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A Cold Place Ch 6: Force or No Force

Power Readings:

Gohan:

normal form: As powerful as Goku's SSJ3

SSJ: Vegito at full power

SSJ2: Kid Buu

SSJ3: Goku SSJ4, but the level was unsustainable

Goku:

Slightly more powerful than Gohan SSJ2 at the Cell Games

Goten:

As powerful as Majin Vegeta (hey, the kid has spunk, and his life isn't wasn't carefree like in the series. Plus there's a reason as to why. It's because he has a sensei. Not telling who.)

Vegeta:

Still a SSJ2, but only as strong as Gohan SSJ2 at Cell Games

Piccolo:

Same as during Cell Games. He doesn't fight anymore, he has became Dende's mentor.

Krillen: Same as Android 18

Tien: Who know? Who cares? He's pathetic.

Videl looked at the armband for a few seconds. There was nothing special about it. She scowled at her own lack of knowledge, which caused her to swear rather loudly. She noticed her mistake when Shadow began to stir. 'Well, she thought to herself, 'at least I can ask him about it now.' She watched him slowly get up and rub his eyes, then look at her. Videl took her chance,

"Hey Shadow? What's that armband for? I pressed the buttons, but nothing happened."

Gohan, who was still rubbing his eyes, froze at her words. The words hit him like a ton of bricks. 'Oh hell! My ki! It's too late, they're gathering,' he yelled inside of his mind, 'My ki concealer will take five minutes to start working, so that means that I have to go someplace else to meet them, or I risk them knowing something about where I live. Shit, they're already back at Goku's house. I got to leave now!'

Gohan turned to Videl, "I have to go real quick. I'm not mad, ok? You didn't know. My armband keeps certain people from detecting my energy pattern, and now they're coming for me. I have to leave until my armband starts up again. Bye!" He began to disappear when Videl grabbed a handful of his jacket. But it was too late to stop. She was already along for the ride. The last thought that entered his mind before the transmission ended was 'Oh shit!'

The place where they were teleported to was the old battleground of his fight with Nappa and Vegeta. There were still scars of battle on the land. They got there right when Goku and the other's started to link. Gohan looked at Videl with quiet fury in his eyes,

"Why the hell did you do that! You are putting yourself in danger by coming here! Shit! They're coming. Just stay behind me, and don't speak up. This will not be pretty."

Videl could only nod by the time the others got there. All at once , the warriors materialized out of thin air, each looking legendary by the looks of pride on their faces. Videl could only stare in awe at their magnificence, but what troubled her was that Shadow seemed calm on the outside, but in his eyes lay a whole world of unhampered fury that would burn anything alive. And it was all directed to the man in orange with the wild hair. The man in orange smiled at Shadow and slowly walked towards him, but stopped with a hateful glare from Shadow.

Gohan cringed. How he hated the people before him. Yet, he wondered where Vegeta was. Was the Prince scared? No, never. Not that it mattered, but Vegeta being there would make the situation seem important, which made Gohan feel as is he was still harmless. The saiyan blood that flowed through him became angered at the mere thought. Goku stood before him smiling the carefree way he always did. The others just stood back, far back. The only people who dared to go near Gohan after the Vegeta incident were Videl, Goku, and Piccolo. But one look at Goku made his father freeze. He hated being here, "What do you want, Goku?"

Goku gulped at the icyness in his "son's" voice, but he held his head high anyway, "Gohan, it's you!"

Gohan frowned, "No shit."

"Look Gohan," Goku started, close to pleading, "We miss you. All of us do. Please come back. We really need you with us. Chi won't stop worrying."

Gohan frowned, but didn't lose his control, "No, I won't. What do you need me for? To try to make me study? Sorry, no deal. I have a life now. And mother always worries about everything, so no."

Piccolo took his turn, "Look kid, you nee--"

"Do not call me kid! I am not a child so stop treating me like one!" Gohan snarled, his control slipping rapidly. In his rage, he didn't see Goku phase out and then phase back a few seconds later, but Videl felt a gust of wind touch her bare legs.

Piccolo was taken aback by the venom behind his old friend's voice, "Then tell me one thing. Why can't Dende find you? He sees everything. Just not you."

"Dragonballs."

"Gohan!" piccolo yelled, "Quit beings so scared of living around us!"

That yell sent Gohan over the edge, "Scared! I'll show you who'll be scared!" Gohan began to power up. But something was wrong. He couldn't get to more than half of his full power. He looked down at his body. There was a band on each limb. 'Ki dampeners? You've got to be fucking kidding me! They must have slipped them on while I wasn't looking. It's a good thing that my band has returned to hiding my ki. They think that they have me overpowered, but they will pay for their imagination's predictions!'

Goku and the others decided to take offense while Gohan was stuck in confusion. Goku latched onto his son's right arm, while piccolo got the left. Yamcha and Krillen tried to get his feet, but they both landed in a crater that their bodies made. Goku and piccolo ended up about the same but each were more brutal. Gohan's energy after finishing the four was gradually decreasing. Soon he would need help standing up, but he kept his game face on as he turned to Tien, "I will leave you to take care of the others. They will need your help. Come on, Videl, we have to go."

Videl moved towards him and grabbed onto his arm, then they both disappeared.

The building that they appeared in was that of Capsule Corp. There was only a couple people in the building, so Gohan took no need to be polite. He was enraged. Using Videl as a support, Gohan yelled,

"BULMA!"

Videl looked at Gohan with an unbelieving look in her eyes, but the response she got from him was only "I'll tell you later."

Bulma ran through the door, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him, "Gohan.." she whispered, "Oh my Kami."

"Would you do a favor for me, Bulma?" Gohan asked, pointing to his ki dampeners, "I'm sure you know what these are."

Bulma was about to refuse when the door slid open, revealing Vegeta. He had also stopped in his tracks when he saw Gohan, then he glanced from the bands around Gohan's arms, to his wife, then back to Gohan's weak stance. When he put two and two together his head shot towards Bulma, "Get. Those. Things. Off. Him. Now!"

Shock filled the room as they heard Vegeta command Bulma to take the dampeners off the guy who ground him to a pulp. Bulma looked at her husband like he had grown two heads, "Why? I mean, didn't he almost--"

"It doesn't matter. No one has the right to take away a saiyans birthright."

Bulma frowned, "Fine. Come to my lab, Gohan."

Bulma, Vegeta, Videl, and Gohan made their way to the lab. Vegeta walked next to Gohan, who had Videl supporting him. The two saiyans looked at each other, then nodded their welcome to each other. Vegeta was the first to speak,

"How did you get away from them if they put those devices on you?"

Gohan smiled, "I taught them not to mess with a pissed off saiyan who can beat all of them with a tenth of his power"

This brought a smile to Vegeta's face, "Amazing. I'm going to have to spar you sometime. You crushed me last time without trying. It still hurt to move even after a senzu. So, what are your training methods? I'm stuck in that stupid gravity room."

"I use a gravity room that I built. My room has some modifications, though."

That caused both Vegeta and Bulma to pay all of their attention on Gohan. Vegeta was interested on the training that could profit from it. And Bulma was very disbelieving, seeing as how she put all her skills into her mate's GR. But Vegeta spoke first, "Like what?"

Gohan smirked, "Well, first I make all new training gear. The absorbing walls have been discarded, and I installed reflectors. So I can face my own attacks. I also added a holographic simulator that helps me study the styles of all the major martial artists in the universe. I only got that because of the Namekian dragonballs."

Gohan could tell that the prince loved the improvements by the drool hanging down his mouth. But that all stopped once they reached the lab. Bulma led him to the main computer. The bands which held Gohan's power captive were then hooked up to the computer. Once done, Bulma typed a few controls into the computer. The bands soon began to glow, then uncuffed allowing Gohan's energy to flow through his being. He stood up straight, allowing Videl, who had been soaking in any information she could, to relax her muscles.

Gohan scowled at Bulma, "Thanks, but I think you shouldn't try to take my power away ever again. It could prove fatal for everyone."

The scowl didn't faze Bulma at all, since she had seen the exact same scowl on Vegeta many time. But what did scare her was the tone of his voice. It was quiet and filled with malice. She turned and walked out of her lab and shut the door.

Vegeta looked at his mate, then back at Gohan, "She won't make anything like that again. I swear. By the way, may I go to see your gravity room?"

Gohan thought for a second, Sure, but you'll have to wait a few hours. Be in your GR by nine and I will pick you up. I need my haircut first." With that, Gohan grabbed Videl around the waist, and left a stunned Vegeta behind them.

'Haircut? It does not take three hours to cut hair.'

End Chapter.

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