Dragon Ball Rewritten

Gohan's Time Warp Chaos

(Part 2)

Chapter 4, The Tournament Mayhem

After finishing brushing his teeth and getting rid of his bad morning breath, Gohan went to the mini-fridge to get some food. The young demi-Saiyan was glad to see they had lots of food, but it would only sustain him for breakfest.

"Hmm... The Preliminary Rounds should be ending soon. I better hurry and eat." Gohan said to himself looking at his C.T.W. the high-tech watch isn't just for communitcating with his friends in the future, it could also tell time anywhere in the past or future.

Gohan finished all the food under a minute; he was really hungry and glad nobody else saw how fast he finished all the food in the mini-fridge. The boy still had some time before it was time for the main Tournament to begin, so he did as he promised his mom and studied for a few minutes.

After a while of reading, Gohan soon realized the Preliminary Rounds were ending, so he decided to get back out and meet up with the others.

Outside, the demi-Saiyan noticed some of the kids around the area were seen arguing with their parents. They're not the same kids he rescued from Raditz, that much he's sure. Oh well, children argues with their parents all the time, so Gohan decided to ignore it and keep going.

"I'm hungry! When can we eat?" Gohan perked up when he heard his child father whinning about his never ending hunger.

"Hey Sky, finally got rid of that bad morning breath?" Bulma asked Gohan when she noticed him.

Gohan blushed, it was pretty embarrassing for someone to say you had bad morning breath in front of other people, especially your friends.

"Hey Sky! Did ya hear? We won! Krillin, Yamcha and I are going to the Tournament!" Goku shouted in excitment at his future son.

Gohan gave his future dad a smile. "That's great! I knew you'd make it, after all, you did train under the legendary Turtle Hermit himself."

"Oh stop, you flatter me." Master Roshi said with a grin.

"We should win the Tournament easy, all those fighters fell like flies." Krillin was getting cocky, which is something Gohan hardly ever saw from his bald friend.

Master Roshi glared at Krillin. "Krillin! Don't get cocky just because you managed to take out a wimp or two! The fighters are much harder in the real Tournament. The Preliminary Round was to get rid of the weaker ones, you're in the big leagues now sonny."

Krillin quickly straighten up. "Y-yes Master!"

"I'm looking forward to it. Finally some Fighters can give me a challenge." Yamcha said feeling eager to get things started.

"Hey Sky, you'll be watching too aren't you?" Goku asked Gohan out of the blue.

Gohan as well as Bulma and Master Roshi gave the 12-year old Saiyan a curious look. "Why even ask that? It's the whole reason I'm here." Gohan said, though it's not really the real reason.

Goku stratched his head as if wondering why he asked that himself. "Oh well... just making sure. This is so exciting!"

"You'll clean up." Oolong said.

"Have fun!" Puar smiled.

"We better go find some seats and... hey, where is Master Roshi?" Bulma looked around to see Master Roshi just disappeared.

Gohan of course knew Master Roshi was secretly fighting in the Tournament under the alias Jackie Chun to keep his students humble. Of course the demi-Saiyan wasn't going to tell them that.

"Maybe he went on ahead. We better hurry before it gets too crowded and all the good seats are taken." Gohan suggested.

"Good idea, kid. Let's go."

For the next few hours, it's been pretty uneventful as Gohan waited for the Tournament to start. The little Half-Saiyan was eagerly awaiting the match to start so he could watch his dad, Krillin and Yamcha fight. It'd be interesting to see how they fought back then before turning Super Saiyan and destroying evil aliens or surviving killer androids.

The Announcer soon came into the ring. "OOOOKAY! ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN?" all the audience shouted in cheers.

"THEEEEN LET THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN! For the first match it's the horrible stench that smells worse then a messy bathroom and dumbster combined; BACTERIAN!"

Everyone, including poor Gohan as his nose was more sensative, had to cover their nose and gag the second the Fighter known as Bacterian entered the ring.

A big fat tubby man with messy brown hair wearing nothing but shoes and big tights came into view. The man never took a bath since he was born and his putrid odor was his main weapon.

'Ugh! His skunk like odor would be enough to even make Vegeta pass out, I'm already close to it.' Gohan thought while his face turned green.

"AAAND THE NEXT FIGHTER! The young and talented yet nicely bald boy; KRILLIN!"

The audience would've cheered if they weren't too busy trying not to gag from Bacterian's skunk odor. Gohan really hopes Krillin ends this battle soon, which should be no problem since the former monk don't even have a nose to smell with.

Krillin nervously came into the ring, but he looked like he was holding his 'nose'. Gohan raised a curious eyebrow as to why Krillin was doing that. Could the smell be so bad that even someone without a sense of smell could smell it? Gohan didn't think it was possible, but apparently it was.

As the two Fighters faced each other, the Announcer had to put on a gas mask just to talk without gagging. "Now Fighters let's keep this nice and clean... okay scratch that, it's clearly not possible. Just try not to get anything on the audience. AAAAND BEGIN!"

The fight basically went like how it did in the anime. If you want to full detail of the fight then go watch it. Through out the entire match, however, Gohan kept wondering how Krillin could smell that stinky skunk in a man's body? Also the demi-Saiyan was very tempted to go into the ring and end the match himself, but had to stay on the sidelines suffering.

When Bacterian dug into his tights and used the Smelly Finger attack, Gohan actually passed out. Times like these the young boy wished his nose wasn't more sensative then a regular human. Also Gohan wished he didn't have breakfest. Bulma had to get Oolong to transform into smelling salt to wake him up.

'Through out all my experience with fighting evil aliens and killer androids, never have I seen or smelled such a disgusting battle! Even the skunks were more tolerable then this guy!' Gohan thought after being revived and wished they let him sleep until the match was over.

It wasn't until Goku told Krillin he didn't even have a nose did the fight turned around. Gohan couldn't believe that Krillin forgot and just because of that little detail the bald boy no longer feared Bacterian's odor and easily defeated him by giving him his own gas attack right in the face.

Gohan's eye twitched. 'If I knew Krillin forgot he didn't have a nose, I would've just screamed at him much earlier about it!'

While Gohan was busy having his angry mental rant, the employees removed Bacterian from the ring and began spraying air fresheners everywhere to get rid of the lingering stench. EVERYONE was thankful for that.

Gohan shook his head to clear the putrid odor from his senses, glad that match was finally over. Not only did it smell bad, the match itself was pure disgusting. Which makes Gohan wondered why Krillin never told him about the Bacterian match? Then again it's understandable seeing how badly Krillin almost lost there and having his face being forcably shoved up the man's giant butt.

Goku came onto the ring congratulating Krillin for his first victory. "You did it, Krillin!"

Both of the boys jumped up and down excitedly. Gohan put the nasty fight with Bacterian to the back of his head, hopping to never remember it again, and smiled while he saw his dad and friend happily jumping around. This is how those two became best of friends in his future.

"I just hope there aren't anymore Fighters like that or I'm not going to last long." Gohan grumbled to himself.

"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure that Bacterian guy was the only one that fights that nasty." Bulma assured the young boy.

It was time for the next match. Yamcha vs Jackie Chun. The fight didn't last very long to say the least. Gohan already knew Master Roshi was much stronger then Yamcha, so the old man easily punched him out of the ring ending the match. This disappointed the young demi-Saiyan as he had hopped for a more... vigorous match rather then just an easy win.

The next battle was with a humble man named Nam and a sassy girl named Ranfan. Now that Gohan thinks about it, Ranfan was the only female he ever saw that was able to get into the Tournament. He didn't see too many females in the ring so he was kind of interested to see how this battle will go.

Gohan couldn't believe Ranfan. She was a good actress and she's not at all shy. When she stripped herself to only a pink bra and underwear, all the males (except Goku, Nam and Gohan) were immediantly attracted, especially the perverts. Gohan could hear Master Roshi screaming in the backround. The young child blushed heavily. He didn't even need to have Bulma yell at him to close his eyes to do it.

Goku was just clueless as to why a lot of people were staring at Ranfan just because she took off her clothes. Nam had morals like Gohan and this made it very hard for him to fight. However it became much easier when he closed his eyes like Gohan did and just use his other senses to fight her. Nam managed to knock her out for more then ten seconds, winning the match.

"Alright, finally we get to see Goku fight." Bulma said eagerly.

Gohan smiled, eager to watch his dad fight in this time period. Goku and the dinosaur Giran came into the ring, both eager to fight. Then to Gohan's and everyone else's great disappointment, it started to rain, forcing the match to get postponed.

"I swear, the weather is against me." Gohan grumbled.

"Let's go into the bar and wait. We can have some lunch until the rain stops." Bulma suggested.

Gohan watched as Bulma, Oolong and Puar went to go get Goku, Yamcha and Krillin. The demi-Saiyan didn't want to join them because this was the perfect time to find Nappa while the rain had everyone leaving the area.

In the pouring rain, Gohan patiently looked around not at all caring he was getting soaked to his head and feet. He knew finding Nappa here would be like finding a tiny needle in a giant haystack.

It wasn't until Gohan heard two people screaming at each other that got his attention. "Why are you acting this way?"

"You never let me do what I want! You are all stupid and pathetic! I hate you!"

"Why son, why? You'd be willing to kill your own father?"

Gohan gasped, remembering all too well how his own father died. This kid was willing to kill his, then there's something really wrong here and Nappa must be the one behind it! Thinking quickly, Gohan disappeared in a flash, kicked the knife away from the child's hand before reappearing behind him.

"What are you doing? Why do you want to kill your own father?" the Half-Saiyan demanded.

"That man is NOT my father! It's because of him that I wasn't able to go with my friends to the see the Tournament!" the kid exclaimed.

"That's not worth killing your father over! What were you thinking?" Gohan demanded getting angry at that lame exscuse.

"Master Nappa said the only way to get what you want, to be truly free, is to kill the ones tying you down." the kid spoke in a sudden monotone voice.

This confirmed the young demi-Saiyan's supscions. Nappa was the one behind this kid's mental breakdown alright, now the only question is: where is that big muscle headed man?

"Where is 'Master' Nappa?" Gohan demanded yet again.

"I'm not allowed to tell you, Non-Believer." the kid said before walking away from the stunned father.

'Great, first Raditz and now Nappa. I have to find him before any of these kids tries to really kill their own family.' Gohan thought franticly.

Gohan soon found himself standing alone in the ring. The rain continues to pour and Gohan sighed as he wondered why he even came out here.

Just then, he saw hundreds of those brainwashed kids charging at the empty ring of the Tournament. They all had things kids their age should never have such as giant mallets and picaxes.

Surprised, Gohan tries to stop them before they could try to dig up the ring and cancle the whole Tournament. "Hey! What're you all doing? Stop it!"

Unfortunaly, the children seem to not hear nor notice the hybrid and started hammering down on the ring. Gohan was just about to use his Kaio-Ken to knock them all out like he did with Raditz when he got a sudden call from his adult dad.

"No! Don't do it, Gohan!"

Gohan stopped and jumped at the sudden warning. "Why not? They're going to destroy the place if I don't stop them!"

"Look carefully Gohan, it's all an illusion. If you use the Kaio-Ken then you'll be the one destroying the ring." Goku warned him.

Gohan blinked as the army of kids vanished before his eyes as if they were never there. "Wah? But how? What's going on?"

"It's gotta be that Nappa guy. Raditz was manipulating children, but Nappa must cause them to see illusions like with you Gohan."

Gohan's eyes widen. "He was trying to get me to slip up and do something to damage Time even more. But I don't see nor sense him anywhere."

Now this brought up another problem. "And how am I going to tell what's real or illusion?"

"You'll need to concentrate hard on this one, Son. Just be on your guard and try to avoid making any mistakes." Goku said before disconnecting.

Gohan sighed, that was a very close call back there. The rain continued to pour and the hybrid only looked solemned, not sure what to do next. If Nappa, the bruteful Saiyan, could somehow suddenly be able to cast illusion on children, then Gohan is at a disadvantage.

"Hey, whatcha ya doing here kid?" a rough voice suddenly said, causing the demi-Saiyan to turn around to see it was Giran.

"You're standing in the middle of the ring while it's pouring out here. What's a matter? Too ashamed to go home to your mommy?" Giran taunted the young hybrid Saiyan.

Gohan payed no mind to this rude beast. "Just getting some fresh air in the pouring rain."

"SKY! What are you DOING out here in the freezing rain? You're going to get sick! Get over here, young man!" a young Goku suddenly called to Gohan, unexceptedly acting like the kid's father already.

Gohan nearly jumped out of his skin, not expecting his kid father to suddenly scold him like that. Goku was tapping his foot, definatly having the features of a father worried and scolding his child.

"Hah, so that little brat is your little brother or something?" Giran taunted once more.

"He's older then me." Gohan answered, surprising Giran, before walking over to Goku.

"How long were you out here in the rain, Sky? Master Roshi warned me that people get sick staying out in the rain like this." Goku scolded his future son.

Gohan inwardly chuckled at his kid father's behavior, he doesn't even know Gohan is his son, it was funny to see him acting like a dad already since the full blooded Saiyan was extremly naive especially in this time period.

"Uh... Why do you even care so much? I'm use to staying out in the rain like this." Gohan said simply.

Goku didn't know why himself, when he asked where 'Sky' was Bulma told him he was still outside last she saw him. This, for reasons unknown, put the young Saiyan in a panic and hurried out to find the mysterious boy called 'Sky'.

"Not while I'm around mister! You're coming back with me and we're going to get you warmed up." Goku said firmly just like a dad.

Gohan blinked at his dad, really not expecting this. Giran only laughed saying, "You two act more like father and son then just friends!" Causing Gohan's face to heat up again from the true fact. Goku notices Gohan's red face and misinterpert it.

"Uh-oh, looks like you're already getting a fever." Goku then dragged Gohan once again. The hybrid Saiyan sighed, wishing Goku would stop dragging him all over the place. Leaving Giran alone.

Goku and Gohan arrived at the bar, both Saiyan boys soaking wet. "Would you stop dragging me everywhere? I can take care of myself just fine." Gohan finally decided to say.

"You're soaking wet, how could you take care of yourself if you have a fever?" Goku scolded.

"I don't have a fever!"

Bulma quickly walked up to the two to stop the arguement. "What's going on, Goku? Why did you drag Sky all the way here all of a sudden? You two look like you just got out of a river."

"Sky was just standing out there in the rain. I didn't want him to get sick so I brought him here." Goku said.

Bulma looked at 'Sky' curiously. "Why would you want to stay out in the rain like that?"

Gohan sighed, already the questions were bombarding him. "I have my reasons. I don't get sick that easily either. So please stop worrying about me."

"How can we not? You don't even have a family anymore, who's going to take care of you?" Goku protested.

"I'm pretty sure you were able to take care of yourself without a family." Gohan pointed at Goku, knowing full well his dad was an orphane for a long time.

"That may be true, but Goku here is a great Fighter and is use to living alone. You on the other hand don't know how to fight, you don't know what dangers are out there." Great, now Bulma was scolding him. If only they knew just how strong Gohan really was, still, the hybrid knew that would only cause things to spiral out of control and he wouldn't want that.

With a sigh, Gohan sat down in defeat, acting tired, which he kind of was after vainfully searching for Nappa in the rain. "Fine, you win. I'm too tired and hungry to really go back out anyway."

This had Goku and Bulma breathe in relief. "Hey no sweat, I know how it feels to be hungry. They've got plenty of food to eat." Goku grinned widely while having his arm around Gohan's shoulders.

Gohan sweatdropped. Just seconds ago he was scolding the hybrid, when Gohan admits defeat, the child father suddenly grinned like a happy maniac and instantly offered him food.

"Lunch is on me then." Bulma said, not knowing that Gohan's appetite is just as bad as Goku's.

"Are you sure? I really don't want to burden you. I can get my own food." Gohan didn't really want the sky high bills to be put on his friends, his mother told him it would be irresponsible not to mention rude to eat so much and have others pay for it.

"Modest aren't you? Don't worry, money isn't an issue." Bulma assured the young boy, who knew she would soon regret it once she discovers his own vicious appetite that could rival his dad's.

Bulma and Goku happily lead Gohan to the table where their friends were sitting: Yamcha, Krillin, Puar and Oolong. They all waved at Gohan and laughed at how soaked he was. Gohan knew he'll need to change out of his gi because wet clothes are very uncomfortable.

It wasn't long before plates of food arrived at the table, Goku was already hoarking everything down. Gohan was use to this as he sometimes eats that way too, but in public, unless he was really starving, the demi-Saiyan knew better then to eat at such a savage way and promised to limit himself to eating only two or three meals instead of fifty like his dad whenever he's with someone (and that's going to be hard considering three meals for a growing Saiyan is like taking only one little bite of a candy bar to a growing human).

While Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Oolong and Bulma all stared at how many and fast Goku was eating, Gohan calmly and slowly ate his meals in a good manner. The Saiyan hybrid was thankful his friends were too preoccupied watching the vicious way Goku eats to notice him at all, but he was also slightly embarrassed at the way his future dad ate in front of others.

After eating three meals, Gohan knew he should stop before he looked like a glutton in front of his past friends. Still the poor hybrid was hungry, but decided to wait until everyone was gone before he starts his own pig out sessions. Piccolo always taught him to be patient and wait after all.

"Hm? That'sth aull yourre eathink Skowy?" Goku asked with his mouth full, though Gohan was able to understand him due to talking to his dad a lot during breakfest, lunch and dinner.

"Goku! Don't talk with your mouth full!" Krillin scolded his friend before Goku swallowed his food so he could talk clearly.

"Of course that's all I'm eating. For normal people like me, three meals is more then enough." Gohan stated, knowing full well regular humans that don't fight or work hard labor can't eat that much unless they're a glutton like Yajirobe.

"He's right you know, Goku. People like Bulma and Sky don't fight, therefore don't use up a lot of energy, so they don't need to eat as much." Yamcha explained before counting all the empty bowls Goku ate. "In your case, anyone who eats as much as you, Goku, would explode."

"But it feels like Sky should be eating more." Goku said, wondering how he would even know that when he knew his other friends don't eat nearly as much as he himself does.

"Don't force him, Goku. We don't want Sky exploding because he can't eat as much as you-" Bulma was interrupted when they heard a growling noise coming from Gohan's stomach.

All their attention was turned to the heavily cherry red faced Saiyan hybrid. Gohan never hated attention being drawn to him more then right now. Not even when his dad made him fight Cell did he ever felt this worried. Gohan's face was completely dry due to the intense heat of embarrassment, in fact, the demi-Sayian is sure he'd die from embarrassment before any of the enemies had a chance to kill him.

After the awkward silence, Goku began laughing. "See? I knew you need to eat more."

Goku pushed a big bowl of soup and noodles in front of the red hybrid. "Go on, don't be shy, eat."

"I'm... not hungry." Gohan started to say, only for his stomach to growl louder in protest.

"Your stomach says otherwise." Goku laughed even more.

"How can Sky still be hungry after eating three meals?" Krillin asked curiously.

"Just three meals isn't enough for anything. I know I'd still be hungry after only eating that much." Goku said.

Gohan would have sighed if he wasn't so embarrassed right now. 'Of all things I could've inherited, why did I have to inherit my dad's bottomless stomach?'

Bulma noticed Gohan's stiff body and how red his face was before chuckling. "It's okay, Sky. Go ahead and eat. Maybe you just have a bigger appetite then we do, maybe not as big as Goku's, but don't feel embarrass about it." she reassured the blushing demi-Saiyan child.

Gohan felt a little better to the girl genius's words, she never did mind the way he ate before, but that was when she knew he was the son of Mr. Bottomless Pit himself. Here he supposingly have no relation to Goku whatsoever, so eating like a starving Saiyan would only cause stares and confusion.

Gohan started eating again, but kept up his slow and polite pace. Making sure to only eat as least as possible but also satisfying his stomach so it wouldn't growl so loud anymore. Unfortunaly, the young hybrid didn't realize he was eating faster and faster until he was at Goku's pace and both of them were eating up to thirty meals already.

This caused EVERYONE to stare at them, even those not with their table. "W-wow, the kid can sure rival Goku when it comes to eating." Yamcha said, staring at the two young Saiyan boys continuing to devour all the food around them. Apparently Gohan had forgotten where he was and believed he was back home eating lunch with his adult father and mother.

"I... had no idea Sky could eat like that. Are you sure those two aren't related?" Bulma's eyes were bulging as she watched them.

Krillin sweated. "I sure am glad I'm not the one who has to pay for all the food they're inhaling."

"I better watch it or I could lose my whole hand." Oolong said nervously.

"I'll lose a tail." Puar sweatdropped.

Even Master Roshi, as Jackie Chun sitting in another table, couldn't help but stare at the two boy's vicious hunger. He knew Goku ate like that after training with him for eight or so months, but 'Sky' was eating just as much at the same pace, almost like they were clones or brothers or something.

Finally, after the two Saiyan boys were satisfyed, they stopped gobbeling everything in sight and relaxed in their chair. Surprsingly, neither of them gained any weight. This was normal for Goku, but for 'Sky'?

"Wow... this is the first time I've seen someone else eat like that." Krillin said after seeing the two of them were done.

Each of them ate 35 meals, making a total of 70 meals getting devoured by the two hungry Saiyans. Gohan, after realizing how much and how fast he ate in front of everyone, put him back to being hotly embarrassed. 'Again, why did I have to inherit my dad's bottomless stomach? There's no way I can explain how I'm able to eat so much in just under a minute!'

Goku smiled until he turned to see Gohan wasn't looking so happy. "What's the matter, Sky?"

"N-nothing, it's just I ate way too much." Gohan said, his face turning even more red when the others continued to stare at him.

"I'll say! You ate over 35 meals along with Goku! Anyone able to eat THAT much and not explode or go into a food coma can't be normal!" Oolong pointed at the stacked empty plates and bowls.

The pig's comment made Gohan want to crawl under a rock and disappear. He never had a problem eating in front of his friends before because they knew who he was, here they thought he was just a normal homeless boy. Gohan then sunk into his chair, wishing he could turn invisible.

"Oolong! You're embarrassing him!" Puar scolded at her shape shifting friend.

"Still, it's the truth!" Oolong protested.

"Hey, you and I should have an eating contest some time Sky." Goku laughed as he picked the relunctant and very embarrassed Gohan back up and put his arms around his shoulders again.

"Maybe we should just forget this ever happened." Gohan sighed, trying to calm his nerves before he accidently goes Super Saiyan in front of everybody.

"By the way Goku, if you ever learn the Instant Transmission, be sure to teach me." Gohan lazily said, still trying to return his cherry face back to normal.

"The Instant what? Ah nevermind. Look, the rain is letting up. I can finally start my match." Goku said eagerly pointing at the slowing rain and the sun coming through the clouds.

'Interesting. This boy called 'Sky' has the same vicious appetite as Goku. There's something more to this boy then I thought, best keep an eye on him.' Roshi thought as he conitnued to watch the two similiar boys.

When the rain finally stopped and the sun was shining, it was time to restart the Tournament. While everyone was busy eagerly waiting for the Tournament to begin, Gohan snuck away from the crowds to talk to Future Bulma about his latest delinma.

"Bulma, I have a little problem."

Bulma's face appeared on the screen. "What's wrong Gohan? Did the enemy get away?"

"No, nothing like that. It's my appetite. It's causing too much attention because I eat like my father. I'm worried that people are going to find me out if I can't control the way I eat." Gohan said to her, worried etched on his face, knowing his past friends were still wondering how he could've possibly eaten like Goku.

Bulma put her finger to her chin. "Oh that's right. You are your father's son so it's understandable that you eat like he does. Unfortunaly nobody knows that there so... I'm not really sure how to fix this problem, Gohan. You Saiyans need to eat to keep up your energy."

Gohan sighed. "But there's got to be someway to keep from everyone figuring me out. They already notice how similar I am to my dad, at this rate I'm worried they'll figure it out and mess up Time for sure."

"Okay, don't panic Gohan. I doubt any of them, including my past self, would figure you are Goku's son. They might think you're a long lost brother or something, but that's fine. So long as they don't know who you really are, you won't damage Time. Just relax and try not to give yourself away so easy next time."

"I will. I also can't find Nappa. He has a different way of manipulating kids then Raditz. Instead of simply brainwashing them, he actually causes illusions. I almost destroyed the entire ring if my adult dad didn't stop me." Gohan explained to Bulma.

"I see, that is a problem. Hmm... No worries, Gohan. Check the Capsule labeled '4'. I put a special set of glasses in there that would keep you from seeing any illusions. I'd figure something like this would happen." Bulma winked and Gohan gave her the infamous smile that Goku always gave to everyone else.

"Thanks Bulma, you're the best!" Gohan said happily until he heard the Past Bulma say, "Thank you Sky, I've always thought I was the best."

Gohan and Future Bulma both yelped in surprise as Gohan immediently shut off the C.T.W. before Past Bulma saw her future self.

"H-Hey Bulma. I-I thought you were watching the Tournament." Gohan stuttered a bit.

"I was until I noticed you were missing. Don't wander off like that, Sky. You could get lost or someone could kidnap you. Now let's get back to our seats, we wouldn't want to miss Goku's first match, now do we?" Bulma said as she took Gohan's hand and lead him back. At least Bulma didn't try to drag him like his kid father has been doing.

Gohan watched as Goku fought Giran. It should be obvious that Goku was stronger, but he couldn't believe he was actually struggling to fight that monster. When Giran revealed he could fly through the use of his wings, Goku claims if he couldn't throw him out then he'll take him down.

Giran then spat out rock hard gum from his mouth that he called: "Marry-go-round Gum!" and trapped young Goku. Gohan never saw such a technique, but it was weak so Goku should be able to break out... or so he thought. Guess his dad was a lot weaker then he originally thought. Gohan was too used to his dad being the strongest out of everyone and seeing him this... weak made him surprised.

Goku was tossed out of the ring. In desperation, Goku called his Flying Nimbas, surprising everyone who didn't know the boy had the yellow cloud. Of course, since it was an 'outside tool', Goku was forbidden to use the Nimbas again.

Goku was losing badly. "Come on Da- Goku! You can beat him!" Gohan ended up cheering, hopping to encouarge his kid father like his adult dad did for him during the battle against Cell.

This seemed to have did the trick. Just when Giran was about to punch Goku out of the ring, the young Saiyan somehow dodged. Gohan's eyes widen when he saw how Goku dodged it, so did everyone else but in a much more shocked way (horror for Bulma, Oolong, Puar and Yamcha as they knew that meant the next time there's a full moon they'll be having to deal with a rampaging angry monkey monster).

Goku's monkey tail grew back and it was hanging onto Giran's arm like a possom. Goku was glad to have his tail back and with it he felt much stronger and was able to break free of the Marry-go-round Gum, though with some struggle. This shocked Giran, knowing he was way out of his league, the poor monster gave up before Goku could do any damage to him.

Gohan couldn't help but stare at his father's tail, not use to seeing him have it since Goku got rid of his tail before the demi-Saiyan was even born. Gohan felt subconscious about his own tail, he didn't have it anymore since the fight with Vegeta, yet he felt... like something was missing.

"Why does he... have a tail?" Gohan asked Bulma, knowing he shouldn't even know about the tail.

Bulma, Puar and Oolong all looked terrified, could have something to do with that Oozaru chaos. "We don't know why, just that he was born with it. Let's just hope the moon isn't full tonight or all chaos will break loose."

"Yeah, that's for sure." Oolong said nervously.

"I'd hate to see that happening here of all places." Puar was also scared.

Gohan knew exactly what they were talking about, this was the whole reason why adult Goku wanted Gohan to tame the Oozaru so he could help kid Goku tame his own. Still, the hybrid had to pretend he was clueless.

"What do you mean? What's the moon got to do with Goku having a tail?" Gohan asked acting innocent.

"Trust me, let's hope you never have to find out." Bulma said and Gohan dropped subject.

The Announcer were asking Krillin and Goku about if they were taught under the same teacher, which was a 'yes' and it was 'Master Roshi'. Then Announcer asked Goku about his tail and that it was unusual that he had one to begin with.

Krillin asked Goku if it was real, to which Goku decided to show everyone to prove it. Goku lowered his pants to show off his natural lower half to everyone. The tail was sticking out of his butt and he waved it around. Gohan blushed, embarrassed that his dad actually did that in public.

"GOKU! PULL YOUR PANTS UP!" Krillin snapped, also embarrassed.

After that whole fiasco, it was time for the next match: Krillin vs Jackie Chun. The fight... well... was predictable for Gohan, who already knew Master Roshi was stronger then Krillin in this time. The part that happened too fast for everyone, Gohan saw it clearly, of course since he's been in much deadlier battles before that requires a lot of speed.

In the end, 'Jackie Chun' tricked Krillin with the After Image technique and chopped Krillin's neck, easily knocking him unconscious for more then ten seconds, giving victory to 'Jackie Chun'. Gohan still wondered how the Future Krillin found out 'Jackie Chun' was really Master Roshi since he obviously didn't find out here.

"Hey Sky, are you enjoying the fights so far? Pretty intense stuff, huh?" Bulma said to Gohan during the intermission.

'If by 'intense' you mean slow and predictable other then my dad's fight, then yes, it's very intense.' Gohan thought boredly before outwardly forced a smile and said, "Yeah, it's so unpredictable. I could hardly keep up with them, they were so fast." yeah, the kid was lying through his teeth, but what else could he do about it? Bulma easily bought it of course, still thinking he's just a normal kid with a very big appetite.

"I sure hope Goku beats this pervert down!" Bulma said, clearly annoyed with the way 'Jackie Chun' is acting towards her and other women.

The next match was with Goku and Nam. Gohan was surprised to see how much of a hard time Nam gave to his kid father. The man fought with true courage. If Gohan remembered his dad's stories, Nam was the man who was in desperate need of water for his drying up village. That's why he came to the Tournament, to win the prize money to buy enough water to save his village. Of course, Goku and Master Roshi helped him with that little problem later on.

Nam almost took Goku down with his Aerial Attack, but the boy managed to wake up just before the count to '10'. They both jumped high into the sky. While this amazed everyone else that they could defy gravity like that, Gohan only watched mildly, easily seeing them in the air even though to everyone else they're nothing more then dots. Goku landed first and kicked the incoming Nam right out of the ring.

Gohan smiled when he saw 'Jackie Chun' giving Nam a Capsule and showing him the well filled with water, giving Nam a ray of hope. Gohan laughed when he saw Nam put on a diguise to look like Master Roshi just so he could 'prove' Yamcha wrong about his identity.

Now finally, it was time for the final battle of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. Gohan was eager to watch a showdown between his past father and the great Master Roshi. Come to think of it, the hybrid never did see how the old man fight.

'Jackie Chun' kicked Goku out of the ring. Lucky for the young Saiyan, however, he used his tail as a helicopter to fly back in. Gohan was actually impressed as he never thought of using his tail as a helicopter before, not that he needs to since he can fly on his own.

Then there was the battle with the Kamehameha Wave with Master and Student. Watching this, Gohan was instantly reminded his battle with Cell as he and the bio-android had a stand off with energy blasts before Vegeta came in and distracted him, giving Gohan the edge he needed to overpower him. Too bad that would all be in vain if the kid doesn't find the enemies and restore Time.

The fights were fun and unpredictable, but still a little too slow for Gohan's taste. Gohan couldn't believe his dad fell for the old 'Sleepy Boy' technique. It's just plain hypnosis, a cheap way to win. Luckily because of Goku's love for food, Bulma was able to wake him up by shouting, "GOKU! YOUR DINNER'S READY!"

It wasn't until 'Jackie Chun' used his Lightning Surprise attack that something happened. While Goku was getting the shock of his life, he inadventurly looked up to see the full moon in the evening sky. While all of Goku's friends were telling him to give up before he ends up fried to a crisp, Gohan was the only one who noticed something was wrong with Goku. He wasn't screaming in pain anymore, in fact, he was too silent. His eyes were wide instead of closed shut and Gohan's sure he could hear his heartbeat thumping.

It didn't take long for Gohan to realize what's wrong with him as he felt his energy sky rocketing. Looking up at the sky, there was the moon to its fullest and Goku was looking directly at it. Gohan knew dreadully what that meant.

Goku soon began to grow, hair sprouted everywhere on his body, his teeth grew long and sharp. As soon as Bulma and the others saw this, they knew they were in big trouble. Goku has transformed into the Oozaru again. As the Oozaru, Goku easily broke out of Master Roshi's lightning attack and started demolishing everything in sight and yet somehow not going out of the ring.

Everyone began screaming and running in panic. "Goku! What's wrong buddy? Stop destroying everything!" Krillin called out in hopes to stop him.

"There's no point in trying to reason with him when he's like that. He's just a beast with a sweet tooth for tearing people's limbs off!" Yamcha exlcaimed.

"No! I've got to stop him!" Gohan suddenly said, running towards the rampaging Oozaru.

"WAIT SKY! DON'T DO IT! HE'LL RIP YOU APART!" Yamcha and Bulma screamed as the demi-Saiyan ignored them and kept going towards the violent monster, hopping Master Roshi dosen't destroy the moon just yet.

Gohan was thankful the destroyed building covered him up, so he could jump towards Oozaru Goku's head without being spotted. Oozaru Goku glared at Gohan as the boy touched its head and concentrate. Strangely enough, Oozaru Goku stopped moving and stood still like a statue.

"Huh? What's going on with Goku?" Bulma asked, never seeing the Oozaru so still before.

*Inside Goku's Head*

Gohan found himself in a bright place filled with mountains... it looked like his home in Mount Paozu. Gohan soon saw kid Goku, but he was injured badly and he also saw the Oozaru storming around and crushing all the trees as well as shooting out powerful ki from its mouth.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Gohan asked the injured Goku.

"That... that monster is... too strong. It crushed... Grandpa and it's going... to destroy everything and I can't... stop it!" Goku answered weakily.

"Goku, don't you realize that monster is you?" Gohan said bluntly.

Goku looked at Gohan like he was crazy. "No way! How could that be me if I'm fighting it right here?"

"I know it's hard to believe, but it's the truth. That's the monster inside of you, the Oozaru. You can control it but you'll have to tame it first. That's why I'm here, to help you tame it."

"T-Tame it? How? It's far too violant!" Gohan had never seen his dad look so scared before, it's unfitting.

"You don't have to be afraid. All you need is a strong will. Do you have what it takes to be determined enough to control that wild beast and turn it into your greatest asset?" Gohan was now the one encouraging his dad, how ironic.

Goku looked at Gohan. "I... I can do that?"

"Yes, like how a nobel knight tames a wild horse to become its loyal steed. You can do the same to this giant monkey. You just need to believe in yourself, have a strong will. Do you think you can do that?"

Goku then gave Gohan a determined look. "Anything to stop this monster."

Like what Gohan did before, Goku ran up to the giant monkey monster. The Oozaru looked at Goku, no longer sensing an attack and grabbed his body. The Oozaru flashed before disappearing and Goku was struggling mentally.

Like what the adult Goku did for Gohan, the future son must now encourage the past father. "Don't give in! You must not let that overgrown monkey take over! You can do it, FATHER!" Gohan accidently slipped that one, but that seem to have done the trick.

"YYAAAAAHH!" Goku yelled loudly just before he stopped. Openning his eyes, he saw the Oozaru looking calm and smiled at him just before it disappeared for good.

"Hey... I did it. It worked. Hey, why did you call me 'father'? Huh? Where'd you go?" Goku looked around when he realized Gohan was gone.

*Back In Reality*

Gohan felt tired, all his energy felt like they were drained. Commuticating with Goku as the Oozaru took away a lot of his energy. Gohan started falling in exhaustion, but Oozaru Goku soon noticed this and caught him in his giant hand.

Oozaru Goku somehow gave some of his energy to his weakened future son, this caused something to trigger within the hybrid Saiyan boy and instantly woke him up.

"Huh? What?"

Gohan gasped when he saw Oozaru Goku looking down at him, but then noticed the giant monkey wasn't going on a rampage and had a concern look on its furry face instead of the usual blind rage.

"What's going on? Why is Goku so calm all of a sudden?" Bulma asked nervously.

"Hey... maybe it's a good thing. At least he's not going around destroying everything now." Krillin said.

"That can't be it, whenever Goku changes he has no control of himself." Yamcha said, though he's not sure himself.

"Da... Goku? Is that you in there?" Gohan asked the giant monster, hopping it was.

Oozaru Goku didn't know how to talk in this form, so he could only let out a primal roar, but he insurred to Gohan he has full control over the Oozaru now seeing how he's not wildly stomping around like he was a few moments ago.

Oozaru Goku put Gohan down before looking around realizing he was still in the Tournament.

Because Yamcha and Puar aren't sure if Goku really had control or is just stunned for whatever reason, they decided to cut off his tail before he goes on a rampage again.

"Quick, now's our chance Puar, turn into a giant pair of scissors and snip that tail like last time!"

"Right! Here goes!" Puar transformed into a giant pair of scissors and cut off Oozaru Goku's tail before anyone else had a chance to realize what was going on. Gohan only took notice after the tail was cut off (don't worry, it's not a perminate cut off).

Oozaru Goku roared in pain, Gohan couldn't blame him as having your tail cut off is like having someone rip off one of your limbs. 'Jackie Chun' only watched as Oozaru Goku regressed in size until he was 'human' again and fell unconscious, he was naked because the Oozaru was too big and ripped off his clothes.

Gohan sighed, Puar had cut off Goku's tail before he had a chance to tell them that he was in full control. Oh well, the tail will grow back again soon. Controling the Oozaru form had wipped out both of the Saiyan boys.

"Hey Sky, you okay? You look tired." Bulma asked in concern when she saw 'Sky' walking... more like limping back to her direction. Gohan was limping in exhaustion trying not to fall over, he had overused his powers to open the link to his past father's mind.

"I'll be okay, just got caught up in the monkey's rampage." Gohan answered as he sat down.

"Maybe next time you'll think twice before running up to a giant roaring monster." Oolong scolded.

Gohan didn't really care that his friends were scolding him, he was just glad he and Goku are finally able to control the Oozaru form and Master Roshi wouldn't have to destroy the moon. The next time Goku grows his tail back, the demi-Saiyan hopes to teach him how to talk in that form... then again, he never talked in that form either.

"Hurry up and count! The boy's unconscious right? So start counting!" 'Jackie Chun' yelled at the Announcer, who flinched and started the countdown.

Fortunaly when the Announcer only got up to '5' Goku woke up and stood. 'Jackie Chun' glared at the Announcer. "Darn you! If you had started counting when you were suppose to, I would've won!"

Goku looked around and remembered what transpired. "Wow... I really caused a lot of damage this time. Glad I was able to control it and saved Sky from falling. I just wish my clothes didn't tear off."

"Before we resume the match, would someone please lend the kid some clothes?" the Announcer sighed, not wanting to have a naked Fighter in front of the audience, especially for the opposite genders.

"He can have mine." Krillin said before dragging the naked Goku into the demolished building.

Gohan felt an irritating itch in his tail bone but tried to ignore it. Ever since Oozaru Goku spared some of his energy to him, Gohan's been feeling that itch in the same spot and wondered why. Gohan had looked behind himself to make sure he didn't have a tail. The hybrid was relieved he didn't, but could still feel the itch... maybe he had a rash?

Goku came back out with Krillin's clothes and Krillin wore his old Orin Temple uniform. Now the young Saiyan must fight 'Jackie Chun' again, but his powers and energy were greatly weakened thanks to that transformation.

Thankfully 'Jackie Chun' was running low on energy too. Although the man hadn't exactly used his fully powered up Kamehameha Wave, he was close to using it before Puar cut off Goku's tail and wasted prescious energy just by doing so. Both Goku and 'Jackie Chun' were unable to use their Kamehameha anymore, so they resorted to a fist fight.

Gohan as well as all his friends watched suspencfully as Goku and 'Jackie Chun' were punching and kicking the living daylights out of each other. Gohan knew his dad lost to Master Roshi, but he may have changed the result just by helping Goku control the Oozaru form.

Well, fortunaly or unfortunaly, depending on how you look at it, the result ended the same. Both Fighters gave each other one final kick before they were sent to the ground. Both of them couldn't stand before the 10 seconds were up and thus ended in a draw. Since the Tournament could not have a draw, the Announcer said if one of them could just stand up and say the words: "I am the Champion." then they win.

Goku was the first to stand up, he gave a bright smile and had his eyes closed. It really looked like he was going to win. "I-I am the... the Ch-Cham...pi..." unfortunaly, the tired Saiyan couldn't finish the word 'Champion' before falling back down losing consciousness, but still had that carefree smile on his face.

'Jackie Chun' then stood up. When it looked like he was about to fall back down too, he quickly did a pose before saying: "I AM THE CHAMPION! I AM THE CHAMPION! I AM THE WORLD CHAMPIOOOON!"

At this, the crowds cheered (with the exception of you-know-whos) and the Announcer decided the Champion. "AAAAND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS! JACKIE CHUN IS OUR NEW CHAMPION! AND LET'S HEAR IT FOR GOKU TOO, THE YOUNGEST CHILD EVER TO MAKE IT THIS FAR! WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE TOURNAMENT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT TIME!"

The 21st World Martial Arts Tournament had now come to a close. Krillin and Gohan gathered over Goku, who finally woke up. "Ugh... did... did I win?"

"No, you lost, but you were very close." Gohan said smilling.

"If only you had stayed conscious for one more second you could've won." Krillin sighed disappointed his friend was just a couple of letters away from winning but then had to lose consciousness before he could say it.

"You fought well, Goku. But in the end I was the stronger warrior. I hope you continue your training and get stronger yourself." 'Jackie Chun' said to Goku before walking away into the sunset.

Goku smiled at Krillin before looking at Gohan. "You know... I had a dream about you. You were helping me taming that wild ape monster. And you even called me 'father'."

Krillin gave Goku a curious and weirded look. Gohan blushed and hopped Goku wouldn't figure it out. That was no dream. Luckily, Goku decided not to push the matter, firmly believing 'Sky' being there was just his conscious helping him.

"You're always weird, Goku." Krillin said before Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong and Puar surronded them all smiling proudly. They congratulated the young Saiyan, even though he didn't win he came very close.

Goku was about to ask them why they never told him about his Oozaru form before he realized that he was the one who crushed his Grandpa. Figuring his friends didn't want him to feel guilty about it, he decided to pretend he was still oblivious to the transformation. Now he wonders where is Master Roshi? And when can he eat?

Chapter 5, A New Ally and Insanity of Nappa

Gohan sighed as he knew where Master Roshi was. Everyone was split up to look for the Turtle Hermit and Gohan found him quickly due to sensing his power. He saw Master Roshi taking off the Jackie Chun's hair and putting his sunglasses back on as well as a new jacket. Gohan inwardly laughed when he saw Roshi looking at the prize money he won, he saw blood rushing out of his nose like a hose, no doubt thinking some pervert thoughts.

Gohan decided to wait at the enterence of the Tournament, knowing Master Roshi would make his way there sooner or later. Bulma, Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar and Oolong were already gathered there, wondering where in the world the missing Turtle Hermit could be?

Goku was tired and weak, his stomach was growling like there was no tomorrow. Gohan kept his own hunger in control, though his stomach did growl a few times, causing the hybrid to blush at his lack of hunger control like his dad, who was constantly whinning about being hungry.

"Hey there!" Everyone turned to see the Turtle Hermit himself finally decided to show up.

"Where have you been? Did you even see us fight?" Krillin asked eagerly.

While Master Roshi was talking to his two students, Gohan's C.T.W. suddenly beebed. Gohan didn't like this, if Future Bulma had to contact him then it's either something very important or is an emergency.

"Hm? Why's your watch beebing like that? Turn it off, it's annoying." Oolong said irritated.

"I've never seen a watch like that before though, is it new?" Bulma asked curiously not knowing it was her future self that made it.

"Oh uh... Sorry everyone, but I have to go. I've stayed too long, it was nice staying with all of you." Gohan said quickly, wanting to answer the call as fast as possible before something bad happens.

"But Sky, aren't you going to join us for dinner?" Goku asked sounding disappointed that Sky was leaving so suddenly.

"I will, but I have to be somewhere. You guys go on ahead." Gohan told them assuringly.

"Let's go boys, it must be urgent if Sky has to leave us quickly." Master Roshi said.

"Oh... okay. See you later then Sky." Goku said as he continued drooling like a waterfall at the thought of food.

As soon as they were out of sight, Gohan quickly turned on the C.T.W. to see Future Bulma looking frantic at him.

"It's about time Gohan! We have a problem." she said with urgency in her voice.

"What's wrong?"

"Nappa's signal is gone! He's not in the Tournament area anymore. We're not sure where he went, but it's far away from here. Looks like he caught wind of you being there and wipping out Raditz."

"That's not good. I had a hard enough time as it was finding him here." Gohan grumbled.

"Hold on... Gohan, there's another signal close to you, but it's not one we're familiar with. You better be on your toes kid." Bulma said suddenly.

"Huh? It's not someone we know? Then who could it be?" Gohan asked.

"Just becareful. This one seems really powerful." Bulma said before hanging up.

"Who else is here besides our past enemies?" Gohan wondered to himself aloud.

Then an unfamiliar voice startled the poor hybrid kid. "Perhaps an ally or relative."

Gohan spun around franticly to see someone he certainly wasn't expecting. "...Daddy?"

The man who looked like Goku stood there, wearing a Saiyan's armor, had a scar on his cheek and also had a brown furry tail wrapped around his waist.

"No... Turles?" Gohan put up his guard believeing this was Turles, although his skin was a different color.

"Turles? Oh you must mean the Saiyan that looks like me. No I'm not him. I'm Bardock, your dad's father and your grandfather." the Saiyan claimed.

Gohan was shocked to say the least. "B-Bardock? Grandfather? How? Why?"

Bardock let out a sigh as the sun finally set and the night sky took over. "It's a long story, kid. I was killed by Frieza while trying to save my planet. I have this ability to see the future thanks to some psychic inhabitates. I saw my son, Kakarot the one you call Goku or father, growing up and fighting to protect this planet. I even saw a vision about him defeating that evil tyrant called Frieza."

"Wow... that's amazing." Gohan sensed this man had no evil intentions, so he relaxed and decided to hear him out.

"I even saw some visions of you, my grandson. I had one before I died to the hands of Frieza where you went back in time to restore Time in your future. Am I right?" Bardock asked already knowing the answer.

"Y-Yes... Do you know what's causing it?"

"Well, I know what started it. Back in the Otherworld, in HFIL, everyone you, your friends and father defeated all came together when the new monster Cell gathered them. They all thirst for revenge. Cell, having used your friend's Time Machine before, knew the concept of Time Traveling, so he created things called the Temporal Mecha."

Gohan remembered Raditz calling the big watch around his neck the Temporal Mecha.

"The Temporal Mecha not only allows them to go back in time but keeps them alive so long as they're in the past. Temporal Mecha also have the function to shrink them if they wish. Cell thought the perfect revenge was to mess the Timeline so bad that Time itself will start to crumble until it stops completely. All of your past enemies went up to the bio-android as he gave each of them their own Temporal Mecha and used it to go into the past, which is here."

"But what about you? If you're not here for revenge, then why are you here?"

"I'm getting to that. When King Yamma heard about this, he was beyond angry. I was surprise he didn't blow up right then and there. Knowing that if Time stopped, then not only would everything cease to move ever again, he would be held responsible. Not to mention out of the job since nobody can die if Time ceased. Because he was much too busy, he couldn't go back in time himself to stop them, so he decided to send somebody else."

Bardock paused to let this sink into his grandson's mind before continuing. "King Yamma called me to his desk before I had time to even blink. He informed me of the situation and wanted me to help you stop them. He couldn't send my son, Kakarot, to help you since the bum was too far on the Grand Kai's planet, also because he's too naive and would most likely give himself away, thus damaging the fragile Time further."

Gohan nodded. "I understand. My dad did find out about it though, because he sent this Dragon Ball to keep in contact with me if I needed him." Gohan showed Bardock the Four-Star Ball.

"I see. I'm glad my son has a way of helping you after all even if not being here physically. King Yamma made his own Temporal Mecha, so long as it's not destroyed I can remain here to help you."

"That's great. I've already defeated Raditz and broke his Temporal Mecha. I was searching for Nappa to do the same, but I lost him and he's far away by now."

"I know. Cell made these Temporal Mecha to hide their kis very well, so finding them the through your senses is out of the question. But there is a way you can find them before Time gets obliterated."

"Really? How?"

"Stay with Kakarot. All your past enemies may be messing around the Timeline, but they'll be aiming for Kakarot since he's the main objective for their revenge. Since Kakarot will be exploring the world tomorrow anyway, it's best you stay with him until you can find all of them."

Gohan looked to the ground as if unsure about this plan. "I... I don't know about that. If I go along with Dad, then he might suspect something. He's already acting like a father and he's only a year older then me. Besides, I can't fight around him, if I do then Time will be further damaged. Plus... I still feel like it's my fault he died in my future."

Bardock shook his head and pushed Gohan's chin to face him. "It wasn't your fault, everyone gets cocky at some point. Kakarot may be suspiscious, but he's far too naive to ever find out who you are even if you come right out and tell him. As for fighting with him around, don't worry about that either. You can knock him out and tell him what he just saw was a dream. Knowing my son's past, he would be gullible enough to believe it. It may sound crude and wrong, but unless you want Time to stop even faster, that's something you're going to have to do."

Gohan sighed as he nodded. "I get it. I know what I must do. But what about you?"

"I'll be helping you search for the ones responsible for this. I can't gaurantee I'll find them, but I'll do whatever I can. At least this way we'll cover more ground. And I think an old friend of yours will show up by the next World Martial Arts Tournament." Bardock smirked having the vision of the future... or at least what's going to happen in the time they're in.

"Really? Who is it?"

"I can't tell you, it wouldn't be a surprise. Now you better get back with the others before you're missed."

"Right. Thanks... Grandpa Bardock." with that said, both Gohan and Bardock flew off into different directions. Gohan smiled, glad he has an ally in this time period helping him.

Gohan landed outside a resturant having sensed the others in there. Going inside, Gohan saw everyone was staring at Goku eating like a true starving Saiyan. All the food was gone in a second as the Waiter kept trying to bring more in and taking the empty bowls out. Gohan knew his dad would eat appromixatly fifty full course meals if not more and Master Roshi, even with the prize money, may not be able to afford it all.

Gohan sighed, knowing if he ate there too then Master Roshi would go bankrupt and that's the last thing he wanted. So the young hybrid decided to leave the resturant before anyone saw him and hunt for his own food like he did in the wilderness when he was only four. He can always go back to them tomorrow morning.

Later that night, Gohan just finished eating some apples, peaches, papayas and ham from some wild boars (he'll be sure never to tell Oolong) when his adult dad's face showed up in the Dragon Ball he was holding. Yeah, Gohan didn't bother to put it back in the Capsule because he was planning to talk to his dad about Bardock when he was finished eating.

"Dad, you've gotta hear this!" Gohan was excited.

"Wow Son, you sure sound excited. Did you discover something?" Goku asked, eager to know what's got his son so anxious and excited.

"Your dad, my grandpa, I met him! His name is Bardock and he was sent here by King Yamma to help me!" Gohan went on explaining about Bardock being psychic and how he died trying to defend Planet Vegeta.

Goku had a thoughtful look. "I always thought my father was like my brother, but I'm glad I was wrong. Looks like you got someone else to help you Gohan, that's great. By the way, how is your Kaio-Ken coming along?"

"It's working great, but I still can't hold it for too long. By the way, could you please teach me the Instant Transmission? I can't tell you how many times I wished I could've used it in some... awkward situations." Gohan blushed when he remembered the faces of his shocked friends when he ate 35 full course meals and still had room for more.

Goku laughed. "Yeah I'll bet. Instant Transmission came in quite handy when I accidently blew up Chi-Chi's kitchen. Never cook a ten foot pie with tin foil in a microwave. Anyway, I'll teach it to you, but only after you fully master the Kaio-Ken, deal?"

"Deal. I should have it down once I can get some training in." Goku smiled warmly at his son's determination.

"By the way, how are you getting along with the past me?" Goku asked curiously.

"We're getting along just fine. Although your past self is acting a lot like you would whenever I'm alone looking for the enemy. Plus you keep dragging me around and... how did you not get cavity if you never brushed your teeth? Why did you have to pull down your pants in front of everybody? Don't you have any common sense or know anything about modesty? Honestly Dad, it's no wonder Mom had to keep nagging you." Gohan ranted on, scolding his dad for doing all those embarrassing things in public. It was clear the young hybrid was still embarrassed from all those times Goku underdressed himself in front of everyone.

Goku sweatdropped as his own son was scolding him. "Uh... well it was nice talking to you Son. Maybe we can talk again later after you've cooled off, okay bye." with that, the dead Saiyan quickly disappeared.

Gohan laughed when his dad suddenly disconnected himself. "Wow... I'm starting to sound like Mom. I guess I better do a little bit of homework before going to sleep to keep my promise." he put the Dragon Ball back in the Capsule before reading some of his old study books.

*The Next Morning*

Gohan woke up when dew fell on his nose. The demi-Saiyan sat up and stretched before looking around to see he was outside. Gohan remembered what he had to do and was about to take off into the sky to find his past dad when he noticed his Gi was getting torn.

"Uh-oh, I better change." Gohan took out a Capsule that released another set of hand-made Piccolo Gi again, with the blue armbands and waistband and put them on.

"Gosh, I better find some new clothes to wear before I tear the ones I have left." Gohan sighed to himself before floating in the air to search for his friends.

Gohan soon felt his past father's energy and quickly landed before he was spotted. Goku was on his Flying Nimbus and was about to take off into the rising sun to go off on his adventure. Gohan guessed this was the time that Goku tries to find his grandpa's Four-Star Ball and ended up fighting the Red Ribbon Army, the very same ones that created the Androids and Cell.

Goku stopped the take off when he spotted 'Sky'. Eagerness written across the young Saiyan's face as he jumped down from his cloud and landed in front of the surprised hybrid.

"Hey, there you are Sky! I thought you actually left already. Why didn't you come back with us?" Goku eagerly asked.

Gohan looked at his curious father's eyes. "Sorry, guess I forgot. I was kind of busy. A-anyway, I think I should go home now since the Tournament is over."

"But I thought you didn't have a home? Hey I know! Why don't you come with me? You and I can explore the world together and you can get strong like me." Goku suddenly offered out of the blue.

Gohan couldn't believe how eager Goku was to invite him on this adventure. Bardock did tell him to go with his kid dad, and Gohan wanted to have a little revenge on the Red Ribbon Army that unleased that horrible Cell monster on them in the future.

"Hmm... Okay, sure. It's not like I have any place to go or anything, but do you even know how to drive?" Gohan asked, pretending he didn't know how his past father got around.

Goku chuckled. "I don't drive a car silly. I use my Flying Nimbus." he pointed at the yellow cloud behind him before jumping on.

"Come on, hop on and let's go."

"You sure I can ride it?" Gohan said looking at the Nimbus. It's been a long time since Gohan last rode the Flying Nimbus, he's been flying around on his own.

"Well you do have to have a pure heart or you'd fall off. Go on, try it." Goku urged his future son as if already knowing he could.

Gohan nodded and easily jumped on the Nimbus Cloud without falling off. Goku smiled even wider. "Where are we going anyway?"

"To look for the Dragon Balls. One of them is my grandpa's Dragon Ball so I want to find it as soon as possible." Goku answered as the Flying Nimbus took off into the sky with two Saiyan children on it.

"What's a Dragon Ball?" again Gohan had to act dumb.

"Well it's a magical orange ball. There's seven in all and if you collect all of them a great dragon appears and grants you any one wish." Goku explained.

"Sounds amazing. But how will we find them?"

"With this. It's called a Dragon Radar, Bulma invent it herself." Goku took out the Dragon Radar and turned it on. There were yellow dots on the screen, indicating the other Dragon Balls.

"Looks like this one over here is the closest, so we'll see if that's my grandfather's Dragon Ball." Goku happily said as Gohan smiled. The demi-Saiyan was eager to start an adventure with his dad even if he's only a year older then him. It gave him a chance to spend more time with him since he's dead back in his future.

The two of them rode the Flying Nimbus through vallies, Goku was enjoying the sights, Gohan was enjoying it too since whenever he flies he's usually busy training or chasing after someone to really notice the view. It felt like he was riding Icarus again, that was probably the first time he really enjoyed the views.

They were soon flying over a vast desert. Goku was getting hot and thirsty, so was Gohan but the demi-Saiyan had more stamina then chibi Goku.

"If we don't find water soon I'll die of thirst." Goku muttered with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.

"Look, I see water up ahead." Gohan pointed and hoped it wasn't a mirage.

Goku gave a huge smile. "ALRIGHT!"

The Nimbus landed right on top of the lake, letting the two Saiyan boys dive right on in. Past father and future son enjoyed splashing each other's faces while cooling off from the desert heat. They both laughed and were having a good time. Gohan had missed doing this with his dad, it felt like it was only yesterday they were splashing each other's eyes out before the fight with Cell.

Just then both Saiyan and demi-Saiyan heard someone yelling for help. Goku called for the Flying Nimbus and both of them got on, looking for the one calling for help. Gohan spotted the man right away.

"There he is!" Gohan pointed at a bird dinosaur carrying a man in its feet. Gohan and Goku soon realized it was Nam! He was in danger.

"Don't worry, I got him!" Goku jumped and pulled out his Power Pole. "POWER POLE EXTEND!" Goku slammed the Power Pole right on the dino's neck, possibly snapping it, sending it down. Gohan had to close his eyes, even though he should be use to seeing violent, things like this always makes him cringe since he loves animals (even if he does eat them to survive).

Goku caught Nam before he hit the ground. "Are you okay? Why are you out here in the desert?"

"I'm looking for water for my people. The desert will dry everything up soon so I'm trying to find the roaming lake or at least why the river stopped flowing to our village and fix it." Nam explained as Goku pulled him on the Nimbus Cloud... but there's not enough room for three people, so Gohan said he'll wait on the ground.

"You sure you can wait out here in the hot desert Sky?" Goku asked in concern.

"I'll be fine, you go ahead with Nam." Gohan assued his past father.

"You sure it's okay to just leave him here? He's just a kid and the desert is a very harsh place." Nam was also concerned about leaving an 11 year old alone in such an unforgiving place.

Gohan smiled. "I'll be just fine. Don't worry about me."

"Okay, we'll be back as soon as possible Sky." Goku said as the Nimbus took off into the sky, leaving Gohan alone.

Gohan gave a sigh of relief. "Finally I can get some training in. Maybe I'll even find Nappa or another enemy too."

Gohan flew back to the lake area so he wouldn't get dehydrated in the desert. "Now time to see if I can hold the Kaio-Ken for more then a minute."

Gohan powered up the Kaio-Ken, his entire body was surronded by the red aura. Gohan struggled to hold it for as long as he could, but he soon powered down after about thirty seconds and fell to his knees panting.

"No good, I only held it for half a minute. If only there was an easier way to hold all that energy without draining myself too much..." Gohan thought looking around the desert and the water.

Gohan's tail bone started itching again. "Ugh, not again. Why is my tail bone itching like that?" he grumbled.

The demi-Saiyan was about to use the Kaio-Ken again when he noticed something moving. Looking at the lake, he saw some kind of small muscled action figure that looked a lot like...

"Wait a minute... that's not a toy, it's...! NAPPPA!" Gohan smirked, now that he finally found the muscle headed Saiyan, he can destroy his Temporal Mecha and restore Time even more.

The small Nappa turned, obviously surprised as he did not expect anyone, least of all 'Kakarot's little spawn' to be here. He was just cooling off from the desert's harsh heat.

"Eh? What are you doing here kid?" Nappa snapped, not recognizing Gohan.

"I'm here to destroy your Temporal Mecha and restore Time in my future." Gohan answered, glaring at the muscled Saiyan.

Nappa soon realized who this was. "Ah, Kakarot's kid, it's been a long time since I saw you. You sure have changed quite a bit."

"Of course, I'm a lot stronger and I'm going to take you out." Gohan glared.

Nappa smirked. "I'm not going to be taken down so easily this time. I've learned a new technique that'll blow your mind. Watch carefully now."

"Like I'm going to let you!" Gohan snapped.

Nappa shot out his hands and purple energy and aura covered him. "MIND DEVASTATION!"

Before Gohan could attack, he felt his mind go dizzy for a moment. The young demi-Saiyan shook his head before looking at Nappa again.

"What... what did you do to me?" he demanded, knowing Nappa did something to him.

Nappa's smirk grew wider. "Something that'll give you mental melt down."

Suddenly, Gohan found himself surronded by angry desert snakes. They all hissed at the young half Saiyan boy. Gohan froze, no matter how strong he is, just a single bite from these deadly serpents would kill him.

"Let's see if you can survive the insanity." Nappa kept smirking.

Gohan looked at Nappa, why was that muscle headed Saiyan not terrified at all these desert snakes? Even he wouldn't be able to live if he gets bitten even if he is techniqually dead, something was wrong. Gohan thought back on the name of the 'attack' Nappa used: Mind Devastation.

"You... you did something to my mind didn't you? Those snakes aren't really there ." Gohan concluded.

Nappa's smirk ceased and he gave a curious look at the demi-Saiyan. "Well what do ya know? You are smarter then your naive low-class father after all. Still, don't think you're safe just because you've figured out the illusion. I made it so realistic that whenever a 'snake bites' you, your mind makes you actually feel it. Meaning if one of these illusion snakes bites you, then your mind will believe you are poisoned and slowly deterrierate yourself until you're dead."

Gohan paled. The power of the mind can indeed kill oneself if the illusion is powerful enough. While Gohan knew these snakes were just illusions, they are just as dangerous as the real thing if they bite him. The young half Saiyan was in trouble now.

Then Gohan remembered about those special glasses Bulma told him; if he could just get it out of the Capsule and wear them, then he can counter this illusion and destroy Nappa's Temporal Mecha.

Unfortunaly Gohan didn't have the time to get it out because Nappa made the illusion snakes attack the young boy. Gohan had to keep dodging them, while he was fast the snakes are also fast, since they're so many of them it was hard to keep out of biting range.

Gohan didn't have time to power up or use the Kaio-Ken, so he ran. The boy dove into the water, if Nappa can't see him then the illusion can't get him. Or so he thought. Nappa was a lot smarter then he was when he was alive.

"Don't think you're going to get away that easily half breed brat. I've been using my head since I was killed and I've learned to attack people mentally rather then just brute force now. You won't be surviving this insanity, kid." Nappa smirked and closed his eyes, he put his hands together and sat indian style like he was meditating. This was an unusual sight for a brute Saiyan like Nappa who use to rarely use his head, guess Vegeta killing him taught him something after all.

While Gohan was underwater, he was about to get out the Capsule to put on those special glasses on when he felt a sharp pain in his head. It hurt worse then a migrane and he couldn't concentrate to get out the Capsule.

Unable to bear the sudden pain in his head and concentrating on holding his breath at the same time, the demi-Saiyan found himself in a very bad situation. The pain in his head hurt so much he could hardly move himself up to the surface.

To make matters worse, Gohan could hear the now-psychic-Saiyan in his pain filled head. 'Heh heh, how do you feel brat? Feel like your head's about to explode? This is one of my most favorite mind techniques called the Mental Raid. I forced my own conscious to attack your mind to the point your body will be paralyzed. Looks like you'll be sleeping with the fishes today kid.'

Gohan struggled to move his body, even a little, towards the surface while at the same time trying to push Nappa's invading consciousness out of his head. 'Get out of my head you psycho! I liked you a lot better when you only used your fists to fight.'

Unfortunaly Gohan could hear Nappa's sickening laughter in his head. 'You would like that wouldn't you? Let's see how long you can last underwater while I continue to attack your mind.'

Gohan's head began hurting worse, like Nappa was pounding away even harder in his head. It got so bad that the demi-Saiyan opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out, only bubbles and most of the air in his lungs.

'I... I can't fight him... Am I going to die drowning? I let everybody down... Time is going to stop and I can't... do anything about it.' Gohan felt so weak, after letting out so much air trying to scream in agony, he found himself drowning. Nappa was still mercilessly attacking his abused mind, making it too hard for the young hybrid to even move.

'That's right, suffer! That Cell android was right; no victims can withstand the assualt to their own minds.' Nappa mentally said to the drowning Gohan.

Suddenly, the psychic-muscled Saiyan felt someone else in Gohan's mind. This person was powerful and was pushing him out. 'Wha? Who's there? How dare you try and take me out of the kid's mind before he drowns!' Gohan heard him yell. The demi-Saiyan felt a familiar warmth entering his head, too tired and weak to really put up much of a fight right now and felt at peace, he allowed this mysterious being to come in.

"I'm NOT about to let you drown my son with your Mental Raid! This is fighting dirty and cheap! You don't deserve to call yourself a warrior or a Saiyan!" Gohan heard a very familiar voice yelling at his mental attacker.

'D-Daddy?' Gohan weakily mentally said.

'K-Kakarot? Impossible! How are you able to enter this brat of yours' mind if you're dead in the future?' Nappa demanded.

"My son and I share a very powerful bond, one that even Time itself can't break. Now get out of MY SON'S HEAD!" Goku yelled as a powerful and familiar golden aura surronded Gohan. The last thing Gohan heard of Nappa in his head was his scream.

Nappa's body fell to the ground in sweat. Gohan opened his eyes when the massive pain in his head suddenly stopped and he quickly charged to the surface, taking in big gulps of air.

Despite having that familiar golden aura around his body, Gohan was not in his Super Saiyan form, his hair and eyes were still their natural black. "Dad? Did you help me?" he asked aloud.

"Of course, I wasn't going to let that big knucklehead drown you with a headache. Now go and break his Temporal Mecha so he can be sent back here and I can have a crack at him for nearly drowning you!" Goku said eagerly and the hybrid's sure he could feel a smirk.

"With pleasure Dad. Kaio-Ken X 3!" Gohan shouted going into a more powerful 3 times Kaio-Ken. The glowing red child shot off like a cannon right at Nappa's big watch, easily shattering the Temporal Mecha.

"YOU BRAT! You... may have defeated me... but many more will come... and most will attack... mentally like me instead... of the usual physcial battles you've become... accustom to... so don't expect this to be the last." Nappa said until his body disappeared into the future Otherworld... where an angry Saiyan father is waiting and cracking his knuckles.

Gohan let out a breath of relief, he would've died back there if it weren't for his dad's mental connection with him. "I better make sure I have an easy access to Bulma's special glasses next time so I won't be attacked like that in the head again." the young demi-Saiyan rubbed his temples as if still feeling the after shock pain of Nappa's Mental Raid attack.

Gohan then activated the C.T.W. to tell Bulma of his latest reports, he had yet to inform her about Bardock, but instead of seeing the green/blue haired genius woman on screen, he saw... Vegeta?

"Brat! It's about time you called!" he snapped. Sounds like he's in his usual grumpy mood.

"Vegeta? Where's Bulma?" Gohan asked, confused as to why the Prince of Saiyans was answering instead of his wife.

Vegeta gave Gohan a glare that said; 'What? Am I not good enough to answer for her?' before answering, "The Woman is busy with something. She wanted me to disguss something with you should you call before she gets back."

"What is it?"

"We've made a recent discovery that Cell is stopping Time for more then just revenge it seems. Apparently that blasted android had a secondary plan just in case he was killed and he's putting it to work as we speak." Vegeta told him getting right to the point.

Gohan's black eyebrows furrowed, thinking about this new information. What could Cell possibly hope to accomplish by ceasing Time in his future other then for revenge? "What does Cell hope to accomplish by doing that?"

"I don't know. None of us knows what that coward of an android is trying to do. All we know is that Cell is hopping to gain something huge from all this." Gohan raised an eyebrow, Vegeta actually seemed... concerned and worried, though the tough Saiyan warrior was trying to hide it and that's never a good sign. Time must be stopping in more areas now.

"Hey Vegeta, I just defeated your former partner Nappa. The way he fought was the opposite how he fought when he was still alive. Instead of brute force, he actually attacked my mind." Gohan cringed as he subconsciously put a hand on the side of his head.

This certainly caught the prince's attention. "Attacked you through the mind? That... is impossible. I've known Nappa since I was just a child and the idiot hardly ever uses his head. How in the galaxies did that buffoon learn to use such mental techniques?"

"I don't know, but I'm worried if Nappa was this good with it then how will I be able to face the others?" Gohan sighed.

Vegeta smirked. "Are you really a coward to such things boy? Bulma designed those Illusion Counter Glasses to protect your little head from any mental attacks. If you had been smart enough to put those on before facing Nappa, you wouldn't have had to suffer."

Gohan glared. "I'll be sure to remember that. Anyway, do you know a Saiyan by the name of Bardock?"

"Bardock? Sounds familiar... Ah yes, Kakarot's father. I only saw him once when I was a child. Too bad he had to die by the hands of Frieza, he had such potential just like you and your father as much as I don't want to admit." Gohan was surprised; Vegeta actually complimented on the demi-Saiyan's family instead of insulting it.

"Well I met him yesterday. King Yamma sent him here with another Temporal Mecha to help me." Gohan smiled.

"Interesting... I'd like to hear more..." but before Vegeta could talk anymore, static began taking over the screen.

"Hey, what's going on?" Gohan said in shock.

"Bah! Looks like the Woman's technology got a few bugs after all. Listen brat, just make sure you find everyone else and destroy them or I'll have to go back in Time myself just to blast you for doing a lousy job!" Vegeta snapped before the line went dead. Gohan translated that's 'Vegeta' language for: "Good luck finding the rest of the enemies."

Gohan sighed and layed down, glad he was able to take out another enemy, but now he had another mystery to solve: what does Cell want? Apparently the bio-android made a Plan B in case he was killed, but what does it have to do with destroying Time in his future?

"HEY! SKY!" Gohan opened his eyes when he heard his chibi dad's voice calling from the sky above. Looking up, he saw his kid father on the Nimbus Cloud and waved at him. Gohan looked around to see he was still at the oasis lake, he must've fallen asleep.

Goku landed near the demi-Saiyan. "I brought Nam and his whole family here. We found out why the water wasn't coming to the village; it was because some of those mean birds held it behind some of those strong gum that Giran guy used on me in the Tournament. So I broke them and the water came back, but then a sandstorm dried it all up again, but I lead them back here. Apparently this is called a Roaming Lake, which is funny since lakes can't really move, at least I don't think it can." Goku said all that in one breath.

Gohan turned to see Nam and his entire village were indeed here. They all were overjoyed. "Thanks to you young Goku our village is saved." Nam said happily.

"Give Sky here some credit too, it was really brave of him to stay behind all alone out here." Goku pointed to his future son.

"Of course. Thank you for such courage young Sky." Nam said with a respectful bow, Gohan returned the bow.

"May you and your people prosper and never have to suffer from lack of water again." Gohan said polietly.

Goku smiled widely as he recalled the Flying Nimbus. Both tailess Saiyan boys hopped on the yellow cloud before taking off into the wide blue sky. Gohan could hardly wait to experience his past father's adventures.

To Be Continued...