Chapter 5

Party on the Beach

Part 2

Author's note: sorry it took so long to update guys, this is the first time I have been home in two weeks! I think you'll like this chapter, so sit back, enjoy, and reviewing would be nice.

It was dark in the outhouse, Gohan could hardly make out the outline of the toilet bowl. And it smelled awful, like rotten eggs wrapped in sweaty socks and farted on. Gohan cringed at the smell, and asked, "Ugh! it smells bad in here, what are we doing in a place like this?"

"Oh don't worry it'll get better in here," Keiko said slyly, "a lot better..."

"Uh... okay but-" Gohan stopped, startled by her hands grabbing onto him, "wha-what are you doing?"

"Just shut up Gohan," she whispered, her hands gliding up his chest,

"Wha-hmph" is all he could say as she jammed her lips against his, Gohan didn't know what to do he was backed up against the wall. His arms were flailing around, eyes wide open, his head hunched over, her hands on the sides of his face pulling him down. But then she did something that made him freak out, she shoved her tongue into his mouth. Gohan jerked sideways and fell out the outhouse and onto his face in the sand. He heard everyone from the circle and from the party laughing at him. This can't get any worse! He thought, that was true until he heard footsteps coming toward him. The footsteps came to a stop in front of him, he felt sand being kicked up into his hair from the last step. Gohan,who hadn't even looked up since the laughter had started, looked to see who it was. Yep it got worse he thought, there standing over him was Videl.

"What happened to you?" She asked, before she could continue, another voice said:

"Ugh! What is wrong with you Gohan!" it was Keiko she had just come out of the outhouse,

Gohan saw Videl's eyes move from the circle of teens, to the outhouse, to Keiko, then back to Gohan. Gohan saw a look of knowing in Videl's eyes. He ducked his head back into the sand embarrassed beyond belief.

"God, Gohan quit being such a loser!" Keiko continued, "You can't avoid me forever!"

"Hmph... bet that he'd like to," Videl said amused

"Pft... whatever," Keiko retorted, "This coming from madam tacky!"

"Is that what you air heads call me behind my back now?"

"Yeah it is, just look at your grody hair and the pathetic clothing you wear, no wonder no guy likes you!"

"Oh please Keiko," Erasa interjected, appearing beside Videl, "Your swimsuit is totally last year, and look at your hair, ever hear of anti-dandruff?"

"Whoo! Cat fight!" Gohan heard someone in the crowd yell,

Keiko started to mess with her hair and look down at her swim suit babbled beyond understanding.

"Well at least I use shampoo unlike Videl!" She yelled feebly, "It's pathetic your rich and you own everything, but you refuse to be normal!"

"Keiko, you have always been a shallow bitch you know that!" Videl barked at her, now getting angry, she would only swear when she was very angry.

"Ugh! Fine take that stupid nerd!" she said, she was scared now, taking steps back,

"Gohan get up," Videl ordered, he obeyed, and when he did get up she grabbed his collar and pulled him roughly towards her side and said, "He may be a nerd, but he is my nerd, and if you mess with him, I'll beat the hell out of you!" she started cracking her knuckles which made Keiko run for it.

"You alright Gohan?" she asked, turning to him,

"Y-yeah I'm fine," He said, still amazed that she stood up for him, even more amazed by what she said about him. Though he could have lived without the nerd part, but he still felt elated none the less.

"Gohan, come with me I need to talk to you," she said, Finally I can get some answers out of him

"Uh... okay," he said absentmindedly, now Videl was the one dragging him through the party. They kept walking until they found an empty patch of beach that was out of earshot to anyone. She sat down and he did the same.

"You know Gohan, didn't your mother ever tell you not tell let girls take advantage of you?" She laughed, "You might want to be careful and avoid dark alley's you might get molested!"

"I didn't know what was going on!" he exclaimed, "She spun this bottle, then she was all over me!"

"Gohan, Gohan!" she interrupted, "calm down, I guess you haven't heard of spin-the-bottle before have you?"

"No, I haven't,"

"What about seven-minutes-in-heaven?"

"Nope,"

"Wow, you really were sheltered by your parents,"

"Yeah,"

"So I was wondering, if your dad was a martial artist, did he, you know, teach you anything,"

"Yeah, he taught me, but my first teacher was named Piccolo,"

"Oh, yeah, he was one of the names of the old tournament files,"

"Yeah, he and my dad fought each other in a tournament," he was shifting uncomfortably, he didn't like to talk about his family, Videl saw this but she wasn't going to stop now.

"So earlier, you laughed at the new name of the lake,"

"Yeah?"

"Well...why?"

"Oh w-well I-I just thought it was f-funny cause, they l-like renamed ev-everything a-after him,"

"hmm... it's sort of embarrassing really"

"Really I always thought that you liked all the fame,"

"I would rather get my own fame instead of being forever named "Hercule's daughter" "

"Is that why you fight crime? To be more like your dad?"

she was silent for a while looking at the waves lapping at the shore, "Its not just that though, sure I want to be like my dad, but I want to step out of his shadow more than anything, but I'm not really sure if I can, people are too obsessed with my dad,"

"I think you will," Gohan said, "personally, I think that you are already stronger than your dad"

She smiled, "Well I wouldn't say that, but thanks Gohan"

Gohan thought he saw a small hint of pink on her cheeks, but if it was there, it was soon gone when she started bombarding him with questions again.

"So what was your dad like?"

"He... was a great guy, he was very kind and strong, and whenever your around him you just feel like everything's gonna be alright,"

"Wow sounds like a great guy, wish I could have met him,"

"Yeah..." they were silent for a while until Gohan said:

"W-well I-I'm gonna get back to the party," and he darted off before Videl could stop him,

err... better be careful Gohan, unlike Keiko, you actually can't avoid me forever

Gohan didn't stop until he had reached the tiki bar. The man behind the bar asked him if he wanted something to drink, Gohan asked for something strong and he came back with a energy drink named Herc-aid. As soon as Gohan took a sip, he got a jolt of a sugar rush. Gohan observed the can and saw a picture of Hercule flexing his arms behind the name tag.

While Gohan was drinking his sports drink, Sharpner came up and sat next to him.

"Man, Gohan your such a dork, the hottest chick in our grade had her hands all over you and you freaked!" Sharpner laughed, "Anyway when your done drinking we are going swimming and your coming okay,"

"uh... alright I guess, but is Keiko gonna be there?" He asked nervously

Sharpner laughed and said, "I don't know, probably though,"

"Oh well I don't know then,"

"Come on nerdboy quit bein' a baby, Oh I don't wanna go! She might try to make out with me again!" Sharpner would have continued to mock but Gohan said:

"Sharpy," and Sharpner looked at him angrily but he quit mocking,

"Relax nerdboy if it bothers you so much, I can guarantee she won't try anything in public, besides Videl is gonna be there too, and I'll bet she won't do anything with her around,"

Gohan decided to go, feeling relieved that Videl would be there to protect him. On the way to the water they started talking.

"So nerdboy what's going on between you and Videl?"

"What do you mean?"

"ugh... I mean are you two dating?"

"What! No!" Gohan exclaimed, his face beet red, not that I wouldn't mind that though

"Calm down nerdboy, I was just wondering, because she sounded kind of possessive of you, by the way everyone on the beach thinks you guys are,"

"What! No way! That's so embarrassing!" Gohan exclaimed, if possible redder than before,

"Calm down nerdboy! Jeez!" Sharpner snapped, they had arrived, and sure enough Keiko was there but so was Videl. Gohan was about to go into the water when Sharpner stopped him, "Hey you can't go swimming with your shirt on nerdboy" Gohan looked down and remembered his long sleeved t-shirt and what was under it. Uh-oh he thought, "Well go on, hurry up nerdboy let's go swimming!" and so Gohan reluctantly started to unbutton his shirt, when he dropped his shirt he heard a couple people gasp. He looked around to see people were staring at him, one them being Videl. He blushed it was embarrassing that everyone was staring at him.

"Nerdboy your ripped!" Sharpner said wide-eyed, "What the hell!"

Videl just as wide-eyed as Sharpner, had her mind accelerating with questions to ask Gohan. It all made sense to her now, her biggest doubt was that he was to weak to be Saiyaman, but now she had no doubts, he had to be Saiyaman. But now she had to make him admit it. Gohan having enough of the people staring at him jumped into the water and started to swim. Soon the shock dissipated and everyone started to swim. People were playing games in the water and Gohan, Erasa, Videl, and Sharpner started playing a game of chicken. Gohan was blushing severely when Videl got on his shoulders. But later the games died down and people started to just swim or stand and talk. Eventually Gohan and Erasa found themselves alone.

"So what did you and Videl talk about when you guys were alone?"

"We talked about our Dads,"

"You know, that's one of the things you guys have in common, both your dad's are martial artists, well actually you guys have a lot in common, you both are super strong, and you guys fight bad guys,"

"Hmm... I guess so,"

"Well anyway I have a couple of plans ready,"

"Oh really? Well let's hear them,"

"Well for starters-Oh shoot, talk about bad timing"

Gohan looked around to see Videl swimming right toward them, "Darn, I guess I'll meet you at your office tomorrow okay?"

"Okay after school,"

"Hey guys what are you talking about?" Videl asked when she arrived,

"We were talking about how funny it was when Gohan fell on his face earlier," Erasa answered,

"It wasn't that funny," Gohan mumbled, wondering why Erasa brought up such a mean subject,

"Don't worry about Keiko though Gohan, she won't bug you anymore," Videl said, she doubted it though, because Keiko was an even better stalker then she was, wait, did she just call herself a stalker? Well it kind of was true, she did stalk Gohan daily, trying to find out his secrets.

"By the way Gohan I didn't know you had so much muscle under your long sleeved shirts," Erasa said, changing the subject, "you really should wear more short sleeved ones,"

"Yeah, Gohan you look so scrawny when you were those shirts," Videl said, "though now I can picture you more as an martial artist,"

"Uh-oh, Videl the sun is going down we'd better go," Erasa pointed out,

"Oh yeah I guess so, let's find Sharpner and go," Videl said,

So they went to shore and dried off, then went looking for Sharpner. When they found him he was drunk on the ground next to some college guys. Videl and Gohan had to carry him back to the buggy. The ride home was quiet. It was dark soon and the cool night air was hitting Gohan's face helping him relax. They stopped at Sharpner's place first and dropped him off luckily no one was home, Gohan picked up his pants and they were off once again. They dropped Erasa off next, Gohan could have sworn she winked at him, but it was too dark to tell. It was just him and Videl left in the car now, which made Gohan uncomfortable.

"So do you have a ride home or..."

"You can drop me off at the nearest bus station,"

"Okay," luckily the nearest Herc-Hound bus station was far so she didn't have much time to question him.

"Thanks for the ride Videl,"

"No problem Gohan see you tomorrow,"

Gohan waited till her buggy went around the corner before he started walking the other way, he could sense her power level she had parked and was following him on foot. He sighed, life was never easy. It was at least an hour before he lost her. She never gave him the chance to slip away following fiercer than ever. When he finally did slip away he took of into the skies.

"Gohan you're home!" Chi-Chi exclaimed when he got back, "I have great news!"

"Hey mom, what's the news?"

"This Saturday there is a Goku convention in Satan city," Chi-Chi explained, "I read it on that fan site you found,"

"Really! No way!" He exclaimed,

"Yup I already bought tickets!"

"That's great mom!"

"Yes well, after your done working at the candy shop we'll go okay? Now get to bed you've got school tomorrow,"

Gohan obeyed, after a quick shower he changed into pajamas and let sleep once again take him.