Chapter 7

The Goku Convention

Part 2

Author's note: Chapter 7 is go! Man it's difficult to write when I have school too. Well the next chapter has a set date: 10-31-10, you'll see why in this chapter ;) well let's not worry about that now, sit back, enjoy, and reviewing would be nice.

As Gohan flew home, he thought about Videl; and how would he be able to go to the convention without her catching on. So far he hadn't thought of anything. The only way was to stay away from the rest of the gang while he hung out with Videl, but if he did that, he wouldn't be able to visit his Dad.

Man was it really stressful for him.

Maybe Piccolo Would know what to do But then he thought against it, since Piccolo would probably figure out why he didn't want her to know, and it would be embarrassing. He also thought about asking all his friends to pretend they were normal; (which as you would imagine it would make things very difficult). The more he thought about the more stressed he got, so he focused on how excited he was for his Dad coming back. Then the thought occurred to him, Piccolo didn't have a phone at Kami's lookout. So he changed course for the lookout, at full speed ahead. When he got there Piccolo was there to meet him.

"Hey Piccolo!" Gohan exclaimed, happy to see his old master,

"You know it's easier to meditate when nobody talks to me Gohan,"

"Oh, sorry, but I'm here to tell you that my Dad talked to me and he said that he's coming back for a day,"

"What really?" He asked, opening his eyes for a moment,

"Yeah! Apparently he had enough credit stored up to come back for one day!," When piccolo didn't respond, he took a look around, He had always liked to be at the lookout. The way it defied physics, being held up by a small pole. The rows of trees leading up to the small palace, were Kami or Dende, watched over the Earth. He even like the small light blue tiles on the ground. This place was his home away from home, and home to the dragonballs. He had never thought about it before, but he sort of lived in a fairy tale, since he often chased down magic balls, that summoned the magic Dragon, that would grant you any two wishes you want.

"Something troubling you Gohan?"

"Wha- what do you mean?"

"You seemed troubled, something wrong?"

"I-I, it's just that..." Gohan hesitated, "It's-it's nothing, forget about it,"

"You know Gohan, I'm your friend, you can tell me if something's wrong,"

"Well... you see, we are going to meet with my Dad at a Goku convention..."

"A what?" He snorted,

"Yeah, they apparently have those, anyway, I asked two friends of mine if they wanted to go, so now I don't know what to do,"

"Gohan you realize, that this could be your last time to see your father until you yourself die?"

"Yeah but one of these friends, is... well, really important to me," Gohan's face started heating up,

"Oh, that is a predicament," Piccolo staid quiet for a while,

"So what do think I should do?" Gohan asked uncomfortable,

"I'm assuming you have already told Vegeta, right?"

"Yeah, I did,"

"Why don't you just encourage them to go fight somewhere, I'm sure that will give you quite some time to spend with your 'friend',"

"Thanks Piccolo, that's a really good- oh crap!"

"What's wrong?"

"I forgot, I have to tell my mom," Gohan said in sudden remembrance, "Well it was nice talking to you Piccolo but I gotta go!"

"Goodbye Gohan," Piccolo said, watching him fly off, "No matter how old I get, I will never understand human mating,"

Gohan sped back towards home, by this time the sun was setting, Gohan held his head high, soaking up the last bit of sunlight. He relaxed, continuously running Piccolo's advice through his head. All he had to do was spark a challenge between Vegeta and his Dad, they would go fight, and he'd be free to spend time with Videl, and then when he get's back... uh oh, he would have to figure out a way to leave Videl, or he would have to introduce her. Yep... I'm screwed, he thought, but at least them fighting will give me some time to think a plan through

It was dark out when he finally made it home, when he opened the door, he almost got tackled by Goten giving him a hug, him yelling,

"Daddy's coming back" "Daddy's coming back!"

"Gohan is that you?" He heard his mother call, he saw her emerge from the kitchen, and she ran over and hugged him tightly.

"I can't believe he is coming back!" Chi-Chi exclaimed,

"Yeah I can't wait!" Gohan said,

"I can finally meet my daddy!" Goten yelled,

"I take it Bulma called mom," Gohan said,

"Yes, she did, I can't believe it," She said happily, "Well let's eat and I will fill you in on a plan me and Bulma have come up with,"

They sat down in the kitchen and she filled him in.

"So what do you think?" She asked excitedly,

"hmm... I don't know," Gohan replied, in between bites, "I'd have to ask Dende..."

"Would you after dinner?" Chi-Chi asked,

"Well sure, but most Mothers wouldn't let teenagers out this late ya'know"

"Yes, but most Mothers teenagers couldn't blow up the planet with one hand,"

"Ha ha... true," Gohan laughed, "Yeah I can make another trip,"

After dinner, he once again, flew back to the lookout. This time Dende was there to greet him.

"Hey Gohan, haven't seen you in a while," Dende greeted him,

"Hey Dende I have a question," Gohan said, and he filled him in on the plan,

"Hmm... no, I'm afraid it won't,"

"But I thought you refined them,"

"Yeah but I only made them have an extra wish, so technically no it won't work,"

"Oh really? Bummer!"

"But I have an Idea that just might work," Dende told him his plan,

"That's genius Dende!" Gohan exclaimed,

"Just leave to me Gohan, just make sure you convince him okay?"

"Alright c'ya Dende!" He took off back for home, he was so tired as soon as his head hit the pillow he was out.

He woke up early to his alarm clock going off. He got up took a quick shower, got dressed, and ate a quick but large breakfast. After breakfast he finally got to play with Goten for about an hour until he took off to go work his shift at the candy shop. The day at the shop went pretty slow, probably because he couldn't wait for the convention. There was a lot of customers though it being 8 days till Halloween, it probably contributed to the amount of customers. The shop was a nice place, it was two stories tall it had polished wood floors, with white marble walls, it was the largest and best candy shop in the whole city. The shop was owned by an elderly man named Ernest Johnson, but most called him Old Man Johnson. He would come in once in a while to check on the store and he would usually give children free pieces of candy, and sometimes to Gohan too.

"Hello Mr. Johnson," Gohan said,

"Oh hello, Gohan," Johnson said, handing him a pack of sweet tarts, which were Gohan's favorite, "How's my shop today?"

"Good sir if I do say so myself," Gohan said,

"I like you Gohan, your a good worker, and a nice fellow to talk to,"

"Thank you Mr. Johnson, your a nice person to talk to as well," Gohan said, he and Old Man Johnson had been friends since Gohan's first day.

"Ha ha, no need to humor this old man, Gohan," He laughed, he gave him one more pack of sweet tarts and walked away to inspect the rest of the shop, and to chat with other customers.

Finally 3:00 was just around the corner when he heard the ding-dong of the shop doors opening. A familiar voice said, "Hey, ready to go yet?" It was Videl, his heart skipped a beat, she was early.

"I got about fifteen minutes left in my shift," He replied nervously,

"Hmm alright, I'm gonna take a look around then,"

She left but came back later with a few pieces of candy in her hand, she dropped them on the counter. He rung them up for her.

"That'll be 75 zents" He said,

"Here," She dropped the change on the counter, "Ah, these are my favorite, Sugar Daddy's,"

"I've never had them before," He said, trying at small talk,

"Really? They are amazing," She said, she handed him one, "Here, try one,"

He opened up and started to suck on it, he was hit with caramel.

"Wow it is good!" He exclaimed,

"Told ya,"

His replacement walked in, so he went into the back and changed out of his work clothes. He got back to her waiting for him.

"Ready?" She asked,

"Yeah I am," he replied,

"Good let's wait outside for Erasa," She said, she turned around to go out the door, as soon as she did Gohan got a whiff of her cinnamon scented hair, which always made him go weak at the knees.

"What is taking her so long?" Videl wondered, they had been waiting out there for about 15 minutes, "Always 'fashionable late' pfft I know it's because she's the love doctor,"

"Wait what?" Gohan asked, shock shooting through him, he had been sitting down on the ground next to the door,

"What, you didn't know she was the doctor?" She asked, "I mean it's kinda obvious donch'ya think?"

That hit Gohan's pride a bit, considering he hadn't figured that she was the doctor. He had beat down on himself because of the obviousness of her being the doctor. And another thing why hadn't he guessed Videl knew as well, if it was obvious for him, it was even more obvious to Erasa's best friend. He hadn't the time to ponder it any longer as Videl's phone rang.

"Your not coming?" She asked through the phone, "You know it would be better if you gave us a sooner head's up, err yeah see you tomorrow,"

"Erasa bail?" He asked, hopping up from the ground,

"Yup, it's just us now," She was actually kind of okay with that, it gave her a chance to interrogate him further,

When they got to the Herc-Dome, a huge stadium, the dome roof was blue glass in triangle patterns. The line to get in went all the way back to the parking lots. It took about twenty minutes to get to the booth. They gave the worker in the booth their tickets, and on the way inside he spotted the whole gang at the back of the line.

"Hey Videl," Gohan said, "Why don't you go inside I'll meet you there,"

"Uh... okay," Videl said, "I'll meet you by the snack bar,"

"All right be back in a flash," He said taking off,

"Wait Gohan where are you go-" She didn't get to finish, he was already gone "You'd better not ditch me Gohan!"

He hadn't heard her threat, he ran full speed almost tackling Goku with a hug.

"Whoa! Good to see you too Gohan," Goku said, Goten was riding on his shoulders, Chi-Chi was crying, and everyone else looked really happy.

"He'ya Gohan," Krillin said, "Haven't seen you in a while,"

"Hey Krillin love the hair," Gohan said,

"So how you been Gohan?" Goku asked,

"I've been good," Gohan said, he saw his opening, "Wow you look like you've been training a lot Dad, I bet you'll pulverize Vegeta,"

"Ha! Not a chance," Vegeta scoffed,

"I don't know Vegeta, I bet Goku would beat you," Krillin murmured,

"Shut your face baldy!" Vegeta snapped,

Krillin did his tiny yelp that he does often "dee-yah," Krillin yelped, "I-I'm not bald anymore,"

"That's it Kakarot!" Vegeta yelled, "Let's do this!"

"Ah... Vegeta I wanted to go to the convention," Goku complained, "Can't it wait?"

"Quit your whining," Vegeta smirked, "unless your scared,"

"Fine, let's go," Goku smiled, "It won't take long to beat you,"

And they took off to the sky. And Gohan took off full speed to the dome.

"Wait Goku! Gohan-" Chi-Chi started, "ah... I just got him back,"

Gohan busted through the front doors flew down the flight of stair's and into the snack bar, which happened to be The Steamer's Cafe sub-store.

"Take ya long enough?" Videl asked, sipping on a coffee, "I got you some strong stuff, isn't that what you drink usually?"

"Yeah, uh-thanks," He mumbled,

"What was that all about?" She asked,

"I uh, thought I dropped something,"

"What did think you dropped?"

Crap... what do I have on me?

"My Swiss Army Knife," He replied, fumbling to pull it out of his pocket,

"Oh," she said, "You want to go now?"

"Sure let's get going," he replied,

They walked down the stairs going farther into the convention there were banners with Goku's head posted everywhere on the walls hanging from the ceiling and even on the restroom doors.

"Wow, a lot of people like Goku!" Videl exclaimed,

"Yeah I would never have thought he was that well known," Gohan said,

When the finally emerged into the main room Gohan gasped, The place was huge. There were shops and restaurants under tents, there were people roaming around dressed in orange jumpsuits and Goku hair wigs. There was a stage set up at the far end of the stadium, with people waiting around it expectantly. They walked around for a while talking and checking out the different shops, Gohan could sense his dad and Vegeta's power levels. Man they are really going at it I got at least two or three more hours. He thought, everything was going great until he spotted Krillin. Please don't see me, please don't see me too late oh crap! This can't get any worse! Well it did, just at that moment when Krillin seen him Videl started to tug on his arm to get him to look at something. Gohan watched as Krillin's face turned into a sly expression and to top it off wink at him. I have got to stop saying that!

"Gohan check it out!" Videl exclaimed, still tugging on his arm, "Goku head t-shirts!"

"Oh... yeah, cool," He mumbled, while she bought one, afterward,they continued to walk around enjoying the sights, and buying things. When Videl was looking at something Gohan got pulled under a tent.

"Who's the dame Gohan?" He heard Krillin's voice ask, he turned to see Krillin's sly face and his hand on the back of his shirt.

"That-that's none of your business," Gohan replied, his face on fire,

"Oh Gohan, of course it's my business," He said, "it's my job to embarrass you,"

"Look just leave me alone, she's just a friend," Gohan managed, his face still burning

"Right and I'm a magic unicorn," He laughed, Gohan didn't reply he slipped back out from under the tent,

"There you are I thought you ditched me," Videl said, when he came out, "What were you doing?"

"Uh... nothing, let's go," He replied, face still red, they walked on, with Krillin tailing him, Gohan was getting increasingly more anxious,

"Look Gohan, it's obvious your hiding something from me, and you keep pushing away my questions, so tell me what is going on?" She asked,

"I-I uh.. it's just that err... it's like-" He started, he took a deep breath, "look the truth is, that my dad he's-he's back, for today only though,"

"Are you trying to be funny?" She asked, her anger flaring up,

"No! It's the truth!" He exclaimed, "Look, after the convention I will explain everything!"

"You'd better!" She said angrily, They continued to go through the convention, and while Videl was looking at something Gohan was once again dragged under a tent.

"Krillin! What do you want now!"

"Who's Krillin?" Gohan whirled around, it wasn't Krillin this time it was Erasa,

"Erasa?" He asked,

"Yup, I'm incognito," She said, she had a fake black bushy mustache on and dressed in a loose fitting blue business suit,

"Wha-what are you doing here?" He asked,

"What, you didn't think I wasn't gonna come for something this important?"

"Well, no I didn't think you were going to,"

"So did you ask her?"

"Ask her what?"

"To go to the Halloween dance with you?"

"No, am I supposed to?"

"Well Yeah! It's part of the plan!"

"You didn't tell me it was!"

"I thought it was obvious!"

"Not really!"

"Er... Get back out there, I'll keep in touch, remember: ask her!"

"By the way Erasa you don't look very convincing in that costume,"

She shoved him back out of the tent, luckily she hadn't noticed that he had left yet.

"So you want to check what's going on at the stage?"

"Sure,"

Once they got there, they saw that there was old recorded Goku fight's playing on a large screen. Videl wanted to stay, but Gohan didn't want her to see his dad fighting with energy, so he complained he had to go to the bathroom. When she said she'd wait, he said he didn't know where to go. Which forced her to take him to the restrooms. They both went into the the restrooms, but Gohan got out first. While he was waiting and looking at some Goku head watches, he once again got pulled under a tent.

"Oh! Who is it now! why aren't these tent owner's catching on either?" Gohan complained,

"Shh... Gohan the guy who owns this one is asleep,"

"Yeah Gohan, let a guy nap!"

"Erasa? Krillin?"

"Oh so your Krillin"

"Your a girl? Wow your costume is really convincing!"

"See Gohan! It is Convincing!"

"Have you guy's even met?" Gohan asked,

"No, we have now, we were both following you and sort of met up," Krillin replied,

"So have you asked her yet?" Erasa asked,

"No I'm waiting for the right moment to," He replied, which was him saying, No, I really don't want to,

"Don't be a chicken!" Krillin and Erasa said simultaneously,

"Gohan?"

"Get out there champ," Krillin said, pushing him back out from under the tent,

"Sorry, I dropped something again," He said, he could tell she wasn't convinced, but luckily she dropped it,

They once again plunged into the convention, He could feel his Dad and Vegeta's power level's they were still going at it, he estimated about another hour, two at most until they returned. It wasn't long until he was pulled under another tent, go figure.

"Oh my goodness! What now!"

"How rude, is that how you treat a lady?"

That wasn't Krillin or Erasa, in fact it was the last person he expected, or wanted to see. He whipped around, yelping "Kiko!

"Ugh! It's Keiko Gohan! Keiko!" He jumped out of the tent as fast as possible not wanting to get another tongue jammed down his throat.

"Gohan! Where do you keep going!" Videl yelled, finally snapping, she ripped the tent side up and found Keiko under there, with a "Eep!" she took off, "Oh, it was her dragging you under there, ugh, no wonder you didn't want to talk about it," she laughed.

They walked off once again, Videl was asking what Keiko kept wanting, Gohan just said she wanted to him to take her to the dance.

"Typical, Keiko has always been the creepy-stalker type," Videl said, "ever since seventh grade after her boyfriend broke up with her, she stalked him, it was creepy, gah, talking about this stuff makes me sick, let's grab a soda,"

While they were picking up a soda, they overheard two guys talking,

"Really where did you get that footage!"

"From a reliable source,"

"Are you sure it is what really happened at cell games?"

"Yeah I checked it myself it is!"

"Gohan did you hear that?" Videl whispered,

"Yeah," He whispered back, unfortunately He thought,

"Let's go we have to watch that footage!" She said dragging him along, they followed the two men until the stopped outside a door, with the sign "Personnel only" plastered on the front, they went in for while and then came back out and walked off. Gohan and Videl walked over and tried to open the door.

"Welt it's locked let's leave," He said, trying to get out of there,

"Wait you said you had a Swiss Army Knife?" She asked, he reluctantly pulled it out and handed it to her, after a couple of seconds she had picked the lock successfully and they entered the room.

"Hehe... always good to keep a Swiss around," she chuckled,

The small blue room had only a television and a computer on the same desk with a couple of chairs, a broom closet, and a small key lock safe. After a short search they concluded that the tape was in the safe, and once again Gohan had to give up his knife for Videl to pick the lock, she almost had it open, when they heard someone unlocking the door.

"Oh crap! Hide!" Videl whispered,

"Where?" Gohan hissed,

"I don't know! The closet!" she hissed back, they scrambled into the closet and closed the door, just in time to her the other door to open.

"I don't know maybe I left it in here,"

"Well hurry up!"

They continued to talk but Gohan didn't pay much attention. The closet was really small, they were scrunched together. Gohan was increasingly aware of Videl's chest being pressed against his. He could feel his face burning, every time she took a breath, the smell of caramel hit Gohan. It was the Sugar Daddy's she had eaten, that smell mixed with the cinnamon scent of her hair, was intoxicating for Gohan. With the smell of her hair, and breath, and her chest being pressed against his, almost made him pass out. Yep it was official, his new favorite candy was Sugar Daddy's.

"Alright they're gone," She said, "Ready Gohan? Gohan?"

"Huh-wha?" He said hazily,

"Are you ready to find the tape?"

"Huh err... yeah,"

When they broke into the safe and put the tape in the VCR by the TV Gohan paused it in the very beginning.

"What's wrong Gohan?"

"This is ridiculous,"

"What is?"

"Cell was green, not yellow, and my Dad wasn't that thin, he was more muscular, also that is a different person, and his jumpsuit wasn't red,"

"So it's a fake..."

"Yup," Gohan took out the tape and broke it in half, "Let's leave before they get back,"

Once they got out of there Gohan could sense his Dad and Vegeta coming back. He looked down at his watch.

"Whoa is it that time already?" He said, "Sorry Videl I gotta go,"

"Wait Gohan I-" She started, but he was gone, "Damn it! Not again!"

Whoo! Had to stay up late, but I got it finished, nothing like a bottle of soda, writing a chapter, and sneaking into the Kitchen to snack, and on a school night! Anyway sorry if this seemed rushed, and a bit summarized, but I didn't want this to spill into three parts. Anyway next chapter set to air: 10-31-10 title: The Halloween Dance. Well good night, good morning, or good afternoon depending on when you are reading this, hope you enjoyed! Don't forget to review!

- Zahchi :D