Here's the first chapter. Those of you who read the original story Second Chance will notice that not much actually changed. Just a little more meat to it is all. Some chapters will require more than this so don't expect updates every few days. I'm going to try for every two weeks for posting new chapters but the rewrites for the first 8 should come a bit swifter. I hope newcomers and old followers like what I've done so far and look forward to seeing how you like where it goes. Reviews go a long way in keeping me motivated so review when you can. Also if you feel I should up the rating at any time please let me know.

Awakening

Gohan gagged as he coughed up blood. He knew he wasn't much of challenge for the androids with one arm, hell he was barely a challenge with two. The rubble stabbed into his back as he laid waiting for the androids final attack on him and as the ki blasts lit up their hands he thought back on his life. From an early age he was forced into life as a warrior, and now it would take his life. He thought back to all the family and friends he had lost. His dad was the lucky one. He had died before the androids, before the world was damned. His sensei had died at the first attack from the androids along with all the other human Z fighters. Only he and Vegeta had made it along with Bulma and his mother. ChiChi. She had died when the androids came to their house looking to see what fun the country could offer that the city couldn't. Gohan had barely made it out alive. He was 12 when Vegeta died and it was his body that had triggered the transformation for him. He had come to see prideful Prince of Saiyans as a father figure, his only tie to his heritage.

Then there was Trunks. Vegeta and Bulma's son, Gohan's apprentice, who now was the last hope for the earth. Gohan stared at the ki blasts coming down on him. So this was it. The end was finally here. He thought of his wife who he would see again in the afterlife, and with that he smiled. He shouted her name as the blasts rained down on him; his last defiance against the androids.

Gohan opened his eyes slowly, blinded by the light coming through a window. He sat up and looked around. He was in his old room in the mountains. 'What the hell?' Gohan thought. He then got up and looked around the room. Clothes and school books littered the floor and a desk straining with pressure of so many books atop it. 'This cannot be real.' was the mantra going through his mind. With another spin around the room he found something that stopped him stone cold. There before him was a mirror and in that mirror stood a small boy no older than six. Gohan slowly brought up a hand to his face and saw the mirror reflecting his motions. 'How is this real?' he asked himself. A soft voice floated into the room that made his heart clench, it was his mother's.

"Gohan breakfast is almost ready." Chichi called out. Gohan's eyes widened in recognition and hope at that voice. "Gohan?." He heard again in a questioning tone only she could ever pull off. He moved his mouth as if to speak for a few seconds before any sound came out.

"I'll be right there, Mom." he hoarsely called back with last word coming out in choke. He then turned back to the mirror still not expecting the sight he was given. 'What is this?' he asked himself. He remembered what his father told him of other world and it was nothing like this. There was no line, no giant red guy at a huge ass desk. No, this was not the otherworld. It certainly wasn't his life flashing before his eyes, it was too real. He could move and speak on his own accord. This was something else.

Gohan slid open the door the mirror hung on, no longer able to look at the reflection and looked into the closet to find a hideous assortment of clothing his mother had bought him, and the sayain armor he had gotten on Namek. His stomach rumbled all of the sudden making him jump in shock. Wherever he was or whenever he was it seemed like his stomach would still rule him. Looking down at his appearance he realized he would need to get decent if he wanted to leave the room, which he still wasn't sure if he wanted to yet. He took a breath and looked at what he was offered. The only thing that didn't make him cringe was the gis, but knowing his mom she would not take that well. He shook his head at how easy it was to fall into the situation. He cast a look to the side of the closet and caught sight of a pair of jeans and a red short sleeve shirt. He quickly threw the clothes on and exited the room slowly still unsure of what he would find.

He turned to find a short hallway that he was almost hoping not to see but instead to find himself on that long winding road among the clouds. Instead he was shown walls with portraits of his family when he was younger. Forcing himself to look away he continued his trek to where the voice of his mother had come from. When Gohan reached the end of the hallway that led into the kitchen he froze. There she was placing breakfast on the table like nothing was wrong, humming quietly to herself with a smile on her face.

"Mom?" he croaked out, his eyes watering at the mere sight of her. She glanced up at him as she was putting another dish on the table her eyes finding his eyes. His mind flashed back to the last time he had seen those eyes.

Flashback

An 11 year old Gohan landed outside his house and started in. Hungry and exhausted from his day training with Vegeta.

"Mom, I'm home!" he called out in the house. He got no response. "Mom!" he yelled as he went into the kitchen, and then into the living room. He stopped dead at what he saw, his mother lying beaten and bloodied on the floor. Gohan rushed towards her and checked for a pulse, he didn't find one. Tears rolled down his cheek as he started to cry, he looked into her eyes hoping to find the warmth and love he always did when he came home but instead just saw cold, lifeless eyes staring back at him.

"She was a lot of fun." A cold and emotionless voice said. Gohan whipped around and looked into the eyes of Android 17. "Although not as fun as the store clerk last week in Orange City." 17 continued on not paying any attention to the boy. "What do you think dear sister?" he asked the blonde coming around the corner.

Gohan was livid, his eyes red in fury. He attacked the machine with an anger he had never felt, but before he could reach the smirking Android he was kicked hard in the side and sent flying through the house and into the woods. He tore out of there making a beeline towards his assailant. Android 18 laughed as he approached and when he threw his fist at her she mearly sidestepped it and put a ki blast to his face and sent him sailing to her brother. 17 caught the back of the Gohan's head and put him face first into the ground. He then grabbed Gohan by his hair and swung him through a wall and out of the house and rolling on the ground. The Androids slowly approached the beaten boy and stood above him, staring at him.

"It's a little cold out here brother," Android 18 started, "shall we start a fire?" she looked at 17 when she finished talking giving him a small smirk.

"Sounds like a great idea sis." He replied grinning like a mad man, and with that they turned around held their hands up and started sending dozens of ki blasts at the ruined house.

Gohan let out a weak cry as the house exploded and started to burn. He let his tears run freely as he saw his childhood home burn to a crisp with his mother's body inside. He looked up at the Androids as they laughed maniachlly before he saw a figure in blue and white armor come out of nowhere and give a hard punch and kick to the both of them. Smiling he looked up at Vegeta andblacked out.

"Gohan?" Chichi asked tentatively as crouched down in front of him and wiped the falling tears of the memory from his eyes. Gohan gave out a strangled cry before launching himself into his mother's arms and started to sob. Surprised Chichi embraced her son, she soothingly told him everything was alright and that she was here for him. They stayed like that for ten minutes as Gohan sobbed into her chest until he was out of tears.

Gohan backed out of Chichi's arms slowly before he finally said something, "I love you mom." Chichi gave him a small smile and cupped his face before she pulled him into another hug.

"I love you to sweetie." She responded before letting him out of the hug and put her hands to on his cheeks. Chichi looked at him long and hard until she softly asked him what made him cry like that.

Gohan shook his head and put his hands on top of hers before he replied, "It doesn't matter." With that he gave her a big smile and lowered her hands form his face. Seeing the look in his eyes Chichi knew not to press the subject and stood up to finish setting the table.

It was then Gohan realized that his father was nowhere around, he couldn't even sense him. Then again his powers seemed noticeably weaker now so he could just be out of range. But after looking towards the table the amount of food on it suggests otherwise. 'Must be before he came back from space.' He thought. He then heard his stomach growling reminding him he was hungry. Chichi laughed before motioning her son over to the table and sat down with him to eat. Once he got settled in and started to eat she realized what he was wearing.

"Gohan, why are you not properly dressed?" Chichi asked. Gohan gave her a funny look at that with a pancake stuffed in his mouth. As far as he was concerned what he had on was proper. Not like you went and did all that much with Androids flying all over the place. Of course he wasn't in his time anymore he had come to fully accept but even so those clothes were horrible.

"I don't really like those clothes anymore." He told her. Chichi gave him a once over before she sighed and accepted what he said. Gohan was surprised at how quickly she gave up before he continued with his breakfast. He was also surprised at how easily he got back into the swing of things with her after what had just happened. After he bawled his eyes out at seeing her alive, and that was when it hit him. He knew what was going to happen, he knew that the Androids were going to attack and he had at least a few years before they did to train up as hard as he could. Maybe he could even remember the formula to the heart virus to save his dad so that they could have a real fighting chance. He could change everything for the better. He could save those he loves, save her. His head shot up as that last thought crossed his mind. Her! She was alive! With everything he had he was going to keep it that way too.

After Gohan had finished eating Chichi told him to go do his studies and once again he froze. He had forgotten what a slave driver his mother was when it came to his studies. He had forgotten all about her dream about him being a scholar or some such nonsense. That's not what he needed to be doing, he needed to train so he could fight the Androids when they arrived. Training was much more important than his studies at this moment. But she would never allow that, she barely let him train with Vegeta when all of their friends were being killed. A compromise would be his only safe bet.

"Mom, if I study really hard this morning can I train in the afternoon?" Gohan asked his mother. Chichi stared at Gohan like he had lost his mind. He noticed this and gave the best pleading face he could.

"Alright." She told him

Gohan smiled as he turned around. Due to him being older than six he already knew everything. Well at least he hoped he remembered everything. Gohan went back to his room and started studying. He was done by the time lunchtime came. He sighed as he closed the last book thinking that all this would have taken him all day. Once he had gotten started it all came back to him, like riding a bike. It was nice being old, or at least older in the mind. He decided to sit for a while since lunch would be done soon and it would be stupid to go outside now. He leaned back in his chair and let his mind go blank and reached out with his senses. While he did this he felt some old familiar ki signatures' heading for same spot; but it was the signature up in the sky that caught his attention. His head snapped up when he realized who it was. 'Shit' he thought. 'This is the day Frieza attacks!'

Gohan rushed to his closet and pulled on the purple gi along with the Namekian shoes. He smiled when he remembered who else came back to earth this day as well. 'I'll have to work with the others to stall him until dad lands' he thought. Being as quiet as he could be he lifted the window above his bed and flew out to meet up with the others.

"Gohan, time for lunch." Chichi called out.