Chapter 11. Battle in the dark.

Everyone just stood there speechless after what has just happened. Gohan was shocked that Babidi just had two of his men killed, and that without a care in the world. This was another one of Babidi's sick games. He gathered the best fighters to work for him and when he had no more use for them, he disposed of them.

Meanwhile Babidi had re-entered the spaceship, but Dabura remained outside.

"Hey, why is Dabura just standing there?" asked Goku.

"Oh no, dad, he knows that we're here!"

A second later Dabura flew up to the z-fighter and shot a blast at Kibito, killing him instantly.

"You..!" Goku jumped at Dabura, but the demon king sidestepped him. He then spat on both Tien and Yamcha.

"Your friends are doomed. Everything I've spat on turns to stone. Look!"

He was right. Goku watched, horrified, as two of his closest friends became lifeless statues.

"You! Come and get me if you dare!" With those words, Dabura turned his back on them and flew back to the ship.

"Nooooo…!" yelled Goku. The Saiyans stood there on the edge of the cliff, furious. From their hiding place Goten and Trunks watched with shocked expressions.

"Did you see that, Goten? That guy just turned them into stone!"

"Uh hu.

Supreme Kai, is there a way to get them back to normal?" asked Goku.

"Yes, they will return to normal, but only if we defeat Dabura."

"Is that it? Then we'll have them back before you know it. Come on, dad, I think it's time we show them who they are dealing with."

With that, Goku, Gohan and Vegeta took off to the spaceship.

Krillin followed them shortly afterwards. "If those three think that they are going to get all the glory, then they are seriously mistaken!"

Goku was about to enter the spaceship when the Supreme Kai called him back. "Wait, Goku, you will fall right into their trap! They want you to go to them. It will be best if all of us just wait out here."

"I'm sorry, but I just can't leave my friends like that."

"Goku, stop! Just listen to him!" yelled Piccolo. But it was no use, all 3 Saiyans had already taken off straight into the lion's lair. Seeing no other option, Piccolo, Krillin and the Supreme Kai followed. They did not know that Goten and Trunks saw everything.

"Did you see that, Goten? He turned them to stone. Quick, we have to follow them."

Without another word, the two young half- Saiyans followed their fathers.

The Saiyans found themselves in a round room completely devoid of any enemy.

"Hey, there is nobody here! I thought that they will be waiting for us.

Hey, dad, that looks like a door over there."

Everyone suddenly looked up when Goten and Trunks appeared and landed beside them. When the two young half-Saiyans saw their father, they both smiled sheepishly. "Ooops, uhm… hi dad" said Trunks.

"Trunks, Goten, what are you doing here?" asked Goku. Supreme Kai, on the other hand, was very surprised that the two kids were able to follow them without being seen. While the z-fighters were waiting to see what would happen, Babidi and Dabura were spying on them in a crystal ball.

"Just look at them, Dabura. They have fallen right into my trap. And do you see that, they've even brought children with them."

"Master, who will you send out to fight them first?"

"Mmmm, Pui-Pui can fight first." Dabura found himself frowning at this. In spite of what his master thought, he knew that Pui-pui wasn't one of the strongest warriors he knew. Pui-pui may be powerful in his own way, but Dabura doubted if he would be able to defeat all of these people at once. Even if he could, he'll still have Supreme Kai to deal with.

Behind that door that Gohan had mentioned earlier, was the warrior in question, waiting with a wicked grin on his face. Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta were lecturing their sons about following them without permission.

"Goten, Trunks, what were you thinking, this is too dangerous!"

"Sorry dad, but it isn't fair that you, Gohan and uncle Geta got all the fun!"

"This is not for fun, Goten, this is a situation of life and death."

The lecture was cut short when a door opened and one of Babidi's minions stepped into the room.

"Welcome to stage 1…"

"Wait, what do you mean stage 1?" asked Goku.

"My name is Pui-Pui. There are several stages in this spaceship, each one where you'll have to fight a warrior. This is stage 1, so I will be your first opponent, which means that none of you will leave here alive!"

Their enemy cackled with glee, but Goku just smiled and then said: "All right, so which one of us gets to fight first?"

Vegeta smirked. It did not matter who got to fight this guy. He was so weak.

"I bet even your youngest brat can beat him!" Goku smiled and then looked at Goten.

"What do you say, Goten? Do you want to fight him?"

"Yee hahh!" The little boy skipped forward. Pui-pui was sure that his jaw must have landed somewhere at his feet.

"Hey that's not fair!" cried out Trunks. "Why can Goten get to fight first?"

"Oh, cheer up, Trunks. You can fight in the next stage."

Meanwhile Supreme Kai could just stand there, astounded. "Goku, are you mad? You are going to let a kid fight?"

"I would not worry about Goten. He can handle this guy."

At this Pui-pui burst out laughing. "You boneheads are even dumber then you look. Letting a child fight? All right let's get this started."

At the bottom of the ship Babidi and Dabura stared into the crystal ball.

"Do you see that, Dabura? They are going to let a child take on one of our best warriors. Idiots!"

Goten took on a fighting stance.

"Ready to die, kid?"

"Ready!" chirped the boy. At this Pui-pui shot forwards, and swung his boot at Goten's head. "You're mine!" But Goten easily blocked the blow.

"Huh? Grrrr… Take this!" He swung his fist at the young demi Saiyan, but the boy also blocked this one.

"Hey, can I have a go now? The enemy growled. Goten took this as a yes, made his move and planted his fist deep into his opponent's stomach. Pui-pui gasped, and staggered back, while clutching his midsection.

"You…little…brat!" He jumped at Goten and began to send random punches and kicks, but Goten blocked or dodged each one.

Babidi stared with an open mouth at the fight.

"Did you see that, Dabura? That brat is actually defeating Pui-pui! Tell me where is a place where Pui-pui can fight at his best?

"His home planet, planet Whom."

"Right! Planet Whom that is. Paparapapaaa!"

Goten was still facing his opponent with a happy grin, when the room changed. What was once a small round room, was now an open desert wasteland.

"Huh what is going on?" asked Goku.

"It's that Babidi. He is using his magic to change the room! It seems that he is trying to give his minion the advantage."

Pui-pui laughed. "Welcome to my home, Planet Whom. My planet is very different from yours. Ten times earth's normal gravity. You have no chance to win. No chance, do you hear me?"

It was after Pui-pui said that, that Goten could feel a slight difference in the gravity. But it didn't bother him much. He was used to ten times earth's gravity. Goten looked innocently around him. He remembered some time when he visited Trunks, the two would go and play inside the GR. Vegeta, who had been standing at the sidelines, smirked.

"Ten times earth's gravity? Huh? Your son can handle that, Kakarot."

"Enough!" yelled, Pui-pui. He began to gather energy, and powered up a ki blast.

"Take this, you!" The blast hit its target head on. But when the smoke cleared, Goten stood there, unharmed (much to Shin's astonishment).

"That was cool. My brother taught me a little about that, too. Watch this, Kamehame…Ha!"

"Nooooooo!" yelled the alien. But it was too late. The Kamehameha hit him. Goten's attack was so strong that when the smoke cleared Pui-pui was lying unconscious on the ground. Goten just stood there.

"Hey, son, remember this guy is our enemy. You have to kill him!"

When he heard this, the young boy's cheerful smile went away and his face turned serious. In spite of the fun he had in each battle, Goten knew that this alien was his enemy and he knew what to do.

"Right dad." A second Kamehameha disintegrated him completely.

"Yeee! Well done, Goten!" Goku praised his son while the room changed back to a spaceship.

"I'm surprised that Babadi will send us such a weakling" said Vegeta.

Babidi stared with fear as the Saiyans advanced to the second level of the spaceship.

"Did you see that, Dabura? Pui-pui was defeated and by a child, no less! If a little kid can beat one of our most powerful warriors, then imagine how strong the adults must be."

"Do not fear master, they still have 3 more stages to go. And even if they manage to get through them, I will be waiting for them here. But master, who will you send to fight at stage two?" "Mmm, send Yakan".

"This room looks the same as the last one we were in" said Gohan as they entered the second room.

"Remember, Goku, you said that I could fight in this stage" said Trunks.

"Of course I did, Trunks."

"What? Goku, you're not going to let him fight? There is no telling who Babidi will send out next!"

"He is right, Goku." This time it was Piccolo who spoke. "This is not a game. We do not know what to expect. Goten was lucky that his opponent was not as strong as we thought he was, but we should be on our guard."

"Hey listen, Piccolo…" Whatever Goku was going to say, was cut short as another door opened and their next opponent stepped in. What entered the room was something that none of them has ever encountered before. A toad-like creature with sharp talons and teeth, walking on two legs. It was very big and stood several feet tall above them. Its mouth was enormous.

"Wow! What in the world is that?" asked Gohan.

"I know that creature, I know what he is. His name is Yakon and he is very dangerous!"

"I see. Well as strong as he is, I'm sure Trunks can take him on."

"Yessss…!" Trunks jumped up and landed in front of the monster. "Hey, ugly, come and get me!"

The monster roared with anger and swung one of his talons at Trunks. The boy avoided the blow and appeared behind the monster. A swift kick to the back of his neck sent Yakon staggering. The monster spun around and swung his claws at Trunks, but the boy narrowly avoided them.

It seemed that Yakon was stronger than their previous opponent, but nothing that Trunks couldn't handle. Babidi watched everything with a smirk.

"Look at him, Dabura, he is afraid! I got an idea; let us stir things up a bit. Paparapapaa!" Trunks was advancing on his enemy when the whole room suddenly turned dark.

"Huh what's going on?" asked the boy. The area became darker until finely everything was pitch black.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Goku. "Who turned off the light? I know where we are," said the Kai. "This is Yakan's home planet. He was born here."

They heard the monster chuckle. "Welcome to my home planet, the Planet of Darkness. I can see you, but you can't see me! You're mine now. I'm going to eat you!" With these words, Yakan dived at Trunks, with his mouth wide open. The boy jumped out of the way and swung his fist, hitting Yakan deep in the stomach. While the fight continued, the z-fighters stood and listened to the shockwaves. As dark as it was, they all knew that Trunks had the upper hand. He kept knocking his enemy around.

'You can see in the dark?" asked the monster, while getting to his feet after Trunks had knocked him down yet again. "What? Of course I can't see you. But I can sense your movement that causes vibrations in the air. That's how I know where you are! I do have one way to see you!" Trunks smirked.

A second later he stood there in his super Saiyan transformation. The glow he gave off lightened up the whole place. Back in the spaceship Babidi and Dabura stared in awe at the scene.

"What in the world happened, Dabura? Just look at this kid, he changed!"

"So what? He is just a flash of light!" said the demon king. Babidi, on the other hand, wasn't so sure of that. Trunks bravely stood their facing the monster. Yakan seemed very calm. He smirked and then opened his mouth. Trunks frowned with confusion when the monster began to inhale.

"What is he doing?" thought the boy while digging his heels into the ground to prevent himself from being pulled into the creature's mouth. Yakan kept this up until Trunks's glow disappeared. The next moment the boy stood there back in his normal form.

"What what happened? What did you do?" yelled the lavender haired child in confusion.

"Yakan is a creature the eats light energy" said Supreme Kai.

"He eats light, huh?" said Goku.

"Well, then I'm sure that Trunks knows what to do."

Goku was right. Trunks knew exactly how to defeat this monster.

"All right, Ugly, are you ready for some more?" Trunks powered up an energy blast and shot it at the monster. Yakan opened his mouth and began to inhale the blast.

"What is Yakan doing?" asked Babidi.

"He is sucking up all the energy for himself, he is wasting it. He knows that we need the energy." Trunks powered up the ki blast, making it stronger. The monster was still inhaling it. But after all, one can only take so much. Yakan was beginning to get overloaded. Trunks smirked.

"Victory is mine!" thought the boy. At that moment Yakan exploded, sending his innards everywhere. Gohan, Goku and Vegeta, who quicky caught on what was going to happen, powered up a ki shield that covered them and Supreme Kai. Sadly Trunks, Goten, Krillin and Piccolo were not so lucky and got covered with slime and muck.

"He won!" said Goku.

Babibidi and Dabura did not seem to be as happy as the Saiyans.

"That boy, he defeated Yakan. How can this be? Grrrrrrrrrrrr. This is ridiculous. How can two children defeat two of our elite fighters? We have to find a way to stop them!"

"It seemed that the Supreme Kai was smarter than we thought. He knew exactly what he was getting himself into when he decided to come after us. So he found the strongest warriors to help him take care of the job."

"Don't worry, Master, they still have 2 more stages to go. And even if they get through them, I will be waiting for them here! My powers exceed everyone in the universe. They will be foolish to challenge me."

"I hope you are right, Dabura. I hope you are right."