~Tournament Saga~

Chapter 21 – Uncle?

Gohan slowly made his way through the school. It was Monday, meaning today was the first day that he would have to go to Boxing practice. Only a few people really knew that he had a good right hook from when he nailed Sharpner, and somehow that fact had failed to spread, but he still could feel some cold looks staring at his back. From what his saiyan ears could make out, the Boxing club was embarrassed that a nerd would be brave enough to try and join. It only meant trouble. Sighing, Gohan weighed his options. Could I run?... … … Nah, probably not. I said I would show. But they're gonna try to make an example out of me...I really hope I don't hurt anyone.

Rubbing his eyes, Gohan plopped himself down in his chair. Soon after Sharpner and Erasa came in one after another. Sharpner spotted Gohan and smiled, almost evilly, sending chills up Gohan's spine. Erasa also had an almost sinister smile plastered on her face when she noticed Gohan. The two walked up and took their spots. Sharpner leaned back in his desk and put his hands behind his head.

"You ready for practice?" His smile grew even more.

Gohan forced a smile. "You bet..."

Erasa now had her eyes plastered to the door to the classroom. Just as the last person of the four friends where about to show up, Erasa glanced at Gohan.

Noticing the strangeness, Gohan blinked, looking to the doorway. He sensed her first, which was strange in itself cause he didn't have to focus. Videl's energy level was high enough now that he could sense her quite easily. The next thing was that she still had those weights he gave her. Man, she's dedicated. She'll be ready for the next set soon.

The next thing was her hair. It was not in pig tails, but it was cut short. His stomach dropped and his heart went into his throat. She...she cut her hair like I said? A flash of panic crossed over Gohan's face, giving all the satisfaction that Erasa needed.

Videl glared up at Gohan, her newly found energy stirring ever so slightly. Slowly walking up to her seat, she never broke eye contact with Gohan. She could see his nervousness, and she was ready to keep this up until the next time they meet to train. Idiot...such a jerk.

Gohan buried his nose into his book, trying to think of something to break the deadlock silence. Failing to think of anything, he sighed thankfully when their history teacher walked in. The slender green fox looked up at the students, who were slowly starting to pay attention to him. "All right students, bring out your books. Lets start today's lesson..."

-DBZ-

The end of the day came all to quickly for Gohan. Before he knew it, class for the day was over and he was following Sharpner. Reaching into his locker and pulling out some cloths, Sharpner handed them to Gohan. "Put these on and meet me in the boxing clubs room." And with that, he left Gohan.

Gohan sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror. A tight white sleeveless shirt and orange boxing shorts. There'd be no way to hide his muscles now. Working up his will power, Gohan slowly walked towards the club room. Pushing aside the door, he was met with a strong killing intent. All the club members were staring him down, all of them stopping whatever they were doing. Gohan smiled goofily, rubbing the back of his head while waving at them with his other hand. "Uh...hey! Im a...a new member."

One of the members stood up and walked over to Gohan. The man was the same height as himself, and had black spiked hair rivaling that of a saiyan. Along with a few tattoos of snakes and scorpions, the man looked like a delinquent. The teen wrapped his arm round Gohan's neck, smiling. "Well, welcome to the boxing club! Let me introduce you to everyone. Sharpner will be here in a bit, he's always slow, but he is the captain so we can't complain."

Gohan looked at him with a questioning look. "He's the captain?"

The teen nodded. "Yup, he's the only guy here who can beat me. I'm something like his lieutenant, so I'll take care of stuff till he shows up. My name is Deko. You must be Gohan, yes?"

Gohan nodded, to which Deko's smile twisted slightly. As he introduced Gohan to each of the members, each looked more like a delinquent than the last. Gohan was beside himself, he was gonna have to somehow befriend these guys so he wouldn't have any troubles while club activities when on.

Deko smiled once he was finished. "Well, that's everyone. Say, since the captain and coach aren't here, do you wanna have a quick friendly spar to see how good you are?"

Gohan knew he was going to have to eventually, so he nodded. "Where's the safety equipment?"

Deko's smile stretched across his face. "Aww, its just a friendly spar, we'll both go easy on each other, ok?"

Gohan could tell what was going on. This was going to be their way of showing how not just anyone can join the boxing club. Deko got up onto a ring that was in the middle of the room, and turned. "You are gonna get up here, right?"

A serious face flashed over Gohan's face. Talk about a pain in the ass. Man, I really got to be careful.

The other club members slowly gathered around the ring, smirking as they knew, or thought they knew what was about to happen. Even a few that were near a window smoking stopped to get up and watch the "slaughter".

Gohan climbed onto the ring and stood across from his opponent. His face was full of worry, knowing no one would be happy to see the new guy be easily stronger than any of them. Before he could try and stop the fight, one of the members hit a bell, signaling the beginning of the fight.

Deko rushed towards Gohan, obviously not taking it easily. Making sure not to move to fast, Gohan dodged to the left, watching the punch miss his face just to the left. Deko didn't wait, firing away multiple punches. Gohan sidestepped each and every one. Deciding to end it, Gohan stepped in, catching Deko off guard. With a light tap, Gohan punched him in the jaw, sending the poor delinquent out of the ring.

The room was silent. Most of their mouths were gapping, while Gohan sighed. He'd gone and done it now. Now everyone would know he was a fighter. The first noise was Sharpner opening the door. He blinked, noting that Deko was out cold on the ground. Gohan waved halfheartedly at him, smiling nervously. Sharpner smiled. "See guys? I told ya he was good."

None of the other club members could speak. Gohan hopped down and walked over to Sharpner. "Sorry about that."

Sharpner smiled, looking down at the body. "Nah, its ok. He had it coming. I kinda knew they were gonna do this, but I figured you could handle yourself. Looks like I was right!"

Gohan laughed nervously. "Hehehe...ya..."

As Sharpner moved out of the doorway and into the club room, a second person started to walk in. A slender green fox, a few feet shorter than Gohan walked in. Gohan blinked. Hey its my history teacher...whats his name again?...

The green fox walked in and sighed. "Honestly, you kids should know better! You'll get no where in life if all you do is use your skills for bad things!"

The other club members where pulled back to reality and looked down. "Sorry sir..."

Sharpner returned to Gohan's side. "Hey Coach, since we have a new guy, and these guys seem to need a reminder, why don't you tell us about your brother who was the world champ."

All the club members perked up, starting to smile. "Ya, lets here it!" and another one. "I haven't heard it in a long time, tell us the story coach!"

The green fox turned to Gohan. "Well, you must be the new kid that Sharpner has been talking about. My name is Konkichi, but most everyone calls me Coach."

Gohan shook the foxes hand. "Nice to meet you."

Konkichi smiled, and walked over to a closet, pulling out a brown photo album. Everyone hopped up onto the ring, circling around the green fox as he opened it up, blowing away the dust.

The first picture caught Gohan instantly. Rubbing his eyes, he double took at a newspaper clipping. Is that...Goten?... no this is to old for that...this has to be...dad!

The picture was child Goku standing across from a small fox that Gohan figured had to be Konkichi. In the background were three rather large animal people knocked out, most likely from Goku. The title above the picture read "Small Boy finds Real Bank Robbers."

Konkichi smiled, remembering how things happened to himself. Everyone, now including Gohan was quietly waiting for the story to start.

Konkichi pointed at Goku. "This kid is the strongest fighter I've ever seen. He is the legendary Son Goku. This year he got second place in the world martial arts tournament. It was unheard of for such a young child to be so good, but he always stunned everyone's expectations. I believe the next time he participated in the tournament, he won!"

Looking down, the fox smiled again. "He changed my life around. He truly was a good brother. "

Gohan nearly choked on his tongue in surprise. Brother! Wait wait...he's a fox! He can't really be my...uncle!

Konkichi continued his story. "I owed a lot of money to the wrong people. When I couldn't pay it back, I became a thief. A pickpocket so I could pay them back. I just couldn't get the money though, so they came after me. Goku happened across me when they were just about to finish me off. He saved my life. In return I tried to help him get to the tournament by lifting a ticket off someone. I failed however, so in the end I wasn't able to help him. Those guys I owed money to came after me again though, and this time Goku wasn't there at the moment. They forced me to take a fall for a bank robbery. Goku showed up then, and I had to tell him everything about myself."

The fox looked down now, stopping the story for a moment. "... … ...After telling him everything, he went off and caught those three, clearing my name. At that point I knew I could never pay him back for what he'd done for me. So I made him a promise to become a teacher. I wouldn't let you guys make the same mistakes I did. And...here I am. After he won the tournament, he disappeared. I don't know where he went, but I have a hint."

Gohan started to sweat. He couldn't mean...

Konkichi continued. "Durring the Cell games, I saw a man who I know for a fact was Goku. I just know it. And I believe his kid was there as well. Both had blond hair, but I just new that he was Goku and that was his son. I believe...I believe that Goku beat Cell, and not Hercule. There's no way that idiot is stronger than Goku, it must have been him...Goku was like a brother to me, but I still don't know what happened after the broadcast cut out. I'd give anything to tell him that I followed through with my promise."

Gohan blinked. So they weren't really brothers? Whoo...that was weird, to think that dad saved this guy. Gohan looked around, the tough delinquent club members were near tears because of the story. Stunned, Gohan turned back to Konkichi. Goku is the inspiration of Satan City High school Boxing club? What are the odds?

Konkichi looked over Gohan, almost knowingly. Gohan broke eye contact, looking down at the picture instead. Does he know something more that he isn't saying?

The green fox stood up, picking up the photo album. "All right everyone, back to work!" And with that, everyone started working on boxing, while Gohan couldn't help but shake the feeling that Konkichi knew more than what he was saying.