A/N: Oohh lookie here, an update!

A cry of anguish escaped from his lips when a Jr gave him a double handed fist against his green chest, the strength behind the attack sending Piccolo crashing into the ground next to the Earth raised Saiyan, who could nothing but helplessly watch his friends put their lives on the line for…well for him.

But there was a reason for this.

At this point, they were all tried; exhausted and weak. In fact they were so spent, that Goku, who had been almost drained from his fight with Cell, had more strength than all of them….that was until he had to give the power that he had gotten from Bra to her brother, seeing as Trunks had used up all of his. The time traveler had to be in fighting shape so he could help hold off the Cell Jrs until Goku could breakthrough to Gohan and get him to join in the battle. Vegeta had obviously protested against the plan, not wanting to waste his precious ki protecting his rival, however despite what he said, he still assisted them with their goal. After all, they really had no other options. Gohan was the most powerful as he hadn't fought at all since he ate the Senzu bean. From what Krillin told them there was one bean left, but during the fight, he had lost it and who knows if it's still in one piece as the destruction might've already incinerated it.

"Goku, how's it going? Are you getting through to him?" Krillin asked as he took down a Jr with a right hook, the female Android jumping in and exploding it with a small Power Blitz.

With an annoyed growl, Eighteen threw a fist at a Jr who had attempted a sneak attack, punching straight through it, causing it combust into heaps of scrap metal. "It's insulting that that douchebag is standing there with a smug grin on his face while watching us get our asses handed to us!"

Yamcha pumped his fist into the air shortly after killing a Jr with one kick.

"Our asses kicked? Really? I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm differently getting stronger! Look I'm taking these little guys with one punch now!" He said, destroying another Jr to prove his statement.

The brunette didn't even roll her eyes at his ignorance, instead choosing to continue taking out Jr after Jr.

"You imbecile, you're not getting stronger; the bastard of an Android is just making them weaker as we get weaker to screw with us!" Vegeta said as he blasted a Jr to pieces and then proceeded to go after another.

Yamcha frowned, hating the Prince for being a joy killer. Scratch that, I hate him period!

Though they were nearly drained, the time traveling siblings couldn't hold back a grin as they cornered a Jr and took turns slapping it back and forth akin to Ping-Pong, the Saiyan Princess using her steel sword while her brother used his ki based one.

Sending the Jr slamming into the ground, Bra dropped down and impaled the tip of her sword into its stomach, the Android blowing up seconds after. Pushing against the broken earth, she shot herself upward at breakneck speed, destroying another Jr with a hard swung. Seeing two more on her left and right, she extended one arm at each Jr and destroyed them both with a small energy ball. In came Trunks, intercepting a Jr that had been aiming to take out her unaware sister. He easily finished it off by pressing a ki ball into its back.

And they were done, their Super Saiyan power leaving them as they fell onto the ground side by side.

"Bro, it was nice kicking ass with you…" she mumbled.

Trunks gave a weary grin. "Yeah sis, we make a good team."

Bra and Trunks smiled, silently conveying to each other that despite being born on different timelines, they still had the same blood and loved one another as siblings. As their eyes began to droop, watching a handful of Jrs rushing toward them with crazed laughter, the Earth seemed to come to a standstill when a heart-wrenching cry ripped through the sky.

The two half Saiyans' aqua orbs snapped open, the suddenness of the chilling scream causing them to leap back onto their feet.

Krillin, Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, and Eighteen halted in mid battle while the Jrs did the same, all of them turning toward the direction of the mind-boggling cry.

Cell grinned with excitement.

Goku gave a bittersweet smile.

Awakened! Gohan's True Power Revealed!

The pain filled screams seemed to rip the sky apart as static electricity sparked and crackled everywhere, causing mountains, cliffs, and terrain to quake with such force that every living being in the planet could likely felt it. Gohan felt numb, all his emotions scattering into the wind as the ground below him shattered, the once small crater becoming so large that it consumed the one that Junior had formed when he received the Saiyan Princess' ultimate technique.

The eyes of Videl, her friends, and the camera man Tony and Trevor widened when they found themselves encased in a yellow-gold aura, which resembled the half Saiyan's except that it was shaped like a sphere.

Sharpner cautiously poked a finger at the bubble and found out that his appendage had easy sunk through it. "Whoa…what is this?" he said, Tony, Trevor and Erasa doing the same.

Erasa pulled her hand back, pressing it against her chest. "I dunno…when I put my hand through this thing, I could feel the wind!"

"It's him…he's protecting us…" Videl whispered, her icy orbs gazing at the shouting boy as a tiny smile formed on her lips.

Then just as the violent roaring started it stopped, gravity causing the debris which was leveled from Gohan's power to drop down harshly onto the ground creating indentations.

"It's unbelievable! The brat's power is higher than mine and Kakarot's combined!" Vegeta blurted out.

"Ah!" Eighteen hissed, shaking her right hand when a sudden spark erupted from her wrist.

"Are you alright?" Krillin asked with concern.

Eighteen gave him a reassuring smile. "Yeah, it felt like a bee sting."

"What happened? What caused him to snap?" Trunks asked.

Bra faced her full Saiyan. "Goku, what did you say to him?"

Goku didn't respond, his expression blank.

He must have told him what really happened in the Time Chamber…Gohan… Piccolo thought, his fist tightening.

Cell grinned, his Saiyan cells whispering to him, urging him to engage into battle with the half Saiyan to prove that he was still superior. First, I want to test him out.

"Well, this is an unexpected yet welcoming surprise! I honestly didn't think you had any fight left in you Gohan! Before we battle, let's see how you handle my children."

"Go get him boys!" Cell ordered with a snap of his fingers.

The Bio-Android's spawns obeyed immediately, Giggling and cackling as they shot on off toward the half Saiyan.

Gohan did nothing, his sharp and narrow turquoise orbs patiently waiting for the moment they arrived. Just as the first Jr reached him, he leaped into action, fazing right through it like a ghost, the mini Android exploded instantly. Landing in a crouching position, he zipped through another one, performed a roundhouse kick to a Jr to his left before giving an elbow to one on his right. Now in midair, he did a backflip over two Jrs, extending both his hands forward and pressed them onto their backs, blowing them up into pieces with a small burst of ki.

Thinking that they were going to catch the young half Saiyan off guard, five Jrs lunged at him, creating a dogpile, blocking him from view. They grinned nastily as they punched, scratched, and kicked him fiercely like savage animals. An audible cry erupted from within the Android-pile, the Jrs screaming in pain as Gohan released an Explosion Wave, which completely obliterated all of them at once. Getting desperate, seven Jrs flew upward and formed a circle around the half Saiyan. Cupping their hands together and slammed them next to their hips, they began chanting-

"KAAAA!"

"MEEEE!"

"HAAAA!"

"MEEEEE!"

"H-"

With a mighty swing of his arm, a powerful current of wind was produced, slicing all the Jrs apart.

Now nervous, twenty Jrs rushed toward him at once, each of them having varies kinds of techniques from the Z-Fighters in hand such as the Masenko, Kamehameha, and Galick gun etc.

Gohan lips twitched.

The Androids fired their attack simultaneously, all of them smiling gleefully, thinking that they had him now. However-

"SUPER MASENKO-HHAAAA!"

The massive orange-yellow wave of energy exploded from his crossed palms, the Jrs screams left in their wake when the blast swallowed them whole.

A high pitched squeal made his ears perk. Turning around, he saw two Jrs closing in on a boy and two girls. While the girl with pigtails actually tried to attack a Jr, unfortunately missing terribly as the little Android was simply too fast, the other two just backed away fearfully.

The ascended Super Saiyan vanished from sight while sprinting, appeared on top of the Jr approaching the blond boy and snapped its neck before springing off of it. He landed on top of the Jr targeting the blonde girl, performed a handstand, swung down and pressed his feet against its back. A Kameha-Wave burst from his feet, blowing the Android into fragments of scrap metal.

He wasn't alarmed when he saw his last target holding the pigtail haired girl, its arm wrapped around her neck as his free hand's protruding claws were positioned at her pale throat; Gohan took note of the fact that the girl didn't appear to be frightened.

The Jr gulped, sweat rolling down his temple when he saw Gohan making a path toward him, confidence radiating from him as the Android's legs began to shake; the Jr blinked and much to his shock, Gohan was nowhere to be seen. A chill ran down its spine when it felt a presence behind it. A hand gripped the Jrs' clawed ones and crushed it before forcefully prying it off the victim. Once he saw the girl moved away safely, the half Saiyan punched a hole through its back, ending its life.

"Holy cow!" Krillin said, astonished.

Yamcha nodded. "Goku your son's a badass!"

Bra did a double take when she took a closer look at the black haired girl. Hey! It's Videl! Hmmm…now that I think about, it really shouldn't be a surprise since Mr. Satan was here…man the poor girl must be dramatized after seeing that bastard kill her father in such a gruesome manner…

"It looks like Gohan is in control or else he wouldn't have bothered saving those kids." Piccolo pointed out.

Trunks frowned. "What are they doing here anyway?"

"That girl is Mr. Satan's daughter, Videl." The Saiyan Princess said, causing all heads to turn. "I wouldn't be surprised if she snuck in one of the equipment vans that were here."

"You know her from your reality don't you?" Piccolo asked, putting two and two together.

"Yeah…"

"What about the other two?"

"Don't have a clue."

Back with Gohan, Videl could only stare at her savior in astonishment. Her blue eyes bore into his turquoise ones, her heart pounding loudly as she admired his golden locks, which swayed to and fro from the wild breeze that his blazing aura was producing; his hard voice broke her trance.

"Leave."

Videl blinked. "I-wha-you-huh?"

If it had been any other setting the half Saiyan probably would have laughed at her stunned expression. "I might not be able to save you next time, so get out of here."

Feeling indignant, Videl crossed her arms stubbornly with her nose in the air. "No way! That monster killed my dad! I'm not leaving until he's dead!"

Not hearing a reply, she turned toward the boy, only to see that he was nowhere to be found.

"Huh? Where did he go?"

"Videl! He's over there!" Erasa said, pointing to Cell.

The girl spun to the right and to her surprise her friend had been correct. Standing in front of the Bio-Android and giving him a death glare, the boy was anything but scared. His change in demeanor was most startling to say the least and well this made Videl's heart skip a beat, her cheeks becoming hot and flushed. Oh wow…

Gauging the half Saiyan with his icy orbs, Cell smirked. "I must say Gohan, I'm impressed! You've managed to kill all my children like they were all mere flies."

Not saying a word, Gohan crouched into his fighting stance.

"Not up for talking huh-"

"Can it."

Cell's smile twisted into a sneer. "Watch your mouth you insolent child before I break it!"

The half Saiyan smirked. "I'd like to see you try asshole."

Having enough of the boy's smart mouth, Cell threw a lightning fast punch at him, only to have the half Saiyan effortlessly block it with crossed arms, the impact of the attack causing the terrain to groan and tremble violently. Reeling back, the Bio-Android flung his fist at him again and when Gohan blocked that too and did a counter punch, Cell ducked down, evading the strike. His stomach now exposed Cell shot his fist straight out, but Gohan did an afterimage and disappeared from view.

Coming from behind, he swung his arm at the back of the Bio-Android's head, however Cell dropped low and did a sweep kick, which the young half Saiyan had no problem avoiding by leaping to the side. From his peripheral vision, Cell saw the half Saiyan's foot coming at him, but the Android was prepared, his forearm raising up to tank the blow. Cell's eyes broadened, the startling power from the assault bringing him pain as well as shattering the bones inside his arm. Grabbing ahold of his lifeless arm, Gohan pulled so hard, that he actually managed to tear the Android's arm right off, purple blood spraying from the gaping hole as the half Saiyan tossed his useless appendage aside. Cell suppressed a cry while stumbling backward, his still intact hand fastening against hole were his right arm used to be.

"Gauuhhh! Look what you did! You maim my perfect arm from my perfect body!"

Before Cell could regenerate his arm, Gohan leaped into action by driving his knee against his forehead, causing the Android's head to bounce back. Latching his small hands on each side of his head, the half Saiyan flipped and launched the ivory Android across the air. Appearing in front of him, Gohan reeled his foot back and thrust it into Cell's incoming form, sending him skyward at breakneck speeds. Doing an afterimage, the son of Goku gave the stunned Android a double ax fist onto his back, which sent him colliding into the ground, the astonishing power causing an earthquake to erupt around the landscape.

"Alright! It looks like Gohan's got this in the bag you guys!" Yamcha expressed, a grin breaking across his lips.

"I doubt that Yamcha, Cell hasn't even used half his strength yet…" Goku said, his black eyes trembling from worry.

"Goku, you think that there is any chance that Gohan will lose control like those other times?" Krillin asked.

The full Saiyan's furrowed his brow thoughtfully. "I wouldn't be surprised if he does. There is a reason why I had named the form Unstable Super Saiyan 2."

"Unstable Super Saiyan 2?" Krillin repeated, never having heard of such a transformation.

"Gohan can't control it, that hasn't changed. I only told Piccolo this, but I guess there is no reason to hide it from you all any longer." Goku paused briefly. "As you guys know, Gohan wasn't exactly thrilled when he learned that Bra was the girl I had cheated on Chi-Chi with. As soon as we entered the Time Chamber, he wanted nothing to do with me. In fact, he told me to leave him alone, that he was going to train by himself."

Bra's cerulean eyes wandered off, her head dipping in shame. During her time with Goku, he had told her the story and hearing it again almost made her want to fall back into that pit of self-loathing she had created. Sure clearing the air with Gohan had helped alleviate some of her regretful actions, but the feeling was still there and well she didn't believe it would ever disappear entirely.

"So we went our separate ways… well more like he walked out on me. When he was ready to face me again, it wasn't too surprising to see that he had mastered his Super Saiyan form; I had as well. Anyways from there on, we trained together and every once in a while he'd tried to get me to talk about the whole cheating issue. And honestly, I don't know why, but I kept on avoiding 'the talk' and eventually he snapped."

Goku let loose a shaky breath. "He was so angry you know? To the point that he effortlessly ascended to the next level and began to beat me senseless. Keep in mind that I had yet to ascend, so I was absolutely outclassed in every way and I gotta tell you guys, he wasn't holding back any of his punches. If I had let my guard down for just a second he would have killed me."

"Soon I found myself at my maximum and Gohan…he continued to get stronger as time passed, his rage giving him this type of limitless like power. He was demonic…and it was there that I realized that in that moment, he wasn't my son anymore. Just from the look in his eyes, I knew he wanted to kill me. But I wasn't going to let him do that, there was too much at stake you know? Cell was still out there and the whole world would perish if one of us didn't come out of there alive."

Krillin eyes widen. "Y-you mean you would have killed your son if you had too?!"

Goku looked away. "I'm…I'm not sure …."

This of course threw everyone off, shocking all of them because it wasn't like Goku at all to kill; worse this would be his own son that he'd be killing. Hell even the Saiyan Prince couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"But it wasn't my goal. I really wanted to bring my son back and it was that want, no need that caused me to ascend. The battle ended with a double knock out and when I regained consciousness and brought Gohan back to his room, I discovered that he was in a coma. He stayed like that for like three weeks and when he finally did wake up, he had no memory of our entire battle. That was the reason why he couldn't maintain his ascended form. My guess was that the more he tried to remain transformed the more stress it had caused his body as his inability to recall how it felt to wield that level of power had handicapped him." Goku finished.

"So that's why you didn't want Gohan to fight." Trunks said, his eyes drooping with guilt. "If I had known…I'm sorry Goku for saying all those things…"

The full Saiyan gave him a friendly smile. "Don't worry about it; I can't say I didn't deserve it anyway."

"Goku…that's what you did right? You jogged his memory and he snapped huh." Yamcha said.

Wearing a grimace, Goku nodded.

You're not going to tell them are you? That his unstable transformation could cause brain damage… Piccolo said telepathically.

No…I think that's enough…

Back to the fight, Gohan stared at the crater that Cell resided in, his features relaxed as threads of blue bio-electricity trailed alongside his skin. Having a minute to himself, he reflected back on the pain, the agony he felt stab through his skull, breaking the barriers of his feeble mind and leaving him with the feeling of total desolation; and to think, to think that his own father had been the one who brought about that pain.

It hurt more than words could describe.

What his father had revealed to him, what he had nearly done…he will never be able to forgive himself. With his memories restored, Gohan had thought that he'd be angry and spiteful toward his father. In fact, he was hoping that would've been the case because it'd be so much easier to deal with than this feeling of self-hatred. It was almost as if all the bad blood he had toward his father had ricocheted back to him, poisoning his heart and all but burning his innocents into ashes; he hadn't just threatened him, he had actually tried to kill him. But that wasn't even the worse of it.

No, the worse of it was that he had liked it. During those moments, it had felt so good to have all that tainted dark power pumping through his veins, seducing him like when a child bites into the sweetest of candies and is immediately addicted. That he could remember the taste, that he even began to crave it at the mere thought of it…it terrified him.

However, he shook it off. He wasn't about to let that fear enslave him. Instead, he was going to control it and channel it so that he'd gain the will necessary to defeat the Bio-Android.

And if the darkness manages to get its greedy claws on him and forever make him its mindless beast…

So be it…

His turquoise eyes narrowed into slits when he saw movement from within the chasm, the chunks of rocks and debris surrounding it tremoring rapidly.

When an enraged bellow boomed from within the crevasse Gohan braced himself, the ruthless winds pushing him back a couple feet. The half Saiyan grunted when a healed Cell barged straight into his crossed arms with a resounding clap, the force behind the hit causing him to recoil back several feet. He didn't get an opportunity to move as Cell was on him again, pounding various punches and kicks, all of which the half Saiyan blocked effortlessly. Unfortunately, Gohan hadn't foreseen Cell to sneak in a fist against his stomach, causing him to lose his breath and double over. Not wanting to give him time to recuperate, Cell brought a fist against his left cheek, then his right before finishing off with a hard double axe handle to the top of his skull. Blood flew from his lips as he soared downward, his body shredding the terrain apart and creating a profound trench that reached miles into the earth.

"You can't defeat perfection boy!" Cell boasted, his awesome aura burning brightly.

"RRRRUUUUAAHHHHH!"

Cell was shocked as he witnessed the ground detonate, thrusting rocks of all shapes and sizes skyward. Out came the half Saiyan boy, his Super Saiyan aura overflown with power as it wrestled with an angry crimson force, making a fierce storm of interlaced colors that fought for dominance.

When Gohan's eyes opened, all he saw was red.

A/N: Gohan was a pure badass here wasn't he? =p Well expect more of it in the next chapter!

Many thanks to all the reviewers and followers!

Now, let me go untangle the mess I've made with the next chapters...

(Posted: 7/21/17)

(Edited: 7/22/17)

~Gater~