Videl could hardly remember a thing. She stirred and turned on a hard surface as she tried to come to her senses. She had no idea where she was or what happened, but she knew enough to know that wherever she was, it wasn't good.

"Ugh.. Where am I..." Videl groaned. Her voice echoed throughout the room she was in. She thought she could hear a voice speaking to her, but she couldn't discern it. Her senses were still blocked.

'The last thing I remember was going to help Naruto take on that snake bastard. I saw Naruto take him out, I tried to calm him down and...' Videl froze. She remembered what had happened that led to her current status and her senses snapped back to her. Her eyes shot wide open as she struggled to move her body. She felt that she was being held down by something. It wasn't a lot of pressure to her, but it was enough to keep her in place without using her full strength.

She looked around the room and could see various medical tubing hanging from the ceiling, glass cabinets the walls, a pungent mix of medical chemicals permeated the chilly air in the room, which added to the whole creepy vibe that Videl was already getting. She shivered at the thought of what this place could possibly be. She never liked hospitals and this seemed far worse than that.

"Where in the hell am I?" Videl nearly shouted.

"You are in my lab, my dear." A cold, deep voice hissed. Videl knew who it was almost instantly.

"Orochimaru..." Videl growled. "What do you want with me you bastard.."

"Fufufu...Everything." He hissed.

"What? What is that supposed to mean?"

Orochimaru stepped back from Videl's bedside to pace around her.

"Tell me child. Do you enjoy being a ninja?"

"Where are you going with this? I wouldn't have done years worth of training in less than a month if I didn't"

"Oh come now child, humor me. Do you enjoy bring a ninja?"

"Fine... Yes, I love being a Ninja."

A smile crept across Orochimaru's face. "What a coincidence. I too love being a ninja."

Videl looked at him with a disturbed look on her face.

"I love everything about being a ninja. The fighting, the camaraderie, the plebs dying by their thousands in wars, but most of all I enjoy the jutsus."

"So you're a power hungry lunatic who wants as many Jutsu's as possible. To do that, you absorb the techniques others have learned. Am I right?"

"Wow...just going to jump right ahead on my monologue? Do the people of your world not practice the sacred art of monologing?"

"They do, but I usually figure everything out before they get a chance to finish. Usually that is when they are face first in the dirt after I kicked their asses"

"My how droll." Orochimaru sighed. "Yes child. I desire jutsus. I desire every jutsu imaginable. Just as the first man to create the color green did so by combining the colors of blue and yellow. I too shall create and master every possible combination of all the hand signs and all the chakras to create all the jutsus. But attaining such a feat takes time. Time that lesser mortals do not possess. I however, have transcended lesser mortals and have found a way to achieve true immortality. Which brings us back to you."

Videl glared at the Snake sannin.

"Or rather, to your lover."

Videl just smirked. "Like you could ever touch Gohan. He is leagues above you and so am I for that matter."

"You are right child. Your Gohan is far too powerful to be within my reach. You however..." Orochimaru reaches forward to cup Videl's cheek. "Are more attainable."

Across the room, Kabuto stepped out of the shadows with a syringe in his hand.

"Suffice it to say, girl. Your body is merely a stepping stone for me to obtain the vessel I truly desire." The snake hissed. "And when I have the blood of two half Saiyans coursing through my veins, I shall be strong enough to take my other vessel that was denied to me years ago, Itachi Uchiha. And then I shall be that much closer to achieving my perfect form."

"Funny thing is, you're not the first person to say that. The last one to say that was obliterated by Gohan 7 years ago. There is no such thing as perfection, no matter who you look at it." Videl stated coldly.

Orochimaru backhanded Videl. "That will be enough from you.."

"And you hit like a toddler." Videl added, which angered the Sannin even more.

Kabuto leaned over with his needle sticking dangerously close to Videl's arm vein.

"Now go to sleep, little one. We have much conditioning to go through before you can be considered a proper vessel for me."

Videl broke her bonds and knocked the needle out of Kabuto's hand. She jumped off the table and landed on her feet and stared down the now completely shocked Orochimaru and Kabuto.

"Like Hell you'll do anything to me."

"My Lord!" Kabuto cried out in shock. Orochimaru ignored him, staying focused on his prey as expected of a snake.

"Impressive little one. How on Earth did you manage to break free of those restraints? Those seals were meant to replicate 60x Earth's normal gravity. Not even Tsunade would be able to break free of them with brute force."

Videl broke out laughing. "60 times? That's it? I train in 150 times gravity in Gohan's gravity room. 60 times is nothing for me."

Orochimaru chuckled trying to hide his nervousness. "And suddenly you seem more desirable than a bronze medal."

"Only a bronze medal huh? I'm offended."

"Considering the long list of other candidates, I would think that you would be honored." Orochimaru said as Kabuto tried to sneak away.

Videl raised her hands up with one open palm over the other.

"Masenko-HA!" Videl shouted as the blast hit right in front of Kabuto blowing him away. "The only way either of you two are leaving here is in a pine box."

Orochimaru tilted his head back and stuck his hand down his throat.

'Gross' thought Videl.

The snake sannin pulled out a silver bladed sword with a snake hilt design as its handle.

"It seems you are still underestimating your position, little one. Let me correct you." The sannin took up a fencers position pointing his sword arm at Videl and holding his other arm behind his back.

"... A sword? Really? Perhaps you need to be educated more as to who exactly you are dealing with. Kaioken!" A red aura flashed over Videl as her hair took on a red hue and spiked up slightly.

"Like this, I have enough power to level the ground into a glass parking lot spanning a 10 mile radius."

"Is this how all fights begin in your universe, Saiyan? A dong measuring contest?" Orochimaru walked to the left keeping Videl's attention on him while Kabuto escaped out of the room to gather help for his lord. "In this world of ninjas, we let skills dictate the outcome of battle."

"Then shut up and lets go." Videl demanded as she charged Orochimaru so fast that the Sanin had no time to react and was punched through a wall.

Orochimaru's form was crumpled to an unrecognizable tangle of limbs, yet before Videl could mentally declare her victory, fingers spouted out of what remained of Orochimaru's mouth and a fresh new Sannin body crawled out.

"You'll have to do better then that, half breed." Orochimaru fired off a quick succession of hand signs, slow enough for Videl to see them all clearly. While Videl was trying to remember what kind of jutsu was being released based upon the order of the hand signs, she felt a biting sensation pierce through her neck.

While she was distracted, a snake hedged as some hanging medical tubing struck her from behind.

"As will you. HAAAAA!" Videl shouted, incinerating the snake and medical tubing into nothing but ashes. Once clear, she formed several sets of hand signs far too fast for the sannin to see.

"Fire style: Plasma Torch Jutsu!" A very thin stream of white and blue flames shot out of her mouth and carved a line through the wall and cut the snake sannin in half, cauterizing both half's of his body.

"Try to keep this together now will you?" Videl mocked with a smirk.

"I don't have to." Came the sannin's voice from the doorway. Videl did a quick double take to notice that the sannin she thought she torched in half was actual a pile of snakes and the real Orochimaru released a jutsu cloud of toxic gas into the room before sealing the door.

Videl coughed violently as she tried to figure out what just happened. 'He used some kind of clone jutsu while I wasn't looking. This gas will knock me out of I don't think of something fast.' Videl thought.

Without much thought, Videl fired a powerful Ki blast that shot through the ceiling and through the roof of wherever she was to vent out the gas. Once most of the gas cleared, Videl gasped for air while she tried to get her bearings.

Meanwhile on the other side of the wall.

"Lord Orochimaru! The subject has blasted through the ceiling!" Kabuto radioed in.

"I am aware of that Kabuto. She is proving to be more powerful than anticipated. I will have to try different tactics if I wish to contain her. Usher the staff and the other test subjects away from this section. Then monitor our security feed and warn me if any of her friends show up."

"Understood. Good luck, my Lord."

Orochimaru did not respond and instead pondered what new tactics he could use against such a powerhouse.

"Alright. where the hell am I..." Videl said aloud as she looked around trying to get an idea of where she was.

She heard a knock on the heavy door separating her from Orochimaru. "Oh little whelp?! Are you still conscious? Please tell me you are. I'd hate to think I overestimated you more than I already have."

Videl growled as she blew a dump truck size hole through the wall there the door was, only to see that Orochimaru wasn't there.

"Grr... Quit fucking around!"

"Gladly." Came a voice to Videl's left. She turned to face it but felt a dozen snakes wrap around and constrict her limbs from behind. Meanwhile, Orochimaru appeared out of the shadows and brought his sword down aimed directly at Videl's heart.

'Shit' Videl thought as she flared up her aura and blew away the snakes just in time to dodge the sword. Videl got back up and wiped the sweat from her brow.

"You're a lot better than I thought, I'll give you that. But you're still going to die here, one way or another."

The sannin began to chuckle.

"Likewise, little one. It seems I was hasty in my judgment of your worth. You are raw yes, but you have so much potential. More potential than even the one called Gohan possesses."

Videl was taken aback by that statement. "W-what? what are you saying?"

Orochimaru relaxed his guard in an effort to make Videl think him sincere.

"I can see now that it would be such a waste to leave your training up to those lesser ninjas of the Leaf. Why don't you stay here and let me train you. Teach you everything I know. I will bring you to a level beyond even your lover's wildest fantasies. And you can use that power to protect those you love forever."

Videl was deep in thought. She had been seriously considering his offer, but then remembered how she got here and the stories that were told by her friends about Orochimaru. The most prominent one was the named Sasuke.

"As tempting of an offer as that may be, I must say no. You seem to underestimate Gohan and the ones from the Leaf greatly. You think I'm good? Gohan is a Super Saiyan and can train in 500 times gravity with the ability to wipe out whole solar systems in a single attack. If anyone can get me to his level and beyond, It's Gohan. He knows far more about Saiyan's than I could ever hope to. You are just an evil, twisted psychopath who honestly believes that absorbing peoples bodies is the true way to immortality. Let me tell you, it's far from it."

"And what I could present to you is a better offer. Allow me to train you and I will not pursue you or Gohan as my vessels any further."

Videl thought about it for a minute, but sensed Orochimaru's power level fluctuate momentarily. She knew right then and there that he was lying.

"Nice try. I know you're lying. One of the abilities I learned from Gohan was the ability to sense peoples energy. When I sensed yours when you were telling me your little song and dance, your power fluctuated. That means you are lying. You won't have me and you sure as hell wont have Gohan."

"I wasn't lying girl. I am offering you training you could never receive in the Leaf and in return I leave you and your lover alone to live happily ever after."

"Honestly I couldn't care if you were lying or not. The fact remains is that there is nothing you could offer me that would make me change my mind. Sasuke may have been dumb enough to take you up on your offer, but Gohan and I know better than to make a deal with the devil." Videl retorted. "Also, you underestimate the Leaf. With me being a shinobi among them, I am one of the strongest they have. Plus I have been training Naruto and Sakura in 150 times gravity as well, add to the fact that Sakura recently discovered a transformation ability that-" Videl cut herself off when she realized what she just said. 'IDIOT! Videl you fucking MORON!' Videl yelled at herself.

Orochimaru cocked an eyebrow. "The Haruno girl can transform, you say? That is quite an interesting subject. One I care very much to hear."

"Forget I even mentioned it. I wont tell you anything more and there isn't a damn thing you can offer me that would make me say different."

"Not even the safeguard of you, your lover, and your village? I may even be able to return to your home." Orochimaru said.

That got Videl's attention. "Oh yeah? And what's in it for you?" Videl asked.

"Your first born child."

"W-what! I'm not giving you any child of mine!"

"Silly child, do not be so quick to refuse. All I am asking is that years down the line when you and your love first conceive a child you simply not tell him or anyone else about it. You would go on a simple mission and become 'captured by rogue forces. Nine months later you would be found by the Leaf with a wiped memory and free to continue your life together with Gohan. Never to hear again from me or my forces."

"Just so you can fulfill your evil ambitions?! Fat chance asshole!"

Disappointed that negotiations had fell through, Orochimaru lunged at Videl who made the mistake of looking into his eyes. Suddenly she was surrounded by darkness.

"W-what the hell?" Videl stammered out

What was once a dimly lit corridor was now an abyss of inky darkness.

'A Genjutsu? Does he seriously think I would fall for something like this?' Videl scoffed in her mind. Until a figure presented itself to her.

"Disgusting." it whispered.

"W-what?"

"I said you're disgusting. How could anyone love a violent girl such as you." The voice clarified.

"Who are you? Show yourself creep!"

"I can't believe out of all the girls to be stuck with in this other dimension it had to be you." Said the voice from behind Videl.

Videl slowly turned around. She knew who it already was, but her eyes had to confirm it. Sadly she was right. Gohan stood there before her.

"Gohan? What are you talking about? You saved me countless times over the past several months, you helped train me, you helped me understand my Saiyan roots. We are in love and we have made love on more than one occasion. This, This can't be you."

"I could have been with Angela, or Erasa or even no one else at all and I would have my pick of the girls in this dimension. Instead I have to feel guilty about leaving you all alone. What guy would want a girl stronger than him anyway?"

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Videl shouted trying to fight back tears, forgetting where she was.

"You're so damaged too. Why that teacher wanted to have his way with you I'll never understand. You may have been disgusting before, but now you are just impure."

Videl's heart felt like it had been smashed. Gohan struck such a tender nerve that Videl just wanted to end her life right now because of it. She had never felt so alone. But the more she thought about it, the more angrier she got. She then remembered that she was in a genjutsu cast by the Snake bastard himself and that this wasn't her Gohan.

"No... You're not really Gohan. Gohan would never say anything like that to anyone. Even against Cell, he wouldn't be that cruel." Videl said quietly as she looked up at the fake Gohan.

"You are nothing more than an illusion created by a mad man! You are not Gohan! YOU ARE NOT THE MAN I LOVE! YOU ARE A LIE!"

"No. I am the man you love." Gohan spoke. "But you are unworthy of my love. So much so that I'd rather kill myself then waste another moment living a lie."

Gohan then twisted his head to the side, keeping his arms still, he kept forcing his neck muscles that began to twitch in defiance until finally...

SNAP!

Gohan fell to the ground like a puppet who's strings had been cut.

Videl stood there in shock. She had just witnessed the image of the man she loves die before her. She was enraged. Not over the fact that Gohan died, she new he wasn't real. She was enraged that the Snake bastard made her live through this horror and that he created it for her. It was in that moment that something in her snapped.

"ENOUGH OF THE LIES!" Videl roared as her skin turned from her tanned pink color to a pale orange. Her hair spiked up in a similar fashion to Gohan's and turned to a very dark shade of red. The pupils of her eyes were gone and all that was left were the whites of her eyes. Her aura changed into a dull golden color as her power erupted from all sides, blowing away the Genjutsu.

Outside of the shroud of darkness, Orochimaru watched in horror as Videl took on her transformation. Her power had risen immensely, he knew that much and he had no way of gauging ones power. But he didn't need to. He knew that at this moment, he was thoroughly screwed.

"Nothing will save you from me now, Orochimaru. You dug your grave, and now you will sleep in it!" Videl said darkly, her voice echoing demonically as if she was two people talking at the same time.

Videl brought her hands to her right side and cupped them as blue Ki charged in them. Orochimaru was absolutely stunned with evident fear that he couldn't move.

"KAA MEE HAA MEE HAAAAAA!" Videl shouted as the energy blast erupted from her hands and created a blast so large that it completely engulfed the Sannin and the entire facility they were in. Outside, the beam engulfed an area of at least a 15 mile radius as a beam shot out of the dome of energy and into space.

Miles away, just past Tenchi Bridge, Team 7 stopped dead in their tracks as they witnessed the massive explosion of energy rock the landscape around them.

"Holy hell in a hand-basket..." Naruto gasped out.

"What in the world is that?" Sakura asked to no one in particular.

'That was a Kamehameha from Videl.' Gohan said into their minds. 'It seems she has unlocked a lessor form of our Kekkei Genkai and her power has risen immensely. I can't sense Orochimaru anymore.' Gohan finished.

"What does that mean?" Kakashi asked.

'Generally, when we cant sense a persons energy, it means that they are either too far away, their power just isn't high enough to be detected, or they're dead. I'm betting on the latter based on the output of Videl's power against Orochimaru's power level.' Gohan replied.

Looks of shock ran across the faces of the present members of Team 7 and Yamato. 'Could someone have finally killed Orochimaru?' They all collectively thought.

'Honestly, I would be more surprised if she couldn't. If Orochimaru survived that blast, which i doubt, it would only be for a moment. When a Saiyan in this state, their rage and instincts act for them and any reasoning is thrown out the window.' Gohan said.

"Like that Oozu-whatever form you told as about?" Naruto asked.

'Oozaru, and yea something like that. Except this transformation is far stronger than that form.' Gohan said as his mind wandered to the memory of Goku becoming this form against Slug. He remembered how destructive Goku was during that transformed state and how shot it lasted. 'I need to go on ahead. That form only lasts for a few moments and I need to make sure she is okay.'

"Wait, Take Sakura with you. She can heal Videl if she needs it." Yamato suggested.

"Wait, What?" Sakura questioned with a look of shock.

'Alright, give me a second.' Within a blink of an eye, Gohan landed in front of the 4 shinobi. "Get on my back, Sakura, and Hold on tight. This is going to be the fastest ride of your life."

"That's what she said." Naruto said under his breath, which resulted in a hard elbow to the gut from Sakura.

"Idiot.." Sakura spat as she walked away from Naruto over to Gohan. Gohan knelt down and picked up Sakura piggy-back style. Sakura tightened her grip around Gohan's neck, being extra careful not to choke the man.

"Alright, Hold on." Gohan said before he blasted off as fast as he could go, with Sakura screaming the whole way up.

"Wow... I do NOT envy Sakura in the slightest." Yamato stated.

Kakashi nodded and looked to the now recovered Naruto. "You didn't say anything about Sakura leaving. How come?"

Naruto shrugged. "She's with our planet's biggest powerhouse. She'll be fine." Naruto said with his trademark grin. But, deep down, he couldn't help but worry about her.

"Well, lets get moving." Kakashi ordered and Naruto and Yamato sprinted off to find Videl.

The blast subsided and the dust and debris around the area settled. Videl stood in a massive crater, her pale golden aura still as violent as before.

"That's the end of you. Filthy snake fucker.." Videl spat.

Suddenly, she heard a noise behind her. Gohan and Sakura had just landed near Videl and Sakura let out a gasp.

"This is the form you were talking about, Gohan?" Sakura questioned.

Gohan nodded. "Just as I thought. Her rage triggered the False Super Saiyan form."

Videl turned and looked at the two newcomers and fell into a fighting stance, her pupiless eyes glaring at her new potential targets.

Gohan fell into his stance as well, trying to keep Sakura behind her. "This could turn ugly, Sakura. Stay back and don't get involved. She is far too powerful for you." Gohan ordered.

Sakura nodded and darted away from the scene as fast as her new speed would allow.

"Videl. You need to calm down. I don't want to hurt you." Gohan said, trying to reason with Videl.

Videl just continued to glare at Gohan for several more moments, until her power flashed away just as quickly as it came. She fell onto the ground completely knocked out. Gohan went to her side after dropping his super Saiyan 2 form. He reached for his belt to find some senzu beans, only to rmeember that Kakashi had them and Videl's were nowhere to be found.

"Sakura. I need you over here. Videl is out cold and Kakashi has my senzu beans."

Sakura wasted no time in getting to Videl's side. She scanned Videl's body with her mystic palm jutsu and did a quick physical assessment of Videl.

"Her vitals are stable, she has no injuries and her Chakra and Ki levels are low, but not dangerously. I can bring her back if you want." Sakura said, to which Gohan nodded.

Sakura pumped a brief surge of Chakra into Videl's system that sent a jolt to her brain and brought her back to consciousness. The first thing she saw was daylight with Gohan and Sakura knelt down beside her.

"G-Gohan...?" Videl said barely above a whisper. She then remembered the genjutsu she was in before she had that amazing power up.

"Yes, and Sakura as well." Gohan replied.

"Gohan, I need to know. Do you love me?"

Gohan looked at Videl with a puzzled and shocked expression.

"Why would you ask that?"

Videl started to feel her already smashed heart begin to break more, but Gohan wasn't finished.

"You know I love you with all my heart, why ask?" Gohan said.

It was then that the flood gates opened up and Videl latched onto Gohan and cried hard.

"It was horrible! That snake fucker put me in the worst possible genjutsu I could ever see! He made an image of you who kept calling me disgusting and that you would rather die than love me! Then you killed yourself by breaking your own neck! You even used my rape memory against me! It was so horrible!" Videl sobbed.

Gohan pulled her into a warm embrace and rocked her side to side while rubbing her back.

"It's okay. You know I would never say anything like that to anyone, even if it was true. You are not disgusting and I love you more than anything. Don't ever forget that." Gohan said softly.

Sakura watched with tears of her own as she witnessed the true love her two friends shared. Videl had been through a traumatic experience and Gohan was doing everything in his power to comfort the one he loves. It was a sad, yet romantic scene that made Sakura cry with a mix of joy and sympathy.

'It's a beautiful site..' Sakura said.

'I'm inclined to agree.' Inner replied. Then inner remembered something. 'Did Videl say, rape memory?'

Sakura was stunned when those words replayed in her mind as it all came to her.

'She was raped...? Oh my god... Oh Videl...' Sakura thought sadly.

'Yes she was, Sakura.' Gohan spoke into her mind. 'It's not a pleasant memory and I will let Videl tell you when she is ready. But for now, can you find out how far away the others are?'

Sakura nodded and got up, wiping away some of her tears as Gohan continued to rock Videl in an attempt to calm her down.

'She really has been through a lot since we came here, but this... I'm not sure where to begin with this. I haven't seen her this bad since she told me that secret.' Gohan thought to himself, making sure to block off hims mind from Videl. He felt her grabbing onto him tighter as he swayed his upper body a little more to rock Videl in comfort. he laid a long and soft kiss on the crown of her head as he did everything he could to calm down the love of his life.

'I can't believe Orochimaru would stoop so low as to use a poor girls bad memory against her. Joke's on him now, I suppose.'

Some time later, the remainder of team 7 arrived. Sakura had explained to them what happened to Videl and had warned Kakashi of the traumatic event that she had to relive. Knowing this, Kakashi would save his disciplining of Videl's actions for a later time. They arrived to see Gohan holding a now sleeping Videl in his arms.

"What happened here?" Yamato asked Gohan quietly.

"It was as I suspected and Sakura can vouch for this. Videl achieved the False Super Saiyan form and killed Orochimaru. But not before he put her in a traumatizing genjutsu. I know you probably want to reprimand her, but just let her rest for right now." Gohan explained.

Kakashi nodded. "Sakura explained that much to me. No one should have to go through such an ordeal, let alone relive it."

Naruto and Yamato split off from the group to search the area for any signs of Orochimaru, only to find very little if anything remaining after some time searching. Naruto was the first to return, only to see Videl now standing and Kakashi getting ready to read Videl the riot act.

"I'm very sorry Kakashi-sensei.. I really underestimated my opponent and I probably would have been in worse shape than I am." Videl said.

"When I give you an order, I expect you to follow it until I say otherwise. I understand you are used to working alone, but you are on a team that will help and support you as you continue on. You took off, headstrong, without my go-ahead. The consequence of your actions nearly cost everyone their lives and that I'm afraid is something you will have to live with." Kakashi said sternly. Videl looked down at the ground, fists clenched as she mentally kicked herself repeatedly for being so over confident.

"I have to agree with Kakashi, Videl." Gohan said, which earned him a confused look from Videl as she looked up and saw that Gohan had the same stern look as Kakashi. Videl relaxed her face and nodded sadly. She knew she fucked up and bad.

Kakashi's expression shifted to a smile. "However, you did kill Orochimaru, which is something that no one has been able to do. He was known as the strongest of the Sannin and you ended him like it was nothing. I'm more than certain that everyone in the village would consider you a hero for doing such a feat."

Videl looked up with her eyes wide. "W-what..? But even after everything I did?"

"I'll say this Videl. We have one motto on this squad. Those who break the rules are scum, but those who do not care for and abandon their fellow ninjas and friends are even lower then scum. You disobeyed my orders and acted on your own half cocked. You did it to help Naruto, your fellow, so your heart was in the right place. But I expect you to respect the chain of command. I won't risk my squad on the hope that we get lucky like that again."

"I understand, sensei." Videl hung her head in shame."

"That goes double for you too, Naruto, Sakura." The two chunin perked up at the mention of their names.

"While I am happy that you two found each other, your relationship cannot factor into missions. I need Naruto and Sakura the chunin ninjas. Not Naruto and Sakura the loving couple. We will not halt a mission in progress just to give the two of you time to sort out your feelings. Especially not when there is a comrade in need of rescue. Next time I will leave you behind and ensure that the two of you never serve on the same squad again. Am I clear?"

"Yes, sensei." They both replied

Kakashi then looked over to Yamato. "Find anything?"

Yamato shook his head. "What little we did find wasn't much. He really is gone, Kakashi."

"After a blast this big, I wouldn't expect anything less." Naruto said.

Kakashi let out a massive sigh of relief. Orochimaru was finally gone. The man that plagued the Leaf village for so long has finally been sent to hell for everything he has done. Then a thought crossed his mind.

"What about Kabuto?"

"Nowhere to be found." Yamato replied.

"Kabuto escaped before I started fighting Orochimaru." Videl explained. Kakashi nodded and turned to the rest of his team.

"Alright gang, pack it up and let's go home." Kakashi ordered. A collective whoop was said by the whole squad and the six warriors began their long walk home. Including Gohan and Videl who opted to take the scenic route for once. After a harrowing two months, this felt like the dawn of a new chapter. A more peaceful future was on the horizon…

Meanwhile, an uncountable number of light-years away…

A planet was being glassed. On the ground, fire rained down from the heavens, wiping out entire cities with a single blast. Billions cried out in terror, certain that the end times were upon them. Moment by moment they were silenced by the millions.

High above, outside the planet's atmosphere, stood that world's harbinger of death atop his massive ship; 1,200 meters long with two long hulls connected to a saucer in the front. The ship held a crew of 10,000 men and sported an array of devastating weapons including; 24 Phaser turrets, 8 torpedo tubes, and two forward high powered assault Phaser cannons. But the tyrant standing atop his ship had opted not to use any of the ship's weapons. He preferred the personal touch when it came to destruction.

'That's right. Run to your capital little insects, your leaders will save you.' The alien known as a Frost Demon thought before firing another death beam at the Capital with his fingertip. 'Oh wait, no they won't. Cause I blew them up.' The maniac laughed in the way maniacs do.

"Lord Ice." The Frost Demon's scouter came to life.

"Yes, what is it Granite?" Ice replied, annoyed that someone dared to interrupt his fun.

"My Lord, a transmission has come in from your father, King Hail. He requests for presence at once, sire." The soldier nervously reported.

Ice sighed. "Very well, inform my father that I shall be with him shortly." Ice turned back towards the ship's bay doors after sending another beam of energy to carve one of the planet's continents in two.

Moments later Ice was inside the ship and entering the communications room where his father was already waiting for him on screen.

"Hello Daddy." Ice spoke in his most polite voice, which unnerved the men under his command to no end. Lord Ice was never polite, he was cold and calculating. His only use for politeness was when it was to obtain something he wanted that couldn't be bought through overwhelming force.

"Hello, my little angel. I hope I'm finding you well." King Hail replied, not taking his eyes off of his glass of red wine.

"Of course, Daddy. I was just destroying that pesky little planet like you asked." Ice said in a same tone of voice a 10 year old would use to report to his parents how he took out the trash.

"Yes, I have heard that you have been quite the busy little bee helping spread our influence across the stars."

"Anything to assist you, Father." Ice bowed his head.

"Very good. Which leads me to the reason I called you. It seems our scientists have picked up a massive power level coming from some no named planet on the edge of the universe. This isn't the first time we've picked up a massive spike in that sector and I want you and your crew to go check it out."

"Oh must I Daddy? Certainly there are more important missions you could send me on? Missions that require my level of skills?"

"That is an order, son." Hail's tone quickly turned cold.

"Yes of course, Daddy." Ice quickly retracted.

"Very good, my people have already sent the planet's coordinates to your ship's navigator. It is a tiny blue planet our astrologists have named Element, located in Galaxy XYJ-531. I expect no delays."

"Yes of course, Daddy. What exactly was the power level you detected?"

"Our long range scanners estimated it to be within the range of 4.5 million."

"4.5? Surely Daddy this is beneath me. Such a level is hardly worth our time."

"Silence. I did not become Emperor of a thousand galaxies by leaving things up to chance. Get it done." With that, the feed was cut and Ice was left looking at a blank screen.

"Oh and son…" The screen immediately came back to life. "Quit playing with your food." King Hail scolded before cutting the feed permanently this time.

Ice sulked for a bit before heading back out into the vacuum of space to destroy what remained of the doomed planet in a single blow.

"How long until we reach…ugh, Element?" Ice asked a nearby aid.

"Our navigator estimates that we will arrive at our destination in one month, sire." The aide squeaked.

"Ugh, very well. Proceed at best speed. I'll be in my living quarters, no interruptions." With that, Ice left the aide to scamper off and relay his orders. This 'Element' was an unwanted distraction, most likely populated by weaklings, even if a single one of them managed to break over a million on the power level scale.

'So a backwater planet has managed to produce a single fighter of worth? It's a remarkable jump from the usual power levels we detect in that sector. I'll have to plan ahead my approach in order to not be caught off guard by any more surprises this planet might have.' Ice chuckled to himself at the thought of playing war with his troops and whatever forces this new planet could muster against them. 'Might as well have some fun when I crush these bugs underfoot.' Ice thought.

Soon Ice's ship was enveloped by a blue vortex as the massive object was shot forward several times faster than the speed of light. Element is soon to be in for a shit storm unlike any it has ever seen.