Chapter One: Turning the Tide
The two Saiyans had split up in search of their children inside Buu. For a while now, Son Goku and Vegeta traveled down separate dark passages further into the unknown, wondering what strange sights could they possibly stumble upon now. As he walked, Goku noticed a faint blue light emitting from an all too familiar form- it was Gohan!
"Hi Dad! Bout time you got here" the demi-Saiyan exclaimed.
Goku gave his signature grin, "Gohan! I'm glad you're okay, we need to hurry and find the others though. C'mon, we're getting out of here." He turned to continue his search with his first son found.
"Hold on father." Gohan called out, "I think Vegeta's going to need some help."
This doesn't make any sense at all, the Prince of all Saiyans thought to himself, those were direct hits! Vegeta recovered his stance, ready to take on whatever was pretending to be his son, Kakarot's brat, and Piccolo. As the Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks and the Namek advanced on him, the wall behind him began to stretch and exploded in blue light. When the smoke had cleared and the light faded, Vegeta saw his rival step through the gap with his oldest son right behind him.
"You did that?!" He yelled at Goku, irritated that the blast had caught him off guard.
"Sorry Vegeta, I TOLD my dad to aim a little more to the right." Gohan explained while Goku scratched the back of his neck apologetically. Gohan turned to both the Saiyans, "C'mon guys, we need to get going."
"But wait Gohan," Goku thought aloud, "what about these two?" He wondered if his son had forgotten that Gotenks and Piccolo were slowly moving towards them.
"They're just illusions Dad, and they only stay around this part of Buu." Gohan answered, "C'mon, we need to move quickly." Just as the mock Piccolo and Gotenks leapt forward to attack, Gohan threw two ki blasts at them causing more smoke than damage and grabbed his father and dashed away with Vegeta following immediately.
"What is going on?" Vegeta barked, "What are you doing here? Weren't you absorbed?"
"I'll explain in a minute Vegeta. Just follow me, we don't have much time." The demi replied. Gohan lead them into a cavern with five pink pods strung up. As the trio neared, Goku and Vegeta recognized the people in the pods. Trunks, Goten, Piccolo, and Gohan were all fast asleep wrapped up by the pods' membranes.
"Wait a minute!" Goku exclaimed now confused, "How are you here while you're in this pod also Gohan?!" My thoughts exactly Kakarot, Vegeta said to himself.
Gohan smirked before answering, "Buu had caught me by surprise, but I was able to put up a ki field at the last moment like I assume you two did-"
"That still doesn't explain THIS!" Vegeta interrupted slapping a hand on the pod holding a sleeping Gohan.
"I used a multi-form technique I learned from Piccolo," Gohan continued, "I split forms and left one of me unshielded to be absorbed, so Buu only got half my power and my physical appearances. I figured I could see if he had a weakness inside while making him think he'd won."
"Wow, Gohan," Goku smiled impressed, "That was quick thinking. I don't think I woulda come up with a plan like that that fast."
"Of course you wouldn't Kakarot." Vegeta stated, "The only time you ever seem to think is when you try to decide what you want to eat."
Goku crossed his arms and pouted, "That's not entirely true Vegeta!"
Gohan cleared his throat to get both of the Saiyans' attentions. "We can talk about what we think about later. Right now we need to get these guys out of here. Now help me out." Gohan undid his multi-form and the pink pod containing him collapsed on itself. Vegeta nodded and cut the top and bottom cord of the pod containing his son. Goku caught on and cut his youngest son free while Gohan rescued Piccolo. As they were gathering up their quarry, Buu interrupted their escape.
"I absorbed you." The pink demon glared at the three, "Why aren't you in your pods?" Before any could answer he said, "No matter, I'll destroy you now." Before he could attack however, Vegeta interrupted.
"What happens if I cut this cord, I wonder?" He exclaimed holding onto the pod of the good Majin Buu. Buu hesitated.
"Don't touch that!" Buu commanded with fear evident. "If you remove that, I won't be me anymore!" Before Buu knew what to do, Vegeta had disconnected the pod causing the evil djinn to yell in agony and disappear. Everywhere inside Buu, tremors had broken out.
"C'mon let's get out of here!" Gohan yelled grabbing onto Piccolo's pod. Goku grabbed onto Goten and followed Vegeta who was holding onto Trunks as they took flight. Following the steam, the trio were able to emerge from one of the many pores that Majin Buu had. The pink pods disappeared with a noise in mid-air leaving their captives free at last.
"Look Vegeta! People popcorn!" Goku exclaimed.
"What is he on?!" Vegeta exasperated to no one in particular. The three heroes took their friends and laid them down and tried to get them to wake up. When they weren't successful, the trio turned their attention to the new Buu that was emerging from the steam cloud that surrounded it. The Kid Buu put on hand to the sky and a dark red orb appeared above him, and the orb grew rapidly. Vegeta attempted to distract Buu from firing his attack by taunting him, certain that Buu was going to destroy the planet. Vegeta's attempt failed, and Buu fired the blast downward. Gohan saw everything and quickly grabbed Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo.
"Let's move!" he yelled. Goku glanced down and saw Dende standing in front of Hercule Satan. Flying as quickly as possible, Goku swooped down so Hercule and Dende could grab onto him with Vegeta and Gohan behind them. The chain of people flew as fast as they could with the ball of light right on their tails destroying everything it touched. Goku put two fingers to his head, but he couldn't focus, and he said so out loud to his friends. Just as all hope seemed lost, Kibito Kai phased in front of Goku and extended his arm. Goku latched on.
"Are you hanging on?" Goku asked his allies.
"WE ARE! JUST GET US OUT OF HERE!" Vegeta yelled. With that the group disappeared in a flash along with planet Earth.