“Wow this pce is nice.” Gohan muttered from overhead of a two-story dome shaped building, with an iron gate surrounding it, it was in the middle of a rge field with a few trees, mountains, and a ke near it, “Hey, Gohan!” someone shouted.

  Gohan looked down and saw Bulma waving up at him, “Hey Bulma.” Gohan said nding in front of her.

  “You like it?” Bulma asked, giving him a quick hug.

  “Yeah, although isn’t kinda of big just for me.” Gohan said. Looking up at the building.

  “Oh, don’t worry about that, it was originally designed for employees for the new Capsule Corp pnt we built in the city but most of them didn’t want to live so far away from the city. We pnned on moving it into the city, but we changed our minds when you decided to go to Orange Star High. We thought it would be better for you to use it for now, we’re building a new pce for the workers in the city so don’t worry too much, because things ended up working out for the best. The extra time gave me the chance to add a few surprises just for you.” Bulma expined. “Come on let me show you the pce.” She said walking inside.

  Once he entered the building, he saw that it resembled Capsule Corp headquarters, “What did you add?” Gohan asked, looking at her.

  “Don’t worry, it’s just a few things I know you will like.” Bulma said, smiling at him. “You’ll see them as I show you around.”

  “…ok, lead the way.” Gohan said.

  “That’s the spirit!” Bulma said smiling at him, “This building has a basement, which is only currently accessible to three people, the ground floor where we are now, and the second floor. The ground floor has a gym, sauna, a pool, with changing rooms with showers and toilets, a hot tub, and a little garden area. The doors can only be accessed with these key cards, speaking of here you go.” Bulma said, handing one to him. “The second floor which is the living area has 5 rooms, 6 baths, a kitchen, a living room, an office, a rec room, a pce you can use for studying, and a helicopter pad.”

  “Wow, you didn’t mess around when you built this pce.” Gohan said seeing the fully equipped gym, the rge pool, sauna, and the hot tub.

  “Nope, it would have had a lot more if I let dad have his way.” Bulma said shaking her head, “The elevator won’t move unless you swipe the key card.” She said as they entered the elevator.

  “I thought you said there was a basement.” Gohan said, noticing only two buttons beled 1 and 2 on the panel.

  “There is but the basement can be only accessed through an elevator we put in your office.” Bulma said, stepping out of the elevator and into the hallway of the second floor.

  “Why?” Gohan asked.

  “You’ll find out after I show it to you.” Bulma said, as she started showing him each of the rooms, which he noticed were fully furnished with their own bathrooms. “The kitchen is fully stocked so you won’t have to buy groceries until next month based on your appetite.” She said gesturing towards it, as they passed it.

  “That’s great, thank you.” Gohan said, giving her a smile. “Why is there’s only one kitchen when there’s five rooms.”

  “Well, the original pn was to make each room its own apartment but like I told you earlier most people don’t want to travel more than 10 miles for work, so we stopped the construction, until we decided to let you use it. We thought that you wouldn’t need more than one kitchen, so we kept it while adding the other rooms for any guests you might want to have.” Bulma expined.

  “I…Thank you.” Gohan said, smiling at her.

  “Hey, what is family for, this is your office, it’s connected to the master bedroom.” Bulma said, as she opened the st door, “It has everything you’ll need.”

  Gohan looked around and the office seeing that it had a nice view, a bookcase with a few books and some room to add more, a computer, desk, and two doors, one which were the elevator doors, and the other one which led to his room.

  “It’s… amazing thank you.” Gohan said, “So…what’s in the basement?” he asked, gesturing towards the elevator doors.

  “Oh, you’ll like this.” Bulma said smiling as she walked towards the elevator.

  Once they entered, she pced her palm on the panel, which scanned it, then pced her eye on a scanner that popped out, and the pced her thumb on the basement button which was scanned, before the elevator started moving, “…that’s a lot of security.” Gohan said, tilting his head.

  “Yeah, you’ll see why we added all that in a sec.” Bulma said, nodding her head. “Don’t worry you’re already in the system.”

  “…Is it connected to the system back home?” Gohan asked.

  “Yeah, so only authorized people can use it.” Bulma said nodding her head, as the doors opened.

  “…woah.” Gohan whispered, as the lights turned on.

  “Yup, after talking with my dad we decided to build you a small secondary b, so you don’t have to travel all the way to West City or your personal one. It might be smaller, but it has all the things necessary for minor experiments. There’s also a gravity chamber for when you decide to kick up your, training.” Bulma said, as she showed him around.

  “…wow you never do things normally Bulma.” Gohan said, chuckling.

  “Nope not when it comes to family.” Bulma said ughing too.

  “Thank you.” Gohan said, giving her a side hug.

  “It’s no trouble Gohan.” Bulma said, returning the hug. “Come on let’s head up.”

  “Ok.” Gohan said, as they left the basement, and walked towards the helicopter pad.

  “Oh! I should remind you that door is like all the other ones, you’ll need a key card to open it.” Bulma said, pointing at the door.

  “Ok, got it.” Gohan nodded as she boarded her helicopter. “Anything else I should know?”

  “Let’s see any st-minute things…oh yeah the intercom/security system is connected to the computer in your office, b and this device.” Bulma said, handing him a rectangur device that fit in the palm of his hand. “It allows you to view all the cameras on the property and alerts you to any unauthorized entries. You can carry it with you and check things while you’re away.”

  “I…thank you for everything Bulma.” Gohan said, giving her a smile as he put the device away.

  “No problem.” Bulma said smiling back at him, “…oh before I forget, I left something for you in your room.” she said, closing the hatch and flying away.

  Gohan walked to his room and found a note stuck on the closet door which read, ‘I bought you some new clothes so that you can fit in at school.’ With a face with its tongue sticking out at the end. Seeing that he chuckled softly before he opened the closet door and saw plenty of different styles of clothes. “Never change Bulma.”

  Gohan grabbed a pair of swim trunks and headed to the pool to swim around for a bit and to test out an idea he had.

  --

  Gohan swam a few ps in the pool before deciding to test out his newest idea, which is why he was currently floating over the pool legs crossed, with a glowing sphere of Ki in his palms, he wanted to see if he could change the shape of an attack after firing it. He was concentrating on the sphere trying to will it into a different shape he could see it flicking but he didn’t know if it was due to his fluctuating energy or if he was changing its shape.

  “Hey Gohan!!” someone called out.

  “Huh?!!” Gohan uttered looking up, his concentration breaking and making the sphere of Ki explode in his face making him fall into the pool.

  Gohan surfaced and saw Zangya and Vanadis looking at him one with concern and the other with barely hidden amusement, “Are you ok?!” Vanadis asked, as he flew out of the pool.

  “Yeah, I’m fine, you guys just surprised me.” Gohan said, nding in front of them.

  “That’s, good.” Zangya said, as she started ughing at him.

  “Go ahead let it all out.” Gohan said with a smile, “What’s up?”

  “I don’t know, Zangya just picked me up from work and told me to come with her.” Vanadis said, looking at Zangya

  “Bulma didn’t have a problem with that?” Gohan asked, looking at Vanadis.

  “No, she didn’t in fact when Zangya showed up she practically pushed me out the door and gave me this box telling me to give it to you.” Vanadis said, picking up a box that was on one of the lounge chairs.

  “Huh, what are you pnning?” Gohan asked, taking the box, while gncing at Zangya.

  “Don’t worry it’s nothing bad.” Zangya said smiling at them, “Now as much we both love seeing you shirtless you need to go shower and get dressed.” She said, handing him the nearby towel.

  “Uhm…ok, may I ask why?” Gohan asked, handing the box back to Vanadis so he could dry himself.

  “You’re taking us to dinner, like a good boyfriend.” Zangya said with a smile.

  “I…” Gohan said getting a proper look at them. Zangya was wearing a bck jacket, with a blue shirt underneath it, jeans, and boots. Vanadis was in her trademark red and blue checked dress, complete with bck tights, sleeves, and boots. “Ok give me a few to get ready.”

  “Great. So, what were you trying to do when we walked in?” Zangya asked.

  “I was trying to see if it’s possible to change the shape of an attack after firing it.” Gohan told her, walking out of the pool.

  “What do you mean?” Vanadis asked.

  “Hmm, you know how most attacks are sphere like?” Gohan asked as they nodded in response, “Well, I’m trying to see if it’s possible to change the nature of an attack after throwing it, for example, say I throw this at you.” He said, stopping to create a ball in his hand, “What would be your first reaction?”

  “Dodge or knock it away.” Zangya answered, instantly.

  “Right.” Gohan said nodding cancelling his energy, “Let’s say you decided to dodge the attack, what would you do if it suddenly grew rger or if it changed into a… disk right as it reached you.”

  “Huh…I think I see where you’re going with that.” Zangya said, nodding her head.

  “How’s it going?” Vanadis asked.

  “Not too well, I can already change the direction of attacks, make them follow after somebody, and even make some shatter into dozens of attacks, but actually changing the shape after firing it is proving difficult.” Gohan answered. “I’m thinking of going to talk with Master Roshi ter.”

  “The old pervert?” Vanadis asked, as Gohan nodded. “Why him?”

  “Well despite his…personality he is a Martial Arts master with years of experience. If anyone can help me, it would be him.” Gohan answered.

  “Really?” Vanadis asked.

  “Yeah, he’s trained most of the fighters in our group including my grandpa, and my dad.” Gohan said.

  “Huh… I would have never guessed that with how Bulma talks about him.” Vanadis said, before shrugging her shoulders, “Well when you go can I come with you? I want to speak with Lazuli about somethings on my mind.”

  “Lazuli?” Gohan asked, eyebrow raised.

  “Oh, right that was 18’s name before they were… converted.” Vanadis answered. “She told me to call her that.”

  “Huh…I didn’t know that.” Gohan said, “Sure you can come with me, do you want to come too?” he asked looking at Zangya.

  “When are you pnning on going?” Zangya asked.

  “…I don’t know I haven’t decided yet.” Gohan said, shrugging, “I’m in no rush.”

  “…ask me again when you decided.” Zangya said, thinking things over.

  “Ok, sure.” Gohan said nodding his head, “Where do you guys want to eat?”

  “How about that pce that recently opened up here.” Zangya said, looking at them. “…Wolf Something.”

  “…Wolf Fang Grill?” Gohan asked.

  “Yeah, that pce.” Zangya nodded.

  “Sure, I don’t have a problem with that, is that fine with you?” Gohan asked looking at Vanadis.

  “That’s fine with me too.” Vanadis said nodding.

  “Great. Go and get ready, we’ll wait for you outside.” Zangya said, taking the box from Vanadis and pced it in Gohan’s hands before pushing him into the elevator with a smile. Gohan just shook his head with a smile as he scanned his card and the elevator started moving.

  Gohan opened the box and saw a note from Bulma on top of some crinkle paper, ‘I made this for you, wear it for your date tonight. ?.’

  Gohan had a big smile on his face after seeing what was in the box.

  --

  Gohan walked outside and saw Zangya and Vanadis standing next to a car, the setting sun behind them casting an orange glow around them, the sight made him stop in his tracks as he stared at them in awe, “That jacket looks great on you.” Zangya said, breaking him out of his thoughts.

  “Yeah, you look nice.” Vanadis said, smiling at him.

  “T-thanks.” Gohan said. Bulma had made him a jacket simir to Future Trunks’, but his was bck and purple with short sleeves, he had on a bck shirt underneath, jeans, and bck boots.

  “This is the part where you’re supposed to compliment your date too.” Zangya said.

  “Oh! sorry you both look amazing.” Gohan said, scratching the back of his head.

  “Thank you.” They both said.

  Gohan felt a little out of pce, while he had spent time with both individually it had never been in date like environment like this, and how was he supposed to do that with them they were both different people with different likes and…

  “Hey, don’t worry you’re doing fine.” Zangya said patting his arm, “I know this situation is unusual and that you’ve never done something like this, hell I haven’t either but all we can do is do our best and see where things go. We’ve also talked with each other and come up with a pn we think may work.”

  “What is it?” Gohan asked.

  “We’ll talk about that during dinner ok.” Zangya said looking at him.

  “Ok, sounds good.” Gohan said nodding.

  “Great, let’s go.” Zangya said, getting into the car and sitting in the middle, “You’re driving.”

  “I…ok.” Gohan said, getting into the car, turning it on and driving off after Vanadis closed her door.

  It didn’t take them long to get to newly opened Wolf Fang Grill, where they saw plenty of cars parked outside, “Wow I didn’t think it would be this packed.” Zangya said, putting the car back in its capsule.

  “It shouldn’t be a problem. The owner of the chain is a close friend, and he has a standing reservation for us in all of his pces.” Gohan said.

  “That’s great! let’s go.” Zangya said grabbing his arm and pcing it between her chest, making Gohan blush at the feeling surrounding it, “Come on Vanadis grab his other arm.”

  “I…” Vanadis stammered.

  “Come on no reason to be shy.” Zangya said smiling at her. “Gohan offer your arm to your other sexy girlfriend.” She said nudging him.

  Gohan blushed as he held out his arm for the blushing Vanadis, who grabbed it but not as tightly as Zangya had, “L-let’s go.”

  They entered the pce and saw that it was pretty packed but there wasn’t anyone waiting in line, as they walked towards the hostess a woman with blonde hair tied in bun, she had blue eyes, dressed in bck pants, and shirt with a name tag that read, ‘Erica.’

  “Hello and welcome to Wolf Fang Grill. How many will be eating tonight?” Erica said smiling at them.

  “Hello, it will just be the three of us.” Gohan answered, smiling back at her.

  “…It will be about a 30-minute wait before we can seat you is that fine?” Erica said, looking up from the computer in front of her.

  “There should have a standing reservation under the name Son Gohan.” Gohan said.

  “Really?” Erica asked, as Gohan nodded in response, “Give me a moment to check please.” She said looking back at the computer. Where she saw something that made her eyes go wide as she gnced at the screen and then back up to him, she quickly typed something in the computer before looking back up, “Yes, here you are Mister Son, please follow me, I’ll take you to your table.”

  “Thank you.” Gohan said following her, while walking he noticed that a few people turned to look at him since he had Zangya and Vanadis by his side.

  Erica led them to the V.I.P section, “Someone will be by soon to take your drink orders.” Erica said smiling at them.

  “Thank you.” Gohan said.

  “No, problem.” Erica said, bowing her head, leaving and closing the door behind her.

  “Wow I guess it pays to know the right people.” Zangya said smiling at him, as they let go of his arm.

  “I guess.” Gohan said, as they sat down.

  Minutes ter there was a knock on the door and a waiter came in, “Hello, Mister Son, I’m here to take your drink orders. What will you’ll be drinking tonight?” he asked after listing the drinks.

  “I’ll have a HeTap.” Zangya said.

  “Same for me.” Vanadis said.

  “I’ll take a TFS soda please.” Gohan said.

  “Great, I’ll get those right out for you. The cooks have already started on your food, once it’s done, we’ll bring it right out.” the man said, bowing his head before leaving.

  “How do the cooks know what we want?” Zangya asked, looking at Gohan.

  “Yamcha has orders that whenever we come to eat here that the host or hostess send word to the kitchen so they can start cooking. Since we’re not picky with what we eat they cook a little of everything and bringing it to us.” Gohan expined.

  “…Woah, I guess it makes sense based on how much you guys eat.” Zangya said nodding, “Woah, that was quick.” She said as a different waiter came in with their drinks.

  “I have two HeTaps and a TFS soda.” The man said.

  “The soda is mine.” Gohan said.

  “Great here you go.” The man said handing them their drinks, “the first round of food should be out shorty.”

  “Thank you.” Gohan said as the man nodded and left.

  “Wow, now this is service.” Zangya said smiling.

  “Yeah, it’s pretty nice not having to wait a long time to eat.” Gohan said chuckling.

  A few minutes ter the door opened, and someone called out his name, “Gohan!”

  Gohan turned around and saw Yamcha walking in with Paur floating behind him, “Yamcha, Paur. Hey.” Gohan greeted, with a wave.

  “How are you, Gohan?” Paur asked, floating over to him.

  “I’m good, thank you for asking, how are you two doing?” Gohan asked, standing up to shake Yamcha’s hand.

  “We’re doing good too.” Yamcha said smiling, before looking over his shoulder, “When I heard you were here and with two women no less, I just had to come and see it for myself.” He said grinning.

  “I told him that we should leave you alone, but he wouldn’t listen.” Paur said staring at Yamcha, with a frown.

  “It’s fine, Yamcha, Paur… these are my girlfriends Zangya and Vanadis. Girls these are some friends of mine Yamcha and Paur.” Gohan said introducing them.

  “Please to meet you.” Zangya and Vanadis said, getting up to greet them.

  “G-girlfriends as in your dating both of them!?” Yamcha asked, looking at his mouth open. “H-how did you manage that!?”

  “…I honestly have no clue. It just sort of happened.” Gohan said, chuckling as he scratched his cheek.

  “…Woah, Gohan, you outdid yourself, not one but two very beautiful women. I’m so proud of you. I guess you don’t need my help with the dies.” Yamcha said grinning at him. “That means I’ll need to give you a different gift.”

  “I…what?” Gohan asked.

  “Ignore him. He’s speaking nonsense.” Paur said shaking his head.

  “R-right.” Gohan said, “…wait what do you mean you need to give me a different gift?”

  “I was pnning on teaching you how to woo the dies but since you clearly don’t need any help in that department. I need to think of something else to give you.” Yamcha said, rubbing his chin.

  “Come on Yamcha, let’s leave them alone.” Paur said trying to push him out.

  “Alright no need to push.” Yamcha said chuckling, “I’ll leave you three love birds alone. It was nice to meet you two.” He said waving at Zangya and Vanadis.

  “…likewise.” Zangya said, while Vanadis just gave him a little nod.

  “See you ter Gohan. Bye.” Yamcha chuckled as he walked out. “Oh, Don’t worry your dinner is on me tonight!” he said, closing the door behind him.

  “…Bye.” Gohan said, waving at the closed door.

  “…that was…” Zangya said, as they all sat back down.

  “…yeah, sorry about that, I forgot how he can be sometimes.” Gohan said shaking his head.

  “Based on what Bulma told me about him, I’m surprised he managed to keep his eyes to himself.” Vanadis said.

  “What did she say about him?” Zangya asked.

  “That he thinks of himself as a bit of a pyer.” Vanadis said.

  “Really?” Zangya asked.

  “Yeah, at least according to Bulma.” Vanadis said.

  “Huh…do you have any pns for the next few days?” Zangya asked, looking at him.

  “…No, I don’t have anything pnned until Monday afternoon, that’s when I have to meet with the director of the school.” Gohan answered, “Why?”

  “Great you’re taking me out on another date tomorrow just the two of us.” Zangya said.

  “I…what about Vanadis?” Gohan asked, looking at her.

  “You’ll take her out on one next week, after we have our date. Look I know you have more questions and I promise to answer them all after we eat.” Zangya said as the first round of food was brought in.

  “I…ok.” Gohan said.

  --

  “What’s going on Zangya?” Gohan asked after they had finished eating.

  “Look I’ll be blunt with you you’re entering school soon and there will be other girls your age that will be attracted to you, and who will more than likely flirt with you and even try to seduce you. Let me finish, please.” Zangya said holding up her hand to stop him from speaking, “We know that you won’t do anything because that’s just the type of person you are. However, we believed it would be good for you to be able to recognize when someone is flirting with you, so you can react accordingly. Which is why we decided that from today until when you start school, I’ll be teaching you everything I can about such matters, where you will then practice with Vanadis.”

  “I…I’m sorry but I still don’t understand.” Gohan said looking at them.

  “Look, you both don’t have any real dating experience, while I have some, so I’ll take you on dates and teach you the dos and don’ts of dates, and then you will use what I teach you on V here.” Zangya expined.

  “V?” Gohan and Vanadis asked.

  “Yeah, couples usually have nicknames for each other, and I thought we should do the same, hence, V is Vanadis, and you can call me Z for short. We can come up with others ter, but I think these should work for now.” Zangya said looking at them, “Sound good?”

  “I…don’t have a problem with it but only you two are allowed to call me that.” Vanadis said.

  “Ok, if that’s what you want…Z and V.” Gohan said trying it out and nodding his head.

  “Good! now we just need to come up with one for you because while G could work, I think we could do better.” Zangya said smiling at him.

  “I…ok.” Gohan said deciding to just roll with it, “You still haven’t told me why you decided to teach me, how to date.”

  “Right, well the thing is that you have plenty of qualities that many women look for in their ideal man, and while we both know you won’t do anything that won’t stop certain girls from trying their luck.” Zangya expined. “Which is why we want you to learn these things so that you can avoid creating a situation where someone may mistake your actions as flirting.”

  “I…I think I understand what you’re trying to say, if this is what you two want then I’ll do my best to learn everything you have to teach me.” Gohan said, slowly nodding his head.

  “That’s great, thank you.” Zangya said smiling at him, “Now let’s get out of here and because we have date tomorrow afternoon, and I want you well rested.” She said getting up.

  “R-right.” Gohan said, leaving some money on the table before following her, “Is this ok with you?” he asked Vanadis.

  “Yeah, I’ll be busy this entire week helping Bulma with a project, so this works out for the best.” Vanadis said, giving him a smile.

  Gohan gave her a nod and smiled back, offering his arm which she took, followed by Zangya grabbing his other arm, making him smile at her as they left. Once they got outside Vanadis and Zangya gave him a quick kiss before leaving in separate directions, saying that they had things to do.

  --

  Gohan spent most of the day in the b and training in the Gravity Room, until he saw that it was almost time for him to meet Zangya, so he finished up, showered and went to meet her, “Hey, Gohan.” She said hugging him, after nding in front of him.

  “Hey, Zangya.” Gohan said, returning the hug. “You look great.” he said smiling at her, she was wearing a bck shirt, jeans, boots, and an orange jacket, she also had her hair tied in a ponytail.

  “Thanks, you do too.” Zangya said, smiling back, “Now let’s go.”

  “Ok, where are we going?” Gohan asked.

  “Where going to the mall.” Zangya said.

  “The…mall?” Gohan asked.

  “Yeah, we need to buy things for your apartment, and it’s the perfect pce to get them.” Zangya said.

  “What do we need to buy?” Gohan asked, “All the rooms are fully furnished.”

  “Yeah, they are but we still need to buy spare sheets for the beds, towels, cleaning products, and a few other things that we might need.” Zangya said, pulling out a list, from her jacket.

  “Wow, you made a list.” Gohan said.

  “Y-yeah, your mom and aunt helped me make it. I hope that’s fine.” Zangya said, blushing a little.

  “Hey, it’s more than fine. I would have probably forgotten to buy these things until it was to te.” Gohan said, giving her a hug, “Also it’s nice to know you’re getting along with my family.”

  Zangya smiled as he hugged her, “Yeah, they’ve been very helpful after they found out we started dating.”

  “That’s great.” Gohan said smiling at her, “So you ready?” he asked, floating into the air.

  “Yeah, let’s go.” Zangya said flying next to him.

  They quickly reached the mall where they nded in an empty alley before walking into the mall where they went around buying what they needed, while Zangya gave him dating advice, “…You need to know that not every girl is the same, we all have different likes and dislikes, a good boyfriend takes them into consideration while deciding on where to take a girl out on a date. Understand?”

  “Y-yeah I think so.” Gohan said with a nod, they had finally gotten everything on the list and were heading to the food court.

  “Ok before we go eat, I want you to take my likes and dislikes and pick a store for us to visit.” Zangya said, stopping in front of a map of the mall. “Remember you’re picking a store with me in mind.”

  “I…ok.” Gohan said, staring at the map, reading the lists of stores inside and was looking for one that Zangya would like, “How about that one.” He said pointing at a nearby store called, ‘Diana’s Boutique’

  “Good choice.” Zangya said smiling at him, “Let’s go.”

  They entered the store and looked around seeing that it had many different styles of clothing for women, Zangya walked over to a section and started looking though clothes, “Hello and welcome to Diana’s Boutique.” Someone asked, from behind them.

  Gohan and Zangya turned around and saw an attractive young girl who looked to be around his age, she had shoulder length blonde hair, with blue eyes, she was wearing blue shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, with a name tag that read, ‘Erasa.’

  “Do you need some help?” Erasa asked.

  “Not right now. I’ll like to look around first.” Zangya answered.

  “Ok, that’s fine, just ask for Erasa if you need something.” Erasa said smiling at them.

  “Ok, thank you.” Zangya said, nodding at her, as she continued looking around.

  “Excuse me.” she said, looking at Gohan.

  “…Yeah?” Gohan asked.

  “Sorry, can I ask you something.” Erasa said looking at him.

  “I…sure.” Gohan said, nodding.

  “Sorry it’s just that you seem to be around my age, but I haven’t seen you around school before are you new here?” Erasa asked.

  “Oh yeah, I just moved recently, and I’ll start school in April.” Gohan answered.

  “What!? Really!!” Erasa excimed, “…Oh!! Sorry!!” Erasa stammered, when another customer stared at her, “I…”

  “Erasa, I need your help.” Another worker interrupted, walking up to them.

  “I…ok, I’ll be there soon.” Erasa said nodding at the worker, “sorry I’ll be back ter if you need anything, let me know.”

  “I will, thank you.” Zangya said, as Erasa left. “Gohan why don’t you wait for me outside.”

  “Why?” Gohan asked, looking at her.

  “Well, I don’t know how long I’ll take and there are no seats in here, plus I want to get a few things.” Zangya said, smiling at him.

  “I…I don’t mind waiting.” Gohan said, scratching his cheek.

  “I know you don’t mind but I want to get a surprise for you, and it won’t be a surprise if you see it, so please wait outside.” Zangya said, smiling at him.

  “I…aren’t I supposed to buy you something?” Gohan asked. “You said that is something a good boyfriend does, right?”

  “Yes, they usually do but when their girlfriend says they want to surprise them with something then they accept it. And don’t worry about paying for anything I have some money from helping Bulma with a few things.” Zangya said.

  “I…ok, if that’s what you want.” Gohan said staring at her before walking outside the store.

  Gohan sat outside the store waiting for Zangya, going over everything she had told him today and he thought of something that should make her happy. Gohan saw Zangya talk with Erasa for a bit before walking out with two bags in her hands and a smile on her face, “Are you ready to go?”

  “Yeah, let’s go.” Gohan said, nodding.

  “Where are we going?” Zangya asked as he led them out of the mall.

  “I thought that instead of eating at the food court, I should cook dinner for us.” Gohan said, “Is that ok?”

  “Yes, that’s perfect.” Zangya said smiling at him, “Some women love a man that can cook, especially when they cook as well as you do.”

  “Thank you.” Gohan said smiling at her as they ducked into an empty alley before flying home.

  --

  This is a nice pce.” Zangya said, after Gohan had given her a tour.

  “Yeah, Bulma doesn’t mess around” Gohan said, chuckling.

  “Wow, this is a nice room.” Zangya said, once they reached his room, “How’s the bed?”

  “It’s great very comfortable.” Gohan answered.

  “I can’t wait to test how durable it is.” Zangya whispered.

  “Did you say something?” Gohan asked, not hearing her well.

  “I asked what you are going cook?” Zangya said.

  “I don’t know yet. Bulma said the kitchen has enough food to st me about a month, even with my appetite.” Gohan said. “What do you want to eat?”

  “You know I’m not picky, I’ll eat what ever you make.” Zangya answered.

  “Ok, I’ll go and get started, what are you going to do in the meantime?” Gohan asked.

  “I’m going to go freshen up.” Zangya said.

  “Ok, I’ll let you know once I’m done.” Gohan said nodding.

  “Great.” Zangya said taking the two bags she bought with her.

  Gohan watched as Zangya left wondering what she bought before shrugging his shoulders and heading into the kitchen to get started on dinner.

  “Z the food is done.” Gohan called out.

  “Ok, I’m coming.” Zangya called back.

  “…wow.” Gohan muttered, his eyes going wide.

  Zangya was wearing a short purple dress that ended just below her knees, the dress had thin straps that circled around her neck, it complimented her figure nicely, she also had on bck boots, with her hair tied up in a high ponytail. “Based on the look on your face you like what I’m wearing.” Zangya said smiling at him.

  “Y-yeah you look incredible.” Gohan said, nodding slowly, not able to take his eyes off her.

  “Thank you.” Zangya said smiling at him. “The food looks incredible.”

  “I…thank you.” Gohan said shaking his head, taking a deep breath before focusing back on her. “Here sit down.” He said walking to her and pulling out her chair.

  “Thank you.” Zangya said, smiling at him.

  “Yeah…” Gohan said, as he pushed in her chair, he caught a whiff of citrus and vender coming off her. “Let’s eat.” He said sitting down across from her.

  “Sounds great.” Zangya said smiling at him.

  --

  After they finished eating, they went outside to the balcony to talk while sitting underneath the night stars, “…what you did before joining Cooler?” Gohan asked.

  Zangya’s hand reached up to grab her neckce, “…I don’t like to remember my life before Cooler found me…” Zangya muttered, squeezing her neckce tight enough to draw blood.

  “Z!” Gohan excimed, jumping in shock.

  “Huh!?” Zangya uttered looking at him.

  “Your hand!” Gohan said pointing.

  “Oh!” Zangya said, softly as she let go of the neckce, as some blood drops fell on her dress

  “May I?” Gohan asked, slowly reaching his hand out gesturing to her hand.

  “…sure.” Zangya said, pcing her hand in his.

  “…I’m sorry.” Gohan said, as he healed her hand.

  “…for what?” Zangya asked looking at him.

  “…for making you remember something painful.” Gohan said, running his fingers over her healed hand.

  “…No, I’m the one that’s sorry.” Zangya said, softly grabbing his hand, “Thank you for healing me.”

  Gohan gave her a small smile, “…anytime.”

  “…Oh, it’s ruined now.” She muttered seeing blood on her dress.

  “I’m sure my mom knows of a way to get it off.” Gohan said, smiling at her.

  “…yeah.” Zangya said, staring at her dress, “…wait for me I need to change.” She said getting up.

  “I…ok, I’ll wait for you here.” Gohan said looking at her.

  “…thank you.” Zangya said walking back inside.

  Gohan waited for a few minutes until he realized that Zangya still hadn’t come back, he waited a few more minutes before deciding to go look for her after she still hadn’t come back, he focused on her energy and found her in one of the empty rooms. He slowly approached the room and heard soft sobs coming from inside the room, he didn’t know what to do, he knew some people wanted space during moments like this, but he felt like he should do something.

  “…Z, can I come in?” Gohan asked, after knocking on the door.

  “…it’s open.” Zangya muffled response came.

  Gohan opened the door and saw Zangya sitting on the bed hugging her knees, her eyes red and puffy from crying, Gohan rushed over to her seeing her like that, “are you ok?” he asked, mentally wincing at the stupidity of the question. “Of course she’s not ok, she’s crying by herself.”

  “…I’m sorry.” Zangya said, softly.

  “…For what?” Gohan asked surprised.

  “…for ruining our date.” Zangya said, looking at him.

  “…You didn’t ruin anything.” Gohan said, “I did for asking you a question like that, I should have realized that there was a reason you didn’t mention your past.”

  “…no, it’s my fault I thought that I had moved past this but, it seems like I still have some unresolved issues.” Zangya said shaking her head.

  “…it’s fine, you don’t have to….” Gohan started saying only for Zangya to shake her head again.

  “…I need to talk about this, it’s the only way for me to move past this.” Zangya said looking up at him.

  “…ok, I’m listening.” Gohan said sitting down next to her.

  Zangya gave him a weak smile before taking a deep breath, “…you know how I told you I was the st Hera?”

  “…yeah, when we first met.” Gohan answered.

  “…that might not be true.” Zangya said.

  “…what do you mean?” Gohan asked.

  “…there maybe others, but I don’t know where they are or if they’re ok.” Zangya said.

  “…what do you mean?” Gohan asked.

  “…Years ago, our pnet was in the middle of a civil war, our king started doing some nefarious things, things that the people couldn’t stand so they rose up to try and overthrow him, millions ended up dying caught in the crossfire. This war went on until a hero arose, he single handedly stopped the war by becoming the first Super Hera in years.” Zangya started saying.

  “What was his name?” Gohan asked.

  “…Bojack.” Zangya spat, with loathing.

  “…What happened?” Gohan asked, surprised at how angry the name made her.

  “Once the war was over, we thought things would get better, and that we could focus on growing and rebuilding and things did get better at least for a while…” Zangya sighed.

  “What went wrong?” Gohan asked.

  “We made him our king, it made sense at the time because of what he did, his strength, and his charisma, people looked up to him. That’s when he started recruiting people for the king’s army, he would walk among the people looking for potential soldiers, that’s when my older brother Kogu and I were recruited. We were happy to be recruited because it gave us the opportunity to get stronger and to help our pnet. We started training with the others and after a while we started doing small missions to help the pnet and the people until we were eventually recruited to be on his personal guard alongside two others...” Zangya continued.

  “Things were good for a while… but a few years ter he started to change, he started to become more ruthless, and he would send us on missions off world that we didn’t agree with, but we did them because if we refused, we would be severely punished. We were eventually sent off world to do a few scouting missions after a few years we started hearing rumors that another civil war had broken out back home because he started doing the same things the old king did.” Zangya said.

  “…Like what?” Gohan asked.

  “Like killing civilian’s when they didn’t agree with some of his decisions, wiping out entire cities when revolts started and… then he started taking female Hera’s captive to give to his men for breeding. I was safe for the moment because I was one of his best warriors and I was off world, but my brother and I knew that it would be only a matter of time before he set his sights on me. That time came when we eventually received orders that I and I alone was to report back home immediately for reassignment.” Zangya said, closing her eyes to take a deep breath.

  “It’s ok, if you want to continue this ter we can.” Gohan said reaching out and grabbing her hand to softly squeeze it.

  “…no, if I don’t finish this now then I fear I’ll never have the strength to bring it up again.” Zangya said shaking her head slowly.

  “…Ok, if that’s what you want, just know that you can stop whenever you want.” Gohan said, squeezing her hand.

  “…thank you.” Zangya said, giving him a small smile. “…My brother and I knew what that meant but we couldn’t do anything at the time since we were on a team mission with the other two members who were extremely loyal to Bojack. So, we came up with a pn for us to leave but things didn’t work out like we pnned.”

  “What happened?” Gohan asked.

  “We didn’t know that the other two had received separate orders to kill my brother and capture me and bring me to him, Bojack knew my brother would never allow anything to happen to me. Once we finished the mission, we were on we rested for the night before leaving and… I don’t remember much after because they drugged our food, all I do know is that when I woke up, my brother was gravely injured and the other two id dead.” Zangya said as her eyes started watering.

  “…I’m so sorry.” Gohan said, reaching out to hold her hand.

  “…It’s fine.” Zangya said taking a deep breath, “before my brother died, he told me what happened and told me that he wasn’t going to ask me not to seek revenge but that I waited until I was strong enough. Part of me wanted to ignore him, but the rational part of me knew he was right, I wasn’t strong enough, so I promised him that I would wait until I was strong enough. Then he gave me the neckce I made for him and then he died in my arms…I buried him and then I left with the promise to return home and defeat Bojack after I became strong enough.”

  “…What happened after that?” Gohan asked.

  “I nded on some pnet that was rumored to have an arena for fighters to test their strength, so I stayed and fought in that arena for about a year until I started hearing rumor’s saying that my pnet was destroyed by a meteor.” Zangya said.

  “What?!” Gohan asked, not believing the coincidence.

  “Yeah, I know but this rumor turned out to be true.” Zangya said, “…after hearing that I didn’t know what to do anymore my whole purpose was gone, so I started wondering around for a bit but with little meaning. Until I ran into Cooler who saw that I had potential, so he asked if I want to go with him, I agreed since the fighters in the arena were no longer a challenge for me. While traveling with him I started hearing rumors that some Heras had escaped before the pnet’s destruction, but I couldn’t confirm them, even with Cooler’s help. I was starting to grow a little frustrated, with the ck of information but then we nded here, and I met you, and there was something about you that drew me to you, and you know the rest.”

  “…Wow, you’ve been through a lot, Z.” Gohan said.

  “…Yeah, but if I didn’t go through that then I wouldn’t be who I am today.” Zangya said.

  “…how do you feel?” Gohan asked.

  “Like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” Zangya said sighing happily.

  “That’s great.” Gohan said smiling at her.

  “Y…yeah.” Zangya said, yawning, suddenly, “Wow…I didn’t realize I talked for so long.”

  “Oh, you’re right, it is te.” Gohan said gncing at the clock and seeing that it was almost 2 in the morning. “I’ll let you go to sleep.” He said standing up.

  “Wait!” Zangya said grabbing his arm.

  “Yeah?” Gohan asked looking at her.

  “…Can you stay here with me?” Zangya asked.

  “What do you mean?” Gohan asked.

  “Can you sleep with me…you can keep your clothes on!” Zangya said quickly, “I just something to hold tonight…if that’s ok?”

  “I…ok.” Gohan said agreeing after seeing nothing wrong with that.

  “Thank you!” Zangya said smiling widely.

  “Yeah, no problem.” Gohan said, taking off his shoes, and ying down next to Zangya who wrapped her arms around him and id her head on his chest.

  “Good night, Gohan.” Zangya said snuggling up to him.

  “G-good night Zangya.” Gohan stammered, as Zangya grabbed his arm and pced it on her shoulder, the smell of citrus and vender filling his nose. Gohan knew that he would have trouble sleeping tonight, especially once he realized that Zangya was in her underwear.

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  (AN: Sorry for the wait, I had started this chapter back in April but some things happened, and I couldn’t spare much time to finish writing it. Things have gotten a little better now so I should have a little more time to myself which I’m pnning to use for writing and plotting, I already have some ideas that I think you guys will enjoy for once I get to Buu.

  I wasn’t going to add the Zangya part at the end but after rewriting this chapter again I decided to add it so that it doesn’t take up most of the next chapter. Speaking of, I’ll have the next chapter and a few chapters of my Multiverse fic with maybe one or two One-Shots up during the next few weeks so please give them a read too. Thank you for reading and if you find any errors, please let me know.)