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A big thank you to Psycho Ann for pre-reading this story and pointing out the mistakes I have made.
"Talk"
~Thought~
.:Bond:. (Mmmm…Maybe)
[1-4] Author's Notes
*****
Videl had spent the morning fuming over all the unanswered secrets of one Son, Gohan. She sat there stirring her meal with a fork, her head bent down in quiet thought.
"Hey, what's the matter, Babe?"
"Huh, Videl, did you hear Sharpener?" Erasa paused to wave a hand in front of Videl's face.
"Whoa, huh, what?"
"What's the matter? You have not touched your food or heard a word we have said to you." The bubbly blonde asked.
"Gohan, he drives me crazy, I know he is hiding something. But what and how do I get him to tell me?" Videl answered.
"Well, maybe he has criminal background, and he doesn't want you to know." Erasa responded.
"No way, if Nerd boy is a crook then I will dye my beautiful blond hair black." Sharpener huffed, as he lovingly ran his finger through his hair.
"I didn't even consider Gohan could have a record." Videl smiled. "I will have the Chief run Gohan through the police computers this evening. I will dare you, if he does come up you will have to dye your hair black."
"And if he doesn't show up?" Erasa asked.
"I will let Erasa do a total make over on me." Videl said, a little nervously.
"Deal!" Sharpener said.
*****
Gohan listened with little interest from the top the school, as his chewed on he sandwich over and over again. ~Damnit, Bulma's cooking has gotten worst, if that was possible. How do you screw up peanut butter and jelly? It tastes like rubber, but tougher!~
"Let's see, tomorrow is Aprils fool's day." He reached into his vest pocket and removed a cellular phone, and recalled a number from the phone's memory, and listened to the phone on the other end ring while he charged the sandwich with a bit of ki and threw it into the air, not caring where it went.
Finally a "Hello" came from the phone. "Hello, Marron, will you get your mommy for me? Please?" Gohan asked.
"Sure, Uncle Gohan." Marron replied, "MMOOOMMMMIE, GOHAN WANTS YOU!" came through the phone.
"AAhhHH!" Gohan cried in pain, as he jerked the phone away from his ear and tuck it into his armpit.
"Gohan?" the voice of a woman came from the phone.
Gohan returned the phone to the other ear, "Hello, 18, I was wondering, if you were bored and wanted something interesting to do?" Gohan asked pressing the interesting part.
"I might be willing, what do you need help with?" The voice asked back.
"Two people I know are having a bet with each other about my criminal background, and I would like to throw a monkey wrench into the works for April fool's."
"But, you don't have one."
"And that's where you come into to the picture, I was thinking you could make up something interesting for them to read."
"I can make that happen." 18 answered.
Gohan heard the smirk come through the phone. "If you get this done quickly it would be helpful. Oh, if you could put this at the end…"
*****
18 released Her laptop from its capsule and started booting up. She thought about what Gohan said and she came to the conclusion that he had given her a free hand. She decided that she had to make the charges different, but not so different that it would be clear that the file had been forged.
"Let's see something simple. How bout…" She spoke out loud as she prepared a list.
Armed Robbery
Assault and battery with a deadly weapon
Assault with intent to kill
First degree Murder
She saw the ad for The Great Fake on the back of a magazine. She smirked at the idea and added one thing to the list.
Fraud
She took the list to the now waiting computer and started to hack police databases. As she completed her job she left a program to remove the file in two days after being opened.
*****
Gohan stood outside Orange Star High. He had gotten up on time for a change, but he wasn't ready to enter the school, he was watching the road for his partner in crime. He could sense Videl sneaking up on him.
"Hello, Videl, how are you this morning?" Gohan asked when Videl had come within five feet of him.
"Huh, how did you know I was behind you?" A startled Videl asked.
Gohan was mentally beating his head on the wall, but the deep rumble of an engine saved him. Gohan could see 18 behind the wheel of her 1968 Shelby GT-500KR. He quickly strode over the classic mustang. [1]
Erasa and Sharpener had come out to see where Videl disappear. Sharpener just stopped and gawked at the at the legendary pony car. "No way in hell does some back woods country nerd have such a totally cool ride." He yelled.
"Of course, my Mom wouldn't let me have it." Gohan answered. "Beside a four wheel drive truck is better suited to the hills around my home." [2]
The three stopped and tried to understand what Gohan meant by that.
Gohan opened the door of the vehicle for its driver. "Good morning, 18. Did you get what I asked done?" Gohan asked, as he offered his hand the to woman.
18 smiled and handed him her jacket and briefcase. "Of course, but the file has not been opened."
Gohan took the items and then offered his other hand like his how mother had beaten into his skull. [3] "Nice suit."
18 took the offered hand. "Thank you, your high school has a dress code for teachers as well."
"Teacher?" Gohan said with panic clearly on his face and his voice.
18 had heard and seen the panic and decided to make the best of it. "Yes, the rest of the Z-senshi and I are subbing today."
"Please Kami, don't let this be true!" Gohan prayed.
"Gohan" 18 paused, "April Fools! I'm a interim teacher because Mrs. Hiroi went into labor yesterday afternoon." She gave a little tug on Gohan to see if he had snapped back yet. [4]
"That's my homeroom and Geometry teacher." Gohan said as the color returned.
"Then it's Mrs. Chestnut to you then." Mrs. Chestnut said as she pulled herself to her feet using Gohan as an anchor.
Erasa and Videl were focused on what Gohan meant and the third was gawking at the muscle car when 18 pulled herself up and out to the car.
"Ga, ga huh." Were all the words Sharpener could put together to describe the goddess hanging off Gohan's arm, causing Erasa and Videl to turn to see what was wrong.
Erasa saw the blond woman wearing a snug white shirt with a string of pearls around her neck with a dark blue pin stripe vest hugging her lower torso. A matching skirt that hugged her rear and legs stopping just short of her knees. Erasa's eyes wandered down the long legs to the high heels; not that the woman needed the heels. [5]
Videl watched as Gohan helped the woman with a blue pin stripe jacket. The woman was tall and shapely and she stood at eye level with the six foot one Gohan. As Gohan handed the woman her briefcase, she looped her other arm around Gohan's offered arm. Videl could not help the feeling of jealousy rise up.
"Hi, guys, this is a friend of my family. She will be our homeroom and Geometry teacher. Mrs. Chestnut this is Erasa, Videl, and he was Sharpener." Gohan indicated the drooling idiot.
"Good morning ladies." Mrs. Chestnut warmly addressed the young women; she measured up each carefully, and then turned to the blond boy who was now drooling himself. "Ugh, pathetic." Mrs. Chestnut said with repulsion. "Now, if you two will excuse me I must report to the office. Mr. Son will you please lead me there." Mrs. Chestnut addressed the ladies in a warm voice before she and Gohan entered the building.
Videl needed to hit something, lucky Sharpener was right there, She did a spin kick, landing her foot on Sharpener's butt and sent him head first down the stairs.
"It should be crime to look that good and be friends with that bumpkin." Sharpener said as pick himself off the ground.
"Oh shit!" Videl exclaimed. "I forgot to talk to the Chief last night."
"Well, call him now." Erasa said.
Videl activated the link on her wrist radio. "Hello, Chief."
"Videl? Is there something can do for you?" the Chief asked. "Do you want some one arrested, threatened or assaulted?"
"Mrs. Chestnut." Videl mumbled.
"Who?" The Chief asked.
"Never mind, I need a criminal background check done as quickly as possible."
"Sure thing, what is her name?"
"Not her, him. His name is Son, Gohan." Videl said.
"What kind of name is that? Who would name their kid that?" The Chief asked, with the puzzlement clear in his voice. [6]
"That's what you're going to find out." Videl answered.
"Right, I cann't get any family history. I will have his file sent right to you."
"Thanks Chief."
"No problem." The Chief answered before disconnecting the link.
"Well, we got a little over five minutes before home room. What should we do?"
A rumble came from Videl's stomach, "Heh, heh, I skipped breakfast this morning." Videl said.
"To the cafeteria then. Are you coming with us, Sharpener?"
"Um no, I got to go talk with Darien about practice tonight." Sharpener said as he headed off in a different direction.
"Sounds like you really like Gohan, eh?" Erasa asked.
"What, no way!" Videl said a little less than convincing.
"Please, I saw you look at Mrs. Chestnut and Gohan!" Erasa exclaimed "`Do you want some one arrested, threatened or assaulted?`" Erasa said in a deep voice, "`Mrs. Chestnut`." She then mumbled.
Videl growled her response.
"Of course, there are the habits you have picked up from Gohan."
"What?"
"Oh yah." Erasa said, as she scratched the back of her head to demonstrate.
"I learn this from my dad's press agent." Videl paused. "No comment!"
*****
A pager clip to Mrs. Chestnut's briefcase went off, 18 unclipped the pager form her briefcase and examined it. The local law enforcement has called up your 'record'."
"The bait has been cast." Gohan replied.
"It appears that way." 18 answered as she returned the pager to the case.
"Let the fun begin." Gohan smiled just as the bell rang.
18 went to the white board, writing down her name with perfect penmanship. "Class starts in two minutes Gohan, you might want to take a bathroom break before we begin." Mrs. Chestnut said allowing a bit of her husband that had rubbed off on her to surface.
"Thank you."
*****
"Hey, Gohan, did you hear about the jet that was landing yesterday when a peanut butter and jelly sandwich punched a hole through the side of the plane. They said the sandwich had teeth marks on it."
Gohan choked for a moment, "Ha, ha, you almost got with that me with that one!" He smiled.
"Nope, Erasa telling the truth, see?" Videl jerked her thumb back to the paper in Sharpener's hand.
Gohan looked at the picture on the front page. The picture was a shot of the hole in the aircraft with a hand holding a plastic bag containing the sandwich in question, his sandwich with his teeth marks in the bread. Gohan paled as He read the headline "Fast Food Takes Out Flight". Using his Saiyan eyesight, he quickly read what had been printed on the front page. ~Let's see, aircraft damage minimal, no one hurt, official investigation underway, any information about this accepted. Oh joy.~
"Come on, this is some sort of joke." Gohan paused, "You can buy papers printed to the way you want." Gohan continued.
Videl saw that Gohan had paled at the sight of the picture. ~He does know something, but what?~
But before Videl could focus her verbal assault on her target of choice. There was a knock on the classroom door.
*****
Author's Notes
[1] The 1968 Shelby GT-500KR Mustang, It is on my Christmas wish list.
[2] I'm talking about the Dodge from my story "Time out".
[3] His mother had to beat in to his skull, literally. Well look at Goku, his manners never improved or Vegeta's for that fact.
[4] I'm using the meaning, adj : serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"
[5] I think the pin stripe would look good on her.
[6] Son Gohan does NOT mean fried rice. Only the 'han' in Gohan means rice. There is no 'fried' whatsoever in his name Thank you Ann.