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Disclaimer. Sorry, just the standard disclaimer this time. I don't own dragon ball Z, though I wish I did.

Goku punched the air for the ten thousandth time as he contemplated what king kai said.

Spin, punch, kick.

 Gohan was coming back.

Ki blast, slice kick, punch.

But he was with Vegeta, the person who had ultimately been turned back when Goku unleashed his Chou Kamehameha against him in the pitched battle that had repelled the Saiyan at the cost of Goku's own life.

A storm of ki blasts, a glowing ki punch, and a huge roundhouse kick finished the kata. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and walked over to where Piccolo was meditating. He, as well as the Saiyan, was killed in the battle against Vegeta, and both were training under north kai as well. The Namek already had a terrific strength and speed, as well as a huge increase in mind powers.

As Goku got close, Piccolo said without opening his eyes, "What do you want."

Goku responded while rubbing the back of his head. "Well, I was kinda wondering if you're going to help me against Vegeta when he comes." Piccolo opened his eyes and looked at him. "Why wouldn't I?" Goku dropped his hand and looked at him. "You mean that you're not trying to kill me any more?"

Piccolo let out a heavy sigh. "No Goku, I gave that up after the fight with Radditz. I do now believe that you will always be stronger than me, even if I do know the Kaio-ken."

Since the Kaio-ken is more a state of mind than any thing else, Piccolo had almost instantly mastered the technique, while Goku struggled far behind.

"How bout' we settle it with a match?" Piccolo looked up sharply. "What?!" "Well, you don't have to if you don't want to." Piccolo got up and stretched his muscles. "Of course I'll spar. And I won't use Kaio-ken if you wish it."
Goku grinned as he stretched out as well. "No, I'm fine. Go ahead and use what ever you feel necessary to defeat me." Piccolo smiled. "All right then, lets go!" Goku looked up in time to block the slash kick that would have nearly won the match had it landed.

With a ki blast and a rapid barrage of punches, Goku fought back and scored some hits. Then, he dropped to the ground as Piccolo's fist sailed over his head. The Namek kept going from the force of his blow, and Goku lashed out with his feet and slammed them into the Namek's body. Piccolo flew upwards at incredible speed until he was free of the small planets gravity, recovered, and powered up a move.

Goku looked upward to where he had kicked Piccolo, and saw a brief flash of yellow.
 "Hmm, it's not Kaio-ken, that's red, and it's not his Salience flash, that's blue, so what the heck is-" he was cut off as the special beam cannon hurtled from the sky and drove into the ground in front of him. With a smirk, Piccolo settled down by the crater. Goku rubbed his head and got ready to fight.

Piccolo was slammed sideways across the planet from a double handed hammer blow to the side, and due to the planets small size and heavy gravity, he spun around it about seven times before being stopped by a ridge knuckle strike to the head followed by a spinning stomp kick and the biggest ki blast Goku could get out of his hands in less than a second. Another crater was blasted out of the ground as Piccolo impacted at more than four times the speed of sound. Piccolo slowly got two his feet and shook his head clear. He turned to face the grinning Saiyan and scowled. Then, he turned his head to the sky and unleashed the Kaio-ken. His blue aura flickered, and then blasted into a blazing crimson, his muscles bulged into massive ropes, and his power skyrocketed into Goku's range, and easily beyond it.

 He lowered his head to find a fully powered up Goku blasting at him with all the speed in his power. Piccolo dodged, spun, and placed his foot into Goku's side, hard. Goku flew sideways, and broke free of the planets gravity, falling towards the yellow clouds that marked the divide between heaven and HFIL.

Piccolo worriedly scanned his mind, and found him to be unconscious. With out a seconds thought he burst into Kaio-ken times three and shot away from the planet, his speed increasing as he blasted free of the planets gravity, but the Saiyan was far beyond the reaches of Piccolo. The Namek took a deep breath, and shot forward with unheard of speed, at least for the Z warriors. He reached Goku as he started to go under. With a grab, he reached out and caught his friend as his head started to disappear beneath the clouds. But his Kaio-ken had caused him to miscalculate, as he did not use this level of power much, and his hand knocked Goku down, totally under the clouds. With a Namekian curse, he dove under the clouds and into HFIL.

King Kai walked out of his house after getting back from the meeting with west kai in just enough time to see Piccolo and Goku fall beneath the clouds. With a strangled moan, he blasted down snake way at his fastest speed. When they say that King Kai was a powerful martial arts fighter, they were serious. He was blazing down snake way at unheard of speeds, but he knew it wouldn't be enough, not in the time frame he had. He managed to pour on some more power, and flashed off in a blaze of white ki.

Goku awoke in the middle off a huge black plain. He was dimly aware that Piccolo was standing near him as he pushed himself up to a sitting position.

"Um, where are we?" Piccolo looked at him gravely.

"In HFIL I suppose." Goku stood bolt upright. "WHAT!" Piccolo lowered his head and mumbled, "Yes. My attack knocked you out of the reach of king kai's planet's gravity, and my Kaio-ken was too much power. It knocked you under the clouds."

"The barrier," Goku breathed. King Kai had often warned them about the clouds. They were the barrier between heaven and HFIL, or the Home For Infinite Losers. There was no way for getting out of HFIL apparently, and whoever went in was supposed to be doomed to eternal punishment.

Goku sat up, looking around. They were in the middle of a huge black plain covered in burnt grass. Off in the distance, a red light glowed brightly, making it hard to see.

"Well, let's head toward the light and see what we find."

 Piccolo only nodded, and they took off, flying at the light. The light seemed be moving away from them at the same time though, because it never got any closer. They finally found something, as piccolo sensed a mind with in fifty kilometers, and pinpointed it. They turned, and blasted forward towards the signature. "It", turned out to be a small, snakelike thing, which was running fast, but nothing they couldn't catch. They stopped and descended, but it leapt in fright and ran. Piccolo growled; he was not in a mood to be playing tag. He burst into Kaio-ken and overtook the creature in seconds. He dealt it a rough blow over the ear, and it instantly slumped over. Piccolo brought it back and dumped it to the ground. With a harsh move he picked it up and aimed a ki blast at it.

"Listen," He growled fiercely.

"Where is lord Enma's desk? TELL ME!" The blast roared and swelled into a blazing red sphere, inches from the things face.

"I know your not dead, creature. I scanned your mind. You're wondering if I'm a warden that is testing you for something. You're also wondering if you are fast enough to phase away. Trust me. You aren't." the thing opened its eyes and pointed in a direction, a little off to the right of the light, deep into the endless black plain. Piccolo twitched, and sent the creature into unconsciousness with a mental bolt. He then took off in the direction that the creature had pointed.

Goku jumped into the air, following after the blue streak, Piccolo's aura now that he had disengaged Kaio-ken. As he caught up to him, a shout resonated in their minds.

"Goku! PICCOLO! ARE YOU THERE! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" Piccolo snapped back through the mental bond, "Of course I can hear you Kai! Just calm down." The voice of the north Kai softened, but still held a panicked note.

"You guys have to get out of there! There is a soul sweep in three hours!" piccolo frowned, and extended the link to Goku's mind.

 "A what?"

 The answered came back fast and agitated.

"A soul sweep! The soul sweep goes through HFIL and cleans off the worse souls for recycling! But if it finds yours, it initiates a lockdown, and it shuts off. But if it shuts off to avoid recycling you, it wont get the other souls, and the wardens wont be able to handle all of them, and if there are to many souls in HFIL, it tears! Evil souls are stronger than good souls, so HFIL is weaker than heaven. It'll tear and they will escape! But incase this happens, the Soul machine targets the world with the strongest kis. And right now, that's earth! But even the Z gang can't handle trillions of souls coming to life again! They will be wiped out!"

Goku frowned in thought.

"Well, what about this Freiza guy? Vegeta said he was hundreds of times stronger than him, so wouldn't they appear by him?"

"No! Freiza is right now on a ship, as well as Vegeta and all of the powerful beings of the universe. It has to target a planet, as each of them will be restored to life. Most of them need air to breathe, so a planet is necessary. And the worst souls HFIL has to offer are waiting wear the rip is going to be! And it's even rumored that the legendary super Saiyan, the first one, is at the head of the line!"

Goku gasped, and Piccolo wore a surprised expression. Piccolo quickly called through the link, "How long will it take us to get to the desk?" King Kai thought for a second, and then said, "At your top speed, only about fifteen minutes. But that's at Kaio-ken times three. Goku can't do a Kaio-ken, so it will take almost three and a half hours! That's to long!" Goku spoke up quickly.

"Actually, I can do Kaio-ken." Piccolo jerked his head around to stare at him, and up at the registration desk king kai jumped in surprise. They chorused together, "WHAT!" Goku looked sheepish, and replied,

 "Well, I was going to use it as a trump card to win against Piccolo, but I was knocked unconscious before I could engage it. I can do up to Kaio ken times two if I want."

With a slight pause, he activated Kaio-ken times two and blasted his power level through the roof.

Piccolo just stared at the flaring crimson aura, while King Kai just imagined the ten foot pillar of energy that was swirling around the Saiyan, who was grinning proudly at his accomplishment.

"Well that's perfect! At Kaio-ken times two you can make it in almost thirty minutes! Get going!" Piccolo nodded as he broke the connection, and activated Kaio-ken times two. With a flare of energy, they blasted of towards the desk. But they didn't notice the dark shadow that was following them, with a golden aura. A shadow that looked an awful lot like Piccolo…

Up at the registration desk, looking through a special glass that helped him to see into the reaches of HFIL. He had come up to the registration desk because his power was amplified enough to reach to his protégée's mind. They were nearing the entrance in plenty of time to escape the soul sweep. And he had good news once Goku got back. But wait! What was that following them?" He hesitantly opened another mental connection with the Saiyan and his partner.

"Um, Goku?" the Saiyan instantly perked up at the sound of his mentors voice.

"Yeah?" king Kai gulped as he watched the figure close in.

"There is somebody behind you, and he's closing in." Goku snapped his head up and searched for the ki of the person. It was faint, but it was there. "Hey, Kaio-sama, open the link to piccolo to. King Kai did so, and Goku thought to at the Namek, "Hey, Piccolo! The Namek answered with out turning. "Yes?" "Hey, there's someone following us, and judging from the ki, he is strong. He isn't as strong as a Kaio-ken, but he could slow us down. And I think I know who it is."

Piccolo asked at the slight pause. "Yes?" Goku frowned as he answered.

"He's your "Father", Piccolo Daimo." At this Piccolo did turn his head and stared at him.

"Are you positive?" Goku nodded.

"Ye-"

He was cut off as a golden energy beam struck him in the back, sending him tumbling into the plain below. Piccolo spun, and came face to face with a larger, meaner, tougher looking him. He just stared. The thing laughed cruelly.

"Surprised to see me? Well, after I take care of your friend there for killing me, I'm going to take you down. Then, I'm going to go back and kill all the little people who decided they could take me on." Piccolo laughed harshly, causing Piccolo Daimo to assume a puzzled expression.

"You think that you're going to beat trillions of souls to Krillen, Tien and the others? You won't stand a chance!" Daimo grinned, showing sharp canines and gleaming white teeth.

"I have a little deal with the legendary super Saiyan. I take care of you, the only threats to his escape, but still keep you alive, and he lets me get my revenge. It's a sweet deal don't you thi-ARGHHH!!!" the scream came from the punch that piccolo had rammed into his chest. That blow alone would have disintegrated his body earlier, but Daimo had been training, as well as receiving a power up from an old, evil kami. He was strong; strong enough to defeat a Kaio-ken times three, even if Piccolo was using it. He swung a fist into Piccolo's side, and the battle commenced.

Man that was long! I know it doesn't seem that way, but it's longer than the last chapter. I know that there is no Gohan or Vegeta in this one, but I wanted to go back to Goku and the others. And since this is an AU I can make Piccolo and Tien and Choutzu as strong as I want. I hate it when people focus on the Saiyans to much. The others fight too! There just not as strong.

Anyway, tell me what you think! Flames ARE accepted! Not that I care, because the typical flame is "U R Stpid! u cat spel an relly suckat wreiting! I hate u!" it just makes me crack up!


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