Still Living?

Entering School

A/N I made Gohan and Videl fast friends in this because there's not much for her to play detective over. He's being pretty open with his secrets in this. In the anime timeline, Gohan hides everything and Videl is suspicious of everything he's doing. That's what leads to her start following him around and them becoming friends. Also, Videl's father isn't famous in this so I feel like she doesn't have to be as closed off because she normally pushes people away since she's a fighter. She can't have people ruining her school reputation. In this, her reputation isn't much and she doesn't have to push people away.

*DISCLAIMER: As much as I wish the following statement wasn't true, DBZ isn't mine and will never be mine.*

"Please Gohan!!!" His mother, Chichi, begged. She had wanted him to go to school to become a great scholar ever since Gohan was a little boy. Now, they had finally managed to get a scholarship from a new city the survivors had built. The school was called Orange Star High school, but since Gohan was 18, he'd only be able to go for a year. 'But that's all he'll need!' Chichi thought, 'My son is a smart boy!'

Chichi soon noticed that Gohan's dark eyes seemed to not be looking at her and his black eyebrows were scrunched up against his eyes, making the scar that crossed over one of them all wrinkled. He seemed deep in thought, and he was.

After what seemed like hours, Gohan finally caved in to his mother's begging and said, "Okay mom, it might not be that bad, but if I get punished because I punched someone who makes fun of me because I only have one arm, I'm going to be furious."

Chichi's onyx eyes lit up with glee. She started to jump up and down in joy. "Yay! Thank you Gohan!" Chichi said beaming a brilliant smile. "Anytime mother, anytime," Gohan replied quietly.

Things had been awful ever since his father died, and it felt nice to see Chichi smile like that. It was a smile she hadn't donned in a long time. Gohan's father, Goku, died when he was only 9 and his little brother had yet to be been born. He died from a, at the time new, virus that attacks the heart. A few months afterwards, they came up with a cure to the "incurable" virus and Gohan was furious.

His father could've been saved if he had only had the sickness several months later. But, nevertheless, you can't change the past. After several months, everyone had accepted the fact that Goku had died, but it was still hard. Then, Gohan's little brother Goten was born, and everyone celebrated for weeks on end, after what had seemed like an eternity of sadness.

However, the celebration wouldn't last forever. The news came on one day, with reports of a city called "Ginger Town" that had been completely destroyed. Gohan wanted to help but his mother scolded him and he was forced to stay. The rest of the Z fighters set off to find the monsters that did this, but little did they know, it'd be the biggest, and last, mistake they ever made.

The first to go was Vegeta, and the rest followed just like dominos. Bulma soon learned of these events and called the Son family to tell them what had happened. They all burst into tears. Everyone Gohan had looked up to left him all alone.

All Gohan thought of in the years since then was revenge. Those monsters, which he soon figured out they were robot/human hybrids, were called androids and were created by a man called Dr. Gero. They seemed indestructible. So, Gohan trained and trained, from the early morning hours to the black of night, rain or shine.

Over the years Gohan had accumulating scars, like the one that ran across his left eye, and lost his left arm. Only one warrior remained that could help him now. He knew Goten couldn't do it, but one other warrior that remained could. That warrior, was Bulma Breifs' son Trunks Briefs.