Hey guys! Time for the second chapter! Also Llama, after you said that, I thought about it, but figured it wouldn't fit very well because the reason that Gohan began to hate them wasn't just because they didn't help, but also because they weren't strong enough to help, because as he put it, they didn't 'have enough training'.

In my opinion, the Z-fighters should have at least been able to take down a Cell Jr or two between them, because despite what Cell said, there is no way in HELL that the Cell Jrs were as strong as Cell, because that is completely stupid. I know if I was as powerful as Cell and could create clones of myself that were as strong as me, I'd abuse the hell out of it from the start. Not use it to deal with the small fry. It's basically an OP version of Tien's Multi-form. If anything, the Cell Jrs should have been between half and three quarters as strong as Cell. And even then, that's pretty strong.

Aaand I'm ranting. Sorry about that. On to the chapter! Please don't hate me for the shadow ki explanation.

It had been a week since Chi-Chi had passed away, but nobody had noticed her's or Gohan's disappearances. At Capsule Corporation, Bulma was tinkering away at her inventions, like usual, when it came to her.

"Maybe I should check on Chi-Chi, and see how her and Gohan are handling Goku's de... ath." Her face paled as her voice trailed off. "VEGETA!" She screamed. All of a sudden a blur appeared at her side, which resolved to reveal Vegeta standing, an unimpressed look on his face.

"What is it, woman. You're disturbing my training! I have to become stronger than Kakarot's Brat!" His face softened as he saw Bulma about to burst into tears.

"I... I think Chi-Chi's dead because Goku didn't come back... Can you check for me?" Bulma choked out her words. Sighing, Vegeta closed his eyes and reached out his sensed to search for Chi-Chi's energy. He couldn't find it. For that matter, he couldn't find Gohan's either.

"The harpy's energy isn't anywhere on the earth. Neither is the brat's. Looks like they're both dead." Vegeta droned, then turned away and began to stalk back to his Gravity Room. "Don't bother me." Bulma started crying, and Vegeta stopped, remembering that 'the harpy', as he put it, was one of Bulma's closest - and only - friends.

"Take me there. Now." Bulma's tone, even while crying, left no room for argument. Vegeta picked her up and flew her over to the Son residence. When they landed, Bulma crashed through the door, searching frantically for any bodies. She found none, so she walked back outside and went around the house to find a gravestone with the name 'Son Chi-Chi' carved into it. Bulma almost fainted at the sight of it.

"Vegeta, let's make all three of them graves back at home. It's the least we can do to honour their memory. I can only assume Gohan's body got taken when he died since he was so strong." Understanding what she meant, Vegeta dug up Chi-Chi's coffin, which wasn't buried very deep, and flew both it and Bulma back to Capsule Corporation, where he dug a new grave and set down the coffin inside of it.

When she'd recovered, Bulma made stones for all three of the Son family, all next to each other, in the indoor garden of Capsule Corporation. She then placed flowers one each of them, and called the rest of the group in order to set up a funeral.

Gohan had seen everything from when Bulma and Vegeta arrived at his home. He'd sensed them heading there, and had sped off towards his home to see what they were doing. He growled angrily to himself. Not only would he need to make a home elsewhere, just in case, but those bastards had defiled his mother's grave, so he had no reason to stay there. He flew off into the distance before he was noticed, in order to find a new place to call his home. At least he had confirmed that they couldn't sense the shadows.


A year had passed now. His family's funeral had been nothing special. Just a few 'close friends' mourning and saying how good of a family they were.

Gohan had somehow managed to not starve over the year, but that problem was going to be solved soon. He had just collected the sixth of the seven dragon balls, and he knew that the last one was at Capsule Corporation. He'd been putting off breaking in to get it until it was the last one, because he didn't want to get caught this early after his 'death'. He still had to get much stronger.

His experimentations with the shadow ki had been very useful. He had figured out that it was much easier to shape than the light ki, and he could even graft it into shapes that could become solid. However, the most recent ability he had figured out was of approximately the same usefulness as Goku's Instant Transmission skill.

Whereas Instant Transmission required you to lock on to somebody's ki, his teleportation skill simply required that he had been to a place and put down a beacon. After that, it was invisible to everyone and everything, and could only be sensed if one knew the shadows. The first place he had left a beacon was his own home, but he had yet to find anywhere else that was important enough.

'Storage.' As he thought the word, the shadow ki came out of his hand and wrapped around the Dragon Ball, before pulling it in. That was another of his new abilities. When he had... 'acquired' the shadow ki, he had soon noticed that there seemed to be a storage space, large enough to fit a house, in the back of his mind. All he had to do was focus on it, and he could see what was inside of it.

Currently, however, it only contained the six dragon balls he had, and his slowly dwindling supply of stolen senzu beans. Every few months he had stolen a small bag of them, knowing that he could use them to supplement his food, so he wouldn't have to eat large meals. He managed to cut down on using them, so he only had to use one every few days. Thankfully, Korin hadn't noticed that approximately a quarter of his senzu beans were going missing every now and then and that the rest of the fighters didn't know.

All he had to do now was break into Capsule Corporation, steal the final Dragon Ball, and get out. Gohan sighed. He would have to do this over the course of a night, and then summon Shenron straight away. He couldn't afford to let anybody know about him. He was confident he could beat them, but he didn't want to take his chances. There was always the chance something unexpected could happen. Gohan flew in the direction of Capsule Corporation, and waited for nightfall.


The break in had been easy. Much easier than he'd thought it would be. It turned out that because Vegeta existed, Capsule Corporation didn't employ security. It was a simple matter for Gohan to set a beacon in the camera room through the wall, since he was close enough, and then just warping in and turning off the cameras for a few minutes. What kind of building plan puts the security room on the outside edge of the building? He thought Bulma was smart.

Now back at his home, Gohan was ready to summon Shenron with the Dragon Balls. He already knew what he was going to wish for. But he first had to talk to Shenron.

"Shenron! Rise and grant my wishes!" He yelled. The Dragon Balls crackled with yellow lightning, and then a large, green dragon rose out from them.

"Mortal! You have two wishes!" Shenron's deep voice bellowed out. "Make them quickly or I will leave!"

"Damn, somebody is impatient. Firstly, can I ask you a question without using up a wish?" Gohan inquired Shenron, hoping that he could.

"Yes! That is something I can do!" Shenron was pretty loud. Gohan's ears were starting to get irritated already.

"What are the different types of ki and why are they different?"

"There are three different types of energy, or as you know it, ki! There are light, neutral and shadow energies! Light energy is what every being is born with, and it is the weakest kind of the energies! Neutral energy belongs to those beings who have become gods! Shadow energy, like yours, is born when a being experiences a major traumatic event while under the effects of negative emotions towards friends and family! There is no way to completely convert energies back to Light energy once it has been changed, however, if enough effort is put into it a small amount of Light energy can be temporarily created externally!" Interesting. So there were three types of ki, not two. Shenron continued with his explanation.

"There isn't much to say about Light energy, seeing as it is the weakest kind! However, Neutral and Shadow energies are almost on par with each other, with Neutral being stronger! Neutral energy is approximately five times stronger than an equal amount of Light energy, while Shadow energy is four times stronger! Furthermore, while Shadow energy cannot be sensed by the Light, the Neutral can sense it normally, and the reverse is also true! Beings that use Neutral energy have the option to reveal their energy to look like Light energy to the sense of other Light beings! Most Gods, such as the Kais, do reveal their energy! However, a few, such as the Gods of Destruction, choose to not reveal their energy! That is all!"

Gohan was surprised. At least, he was surprised at the fact that the Shadow ki was so much stronger. He figured it had made sense. Before his conversion, when he powered up the wind blew strongly in the area. However, after his conversion, and especially recently, when he powered up to his full strength he had been causing localised earthquakes in nearby areas. It was part of the reason why he was gathering the Dragon Balls.

"Okay, my first wish, then, is to have a bag of senzu beans that doesn't run out." He held up a senzu bean from his storage, just in case Shenron didn't know what he was talking about for some reason.

"It has been done! What is your second wish?" A bag, about as large as a Dragon Ball, appeared in Gohan's hand. He slowly opened it and peeked inside, and all he could see was the colour of the senzu bean. Sticking his hand inside, he pulled out a handful and noticed that the spot he had taken from was immediately refilled with more beans. He grinned. That wish had worked. Now he just needed to make his other wish.

"My second wish is to be on an uninhabited planet with a spaceship!" He yelled. This was the turning point. If he couldn't get this wish granted fully, it would be much harder to train. He most certainly couldn't train on Earth anymore, for fear of either blowing it up or knocking it out of orbit in the future.

"It will be granted! In ten minutes, you will be transported!" Gohan heaved a sigh of relief as he released a breath he hadn't realised he'd been holding. Good. This made things much better. The dragon disappeared from sight, and the Dragon Balls floated away before soaring away to new locations. Following their locations with his mind, he was amused when one of them embedded itself into the side of Capsule Corporation. That would be a surprise in the morning for Bulma.

He quickly stored the senzu bag in his storage and returned to his home, packing up the capsule house with all of its belongings. Storing that, he quickly racked his brain, making sure he'd remembered everything. After all, he wouldn't be returning for at least a few years.

Smiling, he powered up to his Super Saiyan form, before pushing the shadows that replaced the golden aura out of the way, and looking at himself in the nearby lake. His hair was still the golden colour, after all, it was a trait of the Super Saiyan form, but it also had streaks of black in it from the shadows. He had to admit, it looked a lot better than just golden hair. He watched as his form shimmered, and then suddenly he was on another planet, staring at a spaceship.

Smirking now, he could finally start to tap into and train the supposedly unlimited potential of the Saiyan race.


Back at Earth, Hercule Satan held a press conference the next day to celebrate the day before's anniversary of him 'defeating' Cell and saving the world.

"Mr. Satan! Would you please remind us of how you defeated Cell?" One reporter yelled.

"Well, I, the saviour of the world, got sick of those silly tricksters and their tricks, and told them to get lost! Being the great man that they recognised me as, they quickly retreated from the area, which is why they weren't there after the battle! Then I told Cell 'That's it for your tricks!' and hit him with my strongest Megaton Punch!" Hercule boasted his 'achievement' on TV for the entire world to see.

His daughter, Videl, was watching from the comfort of their new mansion that they had recently gotten from the city for saving the world. She was confused at her father's words. 'I thought he said something different when he beat Cell? He must not have a good memory.' She decided to leave it at that and stopped thinking about it.

"Well, Mr. Satan, in honour of your achievements, we want to officially rename Orange Star City to Satan City! It would be a great honour to us if you accepted our request!" The mayor of Orange Star City was on the stage next to Hercule, beaming at him. All of the citizens and reporters in the audience cheered for him.

"If you put it that way, there's no way I could refuse! After all, I'm the strongest man in the world!" Hercule accepted the request, and the crowd cheered even louder. Hercule posed for the cameras, and pulled out a capsule, opening it to show it contained twenty bricks stacked on top of each other.

"HAH!" With a yell, Hercule brought his hand down and the crowd watched in awe as he broke nineteen of them, leaving only one remaining. Again, they started cheering for Hercule. He roared in triumph and had a smug grin on his face as he left the stage to return home.

Here's the second chapter! Originally I was going to have it go a bit further, and end it with Gohan returning after his training, but I decided not to. Thanks for reviewing the first chapter everyone!