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 26: Plan to destroy Buu

"A spirit bomb, that's your big idea? That didn't even work against Frieza, what makes you think it'll even scratch Buu?" Goku asked in pure shock.

"It will work, we will use the energy of the earth and it's people. Not just a little, we will take whatever they can possibly give us!"

"The maximum huh, that could work, maybe," Goku put a finger to his chin to think it over.

"Supreme Kai, I need you to communicate to all the people of Earth, so I can speak to them!" Vegeta talked to the air again.

"It can't be done, neither one of us possess that skill!" Old Kai responded.

"Hey guys, I can help there, interplanetary communication is my specialty ya know!" a different voice cut in.

"Hey King Kai!" Goku answered immediately. A bright flash of light went off, then an explosion of dust in front of us. I looked out a little ways to see Gohan lying in the dirt, his power to low to take on Buu anymore.

"Damn, he isn't going to sit back and let us gather the power though without distraction, boys, get ready to fuse!" Vegeta ordered. This is it, this is where I have to come in, besides there's no way Gotenks could handle this guy now.

"No Vegeta, I'll step in now. I've been meaning to fight that pink freak again for a long time. I think I can hold him off long enough for the spirit bomb energy to get here!" I declared, stepping forward and dropping out of Super Saiyan.

"Verto, your transformed state is strong, but it is still below Buu's current level," Goku said, shaking my shoulder.

"Yes, but I plan on trying something out on him that I learned earlier," I said, giving him a slight smile.

"This is no time for foolishness boy, this is the fate of the universe hanging in the balance!" Vegeta barked at me now.

"Please trust me, if this works than we should have all the time we need!" I said, giving Goku and Vegeta a hopeful look.

Goku bought it and smiled, nodding his head slightly, "Okay kid, go get him!" I turned back to see Buu napping in the air, and held my palm up to start charging my trump card. Vegeta grabbed my hand before I could start though.

"If it's going to come to that, I'll do it. You're going to need the energy against him!" Vegeta charged the white blast and sent it into the sky, "Moon blast explode!"

The white glow that fell over me was soothing in a way, like a warm lake of air invaded my senses. Then like a dam breaking, the mind-boggling ki arose from my deepest reaches. The fur began to grow and my tail whipped out into the air. My nose and mouth stretched forward slowly, probably the most painful part of the whole mess, if not when my ears grew a little and made themselves known. I took note that my Saiyan armor held on well, though my gloves and boots were a little tight because of the thick fur. Just as the pain of slight change began, it ended, leaving me with a wondrous amount of ki to use at my disposal. Buu's still sleeping form barely moved from its position, if anything I'd say he drooled some more now.

"Do it!" Vegeta urged me on. I rose into the air slowly, making some distance before I stopped and took a deep breath. Okay, time to see if this works, if it doesn't, well this will be one of the shortest fights ever. I could still tell Buu's level was higher than mine, barely wavering as always. I took a few more breaths before spreading into a powerup type stance. I released some more hidden ki into my being, prepping for the big jump. About as ready as I'm going to get, don't want to keep the audience waiting. This sucks that I couldn't use it on Vegeta in training first, but this is no time to be picky. I looked down once more at the gang, before focusing completely on my ki level.

Then I sank into the grove and bellowed the words, "Kaio-ken!" Many things happened once I uttered those words. First and for most, my muscles bulged out, burning with ki. Then the red aura of death surrounded me, the new power aching to be used. Lastly, Buu woke up as I powered up everything I could get out of the move. I reached out and saw that my power was now greater than the monster's, by a lot. The drawback of Kaioken was body damage, and that's exactly what I got. My body felt like I was going through a shredder of ki power. Shit this hurts, I don't have long to use this. Too bad I didn't get much practice doing this. I charged at Buu, screaming all the way, moving faster than I thought was possible.

Interlude 26.1 –Spirit Bomb Charging-

"Incredible, when did he learn the Kaioken technique?!" Piccolo shouted.

"It must have been when Old Kai was training Gohan, I think Supreme Kai taught it to him. He picked it up very fast," Goku said in amazement.

"If he can do that, we may not even need the spirit bomb!" Gohan declared.

"Start it Kakarot, the boy won't last long in this state. He's going to give us all the time he can, let's quit wasting it. King Kai, I'm ready!" Vegeta said to the air.

"Okay Vegeta, you've got the floor now!"

"People of the earth, listen up! A short time ago, all of you were killed and Majin Buu destroyed the earth. You're probably wondering how you are all back now, but trust me this is not a dream. Majin Buu did kill you all, but we have managed to bring you back using a magical power of ancients. A small group of warriors have taken up the fight on your behalf, but we need help to finish Buu off for good. Now all of you, raise your hands to the sky without fear and offer up some of your energy. Think of this as a stepping stone to becoming a warrior race and lending a hand to defeat the common foe, raise your hands now!" Vegeta ended his long speech to the human population.

"Give your energy to Kakarot now!" he barked at the rest of the group, who either gulped or grunted, but complied right away. Broly wasn't sure what to make of this, but held out a palm and sent invisible energy to Goku along with the others in the group, save Vegeta who was listening to the earth through King Kai's telepathy. If Mr. Satan wasn't lost before, he was long gone now, not knowing what to do and just chose to stay out of the way. Goku rose into the air and held his arms up and began to gather the energy being sent to him.

Meanwhile, Verto was beating the holy hell out of Buu, who was frantically unsure of what to do against the powered up fur ball of a Saiyan. Verto charged at Buu, who tried to punch him out of the air. He had already zipped around Buu and kicked him before he could register it. Buu spun back to blast him, but his prey was again gone and his head was smashed by Verto's double arm. Before Buu could move on his own again, a red blur of ki surrounded him as Verto twirled about, pounding on the monster relentlessly and much faster than the monster could respond to. But the added power was taking a great toll on the young Saiyan, each blow that he landed on Buu was damaging him just as much as he refused to drop the Kaioken technique. He dropped back after Buu looked like a pancake with bumps, and powered his ki into his hands.

"Galic Gun!" The red beam smashed into Buu, drilling a nasty hole in his form. Verto took this chance to catch a few breaths, letting Buu regenerate himself before launching on him again.

A blue ball of pure energy formed above Goku, growing slowly, "One Spirit Bomb coming up!" It swelled quickly from all of the energy being thrown in from present company, growing as big as a medium sized house.

"Something is wrong Vegeta, the earthlings aren't all giving their energy to you. Try and ask them again!" King Kai cut in.

"People of earth, you must listen to me. Majin Buu is still alive and kicking, please send us your power now before it's to late!" The ball grew slightly more, and then stopped abruptly.

"That's all the extra power we got?! This isn't going to cut it, try again Vegeta!" Goku yelled at him. Shockwaves went off again, shaking the Z fighters. Verto had just blasted Buu repeatedly, before having to stop before he burned out early.

"He isn't going to last much longer!" Vegeta shouted before turning his attention back to the humans. "People of earth, GIVE US YOUR ENERGY RIGHT NOW OR WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Several answers came back to him from random locations over Earth.

"Soul thief!"

"What is he on?"

"What a rude guy for asking something from us just to solve his problem!"

"Stupid idiots!" Vegeta growled. Up in the sky, Verto was huffing and puffing, still holding the Kaioken technique up, but barely able to move. Verto was fighting a battle against himself, keeping his body stable while transformed plus the Kaioken attack was beginning to get the better of him. Buu wasn't quite sure what to make of the furry warrior, but charged ahead and plowed into the youngster with a furious punch.

"Damn, he can't hold up the Kaioken move very much longer, his body is becoming too unstable. What is taking so long on the spirit bomb?!" Piccolo asked.

"Bah, those earthlings deserve to die, ungrateful fools!" Vegeta shouted in anger. Buu landed another serious blow to the already physically damaged Verto, and immediately the Kaioken aura dropped. With the added power gone, Buu pummeled the Saiyan breathless, sending him crashing to the ground. Then Buu just happened to notice two balls of energy, one was high in the sky, one was right above Goku's hands.

"Buu not be killed!" Buu roared in his kid like voice, beating his chest a little bit. Then the pink beast shot one of the balls out of the sky, making it explode and vanish. The instant the added light was gone, Verto reverted to his previous state, seemingly out cold. Buu moved towards the other one quickly.

"Shit, I'm going to buy you some time Kakarot, but you're going to have to get through to the stupid earthlings!" Vegeta shouted, flashing into Super Saiyan two.

"No! Fellow earthlings, we need your energy now. Raise your hands to the skies, I beg of you! This is our last chance to defeat Majin Buu!" Goku yelled into the air, hoping King Kai was still transmitting. Buu flew towards Goku's spirit bomb, but was cut off by Vegeta, who growled at him. Buu grinned sadistically, then started laughing. Vegeta charged at him only to receive a blow to the gut, followed by a knife chop to the back, then another gut blow. Buu repeated this process for as long as it was necessary until he sent Vegeta to the ground with a sickening thud.

"Father!" both versions of Trunks shouted.

"Trunks, let's fuse!" Goten suggested, getting a nod from his purple haired partner.

"Fu-sion-HA!" The bright golden light that followed revealed Gotenks in Super level three form, shaking his finger at Buu.

"Ah ah ah, not very nice Buu. You didn't wait for the ultimate god of death to arrive. Well I'm here, and it's show time!" Gotenks taunted. Piccolo slapped his forehead, What is he on? Gotenks launched a Kamehameha at Buu, who dodged it easily. Gotenks phased out of view and appeared behind Buu to hit him from behind, but Buu was no longer there.

"What, where'd he run away to?" Gotenks asked, getting his answer when Buu kicked him hard from behind.

"Hey, uh, not fair!" Gotenks shouted as he went sailing. Buu met him at his destination with another kick, this time to the chest, he rushed up to meet Gotenks with a double arm smash, sending Gotenks sprawling to the ground with blood trickling out of his mouth. Gotenks smacked the ground and bounced slightly, defusing into Goten and Trunks the instant he did, both boys knocked out. Buu fired small blasts at them to finish them off, only to watch the pink ki get knocked away by golden one. Gohan stood at the source of this one, next to older Trunks, both arms outstretched and smoking slightly. Trunks drew his sword and transformed to Super Saiyan two, and Gohan powered up a bit beside him.

"We won't let you destroy the universe!" Trunks shouted, charging aside Gohan.

"Try to stop Buu! Little bugs!" Buu snarled back in a vicious sneer. Both demi-saiyans flew up at Buu with wondrous speed, Buu prepared to attack both of them head on. Then two large and beefy arms locked around his shoulders and head into a strangle hold. Buu turned his head slightly in annoyance to his new attacker. It was Broly in his ultra form, grinning wickedly.

"Let Buu go!" he growled a warning. Broly tightened the hold in response just as Gohan and Trunks arrived and started beating on the helpless Buu. Gohan jumped in and pelted Buu with punch and kick combos and jumped back out just as Trunks swooped in for a barrage of his own.

"Broly! Let go, now!" Trunks shouted on his third attack run, sword held high. Broly let go of the pummeled Buu just as Trunks sliced with his sword, cutting Buu's upper body off from his stomach and legs. Broly fired a large blast at the legs, wiping them out. Buu was already regenerating just as his lower half had been cut and blasted. Gohan and Trunks lined up on the left of Buu, Broly on the right.

"Ka me hame HAAA!" The demi-saiyans shouted together, pushing their ki into one big blast.

"Omega blaster!" Broly shouted, firing his own big beam. Both beams collided at Buu, giving off a resounding scream from their victim as his insides started to tear apart, again. All three fighters kept up their attacks, draining the rest of their power to try to take out Buu together. Buu screamed louder, increasing his power to attempt to survive the powerful attacks. Unfortunately, all three Saiyans started losing their grip on the beams and started to power down, their bodies had maxed out long ago. Trunks fell to one knee in the air, but kept ki flowing even as he dropped down a level. Broly dropped to his normal form, but Gohan was still drawing on his deepest strength. Buu stopped screaming and bit his jaw in concentration. Soon the ki beams split apart from Buu as a pink wall of ki formed around him, blocking off the attacks and separating them from himself. Broly's beam discontinued almost right away, and he plunged from the sky, hitting the ground hard and knocking him out. Trunks fell next, he too was depleted from the constant fighting, and his sword dropped out of its sheath and stuck hard in the side of a rock as he fell past it. Gohan gave up on his beam, since it wasn't doing anything now. He too was trying to catch his breath, running low on energy. Buu waited until Gohan shut off his beam, and then rushed out from his shield. He nailed Gohan in the gut and flowing up with a chop to the head from behind, making him eat dirt next.

"Come on Earthlings! Please send us your energy!" Goku screamed, not getting much of an answer. Piccolo had taken the distracted opportunity and grabbed Goten and Trunks and put them back over with himself, Tien and Mr. Satan underneath Goku. He couldn't find Verto though, the boy had crashed between some mountains and was hard to locate without getting Buu's attention. Tien wasn't sure whether to attack Buu or not, Mr. Satan was focused strangely on something else. Buu charged a large blast in his hands, ready to fire at the three downed Saiyans when a large blue beam ripped off his arms and hands, pushing the his blast away. The source was the prince of Saiyans himself. Vegeta chuckled a little, favoring his ribs a little. Buu growled again at the continued opposition and dove at Vegeta. Vegeta attempted to attack the pink beast, but got hammered in the gut. Then Buu extended his flexible arm and caught Vegeta in a choke type hold and swung him round and round in the air, hitting various rocks and not allowing a breath. Buu laughed crazily as he did this, bashing the Saiyan around and around was fun since he was strong enough not to be killed by the blows, just injured. Mr. Satan was deep in thought, or at least in a sort. He had been listening to the telepathic feedback from earth, and was getting madder by the second. Every time Goku urged them to raise their hands and donate their energy, the humans shunned him badly for the most part. Some had provided power, but mostly those Goku had met during his childhood. The latest nasty remarks were making Hercule twitch in fury.

"Forget that guy, let's get some ice cream!"

"Why raise the hands? I'm a foot guy ya know!"

"So what if Buu isn't dead? He isn't here no more, too bad for them!"

"Yeah, who cares if Buu kills everyone, as long as he leaves me alone!" The last one sent Hercule Satan over the edge.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAVE YOU?!" He yelled, reacting out of instinct. Almost as once the telepathic clutter ceased, and no one dared speak a word, but only for a moment.

"Was that really Mr. Satan?"

"Dude is that wasn't the champ, I will eat the shit that dog just crapped out!"

"I think it was Mister Satan!" Mr. Satan, wasn't sure what to say, the outburst was pure accident, but he regained himself and held up his sign of victory.

"Yes, it is I! Don't doubt, I was just trying to work in disguise, now raise those hands and send me the energy I need to defeat Majin Buu!" A loud, thoughtful Satan chant broke out and the millions of hands shot into the air. All over the earth, blue energy balls erupted from the planet surface and soared into the air and into space, rushing towards their destination as a loud "Satan!" chant started up. Goku was almost ready to give it up, watching Vegeta get pounded around in a Buu whip wasn't very pretty.

Mr. Satan was now bewildered, "Hey what's going on, don't tell me their still not giving their energy up!" he shouted up to Goku. Goku was looking down on the situation when it hit him. Some of the energy arrived at the Kai world and surged through his body into the bomb, making it grow very massive very quickly as more arrived.

"Oh wow!" he gasped with a wide grin. He kept focused though on pulling the human energy to himself and thus strengthening the bomb. Satan was wonderfully frightened at the blue ball of death in the sky, returning to his hiding rock. Buu spun from beating on Vegeta to observe the new power, and snarled, knowing well that it was fully capable of serious damage in the least. Vegeta laughed evilly at this in a wheezy breathe when Buu let go and faced down Goku. Vegeta began to crawl away, but slowly because most of his bones were now broken thanks to Buu. Another blue wave flashed over Goku, signaling the arrival of the rest of the human power, making the bomb even bigger, at least half of a mile in diameter now. Goku examined the huge power he felt flow through him and out, gaining a large smile of pride.

"All right, it's finished! Vegeta, I'm ready, now move away!" Goku shouted happily, eyes fixated on Buu.

Power levels

Kid Buu: 560,000,000

Verto: 50,000,000; Transformed: 500,000,000; Kaioken: 750,000,000 (drops rapidly)

Gohan: 510,000,000, 2nd battle: 465,000,000

Vegeta (weakened SS2): 350,000,000

Gotenks (SS3): 420,000,000

Broly (ultra form, weakened): 450,000,000

Future Trunks (SS2): 365,000,000