To be like you

Chapter 1: That's a dragon ball! not a.you know.

Angel wings: Okay everyone, here's a new story I've created from sheer and utter boredom, and because I felt like it. So get ready to be tormented by another fanfic from your truly Angel wings!

Gohan: NO not anther one NOT ANOTHER ONE!

*Gohan crouches into a ball and rocks from side to side.

Disclaimer: If one day I 'magically' own Dragonball Z I'll let you all know, ok?

**** "Yawn." Gohan woke up to find his tired little brother sleeping on top of him. For the first time in Gohan's life he had woken up before his little bro. Gohan had found that ever since his father had come back to life from his 7-year death Goten had been sleeping in a lot more.

Since he didn't want to ruin the moment. Gohan ever so gently shifted Goten off his stomach on to the soft pillow and covered him with a blanket. Then he sat up and left the room, gently closing the door on the way out.

**** Gohan had a shower then began his hot pursue to the breakfast table to have well, breakfast. He found his Dad who was already digging in and his mum off to the side wondering if she'll ever get to eat.

"Morning Gohan, breakfast's on the table" Chi-Chi paused "And please don't scoff it down like your father does"

Goku didn't understand what Chi-chi was talking about and continued to practically breath down his food.

Gohan sighed and wondered how his father could always be so relaxed, even if it was the heat of battle.

Goten walked in rubbing the sleep out of his eyes "mmmmmoooooorning mum, dad, big brother.." Goten looked back at Gohan to see if his eye's were deceiving him "Gohan what are you doing up? Your never up"

"Well actually Goten you-"

"Aaahhh Goten watch out!" Gohan got cut off by his father "That's not Gohan, it's an evil alien mutant that's taken over his body!"

The look on Goten's face was priceless. He quickly ran behind his father in fear of his 'mutant alien' brother.

Every one except for Goten burst out into fits of laughter '"huh? What's so funny?" everyone kept laughing until Gohan decided to tell his little bro what was so funny "It's a joke Goten, I'm not really an mutant alien.. " Gohan thought about that for a sec (he was actually half alien) "..that has taken over my body"

It took Goten exactly 3.5 seconds to get the joke before he burst out into fits of laughter.

Gohan watched as his family laughed from across the table and realized that he had never been able to make them so happy since his father died for the second time. He really admired his father for the way he could always make you happy no matter how depressed you were.

He just wished he could be more like his father.

"Hay mum, you don't mind if Videl comes over do you? She wants to know how to do ki blasts and she wants me to teach her." Chi-chi whipped away a tear from all the laughing to answer her son.

"Sure Gohan she can come, you should know by now that she can come when she wants seeing that she' s going to be your wi-" She got cut off.

"MMMUUUMMMM!!!!"

"Sorry honey, I forgot how sensitive you were" Chi-chi laughed again seeing her oldest start to blush.

**** "C'mon Videl you've done this before, all you have to do is relax"

Gohan and Videl had been sitting in the same spot by the lake for the past 3 hours trying to get Videl to form a Ki blast. As you can tell things weren't going very successfully.

"I'm trying my hardest Gohan." Videl began to shout, "I just can't do it!"

While Goku was heading back with Goten from their daily spar he over heard what Videl had said so he decided to go over with Goten following behind to see what the problem was.

"Hay guys what's the problem?"

"Hi dad" said a distressed looking Gohan, "I'm trying to teach Videl to relax her body to form a ki ball but we seem to be having a bit of trouble.. "

"A BIT" Videl snapped Gohan's head off "we've been trying this for the last 3 hours!!!"

"He he, Gohan's in trouble with his girlfriend!" Goten quickly flew off knowing that Gohan was going to kill him once Videl had left.

Gohan was plotting the many ways to kill a 6-year-old semi-saiyan but lost his train of thought when he heard his dad say something.

"Here" Goku said quietly holding out Videl's hands by her wrists "try this. Close your eye's Think of your most favorite food"

Videl did as she was told and thought of.. oh I dunno, how about Banana's.

"Ok" she responded

"Now, think of the most bestest way you like to eat it" Goku continued

Videl thought of bananas smothered in cool ice cream and hot chocolate sauce. Videl then felt a warm glow. She slowly opened her eye's and saw a ki ball about the size of a tennis ball in front of her.

"Ohhhh, woooow "

"There you go, all it took was just a little calming down." Goku smiled

His father had done it again. How was it that Goku could always fix the most terrible situations, what was it that Gohan missing? He had tried for the last 3 hours to help Videl make a ki ball and the his dad comes and does it in five minuets. What was this!?

"Wow, Gohan you should have just got your father to do this" Videl said fascinated by the glow "we would have had a lot more time to do other things" (A\N: Not those types of things)

Gohan had come to a conclusion. He wanted to be a lot more like his dad. No one wanted him around. He was so bad at everything. No matter what he did his dad would do better.

So the question was how could he be like his dad? He couldn't just put Goku's orange and blue uniform on and scream out 'look at me I'm Goku, the greatest fighter in the world!!!'

No, there had to be an easier way.

Then it hit him, like his mum's frying pan hitting Goten's head. Why hadn't he thought of it before?? The Dragon balls!

**** That night Gohan snuck out of his room with a homemade dragon radar. After he took the electronics class at school he found that the radar was quite simple to assemble, so he made one.

But he didn't need the radar for the first Dragon ball, he knew where that was.

In was in his parent's room.

He didn't know exactly why his dad always kept the four star dragon ball on a pillow in his room, all he knew was that if he couldn't get this ball then there wouldn't be any point in getting the rest because he would have woken up his parents. And if that he knew very well that all hell would brake loose.

Ever so slowly he opened the door to hear to hear the loud snoring of his parents. So these were the weird noises he heard in his sleep Gohan thought to himself.

The ball was on its usual pillow right next to Goku on his bedside table.

Gohan quietly tiptoed over to it. He thought of flying to it but that would have woken his dad up with his ki sensing power.

Gohan carefully picked up the ball and slowly brought it closer to himself. He almost had it! But then Goku sensing this in his sleep reached out for the ball and placed his hand on it. Gohan knew he was gonna be in heaps of trouble.

"Mmm chi-chi" Goku said in his sleep "I never knew your breast was so round."

Eeeeeww! Gohan now knew he was not going to be in trouble but was actually going to be sick instead.

Goku continued to rub the ball. How was Gohan gonna get himself out of this?

'I know' Gohan thought to himself

Gohan began to imitate his mum's voice "Thank you dear but unless you want to be hit on the head with a frying pan you better move your hand right now."

Goku instantly recoiled his hand into the blankets.

"Sorry dear, I won't do it again" Goku wimpered

Gohan was about to burst into fits of laughter. Even in his sleep his dad made the best of a bad situation.

Gohan crept out, closed the door, flew out the window and searched for the rest of the dragon balls.

**** It had been about 7 hours since Gohan set out for the dragon balls, so it was still dark. When the dragon was summoned the sky would go black and every one would know the dragon was awoken.

Gohan had thought ahead about this problem and thought it would be best to summon the dragon at night so that no one would notice.

Gohan had brought the 7 red stared dragon balls to a small place in the woods a few miles from home.

He reached both his arms up to the sky and shouted "COME FORTH SHENLONG SO YOU CAN MAKE MY WISH COME TRUE!"

Gohan put his arms down and watched the dragon appear. He wasn't scared the least since he had seen Shenlong tones of times now.

"WHAT IS YOUR WISH SO THAT I MAY GRANT IT?" Shenlong's voice boomed

"I have only one wish," Gohan had defiantly thought ahead. He decided that he would only use one wish so that is anything went wrong the dragon balls would be revived in 6 months, not 12. "I wish to be more like my father."

"SO BE IT" Shenlong answered, then his eyes flashed a bright red and everything disappeared.

**** The next morning Gohan was in bed, too tired to get up. The sun was shining out the window and was extremely bright so he turned to his other side to get the sun out of his face.

Just as Gohan got comfortable he began to hear some snoring. He just thought it was Goten and shoved the thought to the back of his head.

'Wait a minuet!' Gohan thought to himself 'Goten doesn't snore!'

Gohan slowly opened his eyes to find a sleeping Chi-chi next to him.

**** Angel wings: Sorry guys I gotta get to bed now, I'm sooooo tired. Let's continue this later.

Gohan: LATER!!!!

Angel wings: Yes, later. It's now 10:30p.m. And we both have SCHOOL tomorrow!!!

Gohan: sooo?

Angel wings: sooo! SOOO!!! I have a computer-programming test tomorrow that I haven't studied for! Do you realize how angry my teacher is gonna be!?

Gohan: Just say you need to go to the bathroom.

Angel wings: and then what. Ware a corny outfit, go fight crime and never return to school?

Gohan: well, that's now exactly what I had in mind.

*Gohan sniffs and wipes a tear away.