A/N: XD Celebration time! I finally remembered to bring the binder that had this chapter written in it home (I wrote this chapter in my math class... Heh…)! I'm sosososososo sorry for the delay on getting this chapter out. It's been hanging over my head too long!

I've started another fanfic, Cursed. -kills off muses- Can't you come to me AFTER I've finished at least ONE fanfic! Sheesh! Anyway, read Cursed…or else I'll sick Mijime on you!

-random fact- Sorry if there's any typos in this chapter. I am going to check over it, obviously, but I had this blood test done earlier, and my whole left arm now is sore as heck. It makes it hard to type.

-sigh- I've decided I'm going to make a pronunciation chart. Why? Just 'cause. XD

Yuurei - YOO-RAY
Aiko - EYE-KOH
Reizo - RAY-ZOH
Mijime - MEE-JEE-MEH
Hiroshi - HEE-ROH-SHEE
Shinigami - SHEE-NEE-GAH-MEE

Many thanks to my six reviewers, lpgohanfanatic, Twixy, DBZAngelX, Shadow of dusk, December Jewel, and Sweeteen19! I love you guys!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z. Toriyama Akira and Toei Animation do. I do however own Yuurei's name, as well as Aiko, Reizo, and Mijime. -hugs the shinigami- Oh yeah…then there's Hiroshi. -coughs-

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"Aiko was your partner?" Videl asked.

Yuurei nodded. "Ever since I became a shinigami. Reizo has feelings for Aiko, so he made her come with him."

"Is Reizo…evil?"

"No. He's just selfish." Yuurei explained. "Back when he and Aiko were partners, she gave him everything. She showed her love to him time and time again. He rejected her every time."

Videl sighed. This was all so complicated.

"Reizo seems to have seen his love…or lust for her, after she became my partner. He's tried to get her back ever since."

"Why do you think she went with him?" The blue eyed girl questioned.

Yuurei placed his head on his hands. "I don't know. I'm worried about her. What's Reizo doing to her? What made her so upset?"

Videl watched Yuurei as he tried to cover up his emotional roller coaster. She hadn't known him for that long, but she did want to help him.

Yuurei gasped as Videl hugged him and put her head on his shoulder.

"If you're sad, cry. If you're happy, smile. If you're angry, yell." Videl said. "I know you're sad, Yuurei-kun. Please…please don't hold it inside yourself."

Yuurei laid his head on her head and cried.

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"Maybe I shouldn't have left." Aiko cried. "I shouldn't have asked you to kill Goten, Reizo-kun. His time isn't up yet."

"Ai-chan!" Reizo yelled. "Don't tell me you want to go back!"

Aiko looked down at the lake below her. "I can avoid Bulma-chan. I want to go back, Reizo-kun."

Reizo growled. "Even when Yuu-kun's with that girl!"

"Girl?" Aiko asked.

Reizo through some liquid into the lake. "Watch!"

The image in the lake showed Videl handing Yuurei an ice cream cone, then Videl leaning onto Yuurei, and Yuurei putting his head on her head. Then, from Reizo's control of the images, he showed Yuurei kissing Videl."

Aiko's eyes widened. "No…NO! Yuurei-chan wouldn't do that to me…!"

"You said that about Bulma, too, Ai-chan."

Aiko shook her head. "No! I have to listen to what he has to say! Back then…I should have listened to Bulma! I won't make the same mistake again!"

Aiko through something into the lake and flew into the lake, immediately being transported to Earth. The girl looked around, discovering that she was in Satan City.

'Perfect!' She thought.

The shinigami flew until she reached the park. She saw Goten playing on a swing, and Yuurei with Videl sitting on a bench.

Yuurei looked up to see her. "A…Aiko! Aiko, is it really you!"

"What are you doing, Yuurei?" She asked coldly.

Yuurei cocked his head at her coldness. "What's wrong, Aiko?"

"IDIOT! The girl! Are you cheating on me!"

Yuurei and Videl both blushed furiously as they moved away from each other.

Videl looked up at Yuurei and thought, 'She's his girlfriend?'

"Aiko! She's not my girlfriend! Do you seriously think I'd just pick some girl up after a day! Since when were you my girlfriend anyway!"

Aiko glared. "Yuurei-kun, for the ninety-eighth time, I love you!"

"You said that about Reizo at one time, too!"

'And….Hiroshi-san…' She thought.

"It's…ironic, Yuurei-kun. When I ended my life, I told myself there was no way I'd ever become friends or fall in love with someone. The instant I was reborn as a shinigami, I forgot everything…including that promise to myself. I repeated that mistake. I guess every shinigami finds a different way to take the punishment, huh?"

"Aiko…did you remember…?" Yuurei gasped. "Aiko! You could become a ghost!"

"I won't become a ghost. I've been a shinigami long enough that Death wouldn't get rid of me. I have enough power to protect myself, anyway. It's young shinigami like you that have to worry about things like that. Young shinigami who haven't taken a life yet."

Yuurei glared. "Cut it out, Aiko."

"If you had retrieved that soul like you were ordered, you wouldn't have to worry about remembering and becoming a ghost, Yuurei." She reprimanded.

Yuurei just continued to glare. "I'm guessing it was your memory's returning that made you attack Goten and run off with Reizo. Am I correct?"

"Yes." Aiko sighed as she sat down on the bench next to Videl and Yuurei. "I'm…I'm going to break the rules, Yuurei-kun."

"Huh?" The dog shinigami blinked.

"I can't live...um...exist with this regret." She folded her hands on her lap. "I'm going to find Bulma-chan and figure out what happened that day. I'm going to apologize to her."

"Bulma?" Goten asked, returning from the swing he had been playing on. "That's Trunks' mommy!"

"Trunks' father is…Vegeta, right, Goten? I think that's what you told me before." Aiko asked.

Goten nodded. "Yep! Vegeta-san's really mean!"

'Vegeta…not Hiroshi-san. I wonder what happened.' The female shinigami thought.

"You can't seriously be considering communicating with someone you knew when you were alive, are you, Aiko?" Yuurei questioned. "Who knows what the punishment for that is!"

"Who knows what the punishment is for interacting with the child we're supposed to kill, AND allow him to transform into a sixteen year old with our powers!" She yelled.

Yuurei shut his mouth as Aiko flew off to Capsule Corp.

"This is too strange…" Videl said with wide eyes.

Goten smiled. "Oniichan, can we go shopping?"

"Tell you what, Goten, how about you go find Piccolo-san and tell him that we found Aiko. I'm going to hang around with Videl for a while, okay?"

Videl turned around and gasped. Yuurei's wings were gone, as well as his dog ears. He was wearing a white t-shirt that said, 'inu,' on it in red letters, with blue jeans and sneakers.

"I'm just appearing as a human, Videl. That way you don't look like your insane by talking to thin air." He explained.

Videl blushed. "Right. So…what do you want to do?"

He shrugged. "I've never been to Satan City. Could you show me around?"

Videl smiled. "Sure. I actually was on my way to shop for some clothing when I met you and Goten. You wouldn't mind if I went to this one store real quick, would you?"

He gulped. Clothes shopping? That was…boring….and he hated boring things. He was too impatient.

"It's not like I'm going to go to fifty different stores, Yuurei!" Videl stated as soon as she saw the fear written on Yuurei's face. "I know how boring clothes shopping can be. I have this one friend who drags me to every store in the mall. It's…terrible."

"If…If you say so."

The two walked into the nearest mall and Yuurei stopped in his tracks, noticing the food court.

"Food…." He whined.

Videl rolled her eyes. "You don't need food, Yuurei. You're dead."

The shinigami licked his lips. "Food…"

"Yuurei…"

"I…need…food…"

The girl sighed. "I've got an idea. You can eat at the food court while I go finish my shopping. That way we'll both be happy."

Yuurei smiled. "Okay!"

Videl sweat dropped as he ran to the food court, knocking a few people down before she went to do her shopping.

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"Piccolo-san! We found Aiko!" Goten exclaimed, not noticing where Piccolo was, nor the solemnest of the scene.

"I know." Piccolo responded, still looking down at the thing in front of him.

Goten blinked. "What are you looking at, Piccolo-san?"

"This is your brother's grave, Goten." Piccolo explained. "I come to this grave every now and then to think."

Goten looked at the stone. He had never understood why his brother had killed himself.

"Piccolo-san…why did Gohan-oniisan kill himself?" The child asked.

Piccolo looked away from Goten. "He was sad. I think it was about your father's passing seven years ago. Back then, your father said he'd never come back to life. It might have been that decision that hurt Gohan so much."

Goten blinked. "Why would he kill himself though? Sure, he was sad, but why would he end his life over that?"

"I don't know why people do it, Goten. Gohan probably thought it was the only way to end his own pain."

Goten sighed. The two stood there alone for a moment before Goten said, "I'm going to go back and find Yuurei-oniichan and Videl-oneechan. Bye, Piccolo-san!"

Piccolo grunted to acknowledge that he'd heard him. The Namekujin continued to stare at the grave even after Goten had left.

"Why did you have to do it, Gohan? I…I miss you." Piccolo watched as a few cherry blossoms blew in the wind. "Why didn't you tell me that you were so upset, Gohan? I could have helped you."

"Yuurei looks so much like you…except older, of course. It's amazing." Piccolo sighed. "Sometimes I have to wonder if Yuurei might be a reincarnated version of you."

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Yuurei sighed as he looked around the mall for Videl. She had been gone for a long time, and he had already finished eating. Considering the fact that the anniversary of his death was approaching, meaning his powers were decreasing, he couldn't stay in his human form for much longer.

"Miss, have you seen Videl Satan anywhere around here?" Yuurei asked one woman in a clothing store.

The woman just blinked. "I think I saw her over at that store about fifteen minutes ago." The woman said as she pointed towards a store.

"Thanks, miss!" He responded as he walked towards the store.

"Videl?" He asked when he went in. "You have to be in this store!"

Yuurei tapped another woman on the shoulder. She was wearing a yellow dress and had her hair tied up in a bun. "Miss? Have you seen Videl Satan around here anywhere?"

The woman turned around and immediately dropped her bags. She stood there just staring for a few seconds.

"Miss?" He asked.

"G-G-Gohan-chan." She reached out for him, but he moved away. Suddenly a female voice began to speak in his mind.

"What's wrong, Gohan-chan? You're worrying me. That's not good for your brother, you know."

"Goku-sa died for the planet's sake! You should respect his wishes!"

"Goku-sa…can't you see how much this hurts Gohan-chan and me?"

"GOHAN-CHAN!"

Yuurei continued to walk backwards until he hit a wall. "No…no…"

"Gohan-chan…is that you?"

The shinigami screamed as he ran out of the store and transformed back into his shinigami form, flying out of the building through the ceiling. He flew and flew until he reached a beach where he sat down and brought his hands to his head.

"Please…please…make it stop!" He screamed as more images filled his head. He saw a child, who he soon realized was himself, standing in the middle of a field holding a knife. He saw himself bring the knife to his right wrist, where he made a deep cut. The younger (and living) version of himself fell to the ground, blood quickly flowing from his wound.

Yuurei gasped as he saw, of all people, Piccolo come up to the living version of himself. Piccolo cradled the child in his arms, and he heard himself say something that made him shiver.

"Lemme die…"

Yuurei screamed as he saw the younger him die in Piccolo's arms. Yuurei's tears soaked into the sand below him.

"I'm…I'm so, so, so sorry, Piccolo-san. I...made you see that." He cried. "I can't continue to remember my life. I…don't want to know what made me commit suicide."

Yuurei stood up and looked over in the direction where he felt Piccolo was. "I don't care if it's breaking rules. I…I understand how Aiko feels now. I have to apologize to Piccolo…for making him witness that."

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"Yuurei! Yuurei!" Videl called. "Where are you, Yuurei-kun!"

"GOHAN-CHAN!" Videl turned to see a woman screaming and struggling with her husband's hold. "I know that was Gohan-chan, Goku-sa! Let me go!"

"Chichi! You must have been seeing things! Gohan died seven years ago, and there's no way he'd be alive again. Not even Shenron can resurrect people who commit suicide." Goku explained, making sure to leave out the part about shinigami.

"I…I know it was him, Goku-sa… It had to have been. He…had the exact same face as my baby…!"

Goku sighed, deciding he might as well hunt out this person to prove Chichi wrong. "What was he wearing?"

"He was wearing a white t-shirt that said, 'inu,' on it, and blue jeans." She explained.

Videl's breath hitched in her throat. That was exactly what Yuurei had been wearing…

"Excuse me, miss…" Videl stood in front of Chichi. "Was this guy tall, had black hair, and black eyes?"

Chichi nodded. "When I called him my son's name, he went pale and ran away. The next thing I knew, there was a puff of smoke and he was gone."

The girl blinked. "I think I know that guy. He doesn't really remember his past…" She gulped. This could uncover Yuurei's past. Was she ready to pry? "Could you tell me about your son, miss?"

Chichi sadly smiled. "My name's Chichi. Since you seem to know who that man who looked exactly like my Gohan-chan is, I guess I'll tell you about him."

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"Piccolo-san…"

Piccolo looked up to see Yuurei, who had tears in his eyes. "What's wrong, Yuurei?"

Yuurei ran to the Namekujin and hugged him. "I'm so, so, so, so sorry, Piccolo-san!"

"What are you sorry for…?" The green man asked while blinking.

"I remember two things now, Piccolo-san. I remember dieing in your arms…after cutting my own wrists…and…" the shinigami paused, "I remember that my name was Son Gohan. I'm…so sorry, for making you witness my death, Piccolo-san. I don't' know what your relationship to me was, but I still feel so bad about it."

"G-Gohan…" Piccolo stuttered. He looked at the shinigami. He was so much like Gohan…

Suddenly, the shinigami screamed in Piccolo's embrace. He fell to the ground and wrapped his hands around his stomach.

"What's wrong, Yuu…Gohan!" Piccolo asked, shaking the shinigami by his shoulders.

"It…it hurts!" Yuurei, or Gohan, yelled.

Piccolo could only gasp as he saw Gohan's body suddenly become transparent.

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A/N: --dum dum dum—Yuurei has remembered his past as Son Gohan now! What's going to happen to our shinigami/demi-saiyajin now?

Expect the next chapter to be packed. I'm going to squish Yuurei/Gohan and Aiko…stuff…into one chapter. --sweat drops--

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