Prince of Destruction

Chapter 3: Different Events, Same Outcome

"Gyeee... Why... Do I feel so weak...?"

As the golden orb in his hands flickered out, the Prince of Saiyans collapsed onto the ground. Unbeknownst to him, the "M" on his forehead had disappeared, and all the power it gave along with it.

In Otherworld...

"Wh-where am I?"

"Oh, it seems you've finally kicked the bucket, Babidi," boomed a giant red ogre.

"Who are you!? What do you mean "kicked the bucket"? Are you saying I'm dead?" screeched the yellow imp.

"Yes, yes you are. And it's been a long time coming, Babidi. Or I suppose I should called you Bibidi, since that's what my registry has down for you, right next to where I stamped 'Sentencing upon death'. Let's see... Special notes... Died as 'Doppelganger' Babidi. Responsible for deaths of 4 Kaioshins, two of whom were stuck in limbo while being absorbed by Majin Buu... And, requires extra safeguards to block magic. Now that I've got those down, your sentencing," said Enma, a smile curling onto his face.

"N-no... This can't be! I can't be-"

"Dead? Again, you are Babidi. And, now I'm sentencing you to Hell, with your magic mostly nullified. You will be transferred to your own personal hell once it the Kaioshin of Other World uses their magic to create a personalized one with the sins of your life."

"B-but how did I die? At least tell me that!" the magical imp half-demanded, half-begged.

"Oho-ho! How you died? It was because of the monster you unleashed. Majin-"

"BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

"Guh! Gah! Fwaaah!"

The Prince, drained following the death of Babidi and thus his power-up, was no match for the monster Buu. He had but one option.

"Ha!" Stopping himself in midair after one Buu's punched, his hair grew long and gold, and his aura grew bright and round as the sun, and as electric as a thunderstorm.

"I will kill you, if I have to send you to the farthest reaches of the universe in the process..." the prince said solemnly, as his aura grew fiery. His arms rose to his sides, forming two sphere of golden fire.

"OOoooooh! Buu wanna do that too!" he said as he mimicked Vegeta, creating two pink orbs.

"Final Flash!"

"LAST BLAST!"

Gold and pink clashed in the center as the two destroyers of worlds. Sparks of red, orange, green, all colors leaped from their intersection.

"I GIVE MY LIFE UP TO END YOU! FINAL FLASH: GRAND FINALE!"

Reality seemed to curve and bend as the Prince's beam ended for just a moment, followed by a massive ball of crackling, fiery energy that overtook the tail of his beam, bowled over over the pink lance of Buu, and carried the fiend to the ends of the earth, obliterating him in the process. And all that was left of Vegeta was a stone statue, showing the prince at his greatest, freed from

Or so the Prince thought as he appeared before Enma, also being designated for immediate sentencing.

But out story ends not with the victory of the Prince, but time merely righting itself. Buu wasn't killed, but merely vaporized. He soon regenerated. Goku, ready to finish Buu as quickly, lost track of his ki as Buu forgot his opponent and merely walked the Earth, his power plummeting to almost nothing as he tried to imitate mortals he saw.

By the time Goku found Buu, who decided to cross the sea by flying rather than trying to swim the whole way, he would be too close to running out of time, and thus would have to give the means to defeat Buu to the remaining warriors of Earth.

This timeline's fate is the same:
Gohan meets Old Kai, Gotenks is born, Buu befriends Satan, his evil half takes over, Vegetto toys with Buu for an hour, and the Earth gives its energy for a Spirit Bomb, as Goku holds back to let Vegeta get a turn, and Vegeta cannot maintain Super Saiyan 3 long enough to defeat Kid Buu.

In the end, little is different. But the story of the Prince rising to new heights to battle Buu a least is enough to spend an afternoon listening to. If you wish to listen to another story from another world from another time, just come back. I will tell you one.

Author's Notes:

No, I am not the Narrator. And yes, you did see that ending right. Eh. I'm not proud of it, but I never really wanted to change much. Vegeta's success was his own downfall as Babidi's early death left Vegeta in a situation he couldn't win.

But, I promise my next story will be a little bit better.