a year has flown by very quick, the exchange students are heading home, Gohan hasn't slept for a whole night, It was so hard to say Goodbye.
They were at the airport and Erasa couldn't keep herself dry for a second, Japan became her second home and didn't want to leave. If only time could move slower for her.
Gohan said goodbye to Sharpener, he remained cheerful but did so to hide his true feelings about his departure.
Erasa wipes her face dry and looked up when Gohan approaches her.
"I just want to say.. goodbye" Erasa sobbed.
"Hey.." Gohan said comforting and used a new handkerchief to dry her face.
" It's not a goodbye, I promise we'll meet again"
"Until then" Gohan said as they hugged.
When they broke apart Erasa still had her eyes full of tears but managed to smile.
Erasa nodded, still holding her hands around his waist,
" Thanks.. " Erasa sobbed, she never felt so happy and sad before.
She will never forget Japan.
The students had to move towards the gate Erasa looked over her shoulder one more time, she saw Gohan disappear in the fast moving crowd.
"Until then.." Erasa said.
She dried her face with the handkerchief she got and felt certain that one day she will return.
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Gohan was playing Sudoku back at Mount Paozu to keep his mind from things, an airplane flew over Mount Paozu and Gohan thought about Erasa.
Seeing her walk away was harder to cope with than he thought, even if it's a temporarily goodbye it's hard to see a good friend leave.
She was the first person he didn't have to warm up to, Gohan is always a bit timid meeting new people but she made him feel at ease, wanted and pretty much accepted him, despite being socially awkward.
Instead of getting over things it kept lingering, he couldn't stand Goten asking for attention and claimed that he's not feeling very well so create some space between them.
No matter what he did at home he couldn't progress, he misses Erasa and it felt like a heavy sensation over his whole body.
To keep himself from sulking he called Videl for another flying lesson date, hoping that he'll feel better being around his crush but felt it was a wrong move, he couldn't enjoy anyone's presence.
But kept a poker-face on until it was time for her to go,
"You know after I beat you at the tournament I don't mind going on a date with you" Videl said flirty.
"That would be nice" Gohan shrugged.
Videl noticed his unenthusiastic response.
"What's up with you? Don't you wanna go out?" Videl wondered as she flied in-front of him.
"Oh nothing is wrong, I just feel a bit sad that the exchange students are gone" Gohan mentioned.
"Well I'm happy some of them are gone" Videl snorted, "like that ditzy airhead and Sharpner"
"He's always trying to win me over"
" I even miss that crazy guy" Gohan managed to smile for once in hours.
Videl smiled back, "Finally a smile,"
"Don't worry about them, you can always send them an email" Videl mentioned.
"I never used the internet" Gohan mentioned.
Videl was shocked to hear that, "Are you kidding?"
"You're missing out on so much, I chat with people all over the world" Videl mentioned.
"It's a good tool to stay in touch" Videl mentioned.
"Thanks I'll consider it" Gohan mentioned.
"So.. about the tournament are your parents joining too?" Videl wondered.
"Just my dad.mom retired as martial artist." Gohan mentioned.
"Yeah the lady will bring him back from the dead so he can stay with us for a day" Goten chirped appearing from the bushes.
Gohan looked behind him bewildered, Goten has been eves dropping and Gohan became annoyed.
"Pipe down Goten you're not supposed to speak about that" Gohan scolded.
"Oh" Goten covered his mouth,
"Sorry I just want to say it's almost dinner time" Goten said guilty.
"What woman? Who's back from the dead?" Videl asked confused.
"Nothing, He just.." Gohan felt uneasy not knowing how to explain this.
"Oh so your father and your mom got divorced and he's with a new lady now?" Videl mentioned.
"No..no uh.. it's a long story, but our dad has been gone for a long time and he's back for a short while" Gohan said.
"I see, we do have more in common, my mom is gone too, always busy traveling after dad got full custody" Videl mentioned sympathising.
Gohan just scrubbed the back of his head and left the unbelievable story at that.