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From Saviour To Destroyer

Chapter eleven: Training takes a new turn

It was silent in the Son house. Anyone who would walk inside would immediately be overwhelmed by the tense atmosphere inside. It had been like this for two days. Ever since Gohan flew off angry at being forced to be tested Goku and Chichi didn't dare to say a word to him. Gohan didn't seem to notice or mind since he kept himself isolated and barely was inside the house. Luckily he did come back that day though very late. He completely ignored his parents and locked himself in his room.

Gohan slept in his room, grabbed some breakfast and left the house. He came back very late and sometimes entered through his own window so he didn't have to appear in the other rooms where most likely his parents would be. Gohan always kept his senses sharp, even when asleep. He wouldn't let his guard down any time soon.

Gohan was pleased with this isolation. Unfortunately he was still troubled with stomach aches and occasional vomiting. Every time those troubles arose he could sense his father's tension. His mother off course could tell from his father's face that her precious son was ill again.

Sensing them worried and tense was the second reason Gohan isolated himself. Off course the first reason was about what they did to him, how they forced him. Every time Gohan thought about any of his so-called friends and family he felt disgusted and that led to more nausea followed by vomiting.

Right now Gohan was deep into the forest. It was quiet there and the fresh air somehow made him feel relieved. Here he could forget for a moment about his troubles. In those two days Gohan had isolated himself he felt himself become more distant through his feelings. Somehow he couldn't get it over his lips to say mom or dad, he now called them mother and father. It may same strange for others, but for Gohan it felt strangely much better. As for Mr. Piccolo, he had become just Piccolo though Gohan used to call him that for a while already. Still, back then he found himself sometimes refer to him as Mr. Piccolo, but now he couldn't get the words out. He couldn't even think it.

Gohan sighed and shifted a bit on the large branch of the tree he was currently laying on. He pushed those annoying people out of his mind. After shifting on the branch Gohan still felt uneasy. It wasn't that he wasn't comfortable, he felt like he was about to explode from all the energy inside him. He felt fighting someone, but most opponents he could think of he felt annoyed with and some other were annoyed with Gohan, referring to Vegeta or rather Veggie.

Gohan sighed again. All that was left were the weak ones. Frustration rose again and Gohan found himself jumping down breaking the branch in frustration. Still his urge to fight was overwhelming. He felt like he would just start some random ki shooting if he didn't get some energy out. Finally he decided to challenge his father. Though he was anything but on good terms with him, he was the second strongest these days. Trying desperately to repress his annoyance and anger he flew, home.

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Goku was for a change sitting on the roof of his house. Chichi was inside doing something, probably cleaning. Goku was driving her crazy with his lazy attitude lately and his kinda depressed state of mind. She had thrown him out for the day at least so she could have space to clean without some depressing atmosphere nearby. She herself was kinda feeling the same, but she hid it well.

Goku sighed and stared at the sky. He was wondering what Gohan was doing and what he was thinking, but Goku didn't even dare to sense his son out in case Gohan felt it. He hadn't seen Gohan for two days, well he saw some glimpses sometimes when he landed at the back of the house to jump through the window. Goku felt his heart ache for he wanted to see his son smile again. He wanted to talk to his son, laugh with his son and he wished he knew what was going on and that whatever it was never happened. Unfortunately those wishes wouldn't be fulfilled easily, not even with the Eternal Dragon.

Goku felt his mood sink deeper than it already was. It wasn't just him Gohan was angry about or even hated. He had dragged Bulma and Piccolo into it as well and Chichi off course. Somehow Goku felt it was his fault Gohan was angry with all of them. Ironically he now understood how Gohan felt about his death. Though it wasn't all Goku's fault and not quite directly his – except for the whole test thing – he still felt the huge burden of guilt on his heart and mind.

As if on fire Goku jumped up and became very tense. He felt Gohan coming close to the house. Why he felt tense Goku didn't understand, perhaps he was afraid Gohan only came to scream at him. Goku quickly pushed that thought away for he didn't want to be prejudice. Perhaps his son wished to be on good terms again as well. Though it was most likely not, Goku held onto that little hope strongly.

Goku stared in the distance and only a minute later saw the small form of Gohan. He became bigger as he closed the distance.

In a few seconds Gohan was floating in front of his father, though not too close. Both Son's glanced at each other until Gohan spoke.

'Fight me' Gohan said in a demanding tone. Goku was taken aback a moment until he guessed what this was about.

'Oh you mean you want to spar' Goku said. Gohan rolled his eyes before responding.

'Whatever, I just need to hit something or rather someone. So are you up for it, father?' Gohan asked. Goku winced unnoticed at the word "father". Gohan was a long way from being on good terms with him.

'Uh sure, I guess' Goku said a bit sad. Gohan looked slightly annoyed at his reply.

'Not very confident. I want a real fight, not some weak, friendly punching, got it?!' Gohan snapped at Goku. Goku slightly flinched.

'Alright, so what are the…..' Goku began but got cut off as Gohan punched him in the face. Goku rubbed his face slightly looking dumb struck at Gohan.

'You agreed, so fight back already!' Gohan snapped. Goku was confused. He only wanted to know what the rules for their spar would be, but apparently Gohan was impatient.

'Shouldn't we agree on some rules?' Goku asked, but no sooner had he finished his question or another punch collided with his face.

'Like I care! Less talk, more fighting!' Gohan said demandingly. Goku looked at Gohan bewildered.

'Is this really Gohan? Is he that annoyed with me? Is he that angry? Since when is Gohan eager to fight?' Goku was distracted by his thoughts. His punishment for it was a hard kick to the stomach doubling the warrior over in pain.

'If that's all let us stop now' Gohan spat out angrily. Goku regained his composure and eyed his son with some determination. 'That's more like it' Gohan said grinning. The boiled up energy was really pushing to get out.

Goku charged at his son and the two began fist fight. 'Perhaps if I show some respect to his wishes Gohan will change back eventually. Please son, see how hard I try' Goku pleaded in his mind as both fighters changed to a mixture of punching and kicking.

Even both in regular saiyan, Gohan was overpowering Goku. This wasn't very surprising since Gohan had been slightly stronger in super saiyan since the Cell Games. As if Gohan had read Goku's mind the boy went super saiyan. Goku quickly followed the example. Though the fight was more meaningful and important than any other spar, Goku couldn't help but feel excitement thanks to his saiyan blood.

After not very long Gohan seemed annoyed. Father and son were mostly equal though Gohan overpowered his strength and skill now and then. It was like they were back in the Hyper Bolic Time Chamber again. In there Goku had noticed as well that Gohan was growing in skill and power quickly and became stronger than him. Right now Goku couldn't help but feel a bit proud to see his son still so skilled and powerful.

After some decent time Gohan stopped dead in his tracks. Goku quickly halted as well and saw Gohan looking bored and annoyed.

'You aren't really fighting me!' Gohan said angrily. Goku looked confused, off course he was fighting his son fully. 'You are sparring and I specifically asked for a FIGHT. So fight me like I am an enemy!' Gohan yelled now. Goku looked shocked at this.

Seeing his father's shock Gohan realised he wouldn't get through to him. He pushed his emotions to the surface deliberately and screamed as he ascended to Super Saiyan 2. Goku looked astounded at seeing that form again. That hidden power of his son what made him so proud.

Gohan looked Goku in the eyes with pure anger. 'Like this!' Gohan said loudly and within a second Goku lay on the ground in a slight crater.

He stumbled to his feet looking surprised and shocked. Gohan already appeared before him and punched him hard in the gut. Goku bent over in pain clutching his stomach. Gohan aimed another punch, but this time Goku blocked it. Unfortunately Gohan was way stronger and easily pushed Goku's arm back and slammed his leg into Goku's side.

'Perhaps you do better with ki attacks' Gohan said sternly. He flew up higher as Goku released his side. Feeling Gohan gathering massive ki he charged a kamehameha.

Goku couldn't believe Gohan was this ruthful. In barely 20 seconds Gohan shot his own kamehameha at Goku. Goku didn't have his own powered up enough, but he sensed the enormous power coming from Gohan's attack and knew it would get ugly if it hit him. As quick as possible Goku shot his own beam at Gohan's.

'Why would Gohan fight so dangerously? This could get bad' Goku thought as he struggled.

It didn't really turn out to be a long struggle as Goku's beam was moving back quick. Goku thought of using instant transmission, but he could barely hold the beams. He couldn't get his hand free. Feeling more desperate since Gohan was far from backing off he tried to do it without raising his fingers to his forehead. Goku disappeared a moment, but appeared only slightly back. The beam crashed into the ground and the immensity from being so close threw Goku backwards through a few rocks and the share power of it damaged his body.

After some minutes Goku regained his vision, but not his movement. His body was battered and unable to move. Gohan floated slightly lower and smirked at his father.

'Not much of a challenge, but enough to satisfy me. See ya' With that Gohan flew off leaving Goku defenceless on the ground.

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After 20 minutes Goku managed to move a finger. He felt pathetic and frustrated. Whatever was wrong with Gohan it wasn't improving. Goku couldn't believe his son had done this. Only ten minutes ago Goku had sensed Gohan fighting Piccolo. He probably didn't want to anger Gohan by refusing. Goku had sensed Piccolo's distress after the whole check up thing.

Goku was so lost in thought he didn't sense Krillin arriving. Though Krillin had heard from Dende that Goku had been hurt in a "spar" with Gohan, he never expected it this bad. Goku was battered and seemed unable to move. He was bleeding in several places and his expression was grim.

'Goku?' krillin said softly. Goku noticed Krillin and slightly smiled at seeing his friend. Krillin didn't wait a moment and pushed the senzu bean he got in Goku's mouth. Only seconds later Goku was back on his feet.

'Thanks Krillin, guess I went a little too far with my training' Goku said covering the whole Gohan incident which Krillin already knew about.

'Don't bother Goku. Dende told me you got hurt in a spar with Gohan. So what really happened?' Krillin asked.

'Well……….apparently I wasn't giving it my all according to Gohan. But he didn't mean to hurt me like this!' Goku said. True Gohan never intended to hurt him that bad. He only wanted to win and went a bit overboard, but still he did hurt him.

'You go to Chichi and I'll go see Gohan. I have to get to Piccolo anyway' Krillin said. Before Goku could argue Krillin held his hand up silencing him. Goku was concerned for Krillin in case Gohan asked him to spar as well. 'Don't worry I only have a spar planned with Piccolo' Krillin said as if he could read thoughts.

Goku reluctantly went inside his house, but stayed alert just in case. 'Unbelievable, I'm on alert to make sure Gohan doesn't hurt anyone. How did this happen?' Goku thought as he entered the house.

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Gohan and Piccolo had been fighting for nearly an hour already. Gohan was fighting differently this time. He wasn't overwhelming the opponent with his power. He was mocking Piccolo. Every time Piccolo powered up Gohan would go slightly over his power. Further Gohan seemed more skilled though Piccolo sometimes saw through the charade of his moves.

Gohan got slightly bored again and went Super saiyan 2 skipping the first transformation. Piccolo looked worried a bit. Gohan raised his hands above his head moving one hand in front of the other and started gathering ki there.

Piccolo quickly countered by charging a Special Beam Cannon. Krillin arrived on the Look Out. In less than a second Gohan shifted his eyes to Krillin.

'Masenko Ha!' Gohan screamed as he shot the Masenko towards Krillin. Krillin looked in shock at the attack sensing the enormous power of it.

Piccolo abruptly stopped his charging and rushed to Krillin. 'That attack is too strong for Krillin! It will Kill him!' Piccolo thought. Just inches before the beam would hit Piccolo jumped in front of Krillin trying desperately to block the attack. Krillin looked in pure shock as he saw Piccolo's gi rip and soon his flesh burn.

The attack disappeared suddenly. Gohan looked very angry at the two of them. 'What did you do that for!?' Gohan yelled. Piccolo couldn't restrain himself anymore.

'Have you gone completely INSANE GOHAN!! If I didn't intervene you would have KILLED KRILLIN!!' Piccolo screamed at the top of his lungs.

Krillin was more shocked as he heard this. Dende was on his knees from the anxiety of that attack. Goku appeared behind the boy. Piccolo's eyes widened as he saw no change in Gohan's expression. Gohan hadn't even blinked at his words. Was this really their Gohan? The boy who was afraid to fight, to hurt. The boy who only did as he was asked, but never liked it. Where had that boy gone now?

'I'm wasting my time here' Gohan said and in seconds he had flown off leaving four shocked ones behind.

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Piccolo had been healed by Dende. Goku used Instant Transmission to bring Krillin to his home and then left to his own. Before everyone left they had agreed on something.

This was not the Gohan they knew and this Gohan was dangerous. No matter how much it would hurt, they had to get Gohan checked and watch him closely. No matter how much Goku loved his son, this could not continue or people would get hurt.

He appeared in his living room. Chichi was already in bed and he sensed Gohan a little away in the forest slowly making his way to the house. Goku sat down on the couch refusing to sleep until his son was inside.

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Gohan wandered through the forest slowly making his way home. He looked angry and any animal that saw his face skidded away. Gohan didn't feel any blame, nor regret for what happened that day. Somehow in a creepy way he found it entertaining.

Still somewhere far in the back of his mind he felt something nagging. It felt distant and slightly familiar, but it was growing weaker every so often.

Gohan jumped into his room and got ready for bed. Again he felt extremely nauseas and couldn't stop his body from vomiting. Exiting the bathroom he crawled into bed sensing his father make his way to his own room. Gohan cursed under his breath as he felt anger rising. They never let him alone. With that as his last thought Gohan fell in a deep sleep and found himself back in his nightmare. Unnoticed to his sleeping self he clutched his stomach.


Well this was chapter eleven, bit sooner as expected but I was bored and decided to write a chapter for this story. I was doubting a scene (spar with Goku) I had in two versions. The one that is in the chapter shows Gohan changed more drastic and is more evilly while the other version was more like accidental accident with Goku. After reading it several times I went with the more drastic one so let me know if you find it good or exaggerated because I was really troubled with it.

Next Chapter will be some revelation. If you haven't noticed yet, Gohan has changed drastically since the previous chapter. Off course all of you are thinking off course: is it really Gohan? I'm not telling until next chapter. Maybe he is and maybe he isn't. (laughs evilly).

'Till next chapter!