Chapter 6: Unmasked

Orange Star City – City Hall

"Dad! Dad!" Videl exclaimed as she squirmed in Gohan's arms. "Let me go! Do you hear me? Let me Go!"

"I'm sorry..." Gohan somberly replied

"I'll kill him!" Videl exclaimed "I'll..."

"There's nothing you can do." Gohan tried to assure her.

"I can probably do more than you!"Videl exclaimed as she vainly attempted to elbow Gohan. "Now, let me g..."

Gohan suddenly delivered a quick chop Videl's neck rendering her unconscious.

"Gohan, why'd you do that?" Krillin inquired.

"It was for her own good." Gohan replied. Gohan cradled the now unconscious girl in his arms getting a clear look at her face. He fought back an odd urge to blush before handing her to Yamcha.

"Why are you handing her to me?" Yamcha inquired

"I want you to get her somewhere safe." Gohan replied. "She just lost her father. She doesn't need to be anywhere close this area."

"Got it." Yamcha replied before taking off

The red armored man's right hand twitched as if he contemplated stopping Yamcha from leaving.

"I'm not sure what I'm more surprised at." Krillin stated. "The fact that Mr. Satan is dead or the fact that he has a daughter..."

A puzzled look came across Gohan's face. He had been trying to sense the ki of the red armored man but could not feel anything much like fully armored foot soldiers from two months ago.

A fair amount of the crowd had fled upon witnessing Mr. Satan's death but there were still those who stuck around either frozen in shock or in denial merely thinking Mr. Satan was faking it that he was lying in wait ready to spring a trap on the red-clad menace any moments notice.

"Hey!" the red armored man exclaimed to Gohan and Krillin. "If you two don't get down here within five seconds I'm terminating the rest of this fodder! Five! Four! Thre..."

Gohan and Krillin quickly made their way down to the red armored man just as the reached the count of one.

"What are you people still around for!" Gohan exclaimed to the crowd "If you don't leave now you could die! Now move!"

The remaining crowd did as they were told and quickly dispersed leaving Gohan, Krillin, and the red armored man alone.

"Wow, that was impressive." Krillin stated.

"Well, when you live with my mom you pick up a thing or two about shouting." Gohan replied before turning his attention to the red armored man. "Now where's my father!"

"Hey hey, settle down." The red armored man replied. "No need to get all worked up like that."

Gohan clenched his fist tight as he fought back the overwhelming urge to punch the red armored man's helmet into his face.

"Tell me where my father is now..." Gohan demanded with a slight growl in his voice.

"That is a very good question." The red armored man replied. "I'm not sure you're quite ready that answer yet. Instead, why don't you ask why I killed Mr. Satan. I really want to answer that one."

"Fine..." Gohan replied. "Why did you kill Mr. Satan?"

"I'm so glad you asked." The red armored man replied. "To make a statement."

"What do you mean a statement?" Krillin inquired.

"Mr. Satan was just the first of many." The red armored man replied. "The Sankakukankei will make this universe their own, and Earth is the starting point."

"Sandcastle whaty?" Krillin replied.

"Don't bother worrying about how to pronounce it." The red armored man replied. "You won't have much time to dwell on it. You can call me red by the way."

"Okay Red, I've humored you enough." Gohan stated. "Now tell me what you've done with my dad."

"In due time. In due time." Red replied. "I want that reveal to be special."

"What the hell do mean?" Gohan replied

Before Red could respond another voice rang out from the air above. "Come on, boy. The best way to get an answer out of someone is to beat it out of them."

Everyone looked up to see Vegeta floating in the sky above before he quickly made his way down.

"And if you're not going to do it then I guess I'll just have to oblige." Vegeta continued.

"Back off Vegeta." Gohan replied. "This is my fight, not yours."

"Well, I'm not seeing much fighting going o..." Vegeta cut his sentence short as Gohan threw a punch at his face stopping less than an inch away from making contact. Vegeta didn't say a word and simply nodded.

"Wow, you get a lot of pent up anger don't ya?" Red quipped.

"Yes..." Gohan replied before punching Red, sending him crashing into the top pod of a large Ferris Wheel causing it to nearly topple over in the process.

"Ouch, I felt that through the helmet." The red armored man stated as he quickly emerged from the pod with a slight crack in his helmet. "Aw, you cracked my helmet. I really liked this thing too."

A look sudden look of surprise and confusion shot across Gohan's face as he could feel a faint presence of ki coming from the red armored man. Gohan was taken aback even more however by the fact that his ki felt oddly familiar.

'Is it Isol...' Gohan thought. 'No...It's not but whatever it is, it's wrong.'

"So, are you going to attack me again or just stand there looking stupid?" Red mockingly inquired.

The rage Gohan felt for Red quickly returned as he launched himself towards him throwing several lightning fast punches only for the red armored man to dodge each one with ease.

Vegeta and Krillin looked on as Gohan struggled to hit Red.

"He's dodging every one of Gohan's punches like they're nothing." Krillin stated. "M...maybe we should help him."

"No." Vegeta replied. "This is his fight. Besides, there's nothing you can do."

Gohan steadily increased the speed and intensity of his strikes only for Red to just as easily dodge them.

"Come on slowpoke, you can do better than that can't you?" Red mocked.

An electric aura began to surround Gohan as he continued to vainly throw punch after punch.

"Hey, you're starting to get a little faster there." Red stated in a still mocking tone as he casually evaded Gohan's punches.

"Will you shut up!" Gohan exclaimed before suddenly turning Super Saiyan 2. Gohan's strength and speed drastically increased causing Red to struggle to avoid his fists.

"That's more like i..." Red began to say began to say before being struck hard in the gut followed by a blow to the helmet sending him crashing down the ground below creating a small crater in the ground.

Gohan quickly landed beside the crater as Red lied face down before quickly popping up and out landing right in front of the half-Saiyan warrior.

Without hesitation, Gohan attempted to go on the offensive but stopped as Red's helmet completely cracked in half revealing the face of the man who had been goading Gohan.

A look of utter disbelief came over Gohan as he looked upon Red's face. "No...It can't be...Dad?"

"Hey, son." Goku replied with an odd combination of warmth and menace in his voice and the signature son smile on his face.

A/N

Hope you liked the latest chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Let me know your thoughts. Have a great day. ~TheUltimateMystic