Disclaimer: Don't own DBZ, never will. I only own the stories I attempt to write. I also own the Bardock Special and Tree of Might on tape…*smiles* Ahem…pretend I never said that…

Some OOC and AU

Missing in Action

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Chapter one: Kidnapped

   "Gohan, get up! Today's the day!" ChiChi banged on Gohan's bedroom door.

   "Mom, I don't want to go. Everyone's going to bug me."

   "You've missed it for the last twelve years! Not to mention your father."

   "No…something bad is going to happen today. I feel it in me."

   "You say that every year! Come on, just this once! If you go, I'll let you skip out on school for a week to train with Goku!"

   "Yeah, right" he muttered. He's heard that one before. Gohan slipped in his Boxcar Racers CD, and blasted "I Feel So…" Then, everyone would know to leave him alone.

   Cause I feel so mad

   I feel so angry

  I feel so callous

  So lost, confused, controlled

 I feel so cheap, so used unfaithful

Let's start over, let's start over

   "Teenagers. Thank God Goten isn't one yet." ChiChi rolled her eyes and gave up. She'd try again when the song was over.  

   Reunion time. Once a year everyone would get together at Master Roshi's Kame House and catch up on the year. Goku loved seeing everyone, but Gohan couldn't stand it. The only one he went to was when he first met all of Goku's friends. It was the year he was kidnapped by Radditz. Gohan didn't want anything bad to happen, so he always found ways to skip out. If it was studying for tests, going on fake dates, (made up names and places, then he would go out and do something on his own, preferably save people in the city) or anything else he could think of.

   This year was different though. He was turning 18, so he couldn't get out of it this year. He'd missed it long enough. Everyone probably thought he was dead anyway. Goku had also missed a couple of the last reunions too for unknown reasons. Soon ChiChi was banging on the door again.

   "Gohan get up now, or I'm getting the kids!"

   Gohan immediately got up and dressed. He didn't want Goten and Trunks bombarding in on him like last time. Bad memories…

   Gohan walked slowly into the kitchen. Slumping into a chair, he looked on the front page of their newspaper to see the headlines.

   Videl Saves Bus of Children, Videl busts criminals robbing a bank, Videl…

   Gohan slammed the newspaper down on the table and sighed. That's all he ever saw. The one girl he wanted to get out of his head but couldn't…

   "Hey Gohan, you ready to go? Gohan?" Goku waved his hand in front of Gohan's face. Finally, Gohan came out of his daze.

   "Oh, yeah, I'm ready." Goku and Gohan walked outside, and took off into the air.

   "Bye Goku and Gohan! Don't be home too late!" ChiChi called after them. Soon she started crying. "My baby's all grown up" She whispered to herself. Turning around, she walked into the house.

   Soon Goku and Gohan were at Roshi's house. Everyone was already there. They both landed and walked in.

   "Hey guys, what's up?" Goku waved at everyone. They all dropped their mouths in astonishment, as if they'd seen a ghost come back from the dead.

   "Wow Goku! Gohan! You guys actually came this year!" Krillin exclaimed, rushing over to Goku. "Where have you guys been?"

   "Around" Gohan said flatly, shrugging his shoulders. Yamcha also got up and walked over to Goku.

   "Hey," he whispered to Goku, "What's eating at Gohan?"

   Gohan's ears perked up, interested in hearing Goku's response.

   "I don't know. He's just turned 18, so, I don't know if it's having some effect on him. He's been very detached lately. ChiChi had to threaten to get Goten and Trunks loaded up on sugar and on his case if he didn't get up."

    Gohan knew the age didn't matter…he couldn't say anything to anyone. All he knew was that something bad was going to happen. It wasn't a joke this time. It wasn't an excuse. Something bad really was going to happen. He didn't know to who, when, or where. He was waiting, and when it did happen, he was going to be ready to spring into action. 

   Goku and Gohan went and sat down on the couch. Goku started talking happily with his friends, while Gohan just sat there, not knowing what to say to anyone, since it had been far too long since he had seen them. Suddenly, Roshi sat down next to Gohan.

   "You're not talking at all Gohan, what's wrong?"

   "Nothing. I'm just not in the mood to talk."

   "Well, we can fix that right up. I'll get you a drink" Roshi stood up and went into the kitchen. Several minutes later, he walked back in with a drink in his hand.

   "Here you go, drink up" Gohan took the glass and drank it all in one sip. Suddenly, his face brightened up.

   "Wow! That was good! Get me another one of those!" Gohan exclaimed.

   "No Gohan, another one will put you out."

   Gohan was suddenly very talkative, but still under control. He made sure nothing got out about anything inside of him, that he was keeping bottled up. A few hours later, the affect of the drink wore off and Gohan was silent again. He got up to go outside.

   Gohan searched the land for a familiar ki other than at the Kami House. A human's, Vegeta's, anyone's. Finally, he found one, but couldn't make out who's it was. It was moving and fading rapidly. He gave up, made nothing of it, and started to walk back into the house. When he reached the doorway, he felt a jolt inside himself that made him collapse. Suddenly he had a sick feeling inside of him, and nothing could prepare him for what was coming up next.

   Goku rushed over to Gohan. "Hey, you okay?" He asked, helping Gohan to his feet.

   "Yeah, I'm having one of those sick senses, where you know something's gone wrong with someone you know. Have you ever felt that before?"

   "Yes…it's happened to me before. Do you know who it is?"

   "No, but I felt a familiar ki weakening outside. It wasn't very strong to begin with but it was weakening and moving."

   "Oh no, what if it's ChiChi's?" Goku ran out the door, and was ready to lift off when Gohan stopped him.

   "No dad, it's not mom's. The person's ki was lower than hers." Goku calmed down, and they both stood outside staring at each other. Suddenly, they heard Krillin's voice.

   "Gohan…you might want to take a look at this…Saiyaman might be needed in the city…"

   Gohan ran inside and listened to the reporter on TV.

   "The house I am standing in front of is the house of Videl Satan, daughter of Mr. Satan. As of 10:30 this morning, she has been pronounced missing. We have no leads on who has kidnapped her or why. We'll keep you posted on this case."

   Gohan's eyes grew wide, and he quickly turned to Goku. Goku looked back at his son. Finally, he knew what had been eating at Gohan. It was her.

   "Go on. No one's stopping you. I'll explain everything to ChiChi. Just don't do anything stupid."

   "Thanks dad, bye" Gohan ran out and quickly took to the skies.

   Everyone was left in a state of confusion. Krillin was the first one to speak.

   "You mean she's…"

   "Yup" Goku answered. An evil grin grew on Krillin's face. The jokes he could come up with…

   "Be easy on him Krillin. He doesn't need it right now, okay?"

   Krillin crossed his arms and sighed. "Fine…" He said sadly.

   "Thank you." Goku said. He then turned and looked outside.

   Be careful, my son…

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Well, This is obviously and Gohan/Videl fic, but I might bring Bulma and Vegeta into it later…who knows, this is only the first chapter. I know if I continue it there will be lots of action, but I don't know about romance…not so good at that. I mean, there's some in the beginning, because after all, it's Gohan's crush on Videl that drives him to leaving anyway. If no one likes it, I might not even continue it. so read and review so I know how you like it!