"Are you really going to fight that guy?" Sharpner asked in the locker room.
"Well, no matter what he's going to fight me so I might as well fight back." Gohan stated.
"Can't you talk him out of it?"
"Nope, I could just knock him out but I'll never hear the end of it."
"There's no way you can knock out a guy like that." Sharpner shouted.
"I have before, I'm much stronger than him." Gohan said.
"No way." Sharpner protested. "How would you know that?"
"I've faught him before and although he is getting stronger, so am I." Gohan explained.
"Then why does he insist on fighting you?" Sharpner questioned.
"He's obsessed with getting stronger." Gohan said simply.
"Who is?" Videl asked, by this time they were walking through the hallway towards the exit.
"Vegeta." Gohan said quickly.
"So you are really going to fight him?" Videl inquired.
"You know, Sharpner said the same thing." Gohan teased.
"Weird." Erasa said.
"So, can we watch your fight?" Videl requested.
"I'd prefer if you didn't, besides you probably wouldn't be able to see it." Gohan answered.
"Why wouldn't we be able to see it?" Videl asked defiantly.
"We fight really fast, faster than you would be able to see." Gohan explained.
"How is that possible?"
"We train a lot."
"Could you train me?" Videl asked.
"Me to!" Sharpner put in.
"I guess I could, but we can't start this week." Gohan told them, "It's too busy this week."
"You still have to come with us on Monday." Videl ordered.
"Fine, but I have to go now." Gohan excused himself and quickly exited the school. He felt Vegeta's energy a little bit away so he ran over to where he was.
"What took you so long?" Vegeta sneered.
"Sorry, I was talking to my friends." Gohan appologized.
"Never appologize, it makes you seem weak." Vegeta ordered.
"Are we going to do this or what?" Gohan asked, causeing Vegeta to run towards him.
Gohan easily dodged the roundhouse kick Vegeta sent at him and countered with a punch aimed towards the shorter man's chest. He caught the punch and threw Gohan to the side, on his way down Gohan kicked out and connected to Vegeta's head. Vegeta's head snapped sideways which gave Gohan enough time to flip from the ground and stand up. Vegeta threw a punch at Gohan's nose, which was once again easily dodged.
A furious bout of attacks ensued, both were hitting their targets but Gohan had higher accuracy rate. The fight quickly escalated when Vegeta transformed to gain an advantage. He got in a few good shots before Gohan transformed as well. He didn't waste any time in pounding Vegeta to the ground.
Of course, Vegeta didn't stay down when he was beat and he stood right back up. His previous beat down caused Vegeta to become even more vicious, his power spiking. Gohan raised his level to match his opponents in the split second before Vegeta's knee collided with his hand. A battle of strength ensued for what felt like an eternity, although it was really just a few minutes. Vegeta raised his fist in frustration and aimed at Gohan's face. Gohan simply pushed his knee back to avoid the attack.
Growling, Vegeta powered up to his full strength and frantically attacked his young opponent. Gohan was able to avoid most of the attacks and after a minute of dodging and blocking he finally got fed up with Vegeta. He ended the fight by chopping the back of Vegeta's neck, effectively knocking him out.
Gohan picked up his unconscious opponent and began to fly towards Capsule Corp. Before long he landed on the windowsill of Vegeta's room. He pushed himself into the room and put Vegeta onto the giant bed. Gohan walked out of the room and down into the kitchen where he sensed his brothers were. With a devious smile Gohan quickly ran down the hallway and tackled the two young boys.
Goten and Trunks squealed at the sudden attack but before they could do anything Gohan had trapped them both down. "Ha, I got you this time."
"Where'd you come from? We didn't even sense you." Trunks asked.
"Upstairs, I came through the window. I had to put Vegeta down somewhere. I'd say stay away from him for a while." Gohan advised.
"Did you beat him again?" Goten asked happily.
"Yep, I knocked him out; he isn't going to be happy with me." Gohan told them.
"He's never happy with you." Goten pointed out.
"That's true, what were you guys doing?" Gohan agreed.
"We were playing spit!" Goten yelled happily.
"Can I watch?" Gohan asked.
"Sure." Trunks said as he walked back over to the table.
Bulma came walking in after the boys started and just laughed before going over to start cooking dinner. The boys' hands were a blur as they slapped cards down onto the two piles; there wasn't a break until one of them won a round. Then there would be a short break while they set up to begin again.
…
Gohan was sitting in his history class waiting for it to start when Videl asked, "How'd your fight go?"
"I won but he's going to want a rematch." Gohan answered.
"So what did you do after that?" Erasa asked.
"I watched Trunks and Goten play spit." Gohan laughed at the memory.
"That card game? Who won?" Sharpner inquired.
"Yeah that card game and Trunks won since he's a little bit faster than Goten." Gohan told them.
"Okay class, today we have one of the more controversial aspects of the Cell Games." The teacher said as the bell rang. "We are going to be discussing the matter of that strange group of people that showed up to the Games."
Gohan's face visibly paled when the teacher called on him to give his opinion on them. "Um, I think that they were doing what they thought needed to be done." He said quietly.
"They were a bunch of hicks that thought they were strong. That one guy got lucky and then disgraced himself by using those filthy tricks." Sharpner called out. Most people called out in agreement.
"I think that they really were concerned about my father getting hurt." Videl said in their defense.
"There's no need to worry about Mr. Satan, he's the strongest man on the planet." Sharpner argued.
"Maybe they didn't know that. What if they hadn't seen anything about him until that day?" Gohan asked.
"Everyone knows him!" Sharpner insisted.
"Wait, wasn't one of the guys there green? What if that was King Piccolo?" Some kid asked.
"King Piccolo was dead for years before the Cell Games." Gohan pointed out.
"But it could've been Piccolo." Videl said more to herself than anyone else. "If it was, then… Gohan you know who was at the Games!" She concluded.
"What? I have just about as much clue as you do. Just because I know Piccolo doesn't mean that I know exactly who was there." Gohan protested.
"But you do have an idea." Videl pushed.
"Not really." Gohan lied, he was a terrible liar.
"Come on, you have to know someone that was there." Videl insisted.
"I can't tell you guys, I promised him I wouldn't tell. Sorry, I won't break my promise." Gohan said.
"Just one person." Videl pleaded.
"Let's leave him alone now; he doesn't have to tell us if he doesn't want." The teacher cut in. "Besides we are focusing on your ideas, not what someone knows."
"That's not fair; we want to know who was there." Sharpner whined.
"Who do you guys think they were?" Gohan asked.
"Well, there was one guy there that looked like that really good baseball player." Erasa suggested.
"Oh yeah, he looked like Yamcha!" One of Erasa's blonde friends squealed.
"Well Gohan, was he there?" Videl asked.
"I told you already, I don't want to say." Gohan reiterated.
"Well think about it, Yamcha was a fighter before he started his baseball carrier." Videl reasoned. "He could've thought he was strong enough to beat Cell and went to help fight."
"That's not what Yamcha would do." Gohan muttered.
"Then he wasn't there?" Videl pushed.
"He didn't plan on fighting." Gohan told the class.
"Then why was he there?" Sharpner was now very confused.
"Moral support." Gohan stated simply.
"So, do you know why those people used those tricks?" Sharpner asked.
"No." Gohan said with finality.
"Well, I just thought that since you knew the most out of all of us you might have some idea." Sharpner mumbled.
"I don't know anything about tricks." Gohan said truthfully.
"Do you know who that little kid was?" The teacher asked.
Gohan was saved by the bell; as soon as it rang he grabbed his stuff and rushed out of the room. He walked to his art class and up to his teacher. He asked, "Would you mind if I went to gym? We aren't doing anything in here and my friends said they needed my help this period."
"Sure go ahead; just be sure to be here tomorrow." The teacher told him.
Gohan walked out just as Videl was walking in, he told her that he would meet them in gym. Gohan walked out to the field where Krillen and Tien were teaching a small class.
"Hey Gohan, what are you doing?" Tien asked.
"My art teacher said it was okay if I came out here since I already finished my project. I needed to talk to someone." Gohan explained.
"Why couldn't you talk to one of your friends?" Krillen asked.
"It's about why we're having a party tomorrow." Gohan hinted.
"Oh, what happened?" Krillen walked with Gohan a little bit away from the group so that they could talk.
"Well, in history we are talking about the Games, today we were discussing who was there and the people in my class figured out, mostly with Videl's help, that I knew who was actually there. They then coerced me into saying that Yamcha was there but I didn't realize it until I said it. And then they asked about the 'tricks' and I got so mad but I couldn't say anything about it since then they'd think I was crazy and just pass it off." Gohan said quickly.
"People can be so naive sometimes." Krillen agreed.
"It normally doesn't bother me, I guess since the memory has been brought up so many times recently I just can't stand it anymore." Gohan vented.
"It's all a little raw for all of us, I get it. So what do you want to do here?" Krillen asked.
"What are you guys doing?" Gohan inquired.
"We were going to show what the moves looked like in a fight. Hey maybe we could have a two on one thing." Krillen suggested.
"Sure." Gohan agreed as they walked over to tell Tien the change in plans.
"So, Krillen and I against you, Gohan?" Tien asked.
"That works." Gohan and Krillen said simultaneously.
When Krillen explained what they were doing many people looked skeptical. One person asked, "How can that kid fight the two of you?"
"Well we won't be fighting more than sparring and we do this all the time." Krillen explained.
"Just watch and then you guys can try." Tien ordered.
Tien and Krillen got into the stance that they taught the kids, Gohan slipped into a similar one. Gohan initiated the fight by throwing a punch at Krillen in slow motion. Krillen blocked the punch and threw his own, which was joined by Tien's. Gohan used his free hand to block both punches. The class gasped in surprise at Gohan's skill.
Gohan pushed the two away and waited for their attack. This time Tien attacked first, using only the moves they had taught the class. Krillen worked his way around Gohan to attack from behind but Gohan of course was able to block both attacks easily. At an unspoken signal Gohan began attacking his friends so that the defensive moves could be displayed. The fight went on for about five minutes before all three simultaneously stopped.
"That was freaking amazing!" One boy said. "It was better that one of Mr. Satan's fights." Not everyone agreed with this comment.
"Glad you thought so, now it's your turn. Pair up and start, but remember that we aren't trying to hurt anyone." Krillen instructed.
Everyone did as they were told without much complaint. The three fighters went around helping out the students as they struggled through their fights. When there was five minutes left in the period Tien called the class and told them to go change.
"So did you ever find Yamcha and Piccolo?" Tien asked.
"Man, with Vegeta coming to the school I forgot." Gohan said.
"Don't worry; I knew you would so I told Yamcha and Tien told Piccolo." Krillen laughed.
"You guys are the best." Gohan sighed.
"So what made you skip a class?" The three sat down in a sort of triangle.
"People being idiots." Krillen told him.
"Well after school why don't you just go to Capsule Corp. and find somewhere to be alone." Tien suggested.
"That's what I was planning on, but I still need to get through another period." Gohan complained.
"Shall we do the same thing this time?" Krillen suggested in a strange accent. Gohan laughed and nodded.
"I can't wait for the tournament tomorrow; I just hope I don't get paired with Vegeta." Tien said.
"I'm not looking forward to that either, he's not very happy with me right now." Gohan agreed.
The three were quiet for a while until some of the students began to come out for the next period. Krillen sighed, "At least this is the last period of the day."
"I wish it would just be over already." Gohan said.
As more students came out, the three reluctantly stood up and began impatiently stretching out. Finally the last person came out so Krillen began by saying, "Today we will be putting our skills to use. Tien, Gohan and I are going to demonstrate first, and then you will try."
No one protested this time so the three got right to it, practically repeating the moves they used last time to the breath. Once again, they broke apart after five minutes to allow the students a chance to try it.
When they broke up into pairs, Videl and Sharpner walked right up to him. "Why did you skip art?" Videl demanded.
"I had to talk to Tien and Krillen. Now let's see you two try it." Gohan said.
Videl grumbled something and slipped into the new stance. Sharpner didn't bother before attacking her. Only two punches were thrown by both before Videl had Sharpner pinned on the ground.
"That's great Videl, next time let the fight go on for a bit longer though, it'll be better training." Gohan told her before walking to the next group. To him the period seemed to go on forever, it seemed like it would never end. Finally the bell rang and Gohan said a quick goodbye to his friends before walking off school grounds and blasting off to his home. One thing was certain, he was not looking forward to his imminent greeting.
AN: So I know you might be angry at me for not drawing out the fight, but I got so stuck while writing it so I had to adjust my original idea. A good fight should be coming up, don't worry. I hope this came fast enough and hopefully I'll have another one up soon.