Gohan Enters High School

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and all the characters related to it. All of them belong to Akira Toriyama. However, for characters that you don't recognize who are not in the Dragon Ball Wikia, it would be safe to say that they belong to me despite how unoriginal their names may be.

Also, I may get some information wrong here and there, but please excuse me. I am not as well informed as I should be. Do point out these mistakes and I'll try my best to either revise them or leave them be for consistency. Also, some characters may not act like how they should as the plot progresses. This is to give them more character. They are, after all, human beings. Personalities and emotions change, just like how Videl starts off suspicious of Gohan but then falls in love with him in the canon.

Reviews are very much welcome and would be much appreciated. Thank you for reading my first fanfic. I hope you enjoy the story.

Notes:

"This is speech."

"This is thinking."

On names:

In Eastern Culture, most names start with the surname before the name. For example, in China, Japan and Korea, names would be like so:

· Qin Shi Huang

· Okazaki Tomoya

· Park Su-Min

In Western Culture, however, names would start with well… the name first, then the surname. For example, Jack Frost, etc.

In the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z Universe, there is a mix of both cultures and it is clear that Goku's family follow the Eastern Culture with their naming sense such as Son Goku and Son Chichi along with their dressing manner (examples would be Chichi wearing a traditional Chinese dress called cheongsam - Qi Pao in Mandarin - and Goten being initially seen wearing a changsam).

Therefore, we will follow the format of using both cultures' naming sense where Gohan's surname is in front of his name while Videl's surname is after her name.

Chapter One: Sharpner Busts a Ball

It was another beautiful morning in Satan City. The birds were singing, the sun was shining, how could anyone possibly not be affected by this cheerful and bright atmosphere? Yet, here was our favourite half-Saiyan - Gohan - sitting at the edge of his desk with nothing but problems in his mind.

On the second seat beside him, the source of his problems was staring, no, glaring at him intently with her blue eyes. Oblivious to what she was really thinking, her blonde friend Erasa nudged her and, in her rather high pitched voice, whispered to her, "So I guess this is a first for you, huh?"

Her thought process broken and snapping back to reality, Videl Satan could only frown as she asked her best friend, "What in the world are you talking about?"

"Oh, don't deny it. I know you've turned every guy making their moves on you down and you've never had a boyfriend before but judging from how you've been looking at Gohan-cutie since the day he started school, I'm guessing you've finally fallen head-over-heels in love," Erasa sighed in the beauty of the thought of his best friend finally showing signs of interest in someone for the first time in her life.

This got her an annoyed glare from Videl as she angrily retorted back to clear any misunderstandings, "Don't be ridiculous, Erasa. I'm just curious, that's all. I think Gohan's hiding something from us."

Beside her, a blonde, long-haired, muscular teen chuckled.

"Yeah, don't be ridiculous, Erasa. Everyone knows that Videl here and I are going to go out sooner or later," he said coyly as he moved to wrap his arms around Videl's shoulders.

Sensing what the teen was doing, Videl sent her elbow flying at the teen's ribs making him double up in pain before he could even touch her.

"Don't even think about it, Sharpner," Videl huffed. She seriously hated the guy. Why she remained friends with him was still a mystery, even to her.

Clutching his ribs in pain, Sharpner managed to groan out, "Don't be like that, babe. I know you have the hots for me."

This earned him another elbow attack from Videl. The attack connected with his mouth this time and Sharpner thanked his lucky stars that he did boxing or he was sure that his teeth would have been knocked out of their sockets already.

Unbeknownst to them, Gohan's incredible sense of hearing managed to catch the full conversation which didn't help at all in reducing his worries.

Thankfully for Gohan, the professor, Dr. Stein-Ein, Ph.D. could hear the faint buzzing of the conversation in the back of the class and shouted across the room in his German accent, "You three at the back, silence! You would do well to learn from Mr. Son."

Sharpner, just to keep his image as a jock and an alpha-male intact, shot back, "Yeah, yeah… learn from Nerd-boy who scored a hundred percent in all of his entrance exams."

Unfortunately for him, Dr. Stein-Ein wasn't a pushover unlike the other lecturers in Orange Star High School and with that comment, he earned himself not just one day of detention but detention for a week.

"What bull!" exclaimed Sharpner. "I'm the school's ace boxing member; I have important after-school club activities!"

"Settle down, young man. You best learn not to argue or I'll fail you in this class."

Knowing that he couldn't afford being kicked out of school, lest he face the wrath of his parents, Sharpner finally decided to keep his mouth shut. Orange Star High School may have been a public school, but it was one of the state's best schools even making it to the top three alongside two private and expensive schools. It wasn't a surprise then that many students chose to go to this school therefore competition for a spot in the school was stiff. Furthermore, despite being a public school, the school had facilities that would have been exclusive only to private schools if not for Mr. Satan's funding. Indeed, some of you might be wondering why despite being rich, Videl Satan would go to a public school instead of a private one. This is because private schools were much stricter with their school regulations and, as Videl fought crime along with the police, the only school that she could go to that provided good education and was still willing to bend their rules for her was Orange Star High School.

Satisfied with Sharpner's response, Dr. Stein-Ein cleared his throat and continued with his lecture, "Ahem. As I was saying before I was interrupted; the structure of this molecule is very complex. In fact, even I have some trouble understanding it," he admitted.

The lecture continued in full swing for another half an hour before the bell signaling the start of lunch break rang. As soon as it did, a very relieved Gohan hurriedly packed up his books and notes. To him, school was boring. Everything that was being taught to him, he already learned when he was seven years old. However, his mother - Chichi, insisted that he needed to attend school because he couldn't get to university without high school qualifications no matter how much he had already achieved through home schooling. To him, there were only three things to look forward to in school: recess, lunch break, and going home.

Just as he was wondering what food his mother cooked for him, Erasa tapped on his arm, "Hey, cutie. Want to join us for lunch again today?" she asked flirtingly.

Of course, having nobody else to spend lunch with, he immediately agreed and, for the third time since he started school three days ago, he found himself joining Videl, Erasa and Sharpner for lunch.

Sharpner was apprehensive. He didn't want his image as Mr. Hot-and-Popular to be destroyed by hanging out with the new geek but Erasa wouldn't have any of it. It was the first time since they were children that Erasa asked another person to join their circle of friendship. The three of them were known as the popular kids. Him being Mr. Satan's star pupil and ace of the boxing club; Erasa being the hottest chick in their school; and Videl being Mr. Satan's daughter.

He couldn't understand why Erasa would stick her neck out for the nerd.

"Heck, she doesn't even invite her boyfriend to join us on our table, yet here she was asking Brains to join us. Worse still, Videl doesn't seem to mind," he thought as he cursed Gohan silently.

In fact, he noticed that she had been paying an unusual amount of attention to Gohan to the point that he was jealous. "Videl's MY woman," he thought.

With that, he decided to show the new student who's boss.

As soon as they left the classroom, he pushed Gohan beside a locker but something unexpected happened. Gohan didn't even budge a centimetre. Surprised and angered by the situation, he couldn't contain himself and shouted, "HOLD IT, BRAINS!"

Gohan, Videl and Erasa, along with everybody else near them turned to look at Sharpner. Taking a step closer towards Gohan, Sharpner clutched a fistful of Gohan's clothes and tried lifting him up into the air to intimidate him, but Gohan remained rooted to the ground. "What is he made of? He weighs a ton!" he exclaimed in thought.

Thankfully, people didn't notice that he tried lifting Gohan up and, using his height advantage, Sharpner looked down on Gohan and, his voice dripping with malice said, "Do not come near my Videl, got it?"

Gohan blinked stupidly, not understanding the situation. In his innocent mind, he didn't know that Sharpner was trying to intimidate him. All he knew was that Sharpner was one of the first friends he made that were the same age as he and the concept of bullying never crossed his mind.

Sharpner smiled cruelly. "Good, he must be scared out of his pants."

He was feeling rather proud of himself, thinking that he scared Gohan away from his love interest and he didn't see Videl kick him in between his legs from behind.

"OOF!" he grunted before his knees buckled, causing him to collapse on the floor. "Who the hell did that?!"

"Me!"

Videl had enough. She couldn't tolerate anyone oppressing the weak therefore, seeing her childhood friend bullying Gohan who, to her, seemed like a weak teenager, she snapped and kicked Sharpner in the balls without restraint.

Indeed, she kicked Sharpner so hard that there was a faint but audible, crunch that everyone could hear. Sharpner just looked at her in disbelief and was about to say something when the pain caused him to collapse.

"And just for the record, I was never your woman. I would rather kill myself than become that."

Someone screamed while some were shouting, "Someone call the nurse!" in panic.

However, Videl couldn't care less. She felt that Sharpner had deserved it and walked off while shouting to Erasa and Gohan, "Come along, you two!"

Gohan, being too nice, tried to help Sharpner up, but Erasa locked her fingers with his and dragged him forcefully along to the cafeteria.

When they entered the cafeteria, Erasa finally let go of Gohan and they both found Videl angrily sitting on a far-away table. Erasa hurriedly joined her best friend leaving a very stunned Gohan by the cafeteria entrance.

"Gohan, what are you waiting for?" Videl said, looking at Gohan who was staring at his hand stupidly at the entrance.

"Wow. Her hands are so soft," Gohan thought as Erasa was the first girl who held his hand apart from his mother and Bulma.

Erasa could see what Gohan was doing and blushed slightly. "He's so cute!" she thought before she shook her head. "No, no, Erasa! You can't think of him that way. First of all, you already have a boyfriend and two; your best friend already likes him."

Her thoughts were interrupted by Gohan joining them.

"Wow, Videl. Did you really have to kick Sharpie in the nuts?" asked Erasa.

"No, but it might finally teach him a lesson." Videl replied back arrogantly.

Gohan, scratching the back of his head in a very Goku-like fashion, with sweat dripping from his forehead decided to join the conversation. "I'm pretty sure you crushed one of his nuts, Videl."

Videl only folded her arms and, without remorse, declared, "Serves him right!"

Gohan and Erasa could only look at each other with fear creeping into their hearts.

"She's just like my mother." Gohan thought.

"Whoo! Scary~ I know she beats up criminals all the time, but I never thought she'll hit one of her own friends. I better watch out not to tease her too much about Gohan." Erasa concluded.

"Anyway," Videl continued, trying to change the topic. "So Gohan, have you heard anything about the new super hero? He calls himself the Great Saiyaman."

Gohan, who had just threw out a capsule that contained his lunch and started eating, spat out the food in his mouth in surprise, spraying Videl with food particles in the process.

"I, uh… no… wha-?" he stumbled around his speech trying to find the right words to reply back as he slowly regained his composure from the shock.

Not in the least bit happy at being sprayed food at, Videl accepted a handful of tissues offered to her by Erasa and she started wiping herself clean. As Gohan observed her while he tried to figure out what to say, he could swear that veins popped out of her forehead and they looked like they were about to explode the same way as they looked on Piccolo's as she gave him one of her signature glares.

"Ooh, you mean that new hero with the mask?" Erasa chipped in bubbly.

"That's the one," Videl confirmed.

"I don't know much about him, but his fashion sense is horrible! I think the Golden Fighter is so much more hotter than him, but then again he could be a total cutie under that helmet."

Videl grunted not really paying much attention to what Erasa just said. The truth was that she had a suspicion that the Golden Fighter and the Great Saiyaman were one and the same and, if her suspicions were correct, they could have something to do with Gohan.

"Well he d-does s-seem like a good f-fighter," Gohan finally said, not missing the fact that Erasa just insulted his costume which he took great pride on. "And my fashion sense is amazing, thank you very much!"

"Well, it certainly seems so!" chirped Erasa, closing the topic as she stood up. "Videl, I'm grabbing myself a salad, ugh, I need to watch my weight," she added. "Do you want anything?"

"Just get me a 'Set A' meal, Erasa," she said dismissively as she continued to give Gohan one of her I-Can-See-Through-You glares. "Just you wait, Son Gohan. I will find you out," she vowed.

End of Chapter One

To be continued...