~Babidi Saga~

Chapter 12 – The First Move

Gohan had somehow escaped Videl and was now heading home, or at least in that direction. I definitely have to get away from everyone till I find a way to beat this thing out of me. I'd hate myself to death if I hurt anyone.

-Now there's an idea. There definitely would be enough darkness in ya if that happened.-

You're still talking? Would you leave me in peace?

-Hey, if you were stuck down here, you'd want some screen time too ya know.-

It's not your body! Get your own.

-That's what I'm trying to do. If you would just let me, things would go a lot easier.-

I wouldn't be my fathers son if I gave up that easy. Gohan landed a few miles from his house, and sat on a rock. Looking around, he sighed. Well, this is as good as any.

-You really intend on fighting this?-

Well I'm not just gonna hand over myself to you!

The voice sighed. -You really are a pain, you know that?-

Gohan's eye twitched. I'm the pain?

-DBZ-

Videl walked back to the unconscious Sharpner and Erasa after losing sight of Gohan. Erasa looked up and smiled. "You lost him."

The glare was evident on Videl's face as she nodded, "Ya...Is he going to be ok?"

"Ya, he's just knocked out. His ego might be hurt though."

Videl looked towards where Gohan had ran off. "What was he thinking?"

Erasa looked up and smiled again. "Isn't it obvious?"

Videl blinked. "Er...no?"

Erasa wrinkled up her nose and sighed. "This is Gohan's first time going to a real school, right?" Videl nodded. "So he's probably never really had friends his age, let alone girls." Videl's eyes started to glare at her friend, trying to figure out where this was going. "And since this is the first time he's known girls his age, he's trying to act what he thinks our normal is so a special someone will like him." Erasa giggled. Videl blushed, turning around and started to look down on her shoes. "Wh-what are you trying to say Erasa?"

Erasa giggled. "Gohan's got a crush on you silly! He's trying to act 'cool' so you notice him. I think it's really cute."

Videl grumbled. "It's not like Gohan though, it's really weird for him to act like that."

"I'm sure that he'll turn back to normal as soon as things work out." Erasa winked, even though Videl's back was turned to her.

Videl sighed. Erasa was good at this sort of thing. "It's a good thing you're my friend, Erasa."

Erasa giggled.

-DBZ-

Gohan focused, entering a meditative state. His breathing calmed, his muscles relaxed. Slowly his mind went blank. The outside world went away as he searched himself for whatever was in him. With every step he took inside his mind, there was an echo. After what seemed like forever, he was yet to find anything.

So when I'm actually trying to find you, you hide?

-Oh, you were looking for me? I was wondering what you were doing.-

Gohan's eye twitched again. Really?

-Well, if you wanted to talk, you should have asked.-

You're not evil, you're annoying.

-Aww, you don't mean that.- In front of Gohan, a shadow started to waver. After a few seconds, someone who looked just like Gohan stepped out of the darkness. The man looked like the thing he had seen in the mirror a few days before. The only difference between him and Gohan was the man had white hair and his eyes were gray instead of onyx. -Well, here I am.-

Why do you look like me?

-The dark seed within you used you as a blueprint to create a body for itself. You should be honored. It's nearly as strong as you all ready. All those dark thoughts in you made things go really fast.-

I'm not evil or anything like that. What are you talking about?

-You are mortal you know. You have good and bad in you. Just because you decide to act on the good doesn't mean that the dark goes away. Think of all those times people gave their lives so you could live. Most everyone you know have all ready died, all but you, and you hate yourself for that.-

Gohan winced, his mind involuntarily going back to the times where his father, or Piccolo, or someone else died cause he wasn't strong enough. S-stop going through my thoughts...

-Why? They're part mine too you know. They gave birth to me in a way. Without them I'd still be a seed.-

Get out of here! Gohan could feel himself hurt as his mind was forced to watch all the times someone took a hit to save his life.

-Oh grow up. If you want something, stop asking. That's all you do. For once in your life, do something before it's to late.- A grin crossed the mans face. -I want to fight you, it should be fun. So stop sniffling and get mad.-

Gohan looked up at the mirror of himself, gritting his teeth. It's time you leave! Falling into a fighting stance, he watched as his shadow took the same stance.

-That's more like it! This is really gonna be fun!-

-DBZ-

Videl finally was almost to Gohan's house. Even after what Erasa said, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. It isn't like Gohan to act like that. I just know somethings wrong...but why do I care! Why on earth am I making this four hour flight to this guys house?

Before she could give herself an answer, she landed and looked at the house. It looks like I could fit their house in our living room...Goku won the world tournament just like my dad, so why don't they have a bigger house?

Before she realized what she was doing, Videl had knocked at the door. It swung open, but no one was there. Videl blinked, peeking her head in and looking around before something tugged on her shirt. Looking down, she saw a smaller version of Gohan with wilder hair looking up at her. "Uh...hey."

Goten looked back up at the girl, trying to remember where he had seen her before. "Hi lady."

Silence filled the area before Videl worked up the courage to speak. "Er...I'm Videl, is Gohan here?"

Gohan shook his head, giving up on trying to remember the girl. "Nah, big brother isn't back yet. I'm Goten. You wanna play with me till he gets back?"

Videl blinked. "C-can I talk to your mother first?"

Goten looked upset for a second, but then ran back into the house. A few moments later, Chi-Chi walked into the room with Goten at her heals. "You must be Videl?"

Videl nodded. "Have you seen Gohan? I need to talk to him about something."

Chi-Chi walked up to Videl and crossed her arms. "Look little lady, I'm happy that Gohan is meeting some nice lady friends, but you will not disrupt his studies. Got it?"

Videl was completely caught off guard. "Uh...huh?"

Chi-Chi huffed. "So rude too. No wonder Gohan has been acting funny lately. You're a bad influence on him! Now where is he?"

Videl blinked. "Y-you don't know where he is? I came here to try and find him."

"You lost him?" Chi-Chi glared down Videl, who glared back.

"What do you mean I lost him?"

Goten watched in wonder as the two women yelled at each other. I wonder what they're so upset about...Not wanting to get in their way, Goten stayed to the side and watched.

-DBZ-

Gohan watched as the darker version of himself took the same stance as him. They were about to fight it out for control of Gohan's body, inside his head no less. Thoughts of being crazy had left him though, something funny was definitely going on and this was the only way to be rid of it..

-Don't you find it funny that you're the good one and you have black hair? I mean, I'm suppost to be the bad guy and I have white hair.-

Gohan watched him carefully. You shouldn't take this so lightly.

-You'd rather have me take this seriously? If I were you, I'd try to get every advantage I could get.-

I thought you were me. Gohan smiled.

-Now you're playing with my words.- The man smiled coldly. -Well, enough talking. Lets start this!-

The fake Gohan leaned forward and a black aurora surrounded him. At first it was just slowly seeping out. The fake gave a war-cry as the energy burst out of him, creating a chilling feeling in the area they were fighting.

Gohan himself let his white energy shoot out of him to match the size of the fakes energy show, thought he didn't flinch or yell. Gohan shot forwards first, launching a flurry of punches at the fake. The fake blocked each of the punches, throwing his own punches back at Gohan when he saw the chance, but they were blocked by Gohan as well. The two started flashing to seemingly random spots on the battlefield, when their punches met a sonic boom went off.

Finally Gohan landed on the ground, just as the fake did the same. From what Gohan could tell, their skills were identical. Everything about them was the same, minus the hair and the attitude.

The fake looked at Gohan and smiled. -I really did get put into a good body to grow. I've been copied from you exactly. I know all your moves before you make them.-

Gohan grinned back. That means I know exactly what you're going to do next too, ya know.

-True, so basically it'll be down to whoever has the most energy. Everything else is the same.- The fake smiled.

So you think you have more energy than me? Gohan took his fighting stance again.

-Well, we're here to find out, aren't we.- The fake did the same.

The fake shot forward first this time, moving faster than before. Before Gohan could move, the fake's fist had made contact with his stomach. Gohan coughed up saliva as he leaned over the fist. Not to be outdone, Gohan grabbed onto the fist and held it firmly as he twisted around landing an elbow to the fake's face. The fake rolled from the punch, pain evident on his face, twisting mid air bringing the back of his foot to Gohan's side. Gohan coughed, gasping for breath. The fake smiled. Wincing in pain, Gohan wrapped his arm around the fakes leg and started to spin around at great speed. The fake struggled to break free, throwing his free foot at Gohan. Gohan caught it with his free hand and continued to spin. After reaching top speed, Gohan threw the fake down into the ground.

The fake crashed into the ground as Gohan floated in the sky looking down. Gohan held his hands above his head, crossing the palms over each other. Masenkoooooo... The fake slowly opened his eyes and saw Gohan powering up his blast. -N...not good.-

HAA! The golden light shot down from Gohan's hands, closing in fast on the fake.

-Dark Masenkoooooo...HAA!- A dark energy wave shot from the crossed palms of the fake as he lay on the ground, colliding with Gohan's Masenko. The two energies stopped dead in their tracks, once again evenly matched. Gohan powered up, white energy wrapping around him as his Masenko grew in power. Slowly the golden energy started to push back on the dark one. The fake Gohan let out a war cry as his own dark energy shot out of him, powering up enough to start pushing the golden energy back.

Gohan struggled, trying to hold the dark masenko back, but it was quickly working it's way towards him.With nothing left to try, Gohan let out a earth shaking yell. The white aurora surrounded him turned to gold. His black hair spiked up even more and turned golden too. Fazing out of the way of the blast, the black masenko shot past were he was. Before the fake could react, Gohan fazed back into few twisting head over feet just a few feet above him and slammed his foot into the fakes stomach. The area shook from the shear force of the attack. The fake coughed up blood as he took the hit. The ground under him didn't give, forcing his body to take the entire hit.

Gohan jumped back into the air above him and took a kamehameha stance. The fake struggled to sit up, failing to do so. Even so, he still smiled. -Super saiyan huh?-

Gohan answered. Ka...me...ha...me...HA! The blue blast shot for where the fake lay. The fake let out a battle cry of his own. The darkness consumed him as his hair spiked up as well. The fake fazed out of the way. Gohan's eyes widened. H...how?

Before he got the answer, the fake reappeared behind him and double chopped Gohan's neck. Gohan's eyes glazed over as he fell to the ground, returning to his normal state. The fake Gohan stood behind him. His dark aurora surrounding him and his white hair spiked up just as a super saiyan's. The dark rings around his eyes were now much larger and easier to see. The fake smiled. -I can't kill you, so you'll have to stay here for now. I'll just be taking your body on a joy ride before I visit master Babidi.-

At that the fake Gohan took control of Gohan's body, powered up and took off.

-DBZ-

As the two women continued to fight, Goten suddenly looked out the doorway towards the sky. "Gohan's in trouble..."

Chi-Chi blinked and looked down at her son. "What did you say about Gohan?"

This time Goten ran outside and looked to the sky. "Gohan's in trouble! Nimbus!"

Chi-Chi watched as the cloud shot down and her son hopped on. "Goten, you get back here! Where are you going?"

Videl watching in awe as the small boy jumped on a cloud. "H-how'd he do that?"

Chi-Chi huffed. "That boy is just like his father...well what are you doing here still? Didn't you hear him? Gohan's in trouble!"

Just then Videl's watch started to beep. Looking down she pressed the button on the side. "What is it chief?"

"Videl! The city is being attacked! We need your help!"

Videl saw the fear in his eyes. "Calm down Chief! What do you mean being attacked?"

"I-I cant describe it! But if you don't get here soon, there isn't going to be much left to save!"

"Right, I'll be there soon." Waving to Chi-Chi, Videl was about to de-capsulized her jet-copter when Goten waved over to Videl. "This is faster than that silly thing. Come on!"

Videl blinked. Can I ride a cloud? "B-but I'm headed for the City."

Goten flailed. "That's where Gohan is! We gotta go now get on!"

"Er...Right!" Videl quickly ran over and jumped up onto it. Surprisingly it caught her. Goten nodded. "All right, lets go Nimbus!"

Chi-Chi looked on with a worried expression on her face. Why do I feel so worried all of a sudden? "Gohan...be safe."

-DBZ-

Bulma once again heard the scanner beeping. Quickly making her way to her desk, she pulled it out and put it on. "That's strange. It says it's Gohan, but that's not his energy signature. It is close...but it's different."

Vegeta stopped in the hallway just outside the room Bulma was in with Trunks at their side. They were about to go train, but Gohan's energy had just jumped. It feels like he is fighting, but there isn't a power for him to be fighting with...and his energy seems different. Looking over to Bulma, he huffed. "The boy seems to have lost his mind."

Bulma looked worried. "Maybe you should go see what's going on."

Vegeta huffed again. "And why should I? I have to train."

Bulma crossed her arms. "You're going to go because I asked you nicely."

Vegeta grit his teeth together. Slowly he made his way for the exit to do as asked. Insufferable woman...really. I have better things to be doing! "Trunks, come."

Trunks nodded. He was equally worried about Gohan. He was like an older brother he didn't have, and something was wrong with his energy. Not to mention he could feel Goten heading in Gohan's direction pretty fast.

-DBZ-

Goten and Videl were the first to make it to Satan city. Videl was amazed that the cloud had made a 4 hour trip 15 minutes, but she didn't have time for that. Smoke was rising up from different parts of the city.

Looking down at Goten and then back at the city, Videl tried to make out any movement. "You're sure Gohan's here?"

Goten nodded. "He's in trouble...something's wrong with him."

"How do you know?" Videl looked at the small boy.

"I can sense him, but something changed. I-I'm not sure what though...you think Gohan's gonna be ok though..right?" Goten looked up at Videl, the worry evident in his eyes.

"I'm sure that he'll be fine." Videl forced a smile. Goten looked a little bit less worried as they started to descend into the city.

When they landed, smoke was clearing from a recent explosion. Goten was looking into the smoke intently, so Videl did the same. After a few moments, a shadow became visible. Goten tugged on Videl's shirt. "Gohan..."

Videl looked down, and then back at the shadow. "Gohan? Is that you?"

The shadow answered back with Gohan's voice, but at the same time...it wasn't him. "Yes. Yes it is me."

Both Videl and Goten stepped back. Something didn't feel right, and they both had an uneasy feeling. Gohan stepped out of the shadows. He had small black marks all over his body. They seemed to outline his major muscles and facial features. He had dark outlines around his eyes as well. Videl quietly force a whisper out. "G-Gohan..."

Goten stepped forward. "Who are you and what did you do to big brother?"

The fake Gohan smiled. "What? Aww I'm hurt Goten. Can't you tell it's me?"

"You are not him! What did you do to him?" Stood his ground as the fake forced Gohan's body to walk up to them.

Gohan laughed as he held up his hand, facing his palm towards Goten and Videl, an energy ball appearing. Videl and Goten were shaking, seeing Gohan this way was affecting them.

Gohan shot the energy wave at them, and they both let out a scared yell as it approached them quickly. "HA! This is where you die!"