I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to any of the music pieces you may see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 5: Green monsters and Demon Kings
"Watch out guys!" Yamcha shouted, fighting off another robot, keeping them from the rest of the gang that was sitting in the stands. He was the only other one that had a substantial power level other than Eighteen and the two demi-saiyans, who were facing off with the leader.
"That's it! No circuit brained piece of junk is going to ruin my day!" Chichi said, reaching behind and pulling out the skillet of doom.
"Time to test your new Saiyan proofed frying pan idea Bulma!" she shouted, taking a big time swing at the nearest robot. It smashed its leg completely through, causing most of the thing to spark and explode.
"Works like a charm!" Chichi called out, jumping towards one that got a hold of her father, the Ox King. Bulma got out a capsule and released it to be another skillet, almost the same as Chichi's.
"It's about time I got to take some swings too!" Bulma declared, and began her own hunting, going after one that got a hold of Roshi. Roshi was trying to fight it off, but the metal was quite hard. Bulma took a swing and beheaded the thing with a resounding CLANG! Although the thing was beaten, Bulma jumped down and hit it over and over again, until the chest cavity was flattened.
"Okay Bulma, I think you got him!" Roshi said from behind Bulma, using this opportunity to grab her ass on the way up. CLANG! Roshi was seeing stars.
"Ladies and gentleman, please remain calm, uh...hello? Important announcement, due to these strange robots kidnapping everyone, the tournament is postponed until later!" the MC said, realizing that no one was going to listen to him. He desperately looked around for Mr. Satan to save him from the robots coming his way. Satan was gone, nowhere to be found. He finally turned to see Satan hiding in the waiting room behind the sign at the door, shaking in his boots.
"I knew it, Goku had to have beaten Cell," the MC shook his head and ran to a safer location.
Back in the air, Eighteen charged to Cooler and battled it out, metal reincarnation versus android. She took the upper hand quickly, but faltered when Cooler began using his instant transmission moves. Due to her unlimited energy supply, Eighteen countered the teleporting robot with endurance he couldn't match. After a few minutes of back and forth warfare, the two separated again, floating ten feet from each other. Eighteen had a slight trickle of blood from her mouth, but nothing more.
"You are quite strong for an Earthling. I don't suppose you would be interested in joining me in my reign over the universe, would you my dear?" Cooler purposed.
"Whatever spark plugs gave you that idea, I suggest you throw them out before I destroy you! Now why are you here!" Eighteen shouted angrily.
"I suppose I should tell my story now, I came to this planet to kill Goku, the Saiyan that defeated my brother Frieza. Unfortunately I underestimated his Super Saiyan powers and was blown into the sun. Then, a ship called the Big Ghetti Star found my remains and allowed me to take it over. I was able a new metal body for myself and several armored guards as you've seen; now it's your turn! How did a beautiful woman end up with these buffoons?" Cooler asked.
"Frieza's brother huh, you should have stayed dead, and as for me, it doesn't matter. This is your last day of life!"
"What a shame, guards!" Cooler called out. Suddenly there were thirty of the robots around her.
"These are slightly improved versions of the robots you've been fighting, if you manage to make it past them, you can have me again!" Cooler laughed sadistically. Trunks and Goten came back, metal pieces hanging off their shoulders and shoes, and flew in to help Eighteen with the rest of the robots. Cooler descended to the stands to find a certain blond haired girl in a red dress.
"Mommy!" Marron screamed loudly. Cooler picked her up in one hand, examining her.
"So this is your daughter eh? I wonder if she has half the strength her mother does?" Eighteen tried to get away from the robots, but then several grabbed on to her and held her tightly, floating her down in front of Cooler, restrained.
"Put her down you metal freak of nature!" Eighteen growled.
"The daughter in exchange for the mother, don't worry dear, this won't hurt, much!" Cooler laughed again and prepared a ki blast in his free hand. Eighteen's eyes went wide and she started to really struggle to get free.
"Marron!" Eighteen screamed.
"MOMMY!" Marron screamed back. CLANG! The loud and annoying laughter gave way to a pinging sound as a certain frying pan made contact with Cooler's head. He dropped Marron, who was caught by Bulma, and turned his attention to the frying pan's owner. CLANG! His head had a dent in it now, like someone had dropped an anvil on it.
"You leave her alone you rude robot!" Chichi shouted, and started hitting him repeatedly across the head and chest with the pan.
"Damn you woman! What the hell is that thing made ..OW," It was all Cooler could do to get away from it as Chichi stomped down her warpath. He got a step away and managed to shove Chichi off harshly.
Cooler teleported away and cursed as he shook his head, "No wonder the Saiyans don't ever leave this planet. If I weren't in a hurry I'd take my time killing you women. No matter, now you all die!" Cooler declared, holding a single finger upwards. Trunks and Goten defeated the rest of the robots and cleared the ones off Eighteen just in time to see Cooler forming a large death ball above his head, one that would easily blow up the planet.
"Now say goodbye to your precious planet!" he shouted, bringing his arm forward and shooting the ball downwards. Trunks and Goten instantly went Super Saiyan and prepared to counter the planet-destroying ball.
"Kame-ha-me-ha!" the two youths screamed, unleashing the powerful beams and shooting them straight at the death ball. Being on the upward end, the struggle was to Cooler's advantage, however he didn't count on the two fiery demi-saiyans to be so powerful. The boys' beams combined in power and shot the ball straight back at Cooler, who couldn't do much to stop it. The blast engulfed him and made a spectacular explosion that lit up the sky for fifty miles in every direction. When the light cleared, Eighteen flew back up to the boys.
"Come on, there's a ship in orbit we must destroy!" she shouted, zooming past them. Trunks and Goten followed, and the trio tore through the atmosphere into the upper levels where the air was thin but was still there and they could breath it. Sure enough there was a large ship floating there, and it was moving slowly towards earth.
"There, shoot it to pieces!" Eighteen ordered, preparing a large blast. Goten and Trunks prepared another Kamehameha and fired with Eighteen's own version of one, hitting the ship dead on. It took a little effort, but the ship eventually began to melt and burn, not much longer later it blew up when the beams hit the core. When she was satisfied that the ship was gone, Eighteen descended back to earth, the boys followed.
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Videl flew in and saw all of the small craters around the stadium.
"Oh my god, what happened here?" she shouted to the air.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that we have gotten rid of the robot problem thanks to a few of our fighters, you may all come back now. We will get a rescheduled date for the tournament and all those present today will be allowed in free of charge!" MC said into the mic, which speakers had been jacked up so everyone around could hear. People slowly began to pile out to get their seats for the next show. Videl started dropping out of the sky, and ran across Trunks and Goten, who were heading towards her.
"So where did our Dads and Gohan go?" Trunks asked.
"Well that's kind of a long story, but there going to try to beat this wizard before he lets out a Buu monster or something that could wipe out the world or something," Videl said, trying to remember what Kibito had told her.
"What! You mean they're gonna have to fight!" Trunks said, he started to shake with excitement, as did Goten.
"Do you know what this means!" Goten shouted.
"WE GET TO SAVE THE WORLD, AGAIN!" the boys shouted at each other.
Videl wasn't sure what to say, "You aren't going to follow them, it's dangerous!"
"Come on, if we don't get moving we'll miss the whole thing!" Trunks said. Both powered up and turned Super Saiyan, causing most everything around to vibrate a little. Videl's hair flew back a little as the two terrors blasted off in the direction of Babidi's ship, signaling the start of tidal wave season.
"Insane!" Videl said, then turning to inform Chichi, Bulma, and the others of the situation.
"Damnit, come out you cowards!" Vegeta roared. I agreed with him, this was getting really boring.
"Maybe they all went home!" Goku said, drawing general groans.
"Probably looking for a way out without letting us know," Gohan grumbled. To our surprise, the door opened, something large with blue glowing eyes waited inside. The beast stepped out; it was large and green with a toad like face, and a big M on its stomach. It's back looked like it had holes in it and a large claw like blades on the arms.
"All right, its about time someone showed up!" Gohan said. The beast came a little closer, showing off its massive size, easily fifteen feet tall. Goku stepped up to it and scratched his head.
"Which one of you do I get to eat first!" the beast demanded in a deep voice to go with his disgusting mug, its drooling didn't really help either.
"Man, why did I have to get this guy? Sure he's big, but he looks dumb to me!" Goku whined.
This caused the monster to cock its head, "Laugh while you can, before I gobble you up!" the monster roared.
"I know that monster," Kai said.
"You know his name?" I said, slightly curious.
"Yes, its name is Yakon. It comes from a dark part of the universe where light rarely reaches, and he is extremely strong and one of the most feared monsters in the universe. I don't think Goku will be able to beat him on his own!"
"Nah, my dad should be more than that beast can handle!" Gohan said, smiling.
"Are you sure?" Kai asked. The beast took a swipe at Goku, who flew gracefully into the air. Yakon flew up to meet him and threw a few punches and kicks, Goku dodged easily and kicked him back to the wall. Flying at him, Yakon suddenly moved quite fast, extending his claws at Goku as he passed. Goku turned enough so not to be cut in half and landed in front of the green grotesque.
"So, he's an ugly one but he's quick," Gohan said.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you! And Goku can't beat him!" Kai stammered.
"No, watch and see!" Gohan said, waving it off.
"Watch and see?" Kai stuttered.
"Man that was close!" Goku said as part of his gi ripped slightly where Yakon had brought his claws by for a friendly greeting.
"Do you hear me Yakon?" a voice came through the air. Must have been that wizard, the voice sounded old and decrepit. "Oh your doing well my marvelous monster. I've proud of you, did you know that? With your help Majin Buu will awaken sooner than expected! I have a special treat for you, how would you like to visit your favorite planet? The planet of darkness! Would you like that my pet?" Babidi announced.
"Sounds like some old fart that had one too many ulcers," I muttered. All of a sudden the energy in the room shifted again, and it slowly started to darken, like someone was dimming the lights, only all the way. The room darkened until we found ourselves on a rocky surface, and I couldn't see a damn thing. Yakon cackled and jumped backwards a little ways; I knew he did because my ki sense was still picking him up, that and the air vibrations he gave off.
Goku walked slowly, before hitting something and shouting in pain, "Stupid rock!"
"Supreme Kai, what is this place?" Gohan asked.
"This is Yakon's home planet, it resides in the far corner of the universe where no light can reach it. Thus the planet of darkness," Kai said in a pitiful voice.
"You're scratching your head aren't you, I can see you, but you can't see me!" I heard the beast bellow.
"You can?" Goku gasped, like that was a surprise though. Yakon charged at Goku, who dodged and kicked him far away.
"Eat this!" Goku said, appearing behind Yakon and sending him to the ground. The action continued, with Goku was moving too fast for Yakon to even detect.
"Can you tell what's going on out there?" Kai asked.
"Yes, Kakarot's winning!" Vegeta said quickly, sounding just so thrilled to know that. After a few more blows, Goku landed in front of us again, Yakon across from him.
"You can see? In the dark?" Yakon said, surprised.
"No, but I don't need to, I can sense your movements. And I can smell where you are, take a bath or something!" Goku said, laughing slightly, "But I do have one way I can see you with my eyes alone!" Goku raised his power and turned Super Saiyan, shining bright light throughout the cave. I had to admit, seeing the Super Saiyan legend himself power up like that was impressive. While his power wasn't anything I hadn't seen before, I still stood in slight awe.
"Yakon! Come on out stinky, I found my spare flashlight, See!"
"Yes, well done, I can no longer hide in the dark!" Yakon grinned slightly.
"Hmmm, I wonder why he's being so calm?" Goku asked himself.
"Time to feed!" Yakon proclaimed and opened his huge mouth. A suction type of wind blew through the cavern, like a vacuum, all of it heading towards Yakon. It wasn't really strong, just noticeable. Goku's energy started to drain when the wind passed him, and the air turned gold heading into Yakon's mouth. Goku started to have trouble standing like he was going to get pulled in. He let the energy being sucked away go, and he promptly dropped out of Super Saiyan. A big ball of light entered Yakon's mouth and he swallowed it.
"Oh no, its gone pitch black again!" Gohan pointed out the obvious.
"Yes, and Kakarot is back to his normal state!" Vegeta added.
"Yakon is a monster who eats light energy. Goku is a Super Saiyan, so the energy he emits is like a delicacy to him!" Kai explained.
"Dad, don't transform again! That beast will eat your energy!" Gohan called out. Goku considered that, but let his ki rise again.
"That was really good, the best light I have ever tasted! I want some more, yes give me more!" Yakon bellowed and belched.
"Okay, you ready for the second course?" Goku asked.
"Yes!"
"You sure?" Goku warned.
"What is he doing? He knows he can't beat him!" Kai said.
"Dad, don't! Let's fight him together!" Gohan yelled.
"No way, I fight alone Gohan!" Goku said. I had heard many stories of Goku's brilliance on the battlefield, so I stayed silent, though curious as to why Goku was going to give the beast more energy.
"Does he think this is a game?" Kai asked.
"Let him do what he wants, Kakarot wouldn't get eaten alive purposely, he has a plan!" Vegeta pointed out as Goku transformed again, lighting the room back up. Yakon was only too happy to open his mouth again and begin sucking the light in. Goku set his feet, letting the beast have every bit of his energy. Goku's ki dropped a little more, but he raised it again to keep his form. Yakon kept sucking it in, but then I noticed what Goku was thinking, Yakon's belly was slowly expanding. Goku grinned and kept pouring the energy out into the greedy beast. The belly got really big and he shot a ki blast in there as well. Yakon's mouth closed when he got a hold of it, and the monster exploded in a ball of light.
"All right!" Gohan said.
"Wow, he blew up!" Kai noticed.
"And with energy to spare, interesting," Vegeta noted. The floor opened up next to Goku,
"Come on guys, lets go!" he said, jumping through the hole. I followed Vegeta and Gohan, waving at the Kai who was in a stupor. We shot down the tunnel and onto the fourth stage, another boring room.
"I wonder who they'll send out next! Hey it's your turn Gohan!" Goku announced, full of enthusiasm.
"Sweet!" Gohan said, warming up a little. Vegeta had his eyes closed, deep in thought, he then opened them again and shot them straight at Goku, nothing but hatred for the noble warrior.
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"WHO IN THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE KEEPING US WAITING?" Vegeta roared very loudly after about twenty more minutes of no activity very little discussion.
"That was nice, I'll bet even the dead guys are deaf now," I muttered as I held my ears.
"After what you and Dad did, you probably scared them off. I wonder who they'll send, what's behind door number four?" Gohan chuckled.
"I can't wait to see how much you've progressed, I bet your twice as strong now then you were when you beat Cell!" Goku said from his sitting position.
"Uh, I'm not quite as strong as I was then," Gohan mumbled.
"Humph, Gohan's been way to busy studying and going out on dates to do a lot of training, I'm surprised we got him to start training again at all! Both of us are more powerful than him in his condition!" Vegeta said, "Of course I could be wrong, maybe he's been training between classes or during PE or something, maybe he's the strongest one here!" Vegeta laughed while Gohan was putting on the embarrassed Son grin and didn't answer. The side door suddenly slid open to reveal a white cape and blue pants, and then the pink skin of the demon devil himself.
"I don't believe it! It's Dabura!" Kai said. No shit Sherlock. Kai just stood there, shaking slightly.
"About time, I was beginning to think everyone ran off," Gohan said.
Vegeta smirked, "Your boss must be getting nervous if he's sending out his number one guy! Why doesn't he come out himself? He too scared?"
"Let's dispense with the idle talk. How about you all attack me now, together!" Dabura stated, keeping a sly smile on his face. Not a bad idea, I'm getting kind of hungry. We could set a new speed record in dispatching a stronger bad guy!
"Hey wait a sec! It's my turn to fight and that's what I'm going to do!" Gohan demanded.
"Impudent fool!" Dabura growled.
"This is a poor place to have a fight though! Too small, a nice mountain place or a spot on the beach sounds good, no wait then we'd get sand in our boots, or get them all wet!" Gohan said, scratching his head.
"Silence child! You will fight me here and now!" Dabura shouted, dropping into stance, his cape drooping along.
"Hold on Dabura!" Babidi said over the airwaves so to speak, "It might not be a bad idea to chose another place for the fight, you see to revive Buu we need the ship intact, have any suggestions?"
"Maybe a planet similar to this one, I don't want an unfair advantage! Dabura said.
"Oh ho, dear me! You really want to show them don't you? All right then, Pa pa la ra pa!" The wizard shouted. We began moving through time and space at a fast rate, causing the wind to toy with our hair. Dabura and Gohan kept their eyes locked on each other with small smiles all the way, until we arrived in a barren but rocky place with small lakes scattered around.
"Let's begin!" Dabura said right off the bat. Gohan dropped down into stance.
"Gohan, stay focused," Goku said.
"Right dad!" Gohan leaped into the air to start his attack and moved towards Dabura quickly.
The two started to exchange punches and kicks. Nothing really hard and heavy, mostly testing each other, something I thought they would not do. After a punch to the face that missed, Dabura flew higher in the air and kept his smirking gaze on Gohan. He gathered ki in his hands and sort of made an uppercut like maneuver that sent the ki down in a solid line. Gohan dodged the first one and it scarred the planet we were on even through the water. He shot a few more at Gohan that cut through some rocky hills. Gohan jumped down into the water and positioned himself underneath Dabura. Then he fired a blast at the demon, not really strong enough to do much. Dabura knew that as well and raised his hand to block it. Gohan reappeared in the air and flew towards him, catching Dabura way off guard. He had to chose between getting hit by the blast or by Gohan. He chose the lesser of the two evils and took the blow from Gohan, sending him spiraling into a rocky plateau. The beam missed Gohan and sailed off. The plateau exploded and the boulder chunks rose up in front of Dabura. Using his energy, he hurled all of the boulders at Gohan. There were too many to dodge, and they knocked him into another mountain. Dabura followed quickly, keeping his smirk. When he arrived at where Gohan was stuck in the mountain, he was immediately blown back by Gohan's transformation. When the rocks flew outwards, Gohan stood at Super Saiyan two, icy glare upon Dabura. Dabura gasped, surprised at Gohan's power.
"Finally a real test, let's see how this Demon King does against an ascended Super Saiyan!" Vegeta said.
"Yeah, it should be good!" Goku agreed. The Kai was speechless. Before he could elaborate on it though, Gohan had already vanished and plowed a fist into Dabura's hard stomach, causing him to spit out some blood. Then he kicked him in the back of the head and landed another one to send him deep into the ground. Gohan landed above and shot multiple blasts down at Dabura. Once the dust and dirt exploded outwards, Dabura tried to sneak around behind Gohan, who had already noticed. He let him appear and hit him a few times, only to land more damaging blows to the demon upon retaliation. Knocking Dabura back, Gohan charged and blocked another blow aimed for his head. He caught it and Dabura cringed a little, not expecting this kind of fight. The demon jumped back and landed across from Gohan. Gohan grunted and let his aura flow back out to tear apart a few hills, including the one Dabura was standing on, causing the demon to falter a little.
"Amazing!" Kai said.
"You haven't seen anything yet!" Goku said. I kept my eyes on Gohan to wonder why wasn't he attacking.
"Come on Dabura, show your true power! You can't win at this rate!" he declared as I frowned. That figures.
Power levels
Cooler's robots: 500,000
Cooler's advanced robots: 10,000,000
Cooler: 65,000,000
Eighteen: 60,000,000
Cooler's Death Ball: 75,000,000
Trunks: 35,000,000, Super Saiyan: 95,000,000
Goten: 30,000,000, Super Saiyan: 90,000,000
Yakon: 55,000,000
Goku: 78,000,000, Super Saiyan: 215,000,000
Dabura: 255,000,000
Gohan: 68,000,000, SS2: 315,000,000
A/N: I could have taken the Cooler thing a little further and had an army of Metal Coolers to deal with, but the staring villain in this saga is still Majin Buu.