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Chapter 1: The Slumbering God Awakens! The Birthday on the Seas!

Around a year has passed since Gohan along with the other Z Fighters defeated Majin Buu and restored peace to the Universe. Things have gone back to normal, or at least somewhat. Gohan and Videl have gotten engaged to be married, much to Chi-Chi's horror, Fat Buu is now famous as Mr. Satan's great disciple, and Tien Shinhan has opened up a dojo to train the next generation of fighters in the ways of the Turtle and Crane.

Our story begins with Son Gohan and Videl, walking home after having dinner at Mr. Satan's house.

"That was awesome Videl! God I'm stuffed!" Gohan burped, patting his stomach.

"I'll give my dad your thanks next time I talk to him." Videl laughed, holding Gohan's hand. "So Gohan, I was thinking our wedding should be on a big cruise ship! Whataya think?"

"Uhh… That sounds great sweetie… But that's gotta be pretty expensive eh?" Gohan replied, trying to imagine how much that would cost.

"Oh it's no big deal Gohan! My dad can pay for it!" Videl grinned.

"That's nice and all Videl, but I have to admit I hate always squeeging off your dad. It makes me feel like a bum." Gohan admitted, looking down at the sidewalk.

"Oh please Gohan, you have it all wrong. My dad wouldn't have shit if you didn't defeat Cell and Buu. It should be him that feels like a bum." Videl comforted, grabbing hold of Gohan's arm. "Now let's get home Champ."

"Oh shoot!" Gohan's head shot up as he remembered. "I was supposed to go train with Piccolo tonight. Dammit I'ma be late. Sorry Videl, I've just been so overbooked with work and training and-"

"It's fine Gohan, go." Videl gave a warm smile to her fiancee as he nodded and rocketed off into the sky.

"You were almost late." Piccolo grunted as Gohan arrived at the wastelands, completely out of breath.

"Sorry Piccolo, I've been having a hard time keeping track of everything since I got the promotion at work." Gohan apologized, catching his breath.

"It's fine." Piccolo turned to Gohan smiling. "But you're gonna get burned out if you try to keep all of this up Gohan. Between work, training, and getting ready for your marriage, you have no time to relax. It isn't good for your health. In fact, it may even be counterproductive for your training."

"I'll be fine. It'll be a lot less stressful once the wedding is over with I think. Besides I need the promotion at work so I can buy Videl and I a nice house down by Lake Pauzu." Gohan countered, beginning to stretch.

"Why not just have Satan pay for the house." Piccolo suggested.

"That's what Videl said too, but I can't Piccolo. I'm not a freeloader." Gohan responded, giving his friend a stern look.

"You Saiyans are too damn proud." Piccolo chuckled. "I would take the money, I don't give a damn what anyone else thinks, but… I understand Gohan."

"Thanks Piccolo, so, you ready to start or what? I've been practicing those techniques you showed me two days ago and I think I-"

"Gohan." Piccolo interrupted. "I think it's better we don't train today. Go home and relax for a bit, I think it'll do ya some good."

"Right." Gohan nodded after a momentary pause. "Thanks, Piccolo."

Piccolo waved goodbye as Gohan flew home to meet Videl. He and Videl were currently living with his mother and Goten, and often times it could be… challenging.

"Goten! You haven't finished your maths yet where did you go off hiding too!" Chi-Chi snarled as Gohan entered the house.

"I thought you went off to train with Piccolo babe?" Videl asked, taking her patented 'Chi-Chi noise cancelling' earplugs out.

"Piccolo thought it was better if I just relaxed tonight." Gohan replied, flopping on the couch next to his fiance and giving her a big kiss.

"Gohan! Keep that out of the house! What kind of role model are you being to Goten right now!" Chi-Chi barked.

"Mom we're engaged, my lord how long is it going to take for that to sink in?" Gohan groaned, growing impatient with Chi-Chi.

"It's not a real engagement!" Chi-Chi declared, lifting up every chair in the house looking for Goten. "I mean, you're only 19!"

While Gohan and Elder Kai had spent several years in the Extra Dimensional Rift, Gohan had later used the Dragonballs to erase the years he gained so he could be the same age as Videl again.

"Mom!" Gohan shot back. "You were 19 when you married Dad, weren't you? What the hell are you on about?"

"But that was different!" Chi-Chi deflected, now looking in the cupboards in the kitchen. "Your father and I were in love! We knew that-"

"What are you saying!?" Gohan objected, shooting off the couch with Videl. "You know Mom I'm getting really sick of this! I am madly in love with Videl, and you have no goddamn right to-"

"Gohan." Videl interrupted. "Why don't we find somewhere else to stay tonight, so we can all cool off."

Gohan nodded, and without saying another word, the two left. "Hey!" Chi-Chi called out. "Where are you two going? I - There you are Goten! Thought you could hide! Come now, time for maths!" Chi-Chi ripped Goten out of the freezer where he was hiding and dragged him to his room.

"No! Gohan! Take me with you!" Goten cried out, fearing what sinister algebra problem he would have to solve next.

"And for the record." Videl turned to Gohan as they left the house. "I'm madly in love with you too."

The two embraced for a while before Gohan let her go. "So where are we gonna stay?"

"Can't really stay at my dad's. We just were there, it'd be kinda embarrassing." Videl figured.

"Yeah. Alright let's go over to Capsule Corp. then! I'm sure Bulma's got like a bagillion rooms!" Gohan exclaimed as the two flew off to Capsule Corp.

Meanwhile, in a realm far far away from that of the Earth, a powerful being was waking up from a long slumber. His name, Beerus the Destroyer.

"Whis… Whis… Whis! HEY WHIS!" Beerus hollered as he got out of bed, wiping the sleep from his eyes.

"What is it my Lord?" Whis asked, skating into the bedroom.

"What do ya think, I just woke up! Would you please fetch me my clothes and get me some breakfast?" Beerus yawned.

"Of course, Lord Beerus. I'm sure you're a bit peckish after that 39 year nap." Whis sung as he went off to get Beerus his clothes and food. Once Beerus was dressed and had his breakfast, he went out to his terrace to think to himself.

"Anything else I may assist you with, Lord Beerus?" Whis peeked his head out to see Beerus staring out into the pond below, not making a move.

"Super… Super… Sandwich, no… Surfer, no that's not it either!"

"Trying to remember something, my Lord?"

"Whis help me out here, before I went to sleep the Oracle Fish told me a vision he had. A vision where I got to fight an incredibly strong and worthy adversary… But I can't remember who it was! It was a Super something something." Beerus began scratching his head, cranking the gears in his brain up to 11.

"I do not know, my Lord, I will summon the Oracle Fish here at once." Whis replied.

"Yeah, go do that. I need to know! This is really bugging me!" Beerus ordered, beginning to pace back and forth impatiently.

"As you command, my Lord."

Meanwhile Gohan and Videl just arrived at Capsule Corp. to find a ton of workers moving a bunch of party decorations down to the local dock. Gohan scanned the crowd to see Bulma and Trunks in the middle of it all.

"Hey Bulma! Whataya doin?" Gohan greeted as he and Videl landed.

"My party tomorrow! Didn't you guys get the invite? We're having my birthday party tomorrow on this huge Cruise ship we bought down by the dock!" Bulma replied, half distracted with instructing the movers.

"Party? We didn't get any invite?" Gohan said, puzzled.

"I sent one to you guys like three weeks ago! Goku and Vegeta are visiting for it and everything!" Bulma turned to Trunks, slightly agitated. "Trunks!? You were supposed to give them their invite when you visited Goten a few weeks ago!"

"Huh?" Trunks yawned, giving his mother a dumb stare. "I musta forgot, sorry."

"You're useless." Bulma sighed, turning back to Gohan and Videl.

"So my dad and Vegeta are coming? That's awesome!" Gohan cheered. "Well of course we're gonna come! But… do you mind if we stay here tonight. I sort of got into an argument with my mom."

"Sure, no problem, head on inside. Trunks, go show them one of the guest rooms!" Bulma affirmed, heading off to deal with the workers.

"Follow me." Trunks lazily waved as Videl and Gohan hurried inside with him. "Hey, where's Goten at? He's coming to the party, right?"

"I don't know if Goten knows about the party, but I'll pick him up tomorrow morning before it starts." Gohan answered.

"I can't believe it." Videl pouted, surprising Gohan.

"What's up Videl?" Gohan asked.

"I can't believe Bulma is doing her party on a Cruise ship!" Videl snorted.

"Why? Are you afraid of water?" Trunks joked.

"I am not afraid of water!" Videl snapped. "No. Gohan, the cruise ship was my idea! I told it to Bulma a few days ago and now she's snaked it from me!"

"Oh come on Videl, I doubt that Bulma stole your wedding idea." Gohan laughed, only to turn and see Videl did not find it so funny. "Or maybe she did. I dunno, weirder things have happened."

"She had the idea for it like three weeks ago Videl, I don't think she stole it." Trunks cut in.

"Well… Well…" Videl was out of things to say and kept quiet as Trunks showed them to their room.

"What is it Lord Beerus?" The great Oracle Fish asked as he sped to Beerus's terrace.

"Who was the fighter you prophesied 39 years ago. The fighter that would be a strong and worthy adversary for me?" Beerus asked politely.

"Oh… Uhhh… I think I forgot Lord Beerus sir." The Oracle Fish hung his head in shame.

"HOW COULD YOU FORGET!" Beerus snapped. "I should just destroy you right now, you're useless!"

"Oh please forgive me Lord Beerus! It was 39 years ago my mind is just a little fuzzy. Please, just give me some time, I'm sure I'll remember!" The Oracle Fish pleaded.

"A little fuzzy eh? You are of no use to me. HAKAI." Beerus lifted his hand and killed the Oracle Fish, wiping him completely from existence.

"That was a little harsh, don't you think my Lord?" Whis scolded, cleaning up the bowl the fish was in.

"That bastard had it coming. He always pulled shit like that. Oh well. I'll try and remember it myself." Beerus got up and stretched. "In the meantime I would like to do something fun. Whis, take me to Planet Vegeta, I'd like to finally blow up all those Saiyan bastards!"

"Actually my lord, Planet Vegeta was destroyed many years ago by Freeza." Whis informed.

"Freeza eh? Fine then, I'll go kill Freeza! That'll be just as entertaining. Plus that guy annoys me." Beerus began picking food out of his teeth with his nails.

"Actually Lord Beerus, Freeza was killed as well, by one of the few remaining Saiyans."

"WHAT!" Beerus fell back in shock. "By a Saiyan! That's impossible! The only ones strong enough to kill Freeza were myself and Majin Buu!"

"Oh yes, and the son of the Saiyan who killed Freeza went on to kill Majin Buu." Whis added nonchalantly.

"WHA-" Beerus began choking on his food.

"Calm down my Lord." Whis sighed, extracting the food from the choking Beerus.

"How could mere Saiyans defeat Freeza and Majin Buu? I kinda liked them... They were doing my job for me!" Beerus rasped.

"Two seconds ago you were going to kill Freeza yourself my Lord." Whis mocked.

"Shut up Whis. But how could a Saiyan have that kind of power?"

"Well, they appear to be able to achieve a transformation they call a 'Super Saiyan'." Whis explained, eating some candy he had in his pocket.

"THAT'S IT!" Beerus exploded, making Whis jump. "A Super Saiyan God! Whis that was who the fish spoke of! Where are those Saiyans now!?"

"Well my Lord." Whis began. "The Saiyan who killed Freeza has passed away. However the son that defeated Majin Buu, Son Gohan, is alive and currently lives on planet Earth along with 2 other halfblood Saiyans."

"Very well then." Beerus grinned, turning to his attendant. "I need to use the bathroom and get a deep tissue massage, but after that, let's head to Earth!"

"Alright Videl, I'm off to pick up Goten!" Gohan called to his wife the next morning across the Capsule Corp. garden as the final preparations for Bulma's party began.

"Alright, hurry back Gohan!" Videl called back.

Gohan arrived at his house in no time at all. "Shoot, I got here 10 milliseconds slower than last time. I really need to step my game up. Hey Goten! Mom! Come on out we're invited to Bulma's birthday party!"

"Yay! I haven't seen Trunks all week I can't wait!" Goten cheered as he skipped outside.

"A party? At Bulma's! Oh I bet there's gonna be all kinds of cool stuff worth a lot of money!" Chi-Chi bulldozed over Goten. "Let's go!"

"Alright then, let's head off-"

"Hello? Hello?" A voice interrupted.

"Dad!" Goten and Gohan cried out.

"Hiya Gohan, Goten, Chi-Chi! Vegeta and I are allowed to come back today for Bulma's birthday! But we need someone to come pick us up at Baba's."

"I'll be right over!" Gohan replied. "Goten, bring Mom over to the party, I'll be over soon with Dad and Vegeta."

"Right." Goten flew off with his mom as Gohan flew in the other direction to Baba's.

"It's great Baba can let Dad and Vegeta back whenever they like. I wonder how much stronger they've gotten? It'd be cool to have a sparring match with Dad just to see how much we've both grown!" Gohan began sweating in anticipation as he arrived at Baba's.

"Hello Gohan." Baba greeted. "Alright, you wait here, I'll go and get Goku and Vegeta."

"Okay, thanks Baba!" Gohan could barely keep a straight face, he was so excited. He stood in Baba's waiting room for what felt like hours. Finally, he sensed two beings appear close by. But…

"That's not Dad or Vegeta's ki… It's not even really a ki I'm sensing it's… What the hell? They're near by. Who is it?" Gohan pondered as the two energies came hurdling in his direction until finally, they had arrived.

"Why hello there. You must be Son Gohan!" Gohan spun around to see two beings completely alien to him. The one who spoke was a short and scrawny cat with baggy pants and an odd cloth with funny symbols resting on his shoulders. The other was a much taller being with blue skin and a crazy gelled up hair style. After a few more moments of analyzing these two beings, Gohan piped up.

"Yes. I am Son Gohan. And who might you two be?"

"We're visitors. We come from a far away land and we came here to meet the man who managed to defeat the incredibly powerful Majin Buu. My name is Beerus and my friend here is Whis." Beerus greeted.

"Oh." Gohan's tension eased. "I mean that's really cool you guys came all that way just to meet me, but I have to admit I'm pretty boring Beerus. I'm not the non-stop fighting action hero that you may have thought I am… At least during my day job." Gohan's face lit up as he took a certain watch out of his pocket. "But by night time, I am THE GREAT SAIYAMAN!" Gohan pressed the button on his watch, transforming into his dorkish counterpart as he began to deliver his speech.

"Hya ho! Here we go! I'm the man with the plan! To uplift the good! To root out the bad! Until we all can one day live like we should! Woho! Uhuh! Now I'm sure you understand, I am the GREAT SAIYAMAN!" Gohan struck his pose, thinking Beerus and Whis would be impressed, however when he turned to see them his face deflated into sorrow.

"Are you sure Whis? This was the guy who defeated Majin Buu?" Beerus huffed, not pleased with Gohan's performance.

"Well… I think so…" Whis replied, equally puzzled. "Say, your father is Son Goku correct? The one who defeated Freeza?"

"Wow, you guys know your stuff!" Gohan chatted, taking his helmet off. "Yeah, Son Goku's my dad. Hey, he's gonna be here any second if ya wanna meet him too!"

"Oh?" Whis intoned. "I was under the belief Son Goku had passed away?"

"Yeah well… It's kinda hard to explain but, my dad gets to visit us from time to time since he helped defeat Majin Buu." Gohan explained.

"Oh really. Well, let me cut to the chase Son Gohan, do you know anything about a Super Saiyan God?" Beerus cut in, growing impatient.

"Super Saiyan God? Uhhh… Sorry guy I don't know. I know of regular Super Saiyan, but God? Nope, that doesn't ring any bells." Gohan scratched his head trying to make sure he didn't forget anything.

"Oh. Shame. Well in any case Son Gohan, would you do me the honor of fighting me?" Beerus asked.

"Uhhh-" Before Gohan could answer he spun around as he sensed his dad and Vegeta had appeared. "Would ya hold on for a second guys? My dad just arrived!" Gohan ran off to go inside the building to greet his father.

"I'm growing impatient Whis…" Beerus hissed, shooting daggers at the goofy half-saiyan.

"It was your idea to do this undercover my Lord." Whis sighed. "Why don't we just be truthful and cut to the chase?"

"You're right." Beerus growled. "And if the Super Saiyan God isn't here then we'll just have to blow this shit-rock up."

"That doesn't seem entirely fair." Whis lectured, remembering what Beerus had done to the fish.

"I didn't ask you Whis! Be a pal and make yourself scarce for a bit." Beerus ordered, shooing away his attendant.

"Dad! It's so great to see you!" Gohan gushed as he ran up to give his father a huge hug.

"Hiya Gohan! It's been too long. Wow, you've gotten a lot stronger too!" Son Goku praised, giving a nice, long embrace.

"H-hi Vegeta." Gohan sputtered out, not wanting to ignore the Prince of all Saiyans.

"Gohan." Vegeta nodded, arms crossed as usual and looking as grumpy as ever.

"Let's head on to the party quick Gohan, I'm starving!" Goku doubled over as his stomach growled.

"Yeah let's go! Oh wait really quick Dad there are some tourists here who want to meet you!" Gohan chattered, yanking Goku out of Baba's house to meet Beerus and Whis. However, Whis had left. "Where did Whis go Mr. Beerus?"

"BEERUS!" Vegeta boomed from inside of Baba's, zooming outside as fast as possible to get a full look at the God of Destruction. "L-Lord Beerus! It is an honor! What brings you to our planet on this day!" Vegeta collapsed to his knees, giving Beerus the full works.

"Lord Beerus?" Gohan echoed, turning to the shrimpy cat. "What's Vegeta talking about?"

"Ah, well at least someone on this hunk of dirt knows the terror of Beerus the Destroyer." Beerus smirked, motioning for Vegeta to stand back up. "Tell me you too, you both have halos on your heads which means you are both dead… So how the hell are you currently in this world?"

"Oh, Uranai Baba brought them back Beerus, she lives there in that-"

Gohan was cut off as Beerus quickly raised his hand to Baba's house. "HAKAI." In the blink of an eye, Baba's house had disappeared completely.

"NO! Baba!" Goku and Gohan screamed in unison, turning back to Beerus, now taking him much more seriously.

"The dead in the land of the living!? This is forbidden! I'm done playing games!" Beerus gnarled. "You three Saiyans will fight with me now! A Super Saiyan God is among us and if I can't figure out who it is I am destroying this planet in it's entirety!"

"What!?" Vegeta hollered. "A Super Saiyan God! What the hell is that?"

"For the sake of this planet, one of you three better figure it out." Beerus asserted as he lunged as Gohan, sending him flying with one blow.

"Gohan!" Goku cried out, powering up to Super Saiyan 3 without hesitation and charging at Beerus.

"Ohhh. This must be the Super Saiyan thing I've heard about." Beerus remarked, dodging all of Goku's attacks with relative ease. "Disappointing, really."

"Kakarot you idiot! You stand no chance against Beerus the Destroyer!" Vegeta fell to his knees, not seeing a way out of this. One of his earliest memories of a child was sneaking in on a meeting with his father and Beerus to find Beerus utterly humiliating the King of all Saiyans. Vegeta could no longer even move, he had lost any and all hope.

"Dad!" Gohan popped out of the rose bush he had been sent crashing into, now peppered with cuts and scrapes. "We need to work together!"

"Right!" Goku nodded, landing down next to his son.

"Oh, some teamwork now, eh?" Beerus snickered, not concerned in the slightest. "Alrighty then boys, whaddya got for me?"

"Taioken!" Goku leaped in front of Gohan, shooting off one of Tien's blinding attacks. This caught Beerus off guard, as his eyes began to burn intensely.

"Kaioken times ten!" Gohan bellowed, taking Goku by surprise. Gohan then sped right to Beerus. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Gohan blasted Beerus point blank, sending him flying. Once the dust settled, Gohan was out of breath and fell to his knees.

"Gohan that was awesome! When did you learn the Kaioken?" Goku asked, helping his son up.

"Well ever since I unlocked this Ultimate form thingy, I have been able to keep a calm and relaxed mind, even when fighting so I don't have to rely on anger. And I remember you saying something about the Kaioken, and that you needed that calm mind. So I enlisted the help of Supreme Kai and have been working on it ever since. I'm still a novice at it though." Gohan winced, being drained from the powerful stamina eating technique.

"That was still great! I think you really-" Goku was cut off as Beerus rose up from the lake Gohan had sent him into. He was unscathed, besides being wet, and more furious than ever.

"That was clever boys. But if that's the best you got, you clearly are not Super Saiyan Gods…" Beerus moved at unreal speeds, knocking Gohan and Goku out cold in one blow, before raising his hand, readying to Hakai them. "You have been smart to stay out of this Prince Vegeta. Perhaps I shall spare you once these two are dealt with. HAK-"

Beerus was cut short as his attendant Whis appeared innocently in between him and the unconscious Saiyans, dining down on a platter of sushi. "Oh my god Lord Beerus you have to try this stuff! They call it sushi and it is just devine!"

"Not now Whis, I need to-" Beerus was cut off once again as Whis shoved a piece of the sushi into Beerus's mouth. After taking his time swallowing it, his face blossomed into pure delight. "This is INCREDIBLE! Whis where the hell did you get this blessed specimen from!"

"Well when you told me to leave for a while I went to try out this planet's food and I found this ship in the ocean that had all sorts of delicacies. There's so much more where that came from!" Whis hummed.

"A boat! That's probably my wife!" Vegeta thought out loud.

"Your wife huh." Beerus turned, eyeing Vegeta up and down. "Well perhaps this trip won't be a disappointment after all. Prince Vegeta, would you please escort my attendant and I to your wife's ship so we may try more of these scrumptious treats?"

"W-Why of course! Right this way Lord Beerus!" Vegeta stammered, springing up and motioning for Beerus and Whis to follow him to the cruise ship, leaving Goku and Gohan unconscious in the dirt. 'If I can appease these two with food, perhaps we can make it out of this without the planet being destroyed. Just so long as none of the damn Earthlings mess anything up. Who do I need to keep in line? The fat shit Buu, he could really mess it up. Also, Trunks and Kakarot's boy need to make sure to not do anything stupid… Also Yamcha, the bastard… ARRG! There's so much that could go wrong!'

Can Vegeta appease Lord Beerus?! Will Gohan and Goku be Okay!? Find out in the next chapter!