Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Surprise! She's a WHAT?! ❯ Chapter 22

Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah! Dragonball Z belongs to Akira Toriyama. Original characters belong to me. Thank you.

Destiny's Light: You know… I put up six chapters in a week and what do I get? One review!!!! *sobs*

Kat: Don't worry about it. People read the chapters, though they should commented on something.

Jasper: Yeah! You went the trouble to post up five chapters one day and two days later another chapter.

Destiny's Light: I know you are right, but I was hoping for people to review that's all. Moving on, somebody say the chapter now begins.

Kat: Okay, enjoy this chapter of SSAW?!

Jasper: Remember all flames will be used to make the story better.

SSAW?!: Ch22

A blur of black hair blew past Gabriel as he watched Jasmine test her newfound abilities. He saw her grip her two swords tightly and aimed for the target. The target was actually a make shift of Katherine. Gabriel had suggested himself that they use Katherine as a target, so their training would work out better. Jasmine smiled as she had nailed the target, which would have injured them gravely. She pulled her swords out from the target and tucked them away. The second-in-command had discovered, like Gabriel said, her fighting skills had been enhanced along with her speed. Jasmine came back over to Gabriel.

"You know Gabriel, this is good practice, but it would proven more in a real battle. Besides, I want to develop some kind of attack to bring Katherine and anyone else in our way to their knees. We both know attacks as well as physical fighting. So what should we do?"

"Hmm… Arming ourselves with staffs might be useful, but that will not be enough. We need to change our forms so we can use the staffs more effectively. Why I didn't think of that before!"

"Yeah… I think we both figured Katherine was weaker then us, but we were wrong. She was more powerful instead. Of course! We should into our warrior forms to make use of a staff."

"Yes, but not just any staff Jasmine. I have two special staffs just for this purpose. Once I go retrieve them, we can transform and start training harder. I want to be at Katherine's power level, if not higher."

Jasmine watched Gabriel leave to go get the staffs. She felt an excited feeling in her that couldn't wait to try it out.

Something brushed against Kat's hand, causing the ancient saiyan to open her eyes slowly. She last remembered crying out for Gohan before she was knocked out. *Gohan!* Kat opened her eyes to spot the figure of Gohan laying on the table next to her. He still looked he was knocked out. She wondered what brushed against her hand, but the feeling didn't happened again. Kat studied Gohan for a while before spotting something brown around Gohan's waist.

"I have never seen that before. I wonder what it is…" Kat wondered. She raised her right hand over to his waist and touch whatever the brown thing was. It felt soft and fuzzy. *What kind of a thing is this?* Confused, Kat gently grabbed the brown thing and pulled up slowly. The brown thing uncurled as Kat pulled it up and the brown thing now looked like a tail.

"Huh? I thought there for a second that this is a tail." she muttered. Kat released her hold on the tail. The brown tail remained up and it twitched a tiny bit. Kat looked at the tail again and this time she gasped slightly.

"No way! I can't believe this!!" Kat exclaimed.

Gohan finally stirred and found Kat's surprised sapphire eyes looking at him. "Kat, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Gohan, your tail grew back." Kat said.

"What?" Gohan said. He turned his head until he saw the familiar sight of the fuzzy, brown tail. "OH my god! This will get Vegeta mad for sure." he said.

"Won't he be jealous?" Kat agreed, sliding off the table. She turned so her back was to Gohan.

Gohan thought he saw something weird. Something azure caught his eye for a strange reason. *Maybe I'm just dreaming or something.* He blinked his eyes to refocus them on Kat. This time he saw the same azure thing uncurl itself and move about. His brain froze as he recognized it. *WHAT the hell? Is that a TAIL?!*

"Ah, K-Kat…L-Look behind y-you…" Gohan spoke out loud

Kat turned back to find Gohan was frantically pointing behind her. His face looked just as frantic. "Gohan, what's wrong? Something is behind me? That's nonsense. But if you want I will check." she spoke. The ancient saiyan titled her head just enough so she could see her back. A soft azure tail like Gohan's flickered back and forth. She stared harder at the tail. Kat's eyes twitched in absolute shock and two seconds blew by before…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kat screamed.

Waiting in Mars' throne room, Videl waited for the signal. Her ears suddenly heard an earth-shattering scream that sounded almost like Katherine.

"Well, they both should be awake." Mars simply said.

Gohan had to cover his ears and watched Kat try to remain calm.

The doors opened to reveal Mars and Videl.

Kat could only think of one person who could have done something like this. "What DID you do to me?!" she demanded.

"I see you like your new tail. I rather like it. I chose the color for it. Hope you enjoy it." Mars replied.

"And I have mine again. What is up with us having tails?" Gohan inquired.

The two saiyans watched as Mars just laughed at them. Videl wore a smug look on her face.

"You'll see, you'll see. Mars, are you going to perform it now?" Videl spoke.

"What's this it?" Kat asked suspiciously.

Mars fixed his gaze on the two and smiled. "Just watch." he said.

Kat and Gohan watched as the leader of the demons started to glow. They stared as he transformed from a human to a full-fledged demon.

"What?! You're a demon!? I thought you were a human!!" Gohan exclaimed.

"This is my true form. My human form is quite useful…" Mars answered.

Kat had a bad feeling about this, but this was the least of her worries. She crossed her arms. "You changed into your demon form, so what? What does that have to do with the both of us?" she asked coolly.

Mars stepped forward to meet Kat's cool sapphire gaze. His eyes studied her for a moment and then he chuckled. "There is something neither of you two know about me." he said.

Gohan too had a bad feeling. "And that would be…?" Gohan inquired.

Videl increased the smug smile on her face to a smirk.

"Mars can say what it is." Videl spoke.

"Very well. You see…I have this power…the power to control people with tails. I'm sure you two can do the math." Mars stated.

A look of horror stuck Kat's face as she stepped back. " You can do WHAT!?" she breathed.

Gohan stared in shock. "Is that possible?!" he said.

"It certainly is. It shall be entertaining to see the looks on your friends' faces as you attack them…" Mars replied. The now demon leader motioned for Videl to keep an eye on their guests and he raised his right palm. Mars started to glow and the two saiyans watched in horror.

:: Gohan, we have to resist his power! It's the only way! ::

:: I know Kat. I have a feeling it will not be pretty… ::

:: Me neither. ::

At first, nothing happened. Then all at once, something tried to penetrate their minds, causing the two saiyans to grab their heads. Kat refused to let the darkness claim her as apparently it did for Videl. Her mind barriers held for the moment, but she managed to turn to see how Gohan was faring. Gohan resisted with all his might not to let the darkness overcome him and then he would have to fight his dad… He somehow resisted the attempt, but he knew he couldn't hold out forever. Gohan tilted his eyes to lock on to Kat's, unspoken words ushered between them. Mars growled as his guests were actually resisting the power! He not expected them to do this! *They are stronger then I imagined them to be. Doesn't matter, I will have them under my control.*

Videl watched with joy as Mars used his power on them, but something faint inside her reacted differently. That feeling told her that what Mars was doing to them was wrong and somehow she should intervene. *Intervene? Why should I? Those two deserve this fate. I can't wait to see how more powerful they are in battle. But why is this feeling still inside of me? There should hardly any trance of my former self, since darkness took over.* She shook her head at these thoughts and continued to watch the scene in silence.

Kat's barriers were weakening and she knew it. She knew that she had to resist. The ancient saiyan remembered when she and Jasper came to Earth, they had really started to have battles with darkness. Her powers were a symbol of holiness, the kind that defeats darkness. The adventures she and Jasper had along with Selene and how fun it was. Her barriers weakened even further. If there was one thing she learned, it was never to give up no matter what. Kat struggled to remain standing on her two legs and saw how Gohan began to lower to his knees. *No! He mustn't fall to the darkness!!*

"GOHAN!! You must never give up, do you HEAR me!?" Kat managed to shout out.

Gohan heard her words and the words seem to give him hope. *Kat's right. I can't just let it take over. Mars will not get his way.* He forced himself to keep standing tall and Gohan forced a glare at Mars. Mars, furious that the two were not falling to his power. He lowered his hand, causing the power to stop. Both saiyans struggled to remain standing, but they managed it.

"So you have resisted my power. Interesting. You two may one of the very lucky few that have resisted my power. In the end though, I will triumph." Mars said, raising his hand again.

It took Gohan and Katherine off guard and they really struggled to fight it. However, their minds were weakened from resisting before. "No…This can't be happening! I…I can't fight it…I'm too weak from before." Kat muttered softly. She could feel the darkness at the corners of her mind, closing to overwhelm her. The pain intensified so much that the ancient saiyan couldn't take it and Kat fell to the floor, unconscious.

Gohan stiffened as he saw Kat fall to the floor. "Noo…Kat…Forgive me father…" he muttered. Darkness closed in on him and Gohan fell to the floor unconscious.

Videl couldn't believe the sight before her eyes. Gohan and Katherine succumbed to the darkness. She smiled, but that faint feeling of sympathy tugged at her mind. *Wish that stupid feeling would just go away! I do not feel any sympathy for those two!!* Mars lowered his hand and smirked.

"My plan has succeeded in phase one. Now on to phase two." Mars spoke.

Jasper stood with Selene against a tree watching the other Z-Fighters talking with Kat's parents, Callista, and Destiny. He had been grateful to help Katherine in the battle with Gabriel and the battle to save Goten. In the process of rescuing Goten, Kat and Gohan had been captured by Mars. Just thinking of Mars made his blood boil. "Can't believe he double-crossed us! How are we going to rescue them if only two people could take us there. Besides there is WAY too many to demons to fight off to reach them." he muttered angrily.

Selene saw how troubled Jasper seemed to be with all of this, looked at him with her soft green eyes. "That does prove to be a problem Jasper. We cannot just storm in that castle and rescue them. Mars won't be fooled by using the same plan again. Jasper, Kat and Gohan will be okay. They are both strong and they handle anything that Mars throws at them. Stop worrying okay?" she spoke.

Jasper looked in her soft green eyes with his own. "I know Selene, but I still worry about them. No one has a great plan. Let's go see if anyone does." he said.

Selene and Jasper re-joined with the group.

"Did you foresee this happening Callista?" Bulma inquired.

The smoky-brown haired guardian shook her head. "No. I had not foreseen that Bulma. I'm sorry. My visions just come to me. I also had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. Using the same tactic from before will not work to save Katherine and Gohan." Callista answered.

"Are you saying that we should not consider rescuing them." Chichi spoke.

"I am not saying that Chichi, but there would be too many demons to deal with. Besides, we have not seen the full extent of Mars' power. I'm afraid…" Callista stopped speaking because images appeared before her eyes.

Darkness seemed to be everywhere. There was no sign of light anywhere. The darkness appeared to be like heavy fog. The fog began to move forward as a faint of light shone in a corner. The darkness descended upon the light and the light did it's best to repel the darkness, but it failed. The darkness totally consumed it, no trance of the light could be found. The darkness seemed to part as two cloaked strangers appeared. The cloaked figures came closer until you could almost hear their breathing. The two figures slowly began to pull back their hoods and…

Callista snapped out of the vision to find everyone's worried looks directed at her.

"Callista you alright? You zoned out for a few minutes. Was it a vision?" Irene asked.

"It was indeed a vision Irene. Darkness seemed to everywhere, no light to be found. There was only a small trace of light in a corner. The darkness seemed to overtake it and turn it into darkness. Then the darkness parted to reveal two cloaked strangers. They were about to reveal themselves, but then the vision ended. Somehow darkness is going strike, only I do not know when." Callista replied.

"How odd…two cloaked strangers? I know we could just return to [insert name] to rescue Kat and Gohan, but what about those demons and especially Mars? I have a hunch that Mars is up to something since he captured Kat and Gohan, while letting Goten go. The only thing I think we can do right now is train to wait for this darkness to make its appearance. What do the rest of you think?" Destiny said.

The queen of Dalmor eventually nodded her head. "I believe that we should train for that darkness and do what Callista and Destiny have been talking about. I would love more then anything to rescue my daughter and Gohan now, but something feels wrong with that. We must wait and see what happens." Irene said.

"I'm in favor for it." Jasper spoke up.

Eventually everyone agreed they would wait and train for the time being. Even Vegeta agreed with it.

"I believe that you can form your own groups." Callista said.

Tien and Chouzo took off to train in their special area.

Yamcha acknowledged this and took off.

Krillin and Eighteen joined with Selene and Jasper to train. Marron stayed with Bulma.

Chichi had decided to train on her own and let Goku train with Vegeta and Gotenks.

Piccolo took his leave to train in his spot.

Vegeta took Gotenks and Goku with him to train in the GR.

Only Irene and Robert remained with Destiny and Callista.

"I will be inside if you need me. Come Marron." Bulma spoke, entering Capsule Corps with Marron in tow.

"Would you two ladies like to train with us?" Robert asked.

"It would an honor to train with you." Callista responded.

The four adults took to the sky.

Vulcan paused to look at his creation. He was developing a wristband that would enable Gabriel and Jasmine to go as they please. The entire process took a lot of time because he constructed them from scratch. That way it would ensure they worked properly. Then when they were completed, the three of them would find Katherine and give her the whipping of her life.

(A/N: I don't feel up to write what exactly everyone did in a week. I plan to summarize. Sorry if you think I go too fast. I get bored of actually writing all of that stuff. I will write something else before I declare that a week has passed.)

Kat's eyes opened as she woke up to reality. The room appeared to be a bedroom. She felt different and a desire to pummel something. Her sapphire eyes found the figure of Gohan next to her and Kat knelt down to gently wake him up. Gohan stirred as he opened his eyes. He found Kat next to him. For some reason he felt stronger…

"You all right Gohan?" Kat asked.

"Of course I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? Besides I have this urge to blast somebody." Gohan replied.

"Most excellent." Mars interrupted as he entered the room.

The two saiyans stood to meet his gaze.

"So what are your wishes?" Kat inquired.

"First, you two will receive new clothes. In the closet, you will find your outfits. Once you two get dressed come to the training room." Mars spoke.

They nodded and Mars left.

Gohan and Katherine walked over to the closet and opened it. Inside were two outfits, hung just as Mars said. Kat's consisted of: a deep silver vest, a midnight blue sleeve-less leather shirt, matching leather warrior's shorts, black boots with silver outlines that came to the calf, and black gloves. Gohan's had: a deep violet shirt, black leather pants, black boots that came up to his calves.

"Who wants the bathroom?" Gohan asked.

"I'll take it Gohan. You change in the bedroom." Kat replied.

The ancient saiyan grabbed her outfit and went in the bathroom. Gohan grabbed his and set it on the bed. Kat stripped her training gi off and ki-blasted it to ashes. She slipped the midnight blue leather shirt on and then the silver vest. Next, she slipped her leather shorts on and finally the boots. Kat peered in the mirror to put her gloves on and noticed how her eyes seemed darker and colder. "Hmm…my hair…" she muttered. Her hair remained black after that incident… She saw it made her look cooler and decided it was worth waiting for the dye to grow out. Kat let her hair down and pulled it in a ponytail. She then braided the tail. Satisfied, Kat stopped before the door.

:: Gohan, you done yet? ::

Gohan stopped putting his boots on when he heard Katherine's voice in his head.

:: I'm just putting my boots on. I am fully dressed. ::

Kat opened the door and saw Gohan's outfit. "It's perfect for you Gohan." she commented.

"Oh? Your outfit is rather stunning if I might add." Gohan replied. He finished putting his boots on and came over.

"Thanks. We shouldn't keep Mars waiting." Kat said.

The duo left the bedroom and to the training room.

Videl spotted them as they came in the room. She curved a smile on her lips as she liked their new outfits. "They go very well with you two." she commented.

"Indeed. I called you two here because part of your training is about to begin. You need to train those tails of yours, so that your opponents will not take advantage of them. Shall we begin?" Mars spoke.

(A/N: Sometimes I think I have no concept of time. Now as I said earlier, now a week has passed. I will just summarize, I don't plan to write out much details.)

Everyone in the Z-Gang continued to train in hopes that the darkness Callista had a vision about would show itself, but it didn't. Callista did not have any more visions to confirm it. Currently they gathered at Capsule Corps.

"We can't give hope that they may be rescued. I have this feeling that they are okay." Selene spoke.

"They could be on the brink of death for all we know." Krillin stated.

"True, they could be Krillin. It seems strange how Mars has not shown himself. I personally don't like that." Destiny answered.

"I agree Destiny. Mars must have up his sleeve that involves my daughter and Gohan. But what?" Irene said.

"That is the question: what is his plan?" Bulma said.

Vulcan shifted his cold grey eyes from Gabriel and Jasmine. He presented his invention that would help them.

"I have imputed many locations on the wristband, including Earth. Whenever you're ready, we can go." Vulcan explained.

"We are ready to go Vulcan." Gabriel said.

Jasmine crackled her knuckles. "It's time for payback." she said.

"Very well." Vulcan said.

He, Gabriel, Jasmine disappeared.

Between her and Gohan, they had trained hard to strengthen their tails and succeeded. In addition, they also trained to become stronger. Neither could go SSJ3, but that did not matter. Gohan could now use a sword, although he preferred to use raw power. Kat liked to use both. She, Gohan, Videl and Mars stood before the pool that was used to see what was happening on Earth.

"We will not attack the remaining saiyans and their friends until the right moment. Let's see what happens in the meantime." Mars spoke.

Kat and Gohan simply gazed into the pool, watching the images form.

Videl saw some familiar faces that she scoffed at. Something was tugging at the back of her mind. *This looks promising. Why do I have this feeling something bad is going to happen?*

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So what did you think of Mars plan? Isn't it cool? Now that a week has passed, will there be a huge battle? Read Chapter 23 to find out. R & R!

White Phoenix