Dragonball Z

Gohan: Protector of Earth

Disclaimer:This is a Dragonball z fanfiction. I do not own or in anyway profit from Dragonball z or any of the characters in this story. This fic centers on Gohan, and begins right after the cell games. It is an AU, and reviews are welcome and much appreciated.

Chapter 8:

On the edge of Satan City stand a few quaint shops: a bakery, a couple of smaller restaurants, and a local hardware store to name just a few. This area of town is not as busy as downtown Satan City and is known for its calm atmosphere. Local residents like to shop here to get away from the crowded atmosphere Satan City is synonymous for. At just past three, some of the store owners of this quaint part of town are counting down the hours until they can close up their shops at head home to their families. On Fridays, most of Satan City closes a couple hours early in preparation for the weekend. Unlike most days in the city, however, the peacefulness of this Friday was about to be interrupted by an unfamiliar and unlikely force.

Gohan stood on the edge of town, dressed in his Gold Fighter disguise, waiting. Just a few minutes ago while spending the afternoon with his friends from high school, he had felt a group of strange ki signals rapidly approaching the Earth. After just a couple more minutes of waiting, Gohan finally saw the circular spaceship slowly descend from space, finally landing less than a hundred yards from the hardware store, which marked the edge of the city limits. The spaceship landed in the middle of the street effectively blocking any cars from driving out of the city. The ship looked similar to the ship Frieza used on Namek except it was slightly smaller and was the color gray. As the ship landed, a heavy wind was created as a byproduct effectively blowing everything out of the immediate area. Several cars were flipped over and the infrastructure to some of the stores was affected as a result of them swaying back and forth. Debris was carried down the street from the wind and the noise of the landing was loud enough to wake up even the hardest of hearing. Effectively, if the aliens' goal was to make a surprise landing, they had failed miserably.

Several store owners as well as all the shoppers left the stores to see what was happening. Gohan just waited patiently for the aliens to exit the ship. A crowd started to form around the Gold Fighter, looking on in anticipation.

"What the heck is going on? Oh my god it's an alien space ship. We're all going to die."

"Quick, somebody call the police. No call Mr. Satan; he's the only one that can save us now."

Gohan looked around as he saw all the people that had been crowding around him suddenly run back into the city and away from the spaceship. The people obviously did not have much faith in the Gold Fighter to stop this new threat.

Good, everyone has left the immediate area. Now I don't have to worry about any innocent people getting harmed.

After another minute or so the hatch to the spaceship finally opened. Three aliens walked out slowly and stopped at the edge of the walkway. They all looked to be some sort of reptilian species, around five feet or so in height, and were all wearing traditional saiyan battle armor. They all had power level scouters over their right eye and looked very similar to the type of henchman that used to be employed by Frieza, except much more powerful. They're power levels were more in line with that of the Ginyu Force, which used to be Frieza's elite private army of mercenaries.

They look and dress like they would be Frieza's henchman, not to mention they just came out of a spaceship that has basically the same design of Frieza's old ship. They must be the remnants of Frieza's old army.

"From my readouts, there does not seem to be anyone on this planet with a power level over one hundred. This should be much easier than originally anticipated," said one of the aliens.

"I don't know what the worry was about this planet; any low class warrior would be able to wipe out all forms of life in under a week."

Gohan could hear the aliens speaking and decided it was time to find out their motives. He started to walk up to the aliens immediately gaining their attention. He stopped one hundred feet from where they stood with his purple gi waving wildly in the wind.

"What are you doing on this planet?" Gohan asked forcefully to the aliens.

One of the aliens touched a button on his scouter in an attempt to determine Gohan's power level.

"He only has a power level of 50. He is no threat to us," the alien stated confidently to his fellow henchman.

"What do you think you are doing human," said one of the aliens. "Leave now and you'll have another couple days to live before we get around to killing you." The alien took a momentary pause and with a wide smirk on his face continued to tell Gohan his motives. "Everything on this planet will be destroyed before we are done here."

The alien's response visibly angered Gohan.

"I will not let you hurt a single person on this planet. I am warning you now, either leave this planet or I will be forced to kill all of you." Gohan said with an angered look on his face.

The three aliens started laughing at Gohan's proclamation.

"And how do you expect to do that. You only have a power level of 50, you are nothing compared to us. We could kill you without even breaking a sweat."

"Bring it on then." Gohan said as he assumed the fighting position, his gi waving even more wildly in the wind now.

"Let me handle this one, I could use the exercise," said the alien on the far right. "I'll enjoy wiping that smug look off that disgusting human face of his."

The alien quickly charged at Gohan aiming a punch right at his face. The punch collided with Gohan but did not cause the half saiyan to give up any ground nor even caused his head to budge an inch. Gohan grabbed the fist of the alien with his left hand and started to squeeze it, breaking every bone in his hand. The alien yelled out in pain as Gohan let go of the now broken hand causing the alien to drop it to his side. Gohan then kicked the alien across the side of its face sending it back towards the ship and causing it to collide with the side of the ship. The aliens limp body fell to the ground, motionless and now lifeless. A shocked and frightened expression appeared on the faces of the other two aliens who stood by and witnessed Gohan's impressive display.

"This can't be possible. He only has a power level of 50, he shouldn't be able to fly let alone take out Kimu."

"My scouter jumped to over 100,000 in that short time and now it's back down to 50. It doesn't make any sense."

"So are you ready to leave now or are you going to join your friend," Gohan said to the two stunned aliens.

"Who are you? No earthling has a fighting ability like that. You shouldn't be able to fly let alone defeat an elite warrior like Kimu."

"I am the Gold Fighter. It is my job to protect this planet from alien scum like yourself. Now I am growing tired of this, I will spare your lives if you leave now and promise to never return to this planet."

The two aliens were angered by Gohan's insubordination. They thought this mission would be easy and had not expected to face anybody of Gohan's ability.

"Forget this; he is just a pathetic human. We are elite fighters formerly of Frieza's army, together we can defeat him."

"You are right brother. This human will beg for his life before this day is over," the alien said as he furiously clenched his fist.

The two aliens took off towards Gohan and at the last second flew to the left and right sides of Gohan respectively. They prepared a large ki blast each and aimed it at Gohan, who did not make any attempt to avoid them. The two blasts made contact with Gohan, creating a loud explosion and a wave of dust to fly over the area, blocking the aliens' view of Gohan.

"That fool, there's no way he could have survived that blast."

"He was so shocked he wasn't even able to dodge it, the fool."

The aliens regrouped next to each other and eagerly waited to see the corpse of the earth fighter. Once the dust cleared, the aliens saw Gohan standing in his same position, without a scratch on him; his gi was still in perfect condition.

"What is he," said one of the aliens, who was now cowering at the sight of the unharmed Gohan.

"This is impossible, he can't be human."

"I gave you a chance to leave here with your lives but you chose instead to attack me and put everyone on this planet at risk. I cannot allow you to carry on in your evil ways."

Gohan took off faster than the two aliens could see and appeared behind them, holding up both of his hands. A ki blast formed in each hand that Gohan shot at the backs of the two aliens, completely destroying them and erasing any evidence they had once existed. Gohan then lowered to the ground and stared at the space ship, he could sense there was still another power level radiating from the ship. This ones power level was far greater than that of the three aliens he had just defeated.

At this time, several police cars had driven up to the area right in front of where the spaceship had landed. The police chief along with several other officers started to approach the Gold Fighter before he stopped them.

"It is too dangerous here, you have to leave now," said Gohan.

"What is going on here? I have a whole city in an uproar about aliens attacking; I'm considering calling Mr. Satan to come in at this point if you can't handle it."

"That is not necessary! I have the situation under control now get out of here with your men while I take care of things."

The sound of a helicopter could suddenly be heard overhead and Gohan had an idea why that was. As he looked up, he saw Videl fly overhead in her jet copter and land next to one of the police cars on the far side of the road. She hopped out of the copter and made her way quickly towards the Gold Fighter.

"Hey Gold Fighter, what is going on here?"

At this point Gohan had become very frustrated with the situation. He knew there was another alien onboard and he wanted to evacuate the area of all the people before he was forced to fight. The police officers and Videl did not seem eager to leave however.

"Videl, it's not safe here. You have to get out of here now."

"Hey, who do you think you are? I've been helping the police a lot longer than you have and I think I have the right to know what is going on here."

"Please Videl; you don't know what you're up against here. Let me …

Suddenly a ki blast was shot at Videl's jet copter completely destroying it and creating a shockwave; this sent Videl flying into one of the police cars slamming her body onto the hood, destroying the structure of the vehicle.

"Videl!" Gohan yelled out in shock as he saw his friend now lying unconscious on the ground.

Gohan ran up to Videl and checked to see if she was still alive. All of the police officers were standing in shock worried about Videl's welfare. Her heart was beating but just barely while her body was covered in deep cuts and bruises from the impact. Gohan looked up to see where the ki blast had come from and was shocked by what he saw. Standing over the body of the first alien was the culprit of the ki blast and the alien with the large power level Gohan had felt earlier.

"It can't be, Zarbon."

Now standing over the first fallen alien was a creature bearing nearly identical resemblance to Zarbon, Frieza's faithful servant and right hand man for those many years. This creature bore an exact resemblance down to the long green hair wrapped in a pony tail weave. He stood a couple inches taller than Zarbon though and was slightly more muscular.

"Pathetic, the puny earth girl couldn't even survive a single ki blast. Tell me, are all earthlings as pitiful as that one."

All the police officers were now cowering behind their vehicles from the sudden turn of events while Gohan was crouched next to Videl, holding her in his arms.

"How can it be, you died on Planet Namek? You should be dead!" Gohan yelled at the mysterious alien."

"I think you are confusing me with somebody else. My name is Blur, and I am here to take over this planet and use it as my base of operations. Once I've conquered this pathetic planet, I will then start my reign over this entire galaxy."

He looks exactly like Zarbon did all those years ago; they must be members of the same species at least. But Zarbon was not very powerful at all, he wasn't even as strong as the Ginyu force, but this Blur is incredibly strong. He seems to be as strong as Frieza was, but how is that possible?

Before Gohan could contemplate this situation further, he could feel a familiar ki signature flying down to the scene. Landing only a few feet from Gohan was the turban wearing Namekian and former guardian of Earth, Piccolo.

"I felt a strange ki signature and came to investigate it. What is going on here?"

"Oh just the usual, alien invaders have come to take over the planet. Here, you have to take Videl back to the lookout and have Dende heal her."

Gohan gently picked up the unconscious Videl and handed her off to Piccolo.

"I'll take her back to get healed. Are you sure you don't need my help in the fight."

"I think I should be okay, from what I'm sensing I should be quite a bit stronger than him."

"Okay. I'll return with the girl after she's healed."

With that Piccolo took off leaving all the police officers looking on in utter shock. The police officers had come to investigate what they thought was a ludicrous claim of an alien invasion and were now witnesses to an overpowered hostile alien and some strange green creature flying off with a possibly dead Videl.

"It's pointless for the Namekian to fly off with the girl. After I'm done with you, I'll track him down and kill the both of them. If the girl is not dead now I'll make sure she is the next time I see her," said Blur with a maniacal laughter.

"Stop it! You are drastically underestimating me." Gohan then quickly transformed to the second state of super saiyan blue bolts of electricity appearing in his aura as his hair spiked even more so with one lock of hair fallen down his forehead. "You have no idea what you're up against and I'll give you the same warning I gave your minions. Leave this planet now or I will kill you," Gohan said in a stern yet calm voice.

"Hahaha, this is truly comical. You defeat a few of my minions and now you think you can defeat me. You are seriously outclassed here kid."

"Before we begin this fight, let's go someplace with more open space. I don't want anything getting in the way of our fight."

"I completely agree," said Blur.

With a maniacal smile, Blur held out his hand and launched a massive ki blast one hundred feet or so to the side of where Gohan was standing. Before Gohan had the chance to interfere the blast collided with the ground creating a huge explosion; when the dust cleared Gohan could see there was nothing left of this part of the city. All the stores along with the police chief and several officers were completely destroyed because of the blast. Gohan looked on at the nothingness that was caused by the blast and then furiously turned back to face his opponent.

"They're all… all dead. You will regret that," said Gohan with a cold stare locked onto Blur. "You have no idea what you're up against. I will make you pay for every single life you took with that blast."

Gohan charged at Blur and aimed a punch that was blocked by Blur right in front of his face. The force of the punch knocked Blur back causing him to lose his composure. Blur lifted his arms off the ground and in one quick motion sent two ki blasts, one from each hand, at the once again charging Gohan. Gohan easily swatted both blasts away before kicking Blur in the gut and following it with a roundhouse kick to the face. Blur was sent back a couple hundred feet by the kick causing him to land hard onto the ground.

"Not bad, I haven't been hit in a while," said Blur as he wiped fresh blood from his lip.

"You take life like it means nothing. Do you have any idea how many people you killed with that blast of yours," Gohan asked coldly as he walked slowly towards Blur.

"If they couldn't defend themselves then they deserved to die. That's the way the universe works, only the strong survive."

"Well then by your own sick and twisted logic, you don't have much time left. I will do to you what you did to all those innocent people."

Blur's cocky attitude now turned to one of anger and frustration. "I am the strongest fighter in the universe and you are nothing but a pathetic human! I will kill you before this day is done."

Blur charged at Gohan aiming numerous kicks and punches, all of which were easily dodged by Gohan swaying his head quickly from left to right.

"Stay still! Why can't I hit you?"

"Because you are not the strongest in the universe, I am!"

Gohan then put everything he had into an uppercut punch that collided square into Blur's face, knocking him high up into the air. Gohan then followed him up into the air before hammering him down into the ground once more. Blur landed hard onto the ground creating a massive crater around the landing spot. Blur lay motionless for a few seconds before making his way back up to the standing position. His body was now completely covered in cuts and bruises and he was visibly panting whereas Gohan stood easily without a scratch on him.

"What are you? I know no human can have that kind of power, it's just not possible."

"I am not human, I am half saiyan. What you see standing before you now is a super saiyan, the most feared warrior in the universe."

"That's impossible. The saiyans have been extinct ever since Frieza destroyed the Planet Vegeta all those years ago. You can't possibly be a saiyan. You don't even have a tail," Blur yelled pointing at Gohan, signaling his lack of a tail.

"I am one of the last of the surviving saiyans; I am the son of Goku and sworn protector of this planet. The blood that runs through my veins signifies I am a saiyan, not some tail. Now I am tired of this exchange, you have done too much to hurt this planet and it's time you paid for your transgressions."

Blur stood shaking, in shock of what he was hearing.

"I see now I never stood a chance. Please don't kill me, I promise I will leave and never hurt anyone again." Blur then got onto his knees and then started to plead for mercy.

Gohan stood there thinking for a few moments before he decided to speak.

"How can I let you go now? I gave you a chance to leave with your life and instead you launched an energy ball at my friends jet copter nearly killing her. And then you send another blast at the city killing honest men and women for absolutely no reason. We could have fought elsewhere but instead you killed those people, you took their lives in cold blood. I cannot let you live after what you've done."

Blur started to chuckle after Gohan finished speaking.

"You fool, I never intended to leave. You did give me an opportunity however to gather enough energy and now I will use it to destroy you." Blur then quickly jumped far up into the sky and prepared a massive energy ball with both of his hands high above his head. "Now I will kill you along with this worthless planet."

"You just don't get it, creatures like you never do. You will fail like all those before you that tried to destroy this planet."

Blur released the massive energy ball aimed for Gohan who was now preparing his own blast with both of his hands slightly off to his side.

"Kaaaaaaaaaammmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeee…"

The energy ball sent by Blur continued on towards where Gohan was standing.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmeeeeeeeeee…"

The energy ball nearly made it to Gohan before Gohan unleashed his own energy wave to combat it.

"Hhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The blue energy wave of Gohan's ripped through the wave of Blur's, destroying his blast and continuing on towards Blur. Before he could get his hands up to block the beam, it ripped right through Blur, completely destroying him. A loud scream could be heard right before the kamehameha wave destroyed the last remnants of the killer's body.

"When will this stop. When will they learn that this planet cannot be conquered by evil," said Gohan as he walked away from the battle area and back into the city.

Videl, I almost completely forgot. I better hurry to the lookout.

Gohan put two fingers to his forehead and reappeared a few feet away from a surprised Dende.

"Whoa Gohan, you startled me," said the young guardian.

"Sorry Dende, I wanted to get here quickly. Do you know where Videl is?"

"Oh the girl you brought here, last time I checked she was standing near the edge just looking off into the sky."

"Thanks Dende," said Gohan as he started to walk towards where Videl was standing.

"Hey Gohan," Dende yelled. "What happened down there?"

"I wish I could tell you but I don't even know myself."

Gohan walked up to Videl on the edge of the lookout.

"Are you feeling better Videl?"

"Okay, you have some explaining to do," Videl said in a serious tone. "What happened to me and why am I standing on this floating sanctuary."

"I guess I should fill you in on some of the details. You were attacked by an alien who tried to conquer the planet. He shot a ki blast at you and after you were unconscious he shot another one. Unfortunately all of the police officers as well as a lot of people in the area were killed."

"Were you able to defeat him?"

"Yes, I killed him."

"There's no point in hiding who you are, I know that it's you Gohan."

Gohan took a step back in surprise at Videl's revelation.

"How did you figure it out?"

"Well you just confirmed my suspicions there. After I was hit by that explosion I was awake for a second while you were holding me. I was so close to your face that I just recognized you, despite your different hair color and different eye color. I could see you were upset and saw the color of your hair flickering. Before I passed out again I saw a tint of black in your hair and then I was sure. I don't know why but ever since you appeared as the Gold Fighter, I always suspected he was you."

"Well I suppose it was only a matter of time before you figured it out. You're not going to tell anyone are you, I'm just getting used to this whole high school thing and I don't think I could deal with the fame."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. But I need to know something else. Were you the child at the Cell Games, the one that fought Cell?"

"I guess the golden hair is kind of a give away. Yes that was me as well."

"So you're the one that beat Cell, not my father."

Gohan was hesitant before he decided to answer the question. "Yes."

"I never did really believe my father was the one to defeat Cell. He always said those explosions were just a trick but when I studied the martial arts tournaments, a lot of the participants could perform them as well. It just didn't make sense, how my father could defeat someone so powerful."

"So you're okay, I mean this is a lot to take in."

"I'm fine. That stuff you do, like flying and those energy blasts, would I be able to do that?"

"Yea, anyone can do that. It just takes some practice."

"Great, so you wouldn't mind teaching me then."

"Uh… yea I guess I could do that."

"Awesome, I'll be by your place tomorrow morning. You've saved my life three times now and I haven't even seen where you live."

"Haha, okay. Do you need me to fly you back down home?"

"No that's ok, I have another flying capsule. I'll just fly myself back. I'll see you tomorrow Gohan."

"Bye Videl."

Videl took a capsule out of her shorts and threw it to the ground where an identical copy of her jet copter appeared. She jumped into it and waved one last time to Gohan before descending back down towards Earth. Gohan just stood watching Videl fly off before he was approached by Piccolo.

"She is strong for a human. Most people would not be able to survive a blast like that."

"Yea, she is definitely special. She wants me to teach her how to fly but I've never taught anyone before."

"You're the strongest person on this planet. I don't think you'll have a problem teaching her how to fly."

"Thanks Piccolo."

"Do you know what the meaning of that attack was? Why did they come to this planet?"

"I don't know, it's all very strange. Maybe it was just a random group of aliens who tried to conquer this planet and now that they're dead, there's nothing to worry about. Or else there's something else going on."

"He wasn't that strong compared to you now but not too long ago he would have been more than a match for all of us. It seems these times of peace are fleeting, stronger enemies are appearing and we need to be ready."

"I know. He was the same species as an enemy we faced on Namek yet he was a hundred times stronger. If someone appeared like Frieza who was a hundred times stronger, I wouldn't know what we'd do."

"All we can do is train and wait. There's no point in worrying about what may never come. A lot of people died during your fight, I could feel it when I flew the girl back here. Are you going to gather the dragonballs to wish them back to life?"

"No, not right now. We may still need the dragonballs for a wish later and I don't want to waste a wish just yet. We should wait and see what happens."

"That seems to be wise."

"Well I think it's time I got back home; mom doesn't like it when I'm late for dinner."

"Take care Gohan."

"Thanks, you take care as well Piccolo and thanks for all your help."

Gohan put his two fingers to his forehead once more and returned to his home in Mount Paoz.

I wonder how mom will react to Videl coming here tomorrow. Why do I have a feeling she is going to embarrass me somehow.

-dbz-

Author's note: I hoped you liked this chapter; this is more in line with the story than the past few chapters. Please read and review and let me know what you think.