A/N: Thank you for being so patient, guys- I hope I haven't lost anybody. ;; :begs forgiveness: Well, here's the next part...
Ch.19
Aiko easily caught up to Kebito, Zjun being shortly behind.
"Excuse me, but I'd prefer to know exactly what is going on." Aiko requested. Zjun nodded. Kebito turned to look at her.
"Several millenia ago, while humankind was still in it's infancy if present at all, there existed a great threat to the universe. A powerful wizard named Bibiti."
"What does this have to do with us?" Zjun interrupted.
"He's getting there!" Aiko reprimanded.
"Bibiti created a monster, Majjin Buu." Kibito continued with barely a pause. "Buu was capable of destroying entire planets. Eventually, he was stopped and Bibiti was killed. Buu was sealed into a ball and banished." Now Aiko was confused.
"So what's the problem?"
"The ball was sent here, to this planet. We fear that Babiti, Bibiti's son, has tracked it down and is trying to revive Buu once again." Aiko winced.
"That's bad, huh?" Kebito nodded.
"I think we can handle this Buu guy." Zjun said confidently. Aiko was less cocky.
"Maybe not. We may have a problem, Zjun." Aiko was concerned. When they'd arrived, they'd been pretty weak. She knew they were strong now, but she wasn't sure they'd be strong enough to do what Zjun was suggesting.
"What do you mean? We're stronger than even Vegeta! That's more than enough to handle some millenia old monster."
"I'm not sure. This guy had Kebito and Shen terrified. He must be dangerous." AIko reasoned. She sensed the others up ahead. "Hey! Let's catch up!" She left the others behind momentarily.
"Hello, Aiko." Came Shen's greeting. "I take it that Kebito has explained to your brothe and yourself what is going on." Aiko nodded as the other two caught up.
"Shen, I have a-" Piccolo cut her off.
"He is the Supreme Kai! Call him by his true title!" AIko glared at the Namek.
"I'll call him what I first called him." she argued. Piccolo silenced, glowering at what he took to be an insubordinate girl-child.
"Anyway, I have a question. If you knew this Babiti guy, why didn't you stop him before?"
"That's the problem. We did not know of him before this incident was discovered. That is why I ask for your help. As I said before, I cannot force you, but I do request the assistance of the Earth forces."
"Why do you only speak to the child?" Vegeta demanded.
"Because these children are possibly the best chance your planet has." Shen responded.
"What? My brother and I just arrived a month and a helf ago in this crazy dimension, and suddenly we're Earth's best hope?" Shen nodded.
"Aw, man! Why couldn't he be Earth's best hope?" Zjun asked, jabbing a thumb at Goku. Shen smiled, but remained silent.
"Hey, up there!" Gohan pointed ahead of them. There was a rock outcropping, and it was guarding the destination of the now visible Spopovich and Yamu. When the two lackeys landed, everyone else hid behind the rocks.
A small, olive-green frog-thing emerged from the base, along with a deep red companion. Suddenly, Spopovich exploded!
"Uh-oh." Aiko said bluntly, watching the frog thing- obviously Babiti- explode Yamu as well when he tried to escape.
"Yeah. If he's strong enough to do that, we're in trouble." Zjun agreed. Babiti went inside, leaving his other surviving henchman (Shen had called him Diborah) outside.
"Why is he standing there?" Goku whispered. Aiko frowned. Something wasn't right; Vegeta and her brother also sensed it. Suddenly, Aiko realized what it was.
"He know's we're here!" She and Vegeta yeled at the same time. Dibora suddenly flew up at them.
Ch.20
"It's too late to yell 'retreat', isn't it?" Zjun whispered under his breath, clenching his fists to keep them from shaking. His bravado wa gone, now they were being charged unprepared. Before anybody could react, Dibora had reached them and fired an energy blast point blank at Kebito.
"Kebito!" Shen yelled at the annihilation of his partner. Dibora smirked as everybody stared in shock where Kebito had crouched less than a minute before.
"Uhh... I think I'd better go now." Krillin muttered, turning to leave as Piccolo attacked the tall, red aggressor.
"Be careful!" Zjun yelled as Shen shouted a bit of advice.
"Watch out for his spit!"
Piccolo looked over his shoulder at Shen, and in doing so made an important mistake. He diverted his attention from Dibora. He turned just in time to see a spitball hit his shoulder. "What the...!" He yelled. As he tried to wipe it off his cape, it turned to stone. He landed on a ledge staring at his arms in surpise and fear, as his body itself began converting.
"Piccolo!" Zjun and Gohan yelled together. Everyone was shocked. Krillin turned to see what had happened. What he saw was a striking statue of Piccolo, and a spit ball headed for his face.
"Ahh!" he yelled. Everyone's attention was directed at him from Piccolo.
"Krillin!" Goku and Gohan exclaimed. Dibora laughed and flew inside the building after Babiti. Everyone was still for a moment, until Goku went to touch Piccolo.
"No! Don't touch them!" Goku stopped, arm outstretched, shocked naive expression on his face.
"Why not?" the twins asked.
"If they are broken, they can never be revived. As of now, you'll have to Kill Dibora to regain your comrades." Shen explained. Zjun paled and quickly flew away from the statue which had once been his friend.
"Now what?" AIko asked calmly.
"Now, we go after them." Vegeta answered simply.
"No! We can't do that. We have no way of knowing what sort of traps Babiti has for us. We have to form a plan." Shen stated. Zjun didn't believe it.
"They attacked my sister, just turned our friends into statues, blew up your pal, and you expect us not to go in after them?" Zjun asked incredulously.
"You'd be crazy to go unprepared!" Supreme Kai tried to explain. "He will have his space ship ready for us!"
Aiko lifted off and flew towards what Supreme Kai had called a spaceship. "I'm sorry, Shen. But we're doing this. Now, it's you choice; follow us, or don't follow us." she called before flying in the open door, closely followed by Gohan and his father.
"Patience is not one of our strongest traits." Vegeta informed Supreme Kai before following the group. Zjun looked at the Kai.
"Well, Supreme Kai, monkey see, monkey do!" He started to fly off. "And I guess us Saiyans are some pretty big monkeys!"
