Chapter 76: Into Darkness

Somebody asked me a very good question:

"Will Battle of the Gods be the last Break Through the Limit saga, or the first Even Further Beyond saga?"

At the time, I didn't know.

Now, though, I've decided that it will be at the end of regular Break Through the Limit. It sort of concludes this second part of the story (that started with the Countdown Saga) in ways I can't really reveal yet, sorry.

I've also decided to just post Even Further Beyond here, in this story, instead of making a new story listing for it; I'll just start calling them 'Even Further Beyond Chapter Whatever' or something instead of making it 'Break Through the Limit Chapter 537'.

Another very good question I was asked:

"If you had to give Break a real person's voice, who would it be?"

After quite some consideration, I decided:

"Break should be voiced by Urara Takano (Japanese voice of Luffy, being one of those young male characters voiced by an adult female actor).

This is in my weird fantasy world where I can mix English and Japanese -speaking voice actors with no problem whatsoever."

Launch did her best to recover, pushing off the ground and propelling herself away from Pui Pui even as he tried to follow up. She spun, kicking at his head, but again the difference between how fast she felt like she should be moving and how fast she actually moved was disconcerting. Taking advantage of her disorientation, Pui Pui dodged again, throwing himself forwards and crashing down on her with a vicious elbow drop.

"Yes...yes, that's it!" Babidi said gleefully. "Now we're starting to see some energy! Keep it up, Pui Pui!"

Kaioshin looked agitated. "She's in trouble!"

Raditz shook his head firmly. "This guy's nothing."

Launch gritted her teeth, trying to focus her vision—which, in addition to being blurred by the pain of Pui Pui's attacks, was being played hell with by the gravity. She wrapped both hands around Pui Pui's arm, pulling him down towards her and smashing her knee upwards into his face. She jumped up after him as he fell back, fist burning a red trail through the air as she swung at him. He noticed it in time, catching her hand and stopping the attack. They pushed against each other for a moment, each digging their feet into the ground and using their free hand for a rapid exchange of low, close-range strikes and parries. Thinking quickly, Launch swung her head in, aiming for Pui Pui' face. He broke away, rising slightly into the air and reaching his arm around for a headlock. She couldn't quite escape in time, so threw all her weight behind the charge, bowling him over. He rolled back with the motion, kicking her into the air and preparing an energy ball between his hands as she flew uncontrollably away.

Nothing for it, then. Didn't want to have to use this twice in the same day, but... "SPIRIT KAIOKEN!" Instantly, she came to a halt, bathing the whole landscape in her red glow, her body barely visible beneath its flaming aura. Pui Pui's blast, when he fired, simply shattered several feet away, unable to counteract the massive waves of energy flowing from her. "Ten times gravity, you say? I don't feel a thing!" But, I do need to finish this quickly.

She rocketed down towards him, appearing directly in front of him, then when—uncomprehending—he lashed out, she phased out of view again, reappearing behind him and propelling her right hand towards the centre of his back. Her fingers were held straight out, in a blade formation, and the spearhead of this arrow-shape, armed with a payload of explosive ki, jammed between two vertebrae, emitting a sickening crack.

"AAAAIIEEE!" Pui Pui shrieked, legs folding out from under him. He flopped to the ground, almost pathetically.

Launch lowered her arm, letting her amplified power fade. "In theory, that should have broken your spine. I've never actually done it to someone before, but judging by the way your legs aren't working, I'd say it did the job."

"Wow." Raditz blinked. "Efficient."

Incredible. Kaioshin almost couldn't believe his eyes. To think that such strength exists on this planet...

Launch rolled her head from side to side. "Guess I should finish you now..." she closed her eyes for a second. "...but...nah, it wouldn't sit right with me. Who knows what you were like before Babidi enslaved you."

"He must have been a pretty bad guy already," Raditz pointed out. "Babidi has to seize on existing evil in somebody's heart, remember?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I just don't really want to kill him. What's the point after I've won? All it'd do is leave a bad taste in my mouth...c'mon, let's head to the next stage." She began to walk towards the hole in the floor.

"Y...You...h-haven't won, damn you...!" Pui Pui spat, raising his head jerkily. Energy began to form around both hands. "I'll...I'll k-kill you, upstart—"

At this point, he ceased to be. A sudden explosion of energy blew Pui Pui to dust. Launch looked around, seeing Nail with one smoking hand raised. "Unfortunately for him, I have no such scruples."

"You're not going to call me naive or an idiot now, are you?" she asked, smirking.

"No, no. For all you knew, he wasn't a threat." Nail walked over to join her, and followed by the others, they descended to Stage Two.

Babidi pounded his fists on the crystal ball. "No, no, no! Where did she get all that power from so quickly?!"

"It looks like we'll have to step up our game for Stage Two," Dabura decided. "Who should we send out?" He paused, clearing his throat. "Shall I—"

"No need; we'll save the best for last. Hehe..." Babidi suddenly gave a sly grin. "I know. Let's let Yakon cut loose on them..."

"An excellent choice, master," Dabura replied, motioning to a nearby soldier, dressed in similar garb to Pui Pui. "Release Yakon."

The trooper paled. "A-Are you sure—"

"Are you questioning me?"

Shaking his head nervously, the soldier ran off to the edge of the shadowy room. The noise of a crank being turned carried over to Babidi and Dabura, then the soldier's voice whispering, "Easy, easy. Uh...you need to—" At that point, it was replaced with incoherent screams and the sound of snapping bones and tearing flesh.

"Sounds like Yakon's been working up an appetite," chuckled the bulbous-eyed mastermind.

"Hey, what's the deal?" Raditz asked no-one in particular. "This room looks exactly like the last one!"

"Some people go in for that sort of thing," Launch muttered. "Bet Babidi organises his sock drawer, too."

The door on the wall slid open. At first, nothing appeared. Then, came a heavy footfall. A second. A bestial roar.

Finally, the creature called Yakon squeezed its way through the doorway. It was massive, several feet taller than any of them and wide with it. It was green-skinned, with great taloned arms and legs, huge spikes jutting out from its back and its wrists, and a triangular head with large piercing eyes, sunk completely into its shoulders. The 'M' mark was in the middle of its chest, just beneath its chin.

"I'm getting a weird feeling," Launch grumbled, "like I'm in a Godzilla sequel. And not one of the good ones."

Unexpectedly, the creature spoke. "Hmm...hello, lunch."

"Launch, actually, but close."

Ignoring her, it swung its head from side to side, clacking its curved talons together. "Who do I eat first, hmm?"

"I'll go," Nail said, marching up to the monster and squaring off against it. "As we guessed, they're increasing the level of their fighters as they go along. You should go last—whoever they throw at us, you'll be best equipped to take them on."

"Right." Raditz gave a thumbs-up. "Smart thinking—good luck."

"Hold on..." Kaioshin's eyes narrowed. "This creature is familiar."

Launch looked over at him. "You've met?"

"Yes..." Kibito agreed. "Do you remember, lord? Yakon is its name." He shivered. "One of the most feared monsters in all the universe...it's on a completely different level to the last fighter."

"It's unlikely your friend will be able to win alone," Kaioshin said to Raditz. "You should help him! There's no rule saying you can't fight twice."

Raditz looked confused. "But this is Nail's fight. It wouldn't be fair to him to get in the way."

"What are you..."

"He's a warrior. Can't go breaking his concentration." Raditz smiled. "Just have a little faith in these people, will you?"

Indeed, Nail's brow was furrowed in rapid thought as he assessed his opponent, looking for weak points, identifying possible routes of attack, trying to measure its power level. Drool fell from its mouth, forming enormous puddles—lakes, practically—on the floor below. Finally, it struck, swinging for Nail. He stepped in, moving in a blur and avoiding its massive spike-tip as it slashed towards him, instead letting the flat of the spike strike him and skidding away across the room, churning up the ground as he stopped his movement.

"He didn't even try to block it?" Launch frowned.

"Heh." Raditz smiled. "I see."

Nail continued with this strange tactic for a few seconds, letting Yakon land hits on him and taking minor blunt impacts, but always moving just enough to avoid being slashed or stabbed by its natural weapons.

Finally, after one particularly forceful blow nearly knocked him off his feet, he straightened up, raising his guard.

"Finally fighting?" Yakon asked, licking its lips.

"Come up here and see!" Grinning mischievously, Nail took off, heading for the high ceiling of the room's centre. Yakon followed, or tried to—as soon as it left the ground, it spasmed in pain, crashing back down. Nail pointed all ten fingers downwards, focusing his energy in his fingertips. "HYAAAAH!" Ten bright yellow energy waves smashed into Yakon's body, engulfing it in flames.

Nail landed side-on to his downed enemy, panting visibly.

"What did he do?" Launch asked.

Raditz explained. "You saw him sort-of dodge the spikes?"

"Yeah."

"Notice he was always moving in towards Yakon when he did. That flash of movement? Not just dodging—he was striking back at high speed, several times for every 'dodge'. Every blow he took, he was paying back five times over."

"But it didn't affect Yakon until now?"

Nail took over the explanation, since Raditz didn't know either. "Thing's got incredibly hard skin, so I was looking for his pressure points. It took a while, since I'm not familiar with his anatomy. When I found them, I knew it from the reaction I felt in my fists, so I made him perform a big physical action—leaping into the air. That's when he found his muscles weren't working like they were supposed to."

"GRAAAH!"

"Hold on. I'll get back to you." Nail turned back towards Yakon's slowly rising form. "You like that, huh?"

"You...think you've won?" Yakon gave out a low growl, shuffling towards Nail.

"Hmph. Seems that didn't hurt him as much as I'd hoped." Nail set his jaw, adopting his traditional fighting stance. "All right. Come at me."

Babidi stroked his chin. "This won't do. The fighting's heating up...shockwaves in the ship could wake Majin Buu before he's ready."

"That would be disastrous," Dabura confirmed. "Where do you wish to send them for this fight, then?"

"How about Yakon's favourite?" Babidi suggested. "The planet of darkness...I forget its name. Yes, that'll do just fine." He recalled the ancient words of power once more, muttering over his crystal ball.

The 'planet of darkness', suffice to say, lived up to its name.

"Where did he send us this time?!" Launch growled.

"I can't see a thing!" Raditz hissed. "And I bet this Yakon doesn't share that problem..."

To top that off...he's hiding his ki... Nail realised. Sneaky bastard.

Yakon was, in fact, hanging off the overhead cave ceiling—for they were deep underground, not that it was any brighter on the surface. Like a giant, grotesque bat, it clung easily to the rock, shuffling along silently and approaching its 'prey', careful not to let any drops of saliva drip down to them and alert them of its presence. It then withdrew its reflective wrist-spikes, and let the ambience of the cave obscure the source of its voice. "Welcome. You'll have already noticed where we are...you can't see me, but I see you just fine—the red one just raised his arm." True enough, Kibito was holding his hands out in front of him in order to avoid bumping into anything.

"This is Yakon's home," Kaioshin said gravely. "I'm not sure if any of us will be walking out of this one alive..."

Raditz sighed. "Why are you always so damn pessimistic?!"

"Oh, you want to know?" Kaioshin snapped. "Shall I start at the A's and work down the list?!"

And if he didn't already know our exact position, he certainly does now, Kibito thought, exasperated.

Nail took a deep breath.

He straightened up slightly.

With no warning, he whirled, planting a spinning kick into the approaching Yakon's face and bringing it down hard. Slowly, he lowered his leg. "Nice try. But Nameks hear pretty well."

"Nice...try...yourself..." Yakon grunted, climbing to its feet. "...but your attacks still aren't hurting me."

"Yeah...that hide of yours is just about impenetrable." Nail grimaced. If I need help, I won't be afraid to call for it...but I'm not finished just yet.

"Hmm...y'know, I guess we could have some light in here." Raditz gritted his teeth, pulling in his arms and making his Super Saiyan transformation for the first time in a while. The wave of golden light flowed over the rocky contours of the cave like water breaking on the shore. Nail and Yakon were sharply illuminated.

"Ah," Kaioshin said, confidence returning to his voice, "I was wondering when the Super Saiyan would show himself."

"Hmm?" Babidi frowned. "What's this? He's the one who diverted your blast outside, yes?"

"That's correct." Dabura nodded. "And just like before, he's changed his appearance. That's a lot of light he's emitting..."

"I wonder..." Babidi called for his energy-scanner, and a soldier brought it. Holding the spike-patterned device in both hands, the wizard indicated Raditz's image in the crystal ball. The readout shocked him. "Th-Three thousand kili?! For a native of this planet...?"

Dabura gave a noncommital grunt. "And it only takes 300 or so to destroy a planet, if I recall correctly. Perhaps the device is broken?"

"Quite possibly." Babidi switched it off, handing it back to the waiting soldier for storage. "If not, though, we should be glad that it is not him fighting Yakon—the poor thing only has 800 kili..."

"Fear not. Even an opponent with 3,000 kili is no match for me, and if I fight in stage three..."

"Quite right. They will not pass you at least, Dabura."

Yakon, for some reason, was grinning toothily. "Ah..." it rumbled. "Dinner is served."

"What are you talking abou—" Nail began, then was drowned out as Yakon opened its mouth wide, beginning to suck the very light out of the air. The suction narrowed its focus to Raditz and his shining aura, and the Super Saiyan felt a strange wrenching sensation. Seconds later, the cave was pitch black again—only now, it seemed even darker than before, since they'd just become used to the light. Raditz patted his hair, puzzled. "I'm...back to normal?"

"Ah! How could I forget?" Kaioshin spluttered. "Yakon eats light! So your light energy must be a rare treat for him..."

"Raditz, be careful—don't go Super Saiyan again. He'll only eat your energy," Kibito warned.

"Right." Raditz nodded. "Nail won't have to worry about that, at least."

"Actually..." Nail answered from a few metres off in the darkness. "...well, you'll see."

"Yakon, you fool!" Babidi fumed. "If you suck up all that energy for yourself, it's wasted! It won't go to Buu! Just inflict some real damage already! Beat them to a pulp! Impale them! Eat them, for all I care! Just do something useful!"

"I may not have that Super Saiyan taste you seem to like so much, but how's this for a main course?" Nail asked, beginning to power up. This time, he ensured that when he brought his energy to the surface, he focused it into light form. Bright white flickers of power began to fill the space around him, expanding into the rest of the cave.

"What are you doing?" Kaioshin yelled in a panic. "This is exactly what he wants!"

"Yeah. I know." Nail pumped his remaining energy into the air, letting it arc and swirl around him.

"Mmmm..." Yakon licked its lips, then began to suck at the air again. As before, all the ki-generated light immediately swerved into its maw, vanishing without a trace, but for the slight glow beneath Yakon's skin as it metabolised the light, converting it into chemical energy in its unique digestive system.

"Heh." Nail dropped to one knee, exhausted, his energy flickering out. "There you go. That's about all I've got."

Yakon towered over him. "Not a good plan."

"No?" Nail's eyes narrowed. "What if I told you that I know a very specific technique, which I taught myself some years ago? This is only the second time it's ever come in useful—after Cell, I didn't think it'd ever have another use, but I guess I was wrong." He glared up at Yakon. "I can fully control my energy after it's left my body—even if it's inside someone else!"

"What...?" Yakon hissed.

"What?" Kaioshin mumbled, echoing the beast—Is he telling the truth? Such a strange ability!

"And I'm willing to bet your insides aren't as well-protected as that skin of yours! HAAAAAIII!" He thrust his hands forwards, and there was a tremendous bang from within Yakon. It lurched backwards, body twisting and contorting, then finally collapsed to the ground. Smoke poured from its nostrils and ears. It didn't move.

"Is it...dead?" Kibito asked hesitantly.

"'Course it is," Raditz replied cheerily. "Nice one, Nail. Come on, let's get moving!"

Launch rolled her eyes. Of course, as soon as it's his turn next, he can't stand still...

Kibito approached Nail, helping the Namekian warrior to his feet. "Take it easy. You fought well. I will heal you."

"Thanks," Nail said, sighing as he felt the magical rejuvenation flow through his body, augmented by his own natural regenerative abilities. The group made their way towards the hole in the floor, descending to Stage Three.

"No...!" Babidi hissed.

Dabura growled, clenching his fists. "Yakon!"

"They are resourceful, to have come this far without losing any fighters, or even giving a substantial amount of energy to Majin Buu." Babidi gave Dabura a sidelong glance. "You can take care of them?"

"Have no fear. They will not defeat me," Dabura assured his agitated overlord.

The third room was, as expected, identical to the first two. However, at first, no enemy appeared.

"Okay." Raditz begn to take on a more serious manner as the minutes stretched on. "If my opponent ever does show up...think it'll be Dabura?"

"Quite possibly," Kaioshin replied. "I certainly can't think of anyone else they could send out who would be more challenging than Yakon was."

"Well, I just wish they'd hurry. I suppose we could just go down anyway..."

Kibito shook his head. "No, we'd have to blast our way through—so far it's always been locked until the enemy is defeated. And we've been over the fact that we don't want to wake Majin Buu by accident by damaging the ship."

"All right, all right...but they'd better be here soon. I've only got 24 hours, after all."

The Elder Kai sat at his own crystal ball, watching events unfold in disbelief. "How has no-one ever heard of this planet? These fighters are making the Supreme Kai himself into a bystander! Hell, I can almost believe that they can take on Dabura and Buu!" He gulped. "Almost..."

"All right, when are you going to send your guy already?!" Raditz shouted. "Let's get a move on, huh?" At this, someone did appear, seemingly fading into view out of thin air.

Four someones, actually. Goku, Gohan, Yamu and Spopovich.

"Wha..." the newly-arrived saiyans whirled around in confusion. "Raditz?!" Gohan exclaimed.

"Uh, yeah." Raditz shrugged. "I'm apparently allowed to come back for a day. Do you know about Babidi and Buu and everything, or do I need to explain that?"

Goku ran up to his brother, clapping him on the back. "No, we know the whole story. I just...wow! Launch must be happy."

"I'm standing right here," she reminded him.

"Uh, yeah! Haha! Good for you!" he laughed. She shook her head at his bumbling speech. "So, uh, who's this?" The younger saiyan sibling asked.

"This is the Supreme Kai, and his servant Kibito," Raditz explained, indicating the pair behind him. "He tasked me with taking down Babidi. What about those guys? They're with Babidi, right?"

"Yeah," Gohan said, glancing towards Yamu and Spopovich, who were edging towards the door. "They tried to drain our energy at the World Tournament, but it didn't work out for them, so we had them lead us here. I'm guessing they thought they were leading us into a trap, but we had every intention of fighting Babidi, so it's fine."

Launch shot a look at the two human slaves of the wizard, then looked back to Goku and Gohan. "We've already done a bit of that ourselves. There are three stages, apparently, and we have to beat the fighter at each one to progress. Thing is, any damage we take goes as energy to reviving Buu."

Kaioshin smiled warmly. "I take it you are friends?" Nods of assent. "Then you are most welcome to join us. Your allies have fought bravely already." He made an effort to remember names. "Launch and Nail have already defeated their opponents—however, we expect the enemy for this third stage to be on a much higher level than the first two."

Isn't that exactly what he said about Yakon? Raditz wondered.

"Sounds interesting." Goku grinned, battle-hunger gleaming in his eyes. "What I'd like to know is how we got here. One minute we were just outside the ship, the next we were down here..."

"That is quite simple," said a voice from behind them. They turned, seeing the door opening. Dabura, the king of the demon world, emerged, cape billowing out behind him. "My master wished to gather you all together in one place, in order to keep an eye on you."

"Dabura!" Kaioshin whispered. "It is as I feared..."

"My lord," Yamu intoned, as he and Spopovich bowed low.

Dabura eyed them for a second, then made up his mind. "Master Babidi has no need for failures." His left hand swept around in an arc, and two bright flashes of light shone for a second. Then, Yamu and Spopovich's bodies began to slump to the ground. Their heads rolled away bloodlessly, severed from their shoulders. Dabura had fired two razor-sharp energy waves in the blink of an eye, disposing of the servants who had failed to bring back any precious energy for Buu.

"Hey, you bastard!" Gohan yelled. "What are you going killing your own people for?"

"They were no longer of use," Dabura explained. "Merely a distraction. I cannot tolerate weakness in my underlings. Now, I advise you to all attack me together. Otherwise it won't even be a contest."

"I don't know about that," Goku said. "That wouldn't really be fair..."

"All right, you." Raditz reached up, hand going to the sword-hilt at his shoulder. "I'll be your opponent."

"Now hold on a minute!" Goku argued. "I just got here, I wanna fight!"

"Yeah, and what about me?" Gohan protested.

Kaioshin stepped between them. "You should listen to him! I'm serious, you can't beat someone like this one-on-one!" he insisted.

They ignored him, rounding on each other. "Fine, fine," Raditz grunted. "We'll decide the old-fashioned way." The three saiyans nodded, each holding out one hand.

"Rock-paper-scissors!" They cried in unison—a draw. Three papers. "Rock-paper-scissors!" One of each sign, another draw.

"Those headstrong fools...!" Old Kai muttered to himself, pounding the ground with one fist. "That battle-lust of theirs is going to get them killed, going up against a creature like Dabura!"

"Rock-paper-scissors!" Finally, a result. Two scissors, one rock.

"Gotcha!" Gohan crowed. "Looks like I'm up." He turned towards Dabura.

"Are you serious?" Dabura wondered. "I'll crush you, Earthling."

"Only half."

"What?"

"Never mind. Hey, Babidi!" Gohan called up into the air. "You teleported us in here…can we get a change of scenery now? Somewhere more open, maybe? There isn't much room to fight in here..."

"Impudent child!" Dabura's eye twitched.

He has a point, Babidi said, speaking telepathically to Dabura. Besides, the ship must remain intact.

Very well, Dabura answered promptly. But a planet similar to this one—I require no additional advantages.

If you say so...

The now-familiar feeling of Babidi's magical transportation accompanied the shift in scenery, and they found themselves in a jagged, rocky landscape beneath red skies.

"Yeah...this looks good." Gohan raised one hand in front of his face, sliding one foot backwards and locking his eyes on Dabura. "Hhhrrrr...rrrrAAAAAGH!" He burst into his Super Saiyan form.

"This again..." Dabura noted. He considered Goku, observing his similarity to the other two. Can he make this transformation as well? All three of them together could prove challenging... "Come at me."

"All right!" Gohan struck the first blow, punching straight through Dabura's guard and hitting his head. Dabura rolled with it, coming to rest on a nearby rock face.

"Interesting. I didn't expect your race to be this strong." He pulled in a deep breath. "Killing you will be most enjoyable."

Note: This fight will emphatically not be identical to the canon Gohan vs. Dabura fight, as you'll see next chapter.

Alternate title:

Chapter 76: The Magical Mystery Tour

A general thanks to everybody suggesting ideas for future plotlines! Some of them have worked their way into my plans, actually (though not all of them—I simply can't pursue every idea in just this one story!)

I'll start with the question everyone's been asking me:

Q: great chapter do trunksand gotten fuse like in cannon

A: I am not going to tell anyone this. Wait and see. But feel free to come up with theories. Just...just don't expect me to tell you what's going to happen.

Q: When will you star on the future Majin Buu attack, after doing the present timeline, or some time during it.

A: I don't have a clue, sorry. Sometime before the start of Even Further Beyond.

Q: So...Ive been lurking around this site for quite some time now...reading, silently observing. You my friend, have given me reason to review. First off, I stumbled upon this thanks to Roketto's recomendations, and was slightly confused at first as to why she put this as one of her top favorites. The early chapters seemed rushed, almost kai-like, but I did think it had some potential and they were fast reads. So I blew through them and before I knew it, I found myself enveloped in one of the best DBZ stories I could remember. Once I reached the 'Fusion Not Necessary' arc, I made up my mind to tell you off. Just who do you think you are going and writing that?! It was FANTASTIC. The way you paired up the fights, the pacing, the detail about how SSJ3 was unlocked, perfect. The Buu saga is starting out equally impressive. I demand 9 chapters a day, every day. No excuses! ...uh, but yeah... throughout the whole story I found a few things I thought might have been errors, but I forget them and im going to bed. Ill start reviewing the chapters to come, now that im caught up. If you go on hiatus imma come beat you.

A: Um...yay?

(Seriously, though, thank you! Please don't hurt me...)

Q: Great chapter! Bulma once again proved that she's a verifiable genius in every sense of the word. I never saw her little ki-enhancing device coming, which is good, from a writing standpoint, because it had buildup, but wasn't telegraphed. I'm now worried that Yamu & Spopovich will lead the others into a trap...maybe Babidi will use his magic to create illusions around Launch, Raditz, & Piccolo, & they'll be attacked by Goku & co. Yeesh. That would be one heckuva fight.

A: Thanks! I was hoping that it didn't seem out of nowhere, and equally not easily guessable.

That was an interesting idea; I doubt Babidi could do that, though, or there were plenty of times in canon when it would have been extremely useful. Yamu and Spopovich did sort of lead them into a trap—they, and Babidi, firmly believe that Dabura can take on all the heroes combined with no trouble.

Q: Yes! By some miracle, I've managed to keep up with the updates. To my statement before about Raditz vs Vegeta, I meant the Main Character awesomeness. BoD and BTtL universes are strange though. So many changes because of ONE small event.

A: Ah, I see. Yeah, they're pretty cool. In a fight, now, hmm...in terms of power, they've each been stronger than the other at different points (back in the Namek saga, Raditz was stronger, then by Cell, BoD Vegeta had overtaken him, and they haven't got to Buu yet...). But with power equal...Vegeta's a tactical genius, Raditz probably has a grudge against the prince for those years of humiliation...they've both got some useful techniques...I couldn't say for sure who'd win. I suppose it'd depend on whether Raditz's anger made him stronger and more focused, or wilder and less co-ordinated.

Q: Majin Yamcha and Majin Hercule! The two strongest fighters that can compare to Raditz and Goku! They have so much power alreadddddy, dimagine MAJIN-IFIED! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! In all seriousness, keep it up, lovingGoten

A: Vegeta, what does the scouter say about their power level?!

Vegeta: Huh? It's...it's not picking anything up...

Huh.

Yamcha: Well screw you guys, anyway!

Q: After watching the pretty much only cannon DBZ movie Battle of Gods, its pretty much explained that a mortal can't sense godly ki. Goku, Vegeta and a few others said it themselves that they can't sense a god's ki. That being said, however, you made it apparent that Raditz can sense the Kai (and probably the Kioshin's kis). How do you plan on (if you do) implementing Super Saiyan God into Break Through the Limit, when one of it's main advantages, besides enormous power, was in fact to sense Bill s Godly ki?

A: Kaioshin are not gods in the same way Bills and Whis are. The Z-fighters cannot sense godly ki, you're right. But they can sense Kais. Bills and Whis are on a much higher level of existence is the best way I can think of to explain it.

Q: As for the rest of your story so far, love it
I personally wanted to see SSJ Turles but...hey, whatever right? Teen Gohan x Teen Videl for the win, by the way (seriously, I had a f*ck yes moment when you introduced her so soon). And just something else about the beginning of your story:

It seemed as if you were putting the spotlight on Tien. For the story (later it was however for that saga I noticed), and as favorable Tien is, REALLY bugged me. I'm actually glad about future results however and excites to read more.

A: SSJ Turles, eh? You should be happy by the time you read this.

As for Tien, I just wanted to give him a bit of a moment to shine before the saiyans inevitably overtook him.