A/N Thanks for the reviews and favorites and you can most likely expect more updates at this rate, also sorry about the Bold underlines, I have no idea how that happened or if it will happen again, maybe it's because I'm using the antiquated Microsoft works I'll try using a different program if I can think of one but if any of you people out there can think of a way to get rid of them please tell me. Don't forget to review.
Gohan wandered into the school slightly late, after departing the scene it had occurred to him that he had absolutely no idea where his new school was, so after questioning several people he found the building five minutes after the bell had rung. Quickly making his way to the office he approached the woman behind the desk, he supposed with a little effort the woman might be attractive but there was little possibility of any natural beauty, it would be purely artificial.
As Gohan scrutinized the woman for a moment she blushed profusely before Gohan realized he was working to a schedule now. "I'm Gohan Son, I'm starting today"
"Oh yes, so you'll be wanting your schedule and locker" she said searching through the piles of paper that littered her desk. The tall youth was highly distracting, maybe it was something about those full lips. "Ah here it is, these are your classes for the semester and your locker number along with it's combination, is there anything else I can get for you?" she added almost hopefully.
"No thanks I'll be alright" said Gohan turning to leave.
It took another few minutes to find the door to his first class but at last he arrived and knocked several times.
The teacher that came out was a middle aged man. "Yes is there something you wanted ?"
"I'm Gohan your new student"
"Oh yes you're the one with the perfect test scores it will be a pleasure to have you, come in, come in my name is Mr. Ross by the way ". The teacher shepherded Gohan into the room. It was surprisingly large when you considered that there weren't that many student in the school. The room was vaguely shaped like Gohans private office back at Capsule corp. small at the front but growing the further it went back. In this case the shape was to accommodate the desks which ascended at each level. The class which had gone quiet the moment he knocked broke out in whispers as he entered the room. This was why Gohan never had any desire to go to high school, if he wanted to be judged by complete strangers for the most minute details of his appearance and character he would have gone into Chemistry, those people were media whores.
Most of the guys there seemed to be making assumptions about trying to figure out what sort of person he'd be, friend, enemy, casual acquaintance, at Orange Star High there was little room to vanish. There was a reason this school leapt to Bulma's mind when Chi Chi asked for suggestions regarding Gohans future social life, this school was famous for attracting the rich, powerful or beautiful adolescents of the surrounding area and if it wasn't for Gohans enormous paycheck he never would have been able to afford to attend.
The girls where carefully scrutinizing Gohan just as he had be been doing to the office lady, though from the whispers he thought, they were far more pleased with what they saw then Gohan had been.
Mr. Ross cleared his voice and the whispers subsided although the scrutiny seemed to double in intensity. "Class this is Gohan Son, he will be joining our scholarly ranks, I would also like to add that he received perfect marks on all his entrance exams, many of you could learn a thing or two from him."
'Great, Gohan thought label me a nerd, sadistic bastard'. As he looked at the teacher Gohan realized the teacher was completely oblivious to the fresh looks Gohan was receiving, which told him their minds had gone straight to nerd just as fast as his did. Maybe he was even older than Gohan thought. Clearly he had never heard the phrase 'It's cool to know nothing' " Would you like to say anything?"
"Hi I'm Gohan and I'm here pretty much for lack of a better option" said Gohan with little enthusiasm.
"Well if you'd just like to take a seat Gohan we could get started"
All at once half a dozen girls faces lit up but unfortunately there was only one spare seat in the room which was beside the blonde girl who jumped up calling for Gohan to sit beside her.
As Gohan sauntered up the steps while the teacher continued with his lecture he got the opportunity to more closely survey the people who he would be sitting alongside. The girl who had beckoned him was quite cute, short feathered blonde hair, blue eyes that were all surface shine, small pink lips, ever so faint smattering of cute freckles across her cheeks and an outfit clearly designed to show off her ample breasts.
On her right there was another girl that clearly hadn't put the effort into her appearance like the other had. Like Gohans her hair was an inky black but hers was in pigtails, her chest was a mystery owing to the plain white t-shirt that was several sizes too big, her face also lacked the make-up that all the other girls had applied but she did have one redeeming feature, like the blonde, her eyes were blue, the difference was that hers gave an impression of great depth and beauty.
The Guy furthest from Gohan but still clearly part of the trio judging by the angle of his chair, was also a blonde but his hair however fell past his shoulders and like the blonde girl his clothing was also designed to show off his assets, in his case however they were his large and toned arms.
"Hi!" said the blonde girl in the most enthusiastic voice Gohan had heard for some time. He had only just sat down. "My names Erasa with an E, this is Videl and him over there is Sharpener"
"Hi" Gohan replied, while Erasa seemed to be have a pre-disposition towards friendliness, the other two weren't quite so forthcoming, Sharpener gave a nod in Gohans direction, but the other girl, Videl she merely watched him closely giving no greeting.
Gohan turned his attention back to the teacher to see if he was saying anything remotely interesting but was immediately disappointed, he was lecturing them about an author who Gohan already knew all about having read his collected works at the age of seven.
To pass the time he began sketching on his pad, whilst he wasn't an acclaimed artist he did have somewhat of an eye, for shapes, light and shadows, allowing him to draw pretty much whatever he desired. But through his busy work he couldn't help noticing that Videl continued to observe him closely for the rest of the hour. He continued to get glances from the rest of the class, curious as to what he was doing, especially from the female student body, but there was something else about her gaze, it wasn't languorous, dreamy or envious like the other ones he was receiving, everything about her reeked with suspicion but Gohan for the life of him couldn't figure out why.
'Who was this guy' Videl wondered as the dark youth sashayed up the stairs towards the seat Erasa had alerted him to. The moment he walked into the room she took notice, from the instant she came to school that day she had been scanning the populace for any sign of a guy with blue sneakers, jeans and a black t-shirt and this guy definitely fit the bill. Granted there was the addition of a red scarf and white undershirt but she wasn't about to rule him out. It was for this reason that she had refrained from stepping on Erasa's foot when she practically jumped up and down signaling the new kid, she wanted to know more about him, granted there were certain features of the Gold Fighter that he conspicuously lacked most notably green eyes, gold hair and above all a glow but the mere fact that he was new put him on her list.
She had known almost at once that none of the boys in her school had been the Gold Fighter while she was prepared to admit that some of them weren't complete scum bags, of the few that were half way decent human beings, none of them had the capacity to leap into a gun fight and then leave without so much as dropping a card. Sharpener for example, whilst he could be a bit arrogant Videl knew deep down he was nice enough guy which was the one reason she associated with him. But on the one in a million chance that he actually had the potential to form spiky hair and leap into the air and remain there, he would have almost definitely sucked up to the media the moment he had finished, hence her writing him off. But this new guy had serious potential but it wasn't until he drew closer that she began to see just how much potential he really had. His features were flawless, his cheeks high, his jaw chiseled and angular, his skin was smooth and with the exception of a faint flush over his cheekbones and his full dark pink lips his skin was like alabaster, he all was strawberries and cream. His eyelashes were thick and dark, his eyebrows refined and clear cut and his hair fell about everywhere in wild spikes and yet there seemed to be a certain order to it if you paid close enough attention. Given all this, on anyone else these features would have made the guy look androgynous if not downright feminine especially with the tiny thick gold hoop earrings he wore on each ear, but something about him oozed with masculinity.
As he finally sat down Erasa introduced the threesome to the new boy, but Videl was already suspicious of him and preferred simply to observe, she didn't hear Sharpener make a sound either, knowing him she could tell he was reserving judgment until he knew more. She had heard him mutter "nerd" at the mention of Gohans perfect grades but that wasn't much to go on when it came to finding out what Sharpeners opinion was, he seldom said what he actually meant.
Videl was hoping that Erasa would further question him but it seemed that the teachers last admonition earlier that day from talking in class was still fresh in her mind, although it looked like she was desperate to find out more about the mystery boy, so did every girl in the class judging by the frequent glances in his direction. She was also surprised by his complete lack of attention towards the teacher, she had expected him to find the teachers boring lecture riveting but after about five seconds of watching the teacher he reached into his satchel and pulled out a pad with clearly expensive paper and leather binding and without so much of a glance at the teacher or anybody else he began sketching something to pass the time.
At last after an hour and a half of silence on the part of the students the bell rang signaling the end of first period. Rather than having the entire school migrate to different rooms the teachers had long ago realized that it was far more convenient to all concerned if the teachers simply rotated, meaning as soon as the Mr. Ross left the room conversation and movement began amongst Gohans classmates. Having just finished his drawing he laid his pad face down, quickly examined his phone for messages finding none he wanted to respond to he cast his gaze on upon the window besides him. While sketching he had covertly cased the room getting a good look at each girl in the room, he had to admit that some of them weren't exactly sore on the eyes, some had full lustrous hair, others had pouty lips, a few had luscious cleavage and two of them he noted had perfectly shaped behinds. No one seemed to realize how rare the perfect buttock was in this modern world, far too many women were pre-occupied with maintaining their goal weight that they failed to notice that cleavage should be appreciated no matter which way it was facing. Vanity was swiftly becoming the bane of all beauty.
Erasa however was not content to let the new boy be, so she tapped him on his shoulder to gain his attention "Hey cutie, so how are you enjoying your first day so far"
"It's okay I just learned all of this stuff years and years ago so it's a bit boring" replied Gohan turning to face her noticing that Videl and Sharpener had also turned in their direction.
"When did you learn it. At your old school ?" Videl asked speaking or the first time
"No, this is actually my first time at school, until today I was home schooled " answered Gohan, 'figures her first words to me would be a question' thought Gohan. This girl had barely taken her eyes off him for the entire period, all the time her expression growing more and more curious.
'You were home schooled " asked Sharpener who was trying to figure out how he felt about this new guy "by who ?"
"My mom, she's been forcing me to study stuff like this since I was three"
"Wow, harsh" said Erasa, her parents had never exactly put much pressure on her to study, so long as she passed everything her parents were happy to let her do as she wished. They knew she had no interest in pursuing an academic career. "What was it you were sketching all lesson anyway" she said reaching out for the pad.
"A short lived encounter from last week" replied Gohan.
Erasa flipped over the pricy looking book and raised her eyebrows at what she saw, all three of them did. Drawn in pencil were two angles of the same scene, Two naked bodies stood pressed together in a standing position with their heads resting on each others shoulder, the mans hands caressing the woman's back while the woman's hands squeezed the mans muscular bottom., the face of the male was clearly Gohans, but the woman was unknown to Videl, Erasa and Sharpener. It was quite a risqué drawing but the level of detail in the faces and hands along with the shading on the backs made it an extremely beautiful picture.
"And what kind of encounter was this ?" asked Sharpener deciding he now liked Gohan. Whether or not the encounter had actually happened, the guy obviously had good taste in women.
"Just the innocent kind" replied Gohan smiling slightly at the blush forming on Videls face while Erasa more closely examined the drawing.
"Did you actually know her ?" asked Videl trying to recover from the shock of seeing two completely naked people before eleven thirty in the morning.
"Kind of, her name was Renée, I met her at Club Obscure in West City when The Kaiser Chiefs were playing, she was really sweet not to mention she had legs up to her chin" said Gohan smiling at the memory. Club Obscure was by far his favorite after hours club in West City, strictly speaking he wasn't allowed in due to still being seventeen for another two weeks but he had made several flawless fake ID's the instant he decided he looked eighteen. Those alongside a friendship with the clubs bouncer allowed him to get in whenever he wanted.
"She's got a pierced tongue" said Sharpener holding the picture up close "And eyebrow"
"And Belly button, but like I said, she was really nice, great taste in music too, but I haven't seen her since that night, kind of a bummer though because I think she stole my favorite watch I haven't seen it since in any case"
Erasa looked up from the picture and giggled at Gohans last comment " She stole your watch and yet you still drew her like this"
"Well I could blur out my face and photocopy it a million times but that would be kind of mean spirited don't you think" at this all three of them burst out laughing receiving a lot of strange looks from the people in front of them, all wondering what the joke was. But the teacher came in forcing them to become silent once more although Sharpener winked at Gohan as he passed back Gohan's pad.
'So the plot thickens' Videl thought as the teacher asked Gohan to read a page out loud to the class, she should have guessed that the guy had experience with the girls, but again there was a contradiction, he really didn't seem like the womanizing type, the way he made fun of himself and while she would have been turned off by the fact he was drawing pictures of naked people in class there seemed to be a complete childish innocence about him hidden behind all the glibness that could only further endear Gohan towards her. As the class progressed Videl continued to watch Gohan although now it was askance, hoping to pick up another piece to the puzzle she called 'The new guy", but for all her surveillance she was unable to pick up anything about him other than that he appeared completely bored, he did however correct the teacher on one of her chemistry formulas at one point but after that he returned to staring out the window in boredom.
Gohan was starving. He was counting down the seconds until lunch and despite the large breakfast he felt like he could eat furniture if he went without food for much longer. At Capsule Corp. he had always been able get something to eat whenever he pleased, he even kept a secret fridge not just in his office but in his lab also for emergencies, many might question the need to have multiple secret fridges but with Trunks and Vegeta hanging around you had to be rather cunning if you wanted to keep your snacks on the down low. Finally the next bell rang and before the three people sitting beside him could corner him with more questions Gohan began making his way outside finding a remote tree next to a comfortable looking patch of grass. Sitting himself down Gohan dug around in his satchel finding his capsule box, after finding the right one Gohan pulled it out clicked it and tossed it to his immediate right, after the small cloud of vapor disappeared a small mountain of food appeared which was about the absolute limit of what a human should be able to consume in one sitting but to Gohan it was woefully small snack likely only to satisfy him for the next few hours at the longest. But before he could make any move on his lunch he heard the chirpy voice of Erasa Hail him.
