Chapter Four: Evening The Odds
The remaining ponies each took a few steps backwards, trying to create distance between them and Majin Buu. Things had taken a darker turn and what little hope there was seemed lost. Discord failed in stopping the monster and not even Rainbow Dash could fight him. Was there anyone left who could save them... the answer was slowly becoming a definite no.
As they backed away Buu merely laughed, oh how he loved scared prey. "What's wrong, none of you want to play?" He glanced over each pony but one in particular caught his eye, Pinkie's mane had deflated and she seemed sadder than normal. "Come on Pinkie Pie, I thought you loved a good game?"
"No," She mumbled silently before glaring at him. "I don't want to play with you! I thought we were friends Buu... why, tell me why you did this." Tears fell down her face, much more than usual. She hadn't been this upset in a long time. She thought that her and Buu had a special connection, but any kind of friendship they had fallen apart almost as quickly as it started.
"Friends?! Don't make me laugh, what made you think we were friends? You just met me today and I've done nothing to show any signs of friendship, I only followed you around because I was brainless and wanted candy." The monster stated with a grin. "So you still think we're friends?"
Pinkie sighed as her head hung down in shame. "I'm sorry everypony."
Buu chuckled once more. "I thought not. Now then, which one of you is brave enough to fight me, hm?"
Each pony still had a worried look on their face, they had a strong feeling that they wouldn't survive the hour. The only foreseeable way of survival was if a powerful warrior suddenly showed up, and unless Gohan found a way back there wasn't anypony who could save them.
Before the monster could pick his first target he sensed two others approaching the battlefield, and he knew all too well who it was. So he stood there and waited, wanting to get as much enjoyment out of this as possible. It would have been all to easy to just blow the planet up right now, but where's the fun in that. He personally liked seeing the pain and torment he was causing.
The ponies became slightly confused as to why he was just standing there. "What do ya think he's waitin' for?" Applejack whispered to Twilight.
"I don't know, but at least we have a few more moments to spend together." Twilight couldn't help but think that that was the most depressing sentence she had ever said in her life. Yet she felt strangely happy being able to die with her friends by her side... well, most of them anyway. 'Spike wherever you are I hope you know how much I care about you, you were the best assistant a pony could ask for. And Rarity, you were also a great friend. Even if there were times when we didn't see eye to eye you still cared about me, you really are a true friend.' Right as she finished her thought she heard some hoofsteps, and she wasn't the only one to hear them.
They all turned and saw both Spike and Rarity running towards them. The duo smiled at seeing their friends but were scared once they saw the giant pink monster.
"Twilight, what's going on?" Spike asked as he noticed everypony but Fluttershy around. His eyes then drifted towards the tall, scary looking, pink skinned creature towering above them. "Who's that?" He wasn't sure just what he was looking at, but he didn't like it.
Rarity found herself shivering at the sight of the monster. Not only was it super creepy, but she could practically feel the evil radiating off of it. The feeling was much worse than any of the villains and monsters she battled before.
"Well if it isn't the Element of Generosity and her little coltfriend. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Majin Buu, soon to be ruler of the universe." His statement made the two newcomers gasp. "I have come here from a far away planet and have recently decided to start my conquest here. So far every opposition failed to stop me, and the only one who even had a remote chance of beating me was absorbed into my body."
The dragon grit his teeth and stood in front of the ponies, he wasn't going to allow his friends to get hurt. He turned back to look at his friends. "What's he talking about?"
"Spike... Fluttershy is dead, Buu turned her into chocolate and killed her." The alicorn explained solemnly, causing her assistant to become angry. "Discord tried to fight him and actually held his own... until Buu used part of his body to absorb him."
Rarity was more afraid than ever before, she actually had a good chance of dying today. Of course she was upset to here about her friends' demises, but the fear of death was more prominent in her mind. She merely stood there with her friends silently, hoping this was just some bad nightmare.
"Yes and now that no one can stop me, I can kill all of you right here and now." The pink monster laughed making the remaining ponies all gulped.
"No!" Spike yelled, gaining his friends' attention. "I'm not going to let you hurt any more of my friends!"
The ponies could tell he was angry but they didn't know just how angry.
Buu smirked in response. "And how exactly are you going to stop me, if Discord failed then what chance do you have?"
"I have to try, for my friends." In truth Spike didn't know if he could win. Sure he had been practicing martial arts, but he wasn't nearly as good as Rainbow was... but in the moment he didn't care. All he wanted was to make this monster suffer.
"Well little Spikey Wikey is feeling brave today."
That struck a nerve with the dragon, only Rarity was allowed to use that name. "Don't call me that!" He snarled as flame exited his nostrils. Spike glared at Buu, mentally wondering how such a monster could exist in the world. Sure he had seen quite a few in his day, but nothing like this. It kind of made him sick to his stomach.
"So... are we going to fight or what?" Buu asked impatiently.
Spike took a deep breath before turning around to face his friends, which was a sight that really pained him. Never before had he seen his friends so scared, it was as if they were all thinking the end was near. There was a big chance that he wouldn't survive the fight, so he decided now was the time to say goodbye. "In case I don't make it I want all of you know how great ponies you are, I couldn't have asked for better friends."
Everypony started crying at his words.
Tears rolled down his face as he continued. "Rarity."
She glanced up at him, having a hard time keeping her composure.
"The time I've spent with you has been some of the best of my life, you're the best marefriend a dragon could have."
"Oh Spike..."
"I love you!" The dragon leaned in and kissed her passionately, to which she returned it. After a few moments he broke it off and proceeded to approach the pink skinned demon.
Buu merely rolled his eyes at the display. "Finally ready are we, good. Now then, how about I give you the first shot."
The dragon exhaled slowly as he made his way over to his opponent. While he was walking he mentally thought of a battle plan, hoping that it would at least be a little bit of help to him. Spike quickened his pace into a run, and then jumped from his spot with his claws out. With a fierce battle cry he slashed the monster's stomach, and to the surprise of both him and his friends he actually cut Buu. "Ha I did it!" He cheered as the ponies let out a small smile.
Buu only laughed loudly. "Sorry but it will take a lot more than that to kill me." In an instant his body healed itself, shocking the teenage dragon. Faster than his foe could see Majin Buu grabbed his throat and started to squeeze lightly. Buu then slammed the green skinned dragon into a nearby tree. He retracted his arm and smirked as he watched his opponent get back to his feet.
Once again the dragon charged at his foe, ignoring the slight amount of pain he was feeling. Spike went on the offensive and threw several punches but he was too slow to hit Buu. As much as he tried he couldn't land a blow. Pushing his body further he was able to attack slightly faster, but that little boost of speed wasn't enough to help him.
Eventually Buu swept Spike's leg making him fall onto the ground, he then stomped on his chest. His opponent screamed out in pain as the pink monster lifted his foot up, with an evil chuckle he brought it down once again. This process repeated a few times before he picked the dragon up and lightly punched him in the face. The impact sent his opponent flying backwards and he ended up crashing into a boulder.
"Oh no, Spike!" Twilight cried as she saw her number one assistant crash into the giant rock.
It took him a few moments to stand back up, and luckily he wasn't too damaged(thanks to the intense training and a dragon's tough skin). Before he could blink Majin Buu was right in front of him, so the teenage dragon swiped at him with both claws. This time however his claws were grabbed by his opponent and he was lifted up off the ground. The evil look on the demon's face was enough to make the dragon quiver in fear.
"What's wrong, don't tell me you're scared?"
Acting on instinct Spike let out a breath of fire, which engulfed the monster's head. Unfortunately it had no effect and at best burned the monster's skin a little.
Buu grinned evilly as he wrapped his tentacle around Spike's throat and started choking him. Majin Buu then spun his head around several times, making the drake dizzy. He continued doing so before releasing his grip.
Spike flew several feet into the air before something stopped his flight, to his horror Buu was right behind him. The dragon then realized that he couldn't fly and started plummeting towards the ground. He crashed into the earth with a thud and wasn't as lucky this time in not feeling pain. With a loud groan he struggled to get back to his feet, all the while he could feel some of his bones were broken. Before he could get up the demon landed next to him and lightly kicked him, sending the dragon rolling across the ground. After a dizzying roll Spike finally stood up, although now he was having a hard time standing and his vision was getting blurry. As his opponent walked toward him the dragon inhaled and then exhaled a huge stream of fire.
Right before the fire could reach him Buu jumped clear over it. He then flew over and kicked the green and purple dragon in his left arm, producing a loud, painful, cracking sound.
Spike screamed out in pain as arm became instantly broken and all bones within it shattered.
"Spike!" Rarity screamed as her lover clutched his now broken am.
Everypony else looked on in horror at the gruesome display. Was there nothing they could do to stop this monster?
As he screamed Buu laughed. "Aw, did little Spikey Wikey break his little arm?" He joked much to the anger of the dragon. He then watched with amusement as his foe used his good arm to punch him in the face. And of course the monster didn't feel anything from the puny attack. The demon smirked as he flicked Spike in the head making him roll across the ground. His opponent kept on rolling until he smacked head first into an apple tree, leaving him dizzy and making the tree fall over.
Meanwhile Applejack was getting nervous, if the fight continued she would probably lose her orchard. "Can somepony tell me why they're fighting here at mah orchard?"
"Because Pinkie Pie brought him here." Rainbow quickly covered her mouth after she said that. To her surprise Pinkie didn't respond, in fact she had been rather silent during these past few events.
The others looked over and noticed the blank look upon her face. Never before had they seen the pink pony so... emotionless, it actually scared them a little.
Spike slowly stood up but was having a hard time standing, his whole body ached and his arm was still broken. As Buu approached him the green dragon just grit his teeth.
"This is just too easy, you're not even a challenge. You're nothing but useless... just like Hum Drum."
A fire ignited inside Spike, he hated being compared to Hum Drum. "No I'm... NOT!" A huge burst of flame shot out of his mouth and engulfed the entirety of Majin Buu.
The ponies were all shocked by the sight, they had never seen him so angry before.
The flame poured out of his mouth before he fell to his knees in exhaustion, whatever energy he had left went into that attack. His body ached, multiple bones were broken, and he couldn't go on anymore. When the smoke dissipated the monster was still standing there, unaffected by the fires. "Oh come on!"
Buu smirked as he held out his palm in front of Spike. "My turn." Before his opponent could react he unleashed a huge wave of energy upon him, engulfing the dragon's body. The screams of his foe filled the entirety of Sweet Apple Acres.
"Spike!" The ponies screamed in unison.
After a few moments the yelling stopped and nothing was there, Spike was dead. Both Twilight and Rarity started crying, among their friends those two were the closest to Spike. The others were also shedding tears for their fallen friend. It was just one death after another.
Buu laughed in triumph as he walked over to the ponies. "Another one dead, honestly this is just way too easy." He saw the crying going on and smiled. "Don't worry Rarity and Twilight, you'll be joining him shortly. So, anypony else feeling brave?"
Nopony could do anything, they were all useless. All they could really do was hope that their deaths were quick and painless.
Majin Buu grinned evilly but then his eyes widened in shock, he then cocked his head towards the sky. 'So they finally made it.'
Gotenks and Piccolo flew out of the portal and landed in a grassy field. The boy smirked at his brilliant escape plan, but then he noticed where they had ended up. He began looking around confused. "Where are we Piccolo?" Gotenks wondered.
The only problem was that the Namekian didn't know either. "I'm not sure, we should have returned to the look out."
"So is this Earth?"
Piccolo shook his head. "No, if it was than I wouldn't be sensing so many life forms. Plus we would be able to feel the others but I can't sense them." His eyes then widened in shock. "Can you feel that Gotenks, it's Majin Buu. He must have ended up here like us."
"So I guess it doesn't matter where we ended up, I'll still beat him all the same!" The young Saiyan grinned as he flew off towards his target.
Piccolo merely grumbled before taking off after his new student. The duo flew for a few moments before quickly reaching their foe, and he wasn't alone. They saw Buu standing with his arms crossed and they also saw five scared ponies. His student didn't know who they were but the green skinned warrior did. 'Oh great, we're in Equestria.' Piccolo had remembered Gohan telling him about his trip here and the adventures he had. While he was happy for his friend Equestria didn't sound like a place he would personally want to visit, and now here he was. The universe sure was a strange and sometimes cruel place.
As the Namekian grumbled to himself Gotenks pointed at the monster, not caring about the ponies in the area. "Hey ugly did you miss me?"
Everyone below looked upwards and saw a young boy and a green skinned man. The ponies started cowering at the thought of more enemies showing up, which was the last thing they needed.
Meanwhile Majin Buu smirked at the duo. "So you found a way out of the Time Chamber huh?"
"Yeah that's right, and now I'm ready to kick your butt!" Gotenks boasted, making the monster laugh.
"Oh really, because I seem to recall you running out of energy last time we fought."
This time the fused Saiyan had a laugh. "Figures you were stupid enough to fall for my trick. I only wanted to make the finale spectacular, and now I'm using my real power." He stated as his aura flared.
'Something seems different about Buu, I don't remember him having scales on his body.' Piccolo thought to himself.
"So it seems you have gotten stronger, maybe you'll be more of a challenge than these worthless creatures."
"Alright I'll give you a good show, just don't cry when I kick your butt." Gotenks snickered.
Right as the two were about to fight the green skinned warrior descended onto the ground, he then turned to the ponies. "You should leave here, the fight's about to start and I wouldn't want you to get in the crossfire."
Everypony stared at him confused for a few seconds before Twilight nodded. She had a good feeling that the two newcomers were there to help them. "Come on girls." They did as instructed and retreated back to a safe distance, one where they wouldn't get hurt but could still watch the fight.
Gotenks cracked his knuckles before flying towards the pink demon, not willing to waste any time that he might need for the fusion. This new speed caught his enemy off guard and he was unable to block or dodge the fist that struck his nose. Gotenks smirked as he reeled his leg back and swung it full force at his foe, sending him soaring into the air. He went to pursue and landed a bunch of quick jabs to the monster's gut, and he finished the combo with a point blank energy blast. The blast blew off the bottom portion of the monster, but before he could regenerate Gotenks kicked him in the top of the head.
Buu crashed into the ground hard making his young opponent chuckle. His foe's little celebration was cut off by the demon flying at him and smacking him in the cheek. Buu then grabbed him by the leg and started swinging him around, after a few spins he released his grip sending Gotenks flying towards the barn. Unable to stop himself his enemy crashed through the side of the red building, creating a big hole within it. Majin Buu made his way over to the barn and grinned evilly as he waited for his foe to reappear; this fight was going to be better than he originally thought. After a few seconds nothing was happening, and Buu was starting to get impatient.
Not a moment later a golden flash of light shone through the hole in the wall. "Splitting Headache!" Gotenks shouted as a beam of light shot through the roof and created an arch. His opponent looked up as the beam made contact with the top of his head, as the beam traveled through him it split the monster in half. The fused Saiyan started cheering and then formed energy within his palms. "Time to finish the job." He said as he blasted the two halves of Buu into pieces.
From far away Piccolo was watching and currently cheering. "Now that's a Super Saiyan." He was glad to see Gotenks finally fight seriously.
Also from a distance the ponies had been watching with intrigue, they hadn't seen a fight like this in a while. Applejack however was watching with a bit of horror, she was a little unsure if her orchard would survive the fight... but there was no way she could go over there and ask them to leave. Luckily Big Mac and Apple Bloom weren't in the area, since they had gone out earlier in the day.
During the battle they had their suspicions about something but weren't sure of it. "Doesn't that kid remind you of Gohan?" Rainbow asked.
"Sort of, ah mean he does have that yellow hair and shiny aura." Applejack said.
The white unicorn shook her head in slight disagreement. "But Gohan's hair was never that long."
Twilight put a hoof onto her chin. "Maybe this kid is related to him, like a brother or cousin." She observed.
"Well whoever he is, he's kicking Buu's flank!" The rainbow maned pegasus cheered.
Gotenks was now surrounded by a ring of Buu chunks, and to his horror the chunks spun around and began to tighten around the young Saiyan. His enemy had reformed his body and was now squeezing the young warrior to death, and his cries to stop went unheeded. He was then taken for a ride as his foe flew high up into the air and then flew back down at high speeds. The grip on the fused Saiyan was then loosened, sending him crashing into the ground at full force. The Saiyan got back to his feet just as the monster returned to normal. "My turn again, Super Ghost Balloon." The young Saiyan inhaled before exhaling some energy from his mouth, creating a giant ball above the monster.
Buu stared curiously as the ball expanded in size before eventually blowing up in a flash of light. Once the monster regained sight he found himself surrounded by a circle of ghosts, all of them laughing evilly.
From bellow the half-Saiyan smiled. "Oh Majin Buu are you scared of all the creepy ghosts? You should be because they've raised their power as much as I have. Attack attack attack!" Gotenks commanded.
Soon enough the ghosts began flying around randomly, making the demon nervous that he would get hit. Eventually the ghosts made impact with Buu and slowly but surely blew up his body, leaving it a mangled mess.
Gotenks powered up as he flew over to the monster and kicked him away, but not before taunting him a little bit.
Buu regained his normal shape and grit his teeth, which turned into him yelling.
"For a big guy you've got a bad temper." The fused Saiyan mocked as the demon charged at him. Before his foe could attack the Saiyan flew right over him, causing the monster to crash through several rows of apple trees. Gotenks then started flying east towards a nearby mountain range, and to his delight Buu was chasing him. "That's it follow me." As he flew his enemy was having difficulty keeping up, once again much to the the Saiyan's delight. "I must have worn him out too much, he can't keep up with my speed anymore." After a little more flight he stopped and waited for his foe. "Now where did that tube head go?"
"Boo." His sudden appearance startled the Saiyan, who wasn't expecting him to be right behind him. Buu grabbed him by his head and then held out his palm. "Bye bye." Buu fired a point blank energy blast, completely ignoring his foe's protests. This sent the young Saiyan flying all the way back to Sweet Apple Acres.
He crashed into the barn once more but this time it actually collapsed in on itself. Gotenks stood up from the rubble and could have sworn he heard someone yell 'MAH BARN!', but he didn't spend too much time on that since Buu had returned to fight. He looked on in confusion as his foe smirked before folding his body up into the shape of ball. 'What is this guy trying to do?'
Without warning the pink skinned demon flew at his foe, much like a cannonball. His opponent moved out of the way but the monster was quick to try again. The landscape around them was quickly getting torn up as Majin Buu recklessly threw himself at his target, destroying anything within his path. Entire sections of apple trees were ripped apart in an instant. After a few moments almost the entirety of Sweet Apple Acres was either torn up or destroyed.
"Alright, it's time to put a stop to this." Right as Buu was about to hit him Gotenks held out his hands and fired several Galatic Doughnuts at the balled up monster. Soon enough the demon was turned into a ball, shocking all of his onlookers. With the ball in hand the Super Saiyan flew over to his mentor.
The Namkeian was filled with joy, although that was putting it mildly. "Nice move Gotenks, that's the way you were trained!" He cheered.
"Thanks a lot, but he'll be able to get out of here soon. So, we should do something else to finish him off. Um... which move should I use?"
Piccolo furrowed his brow and grumbled at his student.
"I got it, I'll do a Spiking Buu Ball Slam!" He yelled dramatically.
"What the heck does that mean?!" Piccolo questioned.
Gotenks turned towards the Namekian. "It's a new move, fresh off the presses. You wanna help?" He asked while laughing. "Alright are you ready Piccolo? If we're going to work as I team I need you to answer me, do you see what I'm saying?" He asked, making the green skinned warrior gasp. "You taught me to be a team player Piccolo and right now I need you to help me. Believe me if there was a way I could do this on my own I wouldn't be asking you. Now lets hurry we don't have much time left."
Piccolo's face went red. "Yes I know that."
"Are you ready?"
"Just hurry!" The Namekian yelled.
The young Saiyan hit the sealed up Majin Buu like a volley ball, sending it towards Piccolo. His mentor sent the ball into the sky as Gotenks flew up to it. The half-Saiyan raised his fist high into the air. "Spiking Buu Ball Slam!" With one mighty hit Buu was sent flying towards the ground, creating a big explosion. This made the Super Saiyan cheer.
'Why does the most powerful fighter in the world have to be so darn ridiculous?' Piccolo thought to himself.
A few seconds later Gotenks flew after the monster. To his delight a giant crater was in place of where the house used to be. "Would you look at that, I've heard of meteorites hitting the ground and making smaller craters than this. Majin Buu must have been moving pretty fast when he hit." He cheered.
The ponies were all speechless, things took a very surprising turn. None of them had expected a hero to come out of nowhere, nor did they expect that hero to be winning. Thus far the two had been evenly matched but when Buu became trapped in the ball they couldn't believe it. "This is great, that kid is really giving Buu a fight!" Rainbow cheered.
"They both seem even, but Buu shouldn't be underestimated. Especially since he absorbed Discord." Twilight added as they noticed the green skinned creature fly over to the young warrior.
Rarity scoffed. "It doesn't matter who he absorbs, nopony hurts Spike and gets away with it. Personally I hope this kid rips Buu to shreds!" She yelled evilly, expecting some questioning looks from her friends. To her surprise her friends didn't seem to notice her comment. At this point they were used to the mare's outbursts.
Applejack on the other hoof was still in shock, her entire home had been destroyed. The house, the barn, the orchards... all gone. She thanked Celestia that the rest of her family wasn't home, but still. To make matters worse there was now a giant crater, which would take a lot of effort just to fill it up.
Pinkie was also quiet, something that worried the others. Her mane was also still drooping down, which only usually happened when she was sad or upset. Her friends had no idea what was going on in her head and they didn't want to imagine it. 'You betrayed me Buu, even after I showed you kindness. You killed my friends and even planned to kill the rest of us. One way or another you'll get what you deserve!'
Seconds later a giant pillar of pink light erupted from said crater, causing the two warriors to retreat back a little bit. Everypony took that as a sign that Buu was still alive, and probably angry. They just hoped that the young hero was ready for another round... if not, they were all doomed.
Well everyone things seemed to have taken a turn for the best. Gotenks has arrived and is taking the fight to Buu, and as expected the two are evenly matched. I know I pretty much followed the fight as it happens in the show, but I would like to make a note and say that things won't happen exactly like in the show(you'll see what I mean later *wink*). Although Buu hasn't used any of Discord's powers yet he will at certain points, I'm sure you can see why he wouldn't need to use any of them yet. R and R!
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