A/n: I am back! Sorry for the hiatus there guys a lot of drama is happening at school and last week I went to a convention and met my hero…and started crying shortly afterwards due to pure joy. Enough about my inner fangirl, thank you Ninuhuju, Animefangirl365, Crystalzap, Gohanforever, Link60fly, and Gotenfan for reviewing in the last chapter.
Animefangirl365, Crystalzap and Gotenfan- Thank you guys for telling me how the heck he trained his tail. I've only seen a little bit of the anime due to episodes of it basically being impossible to find (at least for me anyways) but I am reading the manga and they never mentioned how Goku trained his tail.
Gohan forever-I'm happy you're enjoying the story. I have so much planned for it in the future and it's making me so excited!
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Chapter 52: Finals- Goku vs. Tien
"Come on Goku you can win this!" Krillin yelled even though the match hadn't begun yet.
Gohan couldn't wait for the match to begin. He already knew the outcome but according to his father it was a match to remember.
"Begin!" The announcer yelled.
Goku made the first move with a punch that was blocked by Tien. That's when Gohan sensed something amiss.
Gohan's head snapped up with a concerned expression on his face. Krillin looked in his direction.
"Is something wrong?"
Gohan smiled reassuringly.
"Nothing's wrong. I just have to use the bathroom. I'll be right back."
Once Gohan was out of sight from everyone he stopped holding the breath he didn't even know he was holding.
'What happened? I just felt a surge of dark energy come from nowhere.'
The child looked around.
'Where did it come from though? It was here for a second but now it's gone…'
The concerned frown on the child's face deepened. What he had just felt was unsettling. He could only pray it wasn't another assassin going after him. He didn't want anyone else to get hurt. He never wanted to hurt anyone in the first place. He just wanted to kill the source of the androids, find and kill cell and go back to his time.
'I hope Mom's doing okay without me there…'
Gohan turned to go back to where he was observing the match when he saw something high in the sky. Gohan put a hand above his eyes in an attempt to block out the sun's rays so he could get a better view. It was too high up for the normal human eye to see so good thing Gohan's part Saiyan. It appeared to be a humanoid figure hovering above the arena the match was taking place in. The hybrid noticed they were charging up a purple energy beam of some kind.
'That must be where I felt the energy come from. I better confront his immediately!'
Gohan wasted no time. He descended to sky and fast than lightning punched the figure in the face giving the child enough to power up into a super Saiyan.
The humanoid creature wasn't a clone of a previous enemy. It was a black bug like creature with a long pointed tongue that resembled a needle. Its eye's were expressionless and fly-like and it in a way seemed to resemble Cell.
Gohan waited for it to say something but it didn't.
'I guess it can't talk. Good we don't have to waste a lot of time with trash-talk. The sooner I can get this over with the better.'
Gohan rushed at it with a punch when the thing suddenly sprouted four giant dragon-fly wings and dodged it.
"Wow you're a lot faster than you look."
The creature didn't respond. Instead it attempted a nose dive toward the arena.
Gohan flew after it.
'If we go down lower people might see. Looks like I have to choice but to kick in up a notch.'
Gohan pulled in all his power and released it using the training he had done during those 3 years and going super Saiyan 2.
The hybrid disappeared and the reappeared below the creature and before it could react the child landed an uppercut on the things chin sending it spiraling back upwards.
Gohan went after it hoping the land in a kick but the thing wrapped is long tongue around Gohan's leg and threw Gohan east away from the arena. The super Saiyan was able to stop himself. The turned around expected to see the creature coming after him but instead it was still hovering over the arena as if it were watching the match. It kept watching for a couple more seconds before releasing the energy beam it had been building up toward the arena
The Childs eye's widened as he raced in front on the beam. He couldn't deflect the beam because if he did it would destroy another part of the city so he did the only thing he could do. He crossed his arms in front of him hoping he would be able to withstand the blast.
When it hit him it hurt a lot. Its felt like his whole body was being stabbed by a hot piece of metal over and over again. When the attack finally ended Gohan felt a bit drained and was struggling to stay in his SSJ 2 form. He shook it off however and turned his attention to his opponent who was staring at him with its head tilted to the side.
'If anything else did that it would be considered cute. When that guy does it however it's really creepy,' Gohan thought as he felt a chill go up his spine. This thing was really unnerving. Whether it was because of its likeness towards Cell or its seemingly…curious attitude he wasn't sure. Maybe a mixture of those two qualities and everything in between.
"Look it's me you want so can we take this somewhere else?"
The creature didn't respond. Gohan started flying away and stopped when he realized the creature wasn't following. Instead it raised its hand to charge up enough energy beam.
Gohan elbowed hit in the side. He didn't know what this thing was trying to accomplish not directly targeting him but he wasn't going to have it. The thing wrapped its tongue around Gohan's arm and threw him aside like it did last time.
'If its purpose is to kill me why does it keep throwing me to the side like nothing?'Gohan thought with a confused expression.
Instead of the creature attempting the charge up another energy beam it stuck its tongue straight out making it appear to be a pink needle. The creature moving its tongue as if aiming for something. Gohan looked down to see what it was aiming for and he felt his heart stop. It was aiming for Goku, his father.
When he realized this he quickly sprung into action and grabbed its tongue and using his strength to crush it. This the creature did mind as it went into a frenzy trying to escape. Gohan suddenly loosened his grasp on the tongue allowing the creature to retract it. It then charged at Gohan now angered and attempted to swipe him. Gohan dodged all attempts. It was fast when moving but not attacking. The hybrid punching it in its giant left eye and it started secreting a purple liquid.
"Ew!" Gohan exclaimed as he shook his hand frantically noticing he had some on his hand.
Seeing the child distracted the creature head butted Gohan in the stomach sending him backwards. When Gohan composed himself he wiped some blood away from his mouth.
"You know, you were a lot more powerful earlier. I'm guessing Gero sent you but if he sent you to kill me he would have sent a more power assassin. One whose power wouldn't have been burnt up so quickly. This can only mean that you weren't sent to kill me directly but to kill my father and erase me from existence."
Gohan got no response like he expected. His anger towards the creature became pity when he saw what it was doing. What appeared to be a tear rolled down its face as the realization hit the creature that its eye wasn't working and it nursed its badly damaged tongue. It was then Gohan saw that this creature wasn't like the others. This one had feelings. It wasn't programmed to be a killing machine like the others. Whatever this thing had been before Gero had kidnapped it and experimented on it until whatever it originally was became unrecognizable including infusing it with Cell's DNA as well as various other insects before sending it on a mission to kill Goku.
Gohan knew what he had to do. This creature was in pain but he couldn't let it kill his father and although Gohan never met the man he had a feeling if this fly went home without completing its mission Gero would bestow upon it a fate worse than death.
The hybrid hesitantly raised his hand and started to charge up an energy beam. A quick and painless death for the creature. The creature looked up but instead of trying to fly away staying in place knowing this was for the best.
"I'm sorry…" Gohan mumbled looking away as the beam hit the creature killing it instantly.
A/n: As you can tell the tone of this chapter was a bit darker than usual and is showing that not just Gohan is being targeted but Goku as well. Here's how I see it. If kid Goku dies before he's had Gohan in the time line since there are currently only 2 dragon ball timelines (the original and the one Gohan's in) then Gohan would cease to exist even though he came from the other timeline. Sorry if its confusing time travel itself is a confusing concept. Please review and see you all next time. Bye.
