Here's the 9th chapter of Cast Away! So, Gohan and Videl chopped down their tree, but can they make it into a raft and will it even work? Can Goku find them in time and what about the chibis and the sisters? Did they get themselves in a mess that they can't escape from or will they come out on top? Read and find out!
Gohan licked his fingers as he savored the lingering taste of his breakfast meal. Videl was only getting better at cooking the beasts she had caught and this made him very happy.
" I see you really liked that!" Videl giggled at him.
" So much so I think I'll have to kiss the cook." Gohan purred as he leaned in and began to kiss her deeply. She could feel his chest rumble as he purred, this making her purr as well.
Gohan coxed her down on her back so he could kiss her body, but a rough nudging from the pet made him turn his attention to it.
" Aw, Leo must be hungry too." Videl said as she sat up and pulled the rest of the roast from it's spit and laid down for the beast to eat; which it did so happily.
" Leo?"
" That's his name and he's coming with us." Videl stated as she crossed her arms.
" What? You can't be serious!" Gohan gasped as he stared at the beast. " What if he can't swim? Or he has to pee or stuff on the boat? I will not have that on the boat, Videl!" He growled as he started to scratch his chest fur and hair, " And I think he gave me fleas!"
" Relax! I'll take care of him on the raft and you had fleas before he got here." Videl humphed as she watched im scratch.
" And he's always watching us when I try to take you..." Gohan growled lowly.
" Maybe he's looking for pointers." Videl laughed as Gohan blushed deeply.
" I'm...going to go work on the raft. Why don't you go look for more rope?" He suggested as he licked her cheek and jumped out of the cave.
Videl sighed to herself and shook her head. " What am I going to do with that man?"
~ Goku's Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" Alright. So the next island is right over there. It looks like a flooded marsh then an island." Bulma said as she pointed so the men could see what she was talking about.
" Yeah, but I have a bad feeling about this one." Vegeta grumbled as he crossed his arms and stared off at the island.
As they set anchor, Goku sighed as he took in a big whiff of the air. He couldn't smell Gohan right off the bat and this worried him. He didn't really try to smell for Videl because her scent was so light; like snow, but Gohan seemed to get high off the smell. Goku found it a difficult smell to track, but his son always loved a challenge; which Videl was.
They walked upon the land with his nose held high in the air to catch any scent that drifted there, though he had his doubts that he could catch a scent here with all the water that flooded the land here.
" This might be hard." Goku sighed as he gave Vegeta a worried look. He felt that Vegeta understood him and his pain. Vegeta seemed to care about him and Gohan, since he saw them as his charges, but Goku just ignored that fact.
" Yeah, this place hides smells quite well. He could be here and we not even know it." Vegeta grunted as he uncrossed his arms and sniffed the air too. " Too bad we don't have a better way to search for him or at least a piece of his clothing."
" Don't you know his scent, Vegeta?" Bulma asked as she began to dig in her purse.
" That brat's scent is like a thunder storm in the middle of a forest; strong yet earthy. It's a dominating smell; a sign of a true alpha male which I hate, but here it matches perfectly. So his scent might not be as noticeable." Vegeta explained.
" Oh. Hey wait, 'alpha male'? What's that mean?" Bulma asked as she pulled out a wristwatch.
" Ever notice that Gohan and I butt heads a bit?" Vegeta asked as he took the watch and sniffed it heavily, " That's because we're both alphas and we both want to be in charge. Gohan respects my position though to not start a fight, but he will never bear his throat to me not even if his life was on the line." Vegeta sighed as he handed Goku the watch so he may refresh his memory.
" Well, that explains some things..." Bulma spoke as she rubbed her chin. " Guess he was just bred that way."
" Humph, it was his own will that did that. You are either born to lead or born to follow; he chose to lead." Vegeta humphed as he crossed his arms. " Hard to believe though since he was such a cry baby when he was smaller."
" Is this really important?" Goku hissed at him as he handed Bulma the watch and began his search.
" What was that about?" Bulma whispered to her mate as he began to smell around.
" He's just worried that his son is missing; his eldest son at that." Vegeta grumbled to her between sniffs.
" Yeah, I guess that make sense. I'd be stressed out of my mind if Trunks went missing." Bulma sighed as she followed Vegeta. She stopped as she noticed a sudden movement in the water. " Vegeta."
Vegeta looked up at her, then followed her gaze to the small ripples of water. It was about seven or eight feet away from them and the ripples were small, but constant; like some fish was swimming in place quite fast.
" Just stay still, Bulma." Vegeta said as he pulled out a dirk from his belt. He had grabbed it when Baba said to go prepared.
It seemed the creature registered the movement as a threat and leaped out of the water toward him. The creature appeared to be a type of piranha, but about five times as large.
Vegeta quickly sliced at the beast as it leaped at him, though to his horror, a clang was heard followed by a splash. The clang was the sound of metal hitting metal and the splash was just a sign that he had failed to slice the beast. All he managed to do was push it out of it's line of fire and back into the water.
He could see its trail of ripples and bubbles circle around him and Bulma. There was no way to see through the water due to it's murkiness and the dirt that the creature would stir up. Vegeta was about ready to just lash out at the fish, but it quickly swam away in a completely different direction. He took this as a bad sign.
" Let's go." He grumbled as he picked his mate up, slang against his shoulder, and ran off toward Goku and the old hag.
~ Goten's Team~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The wind brushed through their hair as the sped through the sky and clouds. All eyes were glued to the sea and the islands that dotted it. They flew higher and higher until they could see several from the sky.
" Okay, we've been to that one over there and there. Oh! And there's everyone else's boat, so we can say that they explored those islands over there." Demi pointed out as she counted them. " That's four islands in total and there's twelve in this area so...we have a lot of work to do."
" But we can cover more ground on the brooms right? And even more if we split up." Goten said.
" No way! We can't split up! If something happens to one of us the other one needs to be there to help. Gohan wouldn't want us to get hurt to save him." Artemis pointed out to the gun-ho young one. She smiled as she watched him pout, but nod in understanding.
" Let's start with that one over there and work our way back to the desert and from there work up." Demeter said as she began to fly down toward the island.
They flew toward the island with an unsteady pace, but it was a strong pace none the less. The island was nothing more then a large mountain and it seemed harmless enough, that is until a large wyrm uncoiled itself from a deep hole at the mountain's base. It snapped its jaws at the flying searchers.
The team screamed as the dodged the serpent's massive jaws only to find more rising from the ground and trying to eat them as well.
" What do we do now! We can't see anything because we're dodging so much!" Trunks yelled.
" Look! Caves! Go into them!" Artemis pointed out before she took lead and flew into a small cave; Demeter quickly following.
The idea seemed like a good one...at the time. The cave was nothing more then a narrow tunnel full of winding passages that lead throughout out the entire mountain. What made it an even worse idea was that it was filled with hissing baby serpents.
" THIS WAS YOUR ESCAPE PLAN? FLY INTO THE NEST?" Demeter roared over the deafening sound of hissing.
" I DIDN'T KNOW!" Artemis sobbed as she quickly evaded the small jaws of a brave baby serpent.
" Look! Light! Head for the light!" Trunks pointed out.
" I'll make a joke later!" Demeter chuckled as she watched her sister throw a ' I dare you' look.
~ Gohan and Videl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gohan huffed as he tied the last of the logs together. He managed to find more rope and really make sure that the raft was held together just in case something bad happened. Gohan looked it over twice more before he smiled to himself and went to the base of their home.
" Videl! I got the raft ready! We can set sail now!"
Videl came to the mouth of the cave and smiled down at him. " Great, because I just finished packing."
" 'Packing'? What could you have packed?" Gohan asked as he jumped up to the mouth cave and stood next to her. He nor she needed the lift anymore, which gave them mixed feelings.
" I want to take some things with us; to remember all that's happened here. It's ours anyway." Videl shrugged her shoulders as gohan stared at the large trunk she had next to her.
" What's in here? The whole damn cave?" He joked as he lifted it onto his shoulders and jumped down to the ground. Large craters were lift were his feet had landed, but he showed no sign of even the slightest discomfort.
Oddly enough, the sight made Videl swell with pride; for her mate was that strong. She shook herself from her thoughts and whistled to Leo, who came running like a small child who was excited for the family trip. Videl smiled at him before she jumped down to join Gohan, who was tying the large trunk to the raft.
" I made some oars so we could row if we don't catch the wind or if it's blowing against us." Gohan informed as he examined the raft and their food supplies once last time before he even let Videl on the raft. Leo ran onto the raft and sat down beside Videl and looked up at Gohan as if he was wondering when they could set sail. " This pet of yours..." Gohan chuckled as he scratched behind the cat's ear and began to push the raft; setting them off into the ocean and onto another journey.
~ Goku's Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Goku growled as he sniffed around. He was getting more and more frustrated at himself and at the world in short. He could roar out his anger and he would still feel mad.
" Relax, Kakarot. Anger will get you nowhere. Take it from me." Vegeta said.
" What else am I supposed to feel, Vegeta? My son and his mate is missing and I can't find them!" Goku roared at him. " I've never felt so powerless."
Just before Vegeta was about to reply, a giant squid surfaced from the water and roared at them. " Damn it! This is why I wanted to regroup!" Vegeta yelled before he took a hold of Bulma and ran. Goku and Baba had took off in a different direction.
Baba suddenly stopped and began chanting in a low voice before raising her hand and a large stream of fire came bursting forth from her fingertips.
The squid hissed and disappeared beneath the waters where it had came from.
" Wow! That was so cool! I didn't know you could do that!" Goku yelled; feeling much better now.
" Well...that's Goku for you." Bulma sighed as she shook her head before they began looking again.
~ Out in the Middle of the Ocean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Videl sighed happily was the wind blew through her fur and hair. She purred as the sun bathed her in a warm glow and relieved her body of the tensions it once held. She shook her head at Gohan though; who was nervous and continuously looking around the raft for signs of bad weather.
" You could try to relax some you know. Look at Leo, he's doing fine." Videl sighed as she leaned her head toward the curled up feline.
Gohan growled as he stared at the cat. He began to noticed it's mutated features. His eyes were a stunning purple, he had four sets of canine fangs, but one pair of the top and bottom curled slightly like a boar's tusks, and Leo's fur was rough one way and smooth the other like razor grass.
" Someone has to keep look out for storms and the like." Gohan humphed as he scratched his whiskers; the sea water making them stick together.
" Gohan, what would you say if I were to tell you that I'm very horny right now?" Videl asked with a slight purr in her voice. She began to smirk as she watched him stiffen. " Well?"
Gohan began to sweat with nervousness. He wanted nothing more then to jump her. Ever since Leo came, he hadn't been able to do as he wished since he would stare at them and it made him uncomfortable. Now Leo was asleep and Videl was more then willing...
Gohan quickly pinned her down beneath him and pressed his thin lips to hers in a desperate kiss.
Videl knew he was ready to pop but this was so full of lust! She could all ready feel him pressed against her stomach. She tried to move beneath him, put he held her tighter, moved her furs aside, and took her very roughly.
~ Goten's Teams~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sisters had finally made it out of the tunnels and flew high above the clouds looking down at the ocean and sighing to themselves.
They weren't having much luck with this searching thing, but giving up wasn't an option for them and it never crossed their minds.
" Hey...what's that?" Demi lazily pointed down at the ocean beneath them at a small, moving dot.
" I dunno." Artemis sighed as she gave a quick glance toward the object and then closed her eyes.
" Should we check it out? It could be important." Goten said as he lightly played with his hair.
" Like Gohan?" Trunks asked.
" I dunno. I don't think so though because he doesn't like rafts. In fact, I don't think he likes the ocean except for at Master Roshi's." Goten rubbed his chin and squinted his eyes to try and see the dot more clearly.
" How's this, we sit up here and watch it for a few more minutes and if it's still there then we'll go investigate." Artemis sighed as she rubbed her eye.
" You know...the more I look at it...the more it looks like a raft." Demeter mumbled as she adjusted her glasses. " I think I have a pair of binoculars in my satchel. Hand them here, Goten." demi said. She patted him on the head as he gave them to her.
Demeter placed them to her eyes and stared at what she saw. It was a raft alright, and it seemed like Videl and gohan was indeed on it! Though...they didn't look like themselves...at all. They were half human half beast! And it looks like they had a kid who came out like a cat! She quickly pulled the binoculars away and rubbed her eyes from the forming tears.
" Demi? What's wrong? What did you see?" Goten asked as he tried to take the looking glass from her.
" Oh! It's horrible! It's Gohan and Videl!"
" What?" Everyone gasped.
" Yes, but their not normal! And it looks like they had a kitten baby!" Demeter sniffed.
" I want to see! Take me down there now!" Goten roared.
~ Gohan and Videl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gohan sighed in relief as he snuggled against Videl and nip her neck lightly. He purred as she giggled at him.
" Well, that was a nice time killer." Videl giggled as she ran her clawed fingertips trough his chest fur.
" It was, wasn't it? Now I know why people like quickies so much." Gohan teased as he licked her cheek. " seems like the wind is still in our fair."
" It seems so." Videl smiled, but she suddenly frowned and her whiskers stiffened. She quickly turned her gaze to the sky and hissed.
Gohan followed her gaze and snarled before letting out a strong and powerful roar at the two dive bombing creatures, but as soon as they came into focus, he stopped his spitting and told Videl to stop her hissing.
Before she could ask why though, the sisters were close enough for her to make out and she began to smile.
The sisters flew next to their raft and just gasped at them. Everyone had tears in their eyes and Goten had just burst into mad fits of sobbing.
" You found us!" Gohan laughed as he went to go hug them, but the closer he got the more Goten cried. " What's wrong, Squirt?"
" Whaaaaa! Look at you and Sissy! And your kid!" Goten cried as he pointed to Leo.
" 'kid'? You mean Leo? He's not my child! He's our pet! We found him on the island we landed on!" Gohan explained as he rubbed his temples. " And...I know we look kinda scary but..."
Goten watched as his older brother tried to cheer him up and it made him happy. Even though he looked different, that was still his big brother and his sissy! He jumped off the broom and onto his older brother and buried his face into the soft fur of his chest.
Gohan smiled warmly as he watched his smaller brother cuddle against him. He laughed as goten then moved over to Videl and squeezed her too.
" Let's get you guys off of this raft and onto the search boat." Artemis said as she and her sister used their brooms to push the raft through the water.
~ Goku's team~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Goku sneezed as he inhaled the pollens from the plant life of this drowned island. His nose and head ached and his feet throbbed with annoyance. His heart pounded to a sad song that seemed to play over and over in his ears.
" I can't smell him nor the girl anywhere." Vegeta grunted as he rubbed his sore nose. " I can't take much more of this. We need to take a break."
" Okay. I understand." Goku sighed as he followed the other s back to the ship. All he could think about was all the times he played with Gohan and all the times he couldn't play with him. Memories flooded his mind's eye and no matter how hard he tried to push them away, they just kept playing over and over again for him to see.
Bulma sighed, then stopped and turned to Goku. She placed her hands on her hips and glared at him as though she was Vegeta himself. " Goku1 You know how strong Gohan is! You think he's defenseless? And Videl's no push over either! How can you trust him to have fought Cell and not fight here?"
Everyone's eyes bugged out of their sockets. Goku was stunned, but she had a point. He did trust Gohan to kill Cell at the tender age of eleven. Why could he not trust Gohan here too? " Thanks, guys."
The rest of the trip was done in silence but the tension in the air was not as thick. Everyone's minds seemed to be on different islands themselves; each wondered their own plains and valleys of thoughts and traveled the vast seas and oceans of memories. Each tried to find a memory or experience that may prove useful, but no one spoke up; until they saw something odd near their vessel.
It was a large raft that floated calmly by the much larger ship. A strong odd came from the wood of the vessel. It was of sweat and love, but more importantly...it was Gohan and Videl.
Everyone rushed onto the boat and followed the scents of the missing teenagers along with their younger children and the two sisters. A lump had formed in Goku's throat when he noticed that Gohan and Videl's scents were a tad different; telling him that they had mated.
They found them all curled up on the king sized bed sleeping peacefully; if only the adults were as peaceful, but all they could think about was the shape Gohan and Videl were in.
All right! This is chapter 9! Sorry for the wait!