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 11: Verto's Courage
I looked down at the downed figure in sadness. Watching one life that shined so brightly at one point and now lying helpless on the ground due to one's cruelty was agonizing to view. I wish I could have helped him more; at least he didn't get killed.
Kibito felt for Gohan's pulse, "He's still alive master, but he's in a critical state like you were when we found you," Kibito explained. Kai nodded slightly. Kibito put his hand over Gohan this time, ready to heal him.
"Wait Kibito! Let's wait to heal Gohan until we have taken him back to our world," Kai ordered.
I almost lost it, "He's half dead and you're going to wait? Just heal him and then go, don't let him die!" I shouted. Kibito growled a little, but Kai remained indifferent.
"You have every right to be upset with that, but you must understand that Gohan will not willingly come with us if we revive him now. There is something on my world that will power him up greatly. That's why were going, you're welcome to come with us if you like," Kai offered. Before I could answer, a familiar cackle sounded.
"Not him again," I said, slapping my forehead.
"Hahahaha! This is Babidi again earthlings! You know Trunks, I am very eager to meet you. So If you won't come out, I'll just have to go to where you live! It's a place called Capsule Corp. and it's located in West City. Come Majin Buu, we mustn't keep the people in West City waiting!" Babidi's laughter continued before fading.
"That creep is really getting on my nerves!" I shouted.
"That is the way Babidi works, he gets under your skin when he can't find what he's looking for, and draws family and friends into the mix until you come out. It seems he found where Trunks lives and is going to terrorize the people there," Kai explained.
"Well at least we can still bring them back with the dragonballs, that's how Kibito came back," I said, drawing a glance. Before he could ask however, I felt two ki signals go up. One was a high level similar to mine, but lower, had to be Trunks. The other was huge and comparative to Buu's in overall power. Goku? Kai picked up on it as well.
"It seems that Trunks is heading home to head Buu off. No, wait, Goku has cut off Majin Buu in flight and is blocking his path!" Kai said. Soon the vision of Goku and Buu standing off appeared, along with the wizard's laughter, saying Goku would be an example of his terror.
"But why is Trunks going home if his grandparents can be wished back? That's suicide!" I said.
Kai thought about it for a minute, "I just received a message from North Kai, Goku has blocked off Majin Buu for something called the Dragon Radar," Kai said.
"Oh that's why, Goku knows we can't easily get the dragonballs with out it. But if Goku gets killed he can't teach the boys fusion!" I said.
"You forget, Goku is already dead. Buu will have a tough time simply killing him. But I fear Goku is not on Buu's level of power and he will only delay the inevitable."
"I'm guessing an ascended Super Saiyan isn't much of a challenge for you Buu, so how about I take it up to the next level!" Those words rung in my ears, words from Goku.
"The next level?" I asked.
"Either way, Goku will at least delay and leave a good chance for Earth's survival! Let's get going Kibito, are you coming young one?" Kai asked.
"No, I'll go back to the others. I made a promise to Vegeta to protect our family, good luck and hurry with Gohan!" I said, watching Kibito and Kai vanish with Gohan in a flash of light.
I closed my eyes and watched Goku and Buu. Goku had a grin that only could describe arrogance. Then he flashed into Super Saiyan two, his massive power rivaled Vegeta's at full. Then I felt it, even as far away as I was, I felt it. An inner surge from Goku's power level shot into impossible heights, and seemingly shooting over Buu's. His power sent out waves over Earth, ones that shook the ground everywhere around me, tearing a few trees out and causing several to simply tip over as if the roots weren't there. I looked on in the vision, his form glowed brightly, his golden hair drooped back and grew longer, and I could hear fear in Babidi's breath. Goku screamed loudly as he hit his maximum power, it blew Buu back a little bit as Babidi yelled in fear.
The light faded and Goku floated in mid air, but he looked way different. His golden hair dropped down behind his back and to his waistline, his eyebrows were gone, and the expression he held on his face would frighten anyone. His power level was beyond huge, I actually had trouble feeling Buu's signal now.
"Wow, why didn't he do this before?" I said aloud.
"Because he knew it would drain his time on Earth, now he is risking it in what he does not need to do," a strange sounded voice said. I looked around but found no one. What the? I know I didn't contact the wizard, so who was that?
"I am North Kai, I am in the other world. I'm also called King Kai, but no matter. Verto, I have contacted you because Goku is ignoring me. No doubt due to the general battle scene, and he wants to get the dragon radar badly. You are the one who must step in for Goku, otherwise he will drain all the time away and thus will not be able to teach the boys fusion. Understand I am only asking this because you can still take on Buu, and I need the favor to keep the earth's chances alive long enough for the boys to learn fusion," King Kai said.
"Take Buu on? I hope you haven't lost it old man," I muttered, realizing he heard me anyway.
He grunted, "Well you certainly have Vegeta's lack of respect flowing through you, have you forgotten your true power? Your transformed state!"
"How the hell do you know about that?" I asked.
"I have my sources," King Kai replied.
"Buu not scared, big hair make you big funny!" Buu laughed and pointed at Goku.
"Yes I agree, this Super three whatever you said, it's ridiculous! Majin Buu, I think he needs a haircut," Babidi cackled.
"I'm ready, show me what you got!" Goku said.
"It's up to you Verto, but please do the right thing here. Goku must teach the boys fusion, and you can hold off Buu long enough for that to happen, please do this for earth!" King Kai pleaded. I didn't respond right away, knowing what he was asking of me. Rather I could beat Buu or not in my transformed state, he was basically asking me to risk death when I didn't need to. Vegeta had told me never to use my ape form in a battle unless there was no other way. The chances of success against any opponent that had a brain were nil, as they would simply blow up my fake moon ball. Pictures of Mom and Chichi flowed into my head, and they were hitting Buu with frying pans. Buu only blew them aside. I saw Trunks as well; he tried to punch Buu, only to get blasted in the face. Then the bright explosion that Vegeta had created upon his death.
I could hear Vegeta's voice, "Protect my family, you are the last Saiyan alive. Whatever it takes, protect them!" Aside from my thoughts, I could hear the sounds of Goku and Buu clashing with each other.
"King Kai, you better have good food up there," I shouted, and smiled without care.
"Free lessons on me!" he laughed slightly.
"Deal!" Well Buu isn't the brightest in the universe, guess its worth a try. I lifted off the ground and blasted towards where Goku and Buu were now fighting, a long ways away.
Interlude 11.1 –Goku vs. Buu-
"Buu like play with you, you strong!" Buu laughed with happiness.
"Thanks, so are you!" Goku answered, before vanishing and grabbing Buu's forelock before he could react. Holding the pink balloon by his head decoration, Goku punched Buu hard in the face, causing him to fly towards the ground but came right back up as Goku still held on to him. Goku then punched him repeatedly in the same fashion, causing Buu to flop back and forth like a paddle on a ball.
"All right, why didn't Goku do this before!" Krillin shouted with joy as he watched the battle from the lookout via Babidi's mind link.
"Yeah no one can beat my dad!" Goten added.
"Perhaps! It's true that Goku is far more powerful then we thought possible, but the chance of him stopping Majin Buu on his own are still slim," Piccolo said, keeping the serious mood set.
"If Goku can't do it, is there anyone who can?" Bulma asked, concerned.
"I hope," The Namek whispered. Goku on the other hand continued bashing the monster's brains in with multiple punches to the pink head, getting a nice "oh" and "ah" in response to pain. Goku tossed Buu up in the air and hit him with a spin kick that left a huge dent that pushed into Buu's middle, pushing his right side outward and leaving him lopsided.
"Majin Buu! Why can't you do to him what you did to Vegeta?" Babidi screeched. Goku landed a double fist smash to Buu's dented head, sending him flying into an office building. Goku paused, watching for Buu's re-emergence. Buu blew the office building up and flew back up to Goku, stopping in front of him. Then Buu instantly healed his body's damage, leaving no real impact on his powers. Buu giggled and laughed loudly, much to the Super Saiyan's annoyance.
"Goku, are you going to answer me or just ignore everything I've taught you?" King Kai shouted angrily, not getting a response. Babidi however was not happy with Buu's performance so far, and made his opinion known.
"Buu, get your big doughy ass over there and crush him now before I seal you up again you fool!"
Buu scowled, "Quiet!"
"What, how dare you!" Babidi threatened. Buu ignored the wizard though, giving his attention back to Goku. Buu then punched at Goku, but never moved his body, his arms stretched outward similar to Piccolo. Goku dodged both blows, but didn't see the two hands grab him by the arms. He did however see Buu pulling himself towards him with high velocity, nailing him with a head butt, big grin on his evil face. Goku bounced back a little from the blow, before gathering himself again and stopping, pulling his arms forward and backwards as he uttered deadly words.
"Ka-me-ha-me-HAAAA!" The blue beam flowed in and out of Goku's hands, flying at Buu with incredible speed. The beam hit Buu and cut right through him with ease, causing him to scream loudly, and causing Babidi to quiver in fear. The beam continued on before Goku cut it off and watched it disappear in the distance through the nice big hole cut in Buu's belly. Goku watched intensely, knowing that it may not be over. Sure enough Buu woke himself up, and with a quick flash, regenerated his gut.
"Hahahahaha! You see, nothing can stop Buu!" Babidi shouted. Buu drew his arms back just like Goku had a minute ago.
"No, not a Kamehameha!" Goku gasped. Buu fired, still just yelling his name instead of words as the pink beam launched at Goku. Goku swung both arms and knocked it back at Buu. Buu knocked it aside towards Babidi, who barely jumped out of the way and watched it proceed towards a city, which promptly exploded.
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It had been about fifteen minutes and I was still flying full speed towards the battle, the battle in which shockwaves kept hitting me, but was not slowing me down. I had considered slowing down to conserve energy, but the power I got from transforming would replenish that which was lost. I could still sense Trunks was not home yet, he had stopped a few times in response to Goku's power rising. He got going again when Goku used the wizard's own telepathic link to the people to scream at him. I had just felt a few ki beams go off before I saw a large city blow up to the right of my destination.
"I must be close, King Kai are you still listening?" I asked to the air.
"I should charge by the minute for this, what do you need?"
"How much time does Goku have left?"
"I'm guessing about two or three hours left, he's got fifteen minutes left if he stays at Super Saiyan three!"
"Can you patch me through to everyone on the lookout, I want to at least say goodbye," I said, choking back my sadness and keeping my courage and pride.
"Of course." My vision then switched from the Goku-Buu conflict to the lookout. I couldn't see anyone, but I could feel their presence and could hear them aloud as if they were right next to me.
"Go ahead when your ready Verto," King Kai said.
"Hey guys, this is Verto." Everyone gasped first, then paid attention, Mom and Videl repeated my name for confirmation.
"King Kai patched me in to you, so listen up. Goku doesn't have much time before he has to go back to the dead. So, I'm going to take his place so he can teach the boys fusion and so Trunks can get the radar!" The reaction was pretty much what I expected.
"Verto! You don't have to do this!" Piccolo and Krillin urged.
"You get back here young man!" Chichi screeched.
"Yeah, don't go fight Buu! You could get killed, then what will we do?" Mom shouted.
"Hey, listen, you can bring everyone back with the dragonballs right? But if Goku can't teach the boys fusion, then what dragonballs are we going to use when Buu destroys the earth? I'm doing this so you can all live, besides Vegeta ordered me to protect his family and friends, that's what I'm going to do. I may not get through this, but at least I'll leave us a chance! I'll see you later," I had King Kai cut the connection, I couldn't bear to hear or talk anymore. Ahead I could see Goku and Buu clash again, lightning spread from their punches and kicks connecting. As I got closer I saw their forms, well Buu's anyway, Goku's was pretty bright to watch before sunspots filled my eyes. Buu was dancing around in the air, generally having fun. Goku's scowl deepened when he saw me arrive.
"Hey, what are you doing here? It's too dangerous for you Verto!" Goku ordered, pointing toward the lookout.
"Oh, well now, look who it is Buu!" Babidi pointed though Buu didn't seem to care.
"No, Goku. You're the one who is taking off. You don't have much time left, less than two hours and draining fast. If you can't teach the boys before you leave we won't have a chance. Let me do this, I'm capable of more then I've shown!" I said loudly, leaving my arms crossed as I stared down Buu.
"Hey, Buu friend back to play some more?"
"Yes actually, I did!" I smiled slightly.
"Verto, I, I don't know how to thank you!" Goku said.
"How about you drop the Super Saiyan three act and get over to Trunks now. I'll deal with this beast and his twisted little imp of a master!" I said loud enough for Babidi to hear.
"Oh that does it brat! You're going to die!" Babidi shouted.
"Not before you!" I shouted back. Goku powered down, his hair and eyebrows returned to their normal black color.
"I'll see you on the other side then!" Goku smirked slightly and put his two fingers to his head, "Hey Babidi and Buu, listen up, the fighters you're looking for, will appear soon enough. Give them two days to finish their training, then they'll want to fight you!" Goku said.
"Are they really strong?" Buu asked.
"Yes, very strong!" Goku bluffed, he obviously didn't really know.
"Hmmm, okay, Buu wait for them!" Buu said. Wow just like that.
"Hey, I'm the leader of this project, tell them to show their faces right now! If they don't, we will kill you and the boy, then kill everyone else! Starting with whomever we find at this Capsule Corporation!" Babidi cackled.
"Buu wait for the strong ones!" Buu argued.
"Don't make me seal you up again Buu! And we are through waiting, bring those brats out now or else I wil..wil..ack..cough." Babidi choked the last part out because Buu had him by the throat.
"Buu boss here! You no tell Buu what to do!" Buu shouted as he lobbed Babidi into the distance before turning back to us.
"Well, at least he's quiet now!" Goku grinned slightly before giving Buu a slight salute and vanishing.
"Well Buu, I guess it's just us now!" I said, charging a white blast in my hand and throwing it into the air.
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Interlude 11.2 –Verto's Secret Revealed-
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"Oh that boy is going to get it when he gets home!" Bulma stomped around after Verto's transmission ended.
"I don't see how he has a chance against Buu, he's not an ascended Saiyan and he can't transform, or can he?" Piccolo paused and looked at Bulma.
"Vegeta said he can't transform like a normal Saiyan, and that he tried with one of his fake moon deals. I never saw a big ape destroy my house so I assumed he was correct. But I did notice a little bit of fur around my gravity room when I was adjusting it last month," Bulma noted.
"Maybe he can turn after all," Piccolo said.
"That doesn't make sense though, surely someone would notice a huge ape running around! I doubt Vegeta or Trunks could hide that from me, he wouldn't fit in the gravity room!" Bulma pointed out. The group watched the three fighters talking amongst themselves before Babidi was thrown into the distance, the vision stayed on. Goku vanished and his ki appeared next to Trunks, and then again at Capsule Corp. All eyes remained on Verto, who was charging a white blast in his hands, before throwing it up in the air.
"Moon Blast Explode!" Verto shouted, motioning his hands a little bit. The blast exploded, but then remained in the sky like a second light source that shined down brightly upon the young Saiyan. Verto's energy dropped as he fell from Super Saiyan, but then skyrocketed past his previous level. His teeth were seen in his open mouth, they became sharply pointed fangs. Then brown fur sprouted all over him.
"I'll be damned, he can transform!" Piccolo said.
"But why isn't he getting any larger?" Krillin asked. The group noticed this and none of them could answer, instead they observed. Verto's nose extended outward with the rest of his face, creating a long snout, his eyes shifted color and became completely red. His aura reappeared, light blue and white this time, and flashed violently as his power rose. Verto's boots and gloves expanded slightly to allow more room for the new fur and muscles. His tail dropped from his waist and hung freely behind him. Then he released a feral growl before roaring, his fists raised in the air. The roar came just as he hit his maximum power, and was deafening. Buu flinched slightly, and even looked a bit concerned at this new development.
"What the hell is that?" Videl asked instinctively.
"That is a transformed Saiyan dear, just keep up with us okay? I'll explain it to you later!" Chichi said.
"He didn't grow at all, and it looks like he's in control as well, incredible! Is this a new form of Saiyan might?" Roshi asked.
"I don't think so, when Gohan and the boys reappeared from that old wizard's trap a few months back, he had his tail back and explained that they accidentally grew back on everyone, and he had me remove his. If this was a new form then Gohan surely would have kept his, this must be a transformation unique to Verto only," Piccolo suggested.
"Well, if he didn't have a chance before, he sure did turn the tide. He feels just as strong as Buu, maybe more!" Yamcha said.
"He did this as a last resort I think, there are side effects to the form that we have all seen before. All we can hope for at this point is that he can stand up to Buu like this. We must also hope that Buu or Babidi don't decide to destroy that fake moon ball," Piccolo added.
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"So Buu, what do you think?" I asked, my new deep voice caught him a little bit, his jaw quivering slightly.
"What happened to Buu's friend? What monster do to him?" Calling me a monster, he has no room to talk.
"Oh nothing happened Buu, I just revealed my full power so we can play, okay?" I growled and grinned at the same time.
Buu's grin appeared again, "Okay!" Buu said, dancing a little before coming at me quickly. With my new power though, I could see him all the way, and dodged the blow. He went sailing past in a daze, before I sent a powerful kick to the back of his head, sending him spiraling towards the ocean we floated above.
"Come on you fat bastard, this isn't a water break!" I shouted, firing multiple ki blasts into the water towards Buu's ki signal. The water exploded aside, showing Buu's face implanted on the ocean bed. I couldn't help but smirk slightly as I gathered another small troublemaker and launched it at Buu's non-moving form. It hit dead on, before the water rushed back in to cover Buu up again, as well as the new hole in the ocean bed. I floated aside a little, crossing my arms a little bit. My ape instincts wanted badly to just go down and pound him again, but I knew that I would not have to wait long for him to come back up. Babidi's weak form came back into view as he floated back to the battlefield.
"You there! Where did Majin Buu go? And where did that blond freak and the kid go? And what the hell are you?" he screamed orders.
"Oh come on wizard, can't you see who I am?" I sneered.
"You're that kid...I think! What the hell are you?" he asked again.
"A Saiyan, this is my true form," I answered simply.
"Where is Majin Buu?"
"Eating dirt, you wanna join him?" I growled a warning. Babidi's face didn't hide his panic very well.
He instead fired some kind of magical blast, it turned into a fireball about halfway to me, "Take that you beast!" I let the fireball hit me, it expanded and tried to engulf me in flames, but only succeeded in warming me a tad. When the smoke cleared, I could really see fear set in. I fired a small blast at Babidi, who tried to run in mid air to get away. He needn't move, Buu came up and grabbed the blast out of the air and crushed it easily. He looked somewhat angry.
"Buu get you!" Buu shouted as he steamed up again and puffed out the steam through his pores.
"Bring it on you fat tub of shit!" I yelled at him. He powered up, if you can call a bunch of steam that, and came flying at me with anger filled eyes. His first punch I blocked, his second as well, then I attacked, my now furry hands struck at him with full intensity. I roared loudly in a deep battle cry as my aura glowed white and blue around me and swung at Buu with fists capable of leveling mountains with no problem. Buu tried to mount a defense against my ferocious attack, but I punched right through it and hit him dead on in the face, before following up with quick and thunderous blows to the gut, deflating Buu a little bit. Buu groaned as the pain set in, but barely took wind as I struck again, my intent keeping him off guard. This time I struck with a series of kicks and punches, kicking low and spinning around to punch high. I repeated this process five or six times before grabbing the forelock of the beast and swinging him around and around like a super fast merry-go-round. The difference was that Buu was neither merry, nor able to get out of it. I let go and observed him briefly as he went sailing into the air. I held up my palm and turned my thumb inward as I charged ki in it. This one is for Vegeta.
"Big Bang Attack!" I shouted, letting go of the blast and watching the deadly blue ball strike and explode on impact of Buu. Take that you freak! Knowing that wouldn't beat him totally though, I flew down to where his remains began dropping out of the sky. Using my trusty ki sense, I searched out all of the pieces for his ki signal, barely picking up some of it. Then using my own energy, I gathered it and moved it back into the air, allowing it to come together.
"Now its time for you to die!" I shouted, bringing back my arms into a new position. One arm held to the left and one to the right, a new attack move I had been working on lately in private training with Vegeta. The move required a hell of a lot of concentration and ki power, but the effect was devastating. I felt this move was due to come out, and Buu would be the victim of it today. I lifted up my arms and charged ki into both, mentally preparing myself for something I had never tried against an opponent. With a rush of energy, I fired both blasts.
"Double Galic Gun!" The extra large golden blasts soared up to Buu's remains, which had merged now and was trying to reform Buu himself. I held my stance in concentration, waiting for the rest of the attack move to get to position. Buu's body was quickly coming together, his head and arms taking shape. My twin blasts then reached his altitude and hovering, awaiting my final command. I waited for Buu's head to fully shape so he could see what was about to kill him. His eyes opened widely, and his mouth dropped open in surprise.
"Buu!" he gasped in desperation.
"Die you pink freak!" I shouted, bring my arms inward and meeting at my fists, arms full length. The double blasts came together around Buu and merged together, surrounding his body. Once together, it promptly exploded, blocking out the sun's light with its own. I winced a little, being sure to watch Buu during the explosion, before having to close them or look away, the blast way too bright to see Buu anyway. I heard a slight scream from him though, but it quickly silenced itself. The light from my huge blast extended outwards a little ways, probably lighting up the area for a long way.
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The roar from the blast passed after a few moments, and the light faded as the ki dissipated. One disadvantage of my new attack was the amount of ki used in it. I had learned to channel ki in many different ways, however, my double attack used so damn much ki that it felt like I had fired ten full power Galic guns in a row. That and I had only been able to get full effect when I used it in my transformed state. I huffed and puffed a bit, and saw the light fade away. I gazed up at the sky, scanning for anything, and found nothing. I heard Babidi rustling around nearby and stole a glance at him. He was trying to brush dirt off himself, before staring at me with a dark scowl.
"Damn you brat, beast, whatever the hell you are!"
"Don't get all wishy washy now Babidi, I hate to see you cry like a baby. I might get sick from it!" I chuckled slightly.
"How dare you, insolent little maggot! I am fully capable of destroying you at a time of my choice!"
"Love to see you try, burnt out old fool!" I challenged. Babidi apparently expected to see me cower in fear, but instead he was the one to commit to that.
"Buu come back!" he shouted.
"Ha, your monster just bit the dust, and if he's alive, I'd love to put it to him again!" I said in a cocky tone.
"I doubt you would last another round with Buu, amazing that you lasted this long! How did you get so strong?" Babidi suddenly asked, ever so interested. I had seen that look before from previously unknown allies and enemies. Now the enemy wanted to use it, probably to discover a secret or two. I was more than a little tempted to spill the beans, but I resisted.
"I'm sure you would love to know, let's just say I've seen the light. And its future looks much brighter than yours!" I snickered slightly. Babidi didn't know how to answer that. Instead he hovered in the air and levitated over in the general area of where Buu was before my new attack wiped him out.
"Majin Buu, come back like you did before! I beg of you!" I began to use my ki sense quite actively, searching for all life signs and signals. I noticed Goku and Trunks still in the area around Capsule Corp. It blinked at me a few times and vanished, coming together again around the Lookout area. Well that's done, don't know if they needed it that bad now. The wizard started using his powers to lift up heavy rocks and move them aside, still searching around desperately for the fallen Buu. I still kept my ki sense up, not picking up a damn thing, a very good sign. I flew towards Babidi, catching him in the middle of lifting rocks.
"Get away you hairy freak! You're a cruel beast, and you killed my precious Majin Buu!"
"Cruel? Oh that's rich old man, this coming from a wizard that releases a monster hell bent on destruction at his master's orders. A master who was laughing like a lunatic every time the monster succeeds. Oh yes aren't I the cruel one? That's a lot coming from a dry, wrinkled up imp who couldn't spot a life if he was immortal. Don't lecture me old timer, lecture your servants in hell, where I am going to send you!" I shouted at Babidi, growling loudly. Babidi jumped back in fear of my next action. He put his green barrier shield back up, obviously awaiting some kind of attack. I fired a blast at him, it surrounded the shield and made it vanish into thin air. Babidi looked at his hands in disbelief.
I prepared to strike again, before something in the air made me stop, something evilly familiar. But it wasn't on the surface or moving through the air, it was just a weird feeling. Kind of like the silence before a tornado strikes. Then my ki sense went off like an alarm to something below me. I quickly put my arms down in front of my chest and rose into the air, watching the ground directly below where I had been standing. A large, pink ki beam shot out of it and bore down, or up towards me. I summoned ki to block its mass, I could feel this one could easily do more then just hurt me. I deflected it off myself a little, before sliding to the side and watching the beam shoot into the sky. The owner of the beam then rose out of the hole, trying to catch his breath for releasing such a powerful attack. The pink light faded and the dark figure's skin lightened to the sun and fake moon light. It was big, fat, and pink, with a deep scowl.
"Oh man, how did he live?" I asked myself.
Interlude 11.3 –Babidi's Observation-
Buu was not exactly in wonderful shape; Verto's attack had done something to be sure. His ki had dropped a little bit, still high, but now a little lower thanks to the devastating blast. Babidi sat there stuttering, also dazed that Buu had survived, he had begun to think he was gone as well. Now Babidi still had the powerful boy Verto to deal with, Buu may have been alive, but now was winded by a boy he had thought defenseless.
"Where did this boy's insane power come from? He said he saw the light, what the hell does that mean? I know from Vegeta's mind that he is also a Saiyan. But I never probed that deep for more information about their race and abilities, If Vegeta had not crossed me and was still alive, I could find out, curses!" Babidi shouted at himself. He observed Buu and the boy rise far up into the air again and engage in heavy combat once again. This time the boy was also winded, making the brawl a little more even, both fighters landed blows, but also blocking some. Lightning struck out from their ki collisions and streaked around them. Babidi winced a bit to watch the fight, but the white light from the sky was blinding him a little.
"White light? I thought this planet's sun was yellow in color!" Babidi muttered. He backed up a little to get a better view of the fighters from a different angle. He did get a different angle, but it almost looked as if the fighters were high enough to battle right under the sun itself, the white sun. Then Babidi noticed the bright light seemed to extend outward as he moved, forming another light ball in the sun, like it had swelled in size. He moved further back and saw that the new light was yellow like the sun should be, then the yellow light seemed to separate from the white, leaving two bright sources of light, and leaving Babidi with an answer to his questions.
"An alternate energy source of some kind, it must be feeding the youngster energy somehow. Well now Babidi is changing that! PaPA RAPA RAPA! He shouted, letting magical energy leave his hands. A magic ring of power emerged from the wizard's hands, and lifted towards the white light ball, shooting in-between Buu and the transformed Verto, who split apart to watch the magic blast soar into the air.
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I had been busy trading blows with the pink monster before we were interrupted by a magical blast of some sort. It had sailed in-between us and floated in the air in front of us. It had come from the wizard, but Buu looked just as surprised.
"Hahahaha, tell me boy! Do you know what would happen if I were to destroy that nice little light source you've got there?" Babidi laughed. Oh crap.
I hid my fear and sneered instead, "Probably nothing."
"Well then, allow me to remove it from the sky! It is spoiling my view! Go ahead Buu, continue!" That was all Buu needed to hear before lunging at me again. I frantically blocked his blows while keeping an eye on the magic light ring that slowly became a ball. Then it sailed up towards my fake moon in the sky. Damn, I have to stop that thing! I thought in panic while trying to block Buu's massive fists. I got a good hit in on Buu, who backed off long enough for me to fly towards the magic blast and get past it. I then fired a ki blast back at it, thus canceling it out.
"Hahahaha, think you could fool the great Babidi for so long? If it's useless why protect it? I bet that is your power source. Majin Buu, let's play a game, first one to destroy that white light ball gets a candy!" Babidi shouted, and then fired many magic blasts in my direction. I fired small shots to cancel those as well, before big balls of ki came bounding up my way, courtesy of Buu. I knocked those aside, and more magic blasts came up next. I stopped trying to shoot those down and instead just knocked them aside and let them fall harmlessly to earth. More blasts from Buu, getting more ki in each one. Soon it was just a combination of ki blasts and magic beams coming at me. I did my best knocking them at least off course if not aside; some got by me but missed my fake moon by hairs. As I was blocking or deflecting blasts, I lost track of Buu. It didn't take long to find him again, when he appeared behind me and caught me in a strangle hold.
"Argh, damn you!" I growled. Buu's power may have decreased a little, but he was still powerful, and kept me from moving. Then I felt us descend, he was sending both of us towards the ground at a high rate of speed. I gathered my power quickly, and using pure Saiyan strength, blew out of the hold, sending Buu to the ground on the weight of his own momentum. I looked back up just in time to see a small magic blast hit the moon. Babidi had his hand held up with a deep, arrogant smile displayed on his face.
"Now this come back story ends!" Babidi laughed.
The moon exploded, showering everyone in its light, before fading away. I felt my ki drain quickly, and the fur around my hands and arms began to recede first. My nose and teeth shrank back to its reaches, changing back to normal color. I descended to the ground, wary enough to know that I would fall anyway since I was so tired. My field of vision shifted again, the blue color not so prominent and allowing more red to seep in and return my sight to normal. My heavy muscles shrank to normal as well, burying my power again in the process. I desperately sank to my knees, my breath wanting to catch itself like I had just been in the fastest ever marathon. As I coughed out a few breaths right after taking them in as I sensed Buu stir and get up, laughing heavily. I got back to my feet, my arms dragging towards the ground in fatigue, waiting for Buu to attack. Well this is just fucking great.
"Boy go back to normal, we done playing then?" Buu asked. I summoned what I had left and powered up to Super Saiyan, pushing for whatever the form could give me. I latched on to all the ki that I could find and lunged at Buu. I swung with my right fist at his head, but he caught it easily and held it tightly. Then, faster then I could now see, he hit me dead on in the stomach and down I went. I collapsed on my back, coughing my air out in combination with blood that splattered right back in my face.
"Boy make mess on his face!" Buu noticed my dismay and danced a little bit. I gathered myself quickly and picked myself up again, glaring at Buu hardly while huffed and coughing.
"Fuck you!" I rasped at him. My vision blurred slightly, signs of blackness entered my head, just like ones you would find just before you pass out. I gathered my last reserves of ki in my hands and released a ki beam straight at Buu. He smiled and caught the beam in his left hand, letting it sit there and spin.
"Boy and Buu have fun, but now I think its time boy go bye bye now! Bye bye!" he said. I felt him insert his own ki into my spinning blast, and then it shot back at me with incredible speed and power. I watched it come at me; my body didn't even budge an attempt to dodge it. The beam hit, but I felt no pain. I felt my ki leave my body, and I felt my body leave me, but no pain, just a mystical numbness. I'm sorry everyone, I've failed! Then everything went black.
Power levels:
Fat Buu: 380,000,000
Goku at Super Saiyan 3: 420,000,000
Verto: 44,000,000; SS: 145,000,000; Great Ape: 440,000,000