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Jason9000: Hello all, I hope you're doing well. I want to thank every single one of you for reviewing the last chapter. They really lifted my spirits. I'm sorry it took so long to update. College is rough, but spring break is around the corner so maybe I can get a chapter or maybe two out real soon. Now here comes the chapter that's been in my head for a while now. I hope you'll enjoy it.*
"What do you mean the Check-In Station has been attacked?" Goku asked his eyes wide.
Dende only shook his head grimly. "I arrived just outside the door to the Check-In Station to see the place completely trashed. It looked like it was attacked by something or someone," The young guardian said.
Goku's fist clenched. He was furious at the facts that, despite all of their training somehow these demons were able to drop the ball on them.
"So what do we do now? Head off to the Check-In Station and try to take it back?" Piccolo asked.
Goku shook his head. "I don't think so. I'm confident that the good warriors in Otherworld are strong enough to hold them off for now. If they really need our help, they'll contact us," Goku told him.
"So what now? Do we just sit here twiddling our thumbs praying happy thoughts?" Trunks asked.
"Not unless you want me to beat the tar out of you for acting so lazy," Vegeta responded to his youngest son.
"Here I'll go below to Korin's real quick and get some senzu beans. We may need them," Krillin said rising up with Yamcha following him.
For a moment everyone was quiet thinking of what to do next. Nobody was sure of what to do or where to go until an opportunity presented itself.
"Kakarot, you know the rules of Otherworld better than the rest of us, because of your time with King Kai. Do they have any special fortresses or any hiding places in case of an invasion of this magnitude?" Vegeta asked him.
Goku only shook his head. "Sorry Vegeta. King Kai never once told me of any place for them to retreat to. I guess Grand Kai's planet could be considered a fortress since most of the warriors of Otherworld gather for the tournaments, but that's all I know," Goku said.
Vegeta nodded merely thinking for a moment.
"Surely they must have some place for the good souls of Heaven to retreat to in times of crisis? Unlike any of us, most of them never really had a body. Only those close to a dead warrior were able to keep their consciousness and they were more like ghosts," Bulma said recalling her time being dead with Chi-Chi, Videl and Dabura.
Suddenly Bulma's eyes widened in realization. She remembered how Dabura had told her that he was the Demon King of the Demon Realm, prior to being killed by Majin Buu. Maybe he could know of some weakness the demons have.
"Wait there may be someone that could help us. There was a person called Dabura that was with me, Chi-Chi, and Videl when we died. He said he was the Demon King up until his death," Bulma exclaimed.
Goku only shook his head at his oldest friend.
"Sorry Bulma, but we have no idea where Dabura is. Come to think of it…I don't think anyone has seen him since you three eleven years ago," Goku said scratching his head in thought.
"How can that be? It's not like he could hide very well in Heaven. It's not a big place and only a few people looked like we did. Everyone else was just a wisp of cloud," Bulma asked him.
"Do you think the Demons got to him, Dad?" Gohan asked him.
"I doubt it. I'm pretty sure that someone would have noticed an evil presence in Heaven. Even if the person did keep their power down and snuck up behind Dabura it wouldn't have worked in the long run. I think the ogres routinely check the place out. And I know that at a place that sacred and holy they'd be able to tell if it was tainted by someone evil," Goku said.
Dende nodded supporting Goku's claim.
"I don't know much of the inner workings of all Otherworld, but what Goku says is true. If any evil person actually made their way into Heaven undetected the area that they were in would still be tainted by them defiling a sacred place," Dende said.
"So I guess this means people would know if Vegeta or Piccolo were there, am I right?" Goten said jokingly.
If looks alone could kill; Goten would be dead from the glares both Vegeta and Piccolo were sending him.
Krillin and Yamcha flew back up into view with a bag.
"We got lucky this time, there's eight senzu now and some more should be more on the way by tomorrow." Krillin said tossing the bag to Goku.
Goku caught the bag and tied it to his belt securing it to make sure they didn't lose any. While Dende's healing worked just as well, if not better than Senzu, they didn't want to exhaust the young guardian too much in the fight to come.
"Okay I suggest we think of a plan before we're attacked," Gohan said.
"I can think of one. All Saiyans that are older than ten including Uub, Piccolo, and Mr. Buu can go straight to Hell," Tien said.
Everyone blinked and stared at Tien oddly. For a moment Tien didn't understand the stares until it clicked as to what he just said. A bead of sweat appeared on his head and he rubbed the back of neck.
"Sorry I didn't mean to make it sound like an insult. What I mean is that everyone that I just mentioned should travel to Hell and stop this before it gets any worse. You guys are our strongest fighters so it'd make sense to send you off to where this all began and finish this. I'm confident the rest of us can protect the Earth," Tien said.
The others mulled over this for a moment. Tien's words had merit. Over the years it was the same routine ever since Vegeta attacked. The Saiyans and Piccolo were amongst the strongest of them. It was usually up to one of them to fight the main villain and hopefully come out on top.
"As much as it pains me to say this…Tien is right. We've been doing the same thing for years. I don't know why we try to do things differently," Krillin said shrugging his shoulders.
"I'll be glad as long as I can actually finish my opponent and not have Kakarot come out of nowhere and finish him off for me…again. To be honest I'm sick of us all having our own opponents to fight, but in the end we are defeated and Kakarot somehow gains the power to defeat the boss of the group," Vegeta said grumbling.
"Aw come on Vegeta, I don't do that every time," Goku said putting his hand behind his head chuckling.
"Kakarot, that is a bold face lie and you know it." Vegeta responded to his rival.
"Alright then, I guess we'll take four senzu and leave the other half here," Goku said opening the bag.
"Goku don't, I can manage just fine. My healing powers have increased immensely since our fight with Kid Buu. I can look after everyone here. I think it's best if you take them," Dende said.
Goku looked unsure of Dende's statement. He didn't want to take all of the beans with him. He cared deeply about all of his friends and he didn't want to see any of them hurt.
"It's alright Goku, besides Korin told us he'd have more by tomorrow anyway," Yamcha said.
Goku finally agreed and retied the bag firmly across his belt.
"Alright then, everyone grab on. I have to take you to the entrance of the Check-In Station. Then we'll have to fly down to Hell," Goku said.
Those that were going with Goku nodded and proceeded to grab onto his shoulder. Uub and Mr. Buu were walking toward him while he concentrated.
Suddenly the Earth started to shake and everyone felt many thousands of people's life force disappear into nothingness.
"What the? What's going on?" Hercule cried hanging onto Buu.
Piccolo concentrated for a second till his eyes widened.
"Wait I sense Frieza and Cell!" The Namek cried out.
"What? How did they escape Hell and get to the Earth?!" Vegeta asked.
"We don't have time for that! We need to get down there right away! Goku take us down there!" Mirai shouted.
"Uub, Buu stay here till we get back. We can handle them no problem," Goku told the approaching duo.
Goku quickly refocused on where the biggest power was felt and instant transmitted himself, his sons, Vegeta and his sons, and Piccolo toward the destructive powers.
*Five minutes earlier*
Once again Frieza found himself standing outside the door with his brother, father, Cell, and King Piccolo. The takeover of the Check-In Station was relatively quick. King Yemma had no defense against the onrushing tide of the various Demons led by the small creature named Kid Buu. Many of the ogres gave up instantly pleading for mercy, but were met with the cruel fist of the Demons. King Piccolo only stood there the entire time watching patiently with a massive grin on his face. It was like a father watching his children learning to take his first steps with pride. Finally he told Cell to pick Yemma up with telepathy and put him back in the Check-In Station. The Colds and King Piccolo walked behind the floating giant before Cell threw him in his chair.
From there the Demons were ripping the place to pieces. They were ripping up various files and papers found all over the place. King Yemma's massive book remained untouched since King Piccolo ordered them to leave it alone as he wanted to look at it later. He ordered some of his men to take it down to Hell and bring it to his private chambers in his castle.
From there he left around a hundred Demons to watch over the Check-In Station and split his forces into different groups. His most elite men were sent to deal with most of the warrior's on Grand Kai's planet and the others were sent to various Kai planets spread throughout Otherworld.
Two hours later the Colds and Cell were waiting outside the door to go to Earth with the Demon King. He wanted to return to his castle and then refocus on taking the Earth. The rest of his subjects still had a couple of hours before they were to return and he was relaying instructions to his direct offspring to give to the returning Demons.
"So I hope you're all ready for a small bit of fun on Earth. I need to take care of something on Earth and then we'll return here and wait for Goku and his merry group," King Piccolo's voice said calling up the stairs.
The others turned toward him with a raised eyebrow questioning as to what he had planned.
"I only want to show them a small portion of what is to come. When they realize what's truly going on they'll have no choice, but to come here and then we'll spring the trap I have in store for them. By the end of all this, they'll finally understand the ramifications of standing in our way."
"No matter, I've waited over eighteen years for my revenge against Son Gohan. I can wait a little longer," Cell said.
The space tyrants stood silent for a moment till they nodded their heads as well.
King Piccolo once again stood before the door and raised his arm. The door opened just enough to let them through and they found themselves staring at a back alleyway of thriving metropolis.
King Piccolo strode forward with the others behind him. The walked into the alleyway and the door closed behind them and disappeared.
Cell stood still for a moment till he addressed his peers.
"I can sense them all at the Lookout. They seem to have picked up some new friends over the years. There are a couple of people that I don't recognize," Cell said.
"That's most likely the child Uub, the fat version of Majin Buu, and some of the other offspring of Goku's merry lot," King Piccolo told him.
"So what do we do now? Start blowing the city?" Frieza asked.
"Oh no, I'd like to conduct a little experiment and see if Cell or I have been forgotten. I always enjoyed these pitiful humans trying to guess who I was. It's always funny to see the look on their faces when they realize their oppressor of old is standing in front of them," King Piccolo said.
"I was never one for hiding, but I'll indulge you since the looks on their faces when they recognize you will be priceless," Cooler said.
So with that the evil warriors walked out of the back alleyway and found themselves in the center of town.
Cell looked around for a moment.
"Isn't this where King Furry lives?" He asked.
"Indeed this is the capital of my old empire before I was killed by Goku many years ago. This place still hasn't changed much," King Piccolo commented.
"It's amazing how they have flying cars and yet they can't even make space pods with the capability of flying to other solar systems," Frieza remarked looking around.
"I'll admit the flying cars are new for me, but Humans have a tendency to be slow on scientific achievements. Except, for prodigies like Dr. Gero of course," King Piccolo said nodding to Cell.
Throughout their walking in the streets people were giving them weird stares. While they obeyed the traffic laws and were trying to be inconspicuous, people found their appearances odd. After two minutes people were looking at Cell and King Piccolo with confused expressions.
An old man that happened to be across the street was looking at King Piccolo for a second till his eyes widened in terror.
"I know that person…that's King Piccolo!" He shouted pointing toward the Demon King.
Everyone else stopped and a middle aged woman stared at Cell.
"Wait…isn't that Cell?" She asked.
For a moment everyone was silent till King Piccolo smiled in an evil manner.
"And here we….go!" He said to his cohorts and flicking his hands at the mass of people.
Suddenly there was massive panic were screaming and tripping over each other. Cars rammed into each other causing accidents as people ran away from the group as fast as they could.
King Piccolo took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
"Ah…I must say it's great to see people fear me again. Okay on with the show then," The Demon King said raising his palm and charging Ki into his hand.
He released it and it engulfed the wave of people fleeing. They all were vaporized and didn't stand a chance. The Colds and Cell raised their fingers to perform their various Death Beams.
"First to two hundred is the winner?" Frieza asked.
"Agreed, but the beams have to pass through only one person at a time," His brother answered.
King Cold and Cell merely grunted in acknowledgement and began firing their Death Beams at the fleeing masses.
Goku and the others arrived outside King Furry's castle and saw half the city in shambles. Bodies littered the streets and they saw explosions throughout the city.
"Kakarot, I sense the bastards a couple of miles to the east!" Vegeta cried flying off toward the direction he stated.
Everyone else followed Vegeta with his sons directly behind him. Gohan, Goten, Goku, and Piccolo who flew in the back to keep an eye on their backs. As soon as they got there no one was there.
"What where'd that lizard go? I know Cell can hide his power, but Frieza shouldn't be able to!" Vegeta cried out looking around in frustration.
"Well you'd be surprised what one can learn when you're stuck in Hell for a very long time Vegeta. I see you learned some new tricks since we last met. I was always fond of my favorite monkey prince learning parlor tricks," Frieza's voice rang out.
"Come out and face me coward! I'll send you back to the depths of Hell where you belong!" Vegeta shouted powering his base up to the maximum.
"All in good time my little monkey, all in good time. Don't worry soon we'll fight and I'll once again have you lying in the dirt beaten and broken, but not now," Frieza's voice called out.
Piccolo was moving his eyes back and forth trying to see if he could find them, but he couldn't sense them anywhere.
"Well personally I say we stop this little game of hide and seek and show these monkeys and this slug a taste of what's to come. Wouldn't you agree Father?" Another voice called out.
"Wait a second…isn't that Cooler?" Gohan asked out loud.
"Oh joy looks like the whole lizard family is here. I can't wait to beat the crap out of them; provided my son doesn't kill Frieza and Cold again," Vegeta said chuckling and looking over to his eldest son.
Mirai was silent looking back and forth.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Unless I am mistaken that is the Trunks from the future that I fought at my Cell Games eighteen years ago." Cell's voice rang from above.
Everyone looked up and saw Cell floating up in the sky with his arms folded. His body posture was of a cool and confident warrior once again. He was giving them the same look just before Goku fought him at the Cell Games.
"What's up Cell? Are you here for a rematch against me? I promise you this will end the same way as last time," Gohan said floating up a couple of inches.
Cell merely shook his head.
"All in good time Gohan, don't you worry. Soon I'll have you beaten and broken at my feet once again proving that I am truly perfect," Cell told him.
"Here I was hoping your time in Hell would have showed you the error of your pathetic idea of you being 'perfect'. Looks like I was wrong," Gohan retorted.
"If what you say is true of the twin Saiyans Cell, then I will have the utmost pleasure of finally killing him. I have my eye on the monkey wearing the Saiyan-type armor. If any of you get in my way. I won't hesitate to kill you. Do I make myself clear, boys?" Cold's voice called out next to them.
Everyone turned to the right and saw King Cold floating there with his sons. They saw that King Cold looked much like Frieza in his final form and Cooler was in his fifth form.
"Let me guess this is your true form? I wonder…if I had let you transform would you have put up more of a challenge, or would you still been the pathetic coward begging for his life?" Mirai called out pointing his finger at him.
"Trust me boy, had I been able to transforme not even you and Goku in your Super Saiyan states could have stopped me," King Cold told him.
"So why don't you guys come over here and put your money where your mouth is?" Mirai called out.
"Oh don't worry we will, but not today. For now we're just here to distract you for a moment while our new friend takes care of some businesses. It's not often I, my brother, or father does this sort of grunt work so to speak," Frieza said gesturing to the mass destruction over the city.
"There's always a certain amount of satisfaction when doing it ourselves," Frieza finished telling them chuckling.
"You sick freak! I'm going to enjoy ripping you to pieces and making sure you can't come back to life!" Vegeta said.
"Oh come now Vegeta, surely this world hasn't dulled your memory. I once recall you practically begging me to the exact same thing I just did when you were only a small child," Frieza said waving his hand.
Vegeta was only getting angrier by the snide comments and the only reason he waited was for the opportune moment take them out without harming civilians. He wasn't sure if he could deal with Bulma yelling at him about not protect them even since they don't have any Dragon Balls at the moment.
"Look I understand you all want a rematch against us, but trust me when I say this. You're all nothing compared to us now. Heck we may not even have to transform past the first level of Super Saiyan. Level two will be more than enough to take you down if need be," Goku said smugly.
Cooler stuck his hand out at Goku and said.
"Don't get to overconfident monkey. Our strength has increased to levels beyond even our wildest expectations. Soon we'll finally destroy you and your merry little bunch,"
Vegeta only scoffed at them.
"How many times do I have to tell you losers? If anyone is going to kill Kakarot it's going to be me. I've known him longer than any of you," The Saiyan Prince declared toward the floating adversaries.
Suddenly Goku felt himself being struck in the back by a strong force and he fell through the buildings below, sliding into the streets, and making a small crater.
The others looked back to see who had punched him, but no one was there and neither Cell nor the Colds had moved.
"Actually I've been stuck in Hell for over thirty years, because of Goku. If we're going by how long we've all known him, then I have the most right to kill him than any of you," A sinister voice said behind the group.
Piccolo froze and felt his eyes nearly pop out of his skull. His whole body was shaking while he slowly turned around to face the owner of the voice.
His worst fears had come to life. Standing behind him was the past he let go years ago and now it was back, haunting him. Behind him stood his sire of old.
"Hello...Junior," The Demon King smiled as he greeted his son.
*Jason9000: Well that'll do it. I've been looking forward to this chapter for a long time. Technically this chapter came to me first before most of the plot. Like I said above I've had this chapter stuck in my head since the beginning. Before I forget I'm going to address something that tortoricin asked in a review. It's something that everyone wants to know I'm sure. Could you guess what that is? That's right it's what makes DBZ so special, what makes people constantly fight over some of the silliest things, it's the most evil thing Toriyama ever did in Dragon Ball that drives fans nuts, it's…POWER LEVELS! I suggest you strap in, because this is a doozy. Before I begin tortoricin I am not calling you out nor am I trying to be rude to you. This is just my honest opinion on the subject of power levels.
Okay here is my honest opinion on power levels. Personally I think that they're complete and utter BULL SHIT. They're literally just numbers. Think about it for a second. Villains constantly boasted their power level was higher than the Z-Gang like Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta, etc. and yet…they all surprisingly got beaten. The only thing a power level does is show who has a better percent chance of winning. For example Raditz had a power level of 1200 while Goku and Piccolo were around what 480 each? Even if you add them together that reaches 960. Sure that may hurt Raditz a bit, but that wouldn't kill him. Power levels are basically to show who is stronger in a punching contest. Disregarding ki, environmental factors, unique abilities a species has (like Nameks being able to regenerate), and countless other factors. Then yes power levels would be always accurate, but throughout the series it showed that they shouldn't be relied on and anything could happen. The Earth's sun could have gone Supernova at any random moment in the series during their fights on Earth and incinerate everybody. And before I hear you all say "Cooler was thrown into the sun and he survived." Yes, but if it wasn't for the Big Gete Star he would have died from either staying in the sun, or just as a floating head in space. That would be considered an outside factor. Again in my honest opinion power levels shouldn't really be considered in terms of strength unless you want characters to punch each other to death and personally that would be boring. I mean sure if you want to find out the number of someone's power level that's fine, but that won't mean they'll win outright.
However I will tell how strong the Z-Gang is based on the characters at the end of Z not from power levels as a number, but from their various feats shown at the end of Z and a result of their training from the warning they got from King Kai.
Gohan (Just surpasses his father as his stamina doesn't drain since he does not have Super Saiyan 3 and can access all of his current strength thanks to Elder Kai and retraining his body.)
Goku
Vegeta
Mirai (Remember he's technically older than Goten and Trunks, so he has more years of experience.)
Trunks/Goten (Since they're now full grown adults they're just about equal. I won't put fusion up till later.)
Piccolo
Majin Buu (As a result of losing most of his power from separating himself from Kid Buu and not training much over the next eleven years)
Uub (He's had over one year of actual training guys. He hasn't gained the strength equal to that of his previous reincarnation. Sure he's strong by human standards and surprised Goku a bit during the fight at the World Martial Art Tournament, but to be honest he isn't the warrior that he should have been in GT.)
Android 16
Android 17/18
Tien (The only human that trains till death I believe.)
Krillin
Yamcha
Chiaotzu
Pan
Okay that should do it. Remember this list isn't built on power levels from using numbers, but from their feats done through the end of Z and added the year and a half of training. Well I hope you enjoyed. Till next time please R&R!*
