DRAGONBALLZ

THE TWISTED MIND

AN: Hey all, sorry abouyt the delay, but my computer crashed, and the the harddrive died, and then I went on vacation to get away from it all. Anyhow, I hope you all like this chapter, though I feel its a bit rushed.

The Return


Gohan slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was that he had a massive headache, the second thing he noticed was he was laying on a couch in the bombed out

ruins of a building he hazily recognized.

"What happened?" He wondered out loud as he slowly sat up.

"Don't move," Another voice said, one he recognized as Vegeta's. He turned his head to see Vegeta aiming his palm at Gohan, and he was in his super saiyan state.

"Uh Vegeta, whats going on?" Gohan asked in a worried tone.

Vegeta's face twisted in anger as he snarled "Don't play dumb with me boy! Now I want anwsers!"

"Anwsers to what!?" Gohan asked as he started to stand, Vegeta fired off a blast and Gohan barely managed to escape, dodging siideways and taking a defensive stance

as he reached for his Mystic powers. But instead of the blue aura he had been expecting, he was surrounded by a golden aura as his hair spiked up and turned gold, and his eyes turned teal.

"What the hell!?" Gohan exclaimed.

Vegeta smirked as he said "Looks like your power has abondoned you, to bad,"

Gohan ground his teeth in frustration and anger as he shouted "What the hell is going on!?" Vegeta seemed suprised by his outburst.

Suddenly from the hall Gohan heard "Whats going on I heard an explosion!!" Then Chi-chi ran through the door and saw Gohan.

"Hey mom," Gohan said in confusion, just what the hell had happened. Bulma also ran into the room and turned wary eyes on Gohan.

"Gohan?" Chi-chi asked slowly.

"Yeah?" Gohan replied, still confused, and not failing to notice the hateful glare Vegeta was sending his way.

Chi-chi ran forward and gripped Gohan in a crushing hug as she broke down sobbing. Krillen and Eighteen chose that moment to run into the room, each with looks

of alarm on their faces.

"G-gohan!" Krillen said as he sank into a fighting stance.

It hurt Gohan to see one of his best friends facing him that way like he was a villian, and he couldn't even remember what he had done to deserve it. In fact the last thing he

remembered was talking with his father at a lake nearby their home, something about bedtime if he recalled. He stepped back out of his mothers embrace and took several cautious steps backwards. Krillen launched forwards fist raised to strike.

"STOP!!" A familiar voice rang through the room as a barrier appeared protecting Gohan from Krillen's attack, and Kibito Kai appeared in the center of the room. He

looked around for a moment at all the faces looking back at him before he said "Lets all just sit down and talk about this,"

"Whats to talk about!? This fool killed Kakarot and tried to kill all of us!! I think its time to return the favor," Vegeta growled as small sparks of elecricity began to emerge

in his aura.

"What!?" Gohan cried in shock.

"Its true! You killed Tien and Yamcha too, they never had a chance!" Krillen shouted in a rage.

"Calm down," Kibito said holding up his hands placatingly.

"NO!! This menace must be destroyed right now!" Vegeta said as he ascended to super saiyan 2.

"I would never do that!" Gohan shouted at Vegeta as he also transformed into a super saiyan 2.

"He wasn't himself!" Kibito Kai shouted as he began to look worried.

"Leave my son alone!!" Chi-chi threw in. The noise and chaos was overpowering as all of them shouted back and forth.

Finally Eighteen shouted "SHUT UP!!" Silence filled the room before she said "Why don't we all listen to what he has to say before we start tearing each other apart,"

"Yeah, theres already been enough voilence for one day," Bulma agreed sadly.

"Ok," Krillen said looking at the floor. Vegeta grumbled a bit as his aura faded, though he stayed in his ascended form.

Gohan looked between all of them, took a deep breath, and allowed his power to fade.

"Good, now lets begin," Kibito Kai said with a sigh of relief, then offered a thankful nod to Eighteen.

"I want to know whats been going on," Gohan said firmly.

Kibito nodded as he said "Alright then, everyone brace yourselves as we visit Gohan's locked memories, this could take awhile," Then he lifted both hands and the

vision began. Over the next several hours they experienced a condensed version of what Gohan had seen done and felt after his mind cracked. From the killings of Dende Yajirobe and Korrin, to the brutal battle with his own father, right down to the moment he collapsed.

When it was over Gohan simply stood staring at the floor for several minutes before he quietly asked "I did all that?"

"Yes I'm afraid so," Kibito Kai responded in a solemn tone. When Gohan did not respond he said "When you were almost killed in your last fight the evil part of you receded, but it can still retake you anytime, which is why my ancestor and I have removed your ability to go Mystic,"

"Huh?" Gohan asked.

"I'm afraid that you have to come with me back to my planet, the purity there can remove the darkness, but it will take a long time," Kibito said.

"How long?" Gohan asked.

"Many, many years," Kibito responded.

Gohan considered, then said "If it means keeping that evil person I became from harming my friends, then ok,"

"Hold on! You can't go!" Chi-chi said in horror.

"I have to," Gohan said forcefuly.

Kibito nodded and said "Then its settled, and just like that they both vanished.