~Today is when my upload schedule is changed. I'll be uploading today, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week.
Chapter 55
~Vegeta
I opened my eyes, half asleep. I thought I was waking up in the Capsule Corp building next to Bulma with the sun shining on my face and the red fabric covering most of my body. I realized sadly that I was still inside Planet Buu and Dende was trying to heal me. Sweat was dripping down his forehead and he was swearing constantly looking up for a few seconds, then looking down.
"Vegeta! Listen, we need you. Right now! Bulla's going to get killed." Dende said.
At the sound of Bulla's name a turned away from Dende's face and to my right. Kakarrot had grabbed Bulla by her neck and had thrown her into the ground. I looked over to see Brussal getting up and start attacking him again. It was to no avail as Kakarrot just knocked him aside like he was nothing but a fly.
"Enough, Dende. I don't need your stupid magic." I said trying to get up.
"Vegeta, you don't understand. This isn't about some stupid rivalry or you foolish Saiyan pride. This is about surviving to fight another day. Stop being such an idiot or we really will all die here." Dende replied giving me a stern look similar to Piccolo's.
"Do you think I'm an idiot!? The same arrogant prince I was back then? No, I'm not. I can take care of myself you stupid Namekian. My daughter and Brussal are going to be killed if I don't do something."
Dende was silent. He let out a big sigh, the glow emanating from his hands faded and he picked his hands up off of my chest. My power was a little more than halfway filled but it would be enough to at least stall Kakarrot. I went Super Saiyan Two and got to my feet. I cracked my knuckles and looked at Dende, "You wake up, Gohan. We're going to need him more."
I yelled to Kakarrot, "Don't touch her! Your battle is with me not my daughter."
Kakarrot moved his hand away from Bulla and smiled at me, "I had my fun with you Vegeta. You're obviously not worth my time."
"I wasn't going all out you bastard. This time I'm going to win." I lied.
"Let's see if you can put your money where your mouth is," Kakarrot said. "It's time for round two Vegeta. Nothing's going to change."
~Shin
Kid Buu frowned and squinted at me. I took off my red jacket leaving my blue Kaioshin sweater. It had been knitted by the Western Supreme Kai to guard against strong magic and strong opponents. It didn't help much against Buu but it was a nice reminder of the woman. I knew something was different about me. My eyes were open and seemed to see everything. Smoke was rising up from my body and my skin was glowing.
"So this is the full power of a Kaioshin..." I said looking closely at my palms.
Kid Buu grunted and began to run towards me. He punched me in the face. But it didn't hurt. I grabbed Buu's wrist and ripped it off. I then blasted it into nothing. Kid Buu stopped, his mouth hanging wide open as he regenerated his arm. I formed a ball of blue energy in my hand and sent it right through Buu's chest. He regenerated that too.
"I guess I admire that about you Majin Buu's. You never give up. Now if only you were fighting for justice and safety instead of misery and evil." I said.
Kid Buu began to attack mercilessly. Throwing his arms and legs around aimlessly. He got one good kick in but I quickly chopped the leg off and sent my fist into his face. He flinched and I sent a wave of ki blasts into his body. Buu lay face down on the ground, regenerating as I floated into the air. Buu got up as soon as his leg was complete and began to jump around slamming his fists into the ground and wailing loudly. He looked directly at me and he flashed his teeth.
"You can never kill us for good! We Majin's will always be there as long as you keep my plump brother with you." Kid Buu revealed. But this was someone different. Kid Buu didn't talk so clearly and confidently, it was the planet speaking through this Buu.
"I don't care what you have to say. I'll never believe you. As long as you continue to exist someone will always be there to stop you," I said as I gathered blue energy into my hand. Lightning sparked around the orbs that were in my hand as I continued, "I won't live forever but generations of heroes will always drive out the darkness in the universe."
Kid Buu snarled and lifted his hands above his head. A huge ball of energy formed on top of his hands and he threw it at me, "Then you'll be responsible for your own death!"
I put one hand out in front of me and put my other hand on top of it. I pushed out all of my power in the form of a beam. The two energies collided and played a sort of tug-of-war with each other. It was useless though. My power exceeded Kid Buu's greatly and no attack of his could stop mine now.
"You've made a grave mistake, Buu!" I shouted. "Never...EVER...piss off a god!"
~Gohan
I felt a cold hand make contact with my cheek and my eyes quickly opened. Dende was picking me up dragging me towards somewhere.
"Dende...be careful..." I warned. "My dad, he's here and he's dangerous."
"We know. Vegeta and Bulla are holding him off. But they need your help." Dende explained.
"We?"
"Me, Bulla, 18. You know, the regulars."
"Very funny. Are the others alive?"
"Not for long. Now go and help them!"
Dende pushed me toward my father and where he was fighting Vegeta. Dad was clearly winning. He hit Vegeta in the back of the head and kicked him upwards. A Namekian that I recognized as Nail appeared and struck dad with his fist. The attack did nothing. Dad smiled and hit him in the stomach with a small ball of ki. It blew a hole in the Nail as he flew farther from dad. I knew I couldn't let him get an opening or else I would get hurt like Nail did. I accessed my mystic power up and went towards dad. He put his hands behind his head and turned towards me.
"Gohan! You're not here to kill me like Vegeta was, right?" He asked.
"If I have to kill you I will." I responded.
"You? You're a disgrace to my own family. It's a shame there weren't any female Saiyans left or else I would've had a better, stronger son." Dad expressed.
"You liar. My father would never say that, he loves me and mom! I know it!" I argued.
"Are you sure? I was counting on you to beat Buu, son. You didn't. You chickened out and I had to sacrifice myself for you. I almost died in space but you never even tried to find me!"
"Shenron wasn't strong enough to find you."
"Don't feed me that bullshit! Shenron couldn't find me but what about you? Couldn't you have gone out in a little spaceship to find me?"
"How could I? I didn't know where you were. We all thought you were dead."
"Do this for me, Gohan. Imagine a body floating out in space. Cold, alone, in the dark. I couldn't move because I was trapped in ice! Would you like to be stuck in that position Gohan?"
"For what it's worth...I'm sorry."
"That's why you'll never be my son. Always afraid. You're soft. You may have the body of a grown man, but inside you'll always be a little child. You're scared of your own power and what you might do! Embrace it! Let it run through your body! Then you will truly be the son of Kakarrot."
"Father...whoever you are, I'm not the son of Kakarrot. I'm the son of Goku. He always wanted me to be stronger than him but if I have to let myself go just to do it, then I'll never really fulfill his dream."
Well spoken, Gohan. A voice said within me. It was him. The part of me I hoped I'd never hear again. Tell you what, I won't hurt any of your friends if you give me control. At least the ones that aren't already dead.
"What!?" I said out loud. "Dad" tilted his head in confusion.
You don't notice it? Your little girlfriend is dead, Gohan. Your dad killed her while you were knocked out. I couldn't believe the things he was telling me. I began to try and sense Videl's power. It was gone. She's hiding her power level. She doesn't have any power left to sense! I angrily responded. The other me spoke again, Gohan, you can feel life energy because of me. You can't feel that either can you? He was right about that too. I felt tears begin to fall and I clenched my fists. It isn't fair. She was never supposed to die. I promised her that we would make it all out alive. The she and I would make it out! I thought.
"I see, you're talking to your inner Saiyan. I won't let you have that liberty though." Kakarrot realized as he began to dash towards me.
"NO!" I shouted as I began to scream out. My power began to rise steadily as Kakarrot stopped and his eyes widened.
That's good, Gohan. Let it all out...the pain...the sorrow...the anger! Break me free of my chains! I felt my consciousness begin to fade. I couldn't feel my body anymore. I knew my power was still rising steadily but I could no longer see the pink walls or my evil father coming toward me. I was surrounded by darkness with no clothes on. A man with pink skin and silver fur covering most of his body passed me. He smiled at me and waved. Then he went towards the light whereas I could do nothing to stay in this dark prison. Cold, alone, and in the dark.
~This chapter was originally supposed to be about 17 and her brother 18 before they were turned into androids but then I said to myself, 'Would it make any sense for me to put a flashback right in the middle of the last chapter? When I'm not even talking about 18 anymore?' So then it turned into this. I like the chapter and I hope you do too!
