There are some things in the world that I never thought I would have to do; this has got to be one of them. Gohan thought to himself as he walked up the road toward that very thing. He stopped at a crossroad that would take him to his completely absurd destination. After the green walking man signal popped up on the screen across the road, Gohan walked over to a large building and stared up at it.
The building was a four story building with a large obelisk looking thing just off of the front of the building that had an orange star on it. A bunch of teenagers were flocking towards the front door, walking around Gohan as he stopped and stared in disbelief at what he was about to do. With a groan he allowed himself to get pulled along in the current of students and into his new high school.
Gohan struggled to get free from the hoard of students when he passed the office, even though it would've been easy for him to push his way through he didn't want to hurt anyone. Finally, he made it into the office and was greeted by a woman not unlike Mrs. Breif, the only difference was that this lady was chubbier.
"Good morning dear, how can I help you?" The woman asked as she looked up from her cluttered desk next to the doorway. The office was small, maybe ten by ten, with three doors other than the one Gohan entered.
"Well, my mother signed me up for this and she told me to go to the office to get my schedule." Gohan said simply as he turned towards the desk.
"Oh yes, I remember now." The lady said as she stood up shaking Gohan's hand. "I have your schedule right here." She started digging around the numerous papers on her desk until she came up with the schedule. "Here you go dear, now before you leave the principal would like to speak with you, you may go right in."
Gohan headed for the door on the right of the back wall as the secretary indicated. Once there he knocked on the door just as it was being opened. A girl a head shorter than Gohan was cheerfully saying good bye to the man inside and nearly bumping into Gohan on her way out. Once the girl had left the room Gohan entered and saw a relatively young man sitting behind a large mahogany desk.
"Good morning, sir." Gohan said as he stood by the door uncomfortably.
"Hello, come have a seat." The principal said as he stood up to shake hands with the new student. "My name is Mr. Pryde. I'm glad to meet you, I'm sure that you will be a fine addition to our school."
"I'm Gohan, I'm happy to be here." Gohan lied as they both sat down across from one another.
"I'm sure you have a few questions since I see that this is your first time in a high school, but I want to tell you something first. Here we discourage any and all forms of bullying and if we catch you doing something like that we will have no choice but to suspend you. Now do you have any questions?"
"Um yeah, how will I know where my class is, I didn't get a map." Gohan said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Don't worry about that, I asked one of our best students if she would walk you around today so you don't get lost, she is waiting outside for you." Gohan took that to mean he could leave so he stood up and shock the principal's hand once more before leaving.
Gohan opened the door to exit the office and was confronted by that same girl that he had seen before about to knock on the door. "How come we keep meeting like this?" Gohan jokingly asked as he sidestepped the girl and went into the reception area.
"I'm Videl, and I'm assuming you're Gohan since you're the only new kid here." Videl walked out into the hallway. "Come on, we are going to be really late to class if you don't hurry up. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I'm going to be showing you around the school."
"Oh, thanks Videl." Gohan said as he followed her down the hallway. Videl was practically running through the halls as she stared at the watch seeing the seconds tick by. Gohan followed her into a classroom just as the bell rang, he flinched at the sound.
"Good morning Miss. Videl, who is this you brought with you?" The teacher asked from his seat at a desk in the front of the room.
"This is Gohan, he's the new student." Videl said as she walked to the back of the class and took her seat.
"Hello Gohan, why don't you take that seat next to Videl and she can fill you in on what is going on." The teacher turned to the class and continued, "Now please take out your notebooks and we can begin."
Videl watched as Gohan came up the row and sat in the seat next to her. Oh man, why do I always get the job to help the new kids? Well, at least he's not as bad as that last guy I had to show around and he has the same schedule so I don't have to worry about getting to class late. Her thoughts were interrupted by Erasa poking her back with the butt of a pencil.
"Hey, he's kind of cute." Erasa was staring at Gohan with a look that Videl knew well.
"He seems kind of clueless though, he's never been to a school; I don't even know if he's ever been to the city before. He had no clue who I am!" Videl said. "I mean normally when new kids come I at least get a shocked expression, but he showed nothing. It was weird, I felt normal for a second."
"Wait, do you have a crush on him?" Erasa asked her voice jumping two octaves.
"No!" Videl turned back around so her friend wouldn't see her blushing cheaks.
Gohan was trying to pay attention to the lesson but he soon realized that this was math he had mastered before he was three, so he started to examine the students. Most were on their cell phones texting, Gohan hated that word it seemed so stupid to name a piece of machinery a cell phone. He shook his head to get that thought out of his mind and went back to looking around. The people who weren't on their phones were writing on their paper, whether they were taking notes or doodling he couldn't tell. The teacher droned on as if he didn't realize that he didn't have the attention of his class.
Finally, the bell rang and the students all stood up and started filing out of the classroom. Gohan followed Videl as she walked with her two friends to the next class. One of them turned around, the long haired guy, and said, "Come join us newbie, don't be a stranger." Gohan walked up to them and the long haired boy continued, "I'm Sharpner, the blond to your left is Erasa. So, do you play any sports?"
Gohan looked at the girl "Hi I'm Gohan, nice to meet both of you." Looking back at Sharpner he continued, "I don't participate in any teams but I have played many different sports at family get togethers and things like that."
"Oh, okay," Sharpner looked a little put down, "do you fight? Like, are you a boxer?"
"I'm not a boxer, but I do train." Gohan said with a small smile.
"Train in?" Sharpner asked.
"You're an idiot Sharpner, he trains in martial arts, it's obvious." Videl interjected.
"You can tell that I'm a martial artist, how?" Gohan asked in amazement. He didn't think that a regular person could tell something like that.
"I can tell by the way you sit in class, you don't slouch and then I can tell that you are very well balanced by the way you walk. I kind of want to fight you now, just to see how good you really are."
"I'm impressed I didn't think anyone else could tell that much just by watching someone walk." Gohan complemented.
"Oh really? You can tell that I'm also a martial artist then?" Videl challenged.
"Of course, you do seem to be a little off though, favoring your left side, maybe from a training accident two days ago?" Gohan said.
"Wow how'd you know it was two days ago? I didn't tell anyone about that."
"It seems like you're about to get over it but you still are slightly limping."
"Wait I can't see her limp, what are you two talking about?" Sharpner whined he hated not knowing what was going on.
"Don't worry its nothing, I just hurt my quad when I was sparing with someone." Videl said quickly. By that time they had already entered the next class so Videl grabbed Gohans arm and dragged him over to the teacher. "Hello, this is your new student Gohan."
The teacher looked up from her cluttered desk at her new student with a sigh she said, "Welcome to history, my only rule is don't be too loud so that those who want to learn can."
Videl led Gohan back to her desk and sat down; Gohan sat this time in the desk behind her. They both settled in for another long, boring class although Gohan did pay a little attention more since the class was learning about the first King Piccolo.
The class finished much to the relief of everyone in the room and everyone left. The next class the gang had was across the school so they had to walk two by two so that they could get to the class on time. Gohan ended up next to Erasa and she kept looking at him then laughing and Gohan couldn't figure out why.
The next three classes were similar to the last one, now it was sixth period lunch and the four were sitting around a table near the entrance to the cafeteria. Gohan had already finished his tray of food and the others were almost done.
"So Gohan, where do you train?" Videl asked after she finished her lunch.
"By my house." Gohan answered simply.
"Okay, but who do you train under?" Videl pushed, she wanted to know if he was any good.
"Well, I used to train under Piccolo, but it was more of a beat me up so I can learn from my mistakes sort of thing. Later I trained with my dad as well and now I train with my brother." Gohan said pretty fast.
"Why does that name sound familiar?" Videl said more to herself then to Gohan, and then she began speaking louder, "So you don't have a master?"
"Gee, I guess that you could say now that I'm the master of my brother, but we don't think of it as I'm the teacher and he's the student. We learn from each other, he has some pretty cool techniques himself." Gohan tried to explain.
"How do you guys know what to do if you don't have anyone telling you what to do?" Sharpner had been following the conversation and he just blurted out what he was thinking.
"Well we agree on what we are going to do and then we do it." Gohan laughed and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Really? You guys must be lucky, the person we, Videl and I, train under doesn't let us ever decide what to do." Sharpner said.
"Shut up Sharpner, he does that because you would just fight if he let you." Videl snapped. "Anyway, what is your training regimen like?"
"Well we start off with an easy spar, then go on to strength training, then agility training, then ki training, then another spar at a much higher level, then mind training, and finally a full out fight, at least most nights." Gohan said.
"Wow, how can you do that much?" Erasa said as she looked up at Gohan with a new respect in her eyes.
Ignoring her friend's question Videl asked her own, "What's ki? I've never heard of it, maybe you just use a different word than we do."
"Videl knows everything about martial arts since her dad is… oof!" Sharpner was interrupted by a hard punch to the stomach delivered by Videl.
"Who's your dad?" Gohan asked.
"His name is Hercule Satan and yes he really is my dad." Videl said proudly.
Gohan almost burst out laughing when he heard that, as it was he couldn't hold back a small chuckle.
"What's so funny about that?" Videl asked defiantly.
"Nothing, sorry I laughed I just can't see you being related to that big oa..." Gohan quickly shut his mouth silently scolding himself for that stupid slip up.
"Well I am and if you were going to say oaf then I have to say he was the one who beat cell and he's only gotten stronger." Videl crossed her arms and stood up.
"Okay okay sorry, so what's our next class?" Gohan said, trying to change the subject.
Erasa caught on and quickly answered, "We have art then gym and then the day is over. I can't wait to get to gym, we are playing baseball!"
"I'm so gonna beat you today Videl!" Sharpner jeered as the bell rang.
"Oh no, my team is so going to win." Videl challenged back. "Hey Gohan do you know how to play baseball?"
"Yeah, in a way, we used to play it when everyone came over." Gohan said.
"Then you're going to be on my team." Videl said with finality.
"That's no fair Videl you can't just tell him to be on your team." Sharpner complained.
They entered the art classroom and sat down at their easels and began working on their project while Gohan continued to the back of the dim room to talk to the teacher. Once that was done he went to sit next to Erasa to begin the project. He was supposed to draw something that meant a lot to him, but of course he couldn't decide how to draw what he wanted to. He finally decided to turn his paper onto its side and sketch out his idea.
The teacher called out when there was a minute left in the class telling everyone to get up and bring their artwork over to one of the numerous closets in the room. The bell rang so Gohan followed Videl and her friends into the gym.
"Come on Gohan, we'll go get you a locker. Did you bring gym clothes?" Shapner babbled on about baseball as he led his new friend into the boy's locker room.
"I did bring some clothes; I think they should be okay." Gohan answered as Sharpner grabbed a lock from a bucket near the teacher's office and tossed it to Gohan.
"Put your name on that index card, the numbers on it make up the combination, also write the number four eighty seven on it, that will be your locker number." Sharpner instructed.
Once that was done Gohan followed Sharpner to his new locker that was right next to his friends. "So, what exactly are we going to do?" Gohan asked as he changed into his navy blue gym shorts and white shirt. The shirt had an orange stripe going down the right side; it was Gohan's tribute to his father.
"Well we will go outside and then my team is up at bat first so you will go where ever Videl puts you since she already said you are on her team, and then we play." Sharpner shrugged as they walked out of the locker room and into the field.
Gohan looked at the field and noticed that something was off, "Why is it so small?"
"Small? This is our biggest field at the school." Sharpner was a bit stunned that this could possibly be considered small. The field was the regulation size for the major leagues.
"When we play the bases are much further, I think." Gohan said as he looked off towards his house, even though he couldn't see it he was imagining the game he played a few months before the androids came, when his dad was still alive.
"Gohan are you even listening to me?" Videl was right in Gohan's face when he snapped back into reality. "Never mind the game is starting, go to right field."
Gohan did as he was told and watched as everyone else prepared for the game. When the first person, a black haired girl, came up to bat Videl threw a perfect curve ball and cause her to strike. It was similar for the next two pitches causing the girl to strike out. Another girl came up and it appeared Videl decided to be nice to her and the girl hit a triple. The next one up was Sharpner, of course the two were calling out insults to the other until Videl threw the hardest ball she had thrown yet; to Gohan's surprise Sharpner hit the ball and it sailed straight towards him. Gohan jumped up just enough to catch the ball and then looked down, from what Yamcha had told him since the girl on third left the base if the ball reached it before she got there than she would be out.
Everyone was staring at him since he was thirty feet in the air, but he didn't realize this and he threw the ball at what he thought was an easy pace and watched as the boy he threw it to fell down with the force of the balls impact in his mitt. Gohan winced as he watched this and when he landed he went over to apologize to the boy.
"Gohan, that was amazing, you jumped at least thirty feet in the air." The coach said as the teams switched places.
"It was nothing really, I just caught the ball." Gohan said modestly, he didn't like when people made a big deal out of him.
Gohan walked over to where his team was sitting on the bench, oblivious to their staring. He walked over to Videl and sat down next to her.
"You're up to bat Gohan." Videl said she wanted to see if he was as good a hitter as he was a thrower.
"Oh, okay." Gohan got up to go hit, grabbing a bat on the way.
Gohan stood at the plate and got ready to swing. When Sharpner threw the ball, Gohan noticed that it was coming straight at him. He reached out and grabbed the ball when it was within his reach. Once again, everyone stared at him
"How come you didn't duck?" Sharpner yelled.
"I didn't need to; it wasn't going fast enough for that to be necessary." Gohan answered.
"Not fast enough." Sharpner muttered under his breath.
Behind the batting cage, Videl was staring at her new friend, her mouth hanging wide open. How could he catch that? I could hardly see where the ball was! And then he says that it was too slow for him to have to duck out of the way! They're something weird about this guy; I definitely want to find out what.
"Gohan, you are allowed to walk now." The coach said quietly.
"Okay, thanks coach." Gohan called as he slowly jogged to first base.
Later in the locker room, Sharpner asked, "Was that ball really too slow for you?"
Gohan answered, "Well if you had thrown it over the plate then yeah, it would've been easy to hit."
"Really, you must be pretty strong then. Hey, why don't you join the boxing club?" Sharpner said.
"Well I'd have to ask my mom but that seems interesting, although I don't know how to box." Gohan said as they walked out of the locker room.
"Gohan!" Videl was waiting for them outside of the school, "I have a bone to pick with you."
"What is it Videl?" Gohan asked innocently.
"I want to know how strong you really are, and I want to see how you fight. What do you say to a fight, you against me?" Videl challenged.
"Well if you wanted to judge my strength I'd say I should be as strong as my dad by now, I know he's been training hard. A fight between you and me wouldn't be fair or fun, it would be totally one sided; but if you need to see it for yourself I guess we could spar." Gohan explained.
"Let's go to my house, we have a tournament size ring we could use." Videl said as she turned to walk off to her house, leaving everyone to follow her.
