Notes: So… Should I end this story earlier or later? Some toward-the-end ideas are so tempting to write… How about I rush a bit, and then add parts into the middle later?

PLEASE READ IF CH.9 IS NOT UPLOADED: Sorry for the delay, but I am working on Krillin's scene. It's longer than the rest. As will Master Roshi's.

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Bulma's laboratory served as a good resource to learn about the new Earth. There were drawings all over the place, something about cracks in the universe. Strangely enough, the word GOKU is written all over the place.

Bulma had a theory of multiple worlds; each having their own time line and characters. She envisioned them as storybooks, written so that everything proceeds as planned, by "fate". Then, she had a picture of this world's book, ripped up and torn, as well as having a bottle of ink spilled on its pages. A picture of a universal bookshelf toppled over; it represented the breakdown of the worlds.

Kakarot set himself free of that nightmare, and flew off to find the black door at the Kame House that led to the next dimension. Apparently someone was waiting for him.

"You! You killed my friend!" A three-eyed man gazed upon the saiyan. "I am Tien, and I will avenge my comrade!"

Without letting Kakarot say a word, Tien charged straight at him, punching him in the gut. Kakarot coughed, trying to catch a breath, but Tien was way too fast for him.

"Argh- you bastard- gah!" Tien punched him again and again, like a tsufuru-jin machine gun (not that these people knew what they were, Launch would have cried for one). His fists moved in flashes, invisible to the naked eye. Finally, he takes Kakarot's body by the legs and attempts to rip him apart.

"Ah! Let me go, you three-eyed freak!" Kakarot cursed as he tried to break free. He powered up, using the power that Porunga granted him. He managed to break free of Tien's lock, but the martial artist was ready for him. His index finger blazed with energy, and the Dodonpa shot point blank.

At first, it seemed that Tien had completely overpowered Kakarot. However, to the poor human's dismay, Kakarot powered up. He sent Tien flying into the sky before charging at him.

Tien could barely withstand his blows; each thrust was faster and stronger than the one before. He cupped his hands which sizzled with energy. "Kikōhō!*" a huge ray of energy fried Kakarot.

"ARGH!" Kakarot attempted to recover. Both of them soared into the horizon, throwing punches at each other. Tien had the upper hand, blocking every attack while delivering harsh counters. Kakarot was completely overpowered, not even able to stand up to Tien. Every energy wave that he took had a shock attached, and he felt every bit of pain Chiaotzu felt. Tien had no mercy whatsoever, endlessly attacking Kakarot. However, his saiyan blood boiled on…

It was at this moment that Kakarot cheated. Well, not quite, but you get what I mean.

"Now this is where you die!" Kakarot charged his Power Ball… and shot it straight at Tien's third eye. The eyeball absorbed the light and was so brutally burned that it was almost impossible to describe the pain; even Tien's level of discipline couldn't handle all of it. Yet he stood on his two legs in the air and fought.

Kakarot then tried another approach: "Come near me, and I'll explode, killing all of the people below us. I reckon there are about 2,000,000 people down there. Your call, rookie! Ahahahahaha!"

Tien knew that he was trapped. He couldn't kill one man with 2,000,000 lives. He stopped attacking and hoped that Kakarot's attention would be turned to him.

Kakarot sped to Tien, locking him up while blasting his third eye for a second time. With not even a breath for screaming, Tien's Ki dropped 90%. Kakarot could only laugh, while taking Tien's body and giving it a good work over. His eyes blazed with joy as the poor man was brutally beaten. Finally, Kakarot punctured his heart.

"Goku… why… how…" again, the same name. Tien had a sharper connection with the other worlds, managing to say another sentence: "The beast, Goku! The Beast! Fight it!" He coughed blood and blinked away. No one knew, but Tien sacrificed himself for the lives of 2,000,000 people.

In 6 hours, Kakarot made it to his recovery chamber in his ship. He used another 2 hours to heal. Kakarot looked for the other fighters, when he came across a short, bald monk. He had an orange Turtle-School outfit, ready to fight.

This man's name was Krillin. He powered up, shocking Kakarot with the sheer strength. But Kakarot gained power as well from his last fight with Tien. Krillin faced Kakarot with determination; a slight flashback of the Tenkaichi Budokai in Goku's timeline, when he faced Krillin, flashed in Kakarot's mind.

"Kakarot! You will kill no more! I don't care how strong you get, this ends NOW!" Krillin shouted.

"Fool. I've gotten ten times stronger than my last fight with that three eyed freak," said Kakarot.

"Freak? He was my friend! We fought together! We trained together! We're like brothers! All of us!" Krillin became angry. His body began to glow with energy.

Kakarot's energy rose, too. He began to laugh (as always), and the two warriors faced each other before one of the biggest fights since the Tsufuru-jin – saiyan war.

Krillin made a battle cry, and they charged.

*Tri-Beam; Ki Blast Cannon, w/e