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2 Weeks at Camp Hercule
Chapter 17 – Fishing!!!
Written by RJ
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Disclaimer: I would love to own dbz, and if I did, I would give all of you guys a share of it…but unfortunately I never will unless I grow up to be a multi-millionaire and Akira Toriyama decides to sell it to me…here's hoping *crosses fingers*
Responses to Reviews:
Ss JK: Thanks for the cool ideas, I'll see if they can fit into the storyline somewhere down the track =D!
Kitty demon: Great idea! It'll probably find it's way in here sometime.
Skyfire1: Gohan was only doing the pranks because his friends were doing them and he just came along for the fun of it, and cuz his friends made him come. I probably didn't make that very clear, soz for any confusion!
John: I would put you on my mailing list, but you only left the first part of your email addy, so I don't know where to send the email!
Defafaeth Mechqua: Eaten by a beaver!? I thought they were vegetarians…oh well, just to be sure, I won't put any pranks in this chappie.
Willow: Thankies for dealing with my WB! Ur from NZ!? It really is a small world, it's not often I see sum1 from NZ here.
Everyone: Well, the results for the poll are in and here they are:
Forget the pranks: 0
Less pranks, more plot: 9
Same pranks: 6
More pranks: 2
So I guess there'll be less pranks from now on and I'll actually have to be creative and think up a plotline!! Argh! I can feel the brain pain already!
I never realised that some of you really didn't like the pranks…hmmm…well, I'm really sorry for the long wait in between updates, to be honest, I just didn't feel like writing, and I have been working a bit. Well, I've finished school now and there should be more updates now that I'm on summer hols, but I'm not guaranteeing anything cuz I'm not sure wat I'm doing yet…Well anywayz, read on cuz the story's here --
BTW, this is the start of the 8th day.
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"Okay, guys, today we'll be going fishing!" Sylver announced to Activity Group 3 "We will also be joining up with Activity Group 2, who will also be fishing at the same lake as us"
There was a mixture of reactions when Sylver said that there'd be a fishing trip. Some people were excited and some people were groaning as watching the grass grow was surely more excited than sitting with a line of nylon dangling in the water, waiting for an unfortunate fish to eat the bait on the end of the hook.
"Come on, grab your stuff and let's get going!" Sylver yelled, getting the group's attention and they all followed her down the trail to the nearby lake.
They were soon joined by Activity Group 2. In AG 2, there were Mina, Yukimi, Jess, Radu, Lisa, Kaeru, Dazcha, Golden Rain, Raven, T-chan, Aiko, Yamamotto, Natari, Damon, Dracon, Ashley, Adam and Jack.
The lake was really near the campsite so the trip didn't take very long and before they knew it, they were by the lake, setting up their fishing rods.
"Hey Gohan, where's your rod?" Tobun asked when she noticed his lack of a rod.
"I don't need a fishing rod," Gohan said
"Well, how do you fish then?" Chelsea asked
"Easy" Gohan said, pulling off his shoes and rolling up his pants legs as he waded into the water so it was just above knee height. He put his hands in the water and stood still, concentrating. All of a sudden, he pulled his arms out of the water holding a large fish.
Gohan chucked the fish up on the bank and grinned the Son Grin™, before he finally realised that everyone was looking at him wide-eyed.
"What?" he asked, shrugging as he waded out of the water and onto dry land again.
"Do you realise what you just did!?" Reez exclaimed
"Uhhh, I caught a fish?" Gohan said
"But it was the way you caught it! It was so cool!" Kara said
"If you say so," Gohan replied as he picked up the fish and was about to throw it back into the water.
"Wait!" Jade said, holding up a camera "I want a photo"
Gohan held up the fish and grinned as the others joined him in the photo. Jade snapped the picture and the fish joined its mates back in the water, most likely to be caught again soon.
Suddenly there were some screams from around the lake a bit. Everyone looked over in the direction of the screams and they noticed a strange purple creature standing on the top of the ridge surrounding the other side of the lake.
The dinosaur seemed to be looking for something. It seemingly spotted what it was looking for and it launched itself into the air and flew across the lake and landed in front of Gohan and proceeded to lick Gohan all over.
"Icarus, stop it!" Gohan said, trying to stop childhood playmate from giving him an unneeded bath.
Icarus stopped licking Gohan, but was still excited to see him and jumped around the demi-Saiyan excitedly.
By the time he'd calmed the dinosaur down, he was faced with another challenge of answering another hoard of questions that his camp-mates were preparing to ask him.
"Ah geez" he said and wished for the zillionth time that he wasn't here.
"Who's that?" a girl called Mina, from Activity Group 2, asked.
"My friend Icarus" Gohan answered
"He's your friend? How can you be friends with a dinosaur?" Yukimi asked
"Well he lived near me so I just played with him when I was younger"
"Come on, that's enough questions" Reez said, as she and the others pushed everyone away.
"Come on guys, leave that poor guy alone!" the counsellor of Activity Group 2, Vee yelled
"Get your butts back here and fish!" the other counsellor of AG 2, Farfie yelled as he adjusted his eyepatch.
The crowd around Gohan dissipated after a while as everyone went back to fishing, following the counsellor's instructions.
Gohan patted Icarus, who stayed around for a while, doing his own bit of fishing, which turned into his lunch.
Around the side of the lake a bit, there was a girl sitting all on her own, kneeling on the bank near the side of the water. She seemed to be talking to herself, but suddenly, a frog jumped out of the water and sat contentedly next to her and she was soon joined by 3 more.
"Wow, look at that" Jade said, and pointed over at the frog girl.
"Let's go see what she's doing" Reez said, and started walking over in the girl's direction, the others following, all as curious as one another.
"Hi" Kara greeted, getting the girl's attention.
"Hi" the girl greeted.
"I'm Kara, this is Gohan, Reez, Tobun, Chelsea and Jade" Kara introduced, pointing to each of the people as she introduced them.
"I'm Kaeru," the girl said, stroking the frog sitting in her hand.
"Don't you like fishing?" Reez asked
"I do, I just like frogs better" Kaeru said, placing the frog back in the water "I'll come and fish now, though"
Kaeru picked up her rod and walked back with Gohan and the others and they began fishing again, but this time, Gohan fished the normal way.
A couple of hours later, everyone was getting tired of fishing and most people had a couple of fish each, which they were saving for dinner, so they could actually have a fresh, good tasting meal for once.
Gohan and his friends had long since stopped fishing and were now snacking on a couple of bags of chips that Chelsea and Jade had brought along.
Reez disappeared for a while and came back later with another girl.
"Hey guys, this is one of my friends from school, Golden Rain" she said as she introduced everyone.
"Wanna chip?" Tobun asked, holding up the bag of chips to her.
"Thanks" Golden Rain said and reached forward and grabbed a couple of chips.
Time passed quickly and soon they were all heading back to the camp, carrying the many smelly fish.
They dumped each of the fish in a carton by the cooking area, for the unlucky people who would have to clean and cook the fish for tonight's dinner.
Most of the people stopped and relaxed on the logs in the clearing, talking about stuff with their mates.
Suddenly there was a huge explosion to the right of the camping area and the ground started shaking.
People started panicking and running around, trying to find some shelter. Hercule appeared from somewhere in the bush, his pants around his ankles, but fortunately wearing boxers, which were white with red hearts, and he started running in aimless circles around the clearing much the same as he did the other day when they were paid a visit by Piccolo.
Gohan was the only one who didn't fall over from the shaking of the ground and he didn't panic either, he knew exactly what it was and he'd been dreading this moment ever since they started out on this camp.
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Author's Notes: Haha, I'm gonna finish there, even though I bet you guys know exactly what is happening. I love writing cliffies…lol. But the next chappie won't take as long as this one I promise…so keep a look out for it. Anyway, I bet you all know what it is…^.^
Now you better go and review, I promise you that I'll get it out quicker if you do. Haha, I'm a poet!!
Ahem…riiiight…
~RJ~
