Dragonball BCB
(Between Cell & Buu)

*Disclaimer* I do not own Dragonball in anyway. All characters from the show belong to Akira Toriyama, as he made this wonderful show.

*Authors note* A few characters have been replaced with others who were made up. Bulma is no longer Vegita's wife, Lina is. Val is Vegita's sister. Any other changes to certain characters will be noted later on.

After landing near the city, Gohan pondered about what to do. He wasn't going home, that was for sure. And going to Lina's house would be just as bad. All she would do was take him home. He could already tell that life would be tough after running away.

The Super Saiya-jin crossed one of the main streets of the city as he entered. Out of nowhere came a loud blast from a truck's horn. Gohan barely jumped out of the way before the truck rolled over the spot where he was standing.

"STUPID KID" yelled the driver. Gohan wasn't in the mood to yell back. Instead he just kept on walking. Wandering into an alley, he noticed this girl smoking a cigarette. Not really caring, he started to walk past her. Before he knew what hit him, Gohan was on his face in the concrete.

The girl burst out laughing, and Gohan noticed her foot sticking out in the spot where he was walking. Simply put, she tripped him. Gohan just got up, brushed himself off, and kept on walking.

"Awwww, poor baby. Did you fall on your face?" the girl said cruelly. No answer came from Gohan.

"Hey kid, you look really depressed," she said, suddenly showing some concern. "What's the matter?"

"What do you care?" Gohan said coldly. She sighed and apologized for tripping him. He still didn't answer her.

"What can I do to make it up to you?" she asked.

Gohan simply shrugged. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Please forgive me. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted a good laugh since I don't get much of those anymore."

He looked at her.

"Why don't you laugh anymore?"

"I don't know, my life just isn't all that great to laugh all the time"

"Really?"

"Yeah. Life sucked at home, so I went out and joined a gang. They seemed nice enough."

"Why did life suck at home?" Gohan asked, finally turning to face her.

"I heard all these things about having a little sib, how they always break your stuff, they get all the attention, all that stuff. So I ran away"

"That was my reason for running away too. Think I can join you?" Gohan asked.

"Sure, I'm Kimmy"

"My name is Son Gohan"

"Alright, but we aren't so formal. And don't be so polite." She took him around the other side of the alley into the back door of a bar. She ran up to this big guy at the bar.

"Mike, this kid wants to join. His name is Gohan," said Kimmy.

Mike looked at Gohan, got up from the barstool, and walked around him. It was almost as if he was inspecting him like you would a horse.

"Alright, but he probably can't be in the rumble. He looks really scrawny," Mike said to Kimmy, acting like Gohan wasn't even there.

"Um…I may look little, but I'm actually very very strong," Gohan said almost proudly.

"Really? Let's see then," Mike said curiously.

Gohan looked around, and walked over to an empty pool table. He cracked his knuckles, and lifted it with one hand. Mike, Kimmy, and anyone else in the bar stared in total disbelief.

"YOU'RE IN KID!!" Mike exclaimed.

END OF CHAPTER 2