Gohan looked at the black haired girl as she glared at him,

"What going on here Gohan!" She growled, remembering the new boy's name.

"To tell the truth, I have no clue," Gohan said simply, entranced by her eyes. They were the deepest blue that he had even seen.

"Hello Gohan, pay attention, how are we gonna get outta here!" she growled, poking him in the chest.

"I don't know, this collar suppresses my Ki level, I can't power up or anything," Gohan said as if it were as simple as that.

"What the hell is Ki?" she demanded, Gohan blinked before realizing she was serious,

"Ki is how much power you have, how strong you are, how fast you are, how high or low you can fly," Gohan explained,

"Flying? You can fly?" Videl asked, confused,

"Ya, can't everybody? It's the most simplest thing in the world to do!" Gohan said, smiling.

"Well I can't! I've never known anyone to fly! I think you got hit too many times!" she said, referring to his scarred chest, Gohan frowned looking down,

"No, they only hit my chest, legs, and arms. They didn't touch my head for some reason." He said, doing the Son Grin .

"I can take your collar off!" A black skinned child with dog like ears and cat like features walked forward. Gohan knelt down as she worked on his collar. All of a sudden the room doors opened and people that were milling around shrunk against the wall. The collar lock clicked and dropped to the ground. Gohan powered up and charged the men that were running right for him. Videl helped Gohan attack them, but she was quickly dragged and chained to a bed. She watched at Gohan quickly ripped through the lines trying to hurt people. They slowed him down as people were grabbed and chained to beds.

Soon only Gohan was standing and didn't notice the woman enter the room, nor did he notice that his tricky tail had grown back. The woman slipped behind him and grabbed his tail, hard, and yanked it. Gohan froze. Confused the guards moved back way. Gohan whimpered in pain as his tail was yanked again, forcing him to stumble backwards. Waves after waves of pain coursed through out him and he could do nothing about it, he was paralyzed and could only move when the evil lady behind him yanked his tail.

Gohan was forced around by the woman behind him and shoved up against the wall. He growled threateningly at the lady as chains were put on his limp arms. The collar was returned to his neck and he passed out when his power level was shoved so far down it was like he was in a human infant's body.

When Gohan awoke, he was still chained against the wall, but utterly weak. Someone had his tail again and was stroking the soft silken fur there. He couldn't help but purr. Then a whip was brought against his back so hard and fast Gohan was shocked and went limp, refusing to scream in agony, which is what he felt. The person behind him kept bringing the...six- tailed whip? He couldn't really tell how many tails it had, but it hit him several times before the person, it was a woman by her scent, grabbed his limp tail and began to stroke it. He tried ignoring it, but again he purred. This happened several times before a voice yelled out,

"STOP IT! YOU'VE PUNISHED HIM ENOUGH!" The whipping stopped and the women dropped his tail,

"Do you really think he's learned his lesson?" The women asked thoughtfully,

"Yes I do!" Cried the voice,

"Okay, then its your turn! String her up!" The voice called out. Gohan turned his head and saw the black haired girl's form shoved up against the wall.

"Now you have a choice boy," A voice purred in his ear, "Seeing as I like to see your face contort in pain, I'll make a deal. For every lashing she gets, you get two, or, she could get them all..."

"How many?" Gohan asked quietly, no one heard him but the women,

"Let's say, ten," the women suggested lightly. Gohan did the math in his head, even though the black haired girl's Ki was high, she still couldn't take the lashes and survive through the night with him in his condition,

"How `bout" Gohan started, gripping the chains and pulling his legs underneath him, "I take them all, and you leave the girl alone," he said, his voice a bit hoarse from lack of water,

"Hmm, that's very noble of you, but that wouldn't teach her to keep her mouth shut," The women said. Gohan turned his head to see a scared looking girl and said to her,

"Keep your mouth shut, not a word or you'll get us both killed!" he hissed so only she could hear. He turned his head back to the women he said, "I'll take an extra ten, just leave her alone and unharmed," Gohan growled, for some reason he felt the overwhelming need to protect her.

"It's a deal," She grinned and motioned toward the man behind him. Videl winced when she heard the whip crack, but no pain came to her. She frowned, weren't they going to beat her? Then she put two and two together. Gohan had been whispering to the woman who had been torturing him. Had he made a deal with her? She glanced to her side to stare at the boy next to her, his gaze told her not to make a sound. She pulled at her chains but they held tight,

"Stop," Gohan whispered, he could barely talk through the fog of pain, "You'll only make it worse for yourself." Gohan added,

"What about you!" she said,

"I'll be find girl, I've been through worse in my life," He grinned but then the girl's face contorted in pain.

"I thought you said she wouldn't be hurt!" Gohan growled as the whip descended on him once again, then on the girl, five times this happened,

"I know, but then again she would never learn her lesson if you took the rap for her all the time, as you human said, but then again, your not really human, are you?"

"No, not really," Gohan winced as the whip his a sore spot that had been repeatedly hit before, "I'm only half," Gohan admitted,

"I knew that tail looked familiar, but I thought they were all wiped out, killed by my father, Freiza," Gohan suddenly froze, ice raced in his veins as he was hit the news, "Tell me, is your other half saiya-jin?" She asked, Gohan took a moment to answer,

"Yes," He ground out, snapping his eyes shut as the pain got worse. He was only half way through the flogging and it was get worse he knew,

"Now, how was a half breed like you created, if all the saiya-jins were wiped out?" she asked,

"Don't know," He lied, he'd been lying the last few years; this was no different,

"Your lying, I know you are, because I already know. I've been watching you the last few years, seven to be precise, I even helped you start the little habit you quit not too long ago."

"So it was you!" he said, ten more lashes to go, he gave a side longed look at the black haired girl, she was barely conscious, limp in her chains. Only five more lashes to go, he didn't know if he could stay awake that long...

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What do you think? I know it's a bit much, but at least it's got a plot!

Tabi Chan