Author's Note: The location of the camp is made up and is probably wrong in some way so please ignore that. Thank you.
This chapter is a little on the short side. Sorry about it, the next ones will get longer I promise.
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Chapter 2 – 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Erasa didn't bother to hide her yawn as she rubbed her eyes and complained about the insanely early hour they were meeting. Erasa, Videl and Sharpener were among the other students who were waiting for the last 5 people to turn up to take the roll, go over the rules and leave on the bus. They were sitting on the school oval. Gohan was (surprise surprise) one of the few that were slightly late.
Just then, a shadow fell over Videl who was sitting on the grass and she looked up to see Gohan smiling sheepishly. He was wearing what looked like a training gi that was dark blue and long sleeved. With a white singlet on underneath, red shoes and a red belt, Gohan looked ready for a hike in the woods, while Erasa, in her skinny jeans and tank top and flats looked like she was going to be uncomfortable soon, and in pain soon after.
"Sorry I'm late. My little brother didn't want to let me leave." he explained, plopping down next to them. Gohan grinned a little in memory of Goten clinging to Gohan's back in a death grip that made Chi-Chi have to bribe the little boy with no food if he didn't let go. That caused the young child to let go and run back to his mother. As Gohan had taken off, Goten had been clinging to his mother's leg, trying to hide his tears at Gohan going away for two weeks.
"That's OK Nerd-Boy. You're not the last one here. And you're only a couple of minutes late." Sharpener commented, just as the announcement from the teacher in charge came across the yard.
"Attention. Could all students gather around to listen to last minute instructions."
Gohan, Videl, Erasa and Sharpener walked together over to the bus where their teacher, Mr. Essen was standing. "OK, listen up." he started. "We're going to get on the bus, drive for a couple of hours to the edge of the mountain range before hiking for two to three hours to a clearing which we will set up camp and stay there for 4 days. Then we will hike for a day to a clearing and spend a night there, before being taken by a jet to random spots where groups of four will be dropped off and you will have to survive for a week in the wilderness by yourselves, in your groups. You will be given a map and compass, and if you ever get lost there will be a transmitter beacon you can turn on that will broadcast your location so we can find you. We will meet back where the jet originally picked you up and walk back to the first campsite. Spending the final night there to recover a bit before walking back to the bus and driving home. Any questions?"
No student put their hand up, it was pretty straight forward.
"OK, good. Now line up. Those of you with bags and luggage, there are several spare capsules for you to use in case you didn't have enough. As you enter the bus, double check you have everything you need and tell your name to Mrs. Channing and then sit on the bus and wait patiently." Mr. Essen informed the teenagers.
After 20 minutes, (because they were teenagers, it seemed people had lost their clothes, didn't give their name to Mrs. Channing or had gone missing for 5 minutes before mysteriously returning.) Mr. Essen was explaining that both him and Mrs. Channing had had survival training and both new first aid. No one was actually paying attention though.
10 more minutes and the bus lurched forward before continuing a lot smoother on its journey. The long 5 hour or so bus ride had begun.
Gohan, being the smart young boy he was knew that Videl was going to question him the whole way to the camp if possible, so as an excuse not to make up lies, Gohan immediately rested his head against the glass window next to him and pretended to fall asleep.
The four of them (Videl, Sharpener, Erasa and Gohan) had sat across the back of the bus on the four seater bench. In order from left to right (when looking at them from the front of the bus) was Gohan, Videl, Erasa and Sharpener.
Videl held back a growl of annoyance when she turned to ask Gohan a question to find him asleep. Erasa, almost sensing her annoyance said in a hushed voice, "Calm down Videl, he had to get up five hours ago to get here in time. Let the boy sleep."
Videl immediately berated herself for not thinking of that. To get to school at 7 am with the rest of them, he would've had to leave his house at 2 in the morning, if not early just in case. She had gotten up at 6 to have a quick jog and light punching session before showering, eating and racing to school in her jet. She muttered a sorry to him, even though he was asleep and didn't hear what she had said.
5 hours later, Gohan woke up and stretched. Giving a big yawn (faking it because he hadn't really fallen asleep) "Are we there yet?" Gohan asked, rubbing his eyes. He had been listening to the trio's conversation for the whole trip, finding it more interesting then meditating. Erasa had roped Videl into a conversation about clothes and shoes before Videl and Sharpener had gotten into a debate over martial arts and boxing. There were many other random conversations, like when Sharpener had seen a cow and cried, 'Look it's a moo! I mean, a cow!" everyone had laughed out loud and even Gohan had found it funny.
"We're have about 30 minutes left of the ride." Videl informed him. "Lucky you, I don't see how you slept through all this noise." she scowled. 2 hours into the trip she had tried to sleep on Erasa's shoulder, failing as the bus full of teenagers had grown and someone had started group sing-a-longs. At the moment, the whole bus (minus Videl, Sharpener, Erasa and Gohan (and the teachers)) was singing '99 bottles of bear on the wall'. "I am ready to kill whoever invented this song. It's the third time they've been through it all and gotten to zero." Videl muttered.
Gohan hid a laugh and shrugged in response to Videl's comment. "I guess when you are tired enough, you can sleep through anything."
"I suppose so." Videl echoed.
"Look Videl!" Erasa squealed. "I can see the forest!" the girl squealed again, pointing through the front window to where the whole bus was now looking. There about 20 minutes away was their destination.
To Be Continued