A/N: Thank you Dreamlight, Daffodil, Piccolosdragon, Volcanic, and Miroku-has-darkness for the reviews!
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Inky blackness wrapped around him, pulling at his arms and legs, pulling him down further into it. He gasped for air feeling like he was trapped under water, a million arms of seaweed wrapping around his body to keep him under.
Help me.
His mouth wouldn't open, his throat swelling shut so no words, and no sounds would escape.
Somebody help me!
Then there was light, and then a hand that matched his own pulling him free of the darkness.
'You will do as I say.'
He struggled against the hand, the darkness was safer, there was no pain in the darkness. The voice kept chanting, 'You will do as I say,' over and over again.
No! He screamed trying to break free but finding himself growing weaker and weaker with every chant. Finally he gave in sinking to his knees in front of the being that looked so much like himself but at the same time, looked completely different.
'You will destroy Ganjo and his father and then the planet.' The voice grumbled to him.
And what of Piccolo?
The darkness pulsated around the light, still trying to creep up his legs. The being grinned at him, the light ebbing away slowly as the darkness began to win out.
'You will leave him to see the destruction you create, and then you will kill him. Slowly.'
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Ganjo caught up with Kage quickly, the others were following close behind him. Slowing to a stop Kage turned back to the group.
"Kage-" Ganjo's breath caught in his throat when Kage stuck his hand out at his side. They were over North City, its tall skyscraping buildings and mass amounts of people totally unaware of their presences.
Piccolo assessed the situation quickly, "Snap out of it Kage, you're being brainwashed!" His voice was drowned out by the explosion as the city and millions of innocent people were swept away in flames.
"You… I can't believe that you did that!" Gohan snarled having been the first one to come out of his shock.
Kage's head snapped back and the sound of skin hitting skin joined the crackling sound of the fires burning below. Piccolo's fist retracted, "You're not my son." He hissed grabbing onto Kage's collar forcing him to look him in the face.
Kage stared at him blankly for a moment, his eyes glassy and unfocused, "You think like me," He whispered finally, "You had the same thoughts I have now. You fought this for years and then," His lips twitched up, "You gave it all to me." He smiled wryly placing his hands over his father's and pulled them off his collar.
"Damaio's still in you, controlling you. The Kage I know wouldn't give in, the Kage I know-"
"Open your eyes!" Kage spat interrupting Ganjo, "That Kage is dead! It's me now, this is who I am." Without another word he bolted past Piccolo and tackled Ganjo. The two crashed into the ground in an explosion of dust and dirt. Gohan and Piccolo watched from above as the two emerged from the rubble of the destroyed city and continued their fight.
"Ganjo!" Gohan shouted starting to go after the two but was stopped by and arm blocking his path.
He looked up at Piccolo, his face dark and unreadable, "This is their fight."
Ganjo skidded back his nose exploding in a spray of blood as Piccolo's foot connected with the cartilage. His mind spun for a second from the impact, the ground wavered and he stumbled forward a few steps.
"Too much for you?" Kage taunted.
Ganjo spat a mouthful of blood and turned to Kage, "Shut up and fight." He growled charging up a ki attack, his voice a bit nasally from his broken nose.
"Gladly." Kage grinned quickly charging up his own attack and released it before Ganjo had a chance to do the same.
Ganjo dove out of the way; his collected energy dispersing as he somersaulted away and flipped back to his feet, "Kamehame HA!" He shouted attacking back with his grandfather's signature technique.
Kage fired off a ki blast of his own into the Kamehame ha wave creating a stalemate between the two energies. Gritting his teeth, Ganjo set his feet in the ground and began powering up adding to his attack.
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"What's going on?"
Gohan tore his eyes off the battle below him, "Goten." He greeted his brother with an uneasy look.
The younger man looked down at the fight as the energies dispersed and the hand to hand combat continued, "Is that Ganjo and Kage? Gohan what's going on?"
"Kage's possessed by my Sire." Piccolo answered for Gohan, his eyes locked on the fight.
A long moment of silence filtered between the three men only to be broken by the occasional battle cry and explosion. Sadness washed across Goten's face when a memory surfaced-
'I don't want him to die Goten, he's my best friend!'
"Piccolo," Goten's eyes widened slightly at the thought that came with the memory, "That attack Kage did when he was younger… the one that almost killed you both, you don't think that…"
Gohan's head snapped up his eyes turning to Piccolo, "It was Damaio's attack." He said slowly and Piccolo nodded
"Oh Kami." Goten whispered looking back to his nephew kick Kage in the stomach and attempt an uppercut. The kid, no matter how hard he tried, he was always just one step below Kage. It was never a competition to them… until now.
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I was made from the evil that was my father's soul.
'Yes'
He wants me dead.
'Yes.'
That light was coming back.
Ironic, Kage thought retreating back into the darkness, the light is bad.
It reached tiny thread like fingers into the darkness touching Kage's face with blistering heat. He cried out clawing at his face in a vain attempt of ridding himself of the light.
'Kill him. Kill him now.'
Father?
'No. Ganjo.'
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Kage tumbled backwards, using the momentum of falling; he back flipped several times until he was out of reach. Grinning, he dropped down into his fighting stance, the one that mirrored his father's, and pulled his hands back. Ganjo prepared himself for the attack by focusing his ki on his hands.
"Ka-" He pulled his hands back as they began to glow, "Me… ha….me… HA!"
Kage thrusted his hand out as Ganjo screamed releasing his attack, "Bakuhatsu Ha!"
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