Well, this sucks.
Dx: What does?
RDF1: I'm trying to find the next episodes on Youtube, but the dang owners keep taking them off.
Dx: You COULD always buy them, or at least rent them.
RDF1: Rent maybe, but buy!? Definitely NOT!
Gohan: Well, Just go with what you have.
RDF1: That's just the thing; I don't really have anything to go on, at least not right now, so hold on. EPIC TIME SKIP MANEUVER!!
(Time Skip)
(3 ½ days later)
(Beep) it all to (beep)! I'm down $60, but once I've made it to the Majin fights, then I'll be ok for the rest of the fic.
Dx: That's what you get when you don't pay attention to labeling.
RDF1: Well, it was either that, or having to buy another $30 season while HAVING all the rest of the episodes. NOT a fair trade in my opinion. Especially considering I'm only a few episodes off from the seasons I bought, give or take. Not to mention I needed that $60 for something else that is ten times more important.
And another thing I'm pissed about: Some lame-o decided to put my idea on Youtube! The date's even there: May 13, 2009. I posted the second chapter of my first Gohan fic sometime in late October or early November of 2008! They ripped me off and are getting good comments about it! I'll sue them if they don't contact me and apologize about taking my idea!!
(Kidding, I know some other Gohan fans daydreamed about Gohan killing Nappa, but I'm the first one who posted it in the manner it's in, similar but different to the original.)(It just pisses me off seeing that video and knowing I was the one that posted the idea before they did.)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything belonging to the DBZ franchise, I wish, then I could rightfully sue those bastards, as I would have Gohan killing Nappa. A guy can still dream.
(Chapter Begin)
(Recap)
Goten brought up his right index and middle fingers to his forehead and felt out Trunks's Ki. He then used Instant Transmission for the first time in real combat and teleported behind Trunks, surprising him.
"You know Instant Trans…" was all Trunks got to say, before Goten started pummeling him.
Trunks recovered enough to block Goten's punches, before returning with his own. The collision of these punches could be felt by the Z-Fighters in minor shockwaves.
They were near a corner of the ring when both of their punches made contact with each other's faces. Unfortunately for both of them, they were standing close to the edges, and were unable to catch themselves as they fell out of the ring, both exhausted from the fight.
It was over; the Junior World Martial Arts Championship has ended in a tie. How will this affect things?
(Recap End)
"AMAZING!! This has never happen before! For the first time ever, we have a tie for our Junior Division Tournament!" announced the announcer dude, walking over to Trunks and Goten. Speaking to them alone, he said, "Well, it's up to you. How do you want to decide who fights Hercule?"
"What do you think Trunks?" asked Goten, "Rock Paper Scissors?"
"I was thinking a coin flip," replied Trunks.
"Alright," said Goten, glad that his friend didn't say anything like arm wrestling or something, they'd be there all day.
"Alright," said announcer dude, pulling out a Zeni piece. "I have a coin here, who calls?"
"You can do it, Goten," said Trunks.
"Okay."
"Okay folks!" said the announcer dude to the stands, "Trunks and Goten here have agreed to a coin toss to see who faces off against Mr. Satan! Here's the toss!"
The coin flew up into the air a few seconds before falling back down.
"Tails!" shouted Goten while it was going up.
When the coin landed, everyone waited with baited breath as Goten, Trunks, and announcer dude looked at the coin in the grass.
"It's heads!" informed the announcer dude.
"Go for it, Trunks," said Goten, leaning against the side of the arena, "I'll watch from right here."
"This won't take long," said Trunks, hopping back up on the arena floor and took his position as Hercule made his way out.
'Oh well, time to put on a good show,' thought Hercule, giving peace signs to the crowd as he walked up the steps and over to his opponent.
"Hey, Trunks," said Hercule in whisper, "I'm gonna go easy on you, or what the fans will see is that I'm going easy on you. Knock me out as quick as you can, I'll do the rest."
"Okay," replied Trunks, confused as all get out, but hey, it's a victory and he won't argue it.
Hercule walked a few yards away from Trunks and took up a fighting position.
"Alright competitors, get ready!" said announcer dude as the gong rang, "BEGIN!"
Hercule moved to Trunks at a fast speed, to the normal human eye, he then began punching at Trunks, who blocked it slowly with both hands while moving towards one end of the arena. Trunks then ducked under one of Hercule's punches and moved around him and started throwing punches at him, slowly. Hercule was on the defensive now until he got to the edge of the arena. He went for a leg sweep, only for Trunks to jump over it and give a light tap to Hercule's exposed face and sent him to the ground.
"OH MY! WHAT AN UPSET!" said the announcer dude; the sarcasm only noted by the Z-Fighters, "Trunks has beaten the World Champion!"
"Not bad, Trunks," said Hercule, standing up, "A few more years of training and I'll have to just hand you the belt, instead of facing you for it."
This got a laugh out of most of the crowd. Hercule walked back to his room to await the announcement of the match-ups for the tournament.
Goten and Trunks headed off to find someone they could 'substitute' for in the tournament.
Gohan noticed them from the stands and sighed.
'Gohan2, I'll be right back. I've got some kids to baby-sit,' said Gohan, as he left Gohan2 for a minute.
'Alright, I'll hold the fort here,' replied Gohan2, knowing that Gohan was already gone.
The Z-Fighters decided to get some lunch before the selection, and lunch to the Saiyans, and Half-Saiyan = week of meals for the Non-Saiyans. Videl and Gohan2 joined them halfway into their meal and after another half-hour, the Saiyans were finally full. They were walking back to where the punching machine was not 2 hours ago when they saw Shin waiting for them. Gohan2 immediately shared a knowing look with Piccolo as Goku approached Shin. After a warm greeting and a firm handshake, most of the Z-Fighters continued on their way. Gohan2 and Piccolo held back a bit longer, looking directly at Shin.
"So, what would bring a Kai, let alone the Supreme Kai, all the way to Earth," asked Gohan2, smirking with sarcasm.
"That, you should already know, Time Traveler duplicate," replied the Supreme Kai, leaving a stunned Piccolo and a freaked out Gohan2.
"How did he know?" asked Gohan2, eyes wide.
"I guess it's because, as the Supreme Kai, he has to keep track of everything in the Universe. I'm guessing you were something that captured his interest," replied Piccolo.
Gohan2 sighed and he and Piccolo finished making their way to the others.
While the others gathered to draw lots, Gohan noticed Trunks and Goten spying on one of the competitors. He masked his energy as he moved behind them, grabbed them both by the back of their shirts and used Instant Transmission to take them behind the stands.
"Mind telling me why you almost replaced one of the finalist?" asked Gohan, though he knew the reason, "You two know better. Do you want to be disqualified of your championship?"
"No," said Goten and Trunks, knowing when they were beat.
"Good," said Gohan, walking around and climbing the stairs to where Bulma's group was, "So you two don't get into trouble, I'm leaving you with mom and Bulma."
"Hey Gohan!" said Yamcha, as he got close, "What brings you here? I thought you were drawing lots."
"Gohan2 is taking care of that," replied Gohan, handing off Trunks and Goten to Bulma and Chi Chi respectfully, "I'm just doing my job as an older brother and keeping my young charges from getting in trouble with the officials."
"Thanks Gohan," said Chi Chi, "We'll make sure Goten and Trunks don't sneak off, won't we Bulma?"
Chi Chi gave a knowing glance to Bulma, who returned it.
"Oh yes. We wouldn't won't our little boys to get hurt now," replied Bulma.
"Thanks, bye," said Gohan, racing down the stairs again.
When Gohan got around back, he quickly checked to see that no one was around, then quickly used Instant Transmission to return with Gohan2, who was drawing his own lot.
(AN1)
After all was said and done, the match-ups were as follows:
Krillin vs. Pintar
Shin vs. Piccolo
Videl vs. Spopovitch
Kibito vs. Gohan
Number 18 vs. Hercule
Goku vs. Vegeta
Mighty Mask vs. Killa
Jewel vs. Yamu
The Tournament had begun.
Gohan was relaxing on the wall next to the entrance to the arena, waiting for Videl's match to be called. If he didn't know Piccolo so well, he would say that he would forfeit again to the Supreme Kai, but he did know Piccolo and knew that Piccolo wouldn't just give up this time.
The first fighters were called and Krillin was doing all he could to hold back from beating the guy to a pulp before the match even started. Gohan heard every insult Pintar threw at Krillin and thought only one thing.
'I don't feel sorry for him,' thought Gohan as he heard Krillin beat the tar out of Pintar and sent him flying off the arena to the floor, earning his victory in seconds flat.
'That's the kind of action I've been missing in this tournament,' thought announcer dude as he called out Piccolo and Shin for the next fight.
Piccolo and Shin faced off, a smirk on Piccolo's putting Shin's on edge.
"It would matter if you were the Supreme Kai if this was our first meeting, but for me it isn't," said Piccolo, "I'm gonna make this painless as possible. I still respect you, but a match is a match."
Piccolo needed only milliseconds to catch Shin off guard, a punch sending him flying. Shin recovered quickly and started a volley of punches at Piccolo, who blocked or dodged every one of them, before Super Speeding behind Shin and with a swift kick, sent him to the ground, out of the arena.
(AN2)
'Nice Piccolo,' thought Gohan, smirking as Piccolo returned to the waiting area, 'You sure showed how much respect we give him.'
'Well, that was then, this is now,' replied Piccolo, moving next to Gohan, opting to stand instead of sit, 'You better move to watch your girlfriend face off against Spopovitch.'
'She's not my girlfriend!' replied Gohan, standing up, a small blush on his face, 'Yet.'
Gohan stood beside his father as they, along with a thousand other people in stands, watched as Videl battled Spopovitch.
Videl started off easily enough, being able to inflict scuffs here and there, but not enough for him to actually feel it.
'Damn,' thought Videl, 'What is this guy made of, reinforced titanium?"
(AN3)
Videl was soon forced on the defensive as she was forced to dodge as if her life depended on it, which it kinda did with the hits that were connecting with the arena and her stomach and back were any indication. Videl was eventually forced to fly to avoid ring out and she landed on the other side of the arena.
'Alright Videl,' thought Videl to herself, 'Now's the time to show what you've learned over the past few weeks.'
Videl took a deep breath as she calmed her body, remembering her training with Yamcha. She reached under her shirt, unbeknownst to Gohan that she had her Mini GG set to 5 during the match, turned it down to one. She then got into a stance only a few people recognized, those being Yamcha, Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan, Oolong Puar, Master Roshi, and even Bulma and Chi Chi.
"Hey Yamcha," said Bulma, "Isn't that you're Wolf Fang Fist technique?"
"Yep," replied Yamcha, smirking at wanting to see if Videl improved any over the last week, "Gohan called me up a couple weeks ago and asked if I could teach it to her."
"So THAT'S what you were visiting for," said Chi Chi, "Gohan didn't say anything to me."
"I'm sure he had a good reason, Mom," said Goten, who, along with Trunks, were being watched by their eagle-eyed mothers.
Back in the arena, Videl carefully looked over Spopovitch as he turned around to charge at her again. She quickly scanned where he left himself open and, with speed only achieved by Yamcha for such a technique, she rushed towards Spopovitch, who stopped as his opponent gave off the appearance of a wolf. With a series of punches and kicks, Videl furiously pounded Spopovitch left, right, and center towards the edge of the arena, until Spopovitch got his bearings back and, with a precise punch, knocked Videl towards the other end of the arena. Videl used her hands as a springboard as she stopped herself from falling off.
"She must forfeit the match," pleaded Shin of Gohan.
"She'll be fine," said Gohan, his voice leaving no room for argument, "I made sure of that."
Videl caught her breath and thought of the only technique she could think of that could buy her enough time to win. She brought her hands up in front of her face, surprising all the Z-Fighters.
"SOLAR FLARE!!" she shouted, blinding Spopovitch, and unfortunately part of the crowd behind him.
She quickly charged forward and with a full body tackle, shoulder first, she was able to push Spopovitch out of the arena and to the floor.
"THAT'S RINGOUT!!" declared announcer dude, after regaining his sight of course.
Spopovitch looked ready to kill Videl for such indignity when Gohan Super Speeded in front of her.
"I suggest you walk away," said Gohan, in a dangerous voice, "while you're still breathing."
Yamu showed up and literally dragged Spopovitch away from the two.
"Gohan, thanks," said Videl, before collapsing from her injuries, having taken one too many punches from Spopovitch.
"VIDEL!" shouted a worried Gohan, picking her up and rushing her to a stretcher that had just been called, upon seeing Videl collapse.
The medical personnel took Videl to a private room to help her recover, but couldn't do much since the closest hospital was on another island. Hercule showed up minutes later, after hearing about Videl's collapse from her injuries she got in her fight.
"Gohan, what happened?" asked Hercule.
"Spopovitch happened," said Gohan, "She may have won, but unless I can get her immediate help, she'll have to forfeit her spot in the Tournament."
"Alright, do what you can," said Hercule.
Gohan left the room quick to find the other Z-Fighters waiting for him.
"She's stable, but we need to get her a Senzu Bean quickly!"
"I can get some from Korin," suggested Goku.
"Krillin, what about you? You have any leftover?" asked Gohan.
"We're down to our last 3, but there in a pouch next to the first aid kit," informed Krillin.
"Great," said Gohan, "Dad, try to stall the match for 2 minutes while I get them."
"Right," said Goku.
Gohan used Instant Transmission to warp out of there and to Kame Island.
Turtle was quite surprised when Gohan warped in a few feet from him, nearly giving him a heart attack.
"Gohan, I'm over a thousand years old, using Instant Transmission around me isn't recommended for someone my age," reprimanded Turtle.
"Sorry, but you were the only energy signature in the area and I needed to get to the Senzu Beans," said Gohan, as he rushed to said cabinet that held the first aid kit. He found the pouch next to kit and grabbed the whole pouch. "Thanks Turtle, I'll see you later."
Gohan pulled two fingers up to his forehead and warped back to Goku's energy signature.
Gohan warped back less than a minute later and rushed back towards Videl's room. Upon entering, he saw Videl breathing hard, her injuries still hurting her and Hercule was the only other person in the room.
"Here Videl," said Gohan, reaching her bedside and taking out a Senzu Bean, "Eat this, it's a cure-all medicine."
Videl opened her mouth enough to receive the Senzu Bean and started to chew it when Gohan turned back to the door.
"I'll be waiting for our match, Videl," said Gohan as he left the room.
Gohan made it back to the waiting area just as two minutes were up.
"Thanks," said a grateful Gohan, before turning to Kibito, "You ready big guy?"
Kibito just glared at the 'insult' as he was the Assistant Supreme Kai, and thus deserved some respect; however, Gohan, being himself in this timeline, showed him the respect he earn, which was being taller and more muscular than him, thus 'big guy' fitted.
Gohan and Kibito made their way to the arena.
'Gohan2, I'll show him a beginner lesson in Super Saiyan heritage, alright?'
'Fine,' said Gohan2, reverting back to Gohan's body and black hair, surprising those within a 40-yard radius.
"Why'd you do that?" demanded Kibito, "I need to see your full power as a Super Saiyan."
"Wow, you must really be out of the loop, but I'll humor you," replied Gohan, smirking and taking off his glasses, "Only time for requests: Just a Super Saiyan, or should I Ascend?"
"Ascend?" questioned Kibito.
Gohan nodded shortly, before calling out his power from deep within. Feeling the power he rarely called upon since 6+ years ago, his power level rising higher and higher. His hair turned golden blond while his eyes went deadly blue. The arena literally shook at the shockwaves emitted from Gohan's body. With one final cry, Gohan went Super Saiyan 2 for the first time in many months.
(AN4)
Gohan smirked, as he felt Spopovitch and Yamu making their move.
"Hey Kibito," said Gohan, pulling two fingers up to his forehead, "I'm not some puppet that you can just use without permission."
Gohan used Instant Transmission, not only dodging Spopovitch and Yamu, but also stunning Shin into shock. Gohan reappeared behind the two and knocked them to the floor. He grabbed their energy drainer out of the air and destroyed it with a punch.
"Leave, otherwise you're next," said Gohan in a voice that had the two running as if Dabura was on their tails.
(AN5)
Shin took the opportunity of finding where Babidi was and flew off after them, with Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, and Piccolo behind him.
Gohan, after powering down, raced to Videl, who had joined Goku at the start of the match.
"Videl, I need you to stay here," said Gohan.
"But why, I can help," protested Videl.
"If this is anything like 7 years ago, then it's best if you stay here," pressed Gohan.
Hercule walked up beside Videl, "Let him go, Videl. He can handle this."
"Alright," said a saddened Videl, before looking at Gohan seriously, "You better come back!"
"I promise," said Gohan, before powering up and flying off with Kibito after Goku and the others.
Gohan grabbed onto Kibito's shoulder and used Instant Transmission to catch them up in seconds with the others. They followed Spopovitch and Yamu for about 25 minutes when they landed in a clearing. The Z-Fighters stopped by a mountain as to hide themselves.
Spopovitch and Yamu tried to explain what happened to Babidi but he didn't accept their explanation and killed Spopovitch on the spot. Yamu tried fleeing, but Puipui killed only seconds after Yamu took off. Babidi and Puipui returned to the ship afterwards.
"What's Dabura doing?" asked Supreme Kai.
Gohan looked to Piccolo, who nodded before they noticed Dabura moving at lightning speed. Nobody moved as Dabura had Kibito right where he wanted him. A short blast later and Kibito was dead, his body obliterated.
'And just as I was getting to respect the big guy,' thought Gohan ruefully as Goku and Vegeta moved to battle him.
Dabura deflected the Saiyans attacks and managed to turn Krillin and Piccolo to stone. He then retreated to the ship, leaving the next move to them
'Gohan, make sure you kill him this time,' Piccolo told Gohan, before the connection was broken.
"I think that was our invitation, Dad," said Gohan, moving to head into the spaceship.
"Not the type of invitation I wanted to receive, but how can I refuse now," replied Goku, before following Vegeta, who had already left, to the ship.
They landed in the first stage with Supreme Kai landing minutes later.
"Do you have ANY idea of what you are doing?" demanded Supreme Kai.
"Duh," said Gohan, "Saving the Earth. And don't give us the sob story; I've already heard it once. Majin Buu is powerful; we know that. We don't run like cowards though. You should've learned that upon discovering the timeline being changed. It does us no good to listen to your constant whining."
Soon Puipui entered the room, informing the group of the stages of the ship and the rules upon getting past each stage.
"So, who will be the first to lose their energy?" taunted Puipui.
"So guys," 'agreed' Goku, "Who's the first to fight?"
"Why don't we decide with Rock Paper Scissors?" suggested Gohan.
Vegeta and Goku agreed and after about five minutes of ties, Vegeta ended up winning, Scissors cutting paper.
"Are you really going to fight him by yourself?" asked the Supreme Kai.
"Of course," said Gohan, "It would be rude if we interfered. True Warriors battle one-on-one."
Supreme Kai stayed quiet, as he didn't have an argument against that statement.
(AN6)
"You think you're so tough because of the high energy you're giving off," insulted Puipui, "But you're all JUST FOOLS!!"
"The only fool in these parts is Babidi," countered Vegeta, with a small smirk, "If he checked this planet 10 years ago, or even 5, then he would have a better understanding of our power, but he didn't. That will be his last mistake, for the strongest warrior alive is in this room."
'That warrior being Goku, or rather you Gohan,' smirked Gohan2 from Gohan's mind.
'Let Vegeta have his moment, he won't admit it,' replied Gohan, 'But he respects Goku far too much to ever considering him anything less than the perfect rival.'
"You truly are a fool," boasted Puipui, "With every bruise I inflict upon you will send your energy straight to Majin Buu."
"Too bad," replied a calm Vegeta, "You won't live long enough to even scratch my face."
"Give him 5 minutes, Vegeta," suggested Gohan, "If he doesn't hit you by then, kill him immediately."
"That's music to my ears, Gohan," replied Vegeta, sending shivers down Puipui's spine, not that he showed it.
Vegeta didn't even bother attacking while Puipui unleashed a fury of punches and kicks, all of which were dodged or caught. Four minutes into the fight, Babidi sent them to Planet Zun, Puipui's home planet. Somehow, they were able to breathe, but didn't question it.
"How do you like my home planet?" asked Puipui, thinking he could win now, "This planet has gravity is 10x that of earth. You cannot win!"
"Only 10," smirked Vegeta, putting confusion on Puipui's face, "Maybe 1 thousand would be difficult, but 10? I don't even feel it."
(AN7)
"Time's up, Vegeta, finish him," said Gohan, bored now.
Vegeta was all too glad to do it, and Puipui was the next to be sent to other world.
The room returned to normal and the floor opened up, revealing the path to stage 2. They jumped down the shaft and landed in a similar room to stage 1.
"So, you wanna go next, dad?" asked Gohan.
"Sure son," replied Goku.
They waited ten minutes before the door opened and a green monster walked out.
"Wow, that's a face only a mother could love," commented Vegeta.
"And yours, only a father, Vegeta," smirked Gohan, teasing him.
Vegeta just glared at him, but his eyes held a little humor, so he wasn't ALL mad. He did take after his father after all.
Yakon stepped out, ready to kill Goku and his friends after taking their energy of course. Yakon made the first move, moving faster than Goku anticipated, and got the front of his shirt sliced for it.
"Hey, this is trademarked!" shouted Goku, "You're gonna pay for that!"
"See!" urged Supreme Kai, "Goku won't be able to beat this guy alone!"
"How strong do you think we really are?" asked Gohan, an annoyed look on his face.
"About 20 million at best," guessed Supreme Kai, intimidated under the glares that came from Gohan and Vegeta.
"You really ARE pathetic," dissed Vegeta, "20 billion would be underestimating our strength."
"20 b- billion!?" gasped Supreme Kai, now beginning understanding the true depths of the Saiyans power.
Soon, Babidi's voice came over an intercom system equivalent, saying how proud he was of Yakon. Soon the room changed, taking all the lights with it.
'Wow,' said Oozaru sarcastically, 'He thinks he can win just because he dulled one of our senses.'
'Just watch, Oozaru,' replied Gohan, 'Goku will defeat him. Just enjoy the show.'
"Can either of you tell what is going on?" asked Supreme Kai, who hadn't learned to feel out Ki in battle yet.
(AN8)
"Kakarot's winning," responded Vegeta evenly, before adding sarcastically, "like that's a shocker."
"How can you see me?" asked Yakon.
"I can't," replied Goku, "but I don't have to see you, I can just feel out your energy. That, and I can smell you too."
"He needs a bath, doesn't he?" quipped Gohan, to which Vegeta agreed.
"However," continued Goku, "I think I have a spare flashlight."
Goku focused his energy, and raised it to 3 million, turning Super Saiyan in the process.
(AN9)
"Not bad," praised Yakon, "But, just because I can't hide from darkness, doesn't mean I'm useless in the light."
Yakon soon began breathing in, and wasn't stopping. The force was so powerful; it absorbed Goku's Super Saiyan energy right out of him, turning him back to normal.
"Not bad for an appetizer," boasted Yakon, relishing in the pure energy he tasted.
"I guess you're ready for another helping, see if you can eat this much," said Goku, raising his power again. This time he raised it to 50 million.
Yakon absorbed the energy again, but the energy never died down, and Yakon in his greed, absorbed more than his body could ever handle at one time and exploded from the inside.
The floor opened up next to Goku's feet and they made their way to the 3rd stage. Gohan knew that Dabura would take his time to get to the match at full power, so he decided to meditate until Dabura made his entrance.
(Mindscape)
Gohan appeared in his mindscape with Gohan2 and Oozaru waiting for him.
"Well, you know what we must do, right?" asked Gohan.
"Yep, defeat Dabura so Majin Buu doesn't have to," replied Gohan2.
"Yet, somehow even with the increased strength you've received, I think Dabura will still chicken out once Babidi notices the darkness inside of Vegeta."
"Then I'm just gonna have to show even more darkness to protect him," said Gohan, "And if I'm not mistaken, then here on Earth we have a new moon coming up. You know what that means, right Oozaru?"
"Yep, time to play again, only this time it's Dabura that's going to feel the pain."
(Mindscape Exit)
Meanwhile, back at the tournament, Eighteen managed to convince, bribe, Hercule into winning the championship, given that he pay her 20 million zeni. Fortunately for Hercule, he had been saving up just in case something like this happened and would be able to pay her after the tournament. Goten and Trunks managed to get away from their moms and find Videl in the waiting arena after the match. She informed them of where the Z-Fighters went and Goten and Trunks flew off after them, getting excited to finally fight like their fathers, and Gohan, did so long ago. They moved at Super Speed to get there as fast as they could to help out.
Gohan felt Dabura's presence moments before he entered. He stood up, focused and ready to battle Dabura at full strength.
"So, are you ready to DIE!" taunted Dabura, "I can't wait to kill all three of you!"
"I don't think so," countered Gohan, "This is my fight. IF you manage to kill me, only then can you battle Vegeta or Goku."
"Very well," said Dabura, "Shall we start?"
"Why fight here? I've been interested in seeing your 'Demon World' ever since I saw you. I figured, if it's anything like Earth, then I would still feel at home."
"Since your so interested," came Babidi's voice, "I won't deny you such a request."
The room changed, this time favoring a mountainous location in the Demon World. Gohan looked around and immediately recognized the area, even though it wasn't Earth.
'So THIS is the Demon World's Mount Pao,' commented Gohan2.
'This will definitely make this even,' added Oozaru.
"Let's do this, Dabura," invited Gohan, before their battle started.
Gohan charged at Dabura, upon getting close disappeared along with his opponent. Gohan managed to appear behind Dabura and brought his left fist in for the first punch. Dabura was able to catch it with his right hand before bringing up his left leg. Gohan used Super Speed to dodge it and fired a few Ki Blasts at Dabura. Dabura summoned a few rocks to take the hit and started in with a volley of punches and kicks, all of which were either dodged or blocked by the Half-Blooded Saiyan.
Soon, the full moon was coming out, something that didn't go unnoticed by Vegeta or Goku.
"Gohan!" shouted Vegeta, "Look up! I think someone wants to come out and play!
Gohan smirked before Super Speeding about thirty yards away from Dabura.
"Give me a second, then we'll continue," said Gohan, looking up at the Full Moon and Transformed into his Oozaru form seconds later.
'What is this!?' wondered Dabura, before having to dodge from the speed the Great Ape was moving at.
"Hello, Dabura," said Oozaru, glad that he could control this form for a change, "Let's see how you face up against the mighty Oozaru!"
Dabura, for all his speed, could not escape every swing, which meant pain beyond pain racking his entire body. He soon realized where his power was coming from and started spitting at Oozaru, forcing him to move away from Dabura so he wouldn't turn to stone. Dabura used the distraction to destroy the moon, much like Piccolo did so many years ago on Earth.
'WHY!?!?' whined Oozaru, who couldn't catch a break from staying in his own form outside the mindscape for more than a few minutes.
Gohan resumed his human form, clothes reformed on his body, and glared at Dabura, his anger tripling towards the Demon.
'I'll make him suffer for that one, Oozaru,' Gohan told Oozaru, who took some comfort in those words.
Gohan focused his energy and raised it beyond what he normally did when fighting. He was not holding back any longer. He yelled his lungs out as he summoned the hidden depths of his power.
"What's this?" questioned Babidi, noting the power meter he had gotten out during Goku's match rising over half way, before leveling off a couple bars from full. "(Power level: 80 billion)(AN10)!? Just who IS this kid!?
His crystal suddenly cracked as the power meter shattered with Gohan's increase in energy.
"If Dabura can beat this guy, we'll be nearly ready to release Majin Buu, but that's not looking so good."
Gohan was pissed beyond belief. He promised Oozaru's chance at battling the demon, but no, the demon had to ruin the fun. He was going to make him pay for this.
Hindsight was REALLY 20/20 as Dabura was starting to sweat at the power Gohan was giving off.
'Maybe I SHOULDN'T'VE destroyed the moon,' thought Dabura, fear slowly seeping in his face, 'I'm not sure if I'm gonna even live now.'
Gohan look of anger never left his face as he Super Speeded behind Dabura and delivered a swift kick to his back. Dabura recovered, only to receive a barrage of punches to his gut, forcing him to cough up blood. Dabura quickly remembered his meditation time and summoned the power he unlocked to even the field. He started moving fast as well, forcing Gohan on the defensive for a few seconds before beginning to counter Dabura's attacks.
With the trading of blows to each other, the meter measuring Majin Buu's power was slowing rising. It made it's way past halfway before stopping, as Babidi called for Dabura to fall back. He realized a much simpler way of getting the power necessary, without having to sacrifice his most faithful servant.
They returned to the ship and Dabura tactically retreated back through the door.
'Well that was a waste of time,' informed Gohan2, after they powered down.
"That was pathetic," said Vegeta, "You let your anger get in the way of your priorities! You allowed Dabura to actually hurt you without thinking of the consequences! If it was me fighting, Dabura would have died 2 minutes into that fight."
"Well excuse me for wanting to have victory a certain way, only for Dabura to ruin it by destroying the moon," countered Gohan, just as angrily, "If you REALLY wanted in on that fight you should have just jumped in! Time was you didn't give a crap about letting an ally fight one-on-one unless you know they're stronger and can finish it no matter what happens!!"
'Gohan,' warned a quiet Gohan2, but Gohan had HAD enough of Vegeta's attitude for one lifetime and it's return in the second was the straw that broke the camel's back.
"YOU THINK THAT VICTORY SHOULD BE ACHIEVED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHO GETS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIGHT!! I THOUGHT YOU HAD CHANGED OVER THIS LAST DECADE, but I can see it was all an act! You don't really even care about your family, do you?"
"THAT'S A LOW BLOW AND YOU KNOW IT!!" shouted Vegeta, "YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT MY FAMILY!!"
"Well, you don't show it, do you?"
Whatever Vegeta had as a retort was cut off, as his head started pounding. Gohan's loathing of the wizard increased as he saw his friend struggle against the control, until he felt a push on his own mind.
'What is this!?' thought Gohan in pain, feeling the pain getting worse as he felt Babidi probe his mind further.
(Mindscape)
Gohan retreated into his mindscape only to find Gohan2 and Oozaru struggling against Babidi from entering the mind. Gohan raced over to help when he heard Babidi's voice.
Why fight me? I can give you all the power you want to protect those closest to you. All you need to do is submit me into your mind. I shall give you everything, including revenge!
"Sorry!" spoke up Gohan2, before Gohan even had a chance to speak, "Gohan may have darkness in his heart, but he's not about to let it grow more than it should.
"That's right," agreed Oozaru, "Gohan's heart is as pure as they come, except for Goku's, and he only kills when necessary! BEGONE FROM THIS PLACE AND NEVER RETURN!!"
"Thanks guys," said Gohan, as they successfully repelled Babidi from their minds.
(Mindscape Exit)
Gohan returned to his body to see Vegeta as a Super Saiyan 2, the last of his resistance wearing thin. Soon his aura died and he fell to his knees.
'Damn it,' swore Gohan, 'Why didn't I warn him about this?'
'Because you thought it would be enough to change him over the years, but to see it go down hill in a matter of seconds…' replied Gohan2, 'I feel sorry for Vegeta.'
Soon they were transported to the World Martial Arts Tournament Stadium, where Majin Vegeta immediately challenged Kakarot to fight him. When Goku didn't accept right away, he charged a Ki Blast that Goku was unable to block, thus killing about a thousand people in the stands, and about 5 miles in the same direction. When Goku still hesitated, Vegeta moved to the stands to the right, where their family and friends were. Noticing this, Vegeta took great care in keeping them away from his Ki Blast as he killed hundreds more. Gohan looked to the top of the stands that Vegeta blasted and saw Chi Chi and Bulma among the others.
'Vegeta still has SOME heart left in him,' realized Gohan, 'As Bulma's his mate, even he wouldn't let himself be the one to kill her.'
"Babidi! Take us to an unpopulated area," shouted Goku, "Only then will I fight Vegeta!"
The Supreme Kai wasn't going to have any of that and so he stood in Goku's way.
"If you truly want to fight Vegeta, then you must get around me to do so!"
"Supreme Kai, stand down," said Gohan, in an authoritative voice that got notice of Goku, Vegeta, their friends and family, Videl, and especially the Supreme Kai, "This is something they've been doing ever since I met Vegeta in the other Timeline. I see now that trying to change it was meaningless. The only way for them to settle this is with an all out battle in which nothing, no ONE, gets in their way. So either step aside, or I do it FOR you."
The Supreme Kai had been scared of Gohan enough since he turned into Oozaru that he backed off. They were transported to a remote location before the door opened, allowing Gohan and the Supreme Kai to continue on.
"Dad," said Gohan, tossing Goku the bag of Senzu Beans he had on him, "Both of you take one when your done. We need to be at full strength if we're gonna stand a chance against Majin Buu."
"Right," said Goku, putting the pouch in his belt. He then powered up to Super Saiyan 2 and prepared himself to face off against Vegeta one more time.
(AN11)
After quickly dealing with the guards at the next level, Gohan and the Supreme Kai made their way to the lowest level. Gohan trembled slightly at seeing the seal within which the monster known as Buu slept. Gohan, remembering his last encounters with Buu, knew he wouldn't last 5 minutes against Buu. He then remembered Cell, and all the pain he brought to this world, and with Majin Buu even worse, he needed to stop holding back, now more than ever.
"I won't let Majin Buu be revived without a fight!" declared Gohan, turning Super Saiyan 2 in an instant, drawing power from Gohan2 and Oozaru as well as his own strength. He focused his power into his hands and shouted a very familiar phrase.
KA! ME! HA! ME! HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gohan released everything he had in one shot, obliterating the shell in which Majin Buu was encased inside. When the regular smoke cleared, all that was left was the pink smoke.
'No,' thought Gohan, 'why does this HAVE to happen?'
'I guess it's just fate. Oh well, see you when you wake up Gohan,' replied Gohan2, before severing the connection.
'Just great, even my duplicate abandons me.'
The Supreme Kai thought Buu gone, just like Babidi and Dabura, but Gohan quickly set him straight.
"If I had actually killed him, then we would ALL know it," informed Gohan bitterly, "Buu is very much alive. All I did was disintegrate a shell. Look up!"
"Buuuuuuuuuu!" shouted Majin Buu upon forming back into his physical form.
"Yikes," said Gohan, "I had forgotten what Majin Buu looked like all those years ago."
Buu took a few minutes to get used to his physical form once more before Babidi approached him. Buu took a few seconds to respond, but when he did he nearly gave Babidi a heart attack with his childish antics. Soon, Dabura insulted him, which Buu didn't take too kindly. Gohan almost felt sorry for Dabura when he battled Majin Buu, the only reason that he didn't feel sorry was the fact that Piccolo and Krillin were currently stone. However, when Buu turned his sights towards the Supreme Kai and him, there was only one thought running through his head:
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gohan grabbed the Supreme Kai and flew away at Super Speed, knowing that using Instant Transmission will only invite Buu to kill more people. Yet before they could get more than 10 miles away, Buu had already caught up with them.
'I forgot about how fast he was,' remembered Gohan.
"You drop dead!" was the last thing Gohan heard before connecting with the ground. When he got his bearings back, he saw the Supreme Kai suffer the same fate as he just did. He quickly summoned some of his returning energy to free himself, but by the time he got to the Supreme Kai, his body was in worse shape than his own, his ribs and backbone cracking under the weight that was Buu.
"You a big pest. You LEAVE!" declared Buu, summoning his power for a blast.
Gohan couldn't summon enough power to block the blast, as he was still worn out from obliterating the seal surrounding Buu. He lost consciousness before he even hit the ground.
Meanwhile, Goten and Trunks found the stone statues of Krillin and Piccolo; however, it wasn't until Dabura was eaten that they turned back.
When Piccolo woke up, he found himself in pieces like last time, and he couldn't think of a more embarrassing situation.
'I'm gone for a few hours and Trunks didn't have the decency of leaving me in one piece,' thought Piccolo, his body returning back to normal when he fixed himself. He smirked; enjoying the look on Trunks's face as he saw what body parts he left behind.
"Please," begged Trunks, "We got to keep this a secret, OK?"
"Keep what a secret," said Piccolo, scaring the HFIL out of Trunks. As much as he wanted to torture Trunks some more, Buu's energy signature got his immediate attention, "Darn it, Gohan! I leave you alone for less than 4 hours and Buu's looks just as powerful as the last time we fought him."
"Um, Mr. Piccolo," said a frightened Trunks, "How did you return to normal?"
"As long as my head is intact, I can regenerate no matter how badly my body is damaged," informed Piccolo, before returning his focus on finding Gohan, "I can't believe this! I can't even pick up the kid's signature."
"Hey, hold up Piccolo," said Krillin, "We should wait for Goku to show up."
"Not gonna happen," replied Piccolo, "But it looks like Vegeta might be making an entrance."
"Where?" wondered Trunks, looking about for his father, "I don't see him."
Seconds later, Vegeta made his grand re-entrance by blowing up Babidi's ship.
"Right there," said Piccolo.
"You must be Majin Buu," said Vegeta, loud enough for Piccolo to hear, "That means: You are the one that took Gohan down!"
'Damn it Gohan, you're not supposed to die here!' thought Piccolo, before picking up an incredibly faint signature.
'Piccolo,' said Gohan2, 'Gohan's in rough shape, but he's alive. Make sure Goten and Trunks stay alive so they can learn the fusion technique.'
'Working on it,' replied Piccolo, closing the link.
Soon, Vegeta powered up, swearing to take Babidi and Buu with him to HFIL. He then charged, and battled with all of his power, putting his heart into each attack. However, Buu always got right back up, healing his injuries in milliseconds, even after minutes of straight pounding, healed in a second tops. A minute later, Majin Buu released an enormous amount of energy, obliterating what was left of the space ship and destroying anything within a country mile of himself.
When Vegeta got up from the rubble, it was evident that his left arm was rendered useless. Soon Buu had him wrapped up in his own bubble gum-like skin and started pounding him into the ground. Trunks couldn't take it anymore and flew off to save his father. Goten shortly followed.
Sometime, between getting wrapped up and pummeled, Vegeta lost consciousness. While he was unconscious, he heard Trunks's voice, stating how proud he was of his father, the Prince of ALL Saiyans. When he awoke, his son and Goten were standing over him, glad that he was okay. He stood up, with some difficulty as he only had one working arm, and the three of them turned to see Piccolo own Babidi. Piccolo turned to Vegeta and nodded. Vegeta understood.
"Trunks," said Vegeta, "I need you to take care of your mother for me."
"But, you can do that too, right dad?" argued Trunks. "Why would you say that? Are you going somewhere?"
"I want you two out of here. Get as far away as you can," ordered Vegeta, "I can't fight at my full power if you two are still here, so you must leave if I'm to have a chance at beating that monster."
"You can't do that," complained Goten, worried for his 'Uncle'.
(AN12)
"Goten's right. You can't win alone! We can help!" urged Trunks.
"You two won't last two minutes against Buu. And don't make me watch my own son killed before my eyes," denied Vegeta, 'Not again, not after what Cell did to Mirai.'
"But we can help!" protested Trunks, not knowing about what happened to Mirai 7 years ago.
Whatever else Goten and Trunks said, Vegeta didn't hear; if he did, he didn't care. He was only thinking about his son, and his wife.
"Trunks," said Vegeta in a far away voice, "I haven't held you since you were a baby, have I?"
This confused Trunks and Goten, but Trunks more, as he realized it was true, but didn't say anything.
"Come here son," said Vegeta, with some emotion in his voice.
Trunks slowly, hesitantly, walked up to his father, who hugged him with all his remaining emotion. Trunks fought down a blush that was fighting its way onto his face. Eventually, he let the blush win, allowing himself to feel the love his father was giving him.
(AN13)
"Trunks," said Vegeta, after a minute of silence, "I want you to know: You have made me the proudest father in the world."
He took his hand off of his son, before knocking him out with a light blow to the neck. Trunks fell unconscious, out of Super Saiyan.
"Why'd you do that!?" demanded Goten, "He's your son! You just said you were proud of him!"
Vegeta silenced him with a small punch to the gut. Goten also fell unconscious and out of Super Saiyan as well.
Piccolo soon landed, and bid Krillin to join them.
"Know this," informed Piccolo, "With everything you've done today, it will be hard for Yemma to judge you immediately. When you come back, you're powers will have awaken to a new level. I probably won't see you until after this is all over. I just want you to know that Gohan, as well as Goku, would be proud of what you're about to do, and why you are doing it as well."
"Thank you," replied Vegeta, "I think after Trunks and Bulma, those two are the closest among anybody that I've met to understand me. Go now, and take them with you."
"Right," said Piccolo, picking up Trunks while Krillin got Goten.
Piccolo and Krillin flew off as fast as they could, so they would escape what Vegeta was about to do.
Vegeta looked at Majin Buu, knowing the pink blob was the last thing he would ever see alive for days to come. He summoned his power, delving into his life force as well, and let loose the BIGGEST 'Big Bang Attack' ever in his entire life. He destroyed Buu's body, as well as his own, and sent his pieces into the wind.
"Goodbye, my friend," said Piccolo, as Krillin shouted out in concern for the Saiyan Prince.
(Chapter End)
Well, Vegeta always DID want to go out in a bang, and I don't think I've seen a bigger one that he's created, by himself that is.
Goku: (Unconscious)
Gohan: (Also unconscious)
Vegeta: (Dead) (Sheds one tear)
Hercule: (Hiding from fans)
Piccolo: Still here.
RDF1: Well, at least everyone's not gone.
Piccolo: Really, why's that? Because I am the only one left that's conscious and at the battlefield?
RDF1: Because you're the only one that's conscious and able to visit me.
Piccolo: Ain't that a joy.
RDF1: Alright I'll let you go. Just get the boys to the lookout, alright?
Piccolo: Working on it.
(Piccolo leaves)
AN1: Well, the drawings are the same, just the Mighty Mask IS the real one in this timeline.
AN2: This is for everyone who hated the fact that the creators decided for Piccolo to forfeit this match.
AN3: Just after writing this, I realized I made this into a reference of Robin's cape, from Teen Titans. It was the first thing I could think of that was stronger than steel.
AN4: What I mean is that Gohan and Vegeta don't go past Super Saiyan in their spars.
AN5: I think they would rather face Dabura, rather than Gohan that very second.
AN6: I'm trying to limit that 'kid's' complaints to a minimum. That way it would be less annoying on our eyes, and ears to just skip over those annoying parts.
AN7: Well, he doesn't. And just to give you my opinion: I would say Vegeta would even be able to hold his own even if it WERE ten years ago and Vegeta was still not ready to face Frieza.
AN8: Apparently the Kai's haven't.
AN9: This is how I'm interpreting the scanner Babidi has. It said he had three thousand (whatever it's called), so I translated that into 3 million.
AN10: Does anyone know how powerful he REALLY was, because this is my best guess?
AN11: Yeah, this fight isn't just short of epic (sarcasm). Everyone knows about this fight, you guys know it, I know it, the entire world that's watched DBZ knows it. I'm not covering it because it's not something that needs to be covered. So watch the real thing if you want to see all the action.
AN12: The Japanese subbing in English has this. Not to mention this proves the thing about Bulma being an 'Aunt' in the last chapters. I didn't even know Goten called Vegeta 'Uncle' until I saw the subs.
AN13: Anyone makes a stupid, perverted joke about this, and I will report you. (No lie!)
Anyways, it's late and I need to wake up early tomorrow. It's Family Day, which is the two-year/non-Football Homecoming equivalent. Until next chapter.
Later,
RDF1
