Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½ or Dragon Ball Z.

Author's Notes: Another chapter in such a short time! It is a reason to celebrate. Turns out it wasn't the computer it was the disk. I hope no one's complaining about this not being a word-for-word rehash of the Buu Saga because that's what I'm trying to avoid. If you're wondering how the power levels stand then take in consideration a few things. Gohan, Ranma, and Ranko had all been training with the Z Sword and sparring with each other for some time. If the powers seem a little crazy it's only because I'm taking into account the whole thing against Saffron. A human, no matter how well trained, cannot defeat a god. At least logically, but the heart plays a big part as well. Logic tends to take a back seat to heart. If a person has the belief and the heart then anything is possible. Well, enough of my lecturing, let's get this show on the road!

Dragon Fire

Chapter 8

Enter the Majin

Kai Planet-

The Old Kai was having the time of his life as he watched the three teens spar. He had only disparaging comments for the younger Kai seeing as how it had been someone other than a Kai who broke the Z Sword. As it turned out, the Z Sword had been his prison. His enemies had trapped him inside the sword because of a fearsome special ability he possessed. When Gohan and Goku, who still hadn't learned their lesson, tried to test the elder with a small ki ball, all that happened was a blast to the face and the Old Kai screaming at them. Ranma and Ranko were almost rolling on the ground laughing, but the next words brought them up short. The Old Kai had an evil smile on his face as he leaned in to explain to his audience about his power.

"You see, the reason they feared me so much was because of my ability to awaken the sleeping powers within someone. I could turn a kitten into a lion with my ability." News like that got their attention all right as they clambered around the old one.

"Wow! Could you do that for one of us?" Gohan asked enthusiastically. The Old Kai peered over them all in turn, roving his eyes along Ranko's body a few times for good measure, before announcing that he could sense immense potential within the teenagers. Before they could celebrate, he also refused to do it.

"B-but the Earth is in danger from Majin Buu!" The Supreme Kai said in a voice filled with shock.

"I don't care. I got blasted for no reason. Unless you can find a girl to kiss me." He said slyly. He practically giggled in delight at the prospect. The only girl there was Ranko and they needed to defeat Buu. With the air of someone making a grave sacrifice she sashayed up to the Old Kai. Seeing that she had his attention, she turned on the heat. When she licked her lips she knew he was hers. The poor Kai seemed as if he was about to go into cardiac arrest before she kissed him, full on the mouth. Fireworks seemed to go off around the perverted old man before she pulled back and sauntered back to her brother, wiping her mouth when she figured he wasn't looking. All the males reacted in different ways. Goku, Kibito, Supreme Kai, and Goku all whistled in admiration while Ranma seethed at his sister's seeming prostitution. The old guy coughed a few times before announcing that he had been convinced. Ranko was certain that her sword would have convinced him.

"All right then…Time for the warm up…" he gathered in his breath before screaming in the trio's faces.

"WAKE UP YOU LAZY SLEEPING POWERS! TIME TO RISE AND SHINE!" he continued screaming for another several minutes before stopping for a breath. The teens gasped. Just when they thought he would continue, he ordered them to stay where they were. With that, he began pacing around them in a big circle chanting mumbo jumbo. When questioned by Goku he nearly tore the man's head off with his scream that it would take several hours. The Saiya-jin warrior had experience with irate people and did what he thought was best. He went to sleep.

"Think this will work?" Ranko whispered.

"I don't see why it shouldn't." Ranma replied.

"Seems kind of silly to me." Gohan commented, apparently a little too loudly because a rock bounced off his head with more than a little force. The boy rubbed the sore spot ruefully, but kept his peace after that. Supreme Kai and Kibito sat in front of a large crystal ball to watch the goings on down on Earth. Buu had reached Kami's Lookout and was apparently waiting for something. Just as it couldn't have gotten any tenser, Akane flew in.

"…I don't think the Earth has a few hours…" Supreme Kai said to Kibito. The red skinned man was glad he was a man of few words.

Kami's Lookout-

Akane had managed to get her family to safety and then shook herself as she realized she had counted Genma, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ukyou to the family list. Apparently everything they had been through together had brought them closer than she initially thought. She had been worried about Ukyou, but it turned out she was fine. Konatsu had shown up shortly after Akane had managed to get them to the reinforced bunker in Tokyo that had been constructed to stop Cell. It actually had a chance of succeeding. Due to collaboration with Capsule Corp, it had a force field generator that could withstand near Super Saiya-Jin force. Meaning it could deflect a significant portion of damage before the titanium bunker got hit, the outer shell hopefully weathering the rest. The blue-haired warrior hoped that it would not have to be tested.

"Why did you have to die Ranma…?" she asked, nearly in despair, but shook it off. Depression would not help at this stage. As she neared Kami's Lookout, she saw a sight she desperately did not want to see, Majin Buu. The fat, pink blob seemed to have changed shape. He was a bit skinnier and taller, his arms hung down and had black bracers, and he was wearing the same pants he always did. His head antenna was huge and it trailed down his back. The frightening figure was crouched, staring at an hourglass. Suddenly he surged to his feet.

"Buu grow tired of this! Where is the warrior for me to fight?" he raged. Everyone had already gotten as far from his as they could go. In his fury, he unleashed his power on an unsuspecting world.

"Human Extinction Attack!" he roared as he unleashed thousands upon thousands of pink spheres all over the planet. The sheer devastation could be felt by any with even a modicum of ki talent. The sensation of so many people dying at once made the girl sick as she landed out of the monster's sight. What drove her over the edge was the sudden feeling of her family disappearing. The scream of rage that exploded from within her shattered the stones around her, drawing Buu's attention to her, but too late to stop the impact of war hammer with his rubbery head. The massive burst of power blew the pink terror's upper body apart, his legs wobbling independently. The terror of the Earth wasn't defeated, not by a long shot, but at least he seemed to be slowed down. Her victory was short-lived however, as soon as the goo splattered on the ground; it was already flying back into the main mass. Within seconds, Super Buu was back in action.

"Well that went about how I expected it to…" she muttered. The girl could always hope that a good hammer blow would have finished him, but she knew it would take everything she had just to survive his first attack.

"Hrnh…You're the strong warrior that was promised?" he asked quizzically before his face lit up with a hideous grin. With speed far greater than his form would suggest, he struck Akane in the stomach, doubling her over before an uppercut to the jaw tore through her defenses and sent her hurtling into the sky. The girl panted, spitting the blood out of her mouth from a split gum using her finger to wipe away the trickle from her mouth. The blow had left her head feeling as if it were attached loosely. He laughed at her pain even as he built up for a ki attack that he launched at her from his antenna. Akane struck the blast away with her war hammer before unleashing a ki blast of her own from the weapon. It impacted on Buu's body with no effect.

"You won't get away with this!" she cried as she built her power up to previously unseen heights for the blue-haired girl. The war hammer in her grip suddenly burned with anger ki as she got ready for the next assault. Without warning, Buu appeared behind her and back kicked her in the spine, cracking her back. Pain lanced through her body as she tumbled through the air. All she could do was hold him off until greater warriors could arrive. She began funneling all her power into her body, feeling her muscles swell from the increased flow of power, roaring her defiance to the sky. Super Buu blinked at the sudden increase in power, but instead of cowering in fear, he grinned like a lunatic. The girl flew at him faster than she ever flew before, blazing with ki and seemed to be swelling before Buu's eyes.

"W-what do you think you're doing?" he asked startled as the girl looked as if her body was cracking, shafts of pure ki were exploding from her body as she reached her target.

"This is for everyone that I love! Doom Bringer-Kamikaze Angel!" with all her being, she unleashed the attack. Her body exploding violently, releasing the mass of energy from inside of her very being. A beautiful blue angel flew at Buu, ghostly flaring wings streaming behind her with a scythe held in her spectral hands. The angel howled in misery before turning red and striking the startled Majin, blowing through him like an eighteen wheeler would go through a wooden fence, before curling back around and wrapping him up in the heavy ki attack. Super Buu tried valiantly to break free, but couldn't escape the vengeful angel as it bore him further into the sky and away from the Lookout.

"This cannot be!" he roared in confusion just before his angelic assailant exploded in a brilliant array of colors, utterly destroying the evil being, or so the hopeful watchers thought. When the light cleared, the only thing left was a quivering lump the size of a human fist. The remaining Z Warriors at the Lookout reflected bitterly on everyone that was lost because of that creature. Unfortunately, Akane's sacrifice would go to waste just like Vegita's as Super Buu regenerated and attacked…

Kai Planet-

Goku had woken up just in time to catch the tail end of the battle between Akane and Buu. The Supreme Kai seemed to be hit pretty hard. Almost the entire population of Earth had been destroyed and the only ones who could save the world were either not ready yet, or as he looked to Goku, dead. All eyes wandered over to the trio of teens as they sat meditation style on the ground as the Old Kai read manga. He was laughing at something, but the teens looked as if they were about ready to kill. When Gohan had jumped to his feet in a fit of rage, his aura exploding out from him, the impatient kids realized how much this was helping. With a sheepish smile, he sat back down to wait.

"I hope Goten and Trunks get the Fusion Dance down perfect…" Goku had said before Super Buu destroyed everything on Kami's Lookout, but Akane's sacrifice had bought everyone enough time to escape. But then something happened that gave the saiya-jin warrior hope. From out of the wreckage came a boy with golden hair and who was radiating immense levels of power. Supreme Kai smiled as well. Their chances had risen significantly as the young Super Saiya-Jin suddenly hit level three before unleashing a hideously powerful Kamehameha; Buu dodged the attack at the last second, but a sharp turn of the blast sent it through Super Buu. The evil being merely flexed slightly and was whole again. He began to gloat before Piccolo seemingly came out of nowhere and blind-sided him. The images were encouraging as the fighters flew away from the ruined Lookout at a fair clip. Their attention was diverted as the Old Kai finally pronounced them done.

"Seriously? We're done?" Ranma said in disbelief. The pigtailed boy was amazed at the feeling of power coursing through his body. His sister was grinning in delight as she whipped her sword out and executed a nearly invisible series of sword slashes. Gohan was impressed as well.

"Wait, Dad what did you teach Goten and Trunks?" Gohan asked as he noticed the crystal ball with the fused kids fighting tooth and nail against Super Buu.

"It's called the Fusion Dance, why?" he asked. Ranma and Gohan got the same look in their eyes as they thought of the possibilities. Goku caught on to what they were getting at and explained the technique.

"We don't have much time so you better get it down on the first try." Goku warned. The boys nodded. Ranko seemed to tense herself up before coughing politely to get their attention. Everyone looked at her.

"I'm going back to help out Piccolo and Gotenks." She announced. The others didn't look so certain that this was a good idea, but knew that if she was even half as stubborn as Ranma then she wouldn't back down. Her brother gave her a hug, startling them both, but she returned the hug.

"Be careful." He whispered. She nodded into his shoulder before backing up and getting ready to go.

"Before you go…" Supreme Kai waved his hand and she was suddenly dressed in her red gi with black undershirt. With another wave of his hand, she vanished. No one realized that they forgot to get the earrings off of her.

Earth-

The battle with Super Buu had been going great except for one thing. Gotenks' was far too arrogant and kept holding back. The monstrosity had time on his side as the three way battle picked up in intensity. Piccolo unleashed several Special Beam Cannons, piercing the monster's body and giving Gotenks an opening, but he would seemingly miss at the last second with a look of almost comical surprise. What kept it from being funny was that the fate of the Earth was at stake.

"Come on and get serious!" Piccolo shouted at the young Super Saiya-Jin. "Do you want everyone's sacrifices to be in vain? Gohan and Ranma tried to stop Buu, Vegita tried to stop Buu, and even Akane sacrificed her life to buy you the time to complete your training! Stop being an idiot and act like the warrior you're parents were!" His words seemed to finally get through to the boy as he realized how much was truly at stake. With that, he began summoning up his ki and started spitting out strange white things that looked like ghost versions of Gotenks.

"If you want me to get serious… Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!" he ordered the attack. The ghosts began rocketing towards Buu screaming out war cries and demands for a raise. The evil one slapped the lead one, causing it to stop suddenly as the remaining ghosts rear ended the first. Super Buu was startled as the ghosts exploded violently. So violently they not only left him in pieces, but also destroyed the surrounding landscape completely. The pieces started to form back up, but Piccolo and Gotenks began blasting the pieces. Each separate piece was vaporized systematically. When they finally blasted the last one, the cloud of dust around them had grown thick. Suddenly it started coalescing into one mass. They still hadn't defeated Buu.

"Shit!" Piccolo cried as he saw blobs latching onto him and Gotenks. The two warriors fought as hard as they could, but it was no use. The sight that greeted Ranko when she arrived was Super Buu absorbing the two warriors. Before her eyes it looked as if he was wearing the same vest Gotenks had been wearing.

"No! I'm too late? Piccolo! Gotenks!" she couldn't believe what she had seen, but it only served to harden her resolve. The sword that the Supreme Kai gave her cleared the sheathe just milliseconds before she was in Super Buu's face and cleaving him down the middle. As the halves separated, a quick blast of concentrated ki blasted his left side into nothingness, but before she could get the other side, a one-handed Kamehameha blasted her through several mountains before he appeared above her and he struck her with an axe handle chop into the ground. He hovered above the crater and fired straight downward at her prone form, but she was gone long before the blast connected. Ranko went into the third stage of the Neko-ken as she charged at Buu again only to have him dodge the attack and surprise her with the Super Ghost Kamikaze.

"Well that was certainly easier than I expected…hm?" he was stunned as he saw her still floating there. With a snarl of fury he took off after her only to have her dodge suddenly. The air around her was growing colder and colder, but he didn't notice or care as she led him into the spiral. Her look of confidence was growing. She suddenly shot her fist straight up into an uppercut, not even connecting.

"Hiryuu Shoten Ha!" she yelled as the cyclone suddenly developed. Super Buu was generating massive amounts of battle aura causing the ferocious wind to spin even faster. Ranko was reminded of using this attack to save Akane during the fight with Saffron. The girl was gone as was Nabiki. She could feel the hole from all the people that were missing and felt as if she were about to cry.

"Akane…Nabiki…Shampoo…Ukyou…Kasumi…Mom…" she let her grief and anger grow, the red and green ki spheres developing in her left and right hands respectively. This time a third one was there, a ball of pure black ki that represented her hatred. Upon throwing her hands out, the spheres fired off like beams in a triangle pattern that began filling up the tornado with her massive ki before shouting out the attack.

"Broken Heart Blast!" the explosion erupted out so violently that it disintegrated the very land around her. The only place still safe was a twenty foot circle of earth. The blast had been almost a perfect sphere in shape. What galled her was the twisted ruin of Buu trying to pull himself together.

"You'll pay for that bitch!" he shouted in anger.

"This is gonna be a long day…" she muttered as she got ready to fight again…

End Chapter

Author's Notes: Shorter chapter but I also don't want to advance the story too fast. I hope this story entertains you and that it meets with approval. Thank you and have a nice day! Ja ne!