-----Chapter Fifteen----

Goten sat in the chair next to the hospital bed where his big brother lay. He looked around the stuffy hospital room and found the sullen faces of his parents and Videl.

"Gohan…" Videl sighed as she moved closer to the bed. She reached out and touched his hair with a trembling hand.

She looked up, tears streaming down her face. The doctor had come in. She let out a sigh of relief as he told them that Gohan would be just fine. He was just unconscious at the moment.

"You hear that Gohan? You'll be okay," Videl whispered to the unconscious young man.

Knowing he was going to be okay, Videl began to wonder who'd done such a terrible thing. She wiped her tears away and took the offered seat. She rested her head on Gohan's chest, eyes closed, and letting slumber wash over her.

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It was bright. All around him was pure white brightness. Without any indication if he was alive, dead or dreaming, he moved forward. He looked around only to have his eyes fall upon a white radiating orb of light. His arm outstretched, he moved closer. It was so calm, so peaceful.

"Gohan!"

He looked around searching for the voice. He pinched himself when he saw her. Confused, he moved toward her, slowly. He was afraid she was just a figment of his imagination and that once he touched her… She'd be gone…

"Videl?"

He was surprised when she ran to him. He felt even more confused when he felt her touch him. She wasn't a figment of his imagination or a hallucination… She was real.

"Videl?" he couldn't breathe… What was going on?

"I've missed you," he heard her whisper.

"Videl, where are we?"

"I don't know really… All I remember is, this place isn't bad at all!"

"You aren't… We aren't dead are we?" Gohan asked worriedly.

Videl looked around. It was a possibility but… Well, she didn't remember dying… She remembered being hit by a speeding car and falling into a deep sleep… Was she really dead?

"I don't think I ever woke up," she said with a frown.

"What do you mean?" Gohan asked confusedly.

"I remember going to see you but I got hit by that stupid car and after that… Well it's just a blank and—"

Gohan's wide-eyed stare stopped her from her story.

"What?"

"You… You remember?" he choked out.

"What are you talking about?"

"Videl, tell me where we first kissed!"

Without having to think, she said, "In the park, under that faulty street light," then she added, "but you kissed me when it went out and afterwards you said, 'I was shy'."

Gohan laughed and pulled her into a strong warm embrace. Videl had no idea what was going on but she wasn't going to push him away. She'd missed him so much she was afraid she'd go crazy.

"What's going on?" she asked once he pulled away.

"I think… I think we're in some… It's like a place between being dead and alive. I can't really explain but out there… In the real world, you don't know who you are." Gohan explained still grasping at the idea.

"Um, what?"

"You have amnesia! The reason you can't remember is because half of you is here!"

"So you're saying that out there… I have no idea who I am? Like… I have no recollection of my past or who… Who you are?"

Gohan nodded. He was about to say something else but the sudden strong wind brought him away from his thoughts. Covering his face, Gohan clung to Videl. He didn't want to leave her just yet.

"What's going on," Videl asked loudly over the noise of their flapping clothes.

"I-I don't know!" Gohan replied.

Though they were gripping tightly onto one another, the current was just too strong. Blinded by the savage wind, Gohan lost his grip.

"Videl!" he yelled out in anguish as he spiraled up into the air. He tried to keep himself to the ground but he just couldn't.

"Gohan!" he heard her scream before being blinded by a splash of white light.

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Reaching across the table, Sharpner took hold of Videl's hand. Seeing as she was vulnerable, he decided to take advantage of it. She'd decided to stay home from the hospital, not wanting to see Gohan still so unconscious.

"Videl," Sharpner whispered standing up. He didn't let go of her hand. "I'm sorry about what happened to Gohan." Yeah right, I just wish he'd die already.

"I just wish I knew who would want to hurt him," Videl said quietly unaware of the advances Sharpner was making.

"Well people are crazy Videl. Besides, with that "I'm strong so I have to help people" attitude of his can get on people's nerves."

Videl turned to Sharpner to find him leaning closer and closer. She sat there for a moment, letting him get closer to her. It was when his cold dry lips touched hers that she smacked him. Hard.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she demanded ready to smack him again.

"Come on Videl! I know you want me," Sharpner said as he stood wiping the blood away from his lips.

"Ew! Are you out of your screwed up mind?"

"What's Gohan got that I don't?" Sharpner demanded angrily.

"Everything!"

She let out a scream as Sharpner swept dishes off the table. The plates fell clattering to the floor. She let out a gasp when he pinned her against the wall.

"I love you Videl! I always have! Why can't you see that?" he shouted at her.

"Let me go!" Videl struggled to get away.

"I'm going to have you Videl!"

"Nnn… NO!" she yelled kneeing Sharpner in the stomach. Unable to control herself and mad as hell, she began to punch him never missing. Kick after kick, punch after punch, until he was pleading for her to stop.

"Please! Please! Stop," he sobbed holding up his hands in surrender.

"Don't. Ever. Touch. Me. Again!" Videl shouted. She pushed him aside before running out of the house.

Sharpner banged his fists on the floor, shouting out in anger.

"I'm going to get them! And that—That freak if it's the last thing I do!"

Author's Note: I know I know the chapter is sooo bad but it's the holidays lol slow time for writers because they've got all this stuff going on... - Sigh - Anyway! So what do you think? Is it bad? Good? Semi - bad? Terrible? - Teeth start to chatter - I'm so nervous lol anyway yeah let me know what you think!

PS: AHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Yeah I was laughing at Sharpner cuz he got his bum kicked. Hehe BY A GIRL! Girls rock! And boys do too! Everyone rocks! except for cheese... Ewww

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