I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter I put up. hopefully it will be a little more consistent with updates here on out. ill attempt to keep at least one a month.
disclaimer:dont own anything, just using them for creative stories.
so starting up the more mature stuff so sometimes will be pretty dark or violent down the road, when appropriate though. also more language now. pretty much this and most likely just the next will end set up and time will move along quicker.
and incase your wondering why I choose Saiyako, I was just going to go with saiyagirl, but ko could be an ending for a girls name. And if I remembered right, it means child as well. my is so bad now. but I figured she's a child, and a girl, so why not. hence Saiyako :)
Son residence
The sun had yet to rise in the sky as alarm went off at four am. She hit the button to get her alarm to stop buzzing as she got out of bed and stretched her arms high over her head, getting her muscles less stiff from sleeping. She had not gotten up early for training on her first day of school yesterday, but today she wanted to. It hadn't felt right not to do so yesterday. Going over to her closet, she noticed she only had some sports bras and biker shorts for training that were clean since laundry day was today. That and she had trained two or three times a day the week leading up to school. Grabbing what was available she put her oversized shirt into her hamper and got ready. Grabbing a hairtie, she tied her hair back as well as she wanted to go harder today since missing yesterday. Silently walking down stairs to not wake anyone up, she went to the kitchen to get a quick glass of water before she headed out.
She shortly arrived at her usual training spot, the same place she had trained with Piccolo and her father to get ready for the androids. Taking a few deep breaths to fill her lungs, she entered an active meditation state. She could feel the moist grass against her feet and between her toes, the chill of the morning air surrounded her body and it felt somewhat nice to Gohana. It helped wake her up more than she already was.
After a few more breaths, she got into her stance and started practicing her most basic of kata's. It was the same one that Piccolo forced her to practice for five hours at dawn when he first trained her. At this point she didn't even have to think about it, it had become second nature to her after so many years so it became almost a meditation to her. Letting her energy flow through her limbs as she moved, she gracefully moved through each strike, each block, everything. To the untrained eye it would look like she was practicing an odd form of dancing.
Finishing up the first kata, she flowed right into the basic kata that her father started teaching her when he started training her. Just like with Piccolo's she had spent countless hours practicing it and it too looked just as graceful. She repeated both katas once more, flowing everything together into one fluid long kata.
Satisfied with her warm up, Gohana went to a large boulder and balanced two small stones ontop of it. Kicking up to a handstand on top of the rock, she placed her pointer finger ontop of the two balancing stones and took her other hand off. Now balancing atop the stones on one finger, Gohana just stayed practically motionless for several minutes before lowering herself untill her face was right up against the side of the large boulder. Pushing herself back up, she continued to bust out rep after rep.
For the next hour Gohana was ontop of the rocks, having switched hands halfway through. More than anything it was a training exercise in balance as she took great pride in the extreme level of body she had developed over the years. Even the other z fighters had taken up a few of her training ideas. Without missing a beat, Gohana pushed off the rocks and landed on the grass again, and she started shadow boxing. She had always enjoyed sparring more than shadow boxing, but she knew the importance of it, so she started going at real speed, appearing as just a blur zipping around the clearing.
For the next two hours Gohana kept going at full speed, throwing punches and kicks as fast as she could. She could feel her muscles aching as she had not stopped once, and infact had tried speeding up. She loved the feeling of her muscles begging for a break, of the burning sensation from their fatique. Her body was glistening from the sweat dripping down her body, as the rising sunlight started shining in the horizon. She could feel the burning in her lungs as well as her body was trying hard to get the oxygen it needed.
Gohana finally stopped when Raina arrived, slowing down she started gasping for air as her muscles were begging for oxygen. Still, she had improved since the last time she did this and thats what was important to her.
"Neechan, mom said breakfast is almost ready! Lets hurry!"
Gohana smiled at her little sister then had a thought, "Wanna race?" still panting.
Raina knew Gohana just wanted to get in a good workout out of it already being in a tired state, but she couldn't help but enjoy the idea of finally beating her in a foot race. "Your on."
Raina quickly speed off the moment she finished saying that and Gohana was quickly after her. Raina thought that for once she had the upper hand, but she soon noticed Gohana passing her by and getting ahead of her. Raina pushed harder so she could overtake Gohana, but she just went faster.
Both arrived back home within a few minutes, Raina panting slightly from pushing so hard to beat Gohana. Gohana was panting heavily though, still not having rested much from her earlier training. Chichi caught sight of them and opened the window, "Gohana, shower up or no breakfast"
Gohana quickly entered the house and practically ran upstairs. Entering her room she went to her dresser to grab cloths but only saw all her new stuff. Chichi had folded and put away all her new cloths after Gohana had fallen asleep and it was all sorted neatly. not even sure what to grab, Gohana decided to be bold and try dressing the part since Bulma said it helped. Not that she didn't ask for the attention, she did like the attention slightly. Grabbing some shorter shorts than she usually had, she just grabbed a purple tube top that she herself had picked out. She grabbed her usual panties, and was glad she had different types of sports bras as she found something that would mostly be hidden. 'Why do I get the feeling Erasa is going to cause a fit over this.' she thought to herself and rummaged to find one of the actual bras she did actually own and just grabbed one.
"Well, at least the color matches."
Quickly going to the bathroom, she took a shower to wash off from her training. She didn't take her time like she did yesterday and was in and out in just five minutes. When she finished getting dressed she looked at herself in the mirror and had to agree, she did actually look good dressed like she did. Her slightly muscular yet slim and compact body really worked well with typical cloths, but she looked at herself and though something was missing. Quickly going back to her room she grabbed a hair tie and put her hair in a pony tail low like when she trained at a younger age.
'Wow!'
Getting hit with the scent of food brought her back and she quickly headed downstairs just as Chichi was placing the final platter of food down. She caught sight of Gohana, and she couldn't help but smile seeing her eldest daughter finally taking an interest in dressing like a girl. Would attract guy's which would mean she could potentially meet her future husband and have a family.
Gohana could tell what was going through her mothers head but didnt say anything. Wouldn't have done any good anyway and she was to hungry to care, evident from her stomach growling along with her siblings.
"Breakfast is served!" Chichi exclaimed, and within second her three bottomless pits started enhaling food left and right. Particularly Gohana as she had just finished training.
It didn't take long for everything to be finished, so Chichi started collecting the dishes to wash them. She gave a big smile to Gohana as she stood up and grabbed her book bag.
"Well, I gotta go. Raina, keep practicing your speed, and Goten make sure you practice that kata we went over last week."
Both nodded as Gohana opened the door and headed out where she flew off into the sky towards school.
Raina kept staring off towards where Gohana disappeared and was in though. After a few moments she looked at her mother. "Mommy, will I look like Nee chan when I grow up?"
Chichi couldn't help but smile as Raina always strived to be just like Gohana. "Perhaps sweety, you do look almost exactly like her. Just keep up your training and perhaps you will."
Satan residence
The alarm clock buzzed violently as it let out an ear shriek, waking Videl up up. Rubbing her eyes she looked at the clock noticing she set the damn thing too early and wished she hadn't. Already awake, somewhat, she decided to just get her day going instead of going back to sleep. She had stayed up so late tryjng to find anything about the golden fighters from the Cell games, but all she could find were theories on forums. And just about everything led to a dead end. Still, she was sure the golden fighter from yesterday was linked to the golden fighters from the Cell games.
'Gohana looks identical, minus the damn hair color and eye color. They have to be the same person. But how the hell does she do it? Not to mention she can fly and shoot light from her hands. Dad keeps saying they are just tricks but some older tournaments have footage of some similar things.' she thought back to what little she could remember.
Videl always had a sneaking suspicion about what her father said happened at the Cell games, and even to this day she still has them. This was her ticket though in finally finding out what really happened. She didn't care about telling the world, but she had to know for herself.
Rubbing the grogginess from her eyes, she went to her closet and threw on some workout cloths and headed off to the gym inside the mansion. She just had to get some frustration out from an unproductive night. Arriving shortly after, she made a beeline over to the heavy punching bag and just started practicing her kicks.
Videl just kept punching and kicking without thinking much about it, so much in fact that she lost track of the time. Finally taking a break to catch her breath, she sat down and wiped the sweat from her forehead as her hair clung to her face. Glancing at the clock she had a slight panic attack.
"Shit, class starts in half hour!"
Rushing out and heading quickly towards her room, she easily dodged the maids that were walking the halls. Quickly grabbing her usual attire, she proceeded to take a quick shower. It didn't take her long to finish up and get ready for her day. Rushing down she quickly grabbed something from the fridge and went outside to get into her jet copter.
-Orange star High-
Arriving soon at Satan City, Gohana flew down to the school roof. She was glad that she didn't have to do anything as Saiyako this morning. Walking down the stairs she looked around to get her bearings, and headed off to her first class. She noticed a lot of guys were staring at her today because of her new cloths, and it did make her feel a little odd. Not letting it get to her much, she just headed to her first class.
Opening the door, Gohana walked in and most people were now staring her direction causing her to blush a bit. She just walked over to her seat next to Erasa and Sharpner as Videl had yet to arrive.
"Holy shit Gohana!" Sharpner stared at her surprised.
"Wow Gohana, you look like a totally different person today! You look really great!" Erasa complimented.
Gohana sat down and put her bag down and smiled and rubber her neck a little.
"Well I have new cloths, and everything. So why not. Plus it was all I had, I'm pretty sure my mom didnt wash my other stuff so I would wear my new stuff. She put it all away last night when I was sleeping."
"Well, it really does look good on you. Im glad we got you to get new cloths." Erasa smiled.
It was still a little while until class started, about fifteen minutes. Chatter was heard all about and one of the students sat down of Gohana, and his conversation caught Gohana's ear.
"I'm serious guys, this girl showed up and lifted an armored truck over her head."
"Oh come on , no one can lift that up. They're just exaggerating." Sharpner put his two cents in.
"But there were people who caught it on cameras. I saw it. The police said she shot some light from her finger. She must be using tricks as well." Gohana got slightly annoyed with that one.
"Well, if it works I say why does it matter. Shes helping Videl and the police out." Dav continued, causing Gohana's annoyance to go away.
There was still a little bit of time before class started and Gohana was chatting away with Erasa and Shaprner, mostly Erasa though, when she noticed someone standing right next to her. Turning around she smiled but then noticed the look on their face.
"You have a lot of explaining to do missy!" causing Erasa to stop what she was doing and wonder how this would turn out.
Most of the class was now once again staring right at Gohana. Gohana just had her hands up defensively and looked a tad nervous.
"Lime, I'm sorry. I just didn't get a chance to explain before I started. I literally had three days."
Lime still had a slight look on her face. "Thats not an excuse, you totally ditched me yesterday!"
Gohana was a little nervous now as she knew how well Lime held a grudge, and she forgot what she had done. All she knew was she had for sure forgot plans they had.
"Lime, I'm sorry! so much happened yesterday I totally spaced."
Lime looked down at Gohana with a scowl for a few more moments but then sighed and smiled, uncrossing her arms and standing more relaxed with a hand on her hip.
"Damn it its so damn hard to stay mad at you. Your off the hook this time, but next time we spar I wont hold back." she said taking her seat next to Sharpner as she relaxed in her chair.
"Wait, you spar with Lime? You mentioned that you two knew each other but I didn't know you sparred. She's the second strongest girl in the school, you must have a hard time keeping up then."
Lime just crossed her arms and chuckled a little. Gohana was incredibly humble when it came to her strength and abilities and Lime always thought that she should take more credit than she gave herself.
"Are you kidding me Sharpner? Gohana here is my sensei."
Sharpner was taken back by this, as he had always lost whenever they fought. "You gotta be kidding me!"
"Nope, Gohana started training me about five years ago. I still have a massive amount to learn as well.
Gohana just blushed a little bit, wanting Lime to stop. Lime did stop as she could tell what she was silently saying but what was said had the effect already.
"Gohana, you should spar with Videl then. If your Lime's teacher then would be interesting to see who wins."
Gohana gave a very annoyed look at Lime as she didn't want everyone to know much. She had no problem with people knowing she was a martial artist, or that she was already a very smart. But having it known about her strength and abilities wasn't one because it would cause too much attention.
"I would rather not to be honest." Gohana tried getting out of it.
"We all know who would win anyway. You may have trained Lime, but no one could beat Videl. Not even Jake can beat her." Dav chimmed in having been listening in.
"Huh, Jake is a fighter too." Gohana said suddenly looking like she remembered something. "Oh, Jake was gonna show me around town, I forgot about that."
"Well that sure did explain why he seemed so pissed off." Sharpner just said casually. He had to admit it was amusing seeing Jake pissed off, and now he knew why. "He stormed off this morning, guess now we know why."
"I should apologize. Yeah he's a creep but still. It's the right thing right?" Gohana asked.
Lime couldn't help but smile. Ever since she had first meet Gohana all those years ago she was always the nicest person in the world. Also the strongest and potentially most dangerous, but nice none the less. "I'm sure he'll be good Gohana." she said.
Soon the bell rang and the students started to get in their seats as the teacher arrived. He started taking role and once he finished he turned to the board and started writing their subject for the day.
"I'm so sorry im late ma'am!" Videl came rushing in the door exclaiming.
"Oh you must have been off helping out with the crime again Mrs. Satan." She smiled, causing Videl to look a little sheepish.
"Actually ma'am, I just overslept is all."
"I see. Well you know what I make those late do, but because of your honesty just for 15 minutes."
"Yes ma'am." Videl said and went to grab a set of buckets each filled with sand. Taking one in each hand she headed out to the hall.
Gohana watched a little confused, not sure what just . She wasn' sure what was buckets either.
"Erasa, what just happened?"
Erasa smiled at Gohana's cluelessness, "If your late you have to hold buckets filled with sand for 20 minites in the hall. It's a type of punishment."
"But she had an excuse from the teacher off the bat, why did she give herself up?"
Erasa looked over to Sharpner, and a smaller extent to Lime. Lime nodded at Erasa indicating she trusted Gohana, and Shaprner just shrugged it off. "She's part of our group now, and I don't see her leaving. Plus she'd find out anyway."
Gohana listened with curiosity, interesed in what secret they were talking about. Erasa nodded and turned back to Gohana.
"Videl absolutely hates liers and she always tries to be honest. Most people blindly trust her, so she goes out of her way to make sure she earns it. Plus..." She trailed off, not sure to continue.
Lime knew what was about to be said and chimmed in. "Lets talk about this later after school,when Videl is present as well. Also no one to over hear. I totally trust Gohana with it, and can vouch for her."
Erasa nodded at that, but curiosity got the better of Gohana. She was diying to know what Erasa was about to say but she stayed quiet. She just listened to the teacher and just started doodling again already knowing what was being covered.
After a little while Videl walked back into the class room, setting the buckets back down where she got them from. Ruubbing her forears as she walked, she ascended the stairs to her seat and stopped at Gohana and stared at her. Gohana noticed this and looked back at Videl and smiled, letting her get by. Sitting down Videl kept rubbing her arms to help their soreness die down.
Most of the day was a pretty big bore to Gohana as she knew everything back and forth the entire day. The only potential exciting thing was Videl had to go help the police at the station to piece together what happened yesterday. Gohana had gotten excited about having to go help when she heard the beeping of her watch, and everything was even more boring afterwards. Videl returned after lunch so she got filled in on what they all believed
The final bell for the day finally rang and Gohana was so relieved that she could at least do something fun. Getting up and stretching, Gohana's stomach growled a little bit and she just smiled at her friends who were just staring.
"You just ate a ton a few hours ago, and your already hungry?" Sharpner asked surprised.
Gohana just smiled and rubbed the back of her neck and laughed a little. Lime was so used to seeing it and she just smiled herself, as it was always contagious.
"Why dont we go get some food, theres a place that isn't too expansive." Erasa offered trying to make sure they didn't spend thousands. "No, we were going to hang at my place anyway. Gohana, why don't you just come with us?" Videl replied.
Gohana nodded happily. She was glad she was making friends and already she was feeling like she was going to hang out again with them. Then she just remembered who Videl's father was, and was curious if he would recognize her. She looked pretty similar, with the exception of her hair longer in the back and very obviously a girl. What would she do if he recognized her.
"You alright in there Gohana." Erasa asked, waving her hand in front of her.
Gohana snapped out of her train of throught and nodded. "Sorry, yeah sounds good."
The four of them finished up collecting their things and started headed out. Once outside they noticed a group of people with someone shouting in the middle. The four of them walked over, curious as to what was happening. They couldn't tell what was being shouted but as they got closer they soon recognized the shouting voiced as Jake. Walking closer to the group, Jake spotted Gohana and started storming off towards her.
Sharpner looked a little worried. He could tell Jake was still furious as he stormed over in their direction. He stepped in front of the girls and glarred at him.
"Get outta my way Himura!"
Sharpner glarred back at Jake, he knew how violent he would get and even though he knew the girls could keep up he wasn't sure about Gohana, let alone Erasa not having any fighting ability. He took everything the wrong way and was very prone to violence and he knew Jake could kick his ass but he didn't care.
"Himura, I will say this only once more," and grips the front of Sharpners shirt and only inches from his face, "stay out of this and get the hell out of my way!"
"I know what your after Jake, and I wont let you hurt my friends!" Sharpner barked back.
Gohana glanced over to Videl and Erasa, not exactly sure what to do. Videl looked ready to pounce while Erasa was slightly hiding behind her. She looked around and noticed a lot of people were gathered around and she had no clue what she should do. This was so new to her and she just kept looking around until she saw Jake punching Sharpner.
"I warned you Himura." He said as he lifted the dazed Sharpner and started to punch him repeatedly.
Moving quickly but visibly, Gohana pulled Jake off Sharpner and glarred at him. Gohana flung him back with just enough strength to get Jake off and backed away from them a few feet. She was now mad at Jake for attacking Sharpner when she knew she was the one that got him mad in the first place.
"Oh, looks like you need a girl to defend you huh you fucking bastard. Still your the one I'm after you fucking bitch!"
Gohana just glared at Jake and it was obvious she was pissed at being called that. Jake just smiled as he thought he was getting to her. Gohana just stood there with her hands at her side ready to pounce at a moments notice.
"You're a lying fucking bitch, you ditched me after school and now your going to pay!"
Sharpner was back to being alert and both he and Videl started to walk towards to help but without turning around, "Stay back guy's. I have this." she said.
Jake just smirked himself and chuckled, while Videl and Sharpner just looked worried. Gohana could easily tell exactly what was going through each of their heads and just looked back at them.
"Look I can handle this no problem, just watch my back alright?" She didn't need them to do so but she didn't want them to feel helpless. Looking back at Jake quickly as he started to charge at her, he suddenly stopped as he lost his surprise attack.
"How about a little bet Jake. You beat me, I'll go out with you."she said not even knowing what he had in mind, but knowing it was a moot point. Jake just smirked evily at that as Erasa just clung to Videl a little close looking a tad bit scared.
"But if I beat you, you then stay the hell away from me and my friends."
"Your on you little bitch!"Jake shouted as he instantly started throwing punches and kicks at Gohana. Videl and Sharpner were instantly worried and were ready to jump in anyway until they both saw Gohana easily dodging everything Jake threw at her. What surprised them more, as well as everyone else, was the speed at which Jake was moving yet Gohana avoiding easily.
Gohana was just barely avoiding every strike as to her it looked like Jake wasn't even moving, and she could tell that it was infuriating him. Smiling to herself she just jumped back a ways out of Jake's reach and crossed her arms and smirked.
"Whats wrong Jake, I thought you were supposed to be the best male fighter in school." she mocked him to annoy him furthur. Getting the result she wanted, Jake started throwing punches as fast as he could but Gohana continued to easily avoiding everything. Gohana just grabbed one of his fists and pushed him back a large distance. Most of the students were in shock at seeing Gohana keeping up with him, and now seeing her throw him back so effortlessly. Even Videl and Sharpner were surprised as both were watching in shock. Jake got back up and rushed at Gohana again, just trying to grab her. Having enough Gohana just kicked him in the gut, causing him to fly back even furthur than she had before. Walking back up to him, Gohana just glarred down at him.
"Now stay the hell away from me and my friends. I swear to Kami if you hurt them ill make you regret it." she threatened him while powering up her aura just slightly . She didnt make it visible nor even enough to raise her power level any significant amount, but more than enough so that even regular peoe would become uncomfortable. She walked away towards her her small group having gotten the look of confusion and anger from Jake. Sharpner and Erasa were just looking at Gohana amazed while Videl looked shocked.
"Well should we get going now?" She said as if nothing had happened.
Sharpner and Videl were staring at Jake still doubled over on the floor gasping for air. They were surprised how easily Gohana had been able to handle him and Gohana could tell she used to much by the look on their faces when they looked back at her.
'Shit, was even that too much?' she thought. She knew enough to keep all her movements visible, but she was still getting the hang of using enough force to not raise suspicion. It seemed she failed at that just now though as everyone around her were already whispering to those around them, and even Videl looked slightly afraid.
"Ok, I'll explain when we get to your place Videl, I promise." Gohana said to help ease them all out of their state of shock.
Being enough for Videl, she nodded and started to lead the way for Gohana. The entire time Erasa wouldn't stop talking about how amazing she thought Gohana was fighting Jake. It kept causing Gohana to blush a little bit as she kept trying to downplay the event. It was a little way to Videls house and she thought that Gohana could use a break from Erasa.
"Well Gohana, here we are."
Gohana looked at house before her and the shock was evident on her face. She could tell not only was the place super expensive, but whoever designed it was an amazing architect. She was also very drawn to the gate, which was simple in its design but upon closer inspection she could make out what looked like designs to enhance the simplicity. Following Vide and the others, Gohana just kept looking around the place.
'This place is almost as big as Grandpa's castle! How many people live here?' Gohana was thinking to herself when she was taken out of her thoughts at a sudden voice.
"Ah, Videl your home. I trust school went well?" the lady asked and then nodded towards Erasa and Sharpner. Then she noticed Gohana and she couldn't help but look suspiciously at her. Gohana was getting a little nervous now at the sudden staring. Videl picked up on the small exchange and waved her off Gohana.
"Its alright May, this is Gohana. She's my new friend." Videl said trying to get May to not interrogate the girl.
May just looked at Videl then back to Gohana and nodded.
"Very well, Gohana you are welcome in our home." She said and bowed lightly to which Gohana did the same thing in her typical fashion. The way Gohana did was not unnoticed by May and she stored that little subtle movement for later.
Entering the giant mansion, Gohana continued to just look around amazed. Erasa was finding it amusing how curious Gohana was. It was almost like a little child seeing something new for the first time. Videl just started walking around just to show the place to Gohana and she would not stop looking around in amazement. She had to show her around so why not just wander around. Videl kept talking while showing Gohana around while Lime, Sharpner, and Erasa headed off to the rooms they usually stayed in when spending the night.
Headed back downstairs, they were headed towards the kitchen to get Gohana some food for her grumbling stomach. Entering the kitchen Videl spotted her dad sitting at the table eating his lunch.
"Hi daddy." She said waving to him.
Hercule raised his head and a smile came to his face. Gohana could instantly tell that he deeply loved his daughter and even just a simple hello raised his spirits as she could sense his aura becomeing lighter.
"Why hello there sweet pea. Erasa and Sharpner were both in here not long ago. They going to be here over night? I could get the cooks to start some supper." He said smiling.
"Well not sure to be honest. Lime too. As for food, sure. Will need some for Gohana here." she said pointing back towards Gohana.
Hercule looked over to her and now noticed that Gohana was there. He couldn't place why but he had a feeling he had seen her before but didnt think much about it. It wasn't often Videl ever brought someone new home, knowing how she was. So he didn't say anything about it other than smile away.
"Sure sweety. I'll someone start up a little something. " he said standing up when he heard a loud rumbling noise. He looked around trying to find what was causing the noise and found the new girl had a slight blush on her face as she smiled blissfully.
"Just go ahead and start dinner, just make a little extra. Should only take a few hours. Gohana, will get you a snack." Videl said causing her to nod happily.
Hercule walked over to them and looked at Gohana and smiled at the girl, who was practically the same height as he was.
"It's not too often that my little Videl brings new friends over, but you must be someone Videl can trust. It's been years since Videl has ever brought a new friend over. But I do have to ask, have we meet before? You look so familiar and I feel bad for forgetting." he asked.
Gohana was racing through her mind what to do, but in the end she just waved him off. "Oh, maybe in some small tournaments perhaps."
"Oh a martial artist huh? Explains why she must trust you. If you ever want a lesson come on over. A friend of my little sugar pea is always welcome to learn from the best."
"Daddy!" Videl said blushing a little annoyed.
Gohana just giggled a little at Videl's reaction. "Well, its...good to meet you Mr. Satan." she said offering her hand. 'Even though you do bash me and my family on tv constantly.' she thought to herself. She knew better than to judge someone without getting to actually know them. She would suck it up for now even though all her Saiyan instincts told her to teach him a lesson and get to know him.
"So daddy, wernt you supposed to have a interview? I didn't expect you to be at home."
"Oh were doing it here, in fact they should be here soon." he answered.
Gohana was a little surprised as she wasn't to sure what they were talking about but interviews weresomething she knew all about. "Hey Videl, what's going on? Is it a bad time to be here? I can head home." she asked not wanting to get in the way with anything.
"Oh no no, its alright. Honesy, Sharpner and Erasa are always over when we have interviews here. Usually its just whatever daddy here is doing. Still, what's the interview even about? I didn't know what your doing."
"Well, its the anniversary week of the Cell games, and this year , I'm finally going to give an in depth interview about exactly what happened at the Cell games. I always get asked and figured this was a good time to finally let the world know how I beat Cell and all about those fakers there. No more generalizations." He smiled smuggly while beating his chest a few times with his fist for show.
Gohana tensed up a little bit and it was obvious as her muscles were very tense. Hercule noticed this and was a little worried. Videl noticed this as well but remembered what she had been told yesterday.
"Sorry daddy, but could you please take it easy around Gohana? Her father died from Cell and its still a little hard on her." Videl softly said getting a little closer to her father.
"Oh, I didnt know. Wait, everyone came back through, he should be alive." Hercule asked confused remembering the miracle that happened.
Videl hadn't thought of that before and didn't know what to say.
"He didn't come back." Gohana said softly, not as tense as earlier. A single tear fell down her cheek and she was trying hard to keep her emotions in check. She was trying hard to resist just showing Hercule up but she couldn't bring herself to do so. "Don't worry the interview is fine. I'll be alright. Just a bad memory." Gohana said waving it off. She didn't want to risk her new friendship by doing something stupid.
"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that, ah Gohana was it?" He asked as Gohana nodded. "I dont mean any harm and ill make sure I watch it around you. I'm sorry if I brought up bad memories." he appologized, unaware that he was actually making it far worse.
Gohana just took a few deep breaths and calmed down. She didn't understand why she was feeling so aggresive towards him but she could tell that it was similar to her aggression when ascended. She figured it was her Saiyan side kicking in and logged that away to ask Vegita about this later.
Arriving upstairs shortly after their encounter with Videls dad, Gohana entered the room to find Erasa and Lime teasing Sharpner. Gohana wasnt to sure what to make of it but she couldnt help but laughing.
"Its about time you two showed up." Sharpner complained, glad he would stop being teased.
"So what did we miss?"Videl asked walking over and sitting down against her bed. Gohana just followed her and sat cross legged on the floor.
"We were just asking Sharpner here why we wouldn't stop staring at Gohana's chest all day." Lime nonchalantly stated causing Gohana to blush pretty bad. Sharpner was blushing pretty bad as well. Videl just slapped her face with her palm in embarassment knowing this would happen. Gohana can't say she was to surprised, but still she was a little embarassed. It was Sharpners casual anserr that threw her off.
"Im best friends three gorgeous women, and now another has joined our little group. You cant sit there and honestly think I wouldn't stare a little bit." Gohana had to admit he had a point, if nothing else it did make sense. "I still stare at you three sometimes as well." he said without him a punch from both Videl and Lime. His face was still a little red though and everyone was just laughing a little bit at the little confession that just slipped his mouth, even though they all already knew about that.
"Honestly Gohana just take it as a compliment. Besides Sharpner here would never do anything to us we wouldn't want him to do. He may be a guy, but he's our friend first." Erasa said smiling as she hugged her knees against her chest smiling.
"Hey Videl, Gohana earlier today. Well she was curious about something, and we thought it would be best to let her know now. You know, about everything. " Erasa said softly after a few moments, wanting to just get the awkward conversation done and out of the way.
Videls face fell a little bit and just nodded, looking a little annoyed. "She would find out anyway. Look, Gohana long story short I have extreme trust issues. Im gonna have to ask you keep everything you hear between us all. I swear to Kami I will hunt you down if you repeat any of this." She said with a little hostility.
"Everyone has secrets Videl, but whatever happens its safe with me." Gohana said smiling.
Videl sighed feeling a little relieved. She wasn't sure but she felt she could trust Gohana somehow. She thought for a moment but was unable to decide where to start. Erasa could tell the difficulty Videl was having so decided to help her out a bit.
"Gohana, who do you think beat Cell?" she flat out asked, as this was the biggest thing.
Gohana raised an eyebrow at that. She was always though the world belived Hercule beat Cell, but she was unsure what else to say. "Well, your dad I guess." She said.
Sharpner nodded a little bit at her answer. "Yeah, but Videl here never did believe that."
Gohana looked a little surprised at that and then looked at Videl. She wasn't really even sure what to say to that. Of course her father didn't beat Cell, she did! But she couldn't tell them that, not yet at least. She had to admit that Videl was exceptionally smart. She did already feel like part of the group but she couldn't just reveal everything. She still owed them an explanation about earlier with Jake after all. But she wasn't even sure what to tell them. Not able to think of something she figured to not stall. She had to be careful around Videl about her past.
"So, who do you think beat Cell?" Gohana just flat out asked.
Videl looked at Gohana, curiousity getting the better of her. She spent all night researching, might as well put her theory to the test that Gohana was that golden girl from yesterday. "That delivery girl, from the games." she flatly answered looking closely at Gohana's reaction.
Gohana just looked a little shocked that in one night she could guess that. She was now regretting not going into her ascended form so her hair would change. "That little girl that golden fighter sent out?" She asked trying to cover herself.
Videl nodded, but was a little disappointed that she couldn't pick anything up from her reaction. "Yeah, it didn't make sense that my dad beat Cell. He was flung out of the ring for crying out loud with a single swat of Cells arm." Videl just sighed and continued. "And all those light tricks, my dad always insists their fake, illusions. But after digging around for a while I caught some clips from past tournaments, and while I couldn't get names or specifics, there were some particiants that could do similar things. But my dad just always denied it whenever I tried asking him about it. I know my dad means well but I can't help but feel he's lied for years, even to me."
Gohana just sat there listening to Videl, not really saying anything else. Videl noticed the silence in the room, glad in a way the others were letting her talk as she wanted. But the small period of silence was getting to her so she decided to continue with the other issue.
"Then, ever since the Cell games everyone started treating me differently. About a year after that, I got my first boyfriend, Jake. I wasn't that into him but he was nice to me." Videl noticing Gohana's confused look on her face.
"This was before he was a complete asshole to everyone. Anyway he seemed perfect at first, always polite. But one day Sharpner overhead him talking. He was going to..." She clenched her fist and got angry, "that bastard Jake only was getting close to me so he could try and rape me."
Gohana looked shocked at what she just heard. She couldn't imagine anything like that happening to her. From the way it was worded she guessed that his plan fell appart. It must have been obvious on her face she was curious because Sharpner spoke up.
"Dont worry, I managed to surprise him and beat him up. Back then I was stronger than him, I even got him to admit it in front of Videl. Needless to say he was in the hospital for a while. Since he admitted it, and we were younger Videl wasn't charged with assault, nor me. Jake seemed like he had enough punishment."
Videl just nodded and smiled, remembering Sharpner standing up for her. "Yeah, so as you can imagine it is very difficult for me to trust anyone much these days. Also thats why Jake is so dangerous. I wasn't the first, or last girl he's tried to control. He just became obviously an asshole after I hospitalized him. Thats why usually everyone avoids him. The girls cuz their afraid, and the guys because he will beat them up just for being the boyfriend of girls he wants for himself."
"What the hell? How is he even still in school?"Gohana shouted in shock.
"Unfortunately his family is very well off from what I understand. Not to mention he comes from a background of martial artists but they're pretty cruel and messed up themselves. They use their money and influence to keep people quiet." Videl explained.
Gohana took in everything Videl just said. She wasn't too sure what to say, but it did explain a lot. And she now understood why Videl would have trust issues. It all made sense, but here she was telling her this.
"But, you seem to trust me. I mean we just meet yesterday and already your telling me this." Gohana asked a little confused now.
"Honestly, I'm not sure why. I mean your Lime's teacher and shes one of the few people I fully trust. Plus you had no idea who I was when we first meet. And, well. Its really hard to explain but for some reason I feel I can trust you. I don't know how to explain it."
Erasa just smiled a bit looking between the two of them. She had known Videl almost her entire life and it was always difficult for her to make friends because if who she was, she was glad to see someone didn't care about that and was just being a friend. Even Sharpner just sat and smiled, thinking the same thing.
Gohana, however, had a number of things going through her head. She had just made friends and she was keeping all her secrets to herself, and here was Videl flat out telling her about her trust issues. She had no clue what to do, she had never been in a situation like this before. She just looked at Lime for help, and luckily for her, Lime knew what she was after. She just shook her head no and mouthed 'not yet' to her. Gohana just nodded and looked back to Videl.
"I understand Videl. It must be pretty hard not trusting your own father. Honestly though I can't imagine what that feels like." Gohana said with a sad smile.
Videl felt like she unknowingly brought up something from Gohana's past. "Im sorry, I hope I didn't bring up anything bad!"
"Oh, no your alright Videl. I was just remembering how much my dad always came through, I miss that." She said smiling. 'Even when he was gone a lot, he did it for us' she thought smiling.
"And I honestly don't think my dad means any harm or anything. it's just, I want to know so badly. But at the same time I know he loves me so I sorta trust him, mostly. Its really hard to explain." she said, finished with this for the time being. She trusted Gohana, yes. But not did just meet, and Videl fully suspected still that Gohana was the golden fighter not only from yesterday, but now also from the Cell games. And if her hunch was correct Gohana was lying to her face, even though she didn't have proof, she gave Gohana the benefits of the dought. For now at least.
"Now that that's outta the way, Gohana what the fuck was going on earlier? You just beat Jake like he was nothing!"Sharpner asked, dying to find a spot to change the subject.
Gohana was dreading answering this, but she did promise to explain. She just wasn't sure how to explain.
"Well, what exactly do you want to know? All I did was beat him." she asked, hoping to buy herself some time to think quickly. Plus a little more specifics in the question would help her narrow down some partial truths to give.
"Jake is one of the strongest fighters in the school, and just barely always looses to Videl. He is even a regional champ in his dojo. And as much of an asshole he is, others still want to be as strong as he is. He was even Hercules strongest and best pupil until that incident we just told you about. But you barely did anything and beat him with just one blow. The hell kinda training do you have?"
Videl's mood now perked up as she was dying to know as well. She was also glad the spotlight was off of her now and on Gohana. She would pay close attention to every word Gohana said for more clues.
"Um, well to be honest I um..."She stalled. She literally was at a loss for words. She had no real context about regular human abilities and didnt know what to say.
Videl looked a little annoyed as she could tell Gohana was hiding something now. "Ok lets start with an easy one, when did you start training in martial arts?"
Gohana was a little relieved at a direct question asked, rather than something really vauge, was now in front of her. "Oh, I started when I was a little older than four." She said casually.
"What? You started when you were four? Why the hell would someone need martial arts training at just four years old?" Videl asked confused.
Gohana was now panicking in her head, she didn't find it odd to start at that age. But apparently her simple honest answer wasnt so normal. Gohans was trying hard to think of something to say to answer but she couldn't think of something that wouldn't make Videl more upset, or suspicious.
"Well, I just sorta had to. My dad had even tried to start training me when I was even younger but my mother had forbidden him from it. Even up till about five years ago my mom always hated it. Well she still does but she accepts it now at least."
"You still didn't answer, why exactly did you not have a choice?" Videl narrowed her eyes at Gohana.
"I...I..."she stuttered. Finally sighing, she decided to be honest in a way. "Honestly, I can't say why. Not yet at least, im sorry." She answere sounding a little upset with herself.
Sharpner raised an eyebrow in confusion, and even more with curiosity. Videl however was fumming mad and it was obvious.
"What? What do you mean you can't tell us! I just admitted about my own feelings towards my dad, and even about Jake, and your now saying you can't tell us why you learned martial arts so young?" Videl yelled.
Gohana was quickly on the defense and she scooted away from Videl a few inches. She wasn't sure why Videl scared her but she did.
"Videl, I'm sorry. But, I just can't tell you yet. I couldn't even tell Lime for a while." Gohana tried reasoning hoping it would calm Videl down. Luck wasn't with her, however, as she now glarred at Lime.
"Wait, Lime knows but we can't?"she asked Gohana angrily.
"I've known her for six years now, and it took me a year just to tell her. And she vaugly knew some bits of it the day we meet anyway."Gohana tried defending herself yet again, getting a little annoyed.
"You have to be kidding me! I trusted you, and now your throwing that back in my face!" Videl shouted, now standing up and towering over Gohana's seated form.
Erasa and Sharpner now looked worried but were now scooting back themselves trying to stay out of the danger zone. They knew better than to interupt Videl when she got like this.
Gohana was now leaning back against the side of Videl's bed, unsure of what to do. She was both scared and angry at the same time. She couldn't tell them about everything, but that was all that would calm Videl down. She still couldn't say it though as she was still very cautious about it. Her anger though was concerning her as it kept rising.
"Videl, please give Gohana a change. She has her reasons for not wanting to tell you all yet." Lime tried reasoning with Videl noticing Gohana's reacting, and sensing her energy starting to sporadically climb.
"And your in on it? You know exactly what she's hiding and you won't say it either. What the hell could be so important and secretive that she can't say in front of us? Especially after what I just did? I trust you Lime!" Videl yelled pointing to Gohana.
"It's brings up too much painful memories for her!" Lime screamed at the top of her lungs glarring at Videl standing up in front of Gohana defending her.
This worked as Videl instantly calmed down and looked down at Gohana a little shocked, who just stood up and grabbed her bag. Heading towards the door Videl was struck with guilt seeing Gohana look so down all of a sudden.
"Gohana, wait! I'm sorry."Videl tried to get her to stop but Gohana just ran downstairs. Vide tried to run after her but Lime stopped her with a surprisingly strong grip on her wrist. She could tell Lime was annoyed and Videl just knew she had crossed the line. 'When did Lime get so strong?' she though to herself.
"What the hell is wrong with you Videl? Your not the only one who has secrets. If you must know, Gohana doesnt even know herself who she can trust! She never had a normal life either and thats all your getting. If Gohana even still wants to be your friend, she will tell you when she damn well feels ready." she yelled at Videl, grabbing her own stuff and decided to leave as well. She had a good idea where Gohana was going so she just decided to go for a walk before heading home.
Videl just sighed and sunk down onto her bed with her face burried in her hands. She let her emotions get the better of her again, and might have ruined a new friendship within a week. Erasa knew how to help and Sharpner just left the room to make himself scarse for a bit. This wasn't the first time Videls emotions took over her, but they wouldn't let her deal with it alone.
Once downstairs, Gohana noticed the news crew surrounding Hercule. Gohana was already on an emotional roller coaster at the moment. Between the anniversary of her fathers death, the emotional out break from yesterday, and just now, she wasn't prepared for what she heard next.
"And here comes a question that many have tried asking as well. What do you think about the other fighters that were at the Cell games that day? No one else has seen or heard from them since?" the interviewer asked.
Hercule just chuckled to himself as he leaned back against his recliner. "Those fakes are just too ashamed to show up again. They tried to use tricks to make the world think they were hero's, but those cheep light tricks and wired acrobatics won't get them anywhere. They know I can see right through them, and I'll expose them for the weaklings they are. Bahahahaha!"
Gohana could barely contain her emotions. Her eyes wouldn't go back to black as they were now stuck in a deep teal green and she was fighting to contain her energy. She quickly rushed to the front door and slammed it shut behind her, not caring she cracked the frame. Not seeling or sensing anyone close she quickly phased up into the sky and let her Super Saiyan form kick in as she flew quickly towards West City, and more specifically, towards her God mothers. She had a date with her husband.
-Capsuel corp-
"Damn it women, where the hell is my dinner?" Vegita shouted at his wife who was busy reading through some documents while Trunks happily ate his dinner.
Vegita had pissed her off earlier and as far as she was concerned he had to deal with his own food tonight. He was lucky she hadn't decided to kick him to the couch tonight. Bulma threw her papers onto the table in front of her and growled.
"I already told you Vegita, cook your own damn dinner!"
"Then why does that little brat get to have dinner while he's also in trouble!" He yelled back .
Bulma just smirked evilly at him that would almost rival Freeza's, "what better way to punish a Saiyan than watching others eat while he gets none."
Vegita flinched at that a little bit as he knew she had him beat. Trunks brought more attention to his mothers point by eating even slower while makeing sure not to break eye contact with his fathersmiling. This just caused Vegita to get even angrier, and his stomach growling was just making it worse.
"Fine, forget it! I'll make something myself." he angrily stated as he went over to the fridge.
As the door to the kitchen opened, Bulma saw Gohana standing there and was about to greet her when she noticed that she looked pissed off. Gohana was glaring harshly at Vegita. Not only that but she was also in her Super Saiyan form, so Bulma decided to not say anything. The last time she saw her in a similar situation Gohana nearly threw Vegita through the wall.
Walking over to Vegita, Gohana nearly threw her book bag in the corner, catching Vegita's attention. He just turned around and huffed, not in a mood to deal with whatever was going on with her but faced her anyway to get it over with and get back to getting dinner. His arms crossed over his chest he just waited to get this over with.
"Gravity chamber, Now!" Gohana barked at him, causing him to be caught off guard.
"The hell with you, brat! You don't order me around. Now get out of my kitchen so I can eat." he yelled back at her and started to turn back around to keep getting food.
"Im not in a fucking mood Vegita, get the hell to the gravity room!" she pretty much screamed at him.
Bulma and Trunks were both caught off guard and were staring at her in surprise. Vegita, however, turned and noticed the seriousness in her eyes and in her tone. He sighed in frustration and looked even more annoyed.
"I swear, even as a half breed your more a Saiyan than your clown father. Fine, meet me there in a few minutes but you better fucking explain first when we get there."He said storming off tempted to just blast her in the face. With Bulma here he decided not to.
Gohana just kept glaring at him as he walked out of the kitchen. Bulma wasn't sure what was going on but she figured as much it wasnt a girl thing, it was a Saiyan thing.
"Sweety, just try not to destroy everything alright? I'll have the med pod and food ready." Bulma said pretty sure she knew how it would end, one would need to he healed while the other would just want food.
Gohana just looked at her and grunted she headed out towards the gravity room herself. Trunks and Bulma just watched and they both had the same though.
"Trunks grab your food and head to the observation room" Bulma told her young son as she went to the fidge to grab a snack for herself.
Arriving in the gravity room, Gohana found Vegita already there and impatiently waiting. He looked very pissed off at Gohana and he just wanted to get to the bottom of this before it got worse.
"Before we start, what the hell has you so worked up?" Vegita barked at Gohana.
Gohana wasn't to sure how to express what it was as it was so much, so she figured to just say the one thing that finally did it.
"Hercule."
"You mean that fucking oaf who stole your credit? What could be possibly do that he already hasn't done?" Vegita asked more annoyed and confused.
Gohana's glare just intensified as she ascended right into her ascended saiyan form. "You asked what, not details. Now ascend!"Gohana colded ordered to Vegita.
Vegita powered up until he was at the point he himself was in his ascended form. It infuriated him he still couldn't instantly transform yet Gohana could at the drop of a hat with no powering up needed. "Fine, you get rid of your damn anger and tell me exactly what the hell is going on, and your going to finally tell me how you mastered this form so damn easily." He said more as a command than anything else.
Gohana just smirked a little and had an idea. "Tell you what Vegita, lets make this more interesting. You're going to fight me then help me figure out whatever damn Saiyan instincts are pissing me off. But" she powered back down to her normal super saiyan state, "your going to have to beat me to find that out."
Vegita's face contorted in anger at the mocking smile on Gohana's face as he lunged forward and threw his fist right at Gohana's face to start their fight. She was mocking him, fighting him in her normal super saiyan state while he was in his ascended state. Still he knew he had to try hard to beat her. To finally find out how to master this form he would fight until he passed out from exhaustion. Gohana just stood there and at the last second dodged his punch, and with that their sparring match officially begun.
Hope you all enjoyed this new ! As I said at the beginning ill shoot for posting 2 or more chapters a months. Kinda would depend how busy I am between both my clients and my game time.
also I know the whole thing with jake was dark but it is part of the story down the line. one of my friends said would work for whats down the line I have planned for videl.
anyway, as always comment if youd like. I wod appreciate any and l feedback in making this story bettter.
also sorry it was a slow start, but things are going to pick up now, which is why I decided to end this chapter in a fight. im so excited to finally get to the first major fight. =D