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Videl ran as fast as her legs could take her as a mob of gossip girls ran behind her and a group of frustrated jocks followed behind them. Videl had been unable to give a satisfactory answer having sweated and stuttered profusely in telling them an outward lie. A lie from Videl was never going to go down well and now nearly the entire school was desperate for the truth. Even while running, Videl couldn't help but feel that she couldn't tell the truth about a guy who held so many secrets was more than a little ironic.

She took a left turn as she ran and knew she had just made a critical error with the only pathway this way leading to the rooftop. There was the thought that she could pull out her jet copter but even though it was the newer model it would still take time to warm up the engine before she could successfully take off. That was only if nobody latched on for a ride.

Climbing the stairs, she didn't need to turn her head in order to realise that nobody had given up on the chase, they were making so much racket that the whole school could probably hear them. She burst through the door and closed it behind her, pressing her back against it just as she felt a wave of people crashing against it. No matter how much she pushed, she could feel herself giving way as the pressure became too much for her. She closed her eyes and grimaced at the possibilities, knowing that there was at least fifty people ready to extract the information out of her with whatever means necessary.

"Need a hand?" said a voice causing Videl's eyes to shoot up to see Gohan calmly standing there with a lead pipe in his hand. Videl watched as he casually walked up to the door and twisted the metal around the handle and a nearby pole.

"Thank you," said Videl taking a couple of steps away from the door.

"That should hold them for a while," said Gohan before the pipe began to give way. "Maybe not," he corrected as Videl began to search for her jet copter frantically.

"Where is it!" she exclaimed as she searched every pocket before she realised that she had placed it in her locker at the start of the day. She searched for an alternate route of escape but the school had placed a four metre high fence along the proximity of the roof to prevent students from jumping.

"We're trapped," she sighed defeated and if she was here with Gohan then the beans would immediately be spilled. As soon as the two were seen together rumours would spread and eventually it would be in the papers and everything. She didn't have to worry about her father though, his rule about not dating someone unless they were stronger than him probably didn't qualify in this situation.

A flurry of things instantly rushed through Videl's mind as Gohan grabbed her arm and swung her around to his back. "Grab hold," he said kneeling slightly. Videl didn't know what to say but just complied, wrapping her arms around Gohan's neck. Before she knew what had happened she was screaming as Gohan leapt into the air, easily clearing the fence and covering hundreds of metres in a single leap. They landed on the rooftop of a nearby building just as the door to the school rooftop burst open, students pouring out of the small opening in droves. Gohan quickly led Videl behind a nearby vent; she was still too shocked from what had happened to react quickly enough.

"You okay?" asked Gohan to which Videl could only reply by breathing deeply. Regaining her senses, Videl slapped Gohan along the back of the head with all her might, knowing it would feel like nothing more than a mosquito bite to someone as strong as him. This motion only caused him to chuckle which blew Videl to boiling point.

"Are you crazy!" she screamed, thankful that they were far away enough from the school so that the other students didn't hear them.

"They're heading back inside," said Gohan looking around the corner of the vent towards the school. "We should be safe here."

"Don't ignore me!" shouted Videl with venom on her lips.

"Look, would you rather be tortured by your peers or safe up here with me?" asked Gohan already knowing the answer. Videl went silent as she suddenly realised that Gohan had put her through that to protect her.

"Thank you," she said in a miniscule voice but Gohan's expert hearing was able to pick it up.

"You're welcome," he said with a smile.

"How did you do that?" asked Videl measuring the distance between the school and the building they were currently on.

"I jumped," said Gohan with a shrug as he got to his feet, Videl close behind.

"I didn't know people could jump so high, or so far."

"When you took your weights off, did you think that moving faster would be the only thing you could do?"

Videl pondered over this statement for a moment, she had figured that by removing the weights she had worn for a week she would be substantially faster but she had never thought of other simpler things. Looking down at her feet, Videl crouched before jumping into the air at least two metres higher then what she could have usually done from a standing position. She landed in a mess, not used to falling from that height from anything other than her copter. She just looked at the roof in disbelief, unsure if she had really fallen from that height or not.

"Seems like you're going to have to go under the radar for a while," said Gohan looking at the school. "I'll need to keep going otherwise rumours will start to spread."

"Where should I go?" asked Videl getting to her feet.

"Go to that island which I gave you directions for," said Gohan turning to look at her. "What's the number to your locker; I'll go get your copter."

"217," answered Videl before Gohan vanished. She threw a glance over at the school roof just in time to see the door close. Videl only had to wait a few minutes before the door to the school roof opened once again before Gohan appeared beside her in a flash. "I don't think I'm ever going to get used to that," said Videl as Gohan gently threw the capsule to her.

"You will," said Gohan before tossing a pistol up and down in the air. "You keep some unusual things in your locker."

Videl looked at the pistol the police had given her; she had momentarily forgotten that that had been in her locker at all. "The police gave it to me in case there was an emergency," she said monochromatically. She had always believed that she didn't need to rely on such items but the police were more than worried about her.

"Well you won't need this anymore," said Gohan crushing the object in his hand as if it was nothing more than a piece of paper. Videl didn't bother voicing out, if Gohan was sending her somewhere to train then hopefully she would never have to use such a crude object. "Hopefully while you are there you'll learn the fundamentals of ki."

"Ki?" said Videl confused before recalling that that had been the thing that Marron had talked about at the tournament. "Just what is ki?"

"Don't worry, you'll learn all about it while you are there," said Gohan. "They should have enough room there to accommodate another person but you might have to chip in for extra food."

"I can do that," said Videl as she decapsualized the copter.

"I just have one last warning," said Gohan before Videl got in the vehicle. "Beware the island pervert."

"The island who now?"

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This is a really short chapter, I'm sorry it's not that long but I can't really extend it any further from here without slipping into the next chapter. Please review and I'll update soon (hopefully).