Part 5- The Buu-Droids
Quote: What you don't know can kill you many times over
"Stop running, Hunter! No more running away!" demanded a very upset Trunks. He had been attacked and surprised by the fighter for the last time. He was going to end it now. Hunter stopped moving and turned around, which did slightly surprise Trunks.
"You're right, Trunks. No more games. All of the kidding around stops. We will end it here." The rain was becoming lighter, but now weather had turned for the worst and a storm was over them. The thunder was crashing down around them without remorse. Neither seemed to notice.
"Tell me why."
"Why? You want to know why I have targeted you for torture."
"…"
"You've become really fond of the silent treatment. Fine. I will tell you. It's not like it's going to matter after you're dead." Hunter crossed his arms and smirked. "I've been coming after you the way I have because I was programmed to." Shock set in over Trunks, who couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"You're a robot? No way, you're lying."
"I never said I was a robot. I am not that primitive. No, I am the newest model." Hunter paused momentarily for drama. "I am a Buu-droid."
"A what?" The drama was obviously lost on Trunks, who now had a mixture of confusion and rage.
"A Buu-droid. I have the combined characteristics of an android… and of Majin Buu."
"MAJIN BUU?"
"That's right, Trunks. Majin Buu. Now you realize that you really had no chance to beat me." Trunks gritted his teeth.
"How can you be like Majin Buu? He was killed a long time ago."
"Trunks, all that was needed to combine parts was just a little bit of his "skin". That was obtained easily by a pin stuck in him by a remote controlled fly. Then it was only a matter of using in the androids under construction at the time.
"What do you mean "androids"? How many are there of you?"
"More than one."
"Don't toy with me!" Trunks flared up to show that he meant business. "How many are there?"
"All you need to know is that there are enough of us to take out all of you." Hunter crossed his arms over his chest in an "X". He was gathering energy within. "Now it's time to start our match, our last match, with a bang." Trunks jumped upon hearing that and put his arms up in defense. "Hell Flash!" A circle of ki exploded around him and flattened out the surrounding forest. It also left a huge crater in the ground. Trunks did manage to block the blast, but Hunter tackled him before he could ready himself. They both fell to the ground and Trunks back was driven into the ground. Hunter started right off with a vicious punch to the face. Trunks kicked him off and jumped up to his feet.
"That was cheap. You must be scared."
"Me scared of you?"
"Only someone who was scared that he might lose would attack before his opponent was ready. You just attacked me before I was ready." Trunks wiped his mouth off.
"There is another explanation for that."
"What?" Hunter charged some energy in his hand. Trunks got into a ready position.
"You're too slow!" Hunter threw the ball of energy at Trunks, who jumped over it easily. Hunter rushed his opponent and aimed another punch at the head. Trunks ducked under it and connected with a punch of his own to Hunter's stomach. He followed up knee to the face. Hunter's head whipped back. Trunks grabbed it again and drove it back into his knee. Once again Hunter's face whipped back. Trunks tried to repeat the process again, but Hunter blocked the knee. He drove an elbow into Trunks stomach and twisted quickly to hit him with a forearm to the face. Trunks stumbled backward and Hunter shot him in the chest with a brief ki blast. It stunned Trunks enough to allow Hunter to get off a series of piston punches to the gut.
"Ahhh!"
"You're weak, Trunks." Hunter kicked at his face, but Trunks blocked it. Hunter connected kick to the side and a hook to the ear. Trunks started falling over to the side and Hunter hit him in the same side as before with a knee. Trunks flinched slightly before getting hit with an elbow to the back of the head. Trunks fell a couple of feet before stopping himself. He turned around and was about to attack, but was cut off by a barrage of ki blasts that Hunter fired directly at his chest. Trunks put his arms up to defend, but the blasts were too powerful and he was shot down to the ground. He hit with a thud and was hesitant to get up. "Is that all you have, Trunks? I expected better."
"You shouldn't be so disappointed. I haven't even powered up yet."
"Ah yes. You can change into a Super Saiyan. Well go ahead. I want to kill you when you're at your strongest."
"Wait! Trunks!" yelled Goten. Trunks and Hunter turned to the side and saw Goten approaching with Rae. The two flew right up to Trunks.
"Goten, now is not the time."
"But Trunks, he's too strong. We have to fuse."
"He's right, Trunks," said Rae. "If fusion is as powerful as Goten tells me it is then you should do it." Trunks thought about it for a second, but his attention was turned to the fact that Goten was carrying Rae.
"You can't fly?"
"No. I can heal, but I can't fly. Trunks, listen to me. You have to fuse with Goten. It's the smart thing to do."
"No," Trunks said. "I want this piece of crap to myself. No Gotenks."
"But Trunks," protested Goten.
"Goten, if you want to help you can go tell my father what is going on. He'll be able to help. Bring Rae with you."
"What about you?" asked Rae.
"I won't be needing any help. Come back in a little while. You might have to revive Hunter." Trunks floated over to Hunter. "Are you ready to continue?"
"Always." They both disappeared in a blur. Rae turned to Goten.
"What do we do, Goten." She watched the battle between Trunks and Hunter. "Can we just leave him like that? Is he going to be okay?"
"I don't know." Goten looked in the direction of the mansion. "We should tell Vegeta what's going on." He flew off in the direction of the mansion.
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"I must say, Bulma. I am impressed. I did not expect you to be a problem."
"…"
"You have the personality of your husband. That is my advantage."
"What did you do to Son Goku?" Bulma's eyes never wavered from Madam Tush.
"Son Goku is in a very special place, undergoing a very special process. He will have to be detained for a little while." There was a brief pause and thunder crashed outside. Neither one of them blinked.
"Let him go."
"That is the second time you have demanded that I do something. I find it to be very tiring." Bulma frowned, then quickly ran and punched the Madam across the face, making her fall back a couple of steps.
"That is your second wrong answer." Bulma straightened up and folded her arms across her chest (Vegeta style). "Maybe you should listen to me next time. Might save you the embarrassment of having to fight me."
"You don't want to fight me. I am a lot stronger than you can even fathom."
"Try me." The Madam backed up and relaxed.
"You seem eager to fight and you are in my way. That means I'll have to kill you." Bulma watched on as light energy started to swirl around the Madam and collect in her.
"Can you hurry up?"
"Patience, patience…"
"Is something I have little of," finished Bulma. "I'll show you how you power up." She widened her stance and closed her eyes. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Bulma's ki was slowly starting to visibly build around her. Her long ponytail was lifting into the air. She left forth an enormous amount of energy and was then surrounded by a thick white aura.
"Not bad," said the Madam. She had finished her power up. "Mine isn't as flashy as yours, but it is still enough to kill you."
"Less talk, more action." Bulma motioned for the Madam to attack.
"Gladly." The Madam flared up her aura quickly, and then blasted off to attack. She fired an energy ball at Bulma and waited for her to dodge it. Instead Bulma just swatted it away and easily dodged an attempted kick to the head by ducking it. The Madam landed on the floor and kicked again, this time at Bulma's back. Bulma moved her hip slightly and the foot missed. She grabbed the prone limb, twisted around, and brought an elbow down to the kneecap, shattering it. Madam Tush was stunned, as was Vegeta. The metal coils had gone around his mouth and he couldn't talk, but he could still see what was going on.
She is very strong. I still can't believe that she can do this. How did she come up with the idea for those wristbands? Is it possible to make her human blood and my Saiyan blood mix that easily? I wonder how strong she can become.
"Looks like it's broken." The Madam hopped backward on one foot to get some distance in between her and Bulma. The Saiyan women put her hands on her hips and smiled evilly. "I didn't hurt you, did I?" she said mockingly. "I guess you won't be able to continue. That's too bad. I really thought you'd be a challenge."
"It's not over yet, Briefs." Madam Tush grabbed her leg with her hands and pulled hard. Bulma couldn't believe what she was seeing. The leg was bending in an abnormal way and was ripping away from the body. Finally it gave way and came completely off.
"How did… that's impossible."
"Not for me." Madam Tush threw the leg up into the air and caught it. "And that's not all I can do." She looked down where her old leg used to be. In that spot the skin started to move and grow downward. With each passing second it grew farther until it had become another leg. Then the leg that she had in her hand liquefied and was absorbed into her arm.
"What the hell are you?"
"I am a Buu-driod. A creation with power that you cannot begin to understand stands before you. You should run away now and allow me to have my fun with Vegeta and Son Goku. You are not part of the plan; I will allow this little squabble to end now if you leave and don't come back."
"That's not going to happen." Madam Tush sighed. "I didn't think so. Well maybe my friends here can persuade you to leave… or die. Either one is fine with me." The Madam snapped her fingers and all of the guests jumped back into the picture from the various corners of the room. "Meet your new playmates, Bulma. Try not to break them."
Damn! Vegeta's blood is strong, but there are too many of them. I don't know if I can take them all. Bulma bent down in a fighting position. She was ready to go. The Madam smiled at her.
"Okay, androids. Attack." As commanded, all of the androids closed in on Bulma. One jumped up into the air and dived at her. Bulma reared back, ready to punch it into a billion pieces, but it was suddenly struck by a beam of energy that all but vaporized it. Bulma turned around to see Goten.
"Nice timing. I didn't need your help, though."
"Sorry," apologized Goten, rubbing the back of his head with a Son smile on his face.
"Don't be. Let's just end this." Bulma sprang into action, leaving Goten about a split second to think about Bulma as a fighter. To him it seemed just a little weird. Shaking it off, Goten jumped into the fray. He charged to ki blasts and immediately destroyed two of the androids. He looked around and realized that there were at least forty more. Goten rolled away just as one of the android's fist hit the spot where he was. Goten rolled hopped up and jump kicked it's head off. He landed and fired a blast right through the chest of another one that was inches away from stabbing him with a blade.
"That was close." Goten wiped his brow and was about to reenter the fight when ten of the androids piled onto him. The move forced all of the air out of his lungs and crushed him below the weight. He couldn't even call for help. Bulma noticed his plight, though, and quickly set out to fix the problem. First she kicked the android in front of her in the stomach, wrapped her arm around its head, and snapped it off. That gave her the room to get to Goten. She took off and dove into the side of the pile. Bulma grabbed two of the androids at the same time and yanked them off. Before she could go for the next two she was tackled by three others.
"Damn it! Goten!" She struggled to throw the androids off, but they were very persistent. I know I can get rid of these three tin cans but by the time I do, those androids on Goten will have already suffocated him. At the bottom of the eight-machine pile up, Goten tried one last time to get free. It was to no avail. Goten conceded and gave up.
"Leave him alone!" yelled Rae. Goten saw her running into the room and wanted to tell her to run away, but he didn't even have the energy to open his mouth. Rae charged the pile and placed her hands on the nearest one. Her hands started to light up with energy, and she let forth a huge ki blast that streaked to the other side of the room, right at Madam Tush. Realizing the potential of it, the Madam had no choice but to jump out of the blast's way.
"You insolent fool! Why are you helping the enemy?" At this time Bulma had destroyed the androids that had tackled her and Goten was getting up, catching his breath.
"Who is that, Goten?" asked Bulma. She wasn't buying the Madam's story, but she also didn't know anything about the girl who had just joined the party. "And where is Trunks?"
"I can answer for myself." Rae put a finger over Goten's mouth, keeping him from speaking (Not like he could). "I am Rae. Trunks is outside fighting with another one of those." She pointed at Madam Tush. "He said he will be okay and that we should come help Vegeta." Rae looked around and searched for Vegeta, but she couldn't find anyone besides the androids, Goten and Bulma. "Where is he?"
"Over there." Bulma motioned over to the huge sphere of wires with the two eyes looking out of them.
"Vegeta?" asked Goten. Both Rae and Goten ran over to him.
"Stop them," Madam Tush ordered of the androids. They all moved in from behind to stop them.
"I don't think so," replied Bulma to the Madam. She looked back at the androids. She turned her right side to them and stuck out her arm straight, facing the palm up and the thumb across the middle. Bulma quickly gathered a strong concentration of energy. "BICKUBANG ATTACK!" The blue beam flowed from her hand and almost instantaneously hit its intended target. It exploded on impact, destroying every one of the androids.
"Thanks, Bulma." Rae waved back to her, and then turned back toward Vegeta. She inspected the wires while Goten watched her.
"How do we get him out?" He asked.
"You don't" Goten's face was on the floor before he could react. Hunter bounced off his prey and landed on his feet. Rae was in shock.
"You! What did you do to Trunks?"
"Why don't you go look?" Rae gave Hunter a stern look, almost as if to say 'shame on you', before running out the door. Hunter focused his attention back on Goten, who was very upset to say the least.
"That's it!" Goten's ki flashed and he was in Super Saiyan mode. "Let's fight."
"Goten. I am surprised. You…" That was all Hunter had a chance to say. Goten had rushed him, gone behind, and kicked him in the back of the head. The move didn't hurt Hunter physically, but his pride had taken a blow. That didn't sit well with him. "That was very impolite!" Hunter spun around with a backhand. Goten ducked it and kicked him right under the chin. Goten leaned back to throw a punch, but Hunter recovered too quickly and caught him with a head butt on the nose. Hunter grabbed Goten's flailing head and tried to hit him with another, but Goten moved his knee in the way, hitting Hunter in his nose. Goten effortlessly spun around and hit with a roundhouse kick to the head. Hunter fell back and Goten increased the distance by moving backward to. Then he fired a ki ball. Hunter swatted it and fired back with his own. Goten dived at it and punched right through it… then was clotheslined by an advancing Hunter. Goten hit the ground with a thud. Hunter charged a ki ball in his hand and threw it right into Goten's face.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" The smoke fumed off of his face and Goten clasped his hands over it. Hunter floated into the air, laughing the whole time.
"I guess that's the end of that fight." He glanced over to the side at Bulma, who was looking right back at him. "Time for a real challenge."
"I don't think you have that much of a chance."
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Rae continued to run through the rainstorm. I wish I could fly. I would just float over all of this mud and water. A bolt of thunder crashed to the ground 50 yards away. Rae decided to rethink her decision about flying another time. She pushed through the trees and bushes and finally came upon the spot where Trunks and Hunter had been fighting in the sky. She started searching the area. "Trunks! Trunks!" Rae looked around.
"Over here!" yelled Trunks. Rae looked to her left and saw Trunks standing next to a tree. She ran over to him and examined him with her eyes.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"What happened? What did Hunter do to you?" The question seemed to upset him a little.
"Damn him! He hit me in the back of the neck and paralyzed me. I couldn't move until a few minutes ago."
"Why are you still here?" Trunks looked right at her and then turned his back to her. He wasn't going to answer the question. "Trunks. What's wrong?"
"I don't know if I can beat him! There, are you happy! I said it! Now go away!" Rae could tell that she had struck a nerve. Trunks was really pissed off now. However, she realized that it was more so at himself than anything else.
"Trunks, Hunter was made to beat you. You have to fuse with Goten. Why are you so against that?"
"I just wanted to get him on my own. The whole time he's been after me. I still don't know why." Rae gave it some thought.
"I think I know." Trunks looked into her eyes.
"Why?"
"I think it was because they knew that you were the stronger of the two people that made up Gotenks. They wanted to make sure that Gotenks didn't get involved in this matter. The best way was to stop him from being formed. Hunter was made to get under your skin and mess with your head. If he made you angry enough, you wouldn't want to fuse because you would be too worried about revenge." Trunks listened to Rae's words and it hit him; she was absolutely right. It made perfect sense. Hunter had him beat psychologically before they even fought. Trunks had been so hell bent on proving himself after Hunter pushed him off the supermarket roof that he had been too disoriented to fight him calmly. Even if he had been calm, he still might not have been able to beat him.
"You're right. I let him get to me too quickly." Trunks turned back around so that he was facing Rae. "I need to ask you a question. Just who are you?" The way he said it gave the impression that he already knew.
"I am Rae. I am also a Buu-droid." Trunks frowned at her. He had his suspicions, but he had hoped them not true. She was a Buu-droid, but she didn't act like she was going to try to kill them. There was something odd about that.
"If you are a Buu-droid, why were you helping Goten?"
"I like Goten. From the time I saw him under my bed I knew that he was innocent and true to himself." She put her hand on his shoulder. "I know it must be hard to believe me, but there was something wrong with the experiment that altered me. The program was supposed to give us all the same amount of power, but it instead focused certain parts of Buu's genes into each of us. Hunter received the psychotic gene from Buu, making him very dangerous. He probably did a lot of things that you thought were inhuman."
"He did. He tried to kill people just to get a reaction out of me." Rae nodded her head. "That is because the computer programmed him that way. I was programmed differently. I was given most of Buu's regeneration genes. I can heal things much better than the other two can. I am more passive and kind because of that. The other two are evil because of the genes that they were given."
"What about the last Buu-droid?"
"I don't know. Trunks, I would love to explain everything, but right now is not the time. The thing that has to be done right now is we have to get back to the mansion. Goten and Bulma are there fighting Hunter and the Madam."
"The Madam?"
"Yes. The last Buu-droid."
"Great. We've got our work cut out for us. We should get moving. Let's go." Trunks levitated up into the air and stared at the mansion. It would only take him a few seconds to get there and he had a lot of mistakes to correct. He was going to…
"Trunks!" Trunks peered back down and Rae. She had her arms crossed over her chest and was tapping her foot on the ground. "I can't fly, remember."
"Oops. Sorry about that." Trunks descended to the ground and picked Rae up. He rushed toward the mansion and landed outside in a matter of seconds. He and Rae were about to enter when they saw Chi Chi.
"Trunks!" she yelled, sounded very glad to see him. "You have to help your father. He and Goku are being held inside."
"I know." Trunks caught a glance of the wristbands that Chi Chi was holding. His curiosity got the best of him. "What are those?" Chi Chi glanced down and saw the bands she was holding, almost crushing, in her hands.
"Your mother gave these to me. She said they would let me fight, but I don't know if I should use them." She sat down, leaning up against the outside of the mansion.
"Don't worry. With me and Rae helping we should be able to handle it." Trunks ran into the mansion, dragging Rae along with him. Chi Chi stayed outside to think it over some more.
Inside the mansion's main room Bulma and Hunter were in the air fighting. Goten was on the floor, covering his eyes and The Madam was at the other end of the room. She was staring right at them.
"Rae," said Trunks. "You have to heal Goten. I'll hold her off while you do." Rae wanted to protest, but Trunks was already on his way. Rae ran over to Goten and placed her hand over his.
"How are you doing, Goten?"
"Not good."
"I can see." Rae could see Goten frown when she said that. "Sorry. Didn't mean it that way." Her hands started glowing and the healing process was begun.
From above Hunter looked down on them. He had a very evil look on his face. "I think I should stop that."
"Over my dead body." Bulma fired a ki blast at him, making him turn his attention back to her. "Don't forget that I'm here."
"You? You're nothing, just a speck on my ass."
"… You really are getting on my bad side. Bulma fired another beam at Hunter, but it hit air. Hunter reappeared in front of her and fired a two handed blast. To his surprise, Bulma smiled right at him. The blast went right through her. By the time Hunter realized that she had moved, she already had hit him from behind. He fell forward a few feet. Bulma closed in and was hit with a ki ball when Hunter whipped around. It did little to faze her. Bulma continued and scratched Hunter across the face.
"Ahhhhhhh! That was cheap." Hunter put his hands on his face. Bulma started fiddling with her nails as if she were on leisure time.
"Seems a lot like what you did to Goten." Hunter peeked from in between his fingers. Bulma was totally disregarding him. That would be her mistake.
"Bitch." He whispered to himself. In a span of three seconds, Hunter charged his hand full of power, rushed Bulma, grabbed her face, and rammed her into the floor. That had an effect. Hunter backed away while Bulma stood up on her feet, having problems seeing. "What's the matter, Bulma? You seemed so confident before. Did you really think that I was using the bulk of my power?"
"Hunter," called Rae. Hunter turned toward his fellow android.
"What do you want?"
"Do you realize you talk too much? If you want to continue functioning, you should be thinking about what to do with your other problem."
"What other problem?" Hunter scanned the room. There was Bulma, the Madam, Rae, the two kids doing a fusion dance…
"FUSION… HA!" Hunter had no chance to stop it. The two exploded into a blinding light, forcing everyone to cover their eyes. Even the Madam had to cover up. When the light subsided, there was only one person left over. It was Gotenks.
"Ora, Ora, Hunter. You might have had an easy time with Trunks and Goten, but do you really think that you can beat me?"
"It doesn't matter how many times you fuse. I have Buu's cells in me. If you couldn't beat a weak Buu, what makes you think you can beat me?" Gotenks' confident smile changed to a sneer.
"It looks like someone is asking for a fight." The confident smile returned to his face. "I'll try not to kill you right away." Hunter became totally serious and prepared himself for Gotenks attack. He was all business.
"Bring it on." Gotenks did. He started off with a barrage of ki blasts. Hunter barely dodged the first couple, got hit by one, and the rest seemed to follow right in line. He skidded down the floor and desperately tried to stop himself before he hit the wall. By digging his feet into the ground, Hunter was just able to keep from hitting the wall. Gotenks snapped his fingers in disappointment.
"Darn. I thought he would go through the wall. Oh well. I guess I'll have to do it myself." In a flash, Gotenks was right in front of Hunter. "Peek-a-boo." A shocked Hunter had little time to think as he was going through the wall and crashing through the trees. Gotenks couldn't be happier with himself. "Time to go outside and play." He jumped out the building and ran after Hunter.
"Well, that was interesting." The Madam pretended to stretch out. Her gaze fell upon Bulma and Rae. "You wouldn't be thinking of letting my new pet loose, would you?" Madam Tush ran her hands over the sphere that held Vegeta. Bulma was fuming with anger, but she knew there was nothing she could do… yet.
"Let Vegeta go!" demanded Rae.
"Stupid child. Why should I do a thing like that? Even if you and Mrs. Briefs attacked me at the same time, you know you wouldn't be able to beat me." Rae clenched her fist, knowing that the Madam was right.
"What if I help?" Everyone turned around and saw Chi Chi approaching them from the outside of the mansion. She was walking with a purpose. Bulma smirked. She knew that Chi Chi had just made a very important decision. The Saiyan Guards were already on. Chi Chi's new outfit was the same as Bulma's, except that her colors were reversed; the clothes were black with pink stripes.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Chi Chi?" Bulma asked of her friend. Chi Chi nodded.
"I want to help. I know I can." She looked over at the Madam. "You're pathetic."
"Sticks and stones, tramp. You can't hurt me with words. You might as well attack because you won't get the chance to fuse. I'm not going to allow that."
"I didn't expect you to let us. That doesn't mean we can't double team you."
"Double team? That isn't fair." The look on the Madam's face showed that she didn't really care.
"You want to start off?" Chi Chi asked Bulma.
"No, no. I've had my fun. You can start this one off." Chi Chi bent down, ready to fight.
"Isn't it strange that we are doing exactly what we always were trying to stop our husbands from doing?" Bulma had thought about that a couple of times and couldn't help but to chuckle.
"It is. I never thought I would ever spar with Vegeta, but then again I never though I would have his blood running through me." Chi Chi nodded and turned her attention back to Madam Tush.
"Are you ready? Let's call this round 2." Madam Tush whipped her hair out of her face.
"Why is that, my dear?"
"So that years from now, when my grandchildren hear the story of their mother fighting to save the world, they will at least think that she broke a sweat."
"You have a smart mouth. Allow me to shut it for you." She levitated into the air. Chi Chi followed her example.
"I'll teach you to mess with my husband." Chi Chi charged a ki ball in her right hand and rushed at the Madam to begin their battle.
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