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 16: Good vs. Evil
I awoke to the sight of a few butterflies dancing around the tree I slept under. I slowly got up and stretched a bit, a little stiff. Damn, must have slept pretty long. I headed back towards the Old Kai's clearing with Gohan. Gohan looked slightly agitated, Old Kai was reading and laughing loudly to a comic book he had on the ground, seemingly focused completely on the comics and not on Gohan's power. Goku was eating and Kibito was reading a book on ancient legends. Shin remained fixated on the globe, very interested in something.
"Hey! About time you woke up sleepy tail!" Goku waved at me. I gave him a slight nod and walked straight over to Shin.
"Ohhh," I yawned, "How long was I out?"
"About seventeen hours," Shin replied.
"Geez, I didn't mean to sleep that long!" I said, fully awake now.
"Well actually you probably needed the rest. The dead don't need sleep quite as much as the living. However when they do sleep, they have been known to sleep abnormally long compared to their living counterparts. It can be a little strange until you get used to it," Shin explained. I guess this gives new meaning to sleeping like the dead.
"So what's happening on Earth?" I asked, taking a gander at the ball.
"Something I certainly didn't expect, here have a look," Shin said, stepping back. I saw Majin Buu, in front of a strange looking structure and standing next to Mr. Satan! That wasn't all, Buu was petting a dog, then threw a ball to play fetch with it.
"This is something I cannot understand. Not only has Buu not killed him, but seems to have adopted a liking to him and the dog. Amazing, the killing machine is actually being, well, nice," Shin explained.
"Maybe its just a lot of influence from the Kais he absorbed," I said.
"It is, but I still think that creature is much to dangerous to live," Shin said sternly.
"No argument here, but maybe he'll change if he has a friend or two, it certainly wouldn't hurt," I said, "But Mr. Satan, well I don't know about that choice. The big oaf is bound to screw something up, or worse, make Buu mad." Buu tossed the ball and waited for the small dog to return with it again, all laughs of joy could be heard. The dog was panting happily, chasing down the ball with eagerness. Then all of a sudden the puppy paused in mid air and fell to the ground in a heap.
"Huh?" I said in surprise. Then I saw it, it was a small wound in the dog's midsection, probably around the heart area, someone had to of shot it. Buu's eyes shot open quite wide, and Mr. Satan had a similar reaction. Shin put his hands over the ball and changed the view slightly, a short blond man stood upon a cliff with what looked like a sniper rifle in his hands, a wicked smile crossed his face.
"How ironic, a human manages to make friends with Buu and gets him to stop killing, and another screws it up," Shin said in distaste.
"This is gonna be ugly," I said. Goku must've started to overhear, because he came over to check it out.
"Whoa, what's Mr. Satan doing with Buu?"
"About to get himself killed I think," I said, watching Buu. Sure enough, steam started to rise from the small pours around Buu's head and he started to literally blow his stack. The goon on the cliff pulled out a bazooka and his friend did too. Then they started firing multiple rockets at Buu. This caused a rather large explosion that blew up whatever the strange white building was. When the smoke cleared, Buu was still steaming. It wasn't really a surprise, but now a pink aura appeared and expanded.
"Yep, they're dead," I muttered. Just when I thought Buu was going to blow everyone to hell and back, he stopped himself in surprise. Back on the cliff, Mr. Satan was beating the living shit out of the goons with the rocket launchers.
"Wow, he does have some ability!" Goku exclaimed.
"No kidding, well I guess Videl had to learn it from somewhere," I said quietly so Gohan didn't hear. Mr. Satan dispatched both lackeys quickly, leaving them writhing in pain on the cliffs and generally not moving. He ran down to check on the pup, which was twitching slightly.
"Buu, can you help him like before?" Satan asked.
"Buu Try!" What I saw next had Shin choking on his tongue. Buu put his hands over the dog and emitted pink light, followed by the dog getting up and running around like nothing happened. Buu and Mr. Satan danced around it happily.
"Now I've officially seen it all!" Shin said, holding his head slightly. I continued to watch Buu and Mr. Satan as Shin and Goku walked off, discussing arrangements of some kind. Then the ball seemed to home in on one of the lackeys that had attacked them. He awoke and retrieved a pistol from his jeep, then walked back over to the cliff and snuck around Buu and Mr. Satan quietly. Buu reformed the destroyed building into a dog-shaped house, and began calling his dog Bee. Mr. Satan went into the kitchen and began cooking some sort of stew. The lackey then crawled through the kitchen window and pointed his pistol right at Satan's face when he wasn't looking. When Satan turned, he tried to jump up and out of the way, but the gun went off and caught him in the chest, dropping him at the spot. The lackey tore out of there, before he turned and taunted Buu to come out next. Buu and Bee ran into the scene, Bee left quickly when Buu blew his stack again. Oh shit.
Buu seemed to be in extreme pain, but still managed to heal Satan, who jumped up in surprise. Buu shoved him away and begged him to leave, shouting when he didn't. Satan grabbed the dog and fled into the field, getting as far away as possible. Buu tumbled from his window, holding his head and emitting a smoky steam.
"No, Bad Buu must go! Bad Buu MUST GO!" he cried out. What the hell does that mean? I got my answer a moment later, a huge amount of steam erupted from Buu and shot into the sky like an explosion. But unlike before, the steam didn't vanish, and instead a black cloud of energy seemed to surround it. The steam then stretched and formed limbs, a bright light being emitted.
"Hey Supreme Kai! You might want to take a look!" I shouted without looking where he was.
"No need, I'm right behind you!" Shin said close by. I almost jumped out of my skin, and became flustered that I hadn't even realized he had come back. Nevertheless, my eyes stayed locked on what I was seeing. The steam cloud from Buu turned gray and took form. It looked like a gray, skinny version of Buu, forelock and all, same clothes. It had an evil look in its eye that made Goku gasp. The gray Buu then shot over to where the lackey was, and ki blasted him straight to hell. He flew over to Fat Buu and stared him down, getting on his nerves.
"Stop that! Who are you?" The pink blob yelled.
"Tell me who you are first!" The gray one shouted back.
"Me Buu, MAJIN BUU!"
"You fool, I'm Majin Buu!" The two Buu's growled at each other some more.
"Oh man, two Buus?!" Goku said, scratching his head.
"Yes, good and evil, and now they will continue their conflict in physical form," Shin explained, looking very concerned. Fat Buu charged at Thin Buu, who looked very ready for it. Fat Buu attacked ferociously, punching and kicking with all his might, and coming up empty handed. Thin Buu dodged very easily, holding a deep scowl while Fat Buu panted slightly, a little winded. Fat Buu tried again, but this time Thin Buu punched him hard in the face, sending him sprawling backwards. Fat Buu recovered quickly and tore off a piece of his skin, just like he did with Vegeta. He tossed the pink skin rope and caught Thin Buu up in it. Then, with his will power, he squeezed the breathe out of Thin Buu. The gray Buu struggled at first, but then just grinned sadistically. Then he broke out of it and sucked up the pieces of flab hanging around in the air, chewing and swallowing them. Fat Buu wasn't sure how to react to this, and just floated there, stunned that someone actually did this. Fat Buu then fired a blue blast at Thin Buu, sort of like a Kamehameha, Thin Buu sent one back at him and the two engaged in a power struggle. The powerful beams pushed each other back and forth, but Fat Buu seemed to have trouble holding up. He soon disengaged his beam, flying backwards a little bit. Thin Buu smirked slightly, waiting for the next attack.
"Buu make you CHOCALATE!" Fat Buu shouted, his forelock glowed red and shot a slow beam at Thin Buu. Thin Buu held his ground and took a deep breath, and then amazingly, blew the red beam straight back at Fat Buu, who was engulfed. A puff of smoke went up and Fat Buu was replaced by a small piece of chocolate that looked just like him, a horrified expression on his face.
"No way," I whispered. Thin Buu strode over to the Buu candy and picked it up, then tossed it into his mouth, chewing slowly. He swallowed and suddenly his body expanded slightly, pink smoke came out of his pours, erasing the view.
"Now what?" I asked.
"Now Majin Buu transforms," Shin said, looking nervous. The pink smoke crackled with lightning and began emitting energy balls that shot all around it, blowing up whatever ground was right around it and leaving large crater. The smoke slowly cleared and a new figure stood. It had pink skin like Fat Buu, but was leaner and looked much meaner, the evil energy seemed to melt off of it. Then I actually felt the power signal, even as far away as we were, I still felt it.
"Wow, spectacular power," Goku said, looking up. Majin Buu laughed and screamed happily, and looked around for something to kill. He found it right away. The second lackey that Satan had beaten up was sitting in the hills, looking ready to piss his pants at any second. Buu then grinned sharply and soared into the air, but then his body thinned out into a pink liquid and stretched into a long line of it. The liquid struck lackey number two in the mouth and poured into his body at a high rate of speed, filling and expanding it quickly. The poor guy exploded in a pink mess, one that pulled itself together quickly and reformed Buu.
"What an evil creature," Shin whispered, turning his head at the gruesome sight. Buu then set his sights on Mr. Satan and Bee, hiding in the ruins. Buu though stopped himself and instead raced towards a different destination.
"Where's he going in such a hurry?" I asked.
"I dunno, the only place I can think of is the lookout, but he won't find it unless he can sense ener..oh damn!" Goku cursed. Sure enough, Buu was locked on the lookout, flying straight at it. The only possibly way he could miss it was if Korin's tower became invisible and he lost the signal.
"I hope the boys are ready, his strength has increased quite a bit," Goku said, cringing slightly as he could do nothing about it. I felt the same way, Mom and the others were also on the lookout, unaware of what danger was coming their way. I had a serious wave of déjà vu come over me for a brief moment, but wasn't sure why. It had something to do with Buu going to the lookout though, and I felt a wave of nervous tension.
"Man, can't we speed this up," Gohan whined to the old Kai.
"The more you complain the longer it takes, you have to follow the correct procedure! But just trust me, it'll all work out," Old Kai lectured, barely looking from his comic book.
"Just please hurry sir, my friends and family are in trouble!" Gohan said, clearly losing the rest of his patience. Old Kai kept laughing at his comic, causing the scowl on Gohan's face to deepen, but he said nothing.
"Hey Shin, can we see the lookout?" Goku said, mistaking his formal name. The lookout appeared. Trunks and Goten were having a meal under the observation of Chichi and Mom, who were insisting they have a bath next. Roshi, Oolong and Krillin were playing cards, Eighteen was trying to help Krillin win. The rest were simply relaxing, except for the two Nameks. Piccolo was busy shaking nervously and Dende was in the same state. Majin Buu got to the bottom of the tower and shot upwards. Everyone who could sense ki were immediately on their feet and out on the platform next to Piccolo. Goten and Trunks wandered out there just as Majin Buu appeared and landed on the lookout, laughing like crazy.
"Where is the strong one?" Buu demanded, his voice much deeper now. Piccolo shook in his boots, and appeared to be forming a desperate plan in his head.
"He's not ready yet, he will be tomorrow! The promise was for two days. We still have one more!" Piccolo pointed out.
"Well that's true, but I'm here now, produce the fighter!" Buu snarled.
"Surely you want a challenge though don't you Buu?" Piccolo asked in a slightly sneery voice, "Think about it, this may be the only chance for you to truly test your powers. There are still plenty of people on Earth you could kill for your amusement while he's preparing for the fight." Goku almost jumped out of his skin when he heard that from the older Namek, and so did Dende, who voiced his opinion on the matter.
"Be quiet Dende," Piccolo shouted, though I could see he couldn't easily say that. Buu only smirked and didn't answer, then turned and slowly walked on the edge of the lookout, looking down towards Earth as he did. As he strolled along, Krillin snuck away and grabbed Goten and Trunks, coming back without them a few minutes later. Everyone stood by and watched as Buu circled the lookout.
"Hey where did the boys go?" Goku asked.
Shin waved his hand again and the view shown on a door, "They were last here."
"Ah the Hyperbolic time chamber, Piccolo's going to have them train at the last minute!" Goku said.
Shin looked confused, "What's different about that place?"
"The time chamber is a door to another dimension, one that time is slower then in the outside world. One day on earth makes one year in the time chamber, also the gravity is ten times earth's and the environment is nasty." Goku explained for him. Buu was only a third way around the lookout at this point, taking his sweet time.
"So one minute in the normal world is about six hours in there?" Shin asked after he did the math.
"Yeah just about, this way the boys will have a little extra training time. Maybe even a few days pending how long Piccolo can stall Buu," Goku said. Back on the screen, Buu seemed to walk even slower, glared down at the world from the skies.
"Well, if he can get Buu to hold off for a day, not only will the boys be stronger, but Gohan should be done by then. The question is if he gives us the extra day?" I pointed out. Before anyone answered, Buu finished his lap around the lookout.
"Time to kill," He said, holding up his long pink arm. His ki surged and shot into the air, then split into thousands of tiny ki blasts that jumped off the lookout and down to earth. He continued to release tons of the tiny blasts that flew from the lookout. Then what I felt and saw next I couldn't describe, but the feeling was truly horrible. Goku felt it to, and nearly started to cry. Buu was attacking the remained people on earth, excluding those on the lookout, and was easily killing them off with one swift strike. His waves of ki blasts barely lasted a minute, but when it was finished, I could no longer sense the Earth as a whole. I only felt Buu, his attack did its work well.
"Human Extinction attack, how do you like it? Now where is the strong one?" Buu demanded.
"I see, he can be ready in one hour if that's ok?" Piccolo practically begged.
"No, I'm fighting now! Either the strong one, or I can kill you all now!" Buu snarled.
Piccolo gave in, "Fine, I'll be back in a few minutes with him." Buu smiled and waited, surprisingly patient, but I knew he was going to be tracking Piccolo to make sure he didn't try anything.
"How long has it been since the boys entered the room?" I asked.
"A few minutes at least, maybe five," Shin said, putting a finger to his mouth for silence. While Piccolo was retrieving the boys, I noticed that Dende had somehow slipped away from the action. Buu probably didn't care to notice, but I sure did.
"Can you show Piccolo, and see what is taking him?" Goku asked when Piccolo didn't reappear for a few minutes. Buu started to scowl again. Shin waved his hand and it showed Piccolo opening the door to the time chamber and going in.
"Maybe some last minute coaching," Goku suggested. No sooner were the words out of his mouth, that Buu lost it again.
"COME OUT NOW OR I'LL KILL EVERYONE UP HERE!" Buu roared. Piccolo, even with his Namek hearing, couldn't have heard it in a different dimension. Shin shifted the view back just in time to see Buu suddenly smirk, and his forelock glowed red.
"Fine, I was hungry anyway," he snickered, shooting the red beam. I could only watch in horror as the beam flowed forward and struck everyone standing before him, turning them into tiny chocolate bars in an instant.
I lost it right there, "THAT SON OF A BITCH!" I was in Super Saiyan mode in almost no time at all, and continued to crank the power. I didn't care about control or the fact that I blew the crystal ball away with my energy, I just wanted to shred the monster.
"Verto calm down, that isn't going to help anyone," Goku said, standing.
"I don't care, take me there! I'll kick his ass!" I snarled, approaching full power quickly.
"You can't go Verto. You're dead remember? The best thing you can do is remain here. If the Earth's forces fail, we will need you here in Other World, for Majin Buu will come here next," Old Kai snapped his head up from the distance. I stopped, realizing how right he was, and dropped out of Super Saiyan, trying to calm down. Then the wave of déjà vu returned, and I realized that the dream that had first triggered my transformation had come true. It had been some sort of premonition and there hadn't been a damn thing I could have done to stop it. A tear or two leaked out of my eyes before I vigorously rubbed them away.
"I know how you feel Verto, you're not alone in this you know," Goku said, trying to sound consoling with a hand to my shoulder. I didn't stop me from punching a fairly large dent into the ground of the Kai World. Buu was still chewing chocolate pieces of our friends when Trunks and Goten came into view, a determined demeanor about them.
"Where are our friends and family?" Trunks screamed at him.
"Oh them, they're now being digested! Muahahahaha!" Buu cackled.
"You a.. a.. ate them?" Goten gasped. Piccolo came in next, looking quite displeased, even for him.
"Yes, they were tasty," Buu sneered again. Goten and Trunks didn't say anything, but instead lined up next to each other and performed the dance.
"FUUUU..SION..HAAA!" And the palace was engulfed in golden light.
Power levels
Fat Buu: 380,000,000, after split: 310,000,000
Thin Buu after split: 340,000,000
Majin (Super) Buu: 400,000,000
Thugs: 50
Mr. Satan: 185