Mirime-Kisarrastine

Gohan almost slept in on Friday morning, regardless of his reassurances to his mother that his late return home - it was close to one a.m. when he had come back - wouldn't effect his schedule. The police on Papaya Island had been very cooperative with him and Videl. Apparently, their reputations, especially Videl's, had spread and so there had been no trouble for them to be admitted to the investigation. They had spent several hours browsing the police database, comparing the portraits within with the sketch of the attacker but they had had no luck. Either it had been the guy's first crime or he hadn't been caught nor suspected before. Only w

Bulma called Gohan on Thursday night that several of the injured teenagers had finally woken up. "We're interviewing them right now about what they remember from the attack. So far, all of them claim that a single man caused that explosion," Bulma said in a grave tone. Gohan closed his eyes. That was the worst possible scenario. Up until then, he had hoped that no ki user would have been found responsible and that a new explosive had been used, as unlikely as that had sounded. "What does that mean for us?" he asked. "Nothing good," Bulma replied. "The good news is that even the basic description leaves all of the Z-Warriors out of it. The

Reflecting on the event later on, Gohan realized he should have suspected something like that would happen. "Punch me as hard as you can," he had said to his seven-year old brother and Goten had obliged him, thinking it awesome that his big brother was going to train him. The punch into his stomach sent Gohan flying backwards, his breath escaping in a whoosh. His reflexes still served him well, though, and he was able to stop and brace himself almost immediately. Goten was upon him the next second, somewhat scared by what had happened. "Are you okay, Gohan? I didn't mean to hurt you!" Gohan straightened up and took a deep breath, ruffling

The mysterious explosion on Papaya Island was the main topic of discussion the following day before the lessons started. Since most of the victims (the number of dead had raised to seven, two of the students passing away during the night due to their grave injuries) were their age, the students of Orange Star High School felt a certain sense of connection to them. They were enraged but also shocked that something like that had happened. There was a leak from the investigation team that had confirmed that the explosion was a terrorist attack by as yet unknown perpetrators and Gohan's class buzzed with the news. "What I don't understand is how

The eight students in the Investigative Science class exchanged confused glances. "You think we should go?" Clippa asked uncertainly. Erasa looked over at Videl and shook her head. "Not yet. Videl, do you think you could call the police and ask if they have some news on the explosion?" "I doubt it," Videl replied but pulled out her communicator anyway. "But I can ask." "Isn't that illegal?" Gohan asked, not wanting to be seen as too eager to leave but he wanted to know what was going on and he had better chances of finding out on his own. "Not really. Now shh!" Videl chastised once the connection was established. "Commissioner? Do you ha

Monday classes seemed almost anti-climactic after the eventful weekend. Videl was lost in thoughts for the majority of the day, looking none the worse for her ordeal the previous day, Erasa was trying to get her out of what the blonde perceived as a slump and Sharpener was the only one oblivious to it all. "I can't believe we got it," he kept saying over and over at the lunch. The 'it' turned out to be a grant from Firearms Ltd., the largest weapon developer and manufacturer in the world. Given the dubious reputation weapon developers had amongst people, Firearms Ltd. poured millions of zeni every year into various grant programs to improve

It took them a better part of the afternoon to put together a presentation that all of them were content with, not for the lack of materials but rather because of a difference in opinions. The first version was too boring, according to Kopeer. His take on the matter was disliked by Paper who thought it was too bombastic and sensational. At that point, Videl lost what little patience she possessed and deleted both of their attempts, sat Gohan down in front of the monitor and said that whatever he came up with would be used. That didn't stop her, or the boys, from hovering over his shoulder as he worked and giving comments and suggestions as to