--- Disturbance, Book 2: Divergence ---
Chapter D02-A - Hell & Consequences
Disclaimer: The fun about this sentence is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything, it's too late to stop reading it. Also: See first chapter.
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-I'm not a victim 'til I let you take me down-
Gohan raced towards Dabura at high speeds, a smirk gracing his face as he watched the Demon King prepare to intercept; everyone was really underestimating him today. Using his super speed, he phased out, leaving an after image for Dabura to block, while reappearing to his left. By the time Dabura realised he'd been had Gohan had already driven his fist into the side of the demon's head, sending him crashing into Buu's ball.
-I'm not a target at the sites of your mercy-
With another burst of speed Gohan drove his fist into Dabura's gut, pinning the demon against the pulsing pink ball, before he began raining down a massive series of blows against him, shaking Buu's egg; he may not have powered out of his base form, but thanks to his Saiyan heritage Son Gohan could still throw a mean punch even now. What he didn't count on, however, was the fact that the Supreme Kai couldn't travel as fast as he could, and thus, Babidi was as-of-yet unengaged.
-I never asked for anything, I'm not asking now-
He realised this fact fairly swiftly when his body was momentarily paralysed by a surge of magical energy, before the winded Dabura cracked him across the face, sending him sprawling. Babidi's magic swiftly healing him, Dabura sneered down at his fallen opponent, mocking, "Are we having fun yet, huh?"
-I will not be afraid-
Gohan felt a grin come to his face as he replied, "The time of my LIFE!" As the last syllable was still leaving his lips he leapt up, flared into Super Saiyan, and launched a spin kick at the demon's head, just as Shin got close enough to Babidi to keep the wizard busy; the fight suddenly got a whole less one sided.
-I will not be afraid!-
"Hurry up Goten!" Trunks shouted at his partner in crime. "If we don't get there quickly we're gonna miss it!"
The two Super Saiyan kids were currently just off the coast of the island continent upon which South City, or what remained of it, was located on. It would have been a comical sight were anyone around, the orange douji-clad child flicking his legs around and shouting, "I don't wanna miss it! I don't wanna miss it! I don't wanna miss it!"
-I've done this on my own-
"Well hurry up then!" Trunks declared in annoyance.
"But Trunks," Goten began, having quickly calmed down, "Which way should we go? I mean, there's something going on over there," he pointed Westward, the direction they were flying, "but there's something big going on over that way," he pointed South.
-And I don't care what you do to me-
Pausing in the air, Trunks developed a sweat drop, before replying, "Uh... Well, we'll keep going the way we're going; it feels like it's closer, and this is the direction everyone was going before they started jumping around."
"Alright Trunks!" Goten agreed, yielding to the 'knowledge' of the older child, before the two blasted off again.
-I won't hand over what is mine-
About thirty seconds later, the airspace they had filled was again full of Saiyan children, though this time the children in question were not ascended. "Damn brats," Oran growled, turning to his sister and saying, "Come on, we need to pick it up if we're ever gonna catch 'em." With a nod, aura's flared into life around the two children as they sped up.
-I've done this for too long-
Shin and Babidi locked grasps, auras bursting into life around them as they focused their respective energies. In a direct contest of ki verses magic, the two forces cancelled each other out, but Shin would tire long before Babidi would, and both Kai and wizard knew this. Straining to overpower him, Shin growled, "It's over wizard!"
-To let you take it away from me-
Babidi grinned. "I wouldn't count on it Kai!" With a shout, rippled of crimson lightning travelled down his arms, shocking Shin into releasing him, and Babidi quickly followed that up with another blast of magical lightning, sending the Kai sprawling. Cackling gleefully, the sorcerer turned to his minion to lend some help, but he was cut off quickly as a ki blast of the Kai's forced him to raise his barrier, refocusing his attention on his opponent.
-It's too late to stop me 'cause I refuse to die-
Dabura and Gohan, for their part, were locked up as well, Dabura grinning to himself as he swung his opponent up and over his shoulders as he suplexed him. What the Demon King was not prepared for, however, was Gohan grasping his wrists and bending his legs enough to land on his feet, still latched on to him, before smirking and straightening up, launching Dabura across the valley.
-I haven't weakened just because I've shown my self-
Gohan grit his teeth; at this level, he couldn't defeat Dabura, not fast enough anyway. Clenching his fists, he began to power up, but before he could really start he was forced to dive out of the way of a deep red blast. "Not so fast mortal," Dabura sneered, his hand still extended from the shot, "I don't plan on giving you the chance to power up any further."
-I've taken everything, except everything what's for granted-
"What's the matter Dabura?" Gohan asked, staring his opponent down, "You afraid you'll get your ass handed to you if I power up?"
-I'll leave hypocrisy for everybody else-
"Foolish boy," Dabura replied standing a fair distance away on a decently sized cliff, "I fear no mortal. I am also not a moron. I know you have more power just lurking under the surface; I can smell it. However, seeing as how you'll never get the chance to use it, it's a non-issue."
"Are we going to stand around talking, or am I going to kick your ass?"
-I will not be afraid-
Dabura smirked, beckoning him with his hand. "You are free to try boy." With a nod, Gohan charged towards him, and Dabura flung out his other hand, shouting, "Sword!" The wicked blade that appeared in his hand was either a different sword, or a 'magic' sword, as it looked identical to the one Gohan had broken, except it was whole.
-I will not be afraid!-
As he got closer, Gohan fired a quick blast at Dabura's head, nothing too serious, just enough to daze him. He followed that up with a massive right hook when he got into range, the Demon King's head recoiling from the blow. Before he could get too far however Gohan grabbed his sword arm, fired a series of small blasts into his stomach at point blank range, before sending him flying to the side with a powerful backwards spinning kick, the demon's sword clattering to the ground as he flew away.
-I've done this on my own-
Gohan knew that wouldn't distract Dabura long enough for him to power up; after all, he could already see the Demon King righting himself in the air as he fell. He decided more drastic measures were in order. As the scattershot blasts began to rain in from the landing demon, Gohan somersaulted off the cliff side, grabbing hold of a large chunk of rock as he fell, and hurling it towards Dabura. As soon as he landed on his feet he began running, taking a flying leap after the rock and using it as a mobile shield.
-And I don't care what you do to me-
Dabura growled to himself as the boulder approached; whatever type of rock it was, it was too solid for his blasts to do more than chip it. Cutting off the series of blasts, he raised his arms to catch it, bracing his legs, and in this regard he was successful, stopping the rock cold. What he didn't prepare for, however, was the flying kick Gohan delivered to said rock as he came in for a landing.
-I won't hand over what is mine-
The Super Saiyan-sized kick broke Dabura's defences, and the giant rock slammed into him, shattering on impact. Before Dabura could recover Gohan rushed in, slamming him with a quick flurry of punches, before kneeing him in the stomach, and slamming him across the face with another punishing right hook. Satisfied Dabura was out of commission Gohan clenched his fists and spread his legs, focusing on bringing his energy to the surface, but again he was forced to dive out of the way, this time from a gout of flame.
Gohan sighed harshly in annoyance, "You are really getting on my nerves."
-I've done this for too long-
"What the blue hell is going on?" Videl asked in shocked wonder.
-To let you take it away from me-
"I dunno 'Del," Kat replied with a shrug.
-It's too late to stop me 'cause I refuse to die-
Pointing almost due South-West Yamcha supplied, "Goku and Vegeta are that way, either fighting either each other, or something powerful that can't be sensed," before shrugging, "Judging by what we saw earlier, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's most likely the former."
-I'm not a problem 'til you make one out of spite-
Pointing West-North-West, Raene added, "Gohan's over that way with Shin. I can't tell for the life of me what the Kai's fighting because it's ki level is low enough to be eclipsed by the others, but Gohan's opponent is strong; stronger than most of Earth's best. Still, Gohan's only at the first level."
-I'll give you hell and consequences for trying-
"He probably hasn't had a chance to power up," Chichi commented.
With a grin, Cherri replied, "You're exactly right Chichi. From the way things feel, he's tried a couple of times, but keeps getting cut off."
-You don't want an enemy-
"What about Phoenix and Roc?" Falcon asked; she really needed either of them to teach her this 'ki sensing' thing when this was over.
-DON'T FUCK WITH MY LIFE!-
April shrugged. "No idea. They were last over that way," she pointed to the Southwest, "but after a brief scuffle, they disappeared. I can't sense them anywhere, so either they're somewhere we can't detect, or they're dead."
-I will not be afraid-
Giving her a weird look, Hawk commented, "You're taking the news that they could be dead a lot better than I would have figured, given how much you care about them."
-I've done this on my own-
She shrugged. "It's not the first time we thought they might have died."
-I will not be afraid!-
An explosion rocked the wasteland, clouds of black smoke billowing out of the valley as several of the smaller spires crumbled. A battered Dabura flew out of the smoke, aiming to put some distance between himself and his opponent, but said opponent, the golden haired Gohan, was right on his tail. With a roar, Dabura launched a massive energy ball at the approaching Saiyan, but Gohan just calmly cut the blast in half, ironically using Dabura's own sword, recovered in the confusion.
-And I don't care what you do to me-
Winding up, Gohan flung the sword and a ki blast at the retreating demon, before phasing out. As the teen expected, Dabura darted around to avoid the two projectiles, and right into his trap. Phasing back in behind and above him, Gohan dropped down and kneed Dabura in the back, following it up with a powerful blast, rocketing the Demon King to the ground below.
-I won't hand over what is mine-
Diving out of the way of the plummeting demon, Shin ran in an arc around Babidi, firing a series of blasts at the stationary wizard, but they detonated harmlessly on his black magic shield. "Don't you just love an unfair playing field?" Babidi cackled. "I know I do!"
-I've done this for too long-
"You won't win Babidi!" Shin declared, staring down the wizard.
Babidi laughed. "I already am winning Kai!"
-To let you take it away from me-
Slowly circling him, the Supreme Kai stated, "Even if you succeed in resurrecting Majin Buu, you will fail just as your father did. Majin Buu is too strong for anyone to control; this is why your father sealed him away. One world, three, ten; sooner or later he will grow too strong for you to control, and you too will be forced to seal him away. Then, you will meet your own end, the same way your father did."
-It's too late to stop me 'cause I refuse to die-
"Please, Kai," Babidi replied derisively, "Is that your excuse for going after Buu yourself? You don't seem all that sorry."
-I've done this on my own-
"Sorry?" Shin grinned, "Why, I've never had this much fun." As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt like slapping himself. 'The Saiyans must be rubbing off on me.'
-And I don't care what you do to me-
"Good," the wizard drawled sarcastically, gathering his magic. "Then let's put an end, to all of this." With a start, Shin noticed several places on the ground were glowing red, and he quickly dove out of the way as, with a shout from the shrivelled wizard, the glowing circles exploded into pillars of fire, which, in turn, turned into fiery dragons that chased the Kai down. The dragons would have succeeded in barbequing the Kai, if not for a stray rock, caused by one of Gohan's explosive blasts, wiping all of them out.
-I won't hand over-
Gohan was getting frustrated, and when he got frustrated, he got angry; Dabura just would not give up! Growling, Gohan charged at him, shouting, "When are you gonna call it a day?" Dabura chose not to answer, powering up a blast and firing it towards the charging Saiyan. Hiding a smirk, Gohan leapt over the blast moments before it could strike him, the red blast exploding powerfully as it hit the ground.
-I won't hand over what is mine-
Rearing one hand back, Gohan focused a blast in his hand, enjoying the look of shock and horror on Dabura's face a little too much for it to be healthy, before his crouched legs made contact with the Demon King's chest, and he flung his hand forward, blasting the demon in the face at point blank. Temporarily blinded, Dabura roared in pain, focusing his evil will, before unleashing a powerful area detonation technique centred on himself, sending the Super Saiyan flying uncontrollably towards a nearby mountain.
-I've done this for too long-
Gohan climbed to his feet while the rocks dislodged by his landing were still falling towards the Earth; Dabura had handed him the perfect opportunity, and was too distracted this time to stop him. Clenching his fists, Gohan let out a rising shout, focusing his power to the fore, the raw energy bleeding off his form making the dislodged rocks float. The dark clouds gathering in the sky began to swirl around him, lightning raining around and striking the rocks around him, before with a final shout Gohan breached the barrier and flared into Super Saiyan Two.
-To let you take it away from me-
Before gravity could take hold again, Gohan leapt off the cliff side towards one of the larger slabs of rock, kicking off it to send it flying in Dabura's direction. The newly recovered demon growled as he watched the incoming chunk of rock, throwing his hands forward and gathering ki. With a roar, he fired a wave of energy, obliterating the rock completely, but kicking up a cloud of dust.
-It's too late to stop me 'cause I refuse-
This cloud provided the perfect cover. Speeding forward along the ground, using as little ki as possible to prevent detection, Gohan raced through the dust cloud, leaping over the tail end of Dabura's blast as he charged towards the demon. Dabura's eyes widened in shock as the gold-wreathed teen cleared the dust, his right fist glowing brightly, moments before said fist impacted his chest with sub-sonic force, the energy detonating on impact and sending the Demon King sprawling.
-I refuse to die-
A frown came to Gohan's face. This had gone on long enough, it was time to put an end to it. Unfortunately, before he could act, smoke - or maybe steam - began to blast out of the series of holes around the stand upon which Buu's ball rested. A massive smirk split Babidi's face. Gleefully, he shrieked, "Majin Buu is at full power!"
It was too late.
-I refuse to die!-
To be continued...
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Author's notes:
This is the first chapter of the first set of parallel chapters, if that makes sense. The next 2 chapters all happen in parallel to this one, so Majin Buu won't actually be hatched for another 3 chapters.