Hello! Chapter Two is now up. These first few chapters I will have written on my own without reviews. I have a basic plot line in my head and I want to lay a foundation for it before I start using any review ideas.
"Man, I wonder how mom is gonna take one of my teacher's coming over for dinner?" Gohan, in his Great Saiyaman costume, says to himself. He was flying over Satan City, keeping an eye out for any wrongdoer's and troublemakers.
He turns over, looking at the sky as he flies in the direction of home. "It is great seeing Pegaro again," he continues, "he kinda reminded me a bit of dad. Looking out for others, doing what was best for them, even at the cost of his own happiness. He had to make some tough decisions in life. It's good to see that he is doing okay. "
At about that time Gohan notices that Videl had been discreetly following him in her Jetcoptor. "Man, isn't she ever gonna give up?" Gohan asks himself, "I could lose her easily if I went Super Saiyan, but I don't want people to know that the Gold Fighter and the Great Saiyaman are one in the same. Guess I'll just have to use some of the old super speed tricks." He looks down and sees that he was over a forest.
Gohan quickly dives down into the forest, disturbing a bunch of birds. Videl follows him at a safe distance. Gohan lands on the ground and starts running. Lucky for him, the trees had plenty of leaves to hide his travel from above. Unfortunately, he had to keep darting around trees. He finally stops and, after looking everywhere and searching out for ki to make sure that no one could see him, he transforms out of his Saiyaman costume. He pulls out a capsule and opens it up to reveal a one seated car that he had borrowed from Bulma to help with some of the stories he had told at school.
He gets on board and takes off, heading for home in a vastly inferior and slower mode of travel to what he had just been doing. 'Wish I didn't have to do this, but I can't have Videl following me home,' he thinks to himself, 'at least, not following me home as the Great Saiyaman. Lucky for me there aren't any speed limits out here and this thing is so fast.
An hour later, Videl is nowhere in sight. Gohan puts the vehicle back in its capsule and takes off, this time summoning the Flying Numbus. A half hour later and Gohan is home.
"Mom, I'm home!" he hollers out as he walks inside.
"Hi Gohan, how was your day?" Chichi, his mother asks.
"Pretty good," Gohan replies, "I met a friend I met when I tried to escape Piccolo when he was first training me. He's now one of my teacher's."
"I wasn't aware that you had any friends except for the ones you met through your father," Chichi remarks, a thoughtful frown on her face.
"Well, I haven't seen Pegaro since then, mom," Gohan explains, "I asked him over for dinner."
"What?!" Chich practically shrieks, "we can't have him gaping at you and Goten while you're eating! And Bulma is bringing Vegeta and Trunks over for a dinner and you know how Vegeta is. You'll go practically crazy trying to keep him quiet about the Cell Games. And your friend is sure to recognize him. And you know he won't stay Super Saiyan the entire time."
"No problem there," Gohan smirks, "he's known all these years that Hercule didn't beat Cell. When I explained to him why he wouldn't be meeting dad when he came over for dinner, he guessed that I was the boy at the Cell Games. In fact, he hates Hercule."
"I like him already," Chichi remarks dryly.
Suddenly, a blur smacks Gohan right in the chest.
"Gohan, you're home!" Goten says as he hugs his big brother, "Trunks, miss Bulma, and Mr. Vegeta are coming over for dinner tonight."
"I know," Gohan smiles as he gets back on his feet, setting Goten down, "and a friend of mine is coming over as well."
"Really? Cool!" Goten says, "but do I have to not say anything about the stuff you've done?"
"Well, try to hold back the fact that dad as an alien, that Vegeta is an alien, and that I've been into space," Gohan says, "but anything dealing with Cell and the androids, go ahead."
"Yippee!" Goten cries out, hugging his big brother again.
"What is your friends name, Gohan?" Chichi asks as she goes to the kitchen to start preparing for dinner.
"Pegaro Kawada," Gohan replies, "he's my new Science teacher since Mr. Hozumi had that nervous breakdown."
"I thought you stopped them from torturing that poor old man?" Chichi asks.
"Apparently it wasn't the students, but something at home that compounded the whole problem," Gohan replies, "well, I'm gonna go and get my homework done. Don't want to make a bad impression on Pegaro."
-A few hours later-
Pegaro walks up to the house that was where Gohan had told him it would be. It was a quaint little house. It fit in well with the gentle surroundings of the mountain. Two kids, one with black spiky hair and the other with shorter lavender hair, were sparring in front of the house being watched by a man who looked almost exactly like one of the strange fighters from the Cell Games. Taking a deep breath, Pegaro walks up to the man.
"Hello, is this the Son residence?" he asks.
The man just looks at him in what, to Pegaro's estimation, was a combination of Sharpener's haughty look with the intensity of Videl's eyes.
"What do you want, weakling?" the man demands.
"Is this the Son residence?" Pegaro demands.
"This is the home of that third class Kakarott, or Son Goku as you pathetic humans call him," the man says with his haughty half-sneer.
"Is Son Gohan here?" Pegaro asks.
"Pegaro, is that you?" Gohan yells from his window.
"Yeah, its me Gohan!" Pegaro hollers back, "who is this guy?"
"Oh, don't mind him," Gohan says, "that's Vegeta. He was something of a friend of my dad's. Hold on, I'll be out in a minute. I have just a few more math problems to do and I'll be done with my homework."
"How do you know the brat?" the man asks.
"And what is your name?" Pegaro asks.
"I asked you first," the man replies, the mean look still on his face.
"I am an old friend of Gohan's," Pegaro replies, "he invited me over for dinner."
"I am Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans," the man replies.
"Whats a Saiyan?" Pegaro asks.
"The Saiyans were a proud warrior race, coming from the Planet Vegeta," Vegeta explains, the mean, haughty look never leaving his face, "but a tyrant named Frieza enslaved us and eventually destroyed our home planet. Only four of us remained. Myself, my loyal guard Nappa, who died here on this planet 10 years ago, Kakarott, who was sent to purge this planet as a bay and failed. You know him as Son Goku. And Kakarott's brother, Raditz. He came to this planet 11 yeas ago to find his weakling brother. He found him, but was killed when he tried to destroy this planet."
"Gohan's part alien?" Pegaro asks, amazed.
"And so are those two boys sparring," Vegeta replies, "the one with the lavender hair is my son, Trunks. The other one is Kakarott's other spawn, Goten. How my son, a prince, can be friends with the spawn of a third class baka like Kakarott is beyond me."
"It only makes sense, Vegeta," a woman with blue hair says as she walks out the door, "Goku has been my friend for years. I'm the one who brought him out of the mountains and into civilization. Chichi is my friend as well. And Trunks and Goten are almost the same age, so they make great playmates since any normal human child would get killed sparring with them like that."
"Are you Gohan's mom?" Pegaro asks. Vegeta snorts.
"No, I'm an old friend of Gohan's though," the blue haired woman says, "I'm Bulma Briefs."
"THE Bulma Briefs?" Pegaro asks, surprised, "Gohan knows Bulma Briefs?"
"Yes," Bulma replies, a smug smile on her face, "I am Bulma Briefs, President of Capsule Corporation."
"Wow," Pegaro says, "it's an honor to meet you."
"Vegeta here is my husband," Bulma says. Vegeta snorts.
"I recognize him from somewhere," Pegaro says, looking intently at Vegeta.
"If you don't turn your head, boy, I'm gonna blast you into oblivion," Vegeta growls.
"You were at the Cell Games with Gohan and his dad, weren't you," Pegaro asks flatly.
Bulma looks at Pegaro in shock. "You know about that?" she inquires.
"The day that fool Hercule could beat a monster like Cell is the day I have an operation and become a girl," Pegaro snorts. Vegeta bursts out in laughter. "You're more intelligent than most of these other pathetic humans," Vegeta guffaws.
Gohan comes running up. "I see you've met Bulma," he says, "over there is my little brother Goten and his friend Trunks."
"Gohan, why didn't you tell me you knew the Briefs?" Pegaro asks his friend/student.
"Well, I didn't realize that they would be here tonight," Gohan says, "I had to get home the old fashioned way since Videl tried to follow me home."
"Again?" Bulma chuckles, "that's the tenth time this month. Maybe you should just tell her your Saiyaman so maybe she'll leave you alone."
Pegaro's mouth drops. "Gohan, you're the Great Saiyaman?" he asks.
Gohan grins sheepishly. "Yeah," he says, "please don't tell anyone that either."
"Boy, you worry too much about what other people think" Vegeta says.
"He can't help it if he was raised like a decent human being," Bulma chides him.
"He was raised like a weakling, not a proud Saiyan warrior," Vegeta snorts.
"Vegeta, if you start insulting how Goku and I raised Gohan then you're not eating tonight!" Chichi yells from the kitchen. Gohan and Bulma chuckle at seeing the expression on Vegeta's face.
"The best way to keep a Saiyan in line is to threaten them with starving," Bulma remarks, still chuckling, "I recall using that on Gohan dozens of times. And it has yet to fail."
"Mom, that's not the only way you keep dad in line," Trunks says. No one had noticed the two boys stop their sparing to inspect the newcomer. "Don't you also threaten to make him sleep on the couch?"
Gohan bursts out laughing as Vegeta's face becomes completely red. Pegaro chuckles.
"Dinner's ready!" Chichi calls out.
"Coming Pegaro?" Gohan asks, "my mom is an excellent cook."
"To feed two bottomless pits for sons, she should be," Bulma smirks, "not to mention when she had to feed your father. He ate as much as you, Goten, and Trunks combined. And that was when he had just eaten." Vegeta bursts out laughing.
"Kakorott was a true Saiyan then," Vegeta smirks as they walk to the dining room, "Nappa, Raditz, and I used to have eating contests when Frieza had us enslaved. Zarbon and Dodoria and the Ginyu Force would have betting pools on which of us would win. Raditz and Nappa won their fair share, though I beat the shit out of them on the training grounds afterwards each time."
"How often was that?" Bulma asks.
"More often than I liked, that's for sure," Vegeta says, still smirking.
"Mom, this is Pegaro Kawada, my science teacher," Gohan says as they enter the dining room.
"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Kawada," Chichi says with a bow.
"Pegaro will do fine," Pegaro says, returning the bow, "your son is a fine young man. It's a pleasure seeing how he's turned out after I met him 11 years ago. You've done a fine job raising him."
"I can't take all of the credit," Chichi replies, "his father set a great example for him to follow. Gohan is as good a man as his father ever was."
"He truly is, and I've known Goku the longest," Bulma adds, "though Goku wasn't much of a thinker. But I guess that is a trait found in all full blooded Saiyans."
"What was that woman?" Vegeta demands crossly. Bulma and Chichi chuckle.
"It's true that Goku wasn't fond of thinking, but he always encouraged Gohan in his studies, though he knew Gohan would have been a great fighter if he had," Chichi says, "but Gohan got trained as a fighter anyway. I'm just glad he likes his studies."
"From what I've heard from the other teachers, Gohan is the best student in the entire school, though he doesn't participate much in Phys Ed. Of course, he probably does that so as not to embarrass the other students."
"Actually, I do that so they won't guess how strong I am and think I'm a freak or something," Gohan says humbly.
"If you showed no more ability than Hercule, then they wouldn't think you odd," Pewgaro says, "though why you, a person with the power to defeat a monster like Cell, lower yourself to that idiot's level I have no idea."
At that remark, Bulma raises an eyebrow and Vegeta bursts out laughing. "This human is smarter than I thought," Vegeta says when he finally stops laughing.
"How did you know Gohan defeated Cell?" Bulma inquires.
"He tried to explain why his father wouldn't be here, and I guessed the entire thing," Pegaro answers, "he went too close to the truth, and I already had my suspicions from way back then."
"And you figured it all out?" Bulma says, surprised, "I'm impressed."
"Can we eat now?" Goten whines, "I'm hungry." "So am I!" Trunks and Goten choruse.
"I know better than to starve a half-Saiyan," Chichi chuckles, "Goku was like a big baby when he couldn't get something to eat, and Goten is too much like his father in that respect."
"He looks like that baka," Vegeta comments, "though he's definitely stronger than Kakorott was at that age."
"How would you know, Vegeta?" Bulma demands, "you never even met Goku until 11 years ago, and he defeated you then."
"The baka had help," Vegeta grumbles, "Gohan and Krillin helped him. I'll admit he was stronger than me, but then I transformed and he was nothing compared to me. But then that coward Yajirobe cut off my tail and then I had to fight Gohan. The kid did quite well, considering I had him outclassed completely. But then he transformed and beat me."
"Transformed?" Pegaro asks.
"Saiyans and half-Siayans have tails," Vegeta replies, "though since we live on Earth now, we have them cut off and then cut off again whenever they grow back. When a Saiyan or half-Saiyan sees the full moon, artificial full moonlight, or a life-sized image of the full moon we grow into huge ape-like beasts. Unfortunately, I'll bet Kakorott and Gohan never could control their transformed state."
"Goku couldn't, but I don't know about Gohan," Bulma says, "but Trunks and Goten have never transformed because we snip their tails regularly."
"I recall hearing that several years ago, at one of the World's Martial Arts tournaments, that one of the finalists transformed and really wrecked the stadium," Pegaro comments, "his opponent supposedly blew up the moon and he turned back to normal."
"That was Goku," Bulma tells him, "I was there. Jackie Chun used the Kamehameha to blow up the moon."
"Incredible," Pegaro says, "that a human could have that much power. And at such an old age, when the body is weaker."
"I could blow up the moon, if the Earth still had one, with a gesture," Vegeta comments.
"And so could Piccolo and Gohan, Vegeta," Bulma snaps at her husband.
"Gohan is a Saiyan so of course he would have that kind of power," Vegeta snorts, "as for the Namek, he's just abnormally strong for his species."
"You mean Piccolo as in the evil King Piccolo?" Pegaro asks.
"Piccolo isn't evil anymore," Gohan says firmly, "in fact, he's saved my life several times."
"Only because you were too weak at the time to save yourself," Vegeta snorts.
"I remember doing better against Recoome than you did, Vegeta," Gohan retorts, "and I took on Frieza's second form when you were cowering and trying to find a way out."
At the mention of Frieza and the suggestion of his cowardice, Vegeta jumps out of his seat and begins powering up.
"Vegeta," Bulma says with a distinct tone of warning in her voice. Vegeta glances at his wife. Seeing her expression, he powers down and sits back down, grumbling.
"Who is Frieza?" Pegaro asks, not fully understanding the implications of the question. Vegeta growls at the mention of his old tormentor.
"Frieza is an evil alien who held Vegeta as a servant for years," Gohan explains, "he had the power to blow up an entire solar system when angered. For the longest time, he was the strongest being in the universe. But he was finally dealt his first defeat at my dads hands."
"He did it by ascending to the level of Super Saiyan," Vegeta remarks, "Frieza didn't even stand a chance. I always knew that Frieza would die at the hands of a Saiyan, most likely a Super Saiyan."
"But you always thought it would be you," Gohan says, "instead, my dad defeated him and Mirai Trunks killed Frieza and his father when they came to Earth."
"Mirai Trunks?" Pegaro asks, looking at Trunks.
"Not that one," Gohan says, "you see, originally, 7 years ago two horrible androids would appear and kill the Z Warriors, including Vegeta. My dad had died of a heart virus and never even saw the battle. I survived and lived on fighting them for years. Trunks grew up and eventually became my apprentice, but I died during one battle. He went on fighting, but he was seriously overmatched. Eventually, Bulma built a time machine and he traveled to the past to warn us. That was 10 years ago that he arrived. He arrived and killed Frieza and his father with the utmost ease. Then my dad returned and we all started training. Piccolo, dad, and myself trained hard for three years."
"You did nothing but train for three years?" Pegaro asks, "I'm impressed. That must have been hard. Not to mention you are still the smartest person at Orange Star High. Tell me, do you still train?"
"Not really," Gohan replies, "mom lets me work out every now and then, but I doubt I'm as strong as I was when I fought Cell."
"Tell me, if it's not a bother, what happened there?" Pegaro asks, "it looks as if you didn't want to fight and then you snapped."
"That is exactly what it was like," Gohan replies, "I didn't want to release the power I realized I had in me. Every time I had before, I lost control. I was always focused on annihilating one being, but I had no recollection of it. But Cell wanted to see it. He was arrogant. He didn't realize how powerful I would become. When he destroyed the head of Android 16, I snapped. Android 16 had told me that it was okay to let go. Cell lived to destroy. If just a bit survived, then that was more than Cell would have left. In the end, I did indeed let go. That was what was happening when the cameras went out. I was powering up."
"I could feel the Earth trembling beneath my feet," Pegaro comments, "and I could vaguely feel the power emanating from you. It was enormous. Far greater than Cell's."
"How did you learn to detect ki energy?" Gohan asks, puzzled by this information.
"I think the raw ability appeared after I met you," Pegaro replies, "maybe I somehow learned it from you."
"It is possible," Vegeta says, "I learned it from fighting the brat and his father."
"As well as Krillin," Gohan reminds him.
"I never truly fought him," Vegeta retorts, "all he ever tried against me was his Destructo Disk technique and that other attack that you deflected to me."
"That was the Spirit Bomb," Gohan replies, "it was made up of a tiny bit of all of the energy of everything living thing on the planet, as well as energy from the sun. You'd be dead right now if dad had hit you with it when it was at full power. When he used it on Namek battling Frieza, he used the energy of every living thing in the entire solar system. It was gigantic, and all it managed to do was damage Frieza's tail and make him mad."
"It was an impressive attack, though I'm afraid we can generate far more power than that ourselves," Vegeta snorts, "but it was impressive for the times it was used."
"Wow, that attack sounds incredible," Pegaro comments, "it's a shame that it is no longer needed since you're so strong."
" And don't you forget it!" Vegeta says haughtily, only to be whacked by Chichi with a frying pan.
"My Gohan is still stronger than you, Vegeta," Chichi adamantly tells the Saiyan prince.
"Ha!" Vegeta laughs, "he's hardly trained in the last seven years whereas all I have done is train."
"I can vouch for that," Bulma says wryly, "you never even have time for me except when the Gravity Room is busted. Then it's like you're my completely obedient servant until the room is fixed again."
At that, Vegeta's face flushes an incredible shade of red while Gohan laughs.
"Mrs. Son, this food is excellent," Pegaro says.
"Why thank you Mr. Kawada," Chichi says, beaming, "of course, I got lots of practice cooking since I had to feed Goku. That man was like a bottomless stomach."
"When Goku and I were first searching for the Dragon Balls, he would just go and hunt up his own food," Bulma remarks, "I remember that first night he had a wolf and a centipede."
"A centipede?" Gohan asks, chuckling, "at least he knew insects have some nutritional value, even if they are a bit disgusting to eat."
"I wouldn't let him in the capsule house because his breathe smelled like his dinner," Bulma remarks dryly, "not only that, he didn't even know what a bath was."
"I can imagine how tough that was for you," Chichi says.
"That was when I found out that his tail was part of him," Bulma replies, "not to mention how utterly naïve he was. I don't think he ever truly understood the different between guys and girls until he married you Chichi. I still remember after he transformed at the World Martial Arts Tournament, he was about to fight Jackie Chun with no clothes on! Luckily Krillin was about Goku's size and Krillin had a spare set with him."
Vegeta bursts out laughing at that. Chichi giggles at the comment and Gohan chuckles at it, as does Trunks. Goten just looks at everyone questioningly.
"So, Pegaro, how exactly did you meet Gohan?" Bulma asks.
"Gohan can explain it better than I can," Pegaro says, "the circumstances, at least."
"I was running home, trying to get away from Piccolo," Gohan explains, "it was while we were training to meet Vegeta and Nappa when they arrived on Earth. My boat got caught in a horrible storm and I was shipwrecked on a beach. A couple of kids found me. They thought I was dead. They found my sword. The boy was looking at it when I woke up and walked over to them. I told them "Hey, that's mine" and then collapsed. The way I looked mustn't have been too pleasant because they screamed in fear. But they took me to their shelter and I got better quickly. When I woke up, people from an orphanage had to come try and get them. I jumped to a nearby tree, which they had swung over to, on a rope to get away from them. But some of the other workers from the Home had found the other kids. That was when Pegaro stepped in. He was almost as fast as dad was! Well, as fast as dad was then. Not as fast as he was when he fought Cell, but faster than most of the people on Earth. When I discovered that I was extremely close to home, they decided to help me get home by hijacking one of the social workers cars. They were gonna come with me and meet you, mom."
"Well, that's very sweet of them," Chichi says.
"Well, the people from the Home brought the cops that day," Gohan continues, "they ended up getting all of the other kids. Pegaro hijacked one of the cars and grabbed me and got out of there. I was mad at him until he explained that it was for their own good."
"Wow," Bulma says, "the way you describe him reminds me a bit of Goku when he was a kid. Always helping others."
"Yeah, only Pegaro is street smart where dad only knew how to fight," Gohan says.
"He knew how to pilot his gravity ship to Namek," Bulma says, "though dad made it so even a child could pilot it."
"How long did it take Kakorot to figure it out?" Vegeta asks, amused.
~Whack!~ Chichi hits Vegeta with her frying pan, causing him to hit his plate of food facefirst. Bulma sighs and pulls her husband's head out of his plate and sets it beside his plate.
"How long do you think he'll be out?" Bulma asks.
"Well, his head is harder than Goten and Gohan's, but not as hard as Goku's, so he should only be out for a few minutes," Chichi replies as she puts away the frying pan.
"Well, that'll be a few minutes of peace and quiet that we'll have," Gohan says after stuffing some more food in his mouth.
"I don't think I'll ever get used to the way you Saiyans eat," Bulma mutters after glancing at Goten and Trunks, who were eating as if it was their last meal.
"When was the last time they ate?" Pegaro asks in amazement.
"Around noon," Chichi says, "but this is normal. Its when they aren't hungry that you gotta be worried about them."
"Or when they get a stomachache, "Gohan chuckles, "though I don't think dad got a stomachache in his life."
"He never did after I met him," Bulma says, "and I've known Goku the longest."
An hour later, dinner is finished and Bulma is making Vegeta wash the dishes. Pegaro is talking with Gohan in the living room and Chichi is watching Goten and Trunks spar outside.
"You certainly have an interesting family and very interesting friends Gohan," Pegaro comments after Vegeta shatters another dish, followed by a round of threats and curses from Bulma.
"Just be glad the whole gang isn't here," Gohan says, "Yamcha would be trying to get Bulma back from Vegeta, Tien would hardly be speaking with anybody and Chaio Tzu would be playing with Goten and Trunks. Krillin would be joking around and 18 would be sending death glares that rival Vegeta's to everybody."
"So I got lucky meeting Bulma, Vegeta, and Trunks?" Pegaro asks.
"Yes," Gohan replies, "though meeting Vegeta is never easy. When I first met him he tried to kill me."
"That must have made it hard for future encounters," Pegaro remarks dryly.
"Hostility incarnate is what he is," Gohan says, "we're still trying to figure out why he's staying. He could go out and conquer the universe. He's more than strong enough. The only people who could possibly have given him any competition are long and. Dad killed Cooler and Mirai Trunks killed Frieza and King Cold."
"Well Gohan, I must be going," Pegaro says, standing up, "tomorrow is a school day. And I expect you to be on time. You're the best student in school."
"I'll be sure to be early tomorrow Pegaro," Gohan says with a smile as he leads Pegaro to the door, "drive home safely."
Thank just about every other DBZ author I've read the works of for the idea of the frying pan. DemonDancing and Frozenflower are the only ones I can think of at the moment, though I do believe there are many others. I'll name them when I think of them. I would have though of something original, but I decided to go with something familiar. My other choices were a ladle, though I think that's been done, and a rolling pin. I decided against the rolling pin because it reminded me of a cartoon called Courage the Cowardly Dog. Well, please review. Like all authors I thrive on reviews. Flames are accepted, though they will be used to keep my old bones warm this coming winter.
"Man, I wonder how mom is gonna take one of my teacher's coming over for dinner?" Gohan, in his Great Saiyaman costume, says to himself. He was flying over Satan City, keeping an eye out for any wrongdoer's and troublemakers.
He turns over, looking at the sky as he flies in the direction of home. "It is great seeing Pegaro again," he continues, "he kinda reminded me a bit of dad. Looking out for others, doing what was best for them, even at the cost of his own happiness. He had to make some tough decisions in life. It's good to see that he is doing okay. "
At about that time Gohan notices that Videl had been discreetly following him in her Jetcoptor. "Man, isn't she ever gonna give up?" Gohan asks himself, "I could lose her easily if I went Super Saiyan, but I don't want people to know that the Gold Fighter and the Great Saiyaman are one in the same. Guess I'll just have to use some of the old super speed tricks." He looks down and sees that he was over a forest.
Gohan quickly dives down into the forest, disturbing a bunch of birds. Videl follows him at a safe distance. Gohan lands on the ground and starts running. Lucky for him, the trees had plenty of leaves to hide his travel from above. Unfortunately, he had to keep darting around trees. He finally stops and, after looking everywhere and searching out for ki to make sure that no one could see him, he transforms out of his Saiyaman costume. He pulls out a capsule and opens it up to reveal a one seated car that he had borrowed from Bulma to help with some of the stories he had told at school.
He gets on board and takes off, heading for home in a vastly inferior and slower mode of travel to what he had just been doing. 'Wish I didn't have to do this, but I can't have Videl following me home,' he thinks to himself, 'at least, not following me home as the Great Saiyaman. Lucky for me there aren't any speed limits out here and this thing is so fast.
An hour later, Videl is nowhere in sight. Gohan puts the vehicle back in its capsule and takes off, this time summoning the Flying Numbus. A half hour later and Gohan is home.
"Mom, I'm home!" he hollers out as he walks inside.
"Hi Gohan, how was your day?" Chichi, his mother asks.
"Pretty good," Gohan replies, "I met a friend I met when I tried to escape Piccolo when he was first training me. He's now one of my teacher's."
"I wasn't aware that you had any friends except for the ones you met through your father," Chichi remarks, a thoughtful frown on her face.
"Well, I haven't seen Pegaro since then, mom," Gohan explains, "I asked him over for dinner."
"What?!" Chich practically shrieks, "we can't have him gaping at you and Goten while you're eating! And Bulma is bringing Vegeta and Trunks over for a dinner and you know how Vegeta is. You'll go practically crazy trying to keep him quiet about the Cell Games. And your friend is sure to recognize him. And you know he won't stay Super Saiyan the entire time."
"No problem there," Gohan smirks, "he's known all these years that Hercule didn't beat Cell. When I explained to him why he wouldn't be meeting dad when he came over for dinner, he guessed that I was the boy at the Cell Games. In fact, he hates Hercule."
"I like him already," Chichi remarks dryly.
Suddenly, a blur smacks Gohan right in the chest.
"Gohan, you're home!" Goten says as he hugs his big brother, "Trunks, miss Bulma, and Mr. Vegeta are coming over for dinner tonight."
"I know," Gohan smiles as he gets back on his feet, setting Goten down, "and a friend of mine is coming over as well."
"Really? Cool!" Goten says, "but do I have to not say anything about the stuff you've done?"
"Well, try to hold back the fact that dad as an alien, that Vegeta is an alien, and that I've been into space," Gohan says, "but anything dealing with Cell and the androids, go ahead."
"Yippee!" Goten cries out, hugging his big brother again.
"What is your friends name, Gohan?" Chichi asks as she goes to the kitchen to start preparing for dinner.
"Pegaro Kawada," Gohan replies, "he's my new Science teacher since Mr. Hozumi had that nervous breakdown."
"I thought you stopped them from torturing that poor old man?" Chichi asks.
"Apparently it wasn't the students, but something at home that compounded the whole problem," Gohan replies, "well, I'm gonna go and get my homework done. Don't want to make a bad impression on Pegaro."
-A few hours later-
Pegaro walks up to the house that was where Gohan had told him it would be. It was a quaint little house. It fit in well with the gentle surroundings of the mountain. Two kids, one with black spiky hair and the other with shorter lavender hair, were sparring in front of the house being watched by a man who looked almost exactly like one of the strange fighters from the Cell Games. Taking a deep breath, Pegaro walks up to the man.
"Hello, is this the Son residence?" he asks.
The man just looks at him in what, to Pegaro's estimation, was a combination of Sharpener's haughty look with the intensity of Videl's eyes.
"What do you want, weakling?" the man demands.
"Is this the Son residence?" Pegaro demands.
"This is the home of that third class Kakarott, or Son Goku as you pathetic humans call him," the man says with his haughty half-sneer.
"Is Son Gohan here?" Pegaro asks.
"Pegaro, is that you?" Gohan yells from his window.
"Yeah, its me Gohan!" Pegaro hollers back, "who is this guy?"
"Oh, don't mind him," Gohan says, "that's Vegeta. He was something of a friend of my dad's. Hold on, I'll be out in a minute. I have just a few more math problems to do and I'll be done with my homework."
"How do you know the brat?" the man asks.
"And what is your name?" Pegaro asks.
"I asked you first," the man replies, the mean look still on his face.
"I am an old friend of Gohan's," Pegaro replies, "he invited me over for dinner."
"I am Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans," the man replies.
"Whats a Saiyan?" Pegaro asks.
"The Saiyans were a proud warrior race, coming from the Planet Vegeta," Vegeta explains, the mean, haughty look never leaving his face, "but a tyrant named Frieza enslaved us and eventually destroyed our home planet. Only four of us remained. Myself, my loyal guard Nappa, who died here on this planet 10 years ago, Kakarott, who was sent to purge this planet as a bay and failed. You know him as Son Goku. And Kakarott's brother, Raditz. He came to this planet 11 yeas ago to find his weakling brother. He found him, but was killed when he tried to destroy this planet."
"Gohan's part alien?" Pegaro asks, amazed.
"And so are those two boys sparring," Vegeta replies, "the one with the lavender hair is my son, Trunks. The other one is Kakarott's other spawn, Goten. How my son, a prince, can be friends with the spawn of a third class baka like Kakarott is beyond me."
"It only makes sense, Vegeta," a woman with blue hair says as she walks out the door, "Goku has been my friend for years. I'm the one who brought him out of the mountains and into civilization. Chichi is my friend as well. And Trunks and Goten are almost the same age, so they make great playmates since any normal human child would get killed sparring with them like that."
"Are you Gohan's mom?" Pegaro asks. Vegeta snorts.
"No, I'm an old friend of Gohan's though," the blue haired woman says, "I'm Bulma Briefs."
"THE Bulma Briefs?" Pegaro asks, surprised, "Gohan knows Bulma Briefs?"
"Yes," Bulma replies, a smug smile on her face, "I am Bulma Briefs, President of Capsule Corporation."
"Wow," Pegaro says, "it's an honor to meet you."
"Vegeta here is my husband," Bulma says. Vegeta snorts.
"I recognize him from somewhere," Pegaro says, looking intently at Vegeta.
"If you don't turn your head, boy, I'm gonna blast you into oblivion," Vegeta growls.
"You were at the Cell Games with Gohan and his dad, weren't you," Pegaro asks flatly.
Bulma looks at Pegaro in shock. "You know about that?" she inquires.
"The day that fool Hercule could beat a monster like Cell is the day I have an operation and become a girl," Pegaro snorts. Vegeta bursts out in laughter. "You're more intelligent than most of these other pathetic humans," Vegeta guffaws.
Gohan comes running up. "I see you've met Bulma," he says, "over there is my little brother Goten and his friend Trunks."
"Gohan, why didn't you tell me you knew the Briefs?" Pegaro asks his friend/student.
"Well, I didn't realize that they would be here tonight," Gohan says, "I had to get home the old fashioned way since Videl tried to follow me home."
"Again?" Bulma chuckles, "that's the tenth time this month. Maybe you should just tell her your Saiyaman so maybe she'll leave you alone."
Pegaro's mouth drops. "Gohan, you're the Great Saiyaman?" he asks.
Gohan grins sheepishly. "Yeah," he says, "please don't tell anyone that either."
"Boy, you worry too much about what other people think" Vegeta says.
"He can't help it if he was raised like a decent human being," Bulma chides him.
"He was raised like a weakling, not a proud Saiyan warrior," Vegeta snorts.
"Vegeta, if you start insulting how Goku and I raised Gohan then you're not eating tonight!" Chichi yells from the kitchen. Gohan and Bulma chuckle at seeing the expression on Vegeta's face.
"The best way to keep a Saiyan in line is to threaten them with starving," Bulma remarks, still chuckling, "I recall using that on Gohan dozens of times. And it has yet to fail."
"Mom, that's not the only way you keep dad in line," Trunks says. No one had noticed the two boys stop their sparing to inspect the newcomer. "Don't you also threaten to make him sleep on the couch?"
Gohan bursts out laughing as Vegeta's face becomes completely red. Pegaro chuckles.
"Dinner's ready!" Chichi calls out.
"Coming Pegaro?" Gohan asks, "my mom is an excellent cook."
"To feed two bottomless pits for sons, she should be," Bulma smirks, "not to mention when she had to feed your father. He ate as much as you, Goten, and Trunks combined. And that was when he had just eaten." Vegeta bursts out laughing.
"Kakorott was a true Saiyan then," Vegeta smirks as they walk to the dining room, "Nappa, Raditz, and I used to have eating contests when Frieza had us enslaved. Zarbon and Dodoria and the Ginyu Force would have betting pools on which of us would win. Raditz and Nappa won their fair share, though I beat the shit out of them on the training grounds afterwards each time."
"How often was that?" Bulma asks.
"More often than I liked, that's for sure," Vegeta says, still smirking.
"Mom, this is Pegaro Kawada, my science teacher," Gohan says as they enter the dining room.
"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Kawada," Chichi says with a bow.
"Pegaro will do fine," Pegaro says, returning the bow, "your son is a fine young man. It's a pleasure seeing how he's turned out after I met him 11 years ago. You've done a fine job raising him."
"I can't take all of the credit," Chichi replies, "his father set a great example for him to follow. Gohan is as good a man as his father ever was."
"He truly is, and I've known Goku the longest," Bulma adds, "though Goku wasn't much of a thinker. But I guess that is a trait found in all full blooded Saiyans."
"What was that woman?" Vegeta demands crossly. Bulma and Chichi chuckle.
"It's true that Goku wasn't fond of thinking, but he always encouraged Gohan in his studies, though he knew Gohan would have been a great fighter if he had," Chichi says, "but Gohan got trained as a fighter anyway. I'm just glad he likes his studies."
"From what I've heard from the other teachers, Gohan is the best student in the entire school, though he doesn't participate much in Phys Ed. Of course, he probably does that so as not to embarrass the other students."
"Actually, I do that so they won't guess how strong I am and think I'm a freak or something," Gohan says humbly.
"If you showed no more ability than Hercule, then they wouldn't think you odd," Pewgaro says, "though why you, a person with the power to defeat a monster like Cell, lower yourself to that idiot's level I have no idea."
At that remark, Bulma raises an eyebrow and Vegeta bursts out laughing. "This human is smarter than I thought," Vegeta says when he finally stops laughing.
"How did you know Gohan defeated Cell?" Bulma inquires.
"He tried to explain why his father wouldn't be here, and I guessed the entire thing," Pegaro answers, "he went too close to the truth, and I already had my suspicions from way back then."
"And you figured it all out?" Bulma says, surprised, "I'm impressed."
"Can we eat now?" Goten whines, "I'm hungry." "So am I!" Trunks and Goten choruse.
"I know better than to starve a half-Saiyan," Chichi chuckles, "Goku was like a big baby when he couldn't get something to eat, and Goten is too much like his father in that respect."
"He looks like that baka," Vegeta comments, "though he's definitely stronger than Kakorott was at that age."
"How would you know, Vegeta?" Bulma demands, "you never even met Goku until 11 years ago, and he defeated you then."
"The baka had help," Vegeta grumbles, "Gohan and Krillin helped him. I'll admit he was stronger than me, but then I transformed and he was nothing compared to me. But then that coward Yajirobe cut off my tail and then I had to fight Gohan. The kid did quite well, considering I had him outclassed completely. But then he transformed and beat me."
"Transformed?" Pegaro asks.
"Saiyans and half-Siayans have tails," Vegeta replies, "though since we live on Earth now, we have them cut off and then cut off again whenever they grow back. When a Saiyan or half-Saiyan sees the full moon, artificial full moonlight, or a life-sized image of the full moon we grow into huge ape-like beasts. Unfortunately, I'll bet Kakorott and Gohan never could control their transformed state."
"Goku couldn't, but I don't know about Gohan," Bulma says, "but Trunks and Goten have never transformed because we snip their tails regularly."
"I recall hearing that several years ago, at one of the World's Martial Arts tournaments, that one of the finalists transformed and really wrecked the stadium," Pegaro comments, "his opponent supposedly blew up the moon and he turned back to normal."
"That was Goku," Bulma tells him, "I was there. Jackie Chun used the Kamehameha to blow up the moon."
"Incredible," Pegaro says, "that a human could have that much power. And at such an old age, when the body is weaker."
"I could blow up the moon, if the Earth still had one, with a gesture," Vegeta comments.
"And so could Piccolo and Gohan, Vegeta," Bulma snaps at her husband.
"Gohan is a Saiyan so of course he would have that kind of power," Vegeta snorts, "as for the Namek, he's just abnormally strong for his species."
"You mean Piccolo as in the evil King Piccolo?" Pegaro asks.
"Piccolo isn't evil anymore," Gohan says firmly, "in fact, he's saved my life several times."
"Only because you were too weak at the time to save yourself," Vegeta snorts.
"I remember doing better against Recoome than you did, Vegeta," Gohan retorts, "and I took on Frieza's second form when you were cowering and trying to find a way out."
At the mention of Frieza and the suggestion of his cowardice, Vegeta jumps out of his seat and begins powering up.
"Vegeta," Bulma says with a distinct tone of warning in her voice. Vegeta glances at his wife. Seeing her expression, he powers down and sits back down, grumbling.
"Who is Frieza?" Pegaro asks, not fully understanding the implications of the question. Vegeta growls at the mention of his old tormentor.
"Frieza is an evil alien who held Vegeta as a servant for years," Gohan explains, "he had the power to blow up an entire solar system when angered. For the longest time, he was the strongest being in the universe. But he was finally dealt his first defeat at my dads hands."
"He did it by ascending to the level of Super Saiyan," Vegeta remarks, "Frieza didn't even stand a chance. I always knew that Frieza would die at the hands of a Saiyan, most likely a Super Saiyan."
"But you always thought it would be you," Gohan says, "instead, my dad defeated him and Mirai Trunks killed Frieza and his father when they came to Earth."
"Mirai Trunks?" Pegaro asks, looking at Trunks.
"Not that one," Gohan says, "you see, originally, 7 years ago two horrible androids would appear and kill the Z Warriors, including Vegeta. My dad had died of a heart virus and never even saw the battle. I survived and lived on fighting them for years. Trunks grew up and eventually became my apprentice, but I died during one battle. He went on fighting, but he was seriously overmatched. Eventually, Bulma built a time machine and he traveled to the past to warn us. That was 10 years ago that he arrived. He arrived and killed Frieza and his father with the utmost ease. Then my dad returned and we all started training. Piccolo, dad, and myself trained hard for three years."
"You did nothing but train for three years?" Pegaro asks, "I'm impressed. That must have been hard. Not to mention you are still the smartest person at Orange Star High. Tell me, do you still train?"
"Not really," Gohan replies, "mom lets me work out every now and then, but I doubt I'm as strong as I was when I fought Cell."
"Tell me, if it's not a bother, what happened there?" Pegaro asks, "it looks as if you didn't want to fight and then you snapped."
"That is exactly what it was like," Gohan replies, "I didn't want to release the power I realized I had in me. Every time I had before, I lost control. I was always focused on annihilating one being, but I had no recollection of it. But Cell wanted to see it. He was arrogant. He didn't realize how powerful I would become. When he destroyed the head of Android 16, I snapped. Android 16 had told me that it was okay to let go. Cell lived to destroy. If just a bit survived, then that was more than Cell would have left. In the end, I did indeed let go. That was what was happening when the cameras went out. I was powering up."
"I could feel the Earth trembling beneath my feet," Pegaro comments, "and I could vaguely feel the power emanating from you. It was enormous. Far greater than Cell's."
"How did you learn to detect ki energy?" Gohan asks, puzzled by this information.
"I think the raw ability appeared after I met you," Pegaro replies, "maybe I somehow learned it from you."
"It is possible," Vegeta says, "I learned it from fighting the brat and his father."
"As well as Krillin," Gohan reminds him.
"I never truly fought him," Vegeta retorts, "all he ever tried against me was his Destructo Disk technique and that other attack that you deflected to me."
"That was the Spirit Bomb," Gohan replies, "it was made up of a tiny bit of all of the energy of everything living thing on the planet, as well as energy from the sun. You'd be dead right now if dad had hit you with it when it was at full power. When he used it on Namek battling Frieza, he used the energy of every living thing in the entire solar system. It was gigantic, and all it managed to do was damage Frieza's tail and make him mad."
"It was an impressive attack, though I'm afraid we can generate far more power than that ourselves," Vegeta snorts, "but it was impressive for the times it was used."
"Wow, that attack sounds incredible," Pegaro comments, "it's a shame that it is no longer needed since you're so strong."
" And don't you forget it!" Vegeta says haughtily, only to be whacked by Chichi with a frying pan.
"My Gohan is still stronger than you, Vegeta," Chichi adamantly tells the Saiyan prince.
"Ha!" Vegeta laughs, "he's hardly trained in the last seven years whereas all I have done is train."
"I can vouch for that," Bulma says wryly, "you never even have time for me except when the Gravity Room is busted. Then it's like you're my completely obedient servant until the room is fixed again."
At that, Vegeta's face flushes an incredible shade of red while Gohan laughs.
"Mrs. Son, this food is excellent," Pegaro says.
"Why thank you Mr. Kawada," Chichi says, beaming, "of course, I got lots of practice cooking since I had to feed Goku. That man was like a bottomless stomach."
"When Goku and I were first searching for the Dragon Balls, he would just go and hunt up his own food," Bulma remarks, "I remember that first night he had a wolf and a centipede."
"A centipede?" Gohan asks, chuckling, "at least he knew insects have some nutritional value, even if they are a bit disgusting to eat."
"I wouldn't let him in the capsule house because his breathe smelled like his dinner," Bulma remarks dryly, "not only that, he didn't even know what a bath was."
"I can imagine how tough that was for you," Chichi says.
"That was when I found out that his tail was part of him," Bulma replies, "not to mention how utterly naïve he was. I don't think he ever truly understood the different between guys and girls until he married you Chichi. I still remember after he transformed at the World Martial Arts Tournament, he was about to fight Jackie Chun with no clothes on! Luckily Krillin was about Goku's size and Krillin had a spare set with him."
Vegeta bursts out laughing at that. Chichi giggles at the comment and Gohan chuckles at it, as does Trunks. Goten just looks at everyone questioningly.
"So, Pegaro, how exactly did you meet Gohan?" Bulma asks.
"Gohan can explain it better than I can," Pegaro says, "the circumstances, at least."
"I was running home, trying to get away from Piccolo," Gohan explains, "it was while we were training to meet Vegeta and Nappa when they arrived on Earth. My boat got caught in a horrible storm and I was shipwrecked on a beach. A couple of kids found me. They thought I was dead. They found my sword. The boy was looking at it when I woke up and walked over to them. I told them "Hey, that's mine" and then collapsed. The way I looked mustn't have been too pleasant because they screamed in fear. But they took me to their shelter and I got better quickly. When I woke up, people from an orphanage had to come try and get them. I jumped to a nearby tree, which they had swung over to, on a rope to get away from them. But some of the other workers from the Home had found the other kids. That was when Pegaro stepped in. He was almost as fast as dad was! Well, as fast as dad was then. Not as fast as he was when he fought Cell, but faster than most of the people on Earth. When I discovered that I was extremely close to home, they decided to help me get home by hijacking one of the social workers cars. They were gonna come with me and meet you, mom."
"Well, that's very sweet of them," Chichi says.
"Well, the people from the Home brought the cops that day," Gohan continues, "they ended up getting all of the other kids. Pegaro hijacked one of the cars and grabbed me and got out of there. I was mad at him until he explained that it was for their own good."
"Wow," Bulma says, "the way you describe him reminds me a bit of Goku when he was a kid. Always helping others."
"Yeah, only Pegaro is street smart where dad only knew how to fight," Gohan says.
"He knew how to pilot his gravity ship to Namek," Bulma says, "though dad made it so even a child could pilot it."
"How long did it take Kakorot to figure it out?" Vegeta asks, amused.
~Whack!~ Chichi hits Vegeta with her frying pan, causing him to hit his plate of food facefirst. Bulma sighs and pulls her husband's head out of his plate and sets it beside his plate.
"How long do you think he'll be out?" Bulma asks.
"Well, his head is harder than Goten and Gohan's, but not as hard as Goku's, so he should only be out for a few minutes," Chichi replies as she puts away the frying pan.
"Well, that'll be a few minutes of peace and quiet that we'll have," Gohan says after stuffing some more food in his mouth.
"I don't think I'll ever get used to the way you Saiyans eat," Bulma mutters after glancing at Goten and Trunks, who were eating as if it was their last meal.
"When was the last time they ate?" Pegaro asks in amazement.
"Around noon," Chichi says, "but this is normal. Its when they aren't hungry that you gotta be worried about them."
"Or when they get a stomachache, "Gohan chuckles, "though I don't think dad got a stomachache in his life."
"He never did after I met him," Bulma says, "and I've known Goku the longest."
An hour later, dinner is finished and Bulma is making Vegeta wash the dishes. Pegaro is talking with Gohan in the living room and Chichi is watching Goten and Trunks spar outside.
"You certainly have an interesting family and very interesting friends Gohan," Pegaro comments after Vegeta shatters another dish, followed by a round of threats and curses from Bulma.
"Just be glad the whole gang isn't here," Gohan says, "Yamcha would be trying to get Bulma back from Vegeta, Tien would hardly be speaking with anybody and Chaio Tzu would be playing with Goten and Trunks. Krillin would be joking around and 18 would be sending death glares that rival Vegeta's to everybody."
"So I got lucky meeting Bulma, Vegeta, and Trunks?" Pegaro asks.
"Yes," Gohan replies, "though meeting Vegeta is never easy. When I first met him he tried to kill me."
"That must have made it hard for future encounters," Pegaro remarks dryly.
"Hostility incarnate is what he is," Gohan says, "we're still trying to figure out why he's staying. He could go out and conquer the universe. He's more than strong enough. The only people who could possibly have given him any competition are long and. Dad killed Cooler and Mirai Trunks killed Frieza and King Cold."
"Well Gohan, I must be going," Pegaro says, standing up, "tomorrow is a school day. And I expect you to be on time. You're the best student in school."
"I'll be sure to be early tomorrow Pegaro," Gohan says with a smile as he leads Pegaro to the door, "drive home safely."
Thank just about every other DBZ author I've read the works of for the idea of the frying pan. DemonDancing and Frozenflower are the only ones I can think of at the moment, though I do believe there are many others. I'll name them when I think of them. I would have though of something original, but I decided to go with something familiar. My other choices were a ladle, though I think that's been done, and a rolling pin. I decided against the rolling pin because it reminded me of a cartoon called Courage the Cowardly Dog. Well, please review. Like all authors I thrive on reviews. Flames are accepted, though they will be used to keep my old bones warm this coming winter.