NOTE: Welcome back! Here's our long-awaited pink menace! Seriously, none of this would've happened if Makima had just joined along in the first place. Oh well, time to deal with the consequences.
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Chapter 12: Failure
"Mommy?"
Makima, who was doing her paperwork in the dining room, looked down to see her 3-year-old son. The little boy was dressed in a light blue onesie with a hole cut in the back to allow his tail to move freely. She could tell by the look in his eyes that the boy was tired, clearly being up past his bedtime was doing him no favors. Something she never had to worry about since Gohan usually slept peacefully throughout the night after a fulfilling dinner. "Gohan?"
"What are you doing, Mommy?"
"Paperwork." She answered. The late nights after dinner when both her darling and son were fast asleep were the best times to get work done without interruptions.
"I-is it like my homework?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, but for grown-ups." Makima answered and felt a warm sensation at the boy's smile. It always fascinated her to see the way his eyes lit up at the opportunity to learn new things, just like herself and his father. She had never given children much thought, finding them much easier to put under control than adults, however her son was a new step for her. For one, Makima was unsure if she was ever doing anything right with the boy in the first place. She knew the basics of keeping a child alive and healthy, but the deeper aspects were unknown to her.
Whenever she watched her darling interact with Gohan it always seemed so easy to do. A bright smile here, some tickling there, and some other form of games would make the toddler happy as can be. Goku never struggled to bond with their son, but Makima found herself staying at arms length more often than not. She cared for him, but she didn't know how to be a mother, so she stuck with 'being around' as the best way to handle the problem.
The only time she's ever hugged Gohan was the day he was born.
Makima left her thoughts when she felt a small hand grab the leg hole of her shorts. She looked down to see her son had closed the gap between. She didn't make a move to reach for him, since she could tell that he likely wanted to get picked up. Goku picked Gohan up all the time and made the boy feel like he was flying whenever he did. Makima decided to ask him the important question. "Why are you awake, Gohan?"
"I-I had a bad dream. I usually go to yours and Daddy's room, but you weren't in there and Daddy is still out on his camping trip." Gohan explains. Goku had gone out on one of his annual camping trips to get some training done. It's the only time he was able to get any personal space since Gohan was born. It was never too big of an issue since he was only gone for a month at best and if the trip took longer then she'd go out to find him.
"I see. It was just a dream, Gohan, and dreams can't hurt you." Makima said.
"B-but they're scary." Gohan muttered, eyes facing the floor.
"They're only scary when you allow them to be." She sighed when he continued looking down at the floor. "Look at me, Gohan."
The boy looked up and found himself amazed by his mother's eyes. His daddy told him that people found her eyes scary, but they never seemed that way to him or his daddy. In fact, his mother's eyes were always looking out at something more, something that they just couldn't see themselves. It was a mystery and he liked mysteries, because they reminded him of his mother.
"Fear isn't something that hurts us, in fact, it makes us stronger." Makima explained.
"Really?" Gohan gasped.
"Yes, for you possess my blood, the blood of the Control Devil. I was born from the fear humans have of 'control', thus I don't fear the world around me or the unknown. It is the same for you, Gohan. You have nothing to be afraid of as long as you take control of the things that scare you." Makima explains. "The more people fear me, the stronger I become."
Gohan made a little noise, and squeezed his mother's leg. "I don't fear you, Mommy."
"Really? These eyes or my words don't scare you?"
He shook his head at her. "No, because you always make my bed in the morning, cook yummy food, help me with my school work, and give me nice clothes to wear! I'm not scared of you, Mommy! I love you!"
The Control Devil stared at the small boy as her chest felt like something had stabbed into her heart. She knows what love is, since she loves her darling, but that was a different kind of love. A love that's born from a deep want, a desire to become one with another person in an intimate fashion. Her darling was the only person in the world capable of drawing that kind of emotion out of someone as evil as her. But what Gohan needed was different, so much different that she felt that a single misstep would ruin him forever. He was a bright boy, much similar to his father, and she didn't want to ruin that. If she got too close to him…then he'd…maybe he would be-
"I love you!" Gohan repeated, sending another ripple through his mother's heart. "You have to say it back, Mommy! Daddy always says it back!"
She opened her mouth. "I…" Before she could finish saying the words, Makima used her abilities to put her son to sleep. She grabbed him before he could hit the floor and gently pulled him into her arms. Makima listened to his soft breaths as she slept peacefully in her arms. "I love you too."
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As she laid in the bottom of the sea, her body was slowly pulling itself back together. Makima could feel the malevolent energy that was spewing out into the planet, covering it like a blanket of pure chaos. She didn't know what it was, but she could barely feel the energies that were the closest to the source. As her mind started slipping to focus on regenerating, Makima could only do one thing.
"Don't die…"
"Don't die…Gohan."
"What…?" Gohan turned his head away from the situation. "Was that, Mom?"
"GOHAN!" The hybrid snapped back to reality as his classmate and Shin were calling out his name. His aunt just stood there, still ready to fight whatever Majin Buu was truly going to turn out to be.
"We need to get out of here! It's hopeless!" Shin yelled at his companions.
"What are you talking about?! We can't just leave this!" Gohan denied the God's idea.
"Gohan's right, there's no way we can just run away when that thing you've been scared of is about to emerge!" Yoru added.
Shin couldn't believe the audacity of these mortals. "I already told you all that if Majin Buu were to awaken, then it would be the end of everything! There's nothing we can do to stop him!"
"B-but there has to be something we can do?! Right?!" Asa exclaimed.
"WE NEED TO LEAVE! NOW!" Shin roared, clearly panicking.
"Like, hell I'm gonna run away! There's only one thing we can do in this situation and that's fight!" Yoru's pride as one of the four Horsemen refused to listen to the whims of some God that was scared of a boogeyman. She wasn't going to fail here when she was in the perfect position to show why a being like her should be feared in the first place.
Gohan glared at the villains across from them, Babadi's wicked laughter echoing victoriously through the raging winds. He knew that the Supreme Kai was likely right that it would be better for them to escape now, but he couldn't risk that. There was too much at stake for him to turn tail like a failure. His father, mother, little siblings, and friends were all counting on him to save the day again like he had seven years ago. "If he's already at full power, then I might as well do something!"
"What?!" Shin, Yoru, and Asa were almost blown back by Gohan's aura as the teen powered himself up to his max.
"RAAAAH!" Gohan screamed, then cupped his hands to his side. "I'M NOT GOING TO RUN AWAY! I'LL FINISH THIS HERE! KA! ME! HA! ME! HAAAAA!" Gohan unleashed the strongest energy blast he could muster at the smoking egg.
"WHAT?!" Babadi cried as Dabura quickly grabbed him to dodge out of the attack's way. The beam collided with the egg, pushing against the malevolent aura that pulsated around it. Everyone had to hold themselves firm from the air pressure created by the clash.
"You fool! It's hopeless! There's no way you could possibly-"
"HAAAA!" Gohan pushed out one more burst of power that managed to knock Buu's egg off of its stand. The pink egg rolled across the ground before coming to a complete stop and opening up to reveal nothing inside. Everyone stared at the empty shell with shock and disappointment.
"N-no way…it's not possible… Majin Buu is…" Babadi stuttered.
"He's not there…?" Dabura muttered.
Shin blinked for a few moments as he overcame his own shock. Relief and hope swelled inside of him, refilling his confidence. "Ha ha! Tough luck, Babadi! Seems like your Majin Buu had grown weaker during his time sealed away and the energy killed him!" In his time of gloating, the God completely missed the way his allies were shivering from cold sweat.
Dabura heard his master growl at the Kai and tried to ease his worries. "Worry not, Master! Even without Majin Buu, you still have me! And as soon as Vegeta is properly under your control then-"
"I don't care! All of this would be pointless if I don't have Majin Buu!" Babadi hissed.
Shin continued, still ignorant of his allies' plight. "Goku and Vegeta are probably evenly matched! I'll wrestle down Babadi, so as long as you two defeat Dabura then this battle will be ours! It's just as your Father said, Gohan! Let your true power show itself and this world will have a future!" Shin declared proudly.
"No…"
"What?" Shin grew confused. He turned to Yoru, whose body was shaking like a leaf as if a deathly chill had filled the air.
"Y-Yoru…this power it's…" Asa's spirit trembled. Her hand flew to her mouth to prevent her bowls from exiting her body.
"We really did fuck up…!" Yoru muttered.
"Supreme Kai…" Shin turned to Gohan, who was in a similar state as his aunt and friend. "There's a monstrous KI building…and it's right above us!" Gohan and everyone else looked up to see a huge cloud of pink smoke gathering together.
"W-what…what is that?!" Babadi questioned.
Shin's hope died once again, fear gripping his form. "No! No, it can't be!"
As the pink cloud started taking shape, Gohan and Yoru flinched back from the overwhelming darkness emanating from the creature. Its body, arms, legs, and head fully formed to show the appearance of the terrifying entity known as Majin Buu. Buu has pink skin, an antenna on top of his head with three "steam holes" on each side. He is clothed in a purple cape, and a black vest with golden trims. He wears yellow gloves and boots with white baggy pants. He also wears a black belt with a golden belt buckle with the "M" insignia. "BUUUUUUUUUUUU!" The monster screamed.
Buu dropped down onto the ground with a cheery smile on his chubby face. The creature just stood there as he tried to make sense of his surroundings after centuries of being asleep. Buu stretched his arms and kicked out his legs. A happy little laugh left his mouth as he continued doing his little exercise.
"M-Master…is that Buu?" Dabura basically asked what was on everyone's mind.
"I don't know. Only the Supreme Kai has ever seen him before. Babadi and Dabura looked for confirmation, and judging by the look on Shin's face, their assumptions were correct.
"So, that's Majin Buu?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, I'll never forget his horrible face!" Shin snarled.
"I'm not going to lie, I kinda expected something bigger and uglier." Asa comments.
Yoru tightened her grip on her swords. "Don't let his appearance fool you, girl, feel out that thing's power. This also goes for you, Gohan."
"What? Auntie-" He was interrupted by Yoru's fierce glare.
"I know you can feel that thing's power, brat. I'm certain Piccolo taught you not to underestimate an opponent just because of their appearance. That thing may look cute and cuddly, but there's a dark energy kept inside of him. Almost to the point where it could swallow the whole galaxy." The feeling that Buu was giving off could even make the Darkness Devil shit itself just from being near it.
"Your Aunt is correct, Gohan. We can't underestimate Buu!" Shin said.
Gohan clenched his fists and stood to his full height. "I know, but still…I feel like if I go all out, then I will definitely beat him."
"Wait, Vegeta!" Goku, who was pretty beaten up and bloody, held his hand up to his rival's face. The fallen prince glared at his foe with impatient anger.
"What?!" Vegeta hissed. He was equally as bloody and bruised as Goku, which remained as evidence of their intense battle.
"A huge KI just appeared! It's pretty powerful too! That must be Majin Buu!" Goku realized. He internally cursed himself for letting the battle get to his head, since it led to the chaos entity to be released.
Vegeta looked over to where Buu's KI was emitting from. A dark chuckle came from the prince before turning into full blown laughter. Goku was confused by whatever Vegeta found humorous. "So, that's Majin Buu, huh? Not much to speak of, is he?"
"I don't know…he feels abnormal." Goku responded.
"Tch! That Supreme Kai was supposed to be invincible, but were you impressed?! All that buffoon managed to do was overestimate the abilities of our opponents and was left shocked by our strength! We Saiyans and even that sister of yours have already left these 'Godly' beings in the dust!" Vegeta declared heatedly. "Majin Buu is not a threat!"
"I-I don't know, Vegeta. We should-"
"ENOUGH!" Vegeta's roar caught Goku off-guard. "You will not delay our battle any further! Every second wasted speaking is time that could be used to battle!" He dashed at his rival with a punch that sent Goku flying back. The pure Saiyan refocused himself on the fight in front of him, and countered Vegeta's next attack with an uppercut to his jaw. Vegeta fought against the momentum to keep himself in Goku's personal space. The two clashed fists that created shockwaves that devastated the area around them.
Babadi and Dabura carefully approached Buu, who was still doing his exercises. "B-Buu, I am Babadi, son of Bibidi, your master! I am the one who freed you from the shell that you were trapped in! Which means that I am now your master!"
Buu stared at the tiny warlock with disinterest. He turned away, having no desire to be controlled by another magic-user. Babadi took clear offense to the rude disregard. "H-hey?! Where are your manners-"
"BOO!" Buu's head turned a full 180 degrees, his face morphing into a horrific abomination that would even give a Devil nightmares for years. Babadi fell to his rear as Buu childishly laughed at the little warlock.
Dabura spat at Majin Buu. "Peh! Nothing but a child!" He crossed his arms with clear disapproval. "Looks like we failed, Master Babadi. Majin Buu is nothing but a fat child!"
Buu stopped laughing. His head slowly turned to face the Demon King, who raised a brow in response. "What? Do you have an issue, fatty?"
Buu just stared at him.
The others just kept quiet, carefully watching the scene play out. Asa, even though she was in spirit form, kept close to Gohan and Yoru as if that would bring her some comfort.
Dabura, who seemed to have lost all sense of self-preservation, continued to taunt the pink monstrosity. "What's wrong, fatass? Do you want to try fighting me-"
PWEEEEE!
Gohan, Yoru, and Asa felt their stomachs drop as Buu's power increased within seconds. The monster's power already felt overwhelming, but this burst of power was unlike anything they've felt before.
If you asked any of them what had happened, they wouldn't be able to describe the scene to you. One moment Dabura was standing there with his arrogant grin, and the next he was on the ground withering in pain as his horns and left arm had been brutally torn from his body. Buu held the pieces of the demon's body in his hand, then swallowed them whole with a soft burp following afterwards.
"GAAAH!" Dabura's pained screams echoed throughout the wasteland. He tried to move, but Buu warped through the space between them within seconds. The pink monster's short leg embedded itself into the king's chest almost like a cartoon. Dabura bounced across the ground like a pebble skipping on a lake's surface and smashed into a plateau.
One would think that Babadi would be distraught over one his strongest pawns getting destroyed so easily, but instead he was ecstatic. "Buu! Buu, you are incredible! You completely flattened Dabura as if he was nothing!" Buu soaked up the praise, dancing like a ballerina.
Gohan was still reeling from the pressure of Buu's power. "H-his KI just shot up like a geyser! His power is unbelievable!"
"Huh? Did you two feel that?" Trunks asked the twins. The three were merely cruising along now, having initially gotten lost when the cluster of KIs they felt before disappeared.
"Yeah, it feels really strong!" Goten responded.
"There's also two other KIs in that direction." Nayuta pointed to the left. "It feels like our Papas, but something is off about it."
"Which way do you two want to go?" Trunks asked. He already knew which way he wanted to go, and hoped they would pick the same.
"Isn't it obvious? We're going after the bigger power source! That one has to be Majin Buu!" Nayuta pointed to the right.
"Yeah!" Goten agreed with his sister.
"Okay, then! Let's go!" The three took off towards where Majin Buu's power was coming from.
This time both Goku and Vegeta stopped their fight after feeling Buu's burst of power. Whatever feeling of superiority Vegeta held over the Majin started to waver after that power burst. Goku turned to his rival. "We can't keep fighting like this, Vegeta! Buu's power is no joke!"
"Shut up! All I care about is our match!"
"What about everyone else, huh?! Bulma and Trunks will be killed if Majin Buu is allowed to roam free!"
The mention of his wife and son made Vegeta pause for a moment, but the dark impulses tried to push those thoughts away. "S-shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! I sold my soul to eliminate that sense of compassion in my heart! They don't matter to me! Nothing else matters other than our battle!"
"That's a lie, Vegeta." Goku saw right through him. "You didn't sell your love for them."
"What would you know?! You sold your soul to a Devil, didn't you?!" Vegeta fired back.
"I didn't sell anything, Vegeta. I just fell in love with Makima and vice versa. Makima being a Devil never mattered to me. Loving people isn't a weakness, Vegeta." Goku said with a soft smile.
The prince allowed his words to sink in, then stood back up straight. "Fine… We'll put this off since you clearly can't concentrate."
"I can't? Hehe!" Goku giggled.
"Give me a Senzu, we've both used up a lot of energy." Vegeta offered his hand.
"Sure!" Goku naively turned his back to grab the pouch. "There's only one, so if we split it then it can work. With the two of us together, along with Gohan, then we can win-GUH!" Goku's Super Saiyan form gave out after a strong impact nailed the back of his head.
Vegeta picked the bean up off the ground and ate it. "Even you can be taken out when you let your guard down." The bean instantly returned him to full health. Vegeta stared down at the object of his self-doubt and hatred for the past decade or so. Goku's words from earlier echoed in his head without mercy. "I made this mess, so I'll be the one to fix it."
As Vegeta approached the entrance to Babadi's ship, he turned to Goku one last time. "We'll finish this later…if I'm still alive."
"Listen to me, Buu! I am your new master!"
Buu stared at him, then turned away.
He hoped he wouldn't have to use this threat, but this creature wasn't leaving him with any other choice. "I've read my Father's notes, Buu! I know the exact spell to seal you away again!"
Buu froze and looked back down at the warlock.
"You don't want to be sealed away, do you?"
Buu shook his head rapidly, then bowed respectfully at his new 'master'.
"Good! That's better!" Babadi grinned.
Asa narrowed her eyes at the scene. "He acts like a child."
"A child with the ability to drop a nuke if he so wanted." Yoru corrected.
"Should we just kill Babadi?" Gohan suggested.
"No! Killing Babadi now will just leave Buu without someone to keep him controlled!" Shin shut down the suggestion. "There will come a time when Buu proves to be too much for Babadi, and when it does the warlock will seal him back up!"
"And when exactly will that be? After that thing tears the Earth into pieces?" Yoru growled.
Shin didn't try to deny her accusations. "I only have myself to blame for all of this. Had I known the strength you all possess, then I would've used the other way!"
"Other way?" Gohan and Asa took note of his words.
"It's too late, there's no way we'll be able to escape. We're doomed." Shin had already accepted their defeat.
"No way…" Asa muttered.
"Will you stop with the quitter talk! All we need to do is find a weakness! Everything has one, even an abomination like that!" Yoru yelled.
Gohan agreed with his aunt. "Auntie is right! We can't just give up here! I promise, Supreme Kai! I'll stop this thing right here-"
"Buu! Your first order is to kill the Supreme Kai and his allies!"
They barely had a moment to react as Majin Buu descended upon them like a natural disaster. Gohan pushed Supreme Kai back into his aunt as Buu's fist smashed into his chest. Blood and spit erupted from Gohan's mouth as he was blasted across the wasteland. The hybrid's body spun through the air before crashing into a mountain, the landform falling to pieces on top of him.
"GOHAN!" Asa cried his name. There wasn't even a moment to catch their breaths as Buu moved onto his next targets. Yoru tried to block the monster's punch with her bone swords, but they were nothing more than twigs against his power. The War Devil and teenager folded like paper from Buu's attack. The two skidded across the ground, blood erupting from their body in response to the violent attack.
"Gohan! War!" Shin cried out to his allies. The Kai felt Buu's gloved hand grab the top of his head. The pink menace held him up like a toy, then smashed his fist into the Kai's stomach. Blood poured out of his mouth in response, but Buu didn't just stop at one. He continued slugging the Godly being over and over again with sadistic glee. Babadi watched in utter satisfaction as the Kai's screams filled his ears. That was until the ground started to shake violently.
"RAAAAAH!"
BOOM!
The crumpled mountain exploded from the force of Gohan's power. Majin Buu and Babadi turned to his direction to see the teenager's raging aura was affecting the air around them. Crimson color started to blend itself together into the boy's golden aura, giving it a demonic pressure that invaded their senses. Majin Buu dropped the Supreme Kai and gave his full attention to Gohan.
The hybrid could feel the dark presence of his Devil half encroaching on his mind, attempting to take over. As much as he wanted to fight it, as much as he wished to never use it again, the situation was proving too dire. Just the weight of Buu's attack told him just how much everything was truly on the line. "Dad trusted me to put an end to this! I'll use this power even if it means losing myself to it!"
Yoru pushed herself off the ground, still reeling from the attack. Since she and Asa share a pain tolerance, she didn't have to worry about her host being dead. The War Devil could feel the power rolling off of Gohan, the power he inherited from her sister was almost intoxicatingly disgusting. However, it was what they needed right now if they wanted to stop Majin Buu. "I-it's about time you got your head out of your ass, brat…"
Asa stared at her classmate, blown away by how much his power was affecting everything around them. The sky felt like it was shaking in response to the hybrid's might. "J-just what are you…Son Gohan?"
Shin slowly moved out of the way, since Buu was distracted by Gohan's powering up. The God knew that these mortals were powerful, but Gohan was something else entirely. A power that could turn Heaven and Hell to cinders if left unhindered. But even with those thoughts, he didn't feel afraid, in fact he was feeling hopeful. "G-Gohan…you have to win."
Buu stood unfazed by the phenomenon. His creepy smile didn't leave him at all as he awaited his opponent.
"RAAAAAH!" Lightning sparked across his body, his muscles bulged from the increased power, and the spirals in his irises glowed bloody red in a sea of teal. Gohan felt his mind create images of violence, ones depicting the brutal methods that could be used to kill Majin Buu. A sadistic smile formed on his lips, something completely out-of-character for him.
BOOM!
A huge explosion kicked off as Gohan phased in front of Majin Buu. His fists blurred as they pummeled into the pink dough with excessive force. Buu was lifted off his feet due to the momentum and felt himself getting kicked away towards Babadi.
"Gyah!" Babadi ducked out of the way as Buu's large body sailed past him. The monstrous pink ball bounced across the ground before coming to a stop. Buu spun on his heels with a single hand outstretched. Gohan rushed forward only to be smacked across the face by Buu's hand, but before he could go flying, Buu grabbed his ankle.
"WHAM!" Buu slammed the hybrid into the dirt.
"BAM!" Gohan was slammed down like a hammer once again.
"WHAM!"
"SLAM!"
"BAM!"
"WHAM!"
Asa winced from the repeated brutality. "H-he's hitting him like Bam Bam!"
"What…?" Yoru gave her a look.
"W-what?! I watch American cartoons!"
Having enough of being treated like a toy, Gohan released a charged blast into the ground, causing an explosion that knocked Buu away. With himself freed, Gohan rocketed at the pink bubblegum and swiped his hand. The air between them rippled like a wave of water and the space between them was erased completely. The hybrid smashed his fists into Buu's large stomach and when Buu bounced back up like a bouncy ball, Gohan unloaded a torrent of KI blasts that buried Buu deep within the ground.
"B-Buu?!" Babadi cried for his new pet.
"Not enough." Gohan spat out some spit. He was proven correct when Buu joyfully jumped out of the hole, completely unharmed. The pink menace brushed off some of the dust on his body with a soft hum. Gohan smirked at the blob. "Finally! Something that can take the punishment! It's always so disappointing when the toys break too early!"
Buu turned back to his opponent. "Buu no like you."
"Is that supposed to upset me? Well news flash, fatass, nobody likes you either." Gohan grinned, knowing full well that the pink blob hates being insulted.
Majin Buu stared at the hybrid for a moment, processing the second insult thrown at his weight. His slanted eyes opened to reveal the pure fury that existed within them. Steam poured out of his body like a train engine. "Okay! Buu kills you now!"
"Just try it-" Gohan's retort was interrupted by Buu's mighty swing. He managed to block the attack, but the weight behind it made his bones shudder. Gohan was forced back, leaving him open for Buu's next attack. The pink menace enlarged his hands to an insane degree and brought them together with Gohan in between.
"G-gah!" Gohan grunted as he attempted to push back against the pressure of Buu's hands. However, he wouldn't get the chance as copies of Buu's head sprouted out from the palms of his hands. Each one opened their mouths and unleashed a hellish barrage of KI at the hybrid, each one burning his skin like a blazing flame.
"RAAH!" Gohan screamed, unleashing an explosion of KI that finally freed him from Buu's capture. The upper torso of his black spandex had been completely obliterated with only the bottom half to protect his modesty. "D-dammit! What the hell is this thing?!" Gohan blinked and Buu vanished from his sight. "What?!"
"BOO!"
Gohan whipped around to receive a devastating uppercut that blasted him further into the air. He spun for a moment and regained his balance to keep eyes on his opponent. When Buu came rushing at him, Gohan unleashed his chains upon the monster in hopes of taking control of him. However, to his shock Buu raised his pink tendril on his head and released a pink beam that started turning his chains into candy. "H-how?!" He was forced to release them before the effects could reach his body.
Buu devoured the candy chains, licking his lips as he did so. The monster raised his hands and a pink chain shot out at Gohan, shocking the hybrid and those below. The chain wrapped around Gohan's body, trapping him once again.
"A-are those?!" Asa stuttered.
"T-that thing…copied Control's chains?!" Yoru wouldn't have believed it if she wasn't seeing it right now. The War Devil hurried to her feet, confusing her partner.
"W-what are you doing?!" Asa yelled.
"If that brat gets killed then we're all dead! If we can grab even a piece of that pink blob and turn it into a weapon, then we might stand a chance!" Yoru took off towards the battle before Asa could say anything else. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a capsule, popping it to reveal a demonic blade created from the Curse Devil. Its near indestructible nature seemed to be their best bet at the moment.
Buu didn't notice the War Devil approaching with her raised blade until it was too late, and felt his arm get sliced off by Yoru. She reached for the pink limb to turn it into a weapon.
"B-Buu! Your arm!" Babadi screeched.
Shin grunted hopelessly. "W-War…it won't work."
Right before Yoru could make contact with the limb, it balled itself up into a ball and smashed into the Devil's face. Yoru and Asa were utterly baffled by the sudden attack and watched as the arm spun around them like an annoying fly. "He can control his limb even after being severed?!"
Yoru swung her blade at the ball, but her sword harmlessly phased right through it. It crashed into her again, but it didn't stop there. The ball continued repeating the rotations, slamming into the Devil with more force than the last one. There was nothing the duo could do as they were getting pummeled to death.
Gohan watched helplessly as his aunt and friend were brutalized. His anger exploded, tearing through the chains that bind him. "STOP! Gohan blasted the arm to pieces and ignored the way his aunt fell back down to the ground. His eyes shifted to Buu, who used the pieces of his arm to regrow his limb. "I don't care what you are, I'm ending this now!" Gohan cupped his hands to charge his father's technique.
"Buu tired of you. Go away." Buu's eyes opened once more as he instantly created a ball of KI in Gohan's face. The hybrid was forced to rush his attack out in hopes of countering, but it was no use. Buu's attack swallowed him whole and Gohan's body exploded with a level of pain he had never felt before in his entire life. Gohan's screams were drowned out by the noise of the blast as it sent him flying far from the wasteland.
Yoru's eyes widened as she felt her nephew's power plummet like an anchor in the sea. There was nothing she could do as her nephew was being burnt to death in a malicious ball of energy.
Babadi couldn't be happier as he is right now. "Yes, Buu! That's it! Let that fool blast off to the ends of the universe!"
Shin may have struggled to pull himself up, but he still had some strength left in him. His eyes glowed brightly as he blew up the KI ball that was flying off with Gohan. He could see the hybrid's body falling further away. "P-Please live, Son Gohan…don't die yet…"
Gohan's fall was broken by a few trees as he fell into the grassy meadows. His body was broken and beaten, burn marks stained his torso like permanent scars. Breaths barely escape his throat as his body fights to stay alive. Deep within Gohan's mind, a single thought echoed harshly.
"When everyone's dead, it'll be all your fault. You fuckin' failure."
"I-I can't sense him anymore…" Asa muttered; despair written all over her face. She turned to her partner, who was still lying on the ground. "Yoru! Gohan is-" She stopped when she saw the devastated expression the Devil's features. An emotion she's never seen the War Devil convey in their entire time of knowing each other. "Yoru!"
"Gohan…" Yoru desperately searched for her nephew's KI. "Not like that…you can't-!" Whatever she was about to say next was stopped by the immense weight of Majin Buu crashing down on her. Both she and Asa filled the wasteland with their screams as Buu relished in his fun.
"Yes, Buu, yes! Crush her to pieces!" Babadi cheered.
Buu started beating the life out of the Devil beneath him without mercy. His yellow gloves turned red as they were stained with her blood. Buu happily started singing with each punch that smashed the Devil's head back into the ground.
Asa felt like her brain was going to explode just from the sensory overload alone. None of their fights before felt so hopeless, so painful, and yet she tried to think of something. "T-there has to be something we can d-do! W-we're gonna die at this rate! Yoru!" Once again, her partner refused to respond. "Screw it!"
Asa took over their body in between Buu's swings, she gripped the cursed weapon and swung it with everything she had. This time Buu hadn't expected the attack and felt his head disconnect from his shoulders. Asa managed to scramble to her feet, while Buu stumbled back away from her.
"Buu! Your head!" Babadi cried.
The possessed teenager was praying that a decapitation would've done something against the monster. However, her hopes were dashed immediately when Buu simply picked up his head and put it back on. The pink menace laughed happily, clapping his hands at her.
"N-no way…? What can even hurt this thing?!" Asa coughed out, falling to a knee. Their body had yet to fully heal from the brutal onslaught, and without Yoru there wasn't much she could do on her own.
"That was fun!" Buu exclaimed, then raised his hand. "You die now!" Before he could blast the teenager to hell, a spear tore through his stomach. Everyone turned to see that Dabura was still alive, the Demon King was barely clinging on.
"D-Dabura?! Just what are you doing?!" Babadi demanded.
"M-Master Babadi…Buu will never be your loyal servant. That monster will one day prove too much for you and will be your undoing!" Dabura warned him. "H-he must die!"
Babadi didn't take his foolish servant seriously. "Fool! Do you think I still care about you?! I have Buu under my control now, which means you're worthless!"
"Down there! Quick, undo Super Saiyan!" Nayuta ordered the boys. The two listened to her and the three of them dropped down behind the cliffs. The Saiyan hybrids were a good distance away from the action, but they were still able to make out the figures.
"I don't recognize those weirdos." Trunks said.
"No! There's that one weirdo at the tournament!" Goten pointed at Shin. "Then I think that girl is Gohan's classmate!"
"What the heck is even going on down there?" Nayuta grumbled.
"Nayuta, do you know which one is Majin Buu?" Goten asked.
"Why would I know, dummy? Videl didn't hand us a picture." Nayuta scoffed.
Trunks glanced to his left and noticed some weird statues. "Hey, what's that over there?" His question got the twins' attention. The three of them scurried over to the statues, making sure to stay hidden. When they reached the statues, they noticed just how familiar they looked.
"Woah! This one looks like Krillin!" Goten observed the short one.
"And this one is like Piccolo." Nayuta added.
"Weird. I wonder who made them-oh." Trunks knocked on Piccolo's statue a little too hard. Piccolo fell over and broke into pieces.
"Good job, moron! Whoever made these is gonna get mad at us!" Nayuta hissed.
"I didn't know it'd break that easily!" Trunks got back into her face. The two continued to growl at each other, while Goten just sucked on his thumb.
Asa stumbled on her feet as she watched Majin Buu effortlessly turn Dabura into a large cookie. The monster's abilities just continued to baffle her, hell, Devils made more sense than whatever this thing was! Devils were much more straightforward in how their abilities work, whatever concept they were created from defined their powers. But Buu was just an enigma, some kind of unknown entity with not a single weakness. She flinched when Buu's attention turned back to her, and Asa did the only thing she could do.
She turned tail and started running.
"Don't let her escape, Buu! Kill her, then we'll deal with the Supreme Kai!" Babadi ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Buu saluted his 'master'. His pink tendril pointed at Asa's back and fired with terrifying accuracy.
What saved the teenager in the end was the rock she ended up tripping on. Which caused the beam to hit her arm. Asa's instincts kicked in quickly, she raised the cursed blade and sliced off her own arm before the effects could spread. The chocolate limb landed on the ground with a softer thud than her body did. Asa curled into a ball and let out a pained scream as her blood poured out of the wound, Yoru's regeneration moved as quickly as it could to seal up the damage.
Babadi clicked his tongue. "Tch! Brat barely managed to survive. Oh well, she'll bleed out in time." He turned to the Supreme Kai with a victorious grandeur. "Time for you to finally pay for what you did to my father, Supreme Kai!"
Shin could do nothing but await his death, cursing himself for his failures to avenge the lives lost.
"Buu! Eat him too-"
BOOM!
"Eeek!"
"Eh? Krillin?" Goten's voice snapped the other two out of their argument. All three peered down to see that the Krillin statue had turned into Krillin. The ex-monk looked up, surprised to see that the kids were here.
"What?! Why are you three here?!"
"You were a statue!" Trunks exclaimed.
Krillin blinked as the memories came back to him. "That's right! That Dabura guy used his spit to turn us into statues!"
Since, other than Gohan and her mother, Nauyta was the only current Son with a brain cell, she realized something. "Wait…if you were a statue then doesn't that mean…?" She and Trunks gulped loudly. They scrambled back up the cliff towards Piccolo.
"What's wrong with them?" Krillin asked.
"Trunks broke Piccolo's statue." Goten answered nonchalantly.
"EH?!"
The two came back down, looking blue and green. "Uh…let's not tell anyone what happened? Okay?" Trunks pleaded with his friends and Krillin.
"What's the trouble?" Piccolo's gruff voice gained their attention. They saw that their ally was standing above them perfectly fine, as if he hadn't been broken into chunks earlier.
"P-Piccolo, you're okay?!" Nayuta gasped.
"I can regenerate as long as my head is still intact." Piccolo explained. Suddenly, a dark chill went down his spine. The Namekian dropped down to hide himself, causing the others to join him in staying low. "T-that powerful KI?! Could that belong to Majin Buu?!" He turned to the kids. "What's happened?! Where's Goku?!"
"I don't know. We just got here." Trunks answered.
Krillin stared at Majin Buu with fear. "Y-you're telling me that's Majin Buu?!"
"Indeed…"
"N-no way…! That thing makes Cell and Freeza look like baby ants!" Krillin cried.
Piccolo's enhanced eye-sight allowed him to catch the forms of Asa and Shin, both on the ground withering in pain. "The Supreme Kai and War?!"
"Huh? Auntie War is down there?" Goten asked.
"That girl on the ground is sharing a body with your Aunt." Krillin answered.
"Ew. I knew Auntie War was weird, but I didn't think she'd go that far just to try and be young again." Nayua gagged.
Piccolo growled at the kids. "This isn't the time for joking! We need to save-"
"Wait, Piccolo! I know you want to save the Supreme Kai and Gohan's classmate, but not even you would be a match for Buu." Krillin stopped the previous guardian from doing something reckless.
"If that Buu guy was strong enough to hurt Auntie War like that, then he must be pretty dangerous." Nayuta added with Goten nodding his head.
"Then what are we supposed to do-"
BOOM!
Babadi and Buu turned around to the source of the explosion, which is where Babadi's ship used to be located. "M-my ship! What fool could've possibly have done such a thing?!"
Descending from the smoke and flames was a familiar widow's peak having prince. In his hands was a corpse of one of Babadi's leftover minions. He dropped it to the ground as if it were complete trash. Vegeta smirked at the stunned warlock and his newest monster. "I did."
"DAD! It's my Dad!" Trunks exclaimed, happily. The others stared at the prince's arrival with shock and a bit of relief as well.
Asa managed to keep her eyes open to see that Vegeta had arrived at the battle. She didn't know where Goku was, but she hoped that the prince was willing to help. It would be bad if he somehow fully succumbed to Babadi's control, however she had enough critical thinking left to deduce that his blowing up of Babadi's ship said everything.
Babadi hissed at his disobedient 'servant'. "Vegeta, what is wrong with you?! I never told you to blow up the ship!"
Vegeta ignored the warlock and focused fully on Buu. "So, this is Majin Buu…the repugnant monster that killed Gohan."
Piccolo's heart stopped at the revelation, his enhanced hearing allowed him to hear the whole conversation. "No…not Gohan…"
"Piccolo?" He looked down at the Son twins, who were ignorant to the heartbreaking news. "What are they talking about?" Nayuta asked. Piccolo turned away, not having the heart to tell them, not in the situation they're in now.
"Repugnant?" Buu didn't know the definition of the word. He looked down at Babadi for an answer.
"He's calling you ugly."
Buu's mood switch was immediate, boiling hot steam blowing out of the holes on his head. The spectators all flinched from the crushing pressure Buu's exposed KI was causing. "Mad! Mad! Mad! Buu kill you now!"
"Feh! Might as well, since he won't listen anyway." Babadi allowed.
Vegeta prepared himself for a difficult battle, powering himself up to the max, knowing that anything else would mean a quick death. His eyes glowed with unimaginable fury at the monster in front of him and the one inside of himself. No matter how this battle ends, it'll be his final.
"I won't be going to hell alone! I'm taking you with me!"
Chapter End
NOTE: As I said last chapter, they're all fucked. Anyway, I hope what I've shown so far about Buu surprised you guys a bit. This is just the tip of the iceberg of what Buu (And his various forms) will be capable of doing. I want to add that I am going to use the Primal Devils eventually, there are still some kinks that I'll have to work out with them. Overall, they'll basically be as dangerous as Buu. Some form of Chainsaw Man characters has to be a threat for the DB ones.
That flashback at the beginning is highlighting something about Makima that I hope I've shown a bit already. As confident and fearless as she acts, there is one thing that scares her: Failing her children. She doesn't know how to be a mom and as seen with Gohan she didn't know how to act around him in a motherly fashion. It would be after that confession that she would start to get closer to him. With Goten and Nayuta she improved a lot, but she still hasn't done one thing with all three of them. She's never verbally told them that she loves them.
Asa loses an arm...seem familiar? Poor girl.
Yoru is...going through it.
Gohan's got demons in that head of his. More will be explained later.
Vegeta's here to do Vegeta things. We all love him for that.
Will Vegeta be able to stop Buu? Uh...
See you guys next time!
