Chapter 2: What have I gotten myself into?

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters or story line of Dragonball Z the only think I own is Mariko. Dragonball Z is copyrighted to Bird Studio/Shueisha, Toei Animation, Akira Toriyama, and FUNimation. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2

"Guess who?"

Mariko yelped loudly and fear grew inside of her body. She panted heavily in utter fear/

"I don't know…." She stuttered in complete fear.

"I'll give you a little hint, Mariko…Boo…." He said in a deep masculine voice. Mariko stuttered and shook in fear and anticipation.

Finally she managed to get control of the situation and struggled out of his grip, jumping forward a few feet and taking a fighting stance facing him. Buu stared at her with a huge smirk across his face, his head tilted to the right.

"What do you want with me?" Mariko asked him loudly. Buu chuckled softly,

"You don't want to know, Princess," he said with sarcasm. Mariko growled loudly and took the defensive.

"I'm giving you one warning, Buu. Leave me alone or I will have to use force,"

Buu laughed loudly.

"What's so damn funny!" Mariko yelled.

He continued to laugh.

Mariko screamed in frustration and lounged at him with incredible speed. Buu stopped laughing and grabbed her fists before she could lay a finger on him.

"Now, now don't get violent. That's my job," Buu said with a smirk. Than without warning he slapped her sending her flying back a few feet. Mariko landed with a grunt but suddenly was lifted up by her neck. She cried softly and wrapped her small hands around his huge one. He glared into her icy blue eyes, seeing nothing but hatred and fear in them. He began to squeeze causing her to gag in surprise. Mariko whimpered and coughed, she didn't want to die like this…

"…Please…" she begged. Hot tears formed in her blues eyes. Buu frowned, hatred had left her eyes and now fear and sadness were in them. They were clouded with tears of sorrow that spilled out onto her light toned cheeks. Buu growled and let the poor girl go. Mariko gasped and fell to the ground holding her neck. She coughed and gagged, inhaling much needed air. She looked rather pathetic,

"You humans are weak," Buu exclaimed a little annoyed. Mariko glared up at him.

"…well what do you think! You tried to strangle me too death you bastard!" the young Princess was furious. She stood up, her fists clenched so tightly that her gloves began to rip.

"You'll pay for what you did to Majin Buu, you monster!" Mariko said dangerously. Buu laughed loudly.

"I am Majin Buu! Everything that was him is me now! Every strength and every weakness he unfortunately has," he said the last part with hatred. Mariko's expression to fear when he said that, she knew she was going to die. But she wasn't going without a fight.

'I know what's going to happen, I'll began to fight him and he will just stand there and laugh at me,' Mariko smirked, 'I'll take him by surprise,' Buu tilted his head in confusion when Mariko smirked.

"I'm not going down without a fight, so I'm going to show my secret…" Mariko said as she lifted her right hand. Buu's expression turned to confusion; he tilted his head more cracking it. A blue aura formed around it and…

"Navitas laedo ledo!" she yelled. Suddenly Buu was sent flying backward, yelling in surprise that she hit him.

"Time to go!" she screamed and flew off in the opposite direction. She flew as fast as she could, whimpering and crying in fear. She could feel his energy coming up on her fast. She cried louder tears spilling from her eyes and went faster leaving a noticeable blue aura behind her.

"If I can make it to West City I can find my book and hide somewhere! I have to hurry!" she thought loudly. Mariko looked behind her and she could see Buu coming up behind her faster. She threw many blue ki blasts at him, it didn't even phase. He had pure fury in his eyes, this made Mariko very afraid. She knew if he caught up to her he would kill her. So she decided to think up another plan.

'I won't make it to West City on time; he would catch up to me way before then. What can I do…I can't fight him I'm dead for sure…Well I can lose him with my reflexes, I know! I can lose him in the forest down there! Perfect!' Mariko changed her course and went down through the forest. Buu smirked at this and went straight ahead.

Mariko laughed in triumph,

"He can't keep up with me, I knew it!" Mariko said loudly. She flew upwards and came out of the forest.

"Now where did he go?" Mariko asked herself loudly.

"Boo…"

Mariko turned around slowly and gasped. Buu smirked at her in pure evil, Mariko stared at him disbelief. She shook in pure fear; she was so afraid that tears spilled down her face. The earth Princess lowered her head in defeat and sadness. She was going to die. And she was ready for it.

"You can kill me now…I have no desire to live anymore…" Mariko said with grief. She turned her head so he couldn't see her cry.

Buu thought for a moment, he could kill her right now. But he was never with a female before. Maybe he could have some fun with her BEFORE he killed her.

"No…I will not kill you yet. I have a strong fighter to battle and than we will continue ours. I will kill you then," he said with a smirk. Mariko looked up at him in utter shock. The young Princess growled and clenched her fists,

"Fine I'll go ahead and kill myself than!" Mariko screamed as she closed her eyes. Buu's smirk turned into a frown, than bared his teeth in anger.

"The only one who is going to take your life is me!"

"Totus Eradico!" Mariko yelled, forming a blue aura around her. Buu could sense her sudden energy increase, but that was only the half of it. What happens with this attack is that she gathers up all the energy and magic in her body and releases it. She wouldn't completely get destroyed, her body would be in tact but she would die from exhaustion. The iris' of her eyes glowed a bright blue colour.

"Buu this might not destroy you, but it will hurt you!" Mariko screamed as she started to build power inside of her body. Buu looked at her in shock as she begun to shake, one bad move and she would explode.

"Take this! HA!" A bright blue light engulfed Mariko and Buu. Mariko screamed loudly and Buu yelled in pain.

Flashback…

"Mariko do you remember what I told you about your special power?" Mariko's mother said to her.

"Yeah I do, mom," a nine year old Mariko replied. The queen pulled her daughters sleeve towards her elbow revealing her strange mark. It was sort of shaped like calligraphy angel wings.

"This mark means that you're a special girl, Mariko. You're a Battle Mage Mariko. You use both energy and magic to fight. You need to learn how to control these powers. You're mind and your magic go hand in hand. But we will talk about this later,"

"Mom, is that why you found me?"

The Queen's eyes widened but softened,

"Maybe your magic had chosen us to become your parents. But I don't regret it Mariko. You're still my daughter no matter what. And no matter what I'm proud of you…"

End of Sequence…

"I'm proud of you…"

Mariko opened her blues eyes and slowly sat up…from whatever she was on…Her eyes fully opened when she realized she wasn't outside anymore but in a small room. Her face contorted with different expressions she thought it was going to fall off.

"I should be dead right now…" she exclaimed to herself.

"Yes you should be," said a deep masculine voice. Mariko jumped and looked in the direction of the voice. A very large man with green skin and large, elf like ears was staring at her.

"What-,"

"Quiet, he'll hear you. You are at what we call the look out. A floating palace in the sky high above the earth," he told her.

"Oh," Mariko said. The man smiled,

"That was a very smart trick you pulled there, Princess Mariko. May I ask how you did?" he asked her.

"First things first, who are you? And how did I get here? Umm…sir," she said the last part as politely as she could.

"I guess you do deserve that information do you?" he cleared his throat, "My name is Piccolo and I brought you here,"

"And how am I alive, when I do that attack, I die from exhaustion,"

"Buu gave you some of his energy. We don't know why. He took you up here and demanded we cared for your injuries,"

"I guess I should thank you for caring for me, Mr. Piccolo,"

"Please it's just Piccolo, titles make my skin crawl," he chuckled, "and you never answered my question, how did you do that?"

"Oh yes, I'm sorry. Well it was an attack called 'Totus Eradico' or 'Complete Destruction' in English," she cleared her throat, "I've been able to do that since I was a kid. I don't know how it all started," she lied. She didn't want anyone to know about her mark. Luckily it was still covered by her glove.

"Well for someone who doesn't understand energy that well you can defiantly take care of yourself."

"Yes and thank you for saving my life,"

"Your welcome. I think it would be safe for you to stay in here at least until we defeat Majin Buu he may hurt you for escaping,"

"With all do respect Piccolo I think it would be best for everyone if were to see Buu,"

"I'm sorry, you're Majesty, but it's not an option," Piccolo said as he was leaving.

"But if something happens to you or anyone else I'll feel so guilty. It's my responsibility as princess of this planet to protect my people. And it will be my responsibility is he were to kill you or any other creature,"

This made Piccolo stop. He turned and stared at the female. She sure was a gifted speaker, but his main priority was to try to keep her and everyone else safe. But she was right, Buu might kill anyone in his way to get to HER. Piccolo smirked and nodded at Mariko. Mariko smiled lightly and got up from her bed feeling a little dizzy. Mariko knew she would eventually heal. She didn't have enough energy in her body to use her magic to heal herself. If she was to fight Majin Buu now she would surely die.

'What have I gotten myself into?' Mariko thought. If she would've just accepted her role as a princess she was wouldn't be in this situation now. 'But if I didn't run away from home I would be dead right now…But I never go to say goodbye to dad or DJ…' Her eyes clouded up with tears. 'I'm so sorry daddy…I love you…'

Piccolo noticed that Mariko was crying a little. He rolled his eyes in disgust. 'Females are so sensitive…'

"There's still time turn back before we reach him, if you think you won't be able to handle him,"

Mariko glared at Piccolo, slightly insulted by his comment.

"I'll be fine thank you. I can handle myself," Mariko said, with annoyance in her voice. Piccolo smirked and kept walking.

"Jerk" Mariko muttered as she followed him.

"I'm not the one being rude, princess,"

Mariko stopped staring at him in disbelief. She concentrated hard and tried to read his mind. She smirked,

"Namekian huh? Super hearing is always helpful in the heat of action,"

Piccolo smirked as well.

"So you can read minds too?" he asked her with a slight chuckle.

"Yes one of the many abilities that I possess. No one has come close to seeing the depths of my abilities,"

"With proper training you could become a great warrior some day. When this is over I can train you and help you understand energy more,"

"Thanks…but I'll think about it. As much as I want to become stronger, I still want to try and keep my power a secret. Could you please not tell anyone else about my powers?"

"Of course, you have my word," Piccolo nodded in a respecting manner.

"Thanks Mr.-, I mean Piccolo,"

They both smiled and gave each other a curt nod and continued walking until they reached outside.

Mariko held a hand over her face as the rays of the sun beat down on her delicate face. She saw everyone in a group staring at Buu as he stood there tapping his fingers on his arm. His gaze turned to Mariko and he smirked at her. Mariko shrank back a little Piccolo standing behind her putting his hands on her shoulders, keeping her from backing up any further.

"I don't think he wants to hurt you Mariko, he would have done that when you were helpless,"

"O-okay," she stammered and stepped forward summoning all of her courage. She began walking towards Majin Buu.

Many thoughts were running through her head. 'Oh man I don't like this. Is he going to kill me? What if wants to torture me? He would have done it already if he wanted to…I can't believe I'm even doing this. I should run-, oh wait I can't fly in this condition…Fuck…'

"Well, well, well glad to see your alive, princess," Buu said to Mariko. Mariko jumped slightly and stared at the ground.

"No thanks to you," Mariko mumbled angrily. Buu chuckled,

"Still have that speak I see, well I intend to put your powers to the test,"

Mariko stared at him wide eyed. What did he mean put her powers to the test?

"What do you mean?" she asked him.

Buu chuckled evilly and smirked,

"You know, continue our little fight. This time if I want you to die you will die by my own hands,"

Mariko growled softly,

"What did you mean by 'having fun' with me?"

Buu smirked evilly,

"Wouldn't you like to know?"

Mariko's eyes widened again. She knew exactly what he meant…He couldn't….He couldn't…

Suddenly without any warning he wrapped an arm around Mariko's hips and began to take flight. Buu turned his gaze towards Piccolo.

"I will give you a half a day to get him prepared. If he is not ready by then I will kill you all!"

With that Buu took off with a flailing Mariko.

Piccolo blinked a few times and sighed. He had no idea what plans Majin Buu had for the princess. But he really didn't want to find out.

Looks like Buu wants Mariko for something. But what? Please R&R no flames please.