Videl could barely make out Gohan's fist coming at her through her tears. Every nerve in her body screamed at her to move/jump/duck/something!, and right now! But something kept her firmly rooted in place. Perhaps it was fear, or perhaps it was the thought that she couldn't bring herself to believe that he would actually go through with it. To her, time had slowed down to a crawl. He was still far enough away that she might be able to dodge his first blow, but a part of her yearned for him to be nearer. If she could get through to him, maybe she could change him back to the way he was. He's still there, I can feel it! I...
Her mind stopped as Gohan was in full view of her. He was a mere three feet away from her and then she realized that she was going to die. There was no way for her to block his attack and he was too close to her to stop. She closed her eyes in silent defeat, waiting for the killing blow to strike her down. Her mind was filled with all the happy times they spent together and the images of them together at their own little training island, and all the way back to when they first met flashed by her. She could feel the heat from his aura, so full of violence and hate! Then she heard an explosion, the sensation of flying, and darkness...

Pikkon and Olibu arrived just in time! Pikkon blurred in front of Videl and had his forearm raised to block the attack. The force of the blow knocked the woman out and sent her flying backwards. Pikkon's attacker, it had to be Gohan, he remembered Goku talking about his son all the time in the Spirit World, sent down a slamming elbow that was blocked again by him. All those hundreds of years of training were paying off in dividens now! He was so fast and strong, but his rage made his tactics simple and unrefined. Pikkon capitalized on this and dropped his guard, allowing Gohan the opportunity to attack. Gohan did, sending a ki-charged fist straight at Pikkon's face, but he anticipated the attack and leaned backward from the clumsy blow. For the briefest of moments, Gohan was unbalanced. It was all the chance Pikkon needed. His feet swept upward and he flipped, effectively bicycle-kicking Gohan on the chin, sending the enraged warrior back. Gohan had already regained his composure before he stopped skidding back from the force of the blow. He regarded Pikkon with a look of pure hatred! A small line of blood trickled down the side of his mouth.

Olibu had his hands full with the other saiyans. He had pushed aside the blond-haired woman and headbutted the small, bald fighter which was enough to send him reeling. Goku and another golden-haired warrior were on him in an instant. The bald fighter with the third eye had two children fighting him! They were fast and tough by the looks of them, but he was holding his own against them. Olibu had seen Goku fight in martial arts tournaments before back in the Spirit World and didn't relish the fight that he was in now. He was obviously stronger and faster than he was before, but then again, so was he. The other golden-haired fighter was no slouch either and he used every trick in the book to keep them at bay. goku suddenly vanished. Olibu knew what was going to happen next, and his arm was up just in the nick of time to stop Goku's fist from punching through his head! The other warrior tried to capitalize on the situation and sent a powerful ki blast at his midsection. The warrior was too fast for Olibu to block the attack, but the blond woman slid in from the left and batted the attack away. She followed through with a kick but was blocked by the golden haired warrior. Olibu caught Goku's arm and twisted it, causing Goku to compensate by flipping so he wouldn't injure the arm. Olibu took into account Goku's agility and used it agianst him by not letting go and pulling him in closer. Goku's hate filled face winced as Olibu sent a crushing fist into it, then he released Goku and used his ki to push the warrior away.

Pikkon knew he was in trouble when Gohan finally connected with a devistating right hook. Pikkon tried to roll with the punch, but the attack was too strong. He ended up on the ground but he pivoted and brought his knee up high enough to block the poundung attack from Gohan from above him. The green warrior, Piccolo Pikkon guessed, attacked now. Pikkon blurred and stooded behind Gohan, avoiding a knee attack that split the ground in two from Piccolo. Pikkon spent a precious moment to steal a look from the large monstrosity who had his arms crossed over his chest watching the battle with glee. The moment cost him as Gohan sucker punched him. He fell forward but used his ki to power up and shot forward with a quick burst of speed. His head connected with Gohan's, sending him sprawling. Out of breath, he blocked the furious attacks from Piccolo.

"Do you see this, my Lord?"
"What?" He walked over to the viewscreen and smiled. "It seems our friends aren't as helpless as we were led to believe. It doesn't matter, there's only two of them. Leviathan knows that if things go wrong, he'll finish the job."
"Should we send in the robots now, my Lord?"
He raised his hand dismissively. "Wait. Let's see what happens first."

Videl slowly came back from unconsciousness. She was surprised to be alive and in the haze of her vision, it looked like...Piccolo fighting Piccolo? She shook her head and her vision cleared, she realized that there weren't two Piccolo's but he sure had his hands full. She looked over and saw 18 and a powerfully build blond man fighting Vegeta and Goku. Tien had his hands full with Goten and Trunks. Every time they tried to fuse he concentrated his attacks at one of them, disrupting their dance. She got up slowly, then had to quickly jump away from Piccolo who roughly skidded on the ground from a powerful blow from the other green warrior. She barely got out of the way in time! Then she dodged a ki ball, then another as Krillin took to the air and came after her!
Her training with Gohan had been intense for her and she always pushed him harder and harder, trying to squeeze every last ounce of information from him. She was glad she paid attention now as she squared off against her friend. Krillin's face was crazed with rage and he screamed and flew at her blindly, trying to barrel through her. She held her ground and powered her ki up as high as she could. Then Krillin was on her. She caught his first punch and ducked under his quick roundhouse kick. He didn't let up though, she was fully on the defensive. Krillin's furious attacks came from all sides and angles. Her arms and legs were getting sore from each blocked attack. Suddenly he disengaged and floated backward with his arms raised up abouve his head. Thinking it was a trick, she didn't follow. Then she realized her mistake; his ki rose and a swirling disc of ki energy formed above his hands and then he threw his destructo-disc at her! She dodged the attack, but the edge of the blade cut her on the arm. The wound wasn't deep, but it was distracting enough that she was unprepared when Krillin came in and attacked. His fist connected across her face, sending her reeling! Not missing a beat, Krillin brought forth another ki ball and sent it down toward her. It hit her square in the stomach and she crashed down to the Earth below.
She got up slowly, coughing up blood. She heard Krillin screaming at her from above and saw him streaking down toward her. Powering up with what energy she had left, she took to the skies flying right at Krillin. Krillin came down fast and she easily dodged the attack. As he passed her she grabbed his hand and heaved upward, slowing his momentum. She was holding a ki ball in her other hand and she shoved it right in Krillin's face!

The robed figure raised an eyebrow. "She's quite...resourceful! He's stronger and faster than she is, but she got him with that attack. Interesting..."

Videl's breaths were slow and painful but she didn't let up now that she was on the offensive. She charged a ki ball in each hand and flew toward the stunned Krillin. She pressed the ki balls into his chest and they exploded, she was blinded momentarily but she had a sense of grim satisfaction when she saw Krillin's unconscious body lying in a small crater of her own making.

"Outstanding!" the robed figure said as he clapped his hands in glee. "She bested him! We may need to rethink our strategy with this world's remaining defenders."

Tien elbowed Goten on the side of his head, finally rendering him unconscious. He didn't have time to dwell on it though as Trunks came in hard and fast. Tien powered up more, he was conserving his strength until he was fighting one on one and was able to make quick work of the little super saiyan. He looked around and saw Piccolo blur from his fight with the other green warrior and he reappeared behind Videl. "Videl," he screamed. "Look out!"

"Huh?" she said straining to hear what Tien said. Then she felt Piccolo's ki presence from behind her. She whirled around, surprise marked on her face. Piccolo was already out of his training clothes and regarded her cooly. Without warning, he chopped her at the back of her neck. She fell forward, but before the darkness claimed her she heard him whisper to her, "I'll help you as soon as I can."

Leviathan touched the communicator on his wrist. "Master, do you want me to intervene yet?"
"No, I'm watching the battle as it progresses. The saiyans should be able to handle the rest."
Leviathan looked down at the unconscious Krillin. "What of the small bald one, Master?"
"Save him, he may still prove useful later. Just watch and enjoy the show, it'll be over soon."
"I could end these beings pathetic existences in a moment, Master!"
"I'll keep that in mind," he remarked dryly. "I want you to stay back."
"Rrrr. As you wish, my Master."

18 was lying on the ground unconscious and possibly dying. Olibu squared off against Vegeta and Goku, dodging and blocking blow after blow! The pure fierceness of the two super saiyans put him on the defensive. His centuries of training aided him in dodging and blocking, and since their attacks were based on pure rage they were taking risks a level headed warrior wouldn't. He picked and chose his shots well as Vegeta was slowing down with each assault. Goku on the other hand, was a pure fighting machine! He disengaged from the melee and began forming the Kamehameha Wave. Vegeta disengaged also and began his Final Flash. Blurring, Olibu easily dodged the attack, but the super saiyans were smarter than that. Goku and Vegeta waited till he appeared in the air and they sent their energy attacks at the reborn warrior. Olibu knew he was caught, but he also noticed something else. The other golden haired warrior subtly changed the angle of his attack and it hit Goku full on. Olibu was barely able to bat the Kamehameha Wave back at Goku who got hit with his own attack as well. The resulting firestorm from the blasts turned the surrounding area and miles beyond into a desolate desert!

Leviathan's eye caught the subtle change in Vegeta's trajectory and smiled. Impressive! The dark-hearted warrior was somehow able to resist my phermones. He was also able to fool the Inquisitors! He cracked his knuckles in anticipation and called back his master.
"I saw it. Do nothing," said the Master in a neutral tone.
"But..." Leviathan stammered, "if he's resisting the others might be as well!"
"This is unprecidented. I find it highly unlikely that they can resist the treatments of the Inquisitors. You were there during the test, were you not?"
"Yes, Master. But..."
"And did they pass?"
Leviathan was getting angry now. "Yes."
"It matters not to me if they will willingly follow my orders or not, their end will be the same. Relax, my zealous friend. In due time."
Suddenly, his communicator exploded! Leviathan turned to see Vegeta's smiling face. "Aww, sounds like your communications device suddenly got a case of bad reception," he said smugly and punched Leviathan sending him sprawling and skidding across the ground!

The robed figure smiled as he heard Vegeta's remark and saw his fist get really big in the viewscreen before it cut out. The underling switched to another view as he had plenty of spycams in the area. "Watch you back," he laughed silently.

Pikkon and Piccolo blocked and defended each others attacks. Pikkon realized that Piccolo was holding back for some reason or another. It wasn't that he wasn't trying, it was like he was trying to tell him something. He didn't have time to dwell on the matter, because Gohan came at him full with rage! Piccolo backed off, allowing Gohan and Pikkon to mix it up for a minute or so. Tien was over now helping out Pikkon and Piccolo noticed that his third eye never left Piccolo's position. Piccolo decided that now was the time since Vegeta already gave himself away.
"Tien, it's me Piccolo," he said telepathically.
"What?" came the terse reply.
"On three, we attack Gohan. Ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be!"
"One...Two...Three!"
As one, both Piccolo and Tien attacked Gohan. He was busy enough with Pikkon and Piccolo struck him from behind, causing him to fall. Tien sucker punched him as he fell forward, and Pikkon seized the oportunity and blasted him with a powerful ki blast that sent him flying off in the direction of Leviathan.
"What took you so long to shake it?" Tien asked.
"I wasn't enslaved, neither was Vegeta, but we had to maintain appearances until we found the right moment to strike."
Tien laughed softly to himself. "Well, I'm glad you're still on our side!"
Pikkon looked at Piccolo who nodded. He did in return. "Oh, god," Tien exclaimed.
"What? What is it?" Piccolo asked.
"18!"
Piccolo cursed and went with Tien to 18. Pikkon looked over at Olibu and noted that he had things under control. Looking around some more he noticed the other golden haired warrior kneel down and picked up the body of the young girl. He then took to the skies. "Hurry you fools! They'll be back any second! We have to go!"
"Where Vegeta?" Piccolo yelled.
"The Lookout. It's the only relatively safe place I know." He flew off in that direction at top speed.
Olibu had given 18 a senzu bean and she was awake in an instant. She looked at him questioningly. "No time for questions! We gotta go!" Piccolo barked.
The reunited friends sped away just as Leviathan burst up from the ground where he was buried. He screamed in rage and was about to fly off after those pitiful insects and crush them when a metallic bug flew up to his face and beeped. The voice of his master spoke through the machine.
"Gather the fallen and return to base."
"But Master!"
"No! Don't lose control of yourself now, you fool! Remember what happened last time you did that!"
That thought sobered up Leviathan real quick. "Humph! What about the city?"
"I'll let the robots do the dirty work. We need to plan now. They were lucky this time, it won't happen again."
"Yes, my Master."
He walked to the fallen warriors and slapped them awake. Gohan was already awake and was looking around for the ones who dared knock him out. Leviathan had his hands full getting Gohan under control for some reason as the more rage and hate he had inside of him seemed to make him stronger. Eventually he got him under control and they headed back to base.

Videl awoke in bed. She was in a strange place and her side hurt like nothing else! It took her a few moments to get her bearings and she finally realized where she was. She was in Kami's Lookout. What the hell was she doing here? She wandered around until she heard voices and headed towards them. She got to the courtyard and there she saw that green warrior shaking Piccolo's hand. "It looks like our time here is up," Olibu said. "I wish we could stay longer and help you guys out."
"As do I," Pikkon said smiling. "I guess I'll have to wait for that rematch with Goku. It was nice meeting you all."
The two warriors from the Spirit World waved at the heroes and disappeared in a puff of smoke, back to where they came. "So, what do we do now?" Vegeta asked irritably.
"We find out where their main base is and take it out before the whole planet falls," Piccolo said.
"We are not strong enough to take out that...that...thing! Blast it! We don't even know where 'they' could be!"
The rest were silent until Videl coughed. Dende came rushing over. "Videl! Are you feeling okay? You should stay in bed! You took a lot of damage today!"
"I'm...I'm okay," she stammered weakly. "But Vegeta's right! How can we beat that thing? And what about...about...Gohan and the others?"
"There are lost to us right now," Vegeta spat. "When you see them they are the enemy. You would do well to remember that!"
Videl flinched involuntarily. Then she shuddered as Gohan's face came into her mind. "We don't stand a chance against them, do we?" she asked quietly, not expecting a response.
Vegeta humphed while the others remained silent. Awkward moments of silence went by then Dende spoke up. "I might have something that may prove useful. The room of Spirit and Time is fixed and improved! Nnow there is no limit as to how many times you can enter it."
Vegeta's eyes lit up at that. "It won't do us any good if it's not used," he said thoughtfully.
""There is still only a two person limit thought," Dende warned.
"What about the rest of us?" Tien asked.
"While the others train the rest of us will scout out and search for their base. And keep your power levels suppressed, it will make them harder to detect you," Piccolo said.
The others nodded. "Who's first?" 18 asked, referring to the Room of Spirit and Time.
"I am," Vegeta said. Then he looked at Videl. "She will be with me."
"What?" she asked.
"Let's go," he said impatiently.
"Why me?" Videl asked.
"BecauseifIcantrainyoutoahighenoughlevelyoumightbeabletotakedowngohan! So," he said in a deep breath, " you ready?"
Videl stared wide-eyed at Vegeta who stared back with his damnable no-nonsense demeanor. The others said nothing. "Fine," she sighed in defeat, "lets get this over with!"


Next chapter: You thought boot camp was hard! Videl and Vegeta, together, for a year, in the Room of Spirit and Time. Also, we'll join the other group and see if they got another dragonball or not. Hope you like it so far! Send me a little something if ya do or not. I need more reviews!!! I should have the next chapter up in a week. See ya soon!-M.

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