Kai watched through the crystal ball as different battles reached their conclusions "Not gonna lie, this is going better than I expected."

"How's it going over there?" asked Gohan.

"Well 17 and Krillin just tag teamed Android 13 pretty easily with a frontal assault and Destructo Disk to the back, Vegeta just used some new form of Super Saiyan and wiped out Turles with a Galick Gun to the face, and Tien and Yamcha just used some kind of fusion and wiped out Slug with a Kamehameha to the face. That's three of the Kings of Destruction down at once."

"Yeah but 7 are still left."

"Magatsuhi, Buu, Janemba, Frieza, Cell, Bojack and Hirudegarn. There's something weird here though."

"What is it?"

"I don't see Hirudegarn anywhere."

"Magatsuhi is probably just keeping him in reserves, Janemba and Frieza aside he's probably the most powerful."

"Yeah that's true. Hey how much time do you have left?"

"I think about 2 hours."

"Good to know, with any luck I can meditate and boost my power a little bit further. I'll need it for this fight." and he began meditating.

'2 hours left, then me and Kai have to save the universe. Dad, Piccolo, Kagome, everyone, please just hold on until I get there.'

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Cell stood in the middle of a certain wasteland 'He should be here any minute now.'

Sure enough, a few moments later, Mirai dropped in with Trunks and Goten "Sorry to keep you waiting Cell."

"Well well Trunks, or should I say Mirai, I'm so glad you saw it fit to make an appearance before me. I just hope you know what you're in for."

"Yes I do, avenging my master." Mirai let out a furious roar as he ascended into Super Saiyan 2, sending out a shockwave across the entire desert, nearly blowing Trunks and Goten off their feet.

"Well now, it appears that you weren't overselling your own abilities nearly as much as I had assumed that you were. Still though, it appears that you're going a bit far singing your own praises. I'm afraid winning isn't in the cards for you, in this timeline or the next!" and he charged forward.

Mirai easily blocked a barrage of punches and kicks with little to no effort, leapt over a sweeping kick and took to the air.

Cell followed him upwards and began firing a rapid barrage of punches.

Mirai quickly ducked underneath the barrage and slugged Cell in the gut and fired a Buster Cannon, sending him flying into a plateau on the ground below.

Cell emerged and wiped the blood from his lip "Spry little runt aren't you? Fine then, I guess I'll just have to try a little bit harder!" he fired a Ki blast.

Mirai escaped by doing several backflips and leapt out of the way to avoid an oncoming barrage of Ki blasts.

"Hold still!"

"How about no!" Mirai blitzed in front of Cell and kicked him directly in the face, sending him tumbling into a plateau.

Cell blitzed back in front of him and smirked "Well now, it doesn't look like you're messing around are you?"

"That's never been my style." then he surprisingly powered down to his base form "Cell, for as long as I can remember, you and the other androids created by Dr Gero have made my life and my entire world nothing but a living hell. They destroyed countless innocent lives, took my master from me and turned my world into a nightmare from which I thought there was no waking up. But then I came back here to the past, I met Goku and my father and everyone else, and they helped me become stronger both physically and mentally. Then I returned to my world and killed the androids, and the you from that world. But I never forgot the nightmare of those 18 years, and now they're coming back to haunt me. I know now that the only way I'll be able to truly move on with my life is if I finish you here and now!" with a furious roar in a blinding golden light, Mirai ascended to Super Saiyan Rage.

"So you awakened a new form did you? And an impressive one at that, not that it will do you any good." he looked over at Trunks and Goten "But it wouldn't be very fair to just let you have all the fun now would it? What do you say we let the little ones over on the sidelines get in on the action?" his tail opened up and 3 blue creatures "Tell me Mirai, you remember the Cell Jr's don't you?"

"All I remember is that Gohan beat all of them with a single shot each, says something about how reliable they were."

"Perhaps, but I assure that I am far stronger than I was then and by extension so are they."

"You'd be a fool to not realize that I am too."

"You think I don't know that?" Cell turned to two of the Cell Jr's "Listen well my new offspring, the two brats standing on the sidelines are your foes. Give them pain, or better yet just wipe them from the face of the Earth." then he turned to the third one "As for you, well you know what to do. Now go!"

The first two charged, whereas the third one suddenly blitzed away using Instant Transmission.

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Trunks braced himself "Here they come."

"Just stand back." Goten suddenly flashed into Super Saiyan 2 "I've got this one."

"But Goten-"

"I'm avenging my big brother, don't get involved until I say so. And I won't say so."

"Gotcha!" the two Cell Jr's charged forward.

Goten held out two hands "Masenko!" he fired a Masenko from each hand, incinerating both Cell Jr's before they could react "Is that it?"

"...Well that was anticlimactic." Trunks commented.

"So was the way Gohan was killed. This isn't like any ordinary fight or sparring match Trunks, this is war."

"...Can you teach me how to do that and how to go Super Saiyan 2?"

"When this is over."

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Cell's eyes nearly bulged out of his head "Both of them in one shot? How- That shouldn't be possible for a brat like that!"

Mirai smirked "You underestimate what those little brats as you say are capable of. At this point he would've taken you out back when you were alive the first time around."

"So it would seem. Very well then, now let's see how hot your own fire burns." then he looked over and saw the third Cell Jr reappear "And this is how I'll do it." he then opened his tail and absorbed the Cell Jr and what it was holding, altering his appearance to a certain extent and turning part of his skin blue "Wanna take a wild guess that was?"

"The remains of Android 13?"

"The remains of- How did you-"

"I can sense Krillin and the others on the move, the only reason that could be happening is if they finished their opponent. Vegeta, Tien and Yamcha stopped fighting a little while ago. That means that three of your allies are down, once you're done there's only going to be 6 left."

"Big words, why don't you save them for the grave after you've received a taste of my newfound power."

"We'll see about that." Mirai blitzed towards him but disappeared in an afterimage.

Cell looked up and saw Mirai above him, so he promptly blitzed upwards to meet him.

Mirai aimed a kick but hit only an afterimage.

Cell came at him from behind.

Mirai dodged every punch and kick being thrown with ease.

"You call that speed!" Cell aimed a kick.

Mirai blocked it and fired off a few punches.

Cell dodged them all and met one punch with a punch of his own, resulting in the two of them trading even blows, which ended when he fired a Ki blast.

Mirai deflected it and dodged the next two punches, leading the clash back down towards the ground.

Cell charged and met Mirai's barrage of punches directly in the middle, the clash sending shockwaves throughout the battlefield "Now die!" he channeled Ki into his fist and thrusted it forward, resulting in an explosion.

Mirai blitzed away right before the fist made contact, leaving Cell to hit only the ground, now standing on top of a small plateau in front of him. He then proceeded to lower himself back down to the ground "Are you done flailing around angrily?"

"Don't get too comfortable with yourself boy, even if you have any sort of luck on your side the odds of beating me are hardly in your favor."

"You couldn't be more wrong."

"...Yes, that's the spirit. Too bad you're gonna lose that spirit once you witness in all of my petrifying glory!" and with a furious roar, he ascended to his new maximum level of power, his golden aura crackling with electricity as he shook the entirety of the desert.

'Okay Trunks, now is the moment of truth. Now I'll finally get to face my greatest nightmare at his maximum power.'

"So tell me Trunks, are you still feeling like this is your lucky day?"

"Well I honestly can't say that I'm very impressed."

Cell blinked, then burst forward faster than many could see and slugged Mirai straight across the face.

Mirai didn't even flinch "You done? Good, then I'm gonna take my turn now." he promptly buried his fist into Cell's gut, then slugged him in the jaw with a vicious uppercut, sending him crashing to the ground.

Cell stumbled to get to his feet, still reeling from the attack and coughing up blood "What… in the-? Two punches… there's no way I should've taken this much damage… Dammit… I'm supposed to be invincible! You miserable…"

Mirai slowly advanced forward and blocked a barrage of kicks.

"YOU WILL NOT MOCK ME!" Cell aimed another kick.

Mirai caught this one and kicked Cell in the side of his head, sending him crashing to the ground a fair distance away.

Cell got back on his feet, feeling his rage get the better of him "You wretched… No… I will not allow this to stand! I am perfection incarnate, I refuse to be outdone by a snivelling half breed Saiyan brat! I am the ultimate form of life, I will not suffer this humiliation!"

Mirai slowly advanced forward "I think it's about time we finish this."

"DESTRUCTO DISK!" Cell desperately fired off two Destructo Disks.

Mirai drew his Brave Sword and cut them both down with a single stroke, causing them to evaporate.

Cell leapt into the air and fired a Special Beam Cannon.

Mirai deflected the attack with one hand, causing to detonate in mid air without harming anybody.

Cell desperately began firing a desperate barrage of Ki blasts, only for them to have no effect, terrifying him even further "This can't be happening… I cannot let this happen…"

"Well it's happening." Mirai stepped forward.

'I don't understand, how is it that his power could utterly eclipse my own! It's completely and utterly inconceivable! And this feeling… is this what it is to know true fear?' he let out a roar and ascended as high as he could, then cupped his hands and began charging Ki "Ka… Me… Ha… Me…"

'So that's his plan, he's getting so desperate now that he knows that he's outclassed that he'll try anything and everything to take me out.'

"You're powerful but let's see how you handle this, a full power Kamehameha! Dodge it and the Earth blows to bits! HAAAA!" he fired a full power Kamehameha.

'Gohan, mother, everyone from my time, please lend me your strength.' he cupped his hands at his side, purple Ki building between his palms "GALICK GUN!" he fired a full power Galick Gun, pushing the Kamehameha back with ease.

Cell tried to push it back downwards but found himself brutally outclassed "How… How can this be?! This is impossible! I AM PERFECTION ITSELF!" and with that, he was engulfed by the blast and completely obliterated, leaving nothing behind.

'It's over, I can't sense Cell's Ki anymore. He's gone, and he's gone for good this time.'

"Hey future me!" Trunks came rushing up to him, with Goten right behind him "Is it over, did you do it?"

"Yeah it's done, I can't sense his Ki anymore. He's gone."

"Alright! That means another one of those lame ass Kings of Destruction is toast!"

"Yeah, now that's 6 down and 4 to go."

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Bardock was flying through the air at full speed, only one thought on his mind 'Frieza, even in death you live to eradicate any trace of the Saiyan race.'

"Father."

Bardock looked back to see Raditz approach him, followed by Miroku, Kohaku, Bankotsu, Krillin and Master Roshi flying up to him "So you guys actually had enough nerve to follow me to this fight."

"Frieza has tortured our race long enough even in death, it's time for some Saiyan style retribution."

"Agreed-" then Bardock nearly froze as he sensed a Ki signature "Alright guys get ready, they're here."

"But it's so massive, can Frieza really have become so powerful?"

"Well it wouldn't surprise me." Bardock touched down, with the others following, and looked up to see Frieza's ship descending "Get ready, they're about to land."

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Kai's eyes hardened "It's starting."

"Magatsuhi?" Gohan guessed.

"No, apparently Bankotsu, Miroku, Kohaku, Krillin, Master Roshi and two Saiyans that I don't recognize are about to confront Frieza and his army. From what I can tell, Bojack is there too."

"Looks like they've got their work cut out for them, especially with the amount of power Frieza is emitting right now."

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Bankotsu held out an arm, motioning for everyone except for Bardock to get behind him "I don't know about you guys but nothing annoys me more than uninvited guests."

"I told Sango to go help Piccolo and the others." Miroku told him.

"Probably for the best, weapons like Hiraikotsu wouldn't work on the likes of Frieza or Bojack anyway."

"Still though, that means it's only us 7 against all of them." Roshi held up a bag "At least I had time to get some Senzu Beans from Korin before we left."

"Good idea, some of us may not measure up to this."

That was when Frieza emerged from the ship, followed by 3,000 soldiers, with Bojack floating right by his side "Well well, two Saiyans, a traitor and a rag tag bunch of misfits. Well at least they know variety, well somewhat anyway."

"You've got some nerve showing your face here Frieza." Bardock snarled, images of his last encounter with Frieza still fresh in his mind "What the hell are you doing here anyway?"

"I thought it should be obvious to you monkey, I came to claim my revenge. I take it Goku is not here yet."

"Goku doesn't need to bother with the likes of you." Krillin snarled.

"Oh look if it isn't the little bald one, I have the distinct memory of killing you back on Planet Namek. That was a great deal of fun."

'For one of us anyway.'

"It appears that the Dragon Balls are able to resurrect the powerful as well as the pathetic. Well I don't care how many times you come back, it only affords the opportunity to end your existence in ever more brutal and creative ways. No need to feel left out, for if Goku chooses not to join the festivities then I plan to execute all of you. The sheer grief that would cause him would at least be worth all of the trouble I've gone through to amass my armies and come here."

"No need, I'm here." sure enough, a black haired figure clad in an orange gi suddenly appeared in front of Frieza "I'll make your trip worthwhile."

"At last we meet again Son Goku, I cannot tell you how long I've been waiting for this. Finally, I can claim the revenge I've been dreaming of for all these years."

"And I thought we were done with you for good Frieza, how did you manage to come back to life anyway? Last I remember Trunks cut you into about a thousand pieces."

"You can thank Magatsuhi for that. How poetic it was, a demon born from Earth itself saving me from the humiliation that was Earth's Hell. You cannot begin to imagine the depths of my suffering there. I spent most of my days strung up like a damn pupating moth trapped over a field of delicate little flowers where bands of fairies and enchanted stuffed animals lived. They played songs and danced asinine jigs as if their only care in life was when they would get their next warm fuzzy hug! Instead of ruling the universe with an iron fist I was serenaded by teddy bears!"

"Well don't try to put that one on me Frieza, you're the one who came to Earth looking for a fight and that's the main reason Trunks took your life."

"I had to come here, that's what you don't get. I will never be able to sleep in this cosmos knowing that I share it with you. Your death is my remedy, that's why I've been training intensively every single day since Magatsuhi brought me back to this world in order to make sure that I don't lose to you again. Having to put any real effort into anything was a first for me Goku, I'll make sure you suffer for that as well."

"Well we're gonna need a lot more space for a fight like this." Goku looked back "Father, everyone, I'll let all of you deal with these guys. I'll lure Frieza over to the other side of the island and deal with him myself." then he disappeared.

Frieza looked back "Bojack, you will command the forces until I finish Goku and return. Leave none of them alive." then he disappeared as well.

"You heard my son." Bardock dropped into a combat stance "Let's do this."

"You all heard Lord Frieza." Bojack cracked his neck "Go get them and remember, show no mercy."

The soldiers charged.

Roshi was quick bulk up to his max power form "Alright fellas, let's do this. 7 of us against 2,000, by my estimation our quota is about 285 or so space trolls for each of us."

"Right, now let's go!" Bardock charged first, with the rest of them following, and they began fighting off the soldiers with clear ease.

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"Come on!" Roshi launched himself using his staff "Kamehameha!" and he launched a Max Power Kamehameha, killing several soldiers at once, then picked up his staff, only for it to crumble into nothing "Oh crap."

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Krillin found himself sweating "Come on man, just get in there. They need you!" he noticed one get behind him.

"Dragon Hammer!" Bankotsu fired a blast from his Banryu "Get a grip cue ball, this shouldn't be a surprise for you.

"Y-Yeah, right. What the hell is wrong with me? I can't stop shaking.'

"You ready to die chrome dome?" several soldiers surrounded him.

'What's my problem? I'm completely paralyzed, if I can't get a grip on myself then I'm totally done for!'

"Alright, let's get to it!" one of them charged.

Krillin dodged the punch with ease, surprising even himself.

"You lucky little-"

Krillin dodged several more "I ducked, he was so slow it's like he was standing still…"

"What are you surprised for Krillin?" Roshi called from where he was wrestling with one of Krillin's soldiers "Frieza, Cell, Broly, Janemba, Dabura, Buu, all of those enemies, not to mention Gohan, Goku and everyone else! You've spent all these years with a front row seat to some of the greatest displays of fighting techniques the universe has to offer! You've absorbed much more than you know! These third rate scrubs won't even be able to touch you with their attacks as long as you keep your eyes open!"

"Do you really think so?"

"Have a little bit of faith in yourself and in your training, you're a proud student of the Turtle School of martial arts! You wear it on your gi!"

Krillin looked down at the symbol on his gi "Yeah…"

"That was a fluke, I'll destroy you!" the soldiers all charged.

Krillin fired a simple Ki blast, killing up to 8 of them at once, then finished off 12 more with a single Destructo Disk "I pushed myself to the limit and beyond so I could get strong enough to protect my family and make my daughter proud, I'll be damned if I lose to guys like you and let you do anything to them!"

"Yeah that's the spirit Krillin!" Roshi cupped his hands "But don't think I'm gonna let you outdo me! Here's the secret technique of the Turtle School straight from its creator and founding member! Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired his Max Power Kamehameha.

"Well said wise master! Kaioken!" Miroku activated his Kaioken, with Kohaku doing the same, and they blitzed through several soldiers.

"Rebellion Trigger!" Bardock fired a Rebellion Trigger, obliterating several soldiers with the shockwave alone.

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Bojack smirked "Well now, they may provide a bit more entertainment than I thought they would."

"Lord Bojack." the one on his right spoke "Permission to join in the battle?"

"Good idea, leave no survivors."

"Gladly."

"Show those weaklings what the most powerful soldier in the modern day Frieza Force is capable of." he looked at Tagoma on his right and shook his head, then back at Shisami and nodded again.

"Right." Shisami floated down and met Raditz eye to eye "You'll be the first one of them to die Saiyan trash."

"Fine by me, if you want to die next then it's your funeral!" Raditz charged forward and let a punch fly.

Shisami blocked it.

Raditz aimed a kick.

Shisami blocked the kick and punched Raditz square in the chest, sending him skidding back a fair distance, then fired a Ki blast.

Raditz rebounded in time to dodge the Ki blast "Saturday Crush!" he fired a Saturday Crush, engulfing Shisami in an explosion "Good riddance."

Shisami blitzed behind Raditz and chopped him on the back of the neck, knocking him to the ground.

Raditz quickly recovered and charged at Shisami, resulting in them trading even blows, which ended when he sent Shisami skidding back with a Ki blast "Okay maybe you're stronger than I gave you credit for, perhaps I shouldn't take any more chances." he quickly flashed into Super Saiyan and slugged Shisami straight through his chest, killing him instantly, then powered back down to his base form "You make this too easy-" he froze when he looked down and saw a gigantic hole "H-How…"

As it turns out, Tagoma was the one who fired it "You also made this too easy for me, the true strongest soldier in the modern day Frieza Force-"

"-of fodder." Bardock cut him off when he flashed into Super Saiyan and fired a Final Spirit Cannon at Tagoma's skull at point blank range "Yeah that's enough of the fodder already, I didn't deal with them before and I'm not dealing with them now." then he decided to turn his attention over to Bojack "I'm aiming for the big boss, and this time I'm not gonna fail."

Bojack smirked and floated down to meet him at eye level "Fine by me, it's been far too long for my liking since I've snapped someone's neck."

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A rocky desert terrain.

That was what Piccolo saw when he could see again 'Well at least I can't sense any other life so now I don't have to hold back, with a monster like this as my opponent I can't afford to.'

Janemba suddenly materialized in front of him with a malicious smirk on his face, and almost immediately charged forward.

'I don't like the feel of this one, I'd better not hold back.' Piccolo quickly ripped off his turban and cape just in time for him to dodge a punch and aim a kick.

Janemba blocked it with his forearm and attempted to whack Piccolo with his tail.

Piccolo ducked to avoid the tail and kicked Janemba in the face.

Janemba recovered almost immediately and grabbed Piccolo by the ankle.

Piccolo kicked Janemba in the head and freed himself, then unleashed a small blast of the Dragonfire of Porunga.

Janemba warped the blast away using his Dimensional Hole and opened another hole directly behind Piccolo in an attempt to hit him with a sneak attack.

Piccolo leapt out of the way of the attack at the last second and charged at Janemba, kneeing him square in the jaw, then hit him with a spin kick to the face and attempted to finish the assault with an Explosive Demon Wave from behind.

Janemba dodged the blast using his Bunkai Teleportation, then used it to counter with his Cosmic Illusion technique.

Piccolo leapt back to gain some distance as he clutched the singed top of his gi 'This is insane, I know Gohan said he was powerful but this kind of power shouldn't exist!'

That was when Janemba chose to emphasize that point further by firing a Hell Gate blast from his mouth.

'This is going to hurt.' and then Piccolo felt his entire world explode.

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Goku stood in front of Frieza and smirked "You're a lot stronger now than you were the last time we met Frieza, there's no question about that. But it's been a really long time, and in case you haven't noticed I've gotten stronger too."

"The first time we met I made mistakes and you caught me off guard, to ensure that won't happen again I'm going to take my final form from the start." Frieza flared his pink aura as the ground beneath them began shaking, the force nearly pushing Goku off his feet, and with a furious roar he was engulfed in a bright light. When said light dissipated, it revealed Frieza in his final form, his aura crackling with pink electricity."

'Holy crap that's incredible, just what kind of training did he do? Far be it for me to deny credit where credit is due Frieza, you're definitely no pushover. If you weren't rotten to the core then you would actually make a perfect sparring partner for me, what a waste of talent."

"That's just the sort of small minded drivel that makes your very existence so completely and utterly intolerable."

"Is that so?" Goku flared his white aura, channeling the power of the Ultra Divine Water in his base form.

"Go on, channel that Super Saiyan glow that I hate so much."

"To be honest Frieza, I'm not so sure that I need to yet."

"Well well well, our monkey is wearing even bigger britches now."

"And for a good reason."

"So be it then, the black haired Goku's pelt will look just as good on my wall." Frieza dropped into a stance.

Goku dropped into his own stance.

Frieza charged forward and fired a barrage of attacks.

Goku dodged them and slugged Frieza in the gut, sending him into the cliffside.

Frieza charged out and fired off more punches.

Goku dodged and blocked them all, eventually managing to slug Frieza in the face and push him downwards during the clash, the force creating a large crater around them.

Frieza took to the air and stopped above the clouds.

Goku followed him.

Starting to lose his temper, Frieza charged at Goku in a rage.

Goku met all of Frieza's attacks, the shockwaves nearly causing the cliffsides below them to fall apart, then slugged him in the face and threw him towards the ground, leaving him to slam into it full force.

Frieza almost immediately burst back upwards and fired a furious barrage of attacks.

Goku charged through them and elbowed Frieza in the face, then punched him and sent him flying away. He then blitzed away, with Frieza following as the two of them clashed again far too fast for the eye to see, the clash ending when Goku smashed Frieza in the spine, sending him crashing into the see below.

Frieza fired a Ki blast from the water.

Goku countered with a Ki blast of his own and deflected the one that came flying through the smoke of the ensuing explosion.

A large barrage of Ki blasts emerged from the smoke.

Goku deflected them all away with ease, causing them to detonate along the ground.

"Take this!" Frieza blitzed behind Goku higher in the air and unleashed his Golden Death Ball.

Goku quickly fired his new Burst Kamehameha, pushing the Golden Death Ball back, ramming it into Frieza and engulfing him in the ensuing explosion that followed.

When the smoke cleared, Frieza was revealed to have blocked the blast, but was still left injured as a result.

"Seriously, that's all you've got?"

Frieza nearly attacked Goku in a rage, but quickly composed himself "Well this is quite unexpected, I knew that a great deal of time had passed since our last battle and I knew that you were the self improvement type but you've climbed even higher than I thought."

"I tried to warn you Frieza, you brought this on yourself."

"It's fortunate that I trained so hard, if it wasn't for that then I might actually be scared."

"I knew it, you've been holding something back from me haven't you?"

"That's well deduced for a simpleton, I've held back just like you."

"Then let's both go all in, no more tricks and no reserves."

"Very well, monkeys first."

"Are you sure about that? I don't want you to get discouraged but if that's what you want then fine, I'll show you." Goku lowered himself back down to the ground, with Frieza following his lead "Are you ready?"

"Oh by all means go right ahead."

"If you say so." Goku flared his white aura and was engulfed in a silver light. When the light dissipated, it revealed Goku now in his Super Saiyan Silver form "Well what do you think?"

Frieza tried not to appear intimidated "So what is this exactly, Super Saiyan with black hair dye and silver contacts?"

"Well it's a little more complicated than that, you don't have the patience for the full story so let's just say that I got a little taste of something from when I was a kid called the Ultra Divine Water and now I've learned to tap into that power on my own."

"Not bad at all Goku, this is just further vindication that if I hadn't evolved to a new level myself then this may very well have proven perilous for me."

"I think it's time you stop talking and start showing me Frieza."

"Very well, if you insist." Frieza's aura turned a blazing golden color and began flaring wildly around his body, shaking the very cliffside itself and several the ground connecting him and Goku, and with a furious roar he was engulfed in a blinding light that covered almost the entire battlefield. When the light dissipated, it revealed Frieza in a new golden form.

'So he's unlocked a new form of his own? Well I'll give him this much, his new power is totally amazing.'

"I know that gold is a bit gauche but I wanted to assure that you grasp my new position atop the pecking order, and for the sake of your feeble mind let's keep the name simple as well. We'll call this Golden Frieza. Of course I hope you realize that this iteration has far more to it than just a shimmering new facade."

"I noticed, to be completely honest Frieza you're more power than I had expected as well and it's definitely got my heart beating a few ticks faster."

"This is going to be quite the epic battle my old nemesis."

"It sure as hell won't be an easy one, now what do you say we give this a shot?" Goku dropped into a stance.

Frieza remained as he was.

Goku made the first move as he burst forward.

Frieza caught his fist and slugged Goku in the gut and the face, sending him flying through the cliffside behind him, then fired at him with his Emperor's Death Beam barrage, detonating the cliffside in an explosion.

Goku emerged from the wreckage unharmed, then blitzed above Frieza and smashed him down into the sea below.

Frieza burst upwards and fired a barrage of attacks, pushing Goku back and managing to kick him into the cliffside.

Goku burst back upwards and caught Frieza in a power struggle.

Frieza quickly flipped Goku and kneed him in the gut.

Goku kneed Frieza in the side of the head, resulting in the two them trading even blows, which ended when Goku retreated to the inside of the island's dormant volcano.

Frieza followed him.

Goku charged and fired a few punches.

Frieza dodged them with ease and slugged Goku in the face, dodged a few punches, elbowed Goku in the gut and slugged him in the face once again, then went back to countering the oncoming attacks.

Goku aimed a few kicks.

Frieza blocked them with ease and fired his Emperor's Edge, injuring Goku and carving into the side of the volcano "Was that too much? Oh I'm terribly sorry, I'm still getting used to this." he then pushed Goku back into fighting in mid air, easily pushing him back. This abruptly ended when Frieza kicked Goku in the side, sending him crashing into a cliffside.

Goku emerged, panting somewhat heavily and now sporting mild wounds "Dammit, I hate to admit it but I'm having trouble here."

"You say that like it isn't obvious."

"There's no way around it Frieza, you really are impressive. It took me years of blood and sweat to reach this level but you've caught up like it's nothing."

"Surely you're not trying to play on my mercy Goku, not even the likes of you could be that naive. I commend you for putting up a good struggle, BUT I WON'T UNTIL I'VE HAD MY REVENGE AND YOU'RE IN FAR TOO MANY PIECES TO COUNT! Now then, would you like to pick which limb I rip off first or should I surprise you?"

"You sure that you wanna keep going? You're better off leaving on a high note while you still can, you just got a new life and I would hate for you to waste it."

"You can't actually think I would retreat with my victory so close at hand, what sort of fool do you think I am?"

"Well the fact that I can see your weakness plain as day should answer that."

"See my weakness?" then Frieza barked out an arrogant laugh "This is truly becoming a farce, I hurl you through cliffsides and you wish to talk about my weakness? Fine I'll play along, what is my fatal shortcoming?"

"It's not effecting you yet Frieza but it's about to, I can feel it."

"...I'm listening."

"You're too eager for your revenge, that's gonna be your downfall. Let me take a wild guess about your training, you bolted back here to Earth the minute you achieved this new golden form of yours didn't you?"

"And so what if I did, what's your point?"

"My point is that your new form is burning through more power than your body will be able to supply, you should've waited until you were used to this form and new how to regulate it properly before you started picking fights."

"Is that what you cling to? Well in that case, I'LL JUST STOP WASTING MY TIME AND KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" Frieza charged in a wild rage.

Goku burst upwards past him.

Frieza followed him back up.

Goku fired a few punches, one of which managed to graze Frieza's cheek.

Frieza aimed a fist at Goku's gut.

Goku blocked it and aimed a few attacks, in which he managed to slug Frieza clear in the face.

Frieza kicked Goku in the face.

Goku slugged Frieza in the gut and quickly burst away.

Frieza followed after him.

Goku burst upwards and fired a barrage of Ki blasts.

Frieza blitzed behind Goku and slugged him in the face, sending him flying away.

Goku stopped himself before he hit the water and burst back upwards, managing to elbow Frieza in the face.

Frieza stopped himself before he hit the water.

Goku burst downwards and kneed Frieza in the gut hard, sending both of them down into the water below. He then attempted to retreat back to the air.

Frieza grabbed Goku with his tail, stopping his ascent.

Goku slugged Frieza in the face and repeatedly kicked him in the gut in an attempt to get him to let go.

Frieza promptly hit Goku with a Ki blast to the face.

Goku flared his silver aura and forced his way back into the air, dragging Frieza with him, leaving him panting heavily.

Panting just as heavily, Frieza released his tail.

Goku burst away at full speed.

Frieza followed him and fired a barrage of homing Ki blasts at him.

Goku maneuvered around them and forced them to detonate along the cliffside.

Frieza fired another barrage.

Goku deflected them all with ease.

Now losing his cool, Frieza burst forward in a rage and slugged Goku straight across the face.

Goku just looked at him, not even phased by the punch "Done yet?"

"What the-"

"Good, cause now it's my turn." Goku then hit Frieza with his Super God Shock Flash punch, hitting Frieza with a hard punch and a powerful shockwave.

Frieza coughed up some blood.

Goku aimed a kick at Frieza's head.

Frieza blocked it.

Goku aimed another kick, sending Frieza falling downwards towards the ocean below.

Frieza stopped himself before he hit the water.

Goku got into a certain stance, hands cupped at his side, blue Ki building up in between his palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HAAAAA!" he fired a full power Kamehameha.

"I'll sent it back!" at least that's what Frieza tried to do, he even managed to catch the blast and everything.

Goku put more power into the blast, pushing Frieza down into the sea below, engulfing him in the ensuing explosion.

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Piccolo was sent tumbling back, the top of his gi torn by the Hell Gate blast 'Dammit, he's so powerful. One blast and I'm barely able to stand.'

Janemba materialized in front of Piccolo and picked up a rock off the ground, then used his mass manipulation to transform it into another Dimension Sword and slashed at Piccolo, one stroke sending him flying.

Piccolo recovered in time to form a Ki blade from his right band, a technique he had picked up from fusing with Saonel, to counter another strike, then fired off a quick Explosive Demon Wave.

Janemba attempted to slice through the attack, only for it to explode then and there.

Piccolo took this time to retreat and gain some distance, hiding behind a large boulder as he gripped his wounded shoulder 'That bought me a little bit of time but not much, even with all of my new power this thing is still in a totally different class from this thing! Right now I'll have to hope some of the others finish their fights so they can come and back me up.'

Janemba suddenly blitzed in front of Piccolo and prepared to fire a Hell Gate blast.

'Dammit, he's got me! That backup would really be useful right about now.'

"Lightning Claw!" a blast of lightning shot towards Janemba, sending him stumbling back and knocking the Dimension Sword out of his hand.

"What the-?"

"Sorry I'm late." Koga appeared in front of Piccolo "Apparently Magatsuhi tried to sick an army of demons on me and the mutt and everyone else and scattered us. That doesn't matter right now though, I'm here and I'm ready to fight and I owe this ugly bastard some payback. Just stay back and take a quick breather, I can handle this thing on my own."

"But he's insanely stronger than anything I've ever faced before, I'm not sure he can even be beaten, I've powered up to a level I never even thought was possible and I'm still nowhere near strong enough to put a dent in this thing."

"Not like we have a choice, with Gohan dead we've gotta do anything and everything we can or it's game over for everyone and everything in this entire universe." Koga charged forward and summoned his Raiso "Lightning Claw!" he unleashed a blast lightning.

Janemba dodged using his Bunkai Teleport.

"Steel Hurricane!" Koga fired a barrage of steel shards before the teleportation could be complete.

Janemba emerged a fair distance away with several steel spikes embedded in his body, but he quickly ripped them out and grabbed Koga by the neck using his mystic attack, then promptly slammed him to the ground.

"Get away from him you disgusting slimy freak!" Piccolo charged at him.

Janemba suddenly froze and began cracking apart.

'So Gohan was right, insults do weaken him.' Piccolo dealt Janemba a spin kick to the face, followed by an Explosive Demon Wave at point blank range, knocking him a fair distance away from them 'Of all the weaknesses to have though…' he prepared to yell out another insult.

Janemba kicked Piccolo away and blitzed behind Koga using his Bunkai Teleport, shocking him just long enough for Janemba to punch him in the temple, knocking him out cold.

That was when Piccolo suddenly blitzed behind Janemba and slugged him in the gut with all the strength he could muster "You're in for a rude awakening if you think I'm just gonna lay down and die against a freak like you!" this caused more cracks to form along Janemba's body, which he then deepened even further by uppercutting him into the air. Then his white aura exploded as he charged after Janemba at full speed, energy crackling into life along his fingertips "Take this you monster! Special Beam Cannon!" he shot out a full power Special Beam Cannon with as much strength as he was able to muster.

Janemba raised both hands to stop the attack, being pushed back a great distance by the sheer force, when he got an idea with what few working brain cells he actually had.

Piccolo's mind was racing as he tried to think of a way out of this situation "Dammit, this isn't good. Even my Special Beam Cannon alone isn't anywhere near enough to stop this thing. To top that off I'm putting just about everything I have into it, so once I finish this attack I'll be totally defenseless."

"I thought about this, just focus on firing that thing for the time being."

Piccolo's head snapped to the side, and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head at who he saw standing there, a black haired figure clad in a priestess kimono "Kagome?"

"No time to talk Piccolo, just make sure you don't let up."

"R-Right." Piccolo pushed his Special Beam Cannon even further, managing to push Janemba back one inch at a time 'I can feel that thing's flesh burning from the blast and his pain is growing with each passing second, I've gotta hurry and end this fast and I think I have an idea.'

Janemba looked in one direction and fired a set of Eye Beams that suddenly changed direction in mid air and closed in on Piccolo.

'Dammit, I'm in a catch twenty two now! I can't stop my attack now or he'll blast me into oblivion, and I can't keep going or I won't be able to defend myself against those Eye Beams! Come on, think Piccolo think! Wait, I know!' he began straining himself and sprouted another copy of himself from his back "Let's do it!" he pushed on the Special Beam Cannon while he had his clone fire a blast of the Lightning of Namek, cancelling out the Eye Beams 'The only problem here is that Duplication and my Special Beam Cannon both take up massive amounts of my Ki, I can't keep holding it any longer!' he was forced to cancel his attack and leapt a fair distance away as his clone disappeared.

Now free of the Special Beam Cannon, Janemba was struggling to catch his breath, now covered in black scorch marks across his right arm and part of the right side of his head, as well as sporting some cracks on his armor and chest. Enraged at the thought of being injured, he opened his mouth in Piccolo's direction and began charging a Hell Gate.

"Heavenly Arrow!" that was when an arrow made of purple and pink Ki struck Janemba straight across his front, the ensuing explosion that resulted from it sending him tumbling backwards, courtesy of Kagome as she shot towards him, readying another one, both her bow and arrow being made of her Ki.

Then a thunderous boom rang through the air as Janemba quickly caught Kagome's arms in his hands and quickly headbutted her and flung her backwards through the air.

Kagome managed to stop herself and return to the ground, rubbing the large bruise she now sported on her forehead 'So much power behind just a single headbutt, no wonder Gohan and the others all almost got killed by this thing.'

Janemba opened up another Dimensional Hole and shot his fist through it, catching Kagome in her temple, then shot his other fist through a second portal, hitting Kagome with a Ki blast at point blank range, driving him down towards the ground.

Kagome felt nothing but aching all over her body 'I can't believe he's done so much damage in so little time. I won't be able to take many more of those attacks, if I'm gonna put an end to this then it's gonna have to be now.' she placed two hands on her forehead 'I haven't come anywhere close to master this technique seeing how Cooler only showed it to me once, so I can only use it one time.' she suddenly blitzed above Janemba "Heavenly Spear!" she fired a Heavenly Spear, slamming Janemba to the ground with the explosion that followed.

Janemba slammed down onto the surface as he roared and screamed in rage, sending massive cracks along the ground, and when he tried to get up he realized that he couldn't move a single one of his muscles.

"Hurry up Piccolo, if you're gonna unleash anything that can take this guy out then now would be the time! I'm not strong enough to beat this thing, I can only hold him off for so long you know!"

A milky white light appeared in the sky on the horizon as Piccolo appeared, his fingertips crackling with energy "Get ready for the god of all Special Beam Cannon, courtesy of the Lightning of Namek and the Dragonfire of Porunga! I'm hitting you with every single ounce of strength I have left!" the Ki grew brighter, then condensed itself "Now get ready, your life is about to end! THUNDER BEAM CANNON!" he fired a roaring full power Special Beam Cannon infused with the Lightning of Namek and the Dragonfire of Porunga, slamming straight into Janemba in a fraction of a second.

Janemba tried to scream, but his cries were drowned out by the ear bursting drill blast and was engulfed almost immediately.

Piccolo kept pushing the blast further and further until his Ki finally ran out, the Special Beam Cannon and the explosion both fading away into nothing.

Kagome fell to her knees in exhaustion "That was close… just a little longer… and we probably… wouldn't have made it…" she limped over towards Koga and tried to gently shake him away "Koga, wake up…"

Koga slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his head "What happened… Where the hell did that thing go?"

"Piccolo just hit it with everything he had."

"Is it dead?"

"Doesn't look like it." she placed her hands on his chest and they began glowing with a bright light "This oughta fix your injuries, you'll be able to fight but your stamina is only gonna be at about 70%."

"It'll be enough, thanks."

"Sure." then she went over to Piccolo and treated his injuries.

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Bojack cracked his knuckles and smirked "It's been far too long for my liking since I've snapped someone's neck."

"Well you can just keep dreaming." Bardock suddenly flashed into Super Saiyan, blitzed forward, and drove his knee into Bojack's jaw with enough force to send him skidding across the island, then flipped over him and buried his palms into Bojack's temples, earning a loud yell of pain.

Bojack swung his arm back and his knuckle managed to catch Bardock in the face, sending him flying back into the side of the volcano.

Bardock managed to quickly free himself and then burst upwards.

Bojack followed until he was floating even higher.

Bardock flung his arm out and fired a Final Spirit Cannon, hitting Bojack dead on and engulfing him in an explosion, then took off after him and swung a kick.

Bojack suddenly swerved around him and fired off a barrage of punches, sending Bardock stumbling backwards through the air, then drove his heel into Bardock's jaw and sent him spiralling about three meters away.

Bardock burst forward and clashed his fist against Bojack's, sending a shock wave that shook the whole island "Not bad, but you're still not even in my top 10."

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Kai let out a whistle "Man, who would've thought Piccolo would be able to put up a fight against the likes of that psychotic lizard Janemba?"

Gohan was itching to just bolt over and look at the crystal ball 'Isn't this power up done yet? At this rate everyone's gonna be killed by Magatsuhi before we can even get there!'

"Oh boy."

"What's the matter?"

"You mean aside from the fact that pretty much every major city in the world aside from Satan City has been wiped out?"

"What?"

"Yeah, Majin Buu just finished wiping out Tokyo."

"What?! So that means that Kagome's family is… What about Kagome?"

"Well that's the other thing… She's helping Piccolo and Koga fight off Janemba."

"...WHAT?!"

"Looks like they just blew him away but they're all pretty spent, I doubt they're gonna last much longer."

"Dammit… I can't just sit here, we've gotta go and we've gotta go now!"

"Alright fine, you can go ahead and run along." Old Kai told him nonchalantly "Actually we finished up a little while ago."

"...Excuse me? You mean I've been sitting here for who knows how long?"

"Calm down, it was only about 20 minutes."

"You mean I've been sitting here like an idiot for 20 minutes for no good reason?! Why didn't you say anything sooner? I could be fighting already and not letting everyone get slaughtered! I thought you said I wasn't finished yet because I wasn't focusing!"

"I was just saying that to make it more dramatic you dolt, don't you know anything?"

"...Scream my lungs out at you later, right now the people I love are fighting for their lives all over the Earth. Kai and I have to get moving and fast, you've unlocked all of this hidden power within me right? So what do I do now, how do I tap into it?"

"Well you know how you guys are always screaming at the top of your lungs and turning Super Whatever you call it? Yeah it's kind of like that, you just need to show a little bit of spunk and believe in yourself."

"So it's basically like going Super Saiyan and believing in myself."

"Hold on a second, wait until I step back."

"How about I let you step back as far as you had me sitting here wasting my time? Yeah that's what I thought." Gohan began powering up and let out a furious roar and a shockwave, the sheer force shaking the entire planet. When everything died down Gohan took a moment to take in the changes, which weren't very apparent aside from a single bang of his hair falling over his forehead "Woah, so it's really true. Hey Kai, are you feeling this?"

Kai nodded "You're damn right I am Gohan, that's amazing. Still though I can't help but feel a little bit jealous, for just a little bit I was stronger than you were but now you're like 20 times my power."

"Well I'm gonna need it if I wanna have any shot of beating Magatsuhi."

Kibito eventually managed to regain his voice "Remarkable, he has far exceeded the normal limitations of his power."

"I know what you mean, it's seriously hard to believe. I mean I look so normal, no Super Saiyan or anything."

"Well there's that one bang that came down." Kai pointed out "Oh hey, maybe you could make that your battle cry whenever you transform. The bang is down!"

"Not bad, not bad at all."

Old Kai let out a grunt "You put too much stock in those transformations of yours, that Super Whatever trick is overrated."

"And now I can say that with confidence."

"Gohan and Kai you must both hurry, you need to get back to Earth right away. We have to act quickly or we'll lose any chance we may have of stopping Magatsuhi." Shin pointed out.

"Yeah you're right, but there's just one thing I have to do." he went up to Kibito "Hey Kibito, can I ask you a favor? I'm gonna need something special for this fight, something that shows my growth as a warrior. You gave Kai his original gi that he wore in the tournament, would you mind doing the same for me?"

"Of course, it should be simple enough." Kibito held out his hands, and within seconds Gohan was clad in the same gi he had worn before.

"Thank you, it's perfect."

"You're welcome, it's a fitting way to commemorate your victory. Now it's time the two of you went on your way, but I wish you both a great victory and all of us from the World of the Kai's will be cheering for you."

"Right. Kai, we'd better hurry and get moving."

"In a second." Kai turned to Kumiko "Well mom, it's time."

Kumiko nodded "You're right. I'm sorry Kai, I wish I could go and help you in this fight but my place is here in Other World now. I can't go with you. My only regret is that I couldn't be there to watch you grow into the young man standing before me, the young man I couldn't be more proud of."

"You may not have been there in person Mom, but I always carried you in my heart and that was enough for me."

"I guess this is the last time I'll get to see you, at least until the time has come for you to join me here one day."

Kai's expression saddened.

"Good luck sweetheart, and make sure those creatures get exactly what they deserve."

"I-I will." Kai wrapped her in a hug, which was gently returned, a few tears falling from his eyes.

Gohan watched in silence 'Kai… I don't think I've ever seen you cry in the entire time that I've known you. To see this from you now…'

"Goodbye Mom."

"Alright." Kumiko released him "Now that the emotions are out of the way, it's time for you to go."

"Right." Kai held up two fingers "Until we meet again Mom."

"Good luck boys, and make sure you win."

"We will!" and with that, both Kai and Gohan disappeared.

'I know you will.'

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Kai looked around "A barren wasteland, of all the places to land you had to pick a barren wasteland."

"Hey my dad is a lot better at using it than me." Gohan let out sigh "Hey Kai before we do this, I wanted to ask you something."

"What's up?"

"Is there any part of you… any part of you that regrets going through all of this with me?"

"...You're still having doubts, even after everything we've been through together? Gohan, everything we've been through, I wouldn't trade for the universe. You introduced me to a whole new world that I could never even dream of, you showed me that I could honor my mother's memory and restore the good name of martial arts, you were the main reason why I was able to reconcile with my father, and most importantly you were the reason I was able to have one more moment with my mother. Gohan meeting you was by far the best thing that ever happened to me, it's thanks to you that even as my life was going to hell I was happy. You're more than just my friend Gohan, you're my brother." he caught him in a bro hug.

Gohan briefly returned the gesture "Thank you Kai, that really means alot to me, more than you'll ever know." he looked in a certain direction "I can sense Piccolo and the others fighting Janemba."

Kai looked in another direction "And I can sense Buu wreaking havoc on Satan City. I guess this is where we have to split up."

"I guess so. Good luck."

"You too. Hey what do you say we bring back that mantra we created back when we were in 7th grade?"

"You mean that mantra?"

"Hell yeah I do."

"Sure, let's do it." Gohan put his hand out "You go ahead and lead."

"Alright." Kai put his hand on top of Gohan's "As we approach the decisive battlegrounds, believe that the blades of our hearts and souls will never shatter! Believe that our resolves will never waver! Though our paths may diverge, our iron hearts will remain as one! Swear that even if the land itself may break asunder, we shall return alive and well! Scatter!" and with that, they both took off in opposite directions at full speed.

Two warriors, two of the most astonishing power levels the universe has ever known, and two battles to decide the fate of not only the Earth, but the entire universe…

A/N:

I'm really sorry if the Cell fight turned out really shoddy or poorly done, I was just really excited to get to the bigger fights, them being Buu, Janemba, Frieza and the epic showdown between Gohan and Magatsuhi.

By the way I was thinking, do you guys want me to do the Majin Buu saga in Future Trunks' timeline? I already created a pole as to whether or not you guys would like to see that. Please vote once you read this.