"Gohan Son?" The boarding master boomed as he stuck his head into the year
seven boys dorm. "Is there a Gohan Son here?"
"What do you want of me sir?" Gohan mumbled, feeling stupid.
"Phone call." The purple faced bald man said.
He led Gohan down a corridor, until they reached a tiny desk with a phone on it next to an armchair.
"Um...Hello?" Gohan mumbled, holding the receiver to his ear.
"Oh my goodness! My little boy is speaking English so well now!"
Gohan sighed, happy to hear his mother's voice on the other end of the phone.
"I didn't know how to tell the man I wanted to talk to you so I just said 'Son Gohan' when he picked up the phone and then I remembered you have to reverse the name so I..."
Chi-Chi paused to catch her breath. Gohan smiled. "Hi Mum."
"Hi darling. How's school?"
Gohan explained the weird adventures he had had so far to his mother. Though of course it all seemed pretty natural to Chi-Chi.
"I wouldn't have expected better from you son. Just make sure you don't get too competitive and try to hide your strength a lot better, ok? And perhaps you should get a senzu bean for that poor girl you hit with a ball?"
A senzu bean, of course! The best way to apologize for hitting her.
"Yes Mum."
"That's my boy. Keep up the good work and do us proud. We all miss you here. Well, I have to go. This phone call is costing me a fortune. See you later kid."
She hung up and a feeling of loneliness swept across Gohan. He came back to the dorm, thinking about home and his family.
*****
"Well it's finally Saturday." Drew informed them the following day at breakfast, though they didn't need to be told. "What are we going to do?"
"Let's take a bus into town and go to see a movie." Mitchell suggested.
"We're allowed to?" Hiro asked.
"Of course." Drew laughed. "We used to do it all the time in the junior school."
"I can't guys." Gohan managed to say through a mouthful of egg on toast. "I have something I need to do."
"What could be more important then hanging out with us?" Greg joked.
"Yeah, Gohan. What do you have to do?"
Gohan kept quiet as they pestered him, a sly smile spread across his face.
*****
Faye swiveled around in her chair upon hearing Gohan at the next table. Where did Gohan have to go on a Saturday?
"Hey Faye, what are you looking at?" Vicky asked, elegantly sipping her orange juice with her little finger sticking out.
"Nothing. But I can't play tennis with you today. I have stuff to do."
Faye smirked as she watched Gohan get up from the table. Now she would know more about this mysterious new boy....
*****
Gohan left the school, dressed in his training outfit. Kami's lookout couldn't be too far away. And if he went super Sayian no one would recognize him if he flew there. But where could he find a place where no one would see him transform?
Seeing that Faye was not far behind him, Gohan ran behind the gymnasium, hoping she hadn't seen him. But he wasn't alone.
Gohan blushed as two tenth grades broke away from each other in shock. The girl giggled foolishly. But the boy (whose neck was covered in love bites) looked enraged.
"Who are you, you little punk?" He scowled, approaching Gohan and trying to look menacing.
"I'm Gohan." He replied ignorantly. The girl began to laugh uncontrollably.
The boy whisked her away. "You just made yourself a powerful enemy, kid."
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief. Finally alone. He powered up to super Sayian and leapt off the ground, soaring through the sky for the first time in what felt like forever.
Looking down, Gohan saw someone starring at him. Faye! She probably recognized the clothes he had on. As quickly as he could, Gohan took off, heading towards Kami's lookout.
*****
"VICKY!" Faye screamed as she rushed to the tennis court.
"What is it?" Vicky said, wiping sweat from her forehead under her sun visor and dusting her white tennis skirt and polo shirt. "Hannah and I are trying to play tennis."
"You'll never guess what I just saw." Faye panted, collapsing onto the tennis court as Hannah and Vicky gathered round her.
"What?" Vicky and Hannah said in union.
"A kid with blonde hair and bright teal eyes just flew into the sky from behind the gymnasium. He was wearing the same clothes as Gohan."
"No way!" Vicky gasped. "Gohan has black hair and dark eyes. That's impossible."
"I could just be a coincidence." Hannah suggested. "Perhaps Gohan and this mystery kid just happened to be wearing the same outfit today?"
"If so then how come I've never seen this mystery kid before at school? And the outfit he was wearing isn't a very common one anyway. It was some Japanese thing." Faye argued.
"I don't care what you say, Faye. It's impossible for Gohan to be wondering around with a different eye and hair colour on the weekends." Vicky huffed.
Faye sighed. Vicky had too big a crush on Gohan to realize that something weird was definitely going on.
*****
It was late morning when Gohan returned with a bag of senzu beans in his hand. He landed behind the gym and transformed back into his normal self. Then rushed up to his dorm to change into his shorts and t-shirt.
Once changed, he made his way to the infirmary, where the school nurse was treating the poor girl who had been pelted with a baseball and driven into a wire fence.
"What's the matter dear?" The nurse asked standing up to smile at Gohan.
"Nothing. I just wanted to see her." He nodded to the girl on the bed.
The woman smiled kindly. "Normally we don't allow visitors. But just this once."
The nurse left and Gohan sat on the bed beside her. Her head was wrapped in bandages and her right arm rested in a sling. Gohan saw now she was pretty, with curly orange, red hair pulled into pigtails. Her face was pasty white and she lay, sleeping with a quiet smile on her face.
Becoming aware that someone was watching her, she slowly opened her large green eyes and smiled when she saw the kind faced boy looking down on her. For some reason; she trusted him.
"My name's Gohan." Gohan told her. "I'm the one who hit you with the ball. I'm sorry."
"It's ok." She said weakly.
"Here," He said, offering her a senzu bean. "Take it. You'll feel better."
"You're not allowed to give her that." The nurse said sternly, but the girl was already swallowing it.
"There, see?" Gohan smiled as he watched her sit up in surprise, removing the bandages around her head.
"G-Gohan?"
Whirling around, Gohan saw Vicky in the doorway, smiling.
"Hi Vicky." He said. "I just gave her some...err...medicine to help her feel better."
Vicky's eyes softened. "You were getting her medicine? From the chemist?"
"Err...yeah."
"Oh." Vicky froze. "Oh that's so sweat of you. I have to go and get Faye. See you around, Gohan."
Turning back to the girl on the bed, Gohan smiled kindly. "What's your name?"
"Cecilia." She said. "I don't think I'm in your class."
Gohan smiled. "Well, I have to go, Cecilia. See you later. Oh, and sorry again."
Gohan left her sitting up in bed and blushing.
"What a sweat guy." She giggled girlishly. "If anyone had to pelt me with a ball, I'm glad it was him."
"What do you want of me sir?" Gohan mumbled, feeling stupid.
"Phone call." The purple faced bald man said.
He led Gohan down a corridor, until they reached a tiny desk with a phone on it next to an armchair.
"Um...Hello?" Gohan mumbled, holding the receiver to his ear.
"Oh my goodness! My little boy is speaking English so well now!"
Gohan sighed, happy to hear his mother's voice on the other end of the phone.
"I didn't know how to tell the man I wanted to talk to you so I just said 'Son Gohan' when he picked up the phone and then I remembered you have to reverse the name so I..."
Chi-Chi paused to catch her breath. Gohan smiled. "Hi Mum."
"Hi darling. How's school?"
Gohan explained the weird adventures he had had so far to his mother. Though of course it all seemed pretty natural to Chi-Chi.
"I wouldn't have expected better from you son. Just make sure you don't get too competitive and try to hide your strength a lot better, ok? And perhaps you should get a senzu bean for that poor girl you hit with a ball?"
A senzu bean, of course! The best way to apologize for hitting her.
"Yes Mum."
"That's my boy. Keep up the good work and do us proud. We all miss you here. Well, I have to go. This phone call is costing me a fortune. See you later kid."
She hung up and a feeling of loneliness swept across Gohan. He came back to the dorm, thinking about home and his family.
*****
"Well it's finally Saturday." Drew informed them the following day at breakfast, though they didn't need to be told. "What are we going to do?"
"Let's take a bus into town and go to see a movie." Mitchell suggested.
"We're allowed to?" Hiro asked.
"Of course." Drew laughed. "We used to do it all the time in the junior school."
"I can't guys." Gohan managed to say through a mouthful of egg on toast. "I have something I need to do."
"What could be more important then hanging out with us?" Greg joked.
"Yeah, Gohan. What do you have to do?"
Gohan kept quiet as they pestered him, a sly smile spread across his face.
*****
Faye swiveled around in her chair upon hearing Gohan at the next table. Where did Gohan have to go on a Saturday?
"Hey Faye, what are you looking at?" Vicky asked, elegantly sipping her orange juice with her little finger sticking out.
"Nothing. But I can't play tennis with you today. I have stuff to do."
Faye smirked as she watched Gohan get up from the table. Now she would know more about this mysterious new boy....
*****
Gohan left the school, dressed in his training outfit. Kami's lookout couldn't be too far away. And if he went super Sayian no one would recognize him if he flew there. But where could he find a place where no one would see him transform?
Seeing that Faye was not far behind him, Gohan ran behind the gymnasium, hoping she hadn't seen him. But he wasn't alone.
Gohan blushed as two tenth grades broke away from each other in shock. The girl giggled foolishly. But the boy (whose neck was covered in love bites) looked enraged.
"Who are you, you little punk?" He scowled, approaching Gohan and trying to look menacing.
"I'm Gohan." He replied ignorantly. The girl began to laugh uncontrollably.
The boy whisked her away. "You just made yourself a powerful enemy, kid."
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief. Finally alone. He powered up to super Sayian and leapt off the ground, soaring through the sky for the first time in what felt like forever.
Looking down, Gohan saw someone starring at him. Faye! She probably recognized the clothes he had on. As quickly as he could, Gohan took off, heading towards Kami's lookout.
*****
"VICKY!" Faye screamed as she rushed to the tennis court.
"What is it?" Vicky said, wiping sweat from her forehead under her sun visor and dusting her white tennis skirt and polo shirt. "Hannah and I are trying to play tennis."
"You'll never guess what I just saw." Faye panted, collapsing onto the tennis court as Hannah and Vicky gathered round her.
"What?" Vicky and Hannah said in union.
"A kid with blonde hair and bright teal eyes just flew into the sky from behind the gymnasium. He was wearing the same clothes as Gohan."
"No way!" Vicky gasped. "Gohan has black hair and dark eyes. That's impossible."
"I could just be a coincidence." Hannah suggested. "Perhaps Gohan and this mystery kid just happened to be wearing the same outfit today?"
"If so then how come I've never seen this mystery kid before at school? And the outfit he was wearing isn't a very common one anyway. It was some Japanese thing." Faye argued.
"I don't care what you say, Faye. It's impossible for Gohan to be wondering around with a different eye and hair colour on the weekends." Vicky huffed.
Faye sighed. Vicky had too big a crush on Gohan to realize that something weird was definitely going on.
*****
It was late morning when Gohan returned with a bag of senzu beans in his hand. He landed behind the gym and transformed back into his normal self. Then rushed up to his dorm to change into his shorts and t-shirt.
Once changed, he made his way to the infirmary, where the school nurse was treating the poor girl who had been pelted with a baseball and driven into a wire fence.
"What's the matter dear?" The nurse asked standing up to smile at Gohan.
"Nothing. I just wanted to see her." He nodded to the girl on the bed.
The woman smiled kindly. "Normally we don't allow visitors. But just this once."
The nurse left and Gohan sat on the bed beside her. Her head was wrapped in bandages and her right arm rested in a sling. Gohan saw now she was pretty, with curly orange, red hair pulled into pigtails. Her face was pasty white and she lay, sleeping with a quiet smile on her face.
Becoming aware that someone was watching her, she slowly opened her large green eyes and smiled when she saw the kind faced boy looking down on her. For some reason; she trusted him.
"My name's Gohan." Gohan told her. "I'm the one who hit you with the ball. I'm sorry."
"It's ok." She said weakly.
"Here," He said, offering her a senzu bean. "Take it. You'll feel better."
"You're not allowed to give her that." The nurse said sternly, but the girl was already swallowing it.
"There, see?" Gohan smiled as he watched her sit up in surprise, removing the bandages around her head.
"G-Gohan?"
Whirling around, Gohan saw Vicky in the doorway, smiling.
"Hi Vicky." He said. "I just gave her some...err...medicine to help her feel better."
Vicky's eyes softened. "You were getting her medicine? From the chemist?"
"Err...yeah."
"Oh." Vicky froze. "Oh that's so sweat of you. I have to go and get Faye. See you around, Gohan."
Turning back to the girl on the bed, Gohan smiled kindly. "What's your name?"
"Cecilia." She said. "I don't think I'm in your class."
Gohan smiled. "Well, I have to go, Cecilia. See you later. Oh, and sorry again."
Gohan left her sitting up in bed and blushing.
"What a sweat guy." She giggled girlishly. "If anyone had to pelt me with a ball, I'm glad it was him."