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The party continued smoothly after Gohan and Hermione's accidental kiss, although the two teens chose to avoid each other for the remainder of the party, Gohan spending most of the remainder of the party telling Harry and Ron what really happened during the Cell games while Hermione stayed near her parents and talked with Bulma. But even though they were standing on opposite sides of the room the two found it difficult not to take quick glances at the other, a fact that Gohan's friends easily picked up on.
The party continued in this manner until nearly midnight when Krillin gathered everyone's attention.
"Hey guys I'm glad that you're all here, I have a rather important announcement to make.
Krillin started his hand going back to rub at his currently bald head. "The fact is that android 18 and I are getting married." Krillin finished shocking everyone, while the blond haired android simply raised her left hand to show the small engagement ring. Krillin's statement was met with stunned silence at first, before all at once everyone except for Vegeta quickly began congratulating the monk, the women going over to look at the ring after congratulating him.
"Gohan" Krillin started catching the young saiyan's attention.
"Yeah" Gohan responded.
"I was hoping that you wouldn't mind being my best man." Krillin asked shocking the young warrior before a large smile split Gohan's face.
"I'd be honored." Gohan responded, quickly clasping hands with the older fighter.
The party continued for another hour, much of the discussion having changed from the Christmas holiday to beginning to plan out the wedding, but as with all good things it had to come to an end, and as the clock chimed one, Bulma decided that it was time for everyone to begin heading ether home, or to one of the many rooms that she had. While most decided to head home, Gohan chose to remain at Capsule Corp for the night having no real desire to be by himself that night. So after quickly wishing his friends a good night and promising to see them after the Christmas break, the young warrior quickly headed up to the room that Bulma had given him a few years previously and fell into a somewhat restless sleep, unaware of the small figure that was quick to crawl into bed beside the older boy.
Bulma sighed as she walked towards Gohan's room hoping to have a quick conversation with the young boy about the obvious feelings that he had for Hermione, but the sight that greeted her when she opened the door froze Bulma, before bringing a small smile to her face, as laying in the bed was not only Gohan, still wearing his suit, but curled up next to the dark haired boy was her wayward child, and as if to prove just how much he idolized the older boy Trunks was sleeping in his little suit. Deciding that she had no desire to wake ether boy up, and knowing that she had a few days to talk to Gohan about this Bulma quietly closed the door.
The night passed quickly for Gohan and sooner than the boy would have liked the small alarm clock sitting on the side of his bed began its aggravating task of waking the comfortably resting child up. Mere seconds after the clock began to buzz Gohan's fist came slamming down on the fragile piece of machinery easily shattering it unto dozens of different pieces. Realizing that he should probably get out of bed the young warrior slowly and grudgingly began to leave the comfort of the soft bed that he had been sleeping on, he only made it a foot before his highly trained senses picked up the other person in his room. The spiky haired saiyan couldn't help but to smile as his onyx eyes landed on Trunk's sleeping form, Gohan couldn't help but to chuckle softly as he shifted the rest of the way off his bed before turning around and readjusting the covers over the still sleeping child.
Having made sure the younger saiyan was covered; Gohan quickly gathered the orange and blue gi that he had changed out of the other night before carefully making his way out of not only his room but the house as well. His feet leaving the ground mere seconds after he stepped out of Bulma's home, the boy continued to levitate skyward until he passed the clouds, the instant that the clouds were situated comfortably below him Gohan shifter his body before blasting off towards his home.
His trip home passed quickly and within twenty minutes the landscape beneath Gohan had changed from a bustling metropolis to rolling hills and tree covered valleys. But the boy didn't begin to slow until the small dome shaped house that he like his parents called home came into sight. Knowing that he hadn't showered since yesterday afternoon when Bulma had forced him to take a shower the young saiyan was quick to strip of the horrible suit and jump into the small barrel that his family had used for bathing for so many years.
As the young warrior sat there allowing the water to encircle him, his mind began to drift inevitably focusing on the accidental kiss that he and Hermione had shared the night before. But more then that the boy was forced to wonder what exactly those strange feelings were, and if they had anything to do with him feeling like he had some form of indigestion every time he saw Hermione walking with Ron. But the more he thought on it the more he realized that he didn't know the answer. After all he didn't have much experience with other people his own age, could it be because Hermione was the first girl his own age that he had really gotten to know, or was it something else. Unfortunately no matter how hard the young warrior thought about it he couldn't figure out what these feelings that kept erupting inside of him meant. So deciding that the only way that he'd get an answer to what they meant was to talk to someone older than him Gohan figured that before the small break was over he'd go back by Capsule Corp and talk to Bulma about it.
Thinking about Bulma quickly changed the young warriors focus from his accidental kiss and the girl that he had shared it with to the spar that he had with Vegeta the other day, and though the young warrior hadn't wanted to admit it to the saiyan prince the fact was that he had in fact gotten slower. Though Gohan was loath to admit it, because of the time of peace that the world had been in for the last few years the young warrior had slacked on his training, but more than that ever since he had begun at Hogwarts he had not only been spending less and less time training, but his work outs had also been becoming progressively lighter, and even though he was still stronger then the saiyan prince Gohan knew that if he didn't step his training up a notch it wouldn't be long before Vegeta narrowed the gap between their power levels, but more than that Gohan knew that if he didn't step up his training and another villain like Cell or Bojack appeared then he may not be strong enough to protect the planet and keep his promise to his father.
Knowing the only way to fix the problem was to begin training again Gohan was quick to jump out of the bath before quickly throwing a weighted gi on only this time it was black with a white undershirt, white wristbands, and a white belt. The instant that he left the house Gohan began shadow sparing much like his father used to.
The next few days passed in a blur for Gohan, with the young saiyan waking up and having a quick(but large) breakfast before he began training for the better part of the day stopping only to take a quick bath and then have a large dinner before taking the rest of the day to relax. But as the last day before he returned to Hogwarts began to turn into the late afternoon Gohan was nowhere near his home, instead the young saiyan was currently flying towards Capsule Corp wearing his father's colors. Having decided that he had pushed talking to Bulma about why Hermione affected him the way she did, as long as he could the boy knew that he'd have to go and talk to Bulma about it now. But as the boy neared Capsule Corps he realized that he actually didn't know how to explain the way Hermione affected him properly, but as the large dome shaped building with the double C on the top came into view Gohan decided that he'd simply try and explain it to Bulma and hope that she understood what he meant.
In one of her personal laboratories Bulma was midway through repairing another set of drones that her husband had broken, when her proximity alarm went off, alerting her to the presence of one of the warriors known as a Z-fighter. Deciding that she could probably use a break from the tedious work of rebuilding the drones, Bulma quickly stood from her chair and began the quick walk towards the front room where she knew the new comer would be waiting.
Bulma couldn't help but to smile when she saw who was currently waiting for her, after all Gohan had left so early the morning after the Christmas party that she hadn't gotten to say goodbye, nor had she seen him in the days following the party. But as she took notice of the young warrior's stance she realized that something must be bothering him.
"Hi Gohan" Bulma started hoping to put the young boy at ease.
"Hey Bulma" Gohan responded smiling at the older woman.
"Is everything okay Gohan" Bulma asked deciding to cut straight to the chase. She couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face as she noticed the slightly shocked look on the boys face, before he sighed and sat down, the words spilling from his lips rapidly, explaining to the older genius all the strange things that had been happening and the fact that they seemed to have something to do with Hermione. The entire time Bulma was doing everything she could not to chuckle until she simply couldn't stop herself any longer and then the women began to giggle easily catching the young boys attention, Bulma quickly realizing that her giggling could in fact hurt the boys feeling was quick to force herself back under control.
"Gohan there's nothing wrong with you, all these feelings mean is that you like Hermione" Bulma stated. Gohan couldn't help but to look at her with some confusion.
"Of course I like Hermione she's my friend" Gohan stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. His statement made Bulma want nothing more than to smack herself in the forehead as she realized that Gohan didn't know what she meant when she told him that he liked Hermione.
"You really are your father's son." Bulma sighed in slight irritation, "Gohan when I said that you liked Hermione I meant as more than a friend." Bulma continued, her sentence shocking the young boy, causing his eyes to widen to almost comical proportions.
"So what should I do" Gohan asked softly.
"Well duh Gohan you ask her out on a date." Bulma stated as if it was the most obvious thing on the planet. Bulma realizing that the boy had no clue what he should do, and remembering the stories that she had heard about Goku and Chichi's dates, the blue haired woman decided that she'd help the boy come up with the plans for the date.
Alright well there's chapter 20 I hope everyone liked it. On a different note I'd like to say thank you to the one person who has left me a review, as well as once again ask others to take a minute out of your busy schedule if you can and shoot me a review if you can. So with all that said I hope to have the next chapter out soon as well as the first chapter of my DBZ/Naruto crossover, so until then please remember to review.