Chapter Thirty- Hair
Gohan stared out the window as the dark planet drew in closer to their ship. He had been right. It almost scared him on his exact pin point of the planet. Gohan gripped the crystal he had worn around his neck now by a strong piece of leather. What other things could this thing do? Would it prove to be more dangerous than helpful? Gohan could only wonder…
With a slight thud, the ship landed on the rocky surface of the planet. Gohan felt Videl's hand grip his shoulder lightly as if to say she was with him. Gohan smiled slightly as he rose to his feet. He turned to face the beautiful girl and whispered, "I'm fine. Really."
"Yeah. Whatever." Videl replied smugly, "I know you, Gohan."
Gohan started to follow when suddenly he came to a dead halt. The way she said that… She sounded just like his mother. Gohan shook it off. It had to have just been a strange sensation. Videl wasn't that much like Chichi, was she?
Gohan reached the landing platform just as it extended. Out in the dusty planet was nothing but wasteland. Gohan let the stinging dust blow past his as the crystal gave off a faint glow. He smiled and walked out onto the planet.
The rest of the gang followed vigilantly behind the young teenager not as nearly as confident as he was. They all watched Gohan as he stepped out onto the dust ball planet.
"Are you sure this planet contains life?" Mirai Trunks asked uncertainly.
"Positive." Gohan nodded pointing off into the distance, "Look."
As Gohan stated this, a lone creature appeared out from behind a rock. It was a bright green color with big black eyes. It like a human without hair and enormous eyes. Gohan thought it looked pretty cute. It remained him of Goten strangely.
"Awe!" Videl and Chichi cried in unison.
"What is it?" Vegeta growled in disgust, "A stuffed animal?"
It let out a number of squeaks as several more just like him appeared. These other ones ranged from all colors of the rainbow to colors that no one could even picture. Gohan was quite impressed. They were exactly what the crystal had told them they would be. The smallest waddled up to Gohan cutely. It several cute squeaks and paused to suck it's thumb it spoke to Gohan. And, scaring everyone in the z group, Gohan spoke back.
"You can talk to them?" Videl said in shock."
"Well, yeah," Gohan said slowly, "Can't you?"
"Does it look like we understand it, boy?" Vegeta spat.
"Eh… I guess not," Gohan said sheepishly.
"It was welcoming Gohan into the tribe," Mirai Trunks smiled logically, "And giving Gohan a dinner menu."
Now it was Mirai's turn to be gawked at. Mirai Trunks blushed and stumbled backwards at their stares.
"I learned lots of languages on my travels through space. It comes naturally."
"Then how come Gohan can do it too?" Chibi Trunks asked, "And we can't?"
"Probably because the crystal was only for Gohan's use. It was a mistake last time when we all learned the language," Mirai Trunks assumed.
"Oh." Goku muttered, "So… what was on the dinner menu?"
As they entered the small village they received several admiring looks. Even Gohan hadn't the faintest clue to why. The little one lead past the small mud huts to a huge fire in the center of the town. Gohan guessed it was their main heat source but as Gohan drew towards it he felt no heat from it what so ever.
The creature that was leading them let out a small squeak and climbed up onto Gohan's shoulder faster than Gohan could have protested. They were extremely lightweight which probably lead to why they were so fast. The creature smirked and spoke to Gohan, "My name is Hi."
"Hello… uh Hi," Gohan smiled nervously.
Hi didn't seem to notice. He lifted a small hand to stroke Gohan's hair as he whispered,"So soft! Really soft!"
Gohan blushed slightly as sudden flocks of them rushed up to the group and began resting upon his friends shoulders touching their hair.
Goku had one on each shoulder and one sitting upon his head. He didn't seem to mind their company at all. But Vegeta was another story. He was disgusted enough with these creatures but they loved him since he had the strangest and longest hair in the group. Gohan counted at least seven trying to touch his hair as he tried to blast them away. Their speed was enough to keep them from being hit causing Vegeta much annoyance. Videl and Chichi each had one that had nestled with them. Both were fascinated with the creatures. Chibi Trunks had one that was his size that was petting his hair. Chibi Trunk sat on the ground his arms folded across his chest with the worse look of embarrassment and anger on his face as the creature stroked his hair. Mirai Trunks had two that were following him as he tried to get away from them. As much as Gohan enjoyed watching this he had to stop it.
"Uh Hi. My friends don't really like having their hair touched."
"Hair? Oh. Of course," Hi blushed, "I'm sorry."
Hi let out a small whistle and all the little light creatures rushed away. Hi jumped off of Gohan's shoulder and bowed an apology.
"We are not used to anything so soft."
"It's okay." Gohan smiled, "It didn't hurt them."
Mirai Trunks cocked an eyebrow at Gohan's words staring over at his father who was on the ground gasping for breath.
"Those darned creatures. Death to them all," He snapped still gasping.
The creatures turned out to be much like human children. They all were chipper and happy all the time. Over time, the rest of the gang was able to understand them better. Due to the fact that this planet was so comfortable, they decided to stay for awhile. In its orbit it would do in a week what would take their ship a month. Even the orbit of the planet was fast. Gohan and Mirai Trunks planned that in two weeks they would board out and head towards their destination. It was a perfect plan except for the fact that this species had many enemies…
To Be Continued
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