On top of Grand Kai's planet, a small teal-skinned creature could seen pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back as the sound of dead warriors clashed with each other for entertainment. His eyes were narrowed, as if he was deeply troubled over something. He rocked on the tip toes of his feet, looking up at the sky as if somehow he could see Goku waving down at him.

He's fine right now, but I can sense something awful beginning to brew...

King Kai straightened up, now seeing a blue skinned, horned man running up to him. The Shin-jin immediately recognized him as one of King Yemma's helpers. His antennas twitched slightly, trying to tune out the voices and images that were worrying him. "We usually don't see you little guys around here. What's up?"

The blue man was panting slightly, and bowed his head in respect of King Kai. When he stood back up, he smoothed down his white collared shirt. "Well, uh, yes I know sir. But King Yemma sent me here with a special delivery."

King Kai's eyes were now overcome with excitement, like a small child in a candy store. "Ooh!" He clasped his hands together, sighing dreamily up at the orange painted sky. "Is it a new car? You know, my baby was destroyed when Goku-"

"No, no," the helper shook his head, looking slightly impatient due to his exhausting trip. There was a reason his people never traveled this far into Other World; heck, his job was either taking messages for King Yemma when the big guy had to use the bathroom or sweeping the golden road that was Snake Way. "She is definitely not a car."

"She?" King Kai raised an eyebrow, and then peered over the blue creature's head to see his special delivery.

A small woman wearing Saiyan armor similar to that of Bardock's he had seen in his mind was standing across from him. Her hands were placed behind her back, and she was smiling timidly as if she was nervous to be meeting King Kai. Her hair were a series of black downward spikes that ended just under her dainty shoulders. A halo floated proudly above her head, as if it was a symbol of her purity. It was her eyes that caused Goku's former mentor's eyes to widen.

The blue helper looked over his shoulder at the woman, and motioned her to come over quickly. King Kai watched as a curled tail whipped behind her in the gentle breeze before she came to a complete stop by Yemma's right hand man. The blue horned creature adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat before turning to speak to her. "This is all I can do. You're on your own now."

"Thank you," the woman smiled warmly, taking the hand of the sharply dressed assistant and squeezing it in appreciation. "This is more than enough."

The blushing man tugged at his collar, trying to hide his sweat with a nervous giggle and bringing his hand away from the grateful woman. "Y-yes, well... I'll let King Yemma know you made it safely."

The woman nodded, her smile remaining as she waved at the disappearing helper. She turned her attention back to King Kai, who was scratching his head in confusion. "So, you're King Kai, right?"

The teal creature blinked, and finally nodded. "Yes, that's right. Who might you be?"

King Kai watched as the woman ran her small fingers through her hair, as if that was a way she soothed herself when nervous. "You don't know me, and I guess I don't know you either," she laughed nervously, bringing her hand back down so she could fiddle both her thumbs. "But you're very close to someone that I know."

"Hm," King Kai blinked some more. "Alright. You've got me hooked. Who is it?"

"Kakarot - uhm, I guess you call him by some other name," the woman rubbed her chin and looked up at the orange sky, trying to remember the name she had heard the red giant call the Saiyan. "Goku?"

"Ah, yes!" King Kai brightened up, beaming from ear to ear. "He is the best student I have ever had. Strong, strong man with a heart of gold."

The woman smiled sadly, her eyes brimming with tears that she tried blinking away. "My name is Gine. He's... my youngest son."

King Kai fell over on his butt, coughing rapidly as if he was choking on the nonexistent water in his throat. He looked at Gine with wide eyes, pointing a shaky finger at her. "I...I guess I should have known! Those eyes! He has your eyes!" Gine reached a hand down to the Shin-jin, but he quickly slapped it away fearfully. "W-What's a Saiyan doing up here!?"

"Hey!" Gine huffed, placing her hands on her hips and glaring at the fallen King Kai. "What are you trying to say?"

"All you Saiyans from Planet Vegeta were ruthless and cruel! You should be in hell with your other son!"

The woman gasped loudly, causing some of the dead warriors to pause their sparring to look over at the bickering two. "King Yemma lied; you're a very rude man!" Gine crossed her arms over her chest, glaring into King Kai's eyes. "I was never a warrior, and never killed or harmed a soul!"

"Hm?" King Kai's antennae twitched in confusion. "If you're not a warrior, how did you keep your body!?"

Gine shrugged. "I didn't at first. I was just a lonely soul traveling the clouds up here for many years until one of Yemma's helpers came for me." Her eyes brightened up immediately as if she was remembering something that brought her great joy. "He told me that Kakarot had just started to run snake way, that he was the boy who defended his home planet from some demon named Piccolo. Being the hero's mother and sensing my soul was clean, Yemma gave me the special privilege of keeping my body. If you know my son like you say you do, you should know in the first place that not all Saiyans go to Hell!"

King Kai grumbled under his breath, and reached his hand towards Gine so she could help lift him up like she wanted to earlier. "Well," his lips curled up into a reluctant smile as he looked her over. She was now grinning once more, looking sweeter than any woman he had ever encountered. "I guess you have a point... But what are you doing here!? Why did Yemma bring you here, to me!?"

"Well," Gine scratched the back of her head. "When Yemma told me that Kakarot had begun running on Snake Way, I followed way above him so he couldn't see me until he fell asleep and...went off the road."

King Kai snorted. "Yup, that's Goku, alright! Please, continue."

"I was so afraid of what could happen to him. Since I had my body back, I was able to go down there after him. But you know what!?" Gine laughed, shaking her head. "Hell isn't that bad of a place! It even has an amusement park, and Kakarot was having the time of his life competing with ogres! I watched him from behind a tree, wanting so badly to reach out and hold him close like I did when he was a baby but my heart was telling me to let him go for some reason."

King Kai frowned as a tear began to fall down the mother's cheek. For some reason, he could understand and feel her pain. At that time, Goku's only focus was getting to the mentor himself, and most likely would have brushed off Gine. It just wasn't the right time. "So, what did you do? Go searching for your other son down there?"

"Yes," Gine smiled sadly once more. "I came across Hell's prison, where the absolute worse are kept. All the Saiyans were there, of course, most of them old friends of mine who banged wildly on the bars trying to figure out how I was on the outside. One of the guards brought Raditz out to be, and you better believe I gave him an earful when he started beating on the poor guy! I dragged him through the prison by his ears yelling at him for hurting his baby brother!"

"Heh, heh!" The teal Shin-jin chuckled. "You go, Saiyan mama!"

"While I was scolding him, I overheard a lizard in another cell trembling over some 'Super Saiyan' business. I think his name was Chilled or something, and he mentioned Bardock. Raditz said he was just crazy, that this ancestor of Frieza's was just way too old to know of his father."

"Mmhm," King Kai winked knowingly. "You must have figured out about his curse."

"Although Raditz was a prisoner, I decided to stay in Hell with him since I didn't have anyone else. But then one day," Gine continued but returned King Kai's wink. "I could sense my husband was alive and near. When you love someone so much, you can just... feel it inside your heart. I immediately came back to the other side, finally prepared to meet and talk to my Kakarot, to let him know that his father was so close-"

"Continue, continue!"

"-But when I got to the check in station to ask where exactly he was, Yemma told me that he had just gone back to Earth but would be returning in twenty four hours," Gine raised her chin up, as if she was proud of herself. "I must have charmed the over-sized pants off that guy, because he told one of his assistants to bring me to the telepathic King Kai, who knows my son quite well."

"Did he tell you anything else?"

"Hm? What do you mean?"

King Kai snorted with delight. "What I mean is, is that Bardock and Goku are together on Earth right now!"

Gine's eyes widened with excitement and shock. She grabbed King Kai's hands, trembling due to her overwhelming joy rushing through her veins. "What!? Are you serious!? My boys are together, and alive!?"

"Well," he snorted again. "Not Goku. But yes, they are together!"

"Do you think," Gine put on her best puppy dog eyes; the same ones that made Bardock carry her back home when she felt lazy. This time, her victim was King Kai. "That you could help me speak to Bardock?"

King Kai tried to look away, but it was as if he was hypnotized. He wasn't sure if this woman was a pro at getting her way, or if her eyes resembled his favorite student's way too much that he couldn't pass her down. But he gave in with a deep sigh. "Fine, fine. Just place your hand on my back."

On the final level of the ship, Babidi gazed into his crystal ball as five figures began descending from entrance to the first stage. He smiled wickedly, already detecting their powers to be much higher than he could have ever dreamed about. "My, my, this is marvelous!" The wizard clasped his hands together. "Majin Buu will be revived in no time!"

"Shall we inject the energy we have now into the ball, master?" Dabura suggested, smirking at the figures in the crystal ball before looking over his shoulder at Buu's container while holding the vacuum device tightly in his clawed hands.

"Fine, fine!" Babidi waved him off, momentarily turning away from the crystal ball to watch the demon king inject Gohan's energy into Majin Buu's sealed ball. He laughed darkly and cruelly when seeing the meter become half full. "Excellent! At this rate, Majin Buu will be terrorizing these pests in minutes!"

The sound of loud bickering caused Babidi to snarl and look away from his precious project back over to the crystal ball. "Errrk, what are those fools going on about!?"

Dabura slowly approached behind his controller, looking down at the orb with a smirk on his face once more. "It seems Supreme Kai isn't pleased with them. Pui-Pui is on his way to them right now, they'll shut their mouths then."

"Hm, good." Babidi narrowed his eyes on the crystal orb, and signaled Dabura to silence himself so they could observe the strange group of five that had just entered the first level of the ship.

"That was unnecessary, is all I'm saying!" Goku rubbed his back, finally feeling the slight pain disappearing.

"Quit bitching, Kakarot!"

Bardock crossed his arms over his chest, shaking his head in disbelief as his son and the prince continued their squabble. He glanced over at Gohan who was chuckling to himself. "The queen of tantrums is telling someone else to stop bitching? I don't believe it!"

Vegeta glared over his shoulder at the two. "You'd be doing the same if you were stuck with two low class clowns and a half-breed that seem to forget how easily I can destroy them!"

"Sure," Goku winked. "Miracles can happen, I guess."

"Hey," Gohan chuckled, raising his hands in defense. "I respect you, Vegeta. I know how strong you are."

The widow-peaked prince looked over the teen for a moment before scoffing. "Shut up, kid."

Bardock smirked when he noticed Vegeta slightly blush before looking away. "Aw, was that your first compliment little guy?" He dodged a ki blast that knocked off some metal material from the ship's wall, chuckling darkly before Supreme Kai screamed. The four Saiyans looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"No!" He exasperated, frantically gesturing around the small room they were in. "Any shock can revive Buu!"

"Why the hell are you here, Shin?" Bardock spat, still not trusting the Kai one bit. "Aren't you suppose to be playing babysitter to a couple of statues right now?"

Supreme Kai gritted his teeth until he regained his composure. He looked around the four men desperately, trying to make them understand the situation they had gotten themselves into. "Dabura lured you four in here so Babidi will be able to steal your energy to revive Majin Buu!"

"Yeah, yeah," Vegeta waved him off, looking around the room. "We've heard this spiel before."

"There's nothing to worry about, Supreme Kai!" Goku pressed, placing a comforting hand on the stressed out being's shoulder. "We'll defeat Dabura to our friends normal again, and then Babidi before that Buu of his can be released!"

Supreme Kai lowered his head, speaking to his shoes but knowing the Saiyans could hear him. "You're going to have to. There is no escaping the ship until Babidi is defeated."

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "I'll solve all our problems right now and blow this place to smithereens."

"What did I just get through telling you!?" Supreme Kai accidentally snapped, feeling like he wanted to pull his white hairs of his mohawk out until he resembled King Kai. "Any shock can revive Majin Buu!"

The prince was about to retort, when a door began to slowly open. The four Saiyans and Supreme Kai turned around to face it; all their hands clenched into fists. Bardock raised an eyebrow when the disgusting looking creature that had killed Yamu hopped out and landed right between him and Vegeta. "The fuck is this thing?"

"Hello fellow warriors," he hissed, looking around the group with his yellow eyes. "You have arrived at stage one."

Gohan sighed in relief. "It's about time someone showed up! These guys were getting close to ripping each other apart!"

Goku blinked, but his eyes and voice remained strong while looking at the mind-controlled creature that had just entered the room. "What's stage one?"

The creature's yellow eyes flicked from Gohan to Goku, a smirk on his face. "Below us is Master Babidi," he hissed loudly, pointing a finger down at the floor. "He is on the bottom level of this ship. We are currently on the top level, stage one. There is no way to get to him unless you beat every warrior that appears at each stage. But you won't even get past stage two since you're dealing with me!" The creature threw his head back and laughed evilly while Bardock and Vegeta exchanged looks.

Goku's lips began to twitch, trying to stifle in his own laughter but failing as his happy sound overthrew the evil warrior's cackles. "Alright, guys! Which one of us gets to fight first!?"

"Hehehehe...Gah!?" The creature dropped his jaw in disbelief as the four Saiyans all turned to face each other.

"There's only one way to settle it," Gohan looked around the circle they had just formed together, earning a nod from them. "Remember, Dad and Grandpa, you said you wanted to fight side by side!"

"Right!" Goku winked at his father, who smirked in return.

In the background, Pui-Pui and Supreme Kai looked at the group with twitching eyes as they began to play rock, paper, scissors.

"One, two, three!"

"Vegeta, your stubby little fingers make it hard to see what you're trying to make!"

"Shut the hell up!"

"One, two, three!"

"What the fuck is that, spawn!? Rock?"

"Y-Yeah?"

"It's another damn tie then!"

"One, two, three!"

"What the hell!" Pui-Pui stamped his foot on the ground, clenching his hands into fists.

As the three generations of Saiyans all brought paper out at the same time, Vegeta raised his two fingers proudly in the air with a smirk to signify his victory. "Scissors win!"

"Aw man," Goku looked down at his boots with a pout. "I wanted to fight this guy with my dad!"

"Wait, Vegeta!" Supreme Kai yelled, taking a step towards the prince while he glanced over his shoulder at him. "You don't really intend on fighting him alone, do you!?"

"Of course I do! What other way is there!? Fighting alongside a clown? No thank you."

Supreme Kai continued to blink in disbelief at the foolish beings he chose to help him out with stopping Majin Buu's reign of terror. The sound of Pui-Pui cackling once more caused them all to look over by the door where he was still standing by.

"Master Babidi told me to be very careful around you because your high energy makes you very strong and dangerous. But you're nothing but a bunch of morons!" He pointed a finger specifically at Vegeta, who returned a smirk.

"The only moron is your master. He never realized that the most powerful fighter alive on this planet is standing right in front of you!"

Bardock looked at his son's halo and rolled his eyes. The prince had a point.

"You!?" Pui-Pui howled. "That kind of arrogance will get you killed!"

The group of five watched as the controlled creature began moving around quickly throughout all corners of the ship. Supreme Kai sweat-dropped, not able to detect where he was while the Saiyans knew the entire time. Once more, the purple being tried desperately to make his new friends understand the seriousness of the situation. "Don't underestimate him! Babidi uses his magic to attract the strongest warriors in the universe!"

Goku slapped his back gently, smiling while the Shin-jin looked nervously up at him. "Hey, don't worry! Let's just stand back and leave this to Vegeta."

Supreme Kai blinked. "Are you... Are you sure?"

Pui-Pui started landing in different corners of the room, striking a new pose at each one. Gohan crossed his arm over his chest and tilted his head slightly. "Geez, I can do it better than that!"

"None of you will ever leave here!" Pui-Pui hissed, landing right beside Vegeta. "Every once of energy you lose while I pound you will be absorbed by this room, and as that energy is absorbed it will be channeled directly to Majin Buu!"

"Oh," Vegeta pouted. "That's so unfortunate. Your precious Buu won't have any of my energy because you'll never lay a finger on me."

The creature growled, doing a backflip away from Vegeta. "I'll do much more than hurt you! When you fight Pui-Pui, death is a certainty!"

"Oh God," Bardock blinked, and called out to the prince. "Just put the bastard out of his misery. His name is Pui-Pui."

"And annoying as fuck." Vegeta added before appearing in a flash before his opponent. He smirked devilishly, getting himself into a signature stance. "Welcome to the end of your life, and I promise it's going to hurt."

The sound of two boys laughing filled the evening sky as Trunks and Goten continue to perform their own flying tricks in the air on the way to their fathers. Goten giggled in delight as Trunks did a perfect figure 8, leaving behind a trace. The boy's laughter ended immediately when his bladder suddenly took control of his emotions.

"Trunks!" Goten whined, holding his hands between his legs while he hopped foot to foot. "I need to pee!"

The lavender-haired boy rolled his eyes and gestured to a series of cliffs not too far below them. "Alright, alright. I guess I sorta have to go, too. Let's land right down there!"

Upon descending, the messy-haired child noticed a strange shape stoned and immediately picked it as his victim. Landing just behind it, the boy pulled down his pants and began spelling his name on the stone while laughing. "Boy, do I feel better!"

"Wait a minute, dude," Trunks was on the other side of the stone, blinking. "Doesn't this look a lot like Krillin?"

"Hm?" Goten pulled up his pants immediately and ran in a circle to the front side. Sure enough, the statue was a complete replica of his father's friend. He frowned looking it over. "Why does he look so scared?"

"I dunno," Trunks shrugged, turning his attention to another statue not too far away. "Hey! That one looks like that Piccolo guy!"

"Ooh!" The boys hopped down the cliff to get a better look at the Namek. Goten reached a small hand up to touch his pant leg. "Sooo realistic! I wonder who put these here!?"

The son of Vegeta smirked, placing his hands on the other pant leg. "Probably some fans... But where's one of my dad!?"

"And mine!" Son of Goku whined.

The boys were too busy complaining about the lack of their fathers' statues that they didn't realize they were rocking Piccolo back and forth. The sound of the stone shattering to pieces caused them to exchange looks and sweat profusely.

"Ahh man! Look what you did, Goten!"

"Me!? That was you!"

Trunks bit his lower lip, looking around nervously to make sure nobody was watching. "Well, we're in the clear. Let's get out of here before whoever comes realizes we ruined their artwork!"

"Right!" Goten nodded, and the two levitated up. They were prepared to take off when they noticed a strange object protruding from the ground. The child pointed a finger at it, looking at his friend. "What do you think that is?"

Trunks eyes glimmered over with excitement. "I think it's the spaceship where the grown ups are at! Come on, let's go let's go!" He took off with his messy-haired friend following suit. They landed right before the entrance and Trunks furrowed his purple eyebrows. "How do we get in!? It's like it's closed up or something!"

"Not fair!" Goten pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. "The grown ups locked us out! What do we do now?"

His friend sighed in defeat. "I guess we wait until they come out. Darn, what are they going to do without our help?" The boys turned their backs on the ship, prepared to walk over to a shaded area and wait for their fathers, Gohan, and Bardock to show themselves when a cackling voice came from behind.

"Where do you think you two are going!?"

Trunks and Goten looked over their shoulders to see a group of ten minions with M stamped on their foreheads. They were all staring at the boys menacingly, snarling their teeth. The boys turned around to face them fully. "We're gonna go wait for the grown ups!" Goten beamed.

"I don't think so!" One of the smaller minions hissed. "Those who come near Master Babidi's ship never live to tell about it!"

Smirking, Trunks placed his hands on his hips and glanced at his friend. "Dude, do we even need to go Super for this?"

"Nuh uh!"

"Alright," the lavender-haired boy cracked his knuckles and motioned for the group of minions to come closer. "Come on, uglies!"

"Oh my God what the hell is happening right now!?"

Pui Pui had just tried getting Vegeta with his strongest kick, but the Saiyan prince had grabbed his foot with little to no effort. The Majin creature was now being swirled around in a three sixty until Vegeta let go. Pui Pui smacked against the wall of the room hard, causing Bardock to sigh.

"This is such bullshit!"

Gohan looked up at him inquisitively while Supreme Kai stood shocked and amazed at how the prince was holding his own against one of Babidi's slaves. "What do you mean, Gramps?"

Bardock crossed his arms over his chest, fiddling his fingers against his biceps in frustration. "As much as I hate to admit it, the prince is too strong. It's obvious this Pee Pee guy-"

"Pui-Pui."

"-This Pui-Pui guy is one of the weakest opponents here. Vegeta should have lost this match so he could fight against a stronger opponent."

Goku nodded at his father, and then turned his attention back to his old rival laughing at the way Pui-Pui struggled to stand up. "Yeah, but the three of us are strong, too! Plus, look at the guy! He's having the time of his life!"

"You crazy bastard! What the hell are you!?"

"What the hell is he!?" Babidi snarled, pounding his small fist against the ball. "A mere earthling like him should be dead by now!"

Dabura tapped his clawed fingers against his master's shoulders. "Perhaps, you could bring them to Pui Pui's home planet. He'll have a greater advantage there."

Babidi muttered under his breath. "Fine, very well." He glared at the minion as Vegeta continued to laugh. "Just remind me to kill Pui Pui once he's done with these morons."

The six in the room began to look around as it suddenly started to change. They were no longer on the ship, but rather on a dark skied, red planet with gusty winds whipping their hair around. Gohan blinked, and then glanced down at Supreme Kai. "Where are we?"

Supreme Kai scowled, glaring at Pui Pui who was now on his feet and smirking. "It's that darn Babidi! He used his magic and brought us here as an advantage!"

"Ooh," Goku looked around the windy red planet and grinned wildly. "Now this will be interesting!"

"Goku!" Supreme Kai glared up at him. "He didn't use it as an advantage for Vegeta!"

"I know," he winked. "That's what makes it interesting!"

"Welcome to Planet Zoon!" Pui Pui cackled, lifting up a rock that was near his feet. "You'll notice this is very different than your planet! It's the gravity; ten times stronger than Earth!" He dropped the rock, and Vegeta raised an eyebrow as the planet shook.

"Only ten times?"

Bardock shook his head, smiling to himself as Pui-Pui looked at the prince in disbelief. "This guy will be dead in ten seconds."

"Hm!?" Supreme Kai now turned his attention the older Saiyan. "What are you talking about, Bardock!? Surely Vegeta can't move very well on a planet with a gravity stronger than his!?" The Shin-jin blinked as Bardock gestured to Vegeta, reluctantly turning his attention back to the fight.

Vegeta chuckled darkly, taking a step towards Pui-Pui. "Maybe if this were five hundred times Earth's gravity, you might be at an advantage. But ten?" His smirk grew and voice lowered. "I don't even feel it."

"You're bluffing!" Pui-Pui trembled, a mixture of fear and frustration. "There's no way you can withstand five hundred times normal gravity!"

The prince shrugged, not taking his eyes off his victim. "I've got quite the poker face, Pui-Pui. It's hard to tell."

"Enough!" The creature yelled, charging towards the flame-haired Saiyan. He began sending a series of punches rapidly at his face, but Vegeta dodged them as if they were nothing. Getting tired of this weakling, Vegeta punched Pui-Pui's gut with such force that it caused the minion to spit up blood. The prince then struck his leg out and sent Pui-Pui flying into a rock that shattered into a million pieces.

Goku and Gohan cheered wildly, while Bardock and Supreme Kai watched Vegeta begin to jog in place with his fists up like a boxer waiting for round two. Supreme Kai spoke to Bardock, his eyes not believing what he was seeing. "Who are you people!?"

"Saiyans," Bardock replied proudly. "Now don't blink, Shin, you might just miss it."

Pui-Pui was snarling wildly, jumping to his feet and once more charging towards the smug prince. To his shock, Vegeta was suddenly in front of him, placing gloved hands on Pui-Pui's chest.

"Do you still think I'm bluffing?"

The minion's eyes widened in horror as two orbs of yellow light coming from Vegeta's hands merged into one. He screamed bloody murder as the prince's Double Galick Cannon completely obilirated him until there was nothing left. The group found themselves immediately back on Babidi's ship, while Goku scratched the back of his head.

"Aw, geez, Vegeta! Did you have to kill him?"

"It's not a time to be a pansy ass, Kakarot. The only way to move on to Babidi is by completely destroying the warrior on each level," Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest and glared down at the large circle in the center of the room as it began to move. "It looks like entrance to the second floor is opening up."

Gohan, Goku, and Bardock came running to his side. "It looks like an elevator shaft!" Gohan mused, looking at his dad for reassurance it was okay to move on. His father gave him a thumbs up.

"Come on, guys! Let's go!" He was the first to descend, followed by Gohan who was grinning and then Vegeta. Bardock was about to go down, when he noticed Supreme Kai still standing in the corner.

"Are you coming or not, Shin?"

"Oh wow," his eye twitched. "Now I see. You Saiyans are strong!"

Bardock shrugged, but a smirk remained on his face as he descended down to the second floor with Supreme Kai following close behind.

The wizard's entire face was twitching in anger after witnessing Pui-Pui completely fail to gather energy. He glared behind him at Dabura, who was equally stunned. "I don't get it! I thought there wasn't suppose to be anyone on Earth this strong!"

"I don't understand!" Dabura snarled, gesturing to the group on the orb. "When we checked this place three hundred years ago, there wasn't a single powerful soul."

"Curses!" Babidi clenched his teeth, but Dabura placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"There is no need to worry. They still have two levels to get through before they come here, and if they manage to make it this far, they'll have to face me." The two exchanged looks before howling together at the malicious plan. Babidi felt more relaxed knowing that his most powerful slave would get the job done. Still, there was a strange feeling in his chest whenever he looked at his crystal ball.

"Who do we send in next, master?"

Babidi's lip twitched, strumming his fingers against the orb while glaring at the Saiyans and Supreme Kai. "Yakon."

Dabura's eyes widened in shock. "What!? This situation hardly calls for such extreme measures!"

The wizard continue to stare hard at the group trying to wreck his entire plan. "I think we underestimated those four. You see, Pui-Pui was destoryed without managing a single hit on that fighter!"

The demon king smirked, crossing his arms over his chest. "But with Yakon out there, he's going to finish everyone off. There won't be anyone left for me."

"We're not here to have fun!" Babidi snapped, turning over his shoulder to scold Dabura. "We are here to release Majin Buu and destroy planet Earth! Got it!? Understand!?"

Dabura bowed respectively. "Yes, sir. Forgive me." He pointed a long-nailed finger at one of the minions standing guard by the door. "Tell Yakon to fight!"

Goku and Bardock stood side by side, cracking their knuckles. "Are you ready for this, Pops!?"

The Saiyan of legends raised an eyebrow at the nickname, but couldn't help but have that strange feeling when he heard it. "Let's just hope this guy is stronger than Pee-Pee."

Supreme Kai cleared his throat so the next two fighters would look at him. "Pardon me for asking, but why are you two fighting together? After witnessing that, I'm sure one of you alone is strong enough."

Goku smiled at his father and then looked down at Supreme Kai. "Well ya see, my old man and me haven't really spent time together since... well, never! I just thought it would be great to fight side by side."

"Never?" Supreme Kai blinked, looking from one Saiyan father to the other. "What do you mean?"

"He's a time traveler!" Gohan piped up, beaming from ear to ear. "Part of some curse or something, right Gramps?"

Bardock scratched the back of his head, looking down at his green tipped boots. "Something like that."

"And a traitor!" Vegeta scoffed, and then looked around the room. "Whoever comes in next won't stand much chance, even battling just one of you low class dogs. Why don't we just blast through this hole and get to Babidi now?"

"No!" Supreme Kai groaned. "For the final time today; even though he isn't at full power, any shock could release Majin Buu and that would be disastrous!"

"Bah," Vegeta waved him. "I'm beginning to believe Majin Buu isn't worth fighting after all. And the same goes for that Dabura!"

"What!?" Supreme Kai blinked rapidly. "You can't be serious!?"

"He doesn't scare me at all. From what I saw, all I need to do is watch out for is his spit. Once I do that, I can defeat him. Your friend Kibito was careless."

The purple being clenched his hands into fists, trying to keep his composure while turning to Goku. "Do you agree with him!?"

"Of course," Goku grinned. "Dabura's not that tough. If it were a couple of years ago, we might be afraid of him. But now? No way!"

"Hey!" Gohan interrupted, pointing excitingly at the door that was beginning to open. "The next guy is coming out!" The gang watched with intense eyes as the door began to rise up. Bardock's lips twisted up in disgust when the first thing that came to sight were green feet with black claws. He continued to look the creature up and down as it fully appeared into the room. Its knees were a bit knobby, but the upper chest of the beast was thick and expanded greatly although its rip cage was showing. The nails on its hands were almost as long as its arms, and the cursed M was imprinted where the heart should be. The eyes once more gleamed yellow, and saliva dripped off its sharp fangs.

"The fuck is this thing!?"

"Must you ask that every single time?" Supreme Kai scolded, and then glared at Gohan who was squatted and raised his arms up his chest, waving his hands around to mock the creature. "And must you imitate it!?"

Yakon began walking towards Bardock and Goku, opening his mouth to reveal a long black tongue while he groaned and snarled at his next meal. "Kakarot," Bardock held his hands to his mouth. "I think I'm going to be sick!"

"Ew," Goku's eyes widened, looking up at Yakon as he stopped right in front of him. The creature towered above them massively. "He sure is an ugly one!"

"Yummy, yummy!" Yakon licked his chops, looking hungrily down at the father and son duo. "Which one do I eat first?"

"Why'd we have to get this one?" Goku pouted. "Sure, he's big. But he seems kinda dumb."

"WHAT!?"

Goku turned to face his nauseous looking father, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You want me to attack first? It seems the sight of this ugly bum is making you sick!"

Bardock looked up from his boots to his son's eyes. "Nah, I'm fine kid." He glanced up when a pool of saliva landed on his shoulder. Yakon was drooling all over the Saiyan father, seemingly picking him as his first snack. Wiping the saliva off in disgust, Bardock's eyes narrowed in a deadly fashion. "Alright, that's it, you're dead."

Yakon growled, reaching his hand down to slash Bardock who flew up to dodge it. Becoming even angrier, the green monster charged Bardock and managed to slash part of his armor. Bardock landed on his feet, noticing the slash that was across his chest. "Shit, I guess I need to be more alert."

"My turn!" Goku winked, earning a thumbs up from his father as he lowered both arms with one remaining close to his face and two fingers extended on each hand. He was getting ready to leap at the monster when suddenly the entire room turned black. Yakon began chuckling devilishly, realizing his master had put him in his natural habitat.

"What happened?" Gohan blinked. "Did someone turn the lights out?"

"No," Supreme Kai snarled. "It was Babidi once again! We are now on the planet where Yakkon was born, Dark Star! It is at the farthest end of the universe where no light can be seen!"

Yakon continued to cackle, watching Goku and Bardock with careful eyes. "You can't see me, but I can see you!" He started slashing rapidly at both of the Saiyans, and the creature's eyes widened when he realized what was happening. "How are you two dodging everything!? I-" Bardock appeared above Yakon's head, coming down on him hard with hands clenched in an ax-handle, sending him flying downwards.

"Get him, son!"

The creature landed on the ground, rubbing his aching head only to have his face be kicked in by Goku who was waiting for him, sending his leg in a perfect diagonal upwards. Yakon flew back into a giant rock, breaking it into pieces while Bardock landed by his son's side. Groaning, the monster got to his feet and began to sweat profusely while looking at the father and son duo.

"Y-You guys can see, in the dark!?"

"No," Goku smirked. "We can sense your movements from the subtle vibration in the air."

"And that godawful smell of yours is a dead giveaway," Bardock added.

"But we do have one way of seeing you," Goku smirked, looking over at his father who nodded as the two focused their energy into becoming Super Saiyans. Yakon's eyes widened in complete shock as the golden aura illuminated the entire area. "Come on out! I found my flashlight!"

Yakon relaxed, and began chuckling darkly. "Well done, you can now see me."

Bardock raised an eyebrow as the giant monster came into sight. "Why is he so calm?" Just then, the monster opened his mouth widely and began sucking in the light that was coming off of the Saiyans until they were back to their base forms. The two exchanged looks, and jumped when they realized the room was pitch black once more.

"W-What happened!?" Gohan looked down at Supreme Kai, who was slightly sweating.

"Yakon is the type of monster that eats light energy. With those two being Super Saiyans, the light emitted from them is like a delicacy!"

"Did he hear that?" Bardock asked, hearing Goku laugh in response.

"Why don't you go sit this one out, Dad? I want to fight by myself this time. You need to save your energy."

Bardock scratched the back of his head, trying to determine if what his son was suggesting was the right thing to do. He knew deep in his mind that he was outclassed by his son, but he hated walking away from a fresh fight. Still, the images of Chi-Chi and Gohan dying were enough to let him know his answer. "Alright, kid. I'm counting on you."

He watched with wide eyes as his son transformed into a Super Saiyan once more, the sounds of protests coming from the rest of the group in the background. Goku's feet were planted heavily on the soil as Yakon began taking all of his energy once more, but this time he was lasting much longer. Bardock raised an eyebrow as the belly of the beast began to expand more and more, and gasped when his son ascended further beyond. The energy became too much for the creature, who exploded into nothing.

"Kakarot," Bardock reached a hand towards him, the room returning to normal once again so they all could see each other. "That was... incredible."

Goku had returned to his base form, rubbing the back of his head and grinning. "Ah, it was nothing!"

"Interesting," Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest. "You still have energy to spare."

Bardock could detect a hint of jealousy in Vegeta's eyes, decided not to press on about it. His son, his Kakarot, was truly remarkable. And that's all that mattered at the moment.

The hole opened up, signaling it was time for the third level. The Saiyans immediately descended downwards, leaving Supreme Kai alone once more to gather his thoughts before following.

Babidi nearly keeled over on the floor after witnessing the death of his most feared monster. His wrinkly yellow hands were trembling. "Yakkon... went boom? Why... Why did Yakon go boom!?"

"It was all a trap," Dabura snarled. "Yakon ate more energy than he could handle, and for his greed he suffered the ultimate consequence."

Babidi shook his head wildly. "But why!? My precious Yakon!" He pointed a shaky finger at the crystal ball, aiming towards Goku. "That is no ordinary earthling!"

"Don't worry, master. I'll take care of everything!" Dabura chuckled darkly while Babidi looked up at him. "For stage three, I will be the final warrior. And I promise you, I'll revive Majin Buu with their energy right after I finish all of them."

"Man, what's taking so long!" Gohan frowned, crossing his arms over his chest while staring at the door where the final opponent should be appearing.

Goku chuckled, placing a hand on his son's shoulder. "Hey, don't worry! I bet Babidi is just having a hard time finding someone that can hold their own against you."

"I guess you're right," Gohan smiled and then looked up at the ceiling nervously. "I kinda feel bad about leaving the tournament. I hope everyone is doing okay."

Vegeta snarled, glaring over at Goku. "I would have preferred to fight you there, Kakarot! This has been a waste of my time!"

"Yeah, I get that!" Gohan smirked, looking at Bardock. "I would have loved fighting Gramps to the end!"

While the four squabbled about how each fight would go against each other if they remained at the tournament, Supreme Kai looked on in disbelief.

These Saiyans love the thrill of the fight so much, that they ignore the serious problem facing them! How reckless!

After a good long while of impatiently waiting, the door began to rise as the group of five turned to face it. Supreme Kai gasped in horror when he saw the devilish creature appear, taking one long stride in the room while smirking directly at Gohan. "Dabura!"

"Yes. You must now face me," the yellow eyes flicked between the five. "Which means you'll progress no further."

Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest, not phased by the demon king one bit. "Your boss must be pretty nervous to send out his top man. Where is Babidi, anyway? Too scared to come out?"

"Dispense with the idle talk," Dabura's smirk disappeared and a scowl replaced it. "All of you, attack me now, head on."

Gohan fumed, taking a step towards the demon king. "What!? No way! It's my turn to fight and that's what I'm gonna do!"

"Damn straight!" Bardock cheered, causing Supreme Kai to glare up at him.

The scowl of Dabura's deepened. "You fool!"

The teenager rubbed his chin, putting his thoughts together. "But this is such a lame place to fight. We really need to get a cool planet like the other levels did!"

Dabura crouched on both knees, extending a palm forward. "Idiotic child! You will fight me here and now!"

"Wait, Dabura!"

The six figures in the room looked up at the ceiling, hearing the voice of the wizard echoing around them. "Yes?"

Glaring into his crystal ball, Babidi was staring directly into the eyes of Gohan who had a curious expression on his face. "Taking this fight to another place doesn't sound too bad. We need this ship intact to revive Majin Buu."

Dabura stood up straight and nodded. "Of course, master."

"Any preferences?"

The demon king smirked. "A planet like this one. I don't want an unfair advantage."

The group found themselves once more being transported to another planet, except this one was exactly like Earth save the blood red sky. All their was to the place were large mountains and bodies of water. Bardock sighed in relief realizing that the gravity was the same. He knew his grandson was powerful, but Vegeta had gone on about how much he had slacked during the seven year period after reaching his maximum potential.

Stay alive, kid. Stay alive.

"Shall we begin?" Dabura asked, a sinister grin on his face as he looked Gohan up and down. The teenager brought himself into a fighting stance, one hand raised that was already preparing an energy blast while the other rested by his side.

"Let's do this!" Gohan charged towards Dabura, who easily dodged his manuever and the two began darting around the red sky after one another. Bardock tapped his feet impatiently, wondering how long this cat and mouse chase was going to go on until Gohan suddenly disappeared under water. The ki blast he was forming earlier exploded through the water and went straight for the demon king.

"The fool!" Dabura raised his palm out to deflect the blast back down to him when Gohan suddenly appeared beside him. The teen struck out his leg to kick Dabura in the face, who went flying into a mountain. Gohan was nearly hit by his own attack, managing to dodge it just in time.

"Whew, I better be more careful next time!" Gohan wiped a trickle of panic sweat away from his forehead, putting his focus back on the mountain that Dabura had gone through. The demon king let out a powerful yell, and sent the giant rock pieces Gohan's direction. Dabura smirked as he watched the pile along with the boy disappear behind another random pile. He landed on his feet, walking towards it when a blinding golden light came out. The demon king's jaw dropped when he saw his opponent, now with golden hair and icy eyes, standing on top of the ruble and looking like the previous fighter who killed Yakon.

"That's my boy!" Goku yelled, egging him on.

"Finally," Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest. "Now it's time for the real fight. Let's see how Dabura can stand against a Super Saiyan."

Dabura stood growling at the new being above him, not sure what to do. He was prepared to make the first move, when Gohan suddenly appeared before and uppercut his chest badly. Gohan swung an arm back to hit the devil's face, but the creature was already heading towards the sky. Gohan narrowed his eyes at where he was sensing his energy, and surprised Dabura with a kick to the end. The demon king once more was sent flying to the ground.

Do it for Piccolo and Krillin. Do it for Piccolo and Krillin.

Gohan landed in front of the demon king, reaching his arms out and charging an enormous energy blast. He fired it, and quickly flew up in the sky to anticipate Dabura's next move. Sure enough, he felt the creature's energy coming from behind him and grabbed Dabura's fist before it punched him in the face.

Smirking, Gohan decided to toy with the demon king and allow him to have a free punch. When allowed, Gohan went flying back so the two were more distant from each other. Frustrated, Dabura powered up and sent a large red blast towards Gohan who wasn't expecting it. The blast hit the teen, sending him sliding across the ground and ripping his green tunic to bits. The kid slowly got to his feet, dusting himself off and levitating back up.

"Uh," Goku rubbed the back of his head. "I guess he has kinda slacked a bit."

"Either that, or he's just too busy toying with him!" Bardock rolled his eyes. "Come on, kid!"

Dabura came flying down to the teen, a large sword forming in his hands. Gohan's eyes widened as the demon king brought his weapon down to slay him, but it only managed to chop a few blonde hairs off his head. The devil brought the sword back down again, faster and stronger, and Gohan powered up before catching the sharp tip of it with both hands. The two shook with rage, one trying to force the object down while the other tried forcing it up. Eventually, it was too much for the sword to take and it snapped in half.

"Oh, enough of this!" Vegeta snarled, standing in front of Bardock and Goku. Sensing an evil energy, Dabura turned his head to listen to the conversation. "I can't take this anymore! Why are we subjected ourselves to this!? Look, just call him down already, Kakarot! I'll finish this!"

"Just like him fight!" Goku pressed. "He hasn't lost yet, he's hanging in there! Just let him finish!"

"Why should I stand around all day acting like this masters!?" Vegeta pointed an angry finger at his old rival while Bardock took a step back. "I can end this in five minutes! I'm not here to play games, Kakarot, or create precious father-son bonding moments! Knock off the sentimental shit already! The strongest one is the one to do the job, and that's me, not him!"

"Shut the fuck up, prince!" Bardock snapped, pushing Vegeta away from his son. "As I understand it, you're not shit compared to Kakarot and I bet if I took the time to figure it out, I could destroy you in five minutes like you claim you'll do to Dabura! I wish I was sent back to the time you arrived on Earth so I could see you begging for mercy!"

Dabura smiled wickedly.

Master. Please bring us back to the ship immediately. I made a discovery.

After Dabura had disappeared back to Babidi with that promise of 'new recruits', Vegeta shoved Gohan back. "A warrior with Saiyan blood should have killed Dabura! You're an absolute disgrace!"

Bardock observed in the corner as his son stepped in to stop the prince from beating on his grandson. Supreme Kai looked around nervously, and Bardock's heart began to sink to his stomach when he realized it was time. Everything was perfectly aligned; the vision was going to come true. But when?

Just then, the screams of Vegeta echoed throughout the room as the prince dropped to his knees. Supreme Kai panicked, running to the fallen Saiyan's side while telling the others to say things to him to fight off Babidi's control.

Bardock looked on, feeling guilty while watching his grandson struggle to keep the angry Vegeta calm. As soon as the prince's screaming grew louder, Bardock felt something begin to attack his head as well. He dropped to his knees; Supreme Kai gasping loudly. "Oh no! Both of them!? But I thought Bardock had no evil left! Quickly now, someone go to his side!"

"Gohan, go!" He could hear his son order.

It was all too much for Bardock.

He could hear Babidi screaming at the top of his lungs, convincing him of all the strength he could offer and what marvelous things can happen when paired with Vegeta. He could hear his grandson urging him to resist. He could hear the sound of the prince's blood curdling scream. The vision hadn't quite prepared him for this. Just when he thought his head was going to explode from all the noise, one seemed to block out all the rest.

"Bardock?"

The Saiyan's eyes opened widely, his breathing out of control and vision blurry as he tried to focus on the tile beneath him. He listened to the sound of Gohan begin to comfort him and Babidi snaking his way into his mind until the feminine, heartbreaking voice shot through his ears once more.

"Bardock. I can't believe you!"

"Gine?" He breathed out, causing Gohan to tilt his head in confusion.

"..Gine?"

"Tune everything out and listen to me. Please, I beg you."

The poor male's heart was racing until he thought it was going to shatter in a million pieces, but he did as he was told. "How..."

"Just listen. You are not crazy, alright? This is really me, your wife. I met a guy in other world named King Kai, make sure to ask Kakarot about him alright? He's a very kind man."

The sound of snorting could be heard, causing Bardock's eye to twitch but he continue to study the tile. Soon enough, Gine's voice was the only one he could hear.

"Shame on you, the Bardock I know would never become someone's slave!"

"You don't understand," his voice was extremely weak as Gohan looked down at him helplessly while Vegeta turned Super Saiyan. "I... I need to do this. To save them. It's the only way to unlock my powers-"

"Oh, my poor Bardock. You break my heart so much. What are you doing, then? Being here with them? You're not a fighter, Bardock."

"Yes, I am!"

"No. You're a protector. You've always been one. Especially for me."

"Yeah," Bardock shook his head, a drip of sweat from his forehead dripping down his hair and landing on the tile. "And you're still being a little pain in the ass."

"Geez, Gramps," Gohan lowered his head. "I didn't even do anything!"

"Go protect those you love. You're the wisest man I know. Use that, along with your heart, and you'll never go wrong."

Bardock smirked, his chest aching imagining his wife saying all of this. "Even in the after life, you're still cheesy as fuck."

"I swear, Bardock, next time I see you I'm cutting your tail off with my butcher knife!"

The Saiyan's vision became more hazy, but a sad smile crossed his face. "Maybe being dead won't be so bad after all, if I get to see you again."

"Don't talk like that. I need you to live, Bardock, to live and protect those that don't have a chance. Giving in to evil won't solve your problems, and you know that. You still have a chance to save your soul. Stop being so blind. I've told you a million times your heart is more than an organ. Listen to it."

"You're my angel, Gine."

"Then promise me that you'll do what you can to stay alive."

"I'm not strong enough."

"Oh, but you are. You really are. You just fought the wizard's curse."

Bardock opened both eyes, realizing that the room and the voices inside his head had ceased to exist. He slowly brought himself to his feet, and Gohan quickly peaked under his red headband to make sure there wasn't an M imprinted on his forehead. When he sighed in relief, Bardock smiled and glanced up at the ceiling.

I miss you, Gine.

"Keep holding that river back and the levee may break."

Bardock furrowed his eyebrows together. What the fuck does that mean!?

"It's a saying, you jerk! It means the more you try to hide from yourself and others, the more damage you'll do! I'm going to go now, alright? I nearly have King Kai on the ground thanks to how angry you make me! But I love you, and I'll speak to you soon."

Please do.

"Oh no!" Supreme Kai's voice was the first thing Bardock heard once Gine's disappeared. He followed the shin-jin's finger as he pointed at the prince, whose eyes were darker and the cursed M was imprinted on his forehead. "We're too late!"