At the Time Nest in Conton City, a young Saiyan man is seen practicing his techniques with a few training robots. He was a quick and swift young man, making precise strikes with his kicks, even kicking some ki out of robots weren't really strong but they made for nice warm-ups to keep him in tip shape.

"Cabba!? Food's ready!" a young woman's voice called out.

"Thanks Pan!" Cabba said, then turned to the robots. "Disengage training mode."

"Training mode disabled," the robot replied. "Returning to normal duty."

The young Universe Six Saiyan wiped some sweat off his forehead, "Whoo, what a workout."

Cabba turned his attention to a small building, where he had heard Pan's voice. It was no ordinary building, it was the location of several Time Scrolls that the Supreme Kai of Time possessed, each detailing a major event across several timelines, to which she was responsible for overlooking.

Unfortunately villains sought to use the time scrolls to their own advantage, attempting to control the flow of time to their will so they would be the strongest and rule over either one timeline or an entire multi-verse, which is where the Time Patrol came in.

Cabba and Pan were among the Time Patrol, they have been for about 6 years. While of course they had their own timelines they would return home to, they would always find time to come to the nest, after all, it was the only way they could see each other.

The two had grown quite close over the years after all, their friendship really blossoming into something special. They've done quite a number of missions together, really honing their craft as a team, and individually too. They helped each other become stronger, reaching the peak of their abilities. Cabba had helped Pan reach Super Saiyan 2 and Pan helped push Cabba to Super Saiyan 3. Though that was a transformation Cabba could barely hold, as expected given the warnings. Pan had opted not to learn Super Saiyan 3 yet, preferring to perfect her Super Saiyan 2 form.

The two however had higher ambitions, to reach the level of Super Saiyan Blue, and soon they would hopefully be ready to ask the help of Vados to achieve that goal.

Cabba had sat at the table just as Pan served him his meal, an assortment of meats, veggies and grain, a meal fit for a Saiyan. Being part Saiyan herself, and having seen her grandfather eat, Pan has an idea of a Saiyan's metabolism.

"Wow, this looks great Pan," Cabba complimented, grabbing his utensils. "You always seem to cook the best looking dishes, tasty too."

"I try my best, took some lessons from my mom, while papa doesn't eat like quite like grandpa, he still has a rather large appetite," Pan said. "And since we're together quite frequently, my mom thought it'd be a good idea to make sure you're properly fed."

"Your mother's a very considerate woman," Cabba said. "Kind of funny seeing how she was in the past, she reminded me so much of Caulifla."

"Well the difference is that my mother eventually lightened up, Caulifla never seemed to," Pan said, not so fondly remembering the Saiyan woman.

"She's dialed it back a bit, maybe not by much, but still something," Cabba said.

"Well I credit Kale for that, we should go by to see them soon," Pan said. "For some reason I kind of miss Caulifla. She may be a pain in the butt at times, yet without her training I don't think I would have reached the heights I have now."

"Caulifla cares deep down, she just also loves messing with you for some reason," Cabba said. "Maybe it's because you're Gohan's daughter and Goku's granddaughter, and you know how much she considers herself a rival to them."

"She seems to have it out for the other version of Papa, the one that indirectly led us to meet each other," Pan said.

"I just hope she finally got over her somewhat creepy obsession over him," Cabba said. "I don't even wanna know what happened when the two were really alone together."

"Come on, Papa isn't that type of guy, he doesn't fool around with every girl he meets, despite certain rumors," Pan said.

"I don't even know how those rumors got started, just because he interacts with a lot of girls doesn't mean he's into all of them, quite frankly I don't even think they're all into him either," Cabba said.

"Ha, remember the rumors about Chronoa?" Pan asked. "Oh, I mean, The Supreme Kai of Time?"

"You know she hates when she's so casually referred to by name," Cabba playfully scolded. "Weird considering all the years we've worked with her, even the Supreme Kai of my world doesn't mind being referred to by name, but to each their own I guess. Still, I don't think she cared for those rumors, sometimes I get the feeling she doesn't like that Gohan."

"Yet she has no problems going gaga over my Great Grandfather, kind of weird and creepy," Pan said.

"Your great-grandfather Bardock is a powerful warrior," Cabba said. "Not an enemy I'd want." Cabba took a bite of her food, immediately relishing in the taste. "This is wonderful! You have a real talent for cooking Pan."

"Aw, you're so sweet," Pan said, leaning in to kiss Cabba's cheek. "I'm always happy to cook for you, whatever I can do to make you happy."

"Feelings mutual Pan," Cabba said. "Does your mother cook often for your father?"

"Yeah, she usually does, but sometimes he'll take a turn in the kitchen," Pan said. "Or sometimes my dad treats my mom to a nice meal."

"Your parents are lucky to have each other," Cabba said. "Though seeing them so happy makes it so weird seeing another timeline where Gohan seemed to fall in love with another woman. I'm amazed you handled that so well, much better than The Supreme Kai of Time."

"That's an understatement, I understand different timelines mean different possibilities, in one timeline I never had a chance to experience life because of the Androids, Chronoa needs to chill," Pan said. "I mean, do you remember one of our earlier missions?"

"Yeah, I think the scroll containing the memory is nearby actually," Cabba said, getting up to search for the scroll. "Give me a minute, I'll go find it."

"I forgot we could do that, makes reminiscing much easier," Pan stated.

Cabba searched around until he located what he wanted to find. "Good, here it is, let's check it out. "He brought the scroll over to the table, opening it and searching through the memories within it, with Pan sitting right next to him, both observing as an image opened up to reveal a younger Gohan, training with the North Kai of Universe 10, Zamasu.

"Papa," Pan pointed out. "A younger Papa, the one I've met many times."

"He's an interesting one," Cabba said. "Let's watch and see what he can do."

The two had observed as Gohan sparred with Zamasu on the Kai's planet, as he does once in a while. For six months Gohan has been training under Zamasu, learning all he could from the divine being. Usually once Gohan feels he's ready, he spars against Zamasu, provided that his mentor deems him ready to try, and unfortunately for Gohan, the Northern Kai usually had a few tricks up his sleeve.

Gohan had relentlessly thrown punches at his teacher, trying to knock him off guard. Zamasu however was able to properly block and parry away Gohan's attacks, though not with ease, this boy had quite the prowess to him. He could definitely see how he's done battle against the harshest of villains, including Majin Buu.

It seemed weird to Gohan at first that he struggled considering Zamasu in another timeline had lost to him and Piccolo, though Gohan attributes that mostly to that version of Zamasu's own arrogance, and this one seemed to know other ways to overpower an opponent.

"Remember what I've taught you Gohan, power isn't everything!" Zamasu said, deflecting Gohan's punch and whack him hard behind his neck.

Gohan fell to the ground, rubbing the spot he was struck, which amazed Zamasu. The first few times Gohan was usually knocked out, but he's really improved the last few months.

"If you want to keep me down, you'te gonna need to learn a few new tricks," Gohan said.

"I have plenty," Zamasu said, getting back into a defensive stance. "Well, come try your luck again."

Gohan powered up, getting into his own stance, ready to keep going with his sparring. He wasn't going to give in just yet, he was starting to figure his teacher out after all, and he's still got some ideas of his own to take down the Kai.

Though this wasn't the only training going on at the moment, back on Earth, Eighteen was doing fulfilling her role as a teacher, with her own student, that being Videl. The young girl was sparring with the older woman, and was holding her own quite well.

"Taking you down teach," Videl boasted, attacking with a flurry of strikes, mainly focusing her power on her kicks.

"It's easy to talk big," Eighteen said, grabbing Videl's leg and then tossing her toward the wall to her house. "It's backing it up that counts!"

Videl fortunately was able to rebound off her wall, though not without leaving a slight crack and rushing in with a strong punch to Eighteen's jaw.

"I think I got that covered!" Videl said, then followed her punch up with a mighty kick to the side of Eighteen's head, knocking her for a loop if only for a few seconds.

"Yeah you probably do," Eighteen said, shaking off the attack. "Your technique has improved a lot over these last six months, starting to run out of things to teach you."

"There's gotta be more, I feel like I'm only getting started!" Videl insisted.

Thanks to her training these last few months, Videl's ki has skyrocketed, while not near the level of Gohan, she's still a over a hundred times stronger than the average girl. She's even learned some ki control, allowing her to fly and even use ki blasts if she choose to. Though she preferred to focus the ki into her melee attacks rather than firing an energy wave.

"What more can I teach you at this point? You're a very fast learner," Eighteen said. "Soon you'll be able to mentor someone yourself."

"Really think so huh?" Videl asked. "Well before that comes, I still want to learn more, I want to be the best there is!"

"You've got quite the ambition, I respect that in a fighter," Eighteen said. "Maybe I'll convince Gohan and his dad to take you in and they'll teach you a thing or two, they've got some cool moves, especialy Goku."

"Wow you really mean that?" Videl asked. "To train with Goku would be amazing! Maybe with any luck I'll be ready for the next World Martial Arts Tournament!"

"When is the next one?" Eighteen asked.

"In a few years, thing is they keep changing the gap between them," Videl said. "First it was once every five years, then it was every three years, now it's whenever it's ready, seems really inconsistent if you ask me."

"Well once it rolls around I'm sure you'll be ready to take it by storm," Eighteen said. "Though I gotta ask, is there a type of prize for winning? Like a trophy or something?"

"Well in addition to being named Champion of the world, you can also win Zeni, last time the prize was 10 Million Zeni, so it might be that again," Videl said.

"10 Million Zeni!?" Eighteen shouted in surprise. "You can get that much just for winning a few fights!?"

"Yeah, why are you interested in entering?" Videl asked.

"Well yeah, with that type of money, I'd never need to work again!" Eighteen said, a satisfied grin forming on her face. "And all I need to do is beat up a few chumps."

"Uh, no offense but that sounds like a pretty shallow reason to enter," Videl said.

"When you become an adult like me, you realize that working sucks, actually you could realize that now, though considering how rich you are you probably never need to worry about stuff like that," Eighteen said. "Point is that if I have a chance for easy money, you bet I would take it."

"You really don't like your job, do you?" Videl asked. "Still, entering just for zeni? Well I guess I can't blame you, I feel like that's why most people enter. Me, I don't care about zeni, I'm already set, I just want to prove myself."

"Well that sounds like something Goku would say," Eighteen said. "Then again, this seems like something Goku would flourish in, he already won once before and got a nice sum, he might try it again, the more money he brings home, the more his wife would probably let him train, as it stands he's struggling to maintain a job."

"Well if you're short I can spot you some zeni, I mean you do train me, you can consider it payment," Videl said.

"I appreciate that, but I wouldn't feel right taking money from a kid, besides you're my friend, I can't ask you to do that," Eighteen said. "I trained you because you asked me too, and I enjoy our spars together, I can't put a price on that."

"That's nice of you, at least you're not that shallow," Videl said. "If you want to enter I won't stop you, in fact it'd be a great way to really test myself, to defeat my teacher."

"Well just know that I wouldn't go easy on you," Eighteen said.

"I wouldn't expect any less," Videl said. "Now, let's get back to-"

Suddenly there was an explosion in the distance, getting the attention of both girls.

"What the hell?" Eighteen said, floating into the air.

"Something's happening," Videl said. "We should go see what it is."

"Uh, we?" Eighteen asked. "You're not going out there, it looks dangerous."

"Excuse me!? I think I can handle myself," Videl said.

"No you can't!" Eighteen scolded. "Now stay here, last thing I want is for you to end up a hostage again." Before Videl could object, Eighteen had flown off.

"Damn, what a waste," the young girl complained, watching as her mentor flew off into the distance.

Eighteen had quickly flown over to where the commotion was coming from and she spotted it near the edge of West City. A group of human like creatures were flying around, firing ki blasts at random spots in the city. Four men and one woman, the sole female having long orange hair while a man in a bandana seemed to be leading the charge.

"Try not to destroy the buildings too much," the leader said. "I kind of like the structure. Gotta say, this planet is visually pleasing, I give credit to these Earthlings."

"Sure thing boss," the female said, firing more ki blasts as she called out to her team. "Just focus on taking out the humans!"

"Hey! Morons!" Eighteen shouted, getting their attention.

"Ooh, someone's quick the looker," a man with a headband said. "What's your name girl?"

"Save it, I'm not into guys who trash my planet," Eighteen said. "Who are you and where did you come from!?"

"I don't think I like your attitude there girly," the woman said. "Someone ought to teach you some manners."

"Bring it, I'll take on all five of you at once," Eighteen said, getting ready to fight.

"Now hold on there," the leader said. "Let's try not to do anything too foolish now girl, I mean I admire your guts, but coming at us without a plan ain't exactly the smartest thing to do."

"If I were you I wouldn't be so quick to underestimate me," Eighteen said, getting into a stance. "I've been in my fair share of fights."

"Heh, I admire your guys," the man said. "What's your name?"

"Call me Eighteen," the blonde cyborg responded. "Who are you anyway?"

"Name's Bojack, and this is my crew," Bojack pointed to the man with the bandana, "That one there is Kogu." He pointed to a man with a goatee. "That there is Bido." He pointed to a man in a turban. "That's Bujin." He gestured to the sole female, "And this lovely lady here is Zangya."

"Pfft, lovely, with that goofy hairstyle? Looks puffier than a cloud," Eighteen taunted.

"Did she just insult my hair with that tacky fashion sense?" Zangya said, then turned to her leader. "Mind if I take her out boss?"

"Be my guess," Bojack said. "Shame, she's got spunk, could use someone like her on our crew."

"Like hell, she seems like all talk," Zangya said, powering up. "I'm gonna take this bimbo down!"

"Bimbo?" Eighteen looked furious. "Oh you definitely have to die now!"

The two ladies clashed, each one attempting to one up the other, which Eighteen was the first to do after landing a punch right in Zangya's ribs.

Eighteen then delivered a knee straight to her chin and did a spin kick to knock Zangya diagonally into the lower side of a building. Eighteen did not let up, she flew in and tackled Zangya through the bottom of the building, knocking her through the other side.

Bojack turned to his henchmen, "Keep an eye on them, and watch out, I know more's coming."

"Yes sir," the others said, going to pursue the two battling ladies.

Bojack rubbed his chin curiously, "So, finally attracted some action, I hope Goku won't keep me waiting too long."

Eighteen charged up some ki blasts and started firing at Zangya, the Hera girl doing her best to block the incoming attacks, but was helpless once Eighteen got in close for a kick, knocking Zangya toward a car.

Eighteen cupped her hands together, charging a massive ki blast, ready to finish off the space pirate.

"All that talk and for what? You were hardly a challenge," Eighteen said. "It's over!"

Before she could fire however, Bido had flown in and attacked Eighteen with a surprised kick, causing her to fire her ki blast into the sky, as it dissipated into the atmosphere.

Zangya shook it off, somewhat glaring at her teammate, "I could have taken her!"

"Uh, you're welcome," Bido sarcastically said, though before he could react, he took a ki blast from a downed Eighteen.

"I'm not surprised you needed your buddies to help you, though it's kind of sad that you needed them at the start of a fight," Eighteen taunted. "Maybe I should fight one of them instead, you can go fluff your oversized hair or something."

"You damn hussy!" Zangya shouted, flying in to attack again, putting much more effort into her blows. "I will not let you make a fool out of me!"

Eighteen however had parried her attacks and kicked her aside again, blasting her to the ground. "Kind of late for that."

Bido flew in to attack, clashing with Eighteen himself, but the female cyborg was able to get a strike on him as well, getting Bido right in his chest with her elbow and then hitting an uppercut to knock him back.

"Now that's no way to treat a lady now is it?" Eighteen taunted, then sent a blast to knock Bido into a building. "Really hope the people evacuated by now, if they lived long enough to."

Zangya stood up, fuming at her opponent, looking ready for more, "Wait til I get my hands on her!"

She flew to attack again, but her attack got blocked by Eighteen.

"Saw that coming a mile away," Eighteen said, going for a punch, which Zangya blocked, getting in a knee to Eighteen's stomach.

"Bet you didn't see that!" Zangya taunted.

"Lucky shot," Eighteen said, then kicked Zangya under her chin, "And that was skill."

Bido flew in and rammed Eighteen from behind, "Watch your back little lady!"

Eighteen turned around and blasted Bido, but was open to an attack from Kogu, the other henchman flyng in with a massive kick.

"Boss wants her dealt with," Kogu said. "Sorry to cut your fun so short but he has other places to get to, and he'd rather do it before anyone else spoils the fun."

"Ugh, fine," Zangya said. "Let' just get this over with."

Bujin flew over and the four henchmen of Bojack had rushed in to attack Eighteen, each of them preparing a ki blast to the cyborg girl.

"No you don't!" Eighteen shouted, charging up and blasting at each of them with quick moves, hoping to knock one of them out of the air.

"Nice try!" Bido said as each of them dodged her blasts. Bujin then used his psychic energy to create ki strings, restraining Eighteen.

"Hey, what is this!?" Eighteen shouted, trying to break free.

The four flew in, aiming their fingers for a combined ki zap. "You're finished!"

"Desctructo Disc!" They all heard. The four turned to see a yellow disc flying their direction, which they were fortunately able to move away from.

"The hell was that!?" Kogu asked, focusing on where the attack came from.

"Spirit Ball!" suddenly a blast had come at them, specifically Bujin. The smaller member was quick to dodge, but was unable to predict the attack coming back at him, hitting him from behind.

The attack continued to whack the smaller man, eventually knocking him to the side of a nearby building, his dropped concentration making it easier for Eighteen to break free of his grasp.

"Now what!?" Zangya asked, looking around to see what had happened.

From the distance came two of Earth's most prominent warriors, the former Orin Temple monk Krillin, and the once desert bandit Yamcha.

"Looks like we made it in time," Krillin said, then turned his attention to the blonde cyborg. "Yo! You alright there Eighteen!?"

"We came as soon as we could!" Yamcha added.

"I'm fine, really didn't need any help," Eighteen insisted, stepping out into the open. "Surprised it took either one of you this long to get here, though my guess is that you had cold feet stepping into a fight."

"Wow, nice way to thank us," Yamcha said, clearly annoyed. "Clearly you haven't picked up many manners living at Goku's house."

"Uh, Yamcha, Goku's my best friend and all, but even I know he's not one for manners," Krillin said. "Gohan on the other hand."

"Look, I'll give you both some credit for coming, but maybe let's save the chit-chat for later, right now we gotta do away with these bunch of nimrods!" Eighteen said.

"Shouldn't be too hard," Yamcha said, getting into a stance. "Let's rock this show."

"Great, now there's more of them," Zangya said.

"No matter, we still got the numbers game, assuming Bulin's still alive," Bido said, looking over to his teammate, who was stepping out of the building, dusting himself off.

"Looks like he's still standing," Yamcha said, smirking a bit. "Hey pal, up for round two!?"

"Let's see you try that when my guard isn't down," Bulin said, joining his teammates. "I can't promise it will yield the same results however."

"Enough talking, let's get back to the fight, the sooner you're all dead the sooner I can move on with my day," Eighteen said, charging in to attack Bido, the big man blocking her punch but failing to stop her kick to his head.

Zangya tried to attack Eighteen from behind, but Eighteen had quickly elbowed her stomach and turned around to bash her elbow in the woman's face.

Bido went to attack Eighteen but Krillin had kicked Bido in the side of the head, flying in to attack the big man some more with a quick combo of punches. Kogu flew to attack Krillin from behind, knocking him away from his teammate.

The two aimed their palms, firing ki blasts that Krillin was able to cancel out with a ki blast of his own, then flew to punch both men, quickly firing a blast at Kogu, knocking him away and leaving this a one on one battle for the moment.

"Gonna crush you tiny!" Bido shouted, flying in to attack, missing a punch and allowing Krillin to hit an uppercut.

"Off to a bad start pal," Krillin said, kicking Bido down.

Yamcha and Bujin were clashing through the city, the turban clad warrior eager to get a little payback on Yamcha for the sneak attack earlier. Yamcha tried a kick but his opponent dodged and was given the opening to kick Yamcha to the ground below.

"You're mine!" Bujin flew in to attack with a mighty punch, but Yamcha was quick to grab his fist and then punch the smaller man back. Yamcha jumped back and cupped his fists, "Kamehame-HA!"

Yamcha fired the beam native to the turtle school at the small henchman of Bojack, but the attack was grabbed, Bujin attempting to redirect the attack. Yamcha put more power into his attack, making it harder for Bujin to hold and eventually the smaller warrior just jumped aside.

Yamcha took the moment to fly in with a kick to Bujin's face, knocking him through a building, Yamcha flying after him.

Eighteen and Zangya continued their battle, Zangya keeping her distance and firing ki blasts at Eighteen, though each attack got deflected as Eighteen got closer, then the blonde girl had hit a powerful uppercut to Zangya, then knocked her against a light pole.

"You're really weak aren't you?" Eighteen said. "No wonder your buddies came to save your useless ass."

"I am NOT weak!" Zangya shouted, throwing a bunch of punches at her enemy, each of them being caught and allowing Eighteen to uppercut Zangya.

"Sure seems like it," Eighteen said, then noticed Kogu flying towards her, hoping to assist his ally. "Another friend to your rescue."

"Kogu! Stand down! I'll defeat her myself!" Zangya called out to her teammate.

"Huh? You sure about that, you look like you're having trouble," Kogu said.

"I am NOT!" Zangya shouted, sending a bunch of blasts at the blonde cyborg, hoping to finally overpower her.

"Hey easy, try not to overdo it, you'll tire yourself out," Kogu said.

"I know what I'm doing!" Zangya shouted, not relenting at all with the ki blasts. However Eighteen had flown through them and kicked Zangya hard in the head, charged up a massive ki blast and zapped the Hera girl through the building below.

"Zangya!" Kogu shouted, then glared at Eighteen. "Think you're tough, huh girl?"

"I've been in some pretty intense battles these last couple of years, sorry to say but your little friend there just pales in comparison to what I've gone up against," Eighteen said.

"Oh, so you want more of a challenge huh!?" Kogu shouted, then began charging up. "Well then, your wish will be granted!"

"Wow, and I didn't even need the Dragon Balls," Eighteen sarcastically remarked. "Try to give me a real fight when you're done powering up."

"Gonna make you eat those words!" Kogu shouted, transforming into a super powered form. His skin got paler and his orange hair got redder, he looked ready for a fight.

"What in the...?" Yamcha said, looking toward Kogu's direction. "Did he just transform?"

"That girl must have really gotten him riled up," Bido said. "That or the bastard just wants to be a show-off."

Kogu smirked sinisterly at Eighteen, "Feeling frightened yet?"

"Please, this is probably the least intimidating transformation I've seen," Eighteen said, getting into a stance. "Time to kick your ass."

"Gonna knock that cockiness out of you!" Kogu shouted, flying in for a punch, which Eighteen returned, the two engaged in a fist struggle.

Eighteen charged an attack with her other hand, ready to blast Kogu out of the sky but he too had the same idea and upon contact with the two blasts, created a shockwave that knocked both of them back.

"Not bad, but I'm just getting started!" Kogu flew to attack again but Yamcha appeared beside him and kicked him toward a building. Krillin then appeared beside him and blasted Kogu back.

Yamcha and Krillin then quickly flew over to Eighteen, hoping to regroup and re-strategize.

"Think that bought us some time," Krillin said. "How you holding up Eighteen?"

"I'm fine, nothing I can't handle," Eighteen insisted. "How about you two?"

"Probably one of our better fights in recent years," Krillin admitted.

"One problem, now they can transform," Yamcha said. "Think it's just the one guy though or can they all do that?"

"Hopefully we won't have to find out," Krillin said. "Let's just hurry and take them out before they gain the upper hand again."

"Not gonna happen!" Kogu shouted, flying in with a kick to Krillin's head, knocking the former monk away.

"Hey! You scumbag!" Yamcha shouted, going for a punch, but Kogu dodged and kneed Yamcha in the gut and blasted him back.

"Now for you girl-" Kogu's tough talk was stopped by a punch from Eighteen.

"I'm not going down as easy!" Eighteen said, going for another punch, getting Kogu in the gut. Before she could continue, Zangya had appeared behind her and blasted her hard in the back.

"Got you ya forsaken skank!" Zangya shouted, then went for a kick to knock Eighteen aside, rushing in to continue her assault on the Earth girl.

Yamcha and Krillin flew back in to help but Bido and Bujin blocked their path, then blasted the two away with ki attacks of their own.

"Looks like they're losing their edge!" Bido said.

"We can finish them off quickly now," Bujin added, the two continuing their attack on the two strong Earthlings.

"Now to finish off that girl," Kogu said, getting ready before being stopped by Zangya.

"I want to do it, she's been pissing me off since she showed up, I'll end her myself!" Zangya said, charging up some energy.

"Yeah, can't let you do that," they both heard. The two turned around to see a certain male cyborg with long black hair, that being Eighteen's twin brother, Android 17.

"Who the hell are you?" Zangya asked.

"The guy who's gonna stomp the two of you into the ground," Seventeen replied, his smug look really aggravating Zangya.

"I don't like the look on his face, reminds me of that girl," Zangya said, though upon closer observation, she noticed something interesting. "Thinking about it, you really do look like her, except with more masculine features, but those eyes look nearly identical."

"If you must know, me and that girl are twins, so of course some similarities are expected, except that I'm much better looking," Seventeen said.

"You wish," Eighteen replied, flying over to the group. "Little surprised to see you here Seventeen, I thought you were out 'test driving' Bulma's cars."

"I was but I heard an explosion, so I got curious and flew over here, then I saw that you, that little bald monk and that wannabe playboy were in quite a situation. I mean knowing you, there's a good chance you would have done fine, but those two might have slowed you down, so I decided to step in." Seventeen looked diagonally above him, "Though I wasn't alone in that regard."

From nearby, both Piccolo and Tien had also made their presence known to the group, surprising Eighteen a bit.

"So you both made it as well," Eighteen replied.

"We could sense some strong power levels this way, so Piccolo and I decided to make our way over here," Tien said.

"I am curious as to who they are and how they got here but we'll worry about that later," Piccolo said, tossing his cape and turban aside.

"Hey that's fine with us," Kogu said. "Your two weakling friends are just about done, and my friends might want a little more entertainment, if you two think you're up to it, be my guest."

A huge explosion on the ground caught everyone's attention, from the smoke that could see that Krillin had taken a bad hit from Bido, the tall man standing over the mighty Earthling.

"Come on, don't you have anymore fight than that?" Bido said, readying another attack. Though before he could fire, Piccolo had flown in and stood in front of Krillin, separating the two from one another's field of vision. "Who the hell are you?"

Piccolo tossed away his cloak, "I'm the guy who's going to erase you off the planet you're trying to destroy."

"Why you!" Bido shouted, angered by the audacity of this stranger.

"Piccolo? Wow I'm glad you're here," Krillin said.

"You know me, I'm not one to shy away from a battle," Piccolo said.

"Um, Goku and Gohan didn't happen to come as well, did they?" Krillin asked.

"No, neither of them are here, only Tien and Seventeen showed up to help, though if I know both Goku and Gohan, they'll both make it here soon," Piccolo said, then got into a stance. "But for now, I'll be the one to have a little fun."

"Big talk, let's see if you can back it up," Bido said, flying in to attack, which Piccolo was ready for with a block.

"I'll do more than just back it up!" Piccolo said, then punched Bido back, knocking him into a light post. Piccolo flew to continue his assault, the two starting their fight into the skies.

Nearby, Tien had engaged with Bujin, the former Crane student displaying his excellent martial arts skills, really taking it to his opponent.

"Come on, can't you do better than that!?" Tien mocked, getting a few more good strikes in against Bujin.

"You got thus buddy!" Yamcha cheered from the sidelines. "Show'em who's boss!"

While the two battles continued on the ground, Kogu had engaged Seventeen and Zangya had reengaged Eighteen.

"I still can't believe you're still trying to defeat me, the only times you get a good hit is when your buddies show up to create an opening for you!" Eighteen said, getting a strike on Zangya.

"Hey you're the one who needs more allies than me, including your brother!" Zangya said, hitting an uppercut.

"At least I'm able to hold my own in a fight!" Eighteen exclaimed her statement with a punch to the jaw.

"Don't talk to me like I'm some sort of weakling!" Zangya shouted kneeing Eighteen in the gut.

"I call it like I see it!" Eighteen said, whacking Zangya away, then aiming her palm. "And I see a weak fighter!"

Kogu turned his attention to Eighteen and Zangya's fight, feeling a bit concerned for his teammate. "She's in deep again."

"Hey! Focus on me!" Seventeen shouted, flying in to attack, but Kogu blocked his punch and then tossed Seventeen right at Eighteen, causing a blast she was forming to miss.

"The hell!?" Eighteen exclaimed, shaking off the surprise. "Seventeen, what happened!?"

"What does it look like, I got tossed into you," Seventeen replied.

During their bickering, Kogu took the moment to fly in and kick both of them at the same time, knocking them aside. "I'll take you both!"

The warrior then whipped out his sword and slashed at both Seventeen and Eighteen, the two quickly dodging out the way of his attacks.

"Great, now he's using a freaking sword!" Seventeen said, dodging and deflecting the attacks.

"Trunks would be jealous," Eighteen joked, then knocked the sword away from Kogu. She went for a punch that got him across the jaw as Seventeen kneed him in the face.

The two cyborgs flipped back and aimed their palms to blast Koku, which he quickly blocked, reducing the taken damage.

Seventeen and Eighteen then flew in to attack Kogu, both of them attempting to overpower the Hera warrior, despite his increased speed and strength, he found fighting the two a bit overwhelming.

"Looks like Kogu needs help," Zangya said, about to fly in. "I'll take those two out myself!"

"Hold it!" She heard. Suddenly she felt a kick to her face, while not all that strong, still stunned her for a moment.

"Who would dare!?" Zangya turned and saw the young Videl floating before her.

"If you want a fight, then I'm your girl," Videl said, getting into stance. "Bring it on you skank!"

"Of all the nerve, someone needs to teach you a little respect you brat!" Zangya flew in to engage with Videl.

Kogu's battle with Seventeen and Eighteen was dwindling in their favor, despite his power up he couldn't overpower the twins. Seventeen kicked Kogu in the head, Eighteen kneed him in the back and both slammed their feet down on his stomach, knocking him into the ground below.

"He really wasn't that tough in the end," Seventeen said.

"None of them are, at least alone," Eighteen said. "Well let's go bring down those other goons, then we can get to their boss."

"So they have a boss huh?" Seventeen asked.

"Yeah, big guy with a stupid looking bandana," Eighteen said, turning toward the other fights, "After we're done with them...what's Videl doing here!?"

Seventeen turned his attention to the young eleven year old girl who was engaged in a losing battle against Zangya. "Did you bring her here!?"

"No I didn't bring her here you dumbass!" Eighteen shouted. "Let's hurry and save her before she gets herself killed!"

The two wasted no time flying toward Zangya, who had her foot on Videl's chest, crushing the girl. "Now you know not to fight someone well above your level, truth be told, it'd be much easier if I ended your life right now."

"Get away from her!" Eighteen shouted, flying in to attack, but Zangya quickly dodged out the way.

"You're not getting me this-" She was interrupted by a kick from Seventeen, knocking her to the side of a building.

"Man, such a lack of attention span," Seventeen said.

Eighteen landed near Videl, helping her pupil up, "Hey, you ok there kid?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, nothing I can't-" Videl's boasting was silenced by a bop to her head. "What the crap was that for!?"

"I told you to stay behind! It's too dangerous out here!" Eighteen scolded.

"I'm not afraid of danger, I took care of myself just fine on that Prison Planet!" Videl insisted.

"You nearly got killed several times, you're only alive out of pure luck," Eighteen said. "Videl, you're not ready to be in a fight like this, you're too young!"

"What about Gohan? He's the same age as me yet he goes out fighting," Videl said.

"Gohan's half Saiyan, and even then I myself barely like seeing him fight, but that's beyond my control," Eighteen said. "You're a strong girl Videl, but you have your limits."

"Hey, any chance you can continue this sensei stuff later?" Seventeen said, then gestured to Zangya. "That chick's pretty ticked off, it's not safe for Videl to stay here."

"It's not safe for any of you right now," Seventeen heard. He turned around and took a strong kick to his face, knocking him toward the building right next to Zangya.

Eighteen looked up and was grabbed by her face and lifted off the ground, then felt a strong blow to her stomach, the person dropping her to the ground.

"Eighteen!" Videl shouted, going to check on her teacher.

"Not so strong now, are you?" Bojack, the leader of this bunch had finally entered the fight. "Can't believe my crew has taken so long to rid you of this world, though I suppose it just means you're stronger than I thought. That makes this even more of a shame, you could have done nicely as part of my crew."

"No way jackass, my teacher is way too good for your crew!" Videl shouted, going to punch Bojack, though the space pirate was quick to dodge and punched Videl hard in the back, knocking her to the ground below.

"Feisty one, so you're her pupil, and you've come to the aid of your teacher, I can respect that type of loyalty," Bojack said. "Though as strong as she is, there may be limits to what she can show you. Myself on the other hand, I can show you much more, you can reach unfathomable power, sounds tempting does it not?"

"Sorry, not interested," Videl said. "Come on, you really think it would be that simple to get me on your side?"

"Perhaps not," Bojack said. "Perfectly understandable, you just need a little more motivation. So allow me to show you the full extend of my power, as I use it to dispose of my opponents."

"Hey! Dickhead!" Seventeen shouted, getting Bojack's attention. "Think you're funny with that cheap shot? Why don't you try that again while my back isn't turned!"

"Gladly," Bojack said, then flew in to punch Seventeen aside, then sent a ki blast to knock him even further back.

"Yo! Seventeen!" Yamcha said, turning his attention to Bojack. "Oh you're going down bro!" Yamcha ran full speed at the pirate, "Get ready, Wolf Fang Fi-"

Bojack had hit an uppercut on Yamcha, stopping his attack instantly.

"Yamcha!" Tien went to assist, but Bujin had restrained him with his telekinetic strings, allowing Bojack a change to get a free hit on the tri-clops warrior.

Piccolo had kicked away Bujin, and attempted to go for Bojack but the pirate was too fast and kneed Piccolo through the building behind them.

"Gotta stop that guy!" Krillin said, cupping his fists. "Kamehame-HA!" Krillin sent the beam quickly at Bojack, but it got punched into the air and Bojack and flown over to kick Krillin back.

Videl couldn't believe this, Bojack had laid out each of the Z-Fighters within seconds, though she mostly chalks that up to possible exhaustion and various distractions. That didn't matter now, with all of them down, there weren't many who could stop Bojack.

"Where's Gohan and his father!?" Videl wondered. "They should be here!"

"Videl..." Eighteen said, standing up and dusting herself off. "Get going!"

"Can't I help in any way!?" Videl asked. "If we team up-"

"He just took down more experienced fighters, if you try to attack you'll get hurt, or worse," Eighteen said. "Just do as I say!"

"Don't bother arguing with my sister," Seventeen said. "It's not worth the effort."

"Though you're right about one thing Videl," Eighteen said. "Goku and Gohan should be here, and something tells me that we'll be seeing them soon."

Back on Zamasu's planet, Gohan and the Kai are currently meditating. This wasn't anything new to Gohan, as Piccolo constantly meditates and has taught Gohan the value of mental training, something Zamasu also values.

Gohan tried focusing all his ki at once, finding a tranquil flow through his body. Gohan's goal here was to be able to have proper control of his ki at all times, hoping to have better control of his Super Saiyan transformations, especially Super Saiyan 3.

But the biggest control he hoped to master was his Great Ape form, from what he's found out on The Prison Planet, control of the Great Ape is key to the Super Saiyan 4 transformation. In addition to learning God and Blue, Gohan hopes to master Super Saiyan 4 and be the ultimate protector of his world.

Deep down Gohan was worried about Frieza potentially returning, likely with that Golden Form he's heard about. Gohan hoped to track Frieza with Instant Transmission, but trying to locate him through the far reaches of the Galaxy was no easy feat.

King Kai had tried keeping a look out for the space tyrant, but even he has had trouble, as did the Supreme Kai. Frieza had been hiding his presence well, almost like magic. No one knew if Frieza was even in Universe 7 at all, though could Frieza have even known about the other Universes? Given his Friendship with Beerus, that is a possibility. But the belief is that something else is at play here, something more dire.

That's why Gohan needed to get strong, so when the day comes that Frieza returns to Earth, he'll be ready. He'll fight for his father, his mother, his baby brother, his mentor Piccolo, his big bro Seventeen, all his other friends from Krillin, to Bulma and even Vide. But most of all, he'll fight for the girl he loves, that being Eighteen.

He'll fight for the future he wants to have with her as well.

"Hey Gohan!" Goku said, startling both Gohan and Zamasu out of their meditation state, causing them both to fall over. "Whoa, you two alright there?"

"Dad!? What are you doing here?" Gohan asked, turning his attention to his father.

"This is your father?" Zamasu asked.

"Sure am," Goku said, approaching the Kai with his hand held out. "Name's Goku, nice to meet you."

"Don't just casually speak to me, mortal!" Zamasu said.

"Wow, you're kind of snobby," Goku said.

"Dad! That's a Kai! He's like King Kai! Only for this Universe!" Gohan frantically said.

"Well King Kai doesn't mind me getting chummy with him, he and I are best buds," Goku said.

"Yes, I have heard that you trained under the North Kai of your Universe," Zamasu said, still somewhat crossed. "However that does not mean you may casually approach me in the same regard."

"Wow, you talk really fancy like, don't you?" Goku said, much to Zamasu's annoyance.

"Goku, I told you not to just run off like that," Supreme Kai of Universe 7 said, having hurried over to the group. "A thousand apologies King Kai Zamazu."

"Honestly where are his manners?" Kibito asked. "How does his son exhibit more proper behavior than he does?"

"To be fair, his mother handles the politeness stuff, I just teach Gohan the fighting stuff," Goku said.

"Well that explains it," Kibito stated.

"Lord Shin, what brings you to my planet?" Zamasu asked.

"There's trouble back on Earth Gohan, your friends may be in danger," Supreme Kai explained.

"What!? Don't tell me it's Frieza!" Gohan worriedly asked.

"No, it's something else," Goku said. "I sensed it back when I was training, so I asked the Supreme Kai to bring me here to get you, I knew you'd want to help keep everyone safe."

"Yeah, I should go," Gohan said, then turned to Zamasu. "Would it be alright if I went home to help my friends?"

"Of course, you do have a responsibility to your planet, I know the main reason you train with me is to keep it safe," Zamasu said. "Though if you don't mind, I'd like to accompany you, I am curious to see you in an actual battle."

"Huh, are you sure?" Gohan asked. "I mean don't you have duties here to attend to?"

"I could step away for a brief moment," Zamasu said. "It's no trouble."

"Hey if anything Kibito can keep an eye on things here," Goku said.

"I beg your pardon!" Kibito replied.

"Huh, a good idea for once," Zamasu said. "Very well, I leave the security of my quadrant to you, which should only take no longer than a takk at most."

"But I-" Kibito's pleas fell on deaf ears as everyone gathered around the Supreme Kai.

"We'll be back soon Kibito," Supreme Kai promised, then transported everyone back to Universe 7.

"Ugh, just my luck," Kibito lamented.

Gohan was on his way back home along with his father, both determined to protect their world from the destruction of Bojack and his crew.

Chapters will be ready at a pace of a spirit bomb charging, try to bear the wait and I'll have more soon.