I'm Proud of you, Son
Ambrlyn, Witch in Training
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z belongs to Akira Toriyama. All I own is a frying pan (traded the washing machine) and a duck.
A/N:Well, it is once again time to set my nose to the grindstone and put out another chapter of a story that only one person consistently reviews. (Props to Saiyan Serpent) Well, I do it for me, not to be well loved, so I guess it's worth it.
Chapter 5: What Makes a Hero
The day had come. The fighters had arrived. Hercule and company already attempted to beat Cell. It was now time for Goku to step into the ring.
"Come on Dad! Beat him for the Earth!"
"Yeah Goku!"
Cell smirked as he dropped into a fighting stance. "Well, now that the circus clowns have quit trying to fight, I finally get a real opponent."
Goku took the same position as Cell. "Oh don't worry, you'll have a worthy opponent."
The two tytans of power took to the air, beginning one of Earth's most epic battles ever to be witnessed by man. After a devastating kamehameha, Cell's power (along with his body at one point) had been cut in half. However, so had Goku's.
"So, are you ready to give up yet, Goku?" Cell sneered. "You know you can't beat me. The Earth wants a real hero. And they get a Saiyan with a head wound. Why not just give it up?"
Goku looked up at Cell, his ebony eyes revealing he knew more than he let on. "You're right; I can't beat you. And the Earth does deserve..a true hero. So, Cell, do you think you could take on one more opponent?"
Cell laughed. "And which of these pitiful fighters do you have in mind? Piccolo, Trunks, Vegeta? Oh please, they don't stand a chance!"
"No Cell. The one you must fight is much stronger than they are," Goku said as he flew to the cliff the Z Warriors were standing on, "he just doesn't know it yet. That person is you, son." Goku had knelt down to Gohan's level in time to see his eyes bug out.
"Me? But Dad, why me? You're a lot stronger than I am. You just need to quit holding back!" Gohan stammered.
Goku smiled softly at his son. "Gohan, I was fighting Cell with all of my power. You only think I was holding back because you compared it to the power you feel inside of you. So why don't you go out there and win this one for me? Then we can all go home."
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Gohan and Cell had been fighting for quite some time. It looked as though Gohan had it in the bag, until Cell made copies of himself, sending them to attack the Z Warriors. Gohan snapped. He had ascended to the next level. Try as he might, Cell could not gain the upperhand.
"Why don't any of my punches hit you? I am the perfect warrior! I am flawless!!!" Cell powered up his body until it was 2 times its normal size. However, though he may have gained strength, Gohan was too fast for him.
After a series of attacks, Cell was on the ground, a spit-out 18 laying in front of him. As Cell detransformed from Perfect stage, his rage built. Through all the anger, he developed a plan.
Cell smiled grotesquely as he puffed his body up in size. "I will destroy this whole planet if I can't beat you!!!" Gohan and the others stared on in horrified amazement, nobody with any idea of how to stop this terrible foe. Well, maybe not noboby...
Goku's normally happy face suddenly had an expression of determined strategy. Trunks, who had stopped observing Cell when he felt Goku's ki change, was now staring at the warrior, trying to percieve the plan he knew Goku was formulating. Suddenly, it hit him. Goku had learned that Intsant Transmission so many years ago in space...
"Goku, I know what you're going to do!" Trunks yelled suddenly. "Listen to me! You can't do it! We can't wish you back! Think of Gohan! He needs a father, and if you..."
Goku cut him off. "I am thinking of Gohan, Trunks. That's why I'm doing this. I know Gohan needs a father, and that's why I have to go. What kind of a father would I be if I watched him, along with the rest of us, die? Trust me on this one, okay Trunks?"
Before Trunks could put in his protest, Goku teleported down to the battlefield. Gohan was on the ground when Goku arrived and put his hand on Cell. "Gohan, my son," Goku smiled at him, "I want you to know that I love you. Take care of your mother for me, okay? And I want you to remember something. No matter what you do, I'll always love you and watch over you. I'm proud of you, son." And those were the last words of the great hero we have all come to know as Son Goku, who gave his life for his son.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Years Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Short A/N: In this version, Cell dies w/o coming back and shooting Trunks in the heart, blah blah blah...Well, you get the idea)
It was a cool autumn morning. Gohan was going to get married to the girl of his dreams tomorrow. ChiChi was making him stay at home for one last night before she gave him away. It was going to be a sad, yet happy, day for Gohan, especially since ChiChi handed him a dusty, old package from the basement.
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHa! Cliffhanger time! Well, now that I've resumed my writing, (not to mention actually remembering I WAS an author) there should be one more chapter to this story, and then you can look out for a new, already almost finished, B/V story. (I know, I know, they're overdone, but bear wit me, k?) With that, I shall bid you all farewell. Please, please, please review! I'll give each reviewer a DBZ doll of their choice!
Ambrlyn, Witch in Training
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z belongs to Akira Toriyama. All I own is a frying pan (traded the washing machine) and a duck.
A/N:Well, it is once again time to set my nose to the grindstone and put out another chapter of a story that only one person consistently reviews. (Props to Saiyan Serpent) Well, I do it for me, not to be well loved, so I guess it's worth it.
Chapter 5: What Makes a Hero
The day had come. The fighters had arrived. Hercule and company already attempted to beat Cell. It was now time for Goku to step into the ring.
"Come on Dad! Beat him for the Earth!"
"Yeah Goku!"
Cell smirked as he dropped into a fighting stance. "Well, now that the circus clowns have quit trying to fight, I finally get a real opponent."
Goku took the same position as Cell. "Oh don't worry, you'll have a worthy opponent."
The two tytans of power took to the air, beginning one of Earth's most epic battles ever to be witnessed by man. After a devastating kamehameha, Cell's power (along with his body at one point) had been cut in half. However, so had Goku's.
"So, are you ready to give up yet, Goku?" Cell sneered. "You know you can't beat me. The Earth wants a real hero. And they get a Saiyan with a head wound. Why not just give it up?"
Goku looked up at Cell, his ebony eyes revealing he knew more than he let on. "You're right; I can't beat you. And the Earth does deserve..a true hero. So, Cell, do you think you could take on one more opponent?"
Cell laughed. "And which of these pitiful fighters do you have in mind? Piccolo, Trunks, Vegeta? Oh please, they don't stand a chance!"
"No Cell. The one you must fight is much stronger than they are," Goku said as he flew to the cliff the Z Warriors were standing on, "he just doesn't know it yet. That person is you, son." Goku had knelt down to Gohan's level in time to see his eyes bug out.
"Me? But Dad, why me? You're a lot stronger than I am. You just need to quit holding back!" Gohan stammered.
Goku smiled softly at his son. "Gohan, I was fighting Cell with all of my power. You only think I was holding back because you compared it to the power you feel inside of you. So why don't you go out there and win this one for me? Then we can all go home."
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Gohan and Cell had been fighting for quite some time. It looked as though Gohan had it in the bag, until Cell made copies of himself, sending them to attack the Z Warriors. Gohan snapped. He had ascended to the next level. Try as he might, Cell could not gain the upperhand.
"Why don't any of my punches hit you? I am the perfect warrior! I am flawless!!!" Cell powered up his body until it was 2 times its normal size. However, though he may have gained strength, Gohan was too fast for him.
After a series of attacks, Cell was on the ground, a spit-out 18 laying in front of him. As Cell detransformed from Perfect stage, his rage built. Through all the anger, he developed a plan.
Cell smiled grotesquely as he puffed his body up in size. "I will destroy this whole planet if I can't beat you!!!" Gohan and the others stared on in horrified amazement, nobody with any idea of how to stop this terrible foe. Well, maybe not noboby...
Goku's normally happy face suddenly had an expression of determined strategy. Trunks, who had stopped observing Cell when he felt Goku's ki change, was now staring at the warrior, trying to percieve the plan he knew Goku was formulating. Suddenly, it hit him. Goku had learned that Intsant Transmission so many years ago in space...
"Goku, I know what you're going to do!" Trunks yelled suddenly. "Listen to me! You can't do it! We can't wish you back! Think of Gohan! He needs a father, and if you..."
Goku cut him off. "I am thinking of Gohan, Trunks. That's why I'm doing this. I know Gohan needs a father, and that's why I have to go. What kind of a father would I be if I watched him, along with the rest of us, die? Trust me on this one, okay Trunks?"
Before Trunks could put in his protest, Goku teleported down to the battlefield. Gohan was on the ground when Goku arrived and put his hand on Cell. "Gohan, my son," Goku smiled at him, "I want you to know that I love you. Take care of your mother for me, okay? And I want you to remember something. No matter what you do, I'll always love you and watch over you. I'm proud of you, son." And those were the last words of the great hero we have all come to know as Son Goku, who gave his life for his son.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Years Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Short A/N: In this version, Cell dies w/o coming back and shooting Trunks in the heart, blah blah blah...Well, you get the idea)
It was a cool autumn morning. Gohan was going to get married to the girl of his dreams tomorrow. ChiChi was making him stay at home for one last night before she gave him away. It was going to be a sad, yet happy, day for Gohan, especially since ChiChi handed him a dusty, old package from the basement.
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHa! Cliffhanger time! Well, now that I've resumed my writing, (not to mention actually remembering I WAS an author) there should be one more chapter to this story, and then you can look out for a new, already almost finished, B/V story. (I know, I know, they're overdone, but bear wit me, k?) With that, I shall bid you all farewell. Please, please, please review! I'll give each reviewer a DBZ doll of their choice!