4starfox: Yeah, I was somewhat relieved too since I didn't know if I was going to have him keep it or not. Either way, thanks for the review!
Chapter 22: I Thought You Said He Was Dead
Gohan's sleep was interrupted by outside forces when he felt someone shaking him. He thought about ignoring the shaking until he heard a voice speaking to him.
"Gohan, wake up!" the voice said in an urgent whisper.
Now who could that be? Gohan wondered. He thought the voice sounded familiar but…
Wow, you are denser than I thought. Just wake up, his other self stated in an amused voice.
Taking his other self's advice, he opened his eyes and was surprised to see Kevin was the one who was shaking him.
"Kevin? Why are you in my room?" Gohan asked, feeling like he was forgetting something.
"I slept over, remember?" Kevin said in an urgent whisper.
Gohan was about to say something when he wondered why Kevin was acting strange. He took a good look at his friend to see that something was obviously wrong.
Kevin was strangely pale, and his whole body was shaking almost like he had seen a ghost.
"Kevin, is everything ok?" Gohan asked, feeling somewhat worried for his friend.
When Kevin still didn't answer, Gohan started to think that his friend was in a daze or something.
"What, did you see a ghost or something?" Gohan asked, partially joking.
Kevin looked over at him with a worried look.
"Something like that," Kevin muttered, making Gohan confused.
"But there aren't any ghosts here…" he started to say, but stopped when Kevin shook his head.
"Not like that," Kevin answered and looked like he was going to say more, but suddenly a strange but familiar Ki spiked up in Gohan's head.
"What…?" Gohan started to say, but he stopped when he saw that Kevin went over to his bedroom window and opened it, "Kevin, where are you going?"
"Come on. We just need to get out of here," Kevin stated nervously while climbing through the window.
"Wait!" Gohan exclaimed as Kevin floated down to the ground, "what about my mom and brother?"
"Don't worry. He won't come here if I'm not here," Kevin stated as he waited for Gohan to follow him.
Kevin then started to run; Gohan soon followed realizing that the strange Ki was getting closer.
He saw Kevin bolt into the forest before following, wondering how Kevin could have sensed the Ki in the first place.
"Who are you running from?" Gohan shouted as they continued running, wondering what was scaring his friend so much.
If I didn't know what it was, I would have laughed if it was a bunny, his other self stated.
Not funny, Gohan answered back, so what is it that's chasing us?
If I told you, then it wouldn't be any fun, His other self said, but Gohan could tell that his other self was also on edge about this.
"You know how I told you about my dad?" Kevin stated suddenly, breaking off the conversation with his other self.
"Yeah, what about it?" Gohan asked, having a strange feeling about what Kevin was going to say next.
"Well, it's him!" Kevin yelled back, making Gohan nearly trip at his surprise.
"Your dad is chasing us! I thought you said he was dead!" Gohan shouted, feeling a bit of fear when the Ki came closer, but then it darted away.
Shortly after, Gohan felt several more Kis appearing.
"He is, but I guess his ghost is chasing us. Either that, or something resurrected him with the Dragon Balls!" Kevin shouted, making Gohan surprised again. Kevin's eyes widened at what he had just said, "Never mind! I shouldn't have said that!"
"How do you know so much?" Gohan asked, but didn't hear Kevin's answer because he suddenly felt something speed into him, sending him flying.
When Gohan hit the forest floor, he saw Kevin appear from the trees, as well as the Kis that had been chasing them suddenly disappear.
"Gohan, you ok?" Kevin asked with worry as he came closer. Gohan noticed that his friend was also standing away from him a bit, as well as fear and confusion coming from his friend's Ki.
"Um, yeah I think so," Gohan said as he stood up, trying to ignore the ringing in his head. He blinked a few times, wondering if his vision was going wrong; he kept seeing Kevin and then a smaller blurred purple figure.
What is going on? I must have hit my head pretty hard, Gohan thought as he closed his eyes and then looked at Kevin again, seeing with relief that the second image was gone.
"They disappeared," he said as he looked around, but then stopped when he felt Kevin's Ki change a bit. He looked back at his friend, who was currently staring at the ground in confusion.
So that's how he knew… his other self stated, making Gohan feel very confused.
Knew what? He asked as he stared at his friend.
Knew that I was talking to you, among other things. The one who had heard me first was telling him, his other self stated.
What do you…? Gohan started to ask, but stopped when he saw that Kevin was looking at him with an unreadable expression in his eyes.
"Kevin, are you ok?" Gohan asked, starting to worry when he felt his friend's Ki start to shift again. He saw Kevin take a deep breath.
"If you can keep this a secret, then I won't kill you," Kevin stated coldly, suddenly sending fear and confusion through Gohan.
What is going on? He wondered as he stared at what he thought was his friend.
Sorry, I know that this is shorter than most of my chapters, but I couldn't help ending off there. I will try and get the next chapter out as soon as I can, but I can't make any promises that it could be this month (if not, then it will definitely be next month). Either way, who do you think Kevin's dad is? And why do you think Kevin is acting so strange? Please tell me what you think in a review and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
-AnimeWolfGirl9