Oh boy, part two is here folks! Are you on the edges of your seats? I hope so because things are about to turn south for sure. Is Supreme Kai right? Have Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta truly fallen to Babidi's control? Find out, now.
The Majin Debacle Pt. 2
Chiyo refused to believe it. It couldn't be too late. There was no way that this could be happening. Her Father, her brother; they couldn't have given in to Babidi's control. They were far too strong to let that happen to themselves.
The young woman pulled her arm free of the Supreme Kai. "It's not true," She said to him, trying her best to hold back tears of frustration. What did he know anyway? He didn't even know that they could be attacked by Babidi like this. He didn't know how to prevent this from happening in the first place. He knew nothing! "It's not true!"
Suddenly, chills ran down Chiyo's spine like a six sense was screaming at her to watch her back. She slowly turns around to face the three and sees Gohan is the first one to stand up. As soon as he lifted his head up, Chiyo felt her blood run cold as she and Gohan locked eyes. He had such a wicked smirk on his face and there was a darkness in his eyes now, darkness Chiyo couldn't even believe was possible to find within her brother. The big M on his head only confirmed even further to Chiyo that Gohan had given in, just like Supreme Kai said he had. "No…Gohan…."
She looked over to her Father and Vegeta and felt her heart drop into her stomach when she Vegeta and Goku sporting the same M tattoo and evil smirks that Gohan now proudly wore. This….this was a nightmare. She thought she was going to be sick. Vegeta wearing that proud grin brought back horrible memories of when she was a small child and he had come to Earth for the first time. She could remember the punches, the kicks, the blood she spilled with every attack Vegeta had laid into her. On the flipside, her Father and brother having such wicked expressions just felt so wrong, so unnatural. This wasn't right. The looks on their faces belonged to someone with hatred and cruelty in their hearts, not to her kind-hearted Father and brother.
Truly, all is lost, Supreme Kai thought to himself. Babidi had control of three of the most powerful beings the Kai had ever come across. He knew they would kill him and Chiyo without issue. Then nothing would be able to stop Buu's revival.
Babidi, meanwhile, was enjoying every little bit of this. He could see the fear in the Kai's eyes and was absolutely thrilled by this. The one who killed his Father was finally going to pay with his life. "It worked!" Babidi proudly proclaimed, slightly panting from the excess of power had to exert. "It's finally over for that Kai! Now, I can't have them destroying my ship. What place would do good for us, Dabura?"
"Master," Dabura spoke up. "Might I suggest sending them back to that tournament arena? After all, that's where the energy was gathered before. Perhaps there's more there that those two missed earlier."
"Brilliant, Dabura!" Babidi agreed. He planned on going back there anyway to get more energy, so waste-not what-not, you know? "Paparapaapa!"
Before Chiyo could even try to confront the three, they all suddenly found themselves back at the World Martial Arts tournament. She was momentarily confused as to why they were there but then remembered how Babidi didn't want the ship to be destroyed. Great, Chiyo thought to herself. This is the last place I wanted to come back to.
Hercule was freaking out at what he saw; he thought those spiky-haired freaks were long gone when they flew out of the ring. And the kid who was with his daughter was now back with the same blonde hair and an M tattoo on his head?! That just further put it into his head that he should keep his daughter away from him! He must be in a gang or something! Hercule thought to himself. No way can I let my little Videl anywhere near this punk!
"Um, I'm sorry to tell you all this, but the tournament is over," The announcer said, very confused and concerned by what he was seeing. "You all left so we disqualified you…"
Babidi laughed. These fools had no idea that they were all about to die by the hands of his three warriors. This would definitely be enough energy to revive Buu for sure. "You three go forth and get me the energy to revive Buu!" Babidi proclaimed. "You can even kill everyone there if you like!"
"Shut up!" Vegeta suddenly shouted, confusing Chiyo, the announcer, and Hercule. They didn't know that he was talking to Babidi, not them. "I could care less about your little request; I'm only after Kakarot!"
"Sounds fine with me, Vegeta," Goku said with the similar smirk and look in his eyes that Vegeta had. He seemed more than willing to fight his long-time rival. "I've been looking forward to this for a while now. We'll finally be able to settle everything."
"Hold on a second," Gohan spoke up, joining in on the conversation. "Who said you two could duke it out? Why don't we see who's truly the strongest among the three of us? Or are you both afraid to see what I'm capable of?" This confidence was something that was reminiscent of when Gohan faced off against Cell. No, this was arrogance at its finest, and it made Chiyo's skin crawl.
Wait, what? Chiyo thought to herself. Weren't they all supposed to be under Babidi's complete control? Yet here they were talking about finally settling the score? What's going on here?
"Please, boy, you've grown soft during this time of peace," Vegeta stated, crossing his arms over his chest. "You think a little power boost will do you any good?"
"Oh? Sounds to me you're too scared to take me on, Vegeta," Gohan snidely stated.
"Not at all. I could put you in your place no problem, but your Father and I have unfinished business to take care of. You can have what's left of him when I'm done."
"You make this sound like it'll be an easy win, Vegeta," Goku chimed in. "Don't forget, I've been training all this time, too. Heck, if I wanted to, I could take you and Gohan on no problem."
"Is that so, Father?"
Up in the stands, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Chinku, Ox-King, Yamcha, Master Roshi, and Marron were all looking down at the arena trying to figure out what was going on. Roshi was currently looking through the binoculars to get a better look at the situation since they were so high up. "It's definitely them, all right!" Roshi reported to everyone. "But I don't see Piccolo or Krillin with them at all. And Goku, Vegeta and Gohan seem different somehow."
"What?! Let me see!" Chi-Chi quickly shouted and shoved Roshi to the ground so she could get a look for herself. She gasped at what she saw. "Oh my goodness!"
"Mom, what is it?" 13-year old Chinku asked upon seeing her Mother's face that seemed to describe true shock and horror.
"It's your father and brother!" She replied as she continued to look down at the two in question. "They have matching forehead tattoos! How is Gohan supposed to be taken seriously when looking for a wife and a job?! He's ruined his entire future! This is your Father's doing, I know it!"
Ignoring the little rant, Chinku took hold of the binoculars from her Mother to get a better look for herself. She noticed how Chiyo was standing off to the sides and how her brother, Dad, and Vegeta seemed to be glaring one another down. She also noticed how the "tattoos" her Mother was talking about were the same ones that the two guys who jumped Gohan earlier. She couldn't really understand what was going on, but she knew it was bad. Add on the fact that Piccolo and Krillin were missing and that just added to her suspicions. "I'm gonna go check it out," She stated, handing the binoculars to Master Roshi as he was getting off of the ground. She began rushing for the stairs to make it down to the ring below.
"Wait, Chinku," Yamcha tried to stop the young girl. He may not have been a fighter anymore, but he could spot trouble a mile away. Whatever was going on down there was trouble with a capital T.
"I've gotta check it out, Uncle Yamcha!" Chinku quickly told the scarred-up man before rushing to the stairs and heading down towards the arena below. "Stay there and watch everyone!'
Meanwhile, back with Babidi, he was very frustrated in what was going on. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get these three to listen to him. They had such strong wills and he couldn't get them to listen to him. The one known as Vegeta was particularly stubborn. Perhaps this was because he was weakened by trying to take control of three people at once.
"What now, Master?" Dabura questioned. He thought this plan had been too ambitious of his master, but he truly couldn't say much against him.
"I have this under control!" Babidi snapped at Dabura, causing the King of the Demon Realm to be quite confused. The wizard was trying to deny that things were not going so good in his favor. He needed to regain all the power in his corner once more. He glanced to the orb and saw the young man who Dabura had faced earlier. He could sense the anger buried deep within this one. "Yes, he'll do nicely. He's got a lot of anger buried with him. That'll be easier to manipulate."
The wizard placed his hands to the orb and began to speak directly in Gohan's head; "Listen to me, boy," Babidi's voice echoed in Gohan's head. "Steal the energy from everyone there! Do it now!"
"…And why would I do that?" Gohan lowly growled. He had a few beats of sweat running down his neck as he felt the pressure from Babidi's magic coming down on him more intensely this time. He could tell the little wizard was focusing more on him now. However, he was focused on settling things between his Father, Vegeta, and himself.
"Why you little-" Babidi growled before pouring more power into his psychic attack. "OBEY ME!"
Gohan gritted his teeth as he felt the pressure coming on. He clutched his head slightly with one hand as he looked down at the ground now, trying to steady his mind and push Babidi out.
"Gohan?" Chiyo asked, slightly approaching her brother now. Was he fighting to free himself from Babidi's control? That had to be it, right? Maybe she could do something. "Gohan, please, let me help you."
"…Help me?" Gohan repeated through a few pants as he stared at the ground. He didn't say anything for a moment as his head pounded with Babidi's orders. He couldn't think straight and now Chiyo's offer of helping him was coming into play and messing with his head. As if a switch went off in his head, he suddenly looked up at Chiyo and glared her down with such hatred. Then he snapped at her, "I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP!"
Before Chiyo could register it further, Gohan smacked her back with a backhand. Chiyo stumbled back a bit as blood came dripping down her nose but with nothing too serious to worry about. She was shocked that Gohan would actually strike her like that. He had never done that before, ever. The only time something close to this happened was back during the Cell games when she tried to get him to fight Cell while he was weakened and Gohan simply pushed her away.
"Well, it's about time someone put her in her place," Vegeta remarked. He was getting real sick of what he saw as antics from Chiyo.
Goku said nothing about the situation. He simply glanced over after it happened before looking back over to his rival.
"T-They've all given into Babidi," Supreme Kai stuttered as Chiyo straightened herself up. "Everything in existence is doomed."
"No…you're wrong," Chiyo spoke up.
Even though she wanted to tear him a new one, Chiyo could tell that Gohan was struggling with something. He had some sorta conflict going on his head; she could just tell by looking into his eyes. She could faintly see it in her Father as well. She noticed how when Gohan had shouted at her, Goku looked over at his son with slight concern. Was there still something of both of them left in their heads? The same couldn't be said about Vegeta, but maybe it was because….was he, willing to let Babidi control him? If that was true, then why?
Chinku was very confused and concerned about what was going on. Why had Gohan hit Chiyo? He rarely ever got angry, especially at his own twin. He might get frustrated, but never would he get to the point of doing something like that. And what was going on with her Father and Vegeta? They both just stood there while Gohan did that. "What's wrong with them?" Chinku questioned before hopping down from the stands and onto the grass below.
"What is this all about?" Chiyo questioned the three, gaining their attention. "What do you three want?"
Vegeta let out a small chuckle. "Like I said before, I want my true rematch with Kakarot," Vegeta stated, looking like he was getting annoyed by everything.
"That's what I want too," Goku agreed with Vegeta. He didn't even sound like himself when he spoke. He sounded so sinister. "I'm tired of this run-around with Buu. I want to finally settle things with Vegeta. I only have one day after all."
"You seem to be forgetting me again, Father," Gohan added in. His voice dripped with such subtle hatred. "Although, you did forget about us for seven years. Vegeta isn't the only one vying to be number one here, so I'd appreciate it if you would at least acknowledge me."
"Do you all even hear yourselves?!" Chiyo shouted, clenching her fists and remaining tall, not noticing Chinku come over to see what was going on. The three controlled warriors stared at her as she continued. "This is not the time to solving a petty squabble! Besides, if you fought here, you'd kill people and give more energy to release Buu! This has to stop, now!"
None of them replied to Chiyo. They had stopped smirking and were giving her blank expressions she couldn't quite read. What were they all thinking?
"So we move the fight somewhere else, simple as that," Goku finally said after a long few moments of silence. "And besides, if we fight each other, no energy will go to Buu. I don't happen to see a downside here, Chiyo."
"Dad, are you serious right now?!" Chiyo gasped. She couldn't believe her Father was thinking like this. He was so willing to endanger all of existence. He had a point, but what good would that point be if they were more focused on each other than stopping Babidi from releasing Buu? She was sure the wizard would find another way to get the energy he need.
"Kakarot, your brat's mouth is really getting on my nerves," Vegeta told Goku, still having his arms crossed over his chest. "And something tells me she's going to step in and ruin this for us."
"Yeah, I think so too," Goku said, glancing back at Vegeta before looking at Gohan. The smirk from before returned and it meant trouble. "Gohan, let's make a deal here; if you deal with Chiyo while Vegeta and I fight, then you get to take on the winner between us."
"What?!" The Supreme Kai shouted.
Chiyo felt her breath get caught in her throat. She had never fought Gohan one-on-one. They sparred, yes, but never had they ever had a full-blown no-holds-bar fight with one another. And she knew very well Gohan could best her if he went all out. Something like that could result in Buu's awakening for sure. But, surely, Gohan wouldn't want to fight her, right? Surely, they wouldn't-
"That seems fair," Gohan declared after thinking over the arrangement proposed by his Father. "It would be the perfect warm-up before the real fight begins." He looked back at Chiyo and smirked at her. "What do you think, Chiyo? I'm sure you'd like to settle once and for all who's the strongest between the two of us, right?"
"….I…I…." Chiyo stuttered out. What could she do? What would saying no mean? What would saying yes mean?
"No!" Supreme Kai jumped in before Chiyo could reply, causing Gohan to furrow his brows a bit. "If you inflict damage on her, then Buu will be released for sure!"
"No one asked for your input!" Vegeta shouted at Supreme Kai, aiming a blast right for the Kai similarly to back on the ship. "Maybe I should get rid of you right here and now."
"No, Vegeta, don't!" Chinku shouted, jumping in front of Supreme Kai, doing her best to be a shield for him. She couldn't bear the thought of Vegeta going and taking another life.
Vegeta looked like he could care less for Chinku's plead. He was prepared to kill Supreme Kai and Chinku with one blast.
The world moved in slow motion as Chiyo thought of the weight that was being put on her shoulders. Why couldn't this have all been a dream? Why did Videl have to blackmail Gohan into participating in the tournament? It seemed this day that was supposed to be full of a bit of fun and a reunion was turning into a nightmare where everything hung in the balance. Chiyo felt backed into a corner with only one way out in order to keep more people from getting hurt; "I'll do it! I'll fight Gohan!"
Epic showdowns are about to commence and the fate of the all existence hangs in the balance. Will Chiyo be able to handle herself in her showdown against Gohan? What will happen for Goku and Vegeta's fight? And will Chinku have a bigger part to play in all this? Find out next time. (I'll probably take a break from this multi-parter for a little bit and come back to it after a few other one-shots, so stay tuned for that).
Anyway, thank you all so much for the support you've been giving me. I really appreciate it. Also, "The Son Squad" had over 10,000 views now! That's flippin' awesome! You guys are the best and I'll try to do something on Instagram to celebrate the amazing achievement, so go check me out there if you wanna see what I might do coming up. So to wrap things up, have a good day, guys and remember to wash your hands!
