"How come you didn't tell me who they thought defeated Cell?" a bit of hurt and anger in his other wise emotionless voice.

"It was better for us all, I thought that you knew, with it being on the news constantly. Besides, those reporters would have been asking all of those questions and then they would eventually find out about you being half-breed aliens. Then you and Goten would be taken away from me, and I want my babies right where I can see them, not in some science lab being experimented on!" Chi-Chi stated defensively,

Gohan smiled a bit,

"Its okay, `kaasan," Gohan hugged his mother,

"Hurry up and go and take a shower," Chi-chi said, watching as her eldest son run off to do as she said, she entered the house and started ordering people where to go... ~~~~ Gohan hurried through his shower, wanting to be done with it quickly, and hurried to his room to finish his homework. When he entered there, he found four guys camped out on the floor, Marker, Sharpener, Inker, and Pencil. (A/N OHH How original of me!)

"Your Okaasan said we could sleep up here on the floor," Sharpener said as soon as he entered,

"Its cool, Goten, where ya hiding bro?" Gohan asked a muffled voice called out from the bed,

"Over here Nii-chan" Gohan grinned and walked over to the bed, turning off the desk lamp on the way. He killed the overhead light too, then crawled in bed next to Goten, whom was curled into a little ball, his head barely showing over the blankets. Gohan scooted over too lay under the window and Goten lay next to him.

"Nii-chan? Can you tell me a story?" Goten asked, the guys laughed a bit at Goten's request,

"As long as they guys don't mind it,"

"No, go right ahead," Sharpener said, murmurs of agreement were mumbled from the others. Videl walked down the hall, and curious about the guy that had saved her class, she paused to listen to the story he told his little brother.

"Tell me a story about dad!" Goten chirped up,

"Goten, you already know that story, I've told it a thousand times," Gohan protested,

"Please Gohan!" Goten begged,

"Goten, why don't we try something different? I mean, you already know everything about dad that I know of when he was alive," Gohan said sadly, noting the sadness in Gohan's voice, Goten relented. There was another reason Gohan didn't want to talk about his father, and that was because of the current company.

"Okay, tell me about the time Piccolo took you, 'kaasan said when you came home and retold your story, it was really funny," Gohan groaned, he would omit many things, but he would tell them some of his adventures, if only to appease his younger sibling.

"Okay, here goes..."

~~~~~~~~~~~ Flash back!/Bed time Story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan was running through the forest in his usual Gi. It was orange, just like his fathers. His Kata sword was strapped to his back. His pet tiger whom he wrestled with a running beside him.

"I miss Okaasan! I wonder how she is without me home?" he decided that he would build a boat, and go home, from the large island that Mr. Piccolo had brought him too to train in the wilderness away from civilization. So he gathered food and for three days he build a boat. When it was finished, and was sure that Mr. Piccolo wasn't around, he took off in the boat. For a few days it was nothing but calm seas. His arms got stronger from all the rowing he did but most of the time he used the large sale on the ship he had made from a dinosaur hide. But then his luck ran out and a storm struck. His oars broke and one washed over board. Water began to fill the boat but no matter what he did, he couldn't seem to get the water out. Thinking that all the food he got was going to wash over board anyway, and reasoning that he didn't know when he would eat again, he began to eat the food, seeing as he had nothing else to do. But then a big wave hit and the food was gone. He held onto the sides of the little boat as it rocked back and forth. He tired to use the sale, but then the sale ripped and then that mast. A large wave hit the boat and he was forced overboard.

After a while of struggling he passed out, only to wake on a beach with two strange children poking at him. They were orphans and they were fighting against he welfare peoples that wanted to take them to an orphanage. Gohan, with his kata sword still strapped to his back, decided that he would help the unfortunate kids. He had found out that the storm, the very one which he had been caught up in, brought a huge wave to the people there and the kids were all that was left besides a few ruined buildings that they were forced to use as houses.

For a few days Gohan stayed there, helping the kids fight off the Welfare people and he was actually good, his training in the wilderness had paid off, he was indeed much stronger then he was before. When the welfare people came, they threw rocks at them and they ran off like a bunch of crybabies that Gohan used to be, ::The group including a spying Videl laughed softly at this,:: Once they were gone, the leader started asking Gohan what had happened to his family. Gohan reviled that he still had his mother alive and well, and waiting for him at him. The leader made a decision that night to help Gohan get home. He found out that he had indeed washed ashore on the land in which he was born on. He also found he was only a good fifty miles away from home. Then, the day Gohan was set to go off, the welfare people came and attack again.

This time they brought muscle people to gather up the kids to stick them in the big white van that they brought to carry them away. The leader stole a car and told Gohan to get in. Gohan fought off a few of the muscle men and freed some kids, but eventually the leader grabbed Gohan and threw him in, Gohan crying all the way. They sped away, Gohan watching the kids being shoved in the van.

"WHY! WHY DID YOU DO THAT WHY DID YOU LEAVE THEM BEHIND WHY!" Gohan shouted,

The leader stopped the car and grabbed Gohan by the front of his Gi and threw him out of the car. Gohan charged the guy but he slapped Gohan and Gohan fell back,

"Why did you do that why!" Gohan asked, tears in his eyes,

"Because they really want to help them! They could get a better home them what I could give them! I'm a lost cause; they need to lead a better life then what I can give them. Go up that hill and through the woods, you'll reach your home. Go back to your Okaasan, go back to her and promise me that you will take care of her, PROMISE ME!" Gohan nodded his head,

"I promise," the leader drove off and Gohan was left alone with a stringing cheek. Gohan was soon running through the forest up the hill and was soon on his way home. Elation filled him as he saw and felt familiar land-marks around him. Then his house was in sight, Gohan was home..."

~~~~~~~~~~~~ End Flash back/Story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan stopped his story there, seeing as Goten was snoring softly and so was everybody else. Feeling around with his Ki, he felt Videl standing outside the doorway.

"Hello Videl, I assume you were listening in?" Gohan said softly as not to wake anyone up. Videl jumped and with his saiya-jin sight he saw it. She quickly pulled herself together. Gohan looked at her from his spot on the bed and smiled,

"Did that really happen?" She asked, Gohan nodded his head, then noticing she couldn't see him replied,

"Hai, it did,"

"Well, good night Gohan,"

"Good night Videl," Videl went to the bathroom, where she was supposed to be, not noticing Chi-chi standing a few feet away, grinning evilly...

~~~~ So how do ya like this so far? Questions? Review and I will try to answer them ASAP!

Tabi Chan