Warrior school
(A/N: Hey! I hope you like the chapter...)
A nauseous feeling began to rise in the pit of Gohan's stomach. Taking the time machine might not have been such a good idea. Nonetheless, it was better than being around Frieza. Gohan didn't know how he got himself into these messes; maybe he could tell his past self not to be such an idiot by joining the academy. The idea brought an amused smile to his face. Although, that was just like him; making choices without even thinking.
There was Cell, who he had run off after to attack.
And there was the time when he had taken the package to Henran's stupid planet, and he didn't even think about the problems that could arise.
Or how about the time he had agreed to fight for TCP?
And that was'nt even half of the problems he made occur.
So here he was… Travelling somewhere in time, how his stomach hurt… Gohan continued to scold himself as the world began to swirl around madly. Oh well, too late to do anything now, but what was that scientist so smug about? He had noticed the twisted smirk that was on the old man's crinkled face. Blurred colors shone around the area as the hybrid began to feel blinded by the bright light, hopefuly he was never going to have to use a time machine ever again.
Soon enough, everything came to a stop. All the colors evaporated and the light had dulled. Very dizzily, Gohan stood up and took his chance to glance around the area. Around him were dark corridors which exited into different rooms, which sounded like they were busy. The place was rather noisy, with people speaking loudly, not all being English. Everything seemed rather familiar to him.
He walked out of the room, thanking Kami that he hadn't received any attention if not, very little. He still had the time machine in his hand, but there was seemingly something wrong with it, as smoke was coming from some of the buttons. He could attempt to see what was wrong with it when he got a spare minute, hopefully nothing too major, if so, there was a big problem.
He continued down the long corridor, still eying the small time machine in his hand. With a sigh, he shoved the contraption into his pocket. At the moment, he needed to pay more attention to where he was. But the more Gohan thought about where he could be, the more he received an annoying, familiar feeling. So where was he? Gohan knew the place, but he just couldn't put his finger on it…
Interrupting his thoughts, he fell straight to the floor, feeling someone had bumped into him. Finally snapping back to reality, Gohan looked up to see three people standing before him. Two of them were male, the last being female. They were all wearing matching green Gis, and were in their late teen years. The first, being a girl was offering a hand to help him up. He took her hand with a quick smile; before mumbling an apology as he began to take a proper look at the three fighters.
The girl had long, blonde hair tied back in two plaits, with a grey sweatband around her forehead. Presently, she was wearing a warm smile aimed in his direction. The next was a boy, no, a man. This person had to be at least two years older than the girl; his light brown hair was also tied back, but in a short pony-tail. His expression was pretty neutral, friendly and rather cheerful looking. Unlike the girl's sweatband, his was a dark brown.
Last but defiantly not least, was another lad around about the same age as the last, maybe older. His hair was the same shade of black as Gohan's own. But unlike Gohan's medium-length hair, his was short and spiky. This guy was the tallest of the three too; under a strand of hair that hung over his face was a midnight black sweatband with a golden rim. To the complete opposite of his friends, his expression held a very smug feeling to it.
"Uh, thanks," Gohan nodded to the girl, who returned the gesture.
"Hey, I haven't seen you around before," the guy with the pony-tail said, raising a curious eyebrow.
"Oh, you have," the other male chuckled, a devious smirk plastering his features. This guy was so familiar… they all were. The annoying feeling was returning, prodding at his mind. Who were these people?
"Erm, excuse me?" Gohan then asked the smirking one.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," another laugh parted from his lips, earning odd glances from his friends. "Oh, and if you don't want to stick out, I would change those clothes. It has been about, um… three years since the whole battle thing."
"What?"
"Sorry, I just like to mess with you. I had to go through the whole thing…"
Then it clicked.
He knew where he was.
He knew who these people were.
But, he didn't know how it had happened.
" Are y-you me?" he gasped. The other man's smirk began to curve even further,
"Whoa!" the girl exclaimed, standing in between the two. "What the heck is going on? What do you mean 'are you him?'" turning from youngest of the four to the tallest, she began to whine, "I don't get it, Gohan. Care to explain?"
"Time travel," her friend said with a small smile, he then pointed to the younger version of himself, "mini me-"
"-Don't call me that,"
"That Gohan had been stupid enough to be tricked by Frieza and use that faulty time machine to land his butt here. In result, he is stuck here until further notice."
"Wow, another Gohan…" sighed the other man, "So now there's two younger Gohans!"
"Shut up, Henran!" Both of the hybrids had growled. Swapping glances, the younger of the two spoke up, "yeah, but aren't you forgetting that he," pointing to the other Gohan, "AKA me, can kick your ass?" turning to his counterpart, he released a little mumble, "please say that's still true…"
"Yeah, I'm still stronger…"
"Good to know," he laughed. Turning to the girl, who was presently still in shock, he raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you Henran's sister?"
"I am," she finally replied, "I joined the academy straight after the battle, so now I'm on my fifth level. Kirik is also training here, but he is on his seventh."
"I thought this was Ws, but everything has seemed to have changed!"
"The original academy blew up a while ago, it was during the battle," she told him, "so we moved Ws from the South part of the galaxy to the West, it is much more secretive here. Nevertheless, since the whole Dye episode, we have become more than a legend,"
"-Now everyone knows about us," Henran added. "Although, you're doing a good job to stop intruders," sending a quick smirk to the elder Gohan.
"But, every timeline is different," Gohan stated, returning his friend's smirk with a frown. "Even if our timeline beat Dye, yours will be very different," he then said, turning to his younger counterpart. "Think about Trunks returning from the future with the androids, he changed things for the better. But there are many different endings for us, for you."
"I don't understand," the fifteen year-old said, tilting his head.
"You're here because it had to happen, when I was your age I was in the exact same position you're in. However, the other me had been defeated by Dye, so I was talking to Henran."
"You're really hurting my head!" his best friend complained.
"Well, it's not important to you!" he snapped, "So, the Henran of that time was very wise." Once said, the younger Saiyan snorted. "I agree. Anyway, many bad things had happened to everyone in that timeline. But from here on now, everything will differ from other timelines. So you might not defeat Dye, but there is also an opportunity that you will. No timeline is the same."
"Wait! Doe's dad know about your training?!" he eagerly asked his elder self. The other Gohan merely laughed and tapped his nose. "Man, I hope not. So, what's the point of me being here then?"
"I don't exactly know. I think it's just for me to tell you about the timelines, or maybe your stupidity got you into another mess."
"Heh, maybe," he shrugged. "Hey wait a minute. Why is Henran a shrimp?"
"I'm not a shrimp!" Henran growled, flushing a bright red.
"No I'm just taller," the elder Gohan boasted. "But that doesn't matter, what does is that you get going back, Gohan. Every hour you spend here is like two months back in your world!"
"Can't you fix the time machine?" he asked his counterpart. Receiving a nod, he passed the other Gohan the device…
End of chapter.
This was very akward to write. I didn't want to mix up the two Gohans doing this chapter :S Reviews are welcome :)
Anyway, bye for now!
Danni
