Published:- May 2019.
Edited:- Jan 2020.
First of all, I apologize for the long delay. It's been a year and a half since I published the first chapter but at that time, I was in the last year of my graduation leading to exams and then hard efforts for a job with bouts of depression in between. I didn't even check on the story till recently and was surprised to read 2 positive reviews. I thank both of them, especially Lightningblade49. It was due to his review, I got the motivation and idea of what to write.
Now please read this and tell me your honest reviews and you can also check the first chapter. I edited it.
Disclaimer:- I don't own Dbz or anything related.
It was evening time.
The Sun had already humbly settled in its abode after serving the Earth on the command of mother nature and by another command, night had embraced half of the planet an hour ago.
A part of the night embraced half was Mt. Paozo. The scenery here was breathtaking. This area, it seemed, was the lap of mother nature. Its calm and serene surroundings were always soothing, not that the other areas of the singular continent were away from the soft and caring hands of nature; Satan City might be, but others were also much blessed.
In this area, situated was a Capsule Corporation house, an older model though, but equally comfortable as the latest ones. This home was the sign of the only human inhabitants in the surrounding area of 10 miles - the home of Son Goku. Above it were the remnants of the smoke, signifying that the house matriarch had recently prepared the food and sitting at the dining table were the members of Son family sans Son Goku.
Usually, if someone would walk into this scene, they would witness food flying around but immediately disappearing into thin air courtesy of the two demi-Saiyans. However, today wasn't the usual sans Goten of course. There was a palpable aura of trepidation in the kitchen.
The elder Son was sitting at his usual seat but instead of eating, he was twirling the soup with his chopsticks. Having witnessed the scene for the last five minutes which was more than enough time for the demi Saiyan to ingest his food, Chichi couldn't bear it anymore."What's the problem, Gohan?"
Gohan stayed silent for a few moments thinking about how to voice his thoughts causing Chichi's worry and irritation to build up, before he suddenly sighed. "You already know it, mom."
Of course... Chichi mused to herself. She was the one to suggest the whole ordeal and then also witnessed it on tv, but she wanted to hear it from him, the best way to sate once inner turmoil being speaking about it. Of course, I'll have to begin.
It was the same in the past and it was the same with his father also. Sometimes she couldn't help but think why didn't her sons inherit even a single trait of her? Though, She also knew that it was a childish thought on her part and she wouldn't trade her sons and their traits for anything. "True, but I want to hear from you, what's going in your head."
"Huh, something's going inside big brother's head? Can I see it? Huh, Huh? Oooh! can this thing also go inside my head? Oh yeah! that will be really cool and then I will show it to… "
"Finish your dinner, Goten and go to your room." The poor boy halted before immediately opening his mouth but a glare from Chichi quickly shut him up and in a minute, after finishing his dinner, he left the kitchen to his room, pouting cutely.
"Seriously, that boy is even worse than you. He takes after Goku in everything. I am worried about his future."
Gohan chuckled while following his brother's figure, agreeing nonetheless. Turning his gaze to his mom, he found her looking at him intently. He sighed. "I can't decide mom... I can't. My thoughts are conflicted. My brain says to avoid the whole thing and that like everything, it will soon become a fading memory; Mr. Satan will definitely come up with something to divert the attention of masses."
"On the other hand, my heart says to go and confront this head-on because when King Fury asked me to meet him, it was like he has some good reasons to do this and not out of spite. His past actions already prove this. Moreover, the words 'for the betterment of Earth and its people' are very inviting."
Chichi looked at the table for some moments mulling over the concerns raised by her son. She knew very well the complications that could arise if the issue wasn't dealt with properly. After Cell games, initially, she was quite displeased with Mr. Satan for taking her son's credit, gradually though, seeing Mr. Satan being swarmed by his fans every single moment such that there wasn't even a sliver of difference between his personal and professional life, she started to cool down.
There were moments when she even felt some pity for him and his family. She could sympathize with them; being a sort of celebrity herself back when she entered the WMAT. However, that pity soon turned to rage when the bastard started denouncing her family and friends. She couldn't bear the ungrateful man calling them tricksters and soon the people followed him. After everything that they had done for this planet and its people, they were simply labeled as frauds.
"I can't tell you Gohan what to do as the last decision rests in your hands. However, I can tell you that your father would have wanted you to confront your problems and never run from them and he would have said this with that carefree smile of his."
Gohan slightly smiled envisioning his dad before again focusing on his mom. "But you can at least give me some advice."
"Although, I am not in favor of these things but the whole mess is also my responsibility considering it was I who sent you, not that it was a wrong decision. So I will say, you should go with your heart. Moreover, this is King Fury you are going to meet, and I am pretty sure he wouldn't impose himself on you."
Initially surprised by her words, Gohan quickly chalked it up to some changes that she went into after his dad's death. After all, from the way Goten was brought up, it was apparent that she had mellowed down, greatly. Feeling confident by her support and her solid view on what his father would have said which he himself believed, no, knew to be true, he decided to get over it.
"Very well mom. I will see the King by next week. Thanks for your support."
"No problem. Just be careful. Oh, if you want, you can talk to Bulma. She will surely guide you in the right direction."
"Will do, mom." After all, who knew better than Bulma to deal with a situation like this; the blue-haired genius could walk out of any tricky situation.
At a distance of several thousand miles, nearing to the other side of the continent was Satan City - One of the fastest developing cities in the world, next only to West city which was due to the world's largest and most innovative corporation situated there.
If one were to look a few years into the past of this city, when it was called orange city - immediately before the Cell Games happened, countless differences would be blatantly visible.
The first, and also the most obvious, was the increase in population. In the Orange city, the population was a quarter of the current figures due to the West city being the technological hub, thus the employment and education hub also.
The Satan City, though, quickly became the fitness hub due to the fact that it was the home to the world champ who became the world saviour - slayer of the most terrible villain the mankind had ever faced, and since he credited the victory to his martial arts training, the city's popularity as well as martial arts' demand rose off charts and so did its population.
Several new settlements emerged in record time and old were reconstructed. One of the smaller news companies, and also the one to telecast the news of Mr. Satan's victory over cell- ZTv quickly shifted its office to Satan City from east city, going even as far to change its name from ZTv to STv - Satan Tv, thus securing its place in the top five news companies in the world.
In the western part of Satan City, was the residential area reserved for the most prominent people. Politicians, Tv Celebrities, Sports persons - just name it, you were sure to find them all here. Luxury houses - well furnished with modern facilities were a common sight. However, even among these buildings, a mansion stuck out like a beacon for the prominent settlements there.
This building was the largest mansion in the Satan City - the home of the champ himself. When Mr. Satan defeated Cell, he simply asked for this mansion and the authorities, too drunk up with the ass-kissing of the saviour, were quick to obey his demand as a token of gratitude for his invaluable service to the mankind. Thus, for the last seven years, this mansion has been the residential place of Mr. Satan and his only daughter and its status would remain the same forever, if Mr. Satan had anything to say about it.
Speaking of the daughter, Videl Satan, we find her in her room, playing and repeating again and again the video of Gold Fighter saving the airplane.
The entire Gold Fighter event was simply out of this world. It was even more shocking for Videl Satan, whose very life was based on it. All this fame, luxury and status were due to her father's victory over Cell followed by his blatant discredit and vandalism of the image of the previous martial artists, especially the fighters at Cell Games. As a matter of fact and unknown to most, the latter was the bigger source of their wealth, contrary to the popular belief of former, which only paved the way to the latter by giving her father the necessary status and say in the matters.
Her father had been disregarding the previous martial artists, ever since he became the twenty-fourth WMAT champion. However, at that time, his status wasn't as important as now, due to him winning the tournament in the absence of the legends like Son Goku. So, when he achieved victory over Cell, he became a prominent figure, enjoying the special status - a privilege granted to the likes of King Furry, Bulma Briefs and a few others only.
He immediately began a sort of cleansing of the then WMAT, which in his opinion was a mockery of what real martial arts tournament should be. After all, in reality, people can't shoot beams from their hands much less fly. The WMAT was quickly divided into two units - one for the adults and the other for kids. The preliminaries were replaced by a power gauging machine and with his special status, this was as easy as blowing a raspberry, which he did, in the face of his adversaries.
This was only substantiated by the non-participation of any of the previous martial artists, more specifically those tricksters which the entire world labeled them in no time.
So, one couldn't blame her for pondering again and again over the events regarding Gold Fighter. There wasn't a shred of doubt now regarding the authenticity of what her father had termed as tricks. They were all real because no one could fly and stop a fucking airplane in mid-air but the Gold Fighter did, blatantly too. She was also sure that it wasn't a conspiracy against her father because the victim was King Furry who despite not treating her father as Kami, also didn't hold a grudge against him.
So, it simply pointed that all those tricks were real and if they were, well she didn't even want to think about the consequences, and the only person who could give answers to her was her father who was on an international tour. But when he returns, I would be damned if I didn't get the answers.
Gohan was flying over the west city; his destination - the Capsule Corporation. Bulma besides being a family friend was the only one who could guide him on the path that he had already chosen. Being a multi-billionaire and rapidly closing towards the first trillionaire mark, she knew like the back of her hand, how to deal with such situations. One didn't achieve status as high as Bulma without jumping over many hurdles on one's path.
However, his musings were interrupted when he sensed a brief but familiar power spike behind him. He looked behind only to find that he passed his destination by a few meters, the demi-Saiyan quickly turning and landing on the balcony of the third floor - the floor used by the Briefs for themselves.
Entering the hall, he walked towards her personal lab on this floor. He was about to turn a corner when he narrowly avoided a small body. Without even looking back, he knew who the little ball of energy was.
"Hey Trunks, how are you?"
"Oh, hey Gohan! what are you doing here? Oh! are you here to play with me?"
"No, I am here to meet Bulma", Gohan replied with a chuckle. Both Goten and Trunks had a one-track mind - play, play and always play.
"Okay…, Trunks face sunken for a bit before rebounding. "Thennnn, Goten is with you, right?" he asked hopefully.
"Sorry, but I came by myself, and I am in a real hurry otherwise I would have played with you."
"Is it some grown-ups thing?"
"Yeah, you could say that," replied Gohan, nearly laughing. He was always awed by the innocence of his brother as well as Trunks and he would do everything in his capacity to make sure they enjoy their childhood as long as he was alive.
"That's boriiiiiing. I ain't coming with ya. You are on your own," The lavender-haired boy gave a two-fingered salute before walking away towards the kitchen area.
Gohan resumed his trek towards Bulma's lab, chuckling at Trunk's words. Along the way, he stopped in front of the room where Vegeta's KI was concentrated. Without knocking, he turned the knob of the simple-looking wooden door before walking in, closing the door behind him. Shifting his attention towards the metal door of the Gravity room; as expected Vegeta was standing there, wiping the sweat on his body.
Gohan nodded. "Hey Vegeta."
"Gohan", greeted Vegeta, also with a nod.
Over the years their relationship had improved. Vegeta stopped looking down at him after Bojack fight quite contradictory to the belief in their friend circle that they became sort of comrades after Cell games. No, the events at cell games leading to his dad's death, nearly crushed Vegeta's fighting spirit. The Saiyan Prince wouldn't even train for himself much less spar with others.
It was only after Bojack fiasco that he was able to gain that willpower back. Slowly, he developed a goal to surpass him. But it was a sort of friendly rivalry which was apparently visible from the facts such as Vegeta, after Bojack fight, gave him the rank of an elite Saiyan. Initially, it didn't interest him much but after learning about his Saiyan heritage, he wouldn't trade it for anything.
"Here for a spar, brat."
Gohan shook his head. "I am here to see Bulma."
"To learn how to clean the mess you caused by saving that talking Cat."
Ignoring the sarcasm, Gohan blinked, surprised. "You know about that?"
Vegeta scoffed."The brat and his mother wouldn't stop talking for hours. I had to threaten them with a blast."
"...and they agreed?"
"Trunks did."
"What about Bulma?"
"She did when I declared to walk stark naked in front of her female employees."
Gohan laughed aloud at that. Even Vegeta shared a smirk. Deciding to pull a prank on Vegeta, Bulma had walked in a bikini in front of some employees, making already sure Vegeta was watching. The result was obvious: a few passed with nose bleeds but others were surprisingly okay thanks to the Saiyan prince. Her prank wasn't successful as Vegeta was only amused. Such sights were common on Planet Vegeta after all.
However, her plan had backfired when Vegeta decided to return the favor when Bulma's friend circle had come on a visit. Vegeta had walked in on them stark naked after a shower.
Needless to say, the results were devastating.
Even today, Bulma continued to receive several requests asking for a one night experience with Vegeta.
Clearly, Bulma never tried that again.
"So, how should I deal with this?", asked Gohan, after controlling his mirth. The Saiyan Prince, over the years, had taken the role of a father figure. He was sure Vegeta would give him decent advice...
"Blast them all to the next dimension."
A decent advice, indeed.
"Geez, you would never change, would you?", But the half-naked Saiyan had already started walking towards the GR for his nth round.
Shaking his head, Gohan walked out of the GR towards Bulma's location. Entering the last room across the hall, he came upon a messy looking Bulma engaged in some machine.
"Hey Bulma."
"Oh, hey Gohan… or should I say ... Gold Fighter?" A smirk adorned her face as she finished.
"Gold Fighter? What is that"?, asked Gohan, clearly confused about it.
Bulma looked at him incredulously, thinking if he was serious or not. The Gold Fighter event had become as constant as oxygen in the air and he didn't even know about it. "You know, I can't even use the phrase 'do you live in the mountains', coz you're gonna reply 'Of course I do'; Seriously Gohan, you prevented an accident in your super Saiyan form and you don't even know about it?"
Realization dawned upon Gohan's Visage. So the people have started calling me Gold Fighter. Well, it isn't half-bad if compared to Saiyaman. "Uhh, I was busy with things, so I didn't pay any attention to what was going around," replied Gohan, in his defense, though the tone of his voice indicating that his words were empty.
"Let me guess, those things were eating, studying and sparring?" Bulma's only and obvious indication that she had hit the nail on the head, was a familiar Son gesture - rubbing the back of the head. She only sighed while shaking her head. "Moving on, I presume that you are here regarding that issue only."
Gohan nodded. "Right. Uhh... mom suggested taking your advice considering you deal with situations like this on a daily basis. Since I have already decided to go ahead with the meeting, I wanted to know what to expect or say."
"Yeah, Your mom called me; I am not surprised though; it was supposed to happen at some time. We couldn't hide our secrets forever. Now, I can't tell you what to expect because it's King Furry you are going to meet and trust me when I say he is very cunning, I am not exaggerating."
Very few knew that King Furry, along with humble, honest and kind, was also very cunning. After all, one didn't become the King of the world for nothing. If he wouldn't have necessary wits, he would have long lost his title. Rumors had that Mr. Satan also made an attempt to take the power from him, two years after the Cell Games but was quickly reminded why King Furry was the King.
"Huh? I didn't know about this, but I will keep it in mind."
"You better. Now I am going to instruct you what to tell and what not to, along with how to deal with tricky situations."
An hour later, Gohan landed in the front yard of The Royal Palace - The biggest building in the entire world. It was the ancestral palace of King Furry. Generations had lived here and ruled over the world, guiding the people through thick and thin.
The palace was a square building with a large open area trapped inside the square. It was a traditional design, constructed by the fourteenth ruler of the world - nearly 500 years ago. Of course, over the years, upgradations, both technical and physical have been made to it. King Furry lived on one of the middle floors - exact number, known to very few, obviously for security purposes. Though, he was well-loved all around the world but some deranged people were always present.
There were security officials all over the place and it seemed they had standing orders regarding him. As soon as he arrived, though surprised for a moment, they quickly ushered him to the meeting room.
Entering the room, a simple yet elegant one, he was greeted to the sight of King Furry working on some papers. Quickly composing himself, he announced his presence by bowing before the King. "Greetings, Your Majesty."
King Furry looked up from his work, some surprise covering his visage. "Ah, most welcome, Young man. Please have a seat." He also directed one of the servants to bring some snacks and drinks.
Gohan immediately complied and took a seat facing the king. The King, after asking for a minute, quickly arranged his documents and set them aside. It was then, he looked at Gohan and addressed him. "How are you, young man?"
"I am fine sir and wish the same for you."
King Furry politely nodded at him, a sign of acceptance of his well wishes by him. "To speak the truth, I wasn't expecting you, at all. I had thought you wouldn't come."
"Permission to spea… began Gohan only to be interrupted by King Furry, "No need for formalities, young man. You are free to voice your thoughts as you like."
Gohan nodded, in hidden relief. "Why did you think so, Your Majesty? You are the king and as your subject, I am obliged to answer your call."
"You are not obligated to anything, young man. You have already done enough by saving me and my crew."
"Please Your Majesty, It was my duty and I merely fulfilled it," replied Gohan, a bit embarrassingly, not used to such praise especially coming from the King of the world.
"Your humility, despite your incredible strength, continues to amaze and please me." Gohan could only rub the back of his head with the Son grin on his face - A gesture, not at all missed by the King.
It was at that moment when King Furry suddenly became serious, "You know very well, young man, the purpose of this meeting" Gohan nodded. "Then I would like to ask some questions, and I trust you to be honest about them."
Gohan mentally sighed but nodded nonetheless.
"Very well, then please tell me, you're there at the Cell Games, weren't you?"
There was no need to think about this as Bulma as already told him to be honest with the entire Cell Games matter. "You are right, Your Majesty. It was me."
King Furry nodded at him in an appreciating manner. "Don't consider me rude, only curious, but please tell me why you, a child of ten or so years was there at a dangerous battle like that?"
After organizing his thoughts, Gohan replied, "My dad believed in me. He told me, while I was training, that I have the power and potential to surpass him. He must have seen it during our training and thus was confident in me to win the battle."
"The man who fought before you, was your father, right?"
Gohan nodded, again not seeing any problem in not denying the King. "He was, Your Majesty. Cell wanted to fight him the most, but he wasn't as strong as Cell. It was only after trying his luck, he called for me."
"A nobleman... willing to choose the fate of the planet over his son, a trait among the rarest of the rare. I would surely like to meet him someday."
At this Gohan's mood turned pensive. "Sorry, Your Majesty, but he sacrificed himself at the Cell Games."
Hearing this, King Furry's eyes widened in shock, but he quickly composed himself. "How is this possible? Everyone who died during those unfortunate events was resurrected."
"Indeed they were, but my father wasn't resurrected as a punishment to him."
Confusion dawned over the King's visage but was overshadowed by the anger. "A punishment?! What kind of, no! a better question would be, why was he punished? He sacrificed himself, was even willing to subject his son to the same fate and he was punished?!"
Gohan stayed silent for some time. "Cell... was about to destruct himself along with Earth and to prevent that, he teleported Cell and himself to a Kai's planet resulting in its destruction. So as a punishment for this, he was ordered to stay dead for some years, exact number unknown to us."
King Furry frowned in confusion. "Kais? Ordered to stay dead? Pardon me young man, but I don't understand this."
Having already talked with Bulma about what to disclose and how; Gohan organized his thoughts for a moment. "For understanding this, Your Majesty, you would have to learn about some special beings who manage the affairs of the cosmos."
With this Gohan began to explain how a planet with life was supposed to have a guardian and how this guardian couldn't interfere directly in the matters of the planet but could employ a proxy, and how his dad was the one. How their guardian referred his dad to the North Kai - he explained the Kais over the quadrants of the universe. His dad becoming a student of the North Kai and how his dad teleported Cell to North Kai's planet resulting in its destruction. Therefore his dad receiving punishment for some years.
King Furry didn't speak for nearly a minute, eyes clearly displaying sheer awe and amazement but not disbelief. "Although, it's a lot to take in, but I completely believe you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"So correct me, If I am wrong in saying that these powers are also a blessing of the Kais?"
Gohan shook his head. "Anybody with a decent training in martial arts can access these powers. These powers are, basically, careful and quick manipulation of KI - the life force of a person. Though, only a few are able to access it as accessing your KI is difficult and then learning to manipulate is even more. Therefore those who have been training from a young age are more likely to access this power. However, mine and my father's powers along with that of two other persons at Cell Games, are special as blessed by Kais."
Bulma had specifically mentioned not to reveal about the Saiyans and their heritage as it was still unknown how any other person out of their friend circle would react to aliens amongst them.
King furry pondered over this, remembering Goku and demon king, with a three-eyed man using what he now learned - KI, but did not voice it to Gohan. "What about the resurrection of the people killed by Cell? Was that also the work of the Kais?"
Gohan stayed calm. He couldn't afford even a slight faltering on his part, here at this moment. Bulma had clearly told him that this was one of the questions that would surely be asked, sooner or later. However, they had decided that they wouldn't give away the dragon balls because no matter what, they couldn't trust anyone with this secret.
Bulma had taken her own example and explained how when she was on the voyage to find the dragon balls for the first time, she wanted to wish for a boyfriend. So, if she, the daughter of a billionaire - possessing everything at her disposal, was looking for the dragon balls to make such a silly wish, what was there to stop the others. They had, instead, decided to provide a concocted story.
"Indeed, Your Majesty. The Kais have a rule to prevent the unjust killing of people which states that if a person dies due to unnatural reasons, they would be revived. Usually, fights such as with Cell are termed as unnatural."
"I see," King Furry voiced after mulling for a few moments. "I am really surprised that you decided to reveal such crucial information to me, rest assured though, these secrets are completely safe with me. In fact, I am really grateful to you for placing your trust in me."
Gohan himself was surprised when he had decided to walk on this path. If somebody would have told him a few days ago, that he would be talking about his secrets so easily with none other than the King of the world, he would have thought the person was insane.
"There is no need for thanking me, Your Majesty. In actual, it is sort of relieving to share this information with someone out of my friend circle. Moreover, your assurance regarding the secrecy of the information only puts me at more ease. It's a new but great experience for me, and I'm sure if I decide to share this information with any other person, this conversation will surely help me."
"Thank you again for placing your trust in me. Now, you talked about your friends who I believe, were the group of people at Cell Games or at least a part of them," Receiving a nod, King Furry continued. "My question is that which one of your friends defeated Cell?"
"It was a joint effort, Your Majesty. Though I was the one to land the finishing blow, it wasn't possible without others weakening him at that time. However, I am curious about your complete disregard of Mr. Satan's claims."
"To answer your question first, it was apparent that Mr. Satan was no match for Cell. Whereas your group arrived by flying, he arrived by car. Cell didn't even show any interest in him but actually fought your group, and I am not gullible to believe that a person can trip over his feet for nearly a hundred meters."
Gohan was impressed, not due to the fact that King Furry made these points but how simply he did it. In their world, the literacy rate was over eighty-five percent and there were several people that came close to Bulma in IQ along with some world-class detectives, yet nobody was able to draw out these points.
"And regarding your statement of defeating Cell, I would like to know, why didn't you take your rightful credit to defeat the Cell? You surely deserved it."
Gohan, without waiting, replied, "We all wanted to live our lives as normally as we could, so we didn't have any problem with Mr. Satan taking the credit. In fact, we didn't even know it, too lost in the grief of my father, and by the time we managed to deal with that, Mr. Satan had already labeled us as frauds and the world followed him. Surely, it bothered us a little in the beginning but soon, we got over it. Moreover, we didn't want any fame or money as I already told you and will say it again that as long as I am capable, I will work for the welfare of Earth and its people."
"You, truly, are a nobleman, Gohan."
Gohan, merely rubbed his head while looking down. "Thank you, Your…" The demi-Saiyan froze when he realized his blunder and a quick glance at King Furry told him that he couldn't even cover his mistake as King Furry was already looking at him with an amused smile. How could I make such a slip? I didn't reveal my name during the entire conversation. Come to think of it, King Furry didn't even ask it during the meeting, so how did he... oh shit! Of course, he did this on purpose. Bulma had warned him but he was foolish to let his guard down.
King Furry watched as Gohan went through a myriad of emotions. It was certainly amusing and had been for years in these types of situations. Usually, the person having a conversation with him often slipped up little things only to try and fail to cover them. However, usually, those persons were those who came up believing that they can outsmart him. Though, the person sitting before him didn't have even a sliver of ill intent. It would be unfair if he continues to regret it.
"You don't have to punish yourself for this, Gohan. It was set up on my part. I am not the King of the world for nothing. You sure are wise but I have something that you don't - experience, and only the one possessing it wins in these types of situations."
Gohan calmed down hearing those words. King Furry was right. He had a long way to go before he would be this capable. Sure, he made a blunder but it wasn't like he was used to these types of situations. The question was, though, how did King Furry know his name and if he did why he didn't call him by that before. But...
"You must be wondering how I know your name, "Gohan nodded a bit frantically. "Well, I have been keeping tabs on your family," Before Gohan could say anything about it, King Furry continued. "I don't know if you know it but after your father defeated demon king Piccolo, I continue to look for him for years but all efforts were in vain. However, he was again spotted at 23rd WMAT and announced to marry Chichi who I already knew as the daughter of the Ox-King, I immediately mentioned your father to Ox-King when he came for the annual meeting that year."
"Though he never mentioned your powers, he continued to tell me about your well being and it was simple to recognize your father at Cell Games and consequently you. Sure, you had golden hair like now but if one looks carefully, he can easily make out the identity by facial similarities. Further, you are quite alike your father, so it wasn't difficult to recognize you as his son."
Gohan was stunned at hearing this. Nobody, not even his mom had told him that he wasn't as unrecognizable, in his super Saiyan form, as he thought. But it wasn't like that anybody other was able to recognize him or his father, so it only meant that King Furry had exceptional skill in deduction and analyzing.
"I... don't even know what to say, Your Majesty; it's a lot to handle," Gohan became silent for some moments and King Furry was patient enough to let him collect his thoughts and after some moments, the demi-Saiyan continued. "I came here with an intention to keep my identity secret at all costs but I never expected that I would end up revealing it myself, like this too... still, I know that I can trust you with my secrets, Your Majesty. After all, you have been keeping them for so many years."
"I am glad we were able to arrive on a mutual understanding. As It's already evening time, I don't intend to make you late for your home but before that I would like to offer you my opinion on how you have dealt with the things so far. I wholeheartedly respect your feelings regarding your privacy and keeping your identity secret but do you think it's right? I, certainly not."
"By giving the credit to Mr. Satan, though unintentionally, you made the people misplace their trust in him - the one who was the least deserving, and that ungrateful and unashamed man made the most of it by making as much money as he could. Currently, he is the third richest person in the world, next to me and Bulma, only growing and to inform you, he didn't receive even a fraction of it for defeating Cell but made it from countless ventures that he has invested into, dojos and health care products among them."
He continued. "He even controls WMAT - one which was considered sacred by the martial artists back then due to the legends like your father," King Furry paused for a second. "We both know that peace doesn't last forever. So what would happen when an evil alike Cell or worse than him appear? The people will follow Mr. Satan and he will continue to fool them. Though I am sure, you will save the day but the cost will be very high. The truth will be revealed and people won't accept you."
Once again, Gohan was stunned by King Furry's far but wise thinking. Neither he nor his friends had considered these facts and scenarios. They were living with their life, as usual, unaware of the consequences of their decision.
"We never thought this far, Your Majesty. To us, the safety of people's lives, without any villain threatening them, was sufficient. But considering your words, I realize that we need to delve deeper. However, I am but a single person and can't speak on behalf of my friends. Kindly allow me to consult them first."
"Of course, I understand. This isn't a simple matter. Take your time and If you want, I would fully cooperate with you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
With this, after taking permission to leave, Gohan left for his home with a lot of things on his mind.
Please review and support… See ya. Oh and I have posted a story in which Vegeta goes to elemental nations on a covert mission by the Kais. See how he achieves his mission while setting the things into motion.