Rock the League: Young Justice
Chapter 3: Family Time
Dragon ball, Z, GT, and Super are all owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, and Akira Toriyama.
Young Justice is owned by DC Comics, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros.
1. Dark flacon, I jumped ahead of them meeting Goku and Clark so I could get the team introduced and established. They will get their chances.
2. Renegade101, hm maybe. We'll have to find out. ;)
3. With the Team, I'm going for a more serious, but still a more family-like feeling like in my other story.
4. Much like Goku in my other story, this won't be all about Gohan or his POV all the time. He's not the only member of the team so what I'll probably do is make each arc shared by each character, or about one character at time, adding to their backstory. I don't know yet.
5. I need to make the story clearer? It lacks a decent intro? If you read my other story, you'd know how I fit dbz elements into the story, this one is just getting started so there isn't much I can elaborate on all at once. Lol the worlds aren't mixed together. Just go read my other story and you'll understand 'more clearly'.
6. Buulk, by all means I knew you were joking but when I read your comment I thought about it and realized you were right lol, with the exception of Earth 2 Vegeta.
7. I had forgotten all about Wally's pairing problem, though I like the choices of Stephanie Brown(Spoiler) and Kiran Singh(Solstice).
8. Out of all the suggestions for Gohan's hero alias, the ones I liked the most were Shadow Dragon, Scion, and Dragon Kid(made this one up myself). You guys can choose the name out of these three. Or if you guys like Dragon Breath and don't want it to change just let me know.
9. I mean since Superboy's DNA is made from Superman and Lex Luthor, it only makes sense that Gohan's is made from Goku's and Dr. Gero's.
10. Icecreamguy, you are correct in assuming that Gohan can't control his Ki.
11. Also, I'm changing Gohan's physical appearance since Cell Games Gohan was 11. Now think of Gohan from the second Broly movie except he wears a White Gi and black belt into combat.
[Mount Justice, Happy Harbor]
Billy Batson usually wasn't a morning person, but when he was hungry, breakfast was his favorite time of the day. He yawned, getting out of bed and dressing himself for the day, going through the new clothes that he'd bought when he first moved into the cave.
Looking at his alarm clock on his bedside, it read "9:05".
"Woah, new record." He chuckled to himself, often challenging himself at measly things such as how early he could wake up.
He thought about what the day would bring, as this was everyone's first day as an official team.
He'd gotten along with Courtney Whitmore well enough, and he knew Kid Flash and Robin from his time in the League as Shazam, they just didn't recognize him as his hero alter ego. The orphan also had changed his hero alias to Captain Marvel, to make things less confusing for everyone else when he shouted 'SHAZAM!'.
He walked through the hall, passing his team member's rooms up, wondering if anyone else was up yet.
Besides himself, Superboy, Dragon Breath, Miss Martian, and Arrowette were the only people that lived here. The two clones had nowhere to go, so they bunked together in one room. Miss Martian couldn't go back and forth to Mars when she wanted so she decided to stay here, plus she wanted to get to know everyone more. Arrowette, or Cissie Jones as she told everyone to call her, was an orphan as well. Losing both of her parents to illness, she had no other known family to stay with besides Green Arrow, who was an old friend of her mom's. Two clones, two orphans, and an alien.
What an odd bunch of neighbors.
As he walked, he noticed that Superboy and Dragon Breath's door was slightly open. Peering inside, Billy found Superboy still asleep, but his brother was missing.
'I have an idea of where he might be.' The Faucet City native thought to himself as he trudged onwards to the kitchen.
Making a stop by the fridge, he opened it and pulled out a cup of yogurt, then reached into the closest drawer for a spoon. He then lazily made his way to the back of Mount Justice, where Megan claimed the 'back door' was.
There he saw the young Saiyan clone standing outside on the cliff, overlooking the beach and the rising sun.
"Hey." He spoke as he put a spoonful of yogurt in his mouth.
He noticed the sudden tensing in his teammate's body at his greeting, obviously not expecting anyone else to be up at this time.
"What are you doing out here this early?" He asked curiously.
The teen didn't answer right away, just staring up at the sky.
"I'm waiting." He answered shortly.
"For?"
His answer came when he heard a long WHOOSH. Looking up, he could see Dragon Fist flying through the sky along with Green Lantern and Power Girl.
He gained a look of confusion, wondering why Goku was coming with them.
"How'd you know he was gonna be here?" Billy asked, looking back down to his cup of yogurt.
"I could feel him coming, all the way from where he was. But at the same time I wasn't actively looking for him or feeling for his presence." The tall, quiet boy claimed.
Billy looked closer, seeing the longing expression on the boy's face as he watched the Saiyan get closer to the mountain.
"You really look up to him don't you?" He asked.
To this, the clone finally looked down and nodded, never turning to face his neighbor.
"Well why don't we go say hi? I'm sure he'd be more than happy to see you." He offered, turning to enter the cave.
The half Saiyan only stared out at the water for a moment longer, before turning to follow his teammate inside.
As they entered the command center, they could see that the rest of the team was wide awake and present, surrounding the veteran heroes.
"Did you come to finally give us a mission?" Robin asked as he and Kid Flash got in Green Lantern's face, to which the space cop irritatingly form a giant hand construct and shooed them away.
"No, I just came to move the rest of my stuff into my room." He smirked, holding up a travel pack with his other hand.
"Batman may brief you with a mission later though, if you're lucky." He laughed, much to the youth's chagrin.
"And Batman assigned this guy to us why?" Kid Flash asked with a frown.
"Because I was the only person to volunteer, and the Guardians gave me some time off from my Lantern duties for a while, so here I am." Hal Jordan called back as he entered the hallways.
"Are you serious? I use to look up to the guy, and now he's our baby sitter. This is just great." Robin crossed his arms.
Caldur put a hand on the Boy Wonder's shoulder.
"Just give it some time, this team was just formed two days ago after all." The Atlantean advised.
To this Robin sighed, before nodding.
Arrowette, Miss Martian, Stargirl, and Wonder Girl were crowded around Power Girl.
The blonde wasn't expecting this much attention to be drawn to herself when she offered to be the team's trainer and counselor.
"Power Girl! I haven't seen you in forever!" Wonder Girl grinned, hugging the woman.
Karen laughed to herself, hugging the girl back.
"It's good to see you again Cassie." She smiled, not having seen the teenager since Wonder Woman took her up as a protégé.
"There's so much I've learned and I can't wait to show you!" She said, gesturing to the lasso on her belt.
"Wow, I can't believe Wonder Woman gave you her lasso."
"She didn't, she gave me a new one that's different from hers!"
Karen grinned at the young girl.
"You'll have to show me one day."
At this, Cassie and Courtney jumped in excitement at the thought of their idol training them.
Miss Martian noticed something shiny attached to Karen's hand as she talked to the other two girls.
"Excuse me." She asked, getting the heroine's attention.
"Yes?" She asked, remembering that this was Manhunter's niece.
"Sorry if this is a personal question, but what's that thing on your finger?" The young Martian pointed to the ring on Karen's finger.
"Oh this? It's just my wedding ring. You've never seen one before have you?" The female Kryptonian held up her hand for the three young girls to see.
"Of course I have!" The green skinned girl waved her arms frantically in embarrassment.
"Just not, ya know, up close." She explained, remembering an episode from her favorite TV show.
"Wait, last time I saw you, you didn't have this. You were still just dating Dragon Fist, then that means..." Cassie trailed off.
"Yep, we've been married for almost three years now. With a son to boot." Karen stated proudly.
"Woah! I guess that just shows how much out of the loop we younger heroes are." Courtney thought out loud, twirling her staff in her hand.
"Well we are just apprentices, after all. They only tell us what we need to know." Cissie commented.
"Who are you married to, if you don't mind me asking again?" Miss Martian curiously asked.
"That lug head over there." Karen pointed her thumb over her shoulder to Dragon Fist, AKA Goku.
The Saiyan grinned as he held a conversation with Superboy, Billy, and Dragon Breath.
Billy looked back and forth between Superboy and Goku, who was smiling nonstop with his arms crossed.
After another minute went by before the Saiyan hero broke the silence.
"Hal was right, you guys are strong." He smirked the half Kryptonian clone, feeling every energy signature from the young heroes in the room.
"We know." Superboy spoke confidently, still keeping his cold glare on the older man.
"You might even become stronger than the current Justice League one day." Goku mentally nudged the teen.
"I don't think you have to wait too long for that." Superboy challenged, popping his knuckles with a good flex of his hand.
"You think so?" Goku retorted back, keeping his aura calm and collected, unlike Superboy's raging one.
"You wanna find out?" The clone readied himself.
All of the laughter and talk in the room suddenly died, as everyone turned to look towards Superboy and Goku. Their stare off was so intense that it was like two auras clashing with each other.
After a long silence, Goku chuckled, breaking eye contact with the teen.
"Maybe some other time, but I actually came here to see you." He pointed at Superboy's brother.
"Me?" Dragon Breath nervously gestured to himself in questioning.
"Yep, I never got the chance to talk with you after you and Superboy were found back at that lab."
He walked over to the young man, putting his arm around the boy's shoulder like a father would his own son.
"Do you have time to talk, that is?" Goku asked, not wanting to force the clone into anything he didn't feel comfortable with.
Dragon Breath could only stare in shock at the man's kindness, that he wasn't resenting him like Superman had done to his own brother. He then looked towards everyone else, who were either still staring or caught up in conversation with another person.
He made eye contact with Cassie, who gave him an encouraging thumbs up, as did Billy. When he looked to his brother, he flinched when he saw something similar to jealousy and anger in Superboy's eyes.
Had he done something to anger his brother?
Looking back at the man before him, he'd made up his mind.
"Yes, sir." He nodded, offering only the smallest hint of a smile, still nervous to meet the man he'd been cloned from.
"Great!" Goku grinned, looking back to the group.
"Hey Karen, we'll be back in a bit. We just have some stuff to talk about!" He called to his wife with a wave.
Karen looked at him, acknowledging what he was doing with a nod.
"Alright then, don't keep him too late though." It was more of a statement than a command.
"Thanks hun!" He chuckled, taking the young clone by the shoulder and putting two fingers to his forehead.
"Oh! And don't you stay out late either, I have some work to catch up on at the office and Goten's babysitter leaves at five!" She called again, but was only greeted with her husband's grin phasing out.
"Wait! Where'd they go?" Miss Martian asked, reaching out with her mind, but not finding any traces of the Saiyans anywhere.
Karen only stared at the spot Goku once stood before simply shrugging her shoulders.
"Who knows?" She said nonchalantly.
"What kind of relationship do you have where you don't even know where your husband goes?" Cassie asked humorously.
"The kind that involves Goku." The Kryptonian laughed to herself.
"Besides, if he was going somewhere important he would've told me. He just has some stuff to sort out with that kid, he said he could practically feel the bond they shared."
Megan then noticed that Superboy had isolated himself off from everyone else in the room, an indifferent expression on his face.
"Superboy, are you okay?" She asked, putting a hand on his shoulder, but he instantly pulled away in anger.
"Don't touch me!" He shouted, before stalking away.
The female Martian was hurt by the gesture, not knowing what she did wrong. She was about to pursue him until a gloved hand pushed itself into her vision.
Looking over, she saw that it was Green Lantern.
"But…" She started.
"Just leave him be, he's just having a rough time."
"But how? Everyone else seem fine to me." She motioned to her teammates.
"Can you really be sure of that?" He raised an eyebrow.
Megan stopped herself, thinking about everyone else and the possible problems they might be facing in their lives.
"The man Dragon Breath was cloned from came and welcomed him with open arms, but Superman resents and pushes Superboy away. He's probably just angry and jealous, it won't be easy when his brother gets back, but just try and be supportive of them." Karen commented as well.
Miss Martian looked at the two veteran heroes with hope in her eyes.
"I guess that's all we can do at the moment."
[Unknown Location, Destination Unknown]
"What the-!" DB panicked as he suddenly found himself traveling through a vortex of some sort, colors of all sorts passing him and Goku by.
"Try and stay calm, or it might mess up the trip." Goku directed.
At this the clone nodded nervously.
"Right now we're traveling faster than the speed of light. It's a technique I call Instant Transmission. It allows the user to call upon the Speed Force for a short time without repercussions."
DB gulped and nodded again. Speed of Light? Speed Force? Instant Transmission?
"Why are you telling me this, sir?" The teen asked.
Goku then gave him a somewhat proud look.
"Because, hopefully one day before I'm gone, I'll have taught this to you. Just as my teacher did me."
The young clone stared in shock at the man. He barely knew the boy and he was willing to begin teaching him what he knew.
Before he could even ask why, DB felt a sudden jolt in his body, feeling himself lurch forward. His surroundings went back to normal, the duo having appeared in the middle of a field.
DB literally found himself eating dirt as he face planted into the ground, unprepared for the sudden halt in movement.
"Man, it looks just as beautiful as the last time I was here." He heard Goku's voice.
Wiping the dirt from his face, he looked up to see what the Saiyan was talking about. His eyes widened.
They found themselves in the middle of a large, green, clear field. The only other thing he could see besides trees was a small hut in the middle.
"Where are we?" He asked the older man.
"Home."
Picking himself up, DB wondered what he meant when he said Home.
Goku walked over to the young man, dusting his white gi off.
"Do you have a name I can call you by?" Goku asked out of the blue.
"Uh, not really, I just go by my project name. Dragon Breath."
The older Saiyan gave a hum of thought before he turned around and walked towards the hut.
"Well are you coming?" He asked, not even turning back to his young accomplice.
Shaken out of his thought, DB quickly ran to catch up.
The two Saiyans sat down in the living area, consisting of a small wooden table and four purple pillows to sit on. Both stared at each other unflinchingly.
"Here, look at these." Goku took a wallet out of his blue gi pocket, and took two pictures out of it.
Setting them on the table, he slid them over the younger Saiyan.
The first one was of Goku holding Karen in his arms, and in her arms was a baby that looked exactly identical to Goku, except for his blue eyes. They were all in their bathing suits at a beach, which was evident from the sand, water, and people in the background of the photo. The trio sported the biggest grins on their faces, showing that they were having a good time.
"That's my family. It was pretty hot that day, but Karen was determined to bring Goten to the beach for a fun time." The older Saiyan chuckled to himself.
"This is your son?" DB pointed to the baby in the picture, Goten he presumed.
Goku nodded.
DB then looked to the next picture, noting how much older it looked from the wrinkled edges. It was of an old man holding up another baby that looked like Goku with a tail. DB had noticed that he was born without a tail. Now that he thought about it, looking back the other picture, Goten sported his own tail that wrapped around his waist.
Did that make him incomplete?
"That's my Grandpa Gohan. I had no parents to raise me growing up, so he found me and raised me as his own."
"Why are you showing me these pictures? Why did you bring me here, sir?" DB asked.
Goku held up his hand with a gentle smile. "Goku, please."
"When Karen and Clark told me about you and your brother, being cloned from us, I was so happy! Beside myself and my son, there are no others of my race alive. So I jumped at the chance to gain more family."
DB's eyes widened as he realized where the man was going with this.
"Batman told me you came from my DNA or whatever, I guess that makes us related. So I wanted to ask you this, how would you want to join my family?" Goku smiled softly.
The young clone sat there, shocked at the question, not knowing whether or not he should accept. All his life, the only thing he'd ever known was Cadmus's test tubes, now he was being offered a chance at something more.
He began to tremble, visibly. This man that he'd only ever learned of, heard of, instantly became the kindest person he'd ever met.
"Also, we can't call you Dragon Breath in public, or all the time for that matter. I've been thinking about a name for you, so how about Gohan? After the man that raised me?"
Gohan… He didn't know if he liked the name or not, but something about it felt right to him. Unable to contain himself any longer, tears spilled from the young clone's eyes as he made a furious bow.
"Thank you!" The newly named Gohan cried, not knowing how he was lucky enough to find himself in this situation. "I accept! Thank you giving me this chance! I promise I won't waste it!"
Gohan froze when he felt Goku's hand on his shoulder. Looking up, he found Goku chuckling.
"Hey don't sweat it, we're family now, more than before. You're like my son, or little brother. I'm just happy you're with us Gohan. Just do me a favor, could you?" He asked.
"Wh-what is it?" The clone asked, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Live your life to the fullest Gohan, don't take anything for granted. Love those around you and keep them close, they make you strong and give you something to protect. This team you're on, they're your family as well. Make bonds with them, become stronger with them, just as I have with the League. That's all I ask." He spoke, retracting his hand from the teen.
"Yes sir!" Gohan yelled, but this time his voice was filled with more confidence than usual.
Goku observed the younger Saiyan for a moment, before grinning.
"Alright then! Let's go grab some quick chow, I'm starving!"
"Yes sir!" Gohan shouted again, sporting a grin of his own.
[Mount Justice, Happy Harbor]
Gohan walked through the teleporter, having finished eating with Goku and parted ways with the hero.
"09-B, welcome. Dragon Breath." The computer's female voice announced.
Gohan hadn't gotten two steps into the room before he'd been knocked over by a blonde figure.
"Dragon Breath!" He heard the rest of the team chant as he looked up, only to panic when he saw the rest of the team, plus his brother rush towards him and dog pile on top of him.
"AH!" He comically struggled to get out from underneath his teammates.
The laughing and joking stopped when a camera flash went off. Everyone looked forward, seeing Hal Jordan standing there with a smirk and a camera in his hands.
"This'll make a good first picture for the scrapbook." He grinned before walking away.
"Hey wait, you can't be serious can you?" Robin called out, jumping off the pile and chasing after the lantern, followed by Kid Flash and Arrowette.
Gohan was finally able to get up, once his friends had gotten off him.
"Dude, where were you today? You missed our team bonding session! It was really fun too." Billy came up to him.
"Sorry you guys, I just… Had some stuff I had to talk to Dragon Fist about. But the good news is that you don't have to call me Dragon Breath everywhere we go." He chuckled.
"Wait, did he give you a name?" Cassie asked.
"Yep. Call me Gohan from now on." He pointed to his chest with confidence.
"That's a cool name, Gohan. Maybe we can find a name for me next." Superboy joked as he came to his brother's side.
"Well you never know, one might come to mind." Courtney added.
"Either way, I'm just glad to have met you guys, even though we've only known each other for a short time." Gohan wrapped his arms around Cassie and Superboy.
Whew! Thanks everyone for waiting for this chapter. Sorry it took so long, I've just been focusing on my main story, college, and two new stories at the same time that I don't have time to think. Anyways, sorry for the lack of action in this chapter. I just wanted to add to Gohan's backstory and give bonding time to the Team. Hope you enjoyed, cya next chapter!