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Last time...
Gohan groaned knowing he was never going to hear the end of it once he got home. To think, his dad didn't even ask him if he was alright…
Cast Away
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At 3:30 the next morning, Krillen decided to try his luck at the Reveille once more, as he blasted the tune over the P.A. system. The students fell out of their beds at odd angles, rubbing their eyes in an effort to rid themselves of their grogginess.
Gohan was already up before the wakeup call. He had been plagued the entire night by nightmares of the vicious fan girls. Even the brushes the blanket made against his skin as he breathed caused him to squirm. In times like this he wondered why he couldn't just blast them all to HFIL.
'That's because your mom would kill you for killing a potential mate,' his subconscious reminded him.
His mind automatically drifted to Videl. 'Mates? Who needs them? I start liking a girl and look where I end up!' he thought back to his inner voice.
'Come on,' his inner voice chided. 'You survived! Be a man!'
He glared at his inner voice. 'That's beside the point! She willingly put me in danger!' he retorted, rubbing his still-sore bum.
'You know you're not just hurting your own pride! You're destroying mine! Now go get a shower and see if you can grow some balls while you're in there!' his inner voice said exasperatedly before leaving him.
Gohan was about to reply before he realized he was arguing with himself. 'Side effect of growing up an only child for 12 years, I guess' he thought to himself before getting up to use the bathroom. 'Besides I want to get out of here before Mirai eats all the food!'
Right then, Videl got up. She greeted Gohan with an apprehensive look which he answered with a glare. 'Nope! He still hasn't forgiven me as yet,' the dark-haired girl thought to herself. Gohan had been giving them all the silent treatment ever since the incident. He was the worst with her as he was reluctant to even make eye contact with her and when he did, she received nothing but a devastating glare. 'Great way to start off surviving in the wilderness, Videl. Oh well, the least I can do is let him have the shower first.' However it was then that Videl's bladder had decided to make its very full presence known. 'Crap! I gotta pee!' was the last thing Videl thought before making a dash for the bathroom, slamming it in the unsuspecting teenage boy's face.
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Lime and Trunks, however, were already dressed and walked out into the hallway, laughing at the bewildered look on their classmates' faces, and greeted them happily as if it were 9:00am instead. They strolled to the kitchen, where the chefs had already laid out an elaborate breakfast for their guests. They filled their plates and ate to their hearts' content, finishing just as the stampede of adolescents including their friends burst through the large double doors.
"Hey! Where's my food?" Gohan asked, staring at the small amount of food remaining. The other students scrambled to fill their plates before the feeding frenzy could begin.
Mirai chuckled. "You snooze, you lose!" he teased.
Gohan glared at him then turned his glare on Videl. "I hate you both!" he grumbled, resigning himself to the slightly larger than human portion of food that was left.
"I told you, I'm sorry, Gohan!" Videl groaned. "I really needed to use the bathroom!"
"That's still not going to put food in my stomach!" Gohan replied, angrily. "Not to mention how you sold me out yesterday!"
"Oh toughen up!" Lime said smacking Gohan on the back of the head. "When we go to the mountains, you can catch yourself a couple of fish or something. You've survived fangirls before, you can do it again."
"Fine," Gohan grumbled and cleaned his plate in mere seconds.
"By the way what happened with you two this morning?" Erasa asked Videl.
"Well we woke up early and he was all mad at me from yesterday. Anyway I decided I was going to let him use the bathroom first but then I had to pee." Videl explained. Erasa nodded in comprehension. "Since I was already in there, I decided to take my usual half an hour shower as well and came out to see him looking at me like I had killed his favorite pet and he's been mad at me ever since!" Videl continued.
"Oh my gosh, Videl," Erasa exclaimed. "How could you tear poor Gohan away from his food?"
"How was I to know Mirai would actually eat it all?" Videl tried to defend herself.
"Didn't you see them eat yesterday, and the day before, and the day before?" Erasa asked incredulously.
"Good point," Videl conceded. "I told him I was sorry."
"I'm sure he forgives you, Videl," Erasa said.
"Not likely," Videl moaned back, slapping her forehead.
Right then an announcement came over the PA system. "Everyone please report to the gym!"
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Krillen and Yanmcha were waiting for them next to Bulma and Miss Wheeler.
Bulma spoke up. "Well class, you are allowed to bring one extra set of clothing and no capsules. Everyone, grab your item and your clothes, take a backpack from the pile to your left and leave your capsules in the bin to your right," she said.
"Don't even bother trying to smuggle any capsules. You will be scanned before entering the jet plane and anyone caught will be sent home immediately with an F. Is that understood?" Miss Wheeler added.
The class nodded and did as they were told.
"Alright then, we'll all be heading into Bulma's jet plane and she will drop you off at your separate locations. I'm handing you each a GPS tracker," Krillen said, handing them all a small leather necklace with a red button on the back of the pendant. "Be careful not to take them off because this is what we'll use to find you in case of an emergency or if you give up. Just press the red button. I'm also giving you each a camping backpack to put your things in. You will earn a letter grade for every two days you stay in the wilderness. 0-1 day you'll get an F, 2 -3 days you'll get a D, 4-5 days you'll get a C, 6 days, you'll get a B and if you last until the 7th day, you'll get an A. Is that clear?"
The class nodded again. "Ok, everyone let's go," Yamcha said as the class followed behind him.
"Mirai, Gohan and Lime," Krillen said. "Will you come see me?" The three looked at each other in confusion before following Krillen.
"What's up?" Mirai asked the former monk.
"Well, Bulma had this idea of you three not using your powers, since you have an unfair advantage over the others, so she made trackers for you that also took away your powers so it would be more even," Krillen said, revealing three necklaces that seemed identical to the ones they were currently wearing. "Vegeta and Goku also seemed to be happy with this idea. They said it's a good way to see how much you have progressed as martial artists when it comes to technique alone."
"But what if there's an emergency?" Gohan asked.
"Press the red button," Krillen said with a smile. "Now go on and join the class!"
The three sighed and obeyed. When they got back, they were immediately ambushed by Videl. "What did he want with you guys?" she asked.
"Oh, he just wanted to tell us that our dad's will be participating in the search and rescue in case anyone gets lost and to play fair since you guys have never done this kind of thing before," Gohan replied.
"Oh, ok," Videl responded. "That makes sense."
"Hey everyone!" Bulma said, cheerily. The blunette was dressed in a light green sundress and flip flops. "I hope you're all ready for this trip."
"Oh, I know I am," Miss Wheeler replied in her bikini and sunglasses, never mind the fact that the sun had barely risen. The students shot dirty looks at their teacher, once again feeling jealous of her.
"Anyway, my pilot will be taking you into the air and dropping you off at different spots. You will each be blindfolded and the windows are darkly tinted to disorient you," Bulma continued. "No one is allowed to take their blindfolds off until you have reached your specific destination. So goodbye, be safe and stay alive!"
The students then waved goodbye and piled into the rather large plane. As they put on their blindfolds, the world faded into darkness.
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