Authors Notes ~ This is my first fanfiction so please be gentle in the reviews. I really enjoyed writing this and am looking forward to writing more. I hope you enjoy reading this!

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Cell has been defeated! The news broke all around the world and the people's savior was revealed to be Hercule Satan, at least in the eyes of the people of Earth and now Hercule is being worshiped like a god. While Hercule was taking credit for defeating Cell the real savior of Earth is laying on the ground beat half to death and barely conscious, Gohan. Even though he was fighting to stay conscious Gohan was on the floor smiling and laughing with his friends before Yamcha proceeded to grab him off the ground and fly off to the lookout to see Kami or as they know him Dende to have Gohan healed. After Dende healed everyone and 18 decided to leave they all thought this was as good as a time as any to summon Shenron, after granting their first wish of reviving everyone that cell killed Shenron told him that he could not revive Goku as he has been brought back before. Just like that, the mood turned sour until Krillin spoke up and said that they could just use the Namekian dragon balls to revive him. That's when Goku himself chimed in and said that he didn't want to be brought back to life because he just puts the earth in danger. Then Krillin spoke up again and asked the almighty Shenron if he could turn 18 human again to which the Eternal dragon replied it is beyond his power, not feeling the least bit deterred by this he then asked if Shenron could remove the bomb in her chest. Finally, the dragon had a wish he could grant and no sooner than the wish was granted he returned back to the dragon balls which then scattered all across the globe.

It took a few minutes but it started to sink in for Gohan just what had actually happened his Dad Wasn't coming back again and it was his fault. Even after Goku told him to not to blame himself and that he was proud, he couldn't help but feel he let down his father and lost him again, this time it was for good. Gohan decided he should start flying home to break the news to his mother so he said his goodbyes to everyone and left for Mount Paozu. It was only a short flight if he wanted it to be but he decided to take his time and think about some things. One of the things that he thought about was how was he going to tell his mother? How would she take it? Was she going to hate him? He was the one to blame for his Fathers death after all wasn't he? He had the chance to kill Cell but he wanted Cell to suffer to feel just a fraction of the pain he caused others, he became just as bad as cell was, if not worse. In those moments Gohan was a monster! These were all the thoughts going through his head as he was flying home. He finally landed outside his small house and went inside to tell his mother the bad news, but as soon as he opened the door his mother came rushing to him with a bone-crushing hug.
"Mom can't breath," Gohan said, trying to get all the air back in his lungs now that his mother let him go.
"Sorry baby I was just so worried about you! Wheres your father? He didn't decide to stay and hang out with that gang of his did he?!" Chi-Chi asked Gohan.
"No mom I'm sorry but dad is gone and doesn't want to come back, he feels the Earth is safer without him being here." Gohan sadly broke the news to his mother trying to be strong for her.
"What do you mean doesn't want to come back?! He needs to be here for us!" Chi-Chi yelled at the top of her lungs out of pure anger, then the anger faded and was filled with tears as Chi-Chi began the grieving process. Seeing Chi-Chi break down was enough for Gohan and he let a couple of tears fall from his face still trying to be as strong as he would imagine his father would be in this situation.

Meanwhile, in Orange City or as it is now known as, Satan City there was a huge party thanking Hercule for killing Cell. Hercule sat there drinking up all the attention and loving every second of it he didn't even care that he took the glory from some kid. The crowds were chanting "Mr. Satan!, Mr. Satan!, Mr. Satan!" when Bulma turned on the TV and seen this she wanted to march down there and set everyone straight! Yamcha and Krillin wouldn't let her, saying that Gohan would prefer it this way, that he wouldn't want the attention defeating Cell would bring to him. Bulma decided they were right and left it at that although Vegeta was still really upset that everyone was just accepting the fact that this "buffoon" was taking all the glory and everyone was ok with it. Bulma then started to think about what Gohan and Chi-Chi must be going through with Goku deciding to not come back. It was then she decided that she would visit the Son family the next day and see how they were holding up. When Bulma got to the Son home she knocked hard and waited for a minute when she didn't hear anyone coming she knocked even harder, still nothing. She then decided to let herself in and look around she found Chi-Chi asleep in her bedroom holding her and Goku's wedding picture, her face still red from crying herself to sleep. Bulma decided to let her sleep she was probably up all night crying anyways, she then proceeded to Gohan's room to see how he was holding up. When she knocked on his door there was no answer again, so she peeked her head into his room to find him just sitting at his desk staring off into nothingness.
"Gohan?" she asked, to which she got no reply so she said it a little bit louder, once again no answer. Bulma then went into his room fully and shook Gohan's shoulders. She finally got some acknowledgment at that as Gohan nearly jumped through the roof at being startled,
"sorry didn't mean to scare you so bad Gohan, just making sure you're alive I called you a couple times and you didn't answer." she stated.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't hear you call me. I'm fine I have just been thinking about a few things." Gohan replied trying his best to put on a fake smile.
"Like what?" Bulma asked curiously.
"School work" Gohan lied, which Bulma picked up on right away.
"School work huh? You know you don't have to lie to me right Gohan?" Bulma said in a knowing voice.
How did she know I was lying am I really that bad of a liar Gohan thought to himself. "I'm sorry about lying I just don't want to talk about whats on my mind." Gohan said in a very monotone voice hoping that Bulma wouldn't bother him about it anymore.
"Alright I won't force you to talk about it if you don't want to, but you should try to get some sleep you look exhausted" Bulma replied hoping that Gohan would at least get some sleep.
"Thank you, and don't worry about me I am gonna go to bed right now." Gohan said with a huge smile on his face. Bulma seemed satisfied with this answer so she started to walk out then stopped suddenly and looked back at Gohan and said "you know if you ever want to talk about anything at all, you can talk to me right?" to which Gohan just smiled again and nodded. Bulma then continued to leave and got in her jet and flew away. Gohan proceeded to climb into his bed and hopefully get some rest, the only time he slept in the past 24 hours was when Yamcha was carrying him to the lookout.