AN: I know I said it would be some time before I updated again, but I decided to give you all some more of the story. After reading it, I thought that it wasn't really much to judge it on. Thank you for your reviews.
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"Your eyes… They are so beautiful. I have never seen eyes as teal as yours." Gohan grinned, putting his hand behind his head in the Son manner, "Thanks… SAY WHAT!?"
Gohan swiftly moved his head to look at the window to see his reflection. He could clearly see his blonde hair and teal eyes. 'I…cannot…believe…this! I forgot to revert out of a Super Saiyan! I can't just change now…it would cause a lot of attention. But it is going to be difficult to suppress my strength. Wha…what should I do?'
Erasa leaned back in surprise. "Gohan are you alright? Gohan? Go…han? Hello-o?" Erasa waved her arm back in fourth in front of Gohan in an attempt to snap him out of it. She quickly turned to Sharpener, "What's up with him?" Sharpener just shrugged his shoulders, "He probably doesn't know how to deal with a girl. You heard the teacher. Nerd-boy was homeschooled until now and he got perfects on the entry exams." "I doubt that Sharpener. He was fine when we started talking. Was it something I said?" She looked back at Gohan. He still seemed out of it, so she decided to poke him in the face in hopes of awaking him.
'Mom will KILL me if she finds out! I think I should go to Bulma's right after school. Maybe she will have an idea. I have to be extremely careful until then, or I might end up hurting someone.' He was brought back to the classroom by a poking sensation on the side of his face. He spun around to find that it was Erasa, "Yes?" he questioned. "What happened? You freaked out and were out of it for a few minutes. Are you okay?" Erasa stated while looking at him with concern. He put his hand behind his head again, "Yeah, I'm fine. I…ugh…remember something I was supposed to do before I got here, but I can do that after school," Gohan replied as he let out a small laugh. "Sure Nerd-boy, that's it," Sharpener replied. Gohan spun around to find who said that. "That's Sharpener. Please pay no attention to him," Erasa said while glaring at Sharpener, "You should be more respectful to him Sharpener!" Sharpener put his hands up in defense, "Calm down it was just a joke."
The sound of an opening door caused the three to turn their attention towards the front of the classroom. A blue-eyed girl with black hair pulled into pony-tails rushed into the room, "Sorry sir, there was a robbery I had to go to. I came as quickly as I could." The teacher stopped his lecture to face her. After listening to her, he nodded, "It is fine Videl. I know your community service comes before school. Please take your seat." She nodded back at him before heading towards the group.
The moment she sat down Erasa sang, "Videl! I was wondering when you would get here. So what happened?" Videl looked to her with a frown, "A robbery happened and let's leave it at that." Erasa could tell that Videl was angry. Whatever happened was really getting on her nerves. "Fine, but I want to know later. Whatever happened obviously has got you in a foul mood," Erasa said with more seriousness in her voice. Videl just huffed, "Who is he?" she asked while point at Gohan. "Oh! I almost forgot! His name is Gohan and he is new here. He was homeschooled before this," Erasa exclaimed as she wrapped her hand around his neck. "She is Videl Satan, as in the daughter of Hercules. She's famous!" she explained to Gohan. This made Videl huff even louder as she scowled at Erasa, "Do you have to tell everyone that!"
Upon hearing that man's name, Gohan clenched his fist in anger. 'Hercules. I can't stand him! I do not care that he took my credit. It's better this way, but I cannot stand having to listen to him insult us. I knew he would say the energy waves and flying were fake, because if he didn't people would start to question him. He doesn't have to be waving it around so much though. And calling my father a coward! HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US! Cowards don't do that!' Gohan's energy was spiking as he fought for control. 'Calm down Gohan, everything will be alright. I don't normally lose it that bad… It has to be due to the fact I'm Super Saiyan right now. Dad did explain that Saiyan emotions become stronger while ascended. It was one reason we stayed Super before the Cell Games.'
Gohan had managed to come to terms with the fact of his father's death. He felt guilty for a while, but everyone came to comfort him. They explained he was just an eleven year old boy. He should not have had to fight. Everyone boy that age has problems with control over his anger. He didn't understand why his father chose to stay with King Kai. He said it was because all the villains were after him. Gohan couldn't argue though, since the world had seen seven years of peace since then. And it was true; Raditz, Frieza, the Androids, and Cell all came after him. He took his job of filling his dad's role as protector seriously. He continued to train with Vegeta and Piccolo. Sometimes he even trained with his mother and brother. He still can't believe she trains with them now, since she was always against it. She was a fighter by blood thought, so maybe she couldn't take being on the sidelines anymore.
His anger did not go unnoticed by the group beside him. "Nerd-boy, you have a problem with the World Savior?" Sharpener suggested with irritation in his voice; after all, the man saved them all. And he was a student of the man so he should be offended. Erasa looked at Gohan confused as did Videl. 'Interesting, he doesn't seem to like my father. In fact, I would say he has something against him. His eyes…his hair…he looks familiar…but why?' Videl wondered as she stared at Gohan, calculated him. She was trying to see who he was. She knows everyone else in this school. She made sure of it. She knew their history and learned their personalities. She found this necessary. Being her father's daughter, she wanted to be able to read people. She wanted to be able to know who acted nice to her because of him or because they really wanted to be friends. She wanted to trust. Now she has her mind set on figuring out this new boy.
Gohan took a second to relax before answering, "No, why would I?" Sharpener eyed him suspiciously, "You seemed tense when Erasa mentioned his name. Your hands clenched up and you gritted your teeth. Seems like you were angry." "Yeah, so why did you do that then?" Videl entered the conversation, now glaring at Gohan. 'Oh man! What do I say? Come on Gohan…you got to think.' "No, no. I wasn't doing that because of him. I am a little sore from my little brother jumping on me. I just hit the spot and that's why I got so tense. It hurt more than I expected it to hahaha." Gohan lied with a very strained laugh. "Works for me, sorry nerd-boy," Sharpener replied. "Oh you poor thing! Does it need ice? Do you want to go to the nurse's office?" Erasa blabbed. "No, that won't be necessary. Thank you for your concern," Gohan answered feeling bad about having to lie to them. 'I don't buy it. He is lying. I don't know how those two bought it because he is obviously nervous and a terrible liar. He is hiding something and I need to know what it is.' Videl smirked at the thought of a challenge.
Gohan had become very irritated as the day went on. He had broken his lead like hundred times now, completely destroyed four pencils, and shredded around twenty pieces of paper. 'I can't stand this! Even while I'm suppressing my energy to the best of my abilities, it is still not enough. How am I going to go through the school year like this! Sure I'm just taking notes on things I alright know right now, but later I will have to do test.'
Videl has been eying Gohan most of the day. He was having horrible luck with his utensils. Everything seems to keep break on him; weird. She had cooled down since the robbery this morning. He seems focused on the lectures they have had. She has not found anything else out yet. She still couldn't understand why he looked so familiar. She would definitely search up this Gohan Son after school. The bell rang signaling lunch time. The students hurry out of their classrooms and into the cafeteria.
Gohan found a nice patch of grass to sit on. He reached for the food capsule Bulma gave him. She claimed to have found a way to compact a Saiyan size meal into a normal size meal, that way he would not seem odd for eating a king sized feast and not starve for eating a human size meal. He pressed the button and the food popped out in front of him. He looked at it in horror. 'This is a meal? This is like my appetizer before I have a snack! I hope Bulma is right about this or I just might die before the end of school day.' He went to take a bite, praying that Bulma was successful. He did it slower and calmer than usual to obey his mother's order. After swallowing the bite, he was delighted. He wasn't sure if it will fill him, but it definitely was much more filling than usual. Gohan was quite satisfied after his meal. Bulma proved her genius and his stomach was happy. A happy stomach equals a happy Saiyan. 'Hmm. It is still lunch time. I think I will meditate to past the time. It's been a rough day and maybe it will even help me control my power.' Gohan drifted off into a deep meditation.
"Finally it is lunch time! Classes are sooo boring! How are you doing Vi?" Erasa said as she sat at their table. "I'm fine," Videl replied. "Are you sure? You were pretty angry this morning. Why was that?" Erasa said while staring Videl down. Videl knew she wasn't getting out of this, "When I got to the scene, the cops were taking in the criminals. I asked them what happened and they said they didn't know." "What do you mean?" Erasa responded. "They said one moment the robbers when shooting and the next they were out cold," Videl explained. "Really how's that possible?" Erasa said as she raised her eyebrow. "That's it! They claimed to have seen a golden light while it happened and nothing more. I do not get it! It had to have been some kind of trick!" Videl said as she slammed her fist into the table. "That sounds like a trick to me, but wouldn't that mean that the robbers were part of it. Why would they be though? Going to jail doesn't seem like a good idea to me just to perform a trick," Sharpener joined the conversation. "That is exactly what I was thinking! I just do not understand it. Maybe they are going to try to break out with another trick. It's the only thing that comes to mind. I plan on investigating it and finding out exactly what happened," Videl answered fuming.
Erasa decided to change the subject in hopes of calming Videl back down, "Hey! Where's Gohan? We should invite him to our table. He probably doesn't have anyone else to talk to." "Why? We barely know him," Videl stated. "Give the nerd-boy some room. I bet he wants his space. Besides when a nerd disappears you don't question it; just enjoy it. You got a thing for him Erasa?" Sharpener added. "What's wrong with you two? He is new here. It must be nerve-racking to go to a new school senior year where everyone already knows each other and you know no one. Can't you two try to be friendly!" Erasa scowled her friends. Videl just rolled her eyes, "Fine. If you find him, you can invite him to sit here." "Whatever," Sharpener said. "Good! I will be back once I find him," Erasa cheered as she went in search for the boy.
Gohan was snapped out of his meditation as he became aware of someone approaching him. He figured he knew who it was but sensed the ki to confirm that it was Erasa. He opened his eyes and spoke, "Hey Erasa. Do you need something?" He got up and turned to face her. "Well I wanted to invite you to sit with us," Erasa gestured to the table with Videl and Sharpener, "How did you know it was me?" Gohan smiled, "Sure I will join you, thank you. I could hear footsteps and figured it was you, since no one else has gone out of their way to say hi to me." "Oh, makes sense. Come on then!" Erasa squealed as she grabbed his arm and hurried him to the table. He followed so she wouldn't fall trying to move him.
"So tell us a little about yourself. Who do you live with? Where do you live?" Erasa asked once they were back at the table. 'Maybe this is good after all. I might learn something about him thanks to Erasa' Videl thought. "Well, I live with my family in the 439 district," Gohan replied without thinking about the distance. "WHAT!?" the three other teens exclaimed in unison. "Yeah. Why, something wrong?" Gohan asked in confusion. "That's so far away! It must take you forever to get here!" Erasa commented. 'Oops! I didn't even think of that. Man! How will I explain this?' "It's not all that far away. It takes some time but it really isn't that bad," Gohan tried to reassure.
This just caused Videl to give him her death glare. 'Not that far away! Ha! I flown out that way once and it took a few hours. That's with one of the fastest vehicles out there. I need to follow him to his house. Let's see if he's telling the truth.'
Gohan gave everyone a smile and rubbed his neck when he noticed her glare. 'Is she glaring at me? Does she think that's intimidating? Vegeta's glare makes hers look like puppy eyes! I don't think she bought it…GREAT! Note to self: what out for her.' The bell rang and the students walked dead to their next classes. Gohan walked alone to his next class. He was thankful that none of them were in this class. He doesn't mind them; in fact, he enjoys their company. They are nice to him. He just needs some time to think about his situation.
Videl strolled to her next class annoyed. 'What is with that boy? He says he lives in the mountains, he has something against my father, and he was unaffected by my glare. NO ONE is unaffected by my glare! I stopped criminals before with just by glaring at them! It didn't seem to bother him in the slightest! I just don't get him…he's so…mysterious. This may prove to be a harder challenge than I first thought. It doesn't matter though; I will figure you out, Gohan Son.'
I know I still haven't gotten through a full day of school yet and it really isn't too much to go off up yet, but it's more than just the first chapter. Do not expect every update to be this fast. I do plan on waiting a bit after each chapter and I get busy sometimes.
I tried to format it in a way easy to read and I hope it is working. If not or you have another problem with the story, please feel free to tell me. Tell me the good, the bad, and the eh. It will all help me develop my writing style.
Merry Christmas to you all. Happy Holidays for those whose celebrate something else. And Happy Day for those who do not celebrate anything. I don't want to leave anyone out!
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