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 17: Unexpected Arrival
The look on Buu's face was of slight surprise with his empty white eyes, but anyone who hadn't seen this technique before would probably do the same. When the light vanished, a pissed off Gotenks stood, as a brightly glowing Super Saiyan.
"Well at least he powered up instead of screwing around," I said, recalling the earlier activities. Gotenks then charged Buu, almost in a blind rage.
"You're gonna pay for this you stupid beast!" he screamed at Buu, who only grinned slightly. Buu phased out right when Gotenks swung his fist, only to appear about thirty feet away. Gotenks flew after him again, and Buu repeated himself, phasing out just as the boys arrived. Another punch missed, then a kick, then a knife hand chop.
"Damnit, stay still so I can hit you!" Gotenks yelled. Buu actually did what he said, Gotenks landed a hard punch in the midsection, leaving a heavy dent in the pink monster's gut, but otherwise didn't really faze him much. Gotenks however didn't stop to observe, and began punching and kicking wildly. Buu did not really make an attempt to block him, just kept his sadistic grin plastered on his sickening face. In no time at all, Gotenks had turned Buu into a battered pink mesh that was still grinning. Gotenks jumped back and caught his breath, scowling.
Buu laughed like a maniac, "This is the fighter I was promised? What a laugh!"
Gotenks frowned slightly, before smirking, "Well, too bad I'm not even warmed up yet! My moves are deadly!" Buu moved a little closer, Gotenks took a back step. Then Gotenks held his arm straight up in the air and began to spin it up and down quickly, creating a spinning disc of an arm.
"Eat my spinning punch!" Gotenks shouted, running at Buu and aiming towards his gut.
"Wait! Try my face!" Buu advised, stopping Gotenks short.
"Don't tell me how to fight!" Gotenks screamed at him, making another spinning punch and catching Buu hard across the cheek, causing him to back step slightly from the blow. When he brought his head back up, his eyes had turned black, with red pupils, a truly fitting look for the monster. Buu then smirked again and launched at Gotenks, who jumped up in the air.
"Missed me!" Little did the boy know, Buu was already above him and had a kick coming right when Gotenks noticed him. BAM, and Gotenks was on his way back to the lookout. Instead of landing, he blew right through it. This created a hole from top to bottom, and then he proceeded to fall to earth.
"What a waste of time, you're barely worth the effort!" Buu mocked as he landed near Piccolo, who was shaking nervously. "Where is the real fighter?" Buu asked the Namek.
When no answer came, Buu kept his sadistic grin, "Very well then, say goodbye to the planet!" Buu held out his arm over the new hole in the lookout, ready to blast the earth's surface. Suddenly a golden light flashed in front of Buu and the hole expanded. When the light faded, Buu stood there, missing his right arm and leg, and for that matter his entire right side!
"Ah ah ah! Did big bad Buu take his eye off little Gotenks? Big mistake pal!" Gotenks mocked him from above, shaking a finger. Buu smiled at this development, and slowly regrew his body.
"HAHAHA, just what I expected you to do, you're so predictable!" Gotenks laughed at him, not paying attention.
"There is way too much Vegeta in that boy," I muttered. Buu attacked again, but this time Gotenks attacked back and the melee ensued.
"But sir, can't I at least take a look? At the rate were going, the planet I'm supposed to save is going to be gone!" Gohan whined loudly, drawing everyone's attention.
"Gohan, you must stay calm and focused. I know of your brother's plight, however you must remain here until your training with me is complete. Oh, hahahaha, the alien was in the closet the whole time, can you believe that!" Old Kai lectured and laughed as he returned to his comic book. I felt Gohan's ki rise a little to that, but he remained silent and closed his eyes again.
Back on the earth, Buu was starting to take the upper hand on Gotenks, catching him with the occasional blow that delayed him long enough to get another one in. Buu punched Gotenks in the face, in return got kicked in the face, seemingly absorbing the blow, Buu grabbed the leg and hurled Gotenks through the air, but failed to notice that he had grabbed Buu's forelock and was tossed as well. Both fighters recovered quickly and lunged at each other, punching each other's faces at the same time. Gotenks jumped back and waited for Buu to collect himself, if he needed to.
"Hey tube head! Had enough of me yet?" Gotenks asked, the ever so cocky grin displayed on his face. Buu just smiled back, not really listening to the boy's rants.
"Well, I think it's time to stop playing around now! I wanna try some of my new moves on you, tell me what you think!" Gotenks declared, a finger in the air. His finger glowed gold and flickered with ki energy. Then Gotenks swirled his arm through the air, and using his ki, drew some kind of ki ring above him.
"The Cosmic Halo!"
"The what?" I asked.
"Man, I wish these fusions didn't make them so arrogant. Then they could get the job done without risk," Goku said, holding his head slightly.
"Well if all else fails, he can stall Buu long enough for Gohan to finish training, if he finishes," I said, causing Shin and Kibito to shoot me a glare.
"You're impatience is irritating," Kibito grumbled.
"No no, THAT is irritating!" I declared as I pointed to Old Kai laughing before watching the action some more.
By now Gotenks was swinging his energy ring around in the air before letting it go and stopping it above Buu. Then, using his ki control, he allowed it to expand, drop around Buu, and compact together, squeezing the pink monster tightly. Buu cringed slightly at the pressure, then screamed from it, Gotenks laughed at the monster's pain, and squeezed tighter.
"Hahahaha, what you think about that?"
Buu suddenly stopped and smiled, "Watch this!" Buu then made the ring explode after pushing back slightly, showering the immediate area with tiny ki blasts. Gotenks frowned at his failed move, but then brightened up right away.
"Well you survived one move, let's see if you can live through the next one! It's a brand new one, so sorry if it's a little sloppy! A Super Ghost Kamikaze attack!" Gotenks declared, crossing his arms in front of his chest and powering up.
"Come on Gotenks, try something that works!" Piccolo encouraged the boy. Suddenly Gotenks' aura disappeared as he finished powering up, then his mouth expanded like he had to let out a huge breath. Instead of air though, a strange white object oozed its way out, some kind of white blob that expanded slightly. It floated in the air, apparently trying to form itself. Two arms popped out of the tiny blob and reached up to pull out a head.
The head looked like a white version of Gotenks' head, "Hi! Ready Buu?" I must have gone pale, because everyone else watching, including Piccolo and Buu, did as well.
"Well, that's different.." I muttered.
"I wonder what that does?" Goku asked, slightly impressed.
"How did he do that?" Kibito asked. Gotenks started jumping up and down, declaring victory with the peace sign.
"You're dead now Buu! Feel the beat down of the century from the Super Ghost Kamikaze attack!"
"That's me!" The Gotenks ghost declared, readying himself to charge at Buu. The ghost flew at Buu, who looked more than ready to take it on. Buu swung his arm up and seemingly caught the ghost unprepared across the jaw. Then the ghost, jaw smashed and all, smirked slightly and glowed gold for a moment. It exploded, causing a violent light display.
"What happened?" Shin asked.
"I suppose he calls it kamikaze for a reason," Goku noted.
"Must not be able to touch those things without them going off like a bomb," I deducted the obvious without really thinking. When the smoke cleared, Buu was struggling for breath. His body looked not only trashed, but also unrecognizable. He looked like a deformed blob now, complete with an irregular mouth and forelock.
"Yes! All right!" Gotenks celebrated.
"Hey, it's not over yet!" Piccolo reminded.
"I got it all under control!" Gotenks reassured him, powering up once more. "Super..Ghost..Kamikaze..ATTACK! Time for the big finish!" Gotenks shouted, his mouth filling up again. This time he spit out not one, nor two, but ten mini versions of himself. All of them formed themselves, with Gotenks' hair, but all seemed to wonder about aimlessly unlike the first one. One was even asleep on the ground. Gotenks scowled at this.
"Line up! Sound off!" Gotenks barked orders to his newly formed troops. The ghosts seemed to bicker with each other and their master for a few minutes, not making a whole lot of progress.
"Hey, in case you haven't noticed, he's back!" Piccolo interjected, pointing to Buu. Buu was lying down on his stomach, reading a magazine and drinking a soda.
"That fucking punk! I'm about to blow him up and he's drinking a soda. Majin Buu, get up!" Gotenks yelled. Had Chichi been around a metal object would have probably met his head for the cursing, but that really didn't matter now.
"Why should I?" Buu challenged, not getting up.
"Number one and two, show him why!" Gotenks ordered. At once two of the ghosts shot up and flew towards Buu, who finally stood up. They came at him from different angles, closing in fast. Buu simply leaped up in the air, causing the ghosts to hit each other and promptly explode and tear some more of the lookout apart, much to Piccolo's dismay.
Buu floated through the air, laughing, "Your same attack won't work twice!" Then he stuck his blue tongue out at Gotenks and his mini army. Gotenks got in a huddle with the other ghosts, careful not to touch and began to form a plan, too low to hear. Buu waited patiently for Gotenks and the ghosts to finish their plans. Then the ghosts spread out, two of them clasped hands in partnership, and this detonated their bodies, blowing everyone down in surprise.
"Number ten, stay with me! The rest of you carry out this attack!" Gotenks ordered, the five other ghosts sprang at Buu, only to fly over and hover over something.
"What are they doing?" Shin asked. The ghosts apparently saw something on the ground and were arguing over what it was. One called it a cookie, another called it a piece of poop, but none of them could decide. Every being is naturally curious, and Buu was no exception. He to wondered over to the ghost pack and looked over their shoulders at the object.
"Ah, that is a chocolate bar, they are very tasty!" Buu answered for them, not seeing the wicked grins on their faces. They all lunged at Buu and attached themselves to his body wherever they could and then glowed brightly.
"Nice one," I said.
"Wow, they sure did fool him good!" Goku exclaimed. The resulting explosion blinded the view out temporarily, eventually showing Buu even sloppier than earlier.
"Number ten, its up to you! Fly down his throat and really give him a stomachache!"
"Yes sir!" The ghost saluted, then flew at Buu and struck him dead in the mouth. Then Buu's body inflated and combusted.
"Legend!" Gotenks declared, strutting a pose that would've made Gohan look good. When the smoke cleared, little puddles of Buu lay everywhere, and Piccolo yelling at the fused warrior to finish the job. The two then started zapping all the Buu blobs, getting every last one and burning them all with small ki attacks.
"You did well, good job!" Piccolo congratulated Gotenks.
"Ah it was nothing!" Gotenks said, causing Piccolo to frown again. Suddenly a wind gusted from the lookout's surface, rushing upward and carrying a familiar pink smoke up with it.
"Uh oh," Goku gasped. The pink smoke quickly came together in the sky, forming, guess who, but Buu. Buu looked slightly irritated now.
"Oh good, he came back to play!"
Piccolo wasn't so happy about this, "Gotenks, can you make another one of those Super Ghosts?" Gotenks grinned slightly, but then grabbed his head.
"No I can't! That technique won't work now, I don't have enough power for it!" Buu smiled again and plummeted to the ground, slamming into Gotenks and sending them both through the lookout and down to the earth below.
Piccolo lagged behind a little, "Damn, the fusion is almost over!"
"How long has it been Shin?" Goku asked, catching a scowl from Kibito, probably for not calling him Supreme Kai.
"It's getting close Goku, they only have eight minutes of fusion left!" Shin replied with deep concern as he eyed Old Kai, who was still laughing at his comic while holding his arms out like they had been for so long now.
Goku growled slightly, "Man, I wish there was something we could do!" On the screen, Piccolo took off from the lookout to observe Gotenks and Buu, both had recovered from their fall and were having a standoff of name calling.
"Argh, Gotenks! Fight him already, your fusion time is almost up! Then we'll have to wait another hour before you can do it again!"
"Oh fine, I'll use my greatest trick on him now, TA DA!" Gotenks declared, holding his arms upward, then down into a powerup stance. Then he started to scream and glow, his power swelling.
"What's he doing now?" I asked. Goku looked hopeful. Gotenks' power soared up near Buu's level and I could feel it better, even from the Kai world. His hair lengthened and glowed brightly, before the light filled the screen, blinding us as well. When it cleared, Gotenks stood there glowing brightly, looking at a mirror. But he looked much different, his hair was down to his waist and his eyebrows were gone. Lightning surrounded his body along with his golden aura.
"Whoa," I managed to get out.
"Wow, he's a Super Saiyan three!" Goku exclaimed with excitement.
"Did you say three, as in a third level?" Shin asked, apparently unaware of the earlier events.
"Yeah, I thought I'd be the only one for a while to reach that level. Guess I was wrong," Goku said with a thick smile. Back on earth, Piccolo was wondering how the child pulled this off, but didn't elaborate much as this was a very good thing. Buu wasn't sure what to make of this new form of Gotenks, so he laughed at it, poking fun of the long hair. Gotenks attacked with a deadly determination, batting Buu back into some mountains. Then he blasted the crap out of the mountain, destroying it easily along with several acres of land around it. Buu reemerged a minute later, looking a little battered but otherwise unharmed. Gotenks attacked again, punching Buu harshly, and then kicked him into the dirt. Buu snarled and attacked back, stretching himself like a rubber band and engulfing Gotenks with his body. Then he squeezed, much like Fat Buu had done with a chunk of himself, only this Buu was using his whole body. Gotenks tried to overpower the squeeze, but couldn't. Buu then flew himself and Gotenks towards another nearby hill, releasing the squeeze and sending Gotenks tumbling into the rocky terrain. A bright flash of light an instant later told me that Gotenks was okay. Buu charged behind him and grabbed him by the neck, holding a ki blast in the other hand and letting him have it in the face, sending the fused Saiyan sprawling away.
"Bye, Bye!" Buu waved a bit. Gotenks shoved off the rubble he landed in, looking quite roughed up, but still alive and kicking. He flew at Buu, who waited patiently, and then Gotenks vanished. Buu looked around for the child, but didn't find him. A seemingly stray ki blast found him though, and blew his head clean off. While he was reforming it, Gotenks reappeared and punched and kicked like there was no tomorrow, landing just about every blow, and making an impact. I could actually feel Buu's power start to drop slightly, but just slightly.
"Wow, he's starting to beat him down!" Goku said happily. Gotenks then hit a spin kick that spun Buu's head around a few times, making him a little dizzy when it came back it's normal place. Gotenks stood, his arms drawn back for the finisher.
"Time to say goodbye Buu!" Gotenks sneered, powering up. Then, for no apparent reason, his power dropped and his super form was gone. There he stood in normal form with black and purple striped hair.
"Oh crap. Super Saiyan three must have burned up his fusion power faster," Goku said. Gotenks tried to make an excuse that is was his best trick yet. Buu was no fool, and regenerated his battered body promptly.
"Hey, are you almost done over there! Cause Gotenks' fusion is about over!" Goku yelled to Old Kai.
"We will be finished faster when you young ones quiet down so Gohan can concentrate! Don't despair, the Earth will be safe long enough so he can defeat Majin Buu!" Old Kai snapped back.
"What, how do you know that? Buu could wipe it out at any moment!" Shin claimed.
"Stop being so melodramatic and maybe you'd know too, now hush!" On the screen, Buu's forelock was throwing around Gotenks. He was tossed into another hill and came back up swearing.
"That's it you ugly freak, you're going down!" The two Gotenks' said. Two of them? It wasn't two of them, but it was Goten on one side and Trunks on the other, they saw this and freaked out.
"Oh man, this is bad," Goku muttered silently.
"It's time, little trouble makers!" Buu declared. Suddenly a yellow blast hit him from behind, the owner stood in the distance. Buu reformed the new hole in his gut and turned to get a look at his new competition. I didn't recognize the person, he was wearing a black shirt with an orange scarf around his neck, a brown jacket that flapped in the breeze, and blue jeans. His hair was solid black and his eyes were icy blue. If anything he looked like Eighteen, with black hair.
"Who is that?" I asked. Goku shrugged, I looked at Shin and Kibito, but they didn't seem to know either.
Piccolo however looked relieved, " Seventeen!"
"As in Android Seventeen?" Goku asked.
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"Good to see you my friend, I'm glad to see you survived the genocide!" Piccolo said happily. Seventeen leaped up and jumped down beside Piccolo, who had made his way in front of the boys to protect them.
"So this is the beast that has been killing everyone, I take it Gohan and Vegeta were killed?"
Piccolo nodded, "Vegeta tried to self-detonate but that didn't work. It's possible that Gohan survived, but we are not for sure on that one."
"And my sister?"
"He got her to," Piccolo said, pulling off his turban and shoulder weights. Seventeen shed his jacket aside and took a stance similar to Piccolo's, side-by-side.
"I guess Seventeen became good after Cell, he and Piccolo must have formed a friendship. I wouldn't know though, I never met him, and I was dead!" Goku said, scratching his head as usual. The boys joined Seventeen and Piccolo and it was now four on Buu.
"Let's take care of this abomination!" Seventeen said.
"It probably won't matter now, but maybe at least this will honor our friends," Piccolo said, smiling strangely. Seventeen launched himself at Buu first, then phased out and into the air. At first Buu looked more then ready to pick him out of the air, but then gasped. Seventeen took advantage of this and plowed him over from behind, before vanishing again and kicking him in his side. Buu sprang back in shock almost.
"I cannot sense your energy!" Buu exclaimed.
"Piss and moan," Seventeen sneered, firing rapid blasts that pierced the monster's rubbery skin, but didn't damage him much. Piccolo knocked Buu down from behind, the boys attacked from the sides and soon all four were beating on Buu. Buu would knock one or two aside, only to get hit by another, usually being Seventeen since he was an android and didn't have detectable ki. I got a good look at Buu's face while all four were punching him; it wasn't a happy look either. He screamed as his energy blew everyone backwards and shot a few stray blasts, none hitting anyone. Goten and Trunks used this chance to go Super again, Piccolo powered up as well, and Seventeen, well you wouldn't be able to tell anyway. However, Buu was done being beaten on. He first phased out and knocked Piccolo down with one blow to the head. He quickly appeared before Trunks and Goten, taking one boy by the leg and throwing him into the other, the latter being Goten. Seventeen smirked slightly and vanished, when he reemerged, he was gasping in pain as Buu was already there, with his fist implanted in Seventeen's stomach.
"Did you think that just because I couldn't sense you meant that I couldn't catch you? Foolish earthling!" Buu snarled. Piccolo flew up behind Buu, only to be backhanded away while Buu continued to wail on Seventeen. He picked up Seventeen by the scruff of his neck and started punching him hard in his face, causing his nose to bleed severely. Then he ki blasted one of Seventeen's legs, severing it and revealing electronic devices, dripping with blood.
"So, you're a robot too? You earthlings come in all shapes and sizes now don't you? Time you went back to the scrap heap!" Buu sneered and blasted the other leg. Seventeen tried to punch him, but the fist was caught and crushed in Buus palm easily. Buu then let loose a terrible ki blast in his hands, literally evaporating Seventeen's body into nothing.
"Just like this planet, nothing but rubbish!" Buu snickered. He turned to glance at Piccolo, who was staring him down coldly while panting a little, the boys were digging themselves out of some rubble.
"NEXT?" Buu mocked the three exhausted warriors. A small flash of light went by Buu, causing his smile to drop. At first nothing happened, and then I saw that Buu's body was sliding apart.
"What the?" I gasped. His top half was sliced neatly in half from his bottom half, the top slid along until it fell clean off. Then I felt a new power reading, stronger than Piccolo, and very similar to Vegeta in the reading. Piccolo and the boys gasped at a figure behind Buu, with a sword drawn out to his sides.
"Hey Trunks, that guy looks like you, is he your brother?
"Who is that?" Shin asked. Goku was all smiles, and then I saw why, and grinned myself. Behind Buu, withdrawing his sword to the side of a Capsule corp. jacket colored purple, was Future Trunks.
"You!" Future Trunks pointed at Buu, "Are not welcome here!"
Power levels:
Majin Buu: 400,000,000
Super Saiyan Gotenks: 320,000,000, Super Saiyan 3: 420,000,000
Goten: 33,000,000, SS: 93,000,000
Kid Trunks: 37,000,000, SS: 97,000,000
Piccolo: 180,000,000
Seventeen: 80,000,000
A/N: Starting to notice the subtle differences now? I promise this battle with Buu will turn into something pretty wild.