Gohan woke up surrounded by family members. He blinked a few times to
regain focus. Chichi saw him wake, and slapped him square on the cheek.
"What is your problem!?" Chichi yelled at him.
"What do you mean?" Gohan asked, rubbing his cheek.
"What do I mean!! What do I mean!!! Just go look at what you did to the forest and river! What were you thinking? Do you know how many animals are homeless and dead because of your recklessness?"
Gohan got up quickly and looked out at the forest through the window. What he had grown up with, the lush green trees, with a quiet, peaceful river was replaced by waste land. The river was dried up and the trees were burnt and broken. Animals limped away and struggled to find a new home. The carcasses of deer and dinosaurs lay lifeless and bloody. Gohan looked upon the unfamiliar sight it shock. The once thick green grass was now dead, black and incinerated. It looked like the rubble after one of Majin Buu's joy rides. Chichi whipped him around and stared at him hard.
"What do you have to say for yourself young man?" Chichi demanded. Goku and Goten looked on worriedly behind her.
After a minute of silence Gohan managed to form words in his mind and speak them.
"I...I didn't do this. I didn't do this. I swear!" Gohan explained.
"Then who! May I ask could have done this? Tell me...when I saw you blast through that forest. Is there another boy with strength and not to mention hair like yours?"
Gohan thought for a second and looked back through the window. He thought to the copy of him standing in the ice covered house.
"Yes... there is. Or, there may be."
~
Gohan was sitting in his room, trying to concentrate on his algebra homework when Goku burst through the door.
"Hey son! Up for some training? Judging by your performance in the forest, I saw you need to let out some steam." Goku suggested.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I have some things on my mind."
"Come on. Maybe I need to let off some steam, and I don't want to hurt Goten."
"Ask Vegeta."
"Hey, you remember what happened last time when me and Vegeta got into a fight. Can you say...' helped cause end of world'?"
"Vegeta and I, Dad. It's Vegeta and I. Not me and Vegeta."
"Oh I see, you don't want to fight, but you have no problem teaching me English?"
Gohan closed his book.
"Fine, but not too long. I have school tomorrow."
"O.K! We'll keep it short and sweet."
The boys went through the window and flew over to the cliff they always trained at. They stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down.
"You know, before Cell, me and...*sigh* Piccolo and I sent you tumbling over that cliff many a time. And now you could power up and kill us all." Goku remembered.
Gohan looked at him sharply.
"Don't say that. My power could never, and WILL never kill ANYONE. I will never release that power again." Gohan demanded.
"Oh yeah...tell that to the forest and all the homeless animals." Goku sighed.
~
They both went into fighting positions and at the count of...two and a half...they charged at each other. At first they were matched in strength but as they got into it more, Goku showed the upper hand. Their fists clashed and feet stung into each other's sides. Ki blasts soared through the air, missing their target, but skillfully redirected out of harms way. Gohan took his beating and tried to overpower his father without taking the risk of losing his control. They went towards each other at a tremendous speed and in a flash of light; Gohan went colliding into the ground. He sat up on his knee and spat blood into the grass.
"Come on! Let out a little more! Don't worry so much. You won't loose control. Give me a real challenge!" Goku pushed.
Filled with adrenalin, Gohan smiled and released as much power as he thought he could control. He jumped up and sped towards Goku. At first Goku grinned at the challenge, but Gohan's power kept rising and rising. He was coming at Goku with a fabulous agility. Goku blocked and braced for impact. The two collided and Goku was sent to the ground. Goku remained flat on the ground and didn't move. He lay unconscious with broken bones. Gohan bit his lower lip.
"Well shit dad." Gohan commented.
~
Monday morning Gohan flew off from the hospital and said bye to his broken father. He reached the school five minutes early so he decided to drop by the science lab, where Videl usually spent her mornings. He walked in and smiled at the familiar scene of Videl working at the same old lab table. They began to chat friendly and laughed for the little bit of time before class. The bell rang and Gohan ran hurriedly to his class on the other side of the school.
"And just where have you been Gohan?" His teacher asked as he tried to sneak in.
"Um...sorry Miss, I was helping Videl in the science lab." Gohan said.
Everyone looked at him in shock.
"How dare you make jokes? You know full well that Videl went missing last Friday. No one has seen her or knows if she's alive and you make jokes about her in the science lab. How dare you." His teacher scolded.
Gohan walked up to his seat, receiving dirty looks as he passed. He stared at the empty seat next to him
"Missing? How could that be?"
"What is your problem!?" Chichi yelled at him.
"What do you mean?" Gohan asked, rubbing his cheek.
"What do I mean!! What do I mean!!! Just go look at what you did to the forest and river! What were you thinking? Do you know how many animals are homeless and dead because of your recklessness?"
Gohan got up quickly and looked out at the forest through the window. What he had grown up with, the lush green trees, with a quiet, peaceful river was replaced by waste land. The river was dried up and the trees were burnt and broken. Animals limped away and struggled to find a new home. The carcasses of deer and dinosaurs lay lifeless and bloody. Gohan looked upon the unfamiliar sight it shock. The once thick green grass was now dead, black and incinerated. It looked like the rubble after one of Majin Buu's joy rides. Chichi whipped him around and stared at him hard.
"What do you have to say for yourself young man?" Chichi demanded. Goku and Goten looked on worriedly behind her.
After a minute of silence Gohan managed to form words in his mind and speak them.
"I...I didn't do this. I didn't do this. I swear!" Gohan explained.
"Then who! May I ask could have done this? Tell me...when I saw you blast through that forest. Is there another boy with strength and not to mention hair like yours?"
Gohan thought for a second and looked back through the window. He thought to the copy of him standing in the ice covered house.
"Yes... there is. Or, there may be."
~
Gohan was sitting in his room, trying to concentrate on his algebra homework when Goku burst through the door.
"Hey son! Up for some training? Judging by your performance in the forest, I saw you need to let out some steam." Goku suggested.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I have some things on my mind."
"Come on. Maybe I need to let off some steam, and I don't want to hurt Goten."
"Ask Vegeta."
"Hey, you remember what happened last time when me and Vegeta got into a fight. Can you say...' helped cause end of world'?"
"Vegeta and I, Dad. It's Vegeta and I. Not me and Vegeta."
"Oh I see, you don't want to fight, but you have no problem teaching me English?"
Gohan closed his book.
"Fine, but not too long. I have school tomorrow."
"O.K! We'll keep it short and sweet."
The boys went through the window and flew over to the cliff they always trained at. They stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down.
"You know, before Cell, me and...*sigh* Piccolo and I sent you tumbling over that cliff many a time. And now you could power up and kill us all." Goku remembered.
Gohan looked at him sharply.
"Don't say that. My power could never, and WILL never kill ANYONE. I will never release that power again." Gohan demanded.
"Oh yeah...tell that to the forest and all the homeless animals." Goku sighed.
~
They both went into fighting positions and at the count of...two and a half...they charged at each other. At first they were matched in strength but as they got into it more, Goku showed the upper hand. Their fists clashed and feet stung into each other's sides. Ki blasts soared through the air, missing their target, but skillfully redirected out of harms way. Gohan took his beating and tried to overpower his father without taking the risk of losing his control. They went towards each other at a tremendous speed and in a flash of light; Gohan went colliding into the ground. He sat up on his knee and spat blood into the grass.
"Come on! Let out a little more! Don't worry so much. You won't loose control. Give me a real challenge!" Goku pushed.
Filled with adrenalin, Gohan smiled and released as much power as he thought he could control. He jumped up and sped towards Goku. At first Goku grinned at the challenge, but Gohan's power kept rising and rising. He was coming at Goku with a fabulous agility. Goku blocked and braced for impact. The two collided and Goku was sent to the ground. Goku remained flat on the ground and didn't move. He lay unconscious with broken bones. Gohan bit his lower lip.
"Well shit dad." Gohan commented.
~
Monday morning Gohan flew off from the hospital and said bye to his broken father. He reached the school five minutes early so he decided to drop by the science lab, where Videl usually spent her mornings. He walked in and smiled at the familiar scene of Videl working at the same old lab table. They began to chat friendly and laughed for the little bit of time before class. The bell rang and Gohan ran hurriedly to his class on the other side of the school.
"And just where have you been Gohan?" His teacher asked as he tried to sneak in.
"Um...sorry Miss, I was helping Videl in the science lab." Gohan said.
Everyone looked at him in shock.
"How dare you make jokes? You know full well that Videl went missing last Friday. No one has seen her or knows if she's alive and you make jokes about her in the science lab. How dare you." His teacher scolded.
Gohan walked up to his seat, receiving dirty looks as he passed. He stared at the empty seat next to him
"Missing? How could that be?"