Demeter Fenir here and typing like a manic for ya! Anyway, this is chapter three of Cast Away and this is the first day that Gohan and Videl will have to survive completely off this strange land! Can they do it? Or will they disappear forever?

The sun shone into the eyes of the two tired teens. They stirred and yawned before they moved from their warm bed of furs to stretch their sore muscles. In truth, neither of them had ever been so sore before.

Videl rubbed her eyes before so finally standing up and looking around. She was happy that they were able to find such a beautiful cave to stay in for the time being. Videl felt easy and relaxed, like it was merely a summer home out on a private island. A low rumble shook her away from her thoughts.

" I'm hungry." Gohan groaned as he slipped his pants on and then his shirt.

" Yeah, so am I. What are we going to eat?" Videl asked as she too, got dressed.

" Well, I'm going to have to go hunt something for us to eat. Something small and easy to cook until we get that lift fixed to were it'll hold a bit better. I saw some hunting spears and a few knives I can use." Gohan explained as he slipped on his shoes.

" I'll come with you!" Videl said with a bit of a bounce, but stopped when he gave her a stern look. " What?"

" No. You are going to stay here were I am pretty sure it's safe." Gohan said, his voice stern and unwavering.

" But-!"

" No, no 'buts'. Stay here and I mean it!" Gohan then walked out of the bedroom and into another room of the cave.

" That's not fair! I want to go exploring, too!" Videl called out; her arms crossed over her chest in a pout.

" I'm not telling you not to explore, I'm telling you to not leave the cave." Gohan sighed as he walked back to her. He had a spear in his hand, a sword on his hip and a craving knife on his belt. He must of seen the items a night before when they were looking around. " I know I can't keep you from looking and exploring something, so it might as well be the cave. Read the books, explore the rooms more thoroughly, just do not leave this cave. Got it?"

Videl smiled as he placed his large hand on her cheek and used his thumb to gently rub it. " Alright. I'll stay in the cave."

" Good. That'll ease my mind a bit." Gohan chuckled before kissing her lightly on the lips before he raised the lift and lowered himself down into the jungle below.

Videl sighed after he had gone. What was she going to do while he played ' Hunter'? She slowly looked around the room again. Exploring was a fun thought, but since she was alone and in dirty clothing, why not clean up a little?

She removed her shirt and used it as a rag to wipe off the many layers of dust from the many surfaces and objects in her new home. There was no reason she couldn't clean and explore at the same time; however, she was hoping Gohan wouldn't then treat her like the common house wife and come to expect her doing all the cleaning and chores. Then she'd have to beat the shit out of him.

She sighed as she finished this room and headed to the next. It was the one Gohan had found those weapons in, so in her mind, it was the storage room.

" Better get started." She smiled to herself as she got to work.

~ Somewhere in the Jungle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan was sweating in the summer heat and drowning in the airs moisture. Though the trees gave him great shade, they also held the heat closer to the ground as well. He wouldn't be so tired so earlier but he was stomping out a trail to make trailing and dragging heavy objects far easier in the future.

He slumped against a tree and wiped his brow. His feet ached and his body throbbed. He sure was missing his chi! Gohan stopped at that thought, did he really miss his chi and it's abilities? Sure, he loved to fly around but that was really about it. He admired real strength and speed, not enhanced ones. He remembered when he was little and would go run in the forest with only his body's true abilities. He loved the ache and throbbing. He always felt strongest then and gohan still believed that was why he was so strong when he finally did use his chi.

Gohan hopped to his feet with a large smile on his face. He felt energetic now, like he was little again and was told it was okay to go. He began to get back to work on stomping out his path and cutting anything that might too strong to break.

His vigor was really the only thing that was keeping him going until he heard a squeal. Gohan froze when he heard it, and slowly turned around to see a truly horrific sight behind him. It was the largest razorback he had ever seen. It was eye level with him if not more so. It's large tusks were about the size of Gohan's thighs and it's hooves were the size of his head.

The beast squealed again before it lowered it's head and raked the ground with it's hoof. Gohan gulped as he slowly began to back away. He knew not to just take off running, though the idea had popped into his head a number of times and each it did it sounded better and better.

" Easy, now. Easy." He whispered to the beast, but it seemed to only anger the beast into a larger frenzy.

The giant boar took one more snort before Gohan took off like a rocket. His heart pounded like a war drum and his legs throbbed and ached, but that had no effect to the desperate teenager. His feet stomped the ground like a proud stallion and his stride was long and lengthy; however, the beast was catching up quickly.

Gohan could feel the ground shake from each heavy pound of the cloven hooves that chased behind him and he could hear the pants of hot air that was being pushed from the beast's lungs. He knew he had to either run faster, or fight the creature. He sure as hell didn't want to fight that thing! It was uprooting any tree that it met! It could easily over power him, and gohan was sure that his sword or spear couldn't even dent the thing's skull.

All the sudden, a loud hissing sound was heard followed by a squeal and a loud crash. Gohan stopped dead in his tracks to only curse his luck to the darkest and deepest pits of Hell. Another creature was behind him now, only this one was much more fearsome. It had to be at least ten stories tall and the beast had more teeth then it could fit in it's mouth!

It was, or used to be, a snake it seemed. It was a ruddy, red color and had spines all the over it's body. Small, black eyes scanned over the area it slithered into to with a dull sense about them. The creature's bottom jaw was non-existent, only two finger-like rods with large, curled teeth were there.

Gohan was sweating bullets as he looked toward the boar that was chasing him. It was as good as dead; the blow the wyrm delivered seemed to kill it on contact. He watched as the wyrm opened it's mouth to swallow the creature whole, but stopped mere inches way from it. The new beast was staring right at Gohan, who frankly, was pissed.

" Oh, COME ON! I'm twenty times smaller then that thing! Why choose to eat me?" Gohan yelled before he took off running again. " Videl better be having more luck then I am!"

~ In the Cave~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Videl sighed as she just finished the last of her sweep. Everything was organized from top to bottom and glowed with new life. She ached and throbbed all over from the constant scrubbing, rubbing, binding down, and kneeling she had done so far.

She clapped her hands together and thought about taking a nice, hot bath in the hot spring full of mineral water, but what if Gohan didn't come home by the time she got out? What if he didn't come home at all? Videl shivered at that last thought and shook her head of it.

" I need to do more work." She told herself. "The work would help me keep her mind off him."

Videl looked around til she saw the lift and smiled. Fixing it would be a nice task, and it was something that needed to be done anyway. She walked over to it and examined the ropes. They were old and very worn; like they could snap any minute now.

* I found some more rope in the storage room. I think that'll do for a good fix.* Videl thought to herself with a smiled on her face.

She ran to the back of the cave and darted into the room next to the bedroom and easily found the rope she was thinking of. As she was running back, a thought hit her. How was she going to fix the lift without going outside the cave?

This was going to be a problem. She could easily slip out and quickly fix it, but Gohan would probably smell her scent outside and hound her about it. That didn't sound like a good idea to her at all.

Videl sighed to herself and looked at the cave ceiling, " What would Chichi do?"

~ Elsewhere ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" YOU CAN'T FIND THEM ANYWHERE?" Chichi yelled at her team of 'golden retrievers', making them cover their ears and whine at her.

" I can't sense them anywhere." Goku sighed as he floated around his fuming wife.

They had been searching for Gohan and Videl since they landed on the beach near West City and still haven't found a single trace of them so far.

" The Brat can't be that weak to were some waves would do him in." Vegeta sighed; he was about to say more when Goten started to cry.

" Yeah, Goten...It'll be okay! I'm sure their fine!" Chichi cooed as she ran her hands over his back, but when he didn't calm down, she picked him up and hugged him tightly.

" Maybe we could see Dende. He might be able to see them." Goku offered as he came over to his wife and child to give them some comfort.

Everyone nodded before they took off.

~ Back with Gohan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan panted and wheezed for air as he leaned against a strong, thick tree for support. His legs were like jello and his lungs burned so much they flt like they were constracting inwards on themselves. His head was spinning and before he knew it, his legs gave in and he was on his knees gasping for breath.

He was just lucky that beast was so primitive! If he hadn't been able to shake it like he did, he would've been a light snack for the thing! Why did monsters always choose the smallest things to go chase after?

Gohan groaned as he followed his scent back to the dead boar the creature just left there and decided to take that home instead. He drug it all the way back to the cave and sighed as he saw the lift. He placed the thing on it before yelling for Videl.

" Videl? Videl! Come here!"

Videl looked down and sighed as she laid her eyes on Gohan, then frowned as she saw what he brought home. " What the Hell is that?"

" It's breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Now help me pull it up!" Gohan grunted as he climbed on the lift and began to pull, but didn't really get anywhere.

" I don't know what you expect me to do." Videl grunted as she began to help hoist him and the beast up.

" What you're doing is fine!" Gohan panted as he finally got up by the cave's mouth and shoved the beast off the lift. " I nearly died today!"

" Don't tell me that!" Videl screeched at him, then snorted as she turned her back on him so he couldn't see the tears that were beginning to spill.

" Videl? Hey, I'm okay! Look, I'm whole and perfectly fine." Gohan whispered as he hugged her from behind and kissed the nape of her neck.

" Shut up and drag that thing to the kitchen." Videl sighed as she leaned against him before letting out a sigh when she felt him chuckle. " What am I going to do with you?" she sighed.

" Oh, I don't know. You'll think of something." Gohan kissed her cheek before letting her go and grabbing the boar's back legs and began to drag it down the long hallway. " Good job on the cave, Videl! It looks and smells much better."

" About damn time you noticed! You better not mess it up while you're cleaning that thing you brought home." Videl growled as she followed behind.

" Did you find anything useful here?" Gohan asked as he finally brought it into a large room were a pair of hooks were hung from the ceiling and knives were laid on a table and a large roasting pit in the center.

Videl sighed as she watched him hung the beast up by its hind legs with the two large hooks. And turned her head when he took his craving knife and slit the pig's throat to rid it of it's blood.

" I found a lot of books, but I haven't really read any of them. I also found a rope to fix the lift with, but I'll need your help to fix it."

" We can see to that tomorrow. I just wanna eat, soak in that hot spring, and then go to sleep." Gohan sighed as he watched the last drops of blood drip off the snout.

" Well, get that thing skinned and meet me in the spring then." Videl giggled as she watched Gohan whip his head around to stare at her with a dark blush across his cheeks. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and walked away.

Gohan brought his face down as his mind went in over drive. He saw images of Videl that he only saw at night and had the hardest time shaking them away.

* She only wants to bath, Gohan. Don't go thinking like that!* Gohan thought his he removed the boar from the hooks and began to skin the beast. * She's your girlfriend! She's entitled to taking a bath with you! She's done it already anyway.* He took the skin and set it skin up so it could dry so they may use the fur for clothing.

Gohan sighed as he gutted the animal and placed it in the fire, but not before stuffing it with the herbs Videl had on the counter. " Time to get clean."

* Or dirty...*Gohan couldn't help but smile at the thought, though he knew he should of felt ashamed of himself.