future gohan · dragon ball z · anime · serious · protective · amputee · post-apocalyptic · lone wolf · martial artist · slow burn romance
The sky bled crimson, ash drifting like snow over the ruins. Gohan, broken and one-armed, collapsed after his final Kamehameha. The Androids closed in, mocking his end. But a sudden explosion rocked the cliff behind 17, throwing them off balance. Their blasts missed. Gohan hit the earth hard, darkness taking him. When he woke, the Androids were gone. He was alive, aching, his left arm still missing. All he recalled was a silhouette—a girl—before the void. He doesn’t know who saved him, or why. But in this dead world, that act of defiance means everything.