Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or it's characters. I've tried to adopt Gohan ,but I was refused. It took me several months to get over it, but I did. So please do not remind me of my failure to get Gohan or I might go depressed. (sorry couldn't resist joking around a bit)
Here is first chapter, I hope you'll like it. Please R&R so I'll know if it's good or bad.
A/N: "blah" = speaking
'blah' = thoughts
"blah" = Gohan's words heard from far / heard by Piccolo.
At Each Others Throat
Chapter one: Fall Out with a dead person
"Giving up already? Well that's nothing like the Gohan I know" Goku spoke in Gohan's mind.
"You wish" Gohan snapped back. "Guess you don't know me that well after all" Gohan finished not sounding sad one second. All that one could tell from his voice was that is was full of anger and irritation.
"Really? Well then why were you only seconds ago standing limb ready to be shot?" Goku asked mockingly. Gohan gritted his teeth at that remark.
"I wasn't giving up!" He spoke tensely through extremely tight jaws.
"Oh so that's what it was. I could have sworn you had given up, especially since you thought 'If I die I'll be with my dad again', but maybe I was mistaken" Goku said joking around a bit to annoy Gohan.
"Like I'd wanna be with you!" Gohan said getting more and more tense. He was about to burst from anger and annoyance.
"Ouch, touchy subject. Well don't worry, I wouldn't want you with me either. Why'd you think I sacrificed myself and left?" Goku snapped back at Gohan.
Gohan's eyes widened slightly, but returned to being just slits a second later. Goku himself had fallen silent as he recalled what he said, but just like Gohan he too soon forgot his second long shock and felt annoyed immediately.
Gohan's attention was snapped back to the fight and away from his dad as he heard Cell screaming the next part of the kameha chant.
"I've got one arm left and that's all I need" Gohan spoke more to himself than anyone else.
Gohan charged his energy level creating a fierce golden aura around him. He stretched his arm in front of him and chanted the beginning of the kameha chant before moving his right arm back to his side, now with a small blue ball of ki forming in his palm.
- DBZ -
"What can we do?!" Yamcha asked no one in particular.
He, Tien, Krillin and Piccolo stood watching Gohan and Cell from a little distance. Krillin was holding Android 18 and Trunks lay behind them. Vegeta was still behind Gohan trying to move any muscle.
"I don't know! Cell is stronger than ever and Gohan is seriously hurt and we don't have any senzu beans left" Krillin said fear eminent in his voice.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaahh!" Piccolo shouted to the sky in frustration. The others didn't need to ask as they knew how Piccolo felt. He was frustrated because he couldn't help Gohan and neither could they.
They watched in horror at Cell's constant growing kameha. Suddenly they felt someone's ki powering up. They looked more to the right and saw a golden aura appear around Gohan right before their eyes. Gohan had powered up his energy level, he was going to fight. They watched him in awe, surprise and confusion.
'How can he still fight?' Yamcha thought as he watched Gohan.
'Why is he trying? He can't possibly fight back with those injuries! He's only got one arm!' Krillin thought as he too watched Gohan.
'Gohan, what are you trying to do?' Piccolo wondered. Then his sensitive ears caught something which caused Piccolo to feel proud of his former student and amazed at his willpower.
"I've got one arm left and that's all I need"
- DBZ -
"Ka….Me…..!" Gohan began chanting. After every syllable his kameha increased tremendously in power, but unfortunately so did Cell's with his own chant.
"Ha…..Me……!" Gohan continued.
"Geez you really think that's enough?! That's pathetic!" Goku spoke in Gohan's mind.
"Will you shut up!" Gohan snapped back at him.
"Why, so you can go back to giving up?!" Goku responded. Gohan once more gritted his teeth to the point that it hurt.
"I'm not giving up!! Now shut up!" Gohan screamed back.
"I won't shut up! I killed that guy and he came back. This time I'll get him!" Goku spoke angrily more to himself and Cell than Gohan, though Cell couldn't hear this telepathic conversation.
"You mean I'll get him. I'm doing all the work here!" Gohan snapped back. The only response Gohan got was a typical Vegeta 'hmpf'.
- DBZ -
Piccolo was amazed by the powerful kameha's being charged. It was beyond his own comprehension the kind of power he felt from them.
But that wasn't all Piccolo was focussed one. He was also listening hard at what Gohan was saying.
"Will you shut up!" Piccolo's eyes widened as he heard Gohan shout this.
'Is he yelling at Cell?' Piccolo thought.
"I'm not giving up!! Now shut up!"
'Who's he yelling at? It sounds like he's yelling at Cell, but his eyes are unfocussed. I don't think he's looking at Cell, so why is he yelling?' Piccolo wondered.
"You mean I'll get him. I'm doing all the work here!" Piccolo looked confused at this.
'You mean I'll get him? He can't mean Cell with that, can he? This isn't making sense at all' Piccolo kept pondering. 'Wait! Is it possible he isn't talking to anyone in sight?' Realising this Piccolo tried his best to communicate with Gohan and interfere into whoever was contacting Gohan.
- DBZ -
"!!" Both Gohan and Cell screamed. The z-fighters watched in awe and fear as the two kameha waves rushed to the other and collided creating one HELL of a big ki ball. The struggle could begin.
- DBZ -
"You have to concentrate! I taught you better than this!" Goku shouted in Gohan's mind.
"Will you shut up!! I can't concentrate with you yelling in my mind! Why are you even talking to me?!" Gohan responded yelling.
"Someone has to tell you how to win!" Goku yelled back.
Gohan got a huge headache. He was trying his best to focus his ki, but if it wasn't hard enough with his own thoughts putting him it was even harder with someone else's thoughts in your mind as well. He felt like his skull would break from the pressure. He was thankful Cell wasn't talking all the time, only taunting now and then or he would have broken down from the pressure and pain.
"I now how to win this so SHUT UP!" Gohan screamed with rage. Goku however didn't back away.
"You're making a fool of yourself! Cell is laughing at you, give it more power!" Goku responded with as much rage as Gohan.
"You're the fool here. Seriously you think you can do anything!? You're dead! Cell can laugh all he want because I'm gonna kill him anyway. Stop talking to me!" Gohan shouted back. His throat was hurting from the shouting.
"You're really full of yourself! Get it over already, you're dragging this out! You're making me look bad!" Goku responded.
"You're one to talk! You may have taught me some, but I'm nothing like you so there is no way I'm making you look bad. Even if I was I don't care. I might even enjoy destroying your reputation and besides no one's gonna see or hear from you anymore as you are dead, so why should I or anyone else care about you!?" Gohan nearly growled in response.
"You little BRAT!" Goku yelled with venom in his voice.
"SHUT UP ALREADY! You're messing with my concentration!!" Gohan spat back with more venom than Goku.
To Gohan's surprise he indeed did 'shut up'. Now with his mind only to himself Gohan focussed and started pushing back Cell's wave. The android growled with frustration and instantly powered up his wave pushing Gohan back again.
"What wrong Gohan? Did the pressure get to your mind?" Cell taunted as he thought Gohan had gone insane as eh kept yelling things which didn't make sense.
Gohan ignored him and searched for more power. He managed to push back till they were even again, but eh couldn't push Cell back further. Cell however powered up again and started pushing Gohan's wave back again. Soon Gohan found himself struggling to keep standing.
- DBZ -
"Oh no! He's losing!" Yamcha shouted above the noise of the power struggling and wind and flying debris.
The others stayed silent either gritting their teeth from anxiety or unable to speak from fear. Piccolo however seemed more trouble than the others. He held a look of utter shock and confusion on his face. His eyes had narrowed in disbelief of whatever it was he was hearing and his mouth was slightly open as well from shock.
Vegeta, who had limply flown to the z-fighters before Gohan fire his powerful kameha wave, noticed the Namek was looking differently at this battle.
Suddenly the ground broke from under them and they took flight. Krillin was carrying android 16 and Vegeta took Trunks together with Tien. instinctively they landed closer to Gohan. However this caused them to be able to hear Gohan yell, something Piccolo had been listening to for a while, however Piccolo was the only one from this group who also heard the other end of the conversation which wasn't directed to Cell.
- DBZ -
"What the HELL are you doing!?" Goku screamed in Gohan's mind once more. Gohan growled in response. "You better pick up the slack or you'll end up joining me and I'm not looking forward to that! Hear me! I don't want to see you here, don't you dare lose!" Goku continued.
"Don't worry, I'm not looking forward to being with you either. If you would SHUT UP like I asked before I can concentrate!!" Gohan yelled annoyed.
"I was gone just now and you didn't seem to be winning! Get on with it already! What good are you if you can't even save the Earth!"
Gohan's left hand twitched as he tried to make a fist out of anger, but it only resulted in a painful sting of pain through his whole left arm.
"If you care so much for the Earth, why didn't you stay and save it yourself?!" Gohan asked annoyance clearly in his voice.
"Because I couldn't handle being with my failure of a son anymore" Goku responded with venom in his voice.
"Yeah right! You just didn't have the power to finish him so you gave up and left! Don't take it the wrong way, I'm glad you're gone, but it's your own damn fault!" Gohan spat back.
Cell's beam came closer again and Gohan felt the immense pressure growing resulting in him sitting on one knee trying to stay standing. Gohan fought back as much as he could but every time he found more power he lost track of it as a certain voice interrupted him in his mind.
"I'VE HAD IT! GO AWAY AND DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK TO ME ANYMORE. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BREAKING MY CONCENTRATION YOU FRIGGIN IDIOT!" Gohan screamed with all his might.
"FINE!! DEAL WITH IT ON YOUR OWN, BUT IF I FIND YOU HERE IN OTHERWORLD OR HEAR YOU'VE LOST I'LL MAKE YOUR DEAD A LIVING HELL!" Goku responded just as loud.
Gohan ignored his shouts and searched for more power. He found it and with only the slightest thought of his dad interrupting again it burst out of him and overtook Cell's beam, however it wasn't over yet as Cell refused to let Gohan push him back. They ended back to an even point.
- DBZ -
The z-fighters in the mean time thought Gohan was losing it. They were watching the struggle all the while listening to Gohan screaming.
"Don't worry, I'm not looking forward to being with you either. If you would SHUT UP like I asked before I can concentrate!!"
"Who is he screaming at?" Yamcha asked confused. No one knew the answer so they stayed silent hoping the answer would present itself.
"If you care so much for the Earth, why didn't you stay and save it yourself?!"
'Wait a minute? Could he be……? No it can't be, can it?' Krillin thought and the others were probably thinking along those lines.
"Yeah right! You just didn't have the power to finish him so you gave up and left! Don't take it the wrong way, I'm glad you're gone, but it's your own damn fault!"
'He's glad he's gone? He can't be talking to Goku then, he wouldn't think that ever' Krillin thought.
"I'VE HAD IT! GO AWAY AND DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK TO ME ANYMORE. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BREAKING MY CONCENTRATION YOU FRIGGIN IDIOT!"
All the z-fighters were shocked by this sudden outburst and stood or crouched frozen to the spot with their mouths open.
They noticed Gohan overtaking Cell, but Cell managed to get back to an even point. Piccolo suddenly flew towards Cell and before Krillin could wonder Yamcha and Tien followed. Krillin took a few seconds, but he too followed.
Vegeta watched them fly away. He looked at Trunks and remembered how he "lost" it and attacked Cell. That one mistake could mean the end of Earth. Vegeta growled under his breath, glanced once more at Trunks and then followed the others.
- DBZ -
Gohan felt his arm was going numb and bit his lower lip. He had to finish it now.
Suddenly he saw Piccolo flying passed him followed closely by Yamcha and Tien and Krillin as well. All four lined up and fired their attacks at Cell's back.
"Special Beam Cannon!"
"Kamehameha!"
"Tri-Beam!"
"Kamehameha!"
Cell felt the impact of all four attacks, but it did few to no damage to him. He sent a strong enough wave of energy towards them sending them all flying backwards.
"What are you doing!? You'll get killed?!" Gohan yelled with a voice full of fear and concern for his friends life's. Cell took advantage of this and pushed Gohan's wave back far. "No! SHIT!" Gohan cursed out loud, though not shouting it.
Cell laughed as he heard Gohan. "This is where you'll die!" Cell screamed at him before his power increased dramatically.
"Final Flash!"
Cell's energy broke a moment and thus he lost his advantage. Gohan pushed him back till they were once more even. Cell looked up and saw Vegeta.
Vegeta landed next to the others who had managed to get back up. Now all five lined up attacked Cell, but the same result as before was achieved. Slowly they tried to get back up, but found it impossible.
Gohan noticed Cell was grinning evilly as he looked at them. Cell focused back on the struggle and looked surprised as he saw a certain look of determination on Gohan's face, more determined then before.
"This is between you and me. I won't let you get to them even if they got themselves involved" Gohan mumbled as he was speaking more to himself. "I've had it! I WANT YOU GONE!" Gohan shouted and with it he released an enormous power due to his protective nature and completely overwhelmed Cell.
The wave swallowed Cell and he vanished with no cell left. The z-fighters finally found the strength to get up and watched Gohan floating in the air, still with his arm outstretched. He let it fall down and slowly lowered himself to the ground. As he touched the ground he sank through his legs, but managed to sit on one knee.
All five walked towards Gohan, but before they could ask him anything a very familiar voice interrupted in all of their minds.
"Well about time you finished him!" Goku spoke directed to Gohan, though the others heard this as well. They all gasped at this, except Piccolo who had been hearing more hurtful phrases during the fight.
"Will you just SHUT UP! If you weren't bothering me I would have finished him much sooner!" Gohan snapped back causing the z-fighters to look at him in shock.
"Yeah right, still saying that?" Goku responded mockingly. Gohan made his right hand into a fist and slammed it into the ground startling the others.
"IF SWEAR IF I COULD I'D KICK YOUR ASS!" Gohan spoke through gritted teeth trying to restrain his anger, but not succeeding very well.
"Gohan what are you saying? And Goku what's wrong with you two?" Krillin asked shocked.
"I'd love to see you try!" Goku responded mockingly.
"Maybe that wish will be granted one day. Right now I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU EVER AGAIN!" Gohan shouted before he flew off at a somewhat slower pace than usual.
It took several minutes for everyone to grasp what they just witnessed or heard. Gohan was far gone by now even at this somewhat slower pace.
"Goku what's wrong with you? Why were you saying those things?" Yamcha asked.
It stayed silent for a while before they heard two voices talking and they weren't responding to Yamcha's question.
"It's about time! I felt like I was being pressed into a very cram box" A familiar and noisy voice spoke.
"I'm sorry, are you okay" Goku asked.
"Uhm King Kai?" Krillin asked carefully.
"Yes? Oh right. Sorry. Well see Goku was indeed communicating with Gohan through me, however I was not prepared for what they were saying to each other and I couldn't stop them as Goku was holding my shoulder firmly not giving me a chance to break the connection which I think would have been wise to do" King Kai summed up.
"I'm really sorry, I don't know why I…….wait! What!? Why would you want to break the connection with my son?" Goku asked hurt and confused. The others were just as confused at Goku's reaction to breaking that connection.
"You actually wanted to keep going like that?" Tien asked.
"Like what? I don't get what you all mean?" Goku responded sounding utterly lost as he didn't know what they were discussing.
"Goku you were yelling and saying pretty bad things to Gohan" King Kai told him.
"And Gohan was doing the same" Piccolo finished.
"WHAT! NO WAY! I would never say anything to hurt Gohan!" Goku yelled in shock.
"But you just did" Yamcha said.
"What! When?!" Goku asked. The z-fighters looked confused.
"Just now when Gohan was fighting Cell" Piccolo answered.
"No I didn't yell and I didn't say anything bad to him. I would never do that! I can't even remember talking to Gohan" Goku responded.
"WHAT!?" Four people shouted in disbelieve.
"You are saying you actually can't remember yelling at your own son, Kakarot?" Vegeta asked calmly.
"No I don't. This doesn't make any sense! For one I would never yell at Gohan and I can't even remember it" Goku said more to himself but everyone heard.
"Maybe Gohan can remember. We should ask him" Piccolo suggested.
"Yes I think that will be a good idea" King Kai said.
"Alright lets find Gohan and take him to the Look Out so Dende can heal him. Then we ask him about it and then we can also wish back Goku" Piccolo said.
"Don't forget about Trunks" Yamcha said (before Vegeta got the chance).
"Right. Okay lets get this sorted out" Krillin said before they all flew into the air, Krillin carrying android 16 and Vegeta this time carrying Trunks by himself.
Well folks that was the first chapter. Oh in my story Goku isn't gonna stay dead.
So tell me what you think please, about the fall out, the mystery of Goku not remembering, the way I ended the fight (I tried to stay a bit true to the show, but I didn't follow it precisely).
Next chapter: They'll meet up with Gohan, Goku comes back and the two meet again. What will happen? That's a surprise!
Hope you enjoyed. Please do not forget to review, I'm review addicted and I'm not gonna change that addiction.