I've become aware of a lot of inconsistencies in previous chapter,
particularly in terms of power. I'm not gonna rewrite any of this, except
maybe clean up some spelling errors and the like but beyond that I'm not
gonna repost any chapter unless it gets deleted. As for the power
inconsistencies, I'm changing how strong various characters were in the
show. Everyone except for Buu and Gohan are as strong here as they were in
the show. Gohan is much stronger for obvious reasons. Buu, Kid Buu in
particular, is a lot stronger. Actually, its Kid Buu whose power has been
upped. Dabuu is far stronger than Kid Buu was in the show if Super Saiyan 3
Goku couldn't beat him. I'm fairly certain that Goku could have beaten Kid
Buu when they fought if he had gone all out. That was definitely a bad time
to have a Saiyan moment.
Things will work out in the end here, trust me. I already got an idea for either a continuation or a sequel. Stay tuned to the end of this chapter for details on helping me decide which to do.
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Dabuu looks on in horror at Jehan's new transformation. He could feel the incredible amount of power at Jehan's disposal. It far surpassed his own, and the boy was too talented to end up being absorbed. No, this mere boy would destroy him. And there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it.
"My my my, Dabuu, at a loss for words?" Jehan asks with a smirk, "or are you just in your natural state of stupidity?"
Dabuu roars and charges Jehan, ignoring the fact that he didn't stand a chance. He launches into a flurry of punches, each of which Jehan easily blocks, turning each block into a severe blow to Dabuu.
Jehan grabs Dabuu's head and delivers a vicious headbutt followed by a resounding knee to the gut and a devastating elbow to the back of the neck. He then ki blasts Dabuu in the face with enough force to send the Fusion of demons soaring out of control.
"Okay, now THAT'S firepower," Krillin says in amazement.
"His power has increased so much I can't even measure it!" Piccolo exclaims.
"Man, look at that power!" Krillin exclaims, "there's no way he can lose!"
"Is this kind of thing normal for you people?" Pegaro asks.
"Sortof," Yamcha says, "we're used to weird things, but the villains just keep getting stronger and stronger. If you wanna start it all off with Goku, it started with a little blue guy called Pilaf. Then there was the Red Ribbon Army. Following that there were probably adventures we don't even know about. Then there was Piccolo Daimou. Then Piccolo, the same guy standing over there. Then there was Raditz, Goku's brother. Following him was Vegeta and Nappa. Then there was Frieza. After Frieza there were the Androids and Cell. And then there was Majin Buu and now there's Dabuu. We've weathered some of the most powerful beings this galaxy has ever seen, and only a handful of people actually know the truth."
"And it's all thanks to the Saiyans?" Pegaro asks.
"Yes, the universe is safe and the Earth has been saved many times thanks to the Saiyans," Yamcha says, "Krillin, Tien, and myself are the closest to the Saiyans in strength of this generation. Jesse was of a different generation. We no longer have a hand in the fate of our world Pegaro. The Saiyans are guests here, living here because they do not have a world of their own, and they have taken over the responsibility of protecting the Earth. Their heroes. Even though Vegeta would rather not be counted as a hero, he is one. The destiny of the Earth is no longer its own."
"Wow, that's depressing," Videl remarks.
"Yeah," Yamcha agrees, "Jesse is the only human who can compete with the non-human fighters: Goku, Vegeta, Goten, Trunks, Gohan, Eighteen, Piccolo, and now Zarvon. And he's only as strong as he is because he trained with incredibly powerful warriors in Limbo, if I understand what he said correctly."
"Yamcha, quit complaining that you're weak," Piccolo orders, "you could train more and become stronger, but you just slack off."
"Not that it would matter," Yamcha says, "look at all of the intense special training Jesse's said that he's had to go through to become as strong as he has."
"That's not the point," Piccolo replies, "you could at least have tried to do something about it."
"Kamehameha!" Jehan yells as he fires the trademark move of the Turtle School. Dabuu dodges the energy wave, only to fall into the trap neatly set by Jehan. The various other energy blasts that Jehan had fired did not dissipate. And now Dabuu had moved neatly into the trap. The only way to move without hitting one of the powerful stationary balls of energy was quickly replaced with Jehan himself.
"You think you're so much better than me, don't you?" Dabuu yells.
"Well, to be honest, I am better than you," Jehan replies, "I outmatch you in strength, skill, and intelligence by more than you can comprehend. Face it, you've lost."
"Shut up!" Dabuu yells, "I'm getting sick and tired of you Earthlings and your transformations! Super Saiyan, Super Warrior, it makes no difference to me! I am the supreme warrior in the entire universe! You are nothing to me, you hear? Nothing!"
"Shut up," Jehan says, ramming his fist into Dabuu's gut and following it up with a vicious knee to the jaw and finishing with a strong ki blast while bringing all of the surrounding ki blasts in on Dabuu.
The explosion was enormous. If they had been fighting on the ground, the explosion would have formed a crater large enough to fit Orange Star City in and rattle it. As it was, up in the air, the shockwaves sent the Lookout shaking. Only the quick thinking of Eighteen had saved Marron and Chichi, while only Pegaro's quick reflexes had enabled him to grab a tree to keep from falling off the Lookout.
As the Lookout slowly rights itself, the Z Fighters and their friends can see just what shape Dabuu was in. And it definitely wasn't pretty.
Pieces of him were scattered all over. No sign of his clothing could be seen, but they had seen him reform clothing as well as his body. All in all, he seemed even more indestructible than Cell. He could reform even after bruises, where Cell could only regenerate lost pieces. Right before their eyes, Dabuu's pieces come back together and reform into the tyrannical demon.
"This is not good," Jehan mutters to himself, "that will be a difficult ability to overcome. Then again, I could always do what Gohan did to Cell. Completely incinerate him."
Jehan reaches deep inside and powers up for Jesse's most powerful attack: the Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu. Psychic energy gathers in the palms of Jehan's hands, illuminating them in a silver color. He clasps his wrists together, allowing the energy spheres that had formed in each hand to merge. He then moves the clasped palms to his right side them moves them out again, as if he had just launched a Kamehameha Wave.
"Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu!"Jehan yells as he launches the powerful energy wave at the fearsome Fused Demon. The attack homes in on the demon and hits him in the gut. Silver light creeps along Dabuu's body, burning away at his skin and eating through inside him like a powerful acid.
At the same time that Jehan completely executes the attack, he begins to glow. The glow slowly brightens, but it soon dies down. As the glow fades, Videl could vaguely see two figures, not one.
When the light finally fades away, Jesse and Gohan are two separate beings once again. A similar light engulfs Dabuu. When the light fades, Majin Buu and Dabura are separate once again.
"Gohan, quick!" Jesse yells as he takes his Kai Earring off, "kill Dabura before the effects of the Shiruba Bufu Kijutsu wear off and he and Buu refuse! Or at least obliterate one of the Kai Earrings!"
"Right," Gohan says as he powers up to his maximum and fires a Masenko into Majin Buu's head, incinerating it and the corrupted Kai Earring.
"And that puts and end to that," Jesse grins.
"You'll pay for that boy!" Dabura screams, "now I shall have to perform the Demon Fusion technique!"
Jesse pales. The Demon Fusion technique was truly permanent. And it would yield much more power than the Kai Earrings Fusion. And possibly not even the Super Warrior transformation would be able to take on the combination of Majin Buu and Dabura through a Demon Fusion.
"You're not gonna get a chance to do that," Gohan says as he powers up. He moves faster than you can blink and begins pummeling Dabura.
"Hey, what happened?" Majin Buu demands, then he looks down at himself. He was completely buffed up (A/N: Imagine Super Buu after he had absorbed Gotenks, but with a lot more muscle mass and the outfit taking on the colorations of Gogeta's outfit.)
"Uh oh," Jesse mutters, "Buu is a lot more powerful than before. Hey Gohan, take care of Dabura now! Buu is a lot stronger than before!"
"Right," Gohan says as he uppercuts Dabura right in the throat. He then knees the Demon King in the gut and elbows him in the back of the neck. He floats away from Dabura for a moment, just before he powers up to his maximum.
"Ka. me..ha.me.HA!" Gohan fires the Turtle School's traditional attack, not to mention his father's favorite attack. The blue-white energy rips through Dabura and incinerates him completely.
At that same moment, Majin Buu attacks Gohan's blind side, hoping to take down the powerful Saiyan without a fight. But he hadn't counted on Jesse still trying to fight.
"Target Track! Drain Cannon!" Majin Buu turns around just in time to see the Drain Cannon hit him square in the chest. He could feel his power level drop to half of what it was.
Gohan fires a ki blast into Majin Buu, but at that same moment Jesse slices off Buu's tentacle with his sword.
"You fool!" Buu calls out as he regrows the tentacle. The tentacle piece that had been chopped off begins to reform itself, unnoticed by everyone else.
"This isn't good," the Supreme Kai says, paling the moment he sees what was happening to Dabuu's tentacle.
"What's happening?" the Old Kai asks.
The Supreme Kai's voice was shaky. "That was how the Majin Buu originally absorbed his victims. He could still turn them into sweets, but he generally just killed them. He absorbed the South Kai and Dai Kaio like that. He's preparing to absorb someone, most likely Gohan!"
"Warn him!" the Old Kai exclaims.
"I can't," the Supreme Kai replies, "he's too focused on the battle right now. I can try and reach Jesse though. He's more open to telepathy anyway, being a psychic."
Jesse
Jesse looks around in surprise. Supreme Kai, is that you?
Yes, it is, the Supreme Kai replies, Jesse, locate that tentacle piece you chopped off. Buu can use it to absorb someone, just like Dabuu used his spit. If you can't find it, keep an eye on Gohan. He must not be absorbed, no matter what the cost.
Jesse's reply was fervent. You have my word, Supreme Kai.
Jesse immediately looks around for the tentacle piece. He sees a small blob of pink, unnoticed by everyone else, slowly rising up.
"Gohan, look out!" Jesse yells as the goo flies at Gohan and spreads open. He knocks Gohan out of the way, but he can't get out of the way himself before the goo closes in around him. Jesse powers up, raising every barrier he could manage to try and save himself, but the goo just closes in on him and shrinks, shrinking him with it.
"What the Hell?!" Gohan yells as the various people oin the Lookout gasp in shock.
The pink goo flies into Buu and he absorbs he, though he does not change at all except for his power level raising a bit, and then back to his max plus a bit more.
"Your friend was quite foolish, Gohan," Majin Buu chuckles, "and even though I am not as strong as I was merged with Dabura, I am still stronger than you."
"We'll see, Buu," Gohan says as he settles into a fighting stance, "remember, you don't have much time left in Gogeta's Fusion. And even with the power Gotenks gives you, you would only equal me at best."
"Then I'll just have to kill you quickly," Buu chuckles as he launches himself at Gohan.
Gohan blocks Buu's punch and counters with a snap kick to the head. Buu shrugs the blow off and knees Gohan in the stomach.
~Meanwhile, inside of Buu~
Jesse lands inside of Buu's stomach, a faint silver aura surrounding him. He takes a moment to look around.
"Okay, this was unexpected," Jesse remarks, though he does not let the aura down, "I guess I'm inside Buu now. I wonder..."
Jesse sits down, floating slightly off of what was serving as the ground.
"Okay, I'm obviously inside of Majin Buu," Jesse remarks, "Gohan is left alone to fight him, and Buu still currently has Gogeta's power. If Gohan can survive a few more minutes, Gogeta's Fuson will end and then there'll only be Gotenks for the next fifteen minutes. After that Gotenks will defuse and Buu's main source of extra power will have come from Zarvon. Now, if I can find them all and get them out of here, perhaps Buu will weaken back to his base form, leaving him weak enough for Goku to defeat, or Zarvon, Gotenks, or Vegeta to go toe to toe with."
Jesse focuses his telepathy. Supreme Kai, do you hear me?
~One the Planet of the Kai's~
The Supreme Kai looks up. "Yes Jesse, I do hear you!"
"What the?!" the Old Kai exclaims, "what's going on?"
"Jesse, can you refocus your telepathy so that you'll be talking to myself, the Old Kai, and Kabito?" the Supreme Kai asks.
Already done, Jesse replies, Supreme Kai, I am inside of Majin Buu. I'm planning on trying to find Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, and Zarvon, because chances are by the time I find them, Gogeta and Gotenks will have already split.
"An excellent plan, Jesse," the Supreme Kai says, "but you must hurry. Gohan can't handle Majin Buu as he is."
If Gohan can last a couple more minutes, Gogeta's Fusion will have worn off and Buu will lose a lot of power, Jesse replies, by my estimation, he'll be as strong as Gohan, perhaps a little weaker. As a Super Saiyan 3, Gohan himself was as strong as Gotenks. And that means he was as strong as Buu, maybe a little stronger. But now, Gohan's hidden powers have been unbound and he's far more powerful than any single being to ever live, except for Gogeta and Jehan, and he was a part of Jehan.
"An excellent plan Jesse," Kabito says, "with Majin Buu weakened, the combined might of Gotenks, Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan can surely destroy him."
I will not fail you, Jesse says, one my honor, I will save the Saiyans and weaken Majin Buu, even if it costs me my own existence.
With that, Jesse cuts the telepathic conversation.
~Inside Majin Buu~
"Well, now to get to work," Jesse says as he focuses his psychic abilities into a realm that he did not like: omniscience. He could be omniscient for less than a minute, but it was extremely draining to his psychic abilities. His total power level would most likely be dropped until he regained his mental strength, and that would take a lot of rest.
Almost immediately, he sees everywhere. He could not see outside of Majin Buu, but he could see everything with Buu. He immediately finds out where he was in relation to the Saiyans. As soon as he gets the needed information, he cuts off the omniscience.
As he opens his eyes, Jesse finds that he was short of breath and sweating profusely.
"I HATE doing that," Jesse grumbles, "I just hope that I didn't use up too much of my energy so that I go on to the second death before I can find the Saiyans."
With that, Jesse starts moving through Buu's body at top speed, keeping the aura up at all times.
He ends up heading through a veritable maze of who knew what until he finally got to Buu's head, where he finds a fork in the synapses.
"Hmm, problem," Jesse mutters, "his body must have changed. Uh oh! I'm in his head! If Gohan blasts Buu's head off, I may be in trouble since I'm separate from Buu."
Reaching out with his mind, Jesse manages to contact Gohan. Gohan! It's me, Jesse. Do not react to my words, just listen. Do not blast away any part of Buu's body. Beat him to a pulp instead. I am inside and am trying to find your father, little brother, Zarvon, Vegeta, and Trunks. I am separate from Buu, and I do not know what will happen to me if you blast away a part that I am in. Shy away from headshots if at all possible. Now kick Buu's butt! If you can survive for another five minutes, this battle will be won anyway. Gotenks' Fusion is about to wear off.
With that having been said, Jesse cuts the psychic connection and hurries along the left path in Buu's synapses.
'I can't believe that Jesse is still around!' Gohan thinks as he mercilessly pummels Buu's torso, peppering the near-malleable bubblegum pink flesh with his fists, 'I hope he can find dad and Goten. Even if they're no longer Fused, dad and Vegeta still give Buu a lot of power. At least dad's not at his full Super Saiyan 3 power in there. That would be too much for me to handle, even with this power that the Old Kai unlocked within me.'
~Back inside of Buu~
"Oof!"
Jesse had not expected to run across thought beings inside of Buu's body. He had run across beings who could form their thoughts into physical manifestations at the cost of some of their strength before, particularly in Limbo, but he had only seen thought beings like these when trying to get into another psychic's mind. They were the defenses.
Currently, he was having to dodge Gogeta's fists, but Gotenks and Zarvon were also there.
'And they're just as strong as the real things!' Jesse thinks furiously, 'but this fight is a fight of the mind, and I know how to fight these better than anyone alive.'
Jesse immediately raises his right hand, shaping it into a claw position. Lightning sparks around his fingers and flow from the tips into a point in the center of his palm from all of his digits, forming a small blue-white orb.
"Guu Mahouteki!" A tremendous blast of energy erupts from Jesse's hand, ripping into Gogeta and disintegrating him. It also nicks Gotenks and obliterates him as well.
"Never mess with a psychic in a mind battle," Jesse smirks, just before Zarvon launches at him and uppercuts him in the gut.
~Outside of Buu~
Buu screams in pain as the battle inside distracts him. That mere runt of a boy was causing him incredible trouble, perhaps more than the boy he was fighting physically could have. The boy was a damned telepath! He was powerful and experienced with his psychic abilities! And Buu couldn't throw him out. It just wasn't in his power. His form blurs as Gotenks' Fusion wear off prematurely. That blast sent to the mind-construct had affected the real Gotenks within him and split him into the two children. His outfit changes to match the one known as Goku.
"So, I see that Jesse is succeeding in his mission to save our friends and family that Dabuu sucked into himself that you kept," Gohan says with a smirk, "give up Buu and I'll grant you a quick and painless death when they get out."
"You fool!" Buu screams, "I'll still destroy you!"
With that, Buu swings his tentacle at Gohan and instantly turns him into a piece of candy.
Everyone on the Lookout gasps in horror. Gohan was their last hope. And now he was a toffee-flavored piece of hard candy.
"You wanna mock me now?" Buu asks as he grabs Candy-Gohan.
"As a matter of fact, yes," a high-pitched, yet unmistakable, voice comes from the piece of candy in Buu's hand.
"What?!" Buu yells as the piece of candy floats out of his hand and hovers before him.
"Surprised, Buu?" Candy-Gohan asks, "you really didn't think you could get me with such a cheap trick, did you?"
"You fool, I will eat you!" Buu yells.
"Suuuure you will," Candy-Gohan replies, "gotta catch me first."
With that, Candy-Gohan zips off into the air, with Buu hot on his trail.
~The World of the Kai's~
"This is not good," the Supreme Kai says, "now that Gohan is a piece of candy, he can't possibly hope to defeat Buu."
"Don't be too sure," the Old Kai says, "he could still move, meaning he could still possibly hurt Buu."
"I wonder how Jese is doing?" Kabito wonders, "if he managed to make Buu lose Gotenks, perhaps he's started freeing the Saiyans."
The scene in the crystal ball changes, showing Jesse battling the image of Zarvon.
~In Buu's body~
"Man, I knew Zarvon was good, but not this good!" Jesse mutters as he blocks another punch from the Super Saiyan 3, "these Saiyans have incredible natural fighting abilities."
Jesse ducks, dodges, and weaves through Zarvn's punches and kicks, barely managing to avoid every blow. He counters a knee to the gut with an uppercut to the groin and a somersault kick that connects with Zarvon's throat and jaw, sending the Saiyan flying back. Jesse immediately raises hir right arm, holding his hand in a claw-like position as lightning flies from his fingertips into a blue-white sphere at the center of his palm.
"Guu Mahouteki!" The attack rips into the mind-form of Zarvon, shattering it and breaking Buu's concentration on the outside.
~Outside Buu's body~
Buu stops and screams in pain.
"Will you quit it?" Buu demands, "you are really beginning to make me mad!"
"So, Jesse is giving you indigestion, is he?" Candy-Gohan asks, "how about I help him out?"
With that, Candy-Gohan turns around and flies right through Buu's stomach, leaving a hole the size of it/him in the middle of Buu's gut. The hole almost immediately reforms.
"Ready to give up, Buu?" Candy-Gohan asks, "or are you gonna change me back so you at least won't be so humiuliated?"
"Very well," Buu growls. He swings his tentacle and hits Candy-Gohan with a beam of pink energy. With a 'poof', Gohan is back to normal.
~Inside of Buu~
"Well, that takes care of those thoughtforms, for now," Jesse mutters, "I'd better hurry before he can sic more of them on me. I'm not sure if I can handle using another Guu Mahouteki."
Jesse takes off at top speed through Buu's body, following the synapses into the cavern that was Buu's skull.
"Man, talk about empty-headed," Jesse mutters. Then he sees them.
In five separate cocoons, showing only their heads, are the five Saiyans that Dabuu had absorbed. But the absoption part of Dabuu's power had been Buu's, so Buu kept those Dabuu had absorbed when they had been forcefully split.
"Hmm, if I sever those connections, Buu will lose his access to their power and should revert to his most basic form," Jesse says to himself.
"Oh, I don't think you'll have a chance to do that," a sinister voice says from behind. Jesse turns to see Buu's body from the waist up.
"Figures you could manifest yourself in your own body," Jesse says, "but I didn't think you could do it like this."
"Well, I'm not a psychic, like you obviously are," Buu replies, "but since my entire body is able to take almost any form I wish, I can do this."
"Well, if you don't mind, I think I'll be freeing my friends, if you please," Jesse replies.
"Oh, but I do mind," buu says as he fires a ki blast at Jesse, who promptly ducks and fires four rapidfire shots at the cocoons. The blasts rip through the bits of who-knew-what that were holding Goku and Vegeta in place.
"No!" Buu yells as he promptly chances, this time his outfit taking on the effects of Zarvon's armor.
"Give it up Buu," Jesse says, "you're gonna lose."
"I don't think so, boy," Buu snarls as he begins firing rapid-fire ki blasts at Jesse. Jesse weaves through the erratic ki blasts, but one gets through and clobbers him in the stomach. Jesse falls to the ground in a heap.
Goo from the floor of Buu's head rises up to cover Jesse, but he takes to the air.
"Ki no Tsurugi!" Jesse swipes his right hand out, sending a wave of edged energy at the bottom threads that held the remaining cocoons. He sends out another wave at the top threads, but Buu fires a ki blast that deflects the energy wave.
"Even though one of the threads has been severed, I can still draw on as much power from them as I've been doing," Buu says, and to emphasize his point, he blasts Jesse with several mid-level ki blasts.
Jesse grimly focuses his telekinesis and rips Goten, Trunks, and Zarvon right out of their cocoons, leaving them up.
Buu writhes in pain at the feeling of such a powerful display of psychic power being used right inside of his head. Zarvon and the two demi-Saiyans slowly come to as Jesse drags himself to his feet and walks over to them, hand on the side of his head as if trying to quell a throbbing headache. Which he now had.
"Are you guys all right?" Jesse asks groggily.
"I think so, what happened?" Zarvon asks.
"Dabuu absorbed you, Gotenks, and Gogeta," Jesse replies, "Gohan and I fused into a Warrior called Jehan using the Kai Earrings. Using my Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu, I split Dabuu and Jehan back into their component parts. Gohan immediately killed Dabura. Buu tried to absorb Gohan, but I shoved him out of the way and was absorbed instead. I wandered my way through Buu's body until I found you guys and freed you. And while I'm thinking of it, I'm gonna free Goku and Vegeta as well."
Jesse walks over to Goku and Vegeta's cocoons and focuses edged ki energy through his index and middle fingers and slices the two Saiyans out. While the two return to their senses, Goten finds something unexpected.
"Hey guys, look at this!"
The Saiyans and Jesse look at what Goten had. Found. It was Buu's original form, encased in a cocoon like the others had been in.
"There were two Majin Buu's?" Zarvon asks.
"Yes, I sensed it while on the Planet of the Kai's," Jesse says, "the good and evil split into physical manifestations, with the good keeping the form that emerged from the Buu Egg. They fought and the evil won because it was more ruthless. I wonder what'll happen if we free this good Buu? At the least we'll have some great reinforcements."
"Do you honestly think we could trust him?" Zarvon demands with a glare.
"He is a physical manifestation of good," Jesse replies, not flinching from Zarvon's glare, "severing the connection will at the very least strip Buu of enough power so that any of you can defeat him without Fusing, except for Goten and Trunks. As Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks they can defeat him. Even Vegeta, the weakest of you, could beat him."
"You're saying that Zarvon is stronger than I am?" Vegeta demands.
"As a Super Saiyan 3, he is," Jesse replies as he prepares a blade of ki. With a quick swipe, too fast for any of the Saiyans to stop him, he slices open the cocoon and frees the fat Buu.
"Ae you nuts?!" Vegeta demands.
"Vegeta, I rust his judgement," Goku says, "he knows what he's doing."
"You idiots!" Buu yells from behind them. The Saiyans were completely surprised, "now I won't be me anymore!"
"What's he talking about?" Trunks asks.
"I don't know," Jesse replies, "but I think we may have just made a big mistake."
Everything around them begins to rumble.
"Um, I think we had better figure a way out of here," Goten says.
"Instant Transmission?" Zarvon suggests.
"Won't work," Jesse replies, "I'm sure Gogeta tried it when he was absorbed."
"We were immediately put in those cocoons," Goku replies, "we never had a chance to try the Instant Transmission."
Energy begins to arc through Buu's head.
"Well, we'd better cross our fingers and try," Jesse says, "Zarvon, grab ahold of me. The rest of you can use Goku to get out of here."
Zarvon rests and arm on Jesse's shoulder while Vegeta does the same to Goku while Goten grabs his dads left hand and Trunks grab's Goten's hand.
In a blur, Goku disappears with the other Saiyans.
"Well, guess that answers that question," Jesse mutters. He focuses for the Instant Transmission, but nothing happens.
"Uh oh?" Zarvon asks.
"Uh oh," Jesse agrees.
~Outside of Buu's body~
Goku, Vegeta, Goten, and Trunks all appear in a flash outside of Buu, but for an instant they are no larger than a bunch of tiny insects. The next instant they are their own natural size.
"Goku!" "Vegeta!" "Goten!" Trunks!"
The assembled people at the Lookout rush over to their newly returned friends and family
"Your back!" Piccolo exclaims, "but how?"
"Jesse wasn't properly absorbed," Goku replies, "he saved us. What's happening?"
"Last we saw, Buu turned Gohan into a piece of candy," Dende says, "but Gohan could still fight and took off. Buu followed him."
Goku focuses for a moment, then grins. "Buu's turned Gohan back to normal, I think. But where are Jesse and Zarvon?"
They are stuck within Buu, the Supreme Kai answers telepathically, I do not know why, but Jesse cannot use the Instant Transmission to escape with Zarvon. And now Buu is changing back into his original form. He will not grow weaker, as you had hoped. He'll be stronger. Strong enough to face Gohan on a close enough footing that Gohan will lose because of Buu's regenerative abilities.
"Not good," Goku says, "Vegeta, would you Fuse into Gogeta with me again?"
"If needed," Vegeta replies, "but let's see how Gohan does first. He'll likely surprise us all again."
"Man, what's going on?" Gohan wonders as Buu writhes in pain, slowly changing his shape into a smaller version of himself. Almost a kid version.
Buu is reverting to his original form, the Supreme Kai tells Gohan telepathically, his power will almost be equal to yours. But Jesse and Zarvon are still stuck inside. Your father, Vegeta, and the children got out, but for some reason Jesse's attempt at the Instant Transmission didn't work.
"So they're stuck in there?" Gohan asks.
I don't know, the Supreme Kai replies, right now Buu's insides are in turmoil. Perhaps that is interfering. Maybe when Buu settles into his original form, Jesse and Zarvon will be able to escape.
"Let's hope so," Gohan says as he watches and waits.
~Inside Buu~
"What are we gonna do?" Zarvon asks.
"I don't know," Jesse replies, "I've tried everything I can think of to get out."
"Isn't there just some physical way out?" Zarvon asks.
"Perhaps," Jesse muses, "but right now, it'd be dangerous to try. Let's wait until whatever is happening settles down. Then maybe we can try getting out."
"I wish we knew what was going on," Zarvon complains.
He's reverting to his original form, the Supreme Kai says telepathically, you made a mistake in freeing Buu's original body. He's reverting to his original form, and he's close to Gohan's strength as he is.
"Not good," Jesse mutters, "Zarvon, did you hear that?"
"Yep," Zarvon says with a frown, "you shouldn't have released Buu's original form from that cocoon."
"How was I supposed to know that this would happen?" Jesse demands, "we're just stuck here until this blows over, I guess."
"Hey, what happened to the fat Buu?" Zarvon asks.
Jesse looks around. Buu's fat form was gone. "Not good. I don't think he'll be any harm though. He's a solidification of all of the goodness that was in Buu. We're safe from him. Unless he gets hungry, of course."
"Um, wasn't he aways hungry?" Zarvon asks.
"Good point," Jesse says, "so, lets try to avoid him."
"Say, we're in Buu's head, right?" Zarvon asks, suddenly worried.
"Yeah, why?" Jesse asks.
"What if the others vaporize his head while fighting him?" Zarvon asks.
"I already told Gohan not to do that," Jesse replies, "and we're still inside, so he won't."
"What about Goku, Vegeta, Goten, or Trunks?" Zarvon asks.
"Good point," Jesse says, "um, better pray to whatever deity that you Saiyans worship then, because you'll be meeting them soon."
"We Saiyans aren't religious," Zarvon replies.
"Hey, I think Buu's settled down," Jesse says. It was true. The shaking had stopped.
"Shall we try to get out?" Zarvon asks.
"Yes, let's," Jesse says as he puts two fingers to his forehead.
~Outside of Buu~
"You're kidding!" Goku exclaims, "that's his original form?!"
"He's a child!" Vegeta exclaims.
"Yes, but he's almost as strong as I am," Gohan points out, "making him extremely dangerous. Jesse and I may have to Fuse when he gets out."
"How powerful were you two when you Fused with the Kai earrings?" Goku asks.
"Even normal, we equaled Dabuu," Gohan replies, "but then we transformed in a way similar to the Super Saiyan transformation. I think that ability came from Jesse. We became a Super Warrior. Our power grew so much that Dabuu was an insect compared to us. And I'm including how powerfull he was after absorbing Gogeta, Gotenks, and Zarvon all at Super Saiyan 3."
"Impossible!" Vegeta exclaims, "how can merging with a human gain you that much power?"
"I don't know, but it did," Gohan replies, never taking his eyes off of the new Kid Buu, "and let me handle Buu. Unless you and dad Fuse, Vegeta, you wouldn't be able to help. You'd be a liability."
"This is worse than Cell, ten years ago," Vegeta grumbles.
Gohan growls. "Maybe so, but this time I'm not gonna let Buu regenerate like I did Cell. I'll just vaporize him and let that be that. Dad, you get everyone somewhere safe, especially Dende. Take them to New Namek."
"I can't get there even with Instant Transmission from Earth," Goku says, "I had to go to King Kai's planet seven years ago to get Dende. Now King Kai's planet isn't there, and King Kai definitely isn't there."
Bring everyone here, Goku, the Supreme Kai says telepathically, gather everyone you can and bring them here. I'll take you all to New Namek from there. I'm a Kai, so my Instantaneous Movement isn't hampered by distance.
"Thanks Supreme Kai!" Goku cheers, "guys, I'm gonna go and get Korin and Yajirobe and see if Tien and Chiao Tzu are still alive."
Goku vanishes via Instant Transmission and reappears moments later with Korin and Yajirobe. He vanishes again and reappears moments later with Tien and Chiao Tzu.
"Everyone connected?" Goku asks. Everyone but Gohan had moved into position and were now holding hands.
"Give him hell, Gohan!" Goku cheers, "tell Jesse and Zarvon where we are when they get out!"
With that, Goku and everyone else disappear through Instant Transmission and reappear on the Supreme Kai's planet.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
"Jesse, why aren't we out of here?" Zarvon asks.
"Apparently, we're stuck," Jesse says, "in that case, let's see if we wreck Buu up while inside him, give Gohan all the advantage we can. But you're gonna have to do most of the damage, Zarvon. I don't have much left. I used up a lot of my energy finding you guys. If I can't get back to Otherworld soon, I'll perish and go beyond. And then I'll be lost forever. Not even the mystical Dragon Balls of the entire universe could bring me back."
"Then I'll mutilate his insides for you," Zarvon says as he powers up into an Ascendant Super Saiyan and fires his Bakurikimaha into the walls, but the fleshy walls absorb the blast.
"This may be more difficult than I thought," Zarvon mutters.
"Let's head down into his stomach," Jesse suggests, "his stomach is his weak spot. And perhaps if Gohan rips open a hole in his stomach we can get out."
~On the Supreme Kai's planet~
Kabito was going through apoplexy. Never before had mere mortals been allowed onto the sacred world of the Kai's! Most Kai's weren't even allowed onto the hallowed ground. Bringing Gohan had been an act of desperation, and Goku had come uninvited, but at least he was dead and the world of the Kai's was in Otherworld. But the rest of these mortals did not belong! Especially that Turtle Hermit. He would definitely be ending up in HFIL when he finally died. The Namekian Piccolo would go to the Grand Kai's world when he passed away, unless he allowed Dende or another Namekian warrior to merge with him so his power wouldn't be lost. Dende could come to the world of the Kai's under extreme emergencies, as could Mr. Popo, and this was an emergency of the utmost extreme. Goku was pure hearted enough to be allowed, and so was his son, Goten. Gohan as well had a pure enough heart to come. But the others did not belong on the world of the Kai's.
"Master, why must you bring the mortals here?" Kabito demands.
"Shut up, fool!" Vegeta growls, glaring at Kabito.
"Supreme Kai, sir, can you take us to New Namek?" Dende asks.
"It will be my pleasure," the Supreme Kai replies, "everyone, make sure you are close to me, Kabito, or the Old Kai."
"Hold it!" the Old Kai says, "Goku, what about our deal?"
Goku pales. "Darn, I was hoping you'd forget that."
"You think I would forget a promise to kiss a pretty girl in exchange for bringing out Gohan's hidden power?" the Old Kai demands.
"Darn it, I should have asked for that to train Goku and Krillin and Yamcha all those years ago," Master Roshi mutters.
"Great, he's just like Roshi," Bulma says disapprovingly.
"I'm sorry you feel that way, Bulma," Goku says.
"Goku, that didn't mean what I thought it meant, did it?" Bulma demands.
"Kakarott, you didn't promise that Bulma would kiss him, did you?" Vegeta growls.
"Well, I tried to talk Gohan into talking Videl into doing it, but he didn't like that idea," Goku replies. Videl sighs in relief.
"So you offeed Bulma up instead?" Vegeta demands.
"That about sums it up, yeah," Goku replies.
"WHAT?!" Bulma shrieks, "I AM NOT KISSING THAT WRINKLED OLD MAN! I'D RATHER KISS ROSHI!"
"Really?!" Roshi cries out happily.
"SHUT UP, YOU DIRTY OLD MAN!" Bulma cries out, then gets an idea. "Oolong, Puar, come with me."
"I wouldn't try it," the Old Kai says, "I can tell the difference between a real girl and a shapeshifted animal. Master Roshi couldn't, but I can."
"What do you mean?" Roshi asks.
"He means that Bulma has used me to get out of going out on a walk with you," Oolong retorts.
Roshi pales, then grows outraged. "I was cheated!"
"Like I'd do anything with a dirty old man like you!" Bulma yells.
"Am I gonna get my kiss or not?" Old Kai asks.
"NO!" Bulma and Vegeta yell in unison, with Vegeta adding, "and if you try anything, I'll kill you!"
"You're welcome to try, but I'm already dead," the Old Kai says, pointing to his halo, "I gave Goku my life so he could fight Majin Buu. Honestly, threatening an old man. I'm of a mind to send you all back to Earth in the path of one of Buu's attacks!"
Everyone settles down at that point.
"Can we go to New Namek now?" Goku asks.
"Of course," the Supreme Kai says, "Kabito, Old Kai? Are you coming?"
"Of course!" the Old Kai says indignantly.
"I don't think it's gonna be a good idea to get that old Kai and Master Roshi together in one place," Krillin whispers to Yamcha.
"I hear ya," Yamcha whispers back, "their both old perverts."
"Excuse me, but I can hear you, you know," the Old Kai says calmly. Yamcha and Krillin chuckle nervously.
Then, in a flash, everyone is gone from the planet of the Kai's.
~On New Namek~
The Nameks were not surprised when the several people just suddently appeared. Elder Muri, however, was surprised that they were accompanied by three Kai's. The Kai's rarely interfered with mortal affairs, and Frieza and Cell had been the only beings recently that would have warranted the Kai's attention, and they had not interfered.
Seeking out certain face, Muri's face brightens. "Ah, Dende, how good of you to come."
"Elder Muri, we need to use the Dragon Balls," Dende pleads. Muri keeps his face placid.
"And why do you need the Dragon Balls?"
"The Earth is under attack, and all but a handful of its inhabitants have been killed!" Dende exclaims, much to the shock of the other inhabitants of New Namek, "we need the Dragon Balls to bring back the Earth's inhabitants. Gohan is about to destroy the threat, but we need the Dragon Balls to bring the Earth back!"
"Wait a minute Dende, the Namekian Dragon Balls can only bring back one person per wish," Piccolo interrupts, "we need its wishes to bring back Vegeta and probably save Jesse and Zarvon from being trapped within Majin Buu."
"Ah, so you are the Namek who fused with Nail," Muri says.
"Yes, I am," Piccolo replies, "and I have also merged once again with my other half, the previous Kami of Earth."
"It is good to see a Namek who was at one time so divided at peace with himself," Muri smiles, "of course you can use the Dragon Balls. And after the Frieza debacle, we decided that they needed an upgrade. They can do what you need them to do."
"Oh sure, mess with the natural selection of the universe, why don't you?" the Old Kai complains.
"And who's to say that the use of the Dragon Balls isn't something that the universe had in mind?" Videl asks. The Old Kai had no answer for her.
"Thank you, Elder," Dende says as the other Namekians produce the basketball-sized Dragon Balls of Namek.
"Those are Dragon Balls?" Videl and Pegaro chorus.
"Those are Nameks Dragon Balls," Bulma says, "you can fit one of Earth's Dragon Balls in a single hand. Their about the size of softballs."
"And they grant wishes?" Videl asks.
"Earth's Dragon Balls can grant two wishes," Dende says, "and then they are stones for a year while they recharge. They used to be able to grant only one, but I upgraded them a bit. They can bring a person back to life, but Shenlong can only bring them back once. Porunga, the Dragon of the Namekian Dragon Balls, can grant three wishes and bring someone back to life as many times as he wants. He used to only be able to bring one person back at a time, but I guess Muri changed it."
"That's right," Muri says with a wide grin, "and now, don't you have a wish to make?"
"Of course, Elder," Dende says with a bow.
The Namekian Dragon Balls are quickly gathered together and Porunga is summoned.
"WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME? I SHALL GRANT YOU THREE WISHES THAT ARE WITHIN MY POWER. STATE YOUR WISHES NOW."
"Okay guys, what are we gonna wish for first, and how are we gonna word it so it takes up as few wishes as possible?" Dende asks.
~On Earth~
"Give it up Buu, you can't beat me," Gohan says after he slams his fists into Kid Buu's torso and then chops him in the neck.
Kid Buu just growls and launches himself at Gohan with a flurry of punches and kicks. Gohan counters each blow and delivers and gut-wrenching knee to Kid Buu's gut, literally tearing Kid Buu in half.
Of course, that doesn't stop Kid Buu for long. He attacks Gohan again, this time with several ki blasts. Gohan knocks the ki blasts in the air and sends a powerful blast of his own that disintegrates Kid Buu's legs and waist, which are quickly reformed with a pop.
Kid Buu growls and steam pops out of the vents on his body. Parts of the sky begin to glow an evil-looking shade of pink. The exact same shade as Kid Buu's ki blasts.
'What's going on?' Gohan thinks to himself before preparing for the worst.
~Inside Kid Buu~
"Dude, I think we got a problem," Jesse remarks.
"How so?" Zarvon asks.
"Something weird is happening to Buu's energy patterns, and its not a good thing," Jesse replies, "it's along the same energy patterns used to open passageways between dimensions, but its not focused like it should be. If it continues, everything will be obliterated. He'll tear down the dimensional barriers and end everything. Otherworld, the world of the living, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, and several other areas will merge into one. This will create mass chaos. No one will die, but it will open up an era of eternal torment, for not even Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, myself, Piccolo, you, Goten, Trunks, the Kai's, and the dead warrior's training on the Grand Kai's planet will be able to stop the hordes of Demon World or the denizens of Hell from trampling everything."
"Is there anything we can do to stop it?" Zarvon asks, easing down into hir normal form.
"Only one thing that I can think of," Jesse says, "but we'll need to get out of here first. And I need the energy of a living mortal to do it."
With that, Jesse focuses his telepathy. 'Supreme Kai, can you hear me?'
~On New Namek~
The Supreme Kai looks up and focuses his telepathy so that everyone will be able to receive Jesse's sendings. "Jesse, you're coming in fine through your telepathy. What's going on on Earth? I don't recognize whats going on."
Buu is tearing down the dimensional barriers, and he's doing it erratically. If he tears them down, nothing I know of can restore them. Otherworld, Hell, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, and the world of the living will be meshed together like a bowl of various kinds of noodles dumped together.
The Nameks and the Kai's pale tremendously at that thought.
"What does that mean, exactly?" Videl asks, unsure of how she could be talking to Jesse when he wasn't there.
It means that we'll all be royally screwed. But have no fear, I know how to counter it. But you're gonna need to wish me back using the Dragon Balls after all. And then wish me and Zarvon out of Buu's body. I can't do what I need to do while stuck in this blob of pink goo. Also, you might wanna wish the good Buu that is still roaming around inside of this new evil incarnate Buu's body out as well.
"We'll do it Jesse," Dende says, "but how do we word our wish to bring back everyone on Earth who has died today without bring back the bad guys like Dabura and Babidi or Babidi's henchmen?"
Just wish back everyone who died today whose death had something to do with whats going on Earth except for the really, really bad people. That should take care of everyone on Earth, me, the Old Kai, and possibly even Vegeta.
Vegeta snorts at the derisive comment made about him.
"We'll do it Jesse," Dende says, "your our best hope to stop Buu from collapsing the dimensions into one another, and then Gohan will finish Buu off."
Got it. And with that, the presence of Jesse's telepathic mind was gone.
"All right, lets summon Porunga," Dende says.
"Will you have the honors, Dende?" Muri asks, "after all, it is your planet that is in the most danger at the moment."
"Thank you Elder," Dende says, and then begins chanting in Namekian.
"On Earth, we don't have to speak in Namekian, even though Bulma does know some of the language," Krillin comments, "but, she and Popo are the only non-Namekians who know the Namekian language, and it's a requirment to summon the Dragon, along with a certain key phrase, and to make the wishes. And Bulma and Popo don't know the language well enough do that."
"Popo does," Piccolo says with a satisfied smirk, "he does now live with two Namekians, and Dende gives me as much a chance as he can to teach me about the Namekian culture. He knows it as well as any Namek."
"Is this true?" Elder Muri asks in Namekian to Mr. Popo.
"It is," Mr. Popo replies in Namekian, "they have been most helpful in learning about Namek."
"Do you think we can wish everyone back to life now?" Pegaro asks.
"Of course," Dende says, then speaks in Namekian to Porunga, "Porunga, I wish for everyone who has been killed on Earth or has died because of helping someone from Earth today to be wished back to life except for the really bad people."
"IT SHALL BE DONE," Porunga booms. His red eyes eyes glow, then they stop glowing. "IT HAS BEEN DONE."
At that same moment, Vegeta's halo disappears.
"Well Vegeta, its official," Goku grins, "you're one of the good guys."
The Old Kai's halo disappears as well.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
"Looks like it worked," Zarvon remarks, "you're halo's gone."
"Indeed it is," Jesse says, "now they just gotta wish us out of here and things will go smoothly."
~On Nek Namek~
"Porunga, can the two beings known as Jesse and Zarvon be removed from within the monster Majin Buu and put on a spot somewhere on the Earth?" Dende asks in Namekian.
"IT CAN," Porunga replies.
"Then let it be so!" Dende calls out in Namekian.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
Jesse and Zarvon glow, then fade away.
~On Earth, ten feet away from Hercule and Bee~
Jesse and Zarvon fade back into the real world to see an astonished Hercule and Bee.
"Well, this is a fine how'd'ya'do," Jesse mutters.
~On New Namek~
"IT HAS BEEN DONE," Porunga booms, "STATE YOUR FINAL WISH."
"Um, we have a problem now," Dende mutters, "we don't have a third wish."
"What about all of the damage done by Majin Buu?" Videl asks.
"Let's wait until after the battle to do that," Dende says, "Porunga, do you think you can wait a while longer for our final wish?"
"NOT PATIENTLY, BUT I CAN," Porunga replies.
"Let's just hope the battle doesn't last much longer," Dende says with a sigh of relief.
~On Earth~
"Um, how did you appear like that?" Hercule asks, "hey, wait a minute! I saw you two at the tournament! You both fought that Goku guy who won and lost."
"Yeah, I fought him in the first round and lost, and Jesse fought him in the second round and lost," Zarvon says, "you're Hercule, right? Videl's dad?"
"How could you not know who I am?" Hercule demands, "I saved the world from Cell seven years ago!"
"I've only been on this planet for the last six months or so," Zarvon replies, "and you didn't beat Cell, Gohan did."
Hercule gapes at Zarvon, then frowns. "Who is this Gohan? Isn't he the punk who fought in the finals against his father?"
"Yep," Jesse says as he stretches his limbs and cracks his knuckles, "Zarvon, I'm opening a portal to take you and Hercule to Namek. I've gotta stop the evil Buu from ripping apart the cosmos."
"Forget it Jesse, I'm coming with you," Zarvon says, "send Hercule away. He can't defend himself against the evil Buu. You can send the good Buu to join them when we find him."
"Buu is in a good and a bad form again?" Hercule asks happily.
"He is," Jesse replies as he opens his ki sense to locate the pink tub of lard, "found him. But he's too far away for me to open a portal remotely. We could use his help."
"Um, Jesse, he might attack me since I fought him," Zarvon says.
"I can help!" Hercule boasts, "Buu's my friend."
"Forget it, you fraud," Zarvon growls, "we're sending you to Namek where you'll be safe. You'll be with your daughter."
"Videl?" Hercule asks, "what's she doing on another planet?"
"Being safe," Jesse replies, "but hercule is right, Zarvon. He can get the good Buu to help us. The evil Buu is now far more powerful than the good Buu in every way, but he is resilient enough to help me buy the time I'll need to close the evil Buu's portals. Zarvon, grab Hercule and the dog. He's coming with us."
Zarvon grumbles, but grabs Hercule and Bee by the scruffs of their necks. Jesse takes off for the battle with Zarvon close behind him.
Gohan floats in the air, unsure of what to do. Buu was screaming, almost as if in pain, and the sky was becoming more and more splotchy. He hadn't heard a telepathic communication from Jesse or the Supreme Kai, so he guessed things were still all right.
He couldn't help but feel edgy about it though.
"Gohan!" Gohan turns to see two familiar figures flying towards him, the larger one holding what appeared to be a scared Hercule and puppy.
Gohan grins and lets of a whoop of joy. "Jesse! Zarvon! You're okay! And Jesse, you're, alive!"
"Yep," Jesse says, completely serious, "now if you'll excuse me, I've got to stop Buu from ripping through every dimensional barrier in existence and see what I can do to replace those he's already shredded. Zarvon, but the goof and the pup down. Gently. Neither one can fly."
Zarvon nods and floats down to the ground to put Hercule and bee on it.
"Jesse, what are you talking about?" Gohan asks.
"So that's Buu's true form, is it?" Jesse asks, eyeing the screaming Kid Buu, "he's definitely dangerous. Goha, he's attempting to rip down the barriers between dimensions. If he succeeds, everything will blend together. Otherworld, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, Hell, this world. He's placed a practically impenetrable barrier around himself. So instead of trying to pound his head in, which is the typical way to solve problems for you Saiyans, I'm gonna try and close up his rips. But I need you, Gohan, to try and bust through his barrier anyway. There's no garruntee that what I'm about to attempt will stop what he's doing, or even that it won't completely obliterate my body and I won't even have that in Otherworld, but breaking through that barrier and hitting him physically is the only surefire way to stop this."
"Just tell me when," Gohan says.
"You can start any time," Jesse says as his hands begin to glow with a silvery light. He extends all of his limbs outwards, the silverly glow permeating his entire body and breaks away from him in the form of silver glitter.
Gohan, not missing a step, charges at Kid Buu and slams directly into his barrier and begins delivering blow after blow from fist, elbow, knee, and foot to it.
On the ground, Zarvon powers up to an Ascendant Super Saiyan and leaps into the battle as well, delivering just as many blows as Gohan, and almost as fast.
Meanwhile, the silvery light emanating from Jesse flows into the visual rips that Buu had created. The particles of silver light seem to coat the very air, leaving everything with a faint silver hue.
"Wh-whats going on, Bee?" Hercule asks, sounding as if he actually thought the pup could speak to him in a way that he could understand.
'I hope Jesse can stop this," Gohan thinks as he pummels Buu's barrier, trying his absolute hardest to break through, 'from what he said, things will not be pleasant. Without an Otherworld or Hell to send villains to, we'll be embroiled in constant battle for the rest of eternity.'
"Masenko-ha!" Gohan yells as he fires his trademark ki blast into Buu's barrier.
"Bakurikimaha!" Zarvon yells, left hand clenched around his right wrist as he fires his most powerful attack after powering up to a Super Saiyan 3.
The two ki blasts slam into Buu's barrier, and for a moment it looks like they have no effect, then they rip through the barrier. However, they miss Buu.
Buu opens his eyes. They are glowing the same color as his ki blasts. The same color as the rips in the sky and Space/Time. When he speaks, his voice is dripping with pure evil. "Buu no like you."
~On New Namek~
"What's my dad doing there?" Videl demands as she looks into the now- enlarged crystal ball.
"Apparently Jesse and Zarvon rbought him along, though I couldn't hazard a guess as to why," the Supreme Kai says.
"It looks like Zarvon and Gohan have broken through Buu's barrier," Goku comments, "hopefully they can stop him from destroying everyting."
"Everything wouldn't be destroyed, just merged together," the Supreme Kai says, "all of the dimensions will be merged together, not destroyed."
"They may as well have been destroyed then," Goku says, "perhaps Vegeta, Gotenks, and I should go and help them."
"I agree with Kakarott," Vegeta says, ignoring everyone's stunned looks in his direction, "he's speaking sense."
Those nearest to Vegeta slowly edged away from him. He was obviously sick. What if the disease was contagious? Vegeta notices them edging away. "Why are you moving away from me?"
"Um, Vegeta, you just agreed with Goku," Bulma says, walking over to him and pressing her hand against his forhead, "and you said he was speaking sense. Are you sick? Your forehead doesn't feel warm."
Vegeta growls and moves away abruptly. "I am not sick, woman. Even Kakarott can speak sense every now and then."
"You are unable to return to Earth on your own, and unless it looks like Gohan is unable to defeat Buu, I will not take you myself," the Supreme Kai says, practically daring anyone to argue with him.
"Don't worry, Gohan will be able to take Buu down," Videl says, "you all said it yourself: Gohan is far more powerful than Buu is, even though he's at his true power now."
"Gohan is more powerful than Buu, and Goku at Super Saiyan 3 isn't far behind," the Supreme Kai says, "but that will not matter if they cannot stop Buu from ripping through the dimensional barriers."
"Then lets hope that they can do it," Trunks says to Goten, "because none of us can beat Buu now unless our dads Fuse."
"Hey Trunks, wouldn't it be cool if our moms Fused as well?" Goten asks excitedly.
"NO!" Bulma and Chichi yell at the same time, forcing the two chibi's to stop that line of thought at the risk of their own lives, or worse, starvation.
~On Earth~
The rips between the dimensions slowly close as Jesse strains himself to close Buu's rips. It is very hard work, but he is doing it, oh so slowly.
"He's doing it," Gohan murmurs, "Jesse's doing it! He's closing the rips!"
At that same moment, Buu lets out a feral scream and punches Zarvon in the gut, sending him flying into Jesse, which propels them into one of the rips seconds before whatever Jesse had been doing closes it.
Everything is deathly still for a moment. Jesse's work, that selfsame silver light, finishes closing up the other rips in Space/Time, effectively healing the sky and making it forever harder to do such a thing on a grand scale again in the immediate vicinity of Earth's solar system.
Gohan sees his two friends plunge into the rip of Space/Time, possibly making them lost forever. "NOOOOO!!!!"
Gohan turns to face Buu, his eyes taking on a demonic red hue, as does his hair. His aura, which had flared up at its most when he saw Zarvon slam into Jesse, turns blood red like his eyes and hair.
Buu floats there, his face contorting in something resembling fear. He could feel Gohan's power level skyrocketing. Before, he was powerful. Now Buu was like an ant compared to him.
~On New Namek~
The Old Kai swears, startling the Supreme Kai and Kabito. "I was afraid this might happen."
"What is it, Elder?" Kabito asks.
"When I was awakening Gohan's hidden powers, I sensed tha the bore three distinctly different secret powers. One had already been unlocked. The other was the one that I unlocked. The last was one that only rage could unlock. In fact, that's what it is: The Rage. The most powerful force in existence."
"Jesse told us a bit about the Rage!" the Supreme Kai exclaims, "he said it was immensely powerful, but it couldn't be controlled. He said that Buu was an incarnation of the Rage, but even Buu's access to that power was nothing when compared to what Gohan possesses. Gohan may do exactly what Buu tried to do, but he would do it unintentionally."
"This is not good," Goku says, "do you know anything else about the Rage?"
"Gohan has exhibited its power before," Krillin says, "but each time it happened, as soon as the focus of his anger was gone or something substantionally interrupted him, it vanished. That must have been what you felt when you were training with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."
"I think it was," Goku says, "but that makes me wonder what it was that Gohan unlocked to become a Super Saiyan 2 against Cell."
"It was a deeper level of the other power that was previously unlocked," the Old Kai says, "I sensed that it had multiple levels, and each new level will open as he trains."
"It must be the potential that Guru unlocked!" Krillin exclaims, "when we were on Namek, Gohan's power level was about equal to Nappa's. But after Guru unlocked Gohan's hidden potential, Gohan became as strong as Vegeta was!"
"My power level then was about forty thousand," Vegeta says, "that's one heck of a jump. And it grew even more after he was nearly killed by that oaf Recoome."
"Recoome was the big red-headed doof on the Giny Force, right?" Yamcha asks.
"Yes," Vegeta frowns.
"We took the dead minions of the Ginyu Force apart when King Kai invited them to his planet," Yamcha says, "I took the big red-headed doofus down. Tien took down the orange-skinned guy and the blue-skinned guy, and Chiao- Tzu down down that four-eyed freak."
"You four took down the Ginyu Force?" Vegeta mocks, disbelieving, "is it weren't for the fact that I know you not to be a liar, I would say that your lying."
"They were strong, but we took 'em easy once we realized how strong we had gotten," Yamcha dmits, "at first we were having a hard time, or so we thought, until I landed a good punch of Recoome and sent him flying. After that we took them down as easy as Nappa took us down."
"Guys, what about Jesse and Zarvon?" Videl asks.
"Let's see if Porguna can find them," Dende suggests, then switches to Namek, "Porunga! Can you find the ones known as Jesse and Zarvon that have been set adrift among the dimensions."
"I CANNOT," Porunga replies after a moment, "THEY HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN SET ADRIFT OF THIS DIMENSION, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO ANOTHER TIME. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE OR WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN SENT. I AM SORRY."
Dende's shoulders slump. If Porunga couldn't help them, then nothing could.
"So they're gonna have to find their way back to us," Pegaro says, "they'll find a way. I really don't know them that well, but I know that if there's a way for them to make it back, they'll find it."
"In the meantime, we're gonna have to hope that Gohan doesn't go insane and destroy everything," the Supreme Kai says as he gazes into the crystal ball to see Gohan literally tearing Buu apart and blasting the parts he tore off to nothingness.
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Now things are definitely getting interesting.
As mentioned at the start of this chapter, I have an idea for what will either be a continuation that takes place at the end of DBZ. I already know how I'll end this story if the votes go to a sequel. Not entirely sure how things will go for a continuation, but I'll definitely think of something.
Just tell me in a review which idea you prefer: a sequel or just continuing on without stopping. You don't have to vote now. The reviews I get within a week from the next chapter will determine how this story will go. So remember this in your vote: continuation or sequel.
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Things will work out in the end here, trust me. I already got an idea for either a continuation or a sequel. Stay tuned to the end of this chapter for details on helping me decide which to do.
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Dabuu looks on in horror at Jehan's new transformation. He could feel the incredible amount of power at Jehan's disposal. It far surpassed his own, and the boy was too talented to end up being absorbed. No, this mere boy would destroy him. And there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it.
"My my my, Dabuu, at a loss for words?" Jehan asks with a smirk, "or are you just in your natural state of stupidity?"
Dabuu roars and charges Jehan, ignoring the fact that he didn't stand a chance. He launches into a flurry of punches, each of which Jehan easily blocks, turning each block into a severe blow to Dabuu.
Jehan grabs Dabuu's head and delivers a vicious headbutt followed by a resounding knee to the gut and a devastating elbow to the back of the neck. He then ki blasts Dabuu in the face with enough force to send the Fusion of demons soaring out of control.
"Okay, now THAT'S firepower," Krillin says in amazement.
"His power has increased so much I can't even measure it!" Piccolo exclaims.
"Man, look at that power!" Krillin exclaims, "there's no way he can lose!"
"Is this kind of thing normal for you people?" Pegaro asks.
"Sortof," Yamcha says, "we're used to weird things, but the villains just keep getting stronger and stronger. If you wanna start it all off with Goku, it started with a little blue guy called Pilaf. Then there was the Red Ribbon Army. Following that there were probably adventures we don't even know about. Then there was Piccolo Daimou. Then Piccolo, the same guy standing over there. Then there was Raditz, Goku's brother. Following him was Vegeta and Nappa. Then there was Frieza. After Frieza there were the Androids and Cell. And then there was Majin Buu and now there's Dabuu. We've weathered some of the most powerful beings this galaxy has ever seen, and only a handful of people actually know the truth."
"And it's all thanks to the Saiyans?" Pegaro asks.
"Yes, the universe is safe and the Earth has been saved many times thanks to the Saiyans," Yamcha says, "Krillin, Tien, and myself are the closest to the Saiyans in strength of this generation. Jesse was of a different generation. We no longer have a hand in the fate of our world Pegaro. The Saiyans are guests here, living here because they do not have a world of their own, and they have taken over the responsibility of protecting the Earth. Their heroes. Even though Vegeta would rather not be counted as a hero, he is one. The destiny of the Earth is no longer its own."
"Wow, that's depressing," Videl remarks.
"Yeah," Yamcha agrees, "Jesse is the only human who can compete with the non-human fighters: Goku, Vegeta, Goten, Trunks, Gohan, Eighteen, Piccolo, and now Zarvon. And he's only as strong as he is because he trained with incredibly powerful warriors in Limbo, if I understand what he said correctly."
"Yamcha, quit complaining that you're weak," Piccolo orders, "you could train more and become stronger, but you just slack off."
"Not that it would matter," Yamcha says, "look at all of the intense special training Jesse's said that he's had to go through to become as strong as he has."
"That's not the point," Piccolo replies, "you could at least have tried to do something about it."
"Kamehameha!" Jehan yells as he fires the trademark move of the Turtle School. Dabuu dodges the energy wave, only to fall into the trap neatly set by Jehan. The various other energy blasts that Jehan had fired did not dissipate. And now Dabuu had moved neatly into the trap. The only way to move without hitting one of the powerful stationary balls of energy was quickly replaced with Jehan himself.
"You think you're so much better than me, don't you?" Dabuu yells.
"Well, to be honest, I am better than you," Jehan replies, "I outmatch you in strength, skill, and intelligence by more than you can comprehend. Face it, you've lost."
"Shut up!" Dabuu yells, "I'm getting sick and tired of you Earthlings and your transformations! Super Saiyan, Super Warrior, it makes no difference to me! I am the supreme warrior in the entire universe! You are nothing to me, you hear? Nothing!"
"Shut up," Jehan says, ramming his fist into Dabuu's gut and following it up with a vicious knee to the jaw and finishing with a strong ki blast while bringing all of the surrounding ki blasts in on Dabuu.
The explosion was enormous. If they had been fighting on the ground, the explosion would have formed a crater large enough to fit Orange Star City in and rattle it. As it was, up in the air, the shockwaves sent the Lookout shaking. Only the quick thinking of Eighteen had saved Marron and Chichi, while only Pegaro's quick reflexes had enabled him to grab a tree to keep from falling off the Lookout.
As the Lookout slowly rights itself, the Z Fighters and their friends can see just what shape Dabuu was in. And it definitely wasn't pretty.
Pieces of him were scattered all over. No sign of his clothing could be seen, but they had seen him reform clothing as well as his body. All in all, he seemed even more indestructible than Cell. He could reform even after bruises, where Cell could only regenerate lost pieces. Right before their eyes, Dabuu's pieces come back together and reform into the tyrannical demon.
"This is not good," Jehan mutters to himself, "that will be a difficult ability to overcome. Then again, I could always do what Gohan did to Cell. Completely incinerate him."
Jehan reaches deep inside and powers up for Jesse's most powerful attack: the Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu. Psychic energy gathers in the palms of Jehan's hands, illuminating them in a silver color. He clasps his wrists together, allowing the energy spheres that had formed in each hand to merge. He then moves the clasped palms to his right side them moves them out again, as if he had just launched a Kamehameha Wave.
"Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu!"Jehan yells as he launches the powerful energy wave at the fearsome Fused Demon. The attack homes in on the demon and hits him in the gut. Silver light creeps along Dabuu's body, burning away at his skin and eating through inside him like a powerful acid.
At the same time that Jehan completely executes the attack, he begins to glow. The glow slowly brightens, but it soon dies down. As the glow fades, Videl could vaguely see two figures, not one.
When the light finally fades away, Jesse and Gohan are two separate beings once again. A similar light engulfs Dabuu. When the light fades, Majin Buu and Dabura are separate once again.
"Gohan, quick!" Jesse yells as he takes his Kai Earring off, "kill Dabura before the effects of the Shiruba Bufu Kijutsu wear off and he and Buu refuse! Or at least obliterate one of the Kai Earrings!"
"Right," Gohan says as he powers up to his maximum and fires a Masenko into Majin Buu's head, incinerating it and the corrupted Kai Earring.
"And that puts and end to that," Jesse grins.
"You'll pay for that boy!" Dabura screams, "now I shall have to perform the Demon Fusion technique!"
Jesse pales. The Demon Fusion technique was truly permanent. And it would yield much more power than the Kai Earrings Fusion. And possibly not even the Super Warrior transformation would be able to take on the combination of Majin Buu and Dabura through a Demon Fusion.
"You're not gonna get a chance to do that," Gohan says as he powers up. He moves faster than you can blink and begins pummeling Dabura.
"Hey, what happened?" Majin Buu demands, then he looks down at himself. He was completely buffed up (A/N: Imagine Super Buu after he had absorbed Gotenks, but with a lot more muscle mass and the outfit taking on the colorations of Gogeta's outfit.)
"Uh oh," Jesse mutters, "Buu is a lot more powerful than before. Hey Gohan, take care of Dabura now! Buu is a lot stronger than before!"
"Right," Gohan says as he uppercuts Dabura right in the throat. He then knees the Demon King in the gut and elbows him in the back of the neck. He floats away from Dabura for a moment, just before he powers up to his maximum.
"Ka. me..ha.me.HA!" Gohan fires the Turtle School's traditional attack, not to mention his father's favorite attack. The blue-white energy rips through Dabura and incinerates him completely.
At that same moment, Majin Buu attacks Gohan's blind side, hoping to take down the powerful Saiyan without a fight. But he hadn't counted on Jesse still trying to fight.
"Target Track! Drain Cannon!" Majin Buu turns around just in time to see the Drain Cannon hit him square in the chest. He could feel his power level drop to half of what it was.
Gohan fires a ki blast into Majin Buu, but at that same moment Jesse slices off Buu's tentacle with his sword.
"You fool!" Buu calls out as he regrows the tentacle. The tentacle piece that had been chopped off begins to reform itself, unnoticed by everyone else.
"This isn't good," the Supreme Kai says, paling the moment he sees what was happening to Dabuu's tentacle.
"What's happening?" the Old Kai asks.
The Supreme Kai's voice was shaky. "That was how the Majin Buu originally absorbed his victims. He could still turn them into sweets, but he generally just killed them. He absorbed the South Kai and Dai Kaio like that. He's preparing to absorb someone, most likely Gohan!"
"Warn him!" the Old Kai exclaims.
"I can't," the Supreme Kai replies, "he's too focused on the battle right now. I can try and reach Jesse though. He's more open to telepathy anyway, being a psychic."
Jesse
Jesse looks around in surprise. Supreme Kai, is that you?
Yes, it is, the Supreme Kai replies, Jesse, locate that tentacle piece you chopped off. Buu can use it to absorb someone, just like Dabuu used his spit. If you can't find it, keep an eye on Gohan. He must not be absorbed, no matter what the cost.
Jesse's reply was fervent. You have my word, Supreme Kai.
Jesse immediately looks around for the tentacle piece. He sees a small blob of pink, unnoticed by everyone else, slowly rising up.
"Gohan, look out!" Jesse yells as the goo flies at Gohan and spreads open. He knocks Gohan out of the way, but he can't get out of the way himself before the goo closes in around him. Jesse powers up, raising every barrier he could manage to try and save himself, but the goo just closes in on him and shrinks, shrinking him with it.
"What the Hell?!" Gohan yells as the various people oin the Lookout gasp in shock.
The pink goo flies into Buu and he absorbs he, though he does not change at all except for his power level raising a bit, and then back to his max plus a bit more.
"Your friend was quite foolish, Gohan," Majin Buu chuckles, "and even though I am not as strong as I was merged with Dabura, I am still stronger than you."
"We'll see, Buu," Gohan says as he settles into a fighting stance, "remember, you don't have much time left in Gogeta's Fusion. And even with the power Gotenks gives you, you would only equal me at best."
"Then I'll just have to kill you quickly," Buu chuckles as he launches himself at Gohan.
Gohan blocks Buu's punch and counters with a snap kick to the head. Buu shrugs the blow off and knees Gohan in the stomach.
~Meanwhile, inside of Buu~
Jesse lands inside of Buu's stomach, a faint silver aura surrounding him. He takes a moment to look around.
"Okay, this was unexpected," Jesse remarks, though he does not let the aura down, "I guess I'm inside Buu now. I wonder..."
Jesse sits down, floating slightly off of what was serving as the ground.
"Okay, I'm obviously inside of Majin Buu," Jesse remarks, "Gohan is left alone to fight him, and Buu still currently has Gogeta's power. If Gohan can survive a few more minutes, Gogeta's Fuson will end and then there'll only be Gotenks for the next fifteen minutes. After that Gotenks will defuse and Buu's main source of extra power will have come from Zarvon. Now, if I can find them all and get them out of here, perhaps Buu will weaken back to his base form, leaving him weak enough for Goku to defeat, or Zarvon, Gotenks, or Vegeta to go toe to toe with."
Jesse focuses his telepathy. Supreme Kai, do you hear me?
~One the Planet of the Kai's~
The Supreme Kai looks up. "Yes Jesse, I do hear you!"
"What the?!" the Old Kai exclaims, "what's going on?"
"Jesse, can you refocus your telepathy so that you'll be talking to myself, the Old Kai, and Kabito?" the Supreme Kai asks.
Already done, Jesse replies, Supreme Kai, I am inside of Majin Buu. I'm planning on trying to find Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, and Zarvon, because chances are by the time I find them, Gogeta and Gotenks will have already split.
"An excellent plan, Jesse," the Supreme Kai says, "but you must hurry. Gohan can't handle Majin Buu as he is."
If Gohan can last a couple more minutes, Gogeta's Fusion will have worn off and Buu will lose a lot of power, Jesse replies, by my estimation, he'll be as strong as Gohan, perhaps a little weaker. As a Super Saiyan 3, Gohan himself was as strong as Gotenks. And that means he was as strong as Buu, maybe a little stronger. But now, Gohan's hidden powers have been unbound and he's far more powerful than any single being to ever live, except for Gogeta and Jehan, and he was a part of Jehan.
"An excellent plan Jesse," Kabito says, "with Majin Buu weakened, the combined might of Gotenks, Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan can surely destroy him."
I will not fail you, Jesse says, one my honor, I will save the Saiyans and weaken Majin Buu, even if it costs me my own existence.
With that, Jesse cuts the telepathic conversation.
~Inside Majin Buu~
"Well, now to get to work," Jesse says as he focuses his psychic abilities into a realm that he did not like: omniscience. He could be omniscient for less than a minute, but it was extremely draining to his psychic abilities. His total power level would most likely be dropped until he regained his mental strength, and that would take a lot of rest.
Almost immediately, he sees everywhere. He could not see outside of Majin Buu, but he could see everything with Buu. He immediately finds out where he was in relation to the Saiyans. As soon as he gets the needed information, he cuts off the omniscience.
As he opens his eyes, Jesse finds that he was short of breath and sweating profusely.
"I HATE doing that," Jesse grumbles, "I just hope that I didn't use up too much of my energy so that I go on to the second death before I can find the Saiyans."
With that, Jesse starts moving through Buu's body at top speed, keeping the aura up at all times.
He ends up heading through a veritable maze of who knew what until he finally got to Buu's head, where he finds a fork in the synapses.
"Hmm, problem," Jesse mutters, "his body must have changed. Uh oh! I'm in his head! If Gohan blasts Buu's head off, I may be in trouble since I'm separate from Buu."
Reaching out with his mind, Jesse manages to contact Gohan. Gohan! It's me, Jesse. Do not react to my words, just listen. Do not blast away any part of Buu's body. Beat him to a pulp instead. I am inside and am trying to find your father, little brother, Zarvon, Vegeta, and Trunks. I am separate from Buu, and I do not know what will happen to me if you blast away a part that I am in. Shy away from headshots if at all possible. Now kick Buu's butt! If you can survive for another five minutes, this battle will be won anyway. Gotenks' Fusion is about to wear off.
With that having been said, Jesse cuts the psychic connection and hurries along the left path in Buu's synapses.
'I can't believe that Jesse is still around!' Gohan thinks as he mercilessly pummels Buu's torso, peppering the near-malleable bubblegum pink flesh with his fists, 'I hope he can find dad and Goten. Even if they're no longer Fused, dad and Vegeta still give Buu a lot of power. At least dad's not at his full Super Saiyan 3 power in there. That would be too much for me to handle, even with this power that the Old Kai unlocked within me.'
~Back inside of Buu~
"Oof!"
Jesse had not expected to run across thought beings inside of Buu's body. He had run across beings who could form their thoughts into physical manifestations at the cost of some of their strength before, particularly in Limbo, but he had only seen thought beings like these when trying to get into another psychic's mind. They were the defenses.
Currently, he was having to dodge Gogeta's fists, but Gotenks and Zarvon were also there.
'And they're just as strong as the real things!' Jesse thinks furiously, 'but this fight is a fight of the mind, and I know how to fight these better than anyone alive.'
Jesse immediately raises his right hand, shaping it into a claw position. Lightning sparks around his fingers and flow from the tips into a point in the center of his palm from all of his digits, forming a small blue-white orb.
"Guu Mahouteki!" A tremendous blast of energy erupts from Jesse's hand, ripping into Gogeta and disintegrating him. It also nicks Gotenks and obliterates him as well.
"Never mess with a psychic in a mind battle," Jesse smirks, just before Zarvon launches at him and uppercuts him in the gut.
~Outside of Buu~
Buu screams in pain as the battle inside distracts him. That mere runt of a boy was causing him incredible trouble, perhaps more than the boy he was fighting physically could have. The boy was a damned telepath! He was powerful and experienced with his psychic abilities! And Buu couldn't throw him out. It just wasn't in his power. His form blurs as Gotenks' Fusion wear off prematurely. That blast sent to the mind-construct had affected the real Gotenks within him and split him into the two children. His outfit changes to match the one known as Goku.
"So, I see that Jesse is succeeding in his mission to save our friends and family that Dabuu sucked into himself that you kept," Gohan says with a smirk, "give up Buu and I'll grant you a quick and painless death when they get out."
"You fool!" Buu screams, "I'll still destroy you!"
With that, Buu swings his tentacle at Gohan and instantly turns him into a piece of candy.
Everyone on the Lookout gasps in horror. Gohan was their last hope. And now he was a toffee-flavored piece of hard candy.
"You wanna mock me now?" Buu asks as he grabs Candy-Gohan.
"As a matter of fact, yes," a high-pitched, yet unmistakable, voice comes from the piece of candy in Buu's hand.
"What?!" Buu yells as the piece of candy floats out of his hand and hovers before him.
"Surprised, Buu?" Candy-Gohan asks, "you really didn't think you could get me with such a cheap trick, did you?"
"You fool, I will eat you!" Buu yells.
"Suuuure you will," Candy-Gohan replies, "gotta catch me first."
With that, Candy-Gohan zips off into the air, with Buu hot on his trail.
~The World of the Kai's~
"This is not good," the Supreme Kai says, "now that Gohan is a piece of candy, he can't possibly hope to defeat Buu."
"Don't be too sure," the Old Kai says, "he could still move, meaning he could still possibly hurt Buu."
"I wonder how Jese is doing?" Kabito wonders, "if he managed to make Buu lose Gotenks, perhaps he's started freeing the Saiyans."
The scene in the crystal ball changes, showing Jesse battling the image of Zarvon.
~In Buu's body~
"Man, I knew Zarvon was good, but not this good!" Jesse mutters as he blocks another punch from the Super Saiyan 3, "these Saiyans have incredible natural fighting abilities."
Jesse ducks, dodges, and weaves through Zarvn's punches and kicks, barely managing to avoid every blow. He counters a knee to the gut with an uppercut to the groin and a somersault kick that connects with Zarvon's throat and jaw, sending the Saiyan flying back. Jesse immediately raises hir right arm, holding his hand in a claw-like position as lightning flies from his fingertips into a blue-white sphere at the center of his palm.
"Guu Mahouteki!" The attack rips into the mind-form of Zarvon, shattering it and breaking Buu's concentration on the outside.
~Outside Buu's body~
Buu stops and screams in pain.
"Will you quit it?" Buu demands, "you are really beginning to make me mad!"
"So, Jesse is giving you indigestion, is he?" Candy-Gohan asks, "how about I help him out?"
With that, Candy-Gohan turns around and flies right through Buu's stomach, leaving a hole the size of it/him in the middle of Buu's gut. The hole almost immediately reforms.
"Ready to give up, Buu?" Candy-Gohan asks, "or are you gonna change me back so you at least won't be so humiuliated?"
"Very well," Buu growls. He swings his tentacle and hits Candy-Gohan with a beam of pink energy. With a 'poof', Gohan is back to normal.
~Inside of Buu~
"Well, that takes care of those thoughtforms, for now," Jesse mutters, "I'd better hurry before he can sic more of them on me. I'm not sure if I can handle using another Guu Mahouteki."
Jesse takes off at top speed through Buu's body, following the synapses into the cavern that was Buu's skull.
"Man, talk about empty-headed," Jesse mutters. Then he sees them.
In five separate cocoons, showing only their heads, are the five Saiyans that Dabuu had absorbed. But the absoption part of Dabuu's power had been Buu's, so Buu kept those Dabuu had absorbed when they had been forcefully split.
"Hmm, if I sever those connections, Buu will lose his access to their power and should revert to his most basic form," Jesse says to himself.
"Oh, I don't think you'll have a chance to do that," a sinister voice says from behind. Jesse turns to see Buu's body from the waist up.
"Figures you could manifest yourself in your own body," Jesse says, "but I didn't think you could do it like this."
"Well, I'm not a psychic, like you obviously are," Buu replies, "but since my entire body is able to take almost any form I wish, I can do this."
"Well, if you don't mind, I think I'll be freeing my friends, if you please," Jesse replies.
"Oh, but I do mind," buu says as he fires a ki blast at Jesse, who promptly ducks and fires four rapidfire shots at the cocoons. The blasts rip through the bits of who-knew-what that were holding Goku and Vegeta in place.
"No!" Buu yells as he promptly chances, this time his outfit taking on the effects of Zarvon's armor.
"Give it up Buu," Jesse says, "you're gonna lose."
"I don't think so, boy," Buu snarls as he begins firing rapid-fire ki blasts at Jesse. Jesse weaves through the erratic ki blasts, but one gets through and clobbers him in the stomach. Jesse falls to the ground in a heap.
Goo from the floor of Buu's head rises up to cover Jesse, but he takes to the air.
"Ki no Tsurugi!" Jesse swipes his right hand out, sending a wave of edged energy at the bottom threads that held the remaining cocoons. He sends out another wave at the top threads, but Buu fires a ki blast that deflects the energy wave.
"Even though one of the threads has been severed, I can still draw on as much power from them as I've been doing," Buu says, and to emphasize his point, he blasts Jesse with several mid-level ki blasts.
Jesse grimly focuses his telekinesis and rips Goten, Trunks, and Zarvon right out of their cocoons, leaving them up.
Buu writhes in pain at the feeling of such a powerful display of psychic power being used right inside of his head. Zarvon and the two demi-Saiyans slowly come to as Jesse drags himself to his feet and walks over to them, hand on the side of his head as if trying to quell a throbbing headache. Which he now had.
"Are you guys all right?" Jesse asks groggily.
"I think so, what happened?" Zarvon asks.
"Dabuu absorbed you, Gotenks, and Gogeta," Jesse replies, "Gohan and I fused into a Warrior called Jehan using the Kai Earrings. Using my Shirubaa Bufu Kijutsu, I split Dabuu and Jehan back into their component parts. Gohan immediately killed Dabura. Buu tried to absorb Gohan, but I shoved him out of the way and was absorbed instead. I wandered my way through Buu's body until I found you guys and freed you. And while I'm thinking of it, I'm gonna free Goku and Vegeta as well."
Jesse walks over to Goku and Vegeta's cocoons and focuses edged ki energy through his index and middle fingers and slices the two Saiyans out. While the two return to their senses, Goten finds something unexpected.
"Hey guys, look at this!"
The Saiyans and Jesse look at what Goten had. Found. It was Buu's original form, encased in a cocoon like the others had been in.
"There were two Majin Buu's?" Zarvon asks.
"Yes, I sensed it while on the Planet of the Kai's," Jesse says, "the good and evil split into physical manifestations, with the good keeping the form that emerged from the Buu Egg. They fought and the evil won because it was more ruthless. I wonder what'll happen if we free this good Buu? At the least we'll have some great reinforcements."
"Do you honestly think we could trust him?" Zarvon demands with a glare.
"He is a physical manifestation of good," Jesse replies, not flinching from Zarvon's glare, "severing the connection will at the very least strip Buu of enough power so that any of you can defeat him without Fusing, except for Goten and Trunks. As Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks they can defeat him. Even Vegeta, the weakest of you, could beat him."
"You're saying that Zarvon is stronger than I am?" Vegeta demands.
"As a Super Saiyan 3, he is," Jesse replies as he prepares a blade of ki. With a quick swipe, too fast for any of the Saiyans to stop him, he slices open the cocoon and frees the fat Buu.
"Ae you nuts?!" Vegeta demands.
"Vegeta, I rust his judgement," Goku says, "he knows what he's doing."
"You idiots!" Buu yells from behind them. The Saiyans were completely surprised, "now I won't be me anymore!"
"What's he talking about?" Trunks asks.
"I don't know," Jesse replies, "but I think we may have just made a big mistake."
Everything around them begins to rumble.
"Um, I think we had better figure a way out of here," Goten says.
"Instant Transmission?" Zarvon suggests.
"Won't work," Jesse replies, "I'm sure Gogeta tried it when he was absorbed."
"We were immediately put in those cocoons," Goku replies, "we never had a chance to try the Instant Transmission."
Energy begins to arc through Buu's head.
"Well, we'd better cross our fingers and try," Jesse says, "Zarvon, grab ahold of me. The rest of you can use Goku to get out of here."
Zarvon rests and arm on Jesse's shoulder while Vegeta does the same to Goku while Goten grabs his dads left hand and Trunks grab's Goten's hand.
In a blur, Goku disappears with the other Saiyans.
"Well, guess that answers that question," Jesse mutters. He focuses for the Instant Transmission, but nothing happens.
"Uh oh?" Zarvon asks.
"Uh oh," Jesse agrees.
~Outside of Buu's body~
Goku, Vegeta, Goten, and Trunks all appear in a flash outside of Buu, but for an instant they are no larger than a bunch of tiny insects. The next instant they are their own natural size.
"Goku!" "Vegeta!" "Goten!" Trunks!"
The assembled people at the Lookout rush over to their newly returned friends and family
"Your back!" Piccolo exclaims, "but how?"
"Jesse wasn't properly absorbed," Goku replies, "he saved us. What's happening?"
"Last we saw, Buu turned Gohan into a piece of candy," Dende says, "but Gohan could still fight and took off. Buu followed him."
Goku focuses for a moment, then grins. "Buu's turned Gohan back to normal, I think. But where are Jesse and Zarvon?"
They are stuck within Buu, the Supreme Kai answers telepathically, I do not know why, but Jesse cannot use the Instant Transmission to escape with Zarvon. And now Buu is changing back into his original form. He will not grow weaker, as you had hoped. He'll be stronger. Strong enough to face Gohan on a close enough footing that Gohan will lose because of Buu's regenerative abilities.
"Not good," Goku says, "Vegeta, would you Fuse into Gogeta with me again?"
"If needed," Vegeta replies, "but let's see how Gohan does first. He'll likely surprise us all again."
"Man, what's going on?" Gohan wonders as Buu writhes in pain, slowly changing his shape into a smaller version of himself. Almost a kid version.
Buu is reverting to his original form, the Supreme Kai tells Gohan telepathically, his power will almost be equal to yours. But Jesse and Zarvon are still stuck inside. Your father, Vegeta, and the children got out, but for some reason Jesse's attempt at the Instant Transmission didn't work.
"So they're stuck in there?" Gohan asks.
I don't know, the Supreme Kai replies, right now Buu's insides are in turmoil. Perhaps that is interfering. Maybe when Buu settles into his original form, Jesse and Zarvon will be able to escape.
"Let's hope so," Gohan says as he watches and waits.
~Inside Buu~
"What are we gonna do?" Zarvon asks.
"I don't know," Jesse replies, "I've tried everything I can think of to get out."
"Isn't there just some physical way out?" Zarvon asks.
"Perhaps," Jesse muses, "but right now, it'd be dangerous to try. Let's wait until whatever is happening settles down. Then maybe we can try getting out."
"I wish we knew what was going on," Zarvon complains.
He's reverting to his original form, the Supreme Kai says telepathically, you made a mistake in freeing Buu's original body. He's reverting to his original form, and he's close to Gohan's strength as he is.
"Not good," Jesse mutters, "Zarvon, did you hear that?"
"Yep," Zarvon says with a frown, "you shouldn't have released Buu's original form from that cocoon."
"How was I supposed to know that this would happen?" Jesse demands, "we're just stuck here until this blows over, I guess."
"Hey, what happened to the fat Buu?" Zarvon asks.
Jesse looks around. Buu's fat form was gone. "Not good. I don't think he'll be any harm though. He's a solidification of all of the goodness that was in Buu. We're safe from him. Unless he gets hungry, of course."
"Um, wasn't he aways hungry?" Zarvon asks.
"Good point," Jesse says, "so, lets try to avoid him."
"Say, we're in Buu's head, right?" Zarvon asks, suddenly worried.
"Yeah, why?" Jesse asks.
"What if the others vaporize his head while fighting him?" Zarvon asks.
"I already told Gohan not to do that," Jesse replies, "and we're still inside, so he won't."
"What about Goku, Vegeta, Goten, or Trunks?" Zarvon asks.
"Good point," Jesse says, "um, better pray to whatever deity that you Saiyans worship then, because you'll be meeting them soon."
"We Saiyans aren't religious," Zarvon replies.
"Hey, I think Buu's settled down," Jesse says. It was true. The shaking had stopped.
"Shall we try to get out?" Zarvon asks.
"Yes, let's," Jesse says as he puts two fingers to his forehead.
~Outside of Buu~
"You're kidding!" Goku exclaims, "that's his original form?!"
"He's a child!" Vegeta exclaims.
"Yes, but he's almost as strong as I am," Gohan points out, "making him extremely dangerous. Jesse and I may have to Fuse when he gets out."
"How powerful were you two when you Fused with the Kai earrings?" Goku asks.
"Even normal, we equaled Dabuu," Gohan replies, "but then we transformed in a way similar to the Super Saiyan transformation. I think that ability came from Jesse. We became a Super Warrior. Our power grew so much that Dabuu was an insect compared to us. And I'm including how powerfull he was after absorbing Gogeta, Gotenks, and Zarvon all at Super Saiyan 3."
"Impossible!" Vegeta exclaims, "how can merging with a human gain you that much power?"
"I don't know, but it did," Gohan replies, never taking his eyes off of the new Kid Buu, "and let me handle Buu. Unless you and dad Fuse, Vegeta, you wouldn't be able to help. You'd be a liability."
"This is worse than Cell, ten years ago," Vegeta grumbles.
Gohan growls. "Maybe so, but this time I'm not gonna let Buu regenerate like I did Cell. I'll just vaporize him and let that be that. Dad, you get everyone somewhere safe, especially Dende. Take them to New Namek."
"I can't get there even with Instant Transmission from Earth," Goku says, "I had to go to King Kai's planet seven years ago to get Dende. Now King Kai's planet isn't there, and King Kai definitely isn't there."
Bring everyone here, Goku, the Supreme Kai says telepathically, gather everyone you can and bring them here. I'll take you all to New Namek from there. I'm a Kai, so my Instantaneous Movement isn't hampered by distance.
"Thanks Supreme Kai!" Goku cheers, "guys, I'm gonna go and get Korin and Yajirobe and see if Tien and Chiao Tzu are still alive."
Goku vanishes via Instant Transmission and reappears moments later with Korin and Yajirobe. He vanishes again and reappears moments later with Tien and Chiao Tzu.
"Everyone connected?" Goku asks. Everyone but Gohan had moved into position and were now holding hands.
"Give him hell, Gohan!" Goku cheers, "tell Jesse and Zarvon where we are when they get out!"
With that, Goku and everyone else disappear through Instant Transmission and reappear on the Supreme Kai's planet.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
"Jesse, why aren't we out of here?" Zarvon asks.
"Apparently, we're stuck," Jesse says, "in that case, let's see if we wreck Buu up while inside him, give Gohan all the advantage we can. But you're gonna have to do most of the damage, Zarvon. I don't have much left. I used up a lot of my energy finding you guys. If I can't get back to Otherworld soon, I'll perish and go beyond. And then I'll be lost forever. Not even the mystical Dragon Balls of the entire universe could bring me back."
"Then I'll mutilate his insides for you," Zarvon says as he powers up into an Ascendant Super Saiyan and fires his Bakurikimaha into the walls, but the fleshy walls absorb the blast.
"This may be more difficult than I thought," Zarvon mutters.
"Let's head down into his stomach," Jesse suggests, "his stomach is his weak spot. And perhaps if Gohan rips open a hole in his stomach we can get out."
~On the Supreme Kai's planet~
Kabito was going through apoplexy. Never before had mere mortals been allowed onto the sacred world of the Kai's! Most Kai's weren't even allowed onto the hallowed ground. Bringing Gohan had been an act of desperation, and Goku had come uninvited, but at least he was dead and the world of the Kai's was in Otherworld. But the rest of these mortals did not belong! Especially that Turtle Hermit. He would definitely be ending up in HFIL when he finally died. The Namekian Piccolo would go to the Grand Kai's world when he passed away, unless he allowed Dende or another Namekian warrior to merge with him so his power wouldn't be lost. Dende could come to the world of the Kai's under extreme emergencies, as could Mr. Popo, and this was an emergency of the utmost extreme. Goku was pure hearted enough to be allowed, and so was his son, Goten. Gohan as well had a pure enough heart to come. But the others did not belong on the world of the Kai's.
"Master, why must you bring the mortals here?" Kabito demands.
"Shut up, fool!" Vegeta growls, glaring at Kabito.
"Supreme Kai, sir, can you take us to New Namek?" Dende asks.
"It will be my pleasure," the Supreme Kai replies, "everyone, make sure you are close to me, Kabito, or the Old Kai."
"Hold it!" the Old Kai says, "Goku, what about our deal?"
Goku pales. "Darn, I was hoping you'd forget that."
"You think I would forget a promise to kiss a pretty girl in exchange for bringing out Gohan's hidden power?" the Old Kai demands.
"Darn it, I should have asked for that to train Goku and Krillin and Yamcha all those years ago," Master Roshi mutters.
"Great, he's just like Roshi," Bulma says disapprovingly.
"I'm sorry you feel that way, Bulma," Goku says.
"Goku, that didn't mean what I thought it meant, did it?" Bulma demands.
"Kakarott, you didn't promise that Bulma would kiss him, did you?" Vegeta growls.
"Well, I tried to talk Gohan into talking Videl into doing it, but he didn't like that idea," Goku replies. Videl sighs in relief.
"So you offeed Bulma up instead?" Vegeta demands.
"That about sums it up, yeah," Goku replies.
"WHAT?!" Bulma shrieks, "I AM NOT KISSING THAT WRINKLED OLD MAN! I'D RATHER KISS ROSHI!"
"Really?!" Roshi cries out happily.
"SHUT UP, YOU DIRTY OLD MAN!" Bulma cries out, then gets an idea. "Oolong, Puar, come with me."
"I wouldn't try it," the Old Kai says, "I can tell the difference between a real girl and a shapeshifted animal. Master Roshi couldn't, but I can."
"What do you mean?" Roshi asks.
"He means that Bulma has used me to get out of going out on a walk with you," Oolong retorts.
Roshi pales, then grows outraged. "I was cheated!"
"Like I'd do anything with a dirty old man like you!" Bulma yells.
"Am I gonna get my kiss or not?" Old Kai asks.
"NO!" Bulma and Vegeta yell in unison, with Vegeta adding, "and if you try anything, I'll kill you!"
"You're welcome to try, but I'm already dead," the Old Kai says, pointing to his halo, "I gave Goku my life so he could fight Majin Buu. Honestly, threatening an old man. I'm of a mind to send you all back to Earth in the path of one of Buu's attacks!"
Everyone settles down at that point.
"Can we go to New Namek now?" Goku asks.
"Of course," the Supreme Kai says, "Kabito, Old Kai? Are you coming?"
"Of course!" the Old Kai says indignantly.
"I don't think it's gonna be a good idea to get that old Kai and Master Roshi together in one place," Krillin whispers to Yamcha.
"I hear ya," Yamcha whispers back, "their both old perverts."
"Excuse me, but I can hear you, you know," the Old Kai says calmly. Yamcha and Krillin chuckle nervously.
Then, in a flash, everyone is gone from the planet of the Kai's.
~On New Namek~
The Nameks were not surprised when the several people just suddently appeared. Elder Muri, however, was surprised that they were accompanied by three Kai's. The Kai's rarely interfered with mortal affairs, and Frieza and Cell had been the only beings recently that would have warranted the Kai's attention, and they had not interfered.
Seeking out certain face, Muri's face brightens. "Ah, Dende, how good of you to come."
"Elder Muri, we need to use the Dragon Balls," Dende pleads. Muri keeps his face placid.
"And why do you need the Dragon Balls?"
"The Earth is under attack, and all but a handful of its inhabitants have been killed!" Dende exclaims, much to the shock of the other inhabitants of New Namek, "we need the Dragon Balls to bring back the Earth's inhabitants. Gohan is about to destroy the threat, but we need the Dragon Balls to bring the Earth back!"
"Wait a minute Dende, the Namekian Dragon Balls can only bring back one person per wish," Piccolo interrupts, "we need its wishes to bring back Vegeta and probably save Jesse and Zarvon from being trapped within Majin Buu."
"Ah, so you are the Namek who fused with Nail," Muri says.
"Yes, I am," Piccolo replies, "and I have also merged once again with my other half, the previous Kami of Earth."
"It is good to see a Namek who was at one time so divided at peace with himself," Muri smiles, "of course you can use the Dragon Balls. And after the Frieza debacle, we decided that they needed an upgrade. They can do what you need them to do."
"Oh sure, mess with the natural selection of the universe, why don't you?" the Old Kai complains.
"And who's to say that the use of the Dragon Balls isn't something that the universe had in mind?" Videl asks. The Old Kai had no answer for her.
"Thank you, Elder," Dende says as the other Namekians produce the basketball-sized Dragon Balls of Namek.
"Those are Dragon Balls?" Videl and Pegaro chorus.
"Those are Nameks Dragon Balls," Bulma says, "you can fit one of Earth's Dragon Balls in a single hand. Their about the size of softballs."
"And they grant wishes?" Videl asks.
"Earth's Dragon Balls can grant two wishes," Dende says, "and then they are stones for a year while they recharge. They used to be able to grant only one, but I upgraded them a bit. They can bring a person back to life, but Shenlong can only bring them back once. Porunga, the Dragon of the Namekian Dragon Balls, can grant three wishes and bring someone back to life as many times as he wants. He used to only be able to bring one person back at a time, but I guess Muri changed it."
"That's right," Muri says with a wide grin, "and now, don't you have a wish to make?"
"Of course, Elder," Dende says with a bow.
The Namekian Dragon Balls are quickly gathered together and Porunga is summoned.
"WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME? I SHALL GRANT YOU THREE WISHES THAT ARE WITHIN MY POWER. STATE YOUR WISHES NOW."
"Okay guys, what are we gonna wish for first, and how are we gonna word it so it takes up as few wishes as possible?" Dende asks.
~On Earth~
"Give it up Buu, you can't beat me," Gohan says after he slams his fists into Kid Buu's torso and then chops him in the neck.
Kid Buu just growls and launches himself at Gohan with a flurry of punches and kicks. Gohan counters each blow and delivers and gut-wrenching knee to Kid Buu's gut, literally tearing Kid Buu in half.
Of course, that doesn't stop Kid Buu for long. He attacks Gohan again, this time with several ki blasts. Gohan knocks the ki blasts in the air and sends a powerful blast of his own that disintegrates Kid Buu's legs and waist, which are quickly reformed with a pop.
Kid Buu growls and steam pops out of the vents on his body. Parts of the sky begin to glow an evil-looking shade of pink. The exact same shade as Kid Buu's ki blasts.
'What's going on?' Gohan thinks to himself before preparing for the worst.
~Inside Kid Buu~
"Dude, I think we got a problem," Jesse remarks.
"How so?" Zarvon asks.
"Something weird is happening to Buu's energy patterns, and its not a good thing," Jesse replies, "it's along the same energy patterns used to open passageways between dimensions, but its not focused like it should be. If it continues, everything will be obliterated. He'll tear down the dimensional barriers and end everything. Otherworld, the world of the living, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, and several other areas will merge into one. This will create mass chaos. No one will die, but it will open up an era of eternal torment, for not even Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, myself, Piccolo, you, Goten, Trunks, the Kai's, and the dead warrior's training on the Grand Kai's planet will be able to stop the hordes of Demon World or the denizens of Hell from trampling everything."
"Is there anything we can do to stop it?" Zarvon asks, easing down into hir normal form.
"Only one thing that I can think of," Jesse says, "but we'll need to get out of here first. And I need the energy of a living mortal to do it."
With that, Jesse focuses his telepathy. 'Supreme Kai, can you hear me?'
~On New Namek~
The Supreme Kai looks up and focuses his telepathy so that everyone will be able to receive Jesse's sendings. "Jesse, you're coming in fine through your telepathy. What's going on on Earth? I don't recognize whats going on."
Buu is tearing down the dimensional barriers, and he's doing it erratically. If he tears them down, nothing I know of can restore them. Otherworld, Hell, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, and the world of the living will be meshed together like a bowl of various kinds of noodles dumped together.
The Nameks and the Kai's pale tremendously at that thought.
"What does that mean, exactly?" Videl asks, unsure of how she could be talking to Jesse when he wasn't there.
It means that we'll all be royally screwed. But have no fear, I know how to counter it. But you're gonna need to wish me back using the Dragon Balls after all. And then wish me and Zarvon out of Buu's body. I can't do what I need to do while stuck in this blob of pink goo. Also, you might wanna wish the good Buu that is still roaming around inside of this new evil incarnate Buu's body out as well.
"We'll do it Jesse," Dende says, "but how do we word our wish to bring back everyone on Earth who has died today without bring back the bad guys like Dabura and Babidi or Babidi's henchmen?"
Just wish back everyone who died today whose death had something to do with whats going on Earth except for the really, really bad people. That should take care of everyone on Earth, me, the Old Kai, and possibly even Vegeta.
Vegeta snorts at the derisive comment made about him.
"We'll do it Jesse," Dende says, "your our best hope to stop Buu from collapsing the dimensions into one another, and then Gohan will finish Buu off."
Got it. And with that, the presence of Jesse's telepathic mind was gone.
"All right, lets summon Porunga," Dende says.
"Will you have the honors, Dende?" Muri asks, "after all, it is your planet that is in the most danger at the moment."
"Thank you Elder," Dende says, and then begins chanting in Namekian.
"On Earth, we don't have to speak in Namekian, even though Bulma does know some of the language," Krillin comments, "but, she and Popo are the only non-Namekians who know the Namekian language, and it's a requirment to summon the Dragon, along with a certain key phrase, and to make the wishes. And Bulma and Popo don't know the language well enough do that."
"Popo does," Piccolo says with a satisfied smirk, "he does now live with two Namekians, and Dende gives me as much a chance as he can to teach me about the Namekian culture. He knows it as well as any Namek."
"Is this true?" Elder Muri asks in Namekian to Mr. Popo.
"It is," Mr. Popo replies in Namekian, "they have been most helpful in learning about Namek."
"Do you think we can wish everyone back to life now?" Pegaro asks.
"Of course," Dende says, then speaks in Namekian to Porunga, "Porunga, I wish for everyone who has been killed on Earth or has died because of helping someone from Earth today to be wished back to life except for the really bad people."
"IT SHALL BE DONE," Porunga booms. His red eyes eyes glow, then they stop glowing. "IT HAS BEEN DONE."
At that same moment, Vegeta's halo disappears.
"Well Vegeta, its official," Goku grins, "you're one of the good guys."
The Old Kai's halo disappears as well.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
"Looks like it worked," Zarvon remarks, "you're halo's gone."
"Indeed it is," Jesse says, "now they just gotta wish us out of here and things will go smoothly."
~On Nek Namek~
"Porunga, can the two beings known as Jesse and Zarvon be removed from within the monster Majin Buu and put on a spot somewhere on the Earth?" Dende asks in Namekian.
"IT CAN," Porunga replies.
"Then let it be so!" Dende calls out in Namekian.
~Inside of Kid Buu~
Jesse and Zarvon glow, then fade away.
~On Earth, ten feet away from Hercule and Bee~
Jesse and Zarvon fade back into the real world to see an astonished Hercule and Bee.
"Well, this is a fine how'd'ya'do," Jesse mutters.
~On New Namek~
"IT HAS BEEN DONE," Porunga booms, "STATE YOUR FINAL WISH."
"Um, we have a problem now," Dende mutters, "we don't have a third wish."
"What about all of the damage done by Majin Buu?" Videl asks.
"Let's wait until after the battle to do that," Dende says, "Porunga, do you think you can wait a while longer for our final wish?"
"NOT PATIENTLY, BUT I CAN," Porunga replies.
"Let's just hope the battle doesn't last much longer," Dende says with a sigh of relief.
~On Earth~
"Um, how did you appear like that?" Hercule asks, "hey, wait a minute! I saw you two at the tournament! You both fought that Goku guy who won and lost."
"Yeah, I fought him in the first round and lost, and Jesse fought him in the second round and lost," Zarvon says, "you're Hercule, right? Videl's dad?"
"How could you not know who I am?" Hercule demands, "I saved the world from Cell seven years ago!"
"I've only been on this planet for the last six months or so," Zarvon replies, "and you didn't beat Cell, Gohan did."
Hercule gapes at Zarvon, then frowns. "Who is this Gohan? Isn't he the punk who fought in the finals against his father?"
"Yep," Jesse says as he stretches his limbs and cracks his knuckles, "Zarvon, I'm opening a portal to take you and Hercule to Namek. I've gotta stop the evil Buu from ripping apart the cosmos."
"Forget it Jesse, I'm coming with you," Zarvon says, "send Hercule away. He can't defend himself against the evil Buu. You can send the good Buu to join them when we find him."
"Buu is in a good and a bad form again?" Hercule asks happily.
"He is," Jesse replies as he opens his ki sense to locate the pink tub of lard, "found him. But he's too far away for me to open a portal remotely. We could use his help."
"Um, Jesse, he might attack me since I fought him," Zarvon says.
"I can help!" Hercule boasts, "Buu's my friend."
"Forget it, you fraud," Zarvon growls, "we're sending you to Namek where you'll be safe. You'll be with your daughter."
"Videl?" Hercule asks, "what's she doing on another planet?"
"Being safe," Jesse replies, "but hercule is right, Zarvon. He can get the good Buu to help us. The evil Buu is now far more powerful than the good Buu in every way, but he is resilient enough to help me buy the time I'll need to close the evil Buu's portals. Zarvon, grab Hercule and the dog. He's coming with us."
Zarvon grumbles, but grabs Hercule and Bee by the scruffs of their necks. Jesse takes off for the battle with Zarvon close behind him.
Gohan floats in the air, unsure of what to do. Buu was screaming, almost as if in pain, and the sky was becoming more and more splotchy. He hadn't heard a telepathic communication from Jesse or the Supreme Kai, so he guessed things were still all right.
He couldn't help but feel edgy about it though.
"Gohan!" Gohan turns to see two familiar figures flying towards him, the larger one holding what appeared to be a scared Hercule and puppy.
Gohan grins and lets of a whoop of joy. "Jesse! Zarvon! You're okay! And Jesse, you're, alive!"
"Yep," Jesse says, completely serious, "now if you'll excuse me, I've got to stop Buu from ripping through every dimensional barrier in existence and see what I can do to replace those he's already shredded. Zarvon, but the goof and the pup down. Gently. Neither one can fly."
Zarvon nods and floats down to the ground to put Hercule and bee on it.
"Jesse, what are you talking about?" Gohan asks.
"So that's Buu's true form, is it?" Jesse asks, eyeing the screaming Kid Buu, "he's definitely dangerous. Goha, he's attempting to rip down the barriers between dimensions. If he succeeds, everything will blend together. Otherworld, the Demon World, Limbo, the Dead Zone, Hell, this world. He's placed a practically impenetrable barrier around himself. So instead of trying to pound his head in, which is the typical way to solve problems for you Saiyans, I'm gonna try and close up his rips. But I need you, Gohan, to try and bust through his barrier anyway. There's no garruntee that what I'm about to attempt will stop what he's doing, or even that it won't completely obliterate my body and I won't even have that in Otherworld, but breaking through that barrier and hitting him physically is the only surefire way to stop this."
"Just tell me when," Gohan says.
"You can start any time," Jesse says as his hands begin to glow with a silvery light. He extends all of his limbs outwards, the silverly glow permeating his entire body and breaks away from him in the form of silver glitter.
Gohan, not missing a step, charges at Kid Buu and slams directly into his barrier and begins delivering blow after blow from fist, elbow, knee, and foot to it.
On the ground, Zarvon powers up to an Ascendant Super Saiyan and leaps into the battle as well, delivering just as many blows as Gohan, and almost as fast.
Meanwhile, the silvery light emanating from Jesse flows into the visual rips that Buu had created. The particles of silver light seem to coat the very air, leaving everything with a faint silver hue.
"Wh-whats going on, Bee?" Hercule asks, sounding as if he actually thought the pup could speak to him in a way that he could understand.
'I hope Jesse can stop this," Gohan thinks as he pummels Buu's barrier, trying his absolute hardest to break through, 'from what he said, things will not be pleasant. Without an Otherworld or Hell to send villains to, we'll be embroiled in constant battle for the rest of eternity.'
"Masenko-ha!" Gohan yells as he fires his trademark ki blast into Buu's barrier.
"Bakurikimaha!" Zarvon yells, left hand clenched around his right wrist as he fires his most powerful attack after powering up to a Super Saiyan 3.
The two ki blasts slam into Buu's barrier, and for a moment it looks like they have no effect, then they rip through the barrier. However, they miss Buu.
Buu opens his eyes. They are glowing the same color as his ki blasts. The same color as the rips in the sky and Space/Time. When he speaks, his voice is dripping with pure evil. "Buu no like you."
~On New Namek~
"What's my dad doing there?" Videl demands as she looks into the now- enlarged crystal ball.
"Apparently Jesse and Zarvon rbought him along, though I couldn't hazard a guess as to why," the Supreme Kai says.
"It looks like Zarvon and Gohan have broken through Buu's barrier," Goku comments, "hopefully they can stop him from destroying everyting."
"Everything wouldn't be destroyed, just merged together," the Supreme Kai says, "all of the dimensions will be merged together, not destroyed."
"They may as well have been destroyed then," Goku says, "perhaps Vegeta, Gotenks, and I should go and help them."
"I agree with Kakarott," Vegeta says, ignoring everyone's stunned looks in his direction, "he's speaking sense."
Those nearest to Vegeta slowly edged away from him. He was obviously sick. What if the disease was contagious? Vegeta notices them edging away. "Why are you moving away from me?"
"Um, Vegeta, you just agreed with Goku," Bulma says, walking over to him and pressing her hand against his forhead, "and you said he was speaking sense. Are you sick? Your forehead doesn't feel warm."
Vegeta growls and moves away abruptly. "I am not sick, woman. Even Kakarott can speak sense every now and then."
"You are unable to return to Earth on your own, and unless it looks like Gohan is unable to defeat Buu, I will not take you myself," the Supreme Kai says, practically daring anyone to argue with him.
"Don't worry, Gohan will be able to take Buu down," Videl says, "you all said it yourself: Gohan is far more powerful than Buu is, even though he's at his true power now."
"Gohan is more powerful than Buu, and Goku at Super Saiyan 3 isn't far behind," the Supreme Kai says, "but that will not matter if they cannot stop Buu from ripping through the dimensional barriers."
"Then lets hope that they can do it," Trunks says to Goten, "because none of us can beat Buu now unless our dads Fuse."
"Hey Trunks, wouldn't it be cool if our moms Fused as well?" Goten asks excitedly.
"NO!" Bulma and Chichi yell at the same time, forcing the two chibi's to stop that line of thought at the risk of their own lives, or worse, starvation.
~On Earth~
The rips between the dimensions slowly close as Jesse strains himself to close Buu's rips. It is very hard work, but he is doing it, oh so slowly.
"He's doing it," Gohan murmurs, "Jesse's doing it! He's closing the rips!"
At that same moment, Buu lets out a feral scream and punches Zarvon in the gut, sending him flying into Jesse, which propels them into one of the rips seconds before whatever Jesse had been doing closes it.
Everything is deathly still for a moment. Jesse's work, that selfsame silver light, finishes closing up the other rips in Space/Time, effectively healing the sky and making it forever harder to do such a thing on a grand scale again in the immediate vicinity of Earth's solar system.
Gohan sees his two friends plunge into the rip of Space/Time, possibly making them lost forever. "NOOOOO!!!!"
Gohan turns to face Buu, his eyes taking on a demonic red hue, as does his hair. His aura, which had flared up at its most when he saw Zarvon slam into Jesse, turns blood red like his eyes and hair.
Buu floats there, his face contorting in something resembling fear. He could feel Gohan's power level skyrocketing. Before, he was powerful. Now Buu was like an ant compared to him.
~On New Namek~
The Old Kai swears, startling the Supreme Kai and Kabito. "I was afraid this might happen."
"What is it, Elder?" Kabito asks.
"When I was awakening Gohan's hidden powers, I sensed tha the bore three distinctly different secret powers. One had already been unlocked. The other was the one that I unlocked. The last was one that only rage could unlock. In fact, that's what it is: The Rage. The most powerful force in existence."
"Jesse told us a bit about the Rage!" the Supreme Kai exclaims, "he said it was immensely powerful, but it couldn't be controlled. He said that Buu was an incarnation of the Rage, but even Buu's access to that power was nothing when compared to what Gohan possesses. Gohan may do exactly what Buu tried to do, but he would do it unintentionally."
"This is not good," Goku says, "do you know anything else about the Rage?"
"Gohan has exhibited its power before," Krillin says, "but each time it happened, as soon as the focus of his anger was gone or something substantionally interrupted him, it vanished. That must have been what you felt when you were training with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."
"I think it was," Goku says, "but that makes me wonder what it was that Gohan unlocked to become a Super Saiyan 2 against Cell."
"It was a deeper level of the other power that was previously unlocked," the Old Kai says, "I sensed that it had multiple levels, and each new level will open as he trains."
"It must be the potential that Guru unlocked!" Krillin exclaims, "when we were on Namek, Gohan's power level was about equal to Nappa's. But after Guru unlocked Gohan's hidden potential, Gohan became as strong as Vegeta was!"
"My power level then was about forty thousand," Vegeta says, "that's one heck of a jump. And it grew even more after he was nearly killed by that oaf Recoome."
"Recoome was the big red-headed doof on the Giny Force, right?" Yamcha asks.
"Yes," Vegeta frowns.
"We took the dead minions of the Ginyu Force apart when King Kai invited them to his planet," Yamcha says, "I took the big red-headed doofus down. Tien took down the orange-skinned guy and the blue-skinned guy, and Chiao- Tzu down down that four-eyed freak."
"You four took down the Ginyu Force?" Vegeta mocks, disbelieving, "is it weren't for the fact that I know you not to be a liar, I would say that your lying."
"They were strong, but we took 'em easy once we realized how strong we had gotten," Yamcha dmits, "at first we were having a hard time, or so we thought, until I landed a good punch of Recoome and sent him flying. After that we took them down as easy as Nappa took us down."
"Guys, what about Jesse and Zarvon?" Videl asks.
"Let's see if Porguna can find them," Dende suggests, then switches to Namek, "Porunga! Can you find the ones known as Jesse and Zarvon that have been set adrift among the dimensions."
"I CANNOT," Porunga replies after a moment, "THEY HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN SET ADRIFT OF THIS DIMENSION, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO ANOTHER TIME. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE OR WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN SENT. I AM SORRY."
Dende's shoulders slump. If Porunga couldn't help them, then nothing could.
"So they're gonna have to find their way back to us," Pegaro says, "they'll find a way. I really don't know them that well, but I know that if there's a way for them to make it back, they'll find it."
"In the meantime, we're gonna have to hope that Gohan doesn't go insane and destroy everything," the Supreme Kai says as he gazes into the crystal ball to see Gohan literally tearing Buu apart and blasting the parts he tore off to nothingness.
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Now things are definitely getting interesting.
As mentioned at the start of this chapter, I have an idea for what will either be a continuation that takes place at the end of DBZ. I already know how I'll end this story if the votes go to a sequel. Not entirely sure how things will go for a continuation, but I'll definitely think of something.
Just tell me in a review which idea you prefer: a sequel or just continuing on without stopping. You don't have to vote now. The reviews I get within a week from the next chapter will determine how this story will go. So remember this in your vote: continuation or sequel.
Well, please review and don't forget to vote on which idea you prefer. It can totally change how the end of this fic turns out!