A New Beginning
by htmLord
-A/N Sorry bout the time it took to write this chapter. I had it about half written when power went out and I lost it all.. *sigh* Between that and the vacation I just got back from, I haven't had time to put any work in to this.. hopefully, it was worth the wait, though!
Chapter 4
Gohan lay alone, under one of his favorite trees, deep in thought. "You know.. maybe this school thing won't be so bad.. I mean.. I did really well on that test, I guess. Maybe it'll all be that easy.."
Gohan didn't know how wrong he was.
A few days later, Gohan flew over the treetops, speeding toward Satan City and Orange Star High School. His mind was a jumble of thoughts, from the advice his mother had imparted him with before he had left to his little brother's juvenile antics that had spilled juice on his books and caused him to be late.
"Man.. how is it that everything seems to go wrong.. Mom says to not show off my powers.. but I'm so far behind, how am I supposed to get there in time without really pushing it?" he thought to himself as he pushed his energy higher, bringing his speed up farther still. "I can make it.. if I hurry.."
Just then, Gohan crested the final hill before Satan City and began searching for a somewhat secluded spot to land. "There!" he thought, seeing an empty alleyway only a few blocks from the school.
Gohan touched down in the alley, then surveyed the scene to make sure no one had seen him. After a moment, he let his guard down a bit. He was alone. With that realization, he hurried off toward the school, walking quite quickly, but trying to keep his speed down into the normal range. However, when he saw an elderly couple staring at him, he realized he was still going just a bit too fast, so he slowed down even further.
"Man.. I'm just about getting nowhere, fast.. this 'disguising my power' thing isn't nearly as easy as I thought..." His thoughts trailed off as his acute Saiyan hearing picked out a strange popping sound up ahead, rapid and growing louder and louder as he approached.
Just as Gohan turned the corner, he found out what the noise was. Gunfire. A group of crooks were parked in front of the bank, two of them firing machine guns into the assembled police, who were ducking behind their cars.
Gohan shook his head at them, then looked down at his watch. "I don't have time for this.. but.. I can't just let them get away with this.. I better help." With that, Gohan sat down his books and looked around him. "Good," he thought, "no one is looking at me.." In an instant, Gohan had powered up to Super Saiyan, hoping the golden hair would make for a good enough disguise. This close to the school, his classmates would be bound to find out about his powers otherwise.
Gohan watched the crooks for a moment, trying to decide on his actions. "The best way to not be caught is to not be seen.." he thought, and began to act on that. He powered up a bit, charging a good amount of power into speeding himself up. Moments later, he took one last quick glance at the wouldbe felons and sprang in to action.
It all happened so fast, the crooks never knew what hit them. One second, they were shooting at the cops, the next, their guns were on the ground and they were all tied together. It was as if a ghost had done it, they would later tell the news crews. But for now, they were merely tied up and unarmed as the police advanced on them.
From the top of the nearest building, Gohan watched them get rounded up. He nodded to himself, as if to say 'Good job, Gohan,' but then he noticed something. An older man was staring up at the Super Saiyan perched atop a building. Gohan leapt back from the edge, so that he could no longer be seen.
"Did.. that guy see me up here? Did he see me down there, too?" Gohan was worried. He had come up with a pretty good plan to keep his identity safe, and it hadn't worked. He sighed to himself, the crept back to the edge. The old man was rubbing his eyes, not sure if what he had seen was real or not.. but he was also relating the story of a blur that disarmed the crooks then flew up to the top of a building, revealing itself as a blonde haired, teen boy. He was telling this story to a girl about Gohan's age, with stunning blue eyes and long dark hair.
Gohan couldn't help but stare at her for a moment, but then he recalled the time. "Ack! Its almost time for school to start!" he said to himself, under his breath. Hurriedly, he rushed toward the school, hoping the police scene would keep the attention of any who might see him otherwise.
This time, he was safe. A few minutes later, he was waiting in the principal's office, waiting to be introduced to his class, and no one was the wiser about his extra-curricular exploits.
He wiped his brow, which had collected a bit of sweat. He tried to tell himself he wasn't nervous, and that it was just from busting those crooks. Deep down, though, he knew that that wasn't enough to make him sweat, and that he must be nervous. He tried to shake it off.
"Calm down, Gohan.. its gonna be fine.." he thought to himself.
"Ready, m' boy?" the principal asked, walking into the room.
Gohan shot to his feet. "Yes, sir."
The principal nodded, murmuring something about polite young country men, then led Gohan to his class. "Professor," the principal said, entering the classroom with Gohan right behind him, "I have your new student here."
The professor, a well dressed gentleman with graying hair and an emerging bald spot, stepped from behind his lectern and approached Gohan. "Hello, son.. you must be Gohan.. Gohan Son, correct?"
Gohan nodded, then, to his own amazement, shyly replied "Yes, sir."
Gohan couldn't get over how overwhelmed he felt by all these people. For the first time in his life, he felt.. shy. He wasn't even really listening as the professor told the class a few things about him, and he only barely noticed when the professor told him to go ahead and take a seat.
Gohan started looking for an empty seat, somewhat in a daze, when a blonde girl stood up. "Hey, Gohan! There's one right here," she called, pointing to a seat beside her.
"Oh, thanks.." Gohan said, and walked up to the seat, already feeling a little more at ease for some reason. Then, he noticed her. The girl from the bank.. the one the old guy had been telling about him.. "Oh, no!" he thought, "She's gonna find me out for sure, now!"
Gohan took a breath and finished taking his seat, trying to prepare himself for the onslaught he knew was coming. The blonde, doing her best not to disappoint, started talking to him in earnest.
"Hi, my name is Erasa, with an E," she said.
"I'm Gohan," Gohan managed.
"Pleased to meet you.. oh, and this is Videl," she said, pointing at the girl from the bank. Gohan swallowed, meeting her hard and determined gaze. But then, suddenly, her look softened.
"Hi, Gohan.. good to meet you," Videl said, no longer seeming to stare through him with her piercing blue eyes. Gohan smiled at her and was about to say something when Erasa butted in.
"That's Sharpener," she said, indicating the blonde guy beside Videl, "he's.." She was about to continue when a much more mature voice cut in.
"Ms Erasa! Would you PLEASE not speak in my class? I'm trying to teach history, here!" With that stern admonition, Erasa shut her mouth for the duration of the class.
Everyone's minds weren't as silent as their mouths, however. Gohan couldn't quit thinking about this entire school thing. "I hope I can survive like this for.. 9 months.. its gonna be a long year, Gohan.. and this will take some doing.."
Beside him, Erasa kept thinking about how handsome and dreamy the boy beside her looked. Especially his dark eyes.. she had never seen such dark eyes.. she felt she could be absorbed by them..
And Videl.. she was thinking about what she had heard that morning, about a blur that became a blonde boy.. and how Gohan had eerily similar clothing to those described to her by Detective Loomis. But he was blonde.. and Gohan had dark hair.. but then again, the Cell Games.. Videl's mind ran in circles most of the rest of the morning, trying in vain to figure everything out, not knowing how close she was to the truth.
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Okay, sorry bout that taking a while, I was on vacation for a few days, then I've had a lot on my plate lately.. but I should have another chapter up sooner.. I really hope, at least. Okay, enough of me making excuses.. on to trivia!
The Answer to last chapter's trivia is.. Krillin! Krillin dies a grand total of 5 times, not counting alternate timelines. Krillin dies to a crony of Piccolo in DB, he dies at the hands of Frieza, he dies fighting Buu, he's killed by Super 17 in DBGT, and he dies of old age before the very end of the last episode of GT. For reference, Vegeta dies 2 times, to Buu and to old age, and Goku dies 2 or 3 times, during the fight with Radditz, I'm not sure if you can count versus Frieza (the lava issue), and to Cell. He never dies in GT.. not once. Not fighting the evil Shenlong, not even of old age.. he just goes with Shenlong.. *shrugs* Oh, well.
In any event, props to those of you who got last chapter's trivia right! But enough of that.. on to new trivia.
Okay, simple question, and pretty easy if you watch the new tapes. Where does Gohan's Mystic form fit into the Super Saiyan scheme of things? That is, would a SSJ3 Gohan be stronger than Mystic Gohan? What about SSJ 4? This one doesn't really have a definitive answer, its a bit more theoretic, so you're all right if you guess.. please back up what you say, though.. and we'll go into it in the next chapter's trivia section!
by htmLord
-A/N Sorry bout the time it took to write this chapter. I had it about half written when power went out and I lost it all.. *sigh* Between that and the vacation I just got back from, I haven't had time to put any work in to this.. hopefully, it was worth the wait, though!
Chapter 4
Gohan lay alone, under one of his favorite trees, deep in thought. "You know.. maybe this school thing won't be so bad.. I mean.. I did really well on that test, I guess. Maybe it'll all be that easy.."
Gohan didn't know how wrong he was.
A few days later, Gohan flew over the treetops, speeding toward Satan City and Orange Star High School. His mind was a jumble of thoughts, from the advice his mother had imparted him with before he had left to his little brother's juvenile antics that had spilled juice on his books and caused him to be late.
"Man.. how is it that everything seems to go wrong.. Mom says to not show off my powers.. but I'm so far behind, how am I supposed to get there in time without really pushing it?" he thought to himself as he pushed his energy higher, bringing his speed up farther still. "I can make it.. if I hurry.."
Just then, Gohan crested the final hill before Satan City and began searching for a somewhat secluded spot to land. "There!" he thought, seeing an empty alleyway only a few blocks from the school.
Gohan touched down in the alley, then surveyed the scene to make sure no one had seen him. After a moment, he let his guard down a bit. He was alone. With that realization, he hurried off toward the school, walking quite quickly, but trying to keep his speed down into the normal range. However, when he saw an elderly couple staring at him, he realized he was still going just a bit too fast, so he slowed down even further.
"Man.. I'm just about getting nowhere, fast.. this 'disguising my power' thing isn't nearly as easy as I thought..." His thoughts trailed off as his acute Saiyan hearing picked out a strange popping sound up ahead, rapid and growing louder and louder as he approached.
Just as Gohan turned the corner, he found out what the noise was. Gunfire. A group of crooks were parked in front of the bank, two of them firing machine guns into the assembled police, who were ducking behind their cars.
Gohan shook his head at them, then looked down at his watch. "I don't have time for this.. but.. I can't just let them get away with this.. I better help." With that, Gohan sat down his books and looked around him. "Good," he thought, "no one is looking at me.." In an instant, Gohan had powered up to Super Saiyan, hoping the golden hair would make for a good enough disguise. This close to the school, his classmates would be bound to find out about his powers otherwise.
Gohan watched the crooks for a moment, trying to decide on his actions. "The best way to not be caught is to not be seen.." he thought, and began to act on that. He powered up a bit, charging a good amount of power into speeding himself up. Moments later, he took one last quick glance at the wouldbe felons and sprang in to action.
It all happened so fast, the crooks never knew what hit them. One second, they were shooting at the cops, the next, their guns were on the ground and they were all tied together. It was as if a ghost had done it, they would later tell the news crews. But for now, they were merely tied up and unarmed as the police advanced on them.
From the top of the nearest building, Gohan watched them get rounded up. He nodded to himself, as if to say 'Good job, Gohan,' but then he noticed something. An older man was staring up at the Super Saiyan perched atop a building. Gohan leapt back from the edge, so that he could no longer be seen.
"Did.. that guy see me up here? Did he see me down there, too?" Gohan was worried. He had come up with a pretty good plan to keep his identity safe, and it hadn't worked. He sighed to himself, the crept back to the edge. The old man was rubbing his eyes, not sure if what he had seen was real or not.. but he was also relating the story of a blur that disarmed the crooks then flew up to the top of a building, revealing itself as a blonde haired, teen boy. He was telling this story to a girl about Gohan's age, with stunning blue eyes and long dark hair.
Gohan couldn't help but stare at her for a moment, but then he recalled the time. "Ack! Its almost time for school to start!" he said to himself, under his breath. Hurriedly, he rushed toward the school, hoping the police scene would keep the attention of any who might see him otherwise.
This time, he was safe. A few minutes later, he was waiting in the principal's office, waiting to be introduced to his class, and no one was the wiser about his extra-curricular exploits.
He wiped his brow, which had collected a bit of sweat. He tried to tell himself he wasn't nervous, and that it was just from busting those crooks. Deep down, though, he knew that that wasn't enough to make him sweat, and that he must be nervous. He tried to shake it off.
"Calm down, Gohan.. its gonna be fine.." he thought to himself.
"Ready, m' boy?" the principal asked, walking into the room.
Gohan shot to his feet. "Yes, sir."
The principal nodded, murmuring something about polite young country men, then led Gohan to his class. "Professor," the principal said, entering the classroom with Gohan right behind him, "I have your new student here."
The professor, a well dressed gentleman with graying hair and an emerging bald spot, stepped from behind his lectern and approached Gohan. "Hello, son.. you must be Gohan.. Gohan Son, correct?"
Gohan nodded, then, to his own amazement, shyly replied "Yes, sir."
Gohan couldn't get over how overwhelmed he felt by all these people. For the first time in his life, he felt.. shy. He wasn't even really listening as the professor told the class a few things about him, and he only barely noticed when the professor told him to go ahead and take a seat.
Gohan started looking for an empty seat, somewhat in a daze, when a blonde girl stood up. "Hey, Gohan! There's one right here," she called, pointing to a seat beside her.
"Oh, thanks.." Gohan said, and walked up to the seat, already feeling a little more at ease for some reason. Then, he noticed her. The girl from the bank.. the one the old guy had been telling about him.. "Oh, no!" he thought, "She's gonna find me out for sure, now!"
Gohan took a breath and finished taking his seat, trying to prepare himself for the onslaught he knew was coming. The blonde, doing her best not to disappoint, started talking to him in earnest.
"Hi, my name is Erasa, with an E," she said.
"I'm Gohan," Gohan managed.
"Pleased to meet you.. oh, and this is Videl," she said, pointing at the girl from the bank. Gohan swallowed, meeting her hard and determined gaze. But then, suddenly, her look softened.
"Hi, Gohan.. good to meet you," Videl said, no longer seeming to stare through him with her piercing blue eyes. Gohan smiled at her and was about to say something when Erasa butted in.
"That's Sharpener," she said, indicating the blonde guy beside Videl, "he's.." She was about to continue when a much more mature voice cut in.
"Ms Erasa! Would you PLEASE not speak in my class? I'm trying to teach history, here!" With that stern admonition, Erasa shut her mouth for the duration of the class.
Everyone's minds weren't as silent as their mouths, however. Gohan couldn't quit thinking about this entire school thing. "I hope I can survive like this for.. 9 months.. its gonna be a long year, Gohan.. and this will take some doing.."
Beside him, Erasa kept thinking about how handsome and dreamy the boy beside her looked. Especially his dark eyes.. she had never seen such dark eyes.. she felt she could be absorbed by them..
And Videl.. she was thinking about what she had heard that morning, about a blur that became a blonde boy.. and how Gohan had eerily similar clothing to those described to her by Detective Loomis. But he was blonde.. and Gohan had dark hair.. but then again, the Cell Games.. Videl's mind ran in circles most of the rest of the morning, trying in vain to figure everything out, not knowing how close she was to the truth.
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Okay, sorry bout that taking a while, I was on vacation for a few days, then I've had a lot on my plate lately.. but I should have another chapter up sooner.. I really hope, at least. Okay, enough of me making excuses.. on to trivia!
The Answer to last chapter's trivia is.. Krillin! Krillin dies a grand total of 5 times, not counting alternate timelines. Krillin dies to a crony of Piccolo in DB, he dies at the hands of Frieza, he dies fighting Buu, he's killed by Super 17 in DBGT, and he dies of old age before the very end of the last episode of GT. For reference, Vegeta dies 2 times, to Buu and to old age, and Goku dies 2 or 3 times, during the fight with Radditz, I'm not sure if you can count versus Frieza (the lava issue), and to Cell. He never dies in GT.. not once. Not fighting the evil Shenlong, not even of old age.. he just goes with Shenlong.. *shrugs* Oh, well.
In any event, props to those of you who got last chapter's trivia right! But enough of that.. on to new trivia.
Okay, simple question, and pretty easy if you watch the new tapes. Where does Gohan's Mystic form fit into the Super Saiyan scheme of things? That is, would a SSJ3 Gohan be stronger than Mystic Gohan? What about SSJ 4? This one doesn't really have a definitive answer, its a bit more theoretic, so you're all right if you guess.. please back up what you say, though.. and we'll go into it in the next chapter's trivia section!