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Chapter 8

Babidi and Dabura stand out in the desert next to Babidi's spaceship, looking up at the sky. "What power!" Babidi exclaims.

"Yes master with that much power Majin Buu will be revived in no time. Do you think that Spopovitch and Yamo can handle someone that strong by themselves?"

"I don't know, Dabura. If they can't I'll have to send someone stronger to handle the job."

"Yes master, if they fail I will handle it personally to be sure it is done."

Back at the tournament, Yamo and Spopovitch charge at Gohan with the intent of stabbing the half-breed with a weird shaped jar with a point on one end. Gohan glanced out of the corner of his eye and see the two coming. I better get out of the way, Gohan thinks to himself. He starts to move away but notices that his body is now paralyzed. What the hell is going on? I can't seem to move a muscle.

Within seconds Yamo and Spopovitch were on top of Gohan. Spopovitch grabbed Gohan in a body lock while Yamo stuck the odd container into Gohan.

Suddenly the energy began to drain from Gohan into the tank. I'm getting weaker. I've got to stop this before it's too late.

"I've got to help Gohan," Goku says to himself as he starts toward the ring. "They're killing him."

"You'll do no such thing," the Supreme Kai says. "Gohan will be fine. They have no intention of killing him. They just want his energy."

Enough is enough, Gohan thought. With a loud feral scream Gohan pulls even more power into his new Super Saiyan 3 transformation. Gohan suddenly breaks the hold the Supreme Kai has on him. Outside the arena the Supreme Kai collapses on the ground from pure exhaustion. Gohan fazes out and reappear on the other side of Yamo. A quick chop to the neck leaves the tall skinny Majin warrior unconscious. Gohan then fazes out again, dodging a punch from Spopovitch. Gohan sends a kick at the bigger Majin warrior. "That was for attacking me." Gohan then proceeds to pummel the controlled warrior. When the alien can barley stand and is holding his broken ribs in several places, Gohan throws him out of the ring. "And that is for what you did to Videl." Gohan then turns back to Kibito. "Shall we continue our fight now?"

Kibito looks flushed. "No, that won't be necessary. I forfeit the match. It is obvious that you are so much stronger then I am."

"Did you hear that? Gohan, having been attacked by two former competitors, has managed to intimidate his opponent to the point of forfeit. He is an amazing fighter."

Gohan walks down from the ring and stands next to Goku and Vegita. "What was that all about?" Goku asks.

"I don't know. As soon as I was done powering up, I couldn't move a muscle. It was like someone was paralyzing me. I didn't think the either of those to had the kind of power to hold me as long as they did."

"It looks like you broke the hold easy enough," Vegita adds.

"Yeah but it was pretty strong. It could have easily held someone of Cells strength. I just don't get how Yamo or Spopovitch could have that kind of power."

"They don't," Kibito says walking toward them. "You were being held immobile by the Supreme Kai. But apparently he wasn't strong enough to hold you still." Kibito walks over and uses his powers to heal the Supreme Kai.

A minute later the Supreme Kai sits up. "What happened?"

"You over strained yourself trying to hold Gohan in place," Kibito informs the Kai.

"What's the idea of trying to paralyze me?" Gohan demands.

"Let me explain. Those two, Yamo and Spopovitch are being controlled by a wizard named Babidi. Babidi's father, Bibidi created a monster named Majin Buu thousands of years ago. This monster had incredible power. It took all that the Kais had to stop him."

"What's this got to do with anything?" Vegita demands.

"Let me finish. Buu became so powerful that Bibidi had to lock him up in a ball for transport between worlds. We managed to stop Bibidi while Buu was in the ball. Now Babidi has tracked Buu's ball to Earth and plans to revive him. These two were sent here to gather the energy needed to revive Majin Buu. Kibito and I had planned on following them and stopping Babidi after they stole Gohan's energy. That is why I held you immobile."

"Well next time just leave me out of your plans. Did you ever think that my energy by it's self could be enough to revive Buu?"

"I had no idea that you were this powerful."

"So what do we do now that we can't follow them?" Goku asks.

"Well we could question them," Gohan suggests.

"It's too late," Vegita says holding up Yamo's body. "It looks like this wizard fried their brains as soon as they failed."

"I guess we'll just have to continue the tournament and wait for this Babidi or this Buu to show up," Goku says.

"Are you crazy?" the Supreme Kai says. "We have to prevent Buu's resurrection at all costs. If he gets free the universe is doomed."

"Well, the next move is Babidi's," Vegita says. "All we can do is wait. So, we might as well continue the tournament."

While all this is going on, Dabura, unseen by any of our heroes, creeps out of the shadows of the tournament walls and picks up the jar of energy that had been stuck in Gohan for the briefest of moments. It hadn't been in Gohan very long, but it had gathered and incredible amount of energy in a hurry. Babidi then used his magic to transport Dabura and the jar of energy back to the spaceship.

"The next match will feature Android 18 against the eight-year-old Trunks. I have been assured that even though Trunks is young that he is an accomplished fighter. So let the match." 18 and Trunks both step into the ring. "Ready, Fight"

The blonde android charges Trunks with a backhand to the head. Trunks, however, fazes out and reappears behind 18 with a roundhouse kick. 18 dodges to the left and throws another punch at Trunks. The punch connects to the Saiyan's head sending the purple haired boy flying backward. Trunks charges the android throwing punches madly. The two take off above the ring, fighting faster than any of the audience can follow.

"Do you think that Trunks can win?" Goku asks.

"It's no contest. My son can beat that piece of scrap metal any day of the week," Vegita answers.

"Yeah Trunks is pretty powerful. Much more so than I was at his age," Gohan adds.

"Hey Gohan," Videl says walking up to the half-Saiyan. "You said you'd explain things to me about why your hair was gold and what was going on. I already heard from the announcer that you were the one who beat Cell. But I want to hear the rest."

"Ok let's go inside and sit down. It's a long story."

Videl and Gohan walk into the waiting area inside and sit down. "Ok the whole story starts when I was about three that's when my uncle Raditz came to earth to recruit my father…" Gohan goes on to explain the whole ordeal with Raditz, Vegita and Nappa, Frieza, the Androids, and finally Cell.

When he finishes Videl looks puzzled. "So when you power up a lot your hair turns gold right?"

"Yes"

"That's why your hair was gold when you fought Cell?"

"Yes"

"Ok, why was your hair so much longer today then when you were in the ring with Kibito?"

"I was powered up more. I went to the third level of Super Saiyan. I was only in the second level when I fought Cell. The third level still drains too much energy from me. I haven't practiced it very much."

"Ok so you're an alien…"

"Only half alien."

"Half alien, but I love you anyway."

Outside in the ring Trunks and 18 continued to pummel each other. Their clothes we now tattered and torn and they both had bruises all over. Trunks threw a punch at the android which was blocked and returned. Trunks fazed out from the way of the punch and quickly hit the unsuspecting 18 in the back sending her flying out of the ring.

"18 has been knocked from the ring. Trunks is the winner. This young man is simply amazing. Next we have our world champion, who lied about beating cell, up against the younger brother of the man who actually beat Cell while he was just a boy. Can young Goten beat Hercule? Please step into the ring." Goten and Hercule step up into the ring. "Ready, fight"

Hercule charges Goten and punches him in the face. Goten simply stands there and lets the punch hit him. Hercule then proceeds to hold his fist and whimper. Goten then fazes behind the "champ" and flicks him with his finger. Hercule collapses to the ground.

"It appears that Hercule is down. I'll start the count. 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10. Goten is the winner by knockout. That was a quick fight. Our next fight is between Goku our former champion of the world, who never actually lost his title as Hercule has, and Vegita. Please step forward." Goku and Vegita step into the ring.

"You're going down Kakarot."

"We'll see Vegita."

"Ready Fight"

Will Goku be able to beat Vegita or will Vegita come out the winner. Will the power Dabura managed to get from Gohan be enough to revive Buu? Find out next time.

Well another chapter another cliffhanger. This chapter isn't as long as the last one but I felt this was a good stopping point. Remember to review. The more reviews I get the faster I update. Also if you have any questions or commits, I'd really like to hear them. I will get back to you somehow on any questions that you have.