A/N: Okay this was my first DBZ fic. I really like this pairing...im sorry but i really dont like the whole GohanXPiccolo thing...scares me....

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ...that belongs to Akira Toriyama...dude u rock!!

LOVE HURTS


He wouldnt let them get away with it; all the pain and suffering that they had caused him. Mostly Goku and those damn Z fighters but their day would come and the earth would pay dearly for their mistakes. Even his sister had betrayed him and married that weak earthling Krillin. Seventeen would have his revenge and his enemies would regret the day they wished him back! They probably didnt even know that he was back. When they had made their wish on the dragonballs to bring back all the people killed by Cell he too had returned. Now, to start his plan he needed something or someone they all cared about and he knew just the person. First however he had to finish the invention which he was working on and then he would put his plan into action.

Gohan twisted in his sleep, sweat glistened on his face. The nightmare was back again. Every night for the past two months he would have the same dream. In this dream he would relive the events of his fathers death, fighting Cell over and over again...then he would see his father raise his fingers to his forehead to use his 'Instant translocation technique'. He would cry out to his father, to stop him but not a word passed through his lips. He never succeeded, so he had to go through that same horror night after night wathching his father shimmer then vanish as he shouted:
"DADDY!! NO!! PLEASE COME BACK!" he woke up as he always did with tears streaming dowm his face and his body racked with sobs.

Chichi rushed into the room having heard her son cry out. Worry creased her face when she saw her distressed son sitting up in bed his shoulders trembling from the silent tears which ran down his face. Goten could be heard wailing from his room
"Its okay mom im fine now..." Gohan said without ever looking up. Chichi stood in the doorway for another minute as Gohan lied down and turned away. She then left the room to calm Goten thinking as she walked '...oh Goku, my love, please come back...Gohan needs you so badly'

Aftre his mother had left Gohan sat up again and waited to hear the quiet click of her bedroom door before he slipped out of bed and crept down to the kitchen. He poured himself a glass of milk and drank it down. He knew he wasnt going to get anymore sleep that night, experience had thought him that much. He stared at the empty glass. About an hour before his mother would get up he grabbed a pen and scribbled on a piece of paper

Gone for a swim,
Be back later,
Love Gohan.

Then he left for the lake. He remembered telling Piccolo about his nightmares. Piccolo had commented on how tired he looked and Gohan just blurted it out. He was very close to Piccolo so he felt he could trust him. Piccolo had been so worried about him. Gohan smiled as he remembered. Piccolo had given him the day off training and they had talked for the day. He could still remember how good it had felt to get it all off his chest, he still hadnt worked up the courage to tell his mother although she probably already knew.

Piccolo was standing up on Kamis lookout, or Dendes as the case ay be. It had been two weeks since Gohan had told him about the bad dreams. He had been unsure as to whether or not he should tell the other fighters, but, in the end he decidedhe should because they were just as worried about Gohan as he was. The boy was slipping into a depression so deep that if they didnt help him soon they might never get him out of it. So he told them.
"Whoa...I knew something was up but i never thought it was this bad!" Krillin exclaimed. The others nodded and sighed, even Vegeta looked ever so slightly worried about Gohan. They had to figure out a way to cheer Gohan up...and soon.

Seventeen watched as Gohan reached the lake shore. He stripped to his boxers then waded into the water. He watched as the young boy shivered as the water reached his waist. Yes...this was the best way to get to everyone. Gohan was important to all of the fighters, he would make the perfect prize. He had been monitoring the boys movements for the past day which was how he knew Gohan would be at the lake. The emotions he had felt from Gohan a few hours before were still fresh on his mind; shame, guilt, the intense misery and the overwhelming sorrow. Something was bothering the teen and it would serve to aid Seventeenwhen capturing the boy...with all those emotions on his mind he would be more than a little distracted. Seventeen edged towards the shore making sure to keep out of sight until he was ready to make his move.

Gohan never saw him coming, one second he was relaxing inn the water and next second he was hurtling through the air. He had been knocked clean out of the water, his skin scraping along the stony shore as he landed. He was just on his feet when a second blow knocked him backwards sending him careening into a rock breaking it into hundreds of smaller fragments.
"Uunnghh..." he groaned, he tried to push himself off the ground too dazed to stand. Two cold hands caught his shoulders and pulled him up. He opened his eyes looking at his attacker
"Seventeen!!" he said in shock. Suddenly his world went black as he was knocked senseless

Chichi looked up, Goten started whimpering. She looked out the window frantically searching for Gohan. Something was very wrong! She rang Krillin to ask if he had seen Gohan. She explained to him that she was worried and he said that he would be right over. When Gohan hadnt returned five hours later the rest of the Z fighters were alerted and they split up to search for Gohan. Chichi was beside herself with worry. She showed Krillin the note saying that Gohan had gone for swim, so himself and Piccolo decided to check there first. First they found Gohans clothes shoved under a bush and then they found the broken stone and the spots of blood on the shore. They immediatly tried to locate Gohans Chi but couldnt find it.....



R&R ppl and let me know what u think!!!