Hello everyone I'm back with an update! I won't bore you with a super long notes so I'm just gonna tell you that this chapter remains pretty much the same until you get to the spot where Gohan meets Lucifer. If you feel like skipping to that part than I'm fine with that, just know that this will be the only halfway recycled chapter. The rest will be completely rewritten. Please enjoy and I'm sorry for taking so long.
Where in Hell is 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 a 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 loud cackle filled the air.
"Not so fast big boy!" A voice laughed out as fiery rope wrapped itself around Popo and dropping him to the ground.
"Mr. Popo are you okay!? Dende yelled as ran to his currently downed friend.
While struggling against his constraints Popo quickly yelled back to Dende "Dende you must get someone safe! You are no match for his power!".
Before Dende could react a swirling cloud of red energy spun around them and trapped them in a golden hourglass that appeared out of no where.
Gohan and Piccolo both took a battle stance as they heard the voice begin laughing again. Lightning began striking the area around them destroying all the trees and gardens that had been growing atop the lookout.
"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 golden 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 bounded over to free them. He raised his fist to strike the side of the hourglass, but was quickly knocked back by a blast of red lightning into the wall of the time chamber.
As if it had a mind of it's own the lightning wrapped itself around his arms pinning them tightly over his head causing Gohan to cry out in pain.
"Gohan" Piccolo yelled as he watched his friend become subdued. Before he could make a move to save his student, Kami yelled to him from within his mind "Wait Piccolo this is exactly what he wants. You must control yourself if you want to have any chance at defeating him.".
Gritting his teeth Piccolo waited for any sign of his foe as the lightning started to get more violent around him.
Suddenly three blast of lightning struck the ground near him all at the same time causing a small explosion to knock Piccolo off his feet and causing him to land near his friend.
"Piccolo!" Gohan yelled being unable to do anything to stop the current events.
As the Namekian struggled to pull himself to his feet a voice called out from the location of the explosion "Well, well, well I gotta give it you genie man, you really know how to bring me exactly what I wanted, exactly where I needed it.".
As the smoke that was covering the crater dissipated, it revealed the offender in all his regal glory.
Standing at only about a head taller than Gohan, a rather short but eerily demonic looking man wearing a white high collar suit, with a red undershirt with white stripes. 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.
Wiping the dust of the lapels of his suit his walked towards the hourglass before tapping the glass with his cane "You haven't changed a bit since the last time I was here fat man. I would say hang tight but it's not like you can do too much moving right this moment.
Looking over to the small Namekian that was standing at his side the man had to laugh out loud "Who's the small fry? You get tired of training guardians to take care of this wretched speck of dust?".
Popo scoffed and twisted his head to avoid his gaze "I have nothing to say to you King of Lies!".
Letting out another laugh he spoke again clearly enjoying the situation "Well you had better say something soon before you wind up taking the big dirt nap….literally!".
"What do you want with the boy and why are you haunting his dreams!?" Popo yelled still struggling to break free.
As if he had already forgotten the reason why he had came he finally took time to acknowledge his target pinned by the hands against the wall.
"Well good evening my little ball of sunshine! I'm guessing you are just so confused about what is happening and why I have so much of an interest in little old you!?" He addressed Gohan who was suppressing the urge to shudder.
Nodding his head as the man patted 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 just throw him a bone "Or if none of those titles do nothing for you then you can just call me Lucifer.".
The man beamed with pride at his introduction as he gestured his hand towards Gohan releasing his hold over him.
Giving his hand a quick rub Gohan replied back not wanting to anger Lucifer while he had them under his thumb currently "Oh um…...my name is Gohan sir.".
Giving him a smile Lucifer grinned at him "Good, you do have some manners in the pure little head of yours. Now that we are introduced I want to have a small chat with you. If you play nice I guarantee you will walk away with all of your friends intact…..but if you decide to get rough then I'm going to have to forget my manners temporarily.".
Nodding his head Gohan dropped his hand to his side and prepared to listen to what the fallen angel had to say.
"Are you crazy Gohan, Kami says this guy is bad news, you can't listen to what he says!" Piccolo yelled to his before having a blast of lighting wrapped itself around his mouth courtesy of Lucifer.
"Sorry about that, but unfortunately I don't have time for games, so can we get down to business?" Lucifer said as he glanced down at a pocket watch he kept on his person.
Locking his hands to his sides Gohan quickly nodded once again.
Smiling enthusiastically he quickly clapped his hand together as the sands stopped flowing inside the hourglass " Your a smart kid Gohan, keep showing me how smart you are and I promise your friends will remain safe.".
"Don't do it Gohan, he will only tell you lies!" Popo screamed out frantically.
Looking at the genie blankly Lucifer replied with a bored tone "I could always start the sand up again if you prefer?".
Thinking quickly Gohan spoke up "That won't be necessary you have my full attention!".
Snapping his attention back to the boy, Lucifer was pleased with his reaction "See you should listen to the boy, at least he has a good head on his shoulder's!". Fixing his hat Lucifer cleared his throat and began to speak "Well Gohan let me start off by saying it was not easy getting here and it took a lot of time and energy. Even though it may seem hard to believe I have no interest in fighting you and your friends.".
"You're not!?" Gohan found himself saying without thinking before clasping his hand over his mouth.
"Of course not! I could easily swat all of you here right now with minimal effort. You however may be able to put up a good fight against me but that's not why I'm here." Lucifer spoke with a grin "I actually have need of your services to help my daughter.".
At the mention of this the group stared at him with blank faces. Seeing how confused they were he decided to elaborate further "You see my family has been through a really rough patch for a long time with my daughter starting up a hotel and my wife…..well leaving. Family is the most important thing to me and I need to make sure that my daughter stays safe in the coming days.'.
I'm so sorry to hear that, but I don't understand how I can help?" Gohan said feeling bad for the man. He knew the pain of having his father ripped away from his life and could relate to how bad it made him feel at times.
"So even the Devil has people he cares about….as if!?" Popo once again yelled from his sandy prison.
Giving him a frown Lucifer began to drop more sand on him, clearly annoyed with his outburst.
"I spell it out for you kid, I know it was you who dropped that troublesome bug down below. It takes a great deal of powerful to put down someone of his stature." Lucifer spoke while staring into Gohan's eyes "That kind of power would do great things in the right hands and would command a great deal of respect down where I'm from. So I would like to make you a proposal of sorts.".
Piccolo tried desperately to uncover his mouth from the pulsing lightning that was covering his mouth. Whatever Lucifer had planned for Gohan could not be good, and he wasn't about to just let his only true friend wrap himself up in something like this.
Gohan on the other hand was intrigued. Maybe if he could agree to the terms Lucifer set and helped him with his issue, then his friends would be safe from harm "What kind of a proposal?" He asked clearly uneasy about things.
Smiling widely Lucifer moved in closer to Gohan "Well to be frank my boy, you are an enigma to me. You and your friends command an insane amount of power and have sent a large amount of powerful beings down below. Yet through all the battles and bloodshed, you still are still the purest soul I have ever met. Why even now the aura that surrounds you is almost blinding to me.".
Continuing on Lucifer began twirling his cane around as he spoke "Now 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 those strange dreams you have been having. After that spectacle that was the Cell Games, I have taken notice of you. That power you showed was amazing, for an instant I could feel that you might be the one to tip the balance between Heaven and Hell. So taking a break from my….busy schedule, I have been trying to make contact with you. Unfortunately all I have been able to do is simple dream walking with varying amounts of success." He finished looking back to make sure Gohan was keeping up.
After seeing the boy's eyes still following him he continued "I soon realized that since I had no direct way of contacting you I needed a certain….reassurance that I could meet you face to face. So after spending weeks gathering my power I used a old dark magic spell to siphon a small portion of your life force to power my own magic….Hope you aren't mad?" He grinned while smiling widely.
Gohan's eyes shot open as he finally realized "That's why I've been feeling so weak lately. It was your fault!".
"Well when you say it like that, it makes me look like I'm a bad guy." Lucifer said with a small shrug "Let's not dwell on small things like that. I only took enough of your life force to get myself here. Besides I've come to offer you a once in a lifetime opportunity!".
"You want to offer me something?" Gohan asked in confusion "Aren't you supposed to be the most evil being to ever exist!?".
With a frown Lucifer shot him a small glare in annoyance "Don't believe everything you hear kid. Trust me it's not all sunshine and daisies on the other side either. Besides didn't your parents to not trust a book by its cover?".
At the mention of parents Gohan was reminded of Goku and his upbeat attitude to every he meets.
"Gohan he has earned his bad reputation! Don't think for a second that he won't try to stab you in the back the first chance he gets!" Popo shouted again before Lucifer tightened that binding around him "Alright fatty don't think I won't come in there! I spared you last time I'll finish you off this time!".
Trying to pull Lucifer's attention back on him Gohan quickly interjected "If I decide to believe you what would you want from me!?.
Taking a look at his pocket watch Lucifer frowned "Unfortunately I don't have time to explain but I will say this. I would rather you come back to Hell with me of your own free will so how about you make a deal with me, and I'll leave your friends alone?" He said quickly while a glowing hand out to the boy.
Looking to his friends around him, all Gohan could think of was how to make sure they stayed safe. If he had to make a sacrifice to make sure the people he cared about stayed safe then so be it "Alright Lucifer you have a deal!" he yelled out as he grasped his hand.
"HELL YES!" Lucifer exclaimed as Gohan felt a rush of energy run through his body like a million watts "You better hang on kid, the trip back is going to be one Hell of a ride!".
Soon a portal was ripped open beneath them and the two dropped together into it before disappearing with a loud pop.
Seconds later the hourglass, sand, and lightning had vanished, dropping Popo and Dende on the ground. Piccolo's mouth was also uncovered as he let our a roar of anger.
"DAMN IT GOHAN!" He yelled as he couldn't believe what the boy had done.
"What do we do now Mr. Popo!?" Dende asked insane with worry for his friend.
Mr. Popo was is disbelief, as he never expected Lucifer to come to claim someone from the living realm "I don't know Dende, Gohan has quite literally made a deal with the Devil.".
Suddenly a new energy appeared above the lookout that snapped them out of their stupor. Looking up into the air the could all see Vegeta floating in the air with angry look on his face.
Touching down in front of Piccolo, The Saiyan Prince stared at the surrounding area before growling out "What the Hell happened here and where is Kakarot's spawn!?".
Quickly moving past him the Namekian could only reply with one word "HELL!" before blasting off to relay the information to the others.
-End of Chapter 1-
Here we are at the end of the chapter one of the rewrite. This was mostly done to kinda reset how evil I made Lucifer before. He still kinda a jerk at times but will be more fun loving and caring for his daughter. Like I said there will be complete rewrites of the other chapters to fit in Charlie's and Lucifer's strained relationship and Lilith's absence. That being said I have some better ideas on what I'm going to do going forward and don't worry this will still be a threeway crossover between DBZ/Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss. Also before anyone asks me this again no I will not be including Super in this except for two things that pertain to the show.
I would also like to point out that I'm not making changes for every single person that doesn't like something. I don't mind taking suggestions but I feel like a few of you are taking fanfiction way to seriously. I definitely will not consider any idea if you are sending me rude messages, or are just complaining that something isn't to your liking. If you want to discuss any ideas make a conversation out of it, don't just say change this because you don't agree with it. That being said I appretiate all the people who wrote to me about actual suggestions. Trust me I am taking what you have to say in advisement, and I am trying to incorporate those ideas into my current plans.
I'm going to try to keep a consistent upload time this story but that might be a little hard to do with my only writing time being on the weekends (Have a 14 hour shift job so I have to use what time I'm given.).
Thanks again for actually making me want to write. Also feel free to draw some fanart if you'd like and I'd love to see it if you do.