Chapter 17: School

It's been a few months and I know anytime now Frieza will return. I've trained hard, and know it really won't matter if Trunks does show up. But there is a chance he won't, just as Ginyu died. I've trained so much, I thought Vegeta would be proud.

But now, it's time for homework. Yes, Chi-chi has me doing homework along with Gohan. And boy, it's hard! I have to ask Gohan for help sometimes. Japan has a higher standard for education than my home. A lot higher, I'm should only be in my third year of high school, and I'm doing college level work. And Mr. Shu doesn't help at all. He's worse than my fifth grade teacher, and she hated me and made fun of me along with the students. I have had it in mind to blast him, just strong enough to knock some sense into him. But that would only make Chi-chi mad.

"Alright, time's up! Give me those!" Mr. Shu had us take a very difficult calculus test. We only had an hour, and I barely got finished before he ripped the test out of my hands. He looked them over for a few minutes while Gohan and I sweated it out. He was so strict I was afraid he'd fail me for not making my lines straight or something. I glanced out the window to see Icarus looking at us, wanting to play. I shook my head to him and turned back to Mr. Shu.

"Horrible! Absolutely dreadful! Gohan, you need to work on this, re-do it for homework tomorrow. And Katie, if this was edible, I'd throw up! You fail for the term."

"That's not fair! I know it wasn't that bad!" I cried. Gohan gave me a look that said shut up, but I didn't care.

"Oh, really? And who is the teacher here? I am. I'm the teacher and I can do to you anything I wish. I am your superior and it will always be that way. I know it's your father's fault." He assumed that Goku was my dad as well as Gohan's, and that was fine by me. "All you two do is fight, and he is an idiot that shouldn't be allowed to raise kids. That lazy oaf, off somewhere, neglecting his family-"

"Shut up! My dad is a great man!" Gohan screamed.

"Then tell me, where is he?"

"Well, uh-"

"See! You don't know!"

"Goku is a better man than you could ever be, Mr. Shu."

"Ha! Like a dirty fighter could be my better."

I was getting mad. Goku was a great, pure-hearted man. Mr. Shu was pure- pure dirt!

"Katie, don't hurt him." Gohan said to me. I know I had a killer look in my eyes, and my tail was freely swishing dangerously behind me.

"I won't hurt him, I'll just kill him." I said low to Gohan. "I have had enough of you. I've had hard teachers before, but you are crazy. I don't know how Chi-chi missed the reek of vile taste and bad cologne." I powered my energy enough that my aura knocked Mr. Shu down onto his butt.

"What? How did you-" Mr. Shu stammered. I lowered my energy again.

"What's going on up here?" Chi-chi asked as she entered the room.

"Awe, Mrs. Son, how nice to see you." Mr. Shu turned back to face Gohan and I, a look of evil in his eyes, and then to Chi-chi, readying a lie. "You will not believe what these awful children have done. First, they both fail their math exams, then try to blame it on me. I know if you husband was here, he wouldn't stand for it. But, I guess like father, like children, right?"

Well, Chi-chi wasn't going to take that. Mr. Shu just insulted Gohan, Goku, and I within a minute. She hit him, knocking him through the open window and then threw his briefcase out to him.

"You will never insult my family, do you hear me? Get out of here, you're fired!" Chi-chi screamed. Just then Icarus came out from behind a tree and started to chase Mr. Shu out of sight.

I was about to cheer, but when I turned, Chi-chi gave us a death glare.

"What did he mean by 'fail' you math exams?"

"It couldn't be that bad, mom. He was a monster!" Gohan reasoned.

"Well, we'll just see about that!" Chi-chi picked up our fallen exams and looked them over. Her face grew pale, and I knew this wouldn't be good.

"I have never seen such grades in my life!" she said, handing us our papers. Then she turned and walked out of the room, shaking her head. I looked at mine and gave a huge sigh of relief.

"I got an A! 99/100!" Gohan said.

"Me too! Guess Mr. Shu was just a creep. Gohan, I think your mom expected our grade would be lower since Mr. Shu said we failed."

"I want to know how he took a 99/100 as failing." Gohan said.

"I-"

The moment I'd been waiting for. Frieza's signal was near, somewhere is space.

"Shit."