Iba's notes: None today! YYYYYAAAAYYYY!!
Gohan, Goten, and Krillin landed in an alley discretely, and out of sight. Gohan was almost reluctant to remove his Great Saiya-man outfit, but Krillin insisted it was better that The Great Saiya-man didn't attract fans.
The three Z senshi had followed the mysterious power into a public park. Whomever it was, was clever. There were hundreds of people here, so their power could be easily masked.
"Can you trace it Gohan?" Krillin asked him, intensely. "I know we can all tell they're very close, but all of the people..."
"I know, Krillin," Gohan told him. "Whatever it is, it feels like the energy is being carelessly tossed around, almost like their power is unlimited. It can be anyone of these people... I can already say this doesn't look good. This energy is...is so strange, I can't tell whether it's good or evil. What do you think Goten?....Goten?"
"OH! I want mint, and strawberry, and chocolate, and vanilla, and sherbet, and raspberry! One of each on both cones, too!" Goten told the man at the ice cream cart, excitedly.
"Co...coming right up," the man at the cart replied.
(((Oh, you anime fans know what kind of reaction comes to this ^_^! Just imagine Gohan and Krillin falling all anime-style like. "UGH!!"X_X )))
"G-Goten! This is serious!" Gohan scolded him.
"Gohan's right," Krillin agreed.
"Oh yeah..." Goten took his leaning tower of ice cream. He looked over it with stars in his eyes. "This is the best....OH NO! OH NO!!!" Goten helplessly tried to balance his cone.
"Eyagh!" yelled the person the ice cream came in contact with. Snickers from people around seemed to slither it's way to them.
Gohan's eyes lit up. "Hotaru..?" he said gently.
"Wha?" she looked up at him with small tears in her eyes. "Gohan?" Then she blushed at her embarassing appearance before him.
"Hotaru, I'm so sorry...Here, let me help you," he clumsily grabbed for napkins and handed them to her. "I'm so very sorry."
"Um...I don't know why Gohan's sorry, but it was my ice cream... Sorry lady," Goten was rubbing the back of his neck.
"No, no," Hotaru said, cleaning off the last of it. "It's okay..." She looked up at Goten and Krillin, surprised that these strangers actually bothered to apologize. "Uhh...who are you people."
"Oh, let me introduced them," Gohan said. "This is my little brother, and the other guy is my father's old friend, Krillin."
"N...nice to meet you," she said quietly.
Goten and Krillin looked up at Gohan for an explaination.
"Uhh, guys, this is Hotaru," Gohan said casually. "She's new at my school."
"Hello," they said to her.
"So what are you doing here, Hotaru," Gohan asked her.
"Well..." Hotaru looked down, trying to hide her blush again. She was just so happy someone from her new school willingly engaged in conversation with her.
"Um, Gohan," Krillin said, suddenly ruining everything. "We have to go and do that....'thing' still. You know, we have to now, it's urgent."
"Right, Krillin..." Gohan looked back to Hotaru with an unreadable expression. "Sorry again, Hotaru, but I have to go. I'll see you at school, okay?"
"Okay..." Hotaru rose her voice a little. She swallowed, then turned into her father's stomach. "Ow... Daddy? Were you there the whole time?"
"No," Dr. Tomoe laughed. "I just came over. So who's that guy?"
"Daddy!"
Ah, well, this not as good as I hoped it to be. But better than I thought. I had to almost completely rewrite this chapter, because I did it so horribly the first time. As always, READ AND REVIEW, please.