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 18: Training Complete

"Wow, the other Trunks is back now! I wonder how much he's improved?" Goku asked excitedly.

"As much as I disapprove of the boy traveling through dimensions, I can say I am gratified of him being here to stall Buu until Gohan is ready," Shin said.

"Been awhile since I've seen him," I said. On the screen, Trunks was powering up greatly, surpassing Super Saiyan and ascending to the second level. Lightning surrounded his being and the ground crumbled a little at his feet. A huge dust storm blew up around him, getting in everyone's face, and then lighting up the skies with lightning imbedded in it. The wind and dust began to slowly subside as soon as it began, revealing the powerful demi-saiyan beneath it, looking quite pissed off. Buu gave off his trademark smirk, having just regenerated himself during the powerup. Trunks kept his general frown; the look in his eye said it all. He wanted to kick the crap out of Buu. Buu launched at him, and pulled his arm back to chop at his head. Trunks was gone by the time he swung his arm, but soon his sword had skewered Buu's belly. He pulled the sword out and swiped quickly in multiple angles, cutting Buu's legs and arms up into tiny chunks floating freely in the air. The remains of Buu's hand shot a ki blast at him, knocking the sword away and catching Trunks a little off guard.

This gave Buu enough time to pull himself together and block Trunks' kick that just came in. Then Buu attacked with a punch to the Saiyan's head, Trunks countered with one to Buu's gut, both blows connecting and having an impact. Buu doubled over, and Trunks lost the amount of saliva he had built up in his mouth. In an instant the two had recovered and were now trading blows back and forth, most of them light and easily blocked. Trunks hit a double punch and kick combo while Buu blocked with his knees and attacked with his fists. Trunks blocked the punches with his forearms and sent a high kick at Buu's head, Buu blocked and grabbed Trunks' leg and swung him into the air. Giving chase, Buu was met with a ki blast to the face when he reached Trunks, but Buu pushed through it and hit Trunks with a hard kick to the gut. Then a double over arm smash to send the Saiyan tumbling to the ground. Trunks spat dirt from his mouth and scowled up at Buu's smirking form.

"Well, you're not a total weakling like the others, but you're still no match for me! You should give up now while you can!" Buu declared. Kid Trunks and Goten seemed to take exception to that, but remained silent, as did Piccolo.

"Sorry freak, I guess we're all just a stubborn race!" Trunks shouted, gathering ki in his palms. Then he held his palms out and moved them in random directions before settling on Buu as his target.

"Burning attack!" and he shot a large but slow blast. Buu just grinned and phased away easily, the blast too slow to catch him. But when he reappeared, he got the surprise of his life. Trunks was behind him in the air, his sword above his head. Buu barely had time to gasp before Trunks swung the blade and sliced him cleanly in two. Then he sliced Buu horizontally across his body, and then diagonally, turning Buu into a floating display of pink cold cuts. Tossing his sword far up into the air, Trunks pulled his arms back to his front, energy flickering in them.

"FINAL FLASH!" He shot his father's technique straight at Buu's body chunks, striking them all in one big yellow blast.

"Wow he got em!" Goku said a little to early.

"I hope so, but Buu has been pretty resilient so far," Shin said. As the blast light faded, Trunks' sword came flying back down, which he caught in his hand and put back into his sheath. Trunks floated down to the others, keeping his level two form just in case.

"Hey," He said quietly.

"Trunks, it's great to have you back, but this creature we've been battling has a bad habit of regenerating himself. Even when blasted into nothing but ashes and smoke he comes back, he'll be back up in a few minutes," Piccolo explained.

"I see. Hey little guy, last time I saw you, you were just a bundle in Mom's arms!" Trunks said to his child counterpart.

Goten looked eternally confused, "Are you another Trunks?"

"Yeah, I'm from another reality and from the future. Who are you? You sure do look like Goku!"

"He's my daddy! I'm Goten!"

"We can have proper introductions later, Vegeta and Verto both fell to Majin Buu. Goku was forced to go back to the other world because he used too much power while being dead. Gohan might have survived but we're doubtful of that. Goku managed to teach these two the fusion technique before he left, and right now were trying to stall Buu long enough to attempt it again. It worked well earlier," Piccolo said, catching Trunks up to date.

Trunks looked shocked, then mad, "And my mother?" Piccolo didn't answer, giving Trunks all the information he needed. He turned on his heel, facing away from them and towards Buu's now regenerating form.

"Buu, you are going to die for what you have done!" Trunks leapt at Buu, who wasn't even done, and shot a punch at him. Buu kept his liquid like form, making Trunks' blow go right through him. Then Buu solidified, catching Trunks' arm in a tight hold.

"You're the one who is going to be die, I will make you dead!" Buu's body kept a tight hold on Trunks' wrist. Buu kicked Trunks repeatedly in the chest and stomach, causing him to cough up a lot of blood in the process. Buu didn't let go of his arm, keeping him around for the punishment by hammering heavy blows in his stomach and face. Trunks was pretty helpless in this, not being able to do much besides choke on his own blood. Then Buu let go of the arm, and hit a spinning kick that sent Trunks into a nearby mountain. A golden hue erupted from the mountain a few seconds later, shattering it easily. Trunks charged again, only to get hit neatly on the back and receive a ki blast to the head, sending him back to the ground, and out of his Super Saiyan form, turning his hair purple again.

"Oh no, not him too!" I yelled angrily. I turned over to Gohan and Old Kai, who were still sitting there. Back on the screen, Buu landed near Trunks and was now stomping his foot into his midsection, more than likely breaking some ribs in the process.

"Umm guys, how much longer will this take? Because Trunks isn't going to last long against Buu!" Goku asked.

"Oh its fine, you can go. It should have been over awhile ago," Old Kai said quietly.

"HUH?!" Kibito, Shin, Gohan, Goku and myself all said at once.

"As in how long ago exactly?" Goku asked.

"Oh five or ten minutes," Kai said, grinning slightly. I was going to chew the old man out, but Gohan beat me to it.

"You mean I've been sitting around for ten minutes for nothing when I could have been helping my friends and family on Earth?!" Gohan screamed at Old Kai as held his ears.

"Now now, calm down! Use that anger swelling inside you and turn it to your advantage," Kai ordered.

"But how do I know what you did will work in my fighting?" Gohan asked.

"Just try to do that Super Saiyan thing you do, it'll happen if you let it," Kai said calmly. Gohan did just that, shooting his power up quickly. Something different happened this time, and the golden ki did not appear. But a silvery aura surrounded Gohan and his power shot up like I had never seen or sensed before. A strong wind blew and storm clouds grew above Gohan, lightning striking around him. Then the energy from the powerup blew against me and the others. Old Kai went flying into the air, Kibito flew up and caught him. I tried to block against the power rush, but I was blown down with ease, as was Shin, Goku managed to stay up. When Gohan finished his powerup, his form looked normal. The exception being that his eyes looked slightly sharper and more defined, his black hair stood up sharp with one long bang dropping in front of his eyes similar to his Super Saiyan two look. But his power was huge, well beyond Buu's current level. Lightning made of ki gathered itself in his hands and around his legs, then settled. It was like he was a Super Saiyan by looks, but his eyes and hair didn't change colors.

"Incredible!" Goku managed to say. I nodded, my jaw hanging a little open. Gohan to say the least, looked pleased.

"All right, it's time to go back to earth Gohan," Shin declared. Kibito came up beside him,

"No master, you must remain here. Gohan will make his journey to Earth alone. I will take him and then come back here to wait for the good news," Kibito told him.

"What about my responsibility to that planet?" Shin asked his servant.

"Gohan doesn't need any more distractions master!" Kibito shot back in as polite a tone he could manage.

Gohan made his way over to his father, "Well Dad, I'm off," Gohan said.

"Yes, go show Buu what a Saiyan is made of, good luck son! This is the last time I'll get to see you, until you make your journey over to this world. Make me proud!" Goku said. Gohan embraced him in a big hug. After a moment he stood up at even height with him and backed away, going towards Kibito.

"Good luck man!" I shouted to him.

"I'll see you later. After we beat Buu and get the dragonballs, we'll wish ya back!" Gohan gave a slight wave as he and Kibito vanished via Instant Transmission.

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Old Kai stumbled over to his viewing ball and sat down with Shin, Goku and I. Kibito arrived a moment later and joined us. Trunks was battered and beaten, lying down with Piccolo checking on him. Goten and Trunks were watching Buu, who had assumed a sitting position and appeared to be snoring.

"I wonder why he stopped?" Goku asked no one in particular, "Hmmmm." A few minutes later I felt Gohan's energy flicker near them and soon he arrived, skidding to a stop in front of Buu. Present company was more than happy to see him, but also bewildered. Gohan arrived in his powered up state, in a different set of clothes. They were like Goku's current outfit of orange shirt and pants with a blue undershirt and metal clad boots.

Buu wasn't sure what to make of the new arrival, "So hot shot, you want some of Majin Buu?" Gohan didn't really answer, instead directed a question to Piccolo regarding the others. The answer he got wasn't what he wanted. He grinned at Buu and walked towards him, his power shooting up as he approached. Kid Trunks and Goten looked concerned, and jumped into similar stances, preparing for fusion.

Buu starting laughing, "I recognize you, you're one of the ones I've beaten before. So you want some more, very well, but this will be the last time!" Gohan tripped him at his feet once he finished his speech and punched him solidly in his face. This action stopped Trunks and Goten, who were still in the middle of the dance. Buu tried to punch back, but Gohan simply ducked under and hit a sharp kick that sent him face first into the dirt. Piccolo's face was priceless, Trunks couldn't believe it himself, having just gotten up and was holding his limp arm.

"Amazing, he isn't even a Super Saiyan and he's beating him down, easily!" Piccolo muttered loudly.

"You can get up now Buu, I know you're not hurt!" Gohan taunted. Buu shifted around, rising slowly, all smiles. Gohan rushed at him with amazing speed, blocking a kick from Buu just as he zoomed in. Buu threw a few more random blows at him, Gohan blocked them all with ease before grabbing Buu's hand and dragging him in, smirking the entire time. Gohan backhanded Buu, then swung his arm in a quick circle and sent him into the air. His aura gleaming around him, Gohan vanished and appeared above Buu, smacking him with one hand down into a rocky pile. Buu growled in pain and looked up at his opponent, only to not see him.

Gohan was already standing behind him, "Pssss, behind you!" Gohan whispered. When Buu turned to see Gohan, his mouth fluttered open in shock.

"Hi, nice day isn't it Buu?" Gohan was owning Buu easily. While the big battle wasn't really cranked up yet, Gohan was definitely going to wipe the floor with him.

"Wow I didn't know sitting still for so long would have this effect!" Goku said, surprised.

"Well, when you focus hard enough you can accomplish just about anything!" Old Kai scolded him. Back on the screen, Buu was still shuddering in shock at Gohan's power, and soon his desperate struggle began to show.

Power levels

Majin Buu: 400,000,000

Future Trunks: 70,000,000, SS: 195,000,000, SS2: 365,000,000

Mystic Gohan: 490,000,000

A/n: Yeah that's right, I'm not calling him "Ultimate Gohan" or whatever it's called in many other stories or games. But there is a reason I'll stick with Mystic. Readers that have gone further ahead know what I mean.