WOW! Its the weekend! This week was so fun! I finally found a game I was looking for, I finished my homework, and I caught a cold! *sniffle* whoo!! *cough* lol anyway, since i can't go anywhere for a while i started to work on my story again! so here it is!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! No.... scratch that. I own a computer, a car, and a fishtank! but none of that is in this story! ^__^
Without further adieu... chapter 7
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Dende's skills as earths guardian were not instinctual.
He had to practice healing on wounded animals and plants, and telekinesis with both Mr. Popo and Piccolo, but memory erasing was much harder to perfect without a thinking being.
How do you know what to erase what you don't have?
Dende smiled widely when his friend flew up to visit him with his favorite practice dummy balanced on his shoulder.
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You see, Mr. Toriyama used to be a researcher at Capsule Corporation. One day he stumbled across the private memory files of Bulma Briefs herself. Out of curiosity, he read everything there was and then confronted Bulma about it. Unfortunately for him, Vegeta walked in around the time he started to accuse her of being married to an alien monkey man.
Vegeta calmly punched Mr. Toriyama in the neck, knocking him out. Bulma stopped Vegeta from blasting the 'impudent, ignorant, interfering weakling' and had called Gohan to come collect Mr. Toriyama and keep him under surveillance until they could come up with a good solution. In the end Gohan had agreed but ended up with Toriyama for 3 days because a normal human hit by someone of Vegetas' strength knocked the poor guy out for 3 days.
That day Gohan had been in the middle of training and meditation with Piccolo. ChiChi was at home trying to explain some math homework to Goten ,who was only daydreaming about pie. Chi Chi didn't want some strange man interfering with her little Gotens' studies, so Gohan had been forced to take Mr. Toriyama with him to Piccolos' waterfall.
Piccolo, having slightly more patience than Vegeta, tolerated Gohan bringing an unconscious stranger to his favorite meditation spot and helped the young saiyan look for a way to get Toriyama out of their lives without killing him.
The second day Gohan received a message from Dende to bring Toriyama to him because he had heard piccolos grumblings when he returned to the lookout the previous day.
Dende had reached the point in his training where he could practice mental techniques like materializing objects, telekinesis, and long distance telepathy. Those techniques were fairly strait forward to learn with the ever vigilant Piccolo as your teacher and the age old Mr. Popo as a guide.
Even so, neither Piccolo nor Mr. Popo were willing to let their young friend try to erase and then restore their minds. Because of that minor set back, Dendes progress had screeched to a sudden halt. Mr. Toriyama presented a guilt free way of practicing for the young god and a solution to the problem of an uninitiated human knowing all of the Z-gangs secrets.
Under the watchful of eyes of Piccolo, Mr. Popo and Gohan, Dende performed his first mind alter exercise. Unfortunately, Dende got distracted by a butterfly landing on his green nose and ended up erasing the past 2 weeks instead of the required 3 days form the still unconsious Toriyama. Piccolo checked Mr. Toriyama for damage, permanently erased the vital information like names and faces, and declared him fit to go but warned Gohan that Mr. Toriyama would regain his memory in fragments.
Mr. Popo was patting the back of the embarrassed demi-god who was blushing a deep purple assuring him that they would have more practice in the future. Gohan suppressed a chuckle at Dendes unusual coloring and hurriedly thank him for trying. Eager to be free of his babysitting, Gohan delivered Toriyama to Bulma, who checked Toriyama into a small on the outskirts of the city.
4 days later, Toriyama returned to work happy but seemingly confused when people asked him where he disappeared to. Since then, his memory had started to come back in little bits. So far he had no clue of the identities of the aliens, androids, and green people. Periodic visits to the lookout prevented anything vitally important from escaping.
It had fallen to Gohan to retreive Toriyama whenever Piccolo sensed the barriors around his memory crumbling.
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Gohan landed lightly on the white tile of the lookout and handed Mr. Toriyama to Mr. Popo who smiled lightly at Gohan
"Thank you Gohan. Its nice to see the both of you again" Mr. Popo said in the steady cadence that only he seemed able to produce.
Mr. Popo got a steady grip on his patient and walked towards the only structure, a well kept Arabian style palace, to settle him into a room. Dende smiled at the black skinned man then turned to Gohan who had his hand behind his helmeted head. Gohan let out a sigh and rubbed his neck to try and rub out the knot that his tightened muscles had formed.
Dende touched Gohans arm, "You seem unusually stressed today Gohan." he said concerned.
Gohan looked down at his shorter friend, "You have no idea what high school is like Dende. Be thankful you don't have to go." he said dropping his head with another long suffering sigh.
Dende ,alarmed at Gohans unusual behavior, asked fearfully "Are the studies that hard, Gohan? I thought you were already past a high school education."
Gohans head popped back up and he grinned, shaking his head. "It's not the work, it's the people there."
Dende looked confused, "The people are difficult?"
"No, they're confusing! They just dont make sense!" He responded in distress.
Gohan started to pace back and forth in agitation, "Some people are constantly angry, some are only angry to certain people, others are eternally happy, and others try to get everyone to date them. I'm so confused at school and now were going on a trip to Capsule Corp and everyone's going to know that I know Bulma!" He vented.
Mr. Popo returned in time to hear Gohans frustrated ranting and said in his monotone voice, "Gohan, Don't worry so much. I'm sure plenty of people know Bulma."
Gohan glanced at Mr. Popo " Everyone knows who she is! They just don't know that she knows me personally! Bulma is the richest person on earth! She's the president of Capsule Corp.! If my classmates found out about me knowing Bulma, they'd… gah! I don't know what they'd do to tell the truth!" he said miserably.
Dende chuckled at Mr. Popo's logic, while turning to Gohan. "By the way Gohan, what kind of school has capes on their uniforms? Not to mention the helmet. Isn't it hard to read with that on?"
Gohan looked down at himself. "Oh right! Sorry guys. This is my superhero disguise, so I can fight crime undercover." He pushed the button on his watch and his normal clothes returned in a flash of light.
Dende's eyes widened in excitement, the technology on earth always amazed him. "Wow! That is so cool!" Dende exclaimed.
Gohan smiled and then remembered that while he was chatting with God, his classmates were evacuating the school from a bomb threat. He pushed the button again and ran to the edge of the lookout, "Oh! Sorry guys. I just remembered somewhere I've got to go! I'll come back later to get him, okay? Bye Dende, Mr. Popo!" he shouted while blasting off.
"Bye Gohan!" They called after him.
Gohan freefell a bit then pointed himself towards Satan City and flew as fast as he could in his base form.
I need to find the principal and make sure the school is empty… he thought.
Flying closer to the school he could already sense Videls agitated ki.
Oh man she's gonna be mad at me for days… He thought as he landed quietly on the opposite side of the school and cautiously snuck closer to the mass of bored teenagers on the field.
Spotting Sharpner and Erasa, he walked as calmly as he could towards them.
"I wonder what has Videl looking so angry…" Erasa wondered aloud.
Sharpner stood with both of his hands interlocked behind his neck, showing of his muscular arms, "That Saiyaman guy must have stolen her thunder again" He said knowingly.
Gohan stopped silently behind them then said "Hey Guys!"
Startled, they both jumped and Erasa gripped Sharpners arm in terror.
"Hey nerd boy, don't scare me like that! Where've you been? You never came back." Sharpner looked down at Erasa who was smiling at him, then avoided her eyes by looking around. "The new kids were worried you'd hurt yourself." He added quickly.
Erasa latched onto his arm, "AWW! Sharpner you big softie! You were worried about him! How sweet! Your so silly!" she asked turning to Gohan, " Anyway, Where were you? They already took role!"
Gohan backed away nervously, "Well I was trying to make sure that everyone got evacuated, then I doubled back to make sure, so…. I got back late! Heh.. Heh…heh…" He lied while trying to keep an innocent smile on his face.
"yeah! that's what happened! So, did one on you guys grab my stuff?" he asked trying to change the subject.
Sharpner huffed at him, "Yeah, one of the new girls grabbed your nerd supplies, but they ran off to look for you a while ago." he said with his eyes scanning the crowd again.
"Thanks Sharpner! You guys stay here. I'm gonna go find them and tell the teachers I'm here! I'll be back later! " He said as he located the principals quivering ki.
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Meanwhile, Videlwas still having an aggravating day. First her dad wakes her upearly so he can ask her opinion on a new pose name, then school (going is enough to make anyone angry), then Gohan gets even more complicated, the transfer students yell at her for asking a few simple questions, the city gets attacked, Saiyaman shows her up again, and now the schools going blow up.
There's always a silver lining.
She had just returned to the school after Saiyaman flew away with her criminal for the day. The principal was just filling her in.
"You see, I did a headcount, and excluding you, everyone is accounted for except … Gohan!!" he suddenly yelped with wide eyes.
"I'm right here! ….Sorry about …that." Gohan pretended to pant.
"Where were you my boy?" the Mr. Shortbottom asked.
Gohan made a show of catching his breath, " I was… just making sure… everybody got out. Nobody in the Bathroom or anything!" he said timidly.
Videl had a near perfect ' Vegeta glare' aimed right at Gohans head, "Gohan! You know there is a bomb! You could've been blown to bits! I know your smarter than that!" She hissed under her breath, so as to not reveal the secret to the rest of the unaware students.
Mr. Shortbottom backed away from the enraged girl. "Gee. Sorry Videl. I figured I'd make sure, seeing as how you were out fighting crime. You would've done the same thing." Gohan said as an explanation.
Videl stopped in her tracks, her eyes open wide. Gohan figured he should escape while she was stunned. " Umm… yeah.. I'm gonna go find Lime and the others now…" He said before turning tail and escaping into the bustling crowd.
Videl mindlessly watched his retreat and was about to chase after him when Mr. Shortbottom place a timid hand on her shoulder.
"Miss Satan, I need you to notify the police that the school is evacuated and they can send in a bomb squad. I will dismiss school early today so after you tell them your free to go."
Videl took one last glance at the spot where Gohan disappeared and nodded her head. " Sure. I'll call it in."
How is it that Gohan knew what I'd do even thought he's only known me for two weeks...
She used her watch to contact the chief while the teachers and principal arranged for transportation and the announcement was prepared. The crowd meandered around restless to know why they were forced to be standing for so long.
Pigero stood with his group and the rest of the class near the back of the crowd. "Man these kids have no idea how lucky they are…"he said seriously.
Rom and Chico nodded and continued to scan the crowd for Gohan. "Hey Lime… Do you think Gohan is around here?" Rom asked distractedly.
"I'm right here guys!" Gohan said as he snuck up behind them.
Lime quickly jumped up in surprised and hugged him in relief. "Gohan!" she yelled happily.
"I know a bomb can't hurt you but please don't make me spontaneously combust because I'm worried!" She whispered in his ear.
"Sorry for worrying you guys. I was saving Videl some extra work and lost track of time." Gohan said while prying Lime off himself looking thoroughly embarrassed.
Pigero smiled "Heck of a time to lose track of time." he commented.
Gohan smiled back. "Oh well at least we get out early!" he said cheerfully, fully ready to be back at home where he didn't have to hide anything.
The three gave him confused looks and then jumped again when the principal hooked up a microphone that gave a horrible screech when he plugged it into the makeshift podium. Gohan held his sensitive ears in pain just as Mr. Shortbottom began.
"Ahem! We have been informed of a gas leak in the school, the proper authorities have already been informed. Unfortunately for you, the entire school shall have to be dismissed for the remainder of the repairs."
The still clueless students cheered at the unexpected early dismissal and chattered happily amongst themselves as the buses where assembled and were given directions.
"Yes, Yes. I know your all terribly disappointed to be missing out on your education. Regardless, the buses will be leaving shortly so gather your belongings and board your bus. Those with their own transportation are welcome to decapsulise their vehicles on the far end of the field." he said gesturing to the appropriate places.
"Also those selected for the SA program will need to meet tomorrow morning at normal hours in this field. The rest of you should expect to be here by noon. Have a nice evening." Mr. Shortbottom turned off the mike then climbed down the makeshift podium.
The students happily followed their instructions and the field soon became uncluttered.
"AWW!!" Chico whined "I wanted to explore a real school!" She crossed her arms disappointed and Rom hugged her around her shoulders.
Pigero smiled at Chico's pouting face and grabbed Gohans' bag from her.
"Here ya go pal." He said handing the heavy bag over.
Gohan casually slung the backpack over his shoulder. "Thanks. If I lost this my mom would've killed me."
Pigero looked at Gohan curiously, wondering if he was getting old for not being able to lift the bag as easily as the skinny looking boy.
" Hey, do you want a lift? You don't live that far from us. I'd be no trouble at all." Pigero asked.
Gohan was tempted but the early dismissal was sure to be on the news and if his mom thought he was roaming the town she'd have a fit and a swinging frying pan ready for gohans' return.
"Thanks Pigero but I've got to make a few stops before I go home. I'll find you guys tomorrow morning before we set out. See ya!" Gohan said while running out towards the front of the school.
Pigero shrugged his shoulders."Ok then. Bye Gohan!" They others waved after him, then they headed off towards the open spot where they could decapsulize their jet.
Gohan turned and ran out into the street so he could find a deserted alley he could take off without being seen.
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How was that? I had to throw in Toriyama for fun. Just a crazy idea I had. Anywhoo, I wrote out the next bit already.
*DBZ announcer voice imitation* Chi Chi wants to know why gohan is skipping school! The first day of the field trip and the bus ride there! and someone learns some of gohans' mysterious past! Tune in next time to POOR SAP GOHAN!!
^__^ lmao. lots a fun to write. please review!!
and a question for everybody...
I have never written out fight scenes before. Would you guys prefer not to have fight scenes, or try your luck with my dim knowledge of fighting skillz? either will work. but i need feed back or i won't bother putting effort into writing them in the first place. please put your answers into your reviews!
XOXOXO Keri-chan ^_^
