Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Despair ❯ Chapter 10

Gohan managed to convince Slade to allow the Titans help them when they get back to Earth. Will they turn on Slade, or will they be able to forge a temporary though uneasy alliance with him to save the city? Also, will Gohan be able to stop this new threat? Maybe, maybe not.

 

When the Titans passed close enough to Earth, they noticed that the Justice League's watchtower was under attack and at once understood why Earth had been attacked so easily. There were literally thousands of small drone ships attacking so it took all the Justice league members to defend the watchtower. Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta had awoken some time ago and were anxiously awaiting the return to Earth. Upon awakening they had found their way to the cockpit and had been told of the current situation. Goku and Vegeta wanted to train but there were no facilities on the spaceship that could withstand a fight between two fighters of their caliber. Piccolo just meditated. It had taken a lot of persuasion and ultimately the threat of keeping food from Goku to keep him from teleporting them all to Earth as soon as he heard the news. Meanwhile, Gohan and Slade were in Titans tower, trying to locate the headquarters of their newest enemy. Titans tower was the first place that Slade had ordered his droids to take but had ordered it to be left in good condition so that he could use it as his own stronghold.

 

“This shouldn't be so difficult!” Gohan exclaimed, frustrated. He looked out at the once bustling city which now was a ruined wasteland. There was not a single building that hadn't suffered from the initial assault of the alien invaders. There had of course been a minimal effort to take Titans tower but whoever was invading obviously didn't deem it important at the moment. Big mistake. Gohan was now waiting for either Cell or the new evil he had sensed to show themselves or raise their energy. Both had yet to do either. Slade was busy in some surveillance room he had set up and so Gohan was left to his own thoughts. He had yet to comprehend how despite all the wasted cities on Earth, he and Slade had yet to locate the enemy stronghold. Sure they had only been back a few hours but surely finding a base full of soldiers wouldn't be too difficult when it was amongst so much ruin and chaos. Though a lot of people were now dead, most of Earth's citizens had managed to find safe havens from the attacks and were even now trying to adjust to their new lives. It reminded Gohan of how Mirai Trunks had described his future. Ruined, desolate, and without hope. All of this had been accomplished during his escapades on Tamaran. Of course Slade's droids did and still were putting up a decent fight, it's just that they were attacked so suddenly and with such great force that they were overwhelmed and Slade had ordered them into hiding until he could get to Earth and coordinate them. Now it seemed as though the invading army and Slade's droids were evenly matched as neither side could gain an advantage over the other. That is unless that powerhouse that Gohan had sensed were to show up. He shuddered at the thought of having to fight that thing. He was brought out of his thoughts though when he heard the Titans' jet touch down on the roof. He turned from the city and headed out of the control room. He headed up to the top floor and then to the staircase leading up to the roof. He reached the top and opened the door before stepping through. The personnel ramp extended and the hatch opened before the Titans began filing out. Robin was the first one off followed by Starfire, Cyborg, Beast boy, and Terra. Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo followed only seconds after. Gohan walked up to them and they were surprised that he was there.

 

“What happened here?” Robin asked. They had all been shocked at seeing the state the city was in and the fact that the tower had somehow escaped the destruction.

 

“That…” Gohan said, pointing to the city. “Is the result of the invasion force that came from space. Slade destroyed a few buildings but he wanted control, not this.”

 

“Speaking of Slade, where is he?” Robin asked heatedly.

 

“Why, I'm right here Robin.” Slade appeared in the doorway and stepped up to the Titans.

 

“What are you doing here?” Robin demanded. He could've sworn he saw Slade smirking beneath that mask.

 

“This is my tower now. How do you think it escaped destruction? Surely you don't think the measly defense you have set up here could stop an invasion force on its own. Don't worry, I'm not going to attack you. As much as I don't like the idea we need each other. Though my droids are great fighters there just aren't enough of them to fight this entire army alone. Of course you can always refuse but I'm afraid that your city, and the rest of this pitiful planet will fall if you don't." Robin was seething with anger. Not only had Slade taken over the city, but the tower as well and now he was suggesting that they help each other? Robin was sure he would end up regretting his decision but he made it anyways.

 

"Fine. We'll play your little game Slade...for now. As much as I hate you I know that this alliance is necessary. You can be sure however, that once this is over you're mine."

 

"I look forward to that moment Robin. I look forward to your pitiful attempts to stop me. You should have stayed as my apprentice. A few years of training under me and I might actually have to take your threats seriously. You could have been an unstoppable force but you chose to stay weak because of your friends. That is one reason why Saiyajins have never been known for their friendliness. Friends only hold you back and get in your way, thus they are useless. Humans have a major flaw and that is their sense of loyalty. I have no loyalties. If my apprentice turns on me then they will suffer the consequences. If they continue then they die. Humans cannot truthfully say such things as they are bound by their moral codes and honor. We Saiyajins have no such weaknesses." Slade watched Vegeta for a reaction and was not surprised when he received one.

 

"You dare to call yourself Saiyajin? You are a disgusting coward that hides in the shadows and has others fight your battles for you. How then can you even begin to presume yourself a Saiyajin?"

 

"And that is one of the many weaknesses of the Saiyajins. They rush headlong into battle and judge those that do otherwise as cowards. You are a pathetic fool Vegeta, do you know that? You fail to see how successful one can be if they use tactics such as mine because you're blinded by your own pride. Another weakness of the Saiyajins, though I've managed to get away from that. I detest both the Saiyajins and the Humans and wish that I could just forget them both. I cannot do that however as I was born Saiyajin and Human. I have managed to surpass the major weaknesses of both races and am now the best of both worlds. I have no loyalties, no foolish pride, and I know how to better defeat my opponents than just directly fighting them. I have the brute strength and raw power of the Saiyajin race and the tactical and devious mindset of the human race, a dangerous combination. As you are with your Saiyajin weaknesses you could not possibly defeat someone like me, so I would watch your tongue if I were you." Vegeta snarled in rage.

 

"Maybe I should test that little theory of yours. You seem to forget to whom you are speaking. Shall I remind you?"

 

"I know exactly who you are Vegeta." Slade said in a bored tone. "You are the prince of all Saiyajins. You are nothing!" Slade spoke with venom in his voice. "The Saiyajins are a dead race in our dimension Vegeta. Thus you are the prince of nothing. How befitting it is that nothing be prince of nothing."

 

"You dare to speak to me in such a manner?! I'll crush you into the ground like the roach you are! Prepare to die vermin!" In a flash Vegeta had transformed into an ascended super Saiyajin and hurtled himself at Slade. Slade merely began examining his fingers in boredom and just as Vegeta was about to hit him stepped to the side, causing Vegeta to lose his balance and stumble. Slade took advantage of this and grabbed his arm and twisted it painfully around his back. He pinned the arm to his back and Vegeta struggled to break free in vain. Slade now had his face next to Vegeta's ear and whispered threateningly into it.

 

"Do you see now Vegeta? You have raised your power to its max and yet I overcame you easily. I'm not even at a third of your strength right now and yet I've overpowered you as though you were nothing. As you are now you are nothing more than an ant to me. You allow yourself to be controlled by your pride and rage and look where it gets you. You are pathetic." Slade released his arm and turned around and began walking back towards the door leading back into the tower. As soon as Vegeta regained himself however he launched a vicious punch at Slade's head, meaning to take it off his shoulders but Slade ducked under the punch and brought his elbow back into Vegeta's gut, stunning him and knocking the wind out of him.

 

"Do you really enjoy having your pride broken that much? You fight opponents recklessly when they beat you and expect to win? You are no fighter, you are an amateur. Unless you wish for further punishment I would suggest that you stop now before you are shown true humiliation." Vegeta growled but powered down nonetheless.

 

"I'm going to make you pay for this. Once this situation is over you are going to pay dearly and I'm going to enjoy making you suffer." Slade snickered at this.

 

"I look forward to seeing you try." With that he walked through the door and back into the tower. Vegeta lifted up into the air and shot off, needing to find some unfortunate creature to take his frustrations out on.

 

"Umm just curious but why didn't you guys try to stop him?" Robin asked, a little puzzled that Goku and Piccolo wouldn't try to stop their friend from humiliating himself.

 

"Because he needs some embarrassment to deflate that enormous ego of his." Piccolo said gruffly.

 

"Besides." Said Goku. "Once Vegeta puts his mind to something like that, there's nothing that anyone can say or do to make him stop. If we had somehow managed to force him to stop, we would have been dragged into it as well and then he would have gone after Slade anyways."

 

"Sounds like someone we know." Raven said bluntly, purposely looking at Robin as she spoke. Robin blushed sheepishly, knowing that what she said was true.

 

"Okay so I let my pride control my actions once in a while. So what?" Raven quirked an eyebrow.

 

"Of course by once in a while you mean every time we fight Slade." Robin looked like he wanted to say something but held his tongue.

 

“Let's go in and get something to eat guys, I'm starving.” Terra said as her stomach grumbled noisily.

 

“Now there's a good idea!” Goku said, excited at the prospect of food.

 

“Only if it's tofu.” Said Beast boy. Everyone present except Piccolo stared at him.

 

“If I have to eat tofu then I think I'll go find my own food thanks.” Said Goku while making gagging motions. Piccolo looked very surprised at hearing this.

 

“I never thought I'd live to see the day when Goku admits to not liking food. Whatever this tofu is must be pretty bad if even he won't eat it.”

 

“Hey! There's plenty of foods that I don't like.” Piccolo smirked.

 

“Then why don't you tell us.”

 

“Well there's uhhh…then there's well... Okay so I can't think of any right now but there're other foods I don't like.”

 

“Yeah and I'm really Master Roshi in disguise.” Piccolo said sarcastically while rolling his eyes.

 

“Really? How are you making your energy feel like Piccolo's then?” Piccolo smacked himself on the forehead in agitation.

 

“Goku?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Your knack for thick headedness really amazes me sometimes. I was being sarcastic, I'm not Master Roshi.”

 

“Well, let's go guys. That food isn't gonna make itself after all.” They all agreed and everyone but Raven and Piccolo headed to the control room. Starfire noticed this and became concerned.

 

“Do you not wish to join us in the consumption of sustenance?” She asked.

 

“I'm just going to have some herbal tea Star, I'm not hungry.” Star turned to Piccolo.

 

“And you?” Piccolo smirked.

 

“I don't need to eat.”

 

“Of course you need to eat. How can you live without consuming nutrients?”

 

“My people only need to drink water to stay alive.”

 

“Then perhaps you would join us so that we may talk to you?”

 

“I'd rather just stay up here and meditate.” Piccolo and Raven said in unison.

 

“Very well.” Starfire turned and headed to the control room where no doubt everyone who wasn't cooking was waiting to be fed.

 

“So…you meditate?” Piccolo asked Raven once Star had shut the door behind her.

 

“I have to. If I didn't meditate I'd lose control of my powers and I could hurt a lot of people if that happened.” Piccolo grunted in response.

 

“You know, Gohan has a lot of respect for you. He sees you as a second father.” She received a quirked eyebrow as a response.

 

“How did you know that?”

 

“I had to go into his mind. Gohan fought Cell and he invaded his mind. Gohan started acting crazy so I went into his mind and saw a lot of his memories. Another thing I noticed was that Gohan is not completely stable mentally. The constant struggle in his mind makes him a bomb just waiting to go off. Someone needs to help him decipher when to follow his Saiyajin half or his Human half.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I mean that his Human side and his Saiyajin side are constantly vying for control and it could drive him insane if someone doesn't help him with it. If someone with that kind of power were to lose control it would be disastrous.” Piccolo nodded in response.

 

“But there's more to it than that isn't there?” Now it was her turn to ask what he meant. He smirked. “You care for Gohan don't you?”

 

“Of course I do he's my friend.”

 

“Is that all? Or is there more?”

 

“There can't be more. I can't allow myself to feel emotions or I could cause major damage and kill a lot of people.”

 

“Can't or won't? It isn't possible for you not to feel emotions. For sentient beings, not feeling emotions means not being alive. You seem very alive to me so I'd say that you feel plenty of emotions. Also, I'd be willing to bet that you've smiled before haven't you? You've cried, laughed, smiled. All signs of emotion. You may not be able to allow yourself to show emotions in large amounts but you can still feel them. I'm an expert at hiding my emotions so I know when someone is trying to hide theirs. You can't fool me that easily.” After about a minute of silence, Piccolo spoke again.”

 

“You know Gohan's quite fond of you too.”

 

“How can you tell that?”

 

“I was his mentor for a year, I know him better than anyone except his parents. Besides that though, I've seen him fight many times and he never avoids fighting an enemy unless he has a very good reason.”

 

“Yeah, I wasn't a threat. Besides, Gohan didn't consider us to be enemies, he was trying to protect us.”

 

“It doesn't matter if you were a threat or not, Gohan never ignores an opponent that he's fighting regardless of whether or not they currently pose a threat. Whether you want to admit it or not, in that battle you guys were enemies. It was necessary. Sometimes to be someone's friend you must first be their enemy.”

 

“Yeah but I'm half demon. How could Gohan care that much about someone who has evil blood in them?” Piccolo flashed her a toothy grin.

 

“You wouldn't be saying that if you knew anything about my past. Long before Gohan was born I tried to take over the world. Back then I called myself the Demon King. I almost killed his father and yet lost to him anyways. I hated Goku for that all the way up to the time when we were forced to fight the Saiyajins. Gohan knew my past yet cared for me like a second father. Why then would he feel any different towards you?”

 

“Because of my father.” Before Piccolo could ask she continued. “My father is a powerful demon called Trigon. The only reason I was born was so that my father could spread his evil to other planets. A part of him lives inside of me right now, constantly fighting against the bonds I've put him in. Sometimes he manages to break out and when he does things get to be very bad. He broke out when we were stopping a thief and literally drove the man insane. I can't love anybody, I'll just bring them pain.”

 

“Maybe, but for Gohan it's already too late to worry about that.”

 

“But I thought you guys were here to take him back home. If that were true then it wouldn't really matter how either of us felt.”

 

“I have a feeling that Gohan's going to want to stay here. It seems that this Earth is going through some of the same threats that ours did and frankly, you kids aren't strong enough to take them down.”

 

“You haven't seen what all of us can do though. You've only seen us fight Gohan, and we didn't want to fight him so we weren't going all out.” Piccolo shook his head.

 

“Doesn't matter. You guys defend a single city, you've never fought anything that's threatened the entire universe before have you? In fact, I'd be willing to bet that you've never fought something that's threatened the entire planet before.”

 

“We fought that Frieza guy. We gave him a good run for his money before he beat us.” Suddenly they could see a large explosion followed by several smaller explosions coming from within the city. Piccolo and Raven looked to each other and nodded before taking flight.

 

“Robin, come in.” Raven said, speaking into her communicator.

 

“What is it?” He asked after a few seconds.

 

“Piccolo and I saw some explosions in the city and we're moving to check it out.”

 

“Alright, we'll meet you there shortly.”

 

“Bring Gohan with you.” Piccolo said quickly. “Tell him that Cell is there.” It took them only a couple of minutes to reach the site of the explosions and they found bodies strewn about. All of them had one thing in common. Armor. They all wore white body armor that had yellow shoulder pads that extended out for several inches. The entire area was fogged up with smoke and dust and not much could be seen around them.

 

“Cell's energy is gone.” Piccolo said with a growl.

 

“Of course it is Piccolo. I didn't want you to find me. I wanted your attention and now that I have it I'd like to make a proposition.” Cell stepped out of the fog and into their field of vision.

 

“What do you want Cell? Who do these bodies belong to?” Cell chuckled.

 

“These cretins? You should be thankful that I took care of them. They were part of the invasion force that's taken this planet over. As for what I want, I want a temporary truce. I'll help you take these fools out if I get a one on one battle with Gohan when this is over. No interference.” Raven stepped forward.

 

“If you think for a second that we trust you then you must be insane. Even if you do want a truce how do we know that you'll fight Gohan fairly? I find it suspicious that you even want a truce.” Cell glared at her for a moment before speaking.

 

“There is a reason behind this. The leader of these idiots is a weakling, a total pushover. His son however is another story entirely. I can't take him out alone and I know none of you can. I felt some of the powers you were displaying while you were away and I must say that I'm impressed. However they won't be enough to take that thing down.”

 

“And why exactly would you want to fight Gohan?” A figure stepped into view and revealed itself to be Slade.

 

“Stay out of this Slade, it doesn't concern you.”

 

“On the contrary Raven, this does concern me. Anything that concerns Gohan concerns me. He is my apprentice after all.” Raven scowled at him. Cell looked between the two confused for a moment and looked as though he was about to say something but decided to just stand there and listen.

 

“Once this is all over we will find a way to get him away from you and when we do you're going down.”

 

“Such bold words coming from someone who knows that they can't beat me. You Titans are just lucky that I need you alive to keep Gohan from turning against me. Anyways, why would you want to fight Gohan?” Slade turned his attention back to Cell.

 

“For revenge. Gohan has humiliated me and that is something that cannot be forgiven. Are you Goku? Your energy feels familiar.”

 

“Close. I am Kakarrot, Goku's dark side. I am what he should've become. Are you the being that caused Gohan to ascend past super Saiyajin?” Cell smirked.

 

“Yes, that would be me.” Slade regarded him for a moment.

 

“Then I must thank you. Gohan's training will be that much smoother because of it.”

 

“There's no point in training him since I'm going to kill him as soon as this is all over.”

 

“I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that. You see, Gohan's my apprentice, he works for me now. I've already had two failed apprentices and I won't allow an insect like you to fail this one.” Cell snarled at him.

 

“I think you're all talk. Judging from your energy you couldn't hurt Piccolo, let alone me.”

 

“Why don't you test that little theory of yours? Come, see if you can defeat me.” Cell smirked.

 

“This should be easy.” He thought to himself. He flew at Slade and threw a punch, but Slade nimbly dodged to the side so he threw another punch which was also dodged. He aimed a knee at Slade's gut but it was blocked with a hand. He threw a punch at Slade's head but he merely leaned his head to the side, allowing the fist to pass through nothing but air. Slade grabbed Cell's arm and tossed him over his back. Cell managed to stop his flight and floated over to Slade until he was right behind him. He grabbed Slade from behind and swung him around and tossed him. Slade repositioned himself in mid air and his feet met a brick wall. He pushed off from the wall and used his momentum to carry him straight into a punch to Cell's face, causing him to stagger back several steps.

 

“How boring.” Slade said in a bored manner. “I'd have a more difficult time fighting a rat. Vegeta tried the same thing and it ended just like this, with his pride broken.”

 

“How? How can you do this?! You're barely putting more energy out than Tien or Yamcha yet you defeat me so easily.”

 

“Now why would I go and tell you that?” Slade looked up and the others turned to see the Titans, Goku, and Gohan land not too far away. Gohan stepped to the front and scowled at Cell.

 

“What do you want Cell? Don't we have enough to deal with as it is?”

 

“I like your new look Gohan. It suits you. Is it true that you work for this man now?” Cell asked, pointing to Slade.

 

“Only because I have to. Don't think that me working for someone as vile as him means that I'm like you. I hate you and your kind, him included.”

 

“Now what would make me think something like that? Do you really think me to be that stupid? Anyways, I'm here because I want to help you get rid of them.” He said, gesturing at one of the bodies. “These are some of the members of the army that invaded Earth while you were away. They are led by some Saiyajin named Paragus and his son Broly. I know that it's going to surprise you to hear this but I can't take Broly down by myself and neither can you. The only reason this planet is still here is because Paragus has some sort of device that allows him to control Broly.”

 

“Why's that?”

 

“Haven't you felt his energy at all? The guy's insane and extremely powerful. Even the powers I felt radiating from wherever you were won't be able to take him down. I want a fight with you that will be free of distractions so in order to meet that end I've decided to temporarily form a truce with you. How does that sound?” Gohan eyed him suspiciously for a moment before responding.

 

“Even though I don't trust you I'll accept. Keeping you from getting in the way will make things much easier for all of us. Let me say though that if you try anything funny on any of my friends I'll personally rip your arm off and beat you with it. Do I make myself clear?”

 

“Whatever.” Though no one showed it everyone was surprised by the manner in which Gohan spoke. He'd never threatened anyone like that before. Sure he'd threatened villains but never in such a brutal fashion. Raven walked up to Piccolo and whispered in his ear.

 

“Something's not right with Gohan. Must have something to do with his tail growing back.” Piccolo nodded in affirmation. Raven then remembered something and slapped a hand to her face. Piccolo looked at her and quirked an eyebrow.

 

“Gohan!” She shouted. He turned to her.

 

“What is it?” He asked.

 

“Don't forget that today is the first day of the full moon. Weren't you going to leave until it was over?” Gohan began to panic.

 

“Oh no, I totally forgot! I've got to get out of here before night comes. I'll see you guys later.” Gohan lifted into the air but Slade stopped him.

 

“Now just where do you think you're going young man?”

 

“I'm going to save everyone here from annihilation if you don't mind.”

 

“What makes you think that leaving will save anyone? If you truly can't control your ouzaroo form then it is best for you to stay as close as you can. If you leave you'll only find something else to kill and destroy. Besides, how do you know that you won't be able to control it? When was the last time you transformed? Wasn't it when you were six? Your mind is no longer childish or primitive enough to be controlled by your inner beast. Do you remember when Vegeta transformed? You will be more like that.”

 

“You mean I'll be able to control myself?”

 

“Of course. You can ask Vegeta yourself when he returns. True, most Saiyajins were too primitive to control it but your unique bloodline and training with Piccolo has given you a much stronger mind than them. It would however, be best if you stayed outside during the night so that you don't destroy our base when you transform.” Gohan looked like he wanted to argue but he knew that if he did it might spell trouble for the Titans.

 

“Fine.” He mumbled.

 

“That's a good boy. Come, we have work to do.” Slade disappeared into the shadows once again and Gohan gave Cell a warning glare.

 

“I may not be able to do anything to him but remember what I told you. If I don't like anything you're doing to my friends you're dead.” That said Gohan shot into the air and headed back to the tower.

 

“I've never seen Gohan so angry for seemingly no reason like that.” Goku commented after Gohan had disappeared from sight.

 

“He's been under a lot of mental stress for most of his life.” Said Raven. “On top of that his instincts are raging because of the approaching full moon.” Everyone present stared at her. “What? I was in his mind after all.”

 

“What exactly did you see while you were in there anyways?” Piccolo asked.

 

“It was desolate. Literally a war zone littered with craters and scorch marks. He's got two exact copies of his emotions that are constantly fighting each other. It's surprising that he's not insane. The whole reason I went in there was because he'd been having a nervous breakdown after fighting Cell. It turns out that Cell had left a piece of himself in Gohan's mind to torment him and Gohan was none the wiser. The only reason we managed to banish Cell from his mind was because he had sensed my presence and saw Cell when he got to me.”

 

“How could he not know that Cell was there?”

 

“The Cell within his mind had separated into two beings that disguised themselves as Gohan's two emotion groups.” This answer seemed to satisfy Piccolo as he stopped asking questions.

 

“But how did you know that Gohan's instincts were acting up?” This time it was Goku that spoke.

 

“Because I'm an empath. I can read people's emotions like a book and Gohan's are fluctuating constantly right now. He's a ticking time bomb right now so we need to watch how we deal with him.”

 

“He's not dangerous is he?” Terra asked nervously. Though the memories of Slade's true face had been wiped from her she could still remember Gohan fighting him and the possibility that he might actually turn on them was unnerving to say the least. Raven shook her head.

 

“No, he might be more inclined to raise his voice to us but the only one he might actually try to kill would be Cell. Speaking of which don't you be tormenting him. If you get his rage to take over he may not be there if we need him in a fight.”

 

“Feh! I don't take orders from you. I'll do whatever I want and there's nothing you can do to stop me.” Raven could see straight through his little speech. He wasn't going to try anything.

 

“It's starting to get late, we should get back to the tower now.” Said Robin as he noticed that the sun was beginning to descend towards the horizon.

 

Once everyone had arrived back at the tower, they noticed that Gohan was sitting on the shore and skipping rocks. Raven could tell that he was troubled so she stayed behind while everyone else went inside. She approached him slowly though she knew he could sense her. She sat down next to him and both said nothing while they gathered their thoughts.

 

“I'm scared Raven.” Gohan said at last. Hearing this surprised Raven but she didn't show it.

 

“Of what?” She inquired.

 

“Of hurting someone.” She didn't understand his concerns so he decided to elaborate. He sighed. “It's difficult to understand unless you've actually transformed into an ouzaroo or have witnessed one in action.” He then proceeded to explain the transformation.

 

“An ouzaroo is basically a fifty foot ape. When a Saiyajin with a tail looks at the full moon of whatever planet they're on the transformation occurs automatically. Once they begin the transformation the only way to stop it is either to cut their tail off or destroy the moon.”

 

“Why would you want to stop it?”

 

“From what I understand, that was the Saiyajins' main weapon when they cleared planets. They'd wait until it was time for that planet to have a full moon before they attacked it. Of course, a Saiyajin by the name of Bardock developed an energy blast that imitated the light of a full moon so the need for them to wait was eradicated.”

 

“Why would they wait though? What kind of advantages does that form hold?”

 

“When a Saiyajin transforms, their power increases ten fold. Also, the ouzaroo is a rampaging beast driven purely by instinct. Whenever I transformed, I lost all control over myself and would attack anything that moved, my father included. The worst part about all of this though was the fact that though I had no control over that form, I was totally aware of my surroundings and what it was that I was doing. Slade says that I should be able to control it now but I'm not so sure. I can only hope he's right, not just for your guys' sakes but for the sake of this entire planet. The last Saiyajin with my kind of power to transform was too primitive to contain his power and he destroyed the planet he was on along with himself.”

 

“That sounds like what I've heard about the legendary super Saiyajin. Was that the same person?” Gohan nodded his head solemnly.

 

“And that's exactly what I'm afraid of, that I'll end up just like that.” He looked towards the sun and noticed that it was almost gone. “You'd better get inside, it's sunset and I don't want you out here when I transform.”

 

“No. I'm staying out here and I'm going to help you control yourself if you have trouble.”

 

“But you could get hurt and I don't want that.” Raven crossed her arms in defiance.

 

“Nothing you say is going to change my mind. I'm staying out here and that's all there is to it.” Gohan growled in frustration and threw his arms up in defeat.

 

“Fine, but you guys are going to get yourselves hurt or killed if you don't start listening to me. None of you have fought anything like the villains that I've had to face. I'm not boasting when I say that I'll be too much for you guys to fight.” The sun was now no longer visible and the day was quickly turning to night.

 

“Go!” Gohan exclaimed. “Get out of sight until you're certain that I can control my transformed state.” Raven nodded and flew up and landed on the roof of Titans tower. Gohan seemed satisfied by this and turned around to see that the last bits of light were giving way to the darkness. Slowly but surely the stars became visible, the moon following not too far behind. Gohan caught a glimpse of it and immediately felt his heart begin to race. He felt pure bliss as his blood quickened and his senses heightened. Then the transformation truly began. Pupils disappeared, muscles bulged to an impossible size and Gohan could feel his body changing. His breath quickened as his body began to expand and brown fur sprouted all over. Then something unexpected happened. Golden fire erupted around him as he involuntarily transformed into a super Saiyajin two. Brown fur changed to golden blond and the Earth quaked, almost as if in fear of the power being born. Where a teenager had once stood was now an enormous golden ape, at least where the fur was visible. Slade had apparently planned for such a transformation and had designed Gohan's uniform to expand like the body suits for Saiyajin armor did. Raven stared in awe at the incredible beast before her. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that such a creature could exist. Even after hearing Gohan's description she was still surprised by it. Gohan let out a primal roar of rage and began beating his fists on his chest, creating small tremors at each contact. Raven slowly floated up behind him and reluctantly called out to him.

 

“Gohan?” He turned around to face her and sneered, revealing a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. Raven nervously stared into two blood red eyes that reminded her of her father's four eyes of the same color. “Are you in control Gohan?” Raven was having a difficult time reading his emotions as they were fluctuating way too quickly for her. Gohan stared at her a moment before nodding his head. He reached a hand out to her and allowed her to land on it.

 

“Raven.” His speech sounded like a cross between a deeper form of his normal voice and a growl. With time and practice he would be able to form sentences but for now, he could only manage single words.

 

“See? Despite the fact that I despise the man, I've never known Slade to say something unless he knows what he's talking about.” Raven heard someone shout her name and she turned around to face the tower and saw that the Titans, Slade, Goku, Piccolo, and even Vegeta were watching them. She floated back down to the tower. She walked up to Starfire, who was cowering behind Robin and dragged her away from him.

 

“It's okay Star, he's totally in control. He's not going to hurt any of us. If he was going to attack, he'd have done it by now.”

 

“I know, it is just that I have seen too many of these beasts ravaging planets full of innocents and it makes me nervous to see another one.” Suddenly Gohan whirled around and batted aside an energy blast that seemingly came from out of nowhere. Gohan snarled as another energy blast came at him. He deflected it into the air and another golden ouzaroo stepped out of the city and jumped across the bay to land on the Titans' island. The two giant apes regarded each other for a moment before Gohan opened his mouth and let loose with an energy blast of his own. The new ape had anticipated this however and jumped over it and brought an outstretched fist down onto Gohan's head, temporarily stunning him. Gohan recovered and attempted to swipe at the beast but he missed and his arm was grabbed. The enemy ouzaroo smirked at him, revealing a snout full of razor sharp teeth and abruptly used those teeth on his arm. Gohan roared in pain as his opponent sunk its teeth into his arm and bit down to the bone. Gohan attempted to bash the ape on its head but it let go and he missed. A massive fist hit him in the face, causing him to see stars. Before he knew it he was on his back and the attacking Saiyajin was jumping on his gut. He doubled up but managed to roll out of the way as his attacker came back towards the ground. Even though he had managed to avoid the initial attack, he still wound up getting kicked in the ribs before he could get up. The pain in his side told him that he probably had at least two fractured ribs, possibly three. Gohan roared in fury and lunged at his attacker, only to lose his balance and fall to the ground as his target stepped to the side.

 

“Listen and listen closely kid.” The words came out as a cross between a man's voice and a menacing growl. “I'm only going to say this once, stay out of my way. I can tell that you're the one who killed Frieza but Frieza was nothing compared to me.” His speech was cut short as several explosions hit him on the back. He turned around and growled at the overgrown grasshopper looking thing floating before him.

 

“I'm afraid I can't let you do that.” Said Cell. “Gohan is mine to kill and mine alone. He owes me a fight and I'm not going to allow you to get in the way of that fight.”

 

“And I will not allow you to harm my friend!” Starfire floated up next to Cell, having regained her courage.” The ape snorted.

 

“How many times do I have to beat you grasshopper? It may be fun but it's starting to get annoying that you won't stay dead.”

 

“So you're Broly?!” Cell backed up a bit out of fear but composed himself. Broly smirked.

 

“That's right! You've just answered the million dollar question. Your prize is your doom.” Broly opened up his gigantic mouth and began charging an energy blast. Gohan noticed this and grabbed his legs and tugged as hard as he could, toppling the gigantic Saiyajin. Broly dissipated the blast as he fell and managed to catch himself on his hands and knees. Gohan struggled to his feet and slowly walked over to Broly. He stood over Broly and sneered down at him. Broly looked up and let loose an energy blast he'd been charging while waiting for Gohan. The blast struck Gohan point blank in the face, searing his flesh and knocking him back to the ground.

 

“Well it's been fun but I've got other matters to attend to right now so I'll see you later. That is if you're foolish enough not to heed my warning.” These were the last words Gohan heard as he slipped into unconsciousness.

 

The new threat has revealed itself to be a Saiyajin named Broly. Any of you who've seen any of the Broly movies will know that Gohan isn't going to be having an easy time of it. Obviously I'm going to make Broly a lot stronger than he was in his movie since it wouldn't make much sense to have him show up only to be killed by a super Saiyajin 3 Goku. That would just be anti-climactic. Well? What did you think? Review and tell me.