This is my second story and I wanted to take a modern turn to DBZ. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DBZ OR ANY OF THE REAL LIFE OBJECTS/ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED. The only thing I own is the idea of this fic. Oh, and I've changed their personalities so the characters wont act the same as they would in the anime.
Chapter 1:
It was early morning, like 5am early, when a bugal suddenly started going off, waking all of the occupents of the barrack. They all got out of bed and stood at attention(A/N: if you need to, think of the scenes when they wake up in Full Metal Jacket). They all were standing still in their boxers and white undershirts with their arms at their sides.
Gohan was happy about today. Not only was it the last day of training, but within the week he would be going home. It had been a long six months at the Satan Military Academy and he was happy that it was almost over.
All the new soldiers, including Gohan, felt an ominous presence, knowing what was causing it. Their D.I. Sgt. Vegeta Breifs. The man was short, but was very muscular, had tall, black, spiky hair and a permanant scowl on his face. Gohan just happened to be good friends with the briefs, including Vegeta, so he wasn't as affected by Vegeta's evil aura as everyone else.
"Alright you maggots! Today is the last day of basic training. And don't think it will be easy! We are going on a ten mile run and you will be finished in less than 30 minutes! Get your sorry asses dressed and get in formation infront of the barracks. Oh, and there will be now breakfast this morning." With that, Sgt. Vegeta about-faced and procceded out of the building. The young soldiers scrambled to get dressed in their uniforms, and hurried to get outside. Once they were out, they stood in formation.
Gohan was front and center in the group, being the most eager to start the day's workout. He, unlike the rest of the privates, came to bootcamp in shape and was ready for whatever was thrown at him. He was eighteen, 6'6, and was the most muscular person in the camp, even more muscled than Vegeta.
After their 30 minute ten mile run was finished, all the soldiers were gasping for air, with the exception of Sgt. Vegeta and Pvt. Gohan. This much they expected. They figured that Vegeta would be in this kind of condition, but they weren't expecting Gohan to be. Most of them were in their twenties, and this teenager was showing them all up.
"Alright men, there is one more thing that you will have to do today before you graduate from here." Vegeta said, gaining their attention.
"See that truck over there?" Vegeta said, pointing at a 2 1/2 ton supply truck. "If that truck can be lifted off the ground, by any of you, then you all are officially soldiers. You can try to lift it as a group or as an individual. You have one hour to lift it. It just needs to come off of the ground." Vegeta smirked, knowing that they wouldn't be able to lift it. Even he was barely able to get it an inch off the ground.
The recruits groaned, saying something about it being impossible to lift the truck. Gohan just smiled. He may be eighteen, but he was strong as hell. He could give those professional a run for their money and then some.
Gohan walked over to the truck, gaining the attention of the privates and Vegeta's attention. Gohan calmly walked over to the front of the truck. He clapped his hands together once, pepping himself up. He reached underneath the front bumber, gripping it. He squated down to get leverage on the heavy truck, and started to lift it.
Vegeta called the attention of the other D.I's and their platoons and called them over to watch Gohan. As Gohan started grunting, the truck started raising off the ground, making everyone's face fall with wide eyes.
Gohan was grunting and straining his body. He needed to lift the truck to graduate, and he wanted to graduate. He put out more, putting all of his strength into lifting the truck.
Slowly, it started raising off the ground, one inch at a time. When Gohan raised it a foot off the ground, his body gave to the strain, dropping the truck with a large thump as it hit the ground. Gohan fell onto his back, panting.
Suddenly, there was a loud 'Whoop!' as one of the soldiers cheered for him. Then the entire group started clapping and cheering for the young man. Gohan smiled and wondered why they had to lift the truck to get out of there, but it didn't matter cause he just lifted it and he was graduating.
Three days later, Gohan was on a train going back home. He was done with military school and was now a certified soldier. He smiled as he remembered the nickname the soldiers at the academy gave him. 'Saiyan'. They gave it to him because he was the only one willing to fight to get stronger and he was the strongest the army had ever seen before. He was leaning his head against the window, watching the world go by him. He was almost home and he couldn't wait to see his mother and little brother.
It was around 3pm and Gohan's train had just arrived at the station. He got off the train, grabbing his belongings, started looking for his mother. He noticed that he was the only one there, among hunderds of people, that was wearing a military uniform. That didn't matter to him.
All his life, he wanted to be like his father. His father was the greatest soldier that he ever knew and he wanted to follow his footsteps. While he was thinking about his father, Goku, he was saddened as he thought about his fate. His father had been shot and killed while on a mission to save some hostages in a war torn country. Gohan looked at his dogtag necklace. One of the tags was his, and the other was his father's. A reminder of the greatest soldier the army had ever had.
While lost in his thoughts, Gohan was approached by elderly man. He looked to be in his sixties or later, and he had a smile on his face. The feeble old man made his way to Gohan and stuck his hand out.
"Hi there young man. I may not look like it, but I was a soldier once. A long time ago. And I'm always glad to see a young fighter of freedom. I'm retired Sgt. Jasper Makowitz." The old man said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, sir. I'm Pvt. Gohan Son. I just graduated from the military academy," Gohan said with a smile while shaking the old man's hand.
"Ah, a new soldier eh? That's nice. I remeber when I graduated. It was one of the best days of my life. Well, I bid you farewell young man," the old man said, saluting Gohan, who saluted back, and he walked away.
Gohan smiled. It was nice being recognized as a soldier for his country. He continued to look for his family when he felt something wrap around his waist.
He looked down to see the smiling face of his younger brother, Goten. Gohan bent down and picked him up, putting him on his shoulders.
"Hi big brother! I missed you!" Goten said, hugging his brother's head.
"I missed you too, squirt. Man, you got big while I was gone Goten," Gohan said, happy to be with his family again. He looked around and saw his mother walking towards them.
"Gohan, you look just like your father did when he got out of the academy. It's really nice to see you again son," Chichi said, hugging her son for the first time since he left for the academy. She was happy to have her eldest son back after so long.
Gohan hugged his mother, happy to be home again. He grabbed his back with his belongings and the reunited family exited the train station and headed for Satan City. It was originally Orange Star City, but it changed after an oaf did something 'spectacular' to get it changed. The Son family never figured out was it was that he did though.
That night at the dinner table, Chichi decided to tell Gohan that she wanted him to go to highschool. To say Gohan was suprised was an explained to him that even though he had the smarts to graduate from college, he needed to go to highschool to get a diploma and scholarship to a college. Plus, she wanted him to meet a nice, young girl, but she kept that to herself.
The next morning, Gohan woke up at 5am. He had grown accustomed to waking up at this time, so his internal clock woke him up. He put on a pair of shorts and a tshirt, along with some running shoes, put his watch on, and walked out of his room while grabbing his mp3.
Gohan put him mp3 on his arm via arm band and put the ear buds in his ear, turning the song to his favorite track, 'Kick In The Teeth' by Papa Roach, and exited his home. He started jogging on the sidewalk, wanting to get a morning run in before he had to go to school.
At 6:30, Gohan walked back into his house and found his mother cooking breakfast. He walked into the kitchen, saying hi to Chichi. She said hi and continued cooking. A few minutes later, Chichi asked Gohan to go wake Goten up to get ready for school. Goten had just started kindergarten the month before.
Gohan nodded and went to wake his brother up. As he entered his room, he was suprised at the posters on the wall. They were all of major military battles, and one of them had their father on it. Gohan smiled at the poster, wondering if Goten wanted to be a soldier when he grew up too. Gohan walked over to Goten's bed, gently shaking him to wake up.
Goten slowly woke up, and said good morning to Gohan, who did the same, and went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
Gohan went back to his room to get ready for school. He wondered what he was going to where since he figured he shouldn't wear his soldier's uniform to school. He dug through his closet and pulled out what he thought he should wear. He put on a pair of dark blue jeans, his combat boots, a black shortsleeve tshirt, and a leather jacket. Before he left his room, he put on his dogtag necklace and headed back to the kitchen.
Gohan had just dropped his brother off at the the elementary school and he was heading to the highschool. He saw it a few minutes later and walked in. He chose not to drive because he liked the crisp air of fall. It was November, his favorite month. It was always cool outside and he loved the nip in the air.
He walked into the office of the highschool, and asked the secretary for his schedule. After she printed it off, she gave it to him and pointed him to the direction of his homeroom class.
As Gohan hurried off to his first class, a raven-haired teenage girl was sitting at her desk, listening to her blonde friend ramble on about girl stuff. She was barely paying her any attention though. She sighed and looked at the empty seat beside her. She had heard that they were getting a new student that day and she thought that they would sit next to her.
Her musings were cut short as a knock was heard at the door. She watched the teacher open the door, smile, and walk back to front of the class. "Good news students. We have a new student joining us today. He just recently graduated from Satan Military Academy. But I assure you that he is no trouble maker. So, please come in and introduce yourself son."
A young man walked in with spiky black hair, and Videl liked what she saw. He was tall, handsome, and had a confident aura surrounding him. Basically everything she wanted in a man, even though she hasn't ever had a boyfriend or a kiss.
"Hi, my name is Pvt. Gohan Son. As the teacher just said, I graduated from the Academy earlier this week. I went to follow in my father's footsteps, not because of any kind of trouble," Gohan said, getting a few blushes from the females in the room. He looked for an empty seat, and found the only one, which happened to be next to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
He made his way up to the row of desks, and took his seat next to the raven-haired beauty. He smiled at her and introduced himself.
"Hi, my name is Gohan. And you are miss?" He asked with a smile. She lightly blushed at his gentleman attititude.
"My name is Videl Satan. Nice to meet you," She smiled back sweetly at him. Videl kind of shuttered at his voice. Confident, yet gental.
"Satan as in Hercule Satan's daughter?" Gohan asked. Hercule Satan was the one who funded the Satan Academy, and he was honored to be in the precence of his daughter, although he didn't really like Hercule.
"Yeah, that's my dad." She was supprised that he made the connection so quickly, but then she thought that he had to make quick decisions as a soldier so Videl didn't pay it any mind.
"It's great to meet you Videl. So, hey, do you think maby we could hangout later after school?" Gohan asked. He liked this girl and he wanted to get to know her better. Plus, he really thought that his mother sent him to school to get a girlfriend anyway.
Videl's cheeks turned a little red, and she said, "Yeah, Gohan, I'd like that. It's a date." Finishing off her sentice smiling. Gohan chuckled a little bit and turned his head back to the teacher. 'I'm already liking highschool. This should be a fun year.'