~Takula Saga~

Chapter 46 – The Fall of Other-World

-One hour before Goku and Bardock were thrown through the Gate to the living world-

Goku's eyes fluttered open, finding the green grass of the Supreme Kai's planet slightly bending with the breeze. He had just woken up from another nap after stuffing himself full of food. It was a good way to live, his only wish that he could be with his old friends right now as well. It had been rather dull in Other-World after the Tournament on earth, and Goku was going slightly stir-crazy after getting to visit his family and friends. Ah well, that would pass with time, and he could always spar with Pikkon again to make things progress faster.

Gregory slowly floated down infront of Goku, a rather amused look on his face. "For a dead person, you sure do sleep a lot."

"Wouldn't a dead person be expected to sleep more?" Goku smiled, chuckling as Bubbles and King Kai walked to to him as well.

King Kai laughed as well, adding his input to the conversation. "That may be, but you sure do eat a lot more than a dead person should."

"It's not my fault I get hungry. And besides, I worked really hard with training, so I was extra hungry when dinner time finally came!"

Cha and Nge quickly ran up to the small group of people, huffing and puffing once they finally got there. Goku and the rest looked on, a tad confused about what the rush was all about. Cha was the first to regain his breath. "G-Goku! We got trouble, it's Cell and Frieza again."

Nge took over from there. "The Grand Kai told us to warn you, something's different. There's a gate opening up in Hell. No one can go through it yet, but everyone in Hell is already fighting off the guards. We can't let them get back to the living world!"

Goku slowly stood, stretching out. "Alright then. Hey, is Pikkon going too?"

"He should already be on his way there. Oh, and we're coming too." said Cha. That caught Goku off guard. The saiyan glanced at the two small fighters as they smiled confidently.

"Really? Cool! Let's get going then. See ya later King Kai!" Goku waved to the blue Kai, the monkey and the grasshopper as he ran off towards King Yemma's domain.

It wasn't long till Goku, Cha, and Nge ended up infront of King Yemma's desk, finding Pikkon already there. "Hiya King Yemma, long time no see."

"Let's save the pleasantries for another time, Goku. We got a big problem. Just imagine if all the inhabitance of hell broke back into the living world. You'd have to deal with Cell and Frieza and their other minions all over again."

"Well that doesn't sound so bad. They aren't actually that strong as it turns out."

King Yemma growled, trying to get Goku to focus. "The hard part would be tracking them all down and bringing them back here! Think of all the damage they could cause before you caught them all!"

Pikkon put his hand on his chin, thinking for a moment before asking the red giant. "King Yemma, where is the other side of this gate in the living world?"

"That's just the thing. We don't have the slightest clue. It could be anywhere. We need you to stop them before they get through that gate at all costs while we try and close it."

Goku put his hands behind his head, smiling slightly as he got excited for the fight. "So how long till the gate opens up?"

"Any time now. The guards in hell are trying to hold them back, but they simply aren't strong enough to do it alone. Get down there and help them!"

The gathered fighters gave a slight bow and then rushed out of the large room. Running down some stairs they quickly closed in on the yellow clouds that kept hell down. Jumping in head first, Goku lead the way as the others followed after him. The clouds opened up for them, allowing them to head for hell. As the clouds started to close after they passed through however, a shadow shot up from the under-world unnoticed by the others.

The shadow quickly moved up the stairs and towards the right, knowing exactly where he was going. Soon his closed in on what he wanted, finding a small red demon teen with two horns on his head watching over countless tanks containing a purple goo. The ogre had his headphone's on, so he never noticed as the shadow approached him. With one swift movement, the shadow came into the light while stabbing his hand strait through the unsuspecting demon. The shadow never winced or showed a sign of remorse, his white spiky hair standing strait as Darkon's eyes looked down as the poor child struggled to hang onto his life.

Darkon threw the boy off his arm, the body flying off to the side. Taking a step forward, Darkon sliced his arm like a blade, breaking the glass holding the purple evil liquid. As soon as the air hit the slim, it exploded into a purple smog. Lightning started dancing around the area, causing the other vials of the purple slime to explode into the air as well. The small teen demon held his wound, coughing up blood as he struggled to look up and find what was going on.

The smog started to suck into the center, all towards Darkon. The red ogre coughed up more blood, forcing his eyes open to see his attacker. He was tall, his spiky white hair pointing towards the sky minus one bang that hung infront of his forehead. He wore a black cape with broad shoulders that stretched at least a good foot past where the actual shoulder ended. The cape went to the ground, stopping just before hitting the ground. The man turned, picking his hands up to a hood that he placed over his head in order to hide his face in darkness. The man turned towards the teen as the red ogre started to slip in and out of consciousness.

Darkon stopped just over the demon, only his smile visible under the hood as he looked up towards the sky. "Looks like it's time for me to save the day gain. Bye kid."

A black energy ball formed in his hands, the teen age ogre could only watch as the blast consumed his cold body. Just as before, Darkon took to the shadows, moving towards the yellow clouds where he had come from. As he reached the edge of the platform, he hesitated for a second, closing his eyes as he got himself ready. Finally a smile crossed his face as he leaned forward, simply falling off the edge.

-DBZ-

Goku, Pikkon, Cha, and Nge arrived in hell, finding it living up to it's name more than it normally did. The blue and red ogre's were running for their lives, fearing that they would be caught in the next attack. Most of hell's residence were missing in action, probably heading to this supposed gate. Goku took a more serious face as they raced towards where most of the energy levels of the dead were. He couldn't explain it, but it was as if something was watching him.

It didn't take long, soon they could see the mass of people grouping around a single circular object floating in the sky. They rushed in, smashing the two standing at the front of the rest, Cell and Frieza.

The two were pushed back, looking up at the four who had suddenly appeared and now were standing in between the mass of hell and the gate to the living world. Cooler chuckled as his brother was pushed back, King Cold eying the new intruders with an amused expression. It was Frieza who spoke first however.

"Ah, the monkey returns. Good, now we will get a chance to kill you for good before returning to the other side!"

Goku just chuckled, returning to his happy mood. "You do realize I can go super saiyan three now, right? You couldn't beat me when I was a super saiyan two! Hehe, but you can try anyway. It should be fun!"

A white aura surrounded Pikkon, Goku transforming into his super saiyan two state. Cha and Nge got into position, making a Saiyaman worthy pose as the two started to work their way towards each other. Finally, they bent towards each other, their fingers touching each other. A blinding light burst from the two, as it faded reviling one short blueish alien with three short horns, dressed in baggy white gi pants, black pointy shoes, blue sashes around his waist and ankles, and a vest that barely got around his shoulders with orange trim.

The now three fighters stared down the mass of hell, readying themselves for a long fight.

-DBZ-

The Grand Kai was uneasy. It was probably because some lunatic from the living world was trying to open a gate to hell, but it felt as if it was more than that. His stomach felt uneasy, his beard was even on edge. And when his beard was on edge, something bad was going to happen. He looked around his planet, watching as heroes from the past trained themselves. He hated being this serious, but he could feel something was wrong and much closer to home than hell. He tried to remember back, tried to remember what the grand Kai before him had warned him. Something that had happened thousands of years ago, and had to do with his own planet. His home.

He was reluctant, but he knew it would be for the best. With a booming voice that the entire planet could hear, he called out to its inhabitance. "Kai's meet me at my home, the rest of you youngsters get to the airplanes!"

Of course, the heroes were confused, but the Kai's told them to listen to the order before they themselves went to figure out what was going on.

King Kai was there first. "Grand Kai, what's going on?"

The three other Kai's showed up seconds later, their faces asking the same question. The Grand Kai looked an uncharacteristic grim as he addressed his subordinates. "We're getting everyone off this planet. Take your respective groups to a planet in the Land of the Kai's. We need to get as far away from here as possible."

"But why? What's going on?" East Kai now spoke for the rest. Something was wrong, that was for sure. But Grand Kai seemed to want to stay quiet about it. And to go into the Land of the Kai's. That broke a few rules in itself.

"Just listen and do as I say. We need to go, now."

The Kai's nodded, turning to get to work. If the Grand Kai was serious, things were bad. It didn't take long till everyone, including the Grand Kai himself, were on a plane and heading towards the Land of the Kai's. The four Kais turned around to watch the planet through their small windows just as something started to happen to it.

First, it started to shake. The shaking started small, but it continued to grow as time went on. Soon cracks in the planet's crust started to form, but instead of lava pouring out, a pink gooey substance started to seep out. The planet then fell in on itself, leaving a simple pink blob standing where the Grand Kai's planet once stood. Surprise and stunned faces watched through the windows of their planes, watching in horror as their home for countless hundreds of years fell to nothing. The Grand Kai especially watched with fear in his eyes as he now knew how helpless he was as the blob started to form into a beast he now remembered being told about clearly by the last Grand Kai.

The pink mass was huge, so much that it was almost scary in that right alone. But its body, its face, its everything as it started to solidify was terrifying. Its legs looked somewhat like an insects, but the pink made it look different. It's midsection looked almost humanoid, but with a bug-like twist to it. On its back were two pink wings that reached down towards its feet. And its face, it's horrible face. It had fangs that looked able to crush anything, its face mostly flat with a small nose. It's skull had veins popping out all over it, minus the very top where a long antenna sprouted up, out, and then down halfway of the back.

The beast, slowly opened his eyes, black where the white should be with blood red pupils. He looked around, looking as if he were sniffing at the sky. It's eye's narrowed, finding what it was looking for. It faded to smoke and moved as if it were in the wind as it headed towards the yellow clouds below.

Grand Kai closed his eyes, saying a silent prayer. "May some higher power save us all..."

-DBZ-

Ask Goku, Pikkon, and Change fought off the inhabitance of Hell, a spiky haired man with a red headband watched his son fight them off. King Vegeta came up beside him, putting his hand on Bardock's shoulder. "Do you wish to fight with your son?"

Bardock was silent, looking at his king for a moment before returning his gaze back to his golden haired son. King Vegeta huffed, hiding a slight smirk as he turned around to face the saiyans behind him. One of the many nameless saiyans behind him spoke out.

"But King, why aren't we trying to get through the gate ourselves? One of our own would surely let us back to the living world. We could re-establish our race!"

A serious look flashed over the king's face. "Where is your honor? We all died, and we were to weak to defend ourselves. If we went back, it would simply drag our name through the mud. The last two in our race have done more than we ever could have dreamed of, and our returning would soil all that they have done. However, I suggest a different course of action. I am no longer your King. I failed to protect my people. But still, I ask that you fight with me one last time. We will show that the saiyan's are the strongest in Other-World as well! Will you fight with me?"

The crowd of saiyan's cheered out. Raditz stepped up next to his father, a blank look as he watched his younger brother fight. "Why are you so quiet?"

Bardock faced his oldest before returning his gaze to his youngest. "I'm wondering, you met your brother before you died. What is he like?"

"He's a complete and udder idiot." Raditz smiled, chuckling at the reaction his father gave him. "He's more human than saiyan now after living with them for so long. And yet, when it comes down to it, your blood flows through him just as much as me. Don't worry so much father, I'm sure he won't hold anything against you."

Bardock huffed, keeping up the mask of him not caring about that. Turning to King Vegeta, the spiky haired saiyan gave a nod. The king nodded back, turning to the mass of saiyans standing ready infront of him, pumping his fist into the air.

"The time has come for the saiyans to move onto their next battle ground. We will take hell four ourselves, and we will answer only to the Kai's! Are you ready for battle once more!"

Back at the battle infront of the gate, Goku took notice of a liquid looking material starting to show inside the circle. It was about half full, and it looked as if it wouldn't take longer for it to open up completely. Hopefully King Yemma would figure out how to shut it soon. Not that this fight was tiring, it was the fact that many of the weaker ones would try and slip past him to the gate. The fighting wasn't hard, it was the goal of making sure no one got through that was hard.

Suddenly however, new fighters appeared in the battle. It caught Goku off guard, but he recognized a few of them. A caped Vegeta, his evil look-alike Turles, Nappa, and even Raditz was there. Goku smiled, about to say hello to them when Frieza chose that moment to attack from Goku's side. The golden haired saiyan turned his head just in time for another saiyan to twist around and kick the once overlord of the universe crashing towards the ground.

Goku blinked, slightly started as the saiyan in green and black armor. A scar was prominent on the saiyan's face as he turned, facing Goku. Father and son looked at each other for a moment, both not knowing exactly what to do or say. Goku looked over his father, something in his head telling him that hew knew this man. After the odd moment however, Goku smiled confidently as he held up a fist towards his father. "Wanna fight together?"

Bardock blinked, surprised at his son. But finally a smile crossed his face as well, while he extended his own fist out to meet Goku's. "I'm proud of you."

The two turned, charging into the fray. It didn't take long, with the saiyan's handling the weaker of hell's inhabitance soon all of them were forced back to the ground huffing and puffing as the saiyans looked down on them with their confident smirks. But just as Frieza, Cooler, and Cell were about to lead another charge, a massive power level made itself known. All of the people in hell turned, finding a pink monster crashing through the yellow clouds above them. Goku's eyes widened, quickly turning to his race.

"Quick, you guys have to get out of here. If you all die again, you'll be gone forever! You have to go, now!"

Goku held his ground, transforming into super saiyan three. He wasn't sure where this thing had come from, but he couldn't let it get to the living world at all costs. The saiyan's looked at each other uneasily, fear replacing their confidence. The others in hell took off, realizing that if they stayed this pink thing could easily kill them.

Goku growled, turning to his father. "You need to get out of here, now!"

King Vegeta however started to laugh, which was a little off to say the least. He turned to the golden saiyan, a smirk on his face. "My boy, I guess you wouldn't know since you never got a chance to grow up with saiyans properly. We are a warrior race, we don't run! We will stand, hold our ground. This is our home now, and like hell we're going to not defend it to the last man, woman, or child."

Goku was taken back, but looking around he could see the confidence return to the faces of the other saiyans. He closed his eyes, floating forward to face the beast before reopening them. "Fine, but don't fight it head on. Give me all the energy you can spare, we'll hold this beast here!"

The saiyans descended to the ground, all of them holding their arms towards Goku as the saiyan charged the pink beast. The Buu roared out, it's breath alone almost enough to make anyone pass out. Goku didn't notice, focusing completely on what was at hand and not paying any attention to anything else, shot towards the beast, sending a ball of energy at him when he was half way there.

The beast turned to smoke as the ball passed right through the air, causing Goku to hit the breaks. He whipped his head around, trying to find where it was going. The pink beast reformed behind Goku, slamming a fist into the fighter's back. Goku cried out as he flew forward, the force behind the punch making him wish he was fighting Vegeta instead. Spinning around, Goku righted himself in the air. The pink beast was looking at his hand, an indent of Goku's body had been left in the monster's fist. The blood red eyes looked back up to Goku, a smirk appearing on its face.

"You strong. Buu hungry after long time sleep sleep. You make good snack for Buu."

The antenna that hung behind the beasts back came up and above its head, pointing straight at Goku. Goku could only watch with wide eyes as a pink lightning form of energy shot from the extremity, coming right for him. The super saiyan three held his arms forward, the beam of light stopping just infront of him. It slowly started to push him back, though Goku was giving his all by using his energy to stop the attack from hitting him. Whatever this attack did, he didn't want to be someone's food. Karma be damned, he wasn't going to let it happen.

Bardock grit his teeth together. Here once again his son was fighting for the saiyan race, and all he was doing was watching. In a burst of blue, he took off towards his son, despite the King and Raditz yelling at him to come back as he flew. He stopped next to his son, holding his arms out as he tried to help push the beam back. Goku turned his head, sweat starting to appear on his forehead as he was growing tired.

"D-dad! What are you doing here?"

"I'm not watching you fight alone again when I can help it! The least I can do is help!"

Goku didn't have time to protest, the beam seemingly starting to grow more and more in power. It was just about to overtake them when a third body, a man dressed in black showed up. It caught Goku and Bardock by surprise, but the man paid no attention to them. He placed one hand forward, onto the beam. Dark energy started to surround his arm, a burst of energy forcing the chocolate beam back. The burst also pushed Goku, Bardock, and the rest of the saiyan's flying despite how far away they were. Goku moved to catch his father, the two of them holding their heads as they looked on as this mysterious man shrouded in a black cape. The pink monster was struggling now to force his beam forward, but this man who had come out of no where was not only pushing it back with one hand, it didn't even look like he was working that hard.

Dark energy started to surround Darkon, creating a ball as black lines of energy circled around him. He cried out, a black beam leaving his hand as the chocolate beam was finally turned around and hit its own sender. With a large poof, the pink monster turned into a simple chocolate bar. Darkon fazed out of view, a smile only visible under his hood as he grabbed the bar. Turning around, he started to float towards the gate.

"Who is that guy Kakarrot?"

Goku shook his head. "I'm not sure...but who ever he is we can't let him get through that gate!"

The two fighters took off, flying strait towards Darkon's back. Just as the man was about to reach the gate, he took noticed of the two coming at him. He turned around, his smirk still the only think visible. Just as Bardock and Goku closed in, Darkon tossed the chocolate bar into the air. The two saiyans cried out, throwing their best punches at the man. Darkon caught their punches, instantly forcing their hands back causing them to punch their own faces. Goku and Bardock started to twist backwards, to much in shock to recover.

Darkon kept things up, grabbing onto their feet as they turned head over heals. He pulled them both towards him, letting go and then slamming his forearms into their chins. Goku and Bardock's eyes started to come in and out of consciousness, just from these few blows. As they continued to flip, Darkon finished things off by slamming his fists into their backs, sending them flying into the portal whether they wanted to or not.

-DBZ-

Suddenly, the Z-fighters took notice of three power's coming through the gate. They readied themselves. If this was a gate to Other-World, who knows could come through that thing. Through the ripples in the blue liquid, two bodies shot out landing just at the feet of the Z-fighters, causing there eyes to open wide as both mens halo's started to fade away. They could have been twins, one easily mistakable for the other even with their wild spiky hair. The orange gi on one however put the argument to rest on at least who one of them was. The other with the red headband on however was a little harder to guess who it was.

Everyone in the room was rather startled. Hoi especially looked like he was taken back, surprised that what he had expected hadn't come through his gate yet.

The two on the ground were both struggling to hold consciousness, but that fact was soon overshadowed when the third body came through the portal. They all looked up, finding a man with a black cape that reminded them a lot of Piccolo's white one. He had a black hood over that covered his face, and the black cape curled around to cover his sides and arms. Underneath the cape was a black gi, with a dark gray sash around the waist. From what they could see, he also had matching dark gray wrist bands and shoes that looked much like the Namek's.

The man smiled, taking a chomp out of a strangely shaped chocolate bar, while his own halo above his head slowly faded away. At the same time he lifted his other hand, pointing the palm out towards Gohan. A burst of black energy roared from his body, making his cape waver in the wind while the Z-fighters shielded their eyes from the sparks the useless machinery on either side of them exploded with sparks and groaned with the twisting of metal. As the man lowered his arm, the energy faded.

Gohan looked up towards the man, slightly shaking. He had felt that energy before. The man lifted his free arm up again, this time flicking his hood back in doing so releasing the spiky white hair it had been hiding. And with a ominous chuckle, Darkon smiled.

"I'm BAAAAaaaack."