Chapter 6
Tai felt her stomach churn at the sight of all the unfamiliar faces. She heard someone call her name and saw Marren, Krillen's daughter. She gave a sigh of relief and went to sit herself by her. A week earlier Bulma had decided that she should enroll Tai into orange star high, the school Bra and Pan attended. Tai hadn't given a second thought since she had been caught up in flying lessons with Max. A few hours earlier Bulma had informed her that she would be in the '11th' grade since she only seemed to be about 16. It had been to late to back out, so here she was now. Marren's voice broke Tai reluctantly from her thoughts. "Hey Tai! This Uub; my boyfriend. You haven't met him before because he was visiting his family in the desert." Tai glanced around the other side of Marren and saw a dark skinned boy sitting beside her. His ki level was extremely high; like Goku's. She smiled politely at him. Before he could do or say anything an old man walked into the room.
In a wheezy voice he spoke loudly, " Class please settle down. If there is a Son Tai and Maher Tsetse here please come down to the front." Tai felt her self blush. Hesitantly she stood and made her way down to the front. She stood next to the teacher and noticed a boy around 16 standing on the other side of him. The boy had spiked sawdust colored hair. He turned his head and saw her. Her heart froze. He looked exactly like Makai! She mentally splashed cold water on herself. No that couldn't be possible. Makai had long bluish hair and pure gold eyes. This kid had faded blue eyes. And lets not forget the smile. Makai's smile caused every woman's heart to stop and melt; her heart was no exception. The teacher saying her name yanked her from her thoughts. "Son Tai! Son Tai! Please stop staring at Mr. Maher and join us here on earth." Tai blushed and said meekly, "Yes, sir."
The teacher gave a silent huff and snapped, "As I was asking, are you, Son Tai, by any chance related to Son Goku, Gohan and Goten?" he spit Goten's name out like it was a curse. Tai stifled a laugh and said quietly, "Yes sir. Goku is my uncle." The teacher sniffed and murmurs of astonishment echoed across the room. Tai blushed and the teacher said in his monotone voice, "Very well so long as you don't behave as your cousin Goten. Take your seats."
Tai hurried to comply and nearly crashed into Maher. She blushed as he winked at her. As she sat down again next to Marren the blonde whispered, "You sure got the class into a tipsy. Goku and your cousins are infamous. Goku and Gohan for their martial arts skills; Goten is too but he's better known for all the pranks he used to play on the teachers." Tai stared at her incredulously. "Gohan was a fighter!" Marren nodded. "Yeah. Did you know that one time Goku was killed by an evil android? The 'droids name was cell. He was just about to blow up the earth and Goku did that poof thingie and the two of them disappeared. Cell blew up and Goku was killed instantly. The problem was that cell didn't die. He came back here and killed Trunks and he nearly killed Vegeta too. If it weren't for Gohan none of us would be here." Tai raised an eyebrow. "Now I know your joking. Gohan's so nerdy, I'm having a hard time believing all this." Marren laughed. "I know how you feel. Anyways Gohan was furious. He destroyed cell." Tai opened her mouth but couldn't speak because at that moment the bell rang. Marren looked disappointed. "Oh well… hey Tai, Uub and I will meet you in chemistry class." With that she turned and walked away.