** 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.
OK, let's get going. Story commence.
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Back at school, P.E had already started and the class was awaiting a special guest. Kemaru was at the top of the bleachers fuming. He had let that nerd one up him, then he woke up to find the freak relaxing as if nothing happened.
Despite being a big-shot on campus, he knew no one would believe him if he tried to expose Gohan, in their eyes, Gohan was just a nerd who knew where to hit the human body. He'd have to wait for his personal revenge...
"55 minutes," Sharpener said, "must be a handful they're dealing with…"
"Hmph, nothing Videl can't handle…" Kemaru started.
Gohan was half asleep on the top most bleacher, lying behind Mirai and Lime. Using the Rapid Regen technique while still in super saiyan sapped his energy clean when he reverted to base form. He had wrapped up the crime in 40 minutes, though the media was probably still grilling Videl about the events that transpired.
Not a moment later, the gym doors opened and the teen in question trudged in. She looked unscathed except for a few burn marks on her shirt.
"Are you alright?!" Erasa squealed, causing Gohan and Mirai to flinch.
"Yeah," she replied, then pointed to the two male demis who were clutching their ears, "but thanks you, those two aren't."
Erasa shot the two an apologetic smile. Videl sat down next to Kemaru, who tried slipped his hand around her waist. She removed his hand gently. "You alright?" he whispered.
"Yeah…"
"Great job today." He continued.
"Wasn't me." She said. The people in the two bleachers below who were listening looked at her strangely. "It was that golden guy."
"Quit being modest Videl," he said trying to put his arm around her. She shrugged him off and stood up. Because they were on the last bleacher, she could rest her back against her wall.
"Yeah, he's just a trickster like Mr Satan says. He ain't nothing." Said another jock. Most of the class agreed. Lime scoffed and said something to Gohan in that strange language, Gohan spoke back to her and she tucked one of her legs under her body.
Gohan opened his eyes and stretched his arm out to Videl. "Give it here."
"What? Give what?" Videl asked. She knew what he was talking about, but she didn't know how.
"Don't play dumb with me, Blue-eyes." he said, his voice rising.
"Look, if she doesn't know what you're talking about then…" Kemaru started
"Shut up." Mirai stated coldly.
"Videl, come here." Gohan said. She looked at him strangely. "Come here."
She approached him tentatively and knelt down in front of him, Gohan lifted the front of her shirt to reveal a handle sticking up from her waist.
"You've been trying not to let this dig into your leg." Gohan said, he grabbed the handle and Videl shivered slightly but Gohan didn't noticed. He pulled the handle slowly, his fingers brushing against her toned midsection.
He pulled out a gleaming blade, most of the class looked on in awe. The blade had a military style handle and a symmetrical blade, instead of the serrated edged ones you'd usually find. There was a small ring at the end of the handle and there was an intricate Z engraved into the metal at the base of the blade. "You were walking to one side and you didn't try to hide the handle properly…Must have been painfully to ride back with this."
"Guardian wreck my copter…well, by accident really."
"Isn't this considered police evidence? Taking it is a criminal offe-"
Videl huffed and crossed her arms. "I was taking it to my mother, she'd probably know who made."
"Someone in my village." He said.
"As if." Videl replied haughtily, "That looks like something bought off the black market…"
Lime cut in. "Chazkegakure is in the middle of the Ox Kingdom, there's a large weapon's smith on the West side of the village that make swords and gear for the Supreme Garrison…"
"Wait!" one guy down in the crowd yelled out. "You guys have seen the Supreme Garrison?!"
Everyone looked at them, they nodded. "Yeah, there's a large number of their soldiers in the village." GL said, Mirai looked a little freaked out at this.
:: Stop that, please? ::
The Super Garrison were known for their ability to scale walls and jump extreme distances with very little use of their wires. They were once considered to be the best military force in the world, like medieval knight-delta force-ninja-samurai combination. Ever since Gokuu taught them how to use ki, they grew so powerful that they were accepted as a part of the Earth's Special Forces. Yet, they were still completely loyal, somehow Gokuu's kindness and loyalty had affected them to a large degree.
"Speaking of which," Gohan said, rolling over so he was facing Lime, "how come you guys have never seen any? This city is part of the Ox Kingdom, there's supposed to be a unit in this city."
"Um… Well…" Videl started, that is until the teacher walked in and clapped his hands to get their attention.
"Class!" he bellowed, "Today we're being graced with the presence of a very important guest!"
Gohan in his semi-sleep state felt an irritating ki he hadn't felt in four years. "Bloody hell…" he trailed off as the teacher continued.
"Let's give a big hand for… HERCULE SATAN!" The doors of the Gym burst open and the class erupted in loud applause. The Saiyans flinched painfully, Gohan rolled over and jammed himself into the wall and Mirai clamped down on his ears. To make it worst, the oaf began his rant.
"YEAH! I AM THE CHAMP!" He bellowed, "WHO LOVES ME?!" The class broke out into louder applause and the Saiyans groaned in pain.
A rather beautiful woman came in and smacked Hercule upside the head. The class immediately shut up, except for Videl who was cracking up. Tsana Looked up at her and smiled. She notice two teen boys lying on the bleachers, looking a bit worse for wear.
"Now children." Hercule said in a normal tone, nursing the back of his head. "This term is the Martial Arts Module! And who better to teach it than me!"
:: Try Trunks and Goten. :: Gohan said, falling back asleep, Mirai snickered. Videl looked at him strangely. Gohan pulled a scabbard from a hidden pocket in his pants and sheathed the blade before handing it to Videl. "Keep it."
Videl smiled at him softly and fastened the blade to her leg. "Might want to practice with that…you know…to avoid loss of fingers." Gohan said, Videl couldn't help but giggle, even though the thought slightly scared her.
"OK, everybody trained in Martial Arts, step next to the ring." Hercule commanded. A good half of the students were standing by the ring.
"Those for 2-4 years split." Seven persons stood still, the rest shift a ways off.
"5-7." The group split in half once again.
"8-10." The only ones left were Kemaru, Gohan, Lime, Mirai and Videl. Erasa and Sharpener were in the previous group, the fact that Erasa was there surprised Gohan to a degree.
"Hmm, 11 and over." Everyone thought he was just joking around, that is until the Demi-Saiyans stepped out. The class was shocked into silence. Then Hercule started.
"FOOLS! I was waiting for someone to lie to impress me! There's no way someone could have trained for more than 10 years at this age! Well let me tell you something! Liars don't impress me!"
"Nothing is impossible Hercule." Gohan said emotionlessly, recovering from the recoil, "You of all people should know that."
"Ho! Trying to play it smooth huh?" Hercule was right up in his face now. "When did you supposedly start training, my gyms never took anyone under age six!"
"Who said anything about being trained by you? I started at age four…up in the mountains…"
"There's no way you could have started that young!" Kemaru yelled. "Just stop! You probably weren't even trained at all!" The remaining class voiced their agreement.
Mirai started to laugh, Gohan chukled, "Remember who beat you at lunch?" he asked
"Remember how badly?" Mirai added.
"Say what you will, but I have more experience that you guys, despite being a year younger. That's just what happens when you grow up in war." Gohan said.
"Prove it!" Hercule said, "Beat my daughter, and I'll believe you! She ten time stronger than you!"
"What good is strength when you can't hit your opponent?" Gohan asked nonchalantly.
"Is that so, huh?" he smoothed out his beard. "We'll see about that in the ring!"
The class cheered wildly. Some of the girl were a bit worried, but the remainder was hoping for Gohan's destruction. Kemaru smirked broadly, this was the kind of discreditment that would put the freak in his place.
Videl jumped into the ring, she longed to fight Gohan, something about his philosophy and style intrigued her. As Gohan stepped into the ring, Tsana stepped forward. "Wait…I'll handle this."
"That's a bit much, don't you think Mum?" Videl asked, her mother was the only other woman she knew who was as strong as her, maybe even stronger.
"I quite sure." She answer. She switch with Videl. This boy held a certain air about him, a serene grace. The same as a swordsman.
Opening a capsule, she revealed a black scabbard from which she unsheathed a gleaming katana. "Let's see if you're all talk or not."
Gohan looked the blade up and down, "That's one of the older models isn't it?"
"Do you recognise it?" The black haired woman asked
Gohan smirked, he hadn't had an opponent outside anyone in the village. He took out a capsule and decapsulized a chokuto. Keeping his secrets could wait, this was going to be too much fun.
"I was there when they made the next generation." He said holding out the chokuto, "We don't make them like that anymore."
Gohan unsheathed the chokuto and flicked it into a backhand position. He wore and uncharacterized smirk on his face. He decided to let his Saiyan side run lose for a bit. 'So this is what it feels like to be Vegeta, all high and mighty.'
"Let's get this over with," he said, pointing at Tsana, "I have more important thing to do that to entertain you people."
"You're attitude sucks for a swordsman, you know that?" Tsana answered calmly, hiding her distaste, though Gohan could sense it clear as day."
"Be that as it may, it's the truth." He said simply. "Strike me."
"W-What?" She was flabbergasted to say the least. She didn't even intend to draw her katana, let alone cut him with it.
"Once again you can't hurt what you can't touch." Tsana looked at him curiously, she couldn't help but think that this child and his mannerism were so familiar. Then it hit her.
The mother of Videl smile, "I see, so that's why…" without further warning she swung laterally at Gohan's neck, but stopped short. The teen didn't flinch. She sheathed her sword. "I cannot beat this child."
"This is pointless." He stated bluntly, "Like I said, I have better things to do than to entertain you people."
Videl jumped into the ring and grabbed the front of Gohan's shirt. "What the hell was that?! You would have died!"
Not willing to let this go any further, Gohan spoke. "She was never going to attack," he explained, gently removing Videl's hands, the simple gesture made her heart skip. "It was to prove a point."
Videl looked at him strangely, Gohan continued. "Had I blocked, it would have meant that I had something to prove, and then that means her assumption about me would have been wrong. She realised all this while studying me."
"What assumption?"
"Ask for yourself." With that, he jumped down to the side of the ring, rested his back in the joint of the stairs and ring wall, and proceeded to fall asleep.
Videl breathed a sigh of relief, at least he wasn't as rattled as she was. But why did she care? She remembered Guardian's question but shook it off before the blush could reform. Tsana approached her, "Is that one of yours?" she whispered suggestively, "He's quite cute-"
"Don't start, mum. Please!" She whispered back, a light pink dusting her cheeks. They were interrupted by a rising commotion.
"Oi, nerd boy!" Some jock called, "Looks like you got scared shitless!" He and many other students laughed.
"Yet you would cry if someone held you at knife point." Lime said bluntly. Gohan tossed his chokuto to her, but didn't bother moving.
"I no longer fear pain, I've fallen off of too much cliffs to be scared of a cut." Gohan said laughing lightly, "You get used to-"
"How can you joke about this?!" Videl asked seriously. He paused, then snapped his fingers. Lime stepped forward and drove the sword deep into his right shoulder. The class grimaced, some of the girls almost fainted, when they saw the blood trickling onto the ground.
"When someone 10 times your size breaks your neck," he started, "that is when you know fear."
Lime withdrew the sword and he continued, "There are conflicts that go unnoticed by the media, thank God for that. Some of those conflicts strike a little too close to home...But, beats getting my neck broken a second time."
"Gohan…" Tsana mused.
"Yes please?" Gohan asked back cheerfully before realizing she called his name, "Wait…you know my name?"
"Took a while to figure it out, but you're as prideful as your father and every bit as naïve."
Gohan flashed a brilliant smile and scratched to back of his head.
"Hey, Hercule?" he called back, "Am I all lies now?"
"You got guts kid, I'll give you that!" Hercule bellowed, scratching his beard.
"But that doesn't prove anything!" Kem argued. Most of the class remained quiet, though some of the jocks did loudly agree.
"Your minds are closed!" Gohan yelled in disgust, "Steeped in ignorance!"
'Your mind is closed.' Videl remembered Guardian saying, why did Gohan use them? It was as if they had the same mind-set…or maybe-
"OK then," Tsana said, "If you feel that I have lapsed in judgement, then go ahead and fight him." She looked directly at Kem, 'I will enjoy your humiliation.'
Upon hearing, this challenge, Gohan sprung back into the ring, though he looked almost completely drunk with sleep.
Tsana handed her old blade to Kemaru, "Keep in mind that I never really liked you."
"That makes four of us." Gohan said, in the Son's trade mark stance [not the fighting stance].
"Whatever! Let's go!" Kemaru yelled, charging at Gohan, who merely blocked the blow with his back handed sword.
Gohan stabbed the tip of his sword into the concrete platform and walk away from it. He could hear most of the girls cheering him one, even some of the jocks who thought he had skill. He taunted Kemaru to attack him. Videl stood outside of the ring, imploring Kemaru not to, she didn't know what Gohan was planning, but she knew it was something dangerous. Gohan continued to taunt him, feigning fear, which greatly amused the older ebony tressed woman.
"Swing." He said, standing with his hands to his side, the pointed to the stab wound on his shoulder, "Right here."
Kemaru took the bait and brought down a hammer blow, Gohan dodged last minute and caught him in a headlock. "You're a waste of time." Gohan whispered darkly, "You think fighting is going to impress Videl? Hmm"
Kem gritted his teeth. "Beautiful, isn't she?" Gohan asked, referring to Videl, "What would happen if I took her from you?" He shoved the older boy away and retrieved his chokuto.
"You people see all forms of martial and weapon arts as forms of meaningless fights…Disgraceful." With one swing, Gohan's newer, more powerful blade cut clean through the katana. He could hear the crowd calling for the end, so he flicked his sword to forehand and struck Kemaru in the forehead with the hilt. He knew that Kem couldn't have recovered from the head-butt he had gotten during lunch, because as soon as he connected, Kem went down.
"You know, you could give up your hate." He whispered
"Not after what your family has done, and now you're trying to interfere with me and Videl…"
"She'd be wasted if I left her to you. She has so much potential."
"Stay away from- GHAHH!" he couldn't continue because Gohan brought his hilt down on his chest.
Gohan at Videl once more as he left the ring. He flashed that goofy grin again and it made her heart throb.
Tsana elbowed her husband roughly, and silently ordered him to actually start the class. She looked at Kem, on the ring floor, then at Gohan, who was twisting out of the grasps of some of his female classmates.
She was going to enjoy watching these children.
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Countless light years away, a figure was lying in a field, in restless sleep. He suddenly sprung up, panting and gasping.
"The hell?" He looked around and saw his comrades strewn all over the fields, "We're alive?!"
He checked his pulse and smiled. He laid back in the grass and starting laughing hysterically. "Now all we have to do is figure out where we…" he stopped short, he knew exactly where they were: the one place that they never wanted to venture, not even in a drunken stupor or even to save their own lives.
"God…Fucking…Dammit!"
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Aaand done. Couldn't find a spot in this chapter to cut it into more than one, so we're stuck with this one. Anyone have a better name for the Supreme Garrison? I'm open to suggestions,