School Dayz pt11
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Dragonball Z or any of its properties (e.g. Capsule Corps). I also do not any other product that I mention which belongs to someone else.
A/N: Woo, it has been a long time. I would just like to say that I haven't finished stories with Gohan and his friends because if you noticed, the two 'gang' stories kind of run by each other. School Dayz started when I finished the other Gohan and gang story and this story was put on hold so I could write another one about Gohan and his friends.
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Trunks…"Aah, the 8th grade. It doesn't get much better than this." I sighed contentedly. This year we got the bigger lockers, the better lunch period, the better gymnasium…better everything! As if that wasn't enough, we were the oldest grade in the school.
"How would you know? It's only been three weeks!" CJ retorted.
"Three weeks of the best stuff ever!" I replied.
"That is possibly the worst grammar I have ever heard." Juliana sighed. The three of us had just walked out of lunch and were looking for Lil Tak and Goten. We found them sitting outside near the bench.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.
"Didn't you know we now get the privilege of eating outside?" Lil Tak asked.
"No." I replied.
"No." Juliana replied.
"Yes." CJ replied.
"Then why didn't you tell us?" I asked.
"Because, I don't want to be associated with those goons." CJ said pointing to three kids playing basketball. We looked over and recognised them as Mankato Taichikawa and his two friends.
"You mean they actually graduated from elementary school?!" Juliana exclaimed.
"Yep, they're now seventh graders and pretty bitter that we're in the upper half of the school." CJ replied.
"So what? All of us except Jules can take 'em on any day." Goten replied. Juliana frowned.
"That may be, but it's not their fighting skills I'm worried about." CJ said. We all looked at her suspiciously. "Just being cautious for once dude."
"Well I think you're being paranoid." I said.
"You would Lilac Top." CJ said walking off.
"WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS CALL ME THAT?!?!" I yelled in anger. She does right? I mean, it's not just me is it?
"Because she always gets the reaction out of you." Juliana replied.
"Yah, you'd think they were married or something." Lil Tak snickered.
"That was over a year ago Tak, I wish you'd drop that." I seethed. Lil Tak just flashed a peace sign at me. All my friends had to be so damned clever…except Goten and CJ of course. Hehe.
"So, how's life with a little sister going?" Juliana asked. I groaned. Bra was annoying the crap out of me.
"It's like having Goten for a sister." I moaned.
"Hey!" Goten protested.
"She's a mischievous little brat who gets away with everything just because everyone thinks she's adorable!" I said.
"I do not get away with everything Trunks!" Goten said. He's such a Son it kills me sometimes.
Later…"C'mon! You have got to be kidding me!" I yelled, enraged.
"Sorry Trunks, but it's true. You are not the most eligible bachelor in school." Juliana stated. I wrinkled my nose.
"C'mon Jules! I'm fourteen years old, have the looks of a movie star, a fabulous physique and if that wasn't enough I'm damn smart too." I replied.
"Yah, but obviously not modest." Juliana replied. The others joined us.
"What are you two arguing about now?" Lil Tak asked.
"Trunks and his big ego." Juliana replied.
"Ah, the usual topic of conversation." Lil Tak smirked.
"Shut up!" I yelled. "C'mon Ceej, you've got to back me up. Who's the most eligible bachelor in school?"
"Anyone in this school is too young to be a bachelor, by definition." CJ replied. We all looked at her. "What!? I did skip two grades you know."
"Alright then, who do all the girls fancy?" I asked.
"Not you." CJ replied.
"Who then?" I asked.
"Well there would be Brad, captain of the football team, Daisuke hotty of the 7th grade. Goten…" Juliana said.
"Woah, woah, woah! Are you trying to tell me that Goten is more wanted than me?!" I demanded.
"Yep." Juliana replied.
"Et tu CJ?" I asked.
"I'd have to say yeah." CJ replied. "He's honest, sweet and he's modest. A quality you lack dude."
"Plus it helps that he's cute." Juliana said.
"Stop it you guys! You're embarrassing me!" Goten said shuffling his feet and looking to the ground.
"See?" Juliana said. I couldn't believe this! Jules was telling me that Goten of all people was more attractive that me?! I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone or something.
"I don't believe it…" I uttered. Juliana giggled.
"Don't worry Trunks, that doesn't mean you're not wanted at all. You're just hard to get, that's all." Juliana said. I grinned.
"Oh! So I'm the guy that the girls want but they can't have and Goten is that the guy they kinda want and can have." I said.
"Oh, I am SO stepping out of this conversation." CJ said as she and Lil Tak both sat down near a bench and watched. I wondered why she said that…
"That's right Trunks." Juliana replied.
"So I'm hot and Goten's just warm." I said.
"Yep."
"I'm the Joey to his Chandler."
"Yah huh."
"The Slater to his Zack."
"I guess…"
"The Heero to his Duo."
"SHUT UP!!" Goten yelled as me and Juliana looked at him.
"I knew that was gonna happen." CJ sighed. She seemed to put her hat more over her face. As expected in a school, every member of the student body had gathered round to watch.
"Are you trying to imply that I'm an easy target?" Goten demanded.
"No…" Juliana said, shirking away.
"Yes." I said. Don't get me wrong, Goten's my best bud and I love him like a brother but he had to be told the truth.
"Just because you're smarter than me, and have a more desirable eye colour doesn't mean that I'm an easy target!" Goten protested.
"C'mon Goten, give me a break! You're about as exciting as a game of chess." I said.
"Ooh, that's harsh." Lil Tak commented. At this moment I was starting to regret what I was saying. But as usual my father's genes kicked in and I couldn't seem to shut my mouth.
"Oh! And I suppose you're so great! You have a Pansy Potter haircut, a scrawny body, girly hair colour and to top it all off you're a conceited know it all!" Goten said.
"Goten's vocabulary is impressive!" CJ said.
"I got him a 'word a day' calendar for his birthday." Lil Tak replied.
"And you're so brilliant?! You're a big dork just like your brother, a short-tempered cow just like your mother and a bumbling idiot just like your father!" I yelled in anger. Okay, I know. It was a horrible thing to say and I immediately regretted it but I was angry! Goten looked at me with narrowed eyes and a scowl on his face that could put CJ's to shame. He walked over to me and looked me straight in the eye.
"You're going to regret you ever said that Briefs. No one makes fun of my family and gets away with it." Goten said.
"Is that some sort of threat?" I asked.
"No. But this would be." Goten said grabbing me by the collar.
"Goten, don't!" Juliana protested. Normally, I wouldn't be afraid of the little guy but there was something about his look that was almost…murderous. If he was anything like Gohan I did NOT want to push him. He tightened his grip on my collar and smirked evilly.
"Live if you can, survive if I let you." Goten said as he let go and huffed off. The crowd dispersed.
"Trunks! What on Earth were you thinking?!" Lil Tak protested. "You know you shouldn't push him like that!"
"What do you want me to do?! Pretend everything I said wasn't true?" I asked sarcastically.
"You heard what he said! This is bad! He's quoting wrestling for goodness sakes!" Lil Tak said. I just groaned in annoyance.
"Look! It's not my fault that Son over there is too high strung!!" I yelled. Lil Tak sighed.
"Look, in retrospect, neither of them is in the wrong. Let's just hope that Goten can get over it. Right CJ?" Juliana asked. CJ didn't answer. "CJ?"
"What?" CJ asked in annoyance.
"Never mind. Sheesh." Juliana said.
Next day…
"I still say you should apologise to him." CJ insisted. I sighed.
"Look, when Goten wants to talk then we'll talk but until then…Kami-sama!" I uttered as we both looked in the direction of the school. There was thick, black smoke coming from the left wing of the school.
"There's been a fire." CJ said as we both ran to the building. We were about ten feet away from the building when the P.E. coach stopped us.
"Hey, what's going on?" I asked.
"Seems like one of the lockers was set on fire last night and it spread to the whole left wing." Coach explained.
"Hey, that's where my locker is." I said thoughtfully. Coach looked at me surprised.
"Are you sure?" Coach asked.
"Of course." I said. "I wonder what's going on?"
"Looks like we're about to find out. Here comes Principal Heathcote." CJ said. Heathcote walked up to us and looked directly at me.
"Mr Briefs. We have some bad news. The University science professors have been here since 4am and they've been trying to get whatever evidence they can…" Heathcote said.
"No disrespect ma'am but can you cut to the chase?" CJ asked.
"Fine. It was Trunks' locker that was set on fire and they found this at the scene of the crime." Heathcote said as she held up a piece of charred orange material with a familiar kanji on it. My eyes widened in shock.
"Kami, isn't that a piece of Goten's gi?" I asked.
"Give me a break Trunks. Goten wouldn't do something like this and you know that." CJ said.
"I wish I could agree with you Ms Fujitaka but I have already heard numerous accounts of Mr Son's threat to Trunks." Heathcote said.
"Look ma'am, Goten was just angry that day. We fight like that all the time." I said, trying to persuade her.
"Several students have already come in and said they saw him leaving the building late last night." Heathcote said. "We haven't notified the police yet because no one was hurt and we're not certain it was Goten. We have told all the students to make their way to the high school gymnasium for an assembly." She walked away.
"This is bad." I said. "He wouldn't…would he?"
"No way in hell." CJ said.
Later…
The assembly finished and Heathcote called Goten so that she could talk to him. We all followed and listened to what she had to say.
"Mr Son, I am sorry. But the evidence is clearly pointing your way. I have to expel you from school and hand you over to the police." Heathcote said. Goten looked to the ground, upset and hurt. From his face, I could tell that he didn't do it.
"WAIT!" Lil Tak said running to Heathcote.
"Mr Yamamoto, what are you doing?" Heathcote asked.
"You can't do that to Goten!! It's not fair! Don't you realise that if you falsely accuse Goten and he gets arrested it will go on his permanent record. PERMANENTLY. Therefore, you could be responsible for him not being able to get into another school, therefore not getting a proper job, therefore never getting married, therefore having to live on the street as a bum and therefore making him sell his vital organs for money and dying. Do you want to be responsible for that?!" Lil Tak said, with such passion and intensity that Heathcote actually went pale with guilt.
"What can I do to get you off my back Mr Yamamoto?" Heathcote asked. Lil Tak paused as he thought of an idea but surprisingly enough…
"Give him a fair trial. If we can prove him innocent then you take back the junk that you said. You can be the judge and you can choose anyone to be the prosecutor." CJ said.
"Ceej? You're standing up for me?!" Goten squeaked. Believe me, I was as surprised as he was.
"Well you know us young peoples. We've got to stick together, right Spikes?" CJ asked. Goten smiled as if remembering something.
"Right Ceej." Goten replied. Those two are so weird.
"So, what do you say Principal Heathcote? Will you give Goten a fair trial?" CJ asked.
"Oh alright. You have until tomorrow morning. We will resume in this gym and I will pick the jury as well. See you in court." Heathcote said walking off.
"CJ, I hope you know what you're doing." I said.
"Of course, with Lil Tak on my side Goten will be cleared for sure." CJ said. I, on the other hand, wasn't as confident as her. The evidence on Goten seemed pretty overwhelming. I just hoped that the two of them could pull it off.
To Be Continued…
Um, hehehe ^_^(). Look out for the next chapter peoples!