Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the characters you recognize. Miss Whitehouse and anyone else you don't recognize belong to me. Feel free to borrow them as long as you ask first I won't mind.Author's note:
I am sorry I've took so long in updating this I have been overwhelmed with things to do and I kinda forgot about this. Anyway I hope your still reading this. Thanks for all the reviews last time and as I have probably said before I really don't know that much about the Cell games saga cause I have only seen bits and pieces so most of my info on this chapter comes from other fics I have read. So please forgive any mistakes. And don't forget to R & R*********************************************************************
Saiyans and High Schools.
Chapter 3: Hercule Satan Day.
'Beep, beep, beep, beep,' smash, 'beep, beep.' Gohan lazily opened his eyes and switched off his annoying saiyian proof alarm clock off. He then looked at the blue illuminated digits. '6:45' it read. Gohan started to drift back to sleep. 6:45, he thought shit I'm gonna be late . He jumped up out of bed and made his way to the bathroom to shower and get ready for school.
After he'd showered he raced into the kitchen to grab some breakfast. He ate has fast has he could, grabbed his capsulated lunch and school bag and raced out the door saying goodbye to his mom, Goten, Trunks, Bulma and Vegeta. He slammed the door shut and jetted off into the air determined not to be late for school.
At the Satan mansion, Videl was sitting in the kitchen eating her breakfast when her dad walked in.
"Morning sweet pea," he greeted her before grabbing some breakfast for himself. "ywou know," he said around a mouthful of toast, "I'm coming to your school today Videl to do a speech about how I beat Cell."
"Cool," she said; inwardly she thought Great another day of listening to dad's I'm the strongest person in the world speech. Can this day get any worse?
Oh yes. A lot, lot worse! Thought Dende up on the lookout, Just wait and see.
Videl finished her breakfast and rushed out the door to school. On the way she got a call on her communicator watch.
"Videl," said the voice on the other end of the line, "We need you. Satan city bank is being robbed again. They're armed and have got hostages."
"Ok Chief, I'm on my way," said Videl.
"Be careful Videl."
"Look it's the Goldfighter," said a voice in the background.
Videl raced to the bank and got there shortly after the Goldfighter had freed the hostages. He then went back in to disarm the robbers followed closely by Videl. The robbers are tied up and handed to the police then the Goldfighter flies off.
Videl looks at her watch and realizes she is late for school again.
Gohan arrives to his class 10 minutes late and slightly out of breath. "Sorry I'm late Miss," he apologized to Miss Quick, his teacher. He stumbled to his seat and then a few minutes later Videl stumbled into the class.
"Sorry I'm late Miss; bank robbery," she apologized walking up to her seat.
"No problem Videl, we know about your crime fighting which is more than I can say for some people," she said looking in Gohan's direction.
The class went as normal from then on until 10 minutes before the end of class when everyone was sent down to the auditorium.
Everyone sat on a seat chatting to their friends. Miss Whitehouse walked up to the microphone on the stage and called into it, "ok everybody quite."
The noise died down and everybody turned their attention to the stage. "Well as you all know today is Hercule Satan Day; the day we celebrate his victory over Cell."
Great, thought Gohan, She just had to remind me that today was the day my dad died because I got to cocky
"Anyway because this is the 7th anniversary of Cell's defeat, Mr Satan has come here today to talk to us about the events that happened on that memorable day."
"Yeeaaaahhh," everyone cheered except for Gohan and Videl who just groaned in annoyance.
Hercule stepped up to the microphone and bellowed out his thanks to the audience. He then told the tale about how he beat Cell including as much detail as possible. When he was finished the class was let out for lunch.
Gohan sat beneath the tree in which he sat under yesterday. Videl walked up and sat beside him surprised to see Gohan just picking at his food. "I'm not gonna make very good company today Videl." Gohan mumbled.
Videl noticing the sad tone in his voice asked him "what's wrong Gohan? Isn't today supposed to be a day to be happy?" not that I am.
"Not for me Videl, you see my farther died on this day 7 years ago. At the Cell games." Gohan replied a tear trickling down his cheek.
"I'm sorry. I had no idea," admitted Videl.
The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Gohan slowly gathered his things and trudged back to the auditorium.
Miss Whitehouse once again addressed the class. "Ok this afternoon we are going to watch some unseen footage of the Cell games obtained from the president of capsule corporation, Bulma Briefs."
Bulma what have you done? thought Gohan.
~ On the large screen now set up on the stage the tape had stared and had the words * 'The Cell Games,' by Bulma Briefs, Capsule Corp. dedicated to Son Goku.* on a black background ~
A tear slipped down Gohan cheek. "Dad," he whispered so quietly no one heard him.
~ Next to appear on the screen was the Z fighters standing on the rocks and Hercule flying into some rocks further away and Cell standing in the middle of the battleground with a big smirk on his face. Next up to fight was Goku. ~
Gohan stared at the screen transfixed with tears brimming his eyes threatening to fall. Videl looked towards him and her face fell at his sad expression.
~ The screen now showed where Gohan went up to fight. ~
Thank Dende the sound isn't too good otherwise they would know that's me up there.
~ The screen showed where Cell set his 'children' as he called them on the Z gang to make Gohan angry. ~
Gohan could no longer stop the tears from flowing down his cheeks. Maybe I shouldn't have come today, he thought, No I've got to be strong.
~ Ka………Me………Ha………Me………Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. A large blue energy was seen flying towards Cell. ~
Why didn't I just destroy him when I had the chance? Dad would've still been alive? Gohan sobbed quietly into his hands. When he looked up the tape had finished and people were shuffling around.
Videl put her arm around Gohan's broad shoulders while he cried. A few seconds later Hercule was standing behind the two holding a couple of pieces of paper. Gohan turned his head slightly to look at Hercule then went back to his original position.
"Are you alright?" asked Hercule not knowing what was going on.
"He's upset about his dad," Videl answered for Gohan, "He died during the Cell games."
By now everyone had left the auditorium and gone home to get the permission slips signed for the wilderness survival trip they had just been told about. Videl sat with the crying Gohan.
"It's all my fault. I should've killed him," Gohan kept saying in between sobs.
"What do you mean?" questioned Videl gently, "You should've killed who?"
"Cell, Cell," he said crying harder.
Just then Bulma and Vegeta walked in to gather the tape. Vegeta spotted Gohan and walked towards him. Bulma turned around realizing that Vegeta wasn't behind him anymore. When she spotted Gohan she ran towards him.
::: I shouldn't have lent them the tape. I should've known this would happen.::: Bulma said through her and Vegeta's bond.
She put her hand on Gohan's shoulder and said to him, "Gohan come on, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that, I didn't mean to upset you; I thought you would've stayed at home; come on, I'll take you home."
With that Vegeta picked him up and carried him outside to the hover car they came in. Videl followed him, worried about Gohan. Bulma reassured Videl that Gohan would be fine by tomorrow before she and Vegeta took Gohan home. Videl and Hercule also headed home, Videl wondering what Gohan could have meant.
At the Son's house, Chi-chi tucked her son, who had now calmed down a bit and fell asleep, into bed. Bulma explained over and over to Chi-chi how it had all happened.
::: Shut up already woman, it wasn't your fault. It wasn't anybodies fault. ::: Vegeta ordered.
::: You shut up and go train or something Vegeta. ::: she argued back.
At the Satan mansion Videl was lying on her bed in her room pondering over what happened that day. Down the stairs Hercule was training thinking along similar lines to his daughter. Who was that guy? Why was I so nice to him? Because he was crying. What was he on about 'he should've killed Cell? I killed Cell!……… alright I didn't. that kid with the gold hair and all them light tricks killed him. But that kid today couldn't have been the same kid. He had black hair and eyes for one thing. The people at the Cell games had blue eyes. So how did he know that stuff. Hercule thought while attacking a punching bag.
