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Chapter 16: The origins of Majin BuuShin let his hold on Gohan slip and turned to Goku.
"Son Goku, I will need your assistance. We must follow those two." The little man quickly explain.
"Not until you explain what's going on. What did they do to my son?" Goku demanded. Shin sighed in frustration.
"They took his energy. I will explain on the way. Kibito will heal your son and he shall join us. Now come on, we must hurry. Time is of the essence!"
Goku frowned at Shin then looked over at Gohan to see Kibito approaching the unconscious teen.
"Fine, I'll go. But Gohan better be ok." Goku finally said. Shin smiled.
"Good. We must depart-"
"Hold on. Kakarot cannot leave! He has to fight me in the next round!" Vegeta said cutting off Shin.
"Your rivalry will have to wait! The universe may be in great peril!" shin snapped. All the of the Z gang turned to look at Shin.
"What are you talking about?" Goku asked again. Shin made another frustrated noise.
"I'll explain on the way. But please, we must hurry!"
"Then let's go." Goku said as he went into the air.
"Wait! I'm coming too! Kakarot & I will have our match! I'll guarantee it!" Vegeta stated coolly whilst rising into the air as well. Goku grinned in response.
"Ok Vegeta. As soon as we're done, alright?" Vegeta nodded in response.
"18, I think I should go as well. If the earth's in as much danger as this guy says it is then they'll need all the help they can get." Krillen said as he turned to his wife. She nodded and told him to hurry back before the four men, including Piccolo, took off.
Back in the ring Kibito was healing Gohan. Gohan's face was returning to its normal colour and his eyes were beginning to flicker as he began to wake up. As Kibito worked Videl came running out the waiting room's exit.
"Gohan? Gohan! What happened?" she asked. Kibito didn't answer her at first but after she demanded an answer he explained what had happened to Gohan. When he finished, Gohan was fully healed and managed to sit up.
"Where is everyone?" Gohan asked as he looked around. Kibito was the one to answer.
"They have gone ahead. We must hurry to catch up. All will be explained on the way," he said before taking off. Gohan looked at Videl who shrugged back before they both followed.
Back with the rest of the Z gang…
"We must hurry. They have to big of a lead!" Shin yelled from the lead. Piccolo frowned.
"Maybe you should start explaining what's happening." He snapped. Vegeta glanced at the Namekian then at the man who was leading them into potential danger.
"That would be a good idea. We still have no idea who you are or what we're getting ourselves into! You better start explaining!"
"Yes, of course. I guess I owe you that much since you have decided to help me." Shin began.
"And I should think so!" Vegeta rudely interjected. Goku gave his rival a stern look.
"Vegeta. Be nice!"
"Oh, shut up Kakarot." The prince mumbled then looked at Shin to tell him to continue.
"Right. Well I am the supreme Kai. Over seer of the lower Kais and-"
"Hang on, 'supreme'? I thought it only went as far as 'grand'" Vegeta interrupted again.
"Actually King Kai mentioned to me some sort of legend about a super kai." Goku replied thoughtfully, trying to remember exactly what was said. Vegeta huffed and Shin continued.
"As I was saying. I am the supreme Kai and I have come seeking your help as you seem to be the strongest warriors on this planet." Shin went on, ignoring Vegeta's grunt.
"As for what is going on, it is this: those men are servants for a powerful wizard. They were sent to retrieve energy to help resurrect a terrible monster known as Majin Buu."
"Buu huh? So what's the deal with him?" Goku asked as they continued to fly over the islands and towards the main land.
"I was getting to that. The 'deal' is that this monster has unimaginable power. You see thousands of years ago a wizard known as Bibidi set out to create a monster that could help him rule the universe. He succeeded and created Majin Buu. Buu was an evil monster and within an instant of his creation began his reign of destruction, destroying a fairly large portion of the universe. At the time there were four supreme Kai's and Buu killed three of them, leaving only me. Bibidi had lost control of Buu and sealed him up into a ball. I managed to destroy Bibidi before he released Buu again but decided not to destroy the ball Buu was held within in fear that he might reawaken so I left him in an inaccessible location on the planet, this planet, that the inhabitants could not reach so Majin Buu would never be disturbed. Sadly Bibidi had a son, Babidi."
"So let me guess," came Vegeta's harsh voice, "this Babidi guy is going to wake Buu and you could have stopped this but didn't because you were afraid?"
Shin hung his head.
"Yes that is true but if we hurry then we should be able to prevent Buu from being resurrected."
"Don't worry, we'll help. No way we'll let that happen, right guys?" Goku cheerfully said. All except Vegeta nodded. The Kai smiled.
"Good to hear it. Now we must hurry." He said before they all sped up.
Further back a certain trio was moving very slowly.
"We must hurry!" Kibito half yelled for the thousandth time.
"Yea, yea, I know. Majin Buu, right?" Gohan muttered before looking back at Videl.
"You ok back their?" he asked.
"Yea, I'm sorry Gohan, I'm just not as used to the wind as you. I can't see." She explained and Gohan sighed.
"Maybe you should go back. It will be dangerous and I don't want to risk you getting hurt…" He began. Videl nodded.
"Yea, I know. And I told you I didn't care about that but I think I'm just slowing you down."
"No you're not." Gohan defended. Videl chuckled.
"Don't lie. I better head back. Someone needs to tell your mother what's going on anyway."
"Ok then. See you later then." Gohan said Videl nodded and turned round, taking off the way they came.
"So we can get going now?" Kibito harshly asked.
"Yea big guy, we can. Just try to keep up, alright?" and with that Gohan took off at full speed, leaving Kibito behind.
"What speed…" Kibito muttered before following. In a matter of minutes they had caught up to the others and not long afterwards…
"There they are!" Goku called out as soon as the two grey skinned men came into view.
"We better slow down a bit and mask our energy. We don't want to alert them." Shin stated as he did exactly that and everyone did the same. And so a chase through the mountain region began.
While all this was happening Goten and Trunks wondering around the tournament grounds. They had hidden the Mighty Mask costume in a locker room and were now looking for the restaurant.
"Where'd everyone go anyway?" Goten asked as he looked at the stalls and crowds.
"I dunno. Something about those guys who beat up Gohan."
"They did not beat him up." Goten mumbled hotly.
"Yea they did. Kinda thought he could handle them though. Who'd have thought it, huh?" Trunks said coolly back. Goten pouted.
"So what? Are you saying it's Gohan's fault everyone took off and now there might not be a tournament?" Goten asked the older boy.
"Guess so," Trunks said slowly after a minute before looking up. "Hey, is that it?" he asked, barely dodging a hit from Goten.
"It was not his…huh?" Goten cried as he swung just to end up nearly falling and being dragged in by Trunks.
Inside Goten instantly forgot what he was mad at Trunks about, as he smelt the food. Trunks looked round the room then spotted Zara with her head resting on the table and a bowl of rice floating above the table by a few centimetres. He grinned to himself and dragged Goten over to the table.
"You sure you should be doing that in here?" He asked, still grinning. Zara glanced up then shot up from her place.
"Where the heck have you guys been? I've been waiting for ages!" she yelled making both boys flinch.
"Sorry about that Zar but we got a little busy…" he said, trailing off and glancing round at the people staring.
"With what?" Zara asked as she sat back down and brought her bowl closer when she saw Goten eying it.
"Um…operation play with the adults?" Trunks said, unsure if she would understand. Zara gave him a strange look then rolled her eyes.
"So you left me here? How'd you two 'geniuses' even get in anyway?" she asked sarcastically and looked away.
"Well…" Trunks began before the waiter came over.
"Ah, so your friends have finally joined you then miss. Will they care to order?" he asked. Goten grinned and grabbed a menu.
"Get ready 'cause this'll come pretty fast!"
A long explanation and a small mountain of bowls later…
"…And that's it." Trunks finished trough a mouthful of rice. Zara wrinkled her nose before replying.
"So you knocked out a contestant. You could have just said instead of going into so much detail." She said before continuing. "So who were those guys who knocked out Gohan?"
"No idea. But dad and the others went off to get them." Trunks answered as he checked his bowl for scraps, not bothering with another over imaginative explanation.
"I saw," Zara pointed to the TV in the corner of the room, "It was weird. Thought Gohan was strong-"
"He is!" Goten quickly cried, making more heads look their way.
"Me too." Trunks said, ignoring Goten, before turning to the waiter. "More food please!" Zara sweat dropped.
Another small mountain of plates and bowls later and the boys were finally full.
"Man I'm stuffed!" Goten exclaimed happily as he pat his stomach.
"Me too. Guess you'll be taking care of this then." Trunks said pointing to the bill. Goten stared blankly back.
"But I thought you were paying with your prize money."
"They haven't given it too me yet. They said I had to wait till the award ceremony." Trunks said slowly as he sat up straighter.
"Hang on. You two just ate the place out of business without anyway too pay?" Zara asked, lifting her head from it's resting place.
"Um…unless you can do it, then yea." Trunks replied as he stared horrified at the bill.
"Don't look at me. I only have enough for what I had." She said as she placed all her money on the table.
"What are we gonna do?" Goten asked as he paled.
"We get outta here." Trunks said as slowly got up and went to sneak past the counter. Goten and Zara shared a glance before following.
They were half way to the door when they were spotted.
"Hey! You three! This isn't enough to pay for you're bill!" the waiter yelled making the chibis pale.
"RUN!" Trunks yelled as they sprinted full speed out the door, half the restaurant staff following.
The trio weaved in-between stalls and people to try and get rid of the mob pursuing them when all three ran straight into a wall of flesh. Trunks winced as he hit the floor before looking up.
"Grandpa Ox-king!" Goten cried and Zara and Trunks looked behind them.
"Um, guys hate to break up the reunion but the mob…" Zara quickly said before they all jumped up and ran off, Trunks yelling:
"These guys will pay for everything!"
"What was that about?" Bulma asked. As she watched the kids run off.
"I don't know but I have a feeling they'll be in big trouble when we get home." Chichi said as she pointed to the mob.
"Oh boy." Came Bulma's sigh.
A few hours away, the gang watched as Subobopishichi and Yamu slowed down.
"Looks like they're stopping." Said Goku in a not–so-often heard serious tone.
"You are right." The Supreme Kai agreed and looked down at the land below. "That's strange." He mumbled.
"What is?" Piccolo asked from the back.
"We checked this area before and didn't find anything." Shin replied as he looked back at the Namek.
"Looks like the ground has recently been dug up or something." Goku pointed out.
"Of course! He must have buried it. But that must mean he's expecting us." Supreme kai said as he took on a more worried look.
"Well you must not have been very discreet." Vegeta mumbled, earning a disgruntled glance from Kibito.
"Shh, they're heading down." Gohan said as he pointed to the two in front.
The gang quickly flew down to a nearby cliff to watch without being seen.
Below Yamu took the energy container and knocked on a small white building. A few moments later a door opened and three creatures walked out of what appeared to be a lift. There was a tall red devilish looking man with a 'M' tattooed to his fore head and wearing a blue outfit and a white cape, a short olive skinned man that resembled a rodent of some sort and was bald except for the odd hair dotted around his large head. Then there was the middle guy with a bony exoskeleton and blank green eyes. He also had a 'M' tattooed on his forehead.
"Oh no. Dabura is with them." Supreme kai mumbled.
"Who's Dabura?" Gohan asked as he leant over a rock for a better look.
"Dabura is the demon king. He rules a dimension that is opposite to this one, like two sides of a coin. He maybe the strongest warrior in the universe." Supreme kai quickly explained. Vegeta grunted in response.
"Which is he?" Goku asked.
"The red man. Babidi is the smallest."
"That little guy?" Goku asked as he squinted down. Supreme kai nodded.
"Yes. Now be quiet. We need to be careful."
At the foot of the cliff Yamu offered the energy collector to Babidi.
"Here is the energy you requested master Babidi." He said with his head still bowed. The creature in front of him smiled and took the device.
"Ah. This makes me most pleased. But sadly you no longer have a use to me."
Yamu and Subobopishichi looked up in horror.
"But sir, we got you the energy and-"
"And it will help our ultimate goal but it's like I said. I don't need you." Babidi said with a wicked smile. The small wizard then raised his wrinkly hands and grinned.
"PAPPARAPA!" he yelled. Almost immediately Subobopishichi began to swell up to ten times his original size. Eventually the pressure inside his body got to be too much and Subobopishichi blew. Yamu stared wide-eyed at where his friend had once stood before turning and flying off at full speed. Babidi grinned to himself and looked to the man with the exoskeleton.
"Puipui, he's all yours."
Puipui smirked and charged up a ki-blast then fired, blasting Yamu to smithereens.
"He…he killed his own men…" Gohan mumbled in disbelief as he stared at the spot Yamu had just been in. Goku and Piccolo were frowning at Babidi.
"That's what villains do, kid. Least the really ruthless ones. Get used to it." Vegeta said back as he watched the men as well.
"Yes, Babidi is evil and ruthless. And we won't stand a chance if he succeeds." The supreme kai finished.
Back down at the foot off the cliff, Babidi was giving out orders.
"I must go and give this to Buu. Dabura, we appear to have guests." Babidi announced as one of his eyes swivelled round to look at the cliff quickly.
"Do you wish for me too destroy them?" Dabura asked.
"No, there seems to be quite strong warriors among the group, and the supreme kai. Save the kai for me as well as the strongest warriors." Babidi ordered.
"What about me?" Puipui asked. Babidi shot him a look then smirked.
"You can defend stage one." The wizard said before leading the way inside. Puipui followed leaving Dabura outside.
"Hey, why do you think that one stayed?" asked Goku as they watched. Dabura's eyes moved up to look at them.
"He knows we're here!" Vegeta yelled as Dabura quickly turned and flew up to them in a blink of an eye. Stopped right in front of Kibito and raised a palm before letting out a horrid shriek and a ki-blast that took Kibito's life.
"Kibito!" the kai yelled but his friend was already long gone and his attacker was moving on. The demon king leapt at Piccolo who took up a stance. The demon smirked to himself and spat onto the Namek and Krillen.
"Watch out! Dabura's spit has the power to transform any living thing into stone!" shin yelled.
"You could have told us that before!" Vegeta yelled as he watched the first signs of stone appear across Piccolo's hands.
"Piccolo!" Gohan yelled as his father charged at Dabura. The demon laughed and flew away.
"Feel free to follow if you seek revenge!" he yelled. Before disappearing into the ship. Goku stared blankly before turning to stare at his friends that were now fully cast in stone. Vegeta stared at the two statues as well while Gohan fell to his knees.
"PICCOLO!"
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A/n: I was meant to put this up last weekend…meh, oh well. Least I know our new PS2 works ^ ^;
Expect another chapter up over the weekend. If not then…oops. Blame the GCSE's.
& Sorry for any mistakes: be they spelling or factual. It's late ok?