A/N: Thanks for the support. Took a while due to being busy with work and mid-terms. Not to mention, this chapter is a lot shorter than I expected. I'm going to try to go back to weekly/bi-weekly updates.

Now for the questions:

coldblue: 1) I haven't considered a side story like that for Zangya and 17, to be honest. 2) Yes, Vegeta does have a chance of achieving SSJ3, I'm just not sure of the specifics just yet. I do like Vegeta as a character and I want him to be stronger and he won't be behind for long. 3) And while that is a pretty neat idea, Raditz and 18 have not had any conversations like that with Marise and Taro. Like you said, that could be great motivation for Marise and Taro to train and get stronger. I agree with that a lot, actually. 4) And yes, I recently watched Yu Yu Hakusho over the summer and I liked it. And maybe if there's a story idea I come up with, I'll do a short story on it. 5) I'm not sure if I'll do another DBZ fic but if I was to do another one and one on a human warrior at that, it'd be Tien for sure.

As for your suggestions, I do agree about how interesting it'd be to have a side story on 17 and Zangya as well as going into depth about Marise and Taro realizing the terror of Majin Buu and the danger that's to come. Goten and Trunks did get emotional during the Majin Buu arc and I expect the same for Marise and Taro as you stated. Also, I think I agree with the part about Kuwabara. He had a lot of potential to be honest but they wasted it kinda. And I actually like HunterxHunter more than Yu Yu Hakusho. Killua and Kurapika and Hisoka are my favorites from HunterxHunter and I like Kurama, Yusuke, and Koenma from Yu Yu. They're both good series though.

I think I addressed everything. Hopefully, there's not too many errors. I skimmed it briefly but it is pretty late right now.


Chapter 7: Bibidi, Babidi, Buu!


Videl sat up with wide purple eyes and immediately noted that she felt...fine? The daughter of Hercule couldn't believe her eyes...or rather her body. Whatever it was that Gohan gave her helped her recuperate tremendously; it was almost as if the whole fight with Spopovich never happened. Curiously, she moved her limbs a bit, further confirming that she was back to normal. Videl's blank expression faded, a smile quickly forming on her features instead. It was almost too much to believe.

That much was more than clear by the expression on her father's and doctor's faces.

"Videl?" Hercule called out in confusion, addressing her slowly. "Are you okay?"

Videl sent her dad a wide smile, nodding once. "All better, dad!"

Hercule blinked owlishly, sharing a look of disbelief with the small doctor beside him. Just what did that Gohan kid give his baby-girl? As far as he could tell, it had just looked like some average bean that happened to be green. There was just no way that a bean could have magical healing powers...was there? The World's Champion swallowed thickly. What else was there? Were pigs actually going to start flying around next? Were apes going to take over the world? Were they going to be invaded by aliens any minute now? Nothing made any sense at all! What was that kid doing with such a powerful bean or rather, more importantly, what was he doing around his little girl?

Didn't he specifically tell him to stay away from his daughter after Gohan brought her up here? Yet, the little brat still dared to show his face around again. Hercule harrumphed. Gohan definitely wasn't getting that autograph for helping his daughter out now. And it was no one's fault but his own. He'd rather die then let someone dare try to sweep Videl off of her feet; he wouldn't allow it.

He refused to.

That boy was probably the reason why Videl lost the match to Spopovich now that he further thought about it. He was probably out there distracting her with his charm and whatnot. Hercule narrowed his eyes and diverted them onto his daughter, "Videl! How did you manage to lose to such a weakling? I fought him in the last tournament and he shouldn't have been able to give you any trouble at all."

Videl's smile disappeared, her head hanging slightly as she clenched the hospital sheets at her side. "I know but," Videl paused briefly, her mind recalling the fight that left her nearly dead, "something was different about him." The purple-haired teen thought about her next words carefully before diverting her eyes onto her father's matching ones. She was struggling to find the right words to describe the opponent she faced. "He definitely wasn't normal. There was just no way."

"Well, then," Hercule responded after a minute or two, "Don't you worry about a thing, Videl; I handled him last tournament and I'll handle him again! I'm surprised they even let that weakling back into the tournament after last year."

"Of course, dad," Videl replied distractedly, moving to get out of the hospital bed. Now that she felt better, she could support Gohan in his match against Kibito. It was the least she could do after he saved her, after all.

"Now wait just a minute," Hercule began, maneuvering over towards his daughter, "just where do you think you're going, Videl?"

"I'm going to go support Gohan." She replied without looking back at her dad. Videl had made it seem as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, missing the appalled expression on Hercule's face as she distractedly continued to look for her shoes. "I'm going to have to grab my change of clothes out of my room and shower before I go down, though."

"No way!" Hercule hastily declared, snapping out of his daze at the sound of Gohan's name. "Stay away from him, Vi - "

" - See you later, dad!" Videl interrupted, quickly dashing out of the room once she had her shoes on and leaving both her dad and doctor behind in the hospital room. She chuckled to herself, imagining the expression on their faces. He'd definitely be mad at her later, but it would definitely be worth it.

~0~

Gohan blinked owlishly, taking in the towering male before him. Just what was he getting at here? And how did he know that he was a Saiyan? Nothing was adding up here, and Gohan couldn't figure out what reason Kibito would have to want him to transform. Was his opponent plotting something or did Kibito really think he could take him at full power? The Saiyan was visibly torn between the two.

"Well," Kibito prodded impatiently, "Aren't you going to transform into a Super Saiyan?"

What made matters worse was that Kibito didn't seem as if he was going to let the whole 'transformation thing' die down. Gohan sighed, closing his eyes as he continued to debate it over in his head a bit. He could only imagine what would happen if word got out about this one at school. His life definitely wouldn't change for the better and everyone would think he was a freak for sure. But, then again, it wasn't as if his opponent was exactly giving him a choice, now was he?

"Well?" Kibito prodded again, arms hanging idly at his sides as he regarded the young male. He seemed to be debating something and he and the Supreme Kai needed this to happen as this was a crucial part in their plan. They couldn't afford to mess up here. Not when they were so close. Not to mention that Spopovich and Yamu were close by and would most likely make their move as predicted.

Luckily, Gohan seemed to come to a decision, stating that he'd go even beyond Super Saiyan since he was so desperate to see his Saiyan powers. So, without further ado, Kibito watched as Gohan clenched his fists and spread his legs apart, releasing a grunt as he begun to power up. From around them, the concrete ring was beginning to rumble and fall apart and the spectators had grown oddly quiet as they watched on in wide-eyed silence.

Meanwhile the Supreme Kai looked on from beside the others as Gohan began his transformation, "This is going to sound strange," the shorter male began sternly, "but I need you to trust me. The minute Gohan finishes transforming, Spopovich and Yamu are going to attack him."

Raditz cocked a brow at this. Why the hell were they just now hearing about this? If he didn't know any better, he'd say the male before them all knew what was going on. The long-haired Saiyan narrowed his eyes accusingly,"What do you mean attack?"

"Well," The Supreme Kai continued, "perhaps I should be a little clearer; by 'attack' his life will not be in danger. Spopovich and Yamu are only going to drain Gohan's energy and I need you guys - all of you - to stay out of it and not interfere."

Vegeta harrumphed. "And just why should we trust you?"

"Vegeta!" Piccolo chastised before he could stop himself, black eyes narrowed at the flame-haired Saiyan. "Have some respect for once; that's the Supreme Kai you're talking to!"

Vegeta's eyes had all but widened at the revelation, gaping in pure shock, "...Supreme Kai?"

"That's right." The shorter, purple-skinned male agreed. "But, as of right now, there are more important things than my status right now." Discreetly, Shin diverted his eyes onto Spopovich and Yamu literally readying themselves to pounce on the poor unsuspecting Gohan, and the shocked Z-fighters followed his gaze.

"Earlier," Goku began slowly, "You mentioned that they were going to take his energy? Just what do they plan on doing with it? Why do they need it?"

Shin didn't have time to answer, his eyes widening as Gohan completed his transformation and Yamu and Spopovich jumped out. Quickly, the Supreme Kai stretched out his arms and presented his palms towards the SSJ2 Gohan. It was quite hard to do so, but Shin managed to restrain him at the last minute; grimacing slightly at Gohan's pained scream when they shoved their energy suction device into his side.

"Gohan!" Videl called with wide eyes, drowning out Krillin's call of Gohan's name. Her purple eyes were wide and this was not the sight she expected to see upon coming down to see Gohan fight. She was barely able to process that his identity was out in the open for everyone to see as Gohan was very conscious about that. Videl grimaced upon hearing his pained screams, his lifeless eyes almost too much for her to bare. She angrily whirled around to face the others. Why were they just standing there?

"Why aren't you guys helping him? What's going on?!" She demanded, her eyes darting between Goku, Raditz, and his friends.

None of them would answer her and that did little to curb her growing anger.

Videl's purple eyes narrowed further, opening her mouth to say something else; however, it seemed as if a certain blonde had something to say as well.

"What's going on here?" 18 demanded, pushing her way up to the front. Her icy blue eyes quickly took in Videl's distraught expression as well as the others idly standing by as her oldest nephew was...attacked? She could feel his energy dipping substantially. She snapped her icy blue eyes onto Raditz's black ones immediately, "Raditz!"

The blonde android didn't give Raditz, nor anyone else for that matter, any time to respond as she was already flying towards the ring to assist her nephew; however, her husband quickly grabbed her by the ankle. "Stop and listen to me for just a minute."

"Let go." She warned mid-air. "Gohan's in trouble and if you won't help our nephew, I will."

Raditz's eyes narrowed, insulted that she would even say anything like that. "It's not like that - "

The irritated blonde was twirling around and sending her husband flying backwards with a kick to the chest, the male releasing a "oomph!" as he practically slammed into the other side of the wall.

Goku and the others comically paled at the sight, the dead Saiyan's eyes just as wide as everyone else's. He panicked when 18's icy blue eyes diverted on to his next as if daring him to stop him. Goku frantically put his hands up, fearing he'd be next if he didn't hurriedly explain. "Gohan's not in any trouble! I promise!"

18's eyes widened at Goku's words. "Wha - "

But Raditz had phased in front his wife, pulling her into a bear hug with ease now that he was powered up. Eyes teal, he scowled at his wife, careful not to hurt her and all but cutting off whatever she had in mind to say to his brother. "Shit, 18! That really hurt, damn it!"

Despite the situation, she sarcastically replied with a, "That was the point."

"Had you not attacked me, you'd see that Gohan is perfectly fine." Raditz chastised irritably. "This is all the Supreme Kai's idea and he didn't want us interfering, lest we would've for sure."

18 blinked, and Raditz sensing that she was calm now, powered down and placed her back on her feet. "We don't even have the full answers ourselves, but - "

" - But," Shin interjected quickly, nodding his head towards the ring. Yamu and Spopovich were no longer draining Gohan's energy as not only did Gohan's pained screams finally stop but he was lying motionless on the ground. Luckily, Kibito was skilled when it came to healing. "If you all follow me, I promise I'll answer everyone's questions and tell you what's really going on."

"Alright!" Goku agreed, "That sounds like a plan to me!"

"Good," The Supreme Kai replied. "I could really use the help. It'll take some time for Kibito to finish healing Gohan, so I say we let Gohan and Kibito catch up when he's healed."

"Now, wait just a minute," Vegeta began with narrowed eyes, angrily scowling at Goku as he approached the taller male suspiciously. "Where do you think you're going? Our match is coming up and you should know by now that I want nothing more than to finally defeat you, Kakarot!"

Goku released an exasperated sigh at the shorter male before him. "Geez, I get it, Vegeta! If you're that concerned with our fight why don't you just tag along?!"

Vegeta harrumphed. "Maybe I will. I refuse to allow you to slither your way out of this one; you're only allowed here for one day, you oaf!"

"Alright, alright!" Goku insisted sheepishly. "For the last time, I understand! I promise we'll have our fight, but if we just stand around here and waste even more time, then we'll never make it back in time!"

"Whatever." Vegeta grumbled, diverting his eyes onto Shin.

Shin looked taken aback before realizing that Vegeta was waiting on him to lead the way. "...Alright, then." Shin muttered slowly, taking to the skies. "Follow me and I'll fill you in on the way there."

And without further ado, the Z-fighters left one after one after Shin. Raditz and 18 were the only ones to remain behind.

"You can go if you want, " 18 stated coolly, "but I'm staying here for the tournament; I plan on winning it."

"It's fine. " Raditz dismissed after some thought. "If I sense anything is amiss, I'll join them with Instant Transmission. I doubt there's any need for me with Kakarot, Vegeta, Piccolo and Krillin going. Not to mention that Gohan will most likely go with them as well."

~0~

"Alright," Goku began with a cocked eyebrow, "so what exactly is going on here?"

"Well, for starters," Shin began calmly, "there was this wizard many years ago, back when Earth was still developing, named Bibidi. He wasn't physically strong and was rather small in build, but he had the astounding power to control others using even the slightest of darkness in their hearts. He was just as evil as he was a powerful wizard and he seemed dead-set on destroying the world. He accomplished most of his plan with a evil creature he named Majin Buu."

"Majin Buu?" Piccolo echoed curiously, his onyx eyes widening as his thoughts distractedly began to run a mile a minute.

"Yes," Shin verified with a nod, "His name was Majin Buu and he was immensely powerful and was a force to be reckoned with. He destroyed planets and universes and even galaxies along his master Bidibi with hardly any effort at all and had no feelings or conscience at all. His sole purpose was to destroy and even the five Grand Kai's, whom made Frieza look like small fry, had trouble with him and only one of the five remains today; that's how powerful Majin Buu is."

Vegeta's eyes widened, not believing his ears. This Majin Buu character made Frieza look like small fry? If he would have heard such a thing years back, he wouldn't have believed it. However, after everything he experienced and the "villians" he has fought since then, he knew better than to doubt what the Supreme Kai was stating.

"To make matters even worse," Shin continued with a frown, "Bibidi eventually had trouble controlling him and had to cast a spell in order to keep Majin Buu confined in a ball while he slept. And not only did this ball help him move Buu from planet to planet, but it also couldn't be revoked unless the counter-spell was activated. That just goes to show how much of a powerful wizard Bibidi was."

"So where is the location of this ball now?" Krillin asked curiously, his black eyebrows knitted together.

"It's here on Earth," Shin replied calmly, before continuing, "as Bibidi intended for Earth to be Majin Buu's next target. Thankfully, this action was prevented and Majin Buu has remained confined in that ball since then. Admitingly, I could've have destroyed Majin Buu, but since he was confined to a ball and Bidibi was no longer around, I chose not to as he was not a threat at the time. Furthermore, I even made the mistake of overlooking the fact that Bibidi had a son named Babidi and Babidi fully intends on carrying out his father's plan."

"Oh, no." Goku stated more to himself than anyone else. "If he's really this powerful, then this could spell trouble."

"I'm afraid trouble is understatement." The Supreme Kai bit out solemnly. "But then again, that's exactly why we're following Babidi's minions as we speak. If we can use them to find the location of the ball, we can still save Earth; it's not too late."

"So are we going to destroy the ball this Majin Buu is in?" Krillin inquired thoughtfully. "That would prevent this from happening again in the long-run."

"Yes, it would." Shin agreed, "But I do want to be cautious because we could accidentally activate the ball instead of successfully destroying it. That risk has always been too great to take, so I'd like to destroy the Babidi and his followers instead. Following that, I was thinking of taking the ball back to my world so as to personally watch over it."

"I see," Piccolo mulled over thoughtfully. "But if this doesn't work, what happens then?"

"I hate to even speak of it." Shin answered solemnly. "That's why this is of the utmost importance."

~0~

Videl couldn't believe her ears. Babidi, Bibidi, and Buu all sounded like atrocious creatures and it was hard to even imagine that creatures that evil existed in the first place. It was a lot for one to wrap their head around, and she was honestly shaken up by what she overheard Kibito telling Gohan. The purple-haired teenager swallowed thickly, eyeing the two out of the corner of her eyes. It was a wonder how they could casually discuss this.

Then again, they seemed to be used to this kind of thing.

"Hey, Videl?" Gohan called out with a raised eyebrow. "Are you okay back there?"

"Huh?" She responded distractedly, "I'm fine."

Gohan didn't look convinced but nonetheless seemed to accept her answer. Kibito, on the other hand, frowned, "Gohan, we'll never catch up with the others at this rate. We need to speed up."

The young Saiyan cast a glance behind him. He knew where Kibito was getting at, but couldn't find it within him to tell Videl. After all, there was no nice way to tell anyone that they were in the way. However, unbeknownst to him, Videl was thinking along the same lines and saved him the trouble.

The short-haired female came to a stop, purple eyes slightly disappointed in herself. If she was faster, then this wouldn't be a problem and she could continue to fly with them. Though it would seem fate just wasn't on her side today. "Gohan, you guys go on ahead; Kibito is right." Videl saw Gohan open his mouth to protest and she shook her head, offering him a slight smile. "It's fine. Besides, I'll just go back and inform the others of what I've heard so far."

Gohan sent her a pitied look, but was glad that she understood. "Right. Just be sure to fly back safe, okay?"

Videl nodded once, the daughter of Hercule Satan parting ways with the two aliens and ultimately heading in the opposite direction. It bothered her beyond measure that she couldn't keep up with them, but she just had to trust in him and pray for his return.

"Alright, Kibito," Gohan addressed, "We can speed up now; I'll be right behind you."

"Good," Kibito replied stoically, "We have a lot of ground to cover, after all."

~0~

"Goten?" Trunks called out with a cocked brow.

No answer.

The lavender-haired Saiyan frowned, nudging the black-haired Saiyan on his side with his elbow. "Hey, Goten, what's going on inside that head of yours? Didn't you hear anything that I said?"

Goten, whom had his black eyes focused on the center of the ring Gohan had been at, absentmindedly shook his head. He was far too concerned with Gohan and where the others went off to be concerned with his best friend at the minute. Nothing made sense no matter how he looked at it. "I hope... Gohan's okay."

"Oh, so that's it," Trunks began easily, "I'm sure he's fine. Besides, that Kibitio guy healed him afterwards, didn't he?"

Goten blinked owlishly, "Well, yeah but - "

" - Alright, then." Trunks dismissed, grasping Goten's wrist and yanking him in the other direction. "Let's leave it at that for now since he's obviously okay. You didn't forget our plan, did you?"

Goten pouted, worries seemingly forgotten. The mini Goku was near offended that Trunks could even say something like that. How could he forget when he was actually looking forward to their upcoming plan. Granted, they've had many schemes together, but this one happened to be Goten's favorite thus far. He beamed, eagerly following after his purple-haired friend, "Of course not!"

Trunks chuckled mischievously, running everything they discussed over in his head again. "That's the spirit, Goten. This plan is completely foolproof!"

Goten released an equally mischievous chuckle, obviously in agreement with his small friend.

~0~

"We're here," Shin replied quietly, descending behind a nearby cliff. Already, the moment he touched down, he could tell that something was amiss. He narrowed his white brows, "Suppress your ki, everyone. It is important that we aren't discovered just yet."

Krillin gulped, but nonetheless did as told. The former monk had a bad feeling. And usually when he had such feelings, it was for a reason. Why did he get involved in this again? Hell, why didn't he head back to where the others were the minute he heard of what was going on? Then again, he was already here so there was really no point in reconsidering anything at this point, now was there?

Krillin glanced at Tarble out the corner of his eyes, noting that the male looked equally unsure and nervous.

"I wonder what they're talking about," Gohan muttered aside Kibito. Below the cliff that they were all hiding among, were five figures and two of the figures belonged to Yamu and Spopovich. It seemed as if they were discussing something among themselves and then, Yamu and Spopvich were handing over the energy they collected earlier.

Behind them was a white ship of sorts.

"Say," Goku inquired curiously, "which one of those guys is the wizard?"

Vegeta scoffed as if that was the easiest thing in the world to discern. The irritated prince diverted his onyx eyes onto the dead Saiyan, a scowl present on his features. "Isn't it obvious that it's the short, ugly one? Don't you remember what the Supreme Kai said about Babidi being weak?"

Goku frowned, keeping his eyes on the figures below them. "Well you didn't have to say it like that, Vegeta."

Vegeta merely scoffed. He was already irritated that he had to wait even longer to fight Kakarot, so Kakarot's idiotic tendencies was just adding more fuel to the fire. To be frank, he wasn't in the mood for this. The sooner this was over, the better. Then, he and Kakarot could get back to the tournament and then he could finally bring Kakarot to his knees once and for all. Vegeta smirked at the thought.

"He...killed them!"

Vegeta snapped out of his thoughts, eyes widening as he quickly diverted his attention back onto the matter before them all. And sure enough, it was just as Piccolo stated. Yamu and Spopovich had been done in.

Gohan blinked, appalled at what he had just witnessed. "How could he do that to his own comrades?"

Tarble, in obvious agreement, distractedly nodded. "How cruel."

Meanwhile, from down below, Babidi chuckled evilly aside Dabura. "Good job, Pui Pui. As expected of you."

Pui Pui's sinister grin spread further, "Of course, Lord Babidi. It was no problem at all. They were nothing more than small fry, after all."

Dabura, famously known as the Demon King, chuckled as well. He exceeded both Babidi and Pui Pui in height with his massive stature. "I'll say. To be honest, I half expected them to succeed."

"Exactly,"Babidi agreed. "But at the very least those two did collect quite the energy in such a short amount of time. With this much energy, we'll be able to revive Majin Buu in no time."

"However," Babidi diverted his beady eyes onto Dabura, eyeing him mischievously, "before we advance in our plans...what do you say you get rid of our spectators? Don't kill the Supreme Kai just yet and do be mindful of the three with powerful ki's."

Dabura nodded dutifully. "Of course."

Satisfied, Babidi diverted his attention onto to Pui Pui, instructing the alien to follow him. And as instructed, Dabura stayed behind, a slow grin easing on his features. If they got their hands on some of the energy those three contained, then Babidi was right; Majin Buu would be revived in no time and then they could continue on with their plan.

Meanwhile, the Z-fighters were all pretty stumped as to why Babidi and the one Shin identified as Pui Pui had left Dabura outside alone. It just didn't make sense and for the life of them, the powerful group of fighters couldn't figure it out for the life of them. That was until Vegeta's eyes all but widened in realization, mouth falling slightly agape in the process. "...He know's we're here!"

Piccolo's eyes widened as well, "What? How? We all kept out ki's suppressed!"

The red-skinned Kai swallowed nervously, "Dabura definitely isn't the Demon King for no reason. I never would've imagined that we'd get found out so soon."

Shin seemed to agree with Kai. "In that case, it's only a matter of time - "

" - Before you all die." Dabura finished with a smirk as he had all but appeared before fighters, specifically in front of Kibito - whom's eyes all but widened. "Especially you, Kibito."

"NO!" Shin called out with wide fearful eyes.

However, it was already too late.

With a single ki blast, Dabura ruthlessly killed off a wide-eyed Kibito, leaving the other fighters stunned and wide-eyed.