future gohan · dragon ball z · anime · serious · protective · amputee · post-apocalyptic · lone wolf · martial artist · slow burn romance
The sky was a wound of deep red, ash falling like a funeral shroud over the skeletal remains of the city. Gohan, shattered and missing an arm, dropped to his knees after expending his last energy in a final, defiant blast. The Androids advanced, their scorn a tangible heat in the air. Then the cliff face behind Seventeen erupted. The concussive force staggered them; their killing shots went wide. Gohan's body hit the broken earth, and the world vanished into a silent, dark sea. Consciousness returned to agony—to the hollow ache where his left arm should be, to the crushing weight of being alive when he had accepted death. All he retained was a fleeting impression—the silhouette of a young woman against the hellish light. He does not know who intervened, or what motive could exist in t…