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Chapter 2: An Alliance

As soon as she was outside the school, Videl paused, her brow furrowed in worry. As civil as Piccolo was to her, she was sure that was only because she had been in his presence only when Gohan was there as well. She had no doubt that going to see him now, sans the demi-saiyan, was a bad idea. Not that she was afraid Piccolo would hurt her; she just thought it wouldn't help her case any if she interrupted his meditation.

So the question was how could she ensure that he would hear her out?

The answer came to her quickly. What she needed was an ally, one whom Piccolo would be willing to sit and chat with. But which of Gohan's friends would be willing to get involved in a Namekian/demi-saiyan match-making?

Chi Chi was a no. For one thing, she hated Piccolo. For another, she had made it quite clear that she wanted grandchildren while Videl and Gohan had been dating.

Goku was also shaky ground, not because he hated Piccolo, but because she had learned very quickly in the eight months she'd known him that the saiyan was not very subtle. She had a feeling that Goku would be too straight forward or too pushy and she knew that such an approach would be a mistake. Plus, Goku was kind of unreliable and Videl had a feeling that one slip-up would cost Gohan his beloved Namekian.

Then there was Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien, all of whom were bad choices simply because they were men and didn't understand the delicacies of romance. Krillin's wife was also off the list simply because she was too straight forward and the whole android thing bothered Videl a little.

Master Roshi was out of the question because he would find the whole thing very amusing. Vegeta was too scary to ask. Trunks and Goten were far too young. And Bulma…

Videl, who had begun to pace as she thought, stopped dead.

Bulma!

Bulma was the perfect choice! For one, she was a genius and that was a definite plus. She was also a female and could supplement Videl's own woman's intuition about romance. And she had proven, through her relationship with Vegeta, that she wasn't scared of temper mental, moody fighters.

Videl grinned and prepared to take flight, anxious to get to Capsule Corp. She had levitated about an inch off the ground before she realized how stupid she was being. If she flew to Bulma, Gohan would track her ki there and immediately know that she was up to something. Scowling, she lowered herself to the ground and prepared for the three block trek from the school to the Briefs home.

Gohan had better appreciate all of the work she was putting into this.

Vegeta was in a bad mood.

Those insolent little brats, one of whom he had the misfortune of calling his son, had snuck into the GR while he had been showering and had changed the control mechanism so it would only up the gravity in the room if you said the word kitten. KITTEN! He was the Prince of all Saiyans; he would not be reduced to spewing idiocy to get his training done! Unfortunately the vile little boys had then escaped to Kakarrot's home and he was not in the mood to deal with that third class imbecile today.

So instead he sat on the patio fuming, waiting for Bulma to bring him some sort of stupid human meal called "pizza leftovers".

He had been waiting for about twenty minutes, his temper on the verge of a volcanic level eruption, when he decided to go see exactly what was taking that idiot woman so long. He slid open the screen door and stalked into the living room of the Briefs home. Halfway to the kitchen he stopped, listening to the sound of a vaguely familiar female voice float through the half open door.

"He's being stupid, Bulma! I'm sure you've noticed! I mean, it was obvious to me even when we were dating! The way Gohan looks at him, it's so…"

"So CUTE!" He heard his wife finish. He knew who the voice belonged to now, Gohan's ex-girl friend, Videl. He scowled. How dare that baka human girl prevent him from getting food?! He started towards the door again, fully prepared to shout poor Videl out of his house when Bulma spoke again, stopping him dead in his tracks.

"Well if I'm being honest with you, Videl, I never really noticed it before. Of course, I wasn't looking for it before," she paused to chuckle a bit, "But I guess it makes sense, Gohan falling for Piccolo."

Vegeta's jaw hit the floor. Gohan and Piccolo? When the hell had that happened?

"So you'll help me?" Videl squealed.

"Of course I'll help you! They would be so cute together! They already are, with their little matching outfits! And I've always loved match making! I remember this one time, with Yamcha and this groupie he liked…"

Vegeta stopped listening. He closed his mouth slowly, his thoughts going from shock to delight. So, Gohan, Kakarrot's first brat, one of his biggest rivals, the insolent little boy who had surpassed him at the age of eleven, had fallen in love with the Namek?

A wicked grin appeared on his face.

This had potential.

A/N: Yeah, I know, Vegeta is always doing evil things in fics like this, but I promise he WON'T be doing anything bad. I just wanted everyone to know so I didn't get any "Vegeta's always like that in these types of fics" reviews.

Also, sorry if Videl or Bulma are a little OOC…I'm just not used to writing either of them yet.

And I know this was a fast update, but I wrote these two chapters at the same time, so it probably won't happen as fast next time.