Krillen was told by Chiaotzu of what Vegeta was doing. Krillen went to fetch Gohan as Vegeta took off to make Mr. Satan publicly confess his sins, as Vegeta put it.
"Come on out!" Vegeta shouted, clearly aware that Mr. Satan wasn't at home. His power level wasn't there but instead there was a stronger one. "I know you're here somewhere!"
Tien looked at him, clearly knowing that Vegeta was playing some kind of game. "What are you doing?" He asked. "You and I both know that Satan isn't here."
Vegeta whipped around and looked at the three eyed man. "Yes, but if you didn't notice, someone with a higher power level is here as well." He said. "Not only do I want to identify the source of the power but I can use something to do until Mr. Satan get's here which won't be much longer." He barked at them, being the normal moody Vegeta.
Tien understood but feared what Vegeta would do if he actually found the person or worse, met Mr. Satan. Yamcha could only feel the same.
Krillen flew through the sky towards the Son household. Landing he wasted no time knocking, knowing he'd later have to apologize to Chichi for his disrespectful manners. "Gohan, we have trouble!"
Instantly, Gohan slid his chair back and stood up, flipping the switch on his watch, switching into his Gold Fighter outfit. "What's wrong?" He asked, his voice serious as he felt the tension around Krillen.
"Vegeta's snapped!" Krillen half-panicked. "He's gone after Satan!"
As soon as the name Satan was muttered and half way out Krillen's mouth, Gohan was gone, out the door and in the sky, powered up to Super Saiyan and flying straight for it. Don't do anything stupid, Vegeta.
Vegeta walked around the up stairs following the source of the mysterious power that was higher then the great Mr. Satan. "Where are you, you coward." He mumbled. He walked past a room that seemed to hold the person. Simply ripping the doors off the hinges he walked in. It was a room. A bed room to be more specific. Videl sat at the table with Erasa trying to catch up on homework. The house was so large with so many rooms and walls, it was virtually soundproof, so with Videl both concentrating and the large house, she didn't hear any of the squabble from down below.
"Well I'll be." Vegeta smirked. "The daughter of Mr. Satan holds more power in her bones than the sad old bastard himself." He chuckled as he walked out of the room.
What? Videl thought, slightly stunned. A...Gold Fighter? There's another one? I thought the one who taught the Gold Fighter had died! So that must mean there is more!
This is when Mr. Satan burst through the shattered doors of his house. "What the hell?!" He bellowed, thinking this was some punks doing an elaborate trick. "Come on out you bastards and I'll show you the true meaning of pain!" He taunted.
Yamcha and Tien sprinted down the stairs straight for Mr. Satan.
"Don't be foolish!" Yamcha hissed as he grabbed the old fool. "You have no idea what you're getting into."
Not recognizing the two lesser members of the Z-Fighters, Mr Satan ignored them. "Just who do you think you are?! Let me go, or I'll release the fury of the Dynamite Kick!" He tried to intimidate them with his most 'dangerous' and legendary attack.
"Oh I bet that would tickle." Another voice said, holding back a laugh. Vegeta floated in the air ten feet away, four feet up.
Now Vegeta, Mr. Satan recognized. It would be hard not to. The blazing gold hair of a Super Saiyan was almost impossible to forget. "Oh. Oh no." He whispered to himself, feeling his knees weaken and buckle.
"Oh yes." Vegeta grinned wickedly as he suddenly grabbed Mr. Satan and dragged him out infront of the mansion to where the reporters were waiting. "Mr. Satan, I, a 'Gold Fighter' from the Cell Games, insist, no, I demand that the statements of a fellow Z-Fighter of mine, another Gold Fighter, the statements of him being a fraud and a fake be revoked!"
Now, Vegeta would've much rather have demonstrated the power of an admittedly weaker Gold Fighter than Goku against the foolish man that stood before him, that was nearly peeing his pants, but he couldn't. He had to avoid the woman removing his food for a month at all costs.
Mr. Satan, unsure of what to do, looked at the reporters around him, as well as saw his daughter in the nearby window. He took a deep breath and gulped, not helping his shaking legs. "I will not revoke a true statement." He said, deciding that a Gold Fighter wouldn't commit murder, but was scared shitless nonetheless.
Smirking, Vegeta held up a finger, forming a ball of ki the size of a baseball on the tip. "I was hoping you'd say something like that." He said as he aimed at the World Champion, releasing the deadly light.
Gohan had shown up in time, being the only one powerful enough to stop Vegeta, he simply caught the small ball of ki and dissolved it with a stronger one of his own, causing a mini explosion in his palm.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Gohan shouted, clearly angry and surprised with Vegeta's sudden outburst.
"The world deserves to know-" Gohan, detecting that what Vegeta says next may expose everything, flew forward and grabbed Vegeta by the shirt and threw him into the sky, where Vegeta simply stopped and waited for Gohan.
"We agreed not to reveal it! Not for your sake but a families sake!" Gohan couldn't help but express his disappointment in Vegeta. "I thought you had left these kind of days behind!"
Mr. Satan on the other hand was VERY glad that another Gold Fighter with common sense had shown up. Placing his hand on his chest he took deep breaths trying to calm his heart to prevent from fainting.
Videl stared out the window as her-.. as the Gold Fighter faced up against the smaller Gold Warrior, giving him Warrior since it appeared he was older and had seen more battles, she only thought it was fitting. Fighter and Warrior are clashing. This may be out of our control to stop. Videl thought. Two ultimate fighting forces like them? They might destroy something!"
"It didn't seem much like an agreement!" Vegeta countered in his 'Prince of all Saiyans' attitude. "My opinion was thrown out of the vote and not to mention I'm doing this to restore honour to the tarnished title of your own father, who is now gone and I can't kick his ass!"
"He's been gone for seven years, get over it!" Gohan shouted back. "I have and I still miss him like hell."
"Shut up!" Vegeta shouted, throwing a ball of ki at Gohan. "If we can't revive him then we will restore honour his lost honour because of that blubbering idiot! Why are you not grateful for what I am trying to do!"
Gohan merely deflected the ki away from everyone and into the sky where it exploded into a huge blast in the sky, knocking the weaker reporters to the ground and sending Mr. Satan to cover. "Because it's not how he would have wanted it! He never cared about that shit!"
Then it became a battle of pure skill, speed and experience. The two Gold Fighters were floating in the air thirty feet high, engaged in close quarters. Kick's and fist's were flying at speeds too fast for anyone to make out, including Videl who had the highest power level of anyone other than the Z-Fighters on that property. Even they struggled at times to keep up with the fight.
"Mr Satan!" A reporter shouted. "Why aren't you breaking up their fight?" The reporter asked, notepad ready to take notes.
Realizing he looked a bit cowardly hiding from the destructive force of the half-Saiyan and the full Saiyan, he stood up proudly and laughed. "Ha! Breaking up their fight would be too easy for me but it's always nice to let out some steam which it would seem is exactly what those two need to do."
Dear lord Dad... Videl thought. Don't be stupid. I doubt you could take them on. Look at how fast they are moving!
Ki blasts started going off in a few separate directions, one of them flying down and destroying Mr. Satan's limo that he arrived in.
"Hey!" He shouted. "Now wait one second! No destroying my-" He was cut off as Vegeta took the opportunity at Gohan being distracted by Mr Satan. Flying down Vegeta landed in front of the world's champ and gave him a light, two fingered flick on his sternum. Of course with someone as weak as Mr. Satan, he flew back twenty feet into the the brick wall nearby the entrance to the estate. Gohan responded by zipping down to Vegeta and chopping him in the neck with enough strength to knock out the elder Saiyan.
Damn it! He thought. He had to go and do that and now that I've knocked him out he will be sure to hold onto that for a long time. There was no way Vegeta would let him go with that. But Gohan always had Bulma to hide behind.
As Vegeta started to power down Gohan threw the unconscious Saiyan to Tien, who caught him. "Get him out of here, fast." Gohan ordered. The three eyed man simply nodded before taking off before any reporter could snap a photo or identify who it was that had attacked Mr. Satan. "Yamcha, stay here, you're most acquainted with reporters, help me clean this mess up." Yamcha nodded and began to order the reporters off the estate while answering as few questions as possible.
Gohan walked over to Mr Satan was more in enough pain and winded enough that he couldn't speak. "So you know, I have not told Videl." He whispered, noticing relief flicker across Mr. Satan's eyes. "But I will NOT hide this from her forever." Again, he noticed something in the eyes of the icon, except this time it was fear. "You had no right at all to take the glory for Cell's defeat from my family or the joint efforts of the Z-Fighters, specifically my father and I." Gohan said, allowing some of his human nature of anger to seep into his voice, causing the gasping Mr. Satan to have fear strike through his heart. "But I am grateful. You've saved us from the weight of fame from our shoulders. We like our peaceful life so I think it went out well." Gohan said, the Son's calm attitude flowing back into his words.
Mr Satan had finally gathered enough breath to talk. "Oh please forgive me for it." He begged. "Don't hurt my baby girl!"
"Don't be absurd!" Gohan hissed. "I'd never hurt Videl. But you may be doing exactly what you fear of happening to her." He said. "Lies are never free and always come at a price."
Videl had watched from the window where the Gold Fighter had knocked out the Gold Warrior after he had sent her father flying from such a simple attack. Holy shit. That was just a flick of two fingers! And if the Gold Fighter could knock out such a powerful person, how much stronger is the Gold Fighter? She watched as the Gold Fighter walked over to her father after ordering the other two men to do tasks, one escort the Gold Warrior who's hair was...getting darker? What?
Gohan was flying home to report to those waiting there about what had happened. "I'm doing this to restore honour to the tarnished title of your own father, who is now gone!" Gohan remembered what Vegeta had shouted, feeling a choke in his throat. Flying down to a nearby mountain he sat on the ledge of a rock jutting out of the side. Then the tears started seeping. Then falling. Then pouring. Gohan sat there as he cried out his frustrations. Damn it dad, I'm sorry I wasn't able to defeat Cell sooner. He couldn't stop himself as that thought of guilt and self pity crossed his mind. I miss you so much. You wouldn't believe what's been going on down here. I'm in highschool although thats not that big of a surprise. Goten is as troublesome as ever, Videl is gorgeous although she's the result of a hideous bastard like Mr. Satan who has amazingly spared us of all the troubles of fame....
Gohan sat there, tears flowing here and there, a giggle every now and then as he imagined himself having a conversation with Goku.
A week later and Videl is making her re-appearance at school. She isn't quite willing to fly herself yet so Erasa was kind enough, as always, to give her a ride to school. Erasa of course hadn't told Gohan about Videl's return, and Sharpener, well, he was being Sharpener and didn't bring it up. So it was quite the surprise when Gohan saw Videl walk through the door into class, she looked different. No, different was an understatement. She looked amazing.
"Videl!" He said surprised as she sat down next to him. "You're back! And with a haircut too!"
"Yes, no shit Sherlock." Sharpener said.
"Yes, I am Gohan." Videl said with a small smile, feeling warmth flood through the air while unconsciously petting her hair where her ponytails used to be. "This is familiar...but from where?" "Good to see you again."
"Great to see you again too!" Gohan said excitedly, a grin pasted on his face. "Glad to see you're back and doing better!"
"Nerd head here has been playing around with us while we cram for finals." Sharpener reported. "Also Jackson found a boyfriend."
Videl turned and looked at Gohan. "Oh?" She asked Sharpener. "Gohan doesn't seem to be the one playing around. Doing nothing maybe but not distracting. But you," she said as she turned to Sharpener. "Are the kind of person I'd expect to goof off while everyone was cramming for finals."
"What?" Sharpener sputtered. "Videl you know me better than tha-"
"So Videl you ready for finals?" Erasa interrupted, saving her friend from the whiny voice of Sharpener.
Videl nodded at her friend. "Yup, thanks to you I've been caught up with everything and get it all."
"Attention class!" The teacher at the front said. "I know we are all very excited to see Miss Satan back, welcome back by the way, but we do have a class to do." He said before turning towards the board. "So if you look this way I'll show you how we complete this quadrilateral surface area equation..."
Videl sat and listened occasionally taking notes. Every now and then stopping to soak in the light warm feeling around her. "Seriously, what is this?"
Gohan sat nearby and took the opportunity of having nothing to learn and nothing to do to look at Videl. "The haircut certainly makes her much more...attractive in a more teenager and adultish way. She looks more grown up then she did with those pony tails." Every now and then Videl would look his way, to either seem him smile back being clueless or to see him looking out the window.
"Something is different about Gohan. I feel as if I know him more than I do...it sets a more peaceful air about him."
They went through their day as they used too but now it was different. Videl noticed Gohan in a different light while everyone saw Videl differently with her pony tails now gone and after the incident.
Flying home Gohan couldn't help but think about Videl.
Going home Videl couldn't help but think a bit about Gohan either. He seemed so different and she wanted to know why. But not with the same attitude that once drove her to find out his secrets. His jawline and his build seemed so familiar. But who did it remind her of?
A.N. So this one is shorter yes, I felt this was a good spot to leave it. Plus I need a bit more time to design the idea of what will be happening after. By the way, not sure if I mentioned this earlier but Gohan deepens his voice quite a bit when he's the Gold Fighter as well as Mr. Satan did spout shit about Goku winning his fights with the famous "light tricks." Anyway enjoy!