CHAPTER 2: HIGH SCHOOL?!

It had been three years since Gohan and Chi Chi had moved to Capsule Corp. and a new addition to the family had been born, whose name was Goten. The three year old Goten and the four year old Trunks were always together, in fact they were almost inseparable and often the tow of them got into trouble by either pulling pranks such as putting dye into Vegeta's and Gohan's shampoo or by some other means.

Chi Chi and Bulma were often found having tea together and talking about old adventure with Goku, shopping, parental advice, husband problems and other things. Bulma had even become somewhat of a decent cook though nowhere near Chi Chi's caliber; who often cooked most of the food alongside Mrs. Briefs and Bulma on some occasions.

Vegeta hadn't complained much either; the fact that Bulma could easily take away his food and Gravity Room helped a great deal in that area. Though despite Bulma's threats and his constant bickering Vegeta was fairly content with this new setup. The part he was most satisfied with was the fact that he could spar with Gohan; his new rival who not only surpassed him but Goku as well. This didn't discourage the prince at all however, in fact it did quite the opposite; it drove him to train even harder than before constantly challenging Gohan to spars to determined things such as who was doing chores for the day or who had to go to the mall with the two women. As one might think Gohan would win all of these but he didn't, there were always special rules such as using extremely high gravity or no transforming to name a few. Sometimes they would often combine several of the rules to challenge themselves.

Now Gohan had changed quite a bit in the three he had been at Capsule Corp. His attitude towards himself improved as he was more confidant in himself thanks to Goku contacting him through King Kai every so often and even teaching him Instant Transmission though his dreams. However sparring with and being around Vegeta in general had made him act a bit arrogant at times though no where near the level the Prince of all Saiyans would display and not enough to cause issues with Chi Chi. He had grown a bit taller and was now just as tall as Vegeta, if not a little bit more not counting his hair. The boy had also decided that he should at the very least try and understand his Saiyan heritage more, as it was apart of who he was and in doing so, he slowly developed a mentor student style relationship with Vegeta and though his pride wouldn't let him show it Vegeta had become somewhat fond of Gohan, though it wasn't quite near the level Piccolo and Gohan were.

Throughout his spars with Vegeta had often pointed out how his father's friends had become too complacent during these times of peace and how if a new threat like Cell were to arise they would need to be ready and that they had given up fighting altogether, with the exception of Piccolo and Tien. Gohan had taken these words into consideration when he had joined middle school two years ago and found two abnormally strong boys who weren't very good at in martial arts until Gohan had trained them, though how they had gotten so strong prior to him meeting them he still didn't know despite how close they had grown over the two year span.

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Gohan and Vegeta were fighting fast and hard under seven hundred times Earth's gravity in their base forms moving at just above human level speeds. Both of them were struggling under the immense pressure as it grew by five with each passing minute and the first one to transform or unable to continue would have to the chores around the house for the week. Gohan definitely didn't want to do them and neither did Vegeta but so far they were even in every way.

Gohan threw a Ki blast at Vegeta who deflected, falling right into Gohan's trap. The fourteen year old boy took this chance and launched a powerful punch into the prince's stomach causing him to double over in pain only to take a knee to the face seconds later making him stand upright again but unexpectedly managed to catch a roundhouse kick that was aimed for his side. Gohan tried to bring his other leg up to kick Vegeta in the face only for it to be caught as well. The man grinned as blood trickled down the side of his mouth, as he brought Gohan back down onto his knee causing the boy gasp for air as spit flew into the air but Vegeta wasn't done yet. He began to spin while still holding the boy, building momentum before flinging him across the room towards the wall and chased after him. Gohan however managed to stabilize himself, flipping backwards until his feet met with the wall, causing a small dent. He pushed off with as much force as he possibly could, denting the wall even further, pulling his arm back with a yell and was about to punch a shocked Vegeta in square between the eyes until the intercom came on.

"Gohan, your friends are here to see you." Bulma's voice called over the loudspeaker.

Vegeta was visibly sweating, out of nervousness or from exhaustion the boy wasn't sure though he was sure it was due to his fist being mere centimeters away from Vegeta's face. Gohan let out a low tired sigh as he withdrew his punch and headed out of the Gravity Room, returning the gravity to normal, leaving a motionless and tired Vegeta staring at where the boy's fist had been seconds ago.

Gohan walked over to the sink and grabbed a towel and briefly examined himself in the mirror, he was wearing nothing except for a towel rolled up around his neck and black spandex training shorts. His muscles were more developed than most kids his age, his facial features were more mature as well and his eyes expressing all his hardship he had gone through and everything in between. He walked over to a small pad in the wall that had a speaker in it. His body would make most guys envious and jealous and the girls to go wild.

"Hey Bulma tell them I'll be right out. I need to shower first." Gohan said over the two way intercom.

"Alright, I'll tell them." She responded over the intercom.

With that Gohan went over to the bathroom and took a quick shower to wash away the blood and sweat from his tired body and got dressed in his usual attire that consisted of a blue tank-top with an orange stripe down the back, blue jeans and white sneakers. He made his way down the long hallways towards the kitchen where he sensed his two best friends were gathered. There was a tall one who was at least a good three feet taller than Gohan, he wore a baggy white t-shirt hiding most of his toned body and pale completion with cargo jeans, a black belt and white tennis shoes and shoulder length jet black hair and cloudy emerald eyes. The other was just barley shorter than Gohan and he was wearing his usual skin tight white tank-top, a silver locket around his neck, baggy grey cargo shorts that were held up tight with a black leather belt and black combat boots. His hair was flame red and like a flame it was short and messy going every direction, with dark brown eyes and had a somewhat tanned completion.

"And here I thought we were concealing our power levels enough. Oh well your mom just finished up lunch and Hachi and me were going to try and get some before you got out of the shower." Said the shortest of the pair nudging the addressed Hachi with his elbow.

"I know, and he's 'just in time'." Hachi said quietly in a slightly deep voice and smiled while glancing at the shorter kid.

"Hey! Enough with that pun already, will ya?" The shorter man said raising a fist at Hachi.

"Cool it Justin. He was just having some fun, besides you know it's rare for Hachi to speak at all, he is the silent type after all. And you can't blame him your full name is a pun in general, Justin Tym." Gohan said with a grin leaning his shoulder against the door frame with his arms crossed. Justin let out a growl, while Hachi snickered.

"Hey at least my first name doesn't mean 'bee'." Justin said still scowling. Hachi just looked at him.

"And?" Hachi asked looking at raising an eye brow.

"Well uh, you know, uh, just never mind." Justin crossing his arms looking away from Hachi.

"Brat you get the chores today." Vegeta said entering the room then raised an eyebrow then walked over to the food and began to inhale it.

Gohan still in the doorway looked dumbstruck. "What? What do you mean I have the chores today?" He exclaimed standing up and uncrossing his arms.

"You left during our match and as such is considered forfeit therefore you lost." Vegeta said in between bites of food. "Also you might want to get some food before I eat it all." He added.

Gohan wasted no time and sat at the table and began to inhale it just as fast as Vegeta. After he was done, Gohan's face went back its serious scowl that he was trying to adopt, as suggested by the elder Saiyan to mask his emotions, and looked at his two friends, "So what up?" he asked.

"Well Hachi and I decided we wanted to go to the same high school you were planning on going to, but we didn't know what one you were planning on going to." Justin said looking at Gohan expectantly. They weren't bothered by Gohan's and Vegeta's eating habits since they had been hanging out with Gohan for the last two years and also knew of their past in almost full detail.

"Well I was thinking Orange Star since they have a lot of martial arts classes available to the students and knowing that, there has to be at least some good fighters that can join us." Gohan said placing a hand on his chin. "Of course that doesn't mean they would be any good at it." He added.

Justin and Hachi looked at each other. "We really didn't know how to fight until you trained us to."

"Orange Star requires an admittance test and last time I checked Justin you were terrible at tests in middle school." Hachi said looking at Justin who was glaring back.

"That was until Gohan began to help me study. Now I do a lot better." He said crossing his arms and nodding with pride.

"Easy there you two, I can help both of you pass the exam." Gohan said rubbing the bridge of his nose causing the two friends to nod happily. "However I think we should try our best to get different classes than each other so we can comb through the school for possible recruits easier."

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Two weeks later, school was beginning at Orange Star High School. Gohan and his friends had all passed the entrance exam and were now making their way to their first day of school the fastest way they knew; flying.

"So how did you guys on the test?" Gohan asked turning his body to look at his friends.

"We passed that's what matters." Justin said glancing at Gohan.

"He barely got an eighty percent I got a ninety two percent." Hachi said watching as Orange Star City now called Satan City came into view.

*Seems they renamed Orange Star City to Satan City, I wonder why.* Gohan thought to himself landing near the sign with his friends following. *Why name a city after that dolt, it's not like he's anything special. Sure he claimed to be the one who killed Cell but this is too much. It's making me sick.* Gohan growled then took off back to the school. He had grown to hate the one who called himself Hercule Satan due to his constant bashing of the Z fighters and his fathers noble sacrifice on national television.

"That guy has some nerve doesn't he." Justin said with disgust in his voice. "Takes your credit for killing Cell then gets a city named after him." Hachi nodded in agreement with a slight scowl on his face.

They were half way to the school when the three of them heard gunfire. They looked at each other, "I got this you two go and head on without me." Gohan ordered.

"Why do you get to have all the fun?" Justin pouted.

"Because I need to blow of some steam and this is just the thing to do it." Gohan said staring at the bank that they heard the gunfire come from.

"You heard him." Justin said nudging Hachi and they flew off towards the school.

Back at the bank the police cars were lined up in a protective barricade to prevent the thugs from escaping and for cover from the shootout taking place. Gohan dropped down who was now in his Super Saiyan state. "Seems we've got a hero here!" Yelled one of the thugs.

"Pump him full of lead!" another shouted. All the thugs in the bank began to fire at Gohan until their guns were clicking which told them they were out of ammo. Gohan, who had caught every bullet, let them fall to the ground then vanished from sight causing the crooks to look around as fear started to grip them. When he reappeared every single thug was down and out as Gohan dragged them out of the bank and dropped their limp unconscious bodies near the cops' barricade. "There I did your job for you and did my good dead for the day." Gohan said with a scowl and placed two fingers on his forehead and reappeared on the roof of the school where his friends had just arrived. They walked inside and Gohan put on his high school badge that he had removed prior to his little escapade at the Satan City Bank.

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"Did that really just happen?" asked one of the officers.

"I saw but I still don't believe it." Said another.

The police officers were so stunned they failed to notice a yellow jet copter land and a young girl with a white baggy shirt black bicker shorts and gloves, combat boots and pigtails marching towards them. "What happened here?" She ordered knocking the police chief out of his stupor.

"Oh hey Videl we didn't even see you show up. We were so shocked that a boy with golden hair dressed in a blue tank-top with and blue jeans showed up and knocked out all the men down in mere seconds and then he flew off. You should have seen it, it was amazing." He answered in awe as if he was re-watching the whole thing inside his head.

Videl growled. *So this random new super hero thinks he can do my job for me, huh? Well he's got another thing coming.* she thought to herself as she got back into her chopper and flew off towards Orange Star High.

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"Ok so let's meet on the roof for lunch so we can talk about possible candidates we find." Gohan said as they left the office with their schedules. "Even though I could easily do this myself, consider this training in sensing Ki." Gohan said looking at his friends. "I know you guys are good at it but I have to see if you can handle a large group of people such as this and determine each individual Ki signature, so until lunch." Gohan said with a smile and a wave the two friends nodded in response and they headed to their respective classes.

Gohan made his way down the hall and reached his designated classroom. He took in a deep breath with a grin and knocked. An elder man came to the door, his hair was greying, and he was wearing a pair of glasses and a semi-formal suit. "May I help you?" he asked.

Gohan nodded and said, "I am a new student here, Gohan Son."

The teachers eyes almost lit up, "Ah the boy who had the perfect test score. Please give me one moment." He said as he walked back to his podium. "Class, if I may have your attention for a few moments, I would like to introduce a new student to our class. He received perfect test scores on his entrance exam; a few of you could learn a thing or two from him." He stated and motioned for Gohan to enter. Before he could enter Videl came barging in.

"Sorry I'm late Mr. Grey." She apologized.

"It's fine Videl. You can take your seat." Mr. Grey said motioning towards the desks. "Now as I said we have a new student who had a perfect test scores on his entrance exam." He said motioning for Gohan to enter. Gohan groaned at how the teacher he know knew as Mr. Grey, making him out to be some nerd, he would have to fix that.

Before he entered many of the people were whisper things such as 'nerd' and 'bookwork' these statements however were silenced as Gohan wearing his usual attire entered the room. Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their heads when they saw him, they had envisioned a wimpy looking kid wearing a white t shirt and slacks and glasses.

Gohan looked around the large class room sensing for the strongest Ki in the room there two that were slightly above average but not by much, though one was clearly stronger than the other and the stronger Ki belonged to that girl who had entered the room before him. Gohan crossed his arms. "My name is Gohan Son."

"Hey Videl he's a hottie and not only strong looking but smart too." Whispered the bubbly blonde next to Videl, she was wearing a strapless green shirt with skinny jeans and yellow tennis shoes and her hair came down the bottom of her ears.

"God Erasa, you think any guy with a little muscle is good looking." Videl said rolling her eyes at her friend.

"I wonder if he plans on joining any clubs?" another blonde thought aloud. He had long blonde hair that went down to his shoulders and was fairly muscular himself. He was wearing a dark purple tank-top and a pair of white baggy jeans that were held up by a brown belt and brown boots.

"Sharpner, if he joins your club you'd probably end up trying to fight and end up losing or him quitting." Videl said with a scowl. She then returned her attention to the new boy Gohan. She had to agree with Erasa, the guy was pretty decent looking though she mental slapped herself for thinking such things.

"You can call me Mr. Grey." He said holding out his hand to Gohan who looked at the extended hand before reluctantly shaking it and doing his best not to crush the mans fragile hand. Gohan began to look for a seat to take and saw two; however both were near a blond girl who had been staring at him the entire time along with most of the other girls. Gohan let out a low growl and walked towards the seat closest to the window and sat down.

Several minutes had passed before Erasa had decided to introduce herself and her two best friends to the slightly intimidating boy who was sitting beside them.

"Hi my name is Erasa!" she exclaimed holding out her hand. Gohan looked at her hand and grunted, crossed his arms.

"I already told you my name." Gohan said with annoyance as he leaned back in his chair.

Erasa was slightly taken aback at Gohan's not so friendly attitude. "Well this over here is Sharpner." She said pointing to the blonde next to her who nodded. "And you won't guess who this is." She said slightly excited.

"I bet." Gohan said dryly.

"Erasa, why do you always do this to me?" Videl complained.

Erasa didn't let Gohan or Videl get her down. "This is thee one and only Videl Satan."

Gohan's ears perked up at the name 'Satan'. "And?" Gohan asked.

"What do you mean 'and'? She's Hercule's daughter." Erasa said crossing her arms glaring at Gohan as if he were some idiot.

"Being the daughter of that dolt must be a burden." Gohan said closing his eyes.

The three kids were shocked at Gohan's words. "How can you say that about Hercule? He's the reason we are all still here. He's the one who beat Cell." Sharpner growled.

Gohan began to laugh quietly at Sharpner's statement. "You actually believe that bull?" Gohan asked after he finished his laughing. "Cell could have blown the Earth into space dust with a flick of his wrist. Hercule can break a few bricks with his full body's weight behind a punch. Besides, who in their logical mind would believe an out and out blatant lie like the one Hercule has been spewing for the past three years? I most certainly don't." Gohan said with a serious face glaring at the three friends. "The oaf will get what's coming to him soon enough." He finished just as. He got up and left the three dumbstruck teens staring at where he had been sitting.