A/N This will be the second installment of 'What's going on' which if you read the summary, you know I have absolutely no idea where I'm going with it. Also there will be mild language in this chapter, cause you know… high school students
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Chapter 2 News
His daily alarm clock rang in the form of a seven year old. His younger brother Goten who was attempting to crush his brother in an attempt to wake him up. "Get up sleepy head, mom made pancakes, and if you don't get up now, they're all mine!" He shouted gleefully, one half-awake backhand later he was still giggling from the floor, Gohan sat up in bed and ran over to his closet and grabbed a pair of black slacks and a long sleeved white shirt, as he was leaving the room he grabbed his brown satchel from his desk and rushed down to the table and sat at the table, "Good morning mom, something smells good. I'm surprised the smell of food didn't wake me up."
His brother appeared in the chair next to him nodding vigorously, his hair making him look like a small version of their father. Chi-chi sat the last plate of food down on the table before grabbing her share and nodding over at her boys, "Dig in kids, then you need to get going Gohan, You're going to be late for school, and make sure to come home right after today unless you have to placate that pig headed prince again." She groaned, 'All I want is for my boys to be scholars… Why do they have to always be fighting…' she sighed, 'Well it is in their blood, so I guess it can't be helped.'
In the time it took her to have that short thought, both boys had already cleared the table of food and Gohan was giving his mother a very gentle hug, "The food was amazing as always mom, thanks!" He ran out the door and blasted off towards Satan City, the early morning sun just barely peeking over the snow covered tops of the mountains. Gohan looked at his watch and saw he still had an hour to get to school, so as he neared the city he dropped out of the sky out of sight, and headed for the mall, he had to buy some new gym clothes since Vegeta had destroyed his previous ones. Thankfully his mother still didn't know.
He walked into a nearby clothes department and looked around until he saw a package of muscle shirts, he checked the size and saw they would fit so long as he didn't go ascendant saiyan. He headed to the counter and pulled out the Capsule Corps. Credit Card that Bulma had given him in case of emergencies, and he decided it would only be fair for Vegeta to pay for him some new shirts simply because he had destroyed his last one.
Walking out of the store he tossed his package on the ground and capsulized it before checking his watch. He walked the rest of the way to school and headed into the Math room before heading to his seat and pulled out a sketchbook and began idly sketching a picture of the mountains on his way to school, as an afterthought he even added Icarus to the picture and was just finishing the shading when the rest of his class began trickling into the room.
Erasa, in what appeared to almost be a tennis players outfit consisting of a light pink crop top, and a black skirt sat down next to Gohan, smoothing her skirt with her hands as she did so. "Whatcha doing Gohan?" She asked, Gohan looked over and said "Morning, Erasa," he gestured in the direction of his sketch, "This is nothing, just what I saw on my way to school today, only I added a dragon to it." He laughed, 'Better not tell her I know a dragon, that would freak her out for sure!' He slid the sketchbook over so she could get a better look at it, "When I was being homeschooled I would draw when I finished my work for the day, so I ended up getting to be an okay artist." He stated simply, "When all you do is study and draw it kind of just happens." The Son grin erupted on his face.
Erasa laughed and put one hand on his shoulder, "Oh Gohan, you have such an imagination." She giggled. Gohan blushed and turned away, "Yeah, imagination." He laughed nervously, "Well you know, since I live in the mountains I see a lot of dinosaurs, so the possibility of a dragon living out there isn't too farfetched." 'Now I have somewhat of an explanation if something happens and they meet Icarus.' He sighed in relief in his head, 'Trying to seem normal in high school is harder than I thought.' Sharpner came in shortly and took his usual seat, his outfit for the day consisting of white pants and a black muscle shirt, "Morning Erasa." He said before leaning back in his chair and balancing a pencil on his finger, "What's going on with you nerdboy, you're here early."
Gohan shrugged, "My mom finished breakfast sooner than usual so I had a few minutes to spare before getting here." Gohan searched through his satchel and pulled out his clothes capsule before sticking it in his pocket, "I had to replace my shirt since Vegeta destroyed my last one yesterday." Having been reminded of the gym class disaster yesterday Sharpner leaned forward, his chair hitting the ground with a loud thunk, "Speaking of yesterday, I think you'd be a good member of the boxing team, I mean you can obviously take a punch."
Sharpners eye bored into Gohan, "We could always use more muscle on the team, and you already know how to fight, probably better than I do." Erasas eye widened in amazement, 'Sharpie actually complimenting someone on being a better fighter than he is!? It's a miracle' "Yeah Gohan, you and that teacher were amazing!" She exclaimed, "How do you two know each other?" Gohan scratched his ever present itch, "Vegeta is a family friend, and I'm one of the few people he agrees is good enough to spar with." 'There is no way I'm telling them he came to earth when I was five to destroy the planet.'
"He seems a little cocky in my opinion," Sharpner huffed, "There's no way he could destroy the school, or that he would kill us." Gohan chuckled nervously before looking away, "Well, his workouts can be extreme enough to send someone to the hospital, we're lucky he was in a good mood and only gave us a light workout." Sharpner blanched remembering yesterdays workout "That was a light workout? What's his version of a hard one?" Gohan thought about that one for a moment, "I'd say probably wearing three or four times his body weight in weights and then a twenty mile run." 'That seems like it'd be a hard workout for a human.' "In that case, please keep him under control, I do not want anything to do with Vegeta on a bad day." Gohan nodded, "You and me both." Erasa was still trying to wrap her head around carrying four of herself and even moving.
Videl walked into the classroom and headed for her usual seat, her outfit being her usual crime fighting outfit, a loose white t-shirt and black biking shorts. "So what's everyone talking about?" She looked at her two friends and Gohan, "We were discussing a hard workout with Vegeta." Sharpner said, "I was looking at Gohans drawing." Erasa said at the same time, Erasa swiped Gohans notebook and slid it over to Videl over Gohans gasp of protest. Videl looked down at the drawing, 'He's actually pretty good, I guess that's the remnants of a misspent youth.' "Not bad Gohan, you could join a club with that sort of skill." He blushed, "I'm not really that good, plus with as strict as my mom is I usually have to head home kind of quickly after school."
After that conversation, the rest of the class showed up and it was back to business as usual for Gohan, not paying attention in class, and Videl almost blatantly glaring at him. Erasa was watching as first one would blush, and then the other. Sharpner watched with mild annoyance as the class blew by, not getting Videls attention except for the occasional punch as he called her babe or tried to touch her. The bell rang and the group of friends headed for their second class.
The groups second period started with the teacher telling them to open their books to the fifth chapter, as Gohan did his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets and he started chuckling. Erasa looked over and tore a sheet of paper from her note book and wrote What's so funny Gohan?, before sliding it over to him unobtrusively, Gohan read the sheet before replying, They're saying that the Ox King is a fearsome warrior, and violent. The only thing violent about Grandpa Ox is his growling stomach! The teacher however had heard his chuckles, "May I ask what's so funny Mr. Son?" She looked at him over the tops of her glasses, the very image of a strict teacher. Laughing Gohan nodded, "Yes ma'am, This textbook is wrong. The Ox king isn't actually a violent man, the axe he carried was for chopping wood."
The teacher straightened her head, "Oh? And how would you know this Mr. Son? Are you personally acquainted with the Ox king?" Gohan tried to hold his laugh in before failing miserably, "I should be, he is my Grandpa after all." The whole class stared at Gohan, a collective "What!?" coming from everywhere in the room. 'So he's cute, smart, gentle and a prince?' Erasa thought before glancing over at Videl, 'You sure can pick 'em.' The teacher slid her glasses back up her face and attempted to regain her composure, "Well, that announcement almost makes mine seem insignificant, almost." She cleared her throat and pulled a stack of papers off of her desk, "I need all of you to come take one of these forms on your way out. Due to a generous donation by Capsule Corporation, we will be taking a three week long field trip."
She looked around the class noting that for once they were all paying attention, 'I hate my job, why do all these snot nosed brats pay more attention to field trips than history studies… I should've been a doctor…' "The first week you will be staying with our generous benefactor Capsule Corporation, learning about technology. The second week you will be visiting Fire Mountain, home of the Ox Kingdom, which is why I was having you study about it today, but it seems based on Mr. Sons laughter the whole chapter is wrong." She groaned, "While in the Ox Kingdom you will be learning about politics, and finally you will be staying in the 439 Mountain area, learning about wilderness survival."
"All three of these skills are important in todays society, with as much trouble as our world has had in the past fifteen years, survival classes are a definite must." She looked around the room, her gaze trying to hold far more power than it ever will, she sighed, 'I lost them at Capsule Corporation…' The sole exception of this was a disheartened demi-saiyan who decided nothing could get worse. The teacher seeing she no longer had their attention started grading papers and let the class do as it wished. The lunch bell couldn't ring fast enough for the young demi-saiyan.
As the four friends headed for their usual table under an old oak tree in the middle of the grounds Erasa was busy talking a mile a minute about what kind of clothes she should bring to Capsule Corps. Sharpner, having been friends with her for a while just smiled and nodded, agreeing when he figured he was supposed to. His gaze kept sliding over to Videl whose gaze was in turn focused entirely on Gohan. He looked where she was and much to his amazement Gohan still hadn't opened his lunch, "What's wrong brains, not got an appetite?" He smirked, "I would've thought a field trip like this would be right up your alley."
Gohan put his lunch on the table and inhaled it before answering, "Part of the field trip is staying with my grandpa, and another third of the field trip is staying near my house, and the other part I don't even want to think what could happen…" he groaned, 'Well, they'll know soon enough since Vegeta is our gym coach.' "The truth is, no where we're going is somewhere I haven't been a lot before, not even Capsule Corps. It's kind of like my second home." He felt all eyes on him, even Erasas chatter had ceased.
"You know Bulma friggin' Briefs… on a personal basis…" Erasa managed to squeak out, Gohan reached up to scratch the back of his head with a Son grin on his face, "She's actually my godmother." Everyone's jaws dropped, "And Vegeta is her husband." Erasa fell over backwards, Gohan dropped his hand. "Uh, is she going to be okay?" Sharpner picked her back up and sat her in her spot, "Vegeta is her husband?!" Erasa exclaimed, "He's a little badass, I bet they'd have cute kids." Gohan shivered, she sounded far too much like Chi-chi right then.
"Yeah, Trunks is a cute kid. He isn't a good influence on my younger brother but at least they're friends." He got off the bench and went to lay under the tree, "The only friends I had when I was his age were my dads." He looked up at the clouds. He thought for a minute, "I need to go make a phone call, I'll be back in a minute." He headed for the interior of the school, 'I wonder who he's going to call…' Videl thought before she headed in after him, peeking around corners till she saw heard his voice, "Hey sweetheart, yeah, I love you too. It's been a while since we hung out huh? Can you give the phone to the old man?"
He paused waiting for the old man in question to pick up, "I don't want you to be pulling any funny business while I'm at Capsule Corps, I know its time for the monthly get together but if you try anything…" His voice dropped too low for Videl to hear.
On Roshi's end, "I don't want you to be pulling any funny business while I'm at Capsule Corps, I know its time for the monthly get together but if you try anything with these girls, underage high school girls, I will have Bulma cook you a months worth of food, maroon you on a deserted planet with nothing but the clothes on your back and the food and when the food runs out blow the planet up with you on it." Roshi gulped, "I'm trying to be normal master Roshi, and if you screw this up for me…" The chilly voice on the other end dropped off before being replaced by a cheery one.
"Can you put Marron back on the phone now?" Videl heard Gohan say, "Hey sweetheart. Yeah I'll see you next week, tell your mom and dad I said hello." He hung up the phone, "Eavesdropping is rude Videl." Gohan called out looking towards the direction she was hiding. Blushing Videl came around the corner, "Who were you on the phone with? Your girlfriend?" She asked mildly annoyed, 'Why should I care if he has a girlfriend, that doesn't give me the right to be angry, so why does it upset me?' Gohan shook his head "No, but she's the light of my life, want to see a picture of her?" He began pulling out his wallet before she could answer, he pulled out a picture and handed it to Videl.
She looked down expecting to see Gohan and someone their age, instead she saw a recent picture of Gohan holding a little blonde girl with pig tails in a red sundress, "That's Marron, my god daughter." Videl handed it back to him and he put it back in his wallet, "When she was born her mom and dad asked if I'd do them the honor of looking after her if something were to happen to them." Videl smiled a little, "How old is she?" Gohan put his hands behind his head walking back towards their spot, "She's four now, and we'll see her next week. Her mom and dad are going on a cruise courtesy of Bulma, they haven't gotten to spend much time alone lately so I'll be watching her while they're away."
Gohan held the door open for Videl once they got to the exit, "So you'll meet a little bit of my family, hopefully all the other students make it through the next few weeks without having to visit the hospital." He sighed, "So, do you have any siblings Videl?" He asked. Videl shook her head, "It's just me and my dad. My mom… she passed away during the Cell Games, she was hit by a drunk driver…" Her voice dropped and took on a slight hitch, Gohan looked away, "Yeah, my dad was killed by Cell, so I know how you feel…" He looked up at the sky, "I miss him a lot, he never even got to meet Goten."
Videl looked up at him, 'He carries so much weight on his shoulders, but he doesn't have a bad thing to say about anyone…' her mind jumped back to when he defended her, 'unless he's protecting someone I mean.' They made it back to the table, and both had somber looks on their faces, Erasa looked at Sharpner and Sharpner looked back, 'Wonder what's going on.' crossed through both of their minds as the bell signaling the end of lunch rang.
The group headed into the gym where they separated before heading to their respective locker rooms. Gohan pulled out his capsule and tossed it on the ground before retrieving the empty capsule and opening the package of shirts before tugging his shirt off and putting it into his locker. Sharpner looked over at Gohan and his jaw nearly hit the floor. He knew his arms weren't flab but he hadn't expected the guy to be ripped, his back looked like it was defined enough to sharpen knives on. He could only assume that Gohans front was the same, 'Geez, I've been working out for years… what did he have to do to get that physique…' He shook his head and headed into the gym.
Gohan slipped his shirt on and rotated his arms to get the shirt settled comfortably before heading out into the gym, the first voice he heard was the gravely voice of Vegeta "Okay you weaklings, today we're going to finish up yesterdays workout." His glare roved over the class, "Kakkabrat, you will simply spar with me, that should be sufficient."
Gohan groaned, "Vegeta school is not a place for you and I to spar, I'll come train with you after school." Vegeta grunted and looked away, "Fine… Today instead we will play dodgeball, and I have a little assistance." He smiled and the class shivered, "Two little assistants that is." Gohan let out a miserable groan before glancing around, to his dismay and other students terror as pair of happy screams was heard overhead, "Big Brother!" "Gohan!"
Gohan looked up and was smashed into the ground by two small children, one the splitting image of his dad and the other, a slightly older child with lavender hair, "What are you two doing here?" He raised his head to look at the two kids, "Big brother, where's the shirt mom gave you to wear?" Goten asked with amusement in his voice, "Dad ripped the sleeves off, he was wearing it to hide how he looks from these weaklings." Trunks stated proudly.
A couple of the bigger guys in the class took open offense to that, "Watch your mouth brat, or I'll shut it for you." Trunks hopped off Gohan and looked away picking at his nose with his pinky, "Go away or I'll send you to the hospital." He flicked his pinky before focusing the full glare of a saiyan prince on the student. Unfortunately as he is only eight years old, his threat and glare are more adorable than intimidating. "Ha, like you could." The guy smirked, "I'd squash you like a bug." Trunks looked over at his dad, "Can I hit this guy dad?" This time it was Vegetas turn to smirk, "Just don't punch him through the wall, that might annoy Gohan a bit." As prideful as the saiyan prince was a pissed off Gohan was not something even he looked forward to dealing with not that he'd ever admit it.
Trunks nodded appearing in front of the guy before hopping up and flicking him in the forehead sending him barreling back several feet. Trunks walked over to him, "Next time you insult me, I won't go easy on you." He thought for a moment, before bending down to whisper in his ear, "Or I'll just tell Goten that you said you were going to eat all his desert. Not even god could save you if I did that." He chuckled and walked next to his father and took a stance similar to his, feet shoulder width apart, his arms crossed in front of him and smirking at the terrified class. Vegeta looked down with some pride, this was definitely his son. 'The saiyan race may have some hope left yet.' He thought proudly.
"Now, as you may have noticed, these boys aren't just going to be for show, they will be watching you to make sure this game stays fair, if you want to try and cheat?" He shrugged noncommittally "Well, it's your funeral." A vein popped up on Gohans forehead, he walked over to the prince, "Oh, Vegeta. A word." He clapped his hand on his shoulder and squeezed hard enough to crumble steel, "If these two demi-demons seriously injure anyone, we are going to have trouble on our hands in the form of my mom and your wife, so keep them in check, yeah?" He smacked him on the back in a friendly manner, causing him to stumble. The rest of the class looked on in shock, Gohan almost threatening a teacher? Something was seriously wrong and this class seemed a whole lot more dangerous.
Videl watched the scene unfold in a stupor, 'What in the name of god is going on…' she shook her head and watched with horror as did the rest when two kids jumped from the ceiling, how did they get up there in the first place, 'What is happening to this school!' She fired a killer glare at Gohan, 'You, and everyone you know seem to be hiding something, I WILL get to the bottom of this or my name isn't Videl Satan.' Then she almost laughed as the child threatened a guy twice his age and four times his size before disposing of him like he wasn't even worth the effort.
She wandered over beside Gohan, "Hey Gohan, who are those two kids?" She had a fairly good idea, but wanted some confirmation. Gohan groaned inwardly, 'The one beside Vegeta is Trunks, his younger son, the one with the unruly hair is Goten, my little brother." Gohan walked over to Goten, "Squirt, try not to hurt anyone, and see if you can keep trunks calm too, if you can I'll train with you when we get home." He slapped his hand over Gotens mouth to hide the screams of excitement.
Goten drug Gohans hand down, "You really mean it big brother?!" He grinned.
"Sure do squirt, now be careful. You know the rules." Gohan patted him on the head and shoved him off.
He walked back over towards his new friends, "Don't even think of cheating, and try to avoid those little guys throws, trust me." He looked back over at the boys, "We have a friend who plays baseball and he thought it would be a good idea to teach those two."
He moaned recalling when Yamcha had. He had to fix holes in the house more than usual, all the size of baseballs. He looked at the roof, "Sometimes I come home and there's more broken stuff than usual and I know he's been practicing."
Sharpner scoffed, "How hard can that kid throw? He's only what five?" Gohan clapped Sharpner on the shoulder, "It's your funeral man. I tried to warn you." He went over to one side of the gym and stood, his arms hanging loosely at his side.
Videls watch went off with a crackle, "Videl, we need your help down at First Satan National Bank. There are armed robbers and one of our officers is pinned down!" His frantic cry reverberated from her watch, she looked at the watch and then over at the teacher before running out of class and heading for the roof. Gohan waited a minute before heading out the other door and running to another exit and powered up to super saiyan and threw his shirt behind an air vent.
His sixth sense washed over the city locating Videls hurried signature going across town, he followed behind and dropping down beside the crime scene. Looking around he saw the officer with a trail of red leaking slowly down his right leg. Gohan saw it was just coming from the calf so it passed right through. He appeared next to the injured officer and lifted him over one shoulder before grabbing a car and flipping it on its side to use as a shield for the injured officer.
He slipped the injured officer into the arms of paramedics as Videls copter came in for a landing. She jogged over to the chief, "Where's the injured officer chief?" She asked before noticing Gohan, "What a surprise to see you here."
Gohan shook his head and dropped his voice, "I could hear the gunshots miles away so I came to investigate." He tried to look anywhere but at Videl scratching the back of his head.
Videl stood on her toes to attempt to glare into his eyes, "There's something strange about you and I will figure it out."
Gohan glanced down at her and smiled softly, 'Man she has beautiful eyes, Kami got that part right.' He noticed that she was glaring and looked away.
Videl noticed his smile and shy look and her glare lost some intensity, and she looked down before blushing, Finally noticing that she had been standing a foot from the most chiseled chest she had ever seen.
Gohan heard loud reports and saw the projectiles flying towards them, he grabbed the bullets heading for Videl, crushing them in his fist before appearing in front of the firing gunman. His gun was now in pieces and he felt a bar of steel crash into his gut before losing touch with reality. The rest of the gunmen all began firing at the demi-saiyan and seeing as he was the only target took advantage of shock and awe.
The criminals all kept firing their empty guns, unable to process that their bullets were crumpling against his bare skin. The first criminal sprinted towards him, using his gun as a club. Gohan snapped his hand down before kneeing the gun barrel causing the butt of it to smash into the criminals chin.
His next blow was a flying roundhouse. His path put him close enough to another criminal to put him out of commission with a flying axe kick that smacked his head into the floor. Gohan reappeared in front of the next one and with a short chop right to the tip of his chin snapped his head to the side giving him a knockout blow with no trouble.
The last one was running for the door, looking back to make sure the monstrous crime fighter wasn't following him and walked right into a double dropkick from Videl. Gohan was grabbing all the unconscious criminals and dragging them out the door as Videl ran up to him again. "Who. Are. You." She ground out through clenched teeth.
Gohan smiled, his voice low "I'm the Gold Fighter. That's all." He went to fly away when he felt a hand gripping his leg, "I'm not going to answer any more of your questions. Even if I were to, it wouldn't be here."
Videl kept her death grip up, "We need to talk, I want to know how you can this, all of this!" She exclaimed, gesturing to his hovering form.
"Maybe someday Videl, but not today." He answered forgetting to drop his voice before he vanished and headed back to the school.
Videl looked at her empty hand, 'Why did that voice sound familiar… I know you, but I don't know who you are.' She clenched her fist. "I will find out who you are Gold Fighter." She ran over to her copter and jumped in headed back to school before she started screaming her frustration out.
A/N This chapter took a bit longer for me to get out but I was going to try for every few days, it was honestly supposed to be up almost 5 days ago, but then I ended up passing out after work and well I had a day off, I'll try to post more chapters when I'm not at work, plus I'm looking for a second job and well, life is a pain in the tush.
This chapter was also shorter than the last but I HOPE it's far easier on the eyes, Reviews, follows and favoriting my story will let me know if I should continue. Till next time!
