Author Notes: Thank you for you reviews!! I promise this chapter will be longer!! And will someone PLEASE tell me what the acronym BTW means?? I've either forgot the meaning or I've never known what it meant!!
A note about the story…Gohan has been training on the weekends for seven years just incase, and Goten already knows how to fly.
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ and I sincerely doubt I ever will. Akira Toriyama will always and forever own this glorious manga/anime.
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Chapter 1: They're Gonna Show WHAT?!
"Bye Mom!!" Son Gohan called, running out the door. He pressed the button on his watch, transforming him into Saiyaman, and leapt into the air. "See you later!!"
"Goodbye, son!!" Chi-chi called from the kitchen window. "You have a good day at school, you hear me?"
"Bye big brother!!" Goten called, leaning out the window beside his mother. "Say hi to your fan club for me!"
Gohan chuckled as he flew away from his home.
As he flew on, his thoughts turned to the upcoming events at school. In a week, Orange Star High School would be holding the annual 'Mr. Satan Day Celebration'.
'Whatever that is,' he thought darkly. There was no way in hell anyone was getting him to go to school that day. He was going to stay home and mourn his father's death with his mother and brother instead of going to the dreaded 'Mr. Satan Day Celebration'.
There was one thing he knew about this 'celebration'. Mr. Satan did this every year with the local High Schools, but this year, the teachers had said that there was going to be a special surprise this time, considering Mr. Satan's daughter went to Orange Star High.
Videl was supposed to fill in Sharpner, Erasa, and himself at lunch today on what dirt she had managed to get out of her father. Gohan hoped that it would be some sort of a five-hour long speech and he wouldn't miss much, but Videl crushed his hopes when she explained that he did that every year.
Speaking of the devil…
As The Great Saiyaman neared the city limits, he saw a familiar yellow jet-copter heading his way.
"Oh no…" he groaned, stopping in mid-air and waiting for the jet-copter to reach him.
The black-haired beauty in the jet-copter sped up after seeing the city's beloved superhero, The Great Saiyaman, in the sky.
She turned the copter to the side, rolled open the window and yelled, "Hey! Great Saiyaman!! We need to talk!"
"Er…all right, Videl…" Saiyaman yelled back. "But don't you think that having a conversation while in-flight might be hazardous to other drivers?"
"Duh, Gohan!! That's why I want you to get into the copter!!" Videl shouted over the din of that the copter.
"O-oh! Right!!" Saiyaman muttered, blushing under his helmet. He flew over to the passenger side, opened the door, and hopped in.
"That's better." Videl instructed. "Now all you have to do is change back into your normal clothes and we'll be off."
"Why?" Saiyaman asked, being naïve, as usual. "You don't like my outfit or something?"
"No!!" Videl cried, glaring at the demi saiya-jin. "If any reporters see me with the Great Saiyaman, do you know what tomorrows headlines will be?!"
"Uh…'Videl Satan Gives Ride To Great Saiyaman'?" he suggested.
'For being the genius he is, he sure is dense!!' Videl thought, before continuing on, "No, baka! It'll probably say, 'Videl Satan's New Love Interest' or 'Our City's Finest Super Heroes…In Love?'! But if they see me with a normal dressed, non-superhero kid, they'll obviously think that I'm giving a ride to someone!"
"Oh…OK." Saiyaman said, nodding in understand meant. He pressed the red button on his watch and his costume changed into his normal school-day outfit. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Take a guess…" Videl sighed sarcastically, turning the copter towards Orange Star High School.
"Um…your flying lessons?" Gohan asked, a sweatdrop rolling down his head. "Listen, I know I promised you a month ago that I'd teach you how to fly, but I've been really tied up at the moment. You see I had to teach my brother how to fly and the anniversary of my Dad's death is coming up in a few days and I…"
"Hold up!!" Videl interrupted. "Your Dad, the Son Goku, died?? When? Why wasn't it in the news? How come…"
"We only told close friends. He died seven years ago on May 26th, fighting Cell." Gohan whispered. He decided to twist the truth a bit, so Videl didn't get too suspicious. "My Dad challenged him when he was attacking cities…He got hurt…bad…And he died later on from those injuries."
"Oh…" Videl replied, looking downcast. "…I'm sorry. I didn't know it was…"
Gohan put up a hand to silence her. "It's OK, Videl. I've gotten over it…But I miss him a lot…"
"I miss my Mom. Even though she's still alive." Videl sighed. "She was only around for a few of my early years and then my parents divorced. After the Cell Games, she came crawling back to my Dad, but it didn't last. After that, I never saw her again."
Gohan nodded in agreement and then deiced to change the subject. "So did your Dad tell you what's going on for the Mr. Satan Day Celebration?"
"Yup," Videl replied. She flashed a grin at Gohan that only made him even more nervous. "It's gonna be a lot better than all the other years, but you'll have to wait until lunch if you want to know what it is."
Gohan groaned in response. This was going to be a long day…
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When lunchtime rolled around, Son Gohan raced to the lunchroom. He wasn't very anxious to eat any of the food they had prepared today. He was more interested on what Videl had to say about the Mr. Satan Day Celebration. She had been hinting to him, Sharpner, and Erasa all through the class day and from the way it sounded…He wasn't going to like it.
Grabbing one of the trays, he rushed to their usual spot. The other three were already there and looked impatient.
"Finally, Gohan!!" Erasa scolded, as he slid into his seat. "What took you so long?"
"Mr. Fontenot wanted me to stay back and help clean up the mess in the Science lab." Gohan explained. He quickly stuffed a croissant in his mouth. After finding out that it wasn't half bad he went on to the mystery meat.
Sharpner looked at him with disgust before questioning, "So Videl, are you going to tell us what happening next week?"
"Of course. I just wanted to wait for Go-"
"Heyth Ewasa!! Arth wou goanna eait thath(Translation: Hey Erasa!! Are you gonna eat that)?" Gohan asked, his mouth full of mystery meat.
"Go ahead…" Erasa replied, pushing her lunch tray towards the demi Saiya-jin. "Go on, Videl. I think he's more interested in his stomach than the celebration."
"Anyways…" Videl continued, giving Gohan the evil eye. "My Dad said since I'm going to Orange Star High, ZTV is going to make this a once-in-a-lifetime event. So, they dug through some old videos at the studio and guess what they found?"
"Old Tenkachi Budouki footage?" Sharpner suggested.
"No, of course not! If they wanted those they could just go on the Internet and download them! And besides why would they show those at the Mr. Satan Day Celebration?" Videl asked. "The found the actual footage of the Cell Games in a vault. So, they're going to show that footage at the celebration. They've digitally remastered it and added a few bonus features, including some research on the other guys that showed up there."
"What?" Erasa and Sharpner yelled together. "Are you serious?!"
Gohan stopped eating-a very rare occurrence for a Saiya-jin- and turned to stare in horror at Videl. This was not good.
"Of course I'm serious. Would I lie about something like that?" Videl asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No, but this is amazing!" Sharpner exclaimed. "A once in a lifetime event!"
"Wait just a second, Sharpner. There's more…" Videl continued. She glanced at Gohan, who was staring at her while holding his sandwich an inch away from his wide-open mouth. "ZTV is also doing a tribute to Son Goku, a legendary martial artist, who's almost as strong as my Dad. But after they found out Son Goku was dead, they decided to do a documentary, along with the tribute, about how Son Goku's family's coping over his death. So with the Cell Games footage, you all get 'A Day In The Life of The Son Family'."
Gohan had managed to begin chewing soon after the Cell Games information, but when the news hit him that ZTV was going to do a documentary on his family and show it publicly on Mr. Satan Day…well let's just say the lunchmeat didn't go down quite well.
"My day officially just got worse…" he groaned, slamming his head into the lunch table.
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Next Chapter: The taping of the documentary begins on the next, 'Nothing But The Truth'!! Will Gohan be able to survive ZTV's camera crew AND put up with two demi Saiya-jins playing video games all night long?? Find out in the next chapter titled: "The Beginning of The End of my Life"
