A/N- You are not imagining this update. I don't know what to say. I guess you could say I lost interest in writing and reading, though I never stopped reading dbz fanfics. School and life also got in the way. I never thought I would be one of those authors that left the story hanging. For that, I greatly apologize. I don't even know if all my faithful readers will even remember this fanfic, but here is the last chapter. Again, sorry.
As their lips brushed against each other, Videl's first immediate thought was to jump off of Gohan. Those thoughts very quickly faded as the sensation of laying on Gohan's body while their lips touching melted herself in place. She closed her eyes and let her other senses savior the moment. At first their lips were only touching, however both Gohan and Videl slowly opened their mouths.
Their kiss slowly deepened as both Videl and Gohan forgot how they got into this once an awkward position, but now it just felt so right. Gohan slowly wrapped his muscular arms around Videl which gave her a very comforting feeling. Just as they were enjoying their romantic moment, they both broke out of their trance.
Videl, still lying on top of Gohan's body, looked and saw Trunks laughing. She could feel the blood rush to her head. She had never been so embarrassed in front of kids in her life. Slightly annoyed at their interruption, she looked back down at Gohan lying in the grass. His eyes were so dark, so full of life, so beautiful. She could tell that Gohan was embarrassed as his cheeks tinted of a lovely shade of red.
"We got you good!" Trunks said in his fits of laughter. Goten wasn't laughing nearly as much, but smiling.
Videl got off of Gohan and looked at Trunks confused. She then dared a look at Gohan and saw he was confused also.
"That was rich! Let's go play back at your house Goten!" Trunks said.
"Okay!" Goten chirped. The two boys flew out of sight leaving a stunned Videl and Gohan to collect themselves.
Did that just really happen? Did I just really kiss Gohan? Did he really just return the kiss? Videl thought totally surprised. She didn't dare look at Gohan now that they were alone. She wasn't even sure what had just happened and couldn't even confront Gohan about it.
As long as she has known Gohan, she wanted to learn more about him and each and every new step she took, she began to find something totally foreign to her, love. She denied it for the longest time, only recently coming to her senses. Each and every new secret she learned about Gohan, it just brought her one step closer to loving him. Now, she had just kissed the one that she loved and if she wasn't hallucinating, he returned the kiss. She really hoped that all of this was true, and not a figment of her imagination.
Gohan was having similar thoughts. He too couldn't bring himself to look at Videl. He found himself asking the same questions. Did that just really happen? Gohan thought deeply as he didn't dare look at Videl. She was so pretty, so courageous, so stunning. Although when he first met her, she wanted nothing to do with him, he has come to learn that she is one and in million.
Videl was unsure what would happen next. Her lips tingled from the earlier contact with Gohan's lips. It felt so right to her. This was her first kiss ever despite Sharpner's attempts and she would have never imagined it would be with Gohan. Was she supposed to say something now? Was she supposed to brush it off like it was nothing? Did Gohan actually feel the same way or was he just being the nice boy that he is, and accepting the kiss because she wanted it? Were they supposed to go on like nothing happened? Ugh… I have no idea what to do! I wish you were still here mom, Videl thought.
Gohan was still recovering from his blush. He also was clueless on what to do. He really wanted something to evolve from this. He didn't realize it until recently, but he really wanted to spend the rest of his life with someone like Videl. He never imagined it would be the young lady herself, Videl Satan. Gohan tried to remember the very few times on what to do in an instance like this. Bulma talked to him a little about these situations. Even his father attempted to tell him about girls and romance. He knew of his father's reputation when it came to romance.
Gohan realized that he had to do something. His shyness was hard to overcome however. If he didn't say something, anything, soon, then their entire precious kiss may be all for nothing. He came to the conclusion that he had to say something. Feeling daring, he thought about what to say.
"So umm, I guess this changes some things," Gohan dared to say softly. He even dared a look in Videl's direction only to see her side.
Videl, slightly startled by this, took in Gohan's words. Does that means he wants something to come of this? Videl hoped. Gohan bit his lip unsure if he said the right thing.
"Gohan," Videl said softly looking in his direction.
"Videl," Gohan said softly feeling very anxious. "The kiss, I, I uh…"
Videl looked at Gohan directly in his eyes. He looked very nervous. She wasn't sure if this was a good thing.
"I am sorry if you didn't want it. It's just Goten and Trunks. I don't know what came over me. I feel like I took advantage of the situation. I hope that you aren't upset with me. I mean if you want, we can go on like nothing-" Gohan rambled on, only to be interrupted.
"No!" Videl cried. "I, I.."
Videl attempted to say something but wasn't sure how to say it. Was she supposed to tell Gohan's her true feelings now? Did Gohan even want to know her feelings? This was all too confusing to her even with the exorbitant amounts of time she had spent with her romantic friend, Erasa.
"Vi- Videl," Gohan softly said. "I- I think I'm in love with you."
Those words, I am in love with you, echoed across Videl's mind. They weren't just any words; they were the words of Gohan. Those words of love had just come out of Gohan's mouth. She almost wanted to pinch her cheek to see if she was dreaming. She would have in any other situation, but she didn't want to wake up from such an incredible dream.
She looked directly in his eyes. His eyes told the whole story. She could tell those eyes were longing for something, for her love. No dream could possibly be this in depth. She had to say something.
"I think-" Videl stuttered. Gohan bit his lip. "I know I am in love with you Son Gohan."
Gohan began to smile and closed the gap between them. He slowly wrapped his arms around Videl. Videl did the same. They wanted to stay this way forever. They have both gone through so much together and now they could be one.
As Videl uncovered the mystery of Gohan, she found the undeniable, unmistakable, unquestionable feeling called love. As Gohan avoided any secrets getting out, his time at school and in his alter-ego, Saiyaman, he came to truly love Videl for who she is. Over time they knew they needed to be with each other for the rest of their lives even if neither admitted or said it. Videl didn't care that Gohan was a half alien or that he could destroy the planet with a flick of his finger, he was still as carefree as a child.
A few days later …
"I am so glad today is finally over!" Erasa said packing her bag.
"Yeah!" Sharpner agreed.
"So we need to finish up this project because it's due soon," Erasa said.
"Ugh, why did we have to get such an impossible project," Sharpner whined.
"Actually, I managed to dig up a lot of information on King Piccolo," Videl said winking his eye at her new boyfriend Gohan sitting right beside her.
"What? No way! I spent all weekend trying to see if I could find anything," Erasa said. "Where did you find this information?"
"It turns out there were some files deep within Capsule Corp. that had an extensive amount of information," Videl said pulling out a piece of paper not going into that much detail. Truthfully she ran into King Piccolo himself, and Gohan.
That one sheet of paper had tons of information on it. It talked about how King Piccolo once ruled the world ages ago and how a very small group of warriors gathered around a temple to defend. Apparently, one of those warriors had some relation to Master Roshi's former master. It went in great depth on a technique that managed to lock King Piccolo away for generations, only to be brought out once again by some evil maniac. It even went in depth about how the leader of the free world at the time King Piccolo made his second appearance was threatened and almost killed but thankfully Son Goku managed to save the world. Erasa was stunned at this new information. It all made sense.
"This is great Videl!" Erasa explained excited at this new development.
"Wow, I am impressed," admired Sharpner.
Erasa took note on how happy Videl was. Was she happy that she finished a big chunk of this project or was it more? Erasa thought.
Erasa recounted the day. Gohan had spent his lunch with Videl, Erasa, and Sharpner and Videl just seemed happier than normal. She wondered if it was because of Gohan being there.
"So are you two together yet?" Erasa teased, half serious hoping to get Videl to blush about her hidden feelings towards Gohan. Gohan blushed.
"Well, actually…" Videl started to say.
"No. Way." Erasa said in shock.
"You are kidding," Sharpner blew it off like nothing.
Videl and Gohan held hands as they both got up ready to leave for the day. Erasa had her mouth wide open in shock. Sharpner was joining her in shock.
"Yeah, you can say we are together now," Videl explained.
"H- How?" Erasa stuttered finally able to say something.
"I don't know! That sort of thing just happens on its own," Videl explained.
"What about your dad's rule," Sharpner asked in hopes that maybe this was a joke.
"Well, I guess you can say that I set dad straight about Gohan," Videl said.
"Wow, I am impressed," Sharpner said towards Gohan. "Nobody has ever been allowed to date Videl unless they were stronger than her dad." Gohan smiled.
"Well, I guess I will see you tomorrow. I have to attend one of my dad's little parties tonight," Videl said while walking out with Gohan.
"Bye guys!" Gohan said to Erasa and Sharpner.
"See you tomorrow," Erasa said while Sharpner waved.
"Guess that means that you can't hit on Videl anymore," Erasa said in a jokingly way and also half serious to Sharpner.
"Yeah, I know. Lucky Gohan," Sharpner said in awe.
Videl decided she would fly home in her jet today. She had spent the entire weekend testing her ability to fly with Gohan, but she didn't feel quite ready to fly from Orange Star High back to her house just yet. She also didn't want to attract attention to such trickery.
3 weeks later …
Dressed up in her business suite, something she didn't like to wear, she turned her attention to her other classmates and some other experts on the subject who came in for this rare event.
"Son Goku was the only one that could fight with King Piccolo using hand to hand combat. After a very intense training, he managed to get to the central government to stop Piccolo from destroying West City." Videl said clearly.
Gohan cleared his throat, "He managed to stop King Piccolo in his tracks preventing the destruction of West City. This was important because King Piccolo had more plans to destroy cities as his reign of terror and quest for power went on."
Erasa stepped up and continued on. "After the defeat of King Piccolo, experts tried to find his body, but came to the conclusion that he was destroyed in one of the many huge explosions that decimated the city."
Sharpner stepped forward and continued, "There are many conspiracy theories surrounding the death of King Piccolo, but through our research, we came to the conclusion it had to be Son Goku that destroyed him. There are also many conspiracy theories about if he may be alive, but through our research, he no longer exists thus keeping the world safe until the Cell Games. That concludes our presentation about King Piccolo. Any Questions?"
Gohan, Videl, Sharpner, and Erasa felt proud of their presentation as many others hardly had any information about King Piccolo. Many adults outside of school visited Orange Star to hear the presentations. Those that were interested had the chance to listen in.
"Very good. I am impressed at your presentation of one of history's darkest times. I didn't know a lot of this information myself and through your sources, I see that it is accurate," Mr. R explained then turning his attention to the class. "This project was designed to challenge you students in researching and finding information far beyond any normal means. Any questions from the audience?"
Videl bit her lip a little. While most of their project was accurate, there were many details left out or slightly changed so that Piccolo and Gohan's family could remain out of the lime light. She knew what it was like to be in the lime light.
Gohan felt a little weird talking about his master like he did. He designed the presentation to make sure that nobody believed that he may still be alive so that he could live in peace up on Kami's lookout. They didn't even tell Erasa and Sharpner, though it did cross both Videl and Gohan's minds that they could trust them with such a secret.
"Very good, you all may take a seat," Mr. R said.
The class applauded as they were sitting down. They took their normal seats glad that their presentation was over. Gohan wasn't fond of the attention. Videl was used to it. Sharpner liked it, but didn't like the fact that he was being graded. Erasa didn't mind it at all. Either way, they were all glad to be done with that presentation, especially Gohan.
Gohan never imagined what would come out of this presentation. Somehow he managed to fall in love with Videl through all of this. He couldn't be happier at this moment. Videl was having similar thoughts.
"Thank you students for your hard work. Let's finish off this semester well and I will see you all after the weekend," Mr. R said excusing the students.
"I can't wait to get out of this," Gohan said as he looked down in the dressy suit he was in to present their project.
"Yeah, this is too tight on my muscles," Sharpner explained beaming in pride.
"Whatever," Videl said plainly.
"So what are you all going to do this weekend," Erasa asked.
"Going to Gohan's this weekend," Videl said smiling at Gohan.
"Oooh, you two have fun!" Erasa insinuated.
"Knock it off Erasa," Videl said lightly punching her on her arm.
"Well, I guess we will see you later!" Videl said to them.
"Bye!" Gohan said happily.
The two teenagers raced up to the top of the school building ready to spend the weekend together. Videl absolutely loved going out to Gohan's and spend time with his family. Goten and Trunks were so cute. Gohan's mother was so nice and one of her role models. She had always been fond of her as she was one of the very few women to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament. She also loved spending time out of the city and most of all time with her new boyfriend, Gohan.
"Ready?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah!" Videl said.
Both of them jumped in the air and took off. Over the past several weeks, Videl has practiced her flying skills and now can fly on her own for long distances.
Both of them pierced through the sky at incredible speeds. This was Videl's best time in her life. She was in love with Gohan and he returned those strong feelings. She could never go back to how things used to be. She was glad she knew the truth about Cell and over the past month, she has come to terms with it. She still feels disappointment with her father, but Gohan had taught her forgiveness and how everyone deserves a second chance. It was one of the many qualities she just loved about Gohan.
Gohan was also happier than he had been in his life. It had taken many years to deal with his father's death, and he still isn't over it and probably never will be. Having Videl in his life was a huge plus and she made him feel much more comfortable with life. She kept him going when he felt down and couldn't imagine a life without her now. He truly loved her.
-fin
Note to Reviewers and one last A/N
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Last A/N …
Thank you everyone that has read my story. I especially thank all those PM's to get myself off my lazy butt to finish the story, and your favs, and sticking me on your alert list. I especially thank those that took the time to review. I love reading GV's and this is just my contribution to this site to add to the list of GV's. I truly enjoyed writing this fanfic. It was a lot of fun and it brought a lot of pleasure to me that so many enjoyed it. I will likely write another GV sometime in the future, but my attention is on a possible BV coming up. Again, this may take some time knowing my speed. Again, I apologize for taking so long to update.