Me: I'm back! I had hoped to get this out earlier but I had some trouble with how to word things. Oh well. Tomorrow is Christmas, meaning I get to have a Christmas lunch with my dad's side of the family and get to see my adorable cousins ^_^ One of them is 4 and the twins are about 5 months old! Thanks for everyone that favourited, followed and reviewed my story. It always makes me feel good to know people are enjoying my story.
Without further adieu... CHAPTER 25!
Disclaimer- I don't own DBZ!
Krillin and Tien finally reached the area that Yamcha was. As the duo landed, they noticed that their comrade was talking to two blonde teenagers. Curious, they walked over to Yamcha to find out what was going on.
"Hey Yamcha. What happened here? It doesn't even look like you had to do anything," Krillin inquired, tilting his head to the left slightly.
"Well the funny thing is, when I got here, this guy," Yamcha stated, pointing to the body of Raditz, "had already been taken care of. I don't know how it happened, that's why I was talking to a couple of Gohan's friends."
The two new arrivals turned their gaze to the slightly nervous blonde teens. With a reassuring smile from both Yamcha and Krillin the teens regained their composure and began to explain what had happened before Yamcha had arrived at the scene.
"That is definitely the strangest thing to have happened for a long time. At least it saves us having to do much," Krillin laughed, making the others join in.
"Yeah, that's for sure," Tien chuckled.
"What do we do now? I mean we were supposed to be doing some kind of survival thing when this happened," Sharpener wondered aloud.
"Well if I know Goku, he's probably going to round up all the students to make sure that no one got hurt. Guess we should try and help him out," Yamcha sighed. Turning to the somewhat frightened and very confused students, he called, "I need all of you to gather around here."
The dumbstruck teens followed the order, blank expressions on their faces. Krillin and Tien looked at their comrade with confusion etched onto their faces. Smiling at his confused friends he said, "It will make things easier for Goku if all these kids are grouped together. All we need to do is power up slightly to signal him to make it easier to find this group."
The two nodded in understanding. All three of them raised their power levels slightly and a moment later Goku appeared in front of everyone, frightening most, if not all, the students.
"Hey guys. I'm going to guess that you were signalling me for these guys," the Saiyan said as he looked around at the group of teenagers.
"Yeah. We thought it would make things easier if we gathered this group for you Goku," Krillin smiled at his long-time friend.
"So what happened to make all of you come here?" Goku asked.
"Somehow our past enemies returned, more than likely seeking revenge," Yamcha shrugged.
"Well that would explain my run in with Nappa and why Raditz is laying on the ground over there," Goku thought aloud.
"Chances are someone used the dragon balls to wish these guys back," Tien stated blandly.
The others nodded in affirmation, Goku looked to be thinking about something, making the others look at him with curiosity.
"What's up Goku?" Krillin asked.
"We had a run in with Pilaf the other day. I was wondering if he had something to do with that wish."
"That could be possible. The guy does know about the dragon balls and surely he would want to get revenge after the times you thwarted his plans as a child, Goku," Yamcha laughed.
Remembering that there was a group of high school students standing around, the group of fighters turned their attention to the confused teens.
"Well after this little incident, we should probably regroup to make sure everyone his safe. Everyone link arms so we can get back to my house."
With that said everybody linked arms, including the three Z-fighters, and they were on their way to the Son household.
-Gohan and Videl-
The two teens reluctantly parted from each-others embrace, staring lovingly into one another's eyes. Tearing her eyes away from Gohan's eyes, Videl took in the Saiyan's appearance. She gasped when she saw his clothes were left in tatters and his shirtless torso was covered in burns, gashes and several bruises.
"Gohan, are you alright?" she asked in concern.
"I guess. Just really exhausted mostly," Gohan smiled tiredly.
"But you're covered in gashes!"
"It could be worse. I could have broken bones or be missing a limb," Gohan chuckled lightly.
Sighing, Videl tugged him towards the river in order to clean the demi-Saiyan's wounds. Lacking the energy to resist, Gohan allowed himself to be dragged along. Kneeling down, Videl tore off the bottom of her baggy shirt and soaked it in the cool water. Wringing the material out slightly, she turned to the exhausted teen next to her and began gently cleaning his injuries.
Once the female crime fighter had accomplished her job, Gohan gave her a thankful smile and with a yawn said, "Vi, if you don't mind, I'm going to take a nap," and proceeded to pass out.
It was no surprise that he succumbed to sleep. After acquiring a new Super Saiyan level, Gohan had used up a majority of his energy supply. Videl admired the sleeping face of the man she had fallen in love with. He looked so at peace sleeping compared to when he fought. All the stress and pain had disappeared, leaving him with a small smile. She slowly began to lean forward and ran her fingers through is soft black locks. With the way his hair seemed to defy gravity, it came as a bit of a surprise that his hair was quite silky to the touch.
"What happened here?" a deep voice questioned with concern.
Startled, Videl jumped to her feet, turning to face the person that had spoken. She sighed in relief at finding the orange clad Saiyan looking at his son with a worried expression. He smiled apologetically at the raven haired girl, receiving a smile in return.
"Sorry if I startled you. I guess I forget that most people aren't used to this sort of thing," Goku chuckled, scratching the back of his head, reminding Videl of Gohan.
"It's alright. We had an unexpected visitor by the name of Cell. It came as a surprise to both Gohan and myself when he showed up out of nowhere," Videl explained, shuddering slightly at the memory. "I think Gohan used up a lot of his energy in that fight. He can probably explain things better than me, considering I'm new to the whole Saiyan thing."
Goku smiled in reassurance at the young girl. "I guess I can ask him when he wakes up. I've gathered the rest of your class to my place since Cell wasn't the only one that tried to attack us. I suggest grabbing all the things you and Gohan brought along so we can head back to Chichi. She's going to kill me when she sees Gohan in this condition. And just when I come back to life, she's going to send me back to say hi to King Kai."
Videl looked at the Saiyan with confusion, but he just waved it off with a laugh and told her to gather her and Gohan's things. Videl complied, guessing it was Goku's way of joking or something and within a few minutes had gathered everything they had taken with them. Goku slung his son over his shoulder and told Videl to place a hand on his shoulder. Placing two fingers to his forehead, Goku located his wife's energy signal and in an instant they were in front of a class full of confused students and a worried teacher.
"Hey Chi, do we have any senzu beans?" Goku called to his wife.
"Why would you ask that, Goku?" Chichi questioned, walking out of the house. Spotting her son unconscious on her husband's shoulder she raced off into the house in search of a green magical bean. With unbelievable speed, the Son matriarch returned, bean in hand and urged Goku to lay their son on the ground.
The class watched on in concern for their classmate. Erasa and Sharpener rushed over to their two friends, Erasa giving the blue eyed girl a tight hug. They all watched as Chichi put the small bean into Gohan's mouth and were shocked when he swallowed and all his wounds began to heal and disappear, as if they were never there to begin with. Gohan opened his eyes and blinked a few times to focus properly. Once his vision had cleared up he realised he was in front of his house, but had no time to ask what was going on as he was swept up into a bone crushing hug by his mother. Slowly the demi-Saiyan's face began to turn blue from a lack of oxygen, leaving Goku to pry the worried mother off her son.
"Chichi, if you keep hugging him like that he'll pass out again," Goku chuckled, and then froze at the glare the woman was sending him.
Releasing her son, Chichi turned on her husband. "You bring our son back to me unconscious, covered in burns and cuts, and you laugh like it was nothing! You should have been there to prevent any of this from happening, Goku!"
"Mum, calm down. I just fell asleep from exhaustion," Gohan defended his father, rising to his feet. "Besides, Videl cleaned up most of the gashes and took good care of me until dad got there."
"She did? Oh, she'll make such a good wife for you Gohan!"
Both teens blushed at this comment, with Gohan yelling out "MUM!" in embarrassment.
"Well it's true. Anyway, we need to figure out what to do after this fiasco. I'm sure these kids won't want to stay around here after all that's happened," Chichi pondered.
"Why don't we stay with your father, Chi? I'm sure he'd be happy to have guests over," Goku supplied.
Chichi nodded in agreement, "I'm sure daddy will be happy to have guests over. I have been meaning to visit for a while and he'll be surprised to see you alive again."
"I guess we should be heading back home now. 18 will get pissed if I leave her with Roshi for too long," Krillin chuckled.
"See you guys later," Tien and Yamcha said, waving goodbye.
As the three flew off into the distance two small children touched down in the clearing.
"Hey daddy, look what Trunks and I found," Goten chirped.
Everyone looked at the children and most fainted at what they saw. Goku, Gohan and Videl gaped at seeing a head in the lavender boy's hands. Chichi screamed and collapsed to the ground, making Goten look at his mother curiously.
"Is that Android 19?" Goku wondered aloud.
Gohan nodded mutely, unable to put together a coherent sentence. How was it that his little brother and his friend were able to destroy something like an Android? They were just children!
"Hey guys, I think we should get rid of that head before the others wake up. Maybe they'll think it was a dream," Videl suggested to the conscious group, earning pouts from the seven and eight year olds.
Sighing sadly, Trunks handed Android 19's head over to Goku, who promptly destroyed it. It wasn't fair! Everyone always left them out of the fun and when they finally get to do something, they don't get anything good in return. Being the youngest sucked!
Gohan looked over the passed out group and mumbled, "This is going to be fun to explain."
A/N: So now they will be heading off to the Ox Kingdom. Hmm... Not quite sure what they will do there, so if you have any suggestions please let me know. Now in the spirit of Christmas and having my mum back from a cancer scare (which didn't spread and was cut out before it could cause damage) I shall add some lyrics from a song I found on YouTube by the title of 'Here Comes Son Goku'
Here comes son Goku, here comes son Goku With King Kai's training and a full belly, he's soon here to save the daaaayyy. Here comes son Goku, here comes son Goku He'll arrive boldly with his Nimbus and he'll make Nappa paaayy! Here comes son Goku, here comes son Goku Vegeta will proclaim his greatness, and get Kamehameha'd awayyy! Goku: Awe yeah, I'm looking forward to Christmas. Y'know, spending time with your family, getting to have more presents, and the weather...and all the FOOD! Yeah the food! You got your turkey, y'have the chocolate, the candies, and the bacon...Oh God the BACON! Mmmnnnn...Did I mention I like bacon?! Son Goku comes to fiiiiight, yeah!
Speeding on down snake waaayyy...
Gohan's crying, friends are dying, but he's nowhere in sight,
Just raise your heads and say your prayers cause Goku's comin to fight!
Speeding on down snake waaayyy...
He'll raise some hell, Vegeta will yell, with a scouter in haannnd...
What is his power level now?
It's over Nine-thousaaaannnd!
Speeding on down snake waaayyy...
With a Kaio-ken and a spirit bomb, Goku will save us all,
Unless Vegeta turns Ozaru and grows fifty feet tall!