Gohan's Vengeance

Chapter Nine: "Ultimate Fight! You Can Do It, Gohan!!"

Vegeta powered up and body bulked up to U-SSJ again. He kept powering up, but he felt no change. He ran forward to #22, and began pummeling him with metronome-persistent kicks and punches.

Trunks saw a bean lying on the ground where Vegeta was standing. He must have forgotten to destroy this one.

"Gohan," he whispered. "Here take this bean, before my dad hears!"

"Why?" Gohan asked him.

"Because it's your destiny! You must avenge your dad!" Trunks held out the bean in his hand.

"I-I-I…can't," Gohan hung his head low.

"Gohan! You beat Cell, and you can beat #22! You can do it Gohan…I know you can," Trunks smiled.

Gohan took the bean, and fearlessly walked up to #22. His injuries were healed. Vegeta wasn't doing that well anymore. #22 was holding him up in the air while pounding him with constant uppercuts to the stomach. He finally dropped Vegeta, and turned his robotic head towards Gohan, with amused curiosity.

"Well, boy? Ready to give it a go?" #22 said cockily.

"#22…I know now why you do these things; why you kill constantly. You're just a slave; a simple machine used to carry out evil deeds. And I know it's not your fault." Gohan held out his hand. #22 was dumbfounded, but nevertheless he shook Gohan's hand.

"I salute you. You've been a great fighter…but today…I must KILL you!" Gohan frowned.

"NEVERRRR!!!" #22 shot to cannon-blasts from his hands, but they were blocked by Gohan's single fiery blast, which he shot from his hand.

The blast went on and hit #22 dead on in the stomach. It carried him up into the air, and out of the earth's atmosphere. Gohan was using every bit of energy he had left to keep carrying on his chi-ray. #22 was being taken into outer space. The heat of the ray was melting his metal exterior.

"NOOO!!! It cannot be!" #22 cried as the heavy force of chi peeled off his armor He could smell his wiring sparking and burning.

"B-But…he's only…a…ch-chi-CHILD!!!"

#22 knew this was the end. He saw words flash upon his computer-eyes: "SYSTEM FAILURE! URGENT! SYSTEM FAILURE! URGENT!"

Gohan gave one last yell and the energy blast's field widened. Meanwhile, #22 was being carried into the far regions of the solar system. His steel parts were flying off. He was breaking into bits.

Gohan let go. He turned around to see his fellow-fighters cheering him on. He turned back around and saw a tiny flash of light, flickering in the sky. This gave him reassurance, as he smiled. He finally felt at ease, because he knew #22 was dead.

The Z-fighters left, and were headed for Korin's Tower. They all ate they're share of Senzu, and flew home for a scrumptious dinner cooked by Bulma.

Before the meal, they all said a prayer for Goku. And somewhere far away in the sky, in another dimension, he smiled as he looked down upon his loved ones; always, always watching over them.

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