Disclaimer.- I do not own "DBZ", nor do I own the band "Kansas", or the song "Carry On Wayward Son".

Time line.- About a year after Majin Buu.

Details.- Gohan and Videl, have been dating for a while now, Gohan's Saiyaman costume is the same except for the helmet and headscarf, Kaio-sama is alive and his planet was rebuilt.

Carry On Wayward Son

Chapter 3

"Arrangements"

Gohan was beginning to lose it, there was a demented, blood-thirsty Kai, murdering gods and innocent people and all they could do was just "Fight", his thoughts were interrupted by a womans voice, a melodious one, almost like a siren, he looked around, but all he could see were the kids, his 'Dad', Vegeta, Piccolo, Dende and Mr. Popo . "Who was that?", He thought. "All your daddy ever wanted was for you to fight, even though yo hate it..." It trailed off. "Who is that?, answer me!!". He shouted in his head. "...He doesn't even care to see the real you...you have friends because they owe you their lives, you think they care about what yo want...". "Stop it!! I demand to know who you are!!". "...What you need...", "Please stop it!!". "...What you deserve, what you lust for so badly...". "Stop it now!!". "...You lust for power, for flesh...for blood...". He suddenly felt an intense stab to his brain. "You know this to be true...you know you crave for it, to lose control, the need not to care...".

"STOP THIS!!" He managed to scream, before his knees hit the floor, while his hands went up to his aching head.

Everyone turned around with the sound and ran over to his young kneeling body.

"Gohan!!, what's wrong? what happened?" Screamed Piccolo at the boy, trying to shake him out of his trance.

"...I'll see you soon Gohan...very soon...". and with that the pain finally ceased.

"Gohan, son!!" Screamed Goku, until his first son, the pride of his life came to. He managed to open his eyes and whisper a few words before he lost consciousness.

" 'I' Know...". Then everything blurred into a misshaped cloud of darkness.

His eyes opened painfully to the sight of a very bright light, he recognized it as one of the lights in the medical facility of "CC", he checked his body for any signal of previews damage, but found none, only the traces of a headache, he searched his memory for some hint of what might have happened, but found only the ring of an unknown female voice, which was forgotten almost instantly. He searched for voices, for sound, but heard only the constant blipping of the machines connected to his body.

"What happened, why do I feel so strange and...disturbed...". The image of Videl came to his head., had something happened to her?. No he could feel her ki, she was fine, although he could feel her worry, he could picture her sweet face disturbed by something, her sweet lips trembling. But that image was suddenly broken by the trail of a voice in his head, one which whispered...

"You're the one...my sweet love...I'll come for you...".

With that, he dived into the unconsciousness from which he had just woken up from, very disturbed.

"So what's wrong with the brat?". Spoked an annoyed but concerned Vegeta, who was leaning against a wall, arms crossed.

"There's nothing physically wrong with him, my best guess is his blood sugar was too low and he passed out, it's quite normal, specially in a saiyan who hadn't eaten for a couple of hours hahahah". She said with soft, calmed voice.

"But Bulma, this has never happened to Gohan, even if he hasn't eaten for more than a couple of hours". Said the gorgeous teenager seated in front of her in the table.

"Like I said, my guess is low blood sugar and the stress of a new battle, that's enough to trigger anyone".

"Bulma's right, Gohan's fine, he just needed to rest". Seconded Krillin with a smile.

Chichi was filled with worry, although Bulma had reassured her that nothing was wrong she still felt troubled. Suddenly she felt her husbands hand in her shoulder which lifted some of that weight.

"Vegeta's mate is right, we should stop worrying, the kid's strong, a simple faint isn't gonna kill him". Said the Namek, partly reassuring himself.

As they spoke, Videl's mind wandered to his boyfriend sweet face, why did bad things always seemed to happen to him? He has never done anything wrong to anyone. This was just too weird. Her thoughts were interrupted by a very familiar and soothing voice.

"Hey guys...". He spoked, a hand rubbing the back of his neck, a small smile was traced by his lips.

"Gohan!!". Chichi jumped to hug his recently fallen son, as tears rolled down her cheeks, she was such an overprotective mother.

"Mom, I'm fine, don't cry, I'm ok". She stopped hugging him to hit him over the head.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again, you need to eat son, you're still in development". And with that Chichi was gone, heading for the kitchen, leaving an embarrassed Gohan, which was rapidly wrapped in a sweet embrace by her girlfriend.

"Damn you..." She said as she punched him on the shoulder. "...You made me worry my ass off, don't you know I would die if anything happened to you" She said, while giving him a tender kiss on the lips.

"Sorry guys, I don't seem to remember what happened hahah" He looked a lot like Goku with that goofy face. He had grown to hate it lately. Piccolo laughed with him, as he put a hand on his pupils shoulder.

"I knew you would be fine, kid.". Goku's face fell a little, he had always been envious of the Namek's relationship with his son, he understood his son in levels he would never reach, he felt guilt, for all he had putted his first born over the years, he had abandoned him at one point, Gohan looked at him and smiled, that always removed some of his guilt, but never all, never.

"Hey!!" Yelled Bulma at the teen. "Get back to bed, you have to regain your strength".

"Yeah, actually we should all go to bed". Said Goku. "We have to rest."

"We have difficult times ahead".

At the morning everything seemed calmer, he had completely forgotten about the evil they were about to face in the near future, he turned around to watch his wife, well not technically wife, but still, he had grown tired of the fighting, "Softness has taken a hold of me", he didn't want to fight anymore, he really just wanted quietness and peace, he wanted to see his son grow, he wanted him to grow in calm times. She was so beautiful and the only one he cared about, of course he would never let anyone find out.

"Woman, we have to get up" He whispered. "Kai's here".

"Gohan, we have to get up..." Ranged softly, the voice of teenage woman. "Gohan..." It trailed off.

"Who are you?, why do you cause this senseless destruction". He was getting kind of tired of this dream, there was no point to it, but this time it was different, there was another figure next to the shadowy one, it was a female figure. "Who are you?" He asked to the newest figure of his dream. "You know who I am...". He stood there, levitating, around stars and planets, he searched for the figures faces but couldn't see them, they seemed to have their backs turned to him every time. "Who is he?". His voice seemed to echo through the know empty universe, the stars and planets had disappeared, the space was now dark and endless. "...You'll know soon enough...Gohan, Gohan...".

"GOHAN, WAKE UP!!" She shouted. His eyes fluttered open at the sound of her lovely but very loud voice, his right hand moved to his face to cover his eyes from the sudden light.

"Finally, I've been trying to wake you up for 10 minutes already". As she leaned over to him. He looked at her, lost in her gaze, "Those beautiful blue eyes".

"Good morning..." He whispered as he went to kiss her neck, she didn't seem to mind at all. "Ooh, good morning honey". She leaned her head to the opposite side to let him have more neck to kiss and he did just so.

"How about it if I really wake you up, huh?". She said with a grin, while moving to kiss his chest, he threw her on top of him, kissing her neck, her chest, moving his hands teasingly through her back--

"GOHAN, YOU HAVE TO GET UP, THE SUPREME KAI'S HERE!!" They both heard his mother's voice on the intercom and stopped as if someone had just thrown them a bucket of iced water. "Guess, we'll have to leave that for later". She spoked raising her shoulders in a sign of surrender.

"Yeah...hahahah, let's go". He lifted her up and placed her gently on the floor, they soon got dressed and walked to the meeting room, where they sensed the Kai's ki.

They had all arrived at the meeting room to greet the Kai, he had a huge grin in his face, as one would if he thought he had some advantage on his adversary. The god greeted them all and sat down at the table.

"So, what's up Kai, do you know something?" Asked Goku, as he put on the upper part of of hi gi.

"Yes actually...". He said with a smile on his. "...We've located a survivor of the recently destroyed Lartan planet, he told us the responsible was a beautiful woman, he also told us he and his deceased brother had heard her plans from the mouth of one of his most close servants...". Everyone's face seemed to lit up.

"That's awesome, we have an advantage on her" Jumped Bulma.

"...Yes...".

"Don't get so excited woman, we still have to fight her, advantage or not". Said the prince. "...What did the Lartan say about her plans" Continued Bulma.

"...He told us the man said, she was too weak, that she had lost some of her force while trapped in the egg, so she would have to manipulate a strong ally with her magic, if she wanted to regain and obtain more power...unfortunately we don't know who her target is yet..." He had a smaller smile as he said this.

"But don't worry Kai, it's still great news". Smiled Krillin.

"...Yes, we do know she will be doing this with her magic, and when she uses a spell on someone, in that persons right arm appears a sort of tribal tattoo that runs through his entire arm, like a bindweed, that is her "signature" to say...so we have to keep our eyes open, for someone strong with that symbol..." He paused. "...It most probably be one of you, since you are the strongest in this galaxy...". He found himself looking at the tiles, his gaze one of sadness.

"How could we know who can't be, well, chosen?". Asked Gohan, fear had nestled in his eyes.

"Well, her magic is similar to Babidi's, she can only access a person who was a little darkness in his heart".

"So I guess Piccolo, we should keep an eye on you". Joked Krillin, while nudging him on the side.

"What the hell are you talking about, if there's anyone to keep an eye on, it's Vegeta!!". Shouted the Namek, his face red. The Z Team laughed at his reaction.

Bulma looked over at his partner. He had promised her never to let anything like that happen again. He looked back at her. "Never again woman" He thought. Bulma´s eyes seemed calmer. Goku´s left hand moved to the back of his neck.

"I guess it's not safe for you girls if we stay near, nor for you boys" He said as he looked at the 2 younglings whose faces seemed to fall.

"He's right, we should lock ourselves somewhere far, so if it turns out to be one of us, then there's no chance we harm you and also we could have a great chance of stopping that 'one" Said Vegeta as he moved to the center of the room. An idea flashed on the blue haired woman's head.

"I guess I could modify a room so that it would be sealed shut, even for you guys, with a strong material, so you won't be able to break it".

"That can be arranged" Said the Kai, he knew what material could be strong enough.

"That would be great" Said Goku, a smile on his face...one he directed to his wife.

"With my help it should be done in a couple of hours...although we should do it somewhere else, some place isolated".

"There's a rocky area not too far from here, that should do" Suggested Gohan.

"Yes...we should part as soon as possible" Said Piccolo, arms now unfolded, as Bulma left to do the necessary preparations for the trip & room.

Enjoy

R/R