This is like, my first ever dbz story that I wrote at the beggining of the year, so, it's a little dodgy. I fixed it up as much as I could, but, it still sounds kinda stupid. Anyway, read on and tell me what you think.

Rare Jewel

Gohan had defeated Cell, but, it had come with a great loss. The death of his father. Gohan had become quiet then. He had barely spoken since Cell's defeat. Piccolo was becoming worried about the boy, although he didn't show it. He watched Gohan often. Gohan was continuing with his studies, he seemed to be coming more and more fervent with them. Gohan knew Piccolo was there, but never indicated that he did know.

In fact, Gohan found himself not even caring. Finally, Piccolo got sick of the boy being a mute and flew to his house. He walked up to the front door, then hesitated.

He shuddered at the prospect of having to talk to the boy's mother. He pushed down his pride and knocked. The door opened and Chi Chi stood there. She didn't even wince at the green Namek's appearance.

"Uh, could I speak to Gohan?" Piccolo asked. Chi chi sighed and walked into the house. Piccolo waited patiently. She soon came back, Gohan behind her. Gohan was slightly pale and his eyes had lost a lot of their sparkle.

His hair was as unruly as ever and he was wearing a plain blue t-shirt with jeans. Chi-chi left them alone. Gohan looked up at his friend and master, and Piccolo winced at the turmoil that was swirling in the young man's eyes.

"Gohan. I want to take you somewhere. I am sure it will help you through this." Piccolo said and floated up a little. Gohan watched him a moment, sighed and followed. They flew for a while and then came to a waterfall. Piccolo's waterfall. Gohan's brows knitted.

"Why did you bring me here?" he asked quietly. Piccolo gave him a small smile.

"To remind you. Watch the water. It starts off level, then falls and when it reaches the river, levels out again. Same goes for life." Piccolo said. Gohan watched the water. His eyes seemed to loose a little of their turmoil, but, he still didn't speak. He spun around and stared at the sky. Piccolo did the same.

"Something's coming." Piccolo said.

Deep in space, something glittered. It was heading towards Earth. It sort of looked like a saiyan pod, but it had weird wings on the side and it was a lot bigger. It was heading on a direct course with Earth.

Piccolo raced up the front of the waterfall and stopped at the top. Gohan came up beside him.

"There." Gohan said pointing at a silver spec in the sky. Piccolo focused on it. It was heading right for them. The silver speck got bigger and bigger, until it was the size of a moon. Gohan was staring at it, his eyes wide.

"It's evil." Piccolo stated. The silver spacecraft sped past them, and they raced after it. It landed in a cloud of dust, leaving a gigantic gouge mark in the ground behind it. Gohan and Piccolo landed nearby.

"Leave, Namekian. We wish to speak to the saiyan." a booming voice said from the ship. Piccolo frowned.

"Why?" Piccolo asked. No-on answered and then a purple light surrounded Gohan. He pushed, pulled, transformed into Super Saiyan 2, but could not break free. A beam of light shot out and knocked Piccolo away. Gohan yelled angrily but he couldn't do anything. The purple light pulled him up the ramp of the ship.

It was dark inside the ship and cold, freezing. Gohan rubbed his arms and his teeth chattered. Light finally reached his eyes and he looked around. The room was red, with a stairway in the centre. The purple light pushed him up the stairs. He came into the top room and it was dark blue and empty. The floor closed up behind him.