AS22: Okay, here's a bunch of flashbacks, but there is fighting, so no problems. R&R!

Chapter 38: Gohan

"Aunt Katie, why'd Mr. Piccolo take us all the way out here? I miss my mommy!" Gohan was only 4, and I was 15. It was day one of our training.

"Gohan, believe it or not, you have a great hidden power. Piccolo thinks training you will help save us from the Sayjins. I'm your aunt, so Piccolo thinks I can become stronger too."

"Can't we just go home and let daddy beat them?"

"Your daddy won't be enough to stop them."

I got off the ground and looked around. There were no tress in sight, and the only animal I had seen was a snake.

Of course, it didn't stay that way. A large eruption in the background got my attention. Gohan started to cry.

I can't baby him… but I can't let anything happen to him either.

I ran to Gohan's side and look toward the sound. Suddenly the source of the sound burst through the rocks. It was a t-rex, and he looked hungry.

"Aunt Katie!"

"Gohan, run!"

Together we ran toward the nearest rock face, but it turned out to really be a dead end. The t-rex was right on our tails and had us trapped.

"Gohan, jump, now!" I cried as I jumped up to a ledge a few meters high, "Gohan!"

"I'm scared!" he cried. I jumped down and got in front of him. I didn't know what I could do against a dinosaur, but I'd try to protect Gohan.

The t-rex bent down and sniffed me. He opened his jaws and roared, then lunged at me. I punched it in the jaw, and it backed away, but came back angry.

Damn, I have to protect Gohan, at least until his hidden powers release.

The t-rex lunged again, and I dodged, but not well enough. His hard head slammed me into the wall, and I couldn't move as he lunged again.

Then I heard Gohan scream in anger.

"You leave my aunt Katie alone!"

Gohan jumped and kicked the dinosaur in the chin, throwing him back. The dinosaur got up, blinked and lunged at Gohan again. Gohan jumped and the t-rex hit the wall. I got up and moved out of the way as the t-rex got up and ran off.

"Take that you dumb reptile! Way to go Gohan! Gohan?" I looked, and Gohan was on top of the cliff, too high for me to even fly with my energy low because of the t-rex head-butt.

"Aunt Katie, I'm scared! How did I get up here?"

"Gohan, I can't come after you, I lost too much energy. Either you get down on your own, or wait until tomorrow."

XxX

"Katie, this is Dende, the Namek boy you just helped us save." Gohan said. Dende hid behind Krillen.

"Hey there, Dende. I'm Katie."

"Hi…"

"What's the matter, Dende?" Gohan asked.

"I know what it is. Namekians don't have females." I laughed a little.

"What? Then how do they have babies?" Gohan asked.

"You mean you know, Gohan?" Killen asked. Gohan's face got really red.

"Well I… I kinda… I know you need a mom and a dad, okay?" Gohan spat, growing redder.

XxX

"Katie? How did you stand being with Cell for those ten days?"

It was late at night, only a few weeks after Cell's defeat. Only a few weeks since Goku's death. We were on the roof, like always.

"Can you keep this a secret?" Gohan nodded, "I kind of liked Cell."

"What?" I heard the anger in Gohan's voice. Even I was surprised at my statement.

"I dunno… he was kind of… nice to me. I dunno, maybe it was just relating to my captor." I said.

"I can never forgive him… he killed 16… Trunks… dad…"

"Yeah, I know… but I still have this… this feeling in the back of my mind, deep in my heart."

"Even though he killed Trunks, your mate?" he asked.

"It's complicated, Gohan. Maybe once you're in love you'll see."

XxX

"The Great Sayaman is here! All who worships evil's might shall fear me!" I was walking down the street to get some supplies when I heard the voice. I knew it was Gohan, just finishing a battle of good vs. evil. Hearing him made me laugh. I ran into an alley and teleported to the Orange Star High School, where I waited. Soon enough he was there.

"Gohan." I was smirking.

"Katie, what are you doing here?"

"I missed the fight, but I heard the aftermath." I said.

"Cool huh?"

"No. Lame, Gohan. I thought I told you no mottos or poses?"

"Awe, come on!"

"Gohan, I'm sorry, but its lame!"

XxX

"You don't understand the joy I feel right now. I'm free, totally free. The Darkness can't get me here. You'll like it on my side. Join me. Together, nothing can stop us."

"You're still in there, Katie, or you wouldn't want to try to get us on your side." Gohan said.

"Katie is Katherine, and Katherine is Katie. You have to get that by now."

"The only way we would believe that is if you did something really bad." Goku said. I smiled.

"You mean like this?" I moved my arm and powered a blast aimed toward the audience.

"No, you wouldn't-"

"Yes I would." I blasted, and the explosion was tremendous. The screams were like music, and the scent of blood excited me. The entire section that I aimed at was gone.

It's wrong!

But it's so fun.

"Katie!" Vegeta said in shock

"Katherine. Fight me now, or this will only continue."

"Fine, follow me." Goku said.

"Whatever you say."

"Gohan, go and check on Supreme Kai. You have to keep him safe." Goku said, though he didn't mean for me to hear him.

"Yes, Gohan, go keep Supreme Kai safe like a good boy." I hissed, as he looked at me one last time before he left.

XxX

"Alright Katie, translate this. Gohan iz tuk-oply-h'reth laan Katie."

"Uhh… hey! You aren't stronger than me!" I cried.

"Right now I might be. I have the Mystic form, remember? But at least you knew what I said. Gohan is much stronger than Katie. Now, shall we pass on to some Namekian?" we laughed.

XxX

"Gohan, hey! What are you doing here?" I met with Gohan near Orange Star High School. I was about to enroll Kanji.

"Oh, yeah, well, you know, I got caught on the committee for the reunion at Orange Star." He said, scratching the back of his head.

"Really? How long has it been?"

"It's the 35th anniversary."

"Really? Wow, you're getting old kid."

"Look whose talking." We laughed and walked on to the school together.

XxX

Memories of Gohan flooded in as I stared at Katrin. We have been together since he was four years old, and I fifteen. That's 45 years, and this was the first time I had lost him. (I really don't count when Majin Buu killed everyone on earth because that was a planetary genocide.)

He was like a son to me, really. I was there when he grew up. I was there with him before the Sayjins. We went to Namek together. He didn't give up on me when I became Majin, but then again, none of my friends did. He helped me in my training for Roxx, and he helped me when I lost my memory. I could always count on him, and I had let him down.

"Gohan… I swear I'll avenge you…"

"What was that, sister?"

"I said I'll avenge Gohan! He was like a son to me!"

"Now you know the pain of losing a child."

"I've lost my children before, I was just lucky that I could get them back. But I do know the pain… you lose yourself along with them… you're not whole anymore. I know, Katrin. I figured it out."

"And what's that?" she was oblivious to what I meant.

"I know you hear a voice. I know you're angry and sad and scared because you lost your son at birth." I kept my voice really low so only we would hear. Her eyes grew wide, and her clenched fists started to shake.

"You know…? How…? So what if you did, it won't help you!" she screamed.

"I want to help you, Katrin, not hurt you."

"You're pathetic! I killed your Gohan, and you don't care?"

"Don't you say that! I loved Gohan!" I screamed.

"Then prove it, avenge him!"

I screamed as I flew at Katrin, but she put up an energy shield. I used my wings to stop before I hit the wall.

"So it's down to you shielding yourself against me?" I cried, "Angel's Light!" my attack broke her shield like glass.

I didn't waste any time before I started my counter attack. I charged and got right to her face and set off a Ki blast. I jumped back and started another attack.

"Ka…"

"What are you doing?" she asked, but I ignored her.

"Me…"

"It this supposed to scare me?"

"Ha…"

"It's an attack from earth, Empress." Kakorot called back.

"Oh, it is, is it? Well, I'll just do a Sayjin favorite in return… Big Bang…"

"Me…"

"Attack!" / "HA!"

We attacked at the same time, and once more we were in a stalemate.

We are exactly equal… I cannot stop her…

I wouldn't allow myself to lose or stay tied with her, not even if we both had to die. I powered up and teleported behind Katrin, letting the attacks go off without restriction. I grabbed her tight with my arms and tail and flew high above the planet's surface.

"What are you doing now, sister?" she growled. I grabbed hold tighter as I ignored her. I started to transfer my life energy-Ki into attack-worthy Ki. I would do the only thing I could to kill a goddess. That was to use all of the energy, attack-worthy Ki and life energy-Ki, to bring her down. I only hoped it would work and that I wouldn't die in vain. We'd both die. Cell could restore the universe to the way it should be.

I'm going to kill us both… but it's all I can think of…

"Shit… sister, are you insane? You'll kill us both!"

Ironic that she asks me if I'm insane…

"It's the only way. Only a god can kill a god." I growled as I kept replacing the two Ki types. Cell couldn't hear us from up here, but I knew he could sense what I was doing.

"Katie, don't, please! Don't kill her!"

"I'm sorry, Cell." I called back to him.

"No, Empress!"

"Katrin!"

"Katie, don't!"

I looked, and all of her friends and family were begging me to stop. King Vegeta, Kakorot, Raditz, they all called to me. One way or another I remembered something the counterparts of these guys had done for me.

"Don't kill my cousin, please!"

I couldn't do it. No matter how evil she was, no matter what she had done, if people cared this much about her then I couldn't kill her. I let her go and started changing my Ki back to its normal levels as I landed.

Stupid… just like Goku and Frieza… how could I stop?

I looked over to the darklings as Katrin landed. They looked relieved, and confused, that I let her go.

"Why… why did you stop?" Katrin looked confused as well.

"You have people that care about you. No matter what you have done to me or my family, I can't kill someone who is so well cared about." I said, lowering my eyes. I felt a little shamed; I figured that was my Sayjin genes.

"They care…?" she looked over to her family. I saw her eyes flash, and she shook her head, "That was foolish!"

She was frantic as she powered up the largest attack yet. It was just a giant Ki ball, and giant only begins to describe its size. As she did this, she condensed it into a smaller ball and then threw it. I slapped it away easily, and she stood dumbstruck.

AS22: aww… they love her, even now!

Cell: well of course- wait a minute, what happened to that attack?

AS22: …

Cell: Angel…

Katie: R&R, Cell just foreshadowed the next chapter!

Cell: no, wait, what happened? Hello? No, come back, I want to know!