A/N: I know this is quick, but I have to say stuff anyway, so... Sin, dont blame yourself! Please, dont! And no stupid stuff, either! STAY AROUND! So you cant talk to me, it's okay! I dont know how I'm a bad influence, but... Just...God, I'm gonna miss you. Bye, luv ya, BIF.

Everybody else, you dont need to know. Sorry for the outburst there... Here's chapter next! Thanks for the reviews. And again, sorry for the rapid update if you cant keep up...


Ch.17

Krillin was obviously cocky about their fight, not that Aiko blamed him. As far as he knew, she wasn't very strong. After all, she'd only trained for a month and a half. AIko smirked. Sure, she didn't blame him.

But she did pity him.

Recieving the signal to start, the fighters looked at eachother. Krillin leapt on AIko, trying to catch her off guard. She was making sure to play it weak, so she could catch him off guard. When Krillin hit, she was almost knocked out of the ring. Catching herself just in time, Aiko landed on her feet. She made sure to get hit, but it wasn't long before Krillin noticed that she didn't have a scratch on her.

"What, do you regenerate?" he demanded. Aiko shook her head.

"Nope, I can't do that." She sat down. Krillin looked confused. The girl couldn't be stronger than he was. That would be impossible! But then again, Krillin had learned to expect the unexpected. Nothing was impossible.

"Fine. How strong are you?" Aiko stood back up.

"We were instructed not to power up." she responded. Krillin frowned. Could she really be that strong?

"Do you have anything to lose?" Krillin decided to take his chances. Aiko frowned. No, she didn't have anything to lose, but Vegeta had taught her that showing your oponent your strength in the first round was a bad idea. Aiko smirked. Then she'd just give Krillin a measure; just a small one.

Aiko gritted her teeth and concentrated, feeling her power soar. Sparks began to crackle around her body and her clothes billowed out. Her silvery hair flashed a pale yellow briefly.

While she was powering up, Aiko failed to notice two fighters, Spopovich and Yamu. Both were bald and pale. The former was huge, the latter a bit shorter. Holding a strange meter in their hands, they watched the needle vibrate.

"She's the one!"

"Just a little longer."

Zjun and the others were watching. The two strangers from before, Shen and Kebito, were with them.

"Aw, sis! You weren't supposed to go Super!" Zjun moaned, slapping his forehead with a loud noise. As if on cure, Aiko's power crested the level and she was surrounded by the tell-tale aura. Her hair now firmly a pale yellow, her eyes a blue-green.

"It's time. Get ready, Kebito." Zjun heard Shen's voice beside him.

"Huh?" He asked, blinking. Shen turned to look at them.

"Listen. Spopovich and Yamu are about to attack Aiko. I don't want you to interfere- any of you." His gaze centered on Zjun, who gave the shorter figure a dark look.

"Hey, if someone's gonna attack my sister, I ain't gonna stay back and watch." he protested, raising his fists.

"I agree with the boy. Who are you to order us around?" Vegeta demanded. Piccolo looked chastened, having fought this one already.

"Show some respect for the Supreme Kai!" he commanded. Zjun was stunned. Gohan had sometimes visited the twinsd, and had once told them of a King Kai. A Supremem Kai would be even further up. Common sense told the boy to stay back, even before Shen assured them that AIko would be just fine. Then the two creeps struck.

Krillin was sufficiently nervous. Aiko could see that. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a pair of figures flying at them.

"We've got company." Aiko was prepared to send them flying back.

But she couldn't move! Krillin had fallen back, to startled to move, of no help. The huge man put her in an armlock while the shorter one jabbed a creepy device into her stomach. The pain made Aiko scream and try to struggle- it seemed like forever, but it only lasted a few minutes.

When it was over, the two assailants flew off, leaving an extremely ashen and weak Aiko to collapse to the ground. Aiko was still in pain, and she barely noticed Zjun and Trunks crouching nearby.

What just happened? AIko wondered.


Ch.18

"What'd they do to her?!" Zjun yelled at SHen. He didn't care that he was the Supreme Kai. Why'd he let those freaks attack his sister?

"Do not worry- Kebito will take care of her." the Supreme Kai said. "But now I must go. I have to find out where they are taking her energy."

"Her... energy?" Trunks asked.

"Yes. I believe they are working for a higher power. I must go. I cannot force you to jelp, but I will ask for it." he said, looking at Goku. He then turned and flew off.

Goku, Krillin, and Piccolo looked at eachother.

"Well, I'm going with him." Goku stated.

"WHAT!?!?" Zjun and Vegeta yelled together. The had different reasons for doing so.

"You're just trying to avoid fighting me, Kakkarot!!!" Vegeta yelled.

"Whoa! Sorry, Vegeta, but I think this is a bit more important. I didn't even think about the fight... Besides, if the Supreme Kai's involved, it has to be big. And he did ask for help."

"Wait, you trust him? You really think Aiko will be alright?" Zjun demanded accusingly.

"He's the Supremem Kai. I'd trust him regardless." Goku shrugged.

"I guess I'll go too. I just have to tell 18 first." Krillin said, turning to run off to find his wife.

"I'm going as well." Piccolo said gruffly. Gohan agreed to go as well. Zjun gaped at the both of them in disbelief.

"Fine. But I'm not leaving Aiko behind!" he said firmly. The three of them took off. Soon, another joined them. Zjun figured it was Krillin. Vegeta shifted uncomfortably, then lifted off.

"You're not getting out of it that easily, Kakkarot." he muttered to himself. Trunks went to leave, but Zjun grabbed his leg.

"Oh no you don't. You're staying here to watch your mother. Besides, I want to see who wins. You're going to have to tell me. Same with Goten. Got it?" Zjun must have been squeezing too hard, because Trunks seemed too eager to agree. He let go, as Kebito knelt down beside his sister and started to glow.

Zjun stayed rooted to the spot as color began to return to Aiko's face. They stopped glowing, and Kebito sat back on his heels.

"There."

"Aiko! Aiko, are you all right?" Zjun asked, leaning forward as Aiko sat up.

"Yeah, I guess." she said, putting a hand to her head. "One question though. What just happened to me? And where is everybody?"

Zjun sighed and helped his twin up, even though she said she didn't need it. Kebito stood as well.

"Well, Shen's the Supreme Kai. He somehow held you still when those freaks attacked you. He said you'd be all right, but when you collapsed I doubted it. Anyway, He asid they stole your energy, and everyone followed him and them to see where they were taking it." Zjun rushed in a single breath. Aiko blinked at him.

"Okay. Thanks for explaining things... Now, what's he doing?" she said, referring to Kebito.

"He... well, I dunno." Zjun shrugged helplessly.

"I returned energy to your body. You'll need it." Kebito answered calmly. "Now I must be going. If you wish to know more, you can follow me and I will tell you. If not, you can stay and finish your tournament." WIth that he lifted off and flew after the others.

The twins looked at eachother and shrugged. Zjun nodded fervently.

"I want to know what in Hell this is all about."

They lifted off and sped after the tall red man.


A/N: Oh yeah. For most of this fic, for easier typing, I (we) refer to Supreme Kai as Shen, or the Kai, or something like that. Its just easier, and that's how I think of him anyway. Hope that doesn't cause any confusion, or hurt any feeligns of hard core detail nitpickers. U I know i can be one sometimes.