** 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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Everyone was shocked speechless, that is, with the exception of Lime, Mirai and Tsana. Here was someone who constantly bragged his ability, lying on the ground, in shameful defeat. Gohan walked out of the ring, only to be barraged by his female classmates.
He sheathed his sword and looked at Tsana.
"Sorry about the blade." He said, "But it was old, weak and not well made, so…"
"It's fine." She said, "I needed to buy new ones anyways. Is the blacksmith still alive?"
"Ah…his daughter is. Not very friendly if you're not making your quota…" Gohan answered nervously, 'That being said, I'm in real trouble this month…'
"Oh good!" She said snidely, "I can get my swords and save your ass. Maybe that'll teach you to stop being arrogant."
"I don't have much of a choice," he said, "but my pride will come back. In…FULL."
"I feel like I should have cut you back then."
"What part of you can't catch me didn't you understand? Fine, fine, if you want to try then feel free."
He turned and face Hercule, "Are you just going to stand there, or are you going to start class?"
"SHOW SOME RESPECT! A weak punk like you can't amount to anything!" he bellowed, "Come back when you don't need rigged fights to look good!"
Gohan pushed his hands into his pockets, "Not beating around the bush: I respect you Hercule, but I do NOT like you."
"Look here punk! You're talking to the World Champ: the man who beat Cell!"
"Yeah, yeah. Am I supposed to be threatened? Are you threatening me for not being one of your worshippers?"
Hercule grabbed Gohan by the shirt and lifted him off the ground. Lime wasn't going to tolerate this anymore. :: Stop antagonizing him Ani, you'll get us exposed! ::
Gohan looked back at her with a certain level of distaste, :: Tsk! Fine! ::
Hercule didn't know what they were saying, but he felt that he was being insulted, "You're probably one of those guys going around hyping up those fake fighters from the Cell Games!"
"Daddy, put him down!" Videl yelled
"Oh, don't try that!" Hercule laughed, "You're not actually believing this guy?!"
She thought for a moment. It had just occurred to her that Guardian could be one of the fighters from Cell Games, his age fit that of the Delivery Boy, and everything he seemed real. "I don't know, but he is my friend."
Hercule begrudgingly tossed Gohan aside, but he landed on his feet, staggering a bit.
"Anyways!" Gohan said cheerfully, then became serious, "I'm concerned with the lack of Garrison this city, enlighten me."
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Hercule laughed, "I had the Mayor get rid of those clowns! No way am I letting those cheaters roam around my city! Am I right?!"
The class erupted in cheers, chanting for Hercule and some booing the Garrison.
"Oh, of course…" Gohan said, going back to his monotone voice, "It just had to be you. Do you realized how much you've screwed up?"
"On another note" Lime said more cautiously, "Only the Ox King can remove Garrison from an area-"
"Who cares?!" Hercule bellowed, "If he supports those tricksters then we don't want anything to do with them!"
"So you removed the only military power this city had?" Gohan said, "And replaced it with what?! Her!" Gohan pointed over at Videl, "What's she gonna do against armed soldiers trained to kill?! Twice have soldiers killed my friends right in front of me and I still have nightmares about them!"
Hercule was livid to say the least, but the boy had a point. Gohan whispered dangerously, "Know your place, fraud. They are better fighters than you ever will be. And if you want to argue, I'll show everyone who really defeated Cell."
Videl couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could have sworn she saw his eyes flash teal. She must have seen something, because right after Mirai started to visibly panic and Lime was looking distressed.
Gohan put his hand up in mock surrender and sighed. He couldn't deal with this anymore without blowing something up, so he resided to go sit in the bleachers. :: Leave me in peace. :: Was his last instruction to the other two demis as he walked away from a frightened Hercule.
Seeing that her husband was of no use, Tsana organized the teens back into groups, but she left the two most experienced groups to do as they liked.
Videl glared at Gohan sleeping in the stands. On one hand, he had no right to disrespect her father. On the other, he seemed to be concerned with the greater wellbeing of the city, that and her father was annoying. Erasa approached her and spoke, "I wonder why he's so upset."
"Do you really?" The ebony hair girl replied sarcastically. "He lives out of the public eye, then my father comes and starts laying down the smack on him, and you wonder why he's upset?"
Videl decided to leave the clueless girl to ponder to herself and made her way up to the bleachers. Mirai tried to warn her but Lime stopped him. "Don't bother, Ani isn't going to do anything to her at least, she's not that bad. He just needs to cool off. In the meantime…" she said, clinging to his arm and enjoying the crimson tide rising in his cheeks, "tell me about yourself future-boy."
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Videl made her way over to the spiky hair teen. He lay on his back with his hands behind his head. She rested her back on the wall, folded her arms and just simply watched him. He was rather cute while he was asleep, Videl found herself blushing and smiling. She let some girlish thoughts run through her mind, she glanced up to see, Kem in a corner still recovering from the blows he took. Her eyes soon travelled back to Gohan, the greatest enigma she'd encountered thus far. A scrawny little book worm who had managed to bore a little ways into her otherwise steel heart. She covered her face as her blush deepened. 'Guess he's got an aggressive side too.' She couldn't help but find this attractive.
Gohan was well aware of her vigil over him. He opened his eye and caught a glimpse of her blushing face, all his bravado melted away as he stared. 'W-Wow, she really is cute.'
"Who knew you could blush." He said teasing her, a small blush forming on his face as well.
"Sh-Shut up!" She said meekly "This is your fault."
"You'd attracted more guys if you were a bit more girly."
'Yeah, but I only want to attract you…' she thought, her blush receding a bit. "How'd you know I was here?"
"Psychic, remember?"
"Oh."
An awkward silenced passed between the two, neither of them said anything. Videl, because she was trying to sort out her 'passing' feelings and Gohan, because he was just not very good at handling girls.
"Sorry about my dad." Videl finally spoke, "I know he can be a bit annoying, and now he's gone and spoken out against the Ox King-"
"It's not so much that he spoke out," Gohan said, "It's the stupid decisions he makes…"
"What happened to you as a child?" She asked, genuinely curious.
"Blue-eyes, there are certain things that you aren't ready to hear." He said ominously, "You'll know eventually, but you may not like what you hear."
She looked at him, his eyes reflected deep sorrow. She rested her hand on his cheek and he took his own hand and placed it over her's.
"Do you think tricks are real?" she asked.
"Do you?" he countered.
"I don't know. Guardian said my mind is closed, then you said the same thing…"
Gohan tensed, he liked the current atmosphere and he couldn't risk Videl linking him to his alter ego. "D-Did he now?" He asked nervously. "W-Well, maybe we just think the same?"
Videl noticed his unease, but didn't pry. She looked at his wounded shoulder, it had stopped bleeding, but it must've hurt like hell. The bell rang and the class started to disperse. Before Hercule could notice them, Gohan sat up and moved to the edge of the bleachers.
"See you tomorrow Blue-eyes." He jump over the railing right in front of Lime, who was pulling Mirai by the arm. He looked up and flashed his dazzling smile once more, making her blush again, she smiled and waved slightly. She let the blush fade away before bounding down the bleachers to meet her other three friends.
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Well, it's finished.
Two chapters in one day.
Over and out.