A/N: Well kind of a 100 review special. I'm just gonna thank you all individually for reviewing chapter 13. So here goes.

         Otepoti: Thanks, glad you liked it.

          P.L.S.: Sorry about it being short, and this one isn't exactly long either, oh well.

                     Yeah, I never read any of Sailor Saturn's stuff, coincidences, huh?

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Anyway, here's the chapter. Sorry for the wait.

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters.

                                                               Chapter 14: Ice age

            Gohan slowly opened his eyes. The drop from the exit of the wormhole had been quite a large one and he had landed awkwardly, his left arm cushioning the rest of his body. He checked that his arm aren't gotten too numb and then looked around at his surrounds.

He was surrounded by dark, blue water, which looked very cold and deep. He was seated on a cold, hard surface, and when he looked down at it, he realised he was seated upon an ice-burg.

His teeth started chattering and his knees trembled as the cold air hissed around his ears. He jumped to his feet as if he'd just sat on a drawing pin. The coldness of the ice-burg finally taking effect.

      "Benny!" Gohan shouted, trying to project his voice over the increasing wind, whistling around the ice-burg, frantically searching for his helpless friend.

      "Looking for this?" Paradox's cold voice rose above the wind.

Gohan turned around and Paradox emerged out of the blizzard, which had just blown up. The tall humanoid was holding Benny up by the collar. Benny's head hung limply forward, but the rise and fall of his chest reassured Gohan that he was still very much alive.

      "Let him go!" Gohan shouted, his voice rising in anger.

      "Okay." Paradox agreed, smirking.

He threw Benny into the freezing cold water. The young boy started sinking straight away, as the dark, blue water consumed his limp body ravenously.

      "Benny!" Gohan shouted, desperately.

He flung himself into the water. The freezing, cold temperature stabbed at his skin like a thousand needles.

Gohan swam strongly, doing his best to block out the pain of the freezing cold water surrounding him, keeping his mind on one goal: to reach Benny and pull him to the surface without blacking out through lack of air and body warmth.

After several strokes, Gohan caught up with his friend's sinking form. He thrust his right arm towards Benny's limp arm, only just managing to t grasp a handful of the sleeve of his shirt and then set about pulling him back up to the surface.

Hang on, Benny! Gohan thought, not really taking much notice about his own loss of air.

Gohan thrashed his way to the surface, his lungs screaming for air and his whole body longing for the warmth. He got a better hold of Benny and then hauled him up onto the ice-burg. He was about to pull himself up onto the cold, solid object, when Paradox suddenly appeared and landed straight on Gohan's frozen hand. Before Gohan could react, Paradox kicked him in the face with his other foot and stepped off his squashed hand.

The force of the kick sent Gohan flying backwards and into the ice, cold water once more. He kept sinking, trying to bring himself back to his senses.

He finally managed to open his eyes and was shocked to see how far he had sunk already. Wondering how he could get back up to the surface without blacking out through lack of air, he suddenly remembered a technique his dad had taught him recently.                                               

He shut his eyes and quickly set about focusing the bulk of his energy to his feet. He pushed his energy to the floor, as if he was about to fly. He then shot up towards the surface like a bullet.

He burst out of the water and hovered above the ice-burg, glaring down at Paradox, who was standing over Benny, arms folded, with a nasty smirk on his face.

      "Leave Benny alone!" Gohan screamed, charging towards Paradox, fists raised ready to attack.

Paradox put his own fists up, ready to block Gohan's attack, which came with such force that Paradox only just managed to stop himself from falling to the floor.

Gohan had the brightest white aura surrounding him that Paradox had ever seen. Even his eyes seemed to be dancing like fire. The boy's face was creased into an angry mask, which actually had Paradox a little scared. Yet, the small half-breed seemed to be stuck between two conflicting minds because he just stood there, an almost confused look showing through the fire in his eyes.

Paradox decided to use the demi-saiyan's hesitation to his advantage. He picked up the limp form of Gohan's scruffy, orphan friend and recited a short spell.

Gohan didn't know what to do next. He'd used his fury to throw a powerful punch and yet, Paradox didn't even fall over. How was he meant to beat him when his punch was virtually ineffective?

He was snapped out of his thoughts when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Paradox holding Benny up by the scruff of the neck.

       "Put him down!" Gohan shouted, in the loudest possible voice an under-sized nine year old could muster.

Paradox smirked evilly and spoke the final word of his spell, pointing a long finger straight at the young orphan boy's heart. A jet of green light shot out of his fingertip and flew straight into Benny's heart.

        "No! Benny!" Gohan cried, rushing towards his friend.

Paradox dropped the boy to the ground, laughing almost uncontrollably. Benny's skin was turning a nasty shade of grey. The material of his shirt covering the area where his heart was, was singed and ripped, and the skin underneath had a green tinge to it.

Gohan skidded to a halt just as he reached Benny and let out a strangled cry as he realised Benny's ki had disappeared. His life force was completely gone too.

The young demi-saiyan stared at his friend, who was no longer a resident of the living world. Why did he have to die? Why was he never able to prevent his friends from being killed?

Paradox's continued laughter averted Gohan's eyes to him. The onyx eyes no longer looked like they were on fire. They were full of sorrow and pain, for the loss of a good friend.

On seeing Paradox, Gohan's emotions changed again. His eyes filled with anger and hate. Thoughts of revenge clouded his mind.

Paradox stopped laughing and replaced his smirk with a surprised expression. The boy's ki was skyrocketing. His white aura was glowing brighter and brighter. His onyx eyes were changing colour, getting lighter until they rested on a turquoise colour. His spiky black hair was also changing colour. It burst out in a bright blonde and his aura flashed golden.

Paradox stumbled back a few paces and gawped at the transforming child, unable to utter a single sound.

Gohan felt the power welling up inside of him. His anger at losing Benny awakening the power which, until now, had laid hidden somewhere deep inside of him.

      "I'll never let you get away with that!" Gohan said, his voice cold and clear. His eyes burning in all their turquoise glory.

His golden aura melted the ice around him as he marched towards Paradox, determination evident in every step.

End Chapter.

Sorry for ending it there, but I wanted to get this chapter out before I finished college for Easter, otherwise you would have had to wait two weeks. Besides I think its an excellent place to leave it. *evil grin* Please R&R. Thankies. ^_^