Gohan and Goku had been training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for almost
three months now and Gohan still hadn't said much anything to him. He had
set the training schedule though. As soon as they woke up, Gohan and Goku
spent around an hour or so meditating, much to Goku dismay, then they ate a
light breakfast. After breakfast they did some warm up moves, practicing
technique and control. Then, they had another light snack and began
sparring. They sparred for most of the day until their stomachs wouldn't
allow them to continue until they had something to eat. Gohan and Goku had
a hearty dinner, meditated, and went to bed.
One night, Gohan couldn't sleep. He sat up in bed and pretended to meditate. Gohan was in fact, mulling over the bit of memories that he had in the Before Time, as he called it. He heard Goku walk up to him, but pretended not to notice.
"I know you're not meditating for real Gohan." Goku said, "You're power usually changes slightly when you meditate, it hasn't." Gohan opened one eye and looked at Goku.
"My Kami, it can reason." He said scathingly. Goku was baffled at the insult.
"Yea, I know I can reason. Gohan, why aren't you talking to me? I'm really sorry about what I said at the restaurant, can't we just forget about it though?" He pleaded. That, of course, only enraged Gohan more, but, as usual, he refused to show it. Showing emotions isn't exactly his strong suit, not with Vegeta the closest thing he had to father.
"No Goku, we can't forget about it. You don't even know what you're saying sorry for, and if you do know, it's only because someone pointed it out to you. You could never even begin to understand, therefore it would be easy for you to forget about it. You should just drop the subject while you're still only slightly behind." Goku sighed and went back over to his bad, to leave the 11 year old to himself.
/Who does he think he is?/ Gohan mused to himself, /Goku shouldn't even be thinking about acting fatherly right now. The bastard died in front of my eyes, then comes back to life, insults me about how much I remember and then asks me to forget about it?! We'll see who can forget about it when Freiza comes. Perhaps I should ally myself with Cell, at least he wouldn't judge me, Hell he may even be a better person then these idiots that have surrounded me./ Gohan suddenly felt very weary, he seemed to have just enough strength left in him to lay down on the bed and fall into a deep, deep slumber.
Gohan was standing, not sitting on a grassy field. It was a nice sunny day in the summer, the flowers were in full boom and busy bees and butterflies almost seemed to float on the warm air. Gohan himself wasn't clad in his customary armor, no, he was dressed in a yellow and green outfit with orange trimming, and he was also wearing a hat with an orange glass ball that had four stars in it on his head. Next to him lay a man in a red training outfit, it was his father.
"Hey, Squirt, what do you say to staying out tonight to watch the stars?" Goku asked good-naturedly, Gohan looked up at him.
"But Mommy said that we aren't allowed outside after dark, remember?" Goku's smile dimmed slightly.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Hey, I have an idea, why don't we go and visit some of Daddy's friends. We can ride on the Nimbus Cloud." Gohan sat straight up and grinned widely.
"Really Daddy, can we ride on the Nimbus?"
"Of course we can. Nimbus!" Goku called out to the sky. In a matter of seconds, a yellow cloud darted out of the sky and waited patiently for Goku and Gohan to board.
"Nimbus, take us to Master Roshi's place, alright?" He said as the cloud sped off. Gohan couldn't suppress a laugh as they flew. He was loving every moment of this, riding on his fathers shoulder, the wind in his face, it was so quiet up here, not even the sounds of the cities below could penetrate the silence and tranquility of the nimbus's flight. Gohan begun to the wind take his cap off, before it got to far away, Goku grabbed it and placed the hat back on Gohan's head.
"There you go Kiddo, we don't want to lose that hat now, do we?" Gohan shook his head. Soon, they reached Roshi's island, they jumped off of the cloud to be greeted by a group of people, a large group by Gohan's shy standards; he hid behind his father's legs when they piled out of the hut.
Then, in a flash, Freiza descended upon the happy crowd and killed everyone, laughing wildly as he did so. The dead bodies of Roshi, Goku, Krillen, Tien, and all the others lay at Gohan feet. Each one of them seemed to have died in a different way, Krillen was decapitated, Tien was burned to death by the way he looked, Roshi looked like he had been drowned, and Goku had the unforgettable hole in his chest where his heart should've been that was given to him the day he died for the first time.
"No, Daddy, DADDY!!" He yelled as he went to try to wake his father us, "Come on Daddy, wake up, Mommy's just made a big dinner with all your favorite foods, why won't you wake up?" Gohan was the only one left, he looked up at Freiza; fear in his eyes and in his heart as Freiza picked the small demi-Saiyian up by his tail.
"You got away from me didn't you, ya little monkey. Landing that pod on Earth was quiet a good trick, I didn't pick up your life signal for at least a day or so, but now you and all the people on this wretched plant are going to pay the price, with their lives." Gohan felt all of the strength drain out of him through his tail until he wasn't even able to move his eyes to look around. He felt a sharp pain in his forehead and then a sea of darkness swallowed him up.
Gohan shot up in his bed with a small cry. He heard Goku yell as he did so. Gohan looked around him to see that he was still in the time chamber, not in Freiza's grasp, then he looked at Goku, who's face showed a mixture of concern, pride, and awe.
"Gohan, I had no idea that you could do that." He said quietly. Gohan himself looked in the mirror, his now shoulder length hair golden and standing on end, his eyes an icy blue. With a small groan, Gohan powered back down to normal.
/Damn it, that dream must have scared me more then I thought./ He thought to himself as he turned back to Goku.
"Gohan, what's wrong, you were moaning in your sleep and when I came to look, you were crying as well."
"It was nothing Goku, nothing at all. Just go back to sleep, alright?" Goku looked at him suspiciously before nodding and going back to sleep. In no time at all, Goku was snoring like a jackhammer. Gohan on the other hand, wasn't able sleep for a while. He took out an outfit that was by far to small for him out of his armor suit. It was yellow and green, with orange trimming. It was the outfit that his mother made for him, and the one he was wearing when he was kidnapped by his uncle. With the outfit cradled in his arms, he fell back asleep, this time, a peaceful one that wasn't plagued by dreams.
One night, Gohan couldn't sleep. He sat up in bed and pretended to meditate. Gohan was in fact, mulling over the bit of memories that he had in the Before Time, as he called it. He heard Goku walk up to him, but pretended not to notice.
"I know you're not meditating for real Gohan." Goku said, "You're power usually changes slightly when you meditate, it hasn't." Gohan opened one eye and looked at Goku.
"My Kami, it can reason." He said scathingly. Goku was baffled at the insult.
"Yea, I know I can reason. Gohan, why aren't you talking to me? I'm really sorry about what I said at the restaurant, can't we just forget about it though?" He pleaded. That, of course, only enraged Gohan more, but, as usual, he refused to show it. Showing emotions isn't exactly his strong suit, not with Vegeta the closest thing he had to father.
"No Goku, we can't forget about it. You don't even know what you're saying sorry for, and if you do know, it's only because someone pointed it out to you. You could never even begin to understand, therefore it would be easy for you to forget about it. You should just drop the subject while you're still only slightly behind." Goku sighed and went back over to his bad, to leave the 11 year old to himself.
/Who does he think he is?/ Gohan mused to himself, /Goku shouldn't even be thinking about acting fatherly right now. The bastard died in front of my eyes, then comes back to life, insults me about how much I remember and then asks me to forget about it?! We'll see who can forget about it when Freiza comes. Perhaps I should ally myself with Cell, at least he wouldn't judge me, Hell he may even be a better person then these idiots that have surrounded me./ Gohan suddenly felt very weary, he seemed to have just enough strength left in him to lay down on the bed and fall into a deep, deep slumber.
Gohan was standing, not sitting on a grassy field. It was a nice sunny day in the summer, the flowers were in full boom and busy bees and butterflies almost seemed to float on the warm air. Gohan himself wasn't clad in his customary armor, no, he was dressed in a yellow and green outfit with orange trimming, and he was also wearing a hat with an orange glass ball that had four stars in it on his head. Next to him lay a man in a red training outfit, it was his father.
"Hey, Squirt, what do you say to staying out tonight to watch the stars?" Goku asked good-naturedly, Gohan looked up at him.
"But Mommy said that we aren't allowed outside after dark, remember?" Goku's smile dimmed slightly.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Hey, I have an idea, why don't we go and visit some of Daddy's friends. We can ride on the Nimbus Cloud." Gohan sat straight up and grinned widely.
"Really Daddy, can we ride on the Nimbus?"
"Of course we can. Nimbus!" Goku called out to the sky. In a matter of seconds, a yellow cloud darted out of the sky and waited patiently for Goku and Gohan to board.
"Nimbus, take us to Master Roshi's place, alright?" He said as the cloud sped off. Gohan couldn't suppress a laugh as they flew. He was loving every moment of this, riding on his fathers shoulder, the wind in his face, it was so quiet up here, not even the sounds of the cities below could penetrate the silence and tranquility of the nimbus's flight. Gohan begun to the wind take his cap off, before it got to far away, Goku grabbed it and placed the hat back on Gohan's head.
"There you go Kiddo, we don't want to lose that hat now, do we?" Gohan shook his head. Soon, they reached Roshi's island, they jumped off of the cloud to be greeted by a group of people, a large group by Gohan's shy standards; he hid behind his father's legs when they piled out of the hut.
Then, in a flash, Freiza descended upon the happy crowd and killed everyone, laughing wildly as he did so. The dead bodies of Roshi, Goku, Krillen, Tien, and all the others lay at Gohan feet. Each one of them seemed to have died in a different way, Krillen was decapitated, Tien was burned to death by the way he looked, Roshi looked like he had been drowned, and Goku had the unforgettable hole in his chest where his heart should've been that was given to him the day he died for the first time.
"No, Daddy, DADDY!!" He yelled as he went to try to wake his father us, "Come on Daddy, wake up, Mommy's just made a big dinner with all your favorite foods, why won't you wake up?" Gohan was the only one left, he looked up at Freiza; fear in his eyes and in his heart as Freiza picked the small demi-Saiyian up by his tail.
"You got away from me didn't you, ya little monkey. Landing that pod on Earth was quiet a good trick, I didn't pick up your life signal for at least a day or so, but now you and all the people on this wretched plant are going to pay the price, with their lives." Gohan felt all of the strength drain out of him through his tail until he wasn't even able to move his eyes to look around. He felt a sharp pain in his forehead and then a sea of darkness swallowed him up.
Gohan shot up in his bed with a small cry. He heard Goku yell as he did so. Gohan looked around him to see that he was still in the time chamber, not in Freiza's grasp, then he looked at Goku, who's face showed a mixture of concern, pride, and awe.
"Gohan, I had no idea that you could do that." He said quietly. Gohan himself looked in the mirror, his now shoulder length hair golden and standing on end, his eyes an icy blue. With a small groan, Gohan powered back down to normal.
/Damn it, that dream must have scared me more then I thought./ He thought to himself as he turned back to Goku.
"Gohan, what's wrong, you were moaning in your sleep and when I came to look, you were crying as well."
"It was nothing Goku, nothing at all. Just go back to sleep, alright?" Goku looked at him suspiciously before nodding and going back to sleep. In no time at all, Goku was snoring like a jackhammer. Gohan on the other hand, wasn't able sleep for a while. He took out an outfit that was by far to small for him out of his armor suit. It was yellow and green, with orange trimming. It was the outfit that his mother made for him, and the one he was wearing when he was kidnapped by his uncle. With the outfit cradled in his arms, he fell back asleep, this time, a peaceful one that wasn't plagued by dreams.