A/N- I finally got off my lazy butt. These summer classes are tough. Taking two calc classes at once. Anyways, sorry for taking so long to update. Hope you like this chapter! Note to reviewers at bottom.
"What was up with your dad last weekend? You never told me." Erasa asked getting out of their seats.
Videl frowned. What was she suppose to do? Continue the lie that her father created? Or perhaps tell her best friends? Or perhaps make her father fess up and tell the world. She had grown up with luxuries unheard of because of the lie her father created. She cringed at the idea of the never ending lie. She wanted to continue to live the way she has yet was disgusted that lying to the world has brought her happiness yet she wanted to keep it.
She sighed. She already had this talk with Gohan. He was actually somewhat glad her father took the credit for beating Cell so technically, Gohan had given her the fame and luxury yet it still disgusted her. She is lucky to befriend such a kind, loving, caring, heroic young man. She never thought that the real savior of the planet would be content without all the fame and money. It just goes to show what an incredible boy Gohan is.
She shook her head at those thoughts. She felt she was practically in love with the boy. She shook her head at those thoughts again. Why did he always have to be in her mind?
"So umm, boys on your mind?" Erasa asked with a smirk. Videl blushed. She had totally forgotten that Erasa was expecting an answer.
"No! I- I just was thinking about something," Videl said attempting to come up with a pathetic excuse for her thoughts.
Erasa giggled. "Really, Videl. You'd think that I'd know by now. I know you are thinking about boys. You get that way when you think about Go-"
"Don't even say it!" Videl snaped.
"Come on Videl! Can't you just accept you have feelings for Gohan?" Erasa pleaded.
"No! Because I don't! I told you, if I want to be a successful fighter, I don't have time for boys!" Videl explained.
"I will stop bugging you about boys if you just admit that you have a thing for Gohan!" Erasa said with a smirk.
"Nope," Videl said.
"You are impossible," Erasa said throwing her hands up in the air.
"Who's impossible?" Sharpner said walking up to the ladies.
"Never mind Sharpner," Erasa said giving Videl one of those looks.
"So are we all ready for Monday?" Sharpner asked. Videl and Erasa were both surprised at Sharpner.
"Look who has taken an interest in his education," Videl said sarcastically.
"Yeah! I think we are! I really hate presentations! Think we have enough information on King Piccolo?" Erasa said.
"Yeah, we most definitely do," Videl said remembering everything Gohan had told her.
"Where did Brains go?" Sharpner asked.
"I think he went home already," Erasa said.
Always waning to get home right away, Videl thought while throwing her book bag around her shoulder.
"Anyways, I need to go work out my muscles," Sharpner said flexing his arms.
"Bye Sharpie!" Erasa said while Videl just waved.
"Doesn't my future girl friend want to say good bye?" Sharpner said with a smirk.
Videl gave Sharpner a disgusted look preparing to hurt him however Sharpner made a quick escape out the door.
"Sometimes he really bugs me," Videl said.
"Yeah! Just imagine what Gohan would have done to him if he heard that," Erasa explained.
"Just what do you mean by that?" Videl said with a frown.
"Well considering that you both have a thing for each other, he would have liked tried to kill Sharpner for claiming that you are his girlfriend," Erasa said.
"Erasa, I swear if you say one more thing about Gohan and me, I am going to-" Videl said only to be interrupted.
"Fine!" Erasa pouted. "Anyways, I have a question for you."
"Is it about Gohan or boys?" Videl asked raising an eyebrow.
"No but do you think I can talk to Bulma Briefs about getting one of those planes that you use?" Erasa asked.
"Shh!" Videl hissed and whispered, "If anybody hears that we know Bulma, paparazzi will tear us apart!"
"So do you think she could help me?" Erasa asked.
"I don't know but it never hurts to try. Let's take a trip over there and see what she says," Videl suggested.
"Okay!" Erasa said happily.
The two got into Videl's jet; the very same one Bulma had given her, and took a trip to Capsule Corporation. Videl wasn't very talkative considering all that had happened in her life recently. Finding out Gohan's secrets had changed her. Her father's lie had changed her. She was still trying to accept all of this. Erasa noticed this easily.
"Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Erasa suggested.
Videl paused. Was there anything she wanted to talk about with Erasa. She most certainly can't talk about her father's lie to Erasa. She couldn't talk about what Gohan had told her. She couldn't talk about Gohan at all else Erasa would come up with the absurd idea that she had feelings for him. She really did feel at a loss with one of her best friends. She had known Erasa since they were very young and she didn't like the idea of keeping things from her.
"Does it have something to do with Saiyaman?" Erasa asked.
Videl looked at her surprised. While not explicitly, Saiyaman did involve Gohan who was on her mind all the time now.
"What makes you say that?" Videl said.
"Well you haven't talked about him all week. It's like you figured him out or something," Erasa concluded.
Videl was surprised by her words. Was she really talkative about Saiyaman and now that she knew her identity, she stopped her persistent nagging about him?
"Did you really find out his identity?" Erasa asked surprised.
Videl paused.
"You did!" Erasa concluded.
"Fine. I did figure him out," Videl said.
"So who is he?" Erasa asked.
"He told me not to tell anyone and I have to keep his word," Videl said. While he didn't explicitly say not to tell anyone, she was sure that he didn't want anybody to know.
"You won't even tell your best friend?" Erasa said with puppy dog eyes.
Videl looked at her angrily. Erasa knew her weakness. She hated when Erasa made a face like that.
"Nope, can't tell. I made a promise," Videl said.
"Fine," Erasa said. "You still haven't told me what was on your mind."
Videl looked at her. She seemed like she really wanted to know and was willing to help her. She seemed sincere. Videl sighed. It was probably best to tell her best friend what was happening. She couldn't just keep it all to herself. The only problem is it all had to do with Gohan. Even her problems with her father revolved around Gohan. She sighed.
"Fine. You are right and it wouldn't make sense to keep this from my best friend," Videl explained. Erasa smiled.
"You promise you can't tell anyone and you have to promise not to do something about it," Videl disclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I promise not to tell anyone or do anything about it. Now tell me what's up?" Erasa asked.
"Well, you know Gohan," Videl said slowly. She wasn't sure how to put this without Erasa screaming in joy. Erasa nodded her head vigorously.
"Okay. Fine. I will admit it. I have a thing for him," Videl finally admitted with a slight blush. Just as predicted, Erasa squealed which was painful to the ear in the small aircraft.
"Oh my god! I am so happy for you! Videl's first crush! And what more, he has a thing for you too!" Erasa squealed.
"Are y- you sure?" Videl asked.
"It's so blatantly obvious! You should so go for it!" Erasa suggested.
"Are you crazy? I can't do that! I have a reputation to keep! Just imagine the news headline: Our Crime Fighting Mistress is not so Tough After All. Or something like, Unheard of Boy enters Mr. Satan's Daughter's Heart." Videl said worried.
"Sure you can! I'd love to help!" Erasa said.
"You promised!" Videl yelled.
"Okay, okay, but really, I think you two would be the cutest couple ever!" Erasa said. Videl blushed to the roots of her hair.
"Look, even if I did want him, you know my dad's rule," Videl said although her father, Gohan, and herself knew that the rule didn't work in her father's favor. "Plus, fighting crime is much more important than a boy. I don't have time for a boyfriend. So even though I have a little thing for him, doesn't mean that I actually want to be together!" Videl explained.
"Videl, I really think it would be great if you two were together. One of these days you will regret not going for him. One of these days, one of the girls will snag him and you will be sorry. He is like perfect and any imperfection on him just makes him that much cuter. Like his eating habits!" Erasa said.
Videl blushed at the description of her infatuation. "Let them! It doesn't matter to me. What matters to me is my crime fighting future and martial arts! I want to become the champion of martial arts!"
"You will regret it Videl, trust me," Erasa said.
The two landed right outside of Capsule Corporation. "Listen; remember this conversation isn't leaving this plane. I will deal with it alone Erasa," Videl said starting to regret telling her. It was true though, wasn't it? Someday, Gohan won't be single and then she would really regret it. It didn't matter right now. What was on her mind was helping Erasa get a new jet.
The two walked up to the front door and knocked. After a minute, somebody answered.
"Akiko!" Erasa squealed.
"Hello ladies, what a pleasant surprise! It's been a while! Come on in!" Akiko said with a smile.
"I still can't get over that anybody can come here and knock on the door and then you appear!" Videl said.
"Well nobody ever comes here, only scientists and the Brief's family," She said welcoming them in. "So what did you come for?"
"Is Bulma around?" Videl asked.
"Yeah, she is working in her lab right down the hallway and on the right. I need to get back to work," Akiko said leaving them behind.
Videl and Erasa blinked their eyes in confusion. She was just going to leave them all alone to traverse the massive building? Videl gazed down the long hallway and saw the door she was talking about. They walked down the long hallway passing many other rooms which she suspected housed some of Bulma's inventions.
Finally at the end of the long hallway, Videl knocked on the door.
"Come in," Bulma said in a surprised voice.
"Mrs. Briefs!" Erasa said.
"Oh hi you two! What brings you here from Satan City?" Bulma asked.
"Hi Bulma. Erasa was wondering if she could upgrade her jet. We were wondering what other options were available and if she could purchase a jet not yet in stores," Videl said.
"Oh Videl, you are so funny," Bulma playfully pushed her. "Here, you can have this one for free," she went on to say after opening her drawer and pulling out a capsule.
"For free?" Erasa blinked her eyes in confusion.
"Of course! Just don't tell anybody," Bulma said blinking one eye.
"Oh wow! I can't wait to test it out!" Erasa squealed rushing out the doors while Videl and Bulma followed.
She decapsulized the dynocap on the Capsule Corporation front lawn. Out came a beautiful jet not on the Capsule Corporation market yet. Erasa jumped in and took off leaving Bulma and Videl on the lawn.
"Well, I guess she is happy," Bulma said.
"How can you just give those away?" Videl asked.
"Well Ms. Satan, Capsule Corporation is doing extremely well and it doesn't hurt to have more of our products out in the world but most of all, I have no problem giving Capsule Corporation products to family and friends." Bulma said.
"That's awfully nice of you," Videl said.
"My pleasure, just make sure you friend doesn't tell anybody," Bulma said.
"Well I guess we won't be seeing her again," Videl said.
"Yeah, she seemed excited," Bulma said walking back in with Videl following alongside her. "So how is your project coming along?"
Videl looked suspicious towards Bulma. Certainly she must be in on the little group of friends that Gohan knew. She must know a lot more about Piccolo than herself yet Bulma never told her. It was for good reason. I now know why they are so secretive, Videl thought.
"Was it something I said?" Bulma asked somewhat surprised by Videl's expression.
"No, I was just thinking about something. Anyways, yeah we are ready for the project, Gohan certainly was very helpful in this project," Videl said. She was curious to know how much Bulma knew about King Piccolo.
"Oh really? Yes, Gohan can stretch his resources far and find out a lot of information. I even use his smarts to help me in the lab sometimes," Bulma said.
"Yes, he certainly is smart," Videl agreed.
"Smart, handsome, courteous, and just about everything one would want in a man. Certainly you have noticed," Bulma said with a slight smirk.
Videl sighed. "You aren't going to try to get us together, are you?"
"No, but I can tell how you both like each other. The second I saw you two, I could just feel it. There's no use in denying it," Bulma said with a smirk.
"He's my friend," Videl said. I don't care if he is smart, handsome, courteous, and hot!
"Well, it was good to see you Videl, but I need to get back to work," Bulma said.
"It was nice to see you Bulma! Thanks for helping Erasa," Videl said.
"My pleasure, drop by more often," Bulma said getting back to work.
Videl walked out of her lab and sighed. Was it that obvious that he had feelings towards a certain Saiyan? How could Bulma possibly have known that she had feelings towards Gohan when they first met? She didn't even know! Don't lie to yourself. Of course you had feelings for him. Ever since I have met him and knew there was more than meets the eye. I had feelings for him all along.
She walked out of the long hallway towards the front door when she noticed a room. It was the same room that murderous husband of Bulma Briefs had trained. It appeared nobody was in it. Feeling curious, she walked in and closed the door behind her. She wanted to test this room out. If Gohan and Bulma's husband used this room to get strong, imagine a trained martial artist using this room to increase strength. She would become much stronger than she already was.
She looked at the control panel. There was a keypad which was begging to be pushed. This must be where you input the gravity simulation. She pressed 5.
"Simulation five times earth's normal gravity."
She prepared for the gravity thinking it would be nothing. She began to feel the gravity intensify rapidly. She quickly realized five times normal gravity may have been a bit much. After a few seconds, the gravity skyrocketed to the max.
"Simulation complete."
She fell to the floor landing as if she fell from a three story building. "Arg!" She screamed in agony. The pain was too much. It felt like ever part of her body was being crushed. She felt like she was a pancake, flattened by the gravity.
Damn! This was a really bad idea! She thought attempting to not scream in agony. After a few seconds of painful screams, she cleared her head and tried to think logically. She had to turn this thing off before she was killed. She attempted to get up. She put her hands out attempting to lift herself up however she immediately fell back to the ground. Screaming in pain, she attempted to get up again. This time she was able to get on her hands and knees. She felt light headed. If she didn't stop the gravity simulator, she would faint.
She managed to put one foot on the ground and finally attempted to stand up. Just as she was about to stand up, the pain was too much and she came crashing to the ground again. Feeling like she had fallen from a multistory building again, she screamed in pain. Why did I have to be so stupid! Videl thought as she panted heavily squeezing her eyes shut. She didn't know what to do. It would be hours until somebody found her. She didn't know of anyone else who used this simulator but most certainly, nobody would come to her rescue.
She lay on the ground attempting to come up with an idea. If she could just get to her feet, she could try to undo the simulation. She didn't even know which button to press. She tried to remember what the control panel looked like, but the pain was just too much.
"Help!" She screamed in agony.
After a few minutes, she realized that her call for help would go unanswered. She would have to do this alone. She knew that if she fell down again, there would be no getting up. Forever. She had one more chance. I can do this! I know I can, Videl thought.
Summoning all of her skill and might, she managed to get back to her knees. She rested for a second realizing that resting in this room would only bring you closer to death. She once again summoned all of her strength to get to her feet. She was successful in getting to her feet however she was a few steps away from the control panel after falling down a few times. Trying to stand upright was a feat in itself.
She tried to life her leg and almost fell down again catching herself. She felt miserable. She managed to take one full step towards the control panel. Just one more step!
After a few seconds, she managed to take another step. She looked at the panel trying to figure a way out to stop this simulation. She didn't have much time. She saw an "off" button. She slowly brought her arm out using up all her might. Using what little energy she had, she pushed the button. She heard the hum of the machine slow and the gravity lessen.
"Earth's normal gravity"
She panted and fell to her knees and closed her eyes. I can't believe I survived that. She felt so incredibly sore. She opened her eyes again and saw somebody's feet at the other side of the room.
"That was pathetic human," the man said. Standing with his arms crossed, Vegeta stared at the human girl with a smirk.
All of a sudden, she felt like she unleashed some hidden energy getting on her feet.
"You mean you were standing there the whole time and you didn't try to stop the machine!" She shrieked.
"Calm down woman. Do all earth women possess the excruciating high pitched voice?" Vegeta mocked.
"How dare you! You stood there while I was about to die! What the hell is wrong with you?" Videl asked.
"You shouldn't have entered the gravity simulator. This room is not for weak humans. Only the strongest can survive in here and you could barely get up with such a low gravity simulation," Vegeta said walking over to her.
She didn't have anything else to say. The man was right. She shouldn't have been in there. Even though this man had the audacity to let her die, she had no right to be in this room.
"I could have been killed," Videl said softly.
"You were fine. Although you are quite pathetic, you were going to live. Five times earth's gravity is nothing. Plus the half-breed brat and the woman would be very angry with me if watched you die however entertaining it may have been," Vegeta said with a smirk.
"So this is a true full blooded Saiyan? Are all of you this cold hearted?" Videl asked. She felt bold.
Vegeta's smirked went away all too quickly. "So the brat finally told you," Vegeta concluded.
"Yes he told me. Everything. Cell. The Saiyans. Freiza. Nappa. Raditz. Everything!" Videl said.
For the first time, she saw a look of surprise on Vegeta's face. "Who would have thought? A mere weak earthling knowing the truth let alone the daughter of such a fool. I commend you. Perhaps the brat picked a fine mate. I see it now, yes."
"Whatever. I don't have to put up with this," Videl said leaving the gravity chamber. Feeling incredibly sore, she thought she would call it day. She couldn't believe that somehow Bulma had fallen for this man. It was incredible.
She took off in her jet, ready to see Gohan. She was going to spend the weekend there and perhaps learn how to fly. She had flying lessons scheduled. She was rather excited but was worried that the gravity simulation would make her completely worn out. Gohan had told her that she needed to be very well rested to learn how to fly.
Either way, she was excited and wasn't going to have the little time she spent with Vegeta ruin her weekend. Leaving the city limits, she blasted off towards Gohan's house. She wondered if he forgot about those flying lessons considering how quickly he left today. She lay back in her chair exhausted and smirked. Gohan was probably going to be surprised when she saw her.
After a forty minute flight in her much faster jet that Bulma had given her, she made it to Gohan's house. She jumped out and hoped that Piccolo wasn't there like last time she had been over. Landing directly in front of the Son's house, she jumped out and decapsulized her jet. She knocked on the front door. The door was answered by Chi Chi.
"Oh dear! I didn't know that my future daughter in law was coming over!" Chi Chi said happily hugging Videl.
Future daughter in law? Where did that come from? Videl thought hugging her back.
"Gohan! Your lovely future wife is here," Chi Chi said.
"Mom!" Videl heard Gohan say from upstairs part of the cottage.
Gohan came down dressed in just a t-shirt and some pants. Does he get hotter every time I see him? Videl thought. She quickly realized her thoughts and hoped that her blush would go away fast. I need to stop thinking these thoughts! Just imagine if anybody knew what I was thinking.
"Oh hi Videl, ready for your flying lessons?" Gohan asked.
"You didn't forget?" Videl said in surprise.
"Of course not, why would I have forgotten?"
"Well you did kind of leave really quickly from school today," Videl explained.
"Oh umm, sorry," Gohan said.
"It's okay! Let's go outside and I can show you some of the basics of flying," Gohan said.
"Dinner will be ready soon Gohan!" Chi Chi said from the kitchen.
"K, Mom!" Gohan said. The two walked out the front door. They walked out of site so Chi Chi wouldn't bother them.
"I guess you are getting used to what my mom is saying," Gohan said trying to start some conversation.
"I don't think I can ever get used to that. Just because I am not angry at her for saying such things, don't get the wrong idea Gohan. I know how you boys can be," Videl said.
Gohan looked at her surprised wondering what she was talking about. "Umm. What?"
Videl felt embarrassed. The only reason she said that was to come up with some stupid excuse for her own thoughts. I just need to accept it that Gohan is about the most perfect guy out there but that still doesn't mean that I want to be with him, Videl thought.
"Never mind Gohan," Videl said.
"Well uhh anyways I am just going to explain a little bit but we will start tomorrow as you need the rest. Why do you look so exhausted anyways?" Gohan asked.
"Umm, I was at Bulma's and I walked into the gravity chamber and tried it out. I shouldn't have done that," Videl said.
"How did you turn it on? Did Bulma help you or something?" Gohan asked.
"Well, it's actually kind of funny. I went in there by myself or so I thought. I turned it on and it was much more intense than I thought and had a tough time turning it off. Once I did, Vegeta was in there all along," Videl said.
"Oh! I hope Vegeta didn't do anything reckless," Gohan said.
"Yeah," Videl said. That jerk almost let me die!
"Anyways flying lessons. To fly, you have to let out your energy to push you through the air. I know you have probably never heard of ki as your father says it was a trick. This is ki," Gohan said sitting down. Videl also sat down on the grass.
He gathered a small amount of energy, harmless as it was barely noticeable. He formed it in his hands near his chest. A small glowing ball of light was centered in Gohan's hands. Videl got closer to the ball.
"Can I touch it?" Videl asked.
"Sure. Normally we use this energy when fighting as it is quite powerful if you gather enough but the energy I have gathered so far is almost nothing. It may feel a little warm," Gohan warned.
Videl brought her hands closer in on the small ball of energy. It was a little warm. It was transparent and she could put her hand through it completely. Her hand landed on Gohan's chiseled chest. She blushed and removed her hand.
"That's really interesting," Videl said. I can't believe I just did that. Did I really feel the need to feel Gohan up just then? Videl felt so embarrassed. The blush wasn't going away anytime soon. She had a total obsession. She felt like she needed to see a doctor for it. The ball of energy dimmed to nothing slowly.
"Pretty interesting, huh?" Gohan said. Videl looked closely where the energy ball was it was gone.
"Yeah," Videl agreed.
All of a sudden, Videl was pushed forward by an unknown force while Gohan was pulled back towards the ground by another unknown force. Gohan fell back towards the soft grass as Videl landed right on him. Attempting to stop hard land on Gohan as embarrassing as it was, she slowed her quick decent however she failed to stop. She was just a little too slow to stop realized she was about to land on Gohan's face.
Attempting to stop the embarrassing inevitable contact, she turned her head slightly so they wouldn't hurt each other noses. Her lips landed softly on Gohan's lips. Gohan saw that it was his little brother who pulled him back and he knew Trunks was the one to push Videl forward. He closed his eyes at the contact of her soft feminine pink lips. Videl did the same.
A/N- I couldn't help it! I had to give them a little nudge in the right direction, err Goten and Trunks did. It's not my fault! What will happen next is anyone's guess. I still have to think about that. Thanks so much for reading and the reviews! I will try to update soon. Probably much sooner than the last update.
Reviewers…
dragonball fan- You are the one that got me off my lazy butt to start writing again! Thank you! I was meaning to get another chappie out but you reminded me to do it much faster. Glad you like it, thanks for the review.
Sailor Saiyan007- Yes, you are right. So far this story has been mostly in Videl's POV. I will try to focus a little bit on Gohan next chapter. Thanks for the review!
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SweetAngel92- hahaha, yes Erasa is quite something isn't she. I am wondering what she is going to do with this little piece of information now. Hopefully nothing. Thanks for the review!
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