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A/N This chapter is a little touching or dramatic.

Super Saiyan Aftermath

Chapter 17 Death is a Gift

Buu had just eliminated a large portion of Hell when Cable caught up to him. Cable let go of the Kaioh Ken for now. Buu was just about to loose another bomb, when an elbow slammed the top of his head, sending him downward. As Buu hurtled through the air, he saw Cable, good as new, with a Halo above his head. Buu smiled at this. He killed Cable already. There was no worry in Buu as he turned about. Cable smirked at him. Without hesitation, Buu phased upward, in an effort to suprise Cable. The only suprise was Cable's fist in Buu's gut. Buu jerked his head back and was going to scream, but Cable jammed his hand into Buu's open mouth, coming out the back of his head.

Buu's head slid up to Cable's bicep. Cable percieved this as a good time to flex, stretching the hole in Buu's head, then he ripped his armo out, and drove it into Buu's nose. Buu frowned momentarily, until he phased away. His Zanzoken leaving several after images. Buu hid his power and fired pot-shots every so often from random locations. Cable looked around, not seeing anthing obvious. He reached out with his senses and still couldn't find Buu. The ground below him shook, very slightly, but enough. Cable hurled an energy bolt at the location.

Buu floated behind Cable menacingly. With a right Haymaker, he sent Cable spiraling away. As Cable righted himself, Buu slammed him downward. As Cable neared the ground, Buu phased below him, upside down in a handstand position. As Cable neared, Buu double kicked him away. Cable flew away at an angle, out of control. Buu phased behind him and chopped him in the back, knocking Cable downward. Cable prepared himself by creating an energy ball. As he rotated downward, he let fly the attack. But Buu wasn't there. Buu phased right next to Cable and brought his knee into Cable's gut. Before Cable could even recoil, Buu slammed Cable downward.

Cable hit the ground hard and flipped upward. Buu floated above, looking down with disdain. Cable's aura appeared, thin at first, but widened. As it reached its zenith, Cable created several dozen spirit balls. When he stopped, they numbered over a hundred. Cable let them all fly at Buu. As he expected, Buu erected a barrier. Cable phased up behind Buu and unleashed a SuperNova. Its strong point was breaking barriers. Cable thought. Buu turned at the sound and saw the black beam slam into his barrier. Cable put more energy into the outter orbital part, to increase drill efficiency. The beam ripped through the barrier and through Buu's face. As it did, the barrier dropped and the spirit balls flew in.

Buu was batted in every direction. He regrew his head so he could see what was going on. As he did so, his head was swarmed and smashed in. There were dents ranging all over his body. His skin began to bloody. Body parts were bending at wierd angles. Just as Buu was about to erect a new barrier, the balls converged and made a suit around Buu. To Buu's great pain, the balls exploded. When the dust cleared, Buu's body wasn't there. He didn't have anywhere to go. His molecules couldn't even escape.

Cable didn't want to take a chance. He fired a wave that covered pretty much 180 degrees. No cell's could have survived that. Cable turned on the wizards who were now crying and converged on them. As soon as he got close, a pink fist slammed him away. Cable turned to see Buu there, fully healed. Halo. Cable's mind nearly stopped firing synapses at the sight of that. Cable powered up, reaching the max of Legendary Super Saiyan. In the afterlife, being dead, Cable's power didn't decrease at all from being in this state. Cable looked at Buu, red eyes gleaming at the pink monstrosity. Cable launched forward, dodging a punch by Buu and landing one of his own in Buu's gut. As Buu doubled over, Cable continued to punch Buu in the same spot. Cable was about to hit Buu again, when his fist was caught. Cable aimed for Buu's face with his other punch, but again his fist was caught.

Buu tightened his grip on Cable's knuckles, to the point of fracture, but Cable drove a knee into Buu's gut, doubling him over. Cable slammed an elbow into Buu's head as he leaned forward. Buu fell down and rolled over in time to dodge Cable's foot, which slammed through the ground. Cable spun and attempted a roundhouse kick, which Buu blocked with his right arm. Cable was now perpendicular to Buu, so he spun his whole body to attempt another kick, which Buu dodged. Cable fired a ki bolt at Buu's face as he backed away. Buu phased away, out skyward. Cable found him almost instantly and started to whip energy at him. Buu phased before every hit.

Cable launched bolt after bolt, his aim bang on, but still no hits. Buu was too fast. Cable had spun in a complete circle before Buu attacked. He phased next to Cable and kicked him in the head. Cable was sent sliding on the ground, but slammed his hand down which forced him into the air, barely over Buu's kick. Cable back flipped and brought his hands down on Buu's head. Buu slammed into the ground and flipped upward, wrapping his legs around Cable's head. His body was stretched out, but his upper body joined his legs on top of Cable and began beating Cable's face. Cable flipped, wrapping his legs around Buu's head in attempt to pull him off.

Buu responded by driving an elbow into Cable coughed up blood and let go of Buu. As they fell downward, Buu stood up on Cable's body and rode it into the ground. As Cable looked up, Buu had his hand in Cable's face. Cable wanted to yell, but it was too late. The blast had exploded, Cable's body flew outward, landing in its own crater. Cable fell unconscious for a second, dropping from Super Saiyan. Buu laughed manically for a moment, then stopped when he saw Cable's hand pull his body out of the ground. Cable got to his knees shakily, then to his feet. He trudged forward, blood leaking from his face. Buu looked on questioningly.

Cable's right hand was open at his side. With that as the only warning he flung the bladebeam at Buu, cutting him into five pieces. But before the pieces could slide apart, Buu reformed himself. Buu, threw one solid bladebeam at Cable, which he almost dodged. It made an angry cut on his chest. Cable looked shocked at first, then angry. He sensed Buu moving, attempting to get behind him. Cable flipped backwards and threw a bolt of ki at Buu's face. Buu took the blast fully, he let it hit him. Cable was confused as to why it didn't have the slightest effect. I'm not in Super Saiyan!! Cable took a step backward, then exploded in energy. Before the light of his transformation died down, he flew out of the bright light and drove his fist into Buu's face, sending him away.

"Super Kaioh Ken Attack!" Cable bellowed. He chased Buu's body, arced around it and sidekicked it back the way it came. Buu was attempting to right himself when an elbow drove him downward into a rock face. Cable followed him in, landing right next to him. Buu threw punches, but Cable dodged all of them, grabbing his hand at the fourth punch and threw Buu out of the rocks. Buu flipped upright and punched Cable back down as soon as he got to Buu.

Cable flew at Buu again, dodging the punch, then flipping over Buu, kicking him in the head as he did so. Buu turned and opened his mouth as to scream, but instead a gigantic blast rushed outward, slamming Cable into the Edge of Hell. Unbreakable. Cable sit there stunned momentarily. His red aura came back as soon as he jumped at Buu. The two exchanged blows for a while, neither having an upper hand. Cable jumped backwards, throwing a bolt at Buu, who deflected it. Buu jumped up to Cable's level and started to punch extremely fast, negating strength. Cable had to do the same, to keep up. Buu suddenly stopped punching and his mouth opened again.

Without thinking, Cable put his hands in Buu's mout and forced the beam to explode inside him. Buu's body was shredded from the inside out. Smoke was pouring from holes that were ripped into his body. His disgusting dispostion did nothing to stop Cable's onslaught. Cable went right to it, punching both hands into some of the holes in Buu's upper body. With some effort, he ripped his hands sideways, ripping Buu's skin open. Buu screamed in agony as he did a front flip, slamming his heal into Cable's head, knocking him down. Cable flipped off the ground to have stretched out arms fight Cable. Cable had a disadvantage now, he couldn't fight back, only block.

Buu was fiercly trying to land a good hit on Cable, when he saw his opponent fly in between his arms and right at him. As Buu opened his mouth to deal with this problem, Cable fired a piercing blast, the fastest flying attack, through Buu's head. Buu stopped his attack, and started to retract his arms. Cable rushed forwards, elbowing Buu in the face, knocking Buu away, but as his arms went by Cable, he grabbed him. Bringing Cable close to him. Buu launched his mouth attack again, this time it hit Cable, but Buu was holding him, so he had to take the whole brunt of the attack. Cable nearly passed out from the pain.

Buu bent back his arms and threw Cable as hard as he could, and followed up with his attack. The white beam arced at Cable while he flew backwards. The beam hit Cable and plowed him into the ground, burying him several feet deep. Buu threw a bolt at the ground, causing it to collapse on Cable.

Buu went back to his masters while they cooed and said nice things about him. They continued to plan, while Buu kept watch.

--Afterlife--

"Cable's energy died again. He ceases to exist now. Gohan or Vegeta won't come back." The Goku that focused on studying said.

"Why don't we go help?" Goten suggested.

"Yeah, we beat Buu before!" Trunks said.

"No. We need all the time we can get before he gets here. We need time to train. He beat dead Cable, his power was enormous. No, I think we need to train in the time chamber. You two need to decide between ascended Super Saiyan Four, or Super Saiyan Five. Then your fusion will be most successful. I wonder how my counterpart is doing?"

--Upper Afterlife--

"Well, Cable, you should be happy your still in this realm." Kibito Shin said.

"What's to be happy about? I lost, again."

"But you have another chance! And being fully healed, your power should be greater than before."

"But the energy we consumed during the fight will only go back to Buu. He'll be stonger too."

"You have to reach the next level of the legendary form."

"Again with reaching new levels. What if I can't?"

"Goku will have to deal with him."

"Why not him now?"

"He isn't ready. Neither are you, but it will take you less time to be ready, now stop arguing or I wont help you get your friends back." Cable resigned with a roll of the eyes. The Kai led him to a grassy knoll. At the top of the hill, he began his instructions. "Power up to your Legendary form. Good, now, focus on what I say. Picture every scene I describe."

"Okay."

"Goku has a beam blasted through his chest. He is saddened about the death of several people. Gohan being knocked downward, energy beams slamming into his body, Goku crying at the death of his son. Vegeta has a beam through his heart. He describes his childhood, filled with agony as his father was taken from him. Goten learning of his brother's and father's death. Bulma being killed as she runs for her life." Cable started to growl, the images greatly disturbing him. Anger coursing through him. His power level rising. "These next ones are close to home. I'm sorry." Shin pleaded.

"Your parents with you, eating lunch on a picknick. Darle shows up and blasts your table, with the food on it. Your parents look up angrily, you're scared. Before your mother can do anything, a beam pierces her heart. As she's dying, your father rushes to her to hear her lasts words. "Protect Cable and yourself, live on. Don't let him get hurt." Your father agrees and you both try to escape. Darle kicks your dad away, and grabs you. Your father fights for you, but can't land a blow and gets killed by a blast. His charred body lands on the ground, his last thoughts are of you and your mother."

Before Shin could go on, something inside Cable snapped. His pupils disappeared, only white shone. His hatred rose, seething rage coursed through his blood. Cable's power kept rising. His silver hair lengthened a bit, his body increasing in mass. Veins popping out all over. His temples expanded, blood swam through his vision. He had reached the next level, his power stopped going up, but his blood was still flowing fast.

"What a terrible life. I'm so sorry, Cable."

Cable's pupils reappeared and his heartbeat slowed a little bit. His eyes looked pleadingly with the Kai.

"You shouldn't have to live like this. No family, dead before your thirty. Can't even talk to your parents. I'm sorry. You don't have to fight Buu. I don't want you to. Your whole life was taken. I will grant you life and transportation to a planet of your choosing. I want you to have a family. Know the joys of parenthood." Cable's eyes softened considerably. He let go of his rage, dropping out of Super Saiyan.

"That does sound nice. But now that I have the power, I can't just sit idly by while Buu makes it so I can't even revisit the legends. No, I want to fight."

"But Cable....Goku can do it. He always can."

"What if Goku fails? Buu won't stop in the afterlife, he'll go after the Kais. Then he will find me and my wife and unborn children. I won't let that happen. I want to stay in the afterlife anyhow. I'm sure I'll find someone, but for now, I want to fight. He can't win. I won't let him."

"Very well, Cable. Let's be on our way." Shin said, holding out his hand. Cable grasped it, and they left. Back to Hell.

--Hell--

"Cable, you are quite a man. I will consider you a friend of the Kais." Shin said.

"Cable, your mother and I love you forever." Cable turned to see his parents there. Cable ran to them and hugged them.

"Forever and ever." His mom said.

"I'll miss you guys." Cable said.

"Cable, they will be in the afterlife, waiting for you. As will I." Shin said, extending his hand. Cable accepted and gripped it. The two smiled at each other. As they let go, Shin and his parents faded away.

"Buu, here I come!"