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 6: Evil in the heart

"Well, what about it Dabura?" Gohan demanded again.

Dabura laughed, "So you want a glimpse of my true power, well so be it. I didn't know you were in such a hurry to die!" He spread his arms and his ki rose very high. Green lighting surrounded Dabura, red orbs appeared in his hands as he powered up. The ground shook a little and dust gathered below him. I began to sense a certain difference with Dabura's energy compared to a normal ki signal. Granted every being that I sensed felt different from another, but this was something hidden that I had never encountered before. As his red aura died down, his signal resembled that of the Supreme Kai, and Kibito as well, though much darker. Once completed, he and Gohan charged each other at incredible speeds. The two battled it out, with no clear advantage as both were landing blows and missing them as well. After a long distance scuffle, Dabura knocked Gohan through some more rock. He then landed and sucked up his breath. Gohan came blasting through towards him. Dabura then spit something red out his mouth that looked like lava almost. It burned through the ground under Gohan. Gohan was able to phase out just in time before a mountain got fried next. Dabura tried a few more times, both missing, then his power fluctuated and he vanished slowly as Gohan punched his after image.

"Looking for me?" the demon asked, shooting a nasty looking red blast at Gohan, making contact and blowing him backwards. Kai and Goku gasped slightly, Vegeta remained indifferent. Gohan skidded along the ground before his body went right through another rocky hill and he landed in the drink, all the way to the bottom of the lake.

"Hey Goku, is he all right?" Kai asked.

"Yes he's fine!" Vegeta snapped, ending the conversation before it started. I searched out Gohan's ki, finding it right away as he had just got the wind knocked out of him. Dabura floated over to where Gohan first entered the lake and stood patiently, turning his head side to side to look for Gohan. All of a sudden I felt an energy surge and two blue ki balls popped out of the water towards the demon King. He punted them both away with ease, then he spun and fired a nasty blast into the air, and it met with Gohan's body just as he emerged from the water.

"Gohan!" Goku shouted as the explosion lit up the pink sky. Vegeta cringed slightly, as did I as I kept observing while Kai kept up his gasping streak. The smoke cleared slowly, Gohan floated with his arms protecting his body, his clothes now starting to tear.

"Dabura is far stronger then Yakon and PuiPui!" Kai pointed out.

"That's okay, so is Gohan!" Goku stated.

"I think you or Vegeta should take over, this guy's power seems a little higher than Gohan's. At the very least he seems more skilled," I suggested in a low voice. As if I had been apart of the battle, Dabura began to mock the demi-saiyan.

"Is that all the power your transformation yields? You're pathetic!" Dabura declared. That flared Gohan's ki some more as he became slightly angry. Gohan tore off the green overcoat of his Saiyaman outfit and tossed it aside. Then he and Dabura charged each other again, and began another contest of who could hit who hardest. They constantly appeared next to each other and swung or kicked, the other usually blocked. Several times this went on when I saw clearly what the outcome was going to be at this rate. Dabura was going to win, even if Gohan was connecting every time. Dabura had a distinct brute strength and experience edge, and he seemed to be avoiding more attacks than advancing. That meant Dabura wouldn't mind a drawn out fight, which would mean more energy sent to Majin Buu as Gohan slowly takes damage.

"What does Gohan think he's doing?" Goku asked, "A head on attack isn't going to work on this guy, he should know better than that!"

"This is what happens when you don't train regularly for seven years, he's completely lost his fighting sense!" Vegeta growled. Kai remained silent. In the sky Gohan and Dabura were matching each other blow for blow before separating into a standoff once again.

Gohan grinned slightly, "Not bad!" he called down.

Dabura turned his back and beckoned him forth, "Come on! If you dare!" he challenged. Gohan yelled a battle cry and rushed forward. Dabura spun when he got close, and spit at him.

"Gohan! Don't let it touch you!" Kai screamed. Gohan barely saw the wet mass before it hit his glove, but he stopped and practically ripped his glove off just as it began to change into stone. It fell to the ground and crumbled at Dabura's feet.

"Wow, lucky break," Gohan said, examining his hand.

"Man this guy is giving Gohan a lot more trouble than I thought he would," Goku said.

"Bah, he's tough, but not unbeatable, Gohan has gotten soft. He was much better when he was a kid and was constantly training, it's absurd! While they seem evenly matched, Gohan's lack of training is finally coming back to burn him," Vegeta cringed. Above Gohan and Dabura continued their standoff, speaking too quietly for us to hear.

"Yeah, he's definitely slacked off. At least he's got a girlfriend and got a good report card!" Goku said, showing off his typical scratch behind the head without the grin.

"Bah, I could beat Dabura, easily!" Vegeta declared, loud enough that Dabura turned his head.

"MISTAKE NUMBER ONE!" I heard Gohan shout, hitting Dabura very hard in the face, judging by the sound of the impact, I think he at least bruised the demon's jaw. The blow sent Dabura back a little, he certainly registered severe pain. As he flew back from the impact, he held his hand up and it shined brightly. I barely sensed that strange energy from him again and watched as the light spread outwards and slowly materialized into a large sword with jagged edges here and there.

"Taste my blade!" Dabura shouted as he swooped back down on Gohan. He swung, and at first I thought he had hit him. But Gohan's ki stayed the same, and he had indeed dodged, just too fast for me to see. Dabura swung again, but Gohan flew backwards to avoid it completely. The demon chased him down, sword slicing at the air, just missing Gohan, who was literally flying into mountains trying to avoid the sword. Gohan landed in one hill and darted away just as Dabura sliced it in two and prepped for another go. Gohan descended to the water and waited. Dabura came down with the sword overhead and swung. Gohan powered up with all he could and caught the blade. What then ensued was a struggle for control of the sword for about thirty seconds. Gohan dug deep and pushed back against Dabura's strength, and then he finally used it to simple rip the sword in two. Both fighters were panting a little bit, Gohan more. Much more of this and he was going to start faltering more and get damaged. Gohan tossed the part of the sword he tore to the ground in front of us. I sensed the sword turn into energy again as it slowly vanished.

"This is ridiculous, why are we subjecting ourselves to this? Call him down Kakarot, I'll finish this!" Vegeta roared with impatience.

"Yeah, that's a good idea," I agreed.

"Huh, why? It's not like he's completely lost yet! He's hanging in there!" Goku argued slightly.

"Dabura's toying with him, you know that! Why am I standing around here like this matters? I could end this in five minutes if I wanted too! I'm not here to play games Kakarot, or develop good father-son relations! I'm here to win! Stop this nonsense, knock off the sentimental rubbish! The strongest one is the one who should do the job! I should be up there fighting that stupid Demon king!" Vegeta snapped. I looked back up at Dabura and Gohan, who had stopped the fight to listen in on Vegeta's ranting. Dabura seemed to be listening quite carefully, then I saw him grin slightly and stand up into a normal position, seemingly deep in thought. Silence endured for a few seconds, before everything around us vanished and we appeared back on the ship. Gohan bumped into a wall to signal his arrival.

"What! What are we doing here?" Vegeta barked.

"Maybe they wanted us back on the ship for some reason?" Goku asked. Dabura landed and headed for the door.

"Hey, what gives? Are you giving up or what?" Gohan yelled after him. Something I had quickly learned, Saiyans really hate fights that are left unfinished or interrupted. Many a time I would be in the middle of an intense sparring match with Trunks or Vegeta and something or someone would show up, signaling then end of it. Gohan looked like he was ready to detonate, which was saying something considering I was standing next to the Saiyan prince.

"Oh no, it's just a brief intermission, we just need to rework our strategy. It seems that we have found a new recruit, the perfect warrior, capable of handling all of you! So just sit tight while we bring him up to speed," Dabura cackled at the end as the door shut behind him.

"Come back!" Gohan shouted, pissed off.

"Well that went well," I muttered when Dabura had left.

"So what do we do?" Gohan asked.

"I'll tell you what, you've got to stop being so fucking soft! This fight should have been over before he even powered up! Maybe if you hadn't slacked off with your pitiful studying for the past seven years that would have happened. This boy would have done better in your place! A warrior like Dabura should be dead now!" Vegeta roared, grabbing Gohan's shirt collar, but then dropping him. "And now you're standing around scratching your head, wondering what to do next, you are pitiful! Piccolo and Krillin were turned to stone because they're weaklings! Do you want that same fate for yourself? Guarding statues! If they are lucky someone will make a damn birdbath out of them!" Vegeta barked at him. Gohan gasped at the harsh tones, but simply grimaced. Though he was going a bit overboard with it, Vegeta was right, if he had fought Dabura then our friends would be back to normal.

"Look, Gohan didn't know he was gonna quit! I'm sure he would have wanted one of us to fight him!" Goku argued.

"Oh yes there's a pleasant excuse! You're as soft as he is Kakarot! And I'm tired of this charade, no more weak excuses, no more fucking around! I'm taking control of this operation now, and for starters I am going to blow this damn ship straight to hell!" Yep Vegeta's mad, time to take cover, I thought as he charged a powerful blast in his hand.

"No, that might do more harm then good!" Goku shouted.

Kai stepped up to Vegeta, "Goku's right, if you blow up the ship now you will most certainly revive Buu!"

"SHUT UP!"

"Vegeta listen to me, you don't know Buu! His power is horrible, not even the five Grand Kais combined could stop him! He's murdered billions of people and destroyed that many worlds. He can't be stopped!" Kai begged.

"I said shut up!"

"No, if you wake Buu this planet is finished! All living things and your entire history, he will turn the Earth into a dark and lifeless tomb!"

"Enough!" Vegeta was now aiming at Kai, "Now you listen to me, what happens here is none of my concern! The strong will survive and the weak will perish! That is the way of things, now either get out of my way or be destroyed!" Goku phased out and appeared in between Vegeta and Kai, grabbing Vegeta's hand sharply and the blast vanished.

"Enough, there's no time for this!" Goku said, intense.

"What, how dare you! You better let go of me Kakarot!" Vegeta threatened. I had never seen Vegeta this pissed off, and it was mostly at Goku. Ever since he showed up Vegeta couldn't hide most of his anger towards him, especially after we came here. It was genuine hatred at the worst level, and for someone who could remain constantly arrogant, that was new.

"Come on, let's put the past behind us and move forward from here!" Goku reasoned.

Vegeta slung his hand back from Goku's grip, "Fine! Whatever you say, Kakarot!"

"Now what I want to know is why he withdrew from the fight!" Goku said.

"Yes, it doesn't make sense! They could have gathered more energy that way! Maybe Dabura wasn't bluffing!" Kai said.

"Yeah, but finding someone who can take all of us? What are the chances of that, slim to none I'd say!" Goku said.

"Bring em on!" Vegeta snapped. Kai seemed deep in thought, then he gazed at everyone in the room, myself included. He stopped when he stared at Vegeta, then started shaking nervously.

I walked over to Vegeta, "You okay? I've never seen you so mad before," I whispered.

"Now you see how much I despise that third class idiot, Argh, I could just rip his heart out right now!" he whispered quite loudly. I felt the energy in the room shift slightly, causing me to look around a little bit.

"Oh no,.." I heard Kai gasp. Vegeta kept scowling, then suddenly gasped and grabbed his head.

"Vegeta! What's wrong?" I shouted, stepping to his side. His arm brushed me away purposefully and then went back to his head. All he could do is hold his head in agony, like something was inside hurting him.

"Vegeta!" Goku gasped.

"Something is, ah, attacking me!" he barely got out like he was being strangled.

"Where?" Gohan asked.

"Inside!"

"Fight it Vegeta, resist!" Kai urged.

"I can't!" he said holding his head some more, then powering up to Super Saiyan.

"What's Babidi trying to do, kill him?" Gohan asked.

"Worse, he's trying to enslave his mind so Vegeta will do whatever Babidi wishes," Kai explained before running to Vegeta's side and giving a series of consolations to him. I stood back, not really sure what to do.

"No Vegeta, you're not that way any more! Be innocent and clear! Fight it!" Kai urged again.

"How can you say that? I'm not innocent!" Vegeta said. His power level started to darken and rise slightly; he floated off the floor, screaming in pain. Red lightning surrounded him and struck in random places, I managed to avoid it. Then his power level exceeded what it had been at Super Saiyan two, and I was having trouble keeping my feet on the ground.

"Fight it Vegeta!" Gohan tried to get near but got blown back after the lightning struck.

"What a horrible power, I can't even approach it!" Goku said, sounding scared. After a few more minutes of agonizing screams from Vegeta, and more resisting demands from the Kai, he dropped his aura and dropped to the floor, breathing heavily.

"Dad talk to him!" Gohan suggested.

"It's okay Vegeta, were here, we're going to get you back to normal!" Goku promised.

"No stay back, its too late," Kai said sadly. I rushed to Vegeta's side now that he wasn't going crazy, only to be pushed back by the Kai. Vegeta slowly rose up, a sadistic grin displayed on his face, one I had never seen. I looked up his forehead and saw a large black M on his head, like it had been tattooed in the first place. He began to laugh like a maniac and Kai motioned for me to back off behind Gohan.

"Look at his forehead," Gohan said.

"That M is the mark that Babidi has taken control," Kai said.

"You mean to tell us that Vegeta is against us now?" Goku asked.

"Exactly." The energy shifted again and a strong wind hit us as the room changed again.

"Great where we going this time?" I said, pulling my arms up to block some of the wind. The room darkened and lit up again, and I heard a very loud gasp and hush from around me. I opened my eyes to see a white floor around the ship's centerpiece. I turned around to see Mr. Satan and the ring MC staring at us. We were back at the world tournament stadium, the crowd was gasping loudly. I noticed that only half of them were around and there were large blast marks everywhere.

"We're back?" Gohan asked, looking around.

"Uh sorry guys, the tournament was cancelled due to unfortunate situations. You all look very strong but there's a-always next year," MC said, stuttering.

"We're here for a little exhibition match!" Vegeta said in a cold voice.

"Ah Goku! I didn't see you there!" the MC started towards us, causing Vegeta to react by blowing him back with his energy, Gohan caught him. Goku phased in front of Kai to block the energy and protect him. Satan wasn't so lucky and was slowly blown back into a nearby wall, mouth gaping open.

Vegeta cackled at the site of Satan, "Weakling buffoon!" Then he went silent before speaking again, his face wincing just slightly as if he had a bad headache.

"I won't, my goal is to fight Kakarot! The others are not my concern, and unless they are in my way they will not be harmed. Understand that wizard?" Vegeta turned around and locked his eyes on Goku, then pointed to him.

"It's time Kakarot!" Vegeta grinned evilly again and held out his palm and charged energy in it.

"Vegeta, no!" Goku shouted as Vegeta blasted at him. Goku raised his arms to block it due to the fact that there was a very packed portion of the stadium behind. The blast was strong enough to push Goku a little, and as it did, Vegeta put more ki into it and growled loudly. Goku was pushed towards the side of the ring, until the blast knocked him out of the way and continued on. Everyone gasped, and those in the path of it got restless and tried to run out of the way. The blast hit with a loud bang and destroyed whatever part of the stadium was in its path, people and all. It cut a large hole and continued into the island city. It wrecked buildings and tore through property before finally exploding in the distance, leaving a nuclear type of cloud from the blast. I felt the people die instantly, and began to feel nauseated; the sight of so much death without reason was a little unnerving. I've had enough!

I turned to Vegeta, "Have you lost it?"

"Silence boy! You're a Saiyan, you of all people should understand this, and I will not be ignored this time. I have waited too long for this opportunity. Kakarot and I will fight now, not later or never, NOW! Stand aside boy, or suffer the same fate as those people just did should you stand in my way!" he snarled. Goku was still gaping at the new hole in the stadium, and the people who were now buried in the debris, if they remained that is.

Goku turned and growled, "Shame on you, the Vegeta I know would never have done this!" Nor the one I know, that's when it dawned on me completely, the Vegeta we knew was gone, Babidi had taken him, all that remained was Majin Vegeta. He would terrorize us until he was stopped, or got what he wanted.

Power levels

Gohan (SS2): 315,000,000

Dabura: 255,000,000, Full Power 317,000,000

Majin Vegeta (SS2): 360,000,000