-----Chapter Sixteen-----

She was startled to see Gohan sitting up in bed. Chichi was feeding him some soup when she spotted Videl in the doorway.

"Videl?" Gohan said turning to her. He broke into a smile. "Hey."

Happy and excited, she ran to him, her arms immediately wrapping around him. Gohan cringed with pain. He may have been feeling better but with Videl's grip… He was afraid the stitches he had would just break off.

"Hey, hey," he laughed. "Careful, I'm not fully healed yet."

Chichi shook her head. "Funny isn't it? You can survive dangerous battles but fall with a stab wound."

Deciding to leave the kids alone, Chichi walked out of the room. Videl sat on the chair next to the bed, holding Gohan's hand.

"You're feeling better?" she asked.

"A little, how about you?" he replied. He was contemplating telling her of his strange dream.

Videl shrugged and told him about what had happened with Sharpner. As Gohan listened, his anger rose. If he weren't sitting in a hospital, Sharpner would be worse off than what Videl had left him off.

"He's lucky I can't get to him," Gohan seethed. "I'd like to beat him to a pulp! He's so ignorant."

Videl laughed. "Sounds like my dad."

"Yeah," Gohan sighed. "Another pain in the neck."

Videl nodded. There was no question about that.

"I had this… Dream or whatever you wanna call it." Gohan said. "In it… You remembered… Well it was like the old you. You didn't have amnesia or anything. You were just… Videl."

She rested her head on his arm. She had no idea how he felt about it all but she knew he missed her… The real her… Not wanting to lower the mood even more, they began to talk about different things. It was moments later that Videl got a surprise.

"I just remembered," he said reaching over the table to grab a muffin. "Can you get the candle in my back pocket of those pants over there?"

"You carry candles," Videl asked as she stood.

"Yeah, you know, just incase of emergency." He joked. "No, Goten put them in there."

Taking the candle, Gohan stuck it in the muffin and using his new ability to light fires, he lit the candle. Piccolo had taught him a month or two ago how to light fires with his mind even though Gohan had no use for it.

"Happy birthday to you," Gohan sang softly with a grin. "Happy birthday dear Videl…"

"You… You remembered…" Videl said with tears in her eyes.

"Well I knew you wouldn't," Gohan laughed. "Come on, make a wish."

Laughing, she closed her eyes and blew out the candle. She split the candle and handed the other half to Gohan. They made a funny toast and ate slowly.

"Let's go out for a stroll. The nurse said it was okay," Gohan said.

"Are you sure you're up for it?" Videl asked.

"I got stabbed, I didn't get crippled. Come on, I need the fresh air."

Moments later, the happy couple was walking down the street, holding hands. It didn't matter that people were staring at them in awe, wonder and curiosity. All that mattered was they were together and enjoying a beautiful day.

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Hatred burning in his eyes, Sharpner watched the happy couple. He wanted to so much to be the one who was holding Videl's hand and kissing her so lovingly. How he detested Gohan…

"Well," he said with an evil grin. "It won't be long before he's completely out of the picture. This time, I'm going to make sure he won't make it."

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It was when crossing the street that tragedy struck. Gohan had sensed the speeding car and knew just who was driving. A car impact was nothing to the young saiyan so he decided to stand his ground.

Videl, forgetting that her boyfriend was capable of withstanding hard hits, pushed him aside. She took to the air in fright just in time.

The car came to a screeching halt and a furious Sharpner came out of the car. Gohan glared at him.

"I knew it was you," Gohan said.

"Take a good look because it's the last time you'll be seeing me!" Sharpner snapped and whipped out a pistol. "Goodbye!"

Videl flew down quickly to shield Gohan. To the horror of the two young men, Videl fell to a heap on the ground, blood seeping through her shirt. Sharpner gawked at Videl's lifeless body.

"I-I-I-I-I—" he stammered. He hadn't intended to shoot her.

Gohan couldn't believe it. He'd been angry before, countless of times but this was it. He turned to Sharpner, eyes shining with tears and enflamed with hatred. Sharpner watched in horror as a golden aura surrounded Gohan, rubble from the ground rising to the air. His hair flickered from black to gold. Before he knew it, Sharpner was staring at an angry shining golden man with long spiky hair.

"I'm going to make you wish you'd never been born," Gohan glared.

Before he could run, Gohan made his move and appeared in front of Sharpner.

"Boo."

"Ahhh!" the blonde screamed and tried to run the other way but it was too late. Gohan had duplicated himself into four. "What—"

He never did finish his sentence as Gohan and his three other duplicates began to attack him. Four pairs of hands landing brutal bone breaking punches without any mercy met the fragile blonde's body.

Petrified screams filled the street but not from the passers by. Deciding he'd wasted enough time, Gohan stopped and stared down at the sobbing blonde that was in a fetal position. He grabbed him by the shirt collar and teleported himself to the police station. Too stunned by the sudden appearance of a glowing man, they didn't stop him from throwing Sharpner into jail.

"I want him locked up for attempted murder," Gohan glared at them all. "Don't dare letting him out or I'll come back here and do to you what I did to him!"

Too terrified to respond, the police officers nodded vigorously and Gohan went back to where Videl lay. He took her pulse. It was faint but it was there. He picked her up and teleported back to the hospital where he admitted her.

"Gohan! Goh—Gohan?" Goten asked looking up at his big brother. "WHOA! NEAT!"

"Hmph." Gohan shrugged.

"Heh, you look so cool! Man… Hey, what happened to Videl?"

"All you need to know is that it was done by a stupid asshole," Gohan said before going back to normal and fainting from the loss of immense energy.

Author's Note: Well, there you have, Chapter Sixteen! Don't cha love me? Lol which reminds me of that song by the pussycat Dolls haha anyway, so yeah, what do you think? Hahah isn't Sharpner such a nuisance? Well he got what he deserved! PFFT! anyway, let me know what you think in a review.

PS: IT'S ALMOST OVER!