Fanfiction and the character Unlimited is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008

Unlimited: The Story of a Dreamer

It has been a month after the colossal fight against Unlimited, who has disappeared into the shadows after he gave his final attack and told the Z-fighters that he never planned to harm the Earth. This is the story of the lives of the Z-fighters, particularly Gohan and Videl, that have been altered by Unlimited's arrival. The story behind the dark teen still remains in the shadows, but someone waits to return to tell them the full story.

And so, here's the first chapter of the new Unlimited fic.

Chapter 1: Waiting...

NOTE: I am going to be writing almost exclusively from Gohan and Videl's point of view, again, because it's fun to write from this view.

The first few days after the fight were as hectic and annoying as it could be for a couple of teenaged heroes. Videl and Gohan both came to school the next day only to be flooded with people asking dozens of questions. Videl, of course, was used to the attention, although the amount she was getting over her new powers was still more than she could take. She even had people ask her to fly and fire energy beams like she did at the fight, but she simply said, "Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about."

Gohan, unfortunately, was not ready for the crowds that would follow him, asking questions about how he transformed into Super Saiyan and his relationship to Videl, and some even brought up the Cell Games, at which Gohan had to leave to make sure this didn't get worse.

That was a few weeks ago, and now, the two fighters, happily together, were beginning to fade into people's memories again.

It was the middle of the day and Gohan and Videl were hanging out at lunch, just talking about random stuff since their other friends were around. Then, Videl passed a note to Gohan under the table and left, not drawing attention from Erasa or Sharpner.

Gohan opened the note and read it.

Hey Gohan, want to go do something a little later, you know, a date? I hope you know what that is. Hehehe.

Gohan grinned at the little smile drawn on the paper, and got up from the table as well. Sensing around, he noticed that Videl was on the roof of the school, and he proceeded there.

When he reached the top, he came out to an empty rooftop, and looked around to find Videl.

"Man you're slow."

"AH! Hey! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Gohan exclaimed, Videl walking up from behind the door laughing.

"Sorry Gohan, I just knew I could get you with that one," Videl devilishly smiled.

"Yeah, well, maybe now I don't want to go out tonight," Gohan smartly replied, although not able to keep the sarcasm from his voice.

"Aww come on, Gohan, I'm just playing around. I wouldn't be mean to you on purpose," Videl said, her voice softening.

Gohan tried to play hard, but his face gave him away. He gave up when Videl smiled at him with that gotcha look.

"So, where do you want to go?" Gohan asked, and Videl looked into his eyes and they suddenly both felt as if they didn't need to go anywhere.

"Well, I guess we could go to the park or something," Videl mentioned, and Gohan smiled.

"Sure thing, right after school then," Gohan asked.

"Yeah," Videl affirmed, and they gazed into each other's eyes again.

Later...

As the half-Saiyan waited patiently outside the school, he wondered why Videl wanted to go on a date now. They had been fine just being together. Why would she want to be with Gohan today? But before he could wonder some more, Videl came up from behind him and said, "Hey Gohan!"

He turned quickly, startled, and stammered, "Oh, uh, hi Videl!"

"Man you get frightened easy," Videl teased, and Gohan lowered his eyes.

However, Videl then took his hand in her own and he looked back up into her eyes, and smiled warmly to her. They were just about to leave when they heard the alarm on Videl's watch go off.

Videl irritated, Gohan disappointed, Videl answered the watch and it said, "Videl, need you down here immediately, we got a few guys trying to rob a jewelry store down here."

"I'm on my way," Videl responded, then hung up and said, "Can't they stop these guys without my help?!"

"Guess they're dependent on you, like I am, huh?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, but you're great to be around. They're just lazy," Videl scorned, angry that their date would be ruined.

"Well, we'd better go," Gohan suggested, although feeling momentarily blissful about her remark.

She nodded and she took off, and when no one was looking, Gohan put on his costume and followed suit.

Just like any other robbery, the two teenagers easily crushed the criminals, and then were interviewed by various reporters. Finally, when they got away from them, Gohan, having changed into his normal clothes again, said, "Well, there goes our date."

Videl just looked angry but softened and smiled when Gohan put a hand on her shoulder, and she said, "Well, it's getting late. See you tomorrow Gohan."

Before she left, she came closer and hugged him, and after he had wrapped his arms around her for a moment, she gave him one more smile and flew into the air. After a moment of wanting to fly after her, he took off himself.

Now it was night, and a certain uneasiness permeated the Satan residence. Videl had been able to get over today's lost date, but that was the least of her worries.

Videl lay asleep in bed, but her face was twisted in anger and agony, as if struggling inside of a dream.

The young girl found herself in a dark room, devoid of life, and she looked around to see if anything was around. Just then, the girl caught sight of a man, a punk who looked at her pervertedly. Videl became irritated, and showed it as well as ever, and the man said, "How you doin' girly? How's about you and me get together?"

"Get lost, jerk," Videl snapped, and the man only smiled evilly and said, "Why not? I could be a lot more fun than that loser Gohan."

At that moment, flames could have risen from beneath Videl, who stood there with her teeth clenched and her fists balled up.

"Get lost creep!" Videl screamed and flew at the guy and gave him a crushing punch to the face, and the guy stumbled backwards and fell to the ground, his face turned away from Videl.

Videl landed on the ground near him and looked again at him to see her damage, but then her face changed to shock as she realized that he was changing. His appearance became darker, his eyes became a brilliant deep blue, and his face became solemn and all-too familiar.

"Unlimited?!" she gasped, and indeed, the dark being was now in place of the punk, standing up now, and Videl stared at him, mouth agape.

"Always protective and ready to fight. It was nice to see you again."

And just like before, Unlimited began to fade into darkness like he did that day one month ago.

"Wait!" Videl pleaded, and tried to run to him and keep him there, but he was gone when she reached him.

"You don't have to go, please just come back!"

At that moment, the sleeping Videl jerked awake and looked around.

As she came back to her senses again, she thought, Just a dream, but I thought I could feel him.

Unlimited had been in the back of her mind for the last few days, but now, her determination flared once again.

I'm going to find out who he is, she declared to herself.

The girl looked at the clock and saw that it was four in the morning on a Saturday.

Wow, that was some strange dream to wake me up at this time.

Videl looked around her room and felt no compassion going back to sleep and stood up out of her bed. She was wearing a tanktop and sweatpants, and she looked pretty much the same as she would any day, despite the early hour. She went to the mirror and looked at herself, and then decided, I'm going for a walk, that'll help me get over this again.

The teen put on a pair of boots and left the house quietly through her window, making sure not to wake Hercule, and then flew over to the sidewalk.

Videl walked for about 20 minutes, rolling over the thoughts of last month in her head, remembering the things Unlimited had said.

My identity will soon be revealed to you and you will soon learn all of my intentions. In due time.

That was before the challenge, and she still didn't get that answer, and then she remembered those blue eyes. Those strange ominous blue eyes.

I'll be back before much of anything has changed.

"It's not fair! Why did he have to leave and not tell me anything!" Videl complained quietly to herself.

Then, she felt cold, and she wondered what she could do to stop feeling like this.

She knew what would help greatly, and she said, "I wish Gohan were here."

But she had not walked more than 10 steps when she passed a tree and heard, "Where you going so fast?"

She was surprised when she recognized the voice immediately and turned to the tree and saw her wish come true.

"Gohan! What are you doing out here?" Videl asked, not really caring as long as he stayed.

"I couldn't sleep, I could feel your distress and I came to see if I can help," Gohan told her soothingly.

"Well, I would ask you to bring me Unlimited right now, but I guess being with you is good enough," Videl teased.

"Would you want anything else?" Gohan asked briskly, smiling at the beautiful girl standing in the twilight.

"Nope."

Gohan came closer to his girlfriend and took her hand in his own. Tucking a hair behind her ear, Gohan leaned forward and Videl yielded to his kiss, feeling his warm touch on her face, and she smiled as they pulled away.

"I knew you would be here for me," Videl said happily.

Gohan smiled warmly, and she saw the same boy she fell in love with many months ago. She took his arm in both of hers and pulled herself to her boyfriend, and they began to walk together.

"So you decked him pretty good huh?" Gohan asked as Videl told him this part of the dream.

"What did you expect?" Videl said confidently.

Gohan smiled at her indomitable spirit, and he asked, "So Unlimited was in your dream?"

"Yeah, the guy changed into him, and he said it was nice to see me again, as if he was really there," Videl explained, and then added, "It's been a month, and he still hasn't come back! I'm so angry at him..."

Gohan then stopped them and he turned to her, her arms fallen to her sides now.

"I have a feeling he is going to come back soon, and I'll help you get through this until then," Gohan soothed, and Videl looked thoughtfully into his eyes.

"Do you think he'll be back soon?"

Gohan then took her shoulders and pulled her closer to himself and, holding her, said, "I promise he'll be here soon."

Videl then decided not to care about Unlimited anymore for right now and just hugged Gohan, remembering about their first days together, back when Gohan was blackmailed into fighting Videl to keep Saiyaman a secret.

Then she remembered, and an evil smile spread across her face from ear to ear.

"Hey, I've got an idea," she said deviously.

"Huh?" Gohan asked puzzled.

"Remember when I found out a little secret about you and we made a deal to keep it between us?"

"Uh-oh, yeah..." Gohan nervously replied.

"Well, we never got to the little fight we were supposed to have..." Videl told him, her face shining with delight at Gohan's look of embarrassment.

"Oh yeah, I guess the whole Buu thing and us falling in love and stuff got us off track."

"So whaddaya say? Shall we settle this?" Videl asked him anxiously.

"Only if you think you can win," Gohan told her.

"Oh, I will, Son Gohan," Videl said, eager to fight her boyfriend like she had originally planned.

"OK, let's go!"

The two squared off at an open area outside of the city, and they smiled confidently at each other, thinking they were going to win this one.

"Ready, Gohan?" Videl teased.

"Let's go," Gohan replied.

The two then ran at each other and the fists began to fly. Despite Gohan's obvious strengths, he was still evenly matched with Videl, who was fighting right from the heart to win the fight she had started months ago.

"Come on Gohan, is that all you got?" Videl taunted as she took off into the air.

"Not yet!"

Gohan flew up at her and was at a loss when she dematerialized as he got close to her. He then got hit from behind as she kicked him in the back.

"Ahh, that felt good, I wanted to do that ever since I met you." Videl revealed.

"Really? I never guessed," Gohan said sarcastically.

Gohan and Videl then threw punches again, but Gohan, for the amount of strength he was using, seemed to be losing against his girlfriend. Videl had a huge grin on her face as she got Gohan with a punch to the face, and he backed up and looked at her as she put her hands on her hips and said, "What's the matter? Can't fight with the big leagues?"

Gohan instantly disappeared and the reappeared behind her and got her into an armlock.

"Ack! Gohan! Come on, I was just joking!"

"Hey, I'm just playing," Gohan teased her as she tried to break free.

"Well, that's a mistake you'll live to regret!" Videl declared as she broke free suddenly and turned and got Gohan in the stomach.

Gohan then came back and punched Videl right in the face. She yelled with the apparent pain, and Gohan felt extremely bad.

"Gohan! Man, why can't you take a joke?!" Videl raged.

Gohan tried to redeem himself by saying, "I didn't mean to hit you so hard, here let me see."

As Gohan came closer, Videl looked at him with a devious "I gotcha!" look on her face as jumped over his head and put him in a headlock.

"You see? You shouldn't take an opponent for granted," Videl mused from behind.

Gohan laughed embarrassed, and then Videl loosened her hold as she flew back in front of him, wrapping her arms around his neck tenderly now.

"Hmm, look's like after all this time, I actually won that fight," Videl stated, smirking at Gohan, who had begun blushing because of her victory over himself.

"Well, I knew you'd probably win, I wasn't really sure," Gohan told her, trying to seem surprised.

"Quit it, we both know that you would have won if you tried!" Videl responded.

"No, seriously, I really did try!"

Videl looked him in the eyes and saw that he was really telling the truth, and then said, "Well, I knew I could beat you, and I waited so long to see you lose to me!"

"Well, congratulations," Gohan replied weakly.

"Don't I get some kind of prize?" Videl teased.

"Just a little something," Gohan said mysteriously, and then wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her, and then she held onto him, and they kissed for a minute or so, satisfied with the fight and even more with being together after all the adversity and problems they had when Gohan and Videl first met.

As the two descended after detaching, Gohan said, "Well, it's around 6. Wanna go get a coffee or something?"

"Are you asking me out Gohan?" Videl asked, geniunely surprised that he actually asked that, which is something he didn't do too much.

"Well, I guess you could call it that," Gohan said, blushing once again because of his lack of social power.

"Sure, I'd like that," Videl agreed.

It was around seven o'clock when they got to a coffee shop, walking to avoid commotion. Videl was sitting at a table looking out the window, wondering again if Unlimited would be back soon.

Then, Gohan came up with two cups of coffee with him and said, "There, just like you asked."

"Thanks Gohan," Videl said gratefully, looking at Gohan with a hint of affection.

Videl then saw Gohan eyeing the drink he had got for himself, and she asked, "Have you ever drank coffee before?"

"Uhh, no I haven't, I just got this because I thought it was some kind of ice cream thing."

His coffee was called Cappacremo, a strange concoction from this particular shop, and Videl laughed at his bitter expression as he tried the coffee.

"It's an acquired taste, Gohan, that's something you can't learn on the battlefield," Videl said.

She was about to take a sip of her own coffee when a familiar perky voice said, "Videl! Hey Videl!"

The young fighter looked towards the voice and sunk into her seat as she saw Erasa and Sharpner, naturally, approaching her.

"Hey guys," Videl said, trying to act pleased to see them, although she'd rather just be with Gohan.

"What are you guys doing here together?" Erasa asked.

"Yeah, Gohan, what do you think you're doing with my girlfriend?" Sharpner quipped.

Instead of his usual calm and clueless demeanor, Gohan glared at Sharpner rather threateningly.

"Hey, I'm just messing!" Sharpner apologized, frightened of Gohan easily.

Videl then answered Erasa's question, saying, "We just thought we'd talk about the homework for Monday."

Erasa saw right through Videl and said sarcastically, "Sure, Videl, just homework."

Before Videl could retort, a beeping took all of them by surprise, and Videl realized it was her police watch.

"This is Videl, go ahead."

The crackling voice on the other end was a deep voiced man who said, "Videl, we need your help, the bank's being robbed downtown by some guy in a ninja sort of outfit! We can't even shoot him, he just stops the bullets with a sword!"

"I'm on my way," Videl answered, turning off the radio and standing up, "I'll see you in a little while guys."

Even though she said this, she looked at Gohan expectantly, and Sharpner said as the girl began to leave, "What are you waiting for? You should really follow her."

Gohan looked coldly at him again as he stood up, and Sharpner regretted saying that.

As Saiyaman came up behind Videl, he said, "Hello there, Miss Videl, nice seeing you here!"

Videl shook her head at his antics again, and then said, "Right down there."

They looked at the scene, a bunch of police cars surrounding the bank, and as they descended, they saw slash marks all over the place.

"Whoa, he must have a sharp sword," Videl said.

"Videl, Saiyaman, thank goodness you're here!" The police chief at the scene approached the two, "That guy in there can't be hit by anything. Every time we shoot at him, he just hits the bullet with his sword! His speed is unbelievable!"

"Don't worry, officer, we'll handle it!" The masked Gohan said in his hero voice.

Videl stepped towards the doors to the bank, in which a dark figure was slowly approaching and she yelled, "Alright thief, come out with your hands up!"

Instead of the actual person, a metal star came out instead, whizzing right at Videl.

The police officers looked worried as it came close, but Videl simply raised her hand and blasted the star into nothing.

"If you don't come out in 3 seconds, I'm coming in!" Videl warned.

This time, the robber began to walk out, and they got a good look at the ninja thief. Completely black suit, including mask, and a formidable sword in one hand, sacks of money in the other, and a belt of stars ready to go.

"Alright, evil doer, turn yourself in and no one will get hurt," Gohan told the thief.

However, the black-clad robber just stared at them for a moment, and then raced towards them with his sword ready to attack. But way before he got close to the two, Gohan blasted at his blade hand and knocked his weapon away, and then Videl jumped forward and punched him right in the face.

"There's no way out, just surrender!" Videl loudly said.

But it was then that the being stood up and looked dead on at the two fighters and said, in an oddly familiar voice, "I never planned to leave. In fact, I've been looking forward to seeing you again."

"Huh?" Videl said, wondering what the heck this guy was talking about.

"I don't believe we've ever met before, sir," Gohan said in his noble voice.

The dark ninja regarded the masked hero and said, "Saiyaman, you of all people should know that beneath a mask can be absolutely anyone, even the person you least suspect."

"What are you talking about?" Videl snapped, irritated by the mystery puzzles this guy was giving the two of them.

"Hmm, still don't recognize me? Here, let me show you."

At that moment, the ninja raised his hands to his sides and his whole visage changed. The two watched him carefully as they felt his energy rising slightly, and then he said, "Still nothing, then I guess I'll have to make it easy."

It was then that the dark being raised his arm in front of himself and colors began to shimmer against his black outfit. Videl and Gohan then both realized who this could be.

Then, the colors intensified, and the two teens confronting the robber gasped as they saw what formed on his arm: 5 bracelets.

"Is it really?" Videl asked shocked.

"I'm pretty sure it could be," Gohan replied, on edge about the identity being revealed now.

"Here's your last hint, but you'll get it now," the familiar voice sounded again, and then he raised his head up, and the two saw his deep blue eyes beneath the veil.

But it was when the ninja lifted his hand up and formed it into that one position that they knew for sure.

"Well..."

At that moment, the being snapped his fingers and his hood disappeared and his outfit changed, and the familiar opponent stood before them, Videl and Gohan both staring eyes wide at the person standing there.

"It's good to be back," Unlimited said.

The usual bank robbery has turned into the re-entrance of the strongest fighter the Z-fighters have ever encountered. With Videl and Gohan being the first ones to see him, will his secrets be revealed?

Preview for Chapter 2: Reasons for Delay: The fighter Unlimited has returned and Videl is estatic, finally believing she has a chance to talk to him about all he had done. What mysteries lie behind this formidable but now allied being?