Only a short while after the dance, Principal Redson called everyone out of
class for an assembly.
"Open day is fast approaching." He informed the school. Gohan could hear the older students groaning. "As most of you know, open day is the most important day in our school year for it is a chance for the public to get to know the school better. Therefore, I hope you will all be on your best behavior."
As he left the hall, Gohan overheard some older students complaining.
"Stupid fake day. Glad I'm not in year seven."
"Fake day?"
"Yeah." Said Drew, walking to his friend's side. "We call it fake day because we have to act polite and intelligent so that other people will want to send their kids here."
"Why is that bad for year sevens?"
"Because we have to be guides and show everyone around and stuff. Every year they pick a new grade to be guides and this year, it's our turn."
"Charming." Gohan muttered under his breath. "Just lovely."
That night, he received a phone call from Bulma. Something that he had definitely not expected to happen while at Ellawin.
"Hi Gohan." She said brightly on the other end of the phone.
"Hi Bulma. Why did you call me?"
"Because we heard that open day is coming up and we have great news! I said that I'll pay for Chi-Chi, Goten, Vegeta, Trunks and myself to fly over and see your school!"
Gohan gulped, not sure what to say. "Err...that's great Bulma."
"Good. I'll see you soon, Gohan. Bye!"
He hung up and hurried back to his room. He gulped, thinking of his family and friends coming to the school on open day. It's not that he didn't love them or ever wanted to see them again. It was just that he new that this could cause some serious trouble. Especially with Vegeta.
Gohan dreaded open day even more as the days wore on. How long did they plan to stay? Where would they stay?
"Why are you so glum Gohan?" Drew asked him after a while. "You haven't been the same since we were told about open day."
"My family are coming." Gohan muttered.
"So? What's so bad about that?"
Gohan laughed. "You don't know my family."
"Don't worry." Hiro said comfortingly. "My family are coming too and their a bit odd."
"Ditto." Drew patted Gohan on the back. "It'll be fine."
When open day arrived, the year sevens had to stand at the door in their full school uniforms and wait to be assigned to a group of people to show around. Feeling a lot like a tour guide, Gohan blended with the crowd in the hopes his mother wouldn't see him and go a bit....Chi-Chi like.
Brother Sydenham, who was in charge of the year sevens for the day, marched right into the crowd and pulled Gohan to the front.
"I think that you should take Mrs Briggs and her two charming daughters."
Gohan gasped when he saw the giant woman he would have to lead. She was wide, wrinkly and her red, gold hair was styled professionally on her head. She was dressed in a floral pink dress with a matching bonnet, decorated with flowers.
"Good morning child." The woman said in her most posh and formal tone. "These are my daughters Elizabeth and Rose. I am looking for a new school to send them to and I have my doubts about a boarding school for both males and females. It will take a lot to convince me to send them here."
"Err...hi." Gohan said stupidly.
Brother Sydenham laughed evilly. "I think you and Mrs Briggs will get on very well Gohan. Now off you go."
Gohan could hear him laughing as he made his way up the next flight of stairs. He smiled to the two well dressed girls that were hidden behind their mother. They were twins of his age who looked exactly like Mrs Briggs, minus the wrinkles and weight. They were even dressed exactly like her.
"So....what do you want to see?" He asked them.
"Everything. But first the girl's dormitories. I believe that will interest Elizabeth and Rose the most."
"Um....ok."
Gohan led them up the nest flight of stairs. Mrs Briggs put her white gloved hand on the banister and gracefully climbed the stairs. Her daughters on the other hand, tripped and giggled amongst each other the whole way up.
"Tell me Gohan, what is it like being a young man in this school?"
Gohan had no idea how to reply. "I suppose it's ok."
"I see. Face me boy." She inspected him from head to toe, then stood back with a frown. "Well you seem to be quite unkempt. I don't see how they could allow a boy to have such long hair."
Gohan embarrassedly opened the door into the girl's dorm and waited outside so that they could inspect it. The others were right. This open day thing was going to be hell.
*****
Faye watched Videl lead a young couple up the stairs. She was one of the last year sevens left standing and it made her feel awaked. She was glad to see a new group of people arrive at the front entrance and pushed to the front so she could be picked.
"Since you're so egger to take this group, I don't see why you can't." Brother Sydenham smirked.
The group consisted of two women, one with teal hair and the other with raven black. A tall, dark and sexy man that Vicky would have died for, and two toddler boys, both with very....original hairstyles.
"Sorry we're late." The teal haired woman beamed. "The plane was delayed so we were put off a bit."
So they had come by plane. Faye gave them a close look. The youngest boy, not much older than one, was strangely familiar. She reminded him of someone she had met before.
"My name's Faye. I'll be your guide."
"Oh nice to meet you Faye." The teal haired woman said politely. "My name is Bulma and this is my husband Vegeta, my son Trunks, our friend Chi-Chi and her son Goten."
Those names sounded awfully familiar. She knew she had heard of them somewhere, but where?
"Come on then. What do you want to see first?"
*****
"Well that was quite an experience." Mrs Briggs huffed as she came out of the girl's dorm. "Those rooms are terrible and not at all suited for young girls."
"I thought they were lovely." Smiled one of the two girls.
"Do not speak out of line, Rose." Mrs Briggs gave her daughter a disappointed look. "So what now?" Gohan asked rudely.
"Show us the bathrooms my girls will be using. Then the dining room, then the yard and finally the classrooms."
"Um....ok."
Gohan showed her everything in that order and every time Mrs Briggs pointed her oversized head into a room, she would inspect it just as thoroughly as she inspected Gohan.
"So now what do you have to show us, child?" She asked Gohan after he had shown her every last classroom.
"Well you've seen everything."
"Well then it is a very small school indeed. The last school Elizabeth and Rose went to was ten times this size. No, I don't think we'll send my girls here."
"But mother, we want to go!" Elizabeth complained.
"Don't speak out of line, Elizabeth."
Gohan, who had been slowly getting tired of this, burst out with a fit of sheer annoyance. "Elizabeth should be able to speak whenever she wants to."
Mrs Briggs fell back a step, shocked from Gohan's outburst. "Well I never. My girls shall certainly not go here. Come ladies."
"But we don't want to come. We like this school." Rose called back to her mother.
"We like our old school. We don't want to move." Elizabeth agreed.
"Ladies, we are leaving now. I am going to send you to a new school and definitely not this one."
But no matter how hard Mrs Briggs tried, neither girl would budge.
*****
"That's just about everything." Faye said once she had shown her group around. "Will you like me to show you to the hall for tea and cake?"
"Yes please and thank you dear." Bulma smiled.
Tea? Cake? Vegeta had been having a terrible day. Why did he have to come? It wasn't his son, it was Kakkarot's.
"Hurry up, Vegeta!" Bulma shouted. "And can you carry Trunks."
"No I will not. He's your child."
Bulma had discovered that Vegeta liked to pretend that he didn't have a son until Trunks was old enough to fight. But because she didn't even make an effort to pick up the two year old, Vegeta had no choice but to carry him.
*****
"Rose, Elizabeth, if you do not come now, I will have to use force." Mrs Briggs called.
Neither moved. Mrs Briggs charged forward and pulled at Rose's arm. Elizabeth grabbed the other and pulled back.
"Help us." She begged to Gohan.
"You better not boy or I'll be having a word to your principal."
Still, Gohan grabbed her arm and pulled. Everyone starred as Rose was torn from side to side. Gohan gave Rose one sharp pull and both girls flew back, only to be caught by Gohan. Mrs Briggs, on the other hand, lost her perfect balance and fell down the stairs.
"Oh no, our mother!" Elizabeth cried.
Mrs Briggs went sailing down the stairs and collided with a group of people. Gohan hurried to help her to her feet, only to realize that Mrs Briggs had fallen right into Vegeta.
"What on earth are you doing?" He shouted to Gohan.
"I have no idea." Mrs Briggs huffed. "The children were having a tiff and sent me flying downstairs. I don't know about you, but I am definitely not sending my children here."
She looked down and saw the toddler struggling in his father's arms. "A bit too young to be considering school for, don't you think?"
"He's not going. We came to see him." Vegeta nodded to Gohan.
At that moment, Bulma, Faye and Chi-Chi came dashing up the stairs with Goten.
"Oh my goodness, look at my baby boy!" Chi-Chi squealed, wrapping her arms around her son. "All dressed up in his uniform.....he looks so big!"
Faye jumped, rubbing her eyes in disbelief. This was Gohan's mother? Of course, why didn't she see it before. It was the same woman in Gohan's pictures. And the one year old was Gohan's brother, Goten.
Gohan noticed Faye and gave her a sharp look. Faye immediately turned around to go. "How have you been darling? Oh you must introduce me to your friends! All of them!"
"Sure mum." Gohan smiled, happy to see her again. "Anyway you just met one of them. Faye is my......classmate."
"Not your friend?" Bulma laughed, taking Trunks from her husband.
"Not exactly."
They came into the hall where the year sevens and the other visitors were gathered.
"Now Vegeta, remember not to embarrass Gohan." Bulma whispered sideways.
Vegeta grunted and took a piece of cake.
"Hey Gohan!" Drew called. "Is this your family? Come and meet mine!"
"That's my best friend Drew." Gohan smiled.
They followed Gohan around the room and he introduced them to everyone. It didn't surprise him that Mrs Briggs, Elizabeth and Rose had decided to leave early. But despite the incident on the stairwell, open day had turned out better than Gohan had expected.
*****
Faye bustled through the crowd to find Videl. "Guess who I ended up with?"
"Who?"
"Gohan's family."
Faye gestured to Gohan standing with a large group of people. She noticed that two of them were in one of Gohan's photos.
"They're all really weird. Especially that tall guy. He's pretty scary actually."
Videl wasn't looking at them anymore. For some reason, knowing about Gohan's true identity didn't seem the least bit interesting to her anymore.
"Open day is fast approaching." He informed the school. Gohan could hear the older students groaning. "As most of you know, open day is the most important day in our school year for it is a chance for the public to get to know the school better. Therefore, I hope you will all be on your best behavior."
As he left the hall, Gohan overheard some older students complaining.
"Stupid fake day. Glad I'm not in year seven."
"Fake day?"
"Yeah." Said Drew, walking to his friend's side. "We call it fake day because we have to act polite and intelligent so that other people will want to send their kids here."
"Why is that bad for year sevens?"
"Because we have to be guides and show everyone around and stuff. Every year they pick a new grade to be guides and this year, it's our turn."
"Charming." Gohan muttered under his breath. "Just lovely."
That night, he received a phone call from Bulma. Something that he had definitely not expected to happen while at Ellawin.
"Hi Gohan." She said brightly on the other end of the phone.
"Hi Bulma. Why did you call me?"
"Because we heard that open day is coming up and we have great news! I said that I'll pay for Chi-Chi, Goten, Vegeta, Trunks and myself to fly over and see your school!"
Gohan gulped, not sure what to say. "Err...that's great Bulma."
"Good. I'll see you soon, Gohan. Bye!"
He hung up and hurried back to his room. He gulped, thinking of his family and friends coming to the school on open day. It's not that he didn't love them or ever wanted to see them again. It was just that he new that this could cause some serious trouble. Especially with Vegeta.
Gohan dreaded open day even more as the days wore on. How long did they plan to stay? Where would they stay?
"Why are you so glum Gohan?" Drew asked him after a while. "You haven't been the same since we were told about open day."
"My family are coming." Gohan muttered.
"So? What's so bad about that?"
Gohan laughed. "You don't know my family."
"Don't worry." Hiro said comfortingly. "My family are coming too and their a bit odd."
"Ditto." Drew patted Gohan on the back. "It'll be fine."
When open day arrived, the year sevens had to stand at the door in their full school uniforms and wait to be assigned to a group of people to show around. Feeling a lot like a tour guide, Gohan blended with the crowd in the hopes his mother wouldn't see him and go a bit....Chi-Chi like.
Brother Sydenham, who was in charge of the year sevens for the day, marched right into the crowd and pulled Gohan to the front.
"I think that you should take Mrs Briggs and her two charming daughters."
Gohan gasped when he saw the giant woman he would have to lead. She was wide, wrinkly and her red, gold hair was styled professionally on her head. She was dressed in a floral pink dress with a matching bonnet, decorated with flowers.
"Good morning child." The woman said in her most posh and formal tone. "These are my daughters Elizabeth and Rose. I am looking for a new school to send them to and I have my doubts about a boarding school for both males and females. It will take a lot to convince me to send them here."
"Err...hi." Gohan said stupidly.
Brother Sydenham laughed evilly. "I think you and Mrs Briggs will get on very well Gohan. Now off you go."
Gohan could hear him laughing as he made his way up the next flight of stairs. He smiled to the two well dressed girls that were hidden behind their mother. They were twins of his age who looked exactly like Mrs Briggs, minus the wrinkles and weight. They were even dressed exactly like her.
"So....what do you want to see?" He asked them.
"Everything. But first the girl's dormitories. I believe that will interest Elizabeth and Rose the most."
"Um....ok."
Gohan led them up the nest flight of stairs. Mrs Briggs put her white gloved hand on the banister and gracefully climbed the stairs. Her daughters on the other hand, tripped and giggled amongst each other the whole way up.
"Tell me Gohan, what is it like being a young man in this school?"
Gohan had no idea how to reply. "I suppose it's ok."
"I see. Face me boy." She inspected him from head to toe, then stood back with a frown. "Well you seem to be quite unkempt. I don't see how they could allow a boy to have such long hair."
Gohan embarrassedly opened the door into the girl's dorm and waited outside so that they could inspect it. The others were right. This open day thing was going to be hell.
*****
Faye watched Videl lead a young couple up the stairs. She was one of the last year sevens left standing and it made her feel awaked. She was glad to see a new group of people arrive at the front entrance and pushed to the front so she could be picked.
"Since you're so egger to take this group, I don't see why you can't." Brother Sydenham smirked.
The group consisted of two women, one with teal hair and the other with raven black. A tall, dark and sexy man that Vicky would have died for, and two toddler boys, both with very....original hairstyles.
"Sorry we're late." The teal haired woman beamed. "The plane was delayed so we were put off a bit."
So they had come by plane. Faye gave them a close look. The youngest boy, not much older than one, was strangely familiar. She reminded him of someone she had met before.
"My name's Faye. I'll be your guide."
"Oh nice to meet you Faye." The teal haired woman said politely. "My name is Bulma and this is my husband Vegeta, my son Trunks, our friend Chi-Chi and her son Goten."
Those names sounded awfully familiar. She knew she had heard of them somewhere, but where?
"Come on then. What do you want to see first?"
*****
"Well that was quite an experience." Mrs Briggs huffed as she came out of the girl's dorm. "Those rooms are terrible and not at all suited for young girls."
"I thought they were lovely." Smiled one of the two girls.
"Do not speak out of line, Rose." Mrs Briggs gave her daughter a disappointed look. "So what now?" Gohan asked rudely.
"Show us the bathrooms my girls will be using. Then the dining room, then the yard and finally the classrooms."
"Um....ok."
Gohan showed her everything in that order and every time Mrs Briggs pointed her oversized head into a room, she would inspect it just as thoroughly as she inspected Gohan.
"So now what do you have to show us, child?" She asked Gohan after he had shown her every last classroom.
"Well you've seen everything."
"Well then it is a very small school indeed. The last school Elizabeth and Rose went to was ten times this size. No, I don't think we'll send my girls here."
"But mother, we want to go!" Elizabeth complained.
"Don't speak out of line, Elizabeth."
Gohan, who had been slowly getting tired of this, burst out with a fit of sheer annoyance. "Elizabeth should be able to speak whenever she wants to."
Mrs Briggs fell back a step, shocked from Gohan's outburst. "Well I never. My girls shall certainly not go here. Come ladies."
"But we don't want to come. We like this school." Rose called back to her mother.
"We like our old school. We don't want to move." Elizabeth agreed.
"Ladies, we are leaving now. I am going to send you to a new school and definitely not this one."
But no matter how hard Mrs Briggs tried, neither girl would budge.
*****
"That's just about everything." Faye said once she had shown her group around. "Will you like me to show you to the hall for tea and cake?"
"Yes please and thank you dear." Bulma smiled.
Tea? Cake? Vegeta had been having a terrible day. Why did he have to come? It wasn't his son, it was Kakkarot's.
"Hurry up, Vegeta!" Bulma shouted. "And can you carry Trunks."
"No I will not. He's your child."
Bulma had discovered that Vegeta liked to pretend that he didn't have a son until Trunks was old enough to fight. But because she didn't even make an effort to pick up the two year old, Vegeta had no choice but to carry him.
*****
"Rose, Elizabeth, if you do not come now, I will have to use force." Mrs Briggs called.
Neither moved. Mrs Briggs charged forward and pulled at Rose's arm. Elizabeth grabbed the other and pulled back.
"Help us." She begged to Gohan.
"You better not boy or I'll be having a word to your principal."
Still, Gohan grabbed her arm and pulled. Everyone starred as Rose was torn from side to side. Gohan gave Rose one sharp pull and both girls flew back, only to be caught by Gohan. Mrs Briggs, on the other hand, lost her perfect balance and fell down the stairs.
"Oh no, our mother!" Elizabeth cried.
Mrs Briggs went sailing down the stairs and collided with a group of people. Gohan hurried to help her to her feet, only to realize that Mrs Briggs had fallen right into Vegeta.
"What on earth are you doing?" He shouted to Gohan.
"I have no idea." Mrs Briggs huffed. "The children were having a tiff and sent me flying downstairs. I don't know about you, but I am definitely not sending my children here."
She looked down and saw the toddler struggling in his father's arms. "A bit too young to be considering school for, don't you think?"
"He's not going. We came to see him." Vegeta nodded to Gohan.
At that moment, Bulma, Faye and Chi-Chi came dashing up the stairs with Goten.
"Oh my goodness, look at my baby boy!" Chi-Chi squealed, wrapping her arms around her son. "All dressed up in his uniform.....he looks so big!"
Faye jumped, rubbing her eyes in disbelief. This was Gohan's mother? Of course, why didn't she see it before. It was the same woman in Gohan's pictures. And the one year old was Gohan's brother, Goten.
Gohan noticed Faye and gave her a sharp look. Faye immediately turned around to go. "How have you been darling? Oh you must introduce me to your friends! All of them!"
"Sure mum." Gohan smiled, happy to see her again. "Anyway you just met one of them. Faye is my......classmate."
"Not your friend?" Bulma laughed, taking Trunks from her husband.
"Not exactly."
They came into the hall where the year sevens and the other visitors were gathered.
"Now Vegeta, remember not to embarrass Gohan." Bulma whispered sideways.
Vegeta grunted and took a piece of cake.
"Hey Gohan!" Drew called. "Is this your family? Come and meet mine!"
"That's my best friend Drew." Gohan smiled.
They followed Gohan around the room and he introduced them to everyone. It didn't surprise him that Mrs Briggs, Elizabeth and Rose had decided to leave early. But despite the incident on the stairwell, open day had turned out better than Gohan had expected.
*****
Faye bustled through the crowd to find Videl. "Guess who I ended up with?"
"Who?"
"Gohan's family."
Faye gestured to Gohan standing with a large group of people. She noticed that two of them were in one of Gohan's photos.
"They're all really weird. Especially that tall guy. He's pretty scary actually."
Videl wasn't looking at them anymore. For some reason, knowing about Gohan's true identity didn't seem the least bit interesting to her anymore.