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After much much MUCH thinking on my part, which has spanned over (counts fingers) six months, I have decided to finish Dark Blessings despite flamers, confuzzled reviewers, probably losing most if not ALL of my fans for this story and my better judgment. So, in all my insanity and pride, I give to you the return of Dark Blessings! (Revised...slightly)
(This is set thinks sometime after Majin Buu turned to Super Buu)
Dark Blessings
Chapter 25
Dende sat at the edge of the lookout staring down at the clouds. Everything and nothing made sense anymore. He supposed it would be fine if Gohan continued his reign of terror with his seemingly weird appearance but everything seemed to change once he came out of hibernation from Cell's home.
He was...different. Of course Dende wasn't fooled by Gohan's appearance at all. He knew sometime was up with the demi-saiya-jin ever since he came back to Earth. Gohan certainly wasn't stupid. He knew where he was, he knew who these people where, and he knew what he was doing. He had fooled the world but he had not fooled him.
Most of Earth's population being destroyed, Buu's disappearance, the strange appearance of the black dragon balls, and the strange story about the Neronians. He tapped a finger on his chin. There was something strange about that story now that he thought about it but he didn't know what. He needed to see that book.
"Hey Dende what are you doing?"
Dende yelped and held a hand to his heart. He turned to see the Supreme Kai staring at him with a slightly amused expression on his face. "Dammit Supreme Kai! Don't sneak up on people like that!"
Supreme Kai ignored him and sat down. "Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Gotenks are going to go fight Gohan."
"What?" Dende spat out in shock. "I thought Vegeta, Piccolo, and Gotenks were in the Black Tails?"
Supreme Kai twiddled his thumbs. "Yeah well all of the ones in the Black Tails decided in a unanimous vote that we stop Gohan since he's destroyed half the planet already...well all except Videl. She obviously is still on his side."
Dende scowled. "Well I for one am going to stay on Gohan's side. He is my friend after all and no matter if he killed me, half the planet, or even half the universe I'm going to stick by him."
"Yeah well if push comes to shove we're going to have to use the dragon balls on Gohan and send him to Shin'en." the Supreme Kai said as he picked his nose while Dende cringed in disgust. The Supreme Kai pulled his finger out and smiled at it. "Finally!"
"What's Shin'en?"
Supreme Kai flinched and began making nervous circles on the tile, smearing his newfound treasure on the clean whiteness. "Uh...well... Shin'en is not something you openly talk about."
Dende leaned in. "I'm listening."
He stared at the Namek and couldn't believe he didn't realize what he just said. "Ok fine. Shin'en is the place where we put the most sadistic of villains. Satisfied now? Jeesh you'd think the Kami of Earth would get when I say that it is not something you OPENLY talk about!"
"I was just curious..." Dende muttered and glanced at the Supreme Kai again as they sat in silence. "Sooo...what kind of villains again?"
Supreme Kai rolled his eyes. "I swear by the way you talk you just want an Apocalypse to happen. This is where we put people like Brolly okay? If you're not satisfied with that I can just put you there if you're so curious. Damn kids and their damn questions..."
Dende frowned at the word kid and they sat once more in silence. After nearly ten minutes of glancing Dende's curiosity got the best of him. "Sooo...any other people besides Brolly?"
"For the love of--!" The highest being of the universe muttered and slapped his hand to his face.
One the other side of the lookout...
Piccolo looked down at the clouds with Vegeta, Goten, and Trunks. He was in his usual stance, crossed legs and crossed arms. Vegeta leaned against a palm tree with his own arms crossed while the two chibis lay flat on their stomachs. All, however, had a bored expression.
"Sooo..." Goten began. "Dad's going to save the world again?"
Piccolo grunted. "Most likely kid."
"Just like every other episode." Trunks added, rolling his eyes.
"Damn..." Goten muttered.
Vegeta scowled. "It wouldn't be like this if I was the main character."
"Then we all know what would happen to DBZ then." Piccolo said matter-of-factly, glancing in Vegeta's direction.
"Why you insolent Green Bean!" the Prince of all Saiya-jins spat, "What is that supposed to mean!"
"I agree with Piccolo." Trunks said in a bored tone, tracing a pattern with his finger on the white tile. "I would've never have been born."
"And the whole population of Earth would cease to exist." Goten added, deciding to dangle his legs over the edge. "As well as me being placed in Trunks' position of never being born."
"Yes but none of this would ever of happened." Vegeta pointed out, "And I'm sure you two would have been born eventually since your genes do come from saiya-jins. This world would've been saiya-jin and all of us would be full, Green Bean over there would still be on his planet, and the universe would've been a better place."
Piccolo changed his features into a thinking one. "He does have a point..."
"Yeah..." Trunks muttered, glancing at Goten, "Goten and I would have to be born eventually..."
"Earth would still be here..." Goten thought out loud with a thoughtful expression, "It would just be ruled by saiya-jins but it would still be here nonetheless..."
"So all we have to do..." Vegeta began with a sly look.
"Is get rid of..." Piccolo added, gaining his own sly look.
"Goku..." Trunks and Goten said in unison, rubbing their hands together.
"Hey guys what are you talking about?"
The four jumped and fixed their expressions. They coughed and looked at everything but Goku who stared at them with a confused face. He blinked at them and they cleared their throats, turning their heads every which way and staying away from eye contact less their earlier plans be discovered.
"Well?" Goku pried, "I heard you guys talking about something...what was it?"
"Uh...um...we were...uh..." Trunks stammered.
"THE BIRDS!" Goten blurted out then covered his mouth with wide eyes. All four stared at him.
"The...birds?" Goku questioned.
"Uh yeah you know how they chirp and fly and...stuff..." Goten laughed nervously, "It's pretty cool and stuff how they do that...and...you know...stuff..."
Goku looked at Vegeta who was looking the other direction. "Vegeta?"
For the first time in his life Vegeta looked cornered. "Yes the chirping...um...it...fascinates me?"
Trunks snickered at the answer and earned a discreet kick from his father. "Oomph!" Everyone stared at the young demi-saiya-jin. "Uh yeah...fascinating..."
Goku turned his curious eyes to Piccolo. "Piccolo? You watch birds?"
Piccolo looked just as cornered as Vegeta. "I...uh...the chirping sounds are...uh...interesting...and the...uh...color of their feathers...I...uh...want the same color for my antennas?"
"Riiiiight..." The first tail-less saiya-jin gave them odd looks. "Chichi finished cooking so it's time to eat...are you coming?"
"Uh no I'm ok I'm going to uh..." Goten said nervously.
"Finish watching the birds!" Trunks blurted out for them.
Piccolo nodded reluctantly. "Yes...uh...the birds...I want to finish watching them..."
"Uh yeah I haven't seen if they're going to uh..." Vegeta said, racking his brain for something, "Mate or something..."
If anything Goku gave them odder looks. It was rare for saiya-jins to pass up food. "Um ok I'll tell Chichi you're not coming then. We're going to leave after I finish eating."
"Yeah" Vegeta replied.
"Ok" Piccolo nodded.
"Sure" The two boys said in unison.
Goku just stared and shrugged as he walked off towards the kitchens. All four of them smacked their faces with their hands in unison, shaking their heads.
"If that wasn't the stupidest thing I have ever done..." Trunks muttered.
"I feel like a lowly human..." Piccolo murmured.
"This is to never leave this area you hear!" Vegeta commanded.
"Great kami...it IS hereditary!" Goten cried.
Trunks could only pat his friend on the back and shake his head sadly. "Hopefully you will grow out of it Goten...for your sake and your future relation sake..." he said in comfort.
Goten stared at him then burst into tears. "I'm never going to have children!"
A short interlude in the kitchens...
"Goku I thought I told you to get the others!"
Goku cowered under his wife's glare. "I did Chi! Dende and Supreme Kai said they were coming, Videl said she refuses to leave her room, everyone else said they were coming, and Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, and Piccolo said they were too busy watching the birds!"
Chichi and Bulma blinked. "Watching the birds?"
Goku nodded and began to eat at his own custom table since everyone else would sit at the other. "Mhm the birds. They were talking about how they fly, chirp, and do stuff. Goten said it was pretty cool how they did that. Vegeta on the other hand was just plain fascinated by them, and Trunks agreed with him. Piccolo said that he wanted the color of his antennas to be the same color as their feathers. They said they were going to finish watching the birds. Vegeta said something about wanting to see them mate."
Goku stopped his eating attack to have Chichi checking his forehead. "Goku are you sure you're not sick?"
The saiya-jin swallowed and nodded. "Mhm I'm sure--ahh!"
Bulma barely let him finish before she grabbed a doctor stick (I don't know what it's called ok!) and pressed down his tongue. "I don't see any strange coloring that could give symptoms of sickness..."
"Are you sure you didn't dream it Goku?" Chichi said cautiously.
"I DIDN'T DREAM IT!" Goku argued, "I was wide awake and they were RIGHT THERE!"
Chichi patted his shoulder with a soft smile. "Come on Goku it's time for a nap."
"But Chi!" he whined as she dragged him away from the food. "I'm not done eating yet!"
An hour later somewhere on Earth...
Buu laughed evilly. "I bet they'll never be able to defeat us Master! Them and their silly techniques...do they think they can defeat the both of us? Especially since you had kidnapped Old Kai and forced him to make you stronger--"
"Buu" Gohan said calmly, crimson eyes staring out the blue sky, "Shut up."
Buu immediately shut up and looked at the ground. Gohan scanned the skies and narrowed his eyes as he noticed four dots flying overhead. He watched with calculating eyes as they flew past then split up. Buu looked at him then looked up at the sky. He squinted his eyes and could make out Piccolo, Vegeta, Goku, Goten, and Trunks.
"It's the Z Fighters..." Buu whispered, earning a glance from Gohan.
"Buu" Buu snapped to attention. "Find Old Kai and get me that book...he has the real book..."
Buu nodded and without hesitation fly off towards Old Kai's signature, a sadistic grin on his face and filling the air with his crazed laughter. Trunks blinked as he saw something pink shoot out from within a cave and stared in shock, rubbing his eyes a bit.
"Guys its Majin Buu! He's alive!"
Vegeta appeared in front of Majin Buu to stop him and was half-way into a punch when he was knocked out of the sky and into a mountain. Buu didn't even stop his flying route, he didn't curve from the straight line he created, he didn't even glance back, he just kept flying straight.
The Prince of all Saiya-jins coughed as the dust invaded his lungs. He groaned as Goku moved a boulder off of him and coughed again, this time coughing up blood. Trunks gave his father a worried look as he painfully stood up, gasping for air to put in his lungs.
"What the hell was that?" Vegeta wheezed, leaning against a rock for support and holding his ribs. He tried to walk and groaned. "Kami I feel like my insides are inside my insides..."
Goku looked up in the sky and frowned, his eyes growing worried. "Gohan..."
"What?" Vegeta coughed, "Gohan? Where?"
All three looked up at Gohan who was floating in their path to Buu. Piccolo and Goten were in the air, nervous as hell being close to him. The way he stood and the look in his eyes told you that this was not the same Gohan. There was no strange evil in his eyes that wanted to make you dance for fun this was "I will kill you without hesitation" Gohan.
"Gohan what are you doin--"
Gohan punched Piccolo in the chest and without missing a beat kicked his bent back towards the ground. Piccolo slammed into Goku, both making Vegeta's crater even larger. Goten gulped as Gohan focused on him. He raised his fist to fight and closed his eyes tight, his legs wobbling in fright. Gulping he charged.
"Quick Goten punch!" he heard Trunks call from the ground and punched again and again, his eyes still closed.
"Kick Goten! Kick!" he heard Trunks call from the ground again and kicked with all his might again and again, not once did he open his eyes.
Gohan just stared at him with the same stoic expression. His hand was holding Goten by the head and all punches and kicks hit air. Getting bored of standing there he tossed Goten towards the ground, hitting Trunks and having them create another crater.
Suddenly Goku shot up and attacked Gohan who just crossed his arms and dodged. The same stoic expression was on his face as he dodged Goku's attacks, before he finally punched the full saiya-jin, hard, in the stomach. Goku gasped for air, grabbing his throat as he couldn't breathe.
Gohan looked at him for a while before placing a powerful round house kick to his father's jaw. Goku hit the ground painfully hard, his jaw disconnecting on impact. Crimson blood flew everywhere from where a jagged rock punctured his stomach. Goku coughed up blood and watched as Gohan lazily flew away. Gohan...
In the hideout of the Old Kai...
Old Kai sat quietly in his hiding place holding an ancient book close to him. He searched the area with his eyes and glanced down at the book in his hands. The ancient script of the Neronians called out to him but when he read what was inside the book it seemed to laugh at him.
The dragon Thoran knew the truth about the Neronians and their world. He had appeared on Earth but could not speak to anyone until he was summoned which could not happen unless assembled. Old Kai rolled his eyes at that. The dragon balls should have a sticker saying: Some Assembly Acquired.
Shaking his head from such thoughts he looked around when he heard a strange sound. He blinked and tried to make himself tiny. If anyone were to get the book the world would be in great danger...but if Gohan found the book no one could tell what would happen.
Red eyes peered at him, narrowing as they met his own. "Give me that book!"
"Never!" Old Kai yelled and took off running.
The shadow creature chased after him. Old Kai hid the book in his clothes and tripped over something, falling flat on his face. The shadow creature jumped on him and started frisking him. Old Kai tried to fight him off, attempting to push the creature off of him.
"Get off me! I'll never give you the book!" Old Kai yelled, "NEVER!"
"Old Kai wake up!"
"NEVER!"
"OLD KAI WAKE UP!"
"NEV--huh?"
Old Kai sat up and blinked at Videl who rolled her eyes at him. "Can you please get out of my room now? I let you take a nap in here but it's time for you to go because I feel like going to sleep now...so get out!"
"Damn you don't have to treat me like that, sheesh..." Old Kai murmured, rubbing his head, "You could've said it nicely."
"Oh and what dream were you having anyway? Sounded pretty bad since you almost punched me..." Videl muttered the last part a bit angrily.
Old Kai laughed nervously. "Uh...well gotta go like you said Videl! Call me sometime!" he yelled, waved, and then darted out of the room.
Videl rolled her eyes then plopped into her bed. "Pervert..."
Old Kai hummed his way down the hall with a smile until he bumped into something large. He fell on his ass and laughed nervously. "Oh sorry I didn't--oh..."
Buu grinned down at him. "Old Kai come with Buu."
Old Kai nodded with wide eyes and cowered. "Help me..."
The first chapter of the return of Dark Blessings. Hate...love it...flame it...kiss my ass...whatever. It's going to come back no matter WHAT anyone thinks (against my better judgment once more) and whether I like it or not I have to finish what I started.
Promising a longer chapter soon no matter the reviews...but please review nonetheless -- Lucied