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Chapter17: Babidi's game.
Goku rushed over to his petrified friends.
"NO! Don't touch them! If they brake then any chance there is to restore them will vanish!"
Goku turned to see the urgent ness on the supreme kai's face and immediately stopped. Gohan looked over at the god.
"You mean there is a way to get them back?" Gohan asked. Shin hesitated then nodded.
"Yes. I believe that if Dabura is destroyed then your friends will return to normal but it is incredibly risky. They know we're here and there is no doubt they have set a trap. We must regroup."
"You worry about nothing." Vegeta spoke up, still staring at the space ship's entrance. "I was watching Dabura's movements and he is of no threat to us."
The kai turned to stare at Vegeta in shock. Can he be serious? There is no way this planet could have spawned such warriors… he thought.
"Vegeta's right. We can take them." Goku said, interrupting shin's thoughts. Gohan agreed and without hesitation they all flew down to the entrance.
"Why do I bother?" Shin asked himself aloud before following the headstrong saiyans.
Once he got to the bottom of the elevator shaft, the kai looked round to find the large room empty. There seemed to be a door in the floor and on his left and the saiyans were all waiting at various points in the room.
"You may have just walked into a trap. You should have listened to me." Shin said straight away. Vegeta rolled his eyes and the others did a famous son grin.
"Sorry about that but we have to get our friends back. Besides, I think your underestimating us a bit too much." Goku said before turning to look at the door in front of him. It was opening and Puipui was standing there.
"You all made it then," The alien said as he looked round the whole room. "That's good to see but before we get started I better explain the game."
"Game?" Goku asked confused. Vegeta looked at Puipui.
"We have no time for games so move aside." Vegeta said as he stepped towards the door.
"No, you have time. Now let me explain, there are four levels in this ship that you have to go through and at each level you will have to fight a majin, more powerful then the last. I'm defender of level one." Puipui said, standing his ground.
"That's it then? We have to defeat you guys to get through the ship. Sounds easy enough." Goku grinned and stretched quickly.
"It won't be easy but that's the gist of it. So, who's first?" their first challenge asked. The three saiyans looked at each other.
"Should we use the usual way?" Goku asked. The other two nodded and they got in to a circle and then…
"Rock! Paper! Scissors!"
"Aw man, I should've stuck to rock…"
"Yea, I wanted to fight him…"
"Tough luck Kakarot." Vegeta said as he stepped up to Puipui.
"So it's you first. Good lets see if you can even catch me." Puipui said smugly before phasing out. Vegeta stood there and looked round at various points of the room using only his eyes then within a split second, raised his fist smacking Puipui right in the beak. Puipui stumbled back holding his face and glared daggers at Vegeta before attacking. This time he sent a long combo of kicks and punches that no ordinary person could follow but the saiyan prince had no problem dodging. Puipui however didn't seem to notice.
"Getting tired yet?" Puipui asked in the middle of particularly fast combo.
"Why, are you?" Vegeta asked coldly back. Puipui growled and went in for an uppercut but ended up with Vegeta's fist in his face again. Puipui fell back and skidded a few meters across the floor before looking up at Vegeta, growling.
At the very bottom of the ship, Babidi and Dabura were watching through a crystal ball.
"What is Puipui doing?" Babidi asked in frustration.
"I believe he's losing sir." Dabura answered the rhetorical question.
"I can see that! He needs an advantage and fast. I know! Quick, what is the planet Puipui performs his best on?" Babidi asked with a sly smirk dancing across his face.
Back on the first level, Puipui was getting quite a beating. He slowly got up after skidding across the floor for the fifth time when the room began too change. The room quickly went from being well lit to being dark and then the warriors found themselves on a rocky planet where the gravity seemed slightly heavier and the night sky looked down on them.
Puipui began to laugh.
"Now you'll get it. You don't stand a chance!" the alien proclaimed. Vegeta narrowed his eyes.
"And why is that?" the prince questioned.
"Because this is my home planet! That's why! I grew up here and, as a bonus, the gravity is ten times that of yours!" Puipui announced, not noticing that Vegeta really wasn't impressed.
Puipui suddenly stopped laughing and instead lunged himself at the prince, moving slower under the stronger gravity. Vegeta quickly dodged as fast as he had before and Puipui was forced to turn round. When he did he was confronted with a shock. Vegeta was easily jumping from one foot to another as if he had no gravity acting on him, and with his infamous smirk on the whole time.
"I should probably have mentioned that I've been training in over 500 times earth's gravity for several years now." Vegeta calmly said when he saw Puipui's face.
This new information made Puipui start backing up in fear but he didn't get very far for Vegeta was charging up a blast.
"This battle is over." And with that the saiyan proceeded to blast Puipui into the next dimension. As soon as that was done they returned to level one of the spaceship and the door in the floor opened up.
Vegeta went straight down, Goku following then Gohan turned to the kai.
"Aren't you coming?" he asked. Shin looked up at the teenage saiyan, his mouth open, and then nodded and Gohan went down the shaft.
"They truly are strong." Shin whispered to himself before following.
At the bottom, the kai found a room very similar to the first. And the saiyans had spread out around it. It appeared that they had all chosen who was next to fight for Goku was stretching while staring at the door his opponent would come through.
"Hopefully I get a strong one." Goku said aside to his son, making the kai wonder just how strong that would be.
Down in the bottom of the ship, Babidi was pacing.
"They are stronger than I thought. Puipui should have been able to handle them." The wizard muttered as he thought of all the different warriors he had acquired.
"He was weak master. Who shall defend stage two?" Dabura asked from his spot against the wall.
"Send Yakon." Babidi replied absent-mindedly.
"What? Are you serious? Surely there is no need."
"Maybe, but I'm not willing to take a gamble. Majin Buu shall be revived!" Babidi yelled, slamming his fist into his open palm to stress his point.
"Of course sir."
Back on the second stage, Goku had just finished his stretching.
"They sure do like to take their time…" Goku muttered, still staring at the door. As soon as the words had been said the door slid open and a large green creature stepped out. It was big and bulky with retractable blades on his forearms as well as horns protruding from his shoulder blades and another one coming out the base of his spine. He also had a 'M' on his chest.
"So you are the ones I have to face. So be it, who do I eat first?" the creature asked.
"Sorry, but you won't be eating anyone today." Goku said as he stepped up with his 'game face' on. The supreme kai looked at the creature.
"Goku, don't take him lightly! That's Yakon, one of Babidi's strongest henchmen!" he warned but Goku simply waved him off.
"Don't worry, I can handle this guy," he told the kai before turning back to Yakon, "You ready big guy?"
Yakon brought out his blades in response and the fight commenced. Both fighters took to the air and displayed an array of combos that only the other two saiyans could keep track of. Yakon kept jabbing Goku with his blades, which Goku kept dodging, then dived at him just to miss again. But when Goku landed a tear had appeared in his gi.
"Whoa, so he's strong and fast." Goku muttered when he saw it and realised just how much of a close call it had been.
"That's what I was trying to tell you!" shin yelled.
"Well that just makes it more interesting then." Goku quickly said before charging again.
Babidi stared into hi crystal ball.
"We need to give Yakon a better advantage." He muttered before concentrating once again.
"PAPPARAPA!"
Back with the Z gang, the room began to get a lot darker. Soon they were in complete darkness.
"Huh? What just happened?" Gohan asked as he looked around.
"Babidi must have moved us again. This must be Yakon's home planet; a place on the far edge of the universe where no light can reach." Shin quickly explained. Gohan was about to say something when they heard Goku yell out in pain.
"Dad?" Gohan yelled.
"It's ok, just stubbed my toe." Goku called back before straining his eyes to see anything.
"You look like you're having trouble." Came Yakon's voice.
"Well aren't you? It's impossible to see." Goku answered with a chuckle.
"Not for me." Yakon replied.
"Figures."
Yakon smirked to himself then leapt at Goku who still managed to dodge.
"What? I thought you couldn't see!" Yakon cried. Goku just laughed at him.
"I can feel the air vibrations and see you that way. That and I can kinda smell you. You stink." Goku joked making Yakon growl. After a moments pause Goku said, "Actually there is one way I could see you." Then he powered up to super saiyan and instantly the rocky landscape became lit up in the glow coming off him. Yakon stared in disbelief before grinning. He set his feet shoulder lengths apart then began sucking in the light, forcing Goku back to his normal mode. When he was done, Yakon burped a cloud of golden energy and looked satisfied.
"What just happened?" Gohan asked as he looked out.
"Yakon…he eats light. Or rather absorbs light energy." The kai informed.
"We gotta tell dad!" Gohan said before yelling the new information to his father.
Goku glanced at where his son's voice was coming from then smiled.
"Is that so? Hmm…" he mumbled before powering up again.
"What's he doing? DAD! I said don't go super!" Gohan yelled but to no avail. Yakon was licking his lips and was already absorbing all the light Goku was giving off. Goku grinned to himself and kept powering up, almost force-feeding the monster in front of him. Eventually Yakon couldn't stop himself and begun to burst at the seems. Then he was gone and they were back in the room.
"H-how did he do that?" Supreme kai wondered aloud.
"That's my dad for you, he always finds a way!" Gohan said happily before running up to his father and going to the next level with him. Vegeta watched Goku thoughtfully then glanced at the kai before following the others, Shin in tow.
Meanwhile, Babidi was staring in shock at the crystal ball.
"How much did the energy reader say?" He asked quietly. Dabura passed the device to his master and Babidi had a look before dropping it.
"I hope you have a good idea Dabura."
"Actually sir," the demon king began, "Might I suggest you send me?"
"You?" Babidi asked, turning to face him.
"Yes sir. I may be our best hope. That is if I am allowed to use the meditation chamber to prepare."
The old wizard considered this then a wicked smile passed across his face before turning back to the ball.
"You go do that." He said and Dabura swept out. Babidi turned to a large cocoon like ball in the corner of the room.
"Soon, Buu, soon." He whispered.
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Looks like Babidi's strongest man is up. & It's Gohan's turn to face him as well. How will he cope after not training for 7 years? & Will I ever get to my intended story line or stop asking questions about DBZ you should know the answer to? & What's going on with the kids? Find out next time!
& I apologise now for any mistakes. You can blame the monkey who typed it for me if you wish.
Goten: 0.o;
Me: don't make that face; you're getting a meal out of it.
Goten: -mumbling- & probably food poisoning…
Me: what?!!
Goten: err…bye! -submits-