Liquid Sunshine
Chapter 3: Recognition
Suddenly, an idea came to him. Gohan glanced at the large window on the left side of the room, near the front. It went from about three feet above the floor to a couple inches below the ceiling, and was as long as half the room.
That'll do.
The next thing anyone knew, the glass of the window had shattered completely, letting all the rain, and the powerful wind into the room, and a strange glowing yellow ball was hovering in the center of the window.
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The whole class broke out practically screaming bloody murder. The rain that had been pounding on the window was now drenched everything in the room, pushed by the powerful wind swirling around the classroom.
Forgetting all about their books, students grabbed a folder of two and covered their heads as they panicked and scurried to get out of the dark, wet, windy room. Lightning from the storm occasionally lit up the panicking students trying to make their way out.
Soon, all the students were safely out of the room with the exploding window and the yellow ghost-thing. All except Gohan that is.
He quickly caused the energy he created to dissipate, and jumped onto the windowsill. He spared a glance over his shoulder, and then took a swan dive out of the third story room, pulling up only a few feet above the ground. Gohan pressed the small button on his watch, and waited for the transformation to Saiyaman to occur. Nothing happened. He pressed it again without looking, and again waited. Again, nothing. He looked down at his watch, and to his utter horror, his watch was slightly crushed, and emitted a small blue spark at every drop of rain that made contact.
Oh man! I must've broken it in that spar with Goten yesterday! I can't believe I forgot to take it off! I guess the Gold Fighter will make a return appearance today. He thought, mentally sighing, and powering up to Super Saiyan to hide his identity.
He flew as fast as he could towards the crime scene, sensing that Videl had just arrived herself.
As he came onto the rainy scene, Gohan saw Videl, fighting a large man in a ski mask. She was completely drenched, and her hair kept whipping around, slapping and sticking to her face. Another man came up and attacked Videl behind, but she blocked his punch. Now trying to fight off two men at the same time, she was taking more hits.
Suddenly, a golden flash shot in front of her, and then to her side where she was fighting the criminals. Panting for air, she looked over and saw her two attackers lying unconscious on the ground a few feet away, and the Gold Fighter standing in the midst of them. He was standing sideways with his head slightly in her direction. He had a look of anger and concentration on his face, and his strange turquoise eyes seemed to be looking straight through her. His hair was still defying gravity, and the rain didn't seem to be making contact with his body, but fizzed upon touching an aura he seemed to be surrounded in. He disappeared from view, and several more thuds and yells of pain could be heard in the distance. She strained her eyes, but it was useless against the endless waterfall from the sky, which seemed to have increased in intensity. With her hands on her knees, she kept looking straightforward to where the sounds were coming from. Slowly, a gold blur approached her, and once it was a few feet away, she could see that is was the Gold Fighter again.
"Uhh, excuse me miss" a gruff voice said to her. It sounded as though he were trying to disguise his voice. "Are you alright?"
Videl looked up, right into the face of the warrior, and for a second, she thought of Gohan.
"YES OF COUSE I'M ALRIGHT!" She screamed, jumping away from his out stretched hand.
She stared for a moment at his face, again thinking of Gohan. She took a step closer, and could definitely see some resemblances.
Suddenly, as if he realized what she had been doing, the Gold Fighters eyes opened wide, and he took a step back from her.
"Umm, wait...I uh…think I hurt my ankle a little." Videl said, in an attempt to get him to stay. "Could you maybe help me over to my copter over there?" She asked pointing to her left.
Gohan had indeed realized she recognized him a little bit, but agreed to help her over to her copter, knowing full well that there was nothing wrong with her ankle. He couldn't just refuse to help though. When there were almost to her copter, another bright lightning bolt lit up the sky.
Gohan stared at the sky, and then sighed. As much as he didn't want to… "Um, Videl?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't think it'd be a good idea if you flew in that thing again, considering the lighting…"
Videl put her hand on her hips and glared at him angrily.
"And just what do you suggest I do! Stand here all day!?!"
Gohan sighed again. He didn't want her to get hurt, but…. "Well, I could…um…carry you? To school again?…maybe?"
Videl glared at him again. This would be the perfect opportunity to find out if he was Gohan. She knew she was probably thinking like a crazy person. How could black-haired Gohan possibly change his hair to Gold, and his eyes to that eerie turquoise? Whatever she thought. It'll be cool to fly.
"Sure, that'd be great." She finally answered, and capsulated her vehicle.
Gohan easily picked her up bridal style, and levitated a couple feet off of the pavement. He glanced down at her, and then shot off into the sky.
This is amazing! Videl thought. She looked down at the ground below her quickly speeding by, and then up at the Gold Fighter. Again, she fleetingly saw a resemblance to Gohan. She moved her head so it was level, which put her staring right into her left side of his chest. Her eyes bulged open. She was looking straight at the same vest that Gohan wore, and the Orange Star High School badge, in the same place that Gohan wore it. This is crazy! Gohan can't be, I mean, that's impossible right?
"Gohan?" She said looking up at his face again.
"What was that?" He asked nonchalantly.
"Oh, nothing she quickly said."
Ugh, I can't believe how stupid I am! Gohan, the Gold Fighter, yeah right! Not even in his dreams! I need more sleep.
They arrived at the school quickly. Gohan dropped her off at the front entrance, and then promptly flew off over the school.
Once he was over the roof, and was sure Videl couldn't see him, he landed on the roof and went down the stairs, still keeping himself dry so as not to arouse suspicion. He saw the students of the class he had been in standing in the hallway, chatting loudly about what had happened, and Gohan silently slipped in amongst them. After a minute, Videl joined them, and demanded why they were all standing in the hall. A few of the students quickly filled her in on the details.
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HISTORY
Once the bell had rung for their next class in a different room, the teacher got everyone's attention. Their history teacher, who was also their gym teacher, made a quick announcement.
"Ok, as I've been reminding all of my gym classes, our wilderness campout is coming up tomorrow. As I have said countless times, we will be leaving in the morning, so anyone who is going will be missing all of their Friday classes. The trip will go all weekend, and we will return Sunday night. So please DO NOT forget about this. Some of you really need this for the extra credit." He said, looking at Gohan for the last part. "How well you cope on this trip will determine how much extra credit you get, so come prepared!"
"Chh! I still can't believe you're going nerd!" Sharpener said to Gohan. "You'll probably be crying for your mommy 5 minutes into it!"
"Hey! No I won't!"
"Yeah right Mr. I-couldn't-pass-gym-class-if-my-life-depended-on-it."
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Ehhh, yahh, I know. How unoriginal of me. Wilderness Camp. I was temporarily out of ideas though! He he he…wilderness campwill be fun though…mwah ha ha ha!
!!!REVIEW PLEASE!!! If you feel like it, please tell me if you like the wilderness camp idea or not. I may go back change this chapter to make it something else, if everyone thinks it is stupid and lame. If I can think of another idea that is…
