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Chapter 2: Sugar and Spice

Gohan looked at the village as he descended from the sky. He saw that the town had small houses and shops, signaling it to be an older village.

I wonder where everyone is, Gohan thought, I hope Cell didn't scare them away from here like the other towns.

Gohan looked again at the old buildings and started to walk towards one. He stopped outside the shop and heard people inside. When he went in through the door, he saw an old man with two other younger people arguing with him. As Gohan stood there, he heard about how the two other people were apparently trying to buy the store from the old man, and something about the Barbone family owning the shelter on the hill.

Suddenly the old man noticed Gohan and asked what he needed. As Gohan started to read off the list his mom gave him, the two younger people got irritated. The shorter one started to push off containers from the shelves when Gohan heard a familiar voice.

"Run everybody, Cell's here!" he heard a girl shout multiple times. The two men ran out of the shop, yelling that they were right that the old man should have sold his store.

What why is Cell here? Gohan thought frantically, the tournament is eight days away, why would he be here?

Suddenly, Gohan saw a girl walk in through the door with her back turned away from them. When she turned around, Gohan saw that it was the girl he had saved earlier. She pointed at him, surprised, when the old man asked:

"Now Miss Lime, where is Cell?" Gohan turned around and looked at the old man; apparently he was the girl's grandpa. He turned back around when he heard the girl known as Lime start to laugh sheepishly. The old man lead Lime outside, and Gohan put his list down on the counter to pick up for later. When he came outside, he saw that Lime's grandpa was chopping wood, while Lime was explaining that she had told everyone that Cell was around to scare the two men out of the shop. Apparently the old man saw Gohan and he started into an explanation.

"Cell came here when he was in his weaker form, still gathering energy from his victims," Lime's grandfather explained as he continued to chop the wood, "that is why everyone is scared of Cell. We lost a lot of people that day. Lime, a few of the villagers, and myself were able to escape being absorbed by hiding under a building. Sadly, a lot of other people, including Lime's parents, were taken by Cell and used to fuel his transformation."

Gohan looked over sadly at Lime and saw that she was on the verge of tears.

How sad, Gohan thought as he stared at the shelter, I don't know what I would do if I lost my mom and daddy. I wish I could have done something to help.

Suddenly the old man let out a grunt of pain as he held his back.

"Oh grandpa, it's your back again. Why can't I chop the wood?" Lime asked as she looked at her grandpa with worry.

"You're not old enough yet Lime. Also, I don't want you to get hurt." Her grandpa explained.

"I could help," Gohan started without even thinking, "that is, if that's ok with you."

Lime's grandfather looked over at him and narrowed his eyes. At first, Gohan started to get worried, thinking that the older man would find offense in his offer of help. Gohan then started to look back at the man, into his searching eyes. He was kind of creeped out, since it seemed like the man was looking into his soul, trying to find something. Suddenly, Lime's grandpa smiled and said,

"Why of course you can help. Thank you."

Gohan went over to the unchopped wood pile and picked up three logs. He threw them into the air, took a fighting stance, and concentrated. Before he could cut the wood, Gohan heard Lime say,

"Hey silly, aren't you forgetting something?"

Gohan looked over at her and then felt an extremely high amount of pain in his head as all three logs fell on his head. He crouched down to the ground, clutching his head, when he heard Lime talk to him again.

"You probably need this," she said as she held out the axe, smiling.

Ouch that hurt, Gohan thought as he took the axe, was that supposed to be some kind of joke?

Gohan then proceeded to chop the wood, while the old man went back into the shop to clean up the mess that the two shelter men had made and to make lunch. Lime stayed out and watched him chop all the wood. When he was done, Gohan heard Lime whisper,

"Hey Gohan, do you want to go find some apples in the forest?"

Gohan looked over at where she was standing and smiled as he nodded his head. They both walked to the edge of the town and into the forest; Gohan could have easily flown, but he knew that Lime couldn't so he just walked with her. They stopped at a tree that had lots of bright red apples on it and sat down. Gohan knew they were a good distance away from the river since, even with his enhanced hearing, he could barely hear the sound of the rushing water. They sat under the tree eating apples for a while, and then Gohan started to tell her about fighting in the tournament. She sat and listened till he was done explaining and then said,

"I think you're too sweet to fight."

"You think so?" Gohan asked as a squirrel jumped onto his shoulder. Lime nodded, her braids moving with the slight nod,

"Yeah I know so. Maybe you could ask my grandpa for some fighting techniques."

Gohan nodded and then sat up as he heard a sound in the distance. He looked in the direction it came from and then looked at Lime.

"What was that?" he asked.

"Oh that must be the opening of the shelter. Let's go see," she said as she stood up and looked at Gohan. He stood up and followed Lime through the forest. When they came to a clearing, Gohan saw the shelter was there, along with lots of people. A short man with black hair was talking on a podium. He said something about the shelter when Lime whispered,

"Yeah right, this will show them," and then she started to yell, "Run everybody, Cell's here!"

"What are you doing?" Gohan asked frantically as he started to freak out. If this was another idea of a joke, Gohan didn't like it at all. He saw all the people running towards the shelter, Mr. Barbone getting in first; and then saw that the doors closed before anyone else could get in. While the people tried to get into the shelter, Gohan saw the two men from earlier come over and pointed guns at them. The taller one went into the crowd and yelled,

"Don't worry people. It was just a joke played by a kid"

They were then brought to the short man who had been on the podium, Mr. Barbone. He was saying how much trouble Lime was in when Gohan stepped forward.

"I know that my friend here did something wrong, and we're sorry, but what you did was wrong too." Gohan said to Mr. Barbone. That appeared to infuriate the man because he shouted for his men to silence Gohan.

I am going to be in so much trouble with mom when she finds out, Gohan thought as he got into a fighting stance.

Before the fight could start, Gohan looked over and saw Lime's grandfather in a fighting stance. Gohan wanted to intervene after he had told him to stay out of the villagers' fight, but Gohan knew that it would be disrespectful to disobey him. Lime's grandfather easily took out the men, while another fighter stood up to take their place: Mercenary Tao. Gohan had heard many stories of Mercenary Tao from his dad since his father fought in the Red Ribbon Army. Mercenary Tao now looked like his normal self, except he looked like he had been turned into a cyborg.

Lime's grandfather and Mercenary Tao continued to fight, but after a while, the former Red Ribbon Army general was gaining on the old man. Just as Mercenary Tao was going to finish off Lime's grandfather with a Dodon Ray, Gohan stepped in front of the blast before it could hit the old man. When the light cleared, everyone saw Gohan standing in front of Lime's grandfather, not even fazed.

"What happened?" Mercenary Tao asked as he looked at Gohan.

"I happened," Gohan stated as he raised his Ki, yellow light surrounding him in a blaze. General Tao looked like he was going to fire another blast, but then he stopped as he stared at Gohan.

"Young man, what is your name?" he asked.

"It's Gohan," Gohan stated as he looked at the former general.

"Oh that's good. I thought you were some kid named Goku." He said as he raised his hand again.

"You're close, I'm his son," Gohan said as Mercenary Tao looked like he just saw a ghost. Gohan saw General Tao whisper something to Mr. Barbone and then he, literally, flew away on a tree.

Ha, Gohan thought, he probably remembered the beating daddy gave him. Although that blast was weak, I have to give him a few points for an awesome way to leave a scene when you're panicked.

Gohan then looked around and saw that the people were looking angrily at Mr. Barbone. He came up to Gohan and pleaded for him to help, saying that he would do anything. Gohan just started smiling and then fired a Ki blast at the shelter, blowing it up in the process. Mr. Barbone's face turned from relief to pure terror. Gohan turned to address the crowd.

For once I am glad that my mom taught me how to talk in front of large groups of people, Gohan thought as he took a deep breath.

"Hi everyone, my name is Gohan. Instead of fearing for the worst, I think that we should hope for the best. Cell isn't unbeatable. Haven't you heard that the bigger they are, the harder they fall?"

Gohan was about to continue his speech when he heard someone say his name.

"Daddy?" Gohan said in astonishment as he saw his dad flying towards the ground. "What are you doing here?"

"Making sure you're ok. And aren't you supposed to be getting something?" Goku asked as he looked at his son.

"Oops, I forgot," Gohan said as he went to turn around.

"No you didn't." Lime said as she handed a bag to Gohan. They both smiled at each other before Gohan looked back over at his dad. He saw his father and Lime's grandfather talking to each other. Then he saw Goku look over at him, and they both said their goodbyes to Lime and her grandfather. They both took to the sky and flew back in the direction of their home, promising to visit again.

I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter. Sorry that this was another summary of an episode, but it is important for the story later on. Personally, I thought this chapter was better than the first. Please tell me what you thought by R&R.

P.S. - Next chapter will have some more important factors to the fanfiction will be revealed. Until next time!

-AnimeWolfGirl9