Chapter 10

Piccolo exited the time chamber, there were many things that took place during his year. The first thing the wise Namekian did after exiting the chamber was make new modifications to Shenron.

The magical dragon was no longer his to control, but Dende was more than happy to let Piccolo make whatever changes he saw fit. Piccolo's most recent time chamber visit was just as much external training as internal. After learning more about Buu's Ki by tele-communicating with Cell during the fight.

The fact that no Ki signature was visible, coupled with the Supreme Kai later telling them that it was due to the Godly Ki had triggered something in Piccolo. He was partially the guardian of Earth, a Super Namekian. There should be more depth to the power of his race, enough to rival Saiyans.

Thus began Piccolo's comatosis. For the next two months he tried finding his elusive Godly Ki.

On the first day of his third month in the chamber he found it. A small spark, not much more powerful than a human contained some of the mysterious Ki.

The differences between it, and other types of Ki was astounding, it formed faster, regenerated quicker, and when experimenting with his own regeneration it was sped up drastically.

The Godly Ki was amazing.

After exiting the chamber with the drone Piccolo went to talk with Shenron. Like all magical dragons, Shenron was much more powerful than his creator but was limited by what the current God was able to do.
Shenron couldn't kill the Saiyans when they appeared because of Kami's strength.

If Shenron was able to physically attack the Saiyans when they arrived it wouldn't have lasted long.

King Piccolo was able to destroy Shenron, but that was also due to the limits of Kami's strength. If Shenron was free from the link with the guardian it could have swallowed King Piccolo effortlessly.

Shenron also had an untraceable Ki signature, same as Buu, the Kais, and that small spark in Piccolo.

Piccolo took out the dragon balls from their box and summoned Shenron.

The dragon burst forth with a mighty roar.

"You have summoned the eternal dragon, I will grant you two wishes!"

Piccolo looked at the dragon, and considered his question.

"I am not here for wishes Shenron, I wish to ask you some questions."

"I can answer any question the previous Guardian asks," was Shenron's reply.

Piccolo again considered his next words before asking his first question.

"Shenron, how powerful are you?"

"I am as powerful as time itself. If I was not linked with the guardian I could easily have destroyed even the one that killed Buu!"

"How can I access more of my Godly Ki?" was the Super Namekian next question.

"There are many ways," the dragon answered.

"As the previous guardian of Earth, as a Namekian, there are even ways for Saiyans to access their Godly Ki." Shenron continued, "all beings have a small spark of divinity in them, the way that Majin Buu was created was by forcefully removing that spark, and combining it into one monster. If one such as yourself was to join with many many more kind Namekians your Godly Ki would eventually change the rest of your power."

"And as the previous Guardian of Earth?" Piccolo was very curious now, perhaps this was the way for him to get more power.

"You can join with me." Shenron's words shocked Piccolo. Joining with Shenron, how different was it from Namekian fusion?

"It is simple," the dragon went on "come closer." The dragon breathed fire onto Piccolo, completely coating him in a cylinder of ki and flame.

Piccolo was burned away, his body disintegrating before him, in the end all that he had left to grab onto was the small spark of Godly Ki.

The spark was all that remained of him, but Shenron continued his breath.

Slowly the spark grew as Piccolo was rebuilt. "The process would have completely destroyed any other being." Shenron went on "No one other than a previous guardian has a big enough spark. When I cleansed Kami with this it split him in half, half good and half evil. As you are now, a good person with a pure heart it simply rebuilt you."

Piccolo was fascinated with the power that he now possessed. His purple blood vessels were now a dark red.

Piccolo powered up, instead of his familiar blue aura a red and gold one was present. Shenron looked pleased with his work.

"Now that I have answered your questions I feel that my work here is done. Farewell." The mighty dragon returned to his permanent housing.

Dende ran over to Piccolo, worried due to the apparent absence of the other Namekians life energy.

In explanation Piccolo sat down with the current guardian, and discussed the events that had just transpired.

Videl fell backwards due to the shock of seeing Cell exit from Capsule Corporation.

Cell's expression was also one of shock, the one time he didn't check the energy signature….

Before either could explain what was happening Gohan stopped by, dressed as Saiyaman.

Big mistake.

"YOU, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Videl was livid, Cell wasn't even supposed to be alive, then there was the fight where he beat Saiyaman. Now the two were seemingly palls.

Something was up, and Videl wanted answers.

"Oh hey Videl!" Goku's obliviousness rubbed off on Gohan at times, this was one of them.

"You! Why is Cell here! I! Videl's confusion was slowly turning to rage. Cell was just about to open his mouth when Gohan stepped between the two of them. His green eyes turned a darker color.

"Both of you settle down."

Videl and Cell both took a seat, neither particularly wanted to get on the young adult's bad side.

"Cell is now a good guy, just like Piccolo before him. Both of us risked our lives in the latest fight. Now if you don't have anything else I recommend you leave Videl." Gohan knew his anger was getting the better of him, but Videl had been a constant pain ever since she found out about his classes with Sharpener.

"Actually," Videl said timidly "I was just going to talk with Mrs. Briefs."

Gohan's eyes widened as he realized his mistake, and he took a step back waving his hands in front of his face in apology.

Videl stood up, and walked towards the owner of Capsule Corporation, intent to tell her newest strategy.

One hour later Videl walked out of Capsule Corp, she now had a watch, similar to Gohan's on her wrist.

Her "Saiyawoman" suit was a little different than Gohan's purely aesthetic one. Hers contained a double-breasted bulletproof jacket, (made from the same material as Saiyan armor) and contained a blaster that once belonged to Frieza's weaker soldiers. The blaster helped channel Ki, something Videl was still having problems with. With these new goodies all Videl had to do now was wait.

"We have a situation," the police Chief reported. "Two armed robbers just exited 1st bank. Both Saiyaman, and his partner are currently busy with other business."

A pair of boot-covered feet touched down in front of the to-be get away vehicle.

Videl's Mask resembled that of Saiyaman, but the gun attached to her arm, and the conspicuous armor separated her from the hero.

"So," one of the thieves said "you must be Saiyaman." His words showed that he thought Videl was anything but a threat.

"I'm going to see here and now if you really are as bulletproof as on TV." The bandit was now laughing maniacally as he opened fire. Videl put up a small barrier, to deflect some bullets from her face, and legs while she let her armor take care of the rest.

After the man deplete an entire clip he looked at her in horror.

Videl raised her arm, cannon at the ready "my turn."

The FOOOM of the cannon was much louder than she expected, and the getaway vehicle went up in smoke.

Both suspects fell to the ground before being arrested.

The cops looked over at her in shock, "who are you?" Videl lifted her visor enough for the captain to see her face, "me? I'm the great Saiyawoman!"

With that VIdel flew off, trying her best to avoid the media storm that would surely follow.

"It looks like a new member has been added to the dynamic Duo, lead by Saiyaman." The news reporter announced.

"The great Saiyawoman was credited to stopping a robbery, now this Duo is most likely a trio!"

Sharpener switched off the television, it seemed that Videl's power was still growing while he was stuck at just above super-human. If only there were some strong fighters…

Hercule, who was sitting next to the young champ answered the doorbell. Hercule had almost fallen on hard times after his loss at the WMAT. With the work of Tien, and Saiyaman he was found out to be a fraud.

Help came in the form of Sharpener, a former student of Hercule himself. Sharpener not only kept the media interested, but was helping teach Hercule Ki control. Hercule's lessons were going poorly, there was no way he could ever beat Tien, and he knew it.

Hercule's only claim-to-fame had been taken from him. His sponsorships slowed, his martial arts school slowly faded.

The only thing that would make this worse was if Videl was up to any trouble.

Hercule still didn't recognize Saiyaman as Gohan, but he recognized Cell, (even if he was in costume) and his daughter hanging around anything like that was bound to cause problems.

2 years later

"I don't know Cell," Gohan said "I haven't even talked to Piccolo since I came back from otherworld, I'm sure he's doing ok. He will tell us if anything is the matter."

Cell nodded, though he had grown closer to Gohan in the nearly 4 years since they fought he still was soft-spoken around his friend. If it came down to it, Cell could easily defeat Gohan, but Gohan's wisdom, and life experience far outweighed Cell's. Gohan's idea to send out drone's to defend the city (and sometimes world) from crime had worked wonderfully. Crime rates were down 99%, and Saiyaman was quickly becoming old news.

Gohan still enjoyed going out for a fly in the costume, but there was really no need. Criminals may be evil, but they aren't stupid. Once superhero's show up by the hundreds it's game over. Most either reformed, or went to jail once Cell's drones were unleashed.

Videl had been in a similar situation, now that she was hanging out with Gohan she began to see more reasons to like him. Slowly she had calmed down, and was no longer angry all the time. Sharpener had defended his national title against a man named Saeki Takuma, the self proclaimed fastest man in boxing. The fight didn't last very long, even though Saeki may have been slightly faster one punch from Sharpener was able to put him away for good.

Now that nobody wanted to challenge him on the national level Sharpener was thinking of going for the world title belt. Nobody nationally doubted the validity of his tournament tapes after his KO of Saeki.

Now it was just a matter of getting a fight at all… Nobody had accepted his challenge in over a year.

"So Gohan, I'll see you at 3?" Videl said warmly.

"Yeah, 3 works." Gohan responded.

Gohan arrived at their mutually favored restaurant (a sports bar) at 2:45 in order to get a seat secured.

In the corner were two men around his age talking.

"So you recon the North City Turtles are going to clinch Homefield?"

"Not if West City Gophers have anything to say about it!" The other man responded.

Both of them slowly turned their attention to something other than sports.

Sadly for Gohan the topic seemed to become himself.

"Hey," one of the men whispered "doesn't that guy look like Saiyaman?"

"No… Well kinda," the other guy responded.

"Do you think we ought to ask him," the first man said "just for laughs?"

"Well, if he is," the second man said "it might become a bit awkward."

Both men agreed before ordering another round of drinks.

It was that moment Videl walked in and sat next to Gohan.

"Hey, he's totally Saiyaman." The first guy said, with renewed enthusiasm.

"Yeah, and I'm Mr. Satan," the other man responded.

Both of them moved to another corner of the room, if this was going to go well they should be alone.

"Well VIdel what's going on?" Gohan seemed worried. Videl's heart rate had gone up since they moved over to the other room.

"Uh I'm not sure how to do this," Videl was worried… She wasn't sure how well this would go over.

"It's ok Videl, what's up?" Gohan wasn't quite sure what was going on. Her ki had been jumping between nearly 0, and her maximum power for a while.

"Uh Gohan… I'm not sure this is working out... " Videl finally said.

The two of them had been dating for around 2 years.

Gohan simply acknowledged it and turned around, leaving out the front door.

Videl burst into tears. Breaking up with Saiyaman, a person she still had feelings for in a way was hard.

Gohan wasn't without his flaws however. His job at Capsule Corp was demanding, they hadn't been able to get out in a few months. To top it off, she also lost her spark for him when Saiyaman blew over. He was a superman, but he gave it up for a research job. It was just something she felt she needed to do.

Vegeta was surprised to see Gohan, it had been almost a year. Ever since the power-up by elder Kai Vegeta had realized that he had nowhere else to go. More training had done nothing for him. As a result he had been helping train his sons, and spend more time with his family. The planet-killer Vegeta was a relic of the past.

For that reason, Vegeta was surprised to see the expression on Gohan's face. The rage was evident, if Gohan could still go super saiyan it would have happened a while ago. As it was, his base state was looking incredibly dangerous, purple lighting was endangering the city's power suply, and his permanently green eyes were emerald colored.

Gohan had come to pick a fight.

"What's wrong boy?" Vegeta, though slightly rusty was in top form compared to Gohan. Gohan had gotten used to fighting city criminals, the speed and power Vegeta was capable of was utterly overwhelming.

Gohan's rage was bubbling to the surface but when the dam broke the response was completely different. None of his legendary reserves of power came forward, instead he felt like he was weakening. Vegeta seemingly noticed the change as well.

Slowly Gohan's power dropped down, the lighting faded. Tears started to dot the ground.

Vegeta suddenly understood what had happened.

"It's the blasted women, isn't it?" He said with a smirk.

"Not even a literal superman is good enough." Vegeta was now almost laughing, his change in attitude meaning to again anger Gohan.

Instead the opposite happened, Gohan simply nodded. "Not even superman is good enough."

Power levels:

Gohan: strong

Vegeta: stronger

Cell: pretty strong

Trunks: stronk

Piccolo: ?

Author's note:

I feel that Simply making bigger and bigger villains isn't the way to take this. If I was Gohan, someone who had never before been dumped (sadly that isn't the case, its been a few times XD) I think that those would be the raw emotions. Anger, sadness, then incredulation.

I am not going to turn this into romance, I just felt that a few chapters should be used to not set up the next villain (but instead make you care about some of the side, characters)