A/n: This chapter might not be as good as the others, it's definitely not
one of my best. Sorry it's not that great, and sorry it took so long.
A week passed quickly, and before Gohan knew it he was going to be stuck in an assembly with Mr. Ego-maniac. He was not looking forward to the day, and his own personal alarm clock knew it.
That was the first bad thing of the day.
"Goten, go wake up your brother." Chi-Chi said.
"Mom, do I have to? Gohan keeps complaining about today and I don't want to get in his way! Besides, he always says that he's already awake, so I'm not even the one that wakes him up in the first place!"
Chi-Chi sighed. "If I don't hear the shower come on in five minutes you have to wake him up, OK Goten?"
"OK!" Goten said, and continued watching his cartoons, upset that he had been interrupted.
Chi-Chi continued cooking. The shower never came on, but she was too busy cooking to remember. When she put the food on the table, she wondered where Gohan was. "Goten, have you seen your brother? It's weird for him to be late for breakfast."
"Oops..." Goten said slowly.
So, Gohan was later to school than usual, and Mr. Leer didn't just glare this time.
"Gohan! I'm glad that you took time out of your obviously busy schedule to come see us! I'm also glad that Hercule arrives later in the day so he doesn't find out about your late streak. Your mother will be called if this continues."
Gohan wasn't in the mood for this. He would tell his mom that Goten had to wake him up, and earlier. His mom somehow believed that a call home goes onto your permanent record and the FBI enters the information into a computer. He sat down and saw an Orange Star High School T-shirt on his desk. It was an ugly shade of orange with grayish-yellow lettering. They were trying to impress Hercule with School Spirit, but the Savior of the World (yeah right) would probably be insulted that somebody would wear these in his presence.
Before long it was time for the assembly. Teachers made sure their students looked the best for this special occasion, and the girls who had little mirrors in their purses passed them to the students around them. It took nearly five minutes to get ready but soon the classes were heading over to the Assembly Room. It was actually the gym, but Mr. T. said that it was for assemblies only. This is the story: The Assembly Room was a specially added room, paid for by the government because the school won the awards for best teachers, students, hallways, and cleanliness all in the same year. Actually, the gym took seven years to build because it was entirely of donations, a small amount of school tuition, and students giving a dollar every once in awhile. But Mr. T. wanted Hercule to think that this was the most wonderful school in the world, and was very respectable. Hercule actually believed that the gym was an Assembly Room, even though the basketball hoops and lines on the floor were clearly visible.
The students sat respectively in bleachers and fold-out chairs. They listened to Hercule as he talked about how great he was and stuff he did. Gohan wanted to yawn and fall asleep, but Mr. Leer was sitting right behind him. Hercule finally got on the topic of the Cell Games.
He began, "I don't know who the people at the Cell Games were, but I assure you all that they did not deserve all the attention that they got. I promise you all that they could not fly, and those flashy lights were all fake. Don't believe any different folks! If you do, speak up!
Gohan thought about standing up and talking, but he knew it would be stupid. It would never be forgotten! Besides, every other person in the so- called Assembly Room was on Hercule's side.
Hercule talked on and on, for what seemed like hours. Gohan looked at the clock to see if it were 3:30 yet, but realized it had only been about forty-five minutes. Finally, Hercule seemed to be near done.
"OK, that's enough of my stories! I have something that I'd like to show you!"
Then a white screen was pulled down over the back of the gym wall, and the lights went out. Then, movie Hercule said, "Everybody, I now present to you, the newly-created Cell Games!" The students watched a movie of the Cell Games, but it wasn't the one showed at the Martial Arts show. This showed Cell when he talked about where the Games would be held and some of the things that happened earlier, including 'The mysteries at Gingertown and Nickytown' as the movie called it. When the Cell Games footage came on, the costumes were better. The movie lasted longer. It showed the Kamehameha wave as the 'Kameha Beam' and Masenko as 'Masso' and nothing was said correctly. It included Gohan and Goku's fights, and in between talked about the kid that arrived with a pizza and breadsticks. According to the video, Cell's pizza had too much sauce, so the kid had to fight him. Then it talked about how Hercule defended the kid. It was pretty messed up, overall. I'd go into more detail, but I'm not too good at that.
Afterwards, applause rang through the Assembly Hall. It was obviously a very successful video, if you didn't know that it was all fake. Then, Hercule ended the assembly. Everyone stayed in the gym for a party, and Hercule gave out autographs to everyone who walked up to him. It was an enjoyable party to pretty much everyone except Gohan. He kind of walked around and listened to people talk. It was pretty boring. Finally, the teachers said that the students were to return to their homerooms. Boos and groans protested the instruction, but you know how teachers can be. Eventually everyone was walking to the school building. Once they met in each homeroom, the teachers made them sit in their regular seats, and tried desperately to quiet the constant conversation. It took awhile, but they, again, were eventually able to get everyone to do what they wanted. The class was quiet. Well, as quiet as it could get (which isn't really that quiet, but it was a start). The teachers did what they did about everything special that the students did, have a discussion that tries to point out the educational thing that they learned.
"Now, what was the educational point of this assembly?" Mr. Leer asked. (I told you!)
One of the boys who decided to be smart asked, "It wasn't educational! It was so that we would like school. I liked the assembly, but come on! School is still school!"
"Mr. Johnson, if you feel that way about this week's activities, why don't you study in the library tomorrow instead of going with us to Capsule Corporation?"
"No thank you." Replied the kid, whose first name was Kyle.
"OK then! Did anyone learn anything from this assembly?" No hands went up. "Anyone? Come on, it's not that hard!"
Still no hands. Gohan thought as hard as he could to find something educational about an guy who thought way too much of himself, telling stories that were only half true. There was no possible answer to this!
"Come, on, it's simple! It taught us that taking up a life of crime, the stronger man is always on the good side! The crooks never win! Don't you see what the point of this assembly was?"
Kyle couldn't help himself. "I still don't see how you got that out of the assembly."
"Last warning Mr. Johnson!" Some of the people around him snickered. Anyway, we have something we wanted to tell you. We want to add something to the program, so for extra credit, you can write up a two-page typed up report on each day's event! I don't expect many of those, because it is optional and most of you are way too lazy for that. So anyway, we are adding a mandatory section to the project!"
Everyone booed. This week was supposed to be for fun! It wasn't really fun, but anyway...
Mr. Leer didn't want to listen to boos. "And, just to be teachers, we decided to add some homework to School Spirit Week! The project is for you to pick your favorite activity and write a five-page essay. If you pick the trip to, say Capsule Corporation, you could use your mandatory essay for that part of your extra credit projects."
"I knew that some type of project would be made from Spirit Week." Whispered Sharpner.
Everyone in the row nodded.
"Again with that row always conferring! Please..."
BRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever heard the phrase, 'Saved by the bell'?
A week passed quickly, and before Gohan knew it he was going to be stuck in an assembly with Mr. Ego-maniac. He was not looking forward to the day, and his own personal alarm clock knew it.
That was the first bad thing of the day.
"Goten, go wake up your brother." Chi-Chi said.
"Mom, do I have to? Gohan keeps complaining about today and I don't want to get in his way! Besides, he always says that he's already awake, so I'm not even the one that wakes him up in the first place!"
Chi-Chi sighed. "If I don't hear the shower come on in five minutes you have to wake him up, OK Goten?"
"OK!" Goten said, and continued watching his cartoons, upset that he had been interrupted.
Chi-Chi continued cooking. The shower never came on, but she was too busy cooking to remember. When she put the food on the table, she wondered where Gohan was. "Goten, have you seen your brother? It's weird for him to be late for breakfast."
"Oops..." Goten said slowly.
So, Gohan was later to school than usual, and Mr. Leer didn't just glare this time.
"Gohan! I'm glad that you took time out of your obviously busy schedule to come see us! I'm also glad that Hercule arrives later in the day so he doesn't find out about your late streak. Your mother will be called if this continues."
Gohan wasn't in the mood for this. He would tell his mom that Goten had to wake him up, and earlier. His mom somehow believed that a call home goes onto your permanent record and the FBI enters the information into a computer. He sat down and saw an Orange Star High School T-shirt on his desk. It was an ugly shade of orange with grayish-yellow lettering. They were trying to impress Hercule with School Spirit, but the Savior of the World (yeah right) would probably be insulted that somebody would wear these in his presence.
Before long it was time for the assembly. Teachers made sure their students looked the best for this special occasion, and the girls who had little mirrors in their purses passed them to the students around them. It took nearly five minutes to get ready but soon the classes were heading over to the Assembly Room. It was actually the gym, but Mr. T. said that it was for assemblies only. This is the story: The Assembly Room was a specially added room, paid for by the government because the school won the awards for best teachers, students, hallways, and cleanliness all in the same year. Actually, the gym took seven years to build because it was entirely of donations, a small amount of school tuition, and students giving a dollar every once in awhile. But Mr. T. wanted Hercule to think that this was the most wonderful school in the world, and was very respectable. Hercule actually believed that the gym was an Assembly Room, even though the basketball hoops and lines on the floor were clearly visible.
The students sat respectively in bleachers and fold-out chairs. They listened to Hercule as he talked about how great he was and stuff he did. Gohan wanted to yawn and fall asleep, but Mr. Leer was sitting right behind him. Hercule finally got on the topic of the Cell Games.
He began, "I don't know who the people at the Cell Games were, but I assure you all that they did not deserve all the attention that they got. I promise you all that they could not fly, and those flashy lights were all fake. Don't believe any different folks! If you do, speak up!
Gohan thought about standing up and talking, but he knew it would be stupid. It would never be forgotten! Besides, every other person in the so- called Assembly Room was on Hercule's side.
Hercule talked on and on, for what seemed like hours. Gohan looked at the clock to see if it were 3:30 yet, but realized it had only been about forty-five minutes. Finally, Hercule seemed to be near done.
"OK, that's enough of my stories! I have something that I'd like to show you!"
Then a white screen was pulled down over the back of the gym wall, and the lights went out. Then, movie Hercule said, "Everybody, I now present to you, the newly-created Cell Games!" The students watched a movie of the Cell Games, but it wasn't the one showed at the Martial Arts show. This showed Cell when he talked about where the Games would be held and some of the things that happened earlier, including 'The mysteries at Gingertown and Nickytown' as the movie called it. When the Cell Games footage came on, the costumes were better. The movie lasted longer. It showed the Kamehameha wave as the 'Kameha Beam' and Masenko as 'Masso' and nothing was said correctly. It included Gohan and Goku's fights, and in between talked about the kid that arrived with a pizza and breadsticks. According to the video, Cell's pizza had too much sauce, so the kid had to fight him. Then it talked about how Hercule defended the kid. It was pretty messed up, overall. I'd go into more detail, but I'm not too good at that.
Afterwards, applause rang through the Assembly Hall. It was obviously a very successful video, if you didn't know that it was all fake. Then, Hercule ended the assembly. Everyone stayed in the gym for a party, and Hercule gave out autographs to everyone who walked up to him. It was an enjoyable party to pretty much everyone except Gohan. He kind of walked around and listened to people talk. It was pretty boring. Finally, the teachers said that the students were to return to their homerooms. Boos and groans protested the instruction, but you know how teachers can be. Eventually everyone was walking to the school building. Once they met in each homeroom, the teachers made them sit in their regular seats, and tried desperately to quiet the constant conversation. It took awhile, but they, again, were eventually able to get everyone to do what they wanted. The class was quiet. Well, as quiet as it could get (which isn't really that quiet, but it was a start). The teachers did what they did about everything special that the students did, have a discussion that tries to point out the educational thing that they learned.
"Now, what was the educational point of this assembly?" Mr. Leer asked. (I told you!)
One of the boys who decided to be smart asked, "It wasn't educational! It was so that we would like school. I liked the assembly, but come on! School is still school!"
"Mr. Johnson, if you feel that way about this week's activities, why don't you study in the library tomorrow instead of going with us to Capsule Corporation?"
"No thank you." Replied the kid, whose first name was Kyle.
"OK then! Did anyone learn anything from this assembly?" No hands went up. "Anyone? Come on, it's not that hard!"
Still no hands. Gohan thought as hard as he could to find something educational about an guy who thought way too much of himself, telling stories that were only half true. There was no possible answer to this!
"Come, on, it's simple! It taught us that taking up a life of crime, the stronger man is always on the good side! The crooks never win! Don't you see what the point of this assembly was?"
Kyle couldn't help himself. "I still don't see how you got that out of the assembly."
"Last warning Mr. Johnson!" Some of the people around him snickered. Anyway, we have something we wanted to tell you. We want to add something to the program, so for extra credit, you can write up a two-page typed up report on each day's event! I don't expect many of those, because it is optional and most of you are way too lazy for that. So anyway, we are adding a mandatory section to the project!"
Everyone booed. This week was supposed to be for fun! It wasn't really fun, but anyway...
Mr. Leer didn't want to listen to boos. "And, just to be teachers, we decided to add some homework to School Spirit Week! The project is for you to pick your favorite activity and write a five-page essay. If you pick the trip to, say Capsule Corporation, you could use your mandatory essay for that part of your extra credit projects."
"I knew that some type of project would be made from Spirit Week." Whispered Sharpner.
Everyone in the row nodded.
"Again with that row always conferring! Please..."
BRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever heard the phrase, 'Saved by the bell'?