Faith and Love of the Heart Chapter 1: First Day, a dragon ball z fanfic

Faith and Love of the Heart

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z or the characters. I do however own any and all characters, places, things, techniques, etc. that I create, I also own this story.

Chapter One: First Day

409 Mountain Area

Gohan awoke to his first day of school, he was beginning to regret ever agreeing to go to school. He knew everything he needed to know about what they taught in high school, however he wanted friends other than is father's old friends.

"Morning mom, I'm leaving for school now," called Gohan.

"Okay Gohan, be good," replied Chichi.

Gohan nodded and launched himself into the air and flew towards Orange Star City. He

transformed into his third Super Saiyin form and hid the Orange Star badge.

Earth/Orange Star City

Gohan arrived in time to see a robbery happening. He quickly dealt with the crooks and was on his way to Orange Star High school.

"Hey you, what happened here?" asked a girl.

"Huh, oh I don't know I just arrived. Why don't you ask the police miss," replied Gohan.

"Whatever," said the girl.

'Geez she sure has a snobby attitude,' thought Gohan.

Gohan walked the rest of the way to the school, when he arrived he picked up his schedule and headed to his first class. When he arrived he introduced himself and was proclaimed a geek. Amazingly he had the same class as the girl he met before. When gym class came around he remembered that he had to restrain his strength. He looked through his gym bag and noticed all he had were short-sleeved shirts.

'This isn't going to be good. If they see my muscles then I'll be hounded all day. I guess this is where Piccolo's training comes in. But I need to make sure nobody is looking,' thought Gohan.

Gohan checked around and quickly changed his shirt to a long sleeved one and his pants to a baggier pair. When he finished he went outside and groaned at who the instructor was.

'Oh, no, anybody but Yamcha. Why did it have to be him.'

He sent Yamcha a Vegeta glare and went Yamcha saw it, he paled and understood.

"Alright class, I'll be your instructor for the first quarter. My name is Yamcha and I won't give any autographs out. Now for the first quarter, we'll be doing martial arts. I didn't choose it, the principal assigned it for this semester. Each grade will be different and since you are the highest high school grade, you'll be practicing martial arts under two different instructors, me and the other I don't know," said Yamcha.

"Cool, so what do we do first?" asked a student.

"First we're going to test your strength, with this machine. It can take up to five million of

Hercule's strength. I have it set on maximum to test your current level of strength. I tested it and scored a two hundred thirty-four, which is pretty good. Now the first on my list is a Miss Erasa Rubber," said Yamcha.

"Okay, but I won't score much," said Erasa.

She hit the machine and scored a thirty-two, which was incredibly weak. Sharpner went next and scored a hundred, which was good. Every other student, aside from Gohan and Videl scored a little higher than Erasa. When Videl hit it, she scored a two hundred and five. Gohan was about to punch it, when Sharpner decided to embarrass Gohan, by ripping his shirt off. He and his friend carefully snuck up on Gohan and ripped his shirt in half, exposing his training tank top and all his piled upon piled muscles. Everybody was shocked at Gohan's muscles.

"He's probably on steroids to get those muscles. Not even Hercule has muscles like that

because his are all natural," said Sharpner.

"Shut up Mr. Pencil or you shall being seeing the principal for assault on another student!" snapped Yamcha.

Sharpner shut up and watched Gohan shrug and strike the machine with one quick jab, slow enough for them to see. He scored a two hundred and ninety-eight.

"Alright now everyone who scored higher than a ninety try again and this time completely focus on the machine, let nothing except you and the machine exist in your mind," said Yamcha.

Sharpner stepped up and focused on the machine and raised his score to one hundred and two. Everybody was impressed he could raise it at all. Videl focused and hit the machine, scoring a three hundred and ninety-five. When Gohan completely focused on the machine and let nothing but it exist in his mind, he punched the machine and scored a four hundred and ninety-nine. Yamcha quickly wrote down their scores and had them break off into two groups.

"Alright now, lets see there will be two captains per group. For group one captains are Videl Star and Gohan Son, group two captains are Sakura Shienhan and Lime Chun. Now each of you are going to be required, for this quarter of the class, to be able to lift between one hundred and five hundred pounds by the end of the quarter. Now captains see how much everyone can lift," said Yamcha.

Group A: Group B:

Gohan Son / Videl Star Lime Chun / Sakura Shienhan

Sharpner Pencil / Mirai Briefs Jacen Blaze / Jaina Blaze

Duo Shienhan / Erasa Rubba Harry Triad / John Hammer

Jake Berserk / Jennifer Fury Ashley Fury / Danny Ice

Brian Flame / Johnathan Ice David Fury / Matthew Saber

"Okay Gohan, since you and me are captains lets see who do you think should go first?" asked Videl.

"Erasa, she seems to be the weakest of the group and I'm sure she wants to get it over with, so she can go first. Lets try fifty pounds with her okay?" said Gohan.

"Fine by me, Erasa, your first, try lifting fifty pounds as many times as you can, straight up and down. When you get tired let me know and I'll lift the weight away from you, okay?" said Videl.

"Alright, Videl," said Erasa.

Erasa stretched her limbs and got ready to lift, when she finally did lift she nearly cried out in shock at how heavy it actually was. She was barely able to one, when she asked Videl to take the weight off her. Gohan wrote down Erasa at fifty pounds for one rep.

"Um, Sharpner your next, start at fifty pounds and if it is too light then asked us to put more weight on," said Videl.

Sharpner smirked at Videl flirting with her while she ignored him. He lifted the fifty pounds effortlessly and asked for another twenty-five pounds. It was still too light, so he asked for another seventy-five pounds, making him lifting a hundred and fifty pounds with a little bit of a struggle, but he was able to do it ten times before his arms nearly gave out under him. Gohan marked him down for hundred and fifty with ten reps. Next was one of Sharpner's friends, Jake Berserk, who lifted just as much as Sharpner. After him was Jennifer Fury, who lifted ninety pounds with twenty reps. The fifth one was Jonathan Ice who was another of Sharpner's friends who lifted the same amount as Sharpner, but only one less than him. After him was Brian Flame one of Sharpner's other friends who seemed to be the weakest of the group only lifting a hundred forty pounds with fifteen reps.

"Who's next Gohan?" asked Videl.

"Um, Duo Shienhan," replied Gohan.

"Shienhan? As in the son of the former World Champion Tien Shienhan?" asked Videl.

"Yeah, now lets put these at hundred and fifty, he's sure to have some better strength than Sharpner and his friends," said Gohan.

Duo started off at hundred and fifty pounds and in a couple of minutes was at three hundred pounds and sweating furiously as he lifted the weights for the fiftieth time and had Videl take the weight off.

"What did he score Gohan?" asked Videl.

"He lifted three hundred pounds fifty times, now how about you go next Videl, see if you can put the previous people to shame," said Gohan.

Videl nodded and had Gohan leave the weights at two hundred pounds and she lifted them easily and had Gohan put the weights to three hundred and fifty pounds as she did sixty reps with them before her arms nearly collapsed.

"Three hundred and fifty pounds sixty times Videl, I'm impressed. So far you have put everyone to shame. Next is Mirai Briefs," said Gohan.

"Mirai Briefs, as in the eldest son of Bulma Briefs?" asked Videl.

"The one and only, lets see how well he can do," said Gohan.

Mirai smirked as he easily lifted the amount Videl had been lifting, only using half of his normal strength. He had Videl and Gohan put the weight to four hundred pounds and started to sweat tremendously, he did seventy reps and had Gohan and Videl lift the weight off him.

"Wow, he did better than you Videl, four hundred pounds with seventy reps, now it's my turn," said Gohan putting the ki-restricting ring on

"Why did you put the ring on Gohan?" asked Videl.

"For good luck and because it helps me grip better. Leave it at its current weight," said Gohan.

"But Gohan you can't lift that much, no matter how many muscles you have, your still really scrawny," said Videl.

Gohan just nodded and lifted the weights effortlessly and had Videl put it up to five hundred and fifty pounds and was sweating more than Mirai as he lifted the weights up for the ninety-ninth time and pulled them back down and up again a hundred and one more times until his arms felt like the were cramping and he had Videl take the weights off him, with help from Mirai. He sat up panting heavily as he shook his arms out to try and loosen up his muscles.

"Amazing Gohan, five hundred and fifty pounds of weight with two hundred reps, you must have really worked out as a kid to get those muscles," said Videl, making Gohan blush a little.

Meanwhile Group two had finished as well with their record being three hundred and ninety pounds by Sakura Shienhan. Yamcha came over to have look at their progress and was surprised that they were done already.

"Alright captains from group one and two bring in your results," said Yamcha.

He looked at the charts to see that many of the students had already gone over the hundred minimal mark.

"Okay so far only six of you have passing marks. Gohan Son, Videl Star, Mirai Briefs, Lime Chun, Duo Shienhan, and Sakura Shienhan are the only ones passing so far. Now the rest of you are failing with a F, only a few people are at the turning point for a D, and none of you are at the turning point for a C. Duo Shienhan, Sakura Shienhan, and Lime Chun are closet to getting B's, while Mirai Briefs and Videl Star are closet to getting A's," said Yamcha.

"Yeah, the geek probably put his name down in the A area without really lifting anything," said Sharpner.

"Mr. Pencil, be quite and we have plenty of witnesses that say Mr. Son lifted five hundred and fifty pounds two hundred times. He is currently the only one getting an A in this class, you on the other and won't be passing this class for this quarter. Your earlier actions have gotten you suspended from my class, along with your friends here, now go see the principal this instant!" snapped Yamcha.
That afternoon once school was out Gohan was going to go visit Tien who was staying in town. When he was about two blocks away from the school he realized that Mirai had slipped his ki restricting ring on his left hand. He knew that Videl was getting suspicious of him and he couldn't risk her discovering the truth. He heard the shattering of a bottle and quickly turned around to see Sharpner and all his friends waiting for him.

"What can I do for you Sharpner?" asked Gohan.

"You can pay for getting me and my friends here suspended!" said Sharpner as he slashed Gohan across the chest with the broken bottle.

Gohan stepped back startled at seeing his own blood, he hadn't seen his own blood since the Cell Games. He dropped back into a fighting position, but someone came up behind him a slashed him across the back with a knife. Sharpner and his goons decided to take advantage of this and started to advance on Gohan, swinging knives, broken bottles, and baseball bats, each hitting him and causing him to bleed more and more, making him become weaker and weaker. When he collapsed onto the ground he was beaten more and more until they decided to leave him to die. Night came fast and with the ki restricting rings still on his hands, he barely had the strength to remove one and let his ki signature ring free for the others to find him. The cold crept onto him that night and he lost consciousness and then the nightmares came. The same scene replayed over and over in his dream his father was fighting Cell and his father sacrificed himself in an attempt to stop Cell, but he came back and Gohan defeated him, but that was not what caused the dream to be a nightmare. Afterward he could here his fathers voice telling him how disappointed he was in him and how he was ashamed to call Gohan his son. He turned to his friends and saw the disgusted look upon their faces and when he arrived home his mother had slapped him and told him how much of failure he was and how she would only put up with him, because he was her son. Then in a blinding moment something inside of him snapped, it was a power that was familiar, yet it was not a Super Saiyin power, it was a different path that made him stronger than his Super Saiyin Two form. The nightmare was obliterated and he knew instinctively that he had contained his power from showing on the outside of his dread, but the voice, it was like an angels voice calling to him. He awoke with a start to find Videl next to him shaking him gently.

"Videl get Bulma..." said Gohan.

Videl's PoV

I awoke that morning to a strange dream, what was really strange about it was that it was about Gohan.

Flashback to the dream

I watched as if through Gohan's eyes as he stood in the alley, a shortcut to get to his friends house, looking at Sharpner.

"What can I do for you Sharpner?"

"You can pay for getting me and my friends here suspended!" said Sharpner as he slashed Gohan across the chest with the broken bottle.

End Flashback to dream

Quickly I threw the covers off my bed and dressed. I quickly ran outside and uncapsulized my Jet Copter. I got in and ignited it and started flying over towards the school where my instincts told me that Gohan was at. I landed at the school and made my way two blocks from the school where I last saw Gohan going. I made my way into an alley and found Gohan bleeding to death slowly, he was crying in his sleep as words escaped his lips.

"No dad, please don't! No! It isn't too late! Its all my fault, my fault, no I won't let it consume again, never again, for those I love!" said Gohan.

I couldn't help myself as thoughts that I have never had about any boy before entered my mind. The thoughts betrayed me as I heard him say my name and then he looked at peace with his inner demons. The words that escaped his lips that time made me blush, he thought I was an angel, the most beautiful being he had ever seen. Then I gently started shaking him to wake him up and his eyes opened and he said, "Videl get Bulma."

I remembered from a tour I took of her home when I was a little girl that she had the most advanced medical bays in the world. I quickly pulled my cell phone out and dialed the number for Bulma Briefs' home.

"Hello?"

"Hello, yes is Bulma Briefs there? Its an emergency!"

"This is she what's the emergency young lady that you would call me?"

"Its a class mate of mine Gohan Son, he's bleeding to death in Star City. He said to call you, I don't know what to do?"

"Just hang and make sure he doesn't try and move, keep your cell phone on, so I can track you!"

Bulma hung up and I waited next to Gohan with his head in my lap as I saw the cuts all over his body. He was dying slowly I knew and my heart felt heavy as if it were breaking at the sight of the torture Gohan had to go through. His will to stay alive was astounding and deep down I knew that he would survive. About an hour later Bulma arrived and saw how badly Gohan was injured tried to pick him up, but something zapped her and she backed away. It seemed as if Gohan's spirit did not want to be moved away from me.

"Okay dear, what's your name?" asked Bulma.

"Videl Star ma'am, is he going to be okay?" I asked.

"I don't know, but you'll have to carry him he doesn't want to be moved away from you. I'll call your father and explain that your helping the police, I've already called them and his mother, they'll be meeting me at my place and the local police should be here any minute. Ah here they are, officers I'm taking this young lady and this young man to the Capsule Corps Healing Center, he'll receive the best care there, you know where to contact me," said Bulma.

Normal PoV

Gohan was put into the tank at Capsule Corp. while his mother dealt with Vegeta trying to get into a fight with him. She used the Frying Pan of Doom on him so many times that the thing cracked. Vegeta went back to his training grumbling about psychotic harpies. Videl watched as Bulma gave her a complete physical to make sure she didn't catch in viruses.

"Well Miss Star you're completely healthy no virus's what so ever. But who would do this to him and why?" said Bulma.

"Probably Sharpner and his friends, they're mad at Gohan for getting them expelled yesterday for assaulting him during Gym Class. Mr. Yamcha had them flunked from his class and they took it out on Gohan," said Videl.

"And you know this how?" asked Bulma.

"One, they have motive, and two, well they're really the only ones who could have done this to him. Gohan was able to bench press five hundred and fifty pounds two hundred times yesterday. Sharpner has been known to be the bully of the school to the smart ones, plus he's mad that he wasn't chosen for captain," said Videl.

"But you don't have any solid evidence, oh well it doesn't matter I'll sick Vegeta on them," said Bulma.

"You'll do what woman?" demanded Vegeta.

"Sick you on some pathetic beings who dare question your authority and dare to dishonor Gohan and his family. Not to mention that your son might be next and if he ends up like Gohan that will be a major blow to your honor," said Bulma.

"Who dares attempt to dishonor Kakorot and his family along with my own?" demanded Vegeta.

"A boy and his friends known as Sharpner, they ambushed Gohan yesterday and used weapons while Gohan was trying to defend himself in an enclosed area on multiple sides. Besides your son came in second for being strongest at their school yesterday," said Bulma.

"Really now, then if I see them tomorrow I will deal with them personally," said Vegeta as he left the room.

"Sometimes its good to inflate his ego, don't worry he won't leave the property, he'll just have Mirai deliver the message for him or he'll just use it has fuel for his training," said Bulma.

"Um, okay, well I have to be going now," said Videl as she started to leave.

Once she was out the door the machines started going haywire and sparking, causing the tank to start to malfunction. Bulma couldn't figure out what was wrong with the machines, but the power readings coming from the tank suggested that Gohan's spirit was causing it since Videl left. Bulma quickly ran and grabbed Videl's arm, stopping her from leaving.

"I'm afraid I need you to stay Videl, Gohan's spirit is driving the machines crazy since you left. If you don't stay and he doesn't calm down, then he may die," said Bulma.

Videl understood and phoned the school telling them she would be absent that day because she was helping the police in an attempted murder case she had gotten involved with. The school understood and pardoned her for the day. When she entered the room again she saw the machines sparking, but then they stopped and Gohan's vital signs stabilized.