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Chapter 5: The Forked Tongue

Videl awoke to find herself wearing her very own pyjamas tucked into a very warm and cosy bed. With a small groan the girl pressed her head back against the fluffed up pillows beneath her head to soothe the rushing headache she felt on her cranium. It was then when the young detective began to piece back the her memories in order to try and find out how she had got into the warm cosy bed and her Pyjamas. I had just lost to one of Mercenary Tao's students when Gohan stepped in and not only beat him but all off them with ease! Then Lime mentioned how General Tao had meet Gohan before and when they were going to fight he ran off out of fear? Just how good is Gohan at Martial arts and when did he ever have blonde hair? He never mentioned that before and his dad is the legendary Goku Son? There is so much I need to ask. Then Videl yelped in shook as she remembered Gohan had been punched by Mercenary Tao instincts took over as Videl jumped out of bed ready to help her friend. Half way though the jump however she remember her broken knee and closed her eyes expecting a wave of pain to rush over her when her foot connected with the floor. This pain never came. Opening her eyes Videl looked down to see both her feet planted squarely on the hard wooden floor she felt no pain and her knee was no longer bent in the strange angle it had been previously. That's odd Videl thought as she gave an experimental kick with her now good leg. I should feel at the very least some discomfort after a blow like that but it doesn't hurt at all. If anything it feels stronger now than it did before.

At that moment a joyful Eresa bounded into the room a huge smile etched across her face. Once the blonde girl saw her friend awake and well albeit a little confused the happy blonde let out a trumpet squeal before running over and bundling her friend back on the bed. Eresa wrapped her arms tightly around Videls waste pulling the Satan girl into a big hug which the auburn haired girl returned. Several moments later the two pulled apart.

"Oh thank god Videl I'm so glad you're ok Gohan said that your knee should be fine after the witch doctor fixed it up for you. But I couldn't be sure but I guess after all that worrying Gohan was right all you need was a good sleep and you're as good as new" Eresa spoke with a broad smile on her face as she gave a quick glance out of the window.

"What happened with General Tao and his brother?" Videl asked furiously eager to find out what had happened after she had blacked out.

"Oh it was amazing Videl, Gohan was simple amazing" Eresa sang out rapidly giving anther quick glance to the window. Videl began to get frustrated at her friends lack on information and cleared her throat to re-gain Eresa's attention.

"Excuse me but could you fill me in on what's happened?" Videl yelled in frustration.

"Sorry Videl I got distracted, well as you Know Tao punched Gohan in the face and then …

Flash Back

Eresa screamed out as she saw Tao fist connect with Gohan's face a loud crack echoed though out the country side causing birds to fly out from their trees.

No Sharpener thought to himself as he spat out more blood from the sound of that attack Gohan would fall to the ground in a mere second unconscious leaveing him and his friends at the Mercy of the two evil Crane Marsters. Much to his and Eresa amazement however the mercenary drew back his now cracked metal hand. Gohan merely smiled as Tao stepped back in shook.

"You barstard! You'll pay for that" Tao roared dislodging his hand in order to reveal a razor sharp blade which he began to swing at Gohan.

Gohan merely dodge casually as the Mercenary furious swung his blade at his foe desperately trying to make some form of contact on the boy.

"Your way to slow" Gohan said lazyily as he flipped over another one of Tao's slashes.

"You can't dodge forever boy" Tao yelled out in rage sending another savage swipe Gohans way.

The Demi-Sayian dodge to the left only to be meet with Tao's left hand pointing at him. The hand immediately dislodged itself from it's owners wrist as Tao cried out his signature attack.

"Mega Dondon Ray" He roared.

The blast flashed towards Gohan who deflected it with his right arm towards the sky in order to save the forest from receiving any damage from the blast.

"I think your all out of tricks now" Gohan mocked as he stepped forward.

In a flash Shen appeared before the tall teenager launching a kick directly at the Demi-Sayian's face before moving to his brothers side.

"he is two strong for you brother we must fight together " Shen voice trembled as he spoke.

"Yes together the fool will most certainly die" Tao roared before dropping into a stance along side his brother.

"ATTACK!" They both cried out in unison as they charged at Gohan.

"AHHH" Gohan roared his white aura knocking his two attacked back.

The two brothers manage to land back on their feet before rushing forward to attack Gohan again with blade and fist respectively. In a split second their attacks connected with the Demi-Sayian's alter image much to the dismay of both Shen and Tao.

In a flash Gohan appeared beside Tao and in one quick motion the former snapped the procedures blade in half before pulling his arm around the Mercenary's back. Gohan slammed the palm of his hand into Tao's back causing the mercenary to fly into his unconscious student. In another flash Gohan appeared before Shen a quick click and the Crane master joined his brother on the floor.

The now two defenceless assassins looked up in fear as the tall Demi-Sayian gave them a death glare.

"I suggest you take your men and leave before I get really angry" Gohan roared before picking up the unconscious Videl and his mother before walking into his house.

Flash back finished.

"and that's what happened" Eresa finished with a wide smile.

"Wow that's pretty impressive" Videl exclaimed as Eresa nodded feverishly another questioned crossed the young fighters mind. "I remember Lime saying that the last time Mercenary Tao and Gohan last meet he had blonde hair, It was seven years ago so it could have been around the time of the Cell games you don't think Gohan could possible be the delivery boy do you" Videl asked in a whisper and was extremely annoyed when Eresa began to burst out laughing in front of her.

"Oh yeah i thought that you would ask that well you see Lime explained it all when you were asleep and Gohan was out getting the witch doctor. You see Limes village didn't have any Tv's or anything so they didn't know Cell was dead and as such this business man who knew that Cell had been defeated, decided to take advantage of their fear and made the villagers all pay thousands of Zeni for a place inside a dome designed to stop Cell from attacking them and higher Mercenary Tao. To cut a long story short Gohan discovered this plan and went to tell the villagers of the con only to be stopped by Tao who was angry and was about to fight Gohan until he discovered who Gohan's real father was. The legendary martial artist Goku son!" Eresa exclaimed in excitement before again looking out the window again.

"But you still haven't explained why Gohan had blonde hair" Videl snapped, Drawing Eresa attention away from the window and back to her. What's so interesting about that window Videl thought before being distracted by Eresa beginning to speak.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that" Eresa chuckled before continue "Well it's quite funny really you see Gohan had watched the Cell Game's on TV and the delivery boy was his hero so he used to dress up like him and everything. He even went as far as to dye his hair and wear contact lenses to make his eyes look teal it's really cute" Eresa squealed "He is off course really embarrassed about it now so that's why he never told us and he apparently hid all the photos so we can't find them"

Videl ley out a low sigh as Eresa finished, the explanation did after all did make a lot of sense as a lot of kid's her age back then used to love to dress up I'ver as her father or the delivery boy when they acted out the Cell Game's in playground at school's ect. But then another question hit Videl.

"Eresa you said that a witch doctor healed me, where did he come from?" Videl ask curiously

"Yeah Gohan dose know a lot of wired people doesn't he? When you, Sharpener and his mom where all hurt he yelled out to his mum that he was going to go get Dende before taking off into the wood's. Lime then explained to me and Sharpy that Dende was a very old witch doctor who lives in a cave deep in the forest who Gohan meet a very long time ago and became good friends with. She then told us that Dende had these really strong magical abilities that allowed him to heal almost any wound!" Eresa exclaimed excitedly before continuing "Well anyway Gohan came back half an hour later with this tall cloacked man who then healed all of you up good as new before leaveing though he did seem angry at Gohan for some reason guess he don't like strangers." Eresa finished with a long breath before gazing back out of the window.

Videl immediately followed her friends gaze in order to see what kept drawing her friends attention. Looking out see saw a topless Gohan chopping wood his muscular body shinning in the sun light.

"Poor boy" Videl Mumbled to herself "He dosen't stand a chance"

30 Minutes earlier on Kami's lookout.

"No I will not I will not wear that" Dende cried out in angrier tossing the old cloak Gohan had handed him to the floor "Look Gohan we have been friends for a long time and I don't mind healing your other friend's I really don't in fact I would do it happily. But I simple refuse to wear that clock I would look ridiculous"

"Oh come on Dende can't you do this one little tiny favour for me. No one has to know about this and my friends won't know it's you anyway" Gohan pleaded with the young god using his Pantene puppy dog eyes.

Dende shook his head furiously trying to avoid the puppy dog eyes attack. This was one fight the Demi-Sayian would not win the God would make sure of it.

"No Gohan I am a god after all and god's do not go around wearing stuff like this. I would be the laughing stock of the whole of overworld and you don't know what King Kai's jokes are like! He will refer to me as little red riding hood for years! " Dende roared furiously.

Gohan knew when he was cornered he could no longer convince Dende in the conventional method. With a sigh Gohan thought to try a different tactic a little emotional blackmail. Gohan quickly slumped his shoulders and let out a soft sigh.

"oh well I tried you obviously can't do this tiny little thing for me. Just because you might get laughed at a little bit but oh no I couldn't possible ask you to go thought that it's not like I saved your life or anything while risking my own hay?" A ting of guilt clutched at Gohan heart as he spoke but desperate times calls for desperate measures.

Guilt immediately grew across Dende face, the young god turned to Piccolo trying to search for another way out of this embarrassing situation.

"I know Gohan, but even Piccolo agrees that a good god can't go around making fool of themselves, isn't that right Piccolo?"

The older Namek didn't even open his eyes as he spoke.

"A good god helps those that they are in debt to no matter what the cost" Piccolo spoke in his normal husk voice.

Dende slumped in defeat before slowly putting on the cloak and flying off behind Gohan in silence. Piccolo opened his eye's a smirk etched across his face. That worked better than I hoped Dende has a lot to learn before he becomes a true god, like to know when someone is lying and making stuff up. Piccolo chuckled to himself before the voice of Nail rang though his head. You know Piccolo at times you can be a real arse hole.

Give me a break I use to be evil I need to have fun every once in a while. Piccolo retorted back.

Three hours later in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of west city.

Mercenary Tao lay on the floor battered and broken next to the ash remains off his brother and five students. Blood trickled down his fall hearts as he looked at his attacker who was currently clouded in the darkness. The only thing that was visible was a forked tongue that flickered in and out of the light.

"I paid you well Tao and you failed me you all failed me, I warned you how I deal with failures" The figure hissed.

"Please give me another chance, You said that the women would be on her own, the boy Gohan Son. He was too strong for me and my associates but if you give me another chance I can get you the women like you asked just please let me go" General Tao begged in fear.

"It was never about the women I want the boy and his power, you failed to bring me what I wanted and so you shall perish like the others"

Mercenary Tao screamed as the fork tongue slashed across his face, the paralyzing venom entered his blood stream freezing him to the spot. Tao was forced to watch in horror as the white hands of the figure wrapped round his neck draining his Ki and his very life essence.

Well what do you guy think of that then ? ;o) Yeah this story is not an average field trip there is a plot to it :oP. Please R&R. Corrected the speling mistakes that were pointed out anymore don't hesitate to tell me. Also yes i know the business man bult the dome during the ten day wait for the Cell Game but Lime change the date so she was saying partly the truth and ust lieing about when it happen :)