A/N: Well I've got three votes for Gh/B and two for Gh/OC so far, and the poll is still open so keep the votes coming. I'm glad to see I have some old fans back , and I look forward to more reviews.
Chapter 2- Dawn
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Gohan stepped out of the regen tank five hours later. The sun was just beginning to rise. He walked into the kitchen and began making breakfast for himself and his family, when they awoke. It had taken him a while to get everything finished, but when he did, it was just as Bulma came in with Trunks.
"Good morning" said Gohan with a smile on his face. "It's all ready so you can dig in whenever." He then took a seat himself next to a mountain of food.
"Gohan, you didn't have to do this," said Bulma as she placed Trunks in his chair then after serving him seated herself. "But I'm glad you did. Your cooking is always better than mine." She commented after taking her first bite. She saw Gohan smile at her comment. She wondered how he could be so carefree one moment and so serious and mature the next. He had grown up too fast.
After breakfast they set about their separate tasks, Bulma working in her lab and Gohan playing and watching over Trunks, who was now one year old.
In the lab Bulma diligently went over her blueprints and notes. Her recent project came to her out of desperation …a time machine, to keep this from happening…so the world wouldn't lose its protectors. So far her progress had been slow, she had a basic concept of how to accomplish time travel, but no effective way of actually putting it in to motion. Her plans were still just hypothesis and theories mostly, but she knew she could do it…she had to. 'I'll do this…for you guys.'
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Gohan watched the infant Trunks sleeping silently in his pen. He couldn't help but feel awful. 'He has to grow up never knowing his father and in a world that's slowly being destroyed. If I can't do it, it'll be up to him…but I can't let that happen.' His thoughts wandered to his most recent fight with the androids named 17 and 18. Even with super saiyan powers…he wasn't strong enough and he knew that before hand…otherwise Vegeta would have handled them.
He had gotten to the city just in time to see it being blow away by rapid shots from 17's hands. He tried to rescue civilians that were running and screaming in terror, but at every turn 18 was there to stop him and murder the person he was aiming to rescue. Once he could no longer sense any life the beating began. By now he was already pretty beaten from 18. They enjoyed it. It was pure amusement for them just to see how he struggled to keep up. He would land a few blows, but it seemed that they weren't affected at all. He was sure that the only reason they left him alive time after time was because they enjoyed the little fight Gohan could put up. Another thing he was sure about was that the androids didn't appear to be getting any stronger or faster, but he was…after every battle the next would give way to more hits on the pair. As long as they kept him alive…he would eventually surpass them…but how long would they find him amusing?
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Gohan was out flying. It had been days since the last attack, and he was happy to see people still living…still hopeful. He often stopped at many villages to watch, help, and talk. He had met a few people who had seen his father in the World Martial Arts Tournaments and those who had known him knew there was hope…Gohan. It made no difference to most people that there was a boy flying through the sky, news had already spread about the child protector who was doing all he could to fend off the infrequent but malicious attacks. So people lived on, hiding their fear as best they could, and preparing for the worst just in case. Cities were the main targets for amusement, so many city dwellers moved and spread out into small villages…but it wouldn't matter, they knew that.
Gohan had made quite a few friends…and had lost some as well. He couldn't do it all, they knew that, and didn't expect him to…it was enough that he tried his hardest and do all he could. Gohan landed in a quiet grove between two mountains where a small settlement existed near a lake. Some few survivors of cities that had been attacked had created it in the last year since the attacks began. Most of these people knew Gohan, having been rescued by him. He often times brought people he had saved here when they had nowhere else to go. In one year it had become a small village with it's own store that Gohan helped stock. He came by every once in a while to help out and fulfill requests. Today was different though. He walked to the nearby lake and lay down on the grass and waited. After about half an hour three heads popped into his view.
"Hello Gohan!" they all said in unison.
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A/N: chapter 2 already! So who are these three mystery people? You'll just have to wait and find out. I'm still waiting for you people to vote on the pairing of this fic again the poll stands 3-Gh/B and 2-Gh/OC. Arigato for all reviews .
