Disclaimer: Does it look like I own Dragonball Z? Of course not. Give credit to Akira Toriyama, it's his idea. All original characters and plot are mine.

Destiny's Light: *thinking, Jasper will get a nice talk AFTER this duck tape comes off*

Selene: *frowns* Jasper, I think you had better remove that tape off her mouth.

Jasper: Why? It's more fun this way!

Selene: Jasper, she needs to speak sometime.

Jasper: Give me one good reason why.

Destiny's Light: Mpf @%$##@%!!!!

Jasper: *sweatdrops* I see what you mean Selene, I think I'd better. *rips tape off*

Destiny's Light: That hurt!! Jasper, you do something like that again and I will tie you up and lock you in the closet! Do you understand?!

Jasper: *turns pale* Yes madam.

Destiny's Light: Good, let's get this chapter rolling!

SSAW?!: Chapter 25

Piccolo watched as they stayed silent. He wanted answers right then, but he sensed that whatever they had to explain it would be difficult. He stood with a neutral expression. Krillin decided not crack any jokes because it seemed to him there was that heavy silence among the group. Besides no one may not in the mood to hear any. Eighteen normally would have said something, but she had the feeling that Goku, Selene, Vegeta, or Irene should speak first. She could tell something had happened while she was out.

Goten blinked, he was confused. He was not sure what was going on. He looked over at Trunks, who looked like the demi-saiyan had an idea of what was going on. Being as intelligent as he was, Trunks knew this had to do with Gohan and Katherine. He saw that his best friend looked confused. At least Goten wasn't the only one who did not know everything that had transpired beforehand.

The goddess of Dalmor seemed to be heavy thought. She was disturbed by what she did see. Having Katherine and Gohan on the other side was not a good thing. Her sea-green eyes scanned everyone and noticed they all had injuries of some degree. With a motion of her hand, she said, "Allow me to heal everyone." White light engulfed the group before disappearing.

The male ancient saiyan stretched, Jasper felt a lot better. He clearly remembered Kat's eyes. They were so cold, but they changed for a few seconds before returning to normal. He noticed that only Destiny spoke and that no one else had. *What is everyone waiting for anyway? If someone should speak first, it needs to me to get things started.* Taking a deep breath, Jasper took the courage to look in Selene's emerald eyes. "Selene, what happened to Kat? And Gohan?" he asked finally.

We shouldn't explain what happened here to everyone, Bulma needs to hear this too." Selene spoke.

Vegeta remained silent, but he nodded. The Z-Fighters took off with the new members. Namely Selene, Jasper, Destiny, Callista, Irene, and Robert.

Aqua eyes kept checking the sky and kept the faith that everyone was alright, including Vegeta. Bulma wished she could have been to the battle, but she was no fighter. She belonged at Capsule Corps, helping Goku and the others with her inventions. Marron watched Bulma with those innocent blue eyes. She pulled on Bulma's pant leg. Bulma looked down to find Marron looking at her. "Something wrong?" Marron asked with worry.

"Not at all Marron. I'm watching the sky for everyone including your mom to return." Bulma replied.

"Okay." Marron said.

Looking up again, her eyes suddenly lit up. Bulma saw the approaching figures land on the lawn. She noticed how many of them had neutral expressions, others did not. As soon as Eighteen landed, Marron ran over to her crying, "Mommy, mommy!" Krillin smiled as Eighteen picked up their daughter. "Yes, I'm back." the android spoke coolly. Marron giggled and snuggled closer.

"Did you find out what happened to Kat and Gohan?" Bulma inquired.

"You could say that Bulma." Krillin muttered, rubbing his head.

"What? Krillin, what do you mean?" Bulma responded, slightly uneasy.

"He means that we have to explain to you and the others the information we found out regarding Kat and Gohan." Irene spoke up.

The blue-haired genius had a feeling that she may not enjoy what they had to tell her. "So what is it?" she said.

"Woman." Vegeta stated. "We met up with that fiancé of Tanaka's, his woman, and the guy that hurt Tanaka in the very beginning. We battled with them, we were losing…" The prince of saiyans scoffed at the word. "Until the brat and Tanaka showed up." Vegeta explained.

"Then what?" Bulma asked.

"Something had happened to them. Their eyes were dark, their auras darker and both had tails. Help us… Vegeta's sentence was cut off by Bulma.

"WHAT?! Vegeta, are implying that they're evil!?" Bulma interjected.

Vegeta simply nodded. "Mars did something to them, I'm sure of it. Why else would he capture them? They fused to form Gohta and killed Vulcan. Although he was immortal. Gohta used a card to summon that 'White Phoenix' and took that guy's immorality away. Frankly, I don't see how that's impossible! She killed him with a nice sword thrust through his chest. She also commanded the beast to deal with that fiancé and his woman." he finished explaining.

"Whoa, whoa! Gohta is a female fusion!? I thought that they could only fuse into Kahn." Bulma said.

"True, but for reasons unknown they formed Gohta. And yes Gohta is a female." Jasper answered.

"There is more to what Vegeta mentioned. Let me explain what happened after I woke up." Irene spoke. She explained about the ritual card that Vulcan used to make him immortal. Next, the battle between Gohta, Mars, Videl and Vulcan, Gabriel, Jasmine. She also mentioned how Mars and Videl showed up. Mars appeared in his true form, a demon. Then how Gohta summoned the White Phoenix, how Vulcan was killed. How Selene knows about the White Phoenix from her books. Finally, how Gabriel and Jasmine were disposed of, how everyone was knocked out in the first place and that Destiny healed them.

"How can this be?! Isn't there a way to bring them back? It might work with Jasper, since it seems Kat is still loyal to his friendship or something." Bulma expressed.

"I have a feeling this job is for the stronger ones here. Not that I think I am weak, but I feel the rest of you are better off without us." Yamcha said, taking off.

"Yamcha  has a point. Chouzo and I will be around if you need us." Tien stated. He and Chouzo left.

"The vision that I had earlier must have been about Gohan and Katherine, I'm sure of it. It appears that Kat/Gohta still has some kind of loyalty to Jasper or she would not have reacted like that. It concerns me how Mars converted them." Callista spoke.

"Could it have to do with Mars being his demon form?" Robert mused, speaking for the first time.

This caught Destiny's attention. "Robert, what are you getting at? I can think of many ways Mars could have converted them, but what he being in his demon form have to do it?" Destiny said.

The king of Dalmor saw similar reactions from the group; his wife seemed to be in deep thought.

{Irene?}

{Yes, Robert?}

{What are you thinking about?}

{It didn't occur to me at the time to think about Mars being in his demon form rather then his human one. I was thinking that he used a spell on them.}

{Irene, do you think it's possible for Mars to turn Kat and Gohan evil in that form?}

{He could have Robert, for all we know. Demons are mysterious beings with different sets of powers. The question remands the same: how did he do it?}

{That's what we want to know.}

"It could be possible that Mars converted my daughter and Gohan in his demon form, but that seems unlikely." Robert announced.

"Is that sort of thing possible?" Chichi asked.

"I don't know for sure Chichi, but demons have mysterious powers unlike our own." Irene responded.

*Apparently demons are more different then we thought.* Bulma thought. She had to consider the fact that Robert, Irene, Katherine, Jasper, and Selene knew about demons. That meant of course they all have fought demons before. Her aqua gaze was primarily on Selene. "Selene, you know about that White Phoenix?"

"I do. Let me retrieve the books. Jasper, you're coming too." Selene responded.

Jasper grumbled a bit before answering, "Yeah, yeah. We won't be long." He and Selene flew off.

"Are you sure that Selene is a human? I mean she knows about White Phoenixes, which must be fantasy types or something." Krillin asked.

"I'm positive she is a human Krillin, unless of course if my judgment is wrong." Destiny said.

Krillin eyed the goddess before rubbing his head. "I'm just making sure." he said.

"Everyone, where do you think happened to Jasmine and Gabriel? That bird picked them up and flew away." Goku inquired suddenly.

"That is a good question Goku: where are they?" Robert replied.

Chilling winds blew across the icy landscape. White snow covered the ground, making it hard to make out the surroundings. What was clear where drops of red blood lay in the snow. This is the place where the prone bodies of Gabriel and Jasmine lay. (Just kidding!) The prince of Gallindore forced his eyes open and swore at he saw. "Not only am I injured, I am stuck on this forsaken cold place! Grrr that fusion will pay for this!" He searched for Jasmine, Gabriel found her some feet away from him. Gabriel attempted to move, but his body cried out in pain. That White Phoenix had blasted them, clawed them, and dropped them. Besides those injuries, the ones on his face hurt especially the one that Gohta gave him. His hand touched the gash, it still hurt. *What is this place? We should researched Earth fully before coming back. I have been humiliated yet again and with the same group! I can't see how I'm still alive!*

"Jasmine? Are you alright?" Gabriel called out over the winds.

The second-in-command twitched as she stirred. Her lavender eyes blinked to see the new surroundings. Jasmine thought she made out Gabriel.

"Where are we?"

"Who the hell knows."

"Let's get out this damn, cold place! I hate it!!"

"Agreed."

The two injured people pressed the button on their watches with some difficulty and vanished.

Videl watched Gohan and Katherine as they walked toward their quarters. She seemed to be envious of Kat, whom Gohan was cheering up. She stopped when they came to Kat's room. They opened the door and prepared to step inside. The only thing to stop them was her voice.

"What are you two doing? Mars may want to see you." Videl demanded.

Cold, coal-black eyes flashed in annoyance at the raven-haired girl.

"Kat and I need to relieve some stress right now. Mars can wait till we're done." Gohan spoke.

Videl raised an eyebrow. "Very well. I will tell Mars exactly that." she said, turning on her heel and leaving.

Gohan closed the door behind them and locked it. Kat sat on the bed, a bit peeved. She couldn't relax at all.

"Kat, you stressed out. Let me massage those tense muscles of yours."

"That sounds very nice Gohan."

The demi-saiyan came on the bed behind her. Sitting on his knees, Gohan placed his hands on her shoulders and began to rub softly. Kat half-closed her eyes and felt some tension fade away. She could tell her tail also relaxed and it brushed against Gohan. The sensation of her tail brushing against him caused him to feel his blood fill with new feelings. Gohan started massaging the middle of her back. Kat felt a lot better and she closed her eyes fully. She loved the feeling as Gohan massaged her lower back. Something there seemed to make her aroused and she uttered a soft moan.

"You like that, huh?" Gohan asked softly.

"Hmm…" Kat replied.

Mars averted his eyes at Videl, who told him exactly what Gohan had said to her.

"That's fine if they wanted to relieve some stress, but I want to see them now! I've waited long enough, Videl go see what is taking them so long."

"At once." Videl answered.

He watched her leave the throne room, thinking.

*What could those two be doing that would keep them busy for this long?*

Videl stopped before Kat's door and turned the knob. The knob refused to turn. She frowned. *Since when do they lock the door? Well, I believe I need to find out!* She took five backwards before executing a kick at the door. Her kick forced the door open and she stepped inside. At first she didn't see them, her violet eyes eyed the scene before her. Gohan looked like he was giving Kat a massage. From the way Kat looked, the ancient saiyan seemed to be loving it.

"What is going on here?!" Videl demanded.

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I hoped everyone liked the chapter. If you want to read the version with lemon, go to www.mediaminer.org. This story is found under White Phoenix. Tune in to Chapter 26 to find out. R&R!

---Destiny's Light