Chapter 7: Patience is Key
Gohan woke up and looked to the clock on his bed-side table. 11:34 AM it read. 'Damn I slept in. I wonder if Erasa is worried about me not answering.' He thought as he got up and found a pair of clothes, before quickly getting in the shower. Once he finished, he put his clothes on and brushed his teeth. 'I wonder how Mom and Goten are doing.' He thought. He walked over to the chambers across the building. Once he got there, he took a seat on the couch and checked the time remaining for each of them. They were both at thirteen hours. Damn he slept a long time. He walked out of the room and walked back to his room.
"Hey kiddo." Bulma greeted him as he walked by. "Sleep well?" She asked.
"Yeah. I mean, I was only asleep fifteen hours." He chuckled. "In a bit, I think I'm going to head to Orange Star City. I've really wanted to try this one burger place."
"Is it the new one by the museum?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Trunks has been bothering me about going there too. Apparently that's all he's been seeing on the television. If you go, would you mind taking him?"
"Yeah, I'll take him. When should we go?"
"Now is a good time. Just tell him, that kid can get ready in half a second." At that, Gohan nodded and walked towards Trunks' room.
"Hey Trunks! Wanna go to the new burger place in Satan City with me?" Gohan shouted.
Just as Bulma said, in a blink of an eye he was in the hallway, dressed in a green hoodie with black shorts on. "Let's go already!!" Trunks exclaimed, oh boy was he hyper.
'Maybe I just shouldn't tell them Dad is coming back. I think it'll be a great surprise. I should find the others and have them come down here and we can have a get together.' Gohan mused.
"Let's go Gohan!" Trunks shouted again, snapping Gohan out of his train of thought.
"Yeah lets go." Gohan replied, as he and Trunks walked out the foot and flew to Satan Cityfrom high above the clouds. It was breezy outside, no rain really, just an overcast day.
Once they arrived in Satan City and found the shop, they descended into an alley and walked out casually, afterall, it was common for people to be in a random alley in the middle of a crime filled city.
They walked over to the restraunt On one side was a coffee shop, on the other was a burger place. They decided to both get a large iced coffee to go with their meal. The duo walked into the burger place, what they saw was not what Gohan expected.
"Gohan?" A bubbly blonde girl walked up to him and hugged him. "We were worried sick about you! Why didn't you answer the calls?" The blonde girl asked.
"I'm sorry Erasa, I forgot to tell you that I'd be staying at my friends house in West City." Gohan said as he looked to Videl and Sharpener who were seated at a table off in their own world, not even knowing Gohan was there.
Poke. Poke. Poke. Trunks kept poking on Gohan who didn't seem to notice. "Gohan!" He finally shouted. "Who's she?"
"Oh, Trunks, this is Erasa, Erasa this is Trunks. He's my little brother's best friend. She's a friend from school, Trunks."
"You have a little brother? I didn't even know that!" Erasa exclaimed happy to find out more about her new friend. "So, what brings you to Satan City's finest burger shop?" She asked.
"Exactly what you just said. A good burger." Gohan replied.
"Follow me guys." She walked them to where you order. My favorite is the ten pound burger, it's on the top right, number twenty three. The other day, my mom brought it home and it was so good! You should try it." Erasa told him.
"That sounds amazing." Trunks stated. Gohan nodded and walked up to talk to the woman taking the orders. "Hey, could I get five of the number twenty three?"
Erasa looked at him in just as much shock as the girl taking the orders. "Five? That's like fifty pounds of burger." Erasa told them.
"Umm Yeah, uh I know, we're flying down to the other side of town to meet with some friends. That's why we bought so much stuff." Gohan said as he nudged Trunks and handed the cashier the zeni. He handed trunks the receipt. "Hey Trunks, when you hear this number, go get our food. Just sit here until you here it." He said as he walked over to a big table in the corner of the building.
"Okay." Trunks replied.
Gohan walked over to Videl and Sharpener. "Hey guys." He spoke, as the two teens looked up to see who the familiar voice was coming from.
"Gohan? What are you doing here?" Videl asked.
"Exactly what you guys are doing, trying to get a good burger." He replied.
"Hey Gohan, wanna come to Videl's house with us? We're going to watch some movies and stuff." Sharpener asked.
"Uhh, I'll have to call some people. What time?" He asked.
"In about two hours." Videl replied.
"Yeah, I'll probably be there." Gohan said. "Well I have to go." Gohan said as he heard his number.
"See you in a few. Wait you know where Videl's house is right?" Sharpener asked.
"Oh, yeah." Gohan replied as he walked off. He grabbed the food from Trunks and flew home.
~ One and a Half Hour Later ~
"Man that was good. Best burger I've ever had." Gohan said and Trunks nodded in agreement.
"Well, I better get going." He told Bulma and Trunks. "Oh, and where is Vegeta? I haven't seen him once." Gohan asked, he'd been wondering for some time now.
"Oh, he went off to some distant planet to train. He'll be back any time now." Bulma told him.
"Oh, sounds like fun. Well, I'll be off. Have fun. I'll be back in four hours or so! Make sure my mom and brother know where I am if they get out early. Actually, scratch that. I'll come by if I sense them get out. Bye." Gohan said as he walked out the door, and once more flew to Satan City.
Once he arrived at Videl's house, about two hours after his experience at the burger shop, he rung the door bell.
"What do you want?" Videl asked as she opened the door. "Oh, hey Gohan. My bad, I thought you were one of my dad's pupils. Hey always come by. Come in, I'll show you where my room is." They walked over to her room, which was huge, and that meant enourmous.
Once the two walked in, he was greeted by the two blonde friends of his. "This is your room? It's the size of my house!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's what being the daughter of Mr Satan does for you." Gohan took a seat on the couch next to the blonde duo, as Videl walked off to the other side of the room. "Imma grab some movies." She said. Once she grabbed some, they walked back.
"What movies did you pick out?" Erasa asked.
"Red Ribbon Army's Mysterious Defeat, King Piccolo's wrath over the Earth, and The Alien Attack on East City." Videl read.
"Hey, that'd be a good movie to watch considering we have a project over that." Erasa said, agreeing with her decision.
"I completely forgot about that." Sharpener spoke.
"Maybe after the movies, we can do a bit of research and stuff since we're already here together. I have a good couple hours I have to blow here in Satan City anyways."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Erasa spoke, Sharpener just shrugged. "Now let's watch this movie!"
Videl put the Red Ribbon Army movie in the machine.
The Red Ribbon Army was a mysterious group of soldiers that searched the world looking for valuable balls. Sharpener snickered. Out of no where, they seemed to be defeated, as they no longer searched the world. No one knew who, or what did it, or perhaps they weren't even defeated, perhaps they just quit trying. But we will now present you: Red Ribbon Army's Mysterious Defeat. It tells what we believe happened to the Army.
An hour and a half had passed, and the movie turned out to be quite interesting for Videl. The army was defeated by a kid with super powers apparently. His name was Son Goku. This is what they believed happened because they captured the young boy, who was also an experienced Martial Artist, enter the facility, on camera.
For Gohan it was another story. He kept thinking about his dad coming back. In fact, when Sharpener asked Gohan if he wanted popcorn, Gohan didn't even hear him, Sharpener even punched him in the arm to get him to stop day dreaming, and that didn't work. But once Sharpener yelled "WAKE UP." In his ear, he woke up. The superb Saiyan hearing wasn't always a good thing.
A few more house passed and they were done with the movies. All three involved his family, friends, and/or himself. Like seriously, what luck. The group decided to work on their history project, which they just watched a movie about, which was really a documentary full of speculation and hardly any actual facts. For that reason, they decided to write notes on the movie afterwards so they'd atleast have the notes for the project done. Gohan decided to go home after the time he spent with his friends, which truly was pretty fun.
He landed at Capsule Corportation at 7:03. Wow, he was there a long time. He walked to his room and went to talk to Bulma.
"Hey Bulma, I was wondering if we could get the rest of the gang out here and kind of have a party. It's really important. Just trust me. I can find all of them and have them come by."
"Why do you want everyone to come over?" She asked, confused.
"Just trust me on this one. Also, is Vegeta back yet?"
"Yeah, he's in the gravity room again, as always." Bulma replied, sitting down on the couch in the game room that they were in. (AN: they have a lot of couches lol) "Well, I'd get them now, they're probably going to be asleep if you wait any longer." She suggested.
Gohan nodded and took off for the lookout. Once he arrived, he confronted the namekians and Mr Popo. "Hey guys, I'm here to tell you, that we're having a party type of thing at Bulma's and you have to go. No buts, you have to."
"But one of us must man the lookout." Dende spoke.
"There's no need to worry about that." Mr Popo spoke, "I'll do it until you get back Dende."
"Are you sure?" Dende asked, as Popo nodded. "Well, let's go!" Dende shouted, very thankful that he finally got a day off. The two namekians flew to Capsule Corporation, strangely, Piccolo hadn't said a word. Maybe he knew about his dad coming back. Whatever it was, Gohan didn't think about it too much.
Gohan soon got Yamcha, Tien, and the others and they all met up at the Capsule Corporation.
"So, what's the real reason we all had to come?" Yamcha asked.
"Just have fun for a while, and don't go to sleep. I have a surprise for everyone around two in the morning, but first, we have to get my mom and brother out of the healing tank. They're just resting now, they've already been healed. We should definitely wake them up now. They'll definitely want to see the surprise." Gohan spoke as he walked towards the room with the healing chambers. The others soon followed. They pushed a button, causing the water drain and Gohan instantly zapped the two, giving them clothes, a technique he learned from Piccolo.
The opened the tank and the two Son family members walked out.
"Why is everyone here? Is there a threat to Earth or something?" Chi-Chi asked.
"No, Gohan insisted we all come over. He has a surprise for us all at around two in the morning apparently." Tien spoke.
"Gohan? Why would you make every one of these people come all the way out here to the Capsule Corp, which I'll remind you is on the other side of the planet from where most of them stay, just to tell them to sit back and wait? Surely there isn't something that important." Chi-Chi asked, as if her son had lost his mind.
"Trust me mom, you will all want to see the surprise. Just wait. Patience is key."
So they waited. It was now 1:53 AM. The Z-Fighters all sat on the couch in the living room, dog tired. They were talking about how their lives had been the past couple years, but after Chi-Chi started talking, everyone could feel tension in the room. Afterall, it hadn't been a great seven years and her husband was still dead. (AN: Insert winky face lol)
Gohan looked at his watch. 2:19 AM. It was time. Gohan got up, causing everyone to look at him. "Guys, this is what I've gathered everyone here for. Tonight will be a night we will all remember in the end. I know you all are tired, but please, find the strongest ki signatures on this planet." Gohan went on, ending the conversation quickly once he sensed his dad.
"What do you mean I don't sense anyth-."
The Z-Fighters, including Vegeta, who entered the room about twenty minutes before, were wide eyed.
"Mommy, who's that power coming from?" Goten asked, hugging his mom. "It's so familliar, But I don't recognize it."
"No way." Tien astonished, looked at Krillin and Yamcha.
"Kakarot is back." The only full Saiyan in the room spoke.
"Goku is back!?" Chi-Chi stood up.
"Yes mom, he's back." Gohan spoke, as the room got quiet in shock and happiness.
Suddenly, breaking the silence, the father of Gohan and Goten and not to mention the multiple-time savior of the world appeared. "Hey guys! Why do you all look so shocked?" Goku asked, in his normal, playful voice.
Goten grabbed Chi-Chi's pant leg and hid. Krillin, Yamcha, and Gohan were the first to run after him and each shared him a bone crushing hug.
"Dad I missed you so much." Gohan spoke, starting to cry tears of joy. In the back of he crowd, was Chi-Chi who was simply crying and crying. She was just so happy, being able to remember the sadness and stress she had, and how it was finally gone, she just couldn't stop crying.
"Wait. Chi-Chi is something wrong? Is it something I did?"
"No honey. No. I'm just so glad you're back." She said as she hugged him, a tight hug, one that lasted atleast a minute.
"Wait, Chi-Chi... Why is there a mini me behind my leg?" Goku asked. Looking to the right of Chi-Chi, as Goten scooted to the left.
Chi-Chi turned around and faced her youngest child. "It's alright Goten. It's daddy, he's back!" Chi-Chi as she smiled the widest smile she's every smiled. (AN: I just twisted my tongue and brain a good fifty times)
"Daddy!!!" Goten shouted as he ran up to his dad and jumped into his arms.
"Oh hey." He smiled widely. "Who are you?"
"My name is Goten, what's yours?"
"Goku. But it looks and sounds like you can just call me Dad." Goku said as he raised Goten into the air. "Look you're a helicopter!" He told the seven year old boy, as he spun him and threw him in the air a few times."
"Goku!" Chi-Chi yelled at him, as he caught the youngest child of his.
"Again! Again!" Goten said smiling more than he ever had. So, his dad did it again.
That was something he definitely could get used to.
Well, that was definitely my longest chapter, 3k words. Sorry about my update coming so late, I've been overwhelmed with different things in life. School is pretty crazy.
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