I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to any of the music pieces you may see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.

Chapter 4: Quest

"Uh oh, we've got company!" Gohan said, turning to Yamu and Spopovich. Kai threw his hands up and did something while yelling. Whatever it was, it seemed to paralyze Gohan, but I couldn't quite sense the energy behind it. This allowed the two brutes to hold him down and stab him with a large white object that looked like a teapot. It also had a large M on the side. So that's the Kai's plan, let them take the energy without interference and them follow them, that's got to be it! I thought, wondering if he heard me.

"Exactly," Kai whispered as he quickly glanced back at me.

"Gohan!" Krillin shouted, rushing ahead only to be grabbed by Piccolo.

"I told you, you must stay back!" Kai ordered. Videl jumped over the big sign in the middle of the door, but Goku caught her.

"Stay here, Gohan will be fine Videl, the Supreme Kai would not lie to us," Goku said, very serious tone. I knew he wanted to go out there as badly as she did, hell as much as I did. I stood my ground though, the Kai had already helped me once, and so I decided to trust him for the moment. Gohan's hair faded back to black along with his eyes as his power drained to nearly nothing. Whatever was absorbing his energy began to glow even brighter than before, and then it blinded everyone as the rest of Gohan's energy vanished. Yamu pulled the thing out of Gohan's side, and Gohan slumped to the ground. Kibito's energy was fluctuating, showing he was having trouble not acting. The two bald brutes grinned evilly and summoned their power, taking off into the air and leaving long vapor trails to follow.

"Don't move, Kibito will take care of Gohan now," Kai said.

"At least tell us what you're going to do with him!" Goku demanded, still holding Videl back.

"It's time, I must follow them and find out where they are taking Gohan's power!" Kai climbed. I grumbled a bit as Kai hovered off the ground slightly. I knew it, somehow I knew it. What a lame way to do things, oh well I guess I'll see how this plays out.

"You're leaving?" Goku asked.

"I could use your help. I understand if you feel compelled to remain, but I must go!" Kai concluded as he took off after the two brutes hot pursuit. Videl ran towards the ring to check on Gohan.

"You're going too?" Krillin cried in surprise.

"I don't have much choice, the Supreme Kai gave me his word that Gohan would be alright, and I for one believe him. So unless I go with him, I'll never know what's going on around here," Goku said, a fist next to his chest.

"Well, if you're going, then I'm going too! Oh I know I am going to regret this. Damn, I better tell my wife, otherwise she'll kill me!" Krillin said, "I'll catch up with ya Goku!"

"Argh, I know what you're doing Kakarot! You're trying to skip out on our next match aren't you? Trying to play hero again!" Vegeta growled, stepping forward.

"Vegeta! Can't you see there is something more important going on here?" Goku grinned slightly.

"Bull shit! After the next two matches we are scheduled to fight, and you will fight me! So if you leave you had better make sure you come back! I only entered this stupid tournament so I could beat you!" Vegeta barked, grabbing Goku by the shirt collar.

"Okay okay! I have to go with the Supreme Kai, but I'll put you on the top of my things to do list when I get back. Just calm down will ya!" Goku pleaded.

"Argh! You forget you can only stay for one day in this world!" Vegeta growled again.

"Yeah I know, but why don't you come with me?"

"We're wasting time!" Piccolo cut in, "Verto, stay here!"

"You can forget that. I'm coming, the Kai helped me a few minutes ago. Those two brutes attacked me and took my energy too, I am going to repay the debt!" I said, lifting in the air. Piccolo must have decided he wasn't going to argue and lifted off as well. Goku took to the ring first to check on Gohan and Kibito. Piccolo and I flew off, chasing down the Kai by tracking his ki. A few minutes later Goku, Vegeta and Krillin caught up with us and we put the pedal to the metal so to speak. A few miles up I saw the Kai.

"Hey wait!" Goku called ahead.

"I'm glad you decided to come, and thank you. Without all of your help, I would not be able to defeat them!" the Kai declared. I found that hard to believe, but kept quiet.

"You need us, to beat those two?" Goku asked.

"No it's not them that concern me, it's the wizard controlling them!"

"What, a wizard?" Piccolo asked.

"Yes, a long time ago, when the human race was in it's infancy, an evil wizard named Bibidi first appeared. With him he brought a terrible monster of his own creation. The single purpose of this monster was to kill and destroy, something it was very good at. This monster could eliminate planets in seconds. Entire galaxies vanished to rubble, and no force could withstand its evil power. The name of that beast was Majin Buu." Why does this seem oddly familiar? Kai looked back at me as I stared back, but said nothing to it.

"Buu huh?" Goku interjected with a clueless question. Vegeta had a fat grin on his face after hearing this and I swore I heard him chuckling a bit, and this drew Kai's attention as well.

"No you're wrong Vegeta! There were five grand kais at that time, each a thousand times more powerful then the one you called Frieza. When they fought Buu, only one survived. He could have wiped out your entire Saiyan race with a breath," Kai stated, making me wonder all of a sudden why he would say that.

"STAY OUT OF MY HEAD!" Vegeta roared, showing that he was another victim of spying. Clearly, someone has been practicing telepathy a little too well. Guess I better not distract him from storytelling.

"In time, Buu became so powerful that even Bibidi had trouble controlling him!" Kai said, ignoring both Vegeta and I while Goku gasped aloud.

"Whenever he needed to rest, Bibidi used a spell to lock Buu inside a ball that could not be opened until the counter spell was invoked, he used the spell so he could travel safely from planet to planet. Then he could release Buu and destruction continued, the ball was then brought here. The earth was intended to be Majin Buu's next target," the Kai continued.

"That's terrible," Krillin said.

"Obviously this action was prevented, but the Ball that contains Buu remains on earth to this day. Until now we thought only Bibidi could release him!"

"Until now?" we all said at once.

"It appears that Bibidi had a son, he's here on earth now. Bibidi named his son Babidi, at any cost we must stop him!"

"What is he gonna do?" Goku asked.

"He intends to continue his father's work, he's going to release Majin Buu! Unless we can stop him!" Kai finished.

"Oh I knew I should have stayed home today!" Krillin said.

"Hey Verto, you should go back and tell everyone what's going on!" Goku called back to me.

"Yeah, keep telling me that, you'll have to knock me out to stop me! Those two goons are gonna pay, if not them, then their boss!" I shouted angrily. Goku didn't respond.

"It's okay Goku, I think the boy will come in handy here," the Kai said.

"Yeah Kakarot, he isn't a weakling coward like your spawn!" Vegeta cackled.

"So if you were able to defeat this Bibidi before, why did you not destroy Buu while he was inside his ball?" Piccolo asked, getting back to subject.

"It wasn't worth the risk, we feared that any external stimulus might accidentally set him free by destroying the ball. The spell to release him involves words as well as a massive donation of life energy if he is locked in there for a long time. Babidi has the spell, but he needed energy, so he sent Yamu and Spopovich to the tournament to steal energy from people. Those two were smart and waited for the strongest fighters to emerge rather than making a huge scene. The only way I would be able to track down Babidi would be to allow them to get their energy and bring it back. For that I apologize, but it was a calculated risk, I don't think Gohan and Verto's energy alone will be enough to summon the beast anyway," Kai said. What?

"How much does it need?" Goku asked for me.

"The energy requirement is equal to Buu's full strength, do the math!" he said. I groaned slightly along with Krillin.

"We understand, now let's move it!" Piccolo said.

x-x-x-x-x

"Hey guys!" Gohan called from behind us. I looked back to see him and Kibito flying towards us. Gohan was recharged, and Videl was on his back.

"Gohan, I see you want to impress your girlfriend!" Goku joked. Videl giggled while Gohan blushed slightly.

Piccolo snorted slightly, "You shouldn't have brought her along. It's likely that this situation may turn ugly!"

"See? I told you so!" Gohan tried remind her.

"Oh stuff it, I told you I was coming anyway. Only reason I let you carry me is because I was tired!" Videl grabbed him by the ear.

"It's no use!" Gohan said, defeated.

"The brat is whipped already!" Vegeta announced.

"Oh don't worry Gohan, she'll be safe as long as her big strong boyfriend is there to protect her!" Krillin laughed.

"We're getting close!" The Kai interjected. Up beyond a few high mountains there was a large clearing, the ground looked like it had been dug up and there was a big white object sticking out of the dirt.

"Let's hide in the hills. Conceal your power levels, we don't want to be noticed just yet!" Kai ordered, descended to the hills. I dropped down and crept over the peak of one of the higher hills to get a better look. On the ground Yamu and Spopovich bowed to the ship, a smaller figure was already outside, he bore a white kind of armor with thorns out the back.

"Is that Babidi?" Goku asked.

"No, it's one of his minions, Puipui," Kai said. Another small figure stepped out of the ship, followed by a large red one, he had a huge energy flowing off of him. When the tall one fully emerged, he literally looked like the devil. He wore a blue and white gi with a matching cape. His ears stuck up and out, and he had what looked the beginnings of horns in his head. He was mostly bald except for a small, short batch of hair along with a goatee.

"Dabura!" Kibito gasped.

"Who's Dabura?" Goku asked.

"The tall one, I thought we would have a good chance to stop Babidi, but this changes everything. We must retreat," Kai said, sounding scared. The big devil didn't look like that much; Vegeta and Gohan could wipe the floor with him unless he was concealing his power. I was pretty sure Goku could too from what Gohan always said about him.

"No, you don't understand, Dabura is the king of the demon world," Kibito explained, "The Demon world is a shadow world to this one in a different dimension. Where one of you would be the strongest here, Dabura is by far the most powerful there. Our hopes of victory have decreased greatly!"

"He doesn't look like that much," Goku whined.

"Shhh," the Kai ordered.

"Okay, they don't look so tough, how about I take the little guy?" Krillin asked.

"The little guy, is that Babidi?" Gohan asked.

"Yes, and he is by far the most dangerous. Remember it's not his physical strength that should concern you, it's his magic!" Kai continued. Below, Yamu handed the teapot containing our energy over to Babidi. Babidi cackled and walked back towards the ship. Then he turned and I felt the energy in the air shift vastly. Spopovich grabbed his head in agony like a golf ball just hit his eye or something. Then his entire body puffed up and expanded greatly. His skin turned red and then he exploded from the inside out. When the smoke cleared, Spopovich was gone. Yamu backed up, then lifted off and rushed off. The white armored man lifted his arm like a shotgun and fired a blast, destroying Yamu instantly. I gasped along with everyone else.

"What kind of people kill their own partners?" Gohan said. Goku and Krillin gave Vegeta a very quick glance that went unnoticed except by me before Kibito provided the answer.

"It's that cursed wizard, he seeks out the most powerful and evil fighters and draws them into his control with his magic. When he has no more use for them, he disposes of them like they were common household garbage. He will not stop until every living thing is destroyed, that is Babidi's evil wish!" Kibito explained.

"So what's to stop him from nabbing us?" I asked.

"As I said he seeks out evil in people's hearts, only pure hearted ones like us can resist it. Once he has entered a person's mind, his capture is complete; all he has to find is but a trace of evil. Even if that trace is buried in distant memories!" Kibito explained. My eyes twitched wide open, making me realize why the Kai had approached me earlier. While I couldn't remember anything specifically negative a the moment, it was obvious that he had done it for a very good reason.

"Well the good hearted thing works for most of us, but what about Piccolo? He hasn't always been a good guy!" Krillin cracked.

Piccolo bared his teeth, "This is not the time!"

"Hey Krillin, you and Videl should get back to the tournament and let everyone know what's going on!" Goku suggested again, "Besides, I'd hate to see what your wife would do to me if anything happened to ya."

Krillin put on his best Son grin and scratch of the head, "Yeah she does have a bit of a temper, but I love her all the same!" Babidi and Dabura were discussing something, and then Babidi went inside what must have been his ship or something, as his ki disappeared once inside, Puipui followed. I slumped down, waiting for what our next move would be.

"So why is Dabura just standing outside?" Goku asked. The demon was indeed standing outside, staring at nothing in particular. Everyone watched carefully, I kept my ki concealed tightly. Dabura turned his head slightly, and then clinched his fist very tightly. His power rose sharply as a swirl of dust formed around his feet before stopping. Uh oh.

"He knows that were here!" Vegeta shouted. Dabura was already moving; he came up with his hand outstretched right at Kibito's face. All we could do was gasp in shock.

"Yahhhh!" Dabura yelled and released his energy; taking Kibito's head clean off with his red blast before the body exploded into dust.

"Kibito!" Kai screamed. Gohan lunged at Dabura first, taking a swipe punch at him. Dabura leaped back into the air, where Vegeta came up to meet him. Vegeta threw several punches at him, none getting through, and neither did the next kick. Dabura rose to a position to see us all and looked everyone over. Then he spat, the wet blob headed straight at Krillin. It hit him in the face, and he made gagging sounds. Why would he spit on him?

"Oh no! I should have warned them!" Kai said.

"You're mine!" Piccolo shouted, rushing at him. Dabura spat again and it hit Piccolo's cape. He landed and suddenly his ki dropped greatly. I looked over at Krillin as he slowly changed color. Then I gasped as Krillin's skin turned into stone, Piccolo's followed suit.

"What's happening to them!" Goku cried in horror.

"Turned to stone, it's one of Dabura's powers! Anything he spits on turns to stone!" Kai said. Videl was still trying to find her voice.

"I leave you one chance to run, take it! Unless you want to end up like your friends!" Dabura cackled and flew back down to the ship. Gohan and Vegeta lined up, ready to go down.

"Videl, go back to the tournament and tell everyone what is going on!" Goku ordered.

"But Goku.."

"Now!" Goku demanded.

"It would be best if you went on girl, you can only get in the way here!" Kai said, a little gentler.

"Fine, don't you guys go dieing on me!" Videl said, taking off as Gohan watched her go.

"Supreme Kai, is there a way to get my friends back to normal?" Goku asked.

"Yes there is a way," Kai had his head hung low, "The only way to turn them back to normal is to defeat Dabura."

"Is that all, good then it'll be easy!" Goku said, grinning.

"Let's do it Dad, me and you together!" Gohan said.

"Goku, don't you see, you'll be flying right into their trap. They're counting on you to go in there, then Babidi can steal your energy. It'll be better if we wait out here!" Kai demanded.

"Sorry, but I just can't leave my friends like that!" Goku said, lifting off with Gohan.

I walked up next to Vegeta, who was smirking. "Now we can't let them have all the fun, can we?" I asked.

"Patience has never been our strongest virtue, come on boy!" Vegeta said, motioning for me to follow. We flew down to Goku and Gohan, who were peering down some sort of elevator shaft. One by one we jumped down the dark hole to the bright light at the end.

x-x-x-x-x

We landed in some sort of round chamber with a strange looking floor, and a door on a far side. A minute later Kai came down the shaft as well, landing next to me.

"So you couldn't resist the draw of a good fight after all huh?" Goku said, grinning.

"You have no idea what you have done," Kai said as the door closed, "Once inside the ship, we won't get out. Our only hope of escape now is to kill Babidi!"

"Well, that is what we came here to do right?" Goku asked, confused.

"I'll solve all our problems and blow this place into oblivion!" Vegeta grunted.

"No you won't! The slightest shock could set Majin Buu free. The degree to which you have underestimated him is astounding. Even at a fraction of his full power, Majin Buu could wipe out this planet in an instant, he can't be stopped!" Kai stated.

"He's really that strong? In case you haven't noticed, so are we!" I pointed out to the over reacting Kai.

"No, I doubt that," Kai answered. Vegeta looked indifferent about it, but snorted slightly and turned to his cross-armed meditative state. The door on the far side slid open and another guy in white armor stepped out, M on his armor.

"Greeting fellow warriors! Welcome to stage one!"

"What is stage one?" Gohan asked.

"My master Babidi is at the bottom of the ship, we are currently at the top, also known as stage one! The only way to move on is to defeat the warrior that appears at each stage, five in all," the goon replied.

"I guess your boss better prepare the welcome party and cake!" Vegeta mocked him right away.

"Mock me while you can earthling! For soon you will know the wrath of Captain Mordok!"

"Captain who?" Goku asked, confused.

"Captain Mordok, I am the best fighter in all of Farlia! Never been beaten!"

"Better get a ship ready for Farlia then, assuming you can make it out of this room!" I said as I jumped in to the act.

"Otherwise you'll need a crying towel in the afterlife, you will lose today!" Vegeta added as his smirk deepened.

"A fight with Mordok is a fight to the end, which means none of you will leave here alive!" he declared.

"All right guys, which one of us gets to fight first?" Goku asked with a slight grin on his face. Goku purposed we use the old Jan-ken game to decide on who fights first. The game went fifteen rounds or so, until everyone chose scissors just as I chose rock, giving me first go.

"Aww, I wanted to fight this guy first!" Goku whined.

"Sorry Kakarot, the boy gets the chance now. I'm going next!" Vegeta declared.

"My master Babidi said to be careful as your high energy makes you strong, but you're nothing but a bunch of idiots!" Mordok stated.

"The only idiot in this place is Babidi. I take that back, he's the only other idiot here besides Kakarot. Had your boneheaded boss scanned this planet correctly, he would find that the strongest fighter alive is standing before you!" Vegeta declared again.

"Enough of the talk, prepare to meet your maker!" I yelled as I began to powerup, letting my ki rise to it's maximum. Mordok's ki was nothing in comparison, nor did he even notice that I was raising mine. Mordok ignored me completely either way, paying complete attention to Vegeta. Big mistake, I've got him in one or two hits if I punch hard enough.

"You, the most powerful fighter alive, what a joke! I could beat you with both arms tied behind my baaaa ...ah..ack..ka," he stuttered as I jammed my fist into his midsection, my fist ripped clean through the armor and through his stomach. "Ack, that's not f...f...fair!" he wheezed.

"Shut your hole, or allow me to do it for you!" I said as I released a ki blast inside Mordok, and closed my eyes as he exploded right there, leaving a little blood on my hands as everything above and below my wrist evaporated. Everyone gasped at the speed that I used to dispatch him.

I turned and shrugged, "Well someone had to shut him up!"

Vegeta smirked with pride, "And here I was wondering if you were weak enough to get a challenge out of him!"

Goku just grinned slightly, "Wow Verto, you sure spent your turn quick!" The panel in the center of the floor opened to reveal another shaft. I frowned slightly then, if they were all this easy I was gonna get bored quick. "Come on guys, let's go!" Goku said.

"Children, so easily amused!" Vegeta said, jumping after Gohan, I followed. The Kai was still looking for his feet.

We arrived at the next room to discover it looked just like the last one.

"I can't believe that Babidi would send you such a weakling," Vegeta said, scowling, "Mine better have some ability, because I do not wish to waste my time here. I still have to fight you Kakarot!"

Goku put on his Son grin, "But were probably disqualified from the tournament now!"

"So? I'll fight you, tournament or not!"

"I wonder when are they going to send another one?" Gohan asked, quickly getting as bored as I was. On cue the door opened, and the warrior Puipui appeared.

"Well, I'm glad to see that we have some fighters today. Don't be too proud of your progress, Mordok was a weakling! From here you will not pass!" Puipui launched into the typical villain speech.

"Did you even see what happened to your buddy?" I asked, though Puipui didn't answer. I measured his power to be around mine at maximum in my normal form, maybe lower. Therefore I might have had to go Super Saiyan to beat him and I would get somewhat of a challenge out of it before I sprung it on him. I was instantly bummed that I got that other weakling instead; Vegeta was going to dice this guy in no time.

Vegeta started chuckling, "I thought your boss would realize that he would need to send someone with some power to defeat us. Obviously he still doesn't get it, I guess you'll have to do!"

Puipui looked slightly confused, but then started to laugh again, "You think so, tough guy? Well I hope you saved your energy for Majin Buu, before I beat it all out of you that is!"

"Are you all talk, or are you going to come get me?" Vegeta mocked. Puipui moved all right, but instead he started appearing and disappearing at random points around the room, showboating.

"Hahahaha, am I too fast for any of you to keep up? Darn shame, I was hoping for some exercise today!"

"Argh, this guy is really annoying," Vegeta said, powering up quickly and zipping away to stand off with Puipui on the far end. "Welcome to the end of your life, and I promise it's going to hurt!" Vegeta signaled his readiness. Puipui rushed at Vegeta, throwing punches and kicks quickly, all Vegeta did was turn his head occasionally and maybe raise a hand to block one.

After about thirty seconds of that, Puipui jumped backwards. "So, you have a little strength after all, all right!" he claimed, rushing at Vegeta again. Instead Vegeta vanished and appeared behind him, kicking him in the back and sending him across the room. He met Puipui's body at the other end, hitting a double arm smash on his neck, sending him back to the ground in a heap. Puipui's ki dropped a little, he stumbled to get up, mouth bleeding.

Vegeta landed across from him, "So, ready for the real pain yet?"

"Argh, this is just a warm up!" Puipui shouted back at Vegeta and fired a small blast, only to get it knocked back at him. Puipui managed to jump out of the way, and the blast hit the wall and smoked, very little damage. Vegeta rushed in and promptly started beating on Puipui, who couldn't seem to mount any sort of defense. Vegeta hit him in just about every spot on his body, causing his armor to crack and crumble.

Then he jumped back and scowled in disgust, "Pathetic."

Puipui jumped back up, huffing and puffing, "I am going to get you!"

"Really? Maybe in the afterlife about two hundred years from now I'll see you again, best improve your skills during your stay in hell!" Suddenly the room's energy shifted, and instantly we found ourselves on another planet surface. The sky was dark and we could see the stars, the gravity was different and there was a strong wind blowing through.

"What's going on?" Gohan asked.

"It's that Babidi, he's using his magic to change the room, trying to give that fighter the advantage!" Kai said.

"Oh, should be interesting!" Goku said with a grin.

"Goku! It's not Vegeta that he is giving the advantage!" Kai yelled.

"Yeah, I know!"

"Hahaha, welcome to my home planet, I have fought many battles here, and as you can see, this planet is much different then yours! It's the gravity!" Puipui said, grabbing a rock off the ground, "Ten times that of Earth's, your chances of victory are falling faster than that rock! You may have been able to defeat me on your planet, but now you won't be able to move!" Ha, that's what he thinks.

Vegeta cocked a smirk and chuckled, "Maybe if it was five hundred times gravity you might have an advantage, but ten? I don't even feel it."

"You, you're bluffing, just like a typical coward!" Puipui declared.

"Maybe I am, hard to tell," Vegeta kept his bright smirk. Puipui rushed in to attack, only to get backhanded in the head when he tried to get around to Vegeta's blindside. Vegeta landed a kick square in the gut, knocking Puipui backwards and to the ground.

Vegeta started to jog slightly in place, "So, still think I'm bluffing?"

"You, I am going to rip you apart! ARGHHH!" Puipui shouted in a battle cry, running straight at Vegeta. Vegeta ducked down a little as Puipui arrived, putting his hands out forward and grazing the cracked armor of Puipui. And that's goodbye to this loser. Puipui's frown soon turned to a gasp of fear and surprise. He never got a word out before Vegeta's ki blast engulfed him, finishing the job.

"Pitiful, that wizard better wise up," he growled, spitting on the remains. The room turned back to normal, and the floor opened again. Goku and Gohan jumped down right away, Vegeta followed. Kai was stuttering slightly.

"Hey Supreme Kai, come on!" I called after him, entering the shaft. The third stage was the same as the previous two.

"All right, it's my turn!" Goku said, warming up in various exercises.

"Goku! This isn't a game, Babidi's henchman come from the four corners of the universe and everyone of them are incredibly powerful. We've been lucky so far, but I think we should all fight together from here on!" Kai ordered.

"Nah, that wouldn't be fair!"

"Fair?"

"Well Vegeta and Verto got to fight alone, don't you think Gohan and I should get a chance too?" Goku asked.

"It'll be too easy if it's all five of us beating on one," I grumbled.

"You'd think Babidi would have buttered up the decor a little bit, these rooms look so alike," Gohan said.

"Get used to it, I have a feeling were going to be here for a while!" Vegeta snapped.

"Man, what's taking so long, damnit," Goku said, getting impatient quickly.

"Probably don't know who to send out next," I muttered.

"I wonder how they're doing back at the tournament, we did sort of leave them in a bind!" Goku asked.

"I would have preferred to fight you there Kakarot, rather than to come to this place. This is a complete waste of time battling these morons! It's obvious the Kai and the boys would have been able to handle it," Vegeta growled.

"I know what you mean Vegeta, I was looking forward to duking it out with my Dad too!" Gohan said.

"I'm ready for both of you, anytime and anywhere!" Goku announced.

"You sure Goku? I may be new at fighting like this, but I bet I could give you a good fight too!" I declared, anything for excitement in this dull place.

Vegeta cackled, "Hahaha, the boy would kick your ass Kakarot!"

"What! No way, maybe if I stayed powered down and he was all the way up he would do some damage!" Boy he has no idea what would happen if he did.

"Oh please do Kakarot, the boy would destroy you easy if you did!"

Kai just looked stunned and disappointed all in one face, "Why me?"

Interlude 4.1 –Crisis at the Tournament

"Goten, look out, there's another one!" Trunks shouted. Goten dodged out of the way of the large robot that was coming at him. He blasted it a minute later into dust.

"Thanks Trunks!" Goten called back, looking out for more. Trunks flew back up into the air, standing off with the robot's leader. It had all started just after Goku and Vegeta had left with most of the adult Z fighters. All of a sudden an army of robots had shown up and started taking people captive, their leader said he was looking for a Super Saiyan. Trunks and Goten transformed once to show it off, before dropping out and started to cut up his army, but the leader was pretty strong regardless. His metal body was very hard to hit and he seemed to feel no pain at all. Whenever they did hit and dent him up, he would just regenerate. That and he also used a teleportation technique similar to Goku's instant transmission move, and it really threw the boys off.

"Tell me, where is Son Goku?" the leader demanded.

"He's busy, so I can beat you up instead you big metal machine freak!" Trunks shouted at him.

"Fine child, you shall die and then I will find Goku and do the same to him! Say goodbye, monkey!" the leader charged at Trunks. The leader never made it; a black and blue blur hit him hard in the chest, sending him sprawling through the air. The blur materialized with blond hair.

"What is your business here?" Eighteen growled. The leader flew back at her and stood face to face about five feet away.

"Naughty girl, you should learn to respect your elders! Now for a power reading...huh? Why can't I detect your power?"

"Hate to disappoint you, but out dated scanners will not pick me up!" Eighteen said, charging at him. She landed a hard punch to the stomach, then a left kick to the side. Both impacted but didn't seem to affect him much, that or he didn't show it. She jumped back and crouched down in a fighting stance.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

"Well I did not come here to kill you pretty girl, but you will do fine. I am looking for the Saiyan Goku, and I will find him once I have disposed with you!"

"The lady asked your name jerk face!" Trunks said behind her.

"I am the grand prince of the Kold Empire. One of the few remaining royal family members thanks to the Saiyans, my name is Cooler!"

Power levels:

Spopovich: 10,000,000

Yamu: 15,000,000

Kibito: 225,000,000

Dabura: 275,000,000

Puipui: 38,000,000

Captain Mordok: 12,500,000

Verto: 40,000,000

Vegeta: 75,000,000

Goten: 30,000,000, Super Saiyan: 90,000,000

Trunks: 35,000,000, Super Saiyan: 95,000,000

Eighteen: 60,000,000

Cooler: more than 25,000,000

A/N: Were you expecting the finals of the tournament?