Last Chapter-
The Saiyans then fell back to the Planet were they landed hard and powered down to their base forms due to exhaustion. The Supreme Kai floated gently towards the planet and stood by the Z fighters who were still amazed by what they just witnessed. The Supreme Kai smiled and said "Now, we can discuss the situation happening on Earth."
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Chapter 4-
Now everyone was ready to explain the crisis that was taking place on Earth. They started by explain that the Red Ribbon Army was an organization determined to conquer the world, but Goku brought down the organization and temporally stopped their plans when he was a boy. "But apparently the chief scientist of the army, Dr. Gero continued to strive for world domination and the first step was to kill Goku. So after studying for years, he finally created the Earth's greatest threats...Androids 17 & 18!" explained Piccolo. The Supreme Kai nodded as he listened to the story. He could hardly believe that a human was responsible for all the beings causing chaos on Earth, all for the sake of getting revenge and achieving world domination.
"However, Goku died from a heart virus before he could battle the Androids and thus thwarting Gero's plans once again." Piccolo continued. "The Androids then killed Gero and decided to use their powers to create destruction just for fun. They began killing countless innocence on their rampage, until they were approached by Vegeta and Gohan."
The Supreme Kai glanced at the Saiyan Prince, whose face was full of anger. Vegeta grew angrier as he remembered his death at the hands of those robot freaks. "Just wait you metal pieces of trash! If Kakarot's son isn't going to avenge me, then my son will, I'm sure of it!" thought the King of the underworld.
"They were no match for their strength," Piccolo went on. "Gohan managed to escape but Vegeta was killed. The Androids decided to track the rest of us down and kill us all one by one. I was next, and then Krillin, then Tien, then Yamcha, then Chaiotzu until only Gohan was left to challenge them. But not even his Super Saiyan powers are enough to save the Earth."
"I see, now I understand," said the Supreme Kai.
"Now if you don't mind us asking, but what got you interested in Gohan in the first place?" asked Krillin.
The Supreme Kai explained about the great Majin Buu and Gohan's encounter with Baibidi's minions, where he was able to best Baibidi's fighters, slay the Demon king Dabura, and altogether stop Buu's revival.
The Z fighters were all filled with pride knowing that the youngest member of their gang managed to save the Universe on his own.
"Wow, Gohan's very resourceful," said Yamcha.
"Yep, that's my boy!" said Goku.
"And my Pupil!" said Piccolo.
"And my partner!" said Krillin.
"Gohan's finally starting to live up to his Saiyan potential, and someday my son will follow in his footsteps," said Vegeta.
"Now that we're all caught up, I think I may have a way for Gohan and Trunks to get strong enough to surpass the Androids. But first I want to check on my assistant, excuse me..." said the Supreme Kai before he closed his eyes and called Kibito using telepathy. "Kibito, how is everything going?"
"I have followed your orders and have rescued many humans without anyone's notice. The casualties have decreased as the Androids and the Saiyans continue to battle; in fact the Saiyans are on their way to confront the Androids again right now." answered Kibito.
"Is that so? Keep an eye on them as they fight, and continue to preserve human lives. I will observe the battle from King Kai's planet along with the rest of the Z fighters." said the Supreme Kai.
"Yes sir!" replied Kibito.
The Z fighters all gathered around Kais as they close their eyes in order to see the fight between the half Saiyans and the half Robots. King Kai waved his antenna as he visualized the scene taking place on Earth. The Androids were having fun at an amusement park. They scared of a large group of people and started enjoying the free rides. While this was happening someone was secretly calling the military to report the Androids but got no answer since the Androids had already destroyed the military. Meanwhile the Demi Saiyans were flying towards the amusement park when they saw the people stampeding out of the park.
"This is it Trunks, are you ready?" asked Gohan.
"Yeah!" said Trunks.
The Androids were just about to ride the merry-go-round when the Saiyan hybrids landed in front of them. They immediately recognized Gohan as the fighter who's challenged them for years.
"Oh look, it's Blondie, except his hair's black today," said Eighteen.
"Of course, he's copying me," said Seventeen accusingly
"Since when does he own black hair?" asked Krillin as they Z fighters watched through King Kai's eyes.
"He's getting to be a real bother, what do you say we finish him off this time?" asked the female Cyborg.
"Sure," answered Seventeen as he approached the Son of Goku. Gohan took a fighting position and said, "Trunks, let me handle this." "Right," replied the Son of Vegeta. All the Z fighters watched with worried looks as their comrade prepared to battle the Androids alone. "What do you think guys?" asked Yamcha. "Does Gohan have a chance to beat these freaks on his own?"
"Who knows, all we can do now is wait and see," said Piccolo.
"And hope..." said Goku.
Seventeen fired an energy blast at the ground, creating a wall of smoke between him and Gohan. The Android then tried to kick the half Saiyan but his attack was dodged when Gohan jumped into the air. Seventeen fired another blast at Gohan, who dodged the attack again by phasing out of its way. Gohan then turned Super Saiyan and braced himself for battle.
"You guys feel that ki?" asked Tien
"Yeah, Gohan's power is amazing!" said Krillin
"His power is equal to Goku and Vegeta's, maybe he can win this time!" said Piccolo.
"Let's hope so..." said Goku."Do it Gohan."
Seventeen flew at Gohan and blocked a hand chop attack from the half Saiyan. The two fighters then bumped fist and began trading blows. At first it looked like they were equally matched, until Seventeen managed to kick Gohan into a metal pole. The Android then phased in front of the Super Saiyan and punched him before knocking him into the roof of a building. Eighteen watched with content as her brother was beating Gohan, while Trunks grew angry and clenched his fist.
"This doesn't look good!" said Chaiotzu.
"It never does against these monsters!" replied Piccolo.
The Z fighters grew angry as they watched the last member of their gang lose the fight. Goku was especially mad seeing his own son get thrashed around like a child's plaything. The Supreme Kai noticed their anger and looked back at the Androids. "How can humans be so powerful yet so ruthless, so cruel, so...inhumane?" he thought. Suddenly an explosion appeared in another building and Gohan jumped out. He then fired an energy blast at Seventeen; the Android quickly dodged the blast but couldn't evade the punch to his face from the Super Saiyan. Blood spilled from Seventeen's mouth as he continued to battle the Demi Saiyan.
The Z fighters were now glad to see Gohan gain the upper hand. "That's it Gohan, let him have it!" cheered Krillin. "Come on Kakabrat! Turn that Android trash into scrap metal!" shouted Vegeta. "Avenge us Gohan...save the Earth again." thought Goku.
In the living world, Trunks watched with excitement as his Master was fighting back against the Android. "Man! He's doing it wow!" said the Saiyan Prince. The half Alien and the half machine were locked in combat. They continued to exchange blows until Gohan punched Seventeen in the face a second time, he then proceeded with a kick to Seventeen's stomach, and then nailed the Android in the chin with a skull bash attack before finishing his assault with a kick to the face. (A/N: This is the same kind of assault that kid Gohan used on Vegeta the second time they fought. I thought it'd be cool to add it to this fight.) Seventeen went flying and crashed the ground.
"Alright! Gohan's got him!" said Krillin.
"Looks like that metal demon's going down!" said Yamcha.
Gohan flew towards Seventeen ready to deliver another blow, but Eighteen suddenly phased in front of him and punched him away from her twin brother. Gohan was knocked into a widow that shattered on impact and the glass shards fell to the floor along with Gohan.
"Oh no!" said Krillin.
"Don't they know how to fight like real Martial artists?" asked Goku.
"Curse that robo bitch!" said Vegeta.
Seventeen finally got up and appeared next to Eighteen. "Man! Where did all that come from?" asked Seventeen. "He's dangerous today; something's got him fired up. Let's work it together, go!" said Eighteen before the Androids attacked Gohan together. "GOHAN!" shouted Trunks. The Androids attacked the Son of Goku simultaneously, punching and kicking him. The half Saiyan could barely stand as the Androids continued to pummel him.
Kibito watched nonchalantly as the Cyborgs overpowered the Gold Fighter. "This Saiyan stands no chance against these vile creatures; he could possibly die." thought.
"NO!" shouted Trunks as he jumped to help his friend. "It looks like Vegeta's son has joined the fight." said Piccolo. "Do you think he can tip the scales?" asked Krillin. "No," said the Supreme Kai."These two can't win this fight, but maybe they can survive and live to fight another day." Eighteen fired an energy blast at the Saiyan prince. The blast hit Trunks but he quickly recovered and charged at the female Android while Gohan fought Seventeen.
Eighteen ran up the Ferris wheel with Trunks hot in pursuit. She finally stopped and said, "You'd better get out of here while you still can, kid." "So you can gang up on my friend again?!" asked Trunks. "I see how you two operate, you're cruel!" "You tell her Trunks!" cheered Yamcha.
Trunks tried to attack Eighteen. The Android blocked all of the Saiyan's attacks before hitting him with a couple of quick jabs. Trunks flinched but quickly continued to take the offensive. The half Saiyan put everything he had into his attacks, but Eighteen just blocked all of them with little effort. She then punched his face; the son of Vegeta countered by landing a kick to her gut, which shocked her. "That's my boy!" thought Vegeta.
Now angry, the Android raised her fist and punched the Demi Saiyan hard, knocking him down. But before he could fall, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him to her face. "Go ahead...do it! You… WITCH!" shouted Trunks. Granting his request, Eighteen raised her hand and formed a large energy blast. Sensing the attack, Gohan turned from his fight and said, "Oh no, Trunks!" before flying at Eighteen. Seventeen fired his own blast as Gohan kicked Eighteen; freeing Trunks from her grip. The blast hit Trunks, causing him to lose consciousness and fall. "Die!" shouted Eighteen as she threw her blast at the Saiyans.
Gohan caught his unconscious student and used his back to shield Trunks from Eighteen's blast. Deciding now was the time to retreat; Gohan flew away from the Androids to find a place to hide. The Cyborgs chased the Gold Fighter while blasting around the whole park. Gohan dodged every blast until he finally hid behind a broken wall. The Cyborgs continued to blow up the area until there was no sight of their target.
"How could he have given us the slip again?" asked Seventeen. "I don't know, and we said we were going to finish him off this time! It makes us look bad. When we say we're going to do something we need to do it!" said Eighteen. The Androids looked around while Gohan silently held Trunks and hid with fear. "You're really stuck up on that aren't you?" asked Seventeen.
"So? I just want to do what we say we're going to do; it's only common sense," replied Eighteen as they continued to search, never deciding to look behind the broken wall which was right in front of their eyes.
"I know, but he got away. Get it?" reasoned Seventeen.
"Yeah," answered Eighteen.
"Let's take a few pop shots; we might get lucky," suggested Seventeen.
"Cool," agreed Eighteen as the Androids raised their hands. Gohan closed his eyes as the metal monsters fired an enormous energy blast that covered the entire area. The Z fighters watched with horror as the half Saiyans were consumed by the explosion. "Gohan! Trunks!" they all thought. When the smoke cleared there were a lot of destroyed rides, damaged buildings, and fresh rubble with the Androids standing in the middle of the destruction, but no sign of either of the Saiyan hybrids.
"Do you think we got him?" asked the female Cyborg.
"I don't know," answered Seventeen. "Did you hear any yells or anything like that?"
"No," said Eighteen.
"Then we didn't get him." Seventeen concluded.
"How do you know?" asked Eighteen. "He's tough; he probably wouldn't yell anyway."
"That would bite if we'd got him and didn't know it," said Seventeen.
"Huh? Why? What difference would it make?" asked Eighteen while she sat on a pile of rubble.
"Cause then we'd never know if we got him or not," Seventeen explained his logic.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Eighteen said, agreeing with her brother's logic. "That would suck, man!" She turned to her brother and asked "What now?" Seventeen smiled, but didn't answer her question. "What?!" she asked again. "Let's go home," suggested Seventeen. The metal murderers ascended into the sky and flew off to their home (wherever that is).
On the ground of the destroyed amusement park, two bodies belonging to the Demi Saiyans could be seen lying unconsciously. Kibito looked at the bodies from his hiding place with pity and disappointment. "I knew these mortals weren't worth saving; now they've died and left this world without protection against those killers," thought Kibito as he teleported to the North Kai's planet to deliver the bad news. After he left, Gohan's hand started to twitch. Gohan groaned as he struggled to move in his condition. His face had a fresh scar across his right eye, his body was covered with cuts, bruises, burns and wounds, and to top it all off, his left arm was gone.
The Son of Goku looked up to see the Son of Vegeta lying on the ground, still unconscious and fatally injured like him. Using his right arm Gohan reached for his belt and pulled out a small brown bag. He used his teeth to open the bag and a Senzu bean fell out of it. He picked up the bean with his hand and looked at it.
"Kinda like my arm; only one left," thought Gohan. "Now Gohan, what would your father do?" the half Saiyan asked himself as he held the bean. Gohan forced himself to crawl close enough to his Saiyan brother.
"Hey little bro…you were great," Gohan said to Trunks as he placed the bean in his mouth. "Here, swallow it Trunks… live. You've got to…live." After pushing it into Trunks' mouth, Gohan passed out from his own pain and waited to die. Time seemed to slow down as the two Saiyan sons laid there in defeat, awaiting death; suddenly Trunks woke up and saw his master…
In the Otherworld…
The Z fighters stopped watching after the Androids blew up their battlefield, believing that neither Gohan nor Trunks could've have survived. They all stared at the ground in sadness. When Kibito appeared the Supreme Kai looked at him but he just turned away. "So that's it? The last two defenders of the Earth are dead? The Androids have won?" asked Krillin. "I can't believe that even Gohan wasn't strong enough to beat them," said Yamcha. "I mean, he's a Super Saiyan for crying out loud." "That clearly wasn't enough…" said Tien. "Gohan… I expected so much from him; he spent most of his life challenging those monsters…" said Piccolo. "…And Trunks barely got to live his life." "Well, at least they died fighting…like a true warrior should in a hopeless battle," said Vegeta. There was a moment of silence before the Supreme Kai spoke up. "I'm sorry; it seems that we were too late to offer our assistance." "It's alright Supreme Kai," replied Goku before he place two fingers by his forehead. "Come on guys, they're probably waiting for us to meet them at King Yenma's desk."
Piccolo, Krillin, and Tien placed their hands on Goku while the others placed theirs on Kibito. The group aside from King Kai was transported to the check station for the dead.
"Ah, Goku and company. What a surprise that you would halt your training and come here," said King Yenma when he noticed them. "Oh! And the Supreme Kai; what a pleasure this is my lord."
"Likewise King Yenma, though I wish we could've met on better terms," greeted the Supreme Kai.
"Huh? What's got you all down in the dumps?" asked a confused Yenma.
"Well, we just saw my son and Vegeta's son lose their fight against humanity's Enders. So we've come to see them; where'd you sentence them to anyway?" Goku asked.
"What are you talking about?" asked King Yenma. "I haven't sent them anywhere because they haven't appeared here."
The Z fighters stared at Yenma with wide eyes. "But we just saw them die…" said Piccolo. "Trust me Piccolo, if Goku or Vegeta's son had appeared here I would have sent them to King Kai's planet for more training; but I haven't seen them at all."
"Then that means…they're still alive!" exclaimed Krillin.
The Z fighters immediately went back to King Kai's planet and searched for the half Saiyan's life forces. After a while they sensed Trunks' life force was normal while Gohan's was very low. King Kai looked back to Earth and showed the Z fighters images of Trunks carrying his unconscious master to the Capsule Corp.
Inside, Bulma was working on the blueprints to her newest invention…a time machine. As she worked on the design, she heard footsteps of someone entering her lab. She turned around to see her son and friend in a terrible state. "Oh my gosh! What happened?!"asked Bulma. "To be blunt, we got beat up," answered Trunks. "Oh no his arm, get him to a bed Trunks, hurry!" ordered Bulma as she went to get a medical kit. As she approached the injured Saiyan hybrid she said "Now Gohan, this is going to hurt. Just hold still."
"AAAAHHHHH!" yelled Gohan.
The Z fighters turned away and covered their ears, none of them wanting to see Gohan suffer like that. Once Gohan was fully treated Goku quickly turned to the Supreme Kai and asked, "You said you had a way for Gohan and Trunks to grow strong enough to beat the Androids. What was it?"
Back at the Capsule Corp, Trunks watched his friend as he was resting. Bulma was putting Gohan's gi away as she started a conversation with her son. "Isn't it a strange coincidence that you happened to run into Gohan while he was fighting the Androids?"
"Life's funny that way mom," replied Trunks.
"So you say son," laughed Bulma. "I know what you've been doing; I wasn't born yesterday you know. Why is it that teenagers think their parents are so stupid?"
Gohan started to groan as he regained consciousness. The Briefs stared at him with concern as he tossed and turned, trying to get up. "The Doctor said he'd be out for a week…" said Bulma.
"W-Where are they? Where are those darn Androids?" asked Gohan before he passed out again.
A/N: That's a wrap. Wonder what method of training the Supreme Kai has in store for the half Saiyans, think you can guess what it is? Well let me know in your reviews, until then TTFN Antihero out.