Vegeta breathed heavily as his attack began to wear away. The smoke filled the air and the wind swirled it around him like a torndao. He was not scared, at least not yet. As the smog cleared, he saw the Saiyan girl Nina with his son Trunks in her arms, clutching him ever so tightly to her. As though if she released him, he'd be gone from her forever and Trunks held her with just as much strength. They were protected by the blue energy dome that surrounded them. Vegeta sighed with relief. He was beginning to think he'd let that beam go a little too early before they could prepare themselves.

Then Vegeta grinned. Taliyah...Jutus, you have got one head-strong daughter I tell you! Wish you were alive to see this, you'd be so proud. he thought to himself.

Vegeta's grin faded as his eyes layed on the enemy he had meant to strike to begin with. The dust floated away and in its place the 3 mercenaries were still standing, unsinged let alone unharmed. The feline looking warrior was squatting on the ground, tickering with a little beetle in between her claws, letting it skitter across from one claw to the next. It was obviously enjoying itself. The blue-haired one who had made the first attack against them was just looking around, examining his sword as well in between glances. Checking to see if it was sharp enough. Finally, the green haired one who seemed to be the leader out of the 3 was sitting on the grass, legs spread apart as she started to kick in the air for no particular reason.

Tessay looked up and saw the Saiyan had stopped his silly attempt to destroy them. She smiled, obviously amused. "So, I see he's finally done." Tessay said, speaking to no one in particular.

She then flipped herself off of the ground and let the forcefield disappear from around her. Then she looked over at Cougar. "Hey Cougar! You want this one?" Tessay asked her.

Cougar leaped up from the ground, the beetle totally gone from her thoughts. Her brown eyes sparkled happily. "Oh yeah!" she replied excitedly.

She popped her knuckles, her neck and then her back, tail lashing back and forth anxiously. It was about time they gave her a chance to have some fun. Cougar then revealed her claws, checking to see if they were sharp enough, fluffed her bright orange hair and then crouched down in a pouncing position. Her tail went from left, to right and then to left.

Cougar looked up at the Saiyan victim and she licked her lips. "Get ready." she yelled up to him.

Vegeta glared down at the cat-girl who was down on all fours. What was she planning to do? He decided to wait and see what she had planned. He kept his eyes on her tail as it swung back and forth.

Man! Does that thing ever stop moving?! he thought, quite annoyed.

Vegeta wiped the sweat from his brow. Well, I guess I have no choice but to wait. As much as I would like to go on the offensive, Kakarot 'has' taught me some sense.

Cougar kicked her legs into the ground, making sure her claws dug into the earth so it would give her enough momentum to get high off the ground. She felt the cold soil slid through in between her toes and the feeling was invigorating. She hadn't felt this psyched up for a battle in ages and she was going to make this one count. Cougar just hoped that this would prove to be a challenge.

She let her arms hang on her sides as she soared through the air and into the night sky. She could feel the wind tickle her whiskers oh so playfully and that's how Cougar felt. She wanted to play with this toy before she broke it to pieces. Cougar saw the Saiyan float back a bit as well as flinch.

Her eyes narrowed mischieviously. So he's already scared of me huh? she thought, then her mouth formed into an evil grin. All the more entertaining.

* * * * * *

Videl paced around the house nervously, wondering what in the hell was going on! She had felt so many ki energies that for a moment, Videl thought she had lost her mind. First it was one of the enemy's, then it was Nina's and 2 other mysterious ki energies and then another one of the enemy's ki's had went up and then Nina's ki wave jumped up really high, then she felt Gohan's. Everything was confusing her for now she felt Vegeta's ki and another one of the enemies was approaching him fast.

She sat down at the table and picked up her mug of what was once hot chocolate, but was soon forgotten after she had felt the first ki wave. Videl had just put Marron to bed when she had felt the energy. Not only her, but Marron had as well. But the only one who seemed calm about things was Marron. Videl was going into hysterics while trying to calm Marron down, who needed absolutely no comfort. Instead, she was the one who ended up putting Videl's mind at ease. After she had made sure Marron was off in the land of Nod, Videl quietly went downstairs and looked out the window.

Videl picked up her mug of cold coco and carried it with her to the window. She gazed out towards the stars in the sky and felt a cool breeze brush up against her face. She filled her lungs with the wonderful air and decided not to let things seem so bad, for they weren't actually doomed. So far, nobody of the Z team's ki energy had faded or was completely destroyed from existence. Videl decided to just wait and see what would happen.

"Everything will be alright I'm sure." she told herself.

* * * * * *

The cat-girl roared like a fierce mountain lion, a reason they called her Cougar. Vegeta lifted his face to the sky as her claws were barely milimeters from his flesh. She struck out at him. She struck at him again, claws extended and ready to slash through his skin. Cougar tried to backhand Vegeta but he caught her by the wrist and held it tightly. She screamed out and curled her legs under her, then she pushed the heels of her feet into Vegeta's stomach which caused him to gasp out air and then let her go. Cougar punched him in the face, chest, then stomach and ended the combo with a spin kick to his head, her heel crashing against his neck.

Vegeta swung a punch at Cougar who easily blocked it, but then retaliated by grabbing his head and slamming his face onto her knee. Vegeta stumbled back in mid-air and tried to attack, but she was too fast. He punched hard at her, so hard in fact that ki flames erupted from his fist. Cougar crossed her arms in an 'x' form and felt his fist collide against her arms hard. Cougar's brown eyes emerged from her arms and they glowed with excitement, not rage. She grabbed Vegeta by the arm and then swung him around in the air. She then released him and he shot down towards the ground at high speeds. When Vegeta finally hit the earth, smoke erupted from the soil and when it cleared, there was a huge hole where Vegeta now layed.

Cougar brushed a strand of orange hair from her view. "Man, he was no fun! I'd get a better chance of being scared with a dog chasing me than with this monkey!" she complained.

She looked down at her companions. "Can I finish him off?" Cougar called down to them.

Tessay shrugged. "Whatever you want, just hurry it up!" she told Cougar.

Cougar gave a nod and then looked at Vegeta who was covered in dirt. She smiled and cracked her knuckles. "Prepare for death, Saiyan!"

Cougar flew down at him, head first and her eyes glittered with anger. She had though this was going to be a challenge, but instead this Saiyan ended up being like all the other vermin she had exterminated. She was so disappointed in this Vegeta character, though she might have some fun with the other fighters.

Well, at least I'll get 'some' enjoyment out of this! she thought haughtily.

Vegeta opened his eyes and felt a pain shoot up through his arm. He gasped as though he'd just about drowned and clutched his arm. What was wrong?! Vegeta heard a faint scrape of bone against bone and he shrieked in pain. He squeezed his eyes shut as he felt them fill with tears. This felt just like when Android 18 broke his arm, yet this pain was a thousand times worse. Vegeta felt like he was about to die, his arm hung in a strange way, the back of his hand flat on the ground and his shoulder looked twisted.

"I can't believe this!" he choked out.

Suddenly he felt a high energy racing towards him. He looked up and saw the feline girl heading towards his broken body. Vegeta felt fear grasp his heart and suddenly the breath left him. He was in no shape to defend himself, what was he going to do? But Vegeta had no time to think about these things, for Cougar swept by him in an orange blur. He blinked a few times and felt some force blow into his gut causing him to double over in pain. Vegeta released his hold on his arm and was about to clutch his stomach but he felt something slice through his skin on his back, next it was against his chest, as though 3 knives swiped through down to the dermis and his nerves were screaming in agony.

But Vegeta was silent, no gasp or whimper escaped his lips. Cougar punched him in the face, the contact busting a cut above his eye as the blood poured over it, clouding his view which was now a curtain of bleak red. Vegeta growled and shot off a ki blast at her, but she blocked it effortlessly and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt, lifting him off the ground with ease. She pulled back her paw and then her claws sprung out which gleamed black against the moonlight.

Vegeta shut his eyes. I guess this is the end. What a way to die! he scorned himself.

But suddenly as he opened his eyes, he saw a faint blur pass by and it slammed up against the cat-girl, knocking her off her feet and she crashed against the crater wall. Vegeta fell onto the dirt again in a bloody heap, though strong enough to remain in Super Saiyan mode. When the feline predator regained her senses, she wriggled her nose and then looked over at what should have been a corpse. But over the bleeding Saiyan's body stood a young girl, the girl whom she had come to kill. She looked the youngest of the 3 and had long wavy brown hair, 2 banes falling over her now blazing brown eyes. The Saiyan clicked into Super Saiyan mode and suddenly a golden aura arose from the ground and surrounded her entire body. Her once brown hair flamed up off her neck and was a bright yellow, gleaming like gold and her eyes were a fierce green. This site was enough to push a sweat to the surface of Cougar's brow.

Cougar felt something trickle on the side of her lip. She swiped her paw over it and stared at the back of it. Blood. Her blood for that matter. She glared at the young Saiyan and flexed her claws.

Cougar spat out blood onto the ground. "Soooo. I see there's more than one fighter willing to challenge my power." Her glare hardened as her dark eyes burned, narrowing down to slits. "But how long are you going to last girl?" she snarled.

Nina felt her body fill with rage. Sure, Vegeta was sometimes scummy, but that did not mean they could slaughter him as though he were cattle. He was a Saiyan, a race of superb fighters and probably the strongest beings in the known universe. She could feel her muscles grow and pound on every inch of her body. Nina clenched her fists and held them firmly by her sides. She felt she could take on this flea bitten furball with no trouble. It's those claws she had to worry about. After all, Nina's skin was revealed in many places for she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. But that was the least of her worries for the moment. For now, she had to make sure this isn't all the cat had inside of her. If it wasn't, she might be in for some big trouble.

Nina's eyes narrowed. Trunks better be out of here with Vegeta when I start fighting, otherwise I'm gonna kill him myself!

The ki flames flared up even higher around her. "As long as it takes Cougar. But the question is...How long are you going to last long against me?" she replied calmly, voice not even hinting that she was in rage.

Cougar grinned and gave a snicker. "Ha! You stupid girl! You're lunch meat when I'm through with you!" she snapped.

Nina grinned, a grin that was far from nice. "We'll see about that."

Vegeta looked up at the girl who was now about to fight with the cat who had managed to cut him to ribbons. His wounds were completely gone from his mind, though his body constantly reminded him that he was hurt. But he was focusing on Nina, the daughter of his best friends. She seemed to have more potential than her other siblings, but if Nina could manage to stop this feline from eradicating his very existance, is it possible that all three of them could put an end to these enemies? Vegeta turned his head angrily away from the scene that was beheld infront of him. Why did he have to always be the one who got saved?

Trunks looked at Nina, a fiery candle flame in the hole and was overwhelmed with a sudden rush of emotion. She was powerful! One minute, she was clutching onto him as he was to her and then suddenly, she vanishes without a trace. Was she that fast? And what was amazing was that she moved so fast and had so much strength without transforming! But now she was a Super Saiyan and seemed to have 10 times as much power as the feline foe named Cougar.

Trunks smirked. That cat doesn't stand a chance now! Then he looked over at his father and sighed. Better get Dad outta here before he gets caught up in this.

Trunks got up and cautiously walked over to the hole, Nina's back to him. He slid down the side of the crater and knelt down to lift Vegeta off the ground. He placed one arm around his shoulders and held his waist.

"You'd better give him a senzu bean Trunks. He's in no shape to fight now." Nina said to Trunks, back still facing him.

Trunks nodded, though she couldn't see anyway and then flew off towards the others. Nina turned her attention back to the furball and smiled. Cougar bared her glossy fangs and snapped her jaws, a growl escaping her throat.

"What are you smiling for girl!" Cougar hissed.

Nina shrugged. "Nothing really. Just the fact that this fight is not even worth my time." she stated.

Cougar roared and charged at the Saiyan who merely kept her ground. Cougar swung a punch to the girl's face and she blocked it with ease, then in turn gave a punch of her own which Cougar blocked as well. The feline spun and did a sweep to Nina's feet and she simply did a graceful leap in the air, avoiding the attack. Cougar flipped onto her back and forced her legs up, heels aiming for Nina's chest. She blocked them with her arm and instead grabbed her by the ankle, spun her about and then threw her out of the hole. The feline shrieked and wailed as she soared and spun through the sky. She landed on her back and started to roll backwards until she finally stopped, plopping onto the grass, face in the dirt and rear in the air, tail lashing furiously from side to side.

Cougar lifted her eyes from the ground, flaring with anger. "She is so dead!" she muttered.

Nina floated up from inside the crater, face gleaming with a vicious smile as her ki flames sprung out at Cougar. Cougar scrambled off the ground and began to crouch low in the grass as though she were hunting her prey. She growled angrily as the black pupils in her eyes turned into a narrow slit and her once brown eyes flared yellow. She felt the wind pick up around her as her orange hair began to rise upwards as the breeze rose it off her neck. Her muscles started to swell all over her body as her paws began to change into human-like hands, but deadly black claws as the nails. The veins on her legs and arms started to rise as the blood pumped furiously in them. Cougar felt her facial features suddenly change as her ears started to grow longer and shift down to the sides of her head. The whiskers disappeared into her skin and the hairs on her face along with it. The stubby black nose was replaced by a more human like feature to it.

Nina's smile faded as she watched the transformation before her. But fear would not overcome her, she refused to give into it. She could feel Cougar's power start to grow inside of her, almost catching up to Nina's ki strength. Nina wasn't worried though, for this wasn't the highest she could go either. Her limits were far from the form she was in now, but the question still remained.

Will it be enough? Nina thought.

Cougar stood on her feet and grinned. The transformation was complete, and what a beautiful transformation it was! She no longer looked like a feline-predator. She looked more human now than ever, that is if you excluded the pointy ears and the tail along with the golden brown skin. Cougar looked herself over, admiring at how powerful she looked, as well as beautiful. She hadn't had to transform before in awhile, for the people she was employed to destroy were merely child's play, of no challenge to her...until now.

Cougar curled her hand into a tight fist and then flexed her muscles. "I almost forgot what it felt like!" she said meekly.

She then looked over at Nina and saw that she had her eyes on her, ki flames roaring around her. Cougar crossed her arms and gave an arrogant grin. Whatever chances this Saiyan child once had, they just flew out the window. No one had ever survived during her first transformation.

Cougar arched an eyebrow. "So girl, are you ready?" she asked.

Nina landed on the ground gently, the smile now returned to her face. "Well you sure took long enough." she replied and saw Cougar's eyes narrowed. She wanted to get her angry enough to where she would have to reveal all her power so Nina could tell if she had a chance to beat Cougar or not.

Cougar charged at Nina with speed so remarkable, Nina was totally caught off guard. Cougar smashed her elbow into Nina's back and then kicked her in the back of the knee, causing her to fall onto the grass. Nina whipped her head around to see that Cougar had disappeared. Nina's eyes flashed to the right and she held up her arm which blocked a kick aimed for her head. She then got off the ground and started to aim punches towards the feline who was evading them quite successfully.

Suddenly Cougar ducked as Nina punched and then she caught her arm. Cougar moved in closer to Nina, smiling in her face. "You really are pathetic y'know?" she mused.

Nina's eyes narrowed as she strained to pull her arm free. "Oh really?" she hissed.

But before Cougar could answer, Nina had punched her in the gut which made Cougar's eyes flash wildly. That actually hurt her! Then Nina spun on her heel and kicked her in the jaw, causing Cougar to spin like a drill straight down into the ground. Nina jumped into the air and shot off ki blasts at her as she rolled across the ground, avoiding contact with the energy.

Finally Cougar was tired of spinning so she pushed herself off the ground and then flickered from view, instantly reappearing behind Nina, kicking her hard in the ribs. Nina flinched but then wrapped her arm about Cougar's ankle, holding it firmly by her side. Cougar roared angrily and tried to punch Nina in the back of the head, but she simply tilted her head to the side and caught that fist with her other hand. She then turned around and threw Cougar down towards the ground, speeding right behind her.

Cougar look up and saw that Nina was practically right on top of her! Nina slammed down on Cougar with a flurry of punches and kicks while Cougar held up her defenses and blocked as much as she could. But to her dismay, there were many gaps in her defense manuevers and so whenever Nina got her attacks in, she made them count.

Cougar had finally decided that she was through playing games. "Alright, that's it!" she yelled and grabbed Nina by the collar of her shirt, pulling her down towards her knee as her stomach crashed against it.

Nina coughed out blood, but forced the pain to flee her mind. She glared up at Cougar who just sneered down at her. Nina pulled her shirt free and then shot up towards the feline, elbowing her in the face. The cat reared back its head and then before she could defend against Nina, she had wrapped both her legs about Cougar's neck and hung upsidedown against her front. The feline knew how this would go, so she gripped onto the Saiyan's legs, letting her nails dig into her legs.

The pain rapped inside Nina's brain, but she refused to let it get to her so she pushed it further to the back of her thoughts. Then she began to elbow Cougar in the knees hard and soon, the feline's grip on her legs loosened. Nina shook the sweat off her brow and then lifted herself up to face the cat. Cougar's eyes flickered with surprise and soon saw Nina pull back her fist and a growl was heard. Then she punched her hard in the face, the impact causing one of her teeth to break and then Nina punched again, this time to the other cheek, and then finally Nina pulled her head forward and gave Cougar a fierce head-butt which made her skin to tear and bleed.

The blood trickled down her nose and some filled the side corners of her eyes. Cougar suddenly felt her body crash against the ground and Nina was just barely a foot above her. She was breathing heavily as she held her hands above her head and a purple spiked ball was forming in them.

Cougar furiously wiped the blood away from her face though it smeared. Damnit! This girl is tougher than I thought! she thought to herself. Then she smiled. Better bring out the heavy artilary!

Cougar flipped herself off the ground and crouched, claws curled infront of her as the veins popped out of them. She bared her teeth and growled viciously. Her yellow eyes changed and they were now a blazing purple with a yellow slit in the center. Spikes grew on the ends of her ears and her orange hair began to grow longer until it was down her back, her banes coming down almost to her chin. Cougar's muscles began to grow and the nails on her hands grew even longer. She felt her fangs grow longer and down past her lips as her whiskers started to grow back. She could feel her tail grow thicker and more fluffy-like and had deadly spikes on the ends of the hairs. Cougar's spotted dress began to tear around the hem and spread. She started to grow in size and was 4 feet taller than Nina now.

Nina looked up at Cougar, still forming the ball in her hands. Damn, now that's one big cat!

Nina quickly curled the ball in her hands. "STARLIGHT SHOWER!" she screamed and then released the energy ball, a spiky violet and blue river of stars spread out through her hands.

Cougar opened her mouth and shot out an orange and yellow energy beam at Nina and the blast collided with Nina's Starlight Shower. The two blasts rolled against eachother causing tiny ki sparks to burn and tumble out of the collision. One towered over the other and Nina could feel her feet sinking into the ground. The intensity of the blast was blinding but she couldn't look away, otherwise she might lose control. So she kept her eyes forward, into the blinding sea of violet, blue, and fire. A beautiful scene, yet deadly if she let the other blast plow through.

Cougar began to push more of the energy out of her mouth and along with this, shot off 2 more powerful blasts from her hands. She saw the blast that belonged to her start to push into Nina's and even though her mouth was open, she decided to smile. There was absolutely no chance she could stand up to this for very long.

From afar, Kino and her brother gazed at the scene in awe. Samuel did as well. He never even imagined that his sister had this much power inside her. He was definately out of her league. But then he felt the feline's enegry ki quadruple in strength and was begining to wear Nina down. Kino could sense this too, but Jarvus seemed like the only one who wasn't worried too much.

Kino looked at Jarvus who was grinning uncontrolably. This made her angry. "I don't believe this! Our younger sister is out there risking her life, she probably won't be able to stand up to that massive blast much longer and you're just sitting there, smiling!" she snapped.

Jarvus' smile disappeared and he returned his sister's glare. "Well what do ya want me to do about it huh?! She'd rather die than accept help from me!" he retorted. Then his smile returned. "If you're so worried about her, why don't you go and help her?" Jarvus asked, knowing what the answer was already.

Kino's glare hardened and she jerked her head away, fists shaking with rage. Damn him, that coward! she fused, then she sighed. But why don't I go and help her? Is it because I'm scared for my own well-being? Am I a coward as well?

Sam clentched his fists tightly and gave a sob of anger. How could he just stand there and watch as his sister, the one who had saved him so many times before, fight to save him. He let his eyes flash open and then he shot off towards the scene, determined to rescue his sister at all costs. Kino saw him shoot off suddenly and tried to grab hold of him, but he was too quick. Some sort of emotion fueled his power and she was in no reach to catch him.

"Sam! Sam wait!" she called out to him, but he was already out of ear-shot. Kino punched her fist in her palm furiously. "Damnit!" Then she raced off after him.

Jarvus shook his head. "Those 2 are being so silly." he stated, then blasted off in their general direction.

Nina felt the blast push up against her own severly, the sweat rolling off her cheeks like tears as her hair stuck to them. She could feel the muscles in her arms scream out, telling her to let it go through, but she wouldn't give in to her pain. Nina forced more energy to be released from her palms and it slowly poured out, but it wasn't enough to push back the breath blast from Cougar. Her sweat seeped into her eyes, stinging her to the point of insanity. She squeezed her eyes shut and then slowly opened one of her eyes, baring her teeth at the pain gushing all inside of her.

Then Nina smiled. Well, I guess it's time for me to kick things up a notch or two.

Nina started to power up and her golden hair flew in all different directions. The pools of green in her eyes began to swirl like a whirlpool and her muscles gradually grew in size. The stone that hung from her neck suddenly lit up, glowing in a raging blind white, tiny beams shooting everywhere. Nina looked down at her shirt and saw she could see the stone clearly through it. She could feel her own body transforming, a transformation she had never felt before, nor knew what the outcome would be.

Her eyes widened in a panic. Oh no! What's happening to me?!