Chapter 2

Coffee, Pizza, and a Robbery

Author's note: Chapter 2 is go, this is my first fic so reviews are appreciated to tell me how I'm, flames accepted but not necessary, also this will probably be my only author's note on a chapter view my profile for the author review next time.

He couldn't believe it. The whole way to Steamer's Cafe he kept thinking "why me?" ; to him the time to get there was a breeze. He had just told who he liked to the person's best friend, he was done for, finished, it was over. Gohan was fidgeting the whole way over there. Erasa was leading the way.

"You okay Gohan?" she asked, "Your very quiet, and you don't look so good,"

"F-fine," he managed.

They got there it was main street coffee shop that was at an intersection corner. The coffee shop was brick building below apartments, the door to it was in a corner of the building. There was a stairway on the side of the building leading into the basement, which was Jazz club "Rhythm of the Java". They walked into Steamer's Cafe and took a booth in the back corner.

In high school Gohan learned that if you weren't at Steamer's, or the dance club, or the

diner, or at the pizza parlor, or at the lake at least once a day you weren't "cool". So naturally there was a lot of high schoolers there

A waitress walked over and asked, "So what's it going to be?"

"I'll have a cinnamon roll, and a coconut cappuccino, please," Erasa said, "and he'll have a...err something strong,"

"how about the "Strong Stuff"?" she asked, "It has fifteen packets of sugar and two cups of french vanilla cream,"

"That'll do great, thank you," Erasa said.

"Just to let you know," the waitress said, "Steamer's Cafe is not liable for any diabetes or heart illnesses you may receive from the products sold here,"

"alright we'll keep that in mind," Erasa said.

After the waitress walked away Erasa asked, "alright, so you like Videl huh?"

"Uh...um y-yes I do," Gohan replied, "p-please d-don't tell her"

"Oh Gohan... of course I'm not going to tell her," Erasa said, "I'm a professional Gohan, I'm here to help you kick start a relationship with her, or at least try, Videl is...well, a tough cookie to crack, but Gohan before we even start I need you to promise me that you will not tell anyone that I am the doctor, normally I would've made you sign a contract, but I figured since your my friend you wouldn't tell anyone, so I wouldn't need to go through all the formalities,"

Gohan felt like a ton of weight was just lifted off his chest, and excitement returned to him, "I promise Erasa I won't tell a soul,"

"Good, lets get started then," She said, just as the coffee arrived, "Thank, you,"

Gohan took a sip of the cappuccino, and felt a jolt go through his body, he felt like he could do anything. He wanted to run around all over the place, but he forced himself to sit still. He had stopped fidgeting when Erasa told him she wouldn't tell Videl, but after two or three sips he was fidgeting again.

"I have a charging price of 50 zenie," She said, "but since your my friend and this is a special case, I'll only charge 25,"

While Gohan was pulling out his wallet, Erasa started munching on her cinnamon roll; but when she saw the wallet she almost choked.

"Is that a teddy bear wallet?" she asked, trying her best to suppress a laugh.

"Yeah it is..." Gohan replied, "why?"

"Oh...no reason just wondering," she replied, laughing silently.

"uh...alright," Gohan said, not getting why she was laughing "here's the money,"

"Thank you," she said, "now the first thing we need to get down to, look there is no guarantee that my tactics will work, and also you have competition, there are thirteen other guys trying to date Videl, so this may be difficult for you. Now I'm gonna tell you, what I told the others, to woe Videl, the Videl, your gonna have to do something rash, something out of the ordinary. Because Videl is not like the other girls that go to our school; she won't respond to gifts, like flowers or chocolates, or flirting, in fact she probably would punch you in the face if you tried any of those things. So what we'll have to do is-"

She stopped and looked passed Gohan out one of the windows, "gah...talk about bad timing, I guess we'll have to pick it up tomorrow,"

Gohan looked around and saw Videl and Sharpner walking into past the window heading for the door.

"Maybe they won't notice us," Gohan said hopefully, he really wanted to continue, but it was to late Videl had spotted Erasa and was heading toward them already.

Videl slid into the booth next to Erasa, and Sharpner slid in next to Gohan.

"Hi Erasa," Videl said, "how's it going?"

"Hey Videl, I'm doin' great," Erasa said, "How 'bout you?"

"I'm fine," she replied, "so Gohan, shouldn't you be on your way home? It's not like you can just fly there, I thought it was a long trip." she looked at him accusingly.

"Well...no of course not," Gohan said, "I don't have a pilot's license like you have Videl let alone a Jet copter,"

"Yeah-yeah we know your poor nerdboy," Sharpner sneered, "anyway, like I was saying Videl Mr. Takishi gave me an F on my project because I didn't put my name on it, it was such bullshit-"

"Do you kiss your mother with that mouth," Videl asked.

Gohan and Erasa both laughed. "What I do with my mouth is none of your business, Videl," Sharpner said, "unless you want it to be,"

"ugh...I'd rather boil my head in acid," she said, making Erasa and Gohan laugh once again.

Gohan looked at Videl, man is she beautiful he thought. He looked at her short hair, it reminded him that he did have something to do with it being cut. One day when in her tech class Videl apparently searched his name on the internet and found out that his dad was Son, Goku, in fact she found a whole fan website for Goku with over 30,000 members. So naturally she started hounding him for martial arts tips, saying "Your Dad was the Goku, he must have taught you something!". Gohan under pressure finally said, "Well I guess...er...your hair" "what about it?" she asked him, "Well maybe if you cut it, it won't get in your eyes when your fighting" "What? That's all you could come up with" she stormed off but the next day she came to school she had short hair.

After everyone finished their coffee Sharpner said, "Man, I'm starving now, we should hit Ninja Pizza Parlor,"

"Alright, I'm game for that," Videl said, after they paid they headed for the parlor.

When they got there Gohan looked at the restaurant, It was three stories tall, with huge metal Ninja on top of the building. The ninja was mechanically made so the arm would move like it was throwing shuriken, but instead of a shuriken it was holding a pizza. Just below the ninja was a sign with neon lighting saying "Ninja Pizza Parlor". Gohan had heard of this place but had never went there before, apparently there was the restaurant it self on the first floor, an arcade on the second floor, and laser tag on the third floor.

"Man, I love this place," Sharpner said, "It gives me wet dreams,"

"I bet it does Sharpner," Videl laughed, so did Erasa, but Gohan didn't get it.

"You wouldn't understand Videl," Sharpner said, "This place is magic!"

Videl and Erasa continued to laugh, but Gohan still didn't get it. They went inside, and they got hit by the smell cooking pizza, then Gohan understood why Sharpner called it magic. The smell was intoxicating. They sat down in a booth next to a PAC-Man machine. The walls were litter with baseball decorations and hall of fame pictures. On the wall above them Gohan noticed that there was a picture of Yamcha.

"Wow that's Yamcha," Sharpner said, "He would have been the greatest ever if he had stuck to it,"

"He said he wanted to go back to Martial Arts," Gohan said, "He said that he had enough money"

"pft...How would you know nerdboy?" Sharpner asked, "no one knew why he quit,"

"I know Yamcha," Gohan said, when everyone just stared at him and Sharpner mumbled "liar"

Gohan explained, "You guys know that my dad was Son, Goku the martial artist, right?"

"Yeah Videl won't shut up about it," Sharpner said, "So what?"

"Well my dad and Yamcha we friends and both martial artists," Gohan said, "And I even see him quite often at barbecues,"

"Right and I'm a unicorn nerdboy," Sharpner said, "and Videl is a fairy princess-,"

"Watch it Sharpner!" Videl said angrily, "Besides what Gohan is saying makes sense, Yamcha did enter the tournament years back, the same one Goku was in,"

They didn't get to continue the conversation though, because a waiter strode up and asked for there order. He was wearing a black ninja suit, but it didn't have a mask.

"Welcome to Ninja pizza parlor," he said, "may I take your order?"

"Two extra larges with everything, please," Sharpner said quickly.

"Wow, Sharpner thanks for consulting us before ordering," Videl said sarcastically,

"Anytime," He said simply, "Hey what do you guys say? You wanna go upstairs to the arcade and kill some time till the pizza's done?"

"Sure," Erasa said, Videl agreed too, and Gohan just went with the flow.

The second floor had a massive selection of arcade games. The floor was carpeted with flat carpets that was black, but had different colored wave patterns on them. The walls and ceiling were painted black. Different colored lights hung from the ceiling some purple, some green, and some dark blue.

"Wow, there sure is a lot of arcade games!" Gohan exclaimed.

"Alright, we got 20 minutes till the pizza is done," Sharpner said,"lets get to the coin machine,"

After they got the coins they split them up and went and started playing games. Videl played Space Invaders, Erasa played Ms. PAC-man, and Sharpner started playing a very heated game of Dance, Dance, Revolution with Gohan. But Gohan, being to fast for Sharpner was winning every game.

"Dance, ladies, dance!" Videl yelled over the music, "and when your done the pizza is ready!"

When they got downstairs and sat down the pizza's were already on the table. They were pretty big, even for Gohan. Sharpner stopped cursing about how he lost when he saw them and he sat down eagerly. Gohan and Sharpner wolfed down one them. Erasa and Videl munched on the other one.

"Jeez, Gohan how can you eat so much and still keep your figure?" Erasa asked,

"It...must be that I live in the country so I'm outside and active a lot," Gohan said.

Right, or you have to eat a lot to sustain your energy for your super powers Videl thought, Gohan saw Videl giving him a accusing look and stuttered, "W-what?"

"hmm?...Oh nothing," Videl said, I'll find out what your hiding one way or another, She thought

Videl stopped looking at him, but Gohan still felt uneasy. The waiter came and asked if they'd have dessert. They all ordered some ice cream, except Gohan who wasn't very hungry anymore. After they had finished, Sharpner said, "Well, I'm going to work on my muscles, wanna come watch Videl?"

"I said it once, I'll say it again: I'd rather boil my head in acid," She said, Erasa laughed, Gohan grinned halfheartedly, still feeling uneasy. Don't leave me alone with her Erasa! Gohan thought. Sharpner walked away mumbling something angrily.

"Well I got to go work on my dress for Halloween," Erasa said, "c'ya guys later," She winked at Gohan on her way past him. Damn it, she was planning for this.

"Bye" Videl and Gohan said simultaneously, Videl turned to Gohan with the same accusing look on her face this time a smirk was added to the mix. Gohan gulped, he knew what was coming he was gonna be pounded with questions.

"So Gohan-" She started, but was cut off by the beeping of her watch. Now of all times! She thought, Oh great a bank robbery.

"Pick up the bill, will ya Gohan," She said, but before he could say anything she had dashed to the door and was gone.

Oh thank goodness He thought saved by the bell...but not from the bill.

He dropped the money and the tip on the table and dashed out the door as well. He started looking for a place to change into Saiyaman. It must have been twenty minutes before he found a place to change, people were everywhere. But finally he found a spot behind a dumpster at the back of an alley. He pushed the button on his watch and he became The Great Saiyaman. He took to the sky looking for the crime.

When he finally found it he looked down and saw Videl pinned down behind a car under fire by machine guns, a couple of unconscious criminals strewn around her on the ground. No time for cool poses I guess he thought, jumping into the action he swooped down and punched the criminal nearest Videl in the stomach. One down five to go he thought, he jumped across the parking lot of the bank towards the two criminals with the machine guns, he knocked them out of their hands and then knocked them out, with two quick, simultaneous jabs. Two guys were running for the getaway car, and another was standing at the entrance of the bank, the one at the entrance was huge, at least 6-7 feet tall, and four feet across. He was holding a missile launcher that looked more like a 20 mm cannon.

"Skull make you go boom!" The big guy yelled, he shot the rocket at Gohan, who caught it near the flame, after it ran out of fuel Gohan threw it at the getaway car which exploded. The debris knocked out one of the guys running toward it, the other one yelped and scrambled in a different direction toward a fence.

Gohan had to think of something witty to say, when he did he said this in a heroic voice: "You know Skull, that it isn't a good idea to play with fire,"

He could practically feel Videl rolling her eyes; which he thought was strange, since he thought that was a good one.

"You no tell Skull what to do, Skull will crush you!," Skull yelled, "Skull love fire!"

Before he had a chance to reload Gohan jumped over to Skull, grabbed the rocket launcher at one end put his foot on his chest for leverage and pulled it out of his hands. "Hey that's mine!" Gohan put one hand on one end and another on the other end, then he compacted it into a metal ball. He jumped up and slam-dunked the ball on Skull's head. Skull stumbled around a bit before falling unconscious. Gohan flew over to the last guy who was trying (but failing) to climb the fence. He was about half way up but was frozen in fear.

"P-please can you get me down?" he asked, "I'm afraid of h-h-heights!"

Gohan found this comical since he was only four feet up in the air. He grabbed his belt and pulled him of the fence, and carried him to the police who finally came out of hiding behind their cars and started cuffing the unconscious criminals

"Good Work Saiyaman!" The chief said to him, "You too Videl!" who was standing next to Gohan now.

"Thanks for the back up Saiyaman," Videl said, "though don't think that I couldn't have taken them on my own,"

Gohan smiled, "I wouldn't dare," he was about to fly away when Videl made an attempt to unmask him but Gohan was to fast, he jumped up out of her reach, and kicked off a wall, and flew away. But just when he thought he was home free a jet copter chase ensued. But Gohan was determined he threw off his trail with blinding speed. When he was sure she was not following him he took off toward home. He could sense her power level, going off in a different direction. She was going home, so he did too.

He landed outside his house and changed back to normal. His little brother Goten was playing outside and ran to greet him with a hug.

"Yay! Gohan your back!" Goten exclaimed, "Wanna play?"

"Sorry buddy," Gohan said, "but I'm really tired today, maybe tomorrow,"

"Okay," He said sadly, "by the mom is really mad at you,"

Gohan's only thought was Oh God. He walked into the house while Goten went back to playing.

"Oh thank goodness!" Chi-Chi exclaimed, "Where have you been? I've been worried sick!"

"Sorry Mom," Gohan apologized "I went out with some friends for coffee and pizza, but then there was a robbery-,"

"Oh Gohan," Chi-Chi said softly, "Your just like your father, never coming in time for anything, but always an excuse that you were saving something on your way, Just go to bed it's getting late,"

He laid down on his bed. He was so tired, but still excited wondering how Erasa will help him, and afraid that Videl might find out who he was. That was the third time she made a grab for his helmet.

Slowly he let sleep take him.