"Talking" "Thinking"

Disclaimer: I don't own dragonball z or any of its characters. Should go without saying so I'm only saying it once

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Prologue

Age 767 the defeat of the monster known as Cell was celebrated throughout the world. People came from far and wide to see the hero who saved the world, Mr. Satan, although there were many who believed otherwise. The Z-Fighters didn't care much though, they preferred their privacy and didn't want the attention of the media. The only thing that bothered some of them was Hercule's constant claims of the mysterious fighters at the Cell Games being weak tricksters. But even that was overlooked by the worlds true heroes.

Gohan, who was having a difficult time with his father's decision to stay in Otherworld, had thought of his mistakes many times. When Goten was born he felt like it was his fault his brother would never get to meet their father, but through the support of his friends he was able to overcome his self-regret and focused on doing what he could for his mother and brother. The happy innocent boy they knew was well on his track to becoming his old self again. Still, Gohan felt he needed to do something.

A year passed and after Gohan had replayed the events of his life and his father's decision over and over, he became inspired. His father left because he didn't want the world to rely on him to be around to save the day every time and a lot of the villains were after him. "But now that he's gone should that responsibility fall on me" thought Gohan. No the people of Earth couldn't always rely on someone else to come save them. Humans may not be born as powerful as the Saiyan race or as wise as the Namekian race, but they certainly weren't weak. Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu are all proof of that. But what could Gohan do.

Age 769 was the year things began to change. After discovering her son's book, which he must have written when he had free time from studying, Chi-Chi brought it to Bulma. They had all of the Z-Fighters read it, even the proudly stubborn Vegeta was impressed. Gohan had written a book which gave a clear understanding of "Ki" usage and detailed "Advanced Martial Arts". To Gohan's surprise everyone thought he should get it published so the whole world could learn about Ki. Even Vegeta had mentioned something about resuming his training and no weaklings are gonna become stronger then him. So after a few months time "Groundbreaking Science" was published and sold to the public under a pseudonym so no one would know Gohan wrote it. The money he made from book sales was given to Chi-Chi to support them, they weren't rich but they were well off. Studies of this new energy molecule broke out world-wide, as well did the interest in advanced martial arts.

The 25th World Martial Arts Tournament was held two years later but the level of fighting was still low so Hercule still managed to become champ and in traditional ways the tournament was decided to be held every three years.

Another year past and the Earth has progressed to a new stage. Mr. Satan, the World Champ, had convinced the majority of the world that he had energy abilities and that's how he defeated Cell, but if he were to demonstrate his power he would destroy an entire city or more. People being as gullible as they are ate it up. There are still many who believed the mysterious "golden warriors" were the true heroes and are known as "Anti-Satan", but since the mysterious fighters never showed at the World Martial Arts Tournament they couldn't prove anything.

Martial arts had taken a drastic step. Tournaments and Competitions are held often and are televised. Even the use of energy blasts and beams became more prominent. Although the level of fighting is still a bit low for the Z-Fighters, there have been many signs of growing "Power Levels" on Earth.

Bulma, with some help from Vegeta, managed to make booming technological advances for Capsule Corporation after they re-engineered a lot of the technology used by Frieza's former Planet Trade Organization. Capsule Corp. is now the single provider of: rejuvenation tanks sold to hospitals, remodeled arm cannons and battle armor for the King's Royal Military, and even developing scouters for the public.

The scouters were down-graded a bit, although they could pick up incredibly high levels of power; even that of a super-saiyan, they had a limited range. The most advanced scouters produced by Capsule Corp. had a range that could only cover a city, it was in order to keep the Z-Fighters hidden just in case they were training. But many martial artists, police agencies, and even the Royal Military used scouters to gain an understanding of people's power levels. Bulma even made a giant scouter system that can be used to track Ki anywhere on Earth. It's mostly for her use but the Z-Fighters gather yearly and check the average level of Ki on earth. The Average Power Level of martial artists and trained soldiers in age 772 is between 100-200 kili. The level the Z-Fighters were at when Radditz first arrived on Earth.

This is the year that Gohan has decided to attend High School. With the world moving towards becoming stronger Gohan felt it was time for him to slow down on his training and take his studying on a new path. He wanted to experience normal life as a teenager in High School, which his mom readily agreed to. After becoming smart enough to graduate college due to his mother's obsession with him becoming a scholar, saving the world and his friends on several occasions, and inspiring the world to learn about Ki, Gohan faces his greatest challenge yet. Being a normal high school teenager?

A/N: This is my first fanfic really but I just wanted to make my own Dragon Ball Z adventure were Gohan is the main Hero. I used some ideas from here and there if anyone notices cool. Just saying I don't own everything in my fic. For one I used Groundbreaking Science from Dragon Ball online. I'm just tired of story's looking down on humans for being weak. But its because their ignorant. If they knew about Ki I'm sure many earthlings can become powerful. So I'm taking that road. Gohan going to high school while the world moves into a new age where many new powerful enemies, rivals, and organizations will come forth. Plus Gohan and Videl get together eventually.