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Vol: 8 Ch: 89: Vanadis (4)

  (Gohan)

  He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, no scratch that he could, Gero, was a man who dedicated his life to trying to kill his dad, it made sense that he would have more than one contingency in pce, hell Cell was the perfect example. They were looking around for anything useful when his eyes nded on a nearby Computer, “I hope this thing still works.”

  “Do you think you can get anything off that?” Piccolo asked, walking up to him.

  “I don’t know… maybe.” Gohan said, staring at it but not doing anything.

  “What’s wrong?” Piccolo asked.

  “I’m just thinking that it’ll be better if I get Bulma or her father to look at it instead, they’re better at this type of things than me.” Gohan said shaking his head. “I don’t want to risk deleting anything that can give us a clue to who or where the android is. Although, I have a feeling that we don’t have to worry about them.”

  “Why not?” Piccolo asked.

  “Well, besides the fact that 16, 17 and 18 turned out to be alright.” Gohan said with a grin.

  Piccolo scoffed at the answer, “Yeah besides that.”

  “Well, based on the fact that the vegetation is starting to enter the b, we can safely assume that the door has been open like that for a while now, I would say for at least a year maybe two. If we take that into account that would mean that the Android has been out in the world for a while, and they haven’t tried anything in that time.” Gohan expined.

  “Maybe they’re biding their time, gathering info on us before they strike.” Piccolo pointed out.

  “You might have a point but if you look here.” Gohan said pointing at the top portion of the pod where there were some indentations of a fist, “It seems like the Android was trying to punch their way out, before something stopped them.”

  “How do you know something stopped them?” Piccolo asked.

  “Well because if an Android wanted out of this pod, they could easily punch their way out, we know how strong they are. There are also these vents inside the pod, which I think allow for some sort of gas to enter the pod knocking out whoever is inside.” Gohan continued expining.

  “You may have a point, but I would still rather locate the Android so that we could keep an eye on them, just in case.” Piccolo said.

  “That’s fine, I’ll call Bulma and tell her what’s going on.” Gohan said, taking out his phone.

  “Alright, I’ll be outside I need some fresh air.” Piccolo said walking outside.

  --

  (Vanadis)

  Vanadis was sitting across from Bulma, she had been thinking about how to recover her lost memories when she finally got an idea. She was honestly surprised she hadn’t thought of it before, but it required asking a big favor from Bulma, which is why they hadn’t spoken a word since Panchy had brought them the coffees.

  Vanadis closed her eyes, took a deep breath, before exhaling and opening her eyes to look at Bulma, “…before I begin, may I ask why you’re so invested in me admitting my feelings for Gohan. It must be more than just us being good for each other.”

  “Of course.” Bulma nodded, “again I want to apologize for being so pushy, but I felt that it was necessary.” Bulma said, bowing her head a little.

  Vanadis waved her off, “I forgive you; you gave me the push I needed to confront what I’ve been trying to deny. Now your reason for being so pushy.”

  “Thank you.” Bulma said sincerely, “The reason I was pushing for you to admit your feelings for Gohan is for a couple of reasons, One is I truly believe the two of you would be great together, he seems to bring out the best in you, and you the do the same for him. You just got to know him recently, so you weren’t here after his father died, he carried the guilt of not killing Cell quicker for a good while. He would put on a smile, but I could tell it wasn’t a genuine smile I could tell that the guilt was eating away at him, and I was honestly worried about him.”

  “Was he really that bad?” Vanadis asked, concerned.

  “…Yeah.” Bulma sighed, “He did let go of the guilt eventually, but he still pushed himself training so hard preparing for any potential threat, that he didn’t really do things kids his age do. Then the two of you met and I could see that you both seemed interested in each other at first gnce. I saw that you had become his first crush and as his Godmother, it made me happy that he was finally taking an interest in things outside of training or studying. I saw him start ughing and smiling more whenever he saw you or whenever you two worked on something together, it brought a smile to my face seeing a glimpse of the boy I met years ago on Master Roshi’s beach.”

  “I did think he was interesting when I first saw him.” Vanadis said smiling.

  “I know which brings me to reason Two I noticed how the two of you interacted together and if I didn’t know the two of you, and if I was watching the two of you work together for the first time, I would think that you guys have been working together for years. The two of you seem to click together whenever you’re in the b working on something, that frankly I’m surprised you guys haven’t noticed yet. Three is I’ve seen you develop feelings for him, and I don’t want you to miss your chance and end up regretting not trying.” Bulma said looking into her eyes.

  “What do you mean?” Vanadis asked.

  “It’s just that Gohan will be going to High School soon, meaning one he will have to cut back his time helping around the b, and two Gohan will be surrounded by a lot of girls who will more than likely notice what a catch he is and try to get his attention. He could even end up finding a girlfriend, although I think it will be hard considering that he has no experience with the opposite sex. But you must ask yourself if you would be ok with Gohan dating someone who’s not you.” Bulma said.

  Vanadis didn’t know how to feel about what Bulma had just said, but what she did know was that Bulma was right, she would regret it if Gohan ended up dating someone before she confessed her feeling for him. If he denied her, then at least she got her answer and could hopefully move on but if there was a chance, he would return her feelings then she needed to take risk it.

  “You’re right Bulma, I would regret not telling Gohan how I feel.” Vanadis said looking at her.

  “That’s good, then you’ll tell him?” Bulma asked.

  “Not yet.” Vanadis said shaking her head.

  “What why not?” Bulma asked.

  “I want to believe me I do but there’s something I need your help with first.” Vanadis said looking into her eyes.

  “…Ok what do you need?” Bulma asked leaning forward.

  “…I want to make a wish with the Dragon Balls.” Vanadis said, not looking away.

  “… may I ask why?” Bulma questioned, eyes narrowing.

  “What do you know about my past?” Vanadis asked. “Please answer my question it ties into the reason why I want to use them.” She said when Bulma raised her eyebrow.

  “Cliff notes?” Bulma asked Vanadis nodded, “Ok, I know that you’ve received a few achievements in the academic and scientific field at a young age, you’ve created some amazing things for school projects. Then you graduated high school at 13, before pnning a trip around the world to gain some life experience, before pursuing a higher education, where you ended up disappearing for 6 years. Then you showed up around a year and a half ago working at a nearby motel run by a nice dy name Martha, before applying for our researcher position. Should I go on?”

  Vanadis shook her head letting out a chuckle, “Wow, you guys are really something.”

  “Yeah, well we weren’t going to just hire anyone off the street without finding out everything we could about them no matter how good they were.” Bulma said smirking.

  “Then why hire me with that 6-year gap?” Vanadis asked. “I could have been a spy or something.”

  “Well because I felt like you could be trusted, and my instincts have always served me well.” Bulma said shrugging, “And also because if you did mean us any harm, I had plenty of people who could stop you on speed dial.” Bulma said grinning.

  Vanadis chuckled at that st remark, “Yeah, that’s true.”

  “So why did you ask me about what I knew about you?” Bulma asked.

  “… I… I have a 6-year gap in my memory.” Vanadis said.

  “How do you mean?” Bulma asked sitting up straight.

  “I mean that I can’t remember anything from the 6-years I was missing.” Vanadis expined.

  “Nothing?” Bulma asked.

  “No.” Vanadis shook her head, “I remember escaping from some… pce but it was dark, and I couldn’t see anything, I stumbled around in the dark for a while before escaping into some forest. Where I made my way towards the city, where I ran into Martha who ended up helping me.”

  “Do you remember anything else?” Bulma asked.

  “Just some fshes from dreams that I think are repressed memories, that when I try to recall, I get these intense headaches that bring me to my knees.” Vanadis said squeezing her hands.

  “… and you’re hoping to use the Dragon Balls to hopefully work around that.” Bulma reasoned.

  “Yeah, I… I need to know what happened to me during those 6-years, I have a feeling that whatever happened changed me.” Vanadis expined.

  “Change you how?” Bulma asked.

  “That’s what I’m hoping to find out.” Vanadis said looking at her.

  “… yeah, sure you can use the Dragon Balls.” Bulma said after a while.

  “R-really?” Vanadis asked in disbelief.

  “Yeah, but I have a condition.” Bulma said seriously.

  “Of course, anything.” Vanadis said eagerly.

  “Good, I was hoping you would say that.” Bulma said with a grin that worried her, “My condition is that you ask Gohan for help when you search for the dragon balls.

  “W-why him?” Vanadis asked, nervously, “Why can’t I do it with you or look for them on my own.”

  “Well for starters I know where one of them is at, one guess where it is.” Bulma said grinning.

  “…Gohan’s house?” Vanadis asked.

  “Yup, the four-star ball, is at his house it has sentimental value for his family it’s how I met Goku, so they keep it, and if you show up looking for it, he may ask you why you need it. The two of you can also use the opportunity to get to know each other better, to see if anything can happen between you two.” Bulma expined.

  “…You’re evil.” Vanadis sighed in defeat.

  Bulma grinned as she pulled out her ringing phone, “Oh, and speak of the devil, that’s him calling now.”

  “Really?” Vanadis asked nervously.

  “Yeah, don’t worry I’ll tell him you said hello.” Bulma teased making her blush, “Hey, Gohan what’s up?”

  Vanadis couldn’t make out what was being said but whatever it was made Bulma stand up quickly shouting, “What!?”

  “What happened!?” Vanadis asked standing up as well.

  Bulma held up her index finger signaling to give her a minute, “Ok, come pick me up and we’ll check it out together. Ok, see you soon.”

  “What happened?” Vanadis asked as Bulma hung up her phone. “Is Gohan, ok?”

  “Yeah, he’s ok.” Bulma said smiling a little, “He just stumbled upon something that may or may not cause us problems down the line.”

  “Like what?” Vanadis asked.

  “You’ll see in a sec; he’s coming to get us so we can check it out.” Bulma said just as Gohan appeared in front of them.

  “Hey.” He said as his eyes nded on her, giving her his famous smile.

  “Hey.” She said returning the smile, which earned them a small cough from Bulma.

  “R-right, Hey Bulma.” Gohan said scratching his cheek. “You guys ready?”

  “Yeah, let’s go.” Bulma said smiling. “I’m honestly not surprised he made another b.”

  “Neither am I but, hopefully we can find some useful information in this one.” Gohan replied, “I just hope that this isn’t another affect from Trunks’ time traveling.”

  “Me too.” Bulma said shaking her head, “How are we getting back there?”

  “Piccolo is waiting nearby so I can lock onto his ki and teleport us there quicker. Grab on.” Gohan said holding out his hand.

  Vanadis grabbed it, while Bulma pced her hand on top of hers, she then felt a wired sensation wash over her body, after they had teleported, she reluctantly let go of Gohan’s hand. Before looking around the pce she found herself in what looked like a cave inside a mountain that felt somewhat familiar, but one she couldn’t quite pce.

  --

  (Gohan)

  “It’s in there.” Gohan said gesturing forward with his head.

  “You know when you told me about finding a hidden b of Gero, I couldn’t believe it at first but thinking about it now, I realized I was kidding myself. This was a man who dedicated his entire life to killing your dad, he would have more than one contingency in pce Cell was a perfect example of that.” Bulma said walking forward, with Vanadis to look around the pce. “Piccolo.” She said giving him a nod.

  He returned her a nod before walking to Gohan, “Now that you’re back, I’ll head back to the lookout and see if Dende can help us find the android. I know you said you don’t think they’re a threat, but I don’t want to leave it to chance. I’ll contact you if we find them.” He said looking at Gohan.

  “Alright, say hi to Dende for me, or and can you tell Mr. Popo Thank you for me.” Gohan said as Piccolo walked out.

  “Y-you want to thank Mr. Popo?” Piccolo asked, coming to a halt. “For what!?”

  “Yeah, he helped me out a while ago, but he left before I could say thank you.” Gohan said, smiling.

  “H-he helped you out?” Piccolo asked, not believing what he was hearing.

  “Yeah, I don’t know why everyone’s so scared of him, he’s been nothing but nice to me, since I met him. He’s probably just misunderstood.” Gohan said shrugging.

  “… a-alright kid I’ll tell him.” Piccolo said shaking his head, as he flew up and away.

  “Hey, you can kind of see West City from here.” Bulma said pointing, towards where you could make out some of the buildings in the distance.

  “Oh! yeah you can.” Gohan said noticing, “I bet you could see it clearer at night, when all the lights are on.”

  “You may have a point.” Bulma said nodding, “Well, we won’t find any answers standing out here. Let’s head inside, so I can look at that computer you told me about.” Bulma said, turning around to walk into the b. “Why don’t you think the Android is a threat.”

  “Well because as you can see the vegetation has started growing into the building indicating that this door has been open for a while allowing for that to happen. I’m guessing it has been at least a year or two give or take a few months, and in that time, we haven’t heard anything out of the ordinary. Piccolo thinks that they may be biding their time watching us before they strike, but I think they may be like 16, 17, and 18.” Gohan expined to her. “There are also some signs of the android trying to punch their way out of their pod, which could mean that they were held against their will.”

  “I see, you bring up some valid points.” Bulma said nodding her head. “Have you talked to the other androids, asking if they know anything about this pce?”

  “No, I didn’t want to bring up any unpleasant memories.” Gohan said shaking his head, as they reached the door leading into the room where the pod was.

  “I see what you mean but we could use all the help we can get; they might know anything about this b, but they could still prove useful.” Bulma reasoned.

  “… you’re right, I’ll call 18 and ask her if I can stop by it will be better to speak to her in person rather than over the phone.” Gohan said nodding his head, “There’s the computer I wanted you to take a look at.”

  “Ok, you give 18 a call while we see what we can find.” Bulma nodded, “Let’s get to work Vanadis…. Vanadis?”

  They both looked around finally noticing that she wasn’t with them, “She’s still over by the door.” Gohan pointed after seeing her in the same pce. They made their way over to her finding that her face was pale, and her eyes were unfocused, almost like she was in a trance.

  “Vanadis what’s wrong?” Bulma asked, reaching her hand out slowly after she didn’t answer. She slowly shook her, breaking her out of whatever trance she was in.

  “I remember!” Vanadis whispered, eyes wide.

  “Remember what?” they both asked.

  “This is the pce I escaped from.” Vanadis stated, looking towards Bulma.

  “You mean…” Bulma trailed off.

  “Yeah, I think so.” Vanadis answered nodding her head.

  “What’s going on?” Gohan asked confused. “What do you mean you escaped from here?”

  “I… I.” Vanadis stammered looking at Bulma for help.

  “Gohan, there’s something’s that Vanadis needs to tell you.” Bulma said, pushing her towards him.

  “What!?” Vanadis stammered stumbling from being pushed, She looked betrayed by Bulma’s actions.

  “I know you wanted to wait but, cat’s out of the bag and it’ll be better coming from you than from me. His opinion of you won’t change, trust me.” Bulma said, “Or I can tell him but who knows what else I might say once I start talking.”

  “N-no it’s fine, I’ll tell him myself.” Vanadis said in horror.

  “Good, I’ll give you two some space to talk.” Bulma said smiling as she walked away.

  “… What’s going on, I’m so confused” Gohan said, looking back at Vanadis.

  “I…” Vanadis closed her eyes, took a deep breath then exhaled, “Let’s sit down, I have a lot to tell you.” Vanadis said sitting down on a rock, before she started expining what she told Bulma earlier.

  --

  After hearing what Vanadis had to tell him, a lot of things that he had noticed but hadn’t paid any mind to clicked into pce, like right now there should have been two Ki sources near him but he could only sense Bulma, there were also her eyes that reminded him of the others, and the strands of familiar red hair he had found in the pod made sense.

  “Wow, I’m sorry Vanadis.” Gohan said, squeezing her hand softly.

  “It’s alright, I haven’t told anyone else besides Bulma and now you.” Vanadis said, squeezing back.

  “Don’t worry I won’t tell anyone.” Gohan said.

  “Thank you.” She said smiling, “So will you help me look for the Dragon Balls?”

  “Yeah, of course.” Gohan replied smiling, before frowning, “There’s just a small problem.”

  “What is it?” Vanadis asked concerned.

  “I used them recently, which means we have to wait for them to return to their natural state, before they can be used again.” Gohan said looking at her.

  “… How long do we have to wait?” Vanadis asked.

  “Well normally we have to wait a year when we use both wishes, but since I only used one, I think we just have to wait 6 months.” Gohan told her.

  “…That’s not too bad.” Vanadis said.

  “Yeah, and maybe we can find some answers here.” Gohan said gesturing behind him.

  “That’s right.” Vanadis said her eyes lighting up, “I may have to wait before I can recover my memoires, but I can at least try and find some answers here in the meantime.”

  “Let’s go then.” Gohan replied standing up with a smile as he held his hand out.

  “Lead the way.” Vanadis said smiling, as she took his hand and made their way to where Bulma was.

  “Gd you guys could make it.” Bulma said gncing up from the ptop she was going over. “I could really use the help.”

  “Of course, tell us what you need.” They both said.

  “Gohan, I need you to search this room for anything that can shed some light on what Gero did to Vanadis, while her and me try and get into this computer.” Bulma told them.

  “You got it Bulma.” They both said, as they got to work.

  --

  Gohan spent the next couple of hours going through some research notes and a journal he found in the next room, while Vanadis and Bulma worked on getting into the computer, but they weren’t having much luck. “THAT MONSTER!” Gohan shouted punching a nearby wall, knocking it over.

  “Woah! What happened!?” The women asked simultaneously, staring at him through the fallen wall.

  “I’m sorry.” Gohan apologized running his hand through his hair sighing, “I found something that makes me wish Gero was still alive just so I can kill him again.”

  “Wow, I’ve never seen you this angry Gohan.” Bulma stated, looking at him.

  “Yeah, well you will be too after you hear what I found.” Gohan sighed, “I’m tempted to ask you to forget all about this Vanadis, because this...” He said gesturing at the journal he was reading, “makes my blood boil.”

  “…I need to know, no matter how bad it is.” Vanadis said looking at him with determination in her eyes.

  “I had a feeling you would say that. You should sit back down.” Gohan sighed, as they both sat down, “Before I began reading this, I want to tell you that all this doesn’t change how I feel about you, and that no matter what you learn I’ll do whatever I can to help you.”

  “…Thank you, Gohan.” Vanadis said appreciatively.

  “Don’t mention it, now I’ll start at the beginning, you were 13 when he decided to kidnap you after seeing you on tv the day you lost your parents, he then created a small surveilnce drone to monitored you 24/7 waiting for the best opportunity to act.” Gohan said.

  “The day I lost my parents?” Vanadis whispered.

  “I’m afraid so.” Gohan nodded.

  “What made him choose me?” Vanadis asked.

  “He mentions something about you looking exactly like his dead wife when she was the same age, he goes on to say that he believed you were her reincarnated based on what he learned when he was monitoring you. He thought the two of you had a lot of simirities apparently, he found out that you had been in the news before because of some accomplishments in the academic and scientific field, and for creating some amazing things for school projects.” Gohan read.

  “He was really losing it.” Bulma said.

  “Yeah, it looks like it.” Gohan agreed.

  “What else does it say?” Vanadis asked.

  “The perfect chance came, and he grabbed you and converted you into an android, it says here that he wanted to make you the final perfect android created to kill my dad a better and stronger version of Cell who he had started working on, but he hadn’t gathered enough data.” Gohan continued.

  “What was he missing?” Bulma asked.

  “…It doesn’t say, all that he mentions is a rumor he heard about something that could be buried deep within the pnet and that if he could get his hands on would be perfect thing for killing my dad.” Gohan said.

  “Well, that doesn’t sound good.” Bulma stated.

  “No, it doesn’t but, it seems like he couldn’t prove if it existed or not, so he pushed looking for it aside while focusing on finishing the androids.” Gohan read.

  “Well, that’s a relief I guess.” Bulma said, Gohan nodded his head.

  “This next part is what makes me really angry.” Gohan said looking at Vanadis.

  “… please continue I need to know this so I can move on.” Vanadis said taking a shuddering breath.

  “He mentions that after killing my dad he was going to overwrite your memoires with some of him, his wife, and his son so he could py, house with you and 16, who is modeled after his te son.” Gohan said slowly looking up at her.

  “H-he wanted to turn me into his wife?” Vanadis asked disgusted.

  “It looks like it.” Gohan said shaking his head disgusted. “It’s why he pced you in special pod that would allow you to continue growing while in stasis.”

  “Just when I thought he couldn’t get any more despicable I learn this.” Bulma said pcing a comforting hand on Vanadis shoulder. Vanadis reached up and squeezed her hand softly giving Bulma a small smile.

  “I’m almost afraid to ask what else you learned.” Vanadis said looking at Gohan.

  “There are just two more entries, one is about him building this b to house you and 16 because he was afraid to lose you two, and the st one is about him having to move 16 back to his main b for some extra work. That entry is dated May 767, a few days before they attacked.” Gohan finished closing the journal.

  Vanadis sat there in silence for a long time, after Gohan finished reading the journal, He and Bulma let her process what she learned. “…Bulma.” She said looking up.

  “Yeah?” Bulma asked.

  “Were you able to find anything on the computer?” Vanadis asked.

  “No, I wasn’t able to get in.” Bulma said shaking her head, “But I’m not going to give up, I’ll take it back to Capsule Corp and work on it there, maybe with my dad’s help we will have better luck.”

  “I see…I need some time off.” Vanadis said.

  “Yeah, of course take all the time you need.” Bulma told her.

  “Thank you.” Vanadis said standing up.

  “Do you want me to take you back?” Gohan asked.

  “No, thank you Gohan, I’ll just take my hovercar back.” Vanadis said shaking her head. “But will you let me know when the Dragon Balls are avaible to use again?”

  “Oh, yeah sure…” Gohan said not knowing what else to say.

  “Bulma, will you let me know if you get into the computer?” Vanadis asked.

  “Of course, you don’t even have to ask.” Bulma told her.

  “Thank you, have a good night you two.” Vanadis said, leaving the room.

  “You, too.” They both said.

  “I hope she’ll be ok.” Gohan said to Bulma.

  “Me too, Gohan.” Bulma said patting his shoulder. “Now help me pack all this stuff up into capsules then take me home.”

  “… Ok.” Gohan said taking one st look at where Vanadis left before he began helping Bulma.

  ___

  (AN: Here we are the st part of this mini arc, it honestly took a lot longer than I had originally pnned, but I hope that you guys enjoyed it in the end. The next few chapters will cover Gohan’s visit to otherworld to see Goku, his training with King Kai and a few other surprises, that I decided to add after much deliberation, but not in that order.)

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