~Live the Darkness~
Videl's scream echoed through the forest, sending the birds flying from their mid-night
posts and the animals scurrying for shelter. The stars themselves seemed to flicker at
the sheer volume of her voice. She dove forward and caught him in her arms as his body
began to collapse, and for seconds she simply stood there, holding him. She tumbled to
the earth and laid her head against his head, sobbing into his shirt. She hugged his
shoulders, and for hours she laid in this position, cursing herself for doing this to
him.
As the hours passed, the earth rotated as it would normally, ignoring the distraught
girl lying on the forest floor. Videl pulled back eventually, but not until her throat
was so sore that she literally couldn't cry anymore. She eyed Gohan once more, and as
she looked over his body, she was startled to see some movement. His chest was rising
up and down at an uneven pace, the motion was a labored one, but it was better than
none.
"Oh, my..." her voice trailed off as resolve colored her features. She picked up the
shell of the man she loved and readied herself for the flight to any hospital. As
she was leaping into the air, a hand grabbed her wrist, pulling her back toward whoever
owned the wrist. She landed and whirled around, fully ready to punch Their lights out.
What she saw, however, made her stop dead.
A tall, young man was standing before her. He had messy raven-colored hair and ebony
colored eyes. He looked a lot like Gohan, actually, he looked almost identical to
Gohan. Their facial features were the same, and their bodies were both developed in
the same way. This man did seem a bit more muscular, but other than that there really
was no difference. No difference except for in their faces. The man before her seemed
older, but only a bit, and his eyes, they were more carefree, even though right now
they appeared to be clouded with sadness. His hair was different as well, Even though
both the man in her arms and the man before her appeared to have wild, gravity-defying
hair, the man before her had hair that stuck out in wild angles, while Gohan's stuck
nearly straight up.
Videl took in all of these details within a few seconds, before she did the first
thing she could think of, and she screamed...
"Let go of me you freak! Can't you see that he's hurt?! Are you really that stupid?
I need to get him to a hospital, Now let go!" She yelled, struggling against this
man's strong grip. She finally stopped, and gained some control over herself.
"Wh-who are you?" She finally questioned.
The man smiled, although the smile seemed almost sad. "I am Gohan's otosan, Son Goku..."
Videl let the words sink in for a few moments. It took a bit to register what he had
said. When they finally did, Videl couldn't help but laugh in spite of the situation.
"Ha, yeah, that's nice sir... you can pretend to be whoever you want... Gohan may
have hidden some things from me, but he wouldn't have lied, and he told me that his
father was dead," She stated matter-of-factly.
His gaze never faltered. "I was dead... but never mind any of that... We need to get
Gohan to be healed, but not at a hospital. He'd be better off with Dende," Goku
stated, quite calmly.
Videl stared at this man. She knew he had to be lying, but studying his face, she
found the same kind of honesty that she saw in Gohan, and she found that she
couldn't continue to consider him a liar. "B-but... th- that's i-" she was cut off
by Goku.
"Hai, Videl, it's possible, but I'm sure Gohan will explain everything to you after
we get him healed," Gohan's otosan stated urgently.
Videl still seemed anxious, but her thoughts were interrupted as she felt Gohan stop
breathing. He stayed motionless for a few minutes, before finally beginning to breathe
once again. After only three breaths, though, he stopped breathing and it didn't pick
up again. "G-gohan?" Videl asked. She shook him gently until she heard his otosan
cursing.
"Kuso! I was too late! Shimatta..." Goku cussed.
"Too late for what?!" Videl asked, bewildered. She knew what goku was talking about,
but she couldn't admit it.
Goku glanced to the young woman. "Videl, Gomen, but-" Goku was interrupted by Videl.
"No, no way... You're wrong. Do you hear me? YOU'RE WRONG!" she yelled pulling back.
"Videl, I miss him too, but it's not like-"
Videl wasn't listening as she shook her head continuously, simply repeating the same
words over again. "No, it can't happen. No, no, no, no, no, no, n-"
"Videl!" Goku yelled, catching the girl's attention.
"Nani?" She wondered.
"Listen. It has happened, and there's nothing that you can say to change it. We can
revive him, just as they did for me, but you will need to get a grip on yourself,"
Goku stated.
"Revive..." Videl let the word roll of of her tongue, not registering it's meaning.
Finally understanding what the word meant, Videl shook her head again. "It's
impossible. No, just leave me here to die, will you?"
Goku actually chuckled a bit, despite his best attempts to stop himself. "Gohan
would be pretty pissed if I let you kill yourself, don't you think?" Goku asked.
Videl stared at him in wonder. He was completely serious! "Do you really mean that
he can be... revived?" she asked.
Goku smiled. "Yup! cool, huh?" he responded.
"Y-yeah... G-gre-great..." she answered, before stumbling forward, still holding Gohan,
and collapsing.
Goku put out his hand to catch the girl as well as Gohan. He put his fingers to his
head and disappeared. He reappeared in Gohan and Goten's bedroom, but he found that
Goten was no longer in the room. the door was slightly ajar, and he found that both
Chichi's ki as well as someone else's were in the bedroom, and Goku assumed that
this must be his other son. (No, there's nothing going on between Chichi and her son
you hentais) He only knew little pieces of their lives, only the bits that King Kai
had told him. Goku laid his son and Videl's bodies on the bed, and was startled as
Videl's eyes opened up.
"Nani?" she asked, looking around. When her eyes fell on the corpse next to her, she
felt her heart leap to her throat. She let her gaze flicker to Goku, who seemed to be
waiting for something.
"He will be back, don't worry," Goku said, turning around and leaving her in the room.
Videl laid herself down next to Gohan, with her head on his chest. She softly began
hummimg, and then finally began singing.
Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by
{(Videl hugged herself even closer to Gohan's cold corpse.)}
I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
{(A single tear slipped from her eye and traced its path down her cheek, finally
dripping onto Gohan's gi.)}
I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
{(She closed her crystal eyes, finally relaxing.)}
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star
Videl let one more stifled sob arise from her throat as she felt herself being carried
away into a hellish night of dreams.
Goku walked toward his wife's room, hearing Videl beginning her quiet song. He sighed
and shook his head, opening the door quietly. The lights were off, and Goku saw that
Chichi was asleep, holding her youngest son, and it look as though she had been trying
to comfort him about something before they had submitted to sleep, because her hand
was on his back as though she was rubbing it. Goku didn't turn on the light, but
instead he raised his ki slightly and the room became illuminated with an eerie glow.
He, of course, had no idea that Goten could sense power levels, and that his youngest
son would snap back into reality when his father raised his ki.
Goten's head snapped up and began looking wildly around the room for the source of the
energy. His eyes landed on a vaguely familiar shape, and stared. He knew that the person
looked a lot like his niisan, but it wasn't him. Goten began to become apprehensive as
the man walked over to his okasan's side of the bed. The man reached a hand out to his
okasan's face, and Goten had had enough. He leapt from his okasan's arms and leapt at
this man, powering up to a Super Saiyan as he did so.
The pair tumbled back into the hall, and Goku was so startled that he couldn't stop
himself from being thrown back into a wall. He finally held the kodomo out at arms length,
marveling at the strength of this chibi person.
Goten's arms and legs flailed, and he proceeded to try and kick a hole in this man's
chest. "I won't let you hurt my okasan!" he yelled. "Now go away before I really get mad!"
Goku couldn't help but laugh at the threats coming from the chibi person in his arms.
"Hey, I don't want to hurt your okasan! Now, you're going to need to calm down and listen
to me," Goku said.
Goten obliged to the man's wishes, although he wasn't sure why.
"Good. Now, Goten, have you heard of the Dragonballs?" Goku questioned.
Goten was startled that this man knew his name, but he ignored this and simply nodded.
"Okay, well, the Nameks used the Dragonballs on their planet to resurrect your otosan.
That's me," Goku said.
Goten studied his otosan for a moment before his face split into a wild grin and he threw
himself into Goku's arms, powering down from a Super Saiyan. "DADDY!" the kodomo yelled.
Goku looked up as he felt Chichi standing in her doorway. He found her standing there,
staring for a few minutes longer before fainting.
Goten looked at her, puzzled by her actions. Goku wasn't puzzled though, and he set Goten
onto the floor before walking over to his wife and picking her up. Goku looked down at her,
and in spite of everything, he smiled. "Hey, hun, you need to wake up. I have something
you guys need to hear..." Goku whispered into her ear before he gently brushed her lips
with his.
Chichi felt groggy as she opened her eyes. They settled on the most beautiful sight she
had ever seen. "Goku..." she mumbled. Then, as though everything was registering for the
first time, she screamed. "GOKU!" she shrieked as she wrapped herself around his neck.
"Oh my... Goku, I can't believe it! you're really back, aren't you? It's so-"
"Chichi, please hun, hold on. Yes, I'm back, and yes, it's permanent... At least until I
die again. But, I still have some bad news..." Goku stated, wincing at the task of telling
his family of his oldest son's death.
"We have some bad news as well, Goku. Videl broke up with Gohan, and then he left late last
night, and now we can't find him. Goku, can you find him?" she asked quietly.
Goku flinched under his wife's stare. She always looked to him for the way out, or some new
trick to help save their son from certain destruction. This time though, he had nothing
left to pull, and Gohan was dead. "Yes, I can find him, in fact, him and videl are both in
his room right now..." Goku said.
Goten looked at his father. "No they're not. Videl is... but I can't sense niisan in there,
and he has a big power level," Goten stated matter-of factly.
Goku shook his head as a saddened expression adorned his features. "I'm sorry Goten,
Chichi... I was too late... Gohan, he, well-" Goku stuttered.
"Just spit it out!" Chichi yelled.
"Ummm... He killed himelf," came her husband's quiet reply.
Time seemed to stop. Chichi stared at her husband, messenger he was. Her arms slowly
unwrapped themselves from his neck and she stood back staring up at him. "He... Nani?" The
question was rhetorical, and Goku didn't say anything.
Goten stared. He barely knew what the word death meant, but he knew that his niisan wouldn't
be coming back today... Or maybe even ever. His wide eyes traveled to his bedroom door, and
in a second he was at it, opening it and running inside. What he saw made his blood run cold.
Gohan was laying on the bed, with a look on his face that quite clearly spelled death. Goten
hadn't known the full meaning of that word before, but after looking into his niisan's eyes,
he knew exactly what it meant.
Goku walked in behind Goten, holding Chichi close to his body's warmth. His hand reached out
and softly tousled his son's hair. "Don't worry, squirt, we can wish him back," Goku said,
hoping that he sounded happier than he felt inside.
"We, we can?" Goten asked tentatively.
"Yup, now come on, all three of us need to go ask Bulma for the Dragon Radar, okay" Goku
asked. Goten replied with a single nod.
"Okay then."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes, before you say anything, I know that Goku couldn't have been wished
back... But in my story he's here, understood? Good...
Oh... my... kami... I updated in a Day?! *feels head* Nope not sick...
I killed him? How could I kill him? Actually, now that I think about it...
It's not the first time... Anyways, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
~Videl~ ~Z~
Videl's scream echoed through the forest, sending the birds flying from their mid-night
posts and the animals scurrying for shelter. The stars themselves seemed to flicker at
the sheer volume of her voice. She dove forward and caught him in her arms as his body
began to collapse, and for seconds she simply stood there, holding him. She tumbled to
the earth and laid her head against his head, sobbing into his shirt. She hugged his
shoulders, and for hours she laid in this position, cursing herself for doing this to
him.
As the hours passed, the earth rotated as it would normally, ignoring the distraught
girl lying on the forest floor. Videl pulled back eventually, but not until her throat
was so sore that she literally couldn't cry anymore. She eyed Gohan once more, and as
she looked over his body, she was startled to see some movement. His chest was rising
up and down at an uneven pace, the motion was a labored one, but it was better than
none.
"Oh, my..." her voice trailed off as resolve colored her features. She picked up the
shell of the man she loved and readied herself for the flight to any hospital. As
she was leaping into the air, a hand grabbed her wrist, pulling her back toward whoever
owned the wrist. She landed and whirled around, fully ready to punch Their lights out.
What she saw, however, made her stop dead.
A tall, young man was standing before her. He had messy raven-colored hair and ebony
colored eyes. He looked a lot like Gohan, actually, he looked almost identical to
Gohan. Their facial features were the same, and their bodies were both developed in
the same way. This man did seem a bit more muscular, but other than that there really
was no difference. No difference except for in their faces. The man before her seemed
older, but only a bit, and his eyes, they were more carefree, even though right now
they appeared to be clouded with sadness. His hair was different as well, Even though
both the man in her arms and the man before her appeared to have wild, gravity-defying
hair, the man before her had hair that stuck out in wild angles, while Gohan's stuck
nearly straight up.
Videl took in all of these details within a few seconds, before she did the first
thing she could think of, and she screamed...
"Let go of me you freak! Can't you see that he's hurt?! Are you really that stupid?
I need to get him to a hospital, Now let go!" She yelled, struggling against this
man's strong grip. She finally stopped, and gained some control over herself.
"Wh-who are you?" She finally questioned.
The man smiled, although the smile seemed almost sad. "I am Gohan's otosan, Son Goku..."
Videl let the words sink in for a few moments. It took a bit to register what he had
said. When they finally did, Videl couldn't help but laugh in spite of the situation.
"Ha, yeah, that's nice sir... you can pretend to be whoever you want... Gohan may
have hidden some things from me, but he wouldn't have lied, and he told me that his
father was dead," She stated matter-of-factly.
His gaze never faltered. "I was dead... but never mind any of that... We need to get
Gohan to be healed, but not at a hospital. He'd be better off with Dende," Goku
stated, quite calmly.
Videl stared at this man. She knew he had to be lying, but studying his face, she
found the same kind of honesty that she saw in Gohan, and she found that she
couldn't continue to consider him a liar. "B-but... th- that's i-" she was cut off
by Goku.
"Hai, Videl, it's possible, but I'm sure Gohan will explain everything to you after
we get him healed," Gohan's otosan stated urgently.
Videl still seemed anxious, but her thoughts were interrupted as she felt Gohan stop
breathing. He stayed motionless for a few minutes, before finally beginning to breathe
once again. After only three breaths, though, he stopped breathing and it didn't pick
up again. "G-gohan?" Videl asked. She shook him gently until she heard his otosan
cursing.
"Kuso! I was too late! Shimatta..." Goku cussed.
"Too late for what?!" Videl asked, bewildered. She knew what goku was talking about,
but she couldn't admit it.
Goku glanced to the young woman. "Videl, Gomen, but-" Goku was interrupted by Videl.
"No, no way... You're wrong. Do you hear me? YOU'RE WRONG!" she yelled pulling back.
"Videl, I miss him too, but it's not like-"
Videl wasn't listening as she shook her head continuously, simply repeating the same
words over again. "No, it can't happen. No, no, no, no, no, no, n-"
"Videl!" Goku yelled, catching the girl's attention.
"Nani?" She wondered.
"Listen. It has happened, and there's nothing that you can say to change it. We can
revive him, just as they did for me, but you will need to get a grip on yourself,"
Goku stated.
"Revive..." Videl let the word roll of of her tongue, not registering it's meaning.
Finally understanding what the word meant, Videl shook her head again. "It's
impossible. No, just leave me here to die, will you?"
Goku actually chuckled a bit, despite his best attempts to stop himself. "Gohan
would be pretty pissed if I let you kill yourself, don't you think?" Goku asked.
Videl stared at him in wonder. He was completely serious! "Do you really mean that
he can be... revived?" she asked.
Goku smiled. "Yup! cool, huh?" he responded.
"Y-yeah... G-gre-great..." she answered, before stumbling forward, still holding Gohan,
and collapsing.
Goku put out his hand to catch the girl as well as Gohan. He put his fingers to his
head and disappeared. He reappeared in Gohan and Goten's bedroom, but he found that
Goten was no longer in the room. the door was slightly ajar, and he found that both
Chichi's ki as well as someone else's were in the bedroom, and Goku assumed that
this must be his other son. (No, there's nothing going on between Chichi and her son
you hentais) He only knew little pieces of their lives, only the bits that King Kai
had told him. Goku laid his son and Videl's bodies on the bed, and was startled as
Videl's eyes opened up.
"Nani?" she asked, looking around. When her eyes fell on the corpse next to her, she
felt her heart leap to her throat. She let her gaze flicker to Goku, who seemed to be
waiting for something.
"He will be back, don't worry," Goku said, turning around and leaving her in the room.
Videl laid herself down next to Gohan, with her head on his chest. She softly began
hummimg, and then finally began singing.
Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by
{(Videl hugged herself even closer to Gohan's cold corpse.)}
I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
{(A single tear slipped from her eye and traced its path down her cheek, finally
dripping onto Gohan's gi.)}
I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
{(She closed her crystal eyes, finally relaxing.)}
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star
Videl let one more stifled sob arise from her throat as she felt herself being carried
away into a hellish night of dreams.
Goku walked toward his wife's room, hearing Videl beginning her quiet song. He sighed
and shook his head, opening the door quietly. The lights were off, and Goku saw that
Chichi was asleep, holding her youngest son, and it look as though she had been trying
to comfort him about something before they had submitted to sleep, because her hand
was on his back as though she was rubbing it. Goku didn't turn on the light, but
instead he raised his ki slightly and the room became illuminated with an eerie glow.
He, of course, had no idea that Goten could sense power levels, and that his youngest
son would snap back into reality when his father raised his ki.
Goten's head snapped up and began looking wildly around the room for the source of the
energy. His eyes landed on a vaguely familiar shape, and stared. He knew that the person
looked a lot like his niisan, but it wasn't him. Goten began to become apprehensive as
the man walked over to his okasan's side of the bed. The man reached a hand out to his
okasan's face, and Goten had had enough. He leapt from his okasan's arms and leapt at
this man, powering up to a Super Saiyan as he did so.
The pair tumbled back into the hall, and Goku was so startled that he couldn't stop
himself from being thrown back into a wall. He finally held the kodomo out at arms length,
marveling at the strength of this chibi person.
Goten's arms and legs flailed, and he proceeded to try and kick a hole in this man's
chest. "I won't let you hurt my okasan!" he yelled. "Now go away before I really get mad!"
Goku couldn't help but laugh at the threats coming from the chibi person in his arms.
"Hey, I don't want to hurt your okasan! Now, you're going to need to calm down and listen
to me," Goku said.
Goten obliged to the man's wishes, although he wasn't sure why.
"Good. Now, Goten, have you heard of the Dragonballs?" Goku questioned.
Goten was startled that this man knew his name, but he ignored this and simply nodded.
"Okay, well, the Nameks used the Dragonballs on their planet to resurrect your otosan.
That's me," Goku said.
Goten studied his otosan for a moment before his face split into a wild grin and he threw
himself into Goku's arms, powering down from a Super Saiyan. "DADDY!" the kodomo yelled.
Goku looked up as he felt Chichi standing in her doorway. He found her standing there,
staring for a few minutes longer before fainting.
Goten looked at her, puzzled by her actions. Goku wasn't puzzled though, and he set Goten
onto the floor before walking over to his wife and picking her up. Goku looked down at her,
and in spite of everything, he smiled. "Hey, hun, you need to wake up. I have something
you guys need to hear..." Goku whispered into her ear before he gently brushed her lips
with his.
Chichi felt groggy as she opened her eyes. They settled on the most beautiful sight she
had ever seen. "Goku..." she mumbled. Then, as though everything was registering for the
first time, she screamed. "GOKU!" she shrieked as she wrapped herself around his neck.
"Oh my... Goku, I can't believe it! you're really back, aren't you? It's so-"
"Chichi, please hun, hold on. Yes, I'm back, and yes, it's permanent... At least until I
die again. But, I still have some bad news..." Goku stated, wincing at the task of telling
his family of his oldest son's death.
"We have some bad news as well, Goku. Videl broke up with Gohan, and then he left late last
night, and now we can't find him. Goku, can you find him?" she asked quietly.
Goku flinched under his wife's stare. She always looked to him for the way out, or some new
trick to help save their son from certain destruction. This time though, he had nothing
left to pull, and Gohan was dead. "Yes, I can find him, in fact, him and videl are both in
his room right now..." Goku said.
Goten looked at his father. "No they're not. Videl is... but I can't sense niisan in there,
and he has a big power level," Goten stated matter-of factly.
Goku shook his head as a saddened expression adorned his features. "I'm sorry Goten,
Chichi... I was too late... Gohan, he, well-" Goku stuttered.
"Just spit it out!" Chichi yelled.
"Ummm... He killed himelf," came her husband's quiet reply.
Time seemed to stop. Chichi stared at her husband, messenger he was. Her arms slowly
unwrapped themselves from his neck and she stood back staring up at him. "He... Nani?" The
question was rhetorical, and Goku didn't say anything.
Goten stared. He barely knew what the word death meant, but he knew that his niisan wouldn't
be coming back today... Or maybe even ever. His wide eyes traveled to his bedroom door, and
in a second he was at it, opening it and running inside. What he saw made his blood run cold.
Gohan was laying on the bed, with a look on his face that quite clearly spelled death. Goten
hadn't known the full meaning of that word before, but after looking into his niisan's eyes,
he knew exactly what it meant.
Goku walked in behind Goten, holding Chichi close to his body's warmth. His hand reached out
and softly tousled his son's hair. "Don't worry, squirt, we can wish him back," Goku said,
hoping that he sounded happier than he felt inside.
"We, we can?" Goten asked tentatively.
"Yup, now come on, all three of us need to go ask Bulma for the Dragon Radar, okay" Goku
asked. Goten replied with a single nod.
"Okay then."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes, before you say anything, I know that Goku couldn't have been wished
back... But in my story he's here, understood? Good...
Oh... my... kami... I updated in a Day?! *feels head* Nope not sick...
I killed him? How could I kill him? Actually, now that I think about it...
It's not the first time... Anyways, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
~Videl~ ~Z~