Chapter 5: A Picture's Worth…
A/N: Hello everybody, I'm back again for chapter 5, and once again I'd like to send a big thank you out to everybody who has reviewed my story!
DiscoStu09: You're close on your first guess. I will tell you that I did foreshadow somebody transforming, but not Gohan; not yet, anyways. On your second guess, however, Majin Vegeta will still happen, but it will not be entirely because of Goku. Remember how I said earlier how the gap between Vegeta and Gohan will play a role later? Hold on to that thought.
Shijiro: You know after looking it over again, I noticed that you were right; they did train in SSJ to reduce the strain put on their bodies. However, I think my reasoning can still hold weight, as Gohan did become a little unstable emotionally when he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2, but thanks for pointing that out. Also, even though I left the school scene out, as far as Videl knew in the series The Great Saiyaman wasn't from her school anyways, that was the Gold Fighter that she knew went to her high school, so her curiosity about Saiyaman knowing her name still makes about as much sense as it did in the series. For Vegeta looking pathetic, it was only because he let his guard down, just like what happened when Majin Vegeta knocked Goku out with one hit in the original series. Besides, I also explained that the only reason he was knocked out was because Gohan hit a pressure point. Finally, King Piccolo has nothing to do with later on in the story, I just couldn't really think of any other 'artifacts' that would exist in the dbz world without being too generic. Thanks for the CC, I really appreciate it!
Ginjaa Ninjaa: Sorry about the confusion, I'll try to keep the dialogue separate from now on
Dragonball256: Yes, there still will be a junior division, as the only way I can have the adult tourney work the way I want is if Mighty Mask is a competitor. Also, there will most likely be a Sharpener sighting, though I'm not too sure about Erasa
Okay, so in this chapter, an ever frustrated Videl will scheme up a way to catch The Great Saiyaman, and Gohan will invite his friends to the tournament. SPOILER: My tournament will not have the same entrants or matchups as canon, and also I am planning on letting the entire tournament play out before Yamu and Spopovich make their move, as I absolutely love the WMAT, so have fun with that!
Videl Satan was quickly becoming a very unhappy girl. For each of the past five days, she had been called into duty to help stop some major crime being committed in the city, and each and every time without exception this new clown, The Great Saiyaman, stepped in and stopped all the criminals himself. Though she appreciated the help, what Videl was furious about was the fact that he was so secretive! They were on the same side, so why did this guy feel like he couldn't trust her? Videl just couldn't understand what was wrong with this guy, but she knew that she was going to find out one way or another who this joker really is.
Videl was currently sitting at the massive table inside her kitchen, enjoying a few pancakes that she had made. Despite the fact that her family had about a dozen or so chefs, Videl always got a little satisfaction from preparing her own meals, so she had decided to make these on her own and was quite happy with how they turned out. However, she didn't get as much time to enjoy them as she would have liked to, as her meal was interrupted by loud beeping being emitted by her communicator.
"Videl here, what do you need?" she said after pushing a button to pick up the call, mouth still half full of food.
The chief of police was on the other line, and by the tone of his voice Videl could tell that the situation they were in was pretty dire. "Videl!" he shouted, and the girl had to pull her head back from the communicator, as she had no desire to go deaf because the chief couldn't control the volume of his voice. "I need you to get down to Satan City Mall quick! There's a man with a flamethrower going out of control! The fire department is trying their best to put out the fires but we just can't get the man cornered, and we can't shoot him either or the tank may explode!"
Now even though Videl was a very brave girl, being burned to death was not high on her list of things to do. However, there was a job that needed to be done, and if she was the only one who could do it she would certainly step up to the challenge. So, after hesitating for a split second, she spoke into her communicator, "Sure thing chief, I'll be there as fast as I can!" With that, Videl darted out of the kitchen, leaving her breakfast behind.
Once outside, Videl wasted no time in pulling a large-sized capsule out of her pocket, pushing down on the small button on the top and throwing it a good ten feet away from her. With an audible *poof* the capsule burst open to reveal a yellow helicopter-like vehicle with her family's name printed on the side in bold red colors. Videl opened the door and went inside, turning the engine on and taking off towards the mall.
Even though Videl had lived in this city her entire life, she wouldn't have needed to in order to locate the mall today. It was like a beacon, the roof of the building was completely engulfed in flames, and had she no idea where she was going, she would have been able to see the mall for miles away. This fact, however, proved to aid another person who was heading for the mall as well, a certain caped superhero.
The Great Saiyaman was also flying towards the mall at near top speed. Despite the fact that he had no idea which building the mall was, the huge flames drew his attention, and he headed towards the flaming building. He knew that there was a man loose with a flamethrower inside, however if he was going to enter the building safely, he needed to put out all the excess flames first. So, Saiyaman hovered above and in front of the large building, and let out an invisible wave of ki strong enough to eradicate the fires on the building, but also weak enough to keep the structural integrity of the building stable. This caused all the people present to gasp in surprise, and they turned their heads in every which way looking for what could have possibly put out the fire that even the fire department was having so much trouble with.
"Look!" one observer shouted, pointing to the sky, "It's that guy…Saiyaman!" he said, and about twenty heads turned to the sky, and the people cheered once they saw the caped figure.
However, said superhero paid no mind to these cheers, and instead turned his attention to the girl who was, once again, rushing her way into a dangerous situation with seemingly no thought. What is she thinking? Is she trying to get herself killed? Gohan thought, and rushed down from his perch in the sky and into the mall.
Once Videl had noticed Saiyaman had shown up on scene, she turned her head back to the man who was rushing towards her. "Saiyaman," she said with a hint of tension in her voice. "What are you doing here? I have this under control."
Saiyaman merely shook his head before saying, "No, you don't. This situation is far too dangerous for you to handle alone."
Videl, however, would have none of that. Instead, she ignored his words and sped off towards the source of the building's destruction, saying "You're wrong, I'll show you!"
Rushing off towards the man with the flamethrower, who was facing the opposite direction, she blindsided him with a kick to the head, sending him reeling backwards. However, the man would prove to be quite resilient, and recovered from this attack in a flash. When Videl tried to land another hit on the pyromaniac, the man sidestepped out of the way of her jumping kick, and with no way for Videl to stop in midair, the man was able to rush at her and put her in a one armed headlock, with the other hand holding the flamethrower. Pointing the weapon at Videl's head, the man turned to The Great Saiyaman, and said in a menacing voice, "Listen here, tough guy. You put your hands up right now or the girl gets it."
Even though it would be easy enough for Gohan to rush over, he didn't want to risk the chance that the man may have quick enough reflexes to pull the trigger before he could cover the fifty feet between the two. So, he obliged, putting his hands up in the air.
"Good," the man said to Saiyaman, "Now, back away slowly and maybe I'll-"
However, the criminal never got to finish his sentence, as The Great Saiyaman pointed the forefinger on his outstretched hand right at the flamethrower of the criminal and fired off a weak ki blast from it. It wasn't anything strong enough to cause serious damage to the man, but it was more than enough to make him drop his weapon. Then Videl, seeing that the man was no longer capable of shooting her, broke out of his hold with an elbow to the ribs, causing the man to weaken his grip on her neck. She twisted away from him before spinning around and landing two devastating punches to his face and the pyro dropped to the floor like a stone.
The pair walked outside the building, leaving the police to do the clean up. Neither wanted to say it, but they both felt like it was all the police were good for these days. Saiyaman was preparing to take off into the sky as he does after every crime, but he was stopped by Videl.
"Wait, Saiyaman," she said, and he stopped when he was only about two feet off of the ground before slowly hovering back down, landing softly on both feet.
"What is it, Videl?" he asked the girl.
"Well…" she began, "thanks for saving me back there…again. But I'm curious about something," she said, and the superhero was quick to respond.
"What do you want to know?" he asked, expecting another question to the tune of 'who are you?'
What he got instead, though, was a much easier question to answer. Videl took a deep breath, and then spoke. "How is it that you always know when to show up? I mean, you're never around when there is a small crime taking place, but every time I get called in for the bigger messes, here you are. How are you able to tell when there is a big crime?"
Saiyaman was surprised that this was her question. He actually found no harm in answering this one either, so he said in reply, "Well, I have a small radio that I carry around, and it is always tuned to the same frequency as the Satan City police. That way, I don't need to be around and can still tell when a crime is taking place."
Despite the harmless nature of this answer, it still gave Videl a rather important piece of information, and that was the fact that Saiyaman does not live in Satan City. Pleased with her success on the first question, a plan was beginning to form in her head, so she decided to press further. "So, then, you just show up because there is a big crime taking place, and not just because I'm going then?"
Another harmless question, Gohan assumed. So, he comfortably said, "Precisely. It is just coincidence that you always happen to show up to the same crime scenes I do."
Videl was smiling on the inside; she had just one more thing she needed to ask before she could put her plan into action. "One more question: How often do you have this radio of yours turned on?"
Although Saiyaman found this question slightly more suspicious than the other ones, he still saw no danger in answering this question, so with a small bit of hesitation he answered, "I have it on all the time. Crime never sleeps, so I must always be on watch!"
Perfect,Videl thought. "Okay Saiyaman, that's all I got. Thanks again for saving me, I guess I'll probably see you again sometime soon," she said.
Saiyaman just smiled at her and then chuckled before saying, "Probably. Goodbye, Videl!" With that, he took off for good, flying through the skies and towards his home. Videl just watched the man as he flew through the sky and thought, enjoy your last day of secrecy, Saiyaman, because next time you see me, I'll have you caught red handed!
Flying away from the crime scene, Gohan couldn't help but wonder exactly why Videl was asking him all those questions. Even though they all seemed harmless enough to him, Videl had never really been one to chat it up with him on previous occasions, other than the occasional "what's your real name?"
After mulling over the questions she asked once more, he couldn't decide on any clear reasoning for them, which made him a little uneasy. Despite this, due to his naïve nature he rid it off pretty quickly. Maybe she's starting to warm up to Saiyaman, he thought.
Gohan thought about what he would do for the rest of the afternoon. He had already finished up his work for the day, but still had several hours until he and Goten would have their daily training session. Unless there was another crime in Satan City, Gohan had a few hours to himself. He would like to get some individual training in, however he realized that he needed to do something else beforehand. I still only have told Vegeta and Trunks about the tournament! I'd better tell everybody else so they don't miss it, Gohan thought, and with that he changed his course to Dende's Lookout.
After a short flight, Gohan saw the familiar white tiles and various trees of the lookout, and made his way down for a landing, touching his feet down softly on the floor. His old mentor was not a very difficult one to spot, as Piccolo was doing his daily meditation right in the middle of the lookout.
"Hey, Piccolo!" Gohan said, breaking the concentration of the Namekian.
Piccolo opened his eyes and moved them to his caller. Noticing the familiar face, he relaxed from his meditation stance and descended to the floor. After landing silently on the floor and turning towards his former student, Piccolo said, "Hey kid. What are you here for?"
Gohan smiled, that was sure Piccolo all right, straight to business. Gohan figured that he wouldn't bother Piccolo with any small talk, so he went right into his reason for coming. "Actually, I came here to tell you about the tournament coming up," he started. "It's going to be taking place in about four months. Goten and I will be competing, as well as Vegeta and Trunks. Do you want to compete too?"
Piccolo thought about it for a minute or so. Since the end of the Cell Games, there were really no other opportunities for him to fight a truly strong opponent. After all, the only two people on the lookout were Dende, who was not a fighter to begin with, and Mr. Popo, who Piccolo could probably beat without using his hands. In the end, there was really only one choice that Piccolo could go with.
"Sure, kid, I'll be there," he said, sending the faintest hint of a smile at Gohan, who returned this with a huge grin. However, after Piccolo took a closer look at Gohan, he thought that something with the Saiyan was very off.
"What exactly are you wearing?" he asked Gohan.
The Saiyan didn't know what he was talking about at first, but after a moment it dawned on him that he was still wearing his Great Saiyaman disguise.
"Oh, this?" Gohan started, gesturing towards his outfit. "This is actually a disguise I wear to fight crime in Satan City," he said, which actually caused more questions to pop into Piccolo's head than answers, and the look of confusion on the Namekian's head deepened. Seeing this, Gohan elaborated.
"You see, there's this girl who works in tandem with the police, but there's no way she would be able to handle all the crime in the city on her own, so when I saw what she was doing on the news, I felt the need to help her out," the Saiyan said, hoping to clear up the confusion. For the most part it worked, but Piccolo still had one more question for Gohan.
"This girl…what's her name?" he asked.
This was a question that Gohan was a tad embarrassed to answer. Although he thought that Videl may actually hold some real potential within herself, the rest of his friends didn't exactly think the best of the Satans, so Gohan didn't really know what to expect when they eventually found out.
"Her name's…Videl Satan," he said, shying away from the Namekian slightly.
Piccolo just let out one small chuckle, much to the surprise of Gohan. He had expected a much larger reaction, but then again, Piccolo had never been one for emotional displays. Gohan simply let out a sigh of relief at the fact that he was not going to be ribbed by at least one person. He turned to his old mentor, seeing that his job here was done, and said, "Well Piccolo, I'm off to tell the others about the tournament. I'll see you later."
Piccolo held up one arm slightly and stuck two fingers up, gesturing his farewell to Gohan as the Saiyan jumped off the lookout and into the world below.
As he flew through the skies, Gohan tried to decide who to tell next. "Let's see…" he wondered aloud, "There's me and Goten, Trunks and Vegeta, Dad and Piccolo so far, so that means that I still need to tell Krillin, Tien and Chiaotzu."
After thinking over for a few minutes who he would tell first, he noticed that he couldn't feel Tien and Chiaotzu's energy anywhere at the moment, so Gohan decided that he would wait for them and tell Krillin for now. Gohan changed his course to the direction of Kame House, and picked up his pace slightly because of the distance he had to cover. When he was about halfway to his destination, the realization that he was still wearing his Saiyaman disguise hit him once again, and fearing further embarrassment (especially at the hands of Krillin, who was probably the biggest joker he knew,) pushed the button on his watch to deactivate his disguise.
Thankful for his sudden realization, Gohan saw that he was nearing Kame House, and started his descent. Not surprisingly, Krillin was already outside, relaxing on the beach. What did surprise Gohan, however, was the fact that the short man now had a full head of hair on him.
"Hey there, Krillin!" Gohan said, causing the human to turn his head towards the voice. Seeing Gohan landing on the sand in front of the house, Krillin smiled and then replied to his friend.
"Hey Gohan, long time no see! I see the years have treated you well!" he said, noticing the increased bulk on the Saiyan, as well as the significant change in height.
Gohan just laughed in response to his friend's compliment, and returned it with, "You don't look so bad yourself! By the way, when did you decide to grow your hair out?"
Krillin looked at Gohan sheepishly. Rubbing the back of his head, he said, "Well, actually…my wife said that she wanted me to, so I did! Heh heh."
Gohan was surprised, to his knowledge Krillin hadn't even been dating, so the fact that he was married came as a complete shock to Gohan. "Wow, you got married Krillin?" the Saiyan said in a tone of mild disbelief. Nevertheless, he was happy for his friend, and continued by saying "Well, congratulations then!"
Krillin just smiled at Gohan and said, "Thanks, Gohan."
"No problem. By the way," Gohan started, "who did you get married to anyways? I don't remember you dating anybody that recently."
Krillin chuckled at Gohan's question. This should be good, he thought to himself. "Well, actually…" he started, but was interrupted by the sound of the door to Kame House opening. As Krillin hoped, there stood his wife on the doorstep, arms crossed, blue eyes glaring in the direction of the two men. Gohan stood where he was dumbfounded, as he recognized the woman standing outside the door as Android 18.
"Wow, Krillin, you married 18?" he said, and the mild disbelief that Gohan had moments ago was shattered at the fact that there was actually a woman at the same home as Krillin. However, Gohan remembered the reason that he came to the island in the first place, and seeing this as a great opportunity, called to the both of them.
"Actually, you guys, it's a good thing that you're here too 18," Gohan said, assuming that since 18 had married Krillin, she was no longer going to be hostile towards him. After looking her over quickly, the Saiyan saw that there was indeed no threat in the android, and continued. "The reason that I came here was because there is a World Martial Arts Tournament coming up in a few months, and I was looking to see if Krillin wanted to compete. Now that you're here too though, 18, I'd like to extend the invitation to you as well."
The android still showed no real excitement on her face, even at the thought of a challenge, and simply said, "That depends. Is there going to be any prize money involved?"
Gohan looked back at her and said, "Yes, there will be. The winner will receive 10 million zenie, second will get 5 million, and this year there will be a consolation match to decide third and fourth place, so those two will get 2 and 1 million, respectively."
Android 18, happy with his answer, said, "Alright then, count me in."
Krillin, however, wasn't so sure. "Eh, Gohan…" he started, "Who all are you going to tell about this?"
Gohan recalled the mental list he made earlier, and said, "Well so far there's Goten and I, Vegeta and Trunks, Piccolo, and my dad is going to come back for a day to compete as well!"
Krillin shuddered a little bit, and with disappointment in his voice, he said to Gohan, "In that case…I don't really think I ca-"
Krillin, however, didn't have a chance to finish his sentence, as 18 elbowed him in the side, and said "Come on, now, we need the money. You can't seriously be backing out of this opportunity."
Sighing, Krillin knew that she was right, and even though he was probably going to be well outmatched, Krillin still wanted to have the thrill of the fight once again. So, after rectifying his earlier decision, Krillin said, "Well, then I guess I will be competing too!"
Gohan chuckled to himself a little bit, finding it funny that 18 is clearly in control of their relationship. Seeing that he no longer had any business at Kame House, Gohan prepared to take off, but felt that he had to get one last rib in at his old friend. So he said, "I'll leave you guys for now, I'm sure Krillin needs to start whipping himself back into shape before the tournament. I'll see you later!"
Krillin didn't exactly like being deliberately made fun of, so he thought he would poke some fun right back at Gohan. As the Saiyan started to take his leave, Krillin shouted to him, "See you later, Great Saiyaman!"
To say that Gohan was a little shocked to hear this from Krillin was a bit of an understatement. He stopped dead in his tracks, and then frantically patted himself down to make sure that he wasn't wearing his disguise. Once he was certain that he wasn't, he turned himself back around to face Krillin, who was rolling on the ground and laughing his head off.
"That…was…priceless!" The human said, not bothering to contain his laughter at Gohan's reaction.
Gohan was still unhappy, however. "How do you know that name?" he asked.
Krillin laughed for about ten more seconds, and once he could form a coherent sentence, he said, "Come on, that face is all over the news! I didn't know it was you at first, since I haven't seen you since you've grown, but now that I have it is completely obvious! You have the same height, same build, same everything! Just because I can't see your face with that stupid bucket on your head doesn't mean I can't recognize you!"
Gohan was not very happy that his disguise was obviously not as effective as he had hoped, and he was about to retaliate to Krillin when he felt a familiar ki flaring up.
"You're lucky that I have to leave now Krillin, but maybe you won't be so lucky at the tournament!" Gohan said with an evil grin on his face. "See you later," he said before taking off once more, this time for good.
The energy that Gohan felt was faint because of the distance between him and it, but there was no doubt in his mind that it belonged to Tien. He flew in the direction it came from as fast as he could, lest Tien suppress his energy once more, and once he had covered a significant amount of distance the ki level began to become stronger. After another five minutes, Tien's energy level was still high, and Gohan knew that he must be right on top of him. He stopped where he was and surveyed the area he was in. There was a long river flowing down the side of a mountain, with some trees surrounding it. The river drew his attention and Gohan moved his eyes down the path of the river, seeing it eventually drop off into a huge waterfall. The waterfall also drew significant attention from Gohan as well, not from the waterfall itself, but from the flashes of light that could be seen coming from thin air around the waterfall. Found you! Gohan thought, and made his descent towards Tien.
When he arrived, Tien was still fully concentrated on his training with Chiaotzu, and didn't even notice that Gohan was present. Not knowing what else to do to get his attention, Gohan focused his own energy and transformed into a Super Saiyan. Tien was unable to let this huge energy source go unnoticed, and immediately stopped his spar with Chiaotzu to face the source of the energy, taking a fighting stance as he did so. However, once he realized that the source was Gohan, he relaxed out of his stance and said, "Oh, it's just you, Gohan. How did you find us here?"
After giving himself a moment to both power down and think of a response, Gohan said, "Well it wasn't very easy, but since I knew that you take your training very seriously I stayed on a sharp lookout for any flares of ki. Sure enough, after a while I noticed yours started to rise and I followed it all the way here."
Satisfied with his answer, Tien motioned to Chiaotzu to follow him, and the two hovered closer to where Gohan was. Once they were a few feet away from him, Tien said, "Well, that seem like a reasonable enough answer for me, but why did you come here in the first place?"
By now, Gohan had this spiel memorized, so without hesitation he said to the pair "Well, there is a World Martial Arts Tournament coming up in a few months. So far Goten, myself, Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin, 18, and my dad are all going to compete, so I wanted to pass an invitation on to you two as well!"
Tien, never one to turn down a challenge, said to Gohan, "Sounds like a good time. I'm in." Then, he turned to Chiaotzu and said, "How about you?"
Chiaotzu, however, was not so sure about what he would do. "Actually," he started, "I don't think that I can keep up with anybody that Gohan named off so far, so I think that I'll just come and support you guys."
Although Tien was slightly disappointed with his friend's answer, he still accepted his decision. "That's fine, Chiaotzu," he said, then stopped himself from continuing as something that Gohan told him earlier came back into his head. "You said that Goku is competing, right?" he asked, to which Gohan nodded. "How is that possible? Didn't he die when Cell self-destructed?"
Gohan just smiled at Tien and said, "Well, yes, but he's allowed to come back to Earth for one day, and he's going to use that day to compete in the tournament."
Although he had previously thought that the only way for somebody to come back was to be revived, Tien accepted this answer quickly, as he had seen a lot weirder in his days. "Okay then, Gohan, seems believable enough. Now then, Chiaotzu and I need to get back to our training, so I'll see you at the tournament," Tien said, before he and Chiaotzu floated back to the place they were when Gohan arrived and resumed their training, leaving Gohan floating alone.
Happy with the fact that Tien was eager to get back into training, Gohan took off for home with a smile on his face.
As he flew towards Mount Paozu, Gohan felt Tien's energy continue to rise as his training intensified. You know, Gohan thought, I haven't really ever seen him fight since the Cell Games; it will be interesting to see how he does in the tournament. With the energy level he's at, he may even be able to give me a run for my money if I don't transform!
Gohan continued to picture potential match ups for the tournament in his head, and there were quite a few possibilities that would make good matches. He could end up fighting his brother, or even Goku, and both of those possibilities excited him. Another intriguing matchup could be a matchup between the two humans, Tien and Krillin. They may be outside of the strength of the Saiyans, but against each other there would be no telling who would win. Then there was always the possibility that Goku fought Vegeta, a thought that made Gohan shudder. If those two fought each other, he thought, the island would need to be evacuated.
Although he was enjoying creating match ups in his head, his train of thought was halted as noise began to emanate from the tiny blue radio he had in his pocket.
"Attention all units," the chief of police said, "We have a hostage situation. The mayor of Satan City is being held inside of City Hall, and the man holding him has demanded 50 million zenie and a helicopter for his return. We have tried to get a hold of Videl Satan; however she is nowhere to be found. All units report to city hall quickly!"
Gohan heard the announcement, and changed his course once again to Satan City. Hearing that Videl was not around came as both a curse and a blessing to Gohan. Since she was not going to be there, there was no way she would be put in danger, but on the same token he would have to get to the city that much faster. Pushing the button on his watch and changing into The Great Saiyaman, Gohan flew double time towards the city.
He arrived on the outskirts of the city in only a couple of minutes, and even though he still did not know the entire layout of the city, he had memorized a few of the landmarks within it; City Hall among those landmarks.
Gohan landed within the ring of police squad cars surrounding the building, and after noticing that there were no guards stationed outside the building, he burst through the door, plowing through the barricade that was setup there like it was a simple piece of paper.
The Saiyan quickly dispatched of two men stationed just inside the door with a chop to the neck each, and then tore his way through the building before finding the office of the Mayor.
Sure enough, once he was inside of the office, Gohan saw the burly man holding the mayor at gunpoint, with five guards surrounding him, each one of them armed. Gohan was unprepared to deal with more than one person, but as these were all just ordinary humans he didn't feel that threatened despite this. As the men all drew their weapons and aimed at Gohan, he quickly disappeared from the view of the men and took out two of them by throwing one into another. Next, before the other three had time to react, Saiyaman had punched one of them in the face, knocking him out cold, before kicking the other two in the stomach, dropping them as quickly as the first three.
He turned to face the mayor, who was still being held tight by the leader of the group of thugs.
"Don't come any closer!" The thug yelled in a low voice, attempting to sound frightening. After seeing that these words were not having any effect on Saiyaman, who was still nonchalantly walking towards him, he said with more force, "I'm serious! Take one more step and this guy's head is gone!"
Saiyaman still didn't seem to get the message, and after seeing that he was still walking towards him, the man pulled the trigger on his 9 millimeter. However, much to the thug's surprise, he watched the bullet sail right through where the mayor should have been and into the ground below, not touching a soul. When he looked up from the ground, he saw Saiyaman putting down the mayor next to him. Angered beyond belief, the thug raised his gun and shouted, "You son of a bitch! I'm gon-"
He never got to finish his sentence, however, because as soon as Saiyaman saw the thug raise his gun once more, he rushed over and delivered a forceful punch to the thug's gut, making him keel over in pain and join the rest of his comrades in unconsciousness.
The Great Saiyaman walked out of city hall, with the mayor of Satan City following closely behind him. Gohan approached the chief of police, who was heading up the squad cars lined up around City Hall.
"He's going to be fine," Gohan started, referring to the mayor, "All the thugs are still inside, each one of them should stay unconscious for at least another hour. The big guy…well he may be out a little longer than that."
"Each one?" the chief said in surprise, "I thought that there was only one person total!"
Saiyaman shook his head at the chief and said, "No, there were eight. No big deal though, they're still all down for the count."
The chief of police nodded at Saiyaman, and then said, "Okay. Thanks a lot Saiyaman, I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't showed up."
Gohan just said, "It's no problem, sir. I'll leave you guys to clean up, see you later!" With that, Saiyaman ran off around the corner.
Since Videl never showed up on scene, Gohan felt that it would be better to just change back into himself before he took off so he wouldn't forget to do so later; he had been ridiculed by enough people for his outfit today, he didn't need it from his own family now. So, he quickly rounded another corner and darted into an alley. He quickly did a double take, looking through the city streets and near the buildings. After seeing that there was nobody near him, Gohan ducked back into the alley, deactivated his suit, and then took off for home.
Videl crouched on the rooftops of one of the nearby buildings, snapping photos with her high definition camera. She smiled evilly to herself as she took picture after picture of the unmasked hero. He thought that it was safe to change just because nobody was on the ground, she thought to herself, but he never worried about the rooftops.
After seeing that the maskless Saiyaman was completely out of sight, Videl pushed a button on her camera to view the first photo she took. It was crystal clear, the entire face of the hero exposed. Videl's evil smile increased in intensity as she continued to look over the jet black hair and eyes of the man in the picture. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I bet this one is worth a lot more than that.
A/N: Well there you go! That concludes our fifth chapter. I have a confession to make, though. I actually finished this chapter last night, but I just didn't feel like proofreading it yet so I had to delay the posting by a day, sorry! Anyways, feel free to review my story and tell me what you think, I appreciate any and all reviews! Next chapter, Videl tries to find out the identity of the man in her photo, and finds out that her father is a bit of a liar regarding how the Z Fighters get their powers. Until next time!
-HRR2b23