Notice: Sorry guys, I cannot get a chapter out today because I was preoccupied with Valentines day plans, so in order to make it up to you guys, I severely edited Gohan's fight in his chapter to make it longer and more fluent! I will try to get the next chapter out of the way within the next few days but anyways, here's the updated chapter 3 for Power Unleashed.
A deadly flash of orange light enveloped the battlefield in an immense explosion that sent tremors for miles. As the smoke began to clear, the first thing that could be made out from below was the huge crater that seemed to extend endlessly with Son Gohan nowhere in sight. Lord Frieza was aggravated to say the least, he was having the time of his life, finally having an edge over the super sayian with his imprisonment ball, then someone had to interfere and ruin it. His eyes darted madly, scanning the skies for who was the culprit, eventually he locked onto the silhouette of a man and as the smoke dissipated, the frost demons eyes widened in shock. Before him was the real Son Goku, his eyes full of anger and contempt. Both of them stared at each other for what seemed like forever before the legendary warrior shifted his gaze downwards at Gohan who was now slowly flying out of the crater, his gi torn in places but for the most part he was fine. The young warrior was absolutely speechless, he was finally getting a chance to see his father again, Gohan could feel his heart beating out of his chest and he had to try his best not to show any emotion, there was a mission that needed to be taken care of. Goku just looked on confused at the stranger with the weird expression on his face before crossing his arms behind his head and giving a nervous chuckle.
"Hey there, I hope I didn't hit you too hard, sometimes I don't know my own strength. I sensed that you needed help and decided to step in."
King Cold saw the newcomer as no threat but was still curious about him so spoke up smirking confidently. "Son, do you know who this man is, a friend of Goku I presume."
Frieza gritted his teeth trying to contain himself at his realization. "That man IS Goku, the one I've come here to kill, but how could this be? The one I was fighting just moments before was obviously a super sayian, there can't possibly be more than one!"
The earths mightiest defender refocused his attention on the frost demons and with little effort flashed into his super sayian form. "I can't believe you were foolish enough to come here, I spared your life; gave you my energy so you could escape the planet despite all the atrocities you've committed, I warned you that if we ever crossed paths again, I'd finish what I started. This time I won't show you any mercy."
Frieza was terrified. Was Goku even stronger than the man he had just fought, if so then there was no way he could win without powering up further. The doctors had warned him against going into his bulked up form as there was no guarantee that the transformation would be successful, even though he initially laughed at their warnings, that was one of the reasons he chose to stay in his current state instead of regressing to his lower, more widely known forms. He couldn't risk something going wrong, especially now, Unfortunately he saw no other choice and was prepared to power up before he heard the half sayian speak.
"This is still my fight, I can't let you interfere um Goku. I appreciate your earlier help but it's important that I'm the one to take them down." Goku could see the determination in the young warriors eyes but was conflicted because his sayian blood demanded that he be the one to fight, besides he wanted to see Frieza's progress over the years and test himself. Gohan knew his dad well and could see his dilemma. He had to say something to convince him to listen, luckily the frost demons were patiently waiting, not wanting to provoke them to fight together. Gohan finally made a choice, taking a deep breath. "I think that the only way I'll get through to you is by being blunt. You see, I'm your son Gohan and I come from the future." It would be an understatement to say that everybody was shocked.
on a cliff not far from the battlefield...
The remaining Z fighters stood clustered, watching the scene before them unfold. Only piccolo had a genuine idea what was going on due to him deciding that it was getting annoying updating every little piece of information for everyone else. Piccolo's eyes widened when he heard Gohans statement but nobody but Vegeta seemed to notice Piccolo's odd behavior, too indulged in their own conversation.
"I wonder who that guy with dad is, do you think he's a friend Krillen?" Gohan wanted nothing more than to go see his father now, he missed him so much these past few years but knew he'd only get in the way if he didn't stay put. It didn't help the anxious feeling he had though.
"Well he's a super sayian, so he must be! Only the pure of heart can become one of those." Vegeta scoffed at the statement and Krillen just gulped. "Two super sayians versus two Friezas, we've got this in the bag guys...right?" Tien was about to reply when something caught their attention ahead. Everybody was descending onto the ground on opposite sides of the chasm and Gohan got into a fighting stance once more.
Back on the battlefield...
"You have a lot of explaining to do Gohan." Goku pouted, upset at not getting the chance to the fight, The half sayian smirked amused.
"Don't worry Dad, I didn't come back in time to embarrass these two and steal your spotlight, I came back for more serious matters that we'll get to talk about later."
With that, Gohan exploded forward once more, flying over the crater and readying a punch for Frieza. Unfortunately the frost demon easily countered it by coiling his tail around his hand and preparing to throw him to the ground. The young warrior anticipated this however and drove his knee into the tyrants abdomen making him grunt and step back slightly as Gohan head-butted him away. Just as the young warrior was about to pursue his opponent, King Cold attempted to sweet his feet but he quickly jumped over it only to be sent reeling from a quick flurry of jabs and with a swing of his tail. Gohan was pushed further away.
"Your luck ends here boy, take this, Hell Freeze!" The half sayians eyes widened in shock as Colds aura began expanding far beyond what it would normally powering up and the range it covered became encased in ice.
"What? do all of his special techniques freeze those around him, dammit." Gohan thought fast and raised his hand in the air. "Super Masenko!" The powerful beam was sent straight at the frost demon in hopes of obliterating him but to Gohans surprise, upon contact with his aura, it also began to freeze. The young warrior grimaced. 'He's not as strong as Frieza was on Namek but his powers are so much more controlled and deadly, he must have a lot more experience fighting than his son.' Gohan put an end to his attack, letting Colds aura travel unhindered until it became close enough, then he put up a barrier which protected him from the freezing effects of the attack. Alas everything else that was in colds path got encased in ice. Goku had flown out-of-the-way and was watching from the skies. The frost demon smiled wickedly at his handiwork. Gohan furrowed his brow in confusion but spent no time pondering on the matter, rushing at his foe and kicking him, sending the tyrant skidding along the ice he had created. 'Ka...me...ha.." the golden warrior didn't get to finish his attack as King Cold recovered and sprang at him, catching Gohan off guard and susceptible to the cross punch that made contact with his cheek, knocking him to the icy ground.
"Did you really think you could use the aftereffects of my attack against me sayian scum, this is what you get for letting me power up." Gohan clumsily got to his feet only to be forced back down as Frieza fired another death beam at his head.
"This ice is very special you see, Father made it in a way that only allows it to be destroyed if it's user is knocked out or killed and members of our race can move on it with ease. Now lets see if you know how to dodge little monkey!"
Both frost demons gathered energy in their fingers and fired a barrage of death beams that Gohan barely had a chance to dodge, unable to find a suitable chance to launch himself in the air, the attacks grazing his arm and legs. Finally Gohan found the opportunity he needed among the death beams and launched a ki blast towards the ice behind him that sent him flying straight forward towards King Cold and creating an explosion that hindered Frieza's sight, causing him to shoot blindly. The older tyrant stepped back with a look of terror on his face as Gohan sped closer. The mighty warrior concentrated ki into his fist readying to end the frost demon with one punch, however, one of Frieza's death beams hit Gohan's arm causing pain to radiate throughout his body.
The young sayian clenched his teeth, fighting through the pain so he wouldn't let his opportunity go to waste, driving his fist straight through the malevolent king's stomach. The now wounded frost demon slumped to one knee spitting out blood from his mouth, panting and clutching his stomach. "Please spare me..." he whispered weakly, however Gohan replied back by shakily putting his hand in front of Cold and blasting him with a powerful ki wave that tore through his body as it soared through the horizon. The ice was beginning crack under Frieza who was completely stunned and at a loss for words.
"Father...you killed him.." Gohan got into a fighting stance, trying to ignore the pain in his arm and the blood that was dripping from it. Veins were popping out of Frieza's head, he was absolutely livid with anger as he crouched and clenched his fists together, his aura exploding as he began powering up. His right arm bulged out the same way King Cold's had when he powered up to one hundred percent but after that, things went terribly wrong. Frieza's legs, the side of his face, and left arm would not accommodate the growth of the frost demons body, causing him to become disproportional and monstrous. "I will make you suffer." he stated bluntly before dashing towards the injured half Sayian and connecting a cross punch to his abdomen with his hulking arm, surprising Gohan greatly with it's raw power and causing him to spit up blood. Frieza continued this by sending him flying with a powerful right kick. Gohan tried to righten himself with a few sloppy black flips but The furious frost demon would not give him respite as he went in pursuit, dashing forward and coiling his tail around Gohan's leg as he landed, yanking him into a series of earth shattering punches that the half Sayian could not guard effectively against with his near crippled arm.
Goku was cringing in anger seeing his son get pummeled mercilessly by his worst enemy but could do nothing as it was his battle and he had to believe that Gohan could pull through somehow. Although if he truly lost faith in him winning, he was prepared to step in and finish things. 'come on Gohan, you can do this. I believe in you son.'
Almost as if Gohan had heard his fathers encouraging words, he moved his head to the side, dodging Frieza's mechanical arm and blasted him with a ki wave that sent the tyrant away and gave him much-needed breathing room. "You've gotten stronger Frieza, I'll give you that much. It's not enough to beat me though."
"Oh save it monkey, you can't use that arm much longer in the condition it's in." The frost demon grinned madly.
'He's right. My arm is beginning to numb from loss of blood. I have to change my strategy.' Gohan charged at Frieza with renewed determination, closing the distance between them with blinding speed and nailing him with a foot jab that pushed him back and opened up the opportunity to smash his solar plex with a side kick. Frieza gasped in agony. Recovering quickly, he attempted to punch Gohan with his bulked up arm, finding great difficulty landing a blow because it was too slow now and was easily sidestepped. Gohan smirked and connected a crescent kick across his opponents body followed by a spinning back kick that sent him reeling.
Frieza caught himself midair and growled. Using his telekinetic powers to lift many small rocks and launching them at Gohan who was unable to block against them, braced himself against the incoming debris. Frieza was pleased that his opponent had chosen to stand his ground, using the distraction to materialize behind him and slam his fists into the young hero's unprotected back. Gohan cried out in pain as the Arcosian gathered energy in his palm and fired it pointblank at his defenseless opponent.
Gohan's GI was torn in many places and the back was completely destroyed, revealing the full effects of Frieza's last attack. The young Sayians back was burnt and he was gasping on he floor, trying to get up. "I put a lot of power into that move, I hope you appreciate it brat." Frieza began kicking Gohan sadistically, reveling in his screams. "I told you, I'd make you suffer. You will have a slow drawn out death and you'll wish you never went back in time." The wicked tyrant wound up a particularly hard kick but Gohan rolled on his side quickly, avoiding it. Both fighters locked eyes and Frieza was disgusted to see that his look of determination had not faltered in the least from start to finish. No matter how hard he tried to break the filthy Sayian, he continued to fail.
"I see it in your eyes Frieza." Gohan started, slowly picking himself up. "I see the hate. I see the bitterness. I see the pain." Gohan stood up fully, his pride not letting the pain coursing throughout his body get the better of him. "I see the fear. What are you so afraid of?"
Frieza clenched his fists and shouted in anger. "I don't know what you're talking about. I fear nothing. I'm the most powerful being in the universe!"
Gohan shook his head sadly. "You're deluding yourself. You cover up your fear with your power but now that it isn't enough, you can't control yourself in the least. I pity you."
The frost demon couldn't stand to hear anymore and launched a death beam at the injured Gohan, piercing him straight through and causing him to collapse to the floor in pain, clutching his wound. Goku tensed up, his mouth agape. "GOHAN!" he cried out in panic. Goku was about to step in and handle the situation from there when he saw his son give him a weak smile. The pure Sayian realized that Frieza had missed any vitals whether that had been on purpose or not. He still had a chance.
Frieza could feel his mechanical parts begin to malfunction and weaken. He had to end the fight now whether he liked it or not. Truthfully he was already tired with Earth and his lust for revenge against Goku was nearly sated from seeing his son on the ground nearly dead from his own hands. The now battle worn Frost Demon began levitating in the air with a dark scowl across his face as he lifted his finger to the air. "I think it's high time I put an end to this. Say your goodbyes!" Frieza began building up a massive amount of ki in his finger which formed a small orange burning sphere. It gradually grew in size and both Sayians knew clear as day that the evil tyrant was aiming to destroy the planet.
Gohan struggled to speak but managed to find the strength deep within himself. "I won't let you win!" Frieza was taking quite a bit of time to gather the power for his planet buster technique and Gohan knew he had an opening to stop it. "Ka..Me...Ha...Me..."
Frieza laughed maniacally. "You think I don't know a bluff when I see it filthy Sayian. I've seen that attack many times and I know for a fact that your arm isn't in any condition to use it. This Ends here!" With that, the Arcosian launched his supernova at Gohan who stared at it dead on.
"HAAAAA" The young warrior screamed as the blue wave of energy burst from his legs. Shooting forward like a comet towards the giant orange sphere.
Frieza was flabbergasted at the development. "What? They've never used it like that before!"
Gohan decided that it was no longer time for games and pushed his power even further until the blue ray of hope overwhelmed the supernova and made a course straight for Frieza, completely engulfing him in making it's way to outer space.
Gohan could feel Frieza's power fading as the blast continued to travel away and powered down to his normal state. Regaining his black hair and looking at the sky somberly as Goku made his descent.
The pure Sayian touched ground and smiled at his son but before he could say anything, he noticed the other Z-fighters flying their way. He paid special attention to the mans younger counterpart and looked back at him almost shocked. "Man, I just noticed, but you've really gotten big Gohan!" The crippled injured Sayian tried to laugh lightheartedly at his fathers innocent statement but it felt foreign and uncomfortable to him so he just diverted his attention to the group that just landed.
"Daddy!" the young Gohan jumped into his fathers arms as he rustled his hair. "Hey guys, I missed you all so much, even you Vegeta." Goku joked, trying to tease his rival. the Sayian prince grunted in irritation and began yelling furiously.
"Kakarot I demand you explain all of this now! What have you been doing these past few years and who is this man?" Goku's demeanor never changed around the prince, no matter how threatening he tried to be.
"Oh those are easy questions! After the fight with Frieza I tried to get off the planet, but with the little time I had left, I knew I couldn't reach my ship. I looked and eventually found Frieza's but it was in pretty bad shape and I didn't even know how to get it to work! I got frustrated and it eventually fell in some lava but then I had the best of luck! I found another space pod similar to the one I had as a baby and I quickly flew into that and pressed a bunch of buttons till it started flying."
"it must have belonged to one of the Ginyu force members." Vegeta said dismissively.
"Maybe so, but anyways, I don't know how long I was in the pod. It put me to sleep until I landed on this planet called Yardrat! The Yardratians there were really nice to me, they helped heal my wounds and gave me new clothes."
"Explains why you look like even more of a clown than usual." Vegeta remarked smirking.
Goku pouted playfully. "Hey, I'll have you know that this is the latest fashion on the planet! Besides at least it ain't pink."
"I don't want to hear about your stupid clothes Kakarot! The Yardratians are an alien race that are known for having very remarkable techniques. You must have learned from them!"
"As a matter of fact, I did! I learned one technique that took almost an entire year to master, it's called Instant transmission! With it, I can teleport to anyone whose energy I can sense no matter how far away they are."
Krillen chuckled. "Man Goku, you keep getting more and more amazing each day! Can you give us a demonstration?"
"Yeah, I know just where to go too, I'll be back in a moment." The spiky haired sayian put two fingers to his forehead and immediately vanished from sight. Everybody was astonished that he had disappeared and no sooner was he back with a small pouch in his hand. "there you go, this will make you better Gohan." The young half sayian swallowed the bean Goku popped into his mouth, his eyes shooting open and his wounds healing near instantly.
"Thanks, It's been a long time since I had one of those."
Piccolo stepped up. "So Gohan, it's about time you explained why you're here." the rest of the Z-fighters other than Goku were shocked.
"G-Gohan? But how is that possible? The kids right here!" Yamcha managed to stutter out. Gohan was amazed and looking at his older counterpart with great intrigue. The older half sayian smiled warmly and took a deep breath, closing his eyes trying to gather his thoughts.
"Yes, I am in fact Son Gohan, I traveled back in time to warn you about events that will happen in the near future, so that we can work to change the outcome for the better. What I'm about to tell you all is very troubling and almost unbelievable but I need you to trust my word best you can." Everybody quietly nodded and listened intently.
Gohan stared at the sky, furrowing his eyebrows. "It all started on November, it was the age of 766. Mom and I had noticed that Dad was getting ill. It was nothing major at first, just minor chest pains when we would go fishing or I'd have to wait for him to catch his breath after we finished flying somewhere that wasn't all that far away. It was strange and concerned us but in our ignorance, thought nothing of it. One day, I was out playing in the forest with some animals. I was having a race with a pterodactyl, when I felt my father's energy start to drop and feel irregular. I panicked and rushed home immediately. When I got there, the rest of my friends had already arrived, probably from feeling the same thing I did. Mom had called Bulma and begged her to save him and she tried her best to get him whatever medical care we could but.." Gohan looked at Goku with pain in his eyes. "You died. We were all so surprised. I guess we always thought you were invincible, at least to a virus anyways. Turns out, you had somehow contracted Myocarditis which is inflammation of the heart muscle. Theres an epidemic every 3 to 4 years and you'll soon hear about people getting it. Bulma helped develop a cure through a modest amount of funding in honor of you and the virus eventually went away; I brought some back so you don't have to worry if you catch it again."
Goku sighed happily. "Gee, that's a relief. At least I don't have to get a shot, anything but those. Is that all you came back to tell us?"
"I wish, but there's more to it. After your death, Vegeta lost the will to fight because he would never get his chance to ever best you. Everybody just went their own way without you connecting them. Six months later, on May 12th at 10:00 A.M, Amembo Island was attacked by two androids that wrought destruction and chaos. I was unaware of what was happening, stuck in my room studying to pass the grief of losing my father and trying not disappoint my already distraught mother. One day Krillen came by and told me that the androids had attacked for about a week, small attacks on different areas but since they lacked an energy signature, we couldn't find them easily. We eventually found them while they were busy burning down a city. One was a wrinkled old man by the name of android 20, the other looked more like a clown and was called android 19. They had the power to absorb energy and managed to defeat most of us. We eventually beat one of them and the other decided to flee, we decided not to pursue them so that we could regroup and heal the injured but that was our biggest mistake. Two more androids made themselves known one day and began terrorizing the earth. They killed all of you and left me because they felt more enjoyment from making the son of Goku suffer. I've fought them ever since, as the world fell into an age of darkness and despair, it's also how I lost my arm. The androids were created by , the scientist who was in charge of making these things for the Red Ribbon Army. He wanted vengeance against you dad."
"I always thought that the Red Ribbon Army was done for good after I took them down so many years ago, I guess they finally accomplished their goal of world domination. I'm sorry you had to go through so much Gohan, you've really become a warrior." Goku put his hand on his son's shoulder and smiled reassuringly. "With the medicine you're giving me, this time, things will be different, I promise."
"I don't think that'll be enough to change things by itself." the half sayian gave a stern look to the others. "You all need to work hard, not just dad. If I had any of you to guide me when I was alone and helpless, I would have learned to train better, fight better, and maybe I would have even won. You all could have made a difference. I remember how happy I felt back when Frieza attacked in my time, how I got the chance to defeat an enemy. We worked together to take down our opponents and even though they weren't very strong, they could have been problematic if even one escaped. I felt like I did something important." Gohans voice trailed off.
Vegeta scoffed. "Hah, there's no way some scrap metal can take on the prince of all sayians. I will be the one to defeat them, you'll see!"
the half sayian smiled sadly. "Vegeta, you were a super sayian just like dad and still got killed."
"Is that so? Well you also said I stopped training so I probably got weaker! That won't happen this time though, I will rise to the top one way or another." with that, Vegeta flew off.
"Well there isn't much else I have to say. So here dad." Gohan handed his father a small bottle. "This is the heart medicine. Take it if you start feeling anything abnormal that I described."
"I will Gohan! Heres a present for you too." Goku gave his son the senzu bean pouch that he had gotten from Korin. "There are three more in there for your troubles. Are you going to come back to help us?"
"Yeah, I'll try to be back before the androids come. You all take care of yourselves in the meantime." Gohan began walking away but he heard his younger counterpart call out to him.
"Wait, I just wanted to say that you're really cool and I'm going to be strong just like you one day!" Gohan could see the determination and resolve in the young warriors eyes and nodded smiling before bursting into the air and flying away.
He reached the spot he had kept his time machine, hidden not far away and got inside, pushing the button needed to get the device to work. As it launched into the air and prepared to go back to the future, the half sayian thought about all that had happened and had no doubt in his mind that they would succeed and put down the androids once and for all. Waving bye to his old friends, the time machine disappeared once more into the time stream.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this installment of Power Unleashed, I tried my best to make this one better and I hope it showed! Things are finally picking up and now we know some things about the original timeline. First off, Androids 19 and 20 did show up, nothing that Trunks did could have changed Gero making two more distinct killing machines. I have reasoning behind Trunks and Bulma not knowing about them though which I will cover in a special chapter in the future. Furthermore, over the week, I did extensive research trying to find a real life heart virus that was similar enough to what Goku had caught to reason why he got it six months later in the main timeline. Eventually i stumbled across Myocarditis. You're free to agree or disagree with my theory but here are my points for why i think he had this. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle that also causes the body's immune system to inflict inflammatory damage to the heart muscle. It's caused most commonly by infection of heart muscle by a virus and it's symptoms are little to none except for chest pains, shortness of breath, fatigue and can ultimately lead to heart failure. Now those symptoms were the only present symptoms we see from Goku in the actual show which is a nice start. I then looked up a virus that can cause Myocarditis and found one that caught my eye, it's call Parovirus B19. This virus also can also have little to no symptoms and can be spread to other people. There are local outbreaks roughly every 3 to 4 years! Now Trunks states that the Z-fighters would be hearing about the new virus soon but the time frame is up to interpretation, then Goku gets it roughly 3 years later. This leads to Myocaritis and Goku starts showing signs of it. His super sayian transformation in theory might make his immune system stronger and work faster which work accelerate damage to his body and would be why he lost so fast after transforming against 19. The reason he got it so much earlier is because in the original timeline, Goku didn't train as rigorously as he would have without the motivation of the android threat looming. He may have had more contact with people and got sick sooner. What do you guys think of my theory? It may have its flaws and leaves a bit to assumption but it was nice to research it, if you guys have any theories about it, leave in it the review section. Now for power levels...
King Cold (100%): 80,000,000
Mecha Frieza (non bulked up): 120,000,000
Mecha Frieza (bulked up): 140,000,000
Gohan (beginning of fight): 150,000,000
Gohan (in bursts): 170,000,000
Goku: 170,000,000
till next time, CosmicWarrior1996
