Xyex

No new computer yet, damnit. Still delayed though, due to various causes. Expect more delays constantly from here on out. As November is nearly upon us (3 and a half months @_@) I've begun my ground work for this year's NaNo and that will consume much time. I've also begun working on another novel as well, so that'll be cutting into fanfic writing as well. But I will get chapters done and posted quickly as I can.

Also, I've decided that since I can't edit the existing Database thread, nor can I post one do the the suckiness of this computer, nor can I send PMs for the same reason to have someone else (plus that's just a lot of hassle) I will, at least for the time being, post the powerlevels here in the his thread for sections as they finish. So, before moving on to the next chapter, I'll list up levels up through the tournament.

There's a LOT of powers here. You have been warned. XD

-=East Laketown=-
-Good-
EDF Troops - 200 to 500
Dubibub - 41,258
Videl - 4,236,201
+ RSSJ - 43,000,000
Gohan - 4,112,738
+ RSSJ - 45,000,000
Piccolo (supressed) - 9,000,000

-Bad-
Drones - 1,000 (each)
Autoro - 75,000
+ Videl Energy - 501,267

-=Rescuing Marron=-
-Good-
Cheri - 214,641
Goten - 351,208
Trunks - 377,097
Sakura - 64,153
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 128,306
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 192,459
Akemi - 22,356

-Bad-
Torrac - 122,687
Rycel - 129,684
Apalla - 131,027
Rhubar - 134,552
Ornja - 171,035

-=Galactic Games=-
-Good-
Bulma - 201
Vadora - 42,946
+ Kaio Ken(25) - 1,073,650
Cheri - 214,641
+ Energy Drain(1) - 56,132
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 168,392
+ Kaio Ken - 252,594
+ Energy Drain(2) - 131,252
+ Drained Base - 29,167
+ Oozaru - 291,670
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 875,010
Goten - 351,208
+ SSJ - 14,399,528
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 28,799,056
Trunks - 377,097
+ SSJ - 15,083,880
Sakura - 64,153
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 128,306
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 192,459
+ Yottsu Kinryoku - 256,612
+ ST - 1,026,448
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 2,052,896
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 3,079,344
Akemi - 22,356
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 44,712
+ ST - 357,696
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 715,392
+ ST2 - 2,861,568
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 5,723,136
Mijima - 45,000,000
Gainin - 45,000,000
Sango - 124,934
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 624,670
Raditz - 1,638,490
+ KK(10) - 16,384,900
+ KK(20) - 32,769,800
Krillin - 301,442
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 602,884
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 904,326
+ Yottsu Kinryoku - 1,205,768
Yamcha - 238,915
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 477,830
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 716,745
+ Yottsu Kinryoku - 955,660
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 1,194,575
Tien - 584,798
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 2,923,990
+ KK(5) - 14,619,950
+ Super Human - 1,169,596
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 5,847,980
+ KK(5) - 29,239,900
Hotaru - 437,842
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 2,189,210
+ ST - 7,005,472
+ Itsutsu Kinryoku - 35,027,360
+ ST2 - 56,043,776
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 112,087,552
+ Sanjuu Kinryoku - 168,131,328
+ Kameryokuha - 305,619,784
+ ST3 - 224,175,104
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 448,350,208
+ Tired - 401,064,978
+ Ikioi Reikon Kougeki - 400,000,000
Piccolo - 9,000,000
+ Powered-up - 20,000,000
Vegeta - 5,935,012
+ Supressed SSJ - 178,050,360
+ SSJ - 445,125,900
+ Tired - 392,946,723
+ SSJ2 - 797,893,446
+ SSJ2 - 890,251,800
Videl - 4,236,201
+ SSJ - 423,620,100
Gohan - 4,112,738
+ SSJ - 411,273,800
Senator Vegeta - 10,334,187
+ Full power - 16,197,644
Chaotzu - 1,536
Toma - 14,994
Tangerie - 6,038
Mango - 88,452
Pug - 9,854,876
Akira - 49,305
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 98,610
Aiko - 29,864
+ Wakusei Seiryoku - 83,624
Kavar - 30,187
+ Transformed - 36,224
+ Nibai Kinryoku - 72,448
Niono - 102,314
Peach - 99,403
Kazuki - 27,133
Yuki - 26,012
Eskarga - 41,203
+ Cheri's Energy(1) - 199,712
+ Cheri's Energy(2) - 321,054
Dubibub - 41,258
Tatamo - 30,000
+ Full Power (Weights) - 33,857,067
+ Full Power (W/out Weights) - 45,142,756
Nova - 330,771
+ Second Form (25%) - 661,542
+ Second Form (50%) - 1,323,084
+ Second Form (75%) - 1,984,626
+ Second Form (100%) - 2,646,168
+ Invalesco - 13,230,840
+ Fruit - 15,281,936
+ Invalesco - 76,409,680

-Bad-
Jackal - 34,128
+ Transformed - 51,192
Tox - 71,083
Veno - 79,614
Kuriiza - 348,597
+ Second Form - 698,615
+ Third Form - 1,501,374
+ Fourth Form - 2,881,296
+ Fruit(bite) - 15,206,748
+ Fruit(whole) - 323,485,641
+ Death Ball - 335,025,364

The next set of powers will be listed upon the conclusion of chapter 47.

And now, onto the chapter!

Chapter Thirty-eight - Maku

A black and red aura had flared up around Maku while a purple and dark blue one pulsed around Demona. The two Demons had been locked in close combat, exchanging attacks, blocks, and counters, for about five minutes now. Maku had quickly taken the upper hand in the exchange. He had more than just a minor power advantage on his side, his skill was considerably higher as well.

It seemed as though her red eyes glowed brighter and brighter the longer the battle raged and the angrier she got. Suddenly a hard right hook connected with Maku's jaw driving the Demon back. Demona smirked and charged in pulling back an arm and then driving her fist down into his gut. A quick spin and she pounded her leg into the side of his head knocking him toward the ground. "I am going to enjoy ripping you apart Maku!" she cried gleefully as she charged toward her target.

Bardock crossed his arms and scowled, tapping his foot against the ground. "I think we've been forgotten." he said with a frown.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Goku agreed, scratching a hand through the golden hair on the back of his head. "These two are completely wrapped up in each other. They must have some kind of history."

"History or not it's annoying." His frown turned into a smirk and he glanced toward Goku. "What do you say we remind them we're still here?" he asked.

Goku smiled. "Sounds better than standing here."

"Alright!" Bardock cheered, uncrossing his arms. "I don't think we can take this guy one on one, in our current state, so let's take out the other one so we can take him together. Let's show them why you shouldn't ignore a Sai-jin!"

Appla listened to her mate and son as she watched the on going fight between the two Demons. Demona had caught up with Maku again but the other had blocked and then countered with a kick to the chest that drove her back into the air again. He'd charged up and the two had resumed their close range flurry of attacks from before. When the Sai-jin heard Bardock's declaration she decided standing just ten yards away from them was too close and moved back another thirty. Her distancing herself from the Sai-jin pair didn't go unnoticed by the other dead warriors and soon they were pulling back as well.

Mikomi turned her gaze from the battling Demons as she heard yells sounding near-by. Looking she found Goku and Bardock hunched over and screaming, their bright gold aura swirling madly about them and growing brighter and brighter as the two channeled their energy. Dust began to swirl up around them as their auras began to mix together and then the planet began to quake. And then their auras began to flash and then transformed into a swirling dome of light covering both of them.

The screams from within the dome faded away and then their voices called out together. "Rising Sun!" There was a thunderous crack, brilliant flash, and then an eruption of energy tore free of the dome and surged toward the still fighting Demons. The backwash of power from the attack blew over many of the gathered warriors and Demons and sent some of them flying away for hundreds of yards.

The attack was nearly on them before either Demona or Maku noticed it coming. They both turned, their eyes widening in shock. But Demona's shock turned into fear as she realized the power of the attack and that she couldn't avoid it. Maku's melted into a smirk as he vanished. An instant later the attack slammed into Demona and then surged on as though she wasn't even there.

The Demon left out a scream as she tried to defend against the attack while it tore over her. When the attack faded and the two Sai-jins lowered their arms her screams had already stopped. And then her smoking body fell from the sky and landed with a dull thud beside her sister. Both of them were still alive but neither would be moving for a while. Her dealt with they turned their focus toward Maku who had appeared in the air behind them after his dodge.

"I must admit, to have generated such an attack in the little time she and I were fighting was an impressive feat." he said. "But after a display like that you'll be spent and no match for me."

Goku and Bardock glanced at each other and then looked back up at the Demon. It was Bardock that spoke. "You can't sense ki, can you?" he asked, grinning.

Maku shrugged. "I never bothered to learn." he replied. "Though as easily as you found me just now I see that you can sense ki. So you should know just how out matched you are."

"I don't know about that." Bardock said, working a small cramp out of his shoulder. "Even if we hadn't been fighting you'd still be a little stronger than us. But we've had time to recover thanks to you and her fighting each other and that attack didn't use up too much of our power. We did combine our strengths for it, after all."

The Demon smirked. "Which is the only reason you were able to produce something able to hurt Demona." he said. "But I wont buy your bluffing that you could ever match me. You are Shinkai and Mortal, comparing to my power is impossible." And in a burst of purple he charged down at them.

The two Sai-jins grinned and reacted quickly, both of them suddenly vanishing. Maku's eyes widened in shock but before he could react Bardock's leg appeared before him and slammed into his face. The blow knocked him backward toward Goku who then kicked him in the back sending him up into the air. Bardock had teleported once more and appeared above the Demon before smashing a fist into his face.

The impact knocked him down toward the planet but Goku teleported to intercept and attacked again slamming a leg into the side of his head knocking him in another direction. This time when Bardock appeared to launch the next attack Maku vanished. Bardock vanished a second later and the attempted kick to the back of his head caught nothing but air.

"Oooh, too slow!" Bardock called before slamming his knee into the Demon's stomach. Maku growled and went to attack but suddenly Goku's elbow smashed into the back of his neck and drove him down into the ground.

"Remarkable." Mikomi said softly. "Though decently outmatched in power the two of them are completely controlling the fight. These two are truly exceptional warriors."

There was a sudden shout followed by an explosion of red and black as Maku launched up into the air with incredible speed. The two Sai-jins quickly moved to either side but then Maku vanished. There was a resounding crack as Goku blocked a kick with a raised arm, the impact making him wince. He countered with a hard left hook but the Demon dodged it and then moved behind the Sai-jin and jammed a knee into his back driving him forward.

Maku prepared to follow but then Bardock surged down in front of him and lashed out with a kick for his head. The Demon blocked it with one arm and then slammed an open fist into his chest sending him chasing after Goku. The younger Sai-jin had just pulled himself to a stop when his father slammed into him. Before the two could start to pull themselves apart Maku appeared above them and drove an elbow into the tops of each of their heads.

They were only feet from hitting the ground when Bardock suddenly shot off to the right in a burst of gold and Goku vanished. The Demon went to turn, expecting his opponent to appear behind him, but Goku appeared before him and jammed his knee into his stomach doubling him over. He followed that up with an elbow to the side of the head and then a kick to the back that drove him down toward the ground.

Bardock arced around and then surged up at the falling Demon and slammed a flying uppercut into his jaw driving him up into Goku's downward moving foot which impacted with his face with a loud crack. The blow slammed Maku down into the ground and the two Sai-jins pulled to a stop above him, panting lightly. The Demon was stronger and faster than them so they'd had to go full out to keep up and the exertion was starting to get to them.

"This is..." Maku said softly, barely audible to the Sai-jins above. "This is... not possible. How can two Mortals be this... this powerful?" he wondered, eyes wide as he stared up at them. "How many thousands of years have you been training here?" he asked, climbing to his feet.

"Thousands?" Bardock scoffed. "We've only been dead for seven years."

"Seven... years? That's not possible! No mortal could have this kind of power in just seven years!"

"It's not like we didn't train before we died." Goku said, stretching.

"You could live to be a thousand..." Maku called up. "And still not be a tenth of my power."

Bardock shook his head. "For invaders you haven't done much homework, you know that?" he asked. "Goku and I are only about two and a half times stronger than we were seven years ago. Hell, we weren't even the strongest alive back then. Though if you'd shown up about three or more years ago you could have taken us. But now? You don't have a chance."

Maku stared up at the two of them taking in what they'd said. /How is that... how is it possible?/ he thought. /Mortals just don't have that kind of power. The strongest Mortals in Makai have all been dead for thousands of years and the strongest of them isn't even a third of Malchio's power.... Yet these two, if they speak the truth, would have been stronger upon their deaths than Makai's strongest Mortal..../

"The son of the one in the orange..." Zenryou began from where he stood, hands clasped behind his back. "He is the one that they meant." Maku's gaze turned from the two Sai-jins to the Kai. He recognized who and what he was upon sight, the clothes giving it away. Zenryou continued. "His son, Gohan, who was only eleven at the time, surpassed my power."

"E-eleven!? But... how?"

Bardock smirked. "Like I told your 'friends' before. We are Sai-jins. Super Sai-jins. The greatest power in the universe."

"That would be the famous Sai-jin pride speaking." Zenryou replied. "Still, not all that far from the truth. The Sai-jins are one of the most powerful races in Shinkai. The Tanarians and Humans as well, though their numbers of high level warriors are much smaller and none currently compare to the Sai-jins. Living or otherwise."

There was a sudden loud cry from the Demon and then a bright flash of red and black energy as he erupted from where he stood. The Demon surged at the two Sai-jins faster than he'd moved yet during their battle. Their eyes widened in shock and they moved to avoid him but he was on them too quickly. Stretching his arms out he clotheslined both of them in the neck and then spun around as he passed them and slammed his feet into the backs of their heads.

Not stopping even for a second he charged down after Bardock and passed him by before thrusting a knee up into the Sai-jin's stomach. He then front flipped in place and smashed the foot of his other leg into Bardock's chest driving him back up into the air. Turning around quickly he fired a blast of red energy down at Goku who'd just impacted the ground below. Then he turned back to Bardock and vanished.

He appeared a moment later above the Sai-jin and quickly grabbed hold of him, wrapping his arms around the man's chest and pinning the Sai-jin's arms down. In a burst of energy he changed directions and began charging the ground below at increasing speeds. As they neared the energy blast sent chasing after Goku impacted and exploded and the two plunged into the dust cloud the blast created.

A loud crack sounded from within the dust and a massive shockwave blew it apart. But there was no sign of the battling warriors. Another crack sounded high in the sky, a bright flash of white accompanying it, but still no trace of the fighters. Suddenly Bardock appeared overhead surging down toward them but after only a few feet he vanished again.

"Incredible...." Mikomi said, her eyes darting around the sky as she followed the battle.

"What's happening?" Kibito asked as a loud explosion sounded and the three fighters appeared flying away from each other only to vanish again.

"They're teleporting constantly." the Supreme Kai said. "They're fighting each other mid teleport, coming out of the teleport, and the teleporting again usually before we can even see them. They're fighting for the upper hand, for control of this battle."

Another crack sounded and a streak surged down and slammed into the ground throwing up dust and debris once more. In the sky Bardock and Maku appeared across from each other, both panting heavily. And then there was a burst of gold from below and Goku surged back up into the battle. Maku vanished first, and then both Sai-jins followed.

Loud bangs and cracks sounded across the landscape as flashes of white, gold, blue, and red lit up the sky. Suddenly Goku appeared floating a few feet above the Grand Kai, hands cupped at his side. "Kaaaaaaa... meeeeeee..." he called, blue energy flaring to life between his hands. "Haaaaaa... meeeeeee..." And then he thrust his hands forward and vanished as he called out and fired the attack. "Haaaaaaa!"

A thunderous crack sounded as a bright flash of blue flared up in the sky. The shockwave washed out across the planet blowing over the Demons and the dead and shaking the world. Kibito put an arm up in front of his face to shield his eyes from the glare and the dust as he dug his feet in to stop from being blown back.

Everyone turned as a thunderous crash sounded behind them and found a plume of dust surging into the air and shattered rocks raining down. And then Goku and Bardock appeared before the settling cloud, both panting and tired. Goku's gi was in tatters, the top completely shredded. Bardock's armor was cracked, the left side of the chest plate missing completely.

"Remind me not to do that ever again." Goku panted.

"Never. Do that. Again." Bardock panted back. He straightened up a little and frowned. "Oh, crap."

Goku nodded. He could feel it too. Maku was still alive and still stronger than both of them. Trying to keep up with him was burning them down too fast. Though Bardock was closer to the Demon in power now than he had been, Goku was even further off. "You know, despite everything, I've not had this much fun in a while." the Sai-jin said as he watched the dust cloud settle.

Bardock smirked and laughed a little. "Same here. But damn, what does it take to kill this guy? He seems to be as durable as us."

"What do you think?" Goku asked, straightening up a little himself now, the dust cloud almost completely gone. "Should we?"

Bardock crossed his arms and frowned in thought for a moment then shook his head. "Nah." he said at last. "I think we can still take him." The Sai-jin tilted his head a moment and then called out. "That is, if he ever gets back up to fight!" Maku had yet to move from where he'd impacted. They could tell he was still conscious, he just wasn't moving.

Goku crossed his arms after a few moments while Bardock began to tap his foot, both starting to get impatient. Finally Maku sat up, his white hair streaked with dirt and dust. His red eyes were narrowed and he looked rather pissed. The two Sai-jins glanced at each other sharing the same 'here we go again' look, and then turned back to the Demon. Maku was now on his feet and hand his hands up before him as though praying.

"Hey, what's he doing?" Goku asked as the Demon's robes shifted about him as though in a breeze.

Bardock glanced over to Goku. "And just how would I know?" he asked.

Maku heard them but ignored them. He kept his mind focused on what he was doing, his eyes closed tight as he concentrated. Quietus had told them that, should the need arise, they could draw more power into themselves if they tried. He'd warned that so doing would change them, more so than what they already had been changed, and that the results would be unpredictable in nature. Slightly stronger, but unpredictable.

All had agreed to only attempt it if required. Many had decided they wouldn't risk it at all. The fear of no longer being themselves greater than their fear of death. For him it wasn't fear of death that drove him to try it now. It was his bruised ego. For the last thirty thousand years he had been one of the strongest Demons. No match, of course, for any of the Mazoku. But stronger than even each of the sixteen Demon Judges. Only a handful had been greater than him.

When their powers had been granted the scales of power had shifted slightly, gaps increasing or decreasing, some remarkably so. But his status had remained the same, he was still one of the strongest. Even fewer were greater than him now. Nearly unbeatable by any other Demon. He was now even greater than the four Lower Mazoku and the Grand Mazoku. He had been granted power enough to crush everyone but the greatest of Makai.

And yet, here in Shinkai, the inferior and weaker Realm... here he was being challenged, beaten. Not by the Kais, for he could accept that, but by Mortals. Dead though they were they, by their own admission, had not been dead long. He had fought long and hard to obtain the power he had, to get to where he was now, and these two upstart weakling Shinkai scum were beating him. They were beating him and he would not have it!

There was a sudden roar as the wind picked up, raging across the planet and toward Maku. Black wisps of smoke drifted away from the gathered Demons in the wind and flowed to where Maku stood. In moments he was engulfed in a twister of darkness, his voice screaming out from inside at a volume that could be heard even over the roar of the wind.

"I think things are about to get difficult." Bardock said as he fought hard not to get sucked into the twister himself.

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AH Saga 6:

Read Altered History: Saga I Saga II Saga III Saga IV Saga V

ultra_blade

Awesome chapter, I read this yesterday but couldn't post anything because my internet died somehow =[... but now it's back =]. Although I noticed a few grammar errors in this chapter that were really annoying me for some reason, like on the last sentence you had:-

"I think things are about to get difficult." Bardock said as he fought not hard to get sucked into the twister himself.

When it should have been:-

"I think things are about to get difficult." Bardock said as he fought hard not to get sucked into the twister himself.

There were also two other things that seemed to piss me off but I lost them =S. Aside from that I love the fight so far, Bardock and Goku are so cool and awesome atm, and are they Super Saiyan or Super Saiyan 2? I'm not really sure. Anyways I'm expecting an awesome next chapter from you. I really enjoyed reading the power levels even more so than reading the fic but was really disappointed not to see the power levels of those who competed in the other world tournament and waiting till chapter 47 is waay too long =[. Oh and how long is this Saga gonna be?

Gohan Zero

Another great chapter.

Hope to see a new chapter soon.

Also I would like to see a technique list to go along with with that power level list.


<Update soon>

ultra_blade

Ah, sorry for my last post, my cousin edited to make me sound like an idiot, sorry really. Your mistakes were nothing major although you did make mistakes they weren't that much of a bother =].

Xyex

Jeice: Hopefully you'll see this here... Anyway. Apparently, even though it now lets me send PMs, it's still busted for me and sends NOTHING. Cause that PM said "Sure". So, yeah, can't use PMs. XD You'll have to ask in here.

Ultra Blade: Bah. That's what I get for adding in a word while posting. XD

Also, techniques list wont be coming for a while. I need a new computer before I bother messing with anything like that but the computer funds are now gone due to other bills (stupid phone company). *sigh* Anyway, new chapter! With a fun cameo!

Chapter Thirty-nine - Massacre

The elder Vegeta scowled as he gazed down at the city streets below him. He stood on the corner of a building at one of the city's numerous intersections. He'd felt a power in the area that he didn't know and had come to check it out. There were a few Zombies and some of the Demons but nothing else. He knew it hadn't been them he'd felt, though. They weren't strong enough.

"So what did I sense and where did it go?" he wondered. Feeling a power nearing him from behind he turned and looked and saw Pug flying toward him. The alien arrived and landed beside him a moment later.

"I thought that was you." Pug said as he fiddled with his scouter. The alien had yet to grasp sensing powers, though as none of his race could yet do it they were beginning to assume that, for some reason, the skill was impossible for them. "At least this thing locked onto you but I can't get it to cooperate on anything else."

Vegeta noticed then that the Rondo was wearing the newest model. Instead of scanning powers themselves they used a planetary satellite network which read the powers and then transmitted the data to the headset. The advantage to that was that it wouldn't overload. The satellite could read powers of extremely high levels, they were as advanced as those in the arena. The drawback was a slight delay in data. All information was bout five seconds old.

The only work the headset did was pin-point objects of interest for the satellites to lock onto. They were still in the early test phase, however. The primary design difference was that they lacked the glass eye piece, instead holographicly projecting information directly into the retina. The Senator still thought they looked odd, like you had a microphone in front of your eye.

"Tracking a power that isn't behaving properly?" Vegeta asked, turning his gaze forward again.

"And then some." Pug replied. "And with the delay I seem to always be five steps behind." Pug paused a moment and then blinked. "Wait, how'd you know it wasn't...."

"Because that's what I'm doing here." he said. "A group of us came into the city to deal with Cold and some forces he brought with him and...."

"COLD!?" Pug cried. "But... isn't he dead?"

"Was." Vegeta replied. He glanced off into the distance. "And will be again soon, Raditz and Nova are just about to him. Anyway, this power is fluctuating a lot. Up and down again. It hasn't settled long enough for me to get any kind of feeling for it. I don't think it's gone over a hundred thousand yet, though. So that's good at least."

"I've not read anything over 40,000." Pug said, still fiddling with the scouter. "It's changing too fast for the data feed to keep up with. The Satellites are getting confused."

"My senses too." Vegeta replied. "I think whoever it is is doing it on purpose. They don't want to be found."

"Just being cautious or...?"

"I don't know but I don't like it." He said. Then he turned quickly. "There!" he cried, blasting off toward the power.

Pug shot after him, still adjusting the scouter, which was now giving him a rapidly increasing number for the power ahead of him. He cursed under his breath when it broke a million.

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Lemon Lane

Yamcha was just about to head back to where Kazuki knelt by his sister when a power suddenly flared up behind him. He turned around and his eyes widened in a mix of shock and fear. "What!?" he cried out, drifting backward.

His yell got Kazuki's attention and boy looked up in time to see a stream of golden energy tear its way through Yamcha's chest and out his back. His eyes moved from the Human, his King, and to the man's attacker. His own eyes widened as Yamcha's had, and then further when he saw the golden ball of energy surging toward him.

Pug and Vegeta landed in the street a minute later. The Sai-jin knelt down and closed Yamcha's eyes while keeping his own averted from the massive hole in the Human. Looking down the street he saw two more bodies badly damaged from an energy attack. Both of them were dead as well. "They're playing cat and mouse with us." he said with a growing scowl.

Pug nodded. "They know a direct attack will get them noticed and get someone stronger than them on them in moments. They're showing more intelligence than the rest of these idiots."

"If we don't find them quickly everyone who came to defend the city will be dead."

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Planet Vegeta, Galactic Games Arena

Slug surged out of the dust cloud created by the exploding energy blasts with an arm pulled back and energy snapping about his fist. Piccolo started dodging to the right as he felt another power flare behind him. An instant later a ball of green energy surged passed him and slammed into Slug head on.

Piccolo glanced back at Eskarga and gave him a nod before charging in at Slug. The power difference was still too much for a direct battle but the energy blast had caught Slug off guard, though it hadn't hurt him. Still, the powerful Namek's defenses were down. This was an opening he couldn't pass up.

Reaching the other Namek a moment later he lashed out with an energy encased foot and smashed him on the side of the head, the energy exploding and knocking the Namek staggering. Slug recovered quickly, however, and slammed a fist into Piccolo's stomach doubling him over and then a double handed blow to his back drove the Namek into the ground.

Tien scowled as he watched the battle. Things were not going well for Piccolo and with the two Namek's having fused he was now seriously out powered by Slug. He'd already returned to normal and floated back to join Vadora, Akemi, and a now awake Cheri. "You three should leave." he said. "Go find the others where it's safer."

"What about you, dad?" Cheri asked.

"I'm going to stay, be what help I can be." he replied. He'd watched Eskarga come up around behind Slug again and extend his arms toward the Namek. Apparently planning to absorb more energy from him. Slug, however, noticed him this time and quickly spun, slicing out with an arm and severing both of Eskarga's.

"Help?" Vadora asked. "Tien, don't be crazy, if you stay you'll just get yourself killed!"

By now Piccolo had charged back up into the air again and distracted Slug from Eskarga. The weaker Namek was circling around the battle looking for an opportunity to try and siphon off more energy. Meanwhile Piccolo was lobbing energy blasts doing his best to keep from getting hit himself.

"Don't worry about me." the Human said, resting a hand on Vadora's shoulder. "I've made it through worse situations than this." Vadora didn't move, just stared him right in the eyes. "I promise, I wont die here."

Vadora's shoulders sagged a little and she sighed. "You better keep that promise or I'll come to Otherworld and kill you myself, even if I have to get through the Kais to do it."

Tien smiled a little and nodded. "It's a deal."

Vadora gave him one last look and then turned around taking Akemi and Cheri's hands. "Come on girls, let's go." she said, before flying off and pulling them with her.

With them gone Tien turned his focus back to the battle at hand. He knew a way to stall Slug but he'd need to get Piccolo and Eskarga's attention first, so that they wouldn't get caught in it as well. And then things took a turn for the worse. Eskarga made another bid to grab Slug to drain his energy, having regrown his arms, but Slug was ready for him again. He dodged the grab and then fired a blast of energy back that removed the Namek's head.

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Cabbage Street

Roshi rubbed his head as he leaned against the building. "I didn't even sense them coming." he said.

"Long range energy blast." Tangerie told him. "You're just lucky the one that attacked you was weak. What I want to know is where'd that thing go that Dubibub was fighting? It looked like some sort of mutant Elebor."

"I just wish I'd still been here." Toma said.

"You wouldn't have been much help." Dubibub said as he massaged his sore shoulders. "Those guys were batting me around like a doll."

"It's not safe out here." Sango said as she looked around. She'd felt powers flaring up not more than twenty blocks away but hadn't had time to determine who or what or how strong they were before they vanished. She could still feel two fairly high powers off that way, just about to where the others had been, and she was pretty sure one of them was Senator Vegeta.

The Tanarian turned back to the others. "We should head back to the palace, it's safer there."

"There are still a lot of people in the city though." Chaotzu said from where he floated near Bulma.

Bulma nodded. "He's right, we need to get more people to safety first."

"We'll stay." Toma said. "But you're going back to the palace. And no more royal orders." he added, before Bulma could refuse.

"I'll take her back." Sango offered. "Then come back and...." Her voice trailed off as her eyes opened wide in shock and pain.

The others turned to look at her as she made a gurgling sound and they saw blood running down her chin. "S-Sango?" Bulma started, making a half step toward her. As the Tanarian fell to her knees something knocked Bulma aside and she just caught a glimpse of gold light zip passed her. As she hit the ground Sango collapsed completely, dead.

Bulma looked from the woman to her side to see what had hit her and saw Roshi laying on the ground where she'd been standing, a hole through his head. "Oh... oh..."

"Where's it coming from!?" Dubibub cried as they all looked around for some glimpse of an attacker. Some sign of where the enemy was, who they were. But they saw and sensed nothing. And then suddenly a power spike down the road, a flash of gold, and then a cry from Toma as he was pierced through the heart.

"There!" Tangerie cried as she thrust her arms forward and fired off the strongest blast she could muster. Dubibub did the same, using her attack as a guide for where to hit. The blasts hit a building several blocks away at almost the same time and exploded, bringing the structure crashing down.

There was a sudden loud crack to Dubibub's left and he turned to find Tangerie falling forward, her head bent back at such an angle her neck was obviously broken. Turning around the thrust an arm out and fired a punch at her attacker but there was no one there. And then a loud crunch as a foot came down from above and slammed into the top of his head. The alien slumped to the ground, dead, an instant later.

"Bu-bu-but... you... you're...." Bulma stammered. The attacker smirked and then fired two more beams of energy before departing the scene.

A few moments later Pug and Vegeta landed in the street. Pug quickly took in the sight around him. Toma with a hole through his chest, Tangerie a broken neck, Dubibub a crushed skull, Sango a large hole in her back, Roshi with a hole in his head, and....

"By the Kais!" he cried, his eyes settling on Chaotzu and Bulma, slumped against the building, eyes wide in terror, a hole through Chaotzu's head and one through Bulma's chest.

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Planet Vegeta, Galactic Games Arena

Tien wasn't sure how long Piccolo would last on his own but he had to act now. Otherwise neither of them would last for long. In a burst of silver and red he transformed and shot to his full power quickly charging toward the Nameks. Piccolo pulled aside in shock at the Human's charge but Slug just smirked and laughed.

Tien grinned as well as he moved his lower arms into the required position and began to charge an attack between his hands. Meanwhile his upper arms came up, his fingers splayed before his face. Piccolo saw this and quickly turned away, closing his eyes, as Tien's voice rang out. "Solar Flare!"

Slug left out a cry of pain as the bright flash of light seared his eyes and blinded him. Instantly Tien arced skyward. /You better prepare something powerful Piccolo./ he thought. /I've got a promise to keep, I can't go all out in this attack./ Reaching a high enough altitude the Human pulled to a stop and then gazed down through his bottom hands, golden energy sparking between them.

Through the tunnel of his fingers he could see Piccolo, arms pulled back, gathering energy as well. Gold and blue around the left, black and red the right. Tien recognized the move from the Cell Games. /Good. I just need to take Slug down a peg or two to make sure Piccolo's attack finishes the job./ he thought as the energy between his hands shifted silver and then red.

Below him Slug was lowering his hands from his eyes, his vision was starting to clear. No matter, his attack was ready. "Alright!" he called out. "Take this! Super Tri-beam!" Red and gold light flashed and flared and then surged down and slammed into Slug with a resounding crack. The blast surged on down and impacted the ground with a loud bang and powerful quake.

It wasn't the strongest Super Tri-beam he could do, he'd hoped to charge it a little further, but he doubted even his strongest would have had much more effect than the one he'd just used. Seven years ago he'd used one about as powerful as the one he'd just done. It had taken longer to charge and it had nearly killed him but he'd done it, and with a much lower power.

But despite that he could tell, from the strain he'd felt doing the one he'd just done, that his maximum limit wasn't much higher than it had been then. He knew why. His actual power had increased greatly in the last seven years starting with his time training for the Cell Games. Too much too quickly, actually. His body was barely able to keep up with his gains.

Back then using an attack a few hundred times stronger than him was painful, draining, and dangerous, but not innately deadly. Only if he pushed too far, as he had against Super 13, was that a risk. But now, now he doubted he could do one even ten times stronger than him without dying from it. Instantly. He just couldn't handle that level of power, his body wasn't able to cope with it.

Sure, he could drop the Kinryoku and the Kaio ken. That'd give him all that leeway. But it wouldn't change the actual outcome of the attack's power. Using his normal form might yield a little extra leeway due to familiarity, but the charge time would increase exponentially to the power increase to the attack.

As he floated there panting and thinking about that, watching Piccolo as he waited for Slug to emerge from the deep crater in the ground, he realized that he was likely reaching his limit. He'd known it would happen eventually. All living beings had limits to their strength. They could be overcome or changed sometimes through various means.

The Kinryoku and Kaio Ken were two of those means, transformations too. Namekian fusion was another likely means of doing so. But, eventually, there would be a barrier that could not be crossed in life. He doubted he'd get there during his lifetime, though. Given the amount of power he was able to channel, strain or not, he had a fairly high limit. One that would take more than his lifetime to reach.

At least, in actual power. But when it comes to channeling power for attacks it could prove a problem. /I'll need to find some way around that./ he thought as he reverted back to his normal form and started to drift toward the ground, too tired to stay in the air. His feet had just touched the ground when Slug emerged from hole created by the Tri-beam. His clothing was torn and tattered and he had a few bruises but he didn't seem too heavily damaged.

But his power had dipped. Not exceptionally so. He was still stronger than Piccolo's full power and Piccolo's power had dropped during the battle too. But the Namek wasn't worried. Tien had bought him time to pump enough power into the attack he was sure it'd get the job done. He smirked as he watched Slug turn to glare at Tien. /Never take your eyes off me./ he thought. /I thought Zildar taught you that during your spars. Well, time to teach you again!/

With a grunt he spun around in a clockwise circle and thrust out his left arm. "Heaven's Gate!" he cried as the golden and blue energy around his hand swelled to eight feet in diameter and surged toward the other Namek. Slug turned at the sound of the other's voice and his eyes widened as he saw the energy coming. His shock froze him in place long enough the sphere reached and engulfed him before he could react.

Piccolo quickly spun back the other way and thrust out his right arm firing the second ball of energy. "Hell's Gate!" he cried. It shot toward Slug and slammed into the other energy a second later. Then the energy sphere flashed as the four colors swirled around each other. Piccolo held his arms out, palms open, as his voice rang out. "Good-bye, Slug! Judgment!" And then his hands closed.

The rocks below the attack began to lift into the air as a strong wind rushed in toward the energy. And then the energy flashed brightly and the pull switched suddenly into an outward rush of force. A thunderous roar sounded, the planet shook, and then it all reversed again, for an instant, and then it was gone as though it had never been. The only sign of its passage being the lack of Slug and the rounded twenty foot deep crater carved into the ground.

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Planet Vegeta, Saiya City, Onion Avenue

"It's Akira." Pug said as he knelt over another dead body. He'd only met the Tanarian twice, when he'd accompanied Hotaru during meetings related to Sennari business, but he still recognized him. Standing back up he turned to face the general direction they were going. His scouter still wasn't picking anything up.

Vegeta gazed off into the distance as well. "That's thirteen now." he said, remembering coming across Aiko and Kavar a few blocks ago.

"Who's left?" Pug asked.

"That I came into the city with? Krillin, Raditz, and Nova." he replied. "Raditz and Nova are heading for Krillin's location now, and I believe Mango is there too."

"So Cold is dead?"

Vegeta nodded. "Though it seems Raditz and Nova have picked up some other high powers, likely her elites are flying along with them." Vegeta lifted up into the air as his purple aura burst to life around him. "Come, we must hurry, one of those two groups is likely the next target. Krillin and Mango are the closest but... I grow tired of being one step behind whoever this is. We'll head for Raditz and Nova's group."

Pug nodded and lifted into the air shooting after the Sai-jin as fast as he could move.

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Earth, South City, corner of 2nd Avenue and 23rd Street

"Holy fuck!" Jairel cried as he skidded to a stop, turned around, and ran back around the corner. He left out a grunt a second later as he ran into Autoro.

"I said down 23rd street." Autoro said. "Not back the way we came."

"There's like, a thousand Zombies that way, though." Jairel replied.

"Yeah, and there's about eight thousand behind us!" Ward called as he came running up too.

"Bah, move aside." Autoro growled, pushing Jairel out of the way and then stepping around the corner. According the systems in his helmet none of the Zombies were anything major for him. Nothing over a thousand. He snorted. "Piece of cake!" he said thrusting an arm forward and sending a wave of energy into their midst incinerating hundreds of them.

As he lowered his arm he heard a sound behind him and turned to look. There was a large group of Zombies there, too, but they were facing away from him. And... some were being knocked into the air and out of sight? "What the hell...?" He tilted his head a little and listened closer as he realized that whatever was knocking the Zombies into the air was coming closer.

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"

Suddenly a kid emerged from the throngs of Zombies, arms held out at their sides, and running along the road smiling. She zipped right by a stunned Autoro and charged toward the next group of Zombies. "Arale kick!" she cried jumping up and kicking a Zombie into a building. "Hehe, this is fun!" And then he lost sight of her in the crowds of undead.

"Uh...." Ward began from beside him. "What was that?"

"What was what?" asked Gard. "I didn't see any kid fighting Zombies."

"Right, me either." agreed Jairel.

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ultra_blade

Awesome, you finally posted a chapter, I was waiting for so long. Too bad I gotta go to school, but I'll make sure I read it after I come back =].

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This is awesome, I mean everyones dead, aw and who's this guy killing everyone!!!! Let me take a guess Turles??? Anyways please don't make us wait heaps for the next chapter.

raditz_saiyan_hero

Great chapter! I'm feeling the anxiety that Pug and Vegeta are feeling about who is doing the killings. I'm really curious as to who it can be, but I'm sure we will find out in time and not be disappointed.

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Thanks to Ulimate_Gohan for the sig

Xyex

This will be the last update for a while. This computer is on its last legs right now and I've not been able to write around the posting of the last chapter. Currently waiting on the arrival of a new (well, new to us, it's used) computer that's being shipped. And then I'll be able to resume work on the story. Also, November and NaNo are fast approaching so that will be eating time as well. I want to try and get a few more chapters ahead of where I currently am so that I'll be able to post something in November without cutting into my lead (as November will see no work on my Fanfictions).

Anyway, onward!

Chapter Forty - Angel

As Gainin watched Angel charge Gohan and then the two of them starting to battle he found his focus drifting from them to the distant Saiya City. He wasn't sure why but something was drawing his mind that way and after a few seconds he turned to look. He wasn't picking up any unexpected powers but.... "It feels like something is...."

"Wrong." Vegeta said from beside him. The Cyborg glanced over and saw that he, too, was gazing into the city. "Something feels wrong somehow...."

"Probably just worried about the others." Mijima said, glancing back at the city as well. "I'm worried too but they can take care of themselves." She then turned her attention to where Hotaru was now sitting with the injured Sakura again, Trunks and Goten beside them. "I almost forgot you were still here." she said to the girl. "If I were in the same shape as you I'd probably be screaming from the pain."

Sakura left out a short laugh. "Hurts more to scream." she said.

"Don't worry." Hotaru told her, resting a hand on the girl's forehead. "We'll be able to get you healed soon."

A second later a familiar voice cried out. "Sakura!" Akemi landed beside her sister, eyes wide with worry. "Sakura! You're...."

"I'm ok." she said softly. "Really. Just a little... beaten up."

"You did great." Hotaru said, resting a hand on Sakura's head. "Fighting against Recoome so well at your age."

"Meanwhile we had to deal with Ginyu." Cheri muttered. "And one of those damn Nam-"

"Cheri!" Akemi cried.

"-eks, sorry Akemi, severed my tail."

"You two fought Ginyu?" Vegeta asked, glancing over to them.

Cheri nodded. "Would have kicked his butt after I transformed if he hadn't kicked it himself."

"What do you mean?" asked Videl.

Cheri shrugged. "He tried to switch bodies with Akemi but for some reason it didn't work. Some sort of energy backwash zapped him. I lost his ki then so I think it killed him."

Hotaru, Vegeta, Vadora, and Videl all exchanged glances at this before turning their focus back to the battle at hand. Gohan and Angel were slugging it out right on top of each other in a flurry of motions. Punches, kicks, dodges, blocks, and counters. Dozens of them in a matter of seconds.

"He's slacked off too much." Vegeta said, crossing his arms. "I expected him to be closer to my level, if not higher. I still don't have full mastery over the first form, don't get the full increase from it, and I'm still stronger than him."

"Your normal level has always been higher than his." Videl said as she gave the Sai-jin royal a sideways glance.

Vegeta snorted. "True though that may be my normal power has increased more than his and I've not gotten in nearly the training I've wanted."

"I'd think you'd be happy." Hotaru said from where she sat with Sakura. "You're finally the strongest living Sai-jin."

The royal smirked. "A little." he said. "Though it's not much challenge to surpass a brat that doesn't take training seriously."

A loud crack sounded as Angel landed a hard left hook across Gohan's jaw. The blow's downward angled thrust sent the teen toward the ground only a few feet below him. He hit with a ground shattering crash before he'd even realized he was heading toward it. Angel attempted to follow up with a ki blast but Gohan deflected it away with a kick as he flipped back onto his feet.

The two resumed their close range battle, little more than blurs of color to all those watching. "Of course, it doesn't help he's holding back." Vegeta said after a few minutes. "He may be at full power but he's pulling his punches."

"It's the form." Videl said with a shake of her head. "I've never seen him fight seriously while in the second form. He always holds back, always second guesses himself. I think... he's afraid of losing himself like he did at the Cell Games."

Gohan slipped around a punch and then jammed a knee into Angel's stomach. The first solid blow he'd landed the entire fight. But instead of following up with another attack he pulled back and went on the defensive again. A few attempted hits later he landed a kick to her side and once again moved back instead of following up with it.

It was obvious as they watched that Gohan was only going for quick single strikes even when he had the chance to follow up with more devastating attacks. Meanwhile, on the occasions where Angel got in a hit, she always tried to follow up with a second or third. Even so, the overall count for successful hits was still in Gohan's favor. Angel suffered from the same control issues that Elazeba, and likely the rest, had had.

Gohan dodged around a kick for his head and then jammed his knee into Angel's back before moving away from her again as she stumbled forward. As the Demon recovered she whirled around and thrust an arm in his direction flinging off a blast of red energy that he easily deflected. He then blocked the punch that came right after it, dodged her kick, and then shot off a punch of his own that she pushed to the side before smashing an open palm into his chest.

The blow slid him back a couple feet and knocked the wind out of him. Before he could get his breath back Angel stepped-in toward him and slammed her other palm into his chest driving him back again. Again she stepped in but this time the half Sai-jin grabbed her wrist just before impact and gave her arm a twist as he turned at the waist and then threw her down onto her back on the ground.

As he stepped back she growled and climbed back to her feet. This boy was starting to severely irritate her. She could tell he wasn't giving his all which annoyed her. And it annoyed her further when she added that to the fact he was still even with her, even though she was the stronger of the two. This fight could go on all day and if she was having this much trouble with someone her lesser and who wasn't trying what issues would she have with someone stronger who was fighting seriously?

She left out a long slow breath and closed her eyes as she brought her hands together, raised before her, as though praying. Ciferlu saw this and his eyes widened. "Angel! Are you insane!?" he cried. He was one of the ones who had decided that, under no circumstances, would he use this particular technique. Death was preferable to no longer being himself. "It's not worth it!"

Gohan glanced at the other Demon as he spoke and then turned to the others who all simply shrugged. He felt a sudden rush of wind and turned back toward the Demon. He watched in confusion as black wisps of smoke coming from the other Demon and all around them began to drift in toward her in the wind. Within seconds a whirlwind of the black smoke had surrounded her and her screams began to sound across the landscape, even over the roar of the wind.

Angel had heard Ciferlu's shout but had ignored him. She didn't care what happened to her as long as she got the power to win this battle. If it meant the death of her, as far as her personality went, then so be it. She would win this battle, she would not lose to Mortals, to Shinkai weaklings, no matter the cost. She refused to suffer such shame. And so, even as the pain tore at her body, she kept her mind focused on what she was doing.

Black and dark purple energy began to seep out from the dark twister as her screams intensified. And then the smoke transformed into black and purple energy and the roar of the energy twister drowned out the screams from within. The energy continued to swirl for a moment longer and then dissipated away into non existence in a matter of seconds. When the energy vanished and revealed Angel once more everyone, even Ciferlu, let out gasps of shock. No longer would she be able to pass herself off as a yellow skinned Human.

Her height had increased from five to eight feet, her shoulders had broadened along with her upper torso giving her a disproportionate look as her legs were still as slim as before. Though they were now longer and her feet larger and clawed. Her long arms had three inch long spikes along the outer edge and her hands each had eight clawed fingers.

Her face no longer resembled anything Human, wide mouth full of two rows of large silvery teeth and a forked black tongue, a flat and wide nose, overly large solid red eyes, and long pointy ears. Her hair was gone leaving her bald and revealing the deformed shape of her head as it stretched back and hooked up into a point nearly a foot and a half behind her face. Her skin was now leathery and a drab green color like wet moss.

The transformed Angel snorted, black smoke emitting from her nostrils, as she flexed her fingers and growled, glaring at Gohan. The teen swallowed and took on his combat stance again. Her changed appearance had brought with it a considerable increase in power. He'd never felt anything so strong and he doubted he, or even Vegeta, could actually beat it.

"Angel?" Ciferlu asked as he gazed at her. "Are you still there?"

Her head turned slightly at the sound of the other's voice. She stared at him for a moment and then turned her focus back to Gohan. With a snarl she lunged at him with incredible speed. He left out a cry of pain as she swiped at him and slashed through his clothes with one hand slicing open his skin in six places. He stumbled back and ignored the pain as he tried to follow her movements but her fist impacted with his face a second later without him even seeing her move.

He came to a stop after only a few feet as Videl caught him. Shaking his head to clear it as he stood under his own power again he saw Vegeta walk out, green eyed, golden haired, and with blue energy snapping around his body, to join him. "This is going to be a problem." he said. "Even I can't take that... thing... on my own. You need to get over your power phobia right now, brat. As much as I don't like it we have to fight together."

"How?" Gohan asked. "I couldn't even see her move."

"Three on one gives us better odds." Videl said stepping up on Gohan's other side.

The teen shook his head. "No way, this is out of your league Videl."

The girl smirked. "I was saving this for our fight but I guess it can't be helped." she said, clenching her hands into fists as she flashed gold. And then she left out a cry as she focused and drew out her power. There was one spark of blue, then another, and then a flash as she ascended to the second level. Relaxing she unclenched her hands and smiled. "I can't let you boys show me up."

"V-Videl!" Gohan cried, wide eyed. "When did... how did... you're stronger than me!"

Videl smiled and shrugged. "It was about a month after I started training for the tournament." she said. "I knew it was the only way I could win so I pushed myself to reach it."

"Talk later!" Vegeta yelled as Angel suddenly charged them again. The three scattered quickly out of the way but a large foot still caught Vegeta in the stomach doubling him over. Videl used the Demon's pre-occupation with Vegeta to slip around behind her and slam a foot into her back. But the blow didn't do any noticeable damage and the Demon spun quickly slamming an elbow into her face and knocking her back.

Vegeta and Gohan both attacked at once but Angel blocked each of their punches with one arm while she grabbed Videl's ankle with the other. Before any of them could react she whipped Videl around and used her as a bat to smack both males in the head before throwing her into the ground. With a loud growl she then charged red energy in her hands and began lobbing blasts in the general direction of the three Sai-jins.

"Crap!" Hotaru cried as she quickly climbed to her feet, transformed, and powered up the Kinryoku. The Sai-jins were between her, the others, and where Angel stood. Several of the haphazard energy blasts would sail right passed the slowly standing Sai-jins and land near them. The Tanarian quickly threw up her arms and made the strongest ki barrier she could manage hopping it would be good enough. "Behind me!" she ordered.

Vadora quickly grabbed Goten and Trunks and pulled the stunned kids out of the way as she moved behind the barrier as well. And then a second later the explosions began as the energy blasts rained down around them. Hotaru couldn't see the three before her through the quickly growing dust cloud or her own focused mind as she fought to keep the energy barrier in place. It was a losing battle, however, and the field began to shrink as energy blasts hit and exploded quickly sapping away the woman's strength.

Time seemed to move in slow motion for Cheri as she watched, from a few feet in front of and beside Sakura, an energy blast hit the top edge of the barrier and get spliced. The lower portion exploded while the upper continued on at a new angle toward her general direction. For a fraction of a second fear gripped her and held her in place. And then the urge to get away sent energy to her feet as her eyes tracked the blast's new course so she could be sure to evade it.

Sakura, too, was watching the attack as though it were moving in slow motion. But unlike her friend she didn't have to track it to see where it was going. She could tell, clearly, exactly where it was going to hit. Right on top of her. She closed her eyes tight and held her breath waiting for the impact and hopping it'd be quick.

Her eyes snapped back open an instant later as a loud scream reached her ears sounding from just feet away. The energy had exploded against something and through the glare and smoke she couldn't tell what... until Cheri slammed into the ground beside her clutching her left arm against her chest and screaming.

Hotaru looked back at the sound as, thankfully, the energy barrage came to a stop. She feared the screams came from her daughter but soon saw that they didn't. Sakura was fine, or at least as fine as she had been earlier. But the girl's eyes were wide as she stared beside her and the woman turned her gaze. She must have seen the other girl, blood soaking her clothes and her hand, at the same time as Vadora because just as she saw her she heard the Sai-jin woman yell her daughter's name.

A loud crash drew the Tanarian's focus back to the fight and she saw that, still, the three were getting beaten badly by the transformed Angel. Things were not looking good.

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Planet Vegeta's Lookout

Tatamo's attention had been drawn to Saiya City again. He'd felt deaths there, numerous ones, and an unusual power. But before he'd been able to find the cause of them his mind was drawn back to Gohan's battle again because the Demon's power had suddenly increased. -Azura, do you hear me?- he asked.

-I hear you Tatamo. And I see.- She said as the barrage of energy attacks began. -Things are worse than we first believed, it would appear. If they cannot win this battle then....-

Tatamo was sure he felt the woman cringe as Cheri swatted at a stray attack in order to save her friend and, most certainly, lost her hand in the process. -I'm going down there.- he said. -I'm not sure how much help even I will be in this affair but they need some sort of mircale.-

-Take care not to be killed.-

-Don't I always?-

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Planet Vegeta, Galactic Games Arena

Vadora, Akemi, Goten, and Trunks were now all crowded around the injured Cheri trying to comfort her. All their eyes were wide at the sight of the damage done by the attack. Her left hand, from about the middle of her wrist, was completely gone. Her arm wasn't bleeding, the stump cauterized by the explosion. Which meant all the blood splattered on her clothes and arm had come from her hand itself. It was a small consolation to Vadora, it meant her daughter wouldn't bleed to death, but it didn't make her feel any better.

Right now her mind was a jumble of thoughts and emotions. Seeing her daughter in such pain and so badly injured hurt her. But that emotional pain was warring with how proud she felt, too. In that split second when the attack was coming at them her daughter had leapt in the way of the attack without thought of her own safety, just that of her friend who couldn't move, couldn't avoid it, couldn't escape what would have surely killed her.

She was still trying to figure out what to do when suddenly someone appeared beside her and bent down over her daughter. Her mind still jumbled she turned to see who it was and it took a moment to recognize the man as the Sai-jin that had beaten Mijima in the tournament. Tatamo. According to Piccolo, THE Tatamo from over ten thousand years ago. Turning back to her daughter she saw him slip something into her mouth, then reach over and do the same for Sakura.

"S-Senzus?" she stammered, a bit surprised.

"Got them from Earth." he said. "Only reason I wasn't here faster." As he finished speaking Cheri's face relaxed and she let out a long sigh as the pain faded.

Sakura sat up and stared at her arms in shock. "This is... wow." she said. Then she turned to her friend. "Oh no, Cheri, your hand!"

The half Sai-jin glanced down at the missing appendage and then shrugged. "My hand for changing Akemi's vision." she said, smiling a little at her friend. "I think that's a pretty fair exchange."

"But...."

Suddenly Goten's face lit up. "Hey, I bet the dragon Gohan's talked about can bring back her hand!"

"Let's worry about that later." Cheri said, with a shake of her head, as she turned to the still on going battle. Even with the three of them fighting, all at level two, the transformed Angel was having little trouble with them. They had scratches and cuts all over, bruises too, but the Demon seemed unharmed. /That is, if there is a later./ the girl thought.

Tatamo walked out toward where the three Sai-jins stood together, panting, and trying to catch their breath. As he did he pulled off his weighted clothing and tossed it aside. The transformed Demon turned slightly to fix its gaze on the new arrival as he tensed. There was a rush of wind around him, dust swirled at his feet, and then in a flash of gold he transformed.

Vegeta's eyes widened in shock, right along with Videl's and Gohan's. /He's... he's stronger than I am? As just a Super Sai-jin?/ Vegeta thought, mind somewhat numb. But it slowly caught up to speed. /Of course he would be, his base is practically even with the Cyborgs..../ His train of thought trailed off there as he considered the increase in power he'd felt compared to the man's starting power and realized it wasn't nearly as great as it could have been.

"That's... incredible...." Videl said as she found her voice.

Tatamo shrugged. "I've had plenty of time to train." he said. "Though I really do have to ask you guys how you've increased the power of your transformation."

Gohan blinked. "You mean you don't know?"

The Sai-jin shook his head. "Until meeting you guys I've never seen the transformation yield anything but a twenty fold increase. But how about we talk later and fight now?" he finished as he saw Angel getting restless.

"He has a point." Vegeta said. "Less blabbering and more battling."

As the four powerful Sai-jins surged in at their opponent, hoping numbers would be enough to over power something so strong, Mijima turned her gaze to the distant Saiya City, an action that didn't go unnoticed by her brother. "What is it?" he asked.

"I've been monitoring the city." she said slowly. "I've picked up a power that's come and gone several times...."

"A power?" Sakura asked as she tried to focus on the city.

The Cyborg nodded and then suddenly a feeling of dread washed through her and her stomach knotted. "Krillin...?"

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