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Quote of the Day: "Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected." ~~W.
Safire
Joke of the Day:
For: Alabama
Against: Auburn
(the colleges)
A University of Auburn football player was visiting a Yankee relative in Boston over the holidays. He went to a large party and met a pretty coed. He was attempting to start up a conversation with the line, "Where does you go to school?" The coed, of course, was not overly impressed with his grammar or southern drawl, but did answer his question. "Yale," she replied.
The Auburn student took a big, deep breath and shouted, "WHERE DOES YOU GO TO SCHOOL?"
Gary Wray
Birmingham, Ala.
What If It Hadn't Happened?
Chapter 13
Gokun brought Buu back outside, releasing all of his bonds except his antenna.
(No matter how strong I am, I can't stop that,) he thought. He made his first transformation to Super Saiyan, hoping he could finish Buu off before defusing, or at least weaken him for Gotenks.
"Kamehameha!" Gokun said, hitting Buu with the powerful energy wave. Buu was torn to shreds by the blast, and Gokun quickly incinerated the remains, but he still regenerated...well, sort of.
"Did you really think that would work? I am good as new again," Buu said.
"Good as new? So, you're impersonating a donut on purpose?" Gokun asked.
Buu looked down at his stomach, seeing a gaping hole. It filled back in with a popping sound.
(Good. He's getting weaker,) Gokun thought with a smirk. He began fighting Buu hand to hand again, Buu not landing a single punch against Super Gokun. (I wish the others would hurry up. My fusion's almost over, and Buu could kill Gohan and Goku in an instant,) he thought.
He continued his assault on the already deformed face of Majin Buu. He looked at the lookout below them, finally seeing Gotenks at SS3 and all the others.
(Good. Gotenks' training has paid off,) Gokun thought. Blowing Buu to bits again so he had time to talk, Gokun flew down to the lookout.
"Gotenks, I have less than a minute until my fusion wears off, but I need to defuse. I need you to hold off Buu for at least a few minutes so Goku can make a spirit bomb. Gohan and Vegeta can help you against him. Don't get too cocky. You have to trust me when I tell you that you cannot beat him!" he said. He looked at the others and said, "The reason I had to keep you all alive is there are not many people left on Earth. Goku will need your energy to make the spirit bomb. For those of you who can, power up to your maximum, and be ready to help the others if they start losing. I need to be left alone the whole time I'm preparing it."
Moments later, he defused, back into Goku and Gohan.
"Gotenks, do your best. I only need a few minutes," Goku said.
Gotenks took off toward the newly formed Buu, Gohan and Vegeta powering up as they followed.
Goku flew upward, beginning to gather energy.
Goku gathered the energy as quickly as possible, hoping Gotenks and the others could hold Buu off long enough. The energy slowly took the shape of a sphere, larger than any spirit bomb he had ever made.
(Just a bit longer...) Goku thought. Beads of sweat made their appearance on his forehead as he struggled to control the tremendous energy.
(A few more seconds,) the Saiyan thought.
The small bits of energy merged into one large mass. The fighting spirit bomb was complete!
"It's ready! Clear out, guys!" Goku called to Gotenks, Gohan, and Vegeta. They moved away, and Buu looked up, his eyes widening after he spotted the intended instrument of his demise. With a grunt, Goku threw it downward, right at the evil being. It headed toward Buu, and it seemed the tyrant was frozen in fear, but, at the last second, he...dodged?
"Gohan, don't let it get away!" Goku shouted. His older son flew in front of the bomb, unable to bounce it back because of the shear size, but successfully slowing it down to a halt.
"Try again. Throw as hard as you can, Gohan! He can't be that fast," Goku said. Gohan pushed the energy as hard as he could, and it sped toward Buu, but, just like before, Buu simply dodged it. At the best moment possible, Gotenks' time ran out, and he defused.
"You're there? I'm here! Our fusion must be over!" Goten and Trunks said at the same time.
Goku caught the bomb and Gohan flew over to him.
"Dad, he's too fast. Somebody has to hold him still," Gohan suggested.
"I'll do it," Goku volunteered.
"No, Dad. You've died too many times already. I'll do it," Gohan declared.
"Are you sure, Gohan?" Goku asked. Gohan nodded, powering up a bit. He used his newly learned IT technique, appearing next to Buu, grabbing him from behind.
"What's my brother doing?" Goten asked his friend.
"I don't know," Trunks replied. He looked up, seeing Goku preparing to throw the spirit bomb one more time. "Goten, he's gonna let Goku kill him so we can get rid of Buu!" Trunks said after putting 2 and 2 together. (4!!)
"NO! Gohan!" Goten shouted, trying to fly to his brother, Trunks too, but Vegeta grabbed the backs of their gis, dragging them over to the lookout tower.
"Gohan is doing a very honorable thing. Let him be," the Saiyan prince said.
"What do you mean? What's he doing?" Chi-Chi asked.
Bulma's face paled as she figured it out as well. "He's...he's goin-going t-t-t..."
"Bulma's trying to say that he's going to sacrifice himself. He's going to hold Buu still while Goku hits them both with the spirit bomb," Piccolo explained solemnly.
"WHAT?!?!?!?" most of the others shouted, this being Chi-Chi, Krillin, Videl, the Ox-King, Dende, Mr. Popo, Yamcha, Puar, Oolong, Roshi, Marron, and even 18.
"But...he can't..." Videl whispered.
"I guess it's the only way," Krillin admitted, watching his best friend sacrificed himself, just like his other best friend had seven years ago.
Gohan turned from the spirit bomb heading toward himself and Buu to all his friends and family.
"Sorry, guys. It's the only way. But I'll see you soon, alright?" he reassured them. He gave a small wave, careful to keep his hold on Buu. The spirit bomb made contact, erasing both Buu and Gohan from existence.
Goku landed, staring at his feet. (Now I know how Gohan felt that day. I should have thought of another plan,) he scolded himself.
Chi-Chi ran to her husband, collapsing into his arms, tears soaking the Saiyan's gi.
"It's gonna be alright, Chi. We'll bring him back," Goku said in a quiet voice.
Videl didn't bother to wipe her face as tears spilled from her eyes, rolling down her cheeks. She let out a sob, looking up when she felt a hand on her shoulder, surprised to see Piccolo looking down at her.
"Gohan wouldn't want you to cry, Videl. He'd want you to be proud of him," Piccolo said.
"I am proud," Videl replied, giving the Namek a small smile.
"Bulma, do you have the dragon radar? We need to work on repairing the damage Buu had done," Goku said, wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulders.
Bulma nodded, taking it out of her pocket as she said, "You'll have to go to Namek to use their dragonballs, Goku. We have too many wishes for our dragon alone."
"Okay. We'll get Earth's dragonballs and wish all those who died back first," Goku said.
Finding Earth's dragonballs rather quickly, they were back at Dende's lookout in no time, Shenlong summoned.
"You have one wish remaining. Name it, before I run out of patience!" the huge dragon ordered.
"Geez, he's so pushy," Goku said.
"How do we word this? We can't say everyone Buu killed, because Babidi's men killed some people, and, well, uh, Gohan..." Bulma trailed off, looking at Goku.
Goku thought for a moment, before he said, "Shenlong, bring back all of the people who died today and yesterday, except thin Buu, Babidi, and Babidi's men!"
"It had been done. That is your last wish. I must now part with you," Shenlong said.
"Thanks!" Goku called out as the dragon disappeared. Everyone looked around expectantly, waiting for Gohan to come back. Their faces brightened when Gohan appeared in front of them.
"Gohan!" Goten shouted.
He tried to run to his brother, but Goku grabbed his gi, whispering, "Girlfriends and mothers get first dibs."
Chi-Chi and Videl had already run over, latching onto Gohan. Chi-Chi let go after just a second, but Videl clung tight to him, sobbing into his chest. Gohan stroked her hair, hugging her back.
"Gohan, don't ever do that again!" Videl shouted, punching him in the chest.
"Well, you got over my death pretty quick," Gohan said sarcastically.
The others greeted him as well, and Gohan and Goku were about to leave for New Namek.
"Don't even think about leaving without me," Videl said, latching onto Gohan's arm. "I'm not gonna even risk losing you again."
"You do know we're going to a different planet, right?" Gohan asked. Videl nodded, saying Bulma had told her about Namek during the month in the time chamber.
"Well, we're off," Goku said. Both Sons found Muri, the new Guru's, energy, and disappeared along with Videl, dragon radar in hand.
~on New Namek~
"So this is Namek, huh?" Videl asked, looking around the green planet.
"Goku? Is that you?" a gruff voice said from behind them.
"Yep!" Goku said, turning around to see the Z fighters' good friend Muri.
"And you haven't forgotten me, have you, Muri?" Gohan asked, putting on his best Son grin.
"Gohan! My, have you grown! And who is this young lady?" Muri asked, looking at Videl.
"This is Videl, my girlfriend," Gohan replied.
Videl shook hands with the Namek, who asked, "What are you folk doing here? Not just a pleasure trip, is it?"
"Actually, we were wondering if we could use your dragonballs..." Goku said.
"Why, of course! You saved us from Frieza and Meta Cooler, and gave us a new home! The dragonballs hardly suffice as repayment!" Muri exclaimed.
"Boy, thanks, Muri!" Goku said happily. Using the ever-reliable radar, the three 'Earthlings' quickly located the dragonballs.
With Muri's help, they summoned the Namek dragon, Porunga.
"You have three wishes. What do you desire?" the humongous dragon said.
"First, can you repair all of the damage done to Earth in the past two days?" Muri said, in Namek, as he translated for Goku.
"It is done. What is your next wish?" Porunga asked.
"Erase the memories of all the people on Earth of the Buu incident, except for the Z fighters and the rest of their group," Muri translated into Namek.
"It is done," Porunga said.
"Videl, you still remember everything?" Gohan asked quietly.
"Yeah," Videl replied.
"What is your final wish?" Porunga asked.
"Hey Dad, we don't have a final wish!" Gohan pointed out.
Goku thought for a moment, then said, "How 'bout we get rid of the time limit on the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?"
"Sounds good," Gohan replied.
"You try my patience! What is your last wish?" Porunga demanded.
"Geez, he's pushy," Videl said. Gohan chuckled, telling the last wish to the Namek Guru.
"It is done. You have no more wishes, so I will return to my slumber now," Porunga said. He disappeared back into the dragonballs, which blasted off in seven different directions.
"Everything turned out happy for once. Nobody's dead or badly injured, and we have a new ally. A strong one at that," Goku said, referring to Buu.
Gohan nodded in agreement, and said, "And we'll be plenty strong for the next enemy, if there is one."
"Why won't they leave Earth alone? Is it really that good a planet? How come EVERYONE is after Earth?" Goku asked no one in particular.
"I don't know, but they picked the wrong planet to mess with," Gohan replied.
THE END!!!
Don't forget to check out my next story, called 'Threats.' I should have the first chapter out soon
Quote of the Day: "Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected." ~~W.
Safire
Joke of the Day:
For: Alabama
Against: Auburn
(the colleges)
A University of Auburn football player was visiting a Yankee relative in Boston over the holidays. He went to a large party and met a pretty coed. He was attempting to start up a conversation with the line, "Where does you go to school?" The coed, of course, was not overly impressed with his grammar or southern drawl, but did answer his question. "Yale," she replied.
The Auburn student took a big, deep breath and shouted, "WHERE DOES YOU GO TO SCHOOL?"
Gary Wray
Birmingham, Ala.
What If It Hadn't Happened?
Chapter 13
Gokun brought Buu back outside, releasing all of his bonds except his antenna.
(No matter how strong I am, I can't stop that,) he thought. He made his first transformation to Super Saiyan, hoping he could finish Buu off before defusing, or at least weaken him for Gotenks.
"Kamehameha!" Gokun said, hitting Buu with the powerful energy wave. Buu was torn to shreds by the blast, and Gokun quickly incinerated the remains, but he still regenerated...well, sort of.
"Did you really think that would work? I am good as new again," Buu said.
"Good as new? So, you're impersonating a donut on purpose?" Gokun asked.
Buu looked down at his stomach, seeing a gaping hole. It filled back in with a popping sound.
(Good. He's getting weaker,) Gokun thought with a smirk. He began fighting Buu hand to hand again, Buu not landing a single punch against Super Gokun. (I wish the others would hurry up. My fusion's almost over, and Buu could kill Gohan and Goku in an instant,) he thought.
He continued his assault on the already deformed face of Majin Buu. He looked at the lookout below them, finally seeing Gotenks at SS3 and all the others.
(Good. Gotenks' training has paid off,) Gokun thought. Blowing Buu to bits again so he had time to talk, Gokun flew down to the lookout.
"Gotenks, I have less than a minute until my fusion wears off, but I need to defuse. I need you to hold off Buu for at least a few minutes so Goku can make a spirit bomb. Gohan and Vegeta can help you against him. Don't get too cocky. You have to trust me when I tell you that you cannot beat him!" he said. He looked at the others and said, "The reason I had to keep you all alive is there are not many people left on Earth. Goku will need your energy to make the spirit bomb. For those of you who can, power up to your maximum, and be ready to help the others if they start losing. I need to be left alone the whole time I'm preparing it."
Moments later, he defused, back into Goku and Gohan.
"Gotenks, do your best. I only need a few minutes," Goku said.
Gotenks took off toward the newly formed Buu, Gohan and Vegeta powering up as they followed.
Goku flew upward, beginning to gather energy.
Goku gathered the energy as quickly as possible, hoping Gotenks and the others could hold Buu off long enough. The energy slowly took the shape of a sphere, larger than any spirit bomb he had ever made.
(Just a bit longer...) Goku thought. Beads of sweat made their appearance on his forehead as he struggled to control the tremendous energy.
(A few more seconds,) the Saiyan thought.
The small bits of energy merged into one large mass. The fighting spirit bomb was complete!
"It's ready! Clear out, guys!" Goku called to Gotenks, Gohan, and Vegeta. They moved away, and Buu looked up, his eyes widening after he spotted the intended instrument of his demise. With a grunt, Goku threw it downward, right at the evil being. It headed toward Buu, and it seemed the tyrant was frozen in fear, but, at the last second, he...dodged?
"Gohan, don't let it get away!" Goku shouted. His older son flew in front of the bomb, unable to bounce it back because of the shear size, but successfully slowing it down to a halt.
"Try again. Throw as hard as you can, Gohan! He can't be that fast," Goku said. Gohan pushed the energy as hard as he could, and it sped toward Buu, but, just like before, Buu simply dodged it. At the best moment possible, Gotenks' time ran out, and he defused.
"You're there? I'm here! Our fusion must be over!" Goten and Trunks said at the same time.
Goku caught the bomb and Gohan flew over to him.
"Dad, he's too fast. Somebody has to hold him still," Gohan suggested.
"I'll do it," Goku volunteered.
"No, Dad. You've died too many times already. I'll do it," Gohan declared.
"Are you sure, Gohan?" Goku asked. Gohan nodded, powering up a bit. He used his newly learned IT technique, appearing next to Buu, grabbing him from behind.
"What's my brother doing?" Goten asked his friend.
"I don't know," Trunks replied. He looked up, seeing Goku preparing to throw the spirit bomb one more time. "Goten, he's gonna let Goku kill him so we can get rid of Buu!" Trunks said after putting 2 and 2 together. (4!!)
"NO! Gohan!" Goten shouted, trying to fly to his brother, Trunks too, but Vegeta grabbed the backs of their gis, dragging them over to the lookout tower.
"Gohan is doing a very honorable thing. Let him be," the Saiyan prince said.
"What do you mean? What's he doing?" Chi-Chi asked.
Bulma's face paled as she figured it out as well. "He's...he's goin-going t-t-t..."
"Bulma's trying to say that he's going to sacrifice himself. He's going to hold Buu still while Goku hits them both with the spirit bomb," Piccolo explained solemnly.
"WHAT?!?!?!?" most of the others shouted, this being Chi-Chi, Krillin, Videl, the Ox-King, Dende, Mr. Popo, Yamcha, Puar, Oolong, Roshi, Marron, and even 18.
"But...he can't..." Videl whispered.
"I guess it's the only way," Krillin admitted, watching his best friend sacrificed himself, just like his other best friend had seven years ago.
Gohan turned from the spirit bomb heading toward himself and Buu to all his friends and family.
"Sorry, guys. It's the only way. But I'll see you soon, alright?" he reassured them. He gave a small wave, careful to keep his hold on Buu. The spirit bomb made contact, erasing both Buu and Gohan from existence.
Goku landed, staring at his feet. (Now I know how Gohan felt that day. I should have thought of another plan,) he scolded himself.
Chi-Chi ran to her husband, collapsing into his arms, tears soaking the Saiyan's gi.
"It's gonna be alright, Chi. We'll bring him back," Goku said in a quiet voice.
Videl didn't bother to wipe her face as tears spilled from her eyes, rolling down her cheeks. She let out a sob, looking up when she felt a hand on her shoulder, surprised to see Piccolo looking down at her.
"Gohan wouldn't want you to cry, Videl. He'd want you to be proud of him," Piccolo said.
"I am proud," Videl replied, giving the Namek a small smile.
"Bulma, do you have the dragon radar? We need to work on repairing the damage Buu had done," Goku said, wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulders.
Bulma nodded, taking it out of her pocket as she said, "You'll have to go to Namek to use their dragonballs, Goku. We have too many wishes for our dragon alone."
"Okay. We'll get Earth's dragonballs and wish all those who died back first," Goku said.
Finding Earth's dragonballs rather quickly, they were back at Dende's lookout in no time, Shenlong summoned.
"You have one wish remaining. Name it, before I run out of patience!" the huge dragon ordered.
"Geez, he's so pushy," Goku said.
"How do we word this? We can't say everyone Buu killed, because Babidi's men killed some people, and, well, uh, Gohan..." Bulma trailed off, looking at Goku.
Goku thought for a moment, before he said, "Shenlong, bring back all of the people who died today and yesterday, except thin Buu, Babidi, and Babidi's men!"
"It had been done. That is your last wish. I must now part with you," Shenlong said.
"Thanks!" Goku called out as the dragon disappeared. Everyone looked around expectantly, waiting for Gohan to come back. Their faces brightened when Gohan appeared in front of them.
"Gohan!" Goten shouted.
He tried to run to his brother, but Goku grabbed his gi, whispering, "Girlfriends and mothers get first dibs."
Chi-Chi and Videl had already run over, latching onto Gohan. Chi-Chi let go after just a second, but Videl clung tight to him, sobbing into his chest. Gohan stroked her hair, hugging her back.
"Gohan, don't ever do that again!" Videl shouted, punching him in the chest.
"Well, you got over my death pretty quick," Gohan said sarcastically.
The others greeted him as well, and Gohan and Goku were about to leave for New Namek.
"Don't even think about leaving without me," Videl said, latching onto Gohan's arm. "I'm not gonna even risk losing you again."
"You do know we're going to a different planet, right?" Gohan asked. Videl nodded, saying Bulma had told her about Namek during the month in the time chamber.
"Well, we're off," Goku said. Both Sons found Muri, the new Guru's, energy, and disappeared along with Videl, dragon radar in hand.
~on New Namek~
"So this is Namek, huh?" Videl asked, looking around the green planet.
"Goku? Is that you?" a gruff voice said from behind them.
"Yep!" Goku said, turning around to see the Z fighters' good friend Muri.
"And you haven't forgotten me, have you, Muri?" Gohan asked, putting on his best Son grin.
"Gohan! My, have you grown! And who is this young lady?" Muri asked, looking at Videl.
"This is Videl, my girlfriend," Gohan replied.
Videl shook hands with the Namek, who asked, "What are you folk doing here? Not just a pleasure trip, is it?"
"Actually, we were wondering if we could use your dragonballs..." Goku said.
"Why, of course! You saved us from Frieza and Meta Cooler, and gave us a new home! The dragonballs hardly suffice as repayment!" Muri exclaimed.
"Boy, thanks, Muri!" Goku said happily. Using the ever-reliable radar, the three 'Earthlings' quickly located the dragonballs.
With Muri's help, they summoned the Namek dragon, Porunga.
"You have three wishes. What do you desire?" the humongous dragon said.
"First, can you repair all of the damage done to Earth in the past two days?" Muri said, in Namek, as he translated for Goku.
"It is done. What is your next wish?" Porunga asked.
"Erase the memories of all the people on Earth of the Buu incident, except for the Z fighters and the rest of their group," Muri translated into Namek.
"It is done," Porunga said.
"Videl, you still remember everything?" Gohan asked quietly.
"Yeah," Videl replied.
"What is your final wish?" Porunga asked.
"Hey Dad, we don't have a final wish!" Gohan pointed out.
Goku thought for a moment, then said, "How 'bout we get rid of the time limit on the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?"
"Sounds good," Gohan replied.
"You try my patience! What is your last wish?" Porunga demanded.
"Geez, he's pushy," Videl said. Gohan chuckled, telling the last wish to the Namek Guru.
"It is done. You have no more wishes, so I will return to my slumber now," Porunga said. He disappeared back into the dragonballs, which blasted off in seven different directions.
"Everything turned out happy for once. Nobody's dead or badly injured, and we have a new ally. A strong one at that," Goku said, referring to Buu.
Gohan nodded in agreement, and said, "And we'll be plenty strong for the next enemy, if there is one."
"Why won't they leave Earth alone? Is it really that good a planet? How come EVERYONE is after Earth?" Goku asked no one in particular.
"I don't know, but they picked the wrong planet to mess with," Gohan replied.
THE END!!!
Don't forget to check out my next story, called 'Threats.' I should have the first chapter out soon