~Takula Saga~

Chapter 47 – Hell Reincarnate

"I'm BAAAAaaaack."

Gohan instantly gripped his stomach. What was this feeling? It was as if just the presence of him being the the same room was enough to making him want to throw up. And yet, it was more than that. As much as his stomach hurt, his head was thumping. His right hand left his gut and traveled up to his head, trying to hold it as it pulsed yet again. Videl took notice when Gohan fell to his knees, worry flashing over her face.

"G-Gohan? What's wrong?"

With a voice much like Gohan's, yet much deeper...darker, Darkon answered the question. "He's paying for his sin."

"What do you mean, sin? Gohan didn't do anything wrong!" Krillin took up Gohan's defense while Videl went to his side, kneeling down to be eye level with him. He was starting to cover in a cold sweat, and the whites of his eyes had red veins growing steadily towards the center pupal. Gohan was starting to shake, tremble ever so slightly. Videl put her hand on his shoulder, but Gohan didn't even do so much as flinch in reaction to her.

Darkon smiled, shaking his head. "Oh, so murder isn't a sin now? Tch, typical double standard. Don't you dare tell me he isn't guilty!"

"Big brother didn't kill anyone!" Gohan stepped forward, a glare evident on his small face. Trunks soon joined him.

"Ya, Gohan didn't do anything wrong. You're the bad guy, remember?"

Vegeta glanced from Darkon down towards the shaking body of Gohan. He couldn't see any physical attack, no energy either. Telepathic maybe? But what would Darkon be showing Gohan to put him in that state? The hell is going on?

Hoi was rather startled at the turn of events. Here he was, just about to gain the power to completely wipe out every other species and then all of a sudden he was just a side show for these people? No, that's not how things worked. Taking both hands, he readied himself for some dark magic. Maybe he could control this stranger.

"You, what did you do to Buu?"

Darkon turned his head, glancing over at Hoi with a cold and careless look. "You mean that pink thing? He's right here."

Lifting up the strangely shaped chocolate bar, Darkon chuckled. "To be honest, you wouldn't have been able to control it. I actually did you a favor."

"You...you changed it into chocolate?"

"Oh no, that was it's idea. Fired some beam at me, I just reflected it back at him. It really wasn't that smart, or that good of a fighter even. All it had going for it were two things, a large power level...and how pure evil it was..."

Darkon lifted the chocolate bar up to his mouth again, this time taking a deep breath in. The dark black of the chocolate started to literally peal off, leaving white chocolate in its stead. When he finished, he smirked again, tossing the chocolate bar at Hoi. Just as Hoi was about to catch it, Darkon fired a black energy wave towards it. Kibito moved to protect, his master not being fast enough to dodge or strong enough to block. He fazed infront of Hoi, holding his hands out just before the blast hit.

It cut like a hot knife through butter.

Kibito's hands didn't have the strength to even slow down such an attack, and as soon as the blast hit them it forced them apart. The beam burned right through his stomach, continuing on right into Hoi. Hoi never even saw it coming, his small mass consumed in a small explosion. As the smoke from the explosion cleared, a M-less Kibito was standing, blood running from his mouth. The old red kai looked to his right, finding Takula standing near the other saiyans.

"Saiyans?...saving us? Heh..."

Takula gave a slight nod before closing his eyes. "It was good to see you again, Kibito."

Kibito smiled, nodding back before he fell to his knees, then his chest. Darkon didn't so much as blink as he turned back towards the others. His eery smirk continued to grow ever so slightly with every passing moment.

Gohan looked up, his entire body on the verge of passing out from the pain. "D-Darkon...you...what are you doing to me?"

The smirk vanished, becoming a scowl. "What I am doing to you? You clueless idiot. You really do have no idea after all. Honestly...it's called payback. You...you sent me to...to hell. Do you have any idea what you did to me? Well, DO YOU?"

Gohan bent forward as another rush of pain flooded his system. His head hit the floor, a cry of anguish escaping his mouth. Videl started to shake Gohan, trying to get him to snap out of it. Goku, his black spiky halo-less hair wild as usual, struggled as he sat up. Damn, this guy had only hit him a few times, and yet they packed so much power, even when he was in his super saiyan three. His eyes scanned the area till they fell on Gohan. His...his son was on the other side of the gate? What, what in the world is going on?

Bardock sat up as well, amazed he was even still in one piece. He had known pain. He had died, so that was obvious. But what that Darkon fellow had just done, that wasn't on a level that shouldn't exist. He growled, scanning the area as well.

Darkon's face continued to grow more and more angry. "You want to know what's happening to him? How to stop it? Well the short version is you have to kill me. Either that or make me choose to stop on my own. But fyi, I'm not going to do that last one."

"So, all we have to do is kill you, eh? Sounds simple enough … Kakkarot, what the hell are you doing here anyway?" Vegeta unfolded his crossed arms, glancing towards his rival.

Goku rubbed the soar mark on his face, an imprint of his own fist imbedded into his own face. "Well, this was a portal from Other-World. I was suppose to make sure nothing got through until King Yamma closed it."

"Nice job on that by the way." said Krillin, his eyes narrowing while he smiled sarcastically at his friend. But then suddenly, the lack of something caught his eye. "Hey Goku, where's your halo?"

"Hmm?" Goku glanced up, finding the golden circle he had gotten used to was now gone. "I'm...I'm not sure. But that doesn't matter, what's happening with Gohan?"

Darkon started to laugh again. "Oh-ho ho... Are you sure you want to know what I'm putting him through? Do you think...you can handle it?"

A fire lit in Videl's eyes. Quickly she stood strait up, sending a death glare towards Darkon. "What the hell...are you doing...to him."

Darkon never faltered, meeting that gaze with smirk of his own. "I'm doing exactly what he did to me..."

-DBZ-

Gohan opened his eyes. Darkness. A never ending darkness met his eyes. He glanced around, trying to piece together what was going on. When he looked to his side, he found a copy of himself, with white hair curled up into a ball.

"Gray, is that-"

A flash of light infront of Gohan, consuming his attention. A father, holding a knife above his son. The old man never took a second thought as the blade plunged down into his baby child's small body.

The darkness returned, leaving Gohan gasping as a wave of pain shot through him. His head hurt more than his stomach now, but it was starting to feel like he might loose his lunch. Gohan clutched his head, trying to catch his breath. What was that? He didn't know either the man or the kid, why did he see that?

Another flash. A battlefield on a planet that could have been earth. People on both sides charged one another, their automatic guns ripping through the other side. An uncountable amount of bodies fell to the ground as red flowed free.

Darkness returned, but another wave of pain shot through Gohan. "AHHhhhh...wh...what the hell...?"

"I'm sorry..." Gohan turned his head slightly, looking at Gray. The curled up ball that was Gray just continued to stare at his knees, hugging himself tightly. "I'm sorry Gohan. I couldn't hold them back."

"G-Gray...what is going on? Wh-why are we being forced...to-to watch this?"

-DBZ-

Darkon's smile vanished, a strong glare replacing it. "Why...why did you kill me?"

The calm in Darkon's voice was un-nerving, but Videl didn't let it show. "What do you mean, why. You were going to kill people."

"...prove it."

"W-what?" Now Videl couldn't help but let her confusion show. What was this guy trying to get across?

"In all of my hour of life, what did I do to show that I was going to kill people? The only person I killed was Babidi...wouldn't you call that a favor for you guys? And how do you thank me...by killing me."

Vegeta huffed, looking up and down Darkon. Something wasn't sitting right inside of him. But what was it? Goku struggled to his feet, Bardock following soon after. "Kakkarot, what's going on?"

"I-I don't know. But I do know we have to somehow find a way to beat this Darkon guy."

Videl grit her teeth, flailing her fist around to get her point across. "Don't you pretend to be the good guy, or the victim. You terrorized Satan City, you tried to kill Gohan!"

"...I'm sorry. But no one died right? It's not like I did anything wrong..."

Videl's face twitched in anger, but before she could retort something stopped her. Darkon's eyes were, watering. No, something more than that...his tears...Darkon's tears were pure black. Darkon's pale face contrasted as black streaks rand down his face. His eyes twitched, anger returning to his passive face, the tears continuing to fall.

"Do you know...what happened to me when I went to hell? You can't, of course. You'd understand. You pieces of shit...you have no idea what you did to me. That dark seed, the thing that gives me power...when I was sent to hell...I...I...I was alone. Of course, I was only two hours old...how could anyone even know I existed? You guys took care of that...the dark seed. It's nature is to consume the darkness around it and grow off it. I thought it died after I was born, but I was mistaken...it's still alive, inside me and Gray."

Only Takula's eyes widened in realization. As soon as he knew, he looked down towards the ground. Of course, that's what he's talking about.

Darkon continued to cry, the black marks on his face continuing to grow. "Hell is a holding cell for the evil that can not be removed from spirits. The dark seed, it sucked in that evil, little bits at a time while it started to rebuild its power, whether I wanted it to or not. But connected to that evil, are the memories of the dark deeds themselves...That's right. First the seed made due from taking dark power from the villein's of hell a little at a time. Then it wanted more, and more and more! I needed a special cash of this dark energy that they kept above hell... And after a while, a hole opened in the yellow clouds. I took the opportunity, knowing they'd send someone like Goku down to hold hell off from going through this doorway, shooting up and out into hell. Do you know where they keep the darkness that they can remove from spirits? They can't do a anything with them, so they just let them sit there. In glass containers that are oh so easy to break..."

Goku nodded, recalling the spot. "Ya, I've seen that spot. You, you absorbed all of that dark energy?"

"Heh...as if it were a choice of mine at that point. I can barely control my own body anymore. This damn seed, I could feel it pulling me, pushing me to go to get that energy. And now that I have it, the pain has dulled a little. All the while you, Videl, were enjoying your time here with Gohan...I've been...I've seen every single evil death since the beginning of time at least twice so far...after a while, it doesn't even bother you any more...I can see it on your faces, you don't get it. Those memories. Blood, all you can see is blood. No detail is spared, every person who was on a planet that Freeza, or King Cold, or Cooler killed, all the way down to single killings of passion...you experience their pain one by one..."

The black tears stopped, though the streaks remand as Darkon started to laugh, filling the quiet room with his uneven voice. "I know why I was given this though! There is a reason! I've been selected to end life...it doesn't deserve to exist. I will wipe the universe clean. You want a reason to kill me this time? Ha! I'll give you one! I'll start with earth! And I'll make sure its' slow. There's a reason this happened to me, there just has...there just has to be...I didn't suffer in hell for no reason...there's a reason!"

-DBZ-

"This...is strange..."

"If I may, King Vegeta...this is long past just strange..."

Infront of the saiyan army from hell stood Frieza, Cooler, King Cold, Cell...all the big baddies. And yet...the strange thing was...any sign of evil had been whipped from them. They hadn't seen anything, with all their focus on the large Buu thing, and then the small guy who beat the Buu. But now that things in hell had settled down, the Saiyan's were guarding the the portal. Even stranger yet, those Saiyans that were known to be especially dark and twisted...were down there one the ground with the villains...having a rather random pick-nick.

"Sir, should we...attack? We'd be able...to uh...take them out..."

"...n-no...there'd be no honor in it...with them like this..."

They all watched in relative silence, with a wide range of bewilderment. They all however tripped over themselves mid air when Frieza called over to them to ask if they wished to play a Hell sized game of duck duck goose.

-DBZ-

Gohan clutched his stomach, his mouth and throat now on fire from vomit. He continued to gag, but there just wasn't anything left. It was indescribable...these visions...why...why did so many people have to die? Why did he have to watch this. Why? … why was there so much red...

"I tried...I'm so sorry Gohan..."

Gohan curled up as well, not far away from Gray. "What...is this?..."

"I-It's Darkon...At first, I didn't realize it but now I'm sure. Back when we started to not be able to talk to each other, he was all ready sending memories to us. I...tried to take the brunt of the memories on myself...because the dark seed is in me as well...but I couldn't handle all of them when we got so close. Before the telepathic link stretched from earth to Hell...but now that we're in the same room...I just, couldn't...I'm sorry...I tried...so you could focus on Videl...but I couldn't even help in that small way..."

"H-hey Gray...d-don't beat yourself over...this...you should have told me...I would have helped...n-no one should have to see this stuff...alone..."

A flash of light. A planet, with billions of lives, going up in a ball of fire. Billion's of cries for life along with the pain of a billion deaths hit Gohan and Gray all at once. The two wince, crying out in agony, as it felt as if their bodies were being ripped to shreds over and over and over...horse cries for it to end echoing inside the darkness...

-DBZ-

The fighters looked on at Gohan as he cried out, obviously in pain. The flames in Videl's eyes returned. "Stop what your doing to him, or you'll regret it!"

"Hah, the only think I would regret would be all my suffering would have been for nothing! I can at least sleep easier knowing the person who put me through all this now has to suffer the same fate! Even if you win, those memories will stick with him for life. The Gohan you knew is all ready dead!"

A white flame erupted from Videl, white lightning dancing all around her. The tips of her somewhat spiky hair pointed up, here blue eyes seemingly dancing with all the light around her. With a battle cry, the ground warped around her energy. Darkon looked rather startled, but before he could compose himself Videl was already upon him.

"I-!" A punch from Videl's right fist slammed into Darkon's face. "Said-!" Videl's left followed, punching Darkon's other cheek. "Stop-!" Her right foot then came up and embedded itself into Darkon's chest, sending him up towards the ceiling. "NOW!" Videl fazed behind Darkon, both of her hands balled into a fist as she jack-hammered them down into the oncoming Darkon.

Darkon crashed head long into the pile of useless machines on the floor. Goten was impressed to say the least. "Whoa, look at big sister go!"

Trunks gave a slow nod. Vegeta and Krillin had said Gohan and Videl were getting special training...but this was an outlandish increase for just a day or so.

Darkon burst up from under the metal, floating now eye level with Videl. "...I hope that wasn't your best, because you just lost your element of surprise."

Videl grit her teeth, she wasn't used to moving like this yet. It was still strange, unknown to her. She felt amazing, but at the same time she wasn't sure if she could control it. Darkon reached up, taking off the black cape. He let it fall to the ground below as he stared down Videl.

Goten and Trunks looked to each other, giving the other a nod. They pointed their right fists at each other, the two young fighters holding their game faces. Rearing their fist back, both Goten and Trunks stepped forward and swung their fists to meet the other. The rings fit into one another, causing the two boys to be consumed by light. The sound of rushing energy could be heard as the light faded, revealing a super saiyan Gotenks, the Z-Sword on his back and the same cloths as the last time he transformed.

"Ohhh yaaa. Time to take out the trash!". Gotenks shot up towards Videl to help. Vegeta however turned, facing Goku, Bardock, and Krillin who were all gathered around Gohan. Bardock was silent, his eyes constantly moving from person to person as his eyes studied each person. He had long lost his grip on what in the hell was going on, but he wasn't about to let that show. Goku and Krillin worriedly hovered over Gohan, trying to snap him out of it. Vegeta grumbled, turning back to the fight.

Darkon looked over the new addition next to Videl. Gotenks smiled confidently as he drew his sword, pointing the tip of the metal blade and now golden guard towards Darkon. Darkon smiled back, almost laughing to himself. "Just like last time then, huh? Label me as the enemy, and then it's all fair, huh? Killing me just because you felt I could be dangerous? Well, let me tell you...I sure as hell am dangerous NOW!"

Black energy consumed Darkon, The tear streaks cleared, leaving the pale skin staring down Videl and Gotenks. Videl grit her teeth, glancing back at the comatose like body of Gohan. Turning back, her own white energy roared out. "If you hurt Gohan...I swear to you, nothing you've experienced will be as bad as what I put you through."

"You fail to understand, Videl. Let me give you an idea of what Gohan's seeing right now. He's probably already had to watch one trillion deaths. And it's not like you just see them...you feel them. The Dark seed was never intended for that to happen...but because Gohan was who he is, it mutated and made me. But then you kill me, before I can even see green grass. You labeled me as bad, so it was okay to kill me, and not ask why. No one...no one asked why. No one missed me...I need a purpose just like everything else. You have giving me that purpose. I will end life, so it can not commit more evil."

Videl glared, her fists tightening into fists. "How does more killing make things better?"

"Isn't it obvious? Getting it done all at once will be quick and painless, compared to this slow drawn out end of life that is now being allowed to continue unchecked. I will end all. That is my purpose in life!"

Gotenks charged first, his blade ready to slash. "Enough boring talking, let's get started!"

"Well, 'little brother', it looks as if you've learned a new trick. It won't save you!" Darkon growled, black energy creating a blade on his flat hand. "But I've learned a few tricks too!"

Gotenks and Darkon charged each other, Gotenks slashing his blade down while Darkon swung from left to right. Darkon's black blade hit the Z-Sword, deflecting the attack. While Gotenk's arms held onto the grip, Darkon reared back his free hand and slammed it dead on into Gotenk's cheek. The small saiyan fighter flew backwards, Videl taking his place to keep the pressure up. The black blade faded, a smirk appearing on Darkon's face.

"So tell me, how'd you get so strong?"

Videl didn't even bother to answer, choosing to fight instead of talk. Darkon continued to smirk, blocking the first incoming fist with his forearm. The two became mere blurs, both blocking or dodging all incoming attacks. Gotenks steadied himself, finding where the two were. He readied himself, looking for an opening.

"Come on Videl, why are you fighting so hard for? I all ready told you he's gone."

Videl's glare grew, her attacks gaining her rage. "No he's not! I can still feel him!"

Darkon just smirked, jumping back and away from Videl. "Are you so sure?"

Darkon looked down towards Gohan, a smirk growing more and more on his face. Videl blinked, following his light of sight, albeit sceptically at first. But what she saw caught her breath in her throat. Gohan stirred, slowly standing up. His eyes...they were cold, his facial expression blank. Goku stepped infront of his oldest, trying to look into his eyes.

"Gohan! Gohan, are you okay?"

Darkon crossed his arms, yelling down to Gohan. "So tell me Gohan, will you help me complete my reason for living?"

Videl's head shot around, shock clearly expressed on her face. Quickly she turned back. Gohan just looked up, the same blank expression. A sinking feeling was starting to grow in Videl.

"Help you...stop evil? Yes...I'll help you..."

Author's Annotation:

Sorry for taking so long. This chapter took some fancy footsteps to make sure everything came out right. Good news is that my hits are registering again. Strange news is that for the days it seemingly skipped, the hit counter has now filled in. Eh, I'll just play that by ear. xD

Next few chapters will contain the final battle! Get ready for some serious but kicking on both sides.

Thanks for those who are reviewing!