Where in Hell is Son Gohan?
Months after the earth shattering battle that determined the life of all the beings on the planet earth, peace slowly returned to the seemingly chaotic world. People began rebuilding their lives free from the threat of the so called perfect life-form Cell.
The Heroes that had risked everything to stop the evil android had all went their separate ways once again after learning of their friends refusal to return to life with the Dragon Balls. Each of them had left to get stronger realizing that they now how to take care of their world without the aid of the Savior of the world Goku.
They all took his passing hard, but understood why he made his choice. Sadly, none of them took his passing as hard as Goku's own son Gohan. Though the others could leave the Cell Games in the past, Gohan relieved that battle a thousand times in his dreams. Every night in his dreams the moment he lost control to his Saiyan side haunts his minds-cape.
Every night a new scenario plays out where him losing control cost more than his father's life. So many times he woke up in a cold sweat after Cell kept finding new ways to make that hellish moment worse. Sometimes Cell kills more of his friends, other times he is overpowered by both him and his multiple spawns without the aid of his transformation.
After the latest nightmare Gohan couldn't help but be both disturbed and puzzled at the same time. At the worse moment of all of his dreams he started to notice a strange being watching him from afar as Cell delivers his tortures. Gohan couldn't fully visualize the beings features but one thing always stood out. The the beings body remained blurred, it's face was always locked on him with a sickening smile.
Normally Gohan would just wave off something like this as just stress, but strangely he felt as the more he dreamed, the more this figure became clear to him. Forcing his head back onto his pillow he sighed loudly.
"Why can't I just stop thinking about those stupid dreams!?" He groaned to himself as he grabbed his alarm clock beside his bed. He had twenty minutes before Dawn and he knew that he wasn't going to return to sleep.
Suddenly a soft knock was heard at his door "Gohan honey, are you awake?". He instantly recognized his mother voice and pulled himself from his bed to answer her call.
"Hey mom I'm awake, is something wrong?" He asked as he stared at his mother who looked to be in the middle of brushing her hair. Surprisingly for being pregnant for the last two months Chichi had only barely began showing the signs as she sported a small bulge in the mid section.
"I could hear you groan from my room, so I came to check on you. Are you still having nightmares son?" Chichi asked showing concern for her child's well-being.
Not wanting to put strain on his mother he tried to divert the question "Oh no I'm fine just stubbed my toe and the side of my bed." he grinned as she looked at his with skepticism.
"Alright then, you need to start getting ready we have a big day at Capsule Corp today. We are having a party to celebrate all that you and your father have fought for." Chichi said as she noticed her son's unsure face. "As much as I hate the idea of you fighting, if you didn't step up and save the day we wouldn't be around to be even having this conversation.".
Letting a small grumble Gohan felt the need to add on "Yeah, and if it wasn't for me dad would still be around.".
Giving him a hard glare his mother snapped the brush she currently held in her hand in two while raising her voice "Now Gohan I will not hear any more of that! Your father made his decision of his own free will and I will not have you continue to blame yourself over and over because of him thinking with his fists!.".
Feeling his mother angry pregnancy energy Gohan quickly apologized to calm her down "Yes mom, sorry mom! I'll get ready now!" he called to her as he quickly shut his door and put on some of the Summer clothes that Bulma had sent to him.
After spending the next 10 minutes getting ready Gohan stepped out of his room wearing his new outfit. It consisted of a dark red t-shirt and purple vest combo with the zipper of the vest being unzipped. His pants were blue jeans with a fashionable tear around his kneecap and a pair of purple sneaks with a single orange stripe running up the length of them. Looking a the mirror his mother kept in the hallway Gohan couldn't help but notice that he didn't look half bad with this combo as he quickly flashed to Super Saiyan and decided to stay in his prolonged form.
Hearing his mother's door shut behind him he turned around to see his mother looking at him with a huff "I see you decided to keep your hair blonde and those clothes make you look like a hooligan!".
Gohan sweat dropped as his mother commented on his appearance "But mom these are the clothes Bulma sent me and I kinda like my hair being like this," he said as Chichi hugged him.
"You see Gohan, this is what I get for letting you hang out with them! They turned my poor little scholar into a street punk who dies his hair." She cried out while hugging him tight.
Gohan had no response as she had a strangely strong grip on him "Mom I think your hormones are going crazy again!?".
*Clang* Gohan found himself on the ground with stars in his eyes as Chichi held a smoldering Frying pan of doom in her hands "I AM NOT HORMONAL!" she yelled as he eyes turned into small fires.
-20 minutes later-
After Gohan had managed to recover Chichi had finally managed to finished dressing opting to go with a dark blue dress with floral patterns on it. The two loaded into Chichi's Capsule plane and took off into the air in the direction of capsule corp.
As they flew through the clear blue sky, Gohan could feel a familiar energy racing towards the plane at high speeds. Pushing his face against the passenger seat Gohan was greeted with the familiar green face of his mentor figure Piccolo.
"Hey Mr. Piccolo are you head to Bulma's too?" Gohan asked as he was happy to see his closest friend again.
"Unfortunately, the green banshee kept sending Vegeta to come find me and make sure I show up. They finished setting up an hour ago and are waiting for you two to show up." Piccolo grumbled wishing he could get back to his training.
Chichi shot her famous killer glare at him as she focused on the travel "Don't think for a minute that you are going to run off with Gohan again the second we get there! Gohan is going to spend time with everyone without a brawl starting, and be a normal boy for a change!".
Piccolo scoffed at her "Normal boy she says. This normal boy can single handedly destroy this planet with minimal effort and is only getting stronger!".
Not willing to hear any more of Piccolo's mouth, Chichi went full throttle on her plane and left Piccolo trailing behind them.
Gohan could only look at Chichi with an innocent look on his face.
"Don't give me that look Gohan, you need to mingle with people without some kind of space alien, or mechanical freak challenging you to a fight." Chichi said trying to ignore the angel eyes Gohan was giving her.
"He does have a point though mom, I'm getting stronger by the day and have no way of letting these violent urges out with training." Gohan reasoned with her "Maybe after the party starts winding down I could do just a little but of sparring with Piccolo and Vegeta?".
Groaning loudly Chichi finally relented "Fine but only after the very end of the party and you had better be studying right after we get home. Now that things are getting back to normal I want to get you enrolled in a nice college so you can finally become a well respected scholar!".
Smiling widely Gohan graciously thanked her "Thanks mom, your the best!".
Chuckling to herself Chichi finally began to make her Descent into West City, namely into the massive yard of their friend Bulma.
-With Bulma-
"Finally we have enough food to last all the Saiyan appetites!" Bulma shouted triumphantly as she started at the massive table of food.
"Yeah but that's only because Goku's taking the big dirt nap. If he were here that would be just an appetizer for him." Oolong said as he crossed his arms beside her.
Bulma could only grin as she remembered all the times Goku devoured anything and everything in site on their adventures "Yeah your right, but now we have the rest of the Saiyan squad to pick up the slack for that." Spotting here husband leaning against the wall she called to him "Remember Vegeta no fighting during this party! It took me a long time to set everything up and I will not have you ruining everyone's time!".
"As if I'll play by your rules woman! It's a Saiyan's right to fight anytime there is a big party, you will not have me domesticated like a small dog!" Vegeta yelled refusing to join in on the festivities.
Bulma stamped her foot at him as she gave an annoyed shout "If you can't behave I will dismantle the Gravity Chamber and force you to cook for yourself!".
Grumbling to himself the Prince of Saiyans stomped away from his wife and started to fill up a plate from the banquet table "Stupid woman forcing me to act like weakling and mingle with the other morons. If Kakarot were here I'd be showing him just have powerful I have become since that sham of battle with that android freak!" he spat while trying to pile up his food as high as he could.
The other Z-warriors all stared at him with amusement as Vegeta once again was forced down by a simple threat from Bulma. Gone was the Saiyan Elite who had fought them to an inch of their life...or in the case of Yamcha and Tien's death. In his place they now saw an angry husband who was kept on a short leash by his partner.
"Geez Vegeta how many times are you going to make Bulma angry? You know she is just going to threaten your training room anytime you disagree with her." Krillin joked as Vegeta gained a very noticeable tic mark on his forehead.
"Shut up Baldy! The only thing stopping me from stopping you flat is that over-sized tin can you call a girlfriend!" Vegeta barked referencing android 18 standing beside Krillin with a very bored look on her face.
Placing her arm on her boyfriend's shoulder Android 18 scoffed at him "What's wrong Vegeta, scared I'm going break your wittle arm again like last time?".
Almost dropping his plate in anger Vegeta through his arm up forming a Ki blast that floated dangerously in his hand "Let's go android witch, just you and me! We'll see how tough you are without that brother of yours backing you up.".
The two would have would have started brawling if the sound of a jet engine didn't pull their attention from each other. Looking up they could make out the faces of Gohan and Chichi touching down a short distance away from where they were standing.
Android 18 rolled her eyes at Vegeta while walking over to the landing craft while Vegeta yelled taunts at her "You got lucky this time you tin can!".
Ignoring the angry prince both Krillin and his girlfriend greeted their two friends as they exited their plane.
"About time you two got here! Vegeta is so bored he has been picking fights with anything that moves. Just an hour ago he was arguing with a squirrel that crossed his path." Krillin chuckled as he recalled the pot holes Vegeta created with Ki blasts trying to vaporize the small furry animal.
Both Chichi and Gohan looked to one another with a puzzled expression as Gohan had to question "Why did he want to fight a squirrel?".
It was at the moment that the Saiyan Prince pushed passed the other two to stand in front of Gohan "Because that damn Rodent threw it's acorn at me! It was all but challenging me for dominance so I let the little bastard feel my wrath!".
A flying frying pan smashed into the back of his head as a hot headed Bulma ran up beside him "I told you to keep calm you idiot, starting fights with everyone is not allowed at this party!".
"You know what woman you can take this party and shove it! I'm only here to battle this brat and I will not be denied!" Vegeta yelled causing Gohan's eyes to widen.
Watching the chaotic husband and wife engage in an angry stare down contest he decided to clear the air with Vegeta "Um...to be honest Vegeta I'm kinda not in the mood to battle right now. I haven't been sleeping too well and don't think I would be able to give it my all. Plus I don't think mom would like it if I started fighting during the party.".
Bulma broke her staring match with Vegeta to show Gohan some concern over his sleeping trouble "I'm sorry to hear that Gohan, do you think you developed insomnia recently?".
"Not really Bulma, it's kind of hard to explain." Gohan said with a small yawn "Although I would like to ask Mr. Piccolo about some things while I'm here.".
As if on commands Piccolo landed on the ground a few feet from them. Giving him a look over the Namekian became curious about kind of question his student would be needing his help with. Human sleep problems was not something he knew that well.
"If it's about your restless nights I wouldn't begin to know how to help you." Piccolo said hoping to manage expectation before they could begin.
"Actually Mr. Piccolo I was actually hoping you could ask Kami something for me." Gohan said with an unsure but hopeful face.
This actually surprised Piccolo, he could probably count on one hand the amount of times Gohan had actually spoken to Kami. He knew this had to be important or he wouldn't have bothered asking.
"Alright let's move to somewhere more secluded, so we can talk about what you need." Piccolo said motioning over to an empty part of the huge yard. Give a large smile Gohan thanked his mentor as they both moved away from their friends to speak privately.
Chichi shared a look with Bulma as they both began to worry about Gohan.
"How long has this been going on with him Chichi?" Bulma asked.
Chichi began to think long and hard "A couple weeks after the Cell Games Gohan started waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. I keep asking him to talk about it but he always says it's nothing and changes the subject. I think he too afraid that it would stress me too much to talk about his problems.". Placing a hand to her growing stomach for emphasize "Lately I've heard him yell out Cell's name and for his father.".
"That poor boy! You don't think he still blames himself for what happened to Goku do you?" Bulma asked while helping Chichi over to once of the seats near the banquet table. Placing a hand on her head Chichi face turned into a frown.
"I don't know Bulma, I spent days making sure he knew that it wasn't his fault. I love Goku but that moron doesn't know exactly what he caused inside Gohan. He already caused enough damage by forcing Gohan to fight in his place, and then makes things worse by getting blown up and refusing to be wished back. I swear if he were here right now I'd show him what I think of his actions!." Chichi said getting steamed while Bulma tried to keep her calm.
"Try to keep calm Chichi, we are all here for you. Maybe Gohan can get answers for his problems from Kami and can try to get back to normal so you don't have to worry." Bulma said holding her friends hand.
Sighing loudly "I hope so Bulma, I really do. As much as I dislike the big green grump for what he turned my little boy into, he really is important to Gohan. If anyone can get through to Gohan it's him. I just hope that Kami can do something...anything to help my little boy!".
-With Piccolo and Gohan-
As soon as the duo were a good enough distance away from others to where they could talk freely, Piccolo decided to start the conversation "Alright we are alone now, what kind of question could you possibly have for Kami. If it's a guardian question you could just ask Dende, he has all the current knowledge of Earth.
"That's just it Mr. Piccolo I need to ask someone older than Dende. I know he is doing the best he can as the new guardian but I think Kami would have better idea of something I've been seeing in my dreams." Gohan said rubbing the back of his head while looking down.
Crossing his arms Piccolo could see the reasoning behind needing Kami's advice "Alright fair enough, explain what you have been seeing.".
"Well my dreams have all been about the Cell Games. Sometimes things play out exactly as they happened, but other times the events change." Gohan took a minute as his voice became shaky "The battle will start up the same as always but a different attack will happen to throw me off and I just start losing every time.".
Piccolo was still unsure of what to make of this "Sounds like you still have survivor's guilt over what happened to Goku.".
"That's what I thought at first until the dreams got worse!" Gohan groaned at sitting on the ground "Some night Cell starts killing everyone without fighting me, and other nights I don't ascend to the next level and die with everyone else. On top of that I keep seeing a figure in a white suit with an evil smile off in the distance.".
Deep inside Piccolo's mind a voice called out frantically.
"Piccolo you need to get more information about that figure!" The voice yelled out that Piccolo could recognize as Kami.
"Gohan Kami says to keep describing the figure in white!" Piccolo said worried why Kami chose to speak up now.
Gohan looked up to his mentor with a puzzled face "Um...Sometimes when I'm having these dreams I see what looks like a man standing off in the distance. Half the times he is really blurry, and other times I can clearly see his face! The last time I saw him he looked like he was chanting something out but I couldn't hear him. Before I could even think about who he could be I feel like I'm kicked out of my own dream and I wake up feeling like my energy is drained.".
Piccolo could feel fear coming from deep inside as he could sense Kami's fear. It was an awful feeling, even worse than when he went face to face with Frieza's third form and lost.
"Piccolo! You must take Gohan to Mr. Popo right now, he is in grave danger!" Kami yelled startling Piccolo to the point of falling over.
Going into his own mind Piccolo yelled back to him "Alright old man what is going on!?".
"There is no time to explain Piccolo, Gohan has drawn the attention of the King of Hell himself and only Mr. Popo can protect him now! You must get him to the Time chamber now, get there fast before it's too late!". Kami yelled with all of his might.
Not willing to argue with his other side Piccolo picks Gohan off the ground before levitating them off the ground "Quick Gohan, we are going to the lookout now!".
Not giving the Half-Saiyan a choice in the matter he blasted off with his hand grasping Gohan's shirt tightly while the other could only watch.
-With the others-
As Piccolo blasted off into the air, Chichi stare with wide eyes "He was only supposed to give him some advice, why is he taking off with my son again!?".
Bulma had no answer to give her as she noticed Vegeta about to take off after them "Vegeta go after them and figure out what's wrong!".
"I'll tell you what's wrong woman! They are going to off to train without me, I swear I will not be left behind by those two!" He yelled blasting off full speed behind them.
"I swear that man can only think about getting stronger." Bulma grumbled as she helped Chichi sit back down into her chair.
Chichi looked exhausted as she started at the rapidly disappearing form of her son "Why do I feel like something terrible is about to happen?".
-At the Lookout-
It had been just another for the new Guardian of Earth Dende, as he continued his training. He knew he had just pretty big shoes to fill after Kami and Piccolo's fusion back into one being. Strangely his teacher and friend Mr. Popo looked immensely troubled and was frantically pacing around the look out mumbling to himself.
The sky was slowly starting to darken in the elevated position above the clouds which was strange because the forecast he predicted was nothing but sun for weeks. This strange weather on top of Popo's worried pacing was making him very nervous.
Walking over to him Dende tapped on his back causing the Demigod to jump in surprise "Mr. Popo is something wrong?".
"Oh Dende something terrible is happening, something terrible indeed!" Popo yelled out motioning to the sky that turning blacker by the minute.
Dende gripped his staff tightly as the normally stoic Mr. Popo was now reduced to a shivering mess "What's wrong are we being attacked by something!?".
"Worse Dende, much much worse! He has found a way here, and you are not ready to face him!" The Genie gasped out grabbing Dende by the shoulders.
"Who is here Mr. Popo, I don't understand? Dende asked frightened over Mr. Popo's demeanor.
Before Popo could explain they could feel two familiar energies racing towards them at high speeds. Looking over the edge they could make out the shapes of Gohan, and Piccolo flying up to land in front of them.
"Piccolo what are you doing here!" Mr. Popo yelled wondering if Kami also felt the sinister energy.
"Kami told me to bring Gohan here, something about the King of Hell becoming interested in Gohan! He said to get him into the time chamber!" Piccolo pushed Gohan in front of him as Popo understood what Kami meant.
"Young Gohan, what have you done to draw his attention!?" Popo quickly asked Gohan as he started to lead the way to the destination.
Gohan looked confused "I don't even know what happening, who is the King of Hell and why are you all scared!".
Mr. Popo stopped in his tracks and stared at Piccolo with disbelief on his face "You didn't tell him about the King of Hell!?".
"I only now just found out that he has been showing up in Gohan's dreams, what was I supposed to have done. Kami was the one who told me to bring him up here!" Piccolo shouted back almost as confused as Gohan was.
Dende who had been following behind them decided to ask the simple question "Who is the King of Hell?".
Mr. Popo smashed his large hand to his head as he prepared to answer the question "The Lord of Hell is Lucifer himself. Almost a thousand years ago Kami's predecessor fought him to a stand still on this very Lookout. It took so many years off his life that he was too weak to survive Garlic Jr's father's uprising. I should have known he was biding his time for a chance to finish what he started!".
"This still doesn't make any sense though why would he be appearing to Gohan in his dreams, and why was he chanting to him?" Piccolo asked preparing mentally for the a battle to start at any moment.
Popo's eyes opened wide at Piccolo's words "Gohan how long has the chanting been going on inside of your dreams!?".
"He started chanting inside my dreams three weeks ago. What does all of this mean and what does he want with me?" Gohan asked as a large bolt of red lighting struck the lookout.
"I do not know Gohan but we must get you inside the Time Chamber. It's the only place on the planet that he cannot enter!" Popo said trying to move quickly.
As he began to reach for the large doors that led to safety a large cackle filled the air
"Hahaha I don't think so my fat little friend!" A voice called out before the door knobs changed into snakes that snapped at Popo's hands.
"Mr. Popo are you okay!?" Dende yelled as he went to check on his currently downed friend.
Mr. Popo quickly hopped up and shoved Dende behind "Please stay behind me Dende. You are strong enough to engage Lucifer, and if you die the Dragon Balls will turn to stone!".
As Popo tried to shield Dende from danger a swirling red cloud spun around them and before they knew it they were trapped into a giant hourglass. As the both of them recognized the danger in front of them they heard the voice begin cackling again.
The deranged laughter filled the air with a sense of triumph before lighting began striking all around Piccolo and Gohan.
Faster, and faster the lighting struck all around destroying the Lookout's trees and gardens.
"Gohan watch out! I think the King himself decided to grace us with his presence!" Piccolo said powering up as much as he could.
Following his mentor's lead Gohan also powered up to Super Saiyan ready to fight if need be. Looking over to his trapped friends he could only watch as a large mass of sand appeared at the top of the apple engraved hourglass. The sand began to pour into the chamber his friends were stuck in as it pooled all around them.
"Dende, Popo!" Gohan yelled as he leaped over to free them. As he got close their prison a blast of red lighting struck him directly into his chest and pinned him to a nearby wall.
"Gohan!" Piccolo yelled at he watched his friend get blasted into the wall of the Time Chamber. Before he could make a move to save his student and friend the lighting all struck the ground at the same time blinding him and forcing him back with a small explosion.
A small smoking crater was left in the spot the lightning struck before a voice called out through the smoke.
"Well, well, well, I must say you really know how to bring me exactly what I want, exactly where I needed it." A sinister voice rang out before suddenly hand with a gold band popped out of the smoke and fired a blast of energy directly at Piccolo immobilizing him where he stood.
The energy zapped Piccolo over and over as smoke started emitting from his body. The pain he felt was agonizing as he tried to reach out for Gohan.
The smoke that had been covering the crater soon dissipated revealing the offender in all his regal glory. A tall demonic looking man stood tall facing towards Piccolo. He wore a white high collar suit, with a red undershirt with white striped. He had pure white skin, blond hair, and thick black eyebrows. His most memorable facial features were by far his snake like eyes, and smile full of sharp pointed teeth.
He held one had up to keep Piccolo ensnared in the crackling energy while his other hand was gripped tightly around a black staff, adorned with a shiny red apple.
Gohan recognized his features very well now. This was the being that had struggled to take form in his dream. It chilled him to the bone to see him here in person. In fact he couldn't even feel the pain from the lightning holding him against the wall due to his fear.
Cackling again the man addressed them all "I'm glad you could all be here to welcome me back to the world of the living! I do love seeing this wretched world again, especially this worthless eyesore of a Lookout." Looking towards Mr. Popo and Dende he slowly makes his way over to them without dropping any of his concentration.
"You look exactly the same as when I was here last time fat man." The man chuckled as Dende shrunk behind Popo "Who's the brat? What you get tired of training mean to take care of this worthless speck of dust?".
Giving him an angry look Popo barked at him "I have nothing to say to you King of Lies!".
Laughing out loud the man began tapping the glass " Well you had better say something soon, this sand is going to smother the life right out of you if I don't get what I want!".
"What do you want with the boy and why are you haunting his dreams!?" Popo yelled pounding on the other side of the glass.
Noticing his objective struggling against the wall of the Time Chamber he walks slowly up to him before forcing him right up to his eye level "Well good evening my little ball of sunshine! I bet you are just so confused about what is happening and why I have such an interest in little old you!?
Suppressing the urge to shudder Gohan could only nod as the snake like man stared right into his eyes before patting him on the head "Ah but where are my manners I should introduce myself before stating my intentions. I am the one and only King of Hell, The One Who Fell, The Morning Star, All powerful Down Below." Seeing the look of confusion adorn Gohan's face he decided to throw him a bone "Or if all those titles don't work for you then you can just call me LUCIFER.".
The man beamed to himself pleased with his introduction as he gestured his hand towards Gohan.
"Oh um….my name is Gohan sir." Gohan let out as he was trying to remember his manners. He didn't want to anger Lucifer why he still had them all under his thumb.
Lucifer was pleased at the boy returning his introduction "Good, you do have some manners in the pure little head of yours. Now that we are introduced I'm going to put you down now, but if try anything that involves freeing your friends I'm going to have forget my own manners!".
Hoping that by doing whatever Lucifer wanted he would free friends, Gohan quickly nodded his head.
Releasing his hold over Gohan the boy dropped to the ground with a small thump before he picked himself up to stand before the Lord of Hell.
"Your a very smart boy Gohan, keeps showing me just have smart you are and your friends will be free from harm….well mostly free from harm." Lucifer spoke enthusiastically as he lessened Piccolo's torture and slowed the speed of the hourglass "Now I bet you are wondering what I want with little old you?".
Gohan nodded his head the second he was asked "Y...Yes sir, I recognize you from my nightmares. Are you here to fight us?".
"Hahaha Fight you!? That's a good one son, I could destroy you all in an instant if I wanted to!" Lucifer laughed out loud while showing more teeth in his smile "No my boy I have been wanting to meet with you for a long time now!".
Gohan was surprised to hear the Lucifer wasn't interested in battling him and his friends "You wanted to meet me?".
"Why of course dear boy. You, and your friends have sent some really powerful people down to meet me, including the bug! What interests me the most though is that after all the blood on your hands you are still the purest soul I have ever met. Why even now your aura is almost blinding me!". Lucifer spoke full of wonder and delight.
Gohan could feel the conversation souring as Lucifer spoke about the recent events involving Cell and the Cell Jr's he had killed.
His thoughts were once again interrupted by Lucifer speaking "I'm sure you would rather be doing anything else than hear me prattle on about the lives you ended but first let me explain you dreams for clarification purposes. After that spectacle that was the Cell Games, I have been drawn to you. That power you showed was amazing, for an instant in time I could feel the balance between Heaven, and Hell shift with uncertainty. So using all of my power I have spent the last few months trying to get deep inside your mind. Unfortunately it seems I am limited to simply dream walking with a varying amount of success. Are you following me?".
"Yes sir!" Gohan squeaked out trying to follow everything Lucifer was saying.
Tapping his hand on his staff Lucifer continued "I soon realized that I had no way of directly speaking to you so I needed a certain….reassurance that I could make contact with you. So using the darkest spells I could find I decided to siphon a small portion of your life force to power my own magic...hope you're not mad.".
"That's why I've been feeling drained you were leeching my power from me!" Gohan yelled forgetting himself for a moment.
Flicking Gohan on the head and leaving a small red mark Lucifer shushed him "No interruptions! I'd hate to have to seriously injure your friends because you couldn't be patient and listen." He flared his power for a few moments, showing his friends discomfort in their situation.
"I'm sorry please!" Gohan said pleadingly.
Giving a small humph Lucifer stopped his torment again "Now where was I? Oh right, the reason why I'm here. It took me weeks of chanting the same tiresome spell just to gain enough power to appear before you today. Nothing to fear though I've maybe taken at most maybe five to ten years of your life. In your line of work you would have just wasted them on another world destroyer anyway. Besides what I want to offer you would more than make up for the speck on time.".
"You wanna offer me something?" Gohan asked in disbelief unsure of the information overload he had just received.
Lucifer grinned "Why of course my boy! You didn't think I came all this way just to to be friends now did you?".
The blank look on Gohan's face caused him to follow up "No definitely not, I don't do friends!".
"Okay I guess, so what is it that you are offering?" Gohan asked becoming skeptical of this so call offer.
"Trust me kid this a the deal of a lifetime!" Lucifer spoke throwing his cane up in the air before catching it and pointing it right at Gohan "I want you to come back to hell with me!".
Silence filled the air as Gohan just stared at him before his jaw dropped comically "WHAT!? YOU WANT ME TO GO TO HELL…...LITERALLY!".
"Yes!" Was the only reply Lucifer gave.
"But...but...but I'm not dead or evil!" Gohan shrieked at slapping his hand to his face.
"Oh I'm very aware of those two things which works perfectly for my plans. Don't get me wrong you are more useful to me alive than dead right now. As for the not being evil part, don't worry I've already thought of a great way to make sure you can access hell with no problems. Although there is one small little tidbit that I haven't mentioned yet." Lucifer spoke looking a his nails a little closer and gritting the last part out.
"Now I'm concerned, what part are you not telling me!?" Gohan said narrowing his eyes at the King of Hell.
Clearing his throat Lucifer in a hushed voice letting out a small grunt "Ineedyoutomarrymydaughter!".
Not hearing the jumbled word souffle Gohan asked him to clear it up "I'm sorry I didn't catch that.".
Forcing his eyes anywhere but Gohan's face the Dark Lord tried again "Ineedyoutomarrymydaughter!".
Unfortunately Gohan once again could only hear the word mashup in confusion "I'm sorry could you say that again….but slower?".
Smashing his hands to his face he decided to just yell it out loud "I NEED YOU TO MARRY MY FUCKING DAUGHTER!".
Finally hearing him loud and clear Gohan could only stand there in surprise.
Seeing the clear cut confusion on his face Lucifer decided to explain his madness "I know what you are thinking, why the hell would the King of Hell be giving his daughters hand in marriage to some guy she has never met, much less a human for that matter!?".
It was at that moment that Gohan raised his hand to interject "I'm actually only Half-Saiyan sir….".
Lucifer pursed his lips together in annoyance as he raised his hand up again and restarted the torture.
His friends screams made him quickly apologize to the temperamental king "I'm sorry, I won't interrupt you anymore!".
Seeing that he got his point across again he lowered his hand as the torture lessened and the screams stopped.
"The only way I can get you into hell is by a betrothal by marriage to one of the royal family. Since I only have the one daughter my options are limited and my time is short. So he is my offer…..You come to hell and become my son-in-law and champion for house Morningstar or I can turn your friends to crispy snacks for demons and drag you kicking and screaming into the bowels of hell. Trust me Option A is going to be the best option for you.".
Looking into his eyes Gohan could tell Lucifer was not bluffing on his veiled threat, and based on his current feats he was sure he could defeat them at his current power. Looking to his friends Gohan could only desire their safety. Same with his mother and the unborn child inside of her. At the same time Gohan was no fool so he was going to make sure his friends came out okay.
"If I agree to your terms what guarantee do I have that you will not hurt my friends after I got with you?" Gohan asked with a blank face clearly not enjoying his loss of freedom.
Lucifer gave him a look of fake shock "Oh Gohan you wound me, you think I would go back on my word?".
All it took was a look from Gohan to show his distrust of Lucifer "Alright fine: I Lucifer Morningstar under the honor of the Morningstar family do solemnly swear that no harm will come to Son Gohan's family, or friends as long as he abides by the rules I set for him during his trip to hell. If I go back any of my terms then Gohan is free to take his pure ass from the burning pits of hell and any marriage will be hereby dissolved.".
As Lucifer finished a large scroll floated in mid-air in front of him with a large phoenix feather writing down all of his words "Just sign here brat and I will free your friends!".
As Gohan grabbed the feather pen to sign he could hear Mr. Popo, Dende, and Piccolo call out to him.
"Don't do it Gohan, he is the master of lies!" Popo yelled out trying to keep Dende from sinking underneath the thick sand.
"Please don't do it Gohan we can find another way!" Dende yelled using Popo as a ladder.
Piccolo was the last one to call out to him "Gohan! Don't do this, we can take this clown down if we just work together!".
Looking down at the paper Gohan thought long and hard. Looking up again at his friends he gave them all a small sad smile before signing his name on the dotted line.
"I knew you would see my way my boy, or should I say son-in-law!?" Lucifer cackled knowing that he has just gotten his way.
As the final letter of Gohan's name was signed to the scroll it transformed into a smoky green cloud and launched itself at Gohan hitting him dead center in his chest.
"I forgot to mention son…..this little contract is going to be the seal that make sure you follow your end of the bargain. It prevents you from leaving our lovely little paradise called Hell!".
The hottest feeling imaginable was blasting through Gohan's chest right as the seal stuck itself to his chest. It felt like burning hot nails were etching lines into his skin in the shape of a apple with a snake going through the middle. This mark would be what keeps him bound to Lucifer and the Morningstar family.
After was seemed like a painful eternity for him (realistically only minutes) the seal was fully attached to his body as he passed out in a crumbled heap on the ground.
Lucifer chuckled to himself as he picked up the boy "Guess I should have warned him about that part?".
Spinning around to face the other who were staring at him in disbelief that Gohan would condemn himself to keep themselves safe, Lucifer tilted his head towards them "Well boys I'd love to stay and chat but I have to take my prize back home and get him all cleaned up for my little princess. Don't worry though I can't end your pathetic lives because of the deal, but it was so nice knowing that I'm coming out on top this time fat man!".
Snapping his free hand his captives were free from their prison with a not so nice drop to the ground as Lucifer activated a portal back to hell "Don't worry Gohan here is safe with me…...Adios!".
Piccolo jumped up and made a mad dash for the portal which closed just into for Piccolo to jump over the spot they were standing and knock into Dende, and Mr. Popo.
"Gohan!" Piccolo screamed as he pounded the ground with his fist. Both Mr. Popo and Dende could only watch as Piccolo punched the ground again and again as he grieved the loss of their friend. For minutes they sat and watch until a powerful energy above them snapped them out of their stupor.
Vegeta was touching down with an Angry look on his face as their all stopped and looked at him "What the Hell is going on here and Where the fuck is Kakarot's Spawn!?.
-End Chapter-
Well this is something new for me. I noticed a lack of Dbz/Hazbin/Helluva Boss crossover and said why don't I just fill this niche. I wanted to do this a little differently than just Gohan dies and goes to hell by some weird means. I kinda like the idea that Lucifer has something over on Gohan while he still remains pure. Trust me though there is going to be a usefulness around Gohan's purity so don't think it's not going to be touch on again. That being said this is my first fanfiction and I'm trying to get back as I post so please be patient. In terms of pairing I kinda have ideas on where I want things to go but rest assured Gohan/Charlie is a definite with more added in later. If you liked what you read please leave a review and some constructive critism please. Thanks for reading.