Disclaimer: Dragon Ball Z belongs to Toriyama Akira and will never be mine.

Discovering Gohan

Mysteries

Videl twirled the pen around in her hands for what seemed like forever until she finally dropped the writing instrument onto her messy desk. She growled in frustration and slammed her hand onto her notebook, ripping out the page of scribbles. "I hate this assignment," grumbled Videl.

"Is there something wrong, Miss?" asked one of the maids that just happened to walk by the room.

Videl shook her head. "No, Madison. I'm just a little frustrated with a school assignment, that's all."

The maid didn't seem to be convinced with Videl's response, but left things at that. Besides, who was she to talk against her employer's daughter? The maid nodded her head and continued to walk down the hall to complete her original task.

Videl checked to see that there was no one around and sighed in relief. She wasn't really in the mood to have people looking over her shoulder or snooping around in her business. She grabbed a notebook, a few pens, and a messenger bag before leaving her room. Videl checked her watch. Gohan, Lime, and she were supposed to meet in half an hour.

Flying over the city was one of her favorite activities. She had always loved flying ever since she was little. Videl felt so free and as if nothing could stop her. The view of the city was also a breathtaking sight that only added to her interest. As she flew around, she noticed that there were a lot of vehicles and people crammed together in one area. She knew that it wasn't traffic, so that could only mean one thing; a bank robbery.

Videl furrowed her eyebrows and unbuckled her seatbelt. She had time to spare, so helping out wasn't wasting any time. Right before she opened the jet's door, her watch beeped. Videl guessed that it was the Sergeant trying to contact her. She pressed the button on her watch and watched as the Sergeant's face immediately appeared in the small screen which had previously displayed the time.

"Videl-" began the Sergeant.

"I'm on my way, sir," responded Videl before the Sergeant could say anymore. Videl cut off the link and jumped out of her jet which was now put under auto-pilot. Luckily, she wasn't that far up from the ground, so Videl landed with no difficulty and managed to arrive at the bank within a few short minutes. She noticed the Sergeant hiding behind his car, all the while attempting to retaliate, but failing terribly.

"Videl! Thank goodness you're here!" exclaimed the Sergeant happily.

"Yeah, well I saw what was happening from my jet and came down to help," replied the raven-haired girl.

The Sergeant sighed in relief. "I don't know what we would've done without you."

Hide behind the corner of a donut shop? thought Videl. She retrained herself from saying that aloud and made to jump in when she heard a loud crash. Videl peered over the top of the police car to see a large truck become a crushed ball. Videl could only gape at the spectacular sight. Even her father couldn't do that without hitting the truck more than once.

When the truck was shoved away, she was quite shocked to Gohan standing calmly where the truck should have been. He turned to look at her, she felt her blood run cold. His eyes were devoid of any emotion and appeared to be an empty shell. As soon as her senses returned, Videl realized that Lime was standing beside Gohan. Lime seemed to be watching the scene as if it events like this happened everyday, which was not the case for Videl.

"Stop hiding behind the police car. We have a project to finish, remember, Videl?" said Gohan monotonously.

Videl couldn't help but shiver hearing him speak. She didn't hear people speak like Gohan very often, so, she was not quite used to his monotonous way of speaking. Videl nodded her head and walked up to the other two.

"H-how did you do that?" wondered Videl.

"It will be explained later," answered Lime, earning a glare from Videl. Videl's question was directed to Gohan, not Lime.

The Sergeant came up behind Videl and immediately grabbed Gohan's hand, shaking the teenager's hand vigorously. "Thank you so much for helping. Thank you, thank you!"

Gohan merely stared at the man and pulled his hand out of the Sergeant's grasp. "I was not helping you. The truck was in my way and I was merely removing an obstacle," said Gohan. The teen then turned away from the Sergeant and continued to walk down the street as if nothing had ever happened.

Lime bowed before leaving as well, leaving both Videl and the Sergeant in confusion.

"What a strange kid…" murmured the Sergeant.

After a brief pause, Videl nodded in agreement. "Yeah… Oh! I've got to go! Call me if there's any trouble, Sergeant!"

The Sergeant nodded. "Of course; good luck on your project, Videl. I'll just… arrest those robbers over here… who are apparently unconscious…"

"I see that you decided to join us after all, Videl," said Gohan dryly.

It took almost all of her willpower not to lash out at the boy. She opted to glare at him instead. Meanwhile, Lime stayed incredibly quiet during their little trip around the city. Where were they heading? The destination would be revealed really soon.

"Lime," started Videl, feeling uncomfortable in this girl's presence, "do you know where we're doing our project? The only thing I've been told was to meet up at Orange Star Park."

"We will be going to Gohan's house," replied Lime calmly.

"Gohan's house?" wondered Videl.

The demi-saiyan shot a glare at the raven-haired girl. "Is there a problem with going to my house?" demanded Gohan a little heatedly.

"No," answered Videl, refusing to show any fear toward such a rude and arrogant person.

"Good. We will be there in ten minutes if we drive by car," said Gohan.

"Then why are we walking?" questioned Videl.

"Apparently Mr. Grouchy here is hungry and wants to grab a bite to eat. Blame it on his Sai-" began Lime.

"Shut it, Lime," growled Gohan, grabbing onto the girl's wrist. He was obviously not pleased with the fact that Lime almost blurted out information that he did not want exposed to just anyone. Gohan hardly even noticed that he was gripping Lime's wrist or that he was hurting her for the matter.

"Gohan…" said Lime softly and painfully. Lime was writhing in pain, but Gohan made no indication of releasing his grip on her. Videl noticed how his eyes looked glazed for some reason instead of his usual cold eyes. Lime's cries of pain were getting louder and louder.

"Let go of her!" yelled Videl, punching him in the face when he made no move to let go. Videl was quite puzzled as to why Gohan suddenly reacted like that. She had known him for a few weeks now and he had never acted like this before.

Her attempt was a success because the minute Videl punched Gohan he released his hold on Lime and looked away. Though her punch caused him no damage, it was enough to wake him out of his stupor. Videl briefly wondered what was with the weird look in his eyes, but then directed her attention to Lime, who was apparently the victim and not Gohan. Although she was not quite fond of the girl, she felt that she should at least worry about Lime's injury.

"How's your wrist?" wondered Videl.

Lime grimaced when she tried to move the joint. "I think it's broken," she said sadly.

Gohan didn't say anything for quite a while before he heaved a sigh and turned back to the two girls. His eyes had returned to their usual state, though Videl could see a bit of sorrow in his eyes. "Sorry, Lime. My mother will treat back at my house," said Gohan softly, which startled Videl. She had never heard any real emotion or any difference in his tone of voice until now.

"Wait a minute," said Videl, realizing something, "we can't just get her treated at your house. She needs professional help. We need to bring her to a doctor!"

Gohan's eyes narrowed and his voice turned steely. "My mother is a professional. She's had more experience than you can imagine."

Videl was taken back by what he had said. She felt like a fool for saying such a thing when she had no idea of Gohan's mother's background. Videl turned away, unwilling to apologize for her outburst.

Gohan completely ignored Videl and took hold of Lime's uninjured arm. "Come on, we'll fly there. It'll be a lot faster."

Videl was just about to offer them a ride in her jet, but was quite surprised that they had disappeared. Where did they go? She wondered how they were able to disappear so quickly and without a trace. Shaking herself out of her thoughts, she hopped into her jet and flew off toward Capsule Corp.

On the way there, she wondered why so many things had to be so strange, not to mention complicated today. Sighing, she arrived at the front of the large company and was surprised to see Gohan and Lime waiting for her. Lime as it seemed, was perfectly fine and was able to move her wrist again.

"W-what? Where? How?" murmured Videl in confusion.

"It is not your place to know," answered Gohan. He ushered her into the gigantic building and said, "A warning, do not do anything to upset me or any of my family members."

"Why?" asked Videl softly.

Gohan paused and looked at her with those cold eyes that sent shivers down her spine. "The consequences will be fatal," replied Gohan simply before turning away from her.

Videl couldn't help but wonder what he had meant. How could anyone match the Satans in strength? Then again, Videl knew that Gohan was no ordinary boy. No, he had a deep secret that she was determined to find out, that was, if she weren't killed first.

"I suggest for you to heed his warning," said Lime seriously. Then she too followed after Gohan down the corridors of Capsule Corp.

The raven-haired girl couldn't help but wonder about the mysteries behind Gohan, Lime, and their pasts.

"Let's get this over with," grumbled Gohan, sitting down in one of the chairs in the large library that was located in the center of Capsule Corp.

Videl couldn't help but gawk at the size of the room, not to mention the building itself. It was a few times larger than her own house and it seemed as if the resources in this library were endless. Books were stacked on every shelf. Videl doubted that there was a book out of place, let alone room for more books.

"Stop gawking and let's finish the project," said Gohan roughly.

Videl pulled herself out of her stupor and sat down across from Gohan. Videl couldn't help but notice that Gohan began scribbling down information at a rapid rate on a notepad he took from a drawer in the table. Then she noticed that Lime had brought out her own notebook and had done the same.

"We're done with each other's background," said Lime. "Now it's time that we get information about you."

Again, Videl found herself gawking at the two. "You must know each other very well to have finished the assignment that fast."

"You have no idea," Videl heard Gohan grumble under his breath.

"Okay, we'll begin with the basics. What's your name, age, date of birth, and where did you grow up?" asked Lime.

"Videl Satan, Seventeen…" Videl finished answering all the questions that were asked of her. She sighed and looked down at her own notebook; it was blank, while her classmate's notebooks were filled with writings.

"Satan," laughed Gohan. "I still can't believe that such a bumbling fool could have a daughter who actually has a brain."

Videl shot the boy a glare. Sure, she could stand his rude comments, but no one could insult her family, ever. "Who are you to insult my father? My father saved the world from Cell! You should be glad that he even saved the world or else you wouldn't even be here right now!"

Gohan had immediately shot out of his chair and slammed his hands on either side of the table, shooting Videl a glare.

"What? Got nothing to say because you know it's true?" pressed Videl. At first she had found the boy rather attractive because of his mysterious nature, but now, she found him a nuisance and wondered why she was even attracted to him in the first place.

His eyes narrowed dangerously and she swore she felt the table beginning to break down. They stayed glaring at each for the longest time. Neither teen dared to move nor blink, causing an uncomfortable silence and very thick tension to appear in the room. Lime knew that she couldn't do anything, so she did the only thing she could do, hope for no one to get hurt.

After what seemed an eternity, Gohan broke the silence. "You don't understand anything," said Gohan bitterly. Then he grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair and stormed out of the room, leaving Videl fuming in anger.

After Gohan had left the room, Videl turned to Lime. "Can you believe the nerve of that guy? He acts as if he's the center of the universe!"

Instead of receiving the desired response, Videl was dumbfounded to find that Lime was looking at her sympathetically. "He's right. You don't understand anything at all."

"W-what are you talking about?" demanded Videl bewilderedly.

Lime stood up and faced Videl. "Gohan told me about you. He told me how you're pushy and very pesky. I doubted his words when I first met you, but now, I come to believe that what he said is true."

Videl couldn't help but feel flabbergasted at Lime's confession.

"You don't consider other people's feelings at all. You're selfish and you only care about yourself. No wonder he can't put up with you," said Lime a little louder than she should have.

It took a while for Lime's words to sink in, but once they did, Videl couldn't say anything. They hurt, a lot. She admitted that she was acting selfish, arrogant, and conceited and she deserved the cold treatments they were currently giving her. She noticed that Lime was still in the room, though visibly fuming in anger.

"I'm sorry," said Videl softly, startling Lime. "I shouldn't have acted that way. I guess I just lost my temper." Videl plopped down on the chair she had pushed away earlier and looked up at Lime. "I guess it's because I haven't been treated normally for over six years."

Lime didn't move from her current spot, but listened intently to what Videl had to say.

"At one time I was a normal kid. I had a mother, a father, a decent sized house, a nice life. But now… it's totally different." Videl shifted her gaze down to her hands which were resting on her lap. "My mother died from cancer when I was seven. Back then my father treated and loved me as if his world would collapse if he lost me and I bet that it would, if anything happened to me. Then he started getting famous for his weight training and he went to fight Cell. Everyone claimed that he defeated Cell, but for some reason, I just couldn't accept that fact." She paused.

"There was a nagging feeling inside of me that suspected that those Gold Fighters were the one to have destroyed Cell, but being the foolish girl I was, I believed everything my father told me. I was so stupid and naive. It was then that my father started getting rich and famous for his glory. He had completely changed." Videl could feel the tears pricking the side of her eyes, but tried her best to suppress them.

"He began getting drunk most of the time and brought home many women that flaunted their body to him just because they wanted money." By now she could feel the tears running down her face, but she couldn't do anything to stop them from falling. "He started ignoring me and just gave me money to spend. No one cared who I was. I was just Mr. Satan's daughter. No one respected me for who I was anymore. They were always offering me the best of everything and treating me like royalty. Heck, the only reason why I even volunteered to help the police was to feel worthy of something! Besides, those buffoons couldn't arrest a crook even if the guy was tied up, gagged, and less than a foot away," said Videl wiping away her tears. "S-sorry… I didn't mean to act that way…," repeated Videl.

Lime, who was at first just listening, understood Videl a better thanks to her little outburst and could sympathize with the girl. She sighed and said, "Listen, don't get all stressed out. I guess you've had a pretty hard life too. I'm sorry; I didn't know that being the daughter of one of the most famous celebrities was that hard either."

Videl managed to smile slightly. "If you could accept my apology, then I guess I could accept yours."

Lime returned the smile and said, "It's a deal then." Lime brought up her notebook and began scribbling once again, confusing Videl. "Videl Satan grew up in Orange Star City and lives with her father. Her favorite activity is helping the police when she has time."

Videl was quite surprised that Lime didn't write anything else down. "But why did you write that down? Why didn't you include the selfish, snobby, arrogant, conceited part?"

The smile never left Lime's face. "I knew that you weren't that kind of person. I just wanted to confirm your personality and guess what? I'm right." She winked. "I'll tell you a secret, Videl. I'm a pretty good judge of character."

At that, Videl truly smiled. It was her first real smile in years and she was amazed at how good it felt.

Well, I know that it's been quite a while since I have last written an update. I apologize for the delay, but let's just call it writer's block. Aside from that, I highly doubt that anyone is reading this story anymore. I know that my writing and my plot is mediocre and very inferior to a lot of people's so I can't blame people for not reading. Anyhow, if anyone is reading, I would really appreciate some criticism.