Chapter Two - More Visions

One month passes by. Gohan has become familiar with Brentyn. As seen by Gohan.

Gohan arrived to school in his usual fashion. He landed silently on the roof. He looked around, to be sure that nobody was there. He pressed a button on his watch. The costume he was wearing disappeared, as though it was never there at all.

He opened a door, and descended down the stairs. Gohan headed towards his locker. He arrived, a little earlier than usual. He took off his bookbag, and opened it. He took all of the contents out, and put them in his locker. He looked his locker for a moment, and then began to put the needed materials into his bag.

A girl approached him. He recognized her, but he couldn't remember where from. She had dirty blonde hair, and was smiling. "Gohan," she said.

Gohan turned to face her. "Brentyn's been here for exactly one month." Gohan nodded. The month had gone by so quickly, but he knew that it was indeed a month. "You know what that means, don't you?"

Gohan didn't answer. He wasn't sure what it meant. "It's the responsibility of the last new person to get him there. That would be you," the girl said.

Gohan nodded, agreeing that he was the last new person before Brentyn. "Okay," the girl said, think that Gohan understood. "It's not too hard. Just give everyone about five or ten minutes to get there."

She walked off before Gohan had time to ask her what was going on. She turned a corner, and Gohan headed in that direction. However, when he got there, he didn't see her. She had mixed in with the crowd.

Gohan returned to his locker, scratching his head. "I wonder what that was all about," he said to nobody.

As the day passed on, he became increasingly nervous. The girl was counting on him to get Brentyn somewhere at some time, and he was clueless.

He was leaving his last class, afraid that he would mess up the girl's plans, when he remembered where he had seen her before.

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Gohan walked to his locker after school. He opened it, and saw his page-a-day calendar. It was one month after he had first started attending Orange Star. A girl approached him. It was the same girl that had approached him that morning.

"Hey, Gohan," she said. She looked a little nervous.

"Uh, hi," Gohan said back.

"I'm Brittany," she said.

"Hi, Brittany." Gohan could tell that the conversation was going nowhere fast.

"So, Gohan, I haven't really seen you around before. How long have you been here?"

Gohan glanced at his calendar. "Um, about a month. Well, really, exactly one month."

Brittany looked interested. "Really? So, um, what do you think of Orange Star?"

Gohan wasn't really expecting that question. He paused, thinking of an answer. "Well, it's nice, I guess. I was home schooled before, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. I do like the idea of changing classes. I get to see different people. Before, it was just me getting taught by my mom."

Brittany looked at her watch. "I remember when I was new here. I used to go to a public school that made the students wear school uniforms. When I got here, I could hardly believe that we didn't have to wear uniforms. What's being home schooled like?"

Gohan was hoping that this girl would either get to the point, or go away soon. "Well, I had class in my kitchen. My mom just taught me everything. I got a break for lunch, and I still had homework. My mom was real strict. She gave me a lot of work to do."

"How cool!" the girl exclaimed. She fanned herself with her hand. "It's really hot in here. Why don't we go outside? We could talk in the back lawn of the school."

Gohan saw this as him moment to escape. "Uh, no, that's okay. I think I should go home now."

Brittany smiled. "No, I insist. Let's talk some more."

Gohan had no intentions of going anywhere with her. "I really think I should be going home now."

But Brittany refused to listen. She grabbed him by the arm, and began dragging him. He could have resisted, but he knew that she wasn't going to give up.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a bunch of people. They took up a lot of the healthy, green lawn. They cheered, and streamers and confetti flew about the air. "What's going on?" Gohan asked. All he wanted was to get away from Brittany, and now he was in the middle of a party.

Erasa stepped forward. "You've been at Orange Star High School for a whole month. Now, you're an official part of our school." She held out her hand. Inside it was a small pin. It was an orange star.

Gohan knew what it was. He had seen all of the other students use the pin to keep their school badge on. Gohan took off the safety pins that were holding his own badge, and put them in his pocket. He put his new pin though the center of the badge, and fastened it to his shirt.

Everyone cheered again. Gohan looked around, and saw that most of the school was there. There was also a table full of food. "To celebrate you joining us," Erasa continued, "we'd like to give you a gift. We have for you some school shirts and a bunch of school supplies."

Videl gave him a big bag. Inside, everything was orange. There were some tee-shirts, sweat shirts, and hoodies, all bearing the name Orange Star. There were also a lot of school supplies, just as Erasa had said, also bearing the name Orange Star.

Before Gohan could thank everybody, the scene swirled around him. He was leaving a class, but it was one that he had never been in before. Brentyn was next to him.

"See you in five," Gohan said.

Brentyn didn't seem so sure. "Only if she'll listen to me," he said.

Gohan didn't feel that way. "You'll do fine, trust me. If all else fails, be stubborn and drag her. That's what they had to do for me."

They both laughed, and parted. Brentyn went off down a hallway, and Gohan headed for the back lawn. A few people were handing out things as people arrived. Gohan got a thing that when he pulled the string, streamers would fly out. Everybody was excited.

About five minutes later, Brentyn came out, leading Panphila. Gohan cheered, and pulled the string. The streamers landed on the grass, which was brown and dying.

The crowd settled down, and Erasa spoke. "You've been at Orange Star High School for a whole month. Now, you're an official part of our school." She held out her hand. Although Gohan couldn't see it, he knew that there was an orange star pin in it.

Panphila happily took a pin out of her badge and re-attached it with the new pin. Gohan cheered again, along with the rest of the crowd.

"We also have a gift for you," Erasa said. Videl handed Panphila a bag, and Panphila looked inside. She looked happy, and began to thank everyone.

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Gohan knew what he had to do. He had to get Brentyn to the back lawn to celebrate him becoming an official part of the school.

Gohan looked around the hallway, and finally spotted him. As Gohan followed Brentyn, he could see the people quickly leaving to the back lawn.

Brentyn reached his locker, and Gohan approached him. "Hey," he said. "Even though you sit by me in History, I'm sorry that I haven't really had the time to talk to you. I'm Gohan, if you didn't know."

Brentyn smiled. He hadn't made any solid friends since he arrived. "I'm Brentyn." He held out his hand, and the two of them shook hands.

Brentyn finished at his locker, and Gohan began to lead him around. "So, where did you live before you moved here?"

"I lived in northern Japan. I went to a public school there, but the city didn't have a lot of money for the school. Most of the time, we had to share old and outdated materials."

Gohan couldn't imagine going to a school like the one Brentyn described. "That's terrible. Fortunately, here at Orange Star, we have more than enough money."

Brentyn laughed. "I've noticed. If they have enough money to give you these stupid badges to wear, then they have more than enough."

Gohan continued walking around the school, and Brentyn followed his lead. "So, what do you like to do?" Gohan asked.

"Well, I like to sing and I like to act," Brentyn said. "My old school couldn't afford to put on a production or get quality music. But I've heard Orange Star has a great music program. It's too bad I missed the musical for this year. I love musicals, especially performing then. Just to be there on stage, in front of a full house, knowing you are who all those people came to see, it's a wonderful feeling." Brentyn gave a dramatic sigh.

Gohan figured that it was about time to go outside. It wasn't very hard. They were just absently wandering the school. If Gohan turned, Brentyn followed. Gohan led their way to the door opening to the back lawn. He opened the door, and a loud cheer and flying confetti greeted the two of them.

"What's going on?" Brentyn asked. Erasa spoke up. "You've been at Orange Star High School for a whole month. Now, you're an official part of our school." She held out her hand. Inside it the orange star pin. Brentyn seemed to know what it was, since he took the tape of his badge and used the pin to re-fasten it.

Everyone cheered again. Gohan looked around, and saw mostly the same people that he had seen two times in the last ten minutes of his life. "To celebrate you joining us," Erasa continued, "we'd also like to give you a gift. We have for you some school shirts and a bunch of school supplies."

Videl gave him the bag. Gohan didn't even need to look. He knew exactly what was inside. Brentyn, however, did need to look. "Gee, thanks guys," he said. The crowd replied with jumbled "You're welcome,"'s.

"And now," Erasa said, "food. Let's eat and celebrate our newest member of the student body." The crowd moved over to the long table filled with food.

Special Thanks - Where I thank those who have reviewed my story so far…

Thanks go out to dglsprincess105, the only person who has read and reviewed my story so far. You'll see that information later in the story.

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