To try to put some perspective on this, I am including a list of maximum power levels at this point.

Average Person – 3-7

Mr. Satan – 75

Videl – 130 + ??? (unusual power-up)

Thayne – 160

Lizard men – 100,000 – 200,000

Chautzu – 450,000

Yamcha – 900,000

Tien – 1,200,000

Krillen – 2,000,000

Eighteen – 45,000,000

SSJ Goten – 90,000,000

SSJ Trunks – 95,000,000

Piccolo – 150,000,000

SSJ2 Gohan – 220,000,000- (forgot how to fight)

SSJ Vegeta – 300,000,000

Onyx – 300,000,000+ (special ability)

Disclaimer:  I have the right to life, freedom of speech, the last slice of pizza in the fridge, but not to DBZ.

~0~Tournament Troubles~0~

'The worst part about these freaks is their scales' thought Tien as he blasted another one into a ruined building. 

But two more appeared in its place.  Only about four feet tall, they were humanoid lizards.  Dark gray scales covered their body, with claws for hands and feet, and a tail that swept the ground behind it.  They had T-rex like heads, a row of razor-sharp teeth, and greenish-yellow silted eyes.  

Tien charged the two new lizard men.  They launched energy blasts to counter, but missed because of Tien's fast movement.  Tien punched one in the gut, and the second fell prey to a kick in the head. 

Before he could recover from his kick, the five lizards behind the two he just took down blasted Tien.  He was launched backwards, and it could a second from him to stop.  A millisecond later something slammed into his back.

Half turning, he said, "How are you holding up, Yamcha?"

The man behind Tien tensed.  "Not so good.  They're really not that strong, but there's just so many of them!"

"No kidding.  What are they doing here, anyway."

"They were massacuring the people here in South City when I first arrived.  That's all they seem to want is to kill."

Twenty more popped up from alleyways and on top of buildings, and began to fire energy blasts towards the two warriors.  Yamcha and Tien began frantic movements to dodge the blasts.

"Is . . . is this it?  It was nice knowing you, Tien . . ."

"We aren't dead yet!"

Suddenly, there was a flash of light, followed by a cease of fire by the lizards.  The lizards stood motionless for a moment before falling to the ground, unconscious.

And near them was a frowning Android Eighteen.

Krillin landed next to the duo, smiling.  "Hey there, you two.  Couldn't let you have all the fun, could we?"

Yamcha crossed his arms.  "Be our guest."  As if on cue, another fifty or so lizards appeared down the street.

"Destructo Disk!"  Using his favorite technique, Krillin launched a swirling disk of energy at the group.  A few were sliced before one knocked the disk upward.  The disk sliced one of the few remaining skyscrapers in half and continued into space.

The remaining forty lizards all stared at Krillin with anger in their eyes and Krillin gulped. 

Then explosion claimed the remaining lizards in a matter of three seconds. 

Eighteen landed in front of Krillin, her right index finger smoking.

The three boys sweat dropped.  "Beautiful and bad . . ."

~0~

Hundreds upon hundreds of lizard men swarmed throughout the streets of East City.  They were inside the buildings, clawing through the sewers, basically everywhere.

A man ran down a seemingly empty alleyway, panting hard.  He slowed to a walk, then fell to his knees in exhaustion.  He hoped that he finally lost the lizards that were after him.  Then green eyes glowed out at him through the dark.

Five lizards jumped him at once.   The one that reached him first buried his claw into the guy's chest, and the man's body was vaporized into a strange, white mist.  As the lizards watched, the mist disappeared in the air.

Then every single lizard stopped in their tracks, and looked up to the moon.  There, an ominous looking caped figure floated in the moon's light. 

The figure floated for a moment, watching the herds of lizard men below him.  With a burst of power, a white glow surrounded the form of Piccolo.

Uncrossing his arms slowly, Piccolo extended his arms to his sides.  Energy glowed in his hands, and hundreds of energy blasts shot out of his hand.  They floated around him, illuminating the sky. 

The lizards had all stopped to watch the show.  Then, one near the edge of the city bolted in fear.  At the same instant, one of Piccolo's energy balls took off, zooming around buildings until it met the fleeing lizard, engulfing it in a flash of light.

Upon seeing this, all the lizards took one frightened look at the Namek, and almost as one started to run.

Piccolo watched them for a second, closed his eyes, and a second later his eyes snapped open, glowing with fierce energy.  All of the energy balls took off, zigzagging around buildings, lizards, and other energy balls while dodging weak counterattacks from the few lizards smart enough to try.  The balls would meet their targets with surprise looks on the lizards' faces, and sometimes were able to destroy three, four, or five lizards with one blast.

The city was, for a moment, filled with explosions and screams.  But once that moment was over, it was eerie quiet.  Piccolo sighed, and then moved on to the next city.

There he hoped he would find some survivors.

~0~

Two lizards of fifty in Satan City leaped up unto an overturned car, looking down the street and alleyways for more prey.  Two energy blast consumed them before they could react.

The rest of the lizards turned towards the source of the blasts.  There, two small golden haired figures leaped up over them, preformed simultaneously upside-down triple axles worthy of the most talented gymnasts, and landed a few feet from the group of lizards.

Looking up, Trunks and Goten opened fire, their energy blasts consuming the group of lizards in a matter of seconds.

"That was cool, Trunks."

"Hey, the one that gets the most ugly lizard thingies wins!"

"Ok!"  Goten and Trunks launched in opposite directions, but Goten stopped a few feet from point of takeoff.  "Um, wins what, Trunks?"

Trunks halted in mid lunge.  The lizards in front of him stood there, confused and blinking rapidly.  Trunks crossed his arms and thought.  "I don't know.  How about we figure that out after we beat these guys?"

"Ok!"

With that, the two boys continued with their attack, obliterating the lizards with one blow.

~0~

Gohan waited.  He could sense all of those lizards that were out killing people under his nose.  He wanted desperately to help his friends destroy them, but they all agreed that he had a much more important job, and he would need to conserve his energy for it.

When this man with black wings from Videl's vision comes, he would have to fight it.

And hopefully, that would close the portals that allowed these lizard guys to come from the world of the dead. 

Buy why had they even opened in the first place?  Did someone have a grudge against Earth or its people?  Or was it just to slaughter people?  Gohan shook his head.  There was no way for him to know. 

'Only Dende could figure this out, and that's what he's doing over in King Yema's palace at this moment.  I have other things to worry about.'

The wind from up high flew through Gohan's dark hair as he stared at the dark, thundering clouds below him.  He could see the flashes of lightning hitting the ground below the lookout. 

Gohan's expression intensified.  'Come on.  Show yourself, you damn demon.  Where are you?'

"You look pretty serious."

"This is a serious time, Videl."  Gohan glanced down at the girl walking up to him.  His expression softened a little.  She had changed from the torn-up shirt that Thayne was responsible for to a blue gi suspiciously like his own, save for a blue undershirt, which more than likely was the training shirt that he gave her.

He wasn't going to ask about her clothes again.  When he had the first time, she slapped him in the face for 'checking her out' without her permission.  She was blushing when she said that.

"Hello?  Gohan?"

"Yeah?"

"Why aren't you out looking for this guy?  You have to look to find, you know, not stand around."

"I am looking Videl.  I am keeping an eye out for any really high energy levels.  When I do sense one, I go and destroy it.  Then this whole thing will be over."

"Do you know when he'll appear?"

"No.  The sooner the better, through.  You ok?"

Videl shuddered.  "Not really.  There's no way a can help, and it's driving me crazy."

Gohan nodded.  He knew that feeling all too well.  But now he was the best chance they had.  Everything depended on him.  He needed to fight. 

He didn't really like this feeling either.

'Back to business.'  Gohan closed his eyes, and reached out.  He could feel Goten and Trunks.  They hadn't moved far, just taking out whatever was in Satan City.  Piccolo was  over there, and on the other end of the world was Tien, Yamcha, and Krillin.  Eighteen was probably with them.  And to the North was two energy signals, one belonging to Vegeta, and the other was . . .

"I found him!  Huh.  Vegeta's there too.  Well, I can't let him have all the fun, now, can I?" 

With that, Gohan jumped off the ledge and fell below the clouds, transforming as he went and launched towards where he felt the energy.

Videl watched him go.  She whispered to herself, "You better not get killed, Gohan, or I'll make you dead."

~0~

Vegeta frowned.  An invasion.  Hmmph.  They could have at least landed some decent drones.  These lizards weren't even a challenge.

Although it was a challenge to see how many he could kill in one shot.  His record was only seventy.

Speaking of which, there were a few more of those weird things.  Charging up, Vegeta fired a single beam into the nearest lizard.  The beam pierced through the lizard, then split into two and raced towards other lizards.  This pattern continued until Vegeta could not sense any more lizards.

But a new energy signal caught his attention.  It was BIG.  It was deadly. 

It felt like the first challenge he has really had for seven years now.

Ever since Kakarrot had died, Vegeta had been without a real rival or challenge.  This need, the basic need in all saiyans, to be challenged in battle, had been unfulfilled for a long time.

'Now let's see what this thing can do.' He thought as he powered up to Super Saiyan.

In a flash, entire mountain ranges and cities passed beneath him.  He arrived near where he sensed the energy.  However, he could see no trace of it.

Vegeta scanned, and realized where this power was.  Vegeta rocketed upwards into the sky, and continued to gain altitude until he was above the clouds, and could even see the arc of the planet.

And there lay in wait his adversary.

The adversary was a dragon.  Leering red eyes showed intelligence, but the rest of his body looked nothing but fierce.  The pointed snout on his face extended about two feet, the upper jaw overextending the bottom and ending in a large hook.  The rest of the upper jaw and lower jaw were covered in sharp teeth.  It's neck was about three times longer than it's head, mounted on armored black shoulders and silver chest.  Strong arms and legs, each ending in a three-claw foot or hand, connected to the body.  A twenty-foot black colored armored tail swayed behind it.  But most noticeably were the wings, which spread out with a forty-foot wingspan.  They were connected to black wing bones, a large three-prong fore claw, and four wing ribs between the red leather-like material that made up the wing.

The Dragon glared down at the saiyan.  It opened it's mouth, and in a booming voice, declared,  "I'VE BEEN WAITING."

"So… you're the one behind this little invasion?"

"THAT IS CORRECT."

"So it safe to assume that you are the strongest one?"

"HARDLY.  I AM ONLY A LOW CLASS.  THERE ARE OTHERS YOU WILL COME IF I AM DEFEATED."
"Then I look forward to sending them to join you when I rip your head off."

"IF YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE DOWN ONYX, GO AHEAD!"  Onyx, the dragon, spread his wings high and wide.  His claws spread wide, light reflecting off their pointed ends.

"Bring…it….on."  Vegeta raised his fist into a guarding stance, and a golden energy flame sprang to life around him. 

Onyx made the first move, disappearing and reappearing behind Vegeta.  Vegeta dodged right, barely missing the claw.  Vegeta countered by throwing an uppercut to the dragon's jaw.  He had to pull away when the dragon opened its mouth to avoid his hand ripped off. 

Vegeta used his momentum to fly above the dragon.  He paused there and reviewed the situation. 

'I've never fought something like this.  Those claws and jaw look like they could rip me in half like a knife through butter.  Therefore it would be wise to attack from behind, but that tail will make it so he can counterattack even my moves.'

Vegeta smirked.  'But he is hardly invincible.  Long-range blasts is the way to go.  Let's see if he is the challenge I hoped he is.'

"THAT AND MORE, SAIYAN."

"What the…?  You can read minds?"

"Of course.  I can sense your thoughts, your actions, even before you can.  I know what move you'll make before even you do."

"That's impossible.  There's no way that can be done."

"YOU KEEP THINKING THAT.  I KNOW YOU WILL.  I ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU'LL DO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T."

"Shut Up!" 

"YOUR FINAL FLASH WON'T WORK!"

Vegeta paused.  He had about to do a Final Flash on this guy.  Could he have…?  No, surely he had been just guessing.

"NO GUESS, MORTAL."

'Damn… if it is true, how do you beat something that can read minds like that?'

"SIMPLE….YOU CAN'T!!"

Vegeta glared at the monster.  "But I can still try!" 

Vegeta put his hands together and fired a blast a big as a house towards the dragon.  Onyx flew off to one side of the blast, twisting his large body around the blast.  When it pasted, he opened his mouth and energy started to gather in his mouth.

Vegeta, realizing the dragon's intent, prepared to sidestep.  Within a second, the blast was fired.  Vegeta phased out and reappeared a couple hundred feet above.

But Onyx had disappeared.

Vegeta looked left and right, trying to find him.

"UP HERE YOU FOOL!"

Before Vegeta could even turn around, he was slammed in the back.  He plummeted fast, so fast that the friction of the atmosphere burned around him.  He opened his eyes.

There, following his own rapid descent and the atmosphere glowing from reentry around him, was Onyx.  He looked smug.

Vegeta scrowled and launched himself at the dragon, not bothereing to slow down his reentry back towards Earth.

~0~0~0~

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