Hey! Demi here with the 8th chapter of Cast Away. I'm sure you knew that though but I always open up with way. So, gohan and Videl are still stuck and things are just getting worse and Goku and the gang are still looking. Goten, Trunks, and the sisters are starting their own search party, but with the extra help, can Gohan and Videl be saved or is it already too late?

Gohan awoke to the gentle licking and slight purring of their new pet. He sighed as he knew that he was going to awake to not only new problems, but to new changes as well. Gohan groaned as he got up and walked over to the drinking spring to look at himself. He chuckled as the beast followed him and purred as he scratched it's head.

" Well...let's take a look." He sighed as he peered into the mirror-like water. He gasped as he stared at himself.

Horns rose from his head and curled down his back like a mountain goat's would, his hands had changed into a state that was between hand and paw, fur covered a small part of his chest and stiff whiskers sprouted from his cheeks.

" Meow?"

Gohan turned his attention to the beast and sighed. " Just...great. I have got to cut that tree today!"

He made his way back to the bedroom and examined his mate. He saw that she now had a tail, but it was slimmer then his and a tad shorter too. She had black fur on her on her shoulder blades along with this two, thin, floating tentacles...or so he thought. They seemed to just float with the slightest of breezes and they seemed to be very sensitive to touch; like whiskers! Her hands were like his but again, smaller.

Gohan watched as the large cat licked Videl awake. He smiled as she tried to shoo it away and laughed as she hissed at it.

Videl opened her eyes and shot out of bed when she heard him. " Gohan? How long have you been awake?"

" Oh...about, ten or so minutes. Why?" He purred as he watched her stretch, but frowned when she began to notice their changes.

" Oh, no. This is...why? Why us!" She cried as she lunged herself at him. Videl shook and trembled with the force of her tears.

Gohan held her as shw wept. He knew this was hard on her, it was hard on him too, but he was a man. He had to be strong and get them through this...get them off this island, alive and as normal as possible.

~ Goku's Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The boat landed on the next island with a steady force that shook it's crew. The water had a slight green tint to it as it crashed against the boat and sandy beach. The air was just as thick as the last island they visited, however, the effects of the magic here was much different.

The wind was harsh and howling at them. The ground was frozen and a deathly white. It was hard to believe that life could survive here, but the hardest thing to believe was that it did not feel cold to them. It was nice to the searchers.

" What's wrong here? Why does it not feel cold?" Goku asked as he pushed the heavy snow around with his boot.

" My magic spell. It'll keep you safe from anything, except chi attacks of course." Baba chuckled before floating off.

Goku quickly began to sniff the air to try and find any trace of his son's scent. It made Vegeta sad and nervous to see a man such Goku succumb to this, but as a father himself, he would probably succumb too.

" We'll find them...don't worry." Vegeta whispered, more to himself then to anyone else, but Goku heard him all the same and forced a faint smile to him.

~ The Sister's Team~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" WHOA!" Demi squealed as she tried to keep her broom under control.

" Stay calm! We need to land!" Artemis stuttered as she also tried to steady her broom.

" I thought you guys could fly these things!" Trunks yelled as he held on to the broom and tried not to focus to much on the ground. He had never been afraid of falling out of the air when he was flying, but since he couldn't catch himself if he were to fall he was more then a little nervous.

" The high magic is to strong for us to over throw with our own. We could cast a small flame spell and it turn into a hellish fireball!" Artemis explained.

" what makes this even worse is that we ain't that good to begin with! So our failure rate is rather high." Demi chuckled.

" Oh great! We are so dead!" Trunks groaned.

" Can we just land now? Gohan and Sissy are in trouble!" Goten barked.

The sisters nodded as they began to slow make their way down to the ground, but has they reached five feet in the air, they suddenly fell onto the beach with a muffled thud. Everyone groaned as they stood; brushing sand and sea foam off of their bodies.

The sun of blazing and the sand seem to move like a living carpet. The air was thick, hot, and smelly as it entered their lungs. Plant life was nothing more then twisted cacti with long, waving needles like the blade of a kris; though if they were really like that or it was just the heat wave noone could truly tell.

" Wow...what a desert. I can see for miles." Goten awed as he took in the view. He had only flew over deserts because Gohan had told him of the dangers that lurked there.

" Well, I don't see any prints. Maybe they aren't here." Trunks shrugged as he too looked around, but when he glanced toward Goten; who was glaring harshly at him, he cleared his throat. " Can't hurt to look around though."

" Right. So I'll take Trunks and take one half while you two take the other." Artemis smiled as she hooked a collar and leash onto Trunks' neck.

" What the hell is this?" Trunks hissed at the smirking girl.

" It's a leash, duh. How else do you keep a hold of a blood hound." She laughed as he growled. " Now start sniffin'!"

~ Gohan and Videl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gohan bashed the tree over and over while Videl and their new pet were cooking something for breakfast. He would let his thoughts wonder off to random topics like the weather or what they would be eating before he would settle on the real problem: the raft and the transforming.

The raft was their only gamble and it wasn't a very good one and this transforming was disturbing to the both of them. It was changing them slowing inside and out. The worst thing about it was that it seemed to be no way to stop it.

Not all was bad though; he had Videl with him and she loved him even in this twisted form, life was simple and fun, and new things happened all the time. Simple pleasures made life worth living was what his mother had always told him.

A loud crack awoke him from his thoughts. Gohan focused on the tree and found that he had drove into it deep enough to push it over.

" Why did you stop?"

Gohan looked up to see Videl watching him from the cave. It seemed that she too heard the loud noise. " I'm going to push it over now."

" What? But it's only half way cut. There's no way you can push it over." Videl giggled as she watched her mate lovingly. " No matter how much bulk you put on."

" Hey! Don't doubt me; and you put on some muscle mass too." Gohan pointed out.

" Not us much as you! I'm a sexy, fit woman but you're a hulking giant!" Videl laughed.

" ...I'm not hulking...am I?" Gohan asked as he let go of his ax and looked himself over. It was true that he had gained some size since he couldn't use his chi to help him, but he didn't think he was hulking.

" No, not hulking but you're really close. I mean, you've almost doubled in size." Videl then began to purr loudly, " I don't mind though because I still find you sexy."

" Yeah, but now I look like Sharpener!" Gohan whined.

" No you don't! Sharpener's mass was gained by lifting weights, but your's was gained by hard work; thus giving you a completely different look." Videl pointed out a matter-of-factly, all the while purring and eyeing him.

Gohan thought it over, then smiled at her. " Alright. I'm going to fall this tree now." He lowered his shoulders and rammed the tree. A loud snap was heard, then tiny cracks and creeks as the mighty tree began to fall. It smashed into the ground; kicking up dust and dirt with it. " See?"

Videl stared in awe at the feat she had just seen. There was no way Gohan could just push that tree over like it was nothing, but he just did. She turned her gaze toward him and smiled as he had his chest out and head held high. " Alright. You tackled a tree. Now what?"

Gohan scratched the back of his head as he stared at it before speaking. " Well, I was thinking of cutting it in half and then splitting the halves in two. That should give us a large enough raft."

" Sounds like a plan." She smiled as she took a whiff of the air, " and it smells like breakfast is done."

" Great! I'm going to go wash up first!" Gohan said as he quickly ran to the lift and began to pull himself up. He ran past Videl and jumped into the water. Gohan then quickly jumped out, shook off, and then ran to the kitchen to eat.

~ Goku's Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The frozen land was hard to walk no one was wearing any snow shoes, but they trudged on with determination until a large roar was heard. They were on their way to the boat when a large, ape like creature approached them.

It's fur was white until the tips which turned a blood red. Large fangs were bared at them and hands; large enough to completely encase their skulls were balled into massive fists. It seemed that they had walked upon it's territory.

" Is...is that...Gohan?" Goku gasped. The thought of this thing being his son made him weak in the knees and his stomach queasy, but it made sense. It was a giant ape creature after all.

" It...could be." Baba spoke as she looked over the beast. " But...does it smell like him?"

" what?" Vegeta barked at her. This angered the beast into a frenzy of attacks. It charged at everyone, but when it came toward Baba she chanted a small fire spell to frighten the creature off.

" How could you do that? That could have been Gohan!" Goku roared at the old witch.

" Did it smell like him?" She pressed.

" Well...I didn't really pay attention to that." Goku sighed as he rubbed his forehead. "Why would that matter? I thought that these islands changed them?"

" Yes, but it shouldn't change their scents, Goku. A scent is how an animal tells itself from one another. If the scent was changed, it wouldn't know a thing!"

" I get it. So if it smells like Gohan, then it's him, but if it doesn't then it's just a monster." Vegeta said as he rubbed his chin.

Goku nodded as he knelt down to the deep track and sniffed it. He pulled away sharply before shaking his head. " It's not him...That wasn't Gohan."

~ Goten's Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" WE'VE BEEN IN THIS DESERT FOR HOURS!" Trunks groaned as he plopped down on the sand near the beach. They had just finished searching the area and they were all tired.

" Arty...Demi, why can't we fly and search the islands at the same time? It'd be faster." Goten asked.

The sisters looked at each other then crossed their arms. " We could get hurt." Demi pointed out.

" But it'd be good practice for us." Artemis said.

" What if we find a monster? We can't control our brooms."

" We could if we practiced..." Artemis and Demeter smiled at each other and readied their brooms.

" Alright, we're flying from here on out!" Demeter laughed as Goten jumped onto her broom stick.

" let's go then! We gotta find Gohan and Videl!"

There's chapter 8! With more and more changes, can Gohan and Videl survive until help comes or are they hopeless?