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The Z fighters arrived at South City. The warriors landed on the ground and looked around the city. Something didn't feel right. Suddenly the ones attacking South City exposed themselves to the Z fighters.
Before the Z fighters stood a handsome young boy with shoulder length black hair, dressed in a long sleeved white shirt, black t-shirt, jeans, and a red scarf. At the boy's side was a girl with shoulder length blonde hair, wore a black shirt with long white sleeves, black leggings, a jean vest, jean skirt, and boots. The two were built slim and powerful, and shared a striking resemblance to each other. Both had lifeless blue eyes that all the Z fighters instantly hated.
The boy smirked at the Z fighters. It was almost like he had been expecting them.
"Oh look the Z fighters. I was wondering when you were going to show up." blankly said the boy.
The female now gave the Z fighters a more disturbing look than the man.
"This is going to be fun. Up for a little game 17?" asked the girl.
"Sure 18." replied the boy.
The Z fighters were enraged that the two in front of them weren't taking their presence seriously. They had defeated the universes worst villains. There was no way these two would be able to defeat them. This would barely be a warm up spar, let alone anything fatale to the rest of the world.
The boy once again looked at the Z fighters. He smirked as his eyes grew colder than they were before.
"Where are my manners? Let me introduce myself. I am Android 17 and this is my sister, Android 18." introduced 17.
18 took over for her brother.
"We were created by Dr. Gero of the Red Ribbon Army to destroy Son Goku. The good doctor is no longer around, but we still plan on destroying Goku. We'll just take care of you first then go after him." concluded 18.
Before anyone had the chance to contemplate what 17 and 18 had told them the twin Androids attacked. The Z fighters all scattered and avoided the two Android's attack.
Piccolo looked back at his student. The Namekian tossed aside his cape and turban before he engaged in battle.
"Stay out of this Gohan. We'll take care of these two." said Piccolo.
Gohan nodded and got out of the way so the rest of the Z fighters could fight. The child half-Saiyan watched as his mentor began to fight against the two Androids.
Piccolo gave it his all. He fought to the best of his abilities. When it looked like Piccolo was about to destroy 17, 18 came up from behind him and kicked him in the abdomen. The female Android then shot a ki blast at the Namekian to make sure he was good and dead.
Everyone froze when they felt Piccolo's ki signature die. This wasn't good. If Piccolo was dead than so was Kami. And if the Guardian of Earth was dead then there were no more Dragon Balls. They couldn't wish anyone killed by the Androids back, and now if anyone else was killed they would stay dead.
Vegeta glared at his two opponents. The Prince of all Saiyans summoned up all of his ki and went Super Saiyan. He wasn't going to let the death of some weak Namekian stop him from having a good fight.
"Don't think that little trick you just played will work on me. I'm stronger than those sentimental weaklings. If you want to fight then fight me, Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans." gloated Vegeta.
The two Androids smiled. Moving as one, 17 and 18 attacked the Saiyan prince. Vegeta held his own against the two Androids. He yelled and fired a ki blast at anyone who tried to interfere with his fight.
Vegeta might have been giving it his all, but the Androids hadn't even broken a sweat. Everyone realised the Androids were just toying with Vegeta. Vegeta realised he was just being played with when then Androids got bored and sent him flying into the cold, hard, ground.
Gohan ran to the Saiyan prince. Vegeta got up out of the crater than had former when he landed. The Saiyan prince clutched his broken right arm and fell to his knees. Vegeta was too weak to maintain his ki and dropped out of Super Saiyan form.
"Vegeta, are you alright?" concernedly asked Gohan.
Vegeta got back to his feet and looked away from the young half-Saiyan.
"I'm fine brat. I don't need your sympathy." growled Vegeta.
Vegeta looked at the ground and sighed. His expression slightly softened as he got back off the ground.
"Gohan tell the wom... tell Bulma that I'm sorry. Tell her I'm sorry for how I treated her and that I'll never get to see our son grow up. Just tell her that I am sorry and that I love her." panted Vegeta.
Gohan was completely shocked by what Vegeta had said. It was so out of character for the Saiyan prince. If Vegeta was saying something that made his swallow his pride to say, then he knew there was no chance for him or the other Z fighters to win this battle.
Android 17 was fast approaching the two Saiyans. 17 could easily kill Vegeta and Gohan with one powerful ki blast. No one was coming to their rescue because Android 18 was keeping the rest of the Z fighters busy with trying to keep themselves alive.
Vegeta summoned up all of his remaining ki to go Super Saiyan. He rushed at the Android at top speed.
17 braced himself for the Saiyan prince's attack. With one quick punch, 17 had his arm through Vegeta's armor and his chest. The Android removed his hand and let the dead body of the Saiyan prince hit the ground.
Gohan was frozen by the loss of both his mentor and Vegeta. He looked to see the rest of his friends fighting against the Androids for their lives. 17 easily took care of Yamcha, with a kick to the neck, and Chiaotzu, with a simple ki blast. When Tien rushed to aide his fallen friends, 18 stopped him and killed him by punching through his chest. The two Androids teamed up when they killed Krillin with their ki blasts.
The last of the Z fighters fell to the ground. Gohan just stared at the bodies of his friends, unable to believe what happened. 17 and 18 both looked at the young half-Saiyan.
"Should we kill the boy?" wondered 18.
"Leave him. He's way too weak to be of any fun. And if we let him live think about all the fun we can have with him later." told 17.
18 liked the idea her brother had suggested. The two Androids turned away from the destroyed city and the young half-Saiyan, continuing their quest to find and kill Son Goku.
Gohan noticed the Androids had left the city. Why had they left him alive? He was the son of Son Goku. Didn't they already know his dad was dead? And even if they did why didn't they kill him to try and bring his father out of hiding? It just didn't make any sense.
"It's just not fair. Why did those two Androids kill everyone else but leave me? It doesn't make any sense. I should have fought. I could have saved them. Instead I hid like a scared child. It just isn't fair. Why did I have to live when everyone else I knew had to died." thought Gohan.
Something in Gohan just snapped. Images of his friends and father appeared in his mind. One by one he recalled all of their deaths. From his father losing his life to the heart virus to the Androids slaughtering all of his friends just mere moments ago. All of the pain and sadness welled inside of Gohan until he could no longer stand it.
The young half-Saiyan through back his head and let out an ear piercing scream full of pain and sadness. Gohan's ki began to rise. Instantly his hair began to become gold and his eyes flashed green. His power surged until it was complete.
He had done it. Gohan had finally become a Super Saiyan. If only it had not cost him the lives of his friends and his father for him to attain the legendary feat passed down through multiple Saiyan generations.
Soon Gohan's screams died down. The half-Saiyan fell to the ground panting, his face covered in sweat. It wasn't too long before exhaustion over came him and he became unconscious.
When Gohan awoke he was in the medical wing of Capsule Corp. He looked around and saw his mother and Bulma sitting in two chairs waiting for him to wake up. The two women were glad that Gohan was finally awake.
ChiChi got up from her chair and nearly crushed her son in her embrace. Gohan noticed the tears in his mom's eyes. The young half-Saiyan looked over to Bulma and noticed the tears in her eyes as well. Gohan knew the two women had seen the dead bodies of the Z fighters and were just grateful that he was alive.
"What happened Gohan? Who destroyed South City and killed the Z fighters?" asked Bulma.
Gohan sighed and told Bulma and his mother the whole story. He told them of Androids 17 and 18, the death of the Z fighters, and of him going Super Saiyan. Then Gohan remembered what Vegeta had said before he had died.
"Bulma, Vegeta told me something before he died. He wanted you to know that he was sorry for how he treated you and that he'll never get to see Trunks grow up. He also wanted you to know that he lover you Bulma." retold Gohan.
Bulma and ChiChi were both completely caught off guard. They never expected Gohan to tell them something like that. Bulma just thought Gohan was trying to comfort her and pretended that she believed Vegeta had said that he loved her before he died.
ChiChi dried the tears from her eyes. The pregnant woman looked at her son.
"We're going to be staying here at Capsule Corp. until the baby is born. It's a lot closer to the city and it will give me one less thing to worry about. This will also be a good time for you to catch up on your studies. I'll give you two weeks to recover from the loss of the Z fighters, but after that you're going straight back to the books. How do you think you'll become a scholar if you don't study?" told ChiChi.
Gohan looked his mom in the eye. The eyes of the young child showed all the pain and sadness he had experienced the past few months. ChiChi was taken aback by the hard look in her son's eyes.
"No mom. With dad and the Z fighters gone, I'm going to have to take their place. I'm going to have to defend the Earth from now on. Those Androids could hurt more people. I'm the only one strong enough to stand a chance against them. I'm sorry mom, but I have to do this." declared Gohan.
Normally ChiChi would have yelled or fainted for hearing her son talk like he had, but she decided to let it slide for the moment. He had just lost all of his friends and his father six months ago. Now all he had was Bulma and herself. He did have Trunks and the new baby when it was born, but they wouldn't be much company until he was older.
For now ChiChi just decided to let her son mourn the loss of his friends. In two weeks he would be back to the books and studying to become a scholar. Or at least that was what ChiChi hoped.
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