Tony Stark and his Saiyan Sons

Chapter 1

-Son Residence, Mount Paozu-

It's been a little over a month since the newest addition to the Son family –Goten– was born. And while Chi-Chi and Gohan absolutely adore him; he's the spitting image and constant reminder of their beloved husband and father –Goku– who by his own choice is no longer with them.

When Gohan first broke the news of his father's fate to his mother, she was naturally distraught. Though after a while, she seemed to have accepted Goku's choice to stay in Other World. (and made a decision of her own that she's kept from Gohan, hoping it won't come up for the foreseeable future.)

Gohan didn't share the same sentiment as his mother about Goku's decision, but he didn't say as much out loud, not wanting to upset anyone.

All of Gohan's friends and family hold Goku in such high regard, that he knew disparaging him and his choice would just upset them all.

So he stays silent about his feelings, seeing it as a fitting punsihment to hold all of his anger and resentment –towards Goku for his refusal to come back to life and towards himself for not immediately finishing Cell off when he had the chance– deep inside.

Gohan won't burden the others with his problems. He's done enough already. 

"Finish him now Gohan! We all know you have the power, it's time to use it!" Goku desperately yells at Gohan.

"Finish him now? No I think I'll wait, I'm gonna let him suffer for a little while." Gohan answers his father with a self-satisfied smirk.

'No! What are you doing?!' Gohan internally berates himself. 'Kill Cell now! So Mom can be with her husband! So Goten can have a father!'

He relives the worst day of his life, every single second; right up until that final moment where Goku is standing in front of him, about to dissappear forever to make up for his child's foolish mistake. 'So I'm not responsible for destroying my family!'

"Goodbye, my son." Goku says to Gohan, and then vanishes, sacrificing himself to save the entire planet one last time.

"NO, COME BACK!!!" Gohan screams as he springs up from under his covers in a cold sweat, tears pouring down his face.

Before he can fall into a full blown panic attack, his attention is caught by Goten crying in the crib next to his bed.

"I'm sorry, Squirt. Did I wake you up?" Gohan asks as he scoops Goten up and begins rocking him in his arms to try to calm him down. 

"Uhh...wuuh" (The noises I assume babies make) 

"Yeah, tell me all about it, Buddy." Gohan says, a small smile starting to form.

"Gohan? Are you awake?" His mother asks as she comes into the room."Oh, Sweetheart, what's the matter?!"

At first Gohan assumes her second question is directed at Goten, but then realizes he'd been so distracted tending to his baby brother, that he forgot to wipe the tears off his face.

"Oh, it's nothing to worry about, Mom, just a bad dream." He rushes to reassure her, not wanting her to unnecessarily worry about him. 

Chi-Chi's expression morphs into one of sad understanding. "Was it about your father?"

Not too surprisedhis mom had caught on, Gohan decides to answer honestly. "Yes."

"Gohan, I know it's hard, but you can talk to me when it gets to be too much." Chi-Chi tells her oldest son while trying to give him a reassuring smile. "You know that, right?"

Gohan shifts Goten to one arm so he can wipe the remaining tears off of his face, then gives his best attempt at his father's trademark 'Son Grin' to his mother. 'This is punishment for my failure, it's my burden alone to bear, Mom. So please don't waste any concern on me.' He thinks to himself while he tells his mother, "Of course I know that, Mom...I'm ok..really, the nightmare just caught me off guard since it's been so long since the last time I had one. That's all, I swear."

While Chi-Chi is fairly certain her eldest isn't being entirely truthful with her and is about to call him on it, but she gets sidetracked when Goten starts fussing again. "Wuh..wah..ahh!"

"Aww, is someone not feeling too good?" Chi-Chi coos at Goten.

She reaches to take him from Gohan's arm, but he suddenly backs away.

Slightly surprised, she tells him, "It's ok, Honey, I've got him. You just get yourself a drink of water and try to relax, ok?" 

Not wanting to be on his own right now, Gohan responds to his mother's—sorta but not really—request, "It's ok, Mom, I've already got him. You can go back to bed, alright?"

"Gohan, don't over exert yourself. I know you're trying to put on a brave face for me, but you're not even 12 years old yet. So just allow yourself to be a kid and let the adults handle this kind of stuff, ok?" Chi-Chi pleads with Gohan.

"Please, Mom?" Gohan practically begs. "Looking out for and taking care of Goten is my job as his big brother, right? This'll help me relax more than anything else could...we'll be fine, ok?"

Just like that, Chi-Chi's resolve wavers and she gives in. "Alright, alright, you got me. Just try to get yourself to sleep after you put him back down. You got that, mister?" She answers him while giving a mock stern glare, hoping to lighten the mood.

With a more genuine smile, Gohan gives her a mock salute. "Ma'am yes Ma'am." 

With a light chuckle, Chi-Chi heads back to her room. "Ok, I'll see you two for breakfast bright and early. Goodnight, boys."

"Goodnight, Mom."

"Ok, Goten, let's get you all settled." Gohan says as he lightly tickles his brother's tummy with his free hand.

Goten squeals in delight while Gohan checks his diaper and sighs in relief. 'Clean, thank goodness.' "If you're clean, I bet that means you're hungry, huh, Bubba?"

Goten lets out another bubbly laugh in response. "Yeah, I thought so."

After giving Goten 3 bottles of formula. (Like father like son with that Saiyan appetite.) Gohan puts his brother back in his crib and watches him drift back to sleep.

"I'm so sorry, Goten." Gohan whispers. "Because of me, You don't have Dad to be here for you."

With tears threatening to spill over again, he promises his brother, "But I swear I'll always be here for you, no matter what."

Once Goten is asleep again, Gohan goes back to his own bed and into another fitful sleep.

-The Next Morning-

"Gohan, get up. It's time for breakfast." Chi-Chi calls.

Gohan slowly cracks his eyes open.

"I'm up, Mom." He sleepily calls back to his mother.

When he gets out of bed he finds that Goten isn't in his crib.

He realizes she must have came and got Goten before the baby woke up so he could sleep in.

With a fond smile he goes to wash up and get ready for the day.

As Gohan enters the kitchen he spots Goten in his highchair happily mumbling to himself while their mother is cooking enough food to feed a small army (or 2 growing half-Saiyans).

"Morning, Mom. Hey, Goten." Gohan greets his family.

"Good morning, Gohan. Are you feeling any better?" Chi-Chi asks her eldest, hoping he got enough sleep after his nightmare.

"Yeah, Mom, I feel great. Thanks for letting me sleep in." Gohan answers with a smile, trying to reassure her. 

"That's good to hear." Chi-Chi replies, deciding to believe Gohan for now. "How about we go see your grandfather after breakfast? "

Relieved for the change in subject and genuinely happy with her suggestion, Gohan says, "That sounds great, Mom."

"Ahh ahh wuuhh." Goten mumbles aloud.

"Looks like someone agrees with you." Chi-Chi laughs 

"Yeah, I guess so." Gohan chuckles while ruffling Goten's hair.

They resume their breakfast before heading out to enjoy the day, completely unaware of the pain that was about to befall them all.

-Ox Kingdom-

Chi-Chi, Gohan, and Goten meet up with Ox King at his home, then decide to go on a hike and sight see around the nearby mountain trails.

Gohan was carrying Goten a little ways ahead of his mother and grandfather, enjoying the sights and time with his family.

"Isn't it so nice and beautiful here, Goten?" Gohan asks his brother.

"Ahh uh bwuh." Goten mumbles in response to hearing his name.

"Gohan seems to be in good spirits today." Ox remarks to his daughter.

"That's a relief. I'd hoped this would cheer him up after last night." Chi-Chi replies to her father.

"What happened last night, Chi-Chi?"

"Oh, Dad, he's having nightmares again...he still feels guilty about what happened with Goku, I know it. I just can't get him to talk about it." She answers dejectedly.

"That poor boy, I wish he could forgive himself and realize he isn't to blame for anything that happened." Ox says, looking ahead at his grandson with sympathy his eyes.

"Yeah, I was hoping this family time would help him put those bad memories out of his mind, if even for a little bit." Chi-Chi explains. 

"Hey, Mom, Grandpa, I think I found a good spot to stop for lunch. You brought the food, right?!" Gohan shouts to his family.

"We're coming, and yes I brought the food." Chi-Chi replies.

"Great, I'm starving, and I bet you are too, aren't you, Goten?" He asks his brother, lightly tossing him up in the air and catching him before darting ahead as Goten squeals in joy. 

They get everything set up and enjoy their lunch and small talk together, but as the hours passed by, the sun had started to set, so they decide to go back.

They were just about ready to head home, when it happened. 

"Gohan, we're all packed up and ready to go. Can you grab Goten please? " Chi-Chi asks.

"Sure thing, Mom." Gohan replies, a little reluctant to see such a good day end, but feeling much better compared to last night, so he was content for the moment.

As Gohan went to pick Goten up, he noticed his little brother had his tail in his mouth. "Come on, Goten, that can't be sanitary." He mock scolds his brother.

He scoops him up and reaches to tug Goten's tail out of his mouth.

Before Gohan can follow after Chi-Chi and Ox, Goten gets a very strange look on his face, then randomly bursts into tears.

'Goten's Ki just spiked really high for a second there. What's going on?' Gohan wonders to himself as he tries to soothe his hysterical baby brother. "It's ok, Goten, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you."

Gohan's suddenly overwhelmed by a dangerous, evil presence coming from directly below where he and his family are standing.

The ground begins to violently shake and Gohan screams at his family. "MOM, GRANDPA, RUN AWAY!!"

His warning comes too late. The ground bursts open, and from it comes out a familiar face Gohan thought he'd never see again.

"B-b-Broly?!" Gohan stutters out in shock.

He glances back down at his baby brother for an instant, wondering if Goten had sensed Broly while he couldn't. Was his reaction just a coincidence? If he had sensed him, how could he pick up on this enemy before even Gohan himself could?

Broly roars as his power erupts from his body into a massive aura.

Snapping out of his contemplative trance, Gohan quickly powers up to Super Saiyan, flashsteps over to Chi-Chi and Ox, and hands Goten to their mother.

"Mom, Grandpa, take Goten and get as far away from here as you can now!" Gohan orders as he takes a defensive stance between Broly and his family.

"Gohan, who is that?! What's going on?!" Chi-Chi frantically asks.

"He's an enemy we fought right before the Cell Games that I thought Dad had killed. I have no idea how he's alive or how he ended up here on Earth, but he is and you're not safe here, so go, now! Grandpa get everyone evacuated as soon as possible, please!"

"Ok, Gohan, we'll get everyone nearby out of here. Just be careful." Ox King agrees before he grabs Chi-Chi's arm and starts backing up.

Unfortunately, at the same time, Broly looks down at them and locks onto Goten in Chi-Chi's arms.

He screams, "KAKAROT!!!" as he charges toward them, only to get punched in the face and launched into the opposite direction by Gohan.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Piccolo and Vegeta will sense what's happening and come to help. I can hold him off until they get here, so hurry and go!" Gohan tries to assure, not noticing the huge blast Broly fired in time to dodge or block it.

Gohan gets nailed in the back by the Ki projectile and crashes to the ground, forming a small crater in the area surrounding him.

"GOHAN!!!" Chi-Chi fearfully shouts as she sprints over to him.

'Damn it! How did I not sense that coming!? What's wrong with me!?' Gohan berates himself while powering up to Super Saiyan 2.

"Mom, get out of here! You're just distracting me! I can handle this, I'm a lot stronger than I was the last time I fought him! I'll be fine, now go!"

Not waiting for a reply, he shoots off towards Broly as he's transforming into his Legendary Super Saiyan form.

They collide in midair and start trading multiple, rapid barrages of punches and kicks. 

"Chi-Chi, come on, we have to go!" Ox begs his daughter while his younger grandson is crying in his arms.

"No, Dad, I wasn't there for Gohan during his fight with Cell, so I'm not going to leave him to face this all alone!" She proclaims, refusing to budge as she watches the sky and listens to the shockwaves of the battle, praying for her son's safety and victory.

"I don't know how you survived the fight with my dad or how you ended up on Earth, but I am not going to let you roam free to mindlessly kill and destroy! I'm going to finish you off once and for all, Broly!" Gohan adamantly declares after several exchanges, seemingly beginning to push Broly back. 

He ducks a punch and knees the feral Saiyan in the gut.

"KA-KAKAROT!!!"  Broly howls while firing off a Ki blast in the direction of Gohan's family.

"NO!!!" The young half-Saiyan shouts, knowing exactly where the blast is heading.

Gohan dashes toward his family at top speed, hoping to intercept the attack, only to be cut off by Broly.

"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!" Gohan screams as he fires a Masenko at the lunatuc.

He directs the beam to send Broly upward, then continues on his way to his family, only to hear the explosion.

"MOM, GRANDPA, GOTEN!!!!!" Gohan desperately calls for his family as he lands on the smoldering crater where just minutes ago they were all laughing together without a care in the world.

"G..Go...Gohan." A faint voice calls out.

Gohan turns toward the direction it came from, and to his horror, his grandfather is on the ground, not moving.

Gohan senses no life from him, and he sees his mother barely clinging to life, tightly curled in on herself.

"Mom! Grandpa is-'hic'-Grandpa's dead, and you're hurt...I'm-'hic'-I'm so sorry, I couldn't stop it in time, and, and Goten...wh-where is he?" Gohan manages to get out between sobs.

He helplessly watches as his mother uncurls herself, revealing a hysterical, yet intact Goten wailing in her arms.

"Your...grandfather, when...he...he saw the blast coming, gave him to me, then moved in front of me to...protect us. I curled in on myself as...tightly as I could, to make sure Goten was...w-was safe. Is...is he ok?"

Gohan picks Goten up and frantically checks his brother over for injuries; he's momentarily relieved to see the hysterical baby was –while clearly terrified– relatively unharmed.

"H-he's ok, Mom, he's ok." Gohan assures his mother.

She's not gonna make it! This is all his fault! If he had noticed Broly when Goten did, he could've grabbed their mom and grandpa, flew them all out of here, and dropped them off somewhere safer!

No! No! He should have done that anyway! He's screwed everything up again!'

"I'm so so sorry, Mom, but I promise I'll get rid of that monster, get the Dragon Balls, and bring you and Grandpa back as soon as I can!" Gohan swears to his mother. 

"No...don't...don't bring me back." Chi-Chi tells her son.

"What...what are talking about, Mom?" Gohan asks, horrified and hoping beyond hope he'd just heard her wrong.

"I don't want...to be brought back when I die...I-I decided this after Goten was born." Chi-Chi answers him.

"Mom...wh-why would you do that?" Gohan asks, trying to make sense of what she's telling him, while mentally screaming to himself, 'No! This can't be happening, not again!!!'

"Why wouldn't you want to come back?" Gohan begs Chi-Chi to explain.

"I miss your father, Gohan. I miss him so much. I knew...when I died and saw him again, I wouldn't be able to bear being separated from him by being brought back to life. I'm so sorry, Sweetie, I didn't think it would happen this soon, but...maybe it's fate that it is happening now...please bring your grandfather back, but let me stay with Goku in Other World."

"But, Mom, what about Goten?" Gohan asks her.

'What about me?' Gohan thinks about adding but hesitates.

"He'll be fine. He has you, and he'll have your grandfather...you'll have your grandfather. Just protect and watch over your brother, and make sure you both live great, joy filled lives. Remeber, your Father and I will always be watching over you both. I love you, Gohan, I love you, Goten, so much...goodbye." Chi-Chi bids farewell before her eyes close for the final time and her Ki signature dissappears.

"No...No...NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Gohan screams, clutching Goten to himself.

Tears immediately start to fall and his power begins to skyrocket, reaching an even higher level than it had when he fought Cell.

Though consumed by grief, Gohan senses Broly heading towards them.

"I'm so so sorry, Goten, because of me you lost both of your parents before you could even know them." Gohan apologizes as he sets Goten down next to their mother's body.

He creates seperate energy barriers for his fallen family, and an extra powerful one for his last surviving member.

"BUT I PROMISE THAT FROM NOW UNTIL THE END I WILL PROTECT YOU!!!" Gohan declares as he cries in agony, rage, regret, and despair.

His power continues increasing, his hair starts to grow longer and longer until it's past his waist, his eyebrows vanish, making his forehead and eye ridges appear larger, and revealing a more prominent brow.

He spots Broly coming in fast from the distance, charging another blast, far stronger than the ones he'd unleashed earleir.

Gohan begins charging a Kamehameha wave in response.

"I wish I could blame you for this, but I know it wouldn't be true. I know it's my fault Mom and Grandpa died. Just like Dad's death was my fault. I'm what's wrong, I failed him and now I've failed the both of them." The boy laments before screaming at the top of his lungs, "BUT FROM NOW ON ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL KEEP ME FROM KEEPING MY PROMISE TO PROTECT MY BROTHER!!! NOT YOU OR WHATEVER OTHER HELL FATE PLANS ON THROWING OUR WAY!!! DO YOU HEAR ME, BROLY!?!?"

Broly simply shouts, "DIE!!!" Then fires his blast at the same time Gohan launches his Kamehameha wave.

The shockwaves of the resulting energy collision cause the ground around them to violently shake, the surrounding mountains to crumble away, and the clouds above them to dissapate while Gohan is desperately trying to win out against Broly.

He hears Goten wail even harder behind him.

"It's gonna be okay, Goten, don't worry." Gohan promises his brother, hoping to reassure the terrified infant.

His attention is drawn back to the situation at hand as he senses something strange at the center of the beam struggle.

What's happening? It's like their attacks are being sucked into something.

A third light starts emanating from Gohan and Broly's clashing Ki.

Suddenly, both fighters attacks dissappear for a moment, then detonate. The resulting blinding light from the explosion forces Gohan to shut his eyes.

Once he's able to open them, he's greeted by a giant, black hole, floating in midair where his and Broly's Ki blasts had met.

For a few seconds the hole does absolutley nothing, but then an invisible force starts yanking Gohan towards it.

"I can't...I can't fight the pull this thing is giving off! How is this possible?! What's happening?!" Gohan shouts.

Realizing that whatever that hole is, he's getting pulled into it no matter how hard he struggles. So before he loses his footing, he uses his Ki to pull the small barrier bubble holding his brother over to himself, refusing to be separated from what was left of his family.

"It's ok, Goten, I promise you that wherever we end up, I'll be with you the whole way! We're gonna make it!" Gohan swears to his brother as he wraps his arms around the energy bubble protecting the most precious person in his life while they get swallowed up by the hole, completely unaware they aren't the only ones being pulled into it.

Once past the threshold, there's nothing but endless darkness surrounding Gohan. The only bit of light coming from anywhere is emanating from his aura and the energy bubble around Goten.

It's like his body is being pulled in every direction! It's taking everything Gohan has to not be ripped apart while keeping Goten's bubble intact! But he won't stop, no matter what! He's doing this for him! He'll endure anything for his brother's sake! This is nothing he can't take on!

Gohan suffers through this agony for what feels like an eternity; his power plummeting from the strain of keeping his body and Goten's energy bubble from being torn apart.

He falls back to his base form, begins losing consciousness, and just when it seems like this will be the Son brothers' end, all of the strain instantly vanishes as Gohan falls onto solid ground.

He's bloody, ragged, and barely clinging to consciousness, but still in one piece.

He looks down at Goten in time to see the Ki bubble fade and Goten's sleeping form softly drop onto his chest.

Seemingly unending tears are still spilling from his now closed eyes, his face is a bit swollen and red from crying for so long, his body is covered in dust, small scratches, and a little bit of blood—thankfully not his own—but he's still alive.

Gohan is so relieved Goten is alive and also too busy checking him over to make sure none of the baby's injuries are serious, that he doesn't notice someone's approaching them until a man yells, "My God, Kid, what the Hell happened to you?!" 

"Jesus, Tony! Hurry up and either call an ambulance or get these poor boys inside!" A woman hysterically shouts at the man now identified as 'Tony'.

The man carefully gathers the boys into his arms while he replies to the woman, "Right, right...Pepper, go get all the first aid kits you can find in the house."

The young Saiyan can tell he's about to pass out, so he clutches Goten tighter to himself and asks the strangers, "Wh-where are we?"

The man –Tony– tells him, "You're in Malibu, Kiddo." 

'Malibu?...I've...never...heard of...' are Gohan's last thoughts before he finally loses consciousness.