Note: Well, As I said last time, I'm extremely surprised that people are enjoying my writing. My good friend from school told me that writing fiction is a lot easer then essays, and I suck at essays, so I thought I would suck at this too. (I spent one full six-weeks working on one and got a 65 for all my work. *Grumble*) Well, keep reviewing and I hope you also enjoy this next chapter! Also, in response to one review, Gohan isn't mean in this fic, just look at how he reacts to his younger brother, and he doesn't think he's better than everyone else. He just doesn't like being forced to attend High School, and is in a fairly bad mood. He's not mean, just unhappy being there. I hope that this clears this up. :)
Disclaimer: Me own something?? HA! I don't even own the clothes on my back! My parent's do until I'm 18 years old I hear…
Due to my very unpolished writing skills, there will undoubtedly be some OOC moments in this story, and all I can say is I'm sorry!!
10…9…8… The second ticked off as Gohan rushed the man. The hostages, who were a little tied up at the moment, watched the bomb with terror in their eyes. 6…5…4… Gohan ripped the bomb from around the man's waist, and punched his lights out. 3 seconds left! He had to get rid of it, and fast!
'Shit!' Videl watched in awe, still lying on the floor, 'He's got to get that thing away from here! We're all gonna blown to bits if he doesn't do something quickly!' Gohan leaped into the air, blasting through the side walls and out of the building. But before he could dispose of the explosive… it went off. Videl leaped off the floor, racing towards the gaping hole. 'Oh Kami! There's no way he could have lived through that! He's dead… What the hell?' Through the dust and smoke, she could make out an emerging form. It was Gohan! The blast hadn't even fazed him! (Was there ever any doubt in your mind?) The only thing that has happened to him was that his clothing was a little burned and singed.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE BUB!" Gohan stopped and turned to face Videl. "How the hell did you survive that? That blast should have reduced you to a small pile of ashes, yet your standing there without a scratch on you, and the only damage to you being clothing-wise! Now you are going to tell me how the hell you did that, and your going to tell me now!" Gohan smirked at little at her reaction.
"And who's gonna make me? You? Please! You couldn't stop a measly group of thugs, so how do you plan on stopping me?" Videl's glare deepened. "Didn't think so. If you'll excuse me, I have places to go." He floated off the ground and flew out the hole in the wall.
'I think that I may be going nuts, and probably am, but shit! He really acts just like Gohan! But that's impossible! Sure he looks a little like Gohan, except the hair part, and he acts like Gohan. Heck! He even dresses like Goha… THAT'S IT! His clothing was burned! If he really IS Gohan then he won't have been at school, and he'll have slightly burned clothing! It's foolproof! Videl, you are a genius!' [1] She leapt off the ground, and rushed towards her helicopter to get back to school as soon as possible.
"Welcome back Videl. Looks like it took you longer to get back then expected." Mr. Pearson smiled at Videl as she walked in the doorway. "Mrs. Flores said she gave your assignments to Gohan, so you'll have to talk to him about what you missed." Videl stared in shock at her teacher.
'She gave them to Gohan? But, how? I was so sure it was him! But, if he's been here the whole time… I have to make sure.' "Uh… thanks Mr. Pearson." She trudged up the stairs to her seat, passing by, the unharmed, Gohan. 'Well, I guess I was wrong. He clothes are fine, but if he IS the Saiyan Warrior, then he might have been able to change before he got back…' "Uh Gohan?"
"What?" He looked up from the book he was reading.
"Mr. Pearson said you had my assignments. May I have them please?" Gohan smirked, and began to shift through his book bag.
"Ya, sure. They're in here somewhere. Ah, here we go." He pulled out a couple of sheets of paper. "Uh lets see… tonight for homework, you have to finish reading the poems we went over in class, pages 498 through 512. And you have to do these worksheets." He handed her the papers.
"That everything?" She eyed him.
"Yep, I don't think I missed anything. Unlike some people, I was here to find out the first time." Her face fell.
"Well, thanks anyway." She walked over to her seat, and sat down. 'Shoot. Well, there goes that idea out the window. But even if he's not the Saiyan Warrior like I thought he was, that doesn't mean that that's it. There IS something he's hiding. I just wish I knew what it was, and I won't stop until I know. Even if it kills me! I, Videl Satan, WILL discover the secrets of Son Gohan.' She shot one last glare at Gohan, then went back to her daily clock-watching.
'Five minutes. Just five more minutes and I can leave this place. I can't believe I'm wasting perfectly good training time in this place. I'm going to have a lot to make up on weekends. All I know is that Vegeta won't know what hit him.' He sighed, and started packing up his books when the bell rang. Gohan jumped up, and jogged to the classroom door, and out into the hall. Weaving through the crowd he made his way to the boy's bathroom, entering and heading to the stall on the far side of the room. He calmly stepped in front of it, opened it, and came face to face with… himself! [2] "Jeeze! What happened to you? Looks like you got hit with a flame-thrower."
"Well YOU try to get rid of a bomb in less then 10 seconds! We're both only at half strength anyway so cut me some slack! Jeeze, if it wasn't for the fact that our clothes will look normal after we rejoin, I would be worried about mom killing me over wearing burned clothes." The duo laughed at the thought.
"Well, no worries then. REINTEGRATE!" [3] There was a flash, leaving only one, properly dressed in non-burned clothing, Gohan in the room. Smirking, he calmly walked out, getting ready for his flight home. He left the building, walked about the corner towards a grove of trees to the west of the school.
"HEY! GOHAN! OVER HERE!" Groaning, he turned to face the source of the voice, Erasa. "Where are you going so fast? You're coming with us!!" Her face beamed.
"Wha? What do you mean by that? What 'where,' and who's 'us?'" He frowned.
"This 'us.'" He turned to find Sharpner and Videl standing behind him.
"Ya silly! We're going to the Cineplex, and YOUR coming with! Now lets do it!" Erasa grabbed his arm, and dragged him along with them, towards the mall.
'Videl, your quite possibly the smartest girl on the planet! Suggesting to Erasa that we should take Gohan with us gives me the perfect opportunity to figure out what he's hiding! I've only seen him in a school setting before, so now I can see his 'outside of school' personality!' She smirked at the slightly disgruntled Gohan.
'Dende is gonna die. What did I do to deserve this kind of punishment? It's bad enough to have to be with these three during school, but now AFTER? This is not my day.' After a while he managed to convince Erasa to let go of his arm, and was now walking under his own power, not that he wanted to go with them, but he just couldn't think of any way out that didn't involve some use of his power. There has to be something that could get him out of this but what? Then, the answer he was looking for hit him. Literally.
"BROTHER!!"
"GOHAN!!" He stopped dead in his tracks. The next thing he knew, two small kids were latched on to both of his legs.
"Hey Goten. Hey Trunks. What are you two doing here?" He beamed down at the two mini-saiyans.
'Trunks? Why does that kid look familiar? His name's familiar too. Odd…'
"Trunk's mom is taking us for ice cream after she buys some stuff!" Trunks and Goten were practically drooling at the mere thought of the ice cream that was to come.
"Speaking of Trunk's mom, where is she?"
"Over there, in that store." Trunks pointed at a shop on the corner. "MOM! GOHANS HERE!!" Videl, Sharpner, and Erasa's mouths dropped open when they saw who walked out of the store.
'KAMI!! BULMA BRIEFS?? How the hell does Gohan know Bulma Briefs?? Well, I did want info about him, but, know BULMA??'
"Gohan! So nice to see you again! Since you started school you haven't dropped by the Capsule Corp. as much lately! How've you been?"
"Been doing good! Sorry about not stopping by more, but you know how school just seems to get in the way of things." Bulma chuckled at his comment.
"My Gohan, aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?" Videl, Sharpner, and Erasa paled.
"Uh, sure. Bulma, meet Erasa, Videl, and Sharpner." Bulma shook their hands, noting how uneasy they seemed to be.
"Nice to meet you three. Anyway Gohan, I was going to have Goten tell you and your mom when he got home, but seeing how you're here I'll just tell you in person. This Saturday I'm holing a little reunion of all out family friends. Everyone's invited! Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Master Roshi… you know the whole gang!"
"Sounds cool! We'll be sure to be there! I'm sure mom would like to cook a little for the big event. You know how she is." Bulma smiled.
"That's great. You know, I'm taking the boys out for ice cream, you want to come with us?"
"Sure! Sorry guys, but it looks like I'm just gonna take a rain check on that movie. I'll see you three tomorrow." He turned, after detaching Trunks and Goten from his legs, and walked away with Bulma, Trunks, and Goten to get the ice cream.
'Bizarre. He lives in the middle of nowhere, and he knows people like Yamcha, Master Roshi, and Bulma! What is up with this kid??' "That… was odd." Sharpner nodded.
"Ya… Who would have thought?" Erasa looked slightly woozy.
"I think… I think I'm gonna faint." And with that she passed out onto the pavement.
Well, that last part was fun to write! I really like messing with those three. :) Anyway next time Chi Chi learns about the party on Saturday, and other stuff happens. This story writing thing is more fun then I thought. Please review and tell me what you think about this so far. BTW, don't worry. Buu is coming soon. So hang tight!
[1] I think I might be making her a little more suspicious than most people do, but to her there just too many thing off about Gohan, and so she acts like that.
[2] I thought that the Split-Form technique would work perfectly for Gohan when he wanted to leave the room. In the show Erasa thinks something is going on between Videl and Gohan because he always left the room for long periods of time right after Videl left. I'm not sure that Gohan is suppost to know how to do that technique, but I say he can. So don't worry!
[3] I would like to thank SSJ-Mirai-Trunks and Exarikun for the correction. Thanks!