Ch. 4 Bathroom Breaks and Bus Breakaways
The next couple of days went as well as could be expected for Gohan. He'd gotten a lot better at hiding his strength, and the dumbfounded looks he'd gotten on the first day were starting to dissappear.
Also, the Gold Fighter's services had not been required for the past three days. No criminals or disasters had occurred in the last few days that required someone of his strength.
Lastly, Gohan had quickly learned that if he ate on the roof he would not be bothered.
Videl herself had seemed to have changed. Rather than glaring at the back of Gohan's head all during class, she began to speak to him in an almost friendly manner. But, Gohan knew better. She tried to follow him twice again after school.
Still, he couldn't complain. All in all, life was going good. He was, however, still in the infinitely boring class of advanced trigonometry, listening to Erasa talk to Videl about her newest love interest. He was still wondering how the hell Erasa managed to pass the class.
Gohan's head perked up when Videl's watch made a beeping noise. He looked with interest as Videl pressed a button and spoke into it.
"Yes, this is Videl. Whats up chief?" she said.
Gohan and everyone around listened with pointed interest. "Videl, three men have hijacked a city tour bus full of senior citizens. They refuse to release anyone until we pay them a ransom of five million zeni!--" the chief was cut short, and everyone heard the telltale sound of machine gun fire on the other side. "We need your help Videl!" the chief said. Videl rose out of her seat and ran for the door of the classroom.
"ProfessorIneedtogopleasethankyougoodbye!" she yelled behind her. "Well actually--I don't care, on you go then." said Mr. Aaron.
Gohan turned to Erasa. "Where's she headed to?" he asked.
"She went to fight the hijackers, silly." said Erasa, as if it was the normal and logical thing to do.
"Isn't that--dangerous?" asked Gohan.
"Don't worry, silly. Videl's always doing this sort of thing. She's tough enough. Some say she's as strong as her father." said Erasa
Gohan sweatdropped as he recalled Hercule's pathetic excuse for a fight with Cell. *One slap was all it took for him to go flying into that mountain.* he thought.
Gohan raised his hand. Mr. Aaron noticed, and called out. "Yes, what is it Gohan?" he asked.
"May I please go to the bathroom? It's an emergency." he said.
"Yes, go ahead." turning away, Mr. Aaron continued with his trig. lesson. Gohan got up, ran for the door, and exited. Once out of his class, Gohan immediately headed to rooftop exit. Now outside, he pressed the button, turned SSJ, and became the Gold Fighter. He took off, and flew to the bus terminal.
* * *
At the terminal...
The police chief was furious. Videl had taken too long, and they had been forced to give those punks the money to placate them. He could only watch helplessly as the biggest of the three squeezed through the door of the bus with the last rack of money.
"Boss, we've got all the cash!" called the smallest hijacker. Finally, breaking his silence, the chief spoke into his loudspeaker. "We have given you the money! Now release the hostages!" he demanded.
"You must think I'm stupid, huh, pig? You're not getting anything but bullets until we're far away from here!" said the lead hijacker. Finished with talking, the hijacker stuck his gun out a window of the bus and let loose a flurry of bullets, making the police chief duck for cover, as well as the other cops present.
"Now floor it!" said the man to the other 2 hijackers.
With a lurch, the bus crashed violently through the police barricade, and speeded down the highway.
Immediately, the chief got up and screamed, "Let's chase 'em!! Get in your cars and follow them!!!"
* * *
Videl was worried. She had arrived at the bus terminal maybe two minutes after the hijackers left. She had managed to catch up to the police after learning which direction they headed from bystanders. She was tailing the bus even now, but the hijacker in the bus was keeping her back with his machine gun.
Suddenly, one of the police cars at the front began to skid and flipped over.
*One of the tires must have been shot!* thought Videl.
She now had no choice but to move in and try to apprehend the hijackers in the bus. Hopefully, the hostages would remain unharmed.
* * *
Gohan couldn't help but admire the courage that Videl displayed. He watched as she disembarked from her jet-copter and ran to the front end of the bus. He felt a slight moment of panic as bullets began to rip through the roof of the bus. He sighed with relief as she turned and ran in the other direction. Then, she turned, gripped the edge of the bus, and broke through one of the bus windows.
Gohan remained the silent observer, and listened carefully to the sounds of flesh pounding flesh. He knew she was okay because the three pathetically weak kis of the hijackers began to weaken rapidly, while hers seemed to flare a little.
Finally, the battle ended after two minutes. Gohan felt real panic as the bus went off the main drag.
*It's headed right for the cliff!!* thought Gohan.
Gohan moved quickly to intercept the bus, but realized it would go over the edge before he could get to it. He could only hope none of the passengers had a heart attack before he could catch the bus.
* * *
Videl didn't dare to look. Instead, she clasped her hands to her face and said her goodbyes. *Bye Dad…Erasa…Sharpener…Gohan…* she thought.
Suddenly, the feeling of weightlessness ceased. When she didn't feel her bones crush, or the dying screams of the elderly, she let one eye peek out.
*Maybe I'm having a dream…* Videl thought. It seemed to be the only possible explanation for the sudden stop in midair.
Finally, summoning what courage she had left, Videl stuck her head out a window.
What she saw made her grin. *It's the Gold Fighter!* she thought. He looked up and returned her grin.
At that moment, the senior citizens saw the Gold Fighter and began to cheer wildly.
The Gold Fighter slowly lifted them up and flew the bus back to the road. He very gently placed them on the ground and flew away.
Videl still had a smile on her face when he was long gone.
* * *
Gohan felt pretty good about himself. Suddenly, he was struck by a horrible thought.
*I missed all of lunch helping them out! And, I missed the rest of my class! Now they're going to think I have some kind of condition!* he thought. He finally came down from his happy thoughts, struck with the cold bite of reality. He rubbed his temples.
*Gotta think of a way to fight crime and do my school work.* he thought.
*I know! I'll go to Piccolo after school! He always has some helpful advice.* Once again filled with happy thoughts, Gohan flew back to school, hoping to salvage some of the lost learning experience.
A.N. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I had a small case of writer's block and a huge case of laziness, thus preventing the outbreak of this chapter. (Kami, I make it sound like a disease.) If you, the reader, have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. I actually like answering them somehow. I'm not even sure why. I wanted to make the chapter longer, but my parents are getting suspicious and cracking down on my time. *Sighs* I can't believe it, seventeen years old and I have to go to bed at nine!! Last, but not least, I apologize for making the chapter shorter than my last.
Contest!! If anyone could come up with a good Saiyajin name, I will be their eternal friend. Thank you!!
To Darkfire: Thank you for your support.
To jetforce: There you go, another chapter. I hope to have the next by Saturday.
To Sorceress Fujin: You will have more.
To edward-tivrusky-5: I greatly appreciate the compliments. As for Saiyaman… *Author begins to gag*
To Lady Foeseeker: Thank you for your support.
To vsd2oc: *Author salutes vsd2oc* Yes sir! I vow to update, sir!
To Anonymoose: I'm not sure what's lovely, but thank you. Also, I forgot to say it last chapter, *Reader sees Author slapping forehead and cursing himself* but I hadn't actually seen episode two hundred. I had to go by the only source I know. Which was, in fact, the authors who copied episode two hundred in almost its entirety. It wasn't until after I had posted chapters one and two that I finally went to Suncoast and bought the video with the episode on it. Damn Walmart didn't have it, and the nearest Suncoast is an hour drive.
To JessIchi: Here you go, another chapter, and hopefully another one soon.
The next couple of days went as well as could be expected for Gohan. He'd gotten a lot better at hiding his strength, and the dumbfounded looks he'd gotten on the first day were starting to dissappear.
Also, the Gold Fighter's services had not been required for the past three days. No criminals or disasters had occurred in the last few days that required someone of his strength.
Lastly, Gohan had quickly learned that if he ate on the roof he would not be bothered.
Videl herself had seemed to have changed. Rather than glaring at the back of Gohan's head all during class, she began to speak to him in an almost friendly manner. But, Gohan knew better. She tried to follow him twice again after school.
Still, he couldn't complain. All in all, life was going good. He was, however, still in the infinitely boring class of advanced trigonometry, listening to Erasa talk to Videl about her newest love interest. He was still wondering how the hell Erasa managed to pass the class.
Gohan's head perked up when Videl's watch made a beeping noise. He looked with interest as Videl pressed a button and spoke into it.
"Yes, this is Videl. Whats up chief?" she said.
Gohan and everyone around listened with pointed interest. "Videl, three men have hijacked a city tour bus full of senior citizens. They refuse to release anyone until we pay them a ransom of five million zeni!--" the chief was cut short, and everyone heard the telltale sound of machine gun fire on the other side. "We need your help Videl!" the chief said. Videl rose out of her seat and ran for the door of the classroom.
"ProfessorIneedtogopleasethankyougoodbye!" she yelled behind her. "Well actually--I don't care, on you go then." said Mr. Aaron.
Gohan turned to Erasa. "Where's she headed to?" he asked.
"She went to fight the hijackers, silly." said Erasa, as if it was the normal and logical thing to do.
"Isn't that--dangerous?" asked Gohan.
"Don't worry, silly. Videl's always doing this sort of thing. She's tough enough. Some say she's as strong as her father." said Erasa
Gohan sweatdropped as he recalled Hercule's pathetic excuse for a fight with Cell. *One slap was all it took for him to go flying into that mountain.* he thought.
Gohan raised his hand. Mr. Aaron noticed, and called out. "Yes, what is it Gohan?" he asked.
"May I please go to the bathroom? It's an emergency." he said.
"Yes, go ahead." turning away, Mr. Aaron continued with his trig. lesson. Gohan got up, ran for the door, and exited. Once out of his class, Gohan immediately headed to rooftop exit. Now outside, he pressed the button, turned SSJ, and became the Gold Fighter. He took off, and flew to the bus terminal.
* * *
At the terminal...
The police chief was furious. Videl had taken too long, and they had been forced to give those punks the money to placate them. He could only watch helplessly as the biggest of the three squeezed through the door of the bus with the last rack of money.
"Boss, we've got all the cash!" called the smallest hijacker. Finally, breaking his silence, the chief spoke into his loudspeaker. "We have given you the money! Now release the hostages!" he demanded.
"You must think I'm stupid, huh, pig? You're not getting anything but bullets until we're far away from here!" said the lead hijacker. Finished with talking, the hijacker stuck his gun out a window of the bus and let loose a flurry of bullets, making the police chief duck for cover, as well as the other cops present.
"Now floor it!" said the man to the other 2 hijackers.
With a lurch, the bus crashed violently through the police barricade, and speeded down the highway.
Immediately, the chief got up and screamed, "Let's chase 'em!! Get in your cars and follow them!!!"
* * *
Videl was worried. She had arrived at the bus terminal maybe two minutes after the hijackers left. She had managed to catch up to the police after learning which direction they headed from bystanders. She was tailing the bus even now, but the hijacker in the bus was keeping her back with his machine gun.
Suddenly, one of the police cars at the front began to skid and flipped over.
*One of the tires must have been shot!* thought Videl.
She now had no choice but to move in and try to apprehend the hijackers in the bus. Hopefully, the hostages would remain unharmed.
* * *
Gohan couldn't help but admire the courage that Videl displayed. He watched as she disembarked from her jet-copter and ran to the front end of the bus. He felt a slight moment of panic as bullets began to rip through the roof of the bus. He sighed with relief as she turned and ran in the other direction. Then, she turned, gripped the edge of the bus, and broke through one of the bus windows.
Gohan remained the silent observer, and listened carefully to the sounds of flesh pounding flesh. He knew she was okay because the three pathetically weak kis of the hijackers began to weaken rapidly, while hers seemed to flare a little.
Finally, the battle ended after two minutes. Gohan felt real panic as the bus went off the main drag.
*It's headed right for the cliff!!* thought Gohan.
Gohan moved quickly to intercept the bus, but realized it would go over the edge before he could get to it. He could only hope none of the passengers had a heart attack before he could catch the bus.
* * *
Videl didn't dare to look. Instead, she clasped her hands to her face and said her goodbyes. *Bye Dad…Erasa…Sharpener…Gohan…* she thought.
Suddenly, the feeling of weightlessness ceased. When she didn't feel her bones crush, or the dying screams of the elderly, she let one eye peek out.
*Maybe I'm having a dream…* Videl thought. It seemed to be the only possible explanation for the sudden stop in midair.
Finally, summoning what courage she had left, Videl stuck her head out a window.
What she saw made her grin. *It's the Gold Fighter!* she thought. He looked up and returned her grin.
At that moment, the senior citizens saw the Gold Fighter and began to cheer wildly.
The Gold Fighter slowly lifted them up and flew the bus back to the road. He very gently placed them on the ground and flew away.
Videl still had a smile on her face when he was long gone.
* * *
Gohan felt pretty good about himself. Suddenly, he was struck by a horrible thought.
*I missed all of lunch helping them out! And, I missed the rest of my class! Now they're going to think I have some kind of condition!* he thought. He finally came down from his happy thoughts, struck with the cold bite of reality. He rubbed his temples.
*Gotta think of a way to fight crime and do my school work.* he thought.
*I know! I'll go to Piccolo after school! He always has some helpful advice.* Once again filled with happy thoughts, Gohan flew back to school, hoping to salvage some of the lost learning experience.
A.N. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I had a small case of writer's block and a huge case of laziness, thus preventing the outbreak of this chapter. (Kami, I make it sound like a disease.) If you, the reader, have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. I actually like answering them somehow. I'm not even sure why. I wanted to make the chapter longer, but my parents are getting suspicious and cracking down on my time. *Sighs* I can't believe it, seventeen years old and I have to go to bed at nine!! Last, but not least, I apologize for making the chapter shorter than my last.
Contest!! If anyone could come up with a good Saiyajin name, I will be their eternal friend. Thank you!!
To Darkfire: Thank you for your support.
To jetforce: There you go, another chapter. I hope to have the next by Saturday.
To Sorceress Fujin: You will have more.
To edward-tivrusky-5: I greatly appreciate the compliments. As for Saiyaman… *Author begins to gag*
To Lady Foeseeker: Thank you for your support.
To vsd2oc: *Author salutes vsd2oc* Yes sir! I vow to update, sir!
To Anonymoose: I'm not sure what's lovely, but thank you. Also, I forgot to say it last chapter, *Reader sees Author slapping forehead and cursing himself* but I hadn't actually seen episode two hundred. I had to go by the only source I know. Which was, in fact, the authors who copied episode two hundred in almost its entirety. It wasn't until after I had posted chapters one and two that I finally went to Suncoast and bought the video with the episode on it. Damn Walmart didn't have it, and the nearest Suncoast is an hour drive.
To JessIchi: Here you go, another chapter, and hopefully another one soon.