The Debut of the King of Evil! It's Your Turn, Gohan!!

The crowd at the Tenkaichi Budokai screams and holds up signs in support of Mr. Satan. Number 18 simply stares at Satan almost with contempt, and Satan stares back with quite a good deal of fear. Announcer, "So, who will win the Tenkaichi Budokai? Will it be Mr. Satan? Or Contestant Number 18? From the battle that Contestant Number 18 just had, we know she's a fantastic fighter! But is she good enough to win the ten million zeni prize?" As he speaks, the 'camera' pulls out and gives a view of most of the stadium (including two craters in the stage where Mighty Mask was thrown in the previous episode). Number 18 brushes back her hair, but otherwise remains in place with her other hand on her hip, simply watching. Satan doesn't move either, of course. "There's no way I can beat her..." Woman, "Satan!" Man, "Satan! Go for it!" Satan gasps and looks out at his supporters. They cheer and shout his name as he looks all around himself. His mouth hangs open, he stares ahead with a combination of fear and surprise. He sees himself against a dark background, and suddenly his face shatters. He falls back into the real world and throws his head back, screaming. His fists fly into the air. The crowd cheers at his display of confidence. Satan turns his attention back to Number 18. "Come and get me, if you can!" He leans forward in a really strange looking position, almost like a dog (or any four-legged animal) that's lost its first two legs. He shakes his back legs, but only a little bit and very quickly, so it *almost* looks like vibrations. Number 18 scratches her head.

Chichi, "I'm jealous of your mother! She's going to win ten million zeni, after all!" Roshi laughs and begins bouncing back and forth in his seat. "We're gonna win, we're gonna win!" Yamucha looks back at him. "This isn't the time to cheer, Muten Roshi-sama. We don't know what's happened to Goku and the others." He suddenly stops. "Huh?" He rubs his beard and the background fades to black so that only Roshi is visible. "That's right. Where have they gone?" From a view further away, we see all of the people around him staring confused at a black rectangle that seems to have appeared behind him for some reason.

Satan continues his little dance. "Come and get me!" Number 18 takes a step forward and Satan suddenly stops, pulling back with a cry of surprise and fear. She calmly walks toward him, and he quickly backs up. He finally breaks his little pose and continues his retreat as she glares at him. Finally, she stops. Satan throws up his arms in a battle pose, but stares at her fearfully and makes no move himself. He makes unintelligible "I'm really scared" sounds. Number 18 holds her fists up to about waist height in a battle pose. Satan still just stares and she finally adopts a real battle pose, hunching over a little and holding her arms up. She smiles and launches ahead, screaming. Satan's eyes just about pop out of his head and his mouth drops. He screams in surprise, then throws up his arms to shield himself. A heavy wind blows past him, kicking up dust, but that's about the worst that happens. He suddenly looks up, confused. "Eh?" He looks around. "Huh?" His mouth hangs open, and he's very confused. Suddenly, a hand taps him on the back. His eyes pop out again. He slowly starts to turn around, and before he even realizes it, Number 18 has appeared right beside him and wrapped her arms around his neck. His eyes, once again, pop out. He waves his arms frantically. "Please! Please don't kill me! I'll do anything you want!" Number 18, "Shut up and stop jumping around like an idiot or I really will kill you." He suddenly stops. "Huh?" He looks back at her as best as he can without being able to move his arms.

Announcer, "What a surprise! Contestant Number 18 has Mr. Satan in a headlock!" Number 18, "Keep it quiet. Do you want to win?" Satan, "Not anymore! Just don't do anything to me!" Man, "What's wrong, Satan!? Get her!" Number 18 grins slyly and whispers in his ear (which twitches), "If you really want to, I'll let you win." Satan's eyes go off in two different directions and he says with a tone almost as if he's dazed, "You're tickling me..." Then he suddenly regains his composure. "What did you just say!?" Number 18, "I said I was going to let you win." Satan, "Huh?" Number 18, "Pay me 20 million zeni and I'll lose. It sounds like a good deal to me. It's the only way you can protect your good name." Announcer, "What's going on?" He runs down the side of the ring to get another view. "Mr. Satan hasn't moved an inch. Maybe this time, he's finally found his match!" Satan, "You want 20 million zeni!?" Number 18, "The prize is ten million zeni. All you'd have to do is pay ten million more. Sounds pretty cheap to me." Satan, "But..." Number 18, "I don't care. I can knock you out here and make only ten million zeni." Satan, "Knock me out...?" He envisions himself lying on the ground, his pupils gone, his tongue hanging out of his mouth as Number 18 stands over him. A building explodes (for some reason...) and his former fans throw things at him, yelling things like "You're a fake!" He walks away in shame as the blown up building continues to crumble. Videl looks away, her arms crossed. "I hate you, Papa!" Satan stares at her in shock, then continues his shame walk. The blue background against which he's walking zooms out and is surrounded by a square of black before everything fades away.

Satan gasps, then continues making his incoherent "scared" sounds. Number 18, "Well, which is it?" Satan, "I'll pay! Of course I'll pay!" She grins (actually, she's still grinning from a few lines up...). "Thank you, you've been an excellent customer." She suddenly flies back, screaming. The crowd cheers and Mr. Satan turns around, confused. Announcer, "Mr. Satan threw Contestant Number 18!" Satan watches in surprise, and she stands back up. Number 18, "Damn it!" Satan is still staring in confusion. Number 18, "Hurry up and fight!" Finally, Satan understands, and goes from scared and confused to laughing confidently with his hands on his hips. He shows off by throwing a few punches at the air. He finally stops and, with his hands on his hips of course, laughs again. He points at her. "I've seen all your techniques and I hate to tell you, but you don't have what it takes to beat me!" The crowd yells things like "Go for it!" and "You're great, Mr. Satan!" Satan, "I'll grant that you're a pretty good fighter!" His pointing finger returns to his hip. "But you picked the wrong man to fight this time! You've done your best, but I'm still the king!" The crowd continues cheering, and Number 18 finally gets tired of it. "That's enough. Let's finish this off, you idiot." Satan's taken off guard and suddenly remembers his place. "Yes, ma'am."

He leaps forward, screaming, and punches her in the face. She doesn't really seem to notice it at all. He begins barraging her with punches, but the only thing that moves is her hair. Announcer, "It's Mr. Satan's turn to attack now! He's trapped Contestant Number 18 in an incredible storm of punches! She's unable to do anything to defend herself!" Number 18 simply glares with annoyance at Satan. She finally ends it by kneeing him in the gut. He cries out in surprise and pain and begins to fall over, but she catches him with her finger. Satan, "This isn't what you promised!" Number 18, "I only promised that you'd win, not that I wouldn't counterattack. If I don't fight back, there will be rumors." Satan, "But I can't take this...!" Number 18, "I understand. Now attack me, and then finish me off with your strongest technique. Got it?" Satan replies nervously, "Yes!" He suddenly screams and throws her back. Announcer, "Oh! Mr. Satan threw Contestant Number 18 across the ring!" She lands nearby, and Satan laughs. He points. "Here I go! This will finish you off!" The crowd cheers. "Go for it, Satan!" He screams and rushes forward. "Take this! The Satan Miracle Special Ultra Super Megaton Punch!" His fist slams into Number 18's face.

The crowd gasps. Man, "He hit her right in the face!" All of the cheering suddenly stops and everyone simply stares, with only a low murmur of conversation now filling the stadium. On the stage below, Mr. Satan stands with his fist in Number 18's face, and Number 18 just stands. Everything goes silent and Number 18 stares at him. Announcer, "Uh..." Satan, "Uh... Excuse me..." Number 18, "This is your strongest attack?" Satan, "Uh, yes... It is..." His face goes red. Number 18 closes her eyes, speechless. She suddenly screams and "flies" out of the ring, landing in the grass. The crowd gasps; the announcer quirks an eyebrow. "Huh?" All of the Z Senshi and family have similar reactions. Number 18 sits up in the grass. Satan stands there, his fist still outstretched. Everything is still silent, until Satan finally turns around with a huge grin and asks, "Did you see that!? At first it doesn't look like a very strong punch, but after a few seconds, it causes an explosive amount of damage! That's the Satan Miracle..." He suddenly stops. "Uh... Ryuju Super Baribari Punch!" ["Ryuju Super Baribari" might not be right... the subbers simply put it as "killer," but I know it's certainly not that.] He throws his arm up in the air. The stunned audience suddenly erupts into cheers. Announcer, "Uh..." He runs up onto the stage. "Mr. Satan wins!" He throws his arm up.

Fireworks go off. Satan, "NUMBER ONE!" He throws his hand up in the Victory sign. Confetti streams toward the stage as the crowd cheers and yells random things. Announcer, "Mr. Satan managed to retain his title as Champion against a very worthy opponent, Contestant Number 18!" The Z Senshi families are dumbfounded. Chichi, "What just happened...?" Bulma, "I don't know..." Number 18 walks by as Satan laughs. He suddenly stops and looks down at her. Without even turning to him, she says, "I'm going to your house tomorrow to pick up the money. If you don't pay, I'll kill you. Understand?" She walks away as Satan lowers his arms just a bit. "Y-yes... U-understood..." The crowd cheers, still throwing confetti. "SA-TA-N! SA-TA-N! SA-TA-N!"

--COMMERCIAL--

Trunks and Goten hover over a nearby city and finally discard the remnants of the Mighty Mask disguise (I thought they did that last episode...?). Trunks, "Damn! How did she know it was us?" Goten, "I'm sure Number 18-san will win!" Trunks, "You can't be sure of that!...huh?" He looks off in the distance, and Goten follows his eyes. Someone flies by pretty far off. Goten, "What's that?" A closer view reveals Videl, and for those of us who for some reason couldn't identify her, Goten says, "Ah! It's Videl-san!" He begins waving his arms and legs. "Hey, Videl-san!!" Videl hears a voice and looks off in the direction from which it came, surprised. "Huh?" Goten continues flailing his limbs. "Videl-san!!" She stops when she sees the two of them. "Goten-kun!" Goten laughs and flies over to her. Trunks, "Wait, Goten!"

A light wind has blown up a layer of dust into the air at Babidi's ship. Inside, the Z Senshi stare at the door. Vegeta takes a step forward, his arms crossed. He glares angrily ahead. "He's late! He's taking too much time!" Gohan smiles and punches one hand into his other open palm. "I wonder what's going to come out." Goku smiles. Gohan, "I hope he hurries out! I wonder what he's doing." Goku, "I'm looking forward to seeing how much stronger you've gotten." Gohan looks back at him. "Hm?" Goku, "Gohan, have you trained hard while I've been gone?" Gohan smiles nervously. "Uh, well, you see..." He rubs the back of his head. Kaioushin, "Huh?" Vegeta, "Hmph. Unfortunately, he didn't do much training while there was peace. We're stronger than him now." Gohan laughs nervously. Vegeta grins. "Even so, you don't know what this kid will do when he loses his head." Kaioushin looks around at each one of them, still quite surprised by their strength. "So that's the secret of their self confidence. When they have to, any of them can become as strong as Goku-san. It's an unbelievable fact! I can't believe I've been surpassed by mortals like these!"

The door opens, air hissing as it passes between rooms. The door lifts slowly, eventually revealing... Kaioushin, "Impossible!" ...Dabura, with a stupid grin on his face. Kaioushin, "Dabura!" He steps into the room and Kaioushin simply stares in disbelief. "I didn't think we'd have to fight Dabura so soon!" Dabura, "You've defeated Yakon and reached Stage 3. That's pretty good for humans. Even though I believe it to be a miracle, I congratulate you. But this is as far as you get. Now that you have to fight me, you're dead." Kaioushin is still in shock, and makes nice little "I'm in shock" half-voiced breathing sounds. Vegeta smirks. "I've lost respect for Babidi if this is his best." Kaioushin looks up at him, gasping. Dabura, "That's enough of this worthless talk! Come and get me!" He puts a hand on his hip. "You can all attack me at once."

Gohan holds out his arms. "No!" Kaioushin, "Huh?" Gohan points at himself. "It's my turn! I'll beat you by myself!" Surprised and apparently offended, Dabura narrows his eyes a little. "What did you say!?" Gohan, "But I don't want to fight in this small place. Let's go somewhere else to fight, like Dad did." He looks at the ground and says to himself, "But I'm pretty disappointed if this is all I get." Kaioushin gasps. Dabura, "Why you..." He throws back his cape, hunches over, and pulls one arm back as if to punch while holding the other out as if to throw a ki blast. "How dare you say that to me!?" His cape falls behind him. Babidi, "Wait a second, Dabura!" Dabura first, then Gohan right after, "Huh?" Gohan turns toward the ceiling. Babidi, "We don't want the spaceship to get hit if Majin Buu is to be resurrected perfectly. Won't you please fight somewhere else?" Dabura straightens up. "Yes sir!" Babidi, "Where do you want to fight?" Dabura smiles. "The planet Hande. Its environment is similar to that of the Earth." Babidi chuckles. "You've got a lot of self-confidence! But that's only natural. There's no one who is your equal. Let's go!" He throws out his hands, palms toward his crystal ball. "Papparapa!" A red and yellow glow spins around in the ball.

In the room, there's a strong wind. Gohan looks around as they're transported through space. Kaioushin, "This...!" Gohan finally turns away from his surroundings and instead grins at Dabura. Finally, their journey ends in a desolate rocky area against the backdrop of a red sky. Dabura, "Well? You can't complain about this!" Gohan, "Alright! Let's do it!" He adopts a fighting pose, with one arm at about waist height and the other about head height, his torso bent over a bit. Goku, "Don't let your guard down, Gohan." Gohan smiles. Suddenly, he jumps forward and disappears. Dabura looks up into the sky and grins, and just after he looks up, Gohan appears in the spot he's staring at. Gohan drops down in slow motion as Dabura takes a fighting stance. The two are about to collide.

Videl fills in Trunks and Goten, gesturing with her arms. "...so that's what's going on," she finishes. "That's where everyone else is." Goten almost clenches his fists, but for some reason appears to be trying to resist it. Same goes for Trunks, except he actually does clench them. Videl, "Huh?" Goten looks up at her. "Madoshi?" Trunks, "Majin?" Videl, "Uh, yeah." She nods. Trunks turns eagerly to Goten. "Did you hear that, Goten!?" Goten smiles at him. "Yeah!" They both begin to laugh excitedly, turning to each other. Videl's face twists into confusion. "Huh!?" Goten and Trunks yell in unison, "This is going to be fun!" Videl, "Eh!?" Goten, "They must be over there!" He points. Trunks, "You're right! I can feel our Papas' ki!" Videl is, well...shocked, to say the least. "Wait, don't tell me you two want to go over there..." Trunks, "Let's hurry! If we're not there fast, our Papas will beat everyone up!" Goten flails his arms wildly. "No, no! I want to see them! I want to see the Majin!" Trunks, "Go!" He points. They both turn Super Saiya-jin and race off side by side, screaming with excitement. Their speed throws up two huge water trails behind them and creates a strong wind. Videl watches, wide-eyed. "I don't believe them..."

On Planet Hande, a large rock structure suddenly snaps at about its halfway point and crumbles. A trail of fire quickly appears and disappears along the ground nearby. Son Gohan emerges from the smoke, looking up at Dabura. Dabura flies up a little and throws his cape back. Gohan pulls his arm back and charges forward. Dabura swipes forward and a large, blue blade-like "something" flies down at Gohan. He jumps out of the way and it continues down, cutting through the water and destroying another rock structure. Goku and Vegeta smile, and Kaioushin stares in shock. Gohan, "Wow!" Dabura grins and then throw two more both hands (so that they form somewhat of an "X" if you put them together, though he doesn't throw them simultaneously). Gohan dodges as each slices cleanly through more rocks.

Gohan drops into the water, swims up under Dabura, and throws a ki blast straight up. Dabura, "Idiot!" He holds out his hand. Gohan suddenly appears in the sky a few yards away. "Huh!?" He looks up as Gohan charges forward. Dabura throws up his hand to guard and Gohan kicks him, then quickly dodges his own ki blast. A few more rocks are destroyed when Dabura flies into them. Gohan stares down at the pile of boulders, but the dust doesn't have much chance to settle before the rocks begin levitating. At the center is Dabura, completely unfazed. He grins and the stones fly at Gohan. Gohan gasps, but is hit by the whole cluster and carried into another giant rock. It collapses on him. Dabura lands and slowly walks toward the pile of rocks and dust, grinning. Suddenly, a yellow light explodes from inside. He stops, throwing up his arms to guard against the flying rocks. "Huh!?" Hovering above the dust and rocks and staring down at Dabura is the completely uninjured Super Saiya-jin Son Gohan. Dabura, "What?"