Ahahahaha!!! By the time I put this up, the SOLs should be over and I,
saiyagal, shall have passed the 8th grade!!!
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Oh, hehe, I'm sorry, I'm just really
relieved. Actually, they've been pretty easy – there wasn't even an essay
to write at the end of the English SOL! The votes stand as thus:
Gohan/Videl: 4
Gohan/Bra: 2
Trunks/Pan: 2
Goten/Bra: 1
Goten/Trunks: 1
Gohan/Future Trunks: 1
Goten/Marron
Okay, now that I'm done ranting…the next chapter! One way to put it would be…Gohan is having too good a time, so I've got to screw it up. Goku explains what he meant by his outburst last time and our favorite demi saiyan figures out something really important that will change the course of this story. Now, on with the show!!!
Disclaimer: Damn, I still don't own DBZ.
Ch 4: "It Starts."
Gohan stepped between Goku and Vegeta mainly to keep the prince from tearing out Goku's throat. "As Krillin said, what's going on here?" he asked in that calm way that shows his extreme annoyance.
"I mean," Goku replied, "that you've been here for less than a day and already you see what Vegeta has been ignoring for the past three weeks."
"He always was the best at sensing that sort of thing," Piccolo said.
Gohan's face had gone the pale white of old porridge. "Three weeks? Are you sure?" he whispered.
Everyone looked surprised. "Yeah…?" Goku answered.
The younger saiyan shook his head slowly, as a horrible expression crossed his face, a mixture of hatred, sorrow, and terror. Apparently Hera knew what was bothering him, for she had an identical look on her face.
"Deia!" she whispered. "It can't…he can't be…!"
"Check. Now!" Gohan snapped. She ran up the ramp onto the ship and out of site.
"Gohan…?" Krillin asked tentatively.
He jumped slightly at being addressed and stared around at all of them for a moment. Then he cried, "I shouldn't have come back. Not yet. Now you're in danger too! Damn it!" He, too, ran onto the ship, leaving the Z Warriors very confused.
The twins stared after him, with grave looks on their young faces. Vegeta turned to them. "What's going on?" he asked them, glaring for all he was worth.
Apollo glared straight back at him. "Shut up, prince," he snapped angrily. "Look beyond your petty life and for just one moment, look at what my father has been through! At the age of 11, he went through an ordeal he should never have been made to face, and cam out of it with his life still there but his heart gone! Then he left the only place he'd ever known and went through a year of wandering aimlessly about the galaxy, trying to find his worth, because he sure as hell didn't believe in himself!"
A stunned silence followed his heated speech. Athena laid her hand on her brother's shoulder. "Calm down, brother," she murmured. "Father will explain to them."
Goku walked up to them. "Um…excuse me?"
Athena gazed up at him. "You are our grandfather, are you not?"
"I-yes, I am."
She smiled suddenly. "Dad has told us about you. If I didn't know better, I'd think you're a god for all the good you've done in your past."
Before he could answer, Hera came back out. Sorrow seemed etched into the lines of her face, in the dark of her eyes. "The King of the Saiyan Republic, the great Ratiz of Vegeta, is dead."
Athena broke down silently, and Apollo supported his twin and stared back at his mother, tears running down his face at the news.
"His son, Prince Cyram, comes to Gohan of Bardock to learn, then to rule," she continued dully. "But there is a problem. The saiyan people – a group of extremists who hated the crown – took advantage of this and revolted. They have taken the prince and are now on their way here, to kill Gohan…and his family."
"No…" whispered Apollo. "Why Father?"
Hera came foreword and her children fell into her embrace. "Because your father was a very well-known associate with the royal family, the revolutionaries know he will never go along with it. They want to kill him before he kills them." She looked at Goku. "Gohan has always trusted you. Please, go to him now."
"I…alright," he agreed. He entered the ship and the hatch closed behind him. He started wandering around the ship and was starting to have second doubts when a bright yellow arrow appeared in his head, pointing to the nearest door.
"Ooookay," he muttered. "Follow the yellow brick road, then."
He opened the door. There Gohan sat, apparently training with his mind, meditating. Looking around, Goku realized that it was a gravity chamber. "Um…Gohan?"
Gohan opened his eyes and set his feet on the ground. "Yes, Dad?"
"Um…what just happened?"
He could see the shadows of pain enter his son's eyes, but the younger saiyan answered quite calmly. "The King was my dear friend. His death causes me much pain, but even more is the fact that the people – the people he always loved and lived for – disrupted the planet and became killers. The saiyans under Ratiz, you see, were not like the saiyans under Vegeta. Now they live for the chance to see the next day, for the chance to see nature at its best.
"Saiyans were bad, but I believe the revolutionaries are worse. A good number of them are super saiyans, and the rest are close to the barrier. All of them are after me and anyone connected to me, which means they will destroy this planet in their search for me. I must leave."
"No!"
"What do you mean, no? I can't let anything happen to you."
"The same to you! Losing you after finding you would be worse then dying with you!"
Silence, in which Gohan stared at his abdomant father. "But…why?"
"Why?! Gohan, you're my son! I'd never leave you in the rain like that!"
Again, silence.
"Well…" Gohan whispered. "If you feel that strongly about helping me…"
"Of course I do!"
The demi saiyan grinned. "Fine. Let's do it!"
Onto chapter 4!
Next chapter: A group of the revolutionaries show up and they've got Prince Cyram! But what's this…their leader wants Gohan and Gohan alone? Hey, do these two have a history? Of course!!! Read this, review, and read the next chapter whenever I put it up! -saiyagal
Gohan/Videl: 4
Gohan/Bra: 2
Trunks/Pan: 2
Goten/Bra: 1
Goten/Trunks: 1
Gohan/Future Trunks: 1
Goten/Marron
Okay, now that I'm done ranting…the next chapter! One way to put it would be…Gohan is having too good a time, so I've got to screw it up. Goku explains what he meant by his outburst last time and our favorite demi saiyan figures out something really important that will change the course of this story. Now, on with the show!!!
Disclaimer: Damn, I still don't own DBZ.
Ch 4: "It Starts."
Gohan stepped between Goku and Vegeta mainly to keep the prince from tearing out Goku's throat. "As Krillin said, what's going on here?" he asked in that calm way that shows his extreme annoyance.
"I mean," Goku replied, "that you've been here for less than a day and already you see what Vegeta has been ignoring for the past three weeks."
"He always was the best at sensing that sort of thing," Piccolo said.
Gohan's face had gone the pale white of old porridge. "Three weeks? Are you sure?" he whispered.
Everyone looked surprised. "Yeah…?" Goku answered.
The younger saiyan shook his head slowly, as a horrible expression crossed his face, a mixture of hatred, sorrow, and terror. Apparently Hera knew what was bothering him, for she had an identical look on her face.
"Deia!" she whispered. "It can't…he can't be…!"
"Check. Now!" Gohan snapped. She ran up the ramp onto the ship and out of site.
"Gohan…?" Krillin asked tentatively.
He jumped slightly at being addressed and stared around at all of them for a moment. Then he cried, "I shouldn't have come back. Not yet. Now you're in danger too! Damn it!" He, too, ran onto the ship, leaving the Z Warriors very confused.
The twins stared after him, with grave looks on their young faces. Vegeta turned to them. "What's going on?" he asked them, glaring for all he was worth.
Apollo glared straight back at him. "Shut up, prince," he snapped angrily. "Look beyond your petty life and for just one moment, look at what my father has been through! At the age of 11, he went through an ordeal he should never have been made to face, and cam out of it with his life still there but his heart gone! Then he left the only place he'd ever known and went through a year of wandering aimlessly about the galaxy, trying to find his worth, because he sure as hell didn't believe in himself!"
A stunned silence followed his heated speech. Athena laid her hand on her brother's shoulder. "Calm down, brother," she murmured. "Father will explain to them."
Goku walked up to them. "Um…excuse me?"
Athena gazed up at him. "You are our grandfather, are you not?"
"I-yes, I am."
She smiled suddenly. "Dad has told us about you. If I didn't know better, I'd think you're a god for all the good you've done in your past."
Before he could answer, Hera came back out. Sorrow seemed etched into the lines of her face, in the dark of her eyes. "The King of the Saiyan Republic, the great Ratiz of Vegeta, is dead."
Athena broke down silently, and Apollo supported his twin and stared back at his mother, tears running down his face at the news.
"His son, Prince Cyram, comes to Gohan of Bardock to learn, then to rule," she continued dully. "But there is a problem. The saiyan people – a group of extremists who hated the crown – took advantage of this and revolted. They have taken the prince and are now on their way here, to kill Gohan…and his family."
"No…" whispered Apollo. "Why Father?"
Hera came foreword and her children fell into her embrace. "Because your father was a very well-known associate with the royal family, the revolutionaries know he will never go along with it. They want to kill him before he kills them." She looked at Goku. "Gohan has always trusted you. Please, go to him now."
"I…alright," he agreed. He entered the ship and the hatch closed behind him. He started wandering around the ship and was starting to have second doubts when a bright yellow arrow appeared in his head, pointing to the nearest door.
"Ooookay," he muttered. "Follow the yellow brick road, then."
He opened the door. There Gohan sat, apparently training with his mind, meditating. Looking around, Goku realized that it was a gravity chamber. "Um…Gohan?"
Gohan opened his eyes and set his feet on the ground. "Yes, Dad?"
"Um…what just happened?"
He could see the shadows of pain enter his son's eyes, but the younger saiyan answered quite calmly. "The King was my dear friend. His death causes me much pain, but even more is the fact that the people – the people he always loved and lived for – disrupted the planet and became killers. The saiyans under Ratiz, you see, were not like the saiyans under Vegeta. Now they live for the chance to see the next day, for the chance to see nature at its best.
"Saiyans were bad, but I believe the revolutionaries are worse. A good number of them are super saiyans, and the rest are close to the barrier. All of them are after me and anyone connected to me, which means they will destroy this planet in their search for me. I must leave."
"No!"
"What do you mean, no? I can't let anything happen to you."
"The same to you! Losing you after finding you would be worse then dying with you!"
Silence, in which Gohan stared at his abdomant father. "But…why?"
"Why?! Gohan, you're my son! I'd never leave you in the rain like that!"
Again, silence.
"Well…" Gohan whispered. "If you feel that strongly about helping me…"
"Of course I do!"
The demi saiyan grinned. "Fine. Let's do it!"
Onto chapter 4!
Next chapter: A group of the revolutionaries show up and they've got Prince Cyram! But what's this…their leader wants Gohan and Gohan alone? Hey, do these two have a history? Of course!!! Read this, review, and read the next chapter whenever I put it up! -saiyagal