Disclaimer: Dragon Ball Z belongs to Toriyama Akira and will never be mine.

Discovering Gohan

First Day of School

Gohan hated being in this place again. The first time he had ever stepped foot in a school, a whole crowd of girls were ogling him while a bunch of boys sneered at him. Later, he began to date a few girls for fun and to find out what was so cool about them. Almost everyone hated him. Gohan had only dated three girls and he didn't like any of them. The girls annoyed the heck out of him and the glares he got from nerds and jocks were enough to drive Gohan crazy. He hated school. Then again, that was middle school. He wasn't quite sure how high school would be like.

As he walked down the halls, he noticed a few girls giggle and smile at him. Nothing had changed. Not only was he more annoyed than ever that the girls were still ogling him, the guys were shooting a few dangerous glares his way. Gohan had a feeling that he wouldn't like high school either.

Gohan walked waited in line patiently for a few minutes and grabbed his schedule. He had English AP first thing in the morning. Then he had Calculus BC, History AP, Japanese AP, Lunch, Physics AP, and Physical Education/Martial Arts. Gohan frowned. He really didn't want to be at school learning these courses when he had already mastered them years ago.

He sighed and walked down the foreign language hall. Gohan found his class easily and entered the classroom. The room was half empty. He laughed inwardly. He guessed that the majority of the students took regular. Gohan took a seat somewhere in the middle of the room. After a few minutes, the class began to fill up. He was glad that no one decided to take a seat next to him since he was really not in the mood to associate with anyone.

Eventually the bell rang. The teacher got up from her desk and stood in front of the class. "Welcome to English AP. I am Ms. Muffin," she said in Japanese. Then she decided to test her students and began to speak in English. "This is the most advanced class of English this school has so I expect you to do your best. This class will not be easy. If you think that you cannot handle my class, I suggest you go see your counselor now and transfer to another class, since you are only wasting your time in here."

Immediately, chatter erupted in the room and a couple of students got up from their seats to leave the room.

The teacher watched as the two students left the room, then turned her attention to the class. "Okay, so I see that the rest of you have decided to stay. Excellent." She picked up the roll sheet from her desk and said, "Now, when I call out your name, I want you to raise your hand and say 'here.'"

"Hmm… Brief-Son Gohan."

Gohan raised his hand and answered as the teacher had wished. He noticed that a few of the girls in the room began giggling. He felt like ripping out his sensitive saiyan ears just so that he wouldn't have to listen to people talk about him all day.

As the teacher was in the middle of calling out names, a girl suddenly burst into the room. She had long black hair pulled into two pigtails and bright blue eyes. She wore an oversized baggy white shirt and bicycle shorts. She appeared to have run all the way to class. Gohan looked at her curiously.

"I'm sorry Sensei, I was stopping a bank robbery this morning," she said in perfect English and in between pants.

Ms. Muffin smiled sweetly at the girl. "It's all right. I see that your English is quite good. That is exactly what I expect out of all of you," she said, looking at the class. "Take a seat, dear. Now, what's your name?"

"Satan Videl," she replied as she took the only empty seat left in the room. She threw down her bag and immediately took out a notebook and a pen.

Gohan watched her curiously for a while before he shifted his attention back to the teacher. That was interesting, she didn't look at me weirdly or anything like the other girls, he thought to himself.

The class went by pretty quickly since all they did was pass out books and review over the basics of English. At the end of class as Gohan was packing his stuff, he noticed that the girl next to him was waiting for him.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I haven't seen you here before. Are you new?" she asked.

He shrugged. "Yeah." Gohan slung his backpack over his shoulder and looked at her.

She smiled slightly and extended her hand. "I'm Satan Videl. What's your name?"

Gohan glanced at her hand, then at her face. She was certainly pretty even though she wasn't dressed up like the other girls. She had natural beauty which most of the girls at the school lacked. Gohan turned and muttered, "Gohan." Then he left the room.

Videl looked at him quizzically and wondered what had just happened. She lowered her hand and sighed. "What a nice guy," she muttered sarcastically to herself.

She hurried to her next class and found out that Gohan was in her second period too. However, this time there were more seats. She noticed that Gohan sat at a desk somewhere toward the front where not many students were seated. Videl walked down the aisles and took the desk to him.

"We meet again, Gohan."

He nodded and answered indifferently, "Apparently." Gohan realized that she was a lot different from the other girls he encountered so far and was relieved of that, but he still didn't want to associate with anyone. So he decided to ignore this girl, no matter how curious he was.

"May I see your schedule?" she asked.

"Why?"

She bit her bottom lip for a while, trying to figure out how to deal with a person like Gohan. "I was just wondering what other classes we have together," she answered at last.

Gohan looked at her suspiciously for a moment before reaching into his pocket and slamming down the piece of paper onto her desk.

"Interesting. You're in all of my classes," she said, giving back the piece of paper.

"Is that so?" he said monotonously. He turned away from her and just stared at the front of the class.

"He's so weird," Videl finished off.

"That's weird. I would have thought that every guy would be bowing at your feet," Erasa commented.

"That punk doesn't know who he's messing with," Sharpner said, cracking his knuckles.

"Leave him alone, Sharpner," Videl warned. She tossed the rest of her lunch away in the trashcan by their table and sighed. "I was just trying to make a new friend, not a new enemy."

"Don't worry Videl. I'm sure he's not really like that. There's probably something bothering him," said Erasa.

"I say that kid is trying to make a fool out of you," said Sharpner.

Videl rolled her eyes at the blond boy's response. "Erasa's probably right. Nobody could be that cold and mean unless there's something bothering him or her. I mean Gohan doesn't seem to like the people here, so that could be a reason."

"Whatever you say, Videl. Don't come running to me when you find out you're wrong," said Sharpner.

Videl and Erasa snorted.

Sixth period had finally arrived. Gohan stared at the P.E. clothes that they were required to wear. Luckily, he thought ahead and stuffed a pair of sweat pants and a baggy long sleeved shirt. He quickly changed and sat down on the bleachers inside the gym.

As he waited for the rest of his class to assemble, he noticed a blond boy shoot daggers at him. The boy took a seat next to him and asked, "Are you Gohan?"

Gohan shrugged. "Yeah."

He narrowed his eyes at the demi-saiyan. "Listen man, I don't know what you're up to, but I don't appreciate the way you're treating my friend, Videl."

"What do you mean? I haven't done anything. This is how I treat everyone," Gohan answered indifferently. "By the way, you got a smudge on your nose."

Sharpner glared at the boy and rubbed his nose. "Watch yourself," he warned.

Gohan didn't do anything but merely stare at Sharpner.

The blond boy felt the piercing gaze from Gohan and coughed. He turned around in time to see Erasa and Videl walk toward him.

"Hey, Gohan," greeted Videl.

"Hey," he answered back nonchalantly.

Videl nudged Erasa, signaling to her friend that this was Gohan. Erasa nodded her head in awe. "So this is Gohan… He's cute," she whispered to the raven-haired girl.

Videl rolled her eyes. "Yes, I know that. I meant the way he acts. Didn't you notice how he just seems so stiff, cold… and distant?"

"Now that you mention it, yeah…" Erasa sighed. "Such a pity. If he had a better personality I would so totally go for him!"

Videl rolled her eyes again. She was about to say something, but was interrupted by the teacher. The teacher quickly took attendance and then allowed the students to play basketball for the remainder of the period.

Gohan watched as the other students played. He had never really played the game before since he spent most of his time studying and training. Though, he did read a couple books about basketball before. Gohan figured that if he tried, he would be able to get the hang of things quite quickly. At times like this he loved being a fast learner.

Gohan dribbled the ball for a while, trying to get accustomed the feeling of dribbling a ball. Just as he was about to shoot, he heard someone call out to him.

"That's not how you play basketball," Sharpner said with a cocky grin. He skillfully stole the ball from Gohan and did a lay-up. As expected, the ball bounced off the backboard and fell straight through the basket. "Let's see what you got," he said arrogantly.

Gohan kept his face neutral. He grabbed the ball, dribbled it two times and shot. The ball sailed gracefully through the air and straight through the basket for a swish.

Sharpner gaped at the boy. "W-what! And that was the first time you played too!"

Gohan shrugged and shot again. The ball sailed through the air and went straight through the basket a second time. Sharpner quickly grabbed the ball and shot from a random point behind the three-pointer line. The ball bounced off the backboard slightly and then went into the basket. "Hah! Beat that!"

Gohan grabbed the ball and looked around. The half-point looked like an interesting place to shoot. He headed to the spot and aimed the ball.

"There's no way you're going to make that shot! Not many people can make it!"

Gohan ignored what he blond boy said and shot. The ball went into the basket again for a swish. Gohan heard some clapping come from behind him and turned around to see Videl and Erasa applauding him.

"You're pretty good. You should try out for the basketball team," she said with a smile.

Gohan shifted his gaze away from her. "I don't think so. I'm not even that good at it."

At that moment, the gym teacher blew the whistle. "All right folks. Head in and change."

Gohan walked away from the trio and into the locker room where he quickly changed back into his normal clothes. As school let out, he noticed that a lot of people rode home in their cars. He didn't want to stand out like he did the last time he came to school so he de-capsulated a motorcycle to ride home on.

He heard a couple of people let out a low whistle at how his motorcycle looked, but he ignored them. Gohan put on his helmet and started the bike. He arrived home in less than an hour. Gohan preferred flying more, but riding on a motorcycle seemed to make him less noticeable amongst the crowds of people.

"How was your first day of school?" Bulma asked her adoptive son.

Gohan shrugged and dumped his backpack on the floor. "It was all right, I guess. Nothing really special happened except for having this girl bothering me the whole day."

"A girl bothering you the whole day? Please explain," the blue-haired woman said, taking a seat beside the demi-saiyan.

"She's apparently in all of my classes and she keeps trying to talk to me. I don't know what's her problem since I really don't feel like talking to anyone. It seems as if she didn't get the hint," he explained.

A smile came to Bulma's lips. "This girl won't leave you alone, you say. Could it be that she likes you?"

Gohan rolled his eyes. "Please don't start with that again. The last three girlfriends I had didn't act that way around me. They kept giggling like crazy and showing me off like some trophy. I seriously don't think so."

Bulma shrugged her shoulders. "It was worth a shot. Besides, she could have a different way of showing affection towards you."

"Bulma, you're overanalyzing things too much." Gohan stood up and slung his backpack over his shoulder. "I'm going to go to my room and do my homework."

"All right, I'll call you down when it's time for dinner."

"You want to what?" shrieked Erasa.

Videl pulled the receiver away from her ear and winced. Erasa had a very loud voice. When she felt that Erasa had stopped shrieking, Videl began to talk again.

"I want to find out who Gohan really is. I want to find the mystery behind him," repeated the raven-haired girl.

"You must be kidding, Videl. I had no idea that you liked those kind of men."

Videl laughed. "You're my best friend and you don't know that. Something's wrong here. Were you hanging out with Sharpner again?"

"Videl!"

"Just kidding! Anyways, do you think I'll succeed?"

Erasa shrugged. "I don't know Videl, you're only the daughter of Mr. Satan. Of course you'll succeed!"

Videl laughed again. "I wasn't quite sure, but I'm glad to know that someone believes in me."

"Hmm… I'm wondering, Videl. Do you like Gohan?"

The raven-haired girl busted out in laughter. "You must be kidding, Erasa. I want to find out who Gohan is, not find out how to date him."

"You're right. Silly me of asking."

"Perhaps you were only asking that because you want to have a go at him?" teased Videl.

"What! No! Sure he's cute and all, but he's not really my type."

"Wow, I can't believe my ears. This is the first time I've ever heard you admit that a guy is not your type."

"Oh shut up."

Videl laughed at her friend. Teasing Erasa was one of her favorite hobbies. Just then she heard someone calling her name.

"Ack, I gotta go. I'll talk to you after dinner, k?"

"K, go stuff yourself you piggy!"

Videl laughed before hanging up the phone and rushing downstairs to join her father for supper. She took the seat across from Mr. Satan and smiled at the food on her plate.

"Did you have a good day at school, sweet pea?" asked Mr. Satan.

Videl shrugged her shoulders. "It was all right. I met this new guy who's in all my classes."

Mr. Satan stopped eating after hearing the word guy. "What about this guy?"

"Oh no, not you too! I do not like him! I just want to get to know him better because he seems very interesting! End of discussion!" exclaimed Videl. She turned her attention to dinner and immediately began eating.

"Okay… I didn't really need to know that much information… but okay…"

I don't think many people are liking the revision so far, so I just might return to The Wretched Life of Our Hero. Then again, that story is way less developed and I am not quite proud of that. Oh well, we'll see how this story progresses once I hit chapter four since that is the last chapter I have written or revised up to. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.