Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Blinded ❯ Videl Gets Rescued ( Chapter 15 )

Videl Gets Rescued

Videl was beyond mad. How in the hell did some blind kid know Krillin, Yamcha, and Vegeta Briefs, the most dangerous man in the world? And how come he wasn't even scared of the guy? Videl had to admit that even she was scared of him! She'd seen a couple of reporters after they came back from the Briefs house to try and get an interview, and it wasn't a pretty sight. Yet Gohan was just going to calmly walk off with the guy to go outside and do something? Krillin and Yamcha seemed to have no problem at all with it. As Videl got closer to the group of four, she could see an evil smirk on Mr. Briefs' face as he watched her come closer. Gohan just looked exasperated, and Krillin and Yamcha were shaking their heads and whispering to each other. Finally Videl got close enough to the group to talk without yelling. Krillin and Yamcha looked at her questioningly, Vegeta kept on smirking, and Gohan's expression had changed back to his neutral mask. Videl decided to talk first.

"Like I said before, Gohan; I want an explanation, so you'd better start talking."

Gohan's expression tightened almost imperceptibly as he struggled to control his temper. Who the hell did this girl think she was demanding explanations from him and sticking her nose into his business?! Calming down, the reasonable side of him said that he should just answer the questions and try to act normal. Before he spoke, he sent a mental thought to Vegeta in warning.

//Vegeta, just a warning - keep a lid on your temper when I introduce this girl, ok? I don't need you blasting someone on the first day. //

With that, Gohan began introductions. Gesturing first to Vegeta, he explained.

"Videl, this is Vegeta Briefs, my foster father; his wife Bulma Briefs is my foster mother. Vegeta, this is Videl Satan, daughter of Hercule Satan."

Gohan winced as his mind was suddenly assaulted by the yelling and cursing of the Saiyan Prince.

//What the fuck boy?! That fool's daughter is here! Why, I should just blast that fucking bitch to hell, just like her fraud of a father! She better not piss me off or I will blast her to hell, wish her back with the dragonballs, and blast her all over again! That fucking woman… When I get home we are going to have a talk with her about this shit. //

Yamcha and Krillin looked on in sympathy. They could tell Vegeta was yelling at Gohan through their bond because of the way Gohan winced every few seconds, as well as Vegeta's expression. Meanwhile Videl was in shock. Gohan - smart, blind, nice, Gohan -had Vegeta and Bulma Briefs as foster parents? No wonder he wasn't afraid of the man! If she remembered correctly from earlier, that meant he'd been living with them since he was almost 13 years old - he was probably immune to the man by now. When Gohan had said that his foster mother was an inventor, he hadn't been kidding. Bulma Briefs was the greatest inventor alive, not to mention rich as hell. Gohan finally stopped wincing and continued to talk.

"I know Yamcha and Krillin through Bulma and my father. Bulma and my father were best friends when they were younger, and together they met Yamcha and Krillin. I met them all when I was four. Yamcha and Krillin still come around, and I baby-sit Krillen's kid sometimes. Are you satisfied now Miss Satan?"

He put a sarcastic emphasis on the Miss Satan part, and Videl glared before replying.

"As a matter of fact, no. I want to know why in the world you are leaving with him when class is just getting started."

She pointed to Vegeta, who decided he'd had enough of this crap and snarled at Videl.

"What business is it of yours what the fuck we do, woman? Go play with the rest of your weakling friends and leave us alone."

Videl was pissed - no one talked to her like that! She was about to scream back at him, but Krillin spoke up before she could.

"You know this is all great, this whole introduction thing, but we need to get back to class - and that includes you, Miss Satan."

Krillin looked pointedly at Videl, who clenched her fists and fumed but began to walk back towards the rest of the class - who'd all been watching the exchange with immense curiosity. Krillin turned to Gohan and Vegeta laughed nervously before speaking.

"Hey Gohan, can you and Vegeta do me a favor?"

Vegeta scowled as Gohan asked.

"What do you want us to do Krillin?"

"Well, I want to use your guys as a demonstration of different fighting stances and styles. Will you do it?"

Gohan's face scrunched up in thought, then turned his head in Vegeta's direction and spoke.

"Well Vegeta, I'm still irritated at Videl and I know you are, too. With our luck we'd probably forget all about Bulma's rules and show these people something we shouldn't."

Vegeta just grunted, scowling blackly in Videl's direction. Gohan took that as a yes and turned to Krillin.

"Ok Krillin, we'll do it. Just what ever you do, don`t mention anything about my father. That would bring up unwanted questions, and things I really don`t want to deal with."

So Krillin, Yamcha, Vegeta and Gohan all walked back to stand in front of the class. Yamcha began to speak.

"Ok everyone, today's class is going to be a demonstration on various fighting styles and techniques. Mr. Vegeta Briefs and Gohan here have agreed to help us. Vegeta has been training in the martial arts his whole life, and thus has a very unique style. Gohan here has been trained in at least five different styles starting from when he was four years old. I myself have been trained in three different styles and Krillin in two. Each of us has our own stance that incorporates everything we've learned, so don't be surprised if you don't recognize the style or form."

Yamcha finished his speech then stepped back as Krillin came forward and began to speak, sliding into his stance as he did so, and earning some noises of delight from the class.

"I was first trained at the Orin Temple, but shortly afterwards I traveled to the island of Master Roshi, the Turtle Hermit, and was trained by him. My stance is a combination of the two, but my fighting style is mostly Kamesenin, or Turtle Hermit, I also know a little bit of Kao Ken. If any of you don't remember, Master Roshi was considered the best Martial arts master until a couple years ago."

While the rest of the class listened, Videl was busy studying Krillin's stance. She was somewhat amazed at how flawless it was, but she did recognize the stance he was in. She'd seen it on previous Boudakai tapes from two other fighters besides Krillin.

Krillin rose from his stance and indicated for Yamcha to take over. Yamcha came back up to the front and slid into his own stance, receiving several excited squeals from the girls, and began to talk.

"As you can see, my stance is totally different from Krillin's. The three styles that I incorporate into my fighting are Wolf Fang fist, Kao Kai, and Kamesenin. Wolf fang fist was a style that I developed on my own and used in the first Boudakai I ever participated in. After that, I studied a little with Master Roshi and, in later years, with the master of Kao Kai. My fighting style is a mixture of all three, but if you know each individually you should be able to see their basic elements."

Finished, Yamcha got out of his stance and walked over to Gohan. With a smile, he put his hand on Gohan's shoulder to indicate that it was his turn. Gohan walked forward until he was just a little in front of the other three. He could hear some snickers in the back about how there was no way a blind kid could know much about martial arts. Gohan suppressed a smirk as he slid into his stance and began to talk.

"As you can see, my stance isn't normal at all. As a matter of fact, it is very unique. It is a combination of five styles. Namekian, Kao Ken, Kao Kai, Kamesenin, and Saiyan. Only three people on Earth are proficient in the Namekian style, four in Saiyan, Kao Ken only has two, Kao Kai has four, and Kamesenin four. My fighting style is a combination of all the styles I've ever learned, and only the ones who've fought me or trained me will recognize it by itself. As for the question I know you guys are dying to ask - yes, I can fight even though I'm blind. One of the benefits of the Namekian style is that you can fight without using your eyes."

Videl's jaw was practically on the floor. She had been somewhat impressed by both Yamcha and Krillin's stances, but when Gohan had settled into his she'd been amazed. It was the best and most flawless stance she'd ever seen, and he'd been right - she hadn't been able to recognize any of the styles he'd listed in it. She didn't know what Namekian, Saiyan, or Kao Ken were, but she did know the other two from tapes she had watched, and should've been able to recognize some of their elements, but she didn't. Videl had no doubt that Gohan was a trained fighter. Immediately her interest grew. She wanted to fight him and see how good he was, if he could hold up against her. Videl was snapped back to reality as Gohan got out of his stance, gestured to Vegeta - who was standing with his arms crossed, chin up, glaring at the class - and spoke again.

"Vegeta isn't very talkative, so I'll talk for him. The way he is standing now is actually one of his two stances. He is the only living Master of the Saiyan fighting style. He's been trained since childhood and is proficient in knowledge of many other styles. However, he chooses to remain with Saiyan. He could probably recognize just about any style of fighting he saw."

Vegeta snorted at this and spoke.

"Damn straight I would, brat. Now let's get on with the real stuff."

Vegeta turned to look at Krillin and Yamcha, who cleared their throats nervously under his death glare. Krillin then stepped forward to speak again.

"What we're going to do now is an actual demonstration of a spar - or in Vegeta and Gohan's case, an actual spar. I want you guys to try and recognize any of the styles you can, but mostly just observe the movement and technique. Do any of you have a martial arts back ground?"

About half the class raised their hands, and Krillin nodded.

"Does anyone have ten or more years of training?"

Two hands went up; Videl's and some guy whose name Videl couldn't remember at the moment. Krillin looked briefly surprised before speaking again.

"Ok, let me put it this way - anyone who has seven or more years of training, go to the right side of the gym. You'll be watching Vegeta and Gohan."

About twelve people started walking towards the right side of the Gym where Vegeta and Gohan were waiting, looking a little bored.

"The rest of you come over to this side with Yamcha and me."

Krillin and Yamcha walked to the other side of the gym with the rest of the class trailing behind them. Yamcha looked over his shoulder nervously at the other side of the gym before leaning over and whispering to Krillin.

"Krillin, are you sure that sending those other kids to watch Vegeta and Gohan was a good idea? What if Vegeta gets pissed?"

"Gohan won't let him do anything bad, Yamcha. Besides, did you really want to spar with either of them and get our butts kicked in front of our class?"

Krillin whispered back knowingly. Yamcha cringed at the `getting our butts kicked' part, and nodded in understanding. The two then turned to face their group of kids and got started with the exercise.

On the other side of the gym the twelve kids that had followed Gohan and Vegeta were sitting on the floor, waiting expectantly. Videl was definitely interested in watching the spar. She wanted to see if she could recognize anything, and she wanted to see just how good these two were. She was absolutely burning with curiosity, but decided questions could wait until afterwards. Once everyone had gotten settled comfortably, surprisingly enough it was Vegeta who spoke up. He had a menacing scowl on his face and his voice was as unfriendly as it could get.

"All right you pathetic weakling brats. The brat and I are going to spar. Do not interrupt. Do not ask questions. Do not yell out. If you do, I will blast you all into the next dimension."

As Vegeta was speaking to the group of kids, Gohan was mentally speaking to Vegeta.

//Well Vegeta, I guess flying, ki blasts, speed, and transformations are out, huh? We're going to have to do this like normal humans. Do you think you can do it without losing your temper? //

When all he got was a snarl in response he grinned, knowing that now Vegeta would have to keep his temper in check because of his pride. He slowly slid into his stance, feeling Vegeta do the same. There was a moment of silence before Vegeta attacked. From then on it was a whirlwind of punches, kicks, blocks, and flips all almost too fast for the group to see. Everyone started whispering amongst themselves as they watched Vegeta and Gohan go at it. Videl ignored the whispers and concentrated on the fight. It was a fight: Vegeta and Gohan were going at it way too hard for it to be called a spar. All of the punches and kicks being exchanged were blocked, and neither seemed to have the upper hand. Videl was fascinated by them and even more so by the fact that they seemed so evenly matched. She hadn't seen this good of a fight in a long time, and she itched to get in the middle of it.

On the other side of the gym, Krillin and Yamcha had stopped their spar for a moment to observe Gohan and Vegeta, as well as let their group of kids watch for a bit. While they watched, they began to make comments on the fight.

"You know, Gohan could have kicked a little harder than that."

Krillin stated critically as he observed a high roundhouse by Gohan.

"Nah, it would have just given Vegeta extra time to try and grab him."

Yamcha disagreed.

The two continued to discuss the fight for a few minutes before turning back to their group and resuming their own spar. On the other side of the gym, Vegeta and Gohan broke apart for a moment as they paused in their spar. They were about to resume when the ringing of the school bell interrupted them. The group that had been watching Gohan and Vegeta groaned before getting up and heading for the door. They had definitely wanted to see more of that fight. Videl stayed behind to wait for Gohan. She had quite a few questions that she wanted to ask him.

As the rest of the class was walking out the doors, Gohan was having a few words with Vegeta. Finally Vegeta gave a hmph of acknowledgment and walked out of the gym, supposedly to go back to CC and the gravity room. Krillin and Yamcha walked up to Gohan as soon as Vegeta left and all three began talking. After a few more minutes, Gohan broke away and, giving the other two fighters a wave, he started towards the gym doors, only to be intercepted by Videl. He knew it was Videl by her ki as well as her scent and mentally groaned - he wasn't up to dealing with the questions he knew she would be asking.

While waiting for Gohan to finish talking, Videl had been going over everything she knew about Son Gohan. She knew that he was the foster son of Bulma Briefs, the richest woman in the world, and Vegeta Briefs, psychopath extraordinaire, as well as the Most Dangerous Man in the World for the past five years. He also knew some, if not all, the Cell games fighters well enough to be on a first name basis. He was almost totally blind, yet could move around quite easily and without assistance suposedly because of his foster mother's inventions. He'd been trained in several forms of martial arts, starting from when he was four. As for his personality - so far he seemed to be a genuinely nice guy, very sweet and polite, but if he was provoked, he could get nasty. Knowing all this simply made Videl even surer that there was something strange about Gohan. He was hiding something, and Videl wanted to know what it was. Finished with her thinking, and seeing Gohan starting towards the door, Videl moved to intercept him.

"Gohan, wait up - I want to talk to you!"

She yelled as she jogged towards him. Gohan stopped as he heard Videl call. He waited until she had caught up before starting to walk again.

"What do you want Videl?"

He asked wearily with a hint of impatience in his tone. He seemed to be sniffing the air as they exited the gym and walked into the hallway... Videl frowned, what was wrong with him? It wasn't like she was stalking him or anything - she just wanted to ask him a few questions!

"Well, I wanted to ask you something."

Gohan stopped walking for a minute and sniffed the air again, before turning in a different direction and continuing to walk, absentmindedly replying to Videl.

"Ok, so go ahead and ask."

Videl was puzzled as to why Gohan keep sniffing the air as he walked. Looking at him a little strangely she asked.

"What are the Namekian, Kao Ken and Saiyan fighting styles that you were talking about earlier? How is it you're so good at Martial arts? And why the hell didn`t you tell us that you knew Bulma Briefs, Vegeta Briefs, Yamcha, and Krillin?"

Gohan finally stopped his walking and sniffing routine as he and Videl appeared in front of the door that led to the school lunch yard. Gohan paused for a minute, then went through the door and immediately headed towards a tree away from everyone else. Videl watched, pissed, as Gohan ignored her and made his way to the tree, then stomped her foot in anger and headed off after him. Settling down under the tree so his back was against it, Gohan took out the capsule Bulma had given him for lunch. He decapsulated it and began digging into the enormous amount of food that appeared, pointedly ignoring Videl, who was currently seething. Finally Videl, not even noticing the enourmous amount of food that had appeared, couldn't take it anymore and started yelling at him.

"SON GOHAN, WHY ARE YOU IGNORING ME? I ASKED YOU A QUESTION! YOU HAD BETTER ANSWER OR ELSE!"

Gohan couldn't believe the nerve of this girl. She barely knew him and was already demanding things from him and poking her nose into his business! It was truly a struggle not to act like Vegeta and just blast her. Ever since he had met her this morning, Gohan had been slowly but surely getting more and more irritated with Videl and the way she was acting. For one, she was constantly staring at him like he was some kind of bug under a microscope, and just because he couldn't see her doing it didn't mean he couldn't feel it. Then she was always asking him questions and trying to fool him with trick questions, and in PE she had demanded an explanation from him when it wasn't even her right. Slowly he took the sandwich he had been eating away from his face, and in a voice like ice he replied.

"I'm ignoring you because I don't want to talk to you. You have no right to demand answers from me, girl. I may or may not decide to answer your questions, so just sit down, shut up, and stop being such a bitch. If you're a good little girl, I just might answer them after I'm done eating. You have a serious problem with respecting other people's privacy and being such nosy person. Maybe some people prefer to keep things to themselves. And even if I don't choose to answer your questions, what could you do to me? You wouldn't even be able to touch me."

Videl was standing with her mouth open as Gohan spoke, and was still in shock when he returned to eating his sandwich. Almost numbly, she dropped onto the grass into a cross-legged position. She couldn't believe Gohan had said all of that! But most of all, she couldn't believe that Gohan had spoken to her, Videl Satan, like that, and had the nerve to call her a bitch. She was about to open her mouth to scream at him again, but stopped in mid breath. Gohan was right - she was being a bitch. It was only halfway through the guy's first day, and she'd already interrogated him twice, as well as kept staring at him all day, and just now she'd threatened him. That would look great for her public image if it ever got out. She could see it now - Videl Satan threatens blind schoolmate on first day. Videl sighed to herself. She hated apologizing, but she owed Gohan one. Videl waited until Gohan finished his last sandwich before speaking.

"I'm sorry for acting like such a jerk Gohan. I'm not usually like this. I think everything just weirded me out, and I was reacting to that. I mean, it isn't everyday you meet a blind kid who doesn't act like he is blind, is the smartest person in the school, has the most rich and famous people in the world for foster parents, is a great martial artist in five different styles, and who knows people from the Cell games. You know, everyone is really freaked out by you. You're blind and smart, but you can also fight and move around like a normal person. To top it all off, the first person you fought was the guy voted the most dangerous man in the world."

Gohan turned his face in Videl's direction so that his creepy eyes looked as if they were staring at her. Tilting his head to one side as if he was considering something, he spoke.

"You know something Videl? I think you could be a very nice person if you wanted to. You just need to work on balancing your curiosity about people with their rights to privacy. Some people don't want everyone knowing every single thing about them. I'm one of those people. Now, as to your questions - the only one I can answer is the reason I didn't tell you guys about knowing Bulma, Vegeta, Yamcha, and Krillin. Quite simply, it's because I didn't want to freak people out even more. Besides - it isn't that big of a deal."

Videl shifted and squirmed uneasily, because she knew Gohan was right. Her curiosity tended to overwhelm her so that she forgot that some people liked their privacy. And Gohan was such a strange person that she'd been overwhelmed with the desire to ferret out his secrets. Now, however, she felt really bad about it. She was still curious and all, but decided to lay off for now. She still had something to say, though.

"I can't believe your brushing off knowing the fighters from the Cell games as not important! They're probably some of the most important people in the world. Reporters and analysts have been trying to get close to them for years. No one really knows what went on at the games apart from the fact that my dad won. They still don't even know who three of the fighters were!"

The bell rang and Gohan stood up and began walking back into the school, leaving Videl at the tree. He was halfway to the door before he stopped and called over his shoulder.

"They're just people Videl. People that don't want to be bothered by fame and publicity."

With that, he walked inside and left Videl still thinking on the hill. When Videl made it to class, she saw that Gohan was already sitting next to Erasa and Sharpner. The rest of the day passed pretty normally. Videl managed to curb her curiosity towards Gohan, and he, Videl, Sharpner, and Erasa all talked about stuff that was going on. It was mostly Sharpner and Erasa talking, but neither Gohan nor Videl really minded.

It was in Home EC, the last period of the day, when disaster struck. They were supposed to bake a cake and were split into groups of four. Luckily enough, Gohan was in a group with Sharpner, Videl, and Erasa. Gohan got stuck mixing all of the ingredients together since he couldn't exactly do much else since he was blind. They were just putting the cake in the oven and sitting down at the table when there was this beeping noise and Videl began to talk.

"Yes chief, what is it?"

Gohan was a little puzzled by this and was about to ask what was going on when he heard a man's voice replying from what seemed to be some sort of communicator.

"Videl, we need your help! Some thugs have taken over the city bank and are holding twenty people hostage, and none of us can get inside!"

"All right Chief, I'll be there in a couple minutes."

Videl replied. Gohan heard Videl get up and run out of the room. Curious, he turned his head in Erasa's direction and asked.

"What was that all about Erasa?"

Erasa walked over to the oven and checked on the cake before sitting back down and responding.

"Well, Videl is kind of like an honorary policewoman. They call her when they really need her help or are in serious trouble. Usually hostage situations, robberies, or car chases. She flies in a yellow helicopter, and they contact her by the communication watch she wears. She's really good at it, and all of the teachers forgive her absences because she's out saving people."

As Erasa spoke, Gohan was processing all of the new information, meanwhile thinking maybe Videl really wasn't that bad after all. Then he thought of something else - the guy that had called Videl, the chief or whoever, had said that there was a hostage situation and if Gohan was correct, that would mean that guns were also present. He also knew for a fact that Videl wasn't bulletproof. He then decided he'd better find out more about the whole thing. He knew the teacher wouldn't let him leave the classroom, so thinking hard for a minute, he came up with another idea. Leaning over to Erasa and Sharpner, he spoke in a whisper.

"Hey you guys, I'm going to meditate, so don't talk or distract me, and please try to keep the teacher away, ok?"

Erasa just nodded while Sharpner shrugged an ok. Sharpner still didn't care for Gohan too much and vice versa, but right now Gohan's mind was on things other than Sharpener's enmity towards him. Gohan walked over to a seat by a window and withdrew into his mind. Once there, he searched for Videl's ki. Finding it, he locked on to it and sent his mind out - much the way he did when traveling to the Otherworld, only this was a lot harder. He felt with his mind that he was near Videl's ki, but he couldn't sense much but her, yet he knew there had to be other things. Then it clicked - when he'd first visited the Otherworld, King Kai said his mind had formed a body in order to be able to do certain things. Gohan knew he couldn't appear as himself, so he decided to make the body in the form of the SSJ3. Gohan had been given a mental image of himself in that form a while ago by Piccolo, so he knew exactly what it looked like.

Gohan concentrated, and all of a sudden he could sense everything around him again, including Videl the bank and everything inside the bank. He also felt his body and, thankfully, his mind had decided to develop the body out of sight of Videl. From what Gohan could tell, Videl was talking to some people whom Gohan assumed to be the police. Gohan phased out from behind the building and phased in on top of the bank where he could sense things better. Using his mind, he mapped out the bank and the people inside. There were twenty people in a huddle in one corner with four people standing, holding objects pointed towards the people, while another stood a little ways away, also holding something. Gohan could tell the things the people were holding were guns from the smell of the powder and steel.

Then Gohan felt Videl moving. She was creeping towards the bank using the trees and bushes as cover, aiming for one of the windows. Gohan couldn't believe it - the girl was going to get herself killed! She was going to try to ambush the bank robbers all by herself and without a weapon! Gohan was having a hard time concentrating on everything all at once. His body didn't want to stay, and he had to consciously use his mind and senses. Needless to say, it wasn't easy and he didn't know how much longer he could do it but he wanted to make sure nothing went wrong here.

Once she had arrived at the bank, the chief had briefed Videl on the situation. Apparently there were five men with guns, twenty hostages, and the men were demanding money and a getaway car. Videl consulted with the Chief for a couple minutes and they ended up deciding that the best thing would be for Videl to try and sneak in through one of the side windows to take the robbers by surprise. Videl was a little uneasy about the plan because five men with guns were a little too much, even for her. However, she knew she had to do something to help those people, so she agreed. Now she was sneaking towards one of the side windows while the chief stalled the robbers. As she was sneaking over to the window, Videl felt like she was being watched, but immediately dismissed the unnerving feeling as nervousness about the people inside.

Reaching the window, she peeked into the bank. The chief had been right - there were five men with guns. Four of the men were holding the guns on some people huddled in a corner, while the fifth man was standing a little ways away and talking on a phone. Videl slowly slid the bottom of the window up, watching to make sure the crooks didn't see her. Finally she got the window open far enough so she could fit through. As she was slowly climbing through the window, the worst thing that could possibly happen occurred - her shirt got stuck on a protruding nail, causing her to loose her balance and tumble inside in an ungraceful sprawl. Immediately she scrambled to her feet and saw all five of the criminals pointing their guns at her. The one she had seen talking on the phone immediately barked out an order.

"Shoot her!"

As soon as the man said that Videl's thought was.

<Oh shit, I'm going to die. >

Just as the men pulled the triggers on their guns, Videl was swept up into arms of steel and her face buried in a well-muscled chest. She'd only caught a glimpse of long golden hair before the man had swept her up, and she was puzzled. Where had the man come from? And how had he managed to move so fast? The world tilted once again as Videl was put on her feet. Videl moved back a little and looked up to see a man with long spiky golden hair, pupiless eyes, a very well muscled body, and a Neanderthal looking face with eye ridges instead of eyebrows. He almost looked like one of the gold fighters from the Cell games... Videl then peeked around the man to see all five of the criminals staring at the golden man in shock. Seeing the criminals were in shock, Videl decided it was the perfect time to attack and put them out of commission.

She darted out from behind the golden man towards the nearest criminal and, taking advantage of his distraction, delivered a right hook to his jaw to take him down. She looked around to see where the rest of the criminals were, but was surprised to see the golden man forcefully taking the weapons from the criminals and crushing them with his bare hands. After he got the weapons, the golden man stepped back and motioned to Videl to finish them off. Videl was a little irritated that this golden man had just disarmed the men, but since he wasn't taking care of it, Videl immediately jumped the remaining four criminals and beat them into the ground. Once she was done she stalked over to the golden man, deciding it was time for some introductions.

"Hey Golden Man, what was the big idea back there with all that? Who are you? Why are you here? And are you at all related to the gold fighters from the Cell games?"

As she got closer, Videl could see what looked to be blue lightning dancing around the man's pupiless eyes. She was even more surprised when she heard a voice in her head, apparently from Golden Man himself.

//Well Miss Videl, the big idea was to get you out of the path of those bullets, since I assume you aren't bullet proof. As to my name, I don't have one at the moment - feel free to improvise however you like. I'm here because I happened to be passing by and looked in on the situation, and as for your last question, I have no comment. //

Videl was still a little freaked out about hearing this guy talk in her head, so she said the first thing that came to mind.

"Why the hell are you talking to me in my head?!"

Videl heard a chuckle in her head as the golden man continued to speak in her mind.

//Well, unfortunately because of certain circumstances that I will not explain, I can't talk to you normally. This being the case, I will continue to talk to you in your head. For now, however, I've got to go. Till next time, Miss Videl. //

With that, the golden man vanished into thin air, leaving behind a fuming Videl in the middle of the bank with twenty hostages and five beaten criminals. Deciding that the hostages were more important than the golden man at the moment, Videl walked out of the bank and signaled for the police to come in. As the police came in and started removing the hostages and cuffing the bad guys, Videl walked over to the window she had fallen through. The frame and the surrounding wall were riddled with bullets. Videl gave a shudder as she thought about what might have happened if that golden man hadn't shown up. The only thing that puzzled her was how the golden man had gotten her from one side of the room to the other so fast that they dodged speeding bullets.

After talking to some of the hostages, Videl had a clearer picture of what had just happened. Apparently, just as the criminals had opened fire, all of the hostages saw a blur and then Videl and the golden man had appeared on the other side of the room. No one had seen the golden man inside the bank before that, and no one saw where he came from. Videl was definitely curious now, and she wanted to know everything about this golden man, however, she didn't want him to start screwing up her police jobs. Videl's face scrunched up in thought as she remembered what the golden man had said. He had said `till next time', which indicated that he would most likely show up again. Videl stuffed all of that information away in her mind as she caught a glimpse of her watch. She had to get back to school, they only had an hour left.

Gohan was in absolute agony. While he had been observing Videl and the bank robbers he had felt a mild discomfort in his mind, but it was bearable so he hadn't really paid any attention to it. However, as soon as he'd rescued Videl from the guns and put up a ki shield, his head had practically exploded in pain. He'd almost lost his grip on Videl. That was also the first time Gohan had ever used his image to actually do something physical, and he found it took a lot out of him. He'd managed to hold on long enough to take the guns away from the criminals and talk with Videl for a minute, but not being able to hold on to the image any longer, Gohan dissipated the image and returned to his body at Orange Star High. Unfortunately, as soon as his mind returned to his body the pain increased ten times - even to the point where he couldn't focus his mind or his senses anymore. Pure agony washed over him with every heartbeat; it was just like the pain from his first attempt at reaching the Otherworld, only this time the pain was several times worse.

He could distantly hear people shouting at him, but was too withdrawn into his mind and the pain to really hear them. The pain was so great in his mind that he couldn't focus or control anything, and as he felt that door in the back of his mind start to free itself from his control, he cast about desperately for anything to communicate through. In the chaos of his mind, the bond with Vegeta appeared and Gohan clutched at it like a lifeline with his last bit of concentration.

//Vegeta! Come to the High School now! I'm losing control! The pain is overwhelming me! Hurry! //

With that, Gohan was once again taken away by the pain and chaos raging in his mind.

In the Gravity chamber at CC, Vegeta was training as usual when he heard Gohan's desperate cry. Before Vegeta could respond, the link was broken. Wondering what the hell was going on, Vegeta opened up his side of the bond with Gohan in an attempt to contact the boy. Immediately he was assaulted by waves of pain and confusion so great they sent Vegeta to the floor, desperately clutching his own head. After a couple seconds, Vegeta was able to close the link and stop the pain. Breathing hard, he stood up and ran over to the door of the GR and flung it open. Without a second thought, Vegeta took off towards Orange Star High school and Gohan.

Back at the school Sharpner, Erasa, the teacher, Mrs. Zuhause, as well as the rest of the class, were standing around Gohan, who was busy thrashing around on the floor and clutching his head while mumbling unintelligible words. Just a few minutes ago everything had been fine - everyone was sitting around talking or, in Gohan's case, meditating while they waited for the cakes to finish baking. All of a sudden, Gohan had fallen onto the floor and started his twitching. Sharpner and Erasa had immediately called out to him, asking if he was ok. By that time everyone else had noticed something was happening and come over to watch.

Just as Mrs. Zuhause sent someone to go get the principal and the nurse, a short, well-muscled man with flame like black hair flew in through the window, landing next to Gohan. Mrs. Zuhause immediately fainted. Several of the kids recognized the man as Vegeta, Gohan's foster father from PE, and all the others knew him as the most dangerous man in the world. Barely sparing a glance at the teacher and class, Vegeta picked Gohan up and blasted off out the window. A few minutes later the class was still staring out the shattered window when Videl, the Principal, Mr. Nakanori, and the nurse burst into the classroom. Both the principal and Videl immediately demanded to know what had happened to Gohan and the teacher. As the class explained what had happened, the nurse checked over Mrs. Zuhause, who was still out cold on the floor. Meanwhile Vegeta was flying back to Capsule Corps, Gohan in his arms.

Vegeta was seriously worried. Gohan was still twitching and thrashing around, mumbling nonsense. Only Vegeta's strength kept Gohan from breaking free and falling to what would most likely be his death. Unfortunately, a couple seconds later Vegeta was forced to transform into a Super Saiyan. Gohan's ki was rising at an alarming rate, and it had the same feel to it as when he'd lost control after his mother died. Vegeta had to get Gohan back to Capsule Corps fast and get a hold of Bulma's tranquilizer before Gohan got too powerful. Touching down on the grass seconds later, he burst into the main house and headed towards Bulma's lab. Reaching it, he kicked the door down, still holding Gohan in his arms. Ignoring Bulma's gasps of outrage, as well as Goten and Trunks's noises of surprise, he spoke demandingly.

"WOMAN! Get the tranquillizer now - before the brat loses it!"

Bulma gasped as she saw Gohan in Vegeta's arms, now a Super Saiyan as well. One look at his twitching body, she ran over to one of her cabinets and, after rummaging around for a minute, withdrew a syringe. She ran over to Vegeta, who was now struggling to hold onto an SSJ2 Gohan. As soon as she reached them, Bulma injected Gohan with the tranquillizer. After another minute of twitching, Gohan's ki dropped rapidly and his body became limp as he fell back into his normal state. Vegeta also dropped back to normal and laid Gohan down on top of the bed at the far side of the lab. Walking back over to Bulma, he ignored her questioning glances to study Gohan's still form. Finally Bulma got fed up of being ignored, and shouted in her loudest voice.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON VEGETA?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH GOHAN AND WHY ISN'T HE IN SCHOOL?!"

Clutching his ears in pain, Vegeta glared at Bulma before answering.

"I have no dammed clue, woman."

With that said, he turned his back on her shocked face and went back to studying Gohan's sleeping figure, scowl on his face and millions of questions in his mind.

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