Authors Note: FINALLY! I can't believe it took me this long. Sorry about that but with the third quarter of school coming to an end I've been pretty busy plus I've just been in a sort of slump not really into the writing mode. But anyways I finally got another chapter out. I hope you like it. Thanks! REVIEW!

"talking"

thinking

:communicating through a bond or telepathically:

dream or something happening within a dream

"talking within a dream"

something written/read like a sign or a note

Disclaimer: I don't own any DBZ.

Chapter Eleven: Death of a Hero

Yamako gracefully leaped into the air and landed firmly on a bolder about 3 meters from where she had been. This was defiantly the most annoying segment of the journey for her and Gohan seemed to agree. For the past 3 months the 2 had been doing nothing but leaping from bolder to bolder throughout the entire day but they still had another 2 months of this to go and then another 5 months on the long road to the entrance of the Dragon's Dimensional Highway. However, by Yamako's calculations Youkai should already be on Earth and they were still not even half way to the entrance. Yamako stopped when she noticed Gohan wasn't following her anymore and she frantically looked around.

"Grandpa Gohan! Grandpa Gohan where are you?!"

"Right here Yamako. No need to shout." Gohan stated from behind her as he rubbed his ears.

Yamako jumped slightly but it was barely noticeable and she quickly whirled around to face him. Unfortunately she spun around too fast causing not only Gohan but also herself as well to fall off the small bolder they were both on.

"AHHH!" Gohan cried as he tried to levitate back up but found it useless because of the interference of the energy from inside the Dragon's Dimensional Highway.

Gohan's attempt to levitate caused him to be sent flying out of control and he impacted a large bolder, knocking him unconscious and cutting a huge gash in his side. Yamako screamed as she and Gohan were sent careening towards a large bolder and clamped her eyes shut as she braced for impact. But surprisingly it never came instead she felt tingly all over and the next thing she knew she and Gohan were lying on solid ground. She hesitantly opened her eyes and gasped at where they were. They were on the long road that she had traveled on during the first part of her journey. But they weren't supposed to get there for another 2 months and they had just been falling through space. It wasn't possible for them to be there; yet they were. Yamako could only conclude that she had somehow teleported them there using the Universal Space Gateway. But that ability required a type of energy that was canceled out within this dimension. Yamako then remembered hearing about a more powerful version of the Universal Space Gateway that used a slightly different type of energy. It was supposedly called Universal Teleportation. It was basically a modified version of the Universal Space Gateway. But instead of actually having to walk through the gateway it simply opened a gateway around the user and teleported them. This required less time but far more power and concentration to achieve. It could also be used around other people instantly. Yamako figured that in her state of panic she had awoken more of her hidden powers and used the technique to save herself and her grandfather. She gasped. She had forgotten about Gohan's injures. Running over to him she bent down and checked his pulse. It was a little low but steady. She sighed in relief before she gently placed her hands above his chest. She closed her eyes in concentration and soon her hands began to glow a bright golden color. This glow radiated around Gohan's body and slowly made the gash on his side disappear. She smirked in satisfaction as Gohan blearily opened his eyes and sat up as she moved away. Gohan looked at her slightly confused as to how they got there and how she had managed to heal him.

"Yamako what happened? How did you heal me?"

Thinking fast Yamako explained that she had 1 remaining senzu bean with her from when she had last trained with Vegeta. Gohan nodded in conformation and then began to look around in an attempt to get his bearings. Yamako sighed in relief when Gohan didn't question her lie. She didn't want to explain how she had picked up the ability to heal from reading Dende's thoughts and that she had spent the last year perfecting it. But thanks to the fusion with the Dragon Balls she had perfected the ability a lot faster than she would have without the fusion. As she and Gohan took a break to calm their nerves Yamako quickly made an assessment of herself.

Let's see…I can read minds…use telepathy…control minds…use telekinesis…use the Universal Space Gateway…heal…create Dragon Balls if the wish worked…and now possibly use Universal Teleportation if I work at it. How come I have all these psychic abilities? I'm a Saiyan. Usually Saiyans don't have anywhere near this kind of mental power. Heck, most HUMANS and NAMEKS don't have this kind of mental strength. Not even Grandma Bulma, Grandpa Gohan, and Piccolo have enough mental powers to do even HALF of what I can do. It must have something to do with the fact that I'm a descendant of both Goku and Vegeta. But so is Jaz and she can't do this stuff. Maybe I just got the genes from Mom and Dad or something. I'll figure it out later…right now we have to get back to Earth. Yamako thought as she rose to her feet.

"Come on Grandpa Gohan we got to go."

Gohan nodded and took off after her. The 2 continued to fly as fast as they could in an attempt to reach Earth before it was too late to save their friends and family.

SCENE CHANGE

Kumori quickly blasted Furinto in the back and Goten delivered a knee to the stomach while Furinto was in shock before blasting him into the next dimension. Kumori rejoined Piccolo on the battlefields as both of them tried to finish off the last remaining foot-soldiers that were now coming at them in much fewer numbers. Goten noticed that Piccolo and Kumori seemed to have things well under control and turned to look at his father. Upon seeing Goku failing miserably against Youkai, even with Pan and Trunks' help he took off to help them. Goten powered up a blast and launched it right for Youkai's back.

SCENE CHANGE

Youkai was fairing pretty well against Goku, Trunks, and Pan even with being outnumbered. It was their teamwork, not their strength, that was proving most difficult to deal with. Suddenly he spotted Goten's blast out of the corner of his eye and quickly dodged it. It sailed past his head and narrowly missed Pan's head. Goten leaped right into the fight only to be thrown back by Youkai's blast. Goten quickly recovered and joined up with Trunks. The 2 nodded at each other and Trunks dropped out of Super Saiyan 3 into Super Saiyan 2 so they could fuse. Pan and Goku battled with Youkai in order to give Trunks and Goten the time they needed to fuse. Once Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks had been formed he along with Pan and Goku attacked Youkai. Youkai was amazed at the new strength that the Saiyans possessed. Goku kneed Youkai in the stomach and caused him to double over. Then Pan gave him an uppercut before Gotenks clasped his hands together and brought them down on Youkai's back. Youkai winced as he made contact with the ground. Gotenks then jumped back and powered up a Big Bang Attack. Goku powered up a Kamehame-ha wave and Pan powered up a Masenko-ha. The 3 fired their blasts at Youkai at once. They poured all of their ki into their attacks and soon a giant explosion erupted. They all ceased their firing and watched as they panted heavily. They stared into the dust cloud looking for any sign of movement. Gotenks' fusion wore off at that moment and he split apart into Trunks and Goten once again. Goten cautiously took a step forward and peered into the smoke. Trunks and Pan slowly stepped towards 1 another and embraced each other lovingly as Pan and Goku powered down to level 2.

"Is…it over?" Pan asked stepping forward and pulling out of Trunks' grip.

Everyone was silent for a few minutes as the dust slowly began to settle. Once it did they all saw that Youkai had completely vanished. Goten smiled and sighed in relief as he and Trunks pumped their right fists into the air and cheered. Pan however, wasn't so sure and apparently neither was Goku. Pan glanced over at her grandfather only to see Youkai appear directly behind him.

"GRANDPA! LOOK OUT!" Pan cried as she prepared to charge.

Goten and Trunks quickly whipped around to look at Goku as he quickly turned around to face Youkai. Once Goku was facing him Youkai smirked and pointed his index finger at Goku. Before anyone knew what was happening Youkai sent out a ki beam straight for Goku's chest. It struck him through the heart and killed him instantly. He fell backwards and dropped out of Super Saiyan before he even hit the ground. Pan gasped and stood in total shock at what she had witnessed. Tears filled her eyes and she whirled around, collapsing into Trunks' embrace as she broke out into tears. Trunks looked on in utter shock and then felt tears brim his eyes.

"Goku…!" Trunks whispered as he clamped his eyes shut, trying to prevent himself from crying, and hugged Pan tightly.

"Grandpa…no…not you too!" Pan cried into Trunks' shoulder.

SCENE CHANGE

All the Z-Fighters' heads shot up and they gasped as their mouths dropped open in shock. Goku's ki had just completely disappeared. Everyone stood in complete shock, not believing that Youkai had killed Goku as well as Vegeta and without Gohan there all hope seemed lost. Jasumin hadn't fully recovered from the news of Vegeta's death before receiving this news about Goku. It was bad enough that her grandpa Gohan had disappeared 2 years ago but now her grandpa Vegeta and great-grandpa Goku were also gone and it was too much for her. Giving a cry she jumped into Super Saiyan and blasted a random object, destroying a small section of the room with the sheer magnitude of her ki before being overpowered by her hidden strength that her rage had just unlocked. As her ki seared around her the golden chain of her heart necklace shattered and sent the little charm falling to the ground. The others looked on in shock as the daughter of Trunks and Pan achieved the next level of Super Saiyan and thus joined her parents, sister, grand-uncle, and grandfathers in the class of ascended Saiyans.

Jasumin soon collapsed as the strain of her transformation hit her full force. Jaketsu rushed forward and caught his younger cousin before she hit the floor. He hadn't taken the news of his grandpa Goku's death well either but because he was only ¼ Saiyan his anger wasn't enough to trigger his transformation without more training. On top of that Jasumin had been born a Super Saiyan since she was the daughter of 2 Super Saiyans and thus held an advantage in achieving new levels of strength. Kasaiko ran over to her slightly older cousin and helped Jaketsu pick her up after she had bent down and picked up the heart shaped charm. She was deeply upset about Goku's death as well; he was after all the great-grandfather of her best friend and cousin. However, she technically wasn't related to him and thus took it better than Jaketsu, Kurige, and Jasumin. She watched as Kurige just stood completely still as his brain processed the information presented to him. He was only 7 years old and yet he now had to deal with his grandfather's death as well as his uncle's disappearance. Kurige sunk to his knees as tears filled his eyes. Kurige raked his hand through his hair and for the first time in his life cursed the Saiyan trait of the youngest child looking identical to 1 of its parents because it resulted in him having the same exact hairstyle as his grandfather only blond. He wouldn't be able to even look in a mirror without remembering his grandfather and neither would his father if he managed to survive the fight with Youkai. Jaketsu noticed his brother on the floor and after depositing Jasumin on the couch he quickly walked over to him. His short hair whipped back as a gust of wind came into the house through the new hole in the wall. Shaking his head he straightened out his hair so it once again resembled what Krillin's had looked like back when Majin Buu attacked only slightly shorter. He bent down and pulled his little brother to his feet.

Krillin walked over and placed a reassuring hand on his grandson's shoulder. Kasaiko sighed and ran over to her father and jumped into his arms, almost instantly starting to play with her silver flower necklace for comfort. Marron sat in a chair and opened her arms allowing Jaketsu and Kurige to crawl into her embrace. She closed her eyes tightly as a few tears rolled down her cheek. She was worried about her husband and upset about her father-in-law's death. She knew that Goku and her father had been best friends when they were kids and she had grown to love him dearly. Videl lifted her granddaughter into her lap as she sat down on the couch and tried her best not to cry over Goku's death. Ever since she met him he had treated her like 1 of the family and he had been more of a father figure to her than her own father ever since she married Gohan. Chichi felt a terrible feeling in her heart and knew instantly that Goku was dead through their bond. She collapsed to her knees and began to cry. Bulma had cried herself to sleep over the news and Bra sat at her bedside in order to comfort her. Hearing Chichi's cries Videl came into the room and embraced her. She sighed heavily and silently prayed for her daughter to be all right.

Gohan where are you? Videl sobbed into Chichi's hair.

Author's Note: Oh no now Goku's dead too! This doesn't look good for the Earth unless Gohan and Yamako can make it back soon. Luckily they are even alive in order to return thanks to Yamako's constantly developing powers and abilities. The next chapter should have Youkai's defeat. Anyways hoped you liked it. Laters! Remember to review!