Disclaimer: See the first chapter of the story because I don't want to repeat myself every time. I will say that TheDarkPokeMaster owns the character Shamano though and the race he is from as well.
Something worth Fighting For
Deadly Vision
By EmperorDraco7
Gohan was quite surprised to see his dad and shockingly Vegeta of all people having arrived within Super Buu's body, though he knew that there was no time for a reunion or to ask how Vegeta is back but had to guess that Baba might have given the Saiyan Prince a day to help out. "Dad, Vegeta… how did you manage to get here?" he asked, going back to defending himself from the fake Videl's ferocious assault.
"It's a long story and man it wasn't pleasant either" explained Goku, unable to finish his sentence due to the fake Gotenks and fake Piccolo seeing the two full-blooded Saiyans as targets then started attacking them... forcing them to split up in order to defend themselves as well. "What the?!"
"Be careful, these guys are imposters… somehow Majin Buu was able to create them inside his own body" Gohan warned Goku and Vegeta while performing a roundhouse on the fake Videl. "Trust me; they're also tough to beat too …"
"Now you tell us?!" scowled Vegeta, going into his Super Saiyan form and Goku followed his lead in order to give the two a better chance in beating their opponents though it was then that Gohan had realized something.
"Wait a minute, if you two are in here with me then who's fighting Majin Buu?" he asked, as he had a grim thought of the possibility of Buu being left unchallenged with the remaining Z-Fighters being wiped out and the Earth with it. "Great, we really need to get this over with fast!"
Nodding in agreement with his son, Goku proved to be more than capable of fighting the fake Gotenks with all his might. "Gohan's right, from the look of your eyes… I can tell you're not Gotenks!" he said, before being hit by a lucky punch to the face. "Still, you punch like him… so be it you fake."
The imposter remained silent, waiting for Goku to get back up so the fight can continue and so it does with Saiyan Warrior able to land a kick to knock his opponent to the ground, causing it to flicker between solid and transparent state for a few seconds.
As this was going on Shamano was busy keep Buu busy, but this was proving to be that much harder then he first thought it would be. "Well I really am rusty at this." He thought as Majin Buu punched him right in the face sending the Old Alien crashing to the ground. "Not only that but he or she should I say is a girl." He said with a laugh and this was something that Buu heard very well not liking being mocked that he was in fact part girl now thanks to absorbing Videl.
"Shut up! How dare you mock me I'm Majin Buu?" The pink monster yelled as he dived down at high speed with his fists at the ready to end this kid's life. "Now you die." Majin Buu yelled in anger as he, nose dived to the ground.
Shamano on the other hand just looked up to see the angry face that Buu had. "Oh Shit! Not good now I've really pissed him off." He said with a nervous grin on his face as he rolled to his left before jumping back on to his feet just as Buu smashed the ground where he was just moments ago.
As dust and rocks flew into the air Shamano also took to the sky as he tried to see where Majin Buu was hiding. "Come on you ugly pink freak where are you hiding." He said silently with his eyes gazing all around the area.
"I'm right behind you fool!" A voice yelled from behind as he just looked behind only for Majin Buu to kick him right between the legs.
Everyone that was watching this could on cringe at this and at the pain that this fighter was in, knowing that that had to hurt like hell, while Buu on the other hand was just laughing with delight as he proceeded to punch this fool in the face. "Well how do you like that?" Buu asked as he used his antenna and wrapped it around Shamano's neck.
Shamano struggled to break free from the grip that Buu had on his neck, unfortunately it wasn't so easy, especially with the pink creature soon proceeding with punching the new warrior in the stomach repeatedly.
Not too far from the area, Tien and the other surviving Z-Fighters watched as their mysterious ally began coughing up blood the more Super Buu punched his stomach and knew that if this kept up, he won't be lasting much longer. "Dammit, it doesn't look good…" he growled, curling his hand into a fight. "We need do something and fast."
"What can we do? Buu's simply too powerful for us to take on directly" explained Chiaotzu, though deep down… he felt that they wouldn't have much of a choice but to fight since once the one known as Shamano was beaten, nothing would stop Buu from destroying the Earth.
"We really don't have many options do we, looks like we're going to have to help out and besides, that monster killed my niece and my sister" growled Android 17, going towards where the two fighters were located, getting ready for some revenge.
"Oh for…" muttered Tien, joining the former bad guy in taking the fight to Buu since he could get himself killed again and the others landed next to Dende and Mr. Satan in order to try and keep them safe cause if Dende dies, the Dragonballs will be useless and nobody will be brought back to life.
"Power Blitz!"
"Tri-Beam!"
The two attacks just headed right towards Majin Buu who just simple back handed the two attacks away with no trouble at all before looking over at the two with an evil grin on his face. "Don't worry once I'm done with this fool you two shall be next." Buu said as he looked at 17 and smiled even more. "But don't worry at least you shall be reunited with your sister and niece again." He said smirking even more than before as he went back to attack Shamano.
When Buu looked back Shamano took this as a chance and head butted the pink monster before using his free hand and gave a right hook punch to Buu's face, but Buu made sure to hold his antenna around his neck.
As this was going on Kibito Kai and Old Kai were watching the fight that was taken place on Earth. "Well things aren't looking so good for this fighter." Kibito Kai said with a frown on his face as he looked to see that he was trying to get free with the remaining fighters trying to help.
"You don't say, unfortunately the others aren't powerful enough to stop Majin Buu… at least, unless Goku, Vegeta and Gohan end their fight sooner and rescue Videl and the others" said the Old Kai with the crystal ball's vision changing to that of Goku, Gohan and Vegeta fighting against the fake Videl, the fake Gotenks and the fake Piccolo.
"Man, would you look at that… just how strong are those fakes anyway?" wondered Shin, he never could have believed that the imposters were able to hold their own against the three Saiyan Warriors and had a bad feeling that their true power may be shown.
"What bothers me is that the fake Videl shouldn't be this strong, especially from what I remember of Satan's daughter, while she is much stronger than her own father, she was beaten at the World Martial Arts Tournament by Spovovich…" Old Kai could see that there was something wrong with the picture when it came to the fake Videl.
"Well we know little about her birth mother." Shin said looking at Old Kai as he wanted an answer. "Or maybe she has some kind of power in her without her even knowing it."
Old Kai on the other hand just remained silent still as he kept watching what was going on inside of Buu's head.
Remaining silent, Shin turned his attention back towards the crystal ball and hoped with every inch of his soul that Goku, Gohan and Vegeta would prevail against their current opponents fast.
Speaking of which, the three Saiyans while they were ready to make this a more even fight, they were surprised by the fact that the fakes of their three captured friends were capable of putting up a good fight.
"Well this is just great how are we going to beat them?" Goku asked, looking at the fakes as each one looked ready to fight once again but knew that it would be harder.
"I think we all know that Kakarot but they are still fakes and we shall not lose to them!" Vegeta yelled as he went charging at the fake 'Piccolo,' who just looked at the Saiyan prince without any fear on his face ready to take Vegeta on again.
It was the same with 'Videl' and 'Gotenks' as they too went on the attack each one not even tried from fighting the three Saiyans. "There has to be a way to beat them, the only question is how…" Gohan muttered to himself, while bringing up his defense when the fake resembling his girlfriend. "This just isn't right, Videl is strong but not this strong…"
Goku on the other-hand had to take on the fake Gotenks and he mentally cursed on how strong they are seeing as he needed to take this to the next level, especially as the fake stopped for a moment then prepared for what he thought he would never see up close… a transformation to the Super Saiyan 3 level.
"Oh great, just my luck…" muttered Goku with a scowl, realizing that he needed to even the odds if he is to win so he decided that he should go into his Super Saiyan 3 level in order to do so. "Aaaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh!"
"Dad we need to keep it low Buu may not know we are still free from him." Gohan said looking over at 'Videl' as he got ready to attack her, but reminded himself that this was not Videl just a 'fake' version of her.
He already knew he had no idea on how he was going to beat her but knew that he didn't have to hold back. "Here she comes again…" he muttered to himself, going head-on against his opponent once again on even ground since he would need to find an opening in the fake's defenses for him to strike at.
"Dammit!" cursed Vegeta, having problems of his own against the fake Piccolo, who prepared to use a powerful Hellzone Grenade to trap the Saiyan Prince despite the opponent being in his Super Saiyan form. "Don't think for a second you will win, I am the Prince of all Saiyan!"
'Piccolo' didn't even flinch at the comment and remained completely silent while continuing with the technique, believing that there would be no way for Vegeta to escape from this.
"Damn it all, how the hell can we beat them?" Vegeta wondered as the three fighters all were back to back now as they looked at the ones they had been fighting.
"Well this doesn't look at all good for us." Goku said as he looked at 'Piccolo,' 'Gotenks and 'Videl' all of whom were ready to move in for the kill.
Yet without any warning just as both 'Gotenks' and 'Piccolo' were changing their attack to kill the three Saiyan fighters all three thoughts suddenly change right in front on them starting with 'Piccolo' then 'Gotenks' and lastly 'Videl.'
What the Saiyans saw was the three fakes had just changed into Devil Cakes, causing them to be confused by what happened. "Huh? Please tell me that I'm just imagining what I saw" muttered Gohan, finding it completely strange that the fakes were now food.
"I wish I could, I'm finding it hard to believe myself…" added Goku, just as dumbfounded as his son was, even Vegeta was currently at a loss for words. "Look at them all, they're cake now!"
"Yes, I can see that!" snapped the Saiyan Prince, wondering if it was some kind of joke that was being played on them while watching from the crystal ball, Shin and the Old Kai knew what it meant.
"WHAT?! Is this good or bad?!" wondered the younger Kai, not completely sure of what to think of this sudden turn of events though the elder one had a grin on his face that would soon be noticed.
"Sir what could have done this I thought Buu was fighting that stranger." Shin said trying to work this out but he soon heard the Old Kai laughing. "Sir, please tell me what's going on as you must know something that I don't."
Still laughing all Old Kai did was just look over at Shin with a large smile on his face then spoke. "Can't you tell something is making Buu think of Cake."
"I can see that, but the only question is what?" asked Shin, seeing the crystal ball's image changing to something happening on Earth, at least to where they last left off back when Super Buu was strangling Shamano while punching his stomach and both Tien and Android 17 tried to get involved.
"Just watch and you'll see what happens that led to him thinking about cake in the first place" explained the Old Kai, wanting Shin to watch careful as the rest of the events on the Earth is taking place.
It was then Shin saw some Devil cakes being thrown at Buu by this strange fighter. "You see Buu is so distracted by those Cakes he can't keep his thoughts together." He said as he just laughed at seeing Buu eat the cakes that were being thrown at him.
Shin just nodded as he watched still confused just a little and wondered if they still had hopes in getting rid of Buu for good. "I must say this fighter is smart but he seems weak if you ask me elder." Shin said who just looked at the young teen.
"What more how did he survive Buu's attack it killed the entire human race on Earth." Shin said Old Kai just hit him over the head.
"Don't you pay attention to anything you fool?" Old Kai yelled in ager as he once again hit Shin over the head before looking back to see what was going on Earth.
In fact, Shamano was able to break free from Super Buu's grasp and used this as his chance to recover a bit before planning out his next move. "That was a close one…" he said to himself, glad he was able to get those Devil Cakes before he arrived to try and take this opponent down.
"What was that all about?" asked Tien, having no idea on how and when the mysterious fighter was able to get the food in the first place but at least the pink creature was distracted for the time being so they can go over to the fighter.
"Got it!" They flew down to the ground, not too far away from the exact area that Shamano was trying to catch his breathe and while he is quite powerful, they saw that he was somehow unable to beat Buu by himself.
"Hey you!" Tien called out to Shamano, in an attempt to get his attention as the two wanted answers as to who he was and where he came from as they never sent any distress calls out into space nor did they make contact with King Kai.
"Oh hello love to talk but as you can see." He stopped as he pointed over to Buu who was busy eating the cake that he had brought. "After all we need to some that Pink monster first then we can talk. Well if we can rusty at this a little."
With that all the others fighters that were there just looked over at Buu who was still eating his cake all the while the Pink monster just smiled. "For now we need to think on what we are going to do, if not well we can just kiss our butts goodbye as we shall be killed and most likely eaten by Buu."
"Yeah but what can we do?" Tien asked as they saw Buu was still busy at least for now that is and remembering that even with all of them together, they are unable to beat that monster no matter what they do.
In the meanwhile, Mr. Satan who was previously knocked out by the smell that came from when Super Buu had to use the bathroom earlier, was starting to wake up and wondered what had just happened. "Where's Buu?" he asked, looking to see if he was still in the area while performing some fighting moves. "That toxic gas can't finish me off!"
He stopped the moment he saw Buu eating the Devil Cakes that Shamano had used to get himself free. "Okay, what exactly is he doing?" he wondered once more while being confused but decided not to take any chances as he grabbed Bee and went to hide someplace safe.
"Remind me again why we are protecting that idiot?" scowled Zangya, having not forgotten who Mr. Satan was and was having an annoyed expression on her face since he wasn't very powerful to begin with despite being a master of martial arts "I can understand the young Namekian as you've explained that without him, the Dragonballs won't be around anymore."
"I can see that the Bojack gang hasn't change I see." Shamano said as he looked over at Zangya who just blinked a little at this man.
"You know him?" Tien asked as he still didn't trust Zangya since she may end up stabbing them all in the back and he was going to make sure to keep an eye on her for the time.
"Yes, unfortunately, you see I helped the Kais beat Bojack and his thugs but I only played a little part it was the Kais that imprisoned him and his gang to begin with…" answered Shamano, shocking everyone in the area almost instantly… especially Zangya herself.
"Wait, now I remember you… Shamano, was it?" Zangya gave the Trimonight a scowl as her memory of being beaten by him thousands of years ago flashed before very eyes and anger soon formed in them afterwards. "What brings you here? I thought your race usually stays out of events that happen in the worlds."
"Well let's just say King Kai called me in to help I did say no at first since this is all you own doing not mine." He said crossing his arms which Tien didn't all to like.
"Yeah and what's that meant to mean anyway?" The Z fighter said not liking this person to much already.
"Right now, I'm not in the mood to talk about it… especially as we have an even bigger problem to deal with right now" explained Shamano, knowing that once Super Buu has finished eating the Devil Cakes, he will come after them again. "We need to do something if this planet is to be saved."
Zangya simply glared at the alien who came to help them and mentally commented that she'll have to deal with him later as in a way, he did have a good point. "Very well but don't think you're off the hook." She warned him.
Back inside Super Buu's body, the three Saiyans were still dumbfounded by the event that had happened, especially as the fakes had changed into cakes all of a sudden, not that they were complaining.
"Well we better get going before they change back." Gohan said as he ran knowing that Videl had to be close and he would free the woman he loved but he more or less wanted to know what the thought form was so powerful maybe Old Kai or Shin could tell him.
With that said the three just began to make their throw Buu's head only for them to find cobwebs inside Buu's head, as they tried to make their way throw them.
As the three fighters continued to walk Goku wanted just looked over at Gohan and saw that he really wanted to save Videl and couldn't help but smile at this. "You must really love her son." Goku said with a smile as Gohan just looked over at his father and nodded.
"Your right father I do, and I'm going to make sure that nothing happens to her." Gohan said with a firm voice.
With that said they kept going on their search for their absorbed friends, knowing that they can't waste anymore time inside of Super Buu and as they reached the monster's mind, Vegeta eventually took notice to something up ahead. "Gohan! Kakarot! Heads up!" he called out to them in order to get their attention. "Over here, take a look."
Following Vegeta in the direction he went, both Goku and Gohan would be somewhat shocked when they saw what he had just found but at the same time, they were a bit relieved to see that it was none other than Videl, sealed in some kind of strange pink pod. "Videl!" Gohan quickly made his way towards the girl he loved and checked to see if she was alright despite her eyes being closed. "She's alive, I'm sorry… this is all my fault, I should have killed Buu when I had the chance but don't worry, I'm getting you out of here."
"Hey, check it out! There's more…" came Goku's voice, causing Gohan and Vegeta to turn their heads to see that Goten, Trunks and Piccolo were trapped inside similar pods much to the dismay of the Saiyan Warriors. "Piccolo, Goten and Trunks! I don't believe it, we did it! We finally found them!"
"Well what are you two fools waiting for, go check on them?" Vegeta said looking over at Gohan and Goku with a frown on his face.
The two just nodded as Goku went over to Piccolo and like with Videl he too was alright, which made Goku smile happy that his friend was alright. "Alright now all we need to do now is get them out of here." Vegeta said calmly looking around the inside of Buu's head.
Gohan nodded at this knowing he didn't need to be told twice but just looked at Videl wondering how he was going to get her out. "Alright then let's just get them out of the pods." Gohan said as he moved closer to Videl.
With that in mind, Gohan silently let out a small but powerful Ki blast to free his girlfriend's pod from it's bondage to Super Buu's mind and Vegeta, did the same with the pod that contained Trunks. "Maybe instead of sitting around Kakarot, you can help us out!" suggested the Saiyan, gesturing for Goku to join in on the harvest.
Remaining quiet, Goku soon proceeded to blast Goten's pod from its spot and on the outside, Buu was just finished eating his yummy cakes when he suddenly felt a sudden transformation that changed him to his more male form but somehow retained Piccolo's cape. "Huh?" he wondered, not knowing at first what was going on as he is starting to feel completely funny.
Back inside, Goku pulled with all his might until he was able to rip Piccolo's pod off of its former place, resulting in Super Buu reverting back to his normal state and on the ground, the surviving Z-Fighters and Shamano can sense that the monster's power level has decreased drastically which while it was somehow a blessing, they had no idea on what was really happening. "What have they done… those damn fools…" growled Buu, hatred filling his eyes as he found out what's responsible for this change of appearance to his body. "I'll kill them!" with that Buu headed somewhere where he knew that the remaining fighters couldn't bother him.
"Hey Gohan you feel that Buu's power has gone right down." Goku said with a big grin on his face.
"Yeah, we might have a chance now of beating him once and for all." Gohan said with a smile, and he just hopped that Buu didn't true to absorb them again.
Yet while this was going on Vegeta had found something inside Super Buu which confused him and his follow two Saiyan. "Hey Kakarot come and look at this." Vegeta said as Goku came over and like Vegeta was shocked at what he was seeing.
"What its Buu but how?" Goku asked looking at the very first form of Buu that they had seen the one that had acted like a child seeing this was just too confusing for Goku as Gohan came over as well while holding the pods.
"No way..." began Gohan in disbelief, even he couldn't believe that this was the exact same Buu that beat him before back on Earth, then again things were different now and then again, there isn't any way for him to absorb himself.
Unfortunately, the three weren't going to be given a break as Super Buu landed on a nearby cliff and decided that he was going to deal with them once and for all… Especially as he didn't want anymore interruptions for when he destroys the Earth, forming himself within the depths of his own mind in order to achieve that goal.
"So what should we do with this Buu then?" Goku asked as he simple looked at the Fat version of Buu, still not sure on what he should do.
Vegeta just simple gave a huff at this not really caring what would be done with this Buu. "Come on we should just leave." Vegeta said with a huff as the Saiyan prince crossed his arms over his chest.
Yet Goku was not so sure what to do, as he just looked over at the first Buu and just tilted his head. "I'm not sure." Goku said thinking this over as he looked over to Gohan. "What do you think Gohan I mean should we just leave him here?" he asked his son.
"We still need to figure out why this form of Buu would even be trapped inside of the current form for starters" answered Gohan, frowning at this sudden twist in this whole experience. "Then again, Mr. Satan was friends with this Buu and it wouldn't feel right if we just leave him behind."
"You got to be kidding me!" snapped Vegeta, starting to get a bit pissed at the event thought of that idiot having befriend with Majin Buu in the first place and hadn't already been killed for his stupidity. "If I recall, this is the same form that proved to be too powerful for you and myself to even beat!"
"I understand that, still things have changed so what else should we do?" wondered Gohan, giving the Saiyan prince for the first time since returning to Earth from Namek when he commented on how his father supposedly died when the Namekian's' original home planet was destroyed during the conflict with Frieza years ago.
"Fine the do whatever you want but if that thing starts killing you and your girlfriend then don't blame me brat." Vegeta said as he just walked away from the two Saiyans.
Yet the three didn't notice that they were being watched and unfortunately, the image would slowly take on a familiar face as the Saiyans were just about ready to rip the fat Buu from his spot. "Don't you dare touch him!" he yelled, catching their attention and shocking them even more to see two Majin Buu's.
"No way!" growled Gohan, though not wanting to believe that Super Buu was now inside of himself and was emerging right in front of the three fighters to boot. "Hey ugly, how can you be in two places at once and in your own body to boot?"
"The real question is why you three haven't been absorbed yet?" Buu said calmly before yelling at the three. "And how dare you mess with my people pods!" He yelled as he began to power up making all three Saiyans cover their eyes.
"I think we are in trouble now Kakarot." Vegeta said while still keeping an eye on Majin Buu.
"Well we need to hurry up and stop Buu before he does something to us after all I doubt that we can beat this Buu since we are inside on his head." Gohan said as he looked over at Buu who was just smiling.
"Well it looks like you are a lot smarter than those two fools." Buu said with a smile as he looked over at Goku and Vegeta.
"We need to get out of Buu and fast." Gohan said as he kept his eye on Majin Buu while the two full blooded just began to ague.
"Well now look Vegeta if you had just kept the ear ring and placed it in your pocket, then would could've have just fused again but no you had to crush it in your hands." Goku said. as he looked over at Vegeta and who just gave a huff.
Buu on the other hand just laughed. "I see so the two of you can't join bodies anymore, well this will just make it more fun and easier for me then won't it."
"Nice work Kakarot is there anything else you'd like to tell him!" Vegeta yelled at Goku who just looked over at Vegeta with a sorry expiration on his face for the mistake he just made.
"You idiots you three are now all mine!" Buu yelled as he went rushing over to the three Saiyan as he gave a smile, while Goku and Vegeta powered up.
Goku just looked over at Gohan, knowing that he was thinking of away to get out of Buu and what they should do. "Gohan we'll take care of Buu." Goku said as both he and Vegeta turned Super Saiyan.
Gohan simple nodded as he looked around Buu's head but he was also keeping an eye the pods that had the people he cared for. Yet Gohan knew that Buu was up to something since Buu just continued to smile at the three.
"Yeah you just on smiling Buu I'll be sure to wipe away that smile." Goku said as he extended his hand and Super Buu found it to be rather amusing. "You think it's funny huh? Well then…. Let's see if we can change that tone."
"Go ahead…" Buu began grinning even more, wanting Goku to make the first move while Gohan and Vegeta both scowled at this. "Give me your best shot."
"If you insist…." Goku grinned back, forming a small ball of golden energy from his hand and fired right at the pink creature, only to see it not only passed him straight, it also managed leave a mark within the mind, which managed to heal itself immediately afterwards.
"What?! No hole, nothing?" asked Goku in disbelief, causing Gohan to scowl with anger at this and Vegeta was somewhat just as shocked as his fellow Saiyan.
"You're right, that's not good."
Buu once again grinned, mentally asking himself if it's all that Goku had to give out as he was much stronger in his Super Saiyan 3 form and had put up a better attempt in trying to stop him than that. "I felt it, it was like a mosquito bite" he explained to his foes while pointing to his head. "For a miniature guy like you, it was actually smaller than a flea."
With that, Goku lowered his hand before curling it up into a fist. "Alright then… We'll just have to escape and regain our size!" He and Vegeta powered up in order to prepare for the fight to come. "Getting past you isn't going to be that difficult."
Buu yawned at this, knowing that this wasn't exactly new as he had managed to easily overcome them in their current forms the first time before they had fused together into Vegito. "Oh really? I don't know about that." he said, his evil grin forming even wider.
"What do you say? Shall we?" asked Goku, turning his attention towards Vegeta, who was more than looking forward to some serious payback on his opponent.
"Ready when you are" answered the Saiyan Prince, resulting in Super Buu yawning out of boredom once again and watched as the two Full-Blooded Saiyans flew straight at him.
Back on the Sacred World of the Kais, both Shin and the Old Kai were shocked when the image on the Crystal Ball suddenly disappeared and was replaced with nothing but static just when they were celebrating the accomplishment of Goku, Gohan and Vegeta having managed to free Videl, Piccolo, Goten and Trunks. "This piece of junk… they don't make Crystal Balls like they use to…" began the latter, a scowl formed on his face as he tried to bring the image back but to no avail.
"Sir, I created that one myself!" Shin tried to protest, not liking the looks of this one bit as they thought that now that the others were freed, the three Saiyans can escape and finish Super Buu off for good.
The Old Kai remained silent, having a feeling that Buu was up to something that they don't know about and without the means of figuring out what it was… all they can do is hope that the Saiyan Warriors will be able to put a stop to this.
The fight between Super Buu and the two Super Saiyans was already taking place within the body of the former, though Goku frowned that while he was much weaker than before… he doubts that they would be able to beat him without being able to fuse together.
Gohan, on the other hand, bit his lower lip as he knew that his father and Vegeta would need his help in the battle, the pods needed to be protected as well just in case Buu was to get any bright ideas during the conflict. "I just hope you know what you're doing dad…" he thought to himself with a serious expression.
"Wait I think I know what to do." He mentally told himself as he looked over at the original Buu and had an idea that would work as just blowing him up wouldn't work after all they were inside his head.
Gohan just once again took a quick look over at the evil Buu as he made his way over to the pod Buu. "All I have to do is pull this Buu out that might help get us all out."
Fortunately, Super Buu was so busy fighting both Goku and Vegeta that he failed to notice Gohan approaching the fat Buu and keeping his power level suppressed enough so he wouldn't be sensed also helps him in his plan…. Especially when the evil monster managed to fend the two off without too much trouble due to his abilities within his own mind.
"This darn this…" muttered Old Kai, still trying his best to get the crystal ball working again and so far, he isn't having much luck which made Shin more concerned than ever for the others and for the Earth itself. "Oh blast it all!"
"Sir, we're missing the most critical part!" he told the elder, who laid flat on his back with a groan since there was currently no way to get the image back on the ball.
"I know!" Old Kai soon began crying a bit, as now there was no way to tell if the universe will be saved or not, more so with the new comer's assistance proving to be not enough to stop Buu on his own.
Shin didn't say anything and glanced back at the static that was on the screen, he can only pray that Gohan and the others would at least save this world if not the Earth, he wished that he could do something and hated having to do nothing.
"Well would you look at that, one pop and they're both down…" Super Buu began to laugh at this pitiful attempt in fighting him and he was looking forward to absorbing the two once he was done with them. "That's using your heads boys."
Goku and Vegeta both groaned at the pain that they felt from their heads colliding with each other but would eventually shrug it off, allowing them to get back up. "Vegeta… let's shut him up…" the two Saiyans flew back up and tried another frontal assault, managing to kick him in the face before preparing to use a combined version of their Kamehameha and Galick Gun attacks. "When I say now, fire!"
"You mean when I say now, we fire!" argued Vegeta, though they needed to make sure that the monster was in the right position for the blast to hit. "Now!" They fired together and their signature moves combined together into a more powerful blast… seemingly making contact as Buu's scream was heard during the explosion. "I think that did the trick, now if you don't mind I'd like to sit out the rest of this dance."
"Oh right!" The two separated and saw that what was left of the evil Buu were small pink blobs that were all over the area. "It looks like we have some house-cleaning to do anyway."
As the two were busy wiping the place clean of the remains, something was slowly bubbling from the ground and Goku would suddenly sense it not too far from them with a shocked expression. "Aren't you two forgetting something?" came Buu's voice through thin air while laughing manically. "I've been looking for a chance to use this and I believe that time is now! Knock, Knock!"
"Who's there?" asked Vegeta, not in the mood for this shit nor was he happy that Buu somehow survived their combined attack.
"Buu…"
"Buu who?" demanded Vegeta, getting more angry by the minute just as the monster is about to end this joke with style.
"Aw don't cry, everyone has to die sometime…" It was then some more laughing was heard with the two Saiyans wondering where he could be right now until they eventually saw him forming above them. Together they fired a golden blast at him which was more than enough to blow him to smithereens again… or so they thought until he formed again this time from the ground. "You just don't get it do you?"
"Bastard!" yelled Vegeta, getting ready to attack again only to see Super Buu dissolving back into the ground and eventually reforming in another spot right behind them.
"You can't destroy me in this place! It's Buu! All Buu, Buu, Buu, Buu!" He began to laugh more and more until a single blast from Vegeta destroyed his head, leading to him dissolving again.
"That that, you loud mouth!" snapped Vegeta, knowing that someone had to shut him up and he would soon see that it still wasn't enough as Super Buu began to emerge almost everyone he saw, more so with that annoying laugh of his being stuck in his head. How can I get him to shut up? This is starting to drive me crazy!
"Don't be mad, it's not that bad of a place to spend eternity… your time is running out!" said Buu, moving from side to side like he was a Grandfather clock while on the ceiling.
"We'll see whose time is running out." scowled Goku, putting his hands together and performed another powerful Kamehameha Wave in hopes of taking out the creature and the attack proved to be enough to open a large hole at the top.
"Kakarot, look! I can see daylight!" Vegeta was a relieved that they now had a chance to escape from Buu's body and they needed to take advantage of this opportunity. "There's our ticket out of here."
Just as Goku was about to respond, Super Buu would slowly began to emerge from the hole, this time as a giant head. "Enough! Our little game is over and now you will become part of me!" grinned Buu, creating a giant fist which punched both Saiyans at the same time and then fired a pink Ki blast which made contact with its targets, knocking the two out. "Looks like its two down and one to go!" He added, reverting to his original size and preparing to absorb his targets. "It will be over soon."
"Yeah, for you!" came Gohan's voice, getting the evil Buu's attention and saw that the Half-Saiyan Warrior was dangerously close to the fat Buu's pod. "If we can't destroy you in here, then maybe we can separate this Buu from you."
"You wouldn't dare!" snapped Buu, gaining even more hatred towards Gohan than ever as he was looking ready to kill him in order to prevent the pod from being ripped right out. "Get away from him now!"
"Why would I do a crazy thing like that?" asked Gohan, seeing as this would be the advantage they would need to get everyone else… especially as he needed to keep the pink monster distracted long enough for Goku and Vegeta to regain consciousness.
"Because if you tear those attachments, I won't be me anymore!" Buu tried to plead, seeing that attacking wouldn't do him any good as he would end up hitting the good Buu by mistake.
"You won't be you anymore? Let's test that theory…" Gohan decided to find out if it was true and pulled on the pod containing the good Buu with all his might, while the evil Buu flew straight at him in an attempt to stop this from happening. This proved to be in vain, especially as the pod was now no longer attached to the latter's mind.
As a consequence, Super Buu fell to the ground and slowly melted into pink liquid that dissolved away into nothing. "That did it…" this made Gohan grin again, knowing that at least the others were safe.
Outside, Buu began screaming as the events inside of him were starting to cause his entire body to ache in pain. In the meantime, Goku and Vegeta were starting to wake up in time to see that Super Buu was melting away. "What just happened?" asked Goku, feeling like he had been hit by a train. "Oh man, I don't know what you did Gohan, but we need to get out of here before he resurfaces again."
"Don't worry, that Buu's gone for good" Gohan reassured his father, carrying the good Buu's pod over to where the other four containing Videl, Piccolo, Goten and Trunks were placed. "You're right though, we have to get out of here and fast."
"You don't have to tell us twice!" yelled Vegeta, grabbing Trunks' pod while Goku picked up Piccolo's and Goten's and Gohan grabbed hold of Videl's as they saw that the insides of Buu was starting to melt as well.
Shamano suddenly felt an increase of power as did Tien, Chiaotzu, Zangya, Android 16, Android 17 and Dende. "What the?!" exclaimed the Trimonight, quickly grabbing hold of Mr. Satan and Bee before heading off to where the source of the power was coming from.
"Wait up!" Tien called out, following their mysterious ally as fast as he could, joined by the other surviving Z-Fighters though they had a bad feeling that if it was who they thought it was, then they would be history at any moment.
Goku, Gohan and Vegeta were flying through the tunnel as fast as they could; they needed to hurry if they were to make it out of there alive… "Hey guys, which way is out?" asked Goku, looking around to find a possible escape route.
"Who knows?" answered Vegeta, simply continuing on the path they were currently taking since they had no idea what's going to happen now that the good Buu is no longer part of the evil one. Soon Goku would witness something up ahead and he began to frown.
"Either I'm hallucinating or this whole place is changing!" he said, while examining their surroundings.
"You're not hallucinating dad, I can see that as well!" added Gohan, not liking the looks of this one bit and saw that the evil Buu's body was morphing all around them while steam was now being vented to the outside…. Enveloping the monster until he can no longer be seen by any survivors near the area and the three Saiyans were starting to feel like they were going to burn up.
"Just when did this place start getting hot all of a sudden?" wondered Goku, completely unsure of why the insides was suddenly turning into some sort of oven for him and the others. "It feels like we're inside a volcano."
"Don't remind me…" muttered Gohan, having to think of when he went up against Broly in a volcano during the preparations for the recent World Martial Arts tournament and it wasn't easy either much like the first time they went up against him on New Vegeta seven years ago.
Vegeta however, nearly passed out from exhaustion from the heat but managed to spring awake thanks to Goku calling his name. "Wait, take a look!" he called to the pure-hearted father and son, getting them to witness the veins inside the tunnel are expelling extremely hot steam. "This whole place is erupting! You were right Kakarot, it's exactly like a volcano in here!"
"At this rate, we'll all be cooked alive!" added Goku, the worse thing about it was Vegeta was already dead and being killed in this state would erase him from existence… permanently. In other words, they needed to keep going, no matter what even if their bodies needed a break.
Just then, the entire tunnel was starting to shake violently. "What's that?" Vegeta wanted to know what is happening while Gohan and Goku frowned as it couldn't be good at all… a large pocket of steam began to erupt from the ground below, causing the three to get out of its path. "What the?! Do you feel that heat?"
"No kidding, it is hot enough to melt the skin right off your bones and it's much hotter than lava!" remarked Goku, turning to see that Gohan was looking up at the ceiling right now. "Gohan, what is it?"
"Take a look, I think we've just found our way out." explained the raven-haired Half-Saiyan, waiting a few seconds for the geyser to dissipate so they can better get a view of four holes at the top.
"Check it out! Four holes and I don't believe it…" said Goku, seeing this as a blessing and saw that there was indeed sunlight coming from them. "Alright then, let's get out of here!" All three male fighters flew towards one of the holes at top speed, but they saw that the hole was starting to close itself up. "Oh no! It's closing!"
"Come on!" said Vegeta, only they were too late as the hole had been sealed much to their disappointment or in the case of the Saiyan Prince, his anger. "Dammit to hell!"
"Man, we were so close…." muttered Goku, trying to come up with a way to get the hole to reopen and they needed luck on their side if they were going to make it work.
"Looks like we'll have to wait until, hope it doesn't take too long" Gohan spoke while being concerned for Videl the most out of the victims that the evil Buu had absorbed since unlike Goten, Piccolo and Trunks, she could die from the heat if they don't get out of here soon and eventually realized something. "Wait a minute… I remember that Buu usually blows out steam whenever he gets mad so if that's the case…"
"I think I know where you're getting at…"Goku quickly caught on to what his son was talking about and turned his attention towards Vegeta. "Hang on to Goten, I just might have an idea."
Remaining silent, Vegeta grabbed hold of Goten's pod as Goku was preparing to use a Kamehameha as soon as another geyser of steam erupted from below and right on cue, it was starting to happen. "It's show time!"
He needed to wait for just the right moment, as the geyser was quickly making its way towards the ceiling above and after almost a minute or two; the hole finally opened back up… giving him the chance he needed to fire the signature technique that Master Roshi taught him to stop the geyser dead in its tracks. They then headed up as fast as they could as it was now a race against the clock before the hole closes up again, barely managing to get out of there just as Super Buu steam spurted through.
Shamano and the other Z-Fighters arrive at the scene just moments before Gohan, Goku and Vegeta all of a sudden returned to their normal sizes followed by Videl, Piccolo, good Buu, Goten and Trunks. "Is that Goku and Gohan?" wondered Chiaotzu, hoping that it wasn't some kind of trick.
"It is and it looks like Vegeta is with them, but that isn't all…" replied Android 16, taking notice to the others being present, a sign that the three were able to rescue them from inside Buu's body.
"You're kidding… wait a minute…" it was then that Mr. Satan would notice the good Buu and Videl floating in the air. "Videl! Buu! Let me go, I need to get to my daughter right now!"
"Stop struggling or you'll fall" Shamano told the Martial Arts Champion, though a small screech would be heard nearby, causing the Z-Fighters to look up into the sky as something was flying down towards Goku's group and they wondered what it. "Looks like we have some company.
A/Ns: Well here is the newest chapter of the story and think of it as a small cliff-hanger for what is to come eventually. Hope you like how it turned out and I'll be sure to bring more very soon. Peace out.