Falling into Darkness

Chp 2

Explosion of Rage

Disclaimer:The next chapter to this series of mine, I'm feeling pretty good about it. Again, I don't own Dragonball Z or it's characters. They are all owned by Akira Toriyama

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Gohan aroused in his bed, and was jolted by a feeling of burning anger, some hatred mixed in. Gohan let out a sigh, it was morning outside, he could tell by the sunlight showing through the window. Gohan tried to fight the feelings inside of him, but to no avail, these feelings would obviously not calm down at all, and nothing Gohan could do could make them calm down either. He feared of what would happen if his mom started bickering at him from the glass he broke last night while trying to get a drink of water, so he grabbed his gi and other clothing, and quickly redressed in them. He knew he had to hurry, but as he jolted out the door of his room, he was frozen by his mother's voice, "Running off so soon, Gohan?"

He knew that tone in her voice, but he was in no mood to have it today, he was in a bad mood, and he didn't have time to deal with his mom's incessant nagging about a minor mistake he made. He turned to give a ferocious glare to his mother, which caused her to become shocked, and his voice spoke out in an icy cold chill, "What does it matter to you where I'm going?" He continued to glare his mother down.

ChiChi was fuming at this point, she wasn't going to tolerant this behavior, she exploded on Gohan, "How dare you talk to your mother like that?! Didn't I teach you any manners?! You don't disrespect your mother like that!" ChiChi was huffing and puffing, and she continued to mention other little mistakes Gohan had made, such as breaking the dishes, or pictures that were on the walls, are irreplaceable items. Gohan couldn't take this anymore, he stormed towards the door, and ChiChi yelled after him "Gohan, come back here! I'm not done talking with you!"

Gohan didn't even look back over his shoulder, he just shot back at her "That's tough! Cause I'm done listening to your outbursts!" With that he took off to the air, flying as fast as he could away from the house. The Namekian Piccolo had flown down to see what the commotion was about, and was surprised Gohan and his mother locked into an argument. He watched as Gohan flew off, and walked over to ChiChi, the first question out of his mouth was the hardest, "What happened?"

ChiChi watched her son fly off with tears in her eyes, she knew she was loosing him now, Gohan's anger was beginning to show itself. She turned to the Namek, and let out a shaky sigh, before she spoke in a low voice, "I yelled at him over something stupid, I didn't expect him to react like that.." She looked down to the ground, threatening to spill a river of tears, but the Namekian put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"That's not how Gohan should act, we should leave him alone for a bit." The Namekian reassured ChiChi, and she gave him a faint smile, and a nod. Gohan vanished into the distance, away from the house, and away from home. ChiChi inevitably needed someone who could track Gohan without getting caught by him, and a person she knew well who could do that was Krillin. She picked up the phone, and dialed the nuimber to Master Roshi's, Krillin's voice responded on the other in, "Hello, Roshi's house."

"Oh good, Krillin it's you," ChiChi chimed with a small amount of hope in her voice, but a huge amount of sadness, "I need you to follow Gohan for me, and make sure he's okay."

Krillin blinked on the other end, he didn't know of anything that could be of danger to Gohan, except himself. That last thought hit a lightbulb in Krillin's head, and he remembered that Gohan was coping with his father's death, "ChiChi, what happened?"

ChiChi explained to him how Gohan's grades slowly deteriorated, and how eventually he didn't talk very much anymore, then she told Krillin how he exploded today, this last bit of information worried Krillin greatly. He knew if Gohan got into a huge depression, it could lead to much bigger problems on down the road.

"I'll look for him, ChiChi," The baldheaded close friend of Krillin reassured her, "I'll make sure nothing serious happens, or that he doesn't do anything stupid." With that he hung up the phone, and proceeded to get ready to go track Gohan.

Gohan continued his long, aimless flight, until he came over the stop of the location of where the Cell Games arena had used to be. He flew down, and landed on the ground, and he looked at it for one small moment, for he fell to his knees, and once again dug his hands into the ground. He had been spending more time than usual late, despite the onset of physical pain it brought him, let alone the emotional pain, but there was something else in trace amounts, it brought a sort of clarity of to him, and that clarity he craved the most, even if it was only an imagination in his mind.

Vegeta had been flying around for sometime, before he came across the young demi saiyan, sitting on a hill area overlooking the old arena. Vegeta pondered as to why Gohan would be here, but became visibly shaken by the look of hatred in the eyes of the kid. Never had he seen this in the kid's eyes before, he hadn't even given it a thought. What could have possibly made this kid so angry? Vegeta needed to satisfy his curiosity, so he flew down until he had landed behind Gohan.

Gohan perked his head up at the familiar ki signal, he looked behind him to see the Prince of all Saiyans standing there, he narrowed his eyes a little, "What are you doing here, Vegeta?" he spat out at the Prince.

Vegeta also narrowed his eyes, "Wondering exactly what you're doing here, Kid." He spat back at Gohan with the same kind of coldness Gohan had given him.

Gohan turned to look back towards the sky in front of him, letting out a small sigh, he slowly said aloud, "I need to get away from some things, that's all."

Vegeta had heard those words before, he said them to himself when he was a kid who had lost his father, he closed his eyes, unsure of what to say to the young half saiyan, he was never good with comforting people before, he heard Gohan stand up and saw that he was ready to take off again, "Where will you go now?" was all the arrogant Prince said.

Gohan turned to look back at Vegeta, but was unaffected by the small amount of concern that Vegeta had in his eyes, even if it did surprise him a little bit on the inside, since he had never thought the Saiyan Prince actually had feelings. He turned to look out one last time, before responding to Vegeta's question, "I don't know.. wherever this shattered mind of mine takes me.." With those words, Gohan flew off from the battlefield, and towards a city in the distance.

Vegeta watched as Gohan flew away, he was visibly affected by what Gohan had just said. He was concerned by the amount of anger that was hidden behind the voice of Kakarot's kid. He knew that if Gohan continued like this, his anger would consume him, and leave him a life full of hatred and anger, probably his only solace being power. At least that's how he had ended up, living a life full of anger and hatred, power being the only comfort he could find. He couldn't imagine Kakarot's son like that, but the evidence was clearly there, it was happening right before his eyes, and there wasn't anything he could possibly do to stop it.

He looked up to the sky, looking for a sign, anything, with one thought running through his mind, 'Kakarot.. are you sure your decision was the right decision?' Vegeta gave a small sigh, he opened his eyes and powered up, taking off in flight back towards Capsule Corp. His thoughts however, continued running otjver the way Gohan was acting . He sped up his flight as he tried to clear his mind of the thoughts, but the foreboding feeling of what was to come remained.

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Elsewhere Krillin was in flight, following Gohan's powerful ki signal, he made sure to stay far enough away so as not to be detected by the kid, but close enough to see him in sight. He had seen the demi saiyan speak with Vegeta, and watched as Vegeta flew off in the opposite direction, with a troubled look on his face. Krillin didn't even want to imagine what Gohan had said that troubled the cold-hearted Prince so greatly. He kept quiet in his position of flight, and watched as Gohan landed on a mountain side just beside the city, he could see the look of pain behind Gohan's eyes, but couldn't think of any way to help. He tried to keep himself in the low, when suddenly he saw Piccolo approaching. Krillin wondered what he was up to, but watched as the Namekian landed in front of Gohan, and prepared to confront the half saiyan.

Piccolo and Gohan got into a face to face stare off, Gohan's look had softened towards his old tutor, which Piccolo was thankful for, but he had no idea what he was going to say to the half saiyan. He waited, and then opened his mouth to speak to Gohan, but then hesitated a moment. Gohan saw this hesitation, but said nothing in return, he waited to hear exactly what his mentor had to say to him. He knew it wasn't going to be pretty, and he didn't want to hear it, but he also didn't want to disrespect the man who had trained him and befriended him. Piccolo finally opened his mouth, and he said the only thing that was on his mind, "Gohan, why are you doing this?"

Gohan blinked rapidly, wondering what Piccolo was talking about. He had no idea what his former tutor had meant, all he was trying to do was to free himself from his agonizing pain. Gohan closed his eyes for a moment, before opening them to look at Piccolo again. He stared at his tutor for a long time, unsure of exactly what he should say to him. He searched his feelings, but could find no direct answer to that question, so he answered Piccolo honestly, "I'm trying to free myself.."

Piccolo was visibly affected by what Gohan had said to him. He looked at his student, unsure of how to respond to that statement, but he knew he was running out of time. If he didn't come up with something to say, he was sure Gohan's attention span would start to thin, and he would eventually take off again. As Piccolo continued pondering on what to say, Krillin watched from overhead, wondering if either of them would make a violent move towards each other. As the question ran in his head, a crackle of thunder flashed in the background, illuminating the area, lighting both Piccolo's and Gohan's faces up, and sending a chill up Krillin's spine as Gohan's face showed a look of anger. Krillin waited for the next person to speak, hoping the Namek could get through to his best friend's son..

Author's Notes: Piccolo finally confronts Gohan about his feelings, but the conversation takes an unexpected turn. Unsure of how to help his student, where should he go from here? And what will Krillin do in response to the current situation?

Author's Preview: Hey guys, just giving you guys some heads up on what to expect in the next chapter. Gohan and Piccolo's conversation will come to a conclusion in the most unexpected way, and an unexpected visitor will make an appearance in the next chapter! Keep in touch guys.