~The Mayoral Mansion~
Videl slammed the door shut, 'Gohan sure knew how to ruin the mood' she though
angrily she hurled her bag on the marble floor and watched it slide a couple
of meters.
"Aaarrrggghhh!!" she suddenly screamed trying to rid herself of her frustration.
"Dad," she called, but there was no response.
"DAD!" she shouted thinking that perhaps her father had not heard
her.
Still no response.
Videl closed her eyes and gave a sigh of frustration as she walked into the kitchen, for something to drink. When she saw the piece of paper attached to the magnet on the fridge she viciously snatched at it.
To my little angel,
Sorry I can't make it to dinner, have some important business to attend to,
will make it up to you I promise.
Lots of Dad
P.S Order take out for dinner
...read the untidy, quickly scrawled note. Videl crumpled the note and threw it into the bin. 'I'm getting sick of take out for dinner,' thought Videl as she rummaged through for a cookbook and finally finding one. She quickly scanned the recipes. None seemed to appeal to her she thought as she tossed the book away.
~Up In The Air~
As Gohan flew home at a leisurely pace, he felt elated as he showed off his
flying skills by doing a few flips in the air. He remembered her soft skin pressed
against his lips as he kissed her. He shook his head free from the thoughts,
he shouldn't be thinking things like that after all she... well... she was Videl
Satan, she was the mayor's daughter, she was pretty and smart, and he knew this
well from her intelligent well thought out questions she had asked while studying
with her earlier that evening. He looked at his watch and quickly noted that
he had been gone for almost three quarters of an hour, 'damn' he better hurry
back home or else he'd get no dinner, 'no dinner' a thought every Saiyan or
demi-Saiyan would shudder at, hell most Saiyans found it hard to survive on
three meals per day.
~Minutes Later Back At The Son's Home~
Chichi greeted her first-born son at the door, "Gohan, you better hurry
up and get ready for dinner your father and Goten are already waiting at the
table. Gohan smiled and walked inside as he passed the dining room he saw his
father drooling at the well cooked food Chichi had slaved over in making, also
his little brother held a chopstick in each hand. Gohan shook his head in amusement,
Goten had an annoying habit of reaching out and stabbing his food and then stuffing
the food in his mouth, a process that was continually repeated throughout every
meal no matter what their mother said.
"Hi there Gohan," greeted his father.
"Hurry up nii," said Goten when he saw Gohan.
Gohan smiled and kept walking to bathroom were he quickly washed his hands and made his way back to the table. Back at the table Chichi was already seated and telling off Goten for not holding his chopsticks properly and at the same time keeping a stern eye on her husband. As Gohan sat down in his place chaos seemed to erupt as Goten and Goku swiftly gobbled down their dinner, he looked at his mother who was already scolding both his father and brother for their atrocious behavior. He smiled, it was just another crazy day in his life.
~Later At Night In The Mayoral Mansion~
"I want you to take this," said the woman as she pressed something
into the little girl's hand who looked at the small item with a rather confused
look on her face. "It's a good luck charm," she added noting the girl's
confused look.
"Thanks but I don't need any good luck, I'm going to win!" said the
little girl confidently.
The older woman smiled, the girl was so innocent, so pure, but she was also
weak. "Take it," she repeated as she gently held the little girl's
hand in hers.
The little girl had little choice but to obey, "okay then," she said
lightly and skipped off.
The picture gradually faded...
Videl suddenly woke up to find herself sweating heavily, 'that was strange'
she thought as she tried to recall the dream which rapidly ceasing to be in
her memory. Videl was no stranger dreams but this one was different to the others,
she had never had a dream as alive as this, true she couldn't see everything
but she felt like her senses were alive. She could feel a slight cold breeze
and smell a bit of blood, well, she thought it was blood and she heard people
in the distance lots of people talking.
Videl looked at the clock which read 4:23 am, she sighed rolled over and tried
to get back to sleep before the alarm went off.
~Orange Star High School~
"Hey Videl wait up," said a familiar voice as Gohan started weaving
his way around the crowd to get to her side.
"Hi Gohan," she said as she slammed shut her locker with one hand
and balancing her books in the other.
He inspected her closely, he could see a few dark rings around her eyes instantly aging her. "Are you alright, Videl?" he asked his voice filled with concern.
In response she shrugged her shoulders, "I didn't sleep much last night," remembering the dream she had.
He looked at her his eyes filled with concern, "maybe you should go back home and try to get some more sleep then," he suggested.
Videl shock her head, "no, I have a lot of stuff to do at school and taking a sickie just because I missed a bit of sleep isn't the greatest... -" her voice trailed off as she realized she had just said something she shouldn't have.
He looked at her sternly, "the greatest 'what'" he said his tone of voice clearly stating he wanted an answer.
"Example," she snapped in a low voice, "I jig class and if I get caught and the next thing I know my dad's waving a newspaper with my picture splattered all over it, giving me a big lecture. You of all people should understand, after all if you get caught jigging the rumors go around saying 'nerd boy got busted!!' And your going to get busted at the rate your going-"
"Nerd-boy," he said confused.
Videl relaxed a bit and gave a small smile, "don't tell me you haven't heard?"
His expression said it all. "It's the glasses, the wide rimmed glasses make you look like a nerd," she explained.
"Hey, my mom picked those out for me!" he said rather indignantly.
Videl laughed loudly, her anger and tiredness forgotten. Gohan smiled 'laughter is good for the soul!' said a familiar voice in his head.
"Come on, let's get to class," he said as he grabbed her books with one had, her arm in another and quickly headed to class so that the two of them wouldn't be late.
"Aawww, that's so sweet, just look at Gohan carry Videl's books," said Arale as she looked on dreamily.
Shapner snorted in response, he liked Gohan but sometimes Gohan's attitude got on his nerves.
"So Gohan," Arale said resting her hands on the desk he was seated
at, "when are you going to ask Videl out?"
Gohan and Videl blushed furiously, 'I can't believe she just said that,' though Videl as Gohan tried desperately not to make eye contact with anyone by rummaging through his bag.
"Stop teasing them," said Ireeza her voice tainted slightly with annoyance.
Arale looked at Ireeza coolly, "there's nothing wrong with asking someone a question and if I didn't know any better I'd say you were jealous," Arale said innocently.
Ireeza looked at Arale, the girl had touched a nerve and both of them had known it, as the tension mounted in the room.
"Yo Gohan," called out Shapner, suddenly changing the atmosphere.
Gohan smiled and gave a sigh of relief as he acknowledged the tall sandy haired boy.
"Gonna come and play baseball today, Warui's out sick so we need another person, wanna come or ya gonna be a momma's boy and play chess?" he asked the demi-Saiyan.
Gohan gave a small smile, "it's not my fault, I just do that to keep my mom happy."
"Your such a momma's boy Gohan," mocked Arale.
"Hey you would be too if you had my mom," said Gohan defensively.
"He's right you know, all of you guy's would-" Videl stopped in mid sentence realizing what she had just said.
"Hmmpph... I give them three days before one of them asks the other out," Arale said smugly as she took her seat and ignoring the silent glares that came at her from all directions.
The teacher soon walked in and started taking the role. Gohan soon found himself
thinking of Videl, and how his life seemed to be centered around her now, him
soon teaching her how to fly, him studying with her, him attracted to her-
He shook his head, sadly he knew there was no way Videl would be attracted to
him, she was smart, beautiful, nice... there was no way that someone like her
would be attracted to him, no way at all.
~Orange Star High School~
School finished early on Thursday's due to sports being held that day. Orange
Star High School was ranked quite highly in baseball, as well as all of the
other sports for although it was a public school it was also a rather fussy
school due to the high number of applicants it received and the school continually
received honors and distinctions as well as trophies.
Gohan liked sport with a passion and disliked it with the same amount of energy.
He found it frustrating playing with his peers for he could not use his full
strength and release his tension by hitting a ball, due to his abnormal strength.
But he enjoyed being with his friends and it was nice to once in a while to
have the normal life he so desperately yearned for but could not have.
As he bent down to tie his laces he noticed some of his Ireeza and Arale watching the game from within the stands, he smiled and waved to them.
~Up In The Stands~
Arale, as she re-focused her eyes from the Orange Star's rivals' from Trinity
College to her best friend noted the knitted eyebrows of frustration on her
best friend.
"Soo.. what's wrong now, Ireeza?" asked Arale her voice tinted with concern.
"Nothing.." said Ireeza blankly.
But it was painfully clear to Arale that something was on her friend's mind but Arale knew better than to attempt to pry information out of her friend. Ireeza would talk when she was ready.
"Do you think Gohan really likes Videl?" asked Ireeza suddenly. Arale, was thinking about to answer, but it came apparent that she wasn't needed to answer when she saw the faraway look in her friends eyes.
"I really like Gohan," Ireeza said, her attention focused on the baseball player.
"You like a lot of guys," replied Arale as she started to name them while counting off her fingers, "Shapner, Josh Labo, B.G.. "
"But Gohan's different, he's sooo dreamy and... " she stopped in mid sentence as Gohan saw her looking at him and waved, which both girls returned by doing the same gesture.
~Library~
Videl was quietly studying in the library trying to prepare for a test, but
somehow every time she read a sentence her mind seemed to float back to the
mysterious child which had appeared in her dreams. She shook her head free of
the thought but the child would not leave her mind. Frustrated, Videl gathered
her books up and headed out of the library, after all a little fresh air might
help clear her mind.
~Back To The Baseball Field~
It was now Gohan's turn to bat. Shapner was on third base looking hard at Gohan
trying to figure out if Gohan had it in him to win the game. If Shapner could
get home safely they could win the game, if not they would lose. Shapner's shoulders
tensed up as he looked at the person next to him, the third base catcher from
Trinity High he was an excellent catcher.
Gohan as he walked up to the plate was a little disappointed with the game,
true he did not expect much of a challenge, but this was ridiculous, he could
hit that little ball to New Namek while half of his comrades had trouble hitting
it all together.
As the pitcher threw the ball, Gohan easily hit the ball out of bounds, again. He walked to each base not bothering to rush for he knew that there was no chance a mere human could retrieve it in time unless their name was Krillin or Yamcha.
~Somewhere In Orange Star High School~
Videl hugged her books against her chest as she walked aimlessly, the sun's
rays gently touching her face, warming it. She enjoyed the sensation it gave
her as she walked along, her eyes half closed.
Poop.
A ball landed near her feet, jolting her rudely out of her daydreams. Videl
bent over and picked it. 'that's right,' she remembered, 'the boys are playing
a home match today,' her pleasant features then give a look of confusion as
realizes that were the boys should be playing at least 500 meters from where
the ball has landed.
~Back Yet Again To The Baseball Field~
"Awesome game guys!"
"Fantastic!"
"Don't forget to turning up to training, next week!"
The Orange Star baseball team congratulated each other with smiles as they clap each other on the back and shake one another's hands.
"Hey Gohan, you should play with us more," the coach is obviously impressed with they boy's talent and believes that he has a lot of potential.
"Yeah, that's what Yamcha says to me too," Gohan replied as he remembers his old friend which he sees every now and then. The coaches' eyes bulge as Gohan causally mentions the name of one of the great baseball players as though it was nothing.
"You know Yamcha?" He questions, believing that his ears have betrayed him and he has heard wrong.
"Yeah, he used to train with my dad". Gohan answers as though he is reciting the weather for to him, he has always been surrounded by famous friends and to him this is not a big issue for he sees his father's friends as just friends and nothing more. But in the coaches' eyes this revelation only heightens his opinion of him as Yamcha has an impressive record for home runs that is so impressive that no one has been able come close to.
Before the coach can comment on this though, Videl calls his name and holds
the lost baseball out to him. Seeing Gohan, Videl smiles a smile which is filled
with warmth, kindness and slightly tainted with a sense of knowing. The coach
accepts the ball and asks Videl were she found it, she replies that it fell
near her. Gohan hearing all of this looks slightly alarmed for he knows that
it was he that hit the ball and that Videl would be severly injured if the ball
had hit her.
Gohan's imagination then runs slightly wild as images of Videl in pain flash
across his mind.
"Hey Gohan," she snaps her fingers in front of his eyes trying to bring him back to reality.
"Yeah."
"When are you going to start tutoring me?"
~30 Minutes Later Son Residence~
Gohan is trying to teach Videl how to fly and both of them can be seen it the
air, Gohan's hands holding onto Videl's and although Videl is not quite as high
up as Gohan is, Gohan is quite impressed with her and amazed that she caught
on so fast and although he murmurs encouraging words and those of praise all
this is undone when Videl sees Goten coming home from school with Trunks Vejita
Briefs, both boys flying at an amazing pace.
Distracted by the sight of the two boys, she loses control over her ki and
gravity pushes her to the ground but Gohan quickly scoops her up in his arms.
Their feelings for each other is reflected in each other's eyes and both feel
that it is the right time to express their feelings for one another as Videl
slightly closes her eyes and Gohan...