Note: After some thought, I decided this chapter would tell what happens during the seven years between the defeat of Cell and entering High School.
Disclaimer: Me own something?? HA! I don't even own the clothes on my back! My parents do until I'm 18 years old I hear…..
Due to my very unpolished writing skills, there will undoubtedly be some OOC moments in this story, and all I can say is I'm sorry!! Also, I will try to work on details, but no promises. I'm not good with fight saeans, so they will probably be a bit under described. Just, uh… use your imagination!
Story updates will most likely take place on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays. Sorry about that, but those are the only days I can find the time to update. Besides, it gives me 4 or more days to write. Be patient!
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" The sound pierced the peaceful, starry countryside. Gohan turned over in his sleep and sighed.
"Jeeze, not again! Doesn't Goten EVER sleep? If that little brat keeps this up, I'm gonna blast him into Kami knows what time zone! Great, this lack of sleep is making me sound like Vegeta!" He glanced over at the clock. "1 AM, at lest tonight he let me sleep later." He jumped out of bed and jogged down the hall, 'How much longer is he going to keep this up? He's one and a half years old already and STILL can't get through the night without crying!' Gohan entered Goten's room and walked over to the crib, praying silently that Goten was just hungry, and not the diaper again. 'Thank Kami, its NOT the diaper. Heh, well if nothing else his appetent proves he's a saiyan, last time he went through 8 gallons of milk… 2 more and he'll break my record. Eh, oh well.' He calmly walked over to the large refrigerator, complements of Bulma, and pulled out the "special" saiyan baby bottle. A self-refilling bottle hooked up to a pumping mechanism, constantly adding more milk to the bottle as needed. Bulma had invented it for Trunks, and gladly built another one for Chi Chi, seeing as she knew exactly what the Son's were going through keeping a half-saiyan well fed. While Goten happily gulped down the milk, Gohan stared down at the younger Son, 'He looks exactly like dad… eats like him too, but then again, I suppose I do too. I pray to Kami that he gets to have the childhood that I was denied. And he will be happy, I'll see to that personally.' After about another half an hour, Goten finished drinking his milk, and gurgling happily, fell back to sleep. Gohan watched him sleep, and slowly, turned and returned to bed.
~TWO YEARS LATER~
(Four years post-Cell)
"Come on brat! Give me your best shot!" Vegeta yelled. The mini-war in Gravity Chamber B [1] raged on with no end in site. Gohan launched off the opposite wall towards the "prince." Vegeta blocked and sent Gohan a kick that sent him spiraling down towards the floor. "Is that the best you can do? And you dare call yourself a saiyan! You couldn't ki blast the broad side of a barn! Hell, maybe that weakling "the Almighty Hercule" is stronger than you! He's been saying for four years that he could have defeated Cell if he had given the chance! [2] In fact, didn't I hear about him winning the 24th Tenkaichi Budokai? He keeps calling himself the "World's Strongest Man." I'd suggest you beat some sense into him if it wasn't for the fact you'd get your ass kicked, you lowly thir…" A bright flash filled the room…
"I'M NOT A WEAKELING!!" Gohan screeched, and the next thing Vegeta knew, he was flying through the floor, and into a crater 20 feet deep. As the smoke cleared, Vegeta got a good look at Gohan.
'What the… My Kami…" The person floating before him looked like Gohan, but in a way didn't! His hair had grown, and reached down his back, nearly to his waist. He had no discernible eyebrows that could be seen, and his skull had taken on an almost Neanderthal appearance. And to top it all off, a brown, furry tail lashed angrily behind him. "Super Saiyan level three…" [3] 'NO, NO, NO, NO!!! NOT AGAIN!! THAT BLASTED SPAWN OF KAKAROTT HAS SURPASSED ME AGAIN!! It never ends! I refuse to live my life constantly in that family's shadow!! One day, mark my words, I, Vegeta Prince of all Saiyans, will surpass this brat, and his entire family!'
"Weak enough for you Vegeta?" snarled Gohan.
"And then some, it would seem. Our training session is over for today brat, but one day I will defeat you." Vegeta stormed out of the chamber, watched closely by a fairly confused Gohan.
'What's his problem? Isn't Vegeta ever in a good mood? Oh well.' Without thinking to power down, Gohan entered the main building of the Capsule Corp. to get a snack before going home. He stooped short of his destination, however when he saw his reflection in a hall mirror. "What on Earth? So THAT'S what Vegeta was so mad about! I knew there had to be another level above #2…" He noticed something moving behind him, and quickly turned and grabbed it. "YEEOUCH!!!! What the hell? A tail??!! My tail!!! It grew back!! WOOHOO!! That's probably why I was about to break the barrier, and reach level 3; both dad AND Vegeta always said it was a source of power. This time, no matter what mom says, I'm keeping it. Its not like there's a moon anymore, so I'm safe from that…" He powered down, and still smugly smiling, went to get that snack…
~THREE YEARS LATER~
(Seven years post-Cell)
It was a beautiful summer day, clear blue skies, scattered fully white clouds, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and Gohan was buried in a mountain of books. 'Is it just me or is ma assigning more work than usual? Granted I had been getting all of my work done before 1:30 PM every day, but this is just ridicules. Its like she's trying to get as much work done as possible. Strange, but it didn't work, its only 3 o'clock!' "Finished." Shoving the books aside, he stood, stretched, and calmly walked downstairs to inform Chi Chi. "Mom? Where are you?"
"Gohan! Don't tell me your finished already!!" 'Shoot, I thought that would keep him busy till dinner… I'm not ready to tell him… I know, he can't say no to that.'
"Ya mom, all finished. I'll be heading out to do some extra training if you don't mind. Unless you want to check over my work first…"
"Of course not dear. Why don't you take Goten out to train with you while you're at it? Kami knows I need a break from al his antics. If he brings one more animal into this house, I'm gonna hit him good with my frying pan!"
"MOMMY, MOMMY!! LOOKEY WHAT I FOUND!!" Goten came barreling into the room, and striate into Gohan's back, sending them both sprawling to the floor. In a wide arch the lizard Goten was carrying went through the air, and right onto Chi Chi's face.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! WAIT UNTILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU SON GOTEN!"
Gohan quickly jumped up and grabbed the lizard, and his brother. "Come on squirt, lets go train before ma kills ya." Before she could even react, the two were out the door and out of site.
"Oh Kami, those two will be the death of me…" She turned around, and started cooking the food needed to feed the two bottomless pits when they got back.
WOOSH! Two black streaks raced through the forests, and over the hills. "So squirt, just exactly how much training have you done anyway? You've never told me."
"Well… I fight with Trunks every time he comes to visit, or when I go with you to his house! It's really fun too! We even play tricks on Bulma! This one time, me and Trunks, we went into the lab and hid all her tools, and covered the room with Silly-string! Her eyes got REALLY wide, and her face got REALLY red, and there was this one big vein on her forehead! Then we…"
"I get the idea squirt!" Gohan chuckled, "So I take it your pretty strong, if you're able to fight with Trunks. Vegeta trains him on my off days ya know. So lets see exactly what you got. Ah, this looks like a good spot." They stopped in a desert area, rattled with canyons and boulders. "Aright, you up for a spar Goten?"
"YA!" 'This is so COOL! I never get to spar with Gohan! I'm not going to hold back, I wanna see how well I can do against him.' Goten grinned from ear to ear. They were at it in a blink of an eye. Fist to fist, kick for kick.
'I'm impressed! Didn't think he was this strong. Better turn it up a notch.' In a bright flash, Gohan went super, sending Goten flying backward just from the energy released. "Woops, sorry squirt. Didn't mean to send you back like that. Maybe I should hold back more if you're not ready…" Gohan was stopped mid-sentence as Goten flashed gold, causing a VERY stunned Gohan to fall backwards onto the ground. "Wah? Goten! You're a… You're a…"
"I'ma what Gohan? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Go..Go..Goten! You're a Super Saiyan!!"
"I am?" Goten pulled some of his hair down in front of his eyes to see. "WOAH! COOL! I'M A SUPER SAIYAN! I'M A SUPER SAIYAN! I'M A SUPER SAIYAN!"
"Calm down squirt! Easy boy. Tell me, can Trunks do that too?"
"Can Trunks do what?" inquired Goten grinning up at his brother with the famous grin his family seemed to all have.
"Can Trunks become a Super Saiyan too?"
"He said he could, but I never saw him do it. But if I can do it, he can too! He's stronger than me."
'Kami, what is up with this generation?' "Well, since you're a Super Saiyan now, I finally have a good reason to convince mom into letting me teach you how to fly. Heck if it wasn't for me and Trunks, you wouldn't even know what a spar was!"[4]
"YAY! I get to fly!! Teach me! Teach me!"
"Tomorrow." Goten's face fell. "Besides, we don't have enough time today, its getting dark, and I hear mom calling us."
"Wadda ya mean? I don't hear nothi…."
"GOHAN! GOTEN!! GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT AND EAT YOU DINNER BEFORE IT GETS COLD!" They didn't need any further encouragement, and were off back to the house to fill their empty bellies.
Aright, sorry it took so long to get this one posted, but sadly, school comes first. Or so my mom and dad say. Anyway "Next time of Dragonball Z! Chi Chi finally gets to talk to Gohan about going to school! How will Gohan take it, will he bow to his mother's wishes, or kill off the student body? To find out, keep reading! Seeya!
[1] In the show, Bulma has time to fix the chamber each time Vegeta breaks it, but that's with just ONE Super Saiyan around. In this fic Gohan is over there training all the time, so she built 2 more Gravity Chambers, A – C. This way when one breaks down, they can continue training while the specially built army of robots work round-the-clock to fix the broken one(s).
[2] Did your REALLY think that just because the world doesn't bow at his feet for defeating Cell, that Hercule's ego would be any smaller? Please! The world could only be that lucky. Don't worry though. I'm thinking about how to get him good. Smiles evilly
[3] If Goku can go ss3 in the show due to the fact he didn't stop training, then in my opinion, Gohan can too. After all, when Goku died Gohan was stronger then him, so it would only be natural that Gohan could break the ss3 barrier. BTW, I'm going to let Gohan keep his tail. There is no moon after all.
[4] With Gohan still training, Chi Chi decided to TRY and keep Goten from fighting, but with Gohan, and especially Trunks, around Chi Chi wasn't able to hold back Goten's saiyan fighting need. Oh well, too bad Chi Chi!