One sunny afternoon Gohan was out with his friend Icarus exploring the woods behind his home. It had been about three months since his father Goku had returned to Earth and he was taking a well-deserved break from his training and studies. They headed towards a part of the woods previously unexplored by anyone in the family.
"Icarus, wait up!" Gohan called as he chased the young dragon that was his friend. "Where are you going?" He yelled as he slowly gained on the large reptile. Icarus looked back and gave a dragonish chortle of amusement. The trees slowly grew thicker and closer together as they ran deeper into the forest.
Suddenly, Icarus stopped at a large, redwood-looking tree, which nearly made Gohan smack into his back when he skidded to a stop.
The dragon looked up and slowly flew up to a branch high above the ground. Gohan could see a rather large hollow in the main trunk leading onto the branch from his vantage point on the ground. Icarus was sniffing at the branch when Gohan joined him a few moments later.
"What is it boy?" Gohan asked as he watched his friend examine the branch. The two became absorbed in their task and failed to notice the two glowing bronze eyes staring from the hollow.
Icarus glanced at the hollow once, lost interest and flew down.
Gohan still examined the branch when he was tackled by something as large as him. The thing and he both fell out of the air and Gohan stopped himself mere inches from the forest floor, the thing still hissing and scratching at him. It seemed to be a cross of a human and a cat, much like the genetically enhanced creatures that lived near and in Bulma's hometown. It had the ears, eyes, claws and feet of a cat, and a tail that swished wildly behind. After he had gotten a good look at the creature, he did the only sensible thing.. He unwound his own tail and threw it off.
The cat girl (he could see that now) landed on all fours and started growling menacingly as she paced around him. He took up a cautious fighting stance and watched, waiting for her next move. She went around him again and was about to pounce on him when Icarus came to his rescue. The young dragon leaped in front of her and began to snuffle her. She gave a screech of surprise and clawed frantically back to her hollow.
Gohan and Icarus exchanged a glance, "Um.. Stay here, Icarus. I'll go get my dad." With that, Gohan slowly levitated up and flew back to his house. The cat girl watched warily from her burrow.