Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Normal Friends from Strange Places ❯ The Birth of Saiyanman and Trigun ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

All characters belong to Akira Toriyama... except for Trey Troi, he belongs to me.

Normal Friends From Strange Places
Part Two
By Maria Cline

Trey's heart pounded as he put every ounce of his power into his flight and senses. If anyone could see them, they would look like a white and yellow streak in the blue sky.

Gohan looked beside himself to see Trey catching up. "Come on, Nimbus! We can't get beat by him!" Gohan urged as the cloud went faster.

"How can that cloud be that fast?" Trey wondered as he spoted the Capsule Corps coming up. He recognized it from the pictures his dad showed him but he could've swore that it was smaller in the photos. **Better turn it on!** Trey thought as he bent his legs in so his knees sticked out and his feet were almost touching each other. "Kame..."

Gohan put his hand on the cloud and slowly feed it his power. The cloud went faster as Trey started to lag behind. "Heh heh." Gohan smirked to himself.

"hame..." Trey chanted as his feet glowed with a white power. "HA!!!" The man shot out like a cannon as the blast and his power propeled past Gohan.

Gohan's hair stuck out in shock as he wondered, "He... did a Kamehame ha with his feet?" Gohan watched in wonder as Trey streaked downward and...

BOOM!!!

"Ouch." Gohan muttered as he landed the Nimbus to see Trey lying in the giant crater, his clothes and hair were all messed up and he was peeved.

"Not... one... word..." Trey growled as his third eye flashed.

"Are... *snicker* are you okay?" Gohan asked as he held his sides to contain the laughter.

"My pride is bruised but otherwise... I'm cool." Trey sighed as he got out of the crater.

"What's going on?!" Bulma demanded as she came up out of the building and glared at the crater in her front yard.

"Oops... well... you see... Trey and I were racing..." Gohan explained as he scratched his head nervously. "Heh heh... and Trey couldn't... land while going super fast..."

"Sorry about the yard, Ms. Briefs." Trey appologized as he stepped foward and bowed.

Bulma looked over at Trey and noticed that he was as tall as Gohan. With short blond curly hair and a very distinct third eye and he was wearing a blue tank top with dark blue pants and a loose white overshirt with an orange star badge. "Are you related to Tien?" Bulma asked as she stared up at the eye.

Trey nodded slowly. "Yeah. I'm his son." He watched cautiously at Bulma. When people know that his father was Tien, they either didn't care or they laughed at him for having a 'freakish' father.

"That's so cool!" Bulma gushed, "He never told us that he had a son! Especially a son, Gohan's age!"

"Dad didn't want me to risk my neck for the world." Trey replied as he smiled slightly.

"And your mom's Lunch, right?"

"Yeah! Both of her." Trey grinned as Bulma looked at him again.

"Well... those two have to get to our reunions more often. Honestly... all this time and they never told us they had a son?! What about Choutsu?"

"Choutsu's still with us." Trey explained, "He's like an uncle to me."

"Well... you need to fix that crater you caused." Bulma chided, "How did you do that?"

"He did a Kamehame ha with his feet." Gohan replied.

Bulma stepped back in shock. "With... with his feet?"

Trey nodded slowly as he suddenly found his feet fairly interesting.

"Heh... you warriors surprise me!" Bulma laughed, "The only other guy I could think of that did something like that was... Goku." Her cheerful face softened as she sighed. "Goku... it's been seven years hasn't it?"

"Yeah..." Gohan's normally cheerful face saddened as well. "The years just flew by."

Trey glanced over at Gohan and Bulma as they both reflected on their time with Goku. Neither of them knew about the time he had with Goku and yet... he didn't want them to find out. "He was the best..." Bulma sighed, "I miss him."

"Me too." Gohan looked up, "But... it's not like either of us have no idea what happened to him. He's just in the Next Dimention."

"I know..." Trey muttered, "My father told me about the time he was dead. He said that it was the best time of training he ever had."

Bulma and Gohan frowned as they both remembered the time Tien, Choutsu, and Yamcha were dead. It was painful for all of them but they got them back. "Sorry about Tien." Gohan confessed, "At least he's alive now."

"True..." Trey smiled softly. He shook his head back to reality and asked Bulma, "Say... Bulma... Gohan needs something from you."

"Right!" Gohan quickly explained his situation while Trey filled the crater back up.

Bulma nodded as the three went into the building. "Well... I do see a problem... you can either not fight crime but you take too much after your father to not do that. So... okay! Just give me a couple of hours." Bulma said as she led them to the lab. "Anyway... Gohan... wanna see Trunks? He's over at the gravity room training with Vegita."

"Sure." Gohan said, "I can't wait to see how much Trunks changed."

"Well... he's powerful, that's for sure." Bulma bragged, "In fact, Vegita's training him to defeat you."

"Oh no..." Gohan gulped. He remembered how powerful Mirai Trunks was compared to him and he didn't have as much training as this Trunks is obviously getting. "Great..." He laughed as he sweatdropped.

"I'd like to see how strong Trunks is." Trey commented, "Dad told me about his... future counterpart."

"Oh... another thing, Trey, Gohan... can you not talk about Mirai Trunks in front of our Trunks? I don't want him to know about what he could be like in an alternate future." Bulma asked.

"No problem. I haven't even met him." Trey replied.

"I won't say a word." Gohan promised.

"Good. This way." Bulma led the two back outside and in front of a huge dome. Vegita and Trunks came outside both wearing baggy gym clothes.

Trey was taken back by their power. While Gohan's power was impressive, Vegita's and Trunks' were staggering. "Oh man... they're strong..." He muttered as his three eyes widened.

"Yeah..." Gohan agreed as he nodded.

Vegita came foward and warned, "Your lack of training is making you weak. You better start training again if you wish to remain strongest." He glanced up at Trey and said, "Hmmm... interesting power... for a mere human."

"Thanks... I think." Trey said as he stepped back. Vegita seemed to hold a frightening aura around him. It was as if, he could destroy mountains with a glare, which was pretty much true.

"It's a compliment." Bulma said, "I'll go to my lab and I'll get that outfit." She walked off to the lab.

"Okay." Gohan and Trey looked down at Trunks. The little boy was a mini version of the teenager who left seven years ago. He had the same hair cut as the teen and the same peircing dark blue eyes. "Hi, Trunks, this is Trey Troi, he's one of my classmates." Gohan introduced, "And he's Tien's son."

"So, that's where he got that third eye from." Vegita commented as he observed Trey. "You obviously trained hard but you have a long way to go to compare to a Saiyan."

"Who's Tien?" Trunks asked.

"He's a friend of your mom's." Gohan explained.

"Oh." Trunks muttered sounding like he didn't really care.

"I didn't even know the weakling was even married." Vegita muttered as he walked off.

If anyone else were to say that, Trey would've fought every urge to smash him or her into the wall. But, this time it was different. Vegita had a right to say what he said. If his father and Vegita were to fight right now, Vegita could just point his finger and blast him away. "He was." Trey muttered under his breath.

"So... Trunks, how's it going?" Gohan asked.

The three talked for two hours about what happened to them. They talked about their training, about their day and even their favorite movies.

Bulma went up and said, "It's ready."

"Already?!" Gohan exclaimed as he looked at the clock. "Wow... only two hours."

"You're fast." Trey commented amazed.

"Thanks." Bulma handed Gohan a small watch. "I've encapsulized the costume into this watch so you don't have to worry about people seeing you change. Just press the red button to get into the costume, blue to get out. Don't get them mixed up."

"This I have to see." Trey said as he sat down.

"I'd like to have an outfit myself." Trunks commented as he looked on.

Gohan grinned as he put on the watch and pressed the red button. A bright light covered him and standing there was a figure in a tight black outfit, a loose green one peice outfit that seemed to resemble Bulma's old Namek outfit, white gloves, with matching gold tipped boots, on his head was a helmet that covered most of his head except for a small part of his mouth. He looked down and posed. "This is super!"

Trunks and Trey sweatdropped as Gohan flexed his muscles and grinned. "Errr... on second thought..." Trunks muttered.

"Gohan... don't tell me you're going into public like that?!" Trey exclaimed as his jaw dropped.

"Why not?" Gohan asked as he smiled, "This is great!"

"The skin tight outfit is made out of the Saiyan armor cloth. It's bullet proof and can sustain most damage." Bulma instructed, "Your helmet has infared vision, power detecting software, and even a bulit in radio."

"Great! Now... I need a superheroey name." Gohan thought as he looked into the mirror. "How about... Super Saiyan?"

"You're kidding?" Trey asked dumbfounded.

"Yeah... it doesn't sound right. Besides, I'm part Saiyan and part Human... I got it! I am..." He did a bunch of poses and said, "THE GREAT SAIYANMAN!!!" He paused and frowned, "I gotta work on the poses."

Trey sighed. "Whatever works for you."

"And you can be my partner!" Gohan added as Trey facefaulted.

"No way!" Trey argued as he backed away. "I don't want to be your partner."

"Why not?" Gohan asked, "You're strong, you can fly, and you can even sense other people!"

Steam came out of Trey's ears as a small gun appeared beside him. "I won't wear that outfit! I won't give myself some superheroey name! And I WON'T POSE IN FRONT OF CRIMINALS!!!"

"Where did this come from?" Bulma asked as she picked up the gun.

"Oh great. I hate it when that happens." Trey said as he took the gun and crushed it. "Whenever, I lose my temper, a gun or some other weapon would appear. Sorry, Gohan, but I don't want to be your sidekick. Dad will never respect me, Mother would never let me down, and Mom would be worried sick about me all the time!"

"Well... okay." Gohan pouted, "Bummer... but okay... but I need a sidekick."

"Don't look at me. I'm not wearing that costume." Trunks insisted.

"Looks like the Great Saiyanman is going solo." Gohan sighed sadly. Then, his face brightend, "But at least I got this cool costume! All I need to do is work on my introductory poses and I'm set!"

Trey looked forlorned at the other teenager. "Maybe... you should think about the posing. I have to go home."

"Me too. I can't wait to show Goten my new costume." Gohan gushed as he clicked off the costume. "Heh heh... Bye, Bulma, Trunks..."

"It's been a pleasure meeting you." Trey said as he bowed and the two ran off.

Bulma shook her head as she smiled slightly. She was happy that despite his troublesome past, Gohan was a content teenager who could still grin like his father. In fact, Gohan seemed to truly resemble Goku more every day. Of course, she wasn't sure if Goku would be caught dead (ha ha dead joke) doing goofy poses but it does make Gohan happy. "So much like his father." She muttered as she went back to work.

*****

The next day...

Trey was flying a superspeed to school as usual. "I wonder if 'Saiyanman' decided to appear." He commented as he landed in a deserted alleyway and walked to the school. The young teenager stopped and looked behind him to see Gohan coming up.

"Hey, Trey!" Gohan said as he grinned. "You should've seen it... I was awesome!"

Trey focused and said telepathically, **You fought someone as Saiyanman.**

**Yeah! I really wowed them!** Gohan bragged as he rubbed his chest.

"Hey, have you guys ever heard of this new superhero?" Erasa asked interupting their little chat.

"What new superhero?" Trey asked pretending to be stunned.

"I don't know... I heard that he stopped a car heist by catching bullets with his hands." Erasa gushed, "And that he's so strong. He could be as strong as Hercule."

"Oh I bet." Gohan laughed.

"What's his name?" Trey inquired.

Erasa pondered and replied, "I think it's Tianman."

"Saiyanman!" Gohan corrected angerly.

"Huh?" Erasa asked as Trey rubbed his third eye under his bandana.

"We... heard about him ourselves." Trey explained as he recovered.

"Yeah!"

"oh... Saiyanman...Saiyan... why does that sound so familiar?" Erasa pondered again, "Oh well. See you in class!" She winked at Gohan and walked inside.

Trey glared at Gohan. "Real bright, Gohan. Why not just blab out that you're Saiyanman?" Trey whispered harshly.

"Hey! Is it my fault that she got Saiyanman wrong?" Gohan grumbled. "I just have to make myself more well known."

"Yeah... Gohan... are you sure you want to use that costume?"

"Why not? That costume is so cool!" Gohan gushed as he smiled at his watch. "Goten loved it."

"What about Chi Chi?"

Gohan sighed. "She laughed a little and said how cute it is. Well... I'll show them!"

"Let's go before we get any more stares." Trey suggested as he grabbed Gohan by the hand and led him away.

*****

Trey and Gohan sighed as they both were watching the teacher showing how capsules work when Videl's radio beeped.

**This is your chance, Gohan.** Trey telepathically said as Videl got up and left the classroom.

Gohan confused asked, **Why did Videl just rush out like that?**

**Videl works for the police. She's the 'official defender'. It's community service.** Trey explained.

**This I gotta see!** Gohan exclaimed as he rose his hand. "May I go to the bathroom?!"

"Go ahead." The teacher sighed as Gohan rushed out.

Trey stare at Gohan as he walked away. **The bathroom?**

*****

Trey took notes as he watched the teacher and the door for Gohan. Gohan had been taking a long time to get back. His stomach turned as he tried to figure out a way to explain Gohan's absence without getting him suspended.

Erasa leaned over and whispered, "Gohan has been gone for a long time. I hope he's okay."

Trey whispered back, "I'm sure he's fine. He probably ate something bad..." He kept on writing the notes when Videl came back with a mad look on her face. She growled as she crashed in her chair.

"Are you all right, Videl?" The teacher asked concerned.

"Stupid Saiyanman..." Videl grumbled. "I'm fine... just... had to deal with some stupid jerk in tights and poses weird."

"I'm back!" Gohan exclaimed as he sat down.

Trey smirked at the odd timing. **Gohan, we were just talking about you.**

"You took long enough, Gohan." The teacher observed.

"Sorry!"

"He probably had a bad breakfast." Trey explained.

"Yeah!" Gohan agreed.

"Maybe, you should see the nurse." The teacher suggested.

"I think it passed." Gohan insisted, "I'm ready to learn."

*****

Time passed and Trey and Gohan was in math class doing various equations.

When Videl's communicator beeped and Videl got up.

"Good luck, Videl." Mr. Squaroot said as she rushed out the door.

"Mr. Squaroot, may I use the bathroom?!" Gohan asked.

"Okay..." Mr. Squaroot said as Gohan rushed out.

Erasa looked over at Trey and the man sighed. "He probably got a stomach flu."

*****

After Gohan and Videl came back, everything went back to normal.

That is until in the middle of history class that Videl's communicator beeped again and she went off.

"I have to use the bathroom!" Gohan exclaimed and then Ms. Ann Tique let him go.

Erasa again looked at Trey and he commented, "Must've ate some bad puffer fish." **I'm running out of excuses.**

Finally, Lunch (the meal, not Trey's mom) came around and Trey and Gohan were eating their food.

"This is great!" Gohan exclaimed as he eat his rice. "I've been helping Videl out so much."

"And getting stares. Don't eat so much, everyone thinks that you have a stomach flu with puffer fish poisoning." Trey explained, **Gohan, you gotta think of something else besides asking to go to the bathroom.**

**What else can I do? I have to help Videl.** Gohan insisted.

**Videl can take care of herself once in a while.** Trey argued. **Oh well... Videl's not usually this busy. It should slow down after lunch."

"Hope so." Gohan muttered, "You know... Videl must be so brave to do the stuff I saw her do..." Gohan sighed as he smiled slightly.

Trey's three eyes widened. Fortunately, he was eating at the time. Gohan, the true winner of the Cell Games, seem to really like Videl. "You like her?"

"Yeah... she got guts... reminds me of my mom." Gohan explained as he ate his lunch. Erasa came up with a bottle of medicine.

"Here you go." Erasa said as she gave Gohan the bottle of Pepto Rismal. "This should help you with that stomach flu and puffer fish poisoning."

"Ummm... thanks." Gohan grinned as he took the bottle. **I do gotta think up new excuses.** He thought.

*****

The day went by without any more incidents. Apparently, the criminals were scared of Saiyanman for some strange reason. Trey and Gohan were walking out of the school smiling.

"Well... today went well!" Gohan gushed as he walked grinning.

"At least there were no more... bathroom breaks." Trey commented as he walked beside him.

Gohan gushed as he grinned broadly. "And I can get home faster without drawing attention. I'm in a mood for ice cream!"

"Yeah... well... why not? There's this great ice cream parlor up the street." Trey instructed as they walked down the road.

Videl watched from her hiding place. How did Gohan get to school every day? From all accounts, it looked like he walked. Of course, he could have a capsule car in his pocket but she doubted it. Gohan just seemed like the type who would rather walk than drive.

Slowly, she walked behind them, making sure that they can't hear her.

Trey walked down the street and sensed something was wrong. "Hmmm..." He commented as he turned on his heel and saw nothing. "It's this way." Trey commented as he pointed forward to show a small store ahead of them. It was a tiny ice cream parlor with the usual front benches. There was a huge sign that said 'Pilaf's Ice Cream store'. "They got this special that you should love." Trey said as he opened the door.

"Hmmm..." Gohan licked his lips as he sat on a stool.

"What can I get for you today?" A young blue skined woman with long brown hair asked as she came up. "Hiya, Trey!"

"Hey, Empress." Trey smiled, "Empress, this is Gohan Son, he's new here. Gohan, this is Empress Pilaf, she runs this ice cream store."

"Empress Pilaf?" Gohan repeated dumbfounded.

"Yeah... it's legal. My dad's pretty odd..." Empress replied, "So, what will you two have?"

"I'll have my usual and Gohan... why don't you try the Super Supreme Oozaru Catastrophe?" Trey suggested as he pointed up to a huge sign.

"Looks good... what is it?" Gohan asked as he eyed the sign.

"It's over ten scoops of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry each with chocolate syrup, three bananas, whipped cream, two different types of nuts, three cherries, and butter scotch." Empress Pilaf commented.

"Sounds great! I'll have two!" Gohan gushed as Empress and Trey face faulted.

"Two?" Empress repeated, "But, the Oozaru Catastrophe is meant for five or more people!"

"Gohan just have a big appetite." Trey commented as he laughed lightly.

"Okay... that will be 30 zenni for the Oozaru Catastrophes." Empress computed.

"Here you go." Gohan gave Empress the money.

"And 3 zenni for your sundae." Empress said to Trey.

After Trey handed her the money, Empress went to work. Gohan and Trey waited as their food got prepared. "This is a pretty nice place." Gohan commented, "You come here often?"

"Yeah." Trey replied, "Empress is a pretty nice woman. I come to her when I need advice about stuff..."

"Here you go..." Empress said as she heaved a giant bowl to Gohan. "One Oozaru Catastrophe for you... the other one will be ready when your done with that one and..." Empress got out a small chocolate sundae, "One chocolate sundae for you."

"Thanks." Trey and Gohan looked at each others dishes. Next to the Oozaru Catastrophie, Trey's looked tiny.

"That's all you're getting?" Gohan asked as he dug into his food.

"I don't have a Saiyan appetite like you." Trey pointed out.

"Oh..." Gohan realized as he begin to eat his food. He kept on forgetting how little other people eat compared to him. "This is great..."

"Mind if I try a bite?" Trey asked after he was done with his sundae.

"Sure." Gohan said as Trey took his spoon and sampled it.

"Hmmm... not bad."

"What the?!" Videl exclaimed as she came up to the two. "You two are eating the Oozaru Catastrophie by yourselves?!"

Gohan and Trey gulped as the looked behind them to see Videl standing there confused.

**Oh shit.** The two thought in unison.

"Yes, we are." Trey replied as he nodded.

"By yourselves..." Videl asked as she eyed the two.

"We have huge appetites." Gohan answered as he grinned and kept on eating.

Videl glared at him but didn't say anything. "Okay..." She muttered. Suddenly, bank alarms filled the air. "Again..." She ran out of the door.

"Better help her out..." Gohan said as he wiped his mouth. The empty bowl stood before him. "Empress, can you look after my other Oozaru Catastrophie for me? I... have an errand to run."

"Sure... I can't sell it anyway..." Empress replied as Gohan ran out the door.

"This I have to see..." Trey commented as he got up and ran off, "I'll be right back!"

*****

Trey ran down the street to see a large gang of bank robbers robbing the Hercule City Bank. They were armed with machine guns and missle launchers. "Let's move it!" The leader ordered.

"Hold it right there!" Videl boomed as she came up and held up her badge. "You are under arrest!"

"Oh man! It's Videl!" One of the leader's lackeys cried out.

"We can take her!" The leader insisted, "She may be the daughter of the world's greatest martial artist, but she's not bullet proof." The man took out his machine gun and fired at the woman. The others followed suit and Videl leapt high into the air and dodged the bullets.

Videl flipped to the alley and hid behind a building. "Okay... I'm outnumbered and outgunned... no problem."

"Hold it right there, evil doers!" A voice boomed as Videl groaned.

"Not again..."

A tall figure lept out off of the building and landed infront of the bank robbers. He was holding his cape out dramatically as he rose his right foot while balancing on the left. "I am..." He did a bunch of poses and ended up posing like a 'M'. "The Great Saiyanman! I will not tollerate evil! On behalf of Saiyans everywhere, I will punish you!"

From the distance, Trey moaned as he shook his head. "Dumb poses and corny dialogue. Those villians will laugh their heads off."

"Saiyans?" The leader muttered, "Oh... this is ridiculous! Riddled him with bullets!" At once, everyone grabbed their guns and fired at the demi saiyan. Gohan's hands blurred as he caught every bullet fired at him.

"Nice try." Gohan said as he dumped the bullets on the ground.

Trey smiled as he took off his bandana and looked up to see a sharp shooter standing on the roof with a large gun. **Oh shit... that's the Omega Prime! One of the most destructive guns in existance! Mother used that on Dad and actually hurt him!** He yanked took off his jacket and clicked on a capsule with his spare set of clothes. His usual tank top with loose white shirt and blue jeans was replaced by a set of biker clothes. "Now..." Trey took out his emergency pepper and inhaled it. "AHCHOO!!!" In a poof of smoke, his blond hair became black and his dark eyes became blue. The man instantly got out a pair of revolvers and held them in his hands. Now, Trey felt ready for anything. He felt tempted to warn Gohan telepathically but he was busy catching bullets. If Gohan gets distracted from his work, Videl could accidentally get hurt or worst.

"Now!!! Sharp Shoot!" The leader bellowed as his gang kept on firing.

"Huh?" Gohan and Videl muttered as they looked up to see a bullet made it's way to Videl's head. "Videl!" Gohan screamed as he jumped in the way and the bullet smashed into his visor. The visor exploded and Gohan covered his face. His eyes hurt and he could feel the visor broken. "Gah!"

"Now, we got you... Great Saiya-an man!" The leader laughed as he aimed his gun at Gohan. Suddenly, his gun was shoot off. "Huh?"

"Leave my friends alone." A man boomed as he came foward with guns in his hands. He was dressed in a leather pair of pants, black boots, black vest with a pair of black fingerless gloves. In his hands were a pair of silver pistols and on his forehead was a distinct eye.

"Who... what are you?" The man cowered in fear at the sight.

"I... am... the Trigun!" Trey boomed as he aimed his guns. "And that's my friend you hurt... I'll give you the count of three to surrender... if you don't... I'll put you all in the hospital! One..."

"You? You are outnumbered and outgunned!" The leader boomed as he fired at Trey with his machine gun only to watch Trey vanish as the bullets went through the air. "Huh?"

"Two..." Trey said as he came forward from the other side.

"Kill him! Kill him!" The leader screamed as his men fired frantically to watch that image fade.

"Three." Trey finished as he jumped from a fire escape and fired at the gang from the air. Videl took Gohan to the side and watch as the bullets rained from the sky and struck each man down with a single bullet. Trey dropped the empty guns and got out two more and fired again. The man landed on the pavement surrounded by the bleeding, unconscious criminals. "I did give you the count of three." He said as he put away his guns and turned to Videl and Gohan. "Are you all right?" He asked as he rushed to Gohan and Gohan nodded.

"I'm okay... that was pretty good." Gohan complimented as he took a strip of his cape and tied it over his face.

Videl mentally slapped herself. While she was busy making sure she and Saiyanman didn't get shot, he was unmasked.

"You better call the hospital. Don't want any of them to die from those wounds." Trey suggested as he helped Gohan up.

"Yeah... sure... wait! Hold it, you two!" Videl ordered as she came up to them. "What gave you the right to interupt me like that?! I had them right were I want them."

"In a morgue." Trey snapped, "You are strong, Videl, but you are too cocky!"

"I'm a professional at this! I trained for this half my life! You two are amatures who could've gotten killed!" Videl berated.

Trey glared at her. "You and Hercule are not the only fighters in the world." He snarled.

"We are the best fighters in the world." Videl exclaimed as she came up and stared at him. "We are both champions!"

"There are no such thing as the best fighters. There are only the true fighters." Trey commented as he and Gohan walked away.

"Who are you?" Videl finally asked.

"Accept the truth and we will tell you." Trey mysteriously said as he and Gohan vanished.

"The truth?" Videl repeated stunned as the police came and saw the bodies.

"That's impressive, Videl. You showed them who's boss." The officer complimented.

"That wasn't me..." Videl muttered as she looked at where she last saw Trigun and Sayianman. "What are they?"

*****

In the alley, Trigun quickly changed back to Trey as he put his bandana back on and sneezed to his blond hair. "Gohan?"

Gohan clicked off his costume and rubbed his eyes. "I'm okay... didn't see that one coming." Gohan muttered as he looked up. The man's face was fine but there was a distinct bruise over his right eye.

"Ouch... looks like you got a black eye." Trey grimaced as he showed Gohan with a small mirror.

"Oh man... Mom is going to kill me... hey! I got it! I can just wait it off! Bruises often fade for me in just a couple of hours." Gohan sighed in relief, "Just can't let Videl see this. By the way... thanks for the help over there. I had no idea that you can use guns like that!" Gohan exclaimed as he rubbed his eye.

"Normally, I can't. Only when I sneezed and transformed, I retained my basic personality but my methods changed... in my transformed state, I lean toward guns and weapons instead of my own Ki power." Trey explained as they went to the ice cream shop.

"That's cool but you didn't pose." Gohan complained, "You just showed up, scared them, and shoot them! That's not the superhero way."

"Gohan..." Trey said as he put a hand on Gohan's shoulder. "I am a good guy and I do like helping people. But... I won't pose and I won't wear a costume!"

"But... you would make a cool partner! You are effective and kinda cool... even if you don't pose." Gohan gushed.

"No posing... besides, you do enough posing for the both of us!" Trey laughed roughly.

"True... but there's something that kinda troubles me." Gohan said with his most serious tone of voice. "Why did you hint to Videl about the truth of the Cell Games?"

"She needs to know the truth. I can sense alot of potential in Videl and the only way for her to get that potential is to know that Ki exists and she is stronger than Hercule." Trey insisted.

"I can't let her know." Gohan insisted, "It would break her heart." He liked Videl. The teenager wanted to protect Videl from all harm, including the heart shattering fact that had been guiding her, half her life.

"And keeping her in the dark would keep her weak!" Trey exclaimed, "We must show her what true warriors can do!"

"But that would mean telling her that her father is a fake." Gohan growled, "Besides, I don't want anyone to know it was me."

"I understand. I wanted to lead a normal life too but there are some things that must be known to some people. Besides, everyone here worships Hercule. That's... not right..." Trey explained, "They hang on every word. What if a real supervillian would show up and Hercule confronts him? Hercule would most likely die."

"Maybe not... Hercule is cunning." Gohan commented. "Oh well... maybe we should talk about this later. I still have one Oozaru Catastropie to eat and a costume to fix."

"Yeah." Trey agreed as they went to the shop. He didn't want to make Gohan too upset with the truth. After all, Gohan's the first friend he have in this school and he didn't want to lose him because of what he believe in.

Trey sighed as thought about Videl and Gohan. He could tell that they are having some sort of attraction toward each other. Videl and Gohan seemed to think about each other constantly and wonder about the other. Whether that is a good thing or bad thing, he didn't know. **I'm sorry, Gohan, but when the time is right, the truth will be revealed for your sake as well as Videl's.** He vowed mentally.

To Be Continued...