Chapter 6

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Age 767 (Android Saga)

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Everything was as white as he remembered. Remembering what he had wished for, he quickly explained it to his dad and showed him the pouch. Goku looked shocked and was amazed by it. He carefully took it and sat down on the white floor. ''So, if I just pour it on the ground it won't stop?'' he curiously asked. Gohan sat beside him and didn't know himself. ''Actually, I'm not sure about that. Why don't we check it out?'' Gohan encouraged.

Goku eagerly nodded and started emptying the pouch. Several beans fell and rolled over on the ground with no signs of stopping. A minute went by… two minutes… ten… thirty… Thirty minutes had gone by and there was now a mountain of senzu beans on the floor. ''Dad… we've been sitting here for 30 minutes. I think it's infinite…'' Gohan deadpanned. Goku shook himself of the trance of seeing the beans fall out and smiled happily. ''Nice going Gohan! Now we can seriously push ourselves to the limits!'' Goku excitedly said.

(Before we begin with this chapter, I want to state a couple of things to make the story clearer. This takes place a little earlier than the original timeline. Cell hasn't revealed himself yet. Everything will be played out shortly, now onto the story!)

A couple months had passed inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. We now find Goku and Gohan 4 months deep inside, training rigorously for their hard lives. Punches and kicks were being thrown, both in Super Saiyan. Goku landed a punch at Gohan's face, making his head spin around. Gohan smirked and landed a kick at his father's stomach, surprising him and making him spit out saliva. Both headbutted each other and grabbed each other's fist and started pushing hard. No one was giving, until both pushed out their energy and blasted each other back.

Both were panting after a 20-hour training session. Their power had increased immensely, both now more powerful than ever. ''*Pant* I think it's time we took a rest. *Pant* We've been going at it for 20 hours I think.'' Goku said, panting trying to catch his breath. Gohan weakly nodded and laid down on the ground from exhaustion. ''Yeah *Pant*, I agree. *Pant* Let's go.'' Gohan agreed and both flew over to their sleeping rooms.

As they were flying, Goku was thinking about his son's progression. ''Incredible. His power has increased dramatically. He has incredible hidden strength that I don't think even he knows of. He's the one that's going to ascend to the next level, I know it. Hope he won't leave me in the dust hehe''.

Gohan was deep in his own thoughts as well, ''I'm close to the next level. I can feel it. I wonder If I should try breaking through the door inside my mind or outside.'' He thought. They both landed on their sleeping platform and got ready to take a bath. Even with infinite senzu beans, they still needed to rest their mind. Gohan took out two beans and handed one over to his father as they both plopped one in their mouth. Aura exploded from them as their power returned back to them, and their body bulked and returned to normal as every damage taken had been restored.

''Ah, good old senzus. Really good wish son!'' Goku said as he slowly got into the bath tub. Gohan smiled, ''Yeah, really a clutch''. He answered as he too got into the tub. Both were relaxing and talking, until an idea came into his mind. ''Hey dad, do you think you could teach me the Instant Transmission? I really think it could come in handy.'' He asked. Goku looked surprised, as he hadn't thought of that before. If anyone else had asked, he wouldn't have agreed as easily, but it was his son and he would do anything for him. Smiling, he answered. ''Of course! Though it's going to be a difficult move to learn, and even harder since we're the only energy signals in here. But I think you manage you little prodigy'' Goku winked.

Gohan blushed at the praise and quickly thanked him. They spent the rest of their time in the tub blasting each other with water and having a good time. When they were all done they headed to bed to finally sleep. As Goku tucked his son in, he went and sat on his bed as he contemplated what he should teach him. ''Hmm… Should I teach him the Kaioken as well? With the infinite senzu beans we could become extremely powerful, but the risks are extremely high as well. Well no use pondering over this now, time to sleep!'' he thought. With that, they both slept, resting for tomorrows training.

(Back with the gang)

Vegeta and Trunks had flown off to find the Androids. Krillin had decided to come along incase anyone needed any senzu beans, since he still had that bag Yajirobe gave him. They were flying over a couple of islands, until they finally spotted the two Androids and the gigantic red haired mohawk Android. They landed down and stared at them, arms crossed.

''Well well well, look who we have here. It's time to payback woman.'' Vegeta stated but directed his attention to Android 18 specifically. Trunks simply glared at them with hatred and contempt, while Krillin on the other hand… he was completely frozen. ''Holy crap, she's gorgeous!'' he thought as he stared at the female Android in complete love. #18 seemed to notice his stare as she winked to him. Krillin blushed a deep shade of red and quickly averted his gaze.

Trunks looked between them in confusion before shrugging and returning his attention to the Androids. ''Oh, would you look at that. It's the prince, his son and the baldy. What do we owe you the pleasure?'' #17 confidently said. Vegeta simply smirked and vanished. He suddenly reappeared in front of #17, in Super Saiyan, and had a fist in his gut. ''It's king to you, boy. Now bow'' Vegeta said and elbowed him in the back making him fall down on his knees.

#17's eyes were wide as blood was dripping from his mouth, #18 was staring in shock at his speed and worry for her brother. #16 simply had his eyebrows raised in surprise. Trunks looked happy at the sight of the Android being in pain. He had told his father about the horrors of his future, and he was not happy.

#17 tried getting up, but Vegeta simply raised his face with his boot and kicked him off to the distance. #18 became angry and charged at Vegeta, catching him by surprise. She successfully landed a punch on his face, making him turn. He turned his head around slowly and grinned. She looked afraid and took a step back in fear. He punched her, making her fly over to where her brother had landed.

''How?! You literally just broke his arm yesterday! How did he get so strong?!'' #17 angrily asked. ''Probably shouldn't have done that bro…'' #18 answered, fearing what was coming next. ''#16! Why aren't you doing anything?'' #17 asked, wondering why he was simply just standing still.

''Vegeta is not my objective, I am simply here to kill Son Goku.'' #16 answered calmly in a monotone voice. Vegeta's eyebrows twitched as he interpreted it as being inferior to Kakarot. Trunks facepalmed, understanding what was about to happen. Vegeta breathed in and charged at the giant.

(On the Lookout)

Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, Kami and Mr. Popo were standing on the Lookout. Piccolo was meditating, levitating a couple feet of the ground when his eyes suddenly snapped open. He quickly stood upright. ''Everyone! Do you feel that energy? It feels like all of us in one person!'' Piccolo shouted out for everyone to hear. Kami had already sensed it and was waiting for Piccolo to say it.

Everybody quickly noticed it as well and looked shocked. ''What Is going on?'' Tien asked. ''Oh man, this can't be good.'' Yamcha agreed. Piccolo walked to the edge of the Lookout as if he was seeing everything below. He sensed the location before it suddenly vanished. Quickly pinpointing the last place it was sensed, he called out to everyone. ''Everyone stays here! I'm going to check out what this thing is, don't follow. It could be an ambush.'' Piccolo said, taking charge and flying down towards the location. The others were looking ready to take off as well before Kami held up a hand stopping them.

As Piccolo was flying as fast as possible, he came across a town so empty and silent. He quickly realized this was Ginger Town, but clothes were scattered everywhere. It looked like people had literally vanished and the clothes were the only thing left. He landed down with a thud, and slowly started walking around. The streets were empty, silent and an eerie feeling was in the air.

As he was walking, he quickly spotted a large shadow in an alley. He quickly sprinted towards it but nothing was there. He quickly spotted the shadow in another place but couldn't catch it. This continued for awhile until they were in an open field. As Piccolo was looking around, a needle like thing suddenly impaled him in his right arm. He yelled out in pain and shock as he turned around and looked at his hand literally being sucked up. His hand, formerly a healthy bright green, now looked like withered desert plants.

He quickly pulled away and looked at his attacker. Standing in front of him was a dark green figure standing a head taller than himself. He had green skin with black spots everywhere. On his back were two wings and a needle like tail in the middle. He looked like a humanoid bug to be blunt.

Piccolo blinked and asked, ''Who are you?''. The green thing smiled wickedly before speaking up in a nasty, raspy voice. ''My name? It Is Cell. Pleasure.''. ''Cell huh?'' Piccolo said, trying to get as much info as possible. ''Tell me, that energy that I sensed earlier, was that you?''. Cell simply nodded, still smiling. ''How do you have all our energy?'' Piccolo asked.

''Well, you see. The brilliant Dr. Gero stole cells from every major fighter on this planet and fused them into one being. I was created by Dr. Gero as a bio-android. Hence my name, Cell.'' Cell explained. ''Well since I've obviously been defeated, and my arm is useless, would you care to explain what you are doing here?'' Piccolo said hoping Cell did not know of his ability to regenerate since he had the same cells.

''Why not, you're obviously going to die here anyway. You see, I am not perfect right now. I need to absorb my Android siblings to become even stronger and attain my ultimate perfect form. I still haven't located them, but I'm getting closer. I can feel it! As soon as I absorb them, nothing will stand in my way!'' Cell said laughing darkly.

''Well then, thank you for the information Cell. Unfortunately for you, I'm a Namekian. We don't go down that easy.'' Piccolo smugly said, before grunting and ripping his hand out. Cell was shocked and was wondering what he would do next. Suddenly a subconscious thought came to him as his brain pulled out information on techniques the Z Fighters had. His eyes widened as he had forgotten that Namekian's could regenerate. Before he could act, Piccolo shouted out and sprouted out a new arm.

Piccolo grinned as he charged at Cell. Cell quickly acted and spread out his fingers in front of his face. Piccolo was confused for a moment before remembering which technique it was. Before he could close his eyes, Cell had already shouted out the name of the attack and executed it perfectly. ''Solar Flare!'' he shouted, and a blinding light engulfed the area, making Piccolo stop in his tracks and rub his eyes in pain.

''Argh! Sneaky little…'' Piccolo cursed. He had been knocked backwards and was on the ground. He slowly stood up as his eyesight was returning to him. ''Curse you who ever made that move!'' Piccolo shouted angrily, not remembering if it was Tien or Krillin. As he blinked and stared, he saw no one in the area. ''Damn it! This guy is dangerous. Better relay the information.'' Piccolo thought out loud before quickly taking off back to the Lookout.

(Back with Vegeta and co.)

Vegeta and #16 were currently exchanging punches and kicks, seemingly matched. #17 and #18 were shocked at the strength of their fellow Android friend. ''Amazing, I never thought he was stronger than us.'' #17 said, entranced by the caliber both fighters were showing. #18 simply nodded, no words coming out of her. Vegeta was confident though, as he knew how far he could go. He could sense the strength of the Android based on his punches and kicks and was simply toying with him right now.

(On the Lookout)

Piccolo had finally finished explaining everything. Everyone was shocked such a being even existed. Finally breaking the silence, Yamcha spoke up. ''We should probably inform everyone else, we don't want them to get caught by surprise.''. Tien nodded before adding his two cents as well. ''Yeah, we wouldn't want Cell to absorb the Androids.''. Everyone agreed and took off in the direction of the Vegeta and the rest, except for Piccolo.

Piccolo was standing there silently, staring at Kami. Kami stared back, already knowing what he was thinking. ''Listen, I hate to do this, but we have no other choice. I already explained about the danger of Cell if he absorbs the Androids. We need to fuse now!'' Piccolo said, struggling to even speak with Kami. It was basically ingrained in him since beginning to hate the old fool. Even then, he couldn't help but question himself why.

Kami sighed and walked to the edge of the Lookout. ''Piccolo. When we first arrived on Earth, we were one being. To become the guardian of this planet, I had to expel my dark side. For centuries I have been watching over this planet, witnessing countless wars and falls and rises of countries. Your ''father'' King Piccolo, has tried taking over the Earth numerous times and failed, until finally Goku rose up and defeated him once and for all. That would have been the end of me as well, but he spit out you, putting his life force and every memory inside you. You are the reincarnation of King Piccolo, yet you've changed. I feel as if I could trust you.'' Kami warily said, the years catching up to him.

''I've looked over you from the beginning. As a kid you became envious of a child for getting presents. That shows you have feelings. Later on, you saved a child and his mother from falling debris when that lightning struck that tower at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, even though you broke the kid's toy.'' Kami muttered the last part.

Piccolo was shocked at how open his counterpart was being. He felt kind of, touched… His hatred for Kami was slowly drifting away. Gohan had helped bring out the good in him, so he would honor his student and continue doing so. ''Thank you, Kami. '' Piccolo sincerely said.

Kami turned around to face him, smiling. Mr. Popo had tears in his eyes already knowing what was coming. ''Kami… No…'' his assistant sadly said, voice breaking. He had served Kami for centuries and had come to love him as a deep friend. ''You've been the greatest guardian this earth has seen. We all thank you for bestowing us with the Dragon Balls. Good luck, my friend.'' Mr. Popo said proudly while wiping away his tears, he wouldn't start weeping.

Kami smiled and shook Mr. Popo's hand. ''Thank you, friend. You're too kind. These years have been quite the trip. Do not fret, I will still live on inside Piccolo. Once we fuse, we'll become our original self again. The Nameless Namek I guess, hehe.'' Kami said while chuckling sadly.

Piccolo was ready to fuse and stood up right. ''Are you ready, Piccolo? Once we fuse, we no longer become our selves anymore. We'll use your body as it is still young and mighty. Now, you do know that the Dragon Balls will disappear with me, right?'' Kami asked him, fully believing that Piccolo was not evil anymore and thus could trust him not to do anything. With Kami's influence, The Nameless Namekian would be completely good. Piccolo nodded, ''Yes. I'm fully aware. We have a whole planet of our people that would probably love to help us. Let's do this.''

Piccolo placed his hand on Kami's chest. With a goodbye wave to Mr. Popo and a nod to Piccolo, he gathered up his energy and started fusing with Piccolo. He was now shouting loudly as his entire being was being sucked up into Piccolo. Piccolo was simply staring in shock as a new feeling overwhelmed him. He felt his mind become wiser, his body bulkier, his feelings more serene and calmer. His strength was skyrocketing, now even rivaling a Super Saiyan. As Kami's yells grew more and more distant, the light from the fusing faded away, leaving a shocked Namekian standing on the Lookout.

The Namekian stood there, adjusting himself. ''So. This is how we used to be. Guess I'll still go with Piccolo then, since I'm not guardian anymore.'' He said. He looked over to a shocked Mr. Popo who was simply standing there. ''Don't worry my friend, we're still here.'' Piccolo said, smiling. He glanced over the edge and jumped off before dashing away towards the battle going on.

(Time Chamber)

Only a couple months remained left to be spent inside the Time Chamber. Goku and Gohan were now sitting, meditating in their Super Saiyan forms. Gohan had insisted that they should try meditating to control their transformations better. Goku wasn't a complete stranger to meditating but would rather do something physical. However, he listened and was now meditating. They had held onto their Super Saiyan forms for a couple of months now.

Gohan was sitting down and thinking. ''I'm really close now. Our power has increased so much it's amazing! If I didn't know any better, I think the Androids aren't even a match for us anymore.'' He thought to himself. Lately he had been thinking of experimenting what he could do within his mindscape. If two people could Image Train while meditating, couldn't he try forming a connection with his father and bring him inside his mindscape?

Concentrating hard, he sent a mental wave towards his father hoping he would notice it. Goku's head snapped back slightly in surprise before quickly responding, thinking they were going to Image Train. Gohan concentrated hard and focused on his fathers mental signals and tried bringing it in with him to his mindscape. After several moments, he finally managed to send them both into the mindscape.

Goku opened his eyes shocked at the feeling of being pulled into a mindscape. He looked around confusedly as he saw his house in the distance and the similar landscape around it. ''It worked! Hey dad check it!'' Gohan excitedly exclaimed. ''Whoa, first time in a long time seeing something else than white! Feels good, the air feels real too!'' Goku said finally relaxing.

''Yeah, it's really cool. Anyway, come over here I want to show you something!'' Gohan said. Goku shrugged and both flew in the direction of the cave. Goku was enjoying himself feeling the air going around him. It felt really refreshing to be ''outside'' again. They soon landed outside the cave. ''Oh, is this the place you were mentioning?'' Goku curiously asked. Gohan nodded, ''Yeah, this is it. Now come on, let's check out what's ahead. '' he said.

They walked further in, passing by where the former #1 used to stand. Gohan smirked slightly remembering how he blasted that door to oblivion. They walked further in and saw a darker shade of gold on a door named #2. ''#2 huh? Why don't you try opening it?'' Goku suggested. Gohan shrugged and held the handle. He gripped tightly and started pulling. To his surprise, the door almost opened. An electric jolt shocked his arm and he fell back on his butt a couple feet away.

Goku was shocked as he felt the incredible power just by the shock. ''No way! What was that incredible power? I never thought it was this much!'' Goku thought. Gohan stood up and was staring the door down. He gathered his energy and powered up to his max. Rocks and debris flew everywhere and Goku had to hold his arm in front of his face to shield himself. Gohan walked towards the door and started pulling as hard as he could. His face started turning red and the door slowly started creaking as it was forcefully pulled open.

Goku, seeing this started encouraging his son. ''Come on Gohan! Break through! I know you can do it, you have incredible strength hidden inside you. The power comes in response to a need, not a desire!'' he shouted. Gohan stared wide eyed. All this time, he had tried opening the doors with the desire to become stronger. He started thinking about why he needed the power.

Images of his family and friends appeared. He saw the Androids tearing them up and killing them one by one. The last one haunted him as he saw his father and mother on their backs, blood pouring from their mouths. The Androids were grinning, laughing like mad. He saw Piccolo on the ground with a boot on his head slowly applying pressure until it exploded, purple blood and brains flying everywhere. He snapped.

''NO!'' he shouted in anger. He pulled out more energy than he ever thought he could. Electric sparks were appearing all around his body as aura exploded. His body bulked up, but not too much as to lose speed. His hair started to stand more upright with one bang falling in front of his face. ''That's it Gohan! Push! Pull out your anger! Release your strength, don't hold back! RELEASE IT ALL!'' Goku shouted encouraging his son. Gohan clenched his teeth and started remembering all the bad things in his life, from Raditz, Frieza and the Androids. He thought about the future timeline Trunks was from, how everyone had died except for him. With one last yell, he released all his energy, transforming into an ascended Super Saiyan. ''AAAAHHHHH!'' he shouted as loud as he could, the door shattering as the pulled it with all his might. A blast of wind blew towards them knocking back Goku who was not prepared.

Gohan stood still as he was focused on controlling his power. He was grunting and panting, feeling extremely angry and lusted for blood. He looked over to his father as his instincts became intensified. Goku stared back with slight fear. ''Oh no, this is bad! Who knows how angry he's feeling now! The first transformation was difficult to control as an adult, but he's only a child. And he's ascended as well. Oh god…'' he thought worriedly.

Gohan was slowly walking towards his father, his anger having completely taken over him. He smirked a Saiyan like smile that would make Vegeta proud. ''What's wrong, father? Scared of your own son?'' he said with a deeper voice than usual. Goku was shocked. ''Snap out of it son! This isn't you!'' he said angrily standing up.

Gohan only responded with a smirk and a punch to his face, sending him flying back several hundred feet away from the sheer power of a Super Saiyan 2. Goku quickly recovered and transformed since he was in base form from being inside the mindscape. He blocked a punched coming toward him by putting his arms in an x formation. His arms shook from the force as he yelped out in pain by the feeling of his bones shaking. He was now fearing for his life as his son seemed completely out of control.

''What's going on son?! Why are you doing this?'' he shouted hoping to get through to him. Gohan was completely gone, his pupils faded back leaving nothing but whiteness and a wicked grin. Gohan quickly took charge and started punching and kicking at his father. Goku took them all head on, blood and saliva coming out of his mouth as his bones were crushed.

Goku was now on the ground, blood coming out of every limb as he had been cut and bruised up. Gohan was floating not too far away. He started chanting the Kamehameha wave and prepared to blast it at his father. Goku's eyes widened as he realized the consequences if he perished here. ''This is bad! This is really bad! If I die here, not only will he live the rest of his life knowing he killed his father, my conscious will simply cease to exist!'' he thought to himself.

He shakily stood up, body aching and hurting. He charged up his own Kamehameha wave and shot it towards Gohan. He screamed in pain as his body was refusing to cooperate with him. Gohan was laughing madly as he launched his own blast towards him. The two blasts met head on, with Gohan slowly pushing the blast towards his father just to tease him.

''I can't lose here! I can't lose my son in his rage! I refuse to give up! GOHAN!'' he shouted inside his own mind. He focused hard and pulled out every last bit of energy he could to match the blast. ''GOHAN LISTEN TO ME! SNAP OUT OF IT! THIS ISN'T YOU! CONTROL YOUR ANGER, DON'T LET YOUR MIND GET TAKEN OVER BY THE PRIMAL INSTINCTS!'' he yelled out hoping to get through to him.

Gohan stopped laughing as he could distinctly hear his fathers voice shouting to him. What was going on? He suddenly opened his eyes to see himself firing a blast at his father. Shocked and repulsed by his actions, he immediately canceled the blast and avoided the beam his father had sent at him.

''Father!'' he shouted out as he flew down to his father. He could see him quickly losing consciousness and did the only thing he could think of, he expelled them both out of his mindscape. They both immediately jumped up from their meditative positions as they were woken up. The mental stress and battle finally catching up to them, they simply passed out from mental exhaustion. The last thing he could see was his fathers smile. He smiled as he recalled how he had successfully ascended.

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Reviews:

Guest (Cuh): Hehehe thanks bro! More coming soon bruh.

Dolguldur: Thank you! Coming soon!

Tguy4001: Thank you for the review! To answer your question; No, it doesn't take place in the future timeline. Think of it as an alternate universe, just a couple things have changed.

RKF22: Thank you so much! I'm sorry but I really don't think 18 or Zangya fit Gohan well, plus they're a lot older than him. I'm sorry but this will be a Gohan & Videl pairing, thanks for the support though!

Guest: Thanks man! Update coming soon!

DragonNOOB: Thanks for the love! Yeah, I'm basically just doing this fanfiction as a fan service. They will be immensely more powerful, but I won't make them godlike just like that. I'll make it more believable and more progress.