Chapter One: Gohan's Field Trip
Our story begins just over three years after the defeat of the android known as Cell. After using Dende's Dragonballs to call forth Shenlong and wish those killed by the evil machine back to life, our heroes went back to their daily lives.
Yamcha once again took up baseball, this time as the team's coach! Tien and Chozu resumed their training, but flew deep into the wilderness for some solitude. Krillen moved in with Master Roshi and Oolong. He caught a glimpse of his crush, Android 18, on several occasions while shopping in South City. It appeared as though even the former villain had chosen to live a normal life.
Vegeta took off in his spaceship shortly after the Dragon's summoning. His reasons were unclear, but nobody challenged his decision. Piccolo took a spaceship also, but his destination was well known; the Namek had journeyed to New Namek to see his brethern on the distant planet.
With Goku now gone, there was no one to stop Chi Chi from making Gohan study like crazy! Unfortunately for him, he was expelled from his first school after having missed so many days while fighting the androids. He was soon after accepted into a new school, but after being taunted into a fight with a bully, he had accidentally destroyed a portion of the school's parking lot, and was expelled from there as well! Finally, Gohan was accepted into a boarding school some miles from home, and was able to keep himself from trouble for the first half of the year.
So, for a short while, peace was restored to the world. But as we all should have learned by now, peace is a word that is not in an author's vocabulary, be he animator, or just another fan of the show who happens to have an interest in writing.
*****
"Hey, move it kid! Get out of my way!" smirked an older boy as he pushed Gohan aside and slid into the school bus door.
"Jerk," muttered Gohan's friend Blair, who stood beside him. Gohan turned to him.
"Hey, forget that guy," he said, "He's just a big loser with no friends!" He gave Blair a reassuring nod, and then boarded the bus. The bus driver was standing at the front of the bus. He confronted the two friends boarding.
"I'm sorry boys, but there is no room left. You'll have to wait for the next bus," he stated dryly before returning to his seat. Gohan and Blair looked at each other sadly, then got back off the bus. One of the windows opened, and the older boy who had shoved Gohan before stuck his head out.
"Ha! I was in front of you so I got your seats!" he smirked. Before either boy could give a response, the bus' engine roared and they were left standing on the sidewalk in front of the school.
"Ah! I hate that guy!" cried Blair in rage, "Where does he get off pushing you aside, and taking out seats?" Gohan's response was cool and calm, just like him.
"Don't worry about it, I'd rather not get into another fight over this," he informed Blair.
"Why not?" the other inquired, "You could take him!"
"I know, but that's not the point," replied Gohan, "Besides, I have a better idea!" He grinned broadly, although Blair had no idea what he had in mind. Suddenly, Gohan's arms wrapped around Blair tightly.
"Wa! What are you doing?" cried his friend. Gohan just smiled and replied,
"Hold on tight!" With that, he suddenly kicked off from the ground and flew after the school bus, brining Blair along for the ride.
"Woah! Man, Gohan, this sure beats sitting in that hot bus!" exclaimed Blair. Gohan smiled and nodded. He kept his speed low, not wanting to go too fast for his friend, who was new to the experience of flying. Soon they caught up to the bus. Gohan lowered himself so that he flew beside it. He took one hand off of Blair and tapped on the window with his fist. The older boy was so schocked that he spit his soda out all over the two girls sitting in front of him. Gohan and Blair laughed hard, then Gohan quickened his speed and they quickly overtook the bus.
*****
When Gohan and Blair arrived at the ruins where their school was going for a field trip, they ate a small lunch that consisted of sushi and tofu. It was nearly an hour later before the first of the five school buses carrying their classmates arrived. Aboard the first bus was the school's principle, Ms. Shen. She rushed toward the boys with a look of pure anger on her face.
"What do you think you were doing?" she exclaimed. Gohan opened his mouth to say something, but she didn't let him speak, "How dare you just. just."
"Fly?" offered Blair.
"Yes! Fly!" cried Ms. Shen, "You scared poor Hendel half to death, and the twins that were seated in front of him covered in his drink! Not to mention that the bus driver almost crashed the bus because he was watching you!"
Again, Gohan was about to say something, but he again he was cut off.
"I realize that you have some. magic powers at your disposal, Gohan, but do not use them unless you have to! Nobody else has that kind of power! Nobody else can fly! And you shouldn't either!" She stormed off while mumbling something that Gohan couldn't catch.
"She's acting a bit grumpy today, eh Gohan?" said Blair. Gohan nodded.
"She's just jealous because she can't fly!" said Gohan trying to repress a laugh. Suddenly Blair burst out laughing, and Gohan couldn't help but join in.
*****
After the other students had eaten their lunch, the group of about 300 students proceeded to enter the Japanese ruins. They had special permission by the archeologists because they were studying ancient lore, and said they could enter the chambers that had already been explored. Most kids couldn't care less, but Ms. Shen had been eager to take advantage of such a generous offer.
They divided into groups of ten, each placed in charge of one of the site excavators. The good news was that Gohan and Blair were in the same group. The bad news was that Hendel was in their group as well, and he was less than pleasant about what had happened on the bus.
Their group entered the ruins first. The archeologist led them through several passageways before stopping to enter a room. The whole time he was talking about the history of the site, but nobody paid much attention except Gohan.
"We believe this room to be the entrance to the tomb of an emperor who lived over a thousand years ago," the guide was saying, "The writing on the walls suggests many traps and dangers in the passageway that goes down into the tomb, so we haven't explored that area yet. Now, moving on."
"Do you believe in all that traps and curses stuff that goes along with ancient tombs?" asked Blair to Gohan.
"I really don't know," he replied, "Some people consider energy blasts as magic, so it's possible that people hundreds of years ago had it too."
"Good point," said Blair as he walked in quiet thought. Just then, Hendel walked up beside them.
"Magic? Yeah, right!" he whispered harshly, "There is nothing down there, the science nerds are just to scared to go down into the dark!" he began to laugh loudly, which made the group leader shoot him an angry look.
"If you so sure of that," said Blair, "Why don't you go down and see for yourself."
"Maybe you'll get lost down there and we'll never have to see your ugly face again!" added Gohan. They both broke out laughing and got a glare from the leader as well. Hendel scowled and walked off.
*****
It was some time later when Gohan noticed that Hendel wasn't with the group anymore. He moved over beside Blair and whispered,
"I don't see Hendel anywhere. You don't suppose he actually went down into the tomb, do you? I was just kidding about that."
"I wasn't!" laughed Blair. Gohan glared at him.
"He may be a bully, but he could be in danger," he told Blair.
"Okay, well even if he is, what are we going to do about it?" asked Blair. Gohan checked to make sure the guide wasn't looking before he grabbed Blair's arm and crouched behind a nearby doorway until the rest of the group was gone.
*****
Down in the tunnel that led to the tomb, Hendel was muttering to himself. Those two brats that he had managed to upset weren't scared of him at all. If anything, he was scared of them. Gohan could fly!? What the heck? Hendel was tough, but he couldn't fight someone if they were in the air! No, the only way to prove that he was right was to go down into the tomb and come back out carrying something.
The passageway gradually sloped down before suddenly opening into a huge room with lots of gold and jewels scattered everywhere! Hendel's eyes went wide. He began stuffing the precious items into his pockets before turning to examine the huge gold coffin that lay in the middle of the room.
He approached it slowly, not really believing the stories of mummies and monsters that were supposed to dwell in places like this. Still. the room was deathly quiet, and he was a little frightened.
Taking a very deep breath, he slowly, carefully pushed off the lid. Inside was. nothing but dust. A loud gasp escaped his mouth and he let out the air he had been holding. He laughed out loud, ashamed that he had been scared in the first place. He did not notice the giant shadow looming over him from behind.
*****
As Gohan and Blair made their way cautiously back to the entrance to the tomb, they said nothing. Neither new why, but suddenly everything was quiet, and they didn't feel much like disturbing it. Suddenly, without warning, a loud and high-pitched shriek came from somewhere below them, followed by an even louder scream. Gohan and Blair quickly looked at each other, and then bolted into the tomb room, and down the passageway.
*****
In the tomb, the shadowy creature released his grip on the human's neck and turned toward the entrance to the tomb. Someone was coming - someone just as powerful as he was. He quickly leaped up onto the ceiling, and crawled over to rest just above the entrance.
*****
Gohan and Blair quickly reached the bottom of the stairs. The raced into the room, not bothering to even glace at the millions of dollars that could be gained by selling the gold and jewels. Before them, Hendel was slouched up against the open gold coffin. His head was down and he wasn't moving.
"Hendel!" cried Gohan as he shook the older boy, "Come on and wake up! Don't be dead!" Slowly, Hendel stirred. He managed to bring his head up.
"What.? Gohan.? Why did you come down here?" he managed to ask.
"Stay still," replied Gohan, "I think your neck may be broken, or at least damaged. What happened here??" Hendel breathed loudly for a minute, then managed to talk again.
"I was attacked from behind. I'm not sure what it was - I didn't see it, but." his voice trailed off.
"But.?" asked Gohan, "Tell me what happened." his voice soon trailed off as well as he noticed that Hendel was staring past him, and he wasn't breathing.
"Gohan!" cried Blair. Gohan whirled around just in time to see a huge black thing drop down from the ceiling. It was like a skeleton, but the bones were black, and there was still mussel tissue all over them, but it was purple. Two giant black wings were folded up behind it, and a huge black cloak draped over much of the thing's body. It was big too - at least seven feet tall, and the head had giant horns extending from either side of its head.
"Get behind me," he ordered Blair. The other boy didn't argue. He quickly scrambled behind the tomb and peered over the edge to watch.
"Why did you kill that boy?" Gohan asked the black monster.
"What does it matter to you?" it snarled, "I looked into his mind - you weren't exactly friends with him."
"You looked into his mind?" asked Gohan in confusion, "Just what are you?" The black thing laughed. The sound was terrible. It made Gohan wince and Blair cover his ears.
"I am a Demon, little one!" it cried.
"No, that's impossible," replied Gohan, "There is no such thing as Demons!" Again, the thing laughed.
"Perhaps you are right. Demons are things summoned from Hell. I am much worse than that!" He took a step toward Gohan, "A thousand years ago, several of my brother began to study ancient magic. But, the magic subdued us. It made us evil. We were locked away down here until your friend had the good decency to set us free."
"Us?" asked Gohan, "I only see you here!"
"The others like me have already left. They seek our great king, who is a thousand times more powerful than any of us could ever be! He was imprisoned in another temple. But frankly, that is none of your concern, since you are going to die down here!"
Then the Demon lunged at him. His speed was amazing for someone so big. Gohan, who was expecting more talk, barely managed to get out of the way in time. It's fist slammed into the golden coffin, cracking it in many places.
Gohan reacted quickly, his Saiyan instincts taking over. He thrust his foot into the Demon's side as hard as he could. It went flying into the wall and was suddenly still.
"Good job, Gohan!" cried Blair as he ran out from his hiding place.
"Blair! No!" cried Gohan. The Demon, who was far from dead, suddenly recovered from hitting the wall, and rushed towards Blair. Gohan extended his right arm and gathered as much energy as he could in the short amount of time he had. The energy took the form of a blue energy ball. When the Demon was just about to strike down Blair, he shot the energy ball forward. It slammed into the Demon's side and sent it into another wall.
"Blair! Go! Get out of here and warn the others!" cried Gohan.
"What about you?" asked Blair.
"I'll be fine, just go!" Blair stumbled once, then ran up the stairs that would take him to the rest of the students. Again the Demon was up. He faced Gohan, who assumed a fighting stance.
"So, you know some magic too," stated the Demon.
"Where I'm from, we call it Ki," replied Gohan. The Demon nodded.
"I am aware of that form of magic," it said, "Yours is the kind whereby you summon energy from yourself. Ours in the kind whereby we summon energy from the netherworld." It laughed again, "Your magic is only as strong as the user!" Gohan smiled,
"Well I guess it's too bad for you that I am strong!" he smirked. The Demon then proceeded to attack again.
*****
Blair was outside the ruins in moments. Ms. Shen ran up to him.
"What has happened? Where are Gohan and Hendel?" she cried. Behind her, the rest of the school was piling into the buses, not bothering to collect their backpacks or lunches that were still on the wooden tables.
"Some kind of Demon killed Hendel," gasped Blair, who was low on air from running. Ms. Shen gasped as well, but in horror. "Gohan is fighting it. He told me to make sure we all got out of here, now!"
"W. what?" asked the principle, "What about him?"
"Gohan can take care of himself!" cried Blair, "Let's go!" He grabbed Ms. Shen by the arm and practically dragged her toward the buses. She climbed on, and Blair was about to too, but he took a moment to look back at the ruins where Gohan was fighting the Demon. Suddenly, yellow light exploded from hundreds of points on the ruins. Less than a second later, the ruins exploded violently. Blair was forced to shield his eyes from the blast, and the students in the buses just looked on in horror.
When the smoke had cleared, Gohan was floating above the ground just above the remains of the temple. His hair was pushed up and was spiky and was now blonde. He had yellow fire running all over his body. At first Blair was going to cry out, but then he realized that this was part of Gohan's strange fighting powers.
Suddenly, the Demon leaped up from within the rubble and charged Gohan. He was so fast that Gohan couldn't react, even in Super Saiyan form. The Demon landed a punch across his face, then planted another in the side of his head before he could react. Gohan recovered and threw his own punch, but the Demon was already moving. It dodged to one side and kicked Gohan hard in the neck. The half-Saiyan was drilled into the earth.
The Demon straightened, and suddenly red fire leaped up all around him. Red lighting began to gather on his two horns. The electricity formed a glowing red ball, and suddenly Blair new what was happening. Without pausing to think, he raced toward Gohan shouting wildly, trying to warn him. The Demon then leaned forward so that his horns faced the unmoving form of Gohan. It let out a scream, and red and white lightning shot out toward Gohan.
The young Saiyan was vaguely aware of the attack. Suddenly, something moved between him and the light. It was Blair! Gohan's friend stood between Gohan and the Demon! The lightning slammed into him with such force that he was knocked backwards into the ground. Gohan reacted quickly, throwing large amounts of energy into a shield that protected his friend from the rest of the attack. The Demon's lighting subsided, and it charged Gohan once again.
This time, Gohan was blinded by rage. The Demon had attacked his friend because he wasn't strong enough to recover in time to counterattack! He was angry with himself, but he was angrier at the Demon. Suddenly, the rage took complete control of him. Gohan screamed at the top of his lungs as his power suddenly soared higher than it had gone in years. The yellow fire around him increased, and his hair became golden and even more pointed. Blue lightning began to gather around his fists and chest as he reached the level of Super Saiyan 2.
When the Demon was almost on him, Gohan brought his arms to his side and cupped them. He gathered as much energy as he could into the space between his hands, forming a blue ball of energy. He began to scream again as every muscle in his body tensed with the power he was created. Gohan didn't realize it, but the ground around him was shaking violently, and two of the school buses had been overturned from the wind that his power-up created. When he finally had enough energy he shouted,
"KAMEHAMEHA!!!" and brought his arms forward. A massive beam of blue energy shot forward toward the Demon. The dark thing barely had time to react. It brought its own arms out forward and fires a red beam at Gohan's blast. The two met midway between the two fighters. The force of the impact threw the remaining buses over, but the students could only stare at the bizarre sight before of them.
The beams were evenly matched, and Gohan's arms ached from the strain of trying to maintain the blast. The Demon showed no signs of tiring because as he pointed out, his magic was not sapping his own strength, so he could keep it up as long as he wanted!
Then Gohan remembered how he beat Cell. He had unleashed all his energy at once. It didn't matter that he had passed out afterwards! What mattered was that the enemy was destroyed, and there was no reason why the same strategy wouldn't work here.
Brining up every single ounce of power he had, Gohan pushed it all into his hands. The beam began to glow intensely as it received more power. Then, he released it.
Gohan's beam suddenly exploded with energy. Instead of flowing from his hands, it now appeared to flow from all around him! The blue energy surged through the beam, and finally struck into the Demon's blast. But this time, the Demon didn't have the strength to withstand it. He had no idea that the boy could summon this much energy.
Gohan's Kamehameha quickly pushed back the Demon's blast and overtook him. The energy was suddenly all around the monster, eating away at his body. It shrieked again and again, and clawed at the energy trying to make it go away. But every second he was immersed in the blast, the demon's body began to disintegrate until nothing was left. With one final shriek, it fell from the sky, now little more than a burnt-up skeleton.
Gohan crawled over to Blair. He was unconscious, and horrible looking burns were left all over his chest, but he was alive. Gohan breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed beside him. He felt the hands of someone pick him up and begin to carry him somewhere. He should have been happy for saving his schoolmates from the Demon, but he couldn't help being sad for his friend who was in worse shape than he. He also couldn't forget what the Demon had said:
"The others like me have already left. They seek our great king, who is a thousand times more powerful than any of us could ever be!"
With that on his mind, Gohan sank into unconsciousness.
*****
Author's Notes: This is my first Dragonball Z story, but not my first story. I love writing, but please don't judge my writing capability solely by this story. Please review and tell me what you think! If I get a couple good reviews then I will put up Chapter 2! If you want, you can also contact me at little_frost3791@hotmail.com or you can add me to your MSN list.
Our story begins just over three years after the defeat of the android known as Cell. After using Dende's Dragonballs to call forth Shenlong and wish those killed by the evil machine back to life, our heroes went back to their daily lives.
Yamcha once again took up baseball, this time as the team's coach! Tien and Chozu resumed their training, but flew deep into the wilderness for some solitude. Krillen moved in with Master Roshi and Oolong. He caught a glimpse of his crush, Android 18, on several occasions while shopping in South City. It appeared as though even the former villain had chosen to live a normal life.
Vegeta took off in his spaceship shortly after the Dragon's summoning. His reasons were unclear, but nobody challenged his decision. Piccolo took a spaceship also, but his destination was well known; the Namek had journeyed to New Namek to see his brethern on the distant planet.
With Goku now gone, there was no one to stop Chi Chi from making Gohan study like crazy! Unfortunately for him, he was expelled from his first school after having missed so many days while fighting the androids. He was soon after accepted into a new school, but after being taunted into a fight with a bully, he had accidentally destroyed a portion of the school's parking lot, and was expelled from there as well! Finally, Gohan was accepted into a boarding school some miles from home, and was able to keep himself from trouble for the first half of the year.
So, for a short while, peace was restored to the world. But as we all should have learned by now, peace is a word that is not in an author's vocabulary, be he animator, or just another fan of the show who happens to have an interest in writing.
*****
"Hey, move it kid! Get out of my way!" smirked an older boy as he pushed Gohan aside and slid into the school bus door.
"Jerk," muttered Gohan's friend Blair, who stood beside him. Gohan turned to him.
"Hey, forget that guy," he said, "He's just a big loser with no friends!" He gave Blair a reassuring nod, and then boarded the bus. The bus driver was standing at the front of the bus. He confronted the two friends boarding.
"I'm sorry boys, but there is no room left. You'll have to wait for the next bus," he stated dryly before returning to his seat. Gohan and Blair looked at each other sadly, then got back off the bus. One of the windows opened, and the older boy who had shoved Gohan before stuck his head out.
"Ha! I was in front of you so I got your seats!" he smirked. Before either boy could give a response, the bus' engine roared and they were left standing on the sidewalk in front of the school.
"Ah! I hate that guy!" cried Blair in rage, "Where does he get off pushing you aside, and taking out seats?" Gohan's response was cool and calm, just like him.
"Don't worry about it, I'd rather not get into another fight over this," he informed Blair.
"Why not?" the other inquired, "You could take him!"
"I know, but that's not the point," replied Gohan, "Besides, I have a better idea!" He grinned broadly, although Blair had no idea what he had in mind. Suddenly, Gohan's arms wrapped around Blair tightly.
"Wa! What are you doing?" cried his friend. Gohan just smiled and replied,
"Hold on tight!" With that, he suddenly kicked off from the ground and flew after the school bus, brining Blair along for the ride.
"Woah! Man, Gohan, this sure beats sitting in that hot bus!" exclaimed Blair. Gohan smiled and nodded. He kept his speed low, not wanting to go too fast for his friend, who was new to the experience of flying. Soon they caught up to the bus. Gohan lowered himself so that he flew beside it. He took one hand off of Blair and tapped on the window with his fist. The older boy was so schocked that he spit his soda out all over the two girls sitting in front of him. Gohan and Blair laughed hard, then Gohan quickened his speed and they quickly overtook the bus.
*****
When Gohan and Blair arrived at the ruins where their school was going for a field trip, they ate a small lunch that consisted of sushi and tofu. It was nearly an hour later before the first of the five school buses carrying their classmates arrived. Aboard the first bus was the school's principle, Ms. Shen. She rushed toward the boys with a look of pure anger on her face.
"What do you think you were doing?" she exclaimed. Gohan opened his mouth to say something, but she didn't let him speak, "How dare you just. just."
"Fly?" offered Blair.
"Yes! Fly!" cried Ms. Shen, "You scared poor Hendel half to death, and the twins that were seated in front of him covered in his drink! Not to mention that the bus driver almost crashed the bus because he was watching you!"
Again, Gohan was about to say something, but he again he was cut off.
"I realize that you have some. magic powers at your disposal, Gohan, but do not use them unless you have to! Nobody else has that kind of power! Nobody else can fly! And you shouldn't either!" She stormed off while mumbling something that Gohan couldn't catch.
"She's acting a bit grumpy today, eh Gohan?" said Blair. Gohan nodded.
"She's just jealous because she can't fly!" said Gohan trying to repress a laugh. Suddenly Blair burst out laughing, and Gohan couldn't help but join in.
*****
After the other students had eaten their lunch, the group of about 300 students proceeded to enter the Japanese ruins. They had special permission by the archeologists because they were studying ancient lore, and said they could enter the chambers that had already been explored. Most kids couldn't care less, but Ms. Shen had been eager to take advantage of such a generous offer.
They divided into groups of ten, each placed in charge of one of the site excavators. The good news was that Gohan and Blair were in the same group. The bad news was that Hendel was in their group as well, and he was less than pleasant about what had happened on the bus.
Their group entered the ruins first. The archeologist led them through several passageways before stopping to enter a room. The whole time he was talking about the history of the site, but nobody paid much attention except Gohan.
"We believe this room to be the entrance to the tomb of an emperor who lived over a thousand years ago," the guide was saying, "The writing on the walls suggests many traps and dangers in the passageway that goes down into the tomb, so we haven't explored that area yet. Now, moving on."
"Do you believe in all that traps and curses stuff that goes along with ancient tombs?" asked Blair to Gohan.
"I really don't know," he replied, "Some people consider energy blasts as magic, so it's possible that people hundreds of years ago had it too."
"Good point," said Blair as he walked in quiet thought. Just then, Hendel walked up beside them.
"Magic? Yeah, right!" he whispered harshly, "There is nothing down there, the science nerds are just to scared to go down into the dark!" he began to laugh loudly, which made the group leader shoot him an angry look.
"If you so sure of that," said Blair, "Why don't you go down and see for yourself."
"Maybe you'll get lost down there and we'll never have to see your ugly face again!" added Gohan. They both broke out laughing and got a glare from the leader as well. Hendel scowled and walked off.
*****
It was some time later when Gohan noticed that Hendel wasn't with the group anymore. He moved over beside Blair and whispered,
"I don't see Hendel anywhere. You don't suppose he actually went down into the tomb, do you? I was just kidding about that."
"I wasn't!" laughed Blair. Gohan glared at him.
"He may be a bully, but he could be in danger," he told Blair.
"Okay, well even if he is, what are we going to do about it?" asked Blair. Gohan checked to make sure the guide wasn't looking before he grabbed Blair's arm and crouched behind a nearby doorway until the rest of the group was gone.
*****
Down in the tunnel that led to the tomb, Hendel was muttering to himself. Those two brats that he had managed to upset weren't scared of him at all. If anything, he was scared of them. Gohan could fly!? What the heck? Hendel was tough, but he couldn't fight someone if they were in the air! No, the only way to prove that he was right was to go down into the tomb and come back out carrying something.
The passageway gradually sloped down before suddenly opening into a huge room with lots of gold and jewels scattered everywhere! Hendel's eyes went wide. He began stuffing the precious items into his pockets before turning to examine the huge gold coffin that lay in the middle of the room.
He approached it slowly, not really believing the stories of mummies and monsters that were supposed to dwell in places like this. Still. the room was deathly quiet, and he was a little frightened.
Taking a very deep breath, he slowly, carefully pushed off the lid. Inside was. nothing but dust. A loud gasp escaped his mouth and he let out the air he had been holding. He laughed out loud, ashamed that he had been scared in the first place. He did not notice the giant shadow looming over him from behind.
*****
As Gohan and Blair made their way cautiously back to the entrance to the tomb, they said nothing. Neither new why, but suddenly everything was quiet, and they didn't feel much like disturbing it. Suddenly, without warning, a loud and high-pitched shriek came from somewhere below them, followed by an even louder scream. Gohan and Blair quickly looked at each other, and then bolted into the tomb room, and down the passageway.
*****
In the tomb, the shadowy creature released his grip on the human's neck and turned toward the entrance to the tomb. Someone was coming - someone just as powerful as he was. He quickly leaped up onto the ceiling, and crawled over to rest just above the entrance.
*****
Gohan and Blair quickly reached the bottom of the stairs. The raced into the room, not bothering to even glace at the millions of dollars that could be gained by selling the gold and jewels. Before them, Hendel was slouched up against the open gold coffin. His head was down and he wasn't moving.
"Hendel!" cried Gohan as he shook the older boy, "Come on and wake up! Don't be dead!" Slowly, Hendel stirred. He managed to bring his head up.
"What.? Gohan.? Why did you come down here?" he managed to ask.
"Stay still," replied Gohan, "I think your neck may be broken, or at least damaged. What happened here??" Hendel breathed loudly for a minute, then managed to talk again.
"I was attacked from behind. I'm not sure what it was - I didn't see it, but." his voice trailed off.
"But.?" asked Gohan, "Tell me what happened." his voice soon trailed off as well as he noticed that Hendel was staring past him, and he wasn't breathing.
"Gohan!" cried Blair. Gohan whirled around just in time to see a huge black thing drop down from the ceiling. It was like a skeleton, but the bones were black, and there was still mussel tissue all over them, but it was purple. Two giant black wings were folded up behind it, and a huge black cloak draped over much of the thing's body. It was big too - at least seven feet tall, and the head had giant horns extending from either side of its head.
"Get behind me," he ordered Blair. The other boy didn't argue. He quickly scrambled behind the tomb and peered over the edge to watch.
"Why did you kill that boy?" Gohan asked the black monster.
"What does it matter to you?" it snarled, "I looked into his mind - you weren't exactly friends with him."
"You looked into his mind?" asked Gohan in confusion, "Just what are you?" The black thing laughed. The sound was terrible. It made Gohan wince and Blair cover his ears.
"I am a Demon, little one!" it cried.
"No, that's impossible," replied Gohan, "There is no such thing as Demons!" Again, the thing laughed.
"Perhaps you are right. Demons are things summoned from Hell. I am much worse than that!" He took a step toward Gohan, "A thousand years ago, several of my brother began to study ancient magic. But, the magic subdued us. It made us evil. We were locked away down here until your friend had the good decency to set us free."
"Us?" asked Gohan, "I only see you here!"
"The others like me have already left. They seek our great king, who is a thousand times more powerful than any of us could ever be! He was imprisoned in another temple. But frankly, that is none of your concern, since you are going to die down here!"
Then the Demon lunged at him. His speed was amazing for someone so big. Gohan, who was expecting more talk, barely managed to get out of the way in time. It's fist slammed into the golden coffin, cracking it in many places.
Gohan reacted quickly, his Saiyan instincts taking over. He thrust his foot into the Demon's side as hard as he could. It went flying into the wall and was suddenly still.
"Good job, Gohan!" cried Blair as he ran out from his hiding place.
"Blair! No!" cried Gohan. The Demon, who was far from dead, suddenly recovered from hitting the wall, and rushed towards Blair. Gohan extended his right arm and gathered as much energy as he could in the short amount of time he had. The energy took the form of a blue energy ball. When the Demon was just about to strike down Blair, he shot the energy ball forward. It slammed into the Demon's side and sent it into another wall.
"Blair! Go! Get out of here and warn the others!" cried Gohan.
"What about you?" asked Blair.
"I'll be fine, just go!" Blair stumbled once, then ran up the stairs that would take him to the rest of the students. Again the Demon was up. He faced Gohan, who assumed a fighting stance.
"So, you know some magic too," stated the Demon.
"Where I'm from, we call it Ki," replied Gohan. The Demon nodded.
"I am aware of that form of magic," it said, "Yours is the kind whereby you summon energy from yourself. Ours in the kind whereby we summon energy from the netherworld." It laughed again, "Your magic is only as strong as the user!" Gohan smiled,
"Well I guess it's too bad for you that I am strong!" he smirked. The Demon then proceeded to attack again.
*****
Blair was outside the ruins in moments. Ms. Shen ran up to him.
"What has happened? Where are Gohan and Hendel?" she cried. Behind her, the rest of the school was piling into the buses, not bothering to collect their backpacks or lunches that were still on the wooden tables.
"Some kind of Demon killed Hendel," gasped Blair, who was low on air from running. Ms. Shen gasped as well, but in horror. "Gohan is fighting it. He told me to make sure we all got out of here, now!"
"W. what?" asked the principle, "What about him?"
"Gohan can take care of himself!" cried Blair, "Let's go!" He grabbed Ms. Shen by the arm and practically dragged her toward the buses. She climbed on, and Blair was about to too, but he took a moment to look back at the ruins where Gohan was fighting the Demon. Suddenly, yellow light exploded from hundreds of points on the ruins. Less than a second later, the ruins exploded violently. Blair was forced to shield his eyes from the blast, and the students in the buses just looked on in horror.
When the smoke had cleared, Gohan was floating above the ground just above the remains of the temple. His hair was pushed up and was spiky and was now blonde. He had yellow fire running all over his body. At first Blair was going to cry out, but then he realized that this was part of Gohan's strange fighting powers.
Suddenly, the Demon leaped up from within the rubble and charged Gohan. He was so fast that Gohan couldn't react, even in Super Saiyan form. The Demon landed a punch across his face, then planted another in the side of his head before he could react. Gohan recovered and threw his own punch, but the Demon was already moving. It dodged to one side and kicked Gohan hard in the neck. The half-Saiyan was drilled into the earth.
The Demon straightened, and suddenly red fire leaped up all around him. Red lighting began to gather on his two horns. The electricity formed a glowing red ball, and suddenly Blair new what was happening. Without pausing to think, he raced toward Gohan shouting wildly, trying to warn him. The Demon then leaned forward so that his horns faced the unmoving form of Gohan. It let out a scream, and red and white lightning shot out toward Gohan.
The young Saiyan was vaguely aware of the attack. Suddenly, something moved between him and the light. It was Blair! Gohan's friend stood between Gohan and the Demon! The lightning slammed into him with such force that he was knocked backwards into the ground. Gohan reacted quickly, throwing large amounts of energy into a shield that protected his friend from the rest of the attack. The Demon's lighting subsided, and it charged Gohan once again.
This time, Gohan was blinded by rage. The Demon had attacked his friend because he wasn't strong enough to recover in time to counterattack! He was angry with himself, but he was angrier at the Demon. Suddenly, the rage took complete control of him. Gohan screamed at the top of his lungs as his power suddenly soared higher than it had gone in years. The yellow fire around him increased, and his hair became golden and even more pointed. Blue lightning began to gather around his fists and chest as he reached the level of Super Saiyan 2.
When the Demon was almost on him, Gohan brought his arms to his side and cupped them. He gathered as much energy as he could into the space between his hands, forming a blue ball of energy. He began to scream again as every muscle in his body tensed with the power he was created. Gohan didn't realize it, but the ground around him was shaking violently, and two of the school buses had been overturned from the wind that his power-up created. When he finally had enough energy he shouted,
"KAMEHAMEHA!!!" and brought his arms forward. A massive beam of blue energy shot forward toward the Demon. The dark thing barely had time to react. It brought its own arms out forward and fires a red beam at Gohan's blast. The two met midway between the two fighters. The force of the impact threw the remaining buses over, but the students could only stare at the bizarre sight before of them.
The beams were evenly matched, and Gohan's arms ached from the strain of trying to maintain the blast. The Demon showed no signs of tiring because as he pointed out, his magic was not sapping his own strength, so he could keep it up as long as he wanted!
Then Gohan remembered how he beat Cell. He had unleashed all his energy at once. It didn't matter that he had passed out afterwards! What mattered was that the enemy was destroyed, and there was no reason why the same strategy wouldn't work here.
Brining up every single ounce of power he had, Gohan pushed it all into his hands. The beam began to glow intensely as it received more power. Then, he released it.
Gohan's beam suddenly exploded with energy. Instead of flowing from his hands, it now appeared to flow from all around him! The blue energy surged through the beam, and finally struck into the Demon's blast. But this time, the Demon didn't have the strength to withstand it. He had no idea that the boy could summon this much energy.
Gohan's Kamehameha quickly pushed back the Demon's blast and overtook him. The energy was suddenly all around the monster, eating away at his body. It shrieked again and again, and clawed at the energy trying to make it go away. But every second he was immersed in the blast, the demon's body began to disintegrate until nothing was left. With one final shriek, it fell from the sky, now little more than a burnt-up skeleton.
Gohan crawled over to Blair. He was unconscious, and horrible looking burns were left all over his chest, but he was alive. Gohan breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed beside him. He felt the hands of someone pick him up and begin to carry him somewhere. He should have been happy for saving his schoolmates from the Demon, but he couldn't help being sad for his friend who was in worse shape than he. He also couldn't forget what the Demon had said:
"The others like me have already left. They seek our great king, who is a thousand times more powerful than any of us could ever be!"
With that on his mind, Gohan sank into unconsciousness.
*****
Author's Notes: This is my first Dragonball Z story, but not my first story. I love writing, but please don't judge my writing capability solely by this story. Please review and tell me what you think! If I get a couple good reviews then I will put up Chapter 2! If you want, you can also contact me at little_frost3791@hotmail.com or you can add me to your MSN list.