First Run!
"DO YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO LET HIM HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE?" The Living Tribunal said to his creator as The One Above All manipulated Uatu the Watcher into putting the full specs of the absorbing abilities of Gero's Android's from Gohan's homeworld and also the specs for the gravity room into Gohan's mind.
"HE WILL BE DOING THIS ALL IN HIS SLEEP BUT WILL HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR MEMORY OF HOW HE CREATED SUCH ITEMS, IT WILL BE A WASTE IF I SUMMONED HIM TO THIS WOULD IF HE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE IN SOMEWAY OR FORM. ALSO IT WOULD BE BEST THAT HE IS KEPT AT HIS PRIME... HIS TRUE TESTS WILL BE QUITE FORMIDABLE."
"I SEE... WILL HE NEED A SPIRITUAL GUIDE LIKE THE SPIDER?"
"HE ALREADY HAS ONE, I SHALL HAVE HIS BOND WITH HIS MENTOR REAWOKEN BUT ONLY MAKE IT SO THAT HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HIM AND ONLY HIM."
"PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE WERE TO SEND HIM AS WELL?"
"HMM... I SHALL CONSIDER IT."
Six months after Gohan's departure
Training in the mountains where he had once trained Gohan, Piccolo's eyes widened when he heard a voice in his head.
'NAMELESS NAMEKIAN..'
'Who are you and what do you want?!'
'DOES YOUR CONCERN FOR YOUR FRIEND AND SON STILL TORMENT YOU?'
"What do you know of Gohan?!'
'I TAKE THAT AS A YES... I AM THE BEING THAT TOOK HIM FROM YOUR MULTIVERSE.'
'What?! Why how?!'
'BECAUSE I SEE THE POTENTIAL IN HIM JUST AS YOU AND SON GOKU DID, HOWEVER... THE LIFE ON THE MULTIVERSE HE NOW RESIDES IN IS FULL OF DANGER FAR GREATER THAN THE ONES THAT HAVE THREATENED THIS MULTIVERSE.'
'So why are you telling me this now?!"
'HE WILL HAVE A GREAT PART TO PLAY IN MY MULTIVERSE... BUT HE WILL NEED YOUR GREAT INTELLECT AND YOUR PRESENCE, I WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO YOU IF YOUR BOND WITH HIM WAS NOT SO STRONG.'
'So what do you want from me?' Piccolo asked his curiosity getting the better of him.
'I WILL OFFER YOU AND ONLY YOU A CHOICE. TO STAY IN YOUR WORLD... OR TO JOIN HIM IN HIS JOURNEY.'
'You have the power to do so?!'
'INDEED, HOWEVER, THE COST WILL BE HIGH, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COME BACK OR CONTACT THIS MULTIVERSE EVER AGAIN... TO MANY FORCES WOULD TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE WORLD THAT YOU WOULD BE SENT TO IF THAT WAS ALLOWED.'
So let me get this straight, you're saying that I have a much stronger bond with Gohan a human Saiyan hybrid then his own father?'
'I SEE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT PIECES TOGETHER.'
'Wow... that..."
'THE BOY LOVES YOU AS A FATHER FIGURE AND AS A MENTOR, YOU WERE RIGHT TO NOT LET HIM FIGHT AT HIS AGE BUT THINGS WILL NOT ALWAYS GO THE WAY THAT YOU THINK THEY SHOULD, BUT WITH YOUR ARRIVAL YOU CAN EASE HIS BURDENS.'
'Do I have some time to think about this?'
'YES, HOWEVER ONLY TELL HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THIS AND ALSO IF YOU DECIDE TO COME, BRING TWO OF YOUR WORLDS HEALING ITEMS, THEY WILL GREATLY AID BOTH OF YOU.
'How will I contact you when I have made up my mind?'
'GO TO YOUR LOOKOUT WHEN YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND AND NOT BEFORE THEN AND I WILL CONTACT YOU.'
Sensing that their conversation was coming to an end, Piccolo asked how Gohan was settling in.
'WELL SINCE HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE IS TWENTY YEARS OLDER THAN WHEN HE LEFT THIS MULTIVERSE AND STILL HAS THE SAME ATTITUDE AS WHEN HE LEFT I WOULD SAY THAT HE IS DOING OKAY EXCEPT FOR THE NIGHTMARES AND LONELINESS.
'I see... wait twenty years?!'
'IT TOOK A WHILE TO BRING HIM FROM YOUR MULTIVERSE DUE TO THE FACTORS INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY AS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I DO OFTEN WITH MORTALS OUT OF MY OWN MULTIVERSE.'
'Will the same happen to me?'
'NO, THE MAIN REASON IT TOOK SO LONG WAS DUE TO ME CONSIDERING IF IT WAS WISE TO TAKE HIM FROM YOUR MULTIVERSE BUT SEEING AS HE HAD A SUCH A UNIQUE SOUL AND MY MULTIVERSE HAVING ONLY ONE OTHER WARRIOR LIKE HIM I TOOK AN INTEREST IN HIS FUTURE, THE LAST BATTLE HE HAD ONLY CONVINCED ME THAT HE WAS WORTHY OF SUCH ATTENTION.'
'Thank you for letting me know that he was safe... I shall consider your words...'
'I AM KNOWN AS THE ONE ABOVE ALL IN MY MULTIVERSE YOU HAVE A SIMILAR BEING IN YOUR OWN BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO COME WITH ME YOU WILL NEVER MEET.'
'I see.'
'I AWAIT YOUR DECISION SON OF KATAS.'
"So you've got a busy life ahead of you.." Natasha said as the duo left the El Rey Luncheonette restaurant after talking with multiple customers.
"Yep, not boring.. but there were sometimes in the past where I would have preferred it to have been." Gohan replied.
"Hey you've got a new future to look forward to, perhaps the things you couldn't do in your past you could do now."
"Hopefully with me in the lineup you can do the same?" Gohan replied making Natasha smile.
"Why Mr Son you wouldn't be flirting with an old woman like me would you?-"
"Nope just repaying you for the earlier comment." Gohan smiled back.
"You really aren't that good at lying are you?" Natasha laughed a bit red in the cheeks from Gohan's comment.
"Now that is what I want to see more of!" Gohan laughed as he looked at Natasha's red face. "A blushing Black Widow!"
"You're a terrible influence on me!" Natasha replied.
"Feelings mutu..."
"Stop Thief!"
"And things were looking up as well..." Gohan sighed as the sounds of running feet and fast vehicles reached his ears.
"Go time.." Natasha added.
'Shouldn't be too much of a hassle.' Gohan thought as he turned and saw two white vans being trailed by several cop cars.
"Cars or small fry?" Gohan smirked as his eyes shined.
"I'll take the small fry." Natasha smirked back.
'Seems those vans are faster than your average..' Gohan thought as the vans were surprisingly faster than the police cars on their tail.
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Observing a lot of civilians running across the road, Gohan saw two siblings being knocked out of their parents grasp by the frantic surrounding civilians.
Quickly calculating the speed of the vans and the position of the stunned children, Gohan realised he would have to use more of his abilities then he realized.
"Really?!" Gohan shouted as the parents slowed in their rush when they realised their kids weren't with them.
"MIA! ANGELO!" Shouted the parents as they began to run back for their children.
"Got no choice!" Gohan exclaimed noticing how close the vans were to approaching the kids.
"Gohan?!" Widow exclaimed as to her eyes Gohan had just vanished.
"Moma, Papa!" The kids replied as they huddled close together.
'Can't just stop one vehicle the others are going to fast to slow down in time!' Gohan thought as he dashed over to the kids.
"I've got you, sis!" The boy said to his sister as he picked her up.
"Perfect!" Gohan exclaimed as he appeared near the children and quickly got them out of harm's way.
"Keep a close eye on these two..." Gohan began as he placed the two by their stunned parents.
"Bless you... God Bless you!" The mother exclaimed as she hugged her children close to her, the father looking at Gohan in gratitude.
"No problem, you guys stay safe now!" Gohan smiled as he made sure that the family was okay before he returned to the current car chase.
"Okay now for you!" Gohan exclaimed as he slowly stopped both vans with his strength alone.
Moments later...
"No problem officer just did what anybody with my skills would have done." Gohan said as with his help and Natasha's they successfully apprehended the bank robbers.
"Your very humble young man, that family would have gotten caught in the crossfire if you hadn't been there." The police officers said to Gohan.
"Well, I'm just glad that no-one got hurt and that New York is such a lively place in the mornings." Gohan replied as he rubbed the back of his head shyly.
"Yes and we can thank you and your fellow Avenger for that."
"Well we were just checking out the city so if everything's in order we would like to return to our... well my tour of the city if that's ok with you?" Gohan asked.
"Sure, we have the criminals on lock due to your assistance so you're free to go."
"Thank you." Gohan replied as he glanced at Widow who was still amazed at his reaction speed.
"Like I said you'll be ready when I'm done with you." Gohan said reminding the Avenger that he was going to train her.
"I won't match that speed!"
"No your body is not made for my speed but you can get to at least half of it." Gohan exclaimed.
"Half?" Natasha said with a raised brow.
"Back on my world most of my close friends were able to move at half my speed."
"And I take it your friends were normal people?" Natasha asked as the duo left the curious gazes of the public.
"Yes but at such a trained level that they were almost superhuman." Gohan replied as they continued to walk down Lower East Side New York.
"Superhuman?!"
"Yes, like Steve but without the wonder drug." Gohan replied quietly.
"And you can be trained to this level?"
"It takes years or practise and dedication but under the right circumstances that time can be shortened but at the cost of personal health, you aren't ready for such 'circumstances' also the devices used to get to such a level have not even been made in this world so there's that but you will still get pretty strong." Gohan finished.
'Pretty strong he says.' Widow thought.
"Now I bet your thinking 'pretty strong' thinking that I won't be able to hold up my side of the bargain, but like I said if you are truly interested in surpassing your current self then all you need to do is stick with me." Gohan smiled at the assassin.
"How did you..."
"It's an obvious thought you would have." Gohan replied.
"So if you're going to be training me in the coming days I guess It would be a good idea to find out what you would be training me in." Natasha asked as the duo continued their tour of Lower New York.
"Have you heard of image training?"
"What like training for a new opponent?"
"Sort of, you told me of your battles with the Avengers, have you ever replayed those battles to see if you could have fought more efficiently?" Gohan asked.
"Not really no, I only tend to think about the more life-threatening ones." Widow replied.
"Hmm then I guess we can start with that one." Gohan said as he rubbed his chin in thought.
"THE CHILD HAS GREAT POTENTIAL, HE WILL HAVE A GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE COMING EVENTS... HOWEVER HIS TRUE DESTINY IS UNKNOWN TO ME, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE ONE ABOVE ALL HAS GREAT INTEREST IN THIS CHILD IF HE HAS HIDDEN IT FROM MY SIGHT." Uatu the Watcher said as he watched Gohan and Black Widow from the Moon.
"HIS PAST IS MOST CURIOUS, WHY WOULD THE ONE ABOVE ALL TAKE HIM AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I SEE NO REASON TO..."
"AH, I CAN SEE WHY HE WAS CHOSEN TO BE SAVED FROM HIS PREVIOUS DESTINY... MAY YOUR NEW DESTINY GUIDE YOU AND MAY FATE SHOW YOU THE WAY." Uatu said as he saw Gohan's alternate future and was fascinated with what he saw.
"I had a good time today." Natasha said as she and Gohan retreated to the Stark household.
"Even apprehending the robbers was fun?" Gohan replied with a raised eyebrow.
"That was the icing on the cake."
"Your a hard woman to impress.."
"I guess that depends on the person trying to impress me." Natasha smirked.
"I'm not trying to impress anyone... i'm trying to figure out why I was sent to this world." Gohan replied causing the smirk to vanish instantly from Natasha's face.
"I'm sorry... you have still not gotten used to this world have you?" Natasha said as she put a hand on Gohan's shoulder
Glancing at the hand before looking in her eyes, Gohan sighed.
"If only I knew why I was sent here I would be more at ease.. but right now I feel like..."
"Like?" Natasha coaxed.
"Like I'm being appraised like someone is watching my every move... I don't think it was by mere chance that I was sent here."
"Question is why right?" Natasha said as she gave Gohan's shoulder a squeeze before letting go.
"Exactly, besides being cursed to never see my family again there were things that I was growing attached to back on my world..." Gohan replied as he thought about his fascination with Videl.
"A girl?"
"Yes a girl, I was starting to see why my mother didn't want me to become a fighter and live a happy quiet life... but fate always has other plans for me."
"Look if there is anything you want to talk about.."
"No... I'm.. I'm just thinking about the past it's not a problem anymore... I'm just..."
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"Gohan?!" Natasha exclaimed as Gohan's eyes widened and a huge smile appeared on his face.
"It can't be..." Gohan began ignoring Widow as he closed his eyes and sought out a connection that he had thought he had lost for good.
"It's Still There!"
"Why you Piccolo?! Why you and not his mother his brother or his father?!" Chi-Chi argued as she and the rest of the Z fighters met up on Kami's Lookout seven days after Piccolo's discussion with the One Above All, to see Piccolo off.
"Perhaps because I died for him, treated him as he should have been treated, when he should have been treated, maybe because this world still needs you three or maybe this being has a plan that affects all of us and not just Gohan and me." Piccolo replied making Chi-Chi's mouth close.
"But this is my son we are talking about MY SON!"
"YES HE IS YOUR SON BUT NOW HE IS MINE" Piccolo said in a voice that was not his own, filled with immense power and purpose.
Taking Chi-Chi and Goku's hand into his own, Piccolo continued. "YOUR CHILD HAS A WONDERFUL FAMILY A GREAT FUTURE AND GREAT FRIENDS IN THIS MULTIVERSE... BUT HE WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF SO THAT YOU ALL COULD LIVE HAPPILY AND THAT SOME OF THE GUILT THAT HE STILL FELT FROM THOSE SEVEN YEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFTED."
"You don't mean he... he.." Chi-Chi began as her eyes welled up.
"YES... HE STILL FELT EVEN AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER GIVEN YOU A MUCH HAPPIER TIME WITH YOUR HUSBAND IF HE HAD DONE AS HE HAD BEEN ASKED."
"THAT IS WHY HE PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT HE ACHIEVED WHAT YOU ASKED OF HIM DAUGHTER OF THE OX KING, HE THOUGHT THAT YOU NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THE LOSS OF YOUR HUSBAND."
"My baby... my poor, poor baby!" Chi-Chi cried as Goku held his wife in his arms.
"SON GOKU, PRINCE VEGETA, YOUR TRIALS DO NOT END WITH MAJIN BUU, YOUR STRENGTH AS SAIYAN WARRIORS WILL BE TESTED AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT DO NOT LOSE FAITH OR HOPE, THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT YOUR RACE THAT YOU HAVE YET TO DISCOVER, THINGS I WILL NOT DIVULGE TO YOU BUT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN TIME."
Who are you?!" Vegeta demanded.
Turning to Vegeta, a yellow-eyed Piccolo sighed.
"I AM A BEING BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION, BEYOND THAT OF A GOD OF DESTRUCTION, I AM A BEING WITHOUT EQUAL." Piccolo replied making Vegeta's eyes widen.
'Stronger than Lord Berrus?!'
"God of destruction? What's that?" Goten asked.
"A being that I hope to never see again." Vegeta muttered making Goku and the other Z Warriors curious.
"BEFORE I LEAVE I SHALL BESTOW UPON YOU A GIFT.." Piccolo said as he walked over to the Room Of Spirit And Time and placed his hand on it.
"NOW WHENEVER ANY FIGHTER ENTERS THIS ROOM THEY WILL FACE OFF AGAINST THEIR GREATEST ADVERSARY AT THEIR CURRENT STRENGTH, THE ROOM IS ALSO INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THE ROOM IS ALSO ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE PEOPLE GOING INSIDE THE ROOM FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO USE IT." Piccolo finished.
"Why would you give us such a gift?" Bulma asked.
"YOUR FIGHTERS WILL HAVE A NEED FOR IT IN THE FUTURE... ALSO IF TWO GO INSIDE THE ROOM THE ADVERSARY INSIDE OF THE ROOM WILL BECOME AS STRONG AS THE STRONGEST ONE THAT ENTERED SO ONLY GO IN WITH PEOPLE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS YOU, OTHERWISE YOU WILL DIE."
"Is there no way we can convince you to take someone with Piccolo?" Chi-Chi pleaded.
"NO MY MIND IS MADE UP... YOUR FUTURE LIES IN THE REMAINING FIGHTERS OF THIS MULTIVERSE DAUGHTER OF THE OX KING..."
"I SHALL TAKE MY LEAVE NOW, TAKE CARE OF THIS MULTIVERSE, YOU ALL ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO IT THAN YOU KNOW..." "Farewell, my friends." Piccolo said as with a flash of light so strong that everyone had to cover their eyes he vanished.
"Wait! How do we.." Krillin shouted before sighing.
"I've never felt anything like that before!" Goku exclaimed the moment he was able to look again.
"That... that was no normal level of ki!" Vegeta added. "It was as if it was everywhere and nowhere all at the same time!"
