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 25: Saiyan Power Fails
Broly's hidden power erupted as his body buffed up in size, stretching his muscles to the limit, especially the upper body and arms. Golden ki waves came streaming out and all around him, adding to the effect and destroying more of the ruined sanctuary. His hair spiked outward a little more wildly, his body probably two to three times bigger in bulk, his ki much higher.
"What form is that again?" I asked.
"You could call it Super Saiyan stage two or three, depends on the extreme. You basically build up so much power that you increase your body size by the power up and gain more strength. However there is a drawback to that form, you lose a lot of speed when you gain size. Trunks and Cell learned that the hard way. Broly is different, for some reason the cut in speed doesn't come into play, or at least that's what it looked like when we fought him, he was pretty strong in comparison so it was hard to tell," Goku explained, trying to work a cramp out of his shoulder.
"That is a form you should try to avoid is what that is, anyone can do it in any form. But either you will lose your speed, or you'll burn yourself out trying. Powering up to your body's maximum like you've always been doing is the best way to go, even if it isn't strong enough," Vegeta cut in. I weighed the differences to this in my head.
If you increase size you gain more power and brute strength, and lose speed, can take a beating but can't hit shit. Okay that's out, power up to the max without increasing size like that, keep speed and can dodge and hopefully hit something, just may not be able to take the enemy out in one blow or may not have enough power to beat him period. Option two keeps you alive longer though, potentially. Broly's body stopped increasing in size, and his hair turned slightly green under his powerful aura that shined around him, flickering wildly. Buu made a face that resembled a teasing child, sticking out his tongue at the Ultra Super Saiyan. Broly responded by throwing a small but strong ki blast at him. Buu tried to catch it, but got his arms blown off and a big hole in his stomach. Buu grinned at this new challenger and reformed quickly. Broly then launched at him and attacked with a crushing blow that would've beheaded anyone normal. Had Buu been normal, his head would have gone flying off, instead of flipping backward by the impact. Broly attacked again, fists flying into Buu's body, hitting hard every time and leaving behind a nasty dent and several cuts.
One kick and Buu went flying through the air, where he got a chance to gain his bearings. Buu flipped back up and stopped himself, healing all his wounds and dents that were plastered everywhere on him. Then he simply vanished from sight, or at least that was how it appeared. I heard a loud groan a half second later, revealed to be Buu's fist implanted in Broly's huge stomach. He was so fast that I couldn't trace his motion. Then there was simply nothing but air around Broly, but he was being hit severely. This reminded me of the earlier fight between Vegito and Super Buu, I couldn't see much of that either, but Old Kai's crystal ball slowed some of it down slightly to keep up. Vegeta, Goku, Piccolo and Gohan seemed to be able to follow, but I had no chance to, and I doubted that the kids could have either.
"Wow he sure is fast, I couldn't see him move, could you Goten?" Kid Trunks asked exactly what I was thinking.
"Uh uh," Goten said, stuttering slightly.
"Power up to Super Saiyan and you probably could," Piccolo suggested. I did right away, the boys did an instant later, not pushing for any power, just enough to watch the action and stay rested. I found I had to power up considerably before my eyes could pick up Buu again, or at least pick him up better than a tiny blur in the air.
"Man, this blows, I still can't pick him up very well!" Kid Trunks whined. Watching Buu hammer on Broly, who was trying to pick him out of the air, it was like watching a turtle versus a cheetah, no contest in the speed department. Broly would strike at one place and Buu had already been around him to hit him in the squall of his back. Broly tried to spin, but Buu remained behind him. Broly tried a backwards kick, to which Buu dodged. Broly spun around and aimed a chop dead on Buu's neck, Buu raised his arm up extremely fast and blocked the entire blow. Broly wasn't sure what to make of this, but powered up his aura once again to add strength to his attacks. He kicked at Buu with his now huge boot, and got him in the neck. Buu felt the blow, but snapped his head back into position and grabbed the leg to swing him in the air and chased after him. Broly flipped in the air and charged a golden ki beam, firing a second later with an outstanding amount of power behind it. Buu grinned and fired his own beam at it, his pink with it's own huge amount of power behind it. A power struggle ensued when the ki beams collided against each other.
The wind outflow from the ki beams was very strong, easily tearing apart boulders and chunks of hills and mountains. Both fighters increased their ki flow into the beams, trying to out power the other. Broly screamed and poured a dangerous amount into his end of the bargain, the gold beam swelling and pushing back the pink beam of Buu's. From what I could see, Buu was still grinning even as his beam started to be pushed back. Broly's energy started to drop as he maintained the destructive ki wave, but he kept it up, determined to destroy Buu at all costs.
"Buu's holding back until Broly burns up his power. Broly has already lost, Buu is just drawing it out," Vegeta noted. Broly's power was dropping even more now, his body was starting to shrivel a bit. Buu used this chance to spring up from the dead and power up his beam again. His power outshined everyone once again and overpowered Broly's huge beam in no time at all. Broly's beam was put out and the pink mass struck him hard. After the explosion, Broly's power dropped rapidly, and he fell from the skies like a dead airplane. When he got closer, I could see his body shrink some more, back into a normal super saiyan. He fell right in front of us and struck the ground with a sickening thud, blood leaking out from various places around his body, mostly his chest area but not excluding his face. His hair turned back to black when he settled in the ground, another victory for Buu.
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"Alright you pink freak, I'm next!" Vegeta declared, floating up and circling slowly to get away from us bystanders.
"All right, get him dad! Yeah that monster is going down now!" Kid Trunks jumped up and down, declaring victory for our cause. Goten joined in the fun just because Trunks was celebrating, only to be knocked on the head by Piccolo, telling them to be quiet and that it's far from over. Gohan looked over Broly, who was groaning slightly but turning slightly so he could watch a bit of Vegeta and Buu having it out.
"Man, I didn't think he would be this strong after he lost so much power!" Goku said, shuddering a little bit.
"You mean he was even stronger earlier?!" Piccolo gasped aloud.
"You don't want to know, believe me," I said before Goku tried to explain. A loud yell from Vegeta shut everyone up as he shot into super level two pretty quickly and then slowly turned to level three, not bothering to warm up against this new form of Buu.
"He can turn Super Saiyan three also?!" Gohan asked as Piccolo gasped. Trunks and Goten didn't know what to say to this new development. With his transformation complete, he turned to Buu with murderous eyes. Then using his ki, he pushed his power into his arms and legs, ensuring his blows would do more damage. Then he rushed at Buu who waited oh so patiently for him. Vegeta fired a punch that Buu grinned at and caught easily. Then he split in half thanks to Vegeta's power kick straight up the middle. As each of Buu's eyes darted toward each other, Vegeta jumped back a few feet and gathered his ki in his palms, thrusting them forward. Wow, he's going for the win now.
"FINAL FLASH!" came the powerful words. Buu was busy trying to figure out why he split in half when the blast hit him and blew through. The view was blinding momentarily, before the beam soared off into the cosmos somewhere. When the smoke cleared, Vegeta stood, arms crossed in his Super three form. Where Buu was supposed to be were two small pink arms and two white clothed legs, his head and most of his body had been obliterated. Vegeta scowled and fired ki beams at the lingering appendages, shredding them apart into tiny chunks. Soon I lost sight of the remaining pieces, Vegeta must have as well because I lost the ki signal from Buu.
"Did he do it?" Goten asked.
"I doubt it, but Buu had to have felt the effects of all that," Piccolo stated. Sure enough, Buu's signal came back, his remaining chunks flowing into water like streams and flowing into a bigger glob, slowly regenerating itself before taking shape into the evil Buu once more.
"WHY CAN"T YOU JUST DIE YOU FREAK?!" Vegeta roared in a battle cry and rushed towards Buu with an arm cranked back. Vegeta swung at him, but missed and caught a nasty blow in the stomach, blood was spit up right away. Recovering quickly, Vegeta hit a solid kick to Buu's midsection, and then double arm smashed him over the head, sending him towards the ground. Buu jumped back up instantly and caught Vegeta across the jaw. Vegeta swung another punch just as Buu kicked at him, and the flurry began.
"Man how the hell can he still have so much power left?" I asked. A shockwave went by as Vegeta had just caught Buu in the head again, then another went by when Buu returned the blow. In the sky, a person could have mistaken the fight for fireworks, normal eyes would've picked up explosions of light. I let the actual fighting vanish from my eyes and instead concentrated on the ki levels I sensed coming off Vegeta and Buu. Buu's wasn't diminishing at all from physical combat when fighting someone of similar strength or weaker. Ki blasts affected him a little as he had to regenerate himself, but not very much unless the opponent was much stronger. Vegeta's however was diminishing quickly, the fact that he was at Super Saiyan three wasn't helping any either.
Piccolo seemed aware of this fact as well, "Vegeta's losing it," he commented. Gohan looked up to watch and nodded grimly. Vegeta became aware of it soon, he started to punch a little more wildly and more aggressive in desperation. Buu picked up on this and broke Vegeta's defenses easily, knocking him backwards. Vegeta flipped upwards, furious, and extended his arm, charging ki all the way. Buu grinned and waited patiently for it to fire. Vegeta sent an enormous amount of ki into his palm, and turned his thumb inward.
"Take Cover!" I shouted, seeing what was coming. Vegeta continued to pour ki into his palm, making it glow in the anticipated blast. I felt his ki signal drop a bit, looking up I saw that he dropped into level two because of the amount of energy he was using. Glancing at Buu, I saw that he was actually frowning, on the verge of frightened.
"IT"S TIME FOR YOU TO DIE AND GO TO HELL! BIG BANG ATTACK!" The blast fired, and I waited long enough to see it hit before turning my head down again. I heard the explosion and felt myself getting swept off my knees and getting pushed backwards a little, then dirt washed over me by the wind and I couldn't see or hear anything for a moment or two. I dug myself out of the dirt bath and spit out what got into my mouth. Looking up right away, I saw Vegeta, huffing and puffing and now back to Super Saiyan one, and losing ki fast. I searched out for Buu's signal, but couldn't find it. I waited a minute before daring speak anything to the subject, watching and listening to the air. Nothing happened, absolutely nothing, no signal or any movement. Vegeta lowered himself to the ground next to us, watching in the general direction where Buu had been, wary.
"Did he do it?" I heard someone else whisper this time.
Vegeta waited another minute before standing and crossing his arms again with a resounding "Humph!"
"All right Dad!" Trunks jumped up in the air.
"Wow, he did do it!" Gohan and Goku both gasped. Kid Trunks ran over to his father, hoping for an embrace from his father as he hugged his leg. Vegeta stood motionless, still watching just in case, but again there was no single sign of Buu whatsoever.
"Good thing too, I wasn't sure what to do if you or Gohan didn't get him!" Goku said, holding his head slightly. The air bristled slightly, rubbing my tail in the process, feeling rather good. The slight breeze turned quickly into a gust, then a gale. Lightning crackled around as everyone gasped as a very familiar power level rose from the ashes.
"He's still alive!" I shouted at the air. Vegeta pushed his son aside, but didn't take off after Buu, only powered down to normal. I looked at him like he was insane, he never gave up a fight, never!
"Kaka-brat, your turn," Vegeta said calmly. Then a thought crossed my head, Gohan had the best chance of anyone. His body wasn't going to strain like a Super Saiyan three, and his power was still slightly higher than level three, currently at least.
"Go get him son, and this time get him for good!" Goku rooted on his son.
"You ready Buu?" Gohan shouted, powering up slightly to kick up some dust, instantly at his maximum power and flying up to Buu with a fist outstretched.
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"Vegeta, are you feeling okay?" Goku asked his long time rival.
Vegeta shot him a glare for a brief second, "Yes, I'm fine Kakarot!" A loud battle cry just prior to several shockwaves then brought us back to the battle rather than ponder Vegeta's strange attitude. I looked up to see Gohan going toe to toe with Buu in an all out brawl, his mystic power shining higher than it had been before Buu absorbed him.
Hmmm, maybe when Buu was powering up earlier with Gohan's hidden power it may have stayed released, or some of it anyway. Buu tried to give Gohan true fighting hell with his hammer like blows and unpredictability to use his flexible body, but Gohan would have none of it and was evading or blocking everything Buu threw at him. Mr. Satan decided he needed to be recognized again and rose from his hiding bush with the dog Bee.
"Hey, isn't that Videl's boyfriend?"
"Yeah that's Gohan up there, fighting Buu," Kid Trunks said, adjusting his red sash slightly.
"And here I thought that skinny kid wasn't much of anything," Mr. Satan mumbled. I turned back to watch the battle again, both fighters' power levels were fluctuating slightly, but very little. So far neither had thrown a ki blast. Buu threw a punch at Gohan, when Gohan dodged it he wrapped his arm around Gohan's neck, then the rest of his body, trying to squeeze him to death seemingly. Gohan struggled slightly, then erupted with his power and broke free, but just barely. Buu was slightly blown back, but gathered himself and fired a large blast from nearly point blank range. Gohan barely got his arms up in time to block his face from getting hit. Once the blast hit, Buu attacked again, kicking Gohan in the stomach right underneath his blocking arms just as the smoke started to clear. Gohan fired a close range blast at Buu, who rearranged his person to allow the blast to go right through. Gohan kicked him in the back sending Buu into the air. He charged up to attack back, only to find Buu was no longer there. Buu phased into view behind Gohan, chopping him hard in the upper back. I felt Gohan's power decrease slightly afterward, showing that we were still not able to touch the beast.
"Shit, it still isn't enough!" I said, the others slightly nodding or grunting. Vegeta seemed to be in heavy thought now, and a few were spoken out loud while Gohan continued to battle the beast. Gohan threw a punch that was blocked and countered straight to his face.
"Hmmm, we can't out power him," Vegeta muttered. Buu caught Gohan in the ribs with a heavy kick with some serious power behind it, then punched him crazily, Gohan not able to block any of the blows.
"So we'll just need to outsmart him!" Vegeta claimed. I looked over at the man who had basically become a second father to me, wondering what he was thinking.
He suddenly spun around, facing us but looking to the air, "Supreme Kai, Old Kai, Dende, can you hear me? I need you!" he roared.
A gasp made its way to my ears, "Yes, we, uh, hear you!" Kibito Kai's voice came through clearly.
"Good, I need you to go to the new planet Namek right away and get a hold of their dragonballs, I have a few wishes to make!" Vegeta ordered. A few minutes of silent thoughts ensued as Buu was still beating on Gohan, not giving him any time to collect himself and fight back.
"Okay Vegeta, we're on the planet Namek and we have the dragonballs, what are your wishes?" Dende asked this time.
"For the first wish, restore the Earth. For the second wish, restore everyone who was killed since the morning of the martial arts tournament, excluding the evil ones!" Vegeta ordered again.
"Wow, you had a plan after all, but why didn't you just ask the dragon to wish back everyone killed by Buu? That would be everyone at this point anyway, including those people you killed at the stadium," Goku asked in wonder.
"Idiot! That would mean Babidi would come back, and I never want to see that imp again!" Vegeta said, folding his arms in disgust.
"You and me both," I muttered.
"Okay, I understand were bringing the earth and its people back. But how are we going to beat Buu if none of us can do it?" Future Trunks asked.
"I'll get to that in a minute," Vegeta turned back to watch the battle. Gohan looked like he had been through a meat grinder, and was still managing to hold off Buu from complete victory.
"Okay Vegeta, the Earth is back, the dragon is starting to grant the second wish, but it's going to take a little while!" A golden blast lit up the sky as Gohan had just gotten an open chance to blast Buu real good, leaving the monster in shambles. But the drop in energy from Gohan was beginning to take a toll. I cringed, wanting nothing more to fly up there and teach that beast a thing or two. Gohan fired multiple blasts at Buu in slight desperation to take him out. He pierced the freak's skin easily, but the wounds were regenerated quickly.
"Come on Dende, what the hell is taking so long?" Vegeta asked the air again. As if an answer to his question, the energy in my body shifted and raised a bit, a new supply of ki behind it. I looked around myself, trying to figure out what happened.
"All right, Verto and Vegeta have been wished back!" Goku announced. I felt up around my head for the ever-present halo and discovered it gone, I was alive again. Goku walked around Vegeta, telling him how he must be a good guy now since the dragon didn't bring back the evil ones. I on the other hand was getting a feel for the new power I felt inside of me. My body felt incredible like I had just had a senzu bean before entering lighter gravity. And in that short time, I had a plan of my own to carry out.
"Okay Kakarot, get ready to take your place, its time to power up your weapon!" Vegeta said.
"What weapon?" Goku asked dumbly.
"Think imbecile!"
"Uh, I'm a little lost," Goku said, grinning slightly.
"Argh, the spirit bomb!"
Power levels
Kid Buu: 560,000,000
Broly: SS1: 300,000,000, Ultra SS: 505,000,000
Vegeta: SS2: 385,000,000, SS3: 470,000,000
Gohan: 510,000,000