Disclaimer: My cat owns DBZ but he won't share (Damn smart-ass Korin)(Or Linkin Park)
A/N: Ok not many of you out there took advantage of my question, but I guess it doesn't matter, you'll all eventually find out anyway. I think I have a lot of you guessing, and I'm going to tell you now, there are even more twists to come. I will also be writing two new fics, 'One Fate' which will be Gh/OC and another with a Gh/18 pairing, but I need title and plot ideas. Should I put it in the Mirai timeline or not, I need ideas bad. Damn I can't think of anything else to say so everyone, do a happy dance. (I have a feeling that very few of you read this anyway.)
I'd like to thank wicked angel grls, the unknown one, Borachio, FroBoy, Rejhan (doubly), knightblazer85, willie, Dany le fou, Gopu, escudo-blade, En Satsu Koku Ryuu Ha, Jay, and Auntie P for reviewing my last chapter. Now time to for those questions of yours.
Borachio- Yes you did bring on the song suggestion, be honored. I like your suggestions as well, I hear 'Step Up' everyday on the radio, and I have the Lostprophets and Puddle of Mudd CDs.
willie- One question. Nabeleave?
Jay- Haven't gotten a review from you in a while, glad to have you back, lol. If you're thinking that the pairing for 'One Fate' is Gh/CC you're wrong. It will be Gh/OC. Now that I think about it, has anyone ever read a Gh/CC fic on this site? (I have this thing about killing Chi-Chi off in my fics, I love to do it.)
Dany le fou- You are my hundredth reviewer, and I do have a prize for you if you don't mind a bit of spoiling. Just send me your e-mail address in your review and I'll e-mail you about my fic. If you don't want the fic ruined for you or some other reason, then don't worry I won't be offended.
wicked angel grls- Mean? Me mean? No! Yes I do realize that I've been kinda 'tough' on Gohan, maybe even a bit more than I had intended, but I'm not mean. ::Looks into room to make sure Gohan is still tied up:: I have no idea what you're talking about. I seem to have a lot of people guessing about 18, so I'm glad I have you all in the palm of my hand. ::Makes fist:: OOOPS I crushed you.
Well that's all folks, now on to the good stuff.
Chapter 11- Approaching Darkness, Crawling
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Gohan rushed to CC as fast as he could, and was soon at the front door. He quickly ran in and rushed Trunks and Bra to the rejuvenation chambers in one of the labs. When he got there Bulma had just come out. "Oh hi Goh…GOHAN WHAT HAPPENED!?" she yelled noticing not only Bra and Trunks in his arms, but he had become five years younger.
"I'll explain later. I need to get them into the rejuvenation chambers." he said as he walked by her and came back out a moment later.
"Gohan what's going on? How did you get like this?"
"Huh?" Gohan looked down at his body and realized that the ground seemed a little closer than usual. He walked over to the mirror behind Bulma and realized what she had been talking about and how he had come to be this way. "Damn, I forgot."
"What do you mean?"
"It's a long story, but first off, I didn't get to New Namek in time. The dragonballs were already gone."
"Oh no. What happened?"
"They already have them. Just when I was about to leave my dad turned up. I thought I could take him, I mean the last time I faced him, he was no match for me, but this time it was the other way around. He was faster and stronger than me at full power. He said he knew that I would leave Earth to try and get the dragonballs leaving Bra here unprotected. We fought and I lost horribly. He left me for dead, he even took the senzu beans I had with me, well except for one. It was a special senzu bean that Korin gave to me. That's why I'm like this, that special senzu bean gives me the ability to regenerate, cuts, bruises, scars, broken bones, lost limbs, even some of my energy as long as I'm not fighting. It will permanently regenerate anything wrong with me, but the thing is anyone who eats it ages back by about five years. The only reason I kept it was for emergencies, I had to get back here as soon as I could. When I got here Bra and Trunks were in the woods, the others had found them, but I managed to scare them off just in time."
"Isn't a bit odd that he knew you were going to be there?"
"…No, he can sense my energy, but he would have had to keep checking my energy to see where I was, unless one of the Kais or someone else was watching us."
"What about Goku? I mean if he's stronger than you now, what's to keep them from all attacking at once?"
"…Nothing. But I have an idea, 18's energy is hidden, meaning no one can sense where she is. Maybe there is something in the old schematics we have of the androids that conceal their energy. If we can duplicate that, we'd be able to hide from them. You do still have the blueprints right?"
"Probably, I'd have to do some digging in my lab, but I'm sure they're there somewhere."
"Ok you work on finding those, I'm going to go over to 18 and see if she can help out with that as well. If they come don't worry I can be back before they're able to do anything." said Gohan noticing the worried expression on her face.
"Alright." she said as she turned and headed for her lab in search of the blueprints.
Gohan walked back outside and flew to Satan City. He had only been to 18's house once before, but he remembered where it was. It wasn't long before he was at the edge of Satan City and near 18's house. He landed in front of the door and was about to knock, but he suddenly felt a ki signature inside the house. It wasn't just anyone either, it was Master Roshi's ancient sister, Baba. Just as soon as he felt it, it vanished. 'No…It was her, she told them.' He bust down the door startling 18 who was standing right next to the door. "Kami, Gohan what did you do that for?" she said.
"YOU! YOU TOLD THEM! BRA ALMOST DIED!" he yelled as he began powering up.
"Wait, wait! I don't know what you're talking about."
"You told them about me going to New Namek, that's how they knew I was going there and how they got the dragonballs first."
"What!? You didn't get the dragonballs?!?" said 18 surprised.
"…You didn't know? So you really don't know what I'm talking about do you?"
"No I don't, so could you please explain why you busted my door down."
"I guess I own you an apology, I'm sorry. It's just that I felt Baba's ki in here a minute ago, I thought she would have been working with the Kais."
"Ohh. No, she was here talking to me about my 'good behavior'. I'm trying to get out of being sent to HFIL when I die. Her and King Yemma agree that Bra should be protected. They know that even though she is a potential threat, her power could come in handy should something more dangerous come along. They know that she would never do anything like that purposefully. I've been giving them information about you three and your plans in exchange for their help out of the stuff I've done in the past."
"So why didn't they just come to me?"
"Think about it. Do you remember what happened to Korin? They are being monitored by the Kais, and the Kais don't know anything about me, that's why I'm helping."
"I'm sorry again, I didn't know."
"It's alright, you can repay me by fixing my door. But first you were saying that you didn't get the dragonballs and why are you younger?"
"No, I was too late. They got to them first, and when I got there Goku showed up and beat me badly. He took all my senzu beans but one, a powerful senzu bean that ages the person who eats back five years. I managed to get back here in time to stop the others from killing Bra."
"Well that kind of ruins the plan Baba and King Yemma had. They were planning on you reviving Vegeta, Piccolo, and Dende. They've allowed Piccolo and Vegeta to keep their bodies by sending them to HFIL, so the Kais didn't get suspicious. They've continued training, so they'll be stronger when they're revived, but not having the dragonballs posses a problem. You also mention Goku being stronger than you, so do you have any plans, it seems like you're not going to be able to protect Bra much longer."
"One but it's a long shot and we need to act quickly before they decide to all come back at once."
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Gohan arrived back at CC after his visit with 18 and fixing her door. He appeared right next to Bulma who was working in her lab.
"WHOA, don't scare me like that" said Bulma.
"Sorry, have you found anything yet?"
"Yes, I've found the device that conceal their power. It's a small chip placed inside their head. Dr.Gero knew of Goku's ability to sense his opponent's ki and put this in his androids. He even has a separate blueprint of it right here in the corner of the blueprints for the androids. I've already been able to make one copy while you were gone. I just need to adjust a few things so that they're more convenient." she said as she held out a small electronic chip the size of his fingertip.
"Great, this will give us the upper hand, if they don't know where we are, we'll be safe for the most part. You know we won't be able to stay here once you're done, right?"
"…Yes, but I was thinking, They're not after me, and I would just get in the way, so you take Trunks and Bra, and I'll stay here."
"You sure about this? If they come here looking for us, and find only you…"
"Yes I'm sure. You should go check on Bra and Trunks.," she said as she turned back and began working again.
Gohan walked out of the lab and went to where the rejuvenation chambers were. Both were still unconscious and seemed they would be for another hour or so. Gohan decided he would go to the GR and see how much his power had increased after his fight with Goku. He hadn't even realized how much different his power felt until he was done talking with 18. He had been too preoccupied with all the other things that had gone on during the day. He stepped into the GR and turned the gravity on to 1000 times Earth's gravity. He instantly felt the force on his body and normally this would have been a challenge for him even when in the first level of super Saiyan but now it seemed far easier. He then used the computer to turn it even higher, he went to 1500 time Earth's normal gravity. When the force came his knees buckled from underneath of him and he fell to his knees. He cursed himself for being foolish, and not powering up first. He then transformed into super Saiyan and was able to stand up with some difficulty. 'Damn if I can't even stand this much I'm not going to be able to defeat my dad, but I have the upper hand now, I can train much harder with the ability of the senzu bean to recover me. I'll become stronger faster, just hopefully it will be enough.' He then began floating cross-legged in the center of the GR and meditated getting more and more used to the gravity.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Bra opened her eyes quickly. The last thing she remembered was being choked by the fighter named Tien. She looked around. A mask was covering her face, obviously for giving her oxygen, but the liquid the filled the tank was now draining. She could see Trunks in the tank next to hers and he too was beginning to wake up. Once the fluid had completely drained and the door had opened she took off the mask and stepped out. Trunks also got out of his and they both stood there a bit confused as to what had happened.
Trunks was the first to speak "How did we get here?"
"I don't know, I bet it was Gohan." They both began sensing for his energy, but didn't take long as they both felt it almost instantly.
Trunks turned to Bra wide-eyed who was staring back at him with the same expression. "Do you feel that?! Was he that strong before?"
"I don't know." They both ran out of the lab, past Bulma who had said something, but neither of them heard what. They kept going until they made it to the GR.
Trunks and Bra looked at the monitor, they could see Gohan floating in the middle of the GR meditating in the first super Saiyan form. "Look at this! The gravity has been turned up to 1700 times Earth's gravity. We've never been that high, do you think he was holding back on us?" asked Trunks.
"Maybe, but we should have been able to sense all that power."
"So then how did he get so strong that fast? We weren't out THAT long."
"Hey look, he's younger?" Bra pointed out.
"What's going on here?" Just then the gravity turned off and the door opened.
"Get in here you two, we have a lot of training to do." came Gohan's voice.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
"So you weren't able to get the dragonballs?" asked Trunks sadly. Both he and Bra had been excited all these years to have their dad back, only to find out that it wouldn't happen.
"…No. I will try to get them though."
Both Bra and Trunks looked up excitedly. Then Bra pointed out "How, if you're weaker than your father, how will you be able to get them."
"Your mom made a device that will hide our ki signatures. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak onto the planet of the Kais and steal back the dragonballs. Now like I said we'll have to train even harder. I've been so focused on your training that I didn't get much time to train myself. From now on I'll be training you separately. You'll switch off every day."
"Who will go first?" asked Trunks.
"It's doesn't matter. We'll decide later. We won't be staying here much longer anyway, as soon as your mom has finished with all of the arrangements we'll be leaving to go train somewhere else."
"WHAT." They both said together.
"We can't stay here or they're likely to find us. Your mom wants to stay here, but it won't be long before they come here looking for us, so the sooner we leave the better."
"Do we have to?" asked Trunks sadly.
"Yes, now no more arguing, you should go get ready. Your mom will be finished preparing the devices and everything else by tomorrow morning. We'll be leaving as soon as possible."
"Ok" they said and they both walked out of the GR and to their room to prepare for the following morning.
Gohan returned to his meditating. 'If I'm going to prove my father wrong, I'm going to need to bring out Bra's true power again and survive that encounter. That will also make me considerably stronger.'
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Gohan stopped meditating early in the morning. He could sense that everyone other than Bulma and himself were still asleep. He walked down to the lab and entered quietly to find Bulma working on another of her inventions with a cup of coffee in her hand. "So did you figure everything out?" he asked as he walked up behind her.
"Everything's ready. Though I'm a bit disappointed, the closest thing I could get to being more efficient were wristbands for each of you. You're going to have to be careful with them. I've prepared a capsule house complete with a GR and a walk in freezer filled with enough food to last three Saiyans a month or two, so you might need to come back to stock up every month."
"That's good. So where are the wrist bands?"
"Here." She reached into a drawer in her desk and pull out three different colored pairs of wristbands. They looked like completely ordinary weighted wristbands. "I've made them so that once you put them on, the chip inside reacts with your energy to power itself and hides that energy. One flaw though, now matter how hard I try, without actually implanting them into your bodies, they are very vulnerable, so be careful."
"Ok, that's easy enough. As soon as Trunks and Bra wake up, we'll be ready to leave. Are you sure you want to stay here?"
"Yes, with all that time I spent on trying to find New Namek, I have a lot to catch up on, besides I'd only be in the way. I know you will take good care of them."
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Trunks opened his eyes slowly before getting out of bed. He could tell that it was still early in the morning and that Gohan was waiting for them downstairs. He moved over to Bra's bed and nudged her awake.
"Wh…at do you want." she said sleepily.
"Hurry up and get out of bed Gohan is waiting for us."
"Oh…oh yeah." she quickly got out of bed and each went to their own bathroom to clean and change clothes, once they were both done they returned to their room and got their stuff and continued downstairs. Gohan was sitting at the coffee table with a glass of water in his hands.
"Ready to go."
"Yes" they said sleepily in unison.
"Good put these on." He handed Trunks a pair of green wristbands and Bra blue, Gohan himself put on his black pair.
"What are they supposed to do?" asked Bra while furrowing her brow.
"Try to feel my ki signature.," said Gohan.
Both did as he said but found that neither of them could sense that he was there at all. "Wow! So they hide our power?" asked Trunks.
"Yes. We have to leave now though, it won't be long before the others figure out that they can't sense us, and they come searching. I've gotten everything we'll need, you both have your stuff?"
They both nodded and followed Gohan out the door and into the sky.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Gohan soon descended upon an all too familiar forest. Trunks and Bra followed suit and touched down on the ground. Both were still a bit sleepy, it wasn't even eight in the morning yet. Gohan walked a short distance before he reached a small clearing with a tiny old shack at the far edge. Other than the shack there was nothing but some rubble here and there.
"Hey Gohan, where are we?" asked Trunks.
"This is were my old house used to be, I think this is where we'll be staying." Gohan pulled out a capsule and threw it into the middle of the clearing producing a large cloud of smoke. Once it had cleared a house stood in its place, large enough for five people. Connected to the house was a dome shaped room. "We will still be training today, but as I said before, I'm only going to train one of you at a time from now on. Bra you're going to start. Trunks for today you can do as you please, but make sure you at least spend some of that time meditating. It is important for your mind to be as strong as your body. Ok Bra let's get going." Gohan walked into the house and went straight for the GR with Bra following behind him.
"Today we are going to push your limits, we need to get you as strong as possibly, should something happen, and I'm not able to help." The door to the GR closed as Gohan and Bra walked inside. Gohan turned to the computer and turned the gravity on to 800x.
They both felt the strong force. Gohan was having no problem standing, but Bra had already fallen to her knees. "Gohan this is too much, I can't even move."
"Like I said we are going to test your limits. Power up."
She transformed and was able to stand, but still struggling to stay up. "Gohan I can't do this."
"That's not an option, you can, and will. Once this session is over it will have been worth it. Now lets begin our spar." Bra stood in a shaky stance while Gohan took a more graceful once and waited for her to make the first move.
Bra tried her best to fly at Gohan as fast as she could, but her battle became trying to stay up at all. When she did reach Gohan, she began throwing as many punches as she could. Gohan dodged them all. He could tell she was avoiding using her legs. He then ducked down and swept her legs out from underneath her and she fell hard on her back. She slowly got up and began powering up as far as she could go.
Gohan began his assault. Most of his attacks landed the rest were blocked rather sloppily. "PICK UP YOUR GUARD!" Gohan yelled as he continued his attack. She was finally able to start blocking more and when she saw her opportunity, she dodged a kick to her side by jumping and was able to get in an attack of her own. Once she was in the air she swung her leg around aiming for Gohan's head. Gohan brought up his forearm and blocked the kick. "This is pathetic, YOU NEED TO START PUSHING YOURSELF." Gohan yelled. Gohan was actually impressed at how fast she was able to get used to the gravity, but he continued to try to anger her in an attempt to bring out her full power.
Bra was then once again on the defensive with Gohan continuing to yell and lecture her about her offense and defense. Bra was soon on the brink of collapsing out of exhaustion. They had been at this for nearly two hours, and she could feel herself becoming more and more frustrated each passing moment. She had yet to land a hit and she had several cut and bruises. She was about to give up when Gohan made a remark, after taking a blow to the stomach, that caused her to go over the edge. "YOU DISGRACE YOUR FATHER!" Gohan knew that what he said wasn't true, he just needed her to go over the edge and bring forth her true power.
# # # # # #
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
# # # # # #
Bra threw a punch that hit the side of Gohan's face and sent him into the wall of the GR. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" her feral scream echoed throughout the GR her hair began spiking out farther from her head, a few larger bangs on her forehead began spiking straight up along with some of the hair on her head. Small lightening bolts began flashing around her body and lashing out wildly. She had reached super Saiyan 2, but she didn't stop there, her pupils vanished for a second and she continued to scream and power up, her hair becoming longer reaching the heels of her feet and slightly arching away from her back. Her eyebrows didn't become as distinguished as his did when he transformed, but the were slightly larger and her body was becoming taller and her muscles larger. She finally peaked and her screaming died away as her pupils returned with a dark look in them, the look of death.
# # # # # #
There's something inside that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, Confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling
I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's
just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
# # # # # #
Gohan found himself wondering if he'd be able to survive against such power. He couldn't feel her energy due to the wristband but he could tell that the strength she had was more than he had sensed in her. He knew with training she could become this strong, but she accomplished it like it was nothing even skipping a whole level. 'What if dad was right…NO I won't accept that, I will help her even if it kills me.' "Bra I will help you." Gohan powered up as fast as he could, he made it to level two before a foot connected with his side instantly breaking a few ribs and sending him flying into the wall of the GR once again. He stood up with a bit of blood dripping out his mouth. 'Damn that hurt, this is going to be harder than I thought, but it will be worth it if both of us survives.' He powered up to level three and then charged at the young demi-sayian whose eyes showed rage beyond comprehension and the need to kill.
# # # # # #
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, Reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem
To find myself again
My wall are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's
just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
# # # # # #
When Gohan reached Bra he threw a barrage of punches at her, all of which she stopped. She then grabbed both of his fists and opened her mouth as energy began building up. "What the fuck." Gohan was soon on an energy blast sent careening once again towards the wall of the GR that had been issued from Bra's mouth. Gohan managed to divert it towards the ceiling where it was absorbed into the tiles. "What the hell was that?" said Gohan still contemplating that last attack while Bra implanted a fist into Gohan's stomach causing him to keel over from loss of air.
"I will kill you." the voice reached Gohan's ears but it didn't sound anything like Bra. It was slightly deeper, while still sounding feminine and almost like a completely different person. "You will die now." Bra picked Gohan up by the hair forcefully and began charging an energy blast in her other hand pointing it directly in his face.
'Damn she's too much, but I can't give up, I have to save her.' Gohan brought his hand up and wrapped them around the hand that held his hair. He was able to pry them off, while only losing some hair, just before she fired the blast at where his head had been. "Bra try to focus, remember WHO you are." They then began once again throwing kick and punches back and forth, most of which were from Bra and landed. Gohan continued to try to get her back to her normal self, but was very unsuccessful. 'I guess I'll just have to knock her out again, but I'm not sure that will be possible. Maybe I can get her to use up all her energy and she'll pass out. It's the only thing I can think of.' A kick from Bra sent Gohan for the tenth time into the wall of the GR. He regained composure and cupped his hands at his side and began charging his attack. "You've got to stop this Bra."
"NOW YOU DIE!" She began charging her own blast with both her hands directly out in front of her. The energy that was gathering there was a bright pure white that caused Gohan to squint his eyes in order to see past it to his target.
"KA….ME….SEN….KO…" The blood red energy ball appeared in his hands as he continued to focus more of his energy into the small ball causing it to triple in size and light up around his hands.
# # # # # #
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming
Confusing what is real
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling
Confusing what is real.
# # # # # #
"DIE" Bra screamed as she sent her energy attack at Gohan.
"HAAAAAA" Gohan's energy attack hit Bra's head on in the center of the GR. The energy of both attacks, instead of colliding and just pushing against each other began mixing, blood red with blinding white swirling around in the large orb in the middle of the GR. 'What's this?' Gohan continued to pour out all his energy into the wave as did Bra, Gohan still had plenty of energy to spare, but he could see Bra fading fast. After about fist minutes, the ball of energy had moved and was mere feet from Gohan, but Bra was spent, and fell out of super Saiyan 3 back to normal and fell to the floor of the GR. Gohan quickly redirected the blast as he let it hit him, but not without serious injury. He then floated down to the floor of the GR and he too collapsed, he used what energy he had left to stop the attack from killing him. Blood poured from every cut on his body, but as he too was all out of energy and soon passed out with the cuts healing themselves.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
I apologize profusely, I took way too long to get this up, and I'm sincerely sorry. I have been extremely busy trying to come up with more ideas for my other stories that will be posted soon. Any way I still need more ideas for a G/18 fic, and any song suggestions you can think of. Well I hope this chapter was to your liking and I will work hard to post sooner, but since I always say that…just review and give me a reason to continue this.
Advise: If life gives you lemons sell'em, lemonade is too much work.