** Telepathy/Psychic Bond **
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
:: Yasai ::
"First part of a sentence / followed by another part", first person speaks/ flows into second (depends on the amount of backslashes and people speaking).
"Simultaneous Speech (replace with thought, yasai, etc.)", first person initialsecond person initial.
I do not own the DB franchise.
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Bulma and the teen were walking on the streets of Satan City. Lime realized that Gohan was once again completely silent. She tried to read his mind, but soon realize he had temporarily shut out the world. She latched onto his arm in attempts to get his attention, he looked at her.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked, slightly concerned.
"If, that guy is really Gero's grandson, then he possibly knows everything about the Z-Senshi, even the Cell Games, I mean one of those criminal recognized me from the footage."
Lime was thoughtful for a moment. "That can't be a coincidence, can it?" she asked hesitantly.
"Not likely," Bulma said, "That device Gokuu was working on this morning? It seems like something that Gero would make. Plus, it's an alloy made from the same material as the Power Pole. Psychometry doesn't work on magic elements."
"Meaning that Kemaru is probably like his grandfather: bent on revenge." Gohan said.
They walked in silence for a while, then Bulma spoke. "Well let's give him the benefit of the doubt," she said cheerfully, "I have a surprise for you two!"
"What and where?" GL asked
Bulma smiled, she had always found how they involuntarily spoke at the same time remarkable. "You'll have to wait 'till tomorrow." She said cheekily.
Gohan and Lime looked at each other uncertainly, "We don't want it anymore-"
"Too late." Bulma said, waving her finger, "You didn't have much of a choice anyway."
Sighing, the two teens conceded. "Alright Bulma," Gohan said.
"We'll play along." Lime finished.
"See ya tomorrow!" GL said before they ran into the nearest alley and took off for home.
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The next morning at Satan Manor, Videl was curled up in a blissful sleep, that is, until her mother came in to wake her.
"Videl baby, wake up." She said cheerfully
"Mum, the alarm clock hasn't gone off yet…" Videl drawled groggily, turning away from her mother.
"Now Videl," her mother began, "you know you break them subconsciously."
"Five more minutes." She uttered that famous phrase. However, she suddenly found herself being lifted high off her bed.
She screamed and opened her eyes, she looked down and saw Tsana smirking at her. "Alright, alright!" she conceded.
Tsana put her down and started to laugh. "Come on, get ready." She said, "You're late for school."
Starting to panic, Videl quickly stripped and too a quick shower before dressing and running downstairs. She found her parents downstairs at the table. Hercule was reading the newspaper, when something caught his eye.
"Videl?!" he bellowed. Said girl looked up and took the toast she was working on out of her mouth.
"Yeah Daddy?" she responded. He tossed the paper over to her, on the front page was a picture of Videl and Gohan in the campfire on the first day of school. "What about it?"
"Who is that boy?!" he demanded. At the word 'boy', Tsana looked up and glanced at the paper.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, "What a handsome young man! So you finally got an excuse to turn down that narcissistic ass?"
"No!" she screamed, "He's just a guy who helps out. No one's seen him properly… I'm surprised they got a good picture of him. There's this girl too-"
"I don't care about the girl!" her father ranted, "No boy is supposed to be touching OR hanging around my little girl! Only those who I deem worthy, like that Gero boy. Haha! Out smarted me in that fight he did!"
"Quit worrying Dad!" Videl pleaded, "We're not even friends! Besides, they're like those tric-"
"Tell us later," her mother interrupted, looking at the clock, "go to school. Out with you, shoo!"
Videl grabbed her bag and bolted out the door, decapsulized her jetcopter and took off.
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Videl was in her seat, listening to the teacher spout some nonsense. She glanced at Erasa sitting next to Sharpener, the girl had demanded sitting next to him for some reason, then at Kem, who had calmed down considerably since yesterday.
She was brought out of her musing when the door flew open and Lime ran in dragging an extremely pissed off Gohan behind her.
"Sorry we're late!" Lime apologised.
"Not at all!" he said waving his arm dismissively, "I know you two live very far away. I'm surprised you chose this schoo-"
"Didn't have a choice." Gohan said while glaring at Lime, who glared back. He was attempting to pry Lime off of him, something he wouldn't usually do -well, from what they've seem so far.
"Ah, yes!" he said, remembering, "Take your seats. [Teacher's pager goes off] Hmm, class there's an announcement I have to make!"
He waited for Lime to finish dragging Gohan up the steps and for Gohan to stop muttering in some strange tongue, "Today we're getting yet another new student, and like our previous two," he indicating to Gohan and Lime, "he has perfect grades in all of his subjects."
He called to boy into the class and in strode our friendly neighbourhood Time Traveller!
Half the girls who were ogled at Gohan now turned their attention to the Mirai.
"Hello, I am Briefs Mirai {I purposefully said Buma Briefs before}. My hobbies are Martial Arts, exploration and inventing."
"Just like a certain two I know…" Videl said, eyeing Gohan and his sister.
"Oh, and Gohan?" Mirai started.
"Let me guess…surprise?" he looked rather amused.
"Yep." He said smiling.
"Mmm, Bulma sure knows how to surprise someone..." Lime mumbled, staring at the Lavender haired teen, but only Gohan heard her. He had felt her ki go a bit erratic when Mirai entered the class, so he could only assume she had a crush on him.
He smirked. ** I'm going to have fun with today. **He told her.
Lime looked at him, confused. ** You'll see. ** He continued, Lime dismissed him when the teacher started to speak.
"You may sit wherever you like Mirai." He drawled, Mirai nodded and headed to an empty in front of Lime. He didn't know who she was before, but from what his mother had told him, she was Gohan's best friend. He couldn't help but think of how beautiful she looked.
Lime was thinking along the same lines, she had always thought Gohan was extremely handsome, all the saiyan men were, but to her, this boy walking up to her was gorgeous. Gohan had told her about Mirai Trunks, how he warned them about the android and Gokuu's heart virus.
She finally tore her eyes of him when Gohan reached out and fist-bumped the boy. "You look different…" Gohan said, :: …younger.::
:: And you look older. :: The time traveller said smiling.
Videl, who was silent all this time decided it was time to speak up. "That language," she said, "What is it?"
"You don't need to know, stranger." Mirai answered.
"Don't be rude Videl!" Erasa berated, "You haven't even introduced yourself and you've gone all interrogator mode, just like you tried to do with Gohan and Lime!"
Turning to Mirai, she said, "Hi, I'm Erasa! This is Sharpener, Videl and Kemaru." Pointing to everyone in turn, "You already know Gohan and Lime…"
"Gohan," he interrupted, "but not her."
"Tell you later." Gohan said waving his hand dismissively.
They turned their attention back to the teacher until the end of class. All other classes went the same way and soon it was time for lunch. Gohan and Mirai were out of their seats and were walking down the stairs until Erasa jerked him back.
"And where do you think you're going?" Erasa asked, arms akimbo, "Hmm?"
"Umm…roof?" he answered nervously, not wanting her to go on one of her high frequency triads.
"No! No, no, no!" Erasa said huffily, "You're eating lunch with your friends today!" She proceeded to walk out the door, dragging Gohan behind her.
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Moments later, the teens were seated by a table under the main tree. Gohan sat on one side, flanked by Lime and Mirai. Videl and the others were opposite to them, Kem refused to sit with the Son boy.
The two boys took out food capsules and readied them, until Videl stopped them.
"Wait! Those are food capsules!" she yelled, causing Gohan and Mirai to flinch and cover their ears, "They're not on the market yet! How the hell did you get them?!"
"Owww!" Mirai groaned, "Why are you yelling?"
Videl was about to start up again, until Gohan raised his arm. "Don't…start." He said warily, "You already know about us and Bulma…"
"But you're just acquainted because of your father!" She said, she was about to continue until Lime glared dangerously at her. Never in her life had someone dared to glare at her!
Erasa and Sharpener just looked on speechless at what was transpiring. Then Erasa decided to speak up.
"Come on V, leave them alone!"
Videl looked at her, then back at the three. Gohan and Mirai now had their hands down. They threw the capsules down and in a puff of smoke, revealed a mountain of food.
Both Videl and Erasa were about to speak before Mirai stopped them. "Volume! Watch your volume, please!" He warned.
Sharpener was the one to speak, "Are you two going to eat all of that?"
Mirai nodded, he looked across to see Lime picking out from Gohan's pile. He found this highly unusual.
** I'll explain later. ** He hear Gohan's voice say, but Gohan was busy eating, ** The telepathy too. **
"This," Lime gestured to the food, "is why we eat on the roof, by ourselves."
Videl and the others stared on in wonder, the two boys were eating at tremendous speeds without making any sort of mess.
Kem on the other hand was looking on in disgust, how could they eat like that in front of women?
In ten minutes the boys were finished, with no mess. Capsulizing the empty dishes, they sat up and looked at the teen opposite them.
After recovering from the shock, Videl was ready to jump down their throats, but Gohan stopped her. "It's hereditary, we have extremely high metabolisms..." he began
"…that's why I'm not eating as much." Lime finished.
"O-OK"
Mirai chuckles, "You should see our fathers. Both of the can each eat about twice as much as all the food you just saw."
Changing topics, Erasa spoke next. "So, you never told us you commuted. Where from?"
"Chazkegakure," GL said, "439 East Mountain District, Mt. Paozu."
"That's not possible!" Videl screamed, ignoring the pain the saiyans were in, "That's 1000 km away! There's no way you can be living there!"
"Fucking volume dammit!" Gohan said plugging his ears, "You got one serious voice."
"Again with their lies." Kem said scowling, "Told you they're not to be trusted…"
"Hey, asshole," Lime said annoyed, "Bulma's friend." Raising her hand.
"Bulma's 'nephew'." Gohan said, raising his hand.
"Son." Mirai said, raising his.
"Do the Math." GL said, "We can get anything we want just by asking. Therefore, shut the hell up!"
Sharpener was on the floor laughing and rolling, Erasa couldn't help but giggle. Videl felt a bit silly, she'd forgotten that part. Mirai watch the two, slightly unnerved. Kem on the other hand was fuming mad, here were these newbies making fun of him in his territory.
"You wanna start something?!" he bellowed, gaining the attention of everyone in earshot. A crowd began to gather.
The three turned to meet his glare. "We're not going to start anything." Mirai said
"But… if you want," Gohan continued
"We could finish." Lime finished, smiling.
Gohan got up. "Look," he said, "we'd rather have no conflict. I'd prefer not having to drag those two…" indicating to Lime and Mirai, who winked and nodded respectively, "…away from a fight. Because once one of us starts, the other two ain't gonna do shit about it. Or, or, if we feel like working together, the three of us could beat you the fuck up right now."
He thrusted his hands into his pockets. "With that said, no offence, but keep your comments to yourself in times to come."
The crowd started to taunt Kemaru, some to fight, others in agreement with Gohan. Said boy had closed his eyes and was beginning to turn away, but Kemaru would not let him get so far. He sent a nasty left hook in Gohan's direction.
Videl had jumped up when she saw Kem ball up his fists, she wasn't about to let him strike someone weaker that himself. She was about to intercept his fist when something grabbed onto her shirt tail, she watch as the left hook come mere centimetres away from Gohan's face. She flinched as it 'hit' its mark, but then the crowd let out a cheer when Gohan moved his head to rest on his shoulder, allowing the punch to pass right over.
Straightening his head, Gohan smirked. Not bothering to open his eyes or take his hands out of his pocket, Gohan was showing utmost disrespect for his opponent. This irked Kemaru into attacking blindly, but before he could move, Gohan sent his head back and smashed it into Kemaru's forehead. The force of the impact made the audience flinch, Kem hit the ground and clutched his head in pain."
Deciding to end this, Gohan opened his eyes and kicked him in the side, much like his father did to Tiger.
Gohan smirk. "You know," he said matter-of-factly, bending down to Kem and whispered, "I don't know you expect to win over Videl if you can't beat some with their eyes closed."
It was like a fusion bomb went off, Kemaru fired a punch at Gohan. The demi simply grabbed the fist and struck him in the face. The crowd immediately silenced itself, shocked at the turn of event. The weak nerd had established himself as superior over all of them as Kemaru was one of the top fighters in the Satan dojo. He still had yet to get hit.
"The next time you attack me or my friends, I'll put you in excruciating pain." He said darkly into the boy's ear. Kemaru's brown eyes were full of rage. He was disgraced, he changed his strategy to discredit Gohan now, instead of beating him.
"You think you some kind of hero?" Kemaru asked, "Do you…fraud?"
Gohan looked at him, not sure what he was talking about.
"Don't think for a second that I won't spread this information." Kemaru chuckled dryly, "What would your friends think when they find out that you're the…"
"Delivery Boy from the Cell Games? Those two already know." Gohan whispered, laughing. Suddenly, Kemaru was overwhelmed by a suffocating sensation, in his mind he saw a large image of Gohan emitting vast amount of power. "Videl already knows things about me too. But what she doesn't know, is that I'm far greater an enigma than she thinks."
Bringing him to his feet, Gohan held back Kemaru's head. He raised a hand, "Sleep tight!" he said loud enough for everyone to hear, then whispered, "And forget for now, my power." He then struck the pressure point in his neck, and allowed Kemaru's limp body fall to the ground.