Chapter 6

A.N. I'm really sorry I missed the release window for last Saturday but I was really busy but I do have something to say. I wanted to say forget the schedule since I want to upload at a pace where I'm satisfied with what I'm releasing. I also wanted to apologize for such a short chapter this is going to be but I didn't want to keep you waiting.

As Gohan was waking up he was noticing how all he could see was nothing but darkness. He tried getting up much to his difficulty. He found it very hard to move but that was because of the mental exhaustion he's suffered. He's never felt this emotionally drained in a long time. He picked himself up and tried to look at his surroundings.

'Is this the deeper Abyss?' Gohan thought as he could see absolutely nothing. He reached into his capsules to see if the drink simply ran out instead. He opened up the bottle and drank yet another sip of his drink. After seeing that there was no effect whatsoever he put it back inside the capsule.

'It's really dark down here. If Tartarus was bad I can only imagine what this will be like.' Gohan said trying to hide the overwhelming feelings he was having.

'Well, at least it's breathable.' Gohan thought as he walked around in the darkness. He tried to sense anything around him to see if he could find anyone down this rabbit hole he's gotten himself into.

'I can't sense anything at all. It's just like back at camp. It's completely cut from the outside world.' Gohan thought as he felt like he was walking around in circles. Gohan kept going and going hoping to find even a shred of light. He created a makeshift torch using a ball of ki in his hand. Gohan was about to keep moving until he noticed that the light only covered its immediate area.

'Well, that seems pretty useless. Guess I'll be walking in the dark now.' Gohan said as he started to walk some more. He kept walking for seemed like forever. He opened up his watch in his capsule and nearly had a heart attack. His watch was freaking out as time was moving at speeds comparable to the hyperbolic time chamber except this was more erratic.

"What!? Oh no! I have to hurry! Time here is even crazier than in Tartarus!" Gohan said panicking as he activated his white aura and started to fly around the place. He flew headfirst into more of the blinding darkness. He frantically looked around for something, anything to get him out of here.

"The sword isn't worth it if there's no one left to protect!" Gohan said panicking some more he flew around the place at speeds drastically faster than light but still no luck in finding anything.

"Is this it? Just nothing but emptiness going on forever? No. I can't accept that. I won't!" Gohan shouted in a fit of rage powering up his energy to try and light the place up. He roared a mighty war cry and powered up his energy to the maximum going so far as Super Saiyan two.

'Even Super Saiyan two isn't enough? I have to keep pushing! I cannot and will not stop!' Gohan thought as his energy started to ascend to even higher levels of power almost reaching that of his "father's" Super Saiyan 3. He was about to give up from exhaustion until a spark of light appeared in the distance sucking up energy for a fraction of a second.

'Right there!' Gohan thought. He didn't know what that was but he had to try something. He got into a stance and started to power up higher than he ever has. Gohan was starting to feel the strain of constant powering up on his body and it was starting to show. His muscles were swelling and the constant pain was getting to him. The glow was starting to show up in the distance once again. Slowly but surely it was getting brighter and brighter. Gohan was breathing very heavily and was struggling to keep up with the power continuing to rise in his body. Gohan was starting to waver and his golden glow starting to fade. Although his body was reaching its limits his mind and will are far from done with. The little glow in the distance wasn't getting any brighter and Gohan knew he had to go beyond once more.

"All right! You want some power? Take it! Take it all!" Gohan with one final cry gave everything in one final push. He completely let go of all his power and once again there was complete darkness. Gohan being completely motionless started to activate a shield around him.

'I've got one shot at this. Three seconds is all I've got,' Gohan thought as he completed his aura shield and transformed back to Super Saiyan two but with a twist.

"KAIOKEN!" Gohan shot as his aura went from a bright golden to a violent red. His power completely overshadowing any previous level he's ever seen. The glow was getting brighter and brighter but at too slow of a pace.

"Kaioken time three!" His muscles were about to explode due to the strain of using Super Saiyan and Kaioken at the same time, however. The shield around his muscles kept his body in one piece by force. The pain was overwhelming but Gohan wasn't backing down. He stood strong and took one more deep breath.

"Kaioken Times five!" His muscles were completely red almost looking like his body was ready to explode at any given time. The glow was starting to take shape in the form of a kind of doorway.

"One more! Kaioken time ten!" Gohan was giving everything he absolutely had going further beyond anything he's ever seen. The glow of the doorway was glowing brighter and brighter at a significantly faster rate than before. The glow reached its peak as Gohan was standing something almost as bright as the sun itself. He let go of the Kaioken but keeping his shield up as he collapsed on the ground.

"I did it… C'mon Gohan. Get up. You've got to get to the other side." As he said struggling to stay alive with his body desperately trying to explode. As he limped slowly to the gate he examined it a bit closer and saw some engravings on the side in Greek.

He limped slowly to the gate and walked through expecting to be back in Tartarus. As he walked closer and closer the light was now starting to drag him inside. He was slowly losing consciousness as he was walking more and more into the light. He could feel the warmth of the light sooth the pain of his wounds and finally entered the gate. Gohan was completely confused as the gate resembled what he saw when he entered the time machine. It was a kind of wormhole straight out of an anime or a movie. He was starting to see something at the end of the tunnel and was starting to get knocked out. He could now faintly see what he thought to be the ocean because once he left the portal he saw nothing but the ocean waters as far as the eye could see. His vision was starting to get blurry and fell into the water and lost consciousness.

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As Gohan was starting to wake up he felt extremely weak and tired. He looked around his surroundings to see that he was in some kind of cave. He tried to get only to regret it with intense pain.

'Well. Guess I'm still alive then.' Gohan thought as he looked at the cave he was in some more. He couldn't identify where he was as it was very dark and the only source of light was coming from the water. However, he did have to admit it did make everything look much better with the light shimmering. It was reflecting off the crystals from the ceiling and looked beautiful. He tried to get up again with minimal success but managed to sit up. He took one good look at his body and it was still in immense pain.

"Damn. Looks like I overdid it." Gohan said still struggling to sit up straight through the pain. His entire body was red moving and pulsing around, almost like the blood inside him was searching for a way to escape. He lied back down to realize he was actually laying down on a carpet. Much to his surprise, he wondered how he arrived in here. The last thing he remembered was falling unconscious in the bottom of the ocean. After a lot of trial and error, he finally picked himself up and started to walk. He walked towards what he saw to be a clearing in the tunnel.

"What the hell did I get myself into this time?" Gohan asked to himself but didn't have to wait too long for his question to be answered.

"That's what we were going to ask you, buddy." A voice asked him from behind Gohan. He turned around to see a man in strange clothing, almost ancient.

"Who are you? Do you know where I am?" Gohan asked cautiously looking at the strange man carefully choosing his words.

"Well is that any way to treat the man who saved you? Show some respect." A man yelled in the distance. Gohan looked over to his right to see a massive ship and a whole crew doing some kind of repairs. Gohan then took a few steps forward limping slowly towards the ship. It looked like one of the ancient ships Annabeth showed him during his time at camp. Except one difference is that this one looked brand new.

"Well, are you just gonna keep staring at the ship or are you going to thank the captain for saving your life?" The man asked Gohan impatiently.

"Oh of course. I don't really know what's going on or where I am but thank you." Gohan said in a bow towards the man from earlier.

"My my would you look at this guy. You'll be perfect for what we need back in the village. Just from looking, I can tell you've been in combat before haven't you?" The man said as he walked up on the boat gesturing Gohan to follow.

"W-well yes I have, why do you ask?" Gohan said struggling to climb up the side of the boat.

"I knew it well you'll have to come with us. Don't think too much of it. Think of it as returning the favor since I saved you." The man said walking on the bridge of the ship.

"What am I going to be doing. I can't stay here too long." Gohan said slowly picking up the pace to keep up with the captain. The man turned around to look at Gohan directly in the eye.

"Now you listen here. You don't get to decide when you get to leave. Once you finish this favor up then you get to leave. It's that simple. Do I make myself clear?" The man said threateningly. Gohan knew in the condition he was in he had no other option but to follow his commands.

"Yes." Is all Gohan said as the captain let go of his shirt.

"Glad we can come to an arrangement. Now I'm going to go and check the status of the ship if it's ready to set sail we are leaving. Follow me and I'll introduce you to your roommate." The captain said as they went underneath the bridge. Gohan saw all kinds of people on this ship. Mostly unpleasant. As they were nearing his bunker he saw a young boy around 12 years old sleeping.

"Hey, Perseus! Wake up! You got yourself a roommate!" That's when Gohan's eyes widen and he realized why the ship looked so ancient and they were all wearing strange clothes. He was in the past. Perseus was an ancient Greek demigod, a son of Zeus. He was regarded as one of the most famous and powerful demigods to have ever lived. He was a legend and here he is sleeping with snot running down his nose. Panic started to rise up in Gohan's face as he was sweating bullets. He was in serious trouble now. Perseus finally woke up with a tired expression.

"Are we there yet? I'm so bored." Perseus said looking extremely uninterested.

"Why you little! We'll get there when we get there! Now I have things to do so I want you to show this guy around the ship." The captain said leaving the two alone in the room. Perseus growled and looked at Gohan with a distasteful look.

"Follow me," He said bluntly. Perseus gave a small tour of the ship showing Gohan where everything was and what everything does. It was a lengthy process since the legendary hero didn't want anything to do with Gohan. The last thing he wanted to show Gohan was the sails and so they had to climb. Gohan was still recovering from the intense pain he went through who knows how long ago. To say he struggled to climb was an understatement. Perseus, on the other hand, was doing just fine as he climbed the ropes with ease. Once Gohan reached the top Perseus finally got a look of relief.

"Ugh. Finally, took you long enough," He said almost trying to piss Gohan off.

"Get off my case, will you. My everything still hurts," Gohan groaned as he flopped down on his back.

"Anyways this is the main mast. The tallest part of the ship. This is where I scout out enemy ships, land or drowning idiots like you." Perseus said as he started to climb back down the pole and down towards the ship.

"Why does one of history's greatest warriors have to be such a preteen dick," Gohan said as he got up and started to climb down himself making sure to go slowly. Once he finally got down he was met to an almost desolate bridge as everyone was underdeck. He went to go and check out what everyone was doing to see that they were all in position to row the boat out of the cave.

"You look like this is your first time on a boat? Never seen the rowers before?" Perseus asked from behind his back getting in his own seat.

"I guess you can say that. You guys don't do this the whole way, do you? What about the sails?" Gohan asked innocently.

"The sails don't pick up any wind inside a cave like this so we have no choice but to row. Now sit down and start rowing, injured or not," Perseus said grabbing his portion of the row. Gohan sat down and grabbed his portion and waited for further orders when the captain appeared.

"All right men. You what we're all doing here. Start rowing so we can get the hell out of here." He said leaving as soon as he arrived. Soon enough after the crew started to row, making the boat face the exit. Once the boat finished turning the side Gohan was on started to follow suit. Gohan found that his strength was recovering at a much faster rate than before and could row with relative ease. He found that as long as he didn't use too much Ki he didn't have to deal with too much pain.

'I guess my body is still recovering from the overuse of the Kaioken and Super Saiyan mixed together,' Gohan thought as he kept rowing along with everyone else.

"Don't push yourself too much new guy. We haven't even made it out of the cave yet." Perseus said looking away from Gohan.

"What do you mean?" Gohan said looking at Perseus confused.

"I can tell your strong since the row has never been lighter but you need to hold back otherwise the other rowers need to exert themselves more." He gestured to the other rowers on different paddles already panting.

"Sorry. I wasn't trying all that much, anyways where are we going?" Gohan asked as he held back on the paddle lightly.

"Home," Perseus said as they exited the cave.