If I Had the Power to Protect You

- Full Summary -

Videl's life as she know's it turns around drastically. First she almost was killed by a bunch of murders, then she was saved by a mysterious boy that her father think's would have been responsible, and then it happens. Her father faints when he was about to tell her something. Unable to see her father, she's forced to live with a bunch of people she know's nothing about! But it just so happens that one of the people she'll be living with is none other then Son Gohan. As she lives with him, things start to uncover, feelings, past, and secrets. But the biggest secret is revealed at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Something that will answer all Videl's questions.

- Disclaimer -

I Don't own Dragon Ball Z, but I do own Ryuu.

Chapter Four

Videl looked around as she sat alone in a dark room. The white ceiling fan didn't really do much as the beads of sweat fell down the back of Videl's neck. She didn't know why she was stuck in this stuffy room when she should have been with her father, but when she tried to go and see her father, the doctors refused to let her. She stared down at her hands. She really wanted to be with her father right now.

Videl jumped slightly when she heard a swing of doors, clicking against the walls, interrupting the quiet. Slowly she lift her head and stared at the large olive skinned man. She remembered seeing him before, he was the new police chief.

As soon as he caught her eyes, he smiled largely and Videl scowled at him. "Why am I here?" She asked with a growl trailing along.

The large man frowned and sighed. "Your here because no one will take you in...but a very generous fam-"

Videl quickly jumped to her feet and waved her hand in front of his face. "Your making me move in with another family!? You can't do that!!" She practically screamed.

The large man sighed and rubbed his temples. "Videl...you need to listen. Which Mr. Satan in the hospital you'll need to stay with someone. And since-"

Videl growled furiously and interrupted his sentence. "Hey! I can take care of myself you know! I am the daughter of Mr. Hercule Satan!!"

The large man frowned and shooked his head. "You need to stop interrupting me..." He said.

Videl snorted. "I'm trying to talk some sense into you..." She argued angrily. "At least tell me if my dad's going to be alright!" She demanded more then she asked.

The large man smiled lightly. "Yes, Mr. Hercule will be alright. Unfortunately, we need to put you into a safe home. Your father's order. He say's someone almost killed you. That's why-"

Videl, once again, didn't allow him to finish and stomped her foot down. She knew she was being very childish, but she couldn't care less at this point. Not only did they not want her to see her father, but they also thought she was weak too!? "My father was just making things up! At least let me stay at the hospital with him! Please!!" She pleaded desperately.

The large man frowned. "I'm so sorry, Videl...but...you can't do that. Your going to be living with the Son family. We already did research on them and there mother is quite skilled in Martial Arts and her eldest son is also skilled and I also believed the youngest is too. Oh, and there father, who no longer is...there...has won the World Marital Art Tournament when he was very young."

Videl narrowed her eyes. "So...? What does that matter, the father's no longer there anymore, what difference does it make?" She asked. She rubbed her shoulders and shivered. Why was it getting so cold in here?

The large man sighed and rubbed his temples once again. He sure was glad he wasn't the one who was taking her in. "Videl," His voice come out strong and determine. "If the father has won the tournament, it has higher possibilities that the sons and wife are strong also."

Videl bit down on her lips, but even as she felt her energy drop, she wasn't going down just yet. "Yeah, and i'm also the daughter of a man who-" This time she was the one who was out off.

"Videl! I do not make the order's! Now I want you to leave this office right now!! A jet will be waiting for you outside." His voice was dangerously low and it sent awful shivers down Videl's spin.

Clenching her fists tightly, Videl nodded her head. "Fine. You win." She spoke softly as if she didn't even want to hear the words coming from her lips. With her head low, she spun around and rushed toward the door that lead to her escape. Then it happened.

Videl's eyes widen and she knew right at that second, she must have really upset Kami, because standing right there was a very familiar face that she remembered just last night. A face she thought she'd never ever had to see again, but she seemed to be died wrong.

His crimson hair was longer tied in a low ponytail. Instead it lay loosely on his broad shoulders and his eyes no longer were a mix of brown and red. Nope, they now matched the same color as his long hair. He also seemed to have abandoned his green shirt and traded it from a red one. Not only was his shirt red, but so was his surf shorts that had even brighter red flames at the sides of the shorts. He had set himself on fire. Only the expression on his face was cool.

Videl gulped. Was it that fun to torture her? She thought.

A slow smile grew across that handsome face. The same smile that irritated her to the max. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the door. "Well, well...and here I thought I'd never see my Cinderella again." He chuckled. Oh, she hated that chuckle.

Videl growled, "You have five seconds to move away from the door."

A crimson eyebrow went up. "Wow. You sure have one bad temper there."

"Move." She marched over to him and grabbed his upper arm, trying to push him to the side, but it only backfired when he pined to the door.

"Wow, how feisty." His eyes flashed something Videl didn't even want to name.

"Ryuu! Let Miss Satan go." A low growl came from behind them. Videl had almost forgotten him. She let out a sigh as Ryuu finally let her go.

She glared at him and flung the door open. She stomped angrily at the ground as she waited for the jet the Chief Officer was talking about.

Videl had fell asleep on jet ride and was surprise when she reopened her eyes to a forest outside her window. Slowly she sat up and pressed her hand on the window. This couldn't be the place she was staying at. Her sapphire eyes shifted from left to right, trying to find any trace of a house. That was until sapphire eyes landed on a small cottage. She blinked those sapphires. Was this it? She thought.

She unbuckled herself when the plane had finally landed. She pulled herself up and began to walk down the plane's aisle. Once she reached the plane's exit, she waved by to the pilot and stepped down the stairs. Sapphire widen and she tooked a deep breath of the fresh air. The cool air felt good on Videl's skin and a smile grew across her face. Maybe this be so bad after all. She thought to herself.

"V-Videl...? Is that you?" A voice stilled her. That voice was familiar. Why Kami? She thought. Again, was it that fun to torture her? She a deep sigh, she turned around. She bit down on her lips. Why wouldn't her imagination fool her just once?

"Videl! It is you! What are you doing here?" Asked a very familiar black spiky haired boy.

"G-Gohan...please don't tell me you...live here?" It came out as a plead. God, she hated to sound like she was begging.

"Hmm? Yeah, I live here!" Gohan replied way to excitedly.

Videl fell to her knees. She was feel her angry build up so high, she was afraid she was going to explode.

Gohan gasped as he watched Videl drop to her knees. He hoped she was alright. Quickly, he raced to her side and lightly touched her upper arm. "Are you okay?" He asked her gently.

She could have pounded his face in the dirt if he didn't asked her so softly. Videl sighed. It wasn't his fault her life was getting so messed up. She lifted her head up and nodded her head. "I'm fine, thanks." She murmured under her breath.

Gohan smiled and she smiled back at him.

"Well, well, someone's getting cozy with my little boy." A feminine voice filled the air.

Videl watched in amusement as she watched Gohan actually jump back. Wow...he jumped pretty far too...and still landed on his feet? Videl shooked her head. Weird...

Taking her chance, she decided to take a lost at the owner of the voice. The woman was actually pretty. Her hair was pulled into a neat bun. The woman's eyes were the same color as her hair. Dark and shiny. She wore a Chinese-like dress with a dark sweater on her thin shoulders. And if she smiled, Videl was sure she'd look prettier, but right now, she looked deadly.

"Uh...Hiya." Videl greeted as she pulled herself back to her feet.

The woman only scowled at her, which sent deadly shivers down her back and at that moment she finally understood how Sharpner felt. He felt like a little pussy. "So...how are you?" The woman asked her.

Videl resisted the urge to gulp. She was going to show any fear! "I'm Videl, ma'am."

The woman slowly turned her scowl into a large smile. "Your Videl!? Oh, my! Its my pleasure to see you dear." She said cheerfully.

"Huh? Oh, um...its nice to meet you...Mrs. Son?" Her sentence came out as a question instead of a reply. The woman really confused her.

Mrs. Son smiled widely. "Yes, I am! So...my son and you seem to get along get huh?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"Good! Then I give you permission to date each other...but first...Videl, honey, how big is your house?" She asked sweetly.

"Extremely big...with over 30 rooms." Videl replied, growing extremely uncomfortable.

Mrs. Son's smile grew even larger. "Please, come in!" Mrs. Son said, cheerfully.

"Okay..." She said.

The dark woman giggled from behind her. "I'm so glad you could make it. Now come on in." The Mrs. Son giggled as she walked towards the house's door. She opened the door wide open and walked inside.

Videl nodded her head and quickly followed Mrs. Son. Once she was inside the house, she looked around. It was actually pretty cozy in here. Not as big as her house, but there something about this house that her house could never have, but she couldn't quite name it.

"So, what do you think?" Gohan asked from behind her. Videl turned around and faced to faced with a very confused boy. She smiled.

"It looks very nice and you look very confused. Better go and ask you mom for some answers."

Gohan nodded his head and gazed at his mom. "Yeah...I'll go and do that."

Gohan had asked his mom to see him in his room while Videl looked around in the living room. "Mom...uh...what's going on?" As all that could go through Gohan's mouth. He was in fact very confused. Especially the way his mom expression change from mad to happy so fast. He had a feeling she was up to something.

Mrs. Son shrugged her shoulders. "Well...I needed some money and I should ask Videl to call me Chichi, huh?" Chichi asked.

"Uh...extra money? Wait, what does extra money have to do with Videl?" Gohan answered back with a question.

"Uh...you see her father, Mr. Satan fainted and they want someone to look after her. I need to money and your a saiyan. Don't tell me you don't think that's the safest thing ever?"

Gohan blinked his dark eyes and tried to shallow up all this information. "Wait..." He said slowly. "Are you saying that Videl's father is in the hospital?" When she nodded, he continued. "And you want me to guard her?" Another nod from his mother and this time he rushed with his next sentence. "And the reason you don't look upset by what happened back there at the front of the house doesn't bother you because she's rich?" And the winning nod!

Chichi's eyes widen by her mistake. "Oh! That's not what I meant!! I want grandchildren, you know!"

Gohan sighed and shooked his head. Perfect... He thought. If he wasn't careful, the next thing he knew, his mother was going to set him up with Videl Satan. Oh boy...

That was then they heard a large scream in the living room. "Oh...that doesn't sound good." Chichi murmured.

Gohan nodded his head in agreement. That didn't sound good. He was sure that it was a female scream. Which could only mean. Quickly Gohan ran to the living room to see what Videl was screaming about.

"Don't lie to me!" Videl growled angrily at the small spiky haired boy. Her toned arms were folded against her chest and she looked like she was about to kill someone.

"B-But i'm not lying!" The young boy mumbled quietly. He refused to met her eyes. She was really scaring him right now. He didn't mean to do it, it just happened. Was it his fault she was touching one of his cookies?

"Listen, kid...I know you hit me with one of those cookies!" She looked so annoyed. She walked into the kitchen because she smelt something good. That was when she saw a plate of cookies and she went to grab a bit for herself. She didn't think anyone would mind, but then she felt someone hit her back. It hurt too, she didn't how a cookie could hit your back so hard. When that hot cookie slammed into the back of her back, she let out a startled scream. Which she would not talk about and then she saw a little boy with a handful of cookies.

"But...I didn't mean too." He mumbled as he looked down at his feet. When he saw her taking a bit of those cookies, he thought she was the cookie theft and threw a cookie at her back. Now he wished he didn't. She was just as scary as his mommy.

"What's going on in here?" Speaking of the she-devil. There was his mommy's voice. He slowly turned around to see his mother looking very mad with her hands on her hips.

"I didn't do anything." He said to her. His mother though, didn't look at him, but her attention on Videl.

"Videl?" His mommy asked.

"He threw a cookie at me." She answered simply. Videl looked so annoyed right now. How could she just let some little brat hit her in the back like that. But why did the brat hit so damn hard? She glanced at Gohan, trying to look for answers, but he only shrugged at her.

Chichi turned to her son with her deadly glare. "You did what? You do know that this is a guest! And not any guest but a rich guest! I want you to apologized to her right now, Goten!"

Goten pouted, but did as his mother said. "I'm sorry, rich guest." He mumbled under his breath. Quickly he snapped back to his mother and he had this horror look on his face. "Am I grounded? Please, mommy, don't ground me! Trunks just got this new game and I really really want to go!!" He cupped his hands together and gave his mother a puppy dog pout that only a seven year old would be able to pull off so well.

Chichi sighed and rubbed her temple. "I'll think about it." She said. She gazed at her son and...cleared her throat.

Gohan walked over to Videl and grabbed her arm. "How about I show you your room now? This might take a while." He chuckled. He began to pull Videl out of the kitchen and they walked in silence for a while, until Videl spoke up.

"Uh...Gohan. You can let go of my hand now." Videl looked down at her hand, which was being hold by Gohan's hand. But Gohan quickly let her hand go as soon as her sentence entered into that smart head of his.

"Sorry..." He apologized softly.

Videl nodded her head and looked forward. Moments later, Videl found herself in a nice comfy room. It was clean...I mean clean. She liked it as soon as she stepped inside.

Finished! So sorry it took so long, but as you notice, I don't update fast...which is not a very good thing. But I can promise you one thing, I will always' have a next chapter up, no matter how long it will take. So...be patient with me, please? Oh and don't forget to review! I don't care if its short or not. Anything will be fine with me. So, review?