Hello readers and welcome to the next chapter of my story. Now I really don't have that much to say in this part but I am sure as the month goes on I'll have plenty to complain about in the bottom part as is custom. I am joking of course…hopefully. Anyways I don't own Dragon Ball Z

Chapter 18

~Videl's gym; afternoon~

The next day after school Gohan yet again walked with Videl to the gym. And Videl was trying as hard as she could to seem as she normally was. But most people that actually took the time to really look at her could see the barely hidden excitement. Though she just couldn't help it. After all she was learning about something she never even heard of before. Not to mention the slight changes to her morning kata review make the moves feel better than ever.

"So, we got this weird stuff to come out now what's the next step?" Videl asks excited.

"Hold on not so fast. We need to make sure that the basics are solid before we move on. Just like any other style." Gohan told her happy to see that she doesn't seem to be against learning about Ki. He then took his bag off his shoulder and starting digging through it. "Now before school started I stopped by a friends place and had them create the perfect weights for you. Here try it on." Gohan told her handing her a basic undershirt, arm bands, and leg bands.

"You just talked to them and they got them made already?" Videl asked confused but still tried to pick up the clothes only to feel the resistance. "What the hell Gohan! This feels like I am holding at least one hundred pounds!" Videl stated shocked as she held the clothes in her arms. And if she didn't already train herself to her max she would have immediately dropped the unexpected weight.

"One hundred and twenty to be exact. And it seems like I was able to pick the perfect weight for you." Gohan told her calmly as she just stared at him.

"Ok first how is THIS the perfect weight for me. I can hardly move while holding them. Second how are these even this heavy? They look like they are made out of cotton or something and are hardly thicker than my t shirt. Lastly; how the FUCK did you walk around school with this in your bag without any reaction what-so-ever…actually how did it even manage to not destroy your bag come to think of it." Videl ranted.

"Well to start off they are perfect because you can hardly handle it. Being constantly under the weigh of just below your max is a great way to quickly break through your old limits. As for how they are made…well I honestly don't know. I never took the time to learn how to make them myself yet. As for how I could carry it…well my max is a bit more than yours. And lastly….well I have no idea how the bag held up to the weight. Must just be a really quality brand." Gohan told her with a shrug.

"…so I have to wear all of this while doing my training…that is just insane." Videl told him just staring at the clothing in her hands. She seemed to have pushed the rest of the questions to the side in favor of focusing on the part that mattered at the moment.

Course when she said this Gohan couldn't help but feel a bit awkward and began to rub the back of his head nervously.

"Actually the point of the weighted clothes is to have you wear them all the time. I mean you can take them off in showers and stuff but besides that you should be wearing the outfit nearly 24 hours a day."

"24 hours a day! That is insanity who would ever do that!?"

Course Gohan could only shrug and gently roll up his sleeve showing an armband.

"It really isn't as bad as you think. They somehow are quite comfortable and breathable while built to fit under almost any outfit. Oh they even are machine washable. But I'll have to get you a couple spare sets if you are gonna was them I guess." Gohan explained.

At this point Videl was completely overwhelmed by the information she was provided and ended up focusing on only one part.

"Clothing that weighs 100 pounds or more are machine washable?" Videl muttered dumfounded.

"Well I guess you can just count it as the magic of the clothes. I mean we've never had an issue before…but we do have the heavy duty kind of washer." Gohan told her with a shrug. Course he didn't know that even Piccolo's magic could only help so much. With the son families crazy body weight's Chichi had Bulma do her a favor. A favor to create a washer and dryer that is nigh indestructible. Thankfully for her the blue haired mechanic had their new appliance ready only after a few days.

"Alright I guess. Moving past the weird garbage you just said. How the hell am I supposed to wear this all the time when I need to help the police out on regular occasions!"

*shrug* "Then I guess you will just have to have do your work for you until you get strong eno-" Gohan told her only for her to shout at him.

"HELL NO!" Videl growled out. "You might have proven to be stronger than me but there is no way in hell I am gonna sit down and just let you take over for something I take pride in doing."

Course this just made Gohan smile at the girl. "Then you better get use to wearing these." He told her simply before walking a bit away from her. "Now get those on and we will start you off with some light exercises." He told her with a small smile.

Videl couldn't help but look from Gohan to the clothes several times on repeat. "…you fucker." Videl muttered but still walked out of the room. "I can't believe that he managed to use reverse phycology on me there. I feel like a little kid for playing into his simple plan like a fool…but if this stuff really does make me stronger then maybe it'll be worth it. But I refuse to see his smug smile if I admit that to him." Videl thought as she got changed but failed to notice that she had a small smile on her face and couldn't find it in herself to be actually angry.

After a few minutes Videl came back into the room clearly struggling more to do the basic moves she normally took for granted.

"Welcome back. Now let's start with a few laps of light jogging around the room and then we will move on to punches." Gohan told Videl.

"…ya let's get started." Videl muttered more focused on just balancing herself with all of the extra weight.

+One hour later+

The two of them went through a very basic routine with Videl struggling the whole way and Gohan keeping with her pace while trying to give support.

"Ha Ha Ha, I know that I have weights on but it is just crazy how much that simple took it out of me." Videl told Gohan while panting. Her clothes have already been soaked with sweat. "This is the most tired I have felt in years and that is even with several 'crazy intense' workout routines." Videl told him making air quotes.

"Hahaha, well that is why the weight training is so effective. Now don't forget you have to wear them throughout the day no matter what. Oh and I almost forgot!" Gohan told her then went back to his bookbag he left leaning on the wall. "I did have them make a second one so you can even wear one while waiting for the other to wash." Gohan told her placing a second set on a weight bench in the room. Something that Videl just looked at stunned.

"You had two fucking sets in that bag the whole time!" Videl yelled at him in surprise.

*shrug* "What can I say it is a REAL quality made bag." Gohan told her only to get a blank stare.

"That's not what I was….never mind. Anyways are we done for today then?" Videl told him. "I already can assume that he isn't going to be giving me a straight answer of how he caried two hundred pounds around like it is nothing. But I will eventually find out his secrets. After all I am his fiancé now so we have to get to know each other." Videl thought.

"Not yet first let's spend some time practicing with Ki then we can call it a day." Gohan told her. "I am impressed though. There have been a several people who tried our training out in the kingdom before but you are the first one to complete a whole set on your first day let alone remain standing. You truly are one amazing fighter." Gohan told her with a smile that made Videl blush.

"T-thanks." Videl muttered. "Gah why did such a simple compliment make me react this way…stupid crush we are only together because of the betrothal. He still Bri and Lime who are way more feminine then I am…but why does he have to look so cute with that smile. WAIT what!? Damn you Erasa for infecting my brain." Videl mentally monologed behind her embarrassed blush.

"W-wow she looks amazing when she is not trying to keep her tough girl appearance up." Gohan thought for a few seconds before shaking his head "No don't think that way. She doesn't know much of anything yet and will surely want to keep her distance when she realizes what her dad is." Gohan told himself.

They both sat in silence as Videl worked on trying to pull out her ki. Though she didn't manage to even make the ki ball until she forcibly calmed herself back down and cleared her head. Something Gohan noticed but just wrote off as it being only her second day doing it. When they finally finished with the day Videl was already had some decent improvement with the time it took to call on her ki. But much to her displeasure Gohan still wanted her to get faster before truly moving on.

"Well I guess I will see you tomorrow then. And hopefully I can actually use this energy stuff for more than just a fancy light." Videl told Gohan who chuckled.

"Don't worry before you know it we'll get there. Now just remember to keep your weighted clothes on if you truly are serious about wanting to take yourself to the next level. And if you stick with it I will even make sure to get you a few more sets so you don't have to do as much laundry." Gohan told her. He then gave a final wave of goodbye and walked away from the building. He then reached a nearby alleyway and began to fly away as soon as he felt that he was alone.

"I'm sorry Videl I do want you to work on other ki techniques but we need to slowly build up the amount of ki you have. Thankfully this training you are doing not only helps with control but also will slowly do just that as well." Gohan thought with a small smile.

+Next day+

As Gohan walked into his classroom he found himself smiling noticing that Videl still had her weights on.

"So she really is going to give this a try. I just hope she gives it enough time to show her results…and hopefully eases her into my secrets better." Gohan thought. He of course had ideas and plans for if she didn't take well to learning his secrets as she was bound to do. But if he had to be honest with himself he truly found himself hoping that he doesn't have to use any of those ideas. His feelings towards her was not near what he felt for Bri and Lime but he did have to admit that there was something more than friendship brewing in his head. At this time Videl noticed him there and after making sure that no one was paying attention gave a small wave as a greeting.

"Huh that is new of her to do…maybe she is feeling some emotions brewing just like me." Gohan thought finding himself almost hopeful. Course at this time others started to come into the room so he quickly said a small greeting to Videl and sat down. The room slowly filled up until finally it was just the teacher that had yet to show up so everyone was chatting in their own groups.

"So how was your two training dates? Figured out what the real Videl is like yet?" Bri asks with a teasing smirk.

*sigh* "Right now it is just that. Training. But she is started on her path to learn more about ki gradually. Hopefully that is a good step in the right direction." Gohan tells her.

"Oh come on you can't tell me that there isn't some hidden feeling brewing as you are all alone getting sweaty." Bri complains.

"Would you please stop. You are making it sound like we are actually lovers or something. Yes, she is my finance but at best we are close friends right now. As for what happens we will just have to wait and see. I don't want to start anything too fast and regret it." Gohan told her seriously.

"Oh? But you went pretty fast with me and Lime. Is Videl more special than we are?" Bri asks making Gohan's eyes widen in surprise but quickly recovers.

"Come on Bri. Yes we went pretty fast but we have also known each other for ages beforehand. You know damn well that it will take years for Vide and me to get anywhere near as close as we are." Gohan told her completely serious only for Bri to giggle a bit.

"Oh I know but it is still nice to hear it from you." Bri tells him with a small proud smile.

"Don't worry about her Gohan. We are very happy that you actually are thinking and planning rather than just dropping bombshell after bombshell of information onto the poor girl." Lime told them. "Oh and I see that she is wearing training weights now. Are you really going to have her fight crime with those on?" Lime asked worried. After all unlike Gohan and the others; Videl was not bullet proof.

"Don't worry I thought about that already. I had Bulma do me a favor get me an ear piece with the police radio. After that I simply used Tien's multi-form technique to create another 'me'. Then all I had to do was have that me fight crime while hiding my identity. That way she'll never be called…at least until she is able to handle it." Gohan explained.

"Doesn't that technique have it's flaws?" Bri asked curious only to get a shrug.

"It does split my power in half but I mean that doesn't mean anything against regular humans. And as for the mental stress. I can take it no problem." Gohan tells her.

"Just be careful and don't over do it." Lime tells him clearly a bit worried. But there really wasn't a better way to handle the situation.

"Heh don't worry Lime I can take the stress no problem." Gohan told her with a smile.

"…it's his own dang fault he has to do it anyways. I mean he didn't have to take over for her 'community service" Mel states.

"Yea but it is better in the long run for him to do it. Last thing we need is to have her dying because of weights weighing on Gohan." Bri said getting stares from the rest of them. "What?"

"That was just more…uncaring than I thought you'd be. You are her friend after all." Mel stated.

*shrug* "I am her friend but what happens from her not realizing her own abilities is on her. At least she would die a warriors death." Bri states.

"…that might be the most Vegetaish thing you have said in a while." Mel tells her blandly only to get another shrug.

"He is my dad." Bri simply told them. She then looked over to Mel with a teasing smile. "So why is my brother unable to look over at your without blushing a bit lately?"

"Heh, well I tried Erasa's method after talking with her and it turned out to be seemingly effective." Mel states but couldn't help but have a blush form on her face.

"Oh you so have to tell me what happened later." Bri tells her with a wider smile.

+few days later+

The days pass and relatively nothing notable happened. It was just the same new normal routine they each had. On the bright side though due to Videl's stubbornness she was now ready for basic ki manipulation training. Something she was so excited for that she couldn't even hide the excitement even though she tried her best.

"Okay so now that you have the basics of ki control down we can start to apply it. Now the first thing you need to do is follow the flow but instead of trying to push it out of your body you want it to feel as if it soaked your arm. Instead of just letting it follow its normal path try pushing it out so that it enters your muscles." Gohan told her

(AN: not happy with how I explain it but without making it loosely act like chakra I am drawing a blank)

"That's it? This is gonna be easy!" Videl stated then sat down in her normal position to focus. After only a few seconds she found herself with a weak ki ball in her hand. But instead of getting mad she quickly retried only to have the same result happen again.

"Gah why isn't this working." Videl grumbled annoyed after several failed attempts. "I did this naturally during the fight but now I can only do what you started me with."

"That was when your body was in fight or flight mode. If you truly want to be able to use your ki then you must be able to call upon it at any time. It isn't much different than making a basic ki ball but the slight differences is what will make your control even better. On the bright side when you get this down we should be able to work on something you would find more fun." Gohan told her. So, knowing that this was basically something she was on her own for just like the ki ball Videl finally settled down and got back to work after a couple minutes of annoyance. Though a half hour later her focus was completely broken by someone rushing into the training room.

"What the hell!? I specifically said that this hall was booked by me!" Videl stated angerly.

"Ya ya. But you have GOT to come see this!" The guy states waving off her anger. Course with her curiosity now peaked she did as the man said. But she did also grumpily mutter what she would do if said man was just wasting her time. Something that only Gohan could hear but only hope that the man truly had something to show her.

They were then brought over to a room that was set up with several couches, chairs, and even a tv. This was the rest room that Mr. Satan was adamant was needed. For in his words 'the hardest workouts needed the hardest rest times to boost the next set.' Course he also said a few other things about why it was needed but the real reason a bit different. Even though he had to workout a bit to keep his physique he never wanted to be too far away from a tv so he can watch his shows.

Either way today the tv was the main focus of several of the gym goers that Videl quickly pushed by to be able to see what was going on. She then was surprised to see her own house on the tv with the elusive trouble gang members happily standing in front.

= In front of Satan manor=

In front of the mansion several of the gang members with happily standing looking directly into the camera they stole from a news crew.

"Now as you all can see we have 'borrowed' this camera from the news station and are in front of the one building that supposedly is the safest in the world. After all the 'world hero' lives here so there is no way we could even invade it." One of the men stated waving his hand at the house which already had several knocked out guards in front of its gate. "So now we are live on your televisions we can all agree that there is no time for cgi, no way for us set up a special camera, no overlays or bullshit, and no way for us to get into that house. So now that there is NO possible way for us to fake what we are doing today. Now if you are in that mansion working we strongly suggest you come out in the next minute or two. We aren't after your lives here after all." The man states holding a ki blast in his hand.

They then pan the camera over to where you could clearly see several maids, butlers, kitchen staff, and any other workers running out of the now that they knew that they weren't hostages. Sadly for one girl though she screamed as one of the other men grabbed her and stopped her from running.

"Now now honey you don't need to be so scared." The guy told her with a smile as he brought the terrified girl closer to the camera. "So would you please tell the camera what you do for a living."

"I-I am a maid hired by the Satan family." The terrified woman stated.

"Good, good. Now where were you just now?"

"I was doing my job as normal." The woman told him then was let go.

"Thank you my dear. So, now we even have verbal proof this isn't some sort of prop house." The guy added to the camera as the maid ran as fast as she could away from them.

"…anyways now that all the people are out we will now show you this." The first man states and quickly launched a ki blast at the house that was followed by a few others. These blasts quickly tore through the building and exploded resulting in massive damage.

"Now try to disprove that example Mr. Satan!" one of the female members called out happily seeing their handy work.

"Yes, let's see what bullshit you try to spread to the world this time. Now with our message over let's leave." The first man says as several cop cars could be heard coming closer to the area fast. The gang calmly sets the camera down gently on the ground and then they were recorded basically becoming blurs. The cops quickly pull up with only a bit of their cars in the camera. Seconds later the camera records the feet of the cops trying to examine the scene. But as they quickly deemed the threat gone one of the cops picked up the camera and turned it off as soon as she realized it was still streaming.

=Gym=

Videl stared at the now static being shown on the tv in horror.

"The house is destroyed." Videl stated stunned. For while she didn't truly care about most of the building thanks to it just being set up by her father to flaunt money and was relieved there was no one in there. What she was worrying about right now was the stuff she kept from her late mother. All the stuff that was completely impossible to get back that she was been carefully storing flashed through her head as she had no idea what could be their fate. Course she was upset about the rest of the house but at the moment she was completely focused on stuff that she would consider her prized possessions.

"D-don't worry Videl I am sure that emergency crew will salvage what they can and it can be rebuilt before you know it." Gohan told Videl awkwardly but was ignored. Meanwhile the rest of the of the group around them were just as surprised. After all, they saw the gang go after several different things before but this is the first time they went so big. It was a building they all knew and saw basically as a giant representation of the world hero. But now it was turned at least partially into rubble by the very thing that he said was fake.

_Mr. Satan; at brand deal meeting_

"Gahahaha. Pleasure doing business with you guys as always." Mr. Satan states happily with a signed contract in front of him on the table. All of a sudden his manager gets a message and starts to read. Soon after her eyes widened in clear horror as she quickly looked over to Mr. Satan.

"M-mr. Satan we need to get to your house right now." She stated urgently.

"haha Janet I know that I am irresistible but we can wait a little bit before going to my place." Mr. Satan stated trying to be sultry. Something normally the woman would deny and completely shut down but she had a bigger issue at hand.

"No sir your house has just been attacked!" She stated shutting Mr. Satan up.

"W-what?" Mr. Satan muttered surprised. But rather than explaining right away she got up and he mindlessly followed along. They quickly then got into the limp that quickly drove towards the house.

"Oh god what is going on? My house got attacked? But I have the best security system and personal money can buy…it must be one of those weird energy users. B-but why now I haven't done anything new to piss them off right? Oh no how am I going to get out of fighting any of those super powered freaks…oh god is today going to be the day my secrets are revealed." Mr. Satan thought as they drove closer to the unknown situation.

In fact when they reached the house and found it partially demolished but enemy free he had to hide the sigh of relief that he had. After which he focused on talking to the emergency responders around him about the proper steps to make the house safe and ready to be repaired.

~Wearhouse~

While all of the chaos was going on and dragging most police activity another group of the gang was working hard to move large boxes into a trailer. The security system was shut down before an alarm could be sent but there was several people that noticed the rather large truck and the clearly destroyed wall. But due to the situation at the Satan mansion most of the police were preoccupied. Though it was not all of the cops but the those that were left were easily blocked by a few of the gang. So, they had quite a lot of time to do whatever they wanted.

"So why are we getting all of these parts? I mean if we need the cash we should have hit a bank or something." One of the guys asked as he put in a box.

"Idiot what we need isn't money. Frazer let it slip that these parts would be for some sort of upgrade for us to use." The female next to him stated.

"Oh an upgrade? What kind of upgrade are we gonna get with a bunch of weird technology like this?"

"I don't know I only got little snip-its of information as he talked about money like always." She stated with a shrug. "But if he is willing to spend money on these parts then it must be for something good."

"Hahaha that's right. That money grubber wouldn't buy a pen that he didn't think was necessary. But to be honest it does kind of suck that we have so much hidden from us." Another man says.

"It sucks but we are too far in the thick of it to whine now. We just gotta train harder and at least one of us has got to be able to take one of the top spots." The first guy states. For the best way to become rise in rank was to be beat them out of it. In fact the only person of the 'top dogs' that really couldn't be toppled was Frazer. For while several others in the group knew how to launder money and handle finances. No one actually wanted to do all of the extra work they know that he has taken upon himself to keep everything running. The fact that he happily did it and bragged about the work he did to make money both for himself and the group bewildered many people around him. Some even swore that he creeped out even the big boss with his obsession with money.

"Tsk, if only it was that easy. The upper echelon somehow always stays a step ahead no matter what we do. I wonder if the big boss shared some secret technique or training with them that they chose not to pass down to us as well." Another person said.

"Oh whatever we will just have to do our best. I mean its always better on the top…but for now let's get finished with our 'shopping' and get the hell out of here. The guys attacking Satan's mansion can only take everyone's attention away from us for so long and we have a decent drive to go through before we can unload this stuff. I for one would rather not have to deal with cops banging on the truck seeing as he are gonna have to sit in the trailer." The first man tells the group who all agree. Even though they were tougher because of the special training they still had no desire to deal with a truck crash or even the boxes moving around in a highish speed chase. But worst of all they didn't want to have to deal with the upper gang members complaining about failure to deliver.

And that is where I am going to end this chapter. Now I am rather happy with this one and really don't have much to say. What I do want to do is just name the gang already because its becoming real annoying jus to say "the gang" over and over. But whether I get to it soon or not is up in the air and even I don't know when it will happen. But for now I guess I will say Ja Ne.