Hello readers and welcome to the next chapter of my story. Still quite happy that I finally finished the school trip saga I gave myself. So, we will see how the rest of the story goes. Of course I have a plan but I know quite well that I manage to mess with my own plans quite often.
Chapter 16
=Son household=
"Welcome back all of you I am happy to see you back here after so long" Chichi told her two oldest kids giving them a hug. "And I am still happy that you two didn't cause any chaos while you were at the castle." She then tells her youngest kids with another hug.
"Ma you just saw us at the castle. Did you really need to treat it as if you haven't seen us?" Mel asks.
"Hmph, that might be true but it's been a while since I've seen you in this house." Chichi tells them.
"Well, I guess that she is not wrong." Gohan stated laughing a bit.
"Ah…well it is nice to be back in my own house and bed." Mel stated with a shrug.
"I just hope that our lives don't change too much now that the world knows that we are royalty. I mean the kids in school were asking us questions the WHOLE trip home but they should hopefully get tired of it and stop…right?" Gohan says.
*sigh* "Don't remind me of that torture. But yes knowing how a teenagers attention span is they should stop asking so much eventually. But I mean I am sure there are going to be people that try to brown nose us now that they know they can get something out of it." Mel states.
"At least it will make you be courted by a lot more guys. Maybe someday soon you will be happily married just like your brother." Chichi tells her
"Mom! You already got Gohan practically guaranteeing grandkids with his relationships. Do you really have to push so hard for me to get married now?" Mel asked.
"Of course. My goal as a mother is to see all of my kids in happy relationships with their own children to take care of."
"Gah! You are insatiable!" Mel grumbles walking up the stairs to her room.
"…you know I am sure that she is going to find someone even if you don't push her towards it. How about I promise that I will have at least one kid in the future if you ease up on pressuring her." Gohan told his mother who smiles at him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"While I appreciate the promise; I am just giving her the push she needs."
"A push she needs?"
"Of course she has been shying away from telling her crush her feelings for far too long now. Hopefully she will be pestered enough that she finally tells him and gets with him."
"…you know that she has a crush on someone?"
"Of course I know all about all of my kids. Now go get some rest after your trip…but I will hold you to your promise of grandkids. Hopefully sooner rather than later." Chichi tells him walking into the kitchen.
"MOM!" Gohan called out with a blush that was ignored.
Meanwhile the two younger son's were just standing there watching.
"Better prepare yourself Goten I am sure that mother will be pestering us like that in just a couple of years." Georgia tells her brother.
"Eww I don't want to act all mushy like big brother does." Goten tells her cringing.
"Just you wait Goten. You'll understand eventually." Georgia tells him with an amused smirk.
"Stop acting like you are an older sibling that knows more than me! We are the same age." Goten orders her but she still didn't tell him anything.
= Satan Household=
"Welcome home Miss Satan. Or would you rather be called Mrs. Son now?" a butler asks Videl as she walks into the house.
"Oh hell no! I am going to be Videl Satan even when I get married." Videl tells him proudly.
"Very well then Miss Satan. Now please let us take your luggage. Your father has requested you come see him as soon as you returned. He is in the living room." The butler then tells her taking his suitcase.
*sigh* "I guess that is to be expected." Videl muttered. She still walked into the living room where Mr. Satan as always was watching his old clips.
"You wanted to see me?" Videl asks getting her father's attention.
"Videl! Ah welcome home! Now come tell me all about what the Ox kingdom was like." Mr. Satan told her.
"Well I didn't really see the town but from the people I saw it does seem like almost all of the military workers are quite well trained. But the other people and jobs we saw around the castle were a lot like you'd expect to see anywhere." Videl told him simply.
"Hmm so they have a strong military huh? Well I guess that you finally got us some military power. Not that they hold a candle to me true strength Gahaha"
"Dad it's their military not ours."
"Bah, they have to listen to us. We are going to be family after all."
"But my promise-"
"Don't remind me of that stupid promise." Mr. Satan told her with a small glare. "I am not happy that you told them that but even with you saying that I am sure that there is a way around it. I mean it's not like I accepted that bet myself; and who wouldn't want to help the world hero get more power."
"Dad! Do you really need to go power hungry? You are known as the world's strongest human and you have everything that you could ever need in this house. Do you really feel the need to try and force yourself into owning more power over this world?" Videl asks annoyed.
"You don't understand Videl. We need to have power so that we can protect ourselv…the world from any threats that may come at it. You might not understand right now but I am sure that you will realize in due time. Now go relax while I talk to our lawyers about trying to get around your ridiculous promise." He told her.
"…fine" Videl muttered doing just that. *sigh* "I know that my dad more than deserves the respect he has been given being the world hero…but I sometimes really wish that he was back to the brave man he was before all the fame. Not this man that seems almost completely taken over by his greed and lust of the 'goodlife'." Videl thought with a frown.
"Welcome home Miss Satan it good to have you back." A maid tells her with a small smile.
"Oh please don't get all formal with me now." Videl told her with a roll of her eyes.
"Hehe I just figured that becoming engaged might have changed your mind." The maid tells her jokingly.
"Hell no. I will never want to make you guys feel like I am better than you even if I am married." Idel told her with her fists on her hips.
"Yup, still the same Videl I have watched grow up." The maid tells her with a smirk. "Hey now that we know that your fiancé is going to be going to school with you can I please start making you look more feminine. Maybe even get a few dresses for you to wear now and then." She asks.
"Good try there but I ain't getting dolled up for any man. I am more than happy with my life the way it is and I am not letting anyone change that." Videl told her firmly.
*sigh* "It was worth a shot. You can't blame me for giving it a try." The maid told her with a smile.
Normally most workers would never dare to treat their boss's family like this. But in the case of this particular maid; she has been with the family for ages and even watched Videl grow up over the years into the girl she was. And even though Videl may get annoyed with her every now and then she still treated her maid like a mother figure.
"Normally I would agree but I truly wish you would just give up on that wish of yours." Videl told her.
"Never Videl. Just as you are determined to try to help the world I am just as determined to make you show off how cute you are."
"Tch, whatever" Videl muttered acting uncaringly but on the inside was amused.
=Meeting room=
"Welcome everyone I hope you all enjoyed your brief amount of time off" the leader tells the room. All around a table was rather muscular people in various states of boredom and focus.
"Hey boss so are we finally ready to put some real plans in motion? I mean I bet people practically forgot about us after taking so many days off." One of the men stated.
"Oh we are going to be picking up the pace don't you worry. It was just rather pointless to try and show off our powers when the world was all far too focused on the Ox kingdom to talk about anything we did. Besides it is taking a fair amount of time to collect the resources we need for the plans as well" The leader tells them with a large smile.
"Tch, I still say that we should have just gone and blown up that stupid tournament."
*sigh* "How many times do I have to tell you this idiot! I have inside information about the Ox kingdom and know that they at least have a few energy users. So even if the population finally understand that energy is a thing they will turn to the Ox king instead of us! What is the point of showing power only to give it to that ridiculous family!" the leader rants.
"Ok, ok…but then why is getting supplies taking a while? You trying to take even more money huh you greedy bastard?" the man asks turning to a bored man sitting by him.
"Hey if you want to handle finances be my guest. I am sure that not only this gang but the gym will go bankrupt in less than a year." Frazer told him with a shrug. "I am getting the stuff boss man needs as fast as I can. Sure the more illegal stuff is easier to get but unless we want to waste time with taking care of various gangs we need to give them some money. And you know damn well that they won't do anything without making an agreement they like…and try to change all the damn time. Not to mention I have to have people double check the purchases to make sure we aren't getting cheated. AND as for the stuff we are getting legally I could use the funds we currently have to instantly buy stuff. But then we are practically painting a billboard for the cops saying "this business is a front". So, does any of that sound like fun to you?" Frazer asks getting silence from those around him.
"Yea figured as much. Let me handle the money and supplies procurement. You muscle heads can go deal with everything else." He ended telling them making several members angry.
"…asshole money lover." The first man muttered getting a shrug.
"Money makes the world go 'round." Frazer told him with a small smile.
"ANYWAYS everyone just keep looking for messages from the group about our plans. Even if they are taking a while we soon will be very very busy." The leader states with an evil smirk. "Now how is the dragon ball hunt going?"
"Slow…we have been looking using the weird device you found and still only managed to secure three balls." A large man stated seriously.
"Well…that is almost half of them. While I wish it was going faster we at least know the machine is working and will eventually get us the rest of them…as much as I hate to waste time. Sometimes it is better to take the time rather than watch all your carefully crafted plans get destroyed." The leader states more to himself rather than to the group. "You are all free to leave now that you are updated." He stated uncaringly.
"Got it boss…but what about those that still think that we are only exposing Mr. Satan?" another man asks. Afterall while all those there were on board with the more 'evil' plans their boss had there were several others that truly only wanted the world to know the truth.
"Man maybe Frazer is right. Some of you guys really are just muscle heads." Another one of the men state with a laugh.
"Oy Eric you trying to start a fight!?" the man growled out.
"No no. I am just wondering why you have to ask about those softies that think they are a part of our group. Yes they received some training but they aren't up to our standards yet. AND as soon as they finally realize the 'darker' plans we have they will be stuck with a few choices. One, join us fully and hope that we keep giving them power and funds. Two, run away and deal with the cops hunting them down for the less than legal stuff they've already done after we cut them loose. Or finally surrender to the police and try to rat us out but fail to give them anything good making them seem useless. They don't know much about our group really. The worst thing they can do is say that the CEO and a few of the staff are members like them. Simply having the CEO 'quit' and a figurehead is all that would be needed. They are a loose end that really don't hold too much power to hurt the rest of us with." Eric told him roughly. Course the explanation was not as clear as it could have been and a few of the group were already showing that they decided to stop thinking about it.
"…Ya that's all well and good but just remember to keep that loose end from knowing about me too much. If I am outed by a few of them it's not completely the end of the world seeing as I haven't actually done anything illegal being the 'scout' after all. But my job will only get harder if I have my every move watched. Not impossible; but harder." Frazer told the rest of the group. For back when he joined his failsafe was already set up with those he couldn't fully trust. So, those that only wanted to expose Mr. Satan thought of him as only the head scouter to see who would join the 'valiant' cause instead of being the keeper of funds. So, he was pretty sure that no crime could be pinned on him well enough for the law to give him jail time. Not to mention even if they couldn't trust them completely with 'darker' deeds most of the people involved would be facing at least jail time. Something most people will be too afraid of to rat out the group.
"Ok ok just keep things running smoothly then…but getting our supplies faster is always better." Eric stated. And with that the meeting was mostly finished with everyone going their separate ways. That is except for the boss, Frazer, and the man who was looking for the dragon balls.
"So those wish granting balls really exist?" Frazer asks curiously.
"Yea, I was questioning it as well but after finding not just one of them there is no way it is a mere coincidence. After all I can't imagine a crystal forming as a circle even once let alone three times so far."
"I wish all of you really would just trust your wise leader! I told you that they existed and even gave you something to find them and you still don't fully believe it?" the boss asks annoyed.
"…well it does seem pretty unbelievable that a crystal can grant you any wish." The large man stated with a shrug.
"Tsk, just keep collecting them and I will show you just how right I was!" the boss growls out.
"…as you wish." The man states.
"Ya know if they do grant ONLY one wish, I wouldn't personally have trusted anyone with collecting them." Frazer admits but quickly looks over to the other man. "Nothing against you personally of course. But in my opinion giving a seemingly rule free wish to ANYONE even if they are my boss seems to be pretty crazy. At least I know I would find it next to impossible to not use myself personally anyway." Frazer admits.
"and that is why I didn't ask you to do so." The boss stated plainly.
"I would never betray master like that. After all he has done for me I owe it to him to follow obediently. Without him I would have been dead long ago." The large man stated firmly.
"And your loyalty is always appreciated Charles. That is why you are the one in charge of this important mission." The boss tells the man who smiles happily. "And the fact that I have the first one you found on me at all times as a failsafe doesn't hurt my chances either." He added mentally with a wicked smile.
"Sir!" the man saluted then walked out of the room.
"You know I appreciate you as well Frazer." The boss then states with the smile still on his face.
"Tsk I follow you but don't expect me to ever be like that fool. I am a human not a dog." Frazer tells the boss before leaving as well. After all without the freedom to do what he wants life was not living in his eyes.
"…well even if all of them are not as loyal as I would have hoped but this is still working out quite good. Hopefully we truly can reach my end desire." The boss muttered to himself then took out his phone and facetimed someone who answered in only a few seconds.
"It is about time you called me. You were nearly late for our bi-weekly updates." A man stated.
"As if I would stand you up after all these years. The meeting with the help just took longer than I expected." The boss states.
"Whatever. Just make sure you don't ever waste my time. There are consequences for anyone that wastes my precious time…even you."
"Ya ya. Just keep progressing with our plans on your end and I will keep the help going on my side. Hell I now even have three of those dragon balls in my possession now."
"Glad to hear. Now just make sure the funds keep getting transferred to me. The doctor and his helper have been makes a lot of progress but cash keeps these things well oiled. After all I really can't do my normal job at the moment seeing as it would only expose me."
"ya I am…but you need to remember to uphold your end as well brother."
"Of course I will. I always do what I am paid to do. Now I have another test coming soon so we will end this talk here. Notify me if ANYTHING gives us any problems." The man told him before ending the call.
*sigh* "I know he is stronger and all but I am the one that is keeping what we have together. You think my brother would treat at least me better than that…whatever I still plan on using the dragon balls before he can even if I know that is not what he wants to have happen." The boss states leaning back in the chair. He then heard a knock on the door and saw a woman open the door.
"Sir your time slot has been finished for a little while now. Please leave so that we may clean it for our next clients." She tells him kindly.
"Ah, right away. I am sorry about that." The boss states simply before walking past her and down the hall.
"I wish I never agreed with Eric about having meetings in the gym being a bad idea. What even are the chances of someone puts two and two together about seeing all of us enough to try and listen in." the boss grumbles quietly as he walks away.
~School next normal day~
After all the students got home they all were able to relax for a little while enjoying the weekend before finally having to go back to school.
(AN: don't remember how much this fits into the time frame of when it started but just as I kind of freestyled the trips time I am doing it now.)
Still all of the students that went on the trip were still clearly unenthused to go to normal school after all that they experienced. Thankfully they weren't met with that many jealous eyes seeing as the rest of the student body had various experiences over the time they were gone as well. They were just the lucky ones that got to go to such crazy places in their trip. But most of them just ignored the looks and instead made it too their classroom rather than deal with it. Only a few of them chose to brag about their luck and those were the ones that had to deal with the heavier brunt of jealousy. The one thing that drastically changed though was when the Son family entered the property. With everyone now knowing that they were truly royalty you could see dozens of different reactions.
From those that were trying to get closer to them simply because of it, a few shying away from them hoping to not be seen, and the largest group was the curious ones. So, both Sons had to deal with a barrage of various questions from those that were on their field trip. They of course tried to politely answer a few questions but the swarm was so large and there were so many questions that even each individual question was getting to be hard to be understood.
"Grr. ENOUGH!" Mel called out surprising everyone into silence.
"Yes we are royalty. No we can't do anything with our powers for you guys. No we wont be affecting this school at all or even this town. We don't have any power over th elands our family doesn't control. As for the rest of your questions I will answer…uh…three a day! So make sure to figure out which ones you want and Erasa will be your asker. All other questions to us will be ignored!" Mel told them firmly.
This stunned the crowd but eventually they pushed through the blockage and made it closer to their classroom.
"You think that will actually work?" Gohan asks curiously.
"…I don't know I was just giving us a way to not look like COMPLETE asses when we don't answer them all the time." She tells him honestly.
"Oh…well I guess it was a good try even if they don't. But why bring Erasa into it? Isn't she just gonna be annoyed by them too now?" Gohan asks her getting a laugh.
"Are you kidding. She will love being the center of attention and I bet she will even find a way to make it both streamlined and worth her time. That woman is crafty when she wants to be…which is mostly in conversations" Mel tells him completely serious.
*shrug* "Ok then I guess…but if your plan backfires you are the one who has to make it up to her." Gohan told her just happy to not have as much chaos to deal with.
"Yea, yea. Now don't forget that you have to find a good way to settle your own demon down. Videl is gonna want answers now that we are away from the public eye…and I doubt she will care if it is just the students around. Hell I am surprised she didn't force the answers out on the bus ride home." Mel tells Gohan who paled.
"…right. I have a few ideas but overall how much I tell her and when is up to her. I mean I doubt even Videl could handle me proving everything she ever knew to be false."
"Ya try your best to not traumatize the girl. I have spent enough time with her to know the real Videl. And while she really is as brash as she seems she still have her good parts. So try not to mentally traumatize one of my good friends. Got it?" Mel tells him then asks clearly giving a warning.
"crystal" Gohan told her uncaringly as they continue their walk into class.
~Classroom~
As soon as the two siblings entered the room they noticed all eyes on them yet again. Thankfully these students already asked a good portion of the questions they had on the bus ride home so no one was rushing over to them at the moment.
"Gohan!" A voice called out that turned out to be Videl quickly standing up from her chair.
"…I hate when you are right." Gohan quietly muttered then refocused. "Hey Videl what can I do for you?" Gohan asked with a forced smile.
"You and me will be training after school ends every day from now on got it?" Videl orders Gohan who looks at her dumbfounded.
"what?" Gohan asked confused.
"Don't play stupid. I have never been so soundly beaten before so you must have some sort of secret. So you will be teaching me that secret so I can become strong enough to never lose again." Videl tells Gohan.
"Umm…sure I can help you train I guess…" Gohan told her still a bit shell shocked.
"Good. We start a half hour after class ends. I will meet you at the schools entrance so we can go to the gym." Videl told him with a happy smirk.
"Right…" Gohan told her with a strained smile while his sister was giggling beside him.
"The strongest being in the entire world brought down by a high school girl yelling at him." Mel quietly told Gohan who blushed.
"Shut up! I am just both surprised and happy that she didn't demand answers over just some simple training." Gohan told his sister quietly with a small glare that was easily ignored.
"Oh and don't think you are going to get away with not telling me about all the weirdness going on around you. I'll get the information I need in due time." Videl told Gohan as he and Mel were just sitting down in their chairs.
"…great and here I thought that I was getting off easier than I thought I would…kami just loves to mess with me." Gohan quietly muttered as he began to think of what his best solution to this problem would be.
Meanwhile Videl was sitting in her chair pretending to listen to her friends talk before class. "Maybe during the training, I can figure out what that weird feeling was and did. I had a full examination done and nothing is wrong with me. They didn't even find anything that could have caused the feeling I felt either… If I can't figure it out with training in whatever special way Gohan has then I may have a serious problem to worry about." Videl thought rather nervous. After all nothing was seen to have caused the experience. She was honestly rather nervous that there was something wrong going on that she couldn't see or explain. So, her main priority was finding a way to hopefully end the problem or at least find what caused it. This nerve was the main reason she pushed for the 'secret' training techniques rather than focus on her questions right away.
And that is where I am going to end this chapter. I honestly am happy with how the 'bad guys' are building up at the moment. Now I just have to keep pushing for them to be a proper antagonist for the show so that this story doesn't fall flat. A plan I think is decently on it's way but we will just have to see. Anyways I am as always trying to work on too many things at once and having them all suffer for it. Word of the idiot in the middle of it. Keep to 2-3 projects at once and don't just keep adding to your plate. It just becomes a headache. Ja Ne.