I had to take my computer in to get it repaired, so this chapter got posted a little later then I planed. Thank you all for still reading my story even though I am re-writing it. I will try my best to make this story better then the first.

Thanks for the advice SSJ3MysticGohan, and I will be a little more careful with my grammer. And I am not sure how long my chapters are going to be...I just kinda write them until I am done kinda thing

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Taken

-Son Akito

Piccolo returned Gohan home to his mother.

"Gohan-chan, are you okay," Chi-chi hugged her son, he was shaking.

"You two should talk," Piccolo glanced down at the mother and son, "I'll talk to the others, things shouldn't be like this with him."

And with that, the Namek walked into the woods.

"Mother," Gohan cried to his mother and embraced her in a hug, "Why is it still with me?"

Gohan fell to his knees, Chi-chi caught him and slowly set him down to the ground, not letting go of that hug.

"I don't know sweetie, but it will be over soon," Chi-chi ran her fingers though her son's hair, he was still shaking. This made the mother hug her son tighter, "No one blames you Gohan-chan, so you should stop blaming yourself."

The saiyan looked up at his mother, and the tears had stopped. He shook his head and stood up, backing slowly away from his mother. Chi-chi tried to reach out to her son, but for some reason she wasn't able to grab him.

Gohan shifted his body to the setting sun, and whipped his tears away.

For some reason, he didn't want his mother to see him like this.

Like something was holding him back...

...Like he was behind bars.

Chi-chi put her hands into her face, and began to cry. She hated that her eldest son was like this, how he was so hurt that no matter what she did he would never be better again.

Chi-chi glanced up at her son through her eyes. He was looking down at her, his eyes red. The mother knew that her son was trying, and that's all she could ask for now.

They both took their eyes off each other, and watched the sun set.


"We are preparing to land Vanlash."

"Good, can you figure out where that power is from?"

"Just barely, but I got it."

"Very good, how much longer."

"Ten minutes."


I don't ever feel like I can talk to anyone, Gohan sighed sitting out in the yard looking at the stars. His mother had left him to feed Goten, I don't understand why I have to talk about it. It just worries everyone. It's only been a year, how quickly do they expect me to be over it?

Gohan jumped up and started to fly up to the stars. He just needed to be away for a little while, and the young saiyan knew if he was too far from home his mother would worry.

He continued tofly higher and higher into the night sky. He loved the stars, the were so peaceful up in the sky like that. They would shine on, no matter what his mood was, they were always there. Even if they were covered by clouds, he knew that they would pass by and shine in the night sky.

The stars were like the light in the dark he was looking for.

"Gohan!"

Gohan glanced over and saw Vegeta fly next to him. Vegeta seemed to be in a panic.

"What's wrong Vegeta?" Gohan asked, confused on why the saiyan prince would come to him in a hurry.

"Don't you sense that baka?" Vegeta yelled, "Don't' you sense that force?"

"Force?" Gohan escaped his thoughts for just a moment, and was able to sense four powerful forces headed right his way.

"They are going to land any second now, get everyone out of that house of yours," Vegeta growled as he started to find a place to land.

Gohan flew down to his house and ran though the front door.

"Mother!" Gohan cried as he ran though the house looking for her.

"Gohan, what's the matter?" Chi-chi asked as she walked out of her bedroom holding Goten.

"I have to get you out of here."

"What? Why-" before Chi-chi could say anything else, Gohan picked her up and flew both her and Goten out of the house.

"Gohan what is going on?" Chi-chi demanded as Gohan set her down a few yards away.

"I don't have time mother, something is coming," Gohan said in a panic as he placed his hand on Goten's head.

Gohan glanced into his mother's eyes, they seem to show some form of emotion. An emotion that Chi-chi couldn't put in words, "Gohan-chan..."

"Please," Gohan begged his mother, before looking down at his little brother Goten. Goten had a confused baby look on his face, he grabbed his older brother's finger and wrapped his little hand around them, "Tell him about me."


With that, Gohan took off, leaving his mother to wonder.

"Vegeta, I came here as soon as I sensed it," Krillin landed behind Vegeta and stood in fighting stance, "Do you have any idea who is coming here?"

"No," Vegeta turned his head slightly to Krillin.

"Where is Gohan?"

"He went to–" Before Vegeta could finish, both Krillin and Vegeta looked up to see a space ship headed right toward them. They both jumped out of the way before the ship hit them.

Vegeta and Krillin stood in stance as the battle ship began to open up, and four beginnings stepped out.

The biggest one looked at both Vegeta and Krillin, "It's not either of you..." His red hair fell in his eyes, and bushed it back. He started walking off the space ship, the other three followed.

"We're not what?" Vegeta asked, smirking, it had been a while since he had been in a good fight.

The red hair man glanced at Vegeta, looking him up and down. He smirked, "Aren't you Vegeta?"

One of the man's followers, a woman, started to laugh, "My goodness, it is Vegeta!" She walked up to Vegeta and looked him up and down, once she was done, she grinned, "I didn't think Frieza, would let you go without a fight."

"Vegeta?" Krillin glared up at the saiyan prince, "I thought you said you didn't know who they were."

Vegeta ignored Krillin and glanced up at the leader of the group. His long red hair kept getting in his eyes, and every so often he would brush his hair back. He was wearing a dark green armor suit, like the one Vegeta himself was wearing, but the pants were bagger. Vegeta glanced up at his silver eyes, it reminded him of something...

And then, it hit him. Vegeta's eyes widen as he began to take a few steps back.

"Vegeta?" Krillin called out in confusion. Seeing Vegeta's reaction to the group frightened him. The saiyan was never afraid of anything...

Just then, Gohan ran behind Vegeta. Vegeta glanced back at Gohan, and then forward.

"Who are you?" Gohan called up, getting in fighting stance.

"That is Vanlash and his crew," Vegeta growled, not keeping his eyes off them, "They are famous for plugging and selling planets. They are the masters of the black market."

"Then how do you know them?" Gohan asked, not keeping his eyes off the red hair man.

"They were in business with Frieza quite a few times during my time," Vegeta glanced over at Gohan, "The red hair one is Vanlash, the leader."

Gohan nodded as Vanlash began to laugh, flipping his hair back, "Looks like my reputation has precedes me."

"And don't forget about me," The woman, within seconds was in front of Gohan, moving her finger back and forth from the teenager's face, "I'm Rexter."

Rexter smiled at Gohan before vanishing before his eyes, her eyes left Gohan out of breath. Her red eyes were piercing his very soul. She then was back next to Vanlash, and started to take off her black jacket and threw back into the space ship. She wore a blank tank top underneath, and with the jacket off, was also wearing black shorts. She pulled her blonde hair back in a pony tail.

"I am Tomack," Another man walked up next to Rexter and leaded on her shoulder, his long black hair hung to his side. He put one hand into his blue pant pocket, and stretched out his arm over Rexter. Rexter just smiled, and placed her hand on Tomack's long sleeve blue shirt and smiled back at the Z-gang.

"Don't forget about Weller," Tomack yelled out as Weller stepped up front to present himself. He had a gray suit just like Vanlash, yet since Weller was a little more on the heavy side, his suit fit around him a little more tighter. He had short black hair and small eyes. He was holding something in his hands, but no one could make out what it was.

Gohan grinned, looking at Vegeta and Krillin. All these bad guys were the same.

Vanlash noticed Gohan's smirk, and walked up to the boy, "What are you smiling about?"

Vanlash over-powered Gohan in height, yet he knew that the bigger they were the harder they fall, "Just noticing something, that's all."

Vegeta and Krillin whipped their heads and looked at Gohan. He was acting different again. Gohan never was a big talker when it came to fighting...

"What's that?" Vanlash chuckled.

"All you guys are the same," Gohan grinned, staring into Vanlash's eyes, for some reason he wasn't afraid, "First you go off stating "who" you are. Then you are going to tell us about your "master" plan to destroy the Earth," Gohan then lost his grin and stood in his fighting stance once again, "And I won't allow that."

Vanlash studied the boy's stance, and then put his hands on his hips and began to laugh. Gohan tighten more, he didn't understand what was funny.

Vanlash sighed after his laughing, whipping the tears away from his eyes, "Who said anything about destroying the Earth?"

Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin exchanged looks from one another.

"Then why are you here?" Krillin asked.

"We have something in store for one of you," Tomack smirked, walking towards Vanlash as the other two followed behind him.

"What are you getting at?" Gohan yelled, getting impatience.

"We are looking for a new toy," Rexter sung, walking up to Gohan, "And we just found one."

"How absurd," Vegeta snored, "And what makes you think that we are going to hand over the brat so easily?"

Vanlash grinned, "We never said it was going to be easy," and with that, Vanlash glanced over at Rexter and Tomack, and within seconds they disappeared.


Without even realizing it, Tomack kicked Krillin and sent him flying backwards. Krillin bounced back up, and stood in his fighting stance. Tomack landed near by, and began to laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" Krillin screamed, feeling insulted.

"Because," Tomack–without having Krillin sense it–was behind him, "This is too easy."

Vegeta on the other hand, was able to sense Rexter coming at him, and blocked her kick. They both flew up into the night sky. Rexter placed her hands on her hips, "Are you ready Prince?"

Vegeta folded his arms and rolled his eyes, "Oh please, your master is making me fight you, a woman."

Rexter frowned her brow, and a second later was up in Vegeta's face, "Well, if I were you, I would be a little more worried." With that, Rexter disappeared from Vegeta.

This worried him a bit, because he wasn't able to sense her.


Vanlash took a step closer to Gohan, and the teenager took a step back, "What do you mean?" Gohan asked.

"You are going to come with us," Vanlash grinned, as he eyed Weller, who vanished from Gohan's sight.

"What makes you think I am going to come with you?" Gohan got into fighting stance and stared Vanlash in the eyes, "I am not going to come with you willing."

Within a second, Vanlash disappeared and punched Gohan in the face, sending him flying though the woods.

Gohan flipped himself over and landed on the ground, he looked up to see Vanlash coming right at him. Gohan fired a ki blast, as Vanlash dodged and took another swing at Gohan.

The saiyan blocked the attack, and they both started to punch and kick each other, but none of them could make contact.

Just then, Gohan punched Vanlash square in the face, which sent Vanlash flying though the air. Gohan flowed Vanlash, and got enough speed to get right up to him and kick him in the head. Before Vanlash hit the ground, Gohan punched him in the chest, which sent him crashing into the Earth's surface.


Rexter kicked Vegeta in the stomach and kicked him, which sent the prince crashing to his knees. Rexter flipped her hair back, and started walking to Vegeta, "I told you to be worried," She grabbed Vegeta by the hair and brought him to her face, "I may be a woman, but I am the second most powerful next to Vanlash, so you better not fuck with me."

Vegeta started to laugh, as he turned into super saiyan, grabbing Rexter's arm, "Think again," and Vegeta threw her into a tree, "You haven't seen anything yet."

A few feet away, Krillin was thrown into the water, as Tomack jumped into the river and followed after him.

Krillin was in a state of panic, he knew that Tomack was too much for him. Krillin had lost his touch over the years.

He saw Tomack flying though the water to get him, and Krillin closed his eyes, he knew that he lost this battle.

Yet, nothing happened, Krillin opened his eyes and saw Piccolo kick Tomack in the face, and they both flew up to the surface.

Krillin sighed, relief that Piccolo took him out of that battle..

"So, who are you?" Tomack asked as he whipped the blood from his face.

Piccolo grinned, "Why does it matter?"

Tomack chuckled, "Well, I like to know who I will be killing."

Piccolo flew up and punched Tomack, sending him flying back, "Well, I don't."


Vanlash laughed, getting up from the ground, "Wow, you are good."

Gohan didn't reply, and got back into his fighting stance.

"You are holding back though, right?" Vanlash asked, as he stepped closer to Gohan.

Gohan was taken back, how was Vanlash able to tell?

Vanlash shook his head, "I better stop this before you get too powerful."

With that, Weller came up from behind Gohan and clipped on a gold collar around his neck.

Gohan was covered in pain, the collar was doing something...

Piccolo had been keeping a mental check on Gohan as he was fighting Tomack, and as soon as it disappeared, Piccolo flew away from his fight and went to Gohan.

Tomack grinned, "They got him," and flew off behind Piccolo.

Vegeta had also sensed something strange coming from Gohan, as did Rexter, who started to laugh, "Looks like we caught him."

Before Vegeta was able to react, Rexter went behind Vegeta, hit him right in the neck, causing him to fade out of super saiyan and pass out. Rexter laughed, "No match," and took off towards Vanlash.

Gohan fell to his knees in pain, he couldn't seem to focus, it felt like something was taken away from him, like he wasn't in control.

Vanlash laughed, walking over to the fallen Gohan, "This is how I am taking you," Vanlash bent down, "This collar has some great powers you see, with it, I can control you."

Gohan gasped, he was just trying to breathe, "What...How?"

Vanlash walked up to Gohan and picked him up by the collar, "See, I can control your feelings, I can make you feel pain, I can make you fight, I can make you kill..."

Gohan growled, "Never!" But the pain was too much for him and he screamed.

Piccolo flew over and tried to kick Vanlash in the head, but Vanlash sensed it and dodged it just in time.

Piccolo landed in the ground, and started to run over to Vanlash and Gohan, yet Rexter came from above and kicked Piccolo to the ground.

"Gohan!" Krillin yelled as he tried running over to his buddy, but Tomack grabbed him from behind and threw him into a tree.

"It's no use beings of Earth," Vanlash yelled as he held Gohan, "My team is too strong for you," he turned over to Gohan and smirked, "It's time to go."

Gohan's body shook up and down, "...No." He knew it was no use, the collar left him weak and in their control.

"You can't!"

Vanlash and Gohan glanced over and saw Chi-chi standing before them, with tears running down her face.

"Mom...don't." Gohan cried as Chi-chi ran up to Vanlash and tried punching him, he looked down at her, "You can't take him away!"

"You better step away woman," he warned.

She stepped back in fear, and walked into Gohan, she looked up and saw her son in pain.

Vanlash set Gohan down, and Chi-chi hugged him, "I am so sorry baby," she whispered, crying into her son's chest.

Gohan began to shake, he was in too much pain, and seeing his mother cry made it worst. He knew this was his last chance, and hugged his mother. He couldn't say anything, his voice was taken away from him.

"Gohan-chan, just remember none of it was-" before Chi-chi could finish, Vanlash hit Chi-chi behind the neck, causing her to pass out.

Gohan fell to his knees, staring down at his fallen mother.

"Don't worry," Vanlash sighed, grabbing Gohan from the back of his collar, "She just passed out."

Gohan glanced behind him into Vanlash's gray eyes, "You..."

Vanlash rolled his eyes, because both of them knew the saiyan couldn't do anything about it anymore.

Vanlash dragged the young saiyan away..

"Let's go," Vanlash yelled.

Rexter grinned, walking away from the fallen Piccolo.

Tomack flew off, leaving Krillin who was left laying on the ground.

All the monk could hear was a scream from Gohan, before the ship flew into the sky.

Krillin stood up as best he could, and walked around to see everyone fallen around him. Once he saw Chi-chi, he ran over to her to make sure she was alright.

Yet, something was crying behind the bushes.

Krillin walked over to see young Goten on the ground.

He picked up the baby and held on to him tightly, his tears falling on the baby saiyan, "How could we let him go?"

The night was now silence, and the stars shined bright.