, but you need to stop annoying him. I would like to talk to Gohan in private now if you don't mind."

Ignoring Videl, Mito went on to say, "Gohan we both know you hide incredible power. My question for you is if you still have that power or if you have regressed through this peaceful time."

"Who. Are. You." repeated Gohan.

"Someone who knows the truth," Mito countered.

"And how do you know this?" asked Gohan.

Mito smirked. "Unlike the rest of these fools who buy into Videl's idiotic father defeating Cell, I know the truth Son Gohan. I know who really defeated Cell."

Gohan was trembling that his secret could so easily be spilled. How could he miss the fact that Mito knew who he was? In fact, who was Mito? How did he know this secret? More importantly, how did he know about his transformation? All this time he had spent trying to be a normal human was about to go to the wayside.

Videl had enough. "Okay Mito. Humor me. Who defeated Cell?"

"You are standing right by him," Mito said with a smirk.

Gohan was sweating bullets now. This is not how he planned his afternoon to go. What was he to do?

"You!? You think you defeated Cell Mito? You can't be serious," Videl scoffed.

"Not me but this fool," Mito said pointing toward Son Gohan.

Videl perplexed by what Mito was saying. More importantly, she realized that Mito was absolutely insane. Who would ever think that someone as innocent as Son Gohan would be the one who defeated Cell? To think anybody but her father defeated Cell was preposterous.

"Son Gohan? Please." Videl didn't even take him seriously.

Mito knew that she didn't believe him. He smirked, "No matter. You will soon understand the truth. And when you do, you'll be sorry."

"Let's go Gohan…. Gohan?" Videl saw her friend sweating, trembling as if he was extremely nervous. He looked away from her when she spoke to him.

"Are you okay Gohan?" Videl asked concerned.

"Y- Yeah," he stuttered.

Mito grunted and walked away from the two. Gohan caught a glimpse of Mito's smirk unsure of his motive. Why did he know the truth?

Once Mito was some distance away, Videl needed to ask Gohan some questions. "Hey Gohan, are you sure you are okay?"

"I'm fine."

Videl had never seen Gohan this concerned before. Normally, whenever she had questioned him, he would be a little nervous, but now he seemed completely petrified.

"…Okay. Speaking of Mito, I ran into him over the weekend with Erasa," Videl went on.

Gohan perked up at hearing this. What did she find out?

"Wait, do you still have that one picture of your family?" Videl asked.

Gohan fidgeted in his pocket pulling out his wallet. He took out the photo. The photo included his family and the Briefs'. "This one?"

Videl confirmed that the Vegeta she had met was indeed the same person in the photo. "Yes."

"What about it?" Gohan asked.

"That man you said was Bulma's husband. Was he at the Cell games?"

This caught Gohan completely off guard. He thought he was done speaking or thinking about the Cell Games. Still nervous from the interaction with Mito, suddenly he became more nervous with a tight knot in his chest. What was he to do now? Was he supposed to lie directly to Videl? To this point, he had withheld the truth a few times, but he had never lied directly to her face.

Gohan sighed. Deciding to take a leap of faith, he responded, "...Yes."

Videl smiled at the honest answer. "Well, I ran into him along with a tall green man named Piccolo."

"W- What about them?"

Videl smirked. "These two were some of the mysterious warriors that appeared at the Cell Games, the ones that used tricks?"

Gohan sighed. "Yes."

"Then they can tell me how my father defeated Cell?"

He didn't have time to think about this. He wanted to see Piccolo immediately and tell him the turn of events. Apparently, there was a student at his school that was aware of his power. In fact, that student also possessed some power, he didn't know to what degree. That had to change, though.

"I'm sorry Videl. I'm not feeling too well. Can we talk about this some other time?" Gohan offered.

"No. I need answers now," Videl pushed.

"You don't understand."

"Then help me understand."

Gohan paused for a moment. "Why did that green man and Vegeta approach you and Erasa?"

"I'll answer yours if you answer mine,"

Although concerned what she was to ask him, he needed information too. This had been the first time since the Cell Games that he was truly concerned. All his life, Gohan knew of those that had the ability to use Ki. It was their tightknit group that his father was responsible for bringing together. Although these warriors had different upbringing, the group was mainly functional. Now suddenly by the strangest events, there was someone else among them. In the past, this meant a new enemy, however, Gohan was not convinced either way at this point who or even what Mito is. Knowing that Videl wouldn't budge unless she had some answers, Gohan gave in.

"Fine."

Congratulating herself on finally getting him to open up, she immediately asked about the young Saiyan. "Great! I want to know what Mito meant about your power. Do you know how to fight?"

Gohan paused once more. He expected her to ask about Mito not himself. Now was not the time to be dishonest. If Mito truly knew about his power, it was just a matter of time before Videl found out.

"Y- Yes."

Videl raised an eyebrow. "Who taught you?"

Gohan closed his eyes. "My father." Gohan purposely left out Piccolo who had been his main teacher, but Videl didn't need to know about that just yet.

"Was he someone I would know? I know a lot about martial artists," Videl insisted.

"Umm, Son Goku?" Gohan hesitantly said.

Videl was shocked. For the first few seconds, she didn't believe him, but when has Gohan ever lied directly to her face? Immediately following those few seconds, it suddenly made sense to Videl. Son Goku. Son Gohan. She smiled the revelation.

"Daughter of the current champion and son of the former champion. Who would have thought? I guess you do know how to fight. It makes total sense," Videl explained.

"R- Right," Gohan said nervously. "Now can you answer mine?"

"Umm, what was yours again?"

"Why did Piccolo and Vegeta approach you and Erasa?" asked Gohan.

Videl cleared her throat. "Umm, well we kind of ran into Mito at the park and he showed us one of his tricks. Then next thing I knew, those weird guys showed up."

"Tricks!?" Gohan now had confirmation that Mito was in control of his Ki.

"Yeah. He shot out one of those beams of light into the sky."

How could I have missed it? Gohan was surprised that Vegeta and Piccolo were able to sense that surge of energy but he wasn't. He immediately tried to remember what activity he was doing over the weekend to miss Mito's energy signature. Saddened that he missed it, he realized he was out of practice. He needed to start training even harder than he was now.

"Hmm. Mito sounds like nothing but trouble. I'd stay away from him if I were you until I figure out what is going on," Gohan warned.

What? No way. "You can't leave me out of this Gohan," she said.

"Right."

Although I might eventually have to get my father to deal with Mito. He is just far stronger than I am, Videl admitted. However, Videl immediately remembered back a few minutes ago when Mito dismissed her and claimed that Gohan was a worthy opponent. If I couldn't even lay a hand on Mito, how strong is Son Gohan?

A/N: Oh man, how wrong you are Videl about your father. Next chapter will be very interesting for Son Gohan. Things will really heat up next chapter. More romance between the two to come! It should hopefully be out within two weeks (keep in mind I am finishing my thesis also, so lots of writing). Please drop a review! I appreciate any criticism, thoughts, and suggestions.

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ChufoMaster: Thanks! I appreciate it.
Guerri: No intention of stopping! I can't stand it when authors randomly stop their stories midway never to be updated again. That is not me! :)
Smithback: Hmm, Mito joining forces with the Z fighters to defeat Buu. Sounds like an interesting plot but totally different from my story. I don't know how convincingly I could pull that off haha.
CrazyGohanGurl: Thanks for your review. Whenever one is thinking, I try to italicize it. Does it now show up for you? Anybody not see the italics?