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Chapter 10: The Black Bow Assassins

Lime smirked inwardly, the dumbstruck faces were hilarious. Deep down she was slightly upset that they made such a big deal out of it, but she had expected a far worse reaction.

Erasa was the first to approach her, "O my god, that must've been so hard to tell! Especially on your first day and all! You are so, so, so so , cool! She squeaked while hugging Lime shortly.

Lime smiled brightly hearing that. 'Wow, she reminds me of Goten.'

"T-t-t-thanks. It's really not a big deal, it's just a part of me. Gohan figured I should tell you all to avoid awkward moments."

Videl had followed her blond friend, to show her support as well. 'Typical Erasa, always cheering up everyone.' She suddenly remembered something. "Was that the reason you were so embarrassed when the paparazzi asked you if you were in the tournament to marry me?"

Lime's smile faded and her cheeks turned red. In a small voice she responded, "Yes, I was hoping you'd forgotten that. That was also the reason Sensei thought it was hilarious and didn't intervene. I came out to her the week before we went."

The irony wasn't lost on Videl, who chuckled. "Well, sorry for making your life harder."

Suddenly Gohan appeared behind Lime. "Told you they'd take it well. I've been here a while, you should trust your big brother." Lime turned to face Gohan and put her hands on her waist. "Monkey-boy don't think you're off the hook. You're still playing punching bag." Gohan only smirked before joining the rest of the guys on the other side of the gym.

Mr. Ruth cleared his throat. "Class, since I heard Miss Satan has joined our class again I thought it would be appropriate to do Martial Arts today. I heard through the grapevine that there's a new girl who also knows some Martial Arts, can you please raise your hand?"

Glancing to Lime, who had her hand in the air, "Oh, I expected a more muscular frame.. Are you sure you're a Martial Artist?" Lime nodded. Mr. Ruth scanned the class, "Hmmm, I want to know how good you are. No use pitting you against Videl, that'll be a slaughter..." Videl paled when she heard that, 'Yeah, I'll be the one that gets slaughtered. Thank Kami he didn't pick me.'

"Sir, if it's okay with you I would like to spar with Gohan. It's been a while and I want to test how much I've improved." Lime piped up, making the choice for Mr. Ruth easier.

"Very well, Gohan if you'd do the honors." Gohan bowed to Lime and stepped into the ring together with Lime.

Lime bowed, then fell into her Snake-style stance, while Gohan slipped into a stance she didn't immediately recognize. He held his left arm in front of him, bending it slightly while making a claw with his hand. His right hand slightly to the side and held at neck height, keeping it at the same angle, right hand formed a claw as well.

Lime raised an eyebrow. "Crane Style?" When Gohan nodded, she mumbled, "Figures. Never a dull moment."

Lime raced towards Gohan, her hand shot at Gohan's chest, but he easily blocked the hit. Having build up momentum, she continued her onslaught. Chest, arm, leg, no matter where she aimed they were all easily blocked or sidestepped. She felt her ki flicker erratically.

'It's only been a minute! Come on Lime, keep your act together and your temper in check.'

Lime exhaled, trying to calm her senses while Gohan waited for her next move, who nodded in approval.

Five seconds later Lime had calmed herself enough to focus on Gohan's form, instead of her emotions. 'Hmmm, he used this stance on purpose. But why? He always gives me a chance to win, we're equal in terms of power and speed. So how do I defeat the Crane style?'

Before she could start analyzing the style more, Gohan shot forward. Apparently he had waited long enough and started his offensive. Lime ducked below his fist, which scampered her left shoulder. Rolling away to avoid Gohan's follow-up attack. She heard some of the tiles crack under the force of his kick.

'Damn, his attacks are too powerful! But we're equal in strenght, how does he do that?' She felt a jolt of pain going through her shoulder as she tried to block another kick. Then, her eyes shot open in realization. She smiled, 'Of course! Crane focuses on destroying the opponent with powerful blows. Yes, I can work with this.'

Gohan tried punching her solar plexus, but instead of dodging or blocking the hit, Lime caught his fist with both hands. Unable to stop himself, Lime used his momentum against him by throwing him over her shoulder out of the ring.

Smiling, Gohan stood up while dusting off his clothes. "Good, you picked up sooner than I expected, well done." Gohan put his hands together and bowed for her.

"Thank you, Sensei Gohan. It wasn't that hard to notice the flaw in that style, the hits you made DID really hurt." Lime said, while mimicking his action. Before they could say anymore, Videl piped up.

"What do you mean? His style looked perfect to me. You're just better, it had nothing to do with his style." Videl looked confused and tried to hide the newfound respect she had for Gohan, 'He might've lost against Lime, but he did a hell of a lot better than I did.'

Lime shook her head, "No, this has everything to do with style. Gohan has mastered several styles and he trains me to adjust to every new style I fight. He's also a lot stronger than I am and helps me train."

Lime could hardly contain her amusement after seeing the awestruck expressions of everyone. Turning to Mr. Ruth, "Was this demonstration good enough, or do you need another?"

Mr. Ruth was frozen on spot. His jaw had fallen open after the first minute and wasn't about to close. Gohan suddenly glanced at his wristband, then quickly went over to Mr. Ruth to poke him.

"Mr. Ruth? Was that enough? Can we go to the nurse, my back's killing me from landing that hard and I'm sure Lime's shoulder hurts as well." Gohan said, shooting Lime a look.

"Yeah, he did a number on my shoulder, come on Gohan lets go!" Lime pulled Gohan with her as they ran towards the halls. Gohan slammed the door behind him, which woke Mr. Ruth out of his stupor. Mumbling something about reports and fixing the floors he walked to his office, seemingly forgetting the class he was supposed to teach.

Sharpener eventually cleared his throat. "Well, I guess we have some information to add to Gohan's profile." He pulled out a notebook from his bag and started writing. "Apparently, he has a lesbian sister named Lime and they're both excellent Martial Artists. Did I miss something?"

"Yeah, they're both fans of the Demon's Disciple." Mark added, his distaste clearly displayed on his face. A shudder went through the group, except Nicole and Videl.

Videl had no idea what was happening, and her curiosity won. Pointing at the notebook, "Can I see that?"

Erasa clapped her hands excitedly, "Oh, you guys! This is Videl's first meeting! Every time Gohan leaves the class, we discuss new information about him and we add it to his profile. Everyone knows he's an enigma and we try to uncover his secrets. It's really fun!"

Videl raised an eyebrow. 'O-kay, that's a weird hobby. Still, it'll help me research this guy.' She thought as she scanned the pages. "You know, I can look into the police files if I can find something about him. There's not a lot in here, you're not very good detectives."

Erasa huffed, "Well, it's not like it's easy you know! He's a real smarty, and he's so nice, it's hard to focus on getting information."

Suddenly, a voice behind them spoke up. "You do know that Gohan has the hearing of a bat and an IQ higher than the entire Brief family combined?"

Lime stood in the door opening, a bottle of pain killers in her hand as she walked to the shocked group. Lime smirked, 'Wow, even Goten doesn't look this guilty when he's caught snacking before dinner.'

Mark was the first to recover. "You mean he knows we're doing this? Where is Gohan anyway?"

"The nurse sent him home, she thought he should rest." Lime quickly lied.

Flashback – Moments earlier

"Okay Gohan, what's the deal? You know I've been hit harder than that and I know your back isn't killing you." Lime asked, making exclamation marks with her fingers.

Gohan looked around to make sure they were alone in the hallway before answering. He then brought up his wristband. "Bulma put in a radio frequency inaudible for human ears in my bracelet, but I can catch it. There's a bus hijacking, I'm intervening before they call Videl. She still needs rest."

Lime looked impressed, "Wow, Bulma really is a genius. Good luck, don't let them bring you down! You're making a difference." She pinched his arm, then headed for the nurses office to score some painkillers. 'Someone has to make sure the story is believable. For a genius you certainly overlook details easily.' She thought to herself, rolling her eyes.

Flashback end

"So, he's not mad at us for trying to find out his secrets?" Erasa asked. Lime could make out the fear in her voice and decided against her initial idea to joke around.

"No, he probably understands and certainly thinks it's hilarious." Lime said, before continuing. "That said, I know for certain he has told you enough to stop this stupid investigation. Gohan's your friend, he should be the one to decide if he wants to confide his secrets with you. If he doesn't want you to know, it's for a good reason."

As the class looked ashamed, Lime's thoughts went to Gohan. 'Don't worry big brother, lil' sister's got your back.'

Highway 666

Gohan was flying at top speed, already activating his disguise and transformed. Squinting his eyes on the roads below, he easily spotted a bus speeding with police cars following it. "Hmmm, only two hijackers? I could've sworn they said three on the radio. O well, I better intercept them before they crash that bus."

Descending from the sky at neck-breaking speed, Gohan easily tore through the roof and landed in the middle of the bus. He planned to make a short speech, take out the criminals (he knew from experience now that asking them to surrender wouldn't work), stop the bus and get out of there before the police tried to arrest him again.

Before he could carry out his plan he suddenly felt a jolt of pain coming from the back of his head. Not very painful, more like a little headache. Turning around quickly, just in time to dodge another incoming fist.

Standing before him was a teen with curly black hair, a denim vest with a striped undershirt and jeans. He had the initials BBA written on the vest, but the strangest thing about him stumped Gohan.

He had no ki.

Quickly jumping to a conclusion, Gohan's fist shot through the Androids midsection. Wires and bots fell down the hole as Gohan retreated his fist before spinning and kicking his head clean off.

'Oeps, I guess they weren't build like 17 and 18. Could've saved me some energy. O well, live and learn I guess.'

After taking down the Android, Gohan decided information was more important than getting away before the police interfered. "You have ten seconds to identify yourself, your organization and your evil plans to the guy who's going to stop you." He said, while giving a feral grin to the two human culprits.

"I am General Orange of the Black Bow Assassins." The taller of the two started, his voice sounded normal but his yellow eyes betrayed his discomfort. He folded his hands behind his back before continuing, "You might've taken down our first Android, but the next batch will be ready soon and once they're done there's hell to pay. But for now, considering this a warning."

He ended his monologue with a nod to his partner, a short bald man with a gorilla-like figure. He, in turn placed his hands next to the center of his face, fingers spread and outstretched. Gohan's eyes widened in surprise and he was too slow in closing them again as the gorilla-man shouted "Solar Flare!"

The two of them shot in the air, confident they made a clean escape. The bus below them had stopped the moment the Solar Flare was released and the chauffeur was blinded. General Orange spoke up, "Nice job, let's rendez-vous at aaAAAUGH!"

A blinding pain shot through his right leg and when he looked down, he saw the Demon's Disciple smiling with his eyes closed. "Sunlight works against vampires, you're facing a Demon." He then flung General Orange against his gorilla companion, who in turn got knocked out of the air. "Dumbass."

The drop was just 4 meters and with their power level wouldn't kill them, so Gohan left them to be picked up by the police. He wasn't in the mood to face them again, so he blasted off towards Capsule Corp.

'School's ending in half an hour anyway.'

Capsule Corp

Gohan landed in the huge garden surrounding Capsule Corp, as he felt the familiar ki's of the Briefs with some employees he was familiar with in the building. Before he could move an inch, a childish yell came from behind him.

"GOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

A small frame latched onto his leg, huge blue eyes with a large grin looking up to him underneath lavender hairs. Gohan smiled, "Hey Squirt, how's it going?"

With that question his face fell for a moment, and he mumbled "It's alright, just lonely without Dad." He quickly recovered, "Are you here to play with me?"

'Kami, he must've been practicing the puppy dog look with Goten.' Gohan thought while chuckling. "Actually, that's exactly why I'm here. And to talk to your mother about something."

"YEAH! Let's go to the gravity room, then we can play video games with snacks and-and-and-OH! We can play in the garden after that!" Trunks raced off, not bothering to look if Gohan was following.

'I'm glad he's holding up so well, I better catch up with Bulma before playing with him.'

Son Household – Evening

"So, the little ones are coming over this weekend?" Chichi asked, turning to the table where Lime, Gohan and Goten were sitting. Gohan was thoroughly enjoying his popsickle, while Goten looked envious at him.

Gohan caught his little brothers glare and smiled softly. He handed him the rest of the ice cream, before getting up to help his mother. "Yeah, I went to Capsule Corp to play with Trunks and he seems lonely without Vegeta so I thought it would be a good idea to have them all here this weekend."

Casting a worried glance towards his mother when she didn't respond, "That is, if you approve."

Chichi smiled, "of course I approve, but I thought you'd be spending the weekend with Dende."

"I figured I could train them during the day, then have a sleepover at the Lookout and be back before breakfast. Sleep is overrated anyway." He added with a wink.

Lime told how she had experienced her first day and how it went while the others listened. Goten had long abandoned the table in favor of the couch and was slowly falling asleep. When the dishes were done Gohan scooped up Goten and brought him to bed.

"So, now that the kid's asleep it's time for some adult conversation." Gohan said while clasping his hands. Lime laughed and Chichi raised an eyebrow.

"I want to enter the Satan City Tournament as the Demon's Disciple, with the little ones. What do you think?"

"Absolutely not! We have enough money to last another year and we paid off Bulma's loan. What if they figure out who you are? Or worse, figure out who the children are!" Chichi said, while Lime tried to hush her in an attempt to not wake Goten. Of course that was unnecessary as the kid slept through everything, but the gesture was appreciated by Gohan.

"Mom, this isn't about the money. Hercule challenged me in one of his speeches. If, no, when I win this tournament the people of Satan City might accept my help more willingly!"

Chichi went silent hearing that. She quickly stood up and walked to the window and gazed at the peaceful countryside. Finally, after processing the idea, she spoke. "Fine, I know you Gohan. You're planning something, so give me all your reasons, not just the one that'll placate me the most."

Gohan smirked. His mother knew him too well. "Fine, First one was what I just said. I want to put Hercule in his place and improve my position as Demon's Disciple. Second is the prize money, we could use it even though we're set for a year. There's a saying about saving for rainy days you know."

That last statement was greeted by a snort from Chichi. Rolling her eyes, she motioned with her hand so Gohan would continue.

"But more importantly, I want the little ones to experience different opponents without being in danger of dying." This peeked her interest. Noticing Gohan's serious expression and body language, she read his mind with ease.

"You're expecting a new threat."

Nodding, Gohan started explaining more thorough. "Yes, today I encountered some thugs who called themselves the Black Bow Assassins. They weren't strong, but they had an Android with them."

Chichi's eyes widened. She remembered all too well how hard they had to train and fight to overcome the Androids the first time around.

Noticing her fear, Gohan quickly stated. "The Android couldn't hold a candle against 16, 17 or 18 so don't worry too much. But he said they were building an army and I want them to be ready for anything."

Chichi exhaled slowly, she hadn't even noticed she was holding her breath. "Gohan, I need to think about it okay? This is a lot to take in." She started to walk towards the bedroom. "If that's all, I'll see you tomor-"

Suddenly Lime jumped up. "Wait! I have a question as well." Bowing before her Sensei, she continued. "I want to enter the Tournament as well. Single class as well as double, and I was wondering if you want to be my partner, Sensei."

Chichi smiled softly, she sensed Lime really wanted to participate. "And what is your reason for entering?"

"Well, Videl's going to be there and I want to hang out some more with her and her friends. Plus, we get to represent the Anonymous Dojo in Satan City and we'll be fighting against the Demon Dojo. That'll be fun."

"Well, same applies to you. I'll think about it. If that's all, you youngsters have kept this old lady up long enough. Goodnight." With that, she turned to her bedroom and shut the door.

Lime chuckled. "That went well."

Gohan silently agreed. If anyone had said to him years ago that his mother would turn out this lenient he would've called the asylum.

"You think she's gonna say yes?"

Lime furrowed her brow in confusion. Standing up and circling Gohan, she sized Gohan up from head to toes.

"Eeehm, what are you doing?"

"Checking if your stupidity is visible or you have to open your mouth to show it, lil' Monkey Boy."

"Hey!"

"Shush, you'll wake up Goten." Lime said playfully. Meeting Gohan's gaze, she continued. "Mom always says she has to think about it when she doesn't want us to get too excited just yet. Seriously, she's your mother, you should be able to read her better."

"Please, I'll never understand you Earth woman. Maybe it's the Saiyan side interfering." Gohan said, while looking at the sky. His eyes got a faraway expression.

Lime knew she had to give him his moment to reminisce, and to be ready when he got back. 'Dammit, he just had to say Earth woman.'

A minute passed before Gohan suddenly shook his head, as if to wake up from his stupor.

"Thinking about her again?"

"Yeah. I know she's doing well, but it still hurts you know?"

Flashback

Planet Winter – 6 years ago

"Please Gohan, you don't have to do this!" A first form Frieza lookalike screamed. Her horns were much less pointy and instead of purple, white and pink her main colors were light green, yellow and dark blue. Her form was much more feminine, her breast armor filled in much nicer and grew all the way to her knees, making it look like a Maiden's armor.

Turning to the creature, Gohan replied with a soft tone. "You know I do Fross. It's my duty." Gathering all his courage while staring in her beautiful azure eyes, he smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be right back."

As he flew up to the atmosphere he powered up to Super Saiyan, not looking back so he didn't see the desperate dash Fross made, but he did hear her desperate plea.

"DON'T DO IT GOHAN!"

Flashback End

"I think it's time to visit Dad. I'll see you tomorrow Lime." Gohan said. He gave Lime a halfhearted hug and left the house.

Lime followed her big brother's movement using ki sensing, making sure he was okay. When his ki stopped and stabilized at Goku's memorial, she sighed. 'Guess he's still not over that situation.'

She got up and after putting on her pajamas she crawled in her bed. Smiling to herself she recalled everything that happened today. "Overall, today went pretty well."

That's it for now. Next chapter, it's finally weekend! You'll finally get an idea what training in the Anonymous gym is like, some of the students there might be familiar to some of the die hard fans of DB, and you'll also see how Gohan trains the little ones.
This is also the last chapter of the year so I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas/ Happy Hanukkah and a happy New Year! Thank you all for keeping an interest in the story and for all the wonderful reviews. (I'm really glad you all responded positively to Lime being gay, except for the guest who couldn't believe I pulled that haha.)