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Year 770, March
M. Gohan and M. Trunks left a few weeks after Bojack had attacked. Both Goten and Trunks were upset their 'Big Brothers' were leaving and that they didn't plan on coming back to visit anytime soon. The resources are just that scarce in their time and Gohan's timeline hadn't found the components to create more of the fuel, though she suspected Bulma had a small sample and was trying to. Goten moped around the house for days. Eventually things picked up when Goten started calling Gohan Mummy more openly after his slip up in the hospital. Gohan didn't have the heart to correct him considering he was missing M. Gohan so much, even though he only knew him a few days, he continued to call her mummy every time he addressed Gohan and when she didn't correct him like she would do before he seemed to get back to his usually happy self.
One day in early March Gohan got an invite to a Wedding. Krillin and #18's to be exact. She was glad that Krillin didn't bring up the fact he was dating #18 while the Mirai's were here as well as finding it weird #18 didn't make an appearance at all, though she couldn't imagine that going down too well. Not wanting to miss it, as Gohan didn't hold any animosity towards the android, she RSVP'd for both her and Goten. Not having anything nice to wear for both of them, she didn't think her mother's traditional Chinese princess wardrobe was right for a casual beach wedding, decided to pay a visit to Bulma to reluctantly get her help.
Leaving Goten with Trunks and Bulma's father the woman including Bulma's mother, Panchy, set out to find the right outfits for a wedding. Gohan had no Idea what to look for so she had to put her trust in Bulma. Gohan hadn't been to a mall in years and the one's she had been to were a lot smaller than the one Bulma took them to in Orange Star City or as it was now known as Satan City. They had been into a dozen stores already and Gohan had tried on what seemed like hundreds of outfits, though Bulma had rejected every one of them. Gohan honestly didn't mind a few and brought them anyway, she never knew when she would be expected at the palace or a state dinner and would need something nice to wear, but according to Bulma were not appropriate for a wedding.
After hours of finding 'nothing' the woman decided to grab a bite to eat. Gohan not wanting to eat out the whole food court stuck to a 'snack' big enough for 3 people. She got some funny looks from some kids that appeared to be her age a few tables over. It was a group of 3 a Blonde boy with shoulder length and fairly buff look, a small girl with a scowl on her face and her black hair in two pigtails and a preppy looking blonde with short hair. Gohan tried to smile in the hopes of maybe make a few friends while Bulma and Panchy were busy discussing where they would go next. The 2 blondes smiled back but the black-haired girl just scowled deeper and stormed off, for why, Gohan couldn't think of a reason, did she have food on her face or something?. Feeling a little put off she finished her food and though it was a lot less than an average meal she was full enough as she had lost her appetite and desire for looking for an outfit.
Eventually some time after lunch Bulma found the perfect outfit for her. It appeared to be a full-length dress but in fact was a shorts one-piece underneath the skirt and the slits up the side showed off the shorts when she walked, with a modest neckline, sleeveless and Gohan's figure it looked casual though the pattern on the fabric made it look dressy. Panchy then found her some Gladiator style sandals that paired with the one-piece, pulling the whole thing together. The group managed to find outfits for the boys as well. Apparently Vegeta was invited too but he showed no desire to go as he had finally gotten his spirit back after visit and the defeat of Bojack. Gohan suspected it was the fact she was getting more control of ascended Saiyan and he was still behind her either way he was back to training full speed, which made their weekly spars that much more exciting for her and really got her blood pumping as he was the only person so far to give her a challenge in power and skill. Piccolo was mostly a skill challenge and kept up with her but in power wise she never quiet felt that pushed.
Gohan was continuously curious about what was happening between Bulma and Vegeta as they shared a kid, he lived in her house, but they weren't married or appeared to be a couple, and he seemed to be spending a fair bit of time at her place when not living in the gravity chamber in Capsule Corp. Voicing her thoughts not trying to be rude just genuinely confused as the only romantic based relationship she had any knowledge of was her parents and to her half the time they didn't appear to be very romantic to each other. Though the only thing Gohan knew about being 'romantic' was the books she found of her mothers in the wardrobe, usually sporting a buff man with flowing hair and a fair woman in a skimpy dress in his arms. Gohan had started to read one but half way through she got so embarrassed she put them back and hadn't brought them out again, so she had no idea if that was meant to be normal for couples or if it was just some fantasy, either way what she had read didn't seem all that plausible, with the knowledge she had of couples.
"I do have feelings for him. I slept with him, not just because he was the only guy around, but after the night Trunk's was conceived he has barley shown anything akin to affection towards me, so maybe for him it was just convenience, not that there was much affection, that night either. I mean he is polite enough well for Vegeta standards and he is good to trunks but it's like he isn't interested at all that our one night together was just that like a one-night-stand of boiled up lust but we still live in close quarters and he doesn't make it awkward and even that lust and attraction I originally felt is disappearing and I think it's non-existent to him. He seeks you out to spend more time with him than I get." Gohan thought she saw a glimmer of jealousy but wasn't sure. "I've actually been thinking of going on a date with someone else. A new guy started at the company and I figured since Vegeta don't want me, no harm in finding someone who does, you know."
"Oh, fair enough. I just only have mum and dads relationship to go off and they hugged each other a few times that I can remember but other than that there was no affection, I'm starting to think they didn't loved each other, not like what is described in books. So, I just wanted to know what it was like. Since you and Vegeta share a son together I thought maybe you could explain it."
Panchy chose that moment to jump in, "Oh hunny, love is not something you can describe, I mean you can try but for each person it is different, different feelings and different way of showing. When you find the right man, it will feel like your world is complete, that's the best way I can describe it."
"That's true mum. As for your parents, they were young, and your father made a promise before he knew what it was he was promising. He did care for your mother and your mother was infatuated with him, but, once he followed through with his promise to marry your mum, I don't think they were both ready for what that entailed. I honestly don't know if your father loved your mother, he treated her like he did me and the other woman he knew which was the same way he treated his male friends. The closest thing to actual love your father may have felt that was stronger than what he felt for us is what he felt for you. He did explain it felt different than when he thinks of his friends."
Gohan was upset at Bulma's statement about her parents but could also understand it, she had seen it herself, but the fact everyone else apparently did too felt weird. "Thanks Bulma and Panchy, that helped me a lot. Maybe one day I may find it out myself."
With that they returned to Capsule Corp and being so late into the day Gohan and Goten stayed for dinner before heading home.
The Day of the Wedding, which was held on the beach at Master Roshi's Island was beautiful. It was a small affair with only their group of friends. The ceremony was simple and quick. Goten and Trunks were complaining about their penguin outfits being too tight, and #18 had a bit of a bulge in her stomach which Bulma ended up calling it a shotgun Wedding, this however didn't ruin her outfit which was classic white flowing dress with a short train on the bottom. in short #18 looked stunning. Though Gohan had no idea why it would be called a shotgun wedding. It was soon revealed #18 was 3 months pregnant, which was announced during the reception, the party went late into the night and everyone had a great time, Gohan even tried a sip of champagne at Bulma's insistence though she hated the taste of it. She was only 12.
The months and years were going by, Piccolo didn't come down to train every morning like he used to, instead coming every couple of days. Gohan kept up her training the other days as best she could. She even started training Goten he was a fast learner and just a natural talent like what many described her as, not that she trained him even half as hard as she was originally trained but didn't go easy on him either, though he did have a drive to learn, much like her, though he learnt better watching and doing than reading, unlike Gohan who excelled in both ways. It wasn't as much of a challenge when they spared but it was fun, watching him grown and improve each day made her proud.
At least twice a week Vegeta would come by for a spar as well as bring Trunks to train with Goten. They wouldn't talk much but on the odd occasions they stayed for dinner Gohan took the opportunity to ask about Saiyan's history. She was learning everything she could about her human history and how to be a good ruler, visiting her Grandfather twice a week with Goten, but she wanted to learn about her other half. The half that gave her the unique abilities she had over the rest of the population, shared with only 3 other people in the universe, and when they were all sitting around the table eating like a family it was like Vegeta was a different person. Gone was his aggressive defensive attitude and replaced with one that was still gruff and proud but not nearly as uncivil as he appeared to others, Gohan was growing to enjoy these visits, she was starting to see Vegeta as different than she would Piccolo or her father, she couldn't describe it to herself she would still get flustered when she saw maybe too much flesh after a sparing session, maybe she was still too young to understand it, but that didn't stop her from enjoying the feelings inside her. When Vegeta was talking about Saiyan history late into the night with Gohan after Trunks and Goten had fallen asleep he got so absorbed it made Gohan feel special, she knew he wouldn't normally be this open about himself and his history but just for her it appeared he would.
Gohan also tried to spend what spare time she could working on projects with Bulma, unofficially, as she had no diploma and wasn't officially an employee of Capsule Corp. and barely 16-years-old. A few of her ideas were already out on the market, like the food bento style storage Dino Cap that kept hot food hot and cold food cold in the same capsule, named the 'Bento Dino.' It had her earning money as bulma gave her the royalties that would normally be going to her, though also leading her to thinking maybe she should complete the one dying wish her mother wanted of her, before she was too old to attend a proper facility. A High School Diploma. It had been in her head for a while, but to go too young she would have to be in class for years and honestly she didn't like the idea of being confined like that, by Goten's 6th Birthday she decided she would enroll finally.
Year 773, December
After talking with Bulma about schools and her age to the grade she would be starting, that apparently was important, she finally decided on Orange Star High. She would legally be younger than her class mates as she was going for only the last year of school and according to her birth certificate she was only 16 but thanks to her time in the HbTC she was physically 17 and her Saiyan genetics she looked closer to 20, most of the kids she would go to school with would be 18 already but Gohan didn't mind she was going for one objective and that was the certificate at the end. If she managed to make some friends than all the better, it would be nice to have some friends closer to her age, though she wasn't sure if she could get along with them. They would all be so innocent compared to her and her history, forced to grow up on battle fields then raise a baby from before she was a teenager but hopefully none of that made a difference.
Goten would be looked after by Bulma and begin his studies under Trunk's tutor, luckily even though he has kept his Naïve personality he was quiet smart and Gohan had been teaching him in her spare time of an evening before putting him to bed and doing revision of her own, so with that, he wasn't far behind Trunks in academics.
To get accepted into the school Gohan had to do a lot of tests, the Principle tried to get Gohan to start in year 11 instead of year 12 considering her age but after her test results came back and the speed in which she had finished the examinations, over an hour early, he let her start in year 12, at the beginning of the school year. The principle was also made aware of her situation at home, that she was the sole provider to her younger brother and was given special permission to answer her phone in class, but not to abuse the privilege. Now she just had to wait until classes started. She had a adeqite wardrobe thanks to her time shopping with Bulma those few years ago and her body hadn't changed much so most of them still fit and were in great condition.
Year 774, February 1st
This was a big day for Gohan she was going to respect her mum's last wishes for her to get a high school diploma luckily Bulma was there to help. She had been so independent looking after Goten and herself the past 5 years she was reluctant to ask for help. It would be a huge change of pace for both Her and Goten but hopefully by the end of the year it would be worth it.
Today was her first day. Goten was staying with Bulma he was ready to some schooling but as he couldn't control his strength well, so she thought it best he learn with Trunks at Capsule Corp for a while till they can both go.
She had read a few magazines in the lead up to enrolling trying to learn what she can about teenagers and fashion in the city, it had sadly just confused her. Luckily Bulma took her shopping before so she would have a suitable wardrobe to wear. A lot of neutral items that can be mixed and matched, jeans, shorts, long shirts jackets, even a few skirts though she didn't see herself wearing those much. Most of them pretty baggy and long. She had a well-toned body and decent sized breasts for her age due to her hybrid genetics as well as years of training but that didn't mean she liked to show it off to the masses. She was not raised that way. The wardrobe of her mother's, which when not in her training Gi's was what she mostly wore, she knew they were not common in the city. All this preparation she did, she was still terrified at the though of being in a big room with strangers for hours every day. So, for her first day she Opted for some nice fitting Jeans and a semi-loose fitting long sleeved white shirt with a short-sleeved cardigan over it to bring her waist in just enough so as to subtly show her figure, with sneakers. She had let her hair grow out a bit over the years with it coming to the middle of her shoulders and no matter how much she brushed it the wild bangs in the front continued to do what they want, what ever her mother had used to give her straight tame hair that lasted for over a month and the Namek adventure, well that she took to her grave. All over the look was angelic yet approachable, according to Bulma.
On the way to school after dropping Goten at Capsule Corp. Gohan ran to some robbers. She smelt the scent of gun powder lingering in the air and the sound of rapid gunfire ahead of her. Rounding the corner, she saw 2 police cars with the cops huddling behind shielding themselves from the gunfire. 'Damn, I've got to help. Hopefully if I'm quick I won't be too late.' Ducking into an alley behind her she dropped her bag and her cardigan thinking it would be easier to move this way and powered up to Super Saiyan. In a flash she was in front of the bullets catching every one of them it took the robbers a few second to realise their bullets were being stopped. Once they had paused to see what was going Gohan made a show of dropping the bullets one by one in front of their eyes then she dashed around them breaking every weapon.
The cops were watching dumbstruck while the robbers were starting to get fearful. Gohan stopped in front of them and let her aura surround her a bit creating a golden breeze around herself. "Turn yourselves in and I won't have to use force," the robbers immediately surrendered giving the cops a chance to handcuff them. Gohan lingered just long enough to make sure none retaliated then flew off, powering down hoping no one saw her, she puts her cardigan back on, picks her bag up and wonders out of the alley.
Just as she was walking away a short black-haired girl with fighting gloves on stops her. "Hey, you see what happened here? I get the call saying the cops need help and when I arrive they have already cuffed them." The short girl demands addressing her but looking at the crime scene.
"Sorry I didn't see what happened." Gohan replies meekly, luckily an old guy come up to the pig-tailed girl and explains what happened. Noticing she wasn't being watched Gohan dashed off at what she hoped was a human enough speed towards the school. She was determined to make it in time. After a good half hour of the principal going on about the rules of the school and Gohan asking him to keep it confident about her home situation, which the principal was aware of and had told her teachers, giving her some leniency on phones in case she needed to be contacted as long as she didn't abuse the power or flaunt it. To which she assured him she wasn't intending any of the students to know about it.
She was finally able to attend class. Knocking on the open door Gohan stayed just out of sight of the students. The teacher noticing her proceeded to introduce her, "Okay class, we have a new student today, this young person got perfect test scores in all the entrance exams, while finishing with time to spare. I hope you welcome her and if your polite she may give you help, god knows for seniors you all need it. That's your cue to enter." Thanks to her Saiyan hearing she heard all the snide comments of nerd and a like, though it didn't dishearten her much as she was here to complete a diploma first and foremost. Entering the class, she was greeted with gasps and in a few cases wolf whistles. "That's enough you are an embarrassment to the schooling system!" Yelled the teacher. "Introduce yourself." He urged Gohan.
"Hello, my name is Son Gohan, this is my first time attending a school so I hope we can all be friends." She wasn't sure if that was the right thing to say but it sounded nice enough. Suddenly a pretty blonde girl stood up and shouted that she could have the seat next to her. Feeling grateful Gohan proceeded to walk up the steps to the seat, about half way up one of the guys on the end went for an ass grab. Gohan felt him almost touch her when she swiveled out of the way flicking his hand away. Hardly anyone was watching at that stage besides the girl who invited her up and the 2 people beside her watching the situation looking confused noticing that the jock was now cradling his hand as if it had been injured, she had just pushed it out of the way, or did she even touch him, it was so fast they couldn't tell.
To everyone else it looked like Gohan had just moved out of the way when he had over reached. Gohan still had on her pleasant smile. Though at this stage it was strained and continued on to her seat.
"Hi, I'm Erasa, the girl beside me is Videl and the idiot next to her is my twin brother Sharpner." The preppy blonde with short hair and a tube top showing off, in Gohan's opinion, a bit too much stomach.
"Hi, nice to meet you." Gohan felt oddly nervous suddenly when being addressed, she felt like she had met these people before but couldn't pinpoint where.
"We've all been friends for years, you'll never guess who Videl's father is?"
Gohan looked to the small girl known as Videl and noticed she looked annoyed and was bracing herself for something. Confused by Erasa's comment and Videl's actions Gohan asked, "Um… Who?"
"Mr. Satan of course!" Videl then buried her face in her arms in embarrassment.
"Who?" Gohan was at a loss the name did sound familiar, but she couldn't figure out from where.
"What do you mean who?!" Sharpner demanded from the seat besides Videl, while Videl just looked up in shock. "Mr. Satan, the savior of the planet?! The man who defeated Cell!"
Oh, the buffoon from the games who threw #16's head over to her. "Oh, sorry where I live we don't get much news, I'm usually too busy to worry about who's in the spotlight and stuff on T.V., but yeah I remember him, wow being the daughter of a celebrity must be nice. You must feel lucky you didn't get any of your father's looks or hair." Gohan replied as nicely as she could. Looking at Videl it was hard to tell she was Hercules daughter.
Apparently Videl did take offence to Gohan's words, "How dare you say something like that, my dad saved the world you should be a lot more grateful, everyone else worships him!"
Taken aback Gohan took a few moments before defending herself. "Not worshiping your father or you doesn't mean I'm not grateful, I just don't see the point in flaunting it around everywhere. It wasn't the first time the world had been attacked, and saved, but you never hear those people boasting or getting free stuff, so I don't see the point in why it's such a big deal I don't worship your father."
Gohan could tell Videl was going to explode for some reason, she actually reminded her of her mother back when she would try and talk with her father and just couldn't help yelling her opinion at him, Gohan was so humble and modest she really didn't understand why anyone would want to flaunt their success so much. Luckily the teacher spoke up quieting the class before Videl could say anymore, though she continued to glare at Gohan the rest of the day.
By lunch time Gohan was thoroughly bored, she knew she would be ahead of her class, but she didn't expect to be this far ahead she had done this work before she was 5, this wasn't even enough to be called revision as to Gohan it was basic level knowledge she thought everyone knew, even Goten could understand minor parts of this work, he just didn't like sitting behind a desk learning it. The seating was a lucky thing, she didn't have to change classes each period instead the teacher came to her, though the fact they were in teired seating which apparently was only in the senior classes as there were 4 all up with 40-ish kids in each. So, if she fell asleep in class it didn't seem that bad of a situation, she highly doubted she would miss anything, except the teachers always noticed.
She was hanging for lunch thanks to her Bento Dino that was able to hold enough food for her, cooked before she got up in the morning and just had to assemble it thanks to the Proto-chef, When the bell rang she was out the door so quickly it had a few people that noticed looking on in wonder, she found a quiet looking spot under a tree and started eating. When she was about half way through Erasa came up and tried to talk to her.
"Hi, I noticed you were sitting alone and.. Wow that's a lot of food, were you going to eat all that?"
Gohan just looked up from her feed smiled and nodded. Dumbstruck Erasa sat down near her thinking maybe she was bulimic or something, but in reality it was mostly a snack for Gohan though enough to feed 3 normal people. Suddenly self-conscious about her audience Gohan stopped eating and looked at Erasa.
"Can I help you?"
"Oh, um I just wanted to come over and get to know you more, the way you stood up in Maths and corrected the teacher's equation. I honestly couldn't even understand what she is trying to teach, it was amazing are you like Bulma Briefs level genius?."
"It isn't that hard to understand rather simple actually but even I got confused when she was explaining it, Mrs Jenkins was explaining it really complicatedly, if you ever need help with something I'm happy to help, I'm honestly not sure if I'm at that level of smarts, but thanks?" Gohan gave one of her families signature smiles that put anyone at ease, Erasa was not immune.
"Wow thanks." She stuttered not knowing what to do with the blinding smile and gorgeous girl in front of her. They talked a bit more getting to know each other well Erasa asking all the surface type questions like age and that, the type of questions Gohan could answer without filtering content like she thought about doing if the question got more personal, she'd like to have friends she could trust but she just didn't know her enough yet. Gohan even went so far as to let her try some of her lunch as she hadn't brought any over, when she waved to her friends and gestured for them to join.
Gohan had mostly finished her lunch by then and was packing away her lunch when Videl and Sharpner sat down with their trays of lunches handing a can of drink and salad over to Erasa. Gohan was floored at how little all of them were eating, even Sharpner, compared to her and he was the biggest out of them looking like he worked out a lot. She knew she ate more than the average human, but this was just something she had never noticed, not even when having dinner at Bulma's, maybe it's a teenager thing?
Videl seemed to have a permanent scowl on her face whenever she was around Gohan and once there was a lull in eating Videl started asking questions about Gohan, Gohan thought maybe she was an intense sort of person but her questions really felt more like an interrogation, they were very personal questions compared to the ones Erasa was asking, not that she wanted to hide the answers but she didn't want them broadcast over the school either. Gohan knew it was uncommon for a 10 year old girl to raise a child and be called a mum, and didn't want Goten to be thought of in a bad way so she only half answered the questions, she thought she could be friends with these people but didn't want to tell them to much before she got to know them, but unlike Erasa's questions when gohan tried to ask the same one back at Videl she just got a "we're not talking about me" type of response.
Eventually this made Videl snap. "Why won't you answer any of my questions properly?! What are you hiding?!"
Gohan, put off by the shouting. "Is it normal for you to demand such personal questions from a stranger? It's not that I'm trying hide, I just don't feel comfortable telling strangers all about me, considering you don't answer the question being thrown back at you I don't understand why your so angry." Erasa and Sharpner appeared to understand and were about to change the subject when Videl stormed off towards the locker rooms.
"Sorry about Videl, she is a bit… not good at letting people in, she assumes everyone new is just out there to get close to her so they can get close to her dad, and the fact you seemed to not care at all about any of it I think it's thrown her off. She will come around, you seem like a great person." Erasa explained.
"And hot too, maybe you should let me take you out after school, I could show you around." Sharpner jumped in with a wink.
"That does sound nice, but unfortunately I don't have that sort of time after school, I have a lot of responsibilities to do at home, it's sort of a long commute." Gohan replied as nicely as she can. Sharpner didn't seem too rejected he figured he still had a shot with the new girl as she didn't deny him completely just blocked off him taking her out after school hours, there was always weekends and school holidays.
When the bell rang the trio made their way to the locker rooms as they had P.E. after lunch. Gohan was a bit cautious of changing in front of people even if they were other girls but sadly they weren't given much time to change so Gohan as quickly and quietly as she could changed into her Gi pants and a sweater that she tucked into her pants. Sadly, Videl was already in the changerooms though not changing from her school clothes and while talking to Erasa they both notice Gohan when she was changing her top.
At Erasa's gasp to seeing Gohan's figure. Gohan turned to them with her top half off. "Is everything okay?"
"Okay, where did you get a body like that?! Videl's one of the strongest woman in the world and works out endlessly and even she isn't as toned with muscle as you!" Erasa gushed out coming up to touch Gohan's arms when she did she noticed the discolouration on her left shoulder and down her arm and across her chest, trying to get a close look at it, it was clearly scarring but for scarring that big the injury must of been extreme, Gohan could only laugh nervously while putting her sweater on, normally it wasn't a big deal showing her shoulder off but for some reason she felt the need to cover it up after noticing their reactions and proceeding to exit the change-rooms feeling oddly uncomfortable. Videl didn't say anything she just huffed and scowled even more staring at her as she left. It was really starting to bother Gohan that someone could scowl more than Vegeta for no apparent reason, well that she could tell.
Being the first Senior P.E class of the year, Mr. Grapple thought he would give them a treat by playing baseball. He chose Videl and Sharpner as team captains.
"You ever play baseball before Gohan?" Shprner asked.
"No, a friend of mine plays but I've never gotten the chance."
"Tsk, you can have her Sharpner my team just filled up."
"Thanks a lot Videl, sorry about that, Videl and I have a rivalry going when it comes to sports, I'll put you in the right field just try your best to catch any of the balls that way okay?" Sharpner asked slightly dejected at his team having a few too many non-sporty people.
"Alright class now that the teams are sorted, as this is a double period I thought we'd start off with some training exercises to get you all warmed up, with the help of an old friend from my minor league days, before he went pro. Yamcha Bandit."
Most of the class was in awe at the fact the teacher knew someone as famous as The Yamcha, as he was walking out Gohan didn't know if she should be happy at seeing a familiar face or hide away hoping he won't notice her. When he got to the front of the class he zeroed in on Gohan, her Ki even suppressed was unique the Z-fighters seemed to always pick it out. With a cocky smirk ignoring the class he looked directly at her, "good to see you again kid, I didn't know you had started school." He asked walking towards her.
Everyone around Gohan which included Videl, Sharpner and Erasa were looking around awestruck, was he talking to them? The person behind them? Their eyes focused on Gohan when she replied with a slight blush on her face, "Hey Yamcha, it's my first day today." Suddenly Gohan was engulfed in a large hug and lifted off the ground and spun around, much to the shocked and some jealous faces of class and teacher. Yamcha had given up fighting after Cell and focused on his Baseball career, though he had kept his fighting physique. Gohan couldn't help but giggle at his actions as besides her father Yamcha was the only male whom was able to show her that sort of affection. Krillin was kind but not tall enough to lift her up, and the rest just weren't touchy touchy people, not that it mattered to Gohan, she really wasn't in to it either but Yamcha just hugged her anyway, besides Goten and Trunks she had very little physical contact with people outside of spars and always got flustered, which was why Yamcha liked to do it and tease her, she was essentially the same little girl he saw as a niece, floundering around people even those she had known her whole life practically.
The entire class was speechless that the new girl not only knew The Yamcha but they were apparently very close. After their familiar hello's Yamcha went around giving the class drills and techniques to try, though he partnered up with Gohan to give demonstrations and when explaining things Gohan stood off to the side. Videl used this time to try and ask more questions of Gohan "How could you not tell us you knew someone so famous?!"
"I didn't know he was famous, he's just Yamcha one of my dads best friends and like an uncle to me. Fame isn't everything, and means nothing to me." Gohan left Videl sputtering at Gohan's blase response, not bothering to answer anymore of her 'questions'.
During the game Yamcha sat off to the side coaching both teams along with the teacher. Videl and Sharpner were bantering as Sharpner pitched to Videl, Videl managed to hit the ball far, essentially hitting a home-run, sailing straight over the right field, everyone stopped when Gohan seemed to be suspended 20ft in the air with the baseball caught in her hand. 'Okay that should do it, oh, the person on third is off the base if I throw to them that would be 2 people out, lightly now.'
Gohan, as gently as she could, threw it to the person on third and slowly dropped back to the ground looking pleased with herself. It was Yamcha that was least surprised that called the game from there as the coach and class were speechless, "Great work Gohan, I knew you were natural at all sports." He compliments Gohan making her blush from embarrassment as the teams switched over, making Gohan's team up to bat, with Gohan blushing at the praise and the rest of the class whispering about the unnatural feat she just showed, it had Gohan thinking about toning it back even more.
'oh dear, I shouldn't show off any more power it didn't go over well with the small amount I showed then, maybe I shouldn't swing when it's my turn to bat' she thought to herself.
When it was her turn to bat Videl was pitching, Gohan thought she herd her mutter about 'how dare she catch my home run' or something but as she stood there determined not to swing the ball was flying directly towards her. Even though the ball was going super slow for Gohan's standards she didn't see the need to move, it wasn't until Sharpner yelled for Gohan to move and the ball hit the side of her head knocking her cap off that again everyone but Yamcha were staring at her in awe.
"Uh coach, I get to walk if I'm hit with the ball right?" Yamcha was off to the side snickering he knew what Gohan had been trying to do.
"Yeah.. Yeah you do." Gohan couldn't help the smile that came to her face, she thought the game was going well and that she was able to hide her powers well.
Yamcha came up to Gohan after class before she went to change. "Hey kid, who's looking after Goten while you're here?"
"He's spending his days with Trunks, figured it was time for him to get some form of proper schooling, I just don't have the discipline mum did."
"Awesome, I'm not surprised your mother was one hard woman when it came to education, I was heading over to West city myself want a lift after school?"
"Yeah, company would be great, are you driving? Also are you sure your okay hanging around here till I finish we still have one more period." By this stage their conversation was being listened in by Sharpner, Videl and Erasa.
"Not a problem, I'll be waiting out front. By the way you did great today, I know how hard it is for you." Gohan could tell he was going to say more along the line of 'to suppress you power' or something but ashe stopped suddenly Gohan just acted like it didn't.
"Thanks Yamcha," Gohan turned to get changed when she was met with the three closest people she could call friends at the school so far and was bombarded with questions about her plans after school, 'so thats why he didn't say more, thanks Yamcha'. Luckily the bell rang halting anymore questions, that Gohan was trying hard not to answer without seeming rude giving her the chance to dashed off to get changed not wanting to be late for her last and most interesting class for her, science.
After Yamcha dropped Gohan at Capsule Corp. she was immediately bombarded with 2 demi-Saiyans talking so fast together she couldn't understand a word either had said.
It was late in the day when Gohan and Goten headed home, sadly the quickest way was backtracking over Satan City towards their mountain home. On the way Gohan heard more gunfire below her, Goten wasn't as adept at flying yet so Gohan tended to let him cling to her back, like when you give a piggy-back ride, together they landed on a roof top to watch the scene below.
"Why are those big guys trying to hurt all the poor people on the street mummy?"
"I'm not sure, bad people do bad things for no reason sometimes. But it looks like no one is able to stop them." Thinking she will need to interfere, "Goten stay here okay, I'll be back in a minute." Gohan proceeded to strip her cardigan again and powered up to Super Saiyan like this morning and dropped down to the crime scene.
It was your standard robbery scene of a bank with way too many machine guns than what should be available to anyone other than the military, when the cops are only given hand guns to fight back. She also noticed her class mate Videl hiding behind the cars out of the bullet range, there was a quick pause as the thugs changed their magazines on the guns that Videl took the chance to try and disarm them. She was quickly over the car but wasn't quick enough and only managed to knock the gun of one guy out of his hands before the others had their guns loaded and started firing. Gohan made quick work jumping in front of her and catching all the bullets before making quick work of disarming them. As she was making her way to knock out the last man Videl got her wits about her and knocked him out swiftly, for a human.
"Who are you and why are you taking my job?!" Demanded Videl.
"What do you mean? I just stepped in to help people who needed it. The cops were in trouble and I was passing by. Last time I checked you people are not bullet proof." Gohan responded, confused why she was so upset at being helped.
"Oh and you are?! What sort of tricks are you trying to pull, helping the police is my job! It's hard enough as a woman to get recognition and I won't tolerate some nobody who uses tricks to take it from me!"
"Huh? Sorry for wanting to help innocent people from being hurt or worse killed. So your welcome. I guess unlike you I don't do it for the glory or think about it the way you do." Gohan could feel her temper rising at the baffling reasoning Videl was trying to argue.
Before Videl could respond the chief of police came up to congratulate the girls.
"Ladies, thanks for your help there were no casualties, just like this morning, I never got to thank you for that Miss Gold Fighter."
Seeing her exit Gohan floated in the air gave the classic Son smile and took off into the clouds, powering down she landed on the roof top that was holding Goten and her stuff.
"WOW! That was awesome! But I don't understand why that girl was angry at you?" Goten blurted out when she landed.
"Yeah, I have no idea you think she would be happy I stopped her getting hit with a bullet, full blooded humans aren't as tough skinned like we are." Gohan was seriously confused by this girl she went to school with. Giving up trying to understand her The Son's flew off home for a quick dinner and an early night as Gohan wanted to get to Capsule Corp early so she could get Bulma's help on an idea she was thinking up.
TBC...
A/N: To clear up any confusion that may be, I'm using a mix of Aussie and Japanese schooling system. In Australia we have 4 terms of roughly 10-12 weeks each, depending on the state and school you go to, we start the year usually the 1st of Feb or close to it and since the WMAT is held in the show and according to the DBZ Wiki, around May I thought it better that I use the Aussie dates opposed to the Japanese dates that usually start their school year in late to early March/April according to Wikipedia, though I do like the Japanese system of students have one class room the whole year and the teachers come to them, with the exception of science and P.E. I think (didn't look that close into their systems). But that is how Gohan school operates so that we have a bit of time to build up relationships before the WMAT unlike the show that gave Gohan like less than 2 weeks from school start to WMAT.
Also thanks for the reviews, I'm happy so many of you are enjoying it. Sometimes it just feels like word vomit that is closer to gibberish. I've written a lot of the story in advance so I may be able to fit some of the ideas you give me in the story and some things just won't fit, but I still appreciate the thoughts and criticism. :)