The King of Orange Star High
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On The Mend: Question Sessions Begin
Once the students had been showed to their respective rooms for the week, they were shown an easy way down to the dining hall that still did not involve going past Gohan's room. They all were curious what all they would be learning during their week at the palace but were also concerned about how Gohan was doing in the medical wing. The OX-King meets them all in the dining area when the guards finish showing them the way down there from their rooms.
"Alright everyone, I had a chance to speak with your teacher and they have outlined to me what all each of you is expected to learn while here. You obviously need information on me, this Kingdom, our allies, and of course.. my grandson. Most of what you need is in books in our rather extensive library. The only information not in there is on my grandson. Everyone already knows that he is the crowned Prince of this Kingdom and also the kid from the Cell Games. What most outside this kingdom don't know is who he is. As revealed in the recent announcement about the Saiyan Empire, my grandson is part Saiyan thanks to his father. His personality however portrays more of his mothers side of the family, the calmer Earth side of the genetics in his blood. Seeing as how he is currently occupied, you won't get a chance to see him right away but hopefully he'll be done with his business soon. In the meantime, we have provided food for all of you, so please enjoy what we have available. Once he has returned, we can take any questions you might have."
Several of the students glance at each other and ask if they should wait for Gohan to be healed up before they start asking any questions he might need to know. The OX-King twitches a moment and nods that it might be a good idea. "Hopefully they'll return at the same time but if not, then we'll have to plan accordingly. If necessary, we can have Gohan ask his questions on a more one on one basis." He turns slightly so they couldn't see his face and tries to get the lump out of his throat from having to avoid mentioning that Gohan and his grandson were the same person. He had to try to wait until Gohan was healed and out of the tank before the class could be informed.
A couple of the students notice his hesitation and start making their own speculations about why. Instead of asking though, they let it drop for the time being and enjoy the fabulous spread of food set out for them. They were also shown after they finished eating where the library was so they could begin their work if they wanted or if they just wanted to do some casual reading. The library was vast, taking up as much space as 20 olympic sized swimming pools in width and almost as long as an average professional football field. The amount of books in the room could keep a person occupied for years and still only touch a portion of it. The students scatter through the room in excitement at all the books readily available to them. One very large cabinet wound up catching their attention, not because of the size, but because it had a very large ornate lock on it that was securely holding the cabinet shut. There was close to a couple hundred books inside the cabinet and some had titles in another language. With the case being locked, the students quickly walked away from it since they had no access to it.
The next few hours passed very quickly as each of the students got involved in the books they were reading. Some were actually reading the books they were meant to read for the reports while others were reading random books that caught their interest. During that time, down in the medical wing, a healing tank starts beeping indicating the end of the healing cycle that had been running. Gohan was helped out of the tank by his dad who had stayed down there to keep watch over him. He gets IT'ed to his room so he could get cleaned up and into some clean clothes before he went down to the library to join the other students.
No sooner did Gohan walk into the library with them, Videl pounces on him and hugs him closely. "You had us so worried, Gohan but I'm glad you're okay. You are okay... aren't you?"
Gohan chuckles slightly and hugs Videl as much as he could. "I'm fine. Sure, I'm a bit sore from being shot, but as is obvious, I'll live. Would kinda suck if I didn't now wouldn't it?"
The other students wander over hearing his voice and actually looked relieved to see him up and about even after being shot only hours prior. One of the other students glances at him and mentions about the questions they would get to ask the OX-King and the OX Prince should the Prince show up for questioning. They naturally didn't even pay attention to what Gohan was wearing at that point, which was way more regal than anything he typically wore.
"About that, the questioning of the OX Prince, uhh.. you won't have to wait on doing that. It was asked that the OX Prince not be revealed to all of you till we were all here. Due to the events of the last few hours, questioning of that sort would have been impossible." He smirks at them slightly then hints at his current attire. Many of them finally glance at his clothes and start stuttering a bit. "We didn't want to reveal anything till everyone was here at the palace. Its too easy for media and other people outside these walls to eavesdrop on conversations. Anyone finding out about me too early would have caused more problems than anything else. As it is, even the teacher is unaware about me. Even the real purpose for this fieldtrip was not told to the teachers. If you want to ask questions, thats fine but we all need to go to one of the soundproof conference rooms before doing so. This will limit how many people overhear whats being said. I am a bit tired yet so questions for tonight will have to be limited but I should be back to normal by tomorrow. If all of you will follow me, I can take you all to the conference room."
They all were stunned into silence but nod and follow him up the hallway towards the conference room where his grandfather was also patiently waiting. He stops at the door and motions for each student to enter the room ahead of him and his grandfather. Once all of them were in the room, Gohan and the OX-King enter the room and close the doors. The seal around the door made sure that no sound escaped from the room.
Gohan moves to one end of the table and takes his usual seat in the smaller of the 2 thrones at that end of the table. "Now, I know most of you are quite curious about all of this. Like I said though, limit how much you ask for tonight. We can handle the rest tomorrow. Any information you get will be usable for the assignment so please, nothing overly personal." He glances at his grandfather as he sits in the larger throne type seat next to him.
During the course of the next 3 hours, he answered questions ranging from his plans for the kingdom all the way up to his ancestry and his people. He answered what he could but one last question for the night left him slightly unsure of how to answer.
"One last thing before we finish up tonight, but you said earlier that the teachers didn't know the real reason all of us were here for the week. They were under the assumption that this was strictly educational. Your grandfather said your birthday is coming up and we're invited to your party. Somehow I don't think thats all there is to it, so what is it we're really here to see?"
Gohan leans back in his seat and gives the students a once over knowing he wouldn't be able to hide anything from them this week. "You are here for educational reasons, and yes also for my birthday party. The thing about my birthday though is I'll be turning 18, the legal age to ascend to the throne of the Kingdom." He pauses a moment taking in the widening eyes of his classmates as they realized where this was heading.
"Grandfather isn't getting any younger and with me turning 18 on Saturday, he plans to crown me King of the OX Kingdom. You all will get a chance to be here for the coronation ceremony provided you don't give us reason to have you leave the grounds before it happens. Come tomorrow morning after breakfast, we will be setting down some basic rules that you all will need to follow while you are here. Failure to comply will result in your removal from OX Kingdom lands and you will be taken back to the school. Doing so will also mean you don't get to witness the coronation first hand. Any other questions will wait till tomorrow morning. It's getting late so please make your way back to your rooms for the night and we'll continue with all of this after breakfast tomorrow morning."
He gets up rather shaky like and gets helped by Videl who had been sitting really close to him. He heads up towards his own room while everyone else goes back to theirs. Their minds were spinning at all that they just learned in the last couple hours, and from the looks of things, this was only the beginning of a very long week.
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Oops, there it is! lol I guess not having internet is useful in at least typing up fanfic chapters lol 2 chapters typed in one evening yayyy lol