Gohan stood there clutching the Z-sword as he was a bit wobbly as the sword seemed to him to weight the same as a planet might. The Supreme Kai's and Kibito's jaws were still on the ground as Videl looked at the blade and Gohan's struggling.

"Damn you're having a hard time keeping balance with that thing, aren't you?"

Gohan gritting his teeth nodded in the affirmative. "This is the heaviest thing I've ever held!"

"Wow. That must be like made of white dwarf matter or something?"

Supreme Kai shaking off the surprise "No, it's just magical. I can sense it."

Videl smirked "Well then… I guess we better test it."

Gohan looked beyond stressed "Let me get used to it first." Said as he took a swing with it and he sort of stumble in his footing as a result but didn't fall.

Kibito coughed and tried to pretend he wasn't surprised earlier "You don't seem to be in control at all of Z-sword. You're going to need to better with it if you want to beat Kakarrot."

"Said by someone that didn't take it out of the stone and isn't wielding it right now."

Kibito growled at that, but Videl didn't even look at him instead she was focused on Gohan.

"Gohan did Trunks ever teach you how to use a sword?"

"No. It was more his thing. His dad gave it to him and well my mom didn't use a sword."

"Well then this is going to be harder than I thought. Can you power down and wield it?"

Gohan nodded and turned off the gold. It looked like a lot more work.

"Good if we can get it right in this form it means you be expending a whole lot less energy from what I gather. Let's try this in a field rather than on the edge a cliff."

All four left and found a field nearby. Gohan immediately got to work as Videl went up to the Kai.

"Could you magic me up a sword?"

Supreme Kai questioned "Huh?"

"A sword. A big medieval long sword. Gohan doesn't know how to fight with a sword. He's just swinging it around like it's a baseball bat. If he knows the forms, he might do a lot better."

Supreme Kai face brightened up "Right! Of course!"

"And you better make it out of the strongest metal in the universe just to be safe it is all magical after all."

"Good idea. But I wonder. Why do you not seem so surprised by all of this?"

"Seen a lot of strange things even before I ran into Gohan and Company. Planets of magic and psychics. The MO has an occult division. They belief some strange things. I've seen it in action. It's not news to me that they want to summon demons and ancient evils. They are nuts about it. They worship Kakarrot and death. The green man I met call himself a demon and believe him. He called himself our guardian."

Supreme Kai made the sword appear its blade was jet black and gave it to Videl. She took it by the handle and strolled over to Gohan. Gohan stopped and looked at her he was panting a bit but smiling.

Videl smiled back "Good news. I can teach you how to sword fight, but you have to make a deal with me."

"I'm listening."

"You got to teach me how to go red like you, your mother and Trunks did."

"Oh, you want to learn Kaio-ken?"

"If that's want you call it."

Gohan smiled "Well I don't see why not."

Videl nodded "Good. Now see my footing?"

Gohan looked and took it.

"Good remember that but don't be so stiff. You got to be firm but not too firm. You can't hold it too tight or too loose. One will get your wrist broken the other it knocked out of your hands…"

Kibito said to the Supreme Kai while watching this "Somethings wrong master… The sword is supposed to give whoever wields it mystical properties. I sense nothing really abnormal coming from this Gohan. No god ki at all."

"It's still early, there is a chance he just needs to get used to it before the powers start to manifest."

Videl louder "Alright Gahan the moment I swing, you meet me as hard as you can. We'll see how much this magical sword can actually take."

She flew at him, and the two's blades met as hard as they could. In one swipe Videl's cut right through the Z-sword. To the stunned shock of all involved. Videl looked at her sword "Well it's the strongest stuff in the universe for a reason. So much for our magic sword."

Kibito was panicking "This can't be happening!"

"But it was magic from the Kai's!"

Gohan brought the broken hilt to look at closer and scratched his head "Well that's disappointing."

A gust of wind picked up and a sort of energy came from the broken sword. It to their amazement swirled around and took form. An old looking Kai appeared with a long face. He had a tiny rectangularly mustache, purple skin and large bugy but mostly closed eyes. He stood there with a smile on his face.

"Wow. Man, my back is stiff." The Old Kai began to stretch as to the confusion of all present.

Gohan itched his face "Um sir who are you."

"I'm the Supreme Kai of course boy or at least I used to be." He said as he cracked his back and yelped in pain. "Oh, boy that smarts. I think I've been in that sword for maybe 50 generations.'"

Supreme Kai and Kibito in shock and confusion yelled out "50 GENERATIONS?!"

"That's right. You'd think I'd go mad in all that time but nope so thanks for freeing me. I was hoping it was going to happen soon but what can you do."

Both Gohan and Videl said "Your welcome?"

"Oh, it was you two I'd thought it would have been a Kai that rescued me."

"Well, I tried!"

"Don't sweat it. Now I image I've been freed for a reason?"

"A mortal has gained demon powers and is threating the nature balance of the universe."

"So… that's what I'm feeling. So, much for Kai supremacy. He on par with gods and demons. So that jerk Beerus is still asleep, and I see no Whis so I gather we're on our own?" (The younger nodded.) "Well then I guess you guys really need me then."

Videl raised her hand much to the irritation of Kibito. Old Kai grinned amused by this and pointed to her. "So, I get that you been in the sword for a while but probably not by choice, so you know how are you going to help us? I mean really?"

Neither Kibito nor Supreme Kai were very amused. Old Kai chuckled "Now there's a smart lady. Yes, I'm an old man and not really a fighter myself but I can unlock it in other. Many years ago, a witch took one of my earrings and I fused with her gaining her abilities."

"Wait our earrings can do that?"

"Yes, but I won't try it if you don't want to get stuck that way forever. But thanks to it I can unlock the power of whomever I do a ritual for. Now the normal version would work for normal circumstances, but this is past that. Now what is your name boy?"

"Gohan… sir Gohan Ox."

"Well Gohan your old man seems to have found a way to godhood."

"I've felt it. The power was unreal it wasn't normal."

Old Kai darkly "Scary is the word you're looking for. Keep that power in your mind. You will need to recreate it. I have a means to give you the strength to face him, but it will take time days and it will have a terrible cost that few men bare to think rather than pay."

Gohan said as resolutely as possible "Whatever the cost I will pay it."

Old Kai inquisitive "Are you sure?"

Gohan determined "Positive."

"Okay then your girlfriend over their will give me a kiss." He said like the old perv he was.

Gohan falls down while Supreme Kai face blushed with shear embarrassment. Kibito smack his face and Videl became suddenly a ball of rage. Videl's teeth were grinding as she turned to an angry red.

"Ancestor surely your joking?"

"Of course… not. I get these two are a thing, but I've been trapped for a very long time…"

Videl growling "How bout I feed you your teeth old man! My fist needs a good kiss after all! I'd rather take an acid bath with rusty nails then kiss your old man!"

"Man, Gohan you got a violent one."

Gohan got back to his feet and his face was beet red with embarrassment and anger "Please let me and Videl talk this over please."

The two flew away and met. "Gohan you better not about to tell me to go through with this shit."

"I get it and I want to spit at him too. I'm not tell or even asking you. This is up to you, but we sort of really need him if we want to save the universe."

"This isn't happening right now. I want to barf. "

"I don't like this either, but you know we can get him to agree to certain rules maybe this be easier."

"I want the universe to die right now. How do we know he can even do it? These Kai's don't really seem to impress me in the helping department."

"They have powers you seen them. A Kai taught my mother and me Kaio-ken also the Spirit Bomb."

"You owe me big time for this!"

"Yeah, I do."

The two flew back and Videl spoke "Okay this is the deal. I'll give you one. No hands, standing up, clothes on, no tongue and only after you do your voodoo not before."

Old Kai scratch his chin "Okay I agree to all but tongue bit."

Videl skin was crawling she didn't have the strength to speak without curses, so she merely nodded in agreement.

"Okay its deal then." He reached out his hand and they shook hands. She was very tempted to break his, but she managed to stop herself. "Now boy you stand there until I say otherwise while I dance around you."

Trunks smirked "Go fish."

Erasa threw down her cards in frustration. She was still in bed, but it was clear that she was getting better over the last few days.

"Why do you insist on playing this children games with me."

"Because I'm not going to do this silently and I knew eventually I'd find a game I could beat you at."

"You play chess like a three-year-old, you never think ahead."

"Don't I? I've gotten a pretty good picture of the Empire from you."

"I've told you nothing that'll help you traitors out."

"I didn't mean tactical crap. I mean everything else. You know your world is corrupt. You have mob bosses running cities. You have people that just go missing without explanation. Face it you're just a drone to them, your just cannon fodder."

"That's the regulars but either way that's the job. Death is inevitable in this life. It's also better in combat then when I'm old and grey."

"You think very small. What's the point of making this short time, more miserable with death and destruction?"

"It's the way of things."

'That's a copout."

"Why just couldn't you just torture me it be a lot more pleasant than this crap. You know it'll be funny when you people try to go to Mandalore and get caught."

"How did you know about Mandalore?"

"I didn't until just now. How are you people going to be rebels if you don't know not to conceal things. MO will spot the moment you land."

"Maybe you could teach us?"

"I would rather get roasted alive."

"Really?"

"Your very arrogant you know, that right?"

"Maybe but you seem to like it."

"Don't push it."

"If we get it a fight we'll fight to the death. You'll fail your mission to capture us."

"You want me to help you get to Mandalore?"

"Just give us codes will not get us blown up and on the planet where they can get us if you're so sure that we're bad at this."

Erasa sighed "I'll think about it."

The door to Romulus's room opened he was now all clad in grey. He was surprised to find Remus who was in his armor. Remus had been clearly looking around and had found the letter. Remus looked perturbed by this room. He had clearly been drinking a little with a shade of pink on checks.

"So, this is how you live?"

Romulus clicked his tongue "Unlike you I don't need booze, drugs, women and fancy shit."

"This is a prison cell. You live like a prisoner."

"I live the way I wish too as do you."

"All these years and I still struggle to understand you. She was such a bully to you, he made you marry her, and you didn't even protest it at all."

"His orders are law you know this."

"Why brother do I have to go to you? I was willing to die for you."

"I didn't ask you to… and now Livy is running things. It would have been better if you hadn't interfered."

Remus shook his head in disbelief "So, you'd rather have died, then lived having failed."

"Death before dishonor you know that."

Remus frustrated snapped "Your so damn selfish. I rescue you from her all those times and all you can ever seem to do is brood about how you couldn't do it!"

"All you do is drink and ask for thank you."

Remus teared up a bit "You know it is real damn hard to be your friend."

"You never wanted to be my friend. You want a pet that you could spare with. You want a bird that you could nurse back to health and make you feel better about yourself. You want green hair."

Remus crying dropped the letter and marched past him out the door. Romulus was once again left alone in his dark room.

Mai was standing in the cockpit behind Dr. Briefs. Chi-Chi, Willard and Colby were in the room too.

Chi-Chi "So can we trust the codes."

Willard huffed "It's an older code but it's still valid."

Colby "They might want visual confirmation. That would be a problem considered who we are."

Mai shrugs "We'll need Erasa for that."

Dr. Briefs "My grandson seems to be warming up to her."

Chi-Chi "She still our enemy until otherwise proved."

Mai "We still have some time."

Dr. Briefs "Not a lot of time."

Chi-Chi "There never is. If Trunks trusts her, I choose to trust him. Mandalore awaits."