Hey Yal. Hope you've enjoyed the last three chapters. Any reviews would be nice and appreciated. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Remember, I do not own DBZ cause Akira Toriyama does. Why does he get to own it. He should consider giving it to me :).

Notes:

"Quotation marks" = Someone talking.

Italics = Someone's thoughts.

Chapter 4: A wish (Day 3; Sunday, early morning).

It was currently 2am, and everyone was sleeping peacefully. Almost everyone except for Gohan.

(Gohan; Dream Sequence)

It was currently the day of the Cell Games and the fate of the world rests in the hands of Gohan. Cell was getting ready to blow himself up and all hope seemed to be lost.

Cell started laughing at Gohan's quivering form. "This is what you get boy. Now watch as you and everyone else on this planet dies."

Gohan could feel tears coming at the thought of everyone he loved dying. "No! No! Noo! I should have stopped him when I had the chance. I should have listened to dad. Now everyone's going to die."

Gohan was continuously pounding the ground with his fists. Huge holes were present in the area that Gohan had slammed his fists into.

The fact that he was about to die was too much and he almost cried. Gohan had accepted his fate and was waiting for death to come over him when he saw his father appear in front of him.

Goku looked at his son with pride and sadness in his eyes. "You've done a great job son. I couldn't be prouder. Promise me you'll take care of your mother."

When Gohan saw his father put his fingers on his forehead and touch Cell, he knew what he was about to do.

"Don't go dad," screamed Gohan but his plea was in vain because, he was already gone.

"Please dad, don't die," pleaded Gohan.

A few seconds later Gohan felt his father's ki signature disappear and he couldn't hold in his tears anymore. He started sobbing and shaking uncontrollably.

"It's all my fault dad's dead. Why didn't I listen to him."

After a couple of minutes Gohan had ceased crying and got off the ground. He was about to fly over to the others but stopped when he saw a huge pile of smoke build up in-between himself and the other Z Warriors.

All of a sudden out of the dust one single beam was fired and it landed right in Future Trunk's heart. Trunks stumbled back and collapsed on the ground throwing up blood everywhere. By the time the Z Warriors realized what had happened Trunks was already dead surrounded by a pool of his own blood.

"Who did my blast hit. Ahh Trunks. I was hoping for Vegeta but, he'll have to do," said the maniacally laughing Cell.

Gohan started shouting, "Celllllllll. How are you here."

"You see my dear victims your precious Goku did not kill me. I self exploded but, miraculously my brain cell remained intact and I was able to regenerate. Once regenerated I received a huge power boost and the ability to use Goku's Instant Transmission."

Cell started laughing maniacally again. "Now I've come to finish what I started."

"I won't let my father's death be in vain," screamed an angry Gohan. He tried charging at Cell but once he felt Cell's increased power level he became immobilized by fear.

One by one the Z Warriors charged at Cell. The first was Vegeta who was blown to bits by Cell's ki blast. The next were Yamcha and Tien who had their necks snapped in the blink of an eye.

"Make it stop. Stop it Cell," cried Gohan. He still couldn't move. All he could do was watch as the rest of his friends and family died.

Piccolo and Krillin charged at Cell next, only to have a ki blast shot into their chest. They both fell to the ground, the red and purple blood from their wound mixing together to form a brownish color.

Gohan couldn't take much more. He was trying to move but, his body just wasn't responding. As Cell started walking towards Gohan to finish him, a small hovercraft could be seen coming from the distance. Out popped Chichi, who was ready to defend her son.

Chichi ran up to Cell and began to hit and kick him. "You keep your hands off my son. Do you hear me. I'll make you pa…."

Before Chichi could finish her sentence Cell slapped her across the face with such force that she was killed instantaneously. All Gohan could do was watch as the last person dear to him fell to the ground dead.

Gohan fell to the ground and started to sob uncontrollably. "They're all gone. Dead. It's all because, I was too scared and didn't listen to dad. Dad I'm so sorry I couldn't keep mom safe. At least I'll be reunited with you guys shortly."

Gohan closed his eyes waiting for Cell to kill him but, what happened next surprised him.

Cell turned around about to fly away but, before he did he had a couple final words for the kid that had caused him so much pain.

"The punishment for your friends, for defying me was death. For you death is too easy of a punishment. You think I'll let you die and allow you to see them again. No! Your punishment is that you have to go through the rest of your life without them and live with the guilt of knowing you caused their demise."

After Cell's final words to Gohan he flew off to destroy everyone left on Earth.

Gohan didn't think he could cry anymore but, more and more tears began pouring down his face. His entire body was drenched in salty tears.

"Noooooooo," screamed Gohan. "It's all my fault! I ruined everything."

(End Dream Sequence)

Goten awoke to the thrashing and turning of his brother next to him. He looked over and saw that Gohan looked to be in distress. His face was scrunched up and Goten could see the sweat on his forehead glistening in the moonlight. Whenever Gohan had a nightmare these were the things Goten usually saw. What caught him off guard was that there were tears forming in Gohan's eyes. Goten had never seen his brother cry so this was new.

"I've got to wake up Gohan but, I need to be careful or he might hurt me. The last time I tried to wake him up from a nightmare he almost punched me in the gut."

Goten was taken from his thoughts when he heard a scream come from his brother.

"You'll pay Cell," screamed Gohan at the top of his lungs.

Goten immediately moved closer to his brother and proceeded to shake him awake. After a couple of seconds Gohan's eyes snapped opened and thinking that he was Cell launched a punch at Goten. On any normal day Goten would have easily avoided the punch but, due to his dulled senses he wasn't able to react in time.

Gohan's punch landed on Goten's right arm causing him to whimper and fall to the ground.

When Goten looked up from the ground he was met with the scared and worried eyes of his brother.

"Oh my God! I just hurt my brother. What kind of brother am I," thought Gohan.

After wiping the tears out of his eyes, Gohan went and helped to pick up his brother feeling extremely guilty over what he had just done in the heat of the moment.

Gohan tried to speak but, since he had just screamed at the top of his lungs he didn't have much voice left the words came out sounding like a croak. "Ar yu alrigh," was all Gohan could muster.

Luckily Goten was able to understand what he was trying to say. "Yah. It doesn't hurt that much. Are you alright," questioned Goten.

"How can I be alright. I just hurt my little brother and it's all my fault"

When Gohan choose not to speak Goten could tell what he was thinking about. "You don't have to blame yourself Gohan. You couldn't control what you were doing."

Gohan choose to remain silent. "He's just being nice. He's so much like dad it's uncanny. If it wasn't for me Goten would have known dad for his entire life. I've been hurting him since the day he was born and it's all because of my stupid mistake," thought Gohan as tears were threatening to come to the surface. Gohan wasn't sure he could control his emotions so he turned his head away from Goten towards the window.

Goten looked at Gohan with sadness in his eyes. "Why does he always wallow in guilt and self-pity after he has a nightmare. He's never told me what they're about but, I get the feeling they involve me somehow. After every nightmare he looks at me and his eyes always say 'I'm sorry' but, I don't know what he has to be sorry about."

All the confusion in Goten's head was making him tired so he laid back down on the couch and started to fall asleep.

When Gohan thought Goten had fallen asleep he got up from the couch and sat in the arm chair positioned next to the window.

"All I ever do is hurt Goten. I stopped him from knowing the love of a father for 7 years, all because of my selfish decision he suffered," a quivering Gohan thought. A single tear fell down Gohan's face but he quickly wiped it away afraid to let his emotions get the best of him again.

"The last time my emotions bested me my father died, and my brother became fatherless. I can't let them overcome me again," Gohan thought.

Gohan hadn't had these thoughts for years but the Cell nightmare had brought all the emotions he'd bottled away up to the surface. Gohan continued to look out the window battling his emotions, unaware that someone was watching him.

Goten had seen it all and he couldn't imagine what his brother was going through.

"Gohan never cries," Goten thought. "I wish that Gohan would tell me what's bothering him. Maybe I could help him."

With those thoughts Goten drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I will be writing about the rest of the day in the next chapter. Do you guys think I portrayed Gohan well. Did I make him to Occ. Any reviews would be appreciated. Thanks and I hope you read the next chapter.