((A/n) I am making this story because I was asked to. I hope you like it dbzmonster!!)Chapter 1

"Why?"

Gohan stared sadly at the guardian of earth. The namek and him have been good friends for a long time. It hurts him to do this but he knows he has to.

"You know why." He told Dende.

Dende knew why Gohan had to do this. He couldn't blame Gohan for making this decision either. That doesn't mean he won't try to change Gohan's mind though.

"Can't you wait for just a bit longer?" Dende asked Gohan with pleading eyes.

Gohan looked at the ground sadly, "I'm sorry," he whispered, he knew Dende could hear him easily. "But I don't think I can stand the pain anymore."

Dende looked at him with pity. Gohan has been through so much in the past. He doesn't deserve the cruel life he was given. On the outside, Gohan appears to be in his twenties but he is actually 53 years old. This is because of what happened when he was in his twenties. It was an honest accident on Yamcha's part but because of him Gohan has suffered greatly.

Flashback

It was ten years after Buu and everyone had grown especially Gohan. He stood at a height of six foot two inches. He had spiky mid length black hair held in a low ponytail. He was lean but muscular showing that he hasn't been lacking in his training.

You see after Buu, Gohan realized how weak he had become. He was disgusted at himself for lacking in his training before the Buu incident. He knew that if he had trained, they would have been able to beat Buu easier.

So he decided to spend the next ten years after Buu training to get stronger and be prepared if another evil tries to attack. Of course in order to do this he had to stop going to public schools. He didn't stop learning, on the contrary he began to study and understand as many different kinds of languages as he could, one of them being Namek.

Everyone was O.K. with his decision except for two people, his mother and Videl. His mother of course didn't like the fact that he stopped going to school and was not going to be some insanely smart and successful person. But as the years went by, she finally accepted the fact that this is what Gohan truly wanted. She was happy that he at least continued to strengthen his mind and didn't stop studying.

Now Videl was a whole other story. During and after Buu, Gohan thought that he loved Videl and that she loved him in return, but he was proven wrong. When Videl found out he wasn't going to school anymore, she of course confronted him. Demanding him to tell her why he stopped. He told her, and she grudgingly accepted. Then she tried to force him to train her. He kindly told her no, that Master Roshi should train her. Even though he is a pervert, the hermit does know what he is doing. He will be able to teach Videl better than Gohan could. Besides he knew that Videl was capable of putting Roshi in his place if he tries anything. Gohan thought she would agree with his logic but she didn't.

She then did something she did the first time they met, she tried to threaten and blackmail him. That's when he realized that they weren't meant to be. What is a relationship when it is built on a foundation of blackmail and threats? Not a very good one and he knew he had to end it before it truly began. He told her straight forward that he didn't want to see her again and why? She got angry and started to yell at him but he just looked at her coolly and then blasted off to go find Piccolo.

He hasn't seen her since. He did talk to her father a week after that incident. Hercule tried to threaten him into apologizing but with a glare that immediately shut the fake hero up.

Now here he was ten years later. He was once again the strongest person on the planet. He surpassed his father after he achieved ssj3 nine years ago. With his mystic power and adding on to the fact that he felt very close in achieving the next level of ssj, there was no question that he was the strongest. Vegeta actually accepted that Gohan was strongest of all the z-fighters of course he said it in his own way.

Everyone was gathered at Capsule Corps. Because it was Gohan's birthday, he was turning twenty-six. At the moment Gohan was opening all of the presents he received from his friends and family. He was waiting for his last gift; it was from everyone there. Dende left the room a few minutes ago for some reason.

"O.K. everyone," began Bulma. "It's time for Gohan to receive his last birthday present." Everyone then got up and proceeded out the door to Capsule Corp's massive yard. Goten was the one who grabbed Gohan's arm and started to drag him out. It was quite the funny sight because Gohan had a look of confusion on his face.

"Where are we going?" asked Gohan.

"You'll see," A grinning Trunks, told him.

All Gohan did was sigh in defeat and allow his brother to drag him to wherever they were going. When they finally got outside Gohan looked in the air in shock. There hovering in the sky was Shenron.

After he got out of his stupor, he looked at the grinning faces of the people who he held dear to his heart with a questionable look.

"What is Shenron doing here?" he asked everyone, which only made them grin more.

"It's your present." Krillin told him.

"Yeah," piped up Chaitzu. "You get to have any two wishes you want!"

Gohan looked at all of them in surprise. "I don't deserve it." He told them.

Everyone shook their head and Vegeta was the one who spoke up, "Brat everyone here has agreed that you deserve this. So shut up and grant your wishes before I grant them for you." He then glared to get his point a crossed.

Goku laughed lightly, "Well I don't know if we would all choose the exact words Vegeta did," Vegeta huffed in response to that, "but son you do deserve this. You have gone through so much in your life already. This is our way of thanking you."

Gohan looked at everyone in gratitude, "Thank you everyone, but there is a problem."

Everyone looked at him in confusion, some more evident than others.

"What do you mean Gohan?" asked Puar.

Gohan laughed in embarrassment as he rubbed the back of his head, "Well you see…I have no idea what to wish for."

"You can wish for anything," His mother told him, "Maybe for a girlfriend and then I can finally have GRANDCHILDREN!!" Her eyes then turned dreamy as she sighed.

Everyone looked at her with sweat drops. Chi Chi can be weird sometimes.

Gohan coughed lightly, "Umm…I think I am going to wait awhile on that mom."

Chi Chi looked sad at the news. I guess I could wait a little longer. She thought to herself.

"Hey I thought of something," Yamcha exclaimed out of the blue. Everyone turned towards him.

"And what is your bright idea human?" asked Vegeta.

"Wouldn't it be cool, if Gohan would wish to be permanently young? With eternal youth, we will never have to worry about an evil force taking over the world because Gohan could easily take them."

Everyone seemed to consider it except for Gohan and Piccolo. They both knew that it would be very beneficial to the earth, but the cost would be that Gohan will probably live on forever while everyone close to him will eventually die. It seemed at the moment that they were the only two that realized it. Gohan didn't want to say anything though because if everyone wanted this then he will go through with it just to make them happy. It was just who he is, he would give up anything to make the people he held dear happy even at the expense of himself.

Piccolo on the other hand had no qualms for keeping quite. "That would be nice, but what about the negative effects this wish could have."

"What bad effects could this wish possibly have Piccolo?" asked Yamcha. "The world will be safe for a long time." Everyone with the exception of Piccolo and Gohan nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but what about Gohan? If you grant this wish, then Gohan will be able to protect the world yes, but he will eventually be alone." Piccolo stated gruffly as he looked at everyone, he continued, "All of us will die eventually, that is how life is."

Everyone looked at the ground guiltily. Even though it would be nice for the world to be protected when they are gone. They knew no one, especially Gohan, deserved to be alone in the world.

Even so, Yamcha had to put in his last words in the argument. What he said next will change Gohan's life forever. "I still wish that Gohan would have permanent eternal youth."

In a deep commanding voice Shenron spoke, "You're wish has been granted." Shenron's eyes then glowed red and before anyone could react Gohan was surrounded by a light. When the light faded no one could see anything different about Gohan, but they knew that he was just given eternal youth.

Gohan looked at his hands in shock and disbelief. That had not just happened. He told himself. This is all just a dream. A REALLY REALLY bad dream, I am going to wake up any minute now and not have eternal youth. He said trying to make himself feel better but failing miserably because he knew this wasn't a dream.

Everyone present saw his distraught look on his face and turned to Yamcha with a glare.

"Look at what you did to my baby!!" Screamed Chi Chi in anger.

Yamcha looked at everyone in fright, he waved his hands in front of him, "I didn't mean for that to happen. I was only voicing my opinion! I didn't think Shenron would actually grant my wish!"

"You said 'I wish', you idiotic human, of course the dragon would grant it." Vegeta said glaring at him spitefully. Over the years Vegeta had accepted Gohan as a true saiyan. He still called the kid brat but Vegeta respected Gohan. He also became protective of Gohan as well; of course he keeps it well hidden.

"I didn't mean to honest!" Yamcha pleaded trying to get everyone to understand. It was true he didn't mean for this to happen.

The atmosphere was tense; no one spoke for a long while. Then Goku broke the smile with a grin. "We forgive you Yamcha." Everyone looked at Goku like he grew another head. Doesn't he realize how serious the mistake Yamcha made was?

Yamcha looked at Goku in shock, "Really?"

Goku nodded, "We know what you did was an accident and besides we still have one wish left. We can just undo it." After Goku said that everyone looked relieved and understanding. They forgot that they could undo the wish so everything will be O.K.

End Flashback

But everything didn't turn out O.K. Dende thought sadly. It turned out that the wish couldn't be undone because Yamcha had said permanently. After hearing that everyone was saddened again. Everyone told Gohan that they would wish eternal youth on themselves, so he wouldn't be alone. Then Gohan did something surprising he wished to the dragon that everyone present could not grant for eternal youth or life. They also could not un wish that wish as well.

After the wish was granted and Shenron disappeared, Gohan then blasted off to be alone for a while; but not before telling us why he did that. He said that he would not allow anyone else to suffer what he has to.

After Gohan left everyone was too shocked to move. After a while everyone then left Capsule Corps. to go home. We are not mad at Yamcha; we all accepted that it was an honest mistake. Besides he is doing a good job on his own for making himself feel bad.

Gohan eventually accepted the fact that he had eternal youth. He used this gift wisely. He got stronger and when Baby appeared he turned ssj4 along with his father. Of course he was still stronger because of his mystic powers. In the end they beat Baby.

After Baby, Gohan decided to find other things to occupy his time. His friends and family helped a lot with that. They helped him find new styles of martial arts, learned some sword fighting styles, and also techniques, which included learning instant transmission. Dende also showed him how to heal which made Gohan happy. Because even though he learned to like fighting, he still preferred helping others in need and this technique did just that. Of course he could only use this technique on others and not himself. But that was the main reason he wanted to learn this technique anyway, so it all worked out.

Everyone seemed to be content with there lives, but then reality struck when Ox king and Master Roshi died ten years ago of old age. Then to make matters worse Chi Chi died two years ago. These deaths made Gohan realize how alone he will eventually be. Gohan then started viewing the gift as a curse. Everyone was sad for Gohan having to go through so much pain alone. Gohan tried to cover his sadness with fake smiles so no one would worry about him, but everyone could tell how much he was hurting. Just by looking into his coal black eyes.

Which leads us up to today. Gohan couldn't take the pain of seeing everyone close to him slowly die. So he decided that he should leave. He went to everyone and told them that he was leaving. He plans to go into space to get away from them. He will still keep in contact and he told everyone that if trouble arises, to contact him and he would be back to help. Even though he was leaving he wasn't going to totally abandon them.

Everyone gave him a going away present because they understood why he was doing this. Bulma and her family gave him a ship. Korin and Yajirobi gave him a big bag of sensu beans. Tien, Yamcha, Puar, Chaitzu, and everyone at the Kame House, gave him a sturdy and beautiful Katana. Its hilt was black and red as well as its sheath. His father and Goten supplied him with food saying that you can't go anywhere on an empty stomach, he also gave him something special that Gohan will use wisely. Goku gave him the power pole.

Piccolo, Dende, and Mr. Popo was helping him get everything packed in the ship. Piccolo and Mr. Popo had left to get more stuff when Dende had asked Gohan why.

"I'm going to miss you," Dende told him.

Gohan nodded, "I know."

Piccolo and Mr. Popo came into the ship and put the things they were holding to where they needed to be. They then turned to Dende and Gohan.

"That is all." Mr. Popo told Gohan.

All of them headed out of the ship, "Thank you everyone."

When they got outside, Piccolo ruffled Gohan's hair even though Gohan wasn't a kid anymore, "No problem kid. We are all going to miss you."

Gohan waved to them as he got back on the ship, "See you and remember contact me if you need anything." Piccolo, Dende, and Gohan were able to talk to each other mentally and at very long distances. So they will always have a way to contact each other.

Gohan then blasted off into the air in his space ship. Leaving behind his family and friends. His goal:

Finding a place where he belongs.

A month later

Gohan was flying through space in his ship. He has yet to find a place to belong. Over the month he had dropped by various planets but he didn't feel like he belonged to any of them. He did learn more languages and he kept up with his training thanks to the built in gravity chamber.

He was wearing a black gi with a red shirt underneath. His belt and wristbands were red as well. On the left side of his belt was his Katana and on his back was the power pole. Luckily this gi had pockets and so his bags of sensu beans were in one of them.

Gohan sighed in depression. He was all alone in this gigantic universe. The pain of everyone close to him slowly dieing was too much and he had to leave. Wandering space finding a place to belong. But no matter where he goes he still feels alone and empty. Does anyone else know the pain of watching love ones die? While you don't? So far he hasn't found anyone like that.

Before he could think anymore his ship gave a big lurch causing him to fall to the floor. Standing up, he began to wonder what was happening when the ship lurched again. Quickly going to the controls he realized that his ships engine was failing and what was worse was that he was being pulled into an unknown planets gravity. His last thoughts were before his ship crashed into the ground of the planet was.

This is going to hurt.

Another Place

Tsunade's POV

I was walking outside of Konoha to get a breather from all the Hokage's duties. It will take a while before someone will find me. I know that when I get back that I'm going to get an earful from Shizune. But I could care less at the moment because I need time to think.

Shikamaru and the rest of the Konoha ninja's that were sent to retrieve Sasuke haven't returned yet and that has me worried. I hope Naruto's O.K. The brat only gives me nothing but a headache. But he is special to me. He and Shizune are possibly the only precious people I truly care about that are living. Naruto reminds me so much of my deceased little brother and lover. Before I could wander anymore on my thoughts I saw something in the sky coming down. I can't tell exactly what it is but it looks like some circular object.

Said object hit the ground about two miles away from my position with a resounding boom. I quickly went to investigate. What I found shocked me.

There was a huge crate but that was not what was so shocking. It was what was inside. It seemed to be some kind of circular metal contraption…or it used to be. Now all it was wreckage of the remains. I went down into the crater.

I know that some ninja's from the village will be here soon, but my curiosity made me want to look further without backup. When I got to a broken window, I looked inside and I saw a crumpled beaten up body. My nurse instincts kicked in, and I used my strength to make myself a door. I then went to the body to see if the person was dead, but surprisingly they had a stable pulse and they weren't as beat up as I thought they would be. The person was obviously male in his twenties with black hair and was wearing black and red clothing. They also appeared to have a Katana still attached to their belt and some other weapon. They appeared to be unconscious so I picked him up and put him over my shoulder and exited the scrap heap. When I finally got out of the crater I was met with a group of my ninja's. Immediately I went to work.

"You," I said pointing to a random ninja. They immediately looked alert. "Take this person to the hospital and give the weapons to Shizune and tell her to hold on to them for me." I handed the ninja the unconscious boy I found.

"As you wish." They said before disappearing in a flurry of leaves.

I then turned my attention to the rest of the ninja's present. "Investigate and try to figure out what that is." I said pointing down into the crater. "I am going to go check on the person who dropped in on us."

I sighed in frustration as I headed back to Konoha. I need sake badly after this is all over.

End chapter 1

((A/N) Well I hope everyone liked the start of this. Review please.)