Gohan's Second Chance
Chapter 55: Gohan's Second Call (Wrath of the Dragon Pt. 1)
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Full of stone and destruction.
An ocarina dropped to the ground...
And said ocarina was crushed by a giant foot.
In this place, a lone boy stood. With a bit of a mohawk of orange hair, blue eyes, and a sword:
Lights and ectoplasm flashed everywhere around him.
He kept his grip on the sheathed sword on his back.
He turned around and unsheathed the sword!
A giant foot came down on him, and in his final moments, he only screamed as it finally crushed him.
Dead...
The sword of his fell...
Stabbed into the ground.
The wind blew...
And the monster was gone.
Loud maniacal laughter could be heard...
"Next stop, Equestria!" He said.
***
It was a normal day in the human world...
By normal I mean abnormal.
It was the weekend, and the Humane 7 were all hanging around school for a picnic.
But they saw the traffic nearby...
A car was running through all of them!
"Robbers!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
The cops were even trailing them.
"We need to get Gohan!" Fluttershy said.
"No." Applejack said.
"WE'RE the ones to stop them, Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said.
"Oh..." Fluttershy said.
"Let's go!" Sunset said.
The robbers managed to smash the cop cars into other cars.
"Heh. I guess that's one way to get them off our tails!" A robber said.
The Humane 7 all stood in front of the car.
"Get out of the way!" A robber yelled.
"Together, ready? HA!" Rainbow Dash yelled, then everyone else yelled.
They all ran into the car full force, stopping it effectively.
In fact, they flipped it over.
"WHAT!?" They all asked.
They were still alive.
"Hah! That's what you get for being so stupid!" Rainbow Dash said.
The robbers were still alive...
And one pulled a machine gun on them.
Rainbow Dash recoiled in fear because of that.
He sprayed them!
Most of the girls dodged, but Fluttershy was brave enough to catch them.
"I did it!" Fluttershy said.
"Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.
She dropped them all to the ground, making the robbers fear the girls.
"Our turn!" Pinkie yelled.
They all fired a blast at the car, making it explode.
The robbers were still alive...
The other cops arrived on the scene, and arrested the seriously injured robbers.
One ran up to the girls.
"Who are you, and how did you do that!?" He asked.
They realized how it felt when Gohan did shit like this.
"Girls, close your eyes." Sunset whispered.
So they did.
Sunset performed the Solar Flare.
"Solar Flare!" She yelled.
Everyone around them were blinded!
"Nice!" Rainbow Dash said.
They all flew away.
But... They saw something bad going on.
Some guy was going to jump off a building!
"NONE OF YOU REALLY CARE!" He screamed, catching the attention of the girls.
This is what he looks like...
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"We can't even see you anymore!" A guy yelled.
"You don't know what it's like to live in despair!" The old man yelled.
"One step, and it'll all be over!" He yelled.
"Do you really think he's gonna jump?" A guy asked.
"We can't even see him anymore!" Another guy yelled.
The Humane 7 all nodded to each other and flew at this depressed old man.
"I've already made my mind, I'm going to jump!" He yelled.
Then the 7 appeared.
"That's not a problem." Sunset said.
"Just take my hand before you do, okay?" She asked, holding her hand out.
"GET BACK! I WANT TO DIE!" He yelled.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Rainbow Dash! What are you doing!?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well, we don't HAVE all day!" Rainbow Dash sneered.
"Well, You'll see!" The old man yelled, jumping off.
He screamed.
"Oh no!" Applejack said.
The girls all scurried over to help him.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack caught him in mid air.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I should sue!" The old man yelled.
"You're welcome." Rainbow Dash sneered.
***
The group were now back at the portal with the old man.
"You're safe now!" Pinkie yelled.
"You idiots!" The old man yelled.
"Let's start off easy... What's your name?" Twilight asked.
"Hoi..." Hoi said.
"Okay, now what the heck were you thinking!?" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"Dash, calm down." Sunset said.
"Now, sugarcube, tell us why yer all suicidal and stuff." Applejack said.
"Because HE will come! And we need the legendary warrior Tapion to defeat him!" The old man yelled.
"Tapion? He? Who are either of these?" Rarity asked.
"You mean to tell me... You haven't heard of Tapion the brave?" Hoi asked.
"Uh... No. We haven't." Sunset said.
"He was only the hero who single handedly saved Planet Conose of the South Galaxy a thousand years ago! What do they teach you kids in school anyway?" Hoi said.
"So you're from space...?" Fluttershy asked.
"I mean, we're best friends with aliens so, we shouldn't judge him." Sunset said.
"You think we can meet him?" Pinkie asked.
"Of course." Hoi said with a smirk.
This whole thing wasn't feeling right with Twilight...
"So, where is he?" Sunset asked.
"I thought you'd never ask." Hoi said.
He pulled out something from his robe...
"I just happened to have brought him along!" He said, pulling out a musical box...
...
"Are you sure he's not some old geezer from a retirement home?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Dash!" Fluttershy said.
"You see... Unfortunately, he's been confined in this mysterious musical box." Hoi said.
"Isn't he a hero? Why would he be confined?" Applejack asked.
"A conundrum that begs to be solved..." Hoi said.
"Then lets wind up the box! Get him out! I wanna see more legendary warriors!" Pinkie yelled.
"More... You say?" Hoi asked.
"We'll talk later." Sunset said.
"Conose was spared... But now the same crisis threatens Equestria!" Hoi yelled.
"What?" Everyone asked.
"The evil will ravage Equestria, then the universe! Consuming all! There's nothing you can do to stop it! Only Tapion can save you now!" Hoi said.
"I dunno... We kinda got a legendary super warrior to defend us from that." Rainbow Dash said.
"I wanna meet Tapion!" Pinkie said, raising her hand.
"That's why I have come! That's why I've been searching for this music box for the last thirty years!" Hoi said.
"Then open it already." Twilight said.
"Don't you think I've tried!?" Hoi asked.
"But you're not able to open it?" Rarity asked.
"You may try..." Hoi said, presenting the music box.
"Let me handle this..." Rainbow Dash said, taking the box.
She tried moving it...
But nothing.
"What the!? It's not moving!" Rainbow Dash said as she strained long and hard.
"You need a little elbow grease, gimme that." Applejack said, trying herself.
Nothing.
"What? I guess you're right..." Applejack said.
"Ooh! Why don't we call Gohan!?" Pinkie asked.
"Yeah... Maybe he can open it!" Sunset said.
"Who is this Gohan you speak of?" Hoi asked.
"Our friend. I think he's stronger than this Tapion..." Sunset said.
"Oh, but I wouldn't dare say that." Hoi said.
***
Gohan was training in the World of Kais.
He was getting some special training.
Even without the Z-Sword, he learned new techniques.
And was training harder than ever.
The Supreme Kai was hurling multiple blocks of katchin, the strongest metal in the universe at Gohan.
Gohan was kicking and punching each of them.
He had to admit, it was hard, but he could still break it.
He didn't have to unleash his full power, but it was still good training for him.
"Amazing... His power is undoubtedly beyond that of the Supreme Kai." Kibito said.
"Well yes, obviously. It's shame about his father..." Old Kai said.
"He mustn't know about that." Kibito said.
Gohan smashed the final block of katchin before taking a rest.
"Amazing job, Son Gohan." Shin said.
"You can just call me Gohan." Gohan said.
"Gohan, you used to wield a sword, correct?" Shin asked.
"Yeah, before Janemba broke it in half." Gohan said.
"Would you like a replacement?" Shin asked.
"No, it's okay. I liked the old one, but my true strength lies within me." Gohan said.
Then he started to glow yellow for some reason...
"W-Why are you glowing?" Shin asked.
"I am...? Oh, I am! Sorry, Supreme Kai, I have to leave." Gohan said.
"Okay. Feel free to come back whenever you wish." Shin said.
"Bye!" Gohan said as he teleported away.
***
Gohan was at Twilight's castle.
And in the Cutie map room.
"You're going back there again?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. Why does the map have to do this?" Gohan asked.
"Maybe that world just has some worse things happening than over here." Twilight said.
"Last time I became a defense attorney. There's nothing that can possibly make it worse than the magical occurrences that happen here." Gohan said.
***
"I wouldn't dare say that." Hoi said.
Then Gohan came through the portal.
"Gohan! Good timing!" Sunset said.
"H-Hello... Who's this fine gentleman?" Gohan asked.
"I am Hoi... This is the legendary warrior you speak of? He's but a boy!" Hoi said.
"He's stronger than you think, buddy." Rainbow Dash said.
"What happened?" Gohan asked.
"This old guy tried killing himself just so he could get us to open this weirdly powerful box!" Rainbow Dash said.
"I apologize for my deception..." Hoi said.
"That's okay. You should just ask next time." Fluttershy said.
"What's the point?" Gohan asked.
"There's a legendary warrior called Tapion inside! Apparently it's Equestria's last hope against a crisis!" Pinkie said cheerfully.
"Wow. Maybe we'll need this Tapion." Gohan said.
"It's sealed with powerful magic." Hoi said as he handed the box to Gohan.
"Magic? I'm not sure I can open this now..." Gohan said.
"Come on, you can do it!" Sunset said.
"Strength is one thing, but there are other things when it comes to magic..." Gohan said.
"Please, I beg of you... Try!" Hoi said.
"Okay." Gohan said before he took a deep breath.
He tried to move the handle...
To no effect.
He started grunting.
"Come on, you can do it!" Sunset said.
Gohan strained so hard that he ended up turning Super Saiyan.
The winds and aura nearly blew Hoi away!
The girls were kind of blinded by it...
They were witnessing Gohan's full power, anyway.
He stopped and reverted back to base form.
"It won't budge." Gohan said.
"I told you." Hoi said.
"But... I think I know how." Gohan said.
"What!?" Everyone asked.
"You have something else in mind?" Hoi asked.
"Hey girls, why don't you use your magic on this box?" Gohan asked.
"Oh, I see! Magic on magic!" Twilight said.
"Will it work?" Hoi asked.
"We'll have to find out. Ready, girls?" Sunset asked.
Twilight stepped back.
The Humane 6 all ponied up!
Hoi watched in astonishment.
They combined the magic to create a rainbow to rain down on the box!
"Hey... The handle's moving!" Gohan said.
"Yes! Release Tapion from his confinement!" Hoi yelled.
"The music..." Twilight said.
It was peaceful.
The box opened!
Huge winds emitted from the box, causing everyone to look away.
Well, except Gohan.
Smoke formed someone...
"Are you guys seeing this!?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Amazing..." Gohan said.
The Humane 7 watched as they ponied down.
Hoi stepped back...
And he started to glow blue randomly.
His eyes were red too.
It's as if he... Was trying to do something sinister...
Invisible waves were sent towards this smokey person.
However, they were instantly broken, and returned to Hoi.
The person who emerged broke his own box!
A blinding flash of blue light appeared, then suddenly died down!
A warrior appeared!
Playing the ocarina...
He slowly floated down to the ground.
"Hoi was right..." Twilight said.
The man stopped playing his ocarina and opened his eyes.
They turned out to be green.
"Cool!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Catchy tune." Sunset said.
Hoi walked up to this man with a smile on his face.
And he unsheathed his sword on him!
"Stay back!" He demanded.
"Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.
This man was Tapion!
"Was it you who revived me!?" Tapion asked.
"You're very welcome! Nice to have some leg room after a thousand years, huh?" Hoi asked.
"You old fool! Send me back!" Tapion yelled.
"You're the one who broke the box, buddy." Rainbow Dash said.
Tapion shot her glare, scaring her.
"Not an option... Now that the music box has been destroyed..." Hoi said.
Tapion was clearly not happy.
Hoi looked down at his ocarina.
"Hello, sir. My name's Gohan! We had a bit of a struggle getting you out!" Gohan said.
Tapion turned around.
"Do you have any idea what you've done? Well, do you? I don't know if I can stop him this time." Tapion said.
"Him? What's wrong?" Gohan asked.
Tapion simply walked away.
'Stop him...?' Gohan thought.
"He's cool!" Rainbow Dash said.
"And mysterious." Rarity said.
"Very, very mysterious..." Gohan said.
"So, is he stronger than you?" Sunset asked.
"It doesn't look like it... But he's definitely strong. He's exponentially stronger than all of you." Gohan said.
"Whoa, what?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Something's fishy about this Hoi..." Twilight muttered.
'Tapion may be the Friendship problem...' Gohan thought.
***
Tapion hid in an abandoned army base.
Rainbow Dash managed to get Fluttershy to come with her.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well, yeah! I want to know more about this Tapion guy!" Rainbow Dash said.
"He's down there..." Fluttershy said, pointing at a hatch.
She lifted the hatch.
"Um... Mr. Tapion? Sir?" Fluttershy asked.
"Hey! Anybody home!?" Rainbow Dash called.
Tapion was clearly not normal.
He was grabbing his head in some sort of struggle.
He grunted loudly.
"GO AWAY!" He screamed.
Fluttershy cowered so much its as if she vanished.
Rainbow Dash shut the hatch. "Fluttershy?" She asked frantically.
'Where did she go?' She thought.
Fluttershy was flying away as fast as she could.
***
So Gohan was roped into another slumber party.
At Pinkie's.
Again.
Gohan and Fluttershy were still very puzzled by this Tapion.
Twilight was puzzled by Hoi.
Pinkie ordered the pizza, and...
It came.
"Hey guys, I need to head out for a bit." Gohan said.
"Why?" Sunset asked.
"I'll be taking this." Gohan said, taking an entire pizza box.
"You want to eat alone?" Pinkie asked.
"Yeah." Gohan said.
He flew out the window.
"Do you ever close that, Pinkie?" Rarity asked.
"No." Pinkie said.
"Maybe I should follow him..." Fluttershy said.
"Does someone have a crush~?" Pinkie joked.
Sunset shot Pinkie a death stare.
"N-No!" Fluttershy said, waving her hands.
Rainbow Dash snickered.
She flew after Gohan.
"You asked him out, right?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Doesn't even realize it." Sunset said.
***
Gohan arrived at the abandoned place.
And he felt Fluttershy incoming.
He didn't move until she arrived.
"So, why'd you follow?" Gohan asked.
"I... I wanted to see Tapion. He yelled at me last time..." Fluttershy said.
"So you tried to talk to him?" Gohan asked.
Fluttershy nodded.
"Hopefully we'll have better luck this time." Gohan said as he walked towards the desolate building.
Fluttershy followed.
This time, they went the door way.
Inside, Tapion was grunting like crazy.
He was clearly trying hard to do something...
And the presence of the two just made him angry.
So he stood up and unsheathed his sword!
Fluttershy instinctively hid behind Gohan.
"Uh... Hello, sir..." Gohan said.
He walked over to a barrel and placed the pizza box on there.
"Help yourself..." He said.
Tapion only sheathed his sword and sat down.
"You can't save the world on an empty stomach..." Fluttershy said.
Tapion didn't respond. He only shot glares at the two.
And that scared Fluttershy.
"We'llbeoutsideifyouneedus!" She said instantly as she ran out.
"Well... See you later, sir." Gohan said, walking after her.
They just left.
Back to Pinkie's...
On the way back, the two noticed something bad happening in Hoofington.
A monster was rampaging!
Or, half of one, really.
It was just legs.
The military tried stopping it to no effect!
"Gohan, we have to help!" Fluttershy said.
"You're right, let's go!" Gohan said, and the two flew at the half monster.
'What could've done this...' He thought.
Fires were happening, explosions, and the town was pretty busted!
The two landed in a street.
"Show yourself!" Gohan yelled.
"I hope he is... Is..." Fluttershy kept repeating as she saw the gargantuan monster.
She quickly ran away.
"Go back to Pinkie's place!" Gohan yelled.
The monster's size wasn't the issue, it was it's power level.
Apparently the half monster had a tail, and it tried to hit Gohan with it after destroying a ton of buildings with it.
Gohan jumped out of the way.
'Could this be the evil that destroyed Conose?' He thought.
The half attacked Gohan with his tail again, and it hit this time.
It was critical.
Gohan landed safely, though.
'This'll be a bruise...' He thought.
"Let's do this the hard way then!" Gohan yelled, powering up.
The ground below cracked immensely.
And the rocks of cement flew into the sky.
He was at full power in base form!
"Let's go!" Gohan yelled as he flew at this half.
He kicked the stomach, but nothing happened.
"That barely worked!" Gohan said as he flew away.
He dove in for another shot, but then the monster turned into some sort of ectoplasm and disappeared.
Gohan was definitely confused by this.
But the monster appeared again, and attacked with his tail!
Gohan managed to dodge that, and the incoming foot.
He proceeded to fire a Kamehameha wave at the monster.
It was strong enough to make the monster fall over into a building.
"I have to power up!" Gohan said, turning Super Saiyan.
It got itself up and attacked again!
By stomping again!
Gohan dodged and kicked it in the side real hard!
Then, he kicked the feet of the monster, causing it to fall over into more buildings.
Gohan flew up, and charged up a barrage.
"Masenko!" He yelled as he fired multiple beams.
With each beam, the explosion grew bigger.
It could be seen from other cities!
He finally ended his assault, catching his breath for five seconds.
He knew the monster was still there, he could sense it.
'This isn't good.' He thought.
But then...
He heard music.
'Tapion?' He thought.
The smoke cleared...
And the monster was gone.
Gohan reverted back to base form in confusion.
Inside the dying smoke, Gohan saw Tapion.
He was walking away, playing his ocarina.
He stopped playing and shot Gohan a mean glare.
Then, he disappeared into the shadows...
Gohan quickly went to inspect the place, but Tapion just vanished.
Nearby, atop many buildings, a hooded man was running.
He glared at Gohan before laughing and making his escape.
"I know one thing... Tapion knows all about this." Gohan muttered.
***
Tapion was back at his hiding place.
He inspected his ocarina.
'Curse that old man...' He thought.
"Tapion." A voice came.
Tapion looked ahead to see Gohan.
With some drinks!
Water bottles, mainly.
"I brought you some drinks." He said.
Gohan noticed the untouched pizza.
"Leave me alone." Tapion said.
Gohan sighed as he placed them beside the pizza box.
"At least you're talking." He said.
Tapion was angry at this point.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Tapion yelled.
Gohan was clearly unfazed, but respected Tapion enough to leave.
He casually walked away before flying away.
"Stupid kid... He doesn't know the true strength of him..." Tapion muttered.
***
Gohan flew back into Pinkie's room.
The Humane 7 were all playing spin the nail polish bottle.
Just to paint fingernails.
Don't get any ideas.
"You're back." Sunset said.
"Why are you here later than Fluttershy?" Applejack asked.
"I was busy." Gohan said.
"So, care to explain this?" Rainbow Dash asked, pulling out her phone.
It was a news story about the attack on Hoofington.
The recording was Gohan's Masenko barrage from afar.
"Well, you all know what I was doing." Gohan said.
"Why?" Sunset asked.
"There was a big, giant, scary monster destroying the place!" Fluttershy said.
"I don't even understand how it ended." Gohan said.
"Didn't you kill it or something?" Pinkie asked.
Gohan shook his head. "He just vanished out of nowhere." He said.
"That doesn't sound good." Applejack said.
"What's weird is... I saw Tapion walking away when it vanished." Gohan said, sitting down.
"Tapion? He was there?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yeah... I think he sealed the monster or something... It's really odd." Gohan said.
"Well, let's forget about that right now. We're playing spin the nail polish bottle!" Pinkie said.
"I absolutely refuse to wear nail polish!" Gohan retorted.
***
Tapion was now sleeping...
"No!" He yelled at himself.
"You can't sleep! Not now..." He said.
He was tired as hell.
But... Eventually, he succumbed to the hands of sleep, and dozed off.
He dropped his ocarina, too.
Smoke flew out of him...
And a portal appeared!
Blue one.
Thunder struck.
The lights and sounds woke the warrior up.
"No... No!" Tapion said.
He quickly went to his belt, but his ocarina wasn't there.
An outstretched hand reached towards Tapion!
Tapion just narrowly jumped out of the way!
The portal opened even more...
And this guy was HUGE!
Tapion saw his ocarina lying on the ground.
With this big guy, it was gonna be hard to get it!
The monster threw a fist at Tapion, and it burst through the walls!
Tapion dodged again, flying at his ocarina.
He caught it, but he soon had his back against the wall.
The monster was about to take a bite outta him...
But...
The music...
It started playing...
The monster reached out in vain as it was pulled back into the warrior, where it came!
Tapion stopped playing, then panted in relief.
***
The very next morning...
"Woah. What happened here?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"It seems like somebody attacked the place... I hope Tapion's alright..." Fluttershy said.
Rainbow Dash carried a bag from a 7 eleven knock off store with a few sandwiches inside.
Fluttershy held a small container of milk.
The two entered the ruined place...
"Oh thank goodness! You're okay!" Fluttershy said.
Tapion was really getting pissed off now.
He shot them death stares while slowly unsheathing his sword.
"Maybe we should've brought Gohan..." Rainbow Dash said.
"Um... Hello! We brought you breakfast!..." Fluttershy said.
She noticed the empty pizza box.
"You ate all the pizza... Good. We'll just leave these here..." Fluttershy said, putting the milk on another barrel.
Rainbow Dash put the sandwiches on the barrel.
"It's sandwiches. I hope you like egg salad." Rainbow Dash said.
The two flew away.
Tapion stopped his glares and calmed down.
He sat still, glaring at the ground.
Then his stomach rumbled.
He growled at it before just sighing and walking over to the food.
***
Goten came through the portal at school.
"Goooohaaaaaaan!" Goten yelled.
He could sense his energy at Pinkie's.
'He went off training, and now he's here?' He thought.
Goten flew towards Pinkie's place.
Speaking of which...
Gohan was awake.
Everyone else was asleep.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were just missing.
And he could feel Goten incoming.
'Well, here we go...' He thought.
Next Chapter: A Warrior's Day and a Second Use (Wrath of the Dragon Pt. 2) Estimated time remaining: 9 Hours, 45 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Well, surprise! I should give power levels for this!
Tapion - 7,700,000,000
Monster - Next chapter
Hoi - 5
And Equestria as two worlds?
I mean, you can think about it.