A/N: Alright everyone! I know this chapter took a while to get out, which is why I'm working really hard to get the other chapters out as quickly as possible! Honestly, I was at home sick today, so I figured I might as well continue on with one of my stories, and I already had the majority of the chapter finished so I figured might as well do DBZ! By the way, there are going to be like seven episodes I'm going to be skipping in this chapter, but mentioning bits of them in here. It makes it easier on me and I like it more that way! Anyway, has Vegeta turned evil? Or does he have some master plan up his sleeve? What's going to happen when Majin Buu is released? And what part are the kids going to be playing in all of this? Also important to note is that this story is going to be ending actually rather soon, and there will be another story after this one! I already have a lot of ideas and concepts planned out in my head because the next story will be a lot like Raising Saiyans, where I got to come up with everything instead of going by episodes, which makes it so much easier on me!

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ only my OC's.

DragonBall Z: The Baby Brawlers Saga

Chapter 14: Magical Ball of Buu

"Kona, what happened in there?" Pan asked again, not sure what Kona was trying to get at.

Kona shook her head and sat down on the ground. "I think Vegeta was taken over by Babidi… but he seemed like he was in control," Kona explained as she looked to Pan who looked more and more worried by the second. Kona smiled a bit. "Don't worry Pan. We just need to trust Vegeta and the others know what they're doing."

"But are you sure?" Pan asked, looking a bit skeptical.

Kona smiled. "Of course I am! I'm sure that we'll be fine! Vegeta even said that we wouldn't get hurt! He said to remember that!"

After Kona said that the two girls sensed a large amount of energy die away back where the World Martial Arts Tournament was being held. The two girls paled realizing what that meant. They shared horrified looks as they recognized Vegeta's Ki. "Those people… they're all—"

"Uncle Vegeta has a plan," Kona spoke up, trying not only to assure Pan but herself as well. Why would Vegeta needlessly kill all those people? He wouldn't unless he had a reason. Kona just had to keep believing in that. "He has a plan. He knows what he's doing; we just have to believe in him!"

Pan nodded and smiled. "Yeah!"

"It's so interesting…" Pan and Kona immediately froze as a deep voice sounded from just behind them and a large Ki rose to crushing proportions. They turned slowly before jumping back and dropping into a fighting stance upon seeing who stood there. Dabura. The King of the Demons stalked towards the two frightened girls and smiled evilly. "You have such faith in your friends. But tell me this children… are they here to protect you now?"

"We don't need them to protect us!" Pan called out, tensing as she got ready to fight. Dabura smirked.

"Oh I beg to differ."

With lightning fast motions Dabura was in front of Pan, backhanding her into a mountain, causing the large rocky terrain to shake and become dented with the shape of her body. Kona didn't even have time to call out to her friend. She didn't even have time to turn her head to make sure Pan was okay. Dabura had rounded on her faster than she could see and had punched her square in the cheek, sending her flying backwards and crashing into the ground, creating a small crater as soon as she landed. She recognized another massive drop in the life energy at the World Martial Arts Tournament. She couldn't dwell on that however. She was too concerned with making sure that she and Pan didn't die.

Pan seemed to recover from getting hit into the rocks seeing as she shot after Dabura, before aiming a barrage of punches and kicks at the King of the Demons. Dabura was easily dodging her attacks before Kona pushed herself up from the ground and shot off to join Pan in attacking Dabura. With the two children attacking him, Dabura was forced to move faster, but he still didn't look worried or winded in the slightest. He managed to catch Kona's wrist before flinging the girl into Pan, the two being sent scattering to the ground. "We can't do this by ourselves…" Kona coughed out, as she pushed herself onto her knees, looking at Pan. The onyx-eyed girl had blood flowing from her nose, her hair was messed up, her face looked bruised, and her ankle looked odd. Pan looked like crap and Kona knew she didn't look much better.

"Call Trunks and Goten. I'll distract him," Pan said standing up. She put both her arms at her side and began charging her Ki. "HAAAAA!" She shouted as she turned SSJ. She shot off after Dabura while Kona looked on with wide eyes.

"Pan no!"

"Get them here! I'll take care of him!" Pan assured as she engaged Dabura once again, seeming to get a little leverage.

Kona felt entirely useless. Pan had to shoot off after Dabura in order to give her time to call in Trunks and Goten. And she couldn't keep up because she hadn't turned Super Saiyan. Why couldn't she be more helpful? Why couldn't she be stronger? Turning her hands into fists she exhaled sharply before going about calling Trunks and Goten. "Guys…"

"We're here, Kona! We feel your Ki! What's going on?" Goten asked quickly.

Kona saw Pan get punched repeatedly before getting thrown away. Her eyes widened, knowing she had to be brief. "We're fighting this guy named Dabura, King of the Demons, and we're not doing too well." She paused seeing Pan getting pummeled and her SSJ dropped as she passed out onto the ground. "Pan's down! She tried using SSJ and it didn't work! I'll try and fight him off to buy time until you get here, but I don't know how long I'll last!"

"Kona, no! Stay away from him! Get Pan and run!" Trunks ordered.

Kona shook her head, even though she knew that they couldn't see the motion. "He's too fast. He'd catch me. I know I'm not as strong as you guys… but I have to try!"

"NO!"

Kona ignored the boys as she shot off towards Dabura, her resolved strengthened. Dabura looked up and grinned as she engaged him in combat again. He easily dodged Kona's blows, but could tell that the girls Ki had risen significantly. While he noticed it, he seemed to miss one of Kona's small fists flying out and striking him directly in the nose, eliciting a crack. Dabura reeled back in shock kicking Kona away as he checked his nose, feeling a small stream of blood coming out. Angered, Dabura flew after Kona and savagely started to beat her to a pulp. Kona screamed in agony and was only left alone once Dabura had slammed her into the ground. The rush of wind cooled her wet skin, and it took her but a second to realize that she was bleeding, quite a bit. She lolled her head to the side and saw Pan unconscious on the ground, and Dabura grinning evilly at the two girls. Kona struggled to cling onto consciousness, really she did, but she was so tired and so cold… a small nap wouldn't hurt…

"Kona! Don't you close your eyes!" Kona heard Trunks in her mind. Goten's frantic thoughts and grumbles compressed into three angry words.

"DON'T DIE KONA!"

Kona smiled briefly before she let her eyes flutter shut, being enveloped by a world of darkness.

Trunks and Goten froze as they felt the fading Ki of Pan and Kona. Pan's was decreasing slowly while Kona's had taken a nosedive. Whatever was happening, it wasn't good and they knew their two friends were in trouble. Picking up as much speed as possible, forgetting about worrying about their parents finding out, the two boys sped towards where they last sensed the two girls. The ignored the high level of Ki coming from both of their fathers a few miles away, and they didn't pay mind to the odd slowly growing Ki near Gohan's familiar Ki. The only thing on their minds were Pan and Kona; no one else.

Flying towards their disappearing Ki's, the boys finally saw the scene. There was a white space ship halfway in the ground, with cracks around it and Gohan's Ki emanating from somewhere deep inside the ship. Piccolo and Krillin were in frozen in stone, and there was a red demon looking man standing above the bodies of their best friends. Pan was covered in bruises and cuts, her nose was bleeding, and her face was red and swelling, one of her eyes swollen shut. Kona had blood coming from the corners of her mouth, her arm was twisted underneath her, cuts and blood covered her small body. The two girls weren't moving. Their hearts stopped and they froze mid-air. Their blood running cold. "PAN! KONA!" Both boys shouted as they quickly flew down to their two friends, forgetting entirely about the red demon no more than a few feet away. "Check on Kona!" Trunks ordered as he ran over to Pan.

Dropping down to his knees, Trunks put his hands on Pan's neck checking for a pulse. It was one of the first things that Vegeta had taught the kids to do if they couldn't sense someone's Ki. Trunks held his breath, praying to Dende that he would feel something. After waiting a few seconds he felt a weak pulse. Pan was still alive. "Thank you Dende, thank you," Trunks whispered before he started to shake Pan lightly. "C'mon Panny, you gotta wake up. No time to take a nap," said telepathically, hoping it would work.

The little girl stirred slightly before she opened up her eyes, blinking them a few times to adjust to the light. "Trunks…?"

"Bout time you woke up," Trunks smirked.

Pan pouted. "Bout time you got here."

"Touché."

"Kona, please, please wake up!"

Trunks and Pan quickly turned to see Goten cradling Kona's head in her lap, tears pouring down the boys' face as he rocked back and forth with the little girl in his arms. He looked up helplessly at his niece and his best friend and looked as if he was about to break down. "I-I couldn't f-feel a pulse…" Goten said in his mind, not trusting his voice to speak. Trunks quickly got up and ran over to Goten and Kona, already knowing that Pan would follow behind him. He quickly batted Goten's hands away from Kona's neck, noticing that Goten's hands looked awkward.

"You were feeling the wrong spot, dummy," Trunks muttered, vaguely aware of Pan dropping to her knees beside him. Trunks focused on trying to find a pulse. He waited a few moments, desperately searching before he felt something. It was faint, much weaker than Pan's had been, but it was there. Kona hadn't died… not yet at least. "She's alive."

The happy grin that found its place on both Goten and Pan's faces were practically blinding.

"More children? Doesn't Earth have more suitable fighters?"

The three turned to look at Dabura, who was looking at the children as if he were trying to exam them, and figure something out. He didn't move to attack; he was merely content watching in wonder as to how the children seemed to communicate without verbalizing and why they were being sent to battle in the first place.

Pan stiffened and started to hide behind Trunks. "That's the monster that did this…" Pan spoke telepathically to the other two boys.

Trunks and Goten both turned serious at that declaration. Trunks moved so he was positioned directly in front of Pan and Kona, and waited as Goten shifted Kona from his lap to Pan's as he too stepped forward. The two boys were livid, and were ready to tear Dabura limb from limb but they didn't get the chance to. The ground started cracking and rocking as they heard the distant sounds of Kamehameha waves being fired underneath their feet. That odd Ki that they hadn't paid attention to when they were flying in was steadily growing before shooting up. The ground cracked under their feet and they saw Gohan and Shin fly out from the spaceship. Gohan spotted the group of kids and his eyes widened as she flew over towards them, with Shin right behind him. As the older Son neared the four kids his eyes widened in shock. "Pan!" Gohan shouted in fear, dropping to his knees behind his daughter. He placed a hand on the back of her neck and forced her to look at him as he assessed her injuries.

His blood began to boil when he saw that one of his daughters' eyes was swollen shut, her nose looked broken and was bleeding, her face was bruised, her body had small scrapes and cuts, and her clothes were tattered and torn. He then looked to the unconscious girl in his daughters' arms. It was a shock to see Kona bleeding from the cuts on her small frame, her arm that was twisted behind her back—and most certainly broken—and her Ki was so low. Gohan looked up from the two girls and growled, looking towards Dabura.

"Dabura… that monster!" Gohan seethed.

Shin put a hand on Gohan's shoulder. "Save your strength! We have larger matters to deal with at the moment."

Almost as soon as that slipped out of Shin's mouth a light appeared before a figure stood in front of the Z-Fighters and Dabura. It was a fat pink blob and was wearing white puffy pants, a black and gold top and a purple cape. Gohan, Shin, Trunks, Pan, and Goten all blinked in confusion while Dabura began laughing. "This? This is the fearsome Majin Buu that we've all been afraid of? He is nothing more than a fat pink blob! He isn't fearsome in the slightest!"

Buu swung his arm backwards and hit Dabura away, sending him hurtling into the mountain face just behind the Z-Warriors where he fell forward onto the ground and ceased moving. A high pitched cackling sound soon followed suit as Babidi appeared behind his monstrous creature. "Excellent work Buu! Excellent! Now, it's time to kill the Supreme Kai and that pesky older Saiyan!"

Buu turned to look at Shin and Gohan and the two winced. "Goten, Trunks, get the girls as far away from here as possible, got it? Whatever you do make sure they're safe," Gohan ordered, looking at the two boys seriously. As soon as he saw them nod, Gohan grabbed Shin and started to fly away as fast as possible. Buu quickly disappeared behind them, leaving the children alone with the small wizard.

"What was that thing, Trunks?" Goten asked in confusion.

Trunks shrugged. "I don't know Goten but we gotta get Pan and Kona safe like Gohan said!"

"ARGH!"

The two boys looked over and saw the Supreme Kai being thrown into the ground by Buu. Fear and worry flooded their systems. "Where's my dad…?" Pan asked telepathically to the boys. No one answered, fearing what it was that actually had held up Gohan. Could that pink thing really have taken Gohan down?

"Haha! Marvelous Majin Buu! Now kill him! Kill the Supreme Kai!" Babidi laughed manically. Buu was just reaching down to grab the Supreme Kai before a spear flew out and struck the monster in his chest. Buu merely blinked in confusion as he turned to see Dabura, breathing heavily and glaring at the monster. "Dabura have you gone mad?!" Babidi shrieked.

Dabura growled. "Babidi, that thing is too powerful for you to control! You must end him now before you lose control and he'll be set loose on the Earth! Do one thing right in your pathetic life and help me end this now!"

"This is what my father wanted!" Babidi shouted. "Buu shall carry out my vengeance!"

"Buu no like you," Buu started speaking childishly as he glared at Dabura. "Buu gonna eat you up! Buu gonna eat you up! Buu gonna eat you up!" Dabura tensed before shooting off after Buu, pummeling the pink blob with a barrage of powerful kicks and punches. Dabura slammed Buu into the ground before smirking at the work he had done. His smirk soon disappeared from his face as Buu flew out from the rubble with a childlike smile on his face. "Buu gonna eat you up! Buu gonna eat you up!"

Dabura growled before shoot up into the sky and charging a Ki blast in his hand. Trunks and Goten tensed before grabbing the girls and flying quickly over to where Krillin and Piccolo's statues were, before throwing their bodies over the girls just as the hundreds of Ki blasts hit the pink monster causing an explosion. "Man that was some power!" Trunks commented as he peeked over the rocks to see the smoke settling around the area. "Are you guys all okay?" Trunks asked looking back to his friends.

Goten was still slightly hunched over Kona's unconscious form as he nodded to Trunks. Pan clutched onto Trunks' leg from her spot on the ground and gave him a shaky nod. When Trunks looked back at the scene in front of him, he gasped seeing as Buu had used his antennae to turn Dabura into a cookie before eating the King of the Demons. Trunks gulped and ducked down behind the rocks to look at his friends. "I think we may be a bit over our heads here…"

"You have no idea how right you are."

The kids all blinked and looked up to see Vegeta behind them. He was glaring at the children. His eyes travelled across the two boys before landing on the two girls. His eyes narrowed into a glare that could kill puppies. He then shifted his glance to the West, his expression becoming even more dangerous. "They did this to you and took down Gohan, didn't they?"

"Y-Yes," Pan answered.

"Stay here. I'll take care of them."

With that Vegeta flew out from behind the rocks and proceeded to blast at Babidi's ship, destroying it and shouting some very not nice words at the pink monster that the kids were sure they'd get in trouble if they repeated again.

"Whoa… now we know what it means to be statuesque, huh Piccolo?" The kids turned and saw Krillin back to normal, moving around and stretching his neck. Just next to the small man, Piccolo had been freed from the powers of Dabura as well and stretched a bit. Piccolo frowned before looking down at the kids after sensing their Ki. He was about to ask what they were doing there when his heart stopped and his blood ran cold. The rest of the world fell away and only one thing existed in his mind: Kona. He dropped to his knees as he looked at his daughter, bloody and beaten, held in Goten's grasp. Her Ki was low and her pulse was so faint he could barely hear it. His daughter's eyes were closed and her breathing was shallow.

"Kona… Kona can you hear me?" Piccolo tried asking telepathically. He received no response but could feel the inner workings of the young girls mind as small thoughts came to her. Her brain was still active but it was as if she was asleep. "Kona… who did this to you?"

"D-Dabura did."

Piccolo looked up in shock before he focused on Pan. He raised his eyebrow in confusion at the girl. "We can all communicate telepathically… Trunks, Goten, Kona, and me. We can call each other when we're far away. That's how they knew to come and help us," Pan explained.

Trunks nodded. "We heard you talking to her just now."

Piccolo frowned. "That's odd… maybe it has to do with you always in a telepathic link."

"That's what Kona thought too," Goten piped up.

A throat was cleared. "Um… what?"

No one bothered to answer Krillin's question seeing as a large Ki got everyone's attention. They all turned in shock to see Majin Buu powering up, causing cracks and craters to appear in the ground. The pink monster ripped a piece of its stomach off—which was already disturbing in itself—and threw it at Vegeta, wrapping the Saiyan up in the pink substance, halting any attack or defense he was getting ready to launch.

Trunks' Ki shot up as soon as he saw his father in trouble, and before he could think, he shot off after his father. Goten, the loyal friend his was, quickly passed Kona off to Pan before shooting after the lavender haired boy. Piccolo cursed before glaring seriously at Pan. "Move from here and I swear I'll make sure that Gohan keeps you under lock and key until you hit puberty."

"What's puberty?"

Piccolo paled. "Krillin will explain. Krillin, watch them."

"Wait what?!"

Piccolo didn't bother to pause and wait for the short man to continue complaining, instead he merely shot off and flew to go help the boys. He quickly noticed that Trunks had hit Buu away and that Goten was working on freeing Vegeta. Seeing that that was being taken care of, Piccolo narrowed his eyes at the small yellow wizard a few yards away. Piccolo was very upset and he very much wanted an outlet for his anger. And seeing as Vegeta was liable to hurt him for interfering in his fight—while the kids would receive only a verbal lashing—he decided that the small wizard, who had caused the problems, would be a very good outlet for his aggression.

Babidi, who saw Piccolo headed his way, paled.

Piccolo smirked and shot off after Babidi, charging his energy in his hand to attack the wizard and cut him in half, despite Babidi's attempt at using his magic to save himself. The Namekian watched as Babidi fell into one of the craters and frowned. "Huh… I really thought that would've last longer."

"Dad!" Trunks called out, running over to his father after he had been freed from Buu's bonds. He and Goten were both in SSJ mode and stood beside the Prince of Saiyans.

Vegeta looked down at the two boys before looking off into the distance. "Trunks… you must take care of your mother and sister. Protect them and make sure they're safe. Goten… watch out for Pan and Kona."

Both boys shared a startled and confused look. It was the first time that Vegeta had called them by their names in a long time. Normally it was 'Boy' or 'Spawn' but rarely ever 'Trunks' and 'Goten'. And why did he want them to take care of the others. "Why do you want me to take care of mom and Bra? You can help do that too, right? Are you going somewhere?" Trunks asked in confusion as to why his father would be speaking like that.

"I want you two to grab the girls and fly as far away from here as possible. Get somewhere safe and protect one another. As for Buu… I'll fight him alone," Vegeta assured.

"Don't do that," Goten said shaking his head.

Trunks' eyes widened at his father. "Goten's right, we'll stay and fight too! You don't want to get killed do you? You've got to let us help you dad!"

"Stop it. It's too dangerous for you two, and right now you need to worry about Pan and Kona. I will finish this by myself."

Trunks shook his head and looked to Goten. "Are you in?" At Goten's smile and nod, Trunks smirked triumphantly. "See? We're with you! We can help you fight!"

"Yeah! It would be easier to beat him with me and Trunks," Goten added on.

Trunks nodded. "Yeah, we can gang up on him! He won't know what hit him!"

"Yeah, we can probably beat that pink blob without your help, right Trunks?" Goten smiled.

"Yeah! We might even do better than you did—" Trunks cut himself off and covered his mouth after he started to realize what he was saying.

Vegeta didn't seem at all bothered by the borderline insults that had been hurled his way by the two children. He continued looking off into the distance, his jaw tensing and relaxing as he seemed to contemplate something. "Trunks… you're my only son and yet I haven't held you once since you were a baby, have I?" Vegeta asked looking to his child beside him. He outstretched his arm towards Trunks before pulling him into a hug. "Come here," Vegeta spoke softly, tightening his hug on Trunks. Trunks blushed in embarrassment but still had a smile on his face. Vegeta took a deep breath before angling Trunks' head so that he was looking up at his father. "I love you Trunks. You've made me very proud my son."

Before Trunks could question what was going on, Vegeta hit Trunks in the back of the head, causing the young boy to drop his SSJ form and pass out. Piccolo looked over at the scene and saw Trunks unconscious on the ground. He also noticed that Pan was peeking over the rocks with Krillin and a semi-conscious Kona, trying to see what was happening. Goten's eyes had widened. "Why would you do that?! What's the matter with you?! Why did you hurt Trunks?! Why?!" Vegeta silenced Goten by punching the small boy in the got, causing Goten to drop his SSJ mode and drop to the ground unconscious, much like Trunks had.

"W-What is he doing?" Pan whispered, looking to Krillin. Krillin merely shook his head, just as confused as the little girl was.

Piccolo flew over to stand in front of Vegeta. The two merely stared at each other for a few seconds. They turned when they heard Buu approaching. "Take the two boys as far away from here as possible and get Krillin to take the girls. You will not want to be here within the next few minutes. Go now."

"Of course," Piccolo complied quickly, walking over to grab Trunks and Goten under his arms before standing up. As soon as both boys were in his grasp he turned to look at Vegeta's back. "You'll die… you know that." It was not a question, but a statement. The pause that followed the statement told Piccolo all that he needed to know.

"I'd like to know one thing. Tell me… will I meet that clown Kakarot in the other world?" Vegeta asked.

"I'm not going to lie to you Vegeta, although the answer may be difficult for you to hear. Goku devoted his life to protecting the lives of others. Because of his selflessness when he died he was allowed to keep his body and travel to King Kai's planet. You, on the other hand, have spent your life in the pursuit of your own selfish desires; you've caused too much pain to others. When you die, you will not receive the same reward."

Vegeta closed his eyes and shook his head. "Oh well, so be it. It's not like I'm very surprised by that. That will be all. Now go on, and hurry."

Piccolo nodded and charged his Ki before flying over to Krillin and the two girls. "Krillin let's go! This place is about to get leveled!" Krillin winced and grabbed the two girls in his arms before taking off after Piccolo.

"You stay! You fight Buu!" Buu declared, looking at Vegeta.

Vegeta growled. "That's right! You're fight is with me! The others are of no concern to you! You got that, you big bloated balloon freak!" Vegeta charged his Ki, which increased his power in SSJ mode.

"What's Vegeta doing?" Krillin asked. "That monster is going to eat him alive!"

Piccolo shook his head. "For the first time Vegeta is fighting for someone other than himself. Controlling his own fate…"

Vegeta waited until he could no longer feel Piccolo or Krillin's Ki within the immediate area and continued to let his Ki climb to massive proportions. The waves of golden light surrounded the Prince of Saiyans as he stared down Majin Buu. "You're a fool… I'm going to crush you and throw you into the wind!" Vegeta announced, charging his Ki more and ignoring Buu's angry childish ravings. Vegeta looked up into the sky and smiled. Trunks… Bra… Bulma… I do this for you. I do this for those I love dear and those I care about most. I do this for the brats, and yes… even for you too Kakarot… Vegeta smiled and screamed as he charged his Ki up to the breaking point.

Piccolo felt the surge of power and he and Krillin paused in their flying to turn and look back. The sky had turned red as the attack grew larger and larger. The energy flowed outwards engulfing the whole region in the extreme intensity and blinding light that Vegeta had emitted, destroying anything and everything nearby. After the attack died down and the sky cleared, Piccolo searched for any sign of Vegeta's Ki but found none. He turned to look at Krillin who had a horrified looking Pan and a distraught looking Kona in his arms. Krillin understood the look that Piccolo was giving him in an instant and the two continued to fly towards the Lookout Tower, knowing what had happened.

Vegeta, the proud Saiyan Prince, was dead.