AN: Ok this chapter is about Gohan. If you didn't know the ship he stole
was the same model as the one Goku took to Namek and Vegeta went thru space
to find Goku, so it technically is a GR that flies. We finally discover
the true identity of the shadowy figure! I think some of you will be
pleasantly surprised by this even though he acted a little OOC by
kidnapping Dende, but then if I feel like it you guys may also learn about
the REAL bad guy, but I don't know about that cause I still haven't named
him as of yet. But here I am anyway. Don't forget to review at the end!
SO ON WITH THE STORY
Chapter 12 Mysteries Unveiled
Gohan was training hard. He didn't know what to expect out of this battle, but he didn't want to risk it. He could still feel Dende's Ki, which meant that either whoever kidnapped him didn't know Gohan had told Lime everything, and gave her instructions to tell the others, or whoever it was didn't care because Gohan was already on his way. Gohan was hoping that the first was true, because that would mean that the kidnapper couldn't read minds. He began his trip by training under 200 times normal gravity (200 Gs) and had been increasing it by 50 Gs every hour for the past twenty four hours (AN: Yes I know that that is 1400 Gs but lets just say its possible for our hero with limitless power, I mean granted he's probably in Super Saiyan form to survive as it gets really high, so it works). The ship was on autopilot, where it was going exactly he wasn't too sure, but he knew it was well outside the known universe. The ship thankfully traveled much faster than the speed of light, otherwise he wouldn't get to his destination for a few millennia, instead of the twenty- five hours it was currently taking him.
Gohan was resting when he felt the ship land at it's predetermined destination. Gohan exited the ship and looked around. *This place gives me the creeps. I mean it looks like a barren wasteland, the only thing I can see is. THAT'S THE OTHER SHIP! * Gohan took off for the familiar shape in the distance. He arrived in only moments and saw Dende sitting outside the ship. Gohan attempted to reach him but was stopped in his tracks by a cloaked figure.
"If you want Dende you have to fight me." The figure stated calmly, pulling out a sword and pointing it at Gohan. (AN: I CAN"T WRITE FIGHT SCENES!! Ack, I know what you're all thinking "What the hell is she doing writing a fic based on a fighting soap opera if she can't write a long and pointless fight scene!" But lay off I've actually never tried it before so there :-P Suffer!) Gohan lunged and landed a punch in the figure's stomach. He dropped the sword to the ground in shock, Gohan was faster than he had expected, even in his normal form. Gohan landed a kick and sent the figure flying to the ground, but he never hit. He reappeared behind Gohan attempting a roundhouse kick to the head, but Gohan grabbed his leg and stopped the kick, he then powered up a Ki blast and released it right in the man's face. Gohan let go of his leg as he plummeted towards the ground and hit, face first, creating a large crater. He struggled to get up out of the crater and as he did so Gohan noticed that his hood had been disintegrated by the blast revealing his face.
"TRUNKS!?" Gohan screamed as he walked up to the man, his mouth hanging open in shock.
Trunks struggled to smile at Gohan's reaction, "The one and only, well maybe not since I'm in this timeline again. but yeah." He coughed and Gohan held out his hand to the man and helped him to his feet. Trunks dusted himself off and then looked up at Gohan smiling sheepishly. "Sorry Gohan, but I had to see how strong you were. And man, I really should have gone super, I never thought anyone who looks as wimpy as you could be that strong!" Trunks rubbed his stomach trying to lessen the pain.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TRUNKS!! Why on Earth did you kidnap Dende, and make me come after you ALONE, and prepare for a fight. I mean, no offense, but I really didn't need to train that hard to defeat YOU!"
"Wow Gohan, I feel so much more confident in my abilities now." Trunks stated rather sarcastically. "But I'm not the person you needed to prepare to fight."
"You're not the one who kidnapped Dende?"
"No. I did kidnap Dende. But I only did it so that you would come here so we could talk." Trunks gushed nervously eyeing Gohan, looking for any sign that the black haired boy was going to attack him once again.
"What are you talking about? What's going on Trunks?"
"He owes me an explanation as well Gohan." Gohan turned at this new voice and came face to face with Dende who, during the course of the conversation, had left the area around the ship and was now standing behind him, looking highly annoyed. "After I woke up he said that Earth was too dangerous right now and that we were going somewhere very important. But he wouldn't tell me what was going on, he said we had to wait for you to arrive." Gohan looked curiously back at Trunks. The lavender haired boy averted his eyes to the ground in shame and apparent sadness.
"Why don't we discuss this over some food. it could take a while." The group made their way back to the ship that Trunks' had stolen and Trunks placed food out for himself and Gohan, and gave Dende water to drink. He then flopped down on the seat and began to eat slowly.
"So what's going on Trunks? Why are you back and why did you kidnap Dende?" Gohan asked quietly, also eating slowly and in an unusually reserved manner.
"My world was destroyed."
"What!? How?" Gohan spit out, causing bits of food to fly in every direction. Trunks sighed heavily and slowly began his tale.
"For the past seven years we have slowly been rebuilding our world. The people relied heavily on mother and myself to help them. We used all the resources that Capsule Corps could muster and our world is almost entirely back to the way it was all those years ago before the androids appeared. They wanted mom and I to run things, but she said that she had no desire to become involved in politics and was plenty happy with being a "beautiful, reclusive genius", or so she put it. I promised them all that I would do everything in my power to protect them. but I failed, everyone is dead." Suddenly an alarm went off on the ship. "Oh man I thought I would have more time to explain. but it's too late now. Do you trust me Gohan?"
Gohan stared Trunks in the eyes for a few minutes, as if trying to see directly into his soul. Gohan frowned but nodded yes. Trunks sighed his relief before standing up and placing his sword over his shoulder. "We need to go, this is the battle that you were preparing for, I'll explain about our enemy on the way there. Dende you need to stay here, I don't want the Earth to suffer any more than it already has because its guardian is killed in such a seemingly pointless battle." Dende looked at the man confused but resigned the fact that Trunks was right, he would be of no help in a battle. The two demi Saiyans looked at each other before blasting off over the barren landscape of the desert-like planet.
AN: I know this chapter took me forever to post, and it's really short too. Until Christmas though my posts are going to be really slow, I apologize for this inconvenience. I do promise, however, that I will spend as much time as possible during my Christmas break working on this story and the updates will come at a much faster rate. Now that I'm done ranting on about my pointless life I'll get on with ordering you all to hit the little review button and send me a review for this story. Oh and go read the story "Troubles From the Past" by Stoked, he mentioned me in it!! I feel so loved now. the only thing that could increase my ecstasy is many, many reviews. PLEASE!!! :-D
Chapter 12 Mysteries Unveiled
Gohan was training hard. He didn't know what to expect out of this battle, but he didn't want to risk it. He could still feel Dende's Ki, which meant that either whoever kidnapped him didn't know Gohan had told Lime everything, and gave her instructions to tell the others, or whoever it was didn't care because Gohan was already on his way. Gohan was hoping that the first was true, because that would mean that the kidnapper couldn't read minds. He began his trip by training under 200 times normal gravity (200 Gs) and had been increasing it by 50 Gs every hour for the past twenty four hours (AN: Yes I know that that is 1400 Gs but lets just say its possible for our hero with limitless power, I mean granted he's probably in Super Saiyan form to survive as it gets really high, so it works). The ship was on autopilot, where it was going exactly he wasn't too sure, but he knew it was well outside the known universe. The ship thankfully traveled much faster than the speed of light, otherwise he wouldn't get to his destination for a few millennia, instead of the twenty- five hours it was currently taking him.
Gohan was resting when he felt the ship land at it's predetermined destination. Gohan exited the ship and looked around. *This place gives me the creeps. I mean it looks like a barren wasteland, the only thing I can see is. THAT'S THE OTHER SHIP! * Gohan took off for the familiar shape in the distance. He arrived in only moments and saw Dende sitting outside the ship. Gohan attempted to reach him but was stopped in his tracks by a cloaked figure.
"If you want Dende you have to fight me." The figure stated calmly, pulling out a sword and pointing it at Gohan. (AN: I CAN"T WRITE FIGHT SCENES!! Ack, I know what you're all thinking "What the hell is she doing writing a fic based on a fighting soap opera if she can't write a long and pointless fight scene!" But lay off I've actually never tried it before so there :-P Suffer!) Gohan lunged and landed a punch in the figure's stomach. He dropped the sword to the ground in shock, Gohan was faster than he had expected, even in his normal form. Gohan landed a kick and sent the figure flying to the ground, but he never hit. He reappeared behind Gohan attempting a roundhouse kick to the head, but Gohan grabbed his leg and stopped the kick, he then powered up a Ki blast and released it right in the man's face. Gohan let go of his leg as he plummeted towards the ground and hit, face first, creating a large crater. He struggled to get up out of the crater and as he did so Gohan noticed that his hood had been disintegrated by the blast revealing his face.
"TRUNKS!?" Gohan screamed as he walked up to the man, his mouth hanging open in shock.
Trunks struggled to smile at Gohan's reaction, "The one and only, well maybe not since I'm in this timeline again. but yeah." He coughed and Gohan held out his hand to the man and helped him to his feet. Trunks dusted himself off and then looked up at Gohan smiling sheepishly. "Sorry Gohan, but I had to see how strong you were. And man, I really should have gone super, I never thought anyone who looks as wimpy as you could be that strong!" Trunks rubbed his stomach trying to lessen the pain.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TRUNKS!! Why on Earth did you kidnap Dende, and make me come after you ALONE, and prepare for a fight. I mean, no offense, but I really didn't need to train that hard to defeat YOU!"
"Wow Gohan, I feel so much more confident in my abilities now." Trunks stated rather sarcastically. "But I'm not the person you needed to prepare to fight."
"You're not the one who kidnapped Dende?"
"No. I did kidnap Dende. But I only did it so that you would come here so we could talk." Trunks gushed nervously eyeing Gohan, looking for any sign that the black haired boy was going to attack him once again.
"What are you talking about? What's going on Trunks?"
"He owes me an explanation as well Gohan." Gohan turned at this new voice and came face to face with Dende who, during the course of the conversation, had left the area around the ship and was now standing behind him, looking highly annoyed. "After I woke up he said that Earth was too dangerous right now and that we were going somewhere very important. But he wouldn't tell me what was going on, he said we had to wait for you to arrive." Gohan looked curiously back at Trunks. The lavender haired boy averted his eyes to the ground in shame and apparent sadness.
"Why don't we discuss this over some food. it could take a while." The group made their way back to the ship that Trunks' had stolen and Trunks placed food out for himself and Gohan, and gave Dende water to drink. He then flopped down on the seat and began to eat slowly.
"So what's going on Trunks? Why are you back and why did you kidnap Dende?" Gohan asked quietly, also eating slowly and in an unusually reserved manner.
"My world was destroyed."
"What!? How?" Gohan spit out, causing bits of food to fly in every direction. Trunks sighed heavily and slowly began his tale.
"For the past seven years we have slowly been rebuilding our world. The people relied heavily on mother and myself to help them. We used all the resources that Capsule Corps could muster and our world is almost entirely back to the way it was all those years ago before the androids appeared. They wanted mom and I to run things, but she said that she had no desire to become involved in politics and was plenty happy with being a "beautiful, reclusive genius", or so she put it. I promised them all that I would do everything in my power to protect them. but I failed, everyone is dead." Suddenly an alarm went off on the ship. "Oh man I thought I would have more time to explain. but it's too late now. Do you trust me Gohan?"
Gohan stared Trunks in the eyes for a few minutes, as if trying to see directly into his soul. Gohan frowned but nodded yes. Trunks sighed his relief before standing up and placing his sword over his shoulder. "We need to go, this is the battle that you were preparing for, I'll explain about our enemy on the way there. Dende you need to stay here, I don't want the Earth to suffer any more than it already has because its guardian is killed in such a seemingly pointless battle." Dende looked at the man confused but resigned the fact that Trunks was right, he would be of no help in a battle. The two demi Saiyans looked at each other before blasting off over the barren landscape of the desert-like planet.
AN: I know this chapter took me forever to post, and it's really short too. Until Christmas though my posts are going to be really slow, I apologize for this inconvenience. I do promise, however, that I will spend as much time as possible during my Christmas break working on this story and the updates will come at a much faster rate. Now that I'm done ranting on about my pointless life I'll get on with ordering you all to hit the little review button and send me a review for this story. Oh and go read the story "Troubles From the Past" by Stoked, he mentioned me in it!! I feel so loved now. the only thing that could increase my ecstasy is many, many reviews. PLEASE!!! :-D