KagariAsuha: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. I honestly wasn't sure if anyone would catch onto that. I'm giving Gohan that character development early on to avoid the (shudders in comical fashion) green tracksuit. But before reaching that point, I have plans for him and Kai in the Buu Saga.

Guest: My main intention is to split the focus evenly between Gohan and Kai. Throughout all of DBZ, at least until the Majin Buu Saga, Gohan never had any friends his own age, which is part of the reason why I created Kai in the first place.

xSonallyGirl129x: I'm glad to see you enjoyed this chapter. Yes, I wanted to expand on the mentor student relationship I set up between Goku and Tarble, and some Gohan and Piccolo action never hurts, especially during Z. Kai's desire to become stronger, well honestly I want to believe that with enough passion and ambition, even an Earthling could push themselves to become as strong as a Super Saiyan, which is what I tried to prove in the final battle between him and Gohan. As for the TFS references, those almost never get old. And in regards to Yamcha and the engagement ring, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that.

Klililillillil: I'm glad to hear that you like this story so much, and thank you for saying so. I love including the TFS jokes wherever I can in a way that makes sense. If you could though, would you mind spreading the word about this story?

Guest: In regards to using Kuriza, I actually do believe that putting him in the ROF arc or during the Broly movie would make a lot of sense. Thank you for the suggestion, I'll be sure to take it into consideration.

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3 years of training had come and gone in preparation for the inevitable conflict with the Android menace, and the fated day had come at last.

Goku and the others made their way across the seas, only for him to grow concerned as he noticed Gohan beginning to overtake them "Hey Gohan you might wanna slow it down a little bit, we've got plenty of time so there's no point in using up all your strength just getting there right?"

"Right." Gohan hung back a little bit until he was side by side with Goku "So be real with me for a second dad, I have to see your opinion on this. About these Androids that my future self warned us about, do you think we have what it takes to beat them?"

"Well it's tough to say since we haven't seen them yet, but I think it's safe to say that we'll know soon enough."

"I'm glad you can stay calm in these situations, I want to be able to have your optimism over this but somehow I can't shake this feeling that we're in over our heads."

"Look Gohan if these things give you too much trouble then don't put yourself at risk trying to act like a hero, we don't need a repeat of what Frieza did to you on Namek."

"I know, I just hope that I don't have to." Gohan glanced up and noticed something "Hey guys check it out, I can see Krillin up there."

"Yeah you're right, hey hang back for a second while I talk to him." Goku quickly flew up in order to meet Krillin side by side "Hey!"

"Hey man, what's up." Krillin gave a shallow chuckle and glanced back "Gohan's barely grown since the last time I saw him."

"You know it's funny, I think that every time I see you."

"...Cheap shot man, cheap shot."

"Hey why do you sound so bummed out? I thought you'd be happy to see me and everyone else after three years, what's the matter with you man?"

"Hey sensei look, I can see Krillin and Raditz up ahead of us." Tarble pointed ahead to where he saw Krillin and Raditz flying a short distance ahead of them.

"Oh yeah you're right, hey guys!"

Krillin glanced over to see Gohan flying up towards "Hey Gohan what's up, you know it's kind of weird but you've barely grown since the last time I saw you huh?"

"You know it's funny, I think that every time I see you." Goku flew up on his other side and shot him the classic Son grin.

"Yeah, very funny."

"Hey come on, what's with the gloomy look? I thought you would be happy to see us, what are you bummed out or something?"

"Don't bother trying to cheer him up Kakarot, he's not exactly upbeat about the thought of squaring off with an enemy that's supposed to kill him." Raditz pointed out.

"But he and the others have the Kaioken to fall back on."

"It's not the same as having Super Saiyan to save his skin."

"But it's still effective, don't complain man."

"Who said I'm complaining?"

"We're about 9 miles past South City right? I think that's the island up ahead!" Gohan pointed to the island up ahead of them as they all closed in on it.

"So this is the place." Goku noted "A pretty big island with a big population to match, you've gotta wonder what these people even do here."

"From what I've gathered, apparently they've legaliced prostitution here." Raditz told him "At least even those in poverty have a way to make a living."

"Still though, the island is pretty big with a dense population." Goku commented.

Gohan nodded "Which means that there's a lot of places these Androids could be hiding, I think we'll have to find some sort of way to lure them away from the city once they show themselves so the people living in the city down there don't end up getting caught in the crossfire."

"Good call. I can sense a few strong Ki signatures coming from the mountain on the far side of the island, if I had to guess I would say that's Yamcha and the others. We'd better hurry up and meet with them."

"Right, let's go." and so they flew towards the mountain.

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Yamcha (keeping his regular hairstyle in this fic) gave a smirk "See what did I tell you guys here they are, the cavalry of people way stronger than Frieza. And then there's Krillin too, hey guys what's up?"

"Hey you guys long time no see!" Gohan dropped down to the ground first, with Goku and the others right behind him and got a good look at the crowd: Yamcha, Tien, Upa and Nail all waiting for them.

"Looks like Goku's habit of being fashionably late is rubbing off on you."

"Hey he was the one who went triple serving on the bacon this morning." he glanced over and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head "What the- Bulma?"

Sure enough, Bulma stood before them with a broad smile but with a certain unexpected cargo with her in the form of a baby girl in her arms "Gohan, oh my god I can't believe how much you've grown since the last time I saw you."

"Hey Bulma, great to see you. Not to be rude or anything, but are you sure it's a good idea for you to be here?"

"I'm not participating I'm just observing, so once I get a look at the Androids which I actually intend to do we'll be on our way."

"Okay, but…"

"You're more curious by the baby in my arms than my reason for being here right?"

"Well the first thing I guess that means is that you and Yamcha got married, so congratulations to you two."

"Yeah it was a thing about a year after we all split up so you guys could train, we just wanted a small private thing though. As for the precious cargo here, her name is Bulla by the way, she happened about 10 months ago after I had my semi weekly spat with Kai and I needed Yamcha to help me let off a LOT of steam."

"So babies come from sparring?" he received various odd looks "What?"

"You mean Goku never told you about-"

"Oh I know all about that, I just wanted to gauge your reactions." this caused almost everyone present to comically fall over "What, with Kai not here someone has to fill the void of insanity that he usually fills. Where is Kai anyway, I haven't heard from him in days."

"I don't know, I don't keep tabs on that psychotic little runt. I bet it's not gonna be long before he shows up, last I saw he was training for this day so there's no way he'd miss it."

"Yeah but it's not like him to be late, at least not unless he's so overly confident he'll win that he would try and make a grand entrance right when one of us is about to die. Yeah, now that I think about it, it's probably going to be awhile before he gets here."

"He'll get here." Goku assured him "But for that matter it's been awhile since I've seen Raditz either, but I'm sure they'll be here before long."

"I had to leave Chiaotzu behind myself." Tien told them "I'm sorry to say it but I just don't think that he would be up for facing an opponent of this caliber."

"I think you made the right call, hey by the way what time is it now?"

Bulma checked her watch "It's about half past 9:00, so they oughta be here in another half hour or so."

"Well that's good, I say that while the coast is still clear you and the baby need to get as far away from here as you can."

"Look Goku I told you before, I'll leave after I get a good look at the Androids."

Gohan on the other hand, he made his way over to where Piccolo, Tien and Nail were looking down at the city below "So we have half an hour before they come. Tell me Piccolo, do you think we're ready for this?"

"I think there's only one way to find out." Piccolo told him "We've done all of the training we can to prepare for this day, whether or not it proves to be enough will be decided when the Androids actually do show themselves."

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The minutes continued to pass, and there was still no sign of the Androids.

Gohan looked up from where he was meditating when he noticed Piccolo's aura flaring ever so slightly "What's the matter?"

"I can sense someone heading in our direction." Piccolo told him "I'm not sensing any evil intentions though."

"Yeah you're right, and it doesn't seem that strong."

"You think it's Kai?" asked Upa "He could be suppressing his Ki signature."

"No we would recognize him, and besides he may not be evil but his Ki signature does have traces of insanity to them."

That was when a flying car soared onto the scene with a certain overweight samurai in the pilot's seat "It's about time I found you guys."

Goku and the others lit up when they saw him "Yajirobe you came!"

"Just in the nick of time by the looks of it."

"Does that mean you came to join us in the fight against the Androids?"

"Yeah no, not even if you became fucking Einstein, unlike you guys I like doing this little thing called staying alive." Yajirobe handed him a small brown bag "I just brought some beans for you guys because Korin made me, so enjoy them because I know I don't."

"Nice thanks a ton, this is really going to help."

"Yeah yeah whatever, now the Bean Daddy is heading back home."

"Bean Daddy?"

"It's what I like to call my burrito shop, or at least I would if Korin would let me have one already!" and then he promptly blasted off into the skies, intent on getting as far away from the island and the inevitable Androids as possible.

"...I'm really scared to ask what sort of relationship the two of them have."

"So much for being punctual." Tien glanced down at the city "It's 10:00 right on the dot and I'm still not picking up even the faintest sight of them."

"That does seem kind of strange." Yamcha noted "But let's not be too hard on Gohan's future self or anything, I mean he didn't say they'd be here at the stroke of 10 and it's only about a quarter after. Let's just be patient."

"I'm not suggesting we charge in head first or anything of that sort, I'm simply saying that it doesn't feel right for there to not even be even the slightest sign of their presence."

"Okay I'll give you that one. It's not like guys like these would be able to just hide, if they touch down anywhere then we would notice right away." that was when an explosion in the distance caught their attention.

"What the hell was that?"

"I think it was Yajirobe, looking back I don't think we've ever wished him back with the Dragon Balls before."

"Look up there!" Piccolo barked "Something up in the sky, he was attacked from above!" that got everyone to notice two figures in the sky in the distance, only for them to disappear down towards the city "They landed somewhere in the city!"

"Did you see where?" asked Upa "Did you manage to get a look at who they were?"

"They were too far away, I couldn't make out anything about them. Something doesn't seem right about them either, even when I could see them I couldn't sense anything from either of them."

"Wait a second." that was when Gohan thought of something "The Androids are both machines aren't they?"

"Yeah, why?"

"If that's the case then we shouldn't be able to sense them, we only know how to sense life energy."

"Dammit, you're right. These things are under our radar, that means we'll have to track them down the old fashioned way."

"Right, everyone pick a section of the city to search." Goku glanced over to Bulma and tossed her the bag of Senzu Beans "Bulma it's for the best if you and the baby stay here and hold onto the beans, we can't risk them getting destroyed when we find the Androids. Nobody try and take them on alone, if you get a fix on them be sure to tell the rest of us first." he shot a glance over towards Upa "In the meantime Upa I think you should head over and check on Yajirobe, I think he bailed out before his car exploded."

"Right, I understand." Upa promptly blasted off.

"Alright you guys, let's go!" and so Goku and the others blasted off down towards the city in search of the Androids.

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With one of our Saiyans…

Raditz landed on top of a water tower and looked down at the streets below 'Come on, they have to be here somewhere. Dammit this is bad, you would think that my nephew from the future would be smart enough to show us a picture or something. Now come on Raditz, if I was an Android where would I be? Well actually I guess I would be right here, I mean being an Android wouldn't change where I am, just what I am. I mean if you think about it…'

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Gohan landed in some random street, scaring this one guy with unnaturally pink eyes right off his hoverboard "Darn it, I have to find the Androids before they hurt anyone." he looked back at the guy with pink eyes "Excuse me, have you seen any Androids?"

"I don't know, are you an Android?" asked the guy.

"No."

"Then no. But I did see this flying kid, he landed right in front of me man. He looked a lot like you actually."

"...Oh boy."

"Are you holding?"

"What does that even mean?"

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Piccolo looked down at the city from one of the rooftops 'Dammit this is ridiculous, a couple of pieces of scrap metal bent on annihilation should stick out like a sore thumb, or me in a crowd full of these morons.'

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Unknown to any of our heroes, the two Androids in question, a fat one with white skin and an old man with white hair (who shall be referred to as 19 and 20 respectively) landed in the city and started calmly walking through the city in search of victims.

The first people they came across were two guys who took notice of Yajirobe's car getting blown out of the sky "I'm telling you it crashed into the ocean, shit like that is what's wrong with this country!" he glanced back at 19 and 20 "Hey inconspicuous old man and mime, you guys saw that didn't you? A sky car blew up out of nowhere, it dropped like a rock a few miles out into the bay!" he received no reply from either of them, other than an unnerving sideways glance "Uh, you guys listening?"

19 slowly made his way towards him.

"Hey dial it back a little bit Marcel Marceau, if that's what you're looking for then it's gonna have to be 100 Zeni an hour, 200 if you want it to get weird."

19 promptly headbutted that guy hard, and then he slugged the other guy across the face, sending him crashing into a building.

That was when a guy in a car had made the mistake of honking at 20 while he was standing in the middle of the road "Hey what the fuck you old jackass, get the hell out of the road! Yeah that's right sideshow, I'm talking to you! If you want to beat the crap out of prostitutes then do it on your own damn time! Get your ass moving, don't make me get out of this car!"

Without uttering so much as a single word, 20 walked towards the car, stuck his hand through the hood and promptly ripped out the engine before dropping it with a very loud thud.

"Oh… Oh god, what the hell are you?"

Still deathly silent, 20 walked over to the man, grabbed him by the neck and pulled him clear through the roof of the car and squeezed him until his neck snapped like a twig, earning a scream of terror from a nearby woman witnessed the ordeal.

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The sound of screaming was more than enough to draw the attention of Yamcha from where he was searching nearby 'That was close, that means I've found them!'

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20 dropped the lifeless corpse of the old man and glanced over in a certain direction "I detect an exceptionally strong power signature moving within range, provide a scan for confirmation immediately."

"Affirmative." 19 promptly did a scan "Analysis has now been confirmed, the source is currently closing in on our position."

"Excellent, and it exceeds average human capabilities?"

"Affirmative. First hypothesis, the source is Son Goku." they floated into the air in order to observe him.

Yamcha sped onto the scene but promptly hid behind a building as he took notice of the corpses left behind by the Androids 'Corpses, minor destruction of property, looks like I'm definitely on the right track. The only question is, where the hell are they no?' he glanced over to see a couple of bystanders peaking their heads out a nearby window "Hey did either of you get a look at the ones that did all of this?"

"Sorry man, but you would know them if you saw them." the guy told him.

"That doesn't help, do you at least know where they are now?"

"No way, once second they were here and the next they vanished into thin air."

'So they can hit hard, move fast and they clearly have a taste for blood. I can't take any chances with guys like these, I'd better summon the others. But then again, what good would it be to call the others if the enemy isn't even here now?'

What Yamcha didn't notice was that 19 and 20 were observing him from mid air "Initial hypothesis has been rejected, the source is not Son Goku. The statistics align at 92% with the database model for Yamcha."

"Unfortunate." 20 noted "But nonetheless, his energy can be appropriated." they floated back down to the ground.

Yamcha glanced back to see them standing a few feet away "Hey did the two of you manage to see anything? I'm trying to track down the ones responsible for this." he noticed them studying him in silence and promptly studied them for a few seconds 'No Ki signatures for me to sense out, they're wearing matching outfits and they have the Red Ribbon symbol.'

"You've already found them."

"I figured as much. Kaioken!" Yamcha dodged a sudden lunge by 20 and dealt him a sharp kick to the face, knocking his hat clean off, and then he dodged another lunge by 19 as his crimson aura continued flaring and kicked him in the face, sending him skidding backwards across the street as Yamcha retreated back a short distance 'This is bad, I just hope the others can lock onto my Ki signature before this can get any worse. Spirit Ball!" he promptly launched a Spirit Ball as fast as he could.

20 wasted no time in absorbing it into the node in his palm "Your energy will be appropriated and be of great benefit to us." he blitzed forward and stuck his hand through Yamcha's chest, causing him to cough up blood, then proceeded to grab Yamcha by the wrist and started draining his Ki reserves, the commotion in the street also causing a truck carrying a massive tanker full of gasoline to swerve out of the way and crash into a nearby gas station, causing it to explode.

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Raditz was still searching for the Androids in his section of the city while enjoying some time along with his thoughts 'I mean when you think about it, an Android is just a human with wires instead of veins and oil instead of blood. I wonder if they dream of electric sheep, some techno lamb actually sounds pretty good right about now.'

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Yamcha continued getting his Ki reserves drained by 20, his mind racing 'Is he… Is he draining my Ki?' he aimed a kick at 20's head, only for it to be caught with ease and for his knee to get shattered, causing him to cough up blood as his vision grew blurry 'I've only… got enough left… for one shot at this… Kaioken!" he aimed an uppercut kick at 20's jaw, knocking him back a short distance and allowing Yamcha to get blown back a short distance, looking considerably worse for wear 'Whatever trick they're using to drain my Ki it did the job, that was about all I had in me after he took so much.'

20 promptly went over and put his hat back on, then started to advance towards Yamcha in order to continue draining his Ki reserves, when something else caught his attention "I detect multiple exceptionally high power readings approaching our location."

'Please let it be the others…'

"Yamcha hang on!" that was when Gohan quickly dropped onto the scene, with Goku and the others following soon after "Are you okay?"

"I'll live, but listen…"

"Don't bother, save your strength." Goku told him "Krillin take him and get going, I left the bag of Senzu Beans with Bulma and she's back up on the ridge. Make sure Yamcha gets one right away."

"But…"

"Don't bother man, just be glad you survived against these things." Krillin slung Yamcha's arm over his shoulder "You lasted a hell of a lot longer than I would've." and so they promptly flew off back towards the mountain.

Piccolo studied 19 and 20 intently "So these are the fearsome Androids? They're not quite the monsters I expected them to be."

20 turned his gaze onto Piccolo "How strange, you have identified the two of us as Androids and yet I have yet to give any sort of indication. What's more, you appear to all have gathered here in anticipation of our arrival. Explain this to me, who informed you of our plans?"

"There's only one way you're getting an answer to that question, and it's if you ask with your fists!" Raditz let out a snarl.

"As you wish."

Goku and the others promptly dropped into combat stances, but then he glanced back at the fire raging behind then "Hold on a second, there are too many innocent people here! We'd better take it outside the limits of the city, does that sound fair to you guys?"

"You propose to relocate our confrontation. Why is that? A problem of too many bystanders is easily correctable. Observe." so as his eyes flashed red, 20 started using his Bionic Punisher eye beam attack to unleash a barrage of explosions across the city, leaving a good majority of it in burning ruins.

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Yamcha swallowed a Senzu Bean, bringing him back to full strength just in time to see the fiery chaos coming down upon the city "What the hell is going on down there?"

"I can't believe what I'm seeing." Upa muttered "They annihilated at least half the city in a matter of seconds.

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"STOP IT!" in his rage, Gohan burst forward and slugged 20 in the face full force, knocking his hat off and sending him skidding back a short distance "How could you kill all of those people for no reason?"

20 calmly reached down and put his hat back on "It was my understanding that you and your comrades wished for the streets to be free of onlookers, did you not? Evidently you find our solution less than satisfactory."

"You little…" Goku suppressed a snarl as he clenched his fists tighter "Follow me so I can turn you into a pile of scrap metal!"

"Your victory will not be the outcome of this confrontation, but if you insist. Very well then, we shall follow you. Select the place of your inevitable demise Son Goku." that was enough to surprise the others.

"What the- How the hell do you guys know my name?"

"We know far more than that. The boy over there is your son Son Gohan, the green one is known as Piccolo, the one with the spiked hair is the Saiyan known as Raditz, and the triclops is the onek known as Tien Shinhan. However, I have no data on the other Namekian or the young Saiyan in your company."

"There will be time for questions later, we all came here for a fight so that's what I'm going to be giving you. Now come on!" Goku promptly blasted off into the skies, with Gohan, Tarble and the others, as well as 19 and 20, following in hot pursuit.

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Yamcha looked up to see Goku and the others blasting off away from the island "Looks like the Androids are on Goku's tail and the others are right behind them."

"Dammit, this is bad." Krillin muttered "I sure hope he knows what he's doing."

"He hasn't even seen the worst of what those guys can do, he doesn't know how they have the ability to absorb energy from people."

"Hold on, what?! Did I just hear you right, these guys can siphon your energy?"

"Yeah you've got that right, I don't know how they pulled it off but I attacked one of them with a Spirit Ball and he just absorbed it into some kind of node in his hand, and then when he grabbed ahold of me I could feel my life force draining!"

"Well to be fair you were losing a lot of blood."

"It was coming out of my mouth!"

"Oh. Gross."

"Oh for the love of- I'm telling you that they can absorb Ki from people!"

"But that's insane." Bulma muttered "I didn't know there was a kind of technology that could pull that off, Dr Gero would really have to be a mad genius if his designs are really as advanced as that."

"No time to worry about it now, we have to warn Goku and the others before they end up finding out the hard way." Yamcha flared his aura, only to be stopped by Bulma grabbing him by the wrist.

"You're out of your gourd if you think I'm letting you go back there, those things tossed you around like a rag doll and literally fisted you and you're lucky to even be alive!"

"Bulma be realistic for a second, I need to go just as much as Krillin and Upa do. Goku and the others have no idea what they're up against, even with the Kaioken I'm just practice for those bastards. I have to go."

"Yamcha, you don't have to be the hero."

"Like I give a damn about being the hero, the only thing I care about is making sure that my family doesn't get themselves killed out there." Yamcha gave her a thumbs up and a reassuring nod, and he promptly blasted off into the skies.

'Yamcha…'

"Come on, let's go!" Krillin and Upa wasted no time in blasting off after him.

'You'd better come back alive or I swear I'm never going to forgive you.'

"Well there goes a jackass." Yajirobe let out a scoff.

"So how are you holding up right now?"

"My car just got blown up. Well it was Korin's car to be more specific, the Pussy Wagon ain't no more now."

"Well then are you going to fly after them?"

"No."

"Is it because you're fat?"

"Yeah."

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Meanwhile, with the others…

Goku and the others continued leading 19 and 20 as far away from the island as they could 'Well from the looks of it they're starting to grow impatient.'

"Observe the landscape below us." 20 got his attention "I see no good reason for travelling any further. Enough of this pointless stalling, you are wasting time."

'So they finally ran out of patience.' Goku stopped in mid air, gripping his chest slightly, causing everyone to screech to a halt in mid air.

"This location will be adequate for our purposes." 19 and 20 promptly lowered themselves to the ground, with the others following almost immediately.

Gohan looked around at the landscape chosen for the battlefield "Looks like a pretty flat terrain, but at the same time it's surrounded by rocky hills. I wonder why they chose here."

"If I had to guess I would say that they plan on hiding in the rocky terrain if they need to and attack from there." Piccolo commented "Speaking in strategic terms, it's actually not too bad of an idea."

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Yamcha and the others looked around the archipelago in search of Goku and the others, only to not have much luck "Dammit this isn't good, they're keeping their Ki signatures suppressed until the fighting starts. We won't have much luck finding them this way, at least not until one of them actually does something."

"Dammit!" Krillin's aura flared in his frustration "Goku where the hell are you?!"

"That's not going to help Krillin."

"It's better than nothing!"

"No it's not, it's really not."

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Goku's aura subsided considerably as he eyed the Androids, though he was clearly panting very heavily "Alright… before we get into things here… I have a few questions for you guys."

Gohan spared a glance over at Goku 'Something doesn't seem right with him, dad shouldn't be so out of breath already. We haven't done anything other than flying so far.'

"Tell me… how the two of you… know about us…"

20 shot a cold glare of disdain in Goku's direction "Very well, if that is your wish then I shall inform you, though I have considerable doubts that you will take any comfort from hearing the story Son Goku. You see, using a fleet of miniature surveillance drones we have kept a close watch on your exploits for some time. Your battles against the likes of Tien Shinhan in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, your battle with the Demon King Piccolo, the battle with his reincarnation Piccolo Jr in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, the battles against your fellows of your own Saiyan race. To put it so simply that even you can understand it, we have catalogued your progress as a warrior over the years. We've taken note of every milestone you've undertaken. You've been studied with an eye towards how best to defeat you in the heat of battle, on behalf of the Red Ribbon Army."

"So… you have a grudge…"

"Your actions almost single handedly led to their ultimate disgrace and disbandment, and as a result the great Dr Gero had to face untold humiliations."

"And what's that to you?" Raditz shot him a suspicious glare "The way you're talking about him makes it sound like you actually are the good doctor."

"Such a concept is absolutely absurd, I am a superior form of artificial life created by a mind whose level of genius is incalculable. Dr Gero himself is no longer among us."

"Alright, so what about the battle I had against Frieza?" asked Goku "Did you go out of your way to spy on that one too?"

"There was very little point, the sum total of information extracted from your prior battles provided us with a superb data model, and therefore any increases in strength at this juncture would be sufficiently offset by your age. To all intensive purposes, your limits have been made clear to us."

"Is that right? Well sorry about this, but if all you know about me is what you got from before I went to Namek then you're in for a real shock."

"What's that?"

"Take my word for it." Raditz told him "Believe me when I tell you that your data model has a long way to go before it could be calibrated for the likes of a Super Saiyan."

"Super Saiyan you say?"

"I do say. Hey Kakarot, you want to take this one or can I?"

"Sorry about this bro, I think I'll take this one myself." Goku let out a quick roar as his body bulked up slightly, his eyes flashing teal and his hair flashing gold, and in an instant he suddenly flashed into Super Saiyan, his golden aura exploding outwards, unleashing a massive shockwave across the battlefield.

'Go ahead and make them pay for what they've done brother, but you'd better do it fast. I have a bad feeling about something.'

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"Come on guys, this is the way!" following Goku's Ki signature, Yamcha and the others soared towards the battlefield at full speed.

"Wow, this is insane." Krillin muttered "I feel like I'm picking up on some seriously insane levels of power there."

"That would be Goku you're sensing, he's already turned Super Saiyan and that means he's getting serious."

"Yeah but it's weird that it's just him, I guess the Androids don't have any Ki signatures we could sense."

"Which means that Gohan's theory was right on the money."

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Goku's golden aura subsided slightly, causing the shockwaves to die down "You see, this is what a Super Saiyan is capable of."

Raditz was unfazed by the shockwaves, and he looked on with pure pride in his eyes 'You've come a long way brother, I knew you were powerful but now that I've seen it in action with my own eyes… I can only imagine how proud father would be if he were to see you.'

"Raditz listen to me, I want you to make sure you and the others stay out of this. These bastards have already made it clear that I'm the one they want, so I'm the one they're going to get."

20 studied Goku's Super Saiyan form intently "A most intriguing discrepancy, this dormant power he is displaying."

"New data has been acquired." 19 noted "Present technique being displayed is considerably discrete from Kaioken."

"This departs to a rather considerable extent from the data we've compiled previously. But with that being said, it is not remotely a discouragement. His level of strength is still remaining within manageable parameters, and as such the threat he poses to you is negligible."

"Affirmative." 19 promptly stepped forward.

"Well fine by me, if that's the case then go ahead and show me what you've got and let's get this over with." Goku's aura flared even higher as he charged forward at full speed, but then he disappeared from sight.

Knowing that Goku was behind him, 19 whipped around and aimed a kick at Goku's head at full speed.

Goku blocked the kick with his forearm, dodging and blocking every attack 19 was throwing at him with ease.

19 retreated back a considerable distance towards a plateau and unleashed a quick Ki blast at near point blank range, destroying the top of the plateau in the process and forcing Goku to shield himself from the debris, and then he attempted to hit Goku with a follow up Ki blast while he was distracted.

Goku dodged the attempted sneak attack and blitzed towards 19 as he returned to the ground, dodging an attempted punch and dealing him an elbow straight to the back, the force sending him flying into another nearby plateau.

Tarble looked on in awe "Yes, that's the way sensei! You have him on the ropes!" he failed to notice the others staying ominously silent.

'He should be coming out any second now.'

"You shall meet your extermination!" 19 promptly burst out from beneath the rubble and shot towards Goku at full speed.

Goku stopped his advancement with one hand and dealt him an uppercut kick to the jaw, the force sending him flying into the air, and then he blitzed up into the air to join him, dodging and blocking every attack being thrown at him, eventually managing to find an opening to counter attack with a vicious combo attack.

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Tarble could only look on in disbelief "I never thought it was actually possible, I knew that sensei had grown stronger over the last few years of training but now it seems like he's almost invincible!"

Gohan shared a look with Piccolo and the others "I don't know about that… Something just doesn't seem right…'

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Goku continued his brutal assault against 19, dealing him heavy barrages of punches and kicks while dodging and blocking every attack being thrown at him in the process 'What the hell is going on with me? It's like my body won't move as fast as I want it to…' he dealt 19 a sharp uppercut to the jaw and a kick to the gut, and then he followed up with a brutal smash attack straight to the face, sending him hurtling backwards.

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20 frowned at what he was seeing in the battle 'Son Goku is capable of generating a far greater level of power than the data model predicted. Such a thought is inconceivable, if the battle continues at this rate then 19's energy will be depleted before he has the chance to appropriate any from Son Goku.'

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"Guys we're here!" Yamcha and the others dropped down onto the scene, only to see Goku still going at it in mid air with 19 "Sorry we're late, what did we miss?"

"Well to put it in simple terms, Kakarot is in the middle of handing the Pillsbury Dough-Bot its generous white ass." Raditz told him flatly.

"Wait, they're already fighting? Dammit, this is really bad."

"It's alright, there's no need for you to worry." Tarble assured him "Sensei already has this one in the bag."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that."

"What the heck are you talking about?" asked Krillin "I mean he's mopping up the floor with this clown, I bet that whole thing about energy siphoning thing was a figment of your imagination."

"No, that's definitely not it."

"Just look at him up there-"

"No, Yamcha's right." Gohan cut in "Piccolo and the others can see it to, I don't know what it is but it looks like his technique is really rushed for some reason. The fight only started a few minutes ago and dad is wasting a lot of his power, and his technique is really sloppy."

"What the heck are you talking about? Goku is incredible up there! Goku isn't hurt and the Android is totally overwhelmed, how is that sloppy?"

"He means sloppy by the standards of a Super Saiyan." Nail told him "All of us are fully aware that if Goku was fighting at his maximum capacity then the Android would have been destroyed a long time ago."

"Well did they manage to drain him beforehand?" asked Yamcha "From what I can tell both of these Androids to drain the energy of their opponents, at least that would explain it."

"They can drain energy?"

"I ran into those freaks first in the streets, I fired a Spirit Ball at the old guy but he just absorbed it into some node in his hand, and then he slapped a hand over my mouth and I could feel my power taking a nosedive before I even knew what hit me."

"TAKE THIS!" Goku finished his mid air assault by dealing 19 a devastating kick straight to the face, sending him crashing to the ground.

"But at the same time that does look promising, do any of you guys think that was enough to finish the job on the thing?" Yamcha received no replies as 19 promptly pulled himself back to his feet "Yeah I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but still you would think he would have some kind of reaction."

"But keep in mind that he is an Android." Tien pointed out "He doesn't have any sort of pain receptors in him."

"That makes sense."

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Goku was panting heavily, his Super Saiyan aura beginning to flicker in an out of existence from the exhaustion he was feeling 'I don't have much left in me, if I'm going to end this then I'll have to finish him in one shot.' he cupped his hands at his side, a blue Ki sphere building in between his palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he promptly fired a quick Kamehameha down towards the ground at full speed.

19 wasted no time in absorbing the Kamehameha into the node in his palm within mere seconds of making contact, much to the horror of everyone present "And now your energy is in my possession!"

'He… He absorbed it… How the hell… How did he do that?'

"Kakarot listen to me!" Raditz barked "Don't try to hit him with any more energy blasts, they can absorb any energy you use through the nodes in the palms of their hands! Only use physical attacks on them, and whatever you do don't let them grab you!"

"You… You've gotta be kidding me… It's like… He's soaking up my Ki… like some… some kind of sponge…" Goku let out a bitter chuckle.

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Yamcha felt beeds of sweat dripping down his head from what he was seeing "Okay I can't be the only one who thinks he's not looking that hot right now, how much of his energy did they already take from him?"

"But that's just it, I don't think they've even taken anything from him." Gohan told him "We've all been watching the fight up until now, and they haven't even touched him once.

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20 looked on at the scene with a smirk of triumphant confidence 'This is excellent, 19's levels of strength have increased in direct proportion to the amount of energy Goku seems to have expended during the battle. Now is your chance 19, take the opportunity and do it!'

" is now fully online." 19 suddenly blitzed into the air and kneed Goku in the gut full force, backhanded him across the face and dealt him a brutal smash attack, sending him hurtling towards the ground.

Goku barely managed to stop himself before he hit the ground "No… you don't…" he quickly fired off another Ki blast.

"Wait dad no don't!" but Gohan's cries were too late 'Dad I don't get it, what the heck are you doing?'

"You… You bastard…" by now Goku had blood coming from his mouth, and slowly lowered himself back to the ground, panting heavily and gripping his chest in agony.

'Okay something is definitely wrong, but he hasn't had any of his Ki stolen by either of the Androids so what's going on?' that was when he noticed Goku gripping his chest in pain and the horrifying realization dawned on him "They haven't drained any of his energy, there's some kind of problem with his heart! Look!"

"Wait hold on a second." Piccolo's head snapped towards Gohan "Are you saying it's that heart virus the version of you from the future warned us about?"

"Yeah, that has to be the reason."

"But that doesn't make any sense!" Krillin protested "How the hell could your dad possibly be sick right now? Think about it, he took that miracle cure for that heart virus a long time ago didn't he? We know these Androids can steal energy, that's all there is to it."

"No, stealing the energy from one Kamehameha is nowhere near enough to leave dad as exhausted as this."

Goku promptly fell to one knee from the sheer exhaustion and pain he was feeling 'What… What the hell is going on? Why can't… Why can't I… catch my breath…? It's like my body is turning on me…'

"Hey Goku heads up, take one of these!" Krillin promptly threw a Senzu Bean to him "That should help!"

"Thanks Krillin… this should help…" Goku wasted no time in downing the Senzu Bean "I guess I just needed… a little pickmeup…"

20's eyes narrowed in Goku's direction, and then he shot a glance over at Yamcha 'That's one of those remarkable beans that's capable of restoring one's health to the fullest extent in even the worst of cases, I see the myths surrounding their potency are far from exaggerated, taking the evidence into consideration.'

"Come on, let's go for round two!" Goku promptly charged at 19, only to find his confidence to be horribly misplaced as he was promptly sent crashing to the ground, still writhing in agony from the pain he was feeling.

"This is bad." Gohan muttered "The Senzu Bean didn't work, and his heart isn't strong enough to shake the infection."

"But that doesn't make sense." Nail pointed out "His heart shouldn't be an issue when he took the cure that your future self provided."

"Well the symptoms that my future self warned us about didn't show up, he never got sick so he never bothered to take it. Dad said that there was no point in bothering with the cure if he didn't think there was anything wrong with him."

"Dammit… I can't…" Goku tried to persevere, only to stay on the receiving end of a brutal barrage of attacks from 19 that sent him flying back a great distance, and things only got worse as he was forced to power down from his Super Saiyan form.

"...And he just knocked the Super Saiyan out of my dad, which only makes this situation far worse than it already was."

19 promptly stomped down on Goku's chest and arms, causing him to scream in pain, and then he grabbed Goku by the neck and started squeezing as he began draining Goku of any remaining Ki reserves he may have had left.

"I can't just stand here while they're trying to such my dad dry like a sponge, I'm going in after him!" Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan and promptly charged forward.

20 suddenly blitzed in front of him and blocked his way "Stay where you are boy, this is the only warning I intend to give you. If you or any of your companions attempt to interfere then you shall do so only at your own peril. Would you care to try?"

"If it means stopping you from killing my dad then I say game on!" Gohan aimed a kick at 20's head, only to end up receiving an eye laser blast through the chest, causing him to fall out of Super Saiyan and hit the ground with a loud thud, supposedly out cold.

"You were warned, and you choose very poorly boy." 20 turned to where the others looked either furious, terrified, or both "That was a bold move on the part of the child there, but I would not say that the attempt was wise."

"Dammit, this is bad." Tien muttered "This guy is way too fast for us, but if we can't do something right now then Goku is as good as dead- Wait, what the hell?"

"Mine mine mine mine mine…" a faint repitition could be heard in the distance.

"Okay does anyone else hear that?"

"Mine mine mine mine mine…"

"Yeah and it's getting closer." Piccolo muttered "And it sounds an awful lot like…"

"Mine mine mine mine mine!" that was when a flash of red appeared on the scene and suddenly dealt 19 a solid kick to the face, knocking him away from Goku and sending him flying across the battlefield. The red flash then screeched to a halt, revealing none other than Kai in its place in all of his glory "Mine. And for the record there's only one person in the world who can handle sucking him dry, and the Pillsbury Doughbot over there isn't it."

"Better late than never I guess." Gohan suddenly pulled himself back to his feet and let out a sigh of what sounded like exasperation "And the prodigal psychopath returns."

"Says the guy that took a dive for the metaphorical cameras."

"I had it all worked out in my head but I didn't have time to share it with the others, I tried to create an opening to get past the Androids and save dad, but then you showed up while quoting the most annoying characters in all of Finding Nemo."

"Hey the seagulls are known for pissing off the majority of characters for the sake of comedic value, and that makes them more likeable than every single character in Frozen, not that it's really that hard. Also, before I forget…" he looked over at Yamcha "I know about you getting your ass handed to you back in the city. Way to give the other kind of fisting a shot, I give you points for variety. Also I would've bailed after that, I wouldn't have any stamina left after I got a handjob."

At this, Yamcha let out a sigh "Yep it's official, he's back."

"And he's about to wreck some serious shit, but first things first." Kai promptly went over to where Goku was lying in agony and kicked him in the shin "Okay, clearly you're either suicidal or just that stupid. Even you should've been able to figure out that something was fucking with you from the inside but you just couldn't help pushing yourself until you were basically a waste of space writing in agony like a Kardashian. Did you even think about how that going Super Saiyan would only make the heart virus work faster? Okay I'm making a pool, people who think you're just retarded vs people who think you're suicidal." he promptly kicked Goku across the battlefield over towards the others "Somebody catch the idiot."

"I've got him!" Gohan quickly caught Goku and gently lowered him to the ground "Please dad, we need you to hang in there for all of us."

"I say someone take the potentially suicidal moron back home and cram the heart medicine that the Back to the Future reject gave him down his throat, and take a picture of it so I can post it on Facebook."

"Good idea, I'll be sure to get dad out of here and make sure he gets the medicine."

"No that's okay, I'll take him home." Upa gently hoisted Goku over his shoulder "I wouldn't be of any use here, at least this way I'll be able to contribute and do something useful."

"If you say so but be careful, since he's being made like this by a virus then I think it would be for the best if you were to take some of that medicine for yourself, just to be on the safe side."

"Yes that's a good call. You don't have to worry everyone, I promise I'll make sure that he gets better one way or another. Goku once saved my father a long time ago, it's about time for me to return the favor. Just be sure you take care of these Androids before we return." and so Upa then proceeded to fly away from the battlefield with Goku hoisted over his shoulder.

'Please don't die on us dad, the world still needs you, and so do we.'

20 was quick to stop 19 from pursuing them "As you were 19, there's no point in giving chase at the moment. We will simply save the best course for last, his canny little companions will be able to wet our appetites for the feast. As we still have the likes of Raditz and Piccolo with us, I'm more than confident things will stay interesting."

Krillin glanced over at the others "You know looking back, I don't think falling back sounds like to bad of an idea right about now. I don't mean to sound like I'm freaking out or anything, but if what Gohan's future self told us about Goku's heart condition turned out to be true then I bet what he said about us getting taken out by these Androids is probably gonna end up happening too. If anything has tipped the scales here then I definitely don't think it's been tipped in our favor."

"But that doesn't matter, these guys are ruthless and they're out for blood." Gohan told him "The things they did back in the city will happen everywhere, if we walk away now then they'll just start torching the entire planet."

"You don't have to worry, we will stop them once your dad is back on his feet."

"Krillin think for a second, there's no good reason to assume that the future is decided down to the smallest detail. My future self was right about the heart virus getting dad, but it was supposed to happen six months ago. Him going back in time in the first place would most likely lead to reprecussions on at least some level."

"Yeah well, so far none of those reprecussion have made these creeps any less terrifying in my eyes."

19 turned to 20 and promptly bowed "#20, requesting permission to destroy Kai."

"Such a greedy swine." 20 let out a scoff "You gorge yourself like a king, and now that your energy is twice as much as it was before you still want seconds?"

"Affirmative."

"...So be it, but in exchange I alone will have the remaining eight for myself."

"Understood." 19 turned back to Kai with a menacing gaze (at least what he believed to be a menacing gaze) and dropped into a combat stance.

"Oh please, that's just fucking hysterical." Kai barked out a laugh "You really think you can take me down with the automa-ton of fun? I only needed to watch you guys for less than a minute and I can already tell that all anyone needs to you is avoid the nodes on your palms. Sorry about that sexbot, but no handjobs for you."

"Insufficient data to draw conclusion, your analysis is premature. You see, my knowledge of your skills in combat is exhausted."

"Well that's an ironic bitch slap across the face, I'm pretty sure you crammed that exact same line down Goku's throat before he went Super Saiyan. The look you two had on your faces didn't exactly scream of confidence, if anything it was more worthy of being the basis for god only knows how many memes. There's no way you can just predict or calculate true power even when it's right in front of you. You might look like a real cutting edge piece of tech but I can't help but ask, can you feel fear?"

"Such a notion is inconclusive at best."

"Why don't we go ahead and fix that." Kai dropped into a stance and gritted his teeth as his muscles started bulging, his aura slowly flickering in and out of existence, the ground beginning to shatter beneath his feet, and with a furious roar his aura exploded outwards as a massive white light shone across the battlefield.

Gohan and the others had to brace themselves "Get ready you guys, you're about to see just what happens when Kai actually decides to get serious in a fight!"

When the light subsided, it revealed Kai standing where he had been before, his body surounded by a deep green colored aura "I've said it before in front of an alien lizard and I'll say it again in front of a bunch of Transformer rejects. Fuck power levels, fuck Super Saiyans, and fuck all of you. I don't need to become a Super Saiyan in order to reach a level of power that will leave a little black spot in your pants. On one hand, you could just say that I got to this level through three years of push ups, sit ups and plenty of juice. On the other hand, you don't have a fucking clue how single mindedly I decidated myself to becoming stronger than anything any of you have ever seen before. I trained myself until my bones shattered under the pressure of up to 500x the gravity of this planet, where even moving to scratch myself required every ounce of willpower I had. The only thing stopping my body from getting ripped apart was my burning resolve to be the best of the best, and then I discovered that all of that training along with a new technique I learned was enough to face off with a Super Saiyan and fight him to a draw. But that wasn't enough, not for me at least. After I faced off with Gohan I decided to continue my training in space, where no one would be able to distract me, and only Nail was there to provide any moral support. A lightning storm erupted on this one planet we were training on, and I welcomed it with open arms. Meteors started crashing down onto the planet, and I started blasting through one after another so that they wouldn't destroy the ship I was using. I figured I would have everything under control no problem, but considering the fact that I had spent days training at 500 times the gravity of Earth it took everything I had in me and more, but it still wasn't enough. My limits were painfully clear to me. But then something inside of me just snapped, I didn't care anymore. I didn't want to be the best anymore. I didn't care if I lived or died, I didn't give a shit about anyone or anything. And that was when it happened. I started truly owning the self hatred that realization brought, the willpower required to push the Namek-Ken to its absolute limit erupted into life. I had never felt anything it before, and it turned me into what stands before you. Pure. Unadulterated. Badass."

"As if." Nail let out a scoff "From any other perspective, it's simply pure, unadulterated ego at its worst."

"I heard that Big Green!"

"Is that okay?"

"As a matter of fact, you can go fuck yourself."

"Enough of this delusional nonsense." 20 let out a scoff "It doesn't matter what sort of power you may or may not have awakened, you still grossly overestimate your own abilities. Make him suffer the same fate as Son Goku."

"Understood." 19 wasted no time and fired a set of Bionic Punisher eye blasts at Kai, engulfing him in the explosion that followed.

When the smoke cleared, Kai was standing there without so much as a scratch on him "Oh shit, did I leave the stove on?"

19 charged forward at full speed and let a fist fly, slugging Kai square in the jaw and forcing him to take a single step back.

Kai simply wiped the blood from his lip and his smirk widened "Well isn't that a fucking shame, it looks to me like you just hit your self destruct sequence. I'm assuming that Androids don't have any pain receptors, so that really works in your favor. Now what do you say we start with the countdown. Five!" he slammed his foot straight into 19's chest HARD, followed by a fierce elbow to the face and a kick to the jaw, sending him tumbling backwards "Yeah you just saw my foot, that means that you've fucked up big time. Plus I just happen to be a size 19, so that's just too bad for you."

19 burst back to his feet and attempted to deal Kai a headbut.
"Four!" Kai ducked underneath the headbutt and kicked 19 square in the chest, sending him soaring high into the air.

19 let out a shriek as he stopped himself in mid air.

"So where's that supposed black spot on your pants?" Kai blitzed in front of 19 and dodged the furious barrage of punches that followed with ease "Well you're durable if nothing else, I'll give you credit for that much at least. Three!" Kai dodged another Bionic Punisher and dealt 19 a brutal smash attack, sending him hurtling to the ground with a massive crash.

When the dust settled, 19 was lying motionless in a crater.

Kai returned to the ground and looked down at 19 "You know I'm sure there was some sort of advantage to building a fat robot, but unless you like to get freaky like that I have no idea what the fuck that could be."

"Proximity breached!" 19 suddenly bolted upright and grabbed Kai by the wrists "I have you in my grasp now, and I won't let go until every last drop of your energy has been drained and you've been left a shriveled up prune of a corpse! You can fight as much as you like, you will never be able to escape from me!"

"Is that a fact? Well I guess I'm not going anywhere for awhile, I might as well get a workout in while I can." Kai promptly leapt up and pressed his feet down on 19's face, pushing harder and harder with each passing second "Yeah that's right doughbot, I'm gonna do some squats all over your face."

"Initiating… energy drain… you cannot… escape…"

"So that's how these things work, you really do absorb energy through the nodes in the palms of your hands and add it into your own reserves in order to increase your power output. You want my Ki reserves, how about this. You can take as much of my Ki as you want, and in exchange I'll take your hands! Two!" with a burst of power Kai pulled himself free of 19's grip, taking his hands with him in the process "So now you don't have the means of absorbing Ki anymore, so before I put down the clown what do you say we put it to bed? Tell me something Android, do you feel fear?"

19 stumbled back in fear "No… get away…"

"Not the reaction I would expect from an Android, I guess that confirms my hypothesis. Now let's draw this experiment to a close."

"No please, get away from me, leave me alone!" 19 scrambled his way out of the crater and started running away in terror.

"And a little bit of extra emphsis never hurt anyone, or at least it never hurt me." Kai promptly blasted high into the air.

"Stop this at once!" 20 let out a snarl.

"You wait your turn old man, once your sexbot is turned into a pile of shrapnel you'll be following his lead. One. Scarlet Bomber!" Kai promptly summoned a crimson colored ball of Ki and hurled it towards 19 at full speed, engulfing him in the explosion that followed, the shockwaves resulting from said explosion blowing all the way across the battlefield.

When the smoke cleared, all that was left of 19 was his disembodied head and a few charred pieces of metal.

"Oh yeah it's official, I'm touching myself tonight."

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Meanwhile, with our two non-combatants…

Yajriobe looked down at where Bulla was fast asleep in his arms 'Oh thank god, the kid is finally out. Now I can here myself think.'

"Hey take a look up ahead, what is that?" Bulma pointed to where the massive column of smoke was visible in the distance, plain as day.

"Oh shit."

"Of course, where there's smoke there has to be fire and explosions, which I'm betting means Androids in this case! Hold on tight, we're going in!"

"You know most people would start heading in the opposite direction!"

"Yeah well I'm not most people."

"Screw this, I'm taking over!" this led to them starting a fight over the controls while flying towards the battlefield, which only got worse when Bulla started crying.

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The battlefield had turned eerily quiet as a result of 19's destruction.

Kai powered down his Namek-Ken aura and promptly returned to the ground "Well alright then, now that we have Chuckles the Assclown out of the picture I think it's about time for me to start tending to the elderly."

20's scowl deepened as he shot a dark glare at Kai "It does seem probably that our data model was considerably premature, however such a thing is simply a minor setback and nothing more than that. You still have no chance of victory."

"You just keep telling yourself that. Still though my Ki is a little bit on the lowside thanks to the workings of your sexbot over there, if you were going to try and jump me then now would be the best time to do it if you've got the geer-sticles underneath those baggy trowsers of yours."

'Why is the boy inviting me to attack him, what sort of tactic is this?'

"Oh I get it so you're bluffing, less than a minute ago you were going on about how I didn't have a chance in hell of beating you and now you're just standing there like a pathetic coward."

"Cease with your attempts to delude yourself! You can mock and conjole me to your savage little heart's content, however much power you may be capable of generating we Androids are more than capable of exceeding that level and moreso!"

"Fine then, go ahead and convert me into a believer."

20 said nothing, he just gritted his teeth and promptly flew off into the rocky landscape near the battlefield.

"And just like that he proves that I'm right once again."

"Don't just waste time, go after him!" Raditz barked.

"Keep your thong on Sonic the Hedgehog I'll go in a minute, but first one of you guys go ahead and toss me a Senzu Bean. I wasn't bluffing when I said I was low on Ki."

"Right, and take another one just to be safe!" Gohan promptly tossed him two Senzu Beans he pulled out of the bag.

"At least one of you knows how not to waste time." Kai swallowed one of the Senzu Beans and promptly stuck the other one inside his gi, then powered his Namek-Ken technique back up to its fullest "Okay now that's better. You assclowns wait here, I'm gonna go tend to the elderly and turn the old guy into a glory hole in an airport bathroom. The one in Minniapolis, you know the one."

"I know what he's referencing, he and I went to go see that movie a few months ago. Just don't let my mom know I saw an R-rated movie."

"Duly noted." Piccolo told him dryly "In all seriousness though, Kai sacrificed a significant amount of Ki to win that fight but he knew that he had to draw the Android in close. He removed the nodes on its palms so he could follow up with a powerful Ki blast and be done with him once and for all. If the other one had taken the bait and responded to his goading then Kai would've lost the battle without a doubt but he played the situation to perfection and forced him to make a tactical retreat, psychotic as that runt may be he really is a genius when it comes to the art of battle."

"Well to be fair you already knew that, I mean you trained both of us. He already had the brains, now he has the power to rival a Super Saiyan. But with that being said, I don't think it's a good idea to leave it to him alone."

"His power and intellegence are surpassed only by his overconfidence." Nail pointed out "And even if that wasn't an issue I doubt many of us would be willing to stand by and do nothing when this world's future is at stake."

"I know exactly what you mean, I'm not letting my best friend go out there by himself. I'm going with you, Super Saiyan or not we still have to at least give it our all."

"Enough, you've already made your point." Piccolo shut him up "All of us will have to work together in order to track the Android, but in regards to fighting him none of you should take any chances. He'll be hiding somewhere among the rocks in order to ambush us and steal our Ki for himself, and he won't be giving off any sort of Ki signature for us to use to track him down, which gives him the advantage. If you find him then let either at least one of the others know, don't try to fight him in your own. Everyone be sure to stay vigilent."

"Understood, now let's go!" Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan and blasted off towards the rocky terrain, with the others all following suit.

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With Goku now out of commission and Android 19 reduced to nothing more than scraps of metal courtesy of Kai, Android 20 has taken flight into the hills, his intended destination unknown to any of our heroes. Is this hasty retreat merely a ploy for the sake of dividing and conquering, or does he have some sort of deeper strategy at work? One thing remains certain, our heroes will have to act quickly if they hope to put a stop to the schemes of this evil Android and spare the Earth from the hellish future that Gohan's future counterpart had warned them of three years prior. The hunt is on, next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generations!

A/N:

And with this chapter, we've at last started with the real action of Act II. Let me just start by apologizing for taking as long as I did to get back to this story. Over the summer I started doing a fic for the anime Fairy Tail, and combine that with the fact that I started my sophomore year of college, and it's been months since I even touched any of the files for this story. But I put that story on hiatus for the time being, so now I'll be focusing on this story at least for a few weeks.

For those who didn't notice the little hint I dropped last chapter, Yamcha and Bulma have officially tied the knot, and now the two of them have a daughter by the name of Bulla, as they did in the What if Nappa Turned Good scenario created by MasakoX on YouTube, and the fic Rewrite the Stars by xSonallyGirl129x. It's really good, I think you guys should check it out.

One change I enjoyed writing out was how in this version, Yamcha was at least able to put up a fight against the Androids thanks to the Kaioken, even if he did still end up losing.

As much as I wanted to show off Raditz going Super Saiyan in this chapter, I want to give some spotlight to the others characters, mainly Kai in this case. So unfortunately, Raditz won't have his moment in the spotlight just yet. Next chapter however, that's still open for possibilities.

Adding onto that point, who do you guys want to see beat the ever loving crap out of Android 20 in the next chapter? Let me know in the reviews you guys leave, because honestly I can't decide who to have do it at the moment.

Also, just for the sake of being clear, a majority of Kai's lines are a mix of quotes from TFS and Deadpool, and maybe a little bit of Rick and Morty thrown in there just for fun.

Power levels:

Goku: 9.8 million

Super Saiyan Goku: 245 million (falling drastically due to the Heart Virus)

Gohan: 9 million

Super Saiyan Gohan: 225 million

Raditz: 9.2 million

Weighted Piccolo: 140 million

Unweighted Piccolo: 182 million

Kai: 11 million

Kai (Namek-Ken 20x): 220 million

Tarble: 6.2 million

Yamcha: 5 million

Yamcha (Kaioken): 10 million

Tien: 4.8 million

Krillin: 2.4 million

Upa: 3 million

Nail: 165 million

Android 19: 45 million

Android 19 (energy absorbed): 90 million

Dr Gero: 50 million