Well here is my next chapter folks! Hopes ye likes it. DarrenK, thanks for the info...I didn't know that. I'll take that into consideration from now on. Don't worry about Alexia being one of those mystic Sage type people, she isn't. Mainly cause I don't really like those guys too! She's just , much more respectful and worldly than her sister. Keep reading I promise good things my friend! Congrads to Poetess too for acing that final! I hope I can pull a repeat of that performance myself. Everyone check out her fics too, they're pretty gosh darn good if I says so myself by golly! Anyways let's get on with it shall we?

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"What the hell is up with that thing!"

Shibi's hand smoked from her previous attack as Buu gazed down upon her with that demonically innocent smile spread across his face. He danced humming to himself as Shibi slowly brought her hand back down to her side. Gannon landed next to her equally surprised as she as Buu settled on the ground in front of them. He placed Gotenks on the soil, smacking him gingerly in an attempt to awaken him.

"Hey, hey! You open eyes now."

Gotenks twitched a little before opening his eyes, slowly allowing them to focus on Buu. He coughed sitting up next to Buu. Buu smiled.

"You okay?"

"Y...yeah. Thanks Buu."

"Hmhn! Buu fight bad people for Gotenks now yes?"

Gotenks rubbed the back of his head, as he feebly pulled to his feet.

"Sure go for it."

Buu laughed in excitement turning to his opponents pumping his fist from side to side.

"Buu smash! Buu smash!!"

Gotenks nodded touching the wounds on his back, he looked over at Buu.

"Hey Buu do me a favor? Crush that ugly golem looking guy first. I owe him one."

Gannon set into a fighting stance looking hard at Gotenks.

"What makes you think I can't do the same to your tubby friend over there I did to you?"

"You must not know very much. Buu is damn near indestructible. If you can kill Buu, you deserve to have the stone."

Buu slapped his hands on his waist with an arrogant grin and laugh as Gotenks pointed a thumb over to him.

"Go ahead and try him big boy."

Buu tossed his hands up hunching over into his fighting stance. Gannon took to the initiative swinging at Buu. Buu dodged to the sides from Gannon's barrage of punches and kicks, slimming his rubber like body up and down, side to side. Sweat began to form on Gannon's face. How do you damage something that can shift his shape? Buu stopped planting a head-but to Gannon's eye. He stumbled back slightly as Buu extended his foot to Gannon's jaw, flushing him backwards. Gotenks laughed with a smirk as Buu floated forward drugging kick after kick to Gannon before extending his arm to grip his throat. Shibi clinched her teeth firing one more blast at Buu, putting yet another hole in his body. Buu stooped his attack still clutching Gannon by his throat. Buu looked downward at Shibi as she tossed her hands up turning on her power.

"Stop making Buu doughnut!"

Buu took his free hand pulling a piece of his anatomy off. Shibi watched him wide eyed as he slung the pink putty around in a circle stretching it to the length of his choosing.

"BUU!"

He fired a grand purple blast of energy from his mouth at Shibi. She jumped into the air as Buu smiled. He slung the worm at her. It wrapped around her body causing her to fall the ground incapacitated as if she were a 50 pound dumbbell off a 2 story building. She looked up at him as he laughed deeply turning back to Gannon.

"Buu make you both go bye-bye! Bye bye!"

Gannon weaseled free from Buu's grip firing an energy blast. Buu caught the blast, throwing it back at Gannon.

"You want play catch!? You catch now!"

Gannon barely evaded the return as Buu fired his arm at him again. Gannon was shocked as the arm caught him in the jaw causing him to float in the air at a backward momentum. Buu then took his fist smashing Gannon back down to the planet. He landed on Shibi, both crying out in the same amount of pain. Buu puffed up his cheeks, filling them with air. He held it for a few moments before spitting the gusty breathe from his mouth causing a huge explosion on the planet below.

"Wowhoo! Wowowow! Buu make boom!!"

******

They all watched with a twitch. Buu had come back with vengeance and Mr. Satan couldn't be happier. He jumped up as he sensed Buu's every movement.

"Alright give 'em hell Buu!"

"Looks like Buu has got everything under control right dad."

Goku looked over at Gohan whom was clutching his fist along with the others in celebration. Goku quickly shifted his stare back to Vegeta. Another dark look had fallen upon his face. It was if he forgot about Buu. Vegeta didn't see Buu fight much. Buu's visits wee usually to see Bulma, well her cooking at least, and to play with Bra. As Vegeta felt every blow Buu laid to the opposition....the reminded of his power was like a shot to his chest. Yet another person to play catch up with. Vegeta's motivation to fight seemed to stir within him. He didn't like this feeling of sitting and watching. He was a Sayain dammit, and battle was second nature to him. But as always those lingering doubts in his mind, the memory of the prompt beating he took at the hands of Alexial pushed his adrenaline down, and Alexia sensed it all. Her hopes seemed almost dashed when Vegeta's clutched fist went limp, and fell back to his side. She shook her head disappointed.

******

Gotenks sat on the planet applauding Buu's efforts as he danced in victory.

"Hey good job Buu keep it up!"

Buu looked down at Gotenks curling his arms as if he was flexing his muscles.

"Okay okay!"

Gotenks nodded before thinking to himself. The gem! Now would be a good time to go get it and take it back to Alexia while Buu had things under wraps. He floated up next to Buu tapping on his shoulder. Buu turned looking at Gotenks with a childish smile.

"Alrighty Buu! You're doing a bang up job. Do you think you can hold them off for a little bit?"

Buu looked at Gotenks with a frown.

"You no stay and play?"

"I'll be back Buu I promise. I need to take care of something besides..."

They both looked down as Gannon pulled at the pink roll wrapped around Shibi, freeing her from imprisonment.

"...looks like you've got plenty of playmates for now Buu."

He scratched his rubbery pink head.

"Okay. But you miss big funny funs!"

"Don't worry big guy I'll be back."

Buu kicked his legs and arms rapidly in excitement as he looked back down at his "playmates". Gotenks nodded taking off in the opposite direction. Buu flipped down to the ground causing the area to rock as he hit the ground. Shibi and Gannon strolled out of the creator with surprised eyes as Buu hoped around in a circle like the Lord of the Dance, humming his theme with a large smile. Buu stopped his dance abruptly, throwing his fist at Gannon landing a direct blow to his face. He grabbed Gannon by the top of his head pulling the tyrant back into him whipping him across the face by extending his head tentacle. Buu laughed at him. Pointing in Gannon's general direction with a hand across his jolly gut as he gripped his eye in pain.

"You get hurt!!"

Shibi attacked him quickly blindsiding the pink warrior. Buu screamed out in pain as he flew back into the distance. The powerful Shibi gave off her black glow as she went on the attack landing shot after shot to Buu.

"I will not be laughed at!"

Her purple eyes laced with vengeance. She reached out gripping his chubby face.

"Petrify!"

Buu 's eyes went into shock as he was promptly turned to stone!

******

"Thank you ma'am we need this for a good cause."

The queen bowed placing the purple stone in his hand. Gotenks smiled clutching the jewel in his hands. Gotenks eyes twitched the darkest of blacks as he turned to the distance. Buu's energy signal had disappeared! It just vanished...no cause or reasoning behind it. Shibi and Gannon's signals were still there. Something had to have happened.

"BUU!?!"

He promptly turned back into a Super Sayain, taking off for the field of battle.

******

"Damn, Buu!"

Dabura gazed hard at Yemma's large screen. The Kai's all shuttered in the same fashion as Shibi tossed the stone Buu to the ground dusting her hands off. That was not a good sign at all. Bobba placed her hands over her ears, shutting her eyes as tight as humanly possible.

"This can't be happening, this can't be happening, this can't be happening..."

Kabito Kai looked at her before falling back down to his knees.

"It is happening..."

Old Kai nodded looking up at Buu's frozen in shock expression.

"They're out matched by these two. Much like Alexial, as long as they can use magic their only equal is Alexia. They can increase ability with a simple spell. If you add that to their already extraordinary fighting power, their power has knows no limits."

The room stopped looking hard at the Old Kai. He was right, brute strength didn't seem to matter much in this battle, and that was all the Z fighters knew.

******

"BUUUUUUUU!!"

Mr. Satan fell to his knees. He clutched his eyes closed trying to sense Buu's energy, but he couldn't. Buu appeared to be gone. Alexia shook her head again looking at Goku.

"That battle is lost, we must find the final stone of fate before Alexial."

"We can't just leave Buu and Gotenks in a situation like that!"

Alexia brushed away several loose stands of hair from her eyes before looking at Tien again.

"I understand they are your friends..."

"Lady Alexia I beg of you...please help Majin Buu."

Hercule was on his knees, driving his forehead to the ground as far as humanly possible. She looked down at him with sympathetic eyes as he pleaded his case.

"H..he's my best friend. He's apart of my family ma'am."

Bulma put a hand on his shoulder nodding to Alexia.

"Our family..."

He looked back up at her and nodded again as they refocused on Alexia. They all looked to her in agreement. She glanced back over at Vegeta. His expression was still stern and lost. She turned back to the others closing her eyes.

"Very well...I shall give them aid...under one condition."

She turned fully to look at Vegeta.

"If Prince Vegeta joins me."

Vegeta opened his eyes raising his head to her. Hercule nodded in an attempt to encourage the Sayain to do it. Vegeta stepped forward looking at Alexia. She smiled at him. Vegeta still didn't not respond.

"Alright I'll give you these as a consolation."

She slowly rolled the long gloves off her arms. She held them in her hands looking down at them before holding them out to Vegeta.

"Take them..."

Vegeta scoffed crossing his arms.

"What do they do huh? Increase my power or something? Sorry. I mean no disrespect, but I decline. I don't want your charity."

Alexia shook her head.

"Prince Vegeta I would never impose such a thing on someone like yourself. I understand how much strength means to the royal blood line, and aiding that increase should be considered dishonorable amongst the monarchy of your people."

Vegeta looked back at her again.

"Then why are you giving them to me?"

"These were the only gloves my mother ever gave me. She made them, to protect against my sisters time magic ability. I no longer need them Lord Vegeta for I have gained that strength all on my own."

"So why not give them to Kakarot, or Gohan? Someone who would be worth using them on..."

She grabbed Vegeta's hand placing them in his palm closing his hand with her own. She looked into his eyes deeply before leaning over to whisper in his ear.

"....Because...you are in the greatest need of hope. Your heart is in a deep state of despair now, you are lost in a sea of emotions, hatred and self-pity are your lullabies as you sleep. I understand what it's like to be haunted by the ghost of yesterday. So I gave them to you..."

"...Kakarot is..."

"...Highness, you are the last of pure royal blood. I'd want nothing more than to fight along side the descendent of the man who predicted this moment. A proud Sayain sovereign..."

Vegeta took them, walking off in the opposite direction as they all watched him.

"I'll take that into consideration Alexia. But I make no promises. Let us go."

She bowed humbly as they all watched in complete shock. What did she say to him so that made Vegeta respond like that? Either way, they were glad to see him head towards his armor.

******

Shibi smiled as she smoothed her eyebrows out.

"Gannon! Come and get this new statue for our mistress!"

Gannon smirked popping his neck walking over to Shibi. He snaked an arm around her waist as he smiled.

"Yes, milady will take great pleasure with her new trophy."

"But Gannon, we don't have the stone of wisdom. She will be upset."

"Indeed. However her last upgrade gave her the kinetic sense to find the next stone in line. Even if Alexia gets the wisdom stone, it will automatically direct her to the final gem."

Shibi smirked.

"No doubt Alexia will do the same."

"Yes...but Alexial can handle her."

"And I'll handle you two for what you did to Buu!"

They turned to see Gotenks popping with fury. His anger slowly and steadily rising with ripping winds. Shibi and Gannon gave a smirk as the light of Gotenks flashed.

"What are you smiling at!?!"

Gannon pointed in one direction slowly offsetting Gotenks, and Shibi did the same in the opposite way. He had become they at yet another inopportune time. Trunks looked over at Goten.

"Shit..."

******

Vegeta stood next to Goku in his maroon spandex with arms folded. Alexia looked at him.

"You don't want the gloves highness?"

"Mine are fine."

Alexia gave a slight bow before looking over at Goku.

"Take us there when you are ready Goku."

"Okay just grab on."

Chi-chi stepped up quickly.

"Be careful you guys!"

Goku and Alexia nodded to her as Pikkon placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Vegeta just slapped his hand on Goku shoulder as hard as he could.

"Ah! That hurt Vegeta..."

"Quit your whining Kakarot and lets go..."

Goku placed his finger tips to his forehead. The trio departed with a fading flash of their image. Krillin blinked scratching his head.

"You know, no matter how many times I see it done, it still amazes me."

He shrugged as they all went into the main build. There was no reason to stay out there any longer.

******

"What now Trunks? There's no way we can damage them when they have their magic boosting their energy like that."

Trunks set into a defensive stance along with Goten looking back over at his buddy talking through his teeth.

"You don't think I know that!? This is bad..."

Shibi and Gannon closed in slowly to their destination of Trunks and Goten.

"That's quite enough from the both of you."

Shibi and Gannon stopped turning around. There stood Goku and Vegeta, both stood tall like a true Sayain should. Trunks and Goten popped up. With excitement.

"Father!?!"

"Yes Trunks I am here. Now get over here boys."

Goten and Trunks hustled away towards Alexia. Standing tall next to her. Vegeta stepped up.

"Which one of you turned Buu to a statue?"

Shibi nonchalantly raised her hand with a smile.

"Simply lovely wouldn't yo..."

"Quiet!"

Shibi clutched her fist in anger as Vegeta dug his feet in the ground.

"I want to fight you!"

Shibi looked surprised as Vegeta clutched his fist tightly screaming out in rage as his Super Sayain 2 energy rose rapidly. The planet shook as Vegeta hoped out of the blocks preparing to assume what his son started.

END OF PART XVIII

Vegeta's back in action! I underestimated how well this chapter just rolled out of me! So there's a possibility of one more chapter before I have to take absence. Please review okay!?

*Goku*

Hey this is Goku! It seems somebody has lit a fire under Vegeta as he goes into a seemingly hopeless situation against the treacherous Shibi and Gannon. I hope Vegeta has what it takes to end all this so we can go for the final stone! Watch Vegeta's fist assault in many moons next time on Dragonball Z!!!

RUN!!!