TITLE: Her Light Shines Through
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the show.
NOTES: Since the episodes on Toonami have started repeating, I felt that it was a good time to start typing the finished chapters of this story. But, it isn't finished in its rough draft form. And this one turned out to be an epic.





Chapter 1





Anemone arched her back, easily popping the stiff joints. Her room was darkened by curtains drawn over the window. A white t-shirt and blue jeans showed her feminine form that decieved those around her. She was a lioness in the clothing of a doe. I still can't believe that Bulma's making me go to public school. Oh, well. I'm in Gohan's class. She shook her head, causing her raven black hair to fall over her shoulders. The amazon quickly braided it, still contemplating the situation that she was in.

"Anemone! You had better get going! You don't want to be late!"

"I'm going, Bulma!" She stood up, easily slipping on her shoes. On her way out of the house, she grabbed her lunch. She took to the sky, flying over to the city that had her school in it. The flight was uneventful; the land varying beneath her. She landed before even coming over the city, and her eyes glazed over in anger at the billboard standing next to the road. Even I know that an expert does not wear a white belt. How gullible are they?

A commotion near the bank drew her attention. Then, her ki sense picked up Gohan's ki. Well, he's going super saiya-jin. He'll stop them. Anemone saw him stop them from escaping. Gohan vanished from sight, and powered down so that he could go to school without attracting more interest. She winked at him, letting him know that she knew what he'd just done.

He blushed slightly. Her ki sense was too fine-tuned. "Let's go. We don't want to be late." They took off running for the school.

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"Class, be quiet please." All of the students settled, containing their voices. "We have two new students joining our class. They scored perfect on their entrance exams. You could do good to learn from their example." The door slid open, revealing two raven-haired teens.

"Konnichiwa. My name is Son Gohan."

"Ohayo. I am Briefs Anemone."

There was some startled murmuring form the class. Videl glared at the girl who'd claimed the Briefs surname. She's the one who punched my father's nose. She broke it. How could have she done that?

"Please find your seats." They found a pair of seats so that they could sit near each other.

Erazer turned to look at Gohan. "You look very similar to the Golden Fighter that was seen stopping a robbery today."

Shimatta. Gohan thought.

Now, Gohan, if you're going to think nasty thoughts, keep your mind closed to me. You know that I'll never be able to control my mental abilities completely.

Hai. I keep forgetting that. Gohan was then called upon to read their English lesson. Man, I hate this. Don't you, Ane-chan?

Aa. Whoever wrote this load of crap had the wool pulled over their eyes. When the page ended, he sat down. The class continued with their work, looking up occasionally to see if new assignments had been added. Then, the bell rang, signaling the end of class.

"Class dismissed. Don't forget, your reports on past Tenkaichi Budokais are due in two days!" The class rushed outside the room, practically ignoring their professor. Oh, to be young again. They always seem to have so much energy. But I wouldn't want to go through schooling again. Then his thoughts turned to his new students. Why would such intelligent children want to come to public school? Probably for the companionship of those their age.

He shuffled through the assignments on his desk, wrinkling his nose at untidy handwriting. At least some of them cared enough to write neatly. And those were the minority that cared about their grades. All the others seemed to be goof-balls. Still, appearances were decieving.