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Unknown Destination
Chapter 1: A Mother's Concern
Chichi paced back and forth in front of the door occasionally glancing at the clock on the wall nearby, she looked at it again, and it was 12:23 at night. "Where could my Gohan BE?" She constantly asked herself. Any minute now she was expecting him to walk through that door, any second now...12:30. Getting tired of walking around she sat at the kitchen table which was the first thing you could see as you enter the Son residence. With a loud sigh she came to the conclusion that if she stared at the door hard enough it would make her baby appear...any minute now.
A matured Gohan dropped from the midnight sky thoroughly exhausted and creating a tiny crater where he landed. He lay there motionless until the music of crickets woke him from his daze. Lazily he lifted his left hand for him to read the time on his watch, 12:30. Damn! He thought, "How could it have grown so late me noticing? I know I was in deep concentration but was I that engrossed in my workout? I wonder if mom will get mad at me." Gohan got up and casually made his way home at breakneck speed. Unfortunately for him his mother was waiting for him when he got home. She actually scared him when he walked in to see two eyes piercing his very existence. She was vexed at the least.
When she was about to talk he winced at the expected onslaught of words that would flow from her mouth and hurt his sensitive hearing, instead she casually spoke as though nothing happened. "Where have you been young man?" She stated expectantly. Her tone troubled him more than her yell would, "I'm sorry mom. I really didn't mean to train this late but I totally lost track of time and didn't realize it till now..." He was going to continue his banter but his mother put up her hand as the signal for him to stop and when he did she looked at him with a hopeless gaze and sighed. "It's ok Gohan, just go to bed now and try not to do this again." She walked up to him and stood on her toes to give him a kiss on the fore head and left to go to her own room.
Gohan just stood there before he smelled a distasteful stench. He looked around to figure where it came from only to realize that the foul smell was coming from him. Sluggishly he made his way to the bathroom so he could take a shower.
The next morning Goten came running to Gohan while he was still asleep and jumped on his stomach to wake him up. "GOHAN, GOHAN WAKE UP!" the little demon called while shaking his older brother. Gradually one eye opened then the other only to look at the wide eyed and goofy grin of his brother. "Ughh, what is it squirt?" he used his affectionate term for his sibling. "Mommy said to wake you up so we can eat and get ready to go to Trunks' house!" Gohan looked at Goten quizzically trying to find out any more information, which of course he couldn't so he told Goten to jump off of him so they could eat breakfast. "YAY!"
Gohan got off his bed and walked to his dresser to at least get a shirt on. As he was putting it on his thoughts were on his dream last night. No matter what he does he always has that dream. The dream always starts off pleasant, but different every time. He could be sixteen and playing with Goten or six and flying on Nimbus but this time he was seven and with Videl. As he is having fun rain clouds roll in overhead and there's thunder and lightning. Everything becomes dark and Gohan is left alone, fear creeps over him. Suddenly his father is seen fighting Cell in the distance. Gohan tries to run to his father and help him fight but Cell sees him first and fires an enormous ki blast at him to try and distract Goku. Goku phases in front of the helpless Gohan in time to take the hit himself but the hit is too strong and Goku collapses. Gohan tries his hardest to revive his fallen father but Goku can't wake up. Then Cell fires a kamehameha wave at both Gohan and Goku. Gohan turns and tries to defend against the energy attack but he is too weak and is eventually overpowered, incinerating him and his dad.
Cell, the reason behind Gohan's behavior. Cell not only took his father away because of HIS foolishness but was also able to destroy the innocence of a child. From the first moment Gohan had his reoccurring dreams he knew he had to change. He could no longer be the naïve child he once was that played and had fun all day, that was not need of him anymore. What was needed was a strong fighter who could protect the earth in his father's absence. So the day Goku told his family he would not be coming back he trained needlessly practically all day. He was determined to not let anyone else down, not again.
Gohan took the final steps down to the kitchen where his mother and brother waited for him. He sat down quietly and without looking at his mom as she put his plate of food in front of him said good morning. In the blink of an eye Goten inhaled his food and was already reaching for more when Gohan only took his first bite. When all the food was finished, dishes washed, and Goten playing outside Gohan went to his mother. "Mom, Goten said we were going to Bulma's house today." Chichi gave a quick answer, "Yes we are dear, and why do you ask?" "Oh, I was just wondering why." He asked a little sheepishly, he may be the strongest fighter on earth but he couldn't escape his shyness. "Well it's been a while since I talked to Bulma and she thought it would be nice if Goten and Trunks got to play together. And she also suggested that you and Vegeta could train together so it was really for the benefit of everyone." She looked at her offspring and he gave a slight nod but before he was going to ask another question she answered it for him. "And yes we are going to drive, it's only three hours. I was hoping that you would drive in fact so you don't let that license of yours go to waste." Gohan could only agree.
At CC
The door to the gravity room slid open to admit Gohan. As always Vegeta was already in there waiting for him so they could spar. "Took you long enough to get here brat." Vegeta spat out like it was the foulest thing he ever tasted. Immediately the two saiyans got into a fighting stance and waited for the other to put their guard down. In his head Gohan thought that this is just what he needed to clear his head and Vegeta took the bait. In that instance when Vegeta thought the brat was thinking about something else he leapt at the chance to be on the offensive. With amazing reflexes he pushed off the ground to fly towards Gohan. He was about to land a punch square on the face when he had to turn around and block a barrage of attacks from Gohan, the after image slowly disappeared. Filled with frustration Vegeta transformed to super saiyan and temporarily halted his opponent's attacks.
Gohan stepped back a bit and slowly raised his energy as high as possible without transforming then awaited Vegeta's next move. The Prince of Saiyans used this to his advantage and put as much strength into each of his hits as possible. But Gohan was able to outmaneuver each attempt with his speed. Noticing that none of his hits were connecting Vegeta picked up the speed till the two fighters only became blurs of color to the human eye. As Gohan effectively blocked and added in a couple of his own punches and kicks he felt his normal state start to reach its limits so he prepared for a final attack. Gohan had spent days perfecting this new technique in hopes to experiment it on Vegeta, and this was his chance. With a grunt he pushed his speed past the limits to appear behind Vegeta undetected. Gohan aimed a kick to the back of the man's neck and while he flew through the air he shot a slow moving ki blast. Then zanzokened to Vegeta again to deliver another devastating blow to the gut and sent another slow moving blast. Lastly Gohan appeared in the direction his helpless opponent was falling and sent him a kamehameha. The energy pushed Vegeta back to where the two other blasts where aimed and all three joined together to hit their target dead on. All this happened within the time span of three seconds. In the end a much burnt Vegeta was left on the floor.
In a couple more seconds Vegeta came to and stood up hastily, he then wiped the blood that was trickling down the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. With emotion void in his feature he left the GR room and Gohan. When the door slid closed behind him he grew a deep scowl, then surprisingly the scowl turned into a grin. He of course hated being second best, especially to that baka Kakarot, but Kakarot's offspring was a different story. The brat in a sense made him proud knowing that one of his kind was able to become so powerful, he also like having a sparing partner that could keep up with him. Gohan did more than that though; he actually improved Vegeta through their constant battles. He would never admit to it but the spawn had gained his respect and they had an unspoken friendship. When he was about to enter one of the many rooms in his residence he heard the two women talking. He decided to stay hidden a while to get the goods on what they were talking about this time, it sounded good.
Chichi was wailing on and on about who knows what, she made no sense at all. Bulma tried to get a word in but Chichi's crying drowned them out. Getting extremely annoyed Bulma went to her last resort, yelling. "CHICHI! SHUTUP AND CALM DOWN SO I KNOW WHAT THE HELL THE PROBLEM IS!" Chichi in response blinked a couple of times while tears formed in the corners of Vegeta's eyes, he clutched his ears as though they would fall off; pain evident. "Oh I'm so sorry Bulma it's just that I'm so worried." "That's ok Chi just tell me what your so worried about." After clearing her throat Chichi began to tell her dilemma. "After Goku told us that he would stay in the Other World Gohan trained day and night. I let him do so thinking that it would help him let go of his frustrations. I thought that eventually he would go back to being my little Gohan and do more studying. When Goten was born he did stop for a while. But after Goten turned one he went back to his old routine. I was able to make him study and do chores during the day but he still trained at night. And it's been like this for as long as I can remember. Now Gohan goes around looking so depressed. I'm scared that he is! I want my baby to be happy but I don't know how!" Nearing the end Chichi wept and Bulma tried to comfort her. "Chi it'll be ok, we'll think of something, don't worry."
Bulma's eyes swept past the walls thinking of what to do. She spotted Vegeta near the doorway and he silently left the two women to decide what to do. "Hmm, poor Gohan he really took Goku's death seriously. It's so sad that the little boy with the bright smile has been overshadowed by this other Gohan. If only he was able to lead a normal life then maybe we could get the old Gohan back. Wait, that's it!" While deep in thought the brilliant Bulma once again came up with a solution. "Chichi, I got it! I have an idea that could make Gohan happy again!"
In Another Part of CC
"Hey Goten, I thought of the perfect plan to finally get your brother." Trunks and Goten were sitting on the floor of his room with playing with various toys. "Yeah right Trunks, that's what you said the last..." Goten pointed at his fingers trying to count the number of times Gohan had escaped their traps. He gave up when he past his last pinky, "Well that's what you said the last time and that time didn't work either." Goten continued to play with the toy soldier he had in his hands and acted like Trunks never said anything. "Come on Goten!" Trunks whined. He pulled out a long sheet of paper that he hid in his toy chest. "Look at this, all you have to do is get him into this room and I'll do the rest." Goten looked vigorously at the new plans Trunks had cooked up numbered 256 at the top of the page. When realization of what Trunks intended to do seeped into the brain of his the signature Son Grin formed on his lips. Trunks held out his hand in a shake and Goten took it anxiously. "Agreed." They both said.
When it was time for the Sons to return home, and the Demented Duo's plan to be carried out Chichi called for her sons. But as thought of before hand Goten told his mom and Gohan that he forgot a toy in one of the rooms and asked Gohan to come with him and get it. Gohan agreed and was followed down a long hall when he began to smell the sweet, sweet scent of steak emitting from the room he guessed they were heading for. As they got closer and closer Goten tried to hide his grin but soon it turned into a look of utmost horror. Just as Gohan was going to enter the rigged room Vegeta went in with his eyes closed following his nose. The door slammed shut behind him and he opened his eyes. He was instantly blinded by high voltage lights aimed at his eyes. Then loud screeching noises came from the walls as the ground began to rumble. To say the least Vegeta was utterly confused and in that moment a custard pie landed on top of his head with a plop. Safely outside and on his way back home Goten looked down at the floor of the car as he expected to get a call when they returned home stating that he was invited to Brief Trunks' funeral.
Now the Sons sat at the kitchen and silently ate their food, or as silently as they could. Every few seconds slurping and gulping and chewing noises came from both demi saiyans. When the ending of the meal neared Chichi took this as the perfect opportunity to present Gohan with her and Bulma's idea, or more likely cover it up with another reason. Gohan had got off his chair and was about to head outside after putting his dishes in the sink when Chichi stopped him. "Son Gohan you are not going to train tonight." Gohan stopped dead in his tracks and tried to process this new command, he was experiencing a meltdown. He stepped around to see his mother with confusion in his eyes. "Why!?" Chichi looked at him scoldingly, "Before you take that tone with me young man I want you to know that you need to go to sleep early tonight because you are getting up bright and early tomorrow to start you first day at Orange Star High School." She ended this statement with and accomplished beam. Knowing very well this woman that gave life to him he sat back down on the table and awaited further instructions.
"While I was talking with Bulma yesterday we realized that you never went to school in your whole life because I had always home schooled you. How do I expect my scholar to be a scholar if he never experienced school first hand? So Bulma took the initiative and enrolled you at Orange Star as a commuter. To make it seem as normal as possible you will fly most of the way to school then when you get into the city limits you will decapsule this car Bulma has graciously lended and proceed to school. Your book bag is already in your room filled with everything you will need and you uniform is on your bed. Go to bed now because school starts at eight and you should leave the house at seven." Chichi was expecting a shocked Gohan, heck she wanted him to be stunned to at least show some emotion but he wasn't going to. He accepted his fate with down cast eyes and simply said goodnight to his mom and brother then went to his room.
Gohan closed the door to his room and stretched out on his bed. He stared up at the ceiling in extensive thought. He didn't care much at the moment of attending school. It's just a daycare center for teens he thought. His trail of speculation veered in a different directly as he distinctly recalled a long lost memory from his past. He had wondered when he was younger how it would be like to go to school. He wanted to make friends his own age; he wanted to interact with all sorts of people. "Great now I can't sleep in anymore." He thought. Then the enormousity of the situation caught up with him. There would be hundreds of students going to school with him, how will he ever survive. A feeling washed over him that he hadn't felt this intensely in a long while, he was nervous. His mind turned over the many ways things could go wrong and he would be the ridicule of the school. Or...did he dare to think this...or he could have fun and make real friends, he could have a good time and finally act his age. Or not, it was turning into a make-or-break scenario for poor Gohan.
"Why do I care so much? Everyone there will probably be stuck up snobs. They'll all be plastic and most likely shun me for whatever reason they want. I'll be an outcast because no one can understand me. I should've known my life could get much worse." He dozed off to sleep.
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