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Chikyuu: Black Hole for Evil

Book One: Into the Rising Sun

Author: Cka3ka

Chapter 3: Mission Possible

The party slowly began to dissipate around eleven pm. Yamcha and Ran were the first two to depart and were soon followed by Erasa and Sharpner. The twin terrors of Goten and Trunks had been forcibly put to sleep by Vegeta about two hours earlier. No one was stupid enough to think that they really went to sleep and everyone kept an eye out still. Marron, also, had been put to sleep alongside the boys. The Chestnuts had been about to leave but had been stopped by Goku and Vegeta and asked to stay for a little while. When Tien and Lunch were about to leave, Goku asked them to take Master Roshi, and Oolong home.

Remaining still were the Sons, Piccolo, the Briefs, Satans, and Chestnuts. Goku called for a meeting in the living room. Of course Mr. Satan protested and blustered, but a quick word from Juuhachi-gou reminding him that he still owed her ten million Zeni, he had already been forced to cough up ten million, shut him up fast.

"So… what's happening Goku," inquired his best friend Krillan, "it's getting late and Juuhachi-gou and I really need to be getting Marron home. I know she's still up and playing with the boys."

"Krillin, you and Juuhachi will just have to stay the night," answered Goku in a tone that gave no room for argument. It was very out of character for him and added to the tension in the air.

"Piccolo, why don't you begin? I think you know what is going on a little bit better than Vegeta and I. Also, I know you were there for the private meetings between Kami's," said Goku, as everyone got as comfortable as possible, despite the foreboding atmosphere in the room. It was obvious that a new threat had come and they had only one year of peace since Buu.

"I'm sure you all think that a new threat has appeared," began Piccolo, "but I don't think any of you have any idea how grave this threat is." He began by recounting how Kaio-shin and the Celestial Warden had come and summoned all the Kami's together and warned them of the coming danger. That in a few years time Paradox would lock all time travel and prevent any new alternate dimensions from forming. That the path the universe would be taking would be decided during this time. He told the Z-senshi that there were demons that served the great Evil, Sateon, and how these demons will come forth during this time to aid in their master's cause. These demons had to be stopped at all costs so the universe could continue along God's plan. If this didn't happen then the consequences could lead to the destruction of the universe, even all universes.

"Well, I don't see the problem," said Videl, "I mean if anything comes along, nothing is more powerful than you guys right? And we have Buu on our side now to. We also have the dragonballs and forwarning." In response to her claim of him being on their side, Buu let a few blasts of steam go from the holes in his head acknowledging her claim.

"No, the power that is coming against us is by far more powerful than cream puff. Buu is nothing more than a demon taken by Babidi at infancy. He's an Imp compared to some of the Demons we will be facing," came Vegeta's response, "Kakarrot and I battled a more developed demon in Hell. We had to fuse into Gojita to defeat it. That should give you an idea of how powerful these demons are. We will be forced to face more than one of these demons."

"Vegeta is right," confirmed Goku, "That demon Janenba was a pretty tough fighter, and from what the Warden tells us it was just a middling demon. Vegeta and I can't stay as Gojita forever or fight a bunch of those demons by ourselves. Also, all the dragonballs will be deactivated during the EVENT time. We won't be able to count on them, and they can't affect anything that happened during the event time either, so there won't be wishing anyone back. We've asked you all to stay because we have to train to beat these guys. I don't want to fight here at Chikyuu, it'll be destroyed for sure. We need a plan to take the fight to them."

Goku could see the news had a hard affect on his friends. They were all trying to absorb the news that there were more monsters out there as powerful as Buu or worse yet, more powerful than Buu. These were the Z-senshi, though, the strongest of them. He could see their expressions slowly go from shock, fear, or indecision, to a firm resolution.

"Great, I knew I could count on you guys," said Goku while grinning that famous smile of his, "Ok, Vegeta and I will go back to the afterlife and train more. We can train there at full power so we need to spend as much time there as possible. You guys can wish us back in six months."

Gohan and the other senshi quickly assured Goku that they would do this. They quickly made additional plans. Bulma would bring Capsule Corps significant resources to the table. Mr. Satan would bring all the wealth of Satan Enterprises, and his influence with the people of Earth. The others would begin to train and prepare to battle the demons. Chichi would keep them all fed.

"So when does the event start and how will we know?" asked Juuhachi-gou. She was pretty rattled by what she had heard tonight, but was determined to protect her family. Already more powerful than a Super Saiyan, she knew she could become as powerful as a SSJ2 if she trained hard enough.

"The Warden didn't know when the event would start exactly, but told us to expect things to start moving in two years time. With two years we can surely be much more powerful and prepared than we are now. We can also use the dragonballs to figure out when it starts exactly since they won't work. The moment they stop working we'll know that it's started," replied Piccolo. He was also worried. Things weren't very clear and he hated that.

"So who's this Warden?" asked Bulma, "You guys make her seem to be this all knowing fountain of knowledge."

It was her mate that replied. "Woman, the Celestial Warden is one of the highest ranked people in heaven. You are right though, we don't know much about her other than that she is a Saiya-jin and of the Royal House of Vegeta-sei." He seemed quite smug and disturbed by it at the same time.

"WHAT??" exclaimed everyone in the group.

"Yes, apparently she's been around for a very long time. She wore the Royal Crest of Vegeta-sei on her armor. I can recognize it anywhere, but hers was slightly corrupted by two intersecting curves. We should be on guard though. It would be foolishness to put faith in everything someone says just because they hold some title."

This line of thought coming from Vegeta was rather amusing since he took his title of Prince very seriously. It brought a small chuckle to the warriors gathered in the room. More importantly, it showed them how much Vegeta had changed since his arrival on Chikyuu.

"Gohan, you should also figure out some way to grow your tail back. Trunks, Goten, and Bra should to. You'll need the extra power boost. Vegeta can teach us all how to control the Oozaru state. I have a hunch we'll need this," said Goku.

"I can just stick them in the regeneration tank and their tails will grow back," said Bulma, "But I don't want to do that until Vegeta comes back so he can teach them to control themselves just in case."

"Tail?" asked Videl towards Gohan, "What does your dad mean that you need to grow your tail back Gohan-kun?"

"He means Gohan has one of these," put in Vegeta as he unwrapped his tail and wagged it around in the air.

Videl could only gulp, but slowly she began to think of all the interesting things she could do to Gohan if he had one of those things and began to grin wickedly.

"Oh, I see," she almost purred, "I bet you could do a lot of INTERESTING things with that."

"You bet you can," put in Bulma and Chichi almost simultaneously causing the entire room to laugh at the blush that slowly rose up Gohan's cheeks. Well almost everyone laughed, except Gohan and Mr. Satan. Both of them were red, but for obviously different reasons.

"Videl, you and I are going to have a talk when we get home," said Mr. Satan, who was staring daggers at Gohan and looked as if he was going to assault Gohan. As it were, if he had been a saiya-jin he'd be going super relatively soon. Unfortunately, he wasn't Saiya-jin, and had to settle for trying to kill Gohan with his glare.

"Enough, that's all for the night," commanded Vegeta in his most haughty tone. Grabbing Bulma, he opened a window and flew to a place only he and perhaps she, knew. With that the other warriors slowly broke up and headed for their various rooms in the Son household or headed on home.

***

Outside, two figures stood watching the Son household. One of them smiled when Vegeta flew out with Bulma in his arms.

"They've always been that way?" inquired the other one.

"Yes…"

"What's the problem?"

"Him," replied the one who had been smiling only a moment ago.

"How so?"

"Too emotional, there has to be a way to stop him from chasing Bezal when he arrives for the catalysts."

"Hmm. Well we have a year to figure it out. As long as Bezal succeeds we'll be able to enter this world whenever we please. I really hate being a shadow."

"Me too. Oh well, let's get out of here"

The two figures abruptly disappeared. They had been able to hear everything that was planned in the Son household. They had already prepared for everything that the Saiya-jin might do. More importantly they knew something that the Saiya-jin didn't. The event would take place in exactly one year. And with the Dragonballs dormant from summoning back Goku and Vegeta the Z-fighters would be completely surprised when the first attacked arrived.