Morning began to crept its way through Kuzuku's window. The young Saiyan lays in his bed beneath the covers, completely asleep. Kuzuku was having the typical pure blooded Saiyan dream of delicious food and fighting strong adversaries. As Kuzuku giggles and smiles in his sleep he is soon disrupted with the noise of his ringtone. He groggily moves his arm over to his nightstand and picks up the phone and answers.
"Hello?" Kuzuku spoke tiredly
"Yo Kuzuku... wait are you still in bed?" the voice of his friend Ace said through the device.
"Uhhh, hey Ace and yeah what of it?" Kuzuku groaned as he was still barely awake.
"Dude school starts in 5 minutes!" Ace told Kuzuku
As Kuzuku begins to process the words said to him, he jumped out of bed as if he was a scared cat and ran to his closet to get dress. He began scurrying through the various outfits he has with great haste while mumbling to himself.
"God damn it I overslept!" Kuzuku stated as he held the phone in between his shoulder and ear while pulling up his pants. He could hear Ace laughing through the phone "Damn dude I really thought you were sick or something. Good thing I called to check on you"
"Thanks for the wake up. I will talk to you later when I get to school. I gotta get dress fast!" Kuzuku said in a hurry
"Alright then I will see you at school and while I wait I am gonna contemplate on how late you are going to be," Ace chuckled as he hangs up.
"Ass," Kuzuku mutters at the sheer annoyance of that remark. Kuzuku got dress as fast as possible and practically flew out the window of his bedroom at top speeds. Kuzuku looked at his watch and read 7:59.
"Shit! You're telling me I took 10 minutes to get dress? Dende help me" Kuzuku gritted from realizing how late he was going to be. He caught glimpse of the school and powered forward towards the educational environment. As Kuzuku landed on the rooftop of the school's building he quickly opened the door and sped down the staircase and through the hallways as humanly possible as he can. Some of you may be wondering why Kuzuku even goes to school. Well Gohan suggested that if he wants to provide for himself then he would have to get a good job that would be sufficient enough for him to live. That was when Kuzuku cracked down and hit the books harder than Gohan did as a kid and enrolled to Orange High School with near perfect scores. When he met Ace during his first day at lunch the two always had this strange connection that couldn't be severed by any means. Of course Kuzuku never told Ace about his past but the two would always have a good time. Kuzuku was near the entrance to his 1st period class and was putting on his glasses even though he doesn't like to where them that often. As he opens the door, he is met with stares of the other kids that are present in the classroom except for his friend who simply waving him "hello".
" your late today I see. Do you have a excuse?" says with a smile on her face
"No sorry miss, I simply woke up late," The Saiyan chuckles nervously.
"Well then I will ignore this for today but please try to be on time next time" The English teacher says reassuringly. As Kuzuku goes to take his seat next to his friend he is then met with nasty remark from one of the popular girls at school and her boyfriend.
"Oh my what do we have here, a nerd with no social life waking up late? The world must be having a apocalypse," Ryusika chuckled devilishly with the intent to spite our young Saiyan. Her boyfriend merely laughed with her for her harsh comment. Kuzuku paused and glared at her for a moment.
"Funny I didn't think you'd be here today since you love to indulge yourself in make-up all day long. Has the time finally come where you realized that you need to further your puny intellect? Must be a new revolution for you," Kuzuku fires back. Her boyfriend Glade glared at his comment and Ryusika sneered at his remark. Kuzuku merely walked away before thing became too heated and sat next to Ace.
"Damn bro you got their smug asses that time," Ace snickered. Kuzuku smiled at his friends word and turned his attention towards his English lesson. Ryusika and Glade were originally neutral towards Kuzuku since they didn't know him well when he started school 2 months ago. Ryusika being the daughter of a rich household was as spoiled as you can get and she had a hot boyfriend who was the star player for the football team. It wasn't until Kuzuku accidentally flung his tray of food when he was messing around with it at Ryusika ruining her expensive sweater. Ever since then it's been pretty much bad blood between the 3 and Ace was actually quite popular with the ladies so they didn't want to mess with him. As the lesson progressed Kuzuku heard chatter behind them.
"Hey dude, have you heard that new hero that been going around town?" Student #1 questioned to his friend.
"Yeah, they say that he is just as strong as the Great Saiyaman," Student #2 replied to his gossip.
"Really? Well if he is, then I also have to add that he is also way cooler than him to," He chuckled. Kuzuku can only just smirk at the conversation. During days where crime happens Kuzuku would take on the personification of a hero called Saint. He would always take care of the typical robberies that occur around the city since Gohan is too busy and Videl has retired in order to take care of Pan.
Soon enough the bell rang and the next two periods flew by pretty fast as lunch approaches. As Kuzuku says his goodbyes to his friend for the rest of the day since today was a D day school so they have different classes together he is then surrounded by a group of bullies that are friends with Glade.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? A nerd with his books in his hands and looking dumb as always," Bully #1 starts off the conversation
Kuzuku sighs, "Ok what brings you here?". The Bullies all looked at each other first and nodded in agreement that they should let them in on what was happening.
"Glade sent us to teach you a lesson for saying those things about his girl and you are gonna learn it the hard way," Bully #2 says with violence in his tone.
"Not my fault that she chose a battle that was already decided before it began. Hmmm speaking of which I strongly suggest you retreat now unless you want this to get ugly," Kuzuku threatened. They all laugh at his comment
"You think your scrawny ass can take the four of us on? Get real, you're in for a world of hurt!" A Bully from the back cackled. Kuzuku always wore long sleeve shirts to avoid attention from his fellow classmates. Even in P.E he would always wear his gym clothes on P.E days to avoid changing in the locker room. As the bullies prepare to attack, Kuzuku mentally thought, "Well I guess I have to fight anyways. Man this is just not my day".
Bully #1 threw the first punch and oh boy that was a mistake as Kuzuku caught his arm and easily threw him over his shoulder towards the ground. This startled the others but they didn't let up. The next one tried to tackle Kuzuku to the ground but he dodge that effortlessly and delivered a chop to the neck, knocking him out cold. While Kuzuku feigned to be distracted one of them caught Kuzuku in a hold while the other bully was preparing to unleash hell on Kuzuku. Kuzuku then threw the bully that was holding him over his back and held him to the ground and simultaneously kicking the the other one in the gut, knocking the wind out of him proceeded to dust off his hands as the bullies pick up their friends and leave.
"We won't forget this you damn brat, we will give you hell next time!" Bully#1 yelled as they ran away with their pals scared
Kuzuku could only think, "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say wuss.". Kuzuku then pulled out his watch to check the time.
"Aw man I better go somewhere secluded and eat quickly! Lunch ends in 15 minutes," Kuzuku panicked. He ran off down the hall and out to the rooftop as to where it would be the best spot to eat his lunch in private. He's always eaten a lot and eating in front of people was definitely a no go.
Shortly after lunch his Biology class went by fast since Kuzuku practically slept through the whole thing and he had to sit through two periods of Calculus. After that class ended he was exiting into the hallways when he came across Glade. Glade was shocked to see the supposed "nerd" unscathed. Kuzuku took the opportunity to have a little chat.
"Oh hello Glade, fancy meeting you here. Why do you look so shock? Looks like you've seen the devil right in front of you," Kuzuku mocks with a sly smile on his face
"Don't 'Hello Glade' me, I am not your buddy especially after you insulted my girl like that and for the record I am not shock!" Glade lied, but with a hint of malice in his tone. Glade proceeds to walk the other direction only to glare at Kuzuku .
"Well that worked out well" The Saiyan noted. Kuzuku was now heading for his least favorite period of the day and that was P.E. Kuzuku waited for his classmates to join him out in the field and was now contemplating on how he should suppress his strength. As a few guys who walks out of the locker room Kuzuku couldn't help but overhear their conversation.
"Man I heard Liz was going out with that Ace guy," A boy said to his friend that was walking beside him.
"You for real dude? Damn, that guy Ace is one heck of a dude to land the jackpot," His friend cursed while snapping his fingers out of frustration.
His friend snickered at making him a bit ticked off and added, "Yeah also I heard he is friends with that Kuzuku kid as well.".
"Really? That nerd who is on bad terms with the most popular couple in the school? Man he sure does have a weird taste in friends," The boy's companion laughed as they passed by the Saiyan who was reading a book.
" Yeah and we all know Kuzuku is never going to get a girlfriend nor will he make it out of high school without getting killed first!" he laughed with him. The Saiyan didn't really care about their insults since he was never desperate or was ever interested in dates. He never really came across the idea of having a girlfriend and wasn't in the rush to get one to be honest. As for the friend comment he didn't know the reason why Ace wanted to be his friend in the first place. As I said those two simply met up on the first day of school and fate had it that they would become good friends. Kuzuku's thoughts stopped as he noticed everyone was already outside and huddled up in a concentrated area. He got up from his seat and joined his class who were awaiting for the teacher's arrival. With some time, the P.E teacher arrived and began to indulge them on what they were going to do today.
"Hello class, as you know, we are gonna have to do physical testing for this month and that involves push-ups, sit-ups, and the mile run," notified to the class. The whole class groan as they heard the news and were defiantly unhappy
"Well, you kids are gonna have to suck it up and deal with it and for starters, we are gonna get the hard part out of the way first and that is the mile run!" claims. This only made the kids want to commit suicide right then and there but they all sucked it up and walked on the track to prepare for the mile run. As of Kuzuku's awareness, the fastest in the class last year was Kize. In middle school he was prospected to be a track star even in high school. Kize friend Vincent was the classes #1 running back in football and was rank top 10 nationally. Kize and Vincent were up first for the mile run and Kuzuku watched them race around the track for the 4 laps with the other boys. Kize finished first with a time of 4 minutes and 55 seconds while Vincent finished 10 seconds behind. Then it was Kuzuku turn as he had a good grasp to go for. When Kuzuku finished first he felt a bunch of stares from the other kids in his class. This left Kuzuku confused as he was sure he didn't go too fast but to Kuzuku distraught, came to him and said.
"Well Kuzuku, I think you should go out for the track team this year cause with you there I don't think our school would ever be defeated," Hangrem amazed.
"What do you mean sir?" Kuzuku asked with a hint of fear in his voice. Without a word, walked next to the Saiyan and showed Kuzuku time of 3 minutes and 50 seconds. This left Kuzuku feeling utterly stupid.
"Damn Kuzuku and here I thought you were non-athletic but boy did you prove me wrong!" said Kize who so happened to overhear the conversation and peeked over the teacher's shoulder. Vincent followed up to see what the commotion was about and so happened to catch whim of what was going on as well.
"Why don't you do sports Kuzuku? This obviously proves that you have some sort of athleticism in you," Vincent inquiries. Kuzuku thought of a half-baked excuse for a moment. Eventually the light bulb clicked as he simply smiled.
"Uh well I was born with strong legs that's all and besides I have to keep up with my studies so sports would simply get in the way," Kuzuku says with a nervous laugh. Kize and Vincent were confused but eventually gave up asking.
"That's cool man anyways school is just about over, good luck with your studies dude," Vincent said with skepticism written on his face. Kuzuku nervously nods and thinks,"Man I hope rumors don't start to spread about this and hopefully Glade's goons will stay quiet for a while". The school bell ranged, signaling for everyone to head home. The Saiyan quickly grabbed his stuff and made his way through the school before walking through the exit. Once Kuzuku exited the schools area, he decided to fly over to capsule corp to ask Vegeta a favor. During his trip Kuzuku sensed a strange Ki that seemed to be hiding.
"What the... What is this Ki that I am sensing? It doesn't feel like any other ordinary human Ki," Kuzuku pondered. The young student then felt several Ki signatures disappear around it. This alarmed the young Saiyan to fly towards the area where he felt the disappearances. When he arrived, he saw nothing but a barren area with in a small town. For some reason the Ki signature was gone and could not sense it anymore. This struct him with a series of question but as for now he ignored it as he flies of to his destination. Little does he know that a shadowy figure was watching him.
