Dragon Ball Z: A Whole New Era

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Chapter 21: A Whole New Gohan

"...Hey guys, what' happening?" Gohan smirked as he faced his family and friends. Junior smiled in happiness and relief. Goten did the same.

"Hi there Gohan! We all thought you were dead." Goten smiled for seeing his brother back. Junior nodded in agreement. Gohan's smile faded a little. Well, he was dead.

"I was. But thanks to the Old Kai, I came back to life." Gohan replied as his smirk came back. "But that's all in the past." He turned his gaze at Buu. "Now it's time to focus on the here and now." Majin Buu growled. "Where are the others?" The boys frowned.

"They're all dead!" Trunks replied.

"He killed them!" Taro added.

"Everyone! Mom, Videl, everyone." Goten also added. Gohan growled but his face returned to confidence. Buu noticed this and smiled wickedly.

"They were tasty too." Buu rubbed his stomach. "I turned them all into chocolate and gobbled them up." Gohan growled but stopped and smirked. He walked towards Buu as everyone looked in confusion.

"You're not going super or anything?" Junior asked. "And what's with the earring?" Gohan stopped when he was inches away from Buu.

"The earring is for my back up plan." Gohan replied. Buu cackled.

"So tough guy, you want to fight Majin Buu?" Buu cackled again. Gohan smirked.

"Fight you? No..." He punched Buu in the stomach and kicked him on the side of his head. "I wanna kill you." Buu gasped for air as he tried to stand up from the hits. But as soon as he got to his feet, Gohan tripped him and punched him on his cheek followed by a knee to the chin. Gohan than elbowed him on the top of his head and kneed him in the back. Buu groaned In pain.

"You...stupid boy!" Buu growled while rubbing his head. He charged, but hit an afterimage, making Gohan kick his hip and elbowed the side of his head. Buu fell to the floor, groaning in pain. He shook it off ans stood back up, but wobbled due to the pain. Gohan just stood there as Buu fell on one knee. Gohan got bored and punched him In the stomach, making Buu fly in the air. He flew on top of him and did a hammer fist. Buu crashed to the ground, making everyone, but Gohan, look in shock. Gohan never had this amount of power or strength! Everything was quiet, until Buu made himself into a cannon ball again and launched at Gohan. He put his hands in front of him, stopping the Buu cannon ball. He punched him in the face, Buu shot towards a mountain. It collapsed.

"I know that attack didn't kill you!" Gohan smirked as Buu stood up. Some blood oozed down his lip as he looked at Gohan with a hint of fear in his eyes. He screamed in anger and rushed at him, but was sent crashing towards the others. They jumped out of the way as Buu shot past them. He crashed into another mountain. More silence until Buu fired a blast. They dodged him again as the blast aimed at Gohan. He easily swat it away. Majin Buu shot a beam at him, but Gohan dodged it. He looked at the very tip of his hanging piece of hair and noticed it turned into chocolate. He crushed it, noticing Buu flying at him. He kicked him in the air, surprising Buu. Gohan appeared behind him and shot a blast on Buu's back, making him groan in pain as he fell towards the ground. Once he got up from the rubble, a kamehameha wave hit him. A huge explosion happened. Gohan narrowed his eyes. He knew that blast couldn't have killed him. He was right, Buu stood there with no arm and leg. His face was melted and the left half of his stomach was blown off. He regenerated himself and turned red from anger.

"Buu make you dead! You hear me?!" Buu shouted as some steam came out of his holes. Gohan appeared in front of him and punched him in the stomach. The steam left his body, followed by a shrieking noise, like a tea pot ready to pour. He elbowed him on the back of his neck several times. Everyone else cheered as Gohan started to easily beat Buu. Somehow, Buu stood back up, ignoring the pain. He started to cackle and smile evily. "I'll destroy you! You're going to pay for everything you did to me!" He screamed as he powered up. Piccolo covered the boys with his cape for protecting them from the wind. "You go boom." Gohan soon knew what he was planning and flew away as far as possible from him.

"Dad, what's going on?" Junior asked as Gohan grabbed them. He was silent as a huge explosion was seen under them. Once the smoke cleared, a huge crater was seen.

"Woah, look at that hole, thanks Gohan." Piccolo said as he looked at the crater under him. Gohan replied by nodding his head.

"Oh wow, we would've died." Goten looked eye wide.

"No kidding." Taro said.

"That was amazing dad! How did you know he was gonna blow up?" Junior cheered. Gohan was silent for a moment before replying.

"I'm not so sure that he did." Gohan replied.

"WHAT?!" Goten and Trunks shouted in disbelief as they landed on a cliff.

"Well what'd ya think? Is he dead?" Piccolo asked.

"No way." Gohan replied, surprising the four kids. "That freak's still out there somewhere."

"Are you positive?! I can't sense him! There's no signal!" Piccolo started to panic.

"That's true, but he must be masking it." Gohan replied. "He's obviously planning something." He put his hand on Junior's head. "I just realized, we're gonna be needing the dragon radar. Where is it?"

"I gave it to Trunks when I found it." Taro replied.

"Than I gave it to Piccolo."

"Yes but, I left it in my other pants pocket." Piccolo nervously replied. Junior and Taro looked at him with confusion. "Only, it doesn't make a difference. Dende's gone remember?"

"So, that means the balls don't work?" Trunks asked. Piccolo nodded.

An Hour later...

Everyone flew to look for Dende, who escaped from Majin Buu's wrath. Junior sat on his dad's back while the three kids rode behind them.

"What stinks?" Goten asked as he covered his nose.

"It's Piccolo." Trunks replied as he looked for Dende. "I don't know why we gotta fly behind them just because we're younger. Junior's lucky to be in front."

"Well, it's his dad after all." Taro reassured. In front, Gohan kept looking until he spotted something.

"What is it?" Junior asked as he looked over his dad's shoulder. "Did you see something?"

"Yeah. There's a man, and a dog." Gohan replied. Trunks soon realized who it was.

"Oh great, it's him." Trunks rolled his eyes.

"Give us one good reason to help Mr. Satan?" Junior asked while crossing his arms. Gohan stood up in the air, making Junior climb on top of his dad's shoulders. "He's a liar and..."

"He's a good man." Piccolo interrupted. Trunks and Junior looked at him in disbelief. "I was keeping an eye on him before Buu destroyed the lookout. And the things he's done, makes him a great man." He flew down to go get the 'hero and savior of the world'. Goten also flew down to save Bee.

"N-No angel of death I take it back!" Hercule wailed to himself. He opened his eyes to notice that he was flying, well being held in the air. He also noticed the mini version of the delivery boy sitting on top of Videl's boyfriend's back. "Hey it's you, Videl's friend."

"What do you want/Hi Mr S." Junior and Gohan greeted.

"There's one thing that I still can't figure out." Piccolo pointed as they continued to fly. "How did Dende manage to survive?" Junior ignored the chit chat Piccolo and Gohan were having. He almost fell down when Gohan stopped in mid air. He quickly caught himself and rested on his dad's shoulders. Piccolo also stopped and let go of Mr. Satan. Junior snickered as Trunks flew down to save him. Everyone flew down when Trunks shouted Dende's name.

"You're alive!" Junior cheered as they landed near him. Trunks laughed nervously when he dropped Hercule and not catching him.

"Smooth Trunks." Taro whispered. Trunks laughed more.

"That scrawny, green elf is a bodyguard or something?" Hercule asked as he got up. Trunks growled.

"He's the guardian of the Earth." Taro replied.

"So, where's the radar now?" Dende asked after their conversation.

"Piccolo's other pants." Gohan replied, making them laugh.

"WHAT?! M-My sweet l-little Videl is dead?!" Hercule cried. Everyone was silent. "H-how could Buu do that to her?! Darn him! He was my friend!" His crying stopped when he looked at Gohan. He immediately yelled at him. "What's wrong with you?! Why didn't you save my little girl huh? What kind of a boyfriend are you?!"

"I wasn't there." Gohan replied.

"Listen don't worry, she'll come back to life." reasoned Goten. Hercule grabbed his shoulders and shook him rapidly.

"What're you talking about?! She's dead you little kid! How're you gonna bring her back to life?!" Hercule ranted as Goten laughed. "No joking around! This is my daughter we're talking about!" Everyone, but Hercule and Bee, looked over the horizon.

"We got trouble." warned Taro.

"It's Buu! He's coming back!" Trunks warned.

"WHAT? Majin Buu's here?" Hercule asked as he still held the dizzy Goten by his shoulders.

"Alright, I'm going to see what he's up to. Don't get sucked into the fight you guys!" Gohan flew off to go face to face with Makin Buu. Shortly, Buu was close enough to see the unstoppable Gohan. He started to laugh wickedly.

"Come on little worms! I want to fight you now!" Buu smirked. Everyone gasped.

"That is not gonna happen. You're fighting me Buu. You got it?" Gohan pointed to himself.

"I have a score to settle with them first." Buu pointed to the four kids. "Than I'll take care of you, stupid boy!" Gohan growled. "What's the matter boys? Don't tell me you're scared to fight Buu. You were ready to go before but ever since your friend showed up, you've become cowards."

"Watch what you say Buu." Junior and Taro waved their fingers. "You don't wanna anger me like last time. Remember?"

"Both of you, hold your ground for a moment." Piccolo reasoned. "I'm sensing some kind of...deception."

"Less talking, more fusing." Junior, Taro, Goten, and Trunks jumped next to Gohan.

"Looks like you have a death wish." Trunks smirked.

"This time, let's start out as super saiyan three." Junior added. They put their arms to the right.

"FUUU-Sion-HA!" Goharo and Gotenks appeared in their super saiyan three form.

"Anyone ready for an ass whoopin?" Goharo punched the air.

"Apparently, Majin Buu does." Gotenks added. They walked closer to Buu.

"If you'll excuse me dad, I have some business to settle." Goharo walked past his dad and stopped.

"Alright." Gohan smirked. "You definitely got some Vegeta In you both.

"Was that a compliment?/Thank you." Goharo and Gotenks replied. They started to stretch before their fight.

"Alright! Get ready!" Gotenks did a victory sign. Buu smirked as his blob was getting closer to them.

"What'd ya say? Wanna have the first hit?" Goharo asked while smirking. Than, a blob closed in on them, slowly covering them.

"What is this stuff!?" They shouted as they tried to break free. Gohan gasped and turned around, also noticing Piccolo getting absorbed too. The blobs than jumped on Buu.

"YES! Come to me!" he cheered as the blob covered the front of his body. He started to look like his old self, but his tentacle grew longer and he had a dark red vest on, like Goharo's. He also grew some little fangs, thanks to Piccolo. Once his absorption was complete, he flexed his arms.

"So Gohan, what do you think of it? New clothes and abilitys." His tentacle smashed a rock. His voice was clearer than before. "I suppose the sudden loss of your friends and family has let you to become speechless Gohan. Hurry and drain your tears so we can fight." Gohan growled. He just lost his mentor, his little brother, and his son.