OOC: This takes place after the Buu saga during the 7 year period when Goku stayed to live on earth.

Chapter One : The Mystery Gem

"Dad! Think fast!" yelled seven year old Goten as he tried to forewarn his father of the object heading his way.

"Hu...wha?..."

"CLUNK!"

"Ouch! Goten, whatd'you do that for?" asked Goku as he was rubbing his head to soothe the pain. Goten ran to his fathers side and retrieved the humoungous stone that had been chucked at him.

"Heh, heh, sorry daddy!" giggled Goten. "After I saw you go ssj3, I thought you'd see it from a mile away and vapourize it or sumthin'!" Goku gave a soft smile.

"Well Goten," he started. "You could be the strongest person in the world, but if you let your guard down, you'd be surprised at what can hurt you!"

"Aha, ha, yeah dad, I guess you're right!" said Goten. "Hey, dad? do you know where Gohan is? I haven't seen him for a while?"

"Yeah, I think he went out with that girl, uh...what's her name again?..."

"VIDEL!" interrupted Goten.

"Yeah, that's the one!" answered Goku. "Sweet kid...isn't she Goten?...uh, Goten? Is something wrong?" he asked

"Yes." answered Goten.

"What's the matter son? do you not like her?"

"No dad, that's not it, it's just, sigh..."

"It's just what?" asked Goku once more.

"It's just that, well, Gohan spends so much time with her now! He's never home anymore, and today he promised he'd teach me one of his attacks!"

"Oh..I see. Heh, heh, sounds to me like you're a little jealous son!" answered Goku.

"Jealous! Of a GIRL? No Way! Yuck!" said Goten.

"Well don't you worry, he'll be back. But until then, how 'bout we grab a bite to eat, whatta ya say? sound good?"

"Yeah!" answered a very excited Goten.

"Bye Videl!" yelled Gohan.

"Bye! See you later!" she yelled back.

"Man, sometimes that girl is too much!" joked Gohan. "Whoa! Look at the time, I gotta hurry home! I promised Goten that I'd teach him how to do masenko!" As Gohan began running in the direction of home, something caught his attention. It appeared to be some sort of writing on a wall. He neared closer to the wall. "Wait a minute, this isn't your everyday writing!" Gohan tried to make it out, but much of it appeared to be symbols instead of actual letters! "Hmm, I wonder if this is some kind of ancient enscryption?" Gohan fingered the symbols carved into the stone wall. He then spotted what seemed to be fingerprints that looked about his size. So he did the obvious thing and placed his fingertips on top of them to match. Immediately and remarkably...the wall began to move! "Wha?...WHat's happening?" said a stunned Gohan. The wall had shifted to the side and turned into a door. Before Gohan stood an entrance to a secret area. "Gee, I wonder what this place is?" said a very curious Gohan as he walked in. The first thing he saw was a small gem placed in the centre of a large stone. Gohan thought back to when he pulled the legendary 'z' sword from the Supreme Kai's world. "Heh, why does this seem so familiar?" he joked. He walked over to the small gem and picked it up. He was surprised at how light it was! (lol). He placed it between both his hands so that it layed in the centre of his palms. The gem glistened in Gohan's hands. "Hey, what a pretty little thing, I wonder if Videl would like it!" he thought. Just then, the gem began to glow, then vibrate, it even started to burn! "Youch!" yelled Gohan as he dropped it onto the sandy ground. His mood then changed to a more serious one. "I don't know what just happened, but I'm not going to wait and find out!" Gohan then turned to leave when...

"STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" a voice appeared behind him.

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