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CHAPTER 35: Team Up Time

The world and time slowed as Usagi watched Buu absorb Gotenks. She heard Gohan call out to her, but she couldn't hear the words he said. She stumbled backwards as Piccolo pulled her away from the battle between Gohan and Buu. Dende grabbed her left arm to steady her.

'This can't be happening.' Her breathe was labored as her thoughts ran a mile a minute. 'Am I doomed to lose everyone and watch all of them die? Can we stop him? Do we even have a chance?' She felt a tug at her left causing her to falter just a moment.

"Piccolo!" Gohan yelled as he continued to exchange blows with the muscular Buu. "Get Mom out of here now! I can't fight with you guys here."

"Alright, Gohan." The Namekian pulled the stunned Saiyan princess into his arms and against his chest. "We'll figure out someway to contact Namek and get help from their dragon balls once you beat him. Good luck kid."

Piccolo rocketed away from the lookout holding the blonde princess in his arms. As the wind whipped Usagi's hair behind her the events crashed into her awareness. Snapping out of her stupor she pushed out of Piccolo's arms.

"We can't leave Gohan behind!" Usagi yelled at the Namekian looking back to where she could sense Gohan fighting against Buu. "He absorbed Goten, Trunks, and Dende!"

Piccolo grabbed her arm halting her as she made to move back to him. "We can't help him. If Buu gets us too then we definitely won't be able to stop him."

Wrenching her arm out of his grasp she glared at the taller man. "You go find a way to get in touch with Namek. I have already lost everyone else and I refuse to lose him too! I'm going to help my son!" Usagi rocketed away leaving a stunned Namekian behind. She arrived to see Gohan beginning to struggle against Buu as he was trying to absorb the teenager. Calling forth her Lunarian power to her hands she launched at the pink mass that was clinging to Gohan's body. Instantly the mass began to sizzle and fall away, and she hit him dead on with a strong ki wave. She smiled up at the shocked face of her oldest son. "You really think I was going to leave you to fight him on your own?" She huffed. "Get real boy," She whispered in Saiyan, "like I would leave you to take all the credit. Piccolo is going to find a way to contact Namek."

"Like I was going to let the two of you hog all the glory." Piccolo crossed his arms over his chest as he arrived. "We're stronger together, Gohan."

"Mom! Piccolo!" Gohan spoke softly.

"We can't leave you here even if we wanted to ho'ta." Usagi raised her ki coating her body in the silvery glow from the Ginzuishou. "This power seems to work against him so we will just have to work together."

"But Mom," he paused as worry overtook him, "if you use too much of that power."

"I'll die and be reunited with your Ja'ta, or maybe the rest of the Saiyans seeing as I did Frieza's evil bidding." She smiled a very Saiyan like smirk. "It will be well worth it as long as you survive. Let's do this." Hurtling towards Buu, with her arms outstretched, she left Gohan and Piccolo behind.

"Stop worrying, Gohan," Piccolo slapped the young man on the shoulder, "or we won't be able to focus fully on the battle."

"Right Piccolo." He nodded to his sensei and charged after his mother.

Usagi continued swiping at the pink blob cutting him into tiny pieces. Gohan and Piccolo fired off random shots trying to aide in destroying the smaller chunks of him in order to prevent him from regenerating. Usagi was breathing heavy as she moved quickly to where the bigger chunks were floating in the air.

"Ta'pa!" She cursed loudly as a larger segment began to form. "He's like cell."

"No matter how much we obliterate him he just keeps coming back." Gohan yelled in frustration.

"Like a bad penny that won't go away." Piccolo huffed as he sent out multiple shots.

"Piccolo!" Usagi yelled as she whipped around seeing Buu wrap around the Namekian. Letting lose a blast of ki, she watched on as it only sizzled upon contact but didn't dissipate.

Multiple tiny Buu's appeared in the masses surrounding them. His ominous laughter filled their ears. "Thank you for wasting all that energy and letting me formulate a plan, pretty lady. Soon you will all be part of Buu."

"No!" Usagi yelled out loudly as chunks latched onto Gohan despite his struggle to free himself.

"I have to tell you." Buu's voice whispered quietly in her ear. "The golden lady told me you would be hard to beat." He laughed quietly. "Buu doesn't think so. I look forward to having your power as mine and destroying the universe."

"Not happening." Usagi ascended to super Saiyan and wrapped herself in the silvery light from the crystal causing the forming Buu behind her to melt away. She sped towards Gohan grabbing onto his arm attempting to pull him from the reforming Buu. "Come on Gohan, fight for me!" She slammed her eyes closed as she tried to will more of the crystal to wrap around Gohan to shield him.

"Mom!" Gohan's muffled yell came as he became more encased.

"No," Usagi whispered as she felt her power reaching its limits, "this can't be how it ends." Darkness filled her eyes as she was shrouded in the pink mass.

"Usagi! Gohan!" Goku growled as he watched his mate and son become of the monster he had been fighting.

"That's it!" Nappa roared at the Kais. "You have no choice but to send us back now. "There's no one left on Earth to stop him!"

"Actually," Old Kai scratched his chin as he looked at the ball before him, "it seems like there is one person left on Earth."

They all leaned closer to the ball to see Hercule walking around carrying a small dog as he called out for the gentle Buu.

"Are you kidding me?" Nappa yelled. "That's who you want to entrust the fate of the Universe with. That weakling that couldn't even take a punch from one of the halflings?"

"I didn't say that but there is someone still on the planet." The old Kai looked on watching Hercule.

Goku stepped in front of Nappa catching the bald warrior's fist in his hand. "I get it Nappa," he paused thoughtfully, "maybe we could fuse and take him on."

"That won't work Goku." Shin spoke softly. "You are dead and Nappa is not. It would wipe both of you out of existence."

"There is another option." Kibito smiled as he folded his hands behind his back.

"What are you thinking Kibito?" Shin asked hopefully.

"Vegeta is waiting at the gates with King Yemma due to the influx of souls that have been pouring in because of Buu." Kibito hinted.

"Oh yes!" Shin exclaimed as he pounded his fist into his open hand. "They could fuse and there would be no negative repercussions. Elder," Shin turned to old Kai, "do you think you can help us bring Vegeta here?"

"Is he the one who has the spicy blue haired woman as his mate?" Old Kai's cheeks turned red.

"Yeah," Goku answered, "Bulma. What about her?"

"I suppose I could help you if. . .." He left off with a chuckle.

"If I could what?" Goku asked hopefully.

"After Earth is restored using the dragon balls, if you could arrange for me to get a kiss from a certain woman with blue hair, I could be persuaded to assist you in this task."

"You had better not mean Ami, you old leacher, because that is my r'sha." Nappa warned.

"Not the pregnant one," he smiled lecherously, "I want a kiss from the perky one. She's so feisty."

"You want to kiss Vegeta's mate?" Nappa let out a side-splitting laugh. "You have a death wish old man."

"We can make that happen!" Goku laughed excitedly.

"Kakarott, now you are the one with a death wish and you're already dead. Vegeta would never go for that." Nappa pinched the bridge of his nose just imagining the screaming fit and stream of curses that were sure to fly Vegeta's mouth were this deal to ever come to fruition.

"He doesn't have to know. Besides Nappa, Vegeta and I are dead, what is he really going to be able to do to me?" Goku threw his hand behind his head as he laughed.

"Its your afterlife funeral." Nappa shrugged.

"So, you do it?" Goku placed both his hands together and bowed to the elder Kai.

"Sure." Elder Kai closed in eyes in concentration as he began to summon Vegeta back to the land of the living on the planet they currently resided on.

"What is the meaning of this?" The annoyed voice of Vegeta rang out as he appeared before them.

"Hey buddy!" Goku called out cheerfully. "You ready to team up with me and take out Buu?"

"Kakarott?" Vegeta turned around sharply. "What are you talking about you idiot? We're both dead."

"Yeah! But we can do fusion and go back to Earth to wipe Buu off the face of the planet. What do you say buddy?"

"Is that that ridiculous dancing technique you taught the boys?" He paused watching as the goofy Saiyan nodded enthusiastically. "Do you really think you can beat that monster in just 30 minutes?"

"Oh man," Goku looked at the ground downcast, "I forgot about the time limit."

Nappa stepped forward, "Then I will go with you to buy you time if you aren't able to beat him in that time constraint."

"There is another option." The elder Kai stood from the ground unfastening his earrings. "You can use my potara earrings to fuse. The fusion is permanent until you return before Yemma. What do you boys say? Hmm?"

"What do you say Vegeta?" Goku asked with his child like excitement.

"Why should I care?" Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest and turned away.

"He's eaten everyone we care about Vegeta! Usagi, Trunks, and Bulma! We have to do something, and this might be our only chance." Goku pleaded.

"As much as I would rather not share a body with you it is a better option and would help us to save our families but didn't Dende die making the dragon balls inactive even if we could gather them?" Vegeta scoffed.

"Oh, no," Shin replied, "we didn't think about Dende's absence from the planets."

"Calm down you young whipper snapper. I sent him to King Yemma's for safe keeping."

"What?" Vegeta and Nappa yelled out simultaneously.

"You could have pulled everyone from Earth instead of letting them get eaten?" Nappa formed a ki blast in his hand.

"Not exactly," Old Kai held up his hands in defense, "I can only pull certain strings and that just happened to be one of them."

"So," Vegeta eyed the earrings, "if we use those and defeat Buu our families will be alive again once we use the dragon balls?"

"That is correct." Elder Kai answered.

"What are you waiting for Kakarott." Vegeta grabbed the earring and stared at the object for a minute.

"Alright Vegeta!" He quickly attached the earring to his right ear.

"Fine," he mumbled, "as much as I detest this." Vegeta affixed it to his left ear as instructed and began to feel an invisible sensation drawing him closer to Kakarott before their bodies were quickly pulled together fusing them together.

Everyone shielded their eyes as a blinding light exploded around the joining body of the two warriors. Once the light died down before them stood one warrior with brownish red hair standing over six feet tall wearing a navy blue gi with an orange under shirt, with Saiyan style boots and gloves. His hands clenching and unclenching.

"This power," his voice a mix of Goku and Vegeta but with the attitude and persona of Vegeta at the forefront, "no wonder the boys liked it so much. It's addictive and so much better than I thought. We'll see you when we're all done taking out the trash." He raised his fingers to his forehead and used instant transmission to reappear on Earth immediately before Buu.

"Hello there Buu." He gave a Vegeta smirk. "Are you ready for some real fun?"

"Oh," Buu paused sizing up the newly appeared warrior, "and who might you be?"

"Well, what would you call a Vegeta and a Goku in one body? Vegito sounds nice." He let out a small chuckle.

"You seem like a new challenge worth my time. The last couple were beginning to bore me."

The two began to fight fiercely knocking each other around as everyone in the other world and the planet of the kais watched on. Meanwhile, inside of Buu, Usagi was fading in and out of awareness as she struggled to amass enough power to eat away at the casing Buu had surrounded her in.

'Daughter,' the voice of her mother filled her mind, 'stop trying so hard. Relax and your power will come back to you. The crystal needs time to regenerate its strength.'

'Mother?'

'Yes, my dear one. Just breath, relax and quit fighting so hard. Soon enough you will have the power you need to free not only yourself but those boys of yours and Piccolo.'

'But Buu, I have to stop him.'

'And you will soon enough, as long as you listen to me. Trust me dear.'

Usagi quit trying to force her power and relaxed. Feeling her power returning she began to formulate a plan. This being was pure evil and the crystal would slowly be able to erase the evil the had ensnared them. But what would she do about Dende? She couldn't sense him anywhere on Earth before she had herself been absorbed. Suddenly she fell from the ball she was being held in and looked around her watching as her former prison melted away.

"Alright," she smiled weakly, "now to get you guys out." She reached out placing her hands on the pods that Gohan and Piccolo were in. "I'm going to need their helping figuring out how to get out of here."

"I can't believe we had to rely on those worms to get us here." A voice that sounded like her brother echoed through the cavernous expanse of Buu's body.

"Oh, come on Vegeta, it wasn't that bad." Laughter resembling her mate filled her ears.

"Vegeta? Kakarott?" She whispered softly as she let her hands drop turning her body towards the voices. Looking to her right she saw two figures beginning to form. "Am I dead?"

"Usagi?" Both men called out as they saw the familiar blonde slowly moving towards them.

"How?" She fell to her knees in disbelief.

"Hey!" Goku rushed forward dropping to his knees before her as he pulled her body to his. "Are you okay?" He pulled back holding her face in his hands.

"Tired." She rested her hands on his shoulders to reassure herself that he was really before her. "We have to get the boys out of here." She looked up to see her brother smiling at her. "Vegeta." Standing shakily, she stumbled into his arms wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Don't worry," he kissed her temple, "we're here now. Can you fly?" He watched as she shook her head yes. "Good. Kakarott, let's get them down and get out of here."

They cut down Goten, Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo's pods and began trying to pry them out.

"Damnit! These things are too tough." Vegeta looked over at his sister who was resting against the wall. "How did you get out of this thing?"

"I had to use the Crystal." Usagi held up her hand stopping him. "Before you start in on me, I just let the power from the crystal leak out on its own and it melted mine away. I was doing the same to Gohan and Piccolo before you two showed up."

"Maybe they'll be easier to get into once we get out of here?" Goku offered with a chuckle.

"Not a bad idea." Usagi stood up using the wall for support.

"Are you going to be okay on your own?" Goku asked with concern as Kakarott began to surface.

"We don't have much of a choice, Kakarott," Vegeta huffed as he picked up the pod containing Trunks and Piccolo, "I'm carrying Trunks and the Namekian while you carry your br'ats. Usagi, you'll have to keep up with us, got it?"

The taller Saiyan turned sharply glaring at the shorter warrior.

"He's right, r'sha," Usagi spoke as she placed her hand on his shoulder, "I can keep up." She smiled softly at him.

Goku wrapped his right arm around her waist and pulled her to him in a passionate kiss transferring some of his ki. He pulled back dropping his forehead to hers. "Does that help any?"

"It does." She rested her hands on his chest pushing back slightly. "Let's get our boys out of here."

The trio made their way through the maze that was Buu looking for a way out. They entered an area that was too hot to walk over and caused them to instantly begin pouring sweat. As they flew across the heated terrain Vegeta began to lower to the ground dragging the pod Piccolo was in only for it to start smoking. Usagi and Goku called out to him alerting him to the situation causing him to pull up. They narrowly missed being hit by a geyser of steam which resulted in Goku to lose his grip on Gohan. He darted downwards to catch him only to see Usagi had caught him quickly.

"Usa," he breathed a sigh of relief, "I've got him."

"I can help." Her breathing was labored in the heat.

"Don't be foolish." Vegeta scoffed. "You're still not even at 50 percent. Give him back to Kakarott."

Usagi and Goku flew apart as another jettison of heated air rushed between them causing them to look up and follow its path. A small glimmer of daylight shimmered above them. The couple looked at one another and smiled knowingly as they lifted closer to the surface. Goku handed Goten over to her as he watched and gathered a ki blast in his hands.

"Kakarott!" Vegeta yelled angrily at the kind Saiyan.

"Its okay Vegeta." He smiled with a serious look on his face. "I'm going to get us out of here. Ready Usa?"

"Yes!" She replied as she watched for another stream to shoot up. "Here it comes, to your right. Vegeta," she called out to fill her brother in on the plan, "he's going to blast the opening wider for all of us to get out of here."

"Tch." Vegeta cut his eyes to the left. "It's a good plan but give me Gohan."

"No time!" Goku yelled out. "Here we go!"

They rushed out of the opening into the fresh air and blue sky. Immediately they returned to their normal size and watched as the pods popped releasing the comatose captives.

"Ha-ha! Look Vegeta, popcorn people!" Goku laughed as grabbed Gohan and Piccolo quickly throwing them over his shoulder.

"Idiot." Vegeta mumbled as pulled Trunks to him.

Usagi grabbed Goten. "That idiot just saved our lives." The siblings smiled at one another as they lowered to the ground below them.