Chapter 8: Misunderstanding.
My chapters are tending do get rather long I've noticed.
Morning came and went fairly quickly. Videl was the first one up, so she decided to get changed in the bedroom, hoping that Gohan would not wake up and see her. While she was changing, someone did wake up, but it wasn't Gohan. Goten rolled out of bed just as Videl had gotten her night gown off, and she was down to a bra. She was quick to cover up. Goten paid no attention at all to her, he didn't even see her. Goten opened the door and walked out to the kitchen. Videl just watched, she decided to get her shirt on quickly. She was fully dressed by the time Goten got back, and his arms were full of muffins.
"How many muffins did your mother make?" Videl asked.
"Hmm, oh, good morning. I don't know, but these were all on the table. Yummy, they are great too!" The stack was up to Gotens shoulders. He had no difficulty carrying the muffins though. Goten then looked at Videl. "Hey, you weren't getting changed in here, were you?"
"Who me, no, of course not." Videl lied.
"Yeah, okay. I don't mind, I didn't see anything if you did. I was focused on the muffins. Delicious! Oh, Did dad ever tell you what I did to him yesterday?"
"No. What did you do to him."
"Well, Mom sent me out fishing, I caught a huge fish for dinner. When I got home, their door was shut, and I heard weird noised. I don't know what they were." Videl looked at Goten sheepishly. "I knew that Dad usual napped during that time of day if he didn't sleep well, so I played a joke on him. I hung the fish from the ceiling fan, so that when dad came out, it would scare him."
"Did it work." Videl asked.
"Oh yeah, and it was funny. I almost wet myself laughing. It wasn't my idea though. Trunks pulled a similar trick on his mom, and he told me to try it. So, I did."
Gohan woke up and yawned. "Wow, what I weird dream."
"Well well, good morning sun shine." Videl said sarcastically.
"Big Brother!" Goten yelled and jumped onto his brother. "Gohan Gohan Gohan GOHAN!" Goten continued to yell as he bounced on his brother's bed.
"Okay Goten, good morning, can you stop that please?" Gohan said in excitement.
"Whoops, sorry about that."
"What's gotten into this kid today?" Gohan asked. He looked at Goten's bed and noticed the multiple muffin wrappers on it. Videl looked.
"What the! Since when did you have time to eat all of those Goten? You were talking to me the whole time." Goten simply laughed and scratched the back of his head.
When everyone was up, Chi Chi and Videl made breakfast together. No sooner did Chi Chi and Videl sit down that Gohan, Goku and Goten had plates stacked as high as the ceiling. Morning went by quick, and soon enough, Videl and Gohan were flying over to Capsule Corporation to see Bulma. Goten soon followed so he could go play with Trunks. They arrived at Capsule Corp. around 1:30 PM. Gohan, Videl, Goten and Trunks were all in the living room. They were just enjoying each others company. Goten told the group about the fish prank he pulled on his dad. Everyone laughed at this, Trunks even high fived Goten for it. Videl was thinking, and knew she was missing something.
Darn it, I wish I could remember what I needed to ask her about. Videl's thoughts were clouded for a minute. She looked over at Gohan, who was leaned back on the couch with his feet up on the coffee table. Hmm... that figures Gohan, you're doing exactly what Bulma told you not to do. She's gonna yell at you again.
"Did you say something Videl?" Gohan asked.
"What, me? No, Why?" Videl replied.
"Well, I thought you just said Bulma is going to yell at me if I do this."
Videl looked at him dazzled. "How did... Oh, that's right. Now I remember. Thanks Gohan." Videl said . She got up and ran out to find Bulma, who had went off some where. She found Bulma in the hall.
"Hey there," Bulma said, "Why the rush?"
"I'll tell you in a minute, can we please talk somewhere... secluded?" Videl asked frantically.
"Sure, it seems important, follow me." Bulma turned around and began walking toward her lab. Videl followed her. "In here." She said. Once inside, Videl and Bulma sat down on a work bench.
"Okay Bulma, promise that you won't tell Gohan about this." Said Videl.
"Okay, I promise, so what's up?"
"Well, it all started at school on Tuesday. I asked Gohan to meet me on the roof during lunch so we could talk. After lunch, I was going through the hall and I passed Gohan. We said hi to each other, and as I was walking away, I thought to myself..." She paused and began to blush.
"Don't be embarrassed, girls can talk to other girls about anything ya know." Bulma said reassuringly.
"Okay." Videl Replied. "Well in my head I said gosh he's handsome and he turned around and asked me if I said anything. Like he heard my thoughts. Then almost every time I think about him, he thinks that I said something to him. It's like he can hear my thoughts."
"That's because he can." A familiar voice called from behind a wall. It was Vegeta.
"You've got some nerv! Why didn't you say something!" Bulma snapped.
"What, I can't lend a helping hand now? Maybe I'll just go back to trying to kill Kakarrot and destroy Earth in the process." Vegeta said sarcastically.
"How Rude!" Bulma was red hot, until Videl interrupted her.
"What do you mean he can hear my thoughts?" Videl asked.
"At least somebody wants my help." Vegeta said. "Alright, I'll explain but first, I want you to test it. Tell Gohan to come in here, through your thoughts Videl."
"Through my thoughts?" Videl asked.
"Yes, as if you were talking to him directly."
"Oh, okay I'll try." Videl said. She went into her thoughts. Gohan, come to Bulma's lab.
Gohan was almost asleep until he heard this. "What was that? She isn't in here, why can I hear her?" Gohan, now, please hurry. "I must be hearing thing, but then again, stranger things have happened, better go to the lab like it says." Gohan got up and went to Bulma's lab.
"Oh it's not working." Videl said.
"Oh it will, just wait." Vegeta replied. Just then, the door to the lab opened and Gohan walked in. Gohan looked around. "See, told you it would work." Vegeta said.
"What's going on here?" Gohan asked.
"Just sit down and listen." Vegeta said. "Alright... Lately Gohan has been hearing Videl's voice inside of his his head... am I right Gohan?" Gohan nodded. "Videl, you sometimes hear Gohan's voice in your head I assume." Videl also nodded. "Well, there is a reason behind this. It's the mating process."
"WHAT!" Videl yelled.
"What in Kami's name ARE you talking about Vegeta?" Gohan asked.
"IF YOU WOULD SHUT YOUR MOUTH FOR FIVE LOUSY MINUTES, I WOULD TELL YOU!" Vegeta exclaimed. Everyone in the room looked at the enraged saiyan prince with astonishment. "Alright, let's try this again... The saiyan bonding process... Now the reason you can hear each others thoughts is because you two are bonding. Now I only wonder why it didn't start a long time ago. You guys have been close for a while, haven't you?" They both nodded. "Then, I can only assume that it was as really good friends, or at least one of you thought that way... Gohan..." Videl looked at Gohan with frustration.
"Hey, why is everyone looking at me!" Exclaimed Gohan. Videl kept the same look on her face at Gohan. Gohan sighed and looked down.
"Alright, now you know... Bulma, let's leave these two alone to talk in private." Bulma nodded and left the lab with Vegeta.
Videl grabbed Gohan's face and made him look her in the eyes. "So, all this time I've been feeling more than just friendship for you, and you let me believe it?"
"Videl, I didn't..."
"Didn't what, what Gohan! Your just now starting to feel the same way about me as I have for you for the past year!" Videl's face was filled with anger. "Why couldn't you just tell me, why!"
Gohan was speechless, he had only now realized how angry and upset she was, and it began to tear him apart from the inside. He felt tears in his eyes. "I'm... so sorry..." Gohan couldn't say anymore. Seeing Gohan cry was something Videl never thought she'd see, she was still mad, but it was beginning to go away. Before she could stop him, he was gone, he left the lab to be by him self.
Videl sat in the lab for a minute. Oh Kami what happened...Gohan, Gohan please answer me. She got no response. I have to go after him. I can't believe what just happened, maybe he does really... Videl got up and ran out of the lab, she found Bulma. "Hey, where's Gohan."
"He left sweetie, he didn't look so hot either." Said Bulma. Videl started to feel dizzy.
"There's no use in searching for him, Gohan is long gone by now." Vegeta said. He was sitting on the couch with the T.V. remote. "Blasted T.V. There's never anything good on." Bulma hugged Videl.
"I don't know where he could have gone."
"He's heading toward his house. And if you're wondering how I know that, I can sense his life force. If you're planning on going after him, it would be wise to take caution, a saiyan's rage is something you don't want to get caught up in. But if you do go, take the boys with you, they'll seek him out... I doubt he's going straight home."
Videl sunk to her knees, hopeless. She began to cry.
"There there Videl, I'm sure everything will be alright. You just gotta give him some time to think. Me and him have had to before, right sweetheart?" Bulma said. Videl looked over to Vegeta, who gave them a thumbs up. "See, it'll be just fine."
Piccolo and Dende stood on the lookout, watching over earth.
"Uh oh, this doesn't look good." Said Dende. "And Gohan's heading right for it."
Piccolo stood there silently. I'm sorry Gohan, but I think you should have let her know. I just hope you can get your head together.
"I can't believe myself, I'm so stupid!" Gohan kept beating up on himself. He felt more guilt than ever. "It's all my fault, just when I am starting to feel strongly towards her. Damn it!"
Videl decided to go lay down in one of the spare rooms in the house, she had the radio on, the window opened. She kept beating up on herself as well. "Why, why did I get so mad? I shouldn't have. I know now that he does have feelings for me, but I wish I knew for sure." The radio then began playing the song "If You Only Knew" by Shinedown. Videl closed her eyes and listened closely to the words, after a few moments, Videl quickly rushed up and ran out of the room. She ran down the stairs and past the living room. The walked backwards to ask Vegeta a question. "Hey, where are the boys?"
"Hmm..." Vegeta looked up. "They're out back, be carful, Trunks isn't exactly perfect with that sword yet."
"Thanks Vegeta, and thanks for the lesson!"
"Hmrph... Kids Today." Vegeta remarked.
Goten sat in the grass, criss cross, head down, eyes closed, he was focused on something. Trunk was in the air, slicing up the air with the sword, practicing, and trying to master the sword. Videl appeared around the corner, and Trunks stopped the blade just short of Videls head.
"Don't do that Videl, I could have Killed you!" Trunks yelled. Trunks noticed the sad look on her face. "Oh, I'm sorry Videl, I didn't mean to yell at you."
"Don't worry about it, I just need you two to help me." Videl said.
"Oh really," Trunks said, he threw the blade into the air, it flipped a few times, and landed in it's case that was on Trunks' back. A signature Mirai Trunks trick. "What is it you need?"
"Gohan..." She paused and began to cry again. "I think he's mad at me, I want to apologize for whatever it is that I did. He flew off, and I can't sense life forces yet so I don't know where he is."
"We can help." Shouted Goten. "No sweat, easy as pie. I'd like my brother to be happy again."
"You... know about this." Videl asked.
"Well, I can always sense when something is wrong with him, after all, he is my brother ya know."
"Yeah, thanks guys."
"Hey wait, I didn't say..." Trunks said but was cut off.
"Come on let's go" Videl said. Goten and Trunks both closed thier eyes and searched for Gohan's life force. Once they locked onto it, they all flew off toward it. Oh, I hope you're okay Gohan...
"Stupid Stupid Stupid!" Gohan yelled to himself
"Gohan! You hoo! Over here Gohan!" Goku was yelling to him from a distance.
"Oh... Hey Dad!" Gohan yelled back.
"Look, we need to talk about something." Goku said seriously.
"Uh oh. I'm in trouble." Both of them landed. They were in between two high walls of rock, the ground was a mix of grass and sand, and a stream was flowing not too far from where they landed. "Okay Dad, what's on your mind?" asked Gohan.
"Well, I was informed about your incident today from Piccolo." Goku replied.
"What? Piccolo knows too?"
"Well, he does live with Dende, and since he's the guardian, what Dende knows, Piccolo knows. But anyway that's not why I came out here to find you. We have a problem."
"What kind of problem?" Just as Gohan finished asking the question, the ground started to shake. "Whoa, what is that!" Gohan yelled.
The ground broke open in front of them, and out from the ground, a dark figure, similar to the one that Gohan fought the day before, appeared.
"Oh great, another one." Gohan said.
"Well well well. Look what we have here, two saiyans for the price of one." the figure called. This one was much shorter than Burter, and more round, but also had the appearance of wearing saiyan armor underneath the shadow. The figure looked at Goku with wonder. "Ah... if it isn't the son of Bardock, how nice of you to show up."
"What? Who are you?" Goku demanded.
"My name is not important right now, but if you manage to defeat me, everything about me will become obvious. But I doubt you will get anywhere close to beating me, for I am much stronger than I was before."
"Enough talk!" Gohan yelled. He rushed in to deliver a side kick to the figures head, but no affect. Then Gohan got really angry, he began punching and kicking the figure all over, this lasted until the figure powered up and blew Gohan away.
"Hey Trunks, did you feel that?" Goten asked.
"Yeah, it was strong, really strong, and evil... Wait I can sense Gohan." Videl's face lit up for a moment. "And... your Dad Goten, your dad is there too!" Trunks lost his excitement and looked at Videl and Goten. "This means trouble, be cautious." They all nodded and headed toward Goku and Gohan.
Goku had rushed in and attempted the same thing as Gohan, but once again, a smiple flash of energy flung him off.
"Wow." Said Goku. "This guy is strong."
"No doubt." Gohan said. "Well, if we can't do any damage this way, then let's kick it up a notch."
"Right."
Both Gohan and Goku began yelling. Goku bent his knees and Clenched his fists. Wind began blowing around. The figure went from total dominance to disbelief. Goku's power was sky rocketing. His hair went up and began to flash between gold and black. Gohans hair did the same thing, both saiyans eyes turned turquise blue. Then in an instant, both saiyans yelled and a flash of gloden light radiated off of them, which could be seen from miles away.
"Wow, they must have went super." Goten yelled.
"Alright, our turn." Trunks said. Goten and Trunks went super saiyan in a flash, and Goten grabbed Videl's arm.
"Hold on." Said Goten. Videl nodded.
"Alright, let's go!" The three rushed off toward the battle field.
The flash had dissapeared and Goku and Gohan stood next to each other, Golden auras surrounding thier bodies. Hair straight up and blonde. Their power swelled. On one of the cliffs, Goten, Trunks and Videl landed, and masked thier powers so they would not be detected.
"Okay, just be quiet and they shouldn't notice us." Trunks said. Goten and Videl nodded and got down.
Videl watched sadly, thinking that Gohan was still mad. Please Gohan, I'm sorry, Don't be mad anymore. She then realized what she had done. Great job Videl, don't forget he can hear your thoughts.
Down on the battle field, a stare down was taking place. Gohan and Goku on one side, and the Dark figure on the other side.
"Ready to do this son?" Goku asked.
"Yes, I've needed a good fight." Gohan replied.
"Listen, don't let your emotions get the best of you, just focus, and we'll be fine."
"No matter what you do it's useless, you can't win." Said the evil figure.
"Oh yeah, we'll see." Said Goku. The two Super Saiyans began to yell and rushed in toward the evil Figure.
"And so it has begun."
"Yes... Master..."
"It's time to see what my latest warrior can do. I wish more than one would come out, but I guess he'll have to do... Hey, you have a tail?"
"How very interesting."
Looks like trouble for the Z-Warriors, looks like trouble for Gohan and Videl... Let the next battle begin!
Note: I love that song, and it was a really strong urge for me to incorporate it. And, idk how, I just think it fits. Haha ;]