Gohan, Shampoo's Childhood Friend
By:CrazyJoeKungFu
Chapter 1: Vegeta and Old Friends
Seven Years After Gohan Defeated Cell
Two fighters stood in front of each other in the middle of an area with sparse vegetation and many rocky formations. One of the fighters was a young sixteen year old, brimming with confidence one would expect from someone who trained in the martial arts all their life. The other was a much older man, who seemed indifferent, but in truth loved the challenge that the boy gave him on a semi-regular basis.
"Shall we begin, Vegeta?" the spiky black haired boy amazon in the blue gi said to the man in the blue spandex. The elder saiyan smirked as him and his half saiyan counterpart went into their fighting stances.
"Did you even have to ask." the man with the hairdoo resembling a black fire told his training partner before they flew toward each other at supersonic speed. The two fighters punched and kicked each other with superhuman hand and foot speed. Sonic booms echoed through the landscape as they broke away and collided again and again. One break had the boy catch Vegeta with a good right hook to the face, only for another one to catch Vegeta hitting his young opponent in the gut. Both continued at their furious pace, hitting each other good at certain points of the match and destroying the landscape with various unnamed ki blasts. The saiyans broke apart after an hour of intense sparring, not even out of breath. They both however did have various cuts and bruises to show for their work.
"Gohan, I say this is a nice little warmup...now how about we get serious!" Vegeta said before his golden aura sprang to life, along with the blond hair and the turquoise eyes of a super saiyan. The boy who killed Cell agreed and his aura flared to life along with the same body changes. Before they could go at each other however, two little children flew over to them. The purple-haired boy with the gray-blue gi stood beside the much older man. His friend with the wild black hair, red gi and on the flying nimbus went over to the young teenager.
"Dad, Gohan's needed at home, they have a couple of visitors. Mom's over there to and she really wants you to come over," the boy groaned in boredom toward Vegeta. The full-blooded saiyan turned his attention to his son with a tinge of annoyance. Apparently, Vegeta did not like having his bout with the only interesting sparring partner on Earth interrupted.
"Trunks, what reason did your mother give for harrassing me!" he all but shouted at his son. The eight-year old boy floated up to his father and whispered a few things into his ear. The father silently cursed the fact that he had married a certain blue-haired genius by the name of Bulma.
Meanwhile Trunks's friend hopped off of nimbus and tugged on Gohan's leg. The teenager smiled and looked downwards to the young seven year old.
"Big Brother, Mom wants you to come home! You'll never guess who's there!" chirped the clearly excited child.
"Tell me who, Goten," Gohan said, who couldn't help but smile at his energetic younger brother.
"It's Elder Cologne and Big Sister Shampoo!" the boy replied loudly, which was good news for Gohan. Vegeta wasn't happy that those two were there, and really did not like talking to the amazon queen.
Gohan was amused by the prince's slight reaction to the news. He gave a little smirk to the older man. You see Cologne taught the young teenage boy a certain technique and said move was used on Vegeta. That maneuver completely baffled and embarrassed him so much that to even mention it's name would enrage the saiyan prince to no end.
"Vegeta, I guess we will have to continue this another day," Gohan told the man before powering down to normal. Vegeta calmed down and followed suit, seeing that it was fruitless for him not to go there with Gohan. Afterall no gravity room and no food tends to make Bulma's husband a very grumpy man indeed.
"You damn right we will. Piccolo and I didn't train with your ass after Kakarot died for you to get soft afterall," Vegeta replied to the boy.
"And we're both stronger than we were back then because of it," Gohan pointed out before silently thanking Vegeta and Piccolo for keeping his skills from regressing. The foursome then took off for the Son family home.
At the house...
Three women were in the living room, while one was cooking dinner in the kitchen. The three women stared up at the ceiling, waiting for the little group to come. After a short while the one with short blue hair, brown shirt and jeans let out an angry groan.
"You seem to be an impatient one dear, i'm sure they are on their way back," Cologne told the forty-something year old in a patient voice.
"I know, but its just like Vegeta to take his own sweet time! To annoy me if nothing else," frowned the blue-haired genius in annoyance. The businesswoman looked over at Cologne's sixteen-year old great grandaughter in the blue and white chinese style outfit.
"So Shampoo, you seem to be a very pretty young lady. You got a boyfriend?" Bulma asked the young amazon teenager. The girl had a big, beaming smile on her face at the mention of a significant other.
"Shampoo sure do Miss Bulma, his name Ranma," blurted the little amazon in her somewhat broken speech, causing a slightly shocked look on the blue haired genius, "why so shocked."
"Nothing, it's just that Gohan told me you were chasing after a girl of the same name," Bulma replied, "I know that Ranma is not a name usually given to a girl."
"Actually.."was all that the warrior could get out before the woman came in from the kitchen. The lady, with her hair tied in a bun and in her black and brown chinese style outfit, tapped her fellow tribeswoman on the shoulder.
"Shampoo, would you help me in the kitchen dear?" asked the forty year old amazon.
"Sure Big Sister Chichi!" Shampoo replied and the two women went into the kitchen, which left the Amazon Queen and the CEO of Capsule Corp alone.
"I can explain the whole thing..." Cologne began before telling her of the situation. She told the blue haired woman everything from Ranma and Shampoo's respective Jusenkyo curses, to the fact that they have three other 'fiancees' to contend with for the boy's affection. Bulma only had one reply.
"One thing about you Cologne...no one can ever accuse you of being dull."
About an hour later...
Four males approach the small, off-white dome house and touch down onto the front yard. Gohan walked forward and knocked on the door. After an audible cue from his mother, the four saiyans went inside and an enticing aroma caught their nose. This particular race of alien love one thing almost as much as fighting, at times even above their love of combat.
This thing was food. Saiyans love to eat, and at times could put even the most glutinous of competitive eaters to shame. One thing however snapped the half alien teenager out of his thoughts of eating the delicious dinner that his mother made. A certain purple-haired beauty ran straight to her friend, a friend that she felt forever etched himself in amazon history seven years ago. She wrapped her arms around the boy's neck like she hadn't seem him in years.
"Gohan! It been too long since Shampoo see you!" the girl exclaimed to the young man. The half-saiyan couldn't believe how happy she was, and on the inside was in a bit of shock. As long as he could remember she just greeted him with a smile and didn't treat him how she treated their other mutual friend, Mousse. The boy overcame said feeling however within seconds as the girl broke her embrace.
"Well, I guess it's been oh...about five or six months since I visited the village.." Gohan said while scratching the back of his head. It was then he noticed something else odd about his friend.
"I see you took my suggestion to learn Japanese," the boy pointed out.
Flashback, somewhere in China
Shampoo was looking over the horizon off of a ship dock, seething with anger on the inside. Her target, a young japanese teenage girl who had beaten her in a jousting match, had escaped to her country of origin. She felt that it wasn't for her lack of trying, as she did find the girl and her panda companion on many occasions, but somehow they always got away. She felt as though fate was mocking her as she could not go back to the village in disgrace.
Gohan was flying in the sky and happened to see Shampoo walking back and forth. Upon this sight he descended down near her location and thought he would say hi to her. When he got close he just happened to see that Shampoo didn't seem in good spirits.
(Fāshēng shénme shìle shān pú) "What's the matter Shan Pu?" Gohan asked the girl, which snapped her out of her train of thought. She did the best she could to put a smile, but it was a poor cover for her current mood and the boy could tell.
(Wǒ huílái dàdà rǔmòle jǐ gè yuè de hé)"I was greatly dishonored a couple of months back and... " she replied before spilling out what happened to her at Joketsuzoku. She told Gohan the whole story from how a girl and her panda ate their first prize banquet, to her quick defeat by the same girl.
(Wǒ gěi nàgè nǚhái sǐwáng de qīnwěn.)"I gave that girl the kiss of death.." Shampoo told her friend, which shocked the young saiyan greatly. True, he knew that it was Amazon Tribal Law, but that didn't mean he necessarily approved of the deed that his friend had to do. He was torn on what to do next. On one hand there was the fact that the japanese girl probably knew nothing about Amazon Tribal Law at the time, and on the other the girl did steal the food among other factors. This wasn't the black and white situation like he had been used to in his fights in the past.
(Wǒ kàn dào... Wǒ zhīdào, tā bù huì zǔzhǐ nǐ shì yī jiàn hǎoshì, yīnwèi tā jìnyībù xiūrù nǐ, )"I see...I know that it would not be a good thing to stop you, as it further would dishonor you," Gohan said with a frown before he noticed something over Shampoo's shoulder. The boy then pulled out some yuan and put it in the girl's hand.
(Zhè shì shénme) What's this for.." Shampoo replied with a genuine look of surprise. Gohan looked her straight in the eye,pointed to the bookstore, and had one thing to say.
("Zhè jiāng shì wǒ wéiyī de yuánzhù zài nǐ de nǔlì, rúguǒ nǐ qù rìběn... Zhè shì nǐ zuì hǎo de xuéxí yǔyán.)"This will be my only aid in your endeavor. If you are going to Japan...it's best you learn the language."
End Flashback
Gohan was about to say something when four clearly audible growls came from the males stomachs. The teen and his little brother laughed sheepishly as the four of them were clearly hungry.
The group of eight sat down to what could be described as a feast. Many bowels of ramen, rice, and steamed vegetables were on the table, followed by seafood, chicken, and pork. The women had gotten their helpings first, mainly because Chichi held a certain cast iron pan over her shoulder, ready to use on the super strong boys at a moments notice.
"Now you can dig in boys," Chichi said with all seriousness as the four men went into their somewhat controlled feeding frenzy. As dish after dish began piling up, Chichi leaned over to Cologne.
"Thanks for helping me provide this feast," she whispered to the queen.
"It's alright, I've seen their appetites and it's my duty as an amazon," Cologne whispered back, "and besides he'll probably be doing us a big favor in training the new son-in-law."
The boys finished the feast in record time, three of them patting their stomachs and one looking indifferent. Then again, Vegeta wasn't one to show much emotion anyway.
'No matter how many times Shampoo see it, Shampoo never get used to it,' she thought as Gohan and Chichi cleared the table of dishes to wash.
"Goten can help me wash these, won't you Goten!" Chichi told her two children. Just as the youngest one was about to protest, Chichi glared at him. Goten readily complied, knowing it was best not to infuriate his mother.
"Gohan, we have something to discuss," Cologne told the teen and with that the two older saiyans and the two amazons went into the living room.
In the living room
The old woman stood in front of the other three as she took a drag off of her pipe. The woman was deep in thought, thinking if she should ask herself or have her great grandaughter ask Gohan to teach the young woman and the cursed boy the power of flight. A certain clearing of the throat however, from a certain Prince of all Saiyans, snapped the two and a half foot tall woman out of her train of thought.
"Why did you teach Gohan the Hiryu Shoten Ha?!" the prince sternly asked the old woman.
"Quite an odd time to ask that question, don't you think Vegeta?" Cologne answered back, not appreciating what she felt was rudeness from the relatively much younger man,"but I will answer you." The old woman composed herself, ready to explain.
"One reason I taught him the attack, along with other attacks, is simple...I wanted someway to reward him for killing Cell and saving this world," she told him, not conveying her annoyance. Vegeta began to walk away, when she pointed her staff at him.
"I'm not finished!" she shouted at the prince causing him to turn toward the woman suddenly and shock to the two teenagers,"the other was because you weren't giving Gohan the time to grieve for the loss of his father and hounding him for a fight!" Vegeta, upon hearing that, really started to dislike what he saw was an old ghoul on a stick.
"Just be glad I don't blow up your village, you old crone," Vegeta simply replied with disdain as he walked out of the front door. He knew that if he stayed he would've done something stupid in which he would have an angry Super Saiyan 2 Gohan to deal with and he wasn't interested in a one way trip to Other World.
"Why is Mr. Vegetable Man always so rude?" Shampoo asked to no one in particular.
"He probably has Napolean Complex, anyway what did you have to ask me Great Elder?" Gohan questioned to get the conversation back on topic. Cologne took another puff on her pipe and hopped onto the top part of her staff, and held onto the fat part so she could look him in the eye.
"Your mother told me that you want to go to high school. Since you tend to have your nose in the books when you're not sparring with Piccolo or dealing with that boorish Vegeta I believe you will do well. I have an arrangement which might benefit us both." Cologne said," I will let Shampoo tell you the rest."Gohan turned his attention to Shampoo, who had a pair of what most people would call puppy dog eyes looking straight at the him.
"Please teach Airen and me how to fly?" Shampoo pleaded to the young man, which Gohan's face immediately brightened. He was proud that she had found a husband, though not yet knowing the details of said arrangement.
"What's the lucky guys name?" Gohan asked the girl.
"His name Ranma!' she exclaimed, causing the boy to freeze for a second.
"Wait...you mean you and the...girl you were chasing are...are...are married!" Gohan replied, total confusion apparent on his face. Shampoo walked up to Gohan and went straight up to his face.
"SHAMPOO NO PERVERT GIRL!" she shouted at the half saiyan, feeling that she had to defend herself. Afterall, Ranma was a man with a curse, not that Gohan knew that little detail. Her shouting caused the entire group, minus Vegeta who really didn't give two cents if the amazon was a lesbian or not, to enter the living room. Bulma and Chichi chuckled at the whole thing, seeing Shampoo seething and the teenage boy totally puzzled.
"Gohan, Ranma is a boy under a Jusenkyo Curse. Shampoo has one of those also," Bulma said, which immediately put Gohan's mind back into order.
"Ah, so because of his curse...he becomes a girl when hit with cold water. I should've known, sorry Shampoo," the half saiyan told his friend.
"Is ok Gohan, just never call me pervert girl again," Shampoo replied, who was proud straight woman thank you very much.
After that little situation was diffused, Gohan had an idea. Since he had heard that Shampoo had a Jusenkyo curse herself, and he knew that it could be one of over a hundred of them he decided to run up to his room, causing confusion among the group. A few moments later he came with a suit of what was known as Saiyan Armor. It looked like spandex, and a flexible white and yellow breastplate, which could be considered bulletproof.
"Here change into this, if you don't mind demonstrating how a Jusenkyo curse works," Gohan told the amazon,"it can shrink or expand to any size since it's Bulma's newest model."
Shampoo looked at the armor before shrugging her shoulders and going to the bathroom. A few minutes later she came into the living room, the armor hugging her warrior's figure. If there were a pervert in the room, he would look at this like a wolf would his next meal. Luckily though Gohan had much better manners and Goten was too young to be curious about girls.
"Armor comfortable Gohan," she smiled at her friend and checking herself from head to toe. Chichi then went back and filled a glass full of water. Moments later she dumped the water onto her 'little sister' and she immediately shrank. Then she quickly formed into a small white cat, with purple ears paws, and little gold bells hanging from her long fur on the sides of her face. The cat's armor also shrank.
"Hmm...very well I will help with training Ranma. I take it he goes to high school and I will attend," Gohan said as though it was a foregone conclusion. Cologne nodded, while Chichi put on a small kettle of hot water. After it got sufficiently hot she poured a small amount on the cat, causing her to turn back to normal. The Saiyan Armor expanded, which avoided a potentially embarrassing situation of a nude Shampoo and all the craziness that would probably happen.
One little boy however, was not happy that Shampoo went back to normal. He crossed his arms and pouted like the baby of the family would often do when they didn't get their way.
"I wanted to keep the kitty," Goten pouted, which caused the entire group to laugh.
And so Gohan had agreed to train Ranma for the Amazon Queen.
A/n : I know that he didn't train in the original DBZ, but Mr. Toriyama's original intent was to have Gohan be the hero after Cell. One more thing I tried to have Vegeta help Gohan train, while trying to keep him in character as much as possible. Please read and review