Chapter 3-Preparing for the Rematch
Many were shocked to see the Supreme Kai, ruler of all the Kais, who secretly watched over the Grand Kai, and then the four King Kais that watched over each quadrant of the Universe. The man had a smile on his face, the same one he had when first meeting the Z-Fighters at the World Marital Arts Tournament, and his loyal "aid" Kabuto was right behind him looking as calm as ever.
"Hey Supreme Kai. Have you gotten taller?" said Gohan, as he smiled at the man, who ignored Piccolo looking at him like he had gone insane for talking like that to a Kia, and the Supreme Kai at that.
"No Gohan, but I see you have changed significantly since we last met, and I must say it is quite the improvement," said the Supreme Kai, as he saw Gohan smirk at him, and also noticed the tail on the half-Saiyan was moving about excitedly.
'You have no idea Supreme Kai,' thought Gohan, as he turned his head to see Videl's face looking flush when their eyes met, and loved the squeak she made when his tail wrapped around her waist before pulling the girl close to him.
"Gohan!" said Videl, as she was still new to the whole "my boyfriend is half-Saiyan" part of her life, and the fact he had a tail that at times acted perverted.
"What? You know you like it," said Gohan, as he saw her face getting redder, and glaring at him for the tail's actions.
"Not to ruin your...time with the girl Gohan, but the Supreme Kai needs your help for his plan to work in fighting Majin Buu, and prevent further deaths," said Kabuto, as he saw the boy had indeed changed physically, and in terms of his power level.
Perhaps they stood a chance against Buu after all.
"Fair enough! So what's the plan?" said Gohan, as he was eager to get this thing started, and deal with his old pink combatant as soon as possible.
"We need to take you to the sacred World of the Kai's for training using a mythical blade called the Z-Sword that when used properly could end Majin Buu once and for all," said the Supreme Kai and saw Gohan raise his eyebrow at the plan.
"If this Z-Sword is so great and can be used to stop Majin Buu...then why can't you use it?" said Gohan, as he saw the Supreme Kai look away with a frown, and Kabuto now scowling at him.
"The sword is sheathed on a tall pillar of rock and earth. Many have tried to lift it out of the pillar, including myself many years ago, but like all the others before me, I was not strong enough to remove it, and had to fight Majin Buu without it. However, I think the one person, who can use the Z-Sword is you Gohan, and I think deep down you are the one meant to destroy Majin Buu. Your power level was incredible the moment you first revealed your secondary Super Saiyan state at the World Martial Arts Tournament and then later when you tried to destroy Majin Buu while he was still in his prison. Now I see your power is beyond anything I have ever seen before and you still have the potential to grow stronger with each passing day. Many have tried going toe to toe with Majin Buu and all of them have failed to match him like you have in terms of power. With the right training, I believe you could destroy Majin Buu, and save the Universe from complete annihilation," said the Supreme Kai, as he saw Gohan nod in understanding, and look over at Videl.
"What about Videl? Can she come with us?" said Gohan, as he wasn't about to have his future mate be targeted by Majin Buu while he was elsewhere, and had no chance of defeating the pink psycho.
"Absolutely not! The World of the Kais is a sacred planet that not even the Grand Kai has set foot on. To allow a simple Earthling to do so is out of the quest-AH!" said Kabuto, as he soon found himself chocking with Gohan's right hand gripping his throat, and holding him up in the air.
"Videl is hardly a 'simple Earthling' like you called her Kabuto and if you disrespect my future mate again...I will see to it you die a second time," said Gohan, as he felt an insult to Videl was worth a warning of one's death, and then if that warning was ignored by chance a second time...well then let's just say the person that ignored it would become vaporized for such actions.
"Gohan please stop! Kabuto does not have...proper skills when interacting with people other then myself," said the Supreme Kai, as he saw Gohan snarl at Kabuto, and then release his tall bodyguard's throat.
"Don't cross me Kabuto. Videl means a great deal to me and I have no problem killing you," said Gohan, as he felt his Saiyan burning in him once more, and walked over to Videl looking at him in awe that he would do that for her.
"You didn't have to do that for me Gohan," said Videl, as he put his hand on her face, and stroking it affectionately.
"I know, but Saiyan instincts are not something one can ignore in my position, and for you my sweet Videl those instincts like it when people speak so lowly of you," said Gohan, as he had proved that before with his Mother, and right now with Kabuto.
"I'm not fragile Gohan and I don't care what others think of me," said Videl, as she knew that his suggestion to go with her was to make sure Majin Buu didn't find, and kill her for the sheer pleasure of it.
"I know, but its not going to stop me from being protective of my soon to be mate, and have an urge to hurt someone insulting you Videl," said Gohan, as he smiled down at her, and kissed the girl's forehead.
"You and your Saiyan instincts," said Videl, as this was going to take some getting use to, and told herself they had plenty of time to explore their relationship in this matter.
"Gohan we need to go. You can take Videl with you, but her time with you will have to be limited to make sure you get the maximum amount of training," said Supreme Kai, as he saw how Gohan was interacting with Videl, and envied the half-Saiyan for having found such a mate.
"Ready when you are Supreme Kai. Though I think Dende needs to go with us since if he dies, then the Dragon Balls will be lost to us, and the chance to wish people back after this is over," said Gohan, as he saw his old Namek friend look conflicted since he was the guardian of the Earth, and knew that leaving it wasn't exactly doing one's job in being a Guardian.
"Very well. Come Gohan," said Supreme Kai, as he put a hand on Gohan's shoulder while Kabuto put one on his shoulder, and Dende was holding onto Gohan's one arm just like Videl did the other.
In a flash of light, all of them were gone, and left the remaining Z-Fighters to continue working with the two younger half-Saiyans get stronger using Fusion.
(World of the Kais)
"Wow! This place is pretty nice. Almost looks like the wilderness back home that Piccolo took me to as a kid to survive in," said Gohan, as he mentally thanked the Namek for doing that, and make a note to ask Mr. Popo what the man's favorite food was to get it for him as a thank you gift.
"It's almost celestial when you think about it," said Videl, as she felt the energy here was causing tingles all over her body, and it felt intoxicating.
Oh wait, Gohan's tail was massaging her ass again, and causing that feeling.
"That it is," said Gohan with a smirk, as he felt what his tail was doing to her, and the scent that came from Videl that indicated she loved it.
'Oh great. Gohan has to save the Universe from Majin Buu and all he can think of right now is mating with Videl,' thought Dende, as he sweat dropped at the sight of the two, and decided to look away for his own sanity.
"Gohan, please follow me to the Z-Sword," said the Supreme Kai, as he saw Gohan nod, and the group flew to the natural pillar where the Z-Sword was held.
"So this is it huh? Doesn't look like much," said Gohan, as he looked at the hilt of the blade, and what was showing of the blade itself stabbing into the ground.
"Trust me Gohan, this sword is a weapon of great power, and will be a most useful tool in defeating Majin Buu," said Supreme Kai, as he saw Gohan move towards the Z-Sword, and grabbed the hilt of the weapon before trying to pull it out of the ground.
It wasn't as easy as it appeared.
"Damn, the Z-Sword is in here nice and tight. Almost like it was super glued to this place or something. Everyone stand back!" said Gohan now frowning a bit at the fact this damn sword wasn't budging and decided to take care of that by pumping up the power in his body.
First, Gohan tried going Super Saiyan, and the thing didn't budge.
Next, Gohan tried Super Saiyan 2, and the sword was still being a resistant pain in the ass with signs of the sword possibly getting free.
Finally, Gohan had decided to go all out, and went Super Saiyan 3 before pulling the Z-Sword out with all his might.
"Gohan, you did it!" said the Supreme Kai, as he saw the young half-Saiyan holding the sword in his hands, and was ecstatic about the sight of it.
"Yeah, I did do it, but my hands still hurt like Hell, and the sword's hilt isn't exactly the nicest thing to hold," said Gohan, as he moved the blade slowly around to get a good feel for it, and felt right for some reason.
'Wow! This sword must be something to make Gohan go all out like that,' thought Videl, as she was surprised when Gohan couldn't lift it when he looked normal, and had to go through all his current ascended stages of Super Saiyan to lift it out of the ground.
"Let's start your training then," said Supreme Kai, as he knew the sooner the half-Saiyan trained for Majin Buu's defeat, the stronger the young man would be, and the Universe would be safe once more.
(Kami's Lookout)
"This is embarrassing! No self-respecting Saiyan would dare use this so called dance to fuse together," said Vegeta, as he watched with horror at the two boys practicing, and even now had to hold back the strong desire to find the Saiyan clown that tried teaching this Fusion dance back in Other World in order to kill the man a second time.
Or was it a third time? The Saiyan in question that Vegeta wanted to hurt had died so many times he had lost count.
"Perhaps, but I've seen the results myself Vegeta. When the two fuse into a single being, their power becomes unimaginable, and that was without becoming a Super Saiyan. If Gohan fails to defeat Majin Buu, then these two will be the Universe's only hope, and even you can appreciate the benefits this Fusion holds," said Piccolo, as he saw Vegeta not looking impressed, but the Saiyan Prince was a Master of tactics, and understood that these boys needed to get as strong as possible in the off chance Gohan failed.
"He won't fail. Gohan is many things, but like his clown of a Father, he gives his all to a fight, and now that his Saiyan side is released to its fullest potential...," said Vegeta, as he felt pride in the fact the Saiyan race was still alive despite it being reduced to a trickle of half-Saiyans, but let it slide since one of them showed signs of being a Saiyan with his tail, and the Prince of all Saiyans believed it was because the boy was conceived shortly after the his male sire had his tail removed.
"Yes. Gohan's power is beyond anything I have ever seen. He even matched his Father before when the two went Super Saiyan 3 and will now prove that he is out of Goku's shadow," said Piccolo, as he saw the boy become a man, and was something in Gohan that was beyond his Father.
Something stronger.
Something with a drive that was beyond even Goku's own.
"My son will one day surpass me in power. Each new generation will be stronger then the sire was at there age. Though he's only half-Saiyan, I feel pride in knowing Trunks will make me proud, and help keep the Saiyan Royal bloodline alive," said Vegeta, as he saw the silver haired boy once more doing that silly dance, and kept the grimace off his face at the sight of his only son performing that damn stance at the end.
"They all will. The Universe is in good hands with this new generation. Ironic when you consider their predecessors," said Piccolo seeing Vegeta smirk at that.
"You can thank Frieza for that. Though we did what he asked, we of the Saiyan race were not the monsters everyone thought we were, and only did what we did to prevent out own destruction," said Vegeta, which caused his smirk to vanish, and the thought of Frieza made his blood boil.
"Destroy others or be destroyed. At the time, I'm sure it made sense, and your ancestors did what they had to do to survive since that's what warriors do. Frieza probably knew this long before the destruction of your planet and when he learned of the prophecy of the Super Saiyan returning...," said Piccolo, as he saw Vegeta nod his head, and had small smile on his face.
"When he learned of it, the fear became too much for him, and Frieza decided to remove any hope of the prophecy from ever happening. How ironic that the form of avenging our race would not be in the Royal bloodline, but a Saiyan of the lowest class, and then later on with that Saiyan's offspring," said Vegeta, as he wished it was his son that had done that, and not his rival's.
"That's where you are wrong Vegeta. Remember, it was your son, who came from the future, and helped alter the past to keep things from being what they were in his time. It was through the Royal bloodline that the Saiyan race did not become extinct like Frieza wished it to be from the start," said Piccolo, as he saw Vegeta realize he was right, and smiled at the all too clear memory of Trunks from the future showing him how much of a man he had become.
And a Saiyan one at that.
'One day Trunks, you will become just like your future self, and hopefully I will be given a chance to see it happen,' thought Vegeta, as he looked at Trunks once more practice the Fusion dance with Goten, and the two ending it like that.
By all the Kais in the Universe Vegeta hated this dance!
(With Majin Buu)
The once pink blob that was the terror of the Universe, which was now trimmed down quite a bit, and stronger then before scowled in thought at what had happened in his battle with Gohan, and it was not something that the pink monster liked. It had been a very very long time since anyone had hurt him even remotely like Gohan did, which indicated to Buu that the half-Saiyan was strong, worthy of recognition of fighting him, and yet at the same time...it angered him.
How could the half-Saiyan be so strong? Never had anyone matched him like that and if Gohan was still alive, then the man would only continue to get stronger, and might even defeat Buu. Gohan may even have the power to kill Buu and Buu was not about to let that happen.
Buu couldn't let that happen.
However, Buu was now finding himself facing another annoying problem that made this situation more complicated, and his simple mind did not like complicated things.
Buu could no longer sense Gohan's power.
Since slimming down, Buu could sense power levels, and he loved every second of the new feeling since his physical change from a big pink bloated idiot to a slimmer pink idiot with an increase intelligence to speak better sentences others could understand. Now however, Gohan's energy signature was nowhere to be found on the planet, and it wasn't from dying due to injuries from their last encounter. No. Buu had killed enough people to know the difference between someone's energy no longer existing due to death and not being on the planet.
Right now, Buu could sense Gohan because Gohan was not on the planet, and that meant the half-Saiyan was elsewhere possibly recovering. from his injuries. This had made Buu angry, as he wanted to fight Gohan now, but the man wasn't around, and only the weak people of the planet existed. Sure, there were others that had descent strength to give him a good warm up, but none of them were remotely close to Gohan's level of power, and it was infuriating the pink killing machine that the one person he wanted to fight was not here anymore.
Looking up, Buu had every intention of taking his anger out on the people hiding up in the sky above, and showing them just what he could do.
With malicious intent, Majin Buu flew off to his intended destination, and smiled at the simple fact running through his simple psychotic mind in knowing that this would draw his true opponent to him.
(Kami's Lookout)
"We've got company!" said Piccolo, as he turned towards the edge of the Lookout, and sensed Majin Buu coming there way.
"What? It's too soon! The boys will never be ready to fight him at their current level," said Vegeta, as he sensed Buu coming here too, and sensed the pink monster was a lot stronger then when he faced him.
"We have no choice. Trunks! Goten! Head to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber right now. Mr. Popo, show them where it is, and do it quietly before he senses their power levels aren't here either," said Piccolo, as he saw the man nod, and escort the two boys to the door holding the alternate dimension.
"And how long do you expect to hold Buu here before he decides to kill everyone else around him?" said Vegeta, as he saw Piccolo look at him with serious, and grave look that told the Saiyan Prince not to get hot headed with him on this.
"Not long, but every second spent here is hours in the Time Chamber, and it's the only way the boys will have enough time to train to possibly weaken Majin Buu," said Piccolo before the pink monster mentioned finally reached them and landed silently though his power was anything but that.
"Oh crap. We're going to die!" said Krillin, as he took several steps back, and was fearful for his family.
"Not yet short man. Not yet," said Buu, as he grinned at them, cracking his neck on both sides, and seemed anxious for a fight.
(World of the Kais-Sometime Later)
"You felt it, didn't you Kabuto? Majin Buu has attacked the Earth," said the Supreme Kai, as he felt Majin Buu's power, and the attack he used to wipe out practically everyone on the planet save for a few people.
"Yes. If only Gohan had more time handling the Z-Sword," said Kabuto, as he saw the young half-Saiyan now holding the weapon in his Super Saiyan 2 state.
It seemed during the time Gohan handled the Z-Sword, the weight was slowly becoming more easier to handle that it didn't require the young half-Saiyan to stay in Super Saiyan 3, and was slowly using less of his power to use it. Videl watched on the sidelines, but at the same time Dende would teach her how to manipulate her energy better so she too could fire off energy blasts, and was making significant progress in expanding her energy reserves.
"Unfortunately, we cannot mourn the loss the people of Earth at the moment Kabuto. The only thing that matters now old friend, is that their killer be stopped from killing anyone else, and as quickly as possible," said the Supreme Kai, as he turned back to Gohan, who stopped when the sight of someone that made the half-Saiyan's blood burn with rage, and was not welcome to the young man.
"What are you doing here?" said Gohan, as he glared at the figure, and was now tempted to thrust the Z-Sword into the figures gut.
The only reason he didn't it was for the simple reason the man before Gohan was already dead.
"I came to help you out Gohan. As you know, my day ran out after using Super Saiyan 3 out there, and the next Other World Marital Arts Tournament isn't for another...couple hundred years," said Goku, who saw Gohan snarl, and gripped the Z-Sword tighter.
"So you're doing this on a whim. To appease your easily bored mind. And to think, for a single moment, I actually thought you came to help me because I was your son, and not a way to pass the time," said Gohan, as he saw the look of hurt on his Father's face, but he wasn't going to sympathize with the man, and just hoped his words hurt him.
"You're taking what I said too literally Gohan. I do care about you and that's why I have come to help with your training," said Goku, but it just earned him an even bigger scowl from his son, and the boy turning his back to him to train using the sword.
"I don't need your help dad! I didn't need your help for most of my life and I don't need your help now," said Gohan, as he sensed his Father's look of pain from his words grow, and the half-Saiyan didn't care.
"What about me fighting Raditz? With Frieza? Or the battles we had with the Androids? What about what happened with Cell? You needed me then to save you," said Goku, as he saw Gohan turn his head, and give him a glare that was so similar to Vegeta's it was scary.
It almost made him question whether Gohan was his son if it wasn't for the simple fact that Chichi had only been with him and Vegeta was nowhere near the Earth before Gohan was conceived.
"I wouldn't have needed you saving me had you just trained me to be a Martial Artists since I was born instead of my Mother turning me into a weak little bookworm! Its kind of sad really. The strongest fighter on Earth, reduced to a whimpering weak thing, and at the hands of the woman he married no less," said Gohan mockingly, as he saw Goku frowning at him now, and knew that was hitting really low.
"I'm sorry for that Gohan. You know I am," said Goku, as he saw his son scoff at him, and then go back to his training with the Z-Sword.
"You don't know the meaning of the word...nor the feeling behind it," said Gohan, as he stopped practicing, and looked to Videl sitting with her back resting on a nearby tree fully exhausted from her own bit of training.
His eyes softened.
"She doesn't care that you're a Saiyan, does she?" said Goku, as he saw that look on his son's face, and it was look of love one has for another.
"No. If anything, it only makes her love me more, and in turn makes my heart swell with joy," said Gohan, as he knew Videl's presence alone gave him the drive needed to get this training done, and fight for a brighter future.
A future with Videl.
"Chichi was like that once," said Goku though his words brought bitter memories to his son's mind.
"She was only like that because she thought you were a strong human. The instant that woman learned you were a Saiyan, things changed in our family, and not for the better," said Gohan, as he saw the change happening, but thought nothing of it at the time due to the fact he wasn't a little kid anymore, and thought he could get away from his Mother after a few more years of enduring it.
He was wrong.
Shaking his head to remove the memories, Gohan returned to his training, and knew time was of the essence here in needing to defeat Majin Buu.
They would soon have their rematch.
(Earth-Kami's Lookout)
Vegeta panted heavily, as Majin Buu laughed at him, and drove the Saiyan Prince to even greater heights of anger at the pink thing mocking him. He could handle the fact he lost to Buu when it was being fat and stupid due to the Saiyan Prince being overconfident in the fact he could beat it in the first place. He could! He really could! However, the creature before him wasn't fat, and it certainly wasn't so stupid anymore that it couldn't speak clear sentences.
After the creature arrived, Buu had demanded that Gohan be brought before him to fight once more, and see who of the two was the better. Needing to stall for time, Piccolo told Buu that Gohan was not on the planet, which didn't sit well with the creature, and was about to tear the Lookout to pieces. However, Vegeta told Buu that if he waited an hour, a strong opponent would be waiting for him that while not as strong as Gohan, it would be a fight that would certainly be one to remember, and worthy of his pink retarded ass.
Buu, not one to miss the opportunity to get a good fight, asked when an hour would be up so he could fight Gohan's substitute, and Piccolo produced a huge hour glass before he told him that when all of the sand on the top went down to the bottom would an hour end. For the first 15 minutes, Buu sat crouched in front of the hour glass, but the pink monster had very little patience for waiting not unlike the Saiyan Prince himself when it came to a fight, and kicked the hour glass over before demanding the fight he was promised.
Vegeta told him he would have to wait, but Buu was too angry to listen, and yelled for his opponent be brought to him so he could fight before unleashing hundreds of energy blasts into the sky with each one soon falling down the to Earth below killing all they touched. In fear for anymore people remaining on Earth, Piccolo was about to tell Buu he could follow him to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber via the longest way there, but Vegeta was clearly just as angry as Buu, and insulted the pink destroyer of worlds before the two went at it.
With Vegeta soon being put on the defensive due to the significant gap in their power levels, but even with that gap, the Saiyan Prince wasn't about to let Buu walk away with this without some kind of scar to remember him by. Right now, Kami's Lookout looked like a battlefield, and the Saiyan Prince was slowly losing the battle. However, the battle before the Saiyan Prince was not one meant to be won, but rather merely make it last for as long as possible while Goten, and Trunks trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
The longer Vegeta lasted, the stronger the two boys would become when they fused into Gotenks, and have a better chance in killing Majin Buu. Even if the two boys failed were to fail, Gohan would no doubt be able to deliver Buu's execution from his training with the Supreme Kai, and do what others could not with the pink monster.
'Those brats better be training hard because if they aren't, every injury Buu gives me will be delivered onto them!' thought Vegeta, as barely dodged a fist aimed at his face, but was hit in the gut with a hard kick by Buu, and then blasted by a pink orb of energy that sent him flying off the Lookout, and towards the ground below.
"Bring me my fighter! No more delays!" said Buu, as he saw Piccolo nod slowly, and then motioned for Buu to follow him.
"As you wish. Follow me while I take you to your opponent," said Piccolo, as he saw Buu nod, and follow the Namek to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Buu grinned evilly, as he obeyed, and the hunger for a challenge burning within his body for a chance to kill someone strong.
(A/N: YAY! I updated. Sorry this took so long, but I kind of hit writer's block with this, and some of my fics before this finally came up in my head. Hope you all enjoyed it. Until next time...PEACE!!!)