Chapter 1 - The Idea
It was the last day of term at Orange Star High School, and Gohan was looking forward to spending time with Goten and his dad. It was months since they all fished together. Gohan said goodbye to his friends Eraser, Videl and Sharpener and then went on the nimbus cloud home. It wasn't long before his house was in sight, and Goten was already waiting outside to greet him.
"Hi Gohaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnn!" Goten took off into the air and knocked him off the nimbus cloud and all the contents of his schoolbag fell out.
"Woah, Goten, you'd better watch it! You wouldn't want to hurt your brother now, would you?" Gohan and Goten laughed, and Gohan landed to fetch his stuff. Once he touched his ruler he burst out laughing.
"What so funny? Did I do something?" asked Goten.
"Oh no, you didn't. Actually, you did, in a way. Today at school most of the teachers let us fool around today, but something interesting happened. Sharpener got into a fight with Ruler because they both wanted to go on a date with Videl. You should have seen it, it was so funny! Sharpener had the weirdest expression on his face, kind of like he was half crying, half laughing and half screaming! In the end Sharpener won, and Ruler went home crying. Oh it was hilarious! OK, that was three halves, but never mind that."
"Cool story, but I don't really get it," said Goten.
"Well, let's go inside then," said Gohan. " Mum and dad must be waiting for us." The two boys eagerly ran toward the house, but when they were turning for the door, Goten ran straight into Goku and fell down unconscious. Goku looked down and blinked.
"Oh no! What have I done to you? Poor Goten. I must be really clumsy to not know when my own son's around. This world is really a dangerous place!" Goku was surprised. He had never walked into anyone and knocked them unconscious before.
"Did you know that if the Earth stopped rotating we would all fly off because of the kinetic energy we contain. That would be so funny! OK, maybe not funny, but you know what I mean. It's a bit like what would happen if the Earth's gravity suddenly stopped. We would probably all shoot straight into the air and start floating around! I think." Gohan temporarily drifted off into another world in his head.
Goku shrugged. Maybe it was because of all the training, he thought. Hey, I wonder how Vegeta's doing. He might get stronger everyday, but I'm still way ahead of him. He looked down at Goten and said, "Don't worry, you'll be just fine. Hopefully you'll wake up before dinner."
"Maybe the smell of mum's cooking will wake him up," Gohan joked. He was in a cheerful mood today, since he was free from homework for a whole month. No school. Woohoo! I'll be able to go to Trunks' house, and maybe even protect the City a bit more. He started visualising some new poses for the Great Saiyaman. He already had the "M" pose, and he was trying to figure out how do "G" and "S" so that he could go 'I am the *does the "G" pose* Great *does the "S" pose* Saiyaman!'
Chi Chi was also unusually cheerful. Normally she would have been screaming at the boys for eating too much, or for breaking a chair or table, but today she was joking around, not minding the occasional cup. She even told a story about the time when Goku ate five roast chickens, four bowls of rice, three servings of lasagna, two pumpkin pies and one cob of corn, and then got a huge stomach ache. She was so relaxed and casual that at dinner Gohan was curious and wanted to find out why.
"Hey mum, why are you so cheerful today? And how come you haven't given me any homework to do these holidays? I hope you're not being sneaky and giving me some just before I go out with my friends." Chi Chi smiled when she heard his question. "Well Gohan, ever since I had that chat with your friend Videl I've been thinking about opening up a restaurant. It'll be fun, Goku and Goten will catch fish, and you can be a waiter. It's good work experience for you." Everyone stared at her, speechless. Goku was the first to find his voice again.
"Uh, Chi Chi, how on earth will you manage a restaurant? With us here you're already almost cooking non-stop, and just think about all the plates you'll have to wash!"
"Don't worry about that. I've got it all figured out. I'm going to ask Bulma and Mr. Popo to help with the cooking. All I have to do is to put an ad in the paper to get more waiters and cleaners. The restaurant's going to be great. It'll be the biggest and most popular restaurant in the district, with lots of colour and tons of food, and Goku, you are not allowed to eat anything from the restaurant without my permission."
"And then we're going to be rich! We'll be just as rich as Trunks's family, won't we mummy? Maybe even richer! We could buy lots and lots of stuff with that money, like toys and food!" Everyone turned and looked at Goten. Chi Chi had completely forgotten about all the money that she was going to make.
"Oh my goodness, Goten. I forgot all about making all that money. I think that you're actually smarter than your father!" Goten laughed. With all that money I would have a bigger toy collection than Trunks, he thought to himself. Goten wolfed down all his food and then started dancing around, very excited, before collapsing on the floor from the pain of indigestion. When he recovered, Gohan found a problem with Chi Chi's idea.
"Hey mum, what are you going to call the restaurant?"