Chapter 61: Year of hell

I can't believe my luck, well, I feel unlucky. She's in my homeroom class. I'm going to die! The moment the teach mention my excellent high scores, on the entrance exam, the class had a roar of "boos' and "nerd boy." Great, just great. Haven't started talking to anyone and I already have a nickname. I rather be home. At least there I can study in my underwear, and snack whenever I want to.

When the teacher tells me to find a seat, a blonde girl calls my attention. She saying how there's an empty seat next to her, so why not take it. When I reach the seat is when I see her eyes are watching me. I feel nervous. Maybe I shouldn't sit over here. I'm seconds from looking for another seat, when the blonde girl gets my attention again. Well, it's too late.

Once I take the seat, I feel my fate is done for. The blonde introduce herself as Erasa, the blonde guy as Sharpner, and the one with the pretty eyes is Videl. Why do I keep referring her to pretty eyes? What is wrong with me? Then Erasa tells me that Videl is Mr. Satan's daughter. Oh, just perfect! She just had to be the daughter to that weird guy, who claimed to beat cell. Oh, no harm in lying about that. It made things peaceful for me and mom, and everyone else. But I am impressed that she's his daughter. Not impressed that the guy could have kids. I'm just impressed that her father is famous.

The rest of the day went by pretty ok. Except for when I kept feeling her eyes on me. I was just trying to write down as much as notes as possible. During lunch, when I saw what they had for lunch, in the lunchroom, I was debating on rushing home for lunch and then rush back for next class. Nope mister. I'm going to truly be suffering today. I'm just grateful that this school gives free lunch. But note to stuff, bring my own lunch from now on. The food seems like one of Bulma's kitchen experiments gone wrong. At least I could eat her food. Guess, I'll wait till I get home. Hope my stomach can stay quiet till then.

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I'm so happy my Gohan started school. But Goten looks so sad without his big brother around. Maybe I could take him to Bulma's. That usually cheers him up. That idea was turned down the moment it left my mouth. He instead stood in his room, playing with his toys. Maybe he'll cheer up if I make his favorite lunch.

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This is so not fun. Gohan started school, and I'm going to be home without him. Mom asked if I wanted to see Trunks, but it's not the same. Besides, on Monday he's always training with his dad. I'm going to my room, and pretend that this is all a dream. Big brother will be in home, and play with me. And we'll play that ninja tag, and hide and seek with mom. Maybe I could catch some bugs, and show Gohan. He likes it when I show him when I find something new. Even mom likes that. Mom did get worried when I brought home a tiger, and asked if we could keep it as a pet. Gohan thought it was funny, but mom yelled at me and the tiger. The tiger was very scared of mom. That was funny.

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This day just won't end. Thankfully my afternoon classes she wasn't in them, but the teachers kept picking me to solve problems for the class. So many dirty looks, I was starting to think I was public enemy number 1. That thought was funny. "Mr. Gohan, is there something you like to share with the class?"

"No madame." Great, just great.

Homeroom again, and I was tempted to find a different seat than this morning. But Erasa stopped me in my tracks, and called me over. During homeroom I found out a little bit more about my classmates. Like how Sharpner was in a sports club, and Erasa is part of the spirit committee. And the Videl was part of the Martial Arts club. So, she's a fighter. Interesting. Wait, why do I find that interesting?

After school, while everyone went to their clubs, I took a stroll to the edge of town, before flying off. Today was a long day. As I flew home, I wonder what mom cooked. I might even ask for couple more helping, to make up for not eating lunch. And if not, I could always fish if I'm still hungry. Mom hates it when I do that sometimes, but I just can't help it. Sometimes I would be extremely hungry, that not even her cooking fills me up. Sometimes I wonder if that was how it like when mom and dad first got married. It probably took mom forever to figure out how much will actually fill dad. That's a funny thought.

When I land home, I'm ambushed by my kid brother. I'm so weak from hunger, I can't even fight back. Today I lucked out, mom did make all my favorites, but it wasn't enough. Luckily mom didn't mind making more. She even commented how I'm almost eating as much as dad. The smile she had made me feel slightly sad. We haven't spoken about dad in a while. Almost like we avoid the subject all together.

After dinner, I went to start on my homework. It wasn't so bad. While doing homework, I found myself wondering what type of fun stuff will happen at school. Even though, today was my first day, tv shows and books always made high school seem like some type of adventure. I hope it's true.

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As I was training, the guys seem to be making a lot of giggling noise. So, I stopped what I was doing, and went to go see what they were doing. When I reached them, they were all holding some type of book. I looked over to one of them more closely, and then I realize what they're reading. And with that, I walked away. My curiosity was fulfilled and now I regret it.

Why did it have to be that? I tried getting back to my training, till Olibu walked over. He gets on the ground, and joins me in doing pushups. At first, we're silent, till he ask about my wife. "What exactly is there to say? She's absolutely perfect to me." He goes about asking about if she's hot, and how she looks. I was starting to get annoyed with these questions. "Why do you even want to know? It's none of your business to know how my wife looks."

"It's nothing bad Goku. I assure you. But the face of disgust, when you saw what the rest were looking at, had me curious. That's all."

His answer just made me angry. I sat up and looked at him. "Again, what is it to know how my wife looks? And why does it make you curious that I gave a disgust look?"

"If you gave such a face, than your wife must be one hell of a beauty. Let's face, we were all married men before we died. And we all considered our wives beautiful. But even we get bored of the same thing. And those magazines sure have some beauties. So, how does a guy like you, be so loyal to one female, and not at least look—"

I had punched him across the field, and gave the other guys an angry glare. They quickly looked away, and I walked off. How dare he say such things? How dare he compare me to every other guy? I only have eyes for my Chichi. Of course, I'm loyal to her, the same way I know, she is loyal to me. Why do they keep insisting that either her or me should move on? We're not like that! Chichi would always wait for me, and I will always for her!

Memories of that Li guy pops to mind. Chichi told me how he always tried to be with her. How a lot of men tried to have her hand in marriage. But she denied every one, because of our promise. Because of the promise we will be married. Even though it was a mistake on my end, she took it to heart. That alone proves her loyalty to me. She could have easily forgot our promise, like I have, and she could have married anyone else. She could have married anyone else, other than me. That thought alone had my blood boiling.

My Chichi could have been someone else's, and I wouldn't have known. If she never came to the tournament? What if when I went in search of her scent, and found out she was married? What if when I did and she told me about the forgotten promise? What would I have done? Would I have challenged her husband, for Chichi? I probably would, maybe even tried to kill him. I might not understand why I had those feelings, but sure as hell I would have done everything to have Chichi. For Chichi I would kill.

I tried getting into train. I needed to calm down. When I was finally calm, did King Kai came over to me. He was asking what happened, and I told him I didn't want to talk about it. He did insist that I need to learn to better control my temper. That slowly I'm slowly behaving more uncontrollable sayian, than the good nature sayian he first met. "Then tell them to leave my personal life out of their mouths." With that he gave me one more look, and walked away. And again, I felt my rage building. I tried focusing on training again.

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The rest of the month went by pretty fast. I kept mostly to myself. During class I would get bored, but it was ok. I felt I was actually understanding the main concept of each class. I even started asking for extra credit assignments. Thankfully, the teachers agreed. During lunch, I spent that time on the roof. I rarely spoke with Erasa, Sharpner, and Videl. Maybe during homeroom, but most of the time I was focus on class.

Well, so I like to tell myself. In the two classes me and Videl shared I would sometime look her way. Not the actually seeing way, but the ki sensing way. Sometimes when I do that, I would feel her eyes on me, and so I would stop. When I did, she stopped staring at me. I found that weird, but left it alone.

Then came summer vacation. That was a complete blessing. Not only did I end the year with the highest score, even though I started late, I, in a way, made friends. Well, sort of friends. They were the only three that I talked to the most. So, I guess you can say we're somewhat friends. Also, this guy Mark. Guess 10th grade went pretty well.

Summer was pretty fun, yet it felt short. I was finally allowed to sleep in again. I didn't have to wear long sleeves anymore, too. I was even allowed to just be in my underwear, now that was awesome. Plus, a dip in the lake was like the highlight of my summer. Goten didn't bug me as much, but I still annoyed me time to time. And we did have fun. Also, during the summer I grew even more, and I got a new haircut. So, the summer was pretty fun, in its own right.

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Gohan sure acts weird when he gets home. After dinner my baby goes to his room to do all that homework. Why does the teachers give him so much? I asked him, and he tells me that he asked for it. Saying how he wanted to do as much extra credit as possible. My baby is incredible. Just like his father. Always liking a good challenge, and taking more than what is expected of them.

Summer is finally here, and Gohan is way too happy to be out of school. He does a lot, so I should let him enjoy his summer. I try not to ask for too much. Even though, I hate relying on dad like this, it at least helped me with the boys. And I'm so grateful that Bulma is helping pay for Gohan's schooling, and is even helping with Goten's. I really don't know what I'll do without her.

As I let Gohan enjoy his day, me and Goten heads to Bulma's for a playdate. Krillin is even bring Marron along. This is so much fun. Watching our kids play together. I do wish Gohan had this growing up, but at least Goten has it. And Gohan is doing everything to make me proud. But I do hope he's also doing it for himself. He deserves his own happiness, too. He's still a kid after all.

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Summer is finally here! Gohan is home the whole day! But mom doesn't want me bugging him. But I can't help it! I got my big brother back for two whole months! We played in the lake. We played endless ninja tag, and hide and seek. Mom even made all our favorite desserts. We was even allowed to drink soda, and eat junk food. The summer is fun when mom doesn't try to make us eat healthy all the time. We even got to stay up to watch all the movies we wanted.

Trunks would visit sometimes, and bring his video games. And mom doesn't complain if we stay past our bedtime playing. She only complains if we don't keep my room clean. Me and Trunks would even do prank calls, since there was no bedtime. We even ate all the cookies, when mom wasn't looking. Gohan would then try to catch us, for not leaving him any. And Gohan would get in trouble for shooting ki blast at us. Like mom says, he should know better since he's older.

But the few times he ate the last of the mom's pies, I would get so angry. I even threaten to destroy his summer assignments. And he would give me a nuggie, till mom comes save me. "But he started it!" Mom just tell him how I'm younger, and should be nicer. That's right. Don't eat the last slice next time.

But the times mom wasn't another, me and Trunks had to play extra nice. That meant, if we broke something, we had to beg Gohan to not tell mom. We would do anything, and he would make us do his chores. One time he made me and Trunks bring him snacks while he was studying. And he got first dibs on what to watch on tv. It's a good thing he liked cartoons. Unless, he was in the mood to watch the boring news. "Stop being a grownup, and put on the cartoons. The superhero one is going to start soon!" That one is our absolute favorite. We almost had every figure of our favorite characters.