Chapter four:

Here it is! Chapter four. Enjoy and thanks for the reviews. I hope everyone will enjoy!

Chapter four: A New Sacrifice

Goku and the others looked down in defeat. What were they going to do? They couldn't just sent one of them to their doom! A little away from them Gohan was still on his knees. His breathing was heavy since he was exhausted. He had heard what King Kai had said and was just as shocked as the others. The first thing that he thought when he heard was, I can't let dad go in. He just returned to earth. There is no way I'm letting him go.

'What are we going to do?' Krillin asked not wanting to hear the answer. Piccolo looked up.

'One of us has to go in. There is no other way' Piccolo said.

'But we can't just sent one of us in there. They would be stuck!' Krillin said while hoping it wasn't going to be him. Goku looked around at the others who were deep in thought. He sighed.

'I'll go' Goku said with a serious voice. Chi-chi jolted her head up and looked sad and also angry.

'NO! You can't, I just have you back in my life! You don't have to sacrifice yourself all the time! Let someone else for a change!' Chi-chi yelled and immediately afterwards started to cry. Bulma hugged her while Goku looked sadly, not wanting to leave her again.

Gohan finally caught his breath and stood up. He looked up at the black hole and then at his mother.

'I can't let dad go. It would hurt mom to much. There must be another way?' Gohan thought. Piccolo noticed Gohan standing a little away. Krillin saw Piccolo looking distracted and turned his attention to where he was watching.

'Aah! Gohan! I forgot, you fell down!' Krillin shouted as he ran over to Gohan who was shaking a bit on his legs from exhaustion. The others followed Krillin.

'Are you alright?' Krillin asked Gohan. Gohan slowly turned to face him and smiled.

'I'm alright. Just a bit tired' Gohan said faking a smile. Actually he was exhausted, but he didn't want them to know. He didn't want to sound….weak.

'Well then we must decide who enters the black hole' Piccolo said. He sighed. 'If no one dares, I will go. I can handle the torture.' Gohan looked at him shocked.

'No Piccolo, you can't. I can't let you go in there' Gohan said worried. Krillin looked at him with sympathy. He knew Gohan was close with Piccolo and Piccolo with him, even thought Piccolo would never admit it.

'I'll be fine kiddo. You can wish me back in one year' Piccolo said. The others looked up realising Piccolo was right.

'But a whole year in there?' Krillin said. Piccolo didn't look at him, but simply stared into nothing.

'I can handle it' Piccolo said not wanting to sound weak. Goku looked at the others again.

'NO I should go. I have experienced Hell' Goku said. The others were taking aback by this.

'You have?' Bulma asked first. Goku laughed as he rubbed his head.

'Well, yes I accidentally fell off snake way once' Goku said a little embarrassed. The others all looked at him unbelievingly, except Vegeta off course who just looked at disgust.

'Should have known something like that would happen to you' Krillin joked. A serious voice suddenly broke their moment of joy.

'Uhm, you do realise we have a tight schedule here?!' King Kai yelled at all of them. Everyone turned serious again. 'Alright before we decide who ventures into Hell, we have to see who is absolutely not going inside. We need to see who is strong enough to be an option and who is not' King Kai said.

'I take it everyone who is a super saiyan would fit the bill' Yamcha joked.

'I'm sorry to say that you are correct, Yamcha' King Kai said. 'Vegeta and Goku are options off course and Gohan definitely since he is even further than a super saiyan. I would also include Piccolo as an option' King Kai continued. Piccolo looked surprised.

'What makes you think that? I'm not even close to the power of a super saiyan' Piccolo said.

'Don't count yourself out so easily. You are very strong and you'd be strong enough to blast this damn hole' King Kai said. Piccolo still a bit in denial understood.

'Alright then. So we have four options of whom one will fire from this side. We have Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and me' Piccolo stated. Vegeta suddenly grew with anger.

'The hell with your options! I'm a prince of Saiyans! I do not sacrifice myself for this planet. Count me out!' Vegeta bluntly shouted at them. He stood back and looked the other way.

'He always does that. I really dislike him and his behavior' Krillin whispered not wanting Vegeta to hear him.

'Fine then, that leaves us three' Piccolo said as he looked at Goku and Gohan. But he was wrong according to Chi-chi. She pulled herself lose from Bulma who was still holding on to her for comfort and walked up to Piccolo. Piccolo looked slightly worried at Goku' s wife.

'Oh no there aren't! I had to see my son struggle against that green monster! I am not letting him do anything that dangerous again. He is going to study and not fight anymore! I will not lose my son!' Chi-chi screamed. Gohan looked with slight fear at his mothers outburst, but inside it awakened an angry feeling.

'How could she deny him trying to help. He had all that strength and she wouldn't allow him to use it? Not even if it would save the earth?' Gohan thought wildly in his mind. His thoughts were abruptly broken as he heard someone scream.

Chi-chi and Bulma had taken flight. Not by themselves, but because of the black hole. It was sucking them towards it.

'Goku! Do something!' Chi-chi yelled. Goku quickly flew up and grabbed his wife. Gently he put her down on the ground and held on to her so she wouldn't drift away again. Bulma on the other end was flooting past Vegeta and slowly going up.

'Help! Get me down!' Bulma shouted not seeing Vegeta stand nearby. Suddenly a hand grabbed hold of Bulma' s arm. In a swift movement he pulled her down and literally dumped her back on the ground. He still hold onto her so she wouldn't fly off again.

'Stupid woman!' He said as he walked towards Yamcha pulling Bulma behid him. He roughly pushed Bulma' s arm into Yamcha' s hand and turned around again.

'Hold her before she takes off again' Vegeta said harshly. 'Damn woman can't even take care of herself' Vegeta whispered. Bulma was angered by his behaviour.

'Damn you Vegeta! You're so …. Oooohh!' Bulma couldn't think of more to say and just turned around facing the others.

'Alright then, since we are all standing again we need to decide which one of us is going in' Piccolo said. Before Chi-chi could start shouting again Piccolo spoke again. 'Since GOku has just returned form being dead, I will go.' Goku looked at him startled.

'What!, But Piccolo…'Goku started, but was interrupted by King Kai.

'Not an option!' King Kai shouted at them all. Piccolo is strong enough to blast that black hole, but he is not strong enough to fight Cell!' King Kai said.

'Cell? What are you talking about?' Krillin asked. They heard King Kai sigh.

'Think about it. The one who goes in there will have to face who ever is in Hell. Since Cell is in Hell he would have to fight him off. You don't think Cell will just sit back as you close the only way out of Hell!?' King Kai shouted. They all thought about this as they realised it wasn't going to be as easy as they thought.

'Then it has to be me' Goku said. Chi-chi looked at him in horror and anger. I'm strong enough to hold Cell of for a moment, long enough to fire at the hole.'

'But what if he kills you?' Gohan suddenly asked. Everyone looked at him now. Goku was a bit startled by this comment.

'What do you mean?' Goku asked. Gohan sighed as he looked at his father.

'If you enter Hell, it doesn't mean you're dead. You just ventured in there alive. If Cell kills you in there, you'd probably get sent to Heaven. Then there is no one to fire from inside' Gohan explained. Goku thought for a moment.

'Then I just have to make sure I don't die!' Goku joked a little. The others looked at him thinking that Goku wasn't realising it wasn't that easy. Before anyone could speak again they noticed rubble flying past them towards the black hole.

As they watched the rubble they saw Yamcha and Tien take off into the sky. The black hole was sucking them in! Goku only noticed now that his wife was floating too. Bulma was also in the sky since she had been holding onto Yamcha. Both of them concentrated their energy and slowly went down again. Shortly after they landed they were pulled back hard again and this time Krillin was pulled in too. Goku was holding onto his wife as Piccolo went to retrieve Yamcha and Bulma. Gohan flew up to get Tien and Krillin.

'Thanks' Tien and Krillin said as Gohan put them down safely. Piccolo landed beside them with Yamcha and Bulma.

'This is going to fast! We have to do something now!' Piccolo shouted above the noise of the strong wind that the black hole created and the mountains that were crumbling around them.

'There is no time left to argue! I'm going in!' Goku yelled to Piccolo. Piccolo didn't want Goku to sacrifice himself again, but he knew he couldn't stop him. Chi-chi grabbed Krillin' s free hand reluctantly. She didn't wan to let go of Goku, but had to anyway.

'Goku you must remember that the beams from both sides have to be close in strength and hit at the exact time! That is when they are in the black hole! The beams have to hit in the black hole at the exact time! You need to do this with someone you can synchronise good with!' King Kai yelled. Goku shot a glance over to Piccolo and Piccolo nodded to him.

Goku flew up and stopped abruptly in mid-air. He was looking close to the black hole where something was moving.

'What's the matter?!' Krillin shouted while he tried to hold onto a rock. Piccolo shot a glance over to Vegeta. Vegeta noticed and felt ashamed when he realised what the Namek wanted from him.

'NO way! I am a ….. 'Vegeta started, but was cut short by Piccolo yelling annoyed at him.

'A Saiyan Prince! Yes we know! Frankly I don't care. I need to help Goku and I can't do that holding these!' Piccolo shouted while pointing at Yamcha, Bulma and Tien and Krillin. Vegeta came over looking annoyed.

Suddenly Piccolo noticed Krillin and Tien also clinging at him. 'Wait a minute? I didn't hold them down a minute ago?' Piccolo thought as Vegeta took a hold of Yamcha who was connected in a chain to the others.

Piccolo looked up at where Goku was watching. He noticed too a moving object near the black hole. Everyone else looked up.

'Wait a minute! That's Gohan!' Krillin shouted. Chi-chi looked up in horror as she already figured what her precious son was doing. He was taking his fathers place! Chi-chi fainted while still clinging onto Krillin.

'Gohan! Come back!' Goku yelled as he flew towards his son scared to lose him. Gohan stopped as he was inches away from the black hole. He powered up to SS to stop himself from being sucked in. He turned around to face his dad who was getting closer.

'I have to do this! I can't let you sacrifice yourself all the time' Gohan yelled. Goku couldn't believe this was happening and tried to move faster. 'I'm sorry dad, but I'm the only one who can stand up against Cell. I have the most chance of surviving in there' Gohan said in everybody's mind through King Kai's telepathy. 'I have to save the earth. Dad, be ready to close the hole. Goodbye!' Gohan said and then he turned around to face the black hole. Goku was a few meters away from his son and stretched his hand. Chi-chi had awoken again and noticed Goku wasn't going to make it.

Just as Goku was inches away from his son, Gohan sped towards the black hole and in seconds vanished into the black.

Well this was chapter four. I hope you liked it.

I think there will be another chapter to this story, but it will after that continue in a sequel. I know this is pretty short considered there is a sequel, but I found that what I made up for the sequel didn't fit in as chapters in this one.

I'll be studying and trying to make the next chapter as fast as possible.