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 Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.

Part 2: Confrontations

Theme Song: 'Let's Do This Now' by Korn

This will generally follow the Zerg and Protoss storylines in SC, but of course differently.

Note, a lot of this will be third person early on, as Verto, the real Verto, is not in control of himself. I shall primarily address this Evil Verto as Zerg-Verto as I have been, but I may not always put it in there, mostly a few times just as a reminder of who we are dealing with. You will definitely see the development of this Character and how he came to be as we go along. Most of the story right now will be focused on wherever Zerg-Verto is and whom he is dealing with. Some of these next few chapters may get a little confusing, if so and you need an explanation, just review/email and I'll respond with the best possible explanation without spoiling anything.

P.S. This will be the more action filled Part of Series 5, and definitely more popular with quite a few plot twists and unexpected characters stepping onto the scene.

Chapter 21: Diversion

'Do you feel that Cerebrate, or would you prefer to be called Verto?' Kerrigan asked the next morning.

He seemed indifferent about her speaking to him at all, 'Either will suffice, however the Cerebrate does not call the shots here. What is it?'

'The Protoss are here, somewhere. Hiding from us!'

Zerg-Verto grinned slightly, 'Good, I wanted some target practice.' Kerrigan played with a small pod in front of her, reaching with it and beckoning the response she wished to receive. She got one, and a young looking Templar's face appeared on the pod's TV like screen. His head was a dull green with a blue cloak draped around his neck, so he was obviously a higher figure.

'Protoss commander, you really shouldn't have come to Char! You shall know me as Kerrigan, Queen of the Zerg!'

'Oh yes, I recall you oh Queen of the Zerg, for we met before on Tarsonis. Such a pity it is that such a bright being would turn to the shadowy wiles of the Overmind. You will know me as Praetor Artanis of the Templar!' he said.

'I fought you on Tarsonis eh, that doesn't seem that likely since I defeated the Protoss at New Gettysburg before becoming the queen of the Zerg. Since then my powers have surpassed anything you Templar could conjure up, in fact I sense that your powers may have decreased since last we met!'

'Mayhap oh Queen, or is it that I need not flaunt my powers in such a infantile test of will?' Artanis fired back.

'Foolish Templar! You may want to prepare whatever pathetic defenses you can. I will come for you very soon!' she finished by cutting the connection, watching as the pod returned to normal.

'Perhaps I should sit this one out, after all it looks like you could use some experience,' Zerg-Verto chuckled slightly. Kerrigan scowled as she once again sensed some of the evil flowing off him, My Cerebrate never felt that evil.

'Come along then, you shall witness my brood wipe them all out quicker than you can by yourself!' She boasted. She knew of course that probably wasn't the case, but if she could gather enough troops in time, she would be very effective.

'Sure, I'll just have to hold them all off while you're struggling to survive!' he mocked again.

Kerrigan set up her new base a few miles away from the Protoss encampment. She had brought a large squadron of Zerg troops with her instead of just pooling resources to spawn them at the base, intent on showing Zerg-Verto what she could do in the right position, plus it would save her some time.

'Kerrigan, this is Zasz, perhaps you should hold off your attack for now. There is something very different about this Templar, I sense something, or someone amiss this sudden arrival, but I cannot pinpoint it!' Kerrigan scowled when she heard her rival's telepathic suggestion.

'Do not presume to think about how I might fail. This pitiful Templar is hardly worth my effort! Stay on your side of the planet and out of my business, or you will find yourself on the wrong end of death!'

'You dare to threaten a Cerebrate, you will be the doom of us all. You and that freakish creation of a Saiyan!' Kerrigan glanced at Zerg-Verto, to see if he picked up on all of that. If anything the child was not even paying attention to anything around him, just seemed to stand against the side of her hive wall, seemingly meditating. Hmmm, Zasz may have noticed Verto's change as well, they were certainly more friendly last night. I'll try to make contact with Verto's mind again later. Right now I have a Templar to take to school!

15 minutes into the battle, Kerrigan's hive started running low on energy. Primarily the energy provided by mineral crystals and Vespene Gas. She cursed herself slightly by being so hasty in moving against the Protoss and forgetting about fortifying her position. Her Hive falling apart wasn't what she needed right now, if it did most of the Zerg nearby would turn out of control should it completely shut down before she could erect control over them all. It didn't matter though, her troops had already taken out the main attack wave the Protoss had managed to conjure up. They hadn't sent that much at her, only about 300 Zealots and Dragoons on the ground. Though that many Protoss were on the ground, she lost easily double to triple that in terms of Zerglings and Hydralisks, as Protoss warriors were very formidable. As she watched from the safety of her own Hive, she directed her troops to standby outside the Protoss base until she could get some fresh reinforcements down there. She didn't feel she needed them that badly for a victory, but she didn't want to draw this out very long, not with Verto feeling so unstable to her. Speaking of the Saiyan, she checked on him quickly while in her meditation like phase. He was still resting against the outer wall of the Hive, she doubted he had done much more than blink. After spawning a few hundred more groundlings, she emptied her base completely and sent them all after the Protoss.

30 minutes later, the base was destroyed, her Zerg had won decisively. She found no trace of the Templar Artanis. She searched the area as best she could for him both with her forces and with her mind, but he was nowhere to be found.

Growling slightly, she sent out a telepathic message to the whole area, 'Come out Artanis, I know you are here somewhere!'

She received an answer a short while later, 'If we must battle, we will battle on the plateau a few miles from your base, come alone!' Kerrigan got up right away, she was ready to show this Templar who he was messing with. She called for all her troops to return to base as she walked out. She glanced at Verto briefly after exiting the hive, he seemed to be bearing a smirk but still didn't move as she boarded an Overlord for transport. Some of her attack flyers escorted her to the mountain but she waved them off when she arrived. Jumping out and sending the Overlord away, she spotted the Templar right away. His bright smile never ceased.

'So, you managed to find your balls after all, Templar. I'll give you some credit Artanis, you aren't a complete coward even though I thoroughly defeated your little troops! Artanis didn't answer, just kept smiling. Kerrigan charged him and swung a claw at his head. Her claw passed right through the Templar like he was made of air, and his figure then blipped like a hologram.

'A phantom, are you afraid of me Templar?'

The figure then spoke on his own, 'As long as you continue to be so predictable, I need not face you at all. Unlike on Tarsonis, I learned from my mistakes, and correct them when needed. Enjoy your little moral victory, you haven't seen the last of the Protoss,' Artanis said as his double faded out.

'DAMNIT!'

Kerrigan came back into the base like a furious storm. Several Zerglings just happened to be standing in her way at the time, bad idea when she attacked them for no reason. Since she was their master, they didn't fight back, and paid for it.

'Problems?' Zerg-Verto asked from the wall, still not opening his eyes, but keeping his smirk.

She glared at him slightly, 'Nothing that can't be fixed. I need to make a report now. If you care to join me?'

'Need to report to that weakling of a master? Why not, I might enjoy listening to him talk himself up,' Verto said. Kerrigan winced slightly at his cocky remark, again noting that this behavior wasn't of Cerebrate or of the regular Verto. That and unlike before, he was insulting the Overmind directly, a very bold thing to do. As they sat down where she directed, she wasn't sure she wanted to connect to Verto's mind now. However, it could tell her what she wanted to know, as long as she could keep her thoughts in order during the link. She assumed that this "fake" Verto would be able to as he had so far. They touched hands and she reached out with her mind, calling for the Overmind. She didn't get an answer right away, so she took a small peek into the Saiyan's mind, digging much deeper than she had before. What she found in the span of about half a second truly disturbed her, and she decided that maybe she shouldn't stick around there any longer.

'Something wrong?' Zerg-Verto asked.

Yeah, with you, She kept that thought to herself though, 'The Overmind isn't responding, that is very strange. I'll try Daggoth!' She needn't bother, the Cerebrate in mind was already calling her.

'Kerrigan, Zasz is dead.' It said simply.

Kerrigan snorted slightly, 'A pity that Cerebrates cannot truly be killed, I suspect that the Overmind will revive him soon. Or is he going to let him stay that way for awhile?'

'No, he will not, the Protoss have come up with some sort of new weapon. It not only killed Zasz, but caused the Overmind to recede to hibernation in shock from what has happened!' Kerrigan looked a bit bewildered now, Zerg-Verto looked interested to say the least.

'So Artanis was simply a staged diversion, interesting!'

'Perhaps, Kerrigan, with Zasz's brood now without their master, they will run amok and threaten the other hive clusters. I need you and the boy to wipe out the Garm brood immediately, I will deal with the Protoss and find out what happened!' With that said, Daggoth cut the link, leaving Kerrigan something new to think about.

'So he wants us to kill that weakling's little band of insects, no problem. Where are they at?' Verto asked. Kerrigan again remembered some of the horrors she saw within Verto's mind and chose not to answer right away.

Kerrigan sighed slightly when she sent Verto out in the direction of Zasz's main Hive cluster. Once he was gone, she reviewed what she had seen to herself. She had been right, it was not the Cerebrate or Verto in control. It was an unseen evil that seemed to pop up out of nowhere, and it was now somewhat fused with the Cerebrate from what she could tell. But the fact that whoever it was could seemingly control all of Verto's powers so far, it was too much for her to wonder why. Verto was pure hearted to the core, and she had never sensed this kind of evil coming from him at all. While everyone has their bad moods and miniscule negative emotions, this new evil Verto transcended those minor differences. Something else she didn't understand, how was this evil one controlling all of his power, including the Psionic energy. This evil one either could access them already, or had some of his own, she couldn't tell which it was. The Good Verto was still up there, but was not active like before, she wondered if he had been fighting this imposter in his own mind and lost.

Her thoughts then turned to the Protoss. What kind of weapon could kill a Cerebrate for good and hurt the Overmind, it can't be the Protoss technology. None of them can control both ki and psi, except for Aldaris, but even he wouldn't have pulled it off. He doesn't have a balance between his energies, only Verto and Gohan do, and the Saiyans are not here yet. Nor did Verto take off during the battle, something strange is going on here. She pondered over this for the next several hours until she received her answer from Daggoth.

Interlude: Videl's training

BANG! 'YEOOOWWWW!' the cricket yelled loudly as he sailed into King Kai's house.

Videl dropped the hammer to her side with a big grin on her face, 'Serves you right!' Once Gregory recovered from being hit so hard, he and King Kai walked out of the house, the former holding a large bump on his head.

'Hehehe, you must get practice on using metal objects to whack Saiyans over the head from time to time!' Kai joked.

'Yeah, you could say that. So what's next?' Videl asked, hammer over her shoulder, somewhat anxious to know. Before King Kai answered however, Kibitoshin teleported in, scaring the daylights out of the monkey Bubbles.

'North Kai, Videl, how are you up here?'

'Supreme Kai, you honor me with your presence!' King kai said, bowing slightly.

'Please leave the extra special treatment to yourself. I should be honored to meet with you again. You are the one who trained Goku,' Kibito pointed out.

'Good point,' King Kai said, clearing his throat, 'What can we do for you today then?'

'A few things: First of all Videl, since your baby died with you, we decided to preserve it's spirit until you are ready to bear another child, whenever that may be. King Yemma will care for it until that time. Also, a majority of the life energy from the child recombines with the mother should death occur before birth. During your training, you may notice a significant increase in your power because of this,' Kibito said.

Videl smiled slightly, 'Thanks.'

'No problem, another thing: should any of the Saiyans of the past die, we plan to put them into stasis until this is all done and they are wished back and sent back to their new timeline. We have already taken precautions and placed their counterparts into stasis, but we shall do the same with them as the need arrives. We can't risk them running into each other say down in hell, that might be bad,' Kibito announced, drawing an interested look from both Kai and Videl.

'Why, who all has died up till now, we haven't seen anyone?' Videl asked.

'Other than you, Borgos, Broly and Shugesh have so far. Borgos died on earth, but the Zerg took him and his soul before we could remove it from the mortal plane. Verto killed the infested form of him with his power, and that sent him back up here, purified again. Broly committed suicide trying to take out the Overmind and Aldaris killed Shugesh in the other dimension. My elder and I set up a small link with the Kai's of that dimension to have any dead from our universe sent here. Be warned North Kai, they only allowed us this for observation, we are not to interfere!'

King Kai swallowed the taste in his mouth, 'Got it!'

'Well, Bulma never said anything about Broly before the Protoss attacked, but why put them into Stasis? Why couldn't they be up here or something, they can't run into their other selves up here can they?' Videl asked.

'There is another reason, King Yemma has no choice but to judge them by their past lives before they came to this dimension. Of which they haven't done enough good to wipe that record clean, so until one of them does, its either Stasis or hell. They didn't argue if you must know, for them they won't even be able to tell time passed at all. Broly, despite his sacrifice, has killed too many, and was sent to Hell. I don't see many bad guys bugging him down there, and he was welcomed by the Saiyans there,' Kibito said reassuringly.

'Aw shucks, I was hoping Fasha would make it up here, or I could meet her again whenever I'm wished back. I still need to take her on!' Videl boasted.

King Kai looked slightly worried now, 'Um, Videl, that may not be the best idea at the moment. You have gotten a lot stronger, much more than your father, but Fasha is an ascended Super Saiyan. I doubt many humans could even fathom that much power running through them at once, alive or dead!'

'Well then, you better train me real good so I can!' Videl beamed at him. King Kai looked thoughtful, but also full of doubt.

'Why do you want to take her on anyway?' Kai asked.

'To show her what humans are all about, I'm not afraid of any Saiyan, and I don't think she can just latch onto the kid just like that. I'm gonna show her up that's all!' Kibito raised a hand to say goodbye before being stopped by Videl.

'Speaking of which, can you at least tell us how everyone is doing?'

Kibito looked a bit nervous at that question, 'Promise you won't tell the others outside this plane?' He directed that question towards King kai, who then nodded.

'The situation, doesn't look very good, but we're hoping for the best, I really should not say anymore than that,' Kibito turned to leave.

'Wait, just tell us how Verto and Gohan are doing?' Videl called back. Kibitoshin sighed heavily, he silently wished he still had that conviction of Kai and Kibito that could let him leave a subject alone no matter what anyone said, but his newer personality just wouldn't let him do it, especially to this girl.

'Gohan may be our last hope to defeat the Overmind. Verto is struggling to hold onto his life and who he is. It may have been a mistake to restore him to his youthful state, but it was a necessary precaution. We feared what may happen if the Zerg had gotten a hold of him in his adult form, I think I have said enough,' Kibito then put two fingers to his head and teleported out. That left Videl slightly clueless, but King Kai definitely understood that.

'So anyway, what's next, I'm serious about learning to fight as well as a Saiyan, or better!'

King kai sighed, knowing she would not give that up, 'Ki basics!'

Interlude: Dabura

Dabura was sitting on a high pillar on Grand Kai's planet, meditating. He sensed Kibitoshin appear near where North Kai and the girl were training, but elected to remain where he was until the Kai came to him. As he expected he did come, and he didn't bother to open his eyes to greet the Kai, who appeared right in front of him in the air.

'So, you've come to see me at last, it took you long enough,' Dabura mused, drawing a scowl.

'It wasn't my decision to put you up here you know. Had it been I, you would be guaranteed a reservation in Hell where you can enjoy yourself on torturing others. It is what your kind does best!'

Dabura chuckled slightly, 'Please Kai, leave your sporting remarks for another day. Your power might be higher than mine, but I can still take you down one way or another!'

Kibito didn't answer to that right away, 'Well, while you're up here we might as well make use of your...experience. Whenever this Zerg mess is over with, should the Saiyans win that is, I am willing to appoint you in charge of training Gohan and Verto with their mixed energies,' Kibito began before being cut off.

'It's called Chi, Kai, get it right the first time. I figured even you could figure that out since your kind has been using it for a long time!'

'We weren't sure that is what it was, no one other than demons and Kais have ever been able to channel a this power so purely before. Nor be able to split it off like these Saiyans have done! I still have my doubts about its actual origins, and my elder has not uncovered the answers as of it,' Kibito said a little louder now.

'Kai please, the only reason it has been split up is because of that old bat hiding up on your world, he placed those limits on them on purpose. Oh, you think I didn't know about that? I am far more observant to the mortal plane than you realize. I understand that those energies are split up upon birth. However if the old fart had released them all at once, the boys would probably both have gray hair like you. He did that purposefully so they could ascend to their new heights over time. Had he not done that, well the incident with Majin Buu would be much different wouldn't it?' Kibito looked down, not answering.

'Not that it wasn't a wise move with Gohan at that time, but to do the same with the boy. The boy who has such a future ahead of him. You knew he would need that knowledge against the complete power of the Zerg, but you gambled with him as well to learn it on his own. Very foolish of you Kais, if you're going to interfere, at least do it right!'

'We felt it was best for both of them to discover this on their own. As we would not have been able to teach them how to use the full power of their soul energy that you call Chi!'

'Kai, do I need to explain that again, I call it what it is. Ki energy is their life force and physical forms, psi is their spirit. Chi is those two combined, which is their total power. Most demons and Kai's have the complete energy born into them unlike mortals. If I recall my research it is that split that helps them remain weaker in mind and body and on the mortal plane! Otherwise there would be quite an amount of Kais and super powered beings running around down there, well more than usual anyway. Got that down now, or should I write it down for your feeble mind?' Dabura laughed a little louder now at the Kai's expense.

'Something I don't understand, how is it that Verto's power goes up so much when his ki power is now so much smaller, Gohan's does not go up by nearly such a factor...' Kai asked, only because he was wondering.

'I thought that wrinkled prune would have told you that by now, unless of course he didn't know that one either. The boy's power is unique to anyone I have come across regarding all 3 energies. Perhaps having his power split up is an advantage, it certainly doesn't hurt having more options. His power is very close to balanced, he probably has just a tad bit more ki than he does psi, that is why. When he ascends to his true form and power, I suspect those two energies will be perfectly aligned, and when they are they merge quite well. He will be capable of taking down any foe, even those stronger than he is. All he needs is the right training. Gohan only has enough to tap those energies, but all it will really do is increase his already high ki. Not by much, he should be able to handle his own training, the boy is another story!' Dabura chuckled slightly again, bringing Kibito back to the point as to why he was here.

'Which is what I am counting on you to provide, you can teach him how to use psi separately I assume?'

'No need Kai, if those two have already unlocked it and started channeling both energies, they can figure it out on their own. However I cannot do much in that field. Just like you Kais, my power will not separate out like that. If anything that gives the two Saiyans a greater advantage in battle. I can teach the boy how to use his Chi effectively other than upgrading his little ki attacks, but as far as the psi goes, I won't be able to help there. You will need to find someone else to handle that before I will train him on Chi, I trust you can do that?' Dabura gave him an eyeful, as he looked very unsure.

'I will see what I can do, not many beings in this dimension can use it like that,' Kibito turned to leave.

'Before you go, is there any guess your little far-seeing mind can tell me as to when I should expect the boy?'

'Not really, but if all goes well, within the next year, either alive or dead,' Kibito said, teleporting out.

Dabura smiled to himself slightly, 'Guess I should entertain myself until then, now where does that fighter Pikkon usually piddle around at?'

A/N: Obviously I have just left a bunch of things in the air as to the future of this story. I wasn't going to really throw this stuff in until Series 6, but I figured why not. I'm sure some of it has been figured out by now by some of my loyal readers. This little bit that Dabura explained will be explained again in the future, and I will not refer to mixed energy as Chi until that time.

And if you're into the correct definitions of Ki, Psi, Chi, etc, don't remind me of them. I am well aware of how some of them are defined and how ki and chi are supposedly the same. While it is a legitimate argument, this is my story and that's how it will be written. I've seen some stories (I'm not naming them) where Saiyans are usingdifferent energiesand there are some combined things going on with it. I figured I should at least assign a name for the "mixed energy" instead of calling it that all the time.