Silence is Golden
Chapter 1: Strong and Silent
"Gohan! Come down for breakfast! You're going to be late for your first day of school!" Chichi's voice was heard in the young demi-saiyan's room.
"Coming mom!" Gohan yelled back as he shot out of bed, got dressed in record time, and was sitting at the table; all of which the effects of one word: FOOD. The word school was nearly completely ignored.
Within minutes, Gohan practically inhaled the mountain of food in front of him only to be pushed out the door by his mom. It was ether he went peacefully, or face the Frying Pan of Doom. Even for a saiyan, he preferred the prior over the later any day!
Gohan sighed as he flew through the air toward Satan City. He wasn't exactly joyful at having to go to the place, shoot, anything that even reminded him of that day practically made him lose his temper. He didn't know what happened to him that day, but for every moment after that, he felt as though his life had less of a meaning. What was worse was that he knew that he'd changed from the way he was before the Cell Games, but he didn't want to admit it. That would mean remembering the day his dad died, all because he had gotten cocky.
Gohan was knocked out of his thoughts as a small metal ball hit him in the side of the head. His hand flew out and caught the item as it fell; in his hand was a bullet with its nose collapsed into the body. He knew that he had a hard head, but that wasn't what he'd meant!
Looking down, they young demi-saiyan saw a bunch of men with guns in a shoot-out with some cops.
'Well, I'm tempted to let the cops handle this, but I need some way to release stress, and I really feel like pounding someone into the dirt.' Gohan thought with a semi-evil smirk. 'But I think that it's better if I have my fun as a Super Saiyan. I don't need someone recognizing me.'
He smirk grew as he called his Super Saiyan transformation from his blood. It had been seven years since he'd last had a serious fight, although he doubted a bunch of humans could fall under that category, it was good for the growing saiyan to pummel something every so often (AN: I couldn't pass that line up! .).
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Videl Satan made her way though the crowd of people around the shoot out. 'Sometimes I wonder about these people. There's a shoot out, where a stray bullet can come out of nowhere and kill them, yet they stand there watching anyway.'
Suddenly there was a flash of golden light from above them, temporarily blinding everyone, even the gangsters, for a few seconds.
"What was that, boss?" One asked as he rubbed his eyes with his fist.
"It might have been a flare sent up by the police." Another said.
There was a collective gasp from the crowd as they regained their vision and looked up. There was a boy with golden hair floating in the sky!
"What the hell . . . ?!" Was all Videl could mutter as the boy stopped floating, only to plummet towards the ground. Even though he was going incredibly fast, it looked as if he had everything under control. He landed on his feet, not even crouching from the force of his fall.
"Hello, what do we have here?" Gohan muttered in mock curiosity. Being around Vegeta in the GR for seven years hadn't helped his attitude either. But at least he wasn't calling himself the Prince of the Saiyans!
"Who the hell are you?" One of the gangsters, obviously the leader said as he pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Gohan's head.
"You're worst nightmare." Was all Gohan said as he disappeared, only to reappear directly in front of the man. "You shouldn't play with weapons, sir." With that, Gohan grabbed the barrel of the gun and twisted it back toward the man's face.
Needless to say, the leader didn't fire. Rather, he pulled out yet another pistol which he placed next to Gohan's head, ready to fire at point blank range.
"That's not very nice." Gohan replied.
"Hey! Don't shoot him!" A new, feminine, voice yelled, making everyone turn their heads.
"Sorry, 'Miss. Satan,'" the leader began, "but this punk is dead." The leader said with an evil smirk as he repositioned his gun at Gohan's temple and fired.
The young super saiyan was thrown a few feet only to skid on the ground before stopping; that was how much force was behind the bullet.
"Yu . . . You actually shot him?!" Videl gasped as she looked at the fallen boy.
"That just goes to show that it's not good to get in the way of our gang. He had it coming, and now he's dead. Now you get to die." The man said with a smirk on his face, much like Gohan's. "Shoot her." He ordered his gang as all barrels were pointed at Videl.
Videl closed her eyes, waiting for the end to come as four bangs were heard.
But nothing happened.
She cracked open her eyes and the first thing she saw was the golden haired boy standing in front of her with his hand outstretched. In-between each of his fingers was a small bullet. "Who ever said anything about me being dead?"
"What are you?!" The leader yelled as he pulled out yet another two pistols and emptied both magazines on Gohan. But the boy just stood there as if nothing was fazing him, each bullet just hitting him and bouncing off harmlessly.
"As I said, you're worst nightmare." With that, Gohan disappeared again and reappeared behind the leader.
The entire fight lasted less than a minute. In the end, all the gangsters were out cold with the golden haired boy standing among them.
"Who are you?!" Videl asked him after running up to him.
They boy just smirked before vanishing into thin air, just like that. It was like he'd never been there.
Videl suddenly realized that her jaw was hanging open and quickly closed it before walking toward the stunned cops. "Did anyone recognize who he was?" Videl asked them.
"No, but apparently he goes to your school. He had that patch with the orange star on it." (Is it an orange star? I don't remember off the top of my head.) One of the cops answered with a sigh.
"Hnnn. I guess that I'll have to find him and learn what I can about this guy." Videl whispered to herself.
"Well, if he does go to OSH, it was no wonder that he disappeared. Classes start in two minutes." Another cop said.
Videl felt like screaming. 'LATE AGAIN!'
AN: Well, that's chapter one. This story is going to follow the basic story line of DBZ until the tournament; but I can guarantee that there will be more changes since Gohan is different from in the series. Sorry if this annoys anyone, but I hate that 'goodie-goodie' Gohan.
Yes, Lime will be making an appearance in this fic. I think that this fic will end up being a Gohan / Videl fic, but I make no guarantees on that one! For example, if I get a lot of reviews telling me to make it a Gohan / Lime fic, then I will. I have no plan for this fic, I'm just writing as the inspiration hits me, so either way it goes the story won't be effected much.
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