omg another update so soon.... thanks for all your reviews people they really make my day when you write them. im glad the fight scene from last chapter was decent.
cant remeber the reviewer *srrrry* but main reason why there were not many ki blasts wer because Gohan had told Goten not too unless one was fired at him, Trunks i think would have fired too but probably had the same lecture earlier.
anyway i hope you enjoy!
Gohan slowly rose to his feet while Goten held onto the back of his left shoulder, his eyes never leaving the two approaching personages.
'Shit! Shit!' They couldn't wait! Damn, how am I going to get out of this? Damn I'm in a tight spot…'
Goku stopped about twelve yards in front of Gohan and placed his wife down as the others finally caught up. "Gohan… is that really you," Chi-Chi inquired with some tears in her eyes.
Gohan looked at her then at his father, who was standing right behind her; he scanned the others that were there. There was Bulma standing off to Chi-Chi's right with Vegeta not too far behind her arms folded, scowling at him. Piccolo was standing a few steps behind Goku with Krillen in front and to the right of Goku. Gohan kept scanning the group of people he hadn't seen in over seven years. He finally met his mother's gaze and nodded very slowly.
That was all that Chi-Chi needed and started to give Gohan a strangling hug, knocking Goten off of Gohan, and then the tears came. "Oh my baby boy!" Chi-chi's sudden fit of yelling had caused Gohan to blush a little but proceeded to give her a small hug.
Goku chuckled, "Wow Gohan! Look at you, you're huge!"
Calming down a bit, Chi-Chi took a few steps to look at her now full grown son, but Bulma quickly stepped in between them, giving Gohan a very angry look. Gohan sensing some anger behind that look, swallowed a bit. "Heh… hi Bul…."
*Slap*
Gohans' face turned slightly, causing a few mouths to drop from the others. Gohan slowly brought his head back rubbing his right cheek to the sight of a very teary eyed Bulma. "You jerk! How could you do that?! Just taking off not telling any of us where you were or about Goten!" Tears were now rolling down her face at a rapid rate. "How could you take off like that without telling us where you were going?! You had a home with us! We were worried about you!... I was worried about you…" Gohan then embraced her in a hug, earning a slight growl that only he could hear from Vegeta. Trunks then finally arrived and went to stand by Vegeta with a bored expression.
Goten then poked his head out from behind Gohan's leg and looked at Bulma before scanning the others. Goten then pulled on Gohan's pant leg, trying to get his attention. "Gohan," Goten asked quietly, not only earning his big brother's attention, but the others' as well. Bulma took a few steps back from Gohan so she could get a good look at the boy. "Who are these people?"
Gohan chuckled and looked down at his brother. "Goten do you remember all those stories about how uncle Raditz came down to Earth, the adventures of planet Namek, leading up to the androids, and then the mean grasshopper Cell?" Goten nodded. "Well these are your main characters." Gohan smiled at Goten.
"Oh wow!" Goten scanned the group again, placing faces to the characters of the stories he had grown up on. He stopped on one face, but was only interrupted by Chi-Chi, who came in and hugged the boy to death.
"Ah! Don't worry, mommy is here, baby!" Chi-Chi then noticed the boy was starting to turn blue and loosened her grip, letting the boy breathe.
Goten pulled away from his mother a bit a little confused, but ignored her for the moment. "But Gohan? Why does he look like me?" Goten pointed towards Goku, looking back at his brother.
Gohan chuckled. "Well, Goten, first, this would be our mother. She passed away a little after you were born." Gohan instantly put on a fake smile, trying to hide the many emotions that were threatening to appear. Nobody except Piccolo noticed his sudden emotional change though.
"Oh, then nice to meet you, Mom!" Goten returned a quick hug to Chi-Chi.
Then Gohan bent down and crouched to Goten's eye level, pulling Goten closer to him. "And the reason why that guy over there looks like you is because you are his second son. He is our dad." Gohan tried as hard as he could to put on the best 'mask of happiness' he could muster. Vegeta caught on to Gohan's sudden emotional shift as well.
Goten then wandered over to Goku, inspecting him from behind, then circled a few times. Goku didn't understand what the boy was doing, but, never the less, he let Goten continue. Goten then stopped in front of Goku with a hand under his chin, standing in a stereotypical thinking position. "Gohan, why do you call him our dad? I don't understand… because I remember reading a book about child psycho-something and it said that a dad is someone who is all ways there for you no matter who or what you are or have done. And a dad is there to destroy all the scary monsters under the bed and in the closet. Dads also teach you all kinds of stuff… and so… Wouldn't that make you more of my dad, Gohan?" Goten asked sincerely.
Everyone's' mouths dropped. Goku could have sworn his heart had stopped beating. Gohan was taken back by that last statement, causing him to stand back up a little; a rush of emotions over took Gohan in a whole new wave.
'Wow… I really don't know how to answer him…damn, where did he get that book? I think I may have read that when we first left to live on our own. Shit, everyone is looking at him…shit.' He immediately re-masked himself. 'Shit!'
Gohan quickly coughed, causing some of the people in the group's attention to fall on him. He placed a hand on Goten's shoulder. "Well, squirt, for one, I don't know how you got that book. Second…" Gohan paused again to gain some control over the emotions and to actually think on how he should say this. "Second is that our dad is different." He gave a small smile towards Goten. "Would you like to know why?" Everyone had their eyes on Gohan now. Goten shook his head yes. "It's because before you were born and all of those dangerous, evil people came around; heh, I even got kidnapped by a few of them…but that man over there…" Gohan pulled Goten closer so their cheeks were touching, "Decided that not only to protect us, but the whole world by choosing to remain dead… so in a way… our dad defeated the biggest, most scariest monster in the closet…" Gohan kept on giving Goten a fake smile. He didn't know if Goten bought that, nor did he know how much longer he could keep his mask up. Goku didn't know what to say. He almost wanted to go and run over to Gohan and give him hug, but held back; he'd wait for another time. Chi-Chi and Bulma had tears coming down their faces and Krillen was just smiling at the tender moment.
Piccolo and Vegeta were eyeing Gohan closely. Gohan scanned the group, but wouldn't meet Piccolo or Vegeta at eye level. Goten pulled away from Gohan and preceded to walk towards Goku. Goten looked up to the man once again in thinking posture. Goku looked back down and smiled. Goten smiled right back and jumped into Goku's arms, giving each other big hugs.
'Well at least Goten bought it… He deserves to have a non-tainted view on Dad and let him build his own opinion of him… but damn… I know for sure neither Piccolo nor Vegeta bought that story…'
Gohan gazed back for a quick glance at Piccolo but immediately looked back towards Goten, he knew that what that look from Piccolo meant.
'Shit… that was proof that he didn't buy it. It's suddenly becoming very uncomfortable standing right here… That's the man I killed… that's the man who chose to stay dead… What am I-'
"Gohan, how are your studies coming along. Just because we're dead DOESN'T mean your suppose to be slacking, young man!" Chi-Chi started to yell.
Gohan started to take a few steps back from his oncoming mother. "Uh… well you see… my studies have kind of… taken a back seat in life," Gohan managed to stutter, only causing Chi-Chi's anger to rise.
"What did you just say, young man?! How are you supposed to get a decent education if you don't study?! How are you going to find a mate if you aren't able to get a job because you didn't have a brain to get a degree?! How am I going to get grandchildren," Chi-Chi yelled, causing Piccolo and all the Saiyans to cover their sensitive ears in pain.
Goten then started to laugh. "Haha. Gohan, she reminds me of your secretary when you don't meet your deadlines!" Goten kept laughing as he fell out of Goku's arms and started to roll on the ground. Goten's sudden outburst halted Chi-Chi's ranting almost immediately as everyone's eyes once again fell onto Gohan.
"Woah! Gohan, you have a secretary," Krillen asked curiously.
"What do you mean secretary," Chi-Chi almost yelled.
Gohan started to rub the back of his head. "Haha. Ya, I have a secretary. Although, we haven't really met each other except over the phone. I probably should meet her in person someday, but, to tell you the truth, I'm kinda scared of her." Gohan chuckled. "Oh, wait! That reminds me… I have something for you Vegeta."
Vegeta's eyes narrowed immediately. Gohan then reach for the inner pocket of his gi and pulled out a full white envelope; everyone watched the two Saiyans' interaction closely. Gohan opened the envelope, pulling out a very large wad of bills; mouths just dropped at the sight as Gohan started counting the money silently to himself.
"My boy is a delinquent! He's stealing money!" Chi-Chi started wailing. Gohan just chuckled at, her but kept counting.
"Gohan, where did you get all that money?" Goku inquired. Gohan finished counting the bills and placed them back into the envelope and walked towards Vegeta as everyone made way for him.
Gohan stopped in front of the smaller Saiyan and smirked towards him before he cleared his throat. "I James Stone, on the behalf of Stone Industries, congratulate you, Vegeta Briefs, on being the first person outside of Stone Industries to break the unbreakable Stone material. Hehe. By the looks of the wall Trunks flew into earlier I'd say the whole tournament is using the stuff. Which is probably a good idea seeing as we're here… anyway congratulations, Vegeta." Vegeta cursed to himself then cursed to Gohan as he snatched the envelope of cash from Gohan.
Bulma was standing there mouth agape. "Woah! Gohan you're the CEO of Stone Industries?! No way," Krillen stated in excitement.
Gohan just scratched the back of his head. "Ya, well how else are you going to feed two half Saiyans without your plates being destroyed, or your house for that matter?" Gohan Chuckled. Bulma was starting to fume and her face was turning red.
"What's Stone Industries, Gohan," Chi-Chi inquired.
Krillen answered for her. "It's the only rival to Bulma, and man those two companies have been going at each others throats for about seven years now. No one has been able to compete with those two. And no one knew the identity of James Stone; not even its employees!"
Bulma couldn't take it anymore. "You mean to tell me for the past seven years you have been gone you have been right in front of me the whole time, causing years of capsule corp of not being number one and giving me so many sleepless nights just to keep up with you," Bulma was yelling while walking furiously towards a very scared Gohan.
"Bulma," Gohan tried in a panicked voice. "I wasn't in the lead all the time… actually aren't you in the lead right now?" Bulma stopped in her tracks for a moment to think on the subject.
Trunks was getting bored until an idea suddenly hit him. He also noticed Goten standing right next to his brother. Trunks then closed in on Goten and tapped him on the shoulder, getting the other boy's attention. "Pst. Goten, want to compete in the adult division," Trunks whispered to Goten.
Goten perked up at the comment and whispered back, "Sure, but how? We're only kids…"
"Come on. I have an idea, follow me…" As Trunks started to walk off Goten quickly wanted to get Gohan's attention, but decided to wait until he was done with his conversation.
"Hmm, then again, Bulma, I do have another product coming out. It has to with holograms with real life effects, such as a moon giving off blutz waves, or the sun giving off heat; I'm still trying to figure out how to make a humanoid figure with the right properties, but that will have to wait for an upgrade. I'm still testing the bugs that are on there… heh.. Freiza's face is always still getting distorted," Gohan chuckled. Bulma was about to yell back at him but was cut off by Goten.
"Hey, Gohan! Me and Trunks are going to go exploring. See ya! Bye!" Goten and Trunks took off into the crowds of people.
"Ahh! Wait, Goten! Get back here!" Gohan yelled out, but to no avail.
Goku just laughed. "Haha. Don't worry about it, Gohan. Let them go have fun."
Then a chorus of stomach growling soon followed. Goku just laughed. "So is there somewhere we could eat?" Everyone fell over except Vegeta and Gohan.
lots have been drawn for the tournament~~~~
'Dammit… I thought I was over this…' Gohan was standing behind his father in the waiting area, slightly nervous. He then noticed a very large man attack Krillen in the ring. 'Well he did say they were only going to be here for twenty four hours. How could they do that though? They had one day to be here and they chose to come for a tournament? No! Gohan don't think like that! They're good people and it was good for Goten to meet them…'
"And Krillen is the winner!" Gohan refocused back toward the ring to see Krillen casually exit the ring, gaining a few cheers from the crowd and re-enter the waiting room.
'Damn…How could they do this to him? To let him know the thought of actually having a parent nearby and now find that even though they had the choice to stay, they chose to stay dead instead of be with him…'
Piccolo placed a hand on Gohan's shoulder, bringing him out of his thought process. Gohan just looked back up to his mentor a little wide eyed, but Piccolo only nodded back at him and proceeded to enter the ring. Shin, his competitor with a white Mohawk and purple skin, followed the green alien after gaining Gohan's attention.
'Hey…that's one of the holy ki signatures from earlier.'
Shin then stopped in front of Gohan and looked up at him and nodded his head before he continued walking towards the arena. 'What was that all about? It was like he could read minds…'
"Fighters, are you ready? Fight," the announcer yelled. Piccolo was about to get into a fighting stance but hesitated and started to sweat under his opponents gaze. Shin stood there, smirking at Piccolo. The crowd was getting more and more restless by the minute and started yelling at them to get the two to actually start the fight.
"What's Piccolo doing," Krillen asked. "Shin doesn't seem to be all that strong."
"I don't know," Goku pondered.
Gohan just stood there eyeing Piccolo and Shin back and forth.
"You do realize the fight has started right, gentlemen," the announcer inquired as he fixed up his glasses. Piccolo eyed the announcer and grunted before proceeding back to the waiting room. "What? Wait were do you think you're going?" the announcer tried getting to him before he stepped outside the ring.
"I forfeit, that's what." And Piccolo left the arena, Shin not too far behind him.
"Piccolo, what was that about," Goku asked.
Vegeta smirked. "It's obvious that a Namek would get scared over such a weakling." Piccolo ignored the comment and headed back towards the other side of the waiting room with Shin following not to far behind.
'No way… it can't be… could it? Why would someone of his stature be in a place like this…' A girl he had come to know and a very muscular man with a dark ki reading brought him out of his thought process. Gohan proceeded to move in front of Goku to get a better view of the fight, that dark feeling was inviting something he didn't invite to the party.
The fight commenced with Videl giving it her all, throwing endless punches and kicks but all of her attacks were rendered useless.
Spopovich then started to mercilessly fight back, grabbing a hold of her neck and pummeling her in the chest while laughing. He then kicked her causing her to go flying across the ring and landing hard. He then dashed towards her and threw her closer to the middle of the ring just to repeat the same process over again.
'Hahaha, would you look at that weakling human?' Gohan definitely did not invite him along. Gohan's anger was starting to rise while trying to prove to his other half that he was still very well in control, being too concentrated on his other half that he failed to notice a faint growl could be heard escaping his lips. Vegeta perked up when he started to hear him and scowled at the half Saiyan.
Spopovich then started to fire a ki blast toward her, only for her to barely dodge it and send a right round house kick across his face, doing absolutely no damage. She looked up at her opponent, who was still smirking at her, causing her to falter in shock. Spopovich started to laugh with a mixture of a growl before grabbing her leg and throwing her onto the ground and continued his punching onslaught.
Gohans' hair started to flicker between gold and black as a few sparks of electricity were forming around him, gaining Goku's attention. "No, Gohan! Don't do it! You're not going out there!"
'Haha, you better pay attention you're starting to gather the attention of the others.' A slight chuckle was echoing through his head. Suddenly a girl's screams broke him out of his inner dialogue. Gohan looked and saw Spopovich step harder onto the girls head with the bottom of his foot while he too was laughing manically. 'Hehe you know ,Gohan, she really isn't that bad. I would say she is definitely ours for the taking even though we really know who will be doing the taking.' Energy rapidly engulfed him and his hair stopped flickering and was its solid gold as the laughing and screaming increased by both parties.
'You will not be going near anyone!'
"No, Gohan, you're not going out there!" Goku yelled at Gohan, still oblivious to the real turmoil.
Vegeta's scowl became even angrier. "Kakarott, you're not getting through to him. His instincts are just acting more strongly now. His instincts, it seems have chosen his mate and they're even stronger because of his tail. He won't calm down until he comes to terms with the situation."
Krillen tried approaching him "No… don't go out there, try and calm down, Gohan…"
Flashes of the dark red area, its crescent moon, and a recognizable dungeon door appeared in his minds eye. The flashing stopped and then Gohan eyed the monk with venom in his teal eyes, causing Krillen to step back a little. "You won't go near her!" he stated in a feral-like tone. Gohan then dashed towards the ring.
"That's enough!" a voice stated causing both Gohan and Spopovich to stop and look at the intrusion. Another muscular man, not as big as the one beating Videl, flew down in front of Spopovich. "Stop playing games. Don't you remember we have a few more important matters at hand than your silly antics? End it…now!" Spopovich just grunted and kicked Videl out of the ring.
Keeping an eye on the two, still in his super saiyan state, Gohan walked over to Videl and picked her up gently into his arms. Gohan then gave a menacing glare towards Spopovich then proceeded back into the waiting room, carrying Videl.
Krillen met him at the entrance "Hey don't worry, Gohan. Your dad went to grab some senzu beans," Krillen stated earnestly.
Gohan eased up and eyed Krillen. "I already have one," he growled back before he took off to a medical room. Eventually coming to the door, he opened it and proceeded to place her on the bed.
Videl slowly opened her eyes to see the same Gold Fighter who had just saved her life once again. "It's…It's you," she stuttered out.
"Shh… don't talk… but I do want you to eat this. It will make you better…" He fished out a senzu from one of his pockets, crushed it in his palm, and poured the remnants into her mouth. She had a little difficulty swallowing the powder, but the effects of the bean were immediate. She quickly sat up on the bed as the medical crew was rushing inside the room.
"Wha… what was that you gave me?" Videl then started to flex, checking if everything was actually healed.
Gohan smiled at her, then immediately turned his back, heading for the door. "I'm sorry, Miss Satan… for the way I acted towards you and your father earlier." He then proceeded out door, closing it behind him, leaving a furious Videl who was trying to run after him but was stopped by the medical crew.
Gohan proceeded down the hallway a while powering down to his base form. He looked back in the direction from which he came.
'I will make that man pay, and I will make sure that that man will never get his hands on Videl…' He then walked down the halls, putting on a mask of determination.
I definately wanted to fix that last part of the story i was so mad at that last part that i took awhile off writing to get over my spew so ya! enjoy and review!