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Chapter 1

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Gohan groaned softly and threw his arm out to hit the snooze button. With silence in reign once more, he dropped his arm to the bed and yawned sleepily. He pushed the covers off his powerful body and rose slowly to his feet. Knowing his brother was still asleep, he padded barefoot to the bathroom.

Gohan paused for a long moment and stared into his reflection. His spiky black hair was a mess from sleep, his black eyes wary and tired. He closed the door and stood looking quietly at his naked body, running one tanned hand along the jagged white scar that started at his ribs and ran diagonally down his stomach to stop at his right thigh.

With a quiet shake of his head, he turned away from the door and climbed into the shower.

"Thank-you Bulma-chan" he murmured under his breath. He turned on the water and quickly clamed his body in preparation for the long day.

Twenty minutes later

Gohan tiptoed down the stars, hoping Goten was still asleep and headed for the kitchen. He paused in the doorway and silently looked around, from the long table in the corner where the meals were once held, to the frying pan hanging on the wall by the stove. So many memories left behind with their deaths. Too much to deal with on such an important day.

Gohan shoved thoughts of his deceased parents out of his head and quickly set to work frying bacon, scrambling eggs and toasting bread. While he cooked, Gohan only allowed himself to think about the best way to get Goten to school. It was the third private school Goten had been enrolled in since his mother's death over a year ago. But Goten had promised he would behave at this school, as long as he was allowed to go to Trunks' after school.

Gohan chuckled remembering his brother's pleas and Trunks' big blue puppy dog eyes long after Gohan had agreed.

"Gohan!" yelled two voices.

Gohan turned from the stove and watched the two little boys barrel into the room. His own little brother had black hair that spiked out in every direction and wide, innocent black eyes. The other boy had soft lavender hair that was cut very close to his head in a crew cut. His big blue eyes danced mischievously.

"Goten, Trunks" Gohan said frowning slightly.

The two boys lowered their heads in mock remorse and they stared down at their feet giving Gohan a reason to glance at their clothes. Both boys wore deep navy blue uniforms and jet-black shoes.

"Trunks, why are you here? Don't you have to go to school?"

"Yeah." Trunks grinned. "Mom said you were going to take me and Goten since we go to the same school."

Gohan rolled his eyes then jerked his head toward the table. Both boys ran over and tired to sit as straight as possible but soon engaged in a thumb war.

"Boys" Gohan growled. Instantly the two boys pulled their hands to themselves and tried to look innocent. Gohan struggled to look stern but soon he laughed as he placed the full plates on the table in front of them.

"Brats" he teased.

He ruffled their hair and moved away to quietly eat his own food. He watched out the window and frowned slightly wondering how he was going to get the two boys to school without showing off their power…too much.

Gohan grinned slightly and glanced sideways over at the boys.

"Trunks, Goten, how high can you two fly?"

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Trunks and Goten were grinning slightly as they powered up to Super Saiyan form. Gohan watched the two boys with a slight smile struggling not to laugh; the two were very excited at the chance to fly toward their school.

"You two have to stay close to me," Gohan said. "We will stop before we reach your school and you will run as fast as you can keep away from everyone else. Stay in Super Saiyan form until we reach the place we are to land. Do you understand me?"

"Yeah, yeah Gohan" the two said.

Gohan frowned slightly then took to the air hearing the other twos yelps of surprise. They tensed and moved to jump into the air with Gohan but Gohan shook his head to stop them a moment. He moved his head around, feeling a faint power signal coming from the forest away from their cabin home. He landed lightly on the ground and stared at the two boys. They were watching him silently. Gohan shook his head and motioned for the two boys to come to him. Trunks and Goten relaxed out of Super Saiyan form and walked forward.

"Let's go a faster way," Gohan said. He held out one of his arms to hold onto both boys and placed two fingers to his forehead.

Two seconds later, all three of them were standing in a classroom with a small girl watching them.

"Trunks, Goten, hey" the girl jumped up and ran over to hug her friends.

"Hey Marron" the boys allowed her to hug them.

"You boys take care," Gohan said. "Do not get into trouble. I will see you after work. Goten, don't leave Capsule Corp until I come and get you. Got it?"

Goten nodded and he, Trunks and Marron ran out of the classroom to go examine the school. Gohan silently shook his head then focused on Yamcha power signal and disappeared, reappearing seconds later in front of the construction site where he worked.

Yamcha jumped slightly when he saw Gohan appear and he grinned sheepishly.

"Hey Gohan" he said.

Gohan grunted and walked into the building and nodded toward the receptionist before he headed off to work.

AN: Well that is the end of this chapter. So please review and while you are at it please go read the stories by Duo Maxwell and please join us in the fight against this dear little pest. Thank you very much. DUO MAXWELL IS FFNETS GOD is the easiest way to find the pest at the moment.