Ericsofly2: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like the story so much.

Darkjaden: That was an error I didn't catch, but it's been corrected now.

Guest: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like this story so much. As for Kai being so strong at such a young age, well keep in mind that he's been training with the likes of Gohan, Piccolo and other powerful warriors for so many years. As for the point of the other characters, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that.

Forter96: You'll have to read this chapter to find out, but I made the point early on that I'm not going to be doing the original Broly in this story.

Guest: Thanks for pointing that out. I thought I had gotten all of the mistakes, but I found the few you were talking about, and they've been fixed.

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About a year had passed since the events of the Cell Games, and if you follow how things work in the world of Dragon Ball, then you know how this works: There's another threat about to put the world in jeopardy.

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The clearings of Mount Paozu were calm and quiet.

Gohan began stretching, clad in his typical dark purple and blue gi similar to Piccolo's but slightly larger, a red obi and red wristbands, white shin guards and black shoes "Well on the bright side everything's finally back to normal, so I think it's about time we get back to our daily spars. What do you think Kai?"

Sure enough, Kai stood before him cracking his knuckles, in his classic crimson red gi the same size as Gohan's with a black obi, white shin guards, and black wristbands and shoes "I say we get this over with before tomorrow. Namek-Ken 10X!" he flashed into his Namek-Ken and then pushed it further"Now let's get to the good shit." and he blitzed out of view.

'He's fast!' Gohan was able to quickly block the first attack, resulting in him and Kai trading a fierce barrage of punches and kicks, sending a fair number of shockwaves across the field, before they broke away "Looks like you're even tougher than you used to be."

"It's times like this you really do have to love the Namek-Ken, if it wasn't for that then I would've been screwed the minute I threw the first punch."

"I don't know if I would go that far but you and I both know that you're still holding back a lot of your power."

"The same could be said for you, I think it's about time you and I finally get serious about this already. Namek-Ken 20x!" he flashed into the 20th level of the Namek-Ken.

"If that's what you want then fine!" Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan and fired off a swift kick at Kai's head.

Kai blocked the kick and hit Gohan square in the chest with a quick Ki blast, sending him skidding backwards towards the edge of the cliff behind him, then fired up with a quick Nail Gun.

Gohan spiked his Super Saiyan aura, which proved to be enough for him to quickly dissipate the Masenko "I think it's time we wrap this up, come at me at full power Kai!" he cupped his hands at his side, blue Ki forming between his palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired a quick yet still powerful Kamehameha.

"Namek-Ken… Times 40!" Kai pushed his Namek-Ken to the maximum, his muscles bulging and throbbing from the shear strain "NAIL GUN!" he fired a Nail Gun from his fingertips, resulting in the two attacks colliding and clashing right in the center and engulfing the clearing in an explosion, blowing away a good chunk of the mountains in the process.

With the end of the beam struggle, Gohan powered back down to his base form "I guess we've gotta call this one a tie."

"Yeah well that's not enough for me, not by a long shot." Kai powered down his Namek-Ken and let out a sigh "You already know for a fact that I'm not one to settle, I never have been and never will be."

"I'm well aware of that, but you've also calmed down a lot over the past year or so."

"At least you're not rubbing it in, that's more than can be said for your mother. I get what you're saying though, and it might sound weird but, I feel a lot more at peace with myself now since I awakeneg the Spirit Ken and finally came to terms with my mom's death. It only took about 8 years for it to finally happen, but that doesn't mean it changes much for me. I'm gonna aim for the top and not stop until I get there."

"You still haven't bothered to tell anyone about your new Spirit Ken that you got from the Forest of Terror though have you?"

"I plan on saving it for the right moment, and right now I say that's gonna be during that big tournament tomorrow."

"Wait a second, what tournament?"

"Oh wait a second, did I forget to mention to you and the rest of your Saiyan possee that there's going to be a tournament tomorrow, one that's sponsored by Afro the Ass Clown, none other than Mr Satan himself, an intergalactic martial arts tournament that supposedly has actual aliens competing as a birthday gift for the son of that rich fatass XS Cash, and that the singup time limit for it ended last week? Oops."

"...That's playing dirty you know."

"Oh come on Gohan, are you suggesting that I chose not to tell you about the tournament that takes place only months after the birth of your new little brother Goten, which also happens to have Goku himself occupied with it as well, as well as while Yamcha and the others are off learning how to awaken the Spirit Ken, just so that I could get a fair shot at winning without you and the others hogging all the glory? I'm insulted Gohan, truly."

"So you didn't do it?"

"No I totally did, I was just fucking with you." he shot Gohan a middle finger, earning a dry look in response "Hey I was fine with you ripping Cell apart, I couldn't do anything about Goku and the fight with Frieza back on Namek, but this time it's all mine mother fucker. Plus you actually do have your hands full with Goten now."

"I know, I'm pretty sure dad still has that scar from what happened."

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(Now a flashback to what happened)

"Okay okay, I think I've got this." Goku suddenly rushed into the room with some supplies in hand, trying not to look in between Chichi's legs for obvious reasons "Okay so I've got some warm water, a bunch of clean towels, some blankets and I called Piccolo and he's on his way with the Senzu Beans. I tried calling Gohan and a bunch of others but nobody is picking up for whatever-" he was cut off by a knock on the door "Oh thank Kami, I'll be right back." he rushed over to the door.

As it turns out, Piccolo was standing there with a bag of Senzu Beans in hand "Alright I've got them, here you go Goku."

"You're a total lifesaver Piccolo, I tried looking up a bunch of videos on the internet about this but I didn't learn anything." they started walking back into the bedroom where Chichi still had her legs spread, again for obvious reasons.

"In all honesty I just wanted to see this for myself, I heard there was no egg involved so what the hell could she sit on for the- Sweet mother of fuck, what the hell is that?!"

"That's a vagina Piccolo, and yes it disturbed me too."

"Goku it's preparing an attack, get to Super Saiyan already!"

"That's not a monster, it's my son's head."

"...Oh sweet mother of Super Kami Dende, I can't do this."

"Wait what?"

"I can't do this, I just can't do this!"

"How can you not handle this?! You died for my son once and you almost did for me at least three times!"

"And I would again, but this is where I draw the line!" and so Piccolo bolted out the door and blasted off into the skies.

"You cowardly son of a-" Goku was cut off by the sound of a scream from Chichi "Oh crap, I'm sorry Chichi! Don't worry about it, I swear I'll- Oh sweet mother of Dende, how is there this much hair already, and why is it already so spiky? Is that supposed to be what I look like to everyone else?"

"Hey guys, you need a hand?" this was when Krillin suddenly dropped in "I was training nearby and then I heard about-"

"GET OUT!" Chichi suddenly exploded at him.

"Way ahead of you, no plans on dying again, bye!" and so he bolted.

"Oh god… Oh god…"

Goku let out a sigh "Can you please not send away the help? We can't exactly be pick about this right now."

"Not… help…"

"I get Krillin doesn't help in every situation but-"

"Dad we're here!" this was when Gohan and Kai suddenly burst into the house "I know I know we should've been back hours ago but-"

"But the line in Comic Con was long as fuck." Kai cut him off dryly.

"We got back as fast as we could, so where's- Oh sweet mother of Dende, you mean that mom is still… Oh."

"Sweet mother of fuck, what the hell are we looking at? How is it so spiky alredy, and is that what placenta is supposed to look like?"

"You've seen my health books, you know what it looks like."

"And yet it oddly makes me crave peanut butter and jelly right now."

"...You bring a new meaning to the word psychotic."

"No shit Sherlock, what was your first clue?"

"You were there when Bulla was born though right, so wouldn't you- Oh right, you were off brooding and training with Nail to master the Namek-Ken."

"You're welcome."

"Both of you shut it until we get through this!" Goku whipped around to face Chichi "Okay listen to me Chichi, I can see the shoulders, you're almost there so just push and-" he was cut off by what looked like a Ki blast forming "Um… okay, so maybe not that hard."

"Get the fuck down if you don't wanna lose your head!" Kai shoved Gohan to the ground, which left Goku to get sent flying through the wall as the blast erupted from Chichi's… well you know, anyway it left a gaping hole in the wall of the house. When it was over, Kai looked up and just let out a loud groan of frustration "Well that's just fucking great, another powerhouse that's the embodiment of being OP." he was met with a dull expression from Gohan

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Gohan shuddered slightly "Yeah, dad hasn't been the same since then."

"Brain damage finally got to him." Kai noted dryly, earning an eye roll "But at least you were able to get Piccolo to cut off the tail, I have no intention of being crushed by an alien monkey like Donkey Kong again."

"Donkey Kong isn't an alien."

"I'll believe what I want to believe until I see proof of otherwise. Speaking of harry beasts, where the hell has your grandfather been since then?"

"Oh yeah Grandpa Ox, well he's out of town right now on some kind of bear cruise."

"As in…?"

"A cruise full of bears and big harry guys, apparently he booked it after my dad sacrificed himself during the Cell Games but they were nonrefundable, and the bears didn't know that my dad was brought back. I think he beat up a bear guy when he was a kid or something."

"...I expected something entirely different, and no I'm not going to explain it to you. But at the same time it does make sense, keep in mind that we've got dinosaurs roaming around still a thing and a dog is the king."

"True. So back to this tournament…"

"I'm getting my time to shine, end of discussion. As far as I'm concerned a human as the potential to surpass a Saiyan, and Saiyans don't always have to be the ones to get all of the glory in a fight. Besides if anything comes to take over and or destroy the world I can finally get my shot at taking them down."

"It's only been a year since the whole ordeal with Cell."

"And it was less than week after that I got the Spirit Ken, and now I plan on putting it to good use for once."

"...Fair enough, good luck in this tournament."

"I won't need it, if anyone needs it then it's gonna be you. You're the one dealing with the angst-ridden mess that is your dad."

"Come on Kai, he's not that bad."

"He's been brooding like an emo anime character for like a month now."

"I'm sure he has his reasons. But back to the tournament, who's going to enter?"

"From what I know, it's me, cueball, triclops, Piccolo and I think Cooler and his guys are coming back for it too. I don't know about you, but I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be one hell of a good time."

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Meanwhile, at Capsule Corp…

Bulma made her way out of the building and found Yamcha training in the grounds outside "Hey what's up handsome?"

"Oh hey babe, you going now? In that case…" Yamcha pulled her into a heated kiss.

"Well now, what's got you in such a good mood?"

"How can I not be in a good mood? Things are going great for us lately? I've got a gorgeous wife, a beautiful daughter, and Kai is finally getting better himself. Anyway I don't have a lot to do today, I mean me and the guys were gonna go see Endgame again, but that's for later, so today I can come and listen to you at that conference and hear you talk about how Back to the Future is a bunch of bullshit."

"Oh. That. Yeah it's okay, you can actually skip that one."

"Oh thank Dende, I was gonna fake some kind of spine injury to get out of it."

"Hey come on, how many times have I had to listen to Kai quote Rick and Morty in the past few months?"

"What does that have to do with this?"

"Nothing, I just needed a comeback."

"Ah."

"But there actually is something I need you to do, Goku has seemed a little bit down lately and I think some time with a friend would probably mean a lot to him."

"So what, you mean meet up with him and spar?"

"No I mean like just hang out, he's always saying he wants to just hang out with you and just have fun for once."

"Really?"

"...No, dammit I can't lie to you. Look, Goku's been pretty down lately and Chichi is getting worried about him."

"So what then, you want me to spar with him to get his blood flowing again? Sounds simple enough to me."

"Well that's one idea, but I was thinking more along the lines of taking him to that sandwich place you like, Uncle Jesse's on 5th street. Oh and take Raditz too."

"Wait a second, how the hell did Raditz get involved in this?"

"Well they're brothers, they're going through major life changes and all that crap, and you're probably the only one in the group that's good at finding a balance between work and life. I mean back when you were a pro baseball player at least, so maybe you could give the two of them some advice."

"How many people do you want me to help?"

"Or you could listen to me do CinemaSin's job for it and bash Back to the Future."

"...Okay new plan, Uncle Jesse's it is. I'll do it tomorrow, Kai and the others are entering this intergalactic tournament and they'll be pretty busy."

"Good to know, so who's entering?"

"From what I know, it's Kai, Krillin, Tien and a few others. I don't know about you, but I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be very interesting."

"Unlike my problems."

"You said it, not me."

"...The bedroom, 10 minutes."

"Make it 5."

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The next day came, and the day of the first ever intergalactic martial arts tournament had come at last.

"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Battle Island, home to the world's first ever intergalactic martial arts tournament. 200 fighters have been enrolled in the preliminary rounds, which are now underway on a total of 8 combat stations specially designed for this tournament! The rules are actually quite simple, on each stage 25 contestants battle it out with each other in a free for all battle royal. Fighters are deemed eliminated if they lose consciousness, give up or fall into the sea below. The last one standing on each stage moves on to the semi finals, killing your opponents is prohibited of course as is the use of weapons. Each of the combatants really do seem to be throwing themselves into the fight though not as much as the audience by the looks of it, this crowd is out for blood!"

Sure enough, Tien was blitzing through one fighter after another "This tournament might be for… unconventional reasons, but it still seems like a great way to test myself."

"GO KAI!" a number of voices chorused "BEAT THEM ALL, YOU CAN DO IT!"

Tien looked over and noticed a number of peopl holding up a bunch of Kai signs "Wait a second, you mean Kai's fighting in this tournament? I suppose now is a good time to see his Spirit Ken in action." then he glanced over towards where several fighters were just being sent flying down into the water below, and he let out a groan at the familiar Ki signature "You've gotta be kidding me, Piccolo is fighting too? I didn't expect Cooler to show up either. Well that's just perfect, bring in 17 or 18 and we've got a full set on our hands." he felt several fighters drop to the ground behind her and he slowly looked up.

Sure enough, 17 stood on a platform above him looking down at her "What's up Triclops?"

"...Yep that one's on me, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna go down without a fight. I hope you're ready, I don't plan on making this easy for you."

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King Kai observed this from his own TV in Otherworld 'What has this world come to?'

That was when Scarlet came back with armfuls of snacks "Hey I grabbed some snacks, there's a lot more in the back if you guys want any. Did I miss anything?"

"Nothing yet, the preliminaries are still going."

"I figured, and I thought the World Martial Arts Tournament was tough."

"Fighting is in your blood Scarlet, but unfortunately you no longer have any just like I don't have a planet anymore."

"Nice to know you're not bitter towards Goku about that."

"He's lucky I'm not one to hold a grudge, just like you're lucky I've got such good reception up here."

"That's one way to describe it. I'm just glad I get to watch my own son fight in a tournament with some of the strongest the Earth has to offer? It's every mother's dream to watch their children grow up to be strong and happy and do something they love, it's about time I get to see just how far Kai has come since he acquired the Spirit Ken."

"You think he's gonna win?"

"We'll see soon enough, all I ask is that he gives it his all, so in that regard I have nothing to worry about."

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Krillin let out a sigh as he laid back down on a pole and watched several of the fighters eliminate themselves "I guess I shouldn't have been surprised both entered the tournament, that's just my luck isn't it? Well it's not like I need 100 million zeni anyway."

"How about this then?" a voice thundered.

Krillin looked down too late as one fighter knocked another into the pole he was on, sending him crashing down into the sea below "You've gotta be kidding me! You've gotta be fucking kidding me!"

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Kai blitzed through one group of fighters after another on his platform until he was the last one left standing "The World Martial Arts Tournament was the likes of Goku, Yamcha and the others were able to hone her skills and my mother was able to make a name for herself, so maybe this so called "intergalactic" version is gonna let me do the same for myself. If nothing else, it gives me a good reason to kick people in the dick. Get ready dipshits, the Crimson Dragon is about to restore the good name of martial arts by kicking some serious ass!"

"You seem quite enthusiastic about this." a voice noted.

Kai glanced over to see Cooler standing at the edge of his battle stage "Did you not just hear my entire speech about me wanting to kick some serious ass?"

"No I did, I was simply making an observation. I actually share that enthusiasm with you. I've always been quite fond of tournaments myself. In fact, in was actually during one of those tournaments that Salza and the rest of my Armored Squadron earned their positions."

"Huh, seems legit. Looks like you and I might end up facing off at some point."

"You don't sound very nervous."

"I'm anything but, frankly the thought gets my blood pumping. I want to see how I fair against the likes of the brother of Frieza."

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"Kai has advanced past the preliminary round!"

Mr Satan spat out the drink in his mouth at the sight of Kai flipping off one of the cameras 'Hang on, wasn't that kid- Oh no, no no no, no no no no no no no!'

"#17 is going to be advancing as well!"

"No no no."

"Cooler will be moving on, and Piccolo will be heading to the semi finals as well. Last but not least, Tien Shinhan has made the cut!"

"You've gotta be freaking kidding me!" Mr Satan's expression went from fear to haughty arrogance, and back to fear at the mention of Kai and the others 'Oh god, oh god, oh god…' he whipped around in an attempt to escape and was immediately startled.

As it turns out, a reporter had snuck up on him from behind "Mr Satan the viewers are curious, what are your thoughts on the preliminaries?"

"...My-My thoughts? M-More training, they need a lot more training."

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"Ladies and gentlemen the matchups for the 8 semi finalists have been decided, in the first match we have Kai facing off against Budo!"

As it turns out, Kai's opponent was some fact sumo wrestler that looked like Chuck Norris done wrong "What I'm fighting some little brat? Man I've really gotta get a new agent. Hey listen up kid, I'm not one for beating up runts but the training wheels are coming off today. You understand me?"

Kai shrugged like he didn't give a damn, because he didn't "Whatever lets you sleep at night big guy now let's get this over with, I've got asses to kick, a fraud to expose to the world and a good name of martial arts to restore."

"You've got a lot of guts kid and the mouth to back it up, too bad I'm gonna have to rip them out of you and show them to you!" he made a pathetic attempt at a grab.

"I've got a better idea, how about I kick you so hard your spine pops out. How does that work for you? Good, that's what I thought." and so Kai dealt Budo a swift kick to the stomach, sending him flying across the horizon, and he did some poses, earning cheers from the crowd "Yeah that's right! I'm big, I'm bad, and Satan get ready cause I'm coming for your ass!"

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"As we move onto the second match of the semi-finals, Tien Shinhan is going to be doing battle with Cooler!"

Tien ripped off his shirt and threw it into the sea below "You know, part of me has always wanted to go at it with you."

"I can't deny the feeling is somewhat mutual." Cooler cracked his neck and promptly dropped into a combat stance "I've been wanting to see you much you've progressed in terms of battle prowess over the past year Tien Shinhan."

"I feel the same way, but since this is a tournament what do you say we give these people a good show?"

"I suppose it's only common courtesy. Come then Tien Shinhan, let me see exactly how far you've come." the buzzer sounded and the fight began as the two of them took to the skies and began trading a barrage of even blows before Cooler dealt Tien a swift kick to the head, sending him hurtling downwards towards the sea.

Tien managed to stop himself just before he hit the water "That was close, you're definitely a lot more powerful than I was expecting you to be."

"I've been honing my skills myself, but I can see I'm not the only one. I know very well about a coming conflict that has top priority for myself and my organization." Cooler floated down in order to meet Tien at eye level, resulting in the two of them trading even blows once more.

Tien broke away from the clash and took to the air "I doubt you've ever seen this one before have you? Tri-Beam!" he fired a Tri Beam, resulting in an explosion that tore an entire cliffside off of the face of the island, and they traded more even blows amongst the flashes of light before retreating back down to the surface of the water "Your power really is impressive Cooler, though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised."

"I appreciate the compliment, but I'm far from being through just yet. Feel free to see for yourself now." Cooler spiked his purple aura and pushed his power level even further "So then, are you ready for the second round Tien Shinhan?"

"Not just yet, one thing I've learned over the past year is that there are times that power and skill on their own aren't enough, so you have to get creative. Observe. Kaioken 20x!" Tien's aura spiked in height and potency as it turned a deep shade of crimson "Come on then, I think it's time for the second round."

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Mr Satan observed the fight from a private room with XS Cash and his family, and he was sweating buckets 'Oh crap, it just had to be those freaks from the Cell Games didn't it? Why here, why now?'

A reporter was quick to question him on Tien and Cooler's performance "Mr Satan can you please explain this extraordinary event taking place at this very moment?"

"It's nothing more than a simple parlor trick, he made a quick change with smoke and mirrors and what not-" he was cut off by the batte shaking the entire island, sending him crashing to the floor "Why? Out of all of the tournaments in the entire world, why in the world did they have to enter mine? I hate this, I hate this so much."

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Meanwhile, with Cooler vs Tien…

"Tri Beam!" Tien fired a full power Tri Beam enhanced by the Kaioken at Cooler, resulting in an explosion that lit up the sky.

"Death Flash!" however, thanks to his superior levels of speed, Cooler was able to blitz through the attack and hit Tien with a Death Flash from behind, blasting him straight in the back and sending him straight down into the ocean below, ending the match and drawing cheers from the crowd.

"And with that spectacular display, Cooler wins the match and will move on to the finals!"

With the win securing his plane in the finals, Cooler made his way back down to the ground and held out a hand to Tien "I must commend you on your performance, you fought hard and with honor. You are a valiant warrior."

"I appreciate that." Tien accepted the hand and was pulled out of the water "But I guess this means I have a long way to go."

"You think of this the wrong way. When you see an opponent with a remarkable level of power, you must realize that it represents not a gap between your power and theirs, but it represents what is possible for you to achieve one day."

"Sounds like something Kai would say."

"Because he did say it. The boy may have his quirks, but his fighting spirit and unwavering determination is something I will never question."

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Mr Satan was sweating buckets from pure terror 'There's no way this can continue, if I fight one of those guys then I'll be killed for sure!'

XS Cash was quick to notice this and seemed concerned "Mr Satan are you alright? You looked a little bit pale."

"Wha-? Oh now that you mention it my stomach is killing me, it must have been something that I ate."

"Oh do calm down it'll be alright, Mr Producer sir if you would be so kind as to take our star to the infirmary."

"No no that's quite alright, I can find my own way- Oh man the pain!" and he stumbled his way out in what looked like very convincing amounts of pain.

"Oh my, such a shame. To think the strongest man in the world could have such back luck like that."

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However, all wasn't what it seemed to be. Yeah right who am I kidding, as if we didn't already expect that?

Mr Satan dropped the act as soon as he was out of the room he dropped the stupid act and grinned in a smug manner "I feel a change in the wind, looks like it's about time for me to set sail." he started to make his way down to the docks to leave the island 'I'd rather flee and stay a champion than stay and suffer defeat.' unfortunately for that plan, it was drowned out by the crowd cheering for him and his ego took over 'Oh who am I kidding? The fans love me, there's no way I could disappoint them like that. It's times like this I'm glad I got life insurance when I did.'

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Meanwhile, with the subplot…

By this point, Yamcha was with Goku and Raditz at the sandwich shop in West City "Don't be so nervous babe, you're gonna do great out there."

"How do you know? There's gonna be a lot of people in this, most of them actually dressed up like McFly and Dr Brown, no I'm not making that up. Maybe it's for the best that I cut my opening joke."

"You had an opening joke?"

"...Yeah you know what, I'm definitely cutting it. So how's everything going at Uncle Jesse's with you and the guys?"

"Well I figured we'd try and eat before I start acting like some kind of miracle worker and start fixing everyone's lives. If there's one thing to know about Saiyans, it's that they tend to be a lot more open to criticism when they've got some meat in their stomachs, even if they do have at least 40 of them."

"Sounds to me like you're off to a good start. Now go and fix your lunch partners, and keep in mind that I'm pretty sure Goku's entire family dynamic depends on it. But you know, no pressure or anything like that."

"Duly noted." so Yamcha hung up and sat with Goku and Raditz at the table "So do I have to strap a bib on you or something?"

"Come on Yamcha, I'm not that bad." Goku let out a sigh "Still though thanks for taking me out like this, I guess I just need some fresh air."

"No worries man, that's what friends are for."

"Yeah well, 18 has been giving me a hard time too." Raditz let out a sigh of his own "Apparenlty she's a shopaholic."

"So she's a gold digger then?"

"I wouldn't say that, she just likes having a fuckton of money to spend on stuff that she doesn't really need."

"So a gold digger then."

"...Oh yeah I guess she is. But the sex is amazing."

"You know it takes more than that to form a relationship, I mean granted it's a big part of it, but it's still nowhere near enough."

"Yeah, can we not talk about that when we have food coming?" Goku asked dryly "Seriously though, the guy is coming over with sandwiches and I can feel my mouth watering."

Sure enough, the old man behind the counter, Uncle Jesse himself, made his way over with food baskets full of sandwiches "Alright, I've got 7 capicolas for the frowny guy with the palm tree for a head and the orange jumpsuit. Yamcha you're the 50-50, the half coleslaw and the half crab salad."

"Yep." Yamcha shot a smirk at the others "That's a little something I like to call a Salad and a Half."

"The only reason you call it that is because that's its name on the menu genius. Anyway here's the number six for Sonic the Hedgehog, Eggplant Parm, so enjoy."

"I ordered the meatball with provolone." Raditz told him.

"You've been eating the same sandwich here for the past three years, it never hurts to shake things up a little bit once in awhile."

"Fair enough I guess."

"Huh. Shake things up, sounds kind of nice actually." Goku let out a sigh "I want Goten to not deal with all of the crazy crap that we always have to deal with, but fighting has always been my passion."

"I wish I had a passion of my own."

"Oh god, here we go." Yamcha muttered.

"I mean I spent decades fighting and killing for all of the things I hate, but now that I'm free and there's no universe-ending threat to deal with, I guess I actually have to find my own way now you know? At least I have these sandwiches as my passion, so that's a plus. After all, if not for these then my life wouldn't have any true meaning."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, I feel that way too." Goku took a bite of a sandwich and let out a content sigh.

"Dude you guys have each other, and Goku you've got a wife and two kids at home."

"Yeah I know. Still though, this capicola is incredible. It's almost as good as my wife's cooking, but it's still incredible."

"Glad you like it, but unfortunately it's the last one you're ever gonna get since I'm closing down at the end of the week." Uncle Jesse told him flatly.

"Wait what? No you can't!" Yamcha bolted to his feet "No you can't close this place down, it's an institution!"

"It's like a home away from home!" Goku suddenly bolted to his feet "This is the kind of place where everyone knows your name, but their mouths are too full to say it!"

"Yeah you heard the man."

"Yeah I know." Uncle Jesse let out a sigh "I'm not fond of the thought either but the missus says that it's too cold, so I bought her an electric blanket, and she bought a condo on Papaya Island, so we're moving to Papaya Island." and so he promptly walked off.

"Well this sucks."

"Yeah tell me about it." Goku slumped back in his seat "This is like a nightmare made into reality, these sandwiches gave me a small flicker of hope that gave meaning to the empty void that is my life."

"Dude again, a wife and two kids, seriously nothing?"

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Meanwhile, back with the main plot…

"The third match of the semi finals is about to begin as #17 does battle with Piccolo!"

Sure enough, 17 cracked his neck and narrowed his eyes in Piccolo's direction 'Alright now, get a grip Lapiz. He's not unbeatable, even if he is a hell of a lot stronger than he was the last time we fought. I just have to make sure I attack him while his guard is down so I can get him to hit the water. Above all I can't let him use his Special Beam Cannon or his Hellzone Grenade, or his Light Grenade, or I'm as good as dead.'

"Hey hurry it up you Jolly Green Jackass!" Kai barked at him from the stands "Anyone with half a brain cells knows you can wreck his shit, so just get it done already!"

"Hey kid, how about you do the world a favor and shut your trap!"

"Why would I start now?"

"...Oh yeah, good point. I don't care how much stronger Big Green might be, there's no way in hell I'm going down without a fight!' but then 17 noticed something off about Piccolo, and he immediately grew pissed off 'You've gotta be fucking kidding me, he's not even gonna bother looking at me?! Listen up green man, I'm nobody's fool least of all yours!" and so he charged at him in a blind rage, only to get caught in his cape and nearly fall off of the ledge of the arena as a result.

That is to say, Piccolo caught him before he fell off "I thought I came here for a tournament not a freak show, this whole thing is a waste of my time. Take the win if you want, you're on your own for this one." so he threw 17 back onto the ground within the ring and took to the skies until he was out of sight.

"Did… Did he just bail?"

Sure enough, the referee confirmed the outcome "Piccolo has forfeited the match, 17 wins by default!" this was met with a thunderous applause.

'This is so such a gigantic pain, to win because he didn't even want to fight. Well at least I'm in the finals, so I guess it's not all bad.'

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"Dosukoi has advanced to the finals and jumped into the record books with the longest backwards pivet throw in history!"

Scarlet looked back at King Kai from where she was playing a game of cards "Hey how are the fights going King Kai, any news on how Kai and the others are doing?"

King Kai nodded "Kai is doing really well, he and the others have already advanced through the semi finals. Tien lost to Cooler and Piccolo gave up to 17 but still, Kai might end up in the finals at this rate."

"I doubt he would be satisfied with anything less, he always aims to be the best at whatever it is he does. I'm the same way, it's how I was driven to develop the Spirit Ken and pass those secrets onto Kai."

"Sounds like you wanted to be well prepared."

"Yeah." Scarlet let out a sigh "My body was being eaten away at by a disease, you need to keep in mind that Goku wasn't the only person to have that heart virus so I wouldn't have been of much help. When I contacted Yamcha, I could tell that my time was near so I had to make sure that Kai would be well cared for. To be truthful, I had hoped he would grow up to live a happy life on a peaceful planet without having to go out and save the world, but when I saw how happy he looked training with Yamcha and Gohan, I just didn't have the heart to try and talk him out of it. After all, what mother would disapprove of their son saving the world and the universe from total annihilation? You'd have to be out of your mind."

"...Oh yeah right, I keep forgetting that you never met Goku's wife."

"And you have?"

"I've seen enough."

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Mr Satan snuck his way out of a sewer drain 'Mr Satan you truly are one hell of a craft devil, no one would ever think to look for you down here. Perfect, I'm in the clear.' he made a beeline for the exit, until…

"Mr Satan!" the producer suddenly popped up in front of him, startling him into crashing to the ground "The infirmary is back that way sir, this way leads to the exit off of Battle Island."

"I know that you fool, can't you see I'm suffering from a chronic stomach ache? I have to consult my personal physician!" he started to make his way out.

"But Mr Cash isn't going to be happy about this!"

"Don't worry about old man money bags, I won't be gone long. It's just gonna be a short boat ride to the airport once I cross the bridge-" he quickly noticed something missing underneath his feet "There's no bridge underneath me is there? I must be sicker than I thought, stay back I'm contagious." he looked back and his fears were confirmed "The bridge is missing, where did it go, why can't I get off this island?!"

"That was Mr Cash's idea, he figured why not spice things up a little and move the finals over to Battle Island II. We're en route as we speak."

"...Oh no."

"Something wrong?"

"Nothing, just… thinking about how to sort out my will."

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"The stage has been set for the finals on Battle Island II, where our 4 remaining warriors, will compete for the coveted spot in the showdown against our lord and savior himself, none other than the great Mr Satan!"

Sure enough, the four finalists were all rising up to the stage on individual elevator platforms of some sort.

Kai was stretching and flexing his muscles like a jackass "Oh yeah that's right people, you know you love me and all of this! And Satan you'd better get ready, I'm about to expose you like the fraud you refuse to believe you are you cocky son of a mother fucker!"

"You seem quite eager to do battle with him." Cooler noted "I would've expected you to want nothing to do with him."

"He's a fucking charlatan that sulleys the name of martial arts, I'm aiming to be the best and that comes with responsibilities. I'm gonna restore the good name of martial arts, and the first step to that is knocking that fucker off his high horse."

"I see. Your passion is commendable, as is your prowess and potential. You may very well be a deciding factor in the coming conflict."

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

"I'll inform you of it depending on your performance in this tournament."

"Fair enough I guess."

"With the new island comes a new set of rules! We've got 4 different tunnels running underground that are designed to lead to special battle zones located in each direction. After the 4 finalists are assigned a tunnel by drawing lots they will be transported to their by provided rocket shuttles. There each of them will face one of our 4 special guests in the form of fighters from across the galaxy. Now you all want to pay attention, this is where things start to get really spicy! Once a fight ends the challenge still isn't over, the victor must take a special lift and be the first to return to the center stage here on Battle Island II! The first one back will then proceed to the final round against the great Mr Satan himself!"

"Perfect, it's a race and that means I'm gonna have the advantage." Kai was the first one to hop into his rocket shuttle, with 17, Cooler and the meaningless fat sumo guy following his lead and doing the same "First of all they're just a bunch of that douchemonkey's students in bad costumes so taking them down will be a piece of cake, second of all 17 can make as many jokes as he likes about me being short but I make up for that with my lack of wind resistance, and the fact that I'm the strongest one here. I'd like to see them make fun of that."

"Let's begin the countdown! 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… GO!" and on that note, the 4 rocket shuttles carrying 17, Dosukoi, Kai and Cooler all took off for the 4 different battle zones "And they're off, the viewers and spectators will be able to keep up with all of the excitement by watching the video screen."

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With the first battle station…

Cooler was the first one to reach his battle zone, which had taken the form of a beautiful field filled with flowers, a river and even a rainbow "So this is what the people of this world believe to be worth calling a battle zone? Well I suppose I should give them credit for one thing, they do know how to subvert expectations."

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A battle zone filled with lava and designed like the inside of a volcano.

That was where 17 found himself "8/10 on the design, I'll give them that much." he kept on wandering until he noticed a figure standing within the smoke in front of him "So you must be my opponent. Call me 17, you can interpret that however you want, but I like to think of it as how many seconds it's going to take before I beat you into the ground."

"Is that so?" the smoke cleared away, revealing a beautiful woman with aqua colored skin and orange hair "Well then I do hope you'll give me a good challenge. Since you told me your name it's only fair that I tell you mine, you may call me Zangya."

"Oh, so a chick fighter who knows how to fight, well that definitely makes things a lot more interesting, but don't think I'm gonna make things too easy on you."

"I think we'll see about that soon enough."

"You're damn right we will, now let's get this underway already." 17 spiked his white aura and charged towards Zangya with a rapid barrage of punches and kicks that forced her on the defensive.

"Grand Smasher!" Zangya quickly made an opening for herself and hit 17 at point blank range with a Grand Smasher, sending him crashing into a nearby plateau.

"Okay… that hurt…" 17 pulled himself back to his feet and spat out some blood 'Okay, maybe charging in head first isn't the best move after all.'

"You're more resilient than I gave you credit for, but unfortunately you just don't have the power to back that up."

"How about we put that to the test and see if I can't back it up! Spoiler alert, you're about to see that I sure as hell can!" 17 suddenly blitzed in front of her, his hands radiating a powerful green colored Ki "I've spent the last year working on this technique, so now you're gonna be my test monkey. Super… Electric… STRIKE!" with a wave of his hands, 17 unleashed a wide wave of pure green electric Ki at Zangya, engulfing her in the explosion that followed "So how do you like that one?"

"A lot more than I was expecting to." when the smoke cleared, Zangya was still standing in the same spot, only now her skin was green and her hair was red, and she was sporting some light burns across her body "I have to admit, that did hurt somewhat."

'You've gotta be fucking kidding me, it took me an entire year to make that technique work and she just blew it off?!'

"Well now that you've shown me yours, it's only right for me to show you mine. Feel free to give me some feedback." she suddenly blitzed in front of 17 and fired a Full Power Energy Wave at him at point blank range, sending him flying backwards a great distance "So what's the status going to be on that feedback?"

17 spat out some blood "I know I… should be mad… but I'm pretty turned on actuually… I say we continue this… after I wake up from the coma…" and then he passed out.

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At the same time, another actual alien by the name of Bido encountered Dosukoi, the sumo wrestler finalist, in a desert battle zone, and promptly strangled him to death before blasting the camera, much to the horror of everyone watching.

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Gregory placed down his hand "I call. 7 queens, beat that."

"I intend to." Scarlet placed down her own hand "7 aces, that round goes to me and that makes it 7 to 6 in favor of me. Hey King Kai you wanna get in on the next round?" she received no reply whatsoever "King Kai you listening?"

King Kai didn't answer, he was looking down in horror at the chaos down on Earth "This is just what I was afraid of…"

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"Excuse me, pardon me, coming through, move it or lose it!" Krillin and Tien were trying to fight their way through the panicking crowd rushing to get to the exit, but after awhile they just decided to take to the skies.

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Cooler just calmly wandered his way through his battle zone, only to stop in his tracks when he sensed something 'I'm detecting another energy signature somewhere nearby and it's powerful, unnaturally powerful.' he dodged a sudden Ki blast that came at him at the last second 'Clearly this tournament just became something a great deal more serious.'

As it turns out it was another alien warrior by the name of Kogu "Oh sorry about that, my hand slipped."

"A likely story, so I suppose it would only be common courtesy that my hand slips as well when I drive an energy blast through your chest."

"Is that so?" Kogu charged at Cooler and let his fist fly.

Cooler dropped into a combat stance and let his own fist fly forward.

Kogu caught Cooler's fist in his own and threw him over his shoulder.

Cooler regained his footing almost immediately and skidded to a stop "And just what, pray tell, are you supposed to be?" he and Kogu started exchanging equal kicks and punches.

That is, before Kogu stopped Cooler's knee with his sword "What I am is someone not to be trifled with Arcosian." he leapt upwards and prepared to bring down his sword.

Cooler managed to dodge every strike from the sword, a couple of them being far too close for his liking before they took their clash to the middle of the river.

Kogu suddenly sheathed his sword as his earrings and necklace began glowing and he unleashed a mighty roar, engulfing the entire river in a vortex of his power.

'His power level just increased a considerable amount, clearly he has no intention of making this easy on me. Strange though, the only species I know of that can increase their levels of power so rapidly would be Saiyans, and aside from them it would be… the Herans. But I thought they were long extinct, unless… Of course, during the battle with Cell. I was right then, things just became much more serious.'

When the vortex died down, Kogu revealed himself, now bulked up with his skin turned green and his hair turned red "Let's go Arcosian, it's time for us to begin the second round."

"Don't expect there to be a third."

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Meanwhile, with the main OC of this story…

Kai found himself in a surreal world resembling a child's toy chest "Oh for fuck's sake, this place looks way too much like Charlie Sheen's toy chest combined with every creepypasta known to man- Oh shit!" he suddenly found himself forced to start dodging large building blocks attempted to crush him "Oh yeah, I'm totally not gonna have nightmares about this."

That was when Kai's opponent showed up in the form of Bujin, another alien warrior "Well what do we have here?" he quickly used his Psycho Threads technique to manipulate the hands of a really big clock nearby in an attempt to skewer Kai with them.

"Namek-Ken 5x!" Kai's Namek-Ken quickly burst into life as he spiked his aura, ripping the hands to shreds "Watch it you sick little pedo, are you trying to skewer me? Wait no, ask a stupid question."

"You have no idea boy."

"So who the hell are you supposed to be anyway?"

"I am known as Bujin, it's a pleasure to meet you Kai Sapien."

"...So you know my last name, am I supposed to be impressed? Namek-Ken 40x!" Kai promptly advanced his Namek-Ken to his absolute limit "Well guess what midget, it didn't work, and now you've successfully pissed me off. A big mistake on your part."

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"Mr Satan!" the producer's voice sounded with banging on the bathroom door "Mr Satan will you please just come out? We need you out here, the invest- I mean the public needs to see your face!"

"Can't I have a moment without it turning into a parade?" Mr Satan barked 'That guy is fucking nuts if he thinks I'm gonna go out there, creatures that are strong enough to defeat even the mighty Cell? I don't think so.'

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"DIE!" having taken their battle to the ruins of an abandoned city, Kogu grabbed Cooler by the face and slammed him through an old bridge and into the river beneath it, before slamming him through the ruins of various old buildings and sending him crashing to the ground in a pile of rubble "Is that all you can do? I expected more from the son of King Cold."

"So you know who I am then." Cooler's eyes narrowed "And judging by your appearance and abilities, would I be correct to assume you belong to the Heran race. I was led to believe that your kind has long been extinct. Tell me, why have you come to this planet?"

"Why don't you just save those questions for the afterlife, or you could surrender and swear loyalty to my master Bojack." he received a bitter smirk.

"I would never swear loyalty to a chaotic charlatan like your kind."

"Very well then, it seems you've chosen death!" Kogu prepared to bring down his sword.

"That may very well go both ways." Cooler spiked his purple aura and stopped Kogu's sword with his bare hands, shattering the blade in the process "No I was right before, it only went one way, and it is directed at you. Death Flash!" he fired a Death Flash clear through Kogu's gut, killing him almost instantly.

Kogu could only cough up some blood before he collapsed to the ground as nothing more than a blood covered corpse.

"That's one down, now to see where the rest of his companions are located."

"Why don't you check right behind you?"

Cooler whipped around only to be dealt a sharp kick to the face, sending him flying across the battlefield before he knew what hit him.

"Well this is a surprise, it would seem that there actually are some people on this planet who can entertain me. It will bring me great pleasure to snap their necks."

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Meanwhile, on Mount Paozu…

Gohan's head snapped up as he powered down from his Super Saiyan form 'This Ki signature I'm feeling, it's both incredibly powerful and incredibly malicious. I have a really bad feeling about this.'

This was when Chichi came out of the house, holding the newborn Goten in her arms "Is there something wrong Gohan? I thought you said you were going to get some exercise."

"I think there's something happening at the tournament."

"You took Kai off his leash, you knew something was bound to happen."

"No I know what that's like, but this feels like something I've never felt before. Hang on, I'm gonna go and make sure that nothing bad has happened." so he flashed back into Super Saiyan and took off in the direction of the tournament island without waiting for any sort of reply.

'My little boy has grown up so fast… Good thing I have two of them now. I wonder how Goku is doing with the guys at lunch.'

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Meanwhile, back at the tournament…

Kai was soaring through the skies towards the ruined cities, his mind racing 'I have no idea what the hell is going on, first these Galaxy Soldier guys or whatever come barging in and crashing the tournament so there goes my chance of beating the shit out of Mr Satan, then Cooler's Ki spikes and then suddenly drops like a stone, Gohan's still idling around under the watchful eye of everybody's least favorite harpy that being his mother, apparently Goku and the guys are doing some chick thing at that sandwich shop Uncle Jesse's, and on top of that when I tried to question the midget he just took off for the topside version of Atlantis. Plus there's those other average Ki signatures and that one that feels ridiculously massive, I haven't felt anything that strong or that evil since the fight with Cell, which was actually only about a year ago. Either way I've got a bad feeling about this.'

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Meanwhile, in Other World…

It took a good few minutes for Scarlet to notice the grim mood that King Kai had "I don't like the look that you're giving me, what's the matter?"

"Earth has been put in grave danger." King Kai told her grimly.

"What do you mean, in danger of what?"

"It's not a matter of what Scarlet, it's a matter of who. It's Bojack."

"...You mean the horse guy on that TV show that Yamcha showed me that one time?" for those who won't get it, I'm talking about Bojack Horseman.

"No not that, I mean a dark demon of the worst sort you can imagine. He's psychotic and unstable and he's filled with nothing but malice and rage. Many centuries ago he tried to destroy every galaxy within the Dormidius Sector."

"Kind of sounds like what King Piccolo was trying to do."

"In a manner of speaking yes, but he's several times more powerful. He has an insatiable appetite for genocide, myself and the other Kais took it upon ourselves to stop him and all four of us fought together but even with our combined might we were no match for Bojack's power. It was only when he showed himself that we were able to emerge from that battle victorious."

"What do you mean him?"

"I'm not surprised you don't know about him. His name was Yamoshi, but you may know him as the first ever Super Saiyan."

Goku's jaw dropped to the ground "Wait, the first Super Saiyan? As in the one that scared Frieza into blowing up Planet Vegeta all those years ago?!"

"That would be the one, I had feared that myself and the other Kais wouldn't be powerful enough to defeat Bojack so I contacted him to help us. Good thing I did too, it was a fierce battle but in the end Yamoshi emerged victorious and thanks to that we were able to seal Bojack within a star at the edge of this galaxy."

"So you're saying this Bojack guy is trapped inside of some kind of star?"

"He was trapped there but he's not anymore, he was set free from his prison when Frieza had destroyed Planet Vegeta all those years ago. The seal had been broken leaving Bojack to be unbound, and now after all this time he's returned for vengeance and it looks like his next target is Earth."

"Then he's as good as dead, Kai and Gohan can and will stop him in his tracks."

"I hope you're right about that Scarlet, I really do."

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Meanwhile, back on Earth…

'Dammit, what the fuck is going on down there?!' Kai promptly touched down in the abandoned city battlezone and found 17 lying unconscious on the ground, with Cooler standing over him and bleeding considerably "Looks to me like I've been missing one hell of a time."

"That's one way of looking at it." Cooler wiped the blood from his face and breathed a sigh "But things have been running anything but smoothly."

"I can see that, what the hell happened to you anyway?"

"That would be me." a malicious voice rang through the air "Excellent, I've been waiting for some more company."

Kai looked up and saw Bido and Zangya standing beside a doorway 'They seem like small fry, it's whatever is standing there with them that I'm worried about.'

"It's been so long…" slowly a figure with blue skin and long orange hair emerged from the ruins radiating insane amounts of killer intent "So long since I've been able to snap someone's neck with my bare hands."

'This guy's power level is off the charts, he's even stronger than Cell was in his Perfect Form, and it's clear that I'm gonna have a tough time with this one. But at the same time, will the Spirit Ken be enough for me to take this guy down? Well I guess there's only one way to find out.'

"Hey!" that was when Tien and Krillin dropped down onto the scene "You murderers, you killed the intergalactic fighters in cold blood!"

Bujin arrived on the scene and bowed, with Bido and Zangya doing the same "Those fools were trespassing, the earth belongs to our lord Bojack now."

"Oh is that right? Well I've got some news for you pal, that's not gonna happen while we're still alive and kicking." Krillin told him.

"You would be wise to stand down." Bido warned them "Lord Bojack has no equal throughout the cosmos, the universe is riddle with the bones of those who would dare to oppose him and the starways are bathed in their blood. Our master is not patient, you really should stand down while you can. Or better yet, you may as well kneel before him."

"Thanks but no thanks, I think we're gonna pass." Tien and Krillin both charged at them at full speed, only to be beaten down within mere moments by Bujin and Bido and thrown onto the pile with 17.

"They made their decision and they chose poorly, now what is your decision?"

"I think this is more than enough of an answer for you guys. Namek-Ken 40x!" Kai was quick to flash into his Namek Ken and push it to the max "I know how guys like you are, you think you can just waltz in and take our world for your own and there isn't anyone strong enough to stop you. But there's one thing you blowhards didn't count on."

Bojack raised an eyebrow "And what would that be?"

"That I'm more than powerful enough to stop you guys here and now."

"Is that so? Bujin, Bido, Zangya, kill him." he sent the three of them forward.

Kai took to the air where he immediately elbowed Bujin in the face and threw Bido over his shoulder, sending both of them crashing before facing Zangya "I don't really make a habit of hitting women, kind of a thing I get from my uncle."

"Noble as that may be, don't think I'm going to hold back." Zangya caught Kai's fist with her own "So make sure you return the favor."

"Duly noted." he proceeded to throw her over his shoulder, sending her crashing down to the ground.

"Die you little pest!" Bido fired a barrage of Finger Beams in hopes of skewering Kai like swiss cheese.

Kai deflected all of them using only one hand, sending them into the roof of the artificial sky and destroying a large chunk of it.

Bujin and Bido charged at Kai and slammed him through the artificial sky, leading to another area of the ruined city battle zone, and began attacking Kai two on one.

Kai fended them off single handedly and retreated down onto another rooftop, his Zen Ryuken aura flaring wildly.

"Die!" Bido burst up from the roof and lunged at him with Bujin and Zangya doing the same from opposite sides.

Kai continued dodging and blocking every strike, taking a couple of pot shots here and there but still dealing more damage than he was taking, at least until a familiar white glow suddenly began surrounding his body, and before anyone knew what happened, he had been able to suddenly rip through both Bujin and Bido before anyone knew what happened.

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Bojack observed the battle between his soldiers and Kai and his malicious smirk widened even further "Very impressive, his level of skill has grown to be far more advanced than I had ever hoped for it to be. This is proving to be far more entertaining than I was expecting, this should prove to be quite entertaining for me before I snap his neck and send him to the next world."

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines…

By this point, Gohan had arrived on the scene just in time to see Kai quickly rip through Bujin and Bido in a matter of seconds "I guess I was right when I sensed that something was happening here, but I guess he's got it covered. So this is the Spirit Ken that he's been working on."

"I take it you knew about this?" this was when Piccolo dropped down next to him "Looks to me like he found one hell of a good fight."

"Yeah, he would never let me cut in when he's in the zone in a fight like this. And to answer your question, yeah he figured out this technique after the whole thing with Cell, and he swore me to secrecy."

"Is that why he's been less unsettling since then?"

"That's one way of describing it."

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Kai stood over the corpses of Bujin and Bido and shot a glare over at Zangya "So what about you then, should I expect you to try and get me from behind or something?"

"Believe it or not, I actually know when to accept defeat." Zangya told him flatly as she powered down "Though I have to say, your power is impressive."

"I figured you'd be more pissed about me drilling a new hole through your buddies back there a minute ago."

"I would be, if they weren't a couple of murderous sexits pigs. Believe it or not, even I have morals I choose to live by."

"Huh. Respect, more or less. Anyway stand back, your boss is mine."

"Fine by me." so Zangya leapt back a fair distance until she was standing on the sidelines right next to Cooler, and she glanced over at him very awkwardly "Uh… hi."

With that out of the way, Kai turned his attention to Bojack as he spiked his aura, his body crackling with white electricity "Alright you One Piece and Space Dandy reject, let's get this shit show underway."

"You seem awfully continent and sure of yourself." Bojack shot him a smirk full of malice "So come on then boy, show me what this power of yours is capable of."

"Trust me asshole, that's the plan." with a white flash, Kai blitzed right past Bojack with ease, leaving a shallow cut on his cheek, the force of his aura also incinerating part of the ruined building in front of him 'It does seem strange, but even now it feels like my body hasn't fully adapted the new power of the Spirit Ken. Still though, this feels fucking incredible. For all any of us know, this might be the key for me to surpass a Super Saiyan.'

"I hope you're not letting that increase in power make you conceited!" Bojack spiked his blue aura and burst towards Kai at full speed.

Kai was forced on the defensive, but he was very effective with it, as he dodged, blocked and weaved his way around every attack with ease, and once he found an opening he dealt Bojack a swift kick to the chest.

"Grand SMASHER!" Bojack stopped himself, then burst up into the air and fired a Grand Smasher blast downwards.

Kai calmly fired an Nail Gun at the Grand Smasher, resulting in him tearing through the blast with obvious ease.

"Cancelling out one attack isn't going to be enough!" Bojack burst down towards the ground and charged at Kai, leading the two of them to trade even blows, though he was quickly pushed back by a knee to the gut, an uppercut to the jaw and a kick to the neck, so he retaliated by firing off a rapid barrage of Ki blasts.

Kqi dodged and weaved his way around each blast with a series of backflips and rolls, and then he made his way through the explosions to confront Bojack himself, resulting in the two of them once again trading blows.

Bojack now found himself forced on the defensive and evasive, but once he was blown back a short distance he rebounded and tried to fire a Grand Smasher at point blank range.

Kai stopped this attack with one hand, then blitzed around Bojack and dealt him an elbow to the back of the neck, a kick to the spine, and then just as Bojack turned around, Kai hit him at point blank range with a quick Masenko, the force proving to be enough to send him flying straight through a number of buildings and out the other side.

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines…

Cooler gave a nod of approval at the sight "Excellent, now that his full power is on display and functioning at maximum capacity, the boy has the upper hand against Bojack. All he has to do is continue at this rate, and then his victory may very well be guaranteed already."

"I never thought I would actually see it…" Zangya muttered "Bojack of all people is actually being overpowered?"

"Your master heavily underestimates what these warriors are capable of. While he has great promise, the fact is that the boy is only the third strongest among them, so even if he should fall in battle, Bojack has no chance of victory today."

"True as that might be, he would never allow himself to go down so easily."

"Perhaps, but keep watch and you'll see the truth behind what I'm telling you."

"Alright then."

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Meanwhile, back with the main battle…

Kai leapt back a short distance and dropped back into his stance "You can go ahead and show yourself, I know for a fact that that's nowhere near enough to rip a hole through somebody like you."

Sure enough, the destroyed building suddenly exploded and Bojack emerged from within the rubble, his clothing practically wrecked, and he was mad as hell "You little shit… You're gonna pay for that…"

"I don't see how. Face the reality you piece of shit, if this is the best you can do then you're a long way away from defeating me."

"Shut up! This isn't possible, I can't lose, I won't accept defeat! I spent so many years trapped within that wretched star because of those damned Kais, I didn't break free just to let some little brat like you outmatch me!" Bojack spiked his aura as it started flickering in color, and he let out a primal roar as he powered up and his shirt evaporated from the sheer potency of his power hhe was radiating, his skin turning green and his hair turning red in the process.

"So this is what it's like when you're getting serious huh? Fine by me then, go ahead and do your worst!"

"Oh believe me boy, I fully intend to." when the smoke cleared and the chaos subsided, Bojack stood once more, his body crackling with green electricity and his muscles bulging visibly, his expression one of pure rage.

"Come at me." was all Kai said.

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines…

Piccolo breathed a sigh of disbelief at what he was sensing "Bojack's power level just completely exploded, I'd say that he's higher than Cell was in his Perfect Form now. How the hell did he do it?"

"It's an ability his kind has." Cooler told him simply "The fact is that with Herans, their initial forms with the blue skin only allows them to use about 70% of their maximum power. When they get back into a corner, they unleash their full potential, which usually allows them to overwhelm their opponents."

"You seem quite well informed about my kind." Zangya noted "I suppose I shouldn't expect anything less from the son of King Cold."

"My father's actions do not define who I am, so I would appreciate it if you didn't refer to me as such."

"I suppose I understand, I'd rather be seen as an individual myself than just another one of the followers of Bojack."

"What followers? You're the only one that's still alive."

"That is true. But putting our little bonding moment aside, what about them?"

"Bojack is using his full power now. The boy had the edge then, but now we'll just have to wait and see how this battle plays out."

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Meanwhile, back on the battlefield…

Kai dropped back into his combat stance "Alright asshole, if you're so confident in your own abilities then come at me."

"Believe me boy, I intend to." so Bojack burst forward and let a fist fly, resulting in the two of them trading even blows across the battlefield, which ended with his fist being caught by Kai, the force releasing a sizeable shockwave "It doesn't matter what I may have to do, I'm never going to lose whatever it takes!" he released a Grand Smasher from his hand, the force of the explosion sending Kai flying back a short distance, so Bojack then followed up with a second Grand Smasher.

Kai leapt above the blast and landed on top of a plateau, only to be forced to block the incoming barrage of Trap Shooter blasts that followed.

"I've got you!" Bojack suddenly blitzed above him and promptly fired a Galactic Buster from his hand.

"Nail Gun!" Kai quickly fired a Nail Gun directly towards the Galactic Buster, resulting in a quick yet powerful beam struggle, but the Nail Gun lost out and was engulfed by the Galactic Buster after a few seconds 'Fuck, not this shit again!'

"It's over you little shit!" Bojack poured more power into his Galactic Buster, engulfing Kai in the massive explosion that followed as a result, resulting in a tense silence that lasted only for a moment.

The smoke was suddenly evaporated into nothing as Kai burst upwards from within the smoking crater and charged at Bojack, resulting in the two of them blitzing across the battlefield at full speed, which ended with the two of them kicking each other square in the face and grappling in a power struggle "Did you think that would be enough to bring me down?"

"So you're still holding on even after taking my Galactic Buster, you're even more resilient than I gave you credit for."

"I don't do anything half-assed, and don't think I'm giving up in this fight."

"I wouldn't expect anything less."

"Nor should you." Kai ended the power struggle when he dealt Bojack a kick to the chest, only to be met with one of his own that sent him skidding back, but he fired an Explosive Demon Wave as he did so.

"Grand Smasher!" Bojack fired off a one-handed Grand Smasher and cancelled out the Explosive Demon Wave, the force sending Kai flying and allowing Bojack to deal him a smash attack to the spine that sent him hurtling downwards, and then Bojack followed up with a Grand Smasher he fired off at Kai's black, the force accelerating his descent and sending him crashing to the ground in a powerful explosion.

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines…

Gohan gritted his teeth at the sight of Kai being sent hurtling to the ground, his hair starting to flicker with his anger, but he suddenly took a deep breath and calmed himself down before it went any further "Kai get up, don't you dare lie face down in the dirt like that! Every single time it's really mattered, no matter how impossible things seemed to be, your determination never wavered and you found a way to beat the odds and push yourself further! I'm letting you do this because I believe in you Kai, and so do the rest of us! You have what it takes to put Bojack in his place, we all know that for a fact! Just plant your feet, grit your teeth, and eat that horse! Now GET UP!"

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Meanwhile, back on the battlefield…

"Just plant your feet, grit your teeth, and eat that horse! Now GET UP!"

'Gohan… I know… I have to get up…' hearing Gohan's encouragement, Kai slowly pulled himself back to his feet and spat out some blood 'Thanks Gohan, I needed that.'

Bojack scowled at the sight of Kai standing back up before him "So you do have more strength left in you. That's good, it means I can make you suffer for that much longer."

"That goes both ways Bojack, because this isn't over yet, not by a long shot."

"Tell me how brat, how is it that you keep standing back up no matter how many times I blow you to the ground?! Answer me!"

"It's not that hard to figure out. People like Gohan and Piccolo and Yamcha, they're letting me fight you on my own so I can prove to myself that I have what it takes to stand with the best of them. They're putting their faith in me, so now I owe it to them, to my mother, and to myself to not let them down!" he spiked his white aura.

"Just shut up, your worthless ideals don't mean anything in the face of my power!" the two of them charged forward to continue the battle.

"You say that they don't mean anything, but I'm going to remind you of how wrong that is, and why that's the case!" Kai blitzed around every attack Bojack threw at him with ease and began launching multiple counterstrikes in the process.

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines…

Zangya was taken aback by what she was seeing from Kai "It's incredible, the boy's speed has increased even further! He's even faster than before!"

"It is remarkable, truly." Cooler noted with a tone full of approval.

"I don't understand though, how is he doing this?"

"I think you already understand the answer to that." Gohan told her "Kai would never say this out loud, but he knows that the reason he's able to reach these heights is because he's fighting for something other than himself. He fights for the people who put their faith in him, and that's the difference between him and people like Bojack."

"What?"

"Son Gohan speaks the truth." Cooler told her "Behind every strike that the boy throws is an entire community of people who've watched him grow, pushing him through a lifetime of incredible battles, making him stronger not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Each one has been crucial, it's his friends and family, his allies and rivals, giving him the drive and inspiration to continue to push forward. He would never say this to anyone, but he doesn't believe for an instant that he has come as far as he has on his own."

"He's pushed me forward too over the years." Gohan added some more input "He's helped to shape me into the warrior that I am today, and vice versa. We were both just little kids when we first met, but even then he seemed to be so confident and sure of himself, but deep down I could sense a deep sadness and anger. He was hostile and snarky, but that was just a mask to conceal his true feelings. But over the years that mask has slowly crumbled away to become the warrior that you see today, and he's learned the true way that he desires. Even as he fights against his opponents, he does it with fists and a heart full of compassion and conviction. That's just the kind of person that Kai is, and the kind of person he always will be."

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"You say that they don't mean anything, but I'm going to remind you of how wrong that is, and why that's the case!" Kai blitzed around every attack Bojack threw at him with ease and began launching multiple counterstrikes in the process, eventually landing a Masenko at point blank range that sent him flying through several buildings "It's a little something called conviction, how about you pull your head out of your ass and try it for once!"

"Shut up!" Bojack burst out from within the rubble, his aura blazing with his rage "Your trust, your friendship, your conviction, your compassion, all of that can go to hell! I know for a fact and from experience that the only thing you can rely on in the universe is power! Power is the only consistency in the cosmos, everything else will just melt away eventually! Just watch and I'll show you!" he suddenly blitzed behind Cooler and the others, grabbed onto Zangya by the hair and Cooler by the tail, and attempted to fire two Grand Smashers, one through each of their backs.

"Nail Gun!" Kai suddenly blitzed between Bojack and the others and deflected both Grand Smashers with ease "You've got a lot of fucking nerve you Hulk reject."

"The things like people and compassion don't mean anything, they'll both be reduced to dust in a matter of time!"

"Shut your hole you piece of shit. I'm not a fucking superhero or anything like that, but I know that you hurt my friends and I'm sending you straight to the depths of hell!" so with his aura blazing like never before, Kai surged forward at his maximum speed and slammed his fist straight into Bojack's face, his eyes blazing with determination and rage, and then he surged around and followed up with an uppercut kick that sent him flying high into the skies of the abandoned city.

Bojack spiked his aura and unleashed multipled waves of Trap Shooters that hurtled across the battlefield in multiple directions.

Kai used small concentrated Ki blasts to propel himself along the waves of Trap Shooters, but stopped when he and Bojack collided fists, blitzing across the skies of the planet and taking their clash down the side of a mountain until the two of them broke away 'I can't drag this out any longer than I already have. I don't know how long my Spirit Ken is going to last, if I'm going to end this then now's the time! Lucky for me I've still got my trump card!' he charged forward in an attempt to end the battle.

"Galactic BUSTER!" Bojack gathered up as much Ki as he was able to and fired forward a full power Galacic Buster.

Kai dove underneath the Galactic Buster, blitzed in front of Bojack and dealt him a sharp uppercut to the jaw that sent him flying "Oh that's fucking it, I'm gonna wreck your shit and I'm gonna do it now! Now's the time to put you down like a mad fucking dog, and I'm gonna do it with my own signature technique! Dragon… FIST!" using every ounce of Ki he was able to muster, Kai fired his ultimate attack forward at full speed, engulfing Bojack and sending him hurtling high into the skies above.

Bojack could only scream in agony as his body was ripped apart by the massive golden dragon that pierced through his chest, leaving him to be obliterated by the massive explosion that followed it.

With the battle finally over, Kai breathed a sigh as he slowly returned to the ground, his Spirit Ken still crackling with white electricity, only now his muscles were beginning to bulge from the strain 'Okay maybe taking things slow with this fight wasn't the best idea. You can come out now."

Sure enough, Zangya slowly emerged from her hiding place "Tell me, why did you bother to save me? God knows I've done terrible things but you went out of your way so that you wouldn't have to kill me, why? I mean you're still powered up and everything."

"A few reasons. First, you could've tried to sneak attack me but you didn't, you showed me you at least believe in a fair fight so you can't be all bad. Second, some people deserve second chances and no matter how evil anyone might be no one deserves to die like that. Shit, now I think Gohan really is rubbing off on me. Oh and to answer your other question, I can't power down just yet because the minute I do I'm probably gonna pass out from the sheer pain and agony."

"Oh. Well thank you for that." she looked around at the battlefield and cringed "Sorry about all of this by the way."

"Don't worry about it, knowing these people he'll probably just use the Dragon Balls to fix it."

"You say that like death has no consequences."

"To these people, it doesn't." Cooler noted.

"So are you going to try and kill me?"

"This was not my battle to fight, so I'll respect their wishes. As for you, what do you intend to do now?"

"...I honestly don't know."

"Then if I may, allow me to offer a suggestion. Perhaps you could join the ranks of my forces."

"You mean the Frieza Force?"

"The Cooler Force would be more accurate now. I could use someone of your potential."

"You would really let me into your army after everything that's happened? My former boss literally drop-kicked you across a city today."

"I've been met with far worse from much more powerful adversaries, one of whom we may very well be dealing with very soon. I must bolster the ranks of my forces as much as possible, and I can't afford to be too selective with this crisis on the rise."

"Speaking of crisis on the rise…" and then Kai suddenly passed out as the Spirit Ken aura faded from his body.

"...I'm surprised that hasn't happened sooner."

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Meanwhile, at the Son residence…

"Hey Chichi we're home!" Goku and Raditz made their way into the Son residence, looking a lot more energetic than when he left.

"You're looking a lot more upbeat now than you did before." Chichi noted and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Yeah well, some time off was what I needed. Anyway we brought a little something back for you, so check it out." he pulled a few sandwiches "Uncle Jesse's from West City, I got you a #17 with extra coleslaw."

"Oh thanks, I've been so busy with Goten I haven't had time to cook lately." Chichi took a bite of one of the sandwiches and let out a sigh "Oh god, this feels like heaven in bread."

"Glad to hear you like it, and because of that I have a proposition for you."

"Make it involve this, I could eat this so god only knows how long."

"Funny you should mention that, because, well… Raditz you wanna take over?"

"Nope, your wife, your problem." was all Raditz said.

"Thanks for the backup big bro. Anyway Chichi, what if I told you that you could have these kinds of sandwiches for free for the rest of your lives?"

"Sounds tempting." Chichi took another bite "I just might have to take you up on that offer for the time being."

"Good, because… well…"

"Yeah?"

"Dammit Kakarot stop beating around the bush, we bought Uncle Jesse's!" Raditz blurted out, causing Goku to cower behind him.

"Yeah I know, I'm eating it right now."

"Not what he means." Goku let out a nervous chuckle.

"Then what do you mean?"

"He means we kind of… bought the actual restaurant itself." that caused her to drop her sandwich in shock.

"...What?!"

"And now Raditz, you see why I'm using you as a meat shield."

"You mean you bought a freaking restaurant without talking to me first?!"

"Well the owner was going to close the place, so the two of us decided to save a West City institution. We're gonna be kings of coleslaw and cold cuts."

"Uh huh."

"Plus Yamcha is the investor." Raditz told her "I'm pretty sure that makes him the archduke of all that food related crap."

"But what the hell do either of you two know about running a restaurant?"

"Okay Chichi, I need you to work with me." Goku tried to calm her down "I know this might have seen a little bit hasty and impulsive, and I can't count very high but I do know it was really expensive, but this way I can finally earn some money for our family that doesn't come out of the Ox-King's treasure vault, and I can do something productive that doesn't involve punching other guys. Besides, if there's one thing Saiyans know aside from fighting, it's food."

"But now we've gotta head out and meet Yamcha at the bank, apparently that's what you do when you run a business." Raditz told her "Then again I'm just guessing, I've only lived on his planet for about half a decade."

"And I don't know anything about business in general, but we're gonna learn so much when we're spending Yamcha's money, which is actually Bulma's money." and so they left.

"...Oh sweet mother of god." Chichi quickly pulled out a phone "18 get over here, Goku just did something on an entirely new level of stupid."

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A few hours passed.

Bulma pulled into Capsule Corp and found Chichi and 18 brooding over a game of cards on the back terrace "Oh hey guys, get this my speech was amazing. I think I really made an impact, and the best part is that I didn't even get mauled by the Back to the Future community-"

"Couldn't give less of a crap about that." 18 just placed down a card.

"Eesh, what the hell is the matter with the two of you?"

"What you haven't heard?" Chichi pulled herself to her feet "Goku and Raditz apparently bought a sandwich shop here in West City without consulting me."

"Wait back up a second, they bought Uncle Jesse's?"

"Yeah, when they were at lunch with Yamcha earlier today. What the heck were the three of them even doing there? They've never hung out a day in their lives."

"Uh… I don't know, that is an unlikely trio. So you mean they didn't just have lunch and solve each other's problems?"

"Who said anything about having lunch or solving problems?"

"Oh, well… Definitely not me, that's for sure. That doesn't sound like something that I would ever do. Dammit, I can't lie, it sounds exactly like something I would say because I totally said it to them!"

"Well it makes sense." 18 noted dryly "Even a stupid idea has to have at least one smart person behind it."

"Look all I did was have Yamcha take Goku out to lunch to cheer him up, then Raditz got thrown into the mix, but buying a sandwich shop was not part of the plan. But keep in mind the guys can be pretty resourceful, and Uncle Jesse's is a pretty popular place, so maybe they'll be able to make it work."

"Oh well I'm glad you're on board with it, because it just so happens that your hubby is the primary investor."

"...With those two idiots?"

"Yep, so now we've got three idiots in the mix. Raditz and I are supposed to be partners, I get a say in these major life decisions don't I? No I mean I'm seriously asking you two, I've never been in a stable relationship."

"You're asking the wrong woman." Chichi told her "My husband of 10 years was sent from another planet when he was born and he's died twice in the span of half a decade."

"Fair enough. I say we go down there and stop this crap, any objections?"

"None from me."

"Just hold on, I'd better pack some heat." Bulma pulled out a capsule, which just so happened to contain a bazooka.

"Back it up lunatic, we're just talking this out. Blowing them up is the backup plan."

"Duly noted, but I'm bringing it anyway."

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About 20 minutes later, at Uncle Jesse's…

By this point, Raditz and the others were closing the deal with Uncle Jesse "I'm gonna go ahead and say it Uncle Jesse, it's an honor to follow in the footsteps of such an establishment."

"Just make sure you treat this place right." the old man shook his hand "I've gone out of my way to put a lot of my own sweat into my sandwiches over the years." and so he walked away.

"...Just to be clear, he meant that in a metaphorical sense right?"

"Well it's not a deal breaker." Goku gave a shrug and took a bite of his sandwich "A good sandwich is a good sandwich."

"Yeah that's true, one thing to note about Saiyans is that they're never picky about food."

"No arguments here."

"Um, hey guys?" Yamcha pointed at where Chichi, Bulma and 18 were making their way into the building, looking so calm it was unnerving.

"...Okay, so we're probably gonna die. Nice knowing you guys."

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About a day passed and everyone had been moved to Satan City hospital, well almost everyone that is. Truth be told Gohan and Kai were only chilling on one end of the roof of the hospital, while Piccolo was brooding on the other side.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me, Mr Satan saves the world from destruction again?" Kai let out a loud nort as he threw the magazine into the air and fired a Ki blast at it "Well isn't that just fucking typical, that ass clown gets all the credit and ends up on the front page while we do all the heavy lifting and end up in this joint."

Gohan let out a chuckle "Say whatever you like Kai but if he didn't take the credit for it then we'd probably be drowning in reporters right now."

"I'd just carve a gigantic hole through all of them."

"Which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. But either way you did what you said you were gonna do, you defeated one of the big bads all by yourself, you saved the world and you even surpassed me." he wrapped an arm around Kai "I really am proud of you buddy."

"Thanks for that, now get your arm off of me." he looked up and shot a small smile up towards the sky 'And thanks to you too mom. I'll keep getting stronger and restore the good name of martial arts that you worked so hard to make for all those years, I promise that on my life. But you know Gohan, this whole thing proved to me two really important things. One, I've got what it takes to stand with the big boys. Two, with the right press I could be as huge as Mr Satan. Well almost, if I could find a big enough wig."

"Wait a second, Mr Satan doesn't wear a wig."

"You're still way too naive Gohan, nothing on that man is real. He probably got his entire face from the afro to that ugly ass chin at a white sale."

"A what?"

"...My god I knew you were sheltered but that's just wrong. Anyway change of topic, so apparently your dad and uncle bought Uncle Jesse's sandwich shop."

"Yeah, from what dad and Uncle Raditz tell me at least. It's kind of crazy."

"But at the same time it makes a lot of sense. Yamcha was talking about some kind of side investment, but it's with Goku and Raditz, and to put it bluntly, your dad has less of an IQ than a retarded squirrel."

"I know, as horrible as it may sound, I think that's an understatement. But my dad has that fire in his eyes back, it's like he's got passion and hope back in his heart, and I think that's a good thing for all of us."

"So he's got the spark back. Good thing too, surpassing him would be hollow if he wasn't at his absolute best. Plus it might be a solution to more than just that problem, after all from what I've been told Uncle Jesse's isn't a typical sandwich shop."

"Yeah that's true, it's an established brand with loyal clientele. The place is a fucking goldmine, with any luck they might even be able to franchise the place."

"Sounds like a lot of things are changing. Things change, and they're gonna keep changing, now it's up to us to see what those changes bring to us."

"That sounds corny as fuck."

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Meanwhile, with Cooler…

With the battle and tourmanet over as soon as they started, Cooler was making his way through the cold darkness of space in his ship, his mind drifting as he sat on his throne "It would seem that Son Goku's son is not the only one with remarkable levels of potential that can be utilized in the coming conflict. That boy Kai, his power is far greater than I had originally anticipated, and it may very well surpass me as well. He needs to know about this. Supreme Kai, if you can hear me please respond."

"I am here Cooler. Is there something you wish to bring to my attention? Have you made any progress in your search for Babidi in your section of the universe?"

"Unfortunately no, but I have discovered something just as important. Do you remember Bojack, the intergalactic space pirate sealed away by the Kais?"

"I am aware of that one, yes."

"It would seem that he escaped, but was vanquished by forces from planet Earth."

"Earth you say? Yes, Kibito and I journeyed there a few years ago, at your request when the planet was under attack by that evil Namekian."

"The conqueror Lord Slug, yes. Those boys that you came across, one of them was responsible for Bojack's demise, and the other one, the half Saiyan son of the Saiyan who defeated my brother Frieza, he was the one responsible for the defeat of the creature I mentioned during our last conversation."

"The one you called Cell."

"Yes. Both of these boys are leagues beyond what my brother and father were capable of, and I believe they may very well surpass me as well. Both of them are considered to be heroes in their world, as well as to the Namekian people."

"I see. I must ask though, where do you intend to go with this?"

"Do you recall that legendary weapon on your world, the Z sword I believe?"

"The one that not even I myself could remove, nor any of my predecessors. Only a truly worthy warrior may even tough such a weapon, and only one of great enough strength would be able to remove it. Tell me Cooler, do you intend to claim that one of these two children would be capable of removing the Z sword?"

"That I cannot say for certain, but I do ask that you take it into consideration. These two boys are very remarkable, and I believe they are something truly special."

"Very well, I will take this into consideration. For now, I must continue the search for Babidi in any areas that I can. He cannot be allowed to succeed under any circumstances."

"I understand. In the meantime, I shall continue searching within my domain for any possible leads, and I shall contact you when I have anything."

"Understood. You have my gratitude."

"It's an honor." Cooler disabled their telepathic connection and was left alone with only his thoughts "The battle of the universe is coming, and it's only a matter of time. But one thing is for certain. When the battle does come, nothing will ever be the same agan. Son Goku, you and your allies had best be ready for when that day comes."

A/N:

And with this chapter, we see the next movie adaptation of this story, in the form of adapting the Bojack Unbound movie, as well as a brief return to this story on my part. I'm not saying that I'll be returning to this story full time, not yet at least, since the world is in a state of chaos from the coronavirus, I've still got college going for me, and I'm working on other stories as well.

I was going to have Zangya be killed by Bojack like in canon, but honestly it's a semi bad habit I have. Besides I have a soft spot for characters that I think have unused potential, hence the reason why I'm giving a bigger role to Yamcha and the other human characters. Also let's face it, after his role in the Tournament of Power I think Android 17 became a lot of people's favorite characters.

So yes, now Goku and Raditz own a sandwich shop in West City. I got the idea from watching the last season of Fuller House, seeing Jimmy and Fernando do the same, and I'll be honest, if a Saiyan ever had to get a job, a full-blooded Saiyan I mean, so Gohan doesn't count, it would have to be something involving food.

Now then, I've got something to address to all of you. There's a good reason for why I've been staying away for so long. For those of you who aren't aware, I might as well just come out and say it: Dragon Ball Z Abridged is over, Team Four Star has decided not to continue with the Buu Saga. For a long time after hearing that, I just didn't know how to feel about it. I was angry and disappointed, but at the same time, I felt a sense of emptiness. Maybe I sound ridiculously sappy when I say that, but that's how I felt. But there's no point in getting too riled up, it won't change their decision. All we can do is adapt to this situation, we carry ourselves with pride and not give into juvenile impulses. We let ourselves feel sad of course, but we can't give into it. Now we do what we can to honor their legacy and keep it alive in any way that we can. That's what a true fan does.

Power levels:

Kai: 360 million

Kai (Namek-Ken 40x): 14.4 billion

Kai (Spirit Ken): 54 billion

Gohan: 2 billion

Super Saiyan Gohan: 14 billion

Yamcha: 62 million

Tien: 60 million

Tien (Kaioken 20x): 1.2 billion

Weighted Piccolo: 30 billion

Android 17: 675 million

Android 17 (Super Electric Strike): 4.05 billion

Android 18: 660 million

Cooler (suppressed): 2.4 billion

Cooler: 8 billion

Zangya: 3.5 billion

Zangya (full power): 5 billion

Kugo: 2.1 billion

Kugo (full power): 3 billion

Bido: 4.9 billion

Bujin: 4.2 billion

Bojack: 28 billion

Bojack (full power): 35 billion