Chapter 2: Self-Doubt
Gohan turned toward where he thought the owner of the voice would appear, and was surprised when it was 2 people, one of them was himself as a child(referred to as Child Ghost), and the other was a mirror image of himself(referred to as Teen Ghost).
"What is the meaning of this?" Gohan questioned.
The child version of himself spoke up, "What does it matter? All you will do is give up when we let you go back to the fight."
Gohan was hurt by the fact that this child version of himself was speaking the truth.
Next the Teen Ghost spoke up, "All you are going to do is let everyone down again just like all of the other times. If it weren't for your father holding your hand and protecting you all of your life, then you would never have lived this long."
Gohan was on the verge of breaking down after hearing the Ghost-like versions of himself.
"But how was I supposed to be able to stop what was happening back then? I was only a child." Gohan tried to defend himself with.
"Then what is your excuse now? You are the same now as you were then, its just that now you are the only one left to protect your family now that your Dad is gone." The Teen Ghost said.
Gohan was getting angrier as each of the ghost's took turns pointing out all of the times when Gohan had failed everyone that had been counting on him. Gohan could feel his ki rising at a rapid rate and was about to turn Super Saiyan when he realized that the Old Kai said he shouldn't be able to get that powerful anymore.
The two Ghost's turned and looked at Gohan as they watch him flicked between his normal form and his Super form. The Ghost's whispered to each other, "Just a little more."
It was then that the Teen Ghost found the one thing that would push Gohan over the edge, "You'll never be able to protect anyone, not even your precious Videl."
"That's It" Gohan shouted as he let all of his anger flow out. He felt himself reach levels of power that he had never even imagined. First he went to his Ascended state, but it didn't stop there. All of the pain and suffering at the thought of never seeing Videl again, and never being able to see his first child, caused his to go past his Ascended State into Super Saiyan Three.
As Gohan was powering up the Ghost versions of himself slowly flicked in and out of existence, until they had completely disappeared. The next thing Gohan knew was he was back in his normal form, and the little girl from the beginning of this experience was back.
"That's it Gohan now you will be able to destroy Buu" she told him, "are you ready to go back?"
Gohan looked her in the eyes, it was then that the girl saw how determined he was to stop Buu. "Yes, I'm ready to go back, but first I would like to know what the last part of this was about."
"They were your self-doubt. You had held on to them for so long, and let them hold you back because of all of your fears and doubts, that they had been split into two halves."
"Then where did they go?" Gohan asked.
"Now that you are determined to protect your family, and more importantly Videl. They disappeared and freed you off all of the doubt's you have in your mind about not being strong enough." The girl explained, "Not that you are ready, I will send you back to defeat Buu."
"But what about my neck?" Gohan asked.
"Don't worry about it when you get back call for Dende, and I'm sure he will heal you." The Voice said as the room around Gohan disappeared and he found himself looking up at Dende as he was being healed.
"Thanks Dende," Gohan said as he stood up, "Now where did Buu go?"
"He flew off after he thought you had died" Dende replied, "What exactly happened to you?"
"I'll explain later," Gohan said as he flew off toward the ki he recognized as Buu's.
Next Time: Gohan finds Buu and tests out his new power.
Gohan turned toward where he thought the owner of the voice would appear, and was surprised when it was 2 people, one of them was himself as a child(referred to as Child Ghost), and the other was a mirror image of himself(referred to as Teen Ghost).
"What is the meaning of this?" Gohan questioned.
The child version of himself spoke up, "What does it matter? All you will do is give up when we let you go back to the fight."
Gohan was hurt by the fact that this child version of himself was speaking the truth.
Next the Teen Ghost spoke up, "All you are going to do is let everyone down again just like all of the other times. If it weren't for your father holding your hand and protecting you all of your life, then you would never have lived this long."
Gohan was on the verge of breaking down after hearing the Ghost-like versions of himself.
"But how was I supposed to be able to stop what was happening back then? I was only a child." Gohan tried to defend himself with.
"Then what is your excuse now? You are the same now as you were then, its just that now you are the only one left to protect your family now that your Dad is gone." The Teen Ghost said.
Gohan was getting angrier as each of the ghost's took turns pointing out all of the times when Gohan had failed everyone that had been counting on him. Gohan could feel his ki rising at a rapid rate and was about to turn Super Saiyan when he realized that the Old Kai said he shouldn't be able to get that powerful anymore.
The two Ghost's turned and looked at Gohan as they watch him flicked between his normal form and his Super form. The Ghost's whispered to each other, "Just a little more."
It was then that the Teen Ghost found the one thing that would push Gohan over the edge, "You'll never be able to protect anyone, not even your precious Videl."
"That's It" Gohan shouted as he let all of his anger flow out. He felt himself reach levels of power that he had never even imagined. First he went to his Ascended state, but it didn't stop there. All of the pain and suffering at the thought of never seeing Videl again, and never being able to see his first child, caused his to go past his Ascended State into Super Saiyan Three.
As Gohan was powering up the Ghost versions of himself slowly flicked in and out of existence, until they had completely disappeared. The next thing Gohan knew was he was back in his normal form, and the little girl from the beginning of this experience was back.
"That's it Gohan now you will be able to destroy Buu" she told him, "are you ready to go back?"
Gohan looked her in the eyes, it was then that the girl saw how determined he was to stop Buu. "Yes, I'm ready to go back, but first I would like to know what the last part of this was about."
"They were your self-doubt. You had held on to them for so long, and let them hold you back because of all of your fears and doubts, that they had been split into two halves."
"Then where did they go?" Gohan asked.
"Now that you are determined to protect your family, and more importantly Videl. They disappeared and freed you off all of the doubt's you have in your mind about not being strong enough." The girl explained, "Not that you are ready, I will send you back to defeat Buu."
"But what about my neck?" Gohan asked.
"Don't worry about it when you get back call for Dende, and I'm sure he will heal you." The Voice said as the room around Gohan disappeared and he found himself looking up at Dende as he was being healed.
"Thanks Dende," Gohan said as he stood up, "Now where did Buu go?"
"He flew off after he thought you had died" Dende replied, "What exactly happened to you?"
"I'll explain later," Gohan said as he flew off toward the ki he recognized as Buu's.
Next Time: Gohan finds Buu and tests out his new power.