"Now then..."

Fortune Teller Baba idly ran a wrinkled finger through her hair, still grinning at the small comical bump formed on her brother's head from being thrown out by her security team a few minutes earlier.

"How may I help you today? I should warn you though - my services do not come... Hm." Fortune Teller Baba shut her eyes for a moment much to the Dragon Ball Gang's confusion, and the her head snapped to Trunks, who was standing awkwardly next to Bulma. Then, her eyes opened and she stared at him.

"Hm... Interesting." She muttered, and then looked over at Master Roshi.

Even with his sun glasses blocking his eyes, Fortune Teller Baba could tell that the look Roshi was giving her under those glasses was one of seriousness and urgency, and all hint of amusement fell off her face and she thought the situation over.

"Alright as I was saying." She continued. "My services are not free. First though, allow me to ask what you want to use my abilities for?"

Goku stepped up to her.

"Mrs. Baba... If it's alright with you, we'd like to find where the last Dragon Ball is so I can wish my friend Upa his father back."

Fortune Teller Baba smiled at him sincerely. "A noble cause... But I still won't do it for free! But it's not money I want from you... I can tell some of you are very powerful warriors. So..."

She grinned at each them. "I would like to propose a little challenge in exchange for my services."

A plan.

If he was going to survive whatever was going to be coming, Dabura realized, he would need a plan of some sort to somehow kill Babidi without the spell placed on his soul breaking and destroying his manifestation. From there he could try to find a way to... No no no.

Nothing that involves killing Babidi would work, he mused.

There was too great of a chance that the spell Bibidi had cast would somehow be tied to Babidi as well as they were both technically sharing the same magicka pool due to Babidi being his doppelganger.

If Dabura knew that he could kill Babidi and be fine, he probably would have killed Babidi right this very second. But then what?

Even if Dabura was free, where was he to go in the universe? Maybe he could try finding a way back to the Demon Realm to reclaim his throne(And maybe kill the bastard mage who sent him to the Shadow Realm while he was at it...)

Then there was the problem with Babidi's magical powers. Could physical power triumph over magical powers? He would have to probably attack Babidi when he was both not expecting it, and when he weakened...

Majiin Buu.

Reviving Majiin Buu would probably take alot of magical power, and Dabura could try killing Babidi while he was reviving Buu! He would be too busy and weakened unleashing the monster that he couldn't stop Dabura!

But then the same problem as before comes: What would happen to him if Babidi died?

He grit his teeth in frustration and balled one of his fists, and it took all the willpower he possessed to not go berserk and start destroying things on the ship out of frustration. It seemed, for the time being atleast, that Dabura was trapped.

But the good thing was he had alot of time to think things over and come up with a course of action. By his calculations, they would be at Earth in only a year.

He would figure out what to do by then. He had to.

Fortune Teller Baba had collected a small band of warriors, starting ever since she had opened up her Fortune Telling business. Not only were they good for security, but they were also good for occasional amusement as well.

When powerful warriors occasionally sought her services, instead of requesting zeni from them she would simply just have a small contest: Whoever could beat her warriors would get the reading for free.

And now it seemed that some very capable warriors had come for her services and not only that, but her brother as well.. And with her brother is Him.

Not too long ago, Baba suddenly sensed a very strong person just appear on the Earth.

Her abilities were also affected by this, and before the person arrived she... Felt something. Felt something very very strange happen not just on Earth, but the universe as a whole. It was almost as if this being had tore open a hole in the very fabric of the universe and went through it.

That coupled with the fact that he was with Master Roshi, and judging by the look her brother was giving her when she noticed the boy... Well obviously Roshi came for a reason. A reason that wasn't visiting his fabulous sister.

With the Dragon Ball gang behind her, Baba lead them to her palace's arena - a large circular platform connected to her palace. Many battles had been fought in this arena before, and it seemed that now the arena was going to see some use once again.

"Now then." She turned to look at the Dragon Ball gang. "The challenge I would like to propose to you all is simple: Defeat my warriors in battle and I will perform my services for free."

Yamcha immediately snorted. "Alright, that should be easy enough."

Trunks nodded his head. "Yeah, no kidding."

Goku looked at Trunks excitedly. "Wow! I finally get to see you fight, Trunks!" He exclaimed, and Yamcha grunted in agreement. "Yeah no kidding. With you on our team there's no way we can-"

"He isn't going to fight." Baba cut him off.

Everyone exchanged glances and looked at her, confused.

"What?" Trunks asked, as if he didn't hear her answer the first time.

"You aren't going to be facing my warriors. Not only will the challenge be over in seconds, but we have some... Things to discuss."

This unnerved Trunks slightly. Things to discuss? Ohhh boy...

"Now then, do you accept this challenge?"

The Dragonball Gang all shared nods of approval, and Fortune Teller Baba smiled. "Excellent. Now then," she looked at Roshi and then to Trunks, "before we have our little discussion... I would like to watch the first fight. I haven't seen this guy fight in ages."

Master Roshi shrugged, and Trunks tried his best to hide the worried look which threatened to appear on his face.

"Alright, which ever one of you is fighting - step into the arena." Baba commanded and the warriors exchanged glances.

"Uh... Well, who wants to go first?" Yamcha asked, looking over everyone. "Goku? Do you wanna go first?"

"Hm... Well if no one else wants to go. How about you though Krillin?" He turned to his friend, and Krillin immediately put on a cocky grin.

"Yeah, I'll go first! There's no way I'm gonna lose this one."

Krillin then threw on a confident walk and climbed into the arena, and dropped into his battle stance, prepared for the fight. "Alright, bring him in whenever you want." He said, and Baba chuckled.

"He already is there."

Master Roshi and Trunks already knew what was going to happen.

"Wait wh-" Krillin said, but was cut off by something suddenly violently slamming into his stomach sending him flying back a few feet and landing hard on his back, knocking the wind out of his lungs. Instantly, he quickly regained his focus and hopped up, his eyes rapidly scanning the area for the assailant but to his surprise - there was no one there!

"What the..." Suddenly, they all heard a sinister laugh all around them.

"Foolish boy..." The voice said, "I am right infront of you... I'm invisible!"

Instantly a man in a cape materialized out of nowhere infront of Krillin, causing the monk to gasp and jumped back startled.

"Behold, boy... It is I - Fangs! The invisible vampire~" He flashed Krillin his fangs which caused him to recoil slightly.

"V-V-Vampire?" He stumbled, and the man snickered at the reaction he got out of him before suddenly fading out of existence.

Before he could regain his composure and drop into a defensive stance, another attack hit him upside the head causing him to fall down like he did before, and once he hit the floor a swift kick was delivered into his stomach, causing him to cough, his face contorting in pain. "H-H-How can I fight someone I can't see..."

Krillin jumped back up to his feet and looked around, trying to think of where his opponent could possibly be.

The Dragonball gang watched the scene with worried looks on their faces.

"This isn't good... That guy's invisible! There's no way to fight that!" Yamcha exclaimed, and Trunks shaked his head slightly at what he just said. "Actually, there is a way... Krillin just doesn't know it yet." He said, earning a confused look from Yamcha, Bulma, and Puar.

"What do you mean, Trunks?" Bulma asked, and Trunks ignored her and stepped closer to the arena.

"Hey Krillin." Trunks called out, and Krillin turned his head to Trunks.

"Yeah?"

"Listen... You can't see him - but you CAN feel him!" Trunks explained, earning a confused look from the monk/

"Well yeah, of course I can feel him! He just kicked me!"

Trunks sighed and shook his head at this response. "No no no... Listen... Shut your eyes." He said, earning yet another confused reaction from the young monk. "You want me to close my eyes? In the middle of a fight?"

"Do as he says." Roshi suddenly said, causing Krillin to glance at Roshi, and then back to Trunks, and he sighed and finally complied - shutting his eyes. "Okay now what?" he asked, and Trunks cleared his throat.

"Now... I want you to focus on imaging a wave emitting from your mind - and with that wave 'sweep' over the area around you."

Krillin frowned. "Well... Okay I guess but I really don't see how this will work."

Krillin cleared his mind, finding not much difficulty in doing so seeing as to how he was a monk, and then he followed Trunk's instructions - imaging a wave sweeping all over the areas around him. Suddenly, Krillin began to feel strange, and his head began to feel light as he sweeped over the areas slowly and suddenly, he not only saw something in his mind's eyes, but he also felt something too.

It was like something was sitting in the edges of his vision but he couldn't focus on it.

Gritting his teeth, he began to scan over the area again only this time he felt something stronger and the image in his head was clearer and he could make out a figure approaching him.

Was... Was that really Fangs? Krillin had NEVER felt something like this or used a technique anything remotely similar to this... The closest he had ever gotten in sensing energy was when he felt a little nauseous around Trunks, but he adjusted to that feeling pretty quickly.

Suddenly, Krillin raised his hand and the Dragonball Gang witnessed his arm 'jerk' back as if he had caught something that had been thrown in his hand, and Krillin's mouth fell open in shock. "Wow... Did... Did I?"

"Yes... You detected his life energy. Good job... You don't need eyes to fight, Krillin. Now... You're alot stronger than this guy, and now that he has lost his one advantage you can defeat him with ease." Trunks said, and Roshi looked down at the floor.

Not only is this boy extremely powerful... But he also seems to know his way around the battlefield...

Krillin did a lunge attack at the air and his fist connected with something, and a pained groan was heard and suddenly - Fangs the Vampire appeared mid flight as he landed hard on the floor. Not wasting any time, Krillin quickly sprinted up to Fangs and right as Fangs rose his head, Krillin delivered a swift kick to directly to his head, and Fang's head flung back down into the floor and his eyes shut as he passed out.

"Hmm... Looks like Fangs has bit the dust." Baba muttered. "How... Unexpected."

Fortune Teller Baba floated over to Krillin and raised his hand in the air. "We have a victor!"

Yamcha, Bulma, Goku, and Puar all cheered, while Trunks had a smile on his face.

Master Roshi allowed a small smile to form in the corners of his mouth. "Good job, Krillin. You fought well, and you learned how to detect energy fairly quickly."

Krillin's face flushed with the praise and chuckled. "Aw, I couldn't have done it without Trunks."

"Speaking of which... Roshi and... Trunks was it? Let us go into the palace and have our discussion. In the mean time, your next opponent will be Bandages the Mummy."

On cue, a large man wrapped in bandages stepped up to the arena with a cocky smirk on his face. "Those were some impressive moves, kid, but I doubt you can stop me. I'm more powerful than anything you've ever encountered, I can guarantee that."

Krillin met Bandage's cocky look with one of his own. "Bring it on."

"Alright, so what exactly is this about? Is this about how you don't trust me?"

Baba lead Trunks and Roshi into her palace and then locked the door behind them, and made sure to seal all the windows and other entrances to ensure total privacy and seclusion while they talked.

"Well partly, yes, but also because I feel something strange is going on."

Fortune Teller Baba sat her crystal ball down on a table, and then took her seat infront of it and instructed Trunks and Roshi to stand on opposite ends of the table.

"Now, this will hopefully shed some light on you, boy." Baba said looking Trunk's direction, and Trunks immediately moved away from the table.

"No! Whatever you're planning on doing, the answer is no!"

Master Roshi immediately looked at him with an accusing look, "Why? What do you have to hide?"

"If you look into the future... I don't know what will happen! I can cease to exist!"

Fortune Teller Baba chuckled at this. "Non-sense boy. I've done thousands of reading on people before, what makes you think you're so different? Time traveler or not."

She rubbed her crystal ball idly and looked up at Trunks. "What you are saying is true. You are indeed from the future. It is the only explanation I can come up with judging by the strange things I felt before you appeared. That, and your energy is extremely strange."

Trunks calmed down a little bit, but he was still a little on edge. "Why do we have to read me at all?"

"Because! A strange boy with a power level that makes everyone on the Earth look like ants appears, and then he immediately asks for the Dragon Balls, and then he talks about killer Androids in the future? That doesn't sound a bit far fetched to you?"

Trunks shook his head. "Fine... Go ahead and take a look."

Fortune Teller Baba's ball began to glow blue slightly as she began to rub it with both hands, whispering a small incantation as she did so. "Hmm... I feel that this boy is the least of our troubles."

Master Roshi adjusted his sunglasses slightly and looked at her confused. "What?"

"I feel that there is a great evil approaching the Earth. Not only that, but it is an ancient evil... I could be wrong, I have detected things like this before... But still... It is most strange."

"A great evil?" Trunks repeated, shaking his head at this. Maybe he HAD changed too much in the timeline...

"Now now." Baba said, as if picking up on Trunk's thoughts. "You should know by now that there are multiple timelines. When you went back in time, you actually entered our timeline and our time period."

"So that means anything I do in the past won't affect the future?"

"It MEANS that anything you do in OUR past won't affect YOUR future."

So that means that this entire mission was for nothing... But... Maybe I can still train here and get stronger than the Androids and go back to my time and kill them!

"Now, please clear your mind and I'll begin... You will feel no discomfort."

Halfheartedly, Trunks sighed and cleared his mind as he was instructed and for greater effect shut his eyes and began focusing on the intense blackness which replaced his vision. This is ridiculous... He thought as he remained calm and focused.

Baba began to hum silently as she rubbed her crystal ball, and suddenly it began to vibrate and glow, and she grunted. "Hm... This is going to be a very difficult session."

Master Roshi looked over at Trunks, who stood completely still, and then back at his sister. "What's wrong?"

"Well... Since the boy is from another timeline, I'm afraid it's going to take alot of my power to read -his- life. That and the fact that I haven't really used my powers to that extent in quite a while... Eh... It might tire me out a bit."

Baba shut her eyes and began to channel her power as best as she could, and she began to instantly feel fatigue creep into her spiritual energy and she struggled with her rapidly depleting power.

Suddenly, the ball flickered and an image appeared.

On the ball was a young looking Trunks, and next to him was... A man. A man who looked vaguely similar to Goku. The man had on an orange GI with the turtle hermit symbol etched on the back, and Master Roshi could make out the look of a very rugged warrior. Scars were scratched into his face, and not only that, but he was also missing an arm.

"Well..." The man spoke, and his voice came through layered with what sounded like television static with a slight echo behind it. "My father was probably the bravest man I've ever known... Heh. While Frieza had us all terrified, he was the first to step up to the plate. Ready to fight to the death. Bold, brave, fearless..."

Master Roshi began to instantly realize something, and then what the Trunks in the vision said next made Master Roshi's mouth drop.

"Wow... Goku sounds like he was a great man..."

Then it all made sense... The man that Roshi was looking at in the crystal ball...

It was Goku's son.

And here's a small cliff hanger for ya xP

edit: apparently I've made a mistake by making fangs and invisible man the same... I havent seen the baba saga in a long time. I'm sorry ;-;... But I actually kind of like Fangs as the invisible man. So I'll keep it lel

This update came out alot faster than expected, but then again I'm writing this story at a fairly quickly pace, especially surprising given that I have like 2 other projects I'm working on(A DOOM map and a C# application).

Anyways about the energy sensing scene... I'm not sure how exactly it feels to detect energy(seeing as to how it's impossible, atleast at the moment) so I kind of just winged it a bit. I hope that I didn't make Krillin learn it a bit too fast.

Also, let me just go ahead and ask you - would you like longer chapters but less frequent updates, or shorter chapters with more frequent updates? And by short chapters I mean chapters that are about 3,000-4,000 words in length, and by long chapters I mean like say, 5,000 words to 6,000 words in length.

I really just don't want to spam out updates. I've said this before, but I just don't want to annoy people by making them see my story on the first page over and over again.

Anyways thanks for reading, till the (not so distant) future,

-Twisted

Oh also, as you can see - I suck at dialogue. I'm always trying to fit in an action that the character is doing like

Master Roshi idly kicked a pebble before looking over at Trunks, "I don't know"

But this just feels weird and reads kind of awkwardly... And I don't want dialogue to just be

"No" Krillin said "I don't know

"Oh ok" Goku said "lol"

I really struggle with dialogue. If one of you experienced authors out there could give me a hand I'd really appreciate it.