Chapter 1: Fated Encounters

Age 780 Alternate future timeline.

Gohan dodged a blow from 17. He ducked under his kick and doubled him over by punching him in the stomach. He clasped his hands together and hammered 17 into an empty building. He turned his head just in time to block a punch from 18. He extended his hand and blasted her backwards into the street. 17 flew up and gave Gohan a knee to his back. Gohan gritted his teeth as he was thrown forward. He twisted his body and let loose a barrage of ki blasts on his opponent, but was knocked to the ground by 18. The two androids floated above him and smirked at him.

"You can't beat us and you know it. Haven't you gotten tired of getting your ass kicked by us every time you try to fight us." 17 said.

18 just rolled her eyes. "We let you live for a while just to entertain us, but now you're just annoying. You don't know when to quit. This is your last fight."

Both androids pointed their hands towards him.

Gohan smiled. He felt as though all the weight of the world would finally be lifted. He then thought of Trunks. He would be leaving the androids for him to fight all by himself. 'I can't quit! Not yet! I can't let Trunks handle this alone! I have only one option.' Gohan got up and gave a serious glare at the androids. "You're right. This is my last fight."

17 looked amused. "You really have gone crazy huh?"

"You finally giving up? Finally realizing you're too weak?" 18 asked also looking amused.

Gohan powered up bringing his golden aura around him. He created a ki barrier and expanded it around him and the androids. He smiled at the confused look of the androids. "I've been going at this all wrong, but something finally hit me. I know if I continue to fight you two I will die, but I won't even give you the fucking satisfaction of killing me. I don't know if you will die from this, but its worth a shot. I hope you're ready for eternal slumber. Its time for you to finally feal fear and experience pain you have never felt before!" Gohan yelled as he started powering up. He let his aura burst out expanding out of control. He screamed to the top of his lungs as more power burst out.

17 and 18 looked panicked. "What is he doing? Don't tell me he's finally lost it!" 18 said.

17 blasted the ki barrier but nothing happened. "Damn it! Why can't I break it! We're suppose to be stronger than him." He looked down at Gohan. "We have to stop him now!"

They flew down but were blinded by the golden light. They started shooting ki blast at him but nothing happened. Gohan screamed as he started pushing out his life energy as well. The ground around him was breaking and creating a crater as he violently let out his power destroying his body in the process. A bright light covered everything as Gohans screams reached a peak. The screams of the androids were also heard. A few minutes later the screaming stopped and the light faded. Gohan was no where to be found. His body was blown away with the explosion. Gohan was dead. He opened his eyes to see other world but what he saw confused him.

"Who are you?!"

Age 774

Gohan didn't understand what was going on. He didn't remember anything after his father came back and told him to catch an ear ring. Now he was in the check in station with a halo above his head. 'How did I die? He then sensed Buu in other world. He's dead too? Dad must of killed him.' Just then a blast hit the check in station but before Gohan could even process what was going on his vision went black.

Age 761

"Who are you?" Gohan from the android future 780 asked.

Gohan from the 774 Majin Buu future turned his head. His eyes bulged out of his head. "Y...yo...you look just like me."

780 Gohan put his hand to his chin. "We're both definitely Gohan, but how are we both here looking at each other."

774 Gohan shrugged not knowing what was going on either. " This is confusing I thought I was dead and where are we?"

"Oh you both are very much dead. The only reason you two are here is because I pulled you from your respected universes." A voice from behind them said. They both turned around to see a man dressed in a cloak with a hood over his head. The only thing that was visible on him was his mouth.

Both Gohans looked shocked. They turned and got into a stance.

The cloak man raised his hand to stop them. "No need for violence. Your attacks wouldn't hurt me any way since you're both dead."

774 Gohan kept a hard stare. "I've seen dead people fight in this realm so we can still hurt you."

The cloaked man chuckled. "Well some people can keep their physical bodies when returning form other world, but you two didn't. You're both dead but you're kind of see through as well instead of solid. You both are souls with no body right now."

780 Gohan calmed down a bit but still kept his stance. "You said you pulled us from our timelines. What do you mean. Why did you do that?"

The cloaked man smiled. "I'll start with Gohan from the age of 774. You may not know this but you were absorbed by Majin buu. You have no memory of being inside of him but your father and Vegeta got you out. They found out that the fat Majin buu was inside of super Buu as well. They ripped him out along with you, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo. Ripping the fat Buu out caused super buu to regain his original deadly form. Kid Buu. He destroyed the earth with one blast. Your father tried to get you but he couldn't make it in time. You died along with your friends. Your father survived though and tried to take on Buu. Buu killed him and Vegeta. He then went to Otherworld and started destroying everyone and everything. If you are already dead in other world, then dying again means you cease to exist at all. Everyone you know and love no longer exist in your universe Gohan. I'm sorry to tell you this bad news."

774 Gohan collapsed to his knee's with tears coming down his face. "Th...this can't be. Mom, dad, Goten, Videl, Piccolo. No one exists."

The cloak man sighed. "I'm sorry, but that is correct." I pulled you out of that universe as fast as I could."

774 Gohan tried to get himself together. "Why did you pull me from my universe? What purpose did you have?"

"First let me talk to the Gohan from the 780 universe."

780 Gohan looked interested. "I know how I died, but can you tell me if I killed those damn androids?"

The man smirked. "You did your part Gohan. They didn't die by your hands but you injured them beyond repair. Trunks awoken and found bits and pieces of your clothes and assumed you were dead because he couldn't sense your ki. He transformed into a super saiyan at the thought of your death. He found the androids unable to protect themselves and killed them instantly. He's done you proud and he wouldn't have been able to do it without you, but he has another problem on his hands. A being named Cell. He's a bio mechanical android built by Dr. Gero. He made him to absorb the androids. Once Cell figures out that the androids are dead he's going to kill Trunks. After that he will steal the time capsule and head back to the past to find the androids of that time."

780 Gohan was nervous. "No! I can't let that happen. I should be there to help him."

"There is nothing you can do. I can take you back to your timeline, but you will still be dead. You won't be able to help."

780 Gohan growled and bared his teeth. "Why did you bring us here? Why rip us from our timelines to bring us here? What reason?"

The cloaked man smiled sadly. "I want to give you both another chance."

"A chance at what?" 774 Gohan asked.

"A chance to change your future." Looking at their confused faces he decided to continue. "Right now we are in the year 761. The Gohan of this time is only 3 years old. I can fuse the both of your souls into the soul of the younger Gohan. "

"Fuse our souls?" Both Gohans said at the same time.

The cloaked man nodded. "Yup. If I fuse your souls the Gohan of this time will be significantly stronger. He will inherit the memory of both of you, but only as much as you want him to see. You won't disappear with the fusion. You will live in his body and mind. He will even be able to communicate with you two whenever he wants as long as he concentrates. Instead of dreaming he will see you both in his mind. You won't feel as you are dead, in fact quite the opposite. His attitude will change though. He will likely take on the attitudes of the both of you as well as his own. You can train him and lead him down the right path. You can create a great future for him."

"What if changing the future makes things worse?" 774 Gohan asked knowing full well what can happen if they meddle too much.

The man smirked. "Well you will have to judge for yourself how much to change and what to change. The choice is yours."

780 Gohan still didn't trust him. "What reason do you have for doing this."

"Lets just say I was tired of seeing the same destruction in each universe. They're some universes that end in happiness, but in almost every universe that involves you, your friends and family there is always threats to the earth. Destruction happens. I get that, but sometimes the same scenarios get boring. I want to see what happens if I tweak with a universe by giving the good guys the edge for once. All in all this is for selfish reasons and to relieve boredom."

774 Gohan glared. "This is for your amusement? That's kind of sick."

The man smirked. "Perhaps, but I am giving you a second chance. I can always send you back to your own timelines if you want. I'm not giving you a bad deal here. Neither am I lying about anything. So whats your choice?"

774 Gohan sighed. "I'm in. I literally have nothing to return to since my universe is destroyed, so this is my best bet."

The man nodded and looked at 780 Gohan. "What about it? Want to return to your own universe and to otherworld? Although you would be going to Hfil instead because of how you died."

780 Gohan looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"I mean you technically committed suicide and that is a taboo. When you are judged no matter how many good things you did you will be going to hfil."

Gohan growled. "Thats bull shit! It was the only way I could kill them. It was either that or die helplessly!"

The man nodded. "I understand your anger. I'm sorry, but they have to follow rules. Although they probably would bend the rules for you, so you just might go to otherworld. So what will your choice be?"

780 Gohan thought about it for a while until he came to a conclusion. "Returning to my timeline is a waste if I can't help it. At least here I can lead this Gohan to a better life. I'll stay.

The man smiled wide. "Marvelous! Two things though. Don't let him tell too many people about this. If only one or two people know its okay, but no more. Also I'll put a band on his arm that only gives off a fraction of his true power. I don't want everyone sensing how strong he will become. That could arouse suspicion. Now lets get started then." He raised his hand as it started to glow. The same glow was starting to appear around both Gohans. They looked around and at the glow memorized. "Okay in a couple of seconds your souls will depart and find the Gohan of this time period. Your souls will find his and merge with each other. Good luck you two. I hope you keep me plenty entertained." The souls of both Gohans went up and darted to find the present Gohan.

"This should be interesting!"

A/N: Thought I would go with a totally different approach with this story. I hope you like the idea of it so far. Don't worry about who the mysterious person is. You'll find out in later chapters.

P.S: The only reason I'm releasing this story now is because I haven't been able to write for my other stories. Some things came up in my life that i'm trying to deal with. I already have about 10 chapter of this story done, so it takes no time for me to upload it to fanfiction. When things slow down in my life I'll get back to my other stories, but in the meantime please enjoy this story.