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"Speech"
Thoughts
'Telepathic'
Summary: What if Goku had been more involved in training Gohan at an early age? This story starts at the beginning of dbz.
Chapter 54
Gohan groaned as his eyes opened and he became fully awake. He quickly assessed his situation. His ribs were wrapped in bandages as was his right leg which still seemed to be broken. Most of the minor scrapes and bruises had healed but he was still in pretty bad shape. Taking note of his surroundings, he noticed he must be on Broly's ship heading toward his unknown master. Oh well, he thought. I was going to track him down eventually anyway.
Slowly the young demi-Saiyan sat up and slid off the bunk he was on. Using just enough energy to float a few inches above the ground and avoid landing on his broken leg he went in search of the other Saiyan.
"I see you're up and about," Broly said entering the doorway.
"That's right," Gohan replied. "How long was I out?"
"About three days," Broly replied. "You were pretty drained from the fight. That other form of Super Saiyan must be pretty draining."
"It's not too bad," Gohan replied. "I'm just not fully used to it yet. It's similar to the first level at first."
"Well anyway, you were pretty drained and injured from the fight." It was about this time that Gohan noticed that Broly had decided to leave his chest plate off and also had bandages wrapped around his torso.
"You don't look so good yourself," the boy replied.
"It's nothing. I've been in much worse shape and I'm almost healed. Another week and I'll be as good as new. You on the other hand probably have a good month or so before you're one hundred percent, even at the Saiyan rate of healing."
"How long do I have before we get to your master?" Gohan asked.
"About four days," Broly replied.
"Then I can't afford to heal for a month," Gohan said.
"I don't think you have much of a choice," Broly said. "But I can at least get you some clothes that aren't torn to shreds. I hope you don't mind Saiyan armor."
"That's not necessary," Gohan said as he concentrated for a second. Almost instantly a new set of clothes appeared on the boy where the tattered ones were.
"Interesting technique," Broly said. "I'd heard that some Nameks could materialize things but I didn't know if it were true or not."
"Yeah, it's true," Gohan said. "It was a Namek that taught me that particular technique. But anyway, I need to start training a bit if I'm going to be ready to fight your master in four days."
"I told you before, that you're not going to be in any condition to fight in that amount of time. And you'll need every ounce of energy in your body just to survive. I suggest surrender."
"I can't do that," Gohan replied. "Now, tell me, I had a little bag tied to my belt during our fight. Where did it go?"
"You mean the one with the five beans in it?"
"Yeah that's it."
"It's over on that shelf over there," Broly replied. "But I don't know what good they will do you."
"I take it you've never heard of sensu beans then," Gohan said as he floated over to the shelf and grabbed the bag."
"No," Broly said. "But I'm sure you'll need more to eat than that. You are Saiyan after all."
"This will be enough for now," Gohan replied as he popped one of the beans into his mouth. Almost instantly all his remaining bruises and scratches vanished before Broly's eyes. A split second later Gohan concentrated and his bandages disappeared as he materialized a boot in the place of the one on his leg.
"How'd you do that?" Broly said.
"It's simple," Gohan said. "These are sensu beans. Basically eating one of these heals all your injuries and restores your energy to its fullest." With that the boy handed the injured Saiyan a bean.
"What?" Broly said slightly confused. "You just had the perfect opportunity to destroy me while I was injured and your letting me heal instead?"
"I don't believe you are evil," Gohan said. "You're pretty much in the same situation that Vegeta was in when I first met him. I believe that you can change just like he did. Together we can defeat your evil master and then you can live in peace."
"It's not that simple," Broly said as he ate the bean and was healed instantly. He flexed his muscles instantly breaking the bandages and sending them to the floor. "Even together we'd still fail."
"He's that strong huh?"
"Yes he is."
"I don't care," Gohan said with conviction. "I will still beat him. Just promise me that you won't get involved on his side."
"If you can beat him," Broly said. "I won't stop you. I swear it on my honor."
"That's all I ask," Gohan replied. "Do you mind if I meditate for the remainder of the trip. I think I can get a little better control over Super Saiyan 2 in the next couple of days."
"I don't mind," Broly said. "But I doubt it'll do you much good."
With that Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan 2 skipping Super Saiyan and instantly suppressed his power. "I think I'm pretty close to mastering this form," he said. "And that will make a difference in this upcoming fight."
"You'll need all the help you can get," Broly replied as he left the room.
"Yeah you're probably right," Gohan said as he closed his eyes and began to concentrate on his energy."
-Dbz-
Gohan took a deep breath as he and Broly exited the spaceship. They'd arrived on the planet, Malice as Broly had called it, a few minutes ago. The planet itself was very mountainous with valleys stretching for hundreds of miles uninterrupted. "I will take you to see my master now," Broly said to the demi-Saiyan. "I suggest doing what-ever he says or you will regret it later."
"I can't do that," Gohan said. "And you know it. I can already sense the evil radiating off this guy. He's even worse than Frieza and Cooler." And Cell, he thought but chose not to voice. He didn't know if they even knew about the bio-android. It was best not to give any information away if he could avoid it.
"I'm touched," a voice said from behind them. Gohan turned to see an alien with blue skin and black tendrils of what looked like veins running up and down his arms and legs as well as up the part of his chest that could be seen underneath the pure black gi that he wore. Scars covered his body as evidence of countless battles and injuries. The alien had pure black hair spiked up and cropped short, but most disturbing of all were the man's eyes. The pure red orbs glowed eerily, sending chills through Gohan. Attached to this man was the pure evil ki that Gohan had felt while approaching the planet.
"You must be Broly's master," Gohan said.
"Yes," the alien replied. "I am Emperor Yondar and I rule out here."
"Yes," Gohan said. "I've heard about the kind of things you do. You're as bad as Frieza was."
"Frieza wasn't that terribly bad," Yondar replied. "Just stupid. He was even too dumb to realize that my power was very close to surpassing his near the time of his death. I was just about to make my move to take over but you Saiyans saved me the trouble by killing Frieza for me. But unfortunately the power that I felt coming from the one that defeated Frieza on Namek was too great for me to conquer. So I went into hiding and intensified my training."
"Wait," Gohan said. "How do you know so much about Frieza's defeat?"
"I kept close tabs on Frieza and was keeping an eye on that battle. I must say that at the time the power of the Super Saiyan was amazing. And you fought vailently against Frieza but you're not strong enough to defeat me."
"I take it you didn't keep tabs on us after the fight with Frieza," Gohan said.
"No sadly I lost track of you Saiyans after Frieza's defeat, and I was caught off guard by the new Super Saiyan transformation that you managed to use against Broly, but it won't be enough."
"How do you know the details…" The obvious answer suddenly struck him. "Of course you were keeping tabs on that battle as well." Gohan silently cursed. This guy knew the extent of his power as well as a majority of his techniques if he'd been paying very close attention. This could make fighting him that much harder.
"Anyway," Yondar continued. "I knew if I were to rule I'd have to be the strongest by far and drive fear into the hearts of all those around me. But now that I'm back, there is no one that can stand up to me, not even you."
"I wouldn't be so sure," Gohan said. "I may still have a few surprises left."
"Very well," Yondar said. "I guess I'll have to prove my strength to you. Then you'll know your place."
"I will stop you. You won't get to hurt anyone else," Gohan said completely serious.
"Let's take it outside then," Yondar said with an evil grin.
-Dbz-
Gohan charged at Yondar instantly going to full power and threw a punch right at the tyrant's face. The blow connected full force and sent the evil one flying back a few feet. Gohan wasted no time and fazed out of sight and appeared behind the emperor and planted his knee in his back sending him flying into a nearby cliff face.
Yondar rose to his feet and wiped as small trickle of blood from his face. "Not bad Saiyan," he said. "I think you might be Broly's equal or possibly stronger. But of course I knew that that beating that he gave you would make you stronger. But you will still be no match for me. I let you have a free shot to test your strength, but you won't get that opportunity again. I will give you one final chance to live. You can join me now or die."
"You're bluffing," Gohan said. "You don't have that much extra strength."
"We'll just have to see then," Yondar replied.
A/N: I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Thirty-nine reviews, that's a new record for one chapter. I really do hope you all keep reviewing. Anyway, as kinda reward for so many reviews, I'll post this chapter after only three days wait. I know it's a little short and it's mainly just filler between the fight scenes but the next two chapters will be longer for sure. Anyway read and review.
Power levels
Gohan
275 million
(after sensu heal)
50 million (Super Saiyan 2 suppressed)
34.375
billion (Super Saiyan 2 max)
Broly
315 million
(after sensu heal)
Yondar
32 billion
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