The story begins with Android 18 waking up on the Lookout after Gohan knocked her out of Cell and Gohan killing Cell.
"Wha- What happened? Why are you all here? Where are we?
Android 18 awakens on the Lookout with the Z warriors looking down at her with concern.
Yamcha is the first to speak up.
"Well it all started when Gohan punched Cell in the gut. Then he puked you out-"
Yamcha and the rest of the warriors filled her in. Her eyes never leaving Gohan.
How? How is a 12 year old boy this strong?
"So let me get this straight, Goku and 16 are gone, Gohan kills Cell and all this after Gohan hits Cell so hard he throws me up. I leave anything out?"
"Uhh nope that's the story more or less."
Krillin says shyly, still crushing on 18.
"Disgusting, I'm leaving now."
18 hovers in the air, takes a quick glance at Gohan and flies down from the Lookout.
"OH YEAH? YOURE WELCOME BY THE WAY!"
Yamcha yells in annoyance.
Everyone stayed and talked more about today's events and point out where improvements need to be made.
Gohan flew back to his home in the mountains where his mother Chi Chi and grandfather the Ox King waited.
Gohan told his mother of Goku's sacrifice which brought her to tears. After hours of consoling his mother, he finally was able to get her to bed. After saying goodbye to the Ox King, Gohan goes to his room to rest after a very long day. But he wasnt alone.
(Gohan POV)
I walked into my pitch black room eager to get some sleep. But after turning on the lights to my surprise, a certain blonde haired blue eyed Android was sitting cross legged at the foot of my bed.
"WHA?!?! 18? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM? Forget that, How do you know where I live???"
I said trying to keep quiet. Mom would absolutely lose it if she saw this.
"Well hello to you too. To answer your questions I came her to say thank you for punching me out of Cell, also this isn't my first time at your house, my brother, 16 and I came here to kill Goku. Luckily bigger problems came up."
" 18 I have to ask, do you plan on going on a rampage like before?"
"I don't really see the point, even Piccolo went blow for blow with my brother and he was the strongest between 16 and myself, Cell just caught him off guard."
"Honestly that's reassuring, what do you plan on doing from here?"
"I was going to go back to Dr. Gero's lab and turn it into a home for myself, but when I arrived there was nothing left of it, like the entire mountain collapsed on top of it, so I didn't really know where to go."
"What about Kame House? I'm sure Master Roshi and Krillin would be more than happy to give you a place to stay."
There was a twitch of annoyance on the corner of 18's mouth.
"Oh sure, stay with a creepy perverted old man and the baldy with no nose who won't stop staring at me, yeah I think I'll pass kiddo. I'll take my chances in the wilderness."
"Well I can't let you stay out in the wilderness, so how about for the night you can sleep in my bed and I'll sleep on the floor. In the morning we can talk about what to do next with my mom."
"My my, what a gentleman even at your age. Ok Gohan I'll take you up on your offer. Only because its the better of my other options."
18 kicks off her slides and laid back in Gohan's bed. Gohan left the room to get an extra blanket and pillow leaving 18 to examine her surroundings.
(18's POV)
For 12 year old boy his room is pretty plain. Nothing in it but the bare minimum and college level books. Intelligence is an important factor in combat. Also he's not a dunce like the rest of the Z warriors, or arrogant like Vegeta. Matter of fact he's actually quite the cutie.
"Maybe sticking around might not be so bad."
Gohan returned with his blanket and pillow.
"Say something?"
"No nothing important, you know kid, I have to ask, what's it feel like to surpass your father as the strongest fighter?"
(Gohan's POV)
I hadn't really thought about it, everything happened so fast and fighting Cell hadn't really left any room for free thinking.
"I'm not sure, come to think about it the thought hadn't crossed my mind till you said something about it."
Gohan stared into the blonde beauty's eyes for a while. He understands now why Krillins attracted to her.
Oh no! Am I crushing on 18?? I read in my books that this type of thing is normal for boys my age, but she's an Android! Just going off appearance shes at the very least 6 years older than me! What do I do now!
"Umm well, I think I'm gonna turn in for the night, beating Cell sure can take a lot out of ya, haha."
Gohan turned out the light and laid down on the floor.
"Before you go to sleep Gohan, thank you for letting me sleep here tonight. I can't remember what my life was like before that mad man made me like this, but as far as I'm concerned, your my first friend that wasn't an Android or my brother."
"No need to thank me, I'm glad I can help, and I'm glad I can be your friend. Goodnight 18."
"Goodnight kid"
(18's POV)
Who would've thought. Little ole me befriending the son of the man I was created to kill. Amazing how things can change. I guess only time will tell where things go from here.