Smoke And Mirrors
Chapter 5: Sweet Dreams Videl
By raicho
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"So the almighty 'wonderboy' has graced us with his presence again."
The demi-saiyajin grinned rather sheepishly at the smirking Sharpner as he sat down at his desk for first period; an hour of physics with the large, rotund and ever smiling Mr Ings. Pulling a pen and notepad from his bag he placed them neatly in front of himself before turning back to the long haired teenager.
"Erm... yeah, listen, about yesterday... what happened exactly?"
Sharpner grinned before leaning back in his chair, arms folded behind his head, "I saved your butt is what happened dude. But don't worry, saving people like you from the bad guys is never a chore. I mean, that's why we do what we do."
Before he could respond Gohan was almost launched from his seat as it was dragged backwards and an overly concerned face framed with golden cropped hair consumed his vision.
"Oh my gosh, Gohan! Are you hurt? Is anything broken? Are you sure you're alright to be at school?!"
Leaning back to escape the onslaught from the bubbling teen, Gohan gently pushed her away and guided Erasa to her chair next to him before breathing a small sigh of relief.
"I'm fine Erasa, not a scratch. But I still don't understand what happened?"
Completely ignoring his comment, Erasa did an about face to find Sharpner with an amused look on his face. "And thank you so much Sharpner for looking out for him! I told Videl taking poor little Gohan was a silly idea, but that girl never listens! And speak of the devil..."
Erasa's beaming features quickly turned to an ice cold glare as her gaze locked onto the raven haired girl making her way up the stairs to their row. Meanwhile the feisty crime fighter was doing everything possible to ignore the stare she was receiving from her best friend. After sliding through to her seat, greeting Sharpner, rummaging through her bag, checking her watch and fiddling with the bottom of her t-shirt she finally gave in to the relentless blonde beside her.
"Fine Erasa! You were right, I was wrong and I'm sorry!" the young crime fighter blurted out. "Gohan is obviously not who I thought he was, and... well I... I'm sorry."
Maintaining her gaze on her childhood friend for a few moments more, Erasa finally caved and cracked a smile before giving Videl a small hug and sitting back down again.
"It's ok I forgive you, just don't do it again!"
Satisfied she turned once again to the topic of their conversation, who still had a confused expression etched across his face.
"Don't worry Gohan, I know what you went through can be a scary experience for some people, but like, me and Sharpy will keep an eye on you from now on and you'll be just totally fine!"
Gohan blinked before turning his attention to Mr Ings who had just entered the class. He had a much better chance of understanding advanced physics than he did teenage girls.
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Unfortunately for poor Gohan, the day didn't get any less confusing.
It was almost as if Sharpner and Videl had switched bodies, with the girl who had spent all of day one interrogating him for information practically ignoring him throughout all of their classes. Sharpner on the other hand, although maintaining his practice of calling him names, seemed to be warming up to the spiky haired teen rather quickly; sharing jokes, idle chit-chat and quizzing the 'bookworm' on their latest algebra assignment.
To make matters worse, Erasa had latched herself onto his arm for the majority of the day. He'd hoped that however inconvenient it was, he could get some information out of her about what happened at the bank. Instead though he only ever got responses about random television shows, school kids he'd never even heard of, and continual comments about his physique that made his cheeks tint a rosy colour every time.
As Gohan strolled out of the main doors and into the sunshine for lunch break, he was once again under the scrutiny of the animated girl wrapped around his arm.
"I just can't believe how totally toned you are Gohan, you must work out a lot I'm sure!"
Trying his best to ignore the comment, Gohan strolled across to a tree on the far side of the grounds, gracefully lowering himself onto a shady patch of grass – his blonde 'partner' hurriedly sitting down next to him. Shuffling across to try and get at least a few millimetres distance between himself and his pursuer, he decided to once again try for some answers.
"So, ummmm, Erasa, I'm flattered that you want to spend so much time with me and tell me about yourself and stuff, but do you think you could tell me at least something about what happened at the bank yesterday?"
The usually vibrant girl sighed looking at the grass beneath her, before staring into the piercing gaze from the midnight eyes before her.
"You're really not gonna give up on this are you?"
Seeing him shaking his head with a solemn expression, Erasa started ripping blades of grass out from the ground and twirling it through her fingers before looking back at the boy before her.
"Ok so what do you want to know?"
With a smile of accomplishment, Gohan faulted as he suddenly realised he didn't exactly know how to begin.
"How about... Sharpner and Videl. What is this 'after-school club' exactly?"
Nodding the blonde girl flicked a piece of grass away before focussing her attention on the question.
"Ok, so like, it's obviously not an after-school club. It goes back for years. For as long as anyone can remember there's always been this like, rivalry between Orange Star High and Riverside High."
Tossing another piece of grass away, the teenage girl continued. "A few years back though, things started to get really bad, with fights between students and things like that, so the mayor's office came up with a load of rules banning us from going to each others campus's and from certain areas of the city."
Picking a flower instead this time, Erasa began to idly pluck it's petals. "Things just got like, even worse though, because Riverside students started forming these gangs and messing up neighbourhoods, soon it turned to minor crime, and now it is what you see today; ripping off banks and companies and such."
Flicking away the stem of the flower, Erasa looked at Gohan to see an enquiring look on his face. The blonde quickly chirped up, beating him to his next question.
"But what you really wanted to know about was the 'magic tricks and light shows' right?"
"Magic tricks and light shows? That's how Hercule describes how we 'cheat' – but she must obviously know there's more to it than that..." Gohan thought, nodding to Erasa to continue.
"Well this might shock you a bit, but Hercule was wrong. It's not just an illusion, smoke and mirrors, whatever. It's like, something you can do if you really work hard at training yourself up" the blonde stated matter-of-factly.
"About four years ago during a fight with some guys from Riverside, Videl was hit by one of those light beams. She realised then that they're totally real, and began pushing herself to be able to do the same. After doing a lot of research and training she like, did it herself, and since then she's taught the rest of us how to do it too."
Gohan blinked, dumbstruck, before another thought entered his head. "Wait a minute, you said 'us'. You can do it too?"
Grinning from ear to ear, Erasa reached an arm out towards the tree before shooting out a small blast, scorching the bark and wobbling the tree enough to bring a few leaves down into Gohan's gravity-defying hair. He failed to notice his new leafy headgear though, a surprised expression carved into his face.
Erasa let out a small sigh, lowering her face to try and hide her disappointment.
"Gohan, I have to confess we were all a little bit hopeful about you... when Videl thought you beat up that guy, when I saw you pull that locker out of the wall, when we heard your name... we thought you might be one of those people that knew about this stuff, but judging from the look on your face we were wrong."
Gohan scratched the back of his head nervously, processing what he'd just heard. After a moment something caught his attention, something that pushed him beyond nervous and into an almost panicked state.
"Gosh, I'm sorry I disappointed you, but I really am just an 'ordinary bookworm' as Sharpner would say. That student I supposedly beat up, the locker coming out of the wall... all just coincidence."
Audibly gulping without trying to look too conspicuous, the young demi-saiyajin prepared for his next question, "So why would my name be of interest to you...?"
The blonde smiled a faint smile at him before waving her hand nonchalantly, "It's nothing, forget I said it..."
Without realising, Gohan adopted his younger brothers trademark pout, refusing to let Erasa dismiss it so easily.
Staring into the most convincing set of puppy-dog eyes she'd ever seen, Erasa gave an exasperated sigh before agreeing to continue.
"Fine, fine, just wipe that look off your face before it kills me! Remember how I said we did some research into the light beams? Well we like, found out it goes back for generations. There are schools of martial arts rumoured to teach it, and it's been used before in the World Martial Arts Tournaments. One of the most famous users was a previous champion, a man named Son Goku."
Gohan's face paled considerably. Panic at nearly being discovered so nearly on combined with amazement that he'd somehow ended up in a high school where supposedly 'normal' humans knew how to use ki, let alone the fact that his father was an expert in it.
Gohan was knocked from his thoughts as the bell rang, signalling the end of lunch. As the two teenagers climbed to their feet and slowly made their way through the throng of students, Gohan's companion had gone back to her usual animated self.
"It's like so crazy it's beyond belief really, all of this power and stuff is kinda magical! We had to do like loads of research on it, but most of what we found out we were told, and you'd like, never guess who it was that told us...!"
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The bell signalling the end of the day couldn't come fast enough for Gohan, and as soon as he had left the classroom he was racing through the halls and up the stairwell to the roof of the building, where he immediately blasted off into the sky. Erasa's final words from lunch still echoed in his mind.
Muttering to himself, Gohan ignored the surprised looks he got from passers by below as he jetted across the Satan City skyline, "I can't believe this, how on earth could all of this of happened? It's ridiculous... that man is gonna have a lot of explaining to do!"
Within a matter of minutes the irate saiyajin found himself at his destination, and began his descent into the stadium beneath him. Surely enough, his target was exactly where he expected.
"Hey Gohan my man, long time no see!"
Ignoring the greeting, Gohan glared at the man standing in the 'Bandits' baseball gear before him, "You!"
Blinking, the man stared at him for a moment before responding.
"Yes Gohan. Me Yamcha. Your friend. You remember?" the man punctuated in a perplexed tone.
"The friend thing is questionable! Do you know that thanks to you I've had students interrogating me left, right and center because you decided to give them a little lesson in ki blasts and the Son family tree?!" the demi-saiyajin ranted, unable to control his frustration.
Yamcha blinked, staring at the obviously upset teen, racking his brain for any kind of clue as to what he was talking about. Lightly bouncing the bat in his hand against the rim of his baseball cap, the former rogue, now pro-ball player pondered what had been said.
"Ohhhhhh...." he began, realisation slowly dawning on him, "You're talking about those kids who came to talk to me a few years back...?"
"Yes!" Gohan shouted back, "Those kids who are now shooting at each other and me with ki blasts, and suspecting me of being exactly who I really am and knowing all about my family!"
"Chill out dude, I barely told them a thing. It was so brief I barely remember it! They came, asked a few questions about the Kame style, the World Tournament's and the Cell Games..."
Gohan's face fell for a moment at the mention of the battle that he'd rather erase from his memories, before once again replacing the mask of irritation on his face.
"And what about my dad? They sure seem to know a lot about the legendary Son Goku, what did you tell them?!"
"Hey, if anything you owe me on that one buddy."
Gohan faltered for a moment, looking at Yamcha questioningly. "What do you mean...?"
Yamcha sighed, distracting himself by giving his bat a couple of swings, "Ah forget it dude, it's nothing."
Gohan let out an exasperated sigh, thinking back to Erasa's similar response, "Is it 'Ignore Gohan's Questions Day' or something? Tell me."
The baseball player looked at the young teen for a minute before caving in, "Ok, so I told them that Goku had been a student of the Kame school. They wanted to meet him, but I told them that Goku and all of his family were killed during the Cell Games..."
Quirking an eyebrow, the young saiyajin stared at his friend questioningly.
"Dude, you were cut up pretty bad about Goku's death for quite a while you know. I figured the last thing you needed was people bothering you about it..."
"Oh..." Gohan trailed off, staring at the ground and immediately finding the batters box something worthy of further investigation. Thoughts of the past few years flooded the young teen's mind. After his father's death a lot of the spark in his life seemed to disappear, and it had only just occurred to him that the Z Fighters probably had a lot to do with how much he'd recovered since then. His thoughts were interrupted as a strong hand clapped him on the back, looking up he found he couldn't stay angry at the man before him.
"Gohan man. We're all proud of you, you're not just your father's son, you're Son Gohan, and I know Goku's just as proud."
A grin found it's way back onto the young saiyajin's face as he in turn clapped Yamcha on the back, almost flattening him in the process. Scratching the back of his head apologetically with the classic Son grin, Gohan bid farewell to his friend before blasting off towards home.
Jetting back across the Satan City skyline, he was once again unaware of the citizens beneath him. In particular a select few who were again meeting secretly in a dimly lit warehouse.
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Craig stood tall, his subordinates slightly behind him on either side. After spending 3 hours in the dreaded chamber, he had forced both himself and his underlings back into the chamber every week since his defeat at the hands of Videl and the dorky looking teenager with gravity defying hair. He desperately hoped that his efforts would push him back into the good books of both Kiyonari and the boss.
Kiyonari had eventually given him his silent approval, and now they stood together in amongst crates of stolen goods, awaiting their next assignment.
Glancing behind him at his fellow students, his head was snapped back to the front, his long black hair flicking behind him as a coldly amused voice spoke out from the shadows.
"Nice to see you on your feet again Craig."
Gulping, the teenager simply stood motionless, knowing better than to speak out of turn.
"Kiyonari has been raving non-stop about how much you and your team have stepped up since your last little... mishap, shall we say."
Craig remained motionless as Kiyonari looked on, rolling his eyes at the boss' continual use of sarcastic comedy. He remembered the conversation well, and it had simply been an exchange of "He's ready" And "Good". Kiyonari never raved.
"I've got a rather important job for you this time, one that cannot afford to go wrong, yet has every chance of doing so. Kiyonari, you'll accompany them." the voice stated, throwing an electronic pad to the statuesque man before fading away into the darkness.
Without a word Craig and his two subordinates gathered around Kiyonari who proceeded to push a button on the pad. A hologram immediately projected above them with detailed schematics of a large complex. Glancing to the side of the diagram before them, they read over the mission objectives; secure a new positronic prototype that was being developed at the premises. The building itself was located on the far side of the city, reading the company name Kiyonari nodded slowly before deactivating the hologram. This assignment would definitely require the utmost precision...
"We move tomorrow night."
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A new dawn and a new day had arrived. Despite the bizarre nature of practically everything around him – no life force to be detected anywhere, students fighting crime and energy blasts flying around left, right and center – Gohan was actually starting to enjoy himself, and it was only day three of his first week.
As the spiky haired teen placed a mammoth pile of books into his locker, he mused that it probably had something to with the fact he'd had quite a bizarre upbringing. He'd probably feel more out of place if everything was the way it was supposed to be.
Or perhaps it was because he was an ordinary boy here. After his discussion with Yamcha the young super saiyajin had decided it would definitely be best to heed his mothers advice and remain incognito – the people here were ignorant of his past and what he had done. It was a chance to live a few hours of his life each day as someone who wasn't one of the most powerful fighters in the universe.
With a smile on his face he turned to leave, only to find himself flat on his back as a strong force slammed into him.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Gohan! Are you ok?!"
Brushing himself down as he climbed back up again, Gohan just grinned at the ditzy blonde in front of him. "Speech faster than the human ear can hear, ridiculous strength and one of the zaniest personalities... definitely reminds me of Goten."
Grinning at the girl in front of him, his expression quickly changed to one of meekness as his gaze fell to the raven-haired beauty behind her, a disinterested look on her face.
"So like, me and Videl were gonna go grab some ice cream! Wanna come?"
"Sure!" Gohan replied energetically at the mention of food, before once again dropping the happy exterior as a scowl appeared across the face of Videl Satan, "...errrm... as long as Videl doesn't mind...?"
Rolling her eyes the daughter of the champ turned before heading off out of the school doors, "Whatever."
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A few sundae's later, an animated Erasa was still talking about random gossip whilst Gohan nodded along mindlessly. Videl maintained the cold and silent treatment, opening her mouth on occasion to answer a question from her friend or make an occasional (negative) comment about the boy who had recently become her least favourite person.
"Why is Erasa still interested in this kid" Videl pondered, following after the two teenagers in front of her as they left the ice cream parlour. "Not only did he make me look like an idiot, he's a complete liability. A bookworm, just like Sharpner said."
Her gaze quickly caught onto a movement out of the corner of her eye. Focussing on the subject of her thoughts, something nagged away at the back of her mind. The supposed doofus had dodged around an oncoming pedestrian, his footwork manoeuvring around the person with a flawless grace.
"Yet something isn't right about him. He's surrounded by so many 'coincidences', Son isn't exactly the most common of family names, and we've all seen what he's hiding under that shirt in gym class..."
Before she could even realise that the last of her thoughts had brought the slightest of tints to her cheeks, her concentration was disrupted as her watch beeped to life. Scanning through the readout, she cursed to herself before looking at the expectant Erasa.
"Erasa, Riverside are hitting a research lab. We're really close and it would take too long to call in someone else..." a look of guilt swept across the raven haired girl's features, "Do you think you could come instead – I know you said you didn't want to do it anymore, but you're the only one I've got..."
Nodding and smiling faintly, the blonde adopted a serious expression, one which Gohan couldn't help but be intrigued by. Noticing his focus was now on her, Erasa turned to the teen towering above her.
"Sorry to cut things short Gohan, but we've gotta dash. You should head home and stay out of harms way."
Watching the two girls decapsulise a copter and blast off towards the Satan City highway, it didn't take very long for Gohan to come to a decision.
"Incognito or not, I have to make sure they're ok."
Mirroring Erasa's look of determination, he quickly blasted off after the yellow copter.
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Dropping through a window in the roof of the research lab, Videl and Erasa crouched down in a long white hallway, the artificial light gleaming off of the bright surfaces all around them.
Motioning in a direction that led further into the complex, Videl got a nod from her sidekick before running down the corridor, their footsteps barely heard as they hit the tiled surface beneath them. Stopping at a junction, Videl quickly consulted a map of the building which the police had provided her with before continuing onwards.
Thoughts plagued her mind as she recalled the last time Riverside had tried this kind of an endeavour – they'd barely made it into the building before the security
teams had detained them. Coming back here seemed like such a brash decision, but at the same time she had a sinking feeling that things would work out very differently this time.
As they entered a foyer, a company plaque on the far side of the wall helped to hit home her recollections of the time before.
Capsule Corporation.
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Gohan silently dropped through the skylight that the two girls had entered previously, a dumbstruck look still on his face.
"I can't believe we're in a Capsule Corp building, Bulma's security – not to mention the infamous wrath of Vegeta – is generally more than enough to safeguard what she does."
Heading off in a direction that appeared to lead further into the lab Gohan quickly set about trying to find his classmates, a sense of foreboding beginning to creep through him.
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The two girls that Gohan sought were currently crouched down behind a set of double doors, beyond which they had managed to see two men standing watch while a third tapped away at a control panel.
Videl had instantly recognised the one at the control panel, his long black hair cascading wildly down his back at all angles; Craig. Cocky, loudmouthed and for all intents and purposes, a jerk. Sharpner's comment of 'loser' from the day before seemed very appropriate.
Still, she couldn't get complacent and overlook his skill. Despite all of that he was still an accomplished fighter, who she shamefully recalled had pushed her to her limits when they had last fought during the spring break.
"And that was at Sigma Corporation, yet another company on the forefront of new technologies..." the thought left her mind as quickly as it had entered. She would consider whether this was a coincidence or a pattern after she'd pounded the Riverside student into the ground.
Looking across to Erasa she saw a nervous look on her face. When fighting non-stop had become too much of a burden on the blonde's state of mind, she had decided to step back from the patrols and crime fighting to concentrate on managing their efforts behind the scenes instead. It had been well over a year since she'd been in a situation like this, and Videl was beginning to wonder whether bringing her into this had been a mistake.
As if sensing the thoughts of the troubled girl, Erasa gave her friend a small smile, "Don't worry V, you take the guy on the left, I'll take the one on the right, and then it's just Craig, and he's totally yours."
Nodding in agreement the two mouthed a countdown from three before bursting through the doors into the lab.
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Craig tapped furiously at the console in front of him. Technology had never been one of his strengths, and although hacking into the Capsule Corpation systems was supposed to be easy considering the equipment he'd been given, he still couldn't help but pull at his hair in frustration.
It was a short lived feeling however, as Craig found himself startled from all directions; an error glared on the screen in front of him whilst a crashing sound could be heard either side from behind him.
Whirling around to face the commotion, the Riverside student was less than amused to see one of his companions crumpled on the floor with a victorious Videl standing above him, whilst his other lackey swapped punches with a blonde teen he vaguely recognised.
Smirking he immediately took a stance in front of the raven-haired crimefighter, "It's good to see you again Videl, I've been looking forward to picking up where we left off in the car park all those weeks ago."
Grinning back at the cocky fighter in front of her, Videl dropped into a stance herself, "If we're beginning where we left off, then I had better put you face down in the dirt again where you belong."
The smirk dropping from his face, Craig let out a roar as he launched himself at Videl. She instantly fell back, surprised at the increased speed Craig was demonstrating. The backwards motion put her on the defensive, and she quickly found herself parrying kicks and blocking punches from every direction, barely able to avoid the attacks thrown at her.
"This is unreal, how on earth has he improved so much in just a month?!" Videl barely had time to consider the question though as an opening in Craig's defences gave her the opportunity to switch onto the offensive. Soon the two opponents were darting from one side of the room to the other, seemingly just a blur of motion to the untrained eye.
Across the room, Erasa panted heavily as both her and her opponent stepped back from each other wearily, eyeing each other and waiting for the next move.
"This is like, totally so not me anymore. Maybe I should've kept up my training after all..."
Strengthening her posture, Erasa braced herself for a second onslaught as the equally exhausted teen opposite her leapt in to attack again.
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Gohan stood aimlessly in a Capsule Corporation corridor, scratching his head in the classic Son manner and trying to figure out where to head next. Not having the ability to sense ki was seriously beginning to grate on the young saiyajin.
On the brink of sending a curse better left unsaid in Dende's general direction, his keen sense of hearing suddenly made out the sounds and screams that accompanied only one thing; combat.
Taking off in that direction, Gohan decided against insulting his green friend, instead sending a silent prayer in the hopes that he'd get there before it was too late.
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A blinding light filled the room, causing both Videl and Craig to distance themselves from each other. On the far side of the room, Craig's remaining accomplice was an unconscious smoking heap on the floor.
Meters away stood Erasa. The fight had pushed her to her limits and beyond, and she had had no choice but to force every bit of energy she could summon into one attack. The effort had left the ditzy blonde drained, and she wobbled before dropping to her knees. Eyelids drooping and darkness quickly consuming her vision, Erasa too collapsed to the floor, slipping into unconsciousness.
"ERASA!" Videl ran over to her friend, only to feel an energy blast strike her from behind, knocking the raven-haired girl down onto her hands and knees.
Glaring in fury at Craig behind her, the boundaries between her body and life force momentarily collapsed as a surge of energy rushed through her very being and focussed into a ball of energy. Letting loose an almighty scream, Videl fired the energy blast across the room and into Craig, slamming him into the wall opposite.
The pain was unbearable and Craig could feel the energy as it began burning into his flesh. Pinned between the wall and ki blast, he desperately tried to force the energy away from himself. Grunting in pain, he felt the wall behind him begin to crumble. Moments later the wall collapsed and the long haired fighter was thrown to the ground on the other side, rubble and debris falling on top of him.
Bursting from the pile in a roar of anger, Craig was about to charge Videl once more when a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Looking to his left, he followed the hand to it's owner; Kiyonari.
"I thought I told you to hack into the computer system Craig" the older teen said in an ice cold tone.
"What about Videl?" Craig shot back, infuriated at not being able to continue his fight with Satan City's young heroine.
"I'll deal with her" Kiyonari replied, stepping through the hole in the wall and heading towards the young girl now crouched over Erasa.
Hearing the footsteps approaching her from behind and satisfied for the moment that Erasa's breathing was at least steady, she prepared for Craig's second assault. Clenching her fist tightly she waited until her assailant was directly behind her before spinning around with a ferocious punch.
The attack stopped short, caught in the gloved hand of a man she had not expected to see.
"Ki.. Kiyonari..." Videl stuttered out, eyes wide, taking in the man who had casually halted her attack.
"Hello again Miss Satan" Kiyonari replied cooly.
Before Videl had a chance to react, Kiyonari's leg had shot upwards and struck her in the midriff. Doubling over in pain, she was forced back onto her knees as she felt her energy rapidly slipping away from her after just one blow.
At the panel towards the rear of the room, Craig yelled in triumph as the computer gave way to the equipment designed to crack through its security systems. Moments later a pedestal materialised in front of him; on top of it sat the positronic prototype they had been sent for.
"Kiyonari! I've got it!"
His leader simply nodded in acknowledgement, still looking down on the city's saviour. Building up an energy ball in his hands, Kiyonari took aim at the girl beneath him.
"Sweet dreams Videl."
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I'm back and in a writing mood! I hope that wasn't too much of a cliffhanger, and that the storyline isn't proving too confusing. This chapter came out a lot longer than planned, but there was a lot to tell! I've now done some corrections to previous chapters as well as uploaded this one; I'm hopeful that I can maintain this momentum and get chapter 6 online shortly!
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed my story to date. I'm glad I'm able to vent my imagination in a way others can enjoy, and the feedback thus far has been very encouraging. I'm glad you're all intrigued, and just to clarify, Sharpy will definitely be put in his place eventually, and Buu will not be appearing – I have something else in mind... so stay tuned!