Gohan sat up in the dead of night and turned over. He was still so deeply
in sleep he expected to see Videl there so he could grasp her hand or sniff
her hair. Oh it was so cold when he was pulled out of it to find no one in
the bed beside him. He sighed thinking back. 'Radditz. Freiza.
Nappa...Cell.. King cold...Dabura. Buu.. now when things look to be
settling down what happens? She leaves me. god she leaves me. Why did she
leave me? Why?'
He sat up in the cold bed and finally redressed. He stood and yawned then began to walk barefoot out of the building toward the edge of the tower, though he was stopped immediately by a teenaged voice. "Gohan what are you doing?" He turned quickly. "Goten you should be asleep." Goten shrugged. "Awe give it a rest with the protective big brother routine Gohan." Gohan smirks and nods. He walks past him toward the edge.. He could just transport into space and let himself suffocate.but no.
Goten stepped infront of him. "You never answered my question. Where?" Gohan sighs yes Goten would .. And he will ask it of him. "Goten. take care of my girl for me. When she's older tell her that her daddy loved her." He kept walking while Goten began to call for Piccolo as he stepped right off the lookout tower and let himself drop. and kept dropping...and kept on. Finally what seemed like a year later he hit the ground and let the immense pain run through. broken legs and arms. he could tell. he was screaming and crying and blood was pouring.
That's when he saw her. A red haired lady was walking she seemed to be about two or three years younger.. And Gohan knew her. She was Lime, the girl who he had rescued from the river before the cell games all those years ago. Yet she also recognized him and immediately decided to run over to him. "Son Gohan? Is that you?" He nodded weakly then all went black.
When he awoke Pan was sitting beside him on the bed Lime was beside her too and only one other person was there. To Gohan's great confusion it was Vegeta. "He's coming 'round." Pan looked down at her father after Vegeta said that. He muttered weakly. "Hey sweetie.. Vegeta. where're Goten and dad?" Vegeta sneered and shrugged. "The only reason I'm here is to watch your brat." Gohan sneered back with a pained look. "Fine then go. You're not needed anymore. Lime.. Thank you. It's been years." She blushed looking down. "I had to pay you back. you saved my life. There was my chance to save yours. So this is your daughter?" Gohan nodded wishing he could hug his daughter.. wishing he could touch her to make sure she was really there. To make sure he wasn't dreaming.
When he looked over Vegeta was still there. "What do you want? You've already made it clear you don't care about me so why are you still here, you old miser?" Vegeta let out a huffy sigh. "Fine Gohan I'm sorry okay? You're like my nephew in some ways okay so just forgive me Gohan. I am worried. Mostly about Pan though. What with you on the verge of sticking a knife in yourself. By the way this conversation never happened." He turned red not wanting anyone to know he had just said all that. Gohan couldn't help it. "Awe thank you uncle Vegeta" He turned redder maybe with a hint of anger and embarrassment. Lime looked over at him. "Listen Gohan I'm glad you're okay." Gohan smiled as best as he could at her. "Thanks. A lot ." "But were you seriously trying to kill yourself!?" Gohan turned red. "And with a young child even?" Pan sat there long asleep lying beside Gohan. "She. deserves better then me anyway you know." Lime took his hand in hers. Gohan turned red, mostly out of pain. "Ow." "Sorry," She giggled lightly. "Listen Gohan. I actually was on my way to see you. I've been thinking of you lately." He turned red again not in pain now. "When you. feel like you can date again... I'll be here for you Son Gohan." He smiles lightly from under the gauze.
He sighed and took a look at his daughter. Sure at some point he might be able to. But how could his daughter get used to a new Mommy. He looked up to her. "Can I ask you a favor?" She nodded. "Take her to my mother's house? Please." She nodded and shook the child awake gently. "Hey honey wake up." He said soothingly and the child stirred. "Daddy's friend is going to take you to Grandma okay?" She hopped down and took Limes hand and the two left the last sentence he heard from this pair was. "I think Daddy likes you." He laughs lightly. Vegeta looks over. "You're one good parent apart from trying to murder yourself and leave your kid alone." He sighed.
-----------------------------------------------Three months later----------- ---------------------------
Gohan sat in a bar Vegeta beside him. Gohan was singing on the microphone. "Here's to the past. they can kiss my glass I hope she's happy with him here's to the girl who wrecked my world, that angel who did me in I think the devil drives a coup De ville I watched them drive away over the hill.. Not against her will I've got time to kill down in broken heartsville." This was a normal night for him. Finally Vegeta was able drag him out and soon they were sitting beside Pan and Lime. Vegeta after backhanding Gohan hard enough to wake him up said. "You were going to ask her tonight remember brat wake up!" Though he had become slightly nicer towards Gohan he wouldn't act it in public. After he put Pan to bed he looked over at Lime. "Lime. I think I'm finally ready. That is if you still want me."
He sat up in the cold bed and finally redressed. He stood and yawned then began to walk barefoot out of the building toward the edge of the tower, though he was stopped immediately by a teenaged voice. "Gohan what are you doing?" He turned quickly. "Goten you should be asleep." Goten shrugged. "Awe give it a rest with the protective big brother routine Gohan." Gohan smirks and nods. He walks past him toward the edge.. He could just transport into space and let himself suffocate.but no.
Goten stepped infront of him. "You never answered my question. Where?" Gohan sighs yes Goten would .. And he will ask it of him. "Goten. take care of my girl for me. When she's older tell her that her daddy loved her." He kept walking while Goten began to call for Piccolo as he stepped right off the lookout tower and let himself drop. and kept dropping...and kept on. Finally what seemed like a year later he hit the ground and let the immense pain run through. broken legs and arms. he could tell. he was screaming and crying and blood was pouring.
That's when he saw her. A red haired lady was walking she seemed to be about two or three years younger.. And Gohan knew her. She was Lime, the girl who he had rescued from the river before the cell games all those years ago. Yet she also recognized him and immediately decided to run over to him. "Son Gohan? Is that you?" He nodded weakly then all went black.
When he awoke Pan was sitting beside him on the bed Lime was beside her too and only one other person was there. To Gohan's great confusion it was Vegeta. "He's coming 'round." Pan looked down at her father after Vegeta said that. He muttered weakly. "Hey sweetie.. Vegeta. where're Goten and dad?" Vegeta sneered and shrugged. "The only reason I'm here is to watch your brat." Gohan sneered back with a pained look. "Fine then go. You're not needed anymore. Lime.. Thank you. It's been years." She blushed looking down. "I had to pay you back. you saved my life. There was my chance to save yours. So this is your daughter?" Gohan nodded wishing he could hug his daughter.. wishing he could touch her to make sure she was really there. To make sure he wasn't dreaming.
When he looked over Vegeta was still there. "What do you want? You've already made it clear you don't care about me so why are you still here, you old miser?" Vegeta let out a huffy sigh. "Fine Gohan I'm sorry okay? You're like my nephew in some ways okay so just forgive me Gohan. I am worried. Mostly about Pan though. What with you on the verge of sticking a knife in yourself. By the way this conversation never happened." He turned red not wanting anyone to know he had just said all that. Gohan couldn't help it. "Awe thank you uncle Vegeta" He turned redder maybe with a hint of anger and embarrassment. Lime looked over at him. "Listen Gohan I'm glad you're okay." Gohan smiled as best as he could at her. "Thanks. A lot ." "But were you seriously trying to kill yourself!?" Gohan turned red. "And with a young child even?" Pan sat there long asleep lying beside Gohan. "She. deserves better then me anyway you know." Lime took his hand in hers. Gohan turned red, mostly out of pain. "Ow." "Sorry," She giggled lightly. "Listen Gohan. I actually was on my way to see you. I've been thinking of you lately." He turned red again not in pain now. "When you. feel like you can date again... I'll be here for you Son Gohan." He smiles lightly from under the gauze.
He sighed and took a look at his daughter. Sure at some point he might be able to. But how could his daughter get used to a new Mommy. He looked up to her. "Can I ask you a favor?" She nodded. "Take her to my mother's house? Please." She nodded and shook the child awake gently. "Hey honey wake up." He said soothingly and the child stirred. "Daddy's friend is going to take you to Grandma okay?" She hopped down and took Limes hand and the two left the last sentence he heard from this pair was. "I think Daddy likes you." He laughs lightly. Vegeta looks over. "You're one good parent apart from trying to murder yourself and leave your kid alone." He sighed.
-----------------------------------------------Three months later----------- ---------------------------
Gohan sat in a bar Vegeta beside him. Gohan was singing on the microphone. "Here's to the past. they can kiss my glass I hope she's happy with him here's to the girl who wrecked my world, that angel who did me in I think the devil drives a coup De ville I watched them drive away over the hill.. Not against her will I've got time to kill down in broken heartsville." This was a normal night for him. Finally Vegeta was able drag him out and soon they were sitting beside Pan and Lime. Vegeta after backhanding Gohan hard enough to wake him up said. "You were going to ask her tonight remember brat wake up!" Though he had become slightly nicer towards Gohan he wouldn't act it in public. After he put Pan to bed he looked over at Lime. "Lime. I think I'm finally ready. That is if you still want me."