Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ.

This is Gohan/Videl, probably some romance but that isn't the main purpose of this fic. The main purpose is 2 fold.
Firstly this is a challenge to myself to write something with chapters shorter than 5000 words, and preferably in the 2000 to 3000 word range. Both just for the heck of it, and to do something about my sister's (Pteska) need to impress me with longer chapters ;). Also to stop myself from constantly saying mine's bigger ;).
Pteska saying: I object your honour.
Judge saying: Approved.
TW saying: Withdrawn.
//Note, those last three lines are by Pteska.
Second it's a place for me to use all my rejected but funny scenes, as well as some new for this fic and funny scenes.

Responses to reviews:

To bcat:
As you can see I decided to base my summary on your last review. Hope you don't mind but when people leave me reviews that good and that summary-inspiring, I just can't resist.

To Emotionless Shadow:
I kind of like the idea but unfortunately this is not a kill off Sharpner fic. I have to many other things to do to torture people.

To Nene:
Well you'll find out, eventually, the fighting should be in chapter 8 or 9 I think, not in this chapter yet.

To A-man:
Thanks.

To DJ:
Well I hope the grammar and spelling mistakes aren't too bad. But I don't think any story is ever truly eror three. (That was on purpose in case you couldn't tell) I do my best but my best isn't perfect. Anyway I'm glad you like it.

Gohan Goes To Highschool

Chapter 7: Starting Camp

On Tuesday morning an excited group of kids was assembled in front of Orange Star High. It was 8:50, so there were still ten minutes before the bus was due, but they'd all gathered there already. They were all eagerly anticipating the up coming trip, the only class member who stood out by absence so far was Gohan, much to Videl's chagrin.
It wasn't so much that Videl was attached to Gohan, but she simply wanted a chance to question him. Yesterday, with Career day going on, she hadn't really had a chance to talk to him and now he didn't seem to be anywhere near.
'What's the matter with him?' She wondered. 'Isn't he going on the trip? You'd expect him to want to have some time to spare if he were going.'
She was standing near the edge of the group together with Sharpner and Erasa and decided to see if Erasa knew any reason why Gohan wouldn't be there.
"Erasa."
"Yeah Videl."
"I don't think Gohan's here, did he say anything to you?"
"No so I expect he'll be here."
"Maybe nerd boy's just to chicken to show up for anything to do with Mr. Satan." Sharpner said.
'Yeah right, he was completely serious standing up to Vegeta Brief yesterday, even for Sharpner's worthless hide.' Videl thought, not sure if it was herself or her feminine side talking.
"Last time I checked Sharpner, he was the one defending you." She said out loud.
"Yeah right." Sharpner said. "He was probably just worried that I might hurt that Vegeta character, after all your dad trained me himself."
'Well dad did train Sharpner but...' Videl's train of thought was cut off by a voice behind her.
"Trust me Sharpner, Vegeta doesn't need me to protect him and him getting hurt is the very least of my worries."
She turned around to see Gohan calmly walking up to them. It took her a moment to register what he was wearing, it wasn't his usual school clothes but a dark blue gi with a light blue belt and light blue wristbands. He wasn't wearing anything under his Gi so the low cut neck showed part of his chest and of course he arms were in plain view, showing that his body was certainly toned.
"Hey guys." He greeted lightly as he joined them.
"Hi, Gohan." Videl managed to get out. "What's with the clothes?"
"I thought a Gi would be better for survival." He replied. "It allows for more movement and it's better suited for when you're physically active. Besides I just like them, if it weren't for my mother I'd probably wear them full time."
Videl just nodded, not knowing how else to respond. Somehow it seemed to her that every time she discovered something about Gohan, it just brought up more questions.
Fortunately for her she wasn't required to talk to Gohan for a while as Erasa had seized him, constantly exclaiming things like "I knew you were hiding some muscles" and trying to feel said muscles.
Videl smirked a little as she watched Gohan repeatedly dodge Erasa, though it was clear that Erasa didn't stand a chance.

A couple of hours later Videl stepped out of the bus thoroughly frustrated, she'd been trying to question Gohan the entire trip but he'd been as skilled at evading her questions as he had been dodging Erasa's pinches before they got on the bus. She was definitely no match for Gohan in a verbal spar. Somehow he'd been able to completely control what he'd said and, maybe more importantly, what he hadn't said. She could ask the best questions she could think of, as subtle as was humanly possible and he was still able to outmanoeuvre her at every turn.
Gohan on the other hand was smirking as he stepped out of the bus. He'd enjoyed the conversation with Videl, it had helped pass time by giving him something to do and in the end she wasn't any the wiser for it.

Once the entire class had left the bus their camp leaders got out as well. The two leaders were their coach, Mr. Stevenson, and Antino Demon[1], one of Hercule's sidekicks as well as one of his top students. Antino had already managed to get on a few peoples nerves, Gohan's most of all. Somehow Antino's position as one of Hercule's top students made him extremely arrogant and in a way he reminded Gohan of the 'loser brigade' at the Cell games.
"Alright listen up everyone!" Antino now yelled. "We have to hike the rest of the way, as we'll be a reasonable distance from the road. I'll be leading the hike so let me know if I'm going to fast for you."
Gohan picked up his small pack ready to head out and soon Videl came to stand beside him, determined to try and get something out of him now. With some surprise she noticed the small slender pack Gohan was carrying.
"Where's all your stuff?" She asked the boy beside her.
Gohan looked over to Videl noticing the large bag she was carrying. "What do you mean all my stuff? I've got everything I need."
Videl looked at him as if he were crazy. "But don't you need a tent and stuff? Food is taken care of by school but you still need basic camping gear."
"This is survival isn't it?" Gohan asked. "Now forgive me if I'm wrong, but my idea of survival isn't dragging half a house into the wilderness and living comfortably."
"Listen it's a survival camp that means we'll go wild water rafting or rock climbing or something."
"That sounds boring." Gohan replied. "The last time I did survival I spend six months out in the wilderness on my own, with nothing but my clothes and my sword. That's survival."
Videl didn't know whether to believe Gohan or not, he'd said it with total sincerity and conviction, but somehow she couldn't picture him spending six months in the wilderness. Then again she hadn't been able to picture him in a Gi before that morning.

The hike was about three miles long, a little over an hour of walking through the hills. They ended up in a small forest like area between some mountains and a beach. Gohan recognised it, but decided not to say anything at least not yet.
The first order of business was lunch, which like all meals would be provided for. After lunch was over everybody except Gohan started setting up tents, Gohan simply walked into the woods to a nearby cliff, Videl who noticed this dropped her own tent and followed him.
"Now where was it?" Gohan muttered to himself as he studied the cliff.
'Where is what?' Videl wondered.
Suddenly Gohan nodded to himself and walked along the base of the cliff a few paces before pulling of some of the plants that were growing up against the base.
To Videl's surprise an opening, rounded at the top and some 6 feet high and 4 feet wide slowly started to become clear.
"I suppose it's a good thing we came here." She heard Gohan say to himself. "This way I don't have to go looking for someplace to stay or build something, though I only found this one by accident three years ago."
Shortly after he'd said that Gohan finished clearing the entrance and stepped inside, out of Videl's view. She hesitated for a few seconds and then approached the entrance.
"Come on in Videl." Gohan said as he saw her standing in the mouth of the cave, which was a much larger cavern behind the relatively small opening.
Videl was shocked to hear Gohan's voice coming out of the darkness but hesitantly stepped inside, still not seeing anything.
She walked in almost ten paces before she stumbled on a loose rock that was on the floor and heard Gohan chuckle somewhere ahead of her.
"Sorry about that." Gohan said as he finished chuckling. "There's a couple of those lying around here, I'll go get some wood and make a fire."
Without even waiting for a reply he walked outside, passing Videl with his sword loosely in his hand.
A few minutes later he returned with some wood and proceeded to start a fire using only the wood. With the tip of his sword he made a small opening in one piece of wood into which he then inserted one of the other pieces, rubbing the two together to start the fire. He could have just used his Ki to ignite the lot of course, but didn't want to do that with Videl there.
Once the fire had started he quickly added a few twigs, and then some branches, making the fire larger so that it cast a red and yellow glow through out this part of the cave.

It took Videl's eyes a little while to adjust to the light, they'd just adjusted to the darkness she'd been sitting in, feeling rather stunned by Gohan's actions. They were hundreds of miles away from Satan city and nowhere near the 439 mountain area either and yet he seemed to know where this cave was, as if he'd been here before.
She looked around the cave, for the first time becoming aware of a small stream running virtually without sound from the darkness beyond the fire on one side to the other side. Also she now noticed Gohan's sword for the first time as it had been to dark for her to see it earlier. Her first reaction was surprise but then she remembered Gohan's statement about survival with nothing but his clothes and a sword, clearly his packing list had stayed the same.
"How'd you know about this place?" She asked Gohan who was still tending the fire.
"I found it by accident." He replied. "I have some friends that live near here. One day I stopped here for a while and I noticed this entrance, the climbing plants had been blown inside by a storm. So I went in here and explored for a while before continuing on my way."
"Why would you want to explore it?"
"Part of it is the adventure of exploring I suppose. And the rest is out of habit. Like I told you I spend 6 months in the wilderness at one point. Trust me when you've done that you start to almost instinctively look for possible shelter wherever you go. It's actually a joke among some of my friends that if you drop me anywhere I've been before I can find you either some form of natural shelter within a three mile radius, or tell you where you can find wood and the likes to build something for yourself."
Videl nodded faintly, she was starting to get the almost uncomfortable feeling that what she was hearing was just the tip of an iceberg of experiences Gohan had had that were beyond anything she could really relate to.
"Let's go back outside." Gohan suddenly said.
"Why?" Videl asked confused.
"Well you still have to finish setting up your tent, and the others are going to miss us if we stay here."
"Let's go then."

When they were outside again Videl finished setting up her tent with Gohan's help. It almost immediately became clear to Videl that Gohan had never set up a tent before, though his insight into basic mechanics compensated for his shortcomings in the field of experience.
Just as they finished putting it up Gohan suddenly turned around. Videl wasn't sure but she thought she could hear him mutter "Figures" under his breath. She was about to ask what was going on when a sort man with black hair became visible from between the trees.
"Hey bro." The greeting was clearly meant for Gohan.
"Hey Krillin, what are you doing here?"
"Just wondering why you were here."
"Yeah, we are pretty close to Kame-island at least comperatively, it's a long way out of the coast."
"Yeah, but this is still closer than you usually come unless you're visiting."
"That's right. Anyway how are #18 and Marron, and Roshi for that matter."
"#18 and Marron are both fine and Roshi... Well he's just Roshi."
Gohan was about to reply when Antino walked up. "You there, who's the short guy?"
Gohan gritted his teeth at being addressed like this and his tone of reply was colder than Videl had ever heard him speak.
"This is Krillin, Krillin, this is Antino, our camp leader on behalf of Hercule's Dojo." He locked eyes with Krillin as he said this and their eyes remained locked for a few more seconds.
"I see." Krillin said, as he turned away and it seemed to Videl as though the reply was to some other communication than the spoken message, almost as if they'd shared some sort of telepathic link, though telepathy was of course impossible.
"You know." She said, turning to Krillin in an attempt to head off Antino. "Your name sounds familiar."
"Who's your friend Gohan?" Krillin asked turning to the demi-Saiyan.
"Krillin, this is Videl Satan, Videl, this is Krillin, but I take it you'd ascertained that already."
"Satan as in...?" Krillin left the question unfinished.
"Yes as in, Krillin." Gohan replied.
"And you two are...?"
"Friends, just friends."
Krillin nodded and turned back to Videl. "To get back to your question, considering your father I take it you know something about martial arts?"
"I do." Videl replied.
"Did you ever study any of the old Tenkaichi Budoukais?"
"Some yes."
"That's probably where you ran across me then. Semi-finals in the twenty-first and twenty-second, only the quarters in the twenty-third. Or Gohan might have mentioned me."
"I think I actually did mention you in front of her when Yamcha was teaching Base Ball as a guest teacher for PE. Did you know he's a professional base ball player?"
"He used to be, I had to pick him up during a game to start training, right after the Radditz incident while you were off with Piccolo. I guess he's started again."
Gohan nodded and Krillin turned back to Videl.
"Anyway I hope that answers your question."
Videl felt faint as she nodded. Just like it had been with Gohan and Yamcha much of the conversation just seemed to flow past outsiders and what she did pick up was amazing. This short guy was apparently a very skilled martial artist and also a close friend of Gohan's. She just couldn't make sense of it anymore.


[1] Antino Demon, sort of varies on the Hercule Satan theme, Demon, smaller than Satan and a first name from Greek mythology, more or less, Antino, comes from Antinous, one of the suitors of Penelope from Homer's Odyssey. (I couldn't bring myself to sacrifice another Hero so I picked a jerk)

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Next time on Gohan goes to Highschool survival camp continues (oh joy!). Will Videl and the others discover even more about Gohan? Will Krillin give away any of Gohan's secrets, either on purpose or by accident? Don't miss the next chapter.

Well that's Chapter 7. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review.