Breaking Chaos
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Chapter 2: Under Construction
Gohan closed up one of his study books and neatly placed it on top of several other ones when he heard the mechanical roar of one of Bulma's air cars. He glanced at the clock and saw that it was 11 o' clock am. Gohan hop-skipped through the house and ran outside to be greeted by the bright sun in the perfect mid-morning weather.
Bulma jumped out of the car, but left it running. She quickly questioned where Gohan wanted the GR, and he made some arm motions towards the forest. Bulma hopped back into the driver's side, and Gohan went around the car and got in the passenger side to drive the distance to the edge of the tree line. Once they got there after a few short minutes, Bulmer reached over Gohan's lap, popped open the glove compartment, and withdrew a small bag stuffed with capsules. The two got out of the car and chatted amiably as Gohan led the way to a clearing he had found to be the perfect location for his GR.
"I take it this is the place? Bulma questioned as she took in the scenery.
"Yep!"
"Cool. It's really nice here."
"It sure is! So what do you say we get to work?'
"You took the words right out of my mouth Gohan."
Bulma unzipped the bag of capsules and inspected them one by one. She threw some on the ground, while she tossed others back in the bag for another time. There were soon metal pieces, power tools, and construction bots all over the clearing.
"Well, the robots will take care of everything for now, so we don't need to do anything."
"Wow! Thank you so much Bulma! They're really going to build the whole thing?"
"Yep! And I told you before, it's no problem, so no need to thank me anymore!"
Gohan looked up at her and smiled a bit sheepishly. "Sorry. I just feel kind of bad dragging you all the way out here when you probably have important stuff to do."
"Nah. That's the good thing about being the boss. I can take off whenever I feel like it. I mean, it's not like we're going to go out of business or anything! I just decided to hang out with you guys today and left Trunks with my parents. So! Ya wanna head back to the house or hang around here for a while?"
"I think I'll just stay here and watch the bots work for a while. You go ahead and go back to the house."
"Ok, see ya later kiddo!"
About an hour later, the robots were nearly a third of the way finished. Gohan decided he'd seen enough, and ran all the way back to his house at breakneck speed. He quietly entered his house to see Bulma and Chi chi talking and laughing over some sandwiches.
"Hey Gohan!" Chichi greeted. "I didn't know when you'd be back, so I put some more sandwiches in the fridge for you."
"Ok, thanks mom!"
He quickly took the platter with the large pile of sandwiches on it and sat down at the table with Bulma and his mother.
"So what were you guys talking about?"
"Oh nothing really hun, just a bit of this and that.
"We're discussing baby names!" Bulma added cheerily. "Your mother insists it's a boy, but you never know! I'm trying to help her think of some names for it."
"No you're not! You're trying to find ways to torture my unborn child!"
"What! I am not! I happen to think Sun is a very good name!"
"And then my child will be called Son Sun!"
"So? It would be cute!"
"Yeah, when he was little! Can you imagine calling a twenty year old man that!" And what about when you suggested calling him Boxers!"
"…What's wrong with that?"
"Oh, never mind." Chichi huffed.
"Well, I'm sure you'll think of a great name mom! You still have about seven months to go anyways."
"Why thank you Gohan. At least someone has confidence in me!"
Gohan, having finished his lunch during the conversation got up and washed the plate. "I'm going to go upstairs and finish up some studying now, if you don't mind. Do you know when the GR will be finished Bulma?"
"It should be done and ready for use in another couple of hours."
"Good." He said with a grin. He went upstairs and began to think about his training. He'd been working hard on both training and studying lately. He would get assignments from his mom to be completed by the end of the day, but, with the exception of today, he was usually done some time in mid-morning or early afternoon. He would then go far out into the mountains and throw both his heart and his mind into training. So far, all he'd really accomplished was gaining better control of the Super Saiyan 2 level. He could now contain his energy, so that everything around him didn't blow up when he simply powered up. He was also more aware of the true power of the level, and how strong it could really be. During his fight will Cell, he was blinded by emotions and was attacking as a way to vent. But when you focused those emotions and set your mind to it…
Gohan opened the door to his room and was just about to finally finish up the little bit of study work he had left, when he heard some yelling from the living room.
"Mom? What's wrong?" He yelled.
"Gohan!" She called from the other room. "Come here! You've got to see this!"
Gohan came down and saw Bulma and Chichi sitting on the couch with the TV on. There was a news program on and Gohan stared at what was showing. Apparently, someone had caught him stopping the robbery on tape the previous day. Thanks to the miracle of technology, the fight was shown in slow motion so people could actually see what was happening. Waaaaay slow motion that is. It looked like everyone except him had become statues. The fight scene on TV finally ended, and the reporters at the station came back on. They continued to talk about the mysterious 'Gold Fighter' and the rumors that he was the delivery boy of the Cell Games, and about how people thought he might have been the one to defeat Cell.
"Gohan! What do you thing you were doing!"
"Uh, stopping a robbery?"
"But, but, you could have been hurt! And you're all over the news!" Chichi panicked.
"Mom." He said flatly.
Chichi grinned sheepishly. "Oh yeah. I guess you couldn't have been hurt."
"Yeah, and I did go Super, so no one will recognize me in this state next time I go to the city." He said motioning towards his hair and eyes.
"Oh, alright. Just don't make it a habit ok Gohan?"
"…"
"Gohan!"
"Well, I'm not going to go cavorting out there at every tiny thing wrong, but if I'm up there and I see or hear about something going down, well, I can't just ignore it can I?"
"Ok, just be careful Gohan." Chichi sighed. "My baby the super hero!"
"Savior of the world too!" Bulma added in. Then she said accusingly, "overachiever".
The three laughed for several minutes, and before they knew it, the segment of news that was dedicated to the 'Gold Fighter' was over, and the report had moved on to other business.
"Alright, I've just got a little more of the work you gave me to do mom, so I'll just leave you two for now, Ok?
"Yeah." Chichi said.
"Hey, if you aren't already down here by then, come back down around 2:30 and we'll go check on the GR Gohan!"
"Alright Bulma, thanks! See you later.
"Yo! Gohan! You alive up there?" Bulma screamed.
Gohan jumped a little and then pushed himself into an upright position. He blinked his eyes sleepily and then peeled something off his face. Apparently he'd fallen asleep at his desk doing math.
"Gohan!" His mom yelled this time. "We're ready to check out the Gravity Room now! Bulma said it should be finished!"
"I'm coming." Gohan walked down the stairs, still feeling a bit groggy, but was quickly shaking it off. "You guys go ahead and take the car. I'll catch up in a little bit." He said as he rubbed his eyes free of sleep. He didn't want to be dumb or anything, and most of the time he enjoyed learning new things. But other times it could be so boring! He heard the sounds of Bulma's car starting again, and he walked over to the cupboard. A growing boy did need his nutrients after all. Gohan took out an economy size box of crackers and began to devour them. When all of the crackers were gone, he threw the box away and went outside. The car was nowhere in sight, so he figured they made it to the forest already. He ran at a moderate pace, and popped up beside his mom at the clearing. What he saw before him amazed him, and made him proud at the same time. Bulma was putting away all of the equipment, and there was only one construction bot left, and it was painting a small CC logo near the bottom of the outer wall.
"Cool!"
"Bulma and Chichi were startled because they hadn't realized Gohan was there yet. Bulma was the first to speak. "Yeah, it's all done for ya now Gohan."
Gohan smiled at her, and then turned a hopeful gaze towards his mother. Chichi raised an eyebrow as if trying to figure out what Gohan's unspoken question was, even though she knew perfectly well what he wanted to do. Gohan kept shifting his eyes between her and the GR, trying to hint at it. Finally Chichi sighed and nodded to him.
"Yes! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" He ran to his new, personal gravity room, and gathered himself for a second before opening the door and stepping inside. Gohan began to walk around and inspect his new surroundings. He ran a hand over the control panel that was on one side of the room, while looking over the beige colored walls. It was exactly as he had imagined it. There were no windows, save for a tiny one on the door. Gohan looked up at the ceiling and saw a large black orb. That would be the secret to the extra gravity, whenever he got to that high. The burnished black material hid the machinery that was inside, but Gohan knew what was there anyways, considering he had invented it.
There was also a strip of black on the wall that was situated about four feet above the floor and ran all the way around the interior. It only protruded a few millimeters, but that was the thing that would keep people from sensing him while he was in the gravity room if he so chose to activate it. To him, the workings of it were quite simple, but to anyone other than Bulma, it would be kind of hard to explain. Even Bulma might not grasp the concept that well, since she didn't use ki herself anyways. It kept people from knowing where he was, and what he was doing, and that's all that mattered.
Gohan looked down at the control panel that his hand was still resting on and proceeded to turn on the machine. Some whirring sounds were heard as it started up for the first time, and the dim lights came on. He turned the gravity up to about 25, and walked around with ease, not really feeling the strain of the extra gravity on his body. Gohan took one more glance around the room, and then cranked up the gravity a whole lot, to where he could feel it affecting the speed and swiftness of his movements. He began to punch the air, alternating arms and seeing how fast he could go. This gravity room would definitely be a huge aid in his training.
/ 7 months later /
Gohan smashed the turner into the sandwich once more. He looked up at the clock and let out a sigh of frustration. It was 3:12 AM, and here he was making a nasty sandwich. About a week ago, Bulmer had insisted that both him and Chichi temporarily moved into their house so that they would be closer to the hospital when the time came. That time was any day now, and his mother had been acting weirder than ever. She had barged into his room at three o' clock in the morning and demanded that he make her a grilled plum and cucumber sandwich. How that idea came about, he would never know. He was just glad that he wasn't the one who'd be eating it because, to state it plainly, the sandwich reeked like the dead.
"Boy! What are you doing!"
"Shhhh! Vegeta be quiet!" Gohan said in a stage whisper. "You'll wake up the whole neighborhood!"
"So?" Vegeta questioned. He had lowered his voice anyway. "I repeat, what are you doing? Are you trying to poison someone!"
"No. Although I don't doubt this thing could do that." He said motioning to the sandwich that Vegeta was questioning about. "Mom wanted me to make this…thing…for her. I don't know why, so don't ask."
"Fine. You brat, will spar withme now."
"No."
"Yes. You will. I'm awake because of you."
"No Vegeta. I've been telling you I'm not going to spar with you sixty times a day since I got here, and I'm serious. I don't want to fight you now."
"You will do what I tell you, I'm the pri-"
Vegeta was cut off by an almost inhuman screech coming from upstairs.
"That was mom!" Gohan yelled. "What if this means-"
The scream sounded again, and was soon joined by the sound of Trunks crying at being woken up at such an unholy hour. Gohan rushed up into the room his mother was staying in and saw that Bulma was already there.
"Gohan! We've got to get her to the hospital!"
Vegeta, who had come up behind Gohan spoke next. "I'll get the car. Brat, you get her down there."
"You can drive!" Gohan yelled in shock.
"Obviously. Now hurry unless you want your sibling born in this house."
"Right." Who knew Vegeta really cared that much?
Gohan winced at he heard his mother scream again from a short distance away in one of the hospital rooms. He and the Briefs were sitting in the waiting room, all looking worse for the wear. It had been an hour already, and so far they hadn't heard any news of the baby. Gohan turned back to what he was doing.
"Hello there." He said in a funny voice as he moved an action figure around. "My name is super-duper! What's yours?"
The little blonde girl he had been playing with giggled, and started talking for her doll. "I'm Sammy! Nice to meet you Mr. Super-duper!"
Another boy came over from the other side of the waiting room, and picked up one of the toys as well. He looked at them apprehensively, before sitting down silently.
"Do you want to play too?" Gohan asked gently.
The little boy nodded.
"Cool. My name's Gohan."
"I-I'm Paul."
Gohan continued playing around with the two little kids. He had originally started playing with the girl, because she had been staring at Vegeta, and Vegeta yelled at her. When she began crying, Gohan went over and tried to comfort her, and when the girl stopped crying she wanted to play, so Gohan agreed.
"He sure is good with kids isn't he?" Bulma whispered toVegeta.
Vegeta grunted.
"He'll be a great dad someday. Or even a great dad to his baby sibling." Bulma laughed at a memory. "You should have seen him with Trunks this one time! They made such a mess out of that play city! You would have been proud."
Vegeta grunted again. He was not a morning person.
Suddenly, a doctor came out and got their attention. "Well, I'm happy to announce that there is a perfectly healthy new addition to the Son family."
Gohan gasped. "Can I see them now?" He asked quickly.
"In a few minutes, you can go in and see them."
Gohan stood up and walked over to the room. The doctor went back in, and Gohan followed him. Right there in the middle of the room was the most wonderful thing Gohan had ever seen. Chichi was propped upright against some pillows in the bed, and was cradling his new baby brother. Gohan nervously walked over to them.
"So what's his name mom?"
"Chichi looked up at her eldest son. "Goten. His name is Goten."
Wow. I can't believe I wrote this chapter so fast. Sheesh, it's only been a few days since I posted the first chapter! So, ya like this one too? It's a little more lighthearted, cuz it seems that I can't be very serious when I write. Heh.
Oh! And a HUGE thanks to all who reviewed chapter one! I really wasn't expecting that many for just the first chapter! Whew! Please review everyone! I'd really like to know what you think of it!