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Title: Your Journey's Not Over

Chapter One

Reunion Pt 1

Gohan was residing in his usual seat next to Videl. It was the sixth and final period of the day and the teacher was droning on about the effect of equilibrium. Gohan had zoned out slightly, he knew it all already, in fact he was sure that he'd ace the test if given it without having to listen to the annoying monotone of the lecturer.

He glanced over to Videl who was also staring rather glassy eyed at the front. Probably an attempt to appear interested. Eraser was scribbling something into her notebook, while trying not to giggle as Sharpener leaned over her shoulder and read it. From the way the guy smirked, Gohan got the distinct impression that it had nothing to do with science equations. His gaze returned to Videl. He jumped slightly, realising she was looking at him. She grinned. Gohan felt his dreary mood rise a few notches.

It had been a few weeks since the whole fight with Buu had come to a close and the Earth had returned to normal. Chi Chi had allowed Gohan two weeks to recover from the ordeal and spend some time with Goku, Goten and the Z gang. However it seemed like no time passed at all before she demanded he return to school and resume the most important thing in his life; his studies. So Gohan had bowed down to his mother and her frying pan; returning to school the previous week.

Videl had met him with a smile and a mutual understanding had passed between them. Gohan felt like they were old friends who had undertaken a life long journey together, only to return and find that nothing had changed except themselves.

Returning to school hadn't been as easy as Gohan had thought. The people of Earth may have had their memory of Buu whipped but everyone knew he was The Great Saiyaman and the 'Gold Fighter'. Gohan had had to endure a lot of whispering and range of different reactions from his class mates. His immediate friends had been fine, actually in awe of him really. Eraser was actually trying to persuade him to keep his hair blonde.

Thankfully, Hercule had convinced most people that the 'gold hair trick' was just a flashy light show and of 'no great importance'. Gohan had a feeling that not everyone believed him though and was amazed that no one had made a connection to the cell games.

Videl had been the only one to treat him the same, well not exactly the same. There was definitely a greater respect in her eyes. Gohan spent all of his time at school with Videl. She in turn was rarely seen without him.

Gohan felt a strong urge to do something to impress her. He didn't know why, if defeating Cell didn't impress then nothing else would. However he couldn't knock back the feeling.

Gohan looked over at Videl again, grinning. His grin faded slightly when he noticed Sharpener was telling some funny story about his friend's party.

Sharpener had met Gohan with a wary greeting when he first came back. However, after a few days of seeing Gohan behaving no different to before the world tournament, he soon adjusted back into his old mannerisms. Gohan was pulled back from his reverie, as he glanced back over at Videl.

The story seemed to have both Videl and Eraser's undivided attention. He held out his hand and used his ki to propel Videl's pen into the air.

Gohan smiled as this caught her eye. She watched as the pen began to spin in mid air. Eraser and Sharpener had also seen the little trick. They were gazing, wordless.

Videl looked up from the pen over to Gohan. As her eyes met his Gohan felt a jolt inside.

He felt himself lose control of his ki. Electricity zapped around the pen and disintegrated it. Videl frowned slightly at this.

"Eh…sorry" he muttered, giving her a sheepish look.

"I don't think I was going use it anyway, this class is so boring"

Gohan waited for Eraser and Sharpener to look away, which took awhile considering they had just seen him blow up a pen.

"Hey, what are you doing after school?" he asked her.

"Eugh, my dad's making me do an exhibit with him to recruit kids for his new gym. Basically it means I have to stand around watching him pose in front of loads of ignorant parents, listening to him lie about beating Cell." She frowned in annoyance thinking about it.

Gohan grinned,

"I thought he might have lain off a bit after the whole fight with Buu."

"Huh, no chance, I even think it made him worse, you know my dad…the one thing he's good at is bragging."

"So, there's no chance you could come by my house for dinner?"

Videl's face spread into a wide smile.

"I'd love to Gohan; it won't be that hard to slip awa…"

GOHAN, VIDEL!! Are you paying attention or do I need to separate you both?! roared the professor.

The pair blushed, Gohan much worse then Videl.

"That won't be necessary sir" Videl said, amidst the sniggering of the class.

The period ended without any other dramas. As the bell rang, the student body exited in a rush. Gohan stayed close to Videl all the way to their lockers. He quickly threw several of the 'extra' textbooks his mother insisted on him having, into his bag before shutting his locker. Videl was doing the same (minus the text books).

"Alright, what time should I rock up at your house?" she asked, swinging her bag over her shoulder.

"How's 6:00 sound?

"Ok, I'll see you then" smiling as she waved, before making her way down the corridor through the masses of excited students.

"Mom, I'm home" Gohan called out as he walked through the front door. He spotted his mother in the kitchen, probably still washing all the dishes from Goku and Goten's lunch.

"Hi Sweetie, how was school?"

"It was ok" Gohan said, dumping his bags in the living room.

"Just ok, huh"

"Oh, no it was good, er…where's dad?" Chi Chi frowned at this.

"He's off teaching Goten how to blow up stuff and be an irresponsible punk!" she said irritably.

"I'll go and find them then" He turned back to the door.

"Gohan, when are you going to ask Videl around, we haven't seen her for awhile?"

"Oh, er huh, I actually asked her if she'd like to come around tonight." Gohan said evenly. Chi Chi swung around positively beaming.

"Oh that's WONDERFUL! Bulma's invited everyone over for dinner and this way we can all see Videl again." Gohan groaned, dinner at Capsule Corp. with the z gang wasn't particularly the way he wanted to spend his evening with Videl.

"Ok mom, I'll go find Dad and Goten then I'll rescue Videl from her father's side show" He doughted Chi Chi had heard him. She was already walking into the next room muttering about calling Bulma.

Gohan spun around and flew back out the door.

It wasn't difficult to locate Goku and Goten. Their energy was so high that both must have been super saiyan. After several minutes of flying in the general direction of their ki, Gohan saw the distinct explosions of energy blasts. He grinned as he spotted them up ahead.

Gohan slowed down as he took in the scene. Goten and Goku were circling each other, there was a flash as Goku shot a blast at his youngest son. Goten dodged and fired one back, to which Goku deflected. Goten dodged again and met Goku with a series of punches. Goku performed a flawless roundhouse kick that sent Goten shooting down to earth. Gohan smiled slightly as Goten slowed and then pushed off the ground before he came zooming back at Goku.

KA…ME…HA…ME……..HAAAAAAAAAA!!

Goten's Kamehameha shot towards his dad. Gohan was impressed by Goten's newly found control, the blast was perfectly directed, but he could tell his little brother had given his dad too much time to prepare for it.

Goku was able to block the beam and send it towards the ground, effectively sculpting a new crater. Goten rose slowly, breathing heavily from his effort. That was when Goku spotted Gohan.

"GOHAN"

Goten spun around,

"BIG BROTHER" he waved excitedly, his hair flopped and went black as he went out of super saiyan mode. The pair sped over.

"Hey Dad, Squirt"

"Hey Gohan, were you watching us?" Goten beamed up at his sibling.

"Yeah, those were some impressive moves you were throwing out there."

"Ah ha ha, that's what Dad said. Did mom tell you we're going to Trunks' house tonight?"

"Yeah she did, and she also said you've got to come back and get ready for it and, er…something about irresponsible punks running off?"

Goku laughed sheepishly as he came out of super saiyan, and scratched the back of his head.

"Alright boys we'd better go then before Chi Chi thinks you've joined in Gohan."

The three saiyans flew back in the direction of their home.

"Umm Dad, Videl's coming tonight so It wou…" Goten chirped across Gohan.

"Really! Videl's coming! Cool, Trunks and I can…"

"NO! Gohan said hurriedly, I don't want you guys to embarrass me in front of her! Again!"

"Oh, right…no problem Gohan" Goten said, his fingers crossed behind his back. Goku saw this and laughed.

They soon arrived back and were met by Chi Chi, who was surprisingly in a rather good mood.

She ushered them inside, ignoring Goku's complaints of being hungry.

"Ok, I've laid out your dinner suits…"

"Awwwww, but we're only going to Trunks' house, why do we have to wear those weird tight things with the funny bows."

"Goten! I am not having you greet your friends in a gi every time you see them! Contrary to what everyone thinks my family are not just karate bums!!"

Goku and Gohan had had enough practise to know which fights they could win with Chi Chi. This was not one of them.

"Mom, I'll go and call Videl to let her know what's happening"

He grabbed the cordless phone and dashed out of the room before Chi Chi's good mode vaporized.

Gohan walked into his and Goten's room, where the 'weird tight things with the funny bows' were placed on each bed. He grimaced slightly at them, before punching in Videl's cell phone number.

"Hey, Videl here"

"Hey it's Gohan, how's the show going?" he asked humorously.

"Oh I'm having a blast" she snorted

"Yeah I'll bet, hey listen Bulma's invited everyone around to Capsule Corp. for dinner so I was wondering if you could bare to be around my embarrassing friends for the evening."

Videl laughed.

"Yeah, I'd love to come; it'd be great to see everyone again"

Gohan sighed internally. He would have to agree with her. He loved seeing the z gang. However the 'dinners' they had were o so predictable. Trunks and Goten would usually do something to set Vegeta off resulting in the saiyan prince going off his rocker and blowing up something, fights always broke out and with the addition of Goku this was even more likely. Oh well.

"My mom is making us all wear suits, dunno why exactly, but just rock up in something that isn't a gi and she'll be happy. No one else will be in formal wear."

"Ok, sure thing, I'll be at your house soon as I can"

"Don't rush; it's going to take a while to get Goten into this thing"

He could hear Videl laughing at the other end.

"Alright Gohan, see you soon"

"Bye"

As he pressed the 'end call' button muffled shouts could be heard from the kitchen. Someone was stopping towards the room, probably Goten pissed off at having lost the argument with Chi Chi about wearing the suit.

Sure enough the door burst open revealing Goten looking sulky.

"Trunks is going to laugh at me" he whined.

"Aw, cheer up squirt, this is nothing compared to what Bulma made Vegeta wear when I was a kid."

"What was it?"

"A pink shirt" Goten blinked, then grinned,

"Ah ha ha ha ha, Trunks' daddy wore pink ha ha ha"

"Yeah it was pretty funny." Gohan smiled as he stripped and walked into their bathroom for a shower.

He was in and out within five minutes, wandering back into the bedroom in a towel.

Goten took a lot longer in the bathroom then Gohan had to the point that Gohan was wondering what he doing in there. He was attempting to do his bow tie in the mirror when Goten wondered out stark naked.

"What were you doing in there squirt?"

"I was trying to make my tail grow back like dads"

"Why'd you need the bathroom to do that?"

"I have to see what I'm doing and you're using this mirror" Gohan looked confused.

"What…you just stand in front of the bathroom mirror and stare at your ass hoping your tail will appear?!"

"Yeah!" (Gohan falls over anime style)

Gohan scrambled up from the floor laughing in slight disbelief.

EEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Both boys turned their heads up towards the shriek.

"Looks like dad's not having such a good time with the suit, mum probably grabbed his tail to force him into it. Gohan chuckled. See; tails aren't always fun squirt."

The doorbell rang.

"Videl must be here, man that was faster then I thought she'd be." He glanced back at his brother.

"Goten please don't walk around naked while Videl's here, ok?" He walked out and shut the door gently after him.

On his way to the door he passed his mother on her way to his and Goten's room. Gohan grinned slightly,

"Is dad ok?"

Chi Chi had a smug look on her face, that more then answered Gohan's question.

"Hey mom, can you make sure Goten doesn't wonder around the house with no clothes on while Videl is here."

Gohan opened the door and couldn't help the huge smile that spread across his face and the warmth that settled in his stomach. Videl stood on the door step mirroring his smile. She was elegantly, yet casually dressed in dark jeans, cowboy boots and a pretty white and blue peasant style top. Gohan couldn't help but look her up and down, raising his eye brows a bit.

"What?!"

"Nice boots"

"Oh yeah; thanks, nice suit" Gohan grimaced good naturedly. Videl stepped inside and Gohan shut the door behind her. Goku walked into the living room. Gohan and Videl both noticed he was walking as though he had a pole up his backside.

"Oh, hi Videl it's nice to see you" Goku staggered over and greeted her.

"Hey Goku it good to see you again, um, are you ok?"

Goku looked a bit sheepish.

"Oh, yeah I'm great, I just need to…walk around a bit." And with that he staggered off. Videl turned to Gohan,

"Er, Gohan what's up with your dad?" Gohan chuckled.

"I think mom tried to tuck his tail into his pants."

Videl looked even more bewildered at his answer.

"What?"

"Long story, I'll explain it all later, but in short we saiyans are born with tails, my dad and Vegeta's grew back not long ago."

"Tails, huh, you know I don't think anything will ever surprise me about you guys anymore. Expect the weirdest and it's not usually that far from the real thing."

Chi Chi came in with Goten who looked very uncomfortable and was fiddling with his bow tie.

"Videl it's lovely to see you!" Chi Chi embraced her like a long lost sister.

"We should be leaving soon, now where is Goku." She hurried off to look for her husband.

"Hi Videl! I haven't seen you for ages!"

"Hey Goten; yeah we've all been pretty busy settling back. It must be great having your dad back though."

"Yeah he's cool and he…" There was a muffled yelling from the other side of the house.

The three stopped talking and stared as Chi Chi walked in with Goku following her, thankfully walking normally, he gave Gohan the thumbs up as they walked out the door. Gohan noticed Goku had made a hole for his tail in his dress pants and it was wrapped comfortably around his waist. Gohan grinned slightly.

"Um, Chi Chi it would be much faster if we flew…" Goku began.

"NO! WE ARE NOT FLYING WE ARE DRIVING LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE DO"

So the five of them bundled themselves into the car (a recent insistence from Chi Chi that they have one) and, with Goku gingerly taking the wheel, drove off.

Ten minutes later.

"Daddy you're driving like a sissy." Whined Goten from in between Gohan and Videl.

"Huh?" Goku turned around to look at Goten.

"GOKU KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!" shrieked Chi Chi.

"Trunks' daddy goes much faster then this and he doesn't stop every time there's a red light." Goten complained. Videl sniggered, while Gohan looked a bit uneasy.

"Goten, mom doesn't need to hear about Vegeta's speeding habits." he said carefully. However Goku had obviously taken Goten's words to heart and they were soon racing along towards Capsule Corp.