After Shocks

I skipped to straight after school for this chapter, just so ya know. That'd be too boring to do every single class!

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ

Chapter 3: Welcome to my Life

Finally, finally, finally, the last bell rang, and everybody went to their lockers to collect their books and folders for the daily ritual known as homework. With solemn faces, the four friends met each other in the parking lot and began to walk to Videl's house.

When they turned a corner onto a deserted street, Gohan finally broke the silence.

"Look guys, I'm gonna catch you later, I need to do something before you come."

"So see you in a couple hours" Videl asked?

"Yeah, bye guys!" and with that, Gohan shot off the ground and flew like a bullet in the sky.

"Wow" Erasa simply put it. "That's pretty fast. Can you fly as fast as that Videl?"

"Oh, no. No way. I can't even come near as fast as that" she answered. "The amazing thing is, he can go soooo much faster than that."

Glancing over and seeing her classmates blank stares, she sighed and began talking again.

"Look, I know this seems a little strange..."

"A LITTLE" Sharpener broke in.

"Yeah, ok it's just plain-out weird, but Gohan's a good guy, and I want you to hear him out before you make any more decisions about him, ok?"

"Whatever" was their reply.

"Well, you guys keep walking, I'm gonna fly ahead and prep the helicopter and get some snacks for the trip." Then Videl flew off as well.

"DOES EVERYONE KNOW HOW TO FLY" Sharpener yelled to the sky.

"I don't" Erasa piped up in a quiet and unusually shy voice.

"Uhh, we are the only NORMAL people left around here Erasa, I swear."

Meanwhile, Gohan was racing home in a record time.

Ok, ok, they won't be here for a while, that gives me plenty of time to figure out what to say to them. I hope mom doesn't get too mad.

Slowing down as he neared his house, Gohan began descending and landed a few feet from the front door. He inhaled and exhaled slowly, and then opened the door.

"Mom?"

"Baby! You're home early today!"

"Um, Mom? I have some friends coming over in a while. We're going to need some privacy if you know what I mean. They uh, heh, know my little secret, and you know..."

"Alright honey, I understand. I was going to the store anyway. You'll have to watch Goten though. There is NO way I can take him to the grocery store after what happened last time."

"Yeah, I remember the root beer incident. If I hadn't known better I would have sworn there was a thunder storm going on inside the store with all that belching."

"See you later honey!" Chi chi called as she walked out."

"Bye Mom" Gohan said still grinning from ear to ear at the memory of his little brother's antics in the pop isle.

"Hey Goten, could you come here for a minute?"

Goten came into the room of a chair with wheels and began to spin around and around.

"Wheeeeeee! This chair is fun!"

Gohan walked over and grabbed the back of the chair, effectively stopping the spinning.

"Aw, man" Goten complained. He stood up, but immediately toppled over from dizziness.

Seeing Goten laying on the floor with a startled expression on his face, Gohan grinned and helped him up.

"Thanks Gohan!"

"Hey, Goten, I've got some friends coming over in a while and mom is at the store. Do you think you could behave while they are over?"

"Yeah. Ooooo is your GIRLFRIEND coming over?"

"Videl's not really my girlfriend, she is just, well, I don't know. A really good friend that happens to be a girl. At least she still likes me. I'm not so sure about Erasa and Sharpener though."

"Why wouldn't they like you big bro? You're the coolest!"

"Thanks Goten, I'm glad you think so. Well, they found out that I'm, you know, different."

"Different?"

"They know I'm Saiyaman and the Gold Fighter."

"So? Why wouldn't they like you now? You're the same person."

Gohan was completely shocked at this statement.

"I-I, wuh, yeh, i'. You're right! You know, for a little guy you sure are insightful."

"Insi-what? What's that word mean?"

"Just-you made a good point," Gohan said laughing.

"Oh, well since I made a good point for you, you can make dinner for me! I'm starving!"

"Alright, just don't expect it to be as good as mom's cooking though!"

Later that evening:

"Gohan, Gohan, somebody's coming!"

"I know I can hear it. Those are my friends I told you were coming. You will behave right?"

"Yes big brother, I will. I'm just gonna go outside and play, ok?"

"Fine with me, just don't blow anything up."

After a few minutes had passed, there was a knock at the door. Gohan reluctantly got up and answered.

"So Gohan," Sharpener began after being ushered inside by Gohan, "why did you lie to us?"

"You mean about Saiyaman?"

"Duh" was Erasa's reply, "what else would he be talking about?"

"Right, heh. Well, I just wanted to be normal. I didn't want anyone to think I was weird."

"So you lied to us and kept it a secret?"

"Yeah. I didn't mean to hurt you guys, I just wanted you to be friends with me. I'm really sorry guys."

"That's alright" Erasa said, "but you need to answer some questions for us."

"I figured so."

"Ok, well, how did you get so strong, and how do you do all those fancy tricks, and how strong are you, and how did you learn to fly, and why did you call yourself Saiyaman, and how does your hair turn- "

"Whoa, whoa, whoa" Gohan said. "One question at a time."

"I'm like this because that's how I was born. See, my dad was an alien from a warrior race called Saiyans, my mom is human. That makes me half- alien, so..."

And Gohan told them all about his life. Even Videl was shocked at some points.

Once Gohan had told them as much as he thougt he should in order to answer their questions, Erasa brought up one of her previous questions that Gohan had failed to answer.

"So just how strong are you?"

"Well, I, um, how do you answer that?"

"Let's put it this way" Videl interrupted. "Seven years ago, HE beat Cell, not my father. Dad couldn't even phase Cell with his strongest attack."

YOU beat Cell!?!" Erasa and Sharpener exclaimed. "But Hercule's the World Champ!"

"Only of the people who were in the tournament that year" Videl said.

"I don't believe it, YOU...BEAT CELL?" Sharpener yelled.

"Yeah, I did" Gohan said looking at the ground as though he wasn't proud of the fact. Looking up at Erasa and Sharpener, he said, "look, you won't tell anyone else that I'm Saiyaman or the Gold Fighter will you?"

"Uhh" Sharpener said.

"Well," Erasa started "it's kinda too late for that."

"Yeah," Sharpener agreed.

Opening his eyes wide, Gohan looked panicked.

"You didn't. You're kidding right? Right!?!"

Seeing their guilty faces confirmed it.

"Oh no, you DID!"

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Hmmmm, what will everyone think of Gohan now?

Hey, this was a long(er) chapter! Yay for me! About 1,200 words not including this part! I'm so proud of myself.

Oh, and yes I think this is going to be a little bit of a Gohan/Videl fic. Not like mad passionate love or anything, I'm not good at romance writing. But maybe in the next chapter, or the one after that I will introduce some romance into the story.

I also sense another budding romance in the making. Hmmm. (Look at where Erasa was " unusually shy")

Also, I know these first three chapters came out pretty fast, but don't expect it to always be so quick every time. I had the 2nd chapter written before I put the first one up, and half of this chapter finished when I put the second up, so that's why it was so quick.

Anyway, Toodlez and Noodlez!

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