45 School Day part 2 (2/2)

Reiss looked over at his cousin, mouth hanging open, absolutely shocked by the girl's performance. Gohan gave a slight smile and shrugged at his cousin's surprise. Reiss never thought a display that weak would be worthy of high praise. The level of power Kakarot's friends possessed shaded what Reiss expected from average Earthlings.

”Impressive, huh?” Erasa nudged Reiss in the ribs with her elbow. She thought he was staring at her friend because he never saw person around his age that was as strong as Videl.

”I guess you could say that.” the blue haired teen wasn't sure if the blonde girl was being sarcastic or not.

”Since we need to check both of you, who would like to go first?” the instructor looked to his new students. He was curious as to whether the prince would be as strong as his father.

”Sure, I'll do it.” Reiss said.

The instructor waited for the prince to step onto the platform. When Reiss gripped the handlebars of the machine the teacher prepared to press the start sequence.

”Now remember, this is state of the art equipment. Don't feel down once it surpasses your strength level, that is what it's supposed to do.” the instructor calmly explained. Many students feel depressed every time they lose because it feels like they haven't improved.

”Okay,” Reiss nodded.

When the machine started, Reiss pulled the handlebars while the machine fought back. The equipment's machinery began whirring and humming as it tried to overcome the teen. The instructor's eyes were jumping back from the console to the boy and back to the console. The readings were higher than he had ever seen.

Reiss's hands were nearly touching together when the machine's ring snapped in two. The blue haired teen was left holding the bars and the metallic pistons attached to them. If it wasn't for the machine's depressed humming sounds as it shut down defeated, a pin could have been heard dropping. Everyone was staring at the destruction Reiss caused.

”That shouldn't be possible, right?” Sharpner's voice was barely audible.

”That still counts, even if it broke, correct?” Reiss asked. All the students shifted their view to the instructor, waiting for his answer.

”Ye-yes Prince Reiss.” the instructor was frightened by the readout on the console. The maximum exertion capacity of the machine was 25 tons. Judging by the ease in which Reiss destroyed the device, he was capable of much more.

The teacher glanced over at Videl and sighed to himself. She was the frontrunner to represent the school until now. Looking at the other students he could tell that most of the males had broken out in a cold sweat. They clearly had plans to embarrass the prince in some way to elevate their status, now their dreams were dashed into pieces. Others looked on believing that they should try and enter into Reiss's inner circle, that way they could gain cushy jobs in the future.

”Mr. Gohan, we will have to do your assessment tomorrow.” the instructor said. ”We will have to replace the machine.” Gohan nodded in understanding.

After school, Videl, Erasa, Sharpner, Reiss, and Gohan met out front because the blonde girl wanted to talk to them. By the end of the day, Gohan had come to terms with the fact his plan of remaining anonymous wouldn't be happening.

”I was wondering if you guys wanted to come study at my place?” she asked, ”I mean we all seem to get along just fine.”

”I should probably go out on patrol.” Videl said. She liked to give the city a once over before going home to make sure there were no criminals running rampant.

Reiss looked over at his cousin to get a sense of where he stood on the choice. Gohan, like Reiss, had no experience with going to a friend's house.

”Sure, we'll go.” Reiss answered.

”You sure?” Gohan asked, ”I mean, I have a long flight back to Pozu, and I need to look after my brother.”

Sharpner was internally thrilled by the prospect of the two Saiyans not tagging along to Erasa's house. It would be one less person to overshadow him, besides they didn't need anymore members for their little group.

”If you are sure Gohan, then I'll just go.” Reiss offered, ”Although I'm sure your brother will be fine.”

”You know, I think I changed my mind.” Videl said, ”It has been awhile since we all did something together.”

Sharpner was happy his crush, Videl, decided to go. He didn't care why she changed her mind, though she rarely did.

”You're right Reiss,” Gohan quickly added, ”I think Goten will be alright.”

Sharpner's mood swiftly dropped to rock bottom the moment Gohan changed his mind. Videl thought it might be a good opportunity to discover just how strong the new boys were. Gohan was actually interested in learning more about the pig tailed girl. Erasa was smiling with excitement that her friends decided to come over, while Reiss wasn't quite sure what was going on.

The flight to Erasa's home was supposed to be short, but the group spotted a disturbance. A group of masked men with lasers were attacking what appeared to be protesters near the circus that recently came to the city. Videl didn't know what caused the situation, but she was determined to put a stop to it.