Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ To Live Is To Die ❯ Episode Two: Invisible Wounds / Sanitarium ( Chapter 2 )

To Live is to Die
Episode Two: Invisible Wounds / Sanitarium

Scott 'Gord' Ryan

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its Characters. Any Spelling mistakes or Grammatical Errors are purposefully made that way.

Version History:

** 1.0 - 16/8/03 **
Draft

** 2.0 - 18/8/03 **
1. Pre-read
2. Omake's
3. Author Notes
4. Added Lyrics:
-> Fear Factory - Invisible Wounds [Digimortal]
-> Metallica - Sanitarium [Master Of Puppets]

Note: Trunks is still female. If you have a problem with that:
a) Don't read
b) Don't post a review telling me she is a guy or complaining. It's here to stay for the story line later.

Dark bodies floating in darkness
No sign of light ever given

"Ahhh Gohan, I have been thinking, isn't it about time you went to school..." Gohan gave Bulma a look of confusion before a frown slowly overtook his face. "No, it will cut into my training time Bulma, plus you know I already know everything I need to" Bulma frowned slightly "But Gohan, it is illegal for you not to attend school, plus you need to set an example for Trunks, how will I ever get her to attend school if she sees you not going?"

"The answer is still no Bulma, I know you mean well, but it will cut into my training time" Bulma looked down, she felt guilty having to use this tactic, but Gohan did need to go to school, he did need to at least see other people besides herself and Trunks, and it might even be nice for him to meet some friends. She braced herself, she wished she didn't need to use this against the poor boy, but if it was the only way he would listen, then so be it, damn stubborn Saiyan's.

"It's what your mother would have wanted Gohan" The look that crossed his face almost made her cry, Bulma knew that he still blamed himself for his mothers death along with many others, but she kept her poker face going otherwise she knew she would never get him to go. Finally he looked up at Bulma and replied.

Gohan's face took on a scowl "Fine…… But if I go, I am going to need the Dragonball's so I won't lose any training time" Bulma look perplexed "Why would you need the Dragonball's for that Gohan?" As she watched Gohan his face took on a small smirk "Nevermind that, I have a plan" Bulma looked slightly worried "why do I get the feeling this is a bad thing, ok Gohan, let me go get the radar"

As Bulma left the room, Gohan looked down and sighed, *guess I'll have to make the best of this, but if my plan works, I might even be able to get in more training than normal anyway. But how am I going to deal with all of the immature teenagers that are going to be attending school, none of them will understand me, I'll just keep to myself and not talk to anyone, that will make it simple*

Bulma pulled Gohan out of his thoughts by entering the room and handing him the Dragon Radar "Good luck Gohan" A small smile crept up on his face "Don't worry Bulma, I'll be back in no time" At this point Trunks burst into the room, screaming some form of gibberish that neither Bulma nor Gohan understood. "Slow down Trunks, and speak so we can understand you" giggled Bulma "I said I want to go with Gohan, I want to see the dragon, can I mom, pleeeeease?"

Bulma chuckled lightly "Well, if its ok with Gohan, I guess its ok with me, it's not like with Gohan around anything is going to happen to you" Trunks turned to face Gohan and switched on her cutest puppy dog eyes she could muster. "Please Gohan" and with those eyes, Gohan had no choice but to give in "Sure why not, maybe you might get a chance to test out your training" Trunks burst into an all out grin "woohoo, I'll be back later mom, we are going to find the Dragonball's"

Bulma's face became stern "You be careful now, and make sure nothing happens to my baby Gohan" Gohan smirked back at her "Sure Bulma, I doubt anything out there could hurt her anyway, bye bye"

Imprisoned in a world without a memory
Unconscious, or am I conscious?

A Few Hours Later

Gohan and Trunks both landed on the lookout. Glancing around Gohan deduced that not much had changed over the years; it was still as picturesque and peaceful as always. The palm trees gently flapping in the breeze and the gardens still meticulously kept by one genie, Mr. Popo.

Gohan's attention was bought back by an excited Trunks hopping around, jabbering about seeing the Eternal Dragon, and the cool place they had just landed on. Gohan chuckled to himself briefly before speaking.

"Before we do any wish making Trunks, we have a few people for you to meet" grinned Gohan as he headed off towards the main part of the lookout. Trunks stopped bouncing around before starting again but asking who they were going to meet.

"Just an old friend of mine Trunks" Gohan spoke as he continued to grin at the young girls excitement. "You remember I told you about Dende, don't you?" Trunks took a moment to ponder this before smiling "He was the guardian person right?" Gohan nodded and started walking before answering "Yes, he is the guardian of the earth, now lets go and talk to him and then make us some wishes" Trunks grinned and followed Gohan.

As both Gohan and Trunks rounded the corner, they were greeted by the young Dende "Hi Gohan, and you must be little Trunks, you have grown since I last saw you" Dende and Gohan both grinned at Trunks sour demeanor at being called little. "Anyway, Dende, we just came for a visit and for a place to summon the Dragon" spoke Gohan. Dende's face instantly became worried "It's not anything serious is it Gohan?" replied a worried Dende.

Gohan chuckled lightly before grinning his reply "No Dende, it isn't anything serious, well maybe it is, Bulma is making me go to school so its going to cut into my training time, so I want to make a few tweaks to the ROSAT, you know like drop the time limit and make it so we only age about 15 minutes per day we are in there" Gohan grinned "Don't want to be getting to old to quickly"

Dende started laughing, he then descended to the ground and proceeded to roll around while laughing, Gohan looked at him strangely "What the hell are you laughing at?" Gohan growled, Dende finally managed to get himself under some control "Well Gohan, think about this, the strongest person in the entire known universe, going to school with weaklings who worship a fraud who stole credit for the creature you destroyed, kinda ironic and funny if you ask me" to this Gohan just scowled and mumbled "lets just get these wishes done"

The gathered Dragonball's were placed onto the ground in a rough circle before Gohan stepped forward in preparation for summoning the Eternal Dragon "Eternal Dragon, by your name I summon you forth, Shenron!" shouted Gohan as he spoke to the Dragonball's. Trunks looked around for a moment as nothing happened until a burst of energy shot straight from the balls into the sky, where a large Dragon began to take form. Trunks looked a little surprised, maybe even a little uneasy at the sight of the mighty Dragon.

"You have disturbed me from my slumber, speak and name your first wish" growled out the ever impatient Shenron. Gohan stepped forward and spoke clearly "For our first wish, we would like the 2 day time limit for the ROSAT removed" all was quite for a few moments before the dragon spoke again "This is a difficult task, it shall take some time" a few minutes passed and Shenron spoke again "It has been done, now name your second wish"

Once again Gohan spoke up "For our second wish, we would like to only age about 15 minutes per day in the ROSAT" another few minutes pass before Shenron spoke again "It has been set in motion, I bid the farewell" after these words were spoken Shenron disappeared as quickly as he appeared before the Dragonball's all lifted into the air, blasting off in different directions.

Trunks then shook off her speechlessness, and once again started to speak in her own gibberish language "That was so cool, did you see him, he was huge, a bit grumpy but so cool" Gohan just grinned down at the young girl before turning to Dende "Well I guess that's it, thanks a lot Dende" Dende just smiled slightly "No problem Gohan, you should try and stop by more often you know" Gohan glanced back "I know, but I'll be doing most of my training in the ROSAT now, so ill be here every day and you will want to get rid of me" Gohan grinned "But anyway Trunks, its time to head back home, see you later Dende" Trunks piped in before they left "Cya Mr. Dende Sir" Dende let a grin form on his face before speaking "See you Gohan, and you Ms. Trunks" and with that Gohan and Trunks both blasted off and headed home.

A few minutes later, both Gohan and Trunks arrived back at Capsule Corp, and both headed off towards Bulma's location. As they found her, Trunks started blabbering on about collecting the Dragonball's and the Dragon and how cool he was. Bulma just smiled lightly down at the talkative girl. Finally she finished and went off to get something to eat; Gohan looked at Bulma and spoke "Guess I am ready to go to school now he frowned"

Cut from the heart I am part of
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven

About 1 week later

Gohan expanded his senses and felt for anybody that may be nearby, finding no one he lowered himself to the ground and de-transformed from Super Saiyan to his normal form. This was going to be one long and boring day, he could tell already. He started his trek off towards Orange Star High School, he had just wanted to go to West City High but Bulma had complained that Orange Star was better, so submitting was better than listening to her rattle on about it.

As he was strolling down the street, grumbling to himself about how pointless this was, when he heard gunfire. Growling to himself, he headed towards the sound *fucking humans, don't know how good they have it, have to try and kill each other and break the laws*. As he approached the incident he could see that 2 officers were pinned downed by a hail of machine gun fire from some bastard bank robbers. Stretching his senses again Gohan powered up to Super Saiyan, and with a growl phased towards the hapless criminals.

Gohan phased in behind the first criminal, with a swift right hook the guy was out cold, and laying next to the two helpless officers, pivoting on his right foot and swing his left around, the next crook flew on top of the first after the vicious roundhouse. By this time the third criminal had managed to realize his buddies were gone and turned to fire upon the young Super Saiyan, but by the time he had raised his weapon he was already laying next to his friend's unconscious from a vicious punch to the stomach.

The 2 criminals in the front of the truck decided now was about the time to get the hell out of there, and quickly accelerated away. Gohan turned and growled at them *I don't fucking think so you scum* and with some deft manipulation of his energy he lifted the truck and made it float back towards him. The duo started to scream in terror as Gohan plucked them from their seats, before he knocked their heads together, leaving them both in the same condition as their buddies. And then Gohan phased out and left leaving many a spectator speechless at what had just happened.

And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven

Gohan finally arrived at school and headed towards the office so he could find out where this hell they called a class was. As he arrived he found a woman sitting in a smallish office outside of the Principal's office, on her desk was a small plate with the word 'Secretary' on it. Gohan glanced at her; she must have been about 25, medium length brown hair, large innocent brown eyes, cute, but not beautiful. She seemed to be reading some documents so he coughed to allow his presence to be known.

The young lady almost jumped out of her skin from this, when she glanced up she seem a boy, no more like a man of about 18, short spiky black hair, wonderfully deep black eyes, very nice body from what she could see through his white t-shirt with a black button up shirt that was undone, and black pants. She flushed slightly as she realized she was checking out a student. Gohan noticed and smirked slightly at the young lady before speaking up.

"My name is Son Gohan, I am the new student, I believe you have my schedule, and also the ability to show me were I need to go" Gohan grinned as she blushed even deeper this time, before she fumbled for his schedule and stood up motioning for him to follow her. A few minutes later they arrived outside a door "This is your room, just knock before you enter, here is your schedule, it was a pleasure to meet you Mr. Son" Gohan grinned "No the pleasure was all mine Miss" once again her face lit up with a blush before she turned and scampered away.

Gohan smirked to himself *that was too easy* He then knocked on the door and waited for his teacher to allow him entrance. After a moment he heard a "Come in" so he entered the room were all eyes turned their attention to him. The teacher turned to look at the young boy "And who might you be young man and what can I do for you?" Gohan turned his eyes to the teacher before responding "I am the new student sir, Son Gohan" the teacher smiled lightly "ahhh yes, the perfect test scores boy, welcome, you may take a seat wherever you like then we will begin our lesson".

Gohan glanced around and came to a quick conclusion that there wasn't much of a choice for a seat, there seemed to be only one seat free in the entire room, on the right a few rows up next to a blonde. He made his way swiftly and gracefully almost like a cat getting ready to pounce. This went unnoticed by everyone but a certain black haired young woman. As he took his seat, he ignored everyone before taking out his supplies ready to begin the day's lesson. This was before a cheerful young blonde next to him decided to speak up.

"Hi, I'm Erasa and this is Videl" Gohan glanced up slightly, before muttering a hello. Not to be denied some conversation with the new kid, Erasa continued talking "Wanna know who Videl's pop is?" Gohan looked up again "Sorry, but not really, I only came here because I was made to, I don't mean to be rude, but I really just want to do all this work, then go home" Erasa leaned a little closer to his ear before whispering "Hey, that's ok if you don't want to be friends, but try to make some at least, it'll make the year move along quicker if you at least have some people to talk to, you can not always be by yourself, you've got to get out there and enjoy it, make the most of it, and the best way to do that is to have someone to share that with"

Gohan once again glanced up, this time with a shocked expression on his face, since when do bumbling blondes have a secret intelligence hidden away? Slowly a smile crept up on his face against his will and he whispered back "Thanks, I think you just made my day, proving not everyone out there is a fool" with this Erasa smiled softly back before glancing around and transforming back into the bubbly blonde, but not before giving Gohan a little wink.

All through this conversation, Videl had been going through some thoughts of her own. As soon as the boy had walked in, she had thought he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember were exactly from. She had the strangest feeling that remembering his identity was of some importance, so what a better way then to ask. "You, what's your name; Gohan is it, have we met before?" Gohan glanced across at the frowning girl "I don't think so miss" at this point in time, Erasa leaned back on her chair and gave Videl a better look at what he was wearing "Hey, your wearing the same clothes as the Gold Fighter, its you isn't it?" Gohan started to chuckle a little before he spoke "My dear Miss Videl, encase you haven't noticed, my hair is not gold nor a my eyes a light blue, these clothes I assure you can be purchased at most clothing stores, and I am sure the reason he most likely left the scene so fast was because he didn't want anyone to know who he was, so why go against his wishes by hassling people until you find out who he is"

This took Videl back a little, first he shot down her Gold Fighter theory, and he also used sarcasm against her, nobody did that to the daughter of one Mr. Satan. "Hey, watch you mouth boy, show some respect, I am the daughter of Mr. Satan you know" with that Gohan burst out laughing. As Gohan fought for control of his laughing, Videl started to growl threateningly towards him. Finally getting himself under control, Gohan managed to speak "hehe, I am sorry Miss Videl, but I don't see why I should give you my respect for something your father 'did', also if you weren't throwing accusations around I wouldn't need to be so harsh, if you want my respect you have to earn it, not get a piggy back ride on that fraud of a father of yours, now if you'll excuse me, I believe its lunch time"

Videl just sat there for the next ten minutes with here mouth hanging open, wondering how the hell the new boy got the best of her.

Erasa ran to catch up to Gohan as he left the building, heading outside somewhere to eat his lunch "Mind if I join you?" she asked as she finally caught up. Gohan let a small smile creep up before asking "Why with me, your friends with Videl aren't you?" Erasa giggled a little "Well yeah, but for starters your new here, and I think you need a friend, and secondly, I think you got Videl mad and she wont be much fun to be around at the moment" with that Gohan allowed himself a bigger smile and a little laugh to escape "Sure, I was just going to find a nice shady tree" Erasa's smile got bigger "Sounds like a good idea to me".

In dreams I see myself flying
Closer to the sun, and I'm climbing
Tried to touch the sun

As Gohan started to head outside to make his way home, he was stopped by Erasa "Hey Gohan, wanna just hang with me for a little while, maybe grab a milkshake or something?" Gohan smiled softly, this girl seemed to be growing on him, one minute a ditzy blonde, the next minute an intelligent young woman "Sure" Erasa smiled "ummm, you don't mind if Videl comes along do you? I know you two didn't hit it of so well" this caused Gohan to smirk a little "I don't mind at all, as long as she decides to come down off the mighty high horse of hers" to this Erasa just giggles slightly.

At about this time Videl was seen approaching, Gohan noticed a slight frown enter her face when she spotted him, Gohan chuckled before giving her a grin. Erasa chose this time to speak up "Hey Videl, we were just going to grab a milkshake or something, you wanna come?" Videl frowned some more, the glanced in Gohan's direction "No, I think I'll pass" at this Gohan decided to speak up "Miss Videl, do not forgo this because of my presence, I believe we got off on the wrong foot, I have nothing against you personally" Gohan chuckled a little "Except maybe for some of that arrogance of yours, but I am sure its not your fault" at this Videl flushed slightly "Well it's more that I allow my temper to get the best of me sometimes" Gohan nodded almost sagely at this "Letting anger get the best of you can cause mistakes, and mistakes can cause accidents" after this Gohan turned and started walking, but both Videl and Erasa thought for a mere fraction of a second that there had been some for of deep emotional torment in his eyes.

But the brightness burned my eyes
Unconscious, or am I conscious?

As all three sat around drinking their milkshake's, Gohan and Videl both with chocolate and Erasa with her strawberry one, they talked about nothing, yet everything. Well Erasa actually did most of the talking, Videl did some and Gohan was quiet most of the time, and this didn't go unnoticed by Erasa, so she fired question after question at him, in an attempt to get him to open up, even just a little.

Gohan smiled slightly at Erasa's attempts to get him to open up, he was quite happy just to listen in, even Videl was pleasant after their original introduction. All seemed to be going well until sounds of gunfire could be heard from outside, at this Videl leapt from the table and ran outside. "Where the hell I she going" going asked turning to Erasa "Oh, well Videl helps out the police if she's around when there is a crime, and since we are around one, she went to help" Gohan frowned "Does she do this often?" Erasa glanced outside "Yeah all the time, she is really good" at this Gohan stood up "We should keep an eye out anyway"

As the reached the location of the crime they both could see Videl in action. A punch here, a kick there, thugs were dropping quickly at the fury of Videl's fists and feet. "Videl's pretty good" concluded Gohan after watching this go on for awhile, until a gasp from Erasa bought his attention back to what was happening. A thug had snuck up behind Videl and was in the process of lining up to take a shot at her. Gohan cursed "Erasa, please don't tell anyone" Erasa turned to look at Gohan but had to shield her eyes as a blinding flash of light, then a burst of wind hit her. As she looked again, standing there was Gohan, but now with glowing golden hair, and piercing blue eyes, then he was gone.

Erasa then heard a shot fired, she quickly turned back to were Videl was, as her eyes focused on Videl, she could see her cringing while the glowing form of Gohan was blocking the path of the bullet. Erasa went pale as the implications of what had occurred caught up with her; Gohan just took a bullet for Videl. About this time Gohan started growling and opened his hand, dropping the bullet that was meant for Videl's head. Videl slowly glanced up in disbelief as she realized she wasn't dead, to find the glowing form of the Gold Fighter between herself and the shooter.

In an instance the shooter was laying unconscious next to the newly arrived police vehicles. Videl could believe her eyes, he moved so fast, then a thought struck her, just like that little boy from the Cell Games and the Gyosan Budokai, the glowing golden hair and the super speed, it had to be him. She went to speak to him, she had to find out who he was, but as she looked up again he was gone.

About this time Gohan had arrived next to Erasa who was in awe of him at that moment. She watched curiously as his hair fell back to its black color and his eyes seemed to swirl back to black "How the hell did you do that Gohan?" Erasa squeaked as she realized she had cursed "It's a family secret, you remember the delivery boy don't you? Well you have just been introduced" Gohan smirked at her shocked expression. At this time Videl returned, she looked a little shaken up, but also had a slight smirk on her face.

"So Gohan, where were you when the Gold Fighter showed up hmmmm?" Gohan gave Erasa a quick pleading look that was missed by Videl completely "He was standing next to me, why is that Videl?" Videl's face immediately fell, she was sure it was Gohan. Gohan almost chuckled at the look on her face, but decided it would be best if he didn't. Videl didn't happen to look down and notice a smallish crater from Gohan's abrupt power up.

After this bit of excitement, all three split up and headed off to their own homes, some thoughts were running through Gohan's head at this time *hmmm, if I am going to make anymore Gold Fighter appearances, I probably shouldn't be wearing the same clothes as him, once a coincidence, twice would be doubtful. I know, ill get Bulma to rig me up something that'll let me change into my Gi real quick* with a smirk Gohan increased his speed so he could go do some training to relieve the first day of school's stress.

As Gohan arrived home, the first thing he did was head towards Bulma, where he went about explaining his situation to her. "So in other words Gohan, you want me to make something that will let you change between what you're wearing and your Gi real quick? Sure should be no problem, be ready in about an hour" at this Gohan grinned "Well me an Trunks are going to train, we'll be back in 10 minutes or so" and with that Gohan left to get Trunks and head to the lookout.

True to his word Gohan and Trunks arrived back in about 10 minutes, in which the both headed off to their separate bathrooms to get cleaned up and changed. As they headed towards the kitchen for a little snack Bulma lobbed a watch to Gohan "here is your costume Gohan, red to change and blue to change back" with this Gohan strapped on his watch and hit the red button. He was surrounded by a glowing gold light; he also used this time to quickly ascend to Super Saiyan, and after it had disappeared there stood a golden haired Gohan, in his own Gi. The Gi itself was styled similar to his fathers, but the color was a similar blue to Piccolo's, this out of respect for his two trainers. The undershirt was an orange color with a dark blue overshirt, dark blue pants and boots, orange sash and wrist protectors. Gohan looked down at himself then at the watch and smirked.

Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven

A Few Months Later

"Bulma, I'm heading out" called Gohan as he headed towards the front door. "Ok Gohan, have fun" came the reply from Bulma as he opened the door. After he stepped outside and closed the door he pushed the button on his watch and ascended to Super Saiyan becoming his 'Gold Fighter' Persona.

Gohan then proceeded to take to the sky and blast off in the direction of Videl's house where the get together was being held. A few minutes after leaving Gohan arrived and landed in an inconspicuous spot before detransforming out of his Gold Fighter attire. Strolling up to the main entrance he took a deep breath before knocking. He was slightly nervous as it was his first time going to some kind of get together with people his age.

The door was opened not long after by a smiling Erasa. "You're late!" she exclaimed and gave Gohan a mock glare before speaking again "We can't have to much fun without you." Gohan just replied with a smirk "Of course you can't, everyone knows I am the life of a party." They both chuckled at this as they knew that beside Erasa and Videl that Gohan was quite the anti-social.

As they headed inside Gohan glanced around and spotted the people who were there. Videl chatting with some people, Sharpener who seemed to have made Gohan his number one enemy as well as a few other people he really didn't know all that well. Erasa then returned after leaving for a few seconds and handed Gohan a bottle, which he looked at quizzically at "It's a beer Gohan, you drink it" laughed Erasa after seeing Gohan's reaction to the bottle. He mumbled out an "Oh" before up ending it and drinking it down swiftly.

Erasa looked on blankly for a second before speaking "ummm...... Gohan? You might want to go a little slower with the alcohol or you'll be drunk before you know it". Gohan just grinned "I am sure I'll be fine".

And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark

2 Hours Later

Gohan was drunk. Very drunk. And he was about to pick a fight with Sharpener even though he could barely stand. To everyone else Gohan was planning on committing suicide, to Erasa who had seen his performance in saving Videl he was most likely going to seriously hurt Sharpener, though that might not be a totally bad thing it would still be quite bad.

Erasa turned to Videl who nodded in return as they grabbed Gohan and managed to drag him outside. Erasa sighed before speaking "Sharpener is lucky we got him outside". Videl looked blankly at Erasa for a few moments before commenting on how stupid that comment sounded "But Erasa, why would you think Gohan would be able to hurt Sharpener? I think Gohan bit off more than he can chew, especially in his current condition!"

Erasa chuckled a little nervously but before she could reply to the query Gohan had managed to drag himself to his feet a little shakily. "I would have won that fight no doubt!" Videl sighed a little before turning back to Gohan "And how could you have done that Gohan?"

A smirk worked its way up onto his face "Just like this" before he was swept up in the golden flame of his aura, hair solidifying into its bright golden color. Videl just managed to gape at him before doing the only think she could think of. She fainted.

As she awoke a few minutes later she was met by Erasa's worried face "You ok Videl?". Shaking the cobwebs from her mind she glanced around to see a sleeping Gohan curled up on the ground "It wasn't a dream was it? Gohan really is the Gold Fighter". Erasa glanced at Gohan before replying "Yes, he is" Videl's face took on a thoughtful look before turning into a frown. "You knew! For how long?" Erasa looked a little uneasy "Since he saved you from the bullet that day. I promised him I wouldn't say anything though" Videl just sighed "I guess we better return him home." An evil grin then spread across her face "And tomorrow he can teach me how to fly".

Dark
My life was so dark...
My mind was so dark...
Everything was dark

"Hey Trunks! I've gotta teach someone to fly today, wanna give me a hand?" She spun around with a grin on her face "Sure! When are they getting here?" Just then the doorbell rang and Gohan grinned at her "Just now"

Unconscious, or am I conscious?
Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven

"What's this energy thing you're talking about?" Videl asked in frustration. Erasa almost giggled at the look on her face. "It's just like this" Trunks stated before sticking here hand out and blasting some of Bulma's garden away "I am so dead"

And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven

"That's it Videl, keep pushing with your energy! Look your floating" Videl grimaced "Gohan, I am trying to concentrate!" Gohan slapped a hand over his mouth with a little 'eep' escaping his mouth. Erasa watched in awe as her friend ever so slightly started to lift off the ground. Videl touched down again on the ground before seating herself. "Phew I am beat" Everyone joined her in sitting down.

"Say Gohan" Gohan glanced at her "Yeah?" "You going to enter the World Tournament?" "I hadn't really thought about it but it might be a good chance for me and Trunks to test our skills without the use of energy, can't be all power and no technique" Videl smiled lightly "I'll see you in the ring"

Dark bodies floating in darkness...

"Well, It looks like you have finally passed flying school" Gohan stated almost proudly. "So where did you learn these things anyway Gohan?" Videl asked as she stopped zooming around the sky and landed on the ground. "Yeah Gohan, you never really speak much about yourself. Like how you can change your hair golden?" Erasa spouted out. "I wanna know to Gohan! You never really told me anything about before!" Trunks almost pleadingly spoke.

An almost painful expression crossed Gohan's face before it fell into a look of acceptance and he sat on the ground. "Alright, I will tell you three everything you want to know. But I don't want any interruptions, ok?" The other three all nodded their heads to this request and also took their places upon the ground.

"When I was four years old, I went with my father to a reunion. There were three people there, Master Roshi who trained my father in martial arts, Krillen who was my father's best friend and his training partner and Trunks's mother Bulma who was also one of my father's best friends."

Gohan let out a breath before continuing "Shortly after we had arrived, everyone who was able sensed a large evil energy and prepared for its arrival. When the person arrived it turned out to be a man who looked a little bit like my father. He asked my father why he hadn't destroyed all life on the planet. My father looked confused before Master Roshi told him he had hit his head as a child and suffered permanent amnesia."

"He told my father that he was a Saiyan, a powerful alien race who had a natural talent for fighting and that he was his brother Radditz. Yes, that does mean I am half-saiyan. He instructed my father to finish what he should have, my father refused. He knocked my father down and kidnapped me stating that if my father didn't kill 100 humans he wouldn't see me again. I am not clear on what happened then but I was locked in his space pod and I could hear fighting. I remember my father's screams as he was being hurt and it made me mad, so very mad. I don't remember what happened next but I was told later I burst from the pod and head butted my Uncle wounding him before being knocked out."

"When I woke again my father was dead and his friends had arrived and Piccolo was there. He had apparently helped my father fight Radditz even though they were worst of enemies. It was actually him who had killed my father along with Radditz with a new technique he had created, while he fired it my father held the wounded Radditz while the attack was charged; he was killed along with it."

"I then found out Piccolo had mistakenly spoke of the Dragonballs to Radditz as he was dieing telling him that we would use them to revive my father. The Dragonballs are a set of seven balls with summon the eternal dragon. At the time they could grant one wish, these days they can grant two. Yes they are real. Anyway Radditz then told them that his eye piece was a communication device and that two more powerful Saiyans had just heard about the Dragonballs and were heading to earth to get them"

"Piccolo then took me and left me to fend for myself for six months in the wilderness before training me for six months to help fight these Saiyans. It was then time to fight and we arrived on the battle field. Four other people arrived, among them Krillen who I had already met and three others who I later found out to be Yamcha, Tien and Chazou. I was told my father had been wished back to life and was on his way."

"The fight didn't go well for us. Yamcha, Tien and Chazou had all died and it was just Piccolo, Krillen and myself left. A blast was sent towards me by the large Saiyan known as Nappa; Piccolo stepped in front of the blast and saved my life but died in the process, thus the earth Dragonballs went with him as his life was linked to the creator of the balls, Kami. I got so angry but I just couldn't hurt Nappa."

"Finally my father arrived and defeated Nappa quite easily. Apparently he had been training in the other world with someone called King Kai. He told Krillen and me to leave and we did. As we headed towards Master Roshi's we felt that there was something wrong. When we arrived back Vegeta had changed into a giant ape type creature and was crushing my father. Apparently when Saiyans have a tail certain light like that of the moon can force them to turn into what is called their Oozaru form. Before you ask, yes I had a tail, no I don't have one anymore."

"Vegeta's tail was cut off by someone called Yajirobe. This detrasformed him back to his normal state but by then dad was already beat up. I tried fighting him but got knocked out. When I awoke Vegeta had taken off into space after my father told Krillen to spare him. Apparently after I was knocked out my tail had grown back and I had looked into the light and transformed myself beating Vegeta up quite badly."

"We found out about a planet called Namek, which happened to be Piccolo's home planet. We also learned of the Dragonballs planet Namek which were the original set that is able to restore life more than once unlike the earths set. Bulma, Krillen and myself set of for Namek with my father to follow after he was healed. When we arrived we found out Vegeta was there as well as a guy named Frieza who were both looking for the Dragonballs."

"In short we fought a few of Freiza's lackeys and ended up teaming with Vegeta against Frieza. My dad arrived just in time to save Vegeta, Krillen and myself. We left to find the Dragonballs while my dad fought Captain Ginyu and his Ginyu force. My dad arrived but eventually we had to fight him because Ginyu had switched bodies. We got my father back into his right body and defeated but he father was quite beat up. He was put into a healing chamber while we went to get the Dragonballs"

"Krillen went and got Dende, who we had saved from Frieza earlier, to get the password for the Dragonballs. While Vegeta was sleeping we had wished Piccolo back to life and wished him to planet Namek. Both Vegeta and Frieza arrived at around this time but the creator of the Namek Dragonballs, Guru, died thus the Dragonballs became useless."

"Numerous fights took place between us and Frieza, Including Piccolo who had arrived and fused with someone called Nail. Fusing is like joining bodies to increase power exponentially, it is a Namek technique and permanent. Vegeta was killed just as my father arrived. My father and Frieza went all out and their battle raged tearing Namek apart."

"My dad finally used a technique called the Spirit Bomb on Frieza; it borrowed energy from every living thing on the planet. We thought it had killed Frieza but he returned. He almost killed Piccolo and then he did kill Krillen. My dad got so angry that his hair shot golden and his power was so huge. He told me to leave which I did"

"I am not to sure what happened but everyone ended up back on earth and alive except for Frieza and my father. Father defeated Frieza, but we all thought he had died when Namek exploded. We used the Namek Dragonballs which recharge every one hundred and eighty Earth days to wish my father back except he was already alive and didn't wish to return home at that moment."

"About one year later I sensed a large evil energy approaching Earth. I got a call from Krillen about this time saying he had sensed it to and we headed off. We were sure it was Frieza, but it couldn't be, my father defeated him didn't he? When we arrived everyone was there including Vegeta. We hid and watched as Frieza's ship landed and he and his father exited."

"Just then we noticed a young girl, probably no older than 18, flowing lavender hair" Gohan heard all three of them little out a little gasp as this information. He just smiled sadly before continuing. "We couldn't really hear what was said but she destroyed Freiza's men so quickly we hardly saw what happened. We could see Frieza laugh that cocky laugh of his before his face turned to fear. The mysterious girl's hear shot up to a gold color before she thoroughly diced him up with her sword. Frieza's father found the same fate not much longer."

"She flew up to where we were hiding and told us she was meeting Goku and we should follow her if we wanted to as well. We had to wait two hours and she kept glancing at me oddly, never did figure that one out. Eventually my father arrived and she asked to speak to him privately. She then got into a strange machine and disappeared from sight. Piccolo who had overheard the conversation told us that the girl was from the future, as you can guess it was Trunks" once again gasps all-round could be heard.

"Apparently two androids would be released upon the world in three years time and no one would be able to stop them. Everyone but myself would die in the first battle. My father had died earlier from a heart disease so he missed the battle. Trunks had bought back the cure to this disease so he would be able to help. After this we all trained for three years solidly, myself with Piccolo and father."

"After three years we went to face the Androids. We arrived and a battle between my father and the android known as 19 began. My father should have been able to take him easily but he had never had signs of his heart disease so had never taken the antidote for it. Vegeta, now a Super Saiyan as well jumped in and kicked my father to Yamcha who took him home to get him the antidote."

"Vegeta eventually destroyed 19 and 20 went into hiding. After we found 20, Trunks, who we knew was Trunks by then, had returned and told us that these weren't the Androids from his time and that 20 was actually Dr. Gero the creator of the Androids. 20 managed to escape and everyone gave pursuit. I left to take both Bulma and Yajirobe home who had both arrived during the conflict, Yajirobe more at Bulma's insistence."

Eventually Trunks and Krillen returned with the news of what had happened. Apparently Dr. Gero had managed to activate 17 and 18 who in turn destroyed Dr. Gero and activated Android 16 who Trunks knew nothing about. Bulma got a call saying that they had found a strange vehicle with the CC logo on it parked in a field. We arrived and it was a version of Trunks's time machine that had been left for a long time. Inside we found an egg that had hatched and not to far away we found what was almost like a bugs skin but huge."

"We found this creature was known as Cell" both Videl and Erasa gasped at this. "Piccolo who had fused with Kami giving him enormous power went to fight him. Cell managed to escape from this battle but not before giving us details on his existence. Apparently he was Dr. Gero's ultimate creation with cells from all of the strongest fighters in the universe including my father, Piccolo, Frieza and Vegeta."

"Father eventually awoke from his disease caused slumber. We left to find Vegeta and head to the lookout, which is a place that is quite high in the sky where Kami, Earth's guardian resides. Father said once we got there he had a plan, he was right. There is a room on the lookout that allows a person to spend one year in it with only one day passing on the outside called the Room of Spirit and Time."

"Vegeta and Trunks were the first to enter. Piccolo had started fighting 17 by this point in time and was doing well. The problem was that while the Androids didn't have a life force for us to sense, Piccolo did. This drew Cell there as he needed to absorb both Android 17 and 18 to enter his complete form. He managed to sneak up on a tired Android 17 and absorb him, almost killing Piccolo before throwing him away"

"Tien arrived about this time and stopped Cell from absorbing 18 using a new technique he had invented. He was about to be killed but my father using the Instant Transmission Technique he had learned while he was away from Earth for a year to bring both Piccolo and Tien back to the lookout."

"Vegeta and Trunks finally emerged from the ROSAT, and myself and father entered. Needless to say I attained the level of Super Saiyan in the room." A pained look came across Gohan's face as he spoke of this "Anyway, by the time me and father had emerged Cell had already stated there was to be the Cell Games in eight days. Piccolo suggested we take our second day in the room but father declined. He said he couldn't beat Cell but we weren't to worry as he had a plan."

Gohan stretched for a minute before speaking "We have been here a while, anyone want a drink or something before we continue?" Three heads nodded in unison before Gohan entered Capsule Corp. to get some drinks. After a minute Erasa spoke up "He has had a touch life, yeah?" Two other heads nodded before the silence resumed until Gohan arrived back. He passed out the drinks and everyone sat in silence as they drank.

"No where was I again? Oh yes. Well for eight days father and I just relaxed with some light training. Father was taking it so calmly I figured that he couldn't be beaten. The time for the Cell Games arrived and we went off to meet everyone before heading to the arena. You all know what happened next. Father fought Cell before giving up and getting me to fight in his place."

"I couldn't really understand why though, if father couldn't beat Cell then how could I? Cell and I fought for a bit but I wasn't really into it. I asked Cell to give up for I had figured out why my father had thought I could beat him, Cell was intrigued into why I thought I could so I explained to him all the times my hidden power had surfaced. Against Radditz, against Nappa, against Vegeta and finally against Frieza. It didn't have the desired effect as Cell decided he wanted to see the power for himself. He started beating me around some trying to get me mad, when that didn't work he sent the seven Cell Juniors after everyone."

"I felt so helpless, everyone was injured and that might be dead soon. That's when 16's head came rolling to a stop. He had been destroyed earlier by Cell after he attempted to destroy him. He told me to drop my restraints and protect the planet he loved. Cell then crushed his head and I snapped. It almost felt like another being took over. I was so angry I just let it all go and the power raced to the surface and I ascended to the next level of Super Saiyan."

Gohan let out a shaky breath "I…. I played with Cell. I fooled around because he couldn't touch me at all. I wanted to make him pay. I wanted to make him hurt. I hit him so hard he even spat Android 18 back up. But…. He blew himself up like a huge balloon. He was going to self-destruct himself and destroy everyone. Father stepped in and used his Instant Transmission to take him away where Cell self-destructed and killed my father."

"But Cell lived…. He came back and killed Trunks and broke my left arm after I got in the way of a blast meant for Vegeta. He came back so powerful, just like a Saiyan after recovering from a serious wound his power was increased significantly. We got into a huge power struggle and with help from father I managed to overcome him and defeat him with a huge Kamehameha. We were ready to leave when he returned again. Again he survived with one cell left. He killed everyone else and taunted me. I… I snapped again. This time I ascended to the third level and I did not play with him. I killed him. I killed that fucking bastard!"

Gohan let out another shaky breath after his outburst. "I woke up in a hospital as I am sure you know Videl. I returned to the lookout where Dende, the new Guardian of Earth and keeper of the Dragonballs healed my wounds. We revived all those killed by Cell and we were going to use the second wish to get us to Namek to revive all those who had died before. But…. But they didn't want to come back… they wanted to train in the otherworld. I hate them. I hate them all, but most of all I hate myself. I killed them all. After that was the Gyosan Budokai, Bojack came, I smacked him down and the rest is history… I need some time alone. I'll be back later."

No-one spoke a word for along time after that. Trunks sensing they need something to cheer them up spoke "Say, You two want to see the Dragon?"

Welcome to where time stands still
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, No windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred

Trunks, Videl and Erasa on Nimbus headed into the icy mountains heading for the first Dragonball. "So this radar should take us right to it then?" Erasa asked. Trunks grinned "Yup, it's just ahead".

The three of them entered a dark tunnel made up of ice and Trunks ignited a ball of Ki in her hand to help guide them. They didn't notice some of the ice start to melt due to the heat. "Here it is" Trunks shouted gleefully. Videl and Erasa both glanced at it weirdly before shrugging. As they made there way out of the tunnel an explosion threw them all out of the tunnel along with a scream. "KAKKAROT!!!!!"

Sleep my friend and you will see
That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this cage
Can't they see it's why my brain says Rage
Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Gohan's head snapped up as he sensed a large energy. Concentrating hard he noticed Trunks's, Videl's and Erasa's energies all close by. He got to his feet flared his aura and blasted off as quickly as possible.

Build my fear of what's out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that I'm insane
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him tied, it makes him well
He's getting better, can't you tell?

Videl and Erasa were barely able to move after being thrown around by the explosion. Trunks, however was far more able to stand up to a beating and regained her feet quickly. She glanced up only to see a Super Saiyan. She knew she didn't have a chance but she couldn't just roll over and die or it would leave Videl and Erasa both defenseless. She blasted off towards the unknown Super Saiyan only to be swatted to the ground where Videl and Erasa were both laying. She glanced up to notice the Super Saiyan forming a blast in his hands.

Trunks couldn't believe it. She was only 8 years old and already going to die. She had come to this conclusion as she barely stood watching Brolly charge up an attack that would finish herself off along with Videl and Erasa. Man life sucked. She squeezed her eyes shut in hope that it all might go away if she did.

The blast never came.

In Brolly's place stood her savior, almost glowing white with his aura ignited. "Gohan!" Trunks cheered as she saw who it was that had stopped Brolly from finishing what he had started. She then proceeded to collapse to the ground in exhaustion.

No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from our Hell

Gohan growled from deep in his throat as he saw his friend's conditions as they lay on the ground. Trunks had just fallen to the ground and all three of them looked quite beat up. He turned and shot a glare at the perpetrator "Brolly!" he growled as Brolly pulled himself out of some of the rubble Gohan had imbedded him in.

"Leave Brolly! Leave now before I have to destroy you!" Gohan growled out angrily.

"Kakkarot! Kakkarot! KAKKAROT!!! DIE!" Brolly screamed out before blasting toward Gohan. They slipped into what was almost an intricate dance. Their fists and legs flying toward each other at a rapidly increasing pace. Gohan grinned at Brolly as he delivered another punch directly into Brolly's face. "What's the matter? I thought you were going to kill me" taunted Gohan as phased behind Brolly and delivered a swift knee to his back.

Brolly flew towards the ground but he managed to right himself at the last moment and touch down. His golden aura flaring up around him as his muscles started to expand. He lifted into the air as he finished a charged a large blast which left his hand and headed towards Gohan.

Gohan got into a position to counter the blast before it stopped. He looked at it quite quizzically until it took a sharp turn and headed towards someone other than himself. Gohan watched in horror as Brolly's attack sped towards the three people on the ground. He quickly raised his hand and fired a blast of his own in an attempt to deflect Brolly's blast. He succeeded to an extent as the blast was directed away from the three. The problem being that the explosion would still swallow the three up.

Gohan blasted away in an attempt to reach them before Brolly's attack exploded but Brolly managed to get in front of him and swat him away. Gohan righted himself and glanced at Brolly, who was grinning feraly, then down at the three on the ground. Gohan was once again about to blast off before Trunks managed to get to her feet and raise a ki shield around herself and the other two unmoving forms.

With the last of her energy, Trunks held the shield shakily as the blast rocked against it. As the blast faded away so did the last of Trunks's energy, she dropped the barrier and fell bloody and exhausted next to Videl and Erasa.

Gohan touched down onto a peak of rock that was left behind from Brolly and his earlier fight. His eyes had never left the forms of three of the most important people in the world to him. It was then he felt the nagging sensation, the thing that was inside him. It wanted out and it wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"No! Don't come out! I don't need or want you! Stay out of my head damn you!"

Brolly's smirk took on a look of confusion at the boys babbling, his left eyebrow arched. His eyes widened with surprise as Gohan turned to him, his eyes flickering between their normal ebony color and a deep red that seemed to burn like the fiery pits of hell.

"Now you have done it Brolly! I won't be able to stop him and he is going to tear you apart."

With that said Gohan's eyes lit up with the fiery red and stayed that way. A golden flame erupted around him as his hair wavered at first before turning solid gold and then elongating. Sparks of lightning flashed around him like a storm. Brolly's confusion turned to a menacing growl as he saw the transformation. He blinked as the boy vanished only to glance down and find an arm embedded through his torso.

Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone
Sanitarium, just leave me alone

About this time the two unconscious people on the ground began to stir. Trunks managed to roll onto her back so she could watch the fight while both Videl and Erasa were already on their backs. Trunks could barely contain her gasp as she watched Gohan "That's not Gohan!" she screamed. Videl and Erasa both twisted there heads to look at her as she started sobbing. She started chanting weakly "That's not Gohan, its not"

Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some death to do
Mirror stares back hard
Kill, it's such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again

Gohan casually removed his arm from Brolly's torso as Brolly himself looked down in shock at what had just occurred. He started to growl as he swung one oh his large arms in an attempt to remove Gohan's head from his shoulders. At this Gohan casually caught the swinging arm before it made contact and shot a maniacal grin in Brolly's direction.

Gohan then proceeded to place his foot onto Brolly's side before roughly tearing Brolly's arm from its original place. Brolly could only scream while watching in trepidation as his arm was forcibly removed from his body.

Once again Gohan was grinning feraly as he started to beat Brolly with his own arm. Angry welts began to rise up on Brolly's face as he was beaten with his own appendage. Then it stopped and Brolly managed a sigh of relief before looking up at his opponent. His fears were far from settled though as he found Gohan charging an enormous blast in his hands.

The blast was released from point blank range and ripped Brolly's body into shreds before totally disintegrating all that was left of Brolly's existence. Gohan let of one more feral grin before he growled out.

"You shall not mess with me, myself and my friends. Burn in hell scum."

After Gohan finished speaking his eyes faded from the fiery red to a light blue before finally settling on their normal dark ebony color. Gohan's hair also faded back to black as he floated to the ground near the girls. He then dropped to his knees and started vomiting quite profusely. The three girls who had been lying on the ground managed to gather themselves up and make there way to a rather distraught Gohan. No one spoke for a few moments before Trunks bent down next to Gohan and started sobbing into his chest. The other two girls also latched on as not a word was spoken for over an hour. Finally Gohan picked up the now sleeping Trunks and turned to the other two before speaking.

"Let's go home."

Omake Theatre

** Omake 1 **

Gohan then proceeded to place his foot onto Brolly's side before roughly tearing Brolly's arm from its original place. Brolly could only scream while watching in trepidation as his arm was forcibly removed from his body.

Once again Gohan was grinning feraly as he started to beat Brolly with his own arm. Angry welts began to rise up on Brolly's face as he was beaten with his own appendage. Then it stopped and Brolly managed a sigh of relief before looking up at his opponent. His fears were far from settled though as he found Gohan charging an enormous blast in his hands.

The blast was released from point blank range and ripped Brolly's body into shreds before totally disintegrating all that was left of Brolly's existence. Gohan let of one more feral grin before he growled out.

"You shall not mess with me, myself and my friends. Burn in hell scum."

Gohan lightly touched down on the ground still carrying Brolly's arm. All the girls looked a little sick before Trunks piped up "ummm Gohan? Why do you still have the arm?" Gohan shrugged "The fight made me a little hungry"

** Omake 2 **

Gohan growled from deep in his throat as he saw his friend's conditions as they lay on the ground. Trunks had just fallen to the ground and all three of them looked quite beat up. He turned and shot a glare at the perpetrator "Brolly!" he growled as Brolly pulled himself out of some of the rubble Gohan had imbedded him in.

"Leave Brolly! Leave now before I have to destroy you!" Gohan growled out angrily.

Brolly blinked, said "Ok" and left. Gohan proceeded to facefault.

Author Notes

Well it's been along time since episode one. A real long time. No real reason other than laziness and lack of inspiration. I would like to apologise though, I did attempt to write this episode a few times but I would either get called away to do something or I just couldn't get into it.

Well at least it is done. Personally I think this Episode is a whole lot better than Episode One. I seem to have picked up different styles of things from different fics from different animes and in the end I think it helped nicely.

Episode Three will be the Buu Saga though it's going to have a few little twists and turns here and there. Episode Four will see the start of my own two sagas which I have been working towards from the beginning.

Future Trunks will return at some point in Episode Four, but I won't be giving out any details just yet. Also for people asking for pairings I wouldn't bother too much because romance isn't the main aim of my story. There will most likely be no pairing as such, but that's not to say there wont be some kind of relationship forming between the girls and Gohan.

I am also planning on rewriting Episode One sometime. Nothing major but I feel as though some bits don't flow as nicely as I would like so they could use a touch up.

If you are looking for sneak peaks or drafts of the next chapter I will be posting all of this on my website. It's in my profile. ;)

Anyways….

Cheers
Scott 'Gord' Ryan