Hey everybody! I got inspired because of a really nice review! So here is the next chapter! ^__^
Shout out to Taz Powers and his awesomly funny story! You guys should check it out! "The price of a life" is another gohan in highschool fic... with a twist! lmao!
Also, "Bedtime Stories" is hilarious. Vegeta comforting his scared son... what could go wrong?
Disclaimer: Oh why must I put this on every chapter?! Its so depressing! I dont own Gohan or Chichi or Goten or Vegeta or Hercule or Goku or Oolong or Puar! or even Piccolo!? I own NOBODY!?!? why cruel world?! .... lol sorry... ^_~
Without further adieu.... Chapter 9!!
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Morning came too early for our teenage hero. After a huge breakfast, that Chichi hoped would tide over her son until his real lunch, Gohan blasted off to school. Landing in an alley near the school, He jogged at a human pace towards the school. Circling around towards the field behind the school he examined the outside of the school.
The bomb technicians must have made it on time. He thought with a happy smile.
As he was lost in thought, he wasn't expecting to be enveloped in a hug from Chico from behind, followed by a the laughing figures of Lime, Pigero, and Rom.
"Hiya Gohan! I had no idea public schools in the city were so fun! Does this kind of thing happen a lot?" Chico chattered still hugging Gohan around the waist.
Gohan blushed and sweat dropped, "Well, uh… Not that often or on that big a scale but still way too often for me!" He replied a little embarrassed.
They slowly made their way over to the field that had a few early risers already waiting. They had another 30 minutes to wait before actually leaving the school grounds. Pigero sat himself next to a tree and started to nap. Rom finally got Chico detached from Gohan and sat down a little ways away from their sleeping guardian to chat. Gohan stretched a little in appreciation of his freedom before his arm was grabbed and Lime dragged him behind another tree farther away from the clearing.
"You have some explaining to do." Lime said, placing her hands on her hips, "Why do you let that girl yell at you like that and where did you really go after the announcement?"
Gohan stared at her for a second. With her hands on her hips, she looked eerily like his mother yelling at him the day before. He swallowed nervously then scanned the area to make sure that no one was eavesdropping on them.
Once he was assured of their privacy he turned a serious look on lime, "Ok. You know I'm strong and I can fly. You even know I was at the cell games. Everyone here doesn't have a clue about any of that. For all they know I am just a county bumpkin with way to much study time under my belt. That girl is Hercule Satans' daughter." he said meaningfully, cautiously looking around again. "Videl fights crime in the city alongside the police, I sometimes go out to help her out. She doesn't know its me but she's already suspicious of me at school because I fly to school everyday and she can't figure out how I'm doing it." He explained.
Lime looked at Gohan. "But … You defeated him , right? Why did you let her dad take your credit?"
"Lime, If people knew I defeated cell, I would be hounded by the press. My family would be badgered and harassed and my little brother wouldn't get the chance to be a normal kid!" He said urgently.
"Well, as normal as he can be…" Gohan said as an after thought.
Lime was shocked, If Gohan had taken credit for it, all his secrets would be revealed and he would be an outcast.
She gathered her wits, "One more thing Gohan, Just how do you plan on keeping your secret on a 3 month long trip? You still fight don't you?" She asked curiously.
Gohan stretch his senses and felt 4 small ki pulling closer, "I still train, but I can't tell you everything now. Someone's coming. I promise to explain more later. Once Bulma gets us settled at C.C. I'll find you ok? Before Lime had a chance to ask how Gohan knew someone was coming, Chico and Rom walked around the tree.
"There you are! The teacher is about to take role! Come on!" Chico exclaimed while pulling Lime along.
The girls walked off and Rom patted Gohan on the back. "C'mon man. We have a lot of catching up to do. He said with a happy smile.
On their way to the swarm of excited students, the group walked right past Erasa and Videl. The blond chatterbox paused to look at her glaring companion. Her bright blue eyes narrowed while her lips curled up in a smile. Videl's eyebrows lowered over her dark blue eyes as the four teenagers emerged from the edge of the trees.
What were all of them doing back there? That loudmouth Lime was back there with Gohan for a while… She thought angrily.
Erasa leaned closer to Videl, "You really like him, don't you?" She said knowingly.
Videls' face turned bright red and her previously lowered eyebrows shot up in surprise, "W-what on earth are you talking about? Like who?" She asked incredulously.
Erasa giggled at Videls' face, it wasn't often that she could make her this nervous.
"You like Gohan! You really do!!" She squealed bouncing around happily.
Videl quickly clamped her hand over Erasa's mouth. "Erasa! I do not! Be quiet! How could you even think that?!" She whispered quickly.
Erasa, happy to prove her point, peeled Videls' hand off her face " You are always staring at him in class, you bully him, you always ask him questions, and you keep glaring at the new girl who he knows!" she declared "It's Perfect~! Your brawn and his brains!" She spouted happily.
She continued to chatter happily, the other students backing away from the extremely happy blond. Videl tuned her out, thinking over her explanation.
I like Gohan? I'm not staring at him I'm just keeping an eye on him! And I ask him questions all the time because he never answers me the first time! He always manages to dodge the question. And I'm glaring at that Lime girl for yelling at me for no reason! She thought angrily.
Sharpner walked up to Erasa and Videl. Erasa was still happily chattering about the lovebirds and Videl was blushing madly glaring at everyone around her.
Sharpner, as only Sharpner could, decided to cheer 'his' girl up, "Hey Sweetheart, why the long face? You nervous about the trip? Don't worry I'll be right here next to you the whole time."
Videl, as only Videl could, snapped out of her thoughts and elbowed Sharpner in the gut. Sharpner bent over at the waist, winded but not hurt, Erasa patting his back with a huge smile plastered to her face. Videl glared down at Sharpner "I'm not your sweetheart." she said before vanishing into the crowd.
Erasa laughed a little at Videls' hasty retreat knowing that her recent taunting had unnerved the celebrity crime fighter.
"Man what's her problem? Sharpner asked with a faint wheeze, standing strait and placing his arms behind his head to show off his arms.
Erasa beamed up at him, "Videl just realized that she has a crush on --"
She started to say before being interrupted by the teachers hand sized foghorn. The sudden loud noise caused a stop in all conversation and a ringing sensation in a certain halflings ears.
Gohan clamped his hands to his ears and the teacher began his announcement, "The buses have arrived. Please make sure you have all off you belongings and begin boarding the buses in an orderly fashion! We are due at Capsule Corporation in 1 hour!"
The class cheered and for once followed their instructions without any fussing. Lime lead the still stunned saiyan to the front of the line.
Man I hate foghorns…Gohan thought with a cringe as he sat down in the near the back of the bus next to Lime.
Pigero took the furthest seat in the back which just happened to be a seat instead of a bench, and Rom and Chico took the seat in front of Gohan and Lime. The rest of the students boarded happily, Sharpner, Erasa and Videl being the last, so that Videl wouldn't have to sit anywhere next to Gohan or his friends. The teacher took role one final time before the buses started and finally left.
Pigero stretched out in his chair, "Finally! I've been waiting weeks for this!"
The teacher once again glared back at the informal Pigero with a glare. Some of the kids grinned at the laid back attitude and cheered in agreement. Soon the students turned back to their conversations. Once the chatter started up, Rom turned to Gohan, who was looking nervous and bored at the same time.
" So Gohan, are you still sword fighting through the world these days?" He asked jokingly.
Chico and Lime turned to listen and Pigero propped his head on the lumpy bus seat. Gohan looked at each of them and assumed his son grin position. "Not so much anymore, but I keep in shape."
Lime snickered and Pigero snorted. "At least your not chopping up cars anymore." He said sarcastically.
Lime quirked an eyebrow at Gohan, who was blushing pink. "You chopped up cars in your free time?"
Chico cracked up laughing, "No, No! Hehehe! You remember, we told you about the old building where we met Gohan right?"
Lime nodded.
"Well when those orphanage guys came back to take us away, they handcuffed Pigero to one of their guys so he couldn't escape and Gohan ran at the guy with his sword drawn yelling his head off." She said.
Pigero smiled, "Yeah, the dudes eyes popped out of his head, he was so scared. Gohan cut right through the handcuffs and the side of the van we were standing next to as well!" Lime looked at the now red Gohan.
"Well I guess you were smaller then…" She said with a smirk.
Gohan grew even more red and Rom tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"Um. Are we missing some inside joke or something?" He asked.
Lime looked at Gohan for permission. Gohan just sighed and nodded his head, the color draining from his face.
I guess I'll have to start somewhere… He thought nervously.
Lime gestured for them to group together, "You know those old ruins near my house? That shelter against Cell? Well Gohan was the one who blow it up!" she said happily.
Chico, Rom, and Pigero looked at Gohan who grinned sheepishly at them. "You blew up a shelter?" Pigero asked faintly.
Gohan looked around nervously, " Well…yeah. The guy was swindling the townspeople and he threatened to kill Limes grandpa. I couldn't just stand around and let that happen!" He explained in a low voice.
The bus hit a small bump in the road and bounced a bit.
Rom's shocked face slowly morphed into one of admiration. "How did you hide the bombs?" He asked eagerly.
Gohan palmed his head in his hand, "I didn't use bombs to blow it up."
Chico, who knew Gohan would never harm someone who didn't deserve it, joined in the interrogation. "Well, how did you do it then? We promise not to tell! Please tell us!" She pleaded with a smile.
Gohan looked around at each of them, Lime smiled, Pigero smirked and nodded, Rom held a hand up like he was swearing an oath, and Chico grinned happily.
Gohan, reassured that his friends wouldn't tell, confessed.
"I've been training in martial arts since I was 5. I learned a technique that I used to blow up the shelter." he said.
All their eyebrows shot up. Rom looked really impressed, Chico was in awe, and Pigero smiled like he knew it all along.
"So you disappeared yesterday because…" Pigero asked.
Lime answered for Gohan, "He went to help that Videl girl with everything. But can we talk later? Look we're here!"
She pointed out the window to the huge capsule corporation dome in the green lawn. The class started to cheer loudly. They finally made it to Capsule Corp.! A whole month in the richest people in the worlds house!
As they pulled to a stop, Gohan and Videl had the same thought. Aw man here we go…
The excited class piled out of the bus and gathered on the perfectly green lawn.
The class stood around, stretching and smoothing out their clothes. All of a sudden an animal made a yelping noise. A large animal. The class looked around in terror for the source of the noise. Someone pointed to the front doors on capsule corp. A large purple blur was straining to make its way to the doors. Each of its footsteps caused a small tremor. The class backed away nervously.
I guess I should move over… Gohan sighed, "Lime, will you hold this for me? Thanks"
He said handing his backpack over to Lime. "Ok. Gohan… hey what are you doing?" She called to Gohan who was running over to a clear patch to the left of the students.
Nobody will think I'm just a country nerd after this… he thought with a grimace.
Videl looked over to her left to see Gohan brace himself as if for an impact.
What is he doing? she thought in confusion.
The large sliding glass doors in the front slid open to reveal a large purple dinosaur with two large horns atop its head was trying to squirm its way outside. The class screamed in terror and Videl realized with a jolt that Gohan was separated from the main group.
An easy target for a hungry dinosaur.
Gohan flung out his arms, when the dinosaur cracked the doors in its struggles.
"Oh no…" She muttered. "GOHAN! Get back with the group! Don't scatter!" Her yell alerted the rest of the class to Gohans' behavior and many of them shifted their glances nervously between the class nerd and the yelping dinosaur.
"Its ok, Videl! I know him!" Gohan shouted back.
The dinosaur let out a large yelp when he heard Gohans voice. Wriggling fiercely, the big reptile popped free of the entrance and charged Gohan while unfurling its large purple wings. The wind generated form its large wings knocked over most of the screaming class. Gohan remained braced for impact in front of the charging beast.
Videl ran forward to try and save him.
The mighty purple dinosaur smashed into Gohan, grasping him in its front claws, and took off into the air. The class looked up and saw an arm and a leg dangling from the flying animals' large front claws. The dinosaur stuck its head down to its claws and proceded to taste its victim. The class screamed in fear,
"Gohan's dead!"
"Its gonna eat him!"
"Someone call the police!"
"AHH!! I had a dream like this!!"
Through all the chaos and yelling, Videl felt fear rise up inside her.
What an idiot! He sacrificed himself to save the class!
"GOHAN!! DON'T DIE!" she yelled up a the yellow underside of the gliding dinosaur.
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Next Time on POOR SAP GOHAN!
Gohan's been captured by a rampaging purple dinosaur! Will he be eaten? Will he escape? Will he get lunch? And where the heck are bulma and vegeta? All this and more on the next exciting chapter of POOR SAP GOHAN!!
