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Hidden Bars

The Link

Gohan winced as the morning suns came out. Gohan yawned, getting up, and walked over to the window and shutting it. He turned around find AJ, sleeping on the couch in his bedroom. As soon as he saw her, visions from the night before entered his mind.

*Oh no, now she knows I'm a… *

Gohan wasn't planning on telling AJ he was a super saiyan, nor did he even want to transform again. He knew what happened to his eyes when he transformed, they were pure white.

Then again, that was the first time turning super saiyan after being free. Gohan had to wonder, did his eyes return to the color they were once before? Or after everything, his eyes will never be the same again.

Gohan wanted to ask the young princess, yet he didn't know if he could deal with the answer.

Gohan glanced over to where the lab top was. He walked over to it, picked it up, and looked at his father's picture, Goku smiled back at him as he always did.

Gohan looked threw his father's files, seeing if he could find his mother, or even his little brother. Goten didn't know how to walk before he was taken, his own little brother didn't know him.

Gohan sighed, without knowing it, felt too tired to feel any pain and found his mother's file.

There she was, Son Chi-chi, other then Piccolo, the one who influenced him the most. She was a beautiful as ever, her hair was down in the picture, not up like it always was.

Yet, she didn't look to happy in the picture, and Gohan couldn't help it and looked away.

"Is that your mother?"

Gohan turned his head around to find AJ standing above him. He was too caught up in the picture to see that she was wake.

AJ flew next to Gohan and sat next to him. Looking down at Chi-chi.

"You look a lot like her, very much like her."

"Thank you."

AJ touched the screen, not keeping her eyes away from it.

Gohan couldn't help but to stare at AJ. She seemed so sad, she had tears falling from her own face, yet, she tried to hide them.

"My mother died when I was 10."

Gohan looked down at his mother's picture, lost with words.

"I didn't take it very well, I was upset, very upset."

Gohan looked up at AJ, which she didn't return. Her hand left the screen, and she placed her hand over her wrist.

"I was depressed from this, I…"

AJ stopped, looking away from Gohan. Gohan looked down at her wrist she was holding. Without thinking, Gohan moved her hand away, and brought it closer to him, so he could see what she was covering up.

It was a scar, across her wrist.

Gohan's eyes widen as he looked up at AJ, her face looked fearful. Like it hurt her when he held her wrist in his hands.

Gohan let go of her wrist. AJ held her wrist again, filled with tears. The only thing she could think of, was to run out of the room. And that is what she did.

Gohan watched her leave, and looked down at her own wrist. She did that because of her mother. Gohan thought about doing that so many times when his own father died, but was to afaird to come threw with it.

He didn't cry this time, he felt awful, but he didn't cry.

All Gohan did was to walk up to the window, opening it, and flying out of it and to the roof.

"AJ?"

Mikia was walking into Gohan's room when she saw her sister run out of his room. AJ didn't turn around, but stopped at her door, for just a minute, before walking into it.

Mikia sighed, something must have happened to get her so upset. Mikia walked into Gohan's room.

Just to find the window opened. Mikia started to get worried, Gohan wasn't in his room. She ran over to the window and looked out it. Mikia looked up, and flew out the window.

Gohan was on the roof, looking over the land. Gohan blinked when he saw Mikia, a little embarrassed as she sat down next to him.

"What are you doing Gohan? We have to get ready for classes."

Gohan stood up, looking down at Mikia.

"I'm sorry."

Gohan was about to fly down before Mikia grabbed his wrist.

"What's wrong?"

Gohan didn't know what to say, or how to react. Mikia stood up, letting go of Gohan.

"What is it?"

Gohan looked away, sighing deeply he put his hands in his pockets.

"I just…What happened to AJ?"

Mikia was a little taken back, she sat back down, looking over the land. Gohan looked down at her, she seemed to be sad, upset just as AJ was.

"It started when our mother died, I was 6 and my sister was 10. I was too young to understand the meaning of death. Yet I don't know how it happened, AJ saw it all though. She saw our mother get murdered by a unknown person."

Gohan sighed, looking away from Mikia and into the land. He didn't know what to say, he has seen his own father fade away from him that day, the Cell Games. He understood.

"That's when the planet questioned their future queen. They saw how AJ acted after mother died. She didn't talk to any one, she ran away a lot. Her caretakers always gave information out to the planet about her life. So everyone knew just about everything."

Gohan sighed, listening to her story made Gohan feel bad. Mikia looked up at Gohan.

"That is when she did it. Father and her got in a fight about her being the queen. At age 11 she locked herself in her room, cut her wrist, and almost died. She almost died Gohan."

Mikia started to cry, Gohan didn't do anything but just to look at the young princess. It must have been hard for Mikia to see her sister try to do such a thing.

"That's when one of her caretakers told the planet about AJ trying to kill herself. That's when it got worst for her. Everyone started disliking her. They threw rocks at her, called her names, picked fight, she almost got raped a couple of times."

Mikia looked over at Gohan, he seemed to relate, Mikia could tell. She could see that Gohan felt really bad. He hissed, putting his fingers in his head. He seemed upset.

"Well, that's when she wanted to know how to fight. Her saiyan side came out you could say. So ever since then, she has been training her body and mind. She is one of the strongest fighters here."

Gohan got up, he seemed depressed over the story that Mikia told him.

"Well," Gohan turned his head and looked at Mikia, "We should get to your classes."

Mikia looked at her caretaker as he started flying back to his room. He seemed, not really upset, not really sad, but pissed. He seemed mad at the story. About what happened to her sister. Mikia shook her head, not understanding it, and flew back inside.

********Flashback*********

"Not again, not again."

It was raining, it was dark. Gohan was in a ball, crying in his bedroom. It was happening, the flashbacks of that day. The day when his father died, the day that everyone started hating him.

Gohan couldn't run from it, ever. Tears were falling from his face as he held his head.

"Stop it."

Gohan went to bad to worst, he was crying uncontrollably.

Gohan felt warm arms around him, rocking him back and forth. Gohan couldn't open his eyes, no matter who this was, it was way embarrassing. Plus he couldn't stop crying.

The being was rocking him back and forth, trying to clam him down. It was working a little bit. The young pre-teen wasn't crying as much, yet he was still afraid to open his eyes.

Yet, Gohan saw his father again, disappearing with Cell all over again. Getting his left arm blasted just saving Vegeta, the last energy wave…

"No…no…no…"

"It's okay kid."

Gohan realized who voice that was, he looked up to find Piccolo, trying to calm him down. Gohan got up, walking slowly away from Piccolo, leaning against the wall, breathing hard.

"What is it Gohan?"

Gohan turned around and his back leaned against the wall, sweating.

"Gohan talk to me…"

"Why?"

Piccolo looked into Gohan's eyes, he had so much pain and fear in them.

"Why are you here, why were you holding me, rocking me, telling me it's okay. I thought you hated…"

Piccolo walked closer to his young student, he seemed so…broken.

"It's okay, it's me, don't be afaird. Gohan if that what is takes you make you alright, I will do all those things."

Gohan didn't know how to take it, it's been so long since he has been held like that. Ever since his father was here, before Gohan's soul was filled with fighting, Gohan was red with embarrassment, he couldn't look into his teachers eyes. Not after he was crying like that.

"It's just…that…My father held me when…I…was…before."

Gohan sat down and tired to hide his tears, but failed.

Piccolo had a sense a pity for his young friend. He couldn't believe how broken down he was. Yet he hated himself for not knowing this sooner. It had already been a year since Son Goku died.

Piccolo walked closer to Gohan, and picked him up. Gohan didn't try to do anything, he just cried. Piccolo put Gohan in his bed, and placed the blankets on him.

"Never lose yourself Gohan, never."

And with that, Piccolo jumped out the window. Gohan eyes opened at what his old friend said, and with that, he was finally able to sleep.

**********End of Flashback***********

Gohan was sitting on the roof, looking over the land. The sun was setting and he was all alone. Mikia had some business with her father so Gohan had to rest of the night off. He was still feeling sick from the night before, so he went up to have fresh air. Bad idea.

Tears started falling from Gohan's face, how he missed Piccolo. He was such a great guy, it was hard to have friends who would kill themselves just to save you.

For some reason, Gohan flew off the roof and started walking around. He was looking for AJ, he sensed her near, about a couple of door ways down. He found the door, but it wasn't her room, without thinking or knocking, he walked in.

AJ was in a training room, Gohan did remember how Mikia told AJ about some of her past. She seemed to be mediating. Gohan hadn't done that in a long time, he sat down next to AJ, crossed his legs and closed his eyes.

AJ lift up one eye and looked over, to see Gohan next to her. She smiled, having an idea, and closing her eye.

Gohan couldn't feel like he could mediate, to much was on his mind for him to try very hard. Gohan was more afaird of getting another flashback then anything.

*Gohan, are you alright, your sweating. *

Gohan didn't open his eyes, but it sounded like AJ was talking to him.

*Um…AJ, are you talking to me? *

*Yes, I trained with my mind that I'm able to go in people's mind and talk to them. *

*Your sister was telling me a little about it. *

*Oh, then I'm guessing that she told you why. *

AJ sounded more confused then hurt. Gohan sighed, trying to relax.

*I don't know what to say. *

*You don't have to say anything Gohan. May I ask something for you? *

*Yes. *

*Well, I have a link with my sister, you know what I mean right. *

*Yes, it means you can talk to the other person with the link whenever you want, and you can always feel them. I had one with my old teacher. *

AJ could tell that Gohan felt sad about this.

*Well, would you like a link with me. *

Gohan's eyes widen as he turned his head over to AJ, she opened one eye and smiled at him.

*I would…like that. *

Gohan was blushing, AJ didn't see, but she could tell that Gohan was a little shy about this. AJ laughed.

*It will be a couple of minutes, try your best to clear your mind. *

Gohan listened and tried to block all forms of feeling that he had so AJ could make their link.

Gohan felt happy though, having a link with AJ made him smile.

The link felt funny, Gohan head felt a little cold. He tired to ignore it, though it was pretty cold.

AJ smiled, she done it, although she had some form of a chill down her. AJ was afaird how this link would turn out, but she had to find out more about him.
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There you go, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I just sorry I didn't update in a long time so I thought I should update this story a lot sooner then I do.

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