Chapter 9: Save the Universe! The Earth's Mightiest Warriors!
"Buu's power… It's reached new heights I…. Is his power infinite!?" Piccolo stammered as Pure Buu arrived at the Land of the Kais.
"This is a big problem." Gohan stated, "He is too much for even me now… Piccolo! I need you to try to wake up my dad and Vegeta, I think I'm going to need some help." Gohan said as he turned to face off Pure Buu and launch a furious onslaught of punches.
"Right," Piccolo said as he turned to the 5 unconcious fighters. "Goku, Vegeta! Now is not the time to be taking a nap! We need you!" Piccolo said as he shook them furiously. "This isn't working… Hmm… Where is the Prince of Saiyans?" Piccolo asked with a big grin on his face.
"I AM THE PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS!" Vegeta roared as he shot straight up, scaring Goku, Goten, and Trunks up as well.
"What the hell Vegeta, you almost popped my eardrum!" Goku yelled at his rival.
"Now is not the time you two, Gohan needs your help!" Piccolo barked, getting the two Saiyans attention.
"Wow! What has been going on, is that Gohan!" Goku marvelled looking up at his son. "That's incredible, even with Buu's seemingly infinite power, Gohan can still face him like that?"
"He's even far surpassed your damned Super Saiyan 3!" Vegeta replied, equally amazed.
"I know, it is astonishing, but Gohan said he does not believe he can defeat Buu on his own, and said you two need to help him." Piccolo explained.
"What!? Our power is nothing compared to theirs, what the hell are we going to do?" Vegeta blurted.
"Uhh, I don't know, you could fuse again!" Piccolo growled.
"Yeah no, not happening again, sorry." Vegeta grumbled, looking away.
"Stop being a baby Vegeta! I'ma go help my son!" Goku laughed as he began to power up to Super Saiyan 3 and fly off.
"WHAT! BABY!? How dare you Kakarot!" Vegeta boomed as he powered up to Super Saiyan 2 and flew off to Pure Buu and Gohan with Goku.
"Goten, we should help too!" Trunks said as he turned to his friend.
"What? But last time we fused it only lasted like 5 minutes!" Goten replied.
"That was when we were the long hair Super Saiyan. If we just do regular old Super Saiyan we could last 30 minutes and really give Buu a hurting!" Trunks laughed punching the air.
"Yeah!" Goten giggled.
"Fu-sion-HA!" And thus Super Saiyan Gotenks was born once again, and he flew up to Pure Buu and Gohan.
"Damn Saiyans." Piccolo cursed.
"Hey there son!" Goku chirped as he arrived at Gohan and Buu's standoff.
"Hey Dad! Hey Vegeta! Thanks a lot, this version of Buu is a lot tougher than his last one."
"I'm getting tired of this pink bastard, hey Buu!" Vegeta shouted, pointing at the demon. "How will you stack up against the three most elite of the Saiyan race!" Vegeta barked.
'Elite?' Goku thought to himself grinning. 'What happened to me being a low class weakling?'
"Make it four elites!" Gotenks proclaimed as he raced up as well. "Get ready Bazooka Joe, because Gotenks is back for round 2!"
"Alright, you can help, but none of your pageantry and idiotic showmanship." Vegeta hollered at his half-son.
"Y-yes dad… Or… half-dad." Gotenks stammered, not wanting to mess with Vegeta.
Buu gave a sadistic grin as he looked at the four Saiyans. "Finally…. Buu… Fight… Strong guys!" Buu let out a roar which unleashed a ki blast which sent the four Saiyans back.
Goku and Vegeta began the offensive as the two attacked in unison. Gohan powered up a kamehameha and Gotenks sent out the ghost kamikaze men to further distract Buu as Vegeta and Goku landed their punches.
"Dragon Fist!" Goku roared as he knocked Buu back into a tizzy, "NOW GOHAN!"
"HA!" Gohan let his power loose in an insane kamehameha wave that skyrocketed towards the dizzy Buu. However, as the beam and Buu connected, Buu began to fight back the beam and wound up disintegrating it with a vanishing ball.
"Woah! How the heck he do that!?" Goku marveled, amazed that Buu could completely disintegrate a kamehameha.
"Damn, if we can get a blast like that to directly hit the bastard, he'd be finished." Vegeta stated, "But if he can just disintegrate them like that, what the hell are we supposed to do?"
"Galactic Donut!" Gotenks shouted as if on cue. Buu was trapped in Gotenks circle attack. "Do that big blast again Gohan!"
"Right!" Gohan nodded, "Ka-me-ha-me-HA!" Gohan fired off another unreal kamehameha wave, and this time it hit Buu directly. Buu let out a screech as he completely disintegrated.
"Is that it? I can't sense his energy." Gotenks asked.
"Damnit!" Gohan answered as he sees that one pink particle remained that quickly reformed into Pure Buu.
"He's invincible!" Goku said, wondering what it would actually take to kill Buu.
"Buu mad!" Buu roared as he began to furiously attack Vegeta, quickly sending him skyrocketing to the ground.
"Vegeta!" The three saiyans shouted in unison.
"Come get me now Buu!" Goku teased, wanting Buu to chase him now. And Buu blindly obliged, but whenever Buu was about to hit Goku, he would instant transmission to a different location.
"Gotenks, let's attack from the back while Dad has him distracted, then if my Dad attacks from the front, maybe we'll have a better chance of destroying every last piece of him." Gohan explained.
"Right." Gotenks replied as he and Gohan got into position to fire off their attacks.
"HA!" Gohan roared.
"Final FLASH!" Gotenks echoed as he shot off Vegeta's signature move.
"You too Dad!" Gohan shouted.
"Right! Ka-" Goku began to power up a blast but Pure Buu grabbed Goku and threw him in front of Gohan and Gotenks' blast.
"Shit! Father!" Gohan called out at he and Gotenks blast left Goku out cold and he too plummeted to the ground.
"This isn't good Gohan." Gotenks began to sweat.
"You got that right. How the hell are we going to kill this guy?" Gohan asked.
"Hey you!" Gohan and Gotenks looked down at the ground to see Mr. Satan yelling out. "Majin Buu! I am done with this nonsense. I don't care if this is a dream, no one hurts my daughter Videl and lives to tell the tale!" Mr. Satan dramatically shouted, getting in a fighting position.
"Mr. Satan! What the hell are you doing!?" Gohan cried out.
Pure Buu grinned as he powered up and sped to Mr. Satan with unreal speeds. "Uhhhh…" Mr. Satan stammered. "Wait! I was just kidding Buu!" Mr. Satan got to his knees to beg as Pure Buu was about to send a deadly blast, however, the blast was deflected. Mr. Satan looked up to see it was none other than Fat Buu who had saved him.
"Bu… Buu!?" Mr. Satan called out joyously, getting up to hug his friend.
"Get back Mr. Satan, Buu protect you from bad Buu." Fat Buu said.
"R.. Right. Go get him Buu!" Mr. Satan cheered as he quickly ran off to hide behind a rock.
"Now's my chance!" Gohan thought outloud. "While the two Buus are distracting each other, I can try to power up some more and give Buu and even more devastating blow."
"Right, I'll go down and help the Fat one-" Gotenks was cut off as he defused.
"Aw man!" Goten complained.
"Forget it Goten, we can still go help!" Trunks grinned.
"Right Trunks, let's go!" Goten giggled as the two powered up to Super Saiyan and zoomed down to assist Fat Buu.
Meanwhile Dende made his way to the fallen Goku and Vegeta and healed them. Piccolo, Tien, and Krillin are with Dende.
"I see, smart Gohan!" Goku grinned as he saw Gohan charging up a huge attack while Pure Buu was distracted.
"His attack still won't guarantee Buu's defeat Kakarot!" Vegeta stated. "If even so much as a molecule of Buu is left, he will regenerate."
"Let's attack Buu from every angle then!" Krillin chimed in. "If Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Fat Buu, me, Tien, you two, Piccolo, and Supreme Kai all blasted Buu at the same time at different angles, our chances of destroying every molecule right away will increase right?"
"Great idea Krillin!" Goku approved excitedly.
"Galick Gun!" Trunks shouted as he blasted Pure Buu, who was currently distracted with Fat Buu.
"Buu remember you two!" Fat Buu said pointing at the boys.
"Yeah guy, we're here to help you with this other Buu." Trunks explained.
"Right." Fat Buu nodded as the three all turned to Pure Buu.
"While those three are distracting Pure Buu." Goku started, getting excited, "Piccolo, Krillin, Tien, Vegeta, Supreme Kai, let's all get in different areas around Buu and start charging up."
"Right!" The group replied in unison.
"Hold on Kakarot!" Vegeta started, "How are we going to let Gohan Trunks and Goten know of this plan?"
"Piccolo, you can speak to them telepathically right?" Goku turned to the Super Namekian.
"I will." Piccolo replied, knowing what Goku was going to say.
Goku nodded and then the six fighters all shot off into different positions surrounding Buu and began to power up.
"Gohan, Goten, Trunks." Piccolo telepathically began speaking to the three.
"Piccolo?" Gohan replied as he was still powering up.
"Mr. Piccolo?" Goten and Trunks questioned as they teamed up on Pure Buu.
"Listen, all of us are charging our attacks alongside you Gohan. Once you feel you have enough power let us know and we will fire at Buu from all different angles. Before this, Goten and Trunks, you two must make sure you get out of the way and if possible fire a blast as well." Piccolo explained, cutting to the chase.
"Good idea." Gohan replied. "I'm going to only need a little bit more time."
"Good. I have a good feeling about this one." Piccolo affirmed as he began to power up.
"Alright Goten, finally the adults are doing something." Trunks joked.
"Yeah, let's hold Buu off so they can power up, right Trunks?" Goten asked.
"Right."
"Ghaaaa!" Pure Buu screeched as he disappeared and reappeared by Fat Buu, quickly firing off a vanishing ball.
"Ahhhh!" Fat Buu cried, being critically damaged by this attack. He managed to reform himself, but it took a lot out of him.
"Buu, are you okay?" Goten asked.
"Buu no let this Buu hurt Mr. Satan!" Fat Buu bellowed as he split himself into four Buus and launched and even fiercer onslaught at Pure Buu. However, Pure Buu escalated it and split himself into 6 pieces, one for each Fat Buu and two for Goten and Trunks.
"How the heck can they do that?" Goten asked, defending against his piece of Pure Buu.
"Being made out of gum is so cheap, this is no fair!" Trunks replied, blowing a hole through his Pure Buu, only to have it quickly regenerate.
After some more blows, the six Pure Buus and Four Fat Buus reformed. Pure Buu grew more frustrated.
"Buu done with games!" The demon grumbled, and swiftly sent a vanishing ball at Fat Buu once again, this time knocking him out cold.
"Buu!" Mr. Satan ran up to his passed out friend and quickly carried him away.
"Say bye!" Pure Buu roared as he charged at Goten and Trunks, knocking both of them out in a single blow.
"No!" Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta cried out in unison.
"How dare you!" Vegeta roared as he left his position to pound down on Buu.
"Vegeta no! Stay in position! He's just going to do the same to you!" Goku cried out after the furious Saiyan Prince. 'Why must you always do this?' Goku thought, reflecting on all the times Vegeta's actions have resulted in disaster.
"You bastard!" Vegeta roared as his power grew even further beyond Goku briefly as he utterly pounded down on the surprised Pure Buu.
"What?" Supreme Kai stammered. "Where did this come from?"
As Vegeta pounded down on Buu he had flashes of Future Trunks being killed by Cell. "Not today you demon!" Vegeta booted Buu to the ground and before he could get back up Vegeta picked up Goten and Trunks and in a flash brought them to where Hercule, Dende, Elder Kai, and the unconscious Fat Buu were. In another flash he reappeared in his spot, ready to fire the final blast at Buu.
"Vegeta." Goku whispered to himself as he made eye contact with the Prince. Goku began to flash back to when he had first met Vegeta, and recalled the entirety of their relationship to this moment, where Vegeta put his life on the line for not only his son, but also for Goku's. They gave each other a brief nod before turning back to face Pure Buu, ready for Gohan's signal.
"NOW!" Gohan roared, letting loose a Kamehameha of unreal power.
"HA!" Goku and Krillin boomed.
"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta barked.
"MAKANKOSAPPO!" Piccolo belted.
"KA!" Supreme Kai shouted.
"KIKOHO!" Tien screamed.
The seven warriors blasts all hit Pure Buu at the same time. Buu tried to withstand the Z Fighters fury but it came to no avail. In a short period of time Buu became engulfed by the blasts, culminating in a spectacular explosion.
After half a minute, the Z Fighters could once again see after the great blast and found that there was no sign of Majin Buu.
"We… We did it!" Supreme Kai cheered.
"Thank god, it's over." Vegeta panted.
"Thank you all, we couldn't have done this without everyone's help!" Gohan chirped, giving a big smile and a thumbs up.
"Yeah Gohan!" Goten, who had just been healed by Dende along with Trunks, cheered , proud of his big brother.
"Well, I have to hand it to you though Gohan, without that power boost you received, that would not have worked." Piccolo admitted. "I think we all would have been…" Piccolo cut himself short as he spun to the crater where Buu once stood, now sensing a faint power begin to grow. "No…."
"WHAT!?" Supreme Kai stammered. "HOW!? IS HE INVINCIBLE?"
"Damn." Gohan grimaced, getting ready to face Buu again.
But what came next shocked everyone. Buu reappeared in the blink of an eye, and began furiously releasing a ton of ki blasts, each attacking one of the Z Fighters. Gohan managed to dodge his, and managed to deflect the ones going towards Goten and Trunks. The rest however, hit and mortally wounded the others. Elder Kai also missed, as he quickly teleported away before he was hit and then teleported back.
"No…." Gohan bleated as he saw all his friends fall.
"Buu finish." Buu groaned as he charged at Gohan.
Upon Buu's first impact with Gohan, he realised something. 'Buu has grown significantly weaker than before.. If only I didn't lose so much power from that last blast, I think I could have been able to have a chance… Wait!'
"Elder Kai!" Gohan called out as he was guarding against Buu's onslaught. "Return to Namek! Use the Dragon Balls there! Wish to restore my strength! Please!"
"Right, I'll-" Elder Kai was cut out by Buu.
"Me kill you!" Buu spluttered as he bulldozed towards Elder Kai. However, Elder Kai teleported away fast enough. Buu looked around confused, trying to see where he went, but Gohan came in quickly to give him a hard kick to get his attention back on him.
"Goten." Trunks whispered. "I think maybe we should fuse and go help Gohan."
Goten took a good look up at his brother fighting furiously with Buu. "No." Goten mouthed. "Gohan wants us to go to safety. It'll be easier for him to beat Buu if he doesn't have to worry about us getting hurt."
Trunks nodded. "Okay man, if you say so." The two flew off a safe distance away where they could still see the fight.
'Thanks Goten.' Gohan thought as he noticed the two go away as he was guarding against Buu's attacks.
Buu then did a quick teleport and Gohan quickly spun around to see him launching a vanishing ball at him. Gohan dodged the ball by the slimmest of margins.
"Whew." Gohan wheezed. "That would have been the end of me."
But Buu did not let up. Getting tired of fighting, he began to lob off numerous vanishing balls, just trying to get one to hit Gohan. But Gohan was cunning, not falling into Buu's trap.
"DIE!" Buu frustratingly roared as he chucked a massive vanishing ball at Gohan.
'Shit, if I just dodge this one, the whole planet will be destroyed. I have to try and block it… But Elder Kai hasn't made the wish yet… Do I even have enough power?' Gohan stressed as he used every ounce of power he could muster to fire off a Kamehameha to counter the Super Vanishing Ball.
"Damn!" Gohan shouted as the ball began to eat away his Kamehameha. 'Come on Gohan! Don't let these emotions cloud your judgement… Keep a calm mind. Keep a focused mind.' Gohan began to take deep slow breaths as he tapped back into some of his latent power and increased the power of the wave dramatically.
"Wow Goten, your brother has got to be the strongest guy ever! He still had that much power?" Trunks marveled.
"It won't last long though." Goten theorized.
'Damn, that power increase is fading fast.' Gohan observed. 'What's taking so long Elder Kai!?'
Gohan began to sweat as the ball came ever closer to him, now about to consume him. However, a faint beam joined Gohan's to fight back the ball. Gohan briefly turned to see a weak Vegeta firing a galick gun to join Gohan's blast. And quickly another wave came to aid Gohan. Gohan turned to his other side to see a weak Goku. 'Dad… Vegeta… Thank you.'
With the added help of Goku and Vegeta, Gohan was able to hold off the Super Vanishing Ball for a little bit longer. However, it now was getting closer and closer once again.
"Trunks let's go now! Gohan needs us!" Goten cried out as he blasted off to help, followed closely by Trunks.
'Thank you Goten, thank you Trunks.' Gohan saw Goten and Trunks join and power up and fire off a wave as well. Goten and Trunks helped push the ball back for a little more time as well. However, after a few more moments it began to travel back in the direction of Gohan and company. Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten were all blown away. It got within inches of Gohan's' nose.
"HAAAAAAA!" Gohan roared as an incredible burst of energy flooded through him. The Dragon Balls had finally been used to wish Gohan back to full strength. "Goodbye Majin Buu. Y'know, for as evil as you were, I did enjoy fighting you. Maybe someday in the future you could back as a better person so we could have a rematch… A rematch where I didn't have to rely on the Dragon Balls… yeah, I'd like that." And now, at full power and Pure Buu on the ropes, Gohan launched Buu's own Super Vanishing Ball back at him, completely destroying the evil incarnate on impact.
"It's done. This time… It's actually done." Gohan sighed as he along with Goten, Trunks, Vegeta, and Goku all flew to the ground.
"Now we're completely even Gohan." Vegeta said, pretending to be his usual self.
"I never got to thank you Vegeta." Goku interjected. "In that brief moment before we all attacked Buu, you became so powerful-even more powerful than my Super Saiyan 3-just to distract Buu so you could save my son. Thank you."
"I was saving my son too." Vegeta said, trying to deflect the compliment. "... But you're welcome Goku."
Everyone was in shock except Goku. He understood that that was a one time thing. Vegeta understood that if it hadn't been for Goku, he would have never had the strength to save his son. In fact, if it hadn't been for Goku, Vegeta wouldn't have a son. Vegeta would have died many years ago by Krillin's hand if Goku had not given him a second chance.
"Grab everyone who's hurt and bring them with me to Namek so they can heal them!" Elder Kai called out as he returned to the planet.
The five remaining warriors grabbed the others who were knocked out. As Gohan was heading to Elder Kai, he saw Fat Buu lying on the ground. He thought about it for a second and decided to grab him too.
"Gohan, what are you doing?" Vegeta asked, confused and a little short tempered.
"Relax Vegeta, Gohan has the right idea, this Buu isn't evil, he's pals with Mr. Satan. He could be a real asset in the future." Goku said.
"Shove it Kakarot, stop being a clown, we can't let this guy have a second chance." Vegeta retorted.
"Oh come on Dad, he helped me and Goten, I think we should." Trunks chimed in.
"Ghhhnn.. Fine." Vegeta conceded.
Once on Namek the healers got to work and healed the fallen fighters up and with the final wish on the Namekian Balls they wished that everyone and everything that had been destroyed by Majin Buu or any of the Majin henchmen (Dabura, Majin Vegeta) be restored.
"Sorry about you two." Dende told Vegeta and Goku, who were both still dead. "We can wish you back when the balls get restored."
"Don't bother." Vegeta replied. The room grew quiet in shock. "Kakarot already told me he is staying dead, and if it's all the same I think the two of us will go train for a while somewhere in Other World."
"Yea, I was sort of thinking the same thing. And then after we've trained for a while we can finally have at each other full out! Oh it's gonna be so great!" Goku began to salivate at the prospect of fighting an even more powerful Vegeta.
"What!? Dad no! Come back, please! We need you dad!" Trunks began to tear up, tugging at his father's leg.
"You do not need me son." Vegeta tussled his son's hair, "You, Trunks, and Gohan have proven to be proud saiyan warriors. You only need yourselves."
"But what about the Earth?" Tien chimed in, "It was one thing with Goku gone, but now Vegeta too... I know the kids are strong and all, but what if som-"
"I'm going to continue my training Tien." Gohan interjected, looking at his father, "I allowed myself to grow rusty these last 7 years, and that in large part is why the situation with Buu spiraled as much as it did. I will not allow that to happen again. As much as I tried to avoid it, I am a Saiyan, a member of the proud warrior race. Even though I enjoy studies, in the heat of a thrilling battle is who I am… It's in my blood. I realised when fighting Buu that as horrible as he was, while fighting him I couldn't help but be excited the whole way through. I think I get it now Dad."
"It sure sounds like you do!" Goku chuckled. "And don't worry about Vegeta and I. Considering we helped save not just the mortal world but also Other World, I have a feeling we're gonna be allowed to visit you guys often."
"Excuse you?" Elder Kai cut in.
"Oh come on gramps! If you let us, I'll let you kiss this pretty Earth woman!"
"Oh really?" Elder Kai replied, giving it some thought.
"Hey Kakarot, this pretty Earth woman wouldn't happen to be MY wife, would it?" Vegeta replied, getting furious.
"Uhhh." Goku was caught red handed.
"You bastard. Whore out your own wife! Let's go right now you imbecile!" Vegeta exploded, powering up.
"Really Vegeta? I thought we were friends like two minutes ago!"
"Friends don't pimp out other friends' wives Kakarot!"
"Oh come on, it's just a kiss!"
And as Vegeta and Goku continued their typical arguing, a sense of calm and peace began to settle over the Universe. A peace that hopefully would remain for many years to come. Gohan, Goku, Vegeta, Goten, Trunks, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien, Supreme Kai, and yes, even Fat Buu. The universe's mightiest fighters had given it their all once again, and we all own them our lives.
After the two finished their idiotic arguing, the Z Fighters decided it was time to return home. They traveled back to the lookout. Goku and Vegeta came too to quickly say goodbye before they returned to the Other World.
"You guys! You did it!" Yamcha was the first one to notice Goku and company. The others quickly ran over in a warm group embrace. Vegeta managed to distance himself from the group to be with Bulma privately.
"Bulma. My actions… At that tournament yesterday, I-"
"I understand." Bulma cut Vegeta off as the two embraced. "You will stay dead then?"
"Aye." Vegeta replied, "My time, along with Kakarot's, is over in this world. But do not worry, Trunks, Gohan, and Kakarot's youngest will train to keep this world safe and thriving. And Kakarot and I will visit often."
Vegeta and Bulma continued to talk as many other conversations went on. One of which being Videl running up and giving Mr. Satan and Gohan two huge hugs. "I was so worried about you two! What happened with Buu?"
"Well, it turns out there was two Buu's. I defeated one of them, but the other, well, your Dad did all the work there." Gohan grinned at Mr. Satan as Fat Buu came out from hiding.
After an initial shock from the gang, Gohan explained how Mr. Satan befriended Fat Buu and turned him to the light, and how next time the Earth Dragon Balls can be gathered they should wish for the people of Earth to have their minds wiped of Majin Buu.
"Well guys, I think Vegeta and I need to get going. We'll come back to visit real soon, alright?" Goku concluded after several minutes of conversing.
"Goodbye Goku! Goodbye Vegeta!" The group all shouted emotionally as the Saiyan Prince and the low class warrior teleported away, back to the land of the dead.
"Thank you…" Gohan whispered.