OK I got board so here I am writing chapter 8!! I guess I should really
update my other 2 stories as well, but this one is a lot of fun to write
now!
Chapter 8 Dream come True
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Bulma and Chi Chi were still sitting beside Videl when she looked said she had to be sick. They rushed the girl to the washroom and looked away to give her some privacy.
"Bulma I don't feel so good any more." Videl said after throwing up.
"Ok sweetie. Do you want to go lay down? It feels like your fever is picking up again." Bulma said as she pressed her hand to her head.
Videl simply nodded, and let the two older women help her into Gohans bed.
Gohan. That's where Videls thoughts lay at the moment. She was positive she was falling in love with him. But did he feel the same way? And if he did why would he run out and get all angry on her like that in her time of need.
As Videl lied in his bed she could feel tears welling up in her eyes.
'I wish I could take it all back. Next time I see him I have to apologize or something! I can't stand the thought of him being mad at me. I care way to much about him, even if he doesn't feel the same way about me," Videl thought as her closed eyes started to become wet.
Gohan... She thought as she drifted off to sleep.
Back To Gohan, Vegeta and Goku
Both Goku and Gohan looked expectantly at Vegeta.
"Care to elaborate on that Vegeta?" Gohan said as he looked at Vegeta.
"Its odvious. You want to make that girlfriend of yours feel better and make Hercule pay correct? Then find the Dragon balls and wish for her mother to be alive again. Thus making that woman feel better, then find a way to make him pay." Vegeta stated from his spot against a nearby tree.
Goku gave a grin. "You know Vegeta if I didn't know any better, I'd say you actually cared about Videl! You actually said something to make her feel better!" Goku stated grinning widely.
"Good thing you know better" Vegeta mumbled from his spot on the tree "Vegeta... That's a great idea!" Gohan said as he ran the plan through his mind.
"I'll be right back." Gohan said as he flew off.
"Vegeta are you going soft on us?" Goku asked breaking out into smiles.
Vegeta grunted "Hardly, now Kakkrot, go away and leave me alone." Vegeta said reverting back to his cold self.
Back to Gohan
Gohan flew at top speed to his house.
He stopped at his and Gotens room and opened the window and flew threw.
"Now where did I put it?" Gohan asked out loud as he went through some drawers.
"Gohan I need to talk to you" said a sleepy Videl who just happened to hear the window open.
"Videl I can't talk right now. I'll talk to you later. Now go back to sleep" Gohan said. He hadn't meant to sound rude, though the way he said it he sounded like he was pissed off at someone.
"Ah ha!" he said triumphantly and exited the window closing it again.
Gohan flew back to his dad and told him he'd be gone for a while, and wasn't sure when he was coming back. Then took off again.
Goku had flown back to his house with Vegeta in toe.
Before they knew it supper was done and eaten, Bulma, Vegeta, Trunks along with Goten who was going to spend the night left the house to. A few hours later they went to bed.
It was 1:30 when Videl woke up.
'I feel like my head has been run over a couple hundred times.' She thought as she groggily sat up.
She heard a noise coming from downstairs and decided she wanted to check it out.
As she started to walk down stairs she walked into what felt like a wall.
"Videl! Are you ok? I didn't mean to do that I wasn't expecting you to be awake!" Goku said as he was sneaking up stairs from one of his midnight raids.
"Goku? Sorry I thought you were Gohan." Videl said as he started to tear up again.
Goku looked at the girl in front of him. He watched as the girl started to let tears fall down her cheeks.
Goku walked over to her and embraced her in a big hug.
"Videl what's the matter?" Goku asked as he rubbed the girls back.
'This is what it must feel like to have a family who you can turn to and cry on their shoulder' she thought as she hugged Goku back.
"I told Gohan about my dad, and he got mad at me. Now he probably thinks I'm some weak girl who cant take care of her self. Then I tried to talk to him when he came in the window and he told me go back to sleep and he couldn't talk." Videl said sadness clearly evident in her voice.
Goku gave a small smile to the girl and lead her to the couch.
He gave her another hug and wiped her tears off of her face with his housecoat sleeve.
"Videl I'm going to be honest with you. Gohan isn't mad at you. He got mad at himself. He blamed this on himself. He said he had promised you when you fell asleep that he would protect you. Then he found out about this. Videl he isn't mad at you, and he has nothing but the up most respect for you" Goku said to the crying teenager.
Goku knew that Gohan would tell her the same thing soon enough but the girl needed to hear that. This was a serious issue and she thinks it's her fault and her best friend and only ally hated her.
Videls watery eyes looked up at Goku.
"So he doesn't hate me?" Videl questioned with hope in her quivering voice.
"No, he doesn't, and you and I both know, he will probably apologize for his little out burst." Goku said as he rubbed her back.
Videl gave a faint smile as she listened intently to the older sayian talk.
"Goku thank you. And I mean for everything. I really owe you and your family a lot. I don't know how I can repay you all." Videl said as she leaned back on the couch.
Goku followed Videls lead and leaned back on the couch as well.
"Actually Videl, I think this family owes you a lot more then you owe us." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
Videl looked up as she brushed a stray hair out of her face. "Ok, its official, you've lost me" she said giving Goku a weird look.
"Videl before Gohan met you, he was I guess you could say kind of depressed. And this dates back a few years. Gohan blamed his self all these year for my death. Then you came along. He didn't even have time to blame himself for my death because you were busy keeping him on his toes. With you trying to find out who the Great Sayiaman was he was pretty busy. "He said as he gave the young woman a small smile.
"So you see you saved him from his self" Goku said
"I saved him from his self?" Videl asked as she looked down deep in thought.
"You see Videl, your worst enemy isn't in front of you its inside you. And Gohan was his own worst enemy and he was brining himself down. Then when I came back he was happy and still didn't have time to blame himself because you were still keeping him busy." Goku said as he looked seriously at Videl.
"You saved him from his self. So I think we owe you more then you owe us" Goku said as he grinned at Videl now reverting back to his fun loving self.
"Goku you've confused me even more!" Videl said as she rubbed her head and lightly hit him on the arm.
"Don't worry about it. Anyways its pretty late how about we get you back to bed. If I don't get back soon I'm sure Chi Chi will know I raided the fridge again" He said as he stood up and stretched.
"Ok" Videl said as she stood up then stumbled a little but grabbed onto Goku's arm and found her bearings.
"You ok?" Goku asked with an eyebrow raised in total Son fashion.
"Yeah. I have a head ach and I guess I stood up to fast," Videl said as she rubbed her head lightly as she let go of Goku's arm.
"You want some Tylenol or food or something?" Goku asked
"Actually could I have some Tylenol please?" She asked. She stifled a giggle at the face he made and as he mumbled out about how not understand why anyone wouldn't want food.
Goku came back 2 seconds later with Tylenol in one hand and a glass of water in the other.
Videl said a quiet thanks and walked, with a little bit of a limp because of her knee back to Gohans room. She turned around again as Goku walked by
"Thanks again Goku. I really appreciate it," She said as she gave a half smile.
"No problem" Goku said as he smiled and walked back into his bedroom and closed the door.
Videl walked into Gohans room and sat on the bed. She found it a little cold in Gohans room so she made her way over to his closet.
'I'm sure he wont mind if I borrowed a sweat shirt' Videl said as she flipped through Gohans clothes.
She came across one she remembered seeing him in a few weeks ago. She grabbed the black one because she remembered he had that one before and let her wear because she was cold in class.
She took it off of the hanger and put it on. It was a plain black sweatshirt. On Gohan the shirt fit him perfectly not to snug but it showed off his physique. Videl looked down and saw that the bottom of it came just above her knees.
She sat down on the bed again and hugged the sweatshirt closer.
'He doesn't hate me!' She thought with a smile, as she involuntarily smelled the shirt. She sighed and smiled again as she lied down and pulled the covers up and for once fell into a blissful sleep.
Back at Gohan
"Alright! That makes 3 dragon balls!" Gohan said as he started to fly away from a wooded forest.
Gohan noticed how dark it was and looked at his watch.
"Holy crap! Its 2 am! That took a lot longer then I had expected. But it's worth it. I wonder when I should have Videls mom summoned." Gohan thought he started flying home.
"I got it! I'll do it Christmas morning. I'll wake up early, fly to Dende's lookout then wish her alive there. Then when people everyone comes over to the house for the party I'll fly back to the house and drop her off at the door and come in threw a window and then go downstairs. Then I'll have her knock on the door have someone answer I and tell its for her! That's perfect!" Gohan said, confidence and happiness clearly in his voice.
He flew home and unlocked the door with the extra key that Goku had put on the roof.
He walked in and found some food in the fridge and ate it.
After eating he put his dishes in the dishwasher and walked up stairs to his room.
He saw Videl lying on his bed peacefully and sound asleep. As he watched her he felt a pang of guilt in his heart, he knew she probably blamed her self for his reaction earlier.
He kneeled down and smiled as he put his hand to her forehead.
"At least her fever seems to be going down," he said as he started to brush some stray locked of hair out of her face and tuck then behind her ear.
Gohan lifted her up slightly off the bed so he could hug her.
He leaned to her hear and whispered, "Videl, I'll tell you this later as well, but I'm sorry. And don't even think of blaming yourself because it's not your fault. You're an amazing person. Please forgive me," he said giving her one more squeeze then laid her down.
He kissed her on the cheek and again on the forehead.
He stood up and grabbed a change of clothes to sleep in and left to go sleep on the couch.
Morning
Gohan felt himself being shaken awake.
He groggily looked up and found his dad grinning at him.
"Hey Gohan you awake?" Goku asked as a sleepy Gohan looked up at him.
"Well I am now," Gohan answered in a tired voice. "What time is it?" he asked sitting up.
"It's about 8:30, your mom and Videl are still asleep. I wanted to talk you and when I found you downstairs alone I figured it was a perfect time!" He said as he took a step back so Gohan could get up.
Gohan stood up and yawned while leaning back.
"Ok, I'm up, so what do you want?" Gohan asked as he scratched his stomach and rubbed his eyes.
"Well first off, I just wanted to tell you that I told Videl you didn't hate her. And second off, how's the dragon ball hunt going?" He asked now having his son's full attention.
"Well so far I have 3. My plan is that I'll wake up early on Christmas morning, and everyone's usually at our house by like 8: 30 right? So I'll go up to Dende's lookout then wish for Videl's mom to be brought back to life. Then I'll come back and make up some excuse. Then I'll have her mom knock on the door and have you or someone else answer it and bring her in." Gohan answered sounding excited, only 4 more days!
"That's an awesome idea Gohan!" Goku said as Gohan had finished talking.
Gohan's smile came to an abrupt stop
"Videl thought I hated her?" Gohan asked with disbelief in his voice.
"Yeah. She said that after she told you about her dad you got mad at her. And you probably think of her as someone who can't take care of herself. And she tried to talk to her but you told her to go back to sleep" Goku said looking at Gohan as he looked at the ground.
Gohans shoulders sunk. "I only told her that because I wanted to get started on the dragon balls and I needed the radar." Gohan said looking crestfallen.
"Well it looks like you might be able to get your chance to apologize." Goku said as he noticed Videl walking downstairs.
"I'm going to go back up stairs and see if your moms awake, Oh and," Goku lowered his voice to a whisper "If you need any help with the dragon balls Bulma has a spare dragon radar so I'd be happy to help you out with getting them" Goku said as he started to walk up stairs.
As he was about to cross Videl he looked down to her and smiled. "Good morning Videl, you look much better then you did yesterday!" Goku said as Videl stopped to talk to him.
"Good morning Goku. Thanks I'm feeling better." She answered giving him a smile as well.
Gohan looked over to her and smiled.
Her hair was a little messed up but that was to be expected after waking up. It fell to her shoulders (Videl has shoulder length hair in this fic ok? I don't remember if I mentioned it or not. Ok, back to the story!). She was wearing his black sweatshirt. It came down to her knees revealing her small slightly bruised legs. He noticed how she hadn't changed out of her shorts yet. The bruise on her face wasn't as noticeable as before just a little bit of purple showing.
He thought she looked adorable, her face looked so innocent.
Videl looked over to him and gave a sad smile and looked down. She hesitantly sat down on the couch.
Gohan sighed and sat down beside her.
"You're an amazing person Videl" Gohan said as he sat down on the couch with her.
That comment caught Videl by surprise.
"What?" She said as she looked at him with big shocked eyes.
She looked up at him expectantly, expecting him to say something else. But when he didn't she pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them. Maybe she was just hearing things.
"I'm sorry, I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I'm sorry I stormed off, I wasn't mad at you I was mad at my self, and lastly I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you" Gohan said as he looked at her straight in the eyes.
"Your not mad at me?" Videl said a smile starting to turn on the corner of her mouth.
"Hell no! Why would I be mad at you? I blamed this on me not you." Gohan said surprised at her question
Videls eyebrows furrowed "Why would it be your fault?"
"When I brought you to my house I had said I'd.... that I'd protect you no matter what and then I found out about this." Gohan said looking down. A small pink blush came to his cheeks.
Videl smiled. Videl crept over to him while his head was down.
"Thank you" she whispered in his ear as she embraced him in a hug.
Gohan was shocked at first but returned the hug.
After a few minutes Gohan put his hand to her forehead.
"Your fever feels like its going down. How are you feeling today?" Gohan asked removing his hand from her forehead.
"I'm actually feeling a lot better, thanks to everyone here," She said smiling again.
"Videl, your and extraordinary person, and don't you ever forget it" He said as she started to pull away.
She gave him a confused look
"You said that you thought you dad got mad at you because you're not a good person. That's a lie. And you know it. And don't you ever forget it. You dad doesn't even compare to you. I can honestly say I have never met a person like you, and I'm glad I did meet you" Gohan said in a serious tone as he gazed into her eyes.
"You mean it?" Videl said as she smiled and bit back tears.
"With out a doubt in my mind" he said as he smiled.
'Videl have you ever seen such a cute face?' Videl asked her self as she watched Gohan smile at her.
"Thank you Gohan" She said still fighting back tears of happiness.
"Your welcome." He said one more smile then stood up.
"So do you want anything to eat?" He asked Videl making her laugh.
Ok! I'm going to skip to the next day ok?? I'm not too sure what else to write. So lets say Christmas is on Thursday and Now its Tuesday k? 3 that's 3 days before Christmas!
Tuesday!!
Videl was on her way to making a full recovery. All she had now was a cough, stuffed up nose and a sore throat.
The whole Son family and Videl were decorating the house.
"3... 2... 1!"Gohan said as he plugged in the lights to the house.
"Wow" was all Videl could muster out. She had never been in a home that was this welcoming before.
"The house look amazing!" Videl said in total astonishment.
"Videl you act like this is new!" Goten said as he sat on her lap.
"Well Goten, back at my place On Christmas I was usually alone. My dad would be away on...business I guess you could say, and the house was too big to ever decorate. I'd usually have a small Christmas tree in my room." Videl said looking sadly down at Goten
"Didn't you get any presents?" Asked Goten.
The conversation had grabbed the attention of Chi Chi, Goku and Gohan.
"I did once upon a time," Videl said as she smiled recalling the memory. "But after my mom died Christmas kind of went down hill. That's also when we stopped decorating the house." Videl said, sadness clearly in her voice.
"Videl you wanna know what?" Goten said grinning up at Videl still in his place on her lap.
"What?" Videl asked.
"Your not alone for Christmas! Cuz I'm going to be here and so will Gohan! And Mommy and Daddy! And I'm gonna get you a Christmas gift!" Goten said as he gave the traditional Son smile up at Videl
Videl smiled a Goten and gave him a hug.
"Well thank you Goten. If I can spend Christmas with you guys, this will be the happiest Christmas ever." She said as she stood up still holding onto Goten.
"Daddy! Mommy! Can Videl stay for Christmas? Please!?!?!" Goten asked with puppy dog eyes.
Goku looked at Chi Chi who simply smiled.
"Of course she can! I'd be insulted if she didn't. So Videl, Are you gonna insult me?" Goku asked giving Videl a wink.
"I wouldn't dream of it" Videl said grinning ear to ear.
Gohan looked at Videl and frowned slightly. She was wearing some of his old gi pants that were too small for him but looked big on her. She also wore some of his old shirts.
"Videl go and get dressed, I'm going to take you out shopping. You need clothes." He said startling her little
"Gohan your already letting me stay, you don't have to buy-"But Gohan cut her off
"Don't worry Videl its no problem! Now go get dressed so we can get there early" Gohan said.
"Ok" Videl said as she walked up stairs.
As Gohan watched Videl go up stairs he walked over to Goku.
"Dad, can you do me a favor and look for them now?" Gohan asked as quietly as possible.
Goku grinned "Sure no problem!" he said as he took the dragon radar from Gohan.
"Thanks a lot dad. I've put the 3 I have in the attic ok? I really hope she likes this. Maybe this will be her happy Christmas" Gohan said as he waited for Videl to come downstairs.
A few minutes later Videl came downstairs. Dressed in clothes that Gohan had given her previously.
Gohan smiled at her. "Are you ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah I guess" Videl said.
They both went to the door and started getting ready for the cold outdoors when Chi Chi stopped them.
"Gohan before you go to the mall can you stop at Bulma's for me? She said she wanted to drop off stuff but since you were going up that way I said you would stop by and pick up the capsules. Is that ok?" Chi Chi asked as he walked to the front door.
"Is that ok with you Videl?" Gohan asked Videl.
"Sure it's no problem," Videl said as she looked at Chi Chi.
Chi Chi gave them both a smile. "Thanks, and have fun!" She said as the both left the house waving good-bye to her.
Goku walked up to Chi Chi and hugged her from behind. Gohans words were running through his head.
'Maybe this will be her happy Christmas'
'Gohan, I bet this will be the Christmas to end all Christmases. I bet it will be the best Christmas for the both of you' Goku though as he kissed Chi Chi on the cheek.
Chi Chi smiled. "And what was that for?" She asked with an eyebrow raised at her husband.
Goku smiled back. "No reason" was all he said as he walked back into the living room.
Back to Gohan and Videl
Both Gohan and Videl flew in silence. It was if both were afraid to start a conversation.
'I really hope that bringing her mom back to life will make her happy again. I have to think of something to get her father back for all he's done to my Videl' Gohan though angrily.
'Man talking to Goten brought up some memories. Christmas really lost meaning when mom died. I miss her so much' Videl thought as she wiped a tear away from her face before Gohan would notice.
After flying a few more minutes in silence they descended to the ground and front door of Capsule Corp.
They walked up to the front door and knocked on it.
A few seconds later, Vegeta came and answered the door.
"What do you want brat?" Vegeta asked in his usual tone.
"Bulma asked us to pick something up," Gohan said in a cheerful tone.
Bulma came up behind Vegeta as if on cue.
"Oh hi Gohan! Hi Videl. Vegeta get away from the door and let them come in." Bulma said as she greeted the teenagers.
Vegeta grunted but moved away and leaned against the wall.
"Here you go," Bulma said as she handed him the capsules "Thanks for picking them up, this is so much easier then bringing them over on Christmas".
"Its no problem Bulma" Gohan said as he took the capsules and put them in his pocket.
"So where are you two off to?" Bulma asked as they all sat down.
"Well since Videl's going to be staying with us. I figured she could use some clothes. She's been wearing my old ones, as you see, and they don't fit her. So I'm going to take her to the mall so she can get some clothes" Gohan explained.
"Oh! Well if your going shopping hold on a second." Bulma said as she walked away.
She came back a minute later with a credit card.
"Here take this, it had unlimited access to all the stores in this area. It will all be charged to Capsule Corp" Bulma said as she offered a platinum card to Gohan.
"You don't have to do that Bulma, I have money you know" Gohan said as he lightly pushed the card back.
"Nonsense! Think of it as an early Christmas gift for Videl." She said as she handed the credit card to Videl who looked down at it in surprise.
"Are you sure?" Videl asked looking up at Bulma.
Bulma grinned at her. "I'm positive sweetie! Now go on before the stores get packed! You only have a few more days until all the stores close-up for Christmas!" She said as the two stood up.
Once they walked to the door Videl turned around to Bulma.
"Thank you so much Bulma!" Videl said as she hugged the older woman.
"Don't worry about it!" She said as she returned the hug.
They opened the door and yelled a good bye and flew off to the store.
"They're going to have such cute kids someday! I bet they'll be as tall as Gohan and as cute as Videl!" Bulma said with stars in her eyes as Vegeta rolled his eyes at Bulma.
"Women" he muttered under his breath as he went to go watch TV.
It had been almost 3 and a half hours since leaving Bulmas house with the credit card. Videl had to admit, she had a lot of fun shopping with Gohan. Her favorite part was when he wanted to look for some dressy clothes for anything that acquired formal wear.
He had on black shoes, navy blue slacks and a white dress shirt.
"So how do I look Videl?" Gohan asked as he spun around and posed for Videl grinning widely as he did so.
Videl was still a little down about her conversation with Goten
"Yeah, it looks great" She sad with a sigh as sadness dripped in her voice.
"You know the way you said it doesn't instill much confidence in me," Gohan said as he furrowed his eyebrows at Videl.
"Sorry, it's just that the conversation I had with Goten brought up some memories I had suppressed and it's kind of depressing." Videl said as she looked up at Gohan.
When Videl looked up at Gohan he got an evil glint in his eye and grinned at Videl.
Videl gave him a confused look.
Gohan was standing about 5 feet in front of Videl when he started to undo his belt. He took his belt off and swung it around his head twice then threw I back at Videl.
"Uhh... Gohan what are you doing?" She asked as she dodged Gohans flying belt. She looked at him again and watched as he started to undo the buttons on his shirt.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" He asked as he unbuttoned the forth-top button.
"Oh my gosh! Gohan! Are you stripping?" Videl said as she ran over to him and pulled his shirt back together.
The whole scene between the two had attracted some weird looks.
Videl went into a fit of giggles.
"Promise me you'll never do that in public again! I mean, what are you thinking?" She asked trying to suppress her laughter and act mock serious.
"Well, you said you were depressed. So I wanted to take your mind off of it. Plus it got you to laugh" Gohan said as he smiled down at Videl as she was still holding the shirt together.
"I'm going to go get changed. That's enough stripping for one day," Gohan said as walked back into the change room.
'Videl have you ever met a sweeter kinder, funnier, hotter guy then him?' She thought as she blushed at her thought.
Gohan came out of the dressing room.
"Well how about we head home?" He asked.
Videl had more then enough clothes to last her at least a year. She had tracksuits, jeans, long sleeve shirts, t-shirts, shorts, pjs. She had to have had at least, 15 bags worth of stuff. She had bought her underwear and stuff like that when Gohan was looking in a bookstore.
"Yeah that sounds good" Videl was about to grab all of her bags when Gohan stopped her.
"Now what kind of guy would I be if I didn't carry the lady's bags for her?" Gohan asked as he started picking up Videl's bags.
Videl heaved a sigh "You be like any normal guy" she said as she tried to take come bags but he pushed her away gently.
"Well good thing I wasn't raised to be a normal guy" Gohan said as he had all of the bags.
"You ready to go?" He asked as they walked to the doors.
"Ready when you are" She said as they took off.
Later that Night
After everyone had eaten their supper everyone was relaxing. Videl was lying on the couch with Goten sitting on top of her watching Christmas cartoons, Chi Chi was looking at the capsules Bulma had sent over, Goku was in the kitchen again and Gohan was walking over to his dad.
When Gohan walked in the kitchen Goku had just finished fixing himself a sandwich.
"Hey dad, did you manage to find any?" Gohan asked startling the older sayian.
After Goku regained his composure he spoke up.
"Yep! I got the last of them for you!" Goku said as he took a bite out of his sandwich.
"Thanks dad. I owe you" Gohan said as he looked out at Videl and smiled.
"No problem" Goku said swallowing the bite of his sandwich he took.
Goku looked at his son whose gaze was fixed on Videl.
Goku smiled. "You know? You made a great choice," Goku said.
Gohan nodded then blushed. "Sorry dad what did you say I uhh... Didn't hear you!" Gohan said trying to hide his blush.
Goku laughed as he walked out to the living room.
Gohan looked over at the clock and saw it was 10:30.
He walked into the living room and found Goku watching Frosty Returns, Goten was fast asleep on Videl and Videl was starting to doze off.
Gohan walked over and kneeled down in front of the dozing Videl.
"Hi" She whispered tiredly.
"Hey" Gohan answered.
"I'm going to bring Goten up to his bed. Maybe you should hit the hay also. The spare bedroom is all made up for you. We didn't use it before because mom was hiding gifts in there but now it's free for use." Gohan said as he started to take Goten away from Videl.
"Ok" was all Videl said as she stood up and stretched.
Goku also stood up and yawned. "All this talk about sleep is making me tired. I'm going to bed now too" Goku said as he covered another yawn.
"Good night dad" Gohan said as he held the sleeping Goten.
"Good night Goku, sweet dreams" Videl said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Good night you two" Goku walked over to Goten and ruffled his hair a little and whispered "Good night little guy" and walked up stairs.
Gohan and Videl followed Goku's lead and walked up stairs. When Videl reached her door she turned around.
"Good night Gohan, and thank you for everything today" She said as she looked up at Gohan and noted how he looked so natural holding kids.
"Don't worry about it Videl. It was no problem. And goodnight" he said as he walked into his room and closed the door.
Next day A.K.A. Christmas Eve
Chi Chi and Bulma had taken Videl out shopping. So Goku, Goten and Gohan were left alone.
Goku was in the kitchen finding some more food; Gohan was watching TV and Goten was busy making something at the kitchen table.
"Hey! What do you guys say about going outside and playing?" Goku said as he finished eating again.
Goten had finished whatever he was making looked up excitedly at Goku. "That's a great idea daddy! We can make a snow man!" Goten yelled as he jumped up and down.
"Well Gohan wadda ya say?" Goku asked as him and Goten gave him puppy dog eyes.
"Sure! Lets go!" He said as him and Goku ran towards the door to get their stuff on while Goten ran upstairs with whatever he had made then ran downstairs and joined them.
Once all three were outside Goten suggested something.
"Lets make a giant snowman!! And see if it will scare anyone!" Goten said as he giggled at his idea.
"Alright lets get started! I'll make the base, Gohan you make the body and Goten you make the head." Goku said as he started a ball.
Gohan and Goten both grinned and got started.
An hour later they had a 10-foot base, a 7-foot body and a 5-foot head. They found a dead tree and make it look like a carrot for the nose and used long logs for arms and used a lot of dirt for eyes.
"Wow! He looks awesome!" Goten yelled as they heard a scream.
All three turned around to find Chi Chi and Videl.
Videl was trying to hold back her laughter. When they arrived a giant snowman greeted them. It was funny because it scared the crap out of Chi Chi at first.
Goten started laughing "It worked! We scared mommy!" Goten yelled as he fell on the ground laughing.
Everyone stood still for a few seconds then it started to snow lightly.
"Well let's go inside and have lunch. Plus, it looks like the snow is going to pick up any second. And I don't want to be taking care of three sick sayians this holiday. You're all a bunch of babies when you're sick." Just as Chi Chi had said that the snow started to come down harder.
Everyone rushed inside. And waited for lunch.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.
Chi Chi started working on food for tomorrow. While Videl started to bake chocolate chip cookies.
After Videl had made almost 45 dozen she decided that was enough cookies for one day.
The house now smelled like fresh baked cookies.
Gohan walked into the kitchen with his nose in the air.
"Man! Something smells good in here!" Gohan said as he breathed in the smell of cookies.
"Here try one" Videl said as she handed him a freshly baked cookie.
At the sound of 'here try one' Goten ad Goku both came in and gave puppy dog eyes.
Videl smiled as she rolled her eyes and gave both of them a cookie also.
All three took a bite at once.
"This is delicious!" Gohan said as he finished his bite and took another one.
"Mmmmm this is yummy!" Goten managed to say with a full mouth.
"Chi, these are really good... Can I have another one?" Goku asked as he finished his cookie.
Chi Chi walked over to the three and Videl.
"No you can't have another one. And I'm not the one who made them, Videl did!" She said as she grinned at the three boys who looked a little shocked.
"Where'd you learn to make these?" Gohan asked. He had no idea Videl could bake.
"I can cook and bake you know! And my mom taught me the recipe before she died." Videl thought as she saw Gohan smiling.
'Then your lucky you'll have her back tomorrow!' Gohan thought as he smiled.
"And what are you smiling at?" She asked a little mad.
"Nothing" was all Gohan said as he walked out of the kitchen.
That night everyone went to be a little earlier because Goten wanted to make sure Santa would come.
Christmas Morning
Gohan woke up to something pounding on his chest. He opened his eyes and saw Goten jumping up and down on him telling him to wake up with a giggling Videl at the doorframe.
"Is he up yet Goten?" Videl asked as she watched the little boy jump on his big brother's stomach.
Gohan stopped Goten in mid jump "I'm up!" he said with a little laugh as he stood up and stretched.
Gohan looked at the clock it was now 7:30.
'Perfect. I'll get dressed and say I'm going to see if Dende's coming down' He thought as he walked downstairs.
Once downstairs, the whole living room floor looked like it was almost covered completely with presents.
"Come on Chi! Can I have something to eat! Last meal I had was supper!" Goku pleaded as he was thrown out of the kitchen.
"Goku! I swear! I'm going to have Bulma invent a frickin sayian proof kitchen!" Chi Chi yelled as she tried to get breakfast ready for the bunch of people who were expected to come in an hour.
Goku looked horrified for a minute then spoke. "But Chi, I've always gone into the kitchen!" Goku said sounding defeated.
"And mom always yelled" Gohan imputed finding the whole thing amusing.
"Goku, people will be here in like an hour or less. You can wait. Now go and get changed or something," Chi Chi said as she went back to preparing the meal.
"I'm going to go get dressed now too," Gohan said as he walked up stairs.
Gohan walked downstairs a few minutes later in just a training gi.
"Gohan you're not going to wear that are you?" Chi Chi asked as she looked at her son.
"No, I'm going to go up to the look out and see if Dende is coming" Gohan said as he put his coat on.
Gohan waved and flew of as Goku stood there smiling.
Gohan flew up to the look out with the dragon balls tucked away safely in his pockets.
He landed and walked over to Dende.
"Hey Dende! Merry Christmas" Gohan said as he walked over to his good friend.
"Merry Christmas to you to Gohan" he said as he walked over to Gohan.
"Dende I need you to do me a favor now quickly ok?" Gohan asked as he got all of the dragon balls out and placed all 7 on the ground.
"I'm way ahead of you Gohan" Dende said as he said the words and brought the eternal dragon out.
"Why is my slumber disturbed?" Boomed the large green dragon.
"Eternal Dragon! I wish that Aaliyah Satan be brought back to Life!" Gohan yelled up at the dragon.
The dragon's eyes flashed yellow then a woman who looked very similar to Videl appeared.
"Where am I?" Aaliyah asked as she looked around and saw a small green man, a small black genie and the boy she met earlier.
"Hi! Remember me?" Gohan asked as he looked at her. "I wished you back to life" Gohan answered as he walked towards her.
"Why?" She asked more then confused.
"I did it for Videl" was all Gohan said.
Videl's mom smiled.
"If you wanted to change your clothes I brought some extra clothes a few days back. There in the room over there" Gohan said as he noticed she was in an old t-shirt and sweat pants.
"Ok" was all she said as she walked to the room Gohan had pointed out.
"Oh and Dende, did you want to come down with us for Christmas?" Gohan asked as he looked down at his friend.
Dende was about to answer but was interrupted by the dragon.
"What is your second wish?" The dragon asked impatiently.
"I forgot about that," Gohan said, as he looked startled.
Dende looked up and told the dragon that they wanted to save the wish for another time. The dragon gave an annoyed sigh and returned to the dragon balls. Since they hadn't used the last wish the balls weren't sent off flying.
Then Videl's mom walked out. She wore a black skirt with a tight black long sleeve shirt showing off her form and had half of her hair pulled back in a ponytail. And long black boots on.
"Ok, so are we leaving?" She asked, she was more then a little excited to be able to see her daughter again.
Gohan looked at Dende who smiled. "I'll come down in a little while. You should go now. Merry Christmas!" Dende said as Gohan nodded to him.
Aaliyah walked to the edge and gave a little yelp.
"Gohan! How are we supposed to get down from here!" She said a little shaken up that they were so high up.
"I forgot you didn't know about this. Well come here" Gohan said as Aaliyah walked over to him.
Gohan picked her up and she gave another yelp.
Gohan floated off the ground and took off yelling good-bye to Dende.
"You can fly?" Aaliyah yelled as they were fast approaching a little cottage with a bunch of cars around it.
"There's a lot I can do, I'll explain it later though" Gohan said as they landed and he put her down.
"Can you do me a favor and stay out here for a few minutes?" Gohan asked as he gave her his coat so she'd stay warm.
"Sure, no problem!" Aaliyah said as she took the coat from Gohan and he walked inside.
Gohan walked inside and everyone was already there.
"Hey Gohan!" he heard a few yelling.
Everyone was dressed for the Holiday. Except for Goten and Trunks. Chi Chi and Bulma figured why put them in nice clothes when they're going to mess them up anyway? So they were both in a training gi. Everyone else was wearing some form of red and green. Goku was sitting in the middle of the couch talking to everyone. He was wearing red pants with a green shirt topped off with a Santa hat. Not hard to tell he was into the spirit of the holiday!
Both trunks and Goten were having fun with Trunks' new video camera.
Gohan walked over and greeted everybody as Videl walked down.
"So is Dende coming?" She asked as she walked over to him.
"He said he might later." Gohan answered as he looked at her. "Where'd you get that outfit?" He asked as he studied her. She was wearing a midnight blue dress that accented her curves. It was sleeveless with a V-neck. And her hair was slightly curled. She looked so elegant.
"I got it yesterday when I went shopping with your mom. Why do you like it?" She said as she spun around.
"You look beautiful! One of the prettiest girls in the universe, and trust me I'd know!" Gohan said giving her catcalls.
Vide blushed and thanked him quietly. Gohan had then excused himself so he could change. He walked downstairs a few minutes later in Black dressy slacks and a green dress shirt.
Videl walked over to him and smiled. "You sure clean up nice!" Videl said as she walked over to him and circled around him, tucking in a part of his shirt.
"There, perfect!" She said as she finished.
"What me or the outfit?" Gohan asked as he laughed and blushed at what she just did.
"Both" she answered. That comment caused Both Gohan and Videl to laugh. And got a few comments out of Krillian.
Both stood there for a few seconds when they heard a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" yelled Goku who was smiling like crazy.
"Goku who is it?" Asked Chi Chi as she and Bulma came out from the kitchen.
Goku opened the door and grinned. 'Man Gohan was right, they do look alike!' he thought as he gave her a once over.
"Hi and Merry Christmas!" Goku said cheerily
Goku then whispered. "Hi, I'm Goku, I'm Gohan's dad" he said as he shook her hand.
She smiled and nodded. "Hi! Merry Christmas too you as well. I was wondering if Videl was here?" She said playing along.
"Sure come in!" Goku said as walked to the living room.
"Videl," Goku said as he entered the living room.
"Yeah what is it Goku?" She asked as she looked over to Goku who smiled at her.
"Someone's here to see you!" He said.
"Who could that be?" She thought out loud. Now all eyes and Trunk's camera were focused on Videl.
Goku turned around. "Well come out!" said as he stepped aside and Aaliyah walked in.
She looked at Videl and gave a shy smile.
"Mom?" asked Videl shocked.
OK!! This is the longest chapter I have EVER written!!! SO I'll probably post again sometimes soon!
Chapter 8 Dream come True
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Bulma and Chi Chi were still sitting beside Videl when she looked said she had to be sick. They rushed the girl to the washroom and looked away to give her some privacy.
"Bulma I don't feel so good any more." Videl said after throwing up.
"Ok sweetie. Do you want to go lay down? It feels like your fever is picking up again." Bulma said as she pressed her hand to her head.
Videl simply nodded, and let the two older women help her into Gohans bed.
Gohan. That's where Videls thoughts lay at the moment. She was positive she was falling in love with him. But did he feel the same way? And if he did why would he run out and get all angry on her like that in her time of need.
As Videl lied in his bed she could feel tears welling up in her eyes.
'I wish I could take it all back. Next time I see him I have to apologize or something! I can't stand the thought of him being mad at me. I care way to much about him, even if he doesn't feel the same way about me," Videl thought as her closed eyes started to become wet.
Gohan... She thought as she drifted off to sleep.
Back To Gohan, Vegeta and Goku
Both Goku and Gohan looked expectantly at Vegeta.
"Care to elaborate on that Vegeta?" Gohan said as he looked at Vegeta.
"Its odvious. You want to make that girlfriend of yours feel better and make Hercule pay correct? Then find the Dragon balls and wish for her mother to be alive again. Thus making that woman feel better, then find a way to make him pay." Vegeta stated from his spot against a nearby tree.
Goku gave a grin. "You know Vegeta if I didn't know any better, I'd say you actually cared about Videl! You actually said something to make her feel better!" Goku stated grinning widely.
"Good thing you know better" Vegeta mumbled from his spot on the tree "Vegeta... That's a great idea!" Gohan said as he ran the plan through his mind.
"I'll be right back." Gohan said as he flew off.
"Vegeta are you going soft on us?" Goku asked breaking out into smiles.
Vegeta grunted "Hardly, now Kakkrot, go away and leave me alone." Vegeta said reverting back to his cold self.
Back to Gohan
Gohan flew at top speed to his house.
He stopped at his and Gotens room and opened the window and flew threw.
"Now where did I put it?" Gohan asked out loud as he went through some drawers.
"Gohan I need to talk to you" said a sleepy Videl who just happened to hear the window open.
"Videl I can't talk right now. I'll talk to you later. Now go back to sleep" Gohan said. He hadn't meant to sound rude, though the way he said it he sounded like he was pissed off at someone.
"Ah ha!" he said triumphantly and exited the window closing it again.
Gohan flew back to his dad and told him he'd be gone for a while, and wasn't sure when he was coming back. Then took off again.
Goku had flown back to his house with Vegeta in toe.
Before they knew it supper was done and eaten, Bulma, Vegeta, Trunks along with Goten who was going to spend the night left the house to. A few hours later they went to bed.
It was 1:30 when Videl woke up.
'I feel like my head has been run over a couple hundred times.' She thought as she groggily sat up.
She heard a noise coming from downstairs and decided she wanted to check it out.
As she started to walk down stairs she walked into what felt like a wall.
"Videl! Are you ok? I didn't mean to do that I wasn't expecting you to be awake!" Goku said as he was sneaking up stairs from one of his midnight raids.
"Goku? Sorry I thought you were Gohan." Videl said as he started to tear up again.
Goku looked at the girl in front of him. He watched as the girl started to let tears fall down her cheeks.
Goku walked over to her and embraced her in a big hug.
"Videl what's the matter?" Goku asked as he rubbed the girls back.
'This is what it must feel like to have a family who you can turn to and cry on their shoulder' she thought as she hugged Goku back.
"I told Gohan about my dad, and he got mad at me. Now he probably thinks I'm some weak girl who cant take care of her self. Then I tried to talk to him when he came in the window and he told me go back to sleep and he couldn't talk." Videl said sadness clearly evident in her voice.
Goku gave a small smile to the girl and lead her to the couch.
He gave her another hug and wiped her tears off of her face with his housecoat sleeve.
"Videl I'm going to be honest with you. Gohan isn't mad at you. He got mad at himself. He blamed this on himself. He said he had promised you when you fell asleep that he would protect you. Then he found out about this. Videl he isn't mad at you, and he has nothing but the up most respect for you" Goku said to the crying teenager.
Goku knew that Gohan would tell her the same thing soon enough but the girl needed to hear that. This was a serious issue and she thinks it's her fault and her best friend and only ally hated her.
Videls watery eyes looked up at Goku.
"So he doesn't hate me?" Videl questioned with hope in her quivering voice.
"No, he doesn't, and you and I both know, he will probably apologize for his little out burst." Goku said as he rubbed her back.
Videl gave a faint smile as she listened intently to the older sayian talk.
"Goku thank you. And I mean for everything. I really owe you and your family a lot. I don't know how I can repay you all." Videl said as she leaned back on the couch.
Goku followed Videls lead and leaned back on the couch as well.
"Actually Videl, I think this family owes you a lot more then you owe us." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
Videl looked up as she brushed a stray hair out of her face. "Ok, its official, you've lost me" she said giving Goku a weird look.
"Videl before Gohan met you, he was I guess you could say kind of depressed. And this dates back a few years. Gohan blamed his self all these year for my death. Then you came along. He didn't even have time to blame himself for my death because you were busy keeping him on his toes. With you trying to find out who the Great Sayiaman was he was pretty busy. "He said as he gave the young woman a small smile.
"So you see you saved him from his self" Goku said
"I saved him from his self?" Videl asked as she looked down deep in thought.
"You see Videl, your worst enemy isn't in front of you its inside you. And Gohan was his own worst enemy and he was brining himself down. Then when I came back he was happy and still didn't have time to blame himself because you were still keeping him busy." Goku said as he looked seriously at Videl.
"You saved him from his self. So I think we owe you more then you owe us" Goku said as he grinned at Videl now reverting back to his fun loving self.
"Goku you've confused me even more!" Videl said as she rubbed her head and lightly hit him on the arm.
"Don't worry about it. Anyways its pretty late how about we get you back to bed. If I don't get back soon I'm sure Chi Chi will know I raided the fridge again" He said as he stood up and stretched.
"Ok" Videl said as she stood up then stumbled a little but grabbed onto Goku's arm and found her bearings.
"You ok?" Goku asked with an eyebrow raised in total Son fashion.
"Yeah. I have a head ach and I guess I stood up to fast," Videl said as she rubbed her head lightly as she let go of Goku's arm.
"You want some Tylenol or food or something?" Goku asked
"Actually could I have some Tylenol please?" She asked. She stifled a giggle at the face he made and as he mumbled out about how not understand why anyone wouldn't want food.
Goku came back 2 seconds later with Tylenol in one hand and a glass of water in the other.
Videl said a quiet thanks and walked, with a little bit of a limp because of her knee back to Gohans room. She turned around again as Goku walked by
"Thanks again Goku. I really appreciate it," She said as she gave a half smile.
"No problem" Goku said as he smiled and walked back into his bedroom and closed the door.
Videl walked into Gohans room and sat on the bed. She found it a little cold in Gohans room so she made her way over to his closet.
'I'm sure he wont mind if I borrowed a sweat shirt' Videl said as she flipped through Gohans clothes.
She came across one she remembered seeing him in a few weeks ago. She grabbed the black one because she remembered he had that one before and let her wear because she was cold in class.
She took it off of the hanger and put it on. It was a plain black sweatshirt. On Gohan the shirt fit him perfectly not to snug but it showed off his physique. Videl looked down and saw that the bottom of it came just above her knees.
She sat down on the bed again and hugged the sweatshirt closer.
'He doesn't hate me!' She thought with a smile, as she involuntarily smelled the shirt. She sighed and smiled again as she lied down and pulled the covers up and for once fell into a blissful sleep.
Back at Gohan
"Alright! That makes 3 dragon balls!" Gohan said as he started to fly away from a wooded forest.
Gohan noticed how dark it was and looked at his watch.
"Holy crap! Its 2 am! That took a lot longer then I had expected. But it's worth it. I wonder when I should have Videls mom summoned." Gohan thought he started flying home.
"I got it! I'll do it Christmas morning. I'll wake up early, fly to Dende's lookout then wish her alive there. Then when people everyone comes over to the house for the party I'll fly back to the house and drop her off at the door and come in threw a window and then go downstairs. Then I'll have her knock on the door have someone answer I and tell its for her! That's perfect!" Gohan said, confidence and happiness clearly in his voice.
He flew home and unlocked the door with the extra key that Goku had put on the roof.
He walked in and found some food in the fridge and ate it.
After eating he put his dishes in the dishwasher and walked up stairs to his room.
He saw Videl lying on his bed peacefully and sound asleep. As he watched her he felt a pang of guilt in his heart, he knew she probably blamed her self for his reaction earlier.
He kneeled down and smiled as he put his hand to her forehead.
"At least her fever seems to be going down," he said as he started to brush some stray locked of hair out of her face and tuck then behind her ear.
Gohan lifted her up slightly off the bed so he could hug her.
He leaned to her hear and whispered, "Videl, I'll tell you this later as well, but I'm sorry. And don't even think of blaming yourself because it's not your fault. You're an amazing person. Please forgive me," he said giving her one more squeeze then laid her down.
He kissed her on the cheek and again on the forehead.
He stood up and grabbed a change of clothes to sleep in and left to go sleep on the couch.
Morning
Gohan felt himself being shaken awake.
He groggily looked up and found his dad grinning at him.
"Hey Gohan you awake?" Goku asked as a sleepy Gohan looked up at him.
"Well I am now," Gohan answered in a tired voice. "What time is it?" he asked sitting up.
"It's about 8:30, your mom and Videl are still asleep. I wanted to talk you and when I found you downstairs alone I figured it was a perfect time!" He said as he took a step back so Gohan could get up.
Gohan stood up and yawned while leaning back.
"Ok, I'm up, so what do you want?" Gohan asked as he scratched his stomach and rubbed his eyes.
"Well first off, I just wanted to tell you that I told Videl you didn't hate her. And second off, how's the dragon ball hunt going?" He asked now having his son's full attention.
"Well so far I have 3. My plan is that I'll wake up early on Christmas morning, and everyone's usually at our house by like 8: 30 right? So I'll go up to Dende's lookout then wish for Videl's mom to be brought back to life. Then I'll come back and make up some excuse. Then I'll have her mom knock on the door and have you or someone else answer it and bring her in." Gohan answered sounding excited, only 4 more days!
"That's an awesome idea Gohan!" Goku said as Gohan had finished talking.
Gohan's smile came to an abrupt stop
"Videl thought I hated her?" Gohan asked with disbelief in his voice.
"Yeah. She said that after she told you about her dad you got mad at her. And you probably think of her as someone who can't take care of herself. And she tried to talk to her but you told her to go back to sleep" Goku said looking at Gohan as he looked at the ground.
Gohans shoulders sunk. "I only told her that because I wanted to get started on the dragon balls and I needed the radar." Gohan said looking crestfallen.
"Well it looks like you might be able to get your chance to apologize." Goku said as he noticed Videl walking downstairs.
"I'm going to go back up stairs and see if your moms awake, Oh and," Goku lowered his voice to a whisper "If you need any help with the dragon balls Bulma has a spare dragon radar so I'd be happy to help you out with getting them" Goku said as he started to walk up stairs.
As he was about to cross Videl he looked down to her and smiled. "Good morning Videl, you look much better then you did yesterday!" Goku said as Videl stopped to talk to him.
"Good morning Goku. Thanks I'm feeling better." She answered giving him a smile as well.
Gohan looked over to her and smiled.
Her hair was a little messed up but that was to be expected after waking up. It fell to her shoulders (Videl has shoulder length hair in this fic ok? I don't remember if I mentioned it or not. Ok, back to the story!). She was wearing his black sweatshirt. It came down to her knees revealing her small slightly bruised legs. He noticed how she hadn't changed out of her shorts yet. The bruise on her face wasn't as noticeable as before just a little bit of purple showing.
He thought she looked adorable, her face looked so innocent.
Videl looked over to him and gave a sad smile and looked down. She hesitantly sat down on the couch.
Gohan sighed and sat down beside her.
"You're an amazing person Videl" Gohan said as he sat down on the couch with her.
That comment caught Videl by surprise.
"What?" She said as she looked at him with big shocked eyes.
She looked up at him expectantly, expecting him to say something else. But when he didn't she pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them. Maybe she was just hearing things.
"I'm sorry, I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I'm sorry I stormed off, I wasn't mad at you I was mad at my self, and lastly I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you" Gohan said as he looked at her straight in the eyes.
"Your not mad at me?" Videl said a smile starting to turn on the corner of her mouth.
"Hell no! Why would I be mad at you? I blamed this on me not you." Gohan said surprised at her question
Videls eyebrows furrowed "Why would it be your fault?"
"When I brought you to my house I had said I'd.... that I'd protect you no matter what and then I found out about this." Gohan said looking down. A small pink blush came to his cheeks.
Videl smiled. Videl crept over to him while his head was down.
"Thank you" she whispered in his ear as she embraced him in a hug.
Gohan was shocked at first but returned the hug.
After a few minutes Gohan put his hand to her forehead.
"Your fever feels like its going down. How are you feeling today?" Gohan asked removing his hand from her forehead.
"I'm actually feeling a lot better, thanks to everyone here," She said smiling again.
"Videl, your and extraordinary person, and don't you ever forget it" He said as she started to pull away.
She gave him a confused look
"You said that you thought you dad got mad at you because you're not a good person. That's a lie. And you know it. And don't you ever forget it. You dad doesn't even compare to you. I can honestly say I have never met a person like you, and I'm glad I did meet you" Gohan said in a serious tone as he gazed into her eyes.
"You mean it?" Videl said as she smiled and bit back tears.
"With out a doubt in my mind" he said as he smiled.
'Videl have you ever seen such a cute face?' Videl asked her self as she watched Gohan smile at her.
"Thank you Gohan" She said still fighting back tears of happiness.
"Your welcome." He said one more smile then stood up.
"So do you want anything to eat?" He asked Videl making her laugh.
Ok! I'm going to skip to the next day ok?? I'm not too sure what else to write. So lets say Christmas is on Thursday and Now its Tuesday k? 3 that's 3 days before Christmas!
Tuesday!!
Videl was on her way to making a full recovery. All she had now was a cough, stuffed up nose and a sore throat.
The whole Son family and Videl were decorating the house.
"3... 2... 1!"Gohan said as he plugged in the lights to the house.
"Wow" was all Videl could muster out. She had never been in a home that was this welcoming before.
"The house look amazing!" Videl said in total astonishment.
"Videl you act like this is new!" Goten said as he sat on her lap.
"Well Goten, back at my place On Christmas I was usually alone. My dad would be away on...business I guess you could say, and the house was too big to ever decorate. I'd usually have a small Christmas tree in my room." Videl said looking sadly down at Goten
"Didn't you get any presents?" Asked Goten.
The conversation had grabbed the attention of Chi Chi, Goku and Gohan.
"I did once upon a time," Videl said as she smiled recalling the memory. "But after my mom died Christmas kind of went down hill. That's also when we stopped decorating the house." Videl said, sadness clearly in her voice.
"Videl you wanna know what?" Goten said grinning up at Videl still in his place on her lap.
"What?" Videl asked.
"Your not alone for Christmas! Cuz I'm going to be here and so will Gohan! And Mommy and Daddy! And I'm gonna get you a Christmas gift!" Goten said as he gave the traditional Son smile up at Videl
Videl smiled a Goten and gave him a hug.
"Well thank you Goten. If I can spend Christmas with you guys, this will be the happiest Christmas ever." She said as she stood up still holding onto Goten.
"Daddy! Mommy! Can Videl stay for Christmas? Please!?!?!" Goten asked with puppy dog eyes.
Goku looked at Chi Chi who simply smiled.
"Of course she can! I'd be insulted if she didn't. So Videl, Are you gonna insult me?" Goku asked giving Videl a wink.
"I wouldn't dream of it" Videl said grinning ear to ear.
Gohan looked at Videl and frowned slightly. She was wearing some of his old gi pants that were too small for him but looked big on her. She also wore some of his old shirts.
"Videl go and get dressed, I'm going to take you out shopping. You need clothes." He said startling her little
"Gohan your already letting me stay, you don't have to buy-"But Gohan cut her off
"Don't worry Videl its no problem! Now go get dressed so we can get there early" Gohan said.
"Ok" Videl said as she walked up stairs.
As Gohan watched Videl go up stairs he walked over to Goku.
"Dad, can you do me a favor and look for them now?" Gohan asked as quietly as possible.
Goku grinned "Sure no problem!" he said as he took the dragon radar from Gohan.
"Thanks a lot dad. I've put the 3 I have in the attic ok? I really hope she likes this. Maybe this will be her happy Christmas" Gohan said as he waited for Videl to come downstairs.
A few minutes later Videl came downstairs. Dressed in clothes that Gohan had given her previously.
Gohan smiled at her. "Are you ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah I guess" Videl said.
They both went to the door and started getting ready for the cold outdoors when Chi Chi stopped them.
"Gohan before you go to the mall can you stop at Bulma's for me? She said she wanted to drop off stuff but since you were going up that way I said you would stop by and pick up the capsules. Is that ok?" Chi Chi asked as he walked to the front door.
"Is that ok with you Videl?" Gohan asked Videl.
"Sure it's no problem," Videl said as she looked at Chi Chi.
Chi Chi gave them both a smile. "Thanks, and have fun!" She said as the both left the house waving good-bye to her.
Goku walked up to Chi Chi and hugged her from behind. Gohans words were running through his head.
'Maybe this will be her happy Christmas'
'Gohan, I bet this will be the Christmas to end all Christmases. I bet it will be the best Christmas for the both of you' Goku though as he kissed Chi Chi on the cheek.
Chi Chi smiled. "And what was that for?" She asked with an eyebrow raised at her husband.
Goku smiled back. "No reason" was all he said as he walked back into the living room.
Back to Gohan and Videl
Both Gohan and Videl flew in silence. It was if both were afraid to start a conversation.
'I really hope that bringing her mom back to life will make her happy again. I have to think of something to get her father back for all he's done to my Videl' Gohan though angrily.
'Man talking to Goten brought up some memories. Christmas really lost meaning when mom died. I miss her so much' Videl thought as she wiped a tear away from her face before Gohan would notice.
After flying a few more minutes in silence they descended to the ground and front door of Capsule Corp.
They walked up to the front door and knocked on it.
A few seconds later, Vegeta came and answered the door.
"What do you want brat?" Vegeta asked in his usual tone.
"Bulma asked us to pick something up," Gohan said in a cheerful tone.
Bulma came up behind Vegeta as if on cue.
"Oh hi Gohan! Hi Videl. Vegeta get away from the door and let them come in." Bulma said as she greeted the teenagers.
Vegeta grunted but moved away and leaned against the wall.
"Here you go," Bulma said as she handed him the capsules "Thanks for picking them up, this is so much easier then bringing them over on Christmas".
"Its no problem Bulma" Gohan said as he took the capsules and put them in his pocket.
"So where are you two off to?" Bulma asked as they all sat down.
"Well since Videl's going to be staying with us. I figured she could use some clothes. She's been wearing my old ones, as you see, and they don't fit her. So I'm going to take her to the mall so she can get some clothes" Gohan explained.
"Oh! Well if your going shopping hold on a second." Bulma said as she walked away.
She came back a minute later with a credit card.
"Here take this, it had unlimited access to all the stores in this area. It will all be charged to Capsule Corp" Bulma said as she offered a platinum card to Gohan.
"You don't have to do that Bulma, I have money you know" Gohan said as he lightly pushed the card back.
"Nonsense! Think of it as an early Christmas gift for Videl." She said as she handed the credit card to Videl who looked down at it in surprise.
"Are you sure?" Videl asked looking up at Bulma.
Bulma grinned at her. "I'm positive sweetie! Now go on before the stores get packed! You only have a few more days until all the stores close-up for Christmas!" She said as the two stood up.
Once they walked to the door Videl turned around to Bulma.
"Thank you so much Bulma!" Videl said as she hugged the older woman.
"Don't worry about it!" She said as she returned the hug.
They opened the door and yelled a good bye and flew off to the store.
"They're going to have such cute kids someday! I bet they'll be as tall as Gohan and as cute as Videl!" Bulma said with stars in her eyes as Vegeta rolled his eyes at Bulma.
"Women" he muttered under his breath as he went to go watch TV.
It had been almost 3 and a half hours since leaving Bulmas house with the credit card. Videl had to admit, she had a lot of fun shopping with Gohan. Her favorite part was when he wanted to look for some dressy clothes for anything that acquired formal wear.
He had on black shoes, navy blue slacks and a white dress shirt.
"So how do I look Videl?" Gohan asked as he spun around and posed for Videl grinning widely as he did so.
Videl was still a little down about her conversation with Goten
"Yeah, it looks great" She sad with a sigh as sadness dripped in her voice.
"You know the way you said it doesn't instill much confidence in me," Gohan said as he furrowed his eyebrows at Videl.
"Sorry, it's just that the conversation I had with Goten brought up some memories I had suppressed and it's kind of depressing." Videl said as she looked up at Gohan.
When Videl looked up at Gohan he got an evil glint in his eye and grinned at Videl.
Videl gave him a confused look.
Gohan was standing about 5 feet in front of Videl when he started to undo his belt. He took his belt off and swung it around his head twice then threw I back at Videl.
"Uhh... Gohan what are you doing?" She asked as she dodged Gohans flying belt. She looked at him again and watched as he started to undo the buttons on his shirt.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" He asked as he unbuttoned the forth-top button.
"Oh my gosh! Gohan! Are you stripping?" Videl said as she ran over to him and pulled his shirt back together.
The whole scene between the two had attracted some weird looks.
Videl went into a fit of giggles.
"Promise me you'll never do that in public again! I mean, what are you thinking?" She asked trying to suppress her laughter and act mock serious.
"Well, you said you were depressed. So I wanted to take your mind off of it. Plus it got you to laugh" Gohan said as he smiled down at Videl as she was still holding the shirt together.
"I'm going to go get changed. That's enough stripping for one day," Gohan said as walked back into the change room.
'Videl have you ever met a sweeter kinder, funnier, hotter guy then him?' She thought as she blushed at her thought.
Gohan came out of the dressing room.
"Well how about we head home?" He asked.
Videl had more then enough clothes to last her at least a year. She had tracksuits, jeans, long sleeve shirts, t-shirts, shorts, pjs. She had to have had at least, 15 bags worth of stuff. She had bought her underwear and stuff like that when Gohan was looking in a bookstore.
"Yeah that sounds good" Videl was about to grab all of her bags when Gohan stopped her.
"Now what kind of guy would I be if I didn't carry the lady's bags for her?" Gohan asked as he started picking up Videl's bags.
Videl heaved a sigh "You be like any normal guy" she said as she tried to take come bags but he pushed her away gently.
"Well good thing I wasn't raised to be a normal guy" Gohan said as he had all of the bags.
"You ready to go?" He asked as they walked to the doors.
"Ready when you are" She said as they took off.
Later that Night
After everyone had eaten their supper everyone was relaxing. Videl was lying on the couch with Goten sitting on top of her watching Christmas cartoons, Chi Chi was looking at the capsules Bulma had sent over, Goku was in the kitchen again and Gohan was walking over to his dad.
When Gohan walked in the kitchen Goku had just finished fixing himself a sandwich.
"Hey dad, did you manage to find any?" Gohan asked startling the older sayian.
After Goku regained his composure he spoke up.
"Yep! I got the last of them for you!" Goku said as he took a bite out of his sandwich.
"Thanks dad. I owe you" Gohan said as he looked out at Videl and smiled.
"No problem" Goku said swallowing the bite of his sandwich he took.
Goku looked at his son whose gaze was fixed on Videl.
Goku smiled. "You know? You made a great choice," Goku said.
Gohan nodded then blushed. "Sorry dad what did you say I uhh... Didn't hear you!" Gohan said trying to hide his blush.
Goku laughed as he walked out to the living room.
Gohan looked over at the clock and saw it was 10:30.
He walked into the living room and found Goku watching Frosty Returns, Goten was fast asleep on Videl and Videl was starting to doze off.
Gohan walked over and kneeled down in front of the dozing Videl.
"Hi" She whispered tiredly.
"Hey" Gohan answered.
"I'm going to bring Goten up to his bed. Maybe you should hit the hay also. The spare bedroom is all made up for you. We didn't use it before because mom was hiding gifts in there but now it's free for use." Gohan said as he started to take Goten away from Videl.
"Ok" was all Videl said as she stood up and stretched.
Goku also stood up and yawned. "All this talk about sleep is making me tired. I'm going to bed now too" Goku said as he covered another yawn.
"Good night dad" Gohan said as he held the sleeping Goten.
"Good night Goku, sweet dreams" Videl said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Good night you two" Goku walked over to Goten and ruffled his hair a little and whispered "Good night little guy" and walked up stairs.
Gohan and Videl followed Goku's lead and walked up stairs. When Videl reached her door she turned around.
"Good night Gohan, and thank you for everything today" She said as she looked up at Gohan and noted how he looked so natural holding kids.
"Don't worry about it Videl. It was no problem. And goodnight" he said as he walked into his room and closed the door.
Next day A.K.A. Christmas Eve
Chi Chi and Bulma had taken Videl out shopping. So Goku, Goten and Gohan were left alone.
Goku was in the kitchen finding some more food; Gohan was watching TV and Goten was busy making something at the kitchen table.
"Hey! What do you guys say about going outside and playing?" Goku said as he finished eating again.
Goten had finished whatever he was making looked up excitedly at Goku. "That's a great idea daddy! We can make a snow man!" Goten yelled as he jumped up and down.
"Well Gohan wadda ya say?" Goku asked as him and Goten gave him puppy dog eyes.
"Sure! Lets go!" He said as him and Goku ran towards the door to get their stuff on while Goten ran upstairs with whatever he had made then ran downstairs and joined them.
Once all three were outside Goten suggested something.
"Lets make a giant snowman!! And see if it will scare anyone!" Goten said as he giggled at his idea.
"Alright lets get started! I'll make the base, Gohan you make the body and Goten you make the head." Goku said as he started a ball.
Gohan and Goten both grinned and got started.
An hour later they had a 10-foot base, a 7-foot body and a 5-foot head. They found a dead tree and make it look like a carrot for the nose and used long logs for arms and used a lot of dirt for eyes.
"Wow! He looks awesome!" Goten yelled as they heard a scream.
All three turned around to find Chi Chi and Videl.
Videl was trying to hold back her laughter. When they arrived a giant snowman greeted them. It was funny because it scared the crap out of Chi Chi at first.
Goten started laughing "It worked! We scared mommy!" Goten yelled as he fell on the ground laughing.
Everyone stood still for a few seconds then it started to snow lightly.
"Well let's go inside and have lunch. Plus, it looks like the snow is going to pick up any second. And I don't want to be taking care of three sick sayians this holiday. You're all a bunch of babies when you're sick." Just as Chi Chi had said that the snow started to come down harder.
Everyone rushed inside. And waited for lunch.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.
Chi Chi started working on food for tomorrow. While Videl started to bake chocolate chip cookies.
After Videl had made almost 45 dozen she decided that was enough cookies for one day.
The house now smelled like fresh baked cookies.
Gohan walked into the kitchen with his nose in the air.
"Man! Something smells good in here!" Gohan said as he breathed in the smell of cookies.
"Here try one" Videl said as she handed him a freshly baked cookie.
At the sound of 'here try one' Goten ad Goku both came in and gave puppy dog eyes.
Videl smiled as she rolled her eyes and gave both of them a cookie also.
All three took a bite at once.
"This is delicious!" Gohan said as he finished his bite and took another one.
"Mmmmm this is yummy!" Goten managed to say with a full mouth.
"Chi, these are really good... Can I have another one?" Goku asked as he finished his cookie.
Chi Chi walked over to the three and Videl.
"No you can't have another one. And I'm not the one who made them, Videl did!" She said as she grinned at the three boys who looked a little shocked.
"Where'd you learn to make these?" Gohan asked. He had no idea Videl could bake.
"I can cook and bake you know! And my mom taught me the recipe before she died." Videl thought as she saw Gohan smiling.
'Then your lucky you'll have her back tomorrow!' Gohan thought as he smiled.
"And what are you smiling at?" She asked a little mad.
"Nothing" was all Gohan said as he walked out of the kitchen.
That night everyone went to be a little earlier because Goten wanted to make sure Santa would come.
Christmas Morning
Gohan woke up to something pounding on his chest. He opened his eyes and saw Goten jumping up and down on him telling him to wake up with a giggling Videl at the doorframe.
"Is he up yet Goten?" Videl asked as she watched the little boy jump on his big brother's stomach.
Gohan stopped Goten in mid jump "I'm up!" he said with a little laugh as he stood up and stretched.
Gohan looked at the clock it was now 7:30.
'Perfect. I'll get dressed and say I'm going to see if Dende's coming down' He thought as he walked downstairs.
Once downstairs, the whole living room floor looked like it was almost covered completely with presents.
"Come on Chi! Can I have something to eat! Last meal I had was supper!" Goku pleaded as he was thrown out of the kitchen.
"Goku! I swear! I'm going to have Bulma invent a frickin sayian proof kitchen!" Chi Chi yelled as she tried to get breakfast ready for the bunch of people who were expected to come in an hour.
Goku looked horrified for a minute then spoke. "But Chi, I've always gone into the kitchen!" Goku said sounding defeated.
"And mom always yelled" Gohan imputed finding the whole thing amusing.
"Goku, people will be here in like an hour or less. You can wait. Now go and get changed or something," Chi Chi said as she went back to preparing the meal.
"I'm going to go get dressed now too," Gohan said as he walked up stairs.
Gohan walked downstairs a few minutes later in just a training gi.
"Gohan you're not going to wear that are you?" Chi Chi asked as she looked at her son.
"No, I'm going to go up to the look out and see if Dende is coming" Gohan said as he put his coat on.
Gohan waved and flew of as Goku stood there smiling.
Gohan flew up to the look out with the dragon balls tucked away safely in his pockets.
He landed and walked over to Dende.
"Hey Dende! Merry Christmas" Gohan said as he walked over to his good friend.
"Merry Christmas to you to Gohan" he said as he walked over to Gohan.
"Dende I need you to do me a favor now quickly ok?" Gohan asked as he got all of the dragon balls out and placed all 7 on the ground.
"I'm way ahead of you Gohan" Dende said as he said the words and brought the eternal dragon out.
"Why is my slumber disturbed?" Boomed the large green dragon.
"Eternal Dragon! I wish that Aaliyah Satan be brought back to Life!" Gohan yelled up at the dragon.
The dragon's eyes flashed yellow then a woman who looked very similar to Videl appeared.
"Where am I?" Aaliyah asked as she looked around and saw a small green man, a small black genie and the boy she met earlier.
"Hi! Remember me?" Gohan asked as he looked at her. "I wished you back to life" Gohan answered as he walked towards her.
"Why?" She asked more then confused.
"I did it for Videl" was all Gohan said.
Videl's mom smiled.
"If you wanted to change your clothes I brought some extra clothes a few days back. There in the room over there" Gohan said as he noticed she was in an old t-shirt and sweat pants.
"Ok" was all she said as she walked to the room Gohan had pointed out.
"Oh and Dende, did you want to come down with us for Christmas?" Gohan asked as he looked down at his friend.
Dende was about to answer but was interrupted by the dragon.
"What is your second wish?" The dragon asked impatiently.
"I forgot about that," Gohan said, as he looked startled.
Dende looked up and told the dragon that they wanted to save the wish for another time. The dragon gave an annoyed sigh and returned to the dragon balls. Since they hadn't used the last wish the balls weren't sent off flying.
Then Videl's mom walked out. She wore a black skirt with a tight black long sleeve shirt showing off her form and had half of her hair pulled back in a ponytail. And long black boots on.
"Ok, so are we leaving?" She asked, she was more then a little excited to be able to see her daughter again.
Gohan looked at Dende who smiled. "I'll come down in a little while. You should go now. Merry Christmas!" Dende said as Gohan nodded to him.
Aaliyah walked to the edge and gave a little yelp.
"Gohan! How are we supposed to get down from here!" She said a little shaken up that they were so high up.
"I forgot you didn't know about this. Well come here" Gohan said as Aaliyah walked over to him.
Gohan picked her up and she gave another yelp.
Gohan floated off the ground and took off yelling good-bye to Dende.
"You can fly?" Aaliyah yelled as they were fast approaching a little cottage with a bunch of cars around it.
"There's a lot I can do, I'll explain it later though" Gohan said as they landed and he put her down.
"Can you do me a favor and stay out here for a few minutes?" Gohan asked as he gave her his coat so she'd stay warm.
"Sure, no problem!" Aaliyah said as she took the coat from Gohan and he walked inside.
Gohan walked inside and everyone was already there.
"Hey Gohan!" he heard a few yelling.
Everyone was dressed for the Holiday. Except for Goten and Trunks. Chi Chi and Bulma figured why put them in nice clothes when they're going to mess them up anyway? So they were both in a training gi. Everyone else was wearing some form of red and green. Goku was sitting in the middle of the couch talking to everyone. He was wearing red pants with a green shirt topped off with a Santa hat. Not hard to tell he was into the spirit of the holiday!
Both trunks and Goten were having fun with Trunks' new video camera.
Gohan walked over and greeted everybody as Videl walked down.
"So is Dende coming?" She asked as she walked over to him.
"He said he might later." Gohan answered as he looked at her. "Where'd you get that outfit?" He asked as he studied her. She was wearing a midnight blue dress that accented her curves. It was sleeveless with a V-neck. And her hair was slightly curled. She looked so elegant.
"I got it yesterday when I went shopping with your mom. Why do you like it?" She said as she spun around.
"You look beautiful! One of the prettiest girls in the universe, and trust me I'd know!" Gohan said giving her catcalls.
Vide blushed and thanked him quietly. Gohan had then excused himself so he could change. He walked downstairs a few minutes later in Black dressy slacks and a green dress shirt.
Videl walked over to him and smiled. "You sure clean up nice!" Videl said as she walked over to him and circled around him, tucking in a part of his shirt.
"There, perfect!" She said as she finished.
"What me or the outfit?" Gohan asked as he laughed and blushed at what she just did.
"Both" she answered. That comment caused Both Gohan and Videl to laugh. And got a few comments out of Krillian.
Both stood there for a few seconds when they heard a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" yelled Goku who was smiling like crazy.
"Goku who is it?" Asked Chi Chi as she and Bulma came out from the kitchen.
Goku opened the door and grinned. 'Man Gohan was right, they do look alike!' he thought as he gave her a once over.
"Hi and Merry Christmas!" Goku said cheerily
Goku then whispered. "Hi, I'm Goku, I'm Gohan's dad" he said as he shook her hand.
She smiled and nodded. "Hi! Merry Christmas too you as well. I was wondering if Videl was here?" She said playing along.
"Sure come in!" Goku said as walked to the living room.
"Videl," Goku said as he entered the living room.
"Yeah what is it Goku?" She asked as she looked over to Goku who smiled at her.
"Someone's here to see you!" He said.
"Who could that be?" She thought out loud. Now all eyes and Trunk's camera were focused on Videl.
Goku turned around. "Well come out!" said as he stepped aside and Aaliyah walked in.
She looked at Videl and gave a shy smile.
"Mom?" asked Videl shocked.
OK!! This is the longest chapter I have EVER written!!! SO I'll probably post again sometimes soon!