After Shocks
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Chapter 6: Danger Zone
In school the next day...
"Hey Videl, do you smell something weird?"
"Yeah I do Erasa."
"Man, it smells really familiar, I just can't put my finger on it. Or my nose rather! He he!"
You're right. It kinda reminds me of being at the lake."
"Yeah, that fishy smell!"
"GOHAN!" They both yelled at the same time.
"Just how much of that fish did you eat?" Videl demanded.
"Well, we had some for dinner last night, and my dad and my brother and I had a midnight snack, and then we finished it for breakfast today. Why?"
"YOUR FAMILY ATE A FISH BIGGER THAN YOUR HOUSE IN LESS THAN A DAY!!!"
That would be Sharpener of course.
At this, the entire class, including the teacher turned and stared at Sharpener.
"Sharpener, would you please keep your silly little stories to yourself. Fish are very, very, very, very rarely the size of a house, and one family couldn't eat that much anyway, so just do us all a favor and keep your mouth shut!"
"Geez, crazy kids" the teacher mumbled, turning back to the lesson.
"But Mr. Aquari, it's true!" Erasa yelled.
"Erasa! That's enough!"
"Well it is true sir." Videl said.
"Children! I have had enough of your fairy tales! I never would have expected you to lie Miss Videl.
"Uhh, Mr. Aquari, they aren't lying." Gohan piped up. "My dad caught the fish last night, and he, my brother, my mom and I just finished it this morning."
"Gohan," Mr. Aquari said in a flat voice, as if pointing out the obvious. "How can four people possibly eat that much. I'll tell you how, THEY CAN'T! Now drop the subject."
Gohan mumbled something and rolled his eyes, but the teacher caught it.
"Son Gohan! I have had enough of this! Get up here now!"
With his face flushing, Gohan walked to the front of the room and stood next to Mr. Aquari.
"Now why don't you tell the whole class what you just said?"
Gohan did nothing.
"Anytime now would be good. That is, unless you want me to call your mother."
Gohan's face instantly drained of color. "NO!" he screamed.
"Alright then, go ahead."
"Huhh! I said that we did, and my brother and my dad and I can eat that much because of genetics. It's from my dad, something about really fast metabolisms for energy for fighting or something like that."
"Ha ha!" some kid in the classroom suddenly burst out. "You're that weirdo kid who thinks he's half-alien! That's the stupidest thing I've EVER heard! Your dad's probably just some nut case who thinks he saved the world or something! HA!"
What happened next quickly changed his mind and that of any other doubters in the class though.
Gohan's temper went off again. This time though, it was worse that with Sharpener and the baseball thing. Waaay worse. He had insulted his father, who'd made so many sacrifices. Goku did save the world. Nobody was going to make fun of his father and get away unscathed.
A strange wind picked up out of nowhere, and swirled around Gohan, causing his black spiky hair to sway back and forth. The wind increased in intensity as Gohan remained unmoving, giving a death glare.
In a sudden flash, Gohan's black eyes became a piercing turquoise, and his hair extended and spiked higher, becoming a startling blonde.
Many gasps were heard from the class.
"So he really is the Gold Fighter" his sharp ears caught someone whispering.
The guy who'd just made fun of Gohan made some strangled sounding noises, and then made a dash for the door, panting like crazy.
Gohan simply moved his head to keep him in his range of vision, his eyes locked in place.
He suddenly seemed to phase out, and appeared in front on the door, blocking the exit.
The guy smacked right into Gohan and fell backwards on the floor, his eyes large and showing fear.
Gohan looked down at the boy, then at the teacher (who obviously hadn't heard the rumors about Gohan) then looked up at the rest of the class, and finally back at the cowering boy on the ground.
Gohan crouched down and looked him straight in the eye.
"Yeah I'm half-alien. Ya wanna do somethin' about it?" Gohan asked in a strangely calm voice.
"Uh, n-n-no Mr. Gold Fighter Gohan Sir."
"Good." And with that, Gohan stuck his hand out towards him.
"Aaiieeeeeeeee!" The boy screamed in a very high-pitched voice. He covered his face with his arm and prepared for the worst. Silence. Nothing happened.
He heard laughing and looked up at the class to see Videl cracking up.
"You dork!" She said through her laughter, "he wasn't gonna hurt you!"
The boy looked back at Gohan to see that he was back to normal, his hand still stretched out towards him and a confused expression on his face.
"He was just giving you his hand to help you up!" Videl continued, still laughing.
"Oh, he said, taking Gohan's hand.
After being pulled to his feet, the boy brushed himself off.
"Hi. I'm Phil."
"Well, Gohan will do fine for me, not any of this 'Mr. Gold Fighter Gohan Sir."
"Um, how come you didn't, you know, beat the crap out of me a while ago?"
"Cuz, I just don't do stuff like that. I guess you wouldn't know that though," he said chuckling. "I don't think anyone here other that Videl, Erasa, and Sharpener really does." Gohan said, now addressing the class. "I've been kind of secretive."
"Ahh!" The teacher yelled. "The aliens are invading! I have to umm, go...to this...thing. Meeting! Yeah, that's it! Really...importantokgottagobye!" and Mr. Aquari shot off out the door and down the hall.
"That was different." Phil commented. "So what are we supposed to do now?"
"Oo, oo, oh! I know!" Erasa yelled excitedly, jumping up and down. "You just said yourself that no one else here really knows much about you. So how about you answer any questions people have about you?"
"I guess that would be ok, as long as it's nothing too personal."
"Alright, I've got one!" Said a girl in the back named Natalie. "Are there really little green men? Do you know any?"
"Well, I do know some green aliens, but they aren't exactly little. Take my friend Piccolo for example. He's like 7 feet tall! See, there's this planet called..."
The questions kept coming for the rest of the period, and Gohan happily answered them all. For once, Gohan felt like he was finally starting to fit in.
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