Chapter Seven: The Final Battle
"Come on, Gohan," said Goku, "Let's show this guy the true power we posses!" Gohan nodded as Goku pulled his blue wristbands off, then sat down to remove his weighted boots and shirt. Beside him, Gohan removed his heavy shoulder armor and cape, which were torn and broken already. Both stood, rubbing the spots where their weighted clothing had been. Goku looked over at his son, who nodded to his unspoken question.
The two Saiyans turned up the heat, summoning the Super Saiyan fire to increase their fighting power. The two had learned a great lesson from fighting Cell: never power up too much, because it greatly reduces speed, and this Demon had already shown them his amazing speed.
Goku and Gohan charged forward, each with one hand blocking, and one hand ready to strike. They punched at the Demon as quick as they could, but the Demon was suddenly gone, and reappeared behind them. He brought up both of his feet, slamming them into the back of the Saiyans' necks. Gohan went down, but tripped the Demon with his foot as he did so. Goku recovered quickly and fired a quick energy blast that threw the Demon back, and stunned his for a moment.
Then Goku and Gohan were upon him with deadly barrages of punches, kicks and energy balls. None of them found their target, and soon the duo began to find their arms aching. The Demon took the opportunity to attack. Red fire shot out, completely consuming Gohan, and blocking him from view.
"No!!" cried Goku, "Son!!!" Using his rage as a tool, the valiant Saiyan swung his foot around with all of his strength, and slammed it into the Demon's neck. Surprisingly, the Demon didn't even flinch - he only concentrated on shooting his fire.
"What the. . . ?" said Goku absentmindedly. He gritted his teeth and jumped back, bring his hands forward and charging up every single bit of strength he could.
"KA. . . " Blue lightning gathered in his hands, forming a massive energy ball.
"ME. . ." The Demon sensed the power being summoned, and brought his fire swinging on a wide arc toward Goku.
"HA. . . " The energy ball continued to grow.
"ME. . . " The Demon's fire swept in closer, but Goku, taking another lesson from the fight with Cell, used his Instant Transmission to teleport directly behind the Demon.
"HA!!!!!" shouted Goku. His beam exploded outward, blocking everything from Goku's view except light. Then suddenly Goku felt a searing pain in his back as red fire exploded all around him. He cried out in pain as the fire ripped through his exposed flesh.
"Masenko!" cried Gohan from somewhere beside him. A loud explosion filled the air, and abruptly the pain in Goku's back subsided. He crawled to his feet and saw Gohan standing beside him. The boy had a lot of burns, but he appeared to be all right. The Demon was on his feet too. He had no scratches on him whatsoever.
"You aren't even hurt?" asked Goku, "What kind of creature are you?" The Demon merely smiled and shot his fire forth once again. The Saiyans dodged to either side, but suddenly the Demon was all around them, moving so fast that it looked like there were more than one of him. Both Gohan and Goku tried to punch the robed figure, but he was much too fast for them.
Gohan took a pair of chops to the head and went down into the sand and the Demon took the opportunity to lung at Goku. Unfortunately, the other fighter was only angered by his son's pain and was more than ready for the assault. He once again used his instant teleportation technique to appear behind the Demon. The thing whipped around, but Goku was already beside him. The Saiyan kicked the Demon in the face and when he punched back, Goku was already behind him again.
In this way, using a combination of the instant transmission and his own attacks, Goku scored dozens of blows to the Demon, but the thing barely even slowed his attack. Finally, Goku began to get exhausted, but it was Gohan who saved him again. A huge beam of blue energy slammed into the Demon's side when it was attacking. The energy blast sent him flying into the sphinx where he had been reborn from. As the beam faded, his screams could still be heard from within the depths of the stone building.
Gohan rushed to his father's side. He was in pretty bad shape. Burns covered all of his back and most of his lower body. Bruises and scratches littered all of his showing skin, which was a lot because his pants were ripped and torn, and one whole pant leg was missing.
"F-father!" cried Gohan, "Are you okay?"
"I will be, son," replied Goku hoarsely.
"No he won't," said a voice. Gohan whirled around. The Demon was still alive, standing perfectly fine at the entrance to the sphinx. Gohan stood protectively between him and Goku.
"Foolish boy," said the Demon, "What hope do you think you have against me?"
"It doesn't matter how much hope I have," replied Gohan, "I'll fight to protect my father for as long as I breathe!" The Demon smiled evilly.
"I wouldn't have it any other way," he replied. Red fire shot at Gohan, picking him up and throwing him backwards. The Demon laughed and approached Goku. He placed a foot on Goku's chest, causing him to cry out in pain. He felt at least one rib snap in two, and he cried out even louder.
"YES!!!!" cried the Demon, "Your agony gives us Demons power!!" Then he laughed horribly, and Goku passed out.
Gohan, who was just recovering from the fiery attack, stumbled forward toward the Demon.
"Stop it!" he cried, "Why are you doing this?" The Demon smiled.
"Because it's in my nature," he replied, "Demons thrive off power and fear, which is why I must take over the world! And you happen to be the only one standing in my way!" The Demon shot forward, hovering only inches from the ground. He punched Gohan in the face, and then kicked him in the ribs. The young Saiyan did not retaliate, so the Demon hesitated.
"Why aren't you fighting me, boy?" inquired the Demon.
"Why fight you when all you want is a challenge," replied Gohan, "I'm no challenge for you. . ." The Demon smiled.
"Well at least you have some smarts about you," he replied.
"Yet."
"What??" cried the Demon. Gohan smiled and began laughing. "What's so funny?" asked the Demon, very angered now.
"Well you see," said Gohan, "You shouldn't have made me mad. Every time I reach a certain amount of rage, I also reach a new level of power. Don't ask me why, I just do." He kept laughing. The Demon glared at him from beneath his hood.
"Bull," he snapped, "If you think you can increase you power, go right ahead and try!" Gohan smiled,
"Well, okay."
*****
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" cried Gohan at the top of his lungs. He was exhausted from extensive use of the Super Saiyan 2 mode and the many energy attacks he had been using, but he still managed to increase his power. The ground shook and cracked, even more violently than when Vegeta, Trunks or Goku powered up to their max power. A huge beam of silver light slammed down all around Gohan. It began to twist and turn like a tornado, and excess energy shot out in all directions.
Within the funnel, Gohan's power soared at an alarming rate, but suddenly the increase came to a halt. Gohan was surprised, but he could actually feel a barrier blocking his power. "What the heck?" thought Gohan, "This has never happened before." He tried to push through the barrier, but found he couldn't.
"Let me through!" cried Gohan to the barrier in his mind, "I need this power to save the earth!" Outside of the silver funnel, the Demon could hear Gohan shouting. He could also feel the boy's power growing rapidly. The barrier did not yield - it only seemed to grow stronger.
"What? Why can't I tap into this power?" wondered Gohan subconsciously. He thought about it for a moment, then the answer came to him. "Of course!" he cried, "There must be yet another level of Super Saiyan, but I can't reach it yet because this barrier is my human side blocking me! That's gotta be it!"
Gohan concentrated on the barrier, trying hard to break through it, but it still stood strong. "No!" cried Gohan, "Saiyans are stronger that humans, so I can break through this barrier - and I'm going to do that RIGHT NOW!!!" He pushed through the barrier with his mind, and it shattered instantly. Power welled up from somewhere inside him, and filled him with amazing strength.
Gohan's hair began to grow then. It grew longer and longer and silver light began to cover his entire body.
*****
Outside the silver light funnel, the Demon watched with growing fear as the young boy powered up to amazing heights. Whenever he thought the transformation was ending, the power merely shot upward yet again. Finally, he heard another cry, and the silver funnel expanded in all directions before disappearing. He was then standing before the strongest warrior he had ever faced.
Gohan's hair extended all the way down to his waist, but it was still spiky and golden. His muscles had increased in size, and they were much firmer and rounded now. His eyes had changed color as well. They were no longer black or green; they were blue. Silver lightning covered his body as well, but not in the same way as the blue lightning of Super Saiyan two, or the red lightning of Vegeta's powered up form. This lightning was thicker and brighter, and it seemed to come alive around him. This was the lightning of Super Saiyan 3.
"W-what is this new power??" asked the Demon. If he was trying to hold the fear from his voice, it did not show. Gohan did not respond. The Demon became blinded by rage and attacked Gohan, who merely stepped aside and stretched out his foot. The Demon tripped and fell, and then Gohan was upon him.
Blow after blow impacted the Demon, sending him deeper into the ground each time. Then suddenly, Gohan jumped back and the Demon was on his feet again. He charged Gohan and punched him in the face, then the ribs, then the abs. The young fighter cried out, but did not fall. The two fighters floated backwards.
"Well young one," said the Demon, "It appears that your new strength is almost equal to mine. Therefore, an extended battle would only be pointless. Instead, we shall settle this with energy, not physical attacks. The Demon shot his arms forward, and Gohan did the same. Golden fire exploded from the Demon, and silver fire exploded from Gohan as they fired their two most powerful attacks.
The fire beams smashed into each other with such force that the two fighters were propelled back from the impact. Gohan managed to keep shooting his fire, even through the impact. The golden fire mixed with the silver fire in the middle, creating a radiating effect of energy and fire at the focal point.
"Come on!" shouted Gohan, "With all this new power, I have to be stronger than him!" He called forth more power, bringing it into his fire. The silver fire exploded again, consuming the golden fire, and pushing it back toward the Demon. But he would not be defeated so easily, and the black- hearted fighter unleashed more power into his fire, driving Gohan's attack back toward him.
The young Saiyan threw all of the energy he could into his blast in an attempt to hold off the golden fire that tore relentlessly toward him. Again the silver fire flared and drove the golden fire back, and again the golden fire came back harder than ever.
"Don't you get it yet!?" yelled the Demon, "I have unlimited magical power! Unless yours is more than twice as strong as mine, you cannot win!" Gohan was shocked at how quickly he had forgotten the first Demon's words. He had said that their power came from another world; so using it did not tire the Demons out!
The Demon used the momentary distraction of Gohan's thoughts to unleash even more energy. The golden fire smashed forward with new force, shattering the silver fire like paper. The golden fire gathered into a beam, and ripped through the fire and into Gohan! Luckily, Gohan's hands were still outward, so he managed to catch the fire in them. The force of the blow sent his hands back to his chest, and he barely managed to stop the fire from completely incinerating his body. His arms burned with ferocious strain, but he still managed to fling the fire aside before collapsing to his knees.
"You may have managed to block my attack, but as you can see, I am still much too powerful for you," the Demon said as he approached Gohan, "Now its time for me to finish you off for good!" He raised an arm high in the air. It glowed with white light, then shifted form. It became a gigantic black lance that was bathed in golden fire.
"Goodbye, Gohan," said the Demon.
"No!" cried Gohan, "It can't end this way! Father. . . I've failed you, and the earth. . ." The Demon yelled, and pushed the lance downward toward Gohan, but it stopped about an inch from his face when a massive explosion smashed into the Demon's back. In surprise and confusion, he turned around to find his attacker, and Gohan saw his opportunity.
The young Saiyan warrior cupped his arms for the final time that day and gathered every single bit of energy he had from within him, but he also felt the energy of others close by. Not knowing how, he managed to summon so much energy that the heat actually burned his own hands. Biting back on the pain, he gathered all of his energy into a ball of pure power. The Demon turned back to him only a split second before the attack came, and had only that amount of time to realize what was about to happen.
"KAMEHAMEHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A massive blue beam of energy shot out at the Demon from Gohan's outstretched hands.
"NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" cried the Demon as the blast smashed into him and continued to fly out, holding him within the energy as wave after wave of power washed over him, tearing through his robes. Gohan watched intently through the energy as the Demon's true body was revealed. It was the most bizarre body he had ever seen - if you could even call it a body. The Demon was really just a shadow of darkness. Only his hands and feet were real, made that way for attack and defense purposes. His red eyes no longer glowed, for light from the beam illuminated his whole being.
The Kamehameha's energy began to eat away at the Demon's shadowy form, chipping away at him. Suddenly, the Demon's arms and legs snapped off like deadwood, and immediately disintegrated from existence. It took longer for his body to disintegrate, but it did only seconds later. The only thing that remained of the Demon was his eyes, which were surrounded by a small amount of remaining shadows.
Gohan was then out of all his energy and power, and collapsed to the ground. Standing before him were the three other Saiyans, who had managed to get to their feet finally. Gohan then understood that it was their energy that had been added to his own to destroy the Demon! He would have said something, but he did not have the strength to do so. His long golden hair shrank back to normal length, turned black, and the fire and lightning disappeared from around him.
The Demon's eyes floated down to the ground and rested before Gohan. Goku and the others gasped, but found they didn't have the strength to even assume a defensive stance.
"Don't worry," said the Demon, "I am dying, and I will not be harming Gohan." The others relaxed, but the Demon kept speaking.
"I will however, be using one last bit of magical power," he said, "I will use it to erase your memories of the battles for the past few weeks. You may have defeated me, but you never know of the power you have obtained, and therefore, not be able to use it against the next wave of enemies that threatens your planet. You know of course that every few years someone evil attacks the earth, and next time, they will defeat you!"
"What!?" cried Goku, "No!" The Demon laughed again.
"Yes!" he said, "Gohan has reached a new level of Super Saiyan, and with any luck, he will never be able to tap into it again! And as for you, Goku. . . in order for you to believe that you have never witnessed this, you'll have to wake up in the Other World."
"Oh no!" cried Gohan. Suddenly, the remains of the Demon glowed with red light, and Gohan felt his memory start to go hazy. He could not remember what had started the battle with the Demon, only that he had been fighting it. The last thing he saw before he forgot the whole scene was the Demon flying into Goku's chest and self destruct, sending them both into the Other World.
*****
Gohan awoke inside the hospital. He looked around the room, trying to figure out what he was doing there.
"Are you alright?" said a voice. Gohan turned to the female doctor who had just walked in the room.
"What happened?" asked Gohan, "Why am I here?"
"The ruins you were exploring on your school's field trip collapsed. You must have hit your head because you were in a coma for five weeks." She smiled reassuringly, then left the room.
Gohan leaned back on the bed. He thought he had been in a fight, but it must have been just a dream. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Author's Note: It's finally done!!! Honestly, I think the last couple of chapters might seem a little less interesting because I was running out of ideas, but I hope everyone liked the ending! I told you I'd make it so this fit into the show! Unfortunately, in the series, Gohan never goes SSJ3, so I thought it would be cool if he did in my story! =) So actually, the Demon kind of won because Gohan probably could have taken out Majin Buu if he had the same level of Super Saiyan as Goku did at the time. Or he could have killed Dabura. . . anyway, that's the end. I'll leave it up to you to decide who won this fight, the Demon or Gohan. Please review, and be honest, because I really value your opinions! This is Little Frost, signing off! =) =) =)
"Come on, Gohan," said Goku, "Let's show this guy the true power we posses!" Gohan nodded as Goku pulled his blue wristbands off, then sat down to remove his weighted boots and shirt. Beside him, Gohan removed his heavy shoulder armor and cape, which were torn and broken already. Both stood, rubbing the spots where their weighted clothing had been. Goku looked over at his son, who nodded to his unspoken question.
The two Saiyans turned up the heat, summoning the Super Saiyan fire to increase their fighting power. The two had learned a great lesson from fighting Cell: never power up too much, because it greatly reduces speed, and this Demon had already shown them his amazing speed.
Goku and Gohan charged forward, each with one hand blocking, and one hand ready to strike. They punched at the Demon as quick as they could, but the Demon was suddenly gone, and reappeared behind them. He brought up both of his feet, slamming them into the back of the Saiyans' necks. Gohan went down, but tripped the Demon with his foot as he did so. Goku recovered quickly and fired a quick energy blast that threw the Demon back, and stunned his for a moment.
Then Goku and Gohan were upon him with deadly barrages of punches, kicks and energy balls. None of them found their target, and soon the duo began to find their arms aching. The Demon took the opportunity to attack. Red fire shot out, completely consuming Gohan, and blocking him from view.
"No!!" cried Goku, "Son!!!" Using his rage as a tool, the valiant Saiyan swung his foot around with all of his strength, and slammed it into the Demon's neck. Surprisingly, the Demon didn't even flinch - he only concentrated on shooting his fire.
"What the. . . ?" said Goku absentmindedly. He gritted his teeth and jumped back, bring his hands forward and charging up every single bit of strength he could.
"KA. . . " Blue lightning gathered in his hands, forming a massive energy ball.
"ME. . ." The Demon sensed the power being summoned, and brought his fire swinging on a wide arc toward Goku.
"HA. . . " The energy ball continued to grow.
"ME. . . " The Demon's fire swept in closer, but Goku, taking another lesson from the fight with Cell, used his Instant Transmission to teleport directly behind the Demon.
"HA!!!!!" shouted Goku. His beam exploded outward, blocking everything from Goku's view except light. Then suddenly Goku felt a searing pain in his back as red fire exploded all around him. He cried out in pain as the fire ripped through his exposed flesh.
"Masenko!" cried Gohan from somewhere beside him. A loud explosion filled the air, and abruptly the pain in Goku's back subsided. He crawled to his feet and saw Gohan standing beside him. The boy had a lot of burns, but he appeared to be all right. The Demon was on his feet too. He had no scratches on him whatsoever.
"You aren't even hurt?" asked Goku, "What kind of creature are you?" The Demon merely smiled and shot his fire forth once again. The Saiyans dodged to either side, but suddenly the Demon was all around them, moving so fast that it looked like there were more than one of him. Both Gohan and Goku tried to punch the robed figure, but he was much too fast for them.
Gohan took a pair of chops to the head and went down into the sand and the Demon took the opportunity to lung at Goku. Unfortunately, the other fighter was only angered by his son's pain and was more than ready for the assault. He once again used his instant teleportation technique to appear behind the Demon. The thing whipped around, but Goku was already beside him. The Saiyan kicked the Demon in the face and when he punched back, Goku was already behind him again.
In this way, using a combination of the instant transmission and his own attacks, Goku scored dozens of blows to the Demon, but the thing barely even slowed his attack. Finally, Goku began to get exhausted, but it was Gohan who saved him again. A huge beam of blue energy slammed into the Demon's side when it was attacking. The energy blast sent him flying into the sphinx where he had been reborn from. As the beam faded, his screams could still be heard from within the depths of the stone building.
Gohan rushed to his father's side. He was in pretty bad shape. Burns covered all of his back and most of his lower body. Bruises and scratches littered all of his showing skin, which was a lot because his pants were ripped and torn, and one whole pant leg was missing.
"F-father!" cried Gohan, "Are you okay?"
"I will be, son," replied Goku hoarsely.
"No he won't," said a voice. Gohan whirled around. The Demon was still alive, standing perfectly fine at the entrance to the sphinx. Gohan stood protectively between him and Goku.
"Foolish boy," said the Demon, "What hope do you think you have against me?"
"It doesn't matter how much hope I have," replied Gohan, "I'll fight to protect my father for as long as I breathe!" The Demon smiled evilly.
"I wouldn't have it any other way," he replied. Red fire shot at Gohan, picking him up and throwing him backwards. The Demon laughed and approached Goku. He placed a foot on Goku's chest, causing him to cry out in pain. He felt at least one rib snap in two, and he cried out even louder.
"YES!!!!" cried the Demon, "Your agony gives us Demons power!!" Then he laughed horribly, and Goku passed out.
Gohan, who was just recovering from the fiery attack, stumbled forward toward the Demon.
"Stop it!" he cried, "Why are you doing this?" The Demon smiled.
"Because it's in my nature," he replied, "Demons thrive off power and fear, which is why I must take over the world! And you happen to be the only one standing in my way!" The Demon shot forward, hovering only inches from the ground. He punched Gohan in the face, and then kicked him in the ribs. The young Saiyan did not retaliate, so the Demon hesitated.
"Why aren't you fighting me, boy?" inquired the Demon.
"Why fight you when all you want is a challenge," replied Gohan, "I'm no challenge for you. . ." The Demon smiled.
"Well at least you have some smarts about you," he replied.
"Yet."
"What??" cried the Demon. Gohan smiled and began laughing. "What's so funny?" asked the Demon, very angered now.
"Well you see," said Gohan, "You shouldn't have made me mad. Every time I reach a certain amount of rage, I also reach a new level of power. Don't ask me why, I just do." He kept laughing. The Demon glared at him from beneath his hood.
"Bull," he snapped, "If you think you can increase you power, go right ahead and try!" Gohan smiled,
"Well, okay."
*****
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" cried Gohan at the top of his lungs. He was exhausted from extensive use of the Super Saiyan 2 mode and the many energy attacks he had been using, but he still managed to increase his power. The ground shook and cracked, even more violently than when Vegeta, Trunks or Goku powered up to their max power. A huge beam of silver light slammed down all around Gohan. It began to twist and turn like a tornado, and excess energy shot out in all directions.
Within the funnel, Gohan's power soared at an alarming rate, but suddenly the increase came to a halt. Gohan was surprised, but he could actually feel a barrier blocking his power. "What the heck?" thought Gohan, "This has never happened before." He tried to push through the barrier, but found he couldn't.
"Let me through!" cried Gohan to the barrier in his mind, "I need this power to save the earth!" Outside of the silver funnel, the Demon could hear Gohan shouting. He could also feel the boy's power growing rapidly. The barrier did not yield - it only seemed to grow stronger.
"What? Why can't I tap into this power?" wondered Gohan subconsciously. He thought about it for a moment, then the answer came to him. "Of course!" he cried, "There must be yet another level of Super Saiyan, but I can't reach it yet because this barrier is my human side blocking me! That's gotta be it!"
Gohan concentrated on the barrier, trying hard to break through it, but it still stood strong. "No!" cried Gohan, "Saiyans are stronger that humans, so I can break through this barrier - and I'm going to do that RIGHT NOW!!!" He pushed through the barrier with his mind, and it shattered instantly. Power welled up from somewhere inside him, and filled him with amazing strength.
Gohan's hair began to grow then. It grew longer and longer and silver light began to cover his entire body.
*****
Outside the silver light funnel, the Demon watched with growing fear as the young boy powered up to amazing heights. Whenever he thought the transformation was ending, the power merely shot upward yet again. Finally, he heard another cry, and the silver funnel expanded in all directions before disappearing. He was then standing before the strongest warrior he had ever faced.
Gohan's hair extended all the way down to his waist, but it was still spiky and golden. His muscles had increased in size, and they were much firmer and rounded now. His eyes had changed color as well. They were no longer black or green; they were blue. Silver lightning covered his body as well, but not in the same way as the blue lightning of Super Saiyan two, or the red lightning of Vegeta's powered up form. This lightning was thicker and brighter, and it seemed to come alive around him. This was the lightning of Super Saiyan 3.
"W-what is this new power??" asked the Demon. If he was trying to hold the fear from his voice, it did not show. Gohan did not respond. The Demon became blinded by rage and attacked Gohan, who merely stepped aside and stretched out his foot. The Demon tripped and fell, and then Gohan was upon him.
Blow after blow impacted the Demon, sending him deeper into the ground each time. Then suddenly, Gohan jumped back and the Demon was on his feet again. He charged Gohan and punched him in the face, then the ribs, then the abs. The young fighter cried out, but did not fall. The two fighters floated backwards.
"Well young one," said the Demon, "It appears that your new strength is almost equal to mine. Therefore, an extended battle would only be pointless. Instead, we shall settle this with energy, not physical attacks. The Demon shot his arms forward, and Gohan did the same. Golden fire exploded from the Demon, and silver fire exploded from Gohan as they fired their two most powerful attacks.
The fire beams smashed into each other with such force that the two fighters were propelled back from the impact. Gohan managed to keep shooting his fire, even through the impact. The golden fire mixed with the silver fire in the middle, creating a radiating effect of energy and fire at the focal point.
"Come on!" shouted Gohan, "With all this new power, I have to be stronger than him!" He called forth more power, bringing it into his fire. The silver fire exploded again, consuming the golden fire, and pushing it back toward the Demon. But he would not be defeated so easily, and the black- hearted fighter unleashed more power into his fire, driving Gohan's attack back toward him.
The young Saiyan threw all of the energy he could into his blast in an attempt to hold off the golden fire that tore relentlessly toward him. Again the silver fire flared and drove the golden fire back, and again the golden fire came back harder than ever.
"Don't you get it yet!?" yelled the Demon, "I have unlimited magical power! Unless yours is more than twice as strong as mine, you cannot win!" Gohan was shocked at how quickly he had forgotten the first Demon's words. He had said that their power came from another world; so using it did not tire the Demons out!
The Demon used the momentary distraction of Gohan's thoughts to unleash even more energy. The golden fire smashed forward with new force, shattering the silver fire like paper. The golden fire gathered into a beam, and ripped through the fire and into Gohan! Luckily, Gohan's hands were still outward, so he managed to catch the fire in them. The force of the blow sent his hands back to his chest, and he barely managed to stop the fire from completely incinerating his body. His arms burned with ferocious strain, but he still managed to fling the fire aside before collapsing to his knees.
"You may have managed to block my attack, but as you can see, I am still much too powerful for you," the Demon said as he approached Gohan, "Now its time for me to finish you off for good!" He raised an arm high in the air. It glowed with white light, then shifted form. It became a gigantic black lance that was bathed in golden fire.
"Goodbye, Gohan," said the Demon.
"No!" cried Gohan, "It can't end this way! Father. . . I've failed you, and the earth. . ." The Demon yelled, and pushed the lance downward toward Gohan, but it stopped about an inch from his face when a massive explosion smashed into the Demon's back. In surprise and confusion, he turned around to find his attacker, and Gohan saw his opportunity.
The young Saiyan warrior cupped his arms for the final time that day and gathered every single bit of energy he had from within him, but he also felt the energy of others close by. Not knowing how, he managed to summon so much energy that the heat actually burned his own hands. Biting back on the pain, he gathered all of his energy into a ball of pure power. The Demon turned back to him only a split second before the attack came, and had only that amount of time to realize what was about to happen.
"KAMEHAMEHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A massive blue beam of energy shot out at the Demon from Gohan's outstretched hands.
"NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" cried the Demon as the blast smashed into him and continued to fly out, holding him within the energy as wave after wave of power washed over him, tearing through his robes. Gohan watched intently through the energy as the Demon's true body was revealed. It was the most bizarre body he had ever seen - if you could even call it a body. The Demon was really just a shadow of darkness. Only his hands and feet were real, made that way for attack and defense purposes. His red eyes no longer glowed, for light from the beam illuminated his whole being.
The Kamehameha's energy began to eat away at the Demon's shadowy form, chipping away at him. Suddenly, the Demon's arms and legs snapped off like deadwood, and immediately disintegrated from existence. It took longer for his body to disintegrate, but it did only seconds later. The only thing that remained of the Demon was his eyes, which were surrounded by a small amount of remaining shadows.
Gohan was then out of all his energy and power, and collapsed to the ground. Standing before him were the three other Saiyans, who had managed to get to their feet finally. Gohan then understood that it was their energy that had been added to his own to destroy the Demon! He would have said something, but he did not have the strength to do so. His long golden hair shrank back to normal length, turned black, and the fire and lightning disappeared from around him.
The Demon's eyes floated down to the ground and rested before Gohan. Goku and the others gasped, but found they didn't have the strength to even assume a defensive stance.
"Don't worry," said the Demon, "I am dying, and I will not be harming Gohan." The others relaxed, but the Demon kept speaking.
"I will however, be using one last bit of magical power," he said, "I will use it to erase your memories of the battles for the past few weeks. You may have defeated me, but you never know of the power you have obtained, and therefore, not be able to use it against the next wave of enemies that threatens your planet. You know of course that every few years someone evil attacks the earth, and next time, they will defeat you!"
"What!?" cried Goku, "No!" The Demon laughed again.
"Yes!" he said, "Gohan has reached a new level of Super Saiyan, and with any luck, he will never be able to tap into it again! And as for you, Goku. . . in order for you to believe that you have never witnessed this, you'll have to wake up in the Other World."
"Oh no!" cried Gohan. Suddenly, the remains of the Demon glowed with red light, and Gohan felt his memory start to go hazy. He could not remember what had started the battle with the Demon, only that he had been fighting it. The last thing he saw before he forgot the whole scene was the Demon flying into Goku's chest and self destruct, sending them both into the Other World.
*****
Gohan awoke inside the hospital. He looked around the room, trying to figure out what he was doing there.
"Are you alright?" said a voice. Gohan turned to the female doctor who had just walked in the room.
"What happened?" asked Gohan, "Why am I here?"
"The ruins you were exploring on your school's field trip collapsed. You must have hit your head because you were in a coma for five weeks." She smiled reassuringly, then left the room.
Gohan leaned back on the bed. He thought he had been in a fight, but it must have been just a dream. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Author's Note: It's finally done!!! Honestly, I think the last couple of chapters might seem a little less interesting because I was running out of ideas, but I hope everyone liked the ending! I told you I'd make it so this fit into the show! Unfortunately, in the series, Gohan never goes SSJ3, so I thought it would be cool if he did in my story! =) So actually, the Demon kind of won because Gohan probably could have taken out Majin Buu if he had the same level of Super Saiyan as Goku did at the time. Or he could have killed Dabura. . . anyway, that's the end. I'll leave it up to you to decide who won this fight, the Demon or Gohan. Please review, and be honest, because I really value your opinions! This is Little Frost, signing off! =) =) =)