~Live The Darkness~
The maid bustled down the hall to Videl's room. She was on strict orders to stay out, but
she needed to at least knock on the door in order to at least wake the girl up for school.
She reached Videl's door and tapped on it, loudly enough to wake her. "Come on child. Wake
up!" She shouted into the door. She heard a thump and walked away, satisfied that Videl
had woken up.
Gohan's eyes shot open, and he rolled away off of the bed as quickly as possible, pulling
on his boxers and pants before standing up. He was blushing furiously as he rubbed Videl's
shoulder in an attempt to awaken her.
Videl jolted as someone touched her shoulder. She sat up, holding the blankets up over her
nude form. "AH! Oh, Gohan, it's you... Wait, Gohan! Oh my god. We didn't really do that
last night, did we? We did, didn't we," Videl stated in a rush, her cheeks reddening in
remembrance.
"Er... Ummm... Well, we can think about that later, right now, though, we have school!"
Gohan yelped.
Videl gasped and picked up the clothes on the floor next to her, dressing in them quickly
to cover herself up. She ran her fingers over the material of the shirt Gohan had given
her before pulling it over her head. She stood up and walked over to her desk, pushing
papers into her knapsack. She didn't have as many any more, because it was the week of
finals, but she still needed her speech. She looked up to Gohan, who was watching her
intently. "You know, you could take a picture, it would last longer," she said while
grinning.
"Hai," he said, sounding distracted as he turned and stared out her window. Gohan knelt
down and picked up the shirt that he wore the night before. (Well, part of the night) He
pulled it on and then turned to look at Videl, who was wondering what he was thinking
about.
"Did I do something wrong?" she asked quietly.
"No! You didn't do anything wrong! I was just... thinking..." he answered.
"Oh, I see. Don't hurt yourself now," Videl teased.
"Haha. Very funny Videl. Come on, we have to leave for school, okay?" Gohan responded,
although he chuckled a bit in spite of himself.
Videl nodded in agreement and she opened her door. She wasn't actually going to go out
the door and downstairs, that could be dangerous, especially if her otosan found her
and Gohan creeping through the house. She just needed the door open so that the maids
would know that it was alright to enter the room. She walked over to Gohan and grabbed
his hand, and the pair took off out of her window and into the morning.
* * *
The day went by rather quickly. Both of them took and passed each of their finals, and
they sat together at lunch. A quiet tension was building between the two, though, and
it was nearly ready to drown them in it. They knew they would have to discuss what
happened at some point, but neither wanted to admit it. They were about to be thrust
into an intimidating swirl of emotions, and it could end up costing one or both of them
their lives.
Gohan and Videl walked to the roof of the schoool building in silence. When they reached
the top, Gohan turned to Videl uncomfortably, and he ran his fingers through his hair.
"Videl, Umm... I uh- I gotta go, see ya!" He yelled while running off of the roof and
flying toward his house full speed.
Videl stared after him, but decided that she would just wait to talk to him. She leapt
into the air and flew in the direction of the mansion.
Gohan landed outside his house, knowing the taunting he was going to get from his father,
and the ranting about grandchildren that he would hear from his mother. He didn't
actually care, he had too much to think about to let that bother him. He walked up to the
door of the house and took a deep breath before opening it.
The second Gohan opened the door, he heard a squeal and his mother ran over to him. She
began babbling about grandchildren and marriage, weddings and baby names, a new
daughter-in-law and then back to grandchildren.
Gohan walked past her, and eventually he could only barely hear her. The next person he
met up with was the person who he had been dreading, his otosan.
Goku was grinning like a madman as Gohan stepped up to him. Gohan had spent the entire
night at a woman's house, and now Goku was ready to have some fun. He opened his mouth
to speak, but he was cut short.
"Shizuka ni. Before you say anything, I'm just going to tell you to shut up. I've got
some things on my mind, and I'm in no mood to deal with your taunting right now," Gohan
snapped at his stunned otosan. Gohan walked over to the stairs and stomped up to his
room, causing the house to shake slightly.
"Gohan?" was all Goku could say.
* * *
The week came and went. Gohan didn't talk to either of his parents very much, and he
found himself avoiding Videl at school. He couldn't face her, but he knew he'd have to
eventually. He had become concerned for her once she started showing up late for school,
looking tired and rather pale, but he couldn't bring himself to ask her what was wrong.
It was a Friday, and Gohan ran up to the rooftop of the school to evade Videl once
again. He tripped and skid across the gravel roof, and then he heard the door creaking
open as She stepped out.
"Son Gohan! You've been avoiding me all week! I want an explanation right now, and we
have some things we need to talk about!" she yelled as she walked over to him.
Gohan stood up and brushed his clothes off, then began stepping back as she advanced
on him. 'I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I can,' Gohan thought.
'Shimatta! I have to!' Gohan mused. "Umm... Videl... I-I-I well, I think we should break
up," Gohan rushed out. He caught her chin in his hand and kissed her lips lightly
before turning tail and running off of the building.
Videl stood there, shaking as she brought her fingers to her lips. "Gohan..."
Gohan flew toward his house without looking back. He couldn't look back, never. She
deserved someone better than him, and Gohan wouldn't have her wasting her time on
someone like himself. Gohan landed in front of his house and ran inside, tears burning
his cheeks as he ran up the stairs to his room.
Goku's head snapped up as Gohan ran throught the house to his room. He narrowed his
eyes as he heard the stifled sobs, and he felt out for Videl's energy. He found it,
still at the school. 'He didn't... Did he?' Goku thought. He decided it was time to
have a talk with Gohan, and he began flying up the stairs. Once he reached Gohan's
room, he opened the door and tried to step in. He hit what felt like a wall of
electricity and was thrown backwards. He sat up, rubbing his head. "Alright Gohan, I
get it. I won't bother you right now," he said as he was walking away.
Goten ran up the stairs to his room. He was about to open the door when he heard his
otosan tell him not to. "Why not?" Goten pouted.
"Your brother isn't letting anyone in right now, he needs some time alone. He put up a
ki shield to stop anyone from getting in," Goku stated.
Goten grinned. "Niisan won't hurt me," he said, and he opened up the door, despite his
father's protesting. Goten stepped into the room and shut the door, leaving Goku
stunned into silence. Goten ran over to the bed where Gohan lay, facedown in the pillow.
"Niisan, what's wrong?" the kodomo asked.
Gohan look up, tears plastered to his face. "Nothing Goten."
"Otosan wants to talk to you. You made him sad when you didn't let him in. I think you
need to talk to him even if you don't know it," Goten said.
Gohan stared at his ototo. "Sometimes I wonder if you're really seven years old," he
muttered. He let the ki wall down, and Goten grinned.
"How'd I get in anyways?" Goten asked.
"I lowered it for you. Now go get otosan, okay?" Gohan said, as Goten ran from the room.
Goku walked into the room a few moments later to find Gohan leaning against the wall,
crying. He had his knees tucked up to his chest, and his hands wrapped around them.
Goku walked farther in and sat next to Gohan on the bed. He tried desperately to get
Gohan to say something, anything, but he was unsuccessful. Instead, he rubbed Gohan's
shoulder and just tried to comfort him.
Hours passed, and still Gohan wept. He was sure what he had done was for the best, at
least for her, but it still hurt him. He knew his father was there, but he wasn't listening
to him.
"Gohan, listen, I know you're hurting, but you have to answer this, okay?" Goku asked.
Of course, he got no response. "Anata wa shimatta! Answer this. Did you break up with
Videl or did she with you?" Goku asked.
Gohan looked up, startled. "Iie, otosan. I broke up with her," Gohan answered, thick
voice and all. He seemed to think about what he said for a moment, and, as it all hit
him once more, he began weeping again.
Goku stood up, rubbing a hand through his hair. He knew what Videl was going to try to
do, but he didn't know when. An idea struck him (Everybody clap! Sorry 'bout that...
They made Goku stupid in the show, this is an improvement) and he brought his fingers
to his head before disappearing from the room unnoticed.
Goku appeared in the forest. He was near a waterfall, and next to the waterfall was
Piccolo. He grinned as Piccolo opened one eye, only to narrow it when he saw Goku.
"What do you want, Son Goku. I'm meditating, and the last time I saw you, you told me
that Gohan was dead," Piccolo growled in his common callous manner.
Goku held his hands up in defense. "It's nothing that serious... Yet. It'll be a hell
of a lot worse if you don't help me though," Goku responded.
Piccolo looked sharply at him. "Nani?" he questioned.
"Well, you see, it's a long story , and it involoves bonding and such, so I'll just
give you the jist. Gohan and Videl are soulmates and have started bonding. The bond
won't be completed until they're married, and if one of them dies before then, the
other will die. Videl didn't die before because, although they're soulmates, they
hadn't actually started bonding. Anyways, Gohan... I don't know why, but he broke up
with Videl. Now she's gonna kill herself, Gohan's gonna die if she does, and I still
need to figure out why Gohan broke up with her in the first place!" Goku gasped. He
took a deep breath and then continued. "What I need you to do is go to Videl's mansion
and just wait outside her room. Make sure she doesn't kill herself. I have to go and
talk some sense into my son," Goku finished.
Piccolo stared. "You want me to go watch the kid's frikkin mate?!" he asked
incredulously.
Goku simply nodded. "Yeah, that is unless, of course, you'd like both Videl and
Gohan dead," Goku concluded.
"Shimatta... Fine, whatever. You just make sure the kid's over here as soon as possible,
I'm not gonna watch the girl forever, you know," Piccolo spat. He floated into the air
and took off in the direction that he sensed Videl's ki.
Goku smiled once as he brought his fingers to his head. His body shimmered, and he was
gone, reappearing in Gohan's bedroom only seconds later.
Gohan was still huddled in the same position, but he was mumbling words that Goku
couldn't hear. He appeared to be having a conversation with himself.
Goku stepped forward until he could hear the muffled words. He wondered if he would ever
be able to help Gohan, as the latter appeared to have finally lost his mind.
"... better for her. She doesn't need someone like me, right? Umm... Right. Why couldn't
I have stopped it? Why didn't she tell me to stop? Maybe she wanted to? It was stupid on
both our parts. I could have hurt her, and I enjoyed it?! She deserves better than me.
What if she had gotten pregnant or something? She couldn't go to college or anything.
She's so smart, she deserves everything life has to offer, and if she was pregnant... Kuso!
I destroyed my family seven years ago, and I won't destroy her life too..." Gohan continued
to verbally beat on himself, but Goku had had enough.
"Gohan! Listen to me! It's not your fault! Would you listen to me?!" Goku yelled. He rolled
his eyes as Gohan coninued to mumble to himself.
* * *
Piccolo had been meditating outside Videl's window for an hour now. He was hidden in the
dark of the night, and he simply levitated, checking in on her every now and then.
Videl had come home that day, feeling twisted and sick inside, and she had gone upstairs
to her room to cry. She sat in the middle of her bed, hugging her knees to her chest and
simply began sobbing. She hadn't moved from that spot since, but she was about to.
Piccolo sensed her moving around, and he glared into her window. He growled at the various
martial artist's weapons on her wall, and sent a particularly sinister scowl toward the
Katana.
Videl stood up, a blank stare written painfully into her face. She walked over to her
desk and pulled two things out... Two things she never, EVER thought she would use, and
especially not together. She stared at the items in her hand before opening both of them.
Piccolo watched her open a tiny bottle and dump out most of its contents into her palm.
What he saw were small pills. He didn't know much about the medicines of humans, but the
bottle read 'Non-drowsy Painkiller'. Piccolo let it slide, not knowing that too much of a
medication could be dangerous. He watched her place the half-empty bottle on her desk, and
then she opened the next bottle. This one appeared to be completely clear, but Piccolo soon
realized that there was a liquid inside. He didn't get to see what the label was, but he
assumed it was water to swallow the pills. He watched her walk over to her bed, and he
noticed that her body was trembling, but he shook it off.
Videl collapsed onto her bed, her body trembling slightly, but she knew that once the
drugs really began to take effect, the trembling would increase ten-fold. She lay there
for a few minutes, before deciding that the drugs weren't working fast enough for her
likings. She stood and walked over to her desk in order to down the rest of the pills,
as well as the rest of the liquid. She walked over to her bathroom and stepped in, shutting
the door behind her.
~the Son House~
Goku sat at the edge of Gohan's bed, his head in his hands. Gohan had stopped talking to
himself almost a half hour ago, but he literally hadn't moved a single muscle since except
for to breathe. Goku finally couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't going to wait around for
Videl to kill herself. "Gohan, can't you just snap out of it?" Goku asked to the corpse-
like shell of his son. "Gohan, Videl's killed herself..." Goku said, knowing that what he
said was mean, but he didn't want what he said to come true.
Gohan's eyes snapped open and he yelped, falling off of his bed. He stood up, quaking as
he stared into his otosan's eyes. "She, she WHAT?!" Gohan yelled, falling back against the
wall desperately.
"Gohan, she didn't really, not yet at least..." Goku said.
Gohan's eyes snapped with repressed anger. "Did you know that that was the cruelest, sickest
joke you could have possibly made right now? How could you joke about her dying?! If you say
someone's dead, you better be sure as hell that it's true, I've seen enough people I love
die in my life, and I don't want to hear it again!" Gohan yelled.
Goku crossed his arms, waiting for his son to finish. "That's fine, son, but it was the
only way I could get you to listen to me. Gohan, do you really love Videl?" Goku asked.
"What kind of question is that? She's everything to me... More than everything... I.. I can't
explain it, but kami I love her. Why?" Gohan responded.
"Because she loves you the same way... I know you think you did her a favor by breaking up
with her, but she will kill herself without you, it's inevitable. I have a feeling that she
really wouldn't care if she became pregnant, and I don't think she cares what you think you've
done, she loves you, and it's not going to help either of you to stay broken up," Goku finshed.
Gohan gulped a few times, trying to process all of the information that was just fed to him.
Finally, he managed a few sentences. "But, what if it's too late? I won't be able to forgive
myself..." Gohan asked, his voice hoarse from the combination of yelling and crying that he had
just done.
"She's not, for one, you'd be dead, and two, I sent Piccolo over to watch her and stop her if
she tried to kill herself or anything," Goku said, smiling at the relieved look that crossed
over Gohan's face. "Now come on. Let's get you over there before she tries anything funny, and
before Piccolo comes to hunt us down." He walked over to Gohan, who wiped the tears from his
eyes and smiled. He put a hand to his son's shoulder, and the other to his head, and the pair
was gone.
They reappeared, levitating outside of Videl's window, and standing next to Piccolo, who looked
up at them. Gohan looked expectantly to his mentor.
"I don't think she's done anything yet, but her ki has been dropping anyways," Piccolo explained.
Gohan's heart leapt to his throat and he stared into her window. He noticed the bottles on her
desk, and, unlike Piccolo, he understood the severity of what she had done. "P-Piccolo, did she
swallow that whole bottle of painkillers tonight?" Gohan asked, afraid of finding out the answer.
Piccolo nodded once. "Hai, Gohan, she did. Is something wrong?" Piccolo asked.
"Y-yeah... Too much of that painkiller will kill her. And... and that bottle... It-it's Vodka, a
t-type of alcohol... That combination is almost definitely deadly... No..." Gohan muttered. He
floated over to her window and threw the window open, flying in quickly and running toward the
bathroom. Her ki was low, extremely low, and Gohan felt sick. He opened the bathroom door and ran
in, hoping that he wouldn't find what he found...
Videl lay on the tiled floor, her body convulsing as she threw up yet again. Her skin had a
ghostly pallour, and there were dark circles beneath her eyes. Her eyes were glazed and cold,
already giving her the appearance of death.
Goahn felt his knees weaken as he leaned down to pick her up. She writhed in his arms, but he
held her close and then ran out of her bathroom, across her bedroom, and then leapt out of the
window. He didn't look up to his otosan or to Piccolo, instead, he kept his gaze on Videl, as
though if he looked away, she would leave him.
Goku gasped as he saw her. "Kuso, we're too late!" Goku cried.
Gohan ignored his otosan's outburst, and he began repeating the same thing over and over again.
"Don't do this Videl. Hang in there, I'll take care of you, just don't do this to me... I-I-I
love you..."
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THANKS! I got all of these incredible reviews, and I was so excited that I decided
to try and get this up as soon as possible... Unfortunately, I wrote two new chapters
to my Christmas fic first, because that one also got lots of reviews, and then I
decided to write a long chapter to make up for it, but that took a little while.
ANYWAYZ... I'm hooked on cliffies! Is Videl gonna die? Would I kill myself? Well, I
asked the same question just before I killed Gohan, only then I said Gohan-chan
instead of Videl...
Teeheehee... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!
~Videl~ ~Z~
The maid bustled down the hall to Videl's room. She was on strict orders to stay out, but
she needed to at least knock on the door in order to at least wake the girl up for school.
She reached Videl's door and tapped on it, loudly enough to wake her. "Come on child. Wake
up!" She shouted into the door. She heard a thump and walked away, satisfied that Videl
had woken up.
Gohan's eyes shot open, and he rolled away off of the bed as quickly as possible, pulling
on his boxers and pants before standing up. He was blushing furiously as he rubbed Videl's
shoulder in an attempt to awaken her.
Videl jolted as someone touched her shoulder. She sat up, holding the blankets up over her
nude form. "AH! Oh, Gohan, it's you... Wait, Gohan! Oh my god. We didn't really do that
last night, did we? We did, didn't we," Videl stated in a rush, her cheeks reddening in
remembrance.
"Er... Ummm... Well, we can think about that later, right now, though, we have school!"
Gohan yelped.
Videl gasped and picked up the clothes on the floor next to her, dressing in them quickly
to cover herself up. She ran her fingers over the material of the shirt Gohan had given
her before pulling it over her head. She stood up and walked over to her desk, pushing
papers into her knapsack. She didn't have as many any more, because it was the week of
finals, but she still needed her speech. She looked up to Gohan, who was watching her
intently. "You know, you could take a picture, it would last longer," she said while
grinning.
"Hai," he said, sounding distracted as he turned and stared out her window. Gohan knelt
down and picked up the shirt that he wore the night before. (Well, part of the night) He
pulled it on and then turned to look at Videl, who was wondering what he was thinking
about.
"Did I do something wrong?" she asked quietly.
"No! You didn't do anything wrong! I was just... thinking..." he answered.
"Oh, I see. Don't hurt yourself now," Videl teased.
"Haha. Very funny Videl. Come on, we have to leave for school, okay?" Gohan responded,
although he chuckled a bit in spite of himself.
Videl nodded in agreement and she opened her door. She wasn't actually going to go out
the door and downstairs, that could be dangerous, especially if her otosan found her
and Gohan creeping through the house. She just needed the door open so that the maids
would know that it was alright to enter the room. She walked over to Gohan and grabbed
his hand, and the pair took off out of her window and into the morning.
* * *
The day went by rather quickly. Both of them took and passed each of their finals, and
they sat together at lunch. A quiet tension was building between the two, though, and
it was nearly ready to drown them in it. They knew they would have to discuss what
happened at some point, but neither wanted to admit it. They were about to be thrust
into an intimidating swirl of emotions, and it could end up costing one or both of them
their lives.
Gohan and Videl walked to the roof of the schoool building in silence. When they reached
the top, Gohan turned to Videl uncomfortably, and he ran his fingers through his hair.
"Videl, Umm... I uh- I gotta go, see ya!" He yelled while running off of the roof and
flying toward his house full speed.
Videl stared after him, but decided that she would just wait to talk to him. She leapt
into the air and flew in the direction of the mansion.
Gohan landed outside his house, knowing the taunting he was going to get from his father,
and the ranting about grandchildren that he would hear from his mother. He didn't
actually care, he had too much to think about to let that bother him. He walked up to the
door of the house and took a deep breath before opening it.
The second Gohan opened the door, he heard a squeal and his mother ran over to him. She
began babbling about grandchildren and marriage, weddings and baby names, a new
daughter-in-law and then back to grandchildren.
Gohan walked past her, and eventually he could only barely hear her. The next person he
met up with was the person who he had been dreading, his otosan.
Goku was grinning like a madman as Gohan stepped up to him. Gohan had spent the entire
night at a woman's house, and now Goku was ready to have some fun. He opened his mouth
to speak, but he was cut short.
"Shizuka ni. Before you say anything, I'm just going to tell you to shut up. I've got
some things on my mind, and I'm in no mood to deal with your taunting right now," Gohan
snapped at his stunned otosan. Gohan walked over to the stairs and stomped up to his
room, causing the house to shake slightly.
"Gohan?" was all Goku could say.
* * *
The week came and went. Gohan didn't talk to either of his parents very much, and he
found himself avoiding Videl at school. He couldn't face her, but he knew he'd have to
eventually. He had become concerned for her once she started showing up late for school,
looking tired and rather pale, but he couldn't bring himself to ask her what was wrong.
It was a Friday, and Gohan ran up to the rooftop of the school to evade Videl once
again. He tripped and skid across the gravel roof, and then he heard the door creaking
open as She stepped out.
"Son Gohan! You've been avoiding me all week! I want an explanation right now, and we
have some things we need to talk about!" she yelled as she walked over to him.
Gohan stood up and brushed his clothes off, then began stepping back as she advanced
on him. 'I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I can,' Gohan thought.
'Shimatta! I have to!' Gohan mused. "Umm... Videl... I-I-I well, I think we should break
up," Gohan rushed out. He caught her chin in his hand and kissed her lips lightly
before turning tail and running off of the building.
Videl stood there, shaking as she brought her fingers to her lips. "Gohan..."
Gohan flew toward his house without looking back. He couldn't look back, never. She
deserved someone better than him, and Gohan wouldn't have her wasting her time on
someone like himself. Gohan landed in front of his house and ran inside, tears burning
his cheeks as he ran up the stairs to his room.
Goku's head snapped up as Gohan ran throught the house to his room. He narrowed his
eyes as he heard the stifled sobs, and he felt out for Videl's energy. He found it,
still at the school. 'He didn't... Did he?' Goku thought. He decided it was time to
have a talk with Gohan, and he began flying up the stairs. Once he reached Gohan's
room, he opened the door and tried to step in. He hit what felt like a wall of
electricity and was thrown backwards. He sat up, rubbing his head. "Alright Gohan, I
get it. I won't bother you right now," he said as he was walking away.
Goten ran up the stairs to his room. He was about to open the door when he heard his
otosan tell him not to. "Why not?" Goten pouted.
"Your brother isn't letting anyone in right now, he needs some time alone. He put up a
ki shield to stop anyone from getting in," Goku stated.
Goten grinned. "Niisan won't hurt me," he said, and he opened up the door, despite his
father's protesting. Goten stepped into the room and shut the door, leaving Goku
stunned into silence. Goten ran over to the bed where Gohan lay, facedown in the pillow.
"Niisan, what's wrong?" the kodomo asked.
Gohan look up, tears plastered to his face. "Nothing Goten."
"Otosan wants to talk to you. You made him sad when you didn't let him in. I think you
need to talk to him even if you don't know it," Goten said.
Gohan stared at his ototo. "Sometimes I wonder if you're really seven years old," he
muttered. He let the ki wall down, and Goten grinned.
"How'd I get in anyways?" Goten asked.
"I lowered it for you. Now go get otosan, okay?" Gohan said, as Goten ran from the room.
Goku walked into the room a few moments later to find Gohan leaning against the wall,
crying. He had his knees tucked up to his chest, and his hands wrapped around them.
Goku walked farther in and sat next to Gohan on the bed. He tried desperately to get
Gohan to say something, anything, but he was unsuccessful. Instead, he rubbed Gohan's
shoulder and just tried to comfort him.
Hours passed, and still Gohan wept. He was sure what he had done was for the best, at
least for her, but it still hurt him. He knew his father was there, but he wasn't listening
to him.
"Gohan, listen, I know you're hurting, but you have to answer this, okay?" Goku asked.
Of course, he got no response. "Anata wa shimatta! Answer this. Did you break up with
Videl or did she with you?" Goku asked.
Gohan looked up, startled. "Iie, otosan. I broke up with her," Gohan answered, thick
voice and all. He seemed to think about what he said for a moment, and, as it all hit
him once more, he began weeping again.
Goku stood up, rubbing a hand through his hair. He knew what Videl was going to try to
do, but he didn't know when. An idea struck him (Everybody clap! Sorry 'bout that...
They made Goku stupid in the show, this is an improvement) and he brought his fingers
to his head before disappearing from the room unnoticed.
Goku appeared in the forest. He was near a waterfall, and next to the waterfall was
Piccolo. He grinned as Piccolo opened one eye, only to narrow it when he saw Goku.
"What do you want, Son Goku. I'm meditating, and the last time I saw you, you told me
that Gohan was dead," Piccolo growled in his common callous manner.
Goku held his hands up in defense. "It's nothing that serious... Yet. It'll be a hell
of a lot worse if you don't help me though," Goku responded.
Piccolo looked sharply at him. "Nani?" he questioned.
"Well, you see, it's a long story , and it involoves bonding and such, so I'll just
give you the jist. Gohan and Videl are soulmates and have started bonding. The bond
won't be completed until they're married, and if one of them dies before then, the
other will die. Videl didn't die before because, although they're soulmates, they
hadn't actually started bonding. Anyways, Gohan... I don't know why, but he broke up
with Videl. Now she's gonna kill herself, Gohan's gonna die if she does, and I still
need to figure out why Gohan broke up with her in the first place!" Goku gasped. He
took a deep breath and then continued. "What I need you to do is go to Videl's mansion
and just wait outside her room. Make sure she doesn't kill herself. I have to go and
talk some sense into my son," Goku finished.
Piccolo stared. "You want me to go watch the kid's frikkin mate?!" he asked
incredulously.
Goku simply nodded. "Yeah, that is unless, of course, you'd like both Videl and
Gohan dead," Goku concluded.
"Shimatta... Fine, whatever. You just make sure the kid's over here as soon as possible,
I'm not gonna watch the girl forever, you know," Piccolo spat. He floated into the air
and took off in the direction that he sensed Videl's ki.
Goku smiled once as he brought his fingers to his head. His body shimmered, and he was
gone, reappearing in Gohan's bedroom only seconds later.
Gohan was still huddled in the same position, but he was mumbling words that Goku
couldn't hear. He appeared to be having a conversation with himself.
Goku stepped forward until he could hear the muffled words. He wondered if he would ever
be able to help Gohan, as the latter appeared to have finally lost his mind.
"... better for her. She doesn't need someone like me, right? Umm... Right. Why couldn't
I have stopped it? Why didn't she tell me to stop? Maybe she wanted to? It was stupid on
both our parts. I could have hurt her, and I enjoyed it?! She deserves better than me.
What if she had gotten pregnant or something? She couldn't go to college or anything.
She's so smart, she deserves everything life has to offer, and if she was pregnant... Kuso!
I destroyed my family seven years ago, and I won't destroy her life too..." Gohan continued
to verbally beat on himself, but Goku had had enough.
"Gohan! Listen to me! It's not your fault! Would you listen to me?!" Goku yelled. He rolled
his eyes as Gohan coninued to mumble to himself.
* * *
Piccolo had been meditating outside Videl's window for an hour now. He was hidden in the
dark of the night, and he simply levitated, checking in on her every now and then.
Videl had come home that day, feeling twisted and sick inside, and she had gone upstairs
to her room to cry. She sat in the middle of her bed, hugging her knees to her chest and
simply began sobbing. She hadn't moved from that spot since, but she was about to.
Piccolo sensed her moving around, and he glared into her window. He growled at the various
martial artist's weapons on her wall, and sent a particularly sinister scowl toward the
Katana.
Videl stood up, a blank stare written painfully into her face. She walked over to her
desk and pulled two things out... Two things she never, EVER thought she would use, and
especially not together. She stared at the items in her hand before opening both of them.
Piccolo watched her open a tiny bottle and dump out most of its contents into her palm.
What he saw were small pills. He didn't know much about the medicines of humans, but the
bottle read 'Non-drowsy Painkiller'. Piccolo let it slide, not knowing that too much of a
medication could be dangerous. He watched her place the half-empty bottle on her desk, and
then she opened the next bottle. This one appeared to be completely clear, but Piccolo soon
realized that there was a liquid inside. He didn't get to see what the label was, but he
assumed it was water to swallow the pills. He watched her walk over to her bed, and he
noticed that her body was trembling, but he shook it off.
Videl collapsed onto her bed, her body trembling slightly, but she knew that once the
drugs really began to take effect, the trembling would increase ten-fold. She lay there
for a few minutes, before deciding that the drugs weren't working fast enough for her
likings. She stood and walked over to her desk in order to down the rest of the pills,
as well as the rest of the liquid. She walked over to her bathroom and stepped in, shutting
the door behind her.
~the Son House~
Goku sat at the edge of Gohan's bed, his head in his hands. Gohan had stopped talking to
himself almost a half hour ago, but he literally hadn't moved a single muscle since except
for to breathe. Goku finally couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't going to wait around for
Videl to kill herself. "Gohan, can't you just snap out of it?" Goku asked to the corpse-
like shell of his son. "Gohan, Videl's killed herself..." Goku said, knowing that what he
said was mean, but he didn't want what he said to come true.
Gohan's eyes snapped open and he yelped, falling off of his bed. He stood up, quaking as
he stared into his otosan's eyes. "She, she WHAT?!" Gohan yelled, falling back against the
wall desperately.
"Gohan, she didn't really, not yet at least..." Goku said.
Gohan's eyes snapped with repressed anger. "Did you know that that was the cruelest, sickest
joke you could have possibly made right now? How could you joke about her dying?! If you say
someone's dead, you better be sure as hell that it's true, I've seen enough people I love
die in my life, and I don't want to hear it again!" Gohan yelled.
Goku crossed his arms, waiting for his son to finish. "That's fine, son, but it was the
only way I could get you to listen to me. Gohan, do you really love Videl?" Goku asked.
"What kind of question is that? She's everything to me... More than everything... I.. I can't
explain it, but kami I love her. Why?" Gohan responded.
"Because she loves you the same way... I know you think you did her a favor by breaking up
with her, but she will kill herself without you, it's inevitable. I have a feeling that she
really wouldn't care if she became pregnant, and I don't think she cares what you think you've
done, she loves you, and it's not going to help either of you to stay broken up," Goku finshed.
Gohan gulped a few times, trying to process all of the information that was just fed to him.
Finally, he managed a few sentences. "But, what if it's too late? I won't be able to forgive
myself..." Gohan asked, his voice hoarse from the combination of yelling and crying that he had
just done.
"She's not, for one, you'd be dead, and two, I sent Piccolo over to watch her and stop her if
she tried to kill herself or anything," Goku said, smiling at the relieved look that crossed
over Gohan's face. "Now come on. Let's get you over there before she tries anything funny, and
before Piccolo comes to hunt us down." He walked over to Gohan, who wiped the tears from his
eyes and smiled. He put a hand to his son's shoulder, and the other to his head, and the pair
was gone.
They reappeared, levitating outside of Videl's window, and standing next to Piccolo, who looked
up at them. Gohan looked expectantly to his mentor.
"I don't think she's done anything yet, but her ki has been dropping anyways," Piccolo explained.
Gohan's heart leapt to his throat and he stared into her window. He noticed the bottles on her
desk, and, unlike Piccolo, he understood the severity of what she had done. "P-Piccolo, did she
swallow that whole bottle of painkillers tonight?" Gohan asked, afraid of finding out the answer.
Piccolo nodded once. "Hai, Gohan, she did. Is something wrong?" Piccolo asked.
"Y-yeah... Too much of that painkiller will kill her. And... and that bottle... It-it's Vodka, a
t-type of alcohol... That combination is almost definitely deadly... No..." Gohan muttered. He
floated over to her window and threw the window open, flying in quickly and running toward the
bathroom. Her ki was low, extremely low, and Gohan felt sick. He opened the bathroom door and ran
in, hoping that he wouldn't find what he found...
Videl lay on the tiled floor, her body convulsing as she threw up yet again. Her skin had a
ghostly pallour, and there were dark circles beneath her eyes. Her eyes were glazed and cold,
already giving her the appearance of death.
Goahn felt his knees weaken as he leaned down to pick her up. She writhed in his arms, but he
held her close and then ran out of her bathroom, across her bedroom, and then leapt out of the
window. He didn't look up to his otosan or to Piccolo, instead, he kept his gaze on Videl, as
though if he looked away, she would leave him.
Goku gasped as he saw her. "Kuso, we're too late!" Goku cried.
Gohan ignored his otosan's outburst, and he began repeating the same thing over and over again.
"Don't do this Videl. Hang in there, I'll take care of you, just don't do this to me... I-I-I
love you..."
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THANKS! I got all of these incredible reviews, and I was so excited that I decided
to try and get this up as soon as possible... Unfortunately, I wrote two new chapters
to my Christmas fic first, because that one also got lots of reviews, and then I
decided to write a long chapter to make up for it, but that took a little while.
ANYWAYZ... I'm hooked on cliffies! Is Videl gonna die? Would I kill myself? Well, I
asked the same question just before I killed Gohan, only then I said Gohan-chan
instead of Videl...
Teeheehee... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!
~Videl~ ~Z~