dp3of5: Great idea either way! I am also trying to think of a possibility because Goku is different in some aspects than most Saiyans. I don't think he would hate John though; maybe he would just want an explanation.

Lotty145: I know what you mean, and here is your answer.

4starfox: Thanks for the review and here is your answer!

Chapter 21: We are More Similar than I Thought

Friday came quickly, and Gohan wasn't even sure how the school day had passed so quickly, nor why he was so excited for Kevin to come over. But underneath all of the excitement was a sense of fear, but he didn't know why.

And that was where Gohan was left to now, walking the long trip home instead of flying.

I don't really want him to find out my secret, but this is going to be a long trip, Gohan thought, glancing over at his friend who was currently walking beside him.

Tell me about it, his other self muttered in annoyance.

You're not the one who's walking though, Gohan pointed out, earning an irritated sigh from his other self.

"Um, Gohan, were you listening?" Kevin asked, startling Gohan out of his thoughts.

"Uh… no sorry," Gohan apologized, feeling kind of bad that he was ignoring his friend.

"Talking to voices in your head again?" Kevin joked with a smile. Gohan smiled back.

"Yeah, something like that," he said.

It's almost as if he knows I'm here, he heard his other self mumble, but gave no reply.

"Hey, Gohan, is there any other way you know to get to your house," Kevin suddenly stopped and asked him.

Gohan stopped and looked back at his friend, a confused look on his face.

"No, why?" Gohan knew that he was lying, but there was really no other way to get to his house without a whole boatload of questions attached.

Kevin seemed to look conflicted about something for a moment.

"Couldn't we just fly?" Kevin asked after a bit, making Gohan nearly trip in surprise.

"What?" he asked, wondering how Kevin even knew such a thing as flying existed, "How do you…?"

"I kind of saw you fly off one day after school," Kevin answered quickly, "I think that's how you get to your house so quickly."

Gohan sighed as they continued walking.

"Ok, you figured me out. But can you not tell anyone about that?" he asked, really hoping his friend would comply with his wish. Kevin nodded his head.

"Sure. I mean, what would the fun be if everyone knew how to fly?" Kevin said with a smile. Gohan nodded.

Well, that's a relief. I thought Videl or someone was spying on me that day, Gohan thought with a sigh of relief.

She was, his other self answered while laughing.

What? No, but… Gohan thought frantically while his other self continued to laugh; did she see me fly?

No, but she was close to, his other self said before erupting into laughter once again.

Gohan sighed, not really sure how to handle that bit of news.

"Hey, Gohan, are you ok?" Kevin asked, "You seem a little bit down."

"Just learned out Videl has been spying on me," Gohan muttered, not really sure what he was going to do about that.

"Oh yeah, I probably should have told you sooner," then Kevin started to smile, "she said something about 'figuring you out' or something like that."

Gohan stared at his friend with an amused expression on his face.

"What do you mean 'figure' me out? There's nothing interesting about me," he stated. Kevin just gave him an obvious look.

"Seriously? There is nothing interesting about you, but you can fly," Kevin pointed out, making him laugh.

"Ok, point taken," Gohan stated, but then he wondered something, "Kevin, do you even know how to fly?"

Kevin looked like he started to think about something, but then he answered.

"Oh, no, I don't. How would I even know?" Kevin asked him, making Gohan wish that his friend knew how to fly.

This is going to take forever, Gohan thought with a sigh.

I wouldn't be so sure. Kevin does seem a bit out of the ordinary. Maybe he can pick it up quickly, his other self replied, making Gohan want to smack him, or at least, that's what I hope.

You and me both, he thought before turning his attention back to Kevin.

"Ok Kevin, I am going to need to start at the beginning," he stated, "there is something in this world called Ki. Ki is sort of like hidden energy inside of your body. We are going to need to help you control your Ki before you can fly."

Gohan looked over at Kevin, seeing that his friend looked a bit bored.

"So all you are saying is that I need to do this," Kevin stated while randomly forming a small Ki blast in his hand before letting it burn out, "and then I can learn how to fly."

Gohan stared at his friend in shock.

Ok… now I am officially creeped out, Gohan thought. His other self was laughing in his mind, what now?

It's just so funny! Trying replaying that in your head a million times and not laugh! His other self said, showing Gohan what he meant, which then made it hard not to laugh at his friend.

"Yep that's it," Gohan said, smiling while trying not to laugh. Kevin started smiling.

"I bet that kind of looked weird to you, right?" Kevin asked as he started to laugh.

"Yep, completely kind of creeped me out," Gohan said with a smile, not wanting to lie in case he started to laugh too.

"That's just because my dad taught me a few things," Kevin said, making Gohan wonder who his friend's dad was.

But Gohan apparently wasn't going to find out anytime soon since Kevin stopped talking about it soon after.

"So, how do I fly?" Kevin asked, seeming a bit more excited.

"All you have to do is concentrate that Ki underneath of you to form pockets of air in the oxygen," Gohan said, wanting to laugh at how enthusiastic his friend was.

"Ok," Kevin said, waiting for a moment, "like this?"

Gohan looked at his friend to see that he was flying, a bit shaky, but still flying nonetheless.

"Yeah, just like that," Gohan said as he smiled; now lifting a few feet off the ground.

"I wish I would have known it was that easy," Kevin muttered, making Gohan wonder if he was even supposed to hear that. He shrugged it off and they started flying.

Congratulations, you are now one step closer to becoming a scholar! His other self said in a happy voice.

What do you mean by that? He asked, feeling as if he were being left out of a secret.

You're now a teacher, and you need to be a teacher before becoming a scholar, his other self stated, making Gohan even more confused.

Are you even sure? He asked.

No, since there weren't scholars where I came from, but that's just a guess, his other self stated.

Gohan wanted to laugh, but instead he focused on showing Kevin how to get to his house, that and making sure his friend suddenly didn't plummet down to the ground.

They soon got to his house, but Gohan made them lower down to the ground before they got there.

"I just want to warn you, you might not want to fly around my mom or else she might think I turned you into a freak or something," Gohan stated, making Kevin and him laugh at the picture.

They both walked into the house, and Gohan was glad to see that John wasn't here at the moment.

Instead, he could sense his mom in the kitchen, but he couldn't sense Goten.

That's weird, Mom didn't say that Goten was going to Trunks' today, Gohan thought, but he quickly felt a Ki level surface behind him.

Before he could do anything, he felt something run into him and knock him to the ground. He turned around and found Goten getting up from behind him.

"Yay, Gohan, you're home!" Goten shouted, making Gohan laugh at his sibling's personality.

"Yep, and this is…" Gohan started while he turned to Kevin, but Goten jumped in front of Kevin before he could finish.

"Hi! I heard a lot about you from Gohan! I'm Goten! We live in this small house and mom rarely lets me have sweets and my best friend is Trunks and…" Goten blurted out all at once while jumping up and down in front of his friend.

Gohan and Kevin both started laughing while Gohan picked Goten up by his shirt while walking into the kitchen.

"Mom, did you give him sweets?!" Gohan shouted as his brother continued to ramble on and Kevin followed him into the kitchen.

"No, I don't think so…" his mom answered before turning around and seeing the situation.

"And I found these berries in the forest…" Goten continued to ramble before seeing Chi-Chi turn around, slipping out of Gohan's reach and starting to pull Kevin into his room, "Come on, I'll show you Trunks and my's base!"

"Ok," Kevin said as he let himself be pulled. Gohan just followed behind while laughing.

Goten made them both cover their eyes before leading them into his room.

"Ok, you can look now," Goten said.

Gohan opened his eyes and saw boxes of sweets in his brother's bedroom, some of them already open.

"Goten, where in the world did you get all of that?" Gohan asked, now understanding why his brother was so hyper.

"Trunks," Goten said before sitting on the ground, "do you want some?"

"Uh no thanks," Kevin said as he started to back away, looking at Goten opening one of the boxes and putting a small chocolate donut in his mouth.

"We are going to go to my room now Goten," Gohan said while quickly pulling his friend out of the room and to his, knowing the terror that was going to strike soon.

"Can I come?" Goten asked, coming out of the room with the box.

"No, you can't," Gohan said quickly while closing the door before his brother could get in.

"Mom, Gohan won't let me in his room!" Gohan heard Goten yell, making him sigh.

"Gohan, let your brother into your room!" Chi-Chi yelled from the kitchen.

Gohan stuck his head out the door.

"We're going to study!" Gohan shouted back, quickly shutting the door when he realized that his brother was running around like the Tasmanian devil.

Gohan locked the door and turned around, sitting on the floor.

"Welcome to my house," Gohan stated before both him and Kevin started to laugh.

When they stopped laughing, they proceeded to try and study, but kept getting sidetracked and couldn't concentrate.

"I don't think this is going to work," Kevin said while staring up from his book.

"I know what you mean. We can study later," Gohan stated, picking up his book, but then he knew better even before he heard the voice from the hallway.

"Gohan, you said you were going to study, so you should do as you said!" his mother's voice yelled from the kitchen.

"Rule number one: nothing ever escapes my mother," Gohan said as he shook his head, earning a laugh from Kevin.

Gohan turned around and reached into his backpack, looking for the paper and pencils he brought home so they could try some practice. Just when Gohan pulled the stuff out of his backpack, he heard, and felt, like something was on fire.

"Kevin, do you smell something burning?" he asked, trying to ignore the pain stretching through his tail.

"I see something burning," Kevin said, making Gohan jerk around and see his Biology book as well as his tail on fire.

"Kevin, what happened?" Gohan shouted as he tried to put out the fire that was on his tail.

"I got bored and wondered what would happen if I fired a Ki blast at your Biology book," Kevin stated, acting as if nothing was wrong.

Gohan finally put out the fire on his tail and now realized that the one on his book would soon spread to the whole house.

"Kevin, help me put it out!" Gohan shouted, wondering why Kevin was still sitting in the same place.

"I don't know where water, or your bathroom, is," Kevin stated, still sitting in the same spot.

Just do it, his other self stated when an idea hit his mind. He brought the vines up from underneath the house and enclosed them in the fire, blocking off its oxygen supply.

Letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding, both Gohan and Kevin peered at Gohan's burnt beyond use Biology book.

"I am so dead," Gohan muttered as he stared as his burnt book.

"Don't worry, I can get you a new one," Kevin stated, as if he hadn't just ruined a fifty dollar book.

"Who is your dad, the principal?" Gohan joked as he threw the book into the trashcan. Studying was definitely out of the option now.

"No, not even close," Kevin stated as he laughed, but then his friend became silent.

He saw Kevin looking around the room and both of their attentions turned to the pictures on the desk. Gohan had decided to put them on top of the desk for the time being since he had been scared that they would break inside of the desk.

"Is that your dad?" Kevin asked, pointing to the one picture of when he had been younger.

"Yeah," Gohan said, averting his eyes to the floor. Kevin looked at him.

"Where is he? I remember seeing him, but…" his friend asked, making Gohan feel a mix of emotions again.

"He died from Cell," Gohan whispered, barely able to even get that out. Gohan realized that his friend must have realized his mistake since he felt regret going through Kevin's Ki.

He heard Kevin sigh.

"If it makes you feel any better, my father died during the same time," Kevin stated softly, making Gohan look up in surprise.

"What?" Gohan asked in surprise.

"Yeah, same time," Kevin said, a sigh emitting from his friend.

"How? From Cell?" Gohan asked, but realized he was probably being rude.

"Not exactly. He was killed by someone else," Kevin stated, and Gohan saw pain register in his friend's eyes.

"I'm sorry. If anything, I shouldn't have asked," Gohan whispered, feeling somewhat sad himself.

"No. It's ok. I personally don't mind. I didn't really know my father for long, and he wasn't to be considered the nicest person in the world," Kevin stated, making Gohan have many questions in his head, ones he wouldn't voice. But one stood out between all of them.

I guess we are more alike than I thought.

I guess that I'll end the chapter off there. I was just thinking; do what Gohan's other self told him to imagine a million times and try not laughing (I tried and completely failed). Also, is it just me, or does Kevin act a lot like Marie? I mean, Kevin blows up Gohan's Biology book (sort of like Marie pushing Gohan down a hill). Either way, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!

-AnimeWolfGirl9