Damn it! STOP PLAYING THAT CD! -screams- My sister is totally obsessed with Bo Bice. You know the guy who lost American Idol to Carrie Underwood. He came out with a CD with only two tracks and my sister plays itevery chance she gets. I swear, if my car had a CD player, she would play the CD over and over while driving.

Sorry about the complaining, but I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

/person on telephone/ Does anyone know how to get it where the 'question mark' is there? Because when I do it, the thing disappears.

Thoughts

Disclaimer: Oh, how I wish it was… but, sadly, it's not…. –sighs-

DRAGONBALL Z

Chi-Chi smiled at her friends from high school. Bulma had contacted her earlier in the week and asked if she would come over for a reunion. Chi-Chi, being herself, just couldn't resist the thought of seeing if anyone changed and of course, to show off her son! He was just so smart and so handsome that she couldn't keep him hidden for long; it would be depriving the poor group! Unfortunately, Gohan had to study before he could come. So, the poor boy wouldn't be arriving until thirty minutes later.

She sat on the gray, faded couch next to one of the three windows in the living room. Chi-Chi couldn't figure out why Bulma, who was the richest person on Earth, had a faded couch. If it was her, she would have bought a pink leather couch. It would match perfectly with the pale pink walls of her living room.

Suddenly she stood as she spotted a short man. "Krillin?" she exclaimed, hurrying to the other side to grab man into the longest hug possible. Chi-Chi let go and studied the young man in front of her. He wore beige dress pants with a light purple button up shirt. "How have you been?"

"Wow! Chi, you look awesome!" Krillin smiled at her, showing his pearly whites. "I've been good! I married Ju and we have ten-year-old daughter, Marron. And you?"

She wasn't sure if she should mention Gohan. Krillin use to be best friends with Goku and no doubt the man had told Krillin something about the young boy. She smacked her head inwardly. C'mon, Chi, she chided herself, there's nothing wrong with telling Krillin. "I have a son. His name is Gohan."

"Gohan?" Krillin thought of what Goku had told him the day before. Did she really cheat on his best friend? Staring at the woman after all the years of being apart, he couldn't believe that she would. Chi-Chi had always been the one who believed in honesty, trust, and all the other qualities to healthy relationship. "How old is he?"

"He's ten. Oh, Krillin! He's just an amazing boy. He's so…."

DRAGONBALL Z

As Chi-Chi was telling the bald man about her wonderful Gohan, the son in question was snooping around his mother's room. He knew he shouldn't, but he had to get a good grade on the project! He had never had anything below an A+ and he wasn't about to ruin the perfect scores.

Gohan moved her to Chi-Chi's bedside table. When he pulled out the first drawer, his eyes went wide. Why on hell would his mother need… those things! He slammed it back into the table and closed his eyes. He was certain he would have nightmares for a few nights.

The boy stood and walked over to the closet, opening the door. He reached up to grab one of the boxes on the top shelf, when he lost his footing and fell back, kicking the wall behind the shelves. A pop sounded in his ears as he looked up from rubbing his backside. A small door, barely recognizable, was opened a half an inch.

Gohan crawled to the door and pushed it open. No light was admitted into the small cubby but he could see the shape of a square. Hoping that he wouldn't get attacked, Gohan reached inside and grabbed the object hastily before pulling back. A shoebox from Shoes-R-Us (No own if there is one) sat on his lap, the logo of a talking shoe staring straight at him.

Gohan stood and sat on the queen-sized bed, eyeing the box with curiosity. Making up his mind, he took off the lid and set it aside as he peered inside to see its contents. He then pulled out the first thing that caught his eye. It was a piece of paper with a letterhead at the top saying, 'Certificate of Birth.' Gohan eyes strolled down to where it said 'Name of Child.' It was his!

He had always wondered why his mother would never let him see it, since the paper was his. His mother's name was printed where it should be and as his eyes strolled to the left to see his father's name, Gohan closed them. All of his ten years of living he had always wanted to know who his father was and here was his chance. Seeing the name printed with ink on his birth certificate would change everything.

First, his mother would surely ground him for months if she knew he had rummaged through her room. Third, if he knew his father or his mother had a way to contact the man, would he want to meet his son? Would they stay in touch? Would they play sports, watch late night movies, would his father tell him stories about how it was when he was growing up in the world?

Pushing all that to the back of his head, Gohan opened his eyes and read the name. Before an emotion could take its place on his face, a sharp pain to his neck blackened his world.

DRAGONBALL Z

Almost two hours after it started, the reunion party came to an end. Chi-Chi looked at the clock on the wall as nervousness began to feel her heart. Gohan never came. She was scared. Her son knew what time he was supposed to come and he knew where the Briefs' residence was located, so why is he not there at her side like he should be. She knew her face held the look of worry when her friends stared at her.

Bulma walked over to her and laid a hand on her shoulder. "Chi-Chi, what's wrong?"

Chi-Chi stared at her for a few minutes before answering. "Gohan was supposed to come. He didn't come."

"Aw, Chi," Yamcha started, smiling. "He probably didn't want to come to listen to old friends' reminisce."

Bulma nodded, agreeing with what the baseball player said. "He's right. What if you call him to make sure?" She handed her friend the cordless phone which was lying nearby. "Go ahead."

Before Chi-Chi could push in the first number, a voice said, "I all ready called him." The group turned to stare at the purple-haired boy. "He didn't answer."

Chi-Chi walked to him and grabbed both of his shoulders. She could feel something was wrong. She just knew her son was in danger. "When?" she demanded, slightly shaking him.

As Trunks was about to chastise her for shaking him, his glance caught her eyes. He could see the worry, the fear, everything she felt in them. "Um, when the party started, half way through, and a few minutes ago. We were supposed to work on A. P. Trigonometry together."

"No." She could feel all eyes on her. "He wouldn't. He said he wouldn't. Not yet! Damn it!"

Goku, who had been standing behind Tien, stepped over to his ex-wife. "Chi-Chi, what's wrong?"

"He took him, Goku," she said, looking at him with tears spilling from her eyes. "He took Gohan!"

DRAGONBALL Z

They didn't know what to expect when they arrived at the Mau residence. The group of friends had come together, all wanting to know why Gohan had not answered any phone calls. Chi-Chi kept repeating, "He said he wouldn't if I did what he said." None of them knew what this meant, but for the trembling woman to keep saying it over and over, they knew it had to bad.

Goku took the house key from Chi-Chi and opened the front door, key dropping to the floor as he read the red ink message on the wall in front of him.

"You shouldn't have come back."

DRAGONBALL Z

Oh, man. This so did not follow the outline I had. It's so entirely different! I hope the plot made up for the shortness. I can't write more then three pages. Maybe three and a half.

digital-tiffany: Aw, you're so sweet! Thankies!

l Dark Storm l: I know! Goku/Chi Chi are so cute! Really? It worked on my friends too. Thankies!

evil kirby: -smiles- Uh-huh, sure! Thankies!

Kinoha: Oh, cool! I would have freaked out if I had heard thatwhile reading the scene. Ah, I knew about "Hokage" but I didn't know about "Konoha." I just knew that it meant something to do with "leaf." 256? I'm at 266! If you want to read 257 and up then you can go to: http / www. naruto chuushin. com... take out the spaces. In the upper right side, click on 'Downloads: Manga.' After it loads (which will take a few minutes) just scroll down and the first box is the latest manga. Keep scrolling and you'll get to the Volumes and you can look at the right side and it will say what chapters are in the Volumes. You don't have to download anything. You can just read the chapter on the website. Thankies!