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Unable to focus on the problem before her, Bulma put her pen down in frustration and rubbed her temples. She had been at this problem already for almost two weeks now but she had to solve it. they were revealing new prototype air ships to some investors who are looking for new travel technology. Not that Capsule Corp even needed investors, but they were specifically requested and Bulma was always one for a challenge. Grabbing her coffee, she took a sip from it. It was more a twitch than anything as she wasn't sleepy at all, and the coffee was luke warm at best. Still it always helped her think. She got up and walked around her office for a short time to help clear her mind when her intercom went off.
''Excuse me Mrs. Bulma.'' the secretary said through the speaker.
Bulma rolled her eyes and went over to her the desk phone and hit the speaker button. ''Minako, how many times do I have to say it's just 'Bulma', no Mrs. needed, please!'' she said slightly annoyed. It was better now that she was at least calling her Bulma, for the longest time she kept calling her Mrs. Briefs. ''And didn't I specifically say I'm not to be disturbed!'
There was a slight pause as Minako waited to see if she would continue. ''Yes but Gohana just arrived.'' She said and Bulma perked up. ''And it looks like Trunks is teasing her.'' she added laughing a little.
Bulma smiled and laughed a little bit to herself at the thought of Trunks poking fun at Gohana. He always saw her as an older sister, so he always poked fun at her if he saw a chance. Grabbing the cup off coffee and pouring some more luke warm coffee from the coffee maker, she headed out to the lobby to see what was happening between Gohana and Trunks.
''Trunks you little twerp!'' she yelled at him, trying to gather up the cloths from all over the lobby. ''I told you not to throw that!''
Trunks had found the capsule with all the clothes inside and threw it up in the air, making the cloths fly everywhere. Trunks was surprised at what was in it and instantly started teasing Gohana for getting cloths so different than she usually had. Even Bulma couldn't help but laugh a little and notice the difference in cloths. Even the cloths that Gohana was wearing seemed a little different, Bulma just walked towards the two of them.
''Well well, looks like your finally wearing some stuff that fits you.'' she teased the young girl a little causing Gohana to blush and retaliate.
''Aaaahhh, Bulma not you too! I thought you'd be on my side!'' She pouted.
Bulma just went over and set the coffee on the desk as Minako just watched and laughed a little. She walked over and helped them pick the cloths back up and set them back into the bags that were flung everywhere. Trunks just kept picking up cloths and wondering why Gohana would ever wear stuff like this. He was used to seeing 18, Chichi, and even his mom wear some stuff like this, but he was always used to see Gohana wear baggy or loose fitting stuff. He just didn't see her as a girly girl.
''Seriously though Gohana, why wear this stuff? You'll look even more like a girl.'' Trunks flatly said, not thinking very much about it. Even though she was a girl, he never really saw her as a typical girl. But these cloths would put her right in there. Gohana just stormed over to him growling.
''So your saying I'm ugly, is that is!'' she literally screamed at Trunks, causing him to fall over and he was now a little scared.
''N..no! Your not ugly! You're...the most...pretty girl in the world.'' He stuttered trying to save himself.
Bulma couldn't help but laugh at her son with the predicament he had gotten himself into. And she couldn't help but make it worse. ''Trunks, I thought you said I was the prettiest in the world. Now your here telling Gohana she is? You're in for it now buster, you lied to me, or are to Gohana. Now tell me,'' she smiled crossing her arms, ''who is the prettiest?''
Trunks looked like a deer caught in headlights, and he knew he was in it deep this time. He kept stuttering and looking back and forth at his mother and his sister, and it just kept getting worse. ''Um, I think I hear dad calling me to the gravity chamber. I umm, I gotta go so he doesn't make it worse on me!'' he said making a run for it.
Gohana just broke down laughing, nearly falling over, as she was laughing so hard at what just happened. It was so rare that anyone was able to get a leg up on him with his pranks, or Raina's for that matter. But when they did, it was always priceless.
''Now that made my day instantly better!'' Bulma smirked and went back to her coffee as Gohana finished putting everything bag and capsuleizing it. ''I do have to ask sweety, it is odd to see you dressed more feminine than usual. It really does suit you though. You should dress like this more often. It helps the natural beauty you already have though.''
Gohana couldn't help but blushed a little at the compliment. ''Thanks. Um to be honest, I've never been against it, it's just that the stuff you and mom always pick out always feels so restricting that I can't move freely. I hate it!''
Bulma just nodded and then went over her and gave her god daughter a big hug, which Gohana gave back as she had not been over for a few months.
''Either way its great to see you hun. Hey, you think maybe you could put that super computer of a brain to work and help me out with something real quick?'' She asked.
Gohana just smiled, ''Actually I came to ask your help with something as well! Let's call it a trade.'' she said.
Bulma lead her to her office where she had spent all day over a single problem. grabbing the blueprints that she had, as well as all the notes that she had layed out, Gohana sat down and started glancing all over the place. Bulma kept watching her eyes constantly shifting back and forth and it amazed her that she could process so much advanced info so fast. For a little while, Gohana just kept shifting her gaze from paper to paper while Bulma just sat at a chair relaxing as she sipped her coffee. She knew Gohana worked best in silence when she wasn't at home, though she proffered the sounds of nature for some slight background noise.
''If you make the energy focal point a slight smaller as it narrows along this point, it should make enough space for the coolant system surrounding it, and you wont have to figure out how everything else gets rearranged. Plus the extra space could be used for the extra heat buffer that you would need. You'd need only about ten percent more padding but it would allow for sixty-two percent more total if you want.'' Gohana said smiling to herself. She looked helping Bulma out with her work, she even helped design many things.
Bulma got out of her seat and went over Gohana's math and notes to see how she had come up with such a simple solution like that. Looking over she soon noticed she not only fixed the heating issue, but might have actually made the prototype more efficient and faster as well. '' And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I pay for the best!'' She said smiling.
Gohana smiled as well, remembering the first time she had helped Bulma out at a showing at a tech show. Whenever she was truly amazed at how Gohana either fixed a problem or came up with a new product, she would say something along those lines, it was their own special phrase Bulma had for her, and it had been a while since she had spoken them.
Bulma put all the notes and blueprints away into a roller to keep them safe and set them aside. ''Now, before I ask what it was that you needed help with,'' Bulma started as she went back t o Gohana and placed her hand on her shoulder, ''is everything alright sweety? It looks like you were crying earlier today.'' During Gohana's time looking everything over, Bulma noticed a slight redness in her eyes, but knew to let her finish up what she was doing before asking.
Gohana just looked a little sad and looked down a bit. ''Yeah. I um, found out what Hercule said happened. Well I mean I knew what he said, but actually hearing it being said in detail. It all technically happened, but he just twists it around to a partial truth. Than at that pont, I...though back at what happened.''
Bulma didn't need for her to finish what she was saying, she knew well that to this day Gohana still blamed herself for her father's death. She seemed better about it the last few years, but it didn't mean she didn't have episodes of small emotional break down from time to time either.
''I never did like that man for taking your credit and bashing my family, I really wish you would just agree for us to tell the world the truth sometimes. Put him in his place.'' Gohana knew full well that all the others thought that they should come forward, but the only reason none of them ever did was because she had flat out asked them not to, and none of them asked again since. Surprisingly not even Vegeta argued against it, because he said it was Gohanas decision as it was her who killed Cell.
''It's alright, really. I don't want the attention. Which by the way brings me to why I'm here. You see, I kinda need a disguise.'' she said with an innocent grin on her face.
Bulma raised an eyebrow in question. She knew Gohana did not like being the center of attention, short of her birthday.
'' Well you see, I kind of had to help out today, two times out in Hercule City. So I just transformed and went in my sports bra so no one would recognize me. But my new friend, Videl, she recognized me the second time. So I need some type of outfit so no else suspects anything.'' Gohana explained.
''Videl, why does that name sound familiar?'' Bulma asked herself in question.
''She's Hercules daughter.'' Gohana answered for her. ''So do you think you could help me make up some kind of disguise?'' she asked again.
''Gohana, you help me fix a problem in an engine block in a new top of the line jet, and all you want in return is a silly costume. Did I ever tell you your my favorite worker?'' she ruffled Gohana' hair softly smiling.
''Hehehe, only a few times.'' She smiled back.
''So do you have any ideas for a type of outfit you'd want?'' Bulma asked.
Gohana had not put much of any thought into what it would look like until now. She rested her elbow on the desk with her chin resting in her hand. She knew for starters it had to be something that she could easily change in and out of, so Saiyan under armor like Vegeta's battle armour would be good, and it helped that it was incredibly comfortable no matter how tight it was. But what around it did she want on it was the main question. She couldn't just wear a set of Saiyan armor as both Vegeta and Trunks were wearing them at the Cell games, which was an idea but that would cause too many questions down the line. So that ruled it out to her as it wasn't worth the hassle later on.
Thinking back to any type of media she could think of, she came upon a good idea. ''How about some type of metallic look, styled a little after Vegeta's Saiyan armor. But like it being made out of Kevlar pieces. I guess it would look cool like that!'' She offered. She just couldn't think of anything else really. ''And continue the neck fabric so I can wear it over my face, kinda like a ninja a guess. I can just transform as well so no one could see my face with my hair different.''
Bulma looked as though she was in thought for a bit and nodded. ''I got you covered kiddo. Just give me about an hour or two. Why don't you go get something to snack on.'' She told her and headed back towards her office.
Gohana got up and headed off to the kitchen to grab a snack as she was getting hungry again, and the offer for food was too tempting to pass up. Plus since Bulma knew over her appetite it wouldn't phase her how much a snack would be. Once she got there she headed on over and opened the fridge. looking around she instantly just chompped down on an apple while grabbing a few other small things here and there.
Vegeta had just finished up in the gravity chamber and was heading off to the kitchen to grab some food before showering. He was dripping wet from the intense five hour training session he just put himself through and was just wiping his face with a towel he had around his neck. He was already a little annoyed that Trunks came in and bothered him, and he figured ten hours for today was enough.
Entering the kitchen, he noticed someone rummaging through the fridge, and he didn't recognize them. ''Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my home!'' He literally yelled across the room, storming over to Gohana.
Gohana stood up and took another bite from the apple in her mouth, chewing it as she talked. ''oh, what's up Vegeta?''
Vegeta nearly had to do a double take at Gohana as he had never seen her once wear anything like what she was currently wearing. Gohana picked up on that and just smirked. ''What's the matter Vegita, not used to seeing a female before?'' she teased him, causing him to visiblly get more annoyed at her.
''THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING? YOUR A SAIYAN, SHOW SOME DAMN PRIDE!'' He yelled at her, causing Gohana to just chuck her apple full force at Vegeta. The apple just splattered on his face, but still Vegeta barely even saw it as Gohana threw it so quickly.
''Say's the guy wearing just biker shorts and some tattered boots! Why does it matter what I wear anyway?'' she asked annoyed.
''You're a Saiyan, and a warrior. Yet your now wearing pathetic earth cloths that a typical weakling girl would wear.'' Vegita nearly growled.
''In case you have forgotten, I AM an Earthling! And this 'low class half breed girl', as you call me, can still kick your ass without even fully powering up in my regular super form! while you have to power up to level two just to keep up!'' Vegeta flinched, he knew she was right and Gohana just smirked. It was rare anyone made him react, usually it was just Bulma, but in the wrong mood Gohana he feared the worse as he literally couldn't beat her, and he knew it.
''One of these days brat!'' He snarled back at her and just left the kitchen.
Gohana just smiled to herself and continued to eat up her snack. Putting her stuff on the table she sat down and relaxed during her small food break. She didn't know how long Bulma would be making her outfit so she just pulled out whatever homework she didn't finish already, which was just the last class', and finished it in just a couple of minutes.
''Mom, can I have an outfit as well?'' Trunks asked excitedly as Bulma gave Gohana a watch.
Bulma couldn't help but laugh a little at her son's eagerness and innocense he was showing right now, as he was bouncing on his toes in excitment. Bulma explained how the watch worked to Gohana and Gohana was starting to get very excited as well.
''Well, what are you waiting for? try it out!'' Bulma said.
Gohana pressed the button indicated and her cloths vanished to be replaced with her new super hero disguise. It was indeed a Saiyan style under armor, but it was much darker blue than usual. At also didn't have sleeves, like Vegita's new spin on his was. The chest plate literally did look like the armor they all wore in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber getting ready for Cell, except this had a very metallic look to it, as if it was fully designed from pieces of metal bound together like actual armor. All of the pieces just move around each other, then she realized they were just for show. There were some other metallic like pieces at specific spots to give it the look of actual suit of armor, but they were just for show as well she guessed. The boots didn't look much different to the usual ones, but the gloves were a tighter fit, and fingerless as well. Gohana just smiled, looking herself over in the mirror. There was even a sash that was wrapped around her neck loosely, and a longer piece fell behind down to her knees, with some more fabric continuing from the neck to allow her to use as a face mask. Giving a slight smirk she pulled the face mask up and powered up to her Super Saiyan to see what the completed outfit looked like.
Even with the face mask on Bulma could tell how big Gohana was smiling. She was very glad that she was so happy about it, and even Trunks was excited.
''Mom, please please please can you make me one!'' he nearly yelled out.
'Maybe, I'll think about it.''
''Ah man.'' Trunks said defeated, as he guessed that already meant no.
Gohana just laughed a little and ruffled his hair a bit and laughed a little. ''Hey don't worry squirt! some day you'll get to play hero just like me!''
''Play hero? Nah, I'd rather be the hero next time a threat comes by! Then the entire world will know I'm the greatest in the world!'' Trunks shouted with his fists in the air in excitement.
Gohana couldn't help but admire his determination, but still she couldn't stand the though of her sudo little brother in a life or death fight. Pushing the button on her watch bringing her back to her usual cloths, ''Trust me Trunks, it's not as fun as you think. Sure, training can help physically prepare you. But mentally, its very different.''
''But you train all the time for the next fight!''
''No Trunks, I train so that you, Goten and Raina don't have to be faced with fights to the death. I love training the three of you because you want to, but I refuse to make you all have to fight like I did! I don't really regret it to be honest but there was no choice. But now I do have a choice.'' Gohana said.
Bulma never Gohana talk about this much before, and was a little surprised at first. no one had asked her why she continued training after Cell but she knew now.
"So that's how you convinced your mother to let you keep training."
"actually I just continued to train. Mom didn't really stop me, she just said I had to keep my studies up. It wasn't until we found out about Goten and Raina that I took it more serious."
"I'm still amazed that Chichi let you continue training in the first place, givin how against it she was before everything changed."
"Yeah, I think that dad dyeing had something to do with it. She even started training Goten and Raina long before I took over their training. They were about as strong as dad was when mom fought him at the tournament after barely a year. They get so strong so fast." Gohana said smiling.
Clicking the button, she returned to her normal cloths and sighed. "Well, its getting late. I should head on home before mom gets to worried about me. She knew I would be late but I dont want to push it." she said. She didnt want to go but she knew she should. She would get scolded for showing up late from training, so there was no telling what her mother would do being late home from school.
"Hey Trunks, don't forget we have a three vs one against me in the gravity room this weekend! So train up!" Gohana said to Trunks before heading off to grab her book bag from the room she and Bulma were working in earlier. Trunk had a look of pure joy on his face at that and instantly ran off without a word to the gravity room.
Having said good by to Bulma, and her parents whom she ran into on the way out, she flew off into the sky towards home. She was very excited to show Goten and Raina that she was now a super hero, that she was going a little faster than usual. She was enjoying the flight though as flying was one of the best techniques she ever learned. As a kid she always wanted to learn, that is until she had to. She had meant what she said to Trunks about not regretting being forced to fight, but she didn't like the idea of them fighting the same type of battles.
Loosing her moment of pure bliss in the sky, she heard sirens blarring in the streets below her. She wasn't even aware that she was low enough to hear them, but she didn't mind much. She smiled at the opportunity to appear as her new alter ego. 'Wait, what should I call myself?'she though as she hit the button, changing into her new outfit. Pullin the face mask part over so her face was hidden, she transformed into her Super Saiyan state and started falling towards the ground.
The source of the commotion was a high speed chase on the highway. Three hijackers had stollen an armored truck full of money and were currently causing mayhem on the highway. The police were no real help as they were trying to avoid all the cars that were also trying to get out of the way. Luckily it seemed as no one had gotten into an accident to which Gohana was relieved. Some damage to property maybe yes, but nothing bad.
Gohana flew faster than the cars in front of her, causing the police officers in the car to stare out in shock as she flew past. She landed on top of the trucks passenger compartment causing a loud thud as she landed on purpose.
"The hell was that?"
The guy driving just looked at his buddy and just snickered. "You're just hearing thing. Your first time will do that you you. its just the road."he said, having not heard from the music that was blasting from the speakers.
Gohana knew that she should try and avoid damaging the van it was expensive, so she though of the next best thing. She flipped over the front and landed a few yards back, not giving the driver enough time to even react, but way more time than she herself needed. By the time the driver even noticed it was to late. Gohana grabbed the front of the car and using its momentum to her advantage she lifted it off the ground. The concrete below her cracked a little as she pushed the weight into it.
The police cars that were chasing them all stopped and were all staring in shock, but they were not as shocked as the three robbers inside the van.
"Gaah, the hell is that?"one of them screamed in terror at seeing someone holding them up effortlessly. The two in the front were also just as terrified. Even the driver was pissing himself in fear.
Gohana just put the van back on the ground and put her hand up in the air, pointing. She shot off an incredibly weak blast from her finger into the air for show, then forming a small energy blast at the very tip of her finger, she pointed it right at the driver. "Get out!
All three men were terrified and quickly did Gohana ordered. none of them wanted to mess with someone that could lift a three ton armored car. Gohana let the energy die down and she just stared the would be robbers down. They just huddled down on their knees begging her to spare them. Smirking through the face mask, she noticed the police showing up, and they got out with caution. She knew they were weary of her and she didn't blame them either.
"Get up, turn around, and get your asses over there in the police cars!" Gohana said with some slight malice, figuring she should also sound a little more aggressive when in costume.
All the of them quickly ran over to the police as fast as they could, begging for them to get them away from her. The police were busy putting them in the back of the cars as Gohana walked over to them. She stopped just in front of a few, looking down as she was now floating a little in the air.
"Who...are you?" one of them courage to ask.
Gohana still had not decided yet on what to call her new alter ego still and quickly thought around and said the first thing she thought of.
"Saiyako"
Without another word, Gohana vanished and was already high up in the sky. She didn't even waste any time as she just speed off towards home.
'The heck was I thinking, Saiyako? What the heck, I might as well have said Saiyagirl for all it mattered." she was scolding herself. She never was good with names, and it didn't help that when forced to thin of names, she always spaced out.
Putting it behind her, she just hurried home so she could relax and get some food. She had had a long day and she was ready to just relax. Her stomach was already growling at the thought of her mothers cooking and she quickly speed up as she couldn't wait.
About five minutes later Gohana landed in the clearing infront of her house. Goten and Raina were in the front sparring with one another and upon Gohana landing they both looked over to her with giant smiles at seeing her in her outfit.
"Gohana, that outfit is so awesome. I want something like it!" Goten rambled on, while Raina was busy admiring how it looked in general.
"Yeah, aunty Bulma made it for me! It's my new outfit when I'm out crime fighting."
"And what do you think your doing crime fighting young lady?"
Gohana just turned and looked at her mother and tried to act innocent.
"And take that face mask off this instant!"
Gohana slide the mask part down having forgotten to do so on her way here. she just smiled and powered down to her base form. She knew that her mother wanted an answer. "Well, you see. I'm kinda the new city protector I guess. Aheeee"
Chichi just looked at her daughter with her arms crossed, causing Gohana to get a litte nervous. Finally Chichi just sighed and shook her head and smiled a little. " What am I ever going to do with you, always wanting to help others. Just like your father. Well the next time your going to be late, just call me somehow alright?"
Gohana just nodded a little, a little surprised at her mothers reaction. True, Chichi had come to accept that Gohana wanted to be a fighter, but it still didn't stop her from trying to make a proper young lady out of her eldest daughter.
"Now hurry up and get out off that get up. Dinner is almost ready." Chichi told her before turning around and getting back to preparing dinner.
"Goten, Raina. You two wanna see something really cool?" Gohana said smiling.
Goten and Raina couldn't keep from nodding their heads excitedly, causing Gohana to smile as she hit the button on her watch to switch back to her regular cloths.
"Gohanathatssoamazingnowireallyreallyabsolutelywantone." Goten was going off so fast that Gohana almost missed what he was saying. Raina however seemed far more interested in what she was now wearing.
"Nee chan you look so cute in that!" Raina said looking at Gohana's new cloths.
Gohana smiled at them, amused how excited Goten was about it. "Aunty Bulma made it for me."
Goten and Raina kept asking her to keep changing again to see the outfit. Gohana just kept smiling at them, promising to show them more later. Right now she was more focused on getting some food as she was getting hungry. Setting her book bag down and putting the capsule of new cloths into it, Gohana headed into the kitchen to see how dinner was coming along. She looked around at the plates of food and her stomach growled loudly, alerting Chichi that she was there.
"Dinner is almost ready sweety, just wait another 20 minutes or so." Chichi said stirring some soup in a pot.
Chichi turned to look at her eldest and noticed that she was wearing different cloths. She nearly dropped the spoon in the soup, but caught it and set it aside.
"Gohana, what are you wearing?" she asked.
Gohana just blushed, knowing this would come up. "Um, well you see. After school me and my new friends went to a mall. One ok f them, her father owns a clothing store so we went shopping. she found cloths that isnt to tight."
Chichis eyes brightened. "My baby is already making friends on her first day at school. And youre even dressing different. Did you meet a nice boy or something?" Chihi started rambling on.
Gohana was a little prepared for the question onslaught, but she stil ok wasnt ready. "What, mom I needed cloths anyway! Practically all I had was my pj's, training cloths and random other stuff I wear to be comfy around the house. My new friend Erasa took me shopping at a clothing store her father owns, so it saved us some money."
"Did you meet any nice boys?" Chichi repeated.
"Uh, well I guess Sharpner is a nice guy I suppose. But he isn..."
Thats all Gohana got out before her mother was already talking all about grandbabies. She knew there was no getting her out of it so Gohana didnt bother trying. She was always like this, parcitularly once Gohana started developing her more feminine figure. The thing that confused Gohana was Chichi always insisted she finished college first before having kids, yet she kept trying to push her to find a nice guy. Bulma said she understood, and that she would someday as well, so she never delved much into it.
Gohana just let her mother rant knowing she would be able to talk better once she had it out of her system. Eventually Chichi did calm down and resumed the final preperations for dinner. Chichi just smiled, glad Gohana was at least making new friends outside the family friends. She just hoped they could be trusted with their secrets the same way Lime had come to be trusted. Still, Chichi was happy she was happy for Gohana.
"dinner is almost ready sweet, so why don't you go chance ok?"
Gohana went up to her room and set her stuff down and put her new watch capsule with her outfit right next to her necklace on the desk. The smell of food was getting the better of her so she quickly stripped all her cloths and just threw on some panties and an oversized shirt that went to her knees.
Hurrying downstairs, she sat at the table with her siblings as they all waited for the food to be finished serving. Goten had tried to sneak a piece of chicken but Raina had smacked his hand away causing Gohana to laugh a little. Once the food had all been served, it didn't take too long for it to be gone. in fact it was all gone in about fifteen minutes thanks to the three bottomless pits.
Gohana had a very busy first day at school and happily flopped onto her bed and sighed happily. She couldn't wait to hear about the new savior Sayiako, even if she did still regret the name.
-satan manor-
Videl at the laptop screen in front of her as she tried to piece together the puzzle that had formed. First there was this new girl going around fighting crime as well, not to mention with super powers. Then the new girl Gohana on the same day. Plus their bottoms matched, both times. But the thing that bothered Videl the most was the scar.
'It's the exact same on both of them. how can two people have the same scar. They have to be the same person. But their hair color doesnt match.'
She was busy trying to find as much video clips as she could about the cell games. She remembered hearing about the fighters that changed to gold, and that was the only physical difference between Gohana and the other girl. There was some link between the two, and Videl was determined to find out what it was.
sorry this took so long everyone. I had to move, and both jobs picked up in time. it didnt help I got a new phone and had to start the chapter over. anyway hopefully I can get one up every 2 weeks at the latest. but ill do my best to get them up asap.