The Monke King: Ch.26

The time travelling took a bit longer than I was expecting as it took a few seconds before the bright light vanished and the blue sky of Earth took its place.

“Huh, that was a bit longer than Mother calculated,” Cell muttered and I looked at him only to blink in bewilderment at the lab coat and glasses he was wearing as well as…

'Is he writing in a notebook?', I raised an eyebrow at the sight of the Android humming while writing in a notebook, which he noticed as he stopped and raised an eyebrow.

“What?”

“Where did you even get the outfit?”

“Oh, in my capsule.”

“That you keep where?”, I asked and he just pointed to the inside of one of his antenna-crown things on his head where I noticed the top end of a capsule peeking out.

“At the base. I've learned how to convert my enzyme from one that melts down living matter to one that sticks to all forms of matter.”

“…Huh, nice,” I hummed, looking up as the latch opened and floated up. Taking a deep breath of the air, I smiled at the slight hints of pollution in it that gave you that one nostalgic feeling before shaking my head when I remembered why we're here.

With a thought, my ki sensing stretched across the entire planet and I hummed as I looked to the right where I felt the most energies.

Three of them were far beyond the others, which were most like Vegeta, Piccolo and Gohan at this time, but that was not to say the others were weak as apart from the one that I recognized as Bulma, each of them were far stronger than even the Dragon Warriors of our timeline.

'Which is to be expected. No one came close to the Z-Fighters in terms of power unless they were a Saiyan,' I thought with a smirk before looking to Cell as he spoke up.

“Those are quite the powerful energies I'm feeling.”

“Yeah, the Z-Fighters were probably the most powerful fighters in the history of the planet,” I answered before stretching my ki sensing upwards. However, I raised an eyebrow as I felt the two biggest energies amongst the dozens that were slowly approaching Earth.

'…Was Frieza always that weak?,' I think it might have just been my traumatizing childhood, but I'm fairly sure Frieza was supposed to be stronger than that and it seems Cell agreed as he just hummed.

“Is that him?”

“That's Frieza, yeah. I guess I just remember him to be more of a monster considering what he and his men did,” I said as I floated upwards, wanting to intercept their flight path while Cell followed after me.

“You could simply teleport into their ship and destroy it from the inside, yes?”, Cell proposed and I stared at the gigantic spaceship that was slowly entering Earth's atmopshere before shrugging.

“That sounds like a good plan. You okay with stopping any ki blasts from destroying the planet.”

“Of course.”

“Instant Transmission,” As soon as Cell agreed, space around me warped as I placed two fingers to my forehead and vanished, reappearing in the middle of a stunned crowd while staring directly at my two targets.

“W-Who are you?!”, Frieza exclaimed as I let loose my energy and I admit I enjoyed the look of fear on his face as well as that of his men when their scouters exploded the second they tried to scan my energy.

“No need to know who I am, Frieza. You just need to know this,” With a grunt, the golden energy of Super Saiyan exploded from my body and the tyrant paled as I gave him a smug smile.

“Goku was the main course. I'm just the dessert,” With that, I flared my ki in all directions with an Explosive Wave, watching as the energy burned away everything it touches and completely erased a tyrant and his army within a matter of seconds.

Floating in the air while deactivating my Super Saiyan transformation, I stared at the smoke of what was left of Frieza before shaking my head as Cell floated up towards me.

“That was quite easy.”

“It was, but hey, now we don't have to worry about him coming back,” I said with a smirk and he chuckled before looking to his watch right as I felt the other energies approaching our location.

“Lucky us, Gohan. We appear to be floating above the area where Goku is to land so we should go down.”

“I agree. It looks like our guests are here,” I said and Cell looked at where I was looking to see the group of Z-Fighters flying across the ground, the both of us levitating down right as the group landed on the ground in front of us.

“Who the hell are you?!”, Vegeta demanded and Cell just blinked before slowly turning to me as I smiled amusedly and crossed my arms.

“Like we said, he's quite the arrogant man.”

“Answer me!”

“Does that approach usually work? The whole 'Answer me or you die' thing?”, Cell asked, a snort escaping Krillin's lips as I shook my head.

“Usually, no. It's then followed up him attacking…”, To prove me right, Vegeta shot forward with a roar, swinging a punch that I easily stopped with a finger to everyone's surprise.

“And then a hard beatdown to show him how inferior he is,” I finished my sentence and attack with a high kick, sending the Saiyan prince flying through a boulder to the side before looking at the others to see them all in combat stances.

'Damn, I really was a small kid,' I thought with a raised eyebrow as I looked at my younger variant, who seemed anxious at my gaze before I turned to Cell as Piccolo shuffled to keep the younger Gohan somewhat from my gaze.

“So, what now? Do I just tell them or what?”

“You can tell them your identity, but you aren't allowed to talk about you know what.”

“I'm sorry. Hey, cutie? Yes, you with the spiky hair and the rugged look and the nice, juicy-!”

“Whoa! Okay, Bulma! Kid here!”, Krillin whispered while pointing to Y. Gohan, who rolled his eyes while they thankfully missed both Cell and I looking at each other in disgust.

'Mother was quite the hormonal woman in her younger years.'

'Tell me about it.' We didn't need a telepathic link to read the look on each other's faces before I turned back to the group and cleared my throat to catch their attention.

“Firstly, um, thank you for the compliments, but I think you should retract the compliments,” I tried to save her, but nodded as she just gave a teasing smile.

“Why would I do that, handsome?”

“Well, secondly, we're from the future and my name is Gohan,” That was enough to make Bulma freeze on the spot as the others focused on me.

“A-As…As in…As in…”, Yamcha couldn't finish his sentence as he just pointed towards Y. Gohan, who looked just as shocked as I smirked and nodded.

“As in Gohan here. Also, hey, younger me. A bit trippy, isn't it?”

“Trippy doesn't even beginning to describe it. Wait, you could be lying,” Krillin said with narrowed eyes and I rolled mine while crossing my arms.

“We used to do Image Training while you, Bulma and I were flying to Namek on that spaceship. Also, you drank up all of Bulma's diet soda so in retaliation, she stuck a bur-!”

“Okay! No need to say that part! It's definitely Gohan, guys!”, Krillin spoke with a nervous smile and I grinned as Y. Gohan giggled even as he still gave me shocked glances.

“I still don't think this should be possible. I mean, you don't even look that older than me, which means you gotta be in your early twenties at least. You telling me that in twenty years, someone's going to figure out time-travelling?”, Bulma asked and I hummed before turning to Cell as he took out the drive from his lab coat.

“You are the one who does so, Mother.”

“…Did that thing just call me Mother?”, Bulma asked with a slightly disgusted look and Cell chuckled as I took the drive and tossed it to her.

“This thing is Cell, a bio-engineered Android who was made from the cells of Dad, Vegeta, Mr. Piccolo, Frieza and his dad. However, since I destroyed Frieza and his dad, that means the Cell of your timeline is only going to be made from Dad, Mr. Piccolo and Vegeta.”

“…From the way you're explaining this willy-nilly, I'm guessing we're in an alternate timeline now instead of the one that was supposed to happen if you two didn't show up. That also means that since you guys show up, something in the future is going to happen that is so bad that you guys needed to come back to stop it.”

“…Huh, you really are the super-genius just like in our timeline,” I muttered as the woman connected all the pieces together, to which she just gave a smug smile before I looked up just in time to see the pod coming down.

“Ah, looks like Dad's here. Also, Veggie, I didn't kick you that hard so you can stand up now.”

“My name is not Veggie! I am-!”

“No one cares for your rants. Just keep quiet, get over here and we'll all wait for Dad before I explain everything,” I cut him off, ignoring his growls before looking down as Yamcha patted my shoulder.

“I know you're strong, dude, but Vegeta's also a pretty strong guy.”

“Vegeta would have a hard time against Cell let alone me. If he can turn Super Saiyan, I might take him seriously. Can you, Vegeta?”, I asked, nodding as the Saiyan just glared at me before creating a ki shield right as the Attack Ball crashed into the ground.

“Impressive control over your ki,” Mr. Piccolo spoke up from the back and I gave a thankful smile before gesturing towards Y. Gohan as he looked in anticipation at the crater.

“You can go in,” I said as I dismissed the ki shield, smiling as he flew past me along with Krillin before looking to Cell as he placed a hand on my shoulder.

“We will rectify what is to come, my king.”

“I know, Cell. I know.”

“My King?”, Tien asked before his eyes widened slightly as Cell spoke.

“Yes, King Gohan is the King of Planet Earth and ruler of the Monke Kingdom after he defeated a threat that plagued the planet for thirteen years.”

“…Okay, now that Goku's here, start from the beginning.”

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“So, you two are from the future and you came back because some catastrophic event happens?”

“Yes.”

“The only ones that survive this event are you, me, a kid I have that you won't tell me about, your mom, grandpa, Yajirobe, Roshi and only about a hundred thousand or so humans.”

“Yeah.”

“Then you are left to fight this threat on your own for thirteen years, in which you are tormented day in and day out by these guys?”

“Yep.”

“And only after thirteen years and losing your arms, which I also managed to figure out a way to get it back for you, you finally take out these threats. Did I get all of that right?”, Bulma asked and Cell and I looked at each other before I nodded.

“That's a rough summary, but that's pretty much everything that happened, yeah,” I agreed, everyone staying silent before Krillin spoke up.

“Damn…Gohan, I do not envy you at all.”

“Me neither,” Y. Gohan spoke up and I grinned before giving a shrug.

“Eh, it wasn't all that bad, you know? There were the fun times that I had as rare as they were.”

“Was these fun times before or after you got your arm cut off?”, Yamcha asked and I frowned in thought before answering.

“Definitely after. Before I destroyed the Androids, it was nothing but pain and destruction every day, but after I destroyed them, society has begun to repair as best as he could.”

“Wait, didn't you say that he was an Android?”, Krillin asked with narrowed eyes as he looked to Cell, the Android chuckling as everyone did the same.

“I am, but Mother or should I say our Bulma found me before my programming could start. Then, she reprogrammed my entire dataset and now I'm a fighter on the side of good.”

“…Huh, go me. So, I'm guessing you guys only came back to warn us about the Androids, right?” Dad asked and I had to admit that the man's youthful smile made me remember the tired one he gave as he passed before I took a deep breath and nodded.

“Not just that. Here,” Taking the capsule from my inner jacket pocket and tossing it to him, Dad raised an eyebrow along with everyone else as I pointed at the small blue capsule.

“That is medicine you need to take starting today because in three years, you die of a heart virus that should have started its growth today. However, I already took care of Frieza so you didn't have to fight and that means you still have time to kill the virus before it can become deadly. All you need to do is take a pill every day until you use them all.”

“Your body will still be attacked by the virus, but instead of dying this time, you'll be reduced to a coma of constant agonising pain until it passes. Mother and I invented it to make sure you survive.”

“I see. So, that's why you didn't mention me in your story,” Dad muttered and I nodded before raising an eyebrow as he grinned.

“You've grown into quite the capable guy, Gohan. I'm proud,” Despite the emotional rollercoaster I went through in trying to work through my repressed anger for him, just those last two words almost opened the floodgates.

Forcing the floodgates back with a smile, I just nodded before looking to Cell as the Android clipped his notebook closed.

“I believe that is all, yes?”

“Yeah, I think so.”

“Wait, before you go?”, Dad spoke up and I raised an eyebrow only to sigh as I saw the look of anticipation and excitement in his eyes.

Of course.

“You said that you had Super Saiyan, but I don't think it's the only thing you've acquired in those thirteen years, right?'

“It is not, but the other three forms are far more powerful than you would expect.”

“T-T-Two forms?!” Krillin stammered, the others looking just as surprised as I smiled before looking to Cell.

“We don't have any place urgent to be so you might as well,” With a grin, I nodded before taking a deep breath, everyone staring in shock as a golden aura surrounded my body.

“This, as you all know, is Super Saiyan,” I began, the giddiness building up inside of me as I flared my power again and bio-electricity raced around my body while a shockwave rippled outwards and forced them all back slightly.

“This is what it looks like when a Super Saiyan ascends beyond that of a Super Saiyan. I personally call it the Ascended Super Saiyan, but my citizens love the ring of Super Saiyan 2. And this!”, Steadying myself, a growl escaped my lips as my energy surged outwards.

This time, they couldn't keep their footing as shockwave after shockwave made the earth tremble, pushing even Cell back as the Androids floated away.

“Haaaaaahhhh!!”, I could feel the planet itself shaking and the distress in everyone's energy as I continued to charge up, feeling my hair growing and growing until I felt the tips touching the back of my ankles.

Clouds gathered above my head and I pulled my energy tight before letting it surge outwards with a roar, unleashing a pillar of ki that dyed the area around us in gold.

“This is what happens when an Ascended Super Saiyan pushes his power beyond its limits. I call it Super Saiyan 3. Finally!” With a grunt, I took a deep breath and let myself submerge in the energy of the Oozaru as I closed my eyes.

Its growls and rumbles flowed over my body before my eyes snapped open as its roar ripped from my lips and out into the air, Gritting my teeth as I felt my body shifting, my tail unravelled from my body before it thickened, hair growing over my upper body as my head snapped backwards.

“RRRRAAAAAAHHHH!” With a roar that came from both myself and the Oozaru, I felt our minds becoming one as I looked at the group, who all looked astonished as I gave them a fanged grin.

“And this is what happens when a Super Saiyan becomes an Oozaru while in that state and gains control over their new Golden Oozaru form. I call it the Primal Super Saiyan, but its more simplistic name that I've come to love…is Super Saiyan 4.”

A/N: Come on~ You guys know we had to flex the transformations on them. Anyway, the group has been informed of everything, have been given everything they need and are shown just how strong they can become.

Now, it's time to head back to the future…or is it?

Perhaps, Gohan and Cell have a few plans of their own, but who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!