DRAGONBALLZ
THE TWISTED MIND


Mentor and Student


Gohan flew through the air, his senses extending rapidly in all directions until they encircled the globe. In seconds he located his mothers ki, and much to his suprise, Piccolo's as well. He could also make out Goten and Trunks.

With a vicious grin he changed direction and headed for the group. He wasn't sure how Piccolo's survived, but he intended to remedy the situation.

--

Piccolo also sensed Gohan's approach, and he knew they couldn't stay ahead of him for very long. He considered Goten, should he tell him what was really going on? Could he take the risk of not doing so. He didn't know, but he did know that

Gohan was coming closer every second and he needed to decide.

Goten's eyebrows suddenly rose and he happily exclaimed "Hey Gohan is coming!"

Piccolo sighed and came to a stop, causing Goten to stop as well. "Goten, I need to explain something to you. Gohan is sick right now, and confused," Piccolo began, thinking about the best way to explain this.

"What do you mean?" Goten asked, concern filling his innocent eyes.

"He thinks we are his enemies," Piccolo said, painfully aware of every passing second.

"No way! Why would he think that!" Goten exclaimed in horror.

Piccolo considered his next word carefully. "You know how your father first came to the planet to destroy it, but he hit his head and became its protector?"

"No," Goten said slowly.

"Well thats what happened to Gohan, he thinks he needs to destroy us. Take Trunks and your mother now Goten. I can handle Gohan, but you three need to get to safety," Piccolo commanded.

"Your not gonna kill him are you!?" Goten asked in alarm.

"No, I'm just going to stall him, now go!" Piccolo said loudly.

Chi-chi had remained silent for this whole talk, but now she said "What are you talking about!? Somethings wrong with my Gohan!?" Goten wisely flew off for Capsule Corp. Bulma would know what to do.

Piccolo sighed sadly and turned around just in time to see Gohan arrive.

For a moment there was silence, then Gohan said "You survived,"

"Yeah," Piccolo said, then almost as an after thought he added "You don't have to do this you know,"

Gohan grinned madly as he stated "I know, but this is so much fun!"

Piccolo grimaced and moved into his battle stance.

It was at this point that Gohan looked past him in the direction Goten had flown with the others. He turned cold eyes back on his mentor and said "Where do you want to do this?"

Piccolo hid his suprise, Gohan was giving him a choice? The namekian considered, Gohan was better in the air than on the ground, Piccolo was equally good on both. He looked down at the forest below and said "There will do," Gohan

smirked and lowered down into the forest with Piccolo less than a second behind him. They faced off there in a clearing. Piccolo moved suddenly lunging forward with a punch but the saiyan tilted his head to one side letting the blow sail past as his own fist shot into the namek's gut with such force that it almost pushed out through his back. Piccolo opened his mouth to yell in pain, but all that came out was purple blood.

Gohan smiled and sent a palm strike into the side of Piccolo's face with such force that a dent in the shape of his palm appeared on the naemkian warriors face, but Piccolo recovered suprisingly fast bringing his right arm around in a hooking

blow but Gohan caught it with ease. A cruel laugh escaped his mouth as he lifted his hand, then brought it down on his mentors arm slicing it off at the elbow, Piccolo screamed. Blood flew out in a spray across the ground as the namek stumbled back, then he froze as Gohan placed a and on his chest.

"Wha-" Piccolo began, but he never finished as Gohan released a shockwave that shredded its way through Piccolo's gi and nearly tore him open as well, the force of the attack sent him flying backwards thirty feet until he crashed to the

ground.

Gohan dusted his hands off, then slowly began to advance on his former mentor, and he spoke. "Its so funny how our roles have reversed over time isn't it? When we first started training together I was nothing in comparison to you, but now

you are totally helpless against me!"

"You are much stronger than me," Piccolo weakly admitted, then added "But you seem to have forgotten my first lesson,"

"And what would that be?" Gohan asked in a mocking tone.

Piccolo gathered as much power as he could into his remaining hand as he shouted "Never drop your guard!!" Then he released the large blast at Gohan almost point blank resulting in a large exlosion that engulfed a significant part of the

forest. Smoke and flames swirled around as the initial blast faded leaving Piccolo barely consious.

His eyes widened in horror as Gohan's voice drifted from the smoke "How sad, I was actually going to let you live and you went and did something stupid like that," Gohan emerged unscathed from the smoke, then brought his foot down into

Piccolo's chest with great force, blood flew from the namek's mouth and Gohan ground his foot in.

Piccolo struggled to lift his hand, but Gohan's other foot slammed down on it reducing it to a smear on the ground. "So weak," Gohan sighed stepping back from the fallen warrior, then his hand was surrounded with ki forming a blade of energy,

and he brought it down on Piccolo's head slicing deeply into it ending his life instantly.

--

Yamcha, Tien, Krillen, and Chiaoutzu all snapped their heads up as they felt Piccolo die. All four of them had gathered at Capsule Corp after they felt Vegeta fighting Gohan. They were very confused, why would those two be fighting, and how

had Goku died. They had felt that too, but they hadn't felt who did it as they were to far away at the time.

"Oh man! Not good!" Krillen said in alarm.

"You said it, the others are dropping like flies and we don't even know whats wrong yet!" Yamcha exclaimed.

"I think we'll know soon, Goten's coming," Tien announced. His clown like companion remained silent.

"Are you sure he'll know? He's just a kid," Yamcha reminded them.

"Maybe, but he's also a Super Saiyan!" Krillin said.

"So was Goku and Vegeta, but they're dead," Tien said solemnly.

"I'm worried," Chiaoutzu said shivering.

It didn't take Goten very long to get there carrying a frustrated Chi-chi and sleeping Trunks, Goten had a distressed look on his face that was quickly becoming sad.

"Heeeeey!" Krillen said running up and getting Trunks. He waited for Chi-chi to yell at him as Goten set her down before landing himself, but she had gone silent now that she could see the damage both to the city, and the yellow dome before

her.

"What happened?" She asked quietly.

"We don't know," Tien said. It didn't matter, Chi-chi had fainted.

"Goten, do you know whats going on!?" Yamcha asked casting worried looks all about.

Goten wiped quickly forming tears from his face as he said "Piccolo said it was Gohan! That he's sick and he thinks he's a bad guy,"

"Gohan, so we weren't wrong, we did sense him kill Vegeta," Krillen muttered to qietly for Goten to hear. Rain began to fall from the sky.

--

It had been several moments since Gohan had finished Piccolo off, but he was still standing in the same spot. Rain was falling from the sky, and he was faintly aware of thunder booming in the background. He just stared in confusion at

the gory sight of Piccolo's mutilated corpse.

A tear came unbidden to his eye, he felt his knees give out and he fell onto them, looking at his hands soaked in the namek's blood. "What have I done? What have I become?" He said slowly, he blinked. Why did he feel this way? He had

felt nothing but amusement in killing those who were weaker than him, but now he just felt empty.

"Whats wrong with me? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!!" He roared suddenly, his aura shredding apart the ground around him and flinging Piccolo's corpse away. An insane fury filled him and he knew only one thing, he wanted

to kill again, he needed to kill again. The urge was overpowering. He felt his next victims out, and shot off towards Capsule Corp with an inhuman laugh. The Gohan that was was fully gone now, replaced entirely by this new Gohan.

The nightmare continues.