Goku looked back and saw Krillin, Tenshinhan, and Gohan fly off into the distance. Anyone who could do that to Gohan, not to mention take out Piccolo, was bound to be a strong opponent. Goku knew he had to be careful. Goku wasn't worried too much about Gohan though. Krillin and Tenshinhan were great guys, Gohan was in good hands. And Gohan was tough, he'd definitely make it through this. Still, Goku had his own fight now. And the prospect of it excited Goku. Fighting with Vegeta had been loads of fun, but being bound to that small ring surrounded by people they had to avoid hurting, it hadn't been perfect by any means.
Goku looked to his approaching opponents. One was very large and pink, he looked obese in small weird clothes, and the other was of average height with an orange skin. Their kis felt oddly incomplete, Goku had never sensed anything like that before, not even in the afterlife where all kinds of weird creatures walked around. Goku wondered which of them had hurt Gohan so much.
'So Vegeta? Which one do you want?'
'You stay back Kakarot! I'll take them both on myself!'
Goku seriously doubted whether Vegeta could pull that off.
'I wanna have a go too! But if you ain't choosing, I'm gonna take the big pink one.'
The orange guy took the word as he and the pink monster engaged them.
'More creatures from the living realm trying to spoil our party?' He said, looking from Goku to Vegeta.
'Umm, I'm not from the living realm, I'm already dead.' Goku said, pointing to his halo. 'But who are you anyway?'
'I am Majin Buu.' The pink monster said. 'And you are already dead, yet you can continue to roam this world?!' It added angrily.
'Yes, very peculiar.' The orange guy said angrily. 'My name is Bobbidy, Majin Buu's partner in the creation of a new universe for our species. You see, when my father was born, he was an outcast from the start. He was refused his rightful place. They said he was unfit for this world, they said he was against nature. And yet the Kaio-Shin allowed a dead person to roam this world? I think a purge is needed.'
Goku didn't understand much of what Bobbidy meant, when Vegeta stepped in.
'I don't know what you two are on about, but if you want to create a new world, go do it somewhere else!' Vegeta said harshly. 'We already have a world here. Find your own spot!'
'No!' Majin Buu said harshly. 'We will take this universe! You do not get to make any demands. Just pray that you will die without too much pain!'
'That'll be the last time you underestimate a Super Saiyan!' Vegeta said mercilessly, and he accelerated towards Majin Buu for a frontal assault.
Vegeta faked out at the last moment and attacked Majin Buu from above, kicking it on the top of its head. Majin Buu was knocked down and Vegeta gave chase. Bobbidy tried to intervene; he flew after Vegeta and released some kind of fire from his mouth.
'Hey, two on one isn't fair!' Goku exclaimed and he attacked Bobbidy from the side with a powerful kick to the side of his abdomen. The blow dissipated the fire and Goku quickly flew after Bobbidy. Right when Goku thought he had caught up to Bobbidy, the latter vanished and reappeared behind him. Goku concentrated quickly and teleported away to dodge Bobbidy's fire attack. Goku and Bobbidy landed facing each other.
He can teleport too!
'Enough of this!' Bobbidy exclaimed threateningly. 'I'm not here to entertain you!'
Goku noticed Bobbidy was focusing his ki and preparing an energy attack. Goku raised his guard and focused his energy too, causing his Super Saiyan ki to excite the surrounding air and spark lightning around him again. As Bobbidy launched his energy attack, Goku fired his own energy attack back at Bobbidy to block it. But Bobbidy suddenly exhaled a large amount of fire which seemed to combine with his energy attack.
Goku tried to counter by increasing the intensity of his own energy attack, pushing the combined attack of Bobbidy back, but when Bobbidy's fire made contact with Goku's ki, it didn't slow down at all. Goku sensed his own ki disappearing, while the fire seemed to become brighter and brighter.
His fire can use the energy from my ki attacks! Amazing!
Goku quickly jumped into the sky to dodge the oncoming flames. As he ascended, he felt the heat from below increasing. Looking down, he saw the fire was approaching him fast. Goku quickly accelerated and flew sideways, leaving behind several after-images. But the fire continued to chase him, it looked like Bobbidy wasn't fooled by the after-image technique. Goku descended in the direction of Bobbidy and launched some more ki behind him to accelerate faster, intensifying the fire even further. At the last moment Goku pulled up and flew away, barely missing Bobbidy. The fire hit Bobbidy head on.
Goku couldn't believe Bobbidy had fallen for such a simple trick. But the fire wasn't dissipating, it still looked unnatural. It was incredibly hot and instead of diffusing it was concentrating around Bobbidy. As Goku watched the fire grow even more in intensity it suddenly vanished, along with Bobbidy. Goku sensed both the heat and Bobbidy's ki behind him, but he was too late and a blazingly powerful kick landed in his neck.
The heat was immense and Bobbidy travelled down with him, driving his foot into Goku's neck while they crashed down. Instinctively, Goku rolled forwards, causing Bobbidy to roll around and crash into the ground first. Despite that, the crash was devastating. As the searing Bobbidy crashed down a massive explosion blew Goku away. Goku crashed into a mountain in a daze.
As Goku looked around again, recovering from his daze, he noticed that Bobbidy was still alive. Although it had been a rough blow to Goku, he was confident his body could take a couple more of such attacks. This guy was definitely something else, Goku was getting more and more excited. If Bobbidy could turn his ki attacks against him with that fire, Goku would have to fight him physically.
Goku stood up and concentrated his ki. He then flew towards Bobbidy, trying to fake a frontal attack. At the last moment, Goku pulled up, leaving behind an after-image to move through Bobbidy. As Goku flew over Bobbidy, the latter suddenly disappeared. Goku sensed Bobbidy's ki above him, and quickly turned around to see Bobbidy launching a powerful ki attack at him.
Goku responded rapidly and flew out of the way of Bobbidy's ki attack. He quickly flew up towards Bobbidy and started his rapid assault. Bobbidy was fast and blocked and dodged many of Goku's attacks, but Goku wouldn't let go. Throwing his punches and kicks purely on his reflexes, Goku suddenly saw Bobbidy releasing his firebreath attack again. Goku managed to fly around Bobbidy and tried to attack him from behind. Goku aimed and managed to hit Bobbidy directly with a rolling kick to his lower back.
Bobbidy was forced back away from Goku due to the force and crashed into Majin Buu in mid-air, while Goku prepared his Kamehameha wave. As Goku was concentrating his ki, he saw Vegeta also concentrating his ki in the distance. Majin Buu and Bobbidy would get attacked from two sides at once!
Goku and Vegeta both released their energy beams at their opponents from opposite sides. The two attacks collided as Goku sensed the energies of both Bobbidy and Majin Buu vanish. Goku noticed them appearing close to the ground while his Kamehameha wave was slowly pushing back Vegeta's energy attack. Vegeta increased the intensity of his attack, trying to push back Goku's Kamehameha wave.
He wants to do this? Alright then, fine by me!
Goku, not wanting to bow beneath Vegeta, pushed his attack harder, and Vegeta increased his ki output too. As the two Super Saiyans increased their power output, energy started scattering randomly and violently from their point of collision. Goku ascended slightly, trying to aim the scattering energy towards Majin Buu and Bobbidy. He didn't want them to take advantage of the situation, this was between him and Vegeta. They had been far too confined at the Tournament, now was the time he could really measure his strength with Vegeta. As Goku's energy output approached Goku's limit, Vegeta's attack was pushed back. Goku suddenly heard a voice in his head.
'Goku! What the hell are you doing?! You should be fighting Bobbidy and Majin Buu, not Vegeta!'
It was King Kai.
'Hey King Kai. I'm just playing a bit, Vegeta started it.'
'I don't care who started it Goku!' King Kai exclaimed angrily in his head. 'Neither one of you is strong enough on his own to beat Majin Buu! You need to work together!'
'But I haven't even fought Buu on my own yet!' Goku replied. 'Lemme try that first and then we'll see…'
'And what if you lose huh?! This kind of recklessness is insane, even for you!' King Kai exclaimed, while Goku noticed Majin Buu ascending behind Vegeta. Vegeta noticed it too, and right as Buu tried to attack Vegeta from behind Vegeta cancelled his energy attack and descended rapidly, dodging Buu's attack. Goku's Kamehameha wave hit Majin Buu with full force while Vegeta approached Goku.
'Just for the record, I only let that one slip because that monster attacked me from behind!'
'But I was still beating you there Vegeta.' Goku grinned.
King Kai intervened.
'Can't you two idiots stop fighting each other for just a second and focus on fighting Majin Buu?!'
They looked at Majin Buu. It appeared to be completely unharmed despite just having taken a direct hit from Goku's Kamehameha wave.
'Wow, this monster's something else.' Goku said intrigued. 'My turn!'
Goku teleported behind Majin Buu and attacked it from above before Vegeta could object. Goku knocked it on the head with a powerful blow while simultaneously launching a rolling kick to the side of its abdomen.
'Ugh, fine.' Vegeta grunted. 'You won't be able to finish off that monster anyway. I'll come back for you once I finish off Bobbidy Kakarot! This isn't over yet!'
Goku caught Majin Buu's wrist and threw it down into the ground with a lot of force. Majin Buu rolled around and landed on its feet, but the impact left a very large crater in the ground and the noise of Buu hitting the ground was deafening. Buu bounced back and engaged Goku with a flurry of punches and kicks. Goku had to be fast to dodge and block the attacks. He noticed that Buu left a lot of openings while attacking, so Goku took ample opportunity to launch his own attacks back. Goku noticed that the body of Majin Buu felt very soft, it absorbed Goku's attacks by deforming.
Goku noticed Buu was storing ki into its hands. Goku quickly grabbed Buu's head to flip over it and tried to attack it from behind. Buu wouldn't be able to attack him there. But Goku was wrong. Majin Buu, still having its ki contained in front of it, aimed his blast backwards, straight through its own abdomen. Goku hadn't expected that move and was blown backwards as Buu's ki attack pushed him farther and farther back, causing him to fly straight through several mountains with high speed.
Using all his strength and concentration, Goku eventually managed to throw Buu's attack into the sky. Looking back, Goku saw Majin Buu approaching fast, through the tunnels that Goku had involuntarily dug in the mountains. Majin Buu looked completely unharmed, there was no trace whatsoever of it having just blasted itself through the abdomen at all.
Goku concentrated ki into his hands, preparing his Kamehameha wave, while simultaneously teleporting repeatedly and leaving behind after-images. He had to see how Majin Buu took attacks so easily. Majin Buu arrived and attacked several images with its ki attacks, causing them to dissipate. Goku continued creating more images while teleporting around and charging his attack. Once Goku had charged up close to the limit that he could quickly control, he teleported behind his opponent and fired his Kamehameha straight at its head from close range.
It was by far not the strongest Kamehameha Goku could launch, but it was difficult to teleport while charging. It was a combination he had practiced a lot in Otherworld, but he wasn't flawless at it yet, he always lost some ki while teleporting because the movement cost him so much concentration, and creating the images for the after-image technique made it even harder.
After Goku's Kamehameha wave had fully enveloped Majin Buu's entire upper body and Goku had released all of the ki, he retreated somewhat to gaze on his opponent. It looked like its entire upper body had been vaporised by the energy, only Buu's abdomen and legs still remained. But Majin Buu wasn't falling down, it was still floating. So it was still alive. Goku saw a new upper body growing rapidly from Majin Buu's abdomen. Within seconds Majin Buu had regrown its entire body. And it wasn't panting, it didn't appear to show even the smallest sign of fatigue. What kind of creature was this? It must have regrown its abdomen earlier on too after it blasted through its own body. The willingness to do that suggested it didn't require a lot of its stamina to regenerate itself.
As Goku reached this conclusion another question popped up. How could he defeat this monster? He didn't know yet. But he'd probably think of something, he always did. The challenge excited him. Majin Buu turned back to Goku.
'You're just delaying the inevitable. I'm sending you back where you belong. You belong in death!'
'I'm going back by the end of the day, you don't have to help with that.'
Majin Buu did not reply. It attacked Goku with a long punch, stretching its right arm out. Goku swerved around its fist and grabbed Buu's extended wrist, trying to flip Majin Buu over him and toss him to the ground. But Majin Buu approached Goku instead, extending its arm even further, and Goku was flipping its arm around him as if it were a rope. There was no sense of stiffness in Buu's arm whatsoever. Then Majin Buu tightened its arm as it was surrounding Goku, wrapping him around his entire body like a snake, and it started squeezing.
Majin Buu made a waving motion with its left hand and gathered ki in it, preparing to blast Goku. It was not a little blast either. While Goku was struggling his hardest to break free so he could breathe again, he sensed Buu was charging up a killing shot.