Hercule's gonna be no more after this chapter! I had promised you this chapter for weeks, but it is now finally up! Not only do you witness Hercule's death, you also get to find out what happened to Videl, and it's not pretty!

Chapter 5: A Champion's Demise

Hercule was working out in his gym, keeping up the reputation of 'Undisputed Champion of the World' by exercising on one of his many machines, when suddenly, the wall by the rowing machine exploded.

"What the- who are you people?" he exclaimed, puffing up his chest to look as fearsome as possible, as he tried to make out the figures standing within the clouds of dust.

The dust soon settled, and he shrank back when he saw 'the ones with the powers' (i.e. Goku and the rest of the Z fighters from the Cell Games).

"What do you want from me?" he squealed in a girlish, high-pitched manner.

The hippie with the tall blond hair and the orange uniform, Goku he thought his name was, stepped forward.

"We want to claim the respect that's rightfully my son's!" he said in a rather unforgiving tone.

"WHAT? You can't! People look up to me and see the man who defeated Cell! I can't give up my respect from the public! They won't believe that a scrawny little kid like yours could beat Cell!" he said, absolutely scared witless.

"Who says they wont?" shouted a voice from behind Goku. The one that shouted the remark stepped out from behind Goku and Hercule gulped as he saw the scowling face of Gohan. He recognised the kid as he had on the long cape, the blue outfit and the spiky blonde hair.

"What are you going to do?" Hercule asked with an anxious look on his face. Gohan lifted his hand up and powered up an energy ball in his palm.

"I'm going to end this charade of having to sit on the sidelines while you take full credit!" growled Gohan. "Say goodbye, Hercule!"

And with that, Gohan let rip with the energy beam and all Hercule could see was a blinding light heading straight for him.

"NOOOOOO!" he screamed, as he tried to duck out of the way, but it was too late.

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Hercule sat up quickly in his bed, sweat dripping off his face. He sighed with relief when he realised it was all just a dream.

'Thank God! I just hope they never hunt me down...' he thought as he padded over to the giant full-length window in the dark. He watched the thunder and lightening outside and was humming a quiet tune to himself when he heard his door click open and shut. He ceased his tune and turned away from the window.

"Videl?" he asked as he walked over to the door and opened it. Hercule looked out the door- the hallway was empty.

'Hmm... must have just been my imagination...' he thought as he closed the door. He was about to head back over to the window when he saw that a figure was standing in front of it, blocking out most of the light that shone in from the stars. Just then, lightening lit up the night sky and revealed Gohan standing there, glaring at Hercule with a glare that would frighten the Devil himself.

"Why are you in my house, kid? This is not the time to be asking for an autograph!" muttered Hercule.

"I don't want an autograph," said Gohan. "I want the respect that's rightfully mine!"

Hercule gasped, but then laughed out loud.

"Yeah right, kid! You're not the one that I saw fighting Cell! The boy had blond hair, not black hair! Don't kid me on!" he sniggered.

Gohan closed his eyes and clenched his fists as he powered up to SSJ2. The whole house shook as the young demi-Saiyan transformed, and Hercule cowered as he watched Gohan's hair spike backwards, upwards and change to a glowing golden blond. He also noticed that Gohan's eyes had changed from black to aquamarine. Once he had finished powering up, he scowled at Hercule.

"HOLY SHIT! It IS you!" shrieked Hercule, and he practically ripped the door off it's hinges and ran into the hallway. Gohan followed suit, and grabbed Hercule by the back of his robe.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked harshly.

"I don't fight kids, so I'm going to get my daughter to fight you!" he said, voice wavering, and ripping his robe in the process of freeing himself from Gohan's hold.

"Do what you like, Hercule. She won't do you any good..." he jeered. Hercule ran to Videl's room and kicked the door open.

"VIDEL! GET UP!" he screamed. Gohan leaned up against the doorframe with his arms and legs crossed as Hercule entered her room.

"Videl! get your ass out here, NOW!" Hercule yelled.

"Yeah! C'mon Videl, I'm waiting!" said Gohan in a sarcastic tone.

Hercule flicked on the light switch, and hunted the whole room for Videl. He couldn't see her anywhere. Hercule looked fiercely at Gohan, who had an 'innocent' look on his face.

"What have you done with my daughter?!?" he roared, clenching and unclenching his fists.

"What makes you think that 'I' did something?" asked Gohan, sniggering quietly. Hercule was about to go over and teach him a lesson when a drop of fluid landed on his forehead. He reached up and wiped the liquid off. Blood. Blood? He slowly looked towards the ceiling and almost threw up when he saw the sight before him.

He saw the mutilated body of Videl, and she was swathed and stapled to the ceiling by her bloodstained bed sheets, in the shape of a crucifix. Her arms were slashed and her throat had been ripped out.

"Oh my God! Videl!" howled Hercule, who was now a sobbing ball on the floor.

"She got what she deserved," said Gohan, walking into the middle of the room. "Anyone that gets in my way pays the price."

"You little bastard! I'll kill you!" he yelled, and he pulled out a gun that was hidden inside his robe.

"Just try it, big guy!" mocked Gohan.

So that's what Hercule did. He fired the gun so the bullet would go directly between Gohan's eyes but the demi-Saiyan was too quick. He caught the bullet between his thumb and forefinger and smirked evilly.

"Gotta do better than that, old man," he sneered.

Hercule fired every single last bullet in the gun, but Gohan dodged every one.

"Now it's my turn," said Gohan. He powered up a kamehameha and directed it towards Hercule, who couldn't get out of the way fast enough. It caught him and he and the beam shot through the wall and out into the night sky. Gohan walked over to the gaping hole in the wall and fired another kamehameha beam at the one Hercule was on. The two energies exploded and Hercule fell to Earth, taking on the look of ash bombs from a volcano, as the explosion tore him to pieces. Gohan was now satisfied. He got rid of the main people that had caused him grief, but if anyone else gave him any bother, he would not think twice about disposing them.

"They can't stop me, for I am the strongest being on the planet!" he said to himself, as he took off Bulma's working gloves, threw them into the air and blasted them till they were no more than ashes in the wind. He powered back down to his normal form and flew back to Capsule Corps., ready to go back to his bed in the guestroom and pretend that nothing had ever happened.

Well there you go. Hercule is gone. Cheers were coming from all of my friends as they absolutely hated his guts! Ooh, he is so shallow and he really is a coward, isn't he? I'm still spoilt for choice about who may cop it next, but something big and important may happen after the next chapter or two. You'll just have to wait and see.

Ja Ne!