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 24: The True Form of Buu

Buu's body emitted the pink aura like he was powering up, but his ki level dropped even more. It rapidly approached the level he was at when first fighting Vegito, and then fell even more, back to right after he absorbed Gohan. His mouth filled with something and he spat it out. The wet loogie flew to the ground, and exploded, the puff of smoke turned into an unconscious Trunks. Buu spat again, this time Gohan came up. And then Buu spit up everyone else he had absorbed. After he discarded Piccolo, Kid Trunks and Goten, he spat something huge out. It was Fat Buu, amazingly enough.

This caused Mr. Satan to go bonkers in happiness, "He's alive he's alive!" All the discarded warriors lay out cold, but alive for sure, their ki levels low at the level of deep sleep. Kibito Kai was jumping for joy, the Saiyans in general shown satisfied smiles. Goku and Vegeta were all smirks of course. Broly came up beside them, with the enthusiasm of a lazy cat.

"All right, Buu is going down now!" I said in celebration. Buu's ki level was going nuts, up and down in random activity, but nothing too serious. Then his body started to change, it puffed up in power, full of huge muscles. Everyone stopped celebrating to observe. The puffed up Buu then deflated by emitting steam, his form slimmed down so much that he got smaller. The smile on Kibito Kai's face was gone in an instant, it changed to a look of terror. When Goku asked what was wrong, he could only slur his words in fear. Kibito Kai grabbed Dende and Old Kai and teleported out, bringing them back to the Kai world only a few feet away.

"Why'd you leave in such a hurry?" Old Kai asked.

"Majin Buu is changing back to normal, his original form. Without the fusion, we don't have a prayer in winning now!"

"Maybe your forgetting that Goku, Vegeta and the legendary Super Saiyan are there, not to mention the entire Saiyan army!" I said holding a finger in the air.

"Watch, you'll see what I mean," Kibito Kai said silently. On the screen, Goku, Vegeta and Broly were using Rock Paper Scissors to determine who was going to fight first, seeing Buu was weaker than before. Buu looked like a tiny kid now, scowling at the environment. He flew up and charged a blast then tossed it at the ground. Vegeta shot a blast in desperation to deflect it from the planet, then cursed at Buu some more. Buu grinned widely and charged another one above his head, this one much stronger. The Saiyans panicked and backed up.

"Vegeta, we can't stop that one!" I heard Goku say. Oh crap.

"Go young Kai and save the stupid people!"

Kibito Kai teleported out and reached the huge pack of Saiyans first, leaving with them in a large chain. The remaining were the earth fighters, plus Broly. Goku was dragging Vegeta and Broly over to Gohan and Piccolo's little group. Buu dropped the blast straight at the ground where they were. Everyone was hooked to Goku by a chain and he lifted his fingers up and shut his eyes in concentration. Then he opened them again and froze in surprise. Shit! He can't sense us way over here, not with Buu's power clouding everything. I jumped up and ran away from the screen.

"What Verto?" Tien and Dende both shouted. I summoned my sleeping ki and shot into Super Saiyan right away, raising my power for all it was worth up to the full power form. It was painful since I had been resting for so long to suddenly jump to the max. I was relieved to see Goku appear right away, dragging the others in tow and all of them falling to the ground in a heap.

Kibito Kai appeared a second later, huffing and puffing, "That was close!" I powered down quickly and sighed with relief. The screen erupted in pink light, then nothing but black, Earth had been destroyed.

-

"Hey, how did you know to do that?" Goku asked me first, before acknowledging the loss of the planet.

"I would think that is obvious, you were straining to sense something and probably couldn't sense anything else besides that freak, figured I'd at least try to help!" I replied.

"Oh come on Kakarot, the boy has more brains than you anyway. Don't burn the rest of yours up on trying to figure him out!" Vegeta said behind him. I wanted so bad to embrace Vegeta like a son would a father, but I didn't. I gave him a good size smile though.

"So, you went out and got some real clothes!" he nodded back, referring to the Saiyan armor I was still wearing.

Goku walked back over to Broly and extended his hand, "No hard feelings Broly?"

Broly shook it, "None." I raised a questioning eyebrow to Vegeta about that.

"I thought Goku was dead when you guys fought that guy, that's what you and Gohan said?" I asked, confused.

"Kakarot was dead, he was allowed to come back for a day to visit his family while he was investigating something for the Kais. It turned out that Broly was the person he was looking for, Kakarot defeated him after a long battle," Vegeta explained. Okay, works for me. Somehow it doesn't feel correct, but whatever.

Dende came scrambling over to us, and saw the fallen warriors on the ground, still out cold from being inside Buu for so long. Dende set about healing them right away, starting with Gohan since he was the closest. Goku stood over his son and waited for his eyes to open up. Dende finished with Gohan, and went to Future Trunks as Kibito Kai started on the kids and Piccolo. The warriors took a few minutes to wake up, the physical exhaustion had to have been severe.

They slowly awoke, Gohan being first, "D, Da, Dad?"

"Hi sleepy heads!" Goku announced in his usual happy mood. Goten and Trunks shot up pretty fast, checking themselves over. Piccolo and Future Trunks looked around in shock.

"Well it's about time, I was beginning to think you were damaged permanently!" Vegeta barked his presence. This sent Kid Trunks into a series of excited yells and cheers once he saw his father standing there. Vegeta ignored his youngest son's celebration, scowling horribly.

"I can't believe that maniac blew up the earth!" Vegeta growled, catching surprised looks from everyone who just woke up.

"Buu destroyed it?" Gohan stuttered. Goku looked away, showing his pain on the subject.

"Oh, that's bad, isn't it?" Goten asked, naïve as usual.

"You dummy, that means he blew our homes up!" Kid Trunks said for his partner in crime. Future Trunks finally got a good look at me, shaking his head as he got up and walked over.

Future Trunks sighed but managed a grin, "I leave you on your own and you end up dead."

"Yeah, damn that Saiyan show of courage eh?" I joked. I quickly stopped laughing once I caught the glare from Vegeta.

"So what do we do now guys?" Goku asked. The answer wasn't given, as we felt Buu's ki reappear and rushed over to the crystal ball. In the debris of Earth, Buu was regenerating fast, much faster than he did before. In no time all his floating pieces were assembled and he was back, in his child like form. He looked around as if he was expecting something, or someone to be there, but found nothing. He suddenly vanished, and I felt his ki very far away from Earth's former position.

"He's using Instant Transmission!" Goku confirmed. Old Kai ran his hand over the ball, revealing Buu on a different planet, an inhabited one. He looked around it in disgust and charged a ki blast. He aimed it at the ground and fired, blowing it up in as little as half a minute.

"It appears that he's looking for you two," Kibito Kai dared say.

"Then let's get his attention, everyone raise your power levels, only a total moron would be able to miss it!" Vegeta roared as he powered up to Super Saiyan two quickly. Goku nodded and hit level two as well. Goten and Trunks, not wanting to miss out on the fun, powered up as well, laughing a little bit. I shrugged and pushed my ki back into my body, adding that extra little bit to hit Super Saiyan and then pushed into it's full potential. Broly powered up enough to turn his hair gold again, but I could sense something extra beyond it, his base power was pretty damn high. Gohan and Piccolo followed suit, shooting more ki into the air. Instantly I felt a new presence arrive, that one being Kid Buu himself, everyone stopped channeling their power once he showed his ugly mug. He pointed at Goku and Vegeta, and started to laugh slightly.

-

Goku glanced over at Kibito Kai and waved him over, "Hey, Shin, I want you to take Dende and Old Kai away from here, okay? We will deal with Buu." Kibito Kai thought it over, but complied in grabbing the protesting Old Kai and Dende and teleported away. Old Kai managed to grab his crystal ball on the way out.

"Okay Kakarot, Broly, how do you want to do it?" Vegeta asked.

"Old fashioned way I guess," Goku said scratching his head slightly.

Vegeta glanced back at Gohan, "Well Kaka-brat, get up here!" Gohan just gave a half smile and walked up to them.

"READY, SET, Rock, Paper, Scissors, HA!" They all said together. I smacked my forehead slightly, Piccolo and Tien groaned.

"Hey Trunks, that's that game you always beat me at! But why are they playing it?" Goten said in wonder.

"They're deciding who is going to fight Buu first," Piccolo said, holding a finger up to silence the demonic duo.

"Where'd you get the armor, that is so cool!" Kid Trunks said in delight.

"Kibito screwed up when he thought I would hate it. He said and I quote, ahem. If he is going to act like a Saiyan he might as well look like one!" I explained, adding a gurgly voice to imitate Kibito. This caused Goten and Kid Trunks to break out into fits of laughter. Piccolo just shook his head, and walked up to the future version of Trunks.

I did as well but Piccolo beat me to the question, "So why are you back anyway Trunks?"

"I only meant to check up on everyone, especially young Verto here. When I arrived in a blown up city, and sensed huge powers duking it out, I figured there must have been a problem. King Kai filled me in on the rest telepathically."

"PISS OFF KAKAROT!" Vegeta screamed, stomping back to our location with Gohan. Goku and Broly were laughing rather hard at this, before continuing to determine who would fight Buu. Vegeta motioned for me to come with him, but only a little ways away.

"So, couldn't stay alive could you?" he smirked at me.

I returned the look, "Yeah, Babidi helped Buu beat me. If not for the wizard, I would have given that pink shit a serious run for his money, if I didn't get him for good," I looked down a little.

"That blasted wizard is a coward of the worst kind, you did well considering your age. You have incredible hidden power that's itching to spill forth, Vegeta said with pride before his voice lowered in a hurry, "It was an honor to train you. That is something I meant to tell you earlier before I tried to kill Buu. I would have been honored to have you as a second son. You say that to anyone and you will suffer!"

"All right! I won!" Goku shouted in victory. Broly wasn't sure what to make of it, but walked over to Vegeta and I, bowing slightly before sitting down Indian style and watching Goku.

"Hey, I just realized something, wasn't the good Buu spit up as well?" I asked.

Vegeta snorted slightly as the question, "Seems we forgot to get him, what a pity!" Mr. Satan, who had spent most of his time hiding behind a bush, stood up and took slight exception to that. Back in the clearing, Buu stood in the middle, but I heard a loud snore coming from him, drool hanging from his mouth. Goku powered up into level two again, pushing for all he was worth in that form and launched towards Buu. The battle for the universe had begun, again.

-

Buu woke up when Goku came at him, and started to beat his chest like a gorilla. Goku stopped, not sure what to do, or just trying to figure out what Buu was doing. As Buu beat his chest wildly, dust clouds arose like he was powering up, but his ki didn't increase, or not that I noticed.

"What the hell is that pink freak doing now?" Vegeta asked, not really to anyone in particular.

"Does Buu even know?" Gohan asked back, not really gaining an answer.

"What a mental case," I muttered, everyone grunted or nodded in response. Goku got fed up with the act and rushed forward with a punch, knocking Buu backwards. Buu kept beating his chest. Goku ignored it and took the opportunity to hit several punch-punch-kick combinations on him, making Buu eat dirt a few times. The entire time Buu never bothered to block, until Goku shot a Kamehameha at him on the last exchange. Buu realized that he no longer had a chest to beat on and got angry, regenerating it instantly. Buu rushed at Goku and nailed him with a punch that was just as quick as the previous version of him was able to pull off, maybe faster. Whichever, it ended up being just as hard, sending Goku into a nearby mountain. Buu sailed upwards and shot a large ki blast at Goku. Goku dodged it, and right away wished he hadn't as the ball of death buried itself into the planet's surface and continued downward.

"Oh, damn, that's not good. We have to get off of it now!" Piccolo barked.

"And go where Namek?" Vegeta shouted back. I sensed the energy ball hit where the planet core should have been and explode, the ground shook slightly and changed colors. Several spots of ground caved in a bit, but other than that it was rather mild compared to what I expected. Around Buu and Goku the rocks had sprung up out of the ground, but nothing after that.

"Maybe since it's a world for the gods, he can't blow it up," Gohan said. Goku stared at Buu for awhile, then pulled up into a powerup stance and charged his ki. Now the ground shook some more as Goku powered up and hit Super Saiyan three, releasing a lot of static charges around his body. Buu grinned wickedly at this, as if he were expecting or maybe hoping for it to happen. Goku fired a ki blast that Buu dodged, but how he dodged it was very strange. He made a hole within himself where the blast would have it, and it went through like a football going through the goal posts. Goku fired a few more, which Buu dodged a more natural way, bending himself sideways a few times. Buu came at him, launching the duo into flurries of punches and kicks. Some hit, most didn't, and they carried on that way for a long time, whoever lost would be at a serious disadvantage.

"Wow, look at them go," Trunks said.

"Don't tell me your surprised boy?" Vegeta said towards the future version of his son. Trunks didn't bother to answer. A shockwave went off, sending Mr. Satan ducking for cover.

"Where's all the army guys?" he asked, causing a few people to look at him like he was nuts.

"That was no army you fool, that is Kakarot and Majin Buu having it out as we speak," Vegeta gave him a hard stare before watching the battle continue.

-

For ten minutes straight, the two fought evenly with each other. Neither of them taking a serious blow, nor backing off. Just a continued punch, kick, block fest in the air. I was really wondering if Goku was totally even with this Buu. I received my answer a bit later, when Goku started to lose energy and had a harder time keeping up with Buu's blinding speed. He had to block a lot more and soon that's all he was doing. Buu jumped on this and attacked even faster and harder than before, hammering on Goku's defense until he finally broke through it. Goku missed one block and he suffered for it as Buu scored multiple blows into his head and chest areas, before knocking him into the ground below. Goku sprang up right away and launched at Buu again. He scored a direct kick to the gut, but received a punch to the face for his efforts. After that neither warrior cared to block any hits, just beat the living shit out of the other one. Goku grabbed the forelock and pulled Buu into a punch, Buu kicked Goku in the not so good area to kick anyone in. Goku bit the forelock and kicked Buu in the chest. Buu bit Goku's leg, who brought his legs together and tried to head scissor flip him around. Buu then reformed himself in mid air, trading his arm for his head and reshaping accordingly elsewhere, then swung Goku round and round in the air before giving him the toss.

Goku flew out of control a little ways, Buu in hot pursuit. Goku left his flight out of control and gathered ki for a blast attack. He waited till Buu was right on him before he spun and fired, catching Buu totally unprepared and blasting him to pieces in a stream of gold ki. Buu's globs of himself came together the instant they separated, reforming him quickly. Only this time he mistakenly switched his arms and legs, making one ugly creature. He quickly realized his problem when he tried to kick Goku and his leg punched outward from his shoulder. Goku was only too happy to shoot another ki blast at him. Buu reformed correctly this time.

Goku didn't wait for the beast to get his bearings and attacked anyway, punching at his belly harshly until his last punch went straight through it. Buu caught his wrist by reforming around it tightly, and then used the close opportunity to hammer Goku with rights and lefts and short quick kicks. This worked well for Buu since he was shorter than Goku now, he let go of a stunned Goku and bashed him back into the ground. Goku spun and landed on his feet, Buu launched towards him at great speed. Goku shrugged to himself and started to raise his ki again, charging a blast. Then he let go of himself and powered up a strong Kamehameha, no regard for saving energy. Buu backed off once he saw the blue blast forming behind Goku, but waited for it anyway.

Goku let it go with a loud "HA" and the light blinded everyone from so much ki. The beam smashed into Buu and exploded on contact, sending all kinds of dirt and rocks flying everywhere in a severe windstorm, I raised my arms to block some of the force and dug my boots into the ground to hold on. Mr. Satan wasn't so lucky and was currently holding on tight to a boulder, the dog protectively in his fighting gi. When the dust cleared, Buu was missing, and Goku was panting heavily, his power had dropped considerably. I searched out Buu's ki, and unfortunately I found it. He showed his ugly face a minute later, reformed from tiny chunks lying around. Goku powered up furiously to combat him again, only once he did, he dropped back into his normal state and fell to his knees.

"Damn, Goku's out of power!" Piccolo pointed out. I scanned deeper to find that he wasn't completely, but he was done being a Super Saiyan three for the time being, which was close enough.

"I'm next!" Broly said, standing up and walking towards the battlegrounds that Goku and Buu had torn up. Goku noticed this and floated back towards us as Broly took his position as Buu's next opponent. Buu allowed Goku to leave, surprisingly, or he just didn't care and wanted to prove that he could beat everybody there. Broly turned Super Saiyan once again and started to build his power.

Power levels

Verto: 48,000,000, SS: 175,000,000

Goku: SS2: 390,000,000, SS3: 475,000,000

Kid Buu: 560,000,000

Broly: SS1: 300,000,000