Hey Everyone! I'm back again! I'm so glad you guys like the rewrite. I really worked hard on it this time.
SeanHicks4: Honestly, the thought never crossed my mind to end this one and start a new one. I feel like a total idiot.
I do not own DBZ...
Last Time...
"Videl," he whispered, tilting her chin so she stared into his teal eyes. "You are one of the strongest persons I know. You are not weak."
"So why aren't I as strong as you?" she whispered back, tears still brimming in her cerulean eyes.
"My strength is genetically determined," the Gold Fighter responded simply. "Now let's get you inside."
The Trip Begins...
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At 5:30 the next morning, Gohan, Videl and Lime were jolted out of their sleep as the demon twins, a.k.a Goten and Trunks dumped a bucket of ice-cold water on them. Lime and Mirai had spent the night at the Son residence yelling at Gohan for roping them into the trip. Gohan, on the other hand was worried about Videl, although he knew he could never display that worry. She had decided not to report the attempted rape to the police so she'd know that he was the Gold Fighter if he said anything. Eventually they'd all fallen asleep in the den from exhaustion.
Not even having the strength to attempt to kill the two brats, they made their way to the bathroom, neither of them looking forward to the next two weeks. On auto-pilot, they got ready, and after saying a quick goodbye to Chi Chi and Goku, flew off to school.
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At approximately 6:56, they walked sullenly up to the bus, yawning widely. They muttered a quick 'Good morning' to the teacher before climbing onto the bus, grabbing the first seat they saw. Suddenly, a loud shriek woke them up, "You're going to meet Bulma Briefs dressed like that?"
They looked up in shock to see Erasa pointing at them in astonishment, dressed in a pink satin dress and white stilettos. The rest of the class was also dressed as if they were going to a gala ball. Even the teachers who were on the other bus were dressed up.
"Why would we dress up?" Gohan responded, rolling his eyes at their clothing choices. "We are going into the mountains on a survival trip, not the Oscars."
"Gohan!" the teacher said. "We are going to meet the most influential woman in the world. You could at least show some respect!"
They just shrugged.
"Look! I don't know who you three think you are but you are not about to embarrass this class!" she continued. "Here's some money. Go buy yourselves something appropriate!"
Mirai stared at her. "You're just making idiots of yourselves. Do remember Bulma Briefs is my mother. I think I should know what the required attire would be."
"I don't care who your mother is! If you're not going to change, then get off the bus!" the teacher screamed at them, thinking she'd threatened them into missing the highlight of their lives.
The three looked at each other and smiled. "Works for us!" they chirped to her shock, turning to leave.
Just as they were about to step off the bus, they came face to face with wrath himself. "Just where do you brats think you're going?" his raspy voice could not be mistaken. It was Vegeta.
The class gasped. This was Vegeta, the husband of Bulma Briefs who was rumored to be an axe murderer. He was the reason why the paparazzi stopped storming Capsule Corp. He was the reason why City Pizza always had a vacant delivery boy position and he was going to kill their three classmates.
"Dad!" Mirai said, nervously laughing. "What are you doing here?"
You could practically hear a record scratch as the class heard this statement. This was Mirai's father?
"Your mother sent me to make sure you brats weren't trying to escape," Vegeta said.
"Escape?" Lime chuckled apprehensively. "Why would we ever want to do that?"
"Then what, might I ask, were you doing?" Vegeta said smirking down at Lime. He was proud that he was at least taller than her.
"Um," Gohan said. "Just getting some fresh air, right guys?"
The others nodded furiously. Vegeta growled and pinched his nose at their pathetic excuses. "You brats get your asses in your seats immediately before I blast you to HFIL and back." The three sighed and slowly made their way back to their seats, looking dejected as Vegeta turned to leave.
As Vegeta reached the steps of the bus, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned slightly to see a glaring Videl but unfortunately her best glare had about the same effect on him as her biggest grin.
"Brat, go and take your seat! If you wanted to use the bathroom, you should have gone before you got on the bus!" Vegeta said.
"Wha-?" Videl said, flabbergasted. "I don't want to use the bathroom!"
"Then why the hell are you touching me?" Vegeta said giving his best death glare which made Videl shake in fear.
"Um, I'm putting you under arrest," she said but her voice came out weak and almost questioning.
"Oh! Are you?" Vegeta asked with interest, dropping his glare. "And what, pray tell, are my charges?"
"For one, being an axe wielding murderer, kidnapping reporters," she would have continued if it weren't for the harsh laughter coming from the short man in front of her.
"Axe wielding? Is that so?" Vegeta said mockingly. "Brat I don't even own an axe! Get your hands off me before I get my very expensive lawyer and sue you for every penny your fake-ass father is worth. Now sit!" he continued his voice once again serious, glare returning to his face.
Videl dropped hard to the floor in front of him, almost ruining the deep blue formal dress she was wearing.
"In your seat, brat!" Vegeta said tiredly. "Man these humans are so stupid," he mumbled under his breath and left the bus as Videl ran to her seat.
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Meanwhile Gohan, Mirai and Lime were laughing their asses off in their seats, to the shock of their classmates. They nearly died and they thought this was funny?
"Damn!" Gohan said in Saiyago as the laughter died down. "We almost got away. I swear they always have a backup plan!"
Right then, he felt a tap on his shoulder. "What?" he asked frustration, turning around to see none other than a bewildered Videl. I think she just got past the shock stage and is moving to the nosy stage now!
"What did he mean by my fake-ass father?" she asked calmly, threatening to burst with more questions.
"I don't know. Why don't you go ask him?" Gohan responded, still yawning.
Videl just huffed, realizing he was right. However, she made no move to go after the short man. She didn't want to admit it, but she was terrified of him. Instead she changed the subject, "Why are you two here?" she asked, directing her question at Lime and Mirai.
The two glared at Gohan once more before Mirai responded. "Well, it was only supposed to be you guys before Gohan showed an entire CapsulePoint presentation to our parents as to the 'educational and moral benefits' we will receive by going on this trip."
Videl, Sharpner and Erasa looked at each other and laughed. "Wow!" Erasa giggled. "Looks like you can be devious huh?"
Gohan just blushed at her flirtatiousness refusing to say a word.
"By the way, I just realized I don't know your names," Lime observed.
"Mirai, Lime," Gohan responded. "These are my friends: Sharpner, Erasa and Videl."
"Hey! Isn't that the same girl who tried to follow you to my house last week?" Mirai commented causing Videl to blush in embarrassment.
"I'm sorry," she said meekly.
"No worries. All is forgiven. She's a friend now," Gohan replied.
"Aah! So you guys kissed and made up then!" Lime teased, laughing as the two dark-haired friends blushed hotly.
"There was no kissing involved!" Gohan yelled at them causing everyone in the bus to stop their 200th verse of "99 bottles of beer on the wall" and look at him. Gohan blushed and chuckled nervously as the class resumed with their song. He shot a glare at his two so-called best friends before leaning his head on the window and putting in the earpieces to his cPod.
The other members of the group chatted among themselves as Gohan blocked them out, none of them looking forward to the long trip ahead.
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Five hours later, the bus finally stopped at the dead end of the dirt road they had turned on to three hours before.
All around them were trees, trees and more trees. There was not a building in sight. All the students piled out of the buses, forming a large semi-circle around Miss Wheeler.
"Listen up everybody!" she said excitedly, clutching her black V-neck sheath dress. "Mrs. Briefs should be here any moment so please be on your best behavior!"
"Yes Miss Wheeler," the class chimed, eagerly looking forward to meeting this prominent member of society.
Not a moment too soon, Bulma rode in on her hover bike, dressed in jean shorts, and a pink t-shirt, bearing the Capsule Corp logo. A pink and white visor held her short hair back and pink and white sneakers covered her feet. The class stared at her in suspicion. This was how the CEO of Capsule Corp dressed?
Sharpner, however, didn't care. All he knew was that the tight shirt accentuated her curves and those shorts revealed miles and miles of soft pale skin. It was only natural that such a beautiful woman would want a beautiful man such as himself. So he put on his sexiest smirk, whipped off his tuxedo jacket and slung it over his shoulder as he sauntered over to her. "Hey beautiful," he said in the most sophisticated tone he could muster. "How about you ditch your little pipsqueak of a husband and hang out with a real man?"
He barely got to finish his sentence before he found himself flying through the air briefly before landing on a porcupine a few feet away. Also there was a terrible pain in his stomach. Sharpner squeezed his eyes shut and wracked his brain, trying to figure out what had just happened over the blinding pain when he felt more pain course through his body, this time coming from his head. He laboriously opened one eye only to find a glaring Vegeta inches away from his face. At that point, Sharpner promptly soiled his pants. Note to self, "Never hit on Bulma Briefs!"
"And you have the nerve to call yourself a real man when you obviously still haven't been toilet trained" Vegeta mocked in disgust, dropping the wounded, humiliated boy at his feet. He turned to the crowd. "For those of you who haven't figured it out as yet, this woman belongs to me," Vegeta addressed the students before kissing his wife. "If I catch any of you trying anything like Blondie over there, there will be hell to pay! Understand?"
The students nodded hurriedly as Vegeta walked off.
"You ok, Sharpner?" Gohan asked, helping up his fallen friend. "I probably should have told you to leave Bulma alone. Vegeta never lets her out of his sight!"
"Thanks, man," Sharpner said blushing in embarrassment.
"Serves you right, Sharpner!" Erasa said. "She's waay out of your league not to mention, married!"
Sharpner just shot her a fake smile.
"Ahem. Anyway, hello everybody!" Bulma greeted. "As you know, I am Bulma Briefs and…" She stopped as she analyzed the students' attire. "I really hope you guys have a change of clothes because you are not getting up the mountain dressed like that!" Gohan, Mirai and Lime just smirked at the students' misfortune. After all, they did try to warn them!
The students and teacher suddenly felt a little foolish. "Not to worry though! You guys can all get changed in my friend's summer house. We'll be staying there this week for training then we'll take you guys into the mountains early in the morning next Friday. Follow me," she offered, feeling the embarrassment oozing off the students' faces. She then walked off into the bushes as the teenagers trailed after her.
Gohan groaned, knowing Bulma was talking about his family's summer palace. Well it looks like everyone is going to know that geeky Son Gohan is heir to the throne of the Ox Kingdom. Well I hope that's all they'll ever find out about me. He desperately hoped there were no pictures up of him in Super Saiyan form or with his tail.
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Five minutes and many, many broken heels later, they walked into a clearing beyond a few more trees, revealing a five-story mansion. The class gawked at the palace before them. Now this was the life! They wouldn't mind surviving here for a minute!
Videl, Sharpner and Erasa stared at the beautiful building in front of them. It still wasn't as large as Videl's house but its architecture put Hercule's mansion to shame. The walls were made of whitewashed stone. The driveway was made of golden bricks and encircled a peaceful water fountain bearing the crest of the Ox Kingdom. Beautifully trimmed trees, hedges, shrubs and flowers decorated the surrounding land with happy servants milling about.
"We have many bathrooms and bedrooms which we will assign you to later. The home theater and gym are on the second floor. In addition, there is a swimming pool and bar in the back and the hot tubs and spa are on the 5th floor. Just ask the servants for directions. For now, who's hungry?" she said, chuckling at the eager looks on the students' faces.
"Come along with me," she said walking into the massive structure.
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