It's almost Christmas time, and this story needs a tree. A Christmas Tree. So, let's ask Shenron.

Shenron: I'll give you the same tree I gave TFS 8 years ago. (eyes glow)

RDF1: Holy crap, has it really been that long since then...?

Shenron: Yes. Now, go write your stupid fic. (disappears)

RDF1: Well you didn't have to be a (bleep) about it.

Okay, The Tree of Might. It's... well, it's kinda in two parts, with the first being kinda useless. This movie does introduce... well some people's favorite character, but TFS joke about him way too much in later parts. I'm taking another page from TFS and posting this for the Christmas Holidays, but I'm not turning this into a story about Christmas. No, that'd rip too much off of TFS. I mean, I already abridged their abridged "World's Strongest". LOLZ!

Anyways, let's get going. Gohan vs. Turles!

(Story Begin)

Gohan couldn't help but reflect on the peace that has been since Nappa and Vegeta attempted to destroy Earth. Luckily, he and Piccolo ensured everyone survived. Nappa died, but Vegeta left for space to lick his wounds and maybe come back for revenge, but he hadn't shown up yet, so it felt odd. He wasn't one to question it though. Currently, he was with Bulma, Krillin, and Oolong camping. Luckily, since he was so caught up with his homework and other than Krillin, Oolong was mostly harmless and Bulma was, well Bulma, Chi Chi allowed Gohan to join them for this camping trip with minimum work to take with him. It had been an enjoyable time so far and a good night's rest would help with a fun day tomorrow.

Before Gohan could truly fall asleep however, he felt a familiar Ki Signature. Sneaking out, he flew over the forest to find Piccolo standing near a crater and a burnt log among some debris from the object that had recently impacted the planet without much seismic activity.

"Hey Piccolo, what happened?" asked Gohan.

"Not sure. Noticed this in the sky and followed it here. It started a fire before I put it out. Don't need the forest burned down," explained Piccolo.

"Yeah, don't need that on our hands," said Gohan, "So... any chance of an enemy because of this?"

"About 120%" replied Piccolo.

"Of course," sighed Gohan, "Let's keep the Dragonballs on standby then."

With that Gohan returned to the campsite for a good night's rest.

(AN1)

A few days passed without incident, until everything went 'FUBAR'. Large Roots spread across the planet, tearing up mountains, buildings, and other large structures and basically leaving destruction everywhere.

One of the casualties was Yamcha's car, which prompted a visit from everyone at Goku's house. It was definitely a pity party, minus Bulma, who broke up with him months ago.

'Gohan!'

Gohan looked up from his book that he was reading when he heard Piccolo's voice.

'Let me guess... bad guy just showed up?' questioned Gohan, closing his book and looking out the window.

'Yep. Largest Tree I've ever seen, taking basically life energy from the planet,' informed Piccolo.

Meanwhile, Goku was receiving the same information from King Kai and relaying said information to the others.

"We need to work together to save the Earth," said Goku, getting agreements from the others.

So, Goku, Krilin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chaotzu flew out to find the Tree of Might. Gohan managed to sneak out a few minutes later.

(AN2)

Upon arrival, Gohan noticed the Z-Fighters not handling the invaders too well. Yamcha, Chaotzu, and Tien were already down, and even Gohan wasn't fast enough to prevent Krillin from being defeated as well. Noticing a new Ki arriving he turned to see a Saiyan looking a lot like his father.

"You may look like my father, but you're not him, so who are you?" asked Gohan, getting into a battle stance.

"My name is Turles, and you could consider me an Uncle of Sorts," replied Turles, "I was born around the same time as your grandfather, Bardock. I am a renegade, and one of so few survivors of Planet Vegeta's destruction. With the Tree of Might, I shall gain enough power to take on Frieza himself."

"Frieza...?" asked Gohan, feigning ignorance since he technically hasn't heard about him in this timeline, feeling uneasy about hearing the name of that Tyrant, "Who's he?"

"No one you need concern yourself with, boy," said Turles, unfurling his tail, "I see you too have kept your tail. Only Saiyans like us can truly tap into our real power."

"Let's see who's better at this," smirked Gohan, catching Turles off guard. Gohan moved quickly, head-butting Turles, forcing air out of his lungs, before following up with a bicycle kick to the back of the head, sending Turles towards the ground.

Unfortunately, Turles managed to recover and smirked back up at Gohan.

"So, you have a few tricks up your sleeve. Not the kid your body appears to be, eh?"

(AN3)

"I think it's time I stopped playing around," said Turles, powering up and charging at Gohan, only to be knocked aside by the entrance of another warrior.

"Gohan, you stealing all the fun around here?" asked Piccolo, taking off his weighted Gi as he powered up as well.

"Hmm... a two-for-one deal, huh?" said Turles, "I love a good challenge!"

And so, the fight escalated.

Goku couldn't get close to where Gohan and Piccolo were fighting Turles because of the minions that keep getting in his way. Finally, he got fed up with their antics and went Kai-o-Ken to finally knock them down without them getting back up. Flying over to where the other three were, he found all three panting, though Turles was looking worse for wear, yet he seemed less concerned, given the fact that he had an object in his hand.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Goku, "I'm too late!"

"Yes you are, Kakarot," said Turles, biting into the Fruit and receiving a MASSIVE power up, "HAHAHA! You worthless worms can't defeat me now!"

Turles began moving even faster, knocking all three of them back before they had a chance to react. Gohan and Piccolo recovered and charged in while Goku powered up to match them. However, Turles's new power allowed him to dodge and block nearly everything from the three of them. After getting knocked back for the third time, Gohan focused his energy into a Masenko, which forced Turles to actually block the blast. Goku and Piccolo followed up with their own techniques, only for Turles to reveal that he didn't have a single scratch on him.

"You fools! Here's REAL POWER!" countered Turles, before letting loose a barrage of Ki blasts, knocking all three back to the ground with even more blasts raining down on them.

"Damnit," groaned Gohan, panting as he struggled to get up after that blast, "I can't believe he's this powerful."

"You have to keep fighting Gohan. We have to keep fighting!" prompted Piccolo, getting up with difficulty as well.

"I... can barely move," said Goku, who tried but couldn't get up without crashing down again.

"Here Goku," said Piccolo, pulling out a Senzu Bean and tossing it inches from Goku's face, "I snagged this from Korin before showing up here. Take him down for real this time."

"Hehe... Thanks Piccolo," coughed Goku, before managed to eat the bean and recover his strength.

"What's this...?" questioned Turles, his scouter registering Goku's increase in energy, "Where is he getting this power from? Did he steal a fruit without me noticing? That couldn't be."

"The Fruit might increase your powers, but Senzu Beans restore lost strength and stamina," said Goku, facing him, before his aura flared red, "KAI-O-KENx10!"

(AN4)

Moving faster than Turles could react, Goku unleashed a fury of attacks, all of which couldn't be blocked or countered by the evil Saiyan since even with the power the fruit provided, his stamina had been drained from his fight with Gohan and Piccolo before Kakarot had joined in, until finally Goku let loose a Kamehameha at full power, blasting Turles against the tree, damaging him more than Turles expected.

Turles was angry, yet impressed; to think that even the Fruit didn't guarantee victory. He had one more ace in his arsenal, but it was incredibly risky, but his pride was screaming at him to destroy those who dared defy him. Turles brought forth a sphere of Ki that Gohan had felt once before, and hid a smirk. End game time.

"He's not done yet," panted Goku, feeling the effects of Kai-o-Ken backlashing.

"Dad, stay back. Let me end this fight," said Gohan, as all three of them watched Turles through the sphere of Ki into the sky and created a fake moon, beginning his transformation.

"Gohan don't! You can't look at it!" called out Goku, but it was too late, Gohan was already transforming the same as Turles.

"Don't worry, Dad," said Gohan, letting loose a roar to match the other Oozaru, "My Oozaru and I have come to an understanding."

Goku could only watch as the two Oozarus battled it out in way he could never imagine. It seemed right out of Grandpa Gohan's stories of a monster appearing during a full moon, just like the fake moon that was out now. He noticed Piccolo was calm, as if he had seen Gohan's transformation before and knew he managed to gain control over it.

Oozaru Gohan may have less power than Oozaru Turles, but he had far more fighting experience, and actual clarity in this form, which Turles never had. Vegeta would have been a far more difficult opponent, one he possibly couldn't have beaten if he couldn't reason with him. Dodging punches, tail slaps, and Oozaru blasts, it looked more like the Tree of Might was being destroyed, rather than the Earth the Tree had taken root in.

'Kami, you hear me?' called out Piccolo Mentally.

'Yes, Piccolo, loud and clear,' replied Kami, 'How are things going?'

'We're wrapping things up here,' informed Piccolo, 'Bad Guy was a Saiyan who just transformed. Gohan's matched his transformation and while stronger, Turles doesn't have a lot of control over his Oozaru.'

'Good. As soon as he's done, Shenron will restore the Earth to it's previous state prior to the Tree's arrival.'

'Good thing I stopped that forest fire, huh? Otherwise, we'd be in a right pickle.'

'Indeed.'

Meanwhile, Oozaru Gohan managed to finally pin down Oozaru Turles long enough for Goku to cut off Turles's tail. Now that he was severely weakened and in the presence of a true Oozaru, he couldn't survive Oozaru Gohan's final blast, which ripped right through him and the Tree of Might, leaving it a withered form of it's former self. The skies darkened as the Eternal Dragon Shenron was summoned to fix the damage the Tree of Might did and Gohan blasted the fake moon and reverted back to his regular form, mostly exhausted.

Gohan sighed at his desk, 8 stacks of books surrounding him. He was grounded for his little stunt, something his father oddly enough didn't argue against. He did break rules and as a child, he couldn't escape punishment. It didn't matter though. The world was saved, and that's what mattered. The others managed to recover, though their pride was hurt, so they returned to their training, vowing to get stronger.

(Story End)

Okay, to power scale everyone because since before Frieza numbers were still a thing, I'll place everything in tiered system: Normal, Max, true Max (emotional adrenaline high).

Gohan: 5000 - 37200 - 85000

Oozaru Gohan: 600000

Piccolo: 17500 - 48000 - 63500

Goku: 12000 - 28000 - Kaiokenx10 280000

Turles: 28000 - 80000 - (Tree Fruit) - 300000

Oozaru Turles: 800000

Again, it's numbers that don't mean anything other than reminding us it's rather pointless to rely on them in the first place. I'll be using numbers up until Lord Slug, because they were technically still a thing during this time. Know that I'm upscaling these guys from their canon counterparts (at least Gohan and Piccolo) because timeline shenanigans and ripple effect.

So, I basically ripped out so many good moments from good characters like Roshi and Krillin (who despite being bulletproof has a healthy fear of being shot, so it would make sense for Krillin to run from bullets from a mental standpoint), ultimately stripping the movie down to Gohan and Piccolo take out Henchmen, and then team up with Goku for some overkill on the boss(es). Also, Kochin died same way as in Canon, just to clarify.

Author Notes!

AN1: Yeah, waste of a wish and can be completely negated since Piccolo and Gohan like to keep in touch. Just saying.

AN2: This movie definitely shows it's age, as it feels incredibly slow building up to the battle. Honestly, it wasn't my favorite growing up.

AN3: Remember when I said Scouters can pick up timeline disturbances? Yeah, I thought not.

AN4: It is something to note. Turles eating the fruit did not restore his stamina, just gave him more power to work with.

Second movie finished. 2019 is going to be a good year for my fanfics, because I have a LOT more work ahead of me. Lord Slug, Cooler's Return, Potentially History of Trunks, Super Android 13, Broly's second coming. Ignoring Bio-Broly because Gohan wasn't even apart of that adventure. After that... we'll see.

Later,

RDF1