Edit: sorry! I posted the unedited version of this chapter 1st by mistake. so hopefuly I managed to get this edited version up before anybody read the wrong one! :S

I'm back again! This time with a 2 and a half page oneshot! That's right! Thanks to a convenient snow day, I was able to finish this story that had been on my to-do list for a very long time! So I really hope you like it!

It's a slight AU about what if Gohan and Videl first met as kids. Inspired by Kisakuns deviantart drawing. (she'll know the one! ;] ) and I thought it turned out great, so read and enjoy!

-I of course do not own Dragonball, I do however own a cool Pacman mug! :D

The start of a Bond

One day Videl Satan was sitting at a table in orange star pre-school eating her lunch. It was her first day of school and already she was already starting to like it there a lot, everyone she had met in her class seemed relatively nice and friendly especially Erassa, a girl who she had met in the first 10 minutes of the day. She was very nice to her.

Videl was looking out at the colorful playground, at all the other kids running and playing. But in far of area of the playground, she noticed a small group of boys kicking and shouting in the sandbox. This struck her as odd. Videl went over to investigate; as she got closer she could hear their yells getting clearer and clearer.

"You freak!" one of them was shouting.

"Go back to the zoo you monster!" said another.

As Videl got closer still she could hear a crying sound coming from the middle of the group, Videl dashed towards them.

"Hey! What do you guys think your doing!" she yelled at them. The 3 five-year-old boys turned and sneering at her.

"What does it look like were doing, dummy!" one of them scoffed, "we're just showing this freak…" he nodded his head to a black haired boy behind him huddled on his side with a mix of sand, tears and light bruises along his face. "…Who the bosses are around here!" he finished looking smug. Videl frowned.

"Let me guess… that would be you three dorks?" she said sarcastically. The boy's faces instantly darkened.

"Oho!" the middle boy smirked in response papping his fists together, "do we have to teach you as well?" he scoffed. "Go home and play with your dollies!" he made out to shove Videl down, but to his surprise, Videl parried his arm shove and then proceeded to trip him over from behind, making him fall face first into the dusty sand.

"You dumb dummy head!" the second of the bullies screamed and ran towards Videl flailing his fists in rapid motion. Videl ducked beneath his reach then elbowing him sharply on the leg it wasn't a hard strike, but it was enough to knock the boy over next to his other downed companion.

The last of the bullies was stood there rooted to the spot in a mixture of shock and fear unsure of what to do next. Videl sent him a harsh glare.

"Well? Do you want to see first hand what the kid of can do?" the boy's eyes widened in fear. He knew exactly who was, the top Martial artist in the world (since Goku) and if she was his daughter then that would mean…

The boy screamed and ran as far away from Videl as he could get dragging his downed companions with him.

Videl nodded in self-satisfaction. Finally she turned back to the boy she had been defending who had now found the strength to pick him up, and was now staring at her in a state of awe.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Videl beamed, instantly washing away the ferocious aura which she had been emitting just a few seconds ago.

"Y-yes! Thank you very much!" the boy smiled back wiping the remaining sand and grit off his face.

"No problem! Its what I do!" Videl nodded.

"How did you learn to fight like that? I've never seen anyone else fight that good before, except my daddy!" the boy asked in Wonder. Videl waved her hand away and smirked modestly.

"Oh that? Those were just some tricks I learned from my daddy! He's a top martial artist! Videl chuckled in pride.

"Woah! That's awesome!" the boy awed.

"I know! And someday I'm going to become a greater fighter than he is! You'll see!" Videl nodded with determination. The boy just stood there in further awe and admiration.

"Oh, yeah… what were those dorks picking on you for anyway?" Videl asked. The boy's face lightly darkened in sadness.

"Well its because…" he started fidgeting

"Because what? Tell me!" Videl chirped keenly interested.

"Because of…" he fidgeted even more. Truthfuly he didn't really want to show her, it was the reason why everyone stayed away from him and thought him to be a freak of some sort. It was what harshly made him different from everybody else. He was really starting to like this girl and really wanted to be friends with her but he knew she wouldn't want to be friends with him after seeing it. But he knew he had to show it her, otherwise she would find out the hard way and that would be even worse. 'It had to be done.' he reasoned. No if's or but's.

"Hey! Because of what?" Videl shouted in excitement snapping him out of his brooding thoughts. "Come on tell me!" He could see that this girl really had a thing for big secrets. So he reluctantly ceased prolong his secret.

"…Because of this." The boy glumly finished. At that a brown rope like thing unfurled from the back of his shirt and then gently rose in a slight "S" shaped inclination, it was attached to the boy under the back of his pants and was covered in light brown hair.

Videl couldn't believe her eyes. She stared in wonder at the thing protruding from the boys back. The boy just looked at her with sad eyes, waiting for her run and scream names at him... Just like everybody else.

"Is that a…" Videl stared loosing her breath a bit, pointing at it. "A…a tail?" He nodded; bracing him for the harsh words, which he was, sure, would follow.

"Its so… so…" Videl breathed.

'Here it comes…' the boy clenched his eyes shut not wanting to see her look of disgust which he was sure would appear on her face.

"So cool!" Videl squealed. Her eyes sparkling in awe.

The boy's eyes blinked open in surprise. "Cool?" he almost couldn't believe what he just heard.

"It's the coolest thing ever!" Videl ran behind him to get a better look at it. "Its so soft and fury!" she exclaimed gently stroking it.

"You don't think it's freaky?" He asked still not believing what he was hearing.

"No way!" Videl turned back to face him. She could tell from his eyes that he was truly happy with her reaction towards it and that her reaction was far from similar to the ones he had received from other people. "Is that why those dorks were bullying you? He nodded slowly.

"I had it tucked in my shirt but when I was playing in the sandbox, I tripped and it accidentally slipped out. Those three bullies saw it before I could hide it again." He looked towards his shoes. "Their reaction was hardly any different than anyone else's." He added glumly. "If they don't beat me up, then they just run away and call me freak. They hate me for it." His eyes almost began to water but he was able to hold back his tears. Videl looked at him with empathy.

"I see…" Videl nodded. Well its obvious isn't it!?" Videl's tone brightened up.

"Huh?"

"All those dumb kids! They just wont admit it!" Videl beamed at him. "they're just jealous of it! they're jealous of your tail!"

"Jealous?"

"Yep! Jealous!" Videl nodded. "they're just jealous that they don't have a cool tail like yours! I mean look at it! Its incredible!"

"Y-you really think so?" the boy's tone picked up.

Videl nodded vigorously. "Mm-hm. I know so!" the boys face turned from puzzlement to surprise and then to gleeful pride. He laughed happily and started wriggling his tail in fancy type maneuvers.

"Heh heh! It is pretty cool, isn't it?" He grinned

Videl smiled brightly and nodded in agreement. "uh-huh! I wish I had a tail just like that!" she cheered. They laughed, both as equally as hard as the other, the boy possibly more so as he was no longer feeling any shame for his tail he had with him.

They eventually calmed down, both of them still smiling at each other. The lunch bell rang signaling the end of the lunch break.

"Looks like class is starting now." Videl noted as she saw the kids of the playground start to head towards the school. "we should go in too." The boy nodded, with a grin still etched upon his face.

Before they went though, Videl smiling reached her hand towards the boy. "before I forget, my name's Videl by they way." The boy smiled back and shook her hand.

"My name is , pleased to meet you!" Videl smiled even more.

"Pleased to meet you too, Gohan!" she nodded. "hey do you want to sit with me in class? I can introduce you to Erassa! She's really nice!" Gohan's eyes sparkled even brighter than before.

"Sure! I'd love to!" and they made their way to class, hand in hand. And though neither of them knew it, a strong bond had been forged that day, a bond that would never be broken.

And that's a wrap! I hope that wasn't too long for you guy's and I hope you didn't find it too rambly/text-heavy.

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