Hi everyone! I decided to post the second chapter early when I realized that I probably didn't give you a lot to work off of. Sorry about that, it's just that I couldn't reveal too much or else this chapter would have been spoiled. Just to tell you, if you didn't understand from chapter 1, this story is about Gohan's "other self". I can tell that you were guessing in your head, its ok not to leave a review; I just sometimes find if fun to know what everyone else is thinking. Special thanks to Waffle192 for favoriting/ alert for this fanfiction and for MissieMidget1204 for reviewing. I am putting a 1st person perspective in the beginning, but then it switches back to the normal way I write. Just thought you would like to know that. Either way, I hope you understand this chapter more than you did the last! (If you ever are confused on anything, you can PM me or leave it in a review and I will hopefully get back to you.)

Chapter 2: Where I Came From

I won't lie to you; the place I came from wasn't a pleasant one. Even though it has been about three hundred years since I last saw it, I still remember it as clear as if it happened yesterday.

The land was ravaged, torn to pieces by the Tako. Large craters littered the ground, not to mention the dead bodies; some fresh while others were rotting carcasses. The air always smelled of burning and death, and fire was seen in towns that had been recently destroyed by the Tako.

Gohan had only seen it once, and that had been a while ago, for which he was glad. He didn't think that he could take seeing the strange creature again, especially when it had caused so much death and destruction.

But what had bothered him the most was knowing what it was after: him.

They had been running away for a long time, but still no matter how far or fast they ran, it was always right behind them. Gohan didn't know how, all he knew was that it had been happening like that. Then suddenly, they were cornered, not having enough strength to even fly. It appeared behind them in only moments, using one of its long transparent tentacles to fling away Yamcha and Tien, who had tried to press the savage creature back a few paces.

Gohan looked around at his friends and father, knowing that they would protect him at whatever the cost, even with the given circumstances. Gohan looked back at the creature: the Tako, as it was known. Eight transparent tentacles that were used for attack and absorbing were attached to a clear, membrane-like body. The "octopus", if that's what you could call it, had a crimson-red glowing appendix inside of the membrane.

He shuddered; knowing what would happen if it got too close to him. Suddenly, a figure appeared behind the Tako. She had streaks of gray in her white hair and was wearing a torn black dress that seemed glued to her body, but one thing that scared Gohan was that the figure had the same blood crimson eyes as one of his friends. As soon as Goku saw the figure, he turned to Gohan.

"Gohan, run," Goku told his son. Gohan had heard the words countless times, but he had never heard the severity in his father's voice as he had then. He knew what he should have done: followed his father's wishes, but he was too tired of being useless. He didn't want to have to run away anymore.

"No…" Gohan started to say, but Goku had apparently known what he would say.

"Gohan, listen to me. You have to run. You know where to go," Goku started, but cut his son off again as he continued, "you know what will happen if they get you."

He knew for sure what would happen: the Tako would become immortal, and the figure would wipe out the remaining population on Earth. After that, Gohan had no idea what they would do, but whatever it was he knew it would be worse than mass murdering a whole planet.

So Gohan abided by his father's wish and ran. He didn't remember much after that, only arriving safely at the one little area the Tako hadn't destroyed. He remembered running inside of the building and just sitting down on the floor.

After that, he had started to berate himself of how they were all going to die just because he had been too weak to help them. He had always been too weak. Then, he had remembered dozing and then being woken up by the sound of footsteps. Faltering footsteps then proceeded by shadows in the doorway. Gohan felt relief shoot through him as he saw his father, Yamcha, Krillin, and Piccolo; but then the relief was replace by dread when he saw that two people were missing: Vegeta and Tien.

"Daddy, where are Vegeta and Tien?" Gohan asked after everyone was situated into the building. He saw everyone except Piccolo look at each other before Krillin answered.

"Well, Vegeta went to another area. I'm not surprised since he can barely stand being in the same room with us…" Krillin stated and tried to lighten the seemingly heavy mood with his joke, but then grew silent when he couldn't finish his sentence.

"And Tien?" Gohan asked warily, not failing to notice the sad glances between the others and the sirens going off in his head.

"Gohan…" Goku started off carefully before sighing, "Tien wasn't able to make it back with us."

Gohan at first stared at his father, not quite sure if he was hearing correctly what his father had just said.

Tien… wasn't able to make it back? He thought with confusion as he tried to comprehend what was being said. He could see that everyone was staring at him, waiting for a response, but the only thing that went through his mind were his father's words and confusion.

"He wasn't able to make it back?" Gohan repeated what his father had just said in the form of a question, earning a sad nod from his father. Suddenly, the truth hit him, making his eyes widen.

How? Gohan thought as he stood up and rushed for the door. Goku's eyes widened as he knew what his son was going to do, and, just before Gohan could get out the door, teleported in front of him.

"Gohan, I know what you are going to do, but don't. Don't do it," Goku said as he stared sadly at his son, seeing the same grief in his son's eyes as his own. Gohan didn't quite get what his father was saying, he couldn't comprehend it.

The same question kept going through his head as he sat there staring at his father. He knew he was shaking; he could feel his power level was taking strange spikes, the incident making Piccolo start to walk over warily to the door. Gohan knew that if both his dad and Piccolo tried to stop him, he would never be able to know the answer to the question in his head. He suddenly stood up and knocked his father away from the door, escaping through it moments before Piccolo grabbed the empty air where he had been.

Gohan knew that he had next to no energy, but curiosity and light anger gave him what he lacked; with that, he lifted into the air and tried to fly as fast as he could. He could sense his father's Ki following the direction he came, but lucky for him, Goku couldn't fly as fast as he normally could due to being weakened.

Before he knew it, Gohan arrived at the place where the Tako had cornered them, and when he saw what was next, he wished that he would have listened to his father. There was Tien, lying on the ground, dead. The body was at an odd angle, but he was pretty sure that Tien's arms had been broken long before his friend had died.

So much blood, was the thought that replaced his question.

Gohan had never liked blood, but seeing so much of it made him sick and weak. He also knew that he didn't like the blood for another reason, all because of one tiny little Lotus. He remembered just floating there, feeling weaker and sensing his father's Ki coming ever closer. But all he could think about was the blood. Gohan knew that he was too weak to continue staying conscious; that, coupled with the sick feeling of nausea he felt, was what made him fall backwards through the air. Darkness covered his vision.

Yeah, sorry I know that was short, but I cut it short so I could update quickly and have more chapters. Hope that gave you something else to work off of. Also, "tako" is the Japanese word for octopus, which is basically what the Tako is (don't worry, I looked it up). I think most of this fanfiction will be flashbacks (not from the show), but ones of his "other self". When I say Gohan in here, I technically mean his "other self". If the print is in normal, most of the time that will be present (Except the second skip in this chapter). Now I am wondering, what do you think will happen next? And what about Goku, who was close behind Gohan? I please hope you will tell me in a review. Thanks again and I hope you enjoyed!

-AnimeWolfGirl9