AN: ::looks around sheepishly and tries to dodge the flying veggies:: Uh, heh heh... gomen?

School has been incredibly hard and sports and too many activities are far too time consuming. Spring break was no break at all with practice all day, and I am already crazed with summer!fever. But that's still not a very good excuse for me, because I had the majority of the chapter written before Christmas. It took me more than four months to write three pages!!!! ARGH!!!! Baka writer's blocks.

So I'd like to really thank all of those wonderful amazing people that have been following this fic, and especially those that come back for this chapter again. Domo arigato to all who reviewed last time: sailorball, Usagi Asia Maxwell, angel, Breonna104, AngelDust159, Cosmic Dream Reader, Serenity, Taiyo's Tenchi, Mystical Jade, Cecelia, AnimePrincess, Princess Niobe, L-AnGel, Tomoyo Sakura, sailorbardock1980, MarsMoonStar, shadow star, Erika, Anthony, solarmistress17, Mary Bachiu, erika, Sailor Bree. You guys really kept me going!

Thank you especially to Mystical Jade and Tomoyo Sakura anyone else who BETAed for me or helped me with Buu. Domo arigato for your time and help!! Still looking for any more Buu experts out there-- I want to stay as true to the anime as possible, but I admit I haven't seen the full saga (haven't even gotten to watch that many of the toonami dubs!). So though I have a general idea, I need some help. Thank you!

And without further ramblings and apologies, here's what you've been waiting for: FINALLY, chapter 14! Enjoy!!!

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She awoke in her cave on Tizui with a groan. She slowly got up, easing her aching body out of the bed.

It felt like she had been beaten up by a hoard of youma. Or slept on a rock. Well, in actuality she had, but she'd been doing the same for more than twenty years.

She went outside and began her daily stretches. The silence of the dead planet seemed especially oppressive and, for the first time in many years, almost unbearable.

The aching didn't go away. If anything, it worsened.

She ate some breakfast, trying to ignore it, and sketched a map of the neighboring galaxies in the gray sand. She randomly pointed a finger at a sketch to choose where to travel to next.

Suddenly she doubled over in pain. It was as if the ache knew it was being ignored and wanted to draw her attention back to itself. It suddenly clicked in her brain that that was exactly what had happened. It was the Feeling again. And this sense of something being wrong was even stronger than it had been seven years ago.

With a look of grim determination, she summoned her staff as the pain, as if recognizing it had been identified, subsided and her sixth sense to evil kicked in and acted like a compass. She turned to fast northwest and with a final glance at the dull cave, vanished from the dead planet.

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Time meant nothing to her. She teleported and appeared in solar systems light years away. The next instant, she vanished from that system as well.

How long this cycle of appearing and disappearing went on, she had no idea. The source of the evil was many billion light years from Tizui. The distance was far and her body grew tired from the constant galaxy hops, but she would not give into fatigue. She paused an extra moment on a fertile planet to catch a breath of fresh clean air. The next moment, she vanished from the spot.

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She was in the source's galaxy now. She had no idea which galaxy it was (after all, there are far too many that are similar to memorize them all), the Feeling simply told her that this was the one. It appeared to be a spiral galaxy, most likely with a black hole in its center. This did not hinder the Shi no Tenshi though.

But somehow it seemed familiar. Something about a cauldron and a battle... She pushed the thought aside. She had a mission to complete. She located the system and the planet on the outskirts of the galaxy and teleported to it.

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It was desert-like and rocky. She hid behind a rock to observe for a moment. Once again, she thanked Kami that her Lunarian heritage hid her ki.

A short spiky haired man faced what looked like a giant pink marshmallow. An insect-like creature cheered from the side. Evil seemed to radiate in waves off all three of these figures. But she knew they were all strong. Dangerously strong. And though she despised her life, she would not throw it away so easily. She fought for the universe, not herself. 'Besides,' she thought to herself with a grim smirk, 'the fates would probably just bring me back to make my life even more of a living hell.' She waited.

Two boys ran towards the man. One looked oddly familiar, but she couldn't be sure without seeing his face. The man said something to the boys and knocked them both out. Behind the rock, the Shi no Tenshi almost jumped up angrily and stormed down to teach the man a lesson. Almost. Something held her back, like a hand pressing down on her shoulders. Something the violet-eyed girl had told her...

The man looked grimly towards the marshmallow. She could feel his life-force pulsing weakly, yet it was still strong for a common mortal. "Time to end this," he muttered with determination.

With a roar, he gathered a great mass of energy into his hands. So great that even the Shi no Tenshi had to shield her eyes. And light was brilliant and the power was mind-boggling.

"This is for you, Trunks! And for you, Bulma!" he cried, as he launched the mighty blast at the pink monster.

The blast consumed the monster. But it also consumed the man.

"Oh no you don't," muttered the Shi no Tenshi. "I can't have you blowing yourselves up when I have yet to discover your true nature." [Good or Evil]

She clutched the staff firmly as she first pointed it toward the man as he blasted the marshmallow. "Amin telath mecombia," she murmured in the long-lost tongue of the moon. She felt some of her own life-force being taken by the staff and converted to energy for the man to protect his flesh. "Lle coramovin aih. Ron salothimo vient."

Her breathing slowed but remained steady as she watched the last of the silvery droplets of life being absorbed into the mortal's body. The man fell to the ground unconscious- alive, but even with the gift of more energy, completely drained.

The Shi no Tenshi panted for breath. He was particularly strong and it had taken a lot of energy to maintain his life. She turned towards the now atomized marshmallow and prepared to repeat the process. "Amin tel--"

"All right, Majin Buu," interrupted the insect wizard. "Come back now."

The Shi no Tenshi paused and watched as the pink blobs obediently reassembled themselves. As she watched the marshmallow, Majin Buu, reshape below, she began to see the figures below more clearly. It was obvious that the man was fighting Buu. But why? Was he the rebellious servant of an evil overlord? But who was the overlord? It became clear in the eyes of the Shi no Tenshi that the man was not purely evil. Like many mortals, he held both forces inside of him and both constantly fought for control. But it seemed that the Good in him was dominant, only masked now by an outward cover of Evil. The regrowing marshmallow was similar. Two forces, split equally into two parts, seemed to work together (for now) inside of him: Innocent Child-like Goodness and Murderous Greedy Evil. The Shi no Tenshi could not determine which was dominant. It was the insect who appeared the most consumed by Evil. In her mind's eye, the Shi no Tenshi could detect no hint of Goodness inside of him. Yet, strangely, his ki was the weakest of the figures below. Had he somehow manipulated the Innocence of the marshmallow to do his work, she wondered.

The insect was instructing Majin Buu below. "He's only knocked out, so finish him off," he called. "Make chocolate of him!"

Buu grinned evilly. The single antenna on his head began to glow as it was pointed at the vulnerable unconscious body.

"Time to make my grand entrance," muttered the Shi no Tenshi sarcastically.

In an instant, she teleported in front of the body with an energy-absorbant bubble around herself. Buu had already launched his magic and the blast was simply absorbed. He looked at her, confused.

"Hello Majin Buu," she said almost cheerfully, as if she were talking to a child.

"Kill her, kill her, kill her!" screamed the angered insect wizard. "She took away your chocolate!"

Buu's stomach grumbled loudly, and his look of confusion was replaced by one of anger. "Buu no like lady that take away chocolate!" He lunged towards her.

"Time Freeze!" she called out quickly, not wanted to be hurt but also not wanting to hurt him. The marshmallow was still, suspended in time. She turned to the insect. [AN: It's not quite the same as Puu's Freeze. This one only freezes the (one) enemy. Thus, since she was not directly fighting Babidi, he was not frozen.]

"And who would you be?" she asked, with a dangerous note in her voice.

The insect was infuriated. "Haven't you heard of me? I am the great wizard Babidi, son of Bibidi, master of the deadly Majin Buu and soon the entire Earth and galaxy. And you, woman, will pay for angering me."

The Shi no Tenshi yawned, having heard similar claims hundreds of times. "Uh huh. Now who are you again besides an annoying bug?"

Babidi growled and launched some light display at her. She dodged, but he was already chanting some other evil spell at her.

"Don't even both," she said calmly, recognizing the words and the rhythm. "They tell me I have a pure heart; you cannot win me over." She was advancing towards him, and he feared her strange attitude. "You fight with magic and your creature, with strength. Together you thought you'd make an indestructible team. But you are wrong. Even magic cannot withstand Time, and it has captured your monster. And you are left alone with me. And I warn you, I am not one part of a team. I am a loner, and I fight with both."

He launched a black force at her that would have rooted her to the spot and made her like a tree, but she dodged quickly. She magicked a protective layer around herself and launched at him in a flurry of kicks and punches. She quickly drew blood and realized that while he had great power as a magician, he had almost no physical strength. She had to be careful not to put her guard down, though, or he would be able to use his tricks on her.

She paused and surveyed her work. The insect was doubled over in pain, with black eyes and blood around his nose and mouth. It wouldn't take much more.

He suddenly stuck out his hands and shouted something in another language.

"Kuso," she muttered as the land around her began to change. He was a tricky one alright. In her pause, he'd cast an illusion spell. Not only was the landscaped cloaked in magic, he was cloaked as well. She could no longer tell where he was, and thus would be unable to dodge.

She muttered a string of curses under her breath as she circled, hoping to sense him.

Something hard and fast whammed into her stomach. She doubled over in pain.

"Ah Ah Ah. Such naughty words from such a pretty girl."

Her legs were knocked from under her, and she fell to her knees. How did he suddenly get so strong?

She tried to punch the air where she guessed he might be, but her feeble attempts were caught every time.

"I see you're not so high and mighty when I convert some of Buu's strength to my own body," he jeered.

Her invisible foe knocked her to the ground and began continuously kicking her in the stomach. She feebly tried to block, but he continued to kick. She curled up in a ball on the ground as he continued to slam into her back.

'So that's how he's doing it.' She coughed up some blood and felt a desire to pass out. 'Iie, I have to fight back. But how? With such an increase in power I should be able to sense him, even if he does appear invisible.'

She closed her eyes as she felt him stop kicking her. Not knowing how to sense ki, she had always relied on her sixth sense to Feel the evil presence. The only problem was it required great concentration to be able to Feel it.

She was curled up on the ground, a bloody ball. Where was Babidi? Was he about to finish her off? What new tricks were hidden up his sleeve?

Suddenly, she Felt him and she knew. He was gathering his energy for a finishing move. Well, it wasn't over yet.

Though she could see nothing, she could Feel the giant black orb released towards her. With only a second to spare, she jumped up and flipped out of the way.

"Cosmic Light Revolution," she countered, pointing her staff towards the unseen wizard. A bright powerful white light shot out of the end of the staff to counter the blackness; she could Feel Babidi shielding himself from the sudden intense light.

Using his unawareness to her advantage, she quickly transformed her staff into a sword and ran towards the source of the black orb on his unprotected side. Not caring what she came in contact with, she began slashing the sword wildly through the air and plunging and slicing.

She heard a scream as she jabbed into something harder and pulled the sword downwards.

The illusion faded, and the rocky landscape reappeared. She now understood why. The insect wizard Babidi lay unconscious on the ground with blood on his tunic, clutching the stump of his right arm.

The pink blob, Majin Buu, was still frozen in Time. The spiky-haired man was still unconscious, as were the two children nearby.

She slowly made her way over to the three, leaning heavily on her staff as if it were a walking stick. [AN: no longer a sword] She was bloody and beaten up too, and she felt ready for a long silent rest on Tizui. But she couldn't rest yet. She still had plenty of work to do.

She checked the pulse of the man. It was there, barely. Yet she would not heal nor kill until she was positive which force was dominant in each of the creatures.

The children were fine, just knocked out. She didn't wake them either. Instead, she made her way over to some of the other fallen bodies on the battlefield. One short lavender-colored creature caught her attention.

She gasped as she neared and ran to his side. The Supreme Kai! What was he doing here?

She knelt down and placed her hands on his chest. The mark on her forehead began to glow, and her hands were surrounded by a silver aura as she dug into her soul to find energy to pass to him.

He groaned and his eyes fluttered open. She sat back on her heels, panting for breath. She tried to still her violently shaking hands as the world swam in her eyes. She barely managed to bow her head in respect. "Supreme Kai," she murmured as he sat up.

He rubbed his head. "What happened? Oh, I remember now. Buu gave me quite a beating. But who are you?"

She was perplexed by his question. No one had asked her that since . . . since before the battle with Chaos. Who was she? Was she the Shi no Tenshi, as she was popularly called? But that didn't seem like a proper name to give such a prominent figure in the universe.

"C- Cos-mos," she said slowly, uttering the name she hadn't used in countless years.

His eyes widened in recognition. "Then you are Serenity?"

She looked up sharply. "No. Serenity is dead."

His eyes seemed to mock her. "No, I think she is only forgotten. She is not dead yet."

Something attracted her sixth sense to the battlefield. She quickly spun around, but it all seemed the same. Kaioushin-sama looked up and laughed as he saw Buu. "Then we've finally got him, haven't we?"

Cosmos' eyes hardened. "No." It was small, barely noticeable, but it was a change. Buu's left arm had moved down. "He's breaking free."

The two sprinted back to the battlefield. "That's Vegeta," Shin explained quickly and gestured to the man as they ran by. "He doesn't seem good now, but he's actually on our side. It's Babidi and Majin Buu we need to be worried about. Except for your Time Freeze, Buu is unstoppable. Babidi is his master. He must be disposed of."

Shin ran to Babidi's body, forming a ki blast as he went. He grimly let it loose towards the creature's heart. "This is for Kibito!" he cried. Unconscious and unable to defend himself, a gaping hole was left in the former wizard's dead body. Shin spat on the corpse before turning.

Cosmos was staring at Buu. He was moving now. Slowly, as if under great pressure, but he was breaking free. She got into a fighting stance.

"Let's get this over with," she muttered grimly.

With a sudden angry scream and burst of brilliant energy, Majin Buu threw his arms backward and completely dissolved his prison of Time.

"Buu no like lady that don't let him move!" he cried angrily, his eyes flashing and dangerous.

Cosmos was slightly shocked that Buu even recalled not being able to move (to him, no Time should have passed), but she did not let it show. "Well this lady doesn't like greedy little monsters that think with their stomachs only about themselves."

Buu's antenna shot upward and began to glow. "BUU MAKE YOU PAY!!!!!!" he screamed as he threw his head toward her and the energy blast shot out.

"Silent Wall!" called Cosmos before the blast could hit. A great dark wall of energy shot up, protecting herself and Kaioushin-sama behind her, and all the bodies left from Buu's previous battles.

Cosmos panted for breath as she struggled to keep up the wall as Buu continued to shoot out numerous smaller blasts. 'What is wrong with you?' she silently asked herself and she struggled to remain standing. 'You have done this hundreds of times. Why falter now?' Because it has been too long since you have been so taxed of energy, said a nasty voice inside her head. You have given too much to keep the others alive and now you'll fall and all your actions will be worthless. They will die anyways.

"NO!!!" she cried as she let loose a fresh wave of energy. "I won't let them be hurt!"

The wall arched high into the sky as Buu paused, and then she let it go and it plummeted to the ground, dissolving into nothingness. Buu was taking a breather, wondering why he could not hit the strange lady.

"I am leaving, Majin Buu," she called boldly. "I have a great stash of chocolate that I want to eat and it is mine alone. Do not follow me!"

With that, she teleported to a nearby cliff and began hoping from hill to hill. For a moment, Majin Buu stared at her, perplexed, but then his childlike instincts kicked in.

"Buu gonna steal your chocolate!" he threatened as he chased after her. "Buu follow you! Buu gonna get you and you no stop Buu!!"

Kaioushin stared at her retreating figure, shocked that she would do such a thing as purposely anger and tempt a monster such as Buu. He halfheartedly tried to follow the two, but she teleported and hopped too rapidly and was soon less than a speck in the distance.

He had heard tales of her amazing feats against foes and he had faith that she could handle Buu. But after all she had done before he had awoken, he feared she would not have the strength left. With a sigh, he reluctantly entrusted the matter to fate, knowing he could be of no further assistance.

He turned as Krillin and Piccolo ran over from where they had been amid the rocks. "Who is she?" called Piccolo harshly.

With another sigh, Kaioushin began to attempt an explanation, or all that he knew.

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Miles upon miles away, Cosmos was breathing heavily as she continued to jump from cliff and rock to hill and mound. Still Buu followed close behind, eager to steal the 'chocolate'. She was alarmed that she was already exhausted, but she refused to think about it. She focused on finding an isolated spot away from people with plenty of room for potential destruction.

She paused a moment too long on the edge of a cliff, trying to catch her breath. But a strange squeal interrupted her thoughts.

Buu was hopping through the air, doing some strange dance while jumping from cliff to cliff, mimicking the Shi no Tenshi. He wore a devious smile as he hopped past her. Suddenly, before Cosmos could blink, he backtracked and stopped directly in front of her.

"Boo!" he said deviously. Cosmos did not move.

"You keep going or Buu kill you!" he warned happily with a smirk.

Cosmos made no movement again, but the top of her staff began to glow. 'I guess this spot is as good as any,' she thought as she gathered her power. "Here is your chocolate, Buu!" she called. "Cosmic Moon Elimination!!"

At such a close range, Buu had no time to dodge the great silver blast that came his way. The blast hit a shocked Buu head on.

Cosmos panted as she waited for the dust to clear to view her work. Slowly, the wind blew the cloud apart and all that met Cosmos' relieved eyes were millions of microscopic pink blobs.

'It is done then,' she thought with relief. 'Not so hard.' With a sigh she turned and prepared to depart for a rest of at least one hundred years.

Suddenly she spun around again as her instincts alerted her. The tiny pink blobs flew together and gradually reformed the monster.

"Cosmos no baka," she muttered angrily to herself. "What were you thinking! You had already seen his amazing powers of regeneration!" She continued to mutter and curse to herself as she got in a stance and waited to Buu.

A head popped out of the mass of pink. "Boo!" said Buu happily. "Buu back. Buu get chocolate now!"

Cosmos' eyes widened as his antenna became to glow again. "Buu want chocolate!" he cried as he pointed it towards her and shot out some strange blast of magic.

Cosmos covered her face with her arms and threw up her staff in defense. Luckily, the blast that would have turned her into a mere candy bar hit the great magical object and thus ricocheted off into a cliff.

"Fatal Fury!" she countered, pointing her staff at him before he could try anything else. Buu smiled and opened his mouth wide as the spiraling golden attack approached him. In one mouthful, he swallowed the mighty attack. It filled up his body like a mighty sponge, but by pinching his nose with a smile, the power was released through all the pores in his body. Golden sparks shot into the air from every inch of the pink skin, and they dissolved in the air. Buu smiled mockingly.

She glanced up at him and wondered how she could defeat the monster. He seemed to swallow magic and loved to turn his opponents into food. If he exploded, he could simply bring himself back together. He seemed too large for physical martial arts to do much good, but there didn't seem to be much of a choice.

Cosmos dropped her hand and her staff disappeared into her sub-space pocket. "No more playing around, Buu," she called as she got into a fighting stance. She tried to appear confident, but she was breathing hard and she felt drained of all energy. She wondered how long she could hold him off.

'I can't give up,' she mentally reprimanded herself. 'If I give up, the fate of this world, strange as it is, is doomed. I am the last hope. I will conquer.'

With that, the small but powerful figure of Cosmos threw caution to the wind and launched herself at the legendary monster Majin Buu.

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AN: FYI, the strange words she said were just random elvish sounding words I put together. Doesn't really mean anything, unless you want to create a Lunarian language with that as the basis...

Thank you again everyone for reading. Hopefully the next chapter will be up a bit sooner. ^_^' Domo arigato for your continued dedication and patience. Please give me some more inspiration with a review! Thank you! Ja

~Calli-chan