A/N: I've decided to break the story into parts. This wont change how it's updated or anything like that, it'll all still go under the same story and the chapters will still be numbered without restarting (i.e. Part Two: Chapter 1 wont happen) and everything. This is just to make a few things easier on me in the organizing and planning of things. So Chapter One has already been updated with the title of the first part which is The Masters since they're the general focus despite the other events of the past ten chapters. Just thought I'd let you all know so that when you see Part Two you wont be confused.

Also, Chapter One has been changed into a Song Fic style. These will show up now and again throughout TDOY. When I know the artist that sings the song whose lyrics I'm using I'll list that, otherwise I'll just not mention that. It's just a style/effect thing. You may want to listen to the actual song for that chapter while reading it for added effect even, but that's up to you. Anyway, on we go!

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Chapter Eleven - Recovery

Raditz slammed into the ground hard. As he pulled himself out of the crater he was panting heavily. Floating a good twenty yards in the sky Pikkon was in similar condition. Groaning he charged a ball of energy in his right palm and then launched it up at Pikkon. As the attack was let loose there was a flash of gold from Raditz and he reverted to normal and then fell back onto his butt. Pikkon managed to just dodge the attack, much to Raditz's distaste. "Alright, that's enough!" Shin called.

Pikkon nodded and landed as Raditz laid down and stared up at the sky breathing hard. Even if he was dead that had been a really tiring battle. "Hmph. Pathetic." Bardock said from where he stood as he crossed his arms.

"I'd like to see you do better." Raditz shot back painfully.

Bardock smirked and cracked his neck. "If he were still in good shape, I would." the Sai-jin replied. Raditz, Daimao, and Nappa all looked at him like he was crazy. Even the two Kai's gave him an intrigued look.

"I think I can do that much." Shin said. He moved over to Pikkon and held out his hands. In a matter of seconds the dead alien was back to full power once more. "There. Now, I'd be interested to see what you can do Bardock. I was under the assumption you were at your maximum power."

Bardock stepped forward as Raditz moved slowly and painfully to the side. "Well, you assumed wrong." he said with a smirk. He braced his legs, hunched over, clenched his fists, and let out a yell. The ground began to shake, and then soon the entirety of the Grand Kai's world trembled with the power. Yet Shin felt no building strength from Bardock. And then the wave of power generated wind washed across the world. Rocks and dirt flew into the air as a tornado of teal power exploded about Bardock.

Shin realized what Bardock was doing at this point, he was pulling every last ounce of energy he possesed up to the surface. Under normal circumstances he would expect a single attack from the Sai-jin at the maximum amount of power he could muster. But he had a feeling the Sai-jin was attempting something else with this. After a moment Bardock's full power was swirling about his body, his aura almost like a teal colored sun. The Sai-jin's determined expression shifted to one of pride and arrogance. "And now... HELL FIRE!" he roared.

His aura rippled and flashed, pulsed and flared, and began to change. The teal color faded as a flame red color exploded forth. His aura now resembled fire in more than just color but in nature too. It licked across his body and danced around him like intense flame. Specks of blue, white, black, yellow, and orange drifted up from him as well, like the burning embers of a flame. His muscles built up in size and bulged, his eyes turned red as he let out a roar and threw his head back. Shin understood at that point as the Sai-jin's power began to swell larger and larger.

Bardock had tapped directly into the might of the Oozaru. While the strength of the Oozaru did run through his body constantly the normal Sai-jin form could not contain the Oozaru's full might. Even the actual Oozaru form was inadequate at managing that immense a power. The Oozaru was the most powerful force the universe had ever created, far beyond what the Sai-jins truly understood of it. What Bardock had done was create an improvised shift to an Oozaru like form. And Shin could tell that his improvised state was more adequate at managing the Oozaru might than the actual form of the older Sai-jins. It was evident in the swelling of his powers as it he'd already become more than 10 times stronger.

As Shin watched he wondered if perhaps Bardock had found a shortcut to the full Oozaru might. A way to by-pass the four levels of Super Sai-jin and go straight to the ultimate of Sai-jin power, the True Oozaru, the Super Oozaru. But it was not the case as his power leveled off once more, at a level 20 times that of his normal strength. His red eyes lowered to gaze at Pikkon as he smirked, a small fang emerging as he did. He flexed his muscles as he reached up and popped his neck once more. It was Nappa that broke the silence as he stared at Bardock. "H-how... Bardock's stronger than Raditz is as a Super Sai-jin!"

Bardock grinned. "Allow me to introduce you to the Hell Fire technique." Bardock rasped, his voice a few octaves deeper than normal. "So named because of the aura, and it's place of inception." The Sai-jin's grin became a smirk. "I could feel a power sleeping deep within me and assumed I was near to attaining my own Super Sai-jin transformation. After a year of trying to break through via various ways I developed this little ability. But, there's more to this than meets the eye."

Pikkon raised an eyebrow at that. He was very interested in what Bardock meant by this. The Grand Kai, however, was more interested in how such a skill could go by undetected by him. Especially since it put Bardock's power near that of the Supreme Kai's. In fact, it put him stronger than Pikkon now. The two dead warriors slipped into combat positions, and then vanished.

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Enzeru moved down over the water as she flew, the others behind her. They'd made five stops so far and had been able to save seven people. And had lost two. Enzeru didn't like those numbers, she'd have prefered nine saved and none lost. But she knew that, considering the situation, it was a good outcome. She turned her head a bit to look at Mitsuki as the two continued their conversation. "So it was this Eternal Dragon thing that made the four of you and the Masters Immortal?" she asked.

Enzeru shook her head. "Not Immortal. We and they can die. We have Eternal Youth. None of us will age and the Masters seem to stop aging at around 20 or so."

Mitsuki nodded. "Why not just wish them gone?"

It was Tien that answered. "The Dragon has limits to it's powers. It cannot grant a wish beyond the power of it's creator, Kami. Each wish it grants requires energy, if the wish takes more than Kami has then it can't be granted."

"So making yourselves stronger is out of the realm of possibility as well?" Mitsuki asked. Tien nodded. She flew in silence for a moment thinking. "What about wishing to be Sai-jin? Or Half Sai-jin? You might have the chance to catch up to them that way..."

"And become one of them?" Yamcha asked hotly. "No way in hell."

Enzeru glanced back at him and sighed. "Beyond that, it's beyond the Dragon's powers as well. We tried it once." She veered to the right a bit as the power she'd been searching for grazed her senses. "We've worked through all the options and, sadly, are left with only our current course. The odds are against us but we do have a chance to win."

They flew in silence for the last couple miles as a small island barely large enough for them all to land on came into view. Enzeru increased her speed a bit, the others doing the same, and a moment later they were standing on the small land mass. It was barren save for three trees and a large rock in the center. Tien moved over to one of the trees and reached inside a hole in the trunk. A second later the large stone began to move to the side and reveal an opening in the ground that went straight down. The hole was just large enough for one person to pass through.

As the stone locked into place Krillin dropped down the opening followed by Yamcha, Tien, Mitsuki, and then Enzeru. Mitsuki figured the drop was about a fifty yards as her feet touched down on the rock floor. She raised an eyebrow at the sight before her. They were in a fair sized cave with a house only a few feet away from them. A house Mitsuki recognized from the reports on Earth. Kame House. Home of Master Roshi. The woman turned as her sister stepped up beside her. "A small word of warning, Roshi's... Well..."

Krillin looked back at the two of them. "He's an old pervert." the short Human said. "He's learned his lesson around Enzeru..." he laughed slightly. "But you're new so expect to be groped."

Yamcha nodded. "Hence why we had Rei stay behind at the base. Meeting Roshi is the last thing that girl needs." he said as he walked up onto the front porch. As he did Mitsuki reached up and activated her scouter out of habit. A second later, aside from those with her, it listed two powers. One at 2, and one at 351. As she followed the others inside she was able to place one of the power readings to people. The level of 2 belonged to a red haired woman who appeared to be in her thirties. What Mitsuki found interesting was the large man in the room with her that had no reading.

"Hey Sno, Eighter." Enzeru said waving to them as she began up the stairs. Tien, Krillin, and Yamcha all took seats but Mitsuki just leaned back against the wall.

"So, who's the new girl?" Sno asked curiously. She'd not seen Enzeru and the others bring anyone else down with them before, and certainly not someone in Imperial Armor and wearing a scouter.

"Oh, I'm Mitsuki." she said walking over and holding out a hand which Sno shook. "I'm Enzeru's sister... or half sister anyway."

"Oh!" Sno cried excitedly. "Did you hear that Eighter? Enzeru finally found her!"

"Yeah, that's great news." the large man said smiling.

Mitsuki looked over at him for a moment before speaking. "Mind if... I ask why..."

"Oh, why I don't have a power level?" Eighter asked. Mitsuki nodded. "Well, I'm an Android."

"I... I thought that all the Androids were Masters?"

Sno shook her head. "Eighter here was an early design, from way back when I was still a little kid. He's not like the others, he doesn't like hurting people." Krillin leaned back into the chair he was in and tilted his head up to look at the ceiling. "Oh, Krillin..." Sno started apologetically. "I didn't..."

"No, it's okay." he said. "It's been over twenty years." He sighed and closed his eyes. "She told me why she had to go... and she was right. They could have tracked her to us, they could have just set off the bomb inside of her and blown us all up, they could have done so many different things. Everyone's better off this way... but... then, why does it still feel like it was the wrong choice?"

"Hello again boys!" a loud voice called from the stairs as Roshi emerged into the room. "Ooooooh, and who's the pretty lady?"

There was a crack as Enzeru's hand smacked the back of his head. "That would be my sister Mitsuki." she said stepping out from behind him. "Like I said, try and keep your hands to yourself."

"Right, right..." he said rubbing his head. "Anyway, I'd offer you guys something to eat but Launch isn't back from the shopping yet. She has to go further and further every time to find a place to shop..."

Tien stood and moved over to Roshi as he dug a metal case out from under his shirt and handed them over. "Here are the Dragonballs. Enzeru and I thought it would be better to leave them here for now, in case we can't get here when the time comes. The four of you can summon Shenron and make the wish."

"Why wouldn't you be able to get here?" Sno asked. "And what's going on, why bring them here now?"

"Frieza's coming." Yamcha said. "He'll be here in a week to destroy the planet."

"What?"

Tien nodded. "Ya, so we're preparing to make the move. I'm not sure if we'll be able to get here fast enough after realizing Freiza's here to summon Shenron ourselves. It'll be up to you guys."

"Don't worry Tien." Eighter said. "We'll make sure the wish is made in time."

"Eighter's right." Sno said, a smile gracing her face for the first time in days. "You leave everything to us."

"Thanks." said Enzeru. "The planet is going to be empty of Imperial soldiers by the time Frieza arrives, hell, they'll be gone by nightfall tomorrow, so just wish all life on Earth to New Earth."

"Got it." Sno said with a nod.

The serious moment was shattered a second later by a loud crack. Everyone turned to see Mitsuki's fist buried in Roshi's stomach, the old master's hand's still reaching out, one on her butt and one on her breasts. A second later he moved back holding his stomach. As the gathering watched him they began to smile and then laugh outright. Some things just never changed.

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Marron looked down at the head resting in her lap and was still having trouble grasping everything that had happened. That morning when she'd gotten up... she'd been a normal citizen of the Empire. Now... well, now Bra had just cried herself to sleep and was using her lap as her pillow. She'd never expected to actually meet one of the Masters let alone try and save them or try and comfort one of them. Her original feelings of them being nothing but heartless monsters had faded considerably since she'd arrived in the med bay.

Her head jerked up from looking at Bra to look across at the Regen Tank Trunks was in as it began to beep. At first she was worried that it was a warning that something was wrong but then she saw that the tank began to drain. It was over, the poison had been flushed from his system. She reached down and shook Bra's shoulder gently for a moment and the girl's eyes opened slowly. However, once she saw the tank draining she was up and moving over to it quickly to stand with 18 and Bulma who were standing around it as well. Vegeta had left a few mintues before.

As the tank opened Bra didn't even give her brother the chance to move and just dove in wrapping her arms around him. Marron stayed were she was and sat in silence as both Bulma and Bra pulled Trunks out of the tank hugging him. 18 was smiling as she glanced back at Marron and the girl saw the relief in her mother's eyes. As she stood she heard Trunks trying to get his family off him and figure out what happened.

"Your stupidity happened." Vegeta said as he entered the room again scowling at Trunks.

"What?"

"The Spear woman, she had the Kiss of Death poison on her lips. And now, because of your stupidity, Goten is dead."

"Wh-what?!" Trunks cried, his eyes widening in shock as his hands balled into fists.

Vegeta glanced toward Marron. "You have her to thank that you're even still here." he said before turning his gaze back to his son. "Now, follow me." he nearly growled. Trunks didn't like the sound of his voice and followed without a word, though he did cast a glance toward Marron.

After the King and Prince had left Bulma and Bra soon followed, the younger girl casting a glance back into the room as she left. 18 sighed and walked over to her daughter. "Thank-you." she said placing a hand on her shoulder. "I already lost your father years ago... losing Trunks too..." Marron just nodded. The Android sighed again as she ran a hand through her hair. "I'd also say you pretty much insured your safety too. Vegeta's an arrogant egotistical bastard but he's got an odd sense of honor too. He wont harm you now that you've saved his son."

"That's good to know..." Marron said swallowing. "So... where do I go from here?" she asked. "I mean, we really haven't had the chance to talk about that. I...I really don't want to go back to my old life now. It seems so small and trivial."

18 nodded as she led her daughter out of the Med Bay and through the halls. "I know that feeling. It's why I chose to let Gero turn me into a Cyborg. Well, Android, since he insists on only using one classificiation for all his 'numbered designs'. He's as egotistical and arrogant as Vegeta."

"Do you..." Marron began looking over to her mother. "Do you remember before..."

"Before I became what I am now? Not really." 18 said with a touch of sadness and regret in her voice. "I only know that my brother and I were nineteen when we volunteered for the procedure. Gero has detailed background files on both of us but I've never looked. I'm not that person anymore, whoever she was. It was an entirely different life."

"Don't you ever wonder about your past, where you came from? After I found out I was adopted it was almost all I could think about."

"Where you came from doesn't define who you are. And when it's something you can't even remember, something that doesn't influence your current life, then knowing doesn't do anything. Besides, I don't like the idea of looking in at my life from the outside."

Marron was about to say something but then realized what her mother had meant. If she did go back and look and she found a life better than the one she had now... "I think I get it."

"Maybe... some day." 18 said softly. "When it no longer matters." Marron wondered what she meant by that but didn't say anything as the two continued their walk back to 18's room.

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Cell smirked as he spied Turles resting against a tree, his eyes closed. He could see a small cave opening in the ground near him and reaching out his senses he could feel Slug's supressed energy down below. "How perfect." he thought smirking more. "They find one of the temples here on my world and save me all the work. Heh, and even divided in four as I am now, with my power divded such as well, I'm still stronger than these two."

He watched in silence as he contemplated what to do next. He could just move in and kill Turles before the rouge Sai-jin even knew anything was coming. But that would alert Slug and he might escape with whatever was down there... No, he'd wait for Slug to come back up with whatever it was. The Biodroid took a seat within the thick brush and began to wait. He didn't have to wait long, however, as Slug's power soon flared up slightly and the Namek emerged from the opening a moment later.

Cell smirked as he saw a star shaped blood red crystal gripped in Slug's hand. He wasn't sure what it was or what it was for but that didn't really matter to him. This would be a chance to show these Changelings how it was done. He'd kill Turles and Slug both and take that crystal for Gero to study. Then if the Human's wanted it they'd have to get through the Masters to get it. He was about to stand and make his move when he spied a man in white armor and wearing a white helmet emerge from the trees and enter the clearing as well.

"Lord Slug, Commander Turles!" he called running up.

Slug turned to scowl at him as Turles raised his head and yawned stretching. "What is it?" the Sai-jin asked.

"We intercepted communications from Planet Frieza. Tao was just there, he and another Namek named Nail have escaped Frieza's force and are in space once more. It seems all the pod bays were sabotaged and no one can launch to pursue them."

Slug smirked. "That Human may be weak but his mind is sharper than Gero's I'd say. He's a tactical genious."

"What do you think he was after on Planet Frieza? Isn't that a bit risky?"

Slug snorted. "And being here isn't?" He held the crystal up and gazed through it. "Though coming here was unavoidable. Now we just need the four artifacts Tao has and we'll be set, they'll lead us to the Ancient's Homeworld and the final piece. As for the Human... No doubt he was after information. Palace computers have full access to the Imperial Network. Why do you think I sent Shadow into Cell's Palace?"

Cell scowled. There was an intruder in his palace and he didn't know about it!? Turles stood and brushed himself off. "Ya, true. Last time we were on Saiya their computers came in handy." The Sai-jin reached up and adjusted something around his neck and then suddenly growled. "Damn, this thing is annoying."

"Deal with it." Slug said frowning. "Let's get back to the ship before someone spots us."

"To late." Cell said emerging into the clearing. The armored man turned and ran instantly leaving only the three of them. "Now, you'll hand over the rock..."

"Not on your life." Slug said turning around casually. "Turles, deal with him, I'm going back to the ship." With that Slug began to walk away.

Cell cracked up laughing. "That weakling Sai-jin, deal with me? Ha, that's a laugh!"

Turles grinned. "We'll see about that!" he said reaching up and touching the collar like device around his neck. Cell's eyes widened in shock as Turles's power jumped up quickly. Suddenly a golden aura flared around him savagely blowing his black hair straight up as his muscles bulked up some and his eyes turned yellow. At first the Biodroid thought he was becoming a Super Sai-jin but that was the extent of the changes and it was obvious he wasn't.

"What the hell!?"

"Our latest tecnology." Turles replied cracking his neck. "A Ki Amplifier. Now, how about I demonstrate how it works?" With a crack and flash of gold he surged at Cell and smashed his elbow into the Master's face. Faster than the Biodroid could follow Turles landed several dozen blows and then kicked him hard in the chest knocking him through the trees and into the distance. With a smirk the Sai-jin touched the collar again and returned to normal before following after Slug.

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Gero stopped just outside the training area and watched the sparring match that was going on. Well, no. It was far from a spar. Gero could see the blue energy sparking around Prince Trunks's aura indicating he was at level two. Meanwhile his father was only at the first level, though he was still more than twice the other's power. Vegeta was moving quickly and in complete control of the fight. The younger Sai-jin was panting and sweating from the effort of trying to keep up, his power already a third lower than his maximum.

Vegeta turned around and faced Trunks, a fierce scowl on his face. "You're in worse shape than I'd thought!" he cried crossing his arms over his chest. "You can't even keep up with me!"

Trunks growled and glared across at his father. It wasn't actually his father he was angry at though, it was the Spear woman, and he couldn't wait to get her alone down in the holding cells again later. She'd pay for what she'd done. Nearly killing him, killing Goten, and for bringing his father down on him like this. With a cry he thrust his arms out and fired a stream of golden energy at his father. Vegeta merely raised his arms and let it slam into him. When the dust cleared he still floated there scowling.

Gero didn't even see him move. All he heard was the loud crack of Vegeta burying his fist in Trunks's stomach and then the young Prince fell out of Super Sai-jin and collapsed to the ground unconcious. "Pathetic." Vegeta growled landing and powering down. "It's a pity that a Sai-jin losses the Zenkai power increases when they become Super Sai-jins, otherwise I'd just keep pounding on you until you were worthy of being the Sai-jin Prince."

"Master Vegeta." Gero said entering the room.

"What is it?" the Sai-jin asked without turning.

"That pod on Geozan 7, we know who's inside now. It's Brolly."

"What!" Vegeta cried turning at last. "How!"

"We'll have to ask him once he's been restored. He'll be here in about three months time."

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A loud crack resounded across the Grand Kai's world as Pikkon slammed into the ground hard. Bardock floated high in the air above the planet panting heavily and swaying unsteadly in the air. Pikkon began to pull himself out of the small crater his impact had created but Bardock surged down quickly and jammed his fist down into the green warrior's stomach with another resounding crack. Pikkon's eyes widened at the blow and then he slipped into unconciousness.

Bardock took a step back from the fallen warrior before losing his balance and falling over backward. As he fell toward the ground his eyes closed and his aura faded into nothing. By the time he landed with a dull thud his aura was gone and he was unconcious. Those gathered watched on in silence for a moment. It was the Grand Kai, as he raised a hand to his chin, that broke the silence. "How did he develope a skill such as that without my noticing?" he wondered.

"Perhaps it was the first time he made full use of it." Shin replied after a moment. "It seemed to be quite taxing on his body and I could tell it shifted in pattern twice during the battle. Like he was still adjusting how it worked as he fought." Shin moved over and healed Pikkon's body before doing the same to Bardock. As the Sai-jin stood, a grin plastered on his face, Shin felt they had an even better chance at defeating the Masters now. "Bardock... do you think you could teach someone else that technique?"

Bardock raised an eyebrow. "I think I could, but it will only work for a Sai-jin. You said we would be training a group of Humans." Shin merely continued to smile.