Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters. I also do not own the book "Prophecy" from which part of my idea comes from. I don't know the number of any capsules so I made it up. By the way, the Saiyaman Saga never happened, but Buu will appear later on.
Prologue
Cell was almost defeated; all that was needed was the final blow. Son Gohan powered up his last Kamehameha wave. Just as the battered, bruised, and bloody boy of eleven was about to launch the ki blast Cell did one last attack on him. Cell raised his hand toward Gohan and fired a Distructo Disc. Gohan couldn't dodge it since it was at point blank range and so his chest was ripped open badly.
Cell said something incoherent and raised his hand again with the pointer and index fingers pointed up. The young Saiyajin hybrid doubled over in pain, clutching at his wounded chest. Gohan let out a blood-curdling scream as something of his was literally ripped from him. Cell smirked as he stood up with the thing he'd taken from Gohan glowing brightly in his hand.
"I have something of yours don't I?" Cell asked the pain-racked boy, who was currently on his hands and knees, "Half of your very soul I have here in my hand. Without it, darkness shall swallow your heart and claim you as its own. Soon Son Gohan, you will be as evil as I am."
With a mighty battle cry and a horrible scream combined, Gohan shot his Kamehameha wave at Cell. Cell tried to meet him with one of his own, but was obliterated. The monster disintegrated, taking half of Gohan's soul along with him. When the smoke, dust, and dirt had dissipated, nothing was left. Gohan collapsed forward, onto the ground into unconsciousness, his own blood pooling under him.
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Gohan awoke to hear voices, one in particular, talking just outside his bedroom door.
"He's been out for days!" he heard his mother, Son Chi-Chi, yell, "What did you do to him!?"
"I didn't do anything to him," replied the deep voice of the Namek, the one that was once Gohan's sensei, Piccolo.
"Yeah," added Krillan, a Monk and Gohan's father's friend, "Cell ripped half of his soul out."
"That monster did what to my baby!?"
"Will you all be quiet!" he heard Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyajins, snap angrily, "This is a serious matter! If what Baldy said is true then we are in terrible danger."
"What do you mean Vegeta?" Bulma Briefs, his human wife, asked.
"A Saiyajin without half of his soul is like an Oozaru. He will become uncontrollable and that means a lot of trouble. He would kill any one of us without a second thought. He would more of a terror to the universe then Freesia and Cell combined."
"With his power, if Gohan was to go ballistic then it would be the end of the world," Piccolo replied, calmly stating the obvious, "He would kill thousands and it would be like squashing a bug to him."
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A tear streaked down Gohan's cheek as he heard them speak of his near future. It was then that he decided what he was going do. He would steal one of Bulma's spaceships, preferably one with a gravity room. Then he would train in space until he was strong enough to overcome the darkness. He gathered all of his clothes and things and stored them into a couple capsules.
Without a word, he slipped out his bedroom window and disappeared into the night. First he stopped by Corrin and got a bag of Sensu beans without any questions. Then he headed for the nearest grocery store and got all he could. After capsuling all the food he sped for Capsule Corp. He deactivated the security system and silently slid onto the property.
He stole into the room where Bulma stored the spaceships. He found the model he was looking for and pocketed it. Then slipped out and headed for a secluded clearing out in the forest, one that was near his house. He clicked the capsule's top and gently tossed it out. The spaceship appeared with a quiet-like explosion of air.
Gohan opened it the ship's inner and outer hatches and slipped in. Not bothering to unpack, he punched in the coordinates to get out of here. The ship slowly started up, making more noise than Gohan had hoped it would, and then blasted off. Gohan looked out the window and hoped to see the planet, the one he called home, again some day.
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Everyone was sitting in the living room when a loud roar filled the house seconds before the room began to shake. Bulma's eyes went wide and she dashed outside, followed by everyone else. There was a column of smoke coming from the forest, leading up into the air, and out of sight.
"What in the name of Dende was that!?" Krillan asked.
"That, was a S23GR taking off," Bulma replied.
"A what?" Krillan asked.
"One of my Capsule Spaceships with a gravity room."
"Oh boy," Krillan replied with a huge sigh.
Suddenly Chi-Chi raced outside with a look of terror and shock written on her face.
"Gohan's gone!"
"Oh no," Bulma stated and looked up, "I think I know where he is."
"Where!?" Chi-Chi asked.
Bulma pointed upwards, toward where the smoke column seemed to end.
"He must have overhead us," Yamcha stated.
Chi-Chi collapsed to her knees and began to sob uncontrollably.
"My baby's gone!"
All turned their heads skywards and stared at the place where the young boy, the one they knew so well and yet didn't, had gone.
'Good journey friend,' Piccolo stated in his mind.
Prologue
Cell was almost defeated; all that was needed was the final blow. Son Gohan powered up his last Kamehameha wave. Just as the battered, bruised, and bloody boy of eleven was about to launch the ki blast Cell did one last attack on him. Cell raised his hand toward Gohan and fired a Distructo Disc. Gohan couldn't dodge it since it was at point blank range and so his chest was ripped open badly.
Cell said something incoherent and raised his hand again with the pointer and index fingers pointed up. The young Saiyajin hybrid doubled over in pain, clutching at his wounded chest. Gohan let out a blood-curdling scream as something of his was literally ripped from him. Cell smirked as he stood up with the thing he'd taken from Gohan glowing brightly in his hand.
"I have something of yours don't I?" Cell asked the pain-racked boy, who was currently on his hands and knees, "Half of your very soul I have here in my hand. Without it, darkness shall swallow your heart and claim you as its own. Soon Son Gohan, you will be as evil as I am."
With a mighty battle cry and a horrible scream combined, Gohan shot his Kamehameha wave at Cell. Cell tried to meet him with one of his own, but was obliterated. The monster disintegrated, taking half of Gohan's soul along with him. When the smoke, dust, and dirt had dissipated, nothing was left. Gohan collapsed forward, onto the ground into unconsciousness, his own blood pooling under him.
~~~~~~~~~~
Gohan awoke to hear voices, one in particular, talking just outside his bedroom door.
"He's been out for days!" he heard his mother, Son Chi-Chi, yell, "What did you do to him!?"
"I didn't do anything to him," replied the deep voice of the Namek, the one that was once Gohan's sensei, Piccolo.
"Yeah," added Krillan, a Monk and Gohan's father's friend, "Cell ripped half of his soul out."
"That monster did what to my baby!?"
"Will you all be quiet!" he heard Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyajins, snap angrily, "This is a serious matter! If what Baldy said is true then we are in terrible danger."
"What do you mean Vegeta?" Bulma Briefs, his human wife, asked.
"A Saiyajin without half of his soul is like an Oozaru. He will become uncontrollable and that means a lot of trouble. He would kill any one of us without a second thought. He would more of a terror to the universe then Freesia and Cell combined."
"With his power, if Gohan was to go ballistic then it would be the end of the world," Piccolo replied, calmly stating the obvious, "He would kill thousands and it would be like squashing a bug to him."
~~~~~~~~~
A tear streaked down Gohan's cheek as he heard them speak of his near future. It was then that he decided what he was going do. He would steal one of Bulma's spaceships, preferably one with a gravity room. Then he would train in space until he was strong enough to overcome the darkness. He gathered all of his clothes and things and stored them into a couple capsules.
Without a word, he slipped out his bedroom window and disappeared into the night. First he stopped by Corrin and got a bag of Sensu beans without any questions. Then he headed for the nearest grocery store and got all he could. After capsuling all the food he sped for Capsule Corp. He deactivated the security system and silently slid onto the property.
He stole into the room where Bulma stored the spaceships. He found the model he was looking for and pocketed it. Then slipped out and headed for a secluded clearing out in the forest, one that was near his house. He clicked the capsule's top and gently tossed it out. The spaceship appeared with a quiet-like explosion of air.
Gohan opened it the ship's inner and outer hatches and slipped in. Not bothering to unpack, he punched in the coordinates to get out of here. The ship slowly started up, making more noise than Gohan had hoped it would, and then blasted off. Gohan looked out the window and hoped to see the planet, the one he called home, again some day.
~~~~~~~~~
Everyone was sitting in the living room when a loud roar filled the house seconds before the room began to shake. Bulma's eyes went wide and she dashed outside, followed by everyone else. There was a column of smoke coming from the forest, leading up into the air, and out of sight.
"What in the name of Dende was that!?" Krillan asked.
"That, was a S23GR taking off," Bulma replied.
"A what?" Krillan asked.
"One of my Capsule Spaceships with a gravity room."
"Oh boy," Krillan replied with a huge sigh.
Suddenly Chi-Chi raced outside with a look of terror and shock written on her face.
"Gohan's gone!"
"Oh no," Bulma stated and looked up, "I think I know where he is."
"Where!?" Chi-Chi asked.
Bulma pointed upwards, toward where the smoke column seemed to end.
"He must have overhead us," Yamcha stated.
Chi-Chi collapsed to her knees and began to sob uncontrollably.
"My baby's gone!"
All turned their heads skywards and stared at the place where the young boy, the one they knew so well and yet didn't, had gone.
'Good journey friend,' Piccolo stated in his mind.