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.

Chapter 37: New Found Friends

"How can he be alive? I don't get it," Kibito Kai asked himself, though Yemma and Fasha were listening in.

"What do you mean, what happened?" Fasha asked.

"Well, you probably know that whatever was in control of Verto was the one who killed you. Well, the Verto that we know went berserk afterwards and pushed his powers up too high by using his Kaioken power up while at his maximum power. The amount of energy he unleashed should have killed him, there's no way a child's body can handle a level of power that high. Actually I'm not sure if Gohan could have even handled it!" Kibito explained.

"So he's supposed to be dead, but he isn't?" Fasha asked in plain terms.

"Yeah, basically, oh boy. What am I going to tell my elder about this? Argh, why can't my assignments be easier," Kibito groaned.

"Well is there anything we can do to let the others know?" Fasha asked with a slight frown, tapping her foot while Kibito continued to whine a bit.

He looked up at her with a slightly sad look, "Afraid not, we are forbidden to interfere in any way with what goes on in that dimension. It's the rules," Kibito explained.

Fasha's mood didn't improve any, "Fuck the rules, if he's barely alive we can't just let him die!" she said.

"Death might be a blessing considering what he may go through now," Kibito muttered.

"What was that?" Fasha screeched.

"Oh, sorry you weren't meant to hear that, but you probably already know. Since you died, he's liable to kill himself now, isn't that right?" Kibito asked carefully.

Fasha's angry tone flipped back to worried really fast, "Oh crap, that's right. We were supposed to dissolve the connection between us but we weren't together long enough to do it. Oh no!" she moaned slightly, sinking to her knees.

"What happens with this bond thing? I'm not quite familiar with it," Yemma asked with his booming voice, startling the Kai and Saiyan.

"Well, he's probably going to be very depressed for sure, it does different things to Saiyans. It's not always the same. If someone else kills one's mate, which is much more common, then that Saiyan will likely not rest until his or her mate is avenged. It sort of depends on who did the killing. If one dies by an unknown source or by accident, like their ship blew up, the spouse usually goes into shock for awhile, and eventually commits suicide. If the one spouse kills the other, well, actually I'm not sure about that one. I've never heard of that happening," Fasha said thoughtfully considering the situation.

"You ought to write a book on that," Yemma commented.

"Well, I would think that he would identify his evil self or the Overmind as the killer wouldn't he, so technically he didn't do it. But he got rid of his evil self so then what?" Kibito asked her.

"Well he was seeing things wrong right, his mind was being messed with by someone else right?" Fasha asked. Kibito nodded, Yemma just shrugged, totally lost by now.

"Well if it was the Overmind that was doing it, he would have been the direct cause right? His other self didn't attack me on purpose. He called me Frieza. The nerve!" she said, exasperated.

"So what you're saying is that maybe he has identified the Overmind as the killer, and maybe he won't kill himself because of that?" Kibito asked, confused now as well.

"Something like that, but were assuming that he's actually thinking logically. What if he isn't?" Fasha replied.

"Guess we just have to hope," Yemma slid back in, trying to be part of the conversation.

"Hey, where is Tora?" Fasha asked, looking around.

"We had to send Tora to a stasis holding cell until you guys are ready to be wished back, Shugesh and Borgos are there already. The reason is because we can't risk you guys running into yourselves in Hell. As weird as it sounds, there may be some dire consequences with that happening. We took the precaution that it may happen otherwise and put them into stasis already, all five of your counterparts are there as well. We obviously don't plan to put Bardock there if he never comes up here, but his counterpart is already here," Kibito explained.

"So I'm going there now too?" Fasha asked.

"No actually, you're going to the Grand Kai's planet for some training with North Kai. It's a favor to Verto for what he's been through lately, we feel some of it is our fault. Plus when this mess is through you two need to remove that bond we spoke of earlier, ready to go?" Kibito asked, holding out a hand.

"Uh, sure. Didn't the big guy there say I had to take some sort of transportation?" Fasha asked, getting a slight groan from King Yemma.

Kibito waved it off, "Yeah, but we can use my Instantaneous Movement instead!"

"If you two don't mind, I have a long line starting to form because of your dillydallying!" Yemma barked. Kibito and Fasha vanished an instant later.

-

Kibito reappeared with Fasha on Grand Kai's planet, glancing around to make sure he had aimed right. He quickly sensed King Kai off to the right by about a mile.

"Okay, you'll find North Kai off over there, sorry I can't stay but I have places to be right now! See you around!" Kibito quickly instructed before vanishing. Why was he in such a hurry to go? Fasha asked herself.

She glanced around, seeing quite a few warriors of many races around her. Most of them were pretty spread out, but you couldn't miss them, as they were all in some sort of training. She noticed that all of them were sporting halos, before reaching up and feeling one around her head herself. She sighed and walked slowly towards where Kibito pointed, she didn't want to miss this Kai she was supposed to get training from. She had heard a few times that someone named King Kai had trained Goku and a few of the others, maybe this is the same guy.

Fasha walked along while briefly observing the other warriors around her, all feeling pretty strong compared to what could be translated as normal to a Saiyan. At the same time though, she outclassed all of them pretty easily. She felt a few stronger power levels around the planet, but nothing to horribly outlandish, the highest one felt close to her at Super Saiyan. She happened to glance at one warrior in particular that looked back at her. It resembled a blue fish, only was humanoid. She gasped slightly, as it looked like a Kanassan. He glared at her a bit, but went back to his meditation. Oh man, I didn't realize that I would see people that we Saiyans had killed up here, I feel terrible, she thought in surprise. She quickly realized that any other time she would have brushed it aside. Staying with the Z fighters, particularly Verto, had really changed her more than she realized.

Up ahead she spotted a two-story house, one that looked rather new. She walked up slowly, seeing a small blue fish-like being watching a large blond man working out in the air. The blue guy had some sort of weird hat on and wore sunglasses that had to stretch across his face. She took a good look at the man working out in the air. He was pretty strong, and his appearance and ki signal resembled that of a human. As she walked up, a small monkey and what looked to be a large cricket came running by with a bag. The monkey handed it to the blue man, who thanked it and watched as it went running by Fasha again, the cricket following.

"Hello there, are you lost?" the blue man said.

"Kind of, I'm looking for a North Kai. Another Kai named Kibito sent me up here but didn't say what he looked like," Fasha said, looking around.

"He didn't say what he looked like huh? That's Kibito Kai for ya, even he forgets something important. You might as well look for a particular blade of grass around the whole planet. It's hard to pinpoint one dead guy when you don't know what he looks like!" he said.

"Oh he's dead too? That would make it a little harder wouldn't it? Do you know what he looks like?" Fasha said with a slight smile.

"Oh of course, since your new I wouldn't expect you to know, but everyone up here knows what North Kai looks like. He's the funniest man in the entire universe!" Blue said with a slight chuckle.

"Okay, what does he look like and where can I find him?" Fasha asked, noting how much attention this blue fish man was giving the god in question.

"He's very handsome, and closer than you think, but what makes you think you can just see him when you want? He's a busy man you know!" he said.

Fasha looked slightly dumbfounded, but stood tall, "Okay, what kind of test do I need to pass? Do I have to fight someone or something?"

The Blue man looked slightly frightened now, "Nonono, you have to make me laugh. If you can make someone like me laugh, then you are worthy of seeing North Kai!" Fasha looked stunned and allowed her face to show it. The big human in the air stopped his routine to look down at what was going on.

"I'm, uh, not good with jokes," Fasha mumbled, twiddling her thumbs in panic.

"Oh, well that's a shame, you won't get to meet North Kai and get his training with that kind of attitude!" Blue said, turning his back and waiting patiently. The human landed and whispered in his ear, too quiet for Fasha to hear.

"King Kai, is this a new recruit?" Olibu asked.

"Yeah, she's another Saiyan, just giving her my usual first test. As stubborn and serious as I expected," King Kai said, chuckling with Olibu at the girl's difficulty to come up with something funny.

The door to the house swung open, "Hey King Kai, did you want extra noodles with your soup?" Fasha looked over in surprise, seeing someone she didn't expect. That someone, named Videl, frowned when she spotted her.

"Way to go Videl, ruined my fun," King Kai muttered as Fasha stared at him hard.

"So you're King Kai? What's the deal telling me I had to make you laugh?" Fasha shouted slightly.

"It's just a little fun I like to have with the new trainees, sorry about that. I've seen that most Saiyans don't possess a sense of humor," King Kai said, his head hung low for a moment.

"What are you doing here?" Videl asked, changing the subject. King Kai frowned a little deeper, whispering to Olibu to get ready to break up a catfight.

-

"And that's what happened," Fasha said, explaining everything that had happened to her knowledge. Videl kept her head bent in sadness, though slightly relieved that both Gohan and Verto were alive. Fasha did not mention any details about Verto's evil self, but then she didn't know much about the situation anyway. She had assumed that it was the Zerg influence all along.

King Kai looked a bit interested to an extent, "Supreme Kai said that he used Kaioken at his Super Mystic level and survived? Truly remarkable. If I hadn't have heard it from witnesses I wouldn't have believed it. But still, they are right, he should have died from that. I know his child body cannot take that kind of power, or can it?" he suddenly asked himself, turning around and thinking carefully.

"What's up King Kai?" Videl asked, casting a slight glare at Fasha when she stepped a bit closer.

"As you probably know, Verto learned the Kaioken technique after his second fight with Majin Buu. You remember when he transformed into the Great Ape form right?" he asked.

Videl nodded, but Fasha became confused, "I thought he couldn't transform?"

"That was before he met you Fasha, and before his inner power was released. As I remember it, the final Kid form of Buu fought everyone on the planet of the Kai's, Supreme Kai's world. Verto transformed again and used the Kaioken technique to gain extra power so he could hold off Buu while Goku gathered the Spirit Bomb. He couldn't hold it for long, but it was long enough to fight with Buu and give him a pounding. From what you're telling me now, his power level must have reached an even higher plateau than it was back then. If he could ever be trained to handle that…" King Kai began to daydream about the possibilities.

"Then, he would probably be one of the greatest and most powerful warriors to ever exist!" a much darker and deeper voice answered for him, coming from above.

"Huh?" the foursome asked as they all looked up.

"Hey, I know you! You're that Dabura guy, the one who turned Krillin and Piccolo into stone on Earth!" Videl said, pointing him out.

"Correct, I see that I am not easily forgotten either," Dabura said, landing with a grin.

"What the heck is he? Looks like a demon or something," Fasha said, tensed up a bit.

"Actually he's the Demon King. He supposedly comes from the same dimension you were just in Fasha. He's the one who warned Verto about the Zerg," King Kai explained.

"Why isn't he in his own dimension then?" Fasha asked, giving Dabura the eye of a challenger.

"It's a fantastic theory, but I was merely seen there first. I'm not about to tell you where I've been in all my years," Dabura chuckled.

"You're also looking at Verto's next teacher, I'm sorry to say," Kai said, frowning deeply.

"He has to learn from a demon? Why can't you teach him?" Videl asked.

"Because the Kais won't teach him what I can, it's against their code. But they also can't teach him something they don't understand either, most Kais would never fathom the kind of powers the boy possesses," Dabura said, chuckling a little.

"He doesn't need some washed up evil old demon to teach him anything! You're just gonna fill his head with evil thoughts of conquest or something aren't you?" Videl asked, picking quite the time to be brave. She also hadn't sensed his ki level yet. Fasha had though, and put her arm up to keep Videl where she was.

"Oh please, that boy is has much too strong of a mind to be manipulated like that, despite what has happened to him lately. His soft attitude does need to be removed, but he can do that himself. I only plan to teach him what he needs to know about his powers, and maybe how to actually fight well, that is all. Anyone care for a demonstration?" Dabura asked, holding up his hand. Olibu stayed back, knowing he was no match at all. Videl was headstrong to take him on, but Fasha pushed her back lightly.

"I'll fight you, I'm not scared of any demons!" Fasha said, stepping up.

"I will too!" Videl announced, getting everyone's attention.

King Kai looked slightly worried, "Hey if you are gonna fight may I request you do it elsewhere, I don't want my house blown up!"

Dabura grinned wickedly, "Follow me girls!" he said, flying off into the distance.

"Videl you can't fight him, you're much too weak. He'd tear you up easily, stay here!" Fasha ordered as she flew off, following Dabura. A white aura flew by her pretty fast, slowing for her to catch up.

"Videl?" Fasha asked, amazed when she caught up.

"What, you think I just did the cooking up here?" Videl grinned as both girls flew into the distance.

-

Dabura stood still, waiting for them in a dark arena. He had asked the Grand Kai to use the tournament setting for any sparring matches or training he did, so he didn't run the risk of blowing up the Kai planet. The Grand Kai agreed to this so long as he repaired whatever damage he did. He sensed the girls enter the room, or dimension as it was more properly termed, it wasn't exactly a normal room.

"Wow, check this place out!" Videl said, eyes wondering around they stepped onto the invisible ground.

"How does he fit it all into one room?" Fasha asked.

"He's the Grand Kai, who knows?" Videl said, wondering herself a little.

"That must be it up there, I sense Horn Head, let's go!" Fasha pointed at the large asteroid that held the tournament arena. Both girls flew up and landed in the ring, staring Dabura down.

He began to laugh a little, "This is a familiar setting for me, both of your boyfriends fought me just like you're about to! The only difference this time is that this fight will have a winner!"

"Why, who won last time?" Fasha asked.

"Majin Buu got involved, but there is no one around here now! It's funny; those two worked very well together and were the best of friends. You two however have quite a dislike of each other from what I've seen. Let's see if it pans out the same way!" Dabura challenged, powering up. His deep red aura shook the arena and knocked Videl off of her feet. Fasha looked somewhat concerned about letting Videl get involved, she knew she couldn't be that powerful, flying as fast as she did meant nothing.

"Stand back Videl, I'll handle this!" Fasha declared, powering up herself. She only went to her maximum in normal form, as Dabura had not gone that high either.

"Impressive power girl, more than I expected. Fighting with the Zerg must have made you a little tougher!" Dabura said, slightly surprised but not showing it.

"I could go higher if you want," she smirked brightly.

"Not yet, Videl, it's your turn!" Dabura said, looking down at the other girl.

"Um, question?" Videl asked.

"Go ahead!"

"Can I fight in some other clothes?" she said in a meek voice. Fasha groaned slightly while her blue aura flowed around her.

"What's wrong, afraid we'll get your current attire dirty?" Dabura asked.

"No, it's just that I'd rather fight with normal clothes on, not this heavy stuff! King Kai had me wearing this one hundred and fifty pound shirt for a long time now. The planet has ten times Earth's gravity!" Videl said, pointing to her pink undershirt. Dabura looked a bit amused at this and pointed at her, his finger glowing red. Instantly she felt lighter as her clothes flashed with light, looking slightly cleaner as well. Fasha felt her ki level go up drastically as a result.

"All right then, you'll get that weight back after this fight is over, now are you ready or not?" Dabura asked impatiently.

"Yeah, I'm ready!" Videl said, starting to release her ki. A white aura appeared as Videl powered up, surprising Fasha a little since she had never sensed any sort of power from her. She wasn't done though, Fasha felt her power level double itself fast as a new red aura surrounded her.

"Kaioken, times two!" Videl said as she managed to get some of the ring tiles floating around before she finished, dropping the aura but keeping her ki level steady.

"Well, it seems North Kai hasn't completely wasted his time on you, but you are still on the low end of things!" Dabura stated.

"Yeah, I know," Videl said, admiring herself a little. Fasha was quite amazed though, Videl felt a bit somewhere around a quarter of Krillin's power when she last sensed him at full. In only a few months, not bad Videl. Maybe being mated to Gohan and carrying his child had something to do with it, Fasha thought to herself.

"Who knows, maybe it did," Videl said without looking at her.

Fasha's head snapped over, "I didn't say that aloud!"

"Oh great, must be the combined telepathy between us and Verto," Videl looked slightly flustered about this.

"Well now, maybe it'll be a true reenactment then. Those two could co-ordinate their attacks through their thoughts as well!" Dabura laughed a bit.

"Well then, Videl, shall we show him?" Fasha asked with a brighter grin.

"Sure thing!" Videl said as both girls streaked upwards at the demon king.

A/N: I know I'm going to get a question/review on why Videl's power level is now so high after only a few months of training with King Kai. Everyone knows he isn't THAT good. There is an explanation for it in the next chapter along with some numbers for those who want them.