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Chapter 21: a sacrifice.
The chibi trio appeared on the cliff the rest of the Z gang had landed on just hours before. Zara let go of the boys and rushed to the edge, looking down on the five figures on the ground.
The boys stared at her then walked over.
"You could have warned us before you teleported you know." Goten said before noticing the scene below them. "Hey! What's that?" he asked. Zara quickly turned to shush him before peering down. Trunks knelt down next to her.
"Which is the monster? Red or pink?" Trunks quietly asked. Zara shrugged.
"I dunno. The Pink guy seems to playful to be the monster Videl told us about." She whispered back.
Buu looked around him with a big smile plastered across his childlike face before hopping around whilst saying 'buu'.
Gohan stared at it wide eyed.
"Is he broken?" he muttered.
"No Gohan. Buu has always been like this. But don't let his innocence fool you he's a…"
"…Relentless killing machine? Yea, I got that." Gohan finished as he kept in a defensive stance and watched the pink blob man pumping its fists in the air.
Babidi looked on at Buu with Dabura.
"Sire, is this really the Buu you spoke of?" Dabura asked his master.
"I don't know, Dabura, I've never seen him before." Babidi replied shaking his. Buu stopped and turned over to them before waddling over to the evil duo. Buu bent down in front of Babidi and covered his mouth. Babidi watched, confused.
"Buu? Are you alright?" He asked. In answer Buu laughed loudly in Babidi's face, surprising the wizard and making him fall backwards. Dabura growled.
"This is preposterous! He's a mere child! He's useless to us!" Dabura half yelled. Buu stopped laughing and stared at Dabura. Dabura stared back and scoffed.
"What? Did that catch you attention? Good. You're nothing but a fat blob and Babidi would be doing us all a favour by locking you back up!"
Buu frowned and straightened up to Dabura's height.
"Buu!" He cried. Dabura laughed cruelly at it.
"Oh, so you understood that then, huh? Well unless you prove that you're worthy, I see no point in you. You're an idiotic child."
Buu glared daggers at the demon king and blew steam out of the holes in its body.
"Buu! Buu no like you! Buu make you go ow!" Buu said making Dabura laugh again. Buu clenched his fist then in a movement no one could see, Buu punched Dabura hard across the jaw, sending the demon king flying backwards and into a cliff behind them. Babidi jumped up and laughed.
"That was great, Buu! You really are perfect!" he yelled. Buu glared down at him and Babidi stopped celebrating his success and became completely serious.
"Now Buu, allow me to introduce myself. I am the great wizard Babidi and your new master!"
Buu just stared at the wizard and Babidi frowned before starting again.
"Look, Buu, I released you from your ball and I can lock you back up into it if you don't do what I say. Do you understand?" Babidi slyly asked. Buu thought for a moment and then nodded.
"Buu do, Buu do!" Babidi grinned wickedly before looking over at Gohan and the kai.
"Your first job, then Buu, is to destroy the Supreme Kai!" he yelled.
Gohan frowned.
"This isn't good. Just a minute ago, it was like he was tapping into a bottomless well of energy." He said as he remembered what Buu had done to Dabura. Shin frowned.
"Yes. He is unstoppable, we won't be able to escape him." The kai said, his voice near a whisper. Gohan looked at Shin in shock.
"Don't talk like that. We'll make it!" Gohan assured but he had his doubts. Buu had begun to hop over to the pair. Gohan frowned then grabbed the kai and took to the air, flying as fast as he possibly could.
"Don't worry, I'm pretty confident in my speed!" Gohan yelled to the kai as he looked over his shoulder. No sign of Buu. Yet.
"Gohan, look out!" the Supreme Kai yelled making Gohan snap his head forward and stop. Buu was in front of them, pumping his arms.
"Buu caught you!" the pink blob exclaimed. Gohan growled and let go of Shin Before lunging forward, hitting Buu with everything he had. When he was done Buu was riddled with dents that just popped back out.
"This is bad…" Gohan muttered, as Buu got closer, raising his right arm. Neither warrior saw Buu move but the next thing Shin knew, Gohan was lying on the ground down for the count and in his normal form.
Shin looked back at Buu who was floating to the kai, a chilling grin plastered on his face.
"Buu, stop. You remember me right? Listen to me, not Babidi." He said calmly but Buu wasn't listening.
"You go ow now!" the monster said, as he got closer. Shin quickly raised his arms and tried a psi blast to hold the monster off but Buu just laughed.
"Buu try!" it said as he copied the kai. Shin was pushed to the ground by the force of Buu's attack and could barely get up after that.
Buu landed next to the kai but before he could deal the final blow a spear lodged itself through Buu's side. Buu looked at it curiously and pulled it out, instantly healing, before looking up to find Dabura standing where he had fallen with a shocked expression on his face. Buu frowned.
"Buu no like you. Buu eat you." He said making all who could stare at Buu.
Meanwhile the kids were still watching.
"Did he say he would eat him?" Trunks asked Zara shrugged and looked at Trunks then around confused.
"Where'd Goten go?" She asked. Trunks blinked then looked around as well then noticed his friend higher up the cliff waving.
"What's he doing up there?" Trunks asked before both chibis floated up to see.
"Hey guys, look what I found!" Goten greeted before moving to the side and pointing to two stone statues.
"Wow, they look just like Piccolo and Krillen." Trunks commented as he went over to inspect the piccolo statue.
"Be careful with that thing, it looks like someone put in a lot of work in to make them." Zara said as she watched the boys.
"Don't worry." Trunks said as he looked round the back of Piccolo, "Wow, they really did Piccolo's cape well." He added as he softly knocked on the stone. The statue slowly rocked then toppled over before any of the chibis could catch it, breaking into pieces.
"Way to be careful, Trunks…" Zara said sarcastically as she stared at the pieces and Goten picked up the head.
"Um…oops?" He said before lamely adding, "Least the head is ok."
"That's about all that is." Goten said as he put the head back down. Zara shook her head as Trunks scratched the back of his and walked back to the ridge.
"So, how's that monster?" he said, trying to change the subject. It worked and they all watched.
Buu raised his head tentacle and smiled.
"Buu make you cookie!" he yelled as a pinkish beam was fired from it, hitting Dabura in the chest. When the smoke from the blast cleared, all that was left was a Dabura shaped cookie on the floor. Buu grinned and waddled over to it then ate it in one mouthful. Babidi grinned.
"Buu! That was great! You truly are remarkable!" Babidi laughed as Buu started to hop from one foot to the other laughing.
On the cliff, the three chibis couldn't believe their eyes.
"Did you see that?" Goten was asking.
"Yes. Devil cookie making powers." Trunks said but Zara wasn't listening to them, instead she was looking behind her.
"Krillen?" she asked the others turned to look and sure enough Krillen was standing in the place the statue had been, staring wide eyed at his hands.
"I'm back!" he eventually said then looked up to see the kids looking at him confused.
"Weren't you a statue?" Goten asked. Trunks and Zara stared at Krillen then looked at each other.
"If he was a the statue then…"
"What about the Piccolo one?"
"Uh-oh," they both said together before Trunks ran to where the Piccolo one was then came back looking sick.
"So that was him, huh?" Zara asked. Trunks nodded.
"Yea…don't go round there…"he said. The other two chibis looked slightly sick while Krillen looked confused.
"What happened to Piccolo?" he asked.
"He was forced to regenerate from the head down." Came a stern voice that made everyone turn round.
"Piccolo!" Goten cried as he saw the Namekian sitting on a rock and staring at the scene below.
"Yea kid, it's me. Where are the others?" Piccolo asked and Goten frowned.
"We don't know. Gohan got chased by that pink guy but he didn't come back, only the pink guy and that Shin guy came back." Goten explained. Piccolo was silent for a moment until an explosion was heard coming from the bottom of the cliff.
"What was that?" Krillen asked as the kids ran with him to the side. At the bottom they could see that the whole of Babidi's ship had exploded and a small figure was floating above it.
"Vegeta!" Zara happily said as she spotted him.
"Alright! Dad can take care of that Buu monster!" Trunks yelled. Piccolo glanced at him then back at Vegeta.
Babidi stared at the ruins of his ship in despair before looking angrily up at Vegeta.
"I don't seem to recall telling you to BLOW UP MY SHIP!" the wizard yelled. Vegeta smirked and floated down before glancing at Buu.
"So this is your pet monster that had the Supreme Kai so worked up, huh? I'm going to enjoy destroying it."
Babidi just stared at Vegeta in surprise.
"What? You can't!" he cried but Vegeta just walked past him.
"Watch me." He said as he passed and went to Buu. When he got there he looked over him and scoffed.
"So the monster that we have no hope in defeating is actually a fat tub of goo, huh?" Vegeta asked aloud. Buu stopped what he was doing and stared coldly at Vegeta. Babidi watched and quickly regained his wits.
"Buu! Vegeta is here to destroy you! Quickly take him out!" Babidi yelled. Buu looked at Babidi then at Vegeta.
"Stupid and ugly huh? Well don't worry, it'll all be over soon." Vegeta said. Buu glared at Vegeta then blew off more steam through his holes. Vegeta watched then smirked.
"I guess I made you angry. Well then, lets see what you can do." Vegeta said as he sunk into a stance then lunged forward, kicking Buu hard in the gut, leaving a large dent. Vegeta smirked and jumped back before doing a long combo of punches and kicks that Buu could not dodge. Eventually Vegeta jumped back and threw a blast at the severely dented Buu, blowing away his left arm and a large chunk of his midsection.
Vegeta smirked at the sight but that quickly faded as Buu regenerated himself. Vegeta frowned as Buu laughed and started pumping his arms.
"Buu go pow, pow, pow! Make you go ow, ow, ow!" Buu said as he stepped forward.
"Well isn't that nice..." Vegeta said sarcastically before phasing out of sight just to appear next to Buu and start his attack again.
Each time Vegeta did any damage to Buu, Buu simply healed himself and kept coming.
"This isn't working!" Zara suddenly said from her perch next to Trunks. The boys looked round at her confused.
"What are you talking about? Dad is kicking Buu's butt!" Trunks said.
"The girl is right. Vegeta is just using up energy. His attacks are having no affect on that thing." Piccolo stated as he watched Vegeta blast Buu just to have the blob come back and do the same thing. Trunks frowned at the information and watched his dad.
"Well how can he win?" Trunks asked.
"He can't." was all that Piccolo said, causing the others to stare at him, shocked.
Vegeta threw Buu back a couple of feet and growled in frustration. He knew that if this kept up then he would surely lose but he couldn't think of anything that may wok. He had tried everything.
Buu slowly got up and grinned at Vegeta before grabbing his stomach. He tugged at it and managed to pull off a piece of the substance he was made of. He grinned again and begun to swing it over his head, making it longer.
Vegeta kept his guard up as he watched it but wasn't prepared for what happened next. Buu threw it at Vegeta and he was instantly tied up in it. Buu grinned to himself as he stepped forward and pushed Vegeta over then laughed before kicking the prince further away and following. He ran to Vegeta and jumped, landing on him and making the mighty prince cry out in agony.
"Dad!" Trunks yelled as he leaned forward as far as he could, "I gotta do something I'm coming dad!" Trunks quickly powered up to super and flew off. Goten and Zara jumped up.
"Wait for us Trunks!" Goten yelled as he powered up and flew forward just to be grabbed by Piccolo.
"No Goten, it's too dangerous!"
Goten growled and frowned at Piccolo.
"Let me go! I bet if I was Gohan you'd let me!" the small saiyan yelled, surprising Piccolo and managing to pry out of the Namek's grasp. Zara watched him fly off and looked at Piccolo, hesitating. She shrugged then flared up her red aura and sped off after the boys, all three narrowly missing Babidi.
Trunks did a well-aimed kick to the side of Buu's head when he reached him, knocking Buu far away, into the side of another cliff. He then landed and looked at his father.
"Dad…" he whispered before trying to tear to bonds off. Goten and Zara quickly landed and helped.
"Is he alive?" Goten asked when Vegeta was freed. Buu had delivered a brutal attack whilst Vegeta had been tied up.
"Of course he is!" Trunks yelled at his friend.
"Ok...but he is hurt pretty bad…" Goten said.
"Listen to me Goten, there is no way my dad will die! My mum once told me that he was the prince of all saiyans! So there is no way that he'll be killed by some monster!" Trunks quickly explained as he stared at his father.
"He's a prince?" Goten asked.
"Yea, either that all my mum was annoying him with royalty jokes for no reason…" Zara said as she stared at Vegeta. Finally he coughed and his eyes fluttered open.
"Trunks, my son?" He said weakly after he had seen them all.
"Yea dad, don't worry. It's ok." Trunks said, glad to see his father was ok. Vegeta sat up and looked round.
"Where's Majin Buu?" he asked.
"Trunks knocked him out!" Goten quickly explained. Vegeta nodded thoughtfully then turned when he heard a small crash. Buu was getting up, out of the rubble unscathed. They all stood and faced Buu.
"Dad, let us help you!" Trunks quickly said and looked at his dad.
"It will be easier, four warriors are better then one." Zara pointed out as she watched Buu.
"Yea! We're really strong! I bet we could do a better job then you did!" Goten added before covering his mouth and the other two bit their lips. Vegeta didn't answer them but just watched Buu instead.
"Trunks, ever since the day you were born I never held you in my arms, not even when you were a baby." Vegeta finally spoke, surprising the three kids.
"Come here son." Vegeta said as he looked down at the young prince. Trunks walked over to his father, confused, and Vegeta wrapped his arms around his son.
"Promise me you'll look after your mother, Trunks." Vegeta said, making Trunks look up in surprise.
"Why? Are you going somewhere?" he asked but Vegeta didn't answer him.
"I want you to know something as well. I'm proud of you my son." Vegeta continued. Trunks stared at his father in utter confusion and Vegeta moved a hand away from Trunks and gave his son a strong blow to the back of the head. Trunks was instantly knocked unconscious and returned to his normal form.
"Trunks!" Goten yelled and rounded on Vegeta. Zara just stared at Vegeta searchingly as she tried to read his mind for answers.
"Why would you do that? Why would you hurt him? Are you crazy? You're his dad! You're not meant to hurt him!" Goten was yelling. Zara stared at him.
"Goten, stop!" she said firmly and glanced between Goten and Vegeta. Goten looked at her.
"Why? just because you don't care doesn't mean that I don't!" Goten snapped then turned back to Vegeta and started asking his questions again. Zara glared at Goten then kept her head down to avoid watching Vegeta knocking Goten out as well. When she next looked up, Goten was lying on the floor and Vegeta was staring intently at her.
"I know you read my mind so do I have to knock you out as well?" he asked after a moment. Zara stared at him and shook her head .
"Can I talk you out of this?" she asked Vegeta stayed quiet.
"Vegeta! There has to be another way! You're practically family to me! Don't do it!" she cried but Vegeta just looked past her. Piccolo was there staring down at the boys then at Zara. There was another short pause.
"Take the children as far away from here as you can." Vegeta ordered and Piccolo nodded and picked up the boys. Zara stared at Vegeta and didn't move.
"But Vegeta…!" she begun but Vegeta frowned at her.
"Quiet. Are you going to go with them or am I going to have to knock you out as well?" he asked and Zara kept quiet and glared at the floor. She didn't hear Vegeta's conversation with Piccolo and was just dully aware of Piccolo nudging her forward. She glanced once more at Vegeta before following Piccolo into the air. Buu caught up to Vegeta.
"You no go. You stay." He said and Vegeta turned to him.
"That's right! your fight is with me! They are of no concern to you!" Vegeta began, making Buu look confused. Vegeta laughed and smirked as he began to power up.
"Buu! I am going to toss your ashes to the wind! Do you understand?" Vegeta asked as he continued to power up, electricity sparking off of him and on the ground around him, his aura lifting rocks and debris into the air. Buu opened his eyes wide and stared at his hands then Vegeta as he realised what was about to happen.
Further away, Piccolo had handed Goten over to Krillen and they were flying as fast as they could away from the site with Zara reluctantly following. She looked behind her when she sensed Vegeta powering up and stopped. Piccolo looked round at her.
"Hey, we don't have time to stop! We need to get out of the blast radius!" Piccolo called to her but Zara didn't move. Piccolo sighed and handed Trunks to Krillen as well and told him to keep moving before floating over to Zara and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"He'll be fine, he can look after himself." Piccolo said in a lame attempt to cheer her up. Zara didn't look at him but glared into the distance.
"You know what he's doing, right?" she asked, he hesitated then nodded. She glanced at him. "Then don't lie to me." Piccolo was surprised by her words but kept a straight face. He held onto her arm and started pulling her away.
"This place is dangerous. We have to go." He said and Zara allowed herself to be dragged away but looked up when a flash of light caught her eye.
Vegeta released his energy from all angles, creating a sphere of energy that destroyed everything in it's path as it grew. It exploded and Zara had to place a shield around herself and Piccolo as a shock wave from the blast hit them.
"Vegeta?" she whispered as the pressure died down. She lowered the shield and stared in the direction it had come from.
"VEGETA!" she yelled, powering up and flying forward. Piccolo caught her round the waist and held her back.
"Don't! We don't know if Majin Buu was even destroyed!" he yelled as Zara struggled to get out of his grasp.
"I don't care! I have to see Vegeta!" she yelled, flaring her kai and trying to push him off.
"He's gone! I can't sense him!" Piccolo yelled before thinking Kami, she's strong…I can barely hold her!
Zara slowly stopped trying to escape as his words sank in.
"But…I have to see…" she mumbled. Piccolo stared down at her then stared off in the direction Vegeta had been in, not saying a word.
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A/N: another one done. Now I will revise, I swear I will…oh, something shiny…
Narrator: um…yea…anyway, is Majin Buu really destroyed? Or was Vegeta's sacrifice in vain? Find out next time on The Girl Next Door!