Losing in the fight against Gotenks absorbed Buu, Gohan is pushed to a limit not seen before, however, the cost of using such a power is high.
I do not own any of the following characters they belong to Akira Toriyama & Stan Lee.
To make a few things clear, this is set in the Marvel Cinematic universe, just after the defeat of Loki and the Chitauri, also Gohan has been cursed to never see his family again, a curse that can only be removed by primordial beings, UUB, Sorcerer Supreme and Super Shenron.
CAPS for the One Above All, Shenron and people shouting/screaming.
'Thinking, telepathic speech, J.A.R.V.I.S and phone.'
CAPS ITALIC for the Living Tribunal
Chapter One Consequences
"Come on now kid, we both know that you can do better than this." Super Buutenks said as he continued to pummel the Saiyan.
'What can I do? if I go all out and vaporize him we'll potentially lose both Gotenks and Piccolo but if I don't.' Gohan thought as he continued to tank the blows from the Majin.
"I can see your dilemma kid, you don't know if you can wish your friends and mentor back if you go all out against me... pity I don't have such a restriction," Buutenks said as he punched his former threat in the gut making the hybrid cough up a great deal of blood.
"I will figure out a way to beat you and save my friends!" Gohan roared as he powered up again.
"That's it Gohan don't waste all that potential!" Buu said as he also powered up.
"This is horrible, Gohan is too worried that the dragon balls won't be able to revive Piccolo and Gotenks to fight all out!" Goku said as he looked at the Elder Kai's crystal ball.
"What!? Does he not know the consequences if he does not?!" Elder Kai said as he looked into the ball.
"Yes but Buu has been filling his mind with doubt and uncertainty throughout their skirmish." Supreme Kai said as he watched Gohan and Buu trade ki infused blows at one another.
"So what do we do?!" Goku said as he started tugging at his hair.
"You're going to have to tell him to go all out." Elder Kai said as he turned to Goku.
"But what if Gohan's fears are right? Bulma already lost Vegeta she can't lose her son as well!" Goku argued.
"That's a risk we have to take, Buu has caused too much damage over the course of millennia he has to be stopped now." Supreme Kai sighed as he reluctantly agreed with his ancestor. "Place your hand on my shoulder Goku, I'll connect you to Gohan."
"I have a bad feeling about this but your right, if this goes on all of creation will get destroyed." Goku sighed as he placed a hand on Supreme Kai's shoulder.
*Bobbing and weaving the combatants continue to raise the heat.
'Come on Gohan, after all this time you still think that our bond can be broken this easily?' A voice said in Gohan's head.
Taking a punch to his face due to his momentary lapse in defence, Gohan was sent flying across the landscape.
'Piccolo?!'
'The universe depends on you not holding back anything against us.'
'But how..' Gohan thought as he flew back against the monstrosity that had taken so many lives away from him.
"Stop resisting me, Piccolo!" Buutenks roared as he fired rapid punches at Gohan.
'I can only reach you for so long kid, you have to do it now, not just for this world but for all of the worlds in existence.' Piccolo grunted as Buutenks fought to stay in control of his stolen bodies.
'But..'
"NOW GOHAN!'
"HAHHHHH!" Gohan roared as he poured all his ki into a final move.
"That's way too much power if you use that you'll die with me!" Buutenks shouted as he was pushed back away from the glowing Saiyan. "Is this ball of dirt really worth it!?"
Staring at the Majin, Gohan nodded as he infused his body with far more power than Vegeta did with his explosion.
"Damn it brat!" Buutenks said as he tried to knock the ki out of Gohan with increased blows.
'IT'S TIME.'
Reaching out, Gohan punched the Majin with all of his might.
"Damn you brat!" Buu screamed as even his body wasn't able to absorb all of the raw ki him. "May you never see your family again!"
"It is what it is," Gohan said as the Majin exploded, taking most of the surrounding area with him.
And so ended the life of another of Earth's heroes or had it?
"NEVER BEFORE HAVE I FELT SUCH PURE CONVICTION FROM A BEING." Said the One Above All as he looked at the lifeless body of Gohan that had been shot out of the Earth's atmosphere by a combination of his curse and the battle.
"THE CHILD IS UNIQUE IN MANY WAYS, IT WOULD BE A WASTE TO LET HIS SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN." Said the Living Tribunal as he agreed with his master.
"HOWEVER THE BOY HAS BEEN CURSED BY THAT MONSTER."
"THEN WE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM IN DENYING THE OTHER OUTSIDERS ACCESS TO OUR UNIVERSE."
"THEN IT IS DECIDED."
Picking Gohan's body out of the abyss of space, the One Above All removed him from the constraints of one universe...
And placed him in the hands of another.
Several months after the defeat of Majin Buu.
Having restored the planet back to normal with the dragon balls, Dende attempted to revive all of those slain by the Majin.
All was working well until...
"THE ONE KNOWN AS SON GOHAN IS NEITHER DEAD NOR IN THIS UNIVERSE."
"WHAT!" Dende and Chi-Chi exclaimed as they looked at the dragon.
'What do you mean Shenron?" Goku asked as he had seen Gohan's final hours and knew that what Shenron was saying couldn't be true.
"A BEING WITH POWERS FAR GREATER THAN MY OWN HAS CURSED YOUR SON AND IN DOING SO HAS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RETURN HIM TO THIS WORLD."
"You can't be serious.." Vegeta said as he stared at Shenron.
"DEADLY SERIOUS, THE BOY HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY A HIGHER POWER DUE TO HIS CURSE AND BEFORE YOU ASK I CANNOT REMOVE THE CURSE."
"What can we do?" Goku asked, stunned that his son's last battle was the last time he would ever see his son.
"LIVE OUT YOUR LIVES, HE DID NOT SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR NOTHING."
"I WANT MY BROTHER BACK!" Goten yelled, and Chi-Chi fainted.
"WHAT YOU WANT IS OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE I AM TELLING WHAT IS A FACT. NOW IF NO ONE ELSE NEEDS ME I'LL BE..."
"SHENRON! Could you tell me how to get in contact with the being that took my son?" Goku asked.
"YOU WILL NEVER MEET HIM, FOR HE IS NOT OF THIS UNIVERSE." Shenron said as Goten continued to scream.
"Shenron is right Goku, the mental bond that I had with Gohan has long since been gone, I was always suspicious of its absence and now I know why," Piccolo said as he put a hand on the grieving father's shoulder.
"HAVE YOU NO OTHER WISH?"
"Send my son what he needs to survive," Goku said as he looked up at the dragon. "I know that one day we will meet again. We have to."
"I SHALL TRY..."
Several months after the New York incident...
Tony Stark's/Iron Man's Mansion: Tony's Guest Bedroom
'Kid appears out of nowhere looking like he went through a fight with the Hulk and is still breathing?! Stark, the kid is obviously not from around here, he might not even be human and yet you refused us to have access to him?!' Said an authoritative-sounding voice.
'Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D has never been one for trying to help without an ulterior motive in mind.' Tony said as he spoke with the head of S.H.I.E.L.D over the phone. 'Need I remind you of New York and the Tesseract?'
'...'
"I thought not."
Shuffle
"Sir." Said another voice.
"J.A.R.V.I.S. I'm a little busy, here." Tony Stark said as he looked at his A.I. controlled Mark 3 Armour before returning to the phone.
'Sir you have to see this.' J.A.R.V.I.S. said as he pointed at the stirring body on the bed.
"Fury... gonna have to call you back."
'He's waking up isn't he Stark?'
'No.. he is awake.' Stark said as his suit had already picked up on Gohan's shift in breathing patterns. 'Later Nick.'
'Stark!'
Click.
Sitting up slowly, Gohan looked around at the room that he was currently residing in.
"Afternoon kiddo," Tony said as Gohan looked down at his clothing which was different to the ones he fought Majin Buu in.
"Good afternoon," Gohan replied as he looked at the billionaire philanthropist.
"Take your time, you've been out of it for the last two weeks or so."
Stark said while he was mentally taking down as much about Gohan's mannerisms as he could.
'English is perfect but sounds too perfect, appearance is of middle eastern quality but with an extra quality I have never seen before, however, looks vaguely familiar, age roughly mid to late teens but extra quality confusing definite age.'
"Did I win? Is the universe safe?" Gohan asked as he felt Tony eyeing him up.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't understand, you should have been aware of the chaos that the planet was going through?"
"You mean that there is more than the Chitauri out there?" Stark replied.
Taking a closer look at his surroundings, Gohan felt like was in the Brief home.
"What age is this?" Gohan asked as he tried to comprehend his position.
"2012," Stark replied.
"Sorry... I must have misheard you. Could you repeat that please?" Gohan said as he paled.
"20...12.." Tony said slowly.
"This... this can't be!" Gohan muttered as he put his hands to his face.
'May you never see your family again!'
"Look, you said that the universe was in peril, care to explain what you meant by that?" Stark said as his suits monitors were reading an insane increase of adrenaline from the teen.
"First it would seem that I have to thank you for my current condition." Gohan said as he managed to calm himself down before alerting Stark to his powers.
"No problem, glad to be of help, though my A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S did most of it."
"Huh?"
'My scanners detected your body floating in space in cryogenic sleep.' J.A.R.V.I.S said.
"So I've not only be sent to the future but the future of another universe." Gohan sighed as he got off of the bed.
"That explains the tail. You're not a human are you? Well not entirely." Stark asked.
"Hmm.. forgot about that..." Gohan said as he reached around and gave his tail a small tug. "Yep still functional."
'Kid keeps attempting to divert attention away from certain aspects.'
"Let me just get to the point. I am not a time traveller, but I did come through time but not of my own choice. My time of origin was Age 774 and during a battle in the above timeline I managed to defeat, with high difficulty a being able to destroy planets." Gohan said as he realised that in order to understand his current situation better he would need to have assistance.
"... Wow.. all that in one mouthful, looks like I'm going to busy for the rest of my life." Tony said as he was surprised by the information that Gohan willingly divulged.
'So what is your name?' J.A.R.V.I.S asked.
"Gohan, Son Gohan."
"Well Gohan, if I may ask what planet and nationality are you from?"
"Earth and middle eastern."
"I see, well that complicates things just a tad." Tony sighed as he opened his shutters.
"!"
"This is also Earth, and there has been no citing of a being like yourself in history."
"Is there still a Kami of Earth?" Gohan asked as he once again diverted attention away from himself walked over to the window and looked out at the Malibu Beach.
"A what?" Tony asked.
"My Earth had a Guardian given the title Kami, that watched over the Earth and tries to keep the peace."
"Oh.. you mean god? We have many of those."
Smiling, Gohan sighed. "Well, we only have one."
"Look I can see that there is only so much that you wish to tell me so we can leave your species out of the conversation for now," Tony said as he rubbed his temples.
"Oh, you noticed huh?" Gohan said sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
'Sir you have a call from Miss Potts waiting.' J.A.R.V.I.S said.
"Hmm, perfect timing. Put her on the loudspeaker."
'Sir?'
"The kid was willing to share info, I'm offering the same."
'As you wish sir.' J.A.R.V.I.S replied.
'TONY!'
"God I forgot how loud you got when you're irritated. S.H.I.E.L.D been badgering you as well?" Stark said as he and Gohan had to cover their ears.
'I'm on loudspeaker aren't I?'
"How'd you guess?" Stark said as he led Gohan into the kitchen. "You've been fed via intravenous-fluids ever since you came out of cryogenic sleep but I'm guessing you'll be wanting a bit more than that now that your up."
'So he is up?' Pepper said as she heard the movements of the two.
"Pepper meet my newest friend Son Gohan, Gohan meet Pepper." Tony said as he began going through his stores.
'Not enough food for the kid. He went through most of my reserves.'
"Nice to hear you." Gohan said.
'Nice to hear you too.' Pepper laughed.
"So what did Fury want exactly?"
'You know the usual, what he can do, where's he from if he's a threat.'
"Oh, same old S.H.I.E.L.D same old Fury," Stark said as he tossed Gohan a can of coke.
'How old are you?' Pepper asked.
"18 years old." Gohan said as he caught and proceeded to open the can of drink.
"Looks like I was about right about your age." Stark said as he mentally high-fived himself.
'So what's the plan?'
"Well Gohan was scanned thoroughly by J.A.R.V.I.S when I found him and besides his tail and tough skin, he has no otherworldly illnesses."
'Tail?'
"Yep, Gohan's got a tail and since I saw it swipe at Hawkeye it works just like a limb I would say he can use it as such."
'Is he going to be part of the Avengers?'
"If he can provoke this kind of attention from S.H.I.E.L.D, that may be the only option," Tony said as he glanced at Gohan.
'So what are you going to do until then? You can't keep S.H.I.E.L.D off of your back forever you know.'
"I know, I know, but until I have a better solution."
"Why don't you just publicly adopt me? If this S.H.I.E.L.D group is as important as you say then perhaps it would be in your best interest to adopt me to keep them off balance." Gohan suggested.
'You know..' Pepper said thoughtfully.
"That might just work." Tony said as he contemplated the pros and cons of the arrangement.
'Is this to repay Tony?' Pepper said as she tried to gauge Gohan's intentions.
"This world is as new to me as I am to you, and yet Mr Stark still took me in. Whether or not he did this for his own gain is not the issue right now. I have a debt to repay and until I have I owe him my life." Gohan said making Tony's mouth drop open in surprise.
'Well... looks like you have your hands full, Tony!' Pepper said in amazement.
"I'm just glad I got to keep the kid instead of Thor!" Tony replied as he made himself a quick sandwich.
'So what do I tell Fury if he calls for an update?'
"Tell him... A new Avenger is in town."
