I'm back! I hope two chapters is enough to get the ball rolling again. Thank you everyone for waiting and also, thank you to all the people who followed, favorited, and reviewed.
While looking at the reviews, I found it really funny how many people didn't like the Saiyaman costume in the anime. To tell you the truth, I didn't either, so I decided to change it. I hope I don't disappoint. :)
Also, I'm glad many of you like the chapters from last time. I'm thinking that I'll do a bonus every five chapters or so, as long as I have one to post. Finding times to write has become pretty hard, considering my schedule.
Anyway, hope you guys like it!
Chapter 6: Capsule Corp
Gohan arrives in West City on Nimbus and easily locates the Capsule Corp building, home of the richest family on the planet (and a very close family friend), the Briefs. He hears a loud "Gohan" as he lands, turning around right before a purple-grey haired kid tackles him to the ground.
"Hey Trunks, how's it going?" Gohan exclaims, grinning at the child.
He grins back. "Not bad, are you gonna stay? It's been too quiet here. Will you play with me?"
Gohan laughs. "Yeah, sure. Just need to find your mom first. You know where she is?"
"She's in her lab as usual. She never does anything else."
"Okay, thanks. I'll be right back," Gohan says, getting The little kid off of him and waving as he enters the dome-shaped mansion.
A few moments later, Gohan enters the lab to find Bulma tinkering at her work table as usual.
"Hey Bulma, Whatcha doing?"
"Gohan! Long time no see! I'm just modifying another jet-copter capsule. How are you doing? You've grown so big," Bulma comments as she looks up from her work, tucking her short, bright blue pixie cut hair out of her face.
Gohan scratches the back of his head and lets out an embarrassed laugh. "Y-yeah. It's been a while. Actually, Bulma, can I ask you something?"
Bulma sighs dramatically. "You Sons, always wanting something when you come. Don't you ever just come to visit?" Gohan looks down guiltily. Bulma laughs. "I'm just kidding. C'mon Gohan, where's your sense of humor?"
Gohan laughs half-heartedly, still looking sheepish.
"So what's up?"
Gohan looks back up at Bulma. "Well, so you know how my family lives in the mountains and wants a peaceful life, right?"
"Gohan, if I know your family, and I do, you guy's lives are anything but peaceful."
"Okay, yeah. But as peaceful as we can get it. You know what I mean."
Bulma laughs. "Sure kid. So what does this have to do with me?"
"Well," Gohan continues, "I recently started going to a public school, and I'm having a hard time hiding my powers." Gohan could see the gears turning in Bulma's head. "It's not like I want to get rid of them or anything," he adds hastily. The gears stop for a second. "I just want to be able to hide my identity when I use them. You see, there's a lot of crime in the city I go to, and I wanna help out."
"Huh," Bulma says contemplating. "So you want to hide your energy, or powers as you call it, but still help out using them to aid police and stuff?
"Yeah, that's right. Also, there's this girl at school, Videl Satan, who's onto me after seeing me in action earlier."
"Videl Satan? Hercule's daughter? She's in your class?"
"Yeah, she actually sits two seats down from me."
"Wow, what a small world! Hey, if you see Hercule in town too, make sure to thank him for not taking all your credit all those years ago."
"Yeah, of course, but I didn't really need the credit in the first place. We don't want paparazzi showing up at our front door in the mountains after all."
"Yeah, true." Bulma thinks for a minute. "Oh, I have an idea. Let's make you an alter ego, like in those superhero movies."
Gohan's face lights up. "Yeah, that would be cool."
"Okay," Bulma says, putting down what she is doing and walking over to where Gohan stands near the doorway. She crosses her arms. "So let's work off of what you had before. You mentioned you fought criminals beforehand? How did you disguise yourself then?"
"Well, it's kind of simple actually. I just turned super. You should know by now that it changes my hair and eye color. I thought it was a pretty good idea at the time...until Videl noticed a similar clothing choice between me and super me."
Bulma nods. "Well Gohan, looks like there's not much I need to do for you. Just hold tight a couple minutes. I'll whip something together."
Gohan nods back. "Sure, I'll just be in the front playing with Trunks then."
"Oh, good idea," Bulma states as she walks to her desk, "he's gotten lonely these past few weeks. He needs some fun every once in a while. Just don't get too carried away, okay?"
Gohan laughs. "I'll try," he says back as he walks to the front. I wonder what Bulma's going to do.
Minutes later, Bulma steps outside to see Gohan and Trunks sparring. Plenty of holes are scattered across the lawn, though none of them very deep. Both Gohan and Trunks are holding back by a lot and she could tell, but the small holes were still enough to make Bulma mad.
"Gohan! Trunks! When I hear play, I expect there to still be more grass than dirt on the lawn!" Bulma shouts angrily. Gohan and Trunks, knowing that a mad Bulma is never a good one, stop sparring in mid air and float down to the ground.
"Sorry mom," Trunks mutters.
"Aww, but Bulma, we did try to hold back," Gohan laughs, as if it all were a game.
"Gohan! I thought you of all people would know better! You're just like your father." The atmosphere suddenly changes and a distant look crosses her eyes. "You know what? Never mind. You're his son after all. It just can't be helped." Bulma takes out a remote from her pocket and pushes a button, replanting all the empty patches and holes in the ground. "There. Good thing I had that installed after all those times Goten and Trunks fought. Now" She puts the remote back in her pocket and takes out a white wristwatch with red and blue buttons on the side. "Here you go Gohan."
Gohan takes the wristwatch and puts it on his left wrist. "Cool, what is it?" he asks.
Bulma crosses her arms. "Well, why don't we go in and find out? We don't want to show everyone outside, do we?"
Gohan's face lights up. "Yeah!" he looks to the little boy beside him. "Hey Trunks, race you!"
The boy smiles. "Okay!" and the two both disappear in clouds of dirt and smoke. Bulma laughs and follows them at a much slower pace.
Once inside, Bulma, Gohan, and Trunks gather in the living room.
"So the red button controls the time on the watch and the blue one is for you. Why don't you press it?" Bulma asks, Pointing to the corresponding buttons. Gohan presses the blue button on the side of his new watch. Instantly, an outline appears on him and a new set of clothes materialize out of thin air.
"Gohan, you look like you're ready for a martial arts tournament of something!" Trunks exclaims as he sees Gohan's new outfit. "Mom, can I have one?"
"Not now Trunks, when you're older," Gohan hears Bulma responding as he walks to a mirror. It's true, he thinks as he sees a purple gi and a red weighted shirt underneath with red weighted wrist straps and a red waist strap.
"So Gohan, you like it? I thought Goku's clothing style would be good for you, I just changed up some color choices to match your past ones from training with Piccolo. Also added the weighted clothes to tune your ki level down so you don't hurt anyone. I hope two tons is enough. I know how important it is to you saiyans to train everyday.
Gohan smiles. "It's awesome! Thanks Bulma, I owe you."
Bulma brushes the comment away, already aware of her genius. " Aw, you don't owe me a thing, kid. I'm just glad I could help."
Gohan gives a small nod and gets ready to go when something occurs to him. "Hey Bulma, what about my face? Won't people recognise me?"
"No biggie. Just turn super, like you've always been doing. It seems to have worked so far."
"Oh yeah, that's true." He turns flies out the nearest window in the room. "Thanks Bulma! See ya Trunks!" He shouts as he rushes back home, Bulma and Trunks waving.
"Come back to play again soon Gohan!" He hears Trunks shout behind him.
When he reaches his house, Gohan presses the blue button to switch back to his normal clothes again. I want to surprize mom with this one, he thinks as he sees a mini Goku appear out of the house.
"Gohan!" The mini Goku exclaims, launching himself into his big brother's arms and almost knocking him over for the second time that day.
"Hey Goten! How're you doing squirt?"
"I'm great, but mom's been worried in the kitchen. You should probably go see her."
Gohan visibly winces. Nothing was worse than an angry ChiChi. "Okay, I guess I will." He puts his little brother down and walks in the house towards the kitchen. Once there, he sees his mom frowning with a towel in his hand, facing him.
"Hey mom, I'm home."
"Gohan! What have you been doing? School ended three hours ago! You better have a good explanation!"
"Mom, it's fine. I was just at Bulma's, helping her take care of Trunks since Vegeta's been training all this time. Go ahead and call her. She can vouch for me."
"Okay, fine then," his mom, ChiChi, replies, her anger seeming to have dissipated.
"Oh, and Mom," Gohan adds hesitantly, "Bulma also made me this thing so I can help fight crime in the city I attend school in," he says as he motions to his new watch and presses the button. Instantly, his clothes turn into the purple gi from before. "And if I turn super," he continues, excitement clearly shown in his voice and on his face, "no one would recognize me. How cool is that?"
ChiChi looks at him and sighs. "Well, you are your father's son, so there's no use in talking you out of it. Just as long as you get back here by dinnertime, okay?"
Gohan grins. "Sure thing. Thanks mom," he says as he rushes to his room to do homework. It didn't even take ten minutes, since he had learned the material already. By the time his mother called him down to eat, he had already finished, changed back into his normal clothes, and had read through half his book that was due for english in two months. After a very filling dinner, he goes to sleep, ready for the next day to try out Bulma's newest invention.
Hope you guys liked it. Feel free to favorite, follow or review as much as you want. I always love seeing those notifications in my email and account.
It's been a relaxing two months. I think I may release a new chapter every month or so, but I've also been debating on writing a Detective Conan/Case Closed fanfic as well. I guess if I decide to do that, it'll be a chapter every two months, but I don't know. I guess I'll keep thinking about it.
To all my old and new followers and favorites, thanks so much for staying with me all this time. Hope you guys are enjoying yourselves. See you next time!