Gohan found Videl sitting on the couch, staring blankly at a wall. Everything about the girl was disheveled; her shirt was rumpled, her hair stuck out in every which direction, even the blanket looked as if it had seen better days at it laid about her. All of this told the boy that something was wrong.

Instead of walking up to her to find out, the Son boy instead went into the kitchen and poured a couple glasses of juice. With a glass in each hand, he returned to the living room and sat down next to the girl, holding one of the glasses to her. "Juice?"

Videl seemed to jump at the question as she jerked her head to look at him. Lowering her eyes, she then found the glass being held to her and she accepted it with a soft "Thank you."

Both teens sat in silence, occasionally taking small sips from their drinks. Eventually, Gohan broke the silence. "I take it you had another dream."

Videl nodded her head. "I saw the closest thing to a free-for-all." Taking another sip, she then said "There were a bunch of your friends fighting these two people; I don't know if they were twins or clones but they looked like each other. Someone had called them androids at one point."

The Son boy nodded his head. "Battle with the androids. I wasn't around for that one, but I know what you're talking about."

The Satan girl looked at her friend. "How could those two be androids? I know there are robots running around but ones that look like people and are stronger than most of the fighters on the planet? How is that possible?"

Gohan stayed quiet for a moment before answering. "A man with a grudge who was obsessed with power."

"Pardon?"

"Those androids were made by a man that wanted revenge. Went to extreme lengths to do so. It ended up costing him his life and allowing monsters to roam the world."

Videl shuddered. She knew that type of people too well. She had lost count of the number of people that declared they wanted revenge on her for sending them to prison. Of course, none of them had an IQ over 80, so she didn't have to worry about them sending robots after her. "I'd hate to think what they could've done if they actually went around killing people."

Gohan stared intently at his glass. "They did."

The Satan girl jerked her head to look at the boy, seeing his serious face. "But…we're here. And nobody even heard of androids attacking people."

"You remember Trunks? The guy from the future?"

"Yes."

"Well, the future he was from was one where those androids had gone out and killed people. From what I'm told, it was like living in a never-ending nightmare. We were lucky the androids in our time had a more tempered mind-set. Otherwise…"

The dark haired girl gulped. "We'd be living in a nightmare too."

Gohan drained the rest of the juice in his glass, letting out a small sigh afterwards. "Does…does talking about your dreams help? At all?"

Videl looked away, once again staring at her glass. "Some. I…I feel better…I think, when I know what it is I'm seeing. Can you imagine what it's like to stumble into something that you have no idea what you're seeing? That you can't believe that such terrible things happen?"

"All the time."

"You know, Gohan, this is one screwed up world you live in."

"Tell me about it."

A small chuckle escaped her lips. "Despite these dreams, and you living through all of them, you seem like a normal guy. I would've never guessed you've been through all of that."

A small smile graced the boy's lips. "If you want, you can stay here until these dreams go away."

Videl cocked an eyebrow. "You're assuming we're going to find out what truth I'm seeking. How can you be so sure?"

Gohan shrugged. "I promised to help you get through this and I intend to fulfill that promise."

This time, it was Videl's turn to have a small smile on her face. "Thank you. It's…nice of you." Leaning towards the boy, she pressed her lips against his check. When she moved back, she couldn't help the sense of satisfaction well up in her as she saw a blush crawl onto the boy's face. "Besides, I'm not gonna refuse a chance at having more of your mom's cooking."

Gohan laughed, despite the crimson still on him. Looking to her glass, he commented "So are you feeling half-empty or half-full?"

Videl frowned at the question. That had come out of nowhere. Following his eyes, she found him staring at her glass with about half of her juice left. With a smirk she then chugged the rest of it and handed the now empty glass to him. "Neither."

The Satan couldn't say she didn't expect something like this. After her talk with Gohan, and then a nice breakfast made by Chichi, the dark haired girl had pulled out her jet copter and looked about for her extra set of clothes. She always kept an extra set in the off chance her current outfit was in some form or fashion ruined. When finding the duffle bag, she had found her cell phone, a bit surprised to discover that she had actually left it in there.

When checking the phone, she found that she had over a hundred messages from her dad, Erasa, and some telemarketer who wanted to inform her on the uses of Viagra. Ignoring that last message, she learned that both Hercule and Erasa were demanding to know where she was, if she was in trouble, or if she was with a boy.

Well, she couldn't put them off any longer. Actually, she could but it would only make things worse for her. The more her dad thought she was with a boy, the more likely she was to be locked into a very tall tower with her only means of escape would be to grow her hair out until it reached the ground; something she wasn't going to put up with. And the longer she went without telling Erasa what she was up to, the more she would be interrogated until every last detail was out of her victim's mouth. When people said that the Satan girl was a great interrogator, they were usually right. However, when it came to Erasa, she could make a mute talk about his deepest, darkest secret.

Going to her address book, she then hit the call button and waited for someone to answer the call. The phone didn't even finish the first ring when someone picked up. "Videl! I've been calling you for ages! Where are you?! Are you hurt?! Are you with a boy?!?! He better not be trying to get into your pants!!"

Videl held her phone a good foot away from her ear as she rolled her eyes. She knew her father would launch into some sort of rant to moment he picked up. Now wasn't the time for that "no boys" talk though. She was already high strung as it was.

"Daddy," she interrupted, causing the man to stop mid-rant. "I'm sorry I worried you, and I'm alright. I just needed to get out of the city for the weekend is all."

"Get out of the city? What are you talking about?!"

Okay, she definitely could've phrased that better. "I just felt like I needed a change of scenery, that's all Daddy."

"This wouldn't be because of boy, would it?"

Videl was about to answer in the negative when she realized that she had come to the Son house for a boy. Though it wasn't in the way her dad thought it was, it would be better not to mention that. "No, it wasn't. I had heard there was some kind of retreat that people could relax at. Like a spa. I just came to clear my head."

That seemed to satisfy Hercule. "Is that all? Why didn't you tell me in the first place? Or even before you left?"

"It slipped my mind," the Satan girl replied.

"Well, make sure you leave a note next time. Or better yet, tell me before you go. That retreat of yours sounds like something I need to go to."

Oh boy, her father out here with the Sons would be a disaster. The dark haired girl could already see the clouds of smoke pouring out of Chichi's ears. The Son woman had made it quite clear she wasn't the biggest fan of Hercule Satan.

"Yeah, sure. I'll be sure to let you know next time."

"Good; when are you coming back?"

Good question. Videl had no idea how long she would be staying at the Son house, since Gohan had made it clear she was welcome to stay until her dreams were gone. "I'm not sure. Maybe a few more days?"

"Oh no, little missy. You are not going to miss school because you want to relax. You're lucky you had a three day weekend, but you are coming back for school, you hear me?" Hercule replied. The Satan girl had completely forgotten about school, ever since she showed up at the Son house. There was some holiday going on today that school was cancelled, fortunately.

She needed to buy some more time.

"Dad, the reason I came out here was to get away from the city, including my job with the police. A day or two more would be one less day I have to fight crime."

Contrary to media reports and the public's belief, Hercule Satan had never been thrilled that his daughter had joined the police force. Though he was proud of her accomplishments, he didn't like the thought of her willingly putting herself in danger. The thought of his daughter not getting hurt was a very enticing idea. "I guess you can stay a couple more days, but that's it. You will come home immediately when I say. Understood?"

Videl gave a small smile. "I understand."

"Now you take care." And that was all either of them said as Hercule hung up. That was one person down, one more to go. Scrolling through her address book once more, she searched for Erasa's number.

That was when her phone started ringing, indicating that the very person she wished to call was calling her. How convenient. Accepting the call, the girl answered "Hey Erasa."

"Videl! You finally picked up! Do you have any idea how worried I was?" the blonde reproved, the tone of her voice very relieved. Apparently the girl had been scared out of her wit from not hearing from her friend.

"Sorry about that, I was a bit busy," the dark haired girl replied.

"Too busy to answer your phone?" Erasa shot back.

"Umm, yeah."

"Dear Kami, Videl. After everything you said about your dreams, I thought you had done something bad! Don't scare me like that again! I mean it!"

Videl let out a sigh. "I promise I won't do that again, alright Erasa? I was seeking help about the dreams and I was a bit distracted."

"Really? What did you find out about it?"

Now came the hard part. How much did Videl tell her best friend? It went without saying that she couldn't tell her anything about Gohan's involvement with them, not to mention his history. Should she go with the same story she told her dad? Probably not; since then she was have to take Erasa to one. Whereas her dad would forget about a place she could make up, the blonde wouldn't, and she would harp on it until Videl caved in. And it wasn't like she could flat out lie to her either; the girl was one of her only friends.

She had to make a choice, nevertheless.

"Well, I went to see someone and they said that I needed to get some R&R. Something about me being stressed and running myself ragged. So right now I'm out of town for some off time."

"Awww, and you didn't think to take me? I could help you relax!"

"Erasa, your idea of relaxing is to go shopping and you know how I am about that."

"Tsk, I know. You'd be a lot more fun if you did though."

Videl rolled her eyes. "I somehow doubt running around from store to store is a great stress reliever."

"There's nothing better than trying out new clothes and you know it, Vi."

"Clothes that someone else has worn?"

"What?!" the blonde nearly shrieked. "You mean they don't place out new ones every day?"

The girl shrugged. "They might clean them, I don't know."

"Umm, gotta go, Vi. I need to make sure I haven't picked something up, okay?"

"Yeah, sure Erasa. You take care of yourself."

"Bye."

And with a click, the call was over. Well, that was two big obstacles down and shouldn't be a bother. Looking up into the sky, the girl couldn't help but wonder what was next.

To Sigfried Wild: Talking pants. Now there is a interesting idea.

To lugo: Sorry I didn't update like you requested. Had to build up some suspense for you reader folk lol

To A-man: I think a week would suffice for a dragonball hunt. With Gohan, possibly Goten, on the hunt, they're gonna be adament about eating three times a day, since that is what they've been use to for the past seven years. Then they have to find some place to sleep at night. On top of that, if either Son boy saw some sort of crime occuring, they're not gonna sit by and watch it happen; they'll do something about that, and as Satan City has shown, crime doesn't stop even after a genocidal android threatened to blow the planet up. Though it is likely it'll take less than seven days, since they're faster than the original Dragonball series hunt. Either way, it's gonna take more than a day or two to find them all. And I have heard of DBZ Multi-verse. It's pretty interesting but I haven't read much of it since I was introduced to it.

To Lord Destroyer: Thanks for proving my point. And you are correct, Totosai does come from Inuyasha. I have a tendancy to take the characters or names of other animes instead of trying to make up something that sounds Japanese or so. Cheap and most likely illegal but it beats trying to make up OCs that have to have some sort of characterization created. Instead, find an existing anime character and most of the work is done for ya lol.

To Brenthforever: Totosai is a character from Inuyasha. A swordsmith I believe. See Lord Destroyer's review and my response to it for more details.