Part 7- Goku Torn and Buu Reborn
Quote: It will always get worse, no matter how much you pray
Buuku eyed Vegeta and Chima. Neither one of them really knew what to do. Chima was worried about Goku, and whether or not attacking the new Buu-droid would hurt him. They obviously had to destroy whatever it was that was standing before them, but they couldn't run the risk of losing Goku. Vegeta was getting tired of waiting and decided to start his own line of questioning.
"What do you want?" he asked, not trying to mask the distain in his voice.
"…"
"I asked you a question! Answer me!" Buuku looked at Vegeta. His face twisted into an angry scowl. He kicked Vegeta in the stomach and threw him across the room. Vegeta hit the floor face first and skidded that way for ten feet. Then he fell over onto his back. Chima's was expressionless.
"What do you want?" she asked, no tone in her voice at all. Buuku looked back at her. The scowl fell from his face and was replaced by the evil Buu smile.
"Ball."
"Ball? What ball" Buuku was deep in though. He sat down Indian style and placed his chin on his fist. He stayed like that for a minute before getting back up to his feet.
"Dagoon…Ball."
"You mean the Dragonballs. Why do you want the Dragonballs?"
"Bring… back…" Buuku had to think it over again. He seemed to not be able to find the right words to use. Chima waited, a little impatient but not willing to rush him. He seemed very calm at the moment.
I guess since he was fused with Goku he still has some of his traits. Goku never was one to lose control; Buuku must still have that trait with him. I don't know how long it is going to last, so I have to get as much out of him as possible now. I hope Vegeta smartens up and doesn't try to pull a stunt like the last one, or Buuku might just lose his control.
"Daddy."
"Daddy?" Chima didn't understand what that meant. "What do you mean by daddy? Who is your daddy?" Buuku looked at her and became angry again. He started pounding his chest and making monkey noises. Chima readied herself for his attack, but to her surprise he just blasted off and left. Buuku flew out the building and was soon out of sight. Not long afterward Vegeta returned from his 'trip' and Goten, Trunks, and Rae came back inside the mansion. All were curious as to what had just happened.
"Start at the beginning," said Vegeta.
"He said that he was going after the Dragonballs. He wants to bring his daddy back."
"That's it?"
"Yes, that's it." Vegeta snorted and turned his back to her. Trunks, Goten, and Rae moved in closer.
"So what does that mean?" asked Trunks.
"It could mean anything," replied Rae. "Since it is Buu and Goku together, it could be either one of their fathers. Who is Goku's father?"
"A Saiyan named Bardock." Everyone looked at Vegeta.
"Dad, how did you know that?"
"The Dragonballs don't go unused in times of peace."
"That might be true," started Chima, "but I don't think that is who is going to be revived. The Dragonballs can only revive someone who has only been dead for one year, correct? That would have to be someone who recently died that was close to one of them."
"Could it be Babidi?" asked Trunks. Chima shook her head.
"Babidi was killed by Buu. Buu hated him. He wouldn't try to bring him back. It would have to be someone closer. Someone who was very important to Buu."
"Buu didn't care about anybody," said Vegeta. "Buu only care about hims-" Vegeta stopped in mid-sentence, unable to continue. Chima looked at him, thought about what he said, and then was put in a state of shock. Trunks, Goten, and Rae were watching but didn't know what was going on.
"That's it. That's who he is going to wish back." Chima was in disbelief. "And I let him go. I could have tried to stop him."
"Damn it! We have to go after him now!" Vegeta powered up and jumped into the air. Chima grabbed his leg and pulled him down. "Let go of me!"
"Vegeta, think rationally. What exactly do you expect to do? You can't fuse with Son Goku; he isn't here. How do you expect to fight him?" Vegeta powered down and dropped to the floor.
"What do we do then? Sit here and wait for him to call the eternal dragon?"
"What's going on?" asked Goten. "What wish is he going to make?" Chima looked down at Goten, Trunks, and Rae.
"He is going to wish back his father… Majin Buu." All of the kids gasped. "We have to stop him and I have a plan. All we need to do is get back to the Capsule Corp and we will be all set." Chima started lifting off of the floor. We should get going. We don't know if he can sense the Dragonballs. If he can, we have less time than we think to get back to the Capsule Corp and get the Dragon Radar." Without another word, Chima blasted off toward the Briefs' household. Trunks and Goten, with Rae in his arms, followed closely behind. Vegeta slowly left the building, but he didn't follow them right away.
"That overconfident fool. She thinks she knows everything because she has my blood in her. She mocks me with everything she does, and part of her is my mate." He clenched his fist. "She even tried to use my attack!" Vegeta extended an arm toward the building. "This is how it's done! BICKUBANG ATTACK!" A massive beam shot out of Vegeta's hand and struck basement floor where they had found Goku. In an instant, the crumbling Madam's Mansion was no more. It was blown up in a mushroom cloud of fire and smoke. Vegeta turned away from the carnage and flew back to his home.
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They arrived back at the Capsule Corp and went inside. Vegeta left soon after to get the dragonball. Chi Chi and Bulma (they diffused during the trip) went into the living room and Trunks took Goten and Rae up to his room. They house was unusually quiet.
"What do we do now?" asked Chi Chi.
"We have to wait for Vegeta to come back with the dragonball. That way we have something to bait Buu with." Bulma sat down in a chair and leaned back. "After that I don't know. We have to find some way to get Goku back." Bulma sighed and rubbed her eyes. She was very tired. "I think that I'm going to take a little nap before we go back out. Are you going to be okay by yourself?"
"Yes." Chi Chi watched as Bulma started to leave the room. She was trying to hold back her question, but Bulma saw her and picked up on it.
"Is there something wrong, Chi Chi?" Chi Chi was silent for a minute.
"Bulma, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course." Bulma walked back over to the couch where Chi Chi was sitting and sat next to her. "What's bothering you?"
"I just have some questions about those." Chi Chi pointed to her Saiyan Guards sitting on the table. "I was just wondering… how do they work?" Bulma smiled.
"Chi Chi, there is nothing to be afraid of. The Saiyan Guards are totally safe." Bulma put her arm on her friend's shoulder. "If you want to know how they work, though, I'll tell you." Bulma picks up one of the Saiyan Guards off the table. "What this does is it injects blood that has been stored inside of it into your blood stream. The amount of power you get depends on the blood that you have inside." Chi Chi was started to become a little sick from the talk about blood.
"Whose blood is in mine?"
"Your husbands. Chi Chi, who's did you think it was? Vegeta?" Chi Chi tries to laugh, but it isn't very convincing. Bulma hugs her to comfort her.
"But we aren't compatible. We have different blood types."
"It doesn't matter. Inside the Saiyan Guards are things called micromites. They attach to the blood cells in the Guard before they are entered into the blood stream. When you are ready to take the Guard off, the micromites are recalled back to the Guard and they pull the blood with them. All of the foreign blood in your system is gone, which is why you always change back to normal afterward." Chi Chi seemed to be comforted by that thought.
"So I don't have any of Goku's cells in me right now?" Bulma shook her head. Chi Chi smiled. "That is a relief."
"Why?" Chi Chi was hesitant once again to say anything, but she eventually conceded.
"If Goku's cells were still in my body… I was afraid that I was going to grow a tail." Bulma stared at her friend, wondering if she was joking. Regardless of whether she was or wasn't, Bulma burst out into laughter. Chi Chi was at first angered by the sudden outburst, but then she started laughing herself. They both shared a quick laugh before regaining control.
"Do you want to take a nap in one of the guest rooms before we leave again?"
"No. That's all right. I'll just take a nap down here. Don't worry about me." Bulma stood up and walked over to a closet. She took out a blanket and a pillow. "Here you go." Bulma handed the things to Chi Chi.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Have a nice nap." Bulma went upstairs and disappeared down the hall. Chi Chi laid down on the couch and made herself comfortable. As she drifted off into slumber, she couldn't help but to think of her husband.
"Goku…"
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"What's the matter, Trunks?" asked Rae. "You look disappointed."
"I wanted to get Hunter." There was a silence. Rae smiled at him.
"You did, remember? You are part of Gotenks." Trunks sighed. He knew that was true, but it wasn't the same as fighting him one on one.
"Yeah, Trunks. I got to get him too." Goten swung a couple of pretend punches. Trunks chuckled a little, lifting his funk.
"But now we have a bigger problem, Goten," said Rae. "Majin Buu is out there, and he has your father." Goten became silent, and he stared down at the floor. Rae realized that she shouldn't have said anything and gets up to leave the room. Before doing so, she bends over toward Goten and kisses him on the cheek. Goten peeks up in time to see her leave the room. Trunks places his hand on Goten's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Goten. We'll help your father." He stood up. "We can fuse into Gotenks. No one can beat us like that." Goten cracked a small smile, but Trunks knew that his heart wasn't into it.
"Trunks, I think I want to take a walk." Trunks was shocked.
"…Okay." Goten stood up and walked out the room. He headed down the hall. Trunks stayed in the room, thinking. Rae came back into the room with a bowl.
"Where is he going?" she asked.
"I don't know. He was sad, though." Trunks looked at the bowl in her hand. "What is that?"
"It's ice cream. I wasn't sure, but I thought that maybe a little bit of ice cream might have cheered Goten up a little bit. I guess I was wrong." Rae takes the spoon and eats some of the ice cream. "This is pretty good." She sits down in a nearby chair and eats the rest.
"I hope Goten will be okay. I've never seen him this way. It's like he's… serious." Trunks jumped on his bed and laid back. "I think something bad is going to happen." Rae put her bowl down.
"Don't worry about him. He can handle himself." Trunks closed his eyes and inadvertently fell asleep. Rae walked over to the bed and sat down, leaning up against it. The look on her face showed that she was more worried about Goten than she would let Trunks know. Hang in there, Goten.
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The house was totally quiet when Vegeta returned. He stepped inside and was making his way upstairs when he noticed a sleeping Chi Chi on the couch. Immediately he slowed down, trying to get upstairs without detection. He didn't count on her mother's instinct to wake her up at the slightest sound.
"Goku?" Chi Chi said, half coherent. She sat up on the couch, her hair rustled and out of place. Chi Chi looked behind her and only saw Vegeta. "Oh, it's you." She stood up and walked over to Vegeta, who didn't know what to do. She had a stern look on her face. "Where have you been?"
"What are you talking about?" He showed her the dragonball to remind her what he left to do.
"Bulma's been worried sick about you. Don't you even care about her feelings?" Vegeta had a look of confusion on his face. "That's not fair!" She started pounding on his chest. Vegeta was still confused. Slowly Chi Chi's pounds became lighter. At the same time she started to cry. The tears started streaming down her face until they were all but jumping out of her eyes. Chi Chi buried her face in Vegeta's chest. "I want my husband back!"
"…What…I…you…" Vegeta had no clue what to do. He kept his arms as far away from her as possible. He was at the point where he was almost scared of her. Luckily Bulma came down the stairs at that moment.
"Chi Chi." Bulma ran down the rest of the stairs and pried her friend off of her husband's chest. "Don't worry Chi Chi. We'll get him back." Bulma looked back at her husband. "We should get ready to leave."
"I am ready."
"Then go get the kids. We have to leave as soon as possible." Vegeta obeyed, thinking it to be smarter to go, rather than to have to deal with Chi Chi again. He walked up the stairs and found Trunks and Rae asleep in one of the rooms. "Get up. Get ready to go." He left without waiting. Rae was the first to get up. She stretched out and crawled up to her feet. Trunks sat up and rolled off of the bed.
"Where's Goten?" asked Rae. Trunks searched the room, his eyes still a little blurry. He couldn't find him.
"He might still be walking around." Trunks ran to the door. Just as he got there Goten appeared outside of it. Trunks stopped dead in his tracks and his heart skipped a beat.
"What's going on? Goten?" Rae couldn't get his attention. Goten kept walking, never once stopping. He went down the stairs. "What's wrong with Goten, Trunks?"
"I don't know, but we should go down stairs now. We have to leave." Trunks ran out the room. Rae soon followed. When the got to the living room, Goten was just walking out the door and flying off. Vegeta was right behind him and Bulma was with Chi Chi.
"Damn it! If only Gohan, Videl, Krillan, and Piccolo weren't on Namek right now, we might have some extra help. I don't know if Chi Chi can handle this." Bulma reached down to the table to grab her Saiyan Guards. "All right. Are you two ready?" Trunks and Rae nodded their heads. They ran out the door and blasted off. Bulma walked out the door with Chi Chi. "C'mon, Chi Chi. It's time to go. You have to put them on now." Bulma put her Saiyan Guards on and turned back into her Saiyan-self.
"I…I can't. I don't want to." She had no effort in her voice.
"Chi Chi, this isn't the time. I know that Goku's absence has an effect on you, but you have to remember that we are trying to get him back. If you don't go, then I can't fuse and Vegeta will have to fight alone with Gotenks. The more people we have the better it is for our chances of getting Goku back." Chi Chi stared at her friend.
"Do you think that we can get him back?"
"Of course." Chi Chi wiped the tears from her face and peered into the night sky. There was no sound for a moment.
"Let's go." Chi Chi put on her Saiyan Guards and flew off with Bulma to catch up with the others and go to the Madam's Mansion.
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The entire trip was quiet; no one made any conversation. Vegeta was at the head of the pack, with Bulma right behind him. She had Chi Chi with her so that she could keep and eye on her. Next came Goten. Rae was next to him, trying to catch on as to why he was acting the way that he was. Trunks was pulling up the rear. It didn't take them long to reach the Madam's Mansion again. It was still smoking a little from when Vegeta destroyed it. They set down and Vegeta gave the dragonball to Bulma. Everyone gathered around to here the plan.
"All right. We made it here before Goku so that is good. We have a dragonball and now we just need him to show up." Bulma started pacing back and forth. She was becoming nervous. This was the first time she had ever had to come up with all of this kind of thing before. Battle strategies weren't her strong point, but the fusion between her and Chi Chi had seemed to be very smart. "When he gets here, we are going to have to fight him. Maybe is we weaken him enough we can get Buu to separate from Goku." Bulma looked at Chi Chi, who stared right back at her. "Of course, there is always the chance that it might weaken Goku as well, but right now we don't have much choice. We have to stop him from getting the last dragonball."
"Mother, when do we fuse?" asked Trunks.
"You might not have to. Don't fuse as soon as he gets here. Last time we were able to reason with him until he lost control and flew off. We might be able to talk to him and get Goku back that way. Fighting is a last resort. If we do have to fight, though, fuse as soon as you can. We don't have much of a chance without fusion."
"What about me?" asked Rae.
"You should stay as far away as possible," said Vegeta. "You are strong, but you'll only get in the way."
"What if one of you gets hurt? Have you forgotten that I can heal people? The is the power that I got from Buu."
"Majin Buu. If you got your power from him, why don't you know a way to kill him?"
"I do. I just can't remember. It's like a switch in my memory won't work."
"Well make it work." Vegeta stared hard at Rae. His attention was diverted when he felt a powerful ki signature approaching. There was no mistaking who it was. "It's him."
"All right everyone," said Bulma. "Stand ready. Let me and Chi Chi do the talking. He responded to us before." Everyone except Chi Chi and Bulma took a couple of steps back. In no time at all, Buuku flew into view and landed right in front of them. He cracked his neck twice and smiled evilly at them.
"Goku?" Chi Chi seemed pained to call him that. Buuku gazed into to her eyes with curiosity. Chi Chi couldn't help but to do the same. For a brief moment, Buuku acted as though he knew her. However, that all changed when he caught a sight of Bulma's dragonball. Buuku then became restless and upset.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo!" Buuku pounded his chest and his aura powered up.
"Damn!" yelled Vegeta.
"Trunks, Goten. Fuse Now!" Trunks and Goten jumped into action. They positioned themselves for the pose.
"Fusion…" they said in unison.
"HA!" Buuku formed a ball of his skin and threw it at Goten. It wrapped around Goten and he fell to the floor, unable to move. Trunks stopped right in his tracks.
"Damn it!" yelled Bulma. "Chi Chi, we have to fuse!" Bulma positioned herself, but Chi Chi was in a daze. "Chi Chi!" Chi Chi snapped out of her daze and slowly moved into position. They started the dance.
"Fusion…"
"HA!" Buuku once again interjected himself before the dance could be completed. He formed another ball in his hand and threw this one at Bulma. It snapped around her and tied her hands to her body. She fell to the ground.
"Bulma!" screamed Chi Chi. Trunks, Rae and Chi Chi all moved to help. Chi Chi tried to help Bulma. Trunks and Rae went to help Goten. Vegeta decided not to do anything for the rest of them because he had found his own little job. At his feet was a small, yellow ball with three red stars on it.
"I guess that give me the job of guardian." Vegeta picked up the small ball, an act that did not go unnoticed by Buuku. The pink fighter stepped toward Vegeta, who smirked. "You want this, Kakarotto? I haven't had a good fight in a long time… surprise me." Vegeta effortlessly went into Super Saiyan level. In second, he hit level two. "Let's go." He floated off the ground and over the mansion. Vegeta glanced down at his handiwork from earlier. What he saw was an utter shock. The entire building was destroyed, as well as the basement floor. What shocked Vegeta was that there was another floor below that. On that floor there was computer. It wasn't too big, but it seemed big enough to be important.
"What is it, Vegeta?" asked Chi Chi.
"What is it?" A fist shot up at Vegeta's face. He blocked it with his arm and fired a ki ball. Buuku opened his mouth and let it blow through to the other side of his head. He healed himself and then retracted his arm. Vegeta flew away and Buuku followed him.
"What's are you doing, Chi Chi?" asked Rae. She ran over to Chi Chi.
"Something is down there. I have to go look. It might be something that we can use to get Goku back."
"But what about Bulma and Goten?"
"Trunks can help them. I have to help my husband." Chi Chi started to descend down to the second basement floor.
"Wait for me." Rae jumped down and grabbed on to Chi Chi's leg. They both went down to the bottom floor. They landed in front of the computer. Chi Chi inspected it.
"What does it do?" She finished looking it over and sighed. Rae looked it over herself.
"This is it. This is what we need."
"What do you mean?"
"The computer. I remember now. This is what is controlling him."
"Who?" asked Chi Chi.
"Buu. This is the computer that is controlling his mind. That is the only reason he has fused with Goku. This is the computer that our maker made for Buuku."
"Who was your maker?" Rae sat down on the floor.
"I don't know. I can't remember, but now we know what we have to do. We have to find some way to break the code. We have to hurry because Vegeta doesn't have much of a chance against him, even with all of his power." Chi Chi started trying to hack into the computer. After trying a couple of buttons and getting nowhere, they decided to try something else.
"You have to go get Bulma. She'll be able to do this." Chi Chi left without question to get Bulma.
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BAM! Buuku hit Vegeta in the face again. Vegeta kicked him under the arm, snapping it upward. Vegeta grabbed that arm and tossed the pink Saiyan at the ground. Buuku didn't even go ten feet before stopping. He rushed back up to Vegeta and clotheslined him. Vegeta flipped over once before firing a ki ball. Buuku easily dodged it and fired one back. Vegeta punched straight through it, but Buuku hit him right between the eyes as he did.
"Crap!" Vegeta's gloved hands covered his eyes.
"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh." Buuku cracked his neck. Vegeta softly rubbed his eyes and regained some of his sight. He peeked down at the ground and saw Bulma going with Chi Chi down into the second basement. Bulma, who was slightly roughed up, made momentary eye contact with her husband. With no words Vegeta knew what he had to do; survive. It was his job to keep Buuku busy. He licked his lips in anticipation. Vegeta opened his eyes all the way, despite the pain running thru them.
"Let's dance." Vegeta backed away a few feet. Buuku smiled evilly.
"Da…unce."
"Right. Like this." Vegeta put his hands in front of him, touching the wrists together. He smirked. "You won't be leaving here alive." Vegeta quickly gathered energy. "Prepare for the…" A ball of ki formed in his hands as he was talking, "FINAL FLASH!" An enormous, blue ball fired from his hands and hit Buuku right in the chest. It vaporized everything but his head and continued on, exploding on a far away hill. Buuku's head floated around a few seconds before dropping to the ground. "Sayonara."
"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh." Buuku's head staring rolling over and spinning in mid air. Then it flew up to Vegeta. His body grew out of his head almost instantaneously. "BUU!" Buuku fired a blast right into the stomach of Vegeta, pushing him downward to the ground and hurting him. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."
"Bastard." Vegeta got off of the ground. "Damn you, Kakarot! Is this the way you want to fight me? Hiding behind that pink loser? Fight me, Kakarotto! I don't care about this anymore. I don't want to fight anyone else but you! This is stupid! This fight is worthless." Vegeta's aura started flaring like wild. On the ground, Trunks and Goten watched as Goten finished getting his friend out of the pink goop.
"What is he talking about, Trunks?" asked Goten.
"I don't know. I know that he always says that he wants to fight your father. That's why he trains so much." Trunks looked into his father's eyes and didn't like what he saw.
"What happened?" Goten was staring right at Trunks and could tell that something was wrong.
"I think he snapped." Trunks kept watching his father. Something had caused him to start losing control. He just didn't know what.
"Should we help him?" Trunks shook his head.
"All we can do is watch."
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"So can you do it? Can you break into the computer and figure it out?" asked Rae. Bulma looked at her like she was crazy.
"Do you know who you are talking to?" said a confident Bulma. "Of course I can do it. Just give me three minutes and I'll know exactly how to end this madness." Bulma typed away at speeds faster than the normal eye could follow. Rae and Chi Chi just pretended to watch.
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Vegeta continued to gather energy. Even Buuku was surprised at the amount that was being sucked it. Vegeta's body started to glow with a golden hue.
"Give back Kakarotto!" Vegeta demanded. His hair started to get longer and his eyebrows disappeared. Both Trunks and Goten's jaws dropped. They could not believe their eyes, especially Trunks.
"Trunks, is he…" Trunks nodded his head.
"I…think so." Trunks was having a hard time believing what was going on, even though he know the truth. His father, whether he knew it or not, was going Super Saiyan Three right in front of his own eyes.
"GIVE BACK KAKAROTTO!" Vegeta's aura boomed with power and he reached SSJ3. His hair was down to his knees and his eyebrows were gone. The furious Saiyan stared at his opponent.
"Gold…en…hair." Buuku pointed to Vegeta's newly formed hair. Vegeta didn't even care. He ignored him and kept staring at him.
"Now you have no chance of winning. Release Kakarotto and I might be lenient." Buuku gritted his teeth and growled. Vegeta had just made him angry.
"You…don't…tell…what to…do." Vegeta pretended not to hear him.
"Release Kakarotto. That is your last warning." Instead Buuku attacked. He formed a ki ball and threw it. Vegeta slapped it away. Buuku rushed him and missed with a kick to the stomach. Vegeta countered with a chop. Buuku ducked under it and kicked Vegeta in the back. Vegeta twirled around and grabbed the attacking foot, twisted it so that Buuku was facing toward the ground. Vegeta placed his foot on the knee joint and shot down to the ground. The knee rammed into the floor and was pushed as thin as a piece of paper. Buuku didn't take anytime to worry about the pain. He jammed his arms into the ground and grabbed a hold of Vegeta's ankles. The Saiyan prince was pulled into the ground and all the way around until he was yanked back out of it, right in front of Buuku. The pink Saiyan smiled mockingly. Vegeta answered with a right to the nose. Buuku let go and Vegeta flipped back onto his feet a few feet away. Buuku stood up and he had a dent in his face. He popped it back into place.
"That…not…nice."
"…"
"I…hurt…you…now." Buuku started charging a massive ki ball above his head. Vegeta did nothing but stand there. Trunks and Goten looked at the ball of energy, then they looked at Vegeta.
"What is your father going to do, Trunks?" asked Goten.
"I don't know. He must be thinking of something." Buuku enlarged his ki ball. Vegeta just looked at him with contempt.
"I don't think it's big enough. Make it bigger." Buuku was caught in a perplexing moment that was replaced by aggravation. Buuku obviously didn't want to be shown up, so he began to enlarge the ki ball again. Vegeta smiled.
"What are you doing, Papa?" called Trunks. "If he makes it any bigger, he'll kill you." Vegeta said nothing and continued to wait for Buuku to finish his ball.
"Vegeta!" yelled Goten. Still there was not even an acknowledgement of Goten's existence. Buuku finished making his ki ball, which was now the size the main room in the mansion was.
"You…die…now."
"You first," said Vegeta.
"Huh." At that moment, the ki ball above Buuku disappeared and he doubled over in pain. He started jerking around and his skin was pulling away from him. Goten also doubled over and had to turn his back to the sight in order to keep the contents of his stomach from spilling out. Trunks covered his eyes for the same reason, but he peeked through the holes between his fingers. Buuku let out a scream and grabbed his head. Then, with a lot of reluctance, he pulled it open and split himself down the middle. His two halves fell to the side and turned into liquid. It gushed over to the side and became one puddle. As the puddle left its original position, the Saiyans saw a very welcome sight. Son Goku was sitting up, eyes closed, and he appeared to be all right.
"Father!" screamed Goten, not realizing the pitch of his voice. Trunks grasped his ears in pain as Goten ran by to his father. He ran over and embraced him.
"Goku?" Vegeta and Trunks saw Chi Chi come out of the hole with Bulma and Rae. Chi Chi ran over to her husband with Rae and Bulma walked over to her SSJ3 husband.
"Nice hair," she said sarcastically.
"What about the…"
"It's been taken care of. I blew it up the second Goku was all right. No one will be using it again." Bulma took a handful of his hair. "I might have to take a new blood sample. I think I'm missing out on something here." Vegeta smiled and dropped out of Super Saiyan mode. They stood silent as Rae, Goten, and Chi Chi hovered over Chi Chi. Rae placed her hands on his chest and started her healing process. Chi Chi was concerned, as was Goten, about his condition.
"Is he going to be alright?" asked Chi Chi. Rae nodded.
"He is fine. He seems to have just been drained of a lot of energy. He has no injuries, so he should be fine after I power him back up. It's just going to take a while because he has a bottomless battery in his body that never seems to fill." Chi Chi looked past her son to the puddle of Buu.
"What about him?" Rae quickly glanced over at the puddle before turning back to Goku.
"He, unfortunately, will also be fine. He is Buu, so he can regenerate. The separation process took as much out of him as it did Goku."
"We should destroy him now." Chi Chi got up, but Rae grabbed on to her foot.
"It's pointless. You have to vaporize him. By the time you gathered the energy, if you have enough, you would already be dead. You have to fuse if you want a fighting chance." Rae went back to powering up Goku. Chi Chi sat back down and took her husbands hand.
"C'mon, Goku. You have to wake up." Just then Goku's eyes opened. He gazed right into his wife's eyes.
"Hi, Chi Chi. Sorry about the party. What happened?" Chi Chi was confused.
Doesn't he know what happened? Chi Chi started to explain what was going on, but she decided to hug Goku instead. I'll tell him later.
"Chi Chi," said Bulma. "That will have to wait. We have another problem." Chi Chi helped Goku get to his feet. They felt foreign to him and he was readjusting.
"What is it now?"
"Look." She pointed right at the Buu puddle… only it wasn't a puddle anymore. It had reformed into the original form. It was the evil, pink devil that had invaded the earth and destroyed it. Rae frowned.
"It was only a matter of time. It just happened quicker than it probably should have." Rae took one of Goku's hands and continued to feed him power.
"Buu…" started Bulma. "Buu is back."
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