A/N: This is a DBZ fic that will span from the end of the Cells Games until at least the Budokai Tournament that Goku comes back for. Most likely after wards as well. It is a sort of AU because parts of it follow the DBZ storyline.

Disclaimer: Do I look like I own DBZ? No, I don't. So please, don't sue me. I write this only for my own pleasure and if others like it, than that's good, I'm glad that they do.

The meaning of father.

Gohan stood shaking. Cell was defeated, but at what cost? A great one, that's what. The cost of Cell's defeat was the death of Son Goku, Gohan's father. The other fighters rushed to his side, each having eaten at least one senzu bean. Gohan looked at his hands, feeling disgusted at himself. His foolishness had lead to his father's death.

"Gohan!" Mirai Trunks called out, holding out a bean for Gohan in the palm of his hand.

"Thank you," Gohan replied automatically. He took the bean and forced himself to eat it. The others looked at Gohan, seeing only his outside mask, a mix of sorrow and regret, and a warrior's wear, covered in head to toe with bruises and cuts galore, as the others were as well. But they didn't know what was brewing beneath. Guilt and pain, and the fact that Gohan wanted nothing more than to curl up and die. Sure, it wasn't the first time his father had died, but this time Gohan was the one that killed him. That made all the difference.

Soon, just days later, everyone healed thanks to Dende, and Mirai Trunks headed to his own timeline again; the Dragonballs were collected by Krillen and Vegeta.

"I call thee by name, arise Shenlong!" Bulma cried out. The sky darkened and lighting cracked as the dragon arose from his slumber.

"I have come mortal. What are your wishes so that I may return to my slumber again?" Asked the great dragon. A lighting bolt cracked behind him, making a few jump.

"I wish that Androids 17 and 18 were human," called out Krillen.

"It has been done," rumbled the dragon after a few moments.

Bulma sighed and then called, "I wish everyone killed by Cell to be brought back to life."

"Umm, Bulma, guys, I'd rather stay dead," a familiar voice told them.

"Kakarrot?"

"Goku?"

"Dad?" Vegeta, Chichi, and Gohan asked at once.

"Yeah, it's me," the voice, Goku's, said.

"Why?" Asked Piccolo, asking the question that was on everybody's mind.

"Well, all these villains have come to Earth because of me. They want to defeat me because I'm so strong," Goku began. "But, if I stay dead, then they'll have no reason to come to Earth."

'Typical Kakarrot. Doesn't the fool realize that they'll come anyways, especially if the brat and I get stronger,' Vegeta thought to himself.

"Well, I've got to go, good bye," Goku's voice said. Chichi and a few others yelled his name, but it didn't do a thing. Just then, Shenlong, who'd it appeared hadn't heard the little conversation just now, asked, "What is your second wish?"

They jumped, and didn't know what to ask the dragon. Bulma, ever a genius knew what to ask for. "I wish that everyone killed by Cell, except Son Goku, to be brought back to life," she told the dragon.

After a few moments the dragon rumbled, "It has been done." Shenlong disappeared into the dragonballs, not to be summoned for at least a year. The dragonballs scattered, Krillen flying up to catch the four star ball so that the next time the dragonballs were needed, they'd already have one.

Gohan stood by his mother, intense sadness radiating from the group, though mostly from the two Sons'. They'd all respected Son Goku, and each had cared for him in a different way, including Vegeta and Piccolo, though they'd never admit to it.

Soon though, it was time for everyone to leave. Bulma, carrying baby Trunks, decapsulized a hover car and got in. Vegeta sat in the front, next to his wife and the trio were headed towards Capsule Corp. Yamcha decapsulized a hover car of his own and drove to Orange Star City, where his home was located. Krillen, carrying Oolong, flew with Android 18 to the Kame house, Master Roshi flying behind them. Piccolo, along with Dende, flew back to the Lookout to join Mr. Popo. And the two Sons', Chichi and her eleven year old son, Gohan, went together on the Flying Nimbus to their home in the 439 Mountain Area.

Within a week, Chichi found that she was pregnant with another child. Two months, in fact. Soon, Gohan found himself living in a disaster zone. Chichi was constantly packing and unpacking the baby things that Trunks didn't need and Gohan's old things that she'd kept. She'd always hoped to have another child, but she'd given up on it when Gohan turned five and she got her son back from Piccolo, only to have him go to Planet Namek soon after.

One day, coming home from a sparring match with Piccolo, which he had twice a week, Gohan found his house packed with things. His mother still had him study, but she at least realized that her son was used to fighting and let him spar with Piccolo or Vegeta twice a week, letting him use up his pent up energy. She liked to think of it as Gohan's gym class instead of admitting, that yes, her son was a fighter, and he liked it. Well, anyways, Gohan walked in the front door and discovered his home a maze of boxes, furniture, and other things. Taking several minutes to get through the maze, he went up to his room to study, hoping he wouldn't get roped into helping for a bit; he and Piccolo had really pushed their limits that day and he was exhausted. Feeling a little guilty, Gohan laid to take a nap instead of studying. After a bit, he woke up and felt better, going to work on the advanced Calculus his mother had him doing again.

A/N: A little short, but who cares. Chapter's should get longer than this. Just to get this out of the way, I do not like Goku. Well, let me rephrase that actually. I like Goku in Dragonball and until the Trunks Saga in Dragonball Z. After that, I don't really like him, and after the Cell sage, well, let's just say that hate is only the tip of the iceberg. In GT, yeah, I kinda like him, but I don't like him in the end. Until the end, when he leaves, I find that I actually, kind of like him.

I wonder, how many others are out there that feel close to the same about Goku? And if you know any good fics that have Gohan hating his father, can you tell me? Thanks if you do. Well, until the next chapter!