Hey everybody! Sorry it's been so long since the last update. My muse ran dry. Luckily, I have a few ideas up my sleeves, so I should update again pretty soon here. Sorry this is so short and there's no shout out. I just wanted to get something up so you didn't think I'd forgotten!

Videl jammed the capsulated car into her purse as she ran. The huge Orange Star building loomed in front of her. Another furtive glance at her watch revealed that first hour was already half over.

She groaned and quickened her pace, determined to make for at least part of the class. A motion at the corner of her vision caught her eye. Videl's head snapped to the right in time to see one spiky-haired individual race around the corner of the building.

Wait a sec, that looked like Gohan! I thought smart kids were always on time? She shrugged off the thought with the excuse that she didn't have time for it. Well, she didn't.

Meanwhile, the 'spiky-haired individual' himself was just as late as Videl. Only, he had more than being late to deal with.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! He berated himself as he headed for the gym entrance of Orange Star.

Each step only served to remind him of his mistake. The soft material of his gi swished softly as his long legs ate up the distance. In his hurry to make it to school, he'd forgotten to change his clothes or grab his books.

He had an Orange Star highschool sweatshirt in his gym locker, but that wouldn't make up for his school books.

Krillen looked up from reading his magazine on the bleachers when the demi-saiyan slipped quietly through the gym door. He closed his magazine and stood up.

"Hey, Gohan! What's up, man? You're late for school!" After a glance at Gohan's gi, he added, "And why are you wearing your gi?"

Gohan smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well… I was training with a certain prince and we went… overboard."

"How overboard?" Krillen asked, suddenly wary.

Gohan laughed nervously.

"Oh, nothing too bad." He paused and then hurriedly finished.

"WeleveledtheGRinfrontofabunchofshoppersandnowI'mreallylateforschoolandIforgottochangeinotmynormalclothes."

(Translation: We leveled the GR in front of a bunch of shoppers and now I'm really late for school and I forgot to change into my normal clothes.)

Krillen burst out laughing. A minute or two later he wiped a tear from his eye.

"Man, Gohan, life would be a drag without you and Vegeta to liven it up. Of course, the rest of us would probably be a whole lot safer."

Gohan exhaled loudly and sat on the bleachers.

"Well, I suppose it's too late to make going to first hour worthwhile. Mind if I wait it out here?"

Krillen shook his head and whacked Gohan on the back.

"Be my guest, bro. But it's awfully boring right now."

A certain gleam entered two pairs of eyes and both men very obviously avoided looked at each other. Gohan was the first to break the silence.

"You know, I haven't sparred with you in a long while." He began, nonchalantly. "What do you say, no energy and no flying?"

Krillen turned his head to look at the demi-saiyan. A grin split his face from ear to ear.

"Though you'd never ask!" Krillen burst, and then added as an afterthought. "Better go super just in case we someone walks in on us."

Videl and Erasa exited the girl's locker room side by side, making friendly conversation. Erasa was chattering about some new kind of makeup when something at the corner of her vision caught Videl's eye. She turned her head away from her oblivious friend and her jawed dropped. Erasa, noticing that she had lost Videl, also turned to see what her friend was staring at. Well, what the entire second hour gym class was staring at, save for an absent Gohan. And, like the rest, her jaw hit the floor.

A furious spar between two men waged in the center of the gymnasium. One of the men was their gym teacher, Krillen, a World Martial Arts Tournament finalist. The other… well, Videl recognized him, but no one else did. He was none other than the man who had saved her life the day before. The class was too enraptured by what they saw to halt the two fighters.

The golden-haired man clearly had the upper hand. In fact, the smirk on his face hinted that he was only toying with Krillen. Krillen threw a punch at him, but the man slid sideways and grabbed Krillen's arm. The man drove his knee into Krillen's abdomen and released the short, bald teacher. Krillen didn't fall, but he staggered a bit, clutching his stomach, before turning around to face his opponent. Oddly enough, he was smiling, albeit warily, too.

"I knew from the start I was jumping in way over my head." He half laughed, half coughed.

The young man gave a lop-sided grin and shrugged his shoulders, his arm bent and his palm facing upwards.

"What gave you that idea?" He replied.

Krillen resumed his stance.

"I beginning to think that your training with Vegeta was a bad idea. You're getting cocky." He joked.

The golden-haired youth just stood their, waiting, as he replied.

"Only with you."

And then he was gone. A collective gasp came from the crowd of students. He'd just vanished! In thin air! But before they had any more time to react the man reappeared behind Krillen and threw a well-muscled arm around the older man's neck.

Krillen struggled against the demi-saiyan, but to no avail. He could breath, but he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. His opponent had complete control. Like he hadn't had complete control the whole fight. Krillen grunted.

"Do you yield?" The younger man laughed.

Krillen sighed and let his body go limp to show his point.

"I yield."

The demi-saiyan dropped him to the ground where Krillen promptly stood up and dusted himself off. Only then did the two Z-senshi notice their audience.

Videl watched as the two noticed them. Krillen just rolled his eyes as if saying 'Oh Great'. The golden-haired man, however, looked surprised. Then a playful smile crossed his face and his feet lifted three feet off the ground.

If the highschooler's jaws could've dropped any lower, they would have.

The young man bent forward a little and saluted them.

"Well, gotta go. See ya!" He sang as he waved and disappeared. Into thin air. Again.

Only this time he didn't come back.