~Babidi Saga~

Chapter 18 – Changes

Gohan slowly sat up, blinking as his eyes adapted to the blinding white light. The first thing he saw was a two small blurs attaching themselves to him, one hugging his chest and the other sitting on his shoulders hugging his head. Looking down, he smiled when he saw a teary eyed Goten looking up at him. "Big Brother..."

Patting his head, Gohan chuckled. "All right, all right...I'm sorry for worrying you."

Trunks patted his head. "That was awesome! The way you beat that guy! You did the twisting and the whoosh thing! Wow!"

"You did pretty good Gohan." Looking up, he saw a grinning Piccolo. Smiling back, he nodded. "Thanks."

Dende smiled happily. "Gohan, you were awesome! How'd you do that?"

Gohan looked down, trying to remember. "I'm...I'm not really sure."

"GOHAN!" Everyone turned to face a very angry Videl, their faces showing surprise and a little bit of fear.

-She looks upset...-

You're telling me...anyway, thanks for the help Gray. We wouldn't have been able to win without you.

-It was nothing...it actually was kind of fun...-

Walking up to the still sitting Gohan, Videl bent down and got face to face with him. Gohan leaned back nervously, forcing a smile. "Y-yes Videl?"

"You think you can get out of training me by pulling a stunt like this! I'm coming over to your house this Saturday like we planned. Oh, and forget about just flying. You're teaching me everything. Got it!" Standing back up, she crossed her hands and glared at the poor boy. Gohan could only nod slowly. "Uh...uh-huh. Sure, if you say so."

Dende looked back and forth between the two teens, then looked up as if he was in deep thought. "Hmmm...wait, I get it!" Pointing at Videl, Dende looked serious. "Videl likes Gohan. Right?"

Trunks and Goten blinked, slightly confused. Gohan had turned a soft red. Piccolo was wide eyed, staring at his Namekian friend. Videl had turned a deep red and had turned to the green man. "W-w-what did you say?"

Piccolo was the first to move. "Er, time for us to go. Bye Gohan."

Dende blinked at he watched everyone react. "W-what did I say?"

Videl was cracking her knuckles as she walked closer and closer to Dende, who could feel the killing aura coming from the human girl. Quickly he followed after Piccolo into the sky. After he caught up, he turned to his friend. "Piccolo, what did I do?"

Piccolo looked forward, sighing. "You still have no idea how strong human women are."

-DBZ-

Videl chased after the retreating Dende for a few steps. "Wait! You...when I get my hands on you!"

Gohan gulped, slowly standing up. Goten scurried up his brother, sitting on his left shoulder while Trunks scooted over to the right. Goten looked at Trunks, still with a confused face. "Are they talking about kissy kissy stuff?"

Trunks nodded, pretending to know exactly what was going on. "Of course. Grown ups yell at each other to show they like them."

Goten blinked. "Really? That doesn't make much sense to me."

"That's why you should learn from this and not grow up." Trunks crossed his arms in front of him.

Gohan, who was forcing down a rather large blush, pleaded with the two children. "C-come on guys. Enough..."

Slowly Videl, turned back and faced Gohan after giving up on Dende. This guy has a fighting style that can shake the earth beneath our feet...not to mention he has a tail. What the hell? Even when you do get answers from this guy, they only lead to more questions!

Gohan interrupted Videl's thought process as he waved to her. "Hey Videl, the clouds leaving!"

Goten mimicked Gohan from his shoulder. "Unless you wanna get frozen solid you better hurry!"

"Hey, wait up!" Quickly Videl made her way through the snow and hopped on the cloud. Goten jumped down from his brothers shoulder and sat in front of Videl. Trunks jumped up, hovering mid air, grinning that he could fly and Goten still couldn't.

Goten looked up at his friend and pouted. "Gohan, when are you going to teach me how to fly?"

Gohan smiled nervously. "Well, if Videl's ok with it, you can learn this Saturday with her."

The small child happily smiled. "Videl's coming over to play this weekend!" He looked strait up to see Videl nod. "Yay!"

Trunks crossed his arms in front of himself. "Hey, are we gonna go or what? I'm getting cold!"

Goten giggled, pointing strait ahead of himself. "All right, full speed ahead!"

On command, the Nimbus shot strait forward at full speed, forcing Videl to grab onto the small Goten to make sure she didn't fall off. Trunks and Gohan flew along side as they headed back for home.

-DBZ-

It was Friday morning, and the smell of an extra large breakfast slowly woke the sleeping Gohan. Slowly he worked his way out of bed and down to eat. Goten, who had once again beat him down to the table, was waiting as quietly as he could. Waving as he entered the room, Goten smiled. "Hey big brother!" And with that he turned back to his food and started to eat.

Chi-Chi turned and rushed over to her oldest, looking him over. "How did you sleep? You feeling ok? Are you up for school again today? You can take the day off if you want. You can study in your room."

Gohan smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm ok mom. Really. I'd be in more trouble if I took today off." Videl would be here so quick to make sure that I was still planning on training her tomorrow.

-That would be...bad...-

We can agree on that.

After a quick breakfast, Gohan once again assured his mother that he was fine and headed off for school. On the way there, he silently thought over all that had happened in the past week.

I'm glad no one got a good look at my face when Darkon was taking me for a joy right destroying the town.

-With my luck...someone will figure it out...-

I don't think so. No one died, so we should be ok. The police will probably want to cover it up and then push it away as quickly as possible. People wouldn't be happy if they thought some guy could come and destroy their town with a finger.

-True...-

That reminds me...my Saiyaman outfit is still totaled...I'll have to see if Bulma will fix it.

After a few moment's of silence, Gray spoke up. -Y...you want the same one?-

Why wouldn't I?

-...I was just thinking...something with more black...might be...never mind.-

But I liked the old costume...you don't like it?

-Well...it's just so...colorful.-

I guess I'll think about it. Hey, we're here all ready.

Looking around, Gohan made sure that the roof was clear. Once he was sure, he landed quietly and looked over himself. He'd hate to explain to the teacher why he had a tail. Once he was sure it was hidden, he started to make his way to class. When he entered, he saw something he had never seen before. Sharpner's early for class? Oh shit...I completely forgot. Last time I saw him I kicked his ass...with one punch. I gotta...damn, he all ready saw me...busted...

Sharpner, with an annoyed expression on his face, stood up from his chair and started to make his way towards a nervous Gohan. As Sharpner got close, Gohan sighed in defeat. "Uh...Sharpner...about before..."

Before Gohan could finish, Sharpner had thrust a piece of paper in front of Gohan's face. Gohan blinked, catching it after Sharpner let it go. "Uh..w-what's this?"

Sharpner glared at Gohan. "It's our schedule for boxing."

Gohan's eyes widened slightly. "O-our?"

Continuing to glare, a slight grin appeared on Sharpner's face. "That's right Books. I signed you up for boxing. With that punch of yours, you'll be able to help us finally beat those preppy pretty boys down at Satan Academy."

Gohan's eyes widened even more as he waved his hands in front of himself. "Wh-what? I-I can't do that. I have a long drive home after school. There's no way my mother-"

"I all ready called your mother." Sharpner's grin grew even larger.

"Y-you...you did?" Gohan was stunned.

Sharpner nodded. "She was so happy that her little baby boy was making friends his own age that she decided it would be ok as long as it didn't interfere with your studies...or something like that. I'll be honest with you, your mom talks a lot."

Gohan's knees started to shake. He really did talk to my mother...ahhh, how am I going to keep a low profile if I become a boxer? Even if I don't try I'll become one of the best in the nation...

"B-but arn't you mad that I...er, beat you?"

Sharpner blinked. "Um...no? What, you thought I was going to hold a grudge like some high strung girl or something?"

Gohan stood dumbfounded, only able to look from Sharpner to the piece of paper and back again.

As others started to funnel into the class room, Sharpner pointed at the piece of paper. "Like it says, practice starts Monday right after school and goes for an hour and a half each day. If you don't show up, I'll start helping the rumors spread that you're insanely strong. Then you'll have more to worry about than just me trying to get you into the boxing club."

-He's crafty...and smarter than he looks...-

No kidding...

Sighing, Gohan slowly nodded, following Sharpner to their seats. Now he had to box with Sharpner and train with Videl. Things were starting to get troublesome.

Videl and Erasa came in just before the teaching entered the room. Taking their seats, Gohan blinked. Videl looked almost as bubbly as Erasa did, which was odd to say the least. Videl looked over to Gohan, smiling excitedly. Gohan nervously smiled back. Man, she really can't wait to start training...can this get any worse?

-DBZ-

Grand Kai stood up from the ground, looking at Goku. "If it was someone else's kid I'd be surprised, but Goku...you're kid is insanely strong for his age."

Cha and Nge nodded in agreement. King Kai crossed his arms and smiled. "You can't expect anything less from the Northern Galaxy."

Goku giggled, smiling back. "Ya, nice to see everything worked out...hey, have any of you seen Pikkon lately?"

Cha pointed away from the training area. "Last I saw him was over at his house."

Goku waved at them as he ran off. "Thanks, see ya later!"

-DBZ-

It was nearing the last bell and all the students were starting to get on the edge of their seats, ready to leave as soon as they herd the ring. Gohan was in no rush however, he was still deep in thought. How am I even going to train Videl? I've never trained anyone before...and the training I got...heh...not the best way to learn for her. Hmmm...

Gohan's nose twitched, causing him to sneeze. Erasa, without looking, responded. "Bless you, Gohan."

A long sigh came from beside her. Blinking, she turned to Gohan. That's weird...Gohan's hair...wait, what? "Eh? Gohan, you're hair!" Without thinking, the blond stood up and yelled at him.

Videl and Sharpner, along with the rest of the class turned to see what all the fuss was about. Sure enough, Gohan's hair had changed to white and he had dark lines around his eyes along with paler looking skin. The way he looked screamed depressed.

Sharpner's eyes widened slightly at the change, forgetting to balance himself as his chair fell back and onto the ground. Videl also went wide eyed. G-Gohan?

Gohan lazily looked around at everyone looking at him. The teacher slammed his hands on his podium. "Is there a problem Mr Son or can I continue teaching?"

With slow and drawn out words that seemed to lack any kind of emotion of energy, Gohan responded. "Sorry sir..."

What the hell? Gray, are you out there?

-Ya...somehow I'm in control...sorry about this...-

W-what's going on? It's weird in here...I can see 3 big orb things...one's black, one's white, and the last one is this weird brown looking color.

-Hmm...those are the sources of your energy...that's usually where I am...if I'm not mistaken...we've changed spots.-

How'd that happen?

-You sneezed...right?-

Is...could such a thing even be possible?

As if on cue, Gray sneezed. Just as quickly as things had happened, they returned to normal. Gohan's black hair came back along with his normal voice. Blinking, Gohan twisted his head around, looking at the room of students looking at him. Smiling nervously, he rubbed the back of his head. "Eh-hehe...sorry about that everyone."

The students turned back quietly whispering to one another, trying to figure out if they really did just see someone's hair change. Most dismissed it, but Erasa was still standing wide eyed at Gohan. Sharpner picked himself off the floor, just as shocked. Videl also couldn't stop staring at Gohan with big eyes.

Everyone jumped when the bell rang. Gohan smiled, waving to his friends. "S-See ya guys later!" And he hastily made a quick retreat out of the school before anyone could stop him.

Gohan sighed as he exited the schoolyard. Gray...things just got worse...

Author's Annotations:

Chapter 18 marks the end of the Babidi saga! Thanks for all the readers and reviewers I've had so far. It means a lot to me as a first time writer. So far Saiyaman's saga and Babidi's saga have both had 9 chapters. Interesting for me at least since I didn't plan it that way. We'll be starting the Tournament Saga next, which will hold most of the school life of Gohan. This saga will probably be the longest. The tournament itself will come at the end, but a lot of it will focus on training and school life. And then after that saga will be the final one, Takula and the Universal Library Saga. Two saga's down and two to go. Please continue to rate and review. It means a lot to first time writer like me!