Yeah its me again and another chapter! I don't own dbz or the characters. My story would have been out sooner but my monitor broke so now… lets go!

Ease My Pain Chapter 7

Gohan was laying in his bed feeling like his parents didn't care how he felt with tears coming from his eyes falling on his bruised face feeling the emotional pain of being slapped twice by his father gohan felt like his parents were being selfish and not thinking about him or goten. Chichi walked in the room seeing gohan laying down on his stomach.

Sitting on the bed. "Gohan are you ok?" seeing that he had been crying and the bruise showing on his face. "I talk to your father about hitting you and I didn't like it!" "Gohan would you say something!" said chichi.

"What do you want me to say mom that I'm having the time of my life watching you and dad date other people!" Looking at chichi. "Mom he never apologized for anything… all I get is yelled at and a slap in the face mom… I don't want to talk now I just want to go to sleep!"

Sighs. "Gohan sleeping this off is not going to help… are you ok?"

Getting up to change his clothes. "Mom please I want to change my clothes I don't want to talk now I just want to be alone!"

Chichi could tell he was angry at goku and she thought maybe giving him some time to himself would be a good idea!" Chichi left out of the room and went to spend some time with goten.

The weekend came and left and soon it was Monday morning and time for school.

"Another day at school again!" said videl talking to erasa standing at her locker.

"Yeah another boring day to listen to class lectures and get tones of homework which I just finished this weekend… so how was it with gohan spending the night…did he give you trouble!?" said erasa.

"No, he was fine he wasn't up all night he started to feel better and I did tell him about Angela he said he has a few words for her today!"

"Yeah, she has it coming to her!" said erasa.

They both walked into class and saw sharpner and drew.

"Hi dolls what's up!" said drew who was winking at videl.

"Nothing but the SKY!" said videl sitting several seats away from drew and sharpner with erasa following her.

Gohan walks in the front door of the school going to his locker and then Angela shows up. "Hi gohan so sorry you had to leave early Friday I hope you feel better!"

Looking at Angela slamming his locker. Angela what is the BIG IDEA slipping sleeping pills in my DRINK… what were you trying to do… POISON ME!!" shouted gohan.

"Somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed!!"

"Look, DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME do you realize I was really sick do you CARE or was I somebody you can play games with…look, stay away from ME I can't be around people I can't trust!!"

Gohan walked away going into class sitting next to videl.

"Hello, how was your weekend?" said erasa.

"Don't ask me videl I had a BAD weekend!" "You feeling ok?" said videl. "I'm not sick I'm fine."

"You didn't get into a fight or anything cause you have a bruise on your cheek?" said erasa.

"No, that was an accident!"

Angela walked in class going to her desk in the front giving gohan hateful looks. "What's wrong with her?" said erasa. "We had our talk this morning and she didn't like what I said!" said gohan.

"No wonder you sound upset!" said videl. "Look… I'm sorry I didn't mean to sound snappy I'm just tired of a lot of things and I hate it when people try to hurt and play games with me!"

As the bell ringed class started and the teacher told everyone to get out their notebooks and get ready to take notes for a test in two weeks. When the day ended drew came by gohans locker.

"Hey gohan!" said drew. Sighs. Turning around "Ok drew what is it… if you come to play some sort of tricks or to find a way to humiliate me I'm not in the mood for it!" "Hey, chill out I didn't come for any of that I just wanted to tell you that mace wanted to see you!"

"Mace… what does he want with me!?"

"I don't know he just wanted to talk with you… mace is an ok guy!"

"When?" asked gohan.

"Today, after school!" "Ok, I'll come by!" said gohan.

"You ok man you don't seem like yourself!" "Look I'm fine I'm just having a bad time right now!" "Ok bye!" said drew.

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"Hey goku what's up!" said krillen coming outside sitting on the sand where goku was sitting.

"Everything…sometimes I wish this was a dream and I could wake up and my life would be normal!"

"Still thinking about gohan!?" asked krillen.

"Yeah I tried to call and he doesn't want to talk to me…krillen I have something to tell you and you can't tell anyone not even 18!" "Ok, what is it!" "Well, when I went to my house and gohan came home I smell something weird on him like cigarettes but it wasn't… it was POT!"

"POT… are you sure, goku!"

"If I'm not mistaken I smelled that stuff when Katrina took me to this night club and I asked her what was that smell in the club, she told me something about weed, pot, marijuana, I didn't know anything about that stuff… you know me krillen I didn't know anything just being raised in the woods… my grandfather gohan told me not to take drugs but he didn't tell me what kind and master roshi didn't really tell me anything… so Katrina took me to the internet and showed me all kinds of drugs from A to Z and what they mean!"

"Your not thinking gohans doing any other drugs do you?" said krillen.

"I don't think so I just smelled it that once… I didn't even tell chichi no telling what she'll do to gohan if she found out…I guess I'll have to keep my eye on gohan!"

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Zedrick opened the door to mace house. "Oh hello gohan come in!"

"Hi I just came by cause drew said mace wanted to talk to me?"

"Sure come in and follow me!"

Gohan was thinking: What do these guys want with me I thought they wanted to be around people that had money! Opening the doors to maces office gohan walked in and mace was sitting in his chair.

With that smooth calm voice. "Hello gohan have a seat I just wanted to ask you if you like to make some extra money on the side?" "Doing what!" said gohan. "Making deliveries nothing harsh or to interrupt school." said mace smiling with evil in his heart.

"I don't know my mom might not let me cause she so busy wanting me to focus on my studies!"

"It's just something three times in a week maybe two!" "When do you want me to start?" "Tomorrow, right after school just one hour and if you don't like it you can just quit and if you do the job really good theirs bonuses in store!" "Ok I'll see you tomorrow!" said gohan getting up to leave and Zedrick leaving out the door to show him to the front.

Mace looking at his scoter camera to see if he could pick up a power level from gohan. Gohan left and walk down the street about three blocks and when it was safe he took off in the air.

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Videl walked in the house to go to her room. "VIDEL!" She turned around to see her dad sitting in his chair in the living room.

"I want to talk to you!" said hercule. Coming in the living room she sat on the couch. "Yes dad!"

"Tell me something did you have a boy over this house when I was gone!" "Why would you think that!?" Getting a little angry. "Answer the question!"

"No daddy!"

"I ask cause the neighbors said they saw a tall young man leave this house if I catch any young punk around here he's going to ANSWER TO ME YOU GOT THAT!!"

"Dad, what is wrong with you…you act like if I'm SEEN with some GUY that it's a crime!"

"Videl, you know our family is media spotlight and if some crazy creep wants to come along to date you for the money not for you!"

"Dad why are you saying that every guy doesn't want me for the money!" "Uh…I…did?"

"Yes you just did… dad you haven't been drinking have you?"

"Not really…I just have every right to be concerned that your not suppose to have anyone here when I'm gone!"

Rolling her eyes. "Yes daddy!"

"I'll see you later cause I have to go practice my martial arts in the training room before I teach my class tonight!" said hercule. Leaving out the room.

Videl got up and walked upstairs talking. "That was close I need to be careful who I have over…darn those nosy neighbors I wish they mind their own business I'm surprised they didn't see that party I had the other week… oh yeah just to think about it dad said they were out of town!" Videl went to her room to get her homework started.

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Zedrick walked back in maces office. "You know Zedrick it's either I'm reading this scoter wrong or this boy is hiding his power level!" "Or maybe it's broken!" said mace. "Zedrick, I just installed this new thing recently it couldn't be broken!" "What did the scoter say?" "It said 5,000…it looks like he dropped his power level!" "So mace what are you going to do to him?" With an evil look on his face "You'll see!"

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Gohan came in his room to do his homework and went in his closet to put his clothes in when goten jumped out of the closet scaring him and gohan reacted by punching him in his face. "OWWW!!" said goten falling on the closet floor rubbing his bruised face with tears starting to come from his eyes.

Holding his chest looking at goten. "WHAT are you DOING in my closet GOTEN you scared me to DEATH!!"

Getting off the floor with tears in his eyes. "I was just playing you didn't have to HIT ME!" said goten angry.

"Look I just reacted but it's your fault if you stop doing that I wouldn't hit you!"

"I'm telling MOM!" "I don't care tell MOM!" said gohan.

Goten ran out the room and told chichi what gohan did and chichi came in the room. "Gohan, what is going on!?" "Your going to get it NOW!" said goten. "Shut up goten!" said chichi.

"I came to open my closet and goten leaped out at me and scared me and I hit him!" "GOTEN what have I told you about hiding in your brothers room and gohan you didn't have to hit your brother like that now he has a bruise on his face you know your older and bigger than him!"

"Ok I'm sorry goten that I hit you if I CATCH YOU in my closet again I'm going to hit you harder than that!!"

Getting in his face. "GOHAN!! Don't you DARE say that to your brother!"

"I'm going to tell you two something stop this fighting and goten you stay out of your brothers room or you will get in serious trouble and if you hit your brother like that again I'm going to ground you for two weeks YOU GOT THAT YOU TWO!! "Yes mom!" said gohan and goten. Chichi walked out of the room with goten following her gohan went back to do his homework angry cause goten tried to get him in trouble.

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The next day after school gohan went to work for an hour at mace making deliveries gohan did this for three days that week and mace was surprised he would bring back the money not like the people that worked for him in the past they would cheat or didn't bring it back. Mace let gohan smoke and drink whatever he wanted but his mom never seen him drunk or high and she didn't even know he worked for mace cause he didn't want to tell her this went on for two weeks.

On a Friday after school gohan got in the limo and went with mace and Zedrick to another mansion across town it was his first time he ever went with them.

The limo pulled up and they all got out the car. "Uh…mace what are we really doing?"

"Oh just making a visit to a friend that I have business with just keep your guard up and watch your back!"

Walking towards the house. "Are we going to have some trouble!" said gohan. "You might say that!" said mace.

"Look if your in some trouble why don't we just call the pol…. Grabbing gohan by the collar. "LOOK KID WERE NOT CALLING ANYBODY WILL TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE OURSELVES!" "ZEDRICK…hand him the piece!" Mace let go of his collar and Zedrick gave gohan a gun.

"L-Look w-what is this all about you didn't say I was going to be shooting anybody!"

"Only use it if things get out of control and if you don't want to use it than I hope you have another method you can use to save your neck!" said mace.

They started walking towards the mansion and ranged the doorbell. Gohan was thinking how can I get out of this… these people are crazy!

A young man answered the door and they walked in and went to the back room. The guy stood up and mace asked the guy about the shipment he put the crate of cocaine on the table mace took his knife and slit the bag a little to taste and see if it was real.

"Good stuff!" said mace.

"Ok where's the money said the boss guy. Mace snapped his finger and Zedrick pulled the suitcase out full of money the boss guy looked at it.

"This is good but it's too bad you have to die!" said the boss guy pulling out a gun mace jumped down on the floor and pulled out two a-k 47's and fired at every enemy with gohan and Zedrick on the floor Zedrick was firing back and gohan was covering his head. "HEY GOHAN use the gun I gave YOU!!"

Gohan pulled out his gun and started firing hitting three guys. "Hey good shooting!" said Zedrick. They both got up and mace was at the door with the money in his hand Zedrick was going to grab the drugs off the table. "Lets GO!!" "COVER ME GOHAN!" said Zedrick. He grabbed the drugs and they all left out the door running towards the car.

Somebody shot at mace hitting his arm and two more starting firing at them. Gohan put up his shield and covered all of them cause they all would have been shot!"

"Hey Zedrick grab mace!" Zedrick helped mace up and they all got in the car and left with Zedrick pulling off real fast.

Gohan looking at mace. "Are you ok?"

Holding his arm. "Yeah the bullet just skidded across my arm no big deal I can patch it up when I get home… (Looking at gohan)…say gohan what did you just do back their?"

"Ah…nothing!"

Smirking. "Don't tell me that was NOTHING you covered us with some shield and you say that was nothing!"

"I really don't want to get into this right now I just want to go home we could of all been dead back there!"

"Not you gohan you must have some sort of power you must not be from this planet!" "Look mace could you leave my private life alone right now I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!"

"Ok, don't stress about it I won't ask you!"

They drove back to mace's house and everyone got out and went to mace's office. Zedrick went to go get some bandages and wrapped mace's arm while gohan sat in the chair.

"Why so quiet, gohan?" said Zedrick.

Looking up. "It's just I… never been in anything like this…just tell me what kind of business are you guys are running here?"

"A drug business that I don't need for anybody to know about!" said mace seriously.

"I should have seen it coming all along so what I was doing was making drug deliveries!?" (Standing up) "Here take your gun back I don't want it!"

"Why not it's your gun!" said Zedrick putting the finishing touches on mace's arm.

"Look, I don't carry guns I can't take it home my mom and dad will kill me and I don't want my little brother to get a whole of it!"

"Look your in this now I could use your help… (Opening up his drawer)…take this it's yours you've earned it!" said mace handing gohan five hundred dollars and opening up his cabinet with all the drugs he could smoke, snort and shoot if he wanted.

Gohan blinked his eyes twice. "Your kidding, right!" "No I'm not kidding this money is what you worked for and you can smoke anything you like!" Gohan took the money and took a few joints and saying bye to Zedrick and mace by the time he got home he smoked both joints and got home slipped through the window took a shower to get the smell of marijuana off of him and deodorized his room and put his clothes in the wash machine.

"Hi gohan I didn't realize you were home?" said chichi. Smiling. "Yeah mom I was just doing some laundry." Closing the wash machine.

"I wanted to tell you Ethan and me are going out tomorrow night and goten will be spending the night at bulma's to hang with trunks so you have the whole house to yourself or if you want to go hang with your friends that's fine!" said chichi. Smiling ok mom!"

Gohan went in his room and his cell phone ringed that Zedrick got for him so his mom won't get suspicious. "Hello!" "Hey gohan mace and me got some business to take care tomorrow and we need for you to come nothing like before this is different." What time?" "Like maybe four o'clock!" said Zedrick. "Ok!" said gohan.

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The next day gohan was leaving to go over to maces. "Be careful going to your friends house!" said chichi. "Yes mom."

Gohan left out the door. As he landed on the ground and was walking down the street he heard some extra footsteps that sounded like someone was following him he stopped and turned around to look no one was there. "Hmm… I must be hearing things plus theirs a lot people walking around here anyways!"

He went to maces house and they got in the car to go do another business deal that seem to go bad again and this time gohan had to use an energy blast which he hasn't fired in a long while this time when they left their was more blood shed then anything they hurried up and left cause the police were coming. When they got back to maces gohan was sitting in the chair in maces office.

"You ok gohan?" asked Zedrick. "No…look I don't know about doing this I don't think I can do this everyday this is crazy I thought you said it wasn't going to be the same thing… you didn't tell me we were going to be shooting people cause of drug deals going bad, look… I just wanted to make some money on the side not driving in cars shooting at people that are drug dealers look mace I need to go I need to think about this!

"Look gohan I didn't think this was going to happen…listen theirs nothing to think about you've done me and Zedrick a favor by helping us stay alive and you earned it you can drink and use as much drugs as you want!"

Standing up. "Mace I'm going to pass on that tonight… I need to go home!"

Are you feeling ok man it's not like you to pass on this!" said Zedrick.

"I'm fine I'm just tired… see you guys later!"

Gohan left out the door and walked down the street as he was walking gohan heard the same footsteps like earlier he turned around to look then he started walking again and looked around there wasn't that many people out on the streets he thought to himself I wonder is someone following me!

Gohan started walking again and felt someone their with power but couldn't figure who… he thought to himself what is going on gohan turned around and shouted. "Who's there show yourself!" Sighs. "I guess it's nobody he took off in the air and got home his mom wasn't home yet so he went to his room and changed his clothes to watch some television the phone ringed.

"Hello!" "Hey gohan I'm finally glad I talk to you and your talking with me!" Rolling his eyes. "Yes dad!"

"I just wanted to tell you that tomorrow I wanted me and you to start training you've been out of practice for a while and I wanted us to train in the mountains!"

"Ok dad I'll come see you tomorrow… bye!" Gohan was thinking: "I guess dad wants to make up for not being around so I guess he wants to train oh well… I could use it and I like to know who's following me that's twice in one day I hope they didn't see where I live!" said gohan wondering.

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That's the end of this chapter. So who is following gohan? Will see next time in the next chapter! Bye!