As Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta flew through the sky not a word was spread between the three. Something urged Piccolo to look behind him, and always trusting his instincts, he did just that. He stopped abruptly when he noticed Goku was no longer there. Vegeta stopped and looked off towards Goku's energy, then at Piccolo, his face remaining cold and stern. Piccolo gave a motion of understanding and continued on towards the small island in the sea. Both Piccolo and Vegeta knew where it was Goku had gone and they could understand his reason behind it, but they dare not say a word of it to each other.
Goku stood at the edge of what seemed a winter wonderland, one where someone would find happiness and enjoyment. As Goku stood there no happiness came, no enjoyment, just an immense sadness that threatened to overcome him. He had lost loved ones before, but not these loved ones...and not like this. How could he have been so blind as to let his own son suffer without even noticing; a mistake...that cost him his family? He stood there, running every possibility, every mistake, every other outcome that should have happened...but not this one...not this outcome. Slowly he moved his hand towards the frozen door knob. Just before he reached it, he stopped. He couldn't bring himself to do it! The image of Chichi and Goten was still imprinted in his mind, and though he knew it would still be the same, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
Just as Goku was about to fly away forever something tugged at his mind, telling him to go inside. Almost without thought Goku obliged and smoothly walked into the iced over house. His feet took him into the very room he was going to run away from. But there he was, standing at the edge of his wife's dead body, staring, overtaken with emotion. He clenched his fists and scowled down at her corpse. Suddenly he felt a chill run past him and he shot his head to the side to see what it was. His clenched fists unfolded when his eyes found Gohan staring back at him. Gohan's eyes were red with his fury and power, but he stood calmly, leaning against the wall, staring. Gohan tilted his head slightly to the side. Suddenly overcome with anger towards his son, Goku lunged at Gohan and slammed his arm into his throat, choking him against the wall. Goku scowled as he put more force into his arm. But Gohan didn't react. He just stared at Goku, unchanged by his sudden cut off from air. Gohan's eyes widened a little. He snapped his arms up and gripped Goku's shoulders. Goku released his choke hold and tried to fight off his grip, but Gohan kept strong, kept his hold. Goku stopped struggling when he felt coldness spread through him. His eyes grew large with fear when he realized what was going to happen. Goku tried desperately to say something, to utter a last final plea, but he became completely frozen before he could say a word. Gohan released his grip and vanished into thin air, leaving his entire family cold and dead in his own home.
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"Wha....what does this mean? Am I...half demon?" Videl asked bewildered.
"Yes. But we are still uncertain of what your powers are, besides your slightly above average strength." Karukono concluded.
"So why was that demon guy freaking out when he found out you had come in contact with Videl?" Gohan wondered aloud.
"There's an old saying that if a half demon spends his or her life on earth they shall retain their innocence, but if they were to be exposed to the demon world, the dormant powers within the half demon would rise and in theory, consume the individual." Karukono prophesized.
"But then why hasn't anything happen to me? I don't feel any different than I did before." Videl said.
"Perhaps you don't have any dormant powers." Gohan suggested, "That is possible isn't it?"
"Yes, I suppose it is possible, but extremely unlikely, especially for the grand child of the demon king." Karukono inferred.
"A delayed reaction?" Gohan thought.
"It very well may be. Videl, I would be careful if I were you. We don't have any idea of what your powers might be or what they might do..." Karukono trailed off into her mind.
Videl nodded. A small woman in what seemed a fancy maid's uniform appeared next to Hercule in the doorway.
"Well sorry to break up this little conversation but Videl has some cleaning she needs to catch up on. It was nice of you two to drop her off, but if you could please dismiss yourselves now." The woman ordered politely.
Videl prepared to argue with the woman but was motioned to silence by Karukono.
"I should be getting off anyway. It was nice seeing you Hercule." Karukono said, "Oh and Gohan, would you mind following me, I would like to speak to you."
Videl looked over at Gohan then Karukono and blinked in wonder, but was shooed away by the small woman. The woman then proceeded on slamming the door shut. Karukono said nothing as she took off to the sky. For a moment Gohan hesitated on what to do, but in the end decided to follow.
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Meanwhile Piccolo and Vegeta continued their flight to Master Roshi's. Piccolo stopped abruptly. He turned in the direction of Goku's house and scanned the area, searching for Goku's energy. By this time Vegeta had stopped too, and scanned as well.
"I don't sense him Vegeta." Piccolo said worriedly, "What do you suppose could have happened?"
"Well perhaps someone hasn't fully taken control of his powers." Vegeta assumed.
"Should we go and check it out?"
"Sure, why not?" Vegeta said sarcastically.
Once again Piccolo and Vegeta resumed flight, only this time in the direction of Goku's house. When they arrived they immediately sensed something wasn't right. Vegeta kicked in the iced over door and made his way into the living room only to stop dead in his tracks.
"What is it Vegeta?" Piccolo asked as he walked through the kitchen over to the doorway.
Piccolo's eyes widened as he saw Goku's frozen body among his frozen family.
"Well well looks like Gohan was tricking us! He may have control over his powers but it doesn't look like he wants to use them for the greater good." Vegeta concluded.
"We have to find him. He's out there somewhere." Piccolo said looking up searching for Gohan's energy.