Chapter 2: Gohan and Vegeta
Its been eight months since Chi Chi passed and since Goten was born. Gohan was great with Goten. No trouble has stirred up yet. Gohan made sure Goten was well taken care of. When he needed money he would put on the outfit that he wore at the cell games, turn super saiyan and enter the tournaments as the delivery boy. He had more than enough money to buy clothes for himself and Goten, diapers, and everything the two of them needed. He also grew fruits and Vegetables near his house. When he wasn't taking care of Goten then he was in his gravity chamber that he got from Bulma seven months ago. His power grew exponentially. He mastered his super saiyan 2 state and was only getting stronger. He also worked on different techniques that he saw the other Z fighters use. He learned the special beam cannon, solar flare, distructo disk, tri beam, multi form, and the spirit ball technique. Right now Gohan needs an update with stronger gravity to his gravity chamber so he decided to pay Bulma a visit.
"Thanks again for updating the gravity chamber for me Bulma."
"Don't mention it kid. You know you're like a son to me. So how have you been? I haven't seen you since i gave you the chamber a few months."
"We've been good Bulma. Goten already took his first steps and said he first words."
" Man what a smart kid, so what was his first word?"
Gohan then got a faraway look on his face. "He said dad. When he gets a certain age i'll tell him the truth about our parents and that he is really my brother, but that day isn't gonna happen anytime soon. So how is Trunks doing?"
Bulma smiled. "Oh Trunks is doing okay. it's good that the little ones will have each other while growing up."
"Yeah hopefully they will have a great childhood and no threats come anytime soon. But even if a threat comes I will stop it. I will make sure these two never have to jump into a battle for their lives or a battle for earth if I can help it. I don't want them to be like me".
Bulma looked sad after what she heard, but before she could respond a yell rang through capsule corps.
"Woman! The gravity room is busted. Get in here and fix it now!" Yelled Vegeta.
"My name is Bulma and I have to help Gohan with something first, so you'll just have to wait!" Bulma screamed back.
Vegeta then entered the room that Bulma and Gohan was in. " Woman I don't care about the Kakarots brat. I am the prince of all saiyans and what I need comes first."
"Cool it Vegeta it will only be a few hours at most and then I can fix your gravity room."
"What am I suppose to do for a few hours if I can't train!?" Vegeta yelled as a vein pulsed on his forehead.
"I don't know. Why don't you figure something out oh prince of all saiyans!" Bulma said with a triumphant smile on her face as she walked out of the room.
Vegeta then turned to Gohan. "Brat we will spar. I want to see just how much you slacked off in these times of peace."
'It looks like the ki blocker Bulma made for me works. Vegeta can't even tell I've been training intensely since the cell games.' Thought Gohan
Flash Back: 2 weeks after the Cell Games
"Gohan i got the ki blocker ready for you but why do you need it." asked a confused Bulma.
"Well Bulma I want to train, but I don't want everyone to know how strong I get. That goes double for Vegeta. If Vegeta see's how strong I'll get he'll do everything he can to get stronger and train his head off. He would spend so much time in the gravity room that you would never see him. To top it all off he would bug me to spar with him all the time, so he can see how he measures up. If I let him think I've been slacking off then he won't care to spar and he'll leave me alone. To make a long story short it just makes everyone else lives easier."
Bulma thought about it for a minute and looked at Gohan. "Yeah I guess you're right, but if you keep it on all the time the others will notice your ki disappeared and get worried."
Gohan thought for a while then looked at Bulma "I guess you're right. Do you think you can make another one that constantly outputs the same amount of ki that I output now?
Bulma playfully smacked him on the arm. "Sure i can. Just who do you think you're talking too? I am a genius you know. I'll have it done in a few hours, so just wait here."
-Flash Back Over-
"Sorry Vegeta. I haven't trained since the Cell Games. It wouldn't be much of a fight at all if I fight you." 'Well it's not a total lie. It wouldn't be much of a fight.' thought Gohan.
"Well then brat it looks like we will just spar in our base forms." sneered Vegeta.
Gohan then scowled but knew he wouldn't get out of this so just decided to go with it. "Okay whatever you say prince of 3 half-breeds". Gohan reponded sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
Vegeta scowled "Watch how you talk to me brat. Now lets go." Vegeta then flew off in a huff.
"Whatever." Gohan muttered and raced off to find Bulma.
"Hey Bulma do you mind watching Goten while i spar with Veggie head".
"Sure Gohan have fun and try not to hurt him too badly." She responded with a casual wave.
Gohan then took off his ki blocker and ki duplicator and lowered his ki to what it was at the Cell Games. "I'm gonna leave these here Bulma. I don't want them to break in my spar." With that he flew off and met a scowling Vegeta in the rocky deserted terrain for his spar.
"It's about time you got here boy!" Vegeta's scowl then turned into a smirk. " Are you ready to get your ass handed to you halfbreed?" Vegeta then got into his trademark stance.
"How are you so sure you're gonna win Vegeta? I was stronger than you at the Cell Games. My father also beat you once and you know what they say. Like father like son." Gohan said while slipping in his stance.
Fuming Vegeta shot off and threw a punch as hard as he could at Gohans face. Gohan moved his head from side to the side and dodged the incoming flurries Vegeta sent his way. Gohan then responded by sending a few flurries of punches at Vegeta, but Vegeta dodged and blocked them all. Vegeta then broke away and sent a few ki blasts at Gohan. Said demi saiyan knocked them all away. When he knocked away the last one, Vegeta fazed in behind him and threw an uppercut at Gohans kidney. Gohan reeled in pain and hit Vegeta across the face with a roundhouse kick. The two saiyans then glared at each other.
"Well well not bad, but if you have continued your training then you wouldn't be as pathetic as you are now. What a waste of saiyan blood." snarled Vegeta.
"Are you here to talk or fight? I have better things to do you know. I don't want to sit here and listen to you rant about dumb shit!" Gohan said back.
Vegeta was surprised. 'The brat never cursed before and he never talked back to me like this either. I guess losing his parents made him more of a man than I gave him credit for. He's not the soft little boy he once was.' thought Vegeta. "Lets continue then." And with that Vegeta started his assault on the boy.
Gohan crossed both his arms to his chest and blocked an incoming blow from Vegeta. He then fazed out and back in behind Vegeta and threw a kick at Vegeta's head. The kick only went through an after image though. Vegeta then came behind Gohan and attempted a double axe hammer down on Gohans head only for him to faze out. This continued for a little while until Gohan landed a hit on Vegeta and sent him crashing into the ground creating a medium sized crater. Gohan then sent some ki blasts down at Vegeta. Vegeta emerged out of the crater with his clothes tore up and gave a confused glance. He then charged right back at Gohan. While Vegeta was fighting he was thinking about the spar so far.
'How the hell did this half breed stay so strong without training? I should be mopping the floor with him. There's no way that he was just relaxing for the last 18 months. He had to do be doing some kind of training. I haven't sensed him training at all unless... thats it! The sneaky brat has been training in secret and he has my woman helping him. That's why she couldn't fix my gravity room. She's helping him with his training equipment and now he's showing me the ultimate disrespect by hiding his power from me! I'll make him draw his power out one way or another.' Thought Vegeta.
Vegeta then turned super saiyan and kicked Gohan threw a mountain. Gohan came out enraged.
"What the hell Vegeta! I thought we were only sparring in our base forms!" yelled an angry Gohan.
"Well why are you hiding the fact that you have been training the whole time since the Cell Games. You have the audacity to hide your true power from me? You're showing me nothing but disrespect." Vegeta yelled equally enraged.
Gohan had a scowl on his face as he stared daggers at Vegeta."What I do in my time is of no concern to you. You are not my father, so I don't have to tell you if I'm training or not. Its none of your business!"
'Just one more push and I'll see his true power.' Vegeta thought to himself. " You're right about one thing. I'm not your dad because I'm still alive."
Gohan was so angry he burst into super saiyan and gave a glare that could rival Vegeta's. "What did you say?" Gohan said in a low cold voice.
'If this doesn't get him mad I don't know what will.' "You heard me brat. In fact the only reason you've been training and not studying is because your bitch of a mother kicked the bucket."
That was it. That was all Gohan needed to power up to his maximum in super saiyan, but Gohan wasn't done there. He ascended to super saiyan 2 and let out a vicious roar while still powering up.
Vegeta was standing there with his jaw on the ground. The amount of power Gohan was producing was astounding. "Maybe I took it too far." Vegeta muttered to himself while preparing his self for the onslaught he knew would come.
Piccolo was meditating at the waterfall until he sensed Gohans power sky rocket with Vegeta's ki in the same area.
"Looks like Vegeta did something to piss off Gohan. I wonder what?" piccolo said to himself. He then took off towards the saiyans.
All the other z warriors were thinking the same thing and decided to see what was going on.
Gohan finally finished powering up and for the first time since he faced Freiza Vegeta feared for his life. Gohan then shot off towards Vegeta and sent a punch to his face breaking said saiyans jaw. Before Vegeta could land, Gohan kicked him in the sky and delivered several flurries of punches and kicks Vegetas way. Vegeta was getting tossed around like a rag doll and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. Vegeta had internal bleeding, a broken arm, a cracked cranium, a broken leg, and bruises, cuts and gashes everywhere. After Gohan was done with him he threw his motionless bloody body to the ground and prepared a blast to finish him off. Just as he was about to throw it the Z fighters arrived on the scene and were startled to see Vegeta in the state he's in and Gohan in a fit of rage.
Piccolo was the first to talk. "Gohan you have to calm down. Whatever Vegeta said or did is not worth you killing him over."
Krillin decided to say something since Gohan still didn't release the blast. "Gohan you have to cool it. what would your mom or dad say if they saw you acting like this."
That statement brought Gohan out of his rage and he dropped back down to his base level. "Sorry guys i guess i got a little carried away." He looked at his hands and sighed. "I can't believe I almost killed him."
"It's okay Gohan just tell us what it was that got you so angry." Yamcha said.
"Vegeta said something bad about both my dead parents. Lets just leave it at that"Gohan said with a snarl. "Can one of you take him back to capsule corp. I refuse to help that arrogant bastard." and with that Gohan flew off.
Piccolo picked up Vegeta and headed towards capsule corp with Krillin following while the rest of the Z fighters went back to their homes.
Once Gohan got to capsule corps he ran in to find Bulma. He found Goten first with Trunks and Bulma's parents. He quickly snatched up Goten and walked off to find Bulma leaving a confused Mr. and Mrs. Breifs and a giggling trunks. Gohan finally found Bulma in her lab and grabbed his ki blocker and ki duplicator while Bulma looked at him with a confused glance.
"Hey Bulma can i have the Gravity chamber now. I'm ready to go home and blow off some more steam."
Bulma nodded. "Sure Gohan but what's wrong with you? why do you look so angry?" Bulma said as she threw him the capsule his gravity chamber was in.
Gohan growled "Just have Vegeta answer your questions." Gohan said as he caught the capsule. "Thanks for your help Bulma, but i have to go." Gohan then rushes out of capsule corps and took off in the air.
Bulma just looked on with confusion and curiosity. "I wonder what that was about." Bulma said quietly to herself as Piccolo and Krillin walked in with Vegeta. Bulma was shocked at the sight of her husband and was really worried. "What happened to Vegeta guys? Why is he so beat up? Did Gohan do this? why would he..." That's when Piccolo cut her off
"Enough!" he said in a gruff voice. "Vegeta said something about Gohans parents and it was bad enough to send Gohan over the edge and do this to him. We don't know what he said but if we arrived 15 seconds later then Vegeta would be dead right now. I didn't want to give him this senzu bean until we got him to you. So lets see what Vegeta did to get Gohan so angry." Piccolo then proceeded to give Vegeta the senzu bean and he awoken with a start.
"Vegeta What did you do to Gohan to get him all angry?"Bulma asked in a calm tone.
Vegeta then told them everything that happened with himself and Gohan. Piccolo and Bulma both had a scowl on their face and krillin had a look of disgust on his. Bulma walked up to him and boldly smacked him across the face.
"Vegeta You are so cruel! Don't you have any brains or a heart? He just lost both his parents in less than two years. On top of that he has to take care of an infant! Why would you say that just to make him mad. You went to far this time and you will apologize to Gohan. You also get one month on the couch!"
Vegeta looked on with fire in his eyes. "I will not apologize to that halfbreed and nothing you say will make me."
Bulma then had a look of pure evil on her face. "Oh yeah? Well the gravity room is still broken and I will not fix it for two weeks. Every precious minute you waste here will cost you an extra week if you don't go apologize."
Vegeta wore a shocked expression on his face. " You wouldn't dare" he said after getting his self together.
Bulma smirked "Well that's one minute you wasted, so now i wont fix the gravity room for three weeks! Do you wanna make it four?"
Vegeta grunted and flew off towards Gohans energy signal.
Krillin decided to go home after the argument, but Piccolo followed Vegeta to make sure another fight didn't happen.
Vegeta found Gohan training to the max in his updated Gravity chamber. He saw Gohan doing all the other Z warriors moves to take down his training bots. Gohan finished the last bot with a destructo disk and turned off the gravity. He proceeded to walk outside to where he sensed the power levels of Vegeta and his mentor.
"What do you want Vegeta? Gohan asked in a cold voice.
Vegeta then took a deep breath and said in a calm voice "Gohan I said what I said to get you angry because I wanted to see your true power, but i went to far and for that I apologize."
To say Gohan was shocked was an understatement, but he didn't dare interrupt.
"We are the last of a dying race, so we shouldn't be fighting with each other all the time. I was angry that you chose to hide your power from everyone. You are a saiyan. You should be proud of your power. Show some pride in yourself. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You are the strongest being in the universe and you will only get stronger. I will not force you to, but i would like for you to spar with me at least once a week. I saw you use the others moves while you were training and i would like to teach you some of my moves along with the history of the saiyan race. Do you accept?"
Gohan was still speechless and was only able to nod his head
"Good. I will see you on this day next week at 7am. Don't be late, or you'll regret it. And if you tell anyone about this conversation you will be seeing your parents a lot sooner than you think." With that Vegeta took off.
Gohan just chuckled and smiled to himself. "Did you hear that Piccolo? It looks like Vegeta isn't as hateful and mean as we all thought."
"Yeah he's really changed. Are you gonna be okay kid?" asked a concerned Piccolo
"Yeah Piccolo I'll be just fine." Gohan responded.
Piccolo then flew off and Gohan went inside to get some well deserved rest. For the first time in a while Gohan had a peaceful sleep dreaming of the future. His future was open to many possibilities.