Chapter 2: Memories and tournament registration Gohan saw the sun near the horizon then realized he really needed to get home. He charged up to Super Saiya-Jin 2 and flew as fast as he could.
A few tears ran down his eyes as memories of his father went through his head. He knew Gokus choice was for the best but was hard to accept. When he first heard that Goku wasn't coming home he thought he could handle it and it be OK. But as the weeks past it was unbearable. He realized what life without his father was like. He would train and play around which made him happy but at night he thought about it deeply. He at least could wander around in the forest and stuff without being depressed. In about 2 minutes Gohan reached his house and turned back to normal form. He snuck in through the window silently.
It didn't help much Chi-Chi was right in the kitchen. "So where were you?" She asked. Gohan was surprised when he heard her voice and lost his balance falling. "Uhh.. just out flying around." Gohan replied getting up. "I swear I'll never understand teenagers." Chi-Chi whispered loudly.
Gohan relaxed knowing his mother wouldn't question him more. He started on his homework. He was done in about a half an hour. It was getting darker as the sun set in the horizon. He gazed out his window looking at it. The radiance of it seemed endless. After awhile of him staring his stomach grumbled. "Man am I hungry." He got up and went to the kitchen.
As he got some food Chi-Chi came in. "Hey Gohan." Chi-Chi said. "Yea." Gohan responded still eating. "Just to let you know grandpas coming over tomorrow." She told him. "Really thats great! Oh yea by the way mom-" "Yes?" Chi-Chi asked looking at him. Gohan looked down knowing him mom didn't like the thought "Can I enter the tournament thats coming up?" She thought about it for a second. ".........Ok... as long as you use part of the money to buy a new computer to help you study." "OK!" Gohan finished his food and then rushed to his room to get out some money he had saved up. Gohan was really surprised that his mom let him enter. He then put the money on the desk and took a hot shower. Once he was done he came out with clean clothes on wiping his face. He went back to his room and stared off in the sky again. Chi-Chi peeked in, smiled for a bit trying to think what was going through Gohans head, then walked by. Gohan then drifted to sleep. The next morning Gohan woke up to the sound of birds outside his window. The air was cool and crisp. Chi-Chi was just getting up as well. Gohan decided to go and take a walk. He got on his gi and headed toward the door. "See ya mom. I'm going out for a bit." Gohan yelled. "Gohan!" Chi-Chi said harshly and looked at him in a mean way... but then relaxed. "Be back in about 30 minutes." Gohan smiled.
He ran to the forest hopping from to tree to tree. He came to some huge boulders and started his morning training. He lifted them up, threw them in the air, and jumped up breaking it into pieces with his bare hands. He landed down followed by tons of small stones that neatly laid down on each other. He looked toward a huge rock formation and yelled "Kamehameha!".
Once his blast hit it a bigger than normal explosion occurred. Gohan was blinded by the dust. Once the it cleared Gohan was standing there all dirty. He took his hands down and saw his blast made a deep crater. "Oops. I guess I over did it a little." Gohan said to himself sort of smiling.
After training he walked along the woods leading to a creek. "Ah yes now I can get a drink and wash up at the same time." Gohan thought to himself. He washed off his hand then cupped his hands to get a drink. The water tasted really refreshing. He took off his clothes and jumped in. He came to the surface shaking water from his hair. "Ah the waters perfect." He thought as he dove under again.
As he swam under water as lots of tiny fish passed him. He looked around at his surroundings. A huge fish came around the corner. Him and Gohan met face to face. The fish recognized him (You know how Goku and Gohan always hunted for huge fish) and swam away fast. Gohan looked at him confused. He came up to the surface again for air. He went over to a waterfall near him. He washed out dirt in his hair and rinsed his face off.
As he came out he shook his head. Gohan went to his cloths and noticed from his watch he still had some time left. So he decided to have some fun. He went to the top of the waterfall and dived down to the bottom. "Wo hoo." He smiled.
After about 5 more jumps he got out and put his cloths on. He flew around drying himself off. He saw the apple tree him and Goku used to go to. He dropped down and grabbed an apple. As he flew up again he saw the whole in it that Goku stared at that one time before the Cell games. He wondered how that hole got there, he would never guess it was himself. Gohan decided to forget about it and munched on his apple while flying. He arrived at his house while Chi-Chi was ready to call him in. "I was wondering where you where." "Sorry." Gohan smiled innocently. He went inside and changed his cloths, since his gi was so dirty.
As soon as he finished dressing the Ox-King came up in his car. "Hello." He greeted them opening the door. "Hi dad." Chi-Chi said happily. Ox-King put a load of presents down on the table. "Oh dad you didn't have to get anything for us." "Oh its just some small gifts." "Hi grandpa." Gohan greeted "Hi Gohan." Ox-King replied. "Here I got something for you." He gave Gohan nearly half of the presents. "Here you go Gohan." "Wow thanks." Gohan smiled hoping it wasn't all books. Then like Ox-King just read his mind he whispered to him "Its not all books there is some training stuff there." Gohan smiled even more. He put the stuff in his room real quick then they all ate lunch.
During lunch Gohan and Ox-King talked about the tournament. Amazingly Chi-Chi didn't seem to care. They did talk about other stuff though.
After lunch Chi-Chi cleaned the dishes. "So Gohan do you want to go register for the tournament. I can drive you there, its not that far." Ox-King offered. "Can I mom?" Gohan pleaded. "All right just be back soon." She replied. "Yes. Thanks mom." Gohan seemed to almost yell then went to get his money. Him and the Ox-King left. "Thanks grandpa." Ox-King just nodded and smiled in response. "So how long will it take to get there." Gohan asked. "About 30 minutes with this car." 30 minutes later they arrived. Ox-King and Gohan got out and headed toward the register counter. "Wow I didn't realized it was this big." Gohan said. He saw a big poster with Mr. Satan saying he will be at the tournament. Since everyone thought he beat Cell a whole bunch of people where crowded around it.
Gohan went up to the main register counter. "May I help you sir." The man asked. "Ughh yea sign me up for the tournament. Here's the money." The man lowered his sunglasses looking at Ox-King like "Is he serious?" The Ox-King gave him a glare. "Ok." The man replied to Gohan. "You just need to fill this out." Gohan quickly filled out all the information that was needed and handed it to the man. He skimmed in lightly. "Here's your pass and the tournament information is in the packet." "Thanks." Gohan replied leaving. Him and Ox-King got in the car and left.
"Thanks this would have taken me awhile since I wouldn't be able to fly in the city." Gohan thanked his grandfather for the millionth time. "You know I'm always happy to help. Besides I have nothing else to do. Plus I don't want to see you miss this. It should be fun." "Now that I'm thinking about it I've had a hundred battles but I haven't been in a single tournament." Gohan kinda laughed.
As they reached the edge of the city Gohan caught spot of a robber holding someone at gun point. "Grandpa stop the car." The Ox-King put on the brakes "Whats wrong Gohan?" He asked. "I'll be right back. I thought I... saw something." He got out of the car and ran down a ways then turned into the alley.
The robber had a gun pointed toward and nervous rich looking man. Gohan had a mad face. The robber noticed him and yelled "Hey kid get lost." Gohan smirked and walked toward him. "What.. are you crazy? Do you want to get yourself killed?" The robber pointed the gun at him. "You better scram before I shoot." Gohan stopped. The robber smiled. "Thats better now get out of here runt before I change my mind."
The nervous man looked at Gohan like he didn't know what he was getting himself into. "Try me." Both looked at Gohan like he was even more crazy. "All right kid you've pushed me too far." The robber yelled as he shot the gun (it was silenced so thats why no one else heard it.) Gohan grabbed the bullet quickly. Then he held it up. The robbers mouth dropped as the rich man looked with his eyes wide open. "B-But h-how?" The robber asked. He backed away a couple steps then ran for his life. "Be right back" Gohan told the rich man.
He seemed to disappear and reappear infront of the robber. The robber eyes widened. "Okay I give up. I give up." He was pleading for his life thinking Gohan was going to hurt him. "Hey whats that?!" Gohan turned around as the robber ran again. He got into his car and drove off. Gohan turned around a saw him drive off. He ran infront of the car. The robber swerved as a reaction and ran into a bakery shop. The police arrived within minuted.
Gohan ran back to the rich man. "Are you ok?" The man just nodded in reply still not believing what just happened. Gohan went back to the car. The Ox-King didn't ask any questions and just drove.
A few tears ran down his eyes as memories of his father went through his head. He knew Gokus choice was for the best but was hard to accept. When he first heard that Goku wasn't coming home he thought he could handle it and it be OK. But as the weeks past it was unbearable. He realized what life without his father was like. He would train and play around which made him happy but at night he thought about it deeply. He at least could wander around in the forest and stuff without being depressed. In about 2 minutes Gohan reached his house and turned back to normal form. He snuck in through the window silently.
It didn't help much Chi-Chi was right in the kitchen. "So where were you?" She asked. Gohan was surprised when he heard her voice and lost his balance falling. "Uhh.. just out flying around." Gohan replied getting up. "I swear I'll never understand teenagers." Chi-Chi whispered loudly.
Gohan relaxed knowing his mother wouldn't question him more. He started on his homework. He was done in about a half an hour. It was getting darker as the sun set in the horizon. He gazed out his window looking at it. The radiance of it seemed endless. After awhile of him staring his stomach grumbled. "Man am I hungry." He got up and went to the kitchen.
As he got some food Chi-Chi came in. "Hey Gohan." Chi-Chi said. "Yea." Gohan responded still eating. "Just to let you know grandpas coming over tomorrow." She told him. "Really thats great! Oh yea by the way mom-" "Yes?" Chi-Chi asked looking at him. Gohan looked down knowing him mom didn't like the thought "Can I enter the tournament thats coming up?" She thought about it for a second. ".........Ok... as long as you use part of the money to buy a new computer to help you study." "OK!" Gohan finished his food and then rushed to his room to get out some money he had saved up. Gohan was really surprised that his mom let him enter. He then put the money on the desk and took a hot shower. Once he was done he came out with clean clothes on wiping his face. He went back to his room and stared off in the sky again. Chi-Chi peeked in, smiled for a bit trying to think what was going through Gohans head, then walked by. Gohan then drifted to sleep. The next morning Gohan woke up to the sound of birds outside his window. The air was cool and crisp. Chi-Chi was just getting up as well. Gohan decided to go and take a walk. He got on his gi and headed toward the door. "See ya mom. I'm going out for a bit." Gohan yelled. "Gohan!" Chi-Chi said harshly and looked at him in a mean way... but then relaxed. "Be back in about 30 minutes." Gohan smiled.
He ran to the forest hopping from to tree to tree. He came to some huge boulders and started his morning training. He lifted them up, threw them in the air, and jumped up breaking it into pieces with his bare hands. He landed down followed by tons of small stones that neatly laid down on each other. He looked toward a huge rock formation and yelled "Kamehameha!".
Once his blast hit it a bigger than normal explosion occurred. Gohan was blinded by the dust. Once the it cleared Gohan was standing there all dirty. He took his hands down and saw his blast made a deep crater. "Oops. I guess I over did it a little." Gohan said to himself sort of smiling.
After training he walked along the woods leading to a creek. "Ah yes now I can get a drink and wash up at the same time." Gohan thought to himself. He washed off his hand then cupped his hands to get a drink. The water tasted really refreshing. He took off his clothes and jumped in. He came to the surface shaking water from his hair. "Ah the waters perfect." He thought as he dove under again.
As he swam under water as lots of tiny fish passed him. He looked around at his surroundings. A huge fish came around the corner. Him and Gohan met face to face. The fish recognized him (You know how Goku and Gohan always hunted for huge fish) and swam away fast. Gohan looked at him confused. He came up to the surface again for air. He went over to a waterfall near him. He washed out dirt in his hair and rinsed his face off.
As he came out he shook his head. Gohan went to his cloths and noticed from his watch he still had some time left. So he decided to have some fun. He went to the top of the waterfall and dived down to the bottom. "Wo hoo." He smiled.
After about 5 more jumps he got out and put his cloths on. He flew around drying himself off. He saw the apple tree him and Goku used to go to. He dropped down and grabbed an apple. As he flew up again he saw the whole in it that Goku stared at that one time before the Cell games. He wondered how that hole got there, he would never guess it was himself. Gohan decided to forget about it and munched on his apple while flying. He arrived at his house while Chi-Chi was ready to call him in. "I was wondering where you where." "Sorry." Gohan smiled innocently. He went inside and changed his cloths, since his gi was so dirty.
As soon as he finished dressing the Ox-King came up in his car. "Hello." He greeted them opening the door. "Hi dad." Chi-Chi said happily. Ox-King put a load of presents down on the table. "Oh dad you didn't have to get anything for us." "Oh its just some small gifts." "Hi grandpa." Gohan greeted "Hi Gohan." Ox-King replied. "Here I got something for you." He gave Gohan nearly half of the presents. "Here you go Gohan." "Wow thanks." Gohan smiled hoping it wasn't all books. Then like Ox-King just read his mind he whispered to him "Its not all books there is some training stuff there." Gohan smiled even more. He put the stuff in his room real quick then they all ate lunch.
During lunch Gohan and Ox-King talked about the tournament. Amazingly Chi-Chi didn't seem to care. They did talk about other stuff though.
After lunch Chi-Chi cleaned the dishes. "So Gohan do you want to go register for the tournament. I can drive you there, its not that far." Ox-King offered. "Can I mom?" Gohan pleaded. "All right just be back soon." She replied. "Yes. Thanks mom." Gohan seemed to almost yell then went to get his money. Him and the Ox-King left. "Thanks grandpa." Ox-King just nodded and smiled in response. "So how long will it take to get there." Gohan asked. "About 30 minutes with this car." 30 minutes later they arrived. Ox-King and Gohan got out and headed toward the register counter. "Wow I didn't realized it was this big." Gohan said. He saw a big poster with Mr. Satan saying he will be at the tournament. Since everyone thought he beat Cell a whole bunch of people where crowded around it.
Gohan went up to the main register counter. "May I help you sir." The man asked. "Ughh yea sign me up for the tournament. Here's the money." The man lowered his sunglasses looking at Ox-King like "Is he serious?" The Ox-King gave him a glare. "Ok." The man replied to Gohan. "You just need to fill this out." Gohan quickly filled out all the information that was needed and handed it to the man. He skimmed in lightly. "Here's your pass and the tournament information is in the packet." "Thanks." Gohan replied leaving. Him and Ox-King got in the car and left.
"Thanks this would have taken me awhile since I wouldn't be able to fly in the city." Gohan thanked his grandfather for the millionth time. "You know I'm always happy to help. Besides I have nothing else to do. Plus I don't want to see you miss this. It should be fun." "Now that I'm thinking about it I've had a hundred battles but I haven't been in a single tournament." Gohan kinda laughed.
As they reached the edge of the city Gohan caught spot of a robber holding someone at gun point. "Grandpa stop the car." The Ox-King put on the brakes "Whats wrong Gohan?" He asked. "I'll be right back. I thought I... saw something." He got out of the car and ran down a ways then turned into the alley.
The robber had a gun pointed toward and nervous rich looking man. Gohan had a mad face. The robber noticed him and yelled "Hey kid get lost." Gohan smirked and walked toward him. "What.. are you crazy? Do you want to get yourself killed?" The robber pointed the gun at him. "You better scram before I shoot." Gohan stopped. The robber smiled. "Thats better now get out of here runt before I change my mind."
The nervous man looked at Gohan like he didn't know what he was getting himself into. "Try me." Both looked at Gohan like he was even more crazy. "All right kid you've pushed me too far." The robber yelled as he shot the gun (it was silenced so thats why no one else heard it.) Gohan grabbed the bullet quickly. Then he held it up. The robbers mouth dropped as the rich man looked with his eyes wide open. "B-But h-how?" The robber asked. He backed away a couple steps then ran for his life. "Be right back" Gohan told the rich man.
He seemed to disappear and reappear infront of the robber. The robber eyes widened. "Okay I give up. I give up." He was pleading for his life thinking Gohan was going to hurt him. "Hey whats that?!" Gohan turned around as the robber ran again. He got into his car and drove off. Gohan turned around a saw him drive off. He ran infront of the car. The robber swerved as a reaction and ran into a bakery shop. The police arrived within minuted.
Gohan ran back to the rich man. "Are you ok?" The man just nodded in reply still not believing what just happened. Gohan went back to the car. The Ox-King didn't ask any questions and just drove.