Goku and Vegeta stared at Buu in horror as the monster watched them.
"What's wrong boys? Surprised to see me?" Buu asked and both saiyans turned their horrified expressions into glares as Buu continued.
"Bet you weren't as surprised as I was when I turned back to this form. That was unexpected. Tell me, did you idiots know what you were doing?" he asked as his power slowly increased. Vegeta frowned.
"This doesn't look good." He mumbled and Goku gave him an annoyed look.
"Yea, well we could have fused if you hadn't destroyed the earring!" Goku pointed out, earning a glare.
"Why'd you have to go and say that? Now Buu knows!" Vegeta said and they both looked back at Buu who was laughing.
"So, you can't fuse into the super warrior again, huh? How fun…"Buu said and continued to laugh. Both saiyans powered up to super and glared at Buu but he continued to laugh. Goku frowned and pointed his palm at the monster and fired, blasting off Buu's head and making a small hole in the wall that quickly filled itself in. Buu re-grew his head.
"Oh that hurt." He mocked. "It felt like a tiny pin prick here." He pointed to the back of his head and laughed.
It didn't look like they were going to be blasting out.
They exchanged glances then took to the air. They were going to try and find another way out. Buu materialised in front of them and punched the two back down to the ground before they could react. He landed and laughed.
"Did you really think that it would be that easy? Just come in here and make me weaker and escape as easy as that?" he mocked. Goku and Vegeta growled and lunged at Buu, each swinging punches at him but meeting nothing but air. But laughed again and disappeared, leaving the two saiyans to look franticly around for him. A moment later Buu reappeared just to slam the warriors' heads together then disappear once more.
The two men stumbled backwards rubbing their heads.
"Ow, Kakarot, what is your head made of? Titanium?" Vegeta asked and glared at Goku.
"I could say the same about yours." Goku said and they both looked round, trying to find Buu.
Buu appeared behind them, flying towards them. He double kicked them and sent them flying forward but they both landed on their hands and flipped over, spinning rouind and charging towards Buu when they were done. They both started throwing combos of punches and kicks at the monster, most of which he dodged or blocked until they both got a lucky kick in to Buu's chest, sending him backwards. They both then quickly landed and Goku put the ends of his palms together so they were facing Buu, one over the other and Vegeta stood next to Goku, cheek to cheek and he put his palms horizontally next to Goku's in the same way. They both began to charge up an attack and when Buu got up a huge wave of energy struck him, blowing the monster to pieces.
Goku and Vegeta parted and Goku walked off to start destroying the Buu pieces.
"Lets clean house!" he said as Vegeta shuddered.
To think, Kakarot and I cheek to cheek in battle…argh, what have I become? Vegeta wondered and went to join Goku in blasting the pieces.
They were almost done when the all too familiar laughing started. Goku and Vegeta looked round for the source but couldn't find it anywhere.
"Knock, knock!" came Buu's voice. The two saiyans exchanged a glance as they sunk into their stances and looked round.
"Knock, knock!" came Buu's voice again, this time more persistent.
"Fine, who's there?" Vegeta sighed.
"Buu." Came the reply.
"Buu who?" Vegeta asked, now truly annoyed.
"Aw, no need to cry. We all have to die sometime!" Buu said before erupting into another psychotic fit of laughter.
"Grr, where is he?" Vegeta cried. As if in answer, Buu's torso started pooping up in odd places in the walls, ceiling and floor. Everywhere you looked was Buu.
"Stop it!" Vegeta yelled and started firing blasts wherever Buu appeared.
"NO! Vegeta!" Goku yelled just as Buu appeared over by the pods but Vegeta didn't hear him until he was too late. The blasts hit the ground, barely missing the pods and rocking them gently, making a certain person's eyes flutter briefly.
Vegeta stopped firing and was breathing heavily. Goku frowned at him.
"Take it easy. We don't want to hurt them." Goku said then looked round to see Buu's torso rocking from side to side.
"Tick Tock, time is running out boys!" Buu called and continued chanting 'tick tock'. Goku growled and cupped his hands at his side then fired a powerful beam of energy at Buu, disintegrating him and continuing to make a small hole in Buu's head. Only this time they could see daylight.
The saiyans grinned when they saw it but they didn't have long to celebrate because the hole quickly filled in and bulged forward, making a giant fist that slammed the saiyans into the wall before they could react. Both of them lay on the floor, struggling to remain conscious as some red blobs rose out of the floor and wiggled towards them.
"I shall absorb you and you shall then become apart of me." Buu said and started to laugh. This woke Goku up a bit and he looked up to see the blobs. He jumped up and noticed Vegeta and charged towards him, grabbing him and pulling him away from the blobs before they could do anything.
Goku attempted to fly away from Buu and the red ooze but Buu laughed and pointed his index finger at them, firing a thin ki beam that hit Goku in the back, making him fall and drop Vegeta. The red blobs caught up with them and started to come together, beginning to cover Vegeta and about to cover Goku.
Goku opened his eyes and rolled to the side to avoid the blob then jumped to his feet. He ran and grabbed Vegeta, pulling him away from the blob before it completely covered him. He ran again but this time Buu appeared and kicked the saiyans into a wall. Goku slid down it and dropped Vegeta. He glared at Buu then jumped up and tried to attack the monster, throwing left and right punches then a few kicks but each one Buu dodged. Buu planted a kick to Goku's chest and laughed loudly.
"Is that the best you can do? Because at this rate you'll just be absorbed." Buu said. Breathing heavily, Goku frowned and fired a blast that made Buu disappear. After it had exploded harmlessly on the wall Buu's torso reappeared.
"You don't stand a chance!" Buu laughed. Goku's frown deepened.
"We'll see about that." He said just as Buu's lower half rose out of the ground behind him. It ran up to him and kicked him hard in the back before melting back into the floor. The blow sent Goku flying forwards and he skidded across the floor.
Goku slowly got up and began to fire multiple ki blasts at Buu, all of which missed. Buu laughed.
"What were you aiming at?" he asked and looked over his shoulder to see them all flying towards the last pod that contained the fat Buu. Buu's eyes went to the size of frying pans before he raced the blasts and got in the way to protect the cocoon.
The noise resonated through the whole chamber and finally a certain person's eyes fluttered open. Zara stared up at the ceiling sleepily.
Was the ceiling always that colour? She asked herself sleepily before she remembered what had happened. She tried to get up but found she couldn't. Slowly, she glanced to the side to see the dark red colour of the pod she was in paled.
"Ew…" she said as she powered up and broke out. She jumped to her feet and started shaking her head, trying to get rid of any pieces that may still be in her hair while chanting 'gross'. The sound of Buu's laughter stopped her and she looked round to see the other pods and then Goku and Buu.
Goku had sunk down to one knee and was still holding one arm out, ready to blast Buu. Goku was panting heavily as Buu stepped up to him with a wide grin on his face. Goku tried to gather energy but dropped his arm instead. He was too tired! Goku thought it was ended when someone yelled:
"Dragon Cannon HA!" and a ki dragon tackled Buu, carrying him further away in it's jaws then rolling into a ball and exploding. Goku looked round to see Zara panting further away and falling to her knees. She gave him a thumbs up and Goku looked round for signs of Buu.
Buu came out of the ground in between Zara and Goku and created two large ki-blasts in each hand, one pointed to each person. Both of them stared at the blasts, not daring to move.
"Get away from them or you can say good bye to this guy!" came the gruff voice of Vegeta making everyone look round. Vegeta was holding fat Buu's pod and was threatening to severe the stems holding it in place. Buu's jaw dropped and he let the blasts fade.
"You wouldn't! You don't know what'll happen!" Buu yelled.
"By the way you're acting I'd say it would be in my favour!" Vegeta said as he pulled the pod closer. Buu stepped forward.
"No! If you tear that one away then I won't be me anymore!" he cried.
"You won't be you anymore? Well that seems interesting, lets see it!" Vegeta yelled and broke the stems as he yanked the pod down.
Instantly Buu fell to his knees screaming in pain as he grabbed his head. He slowly started to melt into a puddle and the others gathered around it.
"Is he…dead?" Zara asked. As if in answer, Buu's head appeared on the floor again screaming before melting back. This time when he was done the whole chamber began to shake violently and lit up with energy. The group looked round in confusion and the men ran to the pods the boys and Piccolo were in.
"We have to get out of here!" Goku yelled as he picked up Gohan and Goten's pods. Vegeta agreed and took Trunks and Piccolo as they ran for the exit.
"Hurry girl! It looks like he's going to blow!" Vegeta yelled. Zara nodded and followed, taking to the air.
They all flew as fast as they could round the twisted tunnels that were now red hot. Zara looked down at the walls and floor and frowned.
"Do you two even know where you're going?" She asked but the guys didn't answer. The truth was that they didn't. They were just running and looking for an exit.
"This place is like a volcano!" Goku noted as they flew along, hoping to distract Zara from that fact. She agreed with him, the energy Buu was giving off was making it incredibly hot. She could see Goku sweating.
Goku held tightly onto Gohan's pod but the sweat was making his hand slippery. The pod's steam begun to slip in his hand and then it fell through his grasp. Goku looked down and watched as his son's pod fell to the floor but stopped before it hit. He looked at Zara who was reaching out for it as she used her mind to keep it from dropping.
"Gohan's kinda heavy…" she muttered and levitated the pod back to Goku.
"Err…thanks." Goku said as he grabbed it and went to follow Vegeta who had stopped further up ahead. He was watching steam go up a hole.
"What's that?" Goku asked when they rejoined him. Zara looked up at it.
"Isn't that one of those steam holes?" she asked and Vegeta nodded.
"Yea, steam is vented through but it'll only open when the steam goes through." He explained as the flow of steam stopped and the hole closed. The group looked at each other and moved aside, waiting for more steam to come. It didn't take long and as soon as the flow stopped they raced up the narrow passage and out into fresh air.
They all came toppling out and immediately returned to there original sizes. Goku looked up at the boys and pointed at them.
"Hey look, people popcorn!" he joked, making Vegeta roll his eyes.
"What are you on?" he asked. Zara giggled and used her mind to hold the boys in place.
"You tell me." She said as Goku and Vegeta grabbed two of the guys each and flew down to the ground, Zara following. There they quickly checked on them.
"Looks like they're all just sleeping." Goku said. Vegeta nodded then turned to Zara.
"Which leaves the question of why aren't you?" he asked Zara who blushed.
"You know how much of a light sleeper I am." She said then looked round to the cliff Buu was standing on. The men did the same and took to the air again.
"Shouldn't he be getting weaker?" Zara asked when she joined them. Vegeta nodded.
"That's what I thought but instead he's doing the opposite. He's getting stronger." He stated.
"That's not good. He was already stronger than us." Goku said and watched.
Slowly the steam that was pouring out of Buu enveloped him and hid him from the others as he transformed. When the steam subsided, Buu was a lot smaller and looked more child like.
"That's it? He's puny!" Vegeta said as he laughed.
"You know that doesn't mean anything, Vegeta. You can feel his power level, it's a lot bigger now." Goku said.
"All the more reason why we should take him out quickly." Zara pointed out just to have Vegeta spin her round.
"What do you mean we? You're going to stay with the boys and keep them safe." He said making Zara frown.
"But three against one is better! And I'm good! Honest!" she quickly said and glanced back at Buu.
"Oh please, you'll get in our way. And you'd only be useful if you get mad enough. You'd be better off with the boys!"
"But I can help! Besides, I'm not leaving you to get blown up again!"
"You don't have a say in this! Get down there!"
"NO!"
"Err, guys, you better see this." Goku interrupted them and pointed to Buu. He was smirking.
"Why is he doing that?" Zara asked as she frowned. Vegeta looked round at her.
"I thought I told you to go back to the boys!" he cried but she ignored him and stared at Buu as he started to laugh. Then he raised his hand and a large energy ball started to form and it continued to get larger.
"He's going to destroy the planet!" Goku yelled making Vegeta forget about scolding Zara.
"He can't! He'll destroy us all!"
"No, he'll reform him self. He'll just kill us." Zara said and shared a glance with the other two.
Vegeta grabbed Zara and Goku grabbed Vegeta as they flew away as fast as they can, Goku scanning the ground for the boys when two others people caught his eye: Hercule and Dende. He quickly dived down and grabbed them as well and tried to concentrate on the planet of the kais but couldn't find it. Then a familiar power made him look up and there was Kibito Kai with his hand out stretched. He grabbed Goku just in time and they disappeared just as Buu threw his energy ball towards the earth.
In an instant the empty planet was blown to pieces and all that was left was rubble.
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A/n: oh no, looks like the planet is gone and some of our favourite saiyans went with it! But has Buu survived? Find out next time.