Chapter 22

Gohan opened his eyes as he felt all the power inside him go out. He looked at his own hands, then at his clothes until it hit him: the wish worked. With a deep breath he looked over to his friends and father, his teal eyes shined in anger as he once more saw the scene of them being beat up by the Cell Juniors. With a fast movement he went to Cell and stole the senzu bag from his hands. The shock on the monster's face was even more pleasant than the first time, but Gohan knew better, this time he wouldn't screw up. Moving as fast as before he killed each of the monster's duplicates, just stopping by Piccolo to share a knowing glare; the namek looked confused but nodded at the boy. When Gohan looked at Cell once more he charged more power, and with speed and force he punched his stomach. The bio android immediately put his hands on his own belly, eyes widened as he didn't see the boy move, and then he threw up.

Android #18 came out from his stomach, and Gohan smiled; he couldn't let Kuririn without his wife right? As Cell turned back to his previous form he glared at the boy with anger, just to notice that he was charging a ki blast. It was too late.

"Kamehameha!" Gohan charged a full Kamehameha blast; he had to make sure that Cell wouldn't recover. And he did. Soon nothing could be heard, not even the yells of the monster cursing the boy as his life was ending. As the attack faded he could hear everyone cheer up and he let out a breath he didn't knew he was holding. Then he looked over to Mr. Satan, who was still hiding behind a rock. A little smile came to his face, and after a few seconds of thoughts he floated to him.

"Hey." He said softly at the man, who was stunned by what he just did to Cell.

"H-Hey." The man managed to say and Gohan chuckled; he was so different now.

"Thank you for… Helping Sixteen to talk to me. Well… his head at least." Mr. Satan cleaned his throat to talk again; he was trying to regain his courage.

"Oh, it was nothing. I had to do something." Gohan nodded and chuckled once more. He looked at his friends for a brief moment and then his attention went to Mr. Satan again.

"Can I ask you a favor?" At the man's shyly nod he kept talking. "Can you have the credit for defeating Cell?"

"W-What?!" The man let out a yell of disbelief. "Why?!"

"I don't want the attention this will bring to my family and…" He made a pause. "I think the world needs a human savior, not a monster who could beat a monster." Mr. Satan frowned at the words the boy used.

"You are not a monster kid. You are a true hero. I'll do as you wish, but can I at least know your name?" Gohan smiled, he wasn't that different at all.

"Only if you promise that you'll keep it a secret." He said with a raised eyebrow.

"I promise." He laughed.

"Gohan. Son Gohan."

At the lookout everyone was happy and already used the wishes from the dragon balls and a party was making its place. Gohan was sitting with Piccolo and Dende at the stairs, looking at everyone's happiness.

"So, why do I see something different from what happened today?" Piccolo was the one who asked what both namekians where thinking and Gohan giggled.

"Well, I wasn't sure if this was going to work so I asked the Shenlong to maintain your memories too, not just mine." Dende frowned.

"Why I can't remember anything about a wish?" Gohan looked down.

"That part… I asked him to take it away before doing my wish."

"Wich was…?" Piccolo's voice was heavy, as if he understood why his student asked to erase that memory.

"I wish to go back to when I found out my new power." He stood in silence for a while. "I had to fix everything, and this time I'll make sure that we don't depend this much on the dragon balls. I'll never let anything like this happen again." Piccolo and Dende shared a proud look before putting their hands on Gohan's shoulders.

"We are proud of you." He smiled widely.

"But you had to ask that human to take your credit?" Dende was the one who asked it, and Gohan laughed more.

"Well, he is a good person. I'm sure he'll do a good job."

Seven years went in a flash. Gohan enjoyed seeing Goten's birth and how his little brother idolized him. He really liked this version of his brother more, he wouldn't go in a rampage while looking at him and still had to learn how to turn into a super saiyan; thing that ChiChi and Goku were trying to avoid, the kid was a trouble normally and they couldn't figure out what would happen if he turned into a powerful and with almost eternal energy kid. Gohan laughed at how his Goten was begging him to teach him how to fly, he did big puppy eyes and the older brother almost couldn't resist; but he did because of the frying pan of the pain. ChiChi had made him swear to her that until the kid was ten, or the Earth at risk, he'd not learn how to fly to avoid her punishment.

"Hold on squirt, I can't teach you that yet. Just hold on three more years and you are good." Goten sighed in annoyance, he never won a battle of wills with his brother.

"I hate you." He said with a pout and Gohan giggled; even hearing him says that it was cuter than the previews version of the kid. He knelled down to look at his brother's eyes, putting a hand on the top of his head while he was at it.

"No you don't. And I'll come back right after school so we can play ok?" At the mention of 'play' his eyes shined; that was something he loved.

"You promise?!" Gohan nodded.

"I promise."

"Yay!" Goten started to jump on the same place, and just stopped when ChiChi called him and yelled at Gohan saying that he'd be late for his first day at school.

Gohan landed right outside the Satan City and looked at the huge outdoor with Mr. Satan's face on it. He laughed loudly at the sight and remembered a few years ago when the man found out where he lived. The champion went to their house in order to give them half of the money he'd gain from getting his victory, and ChiChi accepted as fast as the words came out of his mouth. That way she could give food for a saiyan family forever. He kept the promise he did to Gohan, he never told anyone about who he was, not even his daughter; person that he was crazy to meet again. He was sure this time he'd make everything right, and that he never would let her die. As he walked over the city he stopped after taking notice of a certain black haired kid. A sad, and yet happy, smile came to his face as he saw her parents. It was Eve. She was happy; they were probably on a vacation and visiting the world hero's city.

The attention of the crowd, including his, was caught when shooting could be heard coming from the City Bank. At a high speed people gathered around the police so that they could see the fight that was going to happen soon enough; it wasn't long after that a yellow copter descended from the sky, and from inside it a teenager came out. Gohan had to hold his happiness and urge to go and hug her; after all she didn't know him. Using her speed she charged at her enemies, hitting one by one and letting them unconscious on the ground around her. But she didn't notice the leader charging at her from behind and Gohan felt the need to help. Discreetly he moved one of his hands forward, and charged a wave of ki strong enough to unbalance the huge man, who tripped and made a loud sound that caught Videl's attention. Spinning around she made a powerful kick hit his stomach, making him lose the air in his lungs and fell unconscious. She made a victory pose and the crowd cheered up, while Gohan was surprised by a hand on his pants.

"Excuse me sir." As he looked down he saw Eve looking intently at him, he blinked surprised.

"Huh, yes?" He knelt down to look her on the eyes and was glad they were as lively as he remembered.

"I sensed what you did. It was very nice of you to help her." She was deadly serious about her speech and he couldn't help the smile that came to his face.

"Oh really? Do you know what I did?" She shook her head in denial.

"I don't. I just feel it… even thought I don't know what it is I know you did something." He smiled more; she really had a talent for martial arts and ki.

"Do you like martial arts?" When her eyes shined he giggled; she was just too cute. "I know someone who can teach you, also, he can teach you to do what I just did. Do you want his contact?" She nodded but looked at her parents fast. They were right beside them but Gohan didn't notice until now.

"You really want to learn it right Eve?" Her mother asked with a soft voice. Eve nodded shyly at that.

"Please give us the contact, we'll call him." It was her father who talked, and Gohan was glad they let her go ahead and learn what she liked. He got up and grabbed inside his bag a paper and a pen, writing down Kuririn's number and address.

"Here. He'll say no at first but, I'm sure he'll love to teach her after you tell him that I gave you his contact. Just tell the name Gohan and you are good." The man nodded and thanked him for it, and the family walked away to continue their vacation. He turned his attention to Videl once more, but was again surprised with a hug on his leg. Confused he looked down and saw Eve again.

"Idiot. How could I forget you?" His eyes widened.

"What?!" Eve looked up, a pout on her face as she glared at him.

"I'm sorry for forgetting you Gohan. But now I remember everything! Thank you for all you did for me." With another hug she let go of him and ran to her parents. Now the boy laughed at the petit figure; she sure was a box of surprises.

"Excuse me." A mad girl voice made its way to his ears and he looked at the source just to see Videl looking at him.

"Yes?" After Eve remembered everything he wouldn't be surprised if Videl did too.

"Are you… perhaps… new on the Orange High school?" He blinked; so she didn't remember him. He had no time to wonder why Eve had her memories because of the strong glare he was receiving from the brunette in front of him; with a smile he nodded.

"Yes, I was on my way there when I heard all the noise on the bank. Nice work there, you sure are strong!" Videl didn't know why but she blushed at the compliment. It wasn't like she never heard a lot along the years, but for unknown reasons this one made her happy. With a shy smile she talked again.

"T-Thanks." She looked at her watch and panicked; she was going to be late again – not that the teachers cared about that since her father saved the world, but she did. "Shit we are going to be late! Come on I'll give you a ride!" Videl fast grabbed her capsule and tossed a little far from them, the smoke soon fading and showed the same yellow jet he saw a few minutes ago. Gohan smiled at her, she was still kind.

"Thank you, I appreciate the ride!" He said once inside the jet. Videl nodded her head and went towards the school in top speed.

That day Gohan started his life as a normal – almost – teenager, also made friends and, he didn't know at the time, a girlfriend.

The End

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