49 Tracking (1/2)
The tournament audience was in an panicked uproar over seeing Reiss get stabbed by Spopovich in a sneak attack. The charismatic shaded announcertried his best to keep the crowd calm while the situation was being investigated. The ring was crowded with the other fighters as they quickly discussed the disappearance of Yamu and Spopovich.
”I'm sorry, I don't have time to explain, but if you follow me I will fill you in on the way.” the fighter known as Shin said. ”I need to track the attackers. If they get too far I will lose them.”
The hurried Shin floated off the ground to pursue his targets. He was ready to end the threat Babidi posed to the universe if he succeed in reviving Majin Buu.
”You're a Kai.” Piccolo stated. He was sure from his experience as Kami that his senses were right about the purple skinned, pointy eared, Shin.
”I'm the Supreme Kai.” Shin corrected. ”As I said, time is of the essence.”
The Supreme Kai and Kibito surrounded themselves in their aura and blasted away from the arena. Piccolo was rocked by the news that Shin was actually the Supreme Kai. He was aware of the godly ranks from obtaining Kami's memories, but he never interacted with anything above Galactic Area Kai's.
”I think we should help him.” the Namekian suggested.
”Why?” Reiss asked. ”Those guys used me as bait! They didn't even ask, they just set me up and they paralyzed me to prevent me from stopping those guys.”
”You might not be aware, but the Supreme Kai governs the universe. I think they are just used to doing things in their own way.” Piccolo explained.
Moved by Kami's instinct to assist the Supreme Kai, Piccolo raised his Ki and shot through the air in the direction the Kais headed. The remaining fighters were surprised by the Namekian's willingness to go help an unknown person.
”We're also going Reiss.” Raditz stated. He wasn't going to let Babidi get away with thinking he could do whatever he wanted with no consequences.
The blue haired teen nodded in acknowledgment of his father's orders. Besides, if there was chance he could get payback for getting paralyzed, he would take it.
”What about the tournament?” Kakarot asked, ”If we leave now, we won't get a chance to fight.”
”As much as I hate to admit it. I agree with Kakarot.” Vegeta said, ”That Kai didn't seem too strong, he might've over exaggerated the danger.”
”You guys can wait here. I highly doubt everyone will be needed.” Raditz said. ”If a big group went most of the people would just be relegated to cheer squad anyways.”
The Supreme Kai and Kibito rushed through the blue Earth sky after Babidi's minions. The Supreme Kai's white Mohawk was getting whipped around from the force of the wind. They couldn't see Spopovich and Yamu from the distance they were at, but they could still sense the fleeing humans. When they located Babidi's base of operations they could put a stop to the threat the wizard posed, once and for all.
As they flew in pursuit of their targets they could sense the Namekian they met earlier behind them. From his speed they could tell he was catching up to them at a rapid pace. The Kais, secretly, were hoping more of the fighters from the tournament would choose to help them in the battle. When Piccolo finally caught up to the Kais, they enthusiastically greeted him.
”It was good you chose to join us! The entire universe is at stake!” the Supreme Kai shouted over the rush of the wind.
”What exactly is going on?” the Namekian asked. ”What did those guys do to Reiss?”
”The wizard Babidi is preparing to unleash a great destructive force on this planet.” Kibito explained.
”A terrible being known as Majin Buu was sealed on this planet long ago. Babidi is using his forces to gather enough energy to reawaken it.”
”What is this Majin Buu?” Piccolo asked.
The Supreme Kai told the Namekian of the story of Babidi's father, Bibidi, who once used Buu to threaten the universe. Piccolo listened as the Supreme Kai explained how Bibidi used Buu to kill the other Supreme Kai's, nearly dominating the universe leaving Shin, the East Supreme Kai, as the last. Bibidi almost won in the end, but fortunately he sealed Buu to transport it to Earth, giving Shin the chance he needed to kill the wizard. Little did the Supreme Kai know, but the wizard Bibidi had used his magic to create a duplicate ”son” for himself in the event he died.
Piccolo could tell the Supreme Kai was still troubled after all this time by the thought of the wizard's victory. Over the long years, the Kai's were working to to find Babidi to make sure he couldn't complete his father's work. The trio decided to pick their up their pace, and close some of the distance to the fleeing Yamu and Spopovich.
The sudden appearance of Raditz and Reiss in their path cause the trio to come to an abrupt halt to avoid a collision. The two Saiyans used the Instant Transmission technique to catch up with Piccolo and the Kais. The Supreme Kai and his wizened attendant, Kibito, were surprised to see the long haired Saiyans appear. They already wrote everyone else off as lost causes, unconcerned with their own self-preservation.
”We're here to handle this problem.” Raditz confidently stated.
”This issue is worse than you know.” Piccolo said.
As the group continued on the trail of their quarry the Namekian filled the newly arrived pair in on the story the Supreme Kai related to him earlier. Reiss listened intently as Piccolo talked, but his father seemed to not care. What Reiss didn't know was his father already had an understanding of what they were headed towards.
”Now do you see why it is important we stop them?” Piccolo asked after finishing his recap of the situation.