This is the eleventh chapter of Left Behind!

Before you read, I want to warn that I'll be taking a trip for the weekend, meaning that I won't write anything for the rest of the week. I also got sick in the middle of this week, so I had to rest and not write anything(explains some things). This made me notice that I shouldn't try to make a schedule for chapters as I could be hit by some inconvenience at any time. So I'll post new chapters when I can from now on.

Thanks for your understanding and enjoy your read!

20 hours before Tien leaves the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Yunzebitto Heights

The son of Goku dashed towards Drum, who was displaying a cocky smile. Gohan jumped and prepared to punch the demon, but he was met with a devastating punch that launched him into the walls of the shack close to them. Luckily, Chi-Chi and the Briefs got out of the cabin before it fell into the cold ground.

"I guess that I get more people to kill now, huh?" – Drum's eyes widened in surprise and he quickly replaced it with a malicious look as his mind came to murderous thoughts.

As soon as Chi-Chi noticed the blood stains on Gohan's face, her entire mind turned into hatred for the monster in front of them. She quickly started to rush in the direction of Drum as she prepared an attack.

"Monster!" – Chi-Chi shouted with hateful eyes as her leg touched her target, too bad she wasn't strong enough to do any damage to Drum thought. The woman's eyes widened in shock as the fat glutton snorted in taunts. He could see terror rising in the eyes of the humans around him, but that wasn't enough, he wanted to make them beg for their lives and see it disappear from their eyes as he opened up a hole in their throats.

With a twisted smile, he said in a threatening tone – "I'm going to enjoy myself right now..." – Drum then moved his left arm towards Chi-Chi's arm.

'CRACK' – Chi-Chi lost her balance and released a deafening screech as his arm was now positioned in a not-natural way, causing the green demon to laugh in amusement. He then kicked her, hurling her towards the ruins of the shack.

"Y-You monster!" – The blue-haired scientist screamed as she got closer to Chi-Chi, in an attempt to help her get on her feet. When she arrived there, she felt disgusted that someone could feel pleasure from such violence. Chi-Chi's arm was broken, she was full of bruises, blood stains, and her left feet was put in a position that was not normal. This situation was even worse now that Drum was stuck in a fit of laughter as he looked the human that he hurt.

Gohan wasn't even paying attention to Drum as his vision darkened, to the point where all he could see was the broken and battered body of his mother. His own mother was hurt like this, and he didn't have the strength to do anything about him. Why was this happening? All he wanted to do was be a scholar like his mother told him, and yet, he was being forced into a world where the rule was "kill or be killed", but Gohan saw it as another thing.

All the horrible things that happened in the world during this month made him angry at himself and at the world, but he knew that only one was responsible. If there's one person that he should hate, it's the reincarnated demon king, Piccolo.

There were only a few moments before Gohan would snap and lose the thing that he wanted to keep so much. His innocence was being replaced by hatred, hatred towards Piccolo. With a deafening scream, his power skyrocketed and he immediately rushed in to make Drum suffer for hurting his mother.

"Don't hurt my mommy!"

20 hours before Tien leaves the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

West City

Krillin's elbow hit deep into Cymbal's stomach as they were soaring through the air in a blow exchange. The dragon gasped for air as he attempted a counter-attack, only to be easily dodged by Krillin and then kicked towards the ground, opening a big hole in the city. The bald monk sighed in exhaustion and then felt the energy signatures of Goku and Piccolo not too away from his location.

"Looks like he needs help... Well, I'm going there after I'm done with you. Prepare yourself for my "claw" some attack!" – Krillin then put his hands close to his chest and started to focus a small sphere of energy in the gap between his hands. He released it and the orb formed into even smaller balls of ki, which all of them rocketed towards the dragon. The dragon managed to stand up seconds before the blasts hit him.

"That pun will cost yo-ACK!" – The rays of light hit the ground, causing a huge explosion to appear on the ground right below the hovering figure of Krillin. He didn't even try to sense the dragon's ki, he knew it was dead. Krillin instantly stopped in the air and sensed the battle unfold a few miles away from him. If Goku had problems he would interfere.

The Earth's strongest fighter was currently inside of a building, trying to recover from the blow that threw him into it. He entered a defensive stance as he could not feel the ki of his enemy. He was surprised by a ray of ki, coming in his direction. Goku quickly repelled it but was caught by a blow coming from the same direction as the yellow ki. He was once again hurled, only this time, out of the building and into the grounds of West City.

Piccolo took advantage of his rival's opening and dashed once again to deliver a hard blow, but when his punch was about to hit Goku, the same blocked the punch and countered with a head-butt, launching Piccolo into a tree.

The wild-haired warrior rushed towards Piccolo and attempted a kick, however, Piccolo vanished and quickly reappeared behind him. The demon king tried to capitalize on his opponent's opening and tried a punch, but Goku did the same thing that he did and broke past Piccolo's defense, delivering a heavy blow to his enemy's stomach. Piccolo stepped back as he gasped for air. Goku took his chance and with a motion of his legs, kicked Piccolo and hurled him towards the sky, where he prepared his best attack.

"Kamehameha!" – The beam of energy homed towards Piccolo, but the demon king managed to dodge the beam at the last second. However, Goku curved his arms to the left, and Piccolo had an expression of shock as he saw the dangerous beam curve and once again come his direction.

The devil decided to counter-attack with an energy blast of his own.

"Destructive Wave!" – A giant beam of ki let out his arms as it moved towards the blue attack, but when they were almost engulfing each other, Goku's curved Kamehameha split into 3 smaller beams of lighting, dodging Piccolo's blast and once again flying towards the demon. Piccolo released a scream of pain as he was hit by 1 of the blasts, and drops of purple liquid were leaving his mouth as the second beam hit him in the chest, but right before the final attack hit him, he released a small smirk.

'BOOM!'

The blasts' explosions created an even bigger explosion, spreading fire and dust throughout an entire sector of West City.

Even if he couldn't feel any ki close to him, Goku entered a stance and calmed himself. Just because he couldn't feel anything doesn't mean that he defeated Piccolo, he can hide his ki. Out of nowhere, green arms pierced the ground and grasped Goku's legs in an attempt to break them, Goku screamed from both surprise and pain, but quickly regained his concentration and jumped into the sky. He wanted to push Piccolo as well in order to attack him, but his plan failed due to the fact that he failed to remember that his enemy could stretch his arms beyond any humanly possible way.

"Crap baskets..."

Goku mentally cursed himself as he was pushed by Piccolo's arms into the ground. The ground fell apart as Goku fell right through it and met Piccolo's hands with an orb of yellow light in front of them.

'BOOM!"

When Goku recovered from the energy blast that Piccolo released, he was full of bruises and part of his gi was destroyed, leaving only his orange pants and his blue boots. If one word could describe Goku's condition right now, it would be "exhaustion".

"You can't win Goku..."

The wild-haired warrior heard a whisper behind his back seconds before a deafening screech left his mouth. He was then thrown upwards into the streets of the city and when Piccolo rushed in for another punch, Goku blocked it... And regretted immediately.

"ARGH!"

Piccolo laughed as he saw the state of his rival... Well, more like an annoyance. The kick that he delivered broke his left arm and blood was all over Goku's body. He already broke him physically, so he decided to do it mentally now.

"If only you killed me at that World Tournament years ago..."

Goku knew that he was trying to mess up with him and he wasn't gonna let this affect him.

"Then perhaps your friends wouldn't be dead right now...

Piccolo demonstrated an even bigger smile when he noticed Goku's eyes widen.

"Perhaps I wouldn't make so many people suffer..."

Goku knew that Piccolo was trying to anger him, but even if he had these intentions, he was right. All that happened was Goku's fault. If he didn't spare Piccolo back at the World Tournament 4 years ago, none of this would have happened.

"Perhaps you would still have your family..."

Time stopped for the wild-haired warrior as he heard those words leave Piccolo's mouth. As much as he didn't want to believe it, all this suffering happened because he let Piccolo go. The countless people that he killed. His friends. Chi-Chi. Gohan. Right now the person that he hated the most in the world just told him that it was Goku's own fault that this happened.

The green demon approached the kneeling warrior as he started to get bored.

"Honestly, I didn't think that you'd break that easily..."

He rolled his eyes as he searched for anything that he could use to finish off the only human that could ever kill him. He sighed in disappointment as he couldn't find anything that would make his suffering more amusing.

"I guess that I'll have to do this the old-fashioned way..."

Piccolo focused in one of his fingers and prepared to shoot a piercing beam through Goku's heart.

"Any last words?"

He growled in slight anger as all he could get was silence. The ki was now the size of Piccolo's hand as he added some final touches.

"You're not giving me the satisfaction I need... You're no fun..."

The demon king shot a ray of lightning, aiming at his enemy's heart with the intent of finishing the fight in a fitting way. He released a smirk as the beam left his finger, and it only got bigger as it got closer to his enemy's chest. But suddenly, it stopped.

The beam simply evaporated when it touched Goku's chest, leaving a confused Piccolo in the silence of the city. But Piccolo's ears managed to catch something, an almost inaudible whisper.

"You think that this is fun... ?"

This caught the demon's attention as the wild-haired warrior slowly but surely started to stand up.

"... Playing with lives... is fun to you...?

Goku was still lifting up from the ground, and the mere coldness of his voice sent a chill over Piccolo's body. The green warrior didn't even notice that the environment around them was completely silent, almost as if Goku drained the life out of it.

"Whats the problem?... You can destroy countless lives but apparently, you can't destroy a single man..."

Piccolo noticed pure hatred coming out of Goku as he spoke those words. He suddenly felt an immense pain in his stomach and when he looked at the cause of it, he saw Goku's fist piercing through Piccolo's body. He screamed and gasped for air, but he wasn't allowed time, because Goku threw him into a building, making the damage even more severe.

When Piccolo managed to recover, he was hit by a claw combo from Goku, who finished it with his right elbow thrusting into Piccolo's jaw, breaking it with extreme prejudice. If Piccolo could currently scream, Goku would be deaf by now.

"Can you feel it? This pain... is the pain that you caused to everyone on Earth..."

Piccolo stepped back in shock as he saw his rival act in a way that he never did before.

"It's time to make you pay for everything you did..."

Goku delivered a right hook, hurling Piccolo into the ground, only to be once again launched by a devastating kick to his back.

"This is for Yamcha!"

When Piccolo reached the sky, he was blasted by small energy attacks, making him wonder when did Goku learned to cause so much pain, it almost made him... happy.

"This is for Krillin!"

Before the demon could rationalize anything else, he was hit by a sledgehammer blow, crushing his nose and causing it to sink deep into his face. Even if he was feeling an impossible amount of pain, he was satisfied. He managed to corrupt the best that the world had to offer, and it made him proud of it.

"And this is for everyone you hurt!"

Piccolo could only laugh, he laughed at the situation that he was in. He was dying, well, at least his clone. But he managed to find Goku's dark half, and he managed to make it rise. He could only watch as the huge beam of blue energy approached him, and he laughed as he was completely incinerated by his rival's attack.

Drum stopped his laughter when he noticed the boy's power level spike up and instantly was in a defensive position. Of course, it didn't work as he was punched with extreme ferocity, launching him towards the avalanche.

"When did the boy get so much strength? He wasn't nearly this strong when I fought him!"

Gohan saw Drum being swallowed by the storm of snow, but he wasn't satisfied. In his hands appeared yellow orbs of energy, flashing and spiking with electricity.

"Yah!" – The long-haired boy extended his arms towards the avalanche, and just like a machine gun, he machine-gunned the place Drum was with countless spheres of energy.

"Yakka, dakka, dakka, dakka!" – Gohan just kept shooting more ruthless attacks towards Drum's locations, not caring for the damages being caused by his wrath. Drum could feel the heat of the attacks and as a response, he snarled in pain. Of course, it all was in vain as he was slowly and painfully burned. If Drum wasn't disintegrated by Gohan's rage, he was crushed by the avalanche, with no air to breathe.

Gohan allowed his anger to hide inside his mind as he panted in exhaustion. But all of a sudden, he felt his vision darken by a lot. His senses were abandoning him and he couldn't know why. His eyes were longing to close, but he needed to stay awoken, only to regret it as he saw one evil smirk and heard gasps of terror coming from his friends, sending him into a nightmare of fear.

19 hours and a half before Tien leaves the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

West City

Smoke and fire were seen in the giant hole made by Goku's wrath, and Krillin could both see it, and sense it. The short man quickly descended into the ground as he rolled his eyes, with the intention of finding his friend, most likely unconscious from the sheer power used. Needless to say, he found him almost naked, full of bruises, and with a broken arm. Krillin's face transformed into a look of worry as he rushed towards his friend and lifted him in his arms.

He focused his mind as he tried to sense any evil kis close to him, and sighed in relief as he felt nothing but his friend's energy. He then ascended into the sky and flew towards the lookout of the Earth's god.

Piccolo's castle

The corridors of the castle were filled with steps, most of them being made by the demon king himself. His expression was, as expected, a twisted and evil smile, hinting out that he just went through with one of his plans, resulting in success. In his arms, a small boy could be seen. His clothes were dusted and dirty, and his face had a small hint of red, pointing out that the demon king had to use force to subdue him. But the most important of the details about the boy, was his long, brown tail between his legs.

19 hours before Tien leaves the Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Kami's lookout

Popo watched with interest and worry as the short martial artist carried Goku in his arms, dropping him on the ground. He walked up to Popo and asked him to take care of him, he probably would wake up soon.

A few minutes later, he saw a long-haired figure appear on the lookout, carrying an unconscious woman and a blue-haired woman, of course, they were recognized as Chi-Chi and Bulma. Krillin helped the Desert Bandit carry the parents of Bulma into the lookout as well, being careful not to use too much energy and alert any spawn that could be close to the area.

"So... What the hell happened to you guys?"

Krillin asked Yamcha when he noticed the state Chichi was in and the bruises on Yamcha. Yamcha released a small smirk when he extended his hands, showing the four-star dragon ball.

"Good job!"

The ex-bandit allowed that smirk of his to fade away as the figure that there were more important matters. This drew a confused look from Krillin's face.

"Okay, tell me what happened."

They both sat down close to Bulma, who was treating Chi-Chi's unconscious body, and Yamcha started.

"We arrived at the Yunzebitto Heights, looking for the dragon balls..."

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Sorry for making Gohan's snapping seen so unimportant but the chapter was starting to get too long and I want to have a middle point of 1.800 - 3.300 words. That's also the reason that made me finish this chapter with a cliffhanger.

Anyways, I'll be back soon and there will be a chapter just as soon! Bye!