A/N: As my story Repeat comes to a close and I discontinued any other stories that I'm not really feeling, this story has came to me and I like it. So enjoy it or don't, I don't make the rules here.
Gohan's eyes shot open as he felt a massive loss of life from around the world, hundreds if not thousands of people were simply gone in the blink of an eye. He sat up and threw the blanket off of his body and dropped to the ground, reaching under his bed. His hands fumbled around for a brief second before landing on the box that held his training gi. He hadn't worn it since his father died from the heart virus several months ago. Pulling the box out from under the bed, he opened it and looked at the soft purple fabric, the same style as Piccolo's. He pulled his shirt over his head, throwing it on his bed before he pulled the gi out of the box and slipped it on with practiced ease.
Slipping on his shoes, Gohan started floating instead of walking as he made his way over towards the window. The floorboards of their house would creak and the last thing he needed or wanted was for his mother to hear him as he attempted to sneak out. The window slid open smoothly, Gohan often used this window to sneak out when his mom was being overly aggressive about studying.
More lifes were wiped out and Gohan closed his eyes as he sensed Tien arrive at the location of life being lost and power up. His power was much stronger than he had remembered it being, but something was wrong. What was causing all this loss of life? He couldn't sense anything before the life was snuffed out, they were simply just gone.
Just what in the HFIL was going on? Whatever it was, it had wiped out almost all of Orange City in a matter of seconds. Powering up himself, Gohan blasted off into the sky and raised off towards where he felt Tien's power peak before steadily lowering as if he was being beaten. Krillin and Piccolo's energy spiked up in the distance, but none of them were going to get there in time it felt.
Then Gohan felt it, the angry burning sensation that made the entire world shake, the brilliant power that his father had used to defeat Frieza on Namek and then again here on Earth, except this time it was coming from Vegeta. It was overwhelming, the sheer tsunami of rage and power, but Vegeta raced from West City to Orange City in seconds.
Gohan tugged deeper and he pulled on every ounce of power that he could as he tried to race to help Tien himself. He had been flying at full speed for nearly 2 minutes now, but he wasn't as strong as Vegeta or Piccolo, he couldn't will his ki to boost his speed to match theirs.
He was about 70 percent of the way there when he felt Tien's energy drop to the bare minimum, meaning he had been knocked out by whoever was attacking. Vegeta's power grew even more, the entire world was shaking and even from this distance. Gohan could see the massive pillar of golden energy, the light so bright that it lit up the dark night sky.
"AAAAAAAGGHHHHHH" roared Vegeta as he powered up more than Gohan had ever seen anyone power up, but despite the massive display of power, Gohan never stopped flying towards it.
Vegeta was strong, but only slightly stronger than his father had been when he defeated Frieza about 8 months ago here on Earth. He was about 10 times stronger than Piccolo was at this time, but was it enough?
Piccolo arrived about 90 seconds before Krillin who arrived 30 seconds before he did. This was the biggest downside of living in the middle of nowhere.
Upon arriving, Gohan was shocked to see Tien with a gaping hole through his right shoulder, the arm barely still attached by nothing but fraying tendons and the bone. The right side of his face was burned and if the oozing blood leaking from the shut third eye in the middle of his forehead was a clue, whoever had attacked them had popped the man's third eye.
Gulping, Gohan pulled up next to Krillin who was gave him a small nod as he looked onward at Vegeta who was facing a pair of young adults, one with blonde hair and one with raven locks. The man was handsome, with fair-skinned and a similar appearance the blonde woman to his right. He was average in height, though slightly taller than his blonde companion, with a slim frame, tan complexion and lean-built. He has straight shoulder-length black hair that parts above his forehead, thin eyebrows, and narrow light blue eyes. The golden energy of Vegeta allowed Gohan to see that he had a gold hoop earring on each ear. He wore an orange bandanna around his neck, over a short sleeve black shirt with the Red Ribbon Army's logo on the left of his chest, and underneath dons a long-sleeve white shirt. He wears a belt to hold up his medium blue jeans which have a tear just above the knee of the left leg.
The woman was slender, curvy, and beautiful of above-average height and fair complexion. She has shoulder-length blonde hair that parts over her left temple, which she generally keeps tucked behind her ear. She was also wearing small gold hoop earrings on both ears. she was wearing blue denim vest and skirt (with the Red Ribbon logo on the back of the vest, not that Gohan could see that at the moment) with dark blue tights, a brown belt, brown boots, and a black shirt that has white and black striped long sleeves.
Despite their unique clothing, Gohan was much more concerned with the fact that they were flying in the air like him, his friends, and Vegeta. They were probably the ones who managed to hurt Tien and put him in his current state. And the weirdest part was that Gohan could not sense any life energy coming out either of them.
"Gohan" noted Piccolo as he flew over towards his once upon a time ward, "You seem stronger than I remember. But you're still weaker than me, be careful out there"
Gohan nodded and was surprised when Piccolo held out his hand and presented Gohan with two sensu beans.
"You want me to have them?" asked Gohan.
"I'm hoping that we don't need them" admitted Piccolo in his answer, "But if things do get dicey, I would prefer that you hang back and wait for an opportunity to help us. Vegeta is the strongest of us, let's see how this goes before making any decision.'
Gohan nodded, taking the two beans and tucking him into the small pocket inside of his sash and looked at Vegeta finish his powering up, the air was filled with electricity from his power. The blond hair, the teal eyes, the confident smile, the large power. Yeah there was no denying that Vegeta was in fact a Super Saiyan like his dad had been.
"Yo widow's peak, you done screaming?" asked the dark-haired stranger with a fake yawn, causing the blonde stranger to giggle
"Mind your manners when talking to your betters" spat Vegeta.
The dark-haired stranger raised an eyebrow, "Betters? There is nobody better than me."
The girl rolled her eyes and Vegeta snarled as he shot off and his fist slammed into the dark-haired stranger's face. But instead of the head flying off the man's body as Gohan expected, the dark-haired stranger didn't even move. He looked annoyed more than in pain and his icy blue eyes narrowed.
"Please tell me that is your warm up punch" taunted the dark-haired stranger before he backhanded Vegeta away, sending him crashing into the ruins of Orange City.
"This is bad" commented Krillin
"Don't go crying on me just yet" said Piccolo as he dropped his turban and shoulder pads. He blitzed into the fight and he kicked the dark-haired stranger away. Gohan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the dark-haired stranger get sent flying by what he knew was a weaker attack.
The blonde woman blasted Piccolo away and Gohan frowned as she glanced in his direction and said "Who brought the brat?"
Nobody answered her question and she signed before she pointed her finger at Tien and blasted him directly through the heart. His energy disappeared from the world completely and Gohan felt a bubble of rage bloom inside of his stomach. He grit his teeth and clinched his fist as Krillin charged in, but the small monk was only slightly stronger than Tien, Gohan knew that he would be no match.
She blocked his punch with her forearm, before hitting him with a headbutt that made Gohan wince. Vegeta's rage filled roar as he erupted from the rumble made the dark-haired stranger frown before he met the Prince in a class. They were moving faster than Gohan's eyes could track, but he managed to follow their bout by tracking Vegeta's ki. However, that meant that he could also feel the steady decline in Vegeta's power, he was growing weaker with every punch and kick.
Piccolo's power spiked and Gohan turned to see a Special Beam Cannon fly through the air, but the blonde stranger never looked worried as she grabbed Krillin and used him as a human shield to absorb the attack. It punched right through Krillin's chest and it burned a hole through the blonde woman's top, but did not punch through her.
She threw Krillin off to the side, leaving his rapidly falling power level to fall to the ground, aided by gravity.
Tien … Krillin … These people, they have to pay!
The bubble of rage in his belly swelled, a tingling sensation filled his back and Gohan let out an animalist roar as his power started to rise further than it ever had before.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" roared Gohan as his aura pulsed golden as his anger fueled his power, his mind demanding that he avenge his friends.
Vegeta finally slipped up, his weakening body struggling to keep up with the dark-haired stranger who seemingly never got tired and he was sent crashing to the ground, his Super Saiyan form fading as he struggled to remain awake.
Gohan had never moved this fast before, but his kick slammed into the woman's face, her eyes widening in surprise and pain. Spinning, his fist slammed into her stomach, before he landed a hammer fist on top of her head, sending her crashing to the ground.
Gohan raised his hands, overlapping them and placing them on his forehead. He poured every ounce of anger, every fiber of hatred he felt for this lady who had killed Tien and used Krillin as a shield into his ki, his power compressing and growing more potent by the second.
"MASENKO HA!" screamed Gohan as he launched his attack, almost every bit of his energy went into the blast and he worried for a brief second whether or not he would accidently destroy the Earth.
But as the beam approached the blonde woman, she reared back her hand and smacked the beam back towards him. Piccolo extended his arm and pulled him out of the way at the last second.
Vegeta's rag dolled body flew at Gohan in the air, his nearly conscious body limp as Gohan caught it.
"You two need to get out of here" said Piccolo
"I can't leave you" whined Gohan
"You and Vegeta are the only hope this planet has. These beings or whatever they are, they're stronger than Frieza, stronger than Vegeta, they're stronger than your dad had been. You need to leave, give us a chance at a fight another day" countered Piccolo
Gohan gulped as both the dark-haired stranger and the blonde woman flew up into the air across from them, neither of them looked happy with them.
"Leaving so soon?" asked the dark-haired stranger
"I think it's past the brat's bedtime" spat the blonde woman
"He rocked you with some strength, can we keep him?" mused the dark-haired stranger
"As long as you home break him, I'm not picking up after him" joked the blonde woman
Gohan, please get out here
The telepathic message from Piccolo broke Gohan out of his scared trance and he powered up, racing away carrying Vegeta's body.
Piccolo powered up to his max as Gohan made his escape and Gohan couldn't help but notice that it wasn't nearly high enough if Vegeta had been easily beat. Piccolo wouldn't last all that long against two of them, Gohan felt tears well up in his eyes as he realized that he had left his best friend to die.
He had been flying for less than a minute before Piccolo's energy started dropping, less than 105 seconds before it disappeared off the face of the world. A second after Piccolo's life energy disappeared, Kami's energy from on the lookout also disappeared.
We don't have any dragon balls
They're gone, they're not coming back
He's gone
Piccolo
The tears flowed down Gohan's face freely as he flew as fast as his 10 year old body could muster, but it wasn't enough and a otherworldly strong kick to his back sent him and Vegeta crashing to the ground.
Crashing, Gohan felt his body ache as he opened his eyes and saw dark-haired stranger and the blonde woman floating over him. She was holding something and tossed it down at him. Gohan, by instinct, caught it and looked in horror as he realized it was the ripped off head of Piccolo, his mentor's face frozen in pure agony in his final moments.
"Thought you might want to hold on to that, I mean he did die for you" laughed the dark-haired stranger and his words were the trigger for Gohan.
He threw his head back and let out a silent scream, his anger fueled energy shook the world and this time, there were no pulses of gold in his aura, the golden hue remained and his lengthy black hair stood on end as flashed golden, his dark onyx eyes turned teal and he glared at them as his rage broke.
"AAAAAGHHH" snarled Gohan as he transformed into a Super Saiyan for the first time, the sky above him filled with clouds and the rain started to fall heavily. Gohan knew that he was crying, but couldn't tell where his tears started or ended and what was the rain, he just knew that the warm tears rolling down his face were not from sorrow, but from pure rage.
Instantly, Gohan was up in the air with them and his fist slammed into the dark-haired stranger's face with more strength than he ever thought possible. The man's lip busted and for the first time that day, the dark-haired stranger bled like a regular human.
The blonde woman kicked Gohan in the back and he winced, but before he turn to her, the dark-haired stranger grabbed him by the hair, the long locks were an easy target. Gohan tried to squirm to get free, but he couldn't and the blonde woman started pummeling him. The punches to the face were endless and Gohan did his best to endure. His nose broke from a strong hit to the face and Gohan hissed in pain.
He raised his hand charged with a blast of ki and aimed it at the hand holding his hair and unleashed it. It did nothing to dark-haired stranger's hand but it slice through his hair and freed him from the grasp.
But it was still a two on one and dark-haired stranger punched him in the chest, sending him towards the blonde woman who punted him into the air. Only for the dark-haired stranger to be waiting for him, hitting him with a barrage of ki blasts sending him crashing to the ground. The blonde woman appeared next to him on the ground and grabbed him by the collar, lifting him up to look her in the eye.
"You tried little man, give up" she whispered before her hand shifted to Gohan's neck and started squeezing. Gohan started thrashing and for the first time in the fight, he realized that he might die.
I can't die, I have to keep fighting
I don't know what to do
Someone help me … Please!
Dad … Dad Please! Help me!
Mr. Piccolo
Someone please
Gohan's vision of the world grew darker with each passing second and just when he thought things were over, a blur of blue, white, and black slammed into the blonde woman and freed Gohan from her grasp as she was sent flying away.
Vegeta had clearly had better days, his armor was ripped up and Gohan could see gashes all over his body, blood flowing freely.
"On your feet boy" said Vegeta, "If die here, we die like true Saiyans, on our feet fighting"
Vegeta's body pulsed with power, but he could not manage to pool enough to achieve Super Saiyan like Gohan
Gohan nodded, he was the stronger of the two at the moment, but nevertheless, Vegeta had way more experience in battle than he ever would. If this was his final stand, then Vegeta was right, he couldn't go out scared. He couldn't go out doing anything but giving it his absolute all.
He powered up, his energy shooting past Vegeta's and approached Frieza's power level from what he remembered, and he glared up at the dark-haired stranger and the blonde woman who looked down at them with pure emptiness on their faces.
The dark-haired stranger smirked after a moment, "You two sure don't know when to quit"
The blonde woman nodded in agreement, "Maybe we should put these rabid dogs now"
The dark-haired stranger shrugged "We might take away all our future fun"
The blonde women tsk'd "We'll new fun, after all we have to kill Goku. That means we get to torture his location out of everyone we come across. We have loads of fun ahead of us"
Those words called the dark-haired stranger to smirk again, "Let's end it then sis"
The apparent siblings in sync lifted up their hand and charged up a beam that was upon Vegeta and Gohan almost immediately. The strength of the beam was more than they could ever hope to match at the moment.
The beam detonated and the siblings looked down at the massive canyon that their blast created, no sign of Gohan or Vegeta. Unless you count the puddle of blood that was staining the cracked destroyed ground.
As the siblings flew off, the ground cracked a little more to show that Vegeta had wrapped Gohan in a tight hug and shielded him from the blast. Then elder Saiyan's back was bloody with blisters, his energy completely sapped.
Gohan moved and helped lay Vegeta on his back, reaching into the pocket in his sash to give the man a senzu bean, but his hand only up with powder and he looked at in horror. The beans had been destroyed in battle.
Scooping up as much powder as he could, Gohan poured it into Vegeta's mouth and it slowly dissolved in the man's mouth. But without the full bean's worth of powder, Vegeta was unable to fully heal and while he looked fine, he wasn't waking up.
What do I do now?
Gohan was all alone with people capable of killing him and Vegeta at their best, with a Vegeta who was still too hurt to wake up, no dragon balls, no friends, no dad.]
Piccolo died for me and I don't know what to do
A/N: So this story takes place in the Future Trunks Timeline, but is also different than the Future Trunks Timeline. Vegeta is alive (at least for now) and Gohan is a Super Saiyan almost immediately.
I have a lot of thoughts and ideas on how to use the full lore of DB/DBZ/DBS to write this story, so expect some concepts that you might have forgotten about or didn't even think about.
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