After The Storm
A Gohan and Videl story

It had been a month since the battle with Buu. Things were finally starting to go back to normal for the good people of Earth, thanks to Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the Z-Fighters. Of course, no one ever knew, since Goku had wished for Buu to be erased from everyone’s memory. He didn’t care, though. He didn’t want a hero’s parade. He just wanted to spend the rest of his years with his family: Chi-Chi, Gohan, and Goten. Well, he’d get two out of three.

Ever since his return to Videl at Kami’s Lookout, Gohan started spending every free minute he had with her. On the Kai planet, he had subconsciously referred to Videl as his girlfriend, and while that was a bit of a goof on his part at the time, he was able to call her that all the time now. When he returned, the two shared their stories. How Gohan said that on the Kai planet, and how Videl finally admitted her love for him when she heard he had “died”. Upon these revelations, the two decided to become an “official” couple, finally proving all the rumors at Orange Star High School to be true: Gohan and Videl were an item.

Today, the two decided to go for a walk in the woods. This date was Gohan’s idea, as he was a little tired of the usual city dates that Videl always took him on. He wanted her to see the place he grew up, and spent most of his childhood with Piccolo, in. The area was beautiful these days. You could hardly tell that the place had been blown up so many times during Gohan’s training with Piccolo. It was right at the beginning of autumn, so the leaves were all turning, making for an amazing sight to see, and the perfect place for a romantic date.

“Wow! This is beautiful! Now I know why you wanted me to come here!” Videl said excitedly. She was decked out in her usual outfit, a blue and orange sweatshirt and white sweatpants. She had never really gotten out in nature that much, since she had a pampered city childhood. The only real time she had spent out in the wilderness was when Gohan taught her to fly.

“Isn’t it? This is where I grew up, Videl. I figured you’d want to see it.” Gohan said. He was in his casual dress. His black vest over two white shirts, and his red corduroy pants with black dress shoes. “I learned everything I know out here with Piccolo.” It was when Gohan said that that he felt a pair of strong, but small arms grab him around the waist.

“It’s beautiful…” Videl said, clinging on for dear life, it seemed.

“What’s more, you haven’t even seen the best part!” Gohan said as he flew up into the air. “Hold on tight, sweetie!” He exclaimed as he took off to another part of the wooded area.

They landed on a cliff overlooking a waterfall. The view was absolutely breathtaking. Rainbows appeared where the sunlight met the falling rapids. The water was amazingly clear and pure. Videl had never, ever seen anything like it in her entire life.

“Gohan… It’s just so amazing… I’ve never…” She said, pure happiness exuberating from her voice. That’s when she noticed Gohan removing his shirt. “Son Gohan! What are you doing?!?”

“Come on! Try this out!” He said as he dove from the top of the cliff into the water below, a smile on his face during the entire fall. “WOOHOO!”

“Oh my God! Gohan!” Videl exclaimed. “Holy jeez, my boyfriend is a total psycho.” She thought as she saw the smile on his face. She couldn’t believe he jumped off of 100 foot cliffs for fun!

“Haha! Come on down,Videl! The water is perfect!” Gohan yelled up to her, laughing at the look of confusion on her face. “Don’t worry! I’ll catch you if your dive is bad!”

“A bad dive? I’ll show you Son Gohan!” She yelled as she removed her outer garments. She had been captain of OSHS’s swim team ever since her freshman year. She took Gohan’s “bad dive” comment as a challenge, and we all know what happens when you challenge Videl.

“Ready or not, here I come!” She said as she performed a brilliant dive off of the cliff, incorporating many difficult flips and spins that even an Olympic diver would have trouble with. After a long, long fall, she finally made a huge splash, but didn’t come up for a few seconds.

“Videl? Videl!” Gohan yelled as he looked around for her. “Oh man, I knew I should’ve caught her! I’m so stupid!” He said as he smacked himself.

“GOTCHA!”

Videl jumped onto Gohan’s back and plunged him into the water with an evil grin on her face! She didn’t even have a scratch on her, but after she was done with him, he had several!

“Now, what was that about doubting my diving skills? Huh?!?” She yelled playfully as she rode around on his back, pulling at his wet, but still gravity defying hair. Even though it was rather painful, this was what Gohan loved about Videl. She could be so competitive, to a fault, but still be playful at the same time. His Saiyan nature loved the struggle, and his human nature loved the fun.

That’s when Gohan decided to turn the tables. He jumped into the air, pulled a rather stylish back flip which threw Videl up into the air, and caught her in his more than capable arms as he landed back into the water. Gohan smiled at her lovingly, and held her tighter. Videl returned the loving stare, and nuzzled Gohan gently. It was when they moved in to kiss that they heard a very familiar voice yelling at them.

“Videl! Bubby! Mom says its time for supper!” Said the half-pint Super Saiyan, Goten, as he ran towards the springs. He had grown a lot since the battle with Majin Buu, but he still maintained his innocent, cute attitude. Of course, this was the last thing Gohan and Videl wanted to see at this moment!

“Bubby! Mom said its---!” The little warrior couldn’t believe what he saw in the springs.

“MA! DADDY! BUBBY AND VIDEL ARE IN THE SPRINGS KISSING IN THEIR UNDERWEAR!!!”

“GOTEN!!!!” Yelled Gohan and Videl in unison, their faces both beet red from embarrassment as they quickly flew up to the cliff where their clothes were. They quickly slipped into their clothes and chased after Goten.

“You’d better not tell Mom!”

“Ohhh… How embarrassing! Hey, wait for me, Gohan!”

~End of Part One~