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Gohan fell into his bed, exhausted after a long day. His body was tired, ready for sleep, but his mind was still mulling over everything that had happened to him over the course of the day.

Today had been Gohan's first day at Orange Star High School. Gohan's mother, Chi-Chi, felt that after years and years of rigorous homeschooling that Gohan needed a different type of education. Chi-Chi knew that Gohan, who was seventeen now, had probably learned everything he could from just books and endless math problems. However, there was still much more out there for Gohan to learn and experience, so Chi-Chi enrolled Gohan in high school in order to expose him to new ideas, people, and places.

Gohan didn't mind whether or not he went to high school or not. He liked living in the mountains with his mother and younger brother, Goten, although he had to admit life could get a little boring at times. That didn't really matter though. Still, Gohan was curious about everyday life in the rest of the world. He'd studied about cities and historical events and all sorts of different things, but he never really got to experience them. Gohan was either studying or saving the world, and there was very little room for anything in between.

Gohan thought high school would be little bit harder, but over the course of his first day he quickly realized that Orange Star High could hardly teach him anything. That didn't mean Gohan couldn't learn. Instead of notes and books, Gohan had a whole social stratosphere to learn.

After being embarrassingly introduced, Gohan got his first taste of what his classmates would be like. There was only one open seat in Gohan's first class, and he hesitantly took it. Immediately he was greeted by a blonde girl who sat directly to the right of him.

"Well hey there cutie! I'm Erasa, welcome!" Erasa's green eyes showed no signs of ill intent.

Gohan responded in his usual polite manner, "Hi there! I'm Gohan. Pleased to meet you!"

Erasa jumped on the chance to continue the conversation. "Well Gohan, let me introduce you. Over here is Sharpner," Erasa pointed to the boy three seats down from Gohan, "I just call him Sharpie. He's not as tough as he looks, I promise!" Erasa laughed.

Sharpner wore a sleeveless shirt, and he looked pretty well built, for a human. He had the same bright blonde hair as Erasa, although his was much longer and fell past his shoulders. He was leaning back in his chair, seemingly uninterested in what was going on.

Sharpner barely looked in Gohan's direction. Gohan, with his excellent hearing, heard him whisper "nerd" under his breath. Gohan didn't know what that meant, but he'd figure it out. From what Gohan could tell, and Erasa's description of him, was that Sharpner was the cool guy of Orange Star. He slightly intimidated Gohan, although he knew no one hear could lay a single scratch on him.

"Sharpie play nice!" Erasa playfully barked at Sharpner. Sharpner ignored her, and Erasa's face was ever so slightly tinged with red. "Anyways Gohan," Erasa continued, "this is Videl. Why don't you guess who her father is?"

Gohan instantly froze up. Erasa gave him an odd look. He recognized this girl. Videl.

"Uh, I-I don't know, who?" Gohan stammered, looking at Videl and Erasa with wide eyes.

"Hercule Satan. Isn't that incredible?" Erasa gushed, not noticing Gohan's behavior.

"Yeah, g-guess so." Gohan said nervously, "Must be weird being Hercule's- I mean a celebrities daughter." Gohan scratched the back of his head in typical fashion.

"Thanks Erasa, not like I can introduce myself or anything. And you always bring up my-" Erasa cut Videl off as she continued babbling about all the cool things Gohan would get to do now that he was friends with them. Gohan got the sense that she was a chatterbox and that although she never meant any harm, she could be pretty insensitive. Gohan breathed a sigh of relief this time though, Erasa's jabbering allowed him to collect his thoughts and not have to deal with Videl.

Gohan felt eyes on him and quickly glanced over to see Videl Satan glaring at him. Gohan quickly averted his eyes. Maybe he would have to deal with her. At the moment Videl intimidated him more than Sharpner did. Gohan quickly opened his notebooks and pretended to be interested in his teacher's words, even if he already knew all the information. He hoped and prayed that Videl wouldn't somehow notice him from their encounter earlier.

Luckily, Gohan made it out of that first class without too much embarrassment. The rest of his school day was pretty straightforward. He mostly kept to himself and was polite to everyone. He listened, or at least appeared to, when Erasa told him about everything that had ever happened at Orange Star High, and he awkwardly kept his distance from both Videl and Sharpner, who gave him cold looks. Especially Videl.

After school Gohan quickly flew home, a little tired from his busy day, but was met with a bundle of energy known as his brother, Goten. After fending off Goten for a few hours and guzzling down his mother's home cooking, Gohan was exhausted and headed to bed.

Now Gohan lay in bed, knowing he should sleep in order to prepare for tomorrow, but his mind kept returning to his journey to Satan City that morning. Gohan had flown to school, but was stopped in his tracks by the sound of gunshots. He heard screams too. Instinctively investigating, Gohan found that the Satan City Bank was being held up by armed thugs. There were hostages inside.

Gohan couldn't let anyone innocent be hurt, but he also didn't want to draw attention to himself. His mother and Bulma had both specifically told him not to. His reputation didn't outweigh the lives of innocent citizens, however. He was struck with a great idea too. If he transformed then maybe no one would notice him. It certainly couldn't hurt his chances.

Gohan quickly transformed, his hair turning blonde and his eyes teal. He busted into the bank, his first priority to save any hostages. Inside where three armed thugs, each wearing black masks to cover their faces. Gohan knew he could take them out effortlessly, but he needed to make sure no one else got hurt. He threw an elbow to the thug closest to him and snapped his weapon in half. The thugs were reacting to him now, and were pointing there weapons at the hostages now. Gohan had to play this carefully.

Using his extreme speed to catch them off guard, Gohan simultaneously took out the two thugs that were closest to the citizens, thus posing the greatest threat. The final thug, who was nervous now, backed himself into a corner. Gohan turned to face him. Outside he heard police intercoms and hurried voices.

Just as Gohan was about to pounce, the bank entrance was blown open. In walked a girl Gohan had never seen before. Gohan's concentration slipped for a second as he looked in the direction of this mystery girl. She was small in stature and had dark raven hair. She was dressed plainly, but looked ready to fight. There was a gunshot fired. Gohan's reflexes kicked in.

The remaining thug had maneuvered himself to get a clean shot at the girl. Gohan's mind reeled as he saw the bullet zinging through the air almost as if it were in slow motion. He didn't think. He acted. Gohan lunged toward the girl, using every bit of his speed, and snatched the bullet out of the air. His hand gently brushed the girl's forehead. That's how close it had been.

Not wasting any time, Gohan dispatched the remaining gunman, upset that he had almost let someone die. Even though no one was hurt, Gohan still felt worried for them.

Gohan turned to exit, his hair still flowing blonde, and briefly locked eyes with the girl. Her amethyst eyes were wide, and her mouth was slightly opened. She looked shocked, but Gohan couldn't wait around. He brushed past her and through the bank entrance. The police were gathered outside, but Gohan took off and flew right over them. He heard shouts and hollers of amazement below him.

Reflecting on the situation now, Gohan felt he handled it pretty well. No one got hurt, and he took care of things while he was transformed, so hopefully no one recognized him. Either way, there was nothing more Gohan could do about the robbery now.

What still lingered in Gohan's mind was Videl. He had no idea why she randomly showed up at the crime scene, even if she was Mr. Satan's daughter. Gohan had noticed the glaring looks she had given him when they first officially met at school, but he hoped she was treating him just as Sharpner was.

Gohan sighed and rolled over in bed. He had gone over every little detail of the day in his mind. With both body and mind now tired, Gohan finally dozed off. His last thought before he fell asleep was of catching a bullet for Videl Satan.

Alright, I hope you enjoyed this first chapter! This really serves as a prologue and things will truly begin in the next section. I know this is pretty similar to the anime canon right now, but this served to set everything up. The Golden Fighter is here to stay, since Saiyaman is absolutely ridiculous. Gohan/Golden Fighter and Videl are the focus of this story, and I hope you keep a look out for future chapters! I'd appreciate any words you have in the review section. Thanks!

-Kennan3