Chapter 6: Otherworld - Final Bout
"You arrogant abomination!" Baer screamed as he lunged once again into battle. This time around he planned his punches and Garlic went on the defensive. Equally matched, they pounded away at each other, blocking every kick to the face and countering just as quickly. Their bodies only appeared for a few swift moments before vanishing to another location. The rejuvenated Garlic and ferocious Baer were fast, but nowhere near the zenith that Buu stood at.
"And so it comes down to this. My existence depends solely on if I can survive this battle," Dabura deduced. Maybe when Buu was fat, slow, and ignorant the king of darkness would have had a slim chance of beating him. But as it stood now, Dabura had no idea what he was going up against. Buu's power dwarfed his own, but the battle wouldn't be decided without a final fight, "I've gained much strength from our last fight Buu, but I don't think I can beat you. But I do think I can at least slow you down and give my subjects enough time to alert the proper authorities."
"You're full of it . . ." Buu said before turning invisible. He wasn't invisible, but Kid Buu's agility was so amazingly superior to Dabura's that it gave off the illusion that he was nowhere to be seen.
"What the devil is this?" Dabura shouted, stepping back in shock.
"I'll have some fun with you . . ." Buu's disembodied voice echoed eerily all around the demon king, "Yes, there is no need to hurry. Not here at least. Buu will get his revenge yet, oh yes he will. But before that, I'll take care of all those that hurt me!"
"Show yourself!" the cape over Dabura's shoulders flapped madly as he powered up. Wisps of white air revolved around the king and his body glowed red in anticipation to the fierce battle.
"Blehh!!!!" The childish pink creature suddenly appeared in front of Dabura, laughing. His tongue flicked at him and Buu imitated the horns on demon's head with two fingers.
"How dare you!" Buu remained laughing as the fist passed directly through him. Dabura followed up with two more tremendous punches to the neck and a flash kick to the top of Kid Buu's head, but each attack hit nothing but air.
"Pitiful Dabura, I don't see what Babidi ever saw in you," Buu had been standing behind him the entire time, watching him exert his full power trying to hit nothing more than a shadow. This angered Dabura greatly and the sound of his muscles tightening under the blue outfit he wore served to personify this hate.
"Nobody makes a fool out of me!" the leader of the underworld salivated thinking of the pain he wanted to cause this super Buu. Waiting for the right moment, he blew a typhoon of air out of his mouth and covered the unsuspecting Buu in his spit. A million blotches of stone spread across the powerful child's body and grew at an exponential rate, "Ha ha . . . you shouldn't have let your guard down baby Buu! Ha ha ha !"
In seconds Buu had been transformed into nothing more than a lifeless statue. Dabura basked in his skills and crossed his arms in contempt for his enemy. He turned his gaze to the sky and Baer jack hammered his fists into Garlic's skull. In a painful stupor Garlic had allowed the other hero trap him in a full nelson. With Baer's hands under his arms and around his head, the would be ruler of the galaxy found it impossible to move.
"Do you see your master? Dabura has defeated him! Now I will defeat you!" Garlic Jr. roared out in pain when Baer put increasing pressure on his neck. Struggle as he did, there was no getting out of the death lock, "Master Dabura, FINISH HIM OFF!"
"With pleasure . . . ." Dabura prepared for his ultimate attack, closing his eyes in concentration and clasping his hands together in front of his face. In moments it would all be settled, and peace would be returned once again to the universe.
"GAAAAHHHRRR!" the stone shell around Buu shattered and splintered off in all directions," No Dabura, you shouldn't have let YOUR guard down!" A glob of pink Buu detached itself from his body and stuck onto Dabura.
"No!!" Dabura fought the suffocating blob as best he could but in seconds he had been absorbed.
"Garlic, leave him and come with me! We have work to do . . ." Buu ordered his new flunky. He walked over to the bubbling pink goo where Dabura had once stood and it happily flowed back into him. Kid Buu felt a great surge of power within him as he assimilated all of the demon's power, and his body began to change too. Muscles he didn't know he had developed in his back, arms and legs, and the tentacle stretching from his forehead reached farther down past his shoulders.
"You heard the man . . ." Garlic snapped the back of his head into Baer's face with vicious force and blinded him temporarily. Baer opened his eyes and saw nothing but stars cloud his vision. He clutched his hurt head with both hands and fell to the ground below. Meanwhile, Garlic Jr. had met back up with Buu, "Magnificent! I didn't know you could steal other's powers master! When you and I return to Earth, we will control all life as you know it! Nobody will stand in our way!"
"You're wrong, we aren't strong enough yet," the new Teen Buu marveled at his new form, looking over his new body, "He'll be there, waiting for us. I won't leave until I'm absolutely sure this time," More pink liquid dripped from the new life form and collected into a puddle on the ground. Had he controlled it? Or had his body gained a mind of his own? It sneaked its way over to the still reeling Baer and waited. The pray was wounded and it wanted to enjoy the hunt. Slowly but surely Baer opened his eyes. He was hard pressed to get his bearings and adjust his vision to the dark light of this artificial purgatory. Baer peeked out of one eye, then two. It took him seconds to realize where his enemies were.
'No' he thought, 'I've failed again. I must account for my sins . . .' He would self destruct himself close to the dead zone and hopefully rupture the vortex. Little did he know that the pink, intelligent blob from Buu watched his every move. It followed Baer's light footsteps, and readied itself as he prepared for final closure., "Buu, Garlic Jr.! I may be leaving this plane of existence forever, but I'm taking you with me!" All of his energy collapsed and began flowing out of his body, shooting out into the dark purple clouds and ripping up the solid ground beneath his feet.
"Huh?" Garlic said as he heeded the warning of Baer.
"Close the Dead Zone," Buu calmly commanded, even though more energy was being released from Baer's undead corpse.
"But . . ."
"Oh, him," Buu snapped his fingers and the blob catapulted into action, stretching into a large dome and then swallowing its meal whole. The outer part of the bubble stretched as the remaining blast was absorbed into it. It then floated in the air and snapped back towards Buu. He grew slightly stronger, but it still wasn't enough. Listening to his new boss, Garlic Jr. walked over to the last remaining portal of the Dead Zone and focused his energy. His Herculean sized body was barely able to handle the door after the fight, but it was done. The door of orange and yellow light cracked and fell apart against ground until it was nothing more than dust. Buu was pleased with his subservience and lent him more strength in the same manner he had done the first time. Garlic Jr. fully recovered and pumped his muscles up bigger than before to flaunt his new power. When their affairs were in order, they left the place of death and imprisonment and went towards their next target as fast as they could.
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Power Level Update:
Teen Buu: 520,000,000
Garlic Jr. (Buu power): 12,000,000
This chap didn't go as I had planned it, but oh well. It's setting up the story for something good! Chapter 7 should be great. I'm going to call it Pikon's Last Stand. I'll give you two guesses what will happen in that chapter but you'll only need one.
"You arrogant abomination!" Baer screamed as he lunged once again into battle. This time around he planned his punches and Garlic went on the defensive. Equally matched, they pounded away at each other, blocking every kick to the face and countering just as quickly. Their bodies only appeared for a few swift moments before vanishing to another location. The rejuvenated Garlic and ferocious Baer were fast, but nowhere near the zenith that Buu stood at.
"And so it comes down to this. My existence depends solely on if I can survive this battle," Dabura deduced. Maybe when Buu was fat, slow, and ignorant the king of darkness would have had a slim chance of beating him. But as it stood now, Dabura had no idea what he was going up against. Buu's power dwarfed his own, but the battle wouldn't be decided without a final fight, "I've gained much strength from our last fight Buu, but I don't think I can beat you. But I do think I can at least slow you down and give my subjects enough time to alert the proper authorities."
"You're full of it . . ." Buu said before turning invisible. He wasn't invisible, but Kid Buu's agility was so amazingly superior to Dabura's that it gave off the illusion that he was nowhere to be seen.
"What the devil is this?" Dabura shouted, stepping back in shock.
"I'll have some fun with you . . ." Buu's disembodied voice echoed eerily all around the demon king, "Yes, there is no need to hurry. Not here at least. Buu will get his revenge yet, oh yes he will. But before that, I'll take care of all those that hurt me!"
"Show yourself!" the cape over Dabura's shoulders flapped madly as he powered up. Wisps of white air revolved around the king and his body glowed red in anticipation to the fierce battle.
"Blehh!!!!" The childish pink creature suddenly appeared in front of Dabura, laughing. His tongue flicked at him and Buu imitated the horns on demon's head with two fingers.
"How dare you!" Buu remained laughing as the fist passed directly through him. Dabura followed up with two more tremendous punches to the neck and a flash kick to the top of Kid Buu's head, but each attack hit nothing but air.
"Pitiful Dabura, I don't see what Babidi ever saw in you," Buu had been standing behind him the entire time, watching him exert his full power trying to hit nothing more than a shadow. This angered Dabura greatly and the sound of his muscles tightening under the blue outfit he wore served to personify this hate.
"Nobody makes a fool out of me!" the leader of the underworld salivated thinking of the pain he wanted to cause this super Buu. Waiting for the right moment, he blew a typhoon of air out of his mouth and covered the unsuspecting Buu in his spit. A million blotches of stone spread across the powerful child's body and grew at an exponential rate, "Ha ha . . . you shouldn't have let your guard down baby Buu! Ha ha ha !"
In seconds Buu had been transformed into nothing more than a lifeless statue. Dabura basked in his skills and crossed his arms in contempt for his enemy. He turned his gaze to the sky and Baer jack hammered his fists into Garlic's skull. In a painful stupor Garlic had allowed the other hero trap him in a full nelson. With Baer's hands under his arms and around his head, the would be ruler of the galaxy found it impossible to move.
"Do you see your master? Dabura has defeated him! Now I will defeat you!" Garlic Jr. roared out in pain when Baer put increasing pressure on his neck. Struggle as he did, there was no getting out of the death lock, "Master Dabura, FINISH HIM OFF!"
"With pleasure . . . ." Dabura prepared for his ultimate attack, closing his eyes in concentration and clasping his hands together in front of his face. In moments it would all be settled, and peace would be returned once again to the universe.
"GAAAAHHHRRR!" the stone shell around Buu shattered and splintered off in all directions," No Dabura, you shouldn't have let YOUR guard down!" A glob of pink Buu detached itself from his body and stuck onto Dabura.
"No!!" Dabura fought the suffocating blob as best he could but in seconds he had been absorbed.
"Garlic, leave him and come with me! We have work to do . . ." Buu ordered his new flunky. He walked over to the bubbling pink goo where Dabura had once stood and it happily flowed back into him. Kid Buu felt a great surge of power within him as he assimilated all of the demon's power, and his body began to change too. Muscles he didn't know he had developed in his back, arms and legs, and the tentacle stretching from his forehead reached farther down past his shoulders.
"You heard the man . . ." Garlic snapped the back of his head into Baer's face with vicious force and blinded him temporarily. Baer opened his eyes and saw nothing but stars cloud his vision. He clutched his hurt head with both hands and fell to the ground below. Meanwhile, Garlic Jr. had met back up with Buu, "Magnificent! I didn't know you could steal other's powers master! When you and I return to Earth, we will control all life as you know it! Nobody will stand in our way!"
"You're wrong, we aren't strong enough yet," the new Teen Buu marveled at his new form, looking over his new body, "He'll be there, waiting for us. I won't leave until I'm absolutely sure this time," More pink liquid dripped from the new life form and collected into a puddle on the ground. Had he controlled it? Or had his body gained a mind of his own? It sneaked its way over to the still reeling Baer and waited. The pray was wounded and it wanted to enjoy the hunt. Slowly but surely Baer opened his eyes. He was hard pressed to get his bearings and adjust his vision to the dark light of this artificial purgatory. Baer peeked out of one eye, then two. It took him seconds to realize where his enemies were.
'No' he thought, 'I've failed again. I must account for my sins . . .' He would self destruct himself close to the dead zone and hopefully rupture the vortex. Little did he know that the pink, intelligent blob from Buu watched his every move. It followed Baer's light footsteps, and readied itself as he prepared for final closure., "Buu, Garlic Jr.! I may be leaving this plane of existence forever, but I'm taking you with me!" All of his energy collapsed and began flowing out of his body, shooting out into the dark purple clouds and ripping up the solid ground beneath his feet.
"Huh?" Garlic said as he heeded the warning of Baer.
"Close the Dead Zone," Buu calmly commanded, even though more energy was being released from Baer's undead corpse.
"But . . ."
"Oh, him," Buu snapped his fingers and the blob catapulted into action, stretching into a large dome and then swallowing its meal whole. The outer part of the bubble stretched as the remaining blast was absorbed into it. It then floated in the air and snapped back towards Buu. He grew slightly stronger, but it still wasn't enough. Listening to his new boss, Garlic Jr. walked over to the last remaining portal of the Dead Zone and focused his energy. His Herculean sized body was barely able to handle the door after the fight, but it was done. The door of orange and yellow light cracked and fell apart against ground until it was nothing more than dust. Buu was pleased with his subservience and lent him more strength in the same manner he had done the first time. Garlic Jr. fully recovered and pumped his muscles up bigger than before to flaunt his new power. When their affairs were in order, they left the place of death and imprisonment and went towards their next target as fast as they could.
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Power Level Update:
Teen Buu: 520,000,000
Garlic Jr. (Buu power): 12,000,000
This chap didn't go as I had planned it, but oh well. It's setting up the story for something good! Chapter 7 should be great. I'm going to call it Pikon's Last Stand. I'll give you two guesses what will happen in that chapter but you'll only need one.