Ethereal Messengers

Chapter One: Broken

Disclaimer: Yuh-huh, I totally own DBZ, yep. Oh, and did I forget to mention that I'm the president of The United States, and that I'm also best buds with barney the dinosaur? Cause I am... Sarcasm is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

(A/N: This story is dedicated to all my friends and reviewers who were very supportive with my previously deleted story "Without You" This includes: Chibi Monkey13 : Purple Badger : Psyco-Chibi : SkinnyFat-dude : Aragorn566 : Animemastr21 : Cosmictwighlight : Emma : Jack : Hayley and Emily. Thanks guys, you rock! This chapter also is dedicated to a few people as well: Animemastr21 and Aragorn566 for being supportive and kewl! i'm sorry if I forgot anyone, looking over the list, I don't think I did. I hope you enjoy it especially the people it was written for.)

At the age of fifteen Gohan was one smart cookie. Not only did he know every aspect of math there was, but he enjoyed it. He was a very polite boy, always bowed whenever he saw a person he knew and treated them with great respect. His mother had moulded him into the perfect teenage boy but what no one knew was how he felt on the inside.

Gohan felt rejected, lost, foolish and hurt. His father had left him. Goku did save the planet and it's inhabitants but Gohan's heart was left to burn. Gohan wanted to go collect the dragon balls and wish his father back, his mother had told him many times to leave his father be but he just couldn't. Gohan was happy with the two wishes made after The Cell Games. Eighteen was a wonderful woman and Krillen seemed happy with his knew family. Krillen's heart had been healed but Gohan's remained in ashes.

Everything to Goku was a game. He could train with King Kai and have a jolly old time! Now how good does that sound? How fun but what's even better is everyone else gets to bathe in sorrow while he's gone. Now how good does that sound? Sarcasm was one thing Goku didn't understand, another one of his games. He had no idea of the pain he was causing and the son that he hadn't met.

"Goten..." Gohan whispered.

The wind ruffled his short black hair over his eyes. Gohan glared down at his mother's carving knife in his hand. He could end it right here, right now. The internal pain would disappear. He couldn't do it.

"I can't leave Goten... or mum for that matter," he said to his surroundings.

He hurled the knife away into the sunset and turned away from it as if he were ashamed to face it.

"Nothing's the same anymore," he whispered.

He shoved his hands in his pockets and made his way back to the cottage.

"Gohan! Have you seen my carving knife?" Chi Chi asked.

"Uh... what carving knife? I never knew we had one,"

Chi Chi looked into her son's face then left the room, she knew what he had tried to do with the knife. She was glad he didn't go through with it. Chi Chi couldn't bear to lose another family member. At that very moment she vowed to herself secretly that she would never let anything happen to them. Gohan came racing into the kitchen.

"Is this it?" he asked holding up a dirty carving knife.

"Was it in the garden?" Chi Chi asked helping him out with an excuse.

"Uh... yeah, how did you know?"

"I thought I saw it there before," Chi Chi lied.

Gohan nodded and left the kitchen to go play with his baby brother, Goten.

Two Years Later ::

"Get up Gohan! Time for school!"

Gohan's eyes flickered open and he looked down at the miniature jumping on the end of his bed.

"I'm up, I'm up," Gohan said.

He got out of bed and revealed his "Teddy Bear" underpants to his younger brother. He pulled on his trousers followed by a shirt and then a black vest. He ran down the stairs eager to eat breakfast. Gohan came flying into the kitchen, Chi Chi was used to this behaviour. She was the only one in her family who didn't bounce. Gohan and Goten sat impatiently at the breakfast table and as soon as Chi Chi placed the food on the table they were all over it.

"You'd better hurry up Gohan, you'll be late for school," Ch Chi warned.

"Yeah! Make sure you bring back a sister for me too!" Goten shouted.

"Never mind him you better get going," Chi Chi said, trying to cover up her constant babbling to Goten about Gohan bringing home a girl.

Gohan got up and left the small cottage. He summoned Nimbus and sat himself comfortably on the fluffy, golden cloud.

'Watch out school,' Gohan thought 'Here I come'

-#-#-

Videl ran impatiently towards the bank. She had left her capsule plane at home and had to run to get somewhere.

"The banks probably already robbed by now,' she thought.

The bank came into view and Videl could see villains holding guns out ready to shoot anyone at any time.

"Don't move or I'll shoot!" one of them cried.

"Not very likely," Videl said as she beat into his head with the heel of her foot.

Without noticing a man from behind crept up on her and smacked her backwards with his abnormally large, muscular hand. Every thing seemed to go in slow motion as Videl sped away from her enemies. Everything stopped and she could feel something warm wrap around her waist. She looked up and gasped it was The...

"Golden Fighter?" she whispered.

Gohan smiled down at her and instantly her insides melted like cheese on toast.

'The Golden Fighter? Is that what they call me?' Gohan thought.

He let go of her and shot forwards defeating Videl's foes with the greatest of ease. Videl watched in awe as "The Golden Fighter" moved swiftly away as the police came to arrest the villains.

"Thank you Golden Fighter," The Chief said.

Gohan Saluted then turned around and smiled at Videl. Her insides went through the "Cheese on Toast" routine again. Gohan turned around and flew into the clouds. Videl smiled. She had met the golden fighter.

-#-#-

"What do you mean "The Golden Fighter"?" Eraser asked.

"He was at the bank robbery and he got rid of them just like that," Videl said snapping her fingers in front of Eraser's face.

"Woah, I totally envy you," Eraser said staring into space.

Videl smiled, a triumphant one at that.

"I better get to class," Videl said, hugging her books.

"Okay, see ya then," Eraser said as she struggled to pull several books out of her crammed locker.

Videl waved then rapidly spun around crashing into someone.

"Watch where you're..."

Videl looked up into Gohan's eyes. He wasn't "The Golden Fighter" anymore and was hoping the girl at his feet didn't realise. He smiled down at her. Once again Videl's insides went through "The Cheese on Toast" routine. She could tell as she looked into his eyes, she was going to have to get used to this boy, the routine his smile put her through in particular.

"Going..." Videl squeaked.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there," Gohan replied offering his hand.

Videl grasped onto it and pulled herself up.

"That's okay, no biggie,"

"Well I better get to class," Gohan said "See you later,"

He saluted then left Videl standing there still recovering from her melted insides. She smiled and giggled to herself nervously. Why did he look so familiar?

-#-#-

Gohan sat impatiently in the office listening to the receptionists complain about the bad things their husbands did. It was more like a competition than a complaint.

"Heh. Your husband did that? Well mine is way worse than yours,"

"Really? Well my husband sounds like a blow horn!"

"Oh yeah? Well my husband..."

Excuse me. do you have my timetable?" Gohan asked impatiently.

"Oh. Sorry we forgot about you,"

'I noticed' Gohan thought to himself.

An office lady handed him a small slip of paper.

"Enjoy your first day at 'Orange Star High School'" she said smiling at him with brown teeth.

"I will," Gohan assured them and then hurriedly left.

He looked at his timetable 'Rm 102' He looked at the door in front of him. "Rm 1" He had a lot of stairs to climb.

Gohan had finally reached his destination after a painfully slow walk up the stairs. He opened the door to the classroom and smiled at the teacher.

"You must be Son Gohan, right?"

"Uh... yeah, last time I checked," Gohan replied.

"We have another class clown do we?" she asked.

"What? Oh, no," Gohan quickly answered.

"Class this is Son Gohan, he received perfect entry scores,"

"NERD!" Sharpener cried.

Gohan looked up at the girly looking boy. Beside him sat the girl he had bumped into in the corridor. The one he... I mean, "The Golden Fighter" saved. It was Videl.

"Take a seat please Gohan,"

He nodded in recognition.

"Ooh! Over here Gohan!" Eraser squealed. "Come sit with me!"

Sharpener snorted and Videl rolled her eyes. 'Not another one..." they both grumbled.

"These are my friends Videl and Sharpener, except Sharpener was being mean so he's not my friend anymore," Eraser gibbered.

Gohan laughed. Society was weird. He sat down next to Eraser after smiling and bowing politely to her friends. Videl looked over at him and smiled. Gohan smiled back.

"Videl is the daughter of Satan Hercule!" Eraser squeaked." I bet you didn't know that!"

Gohan's heart stopped. He didn't know that. Hercule was the guy who stole his fame. The one his mother said she would never forgive.

He waved and gave a fake smile.

"No I didn't know that," Gohan said. "It's an honour to meet you,"

Videl blushed. No one had ever said that to her.

"Likewise," Videl said.

They smiled at each other again.

"Social time is over now people, get to work," their teacher cried.

They nodded and put pencil to paper.

(A/N: Mmm... cheese on toast...I don't even like cheese, what am I talking about? Oh well...I hope you enjoyed this chapter especially the people it was dedicated to. I'm doing this just for you guys! Oh, and by the way this isn't a "One-Shot" fic and it isn't one of those short ones either, this one will be going a fair while, just thought I'd let you know. Until next time!)

-Love Always GohanGirl7711-