G'day peoples!!! This story is about Gohan's life after Goku dies, he takes his death worse than what he did on the series. It's kinda angsty, but it gets better later on…
Okies, I was gonna wait until I've finished writing this story b4 I posted it, but my curiosity got the better of me and I really wanna see what you guys think of it, the 1st chapter is about when Gohan kills Cell, but from the next chapter, it goes quite off the rails and different from the actual series…well I won't spoil it for you now, you'll hafta see…
Disclaimer: Don't own DBZ…but like always, I wish I did…along with the other millions out there who could do with extra pocket money…
I stared at him. He stared at me.
I couldn't believe that he was back, the evil monster that killed my dad, because of my stupidity, and now had killed Trunks, was back, staring me in the face.
I felt uncontrollable anger, yet I felt so weak with fatigue. I had thought this nightmare was over, but instead it was back, with a vengeance.
What could I do? I was on the verge of giving up, that's when I heard it.
"Not giving up yet are you, Gohan?"
That sounded like Dad. I looked around for the source of the voice, but couldn't find it.
"Dad? Is that you? Where are you?" I asked
"I'm talking to you via King Kai" he said simply "You can't be giving up yet can you?"
"I can't do it," I said, hating admitting my weakness, but it was the truth, I didn't think that I could do it.
"That doesn't sound like the Gohan I know" Goku said, with a smile evident in his voice "The Gohan I know wouldn't give up"
"But I don't know what to do" I said, almost collapsing from fatigue and despair of losing my father again.
I could hear Cell in the background taunting me and teasing me about talking to myself.
"You have to trust yourself. Charge up the biggest Kamehameha that you can, and trust yourself, you have to get rid of Cell, no one else can do it, only you can"
"I'll try," I said, gritting my teeth and I started to concentrate all my energy, every single bit of energy that was left in my worn out body.
I could see the others on the sidelines staring at me in disbelief, wondering what I was doing, but they knew that I was their only hope, I had to live up to their expectations.
I could see Cell looking at me in amazement as well, he thought I had nothing left in me. I almost didn't, but he had to pay for what he did to my friends and family.
KAAAAA……
Cell's expression changed to a smirk as he realised what I was about to do, he was too cocky. He would pay.
MEEEEE……
Cell started gathering his energy for his own attack, probably a Kamehameha as well. I blocked out all other distractions and concentrated on getting every single last bit of energy I possessed.
HAAAAA……
I brought my right hand back, my left one was hanging uselessly by my side, and I formed a ki ball in it, pushing all my energy out into my hand.
MEEEEE……
Cell copied my stance, and attack, like a mirror image of me except he had a cocky smirk playing on his face. I ignored him and cleared my mind, preparing to throw my attack.
HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I threw the attack with all the power I possessed, and Cell released his at the same time. They met in the middle and there was a tremendous clash of power in-between us.
Seconds were passing like hours and I was getting so tired. Cell was pouring heaps of energy into his attack. The others decided to help me out and they were doing their own attacks on Cell, but their attempts were futile, he was just using his energy to push them away.
Anger surged through me, he was hurting my friends again!
I pushed more energy into the attack, and for a few seconds, I was winning again, but it didn't last for long.
"Come on Gohan, use every bit of energy you have! Don't hold back because you're scared that you'll blow up the earth! Remember what Cell has done to everyone" Goku coached me from above.
I gritted my teeth.
"I'm trying!!!" I yelled
Suddenly, I felt his presence all around me and it fueled me on, making my attack more powerful.
Vegeta saw this opportunity and he attacked Cell with his strongest attack, which distracted him enough for me to make mine larger.
"NOW GOHAN!!!" Dad yelled
I pushed all my anger and energy out into the Kamehameha. All my anger at innocent people, including my dad and Trunks, being killed, all my despair, at losing my dad again, all my extra energy which I was holding back to try and save the earth from being blown up, I gave it everything I had.
My Kamehameha grew huge, bigger than I'd ever seen any ki attack before.
It rushed towards Cell, who wasn't ready for it and it swallowed him up, and disintegrated him. Every single little cell in his being. This time for sure.
When I saw that he was finally gone, fatigue overtook me and I dropped out of Super Saiyan and collapsed to the ground, panting hard. Finally, the nightmare was over, and it wouldn't come back.
But Dad was dead. And he couldn't come back. He'd already been wished back once.
Sadness tore at my heart. I even contemplated killed myself too, so I could be with him, but in a moment of rational thinking, I remembered my mom. She'd be devastated.
So as I lay there, on the cold, hard ground, I silently promised my mom that I'd always be there for her, and I'd train harder than ever before, because the enemies could only get stronger, and if they were anything like Cell, I'd have a huge job on my hands. And I promised my dad that I'd find a way to get him back, even if it meant travelling to New Namek myself, I was going to bring him back.
And no matter what happened, I was going to keep these promises.
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Author's Notes: Well, this is the end of the first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. This is the only chapter that's written in 1st person, all the others are in 3rd, but I thought that it was better starting it this way.
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