Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Seventeen ( Chapter 17 )

The Chosen One

Chapter Seventeen

A car pulled away from the castle and drove away. Inside, Gohan was making note of the location of the castle to the school, while Sephra was thinking of methods of how to start a conversation with her rescuer.

"So, Gohan, what's your mother like?" Sephra asked.

"Well, she's nice, and an awesome cook," Gohan answered, "but she's really strict. She makes me study ten hours a day, and since I sleep nine and spend a total of one hour eating, that only gives me four hours to train or just relax. I keep telling her that ten hours is too much, but then she goes into a tirade about how she doesn't want me to end up as a 'fighting bum,' like my friends."

"What do you do when you relax?" Sephra asked.

"Usually I sleep," Gohan answered, "but I've started watching football games."

"Football? What's that?"

This question prompted Gohan to go into a full explanation of football: the rules, the ball, the field, and so on. He also told her that Yamcha, who used to play baseball, switched over to football because it involved more contact. He had been following Yamcha's team, the West City Bandits.

"You know, that sounds a lot like field brawl," Sephra remarked.

Gohan was confused. "Field brawl?"

"Yes! Your 'football' is our field brawl!" Sephra exclaimed. "Everything from the shape of the ball to the scoring system is exactly the same! Oh look, we're here!"

Gohan looked out the window. For a high school, it wasn't very big. It had two floors above ground, and from one side to the other, it was slightly less than the length of a football field. "The school isn't very big," Gohan said.

"Well, there's more than what you see here," Sephra told him. "There's a basement, and on the right there's a hall leading back far enough to allow two more classrooms on each floor."

"Have a good day, princess," the servant driving said.

"Thank you!" Sephra responded.

"Remember, you won't need to pick us up!" Gohan said. The driver then drove away.

Sephra looked at Gohan, confused. "Why doesn't he need to pick us up?"

"I have an ability called Instant Transmission," Gohan said, "that allows me to teleport anywhere - even a gap of light years - in an instant. I can teleport us home after school. Now, let's go inside before you miss the bell."

Sephra sat down in her homeroom seat and Gohan took a seat behind her. His shirt began to come untucked, so he worked on fixing it. When he looked up, he saw a few guys walk up to Sephra.

"Hey, princess. What do you say you come over to my place later?" one of them said.

"I'm busy, Gad," Sephra said, not looking up as she pulled a letter from her bag.

"Aw, come on princess, it'll be fun."

"I told you, Gad, I'm busy," Sephra responded, sounding annoyed.

"Look, Sephra, the greatest guy in the school - namely, me - is asking you out. Go out with me or I'll make you!" Gad said, frustrated.

"Hold it right there." Gohan stood up. "If the girl says 'no,' she means 'no.' Okay?"

"Who are you?" Gad asked. "Hey, you don't have any wings!"

Gohan stuck his hand out. Gad stared at it and said, "Look, I don't associate with cripples, so you can put your hand down."

"I'm not a Gabrian," Gohan responded. "My name is Gohan, and I'm from Earth."

"Gohan?" Gad repeated. "More like 'Gay-han' if you ask me. Wait, did you say you're from Earth?" Gad and his friends burst out laughing. "Look, the princess's new guard is from Earth! What, are all the knights - and for that matter, all the other beings in the universe - dead, that your pappy hired an Earthling?"

"Gad, shut up before I punch you in the face again," someone said. A young man with black hair walked up to Gad.

"Ooo, it's Big Dan!" Gad commented sarcastically. Nevertheless, he went to sit down. Dan walked up to Gohan and extended his hand.

"I'm Dan. Look, don't worry about Gad. He's the quarterback on the school field brawl team, and his ego gets the best of him.

"But I digress. You said your name was Gohan? I suppose you're the princess's new guard?"

"Only for two weeks," Gohan said. "Then, our spaceship will be fixed and I'll be on my way again."

"So you're from Earth, huh? Are you the one who put on that spectacular display at the tournament?"

"Yeah, but could you not try to bring that up?" Gohan muttered, abashed.

"He's also the one who saved me from the Roxians," Sephra whispered.

"Wow. That's pretty impressive," Dan remarked. "Tell me, how did an Earthling become so strong?"

"Well, I'm not completely human," Gohan said. "My father was a Saiyan. Also, a lot of training has done good too. I've received training from Saiyans, Nameks, the people of planet Yardrat, and two unique types of martial arts.

"By the way, how in the world did you control Gad like that?"

"If there's a bigger star on the field brawl team than Gad, it's me," Dan said nonchalantly. "I'm the halfback and the main scorer for the team. Unlike him, though, I don't let it go to my head." Just then, the bell rang, and Dan took his place in front of Sephra.

Gohan came from the lunch line with about four hoagies, three bags of chips, and two cans of soda and took a seat across from Sephra and next to Dan and another young man named Asher.

"Holy cow!" Asher exclaimed as Gohan began wolfing down food. "How can one person eat all that?"

"It's because he's half-Saiyan," Sephra said. "You should have seen him at dinner last night. He and his two other Saiyan friends are eating machines!"

"Hey, don't be a food hog. Besides, if you eat all that, you're gonna be sick." Gohan turned around to find himself facing Gad. "Although, it would be nice to see you get sick."

"Yeah, I'm sure you'd love to be covered in vomit," Gohan remarked. "After all, if I do get sick, I'm throwing up on you."

Gad grabbed Gohan by the collar. "So you wanna be a punk, huh? You won't be talking trash after I'm through with you!"

"I'd be careful if I were you, Gad," Sephra said. "He's the one who dominated the tournament, and he could take on the field brawl team in a game by himself and win, too."

"An Earthling, winning in field brawl?" Gad burst out laughing. "Fine. Meet me at the field after school. If you're not there, I'll come looking for you, and when I find you, it won't be pretty." With that, he walked away.

"Sephra!" Gohan half-shouted, whirling around. "What do you think you're doing?"

"You can do it, Gohan, I know you can!" Sephra responded.

"I can do it, but that's beside the point!" Gohan exclaimed. "I would appreciate it if my strength were kept under wraps! Remember how I told you I let a buffoon named Hercule steal the credit for killing Cell?"

"Gohan, I'm sorry!" Sephra cried. "I didn't know!"

"Hey, Gay-han! Ready to get clobbered?" Gad yelled. Gohan ignored this and went for the kickoff. The ball sailed right past the end zone.

1st and 10, ball on the 20: As soon as he snapped the ball to Gad, the center tried to bring Gohan down; however, as soon as Gad got the ball, Gohan charged forward and sacked him for a five-yard loss.

2nd and 15, ball on the 15: same thing.

3rd and 20, ball on the 10: same thing.

4th and 25, ball on the 5: Gohan charged forward and knocked the punt back to the ground.

1st and goal, ball on the 5: Gohan ran the ball in for a touchdown.

PAT attempt (Dan holding the ball for Gohan): kick was good.

"There! You see?" Sephra called from the sidelines.

Gad looked at Gohan, a look of intense fury on his face. "You know, there's one thing that's worse than an Earthling, and that's an Earthling who cheats!"

Gohan was shocked. He had never cheated in anything in his life, and he told Gad so. "The reason why I'm this strong is my father was a Saiyan! Satisfied?"

"Your father was a Saiyan?" Gad asked with mock interest. "But I thought Saiyans loathed aliens! Or was your father an emotional sucker, just like that phony Legume?"

Anger started to flare up inside Gohan. "He did follow his emotions, but they won him battle after battle! I'll have you know, my father was the Saiyan who defeated Frieza on the planet Namek!"

"Oh, and where is your father now?" Gad responded.

"If you must know, he sacrificed himself to save the planet Earth from annihilation!"

Gad laughed. "Save the Earth? He should have gotten out of there while he still had the chance instead of wasting his pathetic life on such lowly scum! Besides, what was this 'threat?' Anemia?"

"SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH!" Sephra screamed.

"Sephra, stay out of this!" Gohan shouted to her. "You leave Sephra and her family out of this! It was an android named Cell who had enough power to crush an entire solar system in an instant. I just barely destroyed him, but not before I got my father killed."

"Oh, you did something to cause your father to sacrifice himself!" Gad laughed. "This keeps getting better and better! Well, I'd hate to be in your position. I'd hate to be in love with my own father!"

Gohan's anger continued to build. Suddenly, a vision appeared in his head. It showed Gad holding the hand of a woman who seemed to be his mother; however, this was not Gad as a toddler but Gad at his present age.

"Well, I'd hate to be in your shoes. I'd hate to have an Oedipus complex!"

Gad looked bewildered. "Oedipus complex? What's that?"

"In Greek mythology, there was a man named Oedipus who, unknowingly, killed his father and married his mother. It's a psychological term." Gohan then put the icing on the cake. "You know what that means? You're a mama's boy!" His retort was greeted by an "ooooh" from the other football players.

"You'd better watch it! You don't want to see me angry!" Gad burst out. "Besides, how did you know about that?"

'The vision I saw was true?' Gohan thought. "I knew it! You just admitted to it!"

Sephra burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. It was obvious that this juicy tidbit of information would be all over school by the end of the day.

"Oh, and by the way," Gohan began, "I can deal with you when you're angry. You don't want to see me angry."

"Oh ho ho! Daddy's little man thinks he's a tough guy!" Gad grinned. "You know what? Frieza should have won. Frieza should have kicked your father's pansy ass all over Namek and then destroyed Earth. I'm glad your father died."

Gad had finally added the straw that broke the camel's back. Gohan's anger exploded, and in an instant, he was at his maximum power. Even Gad, who could not sense power levels, cowered in fear at the sight of Gohan's true power.

"I warned you not to make me angry," Gohan said. "Now you can see my true power, and now you pay." He began to walk toward Gad.

Gad decided to sprint to his right. However, he got only five feet when Gohan suddenly appeared in front of him. "Where are you going?" Gohan asked. "The fun's about to start." Gohan had no intention of hurting Gad; he just wanted to humiliate the nasty, arrogant punk. Gad frantically started to back away.

'You know, I would love to see something funny happen by chance,' Gohan thought to himself. That very moment, Gad's pants leg got caught on something as he tried to dash, and he tripped. At the same time, his momentum carried him right out of his pants. Frantically, Gad tried to cover himself with his shirt, but failed to do so before everyone saw his white and pink polka-dot boxers. Everyone burst out laughing except Gohan, who continued to stay intimidating.

Suddenly Gohan was reminded of a movie he had seen years ago where a big, muscular man was tied to a tree. The man was screaming in terror as a deer came up to him and started licking him. Gohan grinned, imagining something similar happening to Gad. Gad was on the ground, covering his face and yelling, "Please don't hurt me! Please!" Then, Gohan noticed movement from a bush a few feet away. A rabbit-like creature with extremely long ears and a long tail emerged and hopped over to Gad. The creature then began licking Gad's head.

Gad didn't know what was happening, but he was obviously terrified beyond his wits. "YYYAAAAAAAHHH! EEEYYYAAAAHHHH! STOP! STOP!!!" The group around them began laughing even harder. The creature hopped away, and Gad looked up. "A lapin?" he exclaimed. "You mean to tell me that was a lapin?" Gad slowly got to his feet, and everyone noticed something different about the front of his boxers. Where it had been white it was now yellow. Everyone began laughing even harder. Dan's face was beet-red as he held his chest with one hand and hit the ground with his other fist. Sephra was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Gohan, however, was not laughing. As a matter of fact, he was downright confused. 'What is going on? First, I had the vision of Gad with his mother, then everything I envisioned happening to him came true. Something is very strange here.' But as Gohan looked around at everyone laughing themselves hoarse at their humiliated quarterback, these coincidences were driven from his mind and joined everyone else in their laughter. He might not understand what happened, but he did know one thing.

This day would be long remembered at Sephra's school.