Alright, people, I'm back! Haven't been able to finish this chapter for a long time for a number of reasons despite having about half of it written since December and for that I'm sorry. I had a friend read over this and he said it came out pretty good but I still think it has some kinks left in it but I didn't want to postpone this any longer so I hope it to everyone's liking. And with that let's get this started!

Chapter 7- Kroxx


Location- Unknown

Gohan didn't really understand what was going on, his mind was too cloudy to even hold on to a though and honestly, if it wasn't for the pain surging throughout his body he would've thought for sure that he was dead. Gohan couldn't really tell where he was either, everything just seemed like a void but slowly as his senses returned to him he realized that wherever he was he wasn't alone and they-were-LOUD!

"Oh yeah, let's go get the giant monkey. It's not like he's in the center of a Thortaux tribe or anything." A voice said sarcastically.

"He saved our lives, we owe him to at least not leave him there in the mud." Spoke the tired voice of Rigel.

"Yeah just pick him out of the mud and drag him some 5 miles just so he can lay in more mud. Yup, big improvement."

"Oh, hush you, and for information-" Rigel said before stopping mid-sentence.

"For my information, what? Hellooo, you can't just stop mid-" The anonymous voice said before being cut off itself.

"Sshhhh! I think he's waking up," Rigel said while he turned, looking for any signs of Gohan waking up.

"You're just hearing things. I mean he went on a fricken rampage, there's no way he's getting up any time soon and even if he did he'll probably try and eat your arm or something-"

"No, but I could really go for some chicken," Gohan said, startling the person before they could finish. "Or whatever can pass for it around here," Gohan said with a chuckle as he began to slowly open his eyes.

"Gohan! Man, you really gave me a scare back there, I didn't think we would make it." Rigel said as he kneeled down to help Gohan sit up.

"Yeah, my body aches all over," Gohan coughed out as Rigel helped him sit up against a tree. "What happened anyway?" Gohan said trying to shake the numbness that seemed to be all over his body.

"You mean you don't remember? Oh, man, it was awesome, terrifying as HFIL but awesome!" Rigel said as he began to recap on how events played out after Gohan blacked out.

"So right after that General guy got all, like, skinny again you just started shaking. It started to freak people out, heck even the lizard guys looked like they were about to pee their pants" Rigel said as he stopped to form a quick smile at the memory before turning back at Gohan. "but what happened next really scared the crap out of me. You started to grow and I don't mean the hitting puberty kind of grow I mean like stories tall level of growth. Next thing anybody knew you were a giant gorilla! I mean how does that even happen, I mean I ain't complaining but it was really weird." Rigel said as he placed his fists on his hips. "And like the badass I am I-"

"Screamed like a helpless girl." Said a voice from behind Rigel.

"Hush you, this is my recap and you are not going to ruin it this for me," Rigel said as he turned around, sticking his tongue out at the person behind him.

"Oh, yeah? Well, that's not how I remember things?" The person said as they stepped out into full view for Gohan to see. And just as he remembered, brown and tattered clothes just like Rigel but this person was most definitely a girl.

Rigel looked back and forth between the two before he seemed to realize something.

"Oh yeah! You guys haven't officially met yet have you!" Rigel said as he stepped next to the girl. "Gohan this is my best friend, Naro and Naro this it Gohan, you know the guy who basically saved both our lives," Rigel said as he stretched out the word lives to prove a point but Naro didn't seem to notice or at least not care about that little fact.

"It's nice to meet you. I've heard a lot." Gohan said with a smile.

"Yeah, well, " she said as she inspected Gohan's hand. " I'll be over here if you need me," Naro said as she walked away, leaving Gohan with an unmistakable sense of dejavu.

"Sorry about her man, she doesn't really trust people and considering what happened yesterday it's gonna take some time for her to warm up to you." Rigel apologized while taking the chance to sit down in front of Gohan.

"It's alright Rigel, I get it. My sister's exactly the same." Gohan said before remembering what they were talking about. "But back to the whole me turning into a big gorilla thing."

"Yeah that, well now that I can't play the badass any more I suppose I'll tell you the truth," Rigel admitted before returning to his recap. "So there I was completely surrounded by Thortaux on all sides but none of them would have expected that I was truly the great Neo-"

"Dude," Gohan said with a blank face, "the truth."

"Alright, alright I'll tell you the truth, but just so you know you're a real killjoy," Rigel said with a pouty face. "So right after you morphed or whatever you went all bananas, pun totally intended by the way, and you started stomping around crushing tents and what not," Rigel said as he shook his head up and down. "Serves them right for trying to eat me."

"What happened to that General guy?" Gohan asked out of curiosity.

"Well… I don't really know. Honestly, I didn't stick around to find out."

"Are you saying you just left me there?!" Gohan asked a little hurt from the notion.

"To be fair you looked like you could handle yourself and I had to get Naro out of there as soon as I could," Rigel said trying to defend himself.

"Alright, fine but how did you carry Naro away without getting caught?"

"W-well… ah about that...ah...Iwasn'texactlytheonetosavehermorelikeitwastheotherwayaround!" Rigel said in a hurried voice.

"What?" Gohan said as he didn't understand anything after that last 'ah'.

"He means that I'm the one who saved him," Naro said as she walked back.

"Really?" Gohan deadpanned with an unimpressed look on his face.

"I froze okay! What with nearly being killed, surrounded by Thortaux and my new friend transforming into a giant monkey I think I'm entitled to some level of shock." Rigel exclaimed as he let himself fall to the ground.

"So how exactly did you save him. I mean you were knocked out weren't you?" Gohan asked turning towards Naro.

"Well with everything going on yesterday it's a miracle I didn't wake up sooner." She said as she sat down Indian style. "But when I did you better believe that a giant freakin monkey is the last thing I wanted to see and that high pitch scream coming from that one over there felt like it was gonna bust my eardrum." She said with annoyance before she calmed herself down. "But I guess it was for the best, I mean if he didn't scream like a little girl-"

"Hey I resent that, and my scream is very manly."

"LIKE A LITTLE GIRL, we might not even be here right now and trust me when I say that I'm a very deep sleeper," Naro said before looking directly at Gohan. "But enough about us living through a living nightmare. What's your deal and I'm not talking about your lack of clothes."

"What do you mean lack of-" Gohan said as he shifted his sights downwards before realizing what she meant. "Where the heck did my clothes go?!" Gohan said jumping to his feet but immediately regretting his decision as bolts of pain shot through his body forcing him to the ground again.

"Well, at least your not naked," Naro said watching the young hybrid contort in pain.

She was right, although Gohan no longer possessed his fighting gi, he wasn't without clothes, at least not completely. Gohan now only had a pair of what he presumed to be underwear, leaving everything else exposed.

"Whose are these?"

"Those would be mine," Rigel said brightly, as he wiped a fake tear from his eye, implying that he was currently going commando under what greatly resembled a potato sack.

"Ah, thanks." Gohan said a little grossed out. "but where did my clothes go then?" Gohan said as the pain began to settle.

"You really didn't hear anything we said, did you? We said you transformed into a giant monkey, meaning that your clothes are nothing but a pile of rags somewhere in that Thortaux village." Naro said blankly. "But back to my question, what's up with you? I'm not trying to be rude or anything but I've never heard about a boy who could just transform into a monkey at will." Naro said, giving Gohan time to speak.

Gohan shifted to sit upright again, ignoring the protest his body was giving him as he looked at the brunette in front of him, "Honestly, I'm not really sure. It's not like this is something that happens on a normal basis or anything. Everything you guys just told me is the first time I've ever heard of it too… but, I think it might have been because of the moon." Gohan said thinking back.

"The moon?" Rigel and Naro said at the same time.

"Yeah and that's not the only thing. I think I can remember a voice talking to me, telling me to look at the moon, like...like it knew something would happen." Gohan said as he tried to remember any more details that could help.

"Ah, man dude. I think you just gave me the chills." Rigel said as he rubbed his arms trying to get rid of the goosebumps.

"So you're saying that our only lead on you transforming into a monkey is some kind of wizard? Great, it not like that aren't a million of those." Naro said as she rubbed her forehead.

"What do you mean by that? Do you mean that what that lizard guy said was real?" Gohan said more to himself rather than to Naro.

"I wouldn't trust anything a Thortaux would say, " Naro said as she crossed her arms, " but yeah, magic's definitely real."

Rigel suddenly stopped rubbing his arms and looked at Gohan, "Wait! You don't know about magic?! Man, I think you've been out in the wood for too long. Hold on, then what was that light you made back in the talent? That was definitely magic, wasn't it?"

" What? Oh you mean this, " Gohan said as he strained a small ball of ki out above his hand before it quickly dispersed. " That… was… just Ki…" Gohan said as he tried to catch his breath.

" Ki? I think you're just confused, there's only one kind of energy and that's magic" Naro said with a prideful look on her face.

"I mean I'm not really from around here. If you say that's magic then I kinda have to take your word for it." Gogan said with a slight smile.

"Hmm, well now that we got that out of the way, we're gonna need to find someplace to stay. Rigel was telling me that you had a cave around here, maybe we could head there." Naro said as she stood upright.

"Yeah, would love to but I'm not really in the moving condition," Gohan said as looked down at his nearly shattered fist, all thanks to his previous battle.

"That'll be no problem once Naro heals you up, you'll be as good as-" Rigel said as a fist suddenly smashed down on his head.

"Ow! Whatcha do that for?" Rigel said looking at the owner of the fist.

"You idiot, we weren't supposed to tell him about that! We were supposed to wait and see if he had any ulterior motives first!" Naro yelled at Rigel.

"Oh, yeah… sorry. But I mean it doesn't seem like he's a bad person, right. So no harm no foul." Rifle said as he rubbed the spot Naro had decked him.

"Haaah, fine. Just so you know if he attacks us your going to be the first one on the dinner platter." Naro said as she approached Gohan.

Hogan, who had no idea what they were talking about could only sit there and watch before Naro approached him.

"Now this is going to take a while," Naro said as she placed her hand inches away from Gohan. " So just sit back and relax, and don't try and kill us afterward," Naro said half serious, half not as a strange orange glow began to dominate from her hands.

Gohan had barely opened his mouth as a feeling of relief began to wash over him. The pain seemed to get worse before it could get better as Gohan's nerves were the first to begin healing. Soon enough though the pain had completely dissipated, leaving Gohan feeling even stronger than he was before.

Gohan looked up to thank Naro but before he could she suddenly feel forward. Gohan caught her with ease but that didn't help with the concern that washed over him. Gohan looked up at Rigel, expecting a scared or mad reaction but all Gohan saw was expectation. Rigel, sensing Gohan's confusion answered the question Gohan found hard to put into words.

"Don't worry Gohan, this happens when she heals someone, don't take it personally," Rigel said as a sudden smile appeared on Rigel's face, " Now! Were that cave at? We should start heading there, she can get into a real grouchy mood when she wakes up."

"Oh, ah sure. Um, I think it's that way." Gohan said as they seemed to be closer than he originally thought. "It should only take about an hour or two if we just walk."

"Alright then, let's get a move on!"


I know, I know, a really short chapter considering what I normally write but I'm going to get started on the next chapter right after I upload this one and hopefully, the next one will be up fast then this one. The next chapter will mainly be centered around the happenings on Earth, so expect some major pain and training! Anyway, I hope you guys liked it and leave a comment if you have any question. Have a good one!