What If: Flying Lessons - Jeffrey Graham (book series to read txt) 📗

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Gohan went into the kitchen to see a big breakfast laid out for him. "Wow thanks mom!" he said

"You're welcome." His mother said. "Now eat up! You need to train and win us that prize money at the tournament!"

Gohan nodded and quickly scarfed down his food in no time. He thanked his mother and walked to the front door to find a very impatient Goten waiting for him.

"Finally!" Goten said opening the door. "Let's hurry and do our special training before Videl – OW!" Goten said as he fell to the ground. "What did I bump into?"

"Oh, sorry about that Goten." said the figure. "I was just about to knock on the door when you came out."

"Oh, its ok…wait….how do you know my name!? Who are you?" Goten asked.

"Goten! What's all the commotion about out there?" Gohan asked coming outside to see Goten on the ground next to…'Wait…' Gohan thought 'It can't be…'

"V-Videl?" Gohan said rubbing his eyes. "Is that really you!?"

Videl smiled up at Gohan "Yup, it's me!" she said laughing.

"Oh! Hi Videl!" Goten said standing up. "You look a lot different than from yesterday so I didn't recognize you."

Videl laughed "It's ok Goten, I had the same problem with my dad this morning…well kind of." She said remembering that morning.

FLASHBACK

Videl was getting ready to go to Gohan's house when she heard her dad's voice calling her from downstairs.

"Videl! Are you ready to start training?" he asked

Videl came downstairs. "Yes, but dad…I'm gonna go out and train by myself now ok?...uhhh….dad?..."

Hercule just stared at his daughter. "V-V-Videl…you're hair…w-what did you do?"

"Oh…" Videl said "I decided to cut it last night. I figured that if it was short, then it wouldn't get in my eyes while fighting etc." she explained.

Hercule's shocked face went away after hearing this and a look of great satisfaction appeared instead. "That's my girl! Now you're thinking the true champ…well I'm the World champ…NO! I'M THE WORLD'S SAVIOR!! BWAHAHAHA!!" Hercule laughed.

Videl heaved a big sigh. 'At least he's so caught up in his ego that I can just leave him without any questioning.' And with that she rushed out the door.

END FLASHBACK

Videl looked back at Gohan to see him just staring at her speechless. She cocked her head to the side and with a little grin said, "What's wrong Gohan?"

Gohan suddenly realized what he was doing and turned away with his face turning red. 'OMG I can't believe I was just checking Videl out!" he thought. "Ummm….nothing's wrong Videl, so…" he stammered trying to regain his composure. "should we go to continue our lessons?"

'Was Gohan just checking me out?' Videl thought while blushing. "Of course!" she answered.

"Ok then, let's go" Gohan said as he started to lift up off the ground.

"Wait! I still can't fly as well as you can! What about me?" Videl asked.

"Oh ya" Gohan said putting his hand behind his head and grinning. "Sorry. Don't you have your jet copter?"

"Well…ya…" Videl muttered "but I already put it away and it would be a pain to get it out and everything again." She said.

"Oh" Gohan said. 'All she has to do is push a button and it pops out…I wonder what she's getting at…' Gohan thought. "Well, how will you get to the training spot?" he asked.

Videl blushed because she had been secretly hoping that he would ask this. "Well…" she started "couldn't you just fly me there with you?" she asked.

"Huh?" Gohan asked slightly confused "fly you there..?"

Videl sighed 'He's so oblivious' she smiled to herself. "You know…couldn't you carry me there?" she asked.

"Oh!" Gohan said smiling. "…Oh!..." Gohan said with his smile going away and a slight look of fear spread across his face. "You want me to..." gulp "…carry you...?"

Videl blushed "Well ya, how else am I supposed to get there?" she asked.

Gohan blushed 'Videl would usually kill someone if they tried to lay so much of a finger on her…why does she want me to carry her..?'

Now Goten had been standing there the whole time and was getting very impatient. "Gohan!!!" Goten finally said. He was taught not to interrupt a conversation but he couldn't help it anymore! "Can you just carry her so we can go!?" he asked.

The two teenagers looked down at the growling chibi. "Whoops, sorry Goten" Gohan said "If we're holding you up, you can go on ahead and we will catch up to you."

"Ok!" Goten said as he jumped up and flew off.

Gohan then turned to Videl with a slight blush. "Well… we better go before Goten kills himself." He said walking towards her.

'Yes!' Videl thought. "Ok, let's go." She said

Then Gohan very timidly put one arm on Videl's back while putting the other one behind her knees and scooped her up bridal style. 'Wow, her skin is so soft and smooth.' Gohan thought.

'I never knew his muscles were so huge' Videl thought. 'Who knew that nerdy little Gohan would be like this.'

Both teens were blushing at the current state they were in. "Ok, you better hold on Videl." Gohan told her.

Videl nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck when he took off.

As soon as they got to a good cruising speed Videl loosened her grip on Gohan's neck and looked up at him.

Gohan noticed this and looked down, their eyes locking. Both blushed but Gohan looked away regaining his composure and then said "I like your new hair cut Videl. It really suits you."

Videl looked away, now red as a tomato, and closed her eyes trying to rid her of the massive blush she was currently wearing. Then she looked back at Gohan. "You really think so Gohan?" she asked.

Gohan looked down at her, smiled, and nodded. "You look great Videl." He said softly.

Videl's massive blushed returned but she kept her eyes locked on Gohan. "Oh Gohan…" she whispered.

"HEY!" cam a voice from behind the,

Gohan stopped suddenly almost causing Videl to slip out of his grip. "Huh? Goten?" Gohan said realizing his little brother's voice was chasing them. "What's up Goten?" he asked.

"I was going to ask you guys the same thing! Why did you fly right by the spot where we usually train at?" Goten asked.

Gohan then realized he did fly right by the spot without even realizing it. He blushed. "Sorry Goten. I guess I got a little…" he looked at Videl who looked back "…sidetracked." He smiled.

Videl blushed and gave him a smile back.

Goten had no idea what was going on. "Well come on! Let's go back to the training spot then!" he said

"Ok, ok Goten calm down." Gohan said.

They all flew back and landed. Gohan set Videl down on the ground gently with both teens already secretly missing the warmth of the other.

"Ok then" Gohan said to Videl. "Should we get down to business?" he asked

"Ya!" Videl said pumping her fist in the air.

Gohan laughed. "Ok then, well let's get started!" Gohan said.

Chapter 4

"Goten, I want you to go and practice flying on your own while I teach Videl more." Gohan said.

"Ahww…why?" Goten asked.

Gohan leaned in to whisper to Goten, "Because you are a lot better at this than her due to your previous training with me and I don't want you to accidentally show off any of your powers to her, now go!"

"…fine…" Goten said in defeat. He was happy to know that he was stronger than someone older than him but sad that he couldn't stick around with them to train. But Goten knew not to get Gohan mad. (lol cell got Gohan mad and look what happened to him)

Once Goten had left, Gohan turned back to Videl who had a confused look on her face.

"What was that about" she asked.

"Oh nothing," Gohan said, hand behind his head, "he's just going off on his own like yesterday."

"But what else did you whisper to him?" she continued questioning. "I thought I heard something like 'your powers'…what powers?"

'I can't tell her about super saiyans. She knows I'm Saiyaman but I can't let her know I'm the Gold Fighter too.' Gohan thought. "Oh…umm….just powers….to uhh….you know, like fly." Gohan stuttered.

Videl gave him a glare. "If you say so Gohan." She said.

Gohan sighed in relief. "Ok, now, where did we leave off from yesterday?" he asked.

A smile came to Videl's face remembering the first time she was able to 'fly' even a little bit on her own. "I had just levitated on my own." Videl proudly stated.

Gohan smiled. "Ah yes, so now we need to work on having you be able to levitate higher. Then once you are able to do that, I'll show you how to fly straight through the air, then will be making turns in the air, and lastly will be speed. After all that, you should be able to fly freely on your own!" Gohan finished with a big grin.

Videl laughed 'Easier said than done.' She thought.

"Now then, let's begin. Focus your energy just like I showed you yesterday." Gohan said.

Videl nodded and got her serious face on.

"When you have all that energy, put it beneath you and let it lift you up off the ground again." Gohan continued.

After yesterday, Videl was able to gather her energy and levitate off the ground a lot quicker than the day before, but she was still only about a foot off the ground.

"Ok, now you must take more energy and push yourself up even higher." Gohan said.

Unfortunately, Videl was having a tough time with this. She couldn't focus more energy to push her up.

"Remember, you must clear your mind to focus your energy." Gohan told her.

After awhile Videl had only managed to levitate high enough so that she was only a head taller than Gohan. She stopped trying to gather the energy and just let herself fall to the ground in defeat.

Gohan ran over to her quickly. "Videl! Are you ok? What's wrong?" he asked frantically trying to see if she had any injuries.

"I give up!" she yelled. "It's been like two hours and I have hardly gotten anywhere!"

Gohan was shocked. 'THE Videl Satan…giving up!?' he thought. "That's not true Videl!" he said. "You're uhh….learning even faster than I did!" Gohan lied trying to make her feel better.

"Ha, don't make me laugh Gohan" she said. "I know your just saying that!"

Gohan now could see small tears forming around her eyes. 'I wonder what's making her act like this. If she has her mind clear, then it should be easy to focus enough energy to levitate even higher than the trees!...hmm…maybe that's it. Something is on her mind…but what?' Gohan thought. "Videl?" he said.

Videl was trying to hold back her tears while she looked up at Gohan.

"I think that the reason you can't focus your energy and levitate higher is because your mind is not clear…"

Videl froze. It was true, something was on her mind. Heck it had been on her mind ever since yesterday. 'But I can't tell Gohan that it's about him!' she thought.

"…So, is there something