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2 Weeks at Camp HerculeChapter 7 – The Final Destination
Written by RJ
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Disclaimer: It's the same as the last chapter, the chapter before and the chapter before that...must I say this every time? *Looks at lawyer types, who all nod their heads simultaneously* Uhhh, I don't own DBZ.
Responses to reviews:
Fire's Dew: Yeah, Videl's in the fic, to tell you the truth, I kinda forgot about her for a while, but then I figured that that'd be the best place to bring her in...and yea, I do remember you ^.^ and I did enjoy your review =)!
Chinow: Yeah, I love those fics too, that's why I wrote one! ^.^ I like torturing Hercule too, but don't worry, there's heaps of Gohan torture coming up...(insert evil laugh here)...and as for the other DBZ characters coming in...well, let's just say, that's for me to know and you to find out...(insert more evil laughter here)
Megami-sama: Well, I'm really glad I've got your character down pretty well. I was really just guessing about all that. And I'll give you the video camera in another chapter later on okie? ^.^
Joutei: Yea, I kinda forgot about her too...ehehe...yea, when you write ure fic, it'd be cool if u told me...^.^ and as for Gohan transforming...well, it's a possibility in later chapters...(actually I hadn't really thought about it...ehehe)
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They were well into the 3rd day of the survival camp and almost halfway through the 3rd 100kms.
Gohan was starting to get the heebie-jeebies, (I love that word...or would it be words?...^.^) he could sense that fate, or was it Dende, wasn't gonna be kind to him.
"Gohan!" a very familiar, demanding voice floated to his ears.
'Just great' Gohan thought as he turned around to see Videl coming up behind him.
"Yeah, Videl?" he said, his eyes widened when he saw that she meant business.
"What was going on before?" she demanded, matching her pace with Gohan's.
"Uhhh, what before?" he said, doing his defensive stance again.
"Don't act dumb, you know exactly what I mean. My dad's hair is pink. Need I say more?" she said, crossing her arms in a pose rather like Vegeta's.
"Yea, ehehe, about that..." Gohan started
"It's my fault" Reez butted in, stepping in-between Gohan and Videl "I thought it'd be funny...yea...I'm a regular comedian..."
"And why would that be funny?" Videl asked sarcastically.
"Because...well...it just is," Reez said
Videl rolled her eyes and quickened her pace so she could get to the front of the group.
"Phew" Reez said, "Is she always like that?"
"Yeah, mostly" Gohan said "She's like this everyday during school"
"Man, how do you put up with that?"
"I dunno"
The rest of the walk took up most of the day and finally they arrived at their final destination.
The place was in a large clearing with a pathway leading to a lake down one side and another path leading out of the woods and into the desert on the other side. At the back of the clearing, there was a huge rock wall, which surrounded about half of the clearing, the rest was surrounded by trees.
"Wow, it's really nice" Kara stated as she surveyed around the clearing.
Tobun and Reez were saying similar things and Gohan just looked rather nervous.
"What's up, Gohan?" Tobun asked, after she noticed how nervous he looked.
"Oh, nothing" he said quickly, gaining the well-known Son Grin "I was just thinking"
"Oh, well that's okay then" Tobun said then she grabbed Reez and Kara and ran off to claim their spot, which they'd have for the eight days.
They claimed one by the pathway to the lake and Gohan's group claimed the spot next to theirs.
The tents went up for the 3rd time, but this time, Hercule managed not to trip over a guy rope.
"Aw, dammit, I was hoping he'd do something stupid" Tobun said, as they sat outside their tent, watching the commotion around them.
"Wait for it" Reez said as they watched Hercule intently, they didn't want to miss a thing.
Just then, Hercule spontaneously fell over. He was in the middle of the clearing and there was nothing for him to trip over on, but he somehow managed to trip over anyway.
The three girls cracked up laughing, ignoring the evil look Hercule was giving them.
"I'm gonna go down to the lake and have a swim" Reez said, going into the tent to get changed.
Tobun and Kara decided that they were gonna come too, and they also got changed.
Reez was wearing a yellow tankini with blue board shorts, Kara was wearing a red bikini with red board shorts and Tobun was wearing a green tankini and purple board shorts.
"Hey, Gohan, you wanna come for a swim?" Kara asked the demi-Saiyan, who was sitting in the tent reading a book.
"Yeah, why not, just give me a sec to get changed" Gohan said, zipping up the tent while he quickly got changed.
He emerged a few seconds later in blue swimming shorts and a t-shirt. He grabbed a towel and they raced down to the lake.
When they reached the lake, they found that most other people had the same idea as they did, as the lake was rather crowded.
They shrugged and shedded their towels and raced for the water, jumping off the rocks at the edge and plunging into the deep water.
Gohan stood on the side for a second before pulling off his top and doing a big double flip and diving gracefully into the water.
"Wow, that was a cool dive" Kara said
"Yeah, and you're pretty buff," Reez said, poking his well-defined ab muscles.
"I train occasionally" Gohan said, "It's nothing really"
"Whatever" Tobun said, then they splashed Gohan and swam off towards the middle of the lake, trying to start a race.
They swam around like mad for a while before they got really tired and made their way back to the edge of the lake again and sat on the side.
They sat in silence for a while until Tobun noticed Videl watching them. She was sitting under a tree around the lake a bit.
"Hey, don't look now, Gohan, but you're being watched" she said
"What?" Gohan said and looked around and he noticed Videl sitting under the tree "Oh, you mean her?" he asked, pointing at her with his thumb.
"Duh, Gohan" Reez said, slapping her forehead "When someone tells you not to look, that generally means not to look, and yea, she did mean Videl"
"She's probably admiring your muscles" Kara joked "Who wouldn't?"
They laughed, leaving Gohan wondering what was so funny about his muscles.
"Excuse me" a voice came from behind them.
The four turned around to see a girl standing behind them, she had silver hair in a bowl cut and blue eyes.
"Yeah?" Tobun asked
"Was it you guys who pulled that prank on Hercule?" she asked
The four nodded proudly.
"Yep, but it was Chelsea's idea of a prank, we just helped pull it, and I pulled off his hat" Reez said
"That was really funny" she said "Oh, and I'm Artemis, but you can call me Arty"
The four introduced themselves and Artemis sat down cross-legged next to them and they talked for a while before they went back up to the camp to get changed and have dinner.
Dinner that night was slightly better than the previous two nights. It was fish and chips, except it was kind of soggy, but it tasted all right and no one had dropped dead yet, so they assumed it was safe.
Halfway through the dinner, Chelsea came over with Jade.
"I have a great idea for another prank," she said
Everyone gathered around closer and prepared to hear about the new top secret prank.
After dinner, a large bonfire was lit and everyone pulled logs up and they sat around the fire, roasting marshmallows and talking about the day's events and things like that.
Hercule decided to grace us with his presence and he walked into the clearing from being in the forest for a while, doing goodness knows what.
He made his big entrance (still wearing a baseball cap) and cleared his throat rather loudly.
"Tomorrow you will have to get up at 8:30 by the latest, we will have breakfast and then you will be split into activity groups. Each day you will do a different activity and on the last day I will personally give you a martial arts lesson" Hercule paused, waiting for a cheer. There was a small one, but he continued on anyway "You will be expected to try your best at each of the activities you do"
He stopped there and walked back out to the woods to goodness knows where.
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Author's Notes: Sorry that it's a bit of a short chapter, but I had a bit of writer's block and I didn't wanna put a whole lot of shit in it and make it really bad. Besides, would you rather have a long, shitty chapter or a short, good-quality chapter???
I had in my mind what I was gonna write last night when I was in bed, trying to go to sleep (isn't that typical?) but then I went to sleep and then I had school and in all of that, I forgot what I was gonna write. Hehe, ain't I brainy?
Well, now that I've posted this chapter, can you guys do me a favor? I need every one of you to press that little purple button at the bottom of the screen for me...yeah, that one there...thanks!
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