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Hero? Doubt it
Chapter 1 – A day in the life of Son Gohan
Written By RJ
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Disclaimer: Nup, don't own it…
Okie peoples, here's the next chapter, please review this one…I'm thinking that u didn't review the last chapter because it was only taken from the episode, so I'll give u an actual bit of the story…or maybe it's cause I suck at summaries…anyway, whatever it is…please review…
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It had been 4 years since the big fight with Cell (making Gohan 15), and that stupid moron, Hercule claiming victory, you would have thought that everyone wouldn't have believed that the stupid idiot would have beaten Cell, but apparently they all lapped it up, I guess that stupid humans believe anything you tell them. And everyone had moved on, except Gohan.
He still blamed himself for what happened, and no matter how much they said he shouldn't, and he felt that the other Z-fighters blamed him too, including his mom and Bulma.
Chichi had had Goten and he was 4 years old now, and really strong, and he was like a miniature clone of Goku, which sometimes served as a reminder for Gohan of how he failed his friends and family but usually provided him with good reminders, so they had a strong bond.
Gohan sat outside under a tree, in a ripped and ravaged gi, which was evidence of his harsh training, deep in thought. His long spiky hair was half falling out of the material that he'd ripped off one of his old shirts, that he'd roughly used to tie his hair back (Like what he had when he was younger, and in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber). Under the tree was his favourite place to sit, as it was the tree where he'd crashed through as a baby and it had lots of memories. He remembered when his father had told him about that day. It was so funny. He had lots of memories, not all of them good, but he held on to them tightly, so no one could take them away.
Gohan sighed, gone were those happy, carefree days that he used to have as a kid. Even though evil forces insisted on making their lives hell, he still had fun cause his dad was there. Now it was his fault that he was gone. It was his fault that everyone was so unhappy. And when Goku had said that he didn't want to come back, well it made it worse, for him and everyone else, which made him feel even guiltier.
With a sigh, the teenager made his way back to the house, he could hear his mother calling him to come in for lunch.
When he entered the house, the delicious smells of lunch wafted towards him. Gohan silently moved forward and took his seat at the round table.
Sitting across from him, was 4-year-old Goten, his little brother, in-between them on his right was his mother and on his left was an empty seat. He gazed at it sadly, that was his father's seat. It still seemed strange that he wasn't there, even after all these years.
Chichi studied her son sadly, gone was the happy boy they all knew and loved, and now there was a sad, lonely boy, who obviously blamed himself for his father's death. No matter how much they assured him that they didn't blame him, or that it wasn't his fault, he wouldn't believe them. He was always out training now, his studies were slipping, but that wasn't her biggest concern, he needed comforting, he needed something to get his mind off training and his father.
A small smile played on Chichi's face as an idea came to her.
'That's it!' she thought happily 'It's just what he needs!'
Goten's happy giggling broke into her thoughts and she quickly looked at him to see what he was giggling about.
Goten was holding a handful of spaghetti in one hand and the other was covered in tomato sauce.
Chichi looked over to Gohan, who was now covered with the spaghetti, with a very forlorn look on his face.
Stifling a laugh, Chichi handed Gohan a towel and helped him clean the spaghetti off his shirt.
Goten was giggling away from his seat across the table and it made Gohan smile. It seemed like the only thing that made Gohan happy these days was playing with Goten. Maybe because he was so much like Goku, but whatever it was, she was happy, because it meant that Gohan wasn't sad all the time, so she made sure that they spent a lot of time together.
Remembering her previous brainwave, Chichi turned to Gohan and said
"Hey Gohan,"
"Mm-hm?" Gohan replied
"I have an idea, would you like to start school? I think you should interact with some kids your own age and get your mind on other things other than training" Chichi said
"Whatever" Gohan said as if he couldn't care less about the whole idea, it was just another way to pass the time.
Chichi's brain was working overtime "I could enroll you at Orange Star High School and you'd be around kids your own age, and you could make some friends…"
Gohan tuned out after a while and excused himself from the table.
He was walking towards the door when he heard "Brrroooottthhheeerrrr!!!!!"
Gohan turned around to see little Goten following him towards the door.
"Hiya squirt, you wanna come with me?" Gohan said
Goten nodded eagerly. Gohan picked him up and walked outside.
"Can we fly?" Goten asked eagerly staring Gohan straight in the face.
"Why not?" Gohan said then took to the skies, flying towards his favourite place to train.
Gohan landed in the desert surrounded by rocks with a clear space in the middle.
The rocks had deep scars in them from Gohan's previous vigorous training exercises.
Gohan walked over to the side of the clearing and placed Goten on a flat rock.
"You stay there, okay?" he warned, he didn't want Goten to interfere in his training or get hurt either, for that matter.
"Okie Gohan, whatever you say" Goten said cheerfully and immediately searched his surroundings, finding a large beetle, which he picked up and proudly showed Gohan.
"Yeah, that's nice, you play with your beetle and stay here, I don't want to hurt you" Gohan warned Goten again and made his way into the middle of the clearing again and started his training.
Gohan started with his normal warm-up routine of punches and kicks before turning Super Saiyan and using an adapted form on Piccolo's split form technique to spar with himself.
The harsh training went on for hours, and when Gohan finally finished his training, tired and bruised, he went over to Goten's rock to find the boy fast asleep.
Gohan half smiled at Goten's sleeping form and yelled out "Nimbus!!!"
The soft fluffy cloud that we all know and love swooped out of the sky and appeared right in front of Gohan.
Gohan picked up the small sleeping form of Goten and placed him gently on Nimbus and instructed the cloud to take him back home.
Nimbus took off towards the Son house and instead of following them, Gohan decided to stay and do some extra training.
Gohan took to the air and flew off in search of his green friend, namely Piccolo.
He flew towards Piccolo's usual hangout and found him, he was floating above a flat rock, meditating.
Gohan landed in front of him and waited.
"Hello Gohan" Piccolo said, without even opening his eyes.
"Hi Piccolo, I was wondering if you wanted to spar with me," Gohan said, then quickly added "But if you're too busy, I understand, I'll go"
Piccolo opened one eye and looked at Gohan, amused.
Gohan smiled and took to the air, with Piccolo following close behind and they both assumed a fighting stance, each waiting for the other to make the first move.
Gohan rushed forward towards Piccolo and aimed a punch at him, which he dodged, as he was expecting, and he countered with a kick. Piccolo phased out, dodging the kick and he reappeared behind Gohan and was about to land a punch on his head when Gohan phased out and reappeared in front of Piccolo about 5 feet away, facing him. They started usual routine of punches and dodges, then stopped and flew back to starting positions a few metres away from each other.
Piccolo gave a small smirk and him and Gohan charged towards each other. Gohan faked a left and hit Piccolo with a right.
Piccolo made a comeback and sent a punch Gohan's way, but Gohan caught his fist. Piccolo aimed a high kick towards Gohan's head, which meant that Gohan had to let go of his fist if he wanted to block the kick.
Gohan did as Piccolo had hoped and released his grip on his hand and blocked the kick. Gohan saw the satisfied smile on Piccolo's face and knew that he'd played straight into his hands.
The fight was taken down to the ground where they were exchanging punches and kicks, Piccolo aimed a punch at Gohan, who dodged it by bending over and doing a back flip. He pushed himself away from the ground with his hands and rose into the air. He arced in the air and came down behind Piccolo, where he hit him from behind.
Piccolo turned around quickly and went on attack again, and the spar carried on for about half an hour more, then they both agreed to stop.
"You've improved, kid" Piccolo said, pride evident in his voice.
"Well, I would hope so, I've been training hard" Gohan said "And I really must go now, mom will be serving dinner soon"
Gohan turned around and took off into the distance towards his house, leaving his first teacher, standing there, worrying about him, just like the rest of the Z-fighters.
Gohan took his time going back home, dinner wouldn't be ready for a while yet, but he wanted to avoid awkward conversation at all costs.
He stopped and hovered over the stream where he and his father used to go fishing.
Seeing a fishtail flick above the water with his sharp Saiyan eyesight, he spontaneously decided to go fishing.
Gohan dived straight towards the water, where he'd last seen the fishtail.
He hardly made a splash as he entered the water and he used his ki to push him along underwater so he wouldn't frighten the fish.
Spying a large fish downstream a bit, Gohan 'swam' towards the fish, reaching for the tail as he got closer.
As his hand closed around the tail, the surprised fish started thrashing around, but Gohan flew out of the water, high into the air, bringing the fish with him.
The fish soon stopped thrashing and Gohan flew back home, drying himself with his ki on the way.
Chichi was in the kitchen, staring out the window, deep in thought, about Gohan, as usual. She really wanted to help him, and let him know that no one blamed him, but he wouldn't take it from her, or any of the other Z-fighters. She and Bulma had been trying for ages to convince him, but he wouldn't see it their way.
She broke out of her thoughts when she saw her son land outside, a huge fish in his hand.
'Well, that's one problem solved, we'll have fish for dinner' she thought as she went outside to greet her son.
"Hey Gohan" she said
"Hi Mom, I got you a fish," Gohan said, holding out the fish for her
"Thanks son" she said, taking the fish and walked inside, Gohan following behind her.
Chichi went to the kitchen and Gohan went to his bedroom.
"Brother!" Goten exclaimed as Gohan walked into the room
"Hiya squirt" Gohan said
Goten put his hands on his hips and pouted "I'm not a squirt!" (Can u imagine that, it'd be so cute!)
Gohan smiled and held his hands up in mock surrender "Okay, okay, you're not a squirt, Goten"
Goten smiled the ever famous Son Grin "That's better!" he said cheerfully and returned his attention to the toys scattered all over the floor of their bedroom.
Gohan sat down on the bed and watched his little brother play. It was so peaceful, he was so innocent. If only he'd known Goku, they would have got on really well. Goku was really just a kid at heart.
"Boys!!! Dinner!!!" Chichi's voice rang through the Son house.
Goten dropped his toy, and with an eager look on his face, ran out to the table. Gohan followed behind.
At the table the two demi-Saiyans proceeded to satisfy their huge Saiyan appetite, by eating everything edible in sight.
Dinner was soon finished and Gohan and Goten washed the dishes while Chichi went to relax.
Goten was standing on a low stool so he could reach the sink, and he was washing the dishes and handing them to Gohan who dried them using his ki.
After their chores were done, the two boys went into the lounge and joined Chichi, who was watching TV.
They watched TV for about half an hour, then Gohan stood up and was about to leave the room.
"Hey Gohan" Chichi said, Gohan turned around and stood in the doorway.
"I enrolled you at Orange Star High School, you start tomorrow, so you'll need to get up early"
Gohan nodded and made his way to his bedroom and retrieved his photo album.
He sat down on his bed and looked at the cover of the album. He carefully and very solemnly opened the cover and looked at the first page.
A single photo covered the whole page. It was of him when he was a baby. Chichi was sitting on a chair, holding him and Goku was standing behind her and he had one hand protectively on Chichi's shoulder and the other tickling baby Gohan.
Gohan smiled and carefully turned the page.
There were two pictures on this page. One of Goku and Gohan at the first Z-fighter reunion, before Gohan had been kidnapped and Goku had been killed for the first time.
The other was another family photo.
As he went on in the album, looking at each of the familiar photos, Goku as a child, Chichi as a child, family pictures, pictures of Goten, and countless others of the Z-fighters at their reunions and other things like that.
Gohan closed the book and placed his hand on the back cover sadly. These were such joyful memories, when he looked at each of the photos, he felt closer to his dad.
He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes. He eventually fell into a peaceful sleep.
Goku was training hard in the Otherworld, for King Kai, so he could compete in the upcoming Otherworld tournament. King Kai had told him that he had excellent chances of winning, but still, he made him train.
He trained hard every day for the tournament and so he could get stronger. After all, it's a natural Saiyan tendency to want to become stronger.
Goku's thoughts drifted to his family, to Gohan in particular. He'd heard that Gohan'd been very depressed lately and he didn't take Goku's death too well.
'Maybe it's time to talk to him' Goku thought 'I'll ask King Kai to open a link later on'
Later that night, Gohan woke up suddenly. He'd been having another nightmare about the Cell Games. He used to get them heaps, but not so much anymore, which surprised him.
Sighing quietly, he silently pushed back his blankets, momentarily looking at the sleeping form of Goten in the bed next to him, before exiting the house.
Gohan went down to his favourite spot, the tree, and just sat there, deep in thought.
He knew that he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep again, or for a while at least, so he might as well sit down and think.
About five minutes later, Gohan rose from his seat under the tree and was about to walk back towards the house when he heard it. A voice that he knew and loved. A voice that he had not heard for so long that he was almost beginning to forget how it sounded.
"Hey son, how's it going?" the ever cheerful voice of Goku filled the night sky around Gohan.
"Dad?"
"Who else?" Goku said, and laughed "How's life on earth"
"Well, it's pretty boring, I still wish you had come back" Gohan said, with sadness evident in his voice.
"Well, you know why I didn't" Goku said, his voice turning serious "Besides, it's great up here, King Kai is training me real well and I've improved heaps" he added in his cheerful voice again
"Yeah, whatever" Gohan mumbled "I'm starting school tomorrow"
"Really? Cool, that should be fun, you'll be able to be friends with people your own age"
"Yeah, that's what mom said, but I just wanna train"
"Yeah, but training isn't everything, your studies are important too" Goku said
"Wow! Now you really sound like her! All this time in the Otherworld must be messing with your brain" Gohan said
Goku laughed "Not really, I've just been around Chichi for too long"
Gohan laughed, his father's laugh was contagious, he could make anyone laugh.
"Well, I better go now, King Kai's complaining that I'm holding up the line" he heard King Kai snigger over the connection at his little joke.
"I'll be in touch soon, son" Goku said, a little more seriously
"Thanks Dad, goodnight"
"G'night Gohan" Goku said, and suddenly, he was gone.
The vibrant night air was now dark and still once again.
Gohan walked slowly back to the house, a mixture of feelings tugging at his heart.
"I love you, Dad," he said softly, looking back at the spot where they'd talked.
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Author's Notes: Okie, how was that??? Please review, comments, one worders, constructive criticism, advice, I accept them all…and I did put a lot of time and effort into this story…look, it's not even that hard to press the button in the corner…go on…I DARE YOU!!!!! And I promise the next chapters will get better…