~Babidi Saga~

Chapter 14 – Separation

Even as Vegeta flew as fast as he could, Gohan was moving twice as fast. There was no way he was going to be able to catch him until Gohan stopped, and at this rate he would have some time on the ground before Vegeta would catch up. How is this brat still faster than me! Was he holding back? Grr! While trying to dig deeper and find something to speed him up, Vegeta continued to follow after Gohan.

-DBZ-

Videl, with Goten and Trunks, were on the nimbus cloud and were also trying to follow Gohan. They had noticed the weather start to get colder as they made their way north. Videl shivered at the high altitude cold weather. "Man, where are they going? It's getting colder!"

Trunks looked back. "How would we know?"

"I'm riding on a super sonic cloud right now. I wouldn't be surprised by anything you people could do."

Now Goten looked back. "You people? You know we're little monsters?"

Trunks sighed. "I told you Goten, we're not monsters. We're just a lot stronger than normal weaklings. They just act scared and label us different. Mom told me about it."

Videl watched the two kids talk to each other. Is that what Gohan meant when he said he wanted to be a normal person? But they aren't normal, no way. Why act like it? If your special like them, I sure wouldn't hide it. "Why would you guys want to be treated normal?"

Trunks blinked. "Don't ask me. Gohan's the only one who really tried to act like you weaklings. I think it was that school. Did something to his head." Twisting his finger near his head, gesturing that it drove him crazy.

Goten looked worried. "You think that school made him like this?"

Trunks shrugged. "You never know. All the kids on cartoons always say that school is evil."

-DBZ-

King Kai stood up. "That's impossible. How would you know and not me?"

Goku continued to look up at the puffy yellow clouds. "Something's wrong. I can just tell."

The blue man huffed. "Well, let me take a look." King Kai's antenna's twitched as he concentrated, looking for earth. Once he found it, his eyes widened as he fell to the ground, a panicked look on his face. "G-G-Goku! You need to get to earth! Babidi is there!"

Goku turned to King Kai confused. "Who?"

King Kai flailed his arms out. "Who? Only one of the most dangerous persons in the universe! I didn't think he was in the West!"

Goku's eyes started to sparkle as he ran up to his shoulders smiling. "So this guy is really strong?"

"Huh? No, not really. You probably could kill him without going super saiyan."

Goku sighed crossing his hands in front of him. "So why worry?"

King Kai continued to yell in Goku's ear. "It's his abilities! He can take even a spec of darkness in a persons heart and turn it against them. Even just a little bad thought that latched itself into the person can be made to grow until Babidi has complete control of them!"

"So? If he's not a good fighter then the others can take him easy." Goku sat back down looking at the food, drooling just a little.

"But didn't you say Gohan's power seemed strange?" King Kai glared at the easy going Goku, which froze him just as he was about to dig in.

-DBZ-

Gohan landed in the snowy mountains of the far north. It was the same mountain range where a few mad scientists had tried to take over Goku's body, but that had been long ago. It still looked the same though,white everywhere with jagged spikes of ice shooting up into the sky. The area had zero life, making it a good spot to hide a spaceship. Babidi was up at the top of the entrance of the ship, waiting for Gohan to show up.

The dark Gohan, oblivious to the cold, walked up to the short mage and his taller flunky Crad. "You called, Master?"

Babidi floated up to to be eye level with Gohan, cackling as he smiled evilly. "Oh yes. The dark seed in you has grown well! After I extract what the dark seed has grown into and produced, it will kill what is left of the old personality in your body, leaving it's shell all for the dark seed to control"

Crad looked at his master. "Produced?"

Babidi sighed. "Must I explain it to you again?"

Gohan crossed his arms and smiled. "Why don't you tell me so I can understand myself. I'd like to hear it as well. And Vegeta isn't going to be able to catch up to me for at least 45 minutes. I left him in the dust."

Babidi grumbled. "Very well, I'll explain it for the last time. The dark seed I planted into Gohan is the first seed. It feeds off Gohan's dark thoughts or whatever darkness is in him, all the while I stimulate those dark thoughts with my own powers. The seed grows into something like a bush or tree, producing copy seeds. I can then use those seeds to take over others as well."

Crad raised his hand. "But master, isn't that the same thing? You're powers and this seed seem to do the same thing."

Babidi shook his head. "No, it is a little different. While when I take over a person with my own magic, they do gain a little power from myself, I can only have so many under my control at a time. I am a mortal...at least for now anyway. But that's for another time. The seeds on the other hand, I have no limit with those. I can control whoever I put a seed into, and their power increase is much more dramatic when compared to the boost I give to people I control. The seed plant needs the darkness till it is fully grown. Then I can extract it and it will survive on its own for years on end with no care, and it will continue to produce dark seeds. The host body to the seed with survive, but the person inside will die. Then all I have to do is put another seed in the host body and I can control that as well."

Crad scratched his head. "That sure is a lot of information..."

Gohan nodded. "I see. Very well master, I am ready to begin when you are." -Though I don't think things will go as you hope.-

The same goes for you. The real Gohan was still trying to recover from the last battle, finding it harder to do it for some reason than normal. I will get my body back!

-Tch, now you're the annoying one. Just be quiet and sit there till I am done with you.-

The real Gohan looked around where he was at. It was dark all around him, and he couldn't find where the fake was. Limping slowly through the darkness, he tried to make sense out of where he was, but time itself seemed to not exist. He could only just hear the voices outside as they were talking to each other. Man, how am I going to get out of this one...at least I was able to keep enough control to not kill anyone back there. Well, no sense in quitting now. Where the hell is this guy?

Back outside Gohan's body, the fake had sat down in the snow, Indian style, and Babidi had both of his palms pointed at Gohan's back. Quietly Babidi started to speak an alien language, chanting some spell. The black lines all over Gohan's body started to glow again, his muscles expanding and contracting. Gohan's body fell into a trance like state as the lines spread themselves out, connecting with on another and small dots spread randomly near the sides of the lines.

Babidi's eyes closed as his hands started to glow with a black aurora. After a little while, a black aurora surrounded Gohan as well. The two energies reached towards on another, finally connecting in the middle. White lighting started to snap and crackle around the two as they sat there, concentrating on the task at hand.

Back inside his body, Gohan looked up as a familiar face faded in and smiled at him. -Long time no see.-

What are you doing to my body? I feel...funny.

-You heard Babidi's little speech about what he planned to do, right? Well, I'm going to tweak it in my favor.-

Wh-what do you mean?

-Well, Babidi may think he's extracting the dark seed plant, but he doesn't know what I do.-

And what is that? Gohan had finally gained enough energy to stand up right and calm his breathing. He didn't feel any better though. His fake was to confident, and his entire body felt funny.

-The plant's all ready dead.-

What? Really? How? Gohan blinked, happy that he had one less thing to worry about but still upset none the less knowing that something worse was probably going to happen now.

-Well, instead of growing and producing dark seeds like it was suppose to, it made me. You're darkness was so compacted, so pure that when the dark seed was introduced to it, it mutated. Babidi isn't pulling out a plant, he's pulling me out! I'm going to get my own body, not just one I stole! Sure it'll be modeled after you, but it will be new and all mine! Finally you will not be able to slow me down.-

S-so if the plant is dead...what's going to happen to me?

The fake shrugged. -Even I'm not sure on that one. I would imagine you would die, but anything is possible. Only one thing is for sure. I will get my own body, my own will power. No one will decide what I can and can't do. I'll be free do do as I want, and I'll be the strongest fighter the universe has ever seen!- The fake smiled evilly, looking at the real Gohan.

Gohan clenched his fists. I'll find a way to stop you.

The fake smirked. -Not likely.-

-DBZ-

Vegeta was closing in on where he had felt Gohan land, but something was annoying him. Where Gohan had landed, a rather large energy was gathering itself, and it felt evil. It had the same cold as ice feeling Frieza or Cell had given off. That brat really is in over his head this time. No matter, this time...this time I'll save all of them. The third rate fighters will not protect the prince of all saiyans this time!

Vegeta made it over the final ice mountain, finding what he was looking for. He could see three people. One was Gohan, one was short and looked relatively harmless, and then the last one. The last one had an M on his forehead however. Vegeta landed quietly, quietly wondering what was going on.

Babidi opened one eye and looked at the saiyan. "Tch, pest must be one of the boys friends. Deal with him Crad."

Crad nodded, cracking his knuckles. "Don't worry master. I'll make sure to keep him away."

Babidi closed his eye and went back to extracting what he thought was the dark seed plant. The dark aurora that was around the two spiked, and then returned to normal. Babidi smiled. We're almost there. Soon I'll have enough black seeds for an army to take over the universe! Anyone who tryies to stop me will just be turned into my slave, soon!

Vegeta smiled, crossing his arms in front of him. "Hphf, you think this guy will be able to slow me down?"

Crad smiled. "I should be more than enough, but that is my personal opinion."

Vegeta's golden aurora shot around him as he entered super saiyan, not making so much as a grunt. "You're in over your head, punk."

"Light shows and transformations bore me. You going to actually fight, shrimps?"

Vegeta's eye twitched. "I am the prince of all saiyans, and you're calling me short!"

Crad shrugged. "I guess I did. What are you going to do about it?"

Vegeta shot past Crad, landing a punch squarely on the man's chin, spinning his head 180 degree's around. Vegeta huffed. "Weakling. Tch, waist of my time."

Just as Vegeta started to walk forward, a creepy cracking sound came from behind him. Turning to see what it was, Crad had his head in both hands and was slowly twisting it back into place. Vegeta blinked. How is that possible? What is he?

Crad finally got his head back into place with one final snap, giving it a few twists to make sure everything was ok. Turning around, he faced Vegeta and looked down, as if embarrassed. "I'm sorry, you caught me off guard. I didn't think you'd actually be any good. I can't believe I let you hit me." The man looked up and grinned.

Vegeta clenched his fists together. "Mock me will you?" He shot back at his opponent, launching punches and kicks that looked like blurs. Crad held his arms at his sides and tucked his legs in, guarding what he could. Vegeta landed punch after punch, noticing that nothing was dealing damage. Growing angrier, Vegeta jumped back and launched a volley of energy blasts towards Crad. Crad crossed his arms in front of himself, disappearing into the smoke surrounded him from the attack.

Vegeta finally stopped his volley, trying to catch his breath as the smoke cleared. When the smoke was gone, Crad was still there, and shot a smile back at Vegeta. "Is that all?"

Vegeta growled. Damn it! If I wasn't so damn tired from fighting Gohan...Vegeta fell back into his fighting stance and studied his opponent. The human looking thing had something that looked like a tattoo of an M on his forehead which matched the M the smaller one had on his belt. Vegeta could feel an energy connected to the M, giving the person in front of him his powers. Closing his eyes, he felt the energy, studying what it was doing. His brain of a tactician was in overdrive, trying to come up with a strategy to combat such a foe with so little energy he had left.

Vegeta was breathing heavily as Crad walked up to him. Vegeta huffed. "Punk, you'd be a nobody if it weren't for your freak over there."

Crad smiled. "I can't let you talk about my master like that. I'll have to kill you."

Vegeta smiled as a plan slowly formulated into his head. "Bring it. I'll use everything I have to defeat you. All my hate, everything!"

Babidi opened an eye at the word hate, but then closed it as he went back to focusing on extracting what he thought was the dark seed plant.

Crad huffed. "You are nothing to me. I don't even know why we are here. The fighters here are as weak as space dust."

Vegeta powered up an energy blast in his right hand and threw it at Crad. Crad smiled, holding an arm out in front of him. "Is this your best?" The energy ball dived at the last second, landing right in front of Crad. Dust and rock flew from the ground, forcing Crad to shield his eyes as his smile disappeared. He looked around in the smoke and dust. "What the.."

Vegeta fazed in just behind Crad and grabbed both of his arms, planting his feet on his back. As the dust was blown away by the wind, the two came into view. Vegeta was pulling back on Crad's arms, a face filled with pain and fear. Vegeta smiled. "You really are stupid."

Crad turned his head and growled. "You'll pay for this."

Vegeta huffed. "You're all ready dead." Powering up in a golden aurora, Vegeta pulled back even more. Cracking and popping could be heard first as the bones separated from their joints and broke. Then a ripping came from Crad's shoulders as the muscle started to tare. Crad yelled at the sky in pain, trying with all his might to bring his arms back, but to no avail. Vegeta smiled as his aurora grew in size, just as Crad's arms ripped off completely, blood flying everywhere.

Vegeta jumped back, and tossed the arms to the ground. Crad, wide eyed, turned slowly. His face was pale, and he looked from Vegeta to his arms and back. Blood was squirting from his shoulders, and a stream was starting to fall from his mouth. "Y...you b-bastard."

Happily, Vegeta looked at his clothes, trying to wipe some of the blue blood from his gloves. "Such a mess your race is. It could take forever to get this blood off my gloves."

Crad fell to the ground, passed out and bleeding out slowly. Vegeta turned to where Babidi and Gohan were sitting. Vegeta did his best to act like he wasn't tired, but he couldn't help but breath heavily. As he closed in on the two, Babidi opened his eye's and turned to face him. "You're going to regret killing that guy. Now I'll have to play with you after I take you for myself."

Vegeta huffed. "Say whatever you want, you're going to die soon anyway." He stopped and looked at what was going on between the two. The darkness surrounding them was chilling, even for Vegeta.

Babidi smiled. "Thank you for holding still!" His eye's flashed, sending the light out into the surrounding area.

Vegeta was hit by the light, his eyes widening. He grabbed onto his head, grabbing at hair and yelled out in pain as it felt like his head was about to explode. Babidi cackled, smiling as the saiyan struggled to fight it. "You're mine now!"

Vegeta struggled to stay on his feet. He hadn't ever felt this kind of pain before. It was as his brain was fighting to break through his skull as it expanded. His muscles grew and then contracted. His energy flared up as he fell to his knees. "Wh-whats going on to mee!" He thrashed his body around, trying to brake free from what was attacking his brain.

Babidi laughed. "I'm using my dark magic to take over your mind! Soon you'll be nothing more than my puppet. You'll make a fine replacement for the one you killed."

Vegeta let out another scream of pain as an M started to form on his forehead. His energy spiked again as the dark magic combined with his own energy, sending a snow cloud into the sky from the pressure of the power up.

-DBZ-

Videl, Trunks, and Goten closed in on where Vegeta had landed when they saw a small snow cloud rise into the sky. Trunks leaned forward on his hands, as if trying to see what was going on. "Something's wrong."

"You mean things could get worse?" Videl said in a surprised voice.

Goten nodded. "Vegeta now has the same energy mixed with his own that Gohan has."

Trunks turned to face the other two. "We should turn around while. There's no way we can beat Vegeta and dad!"

"But we have to help big brother and your dad!" Goten stood up on the cloud, not ready to give up.

Trunks stood up too and flailed his arms to get his point across. "We can't fight both of them. There's no way!"

Videl crossed her arms. "From what I've seen, people taken over can't attack people they know. Maybe they won't be able to attack us. And besides, we can't just run. We have to try something."

Trunks looked down, out voted. "This is a bad idea, but ok. We'll stand our ground. Stay behind us Videl."

Videl's face reddened with anger. What have things come to. Being protected by two little children? "Thanks, but I'll be ok."

Goten looked up, his face with awe. "You mean you're strong enough to fight big brother?"

Trunks looked at her suspiciously. "I saw you helping Gohan fight some of the weaklings...but you never looked as strong strong as him. And Gohan wasn't even trying."

He wasn't even trying? How strong is Gohan? "Just don't worry about me."

The two nodded and turned back to look forward. The snow was starting to come back down to the ground and they could see two energy aurora's on the ground.

Author's Annotations:

Chapter 14 is up! Majin Vegeta is back! Please remember to review and tell your friends if you like the story!