Kitsuni was the life of the party that evening; everyone had enjoyed her naive yet fiery personality. No one could deny that the young sayjin female had the looks, the brain, and the personality to win over anyone of the strong males in attendance that evening, but one particular male, namely Son Gohan, held a special interest in the young woman.
It was noticeable by everyone, even young Goten and Trunks had taken note of the sparks that were ignited between the two.
Summer time soon turned into fall, and the leaves in the usually green mountain side home of the Son's were now changing in color to welcome in the crisp autumn season. With the shift in weather there was also a shift in the usual routine going on at the Son house hold. Gohan was going to start his Junior year in high school, ending his home schooling in order to enroll at Orange Star High School all the way in the city. Chichi had insisted that in order to get into a good college he needed get his feet wet with the social demands of high school and make important social relationships for future employment opportunities after graduation.
Gohan, like the good son he was, obediently took his mother's advise and was now getting ready for his first day in school.
The concept of school- or in this case- high school was foreign to Kitsuni. She understood that in this world being an excellent fighter didn't make you successful, but rather an education and a good job did. Income was the main source of power on earth, and the more money you had to your name, the more powerful you were. So, while Gohan was a powerful young man, capable of defeating a global threat like Cell, he was not a rich man, which made him a regular joe-shmo according to what she understood after Chichi had explained the way Earth worked.
Yet she still yearned for him to stay with her... all summer long they had spent every waking hour together, talking, training, and exploring the expanse of the globe. She felt connected to the young man, and she felt as though he had a connection to her as well. Trunks and Goten had also become close to her, but since they were still being home schooled, she didn't feel the anxiety of losing them as she did with Gohan.
Now, she was a confident young woman, no doubt, however, she simply did not understand why Gohan needed to leave her at the Son house. If high school was so darn important, then shouldn't she also be getting an education?
He had begged her to stay at home while he went to school, and while she had honored his request, two weeks into his daily commutes between his mountain home and Orange Star High School she had become more and more angry with his lack of attention towards her.
Just what was so great about high school anyway?
She decided that she would find out for herself.
And that's where this chapter begins:
Kitsuni had gotten up early and trained that morning with Trunks and Goten. They always gave her a hard time when they would go Super Sayjin, but today they were going to take it easy since they were all in on the plan that the young woman had to stalk Gohan at High School today.
"I really don't get why Gohan gets home so late anyway, isn't high school over around four in the afternoon? Why is he always coming in so late?" Trunks questioned aloud as the three of them flew in the direction of Orange Star High School.
"I don't know, maybe he stops for dinner somewhere before coming home, or maybe he has tutoring, or maybe *gasp* detention!" Goten exclaimed, worried for his older brother at the thought of him being in trouble with the school.
"Well whatever it is we're going to find out today." Kitsuni said with determination, mad at the thought of the school giving someone as kind as Gohan detention.
The flight was a bit long, but before they realized it they were hovering inconspicuously outside the classroom window of Gohan's class, Kitsuni with a visual on the young man sitting near the front and next to two girls who seemed to be attaining much of his attention. Trunks and Goten both peeked, but had their ears against the wall in order to make out the lecture and any other information that came from the classroom.
Kitsuni's temper flared when she noticed the way Gohan's cheeks glowed red whenever the black haired girl with blue eyes would talk to him, and unfortunately for her, neither Trunks nor Goten could make out what was being said.
Then it seemed that the woman excused herself from the classroom after receiving a message from a wrist communicator. Kitsuni was relieved at the thought of her finally being gone. Trunks and Goten soon were bored with the spying, and both had convinced Kitsuni to leave. As she was however, she noticed that Gohan too was excusing himself from the class, and all three of the spies were promptly intrigued with the odd behavior of the young man.
"Its not like he really has to go to the bathroom, he can hold it all day if he wanted to." Goten remarked as they searched for his brother from inside the school.
"That's true you know, us Sayjins can hold it for two days if we had to." Trunks added, making Kitsuni more and more agitated at the thought of Gohan being in some sort of trouble enough for him to warrant an excuse from the class during the lecture.
"You know, maybe he's fine and just needed a break from class." Trunks added after noticing Kitsuni's anxiety. He had grown attached to the young woman, and although he would not admit aloud, he had a slight crush on the Sayjin.
"Yeah, Gohan is used to home schooling, maybe high school is too much for him." Goten agreed, oblivious to the anxiety of the young woman beside him.
"I gotta go Gohan, the police chief needs me, so just back off." The feminine voice echoed slightly through the halls filled with lockers, all three spies halted at the recognition of Gohan's name.
"Just be careful, Videl, ok?" Gohan admonished, the concern in his tone making Kitsuni recoil in disgust. Now this made both Trunks and Gohan curious as to who he was speaking to exactly and why he was so concerned for her, but before they could whisper any thoughts on the idea, fast paced footsteps were coming towards the three of them so they hid as inconspicuously as possible:
Goten jumped into a recycling bin.
Trunks slid into a vacant open locker.
Kitsuni dodged into a bathroom: the men's bathroom.
Now, once the hurried footsteps of the young woman who they now learned to be named Videl had disappeared, they all came out of hiding, all three of them embarrassed at their ridiculous reaction enough to giggle. Goten came out with a coke can stuck in his hair, Trunks emerged with a lizard climbing up his shirt, and Kitsuni pinched her nose at the stench that lingered in her nostrils from the potency of the dump left in the men's restroom. Recovering from their bad hiding choices, the three of them had missed the Ki signature of Gohan's aura until it was about a quarter of a mile away from the high school, and moving at a fast pace. Without the need of a verbal command, the three of them promptly followed the Ki signature to the sight where a hostage situation was currently being dealt with by the police and the young woman named Videl from Gohan's school.
But where was Gohan?
"He has to be around here somewhere, I feel him close." Goten informed, searching.
"Yeah, I feel him too but, there is so many auras, he could be mixed in that croud right there, " Trunks confirmed, pointing, but not seeing the young man as they began a foot search through the crowd for Gohan.
Kitsuni was now growing suspicious. That girl Videl was here, and there was no doubt that Gohan was around here somewhere. Why was he so concerned over a human woman that was a complete stranger to them?
"I am Saya-Man!"
The exclamation broke whatever thoughts were going through the minds of the three spies, as they gazed upon the ridiculousness of the man dressed up in the oddest costume, helmet, and cape.
No way. Gohan?
The three of them were too shocked to express their thoughts of concern, and simply watched with mouths gaped open at the display of cheesy lines and shows of strength displayed by Gohan dressed up as Saya-Man. Trunks laughed once the situation died down, as did Goten, but Kitsuni was infuriated. Gohan was making a complete fool of himself and the Sayjin race by reducing himself to "Saya-man" and all for the likes of that human woman named Videl.
Her growling promptly gained the attention of her spy companions as she contemplated demolishing the city in her wrath.
"Hey hey hey, no need to be so mad, he's just being funny Kitsuni, he doesn't want people to know its him cause then he'll be considered a freak at school." Trunks suggested to the young woman, unaware that the cause of her wrath was the inkling of jealousy at the transaction of looks and body language between Gohan and Videl.
"Yeah, he probably wants to keep his face a secret like Batman!" Goten supplied, lauging at the thought of his brother being a super hero like Batman.
"Lets go home before I destroy this city." Kitsuni muttered between her clenched teeth, angry, hurt, and furious at the realization that she indeed felt jealous of the attention Gohan was giving Videl.
At the casa de Son-
"Man what a loooooooong day, I'm totally beat!" Gohan yawned as he entered the small house, ready to sit down and enjoy his late dinner, it was about 9pm, which gave him just enough time to eat, bathe, and sleep before getting up around 5am to make it to school on time.
"Well I'm glad your home son, I just don't know why you have to come in so late! Are you having trouble in class?" Chi Chi asked, watching her eldest son eat as though he was famished.
"Nah, I'm just busy with school mom, then I also like to stop by capsule corp. to get the latest information on technology so I can stay up to speed." Gohan lied, knowing that his mother would be completely against him hanging out with Videl to train her instead of working on some sort of school related project.
"Well alright, you just hurry up and get ready for school in the morning, I'm calling it a night." Chichi said, giving her son a kiss on the forehead before excusing herself to her bedroom to sleep.
This was around the time that Kitsuni would show up and chatter on and on about the things she did with Trunks and Goten, ask him a million questions about school, and his whereabouts, but oddly she was no where to be seen or heard.
With out much of a second thought, he went through his nightly routine and ended up in bed short of 10:30, a full half an hour earlier than usual since he skipped the nightly third degree from his enthusiastic Sayjin female friend.
With a sigh he began to fall asleep.
Blink.
Blink.
Blink.
On the third blink he noticed her in his room, which startled him enough for him to jump up in bed. How long had Kitsuni been there? "Hey there, you scared me! Have you been here this whole time?" Gohan asked the young Sayjin girl, curious of her presence but speaking low enough so as to not wake Goten.
"Videl... what is she to you?" Kitsuni went strait to the point, not bothering with beating around the bush.
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Long time no update, I know, I know, like years as a matter of fact!
But here is a chapter, just for kicks =)
Let me know if I should continue!
-Kinoko
Aug/1/2011