Back again :D Thanks for all the reviews and everything on the last chapters! We're going on with the story. Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters! Chapter 10. Snowfall and a fight.
Two months later they ended up on a new planet. The planet was called Saphiria and they had to purge it of life, but leave the nature in tact.
"O, wow! They have a museum! I want to go and see!" Gohan jumped up and down in excitement. In training camp he always stole books from the others to learn the languages. He understood the Saphirian language and saw the word MUSEUM. He immediately wanted to go.
"No way, I'm not going to some stupid museum." Vegeta pushed Gohan away from the city. "Come on we have better things to do."
"Well, then I'll just go by myself." Gohan crossed his arms. "I think I can do that."
"Yeah right. And escape again huh? Do you really think I'm that stupid?" Gohan looked at Vegeta with a stubborn look on his face.
Vegeta crossed his arms too. They stared at each other a while in the same body positions. Nappa came up flying to them and gave a confused look. "Hey guys, what's with the staring competition?"
"The brat wants to go to a stupid museum."
"And he won't let me go."
"Why do you want to go to a museum? They're boring." Nappa remembered the school trips he made to those boring museum things.
Gohan broke the staring competition to look at Nappa. "Well, I like museums and it's nice to learn something about the planet and its culture." He said nodding.
Nappa smirked. "You want to learn something about the people you're going to kill."
Gohan blushed. "Well,..I…ehh..I still want to go!" He turned around to go to the museum and blasted off.
"Wait, what.. COME BACK HERE!" Vegeta raced after him but was hold back by Nappa.
"Don't worry, I'll go with him." Vegeta raised his eyebrows. "What? We can do the kid a favor sometimes." Nappa said defending himself.
Vegeta shrugged. "All right, suit yourself, but don't be gone to long. We have a lot of work to do." Vegeta turned around and blasted away.
Nappa nodded and went after Gohan. Gohan was already walking in the museum when he felt Nappa coming up behind him. The half-Saiyan looked backwards. "So, you're my babysitter?"
Nappa nodded at him. "Sorry kiddo, we still can't trust you. Maybe if you stopped trying to escape you'll get some more freedom."
Gohan shrugged. "Maybe. Too bad that ring broke huh?" He walked further.
Nappa raised an eyebrow. "You broke it when you were angry. Don't blame us." He answered as he followed the teen. Gohan liked the museum. It had these nice pictures of the planet and also a lot of its history. Nappa didn't understand the language so Gohan had to translate everything to the universal language.
Gohan even found a small area about Earth. Since this planet was in the North galaxy they knew about the little planet. Gohan read stories about Saphirian people who traveled to Earth and looked around there. He saw pictures and Gohan smiled. 'That's my planet.' He thought.
Just when Gohan was done watching the Earth area Nappa started blasting people. Everyone was panicking and they started running and screaming. Gohan looked at Nappa and frowned. "What are you doing! I wasn't done yet!"
Nappa shrugged. "I'm bored. This is taking way too long. Let's do this and go find the others." He continued was he was doing. Gohan sighed.
He went to the Earth area again and grabbed some pictures. 'They won't do anything with it anyway.' He thought as he put them away in his uniform.Then he started helping Nappa clearing the area.
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"This planet has some nice nature. No wonder we had to keep it in tact." Gohan walked behind the others taking in everything he saw. They were in a big wood, it was so beautiful. He looked at large blue trees with green bushes under it.. He saw some strange animal like creatures and smiled. 'It reminds me of home.' He thought.
"This is a good place to stay for the night." Vegeta said. He looked around and saw Gohan kneeling in front of a green creature with sharp teeth and petting it. 'What's with him and nature? He's always happy when we're in a forest or something.'
"Hey Half-breed." Gohan looked over at Vegeta, who grinned. "Don't play with our food."
Gohan's eyes widened and he chased the creature away. Vegeta laughed. "Go catch some fish."
Vegeta didn't have to say that twice. Gohan really liked swimming and he enjoyed catching fish. He ran over to the lake, stripped till his underwear and jumped in. After half an hour he caught enough fish to eat so Vegeta called that he had to come out. Gohan on the other hand didn't want to come out. When Vegeta threatened not to give him any food he just shrugged. He caught all the food, so he could catch something for himself when he got hungry.
Then Raditz went in the water to catch Gohan, who really didn't want to come out. This could be the last time in a long while that he was able to swim, so he wanted it to last as long as possible. Gohan, who knew what to do to get his way, just challenged Raditz and now they were wrestling and chasing each other in the water.
"Damn, that boy is too smart for us." Vegeta couldn't help but smirk when he saw Gohan getting his way. Nappa and he were both sitting on a branch around a fire, where the fish was getting ready to eat.
"Yes, he is." Nappa agreed. "How old do you think he is anyway?"
Vegeta shrugged. "He's been fourteen for a few months now." He answered as he poked in the fire with a stick.
Nappa turned to Vegeta. "How do you know that?"
"I saw it on his last report. In the training camp they keep year reports of every cadet. In the year report they mention his age, height, weight, power level, date of birth etc. That's how I know." Vegeta pulled a fish from the stick above the fire.
After a while of watching them Vegeta and Nappa saw how Raditz was able to capture Gohan, who was tired from all the swimming and brought him to shore. Raditz's was carrying Gohan on his hip, his arm holding Gohan around his waist. Raditz walked towards the fire, ignoring the struggling half-Saiyan. There he dropped him on the ground. Gohan narrowed his eyes at the older Saiyan. Vegeta tossed a towel at him which landed on his head. Gohan pulled it off and started drying himself off before he changed.
"Sooooo.." Gohan said when he was dressed and hungry. "I can still get something to eat right?" He looked at Vegeta with puppy dog eyes. Vegeta wasn't infected by it but said he could so Gohan dug in.
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The next morning Gohan woke up to find it snowing. He looked around and jumped up. "Mom, dad. It's snowing!" he yelled.
Nappa growled as he got up. "I'm sorry kiddo but I don't think they can hear you. You did manage to wake me up though."
Gohan looked around and noticed he wasn't at home. He blushed slightly as he watched the three Saiyans got up and brush the snow off their bodies. "I'm sorry. For a second there I thought I was back home."
"We're glad to have you with us too." Vegeta said with a smirk.
"You know I didn't mean it like that." Gohan answered agitatedly.
Vegeta nodded. "I know, I know." The adult Saiyan looked around. "What did you call this?"
"Snow. I haven't seen this since I was on Earth." Gohan answered enthusiastically. Then he frowned. "I don't know how it got here though. It was so warm yesterday and now it's snowing."
He bent down to grab some snow. He widened his eyes when he noticed the snow was warm. "What the heck."
"What's wrong?"
Gohan looked at Raditz. "The snow is warm."
Raditz knelt down to touch the snow and nodded. "True. What's up with that?"
"It's supposed to be cold." Gohan said frowning and a little disappointed. He wanted it to be just like the snow at his planet.
Nappa shrugged. "Stop thinking about your own planet you little softy. Here the sniw is warm."
"Snow." Gohan corrected fiercely. "And I'm not a softy."
Nappa nodded smirking. "You are one and you'll always be one." He said as he ruffled the boy's hair.
Gohan growled and threw the snowball at him. Nappa flinched. "What the heck?"
Gohan smirked and jumped away. He made another snowball and targeted Raditz this time. The three Saiyans looked at Gohan. The boy stopped what he was doing and stared back at them. "Ever heard of snowballs?"
The three Saiyans shook their heads. Gohan sighed and bent down again. "You grab some snow. Make a ball and throw it." He threw the ball at Vegeta, who caught it and threw it back.
Gohan jumped up, dodging it and made another one. The other Saiyans were already making new ones. They all tossed their snowballs to the boy. Gohan was hit by three snowballs and growled. "It's not fair. You're only attacking me." He whined pouting.
Raditz frowned thoughtfully. "True. But we still owed you one." He said as he threw a snowball at Vegeta. The last named didn't take this and threw one back. After a few hours Vegeta decided it was time to go.
Nappa looked at the white snow. "I like that snow thing." He said as they flew in the air to continued their work.
Gohan smiled. "Me too."
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They made a pit stop at a beautiful planet called Liona. Gohan had been flying around since they got there that morning. Something caught his attention and he descended to the ground.
Gohan walked over to a green building. He looked inside when he heard voices speaking something in the same way. Inside he saw a group of children. They looked just like humans. The only different thing was that they all had purple hair. He smiled. 'This must be a school.'
All the children sat behind their own desk. He noticed they were speaking the universal language. Then he saw a girl looking his way. She put her finger in the air. "Miss Ginges?"
The woman looked at her and nodded. "Yes Yesirioa?"
The girl with a white sweater pointed at Gohan. "There's someone looking at us." Everyone stared at Gohan, who quickly dived away.
The teacher walked up to the window and looked at the boy. "What are you doing outside? Who are you?"
Gohan stood up and bowed. "I'm Gohan miss.."
The teacher smiled. "Miss Ginges. How old are you dear?"
Gohan looked at her. He wasn't used to people being kind to him. "I'm fourteen." He answered.
The teacher nodded. "Well, just come in now. In this class are children your age. After class we can call your parents." Gohan hesitated, looking around if he could feel the Saiyans anywhere. They were at a meeting somewhere on the planet. Gohan was too young to attend it and he didn't want to. They said he could do what he wanted that day.
Then he nodded and climbed through the window. The girl with the white shirt waved and pointed to the chair next to her. Gohan smiled and went to that chair. The girl turned to him the moment he sat down. "Hi, so you're Gohan. I'm Hiona." She said.
They paid attention to the teacher after that. Gohan noticed the teacher was very strict. He also noticed he could keep up with the lessons. The teacher started writing on the board and Gohan gasped. She could write without touching the board. She just pointed her finger and the words appeared. Gohan stared at her when she wrote something down on the board. The teacher smiled at him. "Not used to it Gohan?" She asked.
Gohan shook his head. "No, how did you do that?"
Miss Ginges laughed. "That's a secret." Gohan smirked and nodded.
During break time everyone went to Gohan. They all wanted to talk to him and ask him about himself. A girl with a green sweater touched his hear. "Wow, your hair is black." She said.
Gohan nodded with an amused smile. "I noticed that."
"What kind of race are you?" Gohan looked at the boy who said this. He had red hair with a blue shirt.
"I'm a Saiyan." Gohan answered. Then everyone stepped back. It went completely silent. Gohan looked around and noticed the scared looks sent towards him.
Hiona looked at him with wide eyes. "A Saiyan? Aren't Saiyans mean?" She asked soft. The others nodded in agreement. They'd all heard the stories about the terrible Saiyans. The race that destroyed whole planets. Space pirates.
Gohan smiled at her. "Do you think I'm mean?" Hiona shook her head fast. "Not all Saiyans are mean Hiona." Gohan answered.
Hiona nodded. "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Gohan shook his head. "There is this one girl I liked but I can't hang out with her." He answered.
The teens looked at him. "Why not?" They asked.
Gohan shrugged. "I don't know where she is. I met her a while ago at a camp but she's gone now." Gohan pulled a thoughtful face. "I don't know what happened to her but I can't search for her now. Maybe later."
Another girl asked: "Are you going to stay here for long?"
Gohan shook his head as answer. "No I don't think so. I'll probably go back tomorrow."
The same girl pinched his arm. "Wow, you've muscles. You must work out a lot."
Gohan laughed. "You can say that. It's not much really." Then the bell rang. It was a very high tone and Gohan put his hands on his ears. "Damn, this is really hurting." He whispered.
They walked back to class. After the classes Gohan said goodbye to his friends. He was about to leave when he heard someone call him. "Half-breed."
Gohan looked up to see Vegeta land in front of him. "I know I said you could do what you want but that didn't mean you could go travel half the planet." Vegeta said frowning a bit.
"Sorry. I didn't notice I went so far." Gohan answered as he crossed his arms.
"Gohan?" Gohan and Vegeta looked up too see Miss Ginges walking up to them. She handed Gohan the study book he used that day. "You forgot this." She said.
Gohan handed it back. "No, I'm not staying any longer. I won't come back." He answered. She shrugged. "You can still have it. I always give it to the students." Then she turned to Vegeta. "Your son is an excellent student, sir."
Vegeta and Gohan stared at her. Then they both started talking. Gohan yelled: 'I'm not his son!" While Vegeta was screaming: "He's not my son!"
After that they looked at each other before they both looked away. Miss Ginges blushed a bit. "Sorry, I just assumed…Since you picked him up. Well, then you must be his guardian?"
Vegeta nodded. "You could say that. Why?"
Gohan looked at Vegeta. 'Is he really interested in what she has to say?' He thought before he looked back at the female in front of them.Miss Ginger smiled. "O, nothing. He's a very smart boy. For someone who hasn't studied since he was four he's very bright. He's also very polite. You did a good job raising him."
Gohan suppressed a laugh and looked at Vegeta, who answered: "Thanks but I don't think you should thank me for his manners. Anyway, we have to go. Come boy."
Gohan nodded. He grabbed a capsule out of his uniform and opened it. A small box appeared. Gohan knelt down to put his book in the box and changed it in a capsule again.
"Bye Miss Ginges." He said as he bowed. Vegeta pulled a face as he grabbed the boy by his shirt and flew up. Gohan pulled his shirt free and followed him.
When they arrived at the fire Vegeta turned to Gohan. "So son, give me that book."
Gohan shook his head. "No way. It's mine." He took a few steps back.
"Now now. What happened with that polite little boy? Give it to me or I'm taking it myself." Vegeta snarled back as he stepped forwards.
Gohan got in a fighting stance. "I'm not giving it away. She gave it to me."
Then Nappa butted in the argument. "What's wrong? Where did you find him?" He asked looking at Vegeta.
"I found him at a school. He was hanging out with the children there. He even followed a whole day there." Vegeta answered frowning at the half-Saiyan.
Nappa looked at Vegeta and then at the boy. "O god. Don't tell me you learned anything there." The full-blooded Saiyan sneered.
Gohan turned away and walked to the river. Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "Boy." He said threateningly.
"What?" Gohan asked as he turned to face them again. The teen's hands were clenched as he stared at the Saiyans.
"You're going to give me that book now." Vegeta said as he stepped forwards.
"Bite me." Gohan snapped back. Nappa raised both eyebrows.
Vegeta smirked. "All right." He whispered.
Gohan frowned. "What?" Then he widened his eyes as Vegeta attacked him and pinned him to the ground with his hands above his head. There he bent down and licked the boy's neck. Gohan held his breath.
Vegeta noticed this and looked at him. "What's wrong? I thought you wanted this."
Gohan clenched his teeth. "Get off of me, Vegeta." He whispered back. His tail was flicking in annoyance.
Vegeta wasn't done yet. "Do you promise to give that book when I get off you?" Gohan narrowed his eyes and ignored the question. Vegeta shrugged. "All right." Then he bowed down again and continued what he was doing.
Gohan struggled but Vegeta's weight kept him down. "Please stop this." He said softly. Vegeta ignored him and bit in the boys shoulder softly. Gohan shuddered. "Please Vegeta." He begged. The boy started trembling.
Vegeta stopped and considered his next move. The boy really seemed upset about this. He wondered why and decided to take it a step further. He bent down again and bit harder. Gohan felt like crying but refused to do this. "Please stop. I'll give it. I'll give the book. Just stop." Vegeta ignored him and Gohan felt his shoulder starting to bleed. The teen closed his eyes as flashbacks took over his mind and an indescribable anger took over.
"STOP IT!" He screamed as he powered up. Vegeta widened his eyes as he was pushed off the boy by his energy.
Vegeta was launched through the air and landed in the river. He looked at the boy. Raditz and Nappa had been watching the scene until now. They both gasped when they saw what happened. Gohan was still screaming and powering up.
The other Saiyans were eying him carefully. Nappa then took a few steps towards the boy. "Calm down boy." He screamed. Gohan ignored him and kept powering up. The half-breed stopped screaming and his dark brown eyes were turning white.
"If he goes on like this he's going to explode." Raditz yelled as he went to stand next to Nappa. "Half-breed. Calm down now!"
Vegeta got out the water and walked up to the boy. When he was within ten feet of him he was bounced back by his energy. "I can't get close enough to knock him out." He screamed to the others. "Calm down half breed!"
"Come on boy. Listen to us!" The three Saiyans were all screaming at him now. Gohan's power level kept on rising and the ground around him started to shake.
Gohan blinked with his eyes and looked at the Saiyans. They all looked at him with wide eyes. His eyes turned brown again. He powered down and wondered what was wrong. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"
The three Saiyans frowned at him. "Don't tell me you don't remember it." Raditz said annoyed.
"Okay, then I won't tell you." Gohan answered shrugging.
"Go catch some fish, Boy." Vegeta said still frowning at the boy. Gohan nodded and walked to the river near them.
Nappa turned to Vegeta. "Why didn't you tell him what happened?" Nappa asked. Vegeta shrugged.
"Maybe he gets mad again. We don't want that. I wonder why he reacted like that." Vegeta gave the boy a calculating glance. "We'll find it out later."
The other two shrugged and walked away. Vegeta watched Gohan stopping at the river and looking down. The boy shot a small blast in the river to find out how deep it was. After this he hesitated, giving a quick look at the Saiyans. He then jumped in the water.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. 'Mistake number one boy.' He thought. 'You usually undress for fishing.'
During dinner Vegeta watched Gohan closely. The boy was very uncomfortable. Gohan kept giving these quick glances at Vegeta. He also kept his distance from the Saiyans and went to sleep early.
Vegeta watched the boy find a place to sleep. 'I wonder if he really forgot what happened. He's acting really odd. I'm going to find out.'Vegeta walked up to the boy. Gohan was preparing a bed on the ground as he felt Vegeta coming closer. He jumped up, turned around and unconsciously touched his shoulder. Vegeta saw this and frowned. "Why did you say you couldn't remember what happened?" Vegeta asked.
Gohan lowered his head. "I can't remember what happened." He whispered unconvincingly.
Vegeta shook his head. "Don't even try it. I saw you touching your shoulder. You've been acting strange since it happened."
"I don't know. I guess I just don't want to talk about it." Gohan answered as he stepped back and his tail tightened around his waist.
"About why you reacted like that?" Vegeta asked as he got closer. Gohan nodded and looked away. "Look at me when I'm talking to you, Boy." Vegeta said as he grabbed the boys chin and forced him to look his way. "Why did you react like that?"
Gohan flinched as Vegeta touched him and pulled away. The boy took a few steps back. "Please, I don't want to talk about this. You won't understand."
Vegeta wasn't used to this attitude. The boy always acted confident and cocky. Not weak like this. 'I must have really hurt him with what he did.' Gohan was still looking at the ground. Vegeta stepped closer and put a hand on the boy's shoulder. "I'm sorry Half-breed." Gohan looked up.
"I promise I won't do that again." Vegeta said as he gave the boy's shoulder a little squeeze. Gohan smiled and nodded.
"Thanks Vegeta."
"Now stop acting weak and go to bed." Vegeta said. After that he pushed the boy towards the unfinished bed and walked away. Gohan watched the man walk away and then turned his gaze to his bed. He sat down. 'Did Vegeta just apologize to me? I wonder what made him so nice all of a sudden. I guess it's my fault. I'm the one who is acting weird. I just wanted to forget it but I couldn't. I just can't forget what he did.'Gohan followed an invisible line on his shoulder with his finger. He could still feel the wound at the place where Vegeta bit him.
He couldn't sleep because he had so much too think about. He didn't want to go back to the others either so he stayed in his bed watching the stars. He felt the others go to bed and looked their way. Vegeta stayed awake and looked at the camp fire. Gohan watched him sit there for a while. The others were sleeping by now. Vegeta looked up and saw Gohan awake. He walked up to the boy. "Can't sleep?"
Gohan got up and leaned on his hands. "No, I guess I have too much energy to go to sleep."
Vegeta looked at the bed. "You make nice beds. They taught you well on that camp. Maybe I should just kick you out and take yours." Vegeta said nudging the bed with his foot.
Gohan went to lie down again. "No way. This one is mine." He answered spreading his arms and legs over the bed, trying to take as many space as possible.
Vegeta laughed. "O really?" Then he considered his words. "Well, I'm too tired to make one of my own and your bed is so big you can easily share. Move over." Gohan frowned but moved over to give Vegeta some space. Vegeta went to lie down next to the boy. Gohan looked at him wondering why Vegeta was acting so nicely. When Vegeta suggested to kick Gohan out of his bed he really thought that was going to happen. He didn't expect this to happen. Vegeta saw him looking. "What?"
Gohan quickly looked away. "Nothing."
"That stare was a bit too long for nothing." Vegeta said as he stretched. "What is it?"
Gohan shrugged. "I was just wondering why you were being so nice. You've never been like that before." He answered hesitantly.
Vegeta watched the stars for a moment. He was wondering the same thing. He didn't know why he was so nice to the boy. He just felt like it at the moment. "Well, I don't have any reason to be mean." He said and he put his arm around the boy's shoulders. "Why? Do you want me to behave like I used too?"
Gohan shook his head. "No, I like it better like this." He said with a smile.
Vegeta smirked a little. "Now try and go to sleep boy." He ordered as he shifted on the bed and looked back at the sky.
Gohan nodded and snuggled up to Vegeta. The boys head rested on Vegeta's chest. Vegeta thought about pushing him away but shook his head when he felt the boy was already asleep. He softly stroked the boy's hair and looked at the sky. 'Maybe I just feel guilty. No, I never feel guilty. Maybe this is what they call those parental instincts.'Vegeta looked at the boy's shoulder and saw more than one bit mark. He frowned. 'How did those get there?' He wondered. 'There is more to this than the boy wants to tell, but I'll find out one day.' He looked up at the sky again and smirked. 'Parental instincts yeah right. He should be happy with three fathers like this. Then again, it could be worse.'**** ****That was it :O
What do you think? Please review? Shall I tell something about the next chapter? Want to know?
The next chapter is called: The mission. Hope to hear from you!
A special mission for the Saiyans and a new friend for Gohan :D