Chapter 7: The Storm (I know it's technically 6, but I'm saying it's chapter 7 to clear up any confusion)

Gohan's fly home was rather long. The wind was blowing very hard and he just wanted to think about things in peace. He thought about how much his life has changed, how he has made friends, about the old times with his dad. He thought about the time they went fishing with Krillin. Then the thought occurred to him. He'd never be able to get those times back. He'd never be able to get his dad back. No more fishing, sneaking out during the day to spar, it was all gone. His dad was gone.

Gohan stopped flying, and landed in the forest. He flew up to the top of the tree and just sat there, looking down at the ground. 'I'm sorry dad. I'm so sorry.' He started crying half way through his thoughts.

Gohan just sat there, thinking about everything. What he could've done to fix every problem he'd ever been in. After about an hour of his deep thought, he decided it wasn't worth thinking about. He couldn't change what happened in the past. He got up, and flew back to his house.

After about twenty minutes of flying at a slow pace, Gohan finally got home. Once he descended to below the clouds, he saw something he wished he never saw. Fire. Everywhere. The whole forest was on fire. Gohan quickly descended all the way to the ground and sprinted all the way to his house to check on his family, he knew the were alright, he could sense them, but he wanted to know what was going on.

"Gohan! Where were you? Me and Goten didn't know what to do! The forest got struck by lighting like twenty different times all back to back. We couldn't fly away in the Jet Copter since it wouldn't turn on, and neither me nor Goten can fly. Quickly, let's go to Bulma's." Chi-Chi said very quickly, panicking. She looked to Goten. "Goten, honey, grab all your favorite stuff. We're going to fly to Bulma's."

Gohan looked back at his mom. "No. That won't be nessecary, I'll handle it." He walked out the door. Straight to the fire, and they just watched.

"Gohan! Be careful!" Chi-Chi shouted, but it was too late. He was already out of sight.

Gohan got about one hundred meters away from the fire. He turned sideways, put his hands together, kind of forming a ball shape, and put them to his side.

"KAAAAA-MEEEEE" Gohan paused, attempting to form more power into his Ki blast. "HAAA-MEEEEE" He paused again. "HAAAAA!" Gohan sent a massive Kamehameha Wave at the fire, something his dad tought him to do, after they had a big problems with a fire in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

All you could see from his perspective was smoke and dust everywhere.

It was gone. Gohan sighed. 'Thank Kami that's over with.' He thought. He spoke too soon. Out of no where lightning struck the house. Gohan ran. As fast as he could. Once he got there he sent a Kamehameha straight at the building without thinking. The fire went out, but the building collapsed. Gohan tracked Goten's ki, then Chi-Chi's. He grabbed them both and flew to Bulma's as fast as he could. They were both out cold. The wind pushed against him, hard, but Gohan wouldn't give up. He wouldn't lose two more family members because he fucked up. He arrived at Bulma's about two minutes later. He kicked the door of the main building open, and ran up the stairs and put his mom and brother in the healing tanks.

"Gohan? Is that you?" Bulma shouted as she walked in and saw Gohan. "What are you doing here?" She didn't get a reply. Gohan just looked at the healing chamber. "Oh Kami what happened?"

"Their was a fire. I tried to get it out with a Kamehameha Wave, but I didn't think clearly. I destroyed the house and they were in the crosshairs. I fucked up. Again. As always." Gohan replied and took a seat on the couch and started crying.

"It'll be alright. They're going to be okay. Until your house gets re-done you can stay here with us. What does the healing tank say they'll be fully healed?" Bulma asked

"Twenty-eight hours." He replied.

"Alright, until then, settle down a bit. Orange Star Highschool will probably be closed tomorrow, so you won't have to worry about that."

That's when Gohan remembered something. Erasa. She said she'd call his house phone to tell him if it got canceled or not. If it didn't get canceled and he didn't pick up the phone or go to school, his friends would be worried sick. 'Hopefully she doesn't worry too much.' He thought.

"You should go get some sleep. You need it." Bulma said.

"Yeah. Thanks Bulma."

"No problem kiddo. Sleep tight."

With that, Gohan nodded and walked off. He walked to his room at the end of the guest corridor and fell down straight on his bed and started at his ceiling.

"First Dad, and now I almost lost Mom and Goten." He muttered. "If only I was smarter."

Then he heard a voice. Was he hallucinating? Did all that smoke get to his head?

"Gohan." The voice said. There was silence. "Gohan." It said again, this time in almost a singing voice. It sounded like how his dad would say his name when he woke him up.

"Gohan. You're not hallucinating. It's me." The voice spoke again. This time Gohan recognized the voice. It was his dad. Oh, it had been so long since he heard his voice. He started crying, and crying. He sniffled. "Dad, is that really you?" He sniffled again.

"Yes, son, yes. It's me. King Kai said since I did so much for Earth and our universe in general, I can come visit whenever I want! I can come visit you guys and come train here whenever I want! I'll be down there on Earth in thirty hours. Tell Chi-Chi, tell Krillin, tell the rest of the gang. I'm coming home." Goku spoke.

"Dad, I can't believe it. This is amazingly." Gohan started crying again. This time they were tears of joy. "I'll tell everyone. I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you too. I have to go now. King Kai is getting mad because I've been talking for so long. Bye. See you soon, son." Then it was silent. Gohan couldn't believe it. His dad was coming back. He couldn't wait to tell his mom, oh wait. He sat back down on his bed and sighed. 'She has twenty eight hours left. Dad said he'd be coming in thirty hours. That means I'll have two hours to tell her, or I just don't tell her and let Dad surprise her.

Gohan was thinking about all his options. He looked at his watch. 8:20 PM. That meant his dad would be back at 2:20 AM the day after tomorrow.