Breaking Chaos
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Chapter five: Introduction
Gohan clung to the side of the car for dear life. He didn't know where his mother learned to drive. For that matter, he didn't know if she had learned to drive. They were going up to have him take those entrance exams, and then Chichi would take him to go get his license. It's a good thing Bulma had been practicing driving with him, or he would never get his license by the way Chichi was driving. It was insanely busy on the roads, but in their lane, the closest someone had dared to come was a full 300 feet. The car suddenly lurched to the right and the tires screeched deafeningly. For crying out loud! Vegeta drove better than this, and he was an alien prince!
"Here we are Gohan! This is it!" Chichi called back.
Gohan let go of the breath he hadn't realized he was holding, and off handedly wondered how long he'd been holding it. He slowly unbound his fingers from the side of the car and then hopped out. Why they couldn't have just flown or taken the Nimbus, he didn't know.
"Go on inside, I'll be waiting for you out here."
Taking a deep breath to relax himself, Gohan walked into the building and was instantly greeted. He was directed to a room where he was to take the test, and then left there with only a couple of pencils, the test, and a scantron sheet. Gohan looked down at the first question and laughed. That was so simple, a baby could answer it! What are the values for the azimuthal quantum number? Please, that was simple Chemistry One stuff. He filled in the bubble on the scantron, and then looked at the next question. Gohan scoffed at it, and then zipped right through the entire test in fifteen minutes. He picked up the papers and pencils and poked his head out of the room to look for that lady who had brought him here.
"Hey! Kid, you're not supposed to leave until you're done with that!" She yelled from the room across the hall.
"But miss, I am done!"
"No you're not, it's only been like, twenty minutes or something."
Gohan walked over to her and handed her the completed test, and then walked out to the car where his mom was without waiting for an answer.
"Well that was certainly fast." She said as he got back in the car.
"Well it was really easy."
"Ok. Now let's go get you your license!"
Twenty minutes later had Gohan taking the test, and 45 minutes after that, he had given the office the slip saying he passed and was issued his license.
"Mom? You wouldn't mind if I drove us home would you?"
"Of course not! I bet you just want to drive around and show off for all the girls!"
"Not really." I just don't want to die of a heart attack caused by your driving!
Goten sat perched on his hands and knees on the rising and falling surface of Gohan's chest. He leaned in until their faces were only centimeters apart and gently blew on Gohan's face. Gohan's one rebel bang fluttered around and tickled his face, bringing Gohan to the realm of consciousness.
"Whoa! Oh, hi Goten." Gohan started when he awoke to his brother's face right above his own.
"Good morning sleepy brother head! Mommy says you gotsta get up 'cus you gotta go to that fishy place!"
"Fish? What are you talking about?"
"Mommy says that the little fishies swim in a school! So you gotta go there!"
"Oh, I get it. Good one Goten! Now, could you please get off of me so I can get ready for school?
"Oookie dokie Gohan!"
Gohan pulled out a black pair of pants and a red shirt from his closet. They were some of his new clothes, so he hoped they looked at least somewhat decent. Everything goes with black, so it was all good. He picked up the messenger bag Chichi had given him for carrying his school supplies, and trudged down to the kitchen.
"Well good morning hun? Sleep well?"
"Sure."
"Here's breakfast. Now eat up! It's your first day of school!"
"Whoo." Gohan dug in without saying another word. He was not too happy with her at the moment, and was giving her his own version of the cold shoulder. "Thanks for breakfast mom." He said dully.
"You're welcome! Now get your little buttinski over to school and make some friends! Or some girlfriends!"
Gohan looked up at her and sighed. "Bye mom. See you in…eight hours."
Gohan flew to one of the spots he had deemed safe to land, and was about to walk out and activate his car, when the oh-so-familiar sounds of criminals wreaking havoc upon the city were heard.
Over the years, Gohan had often assisted in such problems, but he hadn't been doing much of that lately- lately as in only a couple of times in the past year. He speedily popped into the form of Super Saiyan, assuming the identity of the Gold Fighter. Gohan rounded the corner and crossed the street to see what was happening. He had been ready to go at it, but the situation was already being handled by someone else, surprisingly. He came up beside one of the officers to watch the scene, in case he was still needed.
A short girl with the striking blue eyes and long black pigtails was trying to take on all of the criminals. An elbow to the face here, a kick to the gut there, an-ow…that had to hurt. Things had been going well, until she was caught unaware and a gun had been leveled at her head.
"Make one little move missy, and your head will be blasted apart!"
Another man regained consciousness in the lull of fighting, and was quick to take up a weapon and aim it at her as well.
"Excuse me." Gohan said, finally stepping forward. "But I'll have to disagree with you on that one."
"G-guh-gold Fighter!" The first criminal stuttered. "Please don't hurt me! I'll be good! I promise!"
"Yes you will. I'm sure you will- in jail."
Criminal number one looked down, and was greeted by a sharp upward thrust of Gohan's fist, effectively knocking him unconscious.
"Well I don't plan on goin' so peacefully." Criminal number two said, with the gun now aimed at Gohan. Gohan just grabbed the gun and crunched it in his hand too fast for the guy to comprehend. The black haired girl threw a kick to the guy's head from behind him, and watched as the criminal slumped down to the pavement and into unconsciousness.
The two crime fighters just stared at each other, before some police stepped in and offered their congratulations to the two.
"Hey there Mr. Gold Fighter!" Said one of the officers. "We haven't seen you around these parts for a while! I take it you met Videl here? She started helping us out a while back."
"Oh, hi Pete. I guess I was busy or something. And no, I really haven't met…Videl you said?"
"Yeah that's me!" She nearly yelled. "Look Golden boy, I don't need your help."
"Could have fooled me." Gohan said cockily.
Videl decided to use her trademark glare, which could make anyone back down and want to run away. Her glare was only met by a glare tantamount to hers, of icy, piercing aqua eyes. For the first time as far as she could remember, she was the one to look away.
"Anyways, I wanted to compliment you about what you did back there." Gohan said. "You did alright."
"Alright? That's it? I'm mediocre? I didn't see you doing any better!"
"Hey, I just wanted to see how you'd perform on your own, so I didn't step in at first!"
Videl's watch beeped a few times before she pressed the little button to shut the alarm off. "Shoot! I'm late for school!" She started to run off, and then stopped and turned around. "Gold person, or whoever you are, we will talk about this later."
Gohan took to the sky and went back to where he was before the crime, dropped down to normal state, and finally got out his car and drove to school.
Gohan looked up at the giant orange star on the building, and then proceeded inside to the empty hallways. He walked to the guidance office, and got the attention of the secretary.
"Excuse me, I'm new here, and I need to get my schedule."
"Ok, what's your name?"
"Son. Gohan that is."
"Here you are!" She said when she found his name in the pile of the few unclaimed schedules. They're still in homeroom- scratch that." She said as the bell rang. "First period is about to start. This is your locker and combination." She said as she handed him another slip of paper. "And here is a pass to your first class. I have a feeling you'll be needing it."
Gohan then looked down at the three pieces of paper he held, and then walked out to go find his locker and his class.
"393…354…292…ah, here it is, 286." Gohan entered the combination and opened the empty locker. A dank smell floated out of the rust encrusted locker. Gohan cringed, but emptied some folders and his bag into the locker and flipped the door closed as soon as he was done.
"Ok, now to find classroom 205." He looked to his right and immediately saw 209. He looked to his left and saw 207, but then took a step back and spotted 205. Gohan walked the short distance to the classroom and peered inside through the small window in the door. They didn't seem to be doing anything, so he opened the door, and was the target of the stares of about 30 people.
The teacher shuffled through some papers until he got to the list of students in his class. "Ah, you must be Son Gohan?"
"Yes sir." Gohan said as he handed the teacher the pass.
"Ok, well I'm not assigning seats, so you can just sit wherever there's an open seat. Let's see, how about over there with Erasa? Erasa? Will you please raise your hand?"
A girl with short blonde hair half-heartedly lifted her hand, and Gohan walked over and took the empty seat next to her. The girl's eyes were half closed, and she yawned before shaking her head as if to clear it of sleepiness. She finally looked over at her new classroom neighbor and her demeanor immediately brightened.
"Hi, I'm Erasa! Who are you?"
"Hey, I'm Gohan."
"Cool, nice to meet you. These are my friends Sharpner," she began, pointing down the row at a longhaired blonde boy, "and that's Videl! I'm sure you've heard of her, her pop is the one and only Hercule!"
Gohan gave the Videl girl the once over, recognizing her from earlier that morning but pretending not to. "Hercule? Oh. I'm…sorry?"
Needless to say Erasa was quite perplexed at his statement. "You're…what? Why would you- huh?" She stopped talking and just stared at him and blinked in silence.
"Ok people." The teacher suddenly said. He began to pass out sheets of paper. "These are my rules and grading policy. Since this is an advanced English class, I assume you can all read, so look over these, and ask me if you have any questions. The rest of the period is yours, but keep it quiet."
Erasa looked back at Gohan, speaking once again. "So I take it you're not a big Hercule fan?"
"No, not really." Gohan said with a hint of disgust in his voice.
"Well, I guess that's all right. I mean, not everyone is. I was just surprised because most people around here are huge fans! I mean, it is Satan City after all!"
"At least someone around here has some sense." Videl said, making herself known for the first time. "It's disgusting how people fawn over him." She rolled her eyes and made a face. "So Gohan, I haven't seen you here before, are you new?"
"Yeah. I was always home schooled before, and my mom got this bright idea to send me to public school so I could get a real high school degree that would look better for college." Gohan shrugged to emphasize his lack of caring about the subject. "So here I am."
"So," Sharpner interjected. "Have you ever played any sports? You look like you at least work-out sometimes." It was true. While Gohan's current outfit didn't hide his physique, it didn't show it off either.
"No, I've never played any sports. I do martial arts though."
Videl perked up and looked at Gohan in surprise. "Martial arts? Really? Are you any good?"
Gohan shrugged again. "I guess so."
"Well I know you didn't learn at my father's do jo, so I'd be interested in seeing your technique sometime." Videl scoffed in disgust again. "Most of my dad's students just stare at themselves in the mirror most of the time anyways. True, there are a few who are actually pretty good and can be a challenge once in a while, but the majority are just as egotistical as dear old dad." Videl sighed and rolled her eyes yet again. "I don't know where he gets off doing that kind of crap."
"Sounds like fun stuff." Gohan said sarcastically.
"You don't know the half of it. Crazy reporters always hanging around and trying to get the latest scoop, half-dressed women trying to snag him for the money and fame, yuck."
"Hey Gohan, can I see your schedule real quick?" Erasa asked.
Gohan pulled it out from under the cover of his assignment notebook and handed it over. "Sure, why?"
"I want to see what classes we have together." She looked over it for a minute, while comparing it with her own schedule. "Wow, you must be pretty smart! All these advanced classes! You probably have a lot with Videl."
Hearing this, Videl got out her own schedule and set hers on the desk in front of Erasa as well.
"Yep, you two are in almost all the same classes. Hey, we all have lunch fifth period! Great! What about you Sharp?"
Sharpner held out his folded schedule between two fingers, and Videl grabbed it and put it alongside the other three schedules.
"Yay! You have lunch fifth too! Oh, do you wanna sit with us Gohan?" Erasa asked in earnest.
"Sure, why not?"
"Sweet! If it's warm, we usually go outside and sit at the table below that big oak tree. If the weather's bad, then we sit at one of the tables at the far end of the cafeteria, just so you know in case we get separated and you can't find us."
"Alright, thanks."
"Ok, let's see what we have next. Hey, all four of us have keyboarding next! That's the easiest class, the only things you have to learn are the formats for memos and reports and letters and stuff, but we don't even start those for a while."
"Really? I just signed up for that to get a business credit."
Suddenly the bell rang, ending the 40-minute class.
"Well that was fast." Erasa commented. "Come on Gohan, I'll show you where keyboarding is, you don't need to go to your locker."
The rest of the day until lunch went pretty much the same as first period. It was the first day for everyone so, as Erasa explained, all they do on the first day is get the rules and grading policies from all the teachers.
Gohan was currently staring at the chalkboard blankly with his eyes glazed over. He looked over at the clock, and then sighed in relief as the bell rang at just that moment. He collected his new pre-calc book, and walked out of the classroom along side Videl. It was finally lunch, and all of last period his stomach had been making weird growling sounds. It was a good thing he was already well versed in that subject as well, because he had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything other than his stomach fourth period.
"So do you have money, or did you bring a lunch Gohan?"
Gohan looked down at the girl for a moment, and then went back to looking down the hallway. "I brought lunch."
"Good, because the school food is nasty. And it's Monday, so that means it will be something with chicken. It's probably chicken caboose, AKA chicken butt sandwich."
"Oh that sounds wonderful Videl." He said sarcastically.
"Oh, but it is wonderful Gohan. Wonderfully nauseating anyways."
Gohan laughed, and then realized he was at his locker already. He opened the musty smelling locker again, and pulled a paper bag lunch out of the main part of his bag while staying as far away as possible.
"Ugh! Geez! What flippin' died in your locker Gohan!"
"I have no idea. It vaguely reminds me of rancid milk though."
"I thought the janitors cleaned the lockers during the summer! Obviously not! Someone stupid probably took their milk carton to their locker after lunch and just left it there for the entire summer, and the smell is just permeating through this whole section of lockers."
Gohan shut the door with the tip of his foot and began following Videl, who was waving her hand in front of her face. "Man Gohan, I pity you sooo bad!"
Just then, they reached Erasa's locker where Sharpner was leaning against some other lockers while Erasa got all of her things situated.
"Ready to go guys?" Erasa asked chirpily.
"Oh, hold on, I need to get something from my locker first. I just remembered. I'll meet you guys in the courtyard ok?" Gohan said.
"Ummm, ok?" Erasa answered, slightly confused at the abruptness of the comment.
"Have fun at the pit of doom Gohan!" Videl called, leaving the rest of them behind.
"Gohan sighed and then ducked into the men's restroom as soon as they went around the corner. He placed two fingers two his forehead, and suddenly appeared in the kitchen of his house, giving Chichi quite the surprise. Stupid fitting in rules mom made up. He thought, pulling a capsule out of the bag, opening it, and scarfing the contents as fast as he could. Gohan stood up and folded the paper bag over again, and then put his fingers back up to his forehead. He tried locking in on the ki of someone at school, but the only one he was really able to find very easily was Videl's. Here goes.
"-wonder what happened to Gohan? I thought he was just going to his locker." He heard Erasa saying. Gohan looked down and smiled. He didn't want to pop up in the midst of them, and had inadvertently landed in the perfect spot- a tree right above the trio.
"Well I came back from my locker, and I'm here now Erasa!"
The three jerked their heads up to see the new kid casually lounging on a branch above them.
"How the heck did you get up there! When did you get up there!" Sharpner yelled in shock and bewilderment.
"By climbing and just now." He answered nonchalantly. Gohan decided to join them at the table, so he leaned over and slid partway off of the branch, and hung upside down by one leg for a split second. He quickly flipped right side up while dropping the rest of the way down, and landed perfectly on his feet with the grace of a cat. Gohan tossed his bagged lunch with a normal amount of food in it on the picnic table next to Videl and sat down and began eating at an expected pace.
"That…was sooo cool!" Erasa finally squealed. "How did you do that!"
"He said he did martial arts Erasa, so obviously he knows at least some gymnastics!" Videl said exasperatedly. "I can do that to a similar degree too you know."
"Oh yeah. Well I just didn't expect something like that from him, that's all! Anyways, I keep hearing that the Gold Fighter finally made an appearance again today!"
"Yeah, yeah, he did. I was there." Videl responded.
"Well? What was he like? He's supposed to be about the same age as us you know!"
"Eh, he was nothing special. I can handle everything just fine without the little firefly kid."
"Aw, come on Videl! A lot of people think he's the one who beat Cell and saved the whole world! Uh, no offense to your dad or anything."
"That's fine. I don't care who you think really beat Cell. My father always tells these grand and epic tales of how he defeated Cell, but I don't think I believe him. I mean, Cell was just so…strong. I'm pretty sure dad's lying to me, but an eleven-year-old kid? I don't know…"
"Well I've never seen this 'Gold Fighter' in person," Sharpner said, "so I'm not an expert or anything, but your dad is the world champion, so he could have been the one to beat Cell."
"Who cares." Gohan suddenly interpolated. "As long as Cell is gone, I don't think it really matters who beat him." Gohan continued, staring at the table as if immersed in his thoughts."
"Yeah, let's just drop the subject." Videl agreed. "It happened five years ago, and I'm sure there have been many debates over it, but no one really knows. Well, no one except my dad and those other guys at the Cell games."
Gohan sighed in relief. The topic of Cell was still a very distressing subject for him, and the last thing he needed to do was have a mental breakdown in the middle of the courtyard.
"Ok, well what else is there to talk about." Erasa pondered. "Let's see…oh! How about my next lesson Videl? When are we going to do that?"
"How about tomorrow. We'll just go to my place right after school."
"Great!"
Videl saw Gohan raise an eyebrow in question about the conversation she and Erasa just had. She looked over to Gohan and offered the explanation. "I'm teaching Erasa self-defense if you were wondering, Gohan. Hey, maybe you could come over tomorrow too! I usually don't invite just anyone over, but you seem like an ok kinda guy to me."
"Thanks? And sure, I'd like to come over. I'll have to slide it by my mom first though. She's sometimes very…" Gohan paused and seemed to be searching for the right word.
"Overprotective?" Videl supplied.
"Exactly."
"No sweat Gohan, I know just how you feel. Dad'll probably be steamed if you come over. He thinks the sole purpose of all boys is to rape me or something."
Gohan laughed. "Oh yeah, that's me all right!" He said sardonically, while still chuckling a bit. "Oh well, he'll just have to deal with it."
"Now that's the spirit Gohan!" Erasa said excitedly. "Maybe you could teach me some stuff too!"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah, maybe."
"Well what about me?" Sharpner said indignantly.
"Fine, you can come too." Videl answered dismally.
"Yeah! It'll be a mini-parrr-tay!"
Just then the bell rang. The quartet started getting up and heading in different directions for their next class.
"Ok, let's just meet in the parking lot after school tomorrow, and we'll all go to my house together alright? Videl asked.
The other three answered in the affirmative, and they walked off to sixth period.
So how was that? Think the characters are ok?
Oh, and I don't really remember what the take on the whole mystic thing was in the series, but I've read some fics that say Gohan can't go super anymore, and some where he can. Obviously, in this one he still can go Super. I'm gonna treat Mystic kinda like another level ok? Ok. Good.
'Nother thing. Due to my uhh, lack of knowledge about the Japanese school system, I'm just doing it like we do at my school. He he. I gave him my locker! Except my locker doesn't smell. Actually, it did at one point last year though. There was this guy who's locker was only a few down from mine, and he stuffed his paper bag lunches in the top portion for a while, but then just left them all there for who knows how long. Anyways, the top part was also rigged, so one day the guy who had the locker next to him just decided to pull it open and…whooo whee! Staanky stuff! The whole hallway reeked!
Now that that's over with, please review!
Review Responses:…ahh, the ever-elusive romance issue. Hmmm. Seems some more people have said they don't want this to be Gh/Vi. It's not that I don't like Gohan/Videl romance or anything, I've actually read a lot, and I like a bunch of them too. I just…ummm…I don't know! I'm not sure that I can fit it in that well, and I'm not too confident in my abilities to write one without making it suck more than a straw! Honestly though, when I first came up with the ideas for this story and started to write it, I had no intention of having romance. But then I started thinking about it, and I got all confused and stuff. Well, I'm pretty sure that there won't be romance, but they are friends! I hope no one is disappointed too much, and I hope you all continue to read!
Srusse87-Thanks! He he he… I am evil aren't I? Mwah ha!
CW-Thanks! Really really thanks! I like being original, so your comment was major sweet! I hope you liked this little high school chapter and what I did to all the characters!
joe- Wow! I'm thrilled you like this fic that much! Cool! I feel so special! ;-D
Matou Yasu- Yeah, the no eyebrows thing was creepy…
The birthday episode! Haha! Didn't he go to blow out the candles and the whole cake went flying? (Or am I thinking of something else?) He he!
Truth Is What You Make Of It-Thanks!
Marshmellow Dragon-…Trunks, I am your father. That popped into my head too, when I was reading over it! Vegeta is secretly from Star Wars! Maybe he used the force to win…nah!
Trunkzgirl-nope, doesn't look like Gohan/Videl. I bet you're happy right now eh? Capital letters and everything, yikes, you really don't like that pairing!
Krypto-Thank you! I'm glad you liked how I described SS3 and Mystic! Yep, he's not a slacker, and it's aaaall good!
Koneko8844-Thanks!
Chris- I assume you're the same anonymous Chris that reviewed before? If you are…00. Whoa! You really are a mind reader! Dahh! The ideas! From my head! Man, I need to fire some guys up in my head and hire some new ones, cuz security is gettin' lax up there! Seriously, you nailed it on the head!
Saiyan God-I'm glad you like the powers! Yeah, I agree with your statement about Goku, Gohan, and Videl. I hope you don't mind too much that Gohan and Videl aren't gonna be 'together' together. I just…can't!
Well, that's all for now! Please review! Toodlez and Noodlez!