Author's Note: OK, This is my first Dragon Ball Z fic, and I am really sorry if I don't keep the characters acting like themselves.
Sorry for any details I get wrong, I will try to catch them but if they are wrong, then please forgive me. Also, this story is AU. A few things are different. Here's a rough outline of what's changed:
First off, Gohan kept his tail, it grew back after Cell. However, Goten and Trunks don't have tails.
Secondly, There is no Saiyaman (sorry to those who wanted him in this fic) instead, Gohan fights crime as 'The Golden Fighter' with a watch that changes him into a costume that is made up of a black vest that he wears without a top on underneath (So you can see his chest), and white baggy pants with black shoes that are similar in style to converse shoes. He wears a black simple mask that covers the top half of his face and his tail is wrapped around his waist like a belt all the time.
Gohan started school and has been going for 2 weeks now. He was kind of friends with Videl, Erasa and Sharpener, hanging out with them but Videl still hounded him for answers to all her questions.
I do not own Dragonball Z, any of the characters or any products/songs/companies that I may mention in the following stories. I don't own anything. *Pout*
The following story is a story where Gohan and his class go on camp into the wilderness and Gohan has to try and hide his secrets. Most visible: His Tail!
I know a lot of these stories have been done, but I wanted to write one and try my best so please read and review, any comments (positive or negative) are welcome.
"Talking"
'thinking'
******* - change of scenes
Chapter 1 – Camping is fun fun fun!
Gohan stared down at his notebook that had a picture that he had been busy sketching while his Maths teacher droned on and on about work he had learnt on the way to Namek when he was 7.
the picture was of Goten flying on Icarus over the view that Gohan had memorized since he was a boy. The view was what he could see from out his window that he stared out whenever he was meant to be studying.
"Gohan, listen up!" Erasa hissed, noticing the tall, black spiky haired teen was tuning out the class. "The teach just said we have a surprise."
Gohan blinked and looked up at the teacher to find he was searching his desk for papers. "Thanks Erasa." Gohan whispered back, thanking the bubbly blonde for the warning. The young girl winked at Gohan and Gohan glanced at Videl, who had spent the entire lesson glaring at him. He had felt and sensed her glare the whole time. Videl was watching the teacher with a mix of emotions on her face. Anticipation at the news, but also wariness at the fact they had no idea what the surprise was. Sharpener was feigning indifference, while obviously listening with apt attention.
"This class has been picked to go on a wilderness camp. Instructors will take you all in a course on how to survive in the forest, then you will be placed in groups and spend some time alone, surviving and relying on yourselves. These are the permission forms. Get them signed and brought back by tomorrow. If not you don't go. The camp is on Friday, and you will all come back in 13 days time. With the permission note is a list of things you will need to bring. Anything you bring, you will have to carry it, so be careful with the amount of things you pack." the teacher informed the now excited teenagers as he handed the notes out to all the students.
"Oh my god!" Erasa squealed. "This is going to be so exciting."
"Camping out will be a lot of fun." Videl said out loud. She then thought 'And it may give me a chance to get to the bottom of Gohan!'.
"Gohan, are you excited?" Erasa asked, her excitement lighting up her face.
"What, oh, ahh, yeah. I suppose so!" Gohan stuttered, raising a hand to his head and rubbing the back of his head in his normal actions.
"Oh come off it Erasa. Nerd-boy is probably scared at the fact he will have to do physical work." Sharpener laughed. Over the top of the girls' heads, Sharpener winked at Gohan. They had come to an understanding. Sharpener teased Gohan all the time, yet he didn't mean anything insulting by the name calling and teasing. It was all just how the other teenage boy interacted.
"Yeah, probably." Videl snorted.
Gohan gave a nervous chuckle, and tucked his permission note and packing list into his bag. 'How am I meant to keep my super powers hidden at a two week camp? How am I meant to keep my TAIL hidden at a two week camp?' He silently thought to himself, panicking slightly at the upcoming event.
"BIG BROTHER!" Goten yelled, the moment he heard his older brother arrive home from school. It was nearly dinner time, as Gohan had visited Bulma after school to visit Trunks and talk with Bulma about an idea he had. Goten raced out and threw himself at Gohan's chest. Gohan managed to catch the little orange blur and hugged him before grabbing him by the ankle and yanking him away from the teen's body. Within moments the youngest Son was dangling upside by the ankle. "Gohan, no fair, your arms are longer! Put me down!" he whined.
"No can do Squirt." Gohan chuckled. Carrying Goten into the house, he called a greeting to his mother. "Hi Mum! I'm home!"
"Gohan, how was your day?" Chi-Chi asked, giving her eldest son a hug around her youngest son who was beginning to turn red.
"Mu-um! Make Gohan put me down!" the young demi-saiyan asked, unable to keep quiet any longer.
"Say the magic word!" Gohan said in a sing-song voice.
"Please! With a cherry on top!" Goten asked, pulling the infamous Son puppy dog eyes on his older brother.
"Since you asked so nicely." Gohan said, grabbing the 7 year old by the arm and letting go of his ankle. Goten swung round to be the right way up and Gohan placed him gently on the floor.
"Anything interesting happen today at school?" Goten asked eagerly. "Any bad guys that you stopped?"
"No, there was no bad guys today." Gohan told his brother, much to Goten's disappointment.
Chi-Chi who sensed Gohan had something important to say, told Goten, "Goten, go play outside for a while, Gohan will be out later."
"OK mum." Goten said, smiling brightly and zooming outside.
Gohan smiled at the young boy's innocent happiness. Gohan sighed and then started to explain the upcoming camp to his mother. "There's a camp that my class is going on. It is into the wilderness and to learn how to survive. It's for 13 days."
"Camp? Will it interfere with your studies?" Chi-Chi asked, immediately worrying.
"No, it is worth a percentage of our final grade."
"Then you're going. You just will have to hide your strength, and tail." Chi-Chi said in a matter-of-fact voice, gesturing to his tail that was twitching and waving back and forth.
"OK." Gohan sighed.
Chi-Chi placed a hand on her son's shoulder and smiled at him. "From what you've told me about these friends of yours, I am fairly confident that if you explain to them your past, they will understand and help you hide your secrets."
"I can't do that mum. What if they avoid me and reject me? They're my only friends at school." Gohan protested.
"It's up to you son. Just do what you think is best." Chi-Chi told him.
Just then, the phone rang, interrupting their conversation as Goten came racing in, yelling at the top of his voice, "I'll get it! I'll get it!"
Chi-Chi shook her head and smiled as Gohan chuckled at the young boy who was a spitting image of Goku.
Goten calmed down to answer the phone and picked it up, "Hello?" he asked, trying to be confident, but all that came out was a shy little kid's voice that would've made everyone who heard it go awwww at his cuteness. He scuffed his foot along the floor of the house, listening to whoever it was on the other end of the line before saying, "Yeah, he's here. That's my big brother. He's super strong and the coolest. Do you wanna speak to him?" there was a pause as the small boy listened to the speaker before holding the phone out to Gohan and saying, "A lady is asking for you. She said her name is Videl."
Videl, when she got home from school got her father to sign the permission note and asked if she could have her friends over after the camp. She knew that they would have to write a report on the camp that would count for more than half the mark for the whole survival camp, which was 30% of their end of year mark. She figured that between Erasa, Sharpener, Gohan and herself, they could come up with a pretty good report on their experience that they would go through.
"Yeah sure thing Sweet Pea. Just no boys in your room!" Hercule said distractedly. He was in the middle of watching an old match of his against some else.
"Thanks Dad." Videl said, kissing her old man on the cheek and walking to her room.
After ringing Erasa, and Sharpener and getting their response on the sleep over (both said yes) she realised that she didn't have Gohan's mobile number. Frowning, Videl called the police station and requested the new friend's number.
"Thanks Chief." Videl said, before hanging up. Calling the number that she had hastily written down as the police chief read it out to her, she crossed her fingers as the phone rang a few times, hoping she had the right number.
"Hello?" A little boy asked, his voice soft and shy.
Videl smiled at the young voice and asked in a kind voice, "Hi, I am calling to talk to Gohan Son. Is he there?"
"Yeah, he's here. That's my big brother. He's super strong and the coolest." the young boy spoke quickly. Videl smiled at the obvious admiration the little boy had for Gohan and could just picture a miniature Gohan, grinning up at teenage Gohan who ruffled the young boy's hair. "Do you wanna speak to him?" the young boy asked.
"Yes please. Tell him it's Videl, from school." Videl said, in her kind voice still.
There was a pause before Videl heard the boy say quieter than before, making Videl guess he had held the phone out to his brother "A lady is asking for you. She said her name is Videl."
"Thanks Squirt." Videl heard Gohan say before speaking into the phone to Videl, "Hi Videl! What do you want?"
"Hey Gohan, just wanted to call to ask you something. I hope you don't mind, I asked the police to find your phone number for me. Sorry." Videl apologized sheepishly.
"That's OK, I've been meaning to give it to you, Erasa and Sharpener." Gohan said in his cheerful voice.
"Oh, OK. I was just wondering if after camp, you wanted to come over and stay at my place over night? Erasa and Sharpener are as well. You know we need to write a report about the camp afterwards, and I figured since we will most likely be in a group together the whole camp, we might as well work on the report together, making it easier."
"Hang on, let me ask my mum." Gohan said. He pulled the phone away from his ear and covered it so Videl couldn't hear him talk to his mother. He felt quite happy that he had been included in the trio's plans, excited he was beginning to be included. "Mum, is it OK that if after the camp I stay at Videl's place with her, Sharpener and Erasa for the night? We have a report to do on the camp and they want to do it together."
"Of course Gohan." Chi-Chi said, happy her son was finally beginning to have friends his own age, two of which being girls (friends that were girls meant grandchildren in Chi-Chi's mind).
"Thanks mum." Gohan said, before lifting the phone back up to his ear and telling Videl, "That would be great. I'm allowed." Gohan told the other teenager.
"Awesome." Videl said, before trying to think of what else to say so it didn't get awkward.
"So I'll see you tomorrow at school? I have to go, my little brother is begging me to go play with him." Gohan said, saving her from talking about the weather (it was all she came up with on the spot)
"Right, he sounds really cute and adorable." Videl laughed.
"He is. But he's also a nuisance sometimes. Especially when he meets up with his friend and they play pranks on me." Gohan chuckled.
Videl laughed before saying her goodbyes and hanging up.
'Now, all I have to do is pack for the camp and get through school tomorrow before going on the camp. This is a perfect opportunity to try and get Gohan to spill the beans and tell me about himself and his family.'
To Be Continued
