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A/N: Okay, first of all, thank you for your reviews! And as I promised, I will keep this story going, even though "Until we meet again" will have a higher priority than this fic. But I won't forget you!
Chapter 8: "Blind Passenger"
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"I can't believe that little Gohan is really on the ship…" Gyuu Mao groaned. After discovering that Gohan had been gone and most likely found a way to get on the ship unnoticed, the General invited him over to his mansion for a second breakfast. They were right now sitting on one of the terraces and eating.
"Yeah… Well, at that point he's just like his father," Kaiou said. "Goku would've done just the same thing."
Gyuu Mao almost spit the food he was chewing on over the table. "Goku?" But then he began to laugh. "I've always thought that Gohan didn't look at all like the man my daughter married."
"So ChiChi didn't tell you?" the General asked.
"No, but now that you say it, the resemblance between Goku and Gohan is uncanny. Why haven't I noticed that before? Even the way of acting… You're right. Like father like son."
"So you're not disappointed by this revelation?" Kaiou wanted to know, the surprise evident in his voice.
"No, not at all! Why should I? Goku's a great man and I can tell that she loves him. I just want her to be happy and I could see that this wasn't the case with her former husband, may he rest in peace," the so-called Ox-King told his friend. "I just don't want to be on the ship when she finds out that Gohan's with them."
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The Kintoun has now already been on sea for several hours and it was nearing lunchtime. ChiChi had insisted on helping Chao-Zu in the galley, since 'men were not good at cooking'. Tenshinhan was at the rudder, while talking to Yamcha, Piccolo was sitting in a corner meditating and Goku and Krillin were just standing at the bow of the ship and talking.
"So, Goku, you and ChiChi, huh?" Krillin asked him grinning. "Why did you never tell us?"
"I don't know… It all started at this party six years ago, you know, the one where they wanted to set me up with Bulma. Anyways, we spent a wonderful night together and then we had to leave so sudden that I didn't have time to talk to her, so I guessed I wanted to keep it a secret until we came back and our relationship became official. Just that I found out that she had married another man, one year later. After that I wanted to forget that I've ever met her. I just found out yesterday the true reasons for the marriage, that she still loved me and that her husband was dead and that she had a son."
"That was the small boy with her, right?" Krillin wanted to know.
"Yes, that was Gohan," Goku answered dreamily.
"Named after your grandfather… Cool."
"Yeah, but that was not everything… You must know that Gohan is…" Goku started to say, but was interrupted by noises from behind him. He and Krillin turned around, just to see a barrel moving, without help from outside. They watched it swaying from one side to another until it fell over and a small body stumbled out of it. "… my son…"
Slowly getting up, Gohan grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Uhm… hi daddy…"
"Gohan!" Goku said surprised, "What are you doing here? Oh my god, your mother will kill me…"
"I-I just wanted to be like you, dad… I also wanted to go to sea and fight the bad guys…" Gohan said, putting an innocent expression on his face.
"Uhm, Goku…" Krillin said confused, "Did you just say that this boy is your son?"
"That's a long story Krillin. I'll tell you later," he said absently, not taking his eyes from his son. "Can you please get ChiChi?"
"Sure thing…" Krillin took one confused look at them and then went under deck.
Shaking his head, Goku put a hand on his son's shoulder. "Okay Gohan, ready to face your mother's wrath?"
Gohan gulped and followed his father to the deck on the middle of ship. And they didn't need to wait long for ChiChi to appear. "What did I hear? My little Gohan is here?" she screamed, as she ran outside, just to see father and son standing in front of her. "Gohan!" She ran up to him and hugged him tightly. "What are you doing here? I can't believe it, you know your father for not more than one day and you're already acting like him! Goku, why don't you say anything? He's your son after all!"
The screeching voice tore Piccolo out of his meditation and after digesting the surprise that Gohan was on board he could just shake his head at the scene in front of him. After what he had heard did almost all pirates fear Son Goku over the world and one simple woman was having this kind of power over him. They also got the attention of Tenshinhan and Yamcha, who could just stare at the couple and the kid.
"Well, Chi, I don't think that there's much to say… He's here and we don't have time to go back. So I guess we just have to live with it…" Goku said, backing a bit away from her.
"Okay, and what do you think we should do now?" ChiChi asked exasperated.
"Uhm, mommy…" Gohan asked shyly. "Can I have something to eat? I'm hungry…"
At that moment Gohan's stomach began to grumble, shortly followed by Goku's. Both began to grin sheepishly and to scratch the backs of their heads. ChiChi sighed and went back to the galley. "Like father like son…"
Goku sighed with relief and turned to his son. "Well, now that you're already here, what do you think about training after lunch?"
"Really?" Gohan asked smiling.
"Sure, I promised you this and I always keep my promises," his father told him smiling.
As if on clue ChiChi came on deck again. "Oh, and Gohan… Don't think that you can stop studying while you're here," she said and disappeared again.
"Yes mom…" Gohan hung his head. This was not going to be as much fun as he hoped it would be.
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I know that this is a short chapter, but I didn't know what else I could put into this chapter besides Gohan's discovery.
The next chapter will most likely be about Bulma!
Eternally yours
ChibiChibi