A/N: They're coming to get you...coming to get you! Mwa ha ha.....oh, are
we on? _ Sorry. *ahem* It's time for the chapter you've all been waiting
for! Now the plot will finally unfold! Are you syked?! Are you ready?!
Alright! Let's go!
And The Plot Thickens: Revenge is Bitter Sweet
"BOOOONNNNGGG! BOOOOONNNGGG!..." The downstairs clock of Videl's house struck 9:00 as everything was dead silent. The only thing that could be heard was the gentle breeze out in the cold, brisk night.
"I...I saw...Cell..."
Everyone stared at Bulma as she trembled. Vegeta looked concerned, but Goku seemed skeptical. "Aw, c'mon Bulma, not this trick again. We all know how great Vegeta's costume is..."
"So can we give it a rest already?" Roshi said. Vegeta spun around and spat at the two. "Shut up, Kakorot, turtle man!! Can't you see she's serious?!" Vegeta walked over to Bulma.
"What do you mean you saw...Cell?" Bulma quivered. "I mean what I said. Cell...he walked right into this room. I swear, Vegeta...I'm not lying. He came...right through this doorway, he was so ghostly pale. But I thought it was you at first, and he caught me by surprise..."
Gohan decided to question Bulma. "Did he do anything to you? Did he say anything?" Bulma raised her face up to look at the group. "Y-yes...he did say something."
"Tell us! What did he say?!" Vegeta demanded.
"H-he said...he said "they're coming to get all of us"...and something about revenge. I can't remember anymore..."
Oolong started to back away from the door. "Revenge?...heh heh, well guys, this has been fun and all, but...I think I'm ready to leave now..."
Vegeta didn't register what Bulma was saying. "What the hell does that mean? Who's coming to get us? When?!"
"NOW!"
Everyone froze. Goku looked around. "W-who said that?..." Yamcha looked at Puar. "It kinda sounded like a girl. Was it you, Puar?" Puar shook her head. Then the group turned to look at Chi-Chi, Videl, and 18.
"Wasn't me!" they all said at once. Goku began to sweat. "But yet...that voice sounds all too familiar..." Piccolo growled. "Yes, I could never forget THAT voice."
"KAAAA...HA HA HA HA!" Everyone jumped in surprise. Vegeta was getting frustrated. "Alright, who's making those noises?! If you're playing a practical joke on us, onna..."
Bulma stood up with a frightened look on his face. "It ain't me, Vegeta...I swear." The first two voices suddenly began laughing. They appeared to be coming from all directions. Then another voice joined in.
"YES, MY PET, WE WILL GET THEM ALL, THIS NIGHT!" This voice sounded like a girl too. Gohan glanced frantically back and forth. "Where are they??!!"
Krillin was in the same state as Gohan. "I don't know!! It's like they're all around us!"
"DON'T YOU GET IT, VEGETA-SAN?! WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU!!!" Vegeta clenched his fist. He screamed into the air, "COME OUT!!! COWARDS! SHOW YOURSELVES NOW, WHOEVER YOU ARE!!!"
The quartet of voices just laughed. Suddenly, there was a loud hissing noise. Four gusts of wind appeared out of nowhere and began bounding all around the room. One of the gusts was green, another one white and purple, another pink, and the last one was light brown.
"Aaah!" Bulma quickly dashed out into the hallway with the others. Now the only one actually in the room was Vegeta. The figures bounded around him in a circle, slowly breaking anything they came in contact with.
"THOSE THINGS ARE WRECKING THE ROOM!!!" Videl exclaimed. Gohan looked over at her. "Is this room important to you?"
Videl thought on this for a second. "I don't know, actually...I don't know what this room is for..." To herself she muttered, "Probably just another of my 20 guest rooms..."
Eventually, the figures began bounding around the Z Warriors in the hall as well. The group swat around at them, but made no contact. Finally, Goku settled down and concentrated. He glanced to the side and sent a hard right hook at an oncoming figure.
He made contact. Upon doing so, the figure was revealed for a second. A blur of a white alien with a long tail flew back into the room, falling into the shadows. The other figures flew into the room as well and landed in their true state in the shadows. The figure that was hit stood up.
"Oh my...not even a Super Saiyan and you can still pack a punch. You're too much...too bad it didn't hurt me a bit."
Then that figure stepped forward a few paces, revealing itself completely. It was Frieza. Everyone stared in shock. Frieza just grinned.
"Hello, Vegeta. So nice to see you again..." Vegeta quivered and quickly ran out into the hallway. "Why the rush? We've got all night to have fun..."
"And oh, what fun we shall have." The tiny figure stepped forward. It was Babidi. Beside him, Kid Buu emerged, causing a big gasp from our heroes. (A/N: This is before Enma-Daio has the chance to reincarnate Kid Buu as Uub)
"KAA HA HA HA!" Babidi smirked as he put his hand on Kid Buu's shoulder. "He's very glad to see you all again. Very VERY glad."
"As am I." The final figure stepped forward, revealing, of course, Cell. "Foolish, Vegeta...how could you not sense our presence earlier?...tsk tsk..."
All of the Z Warriors were scared to death, even Vegeta. Piccolo stuttered, "T-this...defies a-all logic...h-how can they be h-here?..."
Frieza's tail slammed hard against the ground. "Well, if you're not gonna come and welcome us, we'll welcome ourselves."
The four villains began walking forward. The Z Warriors trembled and backed against the wall as they were soon face to face with the great entities of evil. Marron began crying, as usual, because of how scary they all were.
Goku growled at Frieza, who had come up to him in particular. "G- get...outta my face..." Goku punched at the evil alien, but Frieza jumped into the air. Frieza laughed and sent a low jab to Goku's backside. The sayian tumbled down on top of the other Z Warriors, clutching his back in pain.
"Hmph...all to simple..." Frieza said. Miari Trunks looked down at Goku in shock. "What's this?...Son Goku defeated by...FRIEZA?!" Krillin trembled. "Y-yeah...and with one punch yet..."
"Oh, dad, are you alright?" Gohan helped his father up. Goku muttered something as he glared at Frieza. Frieza placed his hand forward. "Oh, how I have dreamed of this day...the day I reign superior over the great Super Saiyan..."
Cell placed a hand on Frieza's wrist. "Ease up, Frieza. You'll have your play-time soon enough. Besides, you can't kill him by normal methods, remember that." Frieza glanced half-heartedly at Cell. He sighed and folded his arms across his chest. "Fine..."
The Z Warriors took the moment to move back a little, leaving each groups on either side of the doorway. Some of the Z Warrior's tried to speak, but nothing came out. Kid Buu started laughing at them, and Babidi spoke, "What's wrong? Cat got your tounge? Oh, I know, you want to know how we got here, don't you?"
The Z Warriors just stood there, shivering nervously. Krillin thought to himself, *T-this must be a nightmare...I knew I shouldn't have eaten Roshi's Halloween cookies...*
Babidi gestured to Cell. "Go ahead, Celly. Tell 'em about it." Cell smirked. "Gladly. And Babidi.....don't call me Celly."
Gohan stuttered, "Q-quit stalling! Just tell us, n-now!"
"Very well then! If that is what you want!" Cell exclaimed.
Back in the forest, the foursome of trick-or-treaters were resting at yet another grove. Kurama had gotten the boys off the flaming log by entrapping them in some of his "plants". Now Kurama and Hiei appeared to be asleep. Goten and Trunks were still very much awake, and still acting silly.
"Hey, Trunks..." Goten said. "Where'd the sky go?"
Trunks burped. "The sky's still there, dummy. It just made itself darker." Goten looked confused. "It can do that?" Trunks grunted. "Yeah, duh! Everyone knows THAT, Gohan."
Goten stared at Trunks. "But my name's Goten," Goten said as he started staggering around the grove. Trunks laughed strangely. "I know, I was testing you. Goten, what time is it?"
Goten looked at his watch. "Umm...what does it mean when the big hand is on the "12" and the little hand is on the "9"?" Trunks thought about that one. "Hmm...12:09?"
"Maybe..." Then Goten figured it out. "Oh! No, it means 9:00!"
Trunks huffed and he sat down. "Darn. That means once fox boy and Mr. Katana here wake up, they're gonna take us back..."
Goten laughed as he hung from a tree branch by his legs. "Yeah...but they can't take us back if we're not here."
It took Trunks a few moments to register this. He chuckled. "I'm rubbin' off on ya', Goten." Goten grinned. "Rubbin' off on me? What does that mean?"
Trunks shrugged. "I dunno. I've heard the others say that for this type of situation. Now c'mon! Let's go before 'grumpy' and 'happy' wake up."
Goten nodded. The two gathered up their nearly empty candy sacks and began to tiptoe out of the grove. Trunks cringed when he accidentally stepped on a twig, snapping it with a swift crack. He turned to look at Hiei. Luckily, he was still asleep. Trunks wiped his forehead, then he continued on.
"Caw caw! Caw caw!!" Goten and Trunks froze when they heard this. A crow had just landed in a tree above them. Goten noticed Hiei stir a little.
"Eeee!" Goten flew up to the tree and grabbed the crow's beak. He quietly tossed it into the distance, one last caw ringing out faintly before it was out of range.
"Phew, that was close..." Trunks said. Now, the two were nearly out of the grove, but they heard a voice behind them.
"Aren't you forgetting something, boys?" Goten and Trunks froze again. They turned around, but found Hiei and Kurama still sleeping. Then Trunks pointed at Hiei. He was smiling, unlike before, when he was frowning. Then that smile turned to a frown again. Goten and Trunks gulped.
"Alright, on the count of three, run..." Trunks whispered to Goten. Goten nodded, and the two put their backs to Hiei and Kurama.
"One...two...." Trunks looked at Goten. Goten prepared to run.
"THREE!" It was not Trunks who said this. But it was still enough for them, and they started running. Hiei instantly stood up. He had been awake the whole time, really. The little youkai jabbed Kurama in the head, then he raced off after Goten and Trunks. Kurama began to stir and he opened his eyes. He was muttering something.
"Mpmh....I can't love you, Botan...there's someone else...eh?! Huh, what?" Kurama came to reality and looked around. He saw Hiei's path in front of him and sighed. "I'm assuming it's 9:00...ugh..." Kurama stood up and started to run in the direction of the chase. Unfortunately for him, Hiei and the boys were much faster, so he had a ways to go.
Farther ahead, Goten and Trunks plowed through the forest brush with a grinning Hiei hot on their heels. "Where are you going, boys? Home is the other way!" Trunks growled. He looked at Goten. "Damn, this guy is real fast! Goten, we'll have to kick it up a notch."
"Right," Goten said. The two powered up as they ran, and became Super Saiyans. Hiei was getting pissed off with their antics. "They're persistant..." Hiei powered up as well and ran faster.
"You can't run forever, boys! I'll catch you eventually!!" Hiei was slowly advancing and getting closer. Goten and Trunks tried to run faster, but Hiei was still gaining.
Suddenly, the group emerged from the forest, but the chase was still on. Around the neighborhood they were now in, monsters were walking around, but Hiei and the boys were too focused on their tasks to take notice. A minute or so later, Kurama emerged from the forest. The others were long out of sight. "Phew...this isn't working...uh!"
Kurama then saw the state of the neighborhood. He looked around in shock. *Where did all these creatures come from?...are these the beings Hiei spoke of?* Kurama shook his head. "I can worry about that AFTER we catch the boys. But how will I catch up with them?...wait, hold on. Yusuke told me something..."
*FLASHBACK TO OCTOBER 30TH, IN THE AFTERNOON*
Yusuke is in Kurama's house again.
"What is it now, Yusuke?"
"Got something else from Gohan about tomorrow night. He says that you and Hiei need to be careful with these kids, that they're real monsters."
Kurama nods. Yusuke continues. "He said they may try to get away from you when it's time to come in. They're obsessed with sugar. Since they can fly, or so he SAYS, and you can't, you can use something he calls a "flying nimbus" to catch them."
"What's a flying nimbus?"
"Why you askin' me? All he said was that it was a really fast mode of transportation, and you just need to call out its name for it to come to you. Sounds like a bunch of bull shit to me."
*END FLASHBACK*
*Hmm...I could use a quick mode of transportation...* Kurama thought. He shrugged. *Guess it's worth a shot*
"FLYING NIMBUS!" Kurama called out. Kurama's face went red, but the other people in the area were too busy running from ghosts and monsters to notice. A moment or so later, a yellow cloud flew out of the dark sky and landed by a surprised Kurama.
"Wha? A fluffy cloud?...where did it come from with only dark clouds in the sky?..." Nimbus floated there patiently, while Kurama wasn't sure what to do. "I guess...I'm supposed to ride on it?"
Kurama jumped up onto the cloud. He was surprised that he didn't fall right through it. "This must be a very stable cloud....alright, whatever you are, go!"
Nimbus didn't move. Kurama sweat-dropped and got annoyed. "Come on, you, move it! Fly, fly!" At this, the nimbus shot forward. Kurama held onto the cloud for dear life as he sped forward at great speeds.
Back up ahead, Hiei was close to catching the escapees. He smirked. "I've got you now!" Hiei stretched his arm forward as he closed in on Goten.
"Goten!!! Let's take it up high!" Trunks leaped into the air. Goten flew up as well, just as Hiei was about to grab him.
"Damn!!" Hiei snarled. He charged up and jumped high into the air, heading straight for Trunks. "No matter how high or low you are, I can still get at your position!!" Trunks grinned as Hiei spread his arms out. Trunks simply flew higher up. Hiei swiped his arms at where Trunks just was. He lost his balance and tumbled to the ground. Trunks stuck his tounge out at Hiei. "C'mon Goten, let's go."
The two powered up and took off. "SEE YA LATER, MISTER HIEI!" Trunks yelled from the distance. Hiei smirked. "Think you're so funny, don't you?...well, I'll still catch you. No matter how long it takes."
Just then, Hiei heard a whizzing noise above him. He looked up, and his eyes bulged when a yellow cloud descended on top of him. Kurama managed to stop the cloud right above Hiei's head, and he laughed nervously. "Heh, guess my landing was a little off."
Hiei growled at Kurama. "What in the hell is that thing?"
"Something Yusuke told me about that Gohan told him about." Hiei didn't register any of that. "Huh?"
"Um..whatever. It's called, "the flying nimbus" or so I'm told. Yusuke said that Gohan sai.."
"Stop talking in confusing explanations!" Hiei yelled.
"Sorry! Gohan said we could use this thing to catch Goten and Trunks if they got away from us! We just have to ride on it, it goes real fast!"
Hiei grunted. "It's gonna need to go pretty fast. Those two are miles and miles away by now. They could be anywhere." Kurama pointed at the empty spot on the cloud. "Well then, hop on and we'll go find them."
Hiei rasied an eyebrow. "Ride ON the cloud?" Kurama replied, "Yeah. Hey, I'M sitting on it, aren't I? You should be able to as well."
Hiei was now trying to climb onto the cloud. "Let's see..." Finally, Hiei got on top of the cloud, but he instantly fell through. Kurama looked down at the dazed Hiei. "Well that was unexpected..."
Hiei glared at the nimbus as he twitched. "DAMN CLOUD! Are you too good for me to ride upon you?!" Kurama scratched his head. "I wonder why it did that."
"Hn...YOU can ride on that thing if you like. I'll stick to the ground." Kurama shrugged. "Suit yourself."
Then Kurama glanced slyly at Hiei. Hiei eyed him supisciously. "What?..."
"...Why is it you still wanna find the boys?" Hiei turned to Kurama in surprise. "Um..."
"I mean, in THESE types of situations, you would say, "Screw 'em", and walk off. But now you WANT to find them." Hiei glared at Kurama. "Yeah, so? I need to teach them a lesson."
"Sure, sure..."
The two just stood there for a few minutes. Hiei's eyes suddenly widened. "Kurama...is it just me, or are there spirits everywhere?"
"Oh!! That's right!" Kurama turned to where Hiei was looking. Some vampire- like creatures were flying around in the air, while skeletons crawled across the ground. Kurama shivered. "Disgusting things..."
Hiei grinned. "These must be the creatures I felt earlier. Wow...there are hundreds of them."
Kurama gulped. "Maybe even THOUSANDS." Hiei glanced at Kurama. "What? Are you scared? Come now, we've faced spirit creatures such as these before."
"It's not them that scares me. It's how they got here that scares me."
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked.
"Well, think about it. All of these creatures, they are low class youkai. Maybe even lower than Class D."
"You're point is?"
"These things have not the power to breach a hole in the Dimensional Gateway. Only Class A and S have any chance of doing such." Kurama said. "Which leaves me to wonder how they escaped..."
Hiei laughed. "Let us not worry about it. Knowing Koenma, he's probably already informed Yusuke and 'idiot'. They'll handle the problem. Let's just find those kids now."
"A-are you sure?" Kurama stuttered. "Those things are being rather violent." He said this as a zombie was punching holes in a nearby house.
Hiei sighed. "Alright, how bout this? We'll ignore them for now. If things don't get better after awhile, THEN we'll look in on it."
Kurama nodded. "That's good. I do not like how these spirits are behaving."
"The sooner we find the kids, the sooner you can deal with them, so let's go!" Hiei began to run forward again. Kurama floated after him on the cloud.
"Now, how shall I put this?..." Cell tried to decide how to tell their story as the Z Warriors glared at the four villains. Cell stroked his chin as he thought, then he turned his gaze to the group.
"To explain this in full, we will need to go outside. Babidi?" Babidi nodded, and he shot his arms forward. "Paparrapapa!!" Piccolo growled just from having to hear that stupid phrase again.
Suddenly, the two groups began moving at a high speed out of the hallway. They flowed through the house until they were outside, then they settled down. "Take a look..." Cell said with a grin. The Z Warriors looked around.
"AH!" they all said at once. They saw monsters everywhere. Ghosts, skeletons, werewolves, zombies, and more. All trampling over the streets, destroying all objects in their path.
"I d-don't think those are all trick-or-treaters, you guys!" a wide-eyed Krillin exclaimed. Goku shuddered. "N-no, those are REAL monsters and demons!" Goku turned to Cell angrily. "How are you doing this?!"
Cell said nothing. Goku shook his fist. "HOW?! HOW DID YOU BRING THESE MONSTERS TO THE LIVING WORLD?!" he demanded.
"I didn't. None of us did." Goku was confused by this statement.
"But I do know HOW they came to be like this..." Cell began, "It all started with the very first Halloween in fact. And that was around 5,000 years ago."
"What's time got to do with it?" Vegeta asked. Frieza scratched his nose. "You'll see..."
Cell wrinkled his nose. "Please don't interrupt me. Anyway.....I'm sure you've all heard the legend of "All Hallow's Eve". The day that evil spirits and monsters roamed over the Earth. Well, it wasn't just a legend. Monsters and spirits actually did roam the Earth on this night."
"No fooling!" Frieza said. "They actually left the Otherworld to walk on Earth for that one night...ow!" Cell smacked Frieza on the head. "PLEASE...let me continue."
Frieza rubbed his head as he silently cursed at Cell. "Sorry about that. Now then, where was I? Oh yes...the legend. As some of you may also now, the humans wore masks to scare away the demons on this night. Strangely enough, it worked. And this insulted the demons. They thought Halloween was THEIR night, and you humans ruined it for them. But it got worse. When they saw what Halloween had become in later years: a holiday for kids to wear silly costumes and get candy...the demons were outraged. They did not like what their night had been turned into. So, they began a revolt in Otherworld and the other spirit realms. They made a demand to the gods: To give them their night back, or to have a spirit world filled with furious demons. The gods surely did not want their spirit worlds to be trashed, so they made a deal with the demons. Every 5,000 years, the demons would be allowed to travel to Earth on Halloween night and cause as much chaos as they want. But once the night was over, they would have to return to the spirit realms. The demons agreed with this, and they settled down."
"So this Halloween is exactly 5,000 years after the promise was made?" Videl wondered.
"Ooo, smart girl. That's right. This night is their night. See how intent they are on getting back at the destroyers of their night?"
The Z Warriors looked back out on the streets. The monsters were chasing after trick-or-treaters, while others were literally tearing apart homes that contained Halloween decorations. Yamcha looked up into the sky. "What were they thinking?...this is horrible.."
"But that still doesn't explain why YOU are here." Goku said. "Don't tell me the gods allowed YOUR kind to come."
Cell shook his head. "No. The gods had made a ruling that all strong and truly evil beings would not be allowed into the deal. But who needs rules?..."
Frieza spoke up suddenly. "Cell, may I continue with it? I like this part!"
"Well...alright. Knock yourself out." Frieza cleared his throat.
"Alright then. As Cell implied, we were NOT allowed to be part of this. In fact, we didn't even know about the deal at all until some demons told us. We were intrigued and decided to take part anyway. How, you ask? Well, to explain of this, I need to explain something else. For millions of years, the deaths of evil demons and beings has been building up a negative energy in the Otherworld. That realm does not like evil, so it closes it up into a far off corner as unused energy. As soon as we discovered this energy, we immediately contained it in a physical state; all in secret from the demons in hell. In time, that containment of energy became massive. Its presence makes us much stronger than we usually are, and we used that to our advantage. Earlier this evening, a hole opened up somewhere in the spirit realms, allowing the demons and monsters passage to Earth. Using the negative energy source as a springboard, we escaped from our cage and exited Otherworld via the monsters' exit!" Babidi coughed suddenly. "...along with the help of Babidi's magical properties," Frieza quickly added on.
As Frieza explained all this, the saiyans and Piccolo were getting angrier and angrier. "How could they..." Piccolo growled.
Frieza smirked, then he continued. "Unfortunately, things did not go exactly as we planned." Frieza's smirk changed to a frown. "The gods were smarter than we thought. You see, when the demons were allowed out of the spirit realms, they would come in the living state, but unable to be killed. They absolutely refused the possibility of being killed by the humans, so the gods allowed this. Apparently the gods put up a defense mechanism in the exit portal in case truly strong and evil demons DID escape. When we arrived on Earth, we found out two things. One, we were not entirely in the living state, only halfway. This ment that we could not be killed, which is a good thing. But, the other thing was that we found it was impossible for us to kill by normal methods. I could demonstrate on one of you right now..."
Gohan glared at Frieza. "I think I speak for all of us in saying we'll PASS..."
"As I thought you'd say. So, we had to think of a new plan to defeat you. That's what we've been doing for the last few hours...but then it came to us. Cell?"
"Of course...we figured, why just kill our mortal enemies when we can take out the entire populous!"
"What?! Impossible!" Piccolo exclaimed. The Z Warriors couldn't believe what Cell had just said. "The e-entire populous?..." Bulma stuttered. "T- that's happened once already! Not again!"
"Explain further!" Goku demanded.
"I shall." Cell paused. "...with the negative energy, it can be done. Think about it...the living can become the dead and the dead become the living..."
Goku raised and eyebrow. "W-what does that mean?"
"That's simple. You see, only one form of being can inhabit the Earth. Right now, the LIVING do so. And the DEAD inhabit Otherworld. But what if we switch it around?"
Piccolo began to sweat. "And just how do you plan to do that?"
"Another simple answer. We will annihilate everyone on this planet all at once. With the negative energy..." Cell pointed up to the top of Videl's house. Everyone looked. A huge ball of purple energy floated above the house. The Z Warriors stared at it in shock.
"Whoah! There's a massive energy reading coming from that thing!" Tien said. Cell grinned. "Even the weakest of you should be able to figure that. This ball is very powerful. And this very night we shall release the energy within it, wiping out all life on this planet. We demons won't be affected by the blast because it contains NEGATIVE energy. We ourselves are "negative", so we will continue living, and the planet Earth shall be ours!
"All of our enemies will be dead. All...except for the Namekians on Planet Namek of course." Frieza said. "But our first order of business will be to travel to that slime ball of a planet and obliterate it! Then the use of those wretched DRAGONBALLS will never foil our plans again!"
Everyone stood in silence. The Z Warriors just stared on. Some were scared, others furious with the four bad guys.
"Hmm hmm...heh heh heh...ha ha...ha ha ha ha!....AH HA HA HA HA!!" Everyone turned to Vegeta, who was laughing insanely. Frieza frowned. "What do you find so amusing, Mr. Vegeta?"
Vegeta smirked. "You are still a fool, Frieza! And you as well, Cell! Even if you do succeed in this little plan of yours, the Earth will not be yours! Once Halloween night ends, the promise will end and you will all be sent back to Otherworld! Then we will ALL be dead! What will that accomplish?"
Vegeta smiled proudly. Much to his surprise though, Babidi started laughing. "Think I'm funny, do you midget?"
Babidi floated into the air and came face to face with Vegeta. "Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta...have you forgotten the magical powers contained within your former master?" Babidi then floated away from Vegeta and landed back by the other three.
Cell gestured at Babidi. "Our little friend here is very skilled in the art of magic. He knows many incantations, one being just perfect for our situation!"
Babidi made a book materialize out of thin air. The cover said, "BOOK OF DASTARDLY SPELLS: WRITTEN BY THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING WIZARD BIBIDI"
"It's not an easy spell, mind you. It can only be performed by a wizard once in a lifetime, and under certain circumstances. But it is a truly wicked spell indeed!" Babidi began flipping through the pages of the book. He eventually stopped at a page. "Ah, there we are. "THE SPELL OF LIFE AND DEATH SWITCHING". A very nice incantation, I'd say."
"Life and Death Switching? What is that supposed to mean?" Yamcha wondered to himself.
Babidi answered him. "It switches the roles of the living and dead of a planet and its spirit realm or realms. As we said before, the dead become the living, and the living become the dead. In other words, once this spell is performed correctly, all of us demons and monsters will be permanently living, and the human race will become the inhabitants of Otherworld!"
"Wait. If you can just use this spell to get rid of us, what's with the negative energy use?" Gohan asked.
Babidi shook his finger. "Ah, but this is where it gets more complicated. One of the conditions for the spell is that something has to carry out the spell over the entire planet, so it will fully effect all of the species that the user wishes to make the switch with. When we release the energy from the ball, it will carry the spell over the Earth, making the process complete."
"Tell them the other conditions." Frieza said.
"Alright. For one, it must be performed on a night in which the beings of the dead realm are closely in touch with the living realm. Halloween is perfect for this. Also, the user of the spell must be ON the planet containing the species of which the switch is being made. As you can see, I am here, so that's good. Finally...now this is the really tricky part...a sacrifice must be made by the side performing the spell. We have to sacrifice TWO demons for the spell to fully work. But...the demons must be currently LIVING on the planet in which the switch must be made."
Once again, silence filled the air. Babidi spoke again. "So, besides the sacrifice part, pretty clever! Don't you think!"
At the time, all of the Z Warriors were furious. Cell laughed at their anger. "Ah, I can see your blood boiling. How I love this feeling.....now tell me. Now that you know our plan, what do you have to say about it?"
No one spoke.
"You know why we're here, how we got here, and what we plan to do. Let's here your reaction!"
"I have a question," Piccolo said, "Why have you told us all of this? You could've kept it a secret and we'd have never known." Cell laughed. "Ah, you people ask such simple questions. Actually, I was just never one to keep secrets," he said with a smile. Piccolo gritted his teeth at Cell's simple answer.
"Also...I want to see your fear." Cell said as he put a hand to his ear. "Go on...realize how helpless you are now...beg for our mercy...try to run for your lives...your choice.....I just want to hear it!"
Krillin planted his feet hard in the ground and said through clenched teeth, "I can't stand to hear anymore of this..."
"That's because your afraid," Babidi said to Krillin. "Yes, I can smell your fear..."
"Well?" Cell said, wanting a response. Goku stepped forward and spoke. "After hearing all of this, Cell..."
Cell gave Goku a wide grin. "Yes?" Goku raised his fist. "...and figuring our chances..."
Cell's grin lowered a bit as he got impatient. "Yes? Out with it, man!"
"There's...just one thing I'm gonna do about it!"
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Um...Goku? You do know what's next...you're about to perform the action.
Goku: Really?...*little cogs and wheels move back and forth slowly in Goku's brain*...oh yah, I do!
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And The Plot Thickens: Revenge is Bitter Sweet
"BOOOONNNNGGG! BOOOOONNNGGG!..." The downstairs clock of Videl's house struck 9:00 as everything was dead silent. The only thing that could be heard was the gentle breeze out in the cold, brisk night.
"I...I saw...Cell..."
Everyone stared at Bulma as she trembled. Vegeta looked concerned, but Goku seemed skeptical. "Aw, c'mon Bulma, not this trick again. We all know how great Vegeta's costume is..."
"So can we give it a rest already?" Roshi said. Vegeta spun around and spat at the two. "Shut up, Kakorot, turtle man!! Can't you see she's serious?!" Vegeta walked over to Bulma.
"What do you mean you saw...Cell?" Bulma quivered. "I mean what I said. Cell...he walked right into this room. I swear, Vegeta...I'm not lying. He came...right through this doorway, he was so ghostly pale. But I thought it was you at first, and he caught me by surprise..."
Gohan decided to question Bulma. "Did he do anything to you? Did he say anything?" Bulma raised her face up to look at the group. "Y-yes...he did say something."
"Tell us! What did he say?!" Vegeta demanded.
"H-he said...he said "they're coming to get all of us"...and something about revenge. I can't remember anymore..."
Oolong started to back away from the door. "Revenge?...heh heh, well guys, this has been fun and all, but...I think I'm ready to leave now..."
Vegeta didn't register what Bulma was saying. "What the hell does that mean? Who's coming to get us? When?!"
"NOW!"
Everyone froze. Goku looked around. "W-who said that?..." Yamcha looked at Puar. "It kinda sounded like a girl. Was it you, Puar?" Puar shook her head. Then the group turned to look at Chi-Chi, Videl, and 18.
"Wasn't me!" they all said at once. Goku began to sweat. "But yet...that voice sounds all too familiar..." Piccolo growled. "Yes, I could never forget THAT voice."
"KAAAA...HA HA HA HA!" Everyone jumped in surprise. Vegeta was getting frustrated. "Alright, who's making those noises?! If you're playing a practical joke on us, onna..."
Bulma stood up with a frightened look on his face. "It ain't me, Vegeta...I swear." The first two voices suddenly began laughing. They appeared to be coming from all directions. Then another voice joined in.
"YES, MY PET, WE WILL GET THEM ALL, THIS NIGHT!" This voice sounded like a girl too. Gohan glanced frantically back and forth. "Where are they??!!"
Krillin was in the same state as Gohan. "I don't know!! It's like they're all around us!"
"DON'T YOU GET IT, VEGETA-SAN?! WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU!!!" Vegeta clenched his fist. He screamed into the air, "COME OUT!!! COWARDS! SHOW YOURSELVES NOW, WHOEVER YOU ARE!!!"
The quartet of voices just laughed. Suddenly, there was a loud hissing noise. Four gusts of wind appeared out of nowhere and began bounding all around the room. One of the gusts was green, another one white and purple, another pink, and the last one was light brown.
"Aaah!" Bulma quickly dashed out into the hallway with the others. Now the only one actually in the room was Vegeta. The figures bounded around him in a circle, slowly breaking anything they came in contact with.
"THOSE THINGS ARE WRECKING THE ROOM!!!" Videl exclaimed. Gohan looked over at her. "Is this room important to you?"
Videl thought on this for a second. "I don't know, actually...I don't know what this room is for..." To herself she muttered, "Probably just another of my 20 guest rooms..."
Eventually, the figures began bounding around the Z Warriors in the hall as well. The group swat around at them, but made no contact. Finally, Goku settled down and concentrated. He glanced to the side and sent a hard right hook at an oncoming figure.
He made contact. Upon doing so, the figure was revealed for a second. A blur of a white alien with a long tail flew back into the room, falling into the shadows. The other figures flew into the room as well and landed in their true state in the shadows. The figure that was hit stood up.
"Oh my...not even a Super Saiyan and you can still pack a punch. You're too much...too bad it didn't hurt me a bit."
Then that figure stepped forward a few paces, revealing itself completely. It was Frieza. Everyone stared in shock. Frieza just grinned.
"Hello, Vegeta. So nice to see you again..." Vegeta quivered and quickly ran out into the hallway. "Why the rush? We've got all night to have fun..."
"And oh, what fun we shall have." The tiny figure stepped forward. It was Babidi. Beside him, Kid Buu emerged, causing a big gasp from our heroes. (A/N: This is before Enma-Daio has the chance to reincarnate Kid Buu as Uub)
"KAA HA HA HA!" Babidi smirked as he put his hand on Kid Buu's shoulder. "He's very glad to see you all again. Very VERY glad."
"As am I." The final figure stepped forward, revealing, of course, Cell. "Foolish, Vegeta...how could you not sense our presence earlier?...tsk tsk..."
All of the Z Warriors were scared to death, even Vegeta. Piccolo stuttered, "T-this...defies a-all logic...h-how can they be h-here?..."
Frieza's tail slammed hard against the ground. "Well, if you're not gonna come and welcome us, we'll welcome ourselves."
The four villains began walking forward. The Z Warriors trembled and backed against the wall as they were soon face to face with the great entities of evil. Marron began crying, as usual, because of how scary they all were.
Goku growled at Frieza, who had come up to him in particular. "G- get...outta my face..." Goku punched at the evil alien, but Frieza jumped into the air. Frieza laughed and sent a low jab to Goku's backside. The sayian tumbled down on top of the other Z Warriors, clutching his back in pain.
"Hmph...all to simple..." Frieza said. Miari Trunks looked down at Goku in shock. "What's this?...Son Goku defeated by...FRIEZA?!" Krillin trembled. "Y-yeah...and with one punch yet..."
"Oh, dad, are you alright?" Gohan helped his father up. Goku muttered something as he glared at Frieza. Frieza placed his hand forward. "Oh, how I have dreamed of this day...the day I reign superior over the great Super Saiyan..."
Cell placed a hand on Frieza's wrist. "Ease up, Frieza. You'll have your play-time soon enough. Besides, you can't kill him by normal methods, remember that." Frieza glanced half-heartedly at Cell. He sighed and folded his arms across his chest. "Fine..."
The Z Warriors took the moment to move back a little, leaving each groups on either side of the doorway. Some of the Z Warrior's tried to speak, but nothing came out. Kid Buu started laughing at them, and Babidi spoke, "What's wrong? Cat got your tounge? Oh, I know, you want to know how we got here, don't you?"
The Z Warriors just stood there, shivering nervously. Krillin thought to himself, *T-this must be a nightmare...I knew I shouldn't have eaten Roshi's Halloween cookies...*
Babidi gestured to Cell. "Go ahead, Celly. Tell 'em about it." Cell smirked. "Gladly. And Babidi.....don't call me Celly."
Gohan stuttered, "Q-quit stalling! Just tell us, n-now!"
"Very well then! If that is what you want!" Cell exclaimed.
Back in the forest, the foursome of trick-or-treaters were resting at yet another grove. Kurama had gotten the boys off the flaming log by entrapping them in some of his "plants". Now Kurama and Hiei appeared to be asleep. Goten and Trunks were still very much awake, and still acting silly.
"Hey, Trunks..." Goten said. "Where'd the sky go?"
Trunks burped. "The sky's still there, dummy. It just made itself darker." Goten looked confused. "It can do that?" Trunks grunted. "Yeah, duh! Everyone knows THAT, Gohan."
Goten stared at Trunks. "But my name's Goten," Goten said as he started staggering around the grove. Trunks laughed strangely. "I know, I was testing you. Goten, what time is it?"
Goten looked at his watch. "Umm...what does it mean when the big hand is on the "12" and the little hand is on the "9"?" Trunks thought about that one. "Hmm...12:09?"
"Maybe..." Then Goten figured it out. "Oh! No, it means 9:00!"
Trunks huffed and he sat down. "Darn. That means once fox boy and Mr. Katana here wake up, they're gonna take us back..."
Goten laughed as he hung from a tree branch by his legs. "Yeah...but they can't take us back if we're not here."
It took Trunks a few moments to register this. He chuckled. "I'm rubbin' off on ya', Goten." Goten grinned. "Rubbin' off on me? What does that mean?"
Trunks shrugged. "I dunno. I've heard the others say that for this type of situation. Now c'mon! Let's go before 'grumpy' and 'happy' wake up."
Goten nodded. The two gathered up their nearly empty candy sacks and began to tiptoe out of the grove. Trunks cringed when he accidentally stepped on a twig, snapping it with a swift crack. He turned to look at Hiei. Luckily, he was still asleep. Trunks wiped his forehead, then he continued on.
"Caw caw! Caw caw!!" Goten and Trunks froze when they heard this. A crow had just landed in a tree above them. Goten noticed Hiei stir a little.
"Eeee!" Goten flew up to the tree and grabbed the crow's beak. He quietly tossed it into the distance, one last caw ringing out faintly before it was out of range.
"Phew, that was close..." Trunks said. Now, the two were nearly out of the grove, but they heard a voice behind them.
"Aren't you forgetting something, boys?" Goten and Trunks froze again. They turned around, but found Hiei and Kurama still sleeping. Then Trunks pointed at Hiei. He was smiling, unlike before, when he was frowning. Then that smile turned to a frown again. Goten and Trunks gulped.
"Alright, on the count of three, run..." Trunks whispered to Goten. Goten nodded, and the two put their backs to Hiei and Kurama.
"One...two...." Trunks looked at Goten. Goten prepared to run.
"THREE!" It was not Trunks who said this. But it was still enough for them, and they started running. Hiei instantly stood up. He had been awake the whole time, really. The little youkai jabbed Kurama in the head, then he raced off after Goten and Trunks. Kurama began to stir and he opened his eyes. He was muttering something.
"Mpmh....I can't love you, Botan...there's someone else...eh?! Huh, what?" Kurama came to reality and looked around. He saw Hiei's path in front of him and sighed. "I'm assuming it's 9:00...ugh..." Kurama stood up and started to run in the direction of the chase. Unfortunately for him, Hiei and the boys were much faster, so he had a ways to go.
Farther ahead, Goten and Trunks plowed through the forest brush with a grinning Hiei hot on their heels. "Where are you going, boys? Home is the other way!" Trunks growled. He looked at Goten. "Damn, this guy is real fast! Goten, we'll have to kick it up a notch."
"Right," Goten said. The two powered up as they ran, and became Super Saiyans. Hiei was getting pissed off with their antics. "They're persistant..." Hiei powered up as well and ran faster.
"You can't run forever, boys! I'll catch you eventually!!" Hiei was slowly advancing and getting closer. Goten and Trunks tried to run faster, but Hiei was still gaining.
Suddenly, the group emerged from the forest, but the chase was still on. Around the neighborhood they were now in, monsters were walking around, but Hiei and the boys were too focused on their tasks to take notice. A minute or so later, Kurama emerged from the forest. The others were long out of sight. "Phew...this isn't working...uh!"
Kurama then saw the state of the neighborhood. He looked around in shock. *Where did all these creatures come from?...are these the beings Hiei spoke of?* Kurama shook his head. "I can worry about that AFTER we catch the boys. But how will I catch up with them?...wait, hold on. Yusuke told me something..."
*FLASHBACK TO OCTOBER 30TH, IN THE AFTERNOON*
Yusuke is in Kurama's house again.
"What is it now, Yusuke?"
"Got something else from Gohan about tomorrow night. He says that you and Hiei need to be careful with these kids, that they're real monsters."
Kurama nods. Yusuke continues. "He said they may try to get away from you when it's time to come in. They're obsessed with sugar. Since they can fly, or so he SAYS, and you can't, you can use something he calls a "flying nimbus" to catch them."
"What's a flying nimbus?"
"Why you askin' me? All he said was that it was a really fast mode of transportation, and you just need to call out its name for it to come to you. Sounds like a bunch of bull shit to me."
*END FLASHBACK*
*Hmm...I could use a quick mode of transportation...* Kurama thought. He shrugged. *Guess it's worth a shot*
"FLYING NIMBUS!" Kurama called out. Kurama's face went red, but the other people in the area were too busy running from ghosts and monsters to notice. A moment or so later, a yellow cloud flew out of the dark sky and landed by a surprised Kurama.
"Wha? A fluffy cloud?...where did it come from with only dark clouds in the sky?..." Nimbus floated there patiently, while Kurama wasn't sure what to do. "I guess...I'm supposed to ride on it?"
Kurama jumped up onto the cloud. He was surprised that he didn't fall right through it. "This must be a very stable cloud....alright, whatever you are, go!"
Nimbus didn't move. Kurama sweat-dropped and got annoyed. "Come on, you, move it! Fly, fly!" At this, the nimbus shot forward. Kurama held onto the cloud for dear life as he sped forward at great speeds.
Back up ahead, Hiei was close to catching the escapees. He smirked. "I've got you now!" Hiei stretched his arm forward as he closed in on Goten.
"Goten!!! Let's take it up high!" Trunks leaped into the air. Goten flew up as well, just as Hiei was about to grab him.
"Damn!!" Hiei snarled. He charged up and jumped high into the air, heading straight for Trunks. "No matter how high or low you are, I can still get at your position!!" Trunks grinned as Hiei spread his arms out. Trunks simply flew higher up. Hiei swiped his arms at where Trunks just was. He lost his balance and tumbled to the ground. Trunks stuck his tounge out at Hiei. "C'mon Goten, let's go."
The two powered up and took off. "SEE YA LATER, MISTER HIEI!" Trunks yelled from the distance. Hiei smirked. "Think you're so funny, don't you?...well, I'll still catch you. No matter how long it takes."
Just then, Hiei heard a whizzing noise above him. He looked up, and his eyes bulged when a yellow cloud descended on top of him. Kurama managed to stop the cloud right above Hiei's head, and he laughed nervously. "Heh, guess my landing was a little off."
Hiei growled at Kurama. "What in the hell is that thing?"
"Something Yusuke told me about that Gohan told him about." Hiei didn't register any of that. "Huh?"
"Um..whatever. It's called, "the flying nimbus" or so I'm told. Yusuke said that Gohan sai.."
"Stop talking in confusing explanations!" Hiei yelled.
"Sorry! Gohan said we could use this thing to catch Goten and Trunks if they got away from us! We just have to ride on it, it goes real fast!"
Hiei grunted. "It's gonna need to go pretty fast. Those two are miles and miles away by now. They could be anywhere." Kurama pointed at the empty spot on the cloud. "Well then, hop on and we'll go find them."
Hiei rasied an eyebrow. "Ride ON the cloud?" Kurama replied, "Yeah. Hey, I'M sitting on it, aren't I? You should be able to as well."
Hiei was now trying to climb onto the cloud. "Let's see..." Finally, Hiei got on top of the cloud, but he instantly fell through. Kurama looked down at the dazed Hiei. "Well that was unexpected..."
Hiei glared at the nimbus as he twitched. "DAMN CLOUD! Are you too good for me to ride upon you?!" Kurama scratched his head. "I wonder why it did that."
"Hn...YOU can ride on that thing if you like. I'll stick to the ground." Kurama shrugged. "Suit yourself."
Then Kurama glanced slyly at Hiei. Hiei eyed him supisciously. "What?..."
"...Why is it you still wanna find the boys?" Hiei turned to Kurama in surprise. "Um..."
"I mean, in THESE types of situations, you would say, "Screw 'em", and walk off. But now you WANT to find them." Hiei glared at Kurama. "Yeah, so? I need to teach them a lesson."
"Sure, sure..."
The two just stood there for a few minutes. Hiei's eyes suddenly widened. "Kurama...is it just me, or are there spirits everywhere?"
"Oh!! That's right!" Kurama turned to where Hiei was looking. Some vampire- like creatures were flying around in the air, while skeletons crawled across the ground. Kurama shivered. "Disgusting things..."
Hiei grinned. "These must be the creatures I felt earlier. Wow...there are hundreds of them."
Kurama gulped. "Maybe even THOUSANDS." Hiei glanced at Kurama. "What? Are you scared? Come now, we've faced spirit creatures such as these before."
"It's not them that scares me. It's how they got here that scares me."
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked.
"Well, think about it. All of these creatures, they are low class youkai. Maybe even lower than Class D."
"You're point is?"
"These things have not the power to breach a hole in the Dimensional Gateway. Only Class A and S have any chance of doing such." Kurama said. "Which leaves me to wonder how they escaped..."
Hiei laughed. "Let us not worry about it. Knowing Koenma, he's probably already informed Yusuke and 'idiot'. They'll handle the problem. Let's just find those kids now."
"A-are you sure?" Kurama stuttered. "Those things are being rather violent." He said this as a zombie was punching holes in a nearby house.
Hiei sighed. "Alright, how bout this? We'll ignore them for now. If things don't get better after awhile, THEN we'll look in on it."
Kurama nodded. "That's good. I do not like how these spirits are behaving."
"The sooner we find the kids, the sooner you can deal with them, so let's go!" Hiei began to run forward again. Kurama floated after him on the cloud.
"Now, how shall I put this?..." Cell tried to decide how to tell their story as the Z Warriors glared at the four villains. Cell stroked his chin as he thought, then he turned his gaze to the group.
"To explain this in full, we will need to go outside. Babidi?" Babidi nodded, and he shot his arms forward. "Paparrapapa!!" Piccolo growled just from having to hear that stupid phrase again.
Suddenly, the two groups began moving at a high speed out of the hallway. They flowed through the house until they were outside, then they settled down. "Take a look..." Cell said with a grin. The Z Warriors looked around.
"AH!" they all said at once. They saw monsters everywhere. Ghosts, skeletons, werewolves, zombies, and more. All trampling over the streets, destroying all objects in their path.
"I d-don't think those are all trick-or-treaters, you guys!" a wide-eyed Krillin exclaimed. Goku shuddered. "N-no, those are REAL monsters and demons!" Goku turned to Cell angrily. "How are you doing this?!"
Cell said nothing. Goku shook his fist. "HOW?! HOW DID YOU BRING THESE MONSTERS TO THE LIVING WORLD?!" he demanded.
"I didn't. None of us did." Goku was confused by this statement.
"But I do know HOW they came to be like this..." Cell began, "It all started with the very first Halloween in fact. And that was around 5,000 years ago."
"What's time got to do with it?" Vegeta asked. Frieza scratched his nose. "You'll see..."
Cell wrinkled his nose. "Please don't interrupt me. Anyway.....I'm sure you've all heard the legend of "All Hallow's Eve". The day that evil spirits and monsters roamed over the Earth. Well, it wasn't just a legend. Monsters and spirits actually did roam the Earth on this night."
"No fooling!" Frieza said. "They actually left the Otherworld to walk on Earth for that one night...ow!" Cell smacked Frieza on the head. "PLEASE...let me continue."
Frieza rubbed his head as he silently cursed at Cell. "Sorry about that. Now then, where was I? Oh yes...the legend. As some of you may also now, the humans wore masks to scare away the demons on this night. Strangely enough, it worked. And this insulted the demons. They thought Halloween was THEIR night, and you humans ruined it for them. But it got worse. When they saw what Halloween had become in later years: a holiday for kids to wear silly costumes and get candy...the demons were outraged. They did not like what their night had been turned into. So, they began a revolt in Otherworld and the other spirit realms. They made a demand to the gods: To give them their night back, or to have a spirit world filled with furious demons. The gods surely did not want their spirit worlds to be trashed, so they made a deal with the demons. Every 5,000 years, the demons would be allowed to travel to Earth on Halloween night and cause as much chaos as they want. But once the night was over, they would have to return to the spirit realms. The demons agreed with this, and they settled down."
"So this Halloween is exactly 5,000 years after the promise was made?" Videl wondered.
"Ooo, smart girl. That's right. This night is their night. See how intent they are on getting back at the destroyers of their night?"
The Z Warriors looked back out on the streets. The monsters were chasing after trick-or-treaters, while others were literally tearing apart homes that contained Halloween decorations. Yamcha looked up into the sky. "What were they thinking?...this is horrible.."
"But that still doesn't explain why YOU are here." Goku said. "Don't tell me the gods allowed YOUR kind to come."
Cell shook his head. "No. The gods had made a ruling that all strong and truly evil beings would not be allowed into the deal. But who needs rules?..."
Frieza spoke up suddenly. "Cell, may I continue with it? I like this part!"
"Well...alright. Knock yourself out." Frieza cleared his throat.
"Alright then. As Cell implied, we were NOT allowed to be part of this. In fact, we didn't even know about the deal at all until some demons told us. We were intrigued and decided to take part anyway. How, you ask? Well, to explain of this, I need to explain something else. For millions of years, the deaths of evil demons and beings has been building up a negative energy in the Otherworld. That realm does not like evil, so it closes it up into a far off corner as unused energy. As soon as we discovered this energy, we immediately contained it in a physical state; all in secret from the demons in hell. In time, that containment of energy became massive. Its presence makes us much stronger than we usually are, and we used that to our advantage. Earlier this evening, a hole opened up somewhere in the spirit realms, allowing the demons and monsters passage to Earth. Using the negative energy source as a springboard, we escaped from our cage and exited Otherworld via the monsters' exit!" Babidi coughed suddenly. "...along with the help of Babidi's magical properties," Frieza quickly added on.
As Frieza explained all this, the saiyans and Piccolo were getting angrier and angrier. "How could they..." Piccolo growled.
Frieza smirked, then he continued. "Unfortunately, things did not go exactly as we planned." Frieza's smirk changed to a frown. "The gods were smarter than we thought. You see, when the demons were allowed out of the spirit realms, they would come in the living state, but unable to be killed. They absolutely refused the possibility of being killed by the humans, so the gods allowed this. Apparently the gods put up a defense mechanism in the exit portal in case truly strong and evil demons DID escape. When we arrived on Earth, we found out two things. One, we were not entirely in the living state, only halfway. This ment that we could not be killed, which is a good thing. But, the other thing was that we found it was impossible for us to kill by normal methods. I could demonstrate on one of you right now..."
Gohan glared at Frieza. "I think I speak for all of us in saying we'll PASS..."
"As I thought you'd say. So, we had to think of a new plan to defeat you. That's what we've been doing for the last few hours...but then it came to us. Cell?"
"Of course...we figured, why just kill our mortal enemies when we can take out the entire populous!"
"What?! Impossible!" Piccolo exclaimed. The Z Warriors couldn't believe what Cell had just said. "The e-entire populous?..." Bulma stuttered. "T- that's happened once already! Not again!"
"Explain further!" Goku demanded.
"I shall." Cell paused. "...with the negative energy, it can be done. Think about it...the living can become the dead and the dead become the living..."
Goku raised and eyebrow. "W-what does that mean?"
"That's simple. You see, only one form of being can inhabit the Earth. Right now, the LIVING do so. And the DEAD inhabit Otherworld. But what if we switch it around?"
Piccolo began to sweat. "And just how do you plan to do that?"
"Another simple answer. We will annihilate everyone on this planet all at once. With the negative energy..." Cell pointed up to the top of Videl's house. Everyone looked. A huge ball of purple energy floated above the house. The Z Warriors stared at it in shock.
"Whoah! There's a massive energy reading coming from that thing!" Tien said. Cell grinned. "Even the weakest of you should be able to figure that. This ball is very powerful. And this very night we shall release the energy within it, wiping out all life on this planet. We demons won't be affected by the blast because it contains NEGATIVE energy. We ourselves are "negative", so we will continue living, and the planet Earth shall be ours!
"All of our enemies will be dead. All...except for the Namekians on Planet Namek of course." Frieza said. "But our first order of business will be to travel to that slime ball of a planet and obliterate it! Then the use of those wretched DRAGONBALLS will never foil our plans again!"
Everyone stood in silence. The Z Warriors just stared on. Some were scared, others furious with the four bad guys.
"Hmm hmm...heh heh heh...ha ha...ha ha ha ha!....AH HA HA HA HA!!" Everyone turned to Vegeta, who was laughing insanely. Frieza frowned. "What do you find so amusing, Mr. Vegeta?"
Vegeta smirked. "You are still a fool, Frieza! And you as well, Cell! Even if you do succeed in this little plan of yours, the Earth will not be yours! Once Halloween night ends, the promise will end and you will all be sent back to Otherworld! Then we will ALL be dead! What will that accomplish?"
Vegeta smiled proudly. Much to his surprise though, Babidi started laughing. "Think I'm funny, do you midget?"
Babidi floated into the air and came face to face with Vegeta. "Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta...have you forgotten the magical powers contained within your former master?" Babidi then floated away from Vegeta and landed back by the other three.
Cell gestured at Babidi. "Our little friend here is very skilled in the art of magic. He knows many incantations, one being just perfect for our situation!"
Babidi made a book materialize out of thin air. The cover said, "BOOK OF DASTARDLY SPELLS: WRITTEN BY THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING WIZARD BIBIDI"
"It's not an easy spell, mind you. It can only be performed by a wizard once in a lifetime, and under certain circumstances. But it is a truly wicked spell indeed!" Babidi began flipping through the pages of the book. He eventually stopped at a page. "Ah, there we are. "THE SPELL OF LIFE AND DEATH SWITCHING". A very nice incantation, I'd say."
"Life and Death Switching? What is that supposed to mean?" Yamcha wondered to himself.
Babidi answered him. "It switches the roles of the living and dead of a planet and its spirit realm or realms. As we said before, the dead become the living, and the living become the dead. In other words, once this spell is performed correctly, all of us demons and monsters will be permanently living, and the human race will become the inhabitants of Otherworld!"
"Wait. If you can just use this spell to get rid of us, what's with the negative energy use?" Gohan asked.
Babidi shook his finger. "Ah, but this is where it gets more complicated. One of the conditions for the spell is that something has to carry out the spell over the entire planet, so it will fully effect all of the species that the user wishes to make the switch with. When we release the energy from the ball, it will carry the spell over the Earth, making the process complete."
"Tell them the other conditions." Frieza said.
"Alright. For one, it must be performed on a night in which the beings of the dead realm are closely in touch with the living realm. Halloween is perfect for this. Also, the user of the spell must be ON the planet containing the species of which the switch is being made. As you can see, I am here, so that's good. Finally...now this is the really tricky part...a sacrifice must be made by the side performing the spell. We have to sacrifice TWO demons for the spell to fully work. But...the demons must be currently LIVING on the planet in which the switch must be made."
Once again, silence filled the air. Babidi spoke again. "So, besides the sacrifice part, pretty clever! Don't you think!"
At the time, all of the Z Warriors were furious. Cell laughed at their anger. "Ah, I can see your blood boiling. How I love this feeling.....now tell me. Now that you know our plan, what do you have to say about it?"
No one spoke.
"You know why we're here, how we got here, and what we plan to do. Let's here your reaction!"
"I have a question," Piccolo said, "Why have you told us all of this? You could've kept it a secret and we'd have never known." Cell laughed. "Ah, you people ask such simple questions. Actually, I was just never one to keep secrets," he said with a smile. Piccolo gritted his teeth at Cell's simple answer.
"Also...I want to see your fear." Cell said as he put a hand to his ear. "Go on...realize how helpless you are now...beg for our mercy...try to run for your lives...your choice.....I just want to hear it!"
Krillin planted his feet hard in the ground and said through clenched teeth, "I can't stand to hear anymore of this..."
"That's because your afraid," Babidi said to Krillin. "Yes, I can smell your fear..."
"Well?" Cell said, wanting a response. Goku stepped forward and spoke. "After hearing all of this, Cell..."
Cell gave Goku a wide grin. "Yes?" Goku raised his fist. "...and figuring our chances..."
Cell's grin lowered a bit as he got impatient. "Yes? Out with it, man!"
"There's...just one thing I'm gonna do about it!"
A/N: BWA HA HA HA HA!! I AM THE EVILEST WRITER ALIVE!! ^_^ If the last cliffy got you peeved, this one should make you furious! :p
Goku: I wanna know what's next! I wanna know what's next!
Um...Goku? You do know what's next...you're about to perform the action.
Goku: Really?...*little cogs and wheels move back and forth slowly in Goku's brain*...oh yah, I do!
God, you're so thick-headed, Goku. -_- Well, let's help fulfill his wish soon anyway. And you can do so by...CLICKING! ^_^