A New Friend
(In a world where Gohan is born a girl, the events as they play out in Dragon Ball Z leading towards the Android Saga are near identical. As a result, any minor differences in the timeline up until that point are not worth mentioning, in the interest of saving time.)
(The story begins with a 10 year old Gohan, her father Goku, and Piccolo training in preparation for the arrival of the androids. As the three of them train, a young boy around the age of 10, with dark hair and blue eyes, rides his bike home from buying for his mother milk, bread, and butter. After being chased by dinosaurs both to and from the store thus far, the boy is now less than a mile from his home. He notices something falling from the sky. It suddenly crash lands just a few feet away from him. The force of which is so great he falls from his bike. He thinks to himself 'What was that?' He looks down and notices a little girl in a teal gi of sorts.)
Jan: Hey. You okay?
Gohan: (groaning) Yea, I'm fine.
Jan: (uneasy) You fell from the sky.
(The girl notices the bike and the groceries lying on the ground.)
Gohan: Oh, sorry about that.
(She helps pick all the stuff back up)
Gohan: So, What's your name?"
(The boy snaps out of what appears to be a trance, as he is not used to seeing girls around his age.)
Jan: I'm Jan.
Gohan: I'm Gohan.
Piccolo: (from a distance) Gohan! Come on! Let go!
Gohan: Coming, Piccolo! (Looks at Jan.) I gotta go. See ya!
(As Gohan takes off from the ground, the boy is stunned. He thinks to himself 'She's flying?! Is she an angel?' He snaps out of his trance, grabs the groceries, gets on the bike and rides off. Gohan looks in the other direction and thinks 'Hey, that boy is kind of cute.' Her father flies up to her)
Goku: Hey Gohan, you wanna go another round or do you wanna take a break?
Gohan: We've been at it for hours now. Let's take a break.
Goku: Okay. Last one back is a rotten egg!
(Upon arriving at home, Jan opens the front door to his mother's house.)
Jan: Mommy, I'm back!
(Jan's mother, a beautiful young looking woman, walks over to Jan)
Jan's Mother: Good boy, Jan. You got the groceries. Did you get hurt along the way?
Jan: No. I'm okay.
Jan's Mother: (Concerned) Jan, your arm.
Jan: It's just a scratch.
Jan's Mother: You're a little tough guy, aren't you? Here let me get you a Band-Aid.
(Jan's mom finds a clean Band-Aid and places it on the scratch mark.)
Jan's Mother: There you go. All better.
(Moments later, in the kitchen, Jan sits at the table as he is about to be served lunch.)
Jan: Um, Mom?
Jan's Mother: Yes, honey?
Jan: I met someone new on the way back.
Jan's Mother: Oh did you?"
Jan: Yea, It was a girl.
Jan's Mother: (smiling) A girl? Really?
Jan: Yea.
Jan's Mother: What was her name?
Jan: Uh...Gohan.
Jan's Mother: Gohan? You mean like that girl who lives down the road?
Jan: You know her?
Jan's Mother: Yea. She's very nice. Always does her homework.
Jan: I wish I could go to school.
(Meanwhile, at the Son house, Goku chows down at the dinner table, and Piccolo is outside meditating.)
Gohan: Hey, Mom?
Chi Chi: Yes hon?
Gohan: I met somebody today while I was out training.
Chi Chi: Really?
Gohan: Yea a little boy, about my size.
Chi Chi: Oh. What's his name?
Gohan: Jan.
Chi Chi: Jan? You mean like that boy who lives down the road?
Gohan: You know him?
Chi Chi: Oh yea. He's very sweet. Always goes out of his way for his Mom. (Sigh) It's a shame though. His father passed away when he was only a baby.
Gohan: Aww.
Goku: (Finishes his bowl) More please.
(The next day; Goku, Gohan, and Piccolo continue their training. Meanwhile Jan is playing in the backyard of his home, but before long he begins to stray too far. Then as Jan tries to cross a river on a log, He falls into the river.)
Jan: HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!
(At that moment, Gohan, Goku, and Piccolo hear Jan's cry for help.)
Gohan: It's...Jan!
Goku: Gohan, you've got to save him! We'll finish up later!
Gohan: Right!
(Gohan flies over to Jan's location, as the water pushes him towards a waterfall.)
Jan: SOMEBODY! PLEASE!
(Gohan dives into the water and flies out holding Jan. By that time, the boy was whimpering. She set him down on the ground.)
Gohan: Are you okay?
Jan: You...YOU SAVED ME! You...YOU ARE AN ANGEL!
(He embraces her.)
Gohan: Woe. Take it easy.
(As Gohan gently pushes Jan away, she looks into Jan's eyes and is awestruck by what she sees. She thinks to herself 'He looks so sincere.')
Gohan: Uh, come on. Let's get you home.
(Gohan takes off, holding Jan.)
Gohan: Where do you live?
Jan: Uh, (points in a specific direction) down that way.
(Jan begins to look down.)
Gohan: Don't be scared, dude.
Jan: ...Dude?
(Gohan manages to get Jan back to his mother safe and sound. But what does the future hold for our heroes, with the arrival of the androids just a year away? Stay tuned.)