"WHERE IS HE!"

Vegeta had been teleported back onto New Planet Truffle thanks to Kibito Kai. The Kais had pulled him out of the water and wanted him to rest. He demanded to be brought back as soon as possible, faced with a recent revelation. Kibito Kai had accompanied him and brought the unconscious Uub with them. Kibito rested him on the ground. Pan was crying tears of joy from seeing him suddenly alive after what appeared to be a gruesome death. Kibito then left as he needed to help keep an eye on the ongoing conflict everywhere else in the universe.

But it turns out something amazing had happened.

Vegeta was still fighting the influence of the creature when he had been exposed to the sacred water, but now it seemed the creature's presence in his mind had been destroyed. It appeared Kibito's idea of using it to cure infected had paid off, but what had not been expected was that because of the creature's hive mind, each and ever single infected had felt the burning power of the sacred water. On other planets the infected had been restored to normal, some who were already evil before being infected either survived with serious burns or were killed for their evil hearts and burned into flames, being reduced to skeletons and ashes in seconds. This included some of the forces of the villains who had become infected by the creature, indeed the villain's numbers had been diminished.

"WHERE'S PICCOLO!"

Vegeta had repeated the question.

Pan: He's gone.

Vegeta: Gone! Gone? Where!?

Gohan: He left with Champa. and Vados. He didn't say where they were going but it was something about bringing back the Dragonballs.

Vegeta acted frustrated as he walked around. Gohan, Goten and Trunks were with the group thanks to Piccolo having freed them.

Pan: What about ?

Vegeta: He wanted me to kill Uub. He chose not to save him.

The others were surprised by this and Vegeta heard whispers among them, some sounded skeptical.

Gohan: You're lying! Why would he want Uub to die!

Vegeta: He was probably hoping the Sacred Water would destroy ALL of Majin Buu, including Uub since he's still technically part of that vile creature.

Pan:but...but he would never do such a thing!

They were all hurt by the betrayal.

Vegeta: Normally you'd be right but he's...

Vegeta spotted Bulma running towards him from a distance. She was shouting something which Vegeta couldn't make out.

Bulma: Vegeta!

Vegeta: Bulma!

He ran towards his wife. He even seemed happy and that was unusual for Vegeta. He expected to embrace his wife but then as he got closer he could make out more words Bulma was shouting and he suddenly became concerned.

Bulma: Vegeta! I had time to fire the machine again before you destroyed it!

Vegeta became relieved

Vegeta: Ha! Big deal. So what if you hit me twice. I was still able to overcome that dirty Tuffle's mind games.

Bulma: But I wasn't aiming at you!

Vegeta gasped and then saw a massive blue ball of energy emerge from the clouds. He grabbed Bulma and shouted at the others.

Vegeta: EVERYONE TAKE COVER! IT'S KAKAROT!

Vegeta squinted and his vision traveled through the clouds and into the stratosphere where Goku had maintained his Super Saiyan 4 transformation and had just tired his Spirit bomb towards them. It was a bomb made up of the energy of almost a massive number of the universe's population. It was intended for Super Buu but since such a powerful attack had already been made it would be a shame to waste it. From the stratosphere Goku could see the spirit bomb collide onto the planet like a small moon. He was certain some of them were dead but when the smoke cleared, he was surprised by who had survived. Pan, and Gohan were still standing while Goten, Trunks, Mr. Satan and Bulma had managed to escape death but were injured as while they were not evil, they weren't exactly pure of heart either. Goten and Trunks were womanizers, fired people from their jobs for fun, and often did heroic things with selfish intentions in mind. Bulma had shot Goku in the face when he was a child, then lied to him, blackmailed someone into joining their quest, and fell in love with a man she only knew then as a genocidal killer. This brought Goku's mind to the most surprising event to have occurred.

Vegeta had been hit at the center of the spirit bomb and he had survived. He was with Pan at the center of where the bomb had hit.

Vegeta: Well how about that?

Pan: How did we survive?

Vegeta: You're pure of heart. I guess so am I now. So that's what the sacred water did to me, though I feel more mad than anything else.

Vegeta clenched his fists and flew into the stratosphere to meet Goku in battle. Pan could not follow and the others were injured. Vegeta looked back and saw the group heading towards Uub to see if he was okay. When the two were both in the stratosphere, Goku was the first to speak.

Goku: interesting. I've memorized the feeling of Super Saiyan 4 and was able to become one even after you destroyed Bulma's machine.

Vegeta: fine by me. Now I can fight you as a Super Saiyan 4 as well.

Goku: The first time I almost killed you in one hit. the second time you needed a god of Destruction to beat me. Now your out of options, so hit me with everything you've got!

They locked eyes and then flew into each other, creating a massive shockwave visible form the planet's surface. The others managed to wake up Uub.

Pan: Uub! You're ok!

Uub: Pan...what happened?

Pan's tears were running down her cheeks.

Pan: I thought you were dead. It looked like you were ripped in half.

Uub: The last I remember was fusing with Buu.

Bulma pushed Pan out of the way and held out the transformed Bra.

Bulma: Can you change her back?

Sub took the doll in his hands. He wasn't sure but tried to concentrate.

Pan was distracted as she turned to see something falling towards the planet. Goku and Vegeta were engaged in free fall while fighting. The two fighters came crashing down upon large incomplete metallic structure and is was destroyed in a massive explosion. Pan chose to run off in that direction. Vegeta and Goku stood in the ruins trying o love power each other.

Goku: Good thing I had Bulma back up my mind into this body.

Vegeta: So i'm fighting the real truffle and not just another puppet and in Kakarot no less. Well then I guess I'm going to enjoy this more than I should.

Pan: Vegeta!

Pan had ran to the edge of the crater caused by Goku and Vegeta. Goku smiled and fired a blast at her but Gohan leaped into the way and was hit in the back. The blast injured Gohan. Pan fell to her knees by her father's side and then shouted something towards Vegeta:

Pan: Vegeta! Grandpa has a tail!

Vegeta would have face palmed had it not been the time for such an action. He settled for insulting the child.

Vegeta: I noticed. So what? so do I.

Pan: yeah but there's a difference between you and him.

Vegeta then realized what she was getting at. He fired an artificial moon into the sky. He covered his eyes and flew a good distance out of the area. Goku looked at the artificial moon and his face turned to shock. He had time to turn to Vegeta when he began transforming into an Oozaru.

Goku: Vegeta! You son of aaaaaAAAGGGGGHHHHH!

Goku's face transformed and then he began to grow in size and become a monstrous giant ape.

Vegeta: Kakarot can't control himself in this form.

Goku was roaring and shouting. He grabbed his head and then started to laugh as he slowly moved his head down to look at Vegeta. Vegeta only smiled.

Goku: but I can.

Vegeta: you can't change back. You're stuck like that.

Goku realized that he was no longer a Super Saiyan 4. The form was not made with Goku's Oozaru form in mind. Vegeta was still a Super Saiyan 4 and took this time to attack Goku with full force. With his power he sent Goku's large form crashing into buildings and easily matched Goku's speed. Goku use instant transmission to teleport behind Vegeta but Vegeta did not turn to face him and instead moved his hand and caught the massive punch before it hit him. The battle continue din this manner for sometime. Kibito Kia and Old Kai were watching through a crystal ball along with the others. They were shouting and cheering for Vegeta to win. Old Kai was confused.

Old Kai: What's he doing? This fight should be over already.

The others had no answer, except that Vegeta was toying with Goku, something which had only led to bad things in the past.

Old Kai: We can't let this escalate any further, Have the escapees from hell obtained the devices yet.

Kibito reached out to the escapees. He got a string of messages stating they were ready. Several scientists were supervising the preparation of the capsules for launch towards earth. There included and who were happy to be working together along with a group of Tuffles,, even if those truffles had been criminals and rapists before their time in Hell. In a similar situation, was pleased to be working with the resurrected Red Ribbon army squad, which had formed an alliance with Frieza's empire. and were there as well. Kibito Kai saw that and were closest to planet Tuffle and ordered them to release the capsule with the sacred water and fire it towards the group's location. was somewhat ironically the one that would fire the bullet that would kill his creation. He thought about how he had created his "baby" to keep the Tuffles alive. He felt a hand on his should read turned to see Raichi and all the other Tuffles. Even though in many ways they were criminals, or monsters, he felt a certain kinship and decided then that he didn't need his creation anymore. He could not help but shed a tear as he pressed the button.

"Forgive Me"

The capsule was shot towards Planet Tuffle. It landed and began releasing the water into the air as mist.

Goku was exhausted and he was losing. His massive body cracked the ground beneath him. He felt his anger boil. He stood up and then suddenly while still an Oozaru, turned into a Super Saiyan and then a Super Saiyan 2. Vegeta smiled at this new development and the battle continued, after a while Goku seems to gain the upper hand and punch Vegeta into a rock, repeating the punching until the rock was dust.

After many tries and the encouraging words of his friends, Uub had still not managed to transform Bra back. She had been the one to help him concentrate and reach a state of mind where he had been able to change Pan back during their battle with the Luud robot. the girl in quest was looking a him with still running tears. He had never seen her cry like that, she was usually very ought but to be fair this was the first time both had seen such a battle with evil. Before it had been the two of them training and sparing.

Pan: "Uub please! I don't want to lose anyone else! and if you want do it for us! Do it for her!

Uub tried again with all his concentrations. A single thought popped into his head.

"I'll do it for you"

Uub's hand started to glow and Bra was changed back. She was leaning on Uub like she was asleep. The mist from the sacred water washed over them. Bra slowly opened his eyes and hugged Uub, who managed to smile.

Goku stood up straight and roared in victory.

"So much for the Prince."

A streak of light flew out from behind him and then curved, hitting Goku in the back and causing him to lose his transformation, roar in pain, and fall forward. Vegeta grabbed his tail.

"You might by very large but you're not very tough."

Vegeta ripped off Goku's tail, causing him to scream in pain. He quickly regressed down to his base form. Vegeta smiled down at him.

Vegeta: And now you're just not very tough.

The mist made it's way to their position. When it got close, Goku's body convulsed violently and then a familiar grey slime emerged from his mouth. The mist block the grey slime's visibility and surrounded it. Several figures slowly emerged from the mist A circle was formed of people slowly walking towards it. It was made up of: Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Uub, Bra, and Pan. A realization hit the slime.

For the firs time in its life it was alone...and outnumbered.

It began to shout. the slime took the shifting form of a face, as the mist grow closer and hit it, the mist began to dissolved. What could hardly be called its body started bubbling. It began screaming and shouting as its body was destroyed.

"No! This can't happen to me! I can't be outnumbered! I am everywhere! I am a god! Vegeta! Pan! Bulma! Bra! Help me please! I don't want to die!"

Soon enough the shape of the face that the slime had taken bubble and dissolved away into nothing. While this would have been a celebration. The way it had died had reminded them that the creature that had enslaved the universe was technically a newborn child who didn't know any bette than fulfilling the purpose it was created for. They stood surrounding it in silence.