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

Discovering Gohan

Crush

Videl wondered how Gohan was doing after what happened two days ago. The poor guy looked like he was going to break down and shatter into a million pieces. Luckily, he seemed to be all right, even though it appeared as if a dark cloud followed him home.

When the school bell rang, Videl was more than relieved to see Gohan walk through the door without a sour expression; as a matter of fact, she was relieved he showed up at all. He took his usual seat beside her and greeted her the usual way, a nod in her direction.

She noted wryly that Lime came as well, but in a cheery mood.

Class seemed to pass by in slow motion, sitting between those two. Lime would try to talk to Gohan, but he remained quiet, even to Videl. Eventually, the bell rang, signifying the end of first period.

As Videl walked out the door, she noticed that Gohan waited for her outside, which was odd since he never waited for her before. "How are you feeling?" she asked, hoping that he'd answer.

To her surprise, he replied, "Much better than before." After taking a quick glance behind him, he returned his gaze to his female friend. "Is there something you want to ask me? You seem kind of off."

Biting her bottom lip, she nodded. "Why were you avoiding Lime at first?"

He seemed to stiffen at her question, but continued walking down the hall with her. "I'm not quite ready to face her yet, you know with what happened the other night and all."

"I see," said Videl softly. "But you seem to be in a better mood than the other night."

He smiled and wrapped an arm around her, bringing her close for a one-armed hug. "Yeah, all thanks to you. I don't know what I would've done if you weren't there."

"Hopefully not kill the guy," she said with a smile and rosy cheeks.

Noticing her red face, Gohan asked, "Are you hot or something? Your face is kinda red."

Breaking out of his hug, she quickly replied, "No, not at all. Anyway, we better get going or we'll be late."

Nodding, Gohan followed her.

Victoria frowned and shoved the chair that managed to tumble onto her when the ship landed. This whole landing business was still new to her since she never had the need to land before. Therefore, when she chose to come to Earth, where with lots of research, found that the last of the Saiyans resided. Since she never used any of the controls aside from the hologram machine, she was quite confused as to how to control the ship, let alone fly it.

After succeeded in getting back onto her own two feet, Victoria took out a small tracker. The nearest Saiyan was approximately a hundred miles away. Well, it looked as if she better get going if she wanted to find him or her.

Gohan reached into his pocket and took out a ring he had bought yesterday at a store. It seemed normal enough with a small design in the center, but if one were to look closely, you'd discover that there was actually a chip wedged inside. He debated whether or not to give to give it to Videl, but look at her watch that was connected directly to the police station, he knew what he had to do.

"Um, Videl?"

She looked up from her lunch and looked at him curiously, wondering what he wanted. "Yeah, what is it?"

He presented her the ring. "Here's a little thanks for your support the other night."

She shifted her gaze from the ring back to him and forced herself to say," I can't accept it."

"Why not?"

Biting her bottom lip, she responded, "Because you're my friend, and I did what a friend's supposed to do."

Gohan didn't know why felt a little hurt when she mentioned that they were only friends. Clearing his head, he continued with his persistence. "And as a friend, I'm giving you a present."

"Which I cannot accept," she finished for him.

"No, which you will accept if you're truly my friend," he countered.

Videl opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it again, not knowing what to say.

He smiled. "I got you there. Come on, just accept it. It's not like I'm giving you a car."

Sighing in defeat, Videl grabbed the ring and put it on her finger. "There, happy?"

"Very," he grinned. In truth, the reason why he was so persistent in giving her the ring was because the chip he placed in the ring was actually a tracking device. With all the crime fighting she did, he was worried that something bad might happen to her one day and that she'd be in over her head, which was why Gohan cleverly hid the tracker in the ring he gave her.

"Aww, don't you two make a cute couple?" cooed Erasa who suddenly appeared behind Videl.

Videl's face started to turn red again, much to her dismay. The raven-haired girl shoved her friend away. "Shut up, Erasa."

The blonde girl just laughed. "You know you love me."

"Yeah, enough to strangle you," added Videl.

Again, the blonde girl laughed and took a seat beside her best friend.

"What do you want? You look happier than usual," noted Videl.

"Well, guess what!"

"If I wanted to guess, I wouldn't have asked," said Videl dryly.

Gohan struggled to bite back a chuckle at that reply.

Erasa ignored her friend and continued with enthusiastic news. "The school is starting a martial arts team and they're having try-outs next week! Isn't this awesome?"

"Uh… sure, Erasa," answered Gohan uncertainly.

"Why would we suddenly create a martial arts team? Isn't basketball, baseball, and soccer enough?" wondered Videl.

"Apparently it was your dad's idea. He wanted to have a martial arts team when he was in school so much that he's sponsoring it all across the nation," supplied Erasa.

"You've got to be kidding," laughed Gohan.

All Videl could do was sigh. "And here we go again. I better talk him out of it before it bombs. He has no idea how few people actually know martial arts." She got up to leave before Gohan beckoned her back.

"Wait, no, don't," called Gohan, "this actually sounds kind of interesting. I wouldn't mind trying out."

"Are you serious?" asked Erasa and Videl simultaneously.

The demi-saiyan shrugged. "Why not? I have some free time."

All Gohan could do was finish his lunch while Videl gaped at him and Erasa cheering like crazy.

Victoria was puzzled. The tracker said that the nearest Saiyan was amongst a crowd of people. How was she supposed to find him or her? She stayed hovering in the air for a few minutes wondering what to do. She was about to just charge into the crowd when she heard people screaming beneath her. Victoria looked down and to her surprise, people were running off in different directions. Taking a quick glance at her tracker, she was pleased to find that it was going to be easier to locate the Saiyan.

Landing on the ground, she looked around for the Saiyan that was beeping on her tracker. Luckily for her, two people started walking toward her and one of them was definitely who she was seeking. One was a girl and the other was a rather cute boy.

"I don't know what you are or why you're here, but you better have a good reason," said a girl with crossed arms.

Victoria looked her up and down and frowned. "You're not who I'm looking for. You're too weak," she said in Raishuian.

The girl raised an eyebrow and looked to her companion. "Gohan, do you have any idea what she just said?"

Gohan shrugged. "I don't know, but I do have a gadget at home that can translate any language."

"Is there any chance that you can bring her to your house peacefully?" wondered Videl.

"I'll give it a try," said Gohan, who was about to step forward before Videl stopped him. He looked at her questioningly.

"I'll go. She'll probably hurt you," offered Videl.

Gohan smiled wryly, but allowed his friend to do as she pleased.

Videl stepped up to the girl, waiting for her to something, other than speak in a language she didn't understand.

Victoria tried to sidestep Videl in order to get a better view of her companion, but was blocked by Videl each and every time. "Would you move?"

Videl had no idea what the alien girl said, so she merely raised an eyebrow. "Look, I have no idea who you are or what you want, but I just want to bring you somewhere where we could translate what you're saying so that we won't have any misunderstand-"

Victoria was sick of this girl who stood in her way speaking gibberish, so she did the first thing she could think of: shove the girl aside. Unfortunately for the Raishuian, she didn't know her own strength when compared to humans and ended up sending Videl flying into a wall.

Alarmed, Gohan immediately went to Videl's side and sighed in relief when he found her pulse. She was alive, but unconscious. Angered, he turned his gaze back to the foreign girl. "I don't know who you think you are, but you have no right to hurt my friend." After a quick ki search, he was relieved to find that there was no one around them so he was free to power up. After reaching Super Saiyan, Gohan immediately attacked the alien.

Victoria could tell that he was angry, but it was an accident. Well, sort of. Sure she was currently fighting an enraged Saiyan, which was sort of what she wanted, but she didn't quite expect him to a cutie. Therefore, she couldn't fight to her full capacity and was losing in this fight, being too preoccupied thinking about her new crush.

Unfortunately for her, her lack of attention to the fight cost her dearly and before she knew it, she was knocked out.

Gohan flew the two girls back to Capsule Corp., all the while hoping that Videl would be all right and that her injuries weren't too bad.

It turns out that Videl had a few broken bones and that a senzu bean was required. No doubt Bulma and the others were beyond worried when he brought the both of them back to Capsule Corp. unconscious. After explaining what happened, they locked up the alien girl and treated Videl.

Videl woke up to a bright light shining in her eye a couple hours later. Groaning, she turned her head to the side to find Gohan sitting by her side. "Um, hi?"

"Hi," he said with a smile. "How are you feeling?"

"All right, if you ignore the ringing in my head," she replied with a small smile.

Placing a hand on hers, he said, "I hope you get better soon. I'll bring you home a few hours. Apparently the girl who attacked you earlier is also awake. Right now we're trying to hold her down long enough to use the translator on her."

"Can I come?"

"What?" he asked, puzzled. "Are you sure? I mean, you just woke up and she did attack you."

Videl frowned. "Yeah. I want to find out the reason why she attacked me."

Gohan raised an eyebrow. "I'm guessing you want to strangle her."

"How did you know?" replied the raven-haired girl with a smile.

The demi-saiyan laughed. "Okay, but promise you'll hold back until we can ask her a few questions."

Well, it would appear that it's been half a year since the last time I updated. I apologize for my horrible updating habit, but let's just say that writing hasn't really been my hobby as of late, not to mention writer's block is a pain in the butt. Anyways, here's chapter 9 and it's really getting different from the original story. So, enjoy and don't forget to leave a comment on your opinions of my story.