Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Normal Friends from Strange Places ❯ Normal Friends from Strange Places ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Okay... all characters belong to Akira Toriyama except for Trey Troi. He belongs to me.

Normal Friends from Strange Places
By Maria Cline

It was a bright day as Trey Troi adjusted his bandana and waited in the classroom. The teenager sighed as he looked over his assignment for English class. Rumor had it that a new kid will be coming and he was a certified genius. He didn't really care however.

"Hey, Trey, where were you this morning?" Videl questioned as she sat down beside him.

Trey glared at her. "I was coming here. Why?"

"A gold fighter stopped a robbery and the witness said that he was wearing an Orange Star badge."

"Well... it's not me." Trey said, "I was busy doing homework and... did your witness said anything about a bandana?" He pointed up to his bright red bandana.

"No... but you are blond and fairly strong. Despite the fact that you and your father uses tricks."

"They are not tricks." Trey said as he gritted his teeth. "They are techniques. Power of the mind and body working as one."

"My father called them tricks." Videl said.

"Well... your father... is mistaken." Trey muttered.

"He is not!" Videl replied sharply.

"Your father is only human." Trey sighed as he rubbed his temples. He hated having to wear a bandana over his third eye but he wanted to blend in more and it was hard enough being a son of a tournament champion who uses 'tricks'.

"Class! Today we have a new student, he actually have perfect grades in his entrance exam and he was home schooled." Ms. Glish said as she stood at the podium.

Trey's eyes widened as he sense a super power coming his way. It was powerful, almost like a blazing fire in his mind. **Who could be that strong? He's stronger than my dad!** Trey thought in bewilderment.

The door opened and a tall man with short black hair came forward. He was scared and very shy. His build was slight but Trey could feel the power radiating from his form.

"Look at that, a nerd." Sharpener laughed. Trey fought the urge to laugh. From the power aura of the new guy, it looks like that he could kill Sharpener with a sneeze.

"Hi... I'm Son Gohan and... I'm new here." Gohan stammered out.

Trey's face brightened. Tien, his father, told him all about Gohan and how powerful the boy was. **Whoa... the real champion of the Cell games. This is such a weird coincidence that he would be coming here! This guy's stronger than I though.** Trey thought as he watched the teenager look for a seat. "Hey! Gohan! You can sit here!" Trey called out.

Gohan looked at the strange man with the bandana. His Ki was far stronger than everyone else in the room. And his face looked vaguely familiar. "Okay." Gohan sat next to Trey. "I'm Son Gohan."

"Trey Troi." Trey held out his hand. **I heard so much about you from my father.** He said telepathically.

Gohan grinned as he held Trey's hand in a firm grip and thought out. **Whoa... you're a telepath?**

**Yeah... my dad is Tien. He told me all about you.**

**Awesome...** Gohan frowned slightly and said, **But... I didn't know Tien had a son! I didn't even know he was married!**

Trey shrugged. **Well... I've been working on my self control for a long time and Dad didn't want me to get hurt in the battles. I'm not a demisaiyan like some people.**

Gohan rubbed the back of his head like his father and said, "Yeah, that's true."

"What's true?" Videl asked curiously.

"We're talking telepathically." Trey replied much to Gohan's shock. He didn't want anyone to know about his great strength or his other abilities.

"Yeah right." Sharpener scoffed, "You can't fool us with those tricks of yours, bandana boy."

"Don't listen to him." Trey said as Gohan tensed, **I get treated like this all the time.**

**Why?** Gohan asked baffled about the way the other students seem to shun the nice man.

**Because, they hate my father. It's a long story.** Trey said as he sighed.

Gohan was confused. How could anyone hate Tien? True, he was one of the more serious people but he was nice and loyal to Choutsu.

Erasa giggled as she came up. "Hi! I'm Erasa! You're kinda cute!"

Gohan blushed wildly as he looked down. "Ah..." His cheeks turned bright red as Trey smirked. Gohan was the victim of Erasa's charm attack.

"Oh, and this is Videl. Her father is Hercule Satan." Erasa introduced.

**The great fake.** Trey thought out to Gohan, **But, be careful, Videl is stronger than Herc.**

"What?! Videl is Hercule's daughter!" Gohan exclaimed, "I definately didn't see the resemblence!"

"That's for sure." Trey agreed verbally.

"Where do you live?" Erasa asked.

"Over at Mt. Pazoua." Gohan replied.

"But... that's five hundred miles away!" Videl exclaimed. "How do you get here?"

"He flew." Trey quipped much to Gohan's shock.

"Yeah right, bandana boy." Sharpener said.

*****

The day passed quickly for the two. Trey could hear all the whispers about the new student. Everyone now know that Gohan lives over 500 miles away from Satan City and wondered how he could travel all that way every day. Trey knew the answer but didn't say anything. He knew that Gohan had to fly to get here this fast.

Finally, gym class rolled around. Trey was wearing a baseball cap instead of his bandana and so was Gohan. "So... nerdboy, ever play baseball before?" Sharpener taunted.

"No... but I read about it in a book." Gohan replied.

"Oh... don't be so hard on him. Gohan could think up some good plays." Erasa suggested.

Trey smiled at Erasa. While she may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, she is very nice. She is one of the few others who treat him with some respect. "Yeah... and maybe Gohan could surpise you."

The game started and Trey watched Gohan intensely. Gohan never played baseball before and might lose control of his strength. Sharpener came up to bat and Trey focused as hard as he could with only two eyes at the man. Videl let loose a fast ball and Sharpener's bat collided with the ball. The ball soared up into the air and Gohan yelled, "I got it!"

Trey moaned in disbelief. Hovering in midair, for the entire school to see, was Gohan with ball in hand. **Stupid stupid!** He thought as Gohan tossed the ball to the second base man. The poor student was flung back and the ball spun in his glove.

Trey closed his eyes and yelled with his mind, **Gohan!!! You're floating in mid air!**

Gohan looked down and thought, **Whoops.** He floated down and everyone else kept on gawking at him.

Finally, Videl asked, "How could you jump so high?!"

"Ummm... it's the new shoes!" Gohan explained as he laughed, "Yeah! It's the shoes."

"The shoes... right." Trey muttered as he rolled his eyes.

Finally, it was Videl's team to bat. Trey came up to Gohan and asked telepathically, **Can you hit the ball like a normal person?**

**I don't know if I can control my strength.** Gohan replied mentally. **Don't worry, I'm something will hit me.** He thought as he came up to bat.

Trey watched intensely as Gohan stood in the batters box. He was in a left handed position but that didn't attract much attention. Sharpener smirked as he prepared himself. **Let's see how nerdboy could handle being beaned in the head by my special fast ball.** He thought as he flung the ball at Gohan's head.

Everything went into slow motion as Trey watched the ball zoomed at Gohan. **Oh no...** Trey thought, **Please duck...** He prayed as he watched the ball go forward.

"GOHAN!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Videl screamed.

Gohan glanced at Videl and the ball crashed into his head. Everyone gasped as they saw Gohan just standing there.

Trey sighed as he lifted his ball cap to show his third eye. "Sorry, Gohan." He whispered as his third eye glowed faintly.

Gohan screamed as a sharp pain stabbed his mind. "AHHH!!!" Gohan screamed as he held his head. "What was that?"

"You okay?" Videl asked concerned as she glared at Sharpener.

"Yeah..." Gohan replied as the pain faded. "Just a small headache." He glanced at the shocked coach and asked, "Does this mean I walk to the next base?"

"Well... yeah... if you feel okay."

"I'm fine!" Gohan insisted as he glanced at Trey who waved. **Why did you attack me?** He asked as he rounded to the first base with everyone staring at him.

**I'm sorry but you weren't acting human. Normal humans cry out in pain when they are hit by a fast ball in the head. That's why most of the time, we wear helmets.** Trey explained as he watched Gohan jogged to home plate.

**Really? Over getting hit by that slow ball? Wow...**

Trey groaned as he looked up at the sky and thought, **Kami... why does he have to be so... thick headed?**

Then, it was Trey's turn for bat. Trey looked around to see Gohan on first. If he get a home run, he could score two for his team. **Hmmm... last time I hit a home run was about a month ago... time for me to make one.** "Okay!" He cried out as he adjusted his cap.

Sharpener smirked as he flung the ball at Trey, this time, avoiding his head. Trey focused hard as everything around him slowed down. The ball was now crawling through the air to Trey's super senses. **Now... hit it right so it won't go flying to space.** Trey thought as he readied his bat and gently tapped the ball. It soared over the fence as fast as a normal baseball should. **Whew... thanks, Dende.**

*****

The baseball game went on with Videl's team winning. "What a fun game!" Gohan exclaimed as the other classmates stare at him.

"How's your head?" Videl asked, "Does it still hurt?"

"Nah! I feel great!" Gohan said as he took off his baseball cap.

"Let me look." Videl insisted as she gestured Gohan to bend over and looked at his forehead. There was not even a red mark where the baseball should be. "Not even a mark..."

"See? I guess I have a thick head." Gohan laughed as he stood straight up and put on his cap again.

"Oh yeah." Trey agreed.

*****

The other classes passed quickly without much incident. There were whispers about Gohan going around. Gohan didn't notice much and thought that he was doing fine.

Trey, however, was more observant. On their way to lunch, Trey came up and said, "Hey, Gohan."

"Hi, Trey." Gohan said as he smiled at him. "I'm starving!"

"Yeah... me too." Trey said as he got out his capsule. "I'm sorry about the baseball thing."

"Hey... that's cool... it didn't really hurt, it just surprised me." Gohan explained as they went outside to the picnic tables. The two went to a table and Trey released his capsule to reveal a large bowl of rice, a salad, a chicken sandwich and a large bottle of water.

"The same." Trey sighed as he sat down and started on his rice. "What about you?"

Gohan got out his bag and peered in. "Hmmm... looks like the same for me."

Trey confused looked at the bag. It was the same size as a normal lunch bag but he knew for a fact that Gohan would need to eat lots of food since he's part saiyan. "Say... I thought that your family... have a big appetite."

"We do... but this is a special lunch bag Bulma made for me. The bad leads into a pocket dimention where my food is at. I can keep any food in here as long as I want." Gohan explained as he took out several rolls and start eating them.

Trey sighed in relief as he eat again. The last thing that he want is for Gohan to be seen eating an entire feast.

"Yoo hoo... may I sit here?" Erasa asked as she brought her lunch with her.

"Sure." Trey replied as he scooted over and let the blond sat down.

"Thanks... so... Gohan... how do you like school so far?" Erasa asked as she got out her salad and slowly eat it.

Gohan swollowed and replied, "Pretty good. Everyone here is so nice and everything is much easier than I thought!"

"That's good." Erasa said as she looked up and waved at Videl. "Hey! Videl! Wanna join us?"

Videl looked up to see Erasa waving to her. She sighed as she looked over at Trey and Gohan. She hated Trey and Gohan just seems so weird. There was something that he was hiding and the bandana boy knew it. "Sure." Videl sat next to Erasa and across from Gohan. He was finished with his rolls and pulled out a long turkey hoagie that was as long as his arm and started chewing at it.

Videl got out her soup and slowly sipped it as she observed Gohan's movements. He seemed like a living paradox. He looked so weak but he managed to jump over thirty feet to catch a baseball and take a direct hit to the head and not show a mark. She stared up at Gohan with her piercing blue eyes and the boy stopped and swollowed.

Those eyes looked like that she could drill mountains with her gaze. "What?" He asked innocently.

"Nothing." Videl replied as she kept on swollowing her soup. She looked up again to see that he's now eating a bowl of rice. "Weren't you eating a sandwich a second ago?"

Gohan paused. **What should I do? Hmmm... she seems pretty suspicious...** "Ummm... no?" He replied as he grinned.

Videl's stare intensified as Gohan squirmed a little in his chair. Her instincts told her that something wasn't right at all with him. "So... how do you get to school and back?" Videl questioned using her interrogation tone of voice.

"I... have great transportation." Gohan laughed nervously again as Trey and Erasa watched.

"I know for a fact that the fastest jet would take over two hours to get from here to there." Videl commented, "And a regular car would take five hours, if you don't count the long walk through the woods."

Gohan's forehead sweat as he glanced at Trey for some kind of help. Trey frowned and then spoke up, "He flew."

"That's stupid! People can't fly!" Videl screamed, "Stay out of this!"

Trey wiped his mouth and said, "You have no idea what people can do."

Videl growled at Trey. His settle hints that humans can do more than Hercule make him so irritating. "At least my father's not a fake like yours!" She quipted.

"Fake?!" Gohan exclaimed in shock. He may not know Tien as well as the other warriors but from what his father and the others told him, Tien was a great fighter who was skilled in many techniques that most of the Z fighters use like the Solar Flair and the three people attack.

"Everyone thinks that Dad won the 22nd Tournament with his 'light tricks'." Trey explained as he shook with rage. "But, it's not true. Videl, those are not tricks. I... have to get going." Trey stood up and capsulized his lunch. "I lost my appetite."

"Trey! Wait up!" Gohan urged as he got up and followed the man.

Gohan watched as tears came down Trey's eyes. He sat down and wiped the tears away. "I hate crying." He muttered as he hung his head. "Why do they have to call him a fake?" He whispered as he held his head.

Gohan put a supporting arm around Trey's shoulder. "Tien's not a bad guy. Sure, he tends to be a little too serious but he has a heart of gold!" He said as he grinned, "But... why do they think like that?"

"Because, ever since Hercule told everyone that Ki based abilities are tricks used by devices and other stuff, my father had been made fun of. Some of them even called his third eye a fancy makeup job." Trey explained as he smashed his fist onto a rock and it shattered into dust. "Damn it... it's not fair..."

Gohan's face fought the urge to cry himself. He knew about Hercule telling everyone that Ki based abilites but he had no idea the far extent of the effects. He lived in the wilderness and most of the people in the nearby village were nice. Krillian and his family lived on a small island in the middle of nowhere. Piccolo didn't give a damn about what other people think and most believe he doesn't really exist. No one knew about Vegita and Trunks having super powers despite the fact that they are in one of the most famous families in the world. Now, here he was, with a fellow fighter who is forced to suffer the consequences of lies.

"Why... didn't your dad just prove them wrong?"

"Because... he can't... no one would believe him. Besides, he didn't care that much about what other people think but I do! I hate high school. It's so lonely here." Trey muttered as he leaned back.

Gohan shook Trey a little and grinned, "Hey! I can be your friend! I mean... I know for a fact that your dad's okay. And besides... this high school is kinda new to me and you can cover my back."

Trey looked up and smiled. "Thanks."

"No prob!" Gohan grinned, "It's kinda cool to have someone around that I don't have to hide from."

"And someone who actually believes me." Trey sighed as he grinned.

"Yeah!" Gohan and Trey laughed as Gohan got out his lunch bag. "I better finish this."

*****

The rest of the day went by smoothly for Trey and Gohan. Finally, school was over and Gohan and Trey were walking down the hallway. "This has to be one of the best days I ever had." Trey said as he smiled. He couldn't help it. Most of the time, he would be ultra serious like Tien but being around Gohan seem to lighten up the world. It was like Gohan's own cheerfulness was contagious to the triclops.

**I know... I was thinking... this gold fighter is pretty popular.** Gohan observed telepathically, **And Videl noticed the badge.**

**True.**

**Maybe, if I wear a disguise, I could fly to school and fight crime.** Gohan suggested, **What do you think?**

**A disguise? Sounds good to me. But, then you would be in greater danger of exposing yourself.** Trey commented as he came to his locker, **But... what kind of disguise can you make?**

**Hmmm... Bulma! I can ask Bulma to make me an outfit! Besides, I need something cool and tough and Bulma could do that! Wanna come?**

Trey pondered. He heard about Bulma and her abililty to invent anything she wanted. She was the one who started the whole Z gang by her search for the classic Dragon Balls. "Well... I have to call my parents first." Trey replied verbally, "But, I'd love to come with you."

"Awesome!"

Unknown to either of them Videl was watching from her locker. They were staring at each other and suddenly started talking as if they started in a middle of a conversation. **Those two are weird.** She concluded as she watched Sharpener came up to the two.

"Gohan... you seem fairly strong. Have you thought about joining the after school boxing club?" He asked.

Gohan gulped as he shook his head. With his great power, even if he just tapped another student besides Trey, he would smash him into a wall. "No... I can't. Because..."

"He has one heck of a commute." Trey answered for Gohan. "He needs to get back home right away so he can sleep."

"Right." Gohan agreed.

"We gotta go." Trey grabbed Gohan's hand and lead him away.

"Thanks for the save." Gohan whispered as Trey got out a cell phone.

"No problem. Gotta call Mom." Trey flipped on the phone and said, "Hey, Mom... it's Trey."

"*Oh, Trey-chan! What's wrong?*" Lunch asked.

"Nothing, Mom... I was going to tell you that I made a new friend. He's Gohan. You know, Goku's son."

"*Goku's son?! Oh wow! I remember Gohan when he was just taller than my knee! It's so good for you to finally make some friends!*"

"Well... is it okay if I spend some time with him? We're going off to visit Bulma for some stuff." Trey explained as he smiled.

"*Of course you can! Just make sure that you come back for dinner and do your homework!*"

"Will do, Mom. Better write Mother a note. Remember last time?"

"*Ohh... yeah. Well... good luck! Say hi to Gohan for me! Later!*"

Trey hung up and grinned. "All right! I get to come with you!"

"Good. But... what's the deal with the 'Mother' thing?" Gohan asked confused as they went outside.

**Mom has a split personality problem. Mom is sweet and kind and very... motherly... Mother is more of a rebel. She used to be a criminal.** Trey explained telepathically. **

Gohan's jaw dropped as he looked at Trey. **Split personality problem? How?**

**Genetics. It's a family thing. When Mom sneezes, she transforms into either a very nice woman or a biker chick.** Trey explained.

Gohan stopped and looked at Trey. **Do... you... by any chance have that...**

**Kinda.** Trey replied, **When I sneeze, I do stand a chance of tranforming. But, my dad and Choutsu trained me all my life for control. So, I could have a cold and all that would happen is that my hair would change color.**

"That's cool. This way." Gohan urged as he led Trey to a deserted alleyway. Unknown to either of them, Videl was lurking in the shadows. Trey and Gohan had to have some way to travel and they are hiding something.

She ran to the alleyway and saw it empty. "How?" Videl muttered. If she had looked up at that moment, she would've seen a small orange cloud rising up with a pair of teenaged guys on top.

"Lucky thing, you're pure of heart." Gohan said as Trey looked over the cloud.

"I can't believe I'm flying on this thing." Trey observed as he watched the cloud soar out of the city. "How fast can it go?"

"Don't know... never kept track." Gohan replied.

Trey smirked and asked, "Can I race you? Me vs. you and the cloud?"

Gohan looked behind him and asked, "You can fly?"

"Of course! My dad's a master at flight! Hold on for a sec." Trey sighed in relief as he took off his bandana to reveal a third eye in the middle of his forehead.

"Hey! You have three eyes like Tien!" Gohan observed. "Is that why you wore that bandana all the time?"

"That's right. I didn't want the others to notice it. You know... give them another reason to tease me." Trey explained as he jumped off of the cloud and hovered in midair. He loved flying. It was a treat for him to race his father in the sky. In the city, he didn't have much of the luxery and had to drive until he was out of sight before he could fly. Now, he will be able to race against something else besides his father. "I'm ready."

"Good. Capsule Corps is that way. The first one there wins." Gohan instructed as he pointed forward. "Just aim for that high power level in the distance."

Trey closed his two main eyes and his third eye glowed. "I sense it. Let's go."

"Give it all you have, Nimbus." Gohan said to his cloud as he stood up and crouched down. "On your mark... get set... go!"

The two grinned as they flew outward in a pair of streaks to the afternoon sun.

To Be Continued...