A/N: Watch DBZ while you type, ya, ya, ya! ANYWAY XD This might seem lightly-detailed, since I'm trying to get all the parts that are from the episodes out of the way. Sorry ahead of time for the badly written stuff!

Warnings: ANGST. Violence. The not-so-good fighting scenes! They aren't good, that's the warning.

Starts at the episode: Transformed at Last. Mainly based off of Gohan Returns.

-Omni Gohan talking/thoughts-

-Original Gohan's thoughts-

Embracing Myself

Chapter 2

Whose Defeat?

Time Skip: Frieza's Final Form is Revealed and the Spirit Bomb has been thrown

Gohan and Krillin stood a few yards from a the whole were the Spirit Bomb had struck and stared blankly around them. It felt like no one was alive, in the back of Krillin's mind. But Gohan had a different opinion.

"They're alive..." he mumbled, almost brokenly, to himself, relief flooding him when a voice sounded in his mind, who hadn't spoken since Recoome's defeat.

-Be cautious now. Don't let yourself become careless...-

Then a green hand appeared from the water and Gohan forgot Omni's words, both he and Krillin jumping up into the air and haphazardly flying towards the two. Goku panted deeply as Piccolo stood, waiting for the other two. Gohan's eyes filled with tears before he was running across the distance between him and his father and throwing his arms around the man.

"Daddy..." Gohan sobbed before he felt arms wrap around him, patting him comfortingly. It was to joyous laughter that Krillin and Gohan spotted doom above.

Frieza stood, tail half gone and one eye closed in pain, atop a boulder just tens of meters away from the group. He did not cackle or smirk as he pointed one finger and aimed it straight for Goku.

"DEATH BEAM!" Piccolo's eyes widened before he threw himself against his rival and felt the blast fly through his chest. Coughing blood up once, the Namekian fell, the three left staring in horror as their comrade fell. Gohan's hands shook as he took a step closer to his friend, dropping to his knees as tears fled from his eyes.

"Picco...lo..." Omni was growling in the back of his head, a whisper against all of the sudden need to scream.

"Krillin, Gohan, take Piccolo to my ship and get outta here. It's about 20 kilometers west of here..." They both stood stunned as the changeling watched them now with a smirk before Goku turned toward them with an angry glare.

"GET GOING NOW!" But it was too late, because Frieza was aiming at Krillin, and the monk flew up into the air, his breath panicked as he realized he couldn't do anything against this attack.

"KRILLIN!" Both Goku and Gohan yelled, the older turning to Frieza and yelling, "Stop this at once! Let him go!"

But one of the most evil force of this universe just laughed and made a fist, crushing Krillin and causing him to explode into nothingness. As the last plead Krillin made faded into nothing as well, Goku couldn't help but feel lost as two friends disappeared and only he and his son were left.

His son...

Panicked eyes met blank black as Goku realized that his son was still there, not moving, not running. Gritting his teeth as the need to get stronger filled him, the full Saiyan screamed, a power erupting from within him as gold circled his form. Frieza stared in terror as the Legendary form of the Super Saiyan revealed itself to him.

"Gohan, take Piccolo to my space ship, then find Bulma and get out of here..." Gohan could only nod helplessly at his father's deeper and stricter tone, turning toward the prone form of his mentor. "Frieza... You won't be getting back up after this..."

---X

Gohan felt nothing as he took to the sky with Piccolo on his back, flying slowly as he tried to reason with himself. Of course, Omni came into his internal argument.

-I-I can't just leave my father with no way home...- thought Gohan to himself, but he knew he'd be in the way; Recoome was one thing, but Frieza was a whole new category. He couldn't stand up to him even if he got that power Omni had evoked.

-Hmm, yes, I agree with you... so gather everyone, send them off to Earth and stay with him... You might think you're useless, but you aren't...Now, hurry so you can help your father!- Omni sounded...excited? It was mind-boggling that the other Gohan was excited about … fighting Frieza! Gohan shook it from his mind and stared resolutely forward,

-Don't look back, Gohan!- he thought harshly when he heard the tell-tale signs of ki blasts hitting the ground and water. He shuddered as he continued on, ignoring Frieza and his father's kis. Finally, he spotted the space ship and gently put Piccolo inside on a cot, jerking when the Namek grabbed his wrist.

"D-don't d-do it, Gohan... L-let your fa-father finish....Frieza..." he pleaded, only making the boy smile sadly.

"I'm not letting him go this time..." Gohan said before he ran from the room, jumping into air as he took off to find Bulma. Just then, a screen popped up and Chichi screamed belatedly after her son.

Just as Gohan was searching for Bulma's ki, the planet shook and a red ball of light exploded in the distance. Everything was falling apart as the boy dodged around pieces of rocks flying and flew harder when the wind around him strengthened and pressed against him.

The boy flew as hard and as fast as he could in the conditions before finally Bulma's turquoise green hair came into view and he plopped down in front of her. She threw an arm around his shoulder and burst into tears, sobbing about something or another as Gohan pushed off from the ground. She ranted in his ear, making him frown as she called his dad "scoundrel".

"Can we talk another time, Bulma? The planet is about to blow!" he grumbled loudly, making her pause before she happily exclaimed about finally going home.

"AH!" Gohan shouted suddenly, making Bulma jump inn his arms before she was shouting in his ear again.

"Sorry, there's the bright side of things, we've gotten to dad's ship!" As they were about to land, the ship began to sink, the ground around it collapsing as the two swayed in the air. Getting onto the ship, Bulma slipped across the ship before starting up the ship's power. As she spotted Piccolo, her face contorted into disgust.

"AH, no way am I going into deep space with that shady character!" She griped making Gohan grit his teeth in anger. Omni silently encouraged his anger, making him snap slightly at the woman.

"Then you can't leave here either!" He said fiercely making her blink in surprise.

"Fine, fine...But we need to leave now, though! We're sinking and fast!" Gohan shook his head before Omni delightfully pointed out that this was his chance.

"Okay, fine..." he said resignedly, trudging over to the door as she strapped herself in and began to initiate the sequence to start the machine up. Just as she was about to press the big red button to lift off and the door was slowly closing, Gohan slipped through the remaining space and blasted off towards his father. The space ship didn't move as Bulma threw herself onto the floor in despair, wondering why she always got stuck with the self-sacrificing guys.

---X

Pummeled into the ground, Goku hissed out painful sounds before Frieza pushed him deep into the ground, lava bursting forth all around him. There his ki disappeared.

Gohan's mind stopped as Omni screamed wordlessly in the background. -I-I failed...What-why?!- Just then, Gohan spotted Namekians standing up from their graves, shaking their heads in confusion. -The-the Dragonballs?!- Gritting his teeth, Gohan flew faster, trying to reach Frieza before he left the planet. Now, Omni was raging in the back of his mind, making his power level jump drastically as he, too, felt the anger and sadness pile on him. Frieza stopped as Gohan showed up in front of him.

"Oh, what's this? A pint-sized Saiyan! Now, beg for your life like your father did!" Gohan's eyes popped out of his head, making him grit his teeth in hatred.

"Father, please, help me! I can still feel you, please!" And suddenly, Omni appeared in front of him, his hair glowing as he smiled.

-Legends can easily be reached, you just have to believe in yourself, Gohan...- his name echoed in the back of his head before the boy opened his eyes wide, turquoise flashing across them.

"You hurt my friends, you hurt my father! I won't let you escape with what you've DONE!" Power rushed around Gohan as he broke the barrier to Super Saiyan, his scream piercing Frieza's ear drums as the evil menace cringed, his body shaking with rage and terror as the changeling watched the second Super Saiyan appear.

It wasn't a long fight since Frieza was getting weaker by the moment and Gohan wasn't waiting around for Frieza to come at him. A punch flew at Frieza at incredible speeds before he flew back slightly. He growled lowly before he spun around, screaming "DEATH BEAM!".

Dodging quickly to the right, Gohan kneed the evil creature in the stomach, following up with a roundhouse kick to the head, which had Frieza flying through the air and into a crumbling boulder. Flying out of the debris, Frieza smirked as he gathered energy above his head, gritting his teeth when Gohan came flying at him at super sonic speeds *. Before he could launch his attack, Gohan's ki blast caught him on the shoulder, making him hiss in pain as his attack disappeared. Then, as he was gathering his power around him again, Gohan made his move.

The signature Kamehameha wave was forming in his hands as the tyrant did the same with his death wave, grinning as the boy glared at him.

"This is where you end, Frieza!" Gohan growled at him, making the creature laugh.

"Funny, that's what your father said!" Then red ki was flying towards him in a menacing wave and Gohan felt all of his powers flow into his hands. Then he let it go.

The miraculously large wave flew forth and crashed into the red, fighting it for a moment before it overtook it, making Frieza gasp in horror as it launched him into the burning core of the planet. Gohan stood stock still before he smiled lightly to himself. Burning and screaming, Frieza was dying inside the core of the planet.

Worry etched itself all over Gohan's countenance as he tried to find his dad's ki, gasping before he launched himself into the watery depths below. At the bottom of the sea, his father's glowing aura burned lightly, but it seemed the man was trapped in between lava vents. Finding a boulder, Gohan rolled it onto one vent before grabbing his father and bolting for the surface.

"Gaw!" Goku breathed in, sighing as he registered Gohan there. A glare came to his face before he floated into the air and shook his head at his son.

"What are you doing here?! You are supposed to be off of the planet!" Gohan sighed as he noted his own black hair and flew up to his father.

"I defeated Frieza... Dad, it doesn't matter now, let's get going!" Of course, by then, everyone had been wished off the planet, though Omni had been involved when convincing them to let Gohan stay too. Though Goku never knew that when he was talking to the King Kai.

"B-but, the wish!" Goku shook his head, grabbing Gohan as he pulled them towards where his ship was. Hopefully it was still there!

But then, the worst thing happened: Frieza screamed in rage as he burst forth from the firey depths below, aiming at the unsuspecting pair with a feral eye as he said his finishing move: "Death Beam".

It was aimed for Goku's heart, but Gohan felt it as his father tried to locate his space ship. Pushing his father out of the way, blood spurt forth from his side as the boy gurgled blood in his mouth.

"GOHAN!" Goku screamed, eyes flashing turquoise as he turned to Frieza, his golden aura surrounding him as Frieza's insane smile greeted him.

"I WON'T LET YOU WIN!" the changeling screamed in response before launching himself forward. Meeting Goku in the air, their fists met, lightening flashing off of their attacks as Gohan clutched his side, gritting his teeth in pain. He was wavering in the air as he tried to maintain his ki before he looked up and saw the two fighting. It couldn't last or all of them would die...

Manseko......HA!" Gohan threw the attack at Frieza which caught him in the back, flinging him unfortunately forward onto Goku's outstretched fist. There was only slight resistance before the fist made a hole through the tyrant, making said tyrant gasp in utter pain. Goku's eyes widened as he found the strange colored blood all over his arm before he pulled viciously back and watched in satisfaction as Frieza's eyes faded, and he fell to the thrashing seas below.

"D-dad..." the boy called out, seeing his father's stricken face before everything faded to darkness.

---X

A blank canvas of white was all Gohan could see for miles before Omni appeared, bright gold hair standing straight up before he smiled sadly. Gohan blinked as he finally noticed a scar on the boy's cheek before Omni moved forward.

-I-is this heaven, Omni? Did I kill you too?! Oh, no!- Omni laughed at his second question, making Gohan frown. They were back in his mind then.

-No, Gohan, we're in your mind... You're unconscious... Your dad should be getting you and him off of the planet by now...- Omni sighed tiredly before he smiled again.

-You did well, Gohan... I must go for now, though... You have someone else to meet soon... And don't forget... You're strong...You don't need to be afraid of it...- Then he flashed into nothingness, his presence gone from Gohan's mind as he woke up, eyes wide as he stared at his father.

"Gohan! You're okay!" the man grabbed the boy and hugged him tightly, making the boy hiss in pain. "Oh, sorry... still tender..." the man said sheepishly before getting up and going over to the controls. "I made it just in time for this to fly off the planet and get on a course for Earth...Wooh, that sure was a close one!" Purple blood still stuck to Goku's right fist and arm, making Gohan twitch before he moaned in pain.

"Ah, just relax, Gohan. We're on our way home! And everybody is back!" Goku spun in a circle as Gohan sighed heavily, smiling when his father leaned over him and brushed a strand of hair out of his eyes.

"Now sleep son, and this time, let your dad take care of it..." Gohan laughed lightly at the grin on his father's face before he yawned, wondering what he would have to do when he got home.

Home...to that thought Gohan passed out, not waking up even when they hit an asteroid field and went off course....

---X

And to that note, we end! Thanks for reading, now will you take a moment and review it? I love you more when you review! XD Baiting you is fun! :D

*-"super sonic speeds" is from a very famous anime/manga. If anyone can guess the right one, I will most likely be posting the next chapter by Friday afternoon and be giving them a sneak-peek at the next Gohan that will be coming to visit!