Dragon Ball Z

The New Era

Disclaimer: Uh...yeah, I don't own...DBZ Stuff. Cept' Cloud!

Author's Notes:

-Heya! See? I did another chapter! Hurray! Maybe, just maybe, I can actually fufill my promise to you all, slowly but surely anyway. And hey, I did a little double checking, it's Kibito Kai,not KibitoShin, not Kaiobit, but Kibito Kai. BUT, he will continue to be called Kaiobit in my fic, as it sounds better! (And it's MY fic, lol)

Anyway, onward to the next chapter! YAY!-

Norris Scott, "Cloud Storm"

P.S.- To solve confusion, Cloud Storm isn't Cloud Strife from FF7, lol.

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* - Stands For Sounds, ' - Stands For Thoughts

Chapter Two: A Whole New Level

"Buu....you know, you're faster then I anticipated"

Cloud continued to block shots coming at him rather violently from a very angered Majin Buu, who glared at the fighter, scowling.

"You'll just fall like the rest..."

Cloud smirked at that, and using more of his speed, blocked a shot from Buu and went for a knee, but Buu blocked it and caught Cloud off gaurd with a sharp punch, followed by an elbow to his face and then an eye beam, knocking Cloud back.

Cloud frowned, wondering why he thought that Buu would fall for his weakest trick, and unfortionatly, thought a littel too long, as Buu sudenly appeared in front of him, grabbing his hair and flinging him down to the earth, hard.

Vegeta and Goku looked on in horror, the one person who split them apart, who they thought may be able to hold their ground against Buu, was being beaten down like a rag doll, and they couldn't do anything, they weren't even fused.

"Kakkarot..."

"Yeah Vegeta?"

"What will we do if that baka fails to defeat Buu?"

"I have no clue....we can't fuse using our earings anymore, they got dissinigrated in that blast the guy shot at us..."

"Hmph, I wasn't planning on another fusion Kakkarot, the last one was bad enough"

"Well what if we were to try that fusion dance thing? You know, the one were the fusion is only thirt-"

"NO! I REFUSE TO FUSE WITH YOU AGAIN IF EVEN FOR JUST A MERE MINUTE!"

"Okay okay! Sheesh, it was just a suggestion..."

Suddenly, an explosion ripped from the ground, and an enraged Cloud Storm exploded from the ground, floating in the air, a slightly tinted blue aura surrounding him. Cloud quickly cupped his hands to his side, his teeth grit together, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"TA-KE-NO-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Cloud fired the massive blue beam straight at Buu, but Buu stood still, staring straight at the beam, before simply swatting it to the side, but when he did, he let out a sharp cry of pain and grabbed his hand, it was wet with water, and it was burnt to a coal black color. The beam slammed into a crater made by Buu earlier, and the ground shook violently, smoke and steam shooting up everywhere. Once the smoke and steam subsided, the crater was filled with boiling hot water, the edges of the crater were burnt, and steam was still floating into the air.

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!"

Goku and Vegeta stared at the sight in utter shock, having never seen such an attack before. Up in the Other World, Kaiobit and Elder kai were watching with nervous anticipation, and unknown to the Saiyans and to Buu, back down at the ground, Dende and Hercule, along with Bee of course, were also watching.

"How the heck did that guy do that?!"

"Don't ask me..."

"But you're the Earth's Gaurdian! Shouldn't you know these things?!"

"Hey! I'm still pretty new at this you know! And these Saiyans keep popping out of no where! You'd swear they were just MAKING these people out of thin air!"

"Saiyan? What's a Saiyan?!"

"*Sigh* Nevermind Hercule..."

Buu scowled, rubbing his burnt arm, before gritting his teeth, the blackness of his skin quickly changed back to it's normal pink color, and he glared at Cloud. Slowly however, a smirked etched it's way onto Buu's features.

"You'll have to do better then that to defeat me kid..."

Cloud scowled, his fists clinched.

"You want me to do better?! Alright then....let's see you handle this..."

Suddenly, a blue aura surrounded Cloud, his eyebrows slowly changed from the brilliant blonde color they were to a dark blue color, and his once blonde spiked hair suddenly changed colors to dark blue. Bright blue sparks of energy were shooting from his body rather violently, and he smirked, having just gone Super Saiyan...

"Whoah I've never seen a Super Saiya transformation like that before!"

"And you think I have Kakkarot?"

"Vegeta, why are you always so negative towards things?!"

"Let's just say that's the way I am, Kakkarot..."

And with that, the conversation was dropped, as Cloud glared hatedly at Majin Buu, who stared on in utter shock.

"You...you're another one of those freaks?!"

"Says the pink monster trying to destroy the earth..."

"Gr...how dare you disrespect me!"

"What is there to respect?"

"I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!"

"You seem to be fond of saying that Majin Buu, could it be you're finally realizing that defeat is upon the horizon for you?"

Buu was silent for several seconds, before yelling in utter rage, glaring at Cloud. Buu continues to yell, but pink sparks begin to flash around him, Cloud floated back in suprise, when suddenly, Buu just dissapeared.

"What the..."

Cloud frowns, searching desperatly for his ki.

"Looking for me?"

Cloud turned quickly, right into a GIANT blast of pink energy from Buu. Cloud was flung back, and Buu fades behind him, catching him and shooting sparks of energy into Cloud's arms, torturing the Saiyan.

"AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!!!"

Cloud yelled in pain, and managed to power himself up enough to fling Buu off of him, but he realized thaat even in Super Saiyan form, it just wasn't enough...

"Hmph, you know Majin Buu, you're much stronger then I had planned, looks like I may have to take it to the next level..."

"You do that foolish warrior, it shall do you no good..."

Cloud smirked slightly, before balling up his fists and yelling out again, he arched his back slightly, his blue aura exploding around his body, and he hair grows upward a bit further, still spiked. Cloud's muscles bulge, and for a split second, a black light flashed through his eyes before dissapating. Cloud didn't stop there though, at SSJ2, Cloud continued powering up, his yells getting louder and louder, until he broke through the next barrier, hitting SSJ3. His hair shot up even more, and his muscles once again bulged out. The aura surrounding Cloud had expanded, and bright blue sparks of energy were shooting everywhere like miniture fireworks.

"Oh....My....Kami..."

"Kakkarot....did he just....just..."

"Yeah Vegeta....he just went from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan 3 in under a minute...."

Goku and Vegeta were watching on, awestruck, heck, even the crowned prince of saiyans, Vegeta, was beginning to fear this mysterious Saiyan's power...

"Well Buu, this is it, are you ready to meat your grave?"

"You know kid, you remind me so much of a young warrior....now what was his name? Ah yes, I believe it was Gotenks."

"You mean Goku and Vegeta's sons? The two boys whom you managed to make become apart of you with Gohan and Piccolo? You know Buu, you are truly pathetic."

Buu frowned now, glaring at the man who had the gall to call him pathetic.

"Look at you Buu, you're going around, enveloping everyone, to make yourself stronger. Why? Because you know that in your true form you are merely a weakling compaired to the likes of us. Buu, I am your downfall, I am the man who stops you in your tracks..."

Cloud pauses, trying to think up another witty catch phrase, before snapping his fingers and getting a grin that oddly resembled Goku's.

"I AM THE TERROR! THAT FLAPS IN THE NIGHT!"

Almost instantly, Buu, Hercule, Dende, Vegeta, and Goku, all fall over. Even Bee fell over, as Cloud smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, again, very much like Goku, Gohan and Goten do...

"What? It was the best I could come up with on such short notice!"

Buu stared at the man, sweatdropping.

"You...you actually think that you can beat me when you're over there quoting cartoon character lines?"

"Well uh....Yes?"

Buu smirked, shaking his head.

"This will prove easier then I thought. You know Cloud, before you had caught me really off gaurd, but now that I know what to expect of you Saiyans, you really won't be able to get the best of me."

"That is where you are wrong Buu...I'm not entirely Saiyan, and if you forgot already, I'm from the future, things are changed then..."

Cloud smirked, shaking his head at the pink monster.

"For you see Buu, this isn't even my strongest level."

By saying that, Vegeta and Goku looked at each other, shocked.

"THERE'S A LEVEL AFTER SUPER SAIYAN THREE?!" (A/N: They haven't found out about Super Saiyan Four, boy won't they be suprised later on....)

"WHEN WE GET OUT OF THIS KAKKAROT, YOU AND I BOTH ARE TO SPAR, EVERY DAY!"

"Aw...but Vegeta..."

"No buts, I want no buts from you Kakkarot, we are to spar every chance that we get so that we may conquer this next level, and that's final!"

"But Vegeta..."

"KAKKAROT! I SAID NO BUTS! NOW SHUT YOUR THIRD CLASS SAIYAN MOUTH FOR ONCE!"

Goku looked at Vegeta, startled, before frowning and sticking his tounge out at him, and then turning to the fight.

Buu, having had enough small talk, lunged forward, straight at Cloud, and the two began to block, kick, punch, knee, do whatever it took, just to have the advantage.

Buu attempted an eye beam at one point, but Cloud got out of the way and fired an eye beam of his own into Buu. The battle continued to rage on furiously, as what was left of the dazed Z Fighters watched on, those being Goku and Vegeta. Along with them, Dende and Hercule, along with Bee, watched on as well, and in the Other World, Kaiobit and Elder kai inched closer to their magic ball, trying to get a better look at the fight going on.

"Elder....how can that young warrior appear out of no where without us knowing? And how can he be so strong?!"

"Sometimes saviors can form out of practically thin air young kai, you know, I think our chances may have drastically improved, perhaps more then we thought they would..."

"Yes but-"

"No buts, now shut up, I'd like to watch this fight, haven't seen such a good one in ages."

And with that, Kaiobit fell over. The Elder kai was treating this like humans did with their boxing matches! As if sensing what Kaiobit was thinking, Elder Kai responded.

"Younger Kai, you must learn to stay calm about situations like these, just let things play out and hope for the best, otherwise, the worst will come. Take it from an old kai like me, I should know"

Kaiobit stared at the Elder Kai, suprised. He was right of course, but that certainly wasn't something he'd expect from him...Kaiobit decided to go with it however, and turned his attention back to the magic ball.

Suddenly, Cloud did the unthinkable.

"Buu....it's time I end this..."

Cloud's muscles slowly started to buldge, and his aura expanded more around him, Goku and Vegeta gasped in shock, his ki level was skyrocketing once again, Cloud's eyes flashed, and bright blue sparks shot off around him like fireworks once more. Cloud let out a loud cry, and his hair shot up, growing longer, and then going down, his hair reaching the small of his back, still remaining spiked. Cloud was focusing so much of his Saiyan and Mage powers that flowed through his body, he had to do this, the future, the earth itself, and the people that lived in it, all were counting on him...this was it, no more games, play time was over....

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"HE DID WHAT?!"

Vegeta looked on in utter shock, he no longer felt envy, spite, or any other feeling that involved in that area towards Cloud, in fact, he actually, for the first time in his life, was starting to feel afraid of his power.

"I can't believe this....Vegeta....he...he actually went Super Saiyan Four..."

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"IT'S OVER! TIME FOR YOU AND THIS PLANET TO DIE!"

Buu launched one of his strongest attacks ever straight at Cloud, and Cloud, not expecting the sudden attack, and weakened by the battle itself, got hit head on, launched right into the ground, on the verge of death. He hadn't fallen out of SSJ4, but his life force was fading. Buu began to laugh and celebrate, knowing that victory was right in front of him, as all the others watched in horror.

'No...I....I failed.....this can't happen....'

Cloud grit his teeth, slowly beginning to stand, his body tired and weak, but he wouldn't let that stop him...

'No...I won't let them down....I can't...I WON'T LET THEM DIE! I WON'T LET THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE DIE!'

Cloud scowled, his energy began to sky rocket again, his anger was fueling him now, and his Mage powers were surging again within him, giving his Saiyan powers a HUGE boost, the aura around his body exploded again as he let out a cry of rage.

'I WON'T LET PAN DOWN! I WON'T LET MY CHILDREN DOWN! I WON'T LET THE EARTH AND IT'S FUTURE DOWN! I REFUSE TO DO SO!'

Cloud let out another yell, and Buu's eyes widened as he felt his foe's energy surging once again....

-End-

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A/N: Another chapter! Weeeeeeee! Hey, what was all that about Pan about? How does she have anything to do with this? Guess you'll hafta wait for the next chapter to find out...huh? Heheh, alright people, glad to see I atleast got two reveiws, here's hoping for some more!

-Norris Scott AKA Cloud Storm