Title: Off the Beaten Path
Author: Nububu
Rating: PG – Due to the large number of authors participating in this event, rating is subject to change at any time.
Disclaimer: None of the authors taking part in this Round Robin claim to own Dragonball/Z/GT.

Summary: Round Robin. Gohan and Videl get lost in the woods, and Videl doesn't know about Gohan's powers! What's a demi-Saiyan to do? (donated by texaspeach)

"Oh boy," Gohan muttered to himself. "What do I do now?"

He scooped the area and looked at the little Ms. Satan he was holding in his arms.

What do I do, what do I do, what do I do NOW? Boy, what a good question. They needed to head back. Videl needed treatment and he needed to get away. And a vacation. He sure needed that! He surveyed the surroundings again. No crazy hermits in sight so far. He closed his eyes shut and focused, searching for his classmates' energy. Where were they? Ah, darn, it had become night already! They were sound asleep, of course. Unconscious, they would have no energy to feel.

Well, guess it's just another pajamas-party for those two... He didn't really like the last one considering... Everything. But he had no choice but to camp. Again. Not in another cave like the one before. They were, for some reason, always filled up with Godzilla Juniors. It was pretty annoying, actually.

Gohan looked at Videl again. She was breathing heavily and her cheeks were burning. A fever? Darn. He didn't want to play the doctor with her... She had given him a well-placed kick to the face the last time. Then again, this was pretty much an emergency and she was pretty much unconscious. He put her down gently, lying on his shirt. He had to check her. He just had to. It was the right thing to do! He gulped when he thought about the procedure in such situations. Well... she didn't have to know. What she doesn't know won't hurt her, and – uh, that sort of thing. It did make him feel guilty, keeping so many secrets. He had finally relieved himself of them, and now... more secrets.

He started off, feeling her forehead. She had a fever alright. He felt her breath. Very heavy. He listened to her stomach. Normal activity, according to the book. Her heart was a different thing... He couldn't just put his head in between her breasts! It'd be wrong. Very, very wrong indeed! But doctors did it... well, they did use that thing... what-was-it-called? Well, they didn't directly touch you anywhere, that's the point.
Instead, he tried taking her pulse. It was beating a little fast.

What should he do?

Videl was sick, He was actually LOST and... how could things possibly get ANY worse?

Beta'd by ShadowMajin (aka...ShadowMajin on DA)