The Promises We Keep - Divide
The Sequel to A Disturbed Savior.
For those who have not read A Disturbed Savior, to understand this Story even in the least, you must read A Disturbed Savior first. If not, then w/e, have fun understanding your out of the usual Gohan and Videl
I can't and won't promise anything this time around.
It's DBZ, I obviously don't own shit.
Don't wanna be another player losing in this game - Disturbed
As had been the norm for the past couple of weeks, Gohan walked into first period carrying his injured damsel in distress who was due to get her cast taken off on this day when school was over. A very careful and very long 8 weeks had passed since Videl had broken a bone in her right ankle while running along the mountain side training with Gohan. And with today being the day her cast was coming off, she was finally going to regain some freedom and be able to stand on her own two feet. All that had to be done was to get through the day without a bump. Easier said than done when you had the friends that Videl had.
From the moment she was carefully placed down in her seat her leg was being poked at by the ever energetic Erasa. She couldn't wait to literally poke fun at her usually uptight friend while she couldn't do a thing about it. It was like a once in a lifetime opportunity that she was able to live for 8 whole weeks. And now that that fun was going to be taken away she was going to need another form of entertainment on the side of her life that wasn't spent with Sharpner. She was thinking of something funny to draw on the cast with the dry erase marker when Sharpner took it from her hand.
"It's coming off today, what's the point?" The taller blond pointed out, not really sounding like her cared either way.
"Hmph. You obviously don't see how much fun it is. Oh well then, I guess we'll have to get used to Videl walking around and kicking our asses all over again."
"You're damn you will. Once this stupid thing comes off, just you wait Erasa." She thought carefully about the worst way to torment her friend. "I'd watch your mirrors carefully if I were you." A devious smiled plastered across her face once she thought about how distraught Erasa would become once she couldn't be able to look at herself through a mirror.
"You wouldn't."
"Oh, wouldn't I?" They eyed each other for a brief moment before a strong looking hand with a very large scar forced itself in between the two bickering teenagers.
"Cut it out already. It's too early for a headache, alright? Just bring that spunk with you when the cast comes off later. We've spent enough time slacking off."
Both girls turned their attention to said interrupter of their 'conversation' and glared daggers before they began tag teaming a verbal assault upon the poor Saiyan soul. He ignored it as usual. He reclined in his chair and placed a head phone in each ear, they knew then that whatever they were saying wasn't reaching him, so they stopped bothering him.
"Well apparently what we're talking about isn't important enough for your Prince Charming." Erasa mused. "So. You're really going back to training today?" She asked a red in the face Videl.
She slumped back into her seat and sighed. "Yup. He's not going to let up. Can't really blame him though. It was my idea to enter the tournament anyways, so I sort of asked for this."
"Yea, that's true. But he could have at least let you jump into one of those healing things he uses at Capsule Corp or whatever whenever he gets hurt."
"He said he didn't want to take any risks even if Bulma did fix and perfect it. Also he wants me to do this like a normal person. No special treatment even if I am his girlfriend." Erasa did a double check over Videl to see if Gohan was able to hear anything they were saying. From the looks of it, he was lost in a musical Valhalla.
"Does he know that you're his girlfriend yet or is he still calling you by that weird word he and that short guy use sometimes?" Erasa inquired. She had heard the term being used many a time over the few years they had known Gohan but it wasn't something she cared to remember.
"I'm gettin there. I'm thinking about making a bet with him to make sure that he never calls me his 'mate', again. It's seriously just getting annoying. Honestly, like, how can anyone even try and get intimate with someone who calls them something so animalistic. It's so frustrating." The raven haired teen ran her hands through her silky smooth dark hair and followed all the way down her face before clutching her hands and cracking her knuckles and she stretched her arms.
"A bet huh? Well, whatever it is you come up with, good luck. You're gonna need it."
"Yep, just gotta wait for this stupid cast to come off. I'll get started right away." Figuring that was as far as the conversation would go, both girls opened up a folder and began their studies."
It was finally time, the time to get the cast taken off. And it was only 1:30 pm in the afternoon. A good hour before school actually ended. But that mattered not, for it never hurt to share blood sweat and tears with the Vice Principal. It wasn't often Videl was thankful about the people Gohan knew, mainly because he spent a lot of time sparring with that creepy Vegeta guy. But she loved that Krillin was like an older, but much shorter brother to him. She'd have to thank the bushy haired Kame Sennin apprentice.
"Now, Miss Satan. I would recommend that you take it easy for the next couple of days. Try not to put too much pressure on that foot and keep your feet off the ground as much as you can while still being somewhat active. There needs to be a balance somewhere so you can get used to walking on two feet again. Alright?" The good doctor prompted after cutting the hard cast off.
He proceeded to do some tests and wrote some things down on his clipboard. "And you are ready to go. Any questions from the two of you?"
"So no extraneous activity for a little bit until I get used to things?"
"That's correct."
"Thanks Doc. I'll make sure that we don't train one leg more than the other." She stared at him as she dangled her now free leg from the floor.
"Um, well. That's not exactly what I mean but-"
"Ok, no problem Doc, thanks for the advice. So, a quick 5 mile run should be just fine? Thanks for the info." He could have sworn he felt her ki take a quick jump after hearing about the fun run he had planned. He smirked and gently pushed her down from the designated patient's seat. Videl signed the appropriate papers and they were out the door and on their way to wherever.
"You weren't joking about that 5 mile run were you?" She knew it was a dumb question but she just had to ask. She was enjoying the feeling of not having something stuck to her right leg. She really didn't want that leg to have no feeling in it anytime soon because of a strict training schedule.
"Why even ask? It's not like you can complain. You wanted to train, you should have known what you got yourself into when you asked someone with the power to destroy planets in the palm of his hands to help train you." A quick vision of him blowing up planets left and right with literally his hands jumped into her head. He was laughing his head off while doing it. It felt so fake and not like him that she was easily able to shake it off.
"You know how vulnerable your mind is when your day dreaming?"
"Huh?"
"I'm not just going to go on and blow up planets laughing like some crazy purple horned freak you know."
"I KNOW THAT! It was just a funny thought is all." She turned her head to hide from letting him see her blushing. She was so vulnerable.
"So. Where are we doing this little run you have planned?" Videl decided to ask.
"WE, aren't running 5 miles. YOU are running 5 miles from the back of my house and I'll be following behind you to keep you motivated along the way. Also, so, ya know, ya don't quit."
"I WON'T QUIT YOU JERK!" Her usual screams of terror didn't seem to have any effect on the teenage Saiyan like they usually did. He just watched with a playful grin with his hands in his jacket pockets.
"I know you won't. But let's just see how far you can get before you trip." That brought her attention down to her recently freed leg. It was still somewhat healing, pushing it so hard on it's first day would just earn her a trip back to the ER.
"You know I can't run on this leg as it is. You know full well how long it takes for a broken bone to properly heal even after it's been cleared by a doctor and the cast taken off."
He knew full well that it would take at the least a couple of days for her to comfortably walk on that leg again after being carried by him for a good portion of 8 long weeks. But as always, he had a solution.
"Yup. And that's why we're speeding up the process just a little." She didn't know exactly what that meant, but he always stuck true to his word. One way or another she was going to be running her tight little ass off around his backyard in wide open area.
"And by speeding up, you mean what exactly?"
"You'll find out after my spar with Vegeta." Just from the mention of said man she knew it was going to be a long day.
And she was right. She was on the Briefs' couch for so long there was an imprint of exactly where he butt was planted for the 4 and a half hours that she there. Bulma was apparently too busy with work and God only knows she wasn't going to get pulled into one of Trunks and Goten's crazy pranks.
Her eyes finally shot open at the sight of a half beaten Gohan walking towards the couch with the top half of his Gi ripped to shreds and falling over his chest.
"So you're finally done. Now how do you intend on healing my leg faster if you won't let me use the tank thing?" At this point she really didn't care what he was going to do, she was just so bored from sitting down that she would say yes to anything he told her to do.
"Easy." He reached for his pocket and pulled something small into his palm. He then proceeded to crack it in two. "I eat half, I'll get better. You eat the other half and your leg will feel better than ever."
She looked at the small bean with a bit of hesitation. It wasn't the weirdest thing she'd ever seen him eat, but it definitely was the strangest healing remedy she had heard of. A small green beafn healing wounds?
"Decide whether you're going to eat or not before we get back to my house. Because if you don't eat it, then I might as well take another round with Vegeta and then take the other half."
She definitely wasn't going to let his attention be on Vegeta again when she could easily grab all the attention she wanted if all she had to do was eat a damn bean. Not wasting another second she threw the half bean in her mouth. The second he heard her swallow he picked her up and took to the skies in a blazing golden fashion.
When they had finally landed Videl threw her usual fit about how he needed to take better care of her and be more gentle when he flies a typical 5 hour car drive in 5 minutes.
"You done?" She nodded. "Good. Now, your leg feel better than when we left the doctor's office?" The raven haired beauty slowly bent down to her right leg and felt it up. Nothing felt wrong. In fact it felt better than before. Her whole body felt stronger, something was off with this whole situation.
"It's the effect of the Senzu. I heals all physical wounds both inside and out of the body. Any internal bleeding would also be stopped. Any broken bones you ever had that never healed fully, that half a bean more than likely fixed whatever might have been wrong in your body."
Her mouth went agape as she explored every inch of her body. He was right, she felt better than ever, stronger than she had ever felt before. She was full of energy and ready to kick this 5 mile run in the ass.
"So, ready for that little run?"
"Am I ever? Let's start this so we can finish this already!" She pumped her fists to her side and crouched into a readied position.
"Hold on there. Before we start, we need to get you in the right gear for this run."
"Right gear?" She questioned as he walked into his house just to come out moments later holding 4 small black circles with notches on them. She immediately recognized them as what they were. Training weights. Her head drooped in disgust when she realized his master plan.
"What's the matter? Too tough for the pretty little princess?" He slithered all up on her in a seductive manner as she stood there pouting.
"No! It's not too tough. Just, surprising. Hmph. Jerk." She whispered. Though she knew he heard that as he did everything else.
"Whatever. Now put these around your ankles and wrists and turn the notches to 5 pounds each." Gohan instructed while passing the small weights over.
"That's it? 5 pounds? Ha." Videl cackled.
"Now it's too easy? Well I was just going easy on you since-"
"How about a bet?" She quickly inserted. This took him by surprise. Where did this sudden motivation come from? He had no idea but it sounded interesting.
"A bet eh? No harm in that. Alright. What are the terms we're playing by?"
Finally she was going to get what she wanted for so long. She finally had it in her grasp. The idea of a lifetime that came to her during lunch while Gohan was up on the roof and not able to hear a thing she could say or think.
"10 pounds. 10 minute miles. If I complete this 5 mile run with 40 extra pounds of weight on my body after 8 weeks of basically nothing, you will no longer have the right to call me by that animalistic term, mate."
She explained the winning side for her and he thought it over for a second. Nothing would really change besides he couldn't call her what she technically was to him.
"And if you don't?"
"I'll think of something if it happens." She extended her now weighted hand outwards which he took in his own.
"Deal." They shook. As soon as he released her hand from his an explosion set off somewhere in the vicinity that had her jumping into his arms.
"What the hell was that?"
"That was the GO signal. Or would you rather call the deal off now and take the loss."
"Wh-what! DAMMIT GOHAN!" She quickly scampered onto her feet and hit the trail. "JERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!" He laughed and started to think of what he could get out of her losing. He was sure she was going to lose because he was going to distract her before she could finish. He was for sure going to have a fun night.
"Wow Goku. So you're really not sure if you can come home for the day?"
"It's really tough over on this side lately. There's not much more that I can do to gain some good credit with the figureheads up here. The tournament doesn't take place but once every few years and besides that there isn't much good I can do besides train and help out where I'm needed."
With their previous conversation almost 3 and a half months ago Bulma learned that Goku had a small window of opportunity that might allow him to come back to Earth for one day. But after 30 minutes of talking today she was informed that his good fortune wasn't going as far as he had hoped they would. That or the Kais were playing some sort of sick joke on the pure hearted Saiyan.
"Dammit Goku. What are we gonna do! You have to be here! You have to see your children! Even if it's just for one day, you have to get here Goku! We all miss you!" Vegeta by this point knew that anything he could have done would just upset his woman. He quickly fled the area to save his own ass.
"I know I know! Believe me Bulma I know! And I'm trying. I'm trying my best. I've been to the Grand Kai countless times asking for his permission for just 24 hours. Hell I even asked him for just 12. Anything is better than being denied the chance to see my family. You know I would do anything for them. You know I would." Although she couldn't see it, the grown man for a second took his hand off his wireless and charge free North Kai Universal Cell phone to wipe his eyes.
"I know Goku. I know you would. I just can't imagine a tournament without you. It wouldn't be the same." She could hear her long time friend taking a deep breathe from the other side of the line.
"Thanks for understanding Bulma. Gohan, Chi Chi and Goten don't know of this yet do they?"
"No! No of course not! You told me to make sure they didn't find out and they haven't. Everyone else knows, besides Tien and Chaotzu. Can't find them and can't reach them. So they are I guess not a part of this whole shabang. Whatever, they wouldn't ruin anything if they found out anyways."
"Right, and thanks again Bulma. I knew if I could trust anyone with this, it would be you."
"No problem, you can always count on me. You just remember that."
A/N: Literally done right before I left for the airport. See ya in 11 days!