Gohan's Hidden Depths of Power - Chapter 5.
The smoke cleared and to Gohan's horror, Frieza was unscathed. Everything his father threw at the tyrant couldn't effect him one bit. Goku was tired and everyone could see it as Frieza continued his assault, yet they could do nothing but watch. Suddenly, Goku raised his hands to the sky and Gohan knew what Goku was going to do. "Hey, Krillin, you see that?" He asked.
"Yeah, Goku's going to use it." Krillin replied.
"Use what?" Piccolo asked in curiosity.
"The Spirit Bomb." Gohan informed "He used it on Vegeta after you..." Gohan cringed. 'But it didn't work, Vegeta was still able to come back from it, hopefully this time it could be different'.
"Yeah, I get it..." Piccolo replied simply.
The only problem was, his father was a sitting duck while he was charging it. Frieza had already become irritated and began to pummel his father again, he felt so helpless. 'Damn it... Not again... I can't do anything...' Gohan hated feeling so helpless, remembering all the times he was too scared to help, his energy beginning to burn within him. As a weak and misty green aura took over him he clenched his fists, blood began to drip down in his palms. 'I'm sick of not being able to do anything!'
Piccolo and Krillin looked at Gohan in shock at the power emanating from him "Wait, Gohan! Don't!" Piccolo urged.
"I can't take it anymore!" Gohan shouted as a pale yellow aura burst from around him, his hair turning a black-reddish tinge, the resulting burst of power creating a shockwave that send Piccolo and Krillin stumbling back on their feet.
Frieza had Goku by the collar with a devilish smirk on his face "With your death, the Saiyans will finally be out of my way for goo-" Frieza was interrupted by a war cry that got louder and louder as they approached him.
"Fatheeeeeer!" Gohan screamed at the top of his lungs as he charged Frieza. Frieza turned his head at the oncoming boy and was completely stunned at the speed at which he was travelling towards him. Goku was stunned in turn 'G-Gohan...?'
The kick that came to Frieza's head sent the space tyrant flying, forcing him to release Goku. Frieza managed to right himself as Gohan stared him down in anger. This only caused Frieza to look back at him in kind 'Th-That... HURT! How dare he~!' "You miserable-!"
Gohan charged forward at Frieza and the two began to exchange blows back and forth. Goku looked on the fight in a stupor 'H-He's actually holding Frieza off...' Goku thought in amazement. Piccolo and Krillin joined Goku soon after and Piccolo reminded Goku to prepare the Spirit Bomb. The three of them dropped to the ground and Goku raised his arms again "Yeah, I still need more time." Goku informed.
Krillin looked up at the fight as much of a stupor as anyone else "Hey... Gohan could really do this, huh?" Krillin asked hopefully.
Piccolo scrutinised the fight "... I doubt it. Gohan has the advantage at the moment from a surprise attack. But Frieza still has the higher power." Piccolo replied, stamping out Krillin's hope of Gohan taking Frieza out. "We need to channel our energy into Goku." Piccolo advised and Krillin nodded his head.
Back at the fight with Gohan and Frieza, Gohan had the advantage just as Piccolo surmised. Frieza threw a punch that was batted away by Gohan who then kicked Frieza in the jaw. Frieza rubbed his jaw as pain he felt would never come to him at this level of power surged through it. 'How? How is this brat so strong?! It doesn't make any sense! Was... Was Vegeta right?' Frieza began to panic slightly 'No... It's not!' Frieza dismissed. "You know you're going to die today, brat!" Frieza quipped. Gohan ignored as he charged a green orb of energy in his right palm and threw it at Frieza that scored a direct hit on Frieza's chest and sent him hurtling towards the ground, the energy detonating in green brilliance.
Frieza charged out of the explosion for the Saiyan child and released a Death Ray at him that was narrowly dodged. Frieza appeared behind Gohan and delivered a powerful whip of his tail towards the back of Gohan that sent him flying in the opposing direction, he quickly recovered and flared his aura up, speeding around to behind Frieza and fired a "Masenko" towards him that he stayed put for and caught it in his palms, deflecting the beam attack towards the sky. Gohan charged towards Frieza again and landed several more punches to his gut and then kicked him towards the ground. "Throw it now, Dad!" Gohan urged as he struggled to hold on to his power, but eventually his aura died down and he collapsed to the ground. Piccolo quickly made for the small boy to scoop him up and bring him back to the group.
"It's ready. Now!" Goku said in determination, throwing his hands forward, a gigantic ball of pale blue energy hurtled towards the ground at unimaginable speeds. Frieza scrambled to his feet as he threw rocks and dust off of himself. Looking around he didn't see the pint-sized Saiyan in the air anymore as he had been expecting. Suddenly a glare caught in his eye from a puddle in front of him, then a heat began to lick at his back. Turning around he finally saw what was causing the glare, a massive ball of energy that was heading towards him at a rapid rate. "W-What?!" He barely had any time to put his hands up before it was upon him and pushing him backwards.
A light blanketed the entire area as Frieza was engulfed by the Spirit Bomb, a deafening silence came afterward before a shock wave came from the source of the light and flattened everything it came across. Gohan and the gang of would-be heroes flew as fast as they could to get away from the destruction. They eventually made it to safety with the winds and light dying down, then found a spot to rest up. The Spirit Bomb left a gaping hole in Namek's crust, smoke billowing out of it.
The group of warriors sat there as they caught their breaths, with smiles on their faces, they had won-Frieza was no more.
Krillin and Gohan were the first to cheer, Goku and Piccolo joining in with them soon after. Goku looked down at his son with a proud smile "That was a brave thing you did, Son. Honestly, I was surprised, you put up a better fight against Frieza than I did." Goku said proudly.
Gohan stood there bashfully as Krillin and Piccolo joined in on praising the blushing boy "It was nothing... Hehe..." He said shyly.
"Krillin? What is it?" Piccolo questioned the Earthling that was frozen in his place, trembling in fear. Gohan followed Krillin's gaze and now knew what had him so terrified. Standing atop a plateau was a bruised and battered Frieza, looking absolutely livid, pointing a finger, pointing the finger right at himself, he immediately froze with fear knowing that whatever he had planned for him he had not the power to dodge it.
Suddenly he was shoved aside and rolled to the side, looking back at who done it, Piccolo was laying flat on his stomach with a whole right through his chest. Gohan stood there in horror and then began to fall to his knees. Piccolo had sacrificed himself, again, for his sake. He couldn't help but scream out Piccolo's name as tears came to edges of his eyes.
"Whatever that attack was, I commend you, it sure hurt like hell." Frieza said in a deathly cold voice.
Goku grit his teeth looking up at Frieza "Stop this, Frieza!" Goku said angrily, the only response was a sinister laugh "Gohan, Krillin, you two get out of here! Grab Piccolo, find Bulma and get to the ship!" He ordered in a low voice.
"We can't let you fight him alone!" Gohan protested.
"Piccolo is still alive, but if he dies then all of this was for nothing! Now do as I tell you!" Goku reaffirmed his orders.
"You are mistaken if you think any of you will leave here alive!" Frieza shouted as he targeted Krillin next.
"Krillin, move!" Gohan yelled in horror. Krillin began to float in the air as he wriggled with some form of energy inside of him before being thrown by it into the air.
"Frieza! Enough! Don't do it!" Goku pleaded to spare his best friend, but the icy tyrant had no mercy to give, clenching his hand into a fist, Krillin gave one last cry for help as he exploded into nothing but dust.
"Krillin!" Goku and Gohan shouted in unison as Krillin disappeared into nothing.
"Aaahahahah! I found that especially pleasant." Frieza said sinisterly "Perhaps I should do the boy next, I'll find that one most pleasing."
Goku's body began glow a brilliant light as he seethed with rage "You... Frieza... I won't... Let you... Get away with this!" He said through gritted teeth as his head lurched backward. Lightning bolts began to descend from the heavens as the usually calm Namekian seas began to become wild with waves thrashing against the shoreline.
Gohan looked up at his father in awe as his hair suddenly blinked the bright colour of blond, his eyes turning a turquoise colour. Gohan had never seen his father so angry in his entire life, he began to become scared 'W-What... What's happening?'. Frieza stood there in wonder what could be happening as Goku underwent some sort of change.
"Damn you, Frieza! You won't get away with this!" The rocky terrain beneath Goku began to quake and crumble underneath him and large chunks of rubble were lifted high into the sky around him. Goku suddenly let out bloodcurdling scream as a bright golden aura burst out from around him, his hair turning a golden blond and his eyes remaining a turquoise colour. Goku glared down Frieza with absolute contempt.
Frieza began to panic as he looked upon Goku's new form "W-What the?" He croaked. 'Saiyans turn into Giant Ape's, but what the hell is this?'
Goku quickly turned his head towards his son "Gohan, listen to me very carefully; take Piccolo, find Bulma, get to the ship." He ordered, his face slightly twitching as he seemed to be wrestling with this transformation. Gohan was still looking up at his father in awe at the change that he took too long to respond. "Go! Before I lose whatever sense of reason I have left!" Goku shouted in ill concealed anger.
Gohan quickly nodded and grabbed onto Piccolo, hoisting him onto his shoulder, then flying out of there as fast as his exhausted body would take him as per his fathers wishes. The enormous Ki Gohan felt from his father had his mind going haywire with the pressure of it. It began to click inside his mind what was happening, the Legendary warrior of the Saiyan race Vegeta had mentioned has finally become a reality-And it was his father. A well of emotions and pride began to stir within Gohan "My dad... A Super Saiyan... And I'm his son." Gohan said to himself with a smile across his face.
Goku continued his fight with Frieza. His transformation, the Legendary Super Saiyan, giving him a massive lead over Frieza. Frieza, of course, was not happy with this fact. In a last ditch effort, the evil tyrant opted to destroy the core of Namek, eventually leading to Planet Namek's destruction with Goku still on it, this making Frieza automatically the winner as he could survive in the vacuum of space-Goku, on the other hand, could not.
King Kai, who had been watching the fight unfold, devised a plan with the Kami of Earth where they could all survive by resurrecting all the people killed by Frieza and his henchmen with Earth's Dragon Balls, then with Elder Guru alive again, use the last wish of the Namekian Dragon Balls, with a revived Dende, to wish everyone except Frieza off of Namek and then teleported to Earth.
But Goku intervened with the two deities and urged them to change the wish where he would stay on Namek with Frieza to finish his fight. Though reluctant, King Kai had to eventually accept Goku's wishes and went ahead with the revised plan.
Gohan, at this point, had taken Piccolo to his fathers ship, he then began to track down Bulma's energy signal and found her screaming her head off atop a cracking plateau. Before Bulma fell, Gohan quickly scooped her up and began heading back towards the ship. 'Frieza's power has increased and something weird is happening to this planet... I don't like this...' Gohan thought with worry.
It took a while for Gohan to register where he was as the sun blared down on him from a bright, blue sky, that he was again on Earth-He could sense his mothers and sisters Ki at home, but he couldn't believe it was real. 'How did I get here?'
"Where are we?" Bulma said looking around in a stupor.
"Where are we? What's happening?" A Village Namekian said in kind.
Gohan heard a faint sound behind him that sounded familiar and he turned around to see Dende healing Piccolo "Piccolo?! Dende?!"
"Elder Guru!" Gohan heard another Namekian say, Gohan was now utterly confused.
"Listen well, everyone! We are now on Earth." Elder Guru began to speak.
"On Earth?!" Bulma questioned equally as confused as Gohan.
"I don't have a lot of time left to explain... Before I die again... So I will explain everything." Elder Guru continued. He proceeded to inform them all of King Kai's and Kami's plan.
"But where's Tuno's village? Shouldn't they be here as well?!" Muri questioned.
"I killed them!" Vegeta said abruptly, notifying them that he was here as well. "You asked the dragon to bring back those killed by Frieza and his group... But I wasn't with them. Too bad..." Vegeta said with a casual grin. Some of the Namekian's looked angry and others were sad that they couldn't be brought back in the same wish. Before one of them could make the foolish mistake of attacking Vegeta, large spherical stones fell to the earth across from them-The inert Namekian Dragon Ball's.
"The Dragon Ball's followed us. Perhaps they, too, know that my time is up." Elder Guru explained "Muri. I name you the new Elder of our people. You must be wise with the Dragon Ball's once they have been reactivated again."
Muri nodded his head, but looked reluctant as the former Elder began to disappear "Alright. Of course. Thank You, wise one." He agreed.
As the former Elder continued to disappear, the Namekians began to mourn for their wise leader-Their father.
"Go in peace, Elder Guru." Piccolo muttered allowed.
Dende noticed this with wide eyes, looking up at him "I understand now! You fused with Nail!" Dende exclaimed in surprise. Piccolo simply smiled in return.
Bulma began to look around, searching "But... What about Goku and Krillin? Shouldn't they be here as well?" She asked.
Gohan had a saddened look before he began to explain "... Krillin was killed by Frieza and Dad's still on Namek." Gohan informed her, much to her shock "But... He'll come back! I know he will!" Gohan said in determination.
"Gohan..." Bulma was unsure herself, but smiled at Gohan's optimism nonetheless "Yeah."
"He's still fighting Frieza?!" Piccolo questioned in disbelief.
"Shouldn't Krillin be here right now?" Dende asked in confusion.
"Krillin was already brought back once, so..." Gohan looked downcast.
"Yeah..." Bulma confirmed.
"What? Your Dragon Balls can't wish people back twice?!" Dende asked in shock.
Gohan nodded "Yes. The reason we were on Namek in the first place was to search on the planet they were designed." He informed the Namekian child.
"Getting back to Goku," Piccolo interrupted "He's not thinking this through! He's too rash!" Piccolo protested. "There's too big a difference in power between him and Frieza. Goku doesn't have a chance! He's going to die!" Piccolo now looked frustrated.
"You're wrong, Piccolo! Dad will win... I'm sure of it!" Gohan said in optimism. Piccolo frowned, believing Gohan to simply have youthful naivety. "I saw it... Dad became a Super Saiyan!" Gohan declared with enthusiasm, proud to be his son.
"WHAT?!" Vegeta almost fell over in shock. He stared at Kakarot's son like his entire world had just been rocked.
"What? Super Saiyan?!" Piccolo looked almost equally as stunned as Vegeta.
"If he changed into this Super Saiyan, what did he looked like?" Bulma pondered with a finger to her chin.
"His hair changed to a golden blond, his eyes turned a greenish-blue colour and his aura was in gold, too!" Gohan said enthusiastically.
Bulma couldn't really believe it "Goku with Blond hair? That's crazy!"
"It's true!" Gohan smiled.
Vegeta grit his teeth in frustration 'Kakarot became a Super Saiyan?! Of all the Saiyans... It just HAD to be him...' Vegeta continued to glare at Gohan 'For a moment on Namek, I thought it was that little runt there who had become a Super Saiyan after his "transformation"... Perhaps not...'
~Bulma? Hey, Bulma, can you hear me? It's me, Yamcha!~
"What? Yamcha? Where are you?" Bulma questioned in confusion. Everyone in the area looked equally as confused. Vegeta frowned 'I don't know who this Yamcha is, but he sounds an awful lot like Radditz...'
~I'm talking to you through, King Kai.~
"King Kai?" Gohan looked up at Bulma, perplexed. She simply shrugged in response.
"How are you doing, Yamcha?" Bulma asked.
~Well... I'm dead. Otherwise, I'm fine. But I've got to speak to you about Goku.*~ Yamcha began ~He killed Frieza.~
"Wow! That's great!" Gohan exclaimed in excitement. Frieza had finally been defeated, they had won. The emotions running through Gohan were too much to put into words. Bulma, too, was cheerful.
"Kakarot... Killed Frieza?!" Vegeta was left utterly speechless.
~Bulma! Please calm down, that's not all of it.~ Yamcha continued, waiting for Bulma to relax ~You see... Goku is... Dead... He couldn't escape Namek before he perished...~
Gohan immediately froze "W-What...? My dad didn't make it?" Gohan's high spirits were shattered in an instant.
Bulma was looking downcast herself, before she gave a big smile "Wait a minute! It's all okay! We have the Namekian Dragon Ball's, after all! They can bring people back to life no matter how many times they die!" Bulma exclaimed, proud of herself. "We can even bring back Krillin and Chiaotzu!"
~I'm afraid you're wrong, Bulma.~ King Kai began to speak, Bulma going silent ~Chiaotzu will be brought back to life here, but Goku and Krillin will be brought back on Namek... And Namek is gone... They will be brought back in the vacuum of space, killing them once again.~
Bulma paused with a horrified look upon her face. Vegeta scoffed "Are you all brainless?!" He shouted, getting their attention "Just bring them back after you wish their souls, thoughts or whatever here..." He suggested, everyone staring at him dumbfounded "... Right?"
"Huh?" Piccolo questioned, not expecting it.
"Hey!" Bulma cheered up again "You're right! You're not so bad, after all!" She smiled at Vegeta.
Gohan ran up to Vegeta "Thank You, Vegeta!" He thanked him, holding his hand out to shake.
Vegeta slapped his hand away "Don't get the wrong idea, any of you! I only want Kakarot alive so that I can see this Super Saiyan and have a shot at defeating him myself!" Vegeta made clear.
"Excuse me." Elder Muri spoke up.
"Yes?" Bulma turned her head to him.
"We'll need to find a new planet to live on once our Dragon Ball's are working again. If it is no trouble, would you know of a place we might stay?" He asked.
"Come live with us! We have enough room to take in all of you and then some! We'll have need of your Dragon Ball's as well!" Bulma agreed. "Besides, there might be panic if you go and wander around." Bulma then turned to Vegeta. "You wanna come, too? You don't look like you have any money for a hotel." Bulma asked.
Vegeta simply humphed and turned his head.
"Oh, come on, we have plenty of food, too. You must eat like Goku, being a Saiyan." Bulma stated "Besides, you're pretty cute!"
Vegeta looked at her completely taken aback and some anger "C-Cute?!"
"But just one thing: You can't jump all over me even if you find me attractive!" Bulma stated coolly.
Vegeta grit his teeth "You low-class, woman! What a mouth!" Vegeta fumed.
Gohan ignored the banter and managed to scout out a house that they could try to contact someone with "Hey, Bulma! There's a house over there, they probably have a phone we could use!" Gohan suggested.
"Alright! Great thinking, Gohan!" Bulma cheered "By the way, did you want to stay for dinner?" Bulma offered.
"I don't know... I kind of want to see how my mother and sister are..." Gohan replied.
"Hey, no problem! They can come, too, I'm sure they'll want to be there." Bulma insisted.
"Alright! Thank You, Bulma!" Gohan said happily.
Gohan heard the sound of an aircraft as he lay down on the grass, waiting. Bolting upright he saw it land and the backdoor open. He saw a small child around his height fly(run really fast) out of the door as they pinpointed his location, their fluffy brown tail in pursuit with them. Sensing their Ki he knew it was his sister and he ran towards them in excitement and braced for the inevitable tackle-hug.
"Brother! ... I missed you so much!" Gohan's sister, Chianni, enveloped him in a hug as tears began to stream from her eyes. His sister had similar hair to her mothers but her face wasn't, possibly getting her facial features from another ancestor(Think Gine, Goku's mother). Chianni was a quiet girl, but could lighten up the room with her smiles, just like her father. She was less than 2 years younger than himself.
"Hey, Anni! I missed you, too." Gohan replied as he tried to cheer her up.
His mother came and picked them both up, squeezing Gohan extra tightly "Gohan! My baby!" She said as she began to burst out with tears as well.
"It's okay, mum. I'm fine." Gohan chuckled. He had missed them so much, it had been a little over six months since he had seen them last.
Everyone began to load up onto the large aircraft that had enough room for everybody. Chianni hadn't let go of Gohan's hand, perhaps afraid he might leave again if she did. It didn't bother Gohan, the two of them got along well for siblings. Besides, with all the people on board and Namekians, which she had never seen before, Gohan made sure she was comfortable as best he could.
The only thing left on his mind right now was how to break the news to them that father was... Dead. So he broke the news to them gently but quickly added that he'd be back with the Dragon Balls they got from Namek.
His mother was upset at first but the fact he was coming back calmed her down. Chianni, on the other hand, didn't even understand what was going on, so Gohan figured that was perhaps for the best.
"So you ended up getting into another fight?" Chi Chi asked looking frustrated. Gohan nodded his head and she sighed, kneading her forehead with her hands.