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This is an idea that popped into my head at soccer practice. Yes, I know what you're thinking. That is a STRANGE place to think up an idea. Anyway, I wanted to run this first chapter by you guys and see if anyone actually likes it. 

There's some stuff in here that I usually don't write, so for my regular readers, that's just a warning.

Anyway, here it goes….

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The real folks blues

I only want to know what true sadness is

Sitting in muddy water

Isn't such a bad life

If it ends after the first time

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   The rain poured down on Gohan's head. He kicked an old washed up newspaper down the street with his hands jammed in his pockets. He wore pants with a white tank. His hair was covered with a red bandanna, and sunglasses were pulled over his eyes. Maybe if he dressed out of character, they wouldn't recognize him. Maybe it would all blow over and everyone would forget. Then he wouldn't have to leave. He wouldn't have to leave the ones he loved and never would hurt. But he had to. Now he was a threat to everyone's safety. What he did, it can't be done again. That type of stunt—it wasn't even a stunt, could never be done. It wasn't supposed to happen. It was all an accident. All of it.

   The rain poured down harder, making it hard to see. Gohan took out a baseball hat and pulled it over his bandanna. He pulled the hat over his eyes so no one could recognize him. The day before—it was terrible, pure horror. How he could have ever done what he did…he'd never be able to live himself unless he left. The most likely thing to do would be to go to police. It was the right thing to do, but something told Gohan not to do anything. He didn't want to end up in jail.

   The newspaper Gohan was kicking flew across the street. Gohan followed it, letting his aim of the newspaper be his guide. He kicked it again. It went flying into a back alley. Gohan stepped into the alley—the same place as the incident. He walked to the back of the alley. The bloodstain was still on the back wall. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell forward. The brick wall seemed to catch him. Gohan slammed his fist against it. The rain dripped down his face as the memory came flooding back from the day before.

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   It was a normal day. Gohan had just changed into his Saiya-man costume and was scaling the city for any new trouble. Surprisingly, there had been no bank robberies, no holdups at jewelry stores, or hijackings. Despite of the peaceful city, something didn't seem right in the air. There's never a city with no trouble. As he flew over an alley something caught his eye. A bunch of gang members had someone pinned down to the ground. He flew closer and hid on the roof a nearby building.

   One of the men had her arms and legs pinned so she couldn't fight back. The man brought his face up close to the girl's. She spit in his face. The man scowled and shook his head, shaking the spit off. He then cracked a smile.

   "That's what I expected from you."

   "What do you want? Leave me alone!"

   "Why? So you can go and save another pitiful bank? You know, you're very pretty Miss Videl." The man kissed her. He soon moved down to her neck. Videl started to scream. She couldn't move, they had her pinned. The other men laughed at her. Her humility rose within every second. Weren't a certain some suppose to save her now? Where the hell was Saiya-man anyway? He should have arrived by now.

   Gohan gritted his teeth at the scene. It was disgusting. No one deserved to go through that. He powered up and flew down to the alley. A swift kick knocked the man pinning Videl down to the side. In his rage, he punched another gang member in the face. He then did a backspin kick in the back of another member. He punched another one in the stomach, and kneed the fifth one. The leader slowly tried to make his way out. Gohan caught him trying to leave. He disappeared, and reappeared in front of him. He grabbed the man and threw him against the back wall. Gohan followed him and grabbed him by the collar. Gohan brought the man up to his eye level.

   "How dare you do that." Gohan growled at him. "How dare you do that to an innocent soul. You will pay." He slammed the gang leader against the wall hard and punched him in the stomach. The man coughed up some blood. Gohan slammed him even harder against the wall. He let the man fall to the ground. Without giving a second glance, he turned and walked over to Videl. He lifted her to her feet and took off his helmet.

   "Videl, are you okay?"

   "Yeah Gohan. I'm…I'm fine."

   He hugged her. "I'm so sorry I didn't arrive sooner. I should have."

   "Don't blame yourself. It's my fault, I didn't watch myself."

   "It's not your fault. Something like that…it should have never been done in the first place. Not to my girl." 

   Videl pulled herself away from Gohan and looked over at the wall. There was a blood stain that dripped to the ground. At the bottom, the man who had attacked Videl laid lifeless.

   Gohan also looked over at the wall. "Oh my god…I didn't…" Gohan heard police sirens. The other members must have reported him to the police. He threw his helmet back on and turned to Videl.

   "Get out of here."

   "No, I can't."

   "I'm not asking again Videl. Get out of here NOW!" Gohan said quickly as the sirens grew louder. Videl nodded and ran off, leaving Gohan alone.

   The police cars drove up and skidded to a halt. One of the policemen came out of the car with a bullhorn.

   "All right Saiya-man. We know what you did. Come with us, and we'll show you no trouble."

   I can't go. Gohan thought to himself. He frowned and took off as fast as he could in the air.

   "Saiya-man! Get back here!" The policeman then gave up and looked around the alley to see if he could figure out what happened. He saw the dead man at the back of the alley.

   "Oh my god" The policeman said softly. "Saiya-man killed him."

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   A chill went up Gohan's spine as he thought of what he did. How could he have murdered someone? He slammed his fist against the wall again. The rage flowed through him again. He wanted revenge on them all. They would pay for their evil deeds.

   "You can't think like that!"

   Gohan looked around. "Who said that?"

   "You did."

   "What?"

   "The guy deserved it. He should have died a long time ago."

   "No, killing anyone like that is not right. Turn yourself in Gohan. It'll save a lot of people from pain. Do you want to cause more pain?"

   "Don't turn yourself in. You did the right thing. The man tried to get your girl!"

   "Shut up!" Gohan screamed.

   "Turn yourself in. It'll save you a lot of time."

   "Why don't you just run?"

   Gohan looked up. "Of course I'll run. I made that decision all ready."

   "Why are you running Gohan? Don't run. No one knows you did it."

   Another shiver went up Gohan's spine. He wanted to leave without seeing anyone. He didn't want to see any heartbreaks. He hadn't even told his own family. His mother wouldn't let him leave, and Goten would go to all ends of the Earth to stop him. Goku—well, Goku was gone. The role of savior of the Earth had been passed down from him to his son, and Gohan was not doing a very good job. He was supposed to be saving lives, not killing. He felt a hand squeeze his shoulder.

   "Leave me alone Videl."

   "Gohan, no one knows you did it. Saiya-man did it, not you."

   "You don't understand. They'll figure out that Saiya-man is me. Someone got a snapshot of my face. I have to run. I have no other choice."

   Videl grabbed his hand, lacing her fingers with his. "No, you can't run."

   "I'm going to." He turned and faced her.

   "Then I'm coming with you."

   "No! I'm going alone. It won't look good if you suddenly disappear."

   "I don't care."

   "I'll be on the move constantly. You won't be able to keep up. You'll get homesick, but you'll never be able to come home, because you suddenly reappearing will be as strange as disappearing."

   "I told you already Gohan. I don't care. I'll go to the ends of the world with you."

   "I'm going alone, and that's it. Go, before I lose my nerve."

   "Then I'll stay." Videl smirked.

   "You're making this harder than it needs to be. I'm leaving Goodbye Videl." Gohan turned to leave, but Videl grabbed onto his arm. Gohan turned and looked at her. A few tears fell from her eyes. Gohan walked up closer to her and wiped the tears away.

   "Don't cry." He whispered to her.  He pulled her in close and stroked her hair.

   "I don't want you to go."

   "I have to. I have no other choice." He lifted her head so that he could see her face. Her bright blue eyes were darker now. He couldn't tell if it was because of the rain or not.  He leaned in a kissed her. He never wanted the moment to end. He knew it was the end of his somewhat normal life, and that he would probably never see her again. He pulled away from her and headed towards the back of the alley. A tear ran down his cheek as he lost touch with Videl's fingertips.

   "Goodbye Videl." He then jumped over the wall, and disappeared.

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