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LILY: I've come to the realization that a certain someone, who shall remain anonymus, has a very valid point. "Gohan torture is good in that it can last for 24 chapters. It's bad in that after 24 chapters of Gohan torture, it becomes just that, torture for the readers. It just gets boring and plotless with no logical end"

LILY: *takes a deep breath* This is sadly true, and I must apologize. I've had some great ideas to keep the story flowing, but needed....ah....shall we say, 'filler' chapters to get there. But rejoice! For.....drum roll please.....it is here! Come on now, whether I'm in need of therapy or not matter not in this story, Piccolo's finally being put into the chapter! And in my opinion, he may not be super strong, but Piccolo is still the man! Er, Namek. My point being, he's still intimeding. Come on, a tall, pointy eared, green man with a cape and turban? But lest you forget, he used to be just as powerful as Goku, even if he was purely evil at the time,.....er.....a *long* time ago, but still. Piccolo is awesome.

LILY: I also have BIG plans for the next part. You'll see. It'll take a little while, and I may not put 'it' into the story until the next chapter. Anyway, here you guys go.

LILY: So for you damn evil lawyers? Your precious disclaimer, I don't own the characters of DBZ. I own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi- Demon Doggie! *gives Inuyasha Clone a bonecushing hug* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.

LILY: Oh, and keep them reviews coming, k? Enjoy ladies and gents.

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The Dare

Chapter Twenty Five " One May Be Evil, The Other Is Not "
"You hit him!" Pan cried as Trunks nodded at her.

"So?" Trunks asked.

"You didn't have to *hit* him, Trunks!" Pan cried as Trunks looked at her strangely.

"What was I supposed to do? Ask him if I could borrow his cape?" Trunks asked sarcastically as Goten started to open him mouth, but was instead hit by Trunks who glared at him.

"Don't bother. Look, we gotta get to CC before he wakes up. I didn't him him *too* hard you know. He'll be coming around soon, and coming after *us!*" Trunks said.

"No, he'll be coming after *you*." Pan said as Trunks rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. We gotta get back, and make sure he knows we're there. Then, once he shows up, we'll hide our kis, and sneak back out. In fact, I think I got a great idea what we can do next." Trunks said with a smirk.

"Really, what is it Trunks?" Goten asked as Trunks shook his head.

"I'll tell you later. Right now, we'd better hurry. *And* we still have to keep an eye out for my Mom. I think she'll still be angry with me, too." Trunks said.

"What about the cape, Trunks? Where we gonna put it?" Goten asked.

"We'll hide it in my parents room along with Mirai's sword. Piccolo would *never* set foot in there!" Trunks said with a grin.

"Ok, then. What are you going to do about my Daddy and my sensei after that, Trunks?" Pan asked.

"That's what I'm working on, don't worry about it. It'll be great, though." Trunks said, smirking mischievously.



Piccolo growled as he lifted himself shakidly from the ground below him. He scowled darkly as he tried rubbing the ringing out of his ears by rubbing his temples. After five minutes of it not working and irritaing the Namek even further, he abandoned that and tried to stand up. After dusting himself off, he growled angrily as he noticed his cape was missing.

"Why am I even surprised? Damn kid's the spawn of Vegeta! But that girl? What did she mean I trained her father? It couldn't be Gohan, could it? He's the only person I *ever* bothered to waste my time training. And that kid had to have been the kid of a Saiyan on earth is she had that tail. But.....Gohan's just a teenager and that kid had to have been about Goten's age." Piccolo said to himself. He growled again as he made up his mind.

"I'm getting to the bottom of this!" Piccolo said with a growl, lifting off into the air and flying at top pace towards Capsule Corp.



After escaping from Vegeta, Gohan had calmed down a bit, and was no longer exibiting the first symptoms of a metal breakdown. He in fact, had recovered almost immediately just as soon as they had left Vegeta alone with the Gravity Room. As long as Vegeta stayed far away from the students, Gohan saw no reason to worry anyhow.

Speaking of the students, they cautiously rounded the corner into the remains of Sector 37.

Mirai and Gohan were pleased to see that none of the students or teachers had been missing from the group from before, meaning that no one was hurt and their had been no casualties.

The bad news?

Now the class and teachers were all terrified beyond their wits, and wanted desperately to go home, and escape the 'mad house' as they were calling it now. To make things all the more.....interesting......the teachers had decided that the only being capable of protecting them all from 'the crazy people who dwell at Capsule Corporation' was none other than Gohan himself.

"You'll protect us, won't you Mr. Son?" One of the male teachers, a science teacher as Gohan recalled, squeaked from the back.

"Well um......" Gohan said as he scratched the back of his head and looked at Mirai.

"Please, Gohan? You're our only hope!" One of the female students cried, before sobbing into her boyfriend's shoulder. Gohan sweatdropped.

"Well, ah.....well you're not in any danger to begin with-" Gohan began as Mirai snorted behind his friend.

"Not anymore anyway." Mirai said.

Even before the last words had been muttered from his mouth, the entire class and teachers jumped in fright and all tried in vain to cower behind Gohan of all people.

Mirai and Gohan blinked in surprise.

"Wha-? What did I say?" Mirai asked.

"Please don't hurt us! I haven't gotten my tenure yet anyhow." One of the teacher begged a bewildered Mirai.

Mirai sweatdropped.

"Why would I-?"

The class jumped again, and a few girls shrieked as Gohan sighed deeply.

"Why would Mirai want to hurt you all? He's the nicest Sai-....er, guy you could ever meet." Gohan said.

"But he's that evil man's son." Another teacher pipped up.

Mirai blinked.

Gohan sweatdropped.

"Yeah so? Mirai's not gonna blow a gasket and suddenly and unexpectantly start ki blasting you all for no reason.....or something like that." Gohan said, a bit confused.

Mirai sweatdropped, before shaking his head at the class and trying to smile kindly at them, and a few teachers and students tensed up a bit less than before.

"Are you sure, Mr. Son?" The teacher asked again.

Gohan sweatdropped.

"Well, yeah." Gohan said.

"Well if you say so. But if we don't make it out of here alive, the school will know, mister!" One of the female teachers said.

Gohan and Mirai both sweatdropped again.



"Come on Trunks, just tell us, please? And why are we looking around in your Mom's private lab anyway? I thought we where hiding from her." Goten said as Trunks continued throwing random pieces of metal and machinery over his shoulder, digging through his mother's desk drawer.

"It's gotta be in here some- AH HA!" Trunks cried, punching his first into the air as he looked up at his hand.

"What's that?" Pan asked, pointing the the green thing in Trunks's hand as he smirked at her, bringing it down for her to see.

"It's called the Dragon Radar. My mom built it. We're gonna use it to find the dragonballs." Trunks said smirking.

"Why Trunks?" Goten asked as Pan looked at the lavander haired child confused.

"The dragonballs? Huh?" Pan asked.

"You mean you don't know what the dragonballs are?!" Trunks asked as Pan looked at him a minute strangely, before shaking her head.

"No, no, I know what they *are*, Sensei once told me. But I don't know how they work, plus I;ve never seen one." Pan said.

"You have to gather all seven and then call forth the Eternal Dragon, and he'll grant you any wish you want! We're gonna use it to wish for the Saiyans to have their tails back!" Trunks said with a smirk.

"Our tails? Really Trunks? This is gonna be great! Niichan told me we used to have tails. Mr. Piccolo cut off his, and Mommy cut of mine when I was born. I wish I could have kept it though. Niichan got to for a while. Ir's not fair." Goten pouted as Trunks looked at him oddly before sighing deeply.

"Goten, you baka, we're gonna make a wish to have they *grow* back! You're such a moron!" Trunks said, rolling his eyes.

"I am not!" Goten cried.

"Yes you are!" Trunks shot back.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are t-"

"You *both* are, now shut up!" Pan suddenly cried as the boys blinked and looked at her in shock.

"Argue later. I want to see these dragonballs and the Dragon!" Pan said.

"Alright, fine. Piccolo's on his way anyway, I can already sense him. Wish I could see the look on Gohan's face when he shows up." Trunks said with a chuckle.

"But then why are we-?" Goten began.

"Goten! We can't stay because once Mirai finds out his sword is missing, and Piccolo shows up looking for his cape, and Gohan realizes that it was all us, we'll be dead meat!" Trunks said.

"Oh." Goten said.

"Come on. The radar says the first dragonball is thirty miles from here, let's go!" Trunks said, racing out the door with Goten and Pan right behind him.

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