Fate's Encounter

by Puja723

slight AU Co written by Thomas Drovin.What if Goku and ChiChi also had a daughter? And their daughter became friends with an orphan? What about Pan? Did she really exist in the future from where Trunks came? The rest of the summary and pairings are inside

35. Search for the Shadow Dragons

Chapter 35: The Search for the Shadow Dragons

For a moment there was nothing but stunned silence as Goku and the other Z-fighters looked up in astonished horror at the dark dragon that had emerged from the cracked dragon balls. Like Shenron this dragon had red eyes, a large body that seemed to fill the sky, along with a pair of matching horns growing out of the back of its head and a pair of whiskers below its nose that stretched the length of its body. But unlike Shenron this dragon had a pair of large light purple wings growing out of its back, and it was blue in color! The whole top part of the dragon's body was dark blue while its underbelly and claws were a light blue colour. The dragon, which they all decided to call the Shadow Dragon, looked down at the astonished people who had summoned it and suddenly grinned at them as if amused by some private joke they had yet to know about.

"Hey! What's going on here?" Goku finally spoke up breaking the silence at long last. "Where's Shenron?"

"Well…," Chibi Pan said slowly. "This dragon did come out of the dragon balls…didn't he? Maybe he's…filling in for Shenron?" she suggested hopefully. "Like maybe Shenron's on vacation?"

"It's possible…" Kei said thoughtfully but he had a look of extreme doubt on his face as he spoke.

"Hey!" Goku called up to the still grinning dragon. "Did you come to grant our wishes?"

"HA! HA! HA! HA!" The Shadow Dragon laughed as if Goku had told him funniest joke in the world. "Oh yeah," He replied sarcastically once he had finished his laughing. "I came here to grant your wishes!"

"I don't know you guys," Bulma said worriedly to her friends and family. "Something's fishy here…I don't trust this dragon."

"Mom!" Chibi Trunks cried to Bulma in protest. "Have a little respect; he IS an eternal dragon you know!"

"Ah the fresh outside air!" The Shadow Dragon said cheerfully to himself taking in a deep breath. "So delicious! It's been far too long since I've wielded my power! The world is now born anew!"

"Hey!" Galina snapped angrily to the Shadow Dragon. "This is not the way eternal dragons behave! Well…," She added as she stood near Future Trunks who was holding Takara in his arms. "At least not a dragon like Shenron anyway."

"Look Dragon!" Future Pan angrily yelled up to the Shadow Dragon, for she was getting impatient and really wanted to wish her husband Sai back from the dead as well as Krillin. "For your information you should be asking us what we want to wish for!"

Hearing this demand the Shadow Dragon suddenly produced a large cigar and a cigarette lighter which he promptly used to casually light up his cigar. "What did you just say to me?" He said menacingly to Future Pan as he put away his lighter and glared at her with a very evil look.

"Our..our wishes," Future Pan stammered suddenly very afraid for her safety.

"Wishes?" the Shadow Dragon replied with an evil chuckle. "I have no intention of granting ANY wishes!"

This statement caused all the Z-Fighters to gasp in shock, for the eternal dragon of the dragon balls had never refused to grant any wishes before in their entire lives!

'Goku!' King Kai's voice suddenly rang out warningly. 'Beware of that dragon! Do you hear me?

"Why?" Goku asked back in puzzlement. "Isn't he nice?"

The Shadow Dragon suddenly roared with laughter again which indicated he had heard King Kai's warning to Goku and to demonstrate that he was not a nice guy indeed.

"Alright you!" Future Trunks cried boldly to the laughing dragon. "We want some answers! WHERE'S Shenron?"

The Shadow Dragon's reply to Future Trunks' demand, was a quick but long puff on his cigar then to blow smoke all over the assembled Z-fighters. As they coughed and spluttered the cracked dragon balls suddenly glowed yellow and started to rise up into the air.

"HEY!" Sal yelled in sudden alarm as she ran forward. "He's taking the dragon balls!"

Everyone looked on in astonishment as the glowing dragon balls starting spinning around the Black Smoke Dragon in a circle. Then to their horror as they continued to watch the dragon took a sudden deep breath and casually swallowed the seven dragon balls whole!

"Hey!" Bulma yelled in helpless anger. "You just give those back…right now!"

The Shadow Dragon just grinned evilly at Bulma's demand and said nothing, then his eyes started to glow red causing a sudden fierce whirlwind to blow up. The wind he generated was so powerful it almost knocked the Z-fighters off their feet, but what happened next they just could not believe! Out of the whirlwind the seven dragon balls emerged out of the mouths of what looked like seven different dark dragons, suddenly there was a brilliant flash of light and the seven shadow dragons scattered off in all different directions with the dragon balls they were carrying!

"Aaah!" Chibi Pan cried out in alarm. "The dragon balls they're gone! What are we going to do now?"

Hearing Chibi Pan say that caused the Shadow Dragon to give one last evil laugh, then he took off into the sky disappearing from sight and suddenly all was still and quiet again.

"Well that was…weird," Goten said at long last.

"But what just happened?" Chi-Chi said in total bafflement.

"We were robbed, that's what happened!" Bulma stated grimly to her friends.

"Hey look!" Chibi Pan said suddenly pointing up. "The sky!"

Following his girlfriend's finger Kei and the other Z-fighters saw that the sky was now filled with rainbow coloured lights, much like the aurora borealis which occur near the North Pole.

"Isn't it magical?" Chibi Pan said dreamily to Kei as she held his hand and continued to gaze upwards with the others. "Cool huh?"

"I've never seen anything like it," Videl said in amazement. "It's absolutely beautiful! I can't believe that dragon did that."

"Maybe he was good after all?" Chi-Chi suggested hopefully.

"I'm afraid not," Goku replied grimly. "Not that dragon he was bad!"

"Yeah," Gohan nodded in confirmation. "I sensed it too dad, there was something…wrong."

'Goku!' King Kai called out again using his telepathic powers so he and everyone else could hear him this time. 'Can you hear me?'

"King Kai!" Goku called out to his old friend. "What in the world is going on down here?"

'That's just it,' King Kai replied back uncertainly. 'I don't know.'

'YOU IDIOTS!' Old Kai's furious voice suddenly rang out causing Takara to start crying while everyone else covered their ears in pain from the sudden unexpected noise.

"Who the hell was that?" Bulma cried in alarm as she, Chi-Chi and Videl rubbed their now ringing ears. "How obnoxious can you get?"

"Relax Bulma," Galina casually to her alarmed mother-in-law as she took her crying daughter from her husband and tried to calm her down. "It's just Old Kai, remember? The guy we told you who helped us defeat Majin Buu before my husband and I got married ten years ago. He's the Kai I had to kiss to help save the world for all his help…" She added with a shudder at that memory.

"Oh yeah," Future Trunks muttered darkly to himself. "We never seem to hear the end of that little episode, do we? Just what are you talking about?" He went on raising his voice.

'I'm talking about how ten years ago I warned you people about using the dragon balls so much!' Old Kai snapped back angrily. 'Didn't I tell you that interfering with the natural evolution of things could have serious repercussions? Well?' he asked impatiently when he didn't get an immediate answer. 'Didn't I?'

"Yes sir," Goku replied back meekly scared by Old Kai's angry outburst. "I remember that. But I just thought that…well…that it was because you were old fashioned."

'Don't blame them ancestor,' they heard Kibito Kai say gently to Old Kai in an attempt to get him to calm down. 'It's just the generation gap.'

'GAP?" Old Kai exclaimed in furious disbelief. 'Did you say GAP? It's a stinking CANYON not a GAP! NOW YOU LISTEN HERE!' He yelled turning his attention back to Goku and the other Z-fighters. 'That creature you saw and the creatures that it spawned are not only capable of destroying the Earth but the entire UNIVERSE as well!'

"What seriously?" Goku cried out in amazement. "I know he looked it, but is he really that strong?"

'Yes he's THAT strong!' Old Kai snapped back deeply irritated by Goku's stupidity. 'And it's all thanks to YOU people!' he added scornfully. 'He was born because you MISUSED the dragon balls! You couldn't even tie your SHOELACES with out calling the dragon!'

"Hey!" Bulma said irritably as she suddenly took her hands out of her ringing ears. "You don't have to keep yelling like that you know! Hasn't your generation ever heard of manners? I mean…"

'HOW DARE YOU!' Old Kai roared with renewed anger cutting Bulma off in mid sentence and causing her to cover her ears again. 'If there's any one person to blame for this terrible situation that would be YOU Bulma!'

"ME?" Bulma cried out in astonished disbelief. "And just how did you arrive at THAT?" she demanded to know deeply insulted by this accusation.

'You INVENTED the Dragon Radar!' Old Kai said accusingly like a judge reading a series of criminal charges in court. 'AND you sought out the dragon balls for you OWN selfish purpose! Dose any of THAT ring a bell?'

"Why don't you show yourself you stupid old man?" Bulma yelled angrily at the unseen Old Kai. "Or are you too CHICKEN? Is that it you spineless old GOAT! Come down here and fight like a man!"

Realizing that his mother was working herself into a frenzy, Chibi Trunks started to come forward and put a calming hand on Bulma's shoulder. "Mom!" he said gently to her. "Calm down its okay, really."

"Yeah," Future Trunks spoke up. "Trust me mom when I say you do NOT want to fight one of the Kai's."

'Oh,' they heard Old Kai say scornfully to Kabito Kai. 'And to think I was once offered a chance to get a KISS off that woman! Good thing we picked Galina instead! What Bulma needs is a good old fashioned spanking, and if she doesn't watch it I'll come down there and do it myself!'

Both Future and Chibi Trunks backed away nervously from their mother while Old Kai was saying this, her face was turning an alarming shade of purple and they did NOT want to be on the end of her erupting anger.

'That won't be necessary,' Kabito Kai spoke hastily sensing Bulma's anger and tried to get things back on track. 'Besides ancestor,' he went on. 'We need you to focus on solving the problem at hand.'

'Good point,' Old Kai said calming down.

'Good…now listen to me all of you,' Kabito Kai said grimly to the assembled Z-fighters as he begun explaining things. 'You all know that for every ying there is a yang. So even though you used the dragon balls for positive things, negative energy was introduced into the world. It was stored inside the dragon balls.'

This little revelation caused Kabito Kai's listeners to gasp in sudden shocked understanding.

"I had no idea," Goku said slowly. "But that seems to makes sense."

"I don't get it," Chibi Pan said puzzled to her father. "So what happens to all that negative energy?"

"Yeah," Kei asked equally puzzled. "Does it just stay in the dragon balls?"

"Hmm…," Gohan said thoughtfully to himself as he pondered the problem. "I guess it's just like anything else. The dragon balls would hold as much energy as they could, and then one day when they exceeded their capacity they would burst," He concluded grimly.

'That's exactly right,' Kabito Kai said in grim confirmation. 'They can only hold so much, the negative energy DOES dissipate over time but for every wish it takes about a hundred years for that to happen. In truth the dragon balls were never meant to be used more than once every one hundred years, this allows time for the negative energy to seep out harmlessly as it was intended to do. But the balls were used MUCH more often than that,'

As Kabito Kai spoke the Z- Fighters minds were filled with images of all the times in their lives they had used the dragon balls to summon Shenron and grant their wishes. As they watched they saw the dragon balls slowly turn dark on the inside which had lead to them cracking and producing the Black Smoke Dragon which they had seen earlier.

'They couldn't hold it any longer,' Kabito Kai went on with his explanation. 'And all of the negative energy was released at once, in the form of that dragon you saw. And he is pure evil!' he added grimly.

"This is serious!" Sal cried in alarm now that she and the others now knew the whole story.

"You don't know how right you are Sal," Mr Popo's voice said from somewhere behind them.

Turning around Sal and the others saw that Dende and his magic genie servant had arrived apparently out of nowhere from the Lookout.

"What are you talking about?" Galina asked the two new arrivals nervously.

"Well," Mr Popo said gently. "Many years ago I heard of an evil dragon appearing on the planet Eros. Shortly after that Eros and every star and planet in its Galaxy was destroyed.

"That's unbelievable!" Gohan said in amazement

'THAT'S why the dragon balls are scattered after every wish,' Old Kai spoke up again. 'They're supposed to take centuries to find them so the negative energy can't have time to accumulate. But then SOMEONE invented the Dragon Radar and ruined EVERYTHING!'

"Hmph!" Bulma yelled angrily to Old Kai deeply insulted at the accusing tone he kept using on her regarding her invention of the Dragon Radar. "So it's all MY fault is that it? Why don't you just SAY it?"

'There were those that were aware of the dangers of over use,' Kabito Kai admitted to his friends rather sheepishly. 'But no decision was ever made to…warn the people of the Earth.'

"Well how in the world was I supposed to know that?" Bulma yelled back angrily trying desperately to justify herself. "It's DENDE'S fault we were never warned! So you see…it's not all MY fault because we're ALL a little to blame actually."

"HUH?" All the assembled Z-fighters said in astonishment at Bulma's wild accusation

"Well aren't we?" Bulma asked her friends but when they didn't answer her she fell silent that was until a new thought struck her. "I know!" She said brightly. "Even though I DID invent the radar," she said admittedly. "I still wouldn't have been able to find the dragon balls. I was just a little girl of sixteen," She went on innocently recalling the events from her distant past. "Trying to find her prince with the dragon balls but that was just a young school girl's dream…a silly fantasy," She then pointed an accusing finger at Goku. "But then this big shot came along!"

"Who ME?" Goku cried out in amazement surprised that Bulma would make such an accusation after all they'd been through. "You mean it's MY fault?"

"Well yeah it IS when you think about it!" Bulma said sternly. "I was just a knobby kneed adolescent back then; I could have never gathered the balls on my own. YOU were the one with the super strength; YOU'RE responsible for gathering the dragon balls!"

"I guess I am," Goku said admittedly as he realised that his old friend may have been right. "I see what you mean Bulma," He said putting his hands behind his head and walking away from her. "I am responsible. I never really thought about it that way until now."

"Hey what are you doing?" Bulma asked as she saw Goku stop and start to stretch his legs.

"Yeah Daddy," Galina asked her father confused. "What gives?"

"Well sweetheart," Goku said matter of factly as he continued to stretch himself. "Since I'm the one who caused this mess there's only one thing for me to do. I guess I don't have a choice it seems clear to me, I have to go slay that dragon!"

"WHAT?" Galina cried out in disbelief.

"What just like that?" Chi-Chi exclaimed to her small husband.

"Aren't you worried?" Bulma asked. "How can you make light of a situation like this? So without any thought or planning," she went on while Goku continued to stretch himself. "You're going to jump in and sock it to him huh?"

"Well I'm going to finish my warm up first," Goku said as he finished up his stretching. "There!" he said giving everyone the 'peace' sign. "I'm ready!"

'I'm afraid you don't have much time to act Goku,' Old Kai said to the small pure hearted saiyan warningly. 'That dragon is attacking the nerve centres of the globe; the planet is already beginning to suffocate under the weight of that beast's evil. If you don't intervene soon the destruction of the Earth is inevitable.'

"Dad I'm coming with you," Galina said determinedly to her father.

"No not this time sweet heart," Goku said gently to his daughter. "I'll handle this myself."

"But dad!" Gohan protested. "I really think someone should go with you."

"Don't worry Gohan," Goku said reassuringly to his son. "You've seen me as a Super Saiyan Four, if that won't do it nothing will."

"Yeah," Goten started to say. "But dad…"

"Well," Goku said brightly giving everyone a friendly wave and cutting Goten off in mid sentence. "See you later!"

"Wait!" Chibi Pan cried suddenly. "Don't go!"

"Why? What's wrong Pan?" Goku asked his grand daughter.

"Uh…" Chibi Pan said suddenly nervous. "Oh never mind…forget it grandpa everything's fine."

"Okay then," Goku said brightly. "Bye everyone!" And with that Goku took off.

"Come home soon!" Chi-Chi called out after her small husband. "I'll have dinner waiting for you!"

"Do your best dad!" Gohan called out as well.

"Yeah," Galina added as she held a waving Takara in her arms. "And be careful!"

While everyone was watching Goku leave they didn't notice Chibi Pan quietly smile to herself and quickly run off into Capsule Corp, nobody that is except Kei and Sho.

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A little while later Goku was flying over a nearby city and as he flew over it, he saw that it had been totally devastated like it had been hit by a violent earthquake there was no sign of anyone or anything.

"Boy," Goku said quietly to himself. "That dragon sure didn't waste any time! With a destructive trail like this he shouldn't be too hard to find, not with a mess like this."

As Goku flew off he failed to notice one of the shadow dragons emerge from the sky behind him and disappear into the mouth of a dormant volcano that hadn't erupted in centuries. A few minutes after the shadow dragon had done this the volcano exploded with violent fury sending rocks and lava everywhere; it also sent the people of a nearby village in the valley below to run for their lives.

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At the same time this was happening somewhere in a distant snow covered mountain range, another shadow dragon was flying around crashing into the mountains with its icy body creating massive avalanches.

Elsewhere in a distant city massive thunder clouds had formed and were creating gigantic lighting bolts. One of these lightening bolts formed itself into another shadow dragon and hit the city square where it exploded destroying a large part of the city in the process. When the dust and smoke cleared the shadow dragon, who was known as Rage Shenron, stood in the middle of a large crater with the five star dragon ball lodged in his stomach. Rage Shenron was a small but dangerous looking dragon with a dark purple body and white underbelly; he smiled evilly to himself in anticipation of all the destruction he was now about to cause.

In yet another distant city a huge tornado was flinging cars, trees, and rubble into the air like children's toys. In the centre of the tornado was yet another shadow dragon laughing evilly to himself at all the havoc and destruction he was causing.

Out of the ground somewhere in the middle of a distant field another shadow dragon erupted from the earth like an angry stone worm, with the seven star dragon ball embedded in its back.

Somewhere in a distant sky another shadow dragon was flying in and out of the clouds creating huge windstorms near a small lake complete with fishing village. The terrified villagers ran for their lives in terror as the shadow dragon landed with a huge splash in the middle of the lake creating a huge waterspout in the shape of a dragon roaring like an angry sea monster. On the top of the water spout was the shadow dragon who had created it, he was a plump yellowed eyed dragon with green skin, sharp teeth and a white underbelly. Out of his shoulders and arms grew some nasty looking black spikes and lodged between his eyes just above his nose was the two star dragon ball.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" The shadow dragon roared in delighted laughter to himself. "How quaint! This is a perfect new abode! I doubt the town's folk will mind if I set up shop here!"

As he finished speaking the water spout he was standing on turned a terrible black colour and sunk back into the lake, as it did so ALL the water in the lake turned black which killed all the fish in it instantly. But the destruction didn't stop there! Once the blackness in the water reached the shore the entire AREA started to turn black causing everything around the polluted lake, trees, buildings and animals to wither and die away.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" the shadow dragon laughed evilly it's voice echoing all around the polluted lake and surrounding area. "Let it be known that I am Haze Shenron! The Dragon of Pollution! And this place is my new home! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

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Meanwhile Goku had managed to fly all the way to the sea when he was suddenly struck by a sudden realization and stopped dead in mid air. "What an idiot I am! What was I thinking? I can find the dragon with my senses but not the dragon balls!"

Turning around to head back to Capsule Corp Goku was astonished to see a smiling Chibi Pan floating in the air behind him, and she wasn't alone either…for floating along with her was Kei and Sho!

"Did you really think we were going to let you go alone?" Chibi Pan asked Goku cheekily.

"Well…yeah," Goku said temporally lost for words.

"Fat chance of that Grandpa!" Sho said cheerfully.

"Besides," Kei added smugly. "We knew what you were turning around for anyway."

"Good thing we came prepared then," Chibi Pan said cheerfully.

As the young teen finished saying this Giru popped out of the back of a blue back pack she was carrying on her back with a friendly wave.

"Ah!" Goku cried with delight. "Giru's JUST who I need!"

"I thought as much," Chibi Pan said happily holding Giru in her arms like a teddy bear. "Dragon ball hunting isn't the same without Giru is it?"

"No it isn't," Goku said admittedly. "Thanks for bringing him," he said reaching out for the small robot. "Good thinking."

"Not so fast Grandpa!" Chibi Pan said holding Giru away from the expecting Goku. "This is a package deal, get it?"

"Pan," Goku protested as he suddenly realised WHY Pan and the other two had followed him. "Please."

"Oh come on Grandpa!" Sho pleaded to Goku. "I want to take part in at least one big adventure in my life! I want to show Vegeta that I'm a brave guy worthy of protecting Bra!"

"And nothing bad will happen to Pan while I'm with her," Kei said putting a protective hand on her shoulder. "I can guarantee it!"

"Yeah," Chibi Pan went on. "Besides…Giru wouldn't go anywhere without me, Kei and Sho would you Giru?"

"Giru go," the small robot corrected his young friend. "Danger level increases if Pan, Kei and Sho go. Pan and her friends stay, Giru go."

"What are you saying?" Chibi Pan yelled angrily to Giru shaking him like he was a rag doll. "Having me, Kei and Sho around isn't more dangerous! What kind of buggy calculation is that?"

"Pan, Kei and Sho NOT stay!" Giru said quickly correcting himself. "Giru NOT go without Pan and the boys."

"See Grandpa?" Chibi Pan said in cheerful triumph to Goku. "We HAVE to go; you really don't have a choice!"

"I'm going to regret this," Goku said worriedly to himself. "You kids can come along but you have to do what I say!" he added sternly.

"We promise!" the three youngsters said giving Goku the 'peace' sign.

"I can't believe I'm doing this!" Goku grumbled to himself. "There's only two people I know that's as stubborn than you are Pan and that's your Aunt Galina and your Grandma!"

Chibi Pan just giggled to herself as she, Kei, Sho and Giru followed Goku to find the seven shadow dragons and the dragon balls they possessed.

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It didn't take Giru long to locate the first and nearest dragon ball for Goku and his family to find. The small robot lead them through a polluted countryside and forest until they reached the toxic lake where the dragon Haze Shenron had decided to set up shop. When they got there they discovered the evil dragon taking great personal pleasure in scaring, attacking and destroying the villager's homes. Pan, who really hated bullies picking on helpless people, attacked the unsuspecting dragon and took him unaware causing him to get a sore foot in the process. Once he got over his shock and painful unexpected injury it was revealed that Haze Shenron was a total wimp! He made a mistake of insulting Pan which resulted in her and Kei roughing him up real easy while an amazed Goku, Sho and Giru just looked on. Insulted by the constant and easy humiliation by two young teens Haze Shenron surprised his two attackers by suddenly fighting back like he was a super being! Goku and Sho tried to help but it just resulted in getting them all beaten up, because for some reason they were losing their powers as they fought.

Haze Shenron then proudly boasted to his opponents of his powers of pollution and how he had used them to wreck the lake, countryside and air so Goku and his friends couldn't draw any strength from the energy of life. When Goku accused Haze Shenron of cheating the dragon pointed out it wasn't his fault as Goku had made him. Haze Shenron then went on to explain that he had been created many years ago when Goku had wished Shenron to restore Bora, the father of his dear childhood friend Upa, back to life after he had been killed by General Tao. The negative energy which was created by that wish was stored in the two star dragon ball which resulted in Haze Shenron's birth so what was happening now really was Goku's fault. Because of their weakened state Haze Shenron easily managed to subdue his enemies and was all prepared to throw them in his polluted lake where the toxins and acids would destroy them. Giru did try his best to stop the shadow dragon but his weapons did little to stop him and the others being thrown into the lake.

However as Giru was not affected by all the pollution in the lake as he was a machine he managed to drag Goku and the others into underground spring that contained magic living water which allowed them not only to get their powers back but to breate in the water as well! At Pan's suggestion Goku blasted the spring which released a huge flood of clean water which washed all the toxins out of the polluted lake much to Haze Shenron's horror. With all the toxins destroyed it didn't take much for Goku, Pan, Sho and Kei to blast Haze Shenron to bits and recover the two star dragon ball that had been in his possession. With the first of the shadow dragons destroyed the cracked dragon ball was restored to normal along with the surrounding area.

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The next dragon ball Giru detected lead Goku and his family to an abandoned city which had strange blobs of energy absorbing electricity all around it. Meeting a kind old couple who were the last of the people still living in the city, the Z-fighter's learnt that slime belonged to Rage Shenron the keeper of the five star dragon ball who had been waiting for them! Although Rage Shenron was a small looking dragon Goku and the others soon learnt that he was a heck of a lot more dangerous than Haze Shenron was. For Rage Shenron was the one controlling the energy absorbing slime and he used it to attack his opponents to drain their energy, once he had demonstrated his power Rage Shenron then used the slime to increase his size and strength to battle his enemies.

Once he powered up Rage Shenron told Goku he had been born many years ago on the day Vegeta and Nappa had been sent to earth by Freiza to collect the dragon balls. Goku's friends had been so terrified at fighting the two killer saiyans without him they had wished Goku, who had been killed by his brother Raditz a year or so before Vegeta and Nappa arrived, back to life. It turned out the negative energy which was created by that day that wish was made on, was stored in the five star dragon ball which resulted in Rage Shenron's birth. The shadow dragon then proceeded to attack his opponents with large destructive energy attacks, Goku did try and fight back however as Rage Shenron was covered in his energy absorbing slime hitting him was like trying to punch a bowl of jelly! What was worse by making direct contact with the shadow dragon's slimly skin resulted in massive electric shocks! Pan, Kei and Sho DID try and help Goku however they were zapped out of the sky like flies with a few electric shocks of their own!

Goku deciding to even the odds turned into a Super Saiyan Four which resulted in Rage Shenron's attacks not affecting the pure hearted saiyan anymore. However when Goku tried blasting Rage Shenron with his own energy attack the shadow dragon just absorbed it and fired it right back at him and his family! Narrowly avoiding getting destroyed Goku and his family survived the attack which irritated Rage Shenron to no end! The shadow dragon then used his slime to access the world power grid at a near by power station which resulted in him getting bigger and stronger! Pan, Kei and Sho tried desperately to fight back but Rage Shenron just calmly absorbed their energy attacks and fired them right back at the young teens. If Goku hadn't been there to save them they would have been incinerated within seconds!

In an attempt to finish off Goku and his family once and for all, Rage Shenron kept increasing his power and size until he was large enough to grab his enemies with his slime. Once in the shadow dragon's power he tired to electrocute them all to death; however they were all saved from this fate by the arrival of an unexpected but very welcomed rain storm! Because he got wet Rage Shenron's supply of electric slime shorted out causing the shadow dragon to blow himself up due to the universal rule, 'water and electricity don't mix'! After that it was easy to beat the weakened and now normal sized shadow dragon. However Rage Shenron did try one last time to kill Goku and his family with what little slime he had left by faking defeat. However thanks to a small but powerfully quick Kamehameha Wave from a fast acting Goku, Rage Shenron was swiftly blasted out of existence and the five star dragon ball in his possession recovered before he could seriously hurt Pan, Kei or Sho. And with the second of the shadow dragons destroyed the cracked dragon ball was restored to normal along with all the energy drained from the city and nearby power plants.

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The next dragon ball Giru detected lead Goku and his family to a peaceful seaside village; however as soon as they entered it they were almost buried due to a huge amount of fish falling from the sky like rain! The Z-fighters soon discovered that the shadow dragon, who was known as Oceanus Shenron, had adopted the persona of Princess Oto a local deity that the villagers worship to bring good luck to the fishermen when they went out to sea to go fishing in their boats. However according to a local village girl named Colum because the shadow dragon had been making it rain fish at regular intervals it was putting a lot of her fishermen friends out of business. Because of that Colum's childhood friends were being put to work while their parents acted like brainless servants to the 'princess.' What was worse there was too much fish for the villagers to handle so most of them rotted away wasted and the seagulls were dying from serious injuries due to the shadow dragon's activities.

Determined to stop these terrible activities Goku and his family confronted 'Princess Oto' on the beach. It turned out the shadow dragon, which had the six star dragon ball lodged in her forehead, was using her powers to create waterspouts which picked up huge amounts of fish and then dump them on the village. Oceanus Shenron seemed like a very cool, calm and collected shadow dragon, however when Goku asked WHICH wish on the dragon balls created her she got real irritated about it. After constant persistence Oceanus Shenron revealed, very reluctantly, that she had been born many years ago when Goku's good friend Oolong had foiled Emperor Pilaf's wish for world domination by tricking Pilaf to wish for a pair of girl's underwear! This revelation…although funny to Goku and his family, was not funny at all to Oceanus Shenron and she was determined to take especially take great personal pleasure in killing Oolong when she found him and began her attack.

However when Goku and his family tried to fight back it turned out that none of them could lay a finger on Oceanus Shenron! It turned out she could control wind and water not only to make waterspouts but to protect herself by deflecting their attacks away from her. Goku, determined to beat the shadow dragon flew in closer so as to attack her at close range. However Oceanus Shenron just spun herself around real fast creating a whirlwind that was so powerful that it sent Goku flying back with his clothes getting shredded in the process. To both Oceanus Shenron and Pan's embarrassment and to Kei and Sho's amusement it turned out the last wind attack had left Goku completely naked! Thankfully Pan had the good sense to bring along a spare fighting suit for her grandpa and hurriedly got him dressed. While doing this Oceanus Shenron briefly revealed her true form, it was a tall, thin, male dragon with a pair of white wings and the six star dragon ball was embedded in its chin.

However Goku had worked out Oceanus Shenron's fighting techniques by this time and was soon able to battle the shadow dragon with his own wind fighting techniques! However it was Colum's seagull she had been nursing back to health that helped beat Oceanus Shenron, it actually managed to fly down on the shadow dragon and attack it from above! It was then Pan realised that their enemy could be attacked from above as she was the still and silent 'eye' of her hurricanes. Quickly passing on this knowledge to Kei and Sho the three teens used a combined Kamehameha Wave to weaken Oceanus Shenron then while she was distracted Goku quickly destroyed her with his own Kamehameha Wave and the six star dragon ball in her possession was recovered. With the third of the shadow dragons destroyed the cracked dragon ball was restored to normal along with the return of all the injured seagulls and a promise from the ashamed villagers to work harder to make up for their foolish ways. Before they left Colum asked Pan and her friends if they could teach her how to fly like they did and Pan promised she would one day if she made a visit to Mt Paozu once they had finished their quest.

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The next dragon ball Giru detected lead Goku and his family to a field outside a large city; the strange thing was that Giru detected the dragon ball under the ground. The reason soon became clear when the Z-fighters were confronted with a large mole like shadow dragon by the name of Naturon Shenron emerging from the ground. This shadow dragon had the seven star dragon ball lodged in his forehead and a big indifference to everyone and everything around him. The only thing that seemed to interest Naturon Shenron was his digging which was causing huge earthquakes that threatened to wreck the city nearby. Because of his indifference the shadow dragon didn't seem to notice Goku and his family until the small pure hearted saiyan yelled right into his ear knocking him over. It turned out Naturon Shenron wasn't the brightest shadow dragon around; he didn't seem to know or care who Goku was when he introduced himself to his opponent much to Goku's irritation. Naturon Shenron however was real surprised when Pan identified him and when he asked her how she pointed out that the dragon ball embedded in his forehead was a dead giveaway. Getting over his irritation Goku invited the shadow dragon to attack him, but it turned out he was hard of hearing too!

Irritated by Naturon Shenron's indifference to them Pan quickly informed the shadow dragon that they had been battling his other fellow shadow dragons and collecting the dragon balls they had possessed in order to save the world. This didn't really seem to interest Naturon Shenron at all, he claimed he was not much of a fighter and all that interested him was digging his tunnels, making the earth quake and watching things fall down because of it. Hearing this Kei then asked the shadow dragon to hand over his dragon ball but he refused saying the magic ball was his and that he didn't want to part with it. Having said that Naturon Shenron re-commenced his digging towards the nearby city he intended to destroy. Determined to stop him Goku and his family quickly flew after the tunnelling shadow dragon however Goku really didn't want to fight an opponent who wasn't interested in fighting back. So the small saiyan attempted to get Naturon Shenron worked up by shouting unpleasant and insulting things to him. However insults did little to annoy the shadow dragon so Pan, Kei and Sho came up with a new strategy which involved blasting the tunnelling shadow dragon under the ground. It was hardly surprising to the watching Goku that the teen's attacks did little to stop or deter Naturon Shenron as he was so deep underground that their blasts didn't reach him.

As Naturon Shenron was fast approaching the city his tunnelling was causing huge earthquakes panicking the people as well as making all the buildings and roads shake to their foundations. Goku and his family suddenly had their hands full saving all the city's people from being crushed and buried alive by falling buildings and rubble. When Naturon Shenron finally surfaced to admire his destructive work he was astonished to see that thanks to Super Saiyan Four Goku and his family the city he was trying to wreck was still standing! Extremely annoyed that the Z-fighters had stopped his fun Naturon Shenron savagely attacked them. Goku however was already prepared for this and he managed to knock the angry shadow dragon right out of the city so he wouldn't damage it anymore. Now that he was angry and ready to fight Naturon Shenron told his enemies he had been born many years ago when Vegeta, who had been under the influence of the wizard Babidi at the time, had killed part of the audience of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament when Goku refused his challenge to fight him. Because of that evil act the dragon balls had been used to summon Shenron and restore to life all the people killed by Vegeta that day. That wish had released a force of negative energy and was stored in the seven star dragon ball.

Pan didn't think this was a big deal and that Naturon Shenron was being a bit dramatic as their last opponent Oceanus Shenron had been born from an accidental wish for girl's underwear. However Naturon Shenron proved that he really was more dangerous that he appeared for when he slammed his hand down on the ground it caused the ground underneath Goku and his family to explode and send them flying into the air like leaves. Quickly overcoming this unexpected attack the Z-fighters stayed in the air as their opponent kept firing energy blasts through the ground at them. Finally they landed on the shadow dragon's head which caused Naturon Shenron to blast himself with his own attack; thankfully the Z-fighters flew off before they themselves were hurt. Due to his injuries the shadow dragon just fell over in a defeated heap causing Goku to power down to his normal small self again however as he did so something strange happened to Naturon Shenron. The shadow dragon seemed to disappear in a puff of blue smoke released by his body and vanish, out of this smoke flew the cracked seven star dragon ball which Pan then caught neatly. However unlike the other three collected dragon balls Naturon Shenron's ball was still cracked!

Suddenly to Goku, Kei and Sho's horror the cracked dragon ball started to glow a dark blue colour and then began sucking Pan right into it! The three of them tried to help the struggling teen girl but all they did was tear off Pan's back pack which contained the terrified Giru. Looking on in helpless astonishment the three Z-fighters looked on in disbelief as Pan was somehow replaced by Naturon Shenron! Now the shadow dragon looked totally different to what he had been before. He was now a giant yellowed eyed, blue skinned dragon with a white underbelly and tail with a long pointy nose, a huge frill around his ears and a pair of horns growing out of his head. When Goku questioned Naturon Shenron how he had managed his transformation the shadow dragon informed them he had the power to possess any creature he liked and assume its powers and abilities! He had originally used the body of a mole as his mode of transport, hence his mole like appearance, but because the Z-fighters had damaged it so badly he just took over Pan's body! He admitted that Goku could fight him if he wanted to however the damage HE or the boys did to him would happen to Pan as well. Once Pan's body was exhausted the shadow dragon intended to use Goku's Super Saiyan Four body! That is IF he had the guts to battle him. As Goku, Kei and Sho slowly struggled to accept this terrible fact they could actually hear Pan inside Naturon Shenron's body crying out for help!

Knowing that he now had the advantage this time the shadow dragon began his attack causing Goku, Kei, Sho and Giru to back off quickly. The four of them knew that as soon as Goku went Super Saiyan Four, Naturon Shenron would possess his body and that would be the end of them all! Kei who was even more infuriated than Goku that the shadow dragon would use his girlfriend's body as a human shield vowed he fight him fairly if he let her go but Naturon Shenron wasn't about to let that happen in a real hurry there was no fun in fighting fairly! With Pan giving him the extra strength he needed Naturon Shenron now also possessed all the attack techniques Goku had taught her. To demonstrate this the shadow dragon used a Kamehameha Wave on his opponents which the narrowly missed but it destroyed a large part of the nearby city. Knowing that Goku, Kei and Sho wouldn't dare fight back Naturon Shenron then began blasting energy bolts at the city sending people running for their lives.

The terrible decision to attack the shadow dragon or not was resolved by Pan, although possessed by Naturon Shenron she could still talk to Goku, Kei and Sho mentally. She begged them to fight on regardless what would happen to her knowing full well how hard it would be especially to Goku and Kei. Respecting his granddaughter's wishes Goku powered up to Super Saiyan Four again, despite the danger that his body might be possessed by his enemy. Goku then proceeded to attack the astonished shadow dragon with help from Kei and Sho giving Naturon Shenron a real thrashing. But despite his beating the shadow dragon knew that his opponents were holding back so as to not kill Pan, Goku could have blasted him with a Kamehameha Wave but he then punched him instead. To prove his point Naturon Shenron then dared them to blast him at full force or get out of his way. Despite consistent urging by the possessed Pan the three Z-fighters hesitated for what felt like an eternity before they actually used a combined Kamehameha attack on the astonished shadow dragon. However when the smoke and dust from the attack died down Naturon Shenron was still alive with Pan still inside him!

The reason for this the shadow dragon correctly guessed was that his three opponents sub-consciously didn't hit him at full force like the were intending to all because of Pan. Since this WAS the case Naturon Shenron didn't waste time re-commencing his attack on his restrained opponents at full force, he took great personal pleasure at beating them up especially Goku. Once he thought his opponents were done for Naturon Shenron then allowed the beaten up Z-fighters to see Pan once last time by letting her emerge from his stomach so she could talk to them in person. It was then that Kei of all people got up and grabbed Pan before she could be reabsorbed back into the shadow dragon's stomach, and with a little help from Goku and Sho they managed to pull her free of her captor.

With Pan removed Naturon Shenron shrunk down to his true from that of a tiny looking mole like dragon with the seven star dragon ball lodged in his head. In a last desperate attempt to save himself Naturon Shenron tried to possess a passing bird but he was blocked by Goku and Sho, the shadow dragon was quickly beaten up then destroyed by a very angry Kei and the seven star dragon ball in his possession was soon recovered. With the fourth of the shadow dragons destroyed the cracked dragon ball was restored to normal, along with an happy Pan who rewarded her 'hero' Kei with a big hug and a very passionate kiss. Now with four of the dragon balls restored to normal there were only three more left in the possession of shadow dragons Goku and his family set off to find them, unaware of just how difficult that was going to be.

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"Dragon ball detected!" Giru reported to his four friends as the bleeping of his dragon radar grew louder. "Dragon ball detected! Dragon ball nearby! Dragon ball nearby!"

"Alright already!" Pan yelled angrily smacking the tiny robot onto the ground. "Will you please stop saying the same things over and over again? You're driving me crazy! You're obviously letting the heat get to your head Giru!"

Their search had lead Goku and his family into a half wrecked and deserted city deep in the centre of a desert. It was very hot and dry here and it was making Pan, Kei and Sho a bit irritated, so having Giru constantly squawking reports at them with the constant bleeping of the dragon radar made them more irritated.

"Yeah pull yourself together Giru," Kei said equally irritated as Pan was. "Or has the heat fried your circuits?"

"No!" Giru said quickly picking himself up. "Giru fully operational! Dragon ball nearby! Dragon ball here!"

"Well I don't know about you guys," Goku spoke up suddenly as he sat down and crossed his arms. "But I'm starving! I don't think I've ever been this hungry before."

"I can take being hungry," Sho spoke up wiping his sweaty brow and looking up at the sun. "But this heat is unbearable! Wait a minute…" he said slowly as he continued to look. "Why is the sun so bright all of a sudden? It's been covered up by a haze ever since the dragons got loose."

"I don't know," Goku said slowly as he stood back up again. "Maybe since four of the dragon balls are fixed, there's not so much negative energy and the Earth is starting to get back to normal again."

"Boy what a mess this place is!" Pan said to herself as she, Kei, Goku, Sho and Giru continued to explore the deserted city.

"Any luck Grandpa?" Sho called out to the searching Goku.

"Nope! Not yet," Came the reply.

Pausing to stop in front of a shop window Pan suddenly became away of the light in window had suddenly intensified. On a sudden impulse the girl looked up and saw that the light from the blazing sun had increased. "Hey," she called to the others. "The sun just got bigger."

"Aw that's just an illusion," Goku said dismissively without even looking up. "The heat must really be getting to you Pan, you're seeing things. The sun can't get bigger silly."

"Uh…can it jump across the sky?" Kei and Sho asked Goku together suddenly worried.

"Huh?" Looking up Goku just had enough time to jump out of the way as a fiery figure fell out of the blazing sun and landed right where the small saiyan had been standing!

"Just try that again you monster!" Goku yelled angrily to the figure as he landed near Pan, Kei, Sho, and Giru.

"He! He! He! He!" The figure chuckled evilly to itself without even turning around to face them. "You people create your own monsters just like you created me! I am Nuova Shenron the invincible four star dragon."

"You're a dragon?" Goku cried out in disbelief. "You don't look like the others and I don't see a dragon ball anywhere on you!"

Nuova Shenron turned around to face his opponents, and as Goku said he didn't look very dragon like as the last four shadow dragons had been. He was a tall elegant looking creature with a dark orange coloured armoured body and light purple lips, the only thing that did make him look like a dragon were a pair of large wings sticking out of his back. Still chuckling to himself Nuova Shenron held up is left hand and opened it wide for his enemies to see.

"Maybe you should look a little closer," He said quietly as the cracked four star dragon ball suddenly appeared. It was lodged deep in the palm of the shadow dragon's hand!

"Alright!" Goku said determinedly to Nuova Shenron. "Cough up that dragon ball pal or we're going to have to take it by force!"

"Go ahead and try," Nuova Shenron said quietly as he closed his hand. "You won't be happy with the results," he then smirked to himself as if at some private joke.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with here do you?" Pan said confidently as she came forward to face their still smirking enemy. "We've already tangled with four of you shadow dragons and their all dead! So I'd be more than a little concerned if I were you! The odds aren't exactly in your favour!"

Hearing Pan say this Nuova Shenron's smirk faded and was replaced by a very angry look.

"Uh…Pan," Kei said nervously to his girlfriend. "I think you could have broken that to him a BIT more gently."

"He's right Pan," Goku said coming to Kei's support. "Kei's right, you're underestimating your opponent! This dragon is stronger than the others!"

"He is?" Sho cried in astonishment.

"Goku correct!" Giru said in confirmation.

"Anyway we're not here to fight," Goku went on. "We're here to save the Earth!"

"I hear you grandpa," Pan called back to Goku. "And that's what I'm going to do, save the Earth!"

"That's not what I meant!" Goku yelled but it was too late.

Pan leapt at Nuova Shenron with the intention of attacking him first but the shadow dragon disappeared at the last moment only to reappear behind the astonished girl and knock her to the ground with ease.

"PAN!" Kei yelled in alarm. But before he could do anything Nuova Shenron casually picked up the now unconscious Pan by the backpack then turned to look back at horrified his opponents with an evil grin.

"Put her down!" Goku and Kei yelled together as they ran forward to the rescue.

"Yeah right now!" Sho yelled bringing up the rear with the nervous Giru.

Suddenly to their astonishment Nuova Shenron actually did what they told him to do, he casually tossed the unconscious Pan to one side. Quick as lightning Giru and Kei ran to her aid.

"Pan are you alright?" Kei asked in deep concern as he picked his girlfriend up in his arms. "Why do you always ignore good advice when it's offered to you?"

"Wake up Pan please!" Giru said attempting to help Kei by shaking the unconscious girl's arm.

"I don't believe it," Sho said in amazement to Goku. "He actually let Pan go!"

"Thankyou," Goku said gratefully to the shadow dragon.

"Don't mention it," Nuova Shenron replied casually. "I've been awaiting your arrival Goku, now we are free to play the ultimate game of survival without any distractions!"

"I see," Goku said thoughtfully. "Well I'd rather settle this without fighting, but if I have to I will!"

Hearing the small saiyan say that Nuova Shenron smiled then clenched his fist, as he did so an energy attack began forming around the fist. "Let me make it simple," he said with an evil chuckle. "You have to!"

'Oh boy!' Goku thought quietly to himself. 'This guy is definitely not lacking in confidence!'

"When the statue above us hits the ground," Nuova Shenron said indicating a stature of a gargoyle on the roof a building behind them. "that will be the signal to start."

"Fair enough," Goku said in agreement. "I'm sorry Sho," he said apologetically to his step-grandson. "Looks like I have to fight this guy alone."

"Aww…okay," Sho said sulkily.

"Oh by the way," Goku said turning his attention to opponent. "Which wish were you born from?"

"I was born when your first true rival King Piccolo wished for his youth and got his full powers back," Nuova Shenron said grandly. Having said that the shadow dragon then fired off his attack blasting the stone gargoyle clean off the buildings roof.

Goku, Nuova Shenron and the watching Sho waited tensely for what seemed like an eternity for the statue to hit the ground, when it finally did Goku and Nuova Shenron attacked! The two fighters went flying around the wrecked city at super fast speeds breaking off bits of buildings as they did so. As Goku dodged one of his opponent's punches he saw that Nuova Shenron had punched through a piece of flying rubble like it was made of butter. When he dodged and then tried to punch his opponent head on Goku's fist suddenly caught on fire causing the small saiyan to quickly take cover and put it out before he seriously burnt himself.

"Wow! That is one hot dragon!" Sho said in disbelief

"I know," Goku said painfully to his amazed step-grandson. "I didn't even touch him and my hand still caught on fire!'

As he spoke Nuova Shenron landed behind them and fired off a series of red hot energy blasts that caused both Goku and Sho to dance around like cats on a hot tin roof before taking cover around the side of a nearby building.

"Did I forget to mention that I have the ability to raise my body temperature to even higher levels than the sun?" the shadow dragon called mockingly after them.

"What?" Goku said in amazement.

"Well that explains his name," Sho said thoughtfully. "Nuova Shenron has the power of heat and fire on his side!"

"That's not good!" Goku said peering around the corner to see if the shadow dragon was still there. To his surprise Nuova Shenron had apparently vanished. "Huh? Where did he go?" he said coming out of his hiding place followed by the nervous Sho.

"Just a minute…" Goku said looking down. "Why can't I see my shadow?"

Oh a sudden impulse Goku and Sho both looked up and saw that Nuova Shenron had somehow hidden himself within the sun and was now firing off a series of energy blasts at his two exposed opponents. With so many deadly blasts raining down on them Goku and Sho were hopping about the place like frogs on a hotplate trying desperately not to get blown up.

'I do hope those guys enjoy my sun gun attack,' Nuova Shenron thought evilly to himself as he descended from the sun still firing off his blasts as he went. "You and your grandson can't dodge me forever Goku!" he called out to his now running opponents as he followed them still blasting away like crazy.

"Grandpa," Sho yelled out to Goku. "We're going to get roasted if we stay out here much longer!"

"I know! I know!" Goku shouted back. Suddenly he spotted what appeared to be an abandoned hotel. "Quick in here!" he yelled jumping through a nearby window with Sho quickly following him.

Seeing his opponents had hidden in the hotel Nuova Shenron finished his attack, landed in front of the hotel and followed them in. "You silly ignorant fools," he said calmly walking up to the hotel wall. "There are no walls that can protect you from Nuova Shenron!" So saying the shadow dragon raised his body temperature and casually walked through the wall like it was made of water and entered the hotel's lobby. There was no sign of Goku or Sho but Nuova Shenron knew they couldn't be far away so he kept his guard up.

"What are we going to do grandpa?" Sho asked Goku quietly. The two of them were hiding on one of the hotel lobby large chandeliers, not daring to move planning their next move.

"Well," Goku said thoughtfully. "If I punch him my hands will burn off, and if I kick him I won't have any toes left! What a defence! I'll just have to be careful."

Just as Goku finished speaking Nuova Shenron powered up another attack and he and Sho just managed to fly to safety as the shadow dragon blasted the chandelier to bits.

"RUN!" Goku yelled to Sho and the two of them took off up some stairs as fast as they could.

Seeing his opponents run off Nuova Shenron smirked evilly to himself, he was really enjoying this battle especially now his opponents had decided to hide in the hotel. He enjoyed a good hunt as much as a good fight, so this would be a real pleasure! He calmly followed Goku and Sho up the stairs; he was in no real hurry they couldn't get away from him.

"This is bad," Goku panted to Sho as he and his step-grandson paused to catch their behind an empty hotel information desk. "I need some food!"

"Shhh!" Sho hissed urgently to his step-grandpa as they heard Nuova Shenron burn his way through a wall near to their hiding place. The two of them watched in silent terror as they saw the shadow dragon's feet walk right up next to the desk.

'This is NOT good!' the two of them thought quietly to themselves as they held their breath while Nuova Shenron continued to look around. 'Please go away!' they both mentally screamed. Then to their amazement the shadow dragon continued walking off down the corridor.

"He's gone…" Sho sighed in relief. "Thank Kami for that!"

"His power level is mountains above those other four dragons we beat!" Goku sighed wearily to Sho. "This is the wrong time for my body to go on a hunger strike."

Just then the roof above them melted and Nuova Shenron fell through, with a cry of panic the two Z-fighters quickly rolled out of the way as the red hot shadow dragon landed right where they had been lying down! Before they could recover Nuova Shenron began swinging red hot punches at them.

"Yeow!" Goku cried in alarm as he dodged a punch. "A punching inferno!"

"No kidding!" Sho yelled as he dodged another punch.

Unfortunately Goku wasn't fast enough to dodge the next punch it didn't touch his skin however it was close enough to scorch his face. With a cry of pain he and Sho quickly dodged around Nuova Shenron and ran off down a nearby stair case.

"Now what?" Sho asked as they ran with the shadow dragon following close behind them.

"My only hope if to use energy rays," Goku said grimly as they ran down the stairs. "But how can I do that if I'm all out of power?"

"I can blast him if you like," Sho said suggestively. "I've got plenty of power."

"That's very noble of you Sho," Goku said gently to his step-grandson. "But after seeing what he did to Pan I have the feeling your attacks wouldn't be powerful enough. Only my attacks might do the trick, I just need something to eat first!"

"Ha!" They heard Nuova Shenron called after them. "You're mine Goku!"

Glancing over his shoulder Goku saw that Nuova Shenron had vanished however he collided with Sho who had come to a sudden stop.

"What's going on?" The small saiyan asked rubbing his sore nose. "Why'd you stop for Sho? We have to keep moving!"

"L…Look!" Sho stammered in terror.

Following his step-grandson's finger Goku was horrified to see Nuova Shenron waiting patiently for them at the bottom of the stairs! Quickly he grabbed Sho and ran back to the previous floor running down a corridor looking for a new way out. But they had only just started running when they came across Nuova Shenron lying casually on the floor in front of them looking bored!

"Aaah!" the two Z-fighters yelled out together in fright and ran back to the stairs as they started running up them they saw Nuova Shenron waiting on the next floor landing!

"WHAT?" Goku exclaimed in disbelief at the shadow dragon's apparent fast speed.

"He's everywhere we turn!" Sho panted as he quickly followed his grandpa up another corridor and disappearing into another room with him.

Nuova Shenron casually followed his two quarries into the room and flung open the door but all he found was wrecked hotel furniture and no sign of Goku or Sho anywhere. After a minute or two the shadow dragon left closing the door behind him, as he did so he failed to notice the flattened Goku and Sho who had been hiding behind it the whole time.

"Ow!" Goku moaned as he rubbed his aching face. "Running away from this guy is more painful than fighting him!"

"Well I have an idea," Sho said getting his breath back from all the running he had been doing. "Just you listen to this!"

A little while later Nuova Shenron returned to the floor where he had last seen Goku and Sho disappear and started searching the rooms one by one, he had searched the rest of the hotel with no luck so he was retracing his steps in case he had missed something. But in each of the rooms he searched he found nothing but broken hotel furniture like he had done before. However as he paused to open the door to another room the shadow dragon suddenly was blown off his feet by an energy blast which sent him crashing into a nearby wall.

"Come in!" Goku said cheekily to his dazed opponent. "The door's open you know!"

"Told you my plan would work!" Sho said proudly.

Unfortunately for the two Z-fighters when the smoke from Goku's attack cleared Nuova Shenron was coming out of the wall with two energy blasts ready for them.

"Uh-oh!" they both yelled as the shadow dragon released his attacks destroying the entire floor of the hotel in the process.

After a few more blasts Nuova Shenron stopped and looked around, there was no sign of Goku or Sho anywhere in the wrecked hotel. 'What a pity,' he thought quietly to himself thinking he had won at last. 'I didn't expect the game to end so abruptly.'

Just then some movement caught Nuova Shenron's eye, he looked up to see a hole right above his head that lead ALL the way out of the hotel. Hovering above this hole was a very much alive Goku and Sho; they had blasted their way out when he had been attacking them!

"Alright!" Goku cried in sudden delight now that he was back outside. "My body is actually responding!"

"And its about time too!" Sho cried in delighted relief.

"Let's see how far I can push it," Goku said firing off a huge energy beam at Nuova Shenron through the hole in the hotel roof they had just escaped from causing it to explode.

"Bullseye!" Goku cheered. "Dead on, he never moved!"

"Oh yeah?" Sho said pointing down.

Out of the now wrecked hotel Nuova Shenron was emerging, he had surrounded himself with a huge ball of his heat energy making himself look like a small moving sun. Once out he started firing off a huge series of red hot energy blasts.

"Oh-no!" Goku shouted as he and Sho started dodging the blasts like planes trying to avoid anti-aircraft fire. "Not again! Let's get out of here!" So saying the two of them flew for their lives with Nuova Shenron close behind them.

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Meanwhile not far away Kei and Giru were still with the unconscious Pan waiting for her to wake up.

"Pan's sweet when she's sleeping," Giru said thoughtfully as he observed the sleeping girl in her boyfriend's arms.

"You think so too huh?" Kei said with a light smile at Giru's sweet observation.

"She's not mean to Giru this way," the small robot pointed out. "She's very nice."

"Yeah," Kei sighed dreamily. "She's wonderful."

"Kei LOVE'S Pan!" Giru said teasingly causing the young boy to blush crimson. "Just like Giru does," he went on giving the robotic equivalent of a blush.

"You sly little robot you!" Kei said teasingly to Giru but before he could go on there was a sudden flash and the ground and everything around them turned into ice! Looking around Kei and Giru were astonished to see that huge amounts of ice had started to form around them as big as icebergs, not only near them but in other parts of the city as well.

"What's going on?" Kei cried out in alarm.

"Oh no!" Giru squawked in alarmed panic. "We must flee! Danger! Danger!"

But before the two of them could move someone who had managed to sneak up on them from behind chose their moment to strike! In two quick movements Giru was swatted away where he flew into some of the newly formed ice and shut down from an overload. While Kei was hit on the back of the head which knocked him out instantly and caused him to fall on top of the still unconscious Pan. As Kei fell to the ground his attacker casually removed Pan's backpack which he had been carrying while she was unconscious. Opening up the pack the figure smiled down at the four new restored dragon balls it contained before closing it up again.

"Thank you my friends," The three star shadow dragon said evilly to the unconscious Pan and Kei. "Sleep peacefully, for Eis Shenron will make you a nice tomb!"

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Meanwhile on the other side of the wrecked city Nuova Shenron had landed in a deserted street with no sign of Goku or Sho anywhere in sight. The shadow dragon frowned to himself confused, he had seen his two opponents fly down to this street so where were they? He began to walk slowly but cautiously down the street his eyes darting all around him for the slightest movement. As the shadow dragon continued his search he failed to notice Goku slowly emerge from a manhole in the street behind him. Nuova Shenron suddenly sensing movement quickly spun around just as Goku fired off an energy blast which sent him flying into the air. Goku quickly followed up his attack with several other blasts which sent Nuova Shenron flying even higher. However the shadow dragon quickly got over his surprise, twisting himself upside in the air he managed to fire a blast of his own back at Goku which caused the small pure hearted saiyan to quickly duck back down into his manhole. Landing on one hand as Goku remerged to blast him, Nuova Shenron quickly flipped over and prepared to blast Goku however as he did so Sho emerged from another manhole.

"Over here!" The young teen yelled before firing off his attack.

Pretty soon Nuova Shenron found himself jumping around the street dodging blasts from Goku and Sho as they kept emerging from random manholes and attacking him before he had a chance to fight back. Sometimes their attacks would hit the shadow dragon and that made him very angry! When Goku and Sho emerged to attack again they saw that the street was empty, their enemy had vanished!

"Huh?" Goku said in puzzlement. "Where could he have gone? There's nowhere for him to hide, unless he went down into the sewers too."

Sho's eyes widened in sudden alarm as he saw Nuova Shenron appear on TOP of the manhole cover that was balanced on Goku's head! Before the young teen could warn his step-grandfather Nuova Shenron used his powers to melt the manhole cover on Goku's head. With a yell of painful alarm Goku dropped back down into the sewers to put out his now smoking hair

"Grandpa!" Sho cried as he joint the now wet Goku. "Are you okay?"

"We can't win at this rate," Goku said grimly to his step-grandson. "There's got to be a way to cool this guy down!"

Just as Goku finished saying this Nuova Shenron started to melt his way through the street into the sewers themselves. With a cry of alarm the two Z-fighters jumped out of the way just as their smirking enemy descended in the sewer water creating a huge amount of steam as he landed.

"Alright that's it!" Goku said grimly to Nuova Shenron. "If you want a fight just follow me!"

"Where are we going?" Sho asked Goku as they ran off down the sewer.

"You'll see!" Goku called back over his shoulder.

With the still smirking and red hot shadow dragon following them Goku and Sho ran down the length of the sewer tunnel until they came to a dead end, it came in the form of a giant sewer fan.

"Oh no!" Sho cried in dismay. "What are we going to do now?"

"Well," Goku said thoughtfully. "Nuova Shenron is too hot to fight in close quarters so he'll have the advantage down here. There's got to be another way out."

As Goku spoke Sho looked nervously down the sewer tunnel to see Nuova Shenron advance down towards them his face grim. "Well we'd better hurry up and find one!" he said urgently.

"Well as far as I can see it we have two choices," Goku said decisively. "We can stay down here and die or we can jump through the fan."

"WHAT?" Sho exclaimed in disbelief. "Are you crazy?"

"The question is…can we make it?" Goku went on ignoring his step-grandson's outburst. "Yes…" he said thoughtfully. "I think we can!"

Before Sho had time to protest Goku grabbed him and with super fast speed they jumped through the narrow gaps in the sewer fan just as Nuova Shenron caught up with them. Seeing where his opponents had disappeared into the shadow dragon powered himself up and fired a huge blast that not only completely destroyed the fan, but it sent Goku and Sho flying out of the sewers into an empty reservoir.

"We made it!" Sho gasped in disbelief as he landed on his feet. "I don't believe it!"

"Ow!" Goku yelped as he had landed on his head and had to pull himself out of the now cracked ground. "I landed on the burnt spot and that really hurts!"

"Isn't it about time we put an end to things now Goku?" Nuova Shenron asked his enemies as he used his powers to burn through the reservoir wall to exit the sewers and join them.

"This guy just doesn't quit!" Sho yelled angrily as the shadow dragon powered up a new attack.

Nuova Shenron had used his powers to make what appeared to be a giant magnifying glass appear in front of him, once the glass was complete he fired off his blast which was them amplified as it passed through the glass at his opponents.

"Yeow!" Goku yelled as he and Sho took off into the air. "That blast of his it's just like energy gathered from the sun. But it becomes focused and magnified when he fires it through that lens then it becomes lethal!"

"I kind of guessed that's what it was for," Sho cried as another blast was fired causing them to scatter.

Nuova Shenron focused his attack on Goku and he managed to hit the small saiyan in the shoulder causing him to fall out of the sky like a wounded bird into the empty reservoir.

"Grandpa!" Sho shouted out in alarm and quickly flew down to Goku's aid where he was quickly joined by Nuova Shenron who landed nearby. "Are you okay?"

"He got my shoulder good Sho," Goku replied grimly as he slowly picked himself up holding his injured shoulder in pain.

"So," Nuova Shenron said proudly. "You got a small taste of my Nova Death Ray."

"Yeah," Goku said weakly. "Converting the sun's energy is pretty ingenious and you never run out that way."

"Correct," The shadow dragon said creating a new lens with his powers. "The sun gives me an endless supply of energy. Allow me to demonstrate it's deadly potential!" he went on as he finished and powered up a new attack.

"Sho…" Goku hissed urgently to his step-grandson. "When he fires his attack and we duck, cover your eyes real quick…got it?"

"Got it." Sho replied meekly

"Nova Death Ray!" As Nuova Shenron fired off his attack Sho jumped to the side covering his eyes while Goku jumped into the air above the shadow dragon putting his hands over his face and shouted. "SOLAR FLARE!"

Immediately there was a huge flash of bright light which took Nuova Shenron completely by surprise and he covered his eyes temporarily blinded by the attack. But because his lens was still in front of him the Solar Flare attack was intensified and it knocked Nuova Shenron completely off his feet, he ended landing in a heap at the bottom of the reservoir.

"Nice one Grandpa!" Sho yelled in delight as he uncovered his eyes. "You got him!"

"Come on!" Goku said sternly to the unmoving shadow dragon as he landed in the reservoir. "Someone of your strength being knocked out by a Solar Flare? I don't think so Nuova Shenron I'm not buying it!"

"You don't disappoint do you?" Nuova Shenron chuckled to himself as he picked himself up. "Alright then no more games!" With an angry roar the shadow dragon clenched both his fists and yellow energy began to crackle his skin causing it to crack in the process. To Goku and Sho's amazement Nuova Shenron's skin cracked off like glass to reveal a golden armored body underneath complete with purple wings.

"Oh boy!" Sho said nervously. "This is not good."

"Impressive," Goku said not at all nervous. "So that is your true form I take it?"

"Yes," Nuova Shenron said in confirmation. "You've drawn me out of my shell so to speak. What you see before of you is my ultimate fighting form! And now that I've raised the stakes it's your turn! It's time to anti up or fold!"

"Fold?" Sho said in disbelief. "You must be joking!"

"I'll never fold!" Goku said grimly. "I'll see you and I'll raise you!"

With a mighty roar Goku quickly powered up to his Super Saiyan Four form, causing Sho to step back because he knew things were about to get messy from here on out.

"So Super Saiyan Four," Nuova Shenron said unimpressed by Goku's transformation. "You've finally come out, now let's play."

"Look" Goku said grimly to his opponent. "I can't allow you to turn this planet into a desert wasteland Nuova Shenron. It's not right…" he went on powering up. "The game is OVER!"

As Goku and Nuova Shenron continued to power up, their increase in energy caused huge shockwaves which knocked Sho off his feet and shook the wrecked and deserted city to its foundations.

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Many miles away the effects of the massive double power up was starting to affect West City for all the buildings were now shaking like crazy including Capsule Corp! As soon as he felt the building move Vegeta ran for the nearest balcony and took off into the air, followed by a protesting Bulma.

"Vegeta no! Wait!" Bulma harshly protested.

"I CAN'T just leave things to Kakkarot!" The proud saiyan prince said over his shoulder as he hovered in the air getting his bearings. "I have to go!"

"But you'll die!' Bulma wailed in dismay.

"So? Who cares?" Vegeta spat out.

"I care," Bulma said gently. "Your children care…and most of all your grand-daughter cares."

"I'm going!" Vegeta said stubbornly.

"If you stay," Bulma said in her most persuasive voice. "I think I can help you transform." Just then the earth shook again as more shock waves from Goku's distant battle hit Capsule Corp with renewed force. Feeling the force of the energy hit with such strength Vegeta reluctantly decided to take his wife's advice and see if she could help him. While Bulma went to work on the problem in her lab Vegeta went off to train again in the Gravity Room like he usually did.

'She calls THIS help?' He thought irritably to himself as the gravity limit in the chamber raised itself to well over 300. 'How DARE you Kakkarot!' He went on trying to ignore the painful pressure that threatened to crush him. 'Leaving me behind! Expecting me to sit back, while you go back and FIGHT like I'm some sort of WEAKLING!'

As if mimicking the angry Vegeta's thoughts the Gravity Room overloaded and exploded leaving Vegeta panting and sweating furiously to himself as he staggered out of the now smoking room. 'I refuse to be a…spectator!' He went on before collapsing on the floor exhausted. 'How did this happen?' He asked himself angrily. 'How did the gap between our powers get so big?'

As he painfully picked himself up and headed off to the bathroom to have a shower Vegeta let his mind wander back to all the times he and Goku had fought each other over the years. There had been their very first encounter when he had been sent by Freiza to collect the dragon balls from earth. After the proud saiyan prince had watched Goku beat up Nappa, he had destroyed his loyal bodyguard for being weak. He had then offered the job to Goku along with universal domination but being the person he was the fool had rejected it, which resulted in their very first battle.

'The first time I fought you' Vegeta thought as he mentally replayed that very battle in his mind's eye. 'You were no match for me! I was superior in every respect! But even though I was stronger some inexplicable force seemed to be guiding you. You were taking huge gambles with your energy and they were paying off! I couldn't take it anymore! Live or die I was willing to anything to destroy you!'

Vegeta mentally fumed as he remember how despite his most powerful attacks Goku had actually beaten him with a Kamehameha Wave and to add insult to injury when he was defeated and helpless instead of letting Krillin kill him Goku had let him GO despite all that he had done to them!

'You let me go,' he thought shaking his head in disbelief. 'I couldn't believe it; I thought it was the act of a sentimental fool. But later I learnt that being spared by you was worse than dying Kakkarot, because now I couldn't get you out of my mind! I had to live with you every second of the day! That one act challenged everything I'd believed in, everything I'd ever known. You were unravelling my reality from the inside out.'

Vegeta then let his mind wander back to his second encounter with Goku on Namek when he finally decided to kill Freiza for destroying the saiyan race. However his former employer was more than the saiyan prince could handle and he had the living daylights knocked out of him, as he lay bruised and bloodied he had begged Goku to destroy Freiza for his crimes.

'I begged you to forget about your feelings. I thought they would get you killed, but it was your feelings that helped you transform. It was the rage you felt when Freiza had hurt your loved ones that pushed you over the top. And now you're making light of me again aren't you?' Deeply infuriated by this thought Vegeta powered up to his Super Saiyan form wrecking what was left of the Gravity Room. 'How dare you!'

In her lab Bulma was at her computer going over all the data she had collected about saiyan's over the years. She heard the commotion coming from the Gravity Room and understood Vegeta's frustration which was why she was trying to help him. "Justleave everything to me Vegeta," she said quietly to herself as she continued to type away on the keyboard as fast as she could.

A while later Vegeta was in the bathroom having a shower still brooding on all his past encounters with Goku as he did so. 'I changed because of you Kakkarot; you showed me that ruthlessness wasn't the key to acquiring power. I tried to be good like you but the saiyan in me would not die! I wanted my old edge back, my killer instinct!'

And his mind drifted back years ago to the battle with Majin Buu, while trying to prevent Buu's resurrection he had let himself be controlled by the wizard Babidi. The proud saiyan prince had let himself be controlled because he discovered those under Babidi's influence had their powers increased, and that was just what he needed for his third long awaited battle with Goku. Once Vegeta's powers had been increased and his old killer self had been restored Vegeta had threatened to kill an entire audience section of the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament if Goku didn't fight him. When Goku refused his demand Vegeta carried out his threat to prove to everyone he was being deadly serious, however it was only when he then threaten to kill Galina and Future Trunks that Goku reluctantly agreed to his demands. They had then been transported by Babidi to a remote area where the two of them battled each other furiously away from innocent people. The battle had raged on until Goku sensed Buu's awakening and they had agreed to postpone their battle for another time until the new evil had been defeated.

"Humph!" Vegeta muttered quietly to himself. "I thought if I released my evil side again I would be free of my petty attachments. But you were right Kakkarot…I didn't REALLY believe my own lies at all."

As he got out of the shower to dry off and change Vegeta's mind then drifted back to when he had faced off against Majin Buu after getting Galina and Future Pan to take Chibi Trunks, Goten, Sal and Shooter to safety first. Then he had powered up as much as he could and released his power that ended up not only blowing himself up but Majin Buu as well. 'I was up against insurmountable odds,' he thought bitterly. 'Death was imminent but I didn't care about myself, I could only think of my son. I decided to shed my mortal coil in an attack that would rid the Earth of that monster for good so that my son could live on. But even my sacrifice failed and once again it was you who had to come to the rescue and as a super saiyan three no less!'

In his mind's eye Vegeta could see himself on the Supreme Kai's planet watching Goku fight Kid Buu in the air at his super saiyan three level while he was left waiting for his chance on the ground nearby. 'Super saiyan three,' he mentally sighed to himself. 'A level I didn't even dream was possible, the greatest battle that was EVER waged was taking place and I was reduced to being its witness! Is that my lot in life?' Vegeta wondered irritably to himself as he walked down a corridor to Bulma's lab with a can of soft drink in his hand. 'To bear witness to your strength Kakkarot? To be the ONLY one strong enough to be able to fathom the depth of your might? HA! I refuse to play that role!'

When Vegeta entered Bulma's lab he found his wife still had at work at her computer going over all the saiyan data that was stored in it. "Well aren't you the busy woman?" He observed.

"Come check this out!" Bulma said proudly as she punched up the picture of a strange looking device blueprint on her computer screen. "It's a Blitz Wave Generator," she went on as Vegeta came up beside her.

"Blitz Wave Generator?" he asked in puzzlement. "What's it for?" he asked as he took a sip from his drink can.

"It's for YOU silly," Bulma said with a giggle. "It's to help you transform to a super saiyan four."

Hearing this unexpected bit of news coming from his wife caused Vegeta to spit out his drink in shock. "WHAT!" he spluttered. "Are you serious? THIS device can help me become a super saiyan FOUR?"

"No you know I wouldn't kid you about something like that," Bulma said reassuringly. "Its just a theory but I think it'll work, I learnt quite a bit about Blitz Waves on the Tuffle planet and I just happen to have a copy of the files."

As she spoke Bulma was busy typing on her computer keyboard again replaying images of the battle Goku had had with Baby on his reborn home planet a year and a half ago.

"Oh boy," Vegeta said grimly as a picture his crazed wife under Baby's control appeared on the screen. "I don't want to be reminded of THAT face!"

"I've had better days," Bulma said casually as she quickly changed the picture. "Okay," she went on as she found the right file. "This should be Goku's transformation."

What they saw on the screen was indeed Goku's transformation, his transformation into a giant destructive golden ape!

"Wow!" Bulma said in amazement. "Look at him!"

"Typical Kakkarot," Vegeta grumbled to himself. "Always showing off!"

"This initial transformation," Bulma explained to her husband. "Was triggered by the moon's Blitz Waves being reflected off the Earth. But Goku just became a wild beast he was just completely out of control; it was Galina who helped him remember who he was. Once Goku became fully conscious of himself again it sparked this transformation," on the screen it showed the golden ape shrink down to Goku in his current super saiyan four form. "Of course," She went on. "He was still absorbing Blitz Waves."

"That's it!" Vegeta said eagerly as he looked at the screen "Super saiyan four!"

"Now here's the thing," Bulma said to her husband. "Since you're already fully conscious of who you are when you become a giant ape, you should be able to go super saiyan four if we flood your body with enough Blitz Waves."

"I don't know," Vegeta said doubtfully. "Don't you remember? I did transform into a giant ape on the Tuffle planet and I was exposed to Blitz Waves and nothing happened."

"Yeah I have that file right here," Bulma said playing back how she used the Blitz Wave Generator to turn he Baby possessed husband into a giant golden ape like Goku had been. "And it's true," she observed. "You didn't turn into super saiyan four, but the part that confuses me is that your both saiyans. So if Goku did it you should have been able to do it too, there must have been something present for him that wasn't present for you."

"Perhaps," Vegeta mused. "Yes…it could have been that Kakkarot was a pure blooded saiyan and I wasn't. After all I did have that despicable creature Baby living inside my body at the time."

"Hmm…another variable was your physical condition," Bulma pointed out. "Your body might not have been able to withstand that transformation."

'Could THAT be the reason?' Vegeta wondered worriedly to himself. 'Was I simply not strong enough to handle it?'

"Don't worry Vegeta," Bulma said with a reassuring smile. "That was then and this is now, I KNOW you're ready I can tell. You've been training like never before," she turned back to computer which now showed her blueprint design again. "Okay…now we have to get the conditions right for you, after that you might even reach super saiyan five!"

"Super Saiyan Five?" Vegeta said in amazement. "Are you serious?" he asked his excitement growing. "You really believe I could surpass Kakkarot?"

"Well," Bulma said teasingly. "You ARE the Prince of all Saiyans aren't you?"

"Yes I am!" Vegeta said proudly crushing his still full drink can in his hand sending soft drink everywhere. "So Kakkarot!" he went on cheerfully to himself. "The race isn't over yet is it? The day of the dark horse is coming to an end! The TRUE thoroughbred is making his move to the FRONT of the pack!"

"What about me?" Bulma asked with a cheerful wink. "I think I deserve a little recognition, if you're a prince that makes me a princess right?"

This unexpected statement caused Vegeta stop mid rant and blush with embarrassment and that made Bulma laugh out loud, for it was not often that she could make Vegeta blush.

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Meanwhile back in the wrecked deserted desert city a huge gust of wind was blowing sand through the ruined and empty streets. The winds caused doors to slam open and close and sent bits of paper fluttering off into the air like leaves. In the desert area just outside the wrecked city was the now fully powered shadow dragon Nuova Shenron, Super Saiyan Four Goku and standing at a respectable distance ready to help was Sho. They had decided that the desert was a better place to fight at full power rather than in the city itself, as Pan, Kei and Giru were still in there somewhere and didn't want them hurt.

"What do you say we get started?" Goku asked the smirking Nuova Shenron with grim cheerfulness.

"I couldn't agree more!" Nuova Shenron answered back in the same grim cheerful tone.

"Be careful grandpa!' Sho called out worriedly to Goku as he and Nuova begun their battle anew by releasing a huge continuous energy blast at each other. The two beams met head on which then created a huge explosion that would have reduced the city to nothing had they continued to fight there. Sho fought to stay on his feet as Goku and Nuova Shenron continued to keep their attacks going, while all around him empty cars left deserted on the city's outskirts were sent flying like missiles into deserted buildings like crazy. When the blast faded Sho saw Goku and Nuova Shenron up in the air exchanging punches and kicks at a breakneck speed! He followed them as they started floating backwards towards the highest skyscraper in the city. Nuova Shenron quickly fired off a blast which Goku dodged but then he found himself held in a powerful headlock. Seizing his chance the shadow dragon quickly gave Goku a quick blast which sent him flying backwards into the skyscraper's wall.

"Grandpa!" Sho cried out in alarm as Nuova Shenron flew up close to examine his enemy with grim satisfaction.

"I'm…fine Sho," Goku called out reassuringly to his worried step-grandson while glaring angry at his smirking opponent.

But to prove Goku wrong Nuova Shenron quickly powered up another blast, but before he could fire it Goku quickly leapt aside and the blast just blew up the top part of the skyscraper altogether.

Reappearing behind his enemy Goku fired off a blast of his own but Nuova Shenron quickly dodged it, frustrated Goku tried again. But each time he tried to shoot the shadow dragon he just quickly moved aside at the last minute. Suddenly Nuova Shenron was right up close to him with his hand out stretched ready to blast him, quick as lightening Goku held up his own hand ready to blast Nuova Shenron.

"You know," Goku remarked casually to the shadow dragon. "I'm quite impressed, it didn't take long for you to get used to your new form."

"It's only new to you," Nuova Shenron corrected him.

"Okay then," Goku said decisively. "What do you say I show you something new?"

So saying Goku grabbed his enemy by the shoulders and headbutted him real hard, this unexpected attack caught Nuova Shenron unaware and sent him flying back several feet.

"Now let's see how you handle this!" Goku shouted as he started powered up a Kamehameha Wave. However as he was halfway through it Nuova Shenron suddenly smiled and reappeared up close to Goku just as he was releasing his attack. Grabbing the Saiyan's arms the shadow dragon redirected Goku's Kamehameha Wave at the skyscraper he had blown up before destroying more of it in the process.

"Hey!" Sho yelled angrily. "That's not fair!"

"He! He! He!" Nuova Shenron laughed to Goku as he held him from behind by his shoulders. "Your Kamehameha Waves are a joke! The time you take to gather your energy takes longer then the attack itself! Have you forgotten my speed?"

"Of course not," Goku said over his shoulder. "I just explore every angle. So try catching me this time!"

With that said Goku started to power up another Kamehameha Wave but he quickly managed to slip out of Nuova Shenron's grip, as he continued to go through his attack Goku quickly darted around the sky quickly followed by the determined shadow dragon. However as Goku was approaching the end of his attack he was moving so fast that his enemy couldn't keep up with him, so Nuova Shenron just stopped in mid air and when Goku stopped to release his attack the shadow dragon just blasted him out of the sky!

"My Kami!" Sho exclaimed in disbelief as he and Nuova Shenron watched Goku fall and crash back into the wrecked city with a huge bang. "He actually hit him!"

Nuova Shenron smiled to himself in grim satisfaction as Sho quickly flew down after Goku, it didn't take long to find him. Sho found his step-grandpa pulling himself out of the rubble of a building that had broken his fall.

"You okay Grandpa?" Sho asked in concern as he helped Goku sit up.

"I'm alright," Goku said brushing himself down. "But I guess that guy has got a point, my Kamehameha Waves are too slow!"

Looking up Goku saw a huge fiery energy blast being shot down at him, but Sho couldn't see it as his back was to it. Quick as he could Goku grabbed his step-grandson and jumped out of the way with him just as the blast hit and exploded where they had been just seconds later.

"Are you ready for more?" Nuova Shenron called to his enemies as he descended from the sky like a fighter plane.

"Oh great," Goku said grimly. "No rest for the weary!"

"You said it!" Sho yelped as the two of them moved for the cover of the ruined city with the shadow dragon hot on their tails.

When Nuova Shenron landed he found that Goku and Sho had taken shelter in the ruin of another nearby building, so he followed them on foot moving slowly but cautiously bracing himself for any traps. Then in the remains of a ruined hall he found Goku and Sho hiding in the shadows nearby ready to release a combined attack.

"Huh!" Nuova Shenron sneered to himself. "So it's come to hiding! The sign of a truly powerless fighter!" So saying he fired off another energy blast which struck Goku and Sho head on, however it didn't affect them at all! Suddenly Goku and Sho started to crack like glass then shatter into pieces. "WHAT?" he cried in disbelief.

"Ha!" Goku said from behind the surprised shadow dragon. "Score one for me!"

Turning around Nuova Shenron discovered Goku and Sho behind him with their arms stretched out all set to blast him.

"Nice trick with the mirror grandpa!' Sho said cheerfully. "You were right he did fall for it!"

"Impressive," Nuova Shenron said slowly. "You got me. I underestimated you," he went on. "Do what you will," he said closing his eyes in defeat.

Hearing this Goku put down his hand and to Sho and Nuova Shenron's astonishment he just patted the shadow dragon on the shoulder.

"Grandpa what are you doing?" Sho distressfully asked.

"Yes…why are you waiting?" Nuova Shenron asked in puzzlement.

"I owe you for something that you did for me," Goku explained to his puzzled opponent.

"Oh!" Sho said in sudden understanding. "You mean for not hurting Pan when he had the chance right?"

"Exactly," Goku nodded. "You had every chance back there to kill Pan," he said gently to the shadow dragon. "But you decided to spare her life, that's why I'm sparing your life right now."

"I have a policy against killing innocents," Nuova Shenron said quietly embarrassed that Goku had discovered his weakness.

"You see?" Goku pointed out to the shadow dragon. "You do have some good qualities." With that said he quickly flew up out of the wrecked building followed by Sho, after a minute Nuova Shenron followed them too.

"Now that the debts have been paid," Goku said once they were outside in the fresh open air again. "Let's see who leaves this fight standing. So let's go!"

"Here we go again!" Sho said to himself as he moved away to a respectable distance while Nuova Shenron prepared himself to fight.

However as the shadow dragon fired off his first energy blast, to all their astonishment a sudden blue blast suddenly overtook it and hit Goku in the fist freezing it solid!

"Huh?" Goku said in astonishment. "What happened to my hand?"

"That didn't come from me," Nuova Shenron said slowly and looked behind him. Not far away on a wrecked building was someone else! As Sho tried to help Goku get the ice off his fist Nuova Shenron gasped in horror as he suddenly recognised who it was. It was another shadow dragon that looked exactly like him, the only difference was THIS guy had a light blue armoured body, wings and pink coloured lips "Aw great," he said in angry disappointment. "It's my brother, Eis Shenron!"

"Huh?" Goku said in astonishment. "He's got a BROTHER?"

"That's not good!" Sho said worriedly. "It was bad enough with one shadow dragon now we have to deal with two!"

"He! He! He!" Eis Shenron chuckled quietly to himself. "I thought you'd be done with them by now brother," he said mockingly to his sibling. "Having trouble?"

"Stand down!" Nuova Shenron snapped back angrily to his twin. "This is MY fight!"

"AH!" Goku cried in astonishment. "So you two really ARE brothers!"

"Unfortunately yes," Nuova Shenron said over his shoulder in grim confirmation.

"I had no idea that you dragons could actually be related to each other!" Sho said in disbelief.

"Yeah," Goku asked curiously. "How exactly did that happen?"

"So," Eis Shenron spoke up with an evil smirk. "You're the Goku I've heard so much about," he gave a sudden quiet chuckle. "I want to thankyou for your gross error of judgement, the dragon balls have worked wonderfully for us."

So saying the shadow dragon picked up Pan's backpack which was resting by his foot and held it up for his watchers to see. Once he had their full attention he tossed the backpack up in the air where it landed neatly in his outstretched hand.

"Hey wait a minute!" Goku said worriedly his eyes widening in alarm. "That's Pan's bag! What in the world have you done with her?"

Still smirking Eis Shenron looked downwards from where he was standing; following the shadow dragon's gaze Goku and Sho were horrified to see both Pan and Kei leaning up against an alleyway wall apparently unconscious.

"Pan!" Goku yelled in concern and quickly flew down to check on her.

"Kei!" Sho yelled in equal concern and flew down after his step-grandpa.

When the two Z-fighters landed they found that Pan and Kei weren't unconscious they were just really beaten up and leaning against the wall for support.

"H-Hey there…Grandpa…" Pan said weakly as she staggered forward and collapsed exhaustedly into Goku's arms.

"Pan…" Kei whispered in concern as he quickly staggered after his injured girlfriend, but his strength gave out and Sho JUST caught him before he fell.

"Pan…" Goku whispered to his grand-daughter in deep concern.

"I'm sorry…" Pan said apologetically to Goku. "Kei and I…lost the…dragon balls…from the…ugly dragons…but I…" she broke off as she suddenly passed out from her injuries.

"Pan!" Goku cried urgently. "Come on wake up! Pan!" When he received no answer Goku picked her up and turned back to face Eis Shenron. "How dare you do this to her and Kei!" he roared furiously to the still smirking shadow dragon.

Eis Shenron just flew off the building he was on, still holding onto the backpack and flew to his waiting brother. "Nuova," he said casually. "Hold on to this while I work my magic," so saying he tossed the backpack to Nuova Shenron who automatically caught it then flew back to Goku and Sho.

However as Eis Shenron landed he found his way blocked by his brother who had flown down in front of him.

"No Eis," Nuova Shenron said sternly to his sibling. "I'M fighting Goku, so butt out of this if you know what's good for you!" he added menacingly.

"I don't think so," Eis Shenron replied matter of factly. "If I were you I'd be thanking me!' he went on in a hardening voice. "Your fighting up till now has been an embarrassment!"

To prove his point Eis Shenron quickly disappeared only to reappear in front of his unprepared opponents, before they could even move the shadow dragon quickly blasted them all off their feet.

"Times like these, call for action not talk!" Eis Shenron pointed out to his brother. "We're dealing with the most powerful saiyan ever in existance! And a saiyan can not be talked into submission!"

"That's enough!" Nuova Shenron snapped back angrily. "I have my OWN methods of fighting the saiyan, and they work just FINE!"

"You can be such a blithering idiot at times!" Eis Shenron said scornfully to his angry sibling. "How can there be a 'certain style' of fighting someone? Either you get the job done or you don't it's that simple!" He turned his attention back to Goku and Sho who were in the process of picking themselves up, he fired a blast at Goku but the saiyan quickly used instant transmission to dodge the attack. Unfortunately Sho wasn't quick enough and he went flying up into the air along with Pan and Kei like rag dolls.

"Sho!" Goku cried out in horror as he saw his step-grandson crash lifeless to the ground along with his other two friends.

"You see Nuova?" Eis Shenron said over his shoulder. "My way is much more effective!" He gave Goku a sudden frown and a beam of blue energy hit Goku on his other unfrozen hand.

To Goku's horror he saw that his hand and arm were quickly being turned into ice just like his other had had been! "Not again!" he growled in frustration as he realised his frozen limbs were weighing him down.

"See that?" Eis Shenron said triumphantly to his watching brother. "Two simple beam attacks and he's incapacitated!" He suddenly vanished and quickly reappeared in front of Goku and punched the pure hearted saiyan hard in the stomach then elbowed him in the face sending him flying. Before Goku knew it the laughing Eis Shenron was attacking him with a furious series of punches and kicks before he even worked out what was happening. Suddenly Eis Shenron's laughter was stopped as Goku suddenly kicked the shadow dragon right in the mouth!

"Sorry about the foot," Goku said mockingly to his astonished opponent. "But that annoying laughter was starting to break my concentration! Ha!" he went on removing his foot. "I guess I don't need my hands when my feet are enough to deal with you!"

Before Eis Shenron knew what was happening Goku was on the offensive giving the shadow dragon a series of devastating kicks that sent him staggering back across one of the deserted city street.

"You know something," Eis Shenron said to Goku once the saiyan had finished his attack. "You have a point, those feet of yours ARE trouble!"

"What's that?" Goku asked in puzzlement.

Eis Shenron just frowned again and THIS time aimed his ice beams at Goku's right leg freezing it solid, much to Goku's horror.

"Now for the left one!" Eis Shenron said in grim triumph as he fired his ice beam at the now hopping Goku's only good remaining leg freezing him to the spot.

"Next I'll freeze your stomach!" Eis Shenron said to the glaring Goku as he fired his ice beam again turning his stomach and chest into solid ice. "As you can see," he went on evilly. "I'm working my way up!"

By now Goku was looking like an exotic ice sculpture, only his head remained free.

"Now I'll finish with your head!" Eis Shenron said firing off one last final ice beam which turned Goku into a solid ice statue of himself.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Eis Shenron laughed to his fuming brother Nuova Shenron. "A Saiyan ice cube, I like it! What took me two minutes could have taken you two days brother! So you big baby," he went on mockingly. "Do you see what fighting is about? Or do YOU want to be my next demonstration?"

'How am I going to get out of this one?' Goku thought worriedly to himself while Nuova Shenron continued to fume angrily over his brother's taunting. 'My Super Saiyan Four powers are useless as long as I'm covered in this ice!'

"Now then brother," Eis Shenron said calmly to Nuova Shenron. "You can redeem your pathetic self if you wish by destroying this piece of garbage," He indicated the frozen Goku. "So come on, send this idiot to the other world!"

"What are you blind?" Eis Shenron laughed. "You not see Goku frozen in that block of ice? totally open to any attack we wish to unleash on him! All it will take is one finishing attack," he explained evilly. "He'll be blown into so many pieces his friends and family will have trouble finding them all!"

Nuova Shenron didn't move or say anything; he just stood where he was glaring at his brother.

"What are you waiting for?" Eis Shenron said impatiently to his brother. "I'm giving you the chance to kill Goku and you're just standing there like a statue!"

"It may be hard for you to believe," Nuova Shenron said sternly to his brother. "But I'm not like you! I refuse to kill anyone when they are defenceless! It's part of my code," he explained. "I didn't ask you to show up and help me," he went on angrily. "I could have beaten him on my own!"

Hearing his sibling say this Eis Shenron calmly walked up to his brother his face grim.

"With my own techniques," Nuova Shenron went on as his brother came closer. "And my own strength!" He added as Eis Shenron was now face to face with him.

"What a loser!" The shadow dragon of ice and snow sneered scornfully to his fiery twin. Then without warning he punched and kicked Nuova Shenron so hard and fast the attack caught the other shadow dragon by surprise and he dropped the backpack with the dragon balls he had holding onto.

"All of that childish nonsense you spouted," Eis Shenron said angrily to his gasping brother. "Makes it sound like you have a conscious!" With that he gripped Nuova Shenron and punched him in the face and then proceeded to beat the living daylights out of him with a series angry punches and kicks. When he was tired of his sport Eis Shenron kicked his brother Nuova Shenron hard and he went flying to crash in a heap near the still frozen Goku.

"Just look at you!" Eis Shenron said in disappointment to his twin as he appeared in front of him. "Lying face down in the dirt unable to fight your own brother! I'm ashamed to even call you that! Now prove to me that you're a worthy fighter," he went on as Nuova Shenron looked up at him. "Stop acting like a weakling," went on as he grabbed Nuova Shenron by the scruff of the neck and hauled him to his feet. "Bring honour to the shadow dragons," he said shoving his brother away. "Kill Goku, before I kill YOU!"

Hearing this threat Nuova Shenron looked very grim, he turned to face the still frozen and helpless Goku his face reflected back on the ice.

"I understand," Nuova Shenron said to his brother sadly.

"Good!" Eis Shenron said in satisfaction as his brother began to gather a red hot energy ball from his mouth into the air in front of him. As the two shadow dragon brothers watched the balls slowly got larger like a small sun, once it was big enough Nuova Shenron grabbed the ball and got ready to throw it at the frozen Goku

'Nuova Shenron,' Goku mentally cried urgently to the fiery shadow dragon. 'Wait!'

The shadow dragon did stop for a brief moment and as he did so he went back over in his mind his fight with Goku, including how the pure hearted had him at his mercy and spared him for sparing Pan.

"Let's GO!" Eis Shenron snapped impatiently to his sibling. "While we're young!"

"Nova Star!" Nuova Shenron shouted and threw his attack at Goku.

'Aw great!' Goku thought despairingly to himself as energy ball flew towards him and he was powerless to move!

Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion and Goku exploded in a huge column of fire.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!' Eis Shenron laughed in triumph at his brother's attack. But his laughter faded as he saw Goku emerge from the fire completely unfrozen and unharmed!

"Phew!" Goku said wiping the last of the melted ice off his body.

"I told you to kill Goku!" Eis Shenron snapped furiously to Nuova Shenron. "Not melt him you imbecile!"

Nuova Shenron just glared at his twin and said nothing, and Eis Shenron suddenly realised his brother had released Goku deliberately!

"Hey Eis Shenron," Goku said mockingly to the blue shadow dragon. "I've been listening to you belittle your brother because of his morals. Don't you understand it's going to take his help if you ever plan on defeating me?"

"What are you getting at?" Eis Shenron asked his opponent irritably.

"Give me ten seconds Nuova," Goku said to the golden shadow dragon as he stretched his limbs. "I'll do away with your hard headed brother here, and then we can finish our fight. Monkey to dragon like it should be. So," he asked Eis Shenron. "You ready?"

"Ten Seconds?" Eis Shenron laughed. "You must have me confused with someone else!" So saying the shadow dragon began to power up as he did so a huge field of solid ice began to form around him causing Goku to float up into the air.

"The last thing I need is to be covered in ice again," he said quietly to himself.

Eis Shenron continued to power up, as he did so his waves of blue energy caused all of the deserted, wrecked desert city and everything in it to turn into solid ice!

Goku quickly landed back on the ground ready to fight, but he ended up slipping on the now icy ground. "How embarrassing!" he said to himself rubbing his sore head and picking himself up. "Forget about what I said before," he said to Nuova Shenron as he prepared to fire an energy blast. "I'll take your brother here out in FIVE seconds!"

Nuova Shenron said nothing as he continued to watch his brother power up, turning the entire city and surrounding area into a frozen ice sculpture. He himself was unaffected by the cold because of his ability to heat his body as hot as the sun, so as everything froze around the golden shadow dragon a slight mist rose all off his body. Too make sure he could get a better look at the up coming battle he floated up in the air at a safe distance.

"If you don't mind Goku," Eis Shenron mockingly asked his opponent as he finished powering up. "Tell me again…you'll beat me how fast?"

"Well," Goku said lowering his hand and hardening his voice. "I'm not sure, but I'll tell you in a minute!"

"My," Eis Shenron said in mock surprise. "You have such a confident attitude," so saying he spread his folded wings so they were fully extended. "But instead of a minute, I'll give you five seconds."

Growling angrily at his enemy's confidence Goku sprang forward and punched the blue shadow dragon in the face catching him unaware. However as Eis Shenron staggered back a huge column of ice cold air was released. "One," he said calmly.

Realising that his enemy was deadly serious Goku quickly spun around and kicked Eis Shenron so hard that he flew through three frozen wrecked buildings like a meteor destroying them in the process.

"Two," the shadow dragon went on as he pulled himself from the rubble of the last building.

Flying at a break neck speed Goku flew down and sent Eis Shenron tearing across the ground sending ice and snow in all directions as he went.

"Three," Eis Shenron went on despite what has happening to him. "Four."

Suddenly the shadow dragon's skidding across the ground came to an abrupt end as he collided with yet another building.

Seizing his chance Goku quickly powered up a Kamehameha Wave as fast as he could, however when he was half way through it he couldn't believe his eyes! Eis Shenron had emerged from the wrecked building holding and unconscious Pan by the leg in one hand, and an unconscious, Kei and Sho in the other!

"He's got the kids!" Goku cried to himself in dismay and he quickly powered down his Kamehameha.

"That was a long five seconds," Eis Shenron said smugly as he knew he now had the upper hand. He then held up the three unconscious teens in his hands like they were fish he had just caught and added evilly, "And you still couldn't get me!"

"Bringing my family into this is a dirty move Eis!" Goku snapped angrily to blue shadow dragon.

"But dirty moves work better than clean ones!" Eis Shenron pointed out to his opponent. "And I'll do anything to win this!" So saying he swung his arms quickly one after the other and threw his unconscious victims right at Goku!"

"Oh no!" Goku cried out in horror as the three teens hurtled towards him like guided missiles, without thinking he quickly spread his arms and caught them as gently as he could.

Just as Goku did that Eis Shenron seized his chance! Spreading his wings the flew at Goku, who tried to avoid him by doing a back flip, sadly the shadow dragon managed to hit the saiyan hard in the back causing him and his unconscious family to go crashing into a large frozen skyscraper. Quickly following his opponent Eis Shenron was just in time to see Goku and the three teen's crash to the ground then the top of the skyscraper, which had broken off due to Goku's impact, fell on top of them shattering to pieces as it do so.

Eis Shenron flew down to the ground and found Goku in the centre of all the destruction around him, shielding his family with his body. Taking advantage of all the smoke and rubble the blue shadow dragon walked forward and savagely kicked Goku several times causing him to scream in painful agony.

Just above all the smoke Nuova Shenron floated in the air still holding Pan's back pack with the four dragon balls it contained. He could clearly hear Goku's screams as his twin continued to kick the stuffing out of him while he couldn't fight back. When the smoke finally cleared Nuova Shenron could see to his surprise that Goku had managed to stand up while grabbing his brother by the leg and had knocked him over with one hand, while he still held Pan, Kei and Sho carefully in the other.

"You didn't see ME play dirty," Goku said sternly to his opponent as he lay on the ground in shock at what had happened. "You and your evil ways turn my stomach!" he went on directing that last part right to Eis Shenron's face. "Using my two grandkids and their friend as a shield is the most despicable thing you could have done Eis!" He picked up the shadow dragon and started flinging him around like a party streamer. "So don't think I'm going to let you off easy!" On that last word Goku let go of Eis Shenron's leg and he crashing into another nearby building.

"I'm sorry if he hurt you kids," Goku said quietly to the unconscious Pan, Kei and Sho as he gently laid the three of them on the ground.

Turning back to Eis Shenron who was embedded in the building's wall Goku powered up another Kamehameha Wave, seeing Goku do this the blue shadow dragon quickly sprung into action. "Come get me!" he yelled and flew up into the air and flew right by his watching brother much to both of their surprise. Goku quickly powered down his attack again while Nuova Shenron turned around utterly appalled that his own brother was quite prepared to use him to his own advantage just to save his own skin. But the blue armoured shadow dragon had vanished into thin air and was nowhere to be seen.

Goku looked up above Nuova Shenron to see Eis Shenron fire off his ice beams at him again much stronger than when he used them before. Before he could move or think the ice beams hit Goku on the foot and he was turned into a solid ice block again.

"You coward!" Nuova Shenron spat furiously to his smirking twin as he flew right up into his face. "You just used me as a shield, didn't you?"

"Yes," Eis Shenron said admittedly to his angry brother. "But the truth is you're no longer useful in that regard. Now move," he said shoving his golden twin out of the way. "So I can get back to work!" He raised his right hand to fire off a blast which would take care of Goku once and for all. "If you're both so annoyed with how I fight," he went on. "Then show me a rule book for world domination and I might consider changing my style!" Still holding up his right hand, which had the cracked three star dragon ball in its palm; Eis Shenron morphed his hand into a cannon like muzzle and began powering it up. "Until then…hold this for me!" and he fired off his attack.

"LOOK OUT GOKU!" Nuova Shenron shouted to the still frozen saiyan.

As the energy attack came down upon him Goku suddenly broke free of his icy prison and travelled up his enemy's attacking beam of energy to appear right in fro not him.

"NO!" Eis Shenron cried in utter disbelief. "How did that happen? My ice ray is supposed to be an impenetrable beam!"

"You can't use the same move on me twice," Goku informed his startled opponent. "My body remembers and compensates for the next round."

"That's ridiculous!" Eis Shenron exclaimed angrily.

"What's ridiculous is the creature who doesn't believe in respect," Goku corrected his opponent. "There are certain things you don't do, certain things that are understood."

"W-What do you mean?" the blue shadow dragon stammered in puzzlement.

"You don't ever mess with a man's family," Goku said sternly as he put two fingers on the now terrified Eis Shenron's forehead.

"Yeah…you're right," Eis Shenron said nervously as he and Goku slowly descended to the ground. "I'm sorry! It won't happen again! I'll give you the dragon ball!" he went on desperately. "I'll do what ever you want! I promise!"

"You brought this on yourself Eis," Nuova Shenron said quietly to himself as he watched on not making a move to interfere.

"Please don't hurt me!" Eis Shenron begged to Goku. "I've learnt my lesson! Like I said, I'll give you anything! Name it! Just PLEASE don't hurt me!"

By now the two of them had reached the ground and Eis Shenron was on his knees before Goku who still had his two fingers to the shadow dragon's forehead. "Please," Eis called out to his brother. "Help me out here Nuova! I'm sorry I was so mean to you! Just don't let him kill me PLEASE!"

"Goku," Nuova Shenron called down to the stern faced saiyan. "Killing him won't help anything. It should be enough to get the dragon ball from him, right?"

"Yeah," Eis Shenron spoke up eagerly. "Here!" He held up the cracked three star dragon ball in his right hand. "Take it!"

Goku didn't move or say anything and the shadow dragon looked away, however as he did so he discreetly dipped the fingers of his left hand into the snow that was all around them. Then he slowly withdrew it with the snow sticking to his fingers like glue and he gave a small hidden smile.

"Look at me," Goku said suddenly to Eis Shenron. "Your brother is right; all I'm here for is the dragon ball. You're lucky you have someone so respectable stand up for you," he went on scornfully. "You should thank him ice. And when you're done thanking him, I want you to leave! And I NEVER want to see you again, now turn over the dragon ball."

As Goku lowered his fingers Eis Shenron seized his chance! "Watch your EYES!" he yelled. Flinging his left hand the snow stuck to his fingers suddenly became like a very fine wire and he used it to slash not only Goku's eyes but the building behind him. Almost in slow motion the top half of the building fell down on top of them while Goku staggered about clutching his eyes screaming in pain.

"I can't see!" he wailed. "What's going on?"

Eis Shenron laughed triumphantly now back on his feet. "The trust you people place in a snivelling weasel is astonishing! Your body might be able to learn my moves," he pointed out to his blinded opponent. "But your brain couldn't even see through a simple LIE!"

"Eis!" Nuova Shenron yelled furiously having watched his brother hurt Goku by appealing to his better nature. "Are you that desperate that you had to blind him?"

"It cuts his strength in half," Eis Shenron pointed out. "Anything to win you know, and with his power resting nicely at half strength. I'll FINISH him!" so saying he charged forward and flung a handful of super sharp icicles at his blinded opponent.

"NO!" Goku yelled turning around to where he could hear is enemy's approach but not quite fast enough to dodge the icicles which scratched his cheek. "I'LL finish it!"

Eis Shenron looked down and realised that as Goku had dodged him he had managed to punch him right through his stomach! With a final chocked cry of disbelief the blue armoured shadow dragon fell to the ground unable to move.

"Taking away my sight," Goku said sternly to the beaten Eis Shenron. "Leave with four very sharp senses!" With that said Goku used his dragon fist attack to melt all the ice formed around the city before taking out his enemy once and for all. Eis Shenron gave one last terrible scream as was blown completely to bits forever; when the shadow dragon was gone all that was left was the now newly restored three star dragon ball which rolled to Nuova Shenron's feet.

For a moment the golden shadow dragon stood there, and then he picked up the dragon ball which had spawned his now dead sibling and looked sadly down at it. "My brother…" he said quietly then looked up at Goku who was washing his sore eyes with a broken fire hydrant.

"Nothing helps," he said despairingly to the shadow dragon. "I still can't see a thing!" Suddenly he felt a small bottle being placed in his hands and he knew at once who had done that.

"Here's the antidote," he heard Nuova Shenron say to him. "It will restore your sight. Unlike my brother I do have respect for battle. I won't challenge you again until you can see."

He then heard the shadow dragon drop the back pack he had been carrying and walk away. "Seek me out then," he said over his shoulder.

"Nuova wait!" Goku called after his departing opponent.

"What?" The fire dragon turned to the legendary warrior.

"I guess you could say I owe you one." Goku replied.

"No Goku," He heard Nuova said with a bit of a smile in his voice. "I owe you."

This statement caused the two of them to start laughing, however it didn't last long. For as they laughed someone fired off a blast which hit Nuova Shenron and caused him to fall to the ground and the antidote bottle he had given to Goku to shatter to pieces.

"Nuova!" Goku cried urgently to the injured shadow dragon. "Are you okay? Somebody shot at my hand did anything hit you? Nuova where are you?"

"I wait no more!" A new menacing voice suddenly spoke up.

"Who is that?" Goku asked his unseen attacker.

Nuova Shenron picked himself up and turned to face the source of the voice, his face hardening as he did so. "Syn Shenron!" He announced grimly.

With a sudden rise of horror Goku realised that Syn Shenron must be the LAST of the shadow dragons and keeper of the one star dragon ball. This was one shadow dragon he didn't have to go looking for, it had found him!

Authors's Notes: Holy frigging crap, this must be our longest chapter ever! I hope it was worth the wait because this story will end soon! So R + R and be paitient and see what we've got instore for the finale!

By the way I'm not sure if you guys can see a poll on my profile page. It's a poll on what my next fan fic should be. You've got two choices:
1. Teen Titans - I just think this comic book/series would have good potential for a decent fan fic :)
2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Seriously I'm not proud of my Yugioh fics. WTF was I thinking! So if I write another Yugioh fic I'll do a decent job with it this time :D
The poll closes when I'm done with my Chrono Trigger - The Sands Through Time fic, so you guys have about a few months to vote xD