On Your Shoulder I Cried "Videl, are...you..ok?" a weak and bruised Gohan asked. He stayed in his position, arching his body over mine so that if anything would try to hit me again, I wouldn't get hurt more than I already was. "I...guess so...............Gohan you're hurt!" I answered as she looked up at the beated Gohan. "It's ok Videl, don't worry. I have to protect you from that...gyAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" he screamed as a beam of energy hit him full force in the back. I looked up in horror to see Gohan yelling in pain in front of me. "GOHAN!" I yelled. Gohan's body went limp for a second, then he slowly lifted up his head. "Kuso... that, hurt..." he said, his voice hoarse. "Gohan, why did you do that for me...why?" I asked, ready to cry. I held back my tears, since I didn't want Gohan to think I was a baby. But I didn't understand. I only met Gohan about what, a month and a half ago? After I found out who he really was, we became friends. The kind of friends you can trust with anything, even your life. I never knew how strong Gohan really was, and I thought that he would be a good match for myself in the martial arts competition. But when those monsters attacked, he had no choice but to show some of his real power in order to save my life. That also puzzled me. He risked his own life to save mine, but why? I looked into his eyes. In them I saw something, but I couldn't figure out what. Wait! In those poor, pain stricken eyes, I saw a reflection of myself! I continued to look at him. "B-because...I would never let any friend of mine get hurt...especially....you V-videl.." he forced the words out of his mouth. It looked as if it was too much for him to handle. He slowly moved back a little bit, smiled at me, and fell to the ground. "GOHAN!!!" I started crying, not knowing if he was dead or not, not knowing what to do. I lifted his chest up from the ground and hugged him as I continued crying. "Gohan-san, please wake up, wake up!" He didn't move. I looked around to see if anyone could help. There, I saw a woman walking around looking for someone. Hey! That was Chi Chi, Gohan's mother! "Over here! Mrs. Son over here come quick please!" I cried desperately. "Oh my god what happened Videl!?!?!" Chi Chi said as she ran over to us. "That...thing attacked me and Gohan was taking all the attacks and I don't know if he's ok!!! Please you have to help him PLEASE!!!" I begged and cried. I would have felt foolish, but it wasn't funny at all. Gohan saved my life, and I wasn't going to leave him like most cowards would do. "Ok Videl, you'll have to help me carry him to the plane right over there and he'll be fine just hurry!!" Chi Chi said. When we finally got the rest of the group together, we started home. Well, their home. During the flight, I tried to hide my tears. Chi Chi kept on looking at me, as if she were amazed that I cared so much for Gohan. ***************************************** Thank god that nightmare was over. That was a day ago. Gohan stayed asleep throughout the entire night, and I'm now waiting for him to wake up so that I could tell him how thankful I am. I came to the Son's house at about 3:30, and Chi Chi invited me in and offered some food until Gohan woke up. I got up out of my seat in the kitchen to turn off the light in the hallway, which wasn't needed at the time. As I reached for the switch, I looked up and gasped. Gohan stood in front of me. "Is there something wrong?" he asked me. "No you just startled me...thats all." I answered. Without thinking, I walked up to him and gave him a hug. "Thank you so much"i said. He smiled at me. "Eh, i think we better let everyone know that im awake and take this conversation outside before my mother gets any ideas." he said, half laughing. "OK" We walked into the kitchen, and everyone was delighted to see that Gohan had recovered. After about an hour, Gohan and I stepped outside. I felt like asking him a billion questions at once. He sensed this and took me to a mountainside. "There, nobody should bother us for a while." he said. I looked down, not knowing exactly what to say, and finally looked at him. "Explain to me everything." Gohan looked as if he were to protest, but I quickly stated that Chi Chi had started to explain to me the things I wanted to know. "Ok..." and he began to tell me things that I would never guess, or believe unless I was hearing it from him or his family. He started from the tops...that his father was a saiyan, and about his incredible strength, and the use of the dragonballs, plus so many other things I couldn't even count. "Is there anything else you want to know?" I thought about it for a moment, and said, "Why do you and your friends never seem to care about my father defeating Cell?" I looked down for a moment, feeling ashamed that I blurted that out. "Eh, I don't think you really want me to tell you...in your position it might be hard to swallow..." "I don't care about that...I just want to know...please tell me." I asked softly. "You'll believe me?" "Every word" "Ok, well, you see...your dad he...didn't defeat cell." "NANI!?!?!" I said. "Then who did?!?!" Gohan smiled, closed his eyes, and looked at the ground. "Me.....I defeated Cell." "YOU?!? Defeated cell? But how...the world is convinced that my dad did and...you would be only eleven years old!" "I know. But it's true. I'll understand if you don't believe me, since only the people who were there fighting alongside me and my father saw it with their own eyes." I was curious "Are you really that strong?" To my amazement, he started blushing. "Yea. to tell ya the truth, I could destroy the entire Earth without breaking a sweat, but I assure you that won't happen." "Gohan, can you tell me what the fight was like?" "Well, it wasn't the most enjoyable event for me. It was more like the worst. Cell was incredibly strong. Everyone was hurt badly and couldn't even hit him hard enough to harm him at all. My father could have put on a good fight, but he saw that I had some kind of immense power inside of me, so he quit and let me fight. I got punched around alot, but then the force that my father knew about was released through my anger, and I became so strong, Cell wasn't even close to a match. My father kept on telling me to kill cell right away, but..." Gohan paused for a second, as if the memory was painful. "I acted foolish. I wanted to see cell suffer, to get what he deserved after all that he had done. So I got want I wanted, I made him suffer. And that was when I learned that Cell had a self destructing bomb inside of him, and he planned to kill me and my friends along with the entire world." Gohan ended his summary bitterly, ".....My father gave his life to save the world from my mistake, and he ended up dieing while Cell lived. That was when I defeated Cell, but my father had to help me even while he was dead..." Gohan once again closed his eyes. "That must've been hard for you Gohan, I had no clue you went through anything like that, but..." I trailed off, "what good did my father do?" "Eh, no offense or anything, but your dad and his team did nothing really to help. Don't misunderstand, he tried to fight Cell, but what he didn't know is that he didn't stand a chance. I kind of had to save him a few times." "If he did nothing, and you defeated Cell, why didn't you say anything? Why did you let my dad lie to the world?" I asked. I felt my eyes fill up with tears. "I don't really mind Videl, honest." "But Gohan, you don't understand. He acts like he's the most important thing in the world, he doesn't even pay attention to ME anymore! All he cares about is his wealth, his fame, and his own life. Thats it. Its been like this for so long now...I'm so fed up with him, I trust you more than him! I trust your entire family more than him! I love you more than him..." I started to cry again. I couldn't hold it in any longer. I felt Gohan's caring arms hold me tightly as I cried against his chest. I don't know what came over me, I suddenly felt like my heart belonged to Gohan, like...eh why should I explain? It's love, isn't it?..... "Videl, I had no clue you felt this way...I'm sorry, I didn't want to tell you..." "Gohan, don't say that, I'm glad you told me. I'm glad you told me the truth." I hugged him tighter. "I hate my father" I sobbed. "I hate him" "Videl." Gohan said as he pried me off his shoulders. "You shouldn't hate your father. Its very easy for a person to be tempted like that, and some people are easier targets than others. Please, I don't want to be the reason why you hate your father. That'll shame me even more. I am the reason why my father is lost, and I don't want to make you lose yours." "Gohan...its not because of you ...I've felt like this for so long, I held it in for too long, I'm so sorry." I cried more than ever. "Please forgive me for acting this way, but you have to understand me..." He once again hugged me. It made me feel alot better. I slowly stopped crying, but continued to hold Gohan. "Thank you so much Gohan, there's no way I can repay you for what you've done for me..." I said softly. I looked up at him. He smiled. I didn't notice that our faces were getting closer and closer by the second. When I finally realized it I felt his warms lips softly caress mine. I couldn't believe he had kissed me...er I mean we kissed eachother. Or did I kiss him? I wasn't sure, but I wished that it lasted forever. After kami-knows-how-long he pulled back a little bit. "Ummm, sorry, about that..." He was redder than a bloody tomato. I laughed a little "Its alright, well I was the one who started this...ohh well that doesn't really matter." "GOHAN-SAN! VIDEL! ITS DINNER TIME AND ITS GETTING A LITTLE LATE TO BE OUTSIDE TOGETHER BY YOURSELVES!!!" Gohan's mother yelled. Gohan laughed. "Heh, she never gives up." "Yea, thats true, but I'm in the mood for some of your mother's great cooking!" I said. Without saying anything Gohan lifted me up and flew me to his house. There I ate, and when I finally got home I went straight to my room. I wasn't in the mood to hear my dad yell at me for being late...i still had things to think over......especially my anger towards him and my newly found love for Son Gohan, the true world champion and the one person who has my heart... When I think about the first time I thought I found someone who cared for me But things weren't what they seemed to be Rainy day man On your shoulder I cried When my first brush of love Left me shaking inside Rainy day man Ever since I can remember Like a brother you have been strong and true Always been the one to see me through Rainy day man Your much more than a friend I would give anything Just to hold you again Rainy day man