Gosan

Loved the last few chapters, all action packed along with the reappearances of the old villains. We get to see how how the warriors of the present go against the villains of the past, which is most interesting to know and compare, looking forward to the power levels when they come out too.

Can't wait for the showdown between the Demons and Z Warriors, it's bound to be good like the other battles. Good that you put Tien in there, battling the Super Nameks, he's doing well too, lol. Hm, I wonder what answers Piccolo would get out of Slug after he beats the crap out of him XD.

Good stuff man, keep them coming when you can post them up, I'll be reading for sure.

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Blazing Hyuuga

Ahh. I can't belive I missed so much. Lol But man. This heating up majorly. The kids are so strong. But now time to see the adults pwn, or get pwned of cource.

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Xyex

Chapter Thirty-four - The Flow of War

The ground crunched and gave under their feet as the Sai-jins continued to add power to their attack. The clashing energies had stalemated now, only a few feet beyond their outstretched hands. "Amazing...." Kibito said softly as he watched the pair now begin to repel the attack the two Demons had generated.

"It has been a long time since I witnessed mortals with powers of this level." Mikomi agreed. "Not since the days before the weakening of the Tanarians."

Kibito glanced down at his fellow Kai for a moment. "They were well before my time." Kibito said as he turned back to the battle. The two Demons were now straining to force their attack down but the Sai-jins were forcing it away at increasing speed. "Were they really this powerful?"

Mikomi nodded slightly. "Some." she said. "Their elites numbered in the hundreds. At their peak during my time as Supreme Kai they had about fifty warriors that could have fought evenly against these two. And another fifty that could have taken them with slight or no trouble. The strongest of them the day Buu came to their world... he was more than twice as powerful as Zenryou.

"The Tanarians were the strongest of the races. I am unclear as to why they had the power they did, so far beyond the other races of the universe, but they never caused problems, never posed a threat, and so we left them be. I've come to think, following the events with Majin Buu, that perhaps they were the final Mortal check on evil in the universe, the final line between what was a Mortal afair and what was a matter for the Kais."

As she finished speaking the Demons finally gave up their attack and dodged to either side alowing it and the twin Kamehameha's to sail by them into the distance. They kept their eyes on the Sai-jins below them and scowled the entire time. Goku and Bardock took a moment to catch their breath and let the tension flow from them.

"This isn't possible...." Tenma said slowly. "How can a pair of MORTALS from Shinkai be stronger than US? We have been given power from Quietus himself that exceeds that of even the Grand Mazoku...." She raised her amrs and gazed down at her hands as she clenched them into fists. "How is this... happening...."

"Pull yourself together!" Demona growled. "You're acting pathetic!"

"Well, she is pathetic." came a new voice. A soft and silky smooth voice. The two Demons turned to look behind them, those on the ground moving their gaze to look passed them, toward the source of the voice. It was a very Human looking individual with waist length white hair and red eyes wearing the same robes as the sisters.

Goku blinked and looked over to Bardock. "I can't tell... is that a guy or girl?" he asked softly.

Bardock shook his head. "Hell if I know." he answered, just as confused on the matter as his son.

"Maku!" the two Demons cried in unison.

Tenma swallowed. "Wh-what are you...?"

"I was sent to check on your progress. This world was supposed to under our control by now. I don't know about you two but I don't want to be here when the Supreme Kai shows up. Beyond that, Nefaria is still missing. She may be the weakest of the Supreme Mazoku but she is still more than we can handle."

/Nefaria?/ Mikomi wondered, furrowing her brow in thought. She knew all four Supreme Mazoku from her dealings with them when Quietus had first tried to usurp Makai. The weakest of them, then, and been Daikirai. Followed by Aku, Yokuatsu, and Neikan. /So then, one of the former Supreme Mazoku has been replaced in the last two thousand years./ she thought. /And the new one has sided with Dabura./

"Aren't you supposed to be locating Dabura?" Demona asked.

"Aku has come over to find him." Maku replied. "He was the one who sent me to check on you since you had not yet returned."

Mikomi's eyes widened. /Aku's in Shinkai, searching for Dabura!?/ she thought. /So he is still alive! We must find him as soon as possible, working together again is our only chance of stopping Quietus!/

Maku smirked and continued. "Having trouble with these Shinkai mortals? I told Lord Quietus that he was wasting his power on you. You're still as pathetic as ever."

"What was that!?" Tenma growled.

Maku smirked. "Truth hurts, doesn't it?" he asked, crossing his arms. "I mean, you can't even deal with a few weaklings. You're nothing but a waste of time and space."

Tenma's upper lip curled as she growled. Suddenly there was a flash of purple as she surged toward the other Demon. Her swing passed through thin air as Maku vanished and then re-appeared above her slamming a foot into her back. She was knocked toward the ground at high speed but managed to pull to a stop and charge back up before she hit.

Again Maku vanished, this time before she even got close. Tenma pulled to a stop quickly, ready for anything, but gasped in pain and shock as the other Demon appeared before her and slammed a knee into her stomach. Before she could recover or react an elbow slammed into the side of her head and she fell to the ground unconcious.

"Tenma!" Demona cried as she watched her sister fall until she hit the ground. Then she turned her gaze toward Maku once more. "Alright pretty boy, let's go!" she yelled charging in at him.

"Huh, I'd have guessed he was a she." Bardock said. "Either way though, he's good...."

Goku nodded. This new arrival could be a problem, assuming they ever stopped fighting themselves.

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Mortal Plane, Galactic Games Arena

Hotaru had moved back from the main group now, carefully moving Sakura out of the way of the battle with help from Goten and Trunks. Sakura's injuries, while painful and unpleasnt to see, weren't life threatening. Which was good since Hotaru didn't have any means of healing her on hand and flying to a regen tank would take time. Turning from her injured daughter she directed he gaze toward the coming fight.

Elazeba bent her knees a little and then launched forward at Gainin. The Cyborg quickly slipped around her punch, blocked the follow-up elbow, and then slammed an open palm into the back her head making her slam face first into the ground. She growled as she pushed off and flipped back onto her feet facing her opponent.

Again she launched in to attack and again Gainin avoided her punch, this time by ducking under it. And then his right arm shot out and his fist pounded into her stomach causing her to stumble back in pain. "Come on now, this can't be all you have." he said straightening up again. "I know you're holding back, you can't beat me doing that."

She growled as she held her stomach and glared at him. "Impossible... you don't have enough Ki for me to even sense it! You shouldn't even be able to see me move...." Suddenly she clenched her hands into fists and left out a yell as a blue aura flared up around her. Her power rose quickly before stopping just short of his.

As her power-up ended he noted her energy was still just as perfect as before. That meant she was still holding back. "That wont help." he said, taking a fighting stance. "If you want to beat me you'll have to stop holding back."

"Shut up!" she cried surging in.

Gainin smirked as he deflected the kick aimed for his head. The re-direct in momentum sent her off balance and he was able to slam both palms into her chest knocking her back. /Apparently I got to her./ he thought as he resumed his fighting stance. /Her power's increased but she's gotten sloppier. But there's more to it than that..../

His thoughts trailed off as he leapt over a leg sweep and fliped over her to land behind her. Standing and turning quickly he blocked another attempted kick and then countered with a spinning back hand. Elazeba managed to just duck under it and then lunged forward intending to headbutt him in the chest.

Gainin backflipped away quickly, slamming his feet up into her jaw as he did. /That was close./ he thought as he landed on his feet again. /That horn could do some serious damage if she's allowed to stab me with it. Guess I'll just have to get rid of it!/ For the first time since the battle started the Cyborg went on the offensive and launched in at her.

Elazeba froze for a moment, shocked that her opponent had suddenly taken the offensive. That moment's hesitation was all he needed. Reaching her he slammed a foot into her stomach, grabbed her horn as she doubled over from the blow, and then flipped over her and used the horn to drag her through the air and then slam her down face first into the ground.

Still holding the horn with his right hand his left foot shot out and kicked her in the head, right at the horn's base. There was a loud crack and then he stood and quickly kicked her with his other foot knocking her away. "That's better." he said smiling as he tossed her broken horn up and down in one hand.

The Demon stood slowly, somewhat dissoriented by the unexpected assault, but her mind cleared as soon as she saw what he held. She reached up and felt where her horn should have been with one hand and found nothing. In an instant her enitre demeanor transformed. Her face contorted into a look of pure rage and hatred. "BASTARD!" she roared, surging in toward Gainin, her blue aura flaring up savagely as her power climbed once more.

By the time she reached him she'd finished her power-up. Her fist slammed into his face and sent the Cyborg sailing backwards quickly. The Demon shot off after him immediately and quickly over took him before slamming a foot into his back knocking him into the sky. Again she took off and passed him and then slammed a fist into his gut driving him down into the ground.

"I think she's mad." Mijima said, arching an eyebrow. "She's also stronger than I expected, stronger than Gainin or I, and she's still not maxed out."

"Can he still win?" Vegeta asked.

Mijima remained silent for a moment as she watched her brother get back to his feet and attempt to block a punch only to get kicked in the side. But the blow was a glancing one, he managed to avoid most of it and then counter with a punch of his own. "Yeah. He can still win." she replied as the Demon was knocked onto her back. "She can't fight properly she's so mad."

Gainin had to agree with his sister's assesment as he tossed aside the broken horn and shot in to attack again. The Demon had gotten even sloppier now but... there was more to it than that. /Her attacks are wild, out of control. It's like she can't..../ His eyes widened as he easily slipped around an energy blast and realization hit him. /She can't control her power proprerly, it's like she's not used to it./

He could remember how much trouble he and his sister had initially had learning to properly manage and control their power after Doctor Gero had settled on a design. Having made an increase in power of more than 1.5 million fold it took them a while to be able to do normal things again, let alone fight properly. He was seeing the exact same things in this Demon's fighting that he'd seen in his and his sister for the first week after getting their power.

Elazeba managed to slip around his first punch but his second caught her across the jaw and then his leg slammed into the back of her head causing her to stumble. Taking advantage of the opening he spun around and slammed his heel into her face knocking her toward the other Demons. She managed to pull to as stop only a few feet away from the lizard like one. "Damn it..." she growled. "How can he be this powerful when I can't even sense anything!?"

Gainin smirked. "Because my power is artificial." he said. "I don't fight with Ki." Instead of sliping back into his fighting stance he crossed his arms. "So, how strong where you yesterday?" he asked.

"Wha-what?" Elazeba stammered. The other Demons all glanced at each other while Angel ran an appraising eye over the Mortal. Her thoughts about him had been right. He was certainly unusual. A warrior that didn't utilize Ki for his power. And apparently he'd been able to discern from the battle that they were new to their strength.

"Well." Gainin began. "You're sloppy. Your attacks are wild, the force behind them varries randomly, and you're hesitant to go to your full power."

"What's he talking about?" Videl asked.

Mijima glanced over to her and then back out at the battle. She hadn't really noticed it herself, but she hadn't been the one on the recieving end of the attacks. "When Gainin and I first got our power we couldn't even begin to control it." she said. "We were stronger than your average Human before, but after... well, you know how strong we are now. Our powers increased over a million and a half times in what seemed to us to be only an instant.

"We went to sleep before the surgery maybe five or six times stronger than the average person and woke up an hour later as two of the most powerful beings in the galaxy. It takes time to adjust to that kind of an increase in power. Surely you've experienced it as well?" she asked, looking toward Videl again.

"I... yeah, I have." she said. "I was never that good at controlling my strength to begin with. But during the training for the Cell Games, after we started staying in Super Sai-jin, it became nearly impossible to do anything without breaking something. It took me almost a week to get back to the level of control I'd had before."

"Exactly." Gainin said, grinning. "And I can tell from the way she's fighting that she's the same. She's still coming to grips with her power. Which means it's realtively new."

"You're right." Angel said. "Just a few hours ago we weren't nearly this powerful. We Demons are to Makai what the Oni are for Shinkai. Largely assistants and paper pushers. But Lord Quietus wanted an army of powerful warriors and so he gave us our power. Power to rival the Mazoku!"

Vegeta snorted. "If this is all the stronger the rulers of this 'Makai' are then you've already lost."

Angel smirked. "Lord Quietus and the Supreme Mazoku surpass anything you could ever dream of, or hope to match."

"Enough talk!" Elazeba growled, her arua flaring up again as she powered up once more. This time, when her power stablized, it wasn't even and perfect and Gainin could tell she was at full power. And her full power was going to be a problem.

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Earth, South City, EDF Detention Center

Autoro scowled as he looked around the corner into the next hall. "Where the hell are they all coming from?" he muttered under his breath.

"More of them?" Ward asked. He was covering the way they'd come incase anyone came up from behind. Jairel and Gard were currently catching their breath between the two, worn from running and fighting so much the last twenty or thirty minutes.

"At least a dozen." Autoro replied.

"Why...don't...we...just...leave...." Gard panted.

Autoro frowned and looked back at him. "Because you bozos took my helmet." he replied. "I can't fight properly without it, I need the mind link control unit to manage most of the special functions of this arm." he patted his metal arm for emphasis. "It's your own fault for locking it up on the opposite side of the building."

"We're almost there." Ward said, glancing back at the others. "Just down that hall, third door on the left, do you see it?"

"Yeah, I see it." Autoro replied, looking down the hall again. "Man, what are these guys doing? They're just standing around staring at the walls."

"Maybe... they fell... asleep?" Jairel suggested, his breathing almost back to normal.

"Do Zombies even sleep?" Ward asked.

Autoro snorted. "Who knows, who cares. I should have enough energy to blast them all to dust though. Without the helmet I can't get a read on their power levels but these things have all been wimps so far."

"Easy for you to say." Gard said straightening up. "Jairel and I have done all the fighting."

Autoro grinned. "Exactly my point. You aint dead yet so these punks are wimps." He moved away from the wall and out into the hall. "Stand back, I'll deal with these ones." he said. As he stopped in the center of the hall he looked over the Zombies again but they weren't even moving in the slightest.

He was just about to bring his arm up to fire off an attack when the building suddenly shuddered under the force of an explosion from outside and the Zombies all toppled over onto the ground. "The hell?" Autoro wondered, staring at them. "They're all... dead."

"That's what a Zombie is." Jairel piped up.

"I know what a Zombie is!" Autoro yelled back. "But I mean these ones aint moving. There's no one home. Whatever brought them back must have left or something."

Ward made his way over to one of them carefully, just incase it was faking or something, but got no reaction from it. "I don't think it's... dead." he said, unable to find a better word. "The eyes are still moving a little. Maybe they're dazed or something?"

"Who cares, let's just go!" Jairel said as he hurried down the hall to the door leading into the evidence locker. He punched in the access code quickly and the door slid open. A glance around inside showed the room was empty and he rushed in, grabbed the helmet Autoro had been wearing when brought in, and came back out. "Here." he called, tossing it to the man.

Autoro grinned as he quickly pulled it out of the bag it was in. He took a look over the damage it had received during his capture but it looked largely superficial. Hopefully it was. He donned it quickly and fastened it in place. A moment later the visor lit up as the helmet came to life.

MIND LINK SYSTEM... OK. NOW ENGAGING MIND LINK......... MIND LINK NOW ACTIVE. RUNNING SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SCAN. PRIMARY POWER CORE... OK. SECONDARY POWER CORE... OK. ENERGY CELL 1... OK. ENERGY CELL 2... OK. ENERGY CELL 3... OK. ENERGY CELL 4... OK. ENERGY ABSORPTION SYSTEM... OK. KI SCANNER... OK. TARGETING SYSTEM... OK. POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM... OK. NOW BRINGING PRIMARY POWER CORE TO MAXIMUM OUTPUT.......... MAXIMUM OUTPUT OBTAINED. TOTAL AVAILABLE POWER.... 494,203. ALL SYSTEMS CLEAR. OPERATIONAL STATUS: GOLD.

"Alright, time to kick some Zombie ass." Autoro grinned from within the helmet.

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raditz_saiyan_hero

Another interesting chapter. I'm excited to see the end of the Gainin fight, which is weird because I'm not that big of a Gainin fan. Please hurry with the next chapter

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ultra_blade

Man, awesome chapter. You did so well in that Gainin fight, so well that I could imagine it happening on tv, so great. They should make this into a tv show, you know. Get Akira to like read this and sign a copyright contract or w/e. Then make it into an Anime. That would be cool as! Can't wait for the next chapter. =]

Xyex

Sorry about the delay. It's just been too damned hot to write lately so it took a while to finish the most recent chapter. But it's been cooling off so, with luck, I'll be able to write a bit more frequently now.

Chapter Thirty-five - Namekian Showdown

Vadora growled to herself as she watched Tien just block an attack from a second, weaker, Namek. "You must be Slug." he said as he pulled away from the smaller Namek. The more aged appearance being his clue as to which was which.

"What do we do?" Akemi asked, looking up at Vadora.

The Sai-jin shook her head. "There isn't anything we ca..." she stopped as she felt a power approaching quickly. An instant later there was a burst of green as Piccolo arrived, cape billowing out behind him.

"I thought that was you two I sensed." he said, getting the attention of the pair of Nameks. "It's been a while, old friend."

Slug blinked as he looked at Piccolo. "Your energy is changed." he said after a moment. "You've merged with that other Namek, the half of Zildar that I spoke with on Earth."

Piccolo gave a slight nod. "I have." he replied. "Now I am neither Zildar or his son, but something more. And we have things we must... discuss." Piccolo floated down until he was level with Slug and Tien and kept his eyes on the two Nameks to make sure they didn't try to take advantage of the Human's lowered defenses.

"I remember... everything. Everything my father knew. I remember Frigid attacking our world and Razor stepping in to 'help' us. I find it hard to believe that his intervention and your subsequent stint gathering resources from various planets are unrelated. Especially considering the circumstances at hand."

Slug smirked. "And what circumstances would those be?"

"Raven." Piccolo replied simply. He noted the shocked looks on the two's faces and smirked. "So, I was right. She was involved in the awakening of our powers. What's their game? What are they up to? Who is her mate?"

Slug's shocked expression cleared and he started laughing. "Why should I tell?" he asked.

Piccolo shrugged. "A simple gesture to an old friend." he replied. "Besides, what's it hurt to talk now? They got you killed, didn't they? Sending you to Earth...."

"We weren't sent to Earth." Sanil said barely above a whisper so as to not deafen them with his booming voice. "We were told to stay clear of the planet, that it was off limits."

"But I've never been good at taking or following orders." Slug added. "So when it turned up that Earth was the closest world to us at the time we decided to see what their interest in the planet was. If they'd clued us in a little more to the facts we never would have gone there. We knew the details we needed to know, we just hadn't drawn the connection ourselves until it was too late."

Piccolo scowled. /So, these two weren't a part of the plan, then?/ he wondered. /Hmmm, perhaps they assumed the warning from Trunks and Sakura was enough for Bardock, Gohan, and myself to be prepared by the time the Androids arrived?/ He decided he needed to confirm what was their doing and what was merely speculation on his part. "What about Recoome's attack on Tanaria? Or Cooler coming here?"

Slug shrugged. "I know Recoome works for them." he said. "The entire Ginyu force, minus Guldo, is under their employ. We had an encounter with them once that only avoided coming to blows by their intervention. Though I can't say as to if Recoome was sent to Tanaria or not. And as far as I know there was nothing more than a standing agreement between them and Cooler stating they would offer him any aid he requested. If he ever took them up on it I never heard of it."

The Namek scowled more. The answers weren't answering as much as he'd hoped. And they were presenting new questions. Something in the way Slug phrased his response.... "What do you mean 'works' for them?" he asked. "Recoome is dead, again. So is Ginyu."
Slug laughed again. "Do you really think the deaths of their soldiers is something they hadn't expected? That they hadn't planned for? Just because we've died doesn't mean we're no longer working for them."

Piccolo's eyes widened and he swallowed. "Then... this...."

"Exactly!" Slug declared, laughing even more. "Even in death we work toward their goals. All of those who work for them are given assignments to carry out after death. It was we who moved the Blood Crystal from the H.F.I.L. down into Hell. We who crossed the Realms into Makai to recruit Demons loyal to Quietus to aid us in our goals. And it was Razor who supplied us with the magic needed to release the Blood Crystal and free Quietus from his prison.

"This is just the next phase of their plan. The raising of an army of unparalleled size and power. The might of an entire Realm at their disposal! They've got everything planned out already, the entire thing orchestrated from day one into perfect perfection. The ultimate unbeatable plan."

Piccolo shook his head. "Plans are never unbeatble, never infallible. Conditions can not be so easily controlled and managed. The fact that you were killed on Earth is proof enough that even they can make mistakes."

"Perhaps." Slug replied. "But errors on an individual level such as the one I made do not effect the overall outcome. In fact, they've already anticipated them which is why we're all given post-death missions. They've got a hundred contingency plans in place per member of their army. If anything goes in an unexpected way they simply alter the effected portion of their plan until it all lines up again."

Piccolo scowled again. Bassed on what, admittedly little, he knew about Raven and her plans what Slug said made sense. He didn't like it one bit, though. They weren't just a few steps behind these people, they were miles behind. The current situation was obvious proof of that. "So, I take it you're not interested in changing sides?" he asked at last.

Slug smirked, clenched his fists, and then left out a yell as he began to grow bigger. A moment later he was as large as Sanil, though not as powerful. "Zildar may have been stronger than me before but you're no match for me now!" Slug rumbled.

Piccolo smirked as his green aura burst to life around him. He hunched over, clenched his hands into fists, and left out a yell as his power climbed. It only took a moment to reach and match the other two Nameks and it kept right on going. When his power-up finally came to and end he was more than three times stronger than either of them. "You were saying?" he asked.

"How... how is that... possible?" Slug asked, wide eyed. "How could your power have increased this much!?"

"When I was on Namek before, just prior to Frieza's arrival there, I merged with another Namek by the name of Nail. The strongest Namekian warrior on the planet and one that had greatly surpassed our previous unenhanced strength. I then had my hidden powers awoken by the planet's Guardian. That was the power you fought on Earth." Piccolo explained.

"That was followed by three years of intense training, my merge with Kami which awakened Zildar's power, of which I'd previously only had access to a small fraction of, and then followed up with two more years of intensive training under special conditions. The last seven years I haven't been as serious with my training as I had been during those five but I've kept up a pace that would have put the two of us to shame back on Namek."

Sanil looked over to Slug. "Father."

Slug's eyes narrowed and then he nodded slowly as he turned to face Sanil. Piccolo's eyes narrowed as he wondered what they were up to and then snapped wide in shock and worry as he saw Slug place his hand on Sanil's chest.

"Damnit!" he cried surging in, but it was too little too late. An instant after he began moving Slug's voice bellowed out over the terrain as his arua flared up massively around him like a green sun. "This is not good...." Piccolo growled as he drifted back. "Not good at all."

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City Outskirts

"There's the city." Raditz said as their group flew. They'd encountered a few pockets of battle along the way, where the planet's soldiers intercepted some of the attackers heading for the city, but had largely ignored those. Defense of the city itself was more important. There were a lot of civilians in the city, people who'd come to watch the tournament. Nova glanced around at the size of the city. Even from this distance she could tell it was large.

"We should split up." Sango said. "It'll be faster that way, the attacking forces are spreading out through the whole city."

"I don't have any way of locating Cold." said Nova. "Other than simply searching the streets and that would take too long."

"I'm not sensing any powers that are beyond us other than Cold." Yamcha said as his eyes scanned back and forth along the edge of the quickly nearing city. "A few higher than Sango but other than Cold none of them are as high as Krillin or I. We could have someone go with you to help you find Cold while the rest of us split up."

Senator Vegeta nodded. "Sounds like a good plan to me." he said. "And as much as I'd like to be there to see Cold sent back where he belongs I think it should be Raditz that goes." He glanced over to the other Sai-jin as he spoke. "Like the rest of your family you're stronger than I am, and stronger than Cold is."

"Right." Raditz nodded.

"That's fine with me, I just want to be the one to deal with him." Nova said. "We have a few things to settle."

"Oh, hey." Krillin started. "Nova, what about your ship? The soldiers on it?"

The Changeling glanced over to him for a moment before turning her gaze forward again. "In all the commotion I had forgotten that they were out there still." she said. "Adding them to our forces could be helpful though I'm worried that not everyone would recognize them as allies.... I suppose, though, that it's a chance that we'll have to take."

"Here." Vegeta said, holding out a communicator.

Nova gave him a nod as she took it and put it on. Activiting it she then adjusted the settings to patch in with her ship's communications. "This is Queen Nova, do you read?"

"This is Hydra." came the voice of her long time friend and ally. "It's good to hear from you, we were getting worried."

"There's plenty to worry about." Nova replied. "Are you still in silent mode?"

"Yes ma'am." Hydra responded, concern in her voice. "What's going on? Has something happened?"

Nova remained silent for a moment as she considered how to best explain what was unfolding around them. "Complete chaos." she said at last. "I don't quite understand what's happening myself but... a war of sorts has broken out."

"A... war?"

"Yes. This world is currently under seige by the dead and by Demons.... I want my Elites down here to support the Sai-jin's forces. Don't worry, the Sai-jins already know about me, but don't expect everyone down here to consider you allies."

"If it's really that bad are you sure just the elites are enough?"

"This is out of the league of anyone but the elites." Nova replied. "You'll understand once you've put the ship in active mode again and are able to scan the planet for power levels." She paused as they crossed the city limits and started flying over buildings. "I'll contact you again when I have the chance, just get the elites to Saiya City." And with that she shut off the communicator and handed it back to Vegeta.

"Alright, split up!" he ordred has he returned the device to his ear. In a flash the six of them divided into five groups and spread out through the city.

Nova pulled to a stop as she saw Raditz do the same. Turning to look she saw him gazing off into the distance, eyes wide. "What is it?" she asked, turning to look the way he was as well. Just over the horizion she could see bright green light.

"I'm not sure." he replied. "There's a huge power flaring up right on top of Piccolo...." He shook his head. "We'll worry about it later, right now we have a city to defend."

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Planet Vegeta, Galactic Games Arena

Tien held his arms up over his face to shield himself and turned away from the churning power before him. The cries of the two Nameks had fadded away into the roar of the energy and their power was still growing quickly. "This is impossible...." Vadora breathed as the light flared even larger and brighter.

The sphere of green light began to swirl around at increasing speed as it started to shrink. The ground under the outwashing energy ripped apart and a crater formed as the backwash of power intensified. Once it was at half its former size a shadowy form became visible. And then in a burst of green the light vanished leaving behind a single normal sized Namek. Slug. Young once more thanks to the fusion.

Slug began laughing as he clenched and unclenched his fists. "This is incredible! Even more power than I had imagined!" he cried.

Meanwhile Piccolo was cursing under his breath. Things could have been worse, much worse, but that didn't mean they weren't bad just the same. The new Slug outclassed him in power by more than enough to be a serious problem. He quickly reached up and pulled off his cape and turban, tossing them aside as he contemplated battle plans. But the only tactics he could think of that would enable a win involved charging one of his more powerful attacks.

Somehow, he doubted Slug would just stand by and wait for it. He needed some means of distracting or stalling the Namek long enough to attempt an attack. He cast a quick glance around at his available aid. Tien, Vadora, Akemi, and the now stirring Cheri. /Damn. The only one that could likely be of help would be Tien, but it'd likely kill him in the process./ the Namek though sourly.

His attention was drawn back to Slug as the Namek suddenly fired off a blast of energy. Piccolo moved quickly and prepared to deflect it but never got the chance. A streak of green appeared before him and then the ball of yellow green energy vanished. Absorbed by Eskarga. "I believe this belongs to you!" he said, before firing off an attack of equal power to the one Slug had launched.

"Thought you could use a little help." Eskarga said, glancing back, as Slug easily deflected the attack. He drifted back a little so that he was beside Piccolo and then spoke softly so that only the one Namek could hear him. "If you can draw his attention I can get behind him and siphon off some of his energy, bring him down to a more managable level." he said.

"But I can only increase my power up to one hundred times it's normal level at any given time. Once I reach that level I can't absorb anymore until I burn off what I've already got. So it'll take at least four tries to get him down to something more your level, five tries to really even things out."

Piccolo smirked. "If you think you can do it then I can keep him busy."

Eskarga nodded and then shot off to the left. Slug's eyes started to follow him but then quickly redirected to Piccolo as the powerful Namek charged him. Piccolo lashed out with a hard left for Slug's head but the other blocked it easily and countered with a punch aimed toward Piccolo's stomach. He just barely slipped around that and then slammed a fist into the other's chest to very little effect.

"Heh heh heh, that tickles." Slug said, smirking. "Though I must admit, fighting you like this sure does bring back memories."

Piccolo snorted and then thrust an arm out and fired a blast of energy into Slug's face before shooting backward quickly and placing two fingers to his forehead, energy sparking at their tips. The blast to Slug's face temporarily blinded him and when his vision cleared again Piccolo was already thirty yards away.

"You don't really think I'll give you the opportunity to use my own attack against me, do you?" Slug asked as he prepared to give chase. But he stopped as a hand suddenly grabbed him by wrist and an odd sensation came over him. He looked down at his wrist and found a green hand which he followed back along an extended green arm to the other Namek from a moment before. "What do you think you're doing?" he growled, giving his arm a jerk.

The motion pulled the other Namek in toward him quickly. He wasn't nearly strong enough to be a threat, even though his power was increasing.... /Wait, what is this... my energy... it's... dropping?/ Slug wondered as the other Namek continued to near. /No, not dropping... it's leaving... but, how?/

His eyes widened as he realized the other Namek's power was increasing at the same rate his was dropping. /He's stealing it somehow! Well, I'll just have to..../ his train of the thought ended there as a voice called out from behind him.

"Special Beam Cannon!"

Slug spun around and saw the spiriling beam of energy surging right for his head. He also realized quickly that while he'd been distracted by the other Namek Piccolo had moved in close again. The short distance and the speed of the attack meant that he barely had time to dodge.

As Eskarga pulled back from the battle again, his absorption limit reached, and Slug just avoided being hit from the incoming attack, Piccolo began firing off a volley of energy blasts. The Special Beam Cannon had just been a decoy, a stalling tactic. He'd barely put any power behind it and he'd never expected it to do damage, even if it had hit. As Slug turned from the dodged attack he found himself surrounded by balls of golden energy with more of them still coming. "You try whatever you like." Slug said with a smirk. "But there's no way you can beat me!"

Piccolo snorted. "We'll see about that!" he called, bringing his hands together and causing the energy spheres to surge in at the Namek. Slug quickly thrust his arms out as the energy neared. An instant later the attacks began exploding and lighting up the sky, the loud bangs thundering across the open plain and shaking the ground below.

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kiomori

Great chapter! The fights are getting more interesting. I'm also wondering how strong Raditz is, if what Vegeta said is true. Looking forward to the next chapter!

ultra_blade

I like this chapter even more than the last, Slug and Sail merging as one was very unexpected, but Piccolo will own as he usually does. I can't wait to see Raditz in action Stronger than Senator Vegeta he's finally catching up to his families expectations! Can't wait for next chapter and please don't make us wait too long =].

Blazing Hyuuga

Lol Slug doing his thing. I want to see him win IDK why.

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Xyex

Well, it has been cooler but writers block and getting re-hooked on GTA:SA, Pokemon Yellow, and Golden Sun has caused writing to go slowly anyway. I'm still not quite done with Chapter 45 but I figured getting this out now would be ok and I'll just have to force myself to sit down and write tonight. XD

Chapter Thirty-six - Defense of the City

"This way!" Bulma called to the crowd of people, motioning them down the street toward a near-by theater. Chaotzu was floating near the theater doors holding them open with telekinesis and keeping a look out for appraochign Zombies. The crowd of civilians, largely alien but with some Sai-jins among them, hurried as they followed the purple haired woman's guidance.

Bulma hadn't been able to just sit back and do nothing during the current crisis. Her husband, son, and friends were heading off the bulk of the theat but there were still thousands upon thousands of Zombie's flooding in to the city so she'd quickly enlisted the help of those she could find in the palace to see to the safety of those in the city.

This was the fifth group they'd guided through the city streets to some sort of shelter. Saiya City had a normal resident population of around twenty million people. With all the Sennari business and the Galactic Games that number had increased to almost fifty million. Nearly seventy percent of those in the city were not fighters. And of those that were at least half weren't strong enough to combat the Zombies.

That meant there were around seventeen and a half million people in the city that needed protected. She'd been going around with Chaotzu, Roshi, Toma, Tangerie, Mango, Akira, Aiko, Kavar, Yuki, Kazuki, and Dubibub seeing to those people. They were finding the little pockets of them where they hid and guiding them to more securable locations. Mango had been left to guard the first group they'd gathered while Akira had been left to guard the second. Kavar was watching over the third and Aiko stood watch over the fourth.

"Who are we going to leave to guard this group?" Choatzu asked as the people began to pour in to the theater. There were almost a thousand people in the current group and the theater was only designed to hold four hundred. They'd all fit but it'd be cramped. Still, it was better than leaving them in the streets.

"I'll take this one." Dubibub said. "My worry is the next group and the group after that. We're starting to run out of guards and there's still a lot of people out there."

"I know." Bulma said as her eyes scanned the area for any signs of attackers. "Roshi and I can barely deal with the weaker Zombies... even Chaotzu's out matched by the stronger ones. That means Yuki, Kazuki, Toma, and Tangerie are the only ones left to be guards but we'll need to keep one of them with us for protection too."

"So only three more groups." Tangerie said as she landed behind Bulma. She'd been scouting the area for another defensible location to take refugees to. "I'd feel better if you left Toma stay with you." she said, glancing at Bulma. "I'd rather have a Sai-jin guarding you then someone else and he's stronger than I am."

Bulma frowned a little. She'd been dealing with Toma, Tangerie, and Mango's complaints ever since she started organizing the rescue mission. The three Sai-jins had been adamantly opposed to her going into the city. It had taken a show of force and pulling of rank to get them to stop complaining, though all three had continued to voice their concerns and dislike of the situation at any available chance.

She'd only convinced Mango to remain behind at the first post because she still had everyone else with her to keep her safe. Toma and Tangerie had both since resisted being posted as guards as they were the last two Sai-jins in the group and weren't willing to leave the Queen's protection up to others. She couldn't entirely fault the three of them though, especially not Mango or Tangerie, as they weren't doing it entirely out of duty but because they were all friends.

Still, that didn't stop it from being annoying. "You can deal with any of the Zombies we come across." Bulma said.

"We don't know what else might be out there." Tangerie replied. "It's better to leave you with a stronger guard."

"Then I can stay with her and someone else can take this post." Dubibub said. "I am the strongest of us left in the group."

Before Tangerie was able to voice her opinion on the matter a cascade of screams started from the far end of the group of refugees. Instantly she and Dubibub took off to check on the comotion. A few blasts of energy and explosions told Bulma all she needed to know. A group of Zombies had found them.

Suddenly Tangerie was charging back toward her position carrying Roshi, who'd been left to guard their rear and keep watch for attack. The old master was unconcious. "We have a problem." she said, setting Roshi down. "Something worse than Zombies have found us. Dubibub and I took out a few of them but the three left are giving him a hard time."

"What?" Bulma asked, shocked.

"What do we do?" asked Choatzu. "Where are Kazuki and Yuki?"

"Still scouting around." the Sai-jin replied. "They'll return once they notice the battle, but that could be a few minutes yet."

"So, we're on our own for now...." Bulma started. But she was cut off as the crowd scattered wildly in fear and panic. Dubibub and just been knocked into the building beside the theater taking out the rear protection the group had had.

The rubble shifted and fell as Dubibub climbed back out of the damaged building into the quickly emptying streets. "Alright, whoever sucker punched me is going down." he said, wipping a trickle of blood off his chin.

"Heh heh heh." a voice laughed from behind the thinning crowd. "Highly unlikely."

The voice sounded familiar and then Tangerie's eyes widened in shock as the crowd seperated enough to reveal its source. "Yang!?" she cried. "But... you... you died on Earth!"

Yang smirked. "And now I have been revived by the great power of Quietus, new ruller of everything!" he delcared, raising his arms and clenching his hands into fists. "And stronger than I was while alive as well, I might add, also thanks to Quietus."

"You know him?" Bulma asked.

Tangerie nodded. "He worked at the palace once, back before the incident with Nappa. In fact, he left with Zarbon that day. He was one of the ones that went with Zarbon to Earth." As she spoke she reached up and activated her scouter. She'd had it set to handle other data and not alert her to powers but now she adjusted it to read the power of the formerly dead alien before her.

The scouter started beeping wildly as it locked on to the near-by powers. In an instant it had locked on to seven powers and was quickly scanning their levels. One of the seven was Dubibub and she ingored that. Five of them were nearing their location and ranged from around 34,000 to over 100,000. And Yang's power was.... "61,233!?" She cried in shock. That was more than double what he'd been last she heard!

"There you are." came another voice from above and behind Yang. Those on the ground looked up and saw the other five powers Tangerie's scouter had locked onto. The one that had spoken was the strongest of them at 102,419 and was as easily unmistakable.

It wasn't just Tangerie that knew him. Bulma and Chaotzu did as well and it was the Human woman that spoke up first. "Z-Zarbon!" she cried in shock.

Zarbon turned his gaze from Yang to the others. "Interesting find you've made, Yang." he said, tilting his head a little. "Odd little gathering, isn't it?"

Tangerie moved quickly to stand between Bulma and the new arrivals. She knew it was a futile action, there was no way she could block an attack from any of them, especially not Zarbon, but she had to do what she could to protect the woman. "Why are you here?" she demanded, her eyes roaming over the others.

She found she knew all of them, Kui, Kuwa, Vashon, and Dodoria. Zarbon's attack force from the battle on Earth. /Damnit, even if Mango were here this would be a pointless battle./ she thought. /Even without transforming Zarbon's got her outmatched. I guess Yang wasn't kidding about them getting a power boost./

"I think she means to fight us." Vashon said, laughing.

"I find it interesting she's being so defensive of the other woman." Yang said. "You don't get a Sai-jin guarding someone so much weaker than them very often. She has to be someone of importance somewhere."

Tangerie blinked and looked back at Bulma. Both of them were wondering why the two didn't know about Bulma. They may have all died before she even came to Planet Vegeta but surely they'd gained information of events following their deaths since then. She was about to turn back to their attackers when her scouter went off as it found a new power approaching. The numbers climbed quickly finally settling at 124,934. The Sai-jin started to grin as soon as she saw the reading. She recognized the level down to the last digit.

"I think she's lost it." Kui laughed. "Her fear has driven her insane."

Suddenly there was a flash of red above and behind Bulma and then a click as someone landed beside Tangerie. "You have excellent timing, Sango." the Sai-jin said.

"Thought you could use some help." the Tanarian replied, looking toward the other woman. "The others are taking care of the rest of these idiots." She then turned her focus back to the formerly dead aliens. "You should have just left and made the most of your new lives when you had the chance."

Dodoria laughed. "You think you can beat us?"

Sango smirked and then vanished. There was a series of loud cracks as she took out the would be attackers one by one. In less than two seconds only Dodoria and Zarbon were still standing and Sango was standing behind the wide alien, her back to his. "No." she said, startling him. "I know I can."

Dodoria started to turn but Sango's elbow shot back and slammed into his neck snapping it. The alien fell forward and hit the ground with a thud. The Tanarian turned to face her last remaining opponent. "Well, I guess that just leaves you."

Zarbon growled. "You may have beaten them but you can't beat me!" he cried launching in. She slipped around his punch with ease and then slamed her knee into his stomach causing him to double over in pain. Before he had a chance to react her open palm slamed into the back of his head knocking him into the ground.

She was about to finish up with her final blow when a burst of energy caused her to stumble back. When she got her footing again she saw a fist heading for her face. Unable to dodge in time she was hit hard and sent back into a building. /What the hell?/ she wondered as she pulled herself free. Climbing to her feet she saw that Zarbon's appearance had changed considerably. /So, that's it, a transformation./

Sango smiled. "That wont save you."

Zarbon laughed. "You can't handle my full power! You can act tough all you want but I can tell from that little exchange that you're no match for me."

"Funny, I was about to say the exact same thing to you." Sango replied, brushing a little dust off her shoulder. "You want a battle of full power against full power? Alright then, let's go. Itsutsu Kinryoku!" In a burst and flash of silver Sango surged in and slammed an energy incased fist into Zarbon's stomach. Suddenly there was a bright flash of red as she released an energy blast through his stomach. "Looks like you lose."

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Orange Drive

"Payback time! Nibai Kinryoku!" Krillin called as he charged toward a group that was about to attack Mango. The Human recognized three of the five attackers. Kamandur, the lacky of Slug's that had batted him around on Earth, and Jeice and Burter, two of the Ginyu Force he'd met on Namek.

"Pinda, Omta, move it!" Jeice called as he barely slipped around the charging warrior.

"The shrimp's gotten better since Namek." Burter said he watched Krillin turn around and come toward them again. "But not good enough!" The tall blue alien charged in at Krillin and the Human barely avoided a kick to the face. "Get back here!" Burter cried chasing after him.

"Heh heh, that's right, just follow me." Krillin said softly as he glanced back behind him. He clenched his hands into fists and began gathering energy quickly. Once he had enough he pulled to a stop and turned around raising an arm above his head. Quickly the energy gathered together and flattened into a spinning disc. "Destructo Disc!" he called pitching it forward.

As soon as the first was off he fired off another and then another and another. In seconds five discs were arcing through the air, one for each target. Burter saw his coming and swerved to the left but the disc followed and, a second later, sliced through him. The other four didn't even see them coming, they'd turned their attention back to Mango and the building she was guarding.

Krillin landed beside her a second later as she was wiping blood off of her armor. "Thanks shorty." she said.

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Lemon Lane

"YUKI!" Kazuki cried as he surged down toward his falling sister. Smoke drifted up from her body as chared fabric broke from her Gi. She'd managed to block the attack her opponent had launched but it had been way too strong for her to defend against. If it hadn't been for her barrier she would have been completely incinerated. Even with it he wasn't entirely sure she had survived.

He was still dozens of feet away and she was almost on the ground when a streak of silver surged through and scooped her up. He pulled to a stop and looked around finally spotting Yamcha laying Yuki down behind him. He descended quickly and landed beside her. "How is she?"

Yamcha shook his head. "She's alive but...." he sighed. "Just barely. We need to get her to a Regen Tank or she wont make it."

"Good." a voice said from above them. Yamcha turned and scowled up at the woman. Erzix. One of the ones who'd attacked Tanaria with Recoome. "Payback for the last time. Those silver haired brats all look the same to me so I don't know if she's one of the ones directly responsible for my death but it doesn't matter. My goal in life is to see every last one of them dead."

"Over my dead body." Yamcha said, standing up.

Erzix smirked. "If you insist." she said, charging down at them.

"Itsutsu Kinryou!" Yamcha cried as he launched up at her. Erzix's eyes widened at the other's speed and she tried to dodge to the side but Yamcha reached her first and slammed a fist into her face with a loud crack. She was knocked up higher into the air for a few hundred feet and then plummeted to the streets below. She was dead before she hit the ground.

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Pea Avenue

"That's Cold, but who's he with?" Raditz asked as he and Nova neared their destination. "I've never seen any of them before."

"Nor have I." Nova replied.

As they neared they began to overhear Cold speaking. "Honestly, where did that woman go?" he said, crossing his arms. "She sees one of those Tanarian's and suddenly she takes off. Wyver, you know her...."

"Bad experiences with the Tanarians." the alien answered. "Probably wants revenge."

"I say she's an idiot." said an orange skinned guy with wings. "There's some pretty nasty powers out there, I wouldn't want to run into them alone, that's for sure."

"Quit being such a coward, Doro." said the last member of the group.

"Shut it, Angira." the alien retorted. "The kid that beat Sanil's around here somewhere. I, for one, don't want to meet him without protection. And chasing after Tanarians? That's a death wish if I ever heard of one, you know what that one girl did to Frieza."

"That was a fluke." Cold interupted.

"No, that was just her and Trunks kicking your ass." Raditz said, smirking, from just a few feet behind the group.

The four spun around quickly in shock. Cold's shock only grew when he spotted Nova beside Raditz. "Another Changeling? Here?" he wondered aloud.

"It's been a long time, Cold." Nova said, crossing her arms. She was trying to put on an act of confidence but there was a growing knot in the pit of her stomach. She knew the power she'd gained from that fruit, power she'd learned was likely permanent, put her over the former Changeling King. But spending nearly two hundred years much weaker than him and living in fear of him and his learning of her ancestry was trying to override her logic.

"Oh, do we know each other?" Cold asked, raising an eyebrow.

"One hundred and seventeen years ago you caught one of the palace slaves trying to sabotage your ship." Nova said. "A friend of mine by the name of Myst."

Cold gave the Changeling before him a once over with his eyes as he thought back to that incident. As his vision settled on her horns recognition dawned on him. "Ah, you were the one that made the outburst." he said nodding. "I must say, I was rather impressed, you never screamed once."

Nova scowled and then smiled softly. "Then I must appologize for doing so now." she said before uncrossing her arms, hunching over, and the letting out a yell as she began to power-up and transform. In a matter of moments she'd finished her transformation and reached her full power.

Cold smirked. "You intend to fight me?" he laughed. "Did that beating I gave you knock a few screws loose?"

"No. I don't intend to fight you." Nova said. "I intend to kill you. Once and for all. And put an end to the suffering your branch of our family has caused."

The other Changeling blinked in confusion. "What do you mean 'our family'?"

Nova smirked, all the worry and fear flowing from her body as knowledge that it was all about to finally be over filled her in its place. "Our family lines are related. To each other and to Frost and Tundra. But I don't feel like explaining it all to you, ask Kuriiza when next you see him in the afterlife. He can explain it."

Cold snorted. "I wont be dying anytime soon. Even if what you say has any truth to it, if you had the power to defeat me you'd have tried long ago."

"I didn't get the power until recently. But, if you think I'm bluffing, then go ahead and try me."

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