Chapter 36: An Anticipated Revival! The Pink Terror of Majin Buu!
Dabura could barely contain his enthusiasm, laughing at the prospect of that monster being completely helpless to his unique spit. The Demon King's uproarious laughter wasn't lost on Gohan, who slowly made his way to the unconscious Piccolo laying near the newly formed Broly statue. From what Gohan had seen and felt, he knew that he outclassed Dabura in pure strength, but he had no idea what other quirky powers the Demon King had hidden. The Ascended Super Saiyan picked up his Namekian mentor, "Krillin! Senzu!"
"Oh right, here you go!" The bald monk grabbed one of the senzu beans from the bag in his waistband and threw it towards Gohan with blinding speed.
Babidi had shaken off the shock of Broly's attempted onslaught, regained his previous composure and had a quizzical look on his face. The diminutive wizard held out his hands, "Paparapapa!" and suddenly a gigantic egg formed appeared in front of him, emanating with energy. "Well..it seems that crazy Saiyan was good for something after all..DABURA, TO ME!"
The Demon King jumped towards Babidi and landed not too far away from his master, a look of glee on his face as he observed the egg, "Is it ready, Master?"
"Yes!" Babidi laughed maniacally, "Oh my, Majin Buu we're ready to meet you!"
Kibito screamed out towards Gohan, Krillin, and the newly revived Piccolo, "YOU CAN'T ALLOW BUU TO BE REVIVED!"
The three Z-Warriors gathered at the edge of the crater Broly had created, each one erupting their energy as high as it would go. A mixture of white, red, and bright gold burst forth from the trio, each preparing their individual attacks.
Gohan and Krillin's voices overlapped as they charged the Turtle School's signature attack, "KAAAAAAMEEEEEEHAAAAAMEEEEEE…"
Beside them stood Piccolo with his hands in front of his chest, charging a large ball of crackling yellow light before throwing his hands forward, "LIGHT GRENADE!"
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan and Krillin both threw their hands forward as well, unleashing a double Kamehameha that combined with Piccolo's Light Grenade to unleash a devastating explosion on the gigantic egg that lit up the entire landscape..
Simultaneously, on Kami's Lookout
Trunks landed with a thud and a near full sprint towards the palace on the Lookout, Vegeta's unconscious body still in his arms, "DENDE!" The Half-Saiyan screamed for the Namekian Guardian, a strong sense of worry in his voice for his father.
Mr. Popo came rushing out, "Trunks?" the black skinned genie looked at Vegeta's body in the Half-Saiyan's arms, "Oh dear, come quick Dende!"
Dende was only a few seconds behind his attendant, "Set him down, Trunks." The Namekian Guardian held out his hands, a faint glow appearing around Vegeta's body as the magic took hold. "He's in bad shape, this may take a bit. What happened?"
"It's a long story.." Trunks shook his head but before he could start explaining, an energy the likes of which he had never felt before spiked in his senses, "What the hell is that..?"
Back on the Battlefield…
There was a dust cloud that formed in the aftermath of the combined attack, the three Z-Warriors, Kibito, Dabura, and Babidi all watched closely as it dissipated to reveal the now opened egg, but it appeared nothing was inside.
"You did it!" Kibito nearly sounded cheerful as he yelled encouragement to the group of fighters, "There's no Majin Buu!"
Babidi screamed in near agony, "THIS MUST BE A JOKE, WHERE IS BUU?!" The veins in the forehead of the bug eyed wizard could almost be seen throbbing as his anger rose, "WHAT IS GOING ON?!"
It seemed that only the observant Piccolo had seen what was going on.."Gohan, Krillin...look up." In the sky appeared a thin vapor of what appeared to be pink smoke gathering when suddenly a sharp spike of energy hit all of their senses at once, a power unlike any of them had ever felt. The three pairs of eyes all widened at the energy they had felt, seemingly bewildered at the prospect that anything could be that strong.
A strage, pink skinned being had formed from the smoke. It had an antenna that stretched out from the top with strange holes surrounding the base, giant ear-like holes were on either side, and chubby pink cheeks rounded out the being's very round head. As the rest of the being formed, it appeared in full as an overweight being wearing a black vest, purple cape, yellow gloves, and white pants that had a waistband with the trademark "M" for Majin on it. With a childish smile on its face, the portly being began stretching his arms over his head like someone who had just woken up from a long sleep and yelled with a high pitched voice, "BUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! Buu ready to play!"
Dabura looked at his Master with a strange face, "This fat lump of lard is the incredible Majin Buu? This can't be, Master Babidi.."
In a flash the large, pink blob of a person appeared in front of Dabura, "You call Buu fat?"
"Look at you! You couldn't resist a sandwich, let alone fight!" Dabura yelled at the pink skinned Majin.
Buu's eyes opened wide as he absorbed Dabura's insult, "Buu no like you, Buu make you go away."
Dabura laughed, "You? Make me go awa-" Before the Demon King could finish his sentence, the yellow gloved fist of Majin Buu smashed into Dabura's face, sending the large demon flying across the landscape and out of sight.
"Buu make mean guy go away!" Majin Buu smiled and then turned towards the group, "You guys wanna play with Buu?"
Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, and even Kibito were standing dumbfounded at the fat, pink skinned figure who just knocked Dabura away like he was a small rodent. Babidi's cackling could be heard over the stunned silence of the group, "That's it Buu!"
The pink Majin turned to face the small, floating Babidi and didn't seem to enjoy the shrieking voice of the wrinkly wizard, "Who are you? Why your voice hurt Buu?"
"Majin Buu, I am the one who released you from your prison! I am your Master, the great wizard Babidi! Son of your creator, Bibidi!"
"Buu knows Bibidi..Bibidi seal Buu!" The frustration could be heard in the Majin's voice as he looked at the small wizard.
"That's right! And if you don't listen to me, I'll seal you up again!" Babidi had a sly grin on his face,"Now Buu..it's time to play with these fools!"
Buu at first was terrified at the prospect of being sealed away again, but as soon as Babidi told him to play, his smile returned. Buu eagerly turned towards the group of fighters, smiling with a playful grin "Okay..Buu ready to play!"
Before the trio could ready themselves, Buu was bearing down on them with blinding speed. The Pink Majin flew straight into Gohan, his head crashing into the Half-Saiyan's torso and sending him tumbling across the landscape. Krillin stood petrified as Buu turned towards him with a smirk, but before the Majin could land a devastating blow on the human, Piccolo drove a fist into Buu's cape covered back. "KRILLIN, GET KIBITO AND RUN!"
"Uh, right!" Krillin burst off the ground, rushing towards the larger Kai, "We gotta go! We're just gonna be in the way here!"
Buu had kept the creepy smile on his face as he turned around towards the taller Namekian, "Green guy wants to play?" A yellow gloved fist smashed into Piccolo's stomach before he could even react, causing the Namekian to buckle over and cough blood onto the ground. Majin Buu followed the blow up by grabbing Piccolo by his antennae and spun around faster than the human eye could see, winding up and throwing his larger opponent through the air and watching the Namekian crash to the ground.
"That's great Buu! Just great!" Babidi was laughing and yelling excitedly as he watched his father's monstrous creation wreak havoc on his enemies. "Keep it up, Buu!"
A bright flash of golden light erupted through the sky as Gohan burst from the ground, recovering from the vicious headbutt that was dealt to him. Electricity crackled around the Half-Saiyan's bright golden aura as he charged the monstrous pink Majin. Buu was taken by surprise as Gohan drove his foot straight into the back of his foe's head, but the Half-Saiyan was shocked at what he saw after the impact. His blow had definitely landed, but what could only be described as Majin Buu's neck and head had stretched forward like a rubber band with Gohan's blue boot still embedded in the back of it.
"Damn, what is he?" The Half-Saiyan thought to himself, quickly jumping backwards and throwing his hands to his sides.
Buu's head had reverted back to it's normal position as he turned to face his golden-haired opponent, "Buu felt that!" The smile was gone from Buu's face as he glared at Gohan who had taken a familiar stance.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" A wave of azure blue erupted as Gohan threw his hands forward, hitting Buu with the familiar energy attack at nearly point blank range. The wave encompassed Buu's entire body and blew past the Majin, leaving a path of dust and debris as it flew and disappeared into the horizon.
Babidi screamed in terror as he saw his minion be hit with the devastating "MY MAJIN BUU! NO!" As the dust cleared the form of Majin Buu was still mostly standing, but there were a few missing components. The Majin's entire right ride of his torso was gone, his arm and shoulder were gone along with the right side of his face.
The strangest part about it though, was that the part of Buu's face that was remaining let out a big belly style laugh. Then, as if he had never been hit at all, Buu's right side reappeared out of thin air where it once was.
Babidi's horror quickly turned back to delight, "Yes Buu! You're unstoppable!"
Gohan breathed heavily, "What kind of monster is he?" The Half-Saiyan's aura was still violently surging, but his body was visibly winded. "Damn.."
As Gohan was overcome with a bit of despair, Buu went back on the offensive. The Majin drove a gloved fist into his opponent's torso, but it didn't end there. Buu leaned back slightly before he smashed his pink head directly into the head of the Half-Saiyan. Gohan was bowled over from the first blow, but the next one drove him straight back onto the ground in a bloody mess.
"You guys aren't that fun to play with, Buu is getting bored. And Hungry." Buu stood over Gohan's bloody face and licked his lips, "Buu wonders what you'd taste like, as candy!"
Before Buu could continue, his eyes went wide, realizing he had just been split in two at the waist. "What did you do to Buu?" The pink Majin noticed a large broadsword floating beside him.
Dabura was standing not too far away, his hand reached out in the direction of Buu. He was bruised and battered, blood spilling from his lip. "You Fat Bastard, you're a menace." He looked towards Babidi, "Master, can you not see? He is a fool and will never truly be loyal to you!"
Buu quickly extended his arms and grabbed his bottom half, pulling himself back together before turning towards Dabura, "You ready to play again?"
Dabura rushed the rotund, pink Majin, repeatedly throwing blows into his torso. Buu's laughter could be heard above the Demon King's audible grunts, frustration loomed as Dabura jumped back and sucked in, preparing to use his dreadful saliva.
"Paparapapa!" Babidi threw his hands forwards towards the Demon King and everything surrounding Dabura suddenly froze. The Demon King quickly realized he could only move his eyes, turning them towards his Wizard master, who cast this spell that was holding him back. It was over, Babidi had officially betrayed him, freezing him in place. The Wizard's shrieking voice again pierced the air as he screamed, "BUU, FINISH HIM NOW."
"Oh? Play time over for Buu?" The Majin again licked his lips as he approached the now frozen Dabura, "Then I guess it's time for Buu to turn you into candy!"
Buu leaned his head back, only to flick his thick antenna forward and shoot a strange, pink-colored beam forward, directly hitting his demon opponent. Dabura was screaming on the inside, but he could do nothing externally as his body began to shrink and become more rigid as a thick outer shell of chocolate covered the Demon King's now miniature form. His form landed onto the ground with a small thud, no longer a feared Demon King, he had effectively become a demonic chocolate bar.
Buu walked forward and picked up his new treat, beginning his snack by munching on the Demon King's head, "Ooh, mean man makes good chocolate! Buu wants to make more chocolate!"
Up Next - Chapter 37: Trunks' Difficult Choice, Majin Buu's rampage continues!
