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2 Weeks at Camp Hercule

Chapter 8 – Gohan's Nighttime Escapades

Written by RJ

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Disclaimer: Are you guys trying to insult me? Do you really think I look like a guy!? *shakes head sadly* surely you must know by now that I don't own Dragonball Z...the rights to that belong to a GUY and I'm a GIRL. Just making sure you know the difference ^.^

Responses to reviews:

Kinto'un: Hehehe! I'm not telling! Actually, I am, you'll find out in this chapter how close to home he is...but you'll have to read it if you wanna find out...mwahahaha! (Yea, I know that evil laugh is rather unneeded, but I felt the need...^.^)

*: Some great suggestions there, I might just hafta use one of them later on...and in answer to 3, she said SSJ, but Oozuru could be a possibility, I hadn't really thought about it...I spose could somehow make him regenerate his tail, this is a humor fic after all, hmmm, good idea!

A/N: Hmmm, this is strange, I don't have anything to say...very unusual. Well, all that means that you can stop reading stupid author's notes sooner and get onto the story...well enjoy! And apologies in advance for this chapter, I think it's kinda unfunny, it's more of a filler chapter than anything else...

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Hunger is a funny thing. At first you get really hungry and your stomach growls and gets this really empty feeling, then after a while, the feeling passes and you start to feel rather okay again, but then it normally comes back full-blast with large rumbles.

And this is what Gohan's stomach was definitely doing...rumbling at full-blast. In fact, he was surprised that it hadn't woken anyone up yet.

'Oh man, I'm so hungry' he moaned in his head.

But he had a backup plan. One that might not be the best option, but it certainly would make him feel a lot better.

So, deciding that he would risk getting caught out after curfew, Gohan silently opened the tent (been getting lotsa practise lately eh?) and tiptoed towards the rock wall at the other side of the clearing.

Making sure no one was looking, he took to the air at the base of the cliff and sped in the direction of his home which was just over the next ridge, which was about 4km away from the campsite.

Gohan silently flew through the air and landed in front of his house.

Seeing that all the lights were off, he retrieved the spare key from under the flowerpot and let himself in.

He closed the door silently and made his way to the kitchen.

He rubbed his hands together in anticipation of the food he was about to eat when suddenly...

*WHAM!!!*

Gohan whirled around to see his mother brandishing the dreaded Frying Pan of DoomÔ.

"Aw, geez mom, that hurt!" Gohan said, tenderly feeling his head for a rising bump.

"Well, you shouldn't sneak home when you're supposed to be on a camp" Chichi chided her eldest son.

"But, mom, I'm really, really hungry" Gohan said, holding his grumbling stomach "They don't feed me enough"

"Oh, all right then" Chichi said, opening the fridge and pulling out a rather large plate of leftovers. (Although why she'd have leftovers while Goten's still there is beyond me...but work with me guys ^.^)

Gohan's eyes widened in anticipation and he eagerly picked up his knife and fork and ferociously tore into the food as soon as Chichi had placed the plate on the table.

"I guess you're right, they aren't feeding you enough" Chichi said after she noted her eldest's unusually ravenous appetite, even for a Saiyan.

"Mmhm" Gohan mumbled, which was all he could really manage with his mouth full of food.

He polished off the contents of the plate in less than a minute and pushed the plate away from him and rubbed his finally full stomach.

"Thanks, mom, I owe you big time" Gohan said, picking up his plate and taking it to the sink.

"I guess you'll be wanting some more tomorrow then, I guess" Chichi sighed.

Gohan nodded eagerly before exiting the house again.

"Bye mom" he said as he rose into the air and zoomed back towards the camp again.

*BAAARRRRRPPPPPPPP* the serenity of the morning was broken when suddenly, trumpet music filled the clearing, walking a majority of the campers up instantly.

"What!? I'm up! I'm up!" Reez said, sitting up straight, wondering what the hell was going on while Kara and Tobun reacted in similar ways.

"It's just the great hairy one trying to be all leadery and trying to wake us up nice and early to prove that he's still got control over us" Kara very philosophically explained. But whether it was true or not was a whole other matter. Even though it was most likely true.

"Whatever he's trying to do, I wish he'd do it later on," Tobun groaned after taking a look at the time on her watch "I could do with a sleep-in for once"

"Well, we might as well go out now, we don't want him having a hernia, do we? On second thoughts, don't answer that" Reez said, pulling her clothes out of her bag and quickly getting dressed.

Tobun and Kara followed suit then the three exited the tent and walked into the clearing where they met Gohan, who was talking to his tenties, Sharpener and Tysun.

"Hiya guys" the girls greeted the three guys, who each returned their own greetings.

Gradually the clearing filled with the sleepy teenagers and they all stood there waiting expectantly for the great afroed dude.

Finally, he entered, still wearing a baseball cap on his head, which was mostly due to the fact that the dye probably hadn't washed out yet, which was mostly due to the fact that they used permanent dye.

He was holding a piece of paper. He walked over to the nearest tree and stapled the paper on to it.

"These are the activity groups you'll be in for the rest of your time here" he announced "You will stay with your allocated groups and I expect you to co-operate with the rest of the members at all times"

Satisfied that he'd got his point across, Hercule retreated into the woods.

Everyone rushed up to the piece of paper to see whether they'd been put with their friends or not.

"Come on, let's go see what group we're in" Tobun said, pulling Reez, Kara and Gohan along with her "I hope we're all in the same group"

In their group (Group 3) were Gohan, Reez, Tobun, Kara, Chelsea, Jade, Videl, Let, Zam, Emerald, Krissanya, Viviana, Katrina, Nika, Natalie, Barron, Rini and Ashley. And their leader was Sylver.

"Yea! We're all in the same group!" Tobun said, giving Reez a hi-five.

"Everyone! Get into your groups now!" Sylver's voice rang through the clearing, organizing the teens once again.

As the clearing slowly cleared with the teens all separated into four definitive groups.

"Okay guys, gather round" redheaded Sylver said to her group "Today we're going to learn how to build a shelter using only supplies from the forest. Grab your gear, we're going to be going for a small hike first"

The group dissipated as everyone went to grab their packs with the food and drink and things of the sort that they'd need for the day.

Sylver waited patiently for the group to get back, then after they'd all reassembled, they set off on the short hike to their destination.

The hike was rather short in comparison to what they'd been doing in the past few days. It was only about 4km in total. Their route wound around the clearing and up a path so they'd end up at the top of the rock wall and then they hiked over the high land until they got to another patch of bush.

"Here's where we will be building our shelters. You may build whatever style you want as long as it's only made using stuff from the bush only. Such as tree branches, vines, and that kind of stuff" Sylver said "And you will work in groups of three. As soon as you've sorted out your groups, you may go"

"Um, why don't me, Reez and Gohan go together and Kara, Chelsea and Jade go together?" Tobun suggested

The rest of the group nodded their agreement and they split up into their two small groups.

Gohan, Reez and Tobun dropped their packs in a pile to one side of the clearing and went deeper into the woods in search for some wood. He'd done this sort of thing millions of times and he knew exactly what to do. And Reez and Tobun had a fair idea of what to do as well, so their task would be a lot easier.

Gohan started picking up long branches off the ground while Reez pulled vines off the surrounding trees and Tobun rustled up some large leaves to use for the roof, and managed to trip over a tree root, falling flat on her face.

"I'm all right," she said as she quickly pulled herself up and dusted herself off.

They walked back to the clearing with their supplies and dumped them in a pile next to their bags and got started on their shelter.

Gohan selected some sturdy sticks and shoved them far into the ground (using his ki, but the others didn't notice) while Reez tied some of the other sticks together with some of the vine to make a part of the wall and Tobun used some more of the vine to stitch some of the large leaves together to make the roof.

That was about the time that most of the other groups got back and started on their shelters. And most of them had absolutely no idea what to do having no wilderness experience whatsoever.

Some groups were arguing about which way they'd make their shelter and others were trying to get started but they couldn't figure out how. It was quite funny really. (No offense to anyone I've put in okie?)

Meanwhile, Gohan, Reez and Tobun had put up two walls and made half of the roof. They worked quickly and effectively, as they all had the same idea.

An hour later, they'd just about finished their shelter and were making the finishing touches, such as making an opening door and putting down some leaves on the ground inside the hut to make it comfortable and they were contemplating making some wooden chairs.

Deciding not to overdo it and skip out on the chairs, Gohan, Reez and Tobun settled to wait outside and watch the chaos around them.

"This'd be a perfect time for popcorn and a frozen coke," Tobun said as she leant back against a tree.

"Yeah, it would, and I think that someone's being watched by someone else again" Reez said, jerking her head towards Videl's group next to them which consisted of Videl, Rini and Ashley. Videl would occasionally pause and sneak a glance at the young demi-Saiyan.

"I wonder what she wants," Tobun said

"I dunno, but I wish she'd stop it" Gohan said

"Maybe she likes you" Reez suggested

Gohan gave her the 'I-doubt-it' look and said "Yeah, and Santa Claus lives in Buckingham palace with the Tooth Fairy and Elvis"

"Hey, it was just a suggestion" Reez protested, holding her arms out in mock surrender.

Suddenly, Gohan's look of 'I-doubt-it' changed to one of 'Oh-no-this-can't-be-happening'.

"What's wrong?" Reez asked as soon as she saw Gohan's face change.

"Oh, you'll see in a minute" Gohan said as he ran his hand through his hair in nervousness.

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Author's Notes: MWAHAHAHA I made a cliffie!!! Hehehe hehehe!!! Did anyone tell you that I was evil? But I betcha that all you smart readers out there can guess who I'm bringing in...I know, I'll hold a contest, if you can guess who's gonna join the party, then I'll give you ummm...*looks around her room*...ummm...I have half a packet of gum and a picture of Gohan...ooh I know, I'll give out cyber chocolate bars!!! I'll give everyone who guesses right cyber chocolate bars.

Did you guys notice the longer chapter??? Huh, didja, didja, didja??? I made it longer to make up for the shortness of the previous one but I'm sorry if it was kinda un-funny...but I posted it early, that's gotta be a bonus!

Well, that's long enough author's notes for this chapter, I think they're gonna get longer than the story itself soon if I'm not careful...^.^

I think I might do a spot of self-advertising here…you guys should read my other fic, Hero? Doubt it…you don't hafta, but it'd be nice if I got some more reviews…

Anywayz, laterz!!!

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