Hey guys! Long time no see First of all I want to say that I'll release Upside Down when I get my pc back. I didn't have a backup of the new chapter so I couldn't work on it until my pc gets fixed.

I've been working in this story for a long time now; I had this idea of Gohan running away from home and found it awesome. So I had a backup of this one, so I kept writing. I really hope you all like this one as much as I do. I have already 7 chapters so, you can be sure that I'll update faster, maybe one per week. About the title:

Inscrutable refers to "something that cannot be searched into or found out by searching; unfathomable, entirely mysterious

That's it, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z

Chapter 1

She was running as fast as she could. Her little legs weren't that strong, but she was running to find help to her parents, so she had to find someone on this cursed world that could help them. Her head was down, her eyes shut, she was determined, at least until she bumped into something that made she fall. Apologizing she looked up and gulped. What the little brunette saw was a teenager with long and messed hair, his eyes were showing the very deep darkness inside him and his clothes were all dirty and messed up but it matched with his thin beard.

"Why were you running?" He talked while he put one of his hands on her head and kneeling down to be at the same level as her. The kid bit her lower lip and little tears formed on her eyes and he immediately noticed that something was very wrong. "Is there someone in need of help?" She couldn't hold back the tears anymore and while they made their way into her tiny face until the ground, she nodded.

"M-My parents… help them…" The teen frowned.

"Show me were they are."

But it was too late; when they arrived there was blood everywhere, as he saw their bodies he covered her eyes with his hands and asked her to wait outside the house, the little kid doesn't have to see this scene. The teen kneeled beside the corpses and sighed; what would he do now? He doesn't have a home, well in fact he has one but the last time he went there was years ago and he doesn't want to go back, so what to do with the kid? After the Cell games the earth was turned upside down; the people thought that with the 'death' of the victorious of the tournament no one would stop the evil anymore and the darkness just grew up. That Mr. Satan guy tried to help the authorities but since he was pathetically defeated no one listened to him. But there was a place on earth that was safe: West City. Capsule Corporation's owner wouldn't let her city get arrested on the rising darkness, so she made her way to protect it. But letting the kid over there would be dangerous for him, they could find where and how he looks after so many years. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the kid scream outside, he couldn't save her parents, but their daughter he would.

"Since your parent's didn't have the money you'll come with us. You'll learn how to earn money to pay their debit." One of the ten men grabbed her by her tiny arms, pulling her up, smiling. Her white skin was getting a red color, and she started to yell, asking for help, praying God that he sends someone to save her. It was when the door of her house brusquely opened, showing the teenager that was once inside.

"Let her go, or I'll make sure that you'll never be able to use your hands again." He was serious, but the gang just laughed off.

"Really? We have guns and you have nothing. What you'll do? Punch us?" The leader finished with a loud laugh, and when he stopped he pointed the gun to the strange boy. "Listen, fuck off will ya?" The teen sighed again on that day, why they never listen to him? As he didn't moved an inch, the man shoot at him, but what he heard was his men yelling in pain, instead of the boy he aimed.

"My hands! He broke my hands!" The teen was now with the girl on his arms and the one that was holding her a few moments ago was crouched on the floor.

"Now, I think it's time to finish you guys off."

He first went to the leader: he grabbed his gun and shoot at the blonde's leg. After that he just went and knocked off the rest of the gang easily. He didn't kill anyone; he just wiped them out to make sure they would stop with their bad behavior.

"Now, what do I do with you? Do you have any family besides your parents?" The teen asked to the little girl in his arms, but in response he got a few sobs. "Talk to me please, I can't let you here alone."

"Can't you take me with you?" She asked while squeezing his neck, and that made he see his weak side.

"Ok, but if I found some nice place to you, you'll have to stay ok?" She nodded on his neck.

"Eve." She said while he was walking away, still with her on his arms. "My name is Eve." He smiled for the first time in years.

"And my name is Gohan." At that Eve put her head back; she had a puzzled lookon her face.

"Like… rice?" Gohan then laughed, again a long forgotten thing.

"Exactly like that."

When they left the village he heard the citizens yelling at the gang he left behind, and knew that the people were probably going to kill them, but he didn't really cared.

"This sucks!" Erasa yelled. "We can't even go back, we are trapped here!"

"Shut up! If you continue to yell they'll find us!" Sharpener murmured in response to his friend yell, and their discussion made Videl roll her eyes.

"Stop you two! We need to be sure that they are far away from here or else we are screwed up! The people back home need us remember?" The two blondies nodded and stood beside her in silence. Her blue eyes looked at her left and right, but it was too silent to be comfortable. "Something's wrong." It was when she saw a little kid with dark hair in a ponytail running happily with some food on her arms.

"It's a trap." Sharpener said biting his lower lip.

"It may be but we can't let her out there alone!" Erasa said nervous, and looking at Videl the duo knew that the girl wouldn't let the poor kid over there either.

"I'll go get her. If something happens to me you guys go home with the food, understood?" She looked at her friends but there was no answer. "Understood?" After a few seconds they nodded sadly and she went to the girl. Videl was being careful, she looked everywhere at every step she did until she managed to get closer to her goal. "Hey." She said while hiding under a wreckage of a building. "Hey little girl, come here. It's dangerous over there." The girl looked at the teenager and smiled.

"Don't worry I can take care of myself." The kid then started to walk again, but was stopped when Videl grabbed her arm, almost making her drop the food.

"Listen, this is a really dangerous area. The gangs that own this part of the town is really cruel even to kids so, please, come with me."

"As I said," the girl said while getting off of Videl's hold. "I can take care of myself. And it's better if you let me go, or he'll be really mad." That made the older girl frown; what did she meant by "he'll be mad"?

"Need some help Eve?" Gohan said looking at the two girls; he was standing right before Videl and that scared her to death; she didn't noticed when he got there.

"Gohan!" Eve shouted and let out a huge smile. "Did you take care of them already?" Noticing that the girl who was with 'his' kid wasn't one of the bad guys he kneeled to watch Eve closely, ignoring the teenager.

"Of course, who do you think I am? Now, give me some of these apples please?"

"Yeah!" Eve gave him a huge apple that she was holding and he put it on his mouth,then he eats the fruit with a smile to his little kid.

"Who are you?" That made Gohan looks again to the teenager behind him. She had pretty blue eyes that were well seeing because of her short hair; she was wearing black pants and a white shirt. He took another bite of his apple and stood up.

"I'm Gohan and this is Eve, say 'hi' little one." He gestured to Eve who nodded and said 'hi'. "And you are?" Videl frowned again and sighed.

"I'm Videl, and it isn't good to stay on an open place like this on this part of the town. The gang that rul-"

"I defeated them already. You can say to your friends that it's ok to get out of their hid spot." He took the last bite on the apple and threw it away. "Give me one more please." He looked at Eve who pouted.

"You always eat a lot, where all your food goes to? And take this too," Eve put her right hand on one of her pockets, taking care to not let any food crash on the floor, and gave him an hair bend together with another apple. "Your hair is all messed up again, how come it grows up so fast?"

"Wait, you said you defeated them? How so?! We are trying to track their base for years! And they have a lot of guns!" Gohan tied up his hair in a ponytail while his new apple was on his mouth.

"They weren't that smart and about the guns," He took a new bite of the fruit and Eve took the lead.

"He has superpowers; he doesn't get hurt from bullets." Seeing the look on Videl's face Gohan sighed.

"They didn't have the chance to shoot. Don't say strange things Eve." Looking at where Shapener and Erasa were hiding themselves and the food he yelled. "Get out of there already! The gang is over!" He shouted and finished his second apple. "Damn I'm still hungry."

Sharpener and Erasa exchanged a concerned look, and then looked back at the trio on the street. "Is it really safe?" Erasa shouted to her friend who nodded. The girl looked at Sharpener again.

"Let's go." The boy said as he pulled the wheelbarrow full of food out of their hid spot. Videl went walking to meet them.

"What about the Tigers?" Erasa was nervous, she was looking everywhere afraid that they would jump from some building to get them.

"They won't bother you guys again." Gohan said getting closer to them with Eve on his arms. "That's all the food you got?" He looked at the little wheelbarrow full of fruits and other foods.

"Yeah, if we got more we would be easy prey." Sharpener answered and took a good look at Gohan, specially his shabby clothes and thin beard. "So, how did you won against them? I don't see any weapons with you."

"He won with his fighting skills." Eve said pulling out her tongue.

"Don't do this Eve, how many times I have to tell you to have manners?" The girl pouted and looked away.

"So you're a fighter too." His dark eyes went to the brunette as he nodded.

"Do you fight?" At that Sharpener took the lead, to him Videl was the most awesome girl in the world; she could do anything that it would be still out of common.

"She is an awesome fighter! She could finish the Tigers easily if we had found their base, which reminds me, how did you found it?" Scratching his thin beard with his free hand he smiled.

"I just followed one of them when they kidnapped Eve." The little girl then yelled at him.

"Gohan! I wasn't kidnapped! They just saw when I got the food from that convenience store and they over numbered me…" Gohan then giggled, it was a usual thing since he took her two years ago. He decided to teach her martial arts so she could take care of herself when he wasn't around but, she was still a kid in her 7 years old and only a human, so she had her limits.

"I know I know, sorry." He then focused on the tree teens in front of him once again. "So, let's get more food? I think that we can use that truck over there to transport it." The teen was pointing to a vehicle that was stopped a few meters from the group.

"The cars here don't work. The Tigers got all that are still functioning." Videl said crossing her arms and lifting an eyebrow.

"Let me take a look, maybe I can fix it."

"It's a truck!" The sentinel of their home yelled to warn the others. "Go hide!" Everyone started to run, the kids were being held on their parent's arms, and the men were coordinating everything so that no one would be hurt. The sentinel bit his lips when the truck stopped right in the middle of the street, close to their house. He looked around to verify if no more vehicles were going to join this one, but he saw none. His heart was on his throat, the suspense was killing him on the inside and it just got worse when the door opened, but then it turned into a surprise.

"It's ok guys! It's us!" Videl yelled once she was off the truck, her arms up in signal of peace. Then she looked to the truck and made a signal to her friends to get off too.

"It's really ok guys, and we have good news!" Erasa yelled happily.

"The Tigers are down!" Sharpener yelled, and this made everyone get out of their hid place, doubt could be seen on their faces. "And this truck is full of food! Came and help us to clean it!" The crowd then yelled in amazement when they noticed that everything was really ok, that today they would have a banquet and they would full their bellies with tons of food. Gohan stepped out of the vehicle followed by Eve, and for his surprise no one cared about their presence. Well, it wasn't that surprising.

"So, now that everything is ok I'll take my leave. But consider about what I told you guys." He said while getting closer to the trio he travelled with, but Videl had another plan for him.

"Don't even think in sneaking away, I want to talk to you properly and thank you formally. And, what you said about West City, you have to discuss with my father, because he's the leader here. But don't wait for a positive answer; here is our home after all." At the word home Gohan made a grimace and that made Videl feel uncomfortable.

"I can talk to him, and about the thanks, you don't need to. It's my job to help people anyway."

"Job? Why do you save people as a job?" Erasa asked with a confuse look, and Sharpener answered for her.

"Because he needs attention..." The blonde looked at the truck and saw that the people were doing a good job alone, so he went back to the talk. "But, it isn't this right?" Gohan nodded.

"It's not because of attention; it's more like moral, values that were passed to me." It was when a man's voice called for Videl, and it made everyone look at the owner of it but just one person was shocked by who he saw.

"Videl dear, come here please." Videl went to her father and started to talk with him, and often he looked at the trio that was staring back. Gohan started to shake, and then he searched and grabbed Eve's hand to calm down.

"Let's go Eve." The kid nodded but frowned when she felt that his hand was trembling, it was like he was shacking in fear?

"Are you ok Gohan?" She asked concerned, he smiled at her but when he was going to answer Mr. Satan spoke to them.

"Your name is Gohan?" The boy froze on his spot, that was bad but, this guy couldn't remember him after all this time, or could he?

"Y-Yes. I was going to keep my way so, nice to meet you." He said while starting to walk.

"You…" Mr. Satan grabbed his arm to stop him of getting away. "…come with me, I know who you are, and if you don't want me to yell to the world, come." Gohan sighed while letting go of his kid's hand, defeated.

"Wait here Eve." The girl nodded and stood there, with a scared face.

"Wait dad, what's this about?" Videl put her arm in front of her father to stop his walk and he sighed.

"Help the people; this is an unresolved matter of mine." Then the two men walked away.

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