The gang flew through the sky following Karukono. Gohan's 'condition' weighed heavily on everyone's minds. Goku was lost in thought when something made him stop. Everyone else halted to see what was wrong.
"Chichi..." Goku muttered. He then sped off in the opposite direction.
"Piccolo what is he doing?" Videl asked.
Piccolo spaced out as if he was searching for something in his head.
"Gohan. He couldn't have..." Piccolo trailed off.
"What's going on tell me?!" Videl pleaded.
"It looks like we are going to have to take a detour. Vegeta make sure Karukono doesn't stray off." Piccolo ordered.
"I do not take orders from a Namek. I'll watch her but on my own account. NOT because you said to." Vegeta commented.
Piccolo started after Goku and the others followed. Videl struggled desperately to keep up with everyone. They touched ground in front of an iced disaster. Videl landed last and found everyone huddled in the living room. She peeked around from behind Piccolo. Her eyes grew wide.
"Gohan didn't do this!" She blurted.
Everyone turned to her, their eyes stern and serious. Goku had the look of insanity in his eyes. Videl hesitated for a moment.
"Gohan would never hurt his family...he couldn't..." Videl said lowering her head.
"You've forgotten already! I told you he isn't the same Gohan you knew. He is a killer." Karukono reminded her.
Karukono's words hit everyone hard. Goku looked back at his frozen wife and son with sadness, fear, and anger. He rose to his feet and turned to his friends.
"We can't look at him as Gohan. He may have the same face...but our Gohan is gone. We have to take him down." Goku decided.
A tear dropped from Videl's eyes. Karukono noticed and she stared into Videl with a hint of hurt in her eyes. Karukono felt a strange urge to embrace Videl, to comfort her...but she refrained and turned away.
"Shall we continue?" Karukono said, breaking the silence. Goku nodded, and one by one, they filed out of the murder scene and back into the air.
A city stood in ruins. Blood covered the buildings and not a sound could be heard. Dead bodies littered the torn streets. Gohan stood in the very center of the city. His eyes glowed red with power. His hands tensed and muscles ached. He stared angrily at the ground in front of him. His head started to pound. At first it was a dull pain, but it grew sharper and sharper until to forced him to his knees. Gohan put his hands against his head in a futile attempt to stop the pain. His muscles started to pulsate. His vision went out of focus. His hand turned to fists and smashed into the ground breaking the concrete. He gasped for air. Gohan raised his head towards the grey sky. His eyes were black, normal, but they were wide with great fear. He stood up and stepped backwards, his eyes new to the horrible site before him. Gohan hit his back against a wall and sank to the ground. He stared at his bloody hands.
"What's wrong with me...why is this happening..."
Hs eyes raced back and forth as he tried to remember all that had happened. He saw everything he had done. The murder of countless innocents...his mother...Goten... He gagged and his head fell forward as he fainted.
Videl felt a pang in the back of her head. Her eyes narrowed.
"Gohan..." she mumbled under her breath.
Karukono lead them to a dead, lifeless, sandy desert. She searched around for small crater. Karukono landed next to the crater and leaned over it to look inside. The others followed and stood behind her.
"This is it." Karukono stated as she proceeded to jump down into the crater.
Goku followed her, then Vegeta, Videl, and last Piccolo. The room was dark save for a few flickering lights. The horrible smell of rotting flesh lingered in the air. Their senses cringed as the tasted the stale air. They followed Karukono to the portal against the wall. Videl gave a small yelp when her foot grazed the professors' dead body. Karukono touched the surface of the portal and it sprang to life with a soft glowing green color. Karukono sighed.
"Ready?" She asked.
They nodded and Karukono walked through the portal. She walked out into a familiar scene. Red, dusty rock stood under her feet. The sky was littered with creatures gliding past. She smiled at the scene and turn to wait for the others to come through. "Are you sure we should go in there?" Videl asked.
"Do you want the Earth to be destroyed?" Vegeta replied.
Videl looked down and her spirit sank to the ground. Goku placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him about to burst into tears. Goku smiled gently at her.
"We'll save him Videl. Don't worry." Goku reassured her.
A small smile formed on Videl's face. Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked through the portal. Piccolo waited for Goku to guide Videl through and he followed after them. A small creature walked up to Karukono. It was short, coming only to Karukono's shoulder. It was equipped with light blue skin, large brown eyes behind a pair of thick rimmed glasses, and messy black hair with small horns on either side. The creature was holding a notebook and a pen. It adjusted its glasses and sighed.
"Karukono the King will not be pleased with you." The creature stated in the expected nerd sounding way.
Karukono stuck up her nose. "Since when do I care what he says" She replied.
"There is a reason you are not meant to see her. The fact that you disobeyed the King is an underscore of what could have happened if you had made any contact with her."
"Garish...Leave me alone." Karukono remarked as she started to turn away.
Garish eyes narrowed but flung open when he saw Karukono's guest standing beside her.
"You brought HUMANS into our world!!" Garish cried.
Passing demons stopped and stared. Karukono whipped around and covered Garish's mouth with her hand. She leaned in to whisper to him.
"Quiet! Do you want to get me killed?!" She said quietly.
Garish looked around at the demons staring at him.
"Heh. Um...false alarm folks they are for testing at the science wing...um...move along now..." Garish lied.
The demons hesitated but eventually flew off. Videl walked a few steps forward as she marveled at the site she was seeing. The sky was a crimson red with black spilt over it...like a bomb had gone off...The ground was a dull red rock that stretched for miles. A vast variety of creatures passed by, they were all different colors, different shapes.
"Oh dear!" Garish cried. Videl looked at him only to find him looking at her.
"Karukono please tell me you didn't do what I think you did..." Garish started. "Please Karukono you-
"Look, it's ok. I didn't tell anyone so we are all safe." Karukono explained.
"But she...she is..."
"Yes Garish she is. But that doesn't matter."
Garish looked to the ground.
"I'm going to leave you now...but Karukono if it happens because you let her here I swear..." Garish threatened. He faded and was gone.
Everyone's eyes were one Videl.
"Karukono...What was he talking about? What about me?" Videl asked.
"It's...nothing..." Karukono sighed. "Let's continue, shall we?"
Karukono rose into the air.
"It will be much faster to go to the club first. But I don't know if you'll be able to copse anyone to go along with your plan." Karukono stated as she hovered in the air.
"It's a long shot, but it's the only option left." Goku replied.
"Very well..."
Karukono sped off and the others followed.
Gohan awoke to a dark sky. His head still throbbed and his eyes remained black. The thought of all he had done lingered in his mind. Slowly, he got up and roamed about the remains of the once grand city. Body after body encased the street in blood. Gohan wandered into a small house. The windows were shattered, a man and a woman lay slumped over on the ground. A soft whining noise echoed in the dark house. Gohan followed it to a bedroom. Everything was turned over and the light above flickered. In the corner a small girl cried...huddle in a tight ball. Gohan bit his lip. He walked over to the girl and sat down beside her. The girl looked up and sniffled.
"Are you going to kill me now to?" The girl asked weakly.
Gohan's eyes grew with sadness and fear.
"No. I'm not going to hurt you."
"But why? You killed Mommy and Daddy."
Gohan hesitated. How do you respond to something like that?
"I-
Gohan was cut short when a familiar urge panged in his head.
"No...not again. You've had your fill...Now leave me alone..." Gohan pleaded.
"You want this power. Don't try to fight it."
Gohan stood up and stumbled backwards.
"No. I'm not a killer. I'm not a killer!"
"Oh but you are. You are...You enjoyed slaughtering those people. You enjoyed killing your mother..."
"Stop it! Shut up and leave me alone! I didn't do those things you did!"
"Don't you see? I AM you. You are me. We are one and the same."
"No. We are not."
"Tsk. Tsk. trying to avoid it are you? Well that just won't do...Now just go to sleep or things will get rough."
"Go away. GO AWAY!"
The girl in the corner started to cry loudly. Gohan whipped around and grabbed the girl's shoulders.
"Don't you cry kid! Don't you cry!" Gohan ordered as her shook her violently.
The girl cried harder and struggled to free herself from his grip.
"You see? You are killers...go to sleep...let me take over..."
Gohan released the girl and sank to the ground. He fell over on his side and everything whirled around him. Gohan tried to focus...to stay awake...but the pang was getting stronger...His eyes grew faint and closed.
"Chichi..." Goku muttered. He then sped off in the opposite direction.
"Piccolo what is he doing?" Videl asked.
Piccolo spaced out as if he was searching for something in his head.
"Gohan. He couldn't have..." Piccolo trailed off.
"What's going on tell me?!" Videl pleaded.
"It looks like we are going to have to take a detour. Vegeta make sure Karukono doesn't stray off." Piccolo ordered.
"I do not take orders from a Namek. I'll watch her but on my own account. NOT because you said to." Vegeta commented.
Piccolo started after Goku and the others followed. Videl struggled desperately to keep up with everyone. They touched ground in front of an iced disaster. Videl landed last and found everyone huddled in the living room. She peeked around from behind Piccolo. Her eyes grew wide.
"Gohan didn't do this!" She blurted.
Everyone turned to her, their eyes stern and serious. Goku had the look of insanity in his eyes. Videl hesitated for a moment.
"Gohan would never hurt his family...he couldn't..." Videl said lowering her head.
"You've forgotten already! I told you he isn't the same Gohan you knew. He is a killer." Karukono reminded her.
Karukono's words hit everyone hard. Goku looked back at his frozen wife and son with sadness, fear, and anger. He rose to his feet and turned to his friends.
"We can't look at him as Gohan. He may have the same face...but our Gohan is gone. We have to take him down." Goku decided.
A tear dropped from Videl's eyes. Karukono noticed and she stared into Videl with a hint of hurt in her eyes. Karukono felt a strange urge to embrace Videl, to comfort her...but she refrained and turned away.
"Shall we continue?" Karukono said, breaking the silence. Goku nodded, and one by one, they filed out of the murder scene and back into the air.
A city stood in ruins. Blood covered the buildings and not a sound could be heard. Dead bodies littered the torn streets. Gohan stood in the very center of the city. His eyes glowed red with power. His hands tensed and muscles ached. He stared angrily at the ground in front of him. His head started to pound. At first it was a dull pain, but it grew sharper and sharper until to forced him to his knees. Gohan put his hands against his head in a futile attempt to stop the pain. His muscles started to pulsate. His vision went out of focus. His hand turned to fists and smashed into the ground breaking the concrete. He gasped for air. Gohan raised his head towards the grey sky. His eyes were black, normal, but they were wide with great fear. He stood up and stepped backwards, his eyes new to the horrible site before him. Gohan hit his back against a wall and sank to the ground. He stared at his bloody hands.
"What's wrong with me...why is this happening..."
Hs eyes raced back and forth as he tried to remember all that had happened. He saw everything he had done. The murder of countless innocents...his mother...Goten... He gagged and his head fell forward as he fainted.
Videl felt a pang in the back of her head. Her eyes narrowed.
"Gohan..." she mumbled under her breath.
Karukono lead them to a dead, lifeless, sandy desert. She searched around for small crater. Karukono landed next to the crater and leaned over it to look inside. The others followed and stood behind her.
"This is it." Karukono stated as she proceeded to jump down into the crater.
Goku followed her, then Vegeta, Videl, and last Piccolo. The room was dark save for a few flickering lights. The horrible smell of rotting flesh lingered in the air. Their senses cringed as the tasted the stale air. They followed Karukono to the portal against the wall. Videl gave a small yelp when her foot grazed the professors' dead body. Karukono touched the surface of the portal and it sprang to life with a soft glowing green color. Karukono sighed.
"Ready?" She asked.
They nodded and Karukono walked through the portal. She walked out into a familiar scene. Red, dusty rock stood under her feet. The sky was littered with creatures gliding past. She smiled at the scene and turn to wait for the others to come through. "Are you sure we should go in there?" Videl asked.
"Do you want the Earth to be destroyed?" Vegeta replied.
Videl looked down and her spirit sank to the ground. Goku placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him about to burst into tears. Goku smiled gently at her.
"We'll save him Videl. Don't worry." Goku reassured her.
A small smile formed on Videl's face. Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked through the portal. Piccolo waited for Goku to guide Videl through and he followed after them. A small creature walked up to Karukono. It was short, coming only to Karukono's shoulder. It was equipped with light blue skin, large brown eyes behind a pair of thick rimmed glasses, and messy black hair with small horns on either side. The creature was holding a notebook and a pen. It adjusted its glasses and sighed.
"Karukono the King will not be pleased with you." The creature stated in the expected nerd sounding way.
Karukono stuck up her nose. "Since when do I care what he says" She replied.
"There is a reason you are not meant to see her. The fact that you disobeyed the King is an underscore of what could have happened if you had made any contact with her."
"Garish...Leave me alone." Karukono remarked as she started to turn away.
Garish eyes narrowed but flung open when he saw Karukono's guest standing beside her.
"You brought HUMANS into our world!!" Garish cried.
Passing demons stopped and stared. Karukono whipped around and covered Garish's mouth with her hand. She leaned in to whisper to him.
"Quiet! Do you want to get me killed?!" She said quietly.
Garish looked around at the demons staring at him.
"Heh. Um...false alarm folks they are for testing at the science wing...um...move along now..." Garish lied.
The demons hesitated but eventually flew off. Videl walked a few steps forward as she marveled at the site she was seeing. The sky was a crimson red with black spilt over it...like a bomb had gone off...The ground was a dull red rock that stretched for miles. A vast variety of creatures passed by, they were all different colors, different shapes.
"Oh dear!" Garish cried. Videl looked at him only to find him looking at her.
"Karukono please tell me you didn't do what I think you did..." Garish started. "Please Karukono you-
"Look, it's ok. I didn't tell anyone so we are all safe." Karukono explained.
"But she...she is..."
"Yes Garish she is. But that doesn't matter."
Garish looked to the ground.
"I'm going to leave you now...but Karukono if it happens because you let her here I swear..." Garish threatened. He faded and was gone.
Everyone's eyes were one Videl.
"Karukono...What was he talking about? What about me?" Videl asked.
"It's...nothing..." Karukono sighed. "Let's continue, shall we?"
Karukono rose into the air.
"It will be much faster to go to the club first. But I don't know if you'll be able to copse anyone to go along with your plan." Karukono stated as she hovered in the air.
"It's a long shot, but it's the only option left." Goku replied.
"Very well..."
Karukono sped off and the others followed.
Gohan awoke to a dark sky. His head still throbbed and his eyes remained black. The thought of all he had done lingered in his mind. Slowly, he got up and roamed about the remains of the once grand city. Body after body encased the street in blood. Gohan wandered into a small house. The windows were shattered, a man and a woman lay slumped over on the ground. A soft whining noise echoed in the dark house. Gohan followed it to a bedroom. Everything was turned over and the light above flickered. In the corner a small girl cried...huddle in a tight ball. Gohan bit his lip. He walked over to the girl and sat down beside her. The girl looked up and sniffled.
"Are you going to kill me now to?" The girl asked weakly.
Gohan's eyes grew with sadness and fear.
"No. I'm not going to hurt you."
"But why? You killed Mommy and Daddy."
Gohan hesitated. How do you respond to something like that?
"I-
Gohan was cut short when a familiar urge panged in his head.
"No...not again. You've had your fill...Now leave me alone..." Gohan pleaded.
"You want this power. Don't try to fight it."
Gohan stood up and stumbled backwards.
"No. I'm not a killer. I'm not a killer!"
"Oh but you are. You are...You enjoyed slaughtering those people. You enjoyed killing your mother..."
"Stop it! Shut up and leave me alone! I didn't do those things you did!"
"Don't you see? I AM you. You are me. We are one and the same."
"No. We are not."
"Tsk. Tsk. trying to avoid it are you? Well that just won't do...Now just go to sleep or things will get rough."
"Go away. GO AWAY!"
The girl in the corner started to cry loudly. Gohan whipped around and grabbed the girl's shoulders.
"Don't you cry kid! Don't you cry!" Gohan ordered as her shook her violently.
The girl cried harder and struggled to free herself from his grip.
"You see? You are killers...go to sleep...let me take over..."
Gohan released the girl and sank to the ground. He fell over on his side and everything whirled around him. Gohan tried to focus...to stay awake...but the pang was getting stronger...His eyes grew faint and closed.