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Chapter 37: The power of the spiritThe gang watched the two Buus battling it out along with a certain human that was cheering the fat Buu on as much as he could. As the Buus fight ripped apart the landscape even more Vegeta swore.
"Why did you let me waste so much energy if it wasn't working?" the prince asked as he held is limp arm. Goku looked over at him.
"Sorry, but I didn't exactly know how badly it was working. Guess level three takes up too much energy for the living." He apologised.
"No point in apologising for it. We better think of something and fast." Zara interjected as she watched the fight below.
The two Buus charged at each other. Kid Buu elbowed his fat counterpart, making him go skidding across the floor before kid grabbed fat's neck and started choking him. Hercule gasped and ran forward to help his friend and started angrily punching and kicking kid Buu until the little monster slapped him away like an annoyance with his head tentacle. Fat Buu turned to liquid and slipped through kid's grasp and pointed his head tentacle at his smaller twin, firing a pink beam that was supposed to turn him into chocolate but kid jumped over it and blasted fat's head off. Fat Buu's head popped back out of his shoulders just in time to see kid Buu holding up his hand in the 'loser' sign. Fat Buu blew steam and started throwing blows left and right but his evil twin dodged them all.
"Things don't look good for the good Buu." Goku said glumly. Vegeta looked thoughtful then looked up at the sky.
"Kibito kai! I know you can hear me!" he yelled making Zara and Goku stare at him like he was insane.
On a planet covered in long grass, Dende, Kibito Kai and the elder stood round a log that the crystal ball was sitting on. The small group glanced at one another then stared back at the ball.
"Yes Vegeta, what is it?" Kibito kai asked.
"We need to make a wish! Go to new Namek and summon the dragon!" Vegeta called to the sky.
"No! I won't hear of it!" the elder kai interrupted. "The Dragonballs should not be used off of the planet they were assigned to! They mess with the natural order of things!"
"With all due respect sir, we don't have another option. Besides, Vegeta has a plan. So unless you have another idea to beat Buu then we'll have to do as he says." Dende spoke up then looked at the ball.
"Why do you need the dragon balls?" the young guardian asked.
"We need to revive planet earth and it's population!" Vegeta explained and Dende nodded.
"OK," he looked to Kibito kai, "can you get us there?" he asked and Kibito nodded and once they had all touched the younger kai they all disappeared.
Goku looked at Vegeta.
"What are you planning? It's not to get Gohan and Gotenks here to help, is it?" Goku asked, making Zara look over her shoulder at them.
"No Kakarot. It's not. You'll see in a minute." Vegeta replied and looked up as Kibito kai's voice was heard.
"Ok, we're here. And apparently the Nameks were expecting us." He said as he looked over at the group of Namkians that were crowding round Dende. The large orange orbs that were the Dragonballs of planet Namek lay in a circle in front of the group. Dende thanked his people, a little embarrassed and stepped up to the balls.
"Takkarapto Popporunga Pupiritto Paro" Dende yelled and almost instantly the sky turned black and a burst of energy shot out of the seven balls, forming the dragon Porunga.
"You have summoned me and now I shall grant you three wishes." His voice boomed and Dende grinned.
"We're ready for the wish now!" Dende called and on the planet in the centre of the universe, Vegeta smirked.
"Good, now wish for planet earth to be fully restored." Vegeta ordered and Dende relayed the wish to the dragon.
Porunga's eyes glowed a deep red.
"Your wish has been granted. What is your second?" He asked and Dende repeated the question to Vegeta.
"Wish for every good person that died since the world martial arts tournament on earth be brought back to life." Vegeta instructed.
"Err, Vegeta, Porunga can only revive one person at a time." Dende called back making Vegeta curse. Up on Namek the elder laughed.
"Don't worry Dende. After the Frieza business we made Porunga more powerful. He can grant the wish." He explained and Dende sighed with relief.
"Never mind Vegeta." Dende called and made the wish, struggling a little with the translation.
A few moments later people on earth began to appear and look around in confusion. On a hillside facing a major city stood four of earth's heroes.
"Weren't we just in some kind of line?" Gohan asked as he looked around. Trunks looked up at him.
"Yea but I can't even remember how we got there." He said and the group glanced at each other in confusion.
On the lookout Bulma and Videl came out of the building to meet a confused Chichi.
"Looks like someone wished us back." Bulma said and looked around.
"What about the others?" Chichi asked.
"I can sorta sense the guys over there." Videl answered and pointed to the corner just as Yamcha and Krillen came round it. Bulma smirked when she saw them.
"Hey guys. How come you weren't in heaven with the rest of us?" she asked.
"They were probably in hell." Chichi said and smiled at them just as Yamcha lunched himself into a defence. Krillen ignored Chichi and looked round to see his daughter Marron running at him. He scooped her up and looked up at the doorway to see 18 leaning against it, smiling.
"Your wish has been granted, what is your third?" Porunga asked from new Namek. Dende asked Vegeta through the crystal ball.
"I don't have one yet." Vegeta said in answer and looked to Goku.
"So what's your plan?" Goku asked then froze.
"Vegeta, your halo." He said and Vegeta looked up to see it was gone.
"I was brought back?" he asked in amazement.
"Well, yea. What did you think would happen?" Zara asked almost laughing.
"Not this." The saiyan said.
"Well why not? You already gave your life to protect a planet, tried to buy time for Goku to get stronger and you put your family first. Those sound like something a good guy would do to me." She said grinning.
"She's right you know, you're a good guy." Goku agreed and Vegeta looked down at the ground thoughtfully.
"So what is your plan?" Goku asked again.
"A spirit bomb." Vegeta said bluntly.
"What? Really? But it didn't work against Frieza so why would it here?" Goku asked, slightly confused.
"Because the people of earth will be providing the energy." Vegeta answered.
"Hold on a minute! What's a spirit bomb?" Zara asked.
"It's a powerful blast that uses spiritual energy from all living things: plants, animals, people and even the planet itself." Goku quickly explained.
"And that's what we'll use." Vegeta said and looked to the sky.
"We need a way to communicate to the people of earth!" Vegeta called to the crowd on planet Namek.
"Sorry Vegeta but I don't know how." Kibito kai called back after some time.
"Perhaps I can help." A voice suggested.
On the planet of the fallen heroes, the North and West Kais were standing by the broken ring with a group of dead warriors.
"Communicating to a whole planet is one of my specialties." The northern Kai explained, earning a glance from the eastern.
"Thanks King kai!" Goku called and grinned at Vegeta, giving him a thumbs up.
"Whenever you're ready!" came king kai's voice and Vegeta nodded.
"People of earth! Listen to me carefully! As you should remember, Majin Buu destroyed not only you but also the whole planet a matter of hours ago. I can assure you that that was not a dream! Majin Buu really did do those things and has moved on to another planet where now we are working to destroy him once and for all! But we cannot do it alone! We need your energy so that we can wipe him out once and for all! So raise your hands and give us your energy! Consider this a step to becoming a warrior race!" Vegeta called and all over planet earth people stopped and stared at the sky to try and work out where the mystery voice was coming from.
Gohan and the others glanced at each other.
"You here that? Sounds like the fights still going on." Gohan said.
"Sounds to me like a spirit bomb." Piccolo said then looked at the kids. "You heard him, raise your hands." Piccolo ordered. Trunks and Goten exchanged glances and the group obeyed.
Back on the planet of the kais, Goku floated into the air and raised his hands. A few moments later a stream of white energy flowed down to him and formed a large blast.
"Looks like it's working!" Zara said and closed her eyes. She could sense whom it belonged to.
The bomb swelled bigger and Goku laughed.
"That must have been from the rest of the gang. And sure enough Bulma, Chichi, Videl, 18, Marron, Krillen, Yamcha, the Ox king and master Roshi all stood on the lookout with their arms raised.
Vegeta smirked up at the bomb.
"That's a good start." He muttered. Zara opened her eyes and stared at it.
"How come it's not getting any bigger?" she asked. They all looked up at the ball that had stopped swelling.
"Wasn't everybody revived?" Goku called down.
"Porunga says that everybody has been revived!" Dende's voice called down to them.
"It must have been the way you said it. You're not very good at making appeals." King kai broke in.
"I thought he did pretty well…" Zara mumbled and stared at Vegeta who was frowning.
The group tried to think of an idea as they watched the battle of the Buus. Kid Buu had bit down hard on fat Buu's hand and Fat Buu blasted kid's head off. Kid Buu re-grew it and threw a giant pink blast back at his twin. The blast crashed against the surface and exploded, making a large depression. Kid Buu dropped into it and looked around for any sign of his altar-ego. Four pink blobs crawled out of the ground and turned into four identical fat Buus that all started attacking kid Buu with a bombardment of punches.
"Hey guys, this thing isn't getting any bigger!" Goku yelled, taking the others attention away from the Buus.
"I don't get it! Why aren't they helping?" Zara asked just as several voices echoed across the sky.
Who was that? And why should we raise our hands? A woman's voice asked.
I bet it was a trick. Buu is gone. Another said.
Raise our hands? That just sounds silly… a third voice said.
"I can't believe this! They're ignoring me! They're like children! They need everything done for them!" Vegeta nearly yelled, making Zara frown at him.
"Hey, I resent that." She muttered.
"The problem is that they can't see you. I mean, would you listen if some voice started yelling at you to raise their hands?" King kai's voice stepped in.
"I'll do more then yell in a minute…" Vegeta mumbled. Zara snapped her fingers.
"That's it! Mr kai, can you send a picture to the earthlings showing all of this? Like what Babidi did?" She asked.
"No…only messages. An image would be too much for me." The kai answered. Zara frowned.
"Well what about relaying one someone else sends? Would that work?" She asked. King kai had to stop and think about this.
"It might work…but where are we going to get some one who can?" the kai asked making Zara smile.
"Just so happens that my mum was teaching me how to send telepathic images." She said. Even if it was only three lessons before she left…how hard could it be? She added in her mind. Vegeta gave her a curious look.
"You can do that?" He asked and she nodded.
"Sure, piece of cake." She replied and stepped forward.
"Now then…how'd it go again?" she asked and the others nearly face vaulted into the floor.
"Girl! Get serious! This is not the time to be messing around!" Vegeta yelled at her.
"I know! Geese, calm down." She muttered and closed her eyes in concentration. A few moments later she reopened them only now they were glowing.
"People of earth! If you'll close your eyes then you should be able to see what is happening! It's urgent that we get your energy so please raise your hands!" she asked as she stared at the fighting Buus then up at Goku and the bomb. New voices began to echo around them.
Oh my kami! That's Buu! We have to do something!
Do as they say! Buu's alive! Some yelled and Zara grinned before:
No way! I'm not buying it! This is just like what that Babidi guy did. It's a trick!
Yea, that ball thing could be for whoever is fighting Buu.
There are two Buus! That can't be right! This must be a trick!
Zara frowned and stared at the ball. It had gotten a little bigger but not by much.
"Why aren't they giving us their energy? How can they think it's a trick?" Zara asked
"Like I said, they're like children! And I don't think that fat Buu can hold out much longer." Vegeta said.
Kid Buu had taken to the air, leaving the four fat Buus to get tangled up. Kid Buu laughed and threw a blast at the ball of fat Buus and after it exploded there as only one fat Buu left. The fat Buu got up and started throwing blasts at his psychotic twin but kid Buu just deflected them all. Fat Buu tried to fire some more but nothing happened. He stared at his hands just to realise that he was out of energy.
Zara saw this and started yelling at the people of earth.
"Look, we're losing time and fast! If you care at all about living or at least about anyone else then raise your hands! If not for yourself then for your family and friends and the safety of the universe! You may think you're safe but Buu will come back to earth!"
She looked up to Goku to see that the bomb had barely gotten bigger. Vegeta growled.
"Don't you bakas care at all about your pathetic planet?" he yelled but this just brought more people expressing how they thought it was a trick and how they wouldn't give anything up.
Meanwhile the good Buu was doing badly. Kid Buu had been pounding him flat and now was holding him by the tentacle as he continued to use him like a punch bag. Fat Buu hung limply and kid Buu let him drop. Hercule panicked and ran forward, throwing a rock at kid Buu. The evil Buu looked up when it hit him and Hercule panicked again and ran back to the others. Kid Buu watched then noticed the spirit bomb.
"No, he's seen it!" Vegeta said and stepped forward.
"No, Vegeta! You're alive now! You can't take as big a beating as you did before!" Goku warned him.
"I know that Kakarot! Just get the energy from those humans!" Vegeta ordered and flew forward to attack kid Buu head on.
Look! That man is going to fight Buu! Maybe they are telling the truth! A voice suddenly yelled.
I thought the other one was evil! It must be a trick! Another yelled.
"It's not a trick! We really are trying to help! The other Buu was good! This one is evil! Trust me!" Goku yelled.
That is Goku! I knew it! Everybody raise your hands! We can trust him! A voice yelled and soon others from Goku's past joined in. soon the bomb grew bigger.
Who's Goku? I still say this is a trick!
Put your hands down! My son just raised them and he collapsed! Put them down! Some voices said.
"No, keep them up! It's for a good cause!" Zara yelled as she watched Vegeta get pummelled. Hercule looked at Zara and Goku as they tried to persuade the earthlings to give up there energy. He then turned and watched as Vegeta was kicked into cliffs and blasted. He gritted his teeth together then yelled.
"Why don't you people get it? This thing is real! The little girl is showing you what's going on and your ignoring them! Just do what they say already!"
Zara and Goku looked at the champ in surprise. And then…
Was that Hercule?
It is! I can see him! He's standing right there!
Well why didn't he say something sooner? The voices asked. Hercule blinked stupidly then looked at Zara who mouthed 'say something' to him. He instantly took on his usual attitude.
"That's right! It is I, the great Hercule! Sorry that I didn't speak sooner but I was busy checking the plans. You see I led this small group here to beat Buu and organised this whole thing! Now raise your hands so that we can finish this once and for all!" Hercule yelled and gave the victory sign to the air. He then noticed the looks Zara and Goku were giving him and turned to face away from Zara.
"Sorry about that but they have to think it's my idea just so they'll go along with it." He quickly explained in a hushed voice. But he was right. The bomb swelled to nearly ten times in size and continued to grow until it was finally completed.
"Alright! It's done! Vegeta you can move!" Goku yelled then stopped.
Vegeta had gotten a beating from kid Buu. Buu grabbed Vegeta by the hair and slammed him into the ground. Vegeta tried to get up weakly but Buu stepped down on his back. Buu grinned then looked up to see the apocalyptic sized spirit bomb that Goku was getting ready to throw. Buu's eyes widened at the sight of it.
"Kakarot! Throw the blasted thing already! Don't worry about me!" Vegeta called as he looked at Goku. Goku hesitated, looking conflicted. Buu looked between them and grinned evilly. He began to press down harder on Vegeta as he stared at Goku mockingly.
"Kakarot, you're a saiyan! You can't give up now! Throw it!" Vegeta yelled in pain. Goku frowned and dropped his head.
"I…I can't…" Goku muttered and Buu grinned.
The monster charged up his energy and started hurling blasts at Goku that the saiyan would have no change of defending against. Luckily for him Zara appeared in front and raised a pinkish shield that reflected the blasts right back at Buu. Buu blocked them but when he looked up, Zara right in front of him and flying closer. At the last moment she twisted round for a mega kick that sent Buu flying backwards.
"Told ya I'd get you back for what you did!" she yelled at him and turned round to see Hercule picking Vegeta up. She stared at him then they both started running back towards Goku.
"Thanks guys!" the saiyan yelled at them and threw the bomb at Buu who was just getting up from where he had crashed.
Buu looked up to see the bomb coming straight at him and his face contorted in fear. The monster raised his arms to catch the bomb and he tried to push it back. Goku tried to push it back at Buu but something was wrong.
"Why isn't it working?" Zara asked as she sat down, rubbing her head.
"It's not enough! More energy is needed!" Vegeta said then looked at Hercule.
"You! You need to make the earthlings give more energy!" Vegeta told the man.
"No Vegeta," the elder kai yelled at them through the crystal ball, "the humans are still exhausted from giving up their energy from before. If they give up anymore then they could die!"
"They could anyway if it doesn't work! Besides, we can wish them back with the Dragonballs." Vegeta said then an idea struck him.
"Of course, the Dragonballs! Dende, use the last wish to restore Kakarot's strength!" Vegeta yelled and Dende obeyed.
Goku was putting all he could into pushing the bomb back but Buu was stronger and was beginning to gain ground. Goku grunted from the effort then felt something. His energy, it was being restored! He felt like he could go super again.
Goku began to power up and soon his hair was spiked up in ridged points and his hair had turned golden and ki-bolts ran down his body. Buu watched as Goku turned into a level two saiyan and panicked. Goku smiled and pushed the bomb forward.
"This fight was fun Buu but it has to end here. I kinda wish that you would be reborn into a good person so that we can do this again. Bye Buu!" Goku muttered and with a burst of energy the bomb was sent forward and exploded, wiping out all traces of Buu and leaving a deep scar in the planet's surface in it's wake.
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A/N: well that looks like the Buu saga done with you know how it goes. But is everything over with for our heroes? Find out next time.