AN: Hello again! This is Chapter 2 of The Son of the Fallen. Apologies for the short chapters, but I'm new to fanfic'ing. *shrug* That's something I want to improve. Thanks to the reviewers of Chapter 1! I want reviews for Chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball. If its an anime or manga that is called Dragonball, Dragonball Z, or Dragonball GT, I do not own it. Not like I own any anime/mangas.
Piccolo couldn't believe it. He must have heard wrong. Gohan deserving dying? In his mind, there was no reason for Gohan to be this way. But different minds think differently, and Gohan thinks that he has every reason to be this way.
Piccolo was jerked out of his thoughts as Gohan's ki took another spike upwards. He knew that if Gohan kept this up for a few more minutes, he would either pass out from lack of energy, or actually die. However, Piccolo couldn't get close to Gohan without getting incinerated himself, and yelling at him wouldn't work.
As Piccolo was running out of ideas of what to do, someone else flew up behind Piccolo. One of the few people that could survive the onslaught of ki, but the least likely to actually come.
Vegeta.
Not even needing a cue from Piccolo, he transformed into his Ascended super saiyan state, the only thing that could stand up to Gohan's anger long enough to reach Gohan himself. Vegeta plowed through the explosive ki and made his slow progress through the energy as if it were molasses.
Finally, Vegeta reached Gohan and promptly grabbed him, then threw him away.
Gohan's concentration broke and the ki around him disappeared as he dropped into his base form from exhaustion. He was still able to conjure up a glare at Vegeta.
"Why did you stop me? What happened to the Vegeta that didn't care whether I lived or died? To the Vegeta that wanted to be the strongest in the universe?" said Gohan.
Vegeta looked uncomfortable, for he knew that he was the second strongest, with Gohan in first. "Lets just say that with the recent turn of events… I've reprioritized."
Gohan suspected that the death of Future Trunks might have caused that. But he didn't care. If anything, it only made Vegeta a better candidate for the defender of Earth.
"If there's one thing I know about Kakarot, is that he would never intentionally hurt those he loved, and I know you fell into that category." Vegeta said. Trying his best to calm down Gohan.
"I think that changed when I killed him." Gohan said wryly. "I wouldn't love the person that kills me."
"You didn't kill him, Goha-" Piccolo was cut off by Gohan punching him in the face. Luckily, Gohan was exhausted enough to only cause slight bruising.
"SHUT UP! I KILLED HIM! I KILLED MY FATHER! DON'T EVEN DENY IT!" Gohan raged, then flew off before Piccolo could answer.
Piccolo touched the bruise on his jaw. He never hit me before. Even when we were training, he didn't want to hit me.
Piccolo was about to fly off and follow him, but Vegeta stopped him.
"He needs some time to cool off. Leave him be" Vegeta advised.
Hours later, when Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, and Chaoziu were celebrating the death of Cell at Kame house, (Piccolo was Piccolo, Vegeta was Vegeta, Future Trunks went back to his time, Gohan refused to show up, and Chi Chi stayed home with him) a phone call came in.
Yamcha picked up the phone. "Hello, this is the Kame House, how may I-"
"MY BABY IS GONE!"
Now, I'm not entirely sure that ASSJ Vegeta would be able to preform the feat that he did, but just assume he can for the sake of this story.