Thanks for the reviews on the previous chapter!
A/N: I expect everyone who is reading this fanfic to know the details given in the original series. That's why I kept the explanation about Majin Buu etc. simple.
DISCLAIMER: I apologize in advance for everything that Gohan does or says in this chapter. Please consider that this Gohan is different from the sweet Gohan of the original series. This Gohan is a little bit more... fiesty?
Chapter 8. Keep Calm.
"Don't move." Supreme Kai stated as he motioned to the others to stay put. "Kibito will take care of Gohan now."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow and released Kanara. She raced towards the arena without listening to the Supreme Kai's calls. She was closely followed by Videl and the two women reached the half-saiyan in no-time.
Supreme Kai lowered his hand and frowned when he realized the two women were not listening to him at all. Goku stepped closer. "At least tell us what's going on."
"There's no time. I need to follow them and find out where they are taking Gohan's power." Kai said as he looked back to the others.
"Let me get this straight, you allow one of our children to get the life sucked out of him and now you're just going to run away." Vegeta snarled.
"I could use your help." Supreme Kai looked over at the two strong warriors. "Though I would understand if you wanted to stay here and help your son. I can't wait any longer." The man turned away from and pushed off, leaving the arena and quickly turning into a small dot in the distance.
Goku looked from the Supreme Kai, to the arena and back to the Kai. "Okay. I'm going with him!" He stated cheerfully.
Krillin looked up at Goku. "You're what? Why?"
"Well, the Supreme Kai said Gohan would be alright and I believe him! It looks like I don't have a choice in the matter. I'm dying to find out what's going on around here."
Meanwhile, Kanara and Videl were huddled around the half-saiyan. Kanara leaned closer and placed a hand on Gohan's cheek. "Gohan! Gohan! Oh, please be alright." She whispered as she looked him over. He seemed fine but his power level was so weak… Almost nonexistent.
"Get a stretcher over here!" Videl yelled at the world around her before dropping down as well. "Gohan! Stay calm. We'll get you to a Senzu Bean or something. Don't worry. You'll be fine."
"Of course he'll be fine!" Kanara snarled in response. She looked down at Gohan. "You're the strongest warrior in the universe, right?" Gohan's eyes were open but they were glassy. Almost as if nobody was in there. Kanara's own vision blurred for a moment but she shook it off. No time for emotional stuff.
Back at the waiting room, Ankiër tilted his head sideways as he studied the situation in front of him. He was quite amused by it all. It was quite a show. However, one thing was bugging him… "Your son is laying half-dead in the middle of the arena." He stated as he nodded to the ring. "And you're leaving?"
Goku shrugged. "There's nothing I can do here, anyway. Might as well find out what's going on. Sounds like an adventure!"
"Ah, that's explains everything." Ankiër stated cheerfully as he crossed his arms.
Goku gave the tall man a confused glance but his attention was drawn to Krillin, who announced that he was coming as well. However, Krillin realized that he would have to tell Eighteen that he was leaving and thus he ran away to tell her the news.
Vegeta growled as he stared at Goku. "Where do you think you're going?" He snarled as he stepped closer to the full-blooded Saiyan. "We have a match scheduled. I still did not get my battle with you. I trained especially for this Kakarot and you will not let me down!"
"This is much bigger than our little rivalry." Goku stated as he frowned at Vegeta.
"No!" Vegeta snarled. "I only entered this stupid tournament because you were supposed to be here and stay here."
"Okay. Okay. Once I return from this I promise you we can have a match." Goku responded lightly. "Loosen up, will you?"
Vegeta only gave Goku a push in response. "You're only here for one day, remember?"
"Oh!" Goku made a face. "Right. That's true. Well then, why don't you come with me?"
"We're wasting time." Piccolo stated. He was already annoyed enough by this whole situation without Goku and Vegeta's constant bickering.
"Right." Goku nodded once before heading to the ring. There he looked Gohan over before turning to Kibito. "Kibito. I trust that you will take care of Gohan and make sure he's brought back to health."
"I will." Kibito responded meekly. "Once I healed Gohan I will follow you all. And I expect Gohan will want to do the same." He said.
Goku smiled as he nodded before pushing off and following after Piccolo and Supreme Kai. Kanara gave out a growl as she looked up. "He's only your son! Doesn't matter, now does it!" She yelled in his direction. However, Goku didn't seem to hear her as he gave no response.
Vegeta gave one last glance to Gohan before following Goku. Kibito knelt down next to the half-saiyan. Kanara and Videl stepped back to give him room, though somewhat hesitant. Kanara frowned at the tall man. "He'd better be healed after this." She stated weakly. "I don't know why you chose him for this stupid charade but he's one of the sweetest guys around and I for one would not like to lose him."
Kibito only gave her a smile before he turned his attention to the half-saiyan. Gohan blinked with his eyes and groaned quietly. "Why did everyone leave?" He muttered. Kanara could only shrug in response. She was asking herself the same question right now.
"Quiet." Kibito stated. "You need to stay absolutely still." Kibito powered up as he channeled his healing powers. A flash made Kanara and Videl widen their eyes right before Gohan's whole body seemed to glow lightly. "There." Gohan's body was suddenly normal again. "That should do it."
That did it. Gohan blinked and realized he was back. The young warrior easily got up and looked at his own hands. He felt stronger than before. He felt amazing. He'd forgotten what a good beating could do to his system. He obviously got a power-boost from being drained of his energy to an inch of his life.
Kanara grinned as she jumped into his arms. "You're alright!" She stated cheerfully.
Videl was grinning as well but she resisted the urge to do the same thing as Kanara. Videl wasn't the person who could hug Gohan like that anymore. "Do you feel better now, Gohan?" She stated.
The half-saiyan nodded as he smiled at them. "Thanks for being here, you two." He stated. "I'm all better." The young warrior noticed Kibito was on the move and he finally frowned. "You still didn't tell me what's going on!" He reminded the older man.
Kibito glanced at the half-saiyan. "Follow me and I'll explain everything on the way."
Gohan nodded once. "Okay." While Kibito was already leaving, Gohan turned to the two women. "I'm going to check it out. I'll bet I cannot persuade you two to stay here."
Kanara smiled up at him. "You're getting smarter every day." She said sweetly. Videl slung her arm around Kanara's shoulder and the two women sent Gohan identical expressions. They were coming whether he wanted it or not.
"Alright then." Gohan looked at Kibito. "Let's go!"
The four warriors left off immediately. As they were flying Gohan glanced to Kibito. "So, what the hell is going on here?"
Kibito took a deep breath. "It's quite a long story. A very long time ago my master, The Supreme Kai, faced off against Bibidi, a dark wizard who created a powerful monster called Majin Buu. Bibidi tried to wake up Majin Buu by using energy collected from the planet itself. My master managed to stop Bibidi before he could unleash Majin Buu and seeing as we thought that Bibidi was the only one who could wake Majin Buu up, we figured we could leave him there."
"Until now." Gohan supplied when Kibito was silent for a moment.
"Exactly." Kibito nodded slowly. "We found out that Bibidi had a son; Babidi. His son can also unleash Majin Buu. This was something we did not expect to happen."
"In other words, those two guys needed energy to release this Majin Buu goon?" Kanara asked as she glanced to Kibito.
"Yes. They took Gohan's energy and they are now bringing it to their master." Kibito answered. "We knew that Babidi sent his underlings to the tournament because Babidi expected that there would be strong warriors present. When The Supreme Kai and I heard of these plans we decided to enter as well. After we saw you transform during the match between Videl and Spopovich, we realized you could help us by showing them your true power. I apologize, Gohan, but that's why we let them take your energy. Now they will lead us to their hideout and hopefully their master."
"I don't get it though." Videl said as she flew faster to catch up to the others. She had her hand in front of her face to protect her watery eyes from the wind. "Why didn't you destroy Majin Buu back when you defeated Bibidi?"
Kibito blew out a sigh. "That's an error in our judgement we will have to pay for dearly." He stated. "We feared that any stimulant might set Majin Buu off. We didn't know how strong he was back then. Since Majin Buu was hidden deep within the Earth, no human would ever find him and as long as nobody knew about him, he would be asleep there without causing any problems. That is… Until we learned that Bibidi had a son."
The group flew in silence for a while until Kibito turned to them again. "The group is farther away from us that I expected. We need to fly faster in order to catch up to them before they reach their goal."
"Right." Gohan glanced over his shoulder to Videl before looking to Kibito again. "Just give a moment." He stated before altering his speed until he was flying next to Videl. "How are you holding up back here, Videl?"
Videl sighed as she moved one hand from being in front of her eyes and replaced it with the other. "I wish I were as good at this as you are." She complained. "I know I can't go on. The wind is so cold. I can't even keep my eyes open properly. I'm just holding you guys back."
"Don't worry. I was bothered by the wind too when I first started flying. You will get used to it. However, I do think you're right about going back home. This is starting to sound like one of those fights I have more experience with than I actually want to. It could get pretty dangerous and I don't want you guys to get hurt." Gohan caught Kanara's eyes and beckoned her to come closer. "Kanara, I was hoping you could take Videl back to the tournament."
"Me?" Kanara asked. "No. I'm coming with you! Who is going to protect you when I'm not there?"
Gohan sent her a small smile. "I promise I will stay out of danger's way." He stated. She sent him an angry glance. "Please Kanara. This fight can get ugly. I don't want you to get hurt. This Majin Buu guy sounds like he's from an entirely different league. You're getting stronger every day but you and I both know that you're not strong enough to challenge these kinds of people."
Kanara's face fell as she studied her boyfriend. "But I can't just let you go out there without seeing what's going on. What am I supposed to do? Sit back at home and worry?"
"That's probably not what you're going to do but I would appreciate it if you did." Gohan responded sweetly. Kanara made a face at him and Gohan floated closer to her. "Please. For me." Gohan made the sweetest face he could muster up and Kanara let out a sigh.
"Fine. I'll go." Kanara glanced to Videl. "I'm going to do something you won't want to see so please look away." She stated as she wrapped her arms around Gohan's shoulders. Videl caught the hint and looked the other way while Kanara and Gohan exchanged a brief but passionate kiss. This brief moment felt like it was a goodbye and I'll-most-definitely-see-you-again-later at the same time and Gohan realized that he felt sad when Kanara pulled away.
"Good luck, Gohan." Kanara stated softly. "Just… Don't die, okay?" She looked him in the eyes and Gohan almost turned around but he had to stay strong.
"I'll definitely try." Gohan responded, nodding. Kanara appeared to consider this a proper answer and she released him. "Take care of each other, you two. Make sure you both go back to the tournament, okay?"
"We will!" Videl said. Kanara agreed somewhat reluctantly and the two women slowed down.
Gohan flew up to Kibito and smiled at the man. "We can speed up now." He stated. Kibito only nodded and they both powered up in order to increase their speed.
Videl and Kanara now came to a stop and they watched in awe as Gohan and Kibito disappeared from their sight in a matter of minutes. "Gosh... They're fast." Videl whispered.
"Yes they are." Kanara responded, also watching them with awe but a little bit of pride. This was her boyfriend after all. She turned to Videl. "Let's go back to the tournament. We have a lot of explaining to do." She stated.
"Well…" Videl said as she started flying in the opposite direction. "You have a lot of explaining to do. I mean, I'm not Gohan's girlfriend anymore so I won't have to tell Chi-Chi and Bulma what happened to their son and godson."
"WHAT?" Kanara exclaimed as she caught up to Videl. "You're not going to make me face them alone, are you?"
"Hey, you wanted to have Gohan. You got him. Dealing with Chi-Chi and Bulma is just one of the perks, isn't it?" Videl teased as she sent Kanara a grin.
Kanara scoffed. "Well, maybe I'll just grab you and drag you with me so you'll have to help me." She threatened as she cracked her knuckles.
"You'll have to catch me first!" Videl stated before she suddenly sped up and raced away from Kanara. This ought to get Kanara back to the tournament grounds quickly.
The full-blooded Saiyan gasped in annoyance before racing after her friend. "Oh, you bet I will catch you!"
Meanwhile Gohan and Kibito were already catching up to the rest of the Z-warriors. "There they are!" Gohan said as he pointed them out. "Vegeta! Piccolo! Wait up!"
Krillin looked back over his shoulder. "It's Gohan!"
Goku turned back as well without losing any speed. "It's about time you guys caught up."
Gohan went to fly near Piccolo and Goku. The Namekian turned to the half-saiyan. "We've been waiting for you."
"Thanks." Gohan responded. "Kanara and Videl wanted to come along at first but I managed to convince them that they are better off back at the tournament."
"Probably a good idea." Goku responded as he looked ahead. "This feels like a situation that could get ugly."
"Nah," Vegeta interrupted, "you just cost Kanara a lot of fun."
"There's nothing fun about an evil monster who wants to destroy the universe, Vegeta." Supreme Kai responded as he glanced back to the Saiyan prince.
"Opinions tend to differ about that, Kai." Vegeta said, frowning at the man. He knew he probably shouldn't talk back to the ruler of…well… everything, but he figured he had a right to have a different opinion about these things.
"Hey!" Krillin said as he pointed forwards. "They're landing."
Sure enough the two dots in the distance slowly lowered to the ground. Supreme Kai frowned. "I don't get it. We searched this area before. Their hideout can't be here."
The group followed the two and decided to land on a small nearby mountain. Gohan leaned on the solid rock with his hands as he looked around a corner. Supreme Kai was sitting somewhere near him. "Everyone suppress your energy. We don't want them to know we're here just yet."
"Well obviously." Gohan muttered quietly. "It's not the first time we encountered an evil enemy. We have been here before." The half-saiyan could hear an amused chuckle coming from Vegeta's direction and he wondered if he spoke too loud. Gohan was just annoyed by Supreme Kai's directions. They fought bad guys several times before and Gohan tended to lower his power level whenever he didn't want to be detected.
The group watched as Spopovitch and Yamu lowered to the ground. There they met up with a strange-looking man who was standing in front of an equally strange looking house. This new man's appearance made Gohan think about the soldiers he encountered on planet Namek. He wondered if the man was wearing a uniform as his entire body starting below his chest was black until his white boots interrupted the color. The man's shoulders appeared somewhat too large for his body, which made Gohan assume that he was wearing armor as well. The man's face was black as well while the top of his head was white and stretched backwards into an inhumane form. Gohan gasped silently as realization hit him. This was not a human.
"Is this Babidi?" Goku asked while Gohan was studying the strange man.
"No. It's one of his henchmen." Supreme Kai responded. Gohan glanced at the Kai. So Babidi had alien henchman. That was just great.
"The ground here looks all strange." Goku stated as he studied the desert floor. "Like it has been dug up and put back down or something." Gohan followed Goku's line of sight and realized that his father was right.
"Of course! That's why we couldn't find the ship because they buried it under the ground." Kibito stated.
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "You didn't think the evil wizard who is trying to resurrect Majin Buu who is hidden deep in the earth would follow the same route as his monster?"
Supreme Kai and Kibito gave him blank glances. "You guys really need to follow a course on bad guys." Gohan stated sourly. "All these mistakes might cost you the entire universe."
"Gohan. Don't speak like that to the Supreme Kai." Piccolo chastised as he frowned at the half-saiyan.
"Why not?" Gohan responded, turning on his mentor. "If only they hadn't been so sloppy, they would have already known where Babidi's hideout is." The half-saiyan turned to Shin. "Why didn't you tell us what was going on right from the beginning? We could have helped you search. Babidi might have already been destroyed had you considered seeing if any earthlings could help you."
"You are right." Shin responded before Gohan could continue. The half-saiyan was momentarily shocked by this response. He expected Shin to tell him off or at least say he didn't understand. This was a response he definitely did not expect. "We thought we could handle this without any help. All on our own. Now that we've seen how strong you are… I stand corrected. We could have used your help long before this. That's why I decided to ask you to join us now and here we are."
"I say we attack them now." Piccolo interrupted. "The longer we wait here the more time we give them to resurrect Majin Buu." He wanted to take some of the heat off the half-saiyan. Shin might have said Gohan was right but Piccolo still found it difficult to accept that the half-saiyan spoke up to Shin like that. He would have to discuss it with his student later.
"No." Shin responded as he tore his gaze away from the half-saiyan. Gohan had lowered his gaze respectfully long before that but Shin kept his eyes on the young warrior for a bit until he responded to Piccolo. "We can wait. They won't release Majin Buu inside the ship because the entire ship will be destroyed if that happens."
Gohan's gaze wandered off to the white-colored house that was standing near the top of the alien ship. The half-saiyan figured the owners of the house would be quite shocked when they came back from wherever they were and found that the ground around their house suddenly changed significantly. However, he frowned when he saw three bodies lying on the ground. A father, a mother and a young child. Gohan realized that they killed the three humans and didn't even bother giving the bodies a proper funeral. The casual killing… Ugh, why were bad guys always such typical bad guys? It made him clench his fists in anger as he studied the three bodies.
"Calm down." Vegeta knelt down next to him and looked to the house as well. Gohan realized that he was slowly powering up and he let out a deep breath as he calmed his body down and lowered his power level. He couldn't get angry and allow his power to rise like this. He needed to remain calm in order to keep his power level low. "Damn fool." Vegeta muttered to the young warrior. "Keep your emotions in check or I'm sending you home right now. You're going to give us all away."
"You can't send me home." Gohan hissed back.
"Things here are progressing so slow I can bring you home, strap you down and be back just in time to watch the fireworks." Vegeta whispered in response.
"You forcing me to go back home will definitely attract their attention since you cannot defeat me without powering up fully first."
"Not if I knock you out." Vegeta said it so casually that Gohan sent him a dark glare.
"You wouldn't." Gohan whispered to the man. Would he? Gohan suddenly wasn't so sure when Vegeta only raised his eyebrows at him. The half-saiyan blew out a sigh in response. "I'll keep my emotions in check."
"Hopefully."
Gohan pressed his lips together as he looked back to the scene. Vegeta gave one last look to the dead bodies before turning to Babidi's henchmen as well.
"Hey! Someone is coming out!" Piccolo hissed towards them. The man looked back to the others and realized that Vegeta was sitting next to the half-saiyan. Piccolo also noticed the tensed look on Gohan's face and he briefly made a mental note to check in on his student soon.
Meanwhile the others watched as two new aliens appeared from the small entrance to the ship. Gohan made a face as he studied the two newcomers. His gaze automatically went to the taller one of the two. He had a dark-orange skin color and since his broad chest was showing Gohan could see that this man was trained thoroughly.
The second person was small. Man, he didn't even come up to the taller one's knees. This person looked more like a wrinkled old man who was the size of a small child. At least, that's what Gohan could see from where they were sitting.
"Dabura!" Kibito exclaimed.
"What is he doing here?" Shin added, shocked as well.
Gohan leaned towards Vegeta. "Is that Dabura guy the large or the small one?" He whispered curiously.
"I hope it's the small one. I can't imagine we're going up against a wizard who's the size of a toddler." Vegeta responded. The man shifted in a way that Gohan could only discern as annoyed. He hoped Vegeta would keep his patience long enough for all this to actually start happening. Gohan was getting quite sick of just sitting here too.
"This is unbelievable!" Kibito stated. "Babidi, that evil wizard, even managed to recruit the king of Demons!"
"So it's the taller one." Gohan whispered after this.
Vegeta sent him a glance. "How do you know?"
"He's the king of demons. That guy is orange-y, has horns and looks evil. What more do you need?" Gohan explained as he nodded to the tall warrior.
"That's awfully superficial of you."
"Just admit that I'm right." Gohan said, waving Vegeta's comment away. "Sometimes things are just that easy."
"We'll see." Vegeta looked back their enemy and the two warriors looked up curiously when Goku asked Shin who Dabura was. Shin responded that Dabura was actually the taller one and Gohan sent Vegeta a triumphant expression. "That's just plain luck." Vegeta hissed towards the half-saiyan.
"Is he strong?" Goku asked curiously.
"Of course he is strong." Shin responded in a voice that left nothing to interpretation. He was obviously annoyed at Goku's question. "He's the king of the demon world."
"But what is the demon world?" Gohan asked curiously.
"It's a shadow world that exists on the other side of this one. You may be the strongest in this world but Dabura is by far the strongest in the shadow world." Shin explained.
Krillin made a scared face. "Eh… Guys… I'm beginning to feel a little bit outclassed here." He stated. "Not that I don't want to help you guys. I obviously do. But… eh…. Why don't I get the little guy?"
Gohan rolled his eyes at Krillin's exclamation. As if they were going to pass up this amazing-sounding fight to one of their weaker fighters. The lights in Goku's eyes were shining once again and Vegeta was a little too interested in this newcomer after hearing Shin's explanation. If Krillin even wanted a shot at this guy he would have to fight two of his own to get there.
"The little guy." Gohan stated as he sat up. "So that's Babidi?"
"Yes, he's the most dangerous of all. He might not look like much but his strength lies mainly in his magic. As you can see, he has managed to enslave Dabura, who is the king of the demon world. If he can take over the strongest being of the shadow world, just imagine what he can do to the people in this world." Shin responded worriedly.
Piccolo glanced to Shin. "Dabura is the strongest of the Demon world and he was easily taken over by Babidi. If that's possible, what is going to stop us from falling under his spell too?"
"Babidi preys on the evil in someone's heart." Kibito stated by way of explanation. The Z-warriors looked in his direction. "He finds whatever evil desires are in someone's mind and he manipulates them, forcing the person in question to face their evil within and eventually uses this to control them." Kibito looked at them one by one seriously as if to see if they could contain evil desires. "All he needs is this little passage to one's heart and once he has taken a person's heart, it's only a small bridge crossed to that person's mind and eventual total control." Kibito's gaze lingered on Vegeta for a moment. "Only people like us, people who have no evil within them whatsoever and are free of negative desires are safe from his control." His gaze moved on to the half-saiyan next to Vegeta as he said this.
"Well, that counts for most of us." Krillin stated slyly. "But some people here, say Piccolo and Vegeta, haven't always been good, you know."
"This is not the time!" Piccolo snarled at him. Gohan glanced to Piccolo and realized the man was ashamed of his evil times. He could see the worry in Piccolo's eyes and he wanted to go over there and comfort the man but he knew Piccolo would only consider that an insult to his own pride and Gohan's trust in his mentor.
Gohan decided not to do or say anything and looked back to the others only to notice that Kibito's gaze was still on him. The half-saiyan frowned at the man. "What?" He snarled. Kibito didn't respond but looked back to the scene in front of them. Gohan blew out a sigh. "Creep." He muttered under his breath. Honestly, who were these people, telling them nothing about anything when there was still time to do something about it all and now they suddenly came here and saddled the earthlings with all their problems?
"I didn't expect Dabura to be here as well. That complicates things." Shin said in a tone that worried them all.
Vegeta scoffed. "Surely, the supreme Kai cannot be afraid?" He taunted. Gohan couldn't help but smile in response. Honestly, he was getting sick and tired of waiting here. "Fine," Vegeta continued, "if you don't have the stomach to take them on, I will happily do it for you."
Goku ignored Vegeta and looked over at Krillin. "Hey Krillin, it's starting to look bad here. Don't you think it's time to go back to your family?"
Krillin looked up at his best friend. "It looks pretty bad, doesn't it? You do seem to have everything covered here though."
Goku grinned cheerfully. "And I would hate to think of what your wife would do to me if I let anything happen to you."
"Yeah… I know right." Krillin blushed as he lowered his gaze. "She has a bit of a temper but, you know, I love her."
Gohan rolled his eyes. He hadn't met a woman who didn't have a temper yet. Bulma, Videl, Kanara, Chi-Chi and Eighteen were all fiery women with a temper. His friends all seemed to be drawn to similar types of women. This did actually sounded logical since they were all warriors, used to fighting for their lives, so a strong woman who knew how to keep her significant other in line was necessary
The half-saiyan looked back to the scene just in time to watch Spopovich explode. The half-saiyan gasped audibly in shock. "What the…?"
Yamu ran away, flying up into the air. However, he didn't get far. One of Babidi's henchmen shot an energy-beam in the warrior's direction, destroying the poor human easily.
Gohan stared at the now empty spot in the air. "What kind of people… kill their own people?" He asked quietly. Vegeta glanced at the half-saiyan for a moment before looking back down to the scene.
"That's the cruel game Babidi plays. He takes over someone's soul and makes that person work for him. Then when he has no use for them anymore, he disposes of them without even blinking. That's why we want to stop him. Once he released Majin Buu he might dispose of planet Earth since it is no longer needed." Kibito stated.
"Well then why don't we attack now?" Gohan asked angrily. "Before he has the chance to dispose of the earth."
"We have to be patient." Shin stated as he looked at the half-saiyan. "And we need to calm down."
"I don't need do to anything." Gohan responded. "I only need to protect my planet from being destroyed. I don't care about that Majin Buu guy. If we destroy Babidi now he won't be able to awaken Buu. We can hit him from here!"
"It's too late." Vegeta stated from besides the half-saiyan. "He's already inside."
"But… Why is Dabura just standing outside by himself?" Goku asked out loud as he looked at the lone figure in the middle of the large plain area.
The group of warriors noticed a difference in the atmosphere as Dabura suddenly focused his energy. Vegeta sat up. "He knows we're here!" He warned.
Within a nano-second Dabura jumped in the air and appeared right in front of Kibito. Before anyone could even blink, Dabura sent an energy-blast right into Kibito's face. The man disintegrated right before their eyes.
This first attack wasn't even registered fully in their minds as Dabura already moved backwards and momentarily looked them all over. Goku clenched his fists and jumped at the warrior but Dabura easily avoided him. Vegeta appeared right in front of Dabura and launched several punches in the demon's direction but Dabura easily deflected them all.
Vegeta and Goku both landed back on the ground near the others and Dabura moved upwards into the air again. The demon warrior's gaze landed on Krillin and Dabura let out a large bit of spittle which was shot in Krillin's direction and landed on his cheek.
"Watch out!" Shin called right before it hit Krillin's cheek.
Krillin made a disgusted face and quickly wiped the slimy spittle from his cheek. Meanwhile Piccolo jumped up in the air and attacked Dabura. Once again Dabura spit at Piccolo, this time hitting the man's uniform. Piccolo only gave a confused glance at his now dirty uniform.
A scream from Krillin caught their attention. The group watched as a strange white spot appeared on Krillin's face. The spot grew dangerously fast, covering Krillin's entire body within seconds and turning the small man into stone. Before they could even respond to this, Piccolo was screaming as well. Right before their eyes Piccolo also transformed from a living being to a stone statue.
"Piccolo!" Gohan landed next to his mentor and looked at the statue in horror.
Goku looked up at Shin. "What is happening to them?"
"That's one of Dabura's powers. His spit can turn his enemies to stone." Shin explained.
"No! Piccolo!" Goku said as he turned to Piccolo. Gohan tore his gaze from his mentor and now glared at Shin. He clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. Goku went to touch the Piccolo statue but Shin called out to him. "NO! Don't touch him. We don't know what will happen if the statue breaks. They might not be able to come back alive if that happens."
"I'll give you one chance to run." Dabura stated as he looked them over. "Leave now or suffer the same consequences as your pathetic friends!"
Vegeta, Shin and Goku all glared up at Dabura's retreating figure. However, one gaze was locked onto someone else. Gohan suddenly powered up, surprising them all, and jumped up. He raced towards the other three warriors, pulled back a fist, and punched Shin to the ground.
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