Chapter 3

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Age 767 (Android Saga)

Last time on Dragonball Z: Opposites Attract:

''NO!'' he shouted. ''I've been letting people down my whole life! How many times have I let my friends down when they needed me?!'' he said, thinking back to the battle against the saiyans when he chickened out against Nappa. ''How many of my friends have died and got hurt because I've been too weak or too scared to help them? If only I've been stronger! If only I could have done more!'' looking back towards the battles on Namek. He got angrier by the second as he remembered everything, to the slaughtering of the defenseless Namekians, to Recoome breaking his neck, something no five-year-old should experience, Frieza and how he killed Krillin and almost Mr. Piccolo and his dad. ''Whenever I get into trouble, any time I don't think I'm going to make it, Dad, Piccolo, Krillin or anyone of my friends is always there to bail me out! When the situations are reversed, I just stand there like a helpless little child! I need more power! I need to save everyone! I will not let the Androids rule over my world!'' he came back to the dreamscape and focused more energy into the blast. An almost golden like aura started exploding out of his body, lightning seemed to strike the ground outside. ''Dad! You've always been able to do anything you set your mind to! There's never been a challenge you couldn't meet. I'm going to make sure you keep on meeting those challenges! I won't let anything happen! I won't lose everyone I love!'' images of his friends dying, his family looking at him and everyone he cared about surfaced in his mind. His eyes flashed teal, and with one final shout, he gave everything he had to the struggle. ''GGRR…. AAAHH... HAAAAAAAA!'' he shouted with the most primal roar he ever head. His eyes changed from black to teal, and hair from jet-black to gold. Golden aura danced around him, giving him power and further angering him. The door shattered at the impact and he felt himself angrier than ever. He crouched in his power up position, grunting and groaning, as if the power was straining him to even stand still. Eventually, he gave out. The aura dissipated, and his eyes and hair changed back to black. Last thing he saw was the remainders of the door he shattered.

We now find our 10-year-old young warrior standing outside, looking at both Goku and Piccolo readying for yet another battle. Now standing a little taller because of the merge, and wider. His hair changed as well, opting to cut it short. His father had given him a haircut when he noticed it getting too long and getting in the way in a fight. (A/N: Picture Teen Gohan's hair). A year ago, he had unlocked what he thought was the legendary super saiyan transformation, but he hadn't told anyone about it. He could transform inside his dreamscape, but he hadn't tried it outside yet. He thought it was finally time to reveal his secret. It was all or nothing now.

''Father, Piccolo… I want you both to witness something never seen before.'' Gohan exclaimed, earning him curious looks from both adults. ''What do you mean kid.'' Piccolo said in his usual gruff voice. Gohan simply smirked and looked towards his father. ''You have my curiosity son.''. Taking that as a confirmation, he stood still and calmed himself. He crouched down to a power up position and yelled out. ''Behold! I've ascended past a simple saiyan! You're not the only super saiyan anymore!'' Goku and Piccolo's eyes widened. ''Goku! Is he bluffing? Can your son turn into a super saiyan?'' Piccolo stuttered out, carefully watching his young apprentice. Goku carefully watched his son as well, not really knowing what was going on. ''I don't know Piccolo. I've never seen or felt him going super.'' He replied.

''Raaahhhh…. Grrrr… AHHHHH!'', Gohan grunted, focusing on drawing out the hidden power of the super saiyan. He reached deep down in himself and tried finding the power. Finally locking onto it, he tried drawing out. After several tries and yells, he finally managed to bring it out. Golden aura erupted from his body, going up like flames. His hair flashed between gold and black, hair flowing up and down. His eyes changed to a teal color, looking menacing as his features became more defined and serious. With one last yell, he ascended. His hair finally fully turning golden and standing upright. ''Guess I can do it outside as well huh. Hehe.'' Gohan murmured, looking down and chuckling. His muscles bulged out and became more defined. He felt incredible, he had never felt it on the outside, only in his dreamscape. He remembered the first time he entered his dreamscape after finally transforming for the first time.

''Did I really do it? I need to find the cave!''Gohan thought in excitement. He flew up towards the cave in hopes of finally seeing that blasted door blasted to bits. He landed outside the cave and walked in. Finally reaching where the door was supposed to be, he glanced around. His eyes widened, and a sinister smile crept on his face. ''YES! HAHAHA DAMN YOU TO HFIL GOLDEN DOOR!'' he shouted with glee. He looked at the remains of the door on the ground and went to pick a piece up. As he was holding it, it disappeared into nothingness. He glanced around and saw something in the distance in front of him. He frowned and walked further in to the cave. He could hear strange sounds and feel and amazing power further in.

As he walked further in, he noticed yet another door. The door had a deeper darker gold color to it. He could practically feel an amazing amount of energy, but also anger. As if he was to tap into it he would lose control. He shivered and hesitantly held out his hand to open the door in front of him. As his hand went to touch the handles, electricity sparkled between his hands and the handle, making him jerk his hand back in shock and surprise. ''I shouldn't attempt to open this if I'm not ready… This power feels incredible, but so angry! I can't afford to lose myself in this anger. I'll come back when I'm ready… How many doors are there? I now know there are 2 transformations, but is there a third? Or a… fourth?'' Gohan thought in deep concentration.

''Ah… what?! How?! In…Incredible!'' Piccolo shouted out as he looked towards his pupil, who now far surpassed him. He looked towards Goku who looked speechless. Goku jaw was wide open, with no hopes of words of coming out. Suddenly they heard a slightly deeper voice speak out, ''Hehehe… what do you guys think? Cool huh?'' the voice belonging to Gohan said. Goku slowly straightened himself up and closed his jaw. ''Gohan! When? Where? Who died?! How did you transform? When did you transform? Did Piccolo die?'' Goku spoke out trying to understand what was going on. Piccolo sweat dropped and looked at Goku with a dumb expression. ''I'm right here you know?'' he muttered.

''Woah! Slow down father, I'll explain. Basically, when I headbutted Raditz in anger because he was beating you up, I split my conscious into two parts which made me weaker. My saiyan and human half split up, and the human half became dominant.'' Gohan explained. The others looked at him weirdly, ''Is that even possible kid?'' Piccolo said. ''I didn't know but apparently it is.'' Gohan answered. He looked at his father and asked, ''Remember a year ago when I blacked out in the bathroom? Apparently my saiyan half was trying to bring my human half into ''our'' consciousness to talk. When I blacked out the two parts finally met up and finally, merged. I became whole, with no dominant personality/race. I am complete and even stronger now, with the blood and might of the saiyan race and the intelligent human race.'' He exclaimed proudly. The two looked at him in dumbfounded. How was this even possible?

''Incredible…! This is truly something. But how did you turn into a super saiyan?'' Piccolo asked, amazed at the concept of fusing with your other half. Goku nodded aswell, ''This is amazing! That's my boy! I'm proud of you Gohan! I wanna know too, how did you ascend? You're only 10! That's truly extraordinary.'' he said expressing the feeling of pride to his son. Gohan gave him a genuine smile. ''Thank you, father. As I was in my conscious, I looked around and saw a cave. Inside the cave was a golden door with the number #1 on it.'' He explained. Goku's eyes widened before speaking up, ''#1? Does that mean…?'' he questioned. Gohan nodded and told him the rest. ''Yeah… After I broke the first door and ascended, I found another door with the number #2 on it. There's a level beyond that of a super saiyan. I guess we can call our current form a Super Saiyan 1, and when we finally ascend we can call the ascended state a Super Saiyan 2. But that's a path we'll cross later.'' Gohan explained. They all stood still and looked at each other. ''Yeah, no. I know where this is going. Count me out, I ain't finna get my ass handed to me by two super saiyans.'' Piccolo uncharacteristically spoke out before going to the sidelines.

Father and son stared at each other before Goku smirked. ''Guess its time I stop holding back then huh Gohan?'' Goku said excitedly. He readied himself to transform and gave out a deep yell as the mountains shook from his transformation. Finally, he transformed in a super saiyan and stared at his son. With a yell, they both charged at each other with a determined smile, fist cocked back ready to punch.

(Time skip – May 12th, Age 767)

Waking up early was something the Son family was used to. Slowly standing up and yawning, his eyes widened as he looked at the big red circle marked on his calendar. May 12th. Today was the day the Androids would appear and wipe out the Z Fighters excluded him. He would not let that happen. With a determined face, he headed out to freshen up and eat some breakfast. Walking down the stairs he heard his mother's voice yell out, ''Goku! Gohan! Food is rea- '' she was cut off as two blurs sped past her and immediately started wolfing down their food. She sighed as she was used to it and sat down with her family to eat. ''Guys, I know what today is… Please just be careful, I can't bear losing either one of you. Defeat those androids and come back safe!'' she said passionately almost tearing up at the thought of losing everyone

Goku and Gohan both looked at each other and nodded determinedly. ''Don't worry honey, I won't let anything happen.'' Goku spoke. Gohan nodded in agreement and said, ''Yeah mother! As long as we're here, nothing will happen!'' while pumping his fist in the air. They all smiled and hugged each other. Finally, after finishing breakfast, the two headed outside to finally take off. ''Be careful you two! Love you both!'' Chichi shouted, prompting Goku and Gohan to look back and respond, ''Love you too Chichi!'' ''Love you too mom!''.

As they took off, they started talking. ''May 12th, 9 miles south west of south city at 10AM. Right?'' Gohan asked. Goku confirmed by nodding, ''Yup, correct.''- As they sped past the mountains and clouds, a thought came to Gohan's head. ''Hey dad, remember when you were talking about your adventures as a child? How Mr. Popo threw you into a room called the Hyperbolic Time Chamber? '' Gohan asked curiously as an idea came to him. ''Oh yeah. Good times, though I only lasted for about 2 months. Time flows differently there. A day out here equals a year in there, you can get a lot of training done!'' Goku said, reminiscing about the old days. ''What about it son?'' Goku asked his son curiously as the winds brushed against them. Gohan stared and stared… finally he spoke out. ''A YEAR?! Why didn't you say anything?!'' Gohan asked in shock. A whole year of training would have benefitted them greatly. Goku sheepishly stared back while rubbing the back of his head. ''Oops, guess I sort of forgot huh? Hehe.''. Gohan sighed before chuckling.

''Hmm… Something isn't right here… It's dad! He hasn't catched the heart virus yet! What's going on?'' He thought as he glanced towards his father who continued flying. ''If dad catches the heart virus before the androids arrives, he'll probably need rest at home or somewhere safe. Out first place would be our house of course, then Kame's house and finally the lookout… wait! The lookout! The time chamber! I'll go in with him and take care of him and his medicines until he becomes well again. Why didn't anyone think of that?!'' Gohan thought as his most genius idea yet came to mind. It was perfect. ''Why haven't we wished for a bag of infinite senzu beans as well? I feel like there are so many things we haven't done that we should.'' He thought to himself as he chuckled.

''Hmm?'' Goku said as he looked towards his son, ''Did you say something?'' he asked. Gohan shook his head. Before he could reply he saw the rest of the Z Fighters up ahead. ''Dad! We've arrived!'' he exclaimed as his blood started pumping

And done!

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