The growing crowd of observers gasped as the newly born god just kept eating. It had been nearly an hour, and he was inhaling food at a pace that was just, quite frankly, disgusting. Flash had stopped eating about twenty minutes ago, but Gohan just kept on eating.
"You sure know how to pack food away, don't you?" said Flash. Gohan just chuckled as he briefly stopped.
"When you haven't eaten for over a year, it happens to you," said Gohan as he felt his energy reserves. "Although I must say the food here really is good," said Gohan as Flash nodded.
As each plate was finished, a robot would just carry the plates back to the kitchen. One particular robot walked up to Flash. "Food reserves at 67%," the robot stated. Flash nodded; he had a feeling the food supply would drastically drop after seeing Gohan devour his food at a speed similar to him.
"Wow, you dropped the Watch Tower's food reserves by 20%," Flash revealed.
"Is that a lot?" Gohan turned with a chicken wing held tightly in his left hand and soup in the right. The scene was somewhat comical to everyone who just laughed.
"Four weeks of food, to be exact," said Flash as he stifled his laughter. Gohan tilted his head to the left curiously.
'With the way he is acting, you wouldn't say he could wipe the universe out of existence. Honestly, he doesn't seem bad, only weirdly down to earth for a god.' Flash thought as he stared at Gohan.
"I don't feel hungry anymore," said one guy who was watching on the sidelines, snapping Flash out of his thoughts.
"Well duh, he just ate for us all, for today, tomorrow, and well, the day after that," another female leaguer joked, which got a good laugh out of everyone present - Gohan included.
"You are all part of the Justice League?" Gohan asked the woman wearing a bat costume, obviously somehow related to the man-bat, or was it Batman? Whatever.
She looked a bit confused at the question but nodded anyway. "Yeah, I mean, this is the Watchtower… the better question is who are you, mister mysterious?" She asked, unable to hold her curiosity back. "The League is very serious about who they bring here, and if you are here, you must be a Leaguer or a villain." She continued. "Villains tend to invite themselves, unannounced as well." She added, clarifying for Gohan.
"Well, they wouldn't be villains if they said they were coming, right?" Gohan said with a chuckle.
"Touché," she replied. "Not to rush you or anything, but are you finishing anytime soon or…"
Gohan looked at her while leaning back and sighed with satisfaction. "Finished," he said as he relaxed his muscles.
"To answer your question, Batgirl, this is Lord Gohan. He is a highly 'esteemed' guest of the League," said Flash, although he somewhat stressed the esteemed part.
"Oh, nobility, or is it royalty? You must not be a human with the way you eat! I knew it!" She said as Flash glared at her. "Ahem! Highly esteemed!" Flash said with a passive-aggressive smile.
She realized her mistake. "My bad, I didn't mean to offend you," she said as Gohan chuckled.
"It's fine, besides, I'm not royalty or anything of the sort," he said as he glanced down at his hands. His mood noticeably dropped before looking at her with a smile and answering. "Just a god…"
"I KNEW IT!" Zatanna exclaimed out loud before covering her mouth like a deer caught in headlights when everyone turned to look at her.
"I mean…" Clearing her throat before continuing. "I could sense you weren't a mortal being; your entire existence, your very presence makes me want to bow down, it feels divine like… close to the… highest level…" She slowly came to realize who she was talking to or more specifically what she was talking to.
"If Zatanna says so…" "That's cool…" "A real god!?" "No way!" Such comments circulated the group.
"Holy shit…" She said as she backed up slowly and turned to Flash with a distressed look. "An actual god… you brought a god into the Watchtower!" She said as Flash quickly spoke; he could tell Gohan seemed a little confused.
"Calm down Zatanna, he isn't bloodthirsty, just kind of lost," said Flash as she stared at him like she didn't believe a single word coming out of his mouth.
"Almost every single god I have come across is greedy, bloodthirsty, a perverted bastard, power-hungry, or a scheming snake!" She said as she readied herself for combat.
"Uhmmm…" Gohan spoke as Flash tried to calm Zatanna down. They both looked at him. "I am neither of those…" Gohan tried to point out.
"See!" Flash said nervously. "Gohan here is a nice guy, not some maniac, but we don't want to provoke a god that you yourself said is on one of the. Highest. Levels." Flash insisted.
Zatanna calmed down somewhat. "He seems pretty normal to me…" Batgirl said. "I know he has a reason for being here, but I haven't met a god before, so that's pretty neat…" Batgirl said.
"I guess he isn't a dark god," Zatanna continued. She was a powerful sorceress and had fought with lower-tier gods before, but the amount of power hidden inside the person she was staring at was just mind-numbing, and she knew it was just the tip of the iceberg.
She knew lower-tier gods could control minds. If the amount of power behind this being was any indication, if he wanted to control the minds of non-magic users, it would be as simple as a snap of the finger. Hell, even powerful magic users might not be able to resist.
"Calm down, Zatanna," Batman spoke into her mind via Manhunter. "Do not provoke him. He is a Celestial plus level being, possibly Mobius level, not something we can realistically handle." The voice explained.
"Why is he here? Don't gods on that level look down on normal people? How did you guys find him?" she asked in her mind, calming down.
"That's not important, Zatanna," Batman said. She grunted and lowered her guard.
Gohan sighed in relief as she dropped her hostile aura, although he could tell she was still on guard. "How about we leave?" Flash said as Gohan nodded, and they left. Gohan waved at Batgirl who waved back.
"Yeah…" he replied as he turned and walked away with Flash.
"Sorry about that, Zatanna has come across a lot of gods who are just plain bad, but none of them are on your level. I am sure that stuff is beneath you," Flash said nervously as he patted Gohan's back.
"No sweat; I would be wary of me too. I felt her poke at my soul to find information. I gave her small insight, hoping that she would see I am not evil or something, but I guess it backfired," he said as Flash chuckled.
'She had weird energy; felt like Babidi's must be magic or something.' Gohan thought before blushing lightly. 'But man, this universe has some beautiful women…' He thought as two blonde females walked past him.
They both spared him a glance as they passed one another. 'New guy?'
Zatanna stared at Gohan's back as he walked away; she had a curious look on her face. "You don't like him, do you?" Batgirl asked. She wasn't worried; she knew Bruce knew he was here, and Bruce was probably the most paranoid person on Earth. He must have Gohan on 24/7 surveillance.
"It's not that, quite the contrary; he is actually not bad, both in the looks department and the personality. But you can't sense what I'm sensing…" She said as she turned and looked at Batgirl with a smile.
'I guess since I am the only one able to sense his power, I feel so uneasy knowing someone that powerful is here.' She thought.
"It doesn't matter; Batman seems to know what he's doing," she said as Power Girl and Supergirl stopped in front of them.
"Hey," Kara greeted. "Who was that?"
"Some god," Batgirl answered.
"God? As in a deity? A real one or…" She asked.
"A real one," Zatanna said. "Darkseid wishes he had that much raw power…"
"He doesn't seem all that strong to me," said Power Girl as Supergirl spoke.
"You don't seem all that strong either, but we all know otherwise," said Kara as Power Girl just shrugged.
"Whatever," she said as she turned and walked away. "I won't be stood up by some wannabe god," said Power Girl as Supergirl just sighed.
Zatanna stared at Power Girl. 'Yes… wannabe god… if only.' Zatanna thought just as Diana walked past.
"You all waste time talking about someone you don't know," said Wonder Woman as Supergirl shrugged.
"We're curious," said Supergirl as Wonder Woman smiled.
"Well, I am sure more will come to light in the future," she said as she walked away. Soon, the crowd dispersed, and news of a real god being in the Watchtower spread.
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Gohan put his head down on the pillow in his room; Flash had shown him the room and left, telling him to enjoy his sleep and the kitchen was always open.
'Mother…' Gohan thought as he clenched his fist and buried his face in the pillow as he cried again. The pain hurt more; it stung him deeply. 'I will never see you again; I will never see anyone again… this death is permanent…'
He had no idea how long he had his face in the pillow crying his heart out, but the sound of an alarm clock caught his attention. "5:09 PM… it's late in the afternoon…" He turned in his bed, Beerus filling his mind. With Earth's defenders gone, the planet was either gone or most of its people dead from the cat god.
Somehow he felt like the destroyer wouldn't waste his time mercilessly slaughtering people; he seemed more of a 'Blow up the world and be done with it.' kind of guy. The Earth had to be long gone by now… he clenched his fist and thought of Videl… he and her were just starting to get close. She was his first friend his age; he also liked the girl. I mean, who wouldn't? She took jack shit from no one… not even Vegeta. Gohan chuckled at that as a lone tear slid down his face.
She was fierce and had the drive to fight and get stronger. Gohan wasn't much of a fighter, but his Saiyan blood was drawn to her drive, and it made him like her spirit and tenacity more than he cared to admit. Yawning, he closed his eyes and pictured them in his mind.
He never even knew it but he had fallen asleep; a soft snore could be heard as he rested again.
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Batman stared at his screen that showed the Saiyan asleep as Flash spoke. "I guess the next few weeks are going to be stressful," said Flash as Batman grunted as he walked away.
"Well, you don't have to tell me," Flash said sarcastically as Superman walked in.
"I am with you on this one, Barry," said Superman. "Either way, we will know what he is capable of tomorrow," said Superman as the Watchtower's alarms sounded off. Batman was already back and frightened Flash.
After typing and checking, he saw the problem. "Metallo…" said Batman as Superman clenched his fists.
"Doesn't he ever learn?" said Flash as Superman was about to turn and leave, but Batman stopped him.
"You can't go, Clark," said Batman as Superman was about to say something but Diana cut him off.
"Then I shall; Metallo's Kryptonite cannot affect me," said Wonder Woman as Batman nodded.
"Flash, you go with and evacuate civilians; make sure no one gets hurt," said Batman as Flash nodded, and Diana walked away. Batman glanced at the monitor and watched as Gohan made his way towards them. He turned the corner and walked past Diana and Barry as they headed to the invisible jet before flying down to Earth.
"I saw red flashing lights, and a siren woke me up… what's going?" asked Gohan as Superman answered.
"Some bad guy is destroying the south district of Metropolis, a city on Earth. Wonder Woman and Flash have gone to stop him," said Superman as Batman just continued typing away.
Gohan nodded and watched the screen that displayed Metallo about to destroy a car just as a blur of gold and red knocked the metal man back on his ass.
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"Flash!" said Metallo as he got back up. "I am surprised to see you here. Is Super-bitch too scared to face me?" asked Metallo as Wonder Woman landed behind him and kicked him, blasting the metal man forward. He smashed into a building before he stood up unscathed.
"Is that all?" asked Metallo as Wonder Woman smirked.
"Seems you have gotten stronger, metal man," said Wonder Woman as Metallo smirked.
"Of course, upgrades were in order. Right now, the only thing that can tear me apart is nothing short of God himself," said Metallo as Flash spoke.
"Never took you for a religious guy," said Flash as Metallo scoffed.
"Who said I was?" His arm morphed into a gun firing off bolts of energy. Flash dodged them and ran up, punching the metal man before howling in pain.
"The same attack doesn't work on me," said Metallo as he looked at Flash. "I upgrade as I fight. Now you dumb fuck!" said Metallo as Wonder Woman rushed him and punched him in the face. Metallo could only fly away into a building. Flash grinned and spoke to Diana.
"Well, you have things under control here." Flash gave a small salute and sped around the district looking for people and evacuating them.
"Okay… I won't lie… I felt that one. For a woman, you punch nearly as hard as Superman," said Metallo as Wonder Woman was already upon him.
"You flatter me, but that wasn't anywhere near my full strength!" exclaimed Wonder Woman as she threw another punch that made Metallo bend over. She then brought down her elbow on his back, effectively smacking him face flat on the concrete, creating spider web cracks on the ground.
Metallo groaned as he tried to get up, but Wonder Woman grabbed him and smirked. "Tell me, metal man, do you think you will be awake after this?" She asked and pulled her fist back. Her arm bulged slightly, and the ground cracked beneath her as she decked him across the face with enough force to shatter the windows of the buildings and vehicles around her. The ground trembled as Metallo fell face-first into the ground unconscious.
"I guess not." She stared down at Metallo in disgust.
Flash appeared next to her grinning. "Guess you didn't need my help." Diana smiled as cheers from the people could be heard.
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"You saved the lives of those in the car he was about to destroy and evacuated everyone in immediate danger. I wasn't fast enough, but you were. You helped stop Metallo as much as I," said Wonder Woman as Flash just smiled bashfully.
"I guess you are right," said Flash as Wonder Woman wrapped Metallo in her lasso and let the police restrain him. The two league members headed back to the jet.
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Gohan watched the fight and was impressed with Wonder Woman's strength. She was definitely strong, and she didn't look serious either. He could tell she was a warrior; the way she moved was calculated. Flash was just very fast as far as Gohan could tell.
He sensed them dock back on the Watchtower before returning to Batman and Superman.
"Good job, Flash, Wonder Woman," said Superman as Flash nodded, and Wonder Woman just smiled.
"Wow, your form is amazing; you're a warrior, I can tell," said Gohan as Wonder Woman nodded and stared at Gohan curiously.
"You know martial arts?"
"Of course, my family is comprised of masters, the best of the best," he answered with a smile.
"Masters, you say?" Diana was now interested. "Perhaps we should have a spar sometime soon."
Gohan nodded. "Of course."
"Although it strikes me as odd that gods would bother learning how to fight," Diana said. "Do you care to explain?" Gohan shrugged and nodded as they all stared at him. "I'll try and keep this short."
"When my father was a baby, he was taken in by one of the greatest martial artists on Earth who taught him how to fight. He came across more masters on Earth who taught him. As he grew up, he was eventually trained by a low-tier god called King Kai. From there on, he trained and fought in a tournament in the afterlife for a chance to be trained by the Grand Kai, a mid-tier god. By then, he surpassed the Supreme Kai, the highest authority in our universe, and defeated an ancient demon called Majin Buu. At that point, no other god could teach him anything else. He trained me when I was younger, and all of the people we knew were practically on the same level."
Flash whistled. "So your old man was trained by a bunch of gods? And he dropped all that knowledge on you?"
"You could say that," Gohan said with a smile. Diana nodded and smirked.
"I look forward to our fight then. Although I take it you have rested?" She continued as Gohan nodded.
"Yes, a little. I am still not at 100%, but this is a good spot, I guess," said Gohan as he examined himself.
"Will you be able to do a preliminary testing of your abilities?" asked Batman as Gohan nodded.
"It shouldn't be a problem," Gohan answered.
"Alright then, follow me for now. We will just test how strong you are physically. I don't think testing your energy output is necessary," said Batman as he turned and walked. Flash, Wonder Woman, and Superman looked at each other before following. They were curious about what Gohan was capable of; they knew his energy level was quite literally god-level, but right now, he felt and looked like a civilian.
"When his hair changes color, he seems to become stronger. Perhaps he is only strong when he changes red," Diana speculated.
As they made their way to the training room, they passed quite a few members, and many saw the core members escort the demi-Saiyan to the training arena.
As luck would have it, the Young Justice group was in the training arena with Supergirl and Power Girl. They were currently beating the living crap out of one another when the Saiyan walked in and noticed them in the air with scrapes and bruises. Supergirl sported more than Power Girl, while Zatanna was talking with the Young Justice group.
Batgirl spotted the Saiyan and smiled and waved at him.
Everyone noticed the demi-Saiyan and stopped what they were doing. Most of them were wondering who he was, and curiosity got the better of them.
They watched as Gohan walked up to a weight lifting machine. The members who had seen Gohan with Flash were now excited because they knew he was an actual god. Was he stronger than a Kryptonian? Well, they would most likely find out now.
When Gohan walked in, he saw quite a few people in the training area, and it made him nervous. He wasn't expecting all these people. He watched as they all followed out of curiosity, and he couldn't blame them. Technically, he couldn't blame them; he was a stranger in their base after all, and after his little incident with Zatanna, he was sure they knew he wasn't normal.
"Alright, we will start with a simple test of strength," said Batman as he tapped on the control bar and reduced the weight to nothing. He motioned for Gohan to stand under the block, which he did. To him, the block was weightless.
"Is this supposed to be heavy?" asked Gohan as Power Girl spoke.
"Only if you're weak," Gohan looked at her before blushing a little. He realized that this didn't weigh much, probably about ten kilograms.
"I will increase the weight to one hundred kilograms. Tell me if you start to feel it pushing down on you," said Batman as Power Girl scoffed when Gohan suddenly buckled under the weight.
"Him? A god? Yeah, and I'm blind," she thought.
"Woah, you weren't kidding. The weight did increase," said Gohan as Batman nodded.
"I assume you're still suppressing your power?" He asked, and Gohan chuckled and smiled.
"I mean, who goes all out at the very beginning?" He countered.
"Fair enough, I suggest you power up in small increments to avoid damage to the Watchtower, although that's if you can. I don't know how your power works," Batman advised, and Gohan just nodded.
"Can't be that much stronger if he struggles with two hundred and twenty pounds," Power Girl mocked as she smirked at Gohan, who frowned at the comment.
The look on her face was screaming 'Bite me.' As beautiful as she was, she was irritating.
"I ignored the first comment, but it sounds like she has a problem with me," he thought. 'I can already feel a headache forming.'
"No, I just wouldn't want to hurt anyone. After all, some of you seem kind of fragile," said Gohan as he glanced at Power Girl, whose eye twitched at the comment.
Supergirl looked away when she heard the comment to try and hide her laughter.
"Don't worry about anyone; all you need to do is give us an accurate display of your strength," said Batman as Gohan nodded before he looked at them.
"You might want to take a step back; it might take a short while. I haven't accessed this power for nearly an entire year," said Gohan.
Everyone stepped back besides Power Girl, of course. Superman and Diana stepped back, not because they were worried, but it was better to just heed advice at the time.
Gohan crouched with the block over his head before he started to growl. "Grrr!" Everyone watched for a couple of seconds, wondering if he was fine before the ground started to spark, and a small breeze picked up.
"This is cool…" Flash commented as he watched a white aura burst to life and licked the air like a flame. The Watchtower started to vibrate as the temperature raised in the area. All the weaker members had to cover their eyes.
A couple of seconds later, Gohan stood with his aura calmly licking his body, and he had a very serious expression on his face as he stared at his hands, confused.
"I feel…stronger?" Gohan mumbled to himself. He wasn't even holding the block up anymore; it was being pushed into the ceiling of the room.
"We will proceed," Batman continued.
'So it seems my theory was correct; he has different levels of power, the red hair is the highest level,' Batman thought as Barbara spoke.
"This is cool; I can almost taste the power," she said.
"Well, it feels like pure life energy…" Zatanna spoke as she stared at the burning aura. "And this is just the tip of it…"
Power Girl stared at the display. 'Impressive…I'll give him that. I don't think I have been around pure energy like this before…'
"Alright," said Gohan. "You are right; it's my life force you are sensing. As for whether this is the tip…" Gohan stopped and grinned.
Batman increased the weight again; however, it didn't move down. "My bad; let me erase my aura so that the block can drop." As his aura vanished and the block dropped down, Gohan caught it with one hand.
"I am moving it to one tonne," said Batman. Gohan just smirked; his Saiyan blood wanted to test the limits of his strength now.
Superman watched with growing interest, along with everyone. "Okay, two tonnes," said Batman as he doubled it.
With no visible reaction on his hand, Batman nodded.
"Four tonnes," as the weight increased again.
"I've always wondered how much weight I could handle. I haven't trained in about eight years, so I expect it won't be as much as before," said Gohan as Batman spoke.
"Eight tonnes," again, no reaction from the demi-Saiyan.
"Not bad," said Kara as Power Girl continued watching. She wasn't worried; she could lift far more than that. Most super-strength beings would tap out around that area.
"Still a weakling," said Power Girl as Flash chuckled, looking at Superman and whispering.
"You think she feels threatened by him?" asked Flash as Superman looked at him before he looked at Power Girl. She was staring at them both, and Clark smiled and looked at Flash.
"You know she can hear you, right?" Superman asked as Flash paled, which prompted him to look at Power Girl and wave awkwardly. She just glared at him before looking back at Gohan.
"Sixteen tonnes," said Batman as Gohan felt his arm buckle, but he could still hold it up with noticeable effort.
"See, weakling," said Power Girl as Gohan just chuckled.
'Wow, maybe I shouldn't have been passive-aggressive with her…either way, she's a headache I am going to avoid like the plague,' thought the Saiyan as he raised his other hand, and the weight felt a lot lighter.
"Can you continue?" asked Batman as Gohan nodded. "I won't be doubling the weight anymore," said Batman.
"Thirty tonnes," said Batman as Gohan felt it push down on him. His knees buckled, but he kept it up.
"Forty tonnes," said Batman as Gohan felt the thing bring down the weight, which caused him to drop to his knee and struggle to push up. It took him a couple of seconds, but he could finally lift it and stand straight.
Gohan nodded with a content look on his face. "Nice. I can handle forty tonnes at this point. Not bad." Gohan patted himself on the back.
"Although my father could hold forty on each limb before needing to transform," said Gohan as Batman raised an eyebrow in question, which he noticed.
"Ya, like I said, my father was the strongest," said Gohan with a reminisce smile as Power Girl scoffed.
"He couldn't have been. A measly forty tonnes on each limb is not amazing," Power Girl stated as Gohan's jaw clenched at the comment. Sighing deeply, he responded.
"You don't know anything," said Gohan as he crouched. Power Girl was about to give him a piece of her mind but stopped when there was an electrical discharge off of him. "Here goes nothing, this might take some time…bear with me; it has been a while," said Gohan as he grunted before yelling this time. "HAAAAAH!"
His white flame-like aura burst to life again, and the Watchtower started to shake again, but it was more violent this time with more electrical discharges.
'What's he doing now!?' Power Girl thought as the shaking increased.
Gohan's hair, to everyone's amazement, flashed gold, and his pupils flashed teal before disappearing. His shirt bulged before tearing apart due to his body mass increase.
His pupils reappeared but were teal, his muscles were sculpted down to such a degree that he looked like an Olympian god, his white aura turned golden, and his body started to steam from the heat it was producing.
The now fully transformed Gohan stared at everyone who was completely dumbfounded at the display. His hair was now a brilliant golden color that glowed ever so slightly with one bang over his eye.
"Well…you definitely look like a god…" Kara said absentmindedly as she stared at him, her mouth slightly open.
Most of the females in the room had, dare I say, pervy expressions on their faces. The pressure in the room was also a lot heavier, and it was making them weak in the knees as they stared at the young god who in the current moment was unknowingly glowing with sex appeal.
"Is this what you meant by a god?" asked Batgirl as she bit her lip. Superman shook his head, and Diana smirked at the Saiyan as she could feel the frustration build up in the females.
"The only thing that changed was his appearance along with his energy level. He was never not a god; he was just suppressing it," said Batman as he made a mental note of the new golden form.
'It's strong, but the energy levels are nothing in comparison to the red hair.' He finished his thought process and glanced at Barbara. 'She is certainly acting like a teenage girl.'
Gohan exhaled and relaxed as he caught the block again. "It has been a while since I tapped into this power." His voice now somewhat deeper and raspier.
"I need to sit down," a voice in the room said as she took a seat. 'He was cute before, but now…the things I would do to him…' The woman thought as she tried to relax. 'What is wrong with me…I need water, I am thirsty.' She thought as she opened her bottled water and chugged the whole thing down in one go. 'It's almost like my instincts want me to whore myself to him. I'm not an animal in heat, dammit!' She thought.
"By my calculations, your energy level just shot up by 5000%," Batman finished typing on his machine and looked at Gohan. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but to use more strength you have to change like this?" He asked, and Gohan nodded.
"My strength is linked to how much of my life force I draw out," he answered back.
"Rather impressive, Lord Gohan. I look forward to our fight even more now," Diana smirked as Gohan sheepishly chuckled.
Power Girl stared at him and scoffed. Sure, he was super attractive, but she wouldn't let that change her distaste for him. Besides, she hated people who lusted after her body; why would she now lust after someone's body? "Still a weakling," said Power Girl as Gohan ignored her.
"Alright, I am going to increase the weight to eight hundred tonnes," said Batman as Flash choked on the air.
"Eight hundred!? You sure?" asked Flash as Batman shrugged. "If my calculations are correct, then this should be child's play to him if his strength increases proportionally with his energy output. So if it did increase his strength by 5000%, we have nothing to worry about," said Batman as he increased it, and Gohan still held it up fairly easily.
"One thousand six hundred tonnes," the weight increased again, and he felt the sudden weight increase.
"I think my limit in this form would be two thousand tonnes," said Gohan as Batman nodded and increased it to two thousand tonnes.
Gohan buckled and held onto the weight, visibly struggling. "Yep…definitely two thousand tonnes," said Gohan as he held on to the weight.
"Is it just me, or does he look better with a struggling face?" Batgirl asked, and Zatanna laughed.
"It's not just you…" Zatanna watched him. "I mean two thousand tonnes is still kind of impressive, although by the League's standards, it's mediocre at best," she said. "No offense, of course." She added and looked at Gohan, who just started chuckling.
"Supergirl can probably lift somewhere in the range of 100,000,000 tonnes, probably more. I mean, I did see her shift the moon once, if I'm not mistaken, and she is physically the weakest between her, Power Girl, and Superman," Zatanna said, making Supergirl blush as some League members stared at her in awe.
Gohan looked at her surprised. 'Holy hell, what are they? That's a ridiculous amount of weight…' Gohan thought.
"How much weight I can lift is not important. It's not a competition," Supergirl said as she tried to shift the attention from herself. 'Even though 100,000,000 tonnes is kind of nothing. That's not the point!' She thought.
"See, still much weaker than me. For all the flashy lights, he isn't all that strong, he's no god." Bragged Power Girl as Supergirl just sighed; she just said it wasn't a competition.
"Hold on, Power Girl. You may have him beat in the strength department, but that's not what makes him strong," Zatanna said. "I am sure Batman knows why as well; it's his energy level, it's quite literally on another plane of existence. I don't know by how much, but I can feel a portion of it, and right now if he snapped his fingers, he could probably nuke our solar system. The power I sensed earlier was just planetary level stuff; that's why I was so wary of him. But now..."
Power Girl turned and stared a bit at a loss for words at the claim. "That's not poss-" She started but was cut off.
Batman nodded. "Indeed, while it seems his physical strength is not that impressive, his strength comes from his life force."
"I still have two more levels above this one," Gohan explained as he dug deep. Again, with one heavy push, he transformed into a Super Saiyan two, his hair spiking more, and his eyes a cold jade, and his body increased slightly in mass.
"This is my ascended form," said Gohan, his voice deeper and rougher as he relaxed and looked at Batman and spoke. "Just double the weight of this," said Gohan as the weight increased, and he held onto it, visibly making an effort.
"Four thousand tonnes," said Batman.
"Next?" asked Batman.
Gohan nodded his head. "Do you have to do this every time you want to power up to a higher state? Most villains would end you while you try and power up," said Wonder Woman.
"Well, no, I can always just jump to max instantly, but I was asked to power up in smaller increments," said Gohan as Wonder Woman nodded.
"That's good. I envy your different levels of strength. I wish I had a way to limit my power in more than one way," said Wonder Woman as Gohan nodded.
"We can end the test with the next level."
"This one is especially difficult to transform into," said Gohan as he started to power up, and his aura burst to life. After a couple of seconds, his hair turned black, and his eyes turned black too. He grew in height by almost a full foot before his aura turned white.
"Now that feels good!" said Gohan as he just cracked his neck. To everyone else, he looked normal.
"Okay! Now I am curious on what my weight limit is!" said Gohan as he looked at Batman.
"Double the weight to eight thousand tonnes," said Gohan as Batman nodded.
Gohan just nodded as he felt no increase in weight before lifting it with one hand. "Okay, double that to sixteen thousand," said G Gohan.
Batman nodded and increased it, Gohan felt the weight increase, but it wasn't too bad.
"Okay, now I will increase it to twenty-five thousand tonnes, Gohan, think you can handle that?" asked Batman as Gohan nodded.
Gohan buckled as he caught the block, but shrugged. "I can still lift it," said Gohan as he demonstrated by pushing it up and letting it come down repeatedly.
"Okay up it to forty thousand!" said Gohan as Batman nodded.
Gohan's knees buckled as the weight increased, and it brought him to his knees. He struggled before he could slowly push it up nearly a minute later.
"Okay, that's my limit!" said Gohan.
Wonder Woman spoke, still curious. "And the red hair?" Batman looked at Gohan; he hadn't shown that form.
"You mean you have another transformation?" asked Barbara as Wonder Woman nodded.
"Yes, I think his true form is with red hair," said Superman.
Gohan nodded. "Yeah, it's supposed to be the pinnacle of Saiyan power, the Super Saiyan God. That's when I truly ascend to godhood," said Gohan as most nodded with bewildered faces.
"I'm curious, seeing as you're a god and all, how did you get so strong? Were you born this way or what?" asked Kara.
"I trained, believe it or not. I was just a little stronger than the average human when I was three, but things happened, and I have been fighting my entire life to defend my home, and each threat was much stronger than the last, so we had to become stronger as well," said Gohan.
"In the end, we were looked for by a destroyer god; he was in a league that was too high up for any of us to reach."
"Did you defeat the god of the destroying?" Starfire asked innocently. Gohan sighed and closed his eyes. "Here goes nothing." He inhaled and exhaled as his presence disappeared, and the pressure vanished. The entire room was suddenly tainted in a red hue as his hair started glowing.
There was a silence as they watched him concentrate; his aura turned to fire as he slimmed down. When he opened his eyes, they were glowing red.
Zatanna stared at him as the hair on her neck raised. "This is Mobius level power…"
"What makes this different from the gold hair?" Supergirl asked.
"If you could sense what I am sensing, you would know…if he snapped his finger now, a whole lot more than the solar system would disappear." She answered.
"What is the max weight this thing can exert?" Gohan asked.
"Ten million tonnes," Batman spoke. "Any more and I risk the watchtower."
"Raise it to the max," he said nonchalantly, although the tone in his voice sounded emotionless.
"You think you can jump from forty thousand tonnes to ten million?" Power Girl asked almost mockingly.
"I wasn't talking to you," he said as he glanced at her and back to Batman.
"Why you!?" She started but stopped as the weight increased, and the block dropped down. Gohan turned and stared at her as he caught the block with one hand and spun it on his finger.
"Is the test done?" he asked, and Batman nodded. He could tell Gohan was in a foul mood, and it was Power Girl and the talk of the destroyer god.
"If you need me, I'll be in my room," he said as his red hair turned black, and he disappeared into the hallway.
"To answer your question, Starfire, no, Gohan couldn't stop the destroyer god. It killed his family before forcing him out of his dimension and has probably already destroyed his Earth. That's what he told us and what we saw a year ago," said Batman as everyone was silent. Starfire felt a little sad for asking him; it made sense why he didn't want to answer.
Power Girl calmed down at the mention of it; she could relate. Her world was also gone, and she couldn't go back, but she still didn't like him.
"Show is over, everyone, get back to work," said Batman as everyone slowly scattered. "And this goes without saying, don't tell anyone about this," said Batman as they all nodded.
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As Gohan laid on his bed, his mind trailed back to his family; he missed them already. 'What use is this god power, anyways? It wasn't enough to stop Beerus.' Gohan clenched his fist in frustration.