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Kacela flew as fast as she could down the long Snake Way. Her dark blue hair moved wildly behind her head and around her gray wolf ears. Her gold eyes narrowed, only looking forward, trying to find the planet that she was told about.

The planet was not her Kai's planet, but another, the one she was supposed to be escorted to by the one called South Kai. But the big man behind the desk told her that they were having trouble with someone who had been using people to clear planets. If she was correct, then they were talking about Keno, and Gohan, Cameo, and Niran.

A while later she reached the end of this section of Snake Way. She looked all around her, but couldn't see any planet. Suddenly she felt many different power levels from above her. Looking up she spotted the planet and flew towards it.

After landing she looked around. There were people from every quadrant of the universe here, roaming around as if they were really alive. She noticed a small group of people standing around talking as if discussing something important.

She walked up to them. A couple of them wore the same outfits with slight modifications. A man, who was very tall compared to the blue man he was standing next to, was wearing an orange and blue outfit. He had spiky black hair and coal black eyes. He looked a lot like…

"Gohan?!" She said the last part of her thought out loud. She was standing pretty close now and the entire group looked up at her. She stopped and stared at them.

The taller of the group spoke up in a firm voice. "Excuse me, but I don't think you have any part in this matter. Go back to your quarters." Kacela didn't know what to do. She felt a little embarrassed because she had interrupted something and had gotten yelled at and that she was wearing some bathing suit thing that only covered what had to be covered. Her gray tail moved back and forth slightly behind her.

"I'm sorry… but I was told to look for…" She stopped and opened a piece of paper. "…South Kai, and ask him where I am supposed to go and all that other stuff." She watched as an embarrassed blushed covered his face and as the other Kais snickered at his foolish mistake.

She tried to listen to his instructions but was too busy staring at the man who just happened to be starring at her. He looked so much like Gohan that it was scary. His stare was intense, making her feel even more uncomfortable.

"Did you understand?" The Kai said. Kacela looked away from the man and back to her Kai. As she went to speak the tall man interrupted her.

"Did you call me Gohan earlier?" The man, or Goku, asked.

Kacela blushed in embarrassment. "I was just thinking about someone. I didn't mean to speak my thoughts out loud like that."

"So you did say Gohan. Is the Gohan you know a Saiyan?" His voice sounding almost urgent.

"Yeah." She said, sounding a little excited. Her tail wagged ferociously behind her like a little puppy. "We were both captives on a ship with two others. He said he was only a half Saiyan though. But I never really got to meet him because we always had chemicals in our bloodstream that changed us and made us act differently than what we usually would." She said, touching her index finger to her chin.

"So you died… how?" The female Kai asked.

"I think my body rejected the last chemical they gave me. I remember seeing him, watching me as lights flashed around me. And after that I was up here. Dead."

The Kais all started to talk quietly. Kacela figured they were talking business now. Planning. That's what they were doing. Goku still looked at her. Even though he was dead and was extremely healthy, he looked tired.

"Goku? Right? Are you related to Gohan? I mean, you seemed shocked to hear about him. That's all." The young Dycoram asked having heard the man's name from the short, blue Kai.

Goku nodded. "Yeah. He's my son. I don't know anything that happened back on earth or anything about Gohan."

"Earth? With humans?!" Goku nodded. "But Gohan said he was a Saiyan…a half Saiyan…" Kacela understood now. Gohan was part Saiyan, part human. "Oh…"

Goku started to ask questions about his son. Like what did his son look like, was he ok? How was he acting. "Well sir. The last time I can remember being around him he was a little cocky. I can't really remember what he looked like though, you know… because of all the tests." Her voice trailed into a quiet whisper.

Goku nodded. He looked at the ground as if in thought. The Kais were still discussing the situation.

"Um, Goku?" The man looked up. "Keno, the man who captured us… I heard him talking as I was dying. I know what planet he's going for next, if that'll help you guys any-"

"What?!" All the Kais turned their attention to Goku, who had yelled out. "Of course that would help!"

"She's knows what planet will be targeted next?" North Kai asked.

"She said so, King Kai." Goku replied.

Everyone looked at her, waiting for her to say something. "Um… Well, Keno had been talking about a planet that couldn't be cleared. I wasn't sure where he was talking about, but then one of the others on the ship said something about Earth… the place where they picked up Gohan."

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Vegeta rushed through the sky, flying as fast as he could. He knew that Ki… It was Gohan. But something about his Ki was different from before. It was darker… more dangerous and out of control.

He could feel Piccolo coming from the north while Krillin and Yamcha were coming from the east. He would be the first to get to the boy.

In mere moments, three more Kis suddenly appeared. All of them were terribly strong… they may even be near his own power level.

'There he is.' He thought as he bolted down towards the four figures. He couldn't recognize any of them, even as they all stared at him with similar eyes. Blood red, burnt orange, forest green, and radiant violet.

They all seemed to be color coded. All of them had black markings along with one other color that matched their eyes. "Looks like the circus has arrived." Vegeta said with a smirk. 'There he is.' He thought as he located Gohan. He was the red warrior.

Gohan smirked and tilted his head over to the orange warrior. "You hear that Taseon? The human is bad mouthing us." He crossed his arms. "Not a good idea, human."

"You think?" Vegeta was trying not to let all that pent up rage be released onto the boy.

"Yeah, I think." Gohan said seriously, his smirk fading. "Maybe you should go home old man-" Gohan suddenly felt himself flying into a nearby tree.

"Ah! He hit the Saiyan!" The new female said to a green eyed Cameo.

"Yeah, he did." He growled, baring white fangs at Vegeta.

A dark orange flash appeared before Vegeta, launching him into his slow moving comrade. He straitened himself up before saying, "That was an easy thing to block, Saiyan. You going to let this weak ass human do that to you?" Niran said with a faint smirk.

Vegeta pushed a branch out of his face just in time to see a red blur fly at the Taseon. Niran caught a glimpse of an enraged face. "Bastard!" the red eyed Saiyan growled.

Niran jumped back. "You shouldn't have been hit than, worthless." He sped at Gohan, but missed and instead hit Cameo.

"You!" Cameo swiped at his face like a cat would on the attack. He scratched the side of Niran's face and let out a loud hiss.

Niran kicked him in the stomach and sent him into the female Jompton. She too let out something of a hiss.

Vegeta just watched the four fight with each other with their petty arguments. "What the…?" There wasn't much left of Gohan, he could tell. But the way the boy had looked at him right before he hit told him that there was a tiny fraction of Gohan still left in that mutated body.

Gohan's tail tightened around Niran as Cameo clawed at both Gohan and the Jomptopn's face, chest, and stomach. Gohan was forming a dark red ball of Ki in his hand and was so close to pushing it though one of the other's chest when their 'father's' voice echoed in their heads.

"What are you four doing?! Hurry up and finish your jobs!" Keno yelled. The four stopped struggling with each other. "Now kill that man before you!"

"Right." The four muttered.

Gohan took his Ki ball and launched it at Vegeta. The Saiyan jumped to avoid the attack, and was surprised when a bright blue Ki ball collided with Gohan's attack and the two exploded.

Vegeta covered his face as small rocks and dust flew all around him.

"Gohan. Stop this nonsense now." A deep voice came from above. Vegeta and the others looked up to see the Namek and the two humans floating above them. The Saiyan figured he was concentrating on Gohan… that's why he hadn't noticed the newcomers.

"Feh, it's another one of those troublesome green men." Niran growled. He jumped up and punched at Piccolo, but the man was too quick and moved out of the way before grabbing him by the head and throwing him back down to Earth.

He let himself fall down next to Gohan and looked him in ht eye. "Wake up from this, Gohan. You're just being weak right now."

Gohan growled as his tail lashed from side to side. "Weak? You think so?" He hand was dripping a dark purple liquid.

Piccolo stared at the slow dripping motion for a moment before he felt it. He looked sown at his stomach and noticed a new hole there. "Wha-?"

"That's right, Piccolo." He sneered.

Vegeta caught it. "You said… Piccolo. I thought you couldn't remember anything?" Vegeta said. They had been informed by North Kai about Gohan. Any minute now they'd be here.

Gohan turned and looked at him. "I don't. I only know father Keno." He muttered. He heard a number of popping noises and looked up. Surrounding him were a number of thin dog like creatures with extremely large mouths. "What-?"

"Those are the universe sweepers, boy. They devour those that mess with the balance by taking too many lives and planets. They only come out in the most dire need. It seems Cell and Freeza weren't enough."

Gohan couldn't move. Neither could the other three. The piercing green eyes of the sweepers had paralyzed them. Right before the first creature could snap its jaws on Niran, they disappeared.

Piccolo smirked. "That was difficult. Lucky King Kai managed to send up these illusions with Paralyze Mist. It really helped."

Vegeta nodded. "And you put it on him?"

"Yeah."

"You know, they weren't acting light fighters… more like uncontrolled animals. Did you see the way they were fighting? Clawing and hissing at each other."

Krillin walked up to them. "But what does that mean? Has Gohan lost all his senses and reverted into some kind of animal?"

"Something like that. But he recognized me, and in that moment of noticing me, he gave me a chance to attack him." Vegeta said.

"And he knew my name. He's still there, just in the back of mind… locked away." Piccolo muttered.

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Jeez! Sorry it took so long, but I couldn't seem to find this chapter on my computer or my flash drive!! I finally realized it was in my older flashdrive that was hidden in my laptop case. I started to work on it right away, and finished it in a few hours. Hope it's ok.

Did you see how this new toxin has messed with the four? It may give them more power and are easily controlled by Keno, but their styles have reverted back to instinct fighting. This makes them an easy target unless they can get a hit in. It also has made them very irritable and it causes conflicts many of the times.

This story is almost over. It was never meant to be a long, super detailed story, you know, but maybe I'll revise it and make it a bit more detailed. More interaction with Gohan and the other four (although Kacela dies, but you know that) If you have ANY questions, ask me and I'll send you a PM, Email, or I'll address you in the next chapter. Even if you think it's a stupid little Q I'll take it because I know it always helps.

Well, thanks for reading this much and hope you have enjoyed it. I'll try and update faster now that I've got this chapter up, but I do have a few other stories I absolutly NEED to work on. -cries- And I have to keep my grades up or I'm a goner! Well, later for now!

Blackblaze