Chapter Forty-Nine: The Difference a Meal Makes
Shin had safely transported Gohan to the planet of the Kais to train against Majin Buu since he was now awake and fighting fit. The young prince of the Ox Kingdom was not expecting to be transported to another planet when he started dragging the Supreme Kai away from the awakening monstrosity. A quick look around the planet revealed to Gohan the many moons the planet possessed. The young teenager still possessed his tail which caused the transformation to the great ape known as Oozura only known to the saiyan race and only caused when one with a tail looks at the moon, and this planet had several moons surrounding it. He hadn't transformed in a very long time, having grown up with a tail all his life and living in a household where his step-sister also still had a tail and a step father with experience having a tail and his mothers experiences with his biological father while growing up; it had become second nature to them work around the full moon.
"If Kibito knew I bought you here he'd have a fit" Shin laughed at the thought of his strict friend. "Its sacred grounds and not even the Grand Kai is allowed here."
"Get away from me" Gohan shouted in fear as he tried to fight back the transformation without any luck. He'd never learnt how to control his form something he was currently regretting. He could feel the tingling sensation had as his body began to change. "The full moon causes a saiyan to transform and I can't control it."
"What are you talking about" Shin laughed off. "I saw you transform earlier today."
Ignoring the young man's pleas he walked closer, he was about to speak again when he noticed how Gohan was changing noticing how it was different to the super saiyan transformation he'd seen earlier.
"How could I not know such a transformation existed" he shout out in fear, running from the gigantic ape that was now shooting beams out of his mouth, destroying one of the many moons surrounding the planet.
He flew off in fear for his life and not a clue how to stop the monster in front of him that seemed to have just as much power as Majin Buu. "Gohan, if you can learn how to control that form I think you can beat Majin Buu, you're stronger then I remember him being."
Gohan didn't respond and continued destroying everything in his path.
It took several hours for Supreme Kai to get Gohan under control and had to contact the Grand Kai who put him through to North Kai since the saiyans where from his quadrant of the galaxy. After learning that the moon was the source of power he was given two options. Destroy all the moons and planets in view or cut off Gohans tail which would reduce his power levels, balance and coordination significantly. After much though he'd finally come up with a third option.
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"This place is that important?" Gohan asked once he'd returned to normal and was now possessing clothing similar to what the Kai was wearing since his own outfit had been destroyed. He took the chance to observe the planet they were standing on. The moons hidden from view with Supreme Kais magic, even though he couldn't see them he still could sense them but luckily sight was extremely important to starting the transformation and not just sensing the moon. He was nervous seeing the amount of destruction he'd managed to cause to the once pristine planet that reminded him a lot of Earth.
"It is very important. Kibito would tell you all about it if he was here." The kai replied sadly.
"Don't worry about it, with the Dragon Balls we'll wish Kibito and all the people killed during this incident back from the dead once it's over." Gohan explained.
"Dragon Balls, I've never heard of them. But we don't have time to discuss that now. We need to continue on with your training so we can defeat Majin Buu and protect as many lives as possible."
Gohan nodded in agreement to what the Kai had told him, excited about the type of training that was awaiting him.
"We are going to start with you getting the Z Sword." Shin told him about the sword while they travelled. Still trying to work out if it was possible to harness the power he'd witnessed from the young human saiyan hybrid.
They arrived at tall rock which contained the sword. "So pulling this sword out will help me draw on my hidden potential." Gohan confirmed before attempting to pull the sword out.
"Exactly" Supreme Kai replied.
Gohan put all his effort into pulling out the sword at the strongest he could go without transforming, he could feel his muscles stretching, his hands where burning his shoulders felt like they were being pulled out of his sockets. He pulled so hard that he lost his grip and fell backwards off the tall rock.
Gohan laughed as he went back to the rock and powered up to super saiyan to tackle the sword again. It was still hard to pull the sword out and he was still straining every muscle in his body, but he was making it budge very slowly, it wasn't noticeable at first but Gohan knew it was moving. He flung up in the air, the rock crumbling beneath his feat, Shin was blown off from the amount of power Gohan used to get the sword out.
"Wow this thing is heavy." Gohan replied as he floated down to the ground against the weight that was trying to drag him down to the ground a lot faster then he wanted. "We'll win if we give the sword to Majin Buu since it's so heavy he wouldn't be able to move."
Shin laughed at Gohans suggestion. "First you need to complete your training with the sword."
Gohan nodded and listened to Shins instructions and started his practice with the sword, trying to push the worry about his family out of his mind and focus on the task at hand.
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Goku observed Majin Buu.
"Buu angry. Buu fight fight meanie who play catch wrong and turn him to chocolate."
"I'm afraid your fights with me" the dead saiyan told the pink monster.
"No no no no no no no" Buu shook his head over and over again. "I fight meanie not you."
"But he's not here and I am." Goku pointed to himself with a grin.
Buu crossed his arms and pouted. "If Buu not fight meanie then Buu not fight at all." He told Goku before sitting down.
"You won't fight!?" Goku was in complete shock that Majin Buu didn't want to fight. He was different then what the Kai's had told him about the monster. He didn't seem bloodthirsty at all.
Goku scratched his head in confusion "If you don't want to fight, what do you want to do?"
"Buu hungry" he replied to Goku's question and the asked. "Buu eat you up?"
Goku waved his hands in front of him. "You can't eat me and come to think of it I'm pretty hungry myself. I have plenty of capsules that contain meals. Chi-Chi makes sure I have them on me at all times so I don't over eat when I'm visiting my grandfather and other friends. King Kai and Grand Kai also insisted on it." The saiyan got the food caps out and prepared for a feast.
"No chocolate, no cookies, no candy, no cake" Buu stated sadly as he looked at all the food laid out before them.
"Chi-Chi stopped making junk food after Goten was born, the stuff makes him hyperactive and a hyperactive super saiyan is the last thing you want." Goku told Buu. "You should try it, my wife's cooking is the best in the whole universe. I should know I've tried plenty of other cooking while I was alive and when I was in the other world."
"Buu try" Buu replied and took a bite of the cooking. "Buu like" he replied happily. "But Buu like chocolate more. Buu turn into chocolate."
"You can do that?" Goku asked in amazement. "You can turn your share into chocolate, but I would prefer most of mine to stay as it is. Can you transform these few items into chocolate? It would be nice to have a few sweets again."
Buu happily transformed the food into different sweets. "This makes yummy" Majin Buu exclaimed, shoving the chocolate into his mouth.
"You're right." Goku replied shoving as much of the chocolates into his mouth as possible.
From the distance in the rubble Babidi had regained consciousness from the explosion of power from Buu's body.
"Buu what are you doing eating food, you need to kill him" Babidi demanded.
"But Buu like him" Buu replied in a disobedient tone.
"If you disobey I will lock you back up" Babidi told the monster.
"I will not allow it" Goku replied, shoving the last of his food in his mouth. He couldn't let good food go to waste. Once the food was eaten he stood in a defensive position, protecting Buu from harm.
"Why you help Buu?" Buu asked in confusion.
"We shared a meal so now where friends" Goku replied as if it was that simple. "And I do sense evil in you, but I also sense the good in you. I believe that over time you can change. He on the other hand I can only see evil in him, not one drop of good."
Not knowing of Shins warning's about Buu or Babidi the dead hero attacked the wizard who was extremely weak without anyone to protect him. Within seconds the wizard had been sent to the other world, a meeting with King Yemma awaiting which would sent him to hell for eternity.
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Gohans training had been going well. Movement with the extremely heavy sword had become easier in his normal form. The sword he was holding reminded him of the sword that Trunks from the future often carried around with him and it made Gohan curious to know if the Majin Buu incident had ever happened in Trunks timeline and if it did when did it happen and how did the other Trunks manage against Majin Buu. Gohan stopped his training for a moment when he noticed someone else on the planet. Kibito had finally managed to check in and was now back on the planet.
"What is the human doing here? And what happened to the landscape" Kibito asked in shock at the person before him.
"Majin Buu has been awaken, I have bought Gohan here for more training in beating Majin Buu. "When I bought Gohan here I didn't realise the saiyans had another transformation caused by the full moon which is extremely hard from them to control."
"All this destruction was caused by that mortal and is that the Z sword he's holding?" Kibito asked in even more shock.
"It is, Gohan managed to pull out and is now training with it." Shin explained.
"Can I hold it?" Kibito asked Gohan.
"Ah sure, I just have to warn you that it's really heavy." The young half saiyan replied.
Kibito grabbed the sword and let go moments later as it fell to the ground. He was stunned that something that was so heavy was able to be lifted by the young man in front of him with apparent ease.
Gohan picked the sword back up and continued on with his training.
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Back on Earth Goku was trying to work out what to do with Majin Buu, there was still a great deal of evil in him, but there was also good in him. Goku waved as he saw Piccolo and Vegeta arriving.
"Buu turn bad man to chocolate" Buu screamed out when Vegeta arrived.
"No stop" Goku told Buu standing in the way.
"What's the meaning of this!" Vegeta demanded.
"Buu and I are now friends" Goku told them with a laugh.
"You always managed to make odd friends" Piccolo claimed thinking back to all the people the monkey tailed boy had managed to make friends with. Vegeta on the other hand was totally shocked at how anyone of saiyan blood was able to make friends like the saiyan with amnesia had done.
"Friends, but he's pure evil!" Vegeta insisted.
"That little yellow guy was the one pure evil but I dealt with him." Goku told them.
Vegeta smirked. "The Supreme Kai insisted that the little one needed to live since he's the only one that can seal up that pink monstrosity."
Buu went on the defence again at the mention of being sealed up again.
"But Buu's nice even if he does still have some evil, he doesn't need to be sealed up and I highly doubt that guy would've sealed up Majin Buu anyway.
"I agree with Goku that Babidi would've never sealed up Majin Buu." Piccolo told them.
"Buu want to play" Buu pouted. "Buu bored."
"You can no longer hurt or kill other people" Goku told Buu.
"Or eat them" Vegeta continued remembering what had happened to Dabura, not that he cared, he just didn't want to be turned into food and eaten.
"How Buu have fun without killing or eating people?" he asked seriously.
Vegeta had once asked himself that same question when he'd first come to Earth. With time the answers came to him. The constant training was what he found fun. Majin Buu just needed to find what was fun for himself.
Authors note: Thankyou Tail advocate for pointing out that Gohan still had his tail, I did a quick skim over the chapters and did not find any mention of him losing his tail. In one lot of notes that I had mentioned he still had a tail but was something I had forgot over the years I have been writing this story.
