Chapter 3

Surprisingly Gohan didn't want to eat at lunch, he wanted to sleep; outside in the warm air, under an oak tree for shade. The grass was actually comfy, laying down he used his bag as a pillow; he was just on the brink of sleep when 3 people came over to talk to him and eat lunch with him, though one of those people he really didn't want to talk to.

"Hey Gohan, mind if we join you?" Erasa asked cheerfully. He rolled over and grunted, really annoyed that he was being kept from sleep he could have without getting in trouble for it. "So is that a yes?" she asked again. He sighed not wanting to be mean to the only person who has been nice enough to not calm him a nerd thus far.

"Yeah, that's fine" he said as he got into a sitting position.

"Great, thanks cutie" Erasa said as she sat and gestured for the other two to sit as well, reluctantly they did. "So Gohan how has the rest of your day been?" Erasa asked trying to get a conversation going.

He shrugged "it's been boring and tiresome."

Sharpner got a smug look on his face "to much for you nerd boy?" Gohan glared at him "Don't call me that" Gohan snapped at him, Sharpner glared back at him.

"Why not, it's what you are, it's your birthright" Sharpner stopped glaring and now had the smug look on his face again. Gohan rubbed his temples trying to stay calm but it wasn't working so well.

"You don't know what the hell I am, just because I'm smart it doesn't make me a nerd, and my birthright, you don't know what the fuck I was born for" he said now very irritated. 'next time some big threat comes and wants to kill everyone, your all dead.' He seethed to himself. Sharpner and the others were surprised by that come back, they really weren't expecting anything like that from him.

"Okay just calm down, both of you" Erasa said getting worried that Sharpner was going to pummel poor Gohan.

Videl glared at the situation at hand the gears were just turning in her brain 'so he's not a nerd, even though he aced the entrance exams. He's not afraid of Sharpner, though Sharpner looks like he could crush him. That's odd very odd, he has to be the gold fighter, that's the only way a nerd wouldn't be afraid of a jock.' She had to question him now. "So you're not a nerd?"

Gohan slowly turned his glare away from Sharpner and looked in the direction the voice that was speaking to him came from when his eyes finally met her quizzical ones his eyes shot open he just noticed that he almost gave away his biggest secret 'shit I gotta calm down, I gotta keep calm. But it's so difficult there just so stupid… no! that's not helping, there nice people just ignorant.' He sighed and finally answered her question "well I guess I kinda am" he said nervously and grinned a bit too. Sharpner's jaw dropped.

"You've got to be kidding me, after all that shit… your just gonna say you are a nerd, what the hell man?" Sharpner asked now irritated.

Gohan rolled his eyes "well, I just don't like being called nerd boy. In aspects of being a nerd yes I am smart, but I am not some crazed book worm with nothing better to do with my time than study or learn about some new planet or whatever the hell they do."

"You don't look like a nerd either" Erasa piped in while eating the rest of her food.

"Thanks Erasa." She just smiled at him and drank her juice.

Videl glared at him again, she was getting confused 'why would he just change his story like that? He's gotta be hiding something and I think I know what it is.' "So you are a nerd?"

Gohan face palmed "not really."

Videl's glare changed a confused look " what do you mean not really? I heard what you said after my first question you did call yourself one, and now you are saying that you're not, it's one or the other."

'Damn what do I do, I kinda dug a hole on this, gotta think of a diversion or change the subject… think think, oh Sharpner said that he trains… let's go with that.' He blew off what Videl said and turned to Sharpener once again, "You said that you train, so what do you train for?" he said trying to show interest.

"Oh, yeah I train for two things first my boxing and second martial arts" Sharpner said proudly.

Gohan looked worried "and which of those things do you train under Hercule?"

"Well both, he has a gym I lift weights in there and he also helps me with my fighting." Gohan couldn't help but laugh at that causing Sharpner and Videl to get angry.

"Why the hell is that funny?" Videl asked. "Yeah no kidding" Sharpner added.

He didn't answer her yet again and went on to talk to Sharpner "are you any good?" he said still kinda laughing.

"Damn it Gohan stop ignoring me!" Videl yelled at him. The 3 looked at her surprised.

"I'm not ignoring you." Gohan said in a sort of way that is sounded like a question.

"No, you are!" she yelled again.

He closed one eye from the loudness hurting his saiyan ears "stop yelling please."

"Stop ignoring me!"

"Alright what, what do you want? That better?" he yelled back at her, once again she was taken aback, but gained her composure and glared at him.

"I want the truth!"

"Stop yelling now!"

"Fine, tell me the truth though."

He sighed this was really annoying, he thought that school would be boring not irritating, he threw his hands up in surrender "fine… I'm a nerd."

Videl face palmed "that's not what I meant and you know it" she snapped at him.

"Did I make it that obvious?" his voice dripping with sarcasm. Videl was furious by now ready to tear him apart, he was just begging for it now, she took a couple of deep breaths.

"I meant about the gold fighter" she said trying to not explode. He was about to say something when the bell rang and he disappeared again. "Damn it, how the hell does he keep disappearing?" she said through clenched teeth.

"Calm down V your gonna blow a gasket, maybe you should talk to him before Sharpy has the chance to piss him off" Erasa said dusting her clothes off.

"Good idea, but how Sharpner is kind of a jackass" Videl and Erasa both laughed while they walked to class at Sharpners expense.

"I am not" Sharpner said pouting.

The rest of the day went on without confrontation until Videl saw Gohan going to the roof after school, so she followed him up there and waited 'til he was standing on the edge before she spoke to him.

"What are you doing?" she said a bit worried. He was startled by her voice jumped a little, lost his footing and slipped off the edge of the building. She screamed and ran over to the edge faster than she ever could and grabbed a hold of his hand before he lost his grip on the side of the building, she struggled a lot more than she thought she would pulling him up. He was finally on the roof again and they were both on their knees she was panting and he wasn't. "What the hell Gohan?" she said trying to steady her breathing.

"What do you mean?"

"What were you doing that close to th…"

"I wasn't going to jump if that's what you think…"

"Really? You coulda fooled me since you… just kinda did."

He shook his head "no, I didn't jump you frightened me and I lost my footing then fell."

"I'm sure that's what they all say."

He rolled his eyes "I wasn't going to jump I didn't know that you were there, thank you if that's what your waiting for" he said as he got up to leave.

"Wh-what? I wasn't waiting for a thank you, you must be crazy I was waiting for the truth" she too stood up.

"Okay, what truth is it this time, be specific so I don't answer wrong this time" he said sarcastically and turned to face her.

She glared at him "I want to know the truth on why you were up here."

He rolled his eyes "I told you already, I was just looking at the view, I wasn't going to jump, seriously that's all."

"Really?" she said in a disbelieving tone.

He sighed and took her wrist and led her over to the edge of the building "look" was all he said once they were on the ledge.

"it's the city, so what's so special about this?"

"I never saw it like this before, I bet it would be amazing at night." He said looking at the sight of the city.

She smiled at him while he was staring into the distance and stopped herself before he could see it "you've never seen a city at night?"

He shook his head "this is my first time in this city at all." Her eyes almost popped out of her head.

"So where do you live then?"

"I live off in the country."

"That is probably nice too, but yeah you really should see it at night though, with all the lights and all, hey if you're not doing anything tonight maybe I could show you around so you can see it?"

"huh, oh yeah that sounds nice, I'll see if I can" he turned to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going home to see if I can stay out."

"That doesn't make sense, why don't you just call?"

"I don't have a phone…"

"What, are you kidding how could you not have a phone?" he shrugged "here you can use mine."

"Okay thanks." He dialed his landline.

"Hello?"

"Hi Mom it's Gohan."

"Oh hi, why aren't you home yet? Or you alright?" Chichi said getting panicked.

"I'm fine mom, I was going to ask you if I could stay out tonight?"

"Stay out, what do you mean stay out?"

"It means stay out as in not come home until late."

"Until late; you don't know how to handle yourself in the city uh- uh Mr you come straight home."

He thought about telling her he wouldn't be alone, but then she'd ask who was he with and it would all go to hell right there, he sighed "alright mom, bye." He disconnected the call and handed the phone back to Videl. "Sorry Videl I can't tonight, maybe on a Friday, well bye." He left before she could say anything else. And once again she was frustrated.

'Try to distract me from finding out if you're the golden fighter eh? Well you wont get away with it! I will find out wither you are or not!' she thought to herself heading home now too.

'Why does she keep asking me things? Does she really think I'm the gold fighter? Not good, not good I have to think of a diversion, oh I know I'll just fly to school in my gi and change when I get to the school. Yeah that's perfect that should lead her off for sure, since I would no longer have the same clothes as the gold fighter.' Gohan thought right before he fell asleep.