Hi...Wow, I'm so tired, and thanks to my reviewers! Anyway. I'm sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter posted. It's like I said; Homework, writers block, School, Art, Voice and all that. It may not look like my story is based on Akira Toriyama's (I think I spelled that right)) "original" idea on how to end the whole series, but you start to "eventually" notice the changes. I'll go into further details on that later. Well, enough of the author's note, on with the story.

Disclaimer: If I did own it, I probably wouldn't be posting stories on this site, hence the word(s) "FAN Fiction".

Okay, for those of you who are rereading this, ya know how I didn't use to have the whole thingy where I did that really crappy description of what happened after Gohan's pouting fest up through him getting home? And then I added it in and now it's gone again, so, just forget that I ever put that in there, okay. It didn't happen, that way at least. It went like it did in the actual Anime after Goku says bye to them from other world and they have to make the second wish. Okay? Okay. Anyways, here we go. Oh wait, this one isn't very interesting, and I don't really like it, but it kind-a had to be done, and I for some reason am incapable of writing it in any different way.

AC

Chapter 3

Breaking the News

Gohan stood in front of the small three person house that he called home. It was a dusty yellow color, dome shaped and was connected to a small rectangular shed.

'well,' He thought. 'Here goes nothing...' He slowly walked to the front door of the little, cozy home.

'My word Gohan,' He contemplated. 'what are you thinking?......you're about to tell your Mother that your Dad, "her" Husband, is DEAD......I don't think that's nothing.'

He reached the door, and no sooner did he nock on it then did his Mother swing it open, nearly causing him to fall over backwards.

"Gohan!" Chi Chi cried out with joy.

'Here it comes' Gohan thought with a smile. 'Mom's ritual she always throws us, whenever Dad and I come back from a "long" battle......Only......Dad's not with me this time......' He tensed up a bit, but his Mom's "ritual" distracted him from taking his feelings any further.

Tears were forming in her eyes.

'What happened to his injuries?' She thought, remembering when she had last seen him, through Babu's crystal ball.

'I could have sworn that his left arm was horribly injured, when I looked in Babu's crystal ball......' She looked at her son. Just knowing that he was okay was enough for her.

'Ah, come on Chi Chi. Does it really matter?' She asked herself. 'Your baby boy's alive! Isn't that all that really matters?' Her lower lip started quivering.

Gohan knew what was coming. 'Here we go,' He thought with amusement.

"GOHAN!" She yelled, once again, before grabbing him by the shoulders and pulling him into a bear hug. She rubbed her cheek against his.

"Uh, Mom......You're, chocking, me....." Gohan said while gasping for air.

"Oh, my Baby's come back to me alive and a hero!" She shouted and pouted before leaking tears of happiness.

She then remembered Goku. He took Gohan to the Tournament when he knew, all to well, that she did not agree with letting him go.

"Goku," She said in a sinister sharp tone. She pulled away from her son while he took in a deep breath of air to fill his lungs.

"Where is your Father?" She demanded. The tears were gone from her eyes and all that showed in them now was fury.

Gohan knew what his Dad would have been in for if he were there. He didn't know about his Mother disagreeing with him going to the Cell games, but knew all to well the look in Chi Chi's eyes when she was peeved.

'Maybe this is why Dad didn't want to come back.' Gohan considered, letting out a giggle at the thought.

"Oh, don't give me that!" Chi Chi yelled at him like the over protective, distraught and annoyed Mother she was, at the time at least.

"So, where is he hiding Gohan! Tell me, NOW!"

Gohan shut his mouth when he realized what he'd done and stopped giggling.

'Oh No...' He scolded himself mentally. 'Now look what you've done Gohan......Mom thinks Dad's hiding somewhere, avoiding her......Why does Mom always have to have major mood-swings?'

Chi Chi was on the verge of exploding from anger buildup. But calmed down when an idea came to her. She thought that threatening him, or them, might be a good strategy to take.

"If you don't tell me where he is then both you "AND YOUR FATHER" can plan on "MAKING YOUR OWN DINNER" tonight!" She yelled at Gohan. Her intention was to yell it loud enough so that Goku, where ever he was, could here her. She knew that her husband would do anything to get fed, she had used these kinds of tactics before and they had always worked. But when she got no response, she began to wonder, and worry a bit.

Gohan felt very uncomfortable, but decided to take the moment and use it to his advantage. No matter how much he didn't want to, it had to be done, he had to tell her sooner or later. And now was the right time.

'I'll, tell her lat-No I have to tell her now.' His mind told him. He looked up to his Mother.

"Uh, Mom?......" Gohan asked in a small voice.

Chi Chi had been scanning the premises with her eyes, but when she heard her son's voice, she immediately looked down at him.

Gohan studied her face for a moment. 'She looks worried, confused,' He thought. 'Can't blame her.'

He was silent. He seemed to be fascinated by a loose thread hanging from his torn shirt, and fumbled around with it for a moment. "Uh......" Was all he could say.

'Oh gosh, what should I say?' Gohan thought frantically.' I don't know! Okay Gohan, calm down, just tell her that while you were fighting Cell that you did something really stupid and caused a chain reaction that killed Dad. Oh no......Just get to the point and say that Dad was killed by Cell and......Oh wow Gohan. What are ya gonna do?......'

Gohan's silence was starting to get to Chi Chi, it only furthered her worry.

"Gohan, Sweetie?" Her voice was soft and comforting.

Gohan jumped a bit, he knew what he had to do, but he didn't know how to do it. He stared at Chi Chi's feet for a moment, until he figured out exactly what it was he was going to do.

He looked up at his Mom and stared into her Black eyes.

"Mom......I have, s-s-something to, t-to tell you." He stuttered eyes still locked with his Mothers. "......but first......let's go inside."

Chi Chi wasn't sure what was going but had an uneasy sinking feeling in her gut. Never the less, she listened to her son and followed him in to the dusty yellow house......where he told her about the Cell Games......

(Wiggle-Chicken Note:)

I know it's short and slow, and not my greatest piece, sorry. I was going to write more, but my Dad came in and smacked me over the head with an encyclopedia! Rubs back of head At least it was a paper back. Oh, and don't take that the wrong way.

Anyway, PLEASE tell me what you thought/think! And PLEASE DON'T hesitate to criticize me, or anything like that.

Oh, and I'll go into more details on the whole "Akira's original ending" thingy, in my next chapter, I think. And I know the story seems really slow right now but that's just because, like I said, I'm doing kind-a a, slightly revised, review of the episodes after cell. I'm not going into the other world tournament or the fixing of Trunks future......most likely. Okay, that's enough talking for now.