Yo! Son Goku and friends!

by Lucky8ofspades

If you've ever found yourself wanting Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, or Piccolo to contribute in the latter half of Dragon Ball, then this is the story for you. There is but one simple goal in this story. It's not about fighting, it's about martial arts.

55. Hocus Pocus

Yo! Son Goku and friends! Bibidi Saga (Chapter 3)

Dr. Myuu

Merus walked into the laboratory, thick cylindrical test tubes brewed in their bright yellow lights as he walked carefully across the metal plating. The General marched behind The Ex-Angel with a stoic deliberation, mean mugging him all the while. The trio stopped as The Doctor reached the back end computer and typed in something, bringing up a pop-up window of a camera feed.

"Hea'. Is zhis vhat you vanted?"

"Yes sir." Rilldo answered before Merus could get a word out.

"Yes. That's him."

"Vhat business do you have vith zhis man?"

"He's broken out one of our patrol ships. He's known across the universe as one of the best to ever do it."

Myuu chose his words carefully, knowing full well that he was a criminal also. Luckily for him he was only arrested by the local police of Rygol-7, his notoriety didn't reach to The Galactic Patrol.

Myuu sent out communications to T-1005, tapping on the metallic stud in his right ear a single time as he turned around and pulled up more images of the trio in question, making sure as to not show anywhere a machine mutant was in plain view. The white orb robot floated nearby Merus and tried to swat at his hair, The Ex-Angel's frame bleeding with wispy white lines.

"..."

Fsht! Wsst!

"Hey. What's up with this thing? It keeps-"

Wsht! Fsht!

"Enough! If you continue to hound me I'll have to-"

Smashh!

Rilldo punched a hole right through T-1005, spilling his mechanisms all over Merus.

"Sorry." Is all The General had to say as he placed his arms behind his back.

"Good vork, T-1005." Myuu made sure to keep to himself as a small compartment of soluble electronic seeped into Merus' cheek.

Merus brushed off the rest and scoffed.

"What the hell was that?"

"We didn't specify. Every single one of the machines that we work on in here is set to offence mode unless told otherwise. The other half of this planet is not yet colonised and has wicked monsters inhabiting it. If we don't have them ready to go then we'll suffer more casualties than we need. My mistake."

"... You couldn't have just called it off?"

"..."

"..."

"T-1005 was going to be replaced anyway. There was no need to keep him around. His programming has been on the frits for longer than usual."

"..." The Ex-Angel furrowed his brow and met the eye line of the searing red target reticles.

"Hea'." The Doctor interrupted as he played something over the speaker.

The voice registered clearly over the speakers.

"We're headed to Planet Zoon." Accompanied by the visuals of The Yellow Lizard gesturing away from the camera.

"That's all I needed to know." The Ex-Angel remarked as he stepped out of the building with stoicism, fixing his gauntlets as the double doors slid open for him.

The pair eyed each other a single time before turning their attention to The Galactic Patrolman walking out of their establishment. With a bit of a stretch and after putting back on his helmet, Merus blasted it, leaving a glittery trail of rainbow in his wake.

Clicc. ClicCliccCliccClicClicc!

An image rolled up for Merus' physique, several attributes denoting health, life expectancy, power, and other relevant facts about his being in several numerical values and graphs charting each number.

"Remarkable."

General Rilldo shook his head in simultaneous disgust and disbelief.

"Eternal!? How!? That's exactly the opposite of a Bio-Life! That's the only determining factor! How does a living organism possess eternal life!? Completely impossible! We need to update that computer, Doctor!"

"Your bias is showing again."

"..."

"You are a true machine Mutant, Rilldo, not a robot. You vere a Bio-Life yourself… once."

"..."

"I'm goink to keep a close eye on this von." Myuu relayed as he stared deeply into the statistics the computer provided for Merus, yellows, blues, reds, and green bars lined all over the monitor.

Zauyogi

The three rowed ship looked almost like a bus or a plane on the interior, the front row being two seats and of course the console, wheel, and levers to control the ship, the second row a long couch as was the third, a little gap on the left side for walking space. Zauyogi focused his eyes on the 'road' of stars and gases as he motioned for the lever and yanked it. The ship shot through space like a bullet, pulling the bright lights towards the windshield in a fever pitch, tuning out everything else eventually before they reached another set of planets, twinkling backlights, and black splashes of cosmos.

"So where's Planet Zoon?" Yuzun asked with his mouth ajar, yawning into the ship as he laid back down on the leather and gazed out the glassy node atop their vehicle.

"North Galaxy."

"Oh my god, North Galaxy?" Iwaza grumbled, eye mask over her face as she laid down on the seating the row ahead of Yuzun. "We're really some globe trotters out in this bitch, huh?"

"..." Zauyogi just raised a brow as he gazed out into space.

"We're space trotters, Iwaza, not globe-"

"If you finish that sentence, Pretty Boy, I'm gonna lose it."

"Sheesh."

"I'm already a bit miffed I had to ditch my girls so the faster we can get this job done, the better."

"Iwaza."

"What's up?" She asked, raising the mask and sitting up.

"I'll break your girls out when we're done with this next op."

"..."

Iwaza straightened her posture and made eye contact through the reflection in the front of the ship.

"Are you..? Serious?"

"..."

Her fierce amber yellow eyes pierced right through the glass and into Zauyogi's soul as she spoke from the deepest regions of her heart with only two words that said thousands.

"Thank you."

"..."

"..." Iwaza blinked once and cleared tears she didn't realise had formed with her thumb, breathing out a particularly heavy breath before leaning back against the light grey leather and staring up at the low lighting of the beyond.

"We're almost there, two hours tops."

Yuzun's second yawn broke the silence, almost rattling the small space the ship allowed.

"Just wake me up when we get there, the beds in those jail cells were just Awful."

In less than a second, Yuzun groaned, moaned, and fell asleep at the drop of a hat.

"Lucky~" Iwaza proclaimed as she stuck out her tongue and covered her eyes with the sleeping visor, leaning back against the couch as she let out a harsh breath.

The ship carved across the cosmos, carefully cutting a line to ensure the craft didn't crash into the rocky debris of stones and thick gases. Not without the attempt to try, Iwaza couldn't sleep, letting out a heavy breath as she undid her eye piece and crossed her hands.

"Can't sleep, huh?"

"Always had trouble with that."

"Yeah."

"Anything keeping you up?"

"I think you know." Iwaza responded as she filed in next to Zauyogi, sat down, and stared out the window.

"Fair enough."

The pair gazed out at the stunning stars and galloping gasses dotting the galaxy. The ship hummed its tune as they weaved through the mist effortlessly.

Bibidi

Bibidi gazed deeply into his crystal ball, letting the sands of Planet Zoon whisk around them as he sat. Buu paraded around impatiently, scoffing, tapping his feet, huffing and puffing.

"When Are We Gonna Go!?"

"I'm trying to see if it's as easy as looking for it."

"..."

"Because it really is that easy sometimes." Bibidi let out as he furrowed his brow. "What are these waves I'm detecting under the sand..?" He questioned mostly to himself.

"Why do you need the gold?" Buu questioned as he stuck his face right onto Bibidi's cheek, eyes wide as could be as he glared.

"Mmhmhmhmm! Legend has it that Planet Zoon has an entire city made of gold, lost to time, the pandemic or to the ever changing climate. If that's true then I can take all of that for myself."

"What Good Is Gold!?" He shouted, stomping around like a child on the red sands.

"I may have the menacing capacities of a wizard, but really, I'm a trader at heart." Bibidi claimed as he patted his chest and finally shot eye contact towards the grey ghoul. "I'm going to build a utopia that uses gold as its main source of trade. I'm a goldsmith myself you know."

"..?" Buu raised a brow, his jumpy antenna bouncing furiously.

"If I can make gold, and I start with how much The Lost City has to offer then I can manually adjust for inflation all on my own. I have a few ideas for the housing market, the economy, and regular trade. My only problem is time, when I pass I have to assume that the next in line isn't going to muddy things up, but of course…" He sighed. "I have to change my plans according to how much gold is actually in The Lost City and also if The Lost City even exists. We could waste all this time on my dream and nothing ever comes of it."

Buu squatted low to the ground and stared at Bibidi with an empty gaze.

"You in there?"

"..." Fog steadily rose from his pores as his eyes glazed over. Bibidi checked his awareness by waving his hand in front of his face only for Buu to snatch it with a steamy pressure. "Are We Going Or What!?"

"Slow down, Buu. I don't know where it is, so we'll have to do some investigating." The Wizard replied as he let the crystal ball float up daintily into the air, the smooth red sandstreams blowing ever so gently across the plains.

"Hmm~" He growled, stomping with all the huffiness of a toddler.

Fwuuuuuuuuuuuu~

The minerals wafting through the air didn't cut but Buu batted them away like a madman, the empty crevices in his body filling to the brim with the minute sands, every couple of minutes the grey ghoul sprayed out legions of red dirts with his characteristic tea kettle shouts.

TWEEEEEEEE!

"GET OUT!" He cried with serious devotion, veins marking the lines of his sickly bubblegum frame. He stomped on the dirt and caused cave in after cave in along the desert sands, dunes from far off slipping into the unknown and forcing the dusty plains to bend to his will soon enough.

Bibidi raised a brow at the curiosity as Buu grunted and fought against nothing, swinging his yellow boxing gloves in the air over and over.

"You'll Get Yours!"

Fshuu! FshFsh! Wsht! WshtWsht! FuFuFwuFuFwuSwuSuScuuScuuSwuFuuFwu!

After a while, Bibidi looked into his crystal ball and conjured a few deterrents, tiny magical circles appeared just outside the small bullet-hole orifices that lined Buu's frame. Buu furrowed his brow and leaned down low, still standing upright but his neck craned down unhealthily to meet level with Bibidi's small stature.

"What'd You Do!?"

"You seemed a little under the weather. Did my magic do the job?"

"..." Buu took his time to reassess the damages, stomping around like a kid as he shook out sand from his boots, and his baggy white pants. His throat swelled up like a ballon and he:

"HEY!"

The shout knocked Bibidi on his ass and a violent maelstrom of sand rocketed out of Buu's mouth like a shotgun blast. The Wizard's crystal ball plummeted out of the sky and fell into the caressing hand of the sand. The Majin stood there for a moment, looming over Bibidi.

"..."

"... What a strange creature…" Is all that floated around in Bibidi's head in response to what he just witnessed.

Buu scanned the magical symbols still patching the openings and grunted loudly a single time.

"Humph!"

Buu marched forward and grappled Bibidi, setting him straight.

"Where are we going?"

"..."

Bibidi was just content to lock eyes with the beast.

"Hello!?"

"Right."

Buu shot predatory glances all around, looking for any possible onlookers or shady individuals. Bibidi picked his crystal ball off the ground and dusted it off with a gout of wind magic and a wave of his hand.

"We're headed to a kingdom called Abra."

Buu said nothing, only furrowing his brow in response, his antenna bumping a single time.

"That's the capital of the world here on Planet Zoon. Hopefully we can dig up some leads there."

The Majin swung his arms like a child as they walked along the path, wanting to pass the time any means necessary.

"Why Is This Taking So Long!?"

"I don't want to waste any magic energy if I don't have to, Buu. If there are hostiles on this planet the-"

"I Don't Care!" Buu shouted as he grabbed the green gremlin by the scruff of the front of his coat. "Tell Me Where Ta Go!"

Bibidi blinked a few times as the ghoul assumed the position, sparkling blue glitters fluttering off of his hands mere inches away from his crystal ball. An aura enveloped Buu's tightly packed cranium and The Majin's eyes widened at the revelation.

Va-Vzh!

The pair appeared in front of a titanic white gate. Dazed and confused, Bibidi checked the crystal ball at the sudden turn of events.

"What is this? We shouldn't be here, the-" Before he elected to finish, The Wizard gazed up at the clay wall.

Two soldiers made up of clay-looking chalky white armour and blue tights pointed their sophisticated weaponry at them. For whatever reason, they seemed jumpy, a little more on edge than usual, as if these people were looking for a fight instead of just trying to stand in front of a gate.

"Halt! Who goes there!?"

"Uhh-"

Buu had enough, blowing a gasket and the man on the left's back out with a single thumping left straight that extended out of the pocket to slam the guard against the wall, cracking it.

THUMM!

"Freeze!"

"Why should I?"

"..." The officer's mustache quivered and his irisless eye glossed over.

"Buu, behave yourself for a minute, yeah?" Bibidi put forth as he waved his hand, the grey ghoul livid at such a suggestion but powerless to stop it nonetheless.

Steam attempted to pour out of the magic circles but instead fogged up the blockades, slow vapours emanated from where they could as Buu's entire body sweated.

"Please accept my sincerest apologies. I'm afraid I've riled up my partner before we got here but that was not my intention."

"I don't gotta listen to nothin', dirtbag! You just killed my-"

"He's not dead." Bibidi motioned, blue sparkles coming off his hand as the man stirred into consciousness.

"Uoghh…"

"Are you alright sir? My colleague got a little ahead of himself but I will take the blame for that."

The two pudgy faced recruits gave each other a once over as the man on their right wiped blood from his jaw. Bibidi in turn cast a few spells and let loose that same old incantation.

"Parappapa!"

Zuu-Weeui!

As he said it, orange flutters escaped his hands and an ethereal glow wiped away the pain and fatigue the punch had left on the man.

"Better?"

"Who the hell are you guys?"

"Tsk."

With weapons still trained on him, The Wizard took a step back and raised his hands, once again trying diplomacy.

"My name is Bibidi. I come from a long line of wizards. I'm here to speak with the king."

"The king? You think you can just stomp on in here and request an audience with Lord Kadabra!?"

"I do not intend on having my request fulfilled without equal trade. Is there anything you all might want in return for passage into the kingdom's borders?"

"..."

"You trying to bribe us!?" The man shouted, red mark on his cheek, weapon trained on the small wrinkly green goblin.

"Yes."

"..."

"..."

Fwuuuuuuu~

"Whatchu' got?"

"I can do a lot of things." Bibidi responded as he dropped his hands and flapped his coat a single time. "What are you boys in the mood for?"

"Why Aren't We Punching!?"

twuuuu~

Misty steam entered the atmosphere until:

Mmopp! Crackle~ TWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

One by one, each magic circle containing Buu's fury burst under the insurmountable pressure provided by the grey ghoul's fog. The bombast of a freight train played out once again as he stood there actively blowing a gasket.

"Uhh~ Drop your..? Weapons!" The man with no damage shouted as he lifted his rifle to Buu's eyeline.

The skin and bone creature with banana yellow boxing gloves stared back with an abyssal quality, forcing the guard at the gate to lower his firearm in submission.

"Buu?"

"..."

"You broke the seals. The sand's going to get back in."

"..."

At the revelation, the grey ghoul examined and found it to be true.

"Ragh! Put Em' Back On!" He proclaimed, a reverberating echo blasting through the walls and penetrating the sound waves on the other side.

Tightly packed neighborhoods and small alleyways looked on as two individuals who were clearly not from around here stood at the gate. Onlookers grouped up and scouted the pair through the bars.

"And this time I'll… do this! There."

Buu let out a scoff as he checked the magical bindings.

"Last time I didn't let the spell filter out your uhh..? Smoke? Sorry about that. I'll do better about that."

Buu turned his 'nose' up at him childishly.

"Where were we, gentlemen?"

"Is this your kid or something?"

"Excuse me?"

The guard shifted his positioning, leaning against the gate, fixing down his guard's cap, and letting his rifle lean against the white stained orange stone.

"You talk about him like he's your kid and he acts like a kid. He one Ugly sonovuhbitch too."

Buu practically stared a hole through him until Bibidi prevented it from reaching completion. The Wizard waved his hand and Buu's searing red gaze stopped on a dime as the officer patted down his now ember-laden chest.

"He's just a little… rambunctious."

"Well I think he's dangerous!" The man with the now purple bruise on his mug yelled with a declarative pointer finger.

"We didn't start off on the best foot. I would really like to make it up to you gentlemen if you would have me."

"You hearin' this shit? Fuck this guy! Get him out-"

RummRmmRemmRumm~SCWOFFFF!

The red sands shifted and squirmed all around them as tunnels burrowed in the beyond.

"Shit... right now?" The bruised guard scoffed as he drew his piece and aimed out onto the red earth.

Bibidi raised a brow at the sight and the guard next to him turned tail and shouted.

"Mouma! Everyone get back to the second gate! The energy wall is down!"

The people from beyond the gate shrieked in horror and ran rampant down the city streets in response. Intrigued, Bibidi waved his fingers with deliberation over the crystal ball and soon enough:

"Are these Mouma?" He asked, turning the cerulean sphere over to the guard with a calculated disposition.

"What is…"

SHOOOOOOFFFF!

Just as it was reflected within the orb, a gigantic green worm with a red gem lining its forehead sprouted from underneath the sands. The guards raised their rifles and blasted the beast without a moment's hesitation.

"Get outta here, dumbass!" The bruised Planet Zoon inhabitant erupted as he lit up the green serpent.

What Bibidi assumed to be a Mouma opened its gigantic maw, revealing wiggling black spines for teeth and a fleshy black hole for a throat. The creature rotated and gyrated with an epic sonic boom as it launched down on the hapless guards, the energy shot from their firearms clearly not able to detain such a monster.

"Buu!"

The M marking The Majin's forehead tightened up and the invisible shackles forcing him to the floor ceased to exist.

TWUUUUUUU!

"Eat It!"

WHAMM!

The grey ghoul launched into action, more steam emanating from his frame than ever before, as if finally being able to punch something was the most lovingly considered birthday present he had ever gotten in millions of years. The green worm's body rocked and convulsed in that small pocket of time before it catapulted across the air and then slammed into the sand with the weight of God behind it.

Skfffffff~

The Zoon guards lowered their weapons at the sight as Buu landed on the ground with a stoic slide, leaning over and mean mugging the beast from across the way. Red sand pelted in from behind and blew out his purple cape wildly. The two officers turned their attention to the ground again and another beast attempted to breach the sandy seas in pursuit of the group. Buu's fury shot out as more sweltering smog when he reared back his head. Turquoise lightning jolted back and forth as he readied the attack and then sent it, shocking the serpent mid-leap.

The beast would have hit the ground had Buu not caught it during its descent. He loomed over the now much more palatable confectionary of a being and stared at it with malice. The chocolate started to fume and sear with burn marks.

"Trash!" He asserted loudly, throwing the gummy version of the creature onto the red sands of Planet Zoon and stomping it into nothing. He grinded his heel over the candy and made eye contact with The Wizard.

Bibidi smirked and focused his attention at the two totally stunned guards, and even more stunned populace peeping precariously.

"Who are you!?" A kid shouted at the top of his lungs as he shook the gate as much as his little body could manage, his yellow bug eyes as bright as could be as he admired the sickly looking figure of:

"Majin Buu."

Majin Buu

Majin Buu fingered his grey ear holes that resembled volcanoes dumbly, a bit of drool slipping out of his mouth as he and The Wizard stood on the rolled out blue velvet the king, Kadabra had prepared for them. Banners of all manners hung down as guards lined each side of the carpet holding salutes. There were a fair amount of strange stains leftover on the blue rugs, white marks lining its existence.

"Our kingdom is in great debt to such a… refined… gentleman such as yourself. Ahemn. Majin… Buu."

Buu's fog let out and touched up against The King's frame, a chilly sensation that he attempted to waft away with his hands.

"...?" The grey ghoul only raised a brow and scratched his forehead as he hunched his back up high. Bibidi motioned with his hands and the words fell out of Buu's mouth like so: "You're welcome~"

The grey ghoul shot up straight and scrunched his face up, confused.

"Thank you very much for your kind words, your majesty."

The King furrowed his brow at the green gremlin standing in his courtroom with crystal ball in tow.

"You said you wished to speak with me about something?" He prompted, leaning his wide mug over his closed fist and crossing his legs.

"Yes, Lord Kadabra."

"Get on with it."

"Right. You see. A little birdy told me a long time ago that there existed an ancient city crafted from pure gold on Planet Zoon. Do you know the veracity of such a claim?"

The King stood tall and showed his distaste with his face alone.

"I know Nothing of what you're talking about."

Bibidi's beady eyes grew beadier as The King imposed his frame over the tiny wizard.

"Fear not, Lord Kadabra. I do not come here bearing ill will or intentions. If you have information on such a matter I would gladly pay you for it."

"Guards!"

Buu's crimson stare almost turned the guards to stone before The Wizard called him off with a wave of his hand. The grey ghoul was forced to sit and watch once again, steam billowing up as his veins twisted unnaturally on his stone-like bubblegum skin. Bibidi just let out a laugh as he raised his hands in defeat.

"Of course. We'll get out of your hair. No need to get violent."

"Long as we have an understanding."

"Yes." Bibidi nodded his head as he bowed out and Buu struggled to walk along with him, every member of the royal legion attempting to retain some of their dignity with stern faces even though they all just about peed their pants moments earlier.

Bibidi smirked and let Buu do his thing.

Fwom!

He stomped on the ground a single time, scuffing the carpet and causing a whimper to squeak out from a guard at the end of the line. The Wizard glanced at The King one last time as the white doors closed.

"Who were they?" Bibidi dared not let out as telepathic images crossed his mind. "Someone asked about Hocus Pocus before we did?"

A memory within a memory while telling my own story. I am really too much.

"Shut up."

"Ah-hem."

Zauyogi

"So what's the move?" Yuzun asked with a chipper candor as he hopped out of the ship and onto the dusty sands.

"See that gate over there?"

"Looks like a gate to me." Iwaza chipped in as she cranked her neck over and banged on the cricks until a satisfying pop sounded out. "There we go."

"This is the kingdom of Abra. The largest city on Planet Zoon. I got a couple more contacts and apparently all I need to do is meet with the king and say a few special words. Hello!" The Yellow Lizard called out to the guards standing guard, neither of them possessing any bruises at this time.

"Halt. Who goes there?"

"My name is Zauyogi. I have prepared a message for the king."

"A message my ass. We ain't letting you in here without any good reason."

"Tell the king Zauyogi is outside and he'll yell at you for letting me stand outside. Honestly. A guy like me deserves a little more respect than to be forced to get sand in my shoes."

"You know a lot of people, don't you?"

"You could say that." The Yellow Lizard responded as he scratched the bottom of his jaw with a finger.

"We're not doing squat so I suggest you leave."

"No can do."

"Well we're not letting just any strangers in, see."

"Hmm."

"Well?"

"Well what?"

Zauyogi just pointed at the gate lazily.

"Oh. Fair enough."

The Pretty Boy brushed the two guards aside like they were nothing and strolled up to the pearly gates with a suave swagger, standing still before slamming in a southpaw lunge.

DuWannn!

His fist refused to make contact with the metal and an ethereal barricade reverberated like jello.

"Stop right there!" One of the guards commanded, a thin red dot contrasting harshly with Yuzun's otherwise spotless blue skin.

"Me?"

In a flash, Zauyogi gripped onto the firearm in the man's hand and breathed a chilly mist down through his throat. Within moments the man caved and snored into silence, falling onto the sand with a thud.

DyuDuDuDuDyuDyuDuiDuDuiDuiDyuDu!

Yuzun checked his nails as he effortlessly tanked round after round of red blaster ammunition from the Zoon inhabitant, spent casings falling onto the sand one by one. Iwaza rounded behind the man and latched onto his wrists with an iron grip.

"Just relax. This is for your own-"

Fwaaaa~

"-good." She reiterated as The Yellow Lizard put him to sleep.

"Nice one! Okay! I see you."

Iwaza just smiled and batted her hair just before they high fived.

"Yuzun. What's up with the wall?"

"Energy barrier of some kind."

Duwoin! Dwuin!

The Pretty Boy knocked his knuckles against the gelatinous substance and then put his hands on his hips, his bright orange jumpsuit still tied around the waist.

"Whatever it is, looks like they want to keep something out."

"Guess so." Iwaza remarked as she poked at the shield, it almost felt like a window on a rainy day only there was no water to accommodate each point of contact she made with the deterrent.

Yuzun wound up his right arm in a childlike manner, windmilling it for good measure before fully committing and slamming in a righteous overhand.

DOMM! Cuh-Crrrracklle~ KSHH!

The shield dented, caved in, and cracked under the pressure until Pretty Boy booted out its last legs and fully cracked the shield, forcing the cerulean glass to shatter and dissipate to nothingness upon contact with the adobe high walls.

"Nice one."

Yuzun smirked like a hollywood actor and laughed out posh.

"You're too much, Zau."

"This is a kingdom, right?"

"Yup." Zauyogi replied as he hopped the gate, the two others right behind him.

"You sure it's the smartest idea to just bust down their barriers and walk on in?"

"I think you've forgotten just how many galaxies we've been to, Today."

"Stop bullshittin' me, Zauyogi. It's been at least 30 hours." She fired back, hands on her hips as Planet Zoon's people paid a curious eye at the trio, Yuzun content to wave back and greet the onlookers.

"That may be. But it's still 30 hours and we've taken a round trip of the universe."

"All I'm sayin man, is that you seemed so careful to not make any mistakes and now we're just busting in like thi-"

"Can you sense energy?"

"... Yeah, why?"

"Then you should know why I'm not worried."

All Iwaza could do was look on as Zauyogi wore confidence on his face as loud as one could see. As the trio marched on through the town. Guards attempted to subdue them but the three of them fled, hopping from building to building in order to reach the castle. The elevated nature of the city led to easy juking maneuvers under the low light of alleyways and high up skyscrapers. Zauyogi led the pack into another wall that protected a castle far up the steps. Guards from all around readied their weapons and called out to the trio for the obvious:

"Halt! One more step and we'll-"

KRSHH!

Just like that, the two of them filed right behind Yuzun as he absolutely blasted apart the blue wave with a single leaping kick. Zauyogi rolled onto the grass with skillful athleticism while Iwaza landed with grace using her flight. Yuzun hit the ground running, asking the questions after the fact.

"You know, I can see why you do this stuff. This is incredibly exhilarating… and… quite liberating. I haven't felt this full in a long time."

"Full? Ha-Ha!" The Yellow Lizard chuckled. "What are you on about? I'm starving!"

"No." He conceded a giggle on their way up to the top, casting aside the remaining royal officers like action figures. "I mean. I don't… Not in that way. I mean like… this. This life."

WHAMM!

"It's real. I don't have to hide myself. I don't play it safe. I feel at ease."

Yuzun's smile could outshine any star as he punched guard after guard on his way up the white marble steps dissecting the green grass on the path to the castle. Zauyogi dipped, ducked, and dodged around the flailing persons, using his expert movement and springy body to save as much energy as possible. Iwaza caught the stragglers and forced them down into the leftover units chasing them up the steps until the trio finally reached the top, a long marble finish with epic columns denoting a powerful influencer inside the walls.

Tuh-TOOMM!

"Hah!" Yuzun shouted as he kicked the double doors off their hinges, the white chalk slabs cracking and busting as it made contact with the stony floors of the not-so-humble abode. The slid and bunched up the blue carpet of the main lobby, the lavish lifestyle of the rugs collecting white dust.

Zauyogi led the pack and shouted, much to the confusion, dismay, and general disarray of the randoms occupying the castle lobby at that time.

"Hey! Zauyogi is here! Where's Kadabra!?"

"You can't be serious…" A powerful, yet still elegant voice pierced the rambunctious cacophony even at a whisper, commanding the attention of the three as both the last few guards inside and outside attempted to surround them.

"Yo! They wouldn't exactly let me in."

"Heh-heh. Maybe they shouldn't have you rat bastard."

"Shucks. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside that you'd say such nice things about me, KD."

"Guards. This one's cool."

"But sir!" A man protested profusely before:

"Don't care."

The lobby was filled to the brim with whites that had beautiful yellow and golden stains. Piercing royal blue banners and carpets lined the castle walls as well as the guards and certainly the cape of Kadabra as he marched down each step with deliberation, taking a steady sip from his drink until he reached the bottom.

"Can't believe you actually showed up. Guessin' you need a favour."

"Yeah. All I really want to know is how to get to Hocus Pocus."

"Sklllluu~"

Yuzun weaved the spit take like a boxer and the leftovers mashed onto Zauyogi's maw before it evaporated as quick as it came.

"You think it exists?"

"I don't see why not."

"Legends are just that… legends."

"And I know that you've got a couple legends floating around in the royal armoury. You know how to get in."

"Well apparently opening the gates to Hocus Pocus are as easy as 'Open Sesame' but Finding Hocus Pocus is the real challenge."

"You underestimate me."

"You're good at breaking out, Yogi." The King lamented, placing his firm hand on the yellow sheen of his scaly skin. "Not breaking in."

"Whether you believe in it or not won't affect you in any way, KD. But if you give me some leads, I can throw some goodies your way."

"..."

"Gold is one of the few currencies that actually translates across galaxies."

"..."

"I can sell this stuff North, South, East... West."

"..."

Yuzun and Iwaza spared a quick glance at each other, as did the passersby of the castle guard and other noblemen and noblewomen.

"I've done enough in my lifetime to satisfy my lust for crime. You told me that all I do is break out but breaking into the business of trade seems like a fun enough venture to retire on, wouldn't you say?"

KD laughed, grabbing his forehead with fervor, almost spilling the rest of his grog out the wine glass as he did it.

"You run a kingdom. You know how important trade is."

The last bits of laughter faded and the man's bright golden eyes met the eyeline of The Yellow Lizard. He took one last drain of the glass before responding.

"Sluuu~ I suppose."

"I wanted to check out on some Aurum too but I made the mistake of choosing something obvious."

"..."

He let the room breathe by breathing himself, taking a tipsy step backwards as he thought about it out loud, weighing the options with his hands.

"Ehh well..? No. Ehh~ Maybe? Yeah, screw it."

Zauyogi crossed his arms and waited for:

"Follow me."

The Yellow Lizard nodded.

Tom. Tmp. Tmp. Dm.

"Not you."

"Figures." Iwaza rolled her eyes and leaned against a wall on the lobby, Yuzun content to stretch it out before asking as The King made it half way up the magnificent staircase.

"Hello! Could we get a change of clothes!? We've been in these rags for like two days!"

KD snapped his fingers and pointed to the various butlers and maids scrounging up the leftover dust from the beat up doors littering the bottom floor and blue carpet sheen.

"Zauyogi."

"What's up?" The Yellow Lizard asked as they marched up to the second floor balcony and down the well lavished halls of blue, white and golden vases, trinkets, and marbles.

"Why now of all times?"

"What do you mean?"

"..."

"I cash out whenever I want. Surprised someone like you could even get incarcerated. Definitely didn't expect anything off-world either. But… that's besides the point." Zauyogi let his hand slide along the marble finish of the walls as he continued. "I did break you out, but I don't do this shit for free, KD. This is my favour so that'd be pretty bitch-made on your part to not follow through."

"My heir was just born last week."

"Ah."

"And I don't quite appreciate you crashing in here uninvited and knocking around my men."

"Fair."

"So if you could just take this with you, and not bother me ever again I would really appreciate it." The King commanded as he rounded the corner into a gilded and golden room filled to the brim with trinkets, gadgets, weapons, and devices. Lord Kadabra parted the sea carefully and led Zauyogi to the very back where an olden days map lay dormant behind sleek glass.

The King lifted the glass and rolled up the map with a quick but calculated measure.

Shuup!

"Here."

"How do I know this is legit?"

"You don't. No one has been able to even verify the existence of Hocus Pocus much less figure out how to read the map."

"..."

"The only thing we know of in the legends is that when you get to the door, there is a keyhole but no key will unlock it."

Zauyogi examined the elegant casing of the map, another marble finish, almost matching the rest of the castle but not quite, a white backdrop but replacing the gold with oceanic marbling instead.

"So you don't want the loot?"

"..?"

"..."

The King just raised a brow at the question.

"You told me to never bother you again after you gave me this map."

"..."

"If I do find Hocus Pocus, you're saying you don't want any of that gold?"

"Well I never said that~"

"You're the rat bastard, you know that?"

"Hehahah~"

Bonk!

"Scoundrel."

"Later, KD."

"You are one interesting man, Zauyogi."

The Yellow Lizard said nothing, only flashing a cocky smirk and raising the roof as he passed through the archway of the treasury.

Bibidi

"Zauyogi..?" Bibidi let out like a chant as he caressed his magic orb on the outskirts of the elevation of Abra.

The Zoon guards on the outside raised their weapons as they told the pair to:

"Get lost!"

"Yes, yes, we're on our way. Sorry for bothering you."

Buu's fury let out in wafts as he grit his teeth to the same red dust that permeated the air.

"Ohp! Sorry about that, Buu."

VuiWeee~

Buu let out a sigh of relief as the miniscule minerals meandered, manipulated by the magic of the mage Bibidi.

"Why aren't we Beating Them Up!?"

"Whatever do you mean?"

"I can take em'! Why Ain't You Let Me!?"

"It's unnecessary. I can't resort to violence at the drop of a hat, Buu. If my aim is to rule over the world with an iron fist then my reign will inevitably end at the rule of a fist mightier than mine. I propose a peaceful rule, where brutes like yourself are rewarded for their hard work and dedication, not their pugilistic power."

Buu furrowed a brow at the statement, a bit of smog lifting from his body out into the streaming sands of Planet Zoon.

"I'm glad you're with me, Buu, because your might is exactly the asset I need to accomplish my goals but there are only so many things you can accomplish by punching something, and politics is not one of them."

He craned his neck over like an ape and scratched the top of his head in confusion.

"Buu?"

"... What?"

The grey ghoul's skinny stature dwarfed the green goblin. They shared eye contact for an uncomfortably long time.

Fwuuuuuuuuuu~

With a few waves of his hand, and a chanting of:

"Parappapa!"

Zzzz~Zwyerrtt! Zzzz~Zyakk!

The black scripture reversed, erasing the serifed M on his already dark forehead.

"What?"

"..."

"What!?"

"Nothing."

"Tch!" The grey ghoul practically hocked a loogie with how hard he scoffed at the assumed nothingness The Wizard had to offer.

Bibidi once again returned to scouring the orb for information and the entirety of the globe spanned out over the sphere as a touch screen. He rotated it over and over until:

"Aha."

Zauyogi's face overlaid a blip on the map.

Fwuuuuuuuuuu~

Iwaza

"How the hell?" The Yellow Lizard laughed out as they fell into a cave-in and arrived in a secret dungeon below a spinning pit of red sand.

She giggled herself silly as she fell onto her butt and subsequently the red runic sandstone underneath.

"Me and my girls have been reading maps like this since forever. People used to sell trick maps on Konats all the time. You'd have to use magic to decode them. Kiki was a wizard on that ocarina." Her eyes grew brighter as she reminisced, peeling back her silver streaks and gazing up at the raining ceiling above them.

"Konats?"

"It's a planet in the-"

"South Galaxy. My homeworld... Me and my girls used to think that place was the pits. I don't know why…"

Zauyogi and Yuzun let the air breath, backing away and scouting the crypt that they now inhabited.

"Konats was awesome. We never should have left… never."

"..."

Iwaza let out a final breath as Yuzun extended his hand to the woman laying on the crimson sandstone. The Yellow Lizard eyed the place up and down until he knocked onto the wall.

Donn~~~~ DonDonnn~~~~

"Hollow."

"..."

"There's something on the other side here. Another room."

"You want to cave us in?"

Zauyogi burst boisterously into a gut wrenching laugh, slapping his forehead in the process.

"You-hoo think we're gonna die to a little cave-in? I've been in much more dire straits, kid." Zauyogi finished the rest of his chuckles and motioned to Yuzun. "You're up. Knock us a path through this thi-"

WHOMM! Krrronkle~~~

"Whoa…" Iwaza let out as she peered into the room. Some how, some way, the torches inside the crypt were already ablaze. The Yellow Lizard grabbed onto Iwaza's shoulder harshly as the last bits of litter left behind by Pretty Boy fell into the chasm below, some rocks clanging off the ridge and echoing into infinity, no end in sight and only an end in volume after what felt like minutes.

kuh-kunnn~

The rocks sounded off after hitting what they could only assume a bottom to be. Yuzun brushed back his hair and fixed his now royal blue garb.

"Someone in here before us?" Pretty Boy asked to the rest of the group as he loomed over the canyon and out into the giant four corners.

Past the empty abyss was a platform with exactly four columns and a golden gate at the back end of the room. Smack dab in the middle of the gold was a key hole.

"We're in the money." Zauyogi let out with a smirk as he readied a running start and then leaped like a madman over the crevice.

"Really!?" Her voice reverberated about 3 times. "You can't fly, Zauyogi!?"

"Nah! You can!?"

She shook her head at the absurdity.

"Wow. Learn something new everyday." Iwaza replied sassily, rolling her eyes practically all the way back inside her cranium.

Doom! Skffffff~

Yuzun cleared the distance before she did with an epic dash that broke off the rest of the ledge from whence they came, forcing it to crumble and fall off into the darkness below. Pretty Boy shot it one last glance at the debris as it was swallowed before turning his head back to the relevant area. Zauyogi shot ahead of the group, examining the giant golden door with a curious eye.

"I mean… we don't have a key, do we?"

"Nope."

"You think I can punch through it?"

"..."

"Yuzun, that stupi-"

"I don't see why not." The Yellow Lizard interjected mid way.

"Bruh."

Yuzun stepped up to bat and lined an epic strike underneath the giant keyhole.

"Snnnnn~" The Pretty Boy inhaled sharply through his angled supermodel nose, chest held up high as he positioned his right arm at his side like a firearm. "Fuuuuuu~"

Swuuuuuuu~

Sparks started to arc into existence, trailing off his bicep, through his pant legs and routing into the ground. The leftover chilling winds underneath the surface started to stir, sandy streams falling down onto Yuzun's scintillations.

"You might want to stand back." Yuzun laughed out as he made eye contact with the others.

They complied of course, Zauyogi throwing up his hands as if he were under arrest again. The Yellow Lizard chose a spot he deemed acceptable, placing his left hand onto one of the columns and leaning onto it, crossing his right leg over his left.

"HYAHH!" He roared, the sheer volume blowing back Iwaza's hair in the process.

TUH-TOOOMMMM! RRrrrrrrrrrr~

The gate stood still but everything surrounding it gave way, plumps and clumps of maroon sand fell from the ceiling and the crimson sandstone along the walls cracked, denting under the sheer power of the blow.

"Maybe we don't want to do that again."

"I can sign off on that." Pretty Boy replied as he gazed up at the diminishing structural integrity.

High above the cavernous structure, Bibidi and Buu prowled the premises, harsh winds pelting the sands into The Wizard's frame, forcing him to cover up more concretely with his robes.

"Hmm…"

Buu grit his teeth again and let out a bit of steam. Just as Bibidi gazed upon the orb, the ground shifted ever so slightly.

"What was that..?"

The Wizard defaulted right back to the orb before:

"Magnificent!"

Buu was caught picking his ears as Bibidi yelped aloud.

"They're right underneath us! How could I have been so foolish? That was their energy just now!" He reiterated to the grey ghoul as he tapped into his crystal ball like a keyboard. "Aha! Found you." The little green goblin wormed his mits around like he had hand warmers. "Now where's the best way to get down there..?"

Buu let out a loud snore, startling the ex-shopkeep.

"Zzzzz~"

"Uhh..? Buu?"

"..."

"Hmm. No matter."

With renewed vigour, Bibidi pushed Buu across the sands, the red minerals dragging his feet and catching on his pant legs, staining the stark white with maroons, oranges, and oaken browns.

"So we got here? How are we gonna open it?"

"Honestly..? I have no clue!" The Yellow Lizard hollered out as he brushed his hands along the gilded frame of the massive wall.

"Are you kidding? We came all the way out here and this is as far as you planned?"

"Hey. I like to touch and go. I already broke out, I don't really care. I'll take my time."

"I'm starting to see why you've been to prison so many times."

"I feel like being a little sloppy just means that you get more practice." Zuayogi replied as he started doing tricks on the column, hanging on by a thread and stretching it out, performing full sideways planks on the air. He finished his routine and then broke out into a frontflip roll onto the floor.

DonDon~

"Are you going to crack this thing?" Pretty Boy laughed as The Yellow Lizard jammed the side of his head against the gold and knocked on the gate.

"Just thinking. I've been around the damn block, Yuzun. If something is designed to have answers, there are usually multiple."

Iwaza scratched the temple where her golden band used to be and furrowed her brow at the sight, Zauyogi shooting up fast and climbing all along the wall with his lizard appendages.

"Wait a second. Didn't that guy say it was as easy as 'Open Sesame'?"

Ga-Thunkk.

Zauyogi shot back duck lips from his reptile maw as he slowly ascended the wall not by his own choice but by the shifting of the door ever so slightly upwards. He climbed down the wall like a spider and then shot onto one of the columns, looming over the two in a gargoylesque pose.

Skuuuuuuuuuuuhh-Ta-To-TOHMM!

The golden veil finally lifted, latching up and cementing itself in the ceiling, revealing a swarming city of lavish luxury.

Twuuuu~

All Yuzun could do was whistle as he pocketed his hands and strided across the line, walking over the golden ridge left by the gate and onto the yellow brick road. Zauyogi slid down the column and broke out into a jog to catch up, passing the threshold the same time as his cohort and they all three stared out into the magnificence before them.

"Ha-Hah-Hah! I can't believe it!" The Yellow Lizard screamed out into the open ended city under the sands. His snarky voice bounced all over the gemstones, the jewels, the gold, and the glitters before coming back in a loop.

Yuzun blinked a few times for good measure as Iwaza took the lead and marched down the stairs to their destiny. Each footstep felt monumental and heavy, sounding out and echoing furthermore into the town occupancy consisting only of them. Zauyogi couldn't stop himself from smiling, cheesing big time as he passed by houses crafted elegantly by the garish colours. Wave of unease crept across his frame.

Zauyogi paused.

The rest of the group advanced without him.

He turned around.

Majin Buu and Bibidi VS Zauyogi, Iwaza, and Yuzun

Objective: Lay claim to Hocus Pocus!

"What the hell!?"

Iwaza and Yuzun pivoted on a dime piece each, The Yellow Lizard's voice booming out and slapping off every golden object in existence which was everything besides them and these total strangers standing at the top of the staircase.

"We were tailed this whole time..?" Zauyogi let out under his breath as he locked eyes with the beady eyed gremlin in front of the sleeping grey ghoul.

"Who are these guys!?" Iwaza piped up as she filed in next to Zauyogi.

"I have no idea."

"They don't Look like Galactic Patrol." Yuzun remarked plainly as he rolled up his sleeves. "And… I'm not sensing a terribly high level of energy from them either."

"Buu."

"..."

"Buu wake up!"

The grey ghoul laid motionless until:

Wsht!

"Huh?"

Bibidi doggedly dodged a flurry of blows from the sleeping skin and bones bubblegum cretin.

"Buu! Wake Up!"

TWUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

His searing red eyes forced open as steam shot out from every vent he possessed, searing the golden bricks underneath him to nothing but glistening yellow puddy, forcing Bibidi to procure a barrier of sorts around his form to prevent himself from melting into goop at the sheer heat of the 'blast'.

"What is he?" Iwaza questioned as she brushed back the silver strands behind her elvish ear.

"I don't... know." Zauyogi responded in kind, lowering into a stance.

"Go buckwild, Buu. Right after this, I'll help you get your revenge on Kami."

The pair locked eyes as The Wizard casted another layer of spells over his frame.

"I promise."

Buu's fury set aflame, his grey stony skin twitched and pulsed, scrunching up into twisted veinage as white fog shot out of him like it was on the verge of exploding. He rocketed off the pocket of goop, golden glitter trailed his path before limply spilling on the not-yet-liquified gold.

TWUUUUU!

The steam train sounded off as Majin Buu whiffed by a hair.

Fashhu!

"He's fast." Yuzun grunted out as he dipped low to duck the long hook from the grey ghoul.

"..."

"Shit."

Majin Buu's piercing red eyes looked right through Yuzun's soul, freezing him up for only a moment.

"Yuzu!" Iwaza shouted as she kicked him out of the way of a righteous overhand.

FWAFF!

Buu's right glove swung at nothing but air as the two in front of him separated, his purple cape jived in a wide arc as he shot glances back and forth at the prey before him. Zauyogi stampeded up the steps trying to see what the strange green man in the bubble had on offer but was unable to decipher as Bibidi floated high into the air, waving goodbye as he ascended above the city. Bibidi's point of view expanded and he could see Hocus Pocus in its entirety, several straight drop offs into the unknown were littered all about the city in scandalous places, some in plain sight but others of a more threatening and concealed nature.

"You're Mine!" Buu shouted as he dashed off the brick, flinging gold bars off the road and up into the atmosphere of the townscape. Dust filled the cavernous region as The Madjinni tore into his targets.

FuFuFuFwuFu~SMAKK!

Buu threw a flurry with his left only to cut it off with a heinous right, slamming into the side of Pretty Boy's pretty face, sending him careening into a golden statue, splashing and spilling water off the side of the fountain and into the abyss below. It was dangerously constructed, just a drop off on all sides. One would have to jump or of course, get knocked into the fountain to get anywhere near it. Iwaza tightened her stance as Buu skidded along the cobblestone path, kicking up more glitters, leaving a burn mark with his sheer speed.

Skweee~

"HRAHHH!"

Fshu! Tuh-Tommmle~

With a straight lunge, another swing and a miss as Iwaza rounded the outside on the balls of her feet. Buu's fury mounted, more steam and pressure rolled off him in waves. He pivoted fast, and during his turn sharpened his brow to an unhealthy angle.

"HEY!"

"Hmm. Interesting."

"What is it?"

"He seems to actually possess The Vice Shout."

"What!?"

"Just look, Beerus."

"... Interesting indeed."

The Vice Shout. It's a technique used by Angels. Angels are disallowed from fighting unless the most dire situation should call for it. The Vice Shout is one of the few techniques an Angel is actually allowed to use and is not a violation of The Angel Code. The Vice Shout-

"Hey." Beerus spoke into my staff. "Bitch."

"What?"

"You actually, for real, just said that out loud."

"Whatever are you referring to?"

"You just said 'Beerus spoke into my staff'. You are off the hairball."

"Excuse me. I can't believe you just said That."

"Fuck all this. You have people who watch on this thing, right."

"Yes."

"The Vice Shout is used to incapacitate. The reason Angels use it is because they can't fail. It only works if the user is stronger or if the recipient I guess is bitch made and their hearing is too good or something... Now stop talking!"

"How uncouth."

"Ah-hem."

Buu's voice echoed throughout the cavern, shaking Hocus Pocus to its very core and rumbling the structure like an earthquake. He made eye contact with Iwaza and yelled, the likes of which Iwaza had clearly never encountered before.

"HEY!"

Her body froze up, unable to move a muscle. As she stood there, frozen, the grey ghoul stomped on the ground and dashed forward with another bloody, quite frankly beastly roar.

Fshu! Wsht!

"Yuzun."

Yuzun tackled Iwaza past a lamp post, breaking right through it and placing his hand on the ground to stop their momentum. Interestingly, the flame flickering in the pocket of the golden lamp post, now destroyed, remained, fanning on the air while still sitting perfectly still. She moseyed out of his arms with a dazed disposition.

"Can you move?"

"..? Yeah…"

"Here he comes."

Buu yelled like a maniac, stomping on the ground and just sending it.

WHAMM!

His grey bubblegum arm stretched like taffy, clocking Iwaza right in the mouth and sending her blitzing through gold building after gold building. She caught the wrong end of a fence and whiplashed off the lip from her ankle.

"Damn!" She cried out, stalling on the air as she rubbed her bleeding left foot and caught the droplets of blood from her now crooked nose.

"Guess it's all or nothing." Yuzun breathed in deeply as he held eye contact with the grey ghoul. Yuzun crossed his arms over each other and held them out as he took in air and expelled it in calm conversions. Buu whipped his arm around wildly and pursued Yuzun all the while but Pretty Boy evaded his linear attacks while backstepping along the yellow brick road. Charges of green sparked around his frame and Yuzun finally amped it up, his muscles bulging a bit. "I don't want to have to do it yet." He ruminated. "I so hate that ugly form."

Zauyogi shouted to the heavens, or more accurately, the high rock ceiling of Hocus Pocus.

"Who are you!? And what do you want with us!?"

"What are you willing to give in exchange for my answer?"

"What!?" The Yellow Lizard freaked out, crouching low once again and feverishly eyeing any movements at his surroundings.

His mind had been infiltrated by the piercing Telepathy of Bibidi.

"Fret not."

The Yellow Lizard and green wizard locked eyes from across the realm as the words bounced around his head.

"If you aren't ready to trade then me and my associate here are ready to take this city right out from under you. But I get the feeling none of you three want to give it up."

"Tss." Zauyogi smacked his lips in response. "I don't have anything on me."

"Well then it looks like the deal is as good as closed."

Zauyogi let the tensity climb, clamping his mouth shut and mean mugging the high orb.

"I'm not one for cruel and unusual punishment, Zauyogi. It's only Majin Buu over there who deals with variables using his more base means."

"..."

"Make your choice. You either leave, or you can offer something in its stead."

"We got here first, damn it!"

"That's irrelevant. Most settlers in any land relinquish what they possess to the ownership of those with better tactics, higher populations... or might."

"I'm not pulling out now. I don't feel like kowtowing to your little ass."

"So be it." Bibidi replied as he waved his hand like a puppeteer.

The Yellow Lizard craned his neck over to the battlefield, catching the exact moment Iwaza spun out on the gate.

Thwack!

"Damn!"

As he watched on, a searing pain marked his forehead, as if being inked up by a needle with the heat of the sun condensed in the small divot.

"Yuahh!" Zauyogi yelped, clutching at his head and falling off the small building and onto the upheaved golden brick road.

Iwaza turned to look at the grunt and the subsequent slam that followed.

"Zauyogi!"

She sharpened her vision to notice:

"What the hell is that..?"

A serifed M started to burn The Yellow Lizard's forehead as he scraped his knees on the gold and wiggled along the floor. She shifted her curious gaze skyward and found the green goblin waving his hand with magical energies leaving his baby blue bubble.

"Magic! Hold on!" She wailed, clutching at her ankle one more time and hopping a few steps to set it in place. "GAH!" She roared, clutching it tightly.

Snapp!

"Oh my."

"Ah-hem."

She dipped low and slid to a stop in front of The Yellow Lizard as he clawed at his face, taking a few swipes at her as she neared.

"I got you!" She yelled back as she dodged the jabs.

"Rrrrrgh~" He growled, the veins of his maw pulling to the surface under his struggle.

"This looks like… possession I think." She thought to herself as she shot the quickest glance back up at Bibidi.

"Looks like this girl's a Konassian. Can't just use Telepathy for free on her… But she doesn't have her headband… Hmm…" His beady eyes sharpened as he expanded and changed the field of view through his bubble, miming and pulling the visuals around like a touchscreen.

"Set's Litany. That should do it."

Out of nowhere, Iwaza started to sing, miming motions around her chest as turquoise streams of energy lifted and corralled Zauyogi's frame. The aura brushed up against The Yellow Lizard's skin and an indescribable cool washed over him, filling his breath as if for the first time in ages.

"Kuuuu~" Zauyogi let out unintentionally.

Bibidi furrowed his brow at the release, tapping his finger on his pant leg as Iwaza stood her ally up.

"Are you okay?"

"How'd you do that?" The Yellow Lizard gulped out as the dull pain stamped into his forehead whisked away like it was repainted from a brush stroke.

"You brought me on for literally this purpose, dumbass! You forget or something!?"

The Yellow Lizard yanked her head down and darted around the corner as a ballista bolt of pure energy crashed where they were.

Vyew-DOOOOOOMMMM!

Golden glitters of debris filled the air, chalky yellow smoke following soon after.

"Oh shit…"

"On your toes! He's got Telepathy and who knows what else!"

"Right." Iwaza responded.

The green lightning sparked outwards in all directions as Yuzun brought his arms in close and shouted an epic war cry.

"Teyah!"

Zooosh! Zzzt! Fwoff~

"I don't even think you're all that strong." Yuzun proclaimed with confidence, fixing his wrist and throwing off the royal robes of Planet Zoon in favour of showing his toned clay green physique.

"Loud Mouth!"

"Looks who's talking." He spoke back quietly, picking up a loose gold bar from the street and filling it with aura. "This one's for real."

Fshu!

Buu's red eyes widened at the raw speed of the gold bar thrown at his head. He didn't use evasive maneuvers, only shifting his head out of the way using his gummy gooseneck.

"..." The Madjinni was stunned, his adversary was already right in front of him, charging up an epic and sharp as could be left hook.

WHOKK!

Yuzun ducked the lashback and followed through with the momentum of his strike. Buu's antenna shot out to slap Pretty Boy for his trouble but thanks to the preemptive head movement, Yuzun had dodged it clean. Yuzun followed up again, a second hook, this time from the other side.

WHACKK!

Buu's face contorted from the power of the blow but this time he tried to boot Yuzun in the stomach in retaliation.

Fshuu!

Nothing.

WHAMM! FYUUUUuuuuuu~

Yuzun laid in a clean right backfist square in the face, right between the eyes. The blow sent Buu packing and Yuzun held the pose as he breathed out a cathartic release. He heard frantic stomps coming in from behind and sharpened his guard even more until he realised the truth behind it.

"What's going on!? Are we leaving, or are we fighting?"

Iwaza looked to Zauyogi for the answer and of course:

"This is what we came here to do. I'm not letting these guys just take it because they want it too."

"But what about that Galactic Patroller?"

"..!"

"What about him?" Zauyogi shot back. "He's not coming after us. He's long gone."

FOOSH~Whapp!

"Talk about it later!" Yuzun yelled as Buu cleared the distance and threw his yellow glove into the pocket of his fist.

Iwaza and Zauyogi broke out on each side as Yuzun forced the banana coloured boxing glove right back where it came from. Buu backpedaled as Pretty Boy advanced, dipping in low to throw a shot to the body. The grey ghoul found his mark, leaning into the blow and absorbing it with his gummy body, craning his neck all the way back for a God fearing headbutt.

THLAMM!

Yuzun's eyes went haywire, his visual information in disarray from such a blow.

TWUUUUUUUU!

"NO MORE! LOUDMOUTH!"

Zauyogi looked as the smoke funneled out of his many orifices in sweltering smog. The Yellow Lizard steeled himself, dashing into the fray as Buu readied another strike, grabbing Yuzun by the beltline with his doughy boxing glove.

"What does..?" Iwaza couldn't even finish the thought before Zauyogi leapt into action and onto Buu's backside.

"WHAT!?" Buu shouted.

Bibidi pondered, placing his withered hand under his chin as he watched on with great care.

FuFuu! FuShuFwuFuSwuScuShuScuFwuFuuFuFwuFuSwuScu~

Zauyogi wormed his own malleable body around the strikes, Buu letting go of Yuzun in the process of trying to pin down The Yellow Lizard piggybacking on his cape. Zauyogi found his mark and braced himself through the absolutely scorching heat of the steam.

"Fwuuuup~" Zauyogi took in a sharp breath, his yellow chest billowing up to insane proportions before he: "Kwuuuu~"

Breathed his own mist right into the pocket of his frame, inside the space above Buu's eyebrows. Zauyogi went for broke, worming his mouth and spitting in a heinous royal purple slime down the hole as well. Buu stumbled from the assault, struggling under the pressure.

"Not good." Bibidi whispered to himself. "So what's the move..?"

Buu shouted at the top of his lungs, the wave of pressure accompanying it was simply too much to bear and Zauyogi jumped ship, clinging to the cliff face underneath the broken golden fountain. Water spilled down onto Zauyogi's steaming red skin and he grimaced as he gazed up to the grey ghoul's ghastly grumbles.

TWUUUUUUUUUUU!

Like the world's largest tea kettle, Buu's fury boiled over and he finally eked out the toxins Zauyogi delivered, the steaming swirls twisting into fusions of silver and lavender.

"He's toxic huh?" Bibidi let aloud in his bubble high up in the air. "I'll have to keep that in mind. But it would appear that that doesn't matter anyway."

Buu stood up tall, his searing red eyes still telling of the animalistic urge to rip the prey in front of him to ribbons.

"Seeing as Buu can dispel it without a second thought." The Wizard let out with a smile.

"This is a perfect chance." The Yellow Lizard thought to himself as Buu and Pretty Boy prepared to reengage. Zauyogi rode the shadowed face of the now broken fountain down into the empty abyss, his camouflage taking over. He crawled right out of the hole completely undetected. He avoided the water at all costs and jumped onto the golden shingles of a single story house as the pair entered range 0.

Wsht! FuufWhufFwu~

Iwaza furrowed her brow, brushing back her hair as she looked up at the tiny bubble floating towards the rocky cave top.

WHAMM!

Pretty Boy caught Buu in the throat with a jab, throwing off his rhythm before landing a banger of an overhand. Buu's feet squealed over the golden bars as he grinded to a halt. He growled like a feral creature as he grit his teeth as tight as they would go but Yuzun had none of it, breathing in deeply and rooting his stance.

"That one with the blue hair is strong, and I can't get into his head with my Telepathy either… Perhaps it's got something to do with that circlet." Bibidi claimed as he put his fingers on the forefront of the bubble and zoomed in on Yuzun's engagement with the grey ghoul.

Bibidi sweat at the sight in front of him, Yuzun alone was enough to handle Buu it would seem, winning most exchanges after he sparked with his new aura. Iwaza sharked and prowled the outside of their battle as she covered her swelling ankle.

"Taghhh~" The Wizard sighed out in frustration. "Buu's not smart enough to win against this guy. I don't even think he knows how to-"

Ga-Thunkk~

Before Bibidi couldn't even finish the statement, Buu shoved his left leg through the floor, chopping into it like a missile and flinging gold bars all around. Yuzun dashed right in only to trip on the same foot as it breached through the floor. Yuzun didn't fall but he did falter, buying enough time for Buu to:

Zzzzzz~

Zipline his left leg back through the tunnel and scorpion it into Yuzun's face on incoming. The strange rubbery contortion was not in the cards for what Pretty Boy had anticipated and he took the brunt of the attack right on the forehead, cracking the gem of his circlet in the process. As Yuzun forcefully walked the line backwards, Buu shot forward both boxing gloves and strongarmed his wrists. Right after he clamped on, Buu sprung to life and slammed in his second headbutt of the fight.

WHOKK!

"Damn. I'm rusty on Thor's Ire." Iwaza grimaced at the blow Yuzun received. "But that's like the only one I know that would do any good in battle…"

Buu's rubbery body snapped into shape as he slid along with the momentum he just unloaded onto his target. He puffed up his chest and prepared the roar of a lifetime until:

"..!"

Buu's antenna was snatched and pulled back from an invisible force. The grey ghoul released his grip on Yuzun and let out the breath he had saved up in weak stuttering whimpers.

"It would appear that Buu has a weak spot."

"Hah. Knew that fucker couldn't hang. Gods of Destruction have no weak spots."

"Who's to say he couldn't overcome this limitation?"

"You hype up everything, Whis. Not all people who fight pursue it with everything they've got."

"Hmm."

"Ah-hem."

"Pss!" Zauyogi let out. Flashing into existence only for the briefest of moments, Pretty Boy barely catching the warping pressure just behind Buu.

Ksfffff~

"Rrrrrr~" Pretty Boy grumbled, trying to keep it together as he slid along the smoky golden stone laying the road.

Iwaza once again mimed out a dancing routine with her hands as her voice filled the air. An ethereal glow entered Yuzun's body, enough so that while gathering energy, he looked back. Iwaza's eyes stayed closed the entire time as a bone chilling cold entered his body and then flash fired into an indescribable blood boiling blitz.

"Here we go!" Yuzun let out unintentionally, almost as if a force from beyond refused to let him embody any emotion other than hype. He stomped on the ground to root his stance, his right limb tensing up with wiry veins pushing to the surface of his bicep and forearm.

DOOMM!

"..!" Bibidi was taken back once again as the lashback of trying to sense the energies on display floored him. "Gah!" He let out in shock as his nose bled from the pulse pounding aura flooded The City of Hocus Pocus. In a last ditch effort, Bibidi conjured a wall to try and stop Yuzun from punching Buu. He casted off a library of spells to try and tag him on the way but:

"HOUSSS!" Yuzun yelled like an instructor of age old artistry.

THOKKK! FYUUUUUUUUuuuuuu-Buh-POMM!

Zauyogi's burns showed clearly as he sweat it out, back on the ground, heavy breath notwithstanding. Golden glitters filled the city as Yuzun had sent Buu packing through just about everything barring the path to the stairs at the gate. Smoke filled up from the gate as well seeing as Buu finally crashed and finished his flight at the stairs.

"Tchah~ I've been by myself too long. I didn't jump in soon enough. Buu's done for. I can't believe I tried to rely on someone else for something like this. There goes my best chance to-"

"Shut the fuck up."

"..!"

Once again, a mind had been invaded, but it was Bibidi on the receiving end this time and he wasn't taking to it well.

Vwuip.

"Beerus. We're not supposed to dabble in affairs like this."

Bibidi freaked out as a purple cat man with golden embellishments and a suave priestly looking figure invaded the touch screens of his bubble.

"This is how I can tell you're not a fighter."

"..."

"You have no idea where his limits end. Or where they begin."

He couldn't say anything. The divine eyes of The Cat God choked him into submission.

Vyew.

As soon as they came, they left, leaving Bibidi to lose all sense of self from the sheer randomness of it all.

"..."

"..!" Yuzun slack jawed as the glittery golden butterflies lifted from the smoke, alerting everyone in Hocus Pocus that Buu was still very much alive. "I put everything I had into that…" Not only that, it appeared that The Madjinni didn't even take any damage at all.

Iwaza's eyes just about shot out of her head as well.

"I empowered that strike too…"

The white aura slipped out of Buu's nodes in shifting plumes as he stood to his full height of hunched back and menacing black eyes with threatening red ring irises. Bibidi's beady orbs sharpened and he balled his fists as tight as they would go.

"Don't mess it up this time!" It was less for Buu and more for himself.

Yuzun let out a halted breath as Zauyogi got onto his feet, his frame warping from a banana yellow into a prismatic rainbow back into nothing at all. He kicked off the ground and golden dust filled the air as he scampered. Buu's fog permeated as The Yellow Lizard tried to find a good angle. Bibidi's orb descended slowly as he endeavored to make an impact on the battle this go around. Everyone in the room stood stunned as a turquoise electricity sparked on the tip of the grey ghoul's antenna and expertly sniped the path of The Invisible Man, no longer invisible.

"Shit~" Yuzun let out as Zauyogi turned from invisible, to yellow lizard, to brown chocolate snack.

"Buu!" Bibidi yelled as he landed parallel with The Madjinni. He caught Zauyogi with his Telekinesis and sent it, a warping wind thrusting the candy reptile right into Buu's boxing glove hand.

"Nom."

Ca-Clunm.

"Gul~"

Iwaza took a couple preemptive backsteps, eyeing the staircase behind the grey ghoul and it was way farther than she would have liked. Another chilling revelation came to the group of two as Buu's stony grey skin turned into a taffy yellow. The bottom end of his boxing gloves lined with stark white wraps, the kind Zauyogi was just wearing moments earlier. His purple cape popped into a jumpsuit orange and the nothingness inhabiting his face were replaced by two thin lizardly nostrils. Another plume of smoke lifted from his frame as he smiled.

"Yuzun." He spoke cold as ice, laughing right after he said it.

"I've got no choice!" Yuzun shouted to the heavens. His roar was accompanied by a veiny blood pumping transformation. His muscles ballooned in size and his modelesque jawline transformed into something resembling a komodo dragon, long wispy tongue and all. He crossed his arms over each other the same as last time and finished the evolution by bringing his arms back in and letting out another guttural screech from the stomach.

"This is exactly what we needed!" Bibidi's croaky voice shook in ecstasy as he rounded the airspace behind The Madjinni.

Yuzun blitzed forward, his hefty stomps shaking Hocus Pocus to its core before he met right in range 0 with the no longer grey ghoul. Both parties threw bomb after bomb, knocking the gold bars on the street all over the place, leveling the houses, gates, lamp posts, streetsigns and statues. Iwaza made a break for it.

"Screw this!" She fretted, juking around the two fighters and clamoring for the exit and leaping over the glittery rubble of gold.

Bibidi lined the floor with a baby blue energy, it did not go unnoticed by the Konassian as she attempted to fly out of range. Bibidi shifted and built a wall in front of her, barring her path.

DUNN!

Her flight was not enough to break through. As she faceplanted on the wall, Bibidi predicted peel left, barring her path another time. She turned her head right and kicked off the wall like a swimmer only to be denied again as The Wizard denied that exit point as well with a third wall. There was only one more exit and:

FSHUUU~DWANN!

"Shit!"

She wasn't fast enough for that one either.

FuuFwuFuShuSuuSwuScu~

As Bibidi raised the walls of magic, Yuzun boxed it out with Buu, the skin and bones creation barely more filled out than he was previously, ribcage still visible. They traded blows on the mouth until Yuzun showed the first signs of damage, blue blood leaking out his lip until the pair got in close and tied it down with a wrestling tie-up. Yuzun grit his teeth, almost breaking them as he shoved his weight advantage over Buu.

FSHUUU~DWANN!

The slam alerted Yuzun to the barrier cube surrounding them on all sides as Bibidi spoke directly into Buu's mind.

"Buu! I know Zauyogi's in there! Do something!"

Instinctually, the first thing that came to Buu's mind was fury. But the fog that billowed out of him this time was not white. Yuzun, terrified at the revelation. He couldn't break free from the tie up no matter how hard he tried, Buu's gummy appendages wrapped around his arms like a snake. Iwaza punched the barrier as fiercely as she could but the barrier barely blistered, tiny ruptures that didn't provide any escape as the purple toxins swelled with all the gusto of a freight train.

TWUUUUUU~

DUNDundun~dun~~~dun~~~~~~~~~dun.

Iwaza limply fell to the ground as her eyes showed a yellow discolouration, her veins lining the skin in an unhealthy showing. Yuzun resisted as long as he could but Buu retracted his right arm and busted his gut with a thumping right upper. The sheer punching power of Buu's boxing glove forced Yuzun to inhale deeply from the blow, sealing his fate. Yuzun's large reptile body shrunk as his eyes too took on a yellow glow and he turned back into Pretty Boy. The baby blue box filled to the brim. No visuals, only purple and black smoke inside segmented by an ethereal set of red tron lines.

Merus

The Ex-Angel furrowed his brow as he saw the escapee relay his plan to others not captured by the camera at the time.

"We're headed to Planet Zoon."

He took in a sharp inhale from his nose and pivoted on the floor with the grace of a dancer as the audio from the video played for all to hear.

"That's all I needed to know."

The sliding doors parted for Merus as he fixed his gauntlets. went right back to work on the computer as General Rilldo mean mugged the man's backside, his white robes wavering ever so slightly as he got into position near the railing and placed the templar helmet back onto his head. Merus hiked his legs up and stretched it out through his armour. He let out a cathartic breath and watched the clouds roll by for the briefest of moments before leaving it behind in one epic shot into the aether. Rainbow flakes fluttered off his frame as he pierced the cosmos like a celestial arrow.

Zyui~Dah-DOOMM! VYUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu~

Merus looked back at the planet as it faded into obscurity.

"Interesting." He pondered. "It looks like they've only transitioned 1/5th of the planet."

Merus weaved through the galaxy at a breakneck pace. He yawned a single time. After having only one thought of Planet M-2 and performing the bodily function of someone without enough rest he landed on Planet Zoon.

3 Seconds.

Merus' white templar robes stained red from the streaming sands and he checked the azure cube on his belt line.

"Good. Didn't drop it."

Fwuuuuuu~

The red minerals broke on his gear and Merus sent out a pulse of Scanning that wrapped around the entire planet.

"Mm." He let out in response. "Underground."

Merus assumed the position.

Instant Transmission is a much better technique to use when traveling along a single planet. It is far too easy to overshoot and is really just unnecessary to use Angel Walk for simple planet wide travel.

Va-Vsh!

"Wow." Is the first thing The Ex-Angel commented as he entered into a dusty labyrinthian township of busted gold. Thin chalky smoke filled the air and he grinded his gauntlet thumb on it for good measure, letting the tiny dust grind through his fingers like seasoning.

Merus searched the fog, sharp brow and a calculating demeanor. As the purple mist lifted Merus sent out another pulse of Scanning, this time receiving something of a more interesting nature.

"Zauyogi's Ki is a little off. And what's that box they're in? It's not an Angel Room. Hmm. Two people were killed in the time I used I.T. Whoever is still here is a murderer. I don't think counts of 1st degree were ever on his sheet though. We know Yogi doesn't roll… like… that." Merus screeched to a halt as the purple mist cleared and the baby blue box dissipated. He eyed a green goblin with a black hat and a white M marked clearly overtop. "Bibidi…" He shouted, pointing his armoured finger at the orb in the sky.

"Not now! I can't believe that GP is here at a time like this!"

"Bibidi! You are under arrest for multiple accounts of forgery, theft, mind control, solicitation, conspiracy! Don't think we just forgot what you did on Planet Totokama!"

"Buu! Instantaneous Movement!"

The yellow ghoul craned his neck underneath his armpit in a strange contortion to get a better look at the new figure inhabiting their space. As quick as could be, The Wizard casted a bright shining light at his feet. The Galactic Patrolman gazed upon the stone surface but interestingly enough, it wasn't anything other than the back side of a simple stone slab slapped onto the ground from the magics. He turned his focus to the others after the distraction.

"That's not Yogi." Merus thought as he locked eyes with the crimson rings of Majin Buu. "His signature is in there though. What the..?"

"Now!"

The Wizard shouted as he broke out of his bubble and jumped onto Buu's blue cape. The yellow ghoul furrowed his brow and put the boxing glove over his forehead.

"I.T, huh?"

Va-Vuish!

"They don't know who they're dealing with."

Va-Vsh!

Bibidi freaked out as the Galactic Patrolman entered the aether with them. Dashing deep into the prismatic hallway. They had a lead on him having entered a full second earlier but that lead was wearing thin as Buu took strange bounds through the chasm like a nutcracker. He noticed the man following behind them and his banana coloured antenna bounced in response. White fog poured out his body and he grit his teeth at the sight.

"Rrrrrrrgh~"

"Come on…" Bibidi scoffed. "I can't believe~ Buu! We have to run!"

Buu complied, but only for a brief period of time. The closer Merus got, the more Buu felt the urge to throw down with the small templar following after them.

Bits of Zauyogi instilled into Buu's thought process. He wouldn't have ever run from a fight before. But The Yellow Lizard's memories of how expertly the templar performed his job broke through. It wasn't enough however.

Skweee~

"No! I Want To Fight!"

"I have no other option!" Bibidi cried as he brought out his crystal ball and Buu pulled a U turn in the shifting shape of the cylindrical scape.

Buu smiled maliciously as Merus entered into range 1 and looked to enter range 0. But before Merus could start the engagement, The Transmission Hall capsized, all from the smashing of Bibid's crystal ball. The sheer power dormant in the ball canceled the technique and Merus was left to ponder in the bedroom of a royal. The infant in its crib cried out as Merus let out a few laughs.

"Wha-ha-hat? Wow… Bibidi has something that can cancel an I.T. in progress? …" Hwe thought to himself as he paced around the room. The baby next to him let out a whimper as he put his hand on the nearest rail which just so happen to be his crib's. "Sorry. Heh."

Merus furrowed his brow and searched the planet for any energies but alas. Bibidi was not here.

"Lord Alakazam!" Guards burst in the door at the sounds of screeching tires. Skid marks left on the floor as a man dressed in white armour looked back at them. "Intruder!"

Va-Vzh!

"What..?"

More Zoon guards filed into the room but there was no templar in sight.

Bibidi

Bibidi conjured another orb around his frame, shielding himself from the elements as Buu stood stark against the cosmos.

"Buu! We have to go!"

Buu looked a little lost until the bubble made contact and The Wizard shrieked again.

"We're not gonna make it against that guy! We have to get here!" He relayed, Telepathically communicating the next point of travel.

"..."

"..."

Buu's boxing glove penetrated the bubble but didn't let Bibidi out into the atmosphere, instead wrapping around his throat harshly.

"You said the next thing you'd do was help me get revenge on Kami."

"Guh~" He squeaked out, eyes bloodshot from the stranglehold.

"Isn't that right?"

"Ye-Yes! Yes I did!"

"So why are you telling me to go somewhere that's not my home planet?"

"Guh-Huhgh!" He yelped like a chewtoy.

"I'm waiting."

"Please! I can~ tel~"

Buu leaned in close, raising a brow.

"You haff~"

"I have to what?"

"I can't~"

Buu let him go and furrowed his brow at the struggling green goblin.

"Kuuuuu~"

"..."

Bibidi took in as many breaths as he could.

"Okay!"

Instead of speaking. Bibidi chose Telepathy. It's faster if you're good at it because you can relay concepts with no downtime for comprehension of speech.

"That Galactic Patroller is stronger than you! He Will win. You can't fight him right now! We Have to run. If we don't escape then you can kiss your dreams of beating Kami or becoming Kami or that God of… whatever, goodbye!"

Something about what Bibidi said rang true in Buu's heart of hearts, enough so that he didn't protest even if the first instinct was to punch his little beady head off.

"Tch!" He scoffed, crossing his arms in a huffy manner.

"That planet that I'm suggesting isn't a planet as much as it is a magical asteroid field. That place is brimming with energy and it'll allow us to formulate a good strategy against that patrolman!"

"Tch! Fine!"

"Yes!" Bibidi yelped as he put his hand on Buu and the two vanished from the maroon laden gasses.

Vwa-Vuish!

When they appeared, the rocky dreamscape consisted of only thick gases, black rocks, and pulsating storms. Acidic rains poured down on the pair, burning right through Buu's rubbery frame. He shouted to The Wizard with a vitriolic cantor.

"HEY!"

Bibidi wigged out as The Vice Shout froze him stiff. Buu marched over and grabbed the front of his cape.

"What's The Big Idea!?"

Bibidi forwent even looking at Buu in favour of looking skyward, the storming black clouds ready to strike. The bolt from the blue struck clean and a litany of magic circles sounded off as a crypt of some kind opened up from the weatherly inclination. Buu looked back as the symphony of magic wards, thunder, and pelting rain was simply too much to ignore. Bibidi got his hands ready, backing away from Buu just in time.

"Parappapa!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, blue orbs of energy radiating off his small hands.

Before he knew it, a pulsating yellow ball of gum massed around Buu's frame and he was thrust into the bedchamber of a grave on the comet. Blue flames burst all around.

KA-KOWWWW!

And various lightning strikes pounded the onyx clifface. Bibidi wiped his face full of both sweat and precipitation. He took too long to catch his breath.

Skweee~

Kuh-KOOWWWWWWW! KOWWWWWW!

"Your time is up, Bibidi."

"Is it?"

Snapp!

"Sorry I had to put all this pressure on you…" Were the last thoughts that swam around in Bibidi's consciousness as he lost his footing on the rock.

The rain washed over Bibidi and The Wizard fell to the floor limply. The topsy turvy nature of the mountain left the small goblin to slide down the face until Merus caught it. Upon catching the small body of Bibidi, a suitcase popped into existence. Merus raised a brow at that too and managed to catch it as well as the storm raged on.

"He… killed himself?"

Kshhhhhhhh~ KOWWWWW! Kah-KOWWWWWWWWW!

Merus shook his head at the strangeness of it all.

"What?"

Kshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~

"..."

KOWWWWWWW! KAH-KOWWWWWWWWW!

"Galactic Patrol HQ, this is Merus."

"Geez. You frying chicken out there? What's goin' on? You sound like you're in a wind tunnel my guy."

"East Galaxy. Zauyogi's companions are dead and the man himself seems to be inhabiting the body of someone else." The water poured down and drenched Merus' armour as he held onto Bibidi's small body like a suitcase.

Kshhhhhhhhh~

"You wanna run that by me again?"

"Can I get The Cube Squad to come out and seal up this asteroid that I'm on?"

"...Sure. Why?"

"I have a sneaking suspicion that Bibidi might have sealed up Zauyogi deep inside this planet with his magic somehow."

"Bibidi!? You're skipping more than a few steps there, partner, hold on!"

"It's… it's uhh something."

"Sounds like it."

"Anyway. I want to cube this planet and have it stored at HQ. Also. We're gonna need to have a look through Bibidi's belongings. Looks like he's got a suitcase of some kind. Maybe we cube up that stuff too."

"You're the man."

Merus cut communications as the rain continued its downpour. His templar helmet shined brilliantly under the cerulean sheen of the nearby lightning.

KOWWWWW!

"That's it, huh?"

"Is what it?"

"Buu's faded? All that hype and he bit the dust? No challenger for me to face?"

"Well I hardly think that 'biting the dust' is very accurate. He was simply sealed away, Beerus."

"More refreshments for you, Lord Beerus?"

"Thank you, Mai. Hmm-hmm! Eat my ass. That goon isn't coming back anytime soon. I'm pissed. I was denied a challenger. He looked interesting. He had potential."

"Oh wow. You're not degrading an opponent for once."

"I mean, he Obviously wasn't going to defeat me, but I would have liked to try anyway."

"Hmm-Hmm-Hmm."

"Whatever."

"Ah-hem."

Babidi

The sweaty smog of Planet Majin marched on as always as Bibidi's Little Shop of Horrors stayed put with its closed sign denying all entry. Each Madjinni prowled the street like apes, ignoring the tucked away store in favour of strutting down the sidewalk. Inside the building was quiet. All except for the back room. Ruffles and squeaks wormed around as a baby cooed. Past all the trinkets, past all the weapons, past all the armour. A little baby laid in a capsule-like crib, a sheen of glass protecting it from the outside. There were exactly 10 capsules, all emptied besides the one. The baby yawned a gigantic yawn for a baby as the capsule counted down.

Buu! Duu! Buu! Boup! Kushahhh~

The lid lifted and the wrinkly mustard coloured youth reached out for no one. There was no being there to help the baby. He reached out and warping magics coerced the items around him and He propelled into action instead.

In the back half of the room full of open 'caskets' was a single stone slab, looming over everything in the tiny closet.

Xx~The True Wizarding Family lies here~xX