Author Notes: Thank you soooo much to everyone who's reviewed so far!! I'm
glad someone likes my writing!! I've got a question for some of you guys
that have the Cell Games on tape or can remember it clearly, because my
memory of the Cell Games has gone down the drain(I do remember Goku's fight
with Cell since it was on New Year's Eve) Question: When exactly did the
camera break? Was it when Gohan had his first power up or second?
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z. End of story.
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Chapter 4: The Return of Son Goku!!
It was a peaceful Monday morning. Birds were chirping, deer were raising their fawns out in the meadows, butterflies were chasing each other, and a certain older brother was threatening his younger brother to give back the last pancake or he'd send him to Other World. Yes, it was just another Spring morning for the Son family.
"Gohan!!" Chi-Chi scolded. "You know better than to threaten your brother at the dinner table!! If you want to send him to Other World, go outside and do it!!"
"Gomen Mom." Gohan muttered, tackling the pancake away from Goten and devouring it. "I'll see you later squirt...I've got to go to school..."
"Aw..." Goten whined. He was upset over the loss of his pancake and that his brother was going to school yet again. "Can't you skip it today?"
"Wish I could...Today's the beginning of 'Mr. Satan Week'." he groaned. "As if the movies weren't enough, we have to put a play on during 'Mr. Satan Day' and guess who I get to be?"
"Cell!!" Goten exclaimed.
"No. Good guess though."
"Vegeta." Chi-Chi guessed.
"No, I wish I got that part though." Gohan grinned. "I read Vegeta's script and there's a part where the actor has to say, 'I wish I were him' and he's referring to Mr. Satan!! I cracked up when I read it!!"
Chi-Chi giggled and Goten frowned. "Mr. Vegeta wouldn't say that!! He'd say, 'I'm going to kick that bastard's ass!!''"
"Goten!!" Chi-Chi scolded, smacking him over the head with the spatula. "Watch your mouth young man!!"
"Ow..." Goten groaned, rubbing the sore spot on his head. "So who are you, Gohan? Dad? Mr. Piccolo?"
"Neither...I get to be me." Gohan replied. "Only I'm known as 'The Delivery Boy'."
"Wow!! Really? That's so cool!!" the youngest Son exclaimed. "What are the chances that you get to be you?! I'm gonna go call Trunks and tell him the news!! And about what his Dad gets to say!!"
Gohan frowned as Goten ran off in the direction of the phone. If Vegeta got wind that a character in his likeness was going to say, 'I wish I were him'...well, let's just say the script writers were probably going to get Final Flashed to Hell.
"Not so fast young man!!" Chi-Chi yelled, at the back of her younger son. "You have solitary confinement for the rest of the week!! And you won't be calling Trunks for the rest of the week either!!"
There was a groan from the living room and the little boy sulked back into the kitchen. He plopped himself down and heaved a sigh.
"You earned it, mister." Chi-Chi replied. She turned back to Gohan. "Have a good day a school, Gohan."
"Bye Mom!!" Gohan called, pressing his watch and transforming into Saiyaman. He leapt into the sky and flew off towards Orange Star High.
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Things were going fine in Other World this moring. There wasn't too many souls to be filed, a promise that some scriptwriters and a younger brother would be joining them soon hung in the atmosphere, and the bellow of a hungry Saiya-jin by the name of Son Goku filled the air...Yep. It was just another day in Other World.
"KAIO-SAMA!!!!" Goku's voice called, sounding very horrified. "I'M STARVING AND YOUR FRIDGE IS EMPTY!!!"
The blue Lord of the worlds' face paled. In that fridge, there was enough for all the inhabitants of the North Quadrants Dormitory(1) for a single day. But, that didn't even serve as an appetizer for Son Goku. The other fighters generally learned they had to get up early if they wanted breakfast and if they wanted to save their lunch and dinner from the Saiya- jin.
Kaio-sama sighed and walked into the kitchen to see Son Goku, the strongest warrior in the universe, on the ground whimpering about having no food and starving to death. If the almighty Saiya-jin no Ouji was there, he'd be laughing until he died of suffocation or promising that Goku'd never live this down.
"Son Goku..." Kaio-sama exclaimed, making his presence known.
"Kaio-sama!! I'm going to starve to death!! There's nothing in the fridge!!" Goku whined. "All I got was one plate of ten pancakes!!"
"That's a normal amount of food for a normal fighter, Goku." Kaio- sama explained. "And you can't starve to death seeing as though you're already dead."
"Oh...I forgot about that!!"
"You forgot about being dead?! How can you FORGET that you were DEAD?!" Kaio-sama demanded. "You've been dead for almost seven years, Son Goku!!"
"Really? It's been that long?"
"Yes, it has. And I have some news for you." Kaio-sama cleared his throat before continuing on. "We, in other world, have a special respect of the number seven(2). When a warrior has been dead for seven years or a year with a seven in it(A/N: Like 17, 27...)they get to go back to their home world for the one week before their death. Therefore, you are going home today. You should've gone on Friday, but due to the fact that you blew up Grand Kaio's car, you had to wait until it was fixed before you could go. This means that you get an extra two days with your family. Do you understand?"
"I think so..." Goku replied, cocking his head to the side.
Kaio-sama fell over, but then up righted himself to yell at Goku, "YOU'RE GOING BACK TO EARTH FOR A WEEK!!! YOU GET TO VISIT YOUR FAMILY AND YOU GET TO HAVE HOME COOKED MEALS!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT??!!"
"Oooh!!" Goku replied as realization hit him five minutes later. "You mean it?! I get to go home and see my family?!"
"Yes!!"
"All right!! Home cooked meals here I come!!" Goku cried, making the Kaio sweatdrop. "When do I leave?! How do I get there?!"
"You can use your Instant Transmission if you want, but you must know, it won't take you directly to your family." Kaio-sama grinned wickedly. "You'll have to find them and you won't be fed until you do."
"WHAT?!" Goku yelled, his eyes widening. "OH PLEASE KAIO-SAMA!! I'LL DIE IF I DON'T GET ANY FOOD!!!"
"I was just joking, Goku. Here's 1,000 zeni. That should be enough to get you an all-you-can-eat buffet at a sushi bar."
Kaio-sama handed him the money and wished him good luck.
"See you in a week, Kaio-sama!!" Goku called, before placing two fingers to his forehead and disappearing.
Kaio-sama looked around, as if to make sure he was really gone before rejoicing. "HE'S GONE!! YES!!! A WHOLE WEEK OF NO BLOWING UP CARS, NO WHINING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH FOOD, AND BEST OF ALL...NO SON GOKU!!!(A/N: I'm not trying to make it look like Kaio-sama hates Goku, but look at it this way...Living with a Saiya-jin, such as Goku, for seven years might get extremely annoying.)
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"Ah. I. Am. Beatened." 'Goku' said in monotone before falling to the ground. "Can. No one. Save. Us?"
"Ha.Ha.Ha. I have beatened you. For you were not strong, but weak." 'Cell' replied as he looked around the arena. "Now. I. Will. Blow. Up. The. Earth."
Gohan sighed for the umpteenth time today from under his mask. They had taken most of the day off to practice for the play, which wasn't going quite so well. First, 'Vegeta' had tripped over a wire, knocking over half the set. Then, 'Kuririn' forgot his lines and ad-libbed something that sounded that it was off a Mr. Satan Action Figure commercial. The worst of it had been when 'Mr. Satan' started doing Saiyaman poses, instead of the ones he was supposed to do.
'Mental note to self; copy Ginyu Forces poses next time I appear in public.' Gohan thought as, 'Mr. Satan' did the Saiyaman poses for the tenth time. 'What's he trying to do?! Make a mockery of me?! I'm much better than that!! And he's doing it all wrong!!'
"All right people!! Ten-minute break and then we're back on schedule!! And Misame? Could you TRY and do the right poses next time?!" the director explained.
Gohan thanked Dende and then sat down by 'Trunks' on the stage. Only this Trunks had a larger chest, thinner thighs, longer eyelashes, and make up on.
'At least they didn't make me into a girl...' Gohan thought, grinning evilly. ' If only Trunks could see this..'
"Having fun, Videl?" he asked, taking his mask off and breathing in some fresh air.
"This is so lame, Gohan!! The Cell Games weren't anything like this!!" 'Trunks' replied, taking the mask off to reveal Videl. Gohan noticed for the first time today that she did take his advice about getting her hair cut shorter. "They didn't even get good costumes!!"
"Really…" Gohan replied, rolling his eyes. Besides the Mirai Trunks gender mix-up, there were other *problems* with the costumes. Tenshinhan now had three arms instead of three eyes, Kuririn was extremely tall, Yamcha looked like a hippie (complete with the tie-die shirt), Goku's blond hair was shoulder length and very flat; contrast to his spiky hair, Gohan had a stupid Pizza Hut Delivery outfit on, and Vegeta had an afro much like Mr. Satan's and he was very fat. Piccolo was the only one that looked like himself.
"Did you even watch the Cell Games?" Sharpner asked. Unlike Videl and himself, Sharpner and Erasa got backstage jobs. "Weren't you studying Latin at the time?"
"Of course I watched it Sharpner!!" Gohan replied, glaring dangerously at the blond. He dearly wanted to say, 'I was AT the Cell Games and you wanna know what else?! I defeated Cell!!'.
"Who didn't watch it Sharpner?" Erasa asked. "I mean…the whole world was going to be blown up if Mr. Satan lost!!"
Gohan rolled his eyes again. Mr. Satan hadn't lasted five minutes in the ring and they accepted that he saved the world? This generation was way too gullible.
'I bet if they had heard that an extremely intelligent squirrel saved the Earth from Cell instead of Mr. Satan they'd believe it.' Gohan thought. 'Come to think of it…that squirrel could probably wipe the floor with Mr. Satan…'
"Earth to Son Gohan!! Are you listening?!" Videl yelled, waving a hand in front of Gohan's face.
The demi saiya-jin snapped out of his trance and asked in a horrified sort of voice, "Huh?! Where's Cell?!"
"Cell's dead doofus, remember?" Sharpner asked. "Mr. Satan killed him seven years ago if it's slipped your mind. That's why were celebrating him this week."
"Oh yeah…right…" Gohan replied, scratching his head. "So what were we talking about?
"We were talking about where we were on May 26th. I was at the mall with my mom watching it in the electronics department!!" Erasa squealed.
"I was at the gym with my Dad…Mr. Satan's sponsored gym." Sharpner added proudly.
"I was at home, watching it with my some people I still don't know to this day. I think they were my Dad's students or his collage buddies…" Videl sighed, sounding really bored. "What about *you* Gohan?"
"Er…" Gohan sweatdropped. He dearly wanted to say something along the lines of, 'I was at the Cell Games, in person!! I was the little boy, you know, the one that got mistaken for a delivery boy!! And you wanna know what else?! I defeated Cell!!', but then he'd be taken for a lunatic, so instead he said, "I was at my father's bed side, swearing on my life that if Mr. Satan didn't defeat Cell, I would hunt him down and do it myself."
"Wow…What'd Cell do to your Dad to make you that mad?" Erasa asked.
"He killed my Dad." Gohan replied as if it was an everyday thing.
"You don't sound like the type that'd go seeking revenge, dweeb." Sharpner exclaimed, taking a swig of his pop.
"Oh believe me, I have a very large hit list." Gohan explained. "It starts out with my annoying little brother and his demonic best friend and it ends with a diabolical space tyrant and a evil android." After seeing the looks on his friend's faces that clearly read, 'What drugs have YOU been taking?!' he explained some more. "The space tyrant thing is a little family joke and incase you didn't know…Cell was an android."
"Your family sure is strange Gohan…" Videl sighed. "And I thought your Mom was the worst of it…"
"You've met Gohan's Mom?!" Erasa asked. "When?!"
"Yesterday. I went over to Gohan's." the black haired beauty replied, shrugging.
"What'd you go over there for?" Sharpner asked, glaring at Gohan.
"I helped her with some homework. That's all really." Gohan lied.
"Yeah. I didn't get any of that chemistry junk we had to do."
"All right, people!! Break's over!!" the director called, clapping his hands to get their attention. "Get back to work! We only have a few days to work on this…"
As Gohan was reaching for his mask, he heard gasps go up from all over the auditorium.
'Great…What happened now?' he thought sarcastically. 'I bet my tail grew back again or Cell's come back to haunt me…'
To this demi saiya-jin's relief, when he turned around he didn't see the students staring at him. They instead were staring at a tall, black haired man standing in the middle of the stage. The man looked strangely familiar, but Gohan couldn't quite place his finger on it. Then it hit him when he saw the halo floating over the man's head.
"No…way…" Gohan whispered, freezing in his place. He franticly searched the area for ki and found…Son Goku's.
"Erm…sir? Would you mind telling us *why* you're here?!" the director demanded. "And how'd you just appear in the middle of the stage?!"
"I don't know…" the man replied, looking quizzically at the people around him. "I was just looking for a sushi bar…"
"Well, there's no sushi bar any where near here Mr…?"
"Son. Son Goku."
As soon as the name 'Son' was mentioned, all eyes simultaneously turned towards Gohan. The demi saiya-jin sweatdropped and scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Gohan, isn't Son Goku you Dad?" Videl whispered, giving him a suspicious glare. "And isn't he supposed to be *dead*?"
"Well, Mr. Son is it?" the director asked. He turned to Gohan and glared at him. "Son Gohan!! Is this man in any way related to you?"
"Yes…He's my Dad…" Gohan replied, sweatdropping again.
"Gohan!! What are you doing here?!" Goku asked, staring at his teenage son in wonder. The little boy he knew had grown up a lot. Too bad he hadn't been around to see it.
"I go to school here now…*remember* Dad?" Gohan said, his eyebrow twitching dangerously.
"Really?! ChiChi actually made you go to school?!" Goku gasped.
"Yes, Dad." Gohan sighed. "Mr. Chuu? Can I be excused so I can escort my father home?"
"Of course, Gohan. Your father looks like he needs some mental help…" Mr. Chuu replied. Snickers went up from the sidelines. Gohan growled and his eyes flashed turquoise for a second. "We'll find someone else for your part since you'll be gone for the rest of the day."
"Thank you, sensei." The demi saiya-jin replied curtly. He walked over to Goku, grabbed him by the arm and led him out of the theater.
As he passed Videl, she mouthed, 'I'm coming over at six o'clock whether you like it or not.' Gohan gulped and nodded in response.
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"So you get to stay on Earth for one week?!" Gohan asked, staring at his father in shock. "This is so awesome!!"
It had been a forty-five had they left school and they were half way home. On the way there, they stopped for a quick bit to eat. Quick, meaning that they stayed at the sushi bar for fifteen full minutes.
"That's what I thought! I was shocked when Kaio-sama said that I've been dead for seven years!! It felt like seven months in Other World!!" Goku added. "I can't wait to see what else has changed around here!!"
"Just wait until you meet Goten, Dad!! You'll love him!!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Who's Goten? Your new pet dinosaur?" Goku replied, giving Gohan a puzzled look.
"No! Although he's as troublesome as a dinosaur!" Gohan laughed. "You'll just have wait until we get home to meet him."
"OK!!"
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Solitary Confinement was the worst thing that could happen to a saiya- jin, especially a demi saiya-jin. And that's exactly what was happening with Trunks and Briefs and Son Goten at the moment.
The youngest member of the Son family was stuck in his room for the whole entire day. He could only come out if he had to go to the bathroom or it was suppertime. He couldn't use the phone or go on his computer either.
But at least he didn't have it as bad as his partner crime did. Trunks was stuck in the Gravity Room for the whole day, with only a few books and action figures. He couldn't turn the gravity on either.
The first hour of his confinement had gone fine. He played with his action figures and had them save various things, such as his sanity. The second hour, he read a few picture books and colored some pictures. The third hour he stared at the walls. The fourth hour he sang, 'This is the song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves. This is the song that gets on everybody's and this is how it goes.' over and over until Chi-Chi told him to shut up. The fifth hour he had lunch. Son Goten now was on his six hour and couldn't take it any more.
"Mom's soap-thingies should be on right now…" he whispered. "Maybe I can sneak out the window and she won't notice!!"
Goten quietly creeped toward the window. He slowly pulled it open but then Chi-Chi yelled, "GOTEN!!! DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT SNEAKING OUT OF THE HOUSE OR YOU'LL GET THE FRYING PAN!!!"
"Aw man…" Goten groaned. "Can I at least keep the window open?! I need the fresh air!!"
"FINE!! BUT IF TAKE ONE STEP OUTSIDE…!!" Chi-Chi's threat went unredendered and a gasp went up. Obvisouly, something very important was happening on 'All My Children'.
Goten sighed and gazed out the window. His eyes followed some sparrows that were fluttering around in the sky. What he wouldn't give to be one of them right now. As his ebony eyes scanned the sky, his sense's picked up two kis heading his way. One he recognized as Gohan's. The smaller boy grinned. Maybe this wasn't going to be such a bad day after all.
"MOM!!! GOHAN'S COMING HOME!!" He yelled. "AND THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH HIM!!!"
"WHAT?! SCHOOL'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FOR ANOTHER TWO HOURS!!" Chi- Chi roared. There was a clatter from in the kitchen and that could only mean Chi-Chi had the frying pan. "THAT BOY BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR ABADDONING HIS EDUCATION!!!"
"Does that mean my punishment is over with?!" Goten called, gleefully.
"NOT FOR A LONG SHOT!!"
Gohan and Goku landed outside the Son house about fifteen minutes later.
"Look's like nothings changed around here." Goku sighed, grinning at his house. "So where's this 'Goten' at?"
"GOHAN!!!" Goten's voice yelled from his window. "MOM HAS THE FRYING PAN AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE HER A GOOD REASON FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL YOU'RE DEAD!!!!"
"That's Goten, Dad." Gohan explained, pointing a finger at the mini- Goku. "He's your second son."
"You're kidding me!!" Goku exclaimed, his eyes bulging. "I have another son?!"
"RUN, GOAHN!!! SHE'S COMING!!" Goten yelled, leaning out his window so far that he fell out.
"Son Gohan!!!" Chi-Chi's voice rang out, as she threw the door open. "You have five minutes to explain *why* you're not at school before I…" Chi- Chi trailed off at the moment she saw her husband.
"Hey, Chi-Chi!!" Goku called, cheerfully. "I'm back!!"
"GOKU!!!" Chi-Chi yelled, joyfully. The frying pan clattered to the ground and she ran into the Saiya-jin's arms. "MY GOKU'S BACK!!!"
Gohan slowly edged away from his parents and towards Goten. He picked his little brother up off the ground and asked, "So, Squirt…how was solitary confinement?"
"It was horrible, Gohan!!" Goten cried. He glanced at his mother and asked, "Who's that man Mom's getting all kissy-kissy with?"
"That man is your Dad, Goten." Gohan replied.
It took only a moment for Goten to register this thought before he yelled, "DADDY!!!!" and ran over to his parents.
Gohan smiled at the sight of his family together once again.
"It's good to have you home Dad…"
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And that ends this chapter!!! Sorry to keep all of you in suspense and I hope no one died on me. I've had that terrible disease called, 'Writer's Block' for the past few days. Plus my internet/computer time has been getting cut down.
(1)That's where all the North Quadrant's fighters live. It's shown in the anime…I think,,,
(2)I got the number seven cause there's seven kaios. North, South, East, and West are four; Grand Kaio, Kaioshin, and Rou Kaioshin are the other three.
NEXT CHAPTER: Mr. Satan Day arrives!! The Son and Briefs family all go to the presentation of the Cell Games footage!! WHAT?! Cell's back from the dead too?! This is not happening!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z. End of story.
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Chapter 4: The Return of Son Goku!!
It was a peaceful Monday morning. Birds were chirping, deer were raising their fawns out in the meadows, butterflies were chasing each other, and a certain older brother was threatening his younger brother to give back the last pancake or he'd send him to Other World. Yes, it was just another Spring morning for the Son family.
"Gohan!!" Chi-Chi scolded. "You know better than to threaten your brother at the dinner table!! If you want to send him to Other World, go outside and do it!!"
"Gomen Mom." Gohan muttered, tackling the pancake away from Goten and devouring it. "I'll see you later squirt...I've got to go to school..."
"Aw..." Goten whined. He was upset over the loss of his pancake and that his brother was going to school yet again. "Can't you skip it today?"
"Wish I could...Today's the beginning of 'Mr. Satan Week'." he groaned. "As if the movies weren't enough, we have to put a play on during 'Mr. Satan Day' and guess who I get to be?"
"Cell!!" Goten exclaimed.
"No. Good guess though."
"Vegeta." Chi-Chi guessed.
"No, I wish I got that part though." Gohan grinned. "I read Vegeta's script and there's a part where the actor has to say, 'I wish I were him' and he's referring to Mr. Satan!! I cracked up when I read it!!"
Chi-Chi giggled and Goten frowned. "Mr. Vegeta wouldn't say that!! He'd say, 'I'm going to kick that bastard's ass!!''"
"Goten!!" Chi-Chi scolded, smacking him over the head with the spatula. "Watch your mouth young man!!"
"Ow..." Goten groaned, rubbing the sore spot on his head. "So who are you, Gohan? Dad? Mr. Piccolo?"
"Neither...I get to be me." Gohan replied. "Only I'm known as 'The Delivery Boy'."
"Wow!! Really? That's so cool!!" the youngest Son exclaimed. "What are the chances that you get to be you?! I'm gonna go call Trunks and tell him the news!! And about what his Dad gets to say!!"
Gohan frowned as Goten ran off in the direction of the phone. If Vegeta got wind that a character in his likeness was going to say, 'I wish I were him'...well, let's just say the script writers were probably going to get Final Flashed to Hell.
"Not so fast young man!!" Chi-Chi yelled, at the back of her younger son. "You have solitary confinement for the rest of the week!! And you won't be calling Trunks for the rest of the week either!!"
There was a groan from the living room and the little boy sulked back into the kitchen. He plopped himself down and heaved a sigh.
"You earned it, mister." Chi-Chi replied. She turned back to Gohan. "Have a good day a school, Gohan."
"Bye Mom!!" Gohan called, pressing his watch and transforming into Saiyaman. He leapt into the sky and flew off towards Orange Star High.
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Things were going fine in Other World this moring. There wasn't too many souls to be filed, a promise that some scriptwriters and a younger brother would be joining them soon hung in the atmosphere, and the bellow of a hungry Saiya-jin by the name of Son Goku filled the air...Yep. It was just another day in Other World.
"KAIO-SAMA!!!!" Goku's voice called, sounding very horrified. "I'M STARVING AND YOUR FRIDGE IS EMPTY!!!"
The blue Lord of the worlds' face paled. In that fridge, there was enough for all the inhabitants of the North Quadrants Dormitory(1) for a single day. But, that didn't even serve as an appetizer for Son Goku. The other fighters generally learned they had to get up early if they wanted breakfast and if they wanted to save their lunch and dinner from the Saiya- jin.
Kaio-sama sighed and walked into the kitchen to see Son Goku, the strongest warrior in the universe, on the ground whimpering about having no food and starving to death. If the almighty Saiya-jin no Ouji was there, he'd be laughing until he died of suffocation or promising that Goku'd never live this down.
"Son Goku..." Kaio-sama exclaimed, making his presence known.
"Kaio-sama!! I'm going to starve to death!! There's nothing in the fridge!!" Goku whined. "All I got was one plate of ten pancakes!!"
"That's a normal amount of food for a normal fighter, Goku." Kaio- sama explained. "And you can't starve to death seeing as though you're already dead."
"Oh...I forgot about that!!"
"You forgot about being dead?! How can you FORGET that you were DEAD?!" Kaio-sama demanded. "You've been dead for almost seven years, Son Goku!!"
"Really? It's been that long?"
"Yes, it has. And I have some news for you." Kaio-sama cleared his throat before continuing on. "We, in other world, have a special respect of the number seven(2). When a warrior has been dead for seven years or a year with a seven in it(A/N: Like 17, 27...)they get to go back to their home world for the one week before their death. Therefore, you are going home today. You should've gone on Friday, but due to the fact that you blew up Grand Kaio's car, you had to wait until it was fixed before you could go. This means that you get an extra two days with your family. Do you understand?"
"I think so..." Goku replied, cocking his head to the side.
Kaio-sama fell over, but then up righted himself to yell at Goku, "YOU'RE GOING BACK TO EARTH FOR A WEEK!!! YOU GET TO VISIT YOUR FAMILY AND YOU GET TO HAVE HOME COOKED MEALS!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT??!!"
"Oooh!!" Goku replied as realization hit him five minutes later. "You mean it?! I get to go home and see my family?!"
"Yes!!"
"All right!! Home cooked meals here I come!!" Goku cried, making the Kaio sweatdrop. "When do I leave?! How do I get there?!"
"You can use your Instant Transmission if you want, but you must know, it won't take you directly to your family." Kaio-sama grinned wickedly. "You'll have to find them and you won't be fed until you do."
"WHAT?!" Goku yelled, his eyes widening. "OH PLEASE KAIO-SAMA!! I'LL DIE IF I DON'T GET ANY FOOD!!!"
"I was just joking, Goku. Here's 1,000 zeni. That should be enough to get you an all-you-can-eat buffet at a sushi bar."
Kaio-sama handed him the money and wished him good luck.
"See you in a week, Kaio-sama!!" Goku called, before placing two fingers to his forehead and disappearing.
Kaio-sama looked around, as if to make sure he was really gone before rejoicing. "HE'S GONE!! YES!!! A WHOLE WEEK OF NO BLOWING UP CARS, NO WHINING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH FOOD, AND BEST OF ALL...NO SON GOKU!!!(A/N: I'm not trying to make it look like Kaio-sama hates Goku, but look at it this way...Living with a Saiya-jin, such as Goku, for seven years might get extremely annoying.)
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"Ah. I. Am. Beatened." 'Goku' said in monotone before falling to the ground. "Can. No one. Save. Us?"
"Ha.Ha.Ha. I have beatened you. For you were not strong, but weak." 'Cell' replied as he looked around the arena. "Now. I. Will. Blow. Up. The. Earth."
Gohan sighed for the umpteenth time today from under his mask. They had taken most of the day off to practice for the play, which wasn't going quite so well. First, 'Vegeta' had tripped over a wire, knocking over half the set. Then, 'Kuririn' forgot his lines and ad-libbed something that sounded that it was off a Mr. Satan Action Figure commercial. The worst of it had been when 'Mr. Satan' started doing Saiyaman poses, instead of the ones he was supposed to do.
'Mental note to self; copy Ginyu Forces poses next time I appear in public.' Gohan thought as, 'Mr. Satan' did the Saiyaman poses for the tenth time. 'What's he trying to do?! Make a mockery of me?! I'm much better than that!! And he's doing it all wrong!!'
"All right people!! Ten-minute break and then we're back on schedule!! And Misame? Could you TRY and do the right poses next time?!" the director explained.
Gohan thanked Dende and then sat down by 'Trunks' on the stage. Only this Trunks had a larger chest, thinner thighs, longer eyelashes, and make up on.
'At least they didn't make me into a girl...' Gohan thought, grinning evilly. ' If only Trunks could see this..'
"Having fun, Videl?" he asked, taking his mask off and breathing in some fresh air.
"This is so lame, Gohan!! The Cell Games weren't anything like this!!" 'Trunks' replied, taking the mask off to reveal Videl. Gohan noticed for the first time today that she did take his advice about getting her hair cut shorter. "They didn't even get good costumes!!"
"Really…" Gohan replied, rolling his eyes. Besides the Mirai Trunks gender mix-up, there were other *problems* with the costumes. Tenshinhan now had three arms instead of three eyes, Kuririn was extremely tall, Yamcha looked like a hippie (complete with the tie-die shirt), Goku's blond hair was shoulder length and very flat; contrast to his spiky hair, Gohan had a stupid Pizza Hut Delivery outfit on, and Vegeta had an afro much like Mr. Satan's and he was very fat. Piccolo was the only one that looked like himself.
"Did you even watch the Cell Games?" Sharpner asked. Unlike Videl and himself, Sharpner and Erasa got backstage jobs. "Weren't you studying Latin at the time?"
"Of course I watched it Sharpner!!" Gohan replied, glaring dangerously at the blond. He dearly wanted to say, 'I was AT the Cell Games and you wanna know what else?! I defeated Cell!!'.
"Who didn't watch it Sharpner?" Erasa asked. "I mean…the whole world was going to be blown up if Mr. Satan lost!!"
Gohan rolled his eyes again. Mr. Satan hadn't lasted five minutes in the ring and they accepted that he saved the world? This generation was way too gullible.
'I bet if they had heard that an extremely intelligent squirrel saved the Earth from Cell instead of Mr. Satan they'd believe it.' Gohan thought. 'Come to think of it…that squirrel could probably wipe the floor with Mr. Satan…'
"Earth to Son Gohan!! Are you listening?!" Videl yelled, waving a hand in front of Gohan's face.
The demi saiya-jin snapped out of his trance and asked in a horrified sort of voice, "Huh?! Where's Cell?!"
"Cell's dead doofus, remember?" Sharpner asked. "Mr. Satan killed him seven years ago if it's slipped your mind. That's why were celebrating him this week."
"Oh yeah…right…" Gohan replied, scratching his head. "So what were we talking about?
"We were talking about where we were on May 26th. I was at the mall with my mom watching it in the electronics department!!" Erasa squealed.
"I was at the gym with my Dad…Mr. Satan's sponsored gym." Sharpner added proudly.
"I was at home, watching it with my some people I still don't know to this day. I think they were my Dad's students or his collage buddies…" Videl sighed, sounding really bored. "What about *you* Gohan?"
"Er…" Gohan sweatdropped. He dearly wanted to say something along the lines of, 'I was at the Cell Games, in person!! I was the little boy, you know, the one that got mistaken for a delivery boy!! And you wanna know what else?! I defeated Cell!!', but then he'd be taken for a lunatic, so instead he said, "I was at my father's bed side, swearing on my life that if Mr. Satan didn't defeat Cell, I would hunt him down and do it myself."
"Wow…What'd Cell do to your Dad to make you that mad?" Erasa asked.
"He killed my Dad." Gohan replied as if it was an everyday thing.
"You don't sound like the type that'd go seeking revenge, dweeb." Sharpner exclaimed, taking a swig of his pop.
"Oh believe me, I have a very large hit list." Gohan explained. "It starts out with my annoying little brother and his demonic best friend and it ends with a diabolical space tyrant and a evil android." After seeing the looks on his friend's faces that clearly read, 'What drugs have YOU been taking?!' he explained some more. "The space tyrant thing is a little family joke and incase you didn't know…Cell was an android."
"Your family sure is strange Gohan…" Videl sighed. "And I thought your Mom was the worst of it…"
"You've met Gohan's Mom?!" Erasa asked. "When?!"
"Yesterday. I went over to Gohan's." the black haired beauty replied, shrugging.
"What'd you go over there for?" Sharpner asked, glaring at Gohan.
"I helped her with some homework. That's all really." Gohan lied.
"Yeah. I didn't get any of that chemistry junk we had to do."
"All right, people!! Break's over!!" the director called, clapping his hands to get their attention. "Get back to work! We only have a few days to work on this…"
As Gohan was reaching for his mask, he heard gasps go up from all over the auditorium.
'Great…What happened now?' he thought sarcastically. 'I bet my tail grew back again or Cell's come back to haunt me…'
To this demi saiya-jin's relief, when he turned around he didn't see the students staring at him. They instead were staring at a tall, black haired man standing in the middle of the stage. The man looked strangely familiar, but Gohan couldn't quite place his finger on it. Then it hit him when he saw the halo floating over the man's head.
"No…way…" Gohan whispered, freezing in his place. He franticly searched the area for ki and found…Son Goku's.
"Erm…sir? Would you mind telling us *why* you're here?!" the director demanded. "And how'd you just appear in the middle of the stage?!"
"I don't know…" the man replied, looking quizzically at the people around him. "I was just looking for a sushi bar…"
"Well, there's no sushi bar any where near here Mr…?"
"Son. Son Goku."
As soon as the name 'Son' was mentioned, all eyes simultaneously turned towards Gohan. The demi saiya-jin sweatdropped and scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Gohan, isn't Son Goku you Dad?" Videl whispered, giving him a suspicious glare. "And isn't he supposed to be *dead*?"
"Well, Mr. Son is it?" the director asked. He turned to Gohan and glared at him. "Son Gohan!! Is this man in any way related to you?"
"Yes…He's my Dad…" Gohan replied, sweatdropping again.
"Gohan!! What are you doing here?!" Goku asked, staring at his teenage son in wonder. The little boy he knew had grown up a lot. Too bad he hadn't been around to see it.
"I go to school here now…*remember* Dad?" Gohan said, his eyebrow twitching dangerously.
"Really?! ChiChi actually made you go to school?!" Goku gasped.
"Yes, Dad." Gohan sighed. "Mr. Chuu? Can I be excused so I can escort my father home?"
"Of course, Gohan. Your father looks like he needs some mental help…" Mr. Chuu replied. Snickers went up from the sidelines. Gohan growled and his eyes flashed turquoise for a second. "We'll find someone else for your part since you'll be gone for the rest of the day."
"Thank you, sensei." The demi saiya-jin replied curtly. He walked over to Goku, grabbed him by the arm and led him out of the theater.
As he passed Videl, she mouthed, 'I'm coming over at six o'clock whether you like it or not.' Gohan gulped and nodded in response.
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"So you get to stay on Earth for one week?!" Gohan asked, staring at his father in shock. "This is so awesome!!"
It had been a forty-five had they left school and they were half way home. On the way there, they stopped for a quick bit to eat. Quick, meaning that they stayed at the sushi bar for fifteen full minutes.
"That's what I thought! I was shocked when Kaio-sama said that I've been dead for seven years!! It felt like seven months in Other World!!" Goku added. "I can't wait to see what else has changed around here!!"
"Just wait until you meet Goten, Dad!! You'll love him!!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Who's Goten? Your new pet dinosaur?" Goku replied, giving Gohan a puzzled look.
"No! Although he's as troublesome as a dinosaur!" Gohan laughed. "You'll just have wait until we get home to meet him."
"OK!!"
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Solitary Confinement was the worst thing that could happen to a saiya- jin, especially a demi saiya-jin. And that's exactly what was happening with Trunks and Briefs and Son Goten at the moment.
The youngest member of the Son family was stuck in his room for the whole entire day. He could only come out if he had to go to the bathroom or it was suppertime. He couldn't use the phone or go on his computer either.
But at least he didn't have it as bad as his partner crime did. Trunks was stuck in the Gravity Room for the whole day, with only a few books and action figures. He couldn't turn the gravity on either.
The first hour of his confinement had gone fine. He played with his action figures and had them save various things, such as his sanity. The second hour, he read a few picture books and colored some pictures. The third hour he stared at the walls. The fourth hour he sang, 'This is the song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves. This is the song that gets on everybody's and this is how it goes.' over and over until Chi-Chi told him to shut up. The fifth hour he had lunch. Son Goten now was on his six hour and couldn't take it any more.
"Mom's soap-thingies should be on right now…" he whispered. "Maybe I can sneak out the window and she won't notice!!"
Goten quietly creeped toward the window. He slowly pulled it open but then Chi-Chi yelled, "GOTEN!!! DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT SNEAKING OUT OF THE HOUSE OR YOU'LL GET THE FRYING PAN!!!"
"Aw man…" Goten groaned. "Can I at least keep the window open?! I need the fresh air!!"
"FINE!! BUT IF TAKE ONE STEP OUTSIDE…!!" Chi-Chi's threat went unredendered and a gasp went up. Obvisouly, something very important was happening on 'All My Children'.
Goten sighed and gazed out the window. His eyes followed some sparrows that were fluttering around in the sky. What he wouldn't give to be one of them right now. As his ebony eyes scanned the sky, his sense's picked up two kis heading his way. One he recognized as Gohan's. The smaller boy grinned. Maybe this wasn't going to be such a bad day after all.
"MOM!!! GOHAN'S COMING HOME!!" He yelled. "AND THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH HIM!!!"
"WHAT?! SCHOOL'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FOR ANOTHER TWO HOURS!!" Chi- Chi roared. There was a clatter from in the kitchen and that could only mean Chi-Chi had the frying pan. "THAT BOY BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR ABADDONING HIS EDUCATION!!!"
"Does that mean my punishment is over with?!" Goten called, gleefully.
"NOT FOR A LONG SHOT!!"
Gohan and Goku landed outside the Son house about fifteen minutes later.
"Look's like nothings changed around here." Goku sighed, grinning at his house. "So where's this 'Goten' at?"
"GOHAN!!!" Goten's voice yelled from his window. "MOM HAS THE FRYING PAN AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE HER A GOOD REASON FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL YOU'RE DEAD!!!!"
"That's Goten, Dad." Gohan explained, pointing a finger at the mini- Goku. "He's your second son."
"You're kidding me!!" Goku exclaimed, his eyes bulging. "I have another son?!"
"RUN, GOAHN!!! SHE'S COMING!!" Goten yelled, leaning out his window so far that he fell out.
"Son Gohan!!!" Chi-Chi's voice rang out, as she threw the door open. "You have five minutes to explain *why* you're not at school before I…" Chi- Chi trailed off at the moment she saw her husband.
"Hey, Chi-Chi!!" Goku called, cheerfully. "I'm back!!"
"GOKU!!!" Chi-Chi yelled, joyfully. The frying pan clattered to the ground and she ran into the Saiya-jin's arms. "MY GOKU'S BACK!!!"
Gohan slowly edged away from his parents and towards Goten. He picked his little brother up off the ground and asked, "So, Squirt…how was solitary confinement?"
"It was horrible, Gohan!!" Goten cried. He glanced at his mother and asked, "Who's that man Mom's getting all kissy-kissy with?"
"That man is your Dad, Goten." Gohan replied.
It took only a moment for Goten to register this thought before he yelled, "DADDY!!!!" and ran over to his parents.
Gohan smiled at the sight of his family together once again.
"It's good to have you home Dad…"
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And that ends this chapter!!! Sorry to keep all of you in suspense and I hope no one died on me. I've had that terrible disease called, 'Writer's Block' for the past few days. Plus my internet/computer time has been getting cut down.
(1)That's where all the North Quadrant's fighters live. It's shown in the anime…I think,,,
(2)I got the number seven cause there's seven kaios. North, South, East, and West are four; Grand Kaio, Kaioshin, and Rou Kaioshin are the other three.
NEXT CHAPTER: Mr. Satan Day arrives!! The Son and Briefs family all go to the presentation of the Cell Games footage!! WHAT?! Cell's back from the dead too?! This is not happening!!
