Okay, so here I am! Sorry for the long wait and short chapter but at least I got it through! So, Gohan and Videl had some fun in the rain and Goku and the others have began their search for the two, but with the changes starting, will they be reached in time?

Videl yawned as she awoke to a beautiful day outside her homey cave. She ran her fingers through her hair and froze. Videl quickly pulled her hand back and gasped to see claws. She violently shook Gohan awake.

" Wha-what? What's wrong?" He groaned.

Videl spotted his fangs, which were now half way down his chin. " Gohan! You're teeth!"

Gohan quickly sat up and ran off toward the stream; when he got there he gasped also. He checked himself to see that the fur on his tail had now not only gotten longer and softer, but it was a different color! It was now black with white marbling; like light shining through the forest canopy.

Another change was that his eyes were different too. Now he had a white silt in the middle of them; which only widened to his disbelief. They were his pupils!

Gohan turned his head away from the water and held his eyes shut. He couldn't believe this! Why was this happening to him? Hadn't he been through enough in his life? Only when he heard the sound of Videl's breathing did he open his eyes; only to wish that he had kept them close.

She was also changing. Her teeth were long, slender fangs, claws were now her nails, and her eyes were that of a cat's. Videl seemed to know of these changes, but she was handling them a lot better then he was.

" What's happening to us, Gohan?" She whispered to him.

" I...I don't know! We...we need to get off this island! We need to make a raft!" Gohan hissed as he quickly ran from the spring to the storage room. He had a large ax in his hands. " I told you about the freezer, so I was thinking that I could send you to kill some small creatures while I go chop down a tree."

" I can do that, but you think you can cut down one of those trees? Those things are huge! At least the size of a house!" Videl eagerly pointed out.

" You think I want to make a raft? It's the only thing I can think of!" Gohan hissed as he sharpened the blade with a whetstone. " As long as I have a sharp blade and a good aim, I should knock it down in three days or two."

" Fine. I'll help too; when you get too tired." Videl sighed as she kissed Gohan goodbye. She grabbed her bow and some arrows and jumped onto the lift and rode it down onto the jungle floor.

He blew out a deep breath and rubbed his brow with his free hand. He didn't want to make this raft at all; for all they knew, swimming could be better. Gohan sighed again and just jumped from the cave to the floor without a second thought. He easily landed on his feet and was impressed at the result of his action, but quickly worried.

It was this transformation that had done that. It was not only changing him on the outside, but inside too. This damnation that was placed upon him and Videl must have been because of this odd air; though the theory was only that, a theory. He couldn't even prove it, but he had a feeling that he was right.

Quickly discarding the idea; Gohan went over to the closest tree and sighed as he sized it up. It was very large; like a five story house large, and it was just as thick. He only growled as he raised his ax and slammed it into the tree's trunk. A thunk sound soon filled the air as he constantly swung over and over. Gohan just focused on the tree and his work; feeling like a machine doing the same thing over and over, barely able to feel his hands or arms, but he found joy in the burn.

~ Further in the Jungle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Videl was holding her breath as she pulled back her bow and arrow. Her arm straight and muscles taunt under the skin. The pose she held was graceful as well as poetic; as if she was a goddess posing for a famous sculpture. She let go of her arrow and released her breath when she had hit her mark.

Videl had been hunting smaller creatures like rabbits and squirrels; though they really weren't small nor were they such creatures, but she couldn't call them anything else. She placed the new kill on her hooks that she hung by her side and smiled as she counted her prizes. Ten in all, so that should be enough for her and Gohan for a few days or so.

She smiled as she thought of different ways to cook each one. Gohan enjoyed her cooking and she enjoyed cooking for him. It challenged her creativity and culinary skills. Videl gathered mushrooms and different herbs on her way back home. She knew which ones to eat and which were poisonous, though she didn't know how she knew.

Videl stopped when she saw Gohan chopping away at a tree. She watched the way his muscles rippled at each flex and shudder at each blow. She noticed that since they had been here, he was growing stronger and harder then before. The fact made her swell with pride; that her mate was growing far stronger then the others she could of chosen from.

" Hey, Gohan! I got the food! Wanna take a break?"

Gohan smiled as he slung the ax over his shoulder. " A break sounds great!"

She smiled as she watched him walk over to the lift and waited for her to reach him. Videl walked over to him and gave him a quick wink before he turned his attention to pulling them up the mountain.

~ On Another Island ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Goku and his party and set foot on an island unlike any they had ever seen before. The air was thick and odd smelling, the ground was cold and slimy, the plants were dead and withered into twisted shapes that seemed to embody the very essence of pain itself.

Creatures were either twisted gnarled into limping beasts or dead, but still alive some how. They slithered or drug themselves across the giant swamp like a moving plague; their destination unknown to even them.

" What is this place?" Vegeta gasped as he looked around in awe. He had never seen anything like this in all his travels or outer space adventures. He was in such shock that he forgot to pull up his guard and keep his famous scowl on his face.

" This is but one of the many islands that Gohan and Videl could of landed on." Baba spoke as she floated beside the gasping man. " Things here are dead, but trapped here in the living plane with no chance of escape."

" What's that odd smell in the air?" Goku asked as he left the safety of the boat. He felt odd here, like something was crawling under his skin.

" That's the magic in the air. It's ancient and powerful. Over the many years, it's only became twisted and evil." Baba explained as she placed a protection spell on them all. " Now, listen carefully. We need to look for signs of life and try not to anger any of the creatures here. We don't know what they can do or how it will effect us so we must be quick but through in our search!"

" Right! I'll take the left side of the island!" Goku said before he ran off. The others sighed before they all went in different directions.

~ At Baba's House ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" I WANNA GO LOOK FOR GOHAN AND SISSY!" Goten cried at the sisters and Trunks as he laid on the floor and pounded craters into it.

" Come on, Goten...don't cry." Artemis said as she turned to Demeter for support, but sighed as her younger sister just shrugged her shoulders.

" I'd cry too if I lost my big sister." Demeter said as she scooped Goten into her arms and bounced him up and down. " It's a younger sibling thing."

Goten started to hiccup slightly as he calmed down. " Thank you , Demi."

" Maybe we should help search though." Trunks said as he crossed his arms, trying to act serious. " It'll make us feel better."

" But that level of magic could be super dangerous for all of us!" Demi said as she rubbed Goten's back. " Arty and I can't use magic and only Kami knows what could happen to us if we stay too long."

" Hmmm..I think I know of a way to solve this problem." Artemis smirked evilly at the chibis. " Remember how Aunty said in order to get real crystal balls we needed a super high level of magic?"

" Yeah, but we can't get that type of magic until we pass the test...which we both failed three times now." Demeter sighed as she cursed her ability to think outside the box.

" Why did you guys fail?" Goten asked.

" ...we have problems following orders and let's leave it at that." Artemis blushed as she placed an odd amulet on Trunks and Goten.

" What is this for?" Trunks grunted at the jewelry.

" It'll protect you guys from the magic." Artemis explained as she and Demi ran off to the closet and pulled out two broomsticks. " Alright, hop on."

" You can't be serious..." trunks sighed as he shook his head at the two girls.

~ Gohan and Videl's Home~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan growled as he slid inside of Videl from behind. He was so tired, but all he could think about was taking her.

Videl hissed as she felt him bite her neck, though she knew he had not pierced her skin, only use his front teeth to pinch her. She knew he did this to keep her still so he may enter her without a fight, but she would never deny him.

She smiled as Gohan panted wildly as he began to thrust inside her; he was so animal-like when they made love. Videl didn't think that someone like Gohan could be so wild, but she was so happily wrong.

" Videl...I love you so much..." Gohan grunted as he began to pound harder.

She was about to answer when he stopped all the sudden. She felt his body tense and his claws dig into her skin; as low growl escaping his snarled lips. Videl was about to ask why he had stopped, but stopped when she saw a large cat staring at them.

" How...how did it get up here?" Videl whispered, but gained no reply back. Gohan was to busy staring the creature down to speak. The realization of that scared her; this transformation was changing them completely.

Gohan gave out a loud hiss before he slid out of Videl and stood boldly on his hind legs. A smirk made his lips as he saw the creature step back slightly; a sign of submission. He was quickly becoming annoyed; however, when the beast began to roll around on the ground in a submissive yet playful manner. He was about to lunge at the cat, but Videl quickly closed the gap between her mate and the playful creature.

" Oh no you won't!" She hissed as she scratched it's tummy. " Look at him...it's still a cub."

" Videl, that beast is dangerous! We don't know it's intentions!" Gohan spat.

" We don't?" Videl mocked as she pointed to the rolling creature. " It looks like he wants to play and be loved. What harm can he be? And stop snarling at him!"

Gohan snorted before he crossed his arms and watched the creature play with his mate. A small nibble there, a light pawing here. It was all in good nature. He ran his hands through his hair before blowing out a large puff of air. He was overreacting.

" I'm sorry."

" Then we can keep him!" Videl gasped, her eyes shining brightly with child-like hope.

" ...Alright, but he's your responsibility. Got that?"

" Yeah, yeah." Videl said as she began to giggle. " You were only mad because he interrupted our alone time."

Gohan blushed madly before he cleared his throat and walked away.

~ With Goku and Them ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Goku and his search party sighed as they hopped back onto their boat and sailed off toward another island. Their hope was still high, but they were all quite tired from their long search and the fact that they didn't find Gohan and Videl made them even more so.

" It was probably a good thing we didn't find them there." Baba said as she crossed her arms in thought. " I would of hated to see them half decayed and rotting."

Goku's eyes went wide at the idea, then white was they rolled into the back of his head as he passed out onto the deck floor.

" You mean to say that if they were on that island, they would have turned into zombies?" Vegeta hissed.

" Yes. They would take on a form that would fit with the island."

"...I hate this damn planet."

Okay, so there it is, so sorry it took so long. Sorry again!