Gohan had fallen asleep beside Videl with her head resting on his chest. Strangely enough, Gohan was dreaming about Videl. He dreamt of gazing into her soft sapphire eyes. All of these thoughts were so real, but they couldn't be real could they. She may have been a human once, but she is a wolf now. She could never be human again. Thought he still felt the same. She was human inside and that's all that counted to him. Videl was having a very different dream.

" Mother?," she said, staring in the face of the evil that made her this way.

" Yes, my pretty, it is I. are you enjoying your new life?," teased Mrs. Satan.

" As a matter of fact, NO!," said Videl, baring her teeth as the hair on her back spiked up.

" Now, now, darling. There's no way to go back now! It's over! Just except it. You're a wolf. A dirty vermin! You will never be anything more! You will live and die a wolf! That's that!," said Mrs. Satan, evilly.

" I'm taking you down once and for all!," yelled Videl. She was over come by anger. She saw the enemy stand before her. Every instinct she had, including what little human instinct she had left, told her what she need to do. The wild, unrestrained anger broke lose all at once. In a spilt second she lunged for her mother. There was no hope for her now. Almost instantly her mother was on the ground gasping for air. Videl was latched on Mrs. Satan's throat. Her blood stained her daughters face and the ground beneath her. Within seconds it was all over. The evil that had scourged Videl and her father was dead.

She began to feel different. She looked at what used to be her paws. She had hands again. She was human again, though she still had fur. The spell was broken. She was free!

Videl woke up. She had seen what she needed to do. She must kill her mother, the witch, in order to brake the curse. She stood up the best she could though she was badly wounded. She limped toward the window attempting to climb out.

" Where are you going?," said Gohan, sleepily. She turned toward Gohan.

" Gohan, I have to do this," she said, turning away. If she looked into his eyes she knew she would not be able to leave.

" Do what?," said Gohan. He knew he was about to lose his best friend.

" I know what I must do now. Remember how I told you that I became this way because of a curse my mother put upon my father and I."

" Yes."

" The only way to brake the curse is to kill her. I must find her and soon. She could be anywhere."

" But it's snowing terribly outside. You'll catch your death out there."

" Gohan," she said with tears in her eyes, " I have to do this. I must free my father and I from this curse. Even if I die in the process. At least my dad will be free."

Gohan knew very well what she meant. If she were to find her mother she would have to walk among humans, and to do that she would run the risk of being killed. Even if no one saw her, her mother was a witch. Her mother had an upper hand that could only be beat by pure luck. She could very well die.

" If you do turn human, will I ever see you again?," he asked with tears running down his face.

" You know you will. I promise," she said as she licked the tears off his face. He hugged her one final time, then opened the window, sending her out on her journey. He watched her limp slowly in the snow, out into the distance, until he could see her no more.

" Please come back," he thought. He could still see her paw prints in the snow, the only thing he had to remember her.

" GOHAN! TIME FOR BREAKFAST!," yelled Chi-Chi from downstairs, " BETTER COME BEFORE GOTEN AND YOUR FATHER EAT IT ALL!"

" Coming Mom," he responded sadly. He didn't want to eat nor did he want to starve. He decided to follow her. As soon as breakfast was over he sneaked out. If she was going to die he wanted to be right there when she did. In no time he was on his journey, following her foot steps.

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She was too far down the path to realize that Gohan was following her. The only map she had was instinct. She listened for cars and out city noises to tell of she was getting close. She had reached the outskirts of west city when she finally had picked up Mrs. Satan's scent.

The faster she ran the stronger the scent was. Until she finally had made it. The home she and her once lived in was now the dwelling place of her mother. She had completely forgotten about her injuries. She had never done anything more important in her life than right now.

Mrs. Satan was shoveling the snow away from 'her' drive way. This was the perfect opportunity for Videl to strike. She ran like a rabid animal towards her target. Mrs. Satan ran so fast she could swear she was flying. She knew very well who this animal was.

Videl may have been broke in about 20 different places, but that no longer cared. Her eyes flushed red. Mrs. Satan grabbed her gun. Videl was all too used to being shot at, so this was a walk in the park for her.

Everything was going as planned until Mrs. Satan took a cheap shot and used her powers to disappear. She showed up again behind Videl, catching her off guard and then ….BOOM… BLAST! The first shot was fired in Videl's back, then once she had fallen she shot her again in the upper torso to make sure it was over.

Gohan heard a shot in the distance. He ran toward the sound. He came upon the bloody sight. His heart skipped a beat. He was sure it was over. She was lost for ever. He was sure of it. He fell to his knees and cried.

" Why couldn't have been me? Why!," he thought silently.

Suddenly, in the corner of his eye his saw her, standing strong, ready to fight again. She was bleeding terribly and it was almost too obvious that she was going to die, but this would be her last duty: to give her father back his life. She lunged toward her mother with all of her might and latched on to her neck with all of her might, just as in her dream. Mrs. Satan's fait was sealed. Within minutes, it was all over. She was her father were free.

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Somewhere in the forest……….

Hercule was stunned beyond belief. He looked down at his hands.

" Could it be true? Could I really be human again?," he said to himself. He looked at himself in the frozen water. He was happy beyond compare.

" I'm free! I'm human again!," he rejoiced.

He dance around. But then something struck his heart. It was the feeling you get when you lose a loved one. He had heard a couple of gun shots earlier. He ran toward where he thought the gun shots came from. Something was very wrong with Videl and he knew it. He ran into the distance toward his destination.

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" It's... all over," said Videl with pain in her voice. She collapsed in the blood stained snow. She would die before she would get to taste her victory. She finally had no fight left. This would be her last battle. The final showdown was finally over. She could finally rest. Gohan ran toward her.

" Videl! Please! Please don't die!," said Gohan, overcome by tears.

There she laid, a fallen soldier. Bloody and bandaged, broken and weak, but still she found a way to smile. He wrapped her in his jacket and cradled her in his arms, though he knew all too well that there was no way to bring her back. He kept his promise. He would be there when she died. It hurt her more than anything in the world to see him crying.

" Don't cry," said Videl in a weak voice, " I don't want you to remember me with sadness. I don't want to die knowing you're upset."

" But….but I don't want you to die at all," said Gohan, still crying his eyes out.

" Listen. Before I go a want you to know something," said Videl, still holding a smile.

" Yes?"

" I love you. I always will. Don't ever forget that."

" I love you, too, Videl," he said, holding her closer to his heart.

" I want you to promise me something, Gohan."

" Yes. Anything."

" Find my dad and tell him that I love him. And that I did this for him. So he could be free. And that he will see me again someday, alright?"

" Will I see you again someday as well?"

" You know you will. I'll be waiting for you."

" I'll be look forward to that day."

" Thank you."

He held her close until he could hear her last heart beat. And with one, final breath, she was gone.

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