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"Heheheh, ah much better!"
All six current residents of the Sacred World of the Kais turned around to see someone dressed in clothing similar to the Supreme Kai with wrinkled purple skin, a white mustache and white hair. He was chuckling in glee.
"Uh, sir? We're in the middle of training!" Goku declared with widened eyes.
"You call that training?" The mysterious figure asked in comedic sarcasm. "Aheheheh!"
"Who are you? How did you get here?" The Supreme Kai asked suspiciously.
"Me?" He smiled. "Check out the hair style youngster! And the ear loops, yes aheheheh!" He laughed. "And the dashing looks! I'm just an older generation of you! Fifteen generations to be precise!"
"What? Fifteen... generations ago?" The Supreme Kai gasped in shock.
The Saiyans and Moon Queens all looked at each other curiously.
"You're how many years old?" The Supreme Kai asked.
"Fifteen generations?" Kibito followed.
"Wait, so are you saying that you were the Supreme Kai before the current Supreme Kai?" Queen Serenity asked as Serena looked up curiously at her.
"Why yes my pretty!" He replied, causing Queen Serenity to widen her eyes. "Remarkable eh? I'm sure you're wondering how I'm still alive!"
"Uhh…yeah?" Serena asked.
"Well you pretty young thing, I'll tell you!" The Kai said, causing Serena's face to redden. "There once was a terrible villain who lived way back when. Well…he wasn't as bad as Bashgal, but he was still pretty bad. The only thing he feared was that I would use my awesome powers to stop him and his evil ways! So he tricked me! He sealed me away inside the Z Sword!"
"You mean you were trapped inside the Z Sword all this time?" The Supreme Kai asked.
"Mhmm!" The Old Kai answered while stretching out, getting used to being free again.
"Hey guys, I don't think this guy looks as strong as he says, do you?" Goku asked his son and the two Moon Queens.
"Not…really…" Gohan agreed.
"Hey, let's put him to the test!" Goku said and held out his hand.
"Uhh…Goku…what are you doing?" Queen Serenity gasped.
Goku formed a small yellow energy blast in his hand and sent it out. A moment later it smacked the Old Kai in the face and he fell to the ground.
"GAAHHHH!" Everyone gasped in shock.
The Supreme Kai and Kibito rushed over to tend to the fallen Kai.
"HOW DARE YOU!" The Old Kai yelled when he got up. "BABIES, BABIES IN DIAPERS, THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE!"
All four of them were slumping over with widened eyes.
"But sir…that attack was just child's play…" Goku trailed.
"My little brother could've handled that…" Gohan followed.
"I think even I would have been able to handle that…" Serena said.
"All of my enemies feared me!" Old Kai said in anger. "But not because of my strength! My menacing capacities is what struck terror into their hearts!"
"Capacities?" Goku muttered.
"Menacing?" Gohan followed.
"Menacing capacities?" Serena combined the two.
"What do you mean?" Goku asked.
"I'm not telling!" Old Kai crossed his arms. "Give me one good reason why I should!" He stuck his tongue out.
"Well…let me see here…hmmm." Goku rubbed his head. "I've got it!" Goku said as he walked closer to the Kai. "My old master likes girly magazines, we'll get you some!"
"Oh boy! Dad!" Gohan immediately erupted and ran up to him.
"Goku please! How inappropriate!" The Supreme Kai frowned.
"Hmph! I have no need for such things!" Old Kai huffed, and then smiled. "With my omniscient vision I can see girls playing volleyball on the beach!"
"AAHH!" The Supreme Kai and Kibito fell down.
Queen Serenity put her hand to her mouth, closed her eyes, and laughed.
I hope he wasn't watching us play volleyball on the beach! Serena slightly frowned while looking at him.
"You call yourself a Kai?" The Supreme Kai asked in shame.
"Maybe I'll do it…" He looked at Serena. "Maybe I'll do it if you let me see up your skirt!"
Serena shrieked and her face turned as red as a volcano. She fingered the Eternal Tiare and wondered whether she should smack this old perverted Kai in the head with it.
Queen Serenity thought that the whole thing was cute and continued to laugh.
What luck! This guy's just like Master Roshi! Goku thought. "Hey old man, how about I get you a date with a real live Earth woman instead!" Goku suggested in Old Kai's ear.
Old Kai turned his attention to Goku, and Serena's breath of relief was clearly visible.
"Ooo! Is she a good kisser?" Old Kai smiled.
"Yeah, of course!" Goku assured.
"Ohh heheh!" Old Kai drooled.
"Dad…" Gohan tapped Goku on the shoulder. "Are you nuts, how are you gonna find someone that wants to go on a date, let alone kiss, that guy?"
"Hey, don't worry!" Goku smiled. "Queen Serenity and I can't go back to Earth, but you and Serena can!"
Serena widened her eyes.
"Serena, which one of the girls do you think would do it? It's worth it if this guy's powers can help us win!"
"Agreed." Queen Serenity smiled.
"Well, let's see…" Serena's loveable nature once again took over as she placed her finger on her chin. "I won't tolerate pedophilia, so Rini and Hotaru are definitely out!"
"You can't be seriously thinking…" Gohan trailed while Queen Serenity laughed hysterically.
Images came to Serena's mind as she thought of each of her friends with the Old Kai.
"Trista…" Serena trailed. "No…she just wouldn't put any effort into it to enjoy it, he'd know it's fake!"
"There's gotta be someone!" Goku said.
"Amara would punch him in the face for being a pervert…" Serena sighed as the image of an angered Amara knocking the Old Kai painfully on his nose came to her mind. "Lita would too, and Michelle would just be too disgusted and turned off. Mina would be too grossed and freaked out like I was!" She declared. "Rei's dead…so she's out, and she'd act too similar to Amara and Lita anyway! That leaves…"
"Hey everyone, I've finally managed to fix my computer! So now we should be able to pinpoint Mordred's possible plans once he attacks!" Ami declared.
"That's great!" Krillin said.
"Now we can make a plan for a counterattack!" Luna purred.
"Ami, Ami would do it! She knows what's at stake, and she'd try to put her best foot forward because she's so polite!" Serena smiled. "Ami would do it!"
"Great!" Goku smiled. "I'm sure she will! Ami will listen to you guys!" Goku said to Serena and Gohan.
"Dad…have you looked at that guy? C'mon…and what if his so called powers don't help?" Gohan trailed in bewilderment
Goku ran over to Old Kai "Ok, we've got someone in mind!"
"She's not exactly the most fun person in the world though!" Serena warned with a smile.
"Doesn't really matter, as long as she's a good kisser!" Old Kai said.
"She's a good kisser right Gohan?" Goku asked as he walked over to his son.
"Why are you asking me, I don't want any part in this!" Gohan coughed.
"Just getting the details straight!" Goku leaned back to look at the Kai. "Now was that with lipstick or without?"
"With…definitely with!" Old Kai answered. "Either way would be fine really." He muttered.
"Goku, she'll do it!" Serena answered. "I know she will!"
Goku smiled and rushed over to Old Kai. "It's a done deal!" He held out his hands.
Old Kai high-fived Goku. "Man, you're good!"
"So what are these capacities of yours?" Goku asked as everyone gathered.
"How should I put it in layman's terms?" Old Kai asked as he walked a bit. "If I use my powers on a kitty cat that goes meow, he'll go roar. Get it? Roar!" He sounded. "In other words an ordinary cat becomes a lion! So you see, therein lies my talent! I awaken people's sleeping powers!"
"Ohhhh!" The Supreme Kai and Kibito sounded with their mouths open, as if they were on the edge of their seats.
"Oh, so then, you're not really that strong yourself…" Goku trailed.
"You fool!" Old Kai rushed over to him. "I can take a person far beyond his limits! The bird becomes an eagle! Get it?" Old Kai shouted in Goku's face, with accompanying spit.
"Yeah, it's just a little hard to believe!" Goku closed his eyes and smiled.
"Young people!" Old Kai huffed. "You!" He said to Gohan. "How would you like to have your sleeping powers awakened?"
"Who…me…?" Gohan trailed.
"Yeah you! Get over there!" Old Kai ordered.
"Ok…" Gohan walked to where the Kai pointed.
"A guy like you with the power to break the Z Sword…I can do something with you… Yes, you have great potential!" Old Kai looked at Gohan, and then turned. "Funny though…I always thought that it would be a Kai that broke the Z Sword and rescued me, but you're more of a shoeshine boy than a hero huh?" He asked the Supreme Kai. "The Kais being rescued by mere mortals, things have sure gone downhill!"
"I've always tried my best…" The Supreme Kai trailed.
"Keep your chin up lad, keep your chin up!" Old Kai ordered as he stepped toward Gohan. "There, stay where you are son, remain perfectly still!"
"Right!" Gohan said while fixing his posture.
"Now just relax." Old Kai ordered and held out his hands. "WAKE UP, YOU LAZY NO GOOD POWERS! SLEEPING ALL THIS TIME, HOW DARE YOU! WAKE UP!"
Everyone gathered to watch the Old Kai with nervous stares.
"HOOOYAHH!" He sounded and made a fist. "HHHHYAAHH!" Old Kai made another. He then began to dance in an odd way in a circle around the area that Gohan stood in, shaking his legs and pumping his arms in and out, all the while making strange noises.
Not a person present stood without widened eyes.
"Wake up you! Sleeping powers…! Wake up now!" Old Kai ordered as he continued to dance. "Woohooohooo!"
"Uh, excuse me…sir…?" Gohan asked.
"Be still, this is what sets the mood!" Old Kai replied.
"Sets the mood…? But I thought…" Gohan asked.
"Well stop thinking; this is just the opening ceremony!" Old Kai declared as the widened and constricted eyes of Goku, Serena, Queen Serenity, The Supreme Kai, and Kibito followed him in total bewilderment.
"I don't even want to know what this sets the mood for…" Serena said. "This guy is probably the strangest I've ever met…"
"Good grief, wow…what next? Uh…excuse me, how long is this going to take?" Goku asked.
"Five more hours, power raising! Twenty more after that!" Old Kai answered as he continued to dance.
"Daahh!" Gohan noised.
Goku nervously chuckled and rubbed his shoulder. "Well bye guys, I'm gonna go take a little nap! Do your best Gohan!" Goku waved and walked away.
"Dad don't go!" Gohan gritted nervously.
"Get me up when your sleeping powers wake up!" Goku answered as he took his rest under a nearby tree.
"Well…uhh…mother, I think it's time we got back to training…" Serena suggested.
Normally, anyone would be shocked that Serena would volunteer to do work, but under the circumstances, no one noticed.
"Sure dear…of course…" Queen Serenity agreed, her eyes still constricted as she watched the scene.
"We'll see you in a bit Gohan!" Serena cheered as she and her mother lifted off to go to the nearby small lake where they began training.
"Serena…not you too!" Gohan said through his teeth.
"Well…Kibito…this is quite an unexpected turn of events…" The Supreme Kai hadn't moved, not even to watch the two Moon Queens fly off.
"Yes sir, very odd…" Kibito agreed.
"Why…me…?" Gohan trembled.
"Master, they'll be here shortly." Chimera stated to Mordred.
Mordred growled. "They better be! It's the morning of a new day, and we need to make this one better than the last! Mercenaries…always doing things on their own terms!"
"It will be worth the wait." Charybdis appeared from the shadows. "Production of new Numba is going far beyond schedule, but we need to be at full strength."
"It's too long!" Mordred snapped.
"Master, need I remind you of what happened the last time we set out?" Medusa countered. "Our enemies are stronger than we gave them credit for."
"We need as much insurance as possible, and she will be very fine insurance." Scylla concluded.
Mordred sighed. "You're right. We must be more cautious than before. That Super Saiyan Three or whatever it was really did legitimately surprise me… Once she comes with her crew, I'll launch the attack; you never know what could happen…"
Rei gasped as she looked into the grinning face of Cell. Fear filled her entire body, and she could feel her muscles freeze up. It was a miracle that she was able to keep herself in the air with her energy.
"So Vegeta…and Vegeta's friend." He snickered at the pale Rei. "What brings the two of you to this foul place?"
"Where are Goz and Mez?" Vegeta demanded.
Cell snickered. "Why do you care to know? Don't you want to take over this place?"
Vegeta frowned while Rei was still pale in fear, taking cover behind him.
"Who's this girl? Your lady friend?" Cell snickered.
"I won't ask you again." Vegeta frowned.
Cell laughed. "Still as arrogant as ever I see."
Vegeta smirked. "So we'll fight then."
Rei sweated in nervousness as she watched Cell power up. His greenish body was surrounded by a glowing golden aura accompanied by sparks of electricity, akin to what she'd seen in Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta. Rei covered her eyes to shield against the high wind that Cell emitted.
Vegeta laughed and powered up as well, turning Super Saiyan Two. Rei had to back away from the blinding light both warriors were emitting.
"It seems you've become stronger from how pathetically weak you were the last time we fought." Cell snickered.
"Stronger? You have no idea!" Vegeta smirked.
Rei's nervous sweat grew as she watched the two staring at each other. Vegeta and Cell sped off, dematerializing and clashing in the sky. Rei could barely keep up with them, and she was sure that if it hadn't have been for her new Eternal Makeup Power, she would not have been able to follow them at all. She saw Cell land a few feet away from her, grimacing as he caught his fall.
Vegeta smirked as his aura and electricity raged around him, challenging Cell to once again come at him.
Cell let out a war cry and flew up into the air, the wind rushing out from him blew Rei's hair back and she had to cover her eyes with her hand.
Vegeta dematerialized, reappearing to plant a flaming knee into Cell's stomach.
"AAHH!" Cell screamed in pain as his eyes widened and his jaw dropped. The sounds of Vegeta's golden flame and sparks of electricity rushed into the Android's ears.
"Hahahah!" Vegeta laughed in triumph as Cell's expression was reminiscent of when Gohan knocked him to his knees seven years ago. Vegeta followed his knee strike up with a kick to the back of Cell's head that sent him crashing down face-first into the ground.
Rei saw Cell's face in the ground a few feet away from her and smiled as she realized Vegeta's strength. From what she'd heard, he and the other guys had serious trouble with Cell and nearly lost, with Gohan only saving the day at the last minute. But now it appeared that Vegeta was immensely stronger than he was during the Cell Games.
Cell struggled out of his hole and frowned in frustration at the smirking Vegeta hovering in the air.
"What's wrong Cell? Have you finally discovered that you're pathetic weakling?" Vegeta taunted.
"STOP IT!" Cell raged and flew up again at Vegeta, but the Prince of All Saiyans only responded by easily knocking Cell down to the ground again.
Cell raged, unable to believe that he couldn't defeat someone that he used to easily knock around. He then turned his light purple eyes toward Rei and smirked. He held out his hand and formed a ball of energy, pointing it directly at Rei.
Rei gasped and widened her eyes in fear as images of her childhood nightmares immediately returned. Her mouth screamed in involuntary terror as she saw the blast leave Cell's hand and head straight toward her.
Vegeta's eyes widened slightly and he found himself dematerializing and reappearing in front of the blast, feeling the burn as it knocked him away.
"Vegeta!" Sailor Mars called in concern as she watched him fly away with smoke coming off of him. Mars was angered as she saw Cell rush toward Vegeta to take advantage and she formed her ethereal bow of flame in her hands.
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" She shouted and sent the flaming arrow toward Cell.
"AAHH!" Cell screamed as he felt a pain in his chest. He looked down to see a fiery arrow embedded in his back, the tip of which exited just above his stomach. Cell frowned and turned toward Vegeta's mysterious friend, finding her glaring at him and pointing another one of her fire arrows his way.
Vegeta recovered in the meantime and rushed toward Cell, slamming his foot into Cell's right cheek, sending the Android slamming to the floor again. Vegeta growled and secured a dominant position on the downed Cell, putting his knee in his chest and grabbing his face with his right hand.
"I won't ask again!" Vegeta growled. "Where are those two ogres!"
Cell coughed as he saw Sailor Mars' angry face staring into his painful eyes. She stood just above his horizontal head.
"I locked them up in the jail!" Cell mumbled through Vegeta's hand over his mouth.
Vegeta pulled Cell's head up and stared into his eyes with his menacing Super Saiyan Blues. "Take us there!" He ordered. "And no funny business!"
Cell begrudgingly stood up and took off along with Rei and Vegeta, the two watching him like hawks.
Rei smiled inwardly. Her shot at Cell had conquered her fear, along with Vegeta's easy handling him, of course. Rei wondered however, why Vegeta saved her from being hit by that blast.
Vegeta meanwhile, peered toward Rei with the same thought. He tried hardest not to betray this thinking with his eyes. Why did I get in the way of that blast so that little girl wouldn't get hit? He thought in annoyance.
"Master Mordred, I am honored to be in your presence." A mysterious female voice sounded out and a figure immersed in the shadows bowed.
"It took you long enough." Mordred sighed.
"My soldiers are ready to be deployed at your discretion." She reported. "In the meantime, are there any…developments?" The figure rose, opening her bright white glowing eyes, which emitted their own light and thus illuminated the shadows around her somewhat.
"From our enemies, no." Mordred answered and rose from his chair. "However." He smiled and led her down a hallway.
Mordred and his new ally came upon the Sprite Sisters, who eyed her slightly suspiciously, but were quickly silenced by her glaring glowing eyes. Mordred nodded at them and they opened a set of glass doors.
Mordred and the mysterious new figure smiled in glee at the sight they beheld. A chorus of thousands of roars filled the area as the six figures on the balcony looked down at an army of thousands of Numba, all cheering and roaring for their Master. They were aligned in disciplined square formations.
"They've gotten a lot more disciplined…and powerful I see." The white-eyed figure with pale grey skin smirked.
"Thanks to a few useful idiots." Mordred snickered. He then looked down at his roaring army and raised his gauntleted hand to silence them. "A new era for the universe is coming! Its triumph is at hand!"
The army of Numba cheered.
"You are the instrument from which that imminence arises!" Mordred continued. "March to Central City! Make sure Earth submits! Kill all who resist the arrival of Lord Bashgal!" Mordred ordered, getting his army into a further frenzy. "TO WAR!" He shouted and raised his hands.
This led the army to a crescendo of eruption as the Numba psyched themselves up for war.
"I trust you with leading this army." He turned back toward the new arrival. "You, the Sprite Sisters, and your soldiers must officer them. Do not fail me."
The figure nodded, as well as the Sprite Sisters. The army began to filter into the air, all floating toward their destination. The Sprite Sisters and the mysterious new arrival also took off, the latter joining her own mercenaries.
"This is where the new era truly begins…" Mordred said with a frown as he watched his troops take flight in their disciplined formations.
"…!" Everyone on the Lookout gasped as they felt a tremendous amount of energy signatures.
"Is that…" Mina gasped.
"Who else could it be?" Lita frowned.
"I wonder…what we can do against that…" Krillin said with widened eyes.
"We've prepared to the best of our ability." Michelle walked to the front, addressing everyone. "That's all we can hope for; we have to hold them off until Hotaru returns!"
"This is the task that's been placed in front of us." Amara walked up to join her lover. "And we will carry it out!"
Everyone nodded and closed their eyes, psyching themselves up for what was to come.
"We'll stay here, and try to help you out in any way we can!" Bulma assured. "I'll be linked with Ami the entire time with my computer, and I'll give you up to date information for this battle!"
"And we will give you the best advice we can!" Luna followed it up.
"You all have a history of doing this, so I'm confident in you!" Artemis smiled.
"Hold them off and come back safe!" Diana squeaked.
"Please, everyone." Dende implored. "Protect this planet, defend these lands. I'm putting all my faith in you as a Guardian. It's my duty!"
"We will." Yamcha, now once again in his old fighting gear, gave a sad smile.
"After all…this is my planet as well. If anyone has the responsibility to protect it, it's me." Darien, now Tuxedo Mask once again, declared with hardened eyes.
"I have a track on their location!" Ami erupted, typing away on her computer. "They're heading toward Central City and the surrounding villages! They'll probably attack Europe soon after! It looks like there are ten thousand of them!"
Android 18 tearfully hugged her daughter goodbye, followed by Krillin. She and Krillin closed their eyes and held each other's hands, and Amara and Michelle did the same.
"Let's go." Amara finally ordered.
Amara, Michelle, Mina, Lita, Ami, Darien, Yamcha, Krillin, and Android 18 took to the sky.
"Nine of us…against ten thousand!" Michelle whispered to Amara, still not releasing her lover's hand.
Amara frowned as her the wind she loved so much blew in her face. "We'll fight them any way we can…" She tenderly whispered. Hotaru…you better hurry your butt back here…