Hello all! So, someone coined the new name for Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker as "Rise of Fanfiction". I'm offended. My writing skills are much better!
… Don't respond to that, anyone. Let me have my small ego bubble.
So, three Super Saiyan 3s, one downed legend boi, and now an excited pink boi. Hope you're ready, cause we're moving ONWARD, BRAVE HEROES!
"Damn it..." Bardock mutters under his breath. He stands over Broly, the defeated Saiyan unconscious. The elder saiyan's aura ceases, leaving his long blonde hair lightly twitching with the wind.
His frown deepened, eyes locked on the pink blob in the sky. "So, that's Majin Buu, huh?" He lets out a huff, cracking his neck. "I wanted to rest before facing him, but no going back now."
The shriveled prune of a creature on the blob's back barks out. "Hey, what's with the whispering? Speak up when you address me, your master, Babidi!"
The creature laughs, floating from Buu's back as they look down at the Super Saiyan 3. Buu's smile falls to an Oh face. He points down towards Bardock. "You gonna eat that?"
The question, more than the child-like tone of voice, makes Bardock. He follows the gesture, gazing down at Broly. "Eat?.."
The saiyan gets the hint. Not like he and his soldiers didn't eat their victims back in Planet Vegeta's days. He scoffs, turning a glare toward the monster. "You're not touching him. Not on my watch."
"Oh, how amusing. Another golden haired 'hero'." Babidi taunts. The wizard giggles and claps his hands together. "You hear that, Buu? He's trying to tell you that you can't eat. Well, I say you can. Eat to your heart's content."
Buu giggles, eyes opening to unsettle his grin He huffs, steam spewing from the holes in his skin. "Buu beat you dead! Make strawberry shortcake!"
The fat beast looks down, finishing the sentence. Bardock is gone, a burst of wind blowing dirt around Broly.
CRASH! Buu's body shudders from an impact. The saiyan appears just in front of the Majin, fist buried in its massive gut. Buu looks down, confused, meeting eyes with Bardock.
Bardock's eyes twitch. "What the hell?!" He moved to pull his fist out, but the gummy material solidified, clenching a hold of hos fist.
"Hey." Buu says in a pout. "You hit Buu before Buu was ready!"
Bardock scowls. "You attacked my grandson, so Buu hoo."
The monster suddenly shudders, bloating. The pink body begins to turn color as his insides glow gold, energy from Bardock's fist.
His massive form balloons, all pink tinting and glowing gold. Bardock growls out. "Brave Heat!" The massive beast explodes, popping like a balloon in a golden blast. Pieces of the pink monster fall all over the ground below, specks of gum material sticking all over.
Babidi gasps, recoiling. "B-Buu! Are you okay?"
Bardock's aura flares, lightning sparking off him. He looks all over, seeing the pieces. He takes a few breaths, raising a brow. "... That... was far too easy-" His eyes snap wide. His senses fire off all around.
All the pieces of pink mass fly back in, beginning to swirl around Bardock on all sides. The masses begin mixing with one another.
The blurring swirl of pink stops, four masses surrounding Bardock on each side. Each is about the size of the saiyan. "What the hell?"
"Buu party pummel!" All four masses pop into smaller Buus. The foursome close in, throwing punches and kicks at Bardock from all sides.
Bardock begins blocking strikes from all four smaller monsters. However, strikes begin landing. He growls, knowing he needs to attack. The saiyan ducks a swipe from the left. His arm glows blue as he twists around.
He fires his Tyrant Lancer, completely obliterating the Buu behind him. Continuing his twist around, the warrior spin kicks two of the three remaining Buus. The last flies back, hands cup at the side with a pink glow.
Bardock's eyes widen in shock. "Wait, that's Gohan's-"
Buu grins, the pink energy shining out. "Buu!" the blob fires his beam, a pink Kamehameha!
Bardock reacts in a blur. His hands snap to his side and flash forward, firing an identical blue beam. He rapidly shouts. "Kamehameha!"
The blue beam rips through the pink, blasting the mini Buu back. However, the remains of the first destroyed Buu twitch.
The pink masses warp around Bardock, stringing together into a gummy rope. The mass of pink wraps around Bardock's chest, neck, and left arm. The two Buus on either side of him charge in, each stretching and warping into pink fleshy ropes.
One wraps around his legs, the other binding the man's right arm to his chest. All three ropes of mass constrict, binding the man in place.
The last mini Buu giggles as he charges the bound Bardock. The saiyan gasps in shock before the remaining Buu begins unloading punches into his defenseless face. The pink man child laughs as he pummels at the long haired man's head.
Bardock growls out in anger, glaring as he slams his head forward into Buu's. He knocks the pink being back, just before the saiyan contorts his body to aim his feet at the monster.
He roars out, firing a golden beam from his feet in a drop kick. The ki ball hits Buu, launching him away.
Despite the bindings, Bardock flips down onto the ground below. Standing ram rod straight, he pushes out against the Buu wraps. His aura sparks to life, the pink ropes twitching and pushing out.
With a triumphant shout, his power erupts in an explosive repulse. The ropes blast out, obliterated. Bardock finishes his roar, stumbling as he catches his breath.
However, his eyes widen as all the blown apart pieces of pink fly off, remerging with the remaining mini Buu. The remaining Buu twitches and morphs back to full size with the added mass. Buu smiles happily. "Wow you strong! Keep playing with Buu!"
He punctuates the statement with steam blowing out his many holes. The sheer ridiculousness of the situation manages to make Bardock grin back. A challenge in his eye. "You asked for it."
. . .
A gigantic blast lights the landscape. A pillar of golden light shines and fades as the land quakes, shaking apart. One side of the rocky, destroyed land rises and shifts from the other that sinks.
The land divides on two sides of a massive, deep trench. On one side, Vegeta lands, long hair flowing. His suit is damaged, destroyed at the right shoulder, exposing his chest. He breathes heavily, a smile on.
On the other side, Goku lands. His orange gi top is gone completely, his mildly damaged blue shirt left for his top. He breathes hard, a slight glare sent at the prince across the way. "I'm actually surprised. This is the first time I've used Super Saiyan 3 in a fight."
Vegeta snickers. "It's quite annoying, isn't it? The weaknesses of this form are pretty obvious."
"That makes it all the more worth it, right?" Goku smirks. "Another challenge to see which of us drops first."
The prince laughs. "So glad you caught on."
He flickers away, Goku following suit. The clouds above burst apart. The two saiyans flash in and out of sight, striking at one another. The two fully appear, a vicious strike exchange as Vegeta fores the orange clad man back.
Vegeta overextends a jab, Goku pushing the punch aside and moving into a spin kick. The prince drops, the kick swiping through his hair. Vegeta's hands leverage on the ground as he high kicks Kakarot in the jaw.
The clown is knocked back as the prince stands tall. The confident saiyan laughs."Come on! Where's your other tricks! Bring out that Spirit Bomb! Kaioken!"
Vegeta speeds forward, grabbing Goku by the hair and slams him into the ground. The prince rises, firing down at the area.
Despite all the explosions in front of him, Vegeta turns and looks over his shoulder. Goku stands in the distance, catching his breath, hand to his head. Instant Transmission.
"Come on. Where's that ferocity that you showed Cell? Where's that ANNOYINGLY optimistic enthusiasm?!" He's yelling now, anger pouring out.
The clown simply glared back. Goku stands tall, taking a calming breath. He takes a moment to size up his cocky opponent. "I guess we need to end this, don't we?"
Goku crouches, bringing his center low. His left hand clenches his right forearm. A loud grunt sounds as his aura bursts to life. Lightning sparks around him, scorching the ground around him. Flashes of ki move up the low class warrior's right arm to his fist.
Vegeta's mirth wipes away to surprise. He recovers his composure, grinning. "That's more like it..." He trails off, arms spreading to either side. His aura explodes around him, arms moving forward. Golden energy sparks in his hands as lightning arcs out from his hands, trailing along the ground.
The golden aura flare around them, a shining light coming from the hands of each warrior. Each warrior's building growls build in an exhale of power.
And that builds into each roaring as their power peaks, the lands quaking and shattering under them.
. . .
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" The shrieking yell pierces everyone's ears. Erasa drops to her knees, the stands filled with panicked people rumbling.
Videl grips a guard rail for her life before steadying the shaking Erasa. Her eyes remain wide. She feels... something... and the fact she can't tell what it is frankly terrifies her.
Chichi grabs Goten, the boy floating off the ground and holding her up to steady her. Trunks does the same for Bulma, while Raunch lifts Launch.
Yamcha has Master Roshi up, while 18 joins them with Marron. The Ox King yelps, about to fall when a hand yanks him up into the air.
Everyone looks over in shock. "Gine?!"
Bardock's wife flies up with the Ox King. The entire group of fliers carry the non ki users out of the stadium to flat ground, Oolong and Puar transforming individually to follow.
The group gathers as the wind starts picking up. Yamcha screams out. "What the heck am I sensing here? Is that... But that power is crazy! There's three of them!"
Gine calls out. "I can confirm that two of those powers are Bardock and Kakarot. Things are not going well, it seems."
"Grandpa and who?" Goten asks confused.
"Grandpa and your dad, doofus!" Raunch, with brown hair, snaps.
Videl and Erasa share a look of equal disbelief. "Wait, how far are they from us?"
"About the other side of the planet." Gine grumbles. She then ignores their shocked expressions, looking in the direction of the powers. "Please be okay, everyone."
. . .
Amid a vast cratered wasteland, the sky darkens, storming winds blitzing through. The ground quakes, debris blowing by. The chaotic forces on all sides blow rocks aside, revealing an unmoving form.
Shin is revealed, beaten and injured. However, he's still conscious. His eyes are open, wide. Everything in him to his core is shaken. His wide eyes stare into the sky, overwhelmed. "T-t-This... this is what... Saiyans are capable of?"
His voice is quiet, nearly muted by the storming winds overhead. His awe begins to wash away as he senses it all. "Bardock... that was his name. He is fighting Majin Buu..."
The Kai's eyes close, tuning out the elements to focus. "But... Goku and Vegeta. They must be stopped... But I can't..."
He tries to move, only for his body to protest in agony. He chokes out a scream. "Ckaaahhh!" The demi god's back raises a few inches from the ground, but the rocks on top of him weigh him back down.
He breathes heavily, mind wandering. "G-Gohan... I'm sorry..."
His body numbs, feeling starting to give. Shin grits his teeth. "No... I can't give up. HA!" An explosive wave bursts from him, clearing all the debris from him.
He chokes as he tries to get up once more, but his limbs protest each inch. However, his awareness of his surrounding is brought back when a hand claps onto his shoulder lightly. "Sorry, I can't heal, but I can give you energy."
A wash of golden energy pours over the Kai. The pain remains, but Shin finds himself reinvigorated. His will, strength returns. The injured Kai opens his eyes. His body still hurts, but he feels adrenaline numbing the pain again.
Shins eyes opened to see... a roughed up Raditz. The long haired Saiyan stood in his base state, leaned over with a hand on Shin. "Get up, don't die that easily."
Shin's gaze trailed from Raditz, moving behind him, seeing a quite large unconscious bald man. "Ah! Isn't that... your friend, Nappa?"
The saiyan huffed, angry. "Don't get me started! Guy gives in to some... THING that gets into all our heads, and suddenly he feels he's god!" Raditz growls out. "But before I ask about that stupid M on his head, where is Gohan?"
Shin gasps at the, grunting as he forces himself to his feet. He looks at all the destructive weather around him. His senses reach out once more.
The Kai's voice shakes as he responds. "I-... I'm sorry, but he..."
Raditz turns to face the man, attention full. It takes a second, his jaw starting to fall. "You're lying!"
"Please, we must fall back and regroup. Buu is unleashed, and we must make our plan!"
Raditz grits his teeth, air thickening with his power. He seethes before taking a calming breath. "Right... Let's stop this mess. So long as those morons don't blow up the whole god damned planet!"
. . .
The land's quakes build as two bright golden lights shine. Vegeta roars out with lightning building in his hands. Goku clenches his right arm, his right fist glowing just as brightly. The two Saiyans send heated glares the other's way, power fully charged.
"This is the end!" Vegeta roars out, lightning erupting in all directions. "FINAL FLASH!" The attack sparks before firing a bright golden beam.
The wide blast blocks out all Goku can see, but the low class warrior seems unfazed. He kicks off the ground, flying straight at the massive ki wave. His arm is enclosed in golden power as he throws his attack. "DRAGON FIST!"
Goku's aura and ki enshrouds him, taking shape. The ki erupts out, forming a snake like body before solidifying into Shenron himself. Made of the golden ki, the dragon dives head long into the Final Flash, clashing with the attack.
Vegeta jolts, a sudden kickback on his attack. The wide stream of ki begins splitting at the end, the golden dragon roaring and ramming itself through the center of the beam. The prince chokes out a growl before screaming back. "KAKAROOO!"
The stream of power erupts wider, more powerful, as the dragon's progress is stunted. Inside the dragon, Goku shudders from the strain. He roars out, forcing the dragon onward still. "VEGETAAA!"
The prince keeps his look of fierce determination, a smirk forming on his face. His visage remains unchanged, even when Goku's fist reaches Vegeta's hands. The upper and lower jaws of the ki dragon stick out the top and bottom of the elite's destructive attack!
The attacks erupt, a massive explosion blinding for miles. From the explosion, two dots blast out. From a distance, the two specks collide with the ground, two massive trails of debris, smoke, and shattered earth erupting out.
The land calms, nothing but a ruined, broken wasteland. One trail of smoke clears, showing Goku, flat on his back, topless, shredded pants, and black hair. Reduced to his base form, he gargles out breaths. His eyes are shut as his breath slows. Head tilting to the side, he loses consciousness.
Just as well off, the other trail clears, Vegeta choking and coughing. His hair black, he opens one eye, straining to pull himself up, only to fall back. One last groan comes out of him before he ceases moving completely. . .
. . .
A powerful strike launches Buu down, the fat blob smashing into the ground below. Bardock hovers in the air, looking down on him.
The pink monster rolls to its feet, showing indentions all over his body. Parts of him ripped off, others singed and burnt. The majin swayed as it stood. "Ooo?"
Babidi hung in the air, off to the side. His mouth was agape. "Buu? You're... You're losing for real, aren't you? No, Buu!"
Bardock ignores the wizard, breathing heavily before ki begins to gather in his fist. "Not much more left in me." Bardock mutters to himself. "But this will end it." His aura blows out, blue energy forming around his arm.
"Buu, please don't let it end like this, no Buu!" The wizard continued to plea, but it was too late.
Bardock explodes forward, charging down at the monster. He closes the distance, roaring out in power as he throws the powerful punch forward.
The wizard turns away as the strike lands, a bright light illuminating his face. The wizard shrinks away, hiding his face from any possible collateral damage. A shock wave blows him back, but he pushes through it.
Slowly, he peeks through his arms. His eyes widen, jaw dropping as he opens up again. Then a smile forms.
On the ground a distance off, a figure rises from a crater. The tall man staggers to a kneeling position. He pushes up once more, one foot, then the other. Broly stands from the crater, eyes half lidded, barely able to see. However, he focuses in on the sight in front of him, eyes starting to widen.
Buu's form is on his back foot, barely on balance. Bardock's fist is buried in the monster's head, but the Saiyan's aura is gone. Buu's face turns, pushing back on the fist.
In front of him, the Saiyan's onyx eyes and raven hair are back. Bardock's eyes are wide with shock. Too late. He looks at his fist, seeing and feeling no more ki within it. "D-... Damn it-"
The majin's hand snaps forward, grabbing the Saiyan by the throat and lifting him away. Slowly, Buu's injuries start to pop back into place. In only a few seconds, Bardock watches Buu present himself, no worse for wear.
The man child giggles like a baby. "Wow, you strong! Where strong power go?"
Bardock chokes, gripping Buu's large gloved hand in a struggle to break free. The Saiyan tries to gather ki, bringing one hand up and firing point blank. The explosion hits Buu in the face, pitiful. It blows aside, showing not a speck of damage.
He lets out a choking gasp, the monster's grip tightening. "Aw, power was broken? You strong. Buu wanted strong opponent."
"YES! Go, Buu! Kill him! Kill him and eat him up! Gobble him! Like a box of chocolates!" The wizard's cheers in glee are nonstop.
A pink grin widens. "Chocolates? Or maybe velvet cake... with chocolate syrup?"
Bardock cries out, pulling just enough to get a breath. He opens one eye at the beast, smirking. "You wanted a strong opponent?" His quiet comment catches the monster's attention. "Follow some advice, the strongest opponents don't serve anyone but those they choose."
Buu stares at him, tilting his head. "What that mean?"
The Saiyan simply shakes his head. "You aren't even making these decisions. It's pitiful."
Buu huffs, smoke blowing out of his head and arms. "You insult Buu! You mean!" Buu cocks one hand back, forming a golden ki blast "Buu no eat you! Buu beat you dead!"
Broly's eyes blink once, focus returning. His eyes shift amber yellow in a heartbeat. The clone watches the hand prepare to smash the ki ball into the defenseless man's face.
"NO!" The younger Saiyan roars, blasting forward. A green ki ball forms in his off hand. "RAAHH!" He snarls out!
"Huh?" Is all the monster gets out before Broly closes the distance, one hand reaching out. It latches onto Bardock. The other hand smashes its ki ball into Buu's.
Each ball ignites, a blinding blast exploding in all three fighters' faces. Babidi once more shields himself from harm, gasping in fear. "Buu! Are you okay?! ANSWER ME?!"
. . .
Flying over the ocean, Krillin stops. He whips his head back, sensing everything behind him. The sheer disbelief on his face as he felt not one, not two, but three MASSIVE clashes of ki that put anything he's seen out of the water...
And yet... he could only sense Buu now. "No... don't tell me."
. . .
The sound of a gavel begins. "Okay, Next!" An authoritative voice demands. A figure steps forth in a massive room. Before him is a desk the size of a house... and a man behind it even larger. The large red man with a black beard and horns, King Yemma.
The figure standing before him has a green tunic, black form fitted material beneath. A halo over his spiky hair.
"Ah, Son Gohan." King Yemma sighs. "Well, I hate to break it to you." As he begins the process of judging the half Saiyan in the after life...
. . .
The wind brushes over the lands, blowing the hair of Goku and Vegeta as they lay a distance away from one another. Neither responds. Not an inch of movement.
. . .
The blast clears, Buu standing with a dumbfounded look on his face. "Oh?" He looks in front of him, seeing both arms gone. Before him, a massive mountain of broken rocks and rumble sits. "Aw... big guy go boom..."
"Buu!" Babidi floats down, smiling giddily. "Buu, you magnificent being, you! You're amazing!" He floats around, arms going behind his back. "Oh, but this is just the beginning... Come, Buu. Let's find a whole buffet for you to gobble up!"
Buu looks at him weirdly for a moment. A thought plays in his head. "the strongest opponents don't serve anyone but those they choose."
"Buu! Come on. Let's get going!" Babidi commands, growing impatient. "Did those stupid mongrels knock another screw loose in that screw jar of a head? Get a move on!"
The monster stands still for another moment before his body regenerates. He smiles up at Babidi. "Coming!" He flies up, the wizard leaping onto his back as they take off into the sky.
Over the ridge of rocks and rubble, however...
Hidden under a dense mixture of trees and rocks, near a small water mass, Broly sits, back against a rock in hiding.
His eyes are half lidded, tired, as his head droops. "S-... Sorry... Bardock." His head drops, eyes shut.
Beside him lays the man in question, bleeding out his side. The Saiyan lay motionless, out cold.
. . .
Krillin just stares, completely baffled. "No way..." A deep gulp of fear. "No way did we lose our five best bets already..."
And the bad luck train keeps on piling on. Yes, I am aware that many Buu saga problems are... self created by good guys. Kinda the way that goes.
Given the strain of Super Saiyan 3 on a living body without any recovery options, Bardock wasn't going to win after using a good deal of power on Broly.
Also, just a reiteration, in my opinion, Vegeta only confronted Buu in canon because he recognized Buu's power. Vegeta here knows he can kill Buu, so he wouldn't bother here, making him more careless, like any time he has power.
Powers remain the same.
Reviews:
Super Mystic Gohan – well... that's a difficult question. My Bardock uses the future vision in a fight, but it taxes his mind. My Vegeta is the same as normal Vegeta and has SS3. My Goku is slightly stronger than canon and has Dragon Fist, but less experience with Instant Transmission. They're pretty even.
No holds barred... Goku would try something new... it would cripple him. Vegeta would be jealous and try to one up him... and fail. And Bardock would win with the least character is for a three way fight, mind you.
SuperSaiyajin4Vegeta – Well, I feel its inevitable in any scenario Vegeta has SS2 before the time skip. Vegeta in canon, now, had SS2 before Buu, so I'd say he unlocks at least one transformation just training. Goku can unlock two transformations training... cause he DID. Bardock mirrors much of Goku's progression.
As for SS3 being an ideal form for Vegeta... I disagree. For the same reason Vegeta wouldn't use Ultra Saiyan vs Cell, he wouldn't specialize in the form specifically.