Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Though you don't know it now... ❯ Lessons And Confessions ( Chapter 6 )

Though you don't know it now...

Chapter 6: Lessons And Confessions

DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ ...sigh... if only...

"Do you remember what I told you earlier Goten?" Gohan asked Goten that Sunday night as he was tucking him in.

"Yeah! I remember everything! No ki blasts, and don't show all of my strength.. AND ABSOLUTELY NO SUPER SAIYAN!" Goten said with pride.

"Exactly Goten!" Gohan said as he messed with Goten's hair.

"Why Big Brother?" Goten asked curiously

"Because then Videl might think that we're weird. I don't want her to know about those things yet."

"But won't she find out someday anyway?"

"Yeah... but not too soon. I'll let you know when it's okay to do those things around her."

"Alrighty Big Brother! Now let me go to sleep! The sooner I go to sleep, the sooner I fly, right?"

"Exactly Goten." Gohan said as he gave his little brother a hug and got up to leave the room.

"Goodnight Gohan!"

"Goodnight Goten." Gohan left the room and went to his own room. Tomorrow was going to be interesting.

He got ready for bed and as he was covering himself with his blanket, the phone started ringing. "Hello?"

"Hi Gohan."

"Hey Videl..."

"What's wrong? Are you annoyed that I called you? Should I never call you again?"

"No! No! It's not that."

"Whatever you say Gohan. We should get an early start, so I'll be there at nine tomorrow."

"Alright. That sounds good."

"Okay then. It's settled. But it takes me so long to get to your house, it'll be such a waste of time go and come back everyday.

"Hmmmmmm... I forgot about that." Gohan said as he was trying to gather up enough courage for his next question. "Well then... why... don't... you... stay over here for spring break?"

Videl blushed a little at the question. "Well, I don't know how I could get my dad to agree with that, but I'll try."

"Okay, If he doesn't, I'll get Bulma to convince him." Gohan said with a giggle.

"That sounds like a plan. Then I'll see you tomorrow Gohan."

"Okay, Goodnight Videl."

"Goodnight Gohan." Videl said as she hung up the phone and let out a sigh. How would she ever get her dad to agree with this? She decided to sleep on it.

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Videl let out a big yawn as she woke up the next morning. "Oh great... time to go ask daddy..." She moaned and got out of bed.

She walked out of her room and went into the giant living room, where Hercule was already sitting down. "Good morning Daddy!" She said trying to be as nice as she could.

"Good mornin' Sweet Pea." He said standing up from a large leather chair.

Videl noticed that he looked beat up and bruised, but just dismissed it as a training accident. "Hey daddy... do you think that..."

Hercule interrupted. "Yes, of course you can stay at that boy's house! Go right ahead!" he said with unusual excitement.

"What? How did you know...?"

"Nevermind that! Just go and have a fun time!"

"Thank you Daddy!" Videl gave her father a big hug a started running to her room to pack.

Hercule moaned and fell on the large leather couch. He was hurting very much, and he was embarrassed. After all, he had been beaten up by a woman. IN A DREAM!

**FLASH BACK**

"Now listen here you big idiot! You're gonna let Videl stay at my son's house for spring break whether you like it or not!"

"WHAT? You're crazy lady! Don't tell me what to do!" As Hercule said this he was hit in the head by a large frying pan. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU LADY! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

"YES YOU BIG LUG! YOU'RE A BIG FAKE, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA LET VIDEL STAY AT MY SON'S HOUSE FOR SPRING BREAK!"

" A FAKE?! HOW DARE YOU! I'M NEVER GONNA LET HER GO! YOU THINK THAT I WOULD LET HER STAY AT A BOY'S HOUSE?" Hercule was again hit by the large frying pan.

"YOU IDIOT! MY GOHAN WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HER! HOW DARE YOU EVEN THINK THAT!"

Chi Chi continued to beat up Hercule in an attempt to convince him, even though it took her a while to do so. Hercule woke up the next morning very beat up and shaken up about the whole experience.

**END FLASH BACK**

"Thank you Daddy!" Hercule turned to see his daughter all packed and ready to go.

"Sure Sweet Pea."

"I promise that I'll call you every night!" Videl said as she picked up her belongings and started walking to the front door of the huge mansion.

"Okay Videl, and If that boy tries to do anything to you, then come and home I'll take care of that little..."

"DADDY! Gohan would never do anything like that! Don't even think it!"

Okay, I'm sorry Sweet Pea..." Hercule was frightened. He remembered that Chi Chi had said the same thing, maybe he wasn't such a bad kid after all. "Yeah right, the bastard is stealing my little girl." He thought to himself.

"Bye Daddy!"

"Bye Sweet Pea, be careful!"

"I will." Videl answered as she got into her giant yellow copter and flew off into the distance. She was going to love this spring break.

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Gohan got up early the next morning and got the spare room ready for Videl. He knew that she was going to end up staying there for spring break. At least that's what Chi Chi had told him in a dream, apparently she had taken care of Mr. Satan. He laughed at the though, she had probably beaten the poor man. He did deserve it though. Gohan went to start breakfast and felt a tug at the leg of his blue gi.

"Good morning Big Brother!"

"Good morning Goten, get dressed, breakfast is almost ready and Videl should be here soon."

"Yay! I'll hurry!" Goten shouted as he ran up the stairs and got ready.

Gohan continued with breakfast when he was interrupted by a knock at the door. He answered it and there stood Videl with a few bags. Obviously, she would be staying there for the next two weeks.

Videl jumped onto him and threw her arms around his neck. "Well hello to you too..." Gohan said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Videl blushed a little when she realized what they had done. "My dad said I could stay over here for spring break!"

"That's great!" Gohan said as he started spinning around. They came to a stop and Goten walked in.

"Oops!" He said as he covered his eyes with his hands.

Videl laughed as she jumped out of Gohan's arms and walked to Goten. "Sorry Goten, but nothing happened." She said as she picked him up and gave him a hug.

"Okay then." He said as his stomach started growling loudly.

They all laughed. "Breakfast is ready Goten." Gohan said.

"Yipee!" Goten cried as he jumped out of Videl's arms and took a seat at the table.

Are you hungry Videl?" Gohan asked as he handed Goten a giant plate of food.

Videl stared in awe as Goten started devouring the food. "Ummmm... not that hungry." she said as she took a seat.

Gohan placed a plate of food in front of Videl and she started eating. "Wow! This is really good Gohan!" She said in between bites.

"Gohan cooks almost as good as mom did!" Goten said with his mouth full.

"Goten!" Gohan shouted.

"Sorry Gohan." He said with a big smile.

"That's all right, just don't chew with your mouth open again." Gohan said and starting eating what he served himself.

Videl was amazed at the amount of food that the two were eating. She could barely keep herself from staring at them. As Gohan and Goten finished, they both leaned back into their chairs and sighed as they patted their stomachs.

"That was really good Big Brother!" Goten said.

"Thanks Goten."

Videl laughed at the two, they looked like they were going to explode. "That was good Gohan, thank you." She said.

"No problem." Gohan said as he gathered all of the dishes and started washing them.

"Wow, he cooks, cleans, and he's cute." Videl thought as a huge grin formed on her lips.

"Something funny Videl?" Goten asked when he noticed her smile.

"No, it's nothing, Goten." She said and smiled at him.

For some reason, Gohan had heard this in his head and was a little confused. "Okay Videl, I'll take you to your room." Gohan said as he picked up her bags and lead her upstairs.

Videl couldn't help but notice his muscles that were exposed through his blue gi. She licked her lips as they passed a large room. "That's my room." Gohan said.

"Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be in there in a few days..." Videl thought to herself with an evil smirk.

"What?" Gohan said, a bit shocked.

"Ummmmmmm... what?" Videl asked also. Had she said that outloud?

"Oh... I guess nothing..." Gohan said as he continued to the spare room. He placed her bags down as they stepped into the room. "Here we are." He said.

"Wow, it's pretty." Videl said inspecting the room. The room was very bright and there were a bunch of flowers everywhere.

"Mom liked this room to be full flowers, so I still put new ones in here every week."

"Aww, that's so nice of you, Gohan." Videl said softly as she began to unpack some of her things. "I'll be downstairs in a few minutes."

"Okay." Gohan said as he left and went downstairs, where he was met by Goten.

"Gohan, I wanna fly already!" Goten said impatiently.

"Okay squirt, just go outside because we have to wait for Videl for a few minutes."

"Alrighty, I'll go!" Goten yelled as he ran out the door.

"I'm ready!" Videl shouted as she came down the stairs.

"Okay then, let's go." Gohan said as he and Videl went outside.

"Fly! Fly! I wanna fly!" Goten said bouncing around Gohan.

`You're gonna learn to fly too Goten?" Videl asked.

"Yup! Gohan is gonna teach both of us!" He answered excitedly.

"Okay then, let's go." Gohan said leading the two to a clearing near a lake.

"Okay you two.... pretty much all you need to do is focus your ki and use it to push yourself off of the ground..."

"Ki... what's that?" Videl asked.

"Well, it's the energy you feel throughout your body." Gohan explained.

"I don't get it..." Said Videl.

"It's like this." Goten said and threw a ki blast out into a nearby mountain, causing it to explode.

Gohan gulped, once again he was ready to destroy Goten. "Yeah... it's like that..." He said.

"WHAT WAS THAT?! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" Videl cried.

Gohan realized that she didn't know how to control her ki, which was odd because she was a skilled fighter. "Goten, I need to teach Videl to control her ki, go play for a little bit. I'll call you when we're done."

"Alrighty, I'll go play, but I'll be back!" Goten said bouncing off into the woods.

Gohan plopped down on the grass and sat cross-legged. "Let's see... how do I teach you this..." Gohan said to himself.

Videl plopped down across from him and also sat cross legged. "You mean you don't know what to teach me?" Videl asked, a little concerned.

"It's not that..." Gohan said. "I just expected you to know how to control your ki since you're such a good fighter."

Videl blushed a little at this statement. "Thanks Gohan, but I'm no where near as good as you." She replied.

"That's okay. Now, you see, you can probably feel your energy and use it subconsciously.

"I do?" Videl asked curiously

"Yup, you just have to learn to control it on your own, and to conserve it. It shouldn't be too hard for you."

Videl blushed again at this statement. "Thanks Gohan."

"I'll show you how to control your power. Watch," Gohan said as he lifted up his hands and his palms faced across from each other.

A small blue light formed in the center of his palms. Videl was in awe. "Wow, it's so pretty, how did you do that?" She said leaning in and looking at the small energy closer.

The small light extinguished and Gohan spoke. "Well Videl, you have to find the center of your ki, and when you feel it, you pull it out of your body and focus it."

"That doesn't sound too easy..." Videl pouted.

"It's okay. Just close your eyes and take your time." Gohan said reassuringly.

Videl mimicked Gohan and faced her palms across from each other. She closed her eyes and tried to focus. After about three hours, Gohan noticed that Videl was shaking and there were tears forming in the corners of her eyes, which were shut tight.

"Videl, you have to relax, you're never going to find your center if you're all tense." Gohan said, placing his hand on her knee.

Videl snapped. "I CAN'T DO IT! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOR THREE HOURS, BUT I STILL CAN'T CONTROL MY KI!" She said as she threw her arms around Gohan's waist, buried her head in his chest and began to cry.

"It's okay... you're only human..." Gohan thought to himself.

"What..?" Videl looked up at him while she was sobbing. She thought she heard him say something in her head.

"Nothing... It's okay. You just need more time to learn." Gohan said rubbing her back.

"Okay Gohan, I believe you." She said moving closer to him and tightening the embrace.

Gohan began caressing her long black hair, when suddenly his stomach began growling loudly. "Oops... I guess I'm hungry." He said with a huge smile. He got up, dusted himself off and helped Videl up. "Let's go eat lunch, then we can come back and you can try again."

"Okay..." Videl said as they started walking, but then she started to stumble, so she sat down on the grass. "I'm really tired... it hurts when I walk."

"Well that's great!" Gohan shouted excitedly. "That means that you're using your ki already! You've almost done it Videl!"

"Isn't that nice... too bad I can't move and celebrate with you." She said, and was a little annoyed.

"That's okay," Gohan said as he knelt down and scooped up Videl. She put her arms around his neck, wrapped her legs around his waist, and was using the side of his head as a pillow. Gohan put his arms around her waist, and giggled when he realized that he was carrying her like a baby. While walking home, when he noticed that Videl had snuggled closer, and she was breathing softly against his neck, it sent shivers down his spine. He looked to his side and saw that she had fallen asleep.

"Hi Gohan!" Goten said when he spotted the two.

"Shhhhhhhhhhh! Be quiet Goten, Videl's asleep!" Gohan whispered loudly.

"Oops, sorry!" Goten whispered covering his mouth with his hands.

"It's okay Squirt, let's go get some lunch, I'm hungry!"

"Me too let's go!"

The two walked back to the small house in the middle of the mountains and Gohan quickly made rice and soup while Videl slept on the sofa and Goten went to play outside, so he wouldn't disturb anybody.

He finished and went outside to get Goten. "Come inside Squirt, lunch is ready." He said.

"Yay!" Goten cheered softly and went inside.

They both ate until they were full, Goten was tired and went upstairs to take a nap while Gohan washed the dirty dishes. Gohan finished and decided to check on Videl, who was still sleeping like a baby. He sat down next to her and put her legs on his lap.

"I think Videl and Goten have the right idea." He said as he closed his eyes to take a nap.

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Videl stretched as she woke up about two hours later. "Five o'clock..." She said getting her pig tails out of her face and looking at the clock. She stretched and felt something holding her legs down. She looked up and saw Gohan sitting down next to her and her legs were in his lap. As soon as she stirred, he had woken up.

"Hey Videl, did you sleep well?" He asked with a slight yawn.

"Yup! I feel completely refreshed!" She said sitting up, but she froze when she realized that she was now sitting in Gohan's lap.

"Ummmmmm... this is a little awkward..." Gohan said as the two gazed at each other.

"Don't tell me you don't like it..." Videl thought as she gazed at him.

"What?" Gohan was again shocked.

"Nothing...did I say anything?" Videl was shocked. Had she really been saying so many things outloud? "Ummmmmm... Gohan, I know this may sound weird but... can you hear my thoughts sometimes...?"

"Yeah... I think I have been... can you hear mine sometimes too...?"

"I think so..."

"That's a little weird..." Gohan said as he stretched.

"Can we go back outside so I can try again to control my ki?" Videl said as she got up and also stretched. She flipped her hair and couldn't help but laugh at Gohan, who seemed to be mesmerized at this action.

"Yeah let's go, I think you should be able to control your ki by tonight." He said shaking his head and standing up. The two went outside to the same clearing near the lake.

"Well, let's hope I can do this..." Videl sighed as the two plopped down on the grass.

"Just relax, you were really close last time."

"Okay..." Videl said closing her eyes, stretching her hands out, and focusing.

About an hour later Videl felt a small wave of energy flow through her body. She opened her eyes and looked down at her hands to see a small purple light glowing in between her palms. "Wow, Videl! You did it!" Gohan cried.

Videl's eyes grew wide as she gazed at the small light. All of a sudden the light disappeared and she tackled Gohan to the ground, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I can't believe this, I'm so excited!" she said as she looked up at him with tears forming in the corners of her eyes.

"I'm so proud of you Videl!" Gohan said as he threw her into the air flew after her, and then grabbed her and gave her a tight hug. "I'm gonna teach you something else too, this should help you when you're fighting crime." Gohan said as he landed and let go of Videl.

"What's that?" She asked curiously.

Gohan again sat down on the grass and was followed by Videl. "I'm gonna teach you to sense other people's ki. Now that you can control your own, you can learn to feel others also."

"Wow... how do I do that? Videl asked.

"I'll teach you, let's start off with something easy." Gohan said and raised his ki higher. "Okay close your eyes and concentrate. I want you to try and find me." He said as he flew away.

"But how...?"

"Just concentrate and relax like when you took control of your ki." Gohan shouted from far away, then moved quickly to a different spot.

"Okay!" Videl yelled. She closed her eyes and went into a peaceful state, feeling her ki searching. About thirty minutes later, she stood up, with her eyes still closed, she began towards the lake. She walked to a giant rock and sat down on it. "Hello Gohan." She said opening her eyes and looking at the young man sitting down next to her.

"That was great Videl!" Gohan shouted and gave her a hug.

This time, Videl's stomach let out quite a rumble. "Oops... I guess I'm hungry..." She said with a slight blush.

"That's okay... let's go home, it's getting late and I'm hungry too." Gohan said as he grabbed Videl's waist and began flying home.

"How'd you know I was tired...?" Videl asked with a giggle.

Gohan laughed... how had he known? "Just a lucky guess." He said as they landed in front of the small house. Videl went to go lay down on the sofa while Gohan prepared dinner.

Goten let out a yawn and was rubbing his eyes when he came downstairs. "I'm hungry..." were the first words that came out of his mouth.

"Okay Squirt, I'm almost done with dinner, you can sit down."

"Yay!" Goten cried as he took a seat at the table.

A few minutes later Gohan finished and set a large plate of food in front of Goten. Videl smelled the delicious food and went to go take a seat at the table. Gohan set a plate of food in front of Videl and then served himself. Videl was still surprised at the rate at which the two ate. A few minutes later the three finished and all let out sighs of contentment, rubbing their stomachs. Then the phone rang.

"Hello?" Gohan answered.

"Hey Gohan!" Bulma's voice came through.

"Hi Bulma!" He said.

"Gohan, I'm having a little party here tomorrow and I want you to come, since it is spring break and everything."

"I don't know Bulma... Videl is staying over here for spring break and..."

"OHHHHHHHH! I hope I'm not interrupting anything..." Bulma said devilishly.

"NO BULMA. IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT! I'M JUST TEACHING HER TO FLY!" Gohan cried as his face turned very red.

"Okay then... just bring her over!"

"I don't know if that would be such a good idea Bulma... she doesn't know... about anything."

"Oh Gohan, you're helpless. You're going to have to tell her someday. What better time than now?"

"I don't know if she's ready Bulma..."

"Gohan, I know you like this girl. ALOT. I think that it would be a good idea for you to tell her. Besides, I like her, and everyone else seems to like her."

"Maybe you're right..." Gohan said.

"Of course I am! I'M A GENIUS!"

Gohan couldn't help but laugh. "Okay Bulma, I'll see you tomorrow then. I promise."

"Okay Gohan! See you tomorrow! Bye!"

Gohan turned to Goten and Videl as he hung up the phone. "Well guys, Bulma is having a party tomorrow. Do you wanna go?" He asked both of them!

"Yeah!" shouted Goten.

"Of course!" said Videl.

"Okay then." Gohan said as he gathered all of the dirty dishes from the table and began to wash them. "How am I going to tell her..." He thought to himself.

"Tell me what?" Videl asked.

"Huh? I didn't hear anything." Goten said.

"Oh, never mind, Goten." Videl said to the boy and smiled.

Gohan sighed and continued to wash the dishes. Later that night after he and Videl put Goten to sleep Gohan went to his room and got ready for bed, when he was interrupted by a knock at his door. "Come in." He said, thinking it was Goten scared about a nightmare, he had done that alot since he had been in the room by himself. "What is it Go- Videl?" he asked a little shocked.

They both blushed at each other. Videl was wearing a short white nightgown and Gohan was only in his boxers. "Ummmmmm, sorry Gohan." She said. "But I was just wondering what you were going to tell me earlier... you seemed a little stressed out about it."

Gohan sighed as he threw himself onto the large bed. He looked at the clock and saw it was already ten. "You better sit down." He said patting the bed next to him. "It's a long story."

Videl sat down cross-legged on the large bed and looked down at Gohan, who seemed to be in deep thought, but also blushed as she looked at his body and started drooling. Gohan suddenly sat up and gave her a tight hug and they both kissed, a long, passionate kiss. Videl hit herself and woke up from the fantasy.

"You Okay?" Gohan asked looking at her.

Videl laughed. "Yeah, I'm okay. So what were you going to say?"

"Videl... some of the things I'm about to say are going to be very hard to believe, but I promise you that I'm telling the truth." He said gazing into her eyes.

She caressed his cheek with her hand. "Of course I believe you Gohan."

"Okay, first of all, my dad is Goku..."

"What? THE SON GOKU!?" She gasped.

"Yeah, I had no he was so famous until I started high school. Funny isn't it? I don't think he even knew he was that popular."

"Are you serious?! He the strongest fighter in the world next to my dad!"

Gohan chuckled. "Anyway Videl, do you know that there are actually many planets with intelligent life?"

"Well... I was kind of wondering about Piccolo."

"He's a good example, but I'll get to him later. You see, about forty years ago, there was a planet called Vegeta. This was the home of the Saiyans, a race of ruthless fighters. They destroyed and conquered countless planets. They worked mostly for a ruthless tyrant named Frieza, the most powerful being in the universe at the time. Frieza noticed that the Saiyans were becoming more and more powerful over time, and grew scared that they would one day try to over throw him. Finally one day, he destroyed the planet. Only four Saiyans survied. Prince Vegeta, his servant Napa, A man named Radditz, and his brother. My dad."

Videl gasped. "You mean..."

"Yes, I'm half Saiyan. I'm sorry for not telling you... I was just scared that you'd think I was a freak or something." Gohan said looking away from her.

"Oh Gohan, it's okay, I understand and I don't think you're a freak at all." Videl said as she layed down next to him and wrapped her arms around him. "Is there more?" She asked.

"Oh yeah..." He said. "When he was just a baby, my dad was sent here to earth to destroy it. He fell down a revine and hit his head though, and completely lost his memory. A nice old man named Gohan took him in and took care of him. My dad called him grandpa, and later named me after him. After Gohan died, my dad was found by Bulma, who was looking for the Dragon Balls at the time."

"Dragon Balls...?"

"Oh yes... the legend of the Dragon Balls. You see Videl, there are seven orange gems hidden throughout the Earth know as the Dragon Balls. When all seven are gathered, they can be used to summon the Eternal Dragon, Shenlong. When he is summoned, he will grant any wish to the person that summoned him."

"Wow!" Videl cried as her eyes grew wide.

"Yup, that's the legend of the Dragon Balls. So anyway, my Dad and Bulma have been friends ever since."

"Wow, so that's how you guys know her."

"Yup. Anyway, when I was about four years old, we recieved a strange visitor, my Uncle Radditz. He came to check on my Dad, and why it was taking him so long to conquer the planet. Of course he was very upset when he realized that my Dad had no idea that he was even a Saiyan. He tried to convince my Dad to take over the planet with him, but my Dad refused, so he kidnapped me in an attempt to persuade him."

"Wow, were you scared?"

"Yes, very scared. My Dad came looking for me but ended up having to fight Radditz along with Piccolo. This is the first time I discovered my powers. They were both losing to Radditz, when I attacked him out of nowhere and distracted him long enough for my Dad and Piccolo to recover. They eventually defeated him, but my Dad died along with Radditz."

"... I'm sorry Gohan. WAIT! Didn't you say that your dad died later than that?"

"Yup, he did. We used the Dragon Balls to wish my Dad back to life, but not before he trained in the heavens. Before Radditz died, he told us that two very powerful Saiyans, Napa and Vegeta were coming very soon to Earth."

"Wait... Vegeta... isn't he Bulma's husband?" Videl asked, a little shocked when the thought hit her.

Gohan laughed as he ran his fingers through her long black hair. "Yup. But that's a completely different story... So Piccolo saw my power and decided to train me to fight them when they arrived. We both trained very hard, and so did the people you met at my mother's funeral: Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chaotzu. When Napa and Vegeta arrived on Earth, my Dad had just completed his training in heaven, and was still on his way back. We were no match at all for Napa or Vegeta. Yamcha, Tien, Chaotzu all died while fighting Napa. Piccolo also died later while shielding me from a ki blast. The only ones left were Krillin and I, but luckily, my dad arrived then. He beat up Napa badly, but still left him alive. Vegeta thought that he was a disgrace so he killed him himself. After a while, my Dad also beat Vegeta, but let him live. Vegeta took the chance to escape, and that wasn't the last we saw if him."

"So what happened next?"

"Well, we were all recovering from the fight, but unfortunately, we couldn't wish anybody back to life."

Videl gasped. "Why not?"

"I have to explain more about Piccolo now. Piccolo is part of another being named Kami. A long time ago, Kami came to earth from a planet called Namek. He became the God of Earth. Before he could though, he had to get rid of all the evil in his body. This is how Piccolo was born."

"So... Piccolo is all of Kami's evil side?"

"Yes, but he's still a very good person. Kami created the Dragon Balls with his life, so they are part of him. Piccolo is also part of Kami, so when Piccolo died..."

"Kami also died, and the Dragon Balls along with him?"

"Exactly. We were all very sad about this until Kami's servant, Mr. Popo came and told us about Namek, and that another set of Dragon Balls existed there. My Dad was in no shape to go, so instead, Bulma, Krillin and I went." Gohan sighed.

"Something wrong?" Videl asked lovingly and tightened her embrace.

"When we arrived at Namek we discovered that Frieza was also there. Apparenty he had heard about the Dragon Balls from Vegeta, who had heard from Radditz. Radditz had a device that he wore called a scouter and with it, we was able to relay everything he said to Vegeta, and also Frieza. He had tricked us into telling him about the Dragon Balls. Frieza planned on wishing for immortality, and almost succeeded too, he had wiped out almost all of the Nameks, and was going to get the last Dragon Ball from Guru, the eldest Namek. He was stalled though by a Namek named Nail, whom he killed. Fortunately, Guru had given us his Dragon Ball and Vegeta stole all of the Dragon Balls from Frieza, and sided with us, so we had all of them in our possession. A young Namek named Dende that we had rescued earlier, Krillin, and I were going to make a wish while Vegeta was asleep, because he was going to wish for immortality himself, but we still needed to wish everyone back. And he would've killed us all if he had made the wish. We were lucky because we were able to summon the Eternal Dragon of the Namek, Porunga, and we were able to wish Piccolo back to life. Unfortunately, Vegeta woke up after this and was about to wish for immortality, but then Frieza found us also. He could have forced us into wishing him immortality too, if Guru hadn't died of depression that very moment."

"Depression...?"

"Yes, all of the Nameks were Guru's children. He gave birth to all of them."

"He...?"

"Yeah... I don't get it either..." Gohan and Videl both laughed. " So after a long fight, Frieza had beaten Krillin, Piccolo and I into submission. He also killed Vegeta. My Dad, who had been recovering from previous fights, finished his recovery and arrived just in time to save us all. My Dad was losing horribly to Frieza, and then used his trump card, a technique called the Spirit Bomb, which gathers energy from all living things everywhere, to beat Frieza. Somehow though, Frieza managed to survive and was so angry he killed Krillin. This pushed my Dad over the edge and he became a Super Saiyan."

"Super Saiyan, what's that?"

"When a Saiyan becomes very angry and is pushed to their limits, this is what happens." Gohan said and started powering up. His turned gold and his eyes became the teal color.

"You ARE the Gold Fighter!" Videl said as she gazed at Gohan.

"Yes... I'm sorry I didn't tell you that either Videl... but you know...."

"No I don't think you're a freak, stupid..." She said running her fingers through his golden hair and laughing.

"Thanks for understanding Videl..." he said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "So this turned the tide for my Dad. He became MUCH stronger that Frieza, and Freiza was very aware of this. He decided that the only was he could beat my dad was to destroy Namek."

"WHAT?!"

"Yup, and he almost did, but he wasn't powerful enough, he was only able to destroy the core. The planet was ready to blow, but luckily, the Dragon Balls on earth had been gathered, and everyone killed by Frieza was wished back. Including Guru, it was Frieza's fault that he had died in the first place. So Dende came back to life and wished that everyone on Namek would be transported back to Earth, except for my Dad and Frieza."

"Why?"

"Because my Dad wanted to stay behind and make sure Frieza died."

"But wouldn't he have died when the planet exploded?"

"No, apparently, he was able to breathe in space, so he would've lived. So my Dad finished off Frieza, and the planet blew up just as he escaped."

"Whoa...."

"Yeah... we thought that he had died, and were going to wish him back to life, but the Eternal Dragon told us that he was still alive and that he didn't wanna be wished back to Earth yet. So we wished back the others instead."

"Well, at least there was a happy ending..." Videl said with a smile.

"Yup, and Vegeta even stayed on earth with us. A few years later, we received a visit from someone in the future, his name was Trunks."

"Trunks... Bulma's son?"

"Yes. He came to tell us two things. That my dad was coming home very soon, and that we were going to all get killed by two androids in a few years."

"WHAT?!"

"Ummm.. sorry, let me explain... in Trunk's future the world has been almost completely destroyed by Android Seventeen and Android Eighteen. They were creations of a scientist named Doctor Gero. He was the head scientist of the Red Ribbon Army, and army who my father defeated all by himself when he was a little boy. Android Seventeen and Eighteen were created to kill my Dad for Dr.Gero."

"Wow... wait... Eighteen, the woman that is married to Krillin now?"

"Yes, I'll get to that later. Trunks also told us that my Dad was going to die of a very horrible heart disease that there was no cure for yet. This is the same one that my Mom died of. He gave him medicine for it though, and told us the place where the androids would appear, and then he left. We all trained for three years to prepare for them, and then, on the exact day that Trunks had predicted, two androids appeared. Trunks also came back from the future to help us. And we received some very shocking news... they weren't the same Androids from Trunk's timeline."

"How did that happen?"

"Apparently, Trunks changed the past by telling us, and were fighting Android Nineteen and Twenty. Twenty was actually Dr. Gero himself. My father was fighting Android Nineteen, but was beaten because he was sick. He had never taken the medicine for his heart. Vegeta took care of Nineteen and we had nearly defeated Twenty, when he escaped, and we couldn't follow him either.

"Why not?"

"Because we can't sense Androids, they aren't real. When he got to his lab, he released Androids Sixteen, Seventeen, and Eighteen, who were all more powerful than him. Seventeen and Eighteen went renegade and killed him, they didn't want to follow his orders. They terrorized the planet for some time searching for my dad, who was still recovering from the disease. They were much more powerful than Trunks predicted, Eighteen nearly killed Vegeta in a fight."

"Wow... I'm sure his pride took more of a beating though... beaten by a girl." Videl laughed.

"Yes, it was around this time, that we recieved ANOTHER visitor from the future. Dr. Gero's most lethal creation, Android Number Twenty-One: Cell."

"Cell was from the future? How and why did he come here?"

"Cell was from a different timeline that Trunk's. In his timeline, he killed Trunks and used his time machine to come here. Dr. Gero created him because he always knew that Android Seventeen and Eighteen would go renegade. Cell's soul purpose was to absorb them and become "perfect".

"Why didn't he just get them in his own timeline?"

"Because in his timeline, Android Seventeen and Eighteen had already been destroyed. He was so determined to get them, that even traveled through time. Cell was by far the most powerful android. He was made of the cells of the greatest fighters in the universe, including my Dad and Piccolo, and he just kept on getting stronger." Gohan paused. "Did you ever watch the news and hear about all the people just disappearing?"

"Yes, I remember that, it was very scary."

"Cell was absorbing all of the people to gain some of his strength that he did have yet. And every time somebody fought him, like Piccolo did once, he would get even stronger. After a battle, Saiyans always get significantly stronger."

"And since he had Saiyan cells, he just kept on getting more powerful?"

"Exactly, and he also had the ability to recover extremely fast, this is because of the Namekian cells. One time Piccolo lost his arm in battle, but he grew it back in a matter of seconds."

"That's gross..."

"Yeah... I know. So after hunting for the androids for a while, he managed to absorb Seventeen, and manifested into a more powerful version of himself. None of us were a match for him except for Android Sixteen, and even though he and all of us tried protect Eighteen, and she even threatened to blow herself and the Earth up with the "Dooms Day Bomb" that was implanted in her, Cell absorbed her. That is how he became "Perfect" Cell. Now that he had completed his purpose, he knew that no one could beat him, that is when he announced to the world that he was going to hold The Cell Games." Gohan stopped here.

"What's wrong, why did you stop?" Videl asked noticing the worried expression on Gohan's face.

"Videl... you're going to have a real hard time believing this but..."

"My Dad didn't beat Cell." She finished his sentence.

"What... how'd you know...?"

"I've always had a feeling, I mean, my dad always avoids sparring with me and he never trains anymore. So who beat him then...?"

"I did." Gohan said.

"But, you were still a little boy..."

"Yeah, I know. He and my Dad were fighting, but my Dad stopped and told me to fight instead. We were fighting for a while, but he knew he had to make me angry to get a real fight out of me, so he made seven copies of himself called Cell Juniors. They badly beat up most of my friends and Android Sixteen, who had been blown up except for his head, and I was getting furious. However, Sixteen also knew that this was the key to my victory, so he told your dad to throw him into the ring. He was encouraging me to not give up, when Cell destroyed him. This threw me over the edge and I became the next level of Super Saiyan." As Gohan said this, he powered up again, and Videl felt shivers going down her spine as she looked Gohan and the blue bolts that sparked around the two. Gohan then went back to normal and continued. "I was much more powerful then than I am now though, I was so angry I could barely even control myself, though I hid it very well. I disposed of all the Cell Juniors and beat up Cell so badly that he vomited Eighteen back up."

"Ewwwww... that's gross."

"Sorry about that. So, with Eighteen gone from his system, he reverted back to his second stage, so, the fool that I was, I just messed around with him, and decided to make him suffer before I killed him. He saw that I wasn't going to kill him yet, and he activated his "Dooms Day Bomb". He was about to explode when my Dad teleported Cell and himself onto a different planet. That's where Cell blew up."

"So that's how Cell died? I had no Idea."

"No, it's not. You see, his brain survived the explosion..."

"And thanks to the Namekian Cells, he recovered. And let me guess, he became more powerful because of the Saiyan Cells."

"Exactly. This time, after a long struggle, I finally managed to beat him with an extremely powerful ki blast. You're dad then took all the credit."

"I'm really sorry Gohan."

"That's okay. We were going to wish my Dad back to life after that, but he decided to stay in Other World. He thought that it would be for the good of the planet. He said that most of the trouble that was caused was because of him, so that it would be better if he stayed dead. I guess I never got over this, I always blame myself for his death, it was my fault for not destroying Cell when I had the chance..."

"Gohan... you're Saiyan side got the best of you, don't blame yourself. I mean, look at Vegeta." Videl said as she gazed at him.

"I don't know about that... but life went back to normal and Goten was born soon after that, he never knew Dad..."

"No, don't say it... it's not your fault Gohan" Videl said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Thanks Videl..." Gohan said tightening his embrace around her. The two were quiet for a while, and eventually fell asleep in each others arms.

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"Hello?" Hercule answered the phone in Videl's room.

"Hi Mr. Satan, may I speak to Videl?" The voice of Erasa came through.

"Sorry Erasa, but she's not here. She's staying at the boy's house for spring break... uhhhh what's his name? Oh yeah, Gohan."

"Really?!"

"Yep. Maybe you should pay them a visit tomorrow... He lives in Mountain Area 439. Make sure you stop by early!"

"Alright Mr. Satan, I will!"