Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball, Dragonball Z or Dragonball GT in any way also I apologize for the really late update and all I can say is I hope this would make up for it.
Something Worth Fighting For
Majin Buu's Trump Card and Gohan's New Transformation
By EmperorDraco7
Why is Majin Buu doing this? He knows that he can take Gotenks down so what's he up to? Videl thought to herself while glancing at Super Buu, wondering what he was planning and why he's so eager to fight against Gotenks again.
Meanwhile both Goten and Trunks were a bit surprised that Buu doesn't want to fight Gohan but rather Gotenks, needless to say they remained serious. "What's wrong?" asked the pink monster with a grin on his face. "Don't tell me that you've become afraid to face me…."
Trunks wasn't happy with that remark but gave him a smirk. "Oh? I guess you don't remember when we were beating the stuffing out of you huh?" he reminded. "Plus we can do it again so don't think we're down for the count just yet."
"Is that so?" Buu began, not easily amused. "Then why don't you do your little fusion dance so we can get started?"
Goten looked determined. "I'm ready…. What about you Trunks? With Gohan at our side there's no way we can lose!"
"That's right! I'm tired of hearing that pink idiot run his mouth!" With that said, the two boys got into position so they can perform the Fusion Dance once again and to put Buu in his place once and for all. Then again, they had a score to settle with him anyway.
"Goten, Trunks…. Stand your ground for a moment" explained Piccolo; he was quite suspicious of the sudden interest in fighting Gotenks rather than Gohan. "I can sense some kind of deception."
"Yeah right Piccolo" said Trunks. "He's too stupid to deceive anyone; I bet he can't even spell deception."
"Let's do it!" Goten and Trunks made their way towards Buu, much to Gohan's dismay and concern.
"You two need to stay out of this, I'll handle Buu myself."
"No way Gohan!" exclaimed Goten, not liking what his older brother said. "We're really good! Besides you don't have to worry about a thing, you haven't seen me and Trunks in action yet especially since we're unbeatable once we perform the Fusion."
The two younger boys evened out their respective power levels before performing the Fusion Dance. Then in a flash of white light, Gotenks emerges and he was immediately in his Super Saiyan 3 stage while giving Buu the peace sign. Needless to say, Gohan was amazed by what Fusion is truly capable of. "So that's what a Fusion is like…."
Buu watched as he saw what had taken place. Perfect, now the fun begins… With the power of Gotenks and the mind of Piccolo, I'll be unstoppable.
"Well Majin Buu, you got what you've been asking for and now I'm back with a vengeance" grinned Gotenks, he was ready for another round at his opponent.
"I don't believe this…" Mr. Satan was shocked at what he saw. "First there were two kids and now there's one with blonde hair… What's going on here?" While this was happening, Videl looked at Buu and saw that he was grinning; the next thing that happened was she heard that Bee was barking at something. It was then that she saw that it's pink goo and it heading right for Gotenks.
"Gotenks watch out!" Videl yelled just as she pushed Gotenks out of the pink goo.
"Hey why did you do that Videl!" Gotenks yelled at her only to see what she had just did for him.
Gohan was the most horrified at what was happing to the woman he loved and could do one thing. That was to run and help her and once he did get to her Gohan could see the tear in her eyes. Videl was so afraid at what was going to happing to her she had only just seen her dad again and heard Gohan confessed that he loved her Bulma even sacrificed her life for her.
"Gohan help me!" She yelled with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry Videl I'll get you out!" Gohan yelled to her.
It was too late as the goo was now all around Videl's body the last thing Gohan heard her say was 'I love you Gohan' before the goo that she was in went to Buu. Unfortunately another set of goo was covering Piccolo, who was struggling to break free of it but to no avail and soon it went straight towards the pink monstrosity as well, leading to a transformation. Meanwhile, Mr. Satan witnessed what had happened to his daughter and he was becoming angry not to mention he was gritting his teeth with a desire to rip Buu apart even if he used to be his friend but just as he was about to go out there, Tien and Chaotzu keep him in place while shaking their heads.
At the Planet of the Kais, Goku along with Shin and Kibito were horrified at the transforming Majin Buu. Goku never thought that a monster like Buu would go this far as he hoped that Gohan would raise his power while both Shin and Kibito remained completely silent. Once his transformation was complete, Buu was now wearing Videl's long sleeved shirt with Piccolo's cape over it. Another thing he would notice was that he looks slightly more female in appearance now; needless to say he wasn't happy with this outcome at all as he wanted to absorb Gotenks not Videl. No matter, he has another plan on how to get the fused brat and become unstoppable.
"You bastard!" snapped Gohan, sending the now transformed Buu a hateful glance and clenching his fists yet his only response is a laugh.
"I have to admit, I was glad not to have eaten your girlfriend back at the lookout now she has the honor of becoming a part of me…." grinned Buu, as if hoping to piss Gohan off even further. "What's wrong? Is it something I said?"
Without a word, Gohan jetted off towards Buu once again and screamed while punching his opponent in the stomach. The pink creature tried to throw a barrage of punches and kicks at the Half-Saiyan only for his attacks to be blocked and countered by counter-attacks. No matter how hard he fought, he was no match for Gohan yet for some reason; nobody noticed that Buu wasn't fighting as hard as he did before. Then out of rage, Gohan caught Buu's arm and soon began to pull as hard as he could until eventually it was ripped off his body.
"Alright…. It's time we finish this once and for all!" snapped Gohan, kicking Buu hard into the ground without any form of mercy. However he saw that Buu was smiling despite being beaten up earlier and he had no idea why as Buu's arm regenerated. I don't get it… What's he smiling for? Come to think of it, how come he wasn't fighting at his best? He shook those thought out of his head and remember what he had to do. I may not know what he was up to but I have to defeat him!
Gotenks watched as Gohan flew down and fought against Buu once more, he wanted to do something to help but knew that it was Gohan's fight since Videl was absorbed by that monstrosity but he couldn't sit by and just watch especially since he had a while before the fusion ends. "Alright, let's go!" He said to himself while making his way towards the fight so he can help his brother in ending Buu's threat.
Little did Gohan and Gotenks know was that Buu has taken a glance at the latter's arrival and grinned before his severed arm changed into goo. Excellent… he thought to himself before firing a ki blast at the former, in which it was easily deflected away. "Now you're mine!"
Suddenly the goo surrounded Gotenks and this quickly got Gohan's attention. "Oh no!" he was shocked that Gotenks was being trapped inside of the goo that took Videl and Piccolo before he made his way towards Gotenks to try and save him. Regrettably he was unsuccessful as the goo liquefied and went back towards Buu, transforming him once again but this time making him stronger than he was before. "Dammit! How could I have let this happen?"
Buu, upon inspecting his new appearance which completely replaced Videl's shirt and Piccolo's cape with the vest of Gotenks as well as the fact that his antenna was now the same length as the hair of a Super Saiyan 3, was more than relieved to have finally absorbed the fused Saiyan just as he planned. "This is more like it…" he grinned before turning his eyes towards Gohan. "Now like you've said before, let's finish this once and for all!"
"Arrghh!" Gohan dropped to his knees in anguish and anger as memories of Videl, Piccolo and Gotenks flashed before his very eyes.
"Ah…. What's wrong Gohan? Did losing your family and friends make you completely speechless?" grinned Buu, noticing that his opponent was now trembling over the loss of more of his friends before using his newly extended antenna like a whip to leave a mark onto the ground. "Don't worry; I don't intend to absorb you…. After all I need a punching bag to test my new abilities."
Gohan's eyes opened with rage and hatred as Buu would witness that the Half-Saiyan's right fist sparked and his power-level was somehow increasing. Of course, he doubts that whatever Gohan had in store for him would help against his new power. Tien and Chaotzu could also feel it as they both knew it couldn't be good. "What's going on Tien?" asked Chaotzu in shock.
"I'm not sure…" answered Tien, he knew that they both hated watching but Buu was now stronger than he was before. "If Gohan needs our help, we'll be ready however I can sense something inside him…. Something that's about to snap."
As various memories of his family and friends rushed in the back of his mind, Gohan knew that this would be the final straw as sparks began to surround his entire body like if he was transforming into a Super Saiyan 2. Buu has gone too far and needed to be destroyed once and for all. Then after a few seconds to an entire minute, he let out a loud scream and his power-level began to increase, his anger finally exploding. "What the…" Buu was forced to cover his eyes as a flash of white light began to surround the entire area. It took more than a minute for the flash to fade away and smoke surrounded the two fighters. All Buu can do was growl as standing before him was a new-more powerful Gohan, who simply glared at his opponent with sparks of electricity surrounding him. "Well… It looks like you somehow became stronger… Just like I have…"
"How could you do this to them?" he snapped at the pink monstrosity, gritting his teeth as he saw Buu floating down to the ground.
"You really want to know don't you?" Buu began laughing. "Even though I'm interested in the extinction of every living thing on this planet, a good fighter knows his mental and physical limitations. However great fighters such as us can find a way around them…" He grinned as he remembered when he previously fought Gotenks. "The moment I felt your power before, I knew I was beaten then I realized something…. If I could absorb Piccolo and Gotenks and their powers, I will become an unstoppable force that nobody on worthless planet would ever defeat. Though I never would have expected to also absorb someone you were recently in love with nor did I expect that you would become stronger than you already were." His grin faded into a scowl, knowing he had a while before the Fusion ends. "Of course, another factor is time…. The two boys were useless to me individually however together; they have the strength to make me invincible so that was why I waited the full hour until they were able to use their precious fusion trick of theirs again then I all needed to do was to make them angry enough to do so but now that the two of us are stronger than ever…. Let's see who is superior…"
"You know…." said Gohan a darkened tone, clenching his fists while fueled with a single objective. "You've made a huge mistake in not absorbing me instead… Now I'm going to make sure you don't threaten anyone ever again! Also since you have Piccolo's brain then you should know that you have 30 minutes before the fusion ends."
Needless to say, Buu found himself amused by this threat. "Is that so? I don't need to 30 minutes to kill you. After all, what is the point of having this strength if you have nothing to test it on? Then once you're done, I'll be free to take out your remaining friends but I hope that you won't disappoint me with your new strength as I don't intend to do the same as I have the power of Gotenks and the mind of Piccolo."
Both fighters got into their fighting stances and the others watched from a far, while Tien, Chaotzu and Dende were amazed by how stronger Gohan became, they wondered if it is going to be enough to defeat Buu since he too had become stronger. Mr. Satan didn't know what to say as he held onto Bee firmly, though he personally blamed Gohan for what had happened to Videl and he hopes that he better not lose this battle.
Eventually, the two finally charged at each other and started their battle. They went all out, not wanting to hold anything back as they wanted to take the other opponent down once and for all. Despite this, they were evenly matched in power as well as in speed though to them, it wouldn't be enough to change the outcome of this fight. "Incredible… Just look at them go all out…" muttered Dende in disbelief. Meanwhile Tien and Chaotzu remained silent as the fighting continued; both Gohan and Buu kept taking a beating from each other but were still able to battle. Soon Gohan punched his opponent in the stomach then grabs the leg left before throwing him to the ground.
Upon flying towards where Buu crashed, he noticed a pink beam coming towards him and deflected it away. "You have to do better than that!" he growled, landing on the ground below. It was then that Buu fired a powerful ki blast at Gohan and watched him dodge the attack. Once at each other's sights, they fired a ki blast at the other opponent and watched as the attacks collided; beginning a struggle to see which attack would overpower the other until they created a powerful explosion. Gohan covered his eyes to prevent from going blind but was suddenly hit to the ground by Buu from behind. Afterwards, the pink creature rolled into a ball flew down towards the Half-Saiyan at top speed and seeing the fighter jump out of the way. They then flew at each other and kicked the other opponent in the face at the same time. They found themselves truly evenly matched as they landed on the ground. "He has gotten stronger than before… I can't give up though, there's no way I'm going to let him win!"
"That was impressive… " said Super Buu, wiping a small amount of blood from his mouth. "Why don't we try this again…"
Mr. Satan quickly made his way towards where Dende, Tien and Chaotzu were standing and said. "Where are the army guys? What was with those explosions?"
"You don't get it do you?" snapped Tien. "Everyone on this planet had been killed by Buu and we're all that's left! Gohan is currently fighting him for the sake of the entire universe!"
"So those explosions we saw… Came from those two guys? They don't look like they taken a single punch. Do you think Buu will come after me?"
Dende nodded his head and replied. "He will if you are a strong fighter…."
"Don't you know who I am?" yelled Mr. Satan, annoyed by the answer he was just given. "I'm Mr. Satan, Martial Arts Champion and Savior of the Earth! Besides, I have a fan club!"
Dende found the black-haired human's reaction slightly amusing though he didn't want to make him angrier. "Well… I'm sure they'll be looking for you."
Gohan glanced at Buu, even with their new powers they can't defeat each other. Fortunately for the former, the latter has less than 30 minutes before Gotenks' fusion ends and it would give the Half-Saiyan the chance he needs to finally defeat Buu. However, he's worried about Goten, Trunks, Piccolo and Videl as they would die if he kills the pink monstrosity but if he doesn't kill him then the entire universe would be destroyed. "I must admit, I thought that I would have the advantage over you once having absorbed Piccolo and Gotenks" he told the black-haired fighter with a serious expression on his face. "Now I'm not sure anymore however, I have yet to use the abilities I've learned from them."
"Is that so?" smirked Gohan, he was calm as he went into his fighting stance once again and Buu did the same. "We'll just have to see how you use my friends' abilities!"
"We shall see indeed, then again… your brother and girlfriend are actually wondering why you let me take them."
Gohan flew at him and tried to kick him only for his leg to be caught, he tried to use his other leg yet Buu managed to grab hold of that as well. "Piccolo is disappointed…. He thought you were smarter than that" he said, unimpressed as Gohan fired a small ki blast at him and moved his head to the left before retaliating with his antenna strangling the Half-Saiyan. "Trunks thinks you're a cowardly deserter just like your father…."
"No…. I'm not!" Gohan's rage exploded once again, the sparks shocked Buu enough to force him to let go and for Gohan to respond by punching him in the face multiple times the finishing it off with a kick to the stomach. "You're going to regret taking my friends and loved one!"
Buu wasn't ready to accept defeat as he fired a powerful Ki Blast straight at Gohan. It soon hit the ground and a pink explosion was formed, forcing Dende and the others to shield themselves from the blast. Meanwhile Buu grinned as he saw nothing but smoke in the area, thinking he had finally put that boy out of his miserly though he fired a blue ki blast just to be on the safe side. "I know you are not dead Gohan! Come out and face me!" However as soon as he said that, the next thing he knew was Gohan appearing before him at very fast speed and punched him hard in stomach. "I… Impossible!" he choked before being punched three more times until getting kicked straight down to the ground.
"Looks like I'm the one disappointed this time…." frowned Gohan, witnessing Buu getting up with a super pissed off look on his face. Without another word, he flew at the pink monster and the fighting raged on.
"This is insane!" exclaimed Tien, he was focusing on how the battle was turning out and he never dreamed on it being this intense. "Even though Buu has Piccolo's mind and Gotenks' power, Gohan is still able to hold his own…. Let's hope it would be enough."
Remaining silent, Chaotzu slowly nodded his head and just watched. He and Tien might not have to help Gohan after all but will do so should anything bad happen in the fight that still endured. Soon Gohan was hit in the face by Buu and then sent crashing into the ground. Though the Half-Saiyan rose from the ground and mentally cursed his opponent before seeing the creature performing a familiar technique… One that he had seen Piccolo use in previous battles. "Oh no…." his eyes widen in horror as Buu fired the completed Special Beam Cannon at Gohan, forcing the black-haired fighter to block it and to be consumed by the blast.
"Oh no Gohan!" yelled Dende, seeing the area his friend was in get covered in smoke and hoped that he had survived it while Mr. Satan cowered in fear. Luckily, Gohan did survive the attack and he had taken some serious damaged from it but was still able to keep fighting.
"Hehehehehe…." Laughed Super Buu, floating down to where Gohan stood. "Now that felt like a Piccolo technique… I didn't think the Special Beam Cannon would be this powerful nor did I expect you to survive it. Then again, it has gotten this power now that it came from me…"
"Damn you!"
"Still… You have survived now I hope you won't disappoint your friends again for not being able to defeat me and avenge them."
This was all Gohan could take as he fought Buu once more, both of them threw punches and kicks at each other though they were able to defend against some of the attacks while the others hit them dead on. "I have the greatest powers in the universe!" he snapped, grabbing Gohan's arm and throwing him away before sending a punch to his face via extending his entire arm. "I will use those powers to kill you!" He then decides to use another attack, one that was used against him by Gotenks. He breathed in deeply and then exhaled a Ghost resembling himself, which started cackling upon its creation.
"Aaah!" screamed Mr. Satan in shock. "Did you see that? He just created some kind of Mini-Buu! What is that?"
Dende scowled before replying. "How should I know…"
Without saying anything, he sent the Ghost at Gohan and grinned as it chased after the Half-Saiyan, who soon began firing ki blasts at it but to know avail. However as soon as Gohan attacked it with a single chop, it glowed and exploded. He was barely able to survive it. "What the hell was that thing?" he asked himself, regaining his balance in the air before hearing Buu's laugh.
"You have Gotenks to thank for that attack… My little Super Ghosts can shoot all the attacks at you but you are making this harder on yourself."
"There is no end for me Buu…" replied the surviving Z-Fighter, remembering his last talk with his father before his return to Earth. "You can use my friends moves against me but I will keep coming!"
"We shall see about that…."
Back at the Planet of the Kais, Goku was witnessing what was going on along with Shin and Kibito. They were worried that if Gohan doesn't defeat Buu soon, their fighting could end up destroying the Earth completely. "Gohan…. Don't give up" muttered Goku through gritted teeth. "You can still win this." However, from the look of both fighters, they look exhausted.
"From the looks of it… I'd say that it would only be a matter of time before things take a turn for the worse Goku…" explained the Old Kai. "However there is a way for us to help Gohan… We can send you down to Earth."
"What?" wondered Goku with a look of disbelief on his face. "I can't return to Earth, don't you see the Halo above my head?"
Shin stepped in and added. "He's right… In his current state, he won't be able to go to Earth ever again…"
"Don't you think I know that?" asked Old Kai with a serious expression before a small smile formed on his face. "I will give you the life that's left inside of me… Then you will be able to go back to Earth to help your son."
"Wait… What?" Goku was shocked at what he was hearing. "You're going to give up your life for me?"
Kibito also heard but he wasn't happy about it. "Elder! You can't just offer up your life to handle a single situation!"
"As usual, you're missing the bigger picture… Once Majin Buu is done with Earth, he will come here." Kibito didn't show it due to his shock but Old Kai was right as if Buu was to win, then he will destroy all of Other World along with the rest of the universe.
"If that is true then let me give up my life!" yelled Shin, he didn't want to let the Old Kai go through with what he was planning to do and Kibito tried to protest to his Master's intention as well. "Majin Buu has been my enemy to destroy since Bibidi was still alive a thousand years ago and repeatedly I failed! You have to let me pay my own debt!"
Old Kai found himself amused. "You're ambitious but also too hard on yourself" he said softly. "Let the old men sacrifice their lives so that the young ones can live." Shin was in tears at those words.
"You're too kind…" whispered Goku, he couldn't believe it as well as Old Kai sat down in front of him.
"I'll see you later…." With those words said, he felt his own life disappearing as he fell to the ground. Kibito, Shin and Goku are saddened by this as the Saiyan's Halo disappeared as a sign that he had been brought back to life.
"Goodbye Old Kai…." He said to the now lifeless Old Kai, lowering his head. "Thank you… I promise that I won't like this go to waste…"
"THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" snapped an impatient the Old Kai, getting up from where he died. "You're all standing there like fools when you're supposed to be saving the universe!"
Goku smiled and laughed nervously before replying with a serious look as he prepared to use his Instant Transmission technique. "Alright, I'm gone!"
"Hold on one second!" interrupted Old Kai, keeping Goku from leaving for Earth. "What you're doing is noble but do you have any plan to defeat Majin Buu? I hate to say this but even you will be unable to defeat him by yourself…."
"Oh great…" Goku began thinking about what he should do when he returns to Earth to help Gohan. "What if I was to do a Fusion with Gohan? That way, we'll be bound to win!"
"Fusion huh?" said Old Kai, he still had a bit of doubt about Goku's idea. "You mean like the one those kids were using earlier? Do you really think Majin Buu would wait for you two to practice until you get it right? I don't think so…"
"I don't understand…" Goku didn't like where this is going. "Why did you give up your life if you didn't think that there is a way to beat him?"
Old Kai chuckled a bit and said. "Try these on!" He took off the earrings that he was wearing and showed them to Goku. "Snap one of them onto your left ear…"
"Huh?" wondered Kibito. "What would dressing him like a Kai accomplish?"
"Quiet!" he hissed as Goku placed one of the earrings onto his left ear like he was told to do while wondering what he was planning. "It's time you learned… "
"Is this supposed to make me feel stronger?" questioned Goku, still feeling the same way he did before. "So far I don't feel any different."
"Now simply have Gohan snap the remaining earring onto his right ear… It will immediately merge your bodies together and make you much stronger…" grinned Old Kai. "My type of Fusion."
A/N: Well here it is after how many months… I lost count due to having real life stuff getting in the way also I hope I did the fight between Gohan and Super Buu done as well as apologize for not having this updated sooner and for any grammar mistakes I made in writing this. *Thank God I finally updated this story.* Again, sorry for the very long wait but keep in mind…. The next chapter will not only have the return of Goku but also the appearance of another ally *evil grin*.