The Buu Saga: How It Should Have Been

by HRRaiders023

Gohan had defeated Cell, and the world is safe, but how will Gohan be able to be able to defend the earth when Chi Chi insists he studies? How will he convince Chi Chi to allow him to fight? And how will this affect what happens when an ancient evil arises?

8. Chapter 8: Final Preparations

Chapter 8: Final Preparations

A/N: Hey everybody, I'm back again with another new chapter! As usual I'd like to take a moment to thank everybody who has read my story thus far; I'm really thrilled with the amount of people who have taken the time to do so. Also another huge thank you to those of you who have reviewed my story as well, those are what really help me keep going.

Ky111: You know, you must be a bit of a mind-reader or something, because in this chapter I'm going to give you guys a look at some of Gohan's personal training. However, when I write it I'm going to keep his power level secret for now.

The Struggling Warrior: I also agree that bonding in mere days is a little ridiculous, but hey that's TV for ya. Also, because of the way I have the tournament set up, you won't be able to see a full-power Gohan until the finals, however there will still be several good matchups before then.

GohanSsj4: I agree with you all too much. Although I love dbz it did kind of get repetitive with having Goku save the world every time.

Sirius Potter2: Well you can follow the power levels, but I will indeed be keeping his full power secret until the tournament

Finally, I would like to address a complaint that was given to me by a guest (now confirmed as Sid89) who said that Videl's power level was way too high. He/she gave the argument that "your stated power level of her would make her at least ten times stronger than Goku as a child was." Now, while this would hold true if we are talking about Dragon Ball episode 1 Goku, then yes, she would be 18.5 times stronger than Goku. Once you get to the 21st WMAT, Goku's power level is at about or slightly lower than 139 (The same as Roshi's.) Furthermore, it has been stated by Akira Toriyama that Mr. Satan's power level is 140, and when you combine this with the fact that Videl was noticeably stronger than him (as stated by Gohan) and also that 185 is only 32% higher than 140, my power level for Videl is actually a reasonable level.

In this chapter, we will begin with a three month time skip, and the Z Fighters will be entering the final stages of their training for the tournament. This chapter will be unlike most of the other ones, as it will not focus solely on Gohan, but will also follow all of the other characters as well. Anyways, that's enough babbling for now, and here we go!

***Three Months Later, Above the Ocean***

"So tell me once again why we are going to see that ugly green alien?" a very annoyed Android 18 asked her husband, whom she was flying alongside.

Krillin sighed, this was now going to be the fourth time he would explain his reasoning to her. "I already told you, 18," the short man started, "if you really want to win the money from this tournament we both need to be in top shape. I hate to admit it, but the fact is you're a lot stronger than I am, so while I may benefit from training with you, you aren't getting anything out of it in return. Piccolo is probably going to be a good match for you, so if you spar with him a few times you're going to actually do yourself some good."

The android was well aware that her husband's logic was sound, although she wasn't going to admit it. After all, she hadn't exactly been fond of Krillin's friends; as a matter of fact she would probably be fine with killing about half of them, but she thought it would be unwise to anger several Super Saiyans.

So because of Krillin's insistence, here the two were, flying towards Dende's lookout at speeds that would put Air Force One to shame. Not before long the two of them had made their way to the lookout where they promptly landed outside of the doors, where an impatient Piccolo awaited them.

"Hey there Piccolo," Krillin said once they landed, "Thanks for agreeing to this for me."

Piccolo stood straight with his arms crossed, still not moving from his original position. "Sure, let's just get this over with; it's wasting my valuable time."

Krillin raised one of his eyebrows; he was confused by this statement. He then looked the Namekian dead in the eyes and said, "Wasting? What exactly is there to do up here other than train anyways?"

Piccolo narrowed his eyes at the human, and then walked past him towards the center of the lookout. "…Let's go," he said, and Krillin smirked to himself. Piccolo is indeed very easy to annoy. Once the Namekian reached the middle of the lookout, he turned around once more so he was facing Krillin and 18.

Krillin walked off to the side, so the two could begin their fight. Once he was safely out of the way, the two fighters made eye contact. They stood in place silently, each one waiting for the other to make the first move. This did not last very long, though, as 18's patience ran out after just a few seconds and she charged at Piccolo. As he saw the android begin her dash Piccolo shifted his stance so he was directly facing 18, with his legs spread apart. Once 18 reached Piccolo she launched herself at him with a kick aimed straight for his chest. Piccolo, expecting something like this, held out both of his hands which blocked the attack from 18. The android was not ready to stop her attack there, however, so as soon as her first hit was blocked she quickly leapt over Piccolo, flipping in the air as she did so. Using the momentum of her flip, 18 came down hard on Piccolo, landing a powerful kick on the small of the Namekian's back, sending him skidding along the floor.
Once Piccolo started to push himself up off of the floor, 18 said "Come on, I know you can't be hurt already."
The Namekian turned around to face the android. "Not in the slightest," he said, with a smirk on his face.
The two combatants then dropped the conversation and rushed at each other. They met in the middle and traded off between sending quick punches and kicks and blocking those attacks from their opponent. Not after long Piccolo had decided that he had had enough of these pointless attacks and quickly sped away from 18, leaving an afterimage in his wake.
Android 18 struck the afterimage, expecting to hit the Namekian. When she hit air, however, she instantly recognized her mistake. 'Shit, an afterimage,' she thought while trying to find her opponent. She didn't have to look for long, though, as Piccolo made his presence known to her by flashing into view right in front of 18, and before she had a chance to block Piccolo raised his hand up and shot a large blast of ki right in 18's face.
Krillin watched the fight from the sidelines with slight worry showing on his face. He knew that Piccolo took his training very seriously, but he hoped that Piccolo would at least try to not kill his wife. From the looks of that last attack, however, he appeared to not care all that much, if it all.
Piccolo's energy wave faded out, and the Namekian looked at the path his attack had taken, but was surprised to find nothing there. 'That attack was nowhere near enough to vaporize her,' he thought, 'so where is she?'
Piccolo scanned the area for any signs of ki, but found nothing. He then remembered that, as an android, 18 does not have a ki signature that he could sense. So as a last ditch effort, Piccolo opened up his sensitive ears, searching for anything that could give away the location of his opponent.
*tatatatatata*
"There!" He shouted, and lunged out with his left arm in the direction of the footsteps. He connected with the neck of a now surprised Android 18, knocking her breath away. Piccolo took advantage of this opportunity and followed his initial hit up with a left hook to the face, and then a sweeping kick across the legs, forcing an already winded 18 to now lose her balance as well.
Since Piccolo was already low to the ground from his sweeping kick, he stayed low and kicked up into 18's back, sending her flying into the air. He rushed up to follow her with the intention of smashing her back down into the ground, but the android had other plans. She recovered from the Namekian's onslaught quickly, and regained her balance in the air. So when Piccolo appeared above her with his arms raised over his head, ready to strike, 18 took advantage of the opening in the midsection this created, and launched a kick of her own into Piccolo, sending him flying horizontally.
Now that she was back on the offensive, 18 did not hesitate to follow her attack up. She rushed to and caught up with Piccolo and smashed him in the chest with a powerful kick, sending him flying towards the lookout floor. 18, ready to end the fight, followed closely behind the Namekian, ready to smash his body back into the ground as soon as it hit it the first time.
'Big mistake,' Piccolo thought as he neared the lookout floor. Being the tactician that he was, Piccolo allowed 18 to think that he was not in control of his body's movements, hoping that she would try an attack like this. So, once he was right by the floor, he moved his body so his feet were heading straight for the ground, and then used the ground like a springboard to launch himself back up towards Android 18, who was now moving too fast to get out of the way. Piccolo focused all of his energy into his right hand, and with all of the power he could muster Piccolo hit an unsuspecting 18 square in the face.
The force from the hit was so much that it actually sent 18 flying clear off of the lookout and plummeting straight towards the ground below. Piccolo knew that he had won the fight, but still dove off of the lookout to be certain. He reached the ground in a matter of seconds, and like he expected an enormous crater surrounded the area that 18 had landed. Piccolo landed in the center of the crater and bent down towards the android, pressing two fingers on 18's neck. He soon felt a steady pulse hitting his fingers. 'Still alive. If nothing else these androids are resilient,' he thought.
He picked up 18 and carried her back to the lookout. When he arrived, he was greeted by a concerned Krillin.
"18!" he shouted, "Is she okay, Piccolo?"
The Namekian just looked at him with his usual expression of indifference and said, "She's fine. I've already contacted Dende, he should be here in a few seconds. Now if you'll excuse me I have some real training to get back to."
Piccolo then handed 18 off to Krillin, and immediately afterwards entered the building on the lookout, and as promised Dende soon came out and walked towards Krillin, who looked down at his unconscious wife. 'Boy, if they fight at the tournament, she's going to have a serious score to settle,' he thought, then set 18 down on the floor, already preparing to deal the anger she would be exuding the rest of the day.
***King Kai's Planet***
On the tiny planet of King Kai, Goku was sending a storm of punches and kicks through the air at a rapid pace. The Saiyan did not have a sparring partner, so he trained with weighted armbands and ankle bands instead. The problem of finding a good sparring partner was becoming a rather large one for Goku; ever since he had "won" the Other World Tournament on his first attempt, nobody ever wanted to spar with him, on the grounds of them being scared out of their pants. So he would often spend his days training on his own in anticipation for the World Martial Arts Tournament on Earth, just like he was doing now.

"Hey King Kai," Goku started, still not stopping his punches and kicks, "these weights are getting a little light; do you think you can make them a little heavier?"
King Kai looked on from his perch outside his home and shook his head in disbelief; his star pupil never ceased to amaze him. "Okay Goku, just hold still for a little bit," he said, and the Saiyan quickly stopped his movements to face the Kai.
"Alright then," King Kai started, "I'm going to kick them up to five tons each. Hows that sound?"
Goku looked up to the sky slightly, trying his best to do some configuring in his head. However, math was not exactly his strong suit, so he just shook his shoulders and looked down at King Kai with a goofy grin on his face. "Well it can't be too bad!" he started with a laugh, "go for it!"
King Kai just shook off the carefree attitude of Goku; he had gotten used to it by now. "Okay Goku here we go. One...Two...Th-"
"Hey North Kai!" a voice suddenly called out, interrupting King Kai's attempt to change the weights. He turned to the source of the voice and found a tall, Pink creature wearing sunglasses and one of the Kai robes standing in front of him. "Ah, South Kai," King Kai started, "what brings you here?"
South Kai just shot a smirk at King Kai and said "I just came by to check out how the weakling you call your star pupil was coming along."
King Kai was aggravated by this statement; South Kai always knew just how to get under his skin. "You're calling Goku a weakling?" he half asked, half shouted, "If he's so weak, I'd like to see you lift those two ton weights he's moving around like they aren't even there!"
South Kai's eyes widened in slight shock, only his sunglasses concealing his expression. "Two...tons?" he asked, the disbelief and surprise evident in his voice.
King Kai smirked just as South Kai had done to him moments before. "Yes, two tons. As a matter of fact, I was just about to change them to five tons each; for you though, I'll make it ten!" King Kai said in an overconfident tone.
South Kai's jaw dropped to the floor, he couldn't believe anybody would be able to move weights that heavy. However, his attitude was quickly lightened when Goku chimed into their conversation.
"Whoa whoa there King Kai! I don't think that I can handle that much weight!"
South Kai went from having his jaw on the floor in disbelief to belly laughing out of the ridiculousness of King Kai. "Ah ha ha, good ol' North Kai," he started, still recovering from his laughter, "you always were one to make bad jokes!"
King Kai, however, still had the confident smile from before on his face. "Goku, you're not even thinking are you!" he started, "all you need to do is turn into a Super Saiyan!"
Goku's eyes lit up in realization. "Oh!" he said, "Well if I do that it's almost too easy! Go ahead, I'm ready!"
King Kai turned to face South Kai, smirking even more than before. "You're the guest," he said, "so why don't you do the honors!"
South Kai still was in denial. He was sure that King Kai was bluffing, but now that he was going to be the one to change the weights he would have the chance to prove it. "Fine," he stated, pushing himself past between King Kai and in front of Goku. "Now then son," he said addressing Goku, "You do know exactly how much ten tons is right? That makes forty tons in total!"
Goku was grinning wide in anticipation as he nodded and said, "Yeah I know! Just do it already!"
South Kai just shook his head. 'Your funeral,' he thought to himself. "Okay then, ten tons. HA!" he shouted, casting his hands at Goku, causing newer and much fatter weights to appear on his arms. For a second these weights pulled Goku's body down towards the ground, but not after long Goku shouted and concentrated his energy as he did so. Then, with a golden aura surrounding him, Goku flung his arms up to his sides like there was nothing even there and as he assumed his Super Saiyan form continued his training just as he had done five minutes ago. This time, however, he was moving his arms and legs faster than he had done with just the two ton weights.
South Kai was beyond stunned. Here he was, a Kai, being completely shown up by a mere mortal! He was not going to take this insult to his position lightly, so he recovered from his surprise and anger at both the Saiyan and King Kai and turned to said Kai to move on to the real reason for coming here.
"You think that makes him great?" South Kai said, his usual arrogance back in his voice. "Word through the grape vine says that you're bringing Goku to a martial arts tournament on Earth; is that true?"
King Kai looked at South Kai and smirked. "As a matter of fact it is. Why? Don't tell me you're going to send someone there to fight him as well!" he said, fighting back the laughter that was threatening to erupt.
"Indeed I am sending someone there as well!" South Kai said back to him, "and you won't believe how powerful my fighter is; he'll make Goku look as weak as a housefly!"
King Kai looked at South Kai in confusion. "Who could you possibly be sending down there? The South Galaxy hasn't produced any good fighters in ages!" he said in a tone of mild curiosity.
It was once again South Kai's turn to smirk, and he said to King Kai, "Well, let's just say that my fighter isn't exactly from the South Galaxy. I was given special permission to send somebody else down instead; somebody who has defied the rules of time itself!"
King Kai now went from curious and confused to completely befuddled. With the slightest bit of a shout he asked South Kai, "Time itself? What is the name of your fighter?"
South Kai grinned in satisfaction. 'This...is going to be good,' he thought, picturing the reaction he would get from King Kai. The taller god leaned down and whispered a single word into King Kai's ear, and he got exactly the reaction he wanted. King Kai jumped back in surprise and his eyes went so wide they almost burst out of their sockets. Then, with spit flying out of his mouth, he shouted at South Kai, "WHAT? You've got to be kidding! That's G-"
King Kai never got to finish his sentence, as South Kai quicky put a hand over his mouth. "Ah ah ah, North Kai," he stated in a condescending tone, "Not so loudly, Goku might hear you."
"You mean you're not gonna tell him?" King Kai said in shock.
South Kai shook his head as he began to walk away from the other two. With his back turned to them, he waved his hand in the air and said, "No, I'm not. Let him figure it out for himself!" Then, South Kai left sight and was once more off of King Kai's planet.
King Kai just turned back and looked towards Goku, who was still training as diligently as ever. 'Oh boy, Goku,' he thought to himself as he watched his star pupil train, 'you're going to have your hands full this time!'
***Capsule Corporation***

Trunks stood in the center of the Gravity Room at Capsule Corporation, taking a fighting stance. Ever since his father had heard about the upcoming tournament as well as Goten's ascension, Trunks had been training nearly nonstop at his insistence. It took quite a bit out of him, and it was not uncommon for Trunks to be unconscious for a few hours each day, but he could tell that he was becoming much stronger than he had been even a few short months ago.

The additions to his already packed training schedule were working wonders for Vegeta as well. When the Saiyan prince first fought his son in his Super Saiyan form, Vegeta was forced to assume the transformation as well in order to beat him. Now, however, Vegeta was actually able to handle his son while he was still in his base form.

"Enough of this stalling!" the older Saiyan called out from across the room, "You've had your break but now it's time to fight, so come at me!"

Trunks fought back a groan. He calls it a break, but all I got was five minutes, he thought. Nevertheless, Trunks did not show any signs of complaint to his short-tempered father, and instead welled up his energy, causing his eyes to turn into a shade of teal and his hair to take on a golden color. The air spiraled all around him and finally rushed out with speed as he finished his transformation into a Super Saiyan.

Trunks knew that his father did not want to waste time with any more conversation, so instead of waiting for Vegeta to tell him when they would begin, he instead rushed directly at him. Vegeta liked the eagerness that Trunks was showing, and with a smirk on his face he assumed a defensive stance. Trunks brought his arm across his body as he neared his father, ready to strike with a chop across the chest. The boy lunged out as he reached his target but Vegeta, quick to react, brought his arms up to block the blow. Trunks, now seeing that his father's gut was unprotected, lashed out with a kick aimed there. It connected, and Vegeta grimaced in a small showing of pain, but he still held his ground. In retaliation, Vegeta attacked his son with a punch to his unguarded hip, sending the boy down to the ground. Trunks made contact with the floor and bounced upwards, and Vegeta quickly followed this up with a hard kick to the side of Trunks' chest, sending him flying across the GR.

Although most fighters would choose to rush their opponent here, Vegeta knew his son better. Just as he predicted, as soon as Trunks neared the wall of the GR, he regained his balance and shot off of the wall like a spring, once again rushing towards Vegeta. This time around, the Saiyan prince was not going to take a defensive position, so instead of guarding when his son neared his position Vegeta launched himself at Trunks, ready to meet him in midair. As the two met they both sent out punches aimed at the other one's face, but as Vegeta was a much larger person his punch was the only one that connected, leaving Trunks reeling back in pain. Vegeta wasted no time in continuing his attack, and while his son was still trying to recover from his last hit Vegeta dashed behind him and sent a devastating elbow into his back, causing Trunks to fall forward. The Saiyan prince then kicked Trunks' legs up in a sweeping motion from behind, so now Trunks was upside down and facing his father. It's a pity I have to end this so soon, Vegeta thought as he looked into the closed eyes of his son. Although he would have enjoyed a much longer fight, Vegeta still wasted no time in launching out one of his strongest kicks at Trunks' stomach, causing the young boy to gasp for air and his eyes to shoot open in pain as he flew across the room at ungodly speeds. With a loud thud the boy crashed into the wall and he dropped to the floor like a stone, laying there motionless. Vegeta simply turned his back to the boy as he walked towards the center of the room to grab his towel, assuming his victory.

"HAAAAAAAA!"

Vegeta turned around as quickly as he could, and he saw his son powering up once more. It would seem that the brat has more fight in him than I thought, Vegeta thought to himself as he observed his son once more.

Trunks, on the other hand, was sick and tired of losing to his father every time they fought. He knew that he was a strong fighter, and he knew that he had the power within himself to beat his dad. So once he picked himself up off of the floor, he did so with a determination to find that power. With a shout the boy looked deep within himself for any remaining power that he could tap into, and after a few moments he found it. He screamed even louder as he brought it to fruition, and as he did so his muscles all bulged out, becoming the largest they had ever been, and his hair stood on end even more. With one final shout, Trunks had finished powering up, and he stood in place facing his father with a determination far beyond that of an ordinary boy his age.

Vegeta smirked to himself. Well well, he thought, It seems that my boy has ascended as well. This should be interesting.

"I applaud you, boy," he said addressing his son, "it is quite the accomplishment to reach the level of an Ascended Super Saiyan. Though I must warn you, I still don't think you have the power to beat me."

Trunks just smirked right back at his father. "Well, we'll just see about that," he said, and without any hesitation rushed at his father for the third time, ready to begin the new battle.

Vegeta assumed a defensive stance this time around, and prepared himself to block whatever strike his son would send his way. As he expected, once Trunks reached his father's position, he let loose a powerful punch aimed straight at his chest. Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest in an attempt to block the hit, but much to his surprise the punch from his son had so much force behind it that Trunks simply plowed right through his guard, and once he had done so there was nothing left to stop his attack from striking its target. It hit, and Vegeta spat from the force of the impact. Trunks was not going to his assault there, not with the power he had now. He quickly followed up his initial hit with a kick to Vegeta's unprotected face, sending the prince of all Saiyans flying across the room. Trunks followed his father as he flew and eventually maneuvered himself behind the older Saiyan. He stood there waiting for Vegeta to come to him, and once he reached his position Trunks lashed out with yet another powerful punch, connecting with Vegeta's skull right as the prince reached his son. Vegeta smashed into the floor with a loud thud, and Trunks smiled as he saw that his father was making no effort to give up.

Trunks stood firmly on the ground as he mentally counted to ten. Once he reached the final number, the boy shouted with glee at the fact that he had finally beaten his father in a fight. However, he cut his celebration short, as Vegeta was going to need some serious help getting up. The boy powered down to his base form and walked up to his father whom he threw over his shoulder. As Trunks carried his unconscious father over to the Restoration Tank, a single thought crossed his mind: Goten, you're going down at the tournament.

***439 Mountain Region***

Gohan and Videl stood in their usual training grounds by the river, ready to begin today's session. They had already finished their warm up run, and as promised Gohan had been increasing both the pace and distance of the run as their time together had gone on. Though when they had first started the run was only a twenty four mile run, the length had increased to forty four miles by this point, and Videl was actually able to complete the run in the same time that she had completed the twenty four mile run on her first day. Along with the increase in length in the warm up run, Gohan had also increased the weight of her red and black gi, and Gohan had added two fifty pound wristbands and boots to go with her one hundred pound shirt.

"So Gohan," Videl said, gaining his attention, "What training are we going to be doing today?"

To go with the massive improvements that she had made in the speed department, Videl had made phenomenal progress in her power in the last three months that she had been training with Gohan as well. Seeing this progress, along with the fact that now would be a good time to test her progress for the tournament, Gohan had gone over to Capsule Corp the previous day to ask Vegeta for a favor.

"Today, Videl," Gohan said to his student, "I am going to be testing the progress you have made in the last few months. You have made great strides in the speed and power departments, not to mention the ki control that you have managed to gain, and today I will be putting you up against a few opponents that are at about your level."

Opponents at my level? Videl thought, confused. As far as I know all of his friends were way above my level; is it possible I've become as strong as them already? With her last thought a spark of happiness crossed her mind, thinking that her goal may have been accomplished. However, when Gohan spoke next, her hopes were dashed, and she realized that she was still far from her target.

The Saiyan took out a small bottle from inside of his gi, and said to the girl "These will be your opponents today, Videl." He gestured with the bottle, indicating that somehow the green fluid inside of it would turn into an opponent. Videl watched with wide eyes as he popped the top off of the bottle and poured three small drops of the mysterious liquid into the ground. The small drops then sunk into the ground, and quickly something that looked like a small green weed appeared in each of the spots that Gohan had poured the liquid. Amazingly, these three sprouts caused the ground surrounding them to cave in, and from the sprouts burst forth three small life forms, that shrieked with anger as they burst from the ground. They each stood at a little over three feet tall, had a dome shaped head, and instead of fingers and toes, three talons protruded from the creatures' hands.

Videl calmed down after the display was over, and Gohan spoke to her. "Videl, these creatures are known as Saibamen. They are cultivated life forms, and each of them is bound to my command. I am going to tell one of them to fight you, and it will do so; to the death." This last statement caused Videl to swallow hard; she was in no mood to die today. However, after Gohan gave her a few seconds to take this news in, he continued. "I know that this may sound a bit…extreme, but as they are bound to my command, if I sense that you are in immense danger, I can call them off. That does not mean that you should hesitate to attack them with all you have, however, do you understand?"

Videl nodded her head in affirmation as she said, "Yes, Gohan, I get it; I beat up the green guy before he kills me. What are the other two for though?"

Gohan was not ready to answer this, however, so he simply said, "Why don't you worry about beating the first one first; then you can worry about what the other two are for."

Videl nodded her head once more as she took a fighting stance, ready for Gohan to give the order to the first Saibaman to attack. Gohan looked at his student and was happy with the determination she was radiating. At first, Gohan was a little unsure about how his Saibamen experiment would go. He knew that each Saibaman would have a power level of 1,200, the same as Raditz, and from what he could gather from his training with Videl her power level shouldn't be a far cry from two thousand. In theory, this means that Videl should have no problem beating the Saibamen, however if she went into the battle scared for her life she may not have been able to access all of her power. Since she was clearly ready for this battle, though, Gohan had no reason to worry about this. So, he looked down to one of the Saibamen, and in a clear voice said "That girl over there is your target. One of you go over there and fight her; do not give up unless you are killed."

Without hesitation, the creature in the middle dashed off towards its target at top speed. It lashed out with its talons once it reached Videl, however the girl was quick to react as instead of simply blocking the hit and allowing the claws to connect with her skin, she reached out with an arm and grabbed the Saibaman by the wrist. Now that she had a firm grip on her enemy Videl flung it straight up into the air and then launched herself straight for it. As the Saibaman reached the peak of where he was thrown, Videl met it there and greeted the creature with two fists straight to the stomach, sending it up even further. This gave Videl an excellent opportunity to use one of the first things that she and Gohan had covered in their three months of training: flight. Although her momentum from the jump had worn off, Videl accessed her ki and pushed herself upwards as fast as she could, allowing herself to meet the Saibaman at its peak once again. This time, however, Videl flew above its location and slammed down on its back with her two hands clamped together. The Saibaman was sent crashing down into the ground, and Videl made her way back there as well, landing a few feet away from the creature.

The green abomination was angry with itself for failing to lay even a finger on its target, and it was not going to take his opponent lightly any longer. The creature gurgled something in its throat for a second, and then with a disgusting shout it spat up an acid-like substance that headed straight for Videl at high speeds. Videl jumped out of the way to avoid this attack, however unbeknownst to her the Saibaman was merely using this as a distraction for his real attack. This fact was made known to her when she turned her attention away from the acidic slime and back towards the power level that she could feel rushing towards herself. She would later curse herself for falling for such a simple trick, but at that time she was unable to do so as the Saibaman kicked her in the side of the head, sending her flying towards the river with her back parallel to the ground. The Saibaman took off from its spot on the ground and caught up with the girl he sent flying. As it flew directly above her the Saibaman raised its fist to strike Videl down to the ground. However at that precise moment Videl's eyes shot open and she smirked at the Saibaman, and with a small shout she lashed up at the creature with a hard kick to the gut, once again sending the creature skyward. Videl quickly regained her balance and shot off towards the Saibaman, ready to end the fight. As she reached the flying monster's position, Videl lashed out with yet another powerful kick to the head, changing the Saibaman's momentum and sending it flying sideways. Videl was not going to stop there, though, and she once again flew in front of the Saibaman's path and stopped him cold with her fist. She landed several hard punches to the creature's face, and with nearly all of her strength the girl then finished with a monstrous punch to the gut, and finally a devastating elbow to the top of the head, sending the Saibaman flying down towards the ground, and with a loud crash a crater formed where the creature landed.

Videl slowly flew herself down to the ground, and once she landed turned towards her instructor and smiled at him, giving a thumbs up as she did so. When Gohan still stood there with a serious expression, however, she knew something was wrong.

Come on, Videl, Gohan thought to himself. Remember what I told you; they will fight to the death! I don't want to have to intervene already.

The broken and battered Saibaman silently stood up from inside of the crater that it was inside, and even though it knew that it had lost the fight, it had orders to follow. One option remained for him: self-destruction. It launched itself at Videl spread-eagled, ready to latch himself onto her body. Gohan's eyes bulged wide as he prepared to intervene and finish off the creature by himself, however he soon discovered that this would not be needed. Videl, after seeing the serious expression Gohan had had on his face, knew that something was still amiss with her opponent. Her suspicions were confirmed when she felt his ki rise to its highest level and shoot towards her at high speeds. Videl wheeled around quickly to face the creature which was now mere feet away from her. Knowing that she needed to act fast, Videl raised one arm up and aimed it at the creature, and with a shout Videl concentrated her energy into her hands and expelled it in the form of a ki blast. The blast pierced the chest of the flying Saibaman, and it stopped dead in its tracks and fell to the floor, motionless.

This time, Videl was sure that the creature was not going to be getting back up again, so she once again turned to fact her now smiling instructor. "So, what do you think? Did I pass the first test?" she asked her instructor.

Gohan laughed at her question, as the answer had to be obvious. "Yes Videl, you passed with an A-!" he said with enthusiasm.

Videl looked at him with slight annoyance. "Only an A-?" she half asked, half shouted, "What did I do wrong?"

The Saiyan in front of her just raised one of his eyebrows. "Don't tell me you already forgot what you almost let happen at the end there! You assumed your victory before it came, and in the real world that could cost you your life, like it almost did today."

Videl scratched the back of her head and laughed it off. "Oh yeah, I guess I did forget about that part, but hey I still won didn't I! Now then, what are the other two Saibawhatever for?" she asked Gohan, immediately dismissing her mistake.

Gohan smiled at her dropping the first subject. "Saibamen," he corrected, and then continued. "These two will essentially serve the same purpose as the first one, however this time around they will both be attacking you at the same time."

Videl tried her best not to act afraid, but a small sense of worry was still evident on her face. She knew that one of these things wouldn't be a problem for her, but two? She wasn't sure if she would be able to handle that. Despite this fact, the girl still put a look of determination on her face and got back into a fighting stance. "Sounds fine by me," she said to Gohan, "and if you don't mind, I think I'll start this one."

As soon as she had completed this statement, Videl rushed over to where the two remaining Saibamen and Gohan stood, ready to make an assault. Not wanting to get in the way of the fight, Gohan jumped away from Videl immediately after she took off. The Saibamen were not so quick to react, however, and Videl greeted the first target by launching herself at him with a kick to the gut, sending the green creature flying across the plains with the wind knocked out of him. Videl wasted no time in going after the second Saibaman either, and right after her kick to the first made contact, Videl flung her arm out towards the second and landed a chop to the side of its neck. She continued her assault on this particular Saibaman with another three quick punches to the chest, and then a hard kick to the side, sending it flying.

Videl took off to meet her target in midair, but never reached it as the first Saibaman had recovered from its initial damage and met Videl in the air before she could reach his partner, greeting her with a hard punch to the face which sent the girl crashing into the ground.

The Saibaman rushed down to where Videl's body had landed, ready to finish the job, but just as he was about to smash down into the girl Videl reached her hand up and hit the Saibaman with a weak ki blast in the face. It was not enough to cause serious damage, but it was enough to cause him to lose all of his momentum, not to mention his eyesight, for a few seconds. Now that she had the opportunity to attack once more, Videl jumped up from where she was laying and punched the Saibaman in the head, causing him to land and skid across the ground. Videl landed herself and faced the creature, ready to fight this one, when she heard a pair of feet land softly behind her. Crap, I forgot about the other one, she chided herself.

Videl was in quite the predicament; she was directly in between the two creatures who were trying to kill her. The Saibaman that was behind her began to bring something up from its throat, and Videl recognized this as the same acid attack that the other one had used on her earlier. After noting the positions of both of the Saibamen in relation to her one last time, a plan formed in her head.

The Saibaman behind her then rushed directly at her, and at precisely the same time the creature in front of her fired his deadly acid. Videl chose this moment to put her plan into action; she jumped straight up in the air as soon as both creatures launched their attacks, and since the Saibaman that had rushed her had no way of stopping his momentum, the acid attack from the other creature hit him square in the face and neck.

The abomination shrieked in pain as it brought its hands up to grab its face. Already the deadly substance began to corrode the skin on its face, and had also completely eaten through the skin on its neck and had begun to work on the bone. Videl landed behind the monster that was yelling out in pain, and she took this opportunity to end its suffering. She mustered all the strength that she could, and with one final chop she connected with the point where the Saibaman's neck was corroding, decapitating the creature.

One down, one to go, Videl thought, trying to push the fact that she just decapitated something out of her mind. Instead, she turned her attention back to the last remaining Saibaman, who was now actually standing in slight fear of Videl. So scared was the creature that he was completely frozen in place as the girl rushed at him and landed a devastating elbow to his gut, causing him to lose his balance.

Videl had learned her lesson after not finishing off the first Saibaman as fast as she could, and not wanting to make the same mistake here she lashed out with a powerful kick to the unbalanced Saibaman, sending him flying straight up in the air. Gohan's gonna like this one, she thought as she smirked to herself. Videl cupped her hands together and brought them down to her side as she eyed the flying creature.

"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!" she chanted, and a shining blue stream of ki shot out from her arms directly at the helpless creature. Although it was a far cry from any kamehameha wave that Gohan, or even Krillin, could produce, Videl still put enough power in it to completely engulf the Saibaman and eradicate it on the spot. As the proverbial dust cleared from her attack, Videl looked to where the Saibaman once was and felt a sense of pride when she saw that it was no longer there.

"Yes! I did it!" She shouted with joy as she threw her hands up in the air. After a few seconds, Videl was interrupted from her self-celebration by the sound of steady clapping she heard coming from behind her. Wheeling around, Videl saw Gohan standing and applauding her with a smile on his face.

"That was very nicely done, Videl!" Gohan said to her as he walked over to her. "It seems that you are on pace to do very well at the tournament."

Videl looked up at Gohan. "Well I couldn't have come this far without your help, Gohan!"

Gohan simply laughed at this compliment. "Hey it was the least I could do to protect my family's security!" he said to Videl, causing a frown to appear on her face.

Oh, that's right, Videl thought sadly, I forgot that the only reason he agreed to train me was because I threatened him. The more she thought about how much good Gohan had done for her for the wrong reason, the guiltier she felt. Still with a look of sadness on her face, she looked back up at Gohan. "Hey Gohan…about that," she started, gaining the boy's attention. "I'm really sorry that I blackmailed you. You've done so much for me and it was all because I threatened to expose you and your family. I really don't deserve how well you have treated me, and I apologize."

Gohan smiled down at her, causing a glimmer of hope to appear in Videl's eyes. "Don't worry about it, Videl; I'm just glad it's over and done with. Now then," he said, changing the subject, "we're going to resume our regular training again tomorrow but we're done for today, so go home and get some rest; you're going to need it."

With that, Gohan began to walk towards his house and Videl prepared to take off before she was stopped by her stomach grumbling loudly. She turned back to face Gohan and grabbed the boy's hand, stopping him. "Wait, Gohan. I'm…a little hungry because of the training," she said with a blush, "Do you mind if I eat here today?"

Gohan laughed at her question, and then said "Of course you can eat here; I'm sure my mom will have more than enough food."

Videl thought back to the first day of her training when she had eaten there, and remembered the feast that Gohan and his brother had consumed that day. More than enough is right, she thought as she and Gohan began to walk back towards his house, and she blushed slightly as she realized that she had still not let go of Gohan's hand.

A/N: That concludes our eighth chapter! Now, I have quite a bit of explaining to do! First of all, I would like to apologize for taking nearly two weeks to update. My laptop charger broke on me and once my laptop died I had no way of writing any more. So, the update was delayed until I got a new charger. I'm really sorry about that guys, I promise it won't happen again!

I'd like to go into a little detail about Videl's power level once again, so I don't have to explain myself in the future. So, when Goku first trained under King Kai, he trained for 6 months and was able to raise his power level from 416 to 8,000, which is nearly a factor of twenty. Now, given the fact that earth does not have the added gravity as King Kai's planet and the fact that only three months have passed thus far, I thought that increasing Videl's power level by a factor slightly less than ten was appropriate. If you still think that it's too high, just think about this: Krillin's power level is 150,000. So, she's still pretty insignificant compared to even the weaker Z Fighters. Oh, and for those of you who think that this will be turning into a G/V story: it's a subplot at best. This is a Buu Saga story, not a G/V story.

Next, I just want to address my format for introducing power levels from here on out. Since the tournament will be getting underway I do not want to give away the power levels of the combatants during the fight, as that could give away the outcome of the battle before it even starts. So, I will be posting all of the power levels in the order that they appear at the beginning of my A/Ns at the end of the chapters. If you want to read them right away as a spoiler, feel free, but I think it would be better if you just left it until the end. Having said that, here are the levels for this chapter:

Piccolo: 300,000,000

Android 18: 275,000,000

Goku (Base) 750,000,000

Goku (FPSSJ) 1,500,000,000

Trunks (SSJ) 500,000,000

Vegeta (Base) 600,000,000

Trunks (ASSJ) 800,000,000

Videl: 1,700

Next chapter, the World Martial Arts Tournament finally begins! We get to see the Z fighters meet up with Goku, and Gohan has his own little run-in with South Kai's mystery fighter. Until next time, guys!

-HRR2b23