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Chapter 34: A decisionVegeta, Zara, Goku, Dende, Hercule and Kibito Kai all landed in a heap on the planet of the Kais. They all got up and Goku ran straight over to the elder Kai.
"What's going on?" He asked the elder who shook his head.
"Buu blew up earth." He said calmly, only peering at Goku for a second before staring into the crystal ball again.
"And…the boys?" Goku asked, afraid to hear the answer. A bitter laugh cut the elder of before he could answer.
"You're kidding, right? What makes you think they'd still be alive after that? The planet blew and there's no air in space." Zara said bitterly as she stayed on her knees, staring at one of the many moons. The others stared at her and Goku kicked at the ground.
Hercule laughed as if it were all a joke.
"The earth didn't blow up! Where do you think we are?" Hercule said with a stupid grin planted on his face. Dende nudged him in the ribs.
"This isn't earth. It's the planet of the kais!" he said in a loud whisper, making Hercule confused.
"Kai? What's a kai? And how'd we move planets?" Hercule asked. Dende decided it would be easier to leave out the whole instant translocation business.
"A Kai is a God. They over see the four quadrants of the universe. And these two," he pointed to Kibito kai and the elder, "are in charge of over seeing the whole universe and the other kais." Dende quickly explained. Hercule stared at the two kais.
"If that's so then I have a question, if they're so powerful then how come they don't stop Buu?" Hercule asked. Kibito kai dropped his head and the elder kai rolled his eyes.
"They saved this nut?" The elder asked the younger. Hercule didn't hear them and was busy looking around.
"Hey, I get it now!" he exclaimed.
"You do?" Dende asked, dreading the answer.
"Yea! This must all be a dream! I mean why else could Buu be so strong? It makes sense! I mean a green, pointy-eared elf being the guardian of earth sounds ridiculous! And look at all those moons! It's an absurd amount!" Hercule said.
"What?" Dende asked but Hercule wasn't listening.
"I bet I could fly now, it is my dream after all!" Hercule announced and started running to the end of the cliff.
"Buu! I'm coming for you! No one hurts my little girl and gets away with it!" he yelled as he ran right off the cliff. The elder kai was laughing from the show.
"You can't pay for entertainment like this!" he said as they all heard Hercule muttering something about how dreams were not meant to hurt as much as the pain he was in.
Vegeta growled and turned to Goku.
"Kakarot! Do you see what we have to put up with because of your stupid decision? The kids are dead and we're stuck with that nut case!" Vegeta yelled. Goku hung his head.
"Look I'm sorry Vegeta…" Goku started but was cut off by Zara.
"You're sorry? You're sorry for forgetting about your kids and Trunks and getting him instead? That's it? What, you think that's going to make it all better?" She asked, keeping her back to him. Goku sighed.
"Look, I can't apologise enough. I-" but Zara cut him off again.
"You think apologising will make it better, don't you? Geese, you're dumber then I thought. I mean you just took off in the opposite direction! They were right behind us but you made us fly away and grab the champ of lameness, Hercule!" she said through closed teeth and looked over her shoulder.
"And you know what? If I had actually listened to Vegeta then I would have died too! How does that make you feel? Not only did you kill Trunks but you almost killed someone who was actually awake!" she yelled at him and her aura flared up, tearing up the grass around her and burning it away. Goku looked down, not knowing what to say.
"You're thinking about it. Good. You know I thought you were supposed to be a hero. Guess I was wrong…" she said and stared back at the ground, her aura still blazing around her. She wasn't sure exactly why she was so mad, just that it hurt.
He was my best friend…I liked him a lot…but why is it hurting this much? She wondered as she drew her knees up to her chin and embraced them.
Kibito kai stared at the girl then looked up at Goku.
"Look, I have something to tell you. This form of Buu's, it's the strongest by far. He is truly a killing machine now. It's his original form." He said making the others, Zara excluded, turn round.
"What do you mean his original? I thought his original form was the fat one." Vegeta said and crossed his arms over his chest. Kibito Kai shook his head.
"No. That form was being held back by an absorption. You see when he fought the other supreme kais and myself he was in that form. He destroyed west and north kai first in Battle then he absorbed the kai of the south. The south kai was the strongest of us all so Buu absorbed him. Then he fought me. I was young and inexperienced. I didn't stand a chance. Buu was about to deal the final blow but Dai Kaio stepped in. Dai Kaio was the leader of us all. He fought Buu but Buu absorbed him as well. Only this time it made Buu weaker. Dai Kaio's innocence turned him into fat Buu." Kibito kai explained. The others nodded in understanding.
"So how did fat Buu get inside his head?" Goku asked.
"I'm not sure. I think that some of kid Buu was still in there and managed to absorb the good Buu when he was mad enough. It's very complicated." Kibito kai explained quickly. They all stood in thought for a moment until the elder looked at the ball again.
"He's on the move!" he cried and the group all rushed to the ball for a glance. Sure enough, Buu had reformed and had somehow transported himself to another planet.
"Was that my instant translocation technique?" Goku asked.
"It appears he is a fast learner." Vegeta commented as the ball showed Buu arriving on a planet.
Buu looked around the planet for something then frowned and raised his palm, making the same type of blast that he had destroyed earth with. He blew up the little planet and quickly reformed, this time going to another planet further away.
Buu appeared on a rocky planet where a small group of people were fighting a group of a hundred soldiers. Buu's sudden appearance surprised the two groups and they immediately ceased fighting.
"What is this? A bringer trick?" asked a man in what could only be described as a creamed coloured 'SWAT' team uniform. A golden-eyed man stepped forward.
"No, he's not one of there's!" he yelled but Buu wasn't paying attention. He looked round and frowned in annoyance then made another energy ball. The golden-eyed man quickly grabbed as many soldiers from his group as possible.
"We must get back to the ship!" he yelled and disappeared just before Buu threw the ball.
Buu reformed and looked round and disappeared once more, this time appearing in the other world on the planet of the fallen heroes.
"How can he go there?" Goku asked as he stared at the ball.
"And more importantly, what's he searching for?" Dende asked. The elder kai looked thoughtful then looked up.
"I believe he's searching for those two." He said, referring to Goku and Vegeta
"Of course! He's going to where ever he senses high power levels!" Kibito kai said and they all looked back to the ball.
All over the planet, fighters from different quadrants were training and in the area that Buu happened to appear in fighters of the north quadrant were competing against the western fighters. Buu looked round the area with a frown. The green fighter from the west known as Pikkon stepped up to Buu.
"Who's this? Looks like a little kid." He said and another fighter from the north stepped up.
"He's alive. Maybe he came here to challenge us." He suggested. Buu stared up at them as Pikkon bent down to his level and placed a hand on Buu's head.
"Is that right? Well let's see if the little guy can keep up." He said as Buu glared at him.
Two familiar earthen fighters were in the crowd surrounding the small arena Buu had appeared in.
"Hey, isn't that Buu?" Krillen asked. Yamcha looked over at Buu and frowned.
"Oh yea, that's him all right. He's just gotten shorter." Yamcha said.
They both watched as Pikkon removed his hand and moved to kick the side of Buu's head but Buu easily blocked it and pushed it aside. Pikkon frowned and started throwing more Kicks at Buu but they were all pushed away rather easily. The second fighter joined in but neither warrior could break the monster's defence. Soon most of the warriors from the crowd had jumped in and half had already been thrown aside like rag dolls.
Krillen frowned and jumped forward before Yamcha could do a thing. He had to do something, even if he didn't stand a chance.
Krillen landed in front of Buu and started throwing kicks, a round house and then some punches at Buu but the monster dodged them easily then threw a blast into Krillen's face, throwing the little man backwards. It should have destroyed him but luckily he was already dead.
Yamcha ran over to help his friend.
"Don't sweat it, man. You did the best you could…" he said then looked up to see Buu hovering in the air with his arm over his head and a ki-ball forming above it. On the sidelines the north and west kais were going nuts.
"What's he doing? He'll destroy himself and the whole planet!" the west kai practically screamed.
"He's Majin Buu! He's nut's, alright!" the north yelled as they both panicked.
Goku frowned at the ball.
"What's he doing? If he destroys all those people then they won't even exist anymore!" Goku said as he watched. Zara looked confused over her shoulder, curiosity getting the best of her.
"How can you destroy what's already dead?" she asked but no one answered her. Instead Goku and Vegeta got up.
"We got to get him away from there! We'll have to power up and get his attention!" Goku said and Vegeta nodded.
"Wait! You should take the potaras!" the elder kai said and Kibito kai handed his earrings to the saiyans. They took them and stared at them. Vegeta was about to say something but Goku said it first.
"No thanks." He said, making everybody stare at him.
"These aren't for us. Maybe if it wasn't permanent, you know? Besides, Buu is in his original form so it'll only be fair to fight him in ours."
"What are you saying? This isn't about your ego! This is about the safety of the entire universe! Put them on!" the elder kai ordered. Vegeta and Goku glanced at each other.
"Allow me to settle this." Vegeta said before crushing his earring into dust.
"Now that that is settled then lets call Buu." Vegeta said and Goku nodded then looked at the others.
"You may want to get out of here, it'll get pretty intense." Goku said. The others nodded and grabbed hold of Kibito kai.
"Come on little one, you too." He called to Zara but she shook her head.
"I'm staying." She said bluntly. Vegeta walked over to her and picked her up by the collar. He brought her back to the others and dropped her on the floor. He was not in the mood to argue.
"Bye." He said bluntly and stepped back. Zara growled as Kibito kai placed a hand on her and her eyes flashed red but no one paid attention.
"Good luck!" Dende said just before the kai transported away.
Unknown to Vegeta and Goku, Zara shoved herself out of Kibito kai's grasp just before they had fully left the planet. She landed in a heap at the foot of a cliff.
If Vegeta thinks he can get rid of me that easily then he's sadly mistaken! She thought and quickly got up and suppressed her power level.
Vegeta and Goku nodded to each other and burst into their super transformations and continued to raise their power levels, catching the attention of a certain pink monster just before he launched his ki-ball.
Buu let it disappear and looked round and disappeared. He arrived a few moments later in front of Goku and Vegeta.
They stopped and stared at Buu, ready for the fight of their lives.
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A/N: another chapter done with!
So, how will Goku and Vegeta defeat Buu without fusion? Find out next time!