Unexpected Fate
Chapter 23
Karis: What's little CMG thinking about? Her boyfriend?
CMG: (blushes) You are so crazy. We're not a couple anymore!
Scrix: (laughs) Or so you think.
CMG: Forget it. I don't own Dragon Ball Z. I only own Scrix, Karis, and Infr. Now let's not talk about my boy-I mean ex, please!
Karis: Got you!
CMG: (runs off to find a gun)
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Piccolo was staring at Gohan as his tears flowed up the edges of his eyes due to the golden power that surrounded him. It was a tense moment as Piccolo shuttered. Bardock was still unconscious; the blow that Piccolo delivered earlier due to him changing fate accidentally.
Gohan on the other hand was feeling angry and sad. Anger towards his trainer, best friend, and the fact that he had hurt his grandfather moments ago. Sadness for his father and grandfather for having to suffer for the things they themselves didn't deserve to suffer from.
"Why?" said Gohan, trying to fight for control of his transformation as Piccolo gasped.
"Gohan," said Piccolo quietly. "What have you done? Why have you transformed because of my anger?"
"You hurt my grandfather and my daddy told me that we couldn't fight! Not now," said Gohan as his hair started to waver.
"No Gohan!" yelled Piccolo before Gohan started to attack him with fury. Punch after punch, Gohan managed to hit the Namek easily as Piccolo took Gohan's punishment, unable to fight back at all.
"Gohan!" cried a voice as a hand caught Gohan's fist. There standing in front of Gohan, maxed out at Super Saiya-jin and breathing hard was Goku. "Stop this at once!"
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Bardock wasn't sure what happened first. The fact that he was knocked out cold or the fact that he found himself on the cliff near the battlefield where he last was when his son died against the monster. He looked around as he saw his son pinned underneath a smaller version of the monster.
'What madness is this?' thought Bardock before his thoughts were drawn away by a small clanking noise on the ground. (A/N: Guess when this takes place? Ah, heck with it. You'll know soon enough, unless you never seen the episode: The Children of Cell Attack or whatever it was called in the dubbed version.) 'Huh?'
"What?!" said the monster's voice as Bardock saw the head of the decapitated 16 roll upon the battlefield between Gohan and Cell.
"Gohan, let it go," said 16 as Gohan gasped.
'That's Gohan?!' thought Bardock as he angrily remembered Infr's words.
***"Gohan's emotions are very strong and he'll be the only one strong enough to ascend when the time is right."***
"I know how you feel," said 16 as he continued. "You don't need to hold it in anymore. There are those like Cell that words won't be able to reach."
"Ewww..." said the monster known as Cell as he starts to walk towards 16's head. "It's so nice of you to help 16, but I rather do this my way."
'What does that monster think he's doing?!' thought Bardock as he continues to watch the whole thing unfold. 'No. He wouldn't-!'
"Drop your restraints and protect the nature that I love," said 16 as Bardock felt himself tense up. "Just, let it go..."
Suddenly, Cell steps on 16's head as Gohan and Bardock both gasp. Bardock got angry even more as he watched his grandson just staring at the damaged done and the life that was killed before his eyes. Bardock was speechless as he was haunted by images of the past where he killed thousands ruthlessly. Cell only killed one though and he felt angry with him for doing it.
"Yet another life, you could have saved," said Cell with a smirk on his face.
'Somehow, Gohan seems a bit shocked,' thought Bardock as he watched his grandson quietly for a few more seconds. 'What now? Is it over? Has my grandson lost?'
Before Bardock could look away, he was scared half to death when he heard his grandson's cry echo from the valley below as the dust flew and the aura around his body grew. His hair stuck straight up as Bardock gasped.
'He's the boy from the vision I had 2 1/2 years ago!' thought Bardock as he looked at his grandson for the last time before the vision ended.
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Bardock started to come to as his grandson shook him awake. No sooner did he open his eyes that he noticed his grandson was in his normal Super Saiya-jin form. No ascended form. No spiky hair. No anger. Behind him out cold was Goku.
"What happened?" said Bardock. "How did you..."
"I just began practicing holding this form after I came close to striking Piccolo down," said Gohan. "He got me so angry that I he left to Kami's a few hours ago to fuse with him. Dad managed to stop me from delivering the final blow, but passed out afterwards and has been like that since."
"What?!" said Bardock in shock. "Dam nit!"
"I woke you up so that we can stop the androids before it's too late," said Gohan.
"What about your Super Saiya-jin form?" said Bardock.
"Don't worry," said Gohan. "I've gained control of this form, so I should be able to help you out in the battle we're about to go into. Mom's worried though, so we better hurry!"
"Right," said Bardock as they leave. Before he left, he turned to see his son. "Kakarot, you better get better."
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When the Z-Fighters (A/N: Minus Goku for his disabilities and Piccolo for some business with Kami and I don't mean any Yaoi, folks! Plus, Vegeta's sulking and Trunks is hanging out in a cave by himself.) got to Hope City, they saw the two androids running a muck. The two androids were pleased.
"Well, well," said 17 as he looks at Gohan. "It seems the little brat managed to live."
"Hey, Goku's here too," said 18 as she smirks. "Now we can finish our mission."
'I really hate it when people think I'm Kakarot,' thought Bardock as he shifts into his fighting stance.
"That's not Goku," said 16.
"What do you mean?" said 17.
"Yeah 16," said 18. "What gives?"
"If you guys would scan him, it's not Goku," said 16. "His energy is off and also, he seems a bit more aggressive."
"Aggressive?" said 18.
"How observant," said Bardock. "So, are you two ready to receive some payback?"
"If you want," said 17. "I want the brat that took out my stomach though."
"Fine," said Bardock as he flies at 18 with an upper cut to her jaw.
"Not bad," said 18. "But I'm just getting started!"
18 knocks Bardock into a large skyscraper through some windows, showering glass on the streets below as people fled in horror screaming. Bardock flew out as the blast from 18 blew up the skyscraper and killed hundreds of lives. Bardock transformed into a Super Saiya-jin and he tries to deliver some punches and kicks at 18 with no avail.
"You are pathic, whoever you are," said 18.
"My name is Bardock, bitch," said Bardock. "I'm Goku's father and your end."
"Oh really?" said 18. "Vegeta said that to me too before he got his arm broken. Pity."
"I'll make you pay for the Saiya-jin race!" yelled Bardock as he slammed his fist into 18's ribs, but she didn't jerk back.
"Nice, but it's my turn, old fart," said 18 as she slaps Bardock in the face, sending him into the ground and making a huge crater in the ground. He was unconscious, no longer a Super Saiya-jin as 18 charged a finishing blast at Bardock's unconscious body.
"Grandfather!" cried Gohan transforming into a Super Saiya-jin as he flies at 18 and tries to attack her. However, 17 got in the way. Tien manages to stop 18 from finishing off Bardock momentarily.
"No way I'll let you hurt my sister the same way you hurt me," said 17 as he kicks Gohan in the back. Gohan goes flying and stops before he hits the mountain by kicking off backwards and manages to strike 17 with a right hook to his chin. Growling, 17 manage to strike Gohan down as he reverts to normal.
Tien was in the meantime fighting against 18 again. He manages to land several kicks and punches without any blocking from 18 as she goes flying. However, 18 gets pissed off and rabbit punches Tien from behind. Krillin, the only fighter left was cowering behind a rock.
"Hmph. So much for that," said 17. "Huh?"
Suddenly, Cell appears as Krillin freaks. With barely any time to escape, 17 gets absorbed by Cell and he powers up to his second stage. Bardock comes to as 16 tries to fight against Cell, but gets a portion of his head blown off as 18 screams.
"No!" cried Bardock as he goes Super Saiya-jin and flies at Cell. "You two run away! I'll kill you later!"
"You are a fool," said 18. "But thank you. Come on 16."
"Right," said 16 as they both fly off.
"I ran into your friend," said Cell. "His name was Piccolo, wasn't it?"
"What in the hell did you do to him?" said Bardock as he looked at the tail.
"Oh, don't worry," said Cell. "I managed to let him live, for now. However, I won't spare him next time."
"Bastard," said Bardock as Cell's tail stabs him in the gut.
"Who are you to call me a bastard?" said Cell. "I thought you were Goku."
"Idiot," said Bardock in pain. "I am not Kakarot. I am his father, Bardock."
"I see," said Cell as he started to suck the life force out of Bardock. "In any case, I'll soon have a Saiya-jin within my perfect being."
"Not if I can help it!" said a voice as a sword cut off Cell's tail.
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CMG: Ah, the joys of suspense! And I'm replacing a chapter that I knew wasn't a good idea to write in the first place. Don't worry. I plan on writing another A/U fic later on, so I'll keep that idea as a back-up story in future reference.
Scrix: I'm glad you did. Because, I would have given you a slow and painful death.
CMG: (cringes) Until next time, keep reviewing. Give me 50+ reviews and maybe I'll make the chapters a bit less suspenseful and bit more exciting and longer!
