Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ A Girl Called Lime ❯ Of New Students and Smiles ( Chapter 1 )

A Girl Called Lime

By Frostbite

"Thank you Saiyaman" Exclaimed the woman, beaming up at him.

"Just doing my job mam," Responded Gohan, in his phony Saiyaman voice.

He had been on his way to school when he had spotted the man grab her purse, and take off down the street.

Gohan, who was already clad in his Saiyaman outfit, which he wore so he could fly to school, had immediately swooped down to stop the theft. It hadn't taken much time, and the look of joy on the woman face was reward enough.

He decided to vacate the area, before the press started showing up, besides, he was gonna be late!!

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Videl knocked softy on the door, not wanting to interrupt the class, simply alerting the teacher to her presence. She waited and momentarily the door opened revealing an annoyed looking teacher. He seemed about to comment on something, when he realized who it was, and grinned at her.

"Out protecting our city, Videl?"

"Yes, so sorry about being late"

"No problem Videl, you always have a good reason" as he said this he seemed to look over his shoulder as if to indicate to some of his students they didn't quite measure up.

He let her in, returning to the front of the class and resuming his lecture about god knows what. Videl walk up to her seat, and sat down, looking around at her friends.

Erasa was looking at her with that gushy speculative look of her's, Sharpener was trying to send her a flirtatious look, which she ignored, and Gohan, as usual, smiled at her like a fool, a nervous fool at that

"So," Erasa began, smirking at Videl," Where have you been?"

"Fighting Crime" replied Videl

"Oh really, well did Gohan happen to be there?"

Videl narrowed her eyes at this comment, and Gohan suddenly decided that the teacher's lecture was the most interesting thing in the world.

"What are you talking about?" Demanded Videl.

"Well, he was late too this morning, he arrived only seconds before you!"

"So" Videl was beginning to get annoyed with this game, and wanted Erasa to get to the point, though she already had a good idea what is was.

"It just seems strange how you two seem to always disappear at the same time, always coming back at the same time" Erasa giggled, as if she had caught Videl in the act. "Is there something going on between you two?"

"ahahahahah" Gohan laughed loudly, not even having the decency to pretend he hadn't been eavesdropping "What are you talking about Erasa? I just slept in again this morning" Gohan continued to laugh, something he seemed to do a lot whenever suspected of anything.

Videl sighed exasperatedly, how many times would she have this conversation? Gohan certainly wasn't helping, what with the way he looked so nervous, and well...suspicious.

She decided to turn on Gohan, hopefully taking attention away from herself in the process.

"You sure seem to sleep in a lot, for someone so organized and dedicated to his education"

Erasa immediately forgot her whole conspiracy theory, and rounded on Gohan.

"Yeah!"

"Well, we all have our faults" Said Gohan, laughing away, trying to seem relaxed.

"Sure" Muttered Videl, in way that made it clear that it was not over, and she believed nothing. Gohan was luckily spared any further torment by a knock on the door, which caught the whole class' attention.

The teacher answered the door and in walked an unfamiliar brown haired girl, obviously a new student.

"Class this is Miss Lime" Stated the Teacher.

"You can go sit over...there!" he told her pointing to the spot directly above Gohan.

Lime took her place among her classmates, and the class went on.

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The rest of the morning was pretty uneventful, and soon it was lunchtime. Gohan went to sit under his tree as usual, and about halfway through lunch, Videl, Sharpener and Erasa, who had long ago finished eating, joined him.

"You not done yet?" exclaimed Videl, surprised.

"Uh, well you see, I just started" Offered Gohan, not wanting to admit to his Saiyan appetite.

Videl raised an eyebrow, but decided it wasn't worth it, sitting down beside him.

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Lime wandered out into the schoolyard, not quite sure where to go. She had eaten in the cafeteria, but had grown tired of sitting there, and decided to explore the school grounds.

She had traveled not very far, when she noticed a large tree, which looked like it would be nice to sit under. In fact it even looked like it would be fun to climb, something she hadn't done in quite awhile seeing as it was considered to be childish. She chuckled at her thoughts, and began walking towards it. But unfortunately, as she soon saw, it was already occupied by four students. She recognized them as those she sat behind, and decided to let them have their space, not wanting to invade. She sat down where she was, right on the grass, glancing over at the group to see if they had noticed her, but they hadn't.

One of them, a boy with black hair, was stuffing himself with food at a phenomenal rate, while the girl beside him berated him with questions and accusations. The other girl, who had blond hair was simply giggling insanely to herself, ever so often leaning over and whispering something to the black haired girl, which would cause her to pause her assault, only to resume it moments afterwards. Beside the feisty girl sat a blond boy, who apparently didn't appreciate being ignored, and had decided it was the black haired boy's fault and was obviously insulting him. The Black haired boy didn't seem to notice any of this-or maybe he just didn't care-, as he continued to stuff himself. She almost felt sorry for him.

He began to slow down as he made his way to his last item, an apple, which he took out of his bag, examined momentarily, before taking a chunk out of it. He had by this time apparently turned his ears back on, because he turn to the girl beside him and chewed thoughtfully as if considering something.

The girl stopped and then asked him a question, to which he blushed, and continued to eat his apple nodding. He smiled at her in an attempt to calm her down. Something that obviously worked on most women didn't affect her, and she seemed to take it as an offence.

And suddenly Lime, who had been watching the whole thing, felt a sudden familiarity with the situation. A memory was triggered in the back of her mind, something she hadn't thought about in a while. Seven years to be exact.

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They sat under a large apple tree eating juicy red apples, and talking about all the fighting that was going on in the world lately. Lime turned to Gohan, deciding to share her opinion with him. (Lucky him! ^_^)

"You'd never fight," she declared presumptuously, "you're too sweet right?"

Gohan looked up from eating his apple, puzzled by her statement.

"You're too gentle, to fight I mean." She explained, not at all meaning it as an insult, but rather an observation.

"You think so?" Gohan said, as if she truly knew, and her opinion could change something.

"Mmm hmm," she uttered in affirmation, "I know so! For sure! I can see that" She said it as if this was a matter in which she just knew, so much that one might have been led to believe her.

Gohan laughed nervously, his hand behind his head, flashing her a typical Son smile.

"I like strong men, like my grandpa, he's a real fighter." She said, looking up at the sky, her voice full of admiration.

Gohan was surprised by this "You're grandpa's a fighter?"

"Sure," she continued, almost bragging, "he used to be a great Martial Artist back in the old days. Hey, maybe if you asked him, he'd give you some pointers."

"Hey you think so?" He said appearing enthusiastic, and she thought he really was.

She had of course realized how wrong she had been about that -he had in fact just been going along with it just to make her happy- when he easily deflected an energy blast and then scared away the dreaded general Tao with the simple utterance of his lineage.

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She continued to stare at the boy sitting under the tree, running the scene through her head again. He couldn't possibly be Gohan, the hair color was all wrong, black, not Gold as Gohan's was, and his eyes were also black, where as Gohan's had been Teal. But she still couldn't shake the unnerving feeling that this boy was familiar, that he was Gohan.

The girl sitting beside him -the one with the black hair- said something to him, which made him laugh nervously, placing his hand behind his head, smiling all the while. And then she was sure, there was no doubt about it, that was the unmistakable Son smile (though she of course didn't know that's what it was called, and that it was shared by all male members of said family).

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Gohan continued to laugh, silently wishing Videl would give up. Suddenly he got the feeling he was being watched. He looked up to find the new student starring intently at him.

"Uhh, may I uhh...help you?" He asked not quite sure what to do.

She seemed indecisive for a moment, then, "no...well... actually yes! Could you tell me what your name is?"

This puzzled Gohan a little, but he figured that maybe she just wanted to be friends or something of the like.

"Oohhhhhh" Squealed Erasa, "Gohan's got an admirer"

The girl was unfazed by the comment, but that was only momentary, for the words finally sang in and she blushed furiously.

"Nn-nnoo...I just..."

"Gohan"

The girl looked up at him shock written on her face.

"My name is Son Gohan"

"Gohan" She whispered, then smiled

"Why do you want to know?" Demanded Videl, sure that this was somehow her business.

"No reason," Replied the girl, grinning widely. "Just wondered"

"Well, then I'm Sharpener, this is Erasa, and that," Sharpener said pointing to Videl, "is The Videl Satan."

"Oh, umm...Ok." Replied the girl, clearly uncertain as to what she was supposed to do with this information. She turned back to Gohan and smiled at him again.

"Well, see ya around, bye." And with that began walking off towards the school.

"Teehee, I guess we've got some competition, Videl" Stated Erasa, grinning knowingly.

Videl rolled her eyes in response, and Gohan proceeded to blush, laughing nervously all the while.

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Lime sat in class, staring intently at Gohan. He sure had grown up since she last saw him. He was taller, and certainly quite handsome. Not that he hadn't been epicenter of cute before, but now he was cute in a different sort of way. His voice had also changed, as he got older, but it still held the same happy quality.

She came back to reality, deciding she should concentrate on the teacher's words, seeing as that was the whole reason she was here: to further her education. Her mother and father had decided that they had taught her as much as they could, and that school should take care of the rest. Besides, she needed some high school experience if she was ever to go to university. Though part of her wanted to stay at home, forget this whole school business and learn to run the family store. Her Grandfather had started that store, and he still helped out with it. It meant a lot to her. But she knew she should get a good education first, she couldn't plan on the store always being there.

Her eyes eventually wandered back to Gohan, and she smiled like a fool. She didn't know why she was so happy to see him again, and tried to wipe the huge smile off her face, but wasn't very successful. 'It might not even be him!' she thought, trying to reason with herself, 'stop grinning like a fool!' Though the name Gohan wasn't very common, and Son even less so, she couldn't help doubting.

What were the chances of them meeting up again after all this time? Not to mention the fact that his hair and eye color was different. The hair could have been dyed (Gold? Not likely) and maybe he wore contacts now. And who's to say that he would even remember her, or want to know her.

So much uncertainty, there was only one way to find out. And she planned to take it. She was going to simply confront him after school.

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Gohan, who's mind had been else where, was suddenly brought back to reality, when a small white paper landed right in front of him.

He looked around to find its originator, but gave up when he began to attract attention. He opened the note and read-

Meet me at the tree

after school.

-Behind you

He reread the note, and then looked behind him, to find the new student sitting there. She of course was paying close attention to the lesson, and try as he might, he couldn't catch her eye, and so was not sure if it was her who had written the note. He turned back around again slowly, still puzzled by the note.

Of course Videl, being the observant girl she was, especially when it came to Gohan, picked up on this immediately, and leant over to see what had him worried. She misinterpreted the words, and not even looking back, assumed it was a challenge made by some stupid boy, who wanted to pick on Gohan.

Not being aware of the fact that Gohan was one of the most powerful beings alive, she felt that she should help him. For of course Videl was a kind-hearted person, and often helped those in need of her help. Why else would she be working with the police department. She had a gift, and she should use it to help those who couldn't defend themselves. And she had labeled Gohan as one of those people. Because of course Videl didn't know Gohan as well as the reader, and was working on a limited amount of knowledge. We cannot blame Videl for her mistake, for Gohan didn't really act like someone who had defeated Cell would be expected to act. Then again, as the reader knows, Son Gohan is not your average human. Not because he is half Saiyan, but because he was raised by Chichi, daughter of the Ox King, wife of Son Goku, Mother of Son Gohan and Goten, and most importantly, wielder of The Frying Pan.

Moving on-

Videl nudged Gohan gently in the side, getting his attention then whispered, "Don't worry, I'll go with you." This was supposed to assure him (Of course most guys would have been offended) but all it did was confuse him all the more.

He wasn't sure what this girl had to say to him, but he had even less of an idea as too how Videl's presence would help. In fact it might make it worse. What if this girl knew his secret and planned to black mail him. Hopefully she just wanted to be friends; she had seemed friendly enough at lunch. Maybe she wanted to copy down the notes she was missing, and the teacher told her to ask him. A number of reasons flitted through his head.

He looked over at Videl, who flashed him a reassuring smile. Well at least her intentions were good, though intentions never really helped anybody. They certainly hadn't helped his Dad.

He smiled back, pretending to be relieved. He'd have to wait until school was over to find out what this was all about. He leaned back in his chair and decided not to worry about, it was probably nothing of great importance.

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