A/N – Thank you NANLIT for my only review even though hundreds read my first chapter. Thanks for the correction explaining that Piccolo took over the world roughly 20 years ago, and not 30. Hope you guys like this chapter! Note to reviewer(s) at bottom of very chapter.
It was finally nearing the end of a long week for Videl and what a week it was. There had been several violent crimes she faced this week. Saiayman also showed up out of the middle of nowhere earlier this week and what a mystery he was to her. Also one of her teachers gave all the students a hard project which involved a lot of research and writing. She was thankful that this was her last class even though it was physical education.
They just so happened to be doing martial arts in PE. She was frequently called down to assist the teacher because of her renowned skill in martial arts. Sharpner, also a star pupil under Mr. Satan is a skilled martial artist for human standards. Gohan decided it would be best if he stayed on the sidelines and play dumb when it came to martial arts. He didn't want his background to be revealed as this was the first time in his life he could try to 'fit in.' People had been paired into helping each other with their fighting stance.
"So Gohan let's see your stance. I will point out your flaws." Sharpner said so proudly.
"Umm, I haven't done much martial arts." Gohan countered.
"That's fine. I wouldn't expect a nerd to know much." Sharpner said flexing his muscles. "Now try to get into a defensive position."
Gohan got into the most pathetic defensive position he could muster. There were clearly flaws in his position as you didn't need a martial artist to figure that out.
"Umm, is this good?" Gohan asked.
Sharpner was surprised. Wow, what a nerd Sharpner thought. I could fight him with five percent of my skill and still beat him up with a stance like that. Pathetic. "Gohan you can't be serious. Bring your arms in more incase the opponent wanted to jab you with a fast punch." Sharpner explained.
"Like this?" Gohan said and played dumb. He brought in both of his arms very close in leaving his shoulders and the rest of his body out of reach if someone tried to attack.
"Here. Watch." Sharpner said as he got into the trademark Satan defensive position. "Now try to hit me and watch me block it."
Gohan hesitated. What if I hurt him? Gohan thought.
"Don't worry mountain boy. You couldn't possibly hurt me now try and hit me." Sharpner said beaming with pride and apparently reading his mind as well.
Gohan took a step forward getting ready to punch Sharpner with as little power he could use. Over the years, he knew he had a hard time controlling his power down to human level. With practically no power, he threw a punch at Sharpner. Sharpner, using his quick speed, blocked his punch. He immediately felt pain in his forearm as the punch was much stronger than he had anticipated. Sharpner stood his ground even with sharp pain in his arm. He wasn't about to show that he was hurt in front of everyone.
"Wow Gohan, you have a little more power than I thought!" Sharpner explained. What is he made of, steel? That really hurt! Sharpner thought as he began to rub his arm discreetly not wanting the other kids to notice.
"What? Did he hurt you Sharpner?" Videl said with a smirk on her face.
"Mountian boy? Are you serious? Of course not Videl." Sharpner said in a surprise manner. How could his punch hurt me that much? That doesn't make any sense! That must have been the hardest punch he ever threw and he probably used up all his strength in one punch. Nerd.
All of a sudden, Videl's watch went off. "What is it chief?" Videl said in a serious tone.
"They are tearing us apart! We need your help down at Satan City Bank." The Chief said as she could clearly hear gunfire in the background.
"Gotta go." Videl said and took off running.
"Gimmie a call when you get home Videl!" Erasa said as Videl ran towards the open field. She immediately threw her capsule on the ground which revealed a jet. Within seconds she was in the air flying fast towards Satan City Bank. Gohan watched jet get further and further away.
"Umm, be right back Sharpner. I need to go use the restroom." Gohan said with a smile.
Sharpner sighed. That was like the fifth time this week that he had gone to the bathroom and with his notorious record, he wasn't coming back. Class was almost over anyways. Gohan ran to the 'bathroom' to relieve himself but truthfully he ran towards the top of Orange Star High School. Once at the top he flew off to help Videl out.
Satan City Bank
"You guys suck!" a robber said laughing while unleashing a barrage of bullets at one of the Satan City's police cars.
The six robbers were using semi automatic weapons therefore the police were outgunned. The police hid behind a car scared as they tried to fire their shot guns at the robbers.
"Why don't we get out of here already?" A robber said to their leader. The leader nodded his head and began to jump in their getaway van with bags of money.
"Not so fast!" Videl said arriving at the scene and with her advantage of surprise, she punched the first robber in the head. He hit the ground knocked out cold. She then went on to the remaining robbers as the police cheered at her victories. She easily defeated the robbers.
Finally arriving at one of the last robbers so she thought, she used the same punch however this one seemed to be more prepared. He managed to dodge her first punch but failed to dodge the second one. She got a crushing blow to his stomach.
Out of nowhere, the car that the police were taking cover behind blew up. Videl immediately looked in that direction. "What?" she screeched as pieces of car were scattered across the street.
She saw the police bodies scattered across the ground from the explosion. Some had missing body limbs others probably just knocked out by the blast. Oh my god. What happened? Videl thought as she was getting slightly more scared. She never really had to deal with people exploding things.
"You liked that didn't you?" The leader said. Videl turned towards him about to attack but she stopped very quickly.
"I wouldn't do anything too hasty." The leader of the robbers said. "Unlike my minions, I came prepared. Those poor cops didn't even realize what hit him" he said pointing at the multiple sticks of dynamite he had laughing maniacally. He had his semi automatic weapon pointed at her as well.
"You murderer! You won't get away with this! I will get you!" Videl said with anger. He had just killed some of the people she worked with.
"I don't think you are in a position to say something like that." The leader explained. "Unlike other criminals as you say, I am much smarter and the first thing I am going to do now is unload a full clip of bullets in your head." He smirked at Videl's frightened face.
She looked in the corner of her eye to see if any of the police were still standing. Sadly none of them were able to get up after the blast. She was out of options.
"Good bye Ms. Satan." He said as she could hear the first shot fired.
Her life flashed before her eyes. Everything that she remembered up until just a few minutes ago flashed in her mind. She could hear the rapid fire of the bullets but so far no pain. Her eyes were closed at the impending death. Finally after what seemed forever the clip had ended but she hadn't felt any pain. Her heart was racing and her whole body was shaking.
After a few seconds which seemed to take forever, she cracked her right eye open. In front of her was someone. She then opened both eyes and could see the back of someone who saved her. She was in a daze but tried to maintain some sort of thought process. Saiayman.
The leader was surprised to see the bullets he had fired get bounced off this one person's body. He dropped his gun in utter shock that this person was still standing.
"But How?" The criminal muttered.
Gohan was beyond angry. This person was serious about killing his friend, Videl. Thankfully he had the goofy helmet on his head else his looks would kill. He hadn't felt this sort of anger since Cell tried to kill all of his friends and family.
"You are going to pay! You are just as bad as Cell!" Gohan yelled as he charged this criminal in blind anger. He punched him so hard, Videl could hear the crack of many bones breaking as he went flying into the wall of Satan Bank. With the side of the bank cracked the criminal fell towards the ground. He was dead.
"Saiya- Saiyaman?" Videl stuttered looking at the criminal. She had never seen a body flung like that. She had never dealt with someone firing bombs and guns at her before also. This situation had scared her to death.
Gohan calmed down after taking some deep breaths. He wished that he didn't lose all reason as his blind rage took over his body. I really need to control that.
"Saiyaman?" Videl asked as she got to her feet.
"It's okay Videl. He won't ever do that again." Saiyaman said in his fake voice.
I can't believe it came to that. Saiyaman just saved me. How is it that I was the one needing saving? Where did I go wrong? I shouldn't have to be the one that needs to be saved. What if something like this happens again and he's not there to save me? Then what? She thought as tear made its way to her eyes. She was still in shock and could hardly think.
Without any warning, she was lifted into the air with Saiyaman as he carried her. Normally she would reject but she was too shocked to be her normal self. She didn't know where he was taking her but there was too much on her mind to care. After a few minutes, she looked up to see Saiyaman and the clear blue sky. She then looked down and almost screamed. It finally hit her she was flying. After a few minutes she was in familiar territory which was calming. It felt like a safe haven for her. Somehow he knew where she lived but that didn't really matter to her right now. They landed in the grassy area in the front of Mr. Satan's mansion.
"Saiya- Saiayman." Videl stuttered.
"It's okay Videl. The man that tried to kill you is dead." Saiyaman explained.
So that man did try and kill me and I survived thanks to Saiyaman. This isn't some sort of nightmare. Videl came to a realization. I need to train more she thought.
"Thank you Saiyaman." Videl said eternally thankful. Even though he angered her, he had just saved her life. She had always felt control of every situation and this was the first time she felt out of control.
"It's my duty." Gohan said with a smile. "Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah thanks. I just need some rest and time to think." Videl said.
"Okay then. Till next time Ms. Satan!" He said happily and flew off. Videl watched him fly until she couldn't see him anymore. How does he do that? Dad always says it's a trick but I know firsthand that there are no wires or ropes. It's all real.
She walked to her room and sat down on the bed. I think I am going to take a short nap. Videl sprawled her legs out on her bed and quickly fell asleep.
Gohan flew home as this week was quite surprising. School was nothing as he thought it would be. So far he still felt ambivalent about school, but things were going somewhat smoothly as he was trying his best to fit in. Wow what a crazy week!
The second he touched down in front of his house Gohan's little brother tackled him to the ground. How does he always catch me off gaurd?
"Hi big brother!" Goten said with a big smile! "Can you play with me?"
"Sure thing squrt, let me put my things down and I will be out in a minute." Gohan said reverting back to his normal clothes from his Saiyaman costume.
"Hi mom!" Gohan yelled.
"A tad late, where have you been young man?" Chi Chi asked right when he came in.
"A crime came up and I had to save them." Gohan said. Sometimes his mother could be a tad overprotective.
"Oh, tell me about it." Chi Chi said in a calmer voice.
"Well there thieves trying to steal money from the bank. They were armed with weapons so Videl went and tried to save them but they were just too much!"Gohan said remembering his anger at the person who tried to kill Videl.
"Videl huh? Is she a girlfriend of yours?" Chi Chi asked?
"Mom… No we are… friends." Gohan forced the last word out. Are we actually friends? All she does is try to squeeze secrets out of me! Maybe not after what happpend today. Maybe this will help our friendship. Gohan had a smile yet it went straight back to a questionable look. But I was under Saiyaman when I saved her life today. Drat!
"So when do I get to meet her?" Chi Chi asked. "I should really get to know my future daughter in law." Chi Chi said.
"Mom! We are not like that! She hardly considers me a friend!" Gohan explained.
"Not with the way you just thought of her just now son. Mothers can tell these things. Who couldn't love you?" Chi Chi explained moving her finger back and forth.
Blushing slightly and knowing it was pointless to try to argue his mother with girls, he decided to put his things down and go outside and play with Goten.
Satan Mansion
Meanwhile, Videl just woke up from a long nap. Wow I was really pooped out. I can't believe what happened today. Why do I feel both angry and thankful that Saiyaman saved me? He showed me that I still have a lot to work to do to be as strong as him. For one, how on earth does he fly? With that question, she decided to talk to her dad. After a thorough search for his father in their gigantic mansion, he found him training in one of his many training gyms.
"Hey dad." Videl said as Mr. Satan wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Hey sweetie, did you come to watch and learn from your father training?" Mr. Satan asked.
"Umm no, I wanted to ask you something." Videl said unsure if she should go through with this. She was certain that she would have to hear another victory story about Cell.
"What is it sweetie?" Mr. Satan said genuinely.
"You know those tricks those guys used in the Cell games? How did you know they were tricks?" Videl asked. Mr. Satan was somewhat surprised with this question. He didn't have an exact answer off the top of his head.
He began to laugh a little. "Well sweetie, they had wires and cloaks that helped them disappear and fly. It is impossible to fly sweetie. It's all a trick. Why do you ask?" Mr. Satan explained.
"Oh no reason, thanks dad." Videl said happy with her answer. Uhh maybe it's best I don't ask him.
"Anytime sweatheart! That's what I am there for! Would you like to hear about the time I killed Cell with my dynamite kick? It wasn't you average dynamite kick." Mr. Satan said prideful.
"Uhh, no thanks dad." Videl said making her retreat hastily. Well that was pointless. Ugh, I need to distract myself from what happened earlier. Maybe I should start that project.
With a goal in mind, she went up to her personal office next to her room in which a large computer screen was ready to use at her disposal. She decided to search for records to see what information existed about King Piccolo. After a few minutes of searching, she was surprised how little information there was about King Piccolo's regime. In fact, there was so little information one couldn't possibly write a paper just by looking online. Dang, this makes things harder. I bet Mr. R gave us this topic just so we couldn't easily find it online so we actually have to search for it through other means. Maybe if I look in the police files and reports.
After twenty minutes of searching, there was little information about this. Everyone knew it happened but it was poorly documented online. She did however find one tiny vague excerpt about it in the police files. It read
Piccolo took over the world ages ago but was eventually taken down by a small group of fighters who gathered at a temple far away from main city. There, Piccolo was met with Earth's fiercest warriors who put up a worthy fight. After many years of terror, one of the fighters finally managed beat King Piccolo but more recently he was resurrected. Recently he tried to take over the world again but his efforts were in vain as Son Goku saved the world from certain destruction such as what once happened centuries before. – Capsule Corporation
Videl looked at this piece of information over and over again. This was all she could fine after searching online for over twenty minutes. She printed the small article out and put it in her binder that she just created for this research project. She knew she was going to have to go to the local library to see if there was more.
She read it over once more. Why does Capsule Corporation have an excerpt about Piccolo in the police files? Is it possible that there is more information in the Capsule Corporation files? Just my luck. I take the hardest class at school and they give us this impossible assignment.
Her next task was to look up more on this Son Goku person. She knew he had won a World Martial Arts Tournament a while ago but she didn't know much more about him. She looked online expecting to find an abundance of information as everyone had heard of his accomplishment as a fighter. After a few minutes of searching she was once again surprised to find very little information about him. It's like any subject matter about them was destroyed. How bizarre.
A/N- Next chapter should hopefully be out within a week.
Reviewer(s)
NANLIT- Thank you so much for reviewing! I appreciate the kind words and I hope you liked this chapter. Oh there will definitely be things going on behind Gohan's back between Chi and Bulma in the coming chapters :). Taking it nice and slow for now.