NOTE: Welcome back! Glad you guys liked the last chapter, it was a fun one to write. Now we're back in the swing of things with everyone getting ready to kill the bubblegum monster that can cross dimensions just by screaming really hard.

I have a strong desire to write Makima meeting Arale. Dr. Slump exists within the same world as DB, so I can do this at some point.

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Chapter 17: Hope and Despair

"For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to live a normal life. To be just like everyone else who roamed the town. But that was impossible, my life was too messed up. I was too stupid for school, too poor to afford basic needs, and stuck paying off debt from my shit-bag old man. But I wasn't alone. As long as I had Pochita, then even this miserable life meant something."

A young man with blonde hair stood in front of a large horde of zombies. The leader, the Zombie Devil, loomed over him with a sickening scent that would drive anyone mad.

"But even then, I wanted to be normal. It's selfish, but I think everyone has the right to be. If something happened to me, then I at least wanted Pochita to be happy."

The young man reached for the ignition cord sticking out of his chest.

"Then I learned that without me he wouldn't be happy. I feel the same, because I also want to be with him forever. Together, the two of us can live by our own rules. We can be free."

He glared at the horde as they piled on top of him. "And if anyone dares to get in our way, then we'll tear 'em apart!" He yanked on the ignition cord with all he had. Chainsaws emerged from his arms, an orange helmet covered his head with a chainsaw emerging from the front of it. Blood and meat spewed everywhere as he tore his way through the zombies as if they were butter.

"W-wait! That shitty little Devil took over your body?! Then aren't you the same as me?!" The Zombie Devil cried. The Chainsaw Devil couldn't give a shit and flung himself at his adversary. He shoved his right arm down the Devil's eye socket, tearing through his brain. Then he dragged his arm downwards to slice the monster's head in half.

The newly revived hybrid turned around back towards the horde. "Looks like you guys are Devils through and through now." Without their leader, the zombies were nothing but mindless creatures acting on instincts. "FINE THEN! I'M A DEVIL HUNTER, I'VE GOTTA SLAUGHTER THE LOT OF YA!" He charged at the horde, swinging wildly without a care in the world. The zombies piled on him, but his saws ripped them to shreds quickly. "OH YEAH! IF I KILL ALL YA FUCKERS MY DEBT DISAPPEARS! GYAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

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"Quite the conundrum, don't you think so, Gohan?" Makima looked up at her oldest son. The two stood in front of an old warehouse, where they could see the aftermath of a huge battle that had taken place. The putrid smell of blood and rotten flesh was sickening to the boy's nose, but his mother was unaffected by it. "Seems even on my day off I still tend to find trouble."

Gohan didn't answer his mother, his eyes stuck on the lone figure that was still standing inside the warehouse. A shirtless Devil with chainsaws sticking out of his body, covered in dried and fresh blood. Gohan felt out his energy, noticing the distinct feeling that only hybrids would be able to give out. "He's a hybrid, Mom."

"I'm glad you noticed, son." Makima smiled.

When the bloodied hybrid started wobbling on his feet, Gohan acted quickly and caught him in his arms. The chainsaws and helmet melted away, revealing the dirtied face and blonde hair underneath. "A kid."

"Same age as you I would assume." Makima slowly approached. She used her invisible force to create a barrier to prevent her new clothes from getting stained in blood.

The blonde's eyes started fluttering open, he was too tired to move his body much. His eyes met the warm spiral orbs of Gohan, and suddenly a sense of comfort entered his body. "W-who…are ya?"

"I'm Son Gohan. I'm not gonna hurt you."

For some reason, the blonde couldn't help but believe him.

"What's your name?" Gohan asked.

"D…Denji…"

"Nice to meet you, Denji." Gohan picked him up and placed Denji on his back. "Just hold on the best you can. We're gonna get you some help, okay?"

"Y-yeah…" Denji's eyes were fluttering as his consciousness started to fade. He caught a glimpse of red hair before his consciousness blacked out completely.

"Pay attention!"

CLING!

"Tch…!" Denji was pushed back as a Bull Devil's horns were threatening to tear through his chainsaws. He let out a grunt and shoved the bull back before it could get any more leeway. He was then smashed into the wall by a falcon's talons. The Falcon Devil screeched loudly before digging its claws into his body. "Gah! Goddammit! Get the hell off!" Denji tore his saws through its body, forcing it to retreat back. He sprinted forward and jumped at the Devil with his blades in an 'X' position. With a crazed scream, Denji tore the Falcon Devil into chunks with quick swipes. He opened his mouth and devoured the blood of the deceased Devil like it was a gallon of Kool-Aid.

Videl cringes in disgust at the sight before her. Even after seeing Chainsaw Man fight in the past his gorey way of defeating his enemies never stopped disgusting her. "A-are we sure this is going to work?" She looks over at Fami, Aki, and Power, who were all watching Denji's training.

It had been an hour since Son Goku had left the world of the living. With only two days to prepare for the eventual final battle against Majin Buu, there was no time to mourn the departure of the kind-hearted Saiyan. As Piccolo and Makima continued to train the kids, Fami had taken them to the lower levels to train Denji. Aki and Power joined them to support and keep an eye on their family member.

Fami shrugged. "Probably."

"P-probably?!" Videl flinched back.

Aki lit one of his cigarettes and glanced at the Famine Devil. "I have to agree with the Champion's daughter. Is feeding him like this going to really make him stronger?"

"The best way to make a Devil stronger is to increase the fear of their identity, however, that plan would fail due to Majin Buu running rampant at the moment. The next best solution is to not only strengthen Denji's fighting abilities but also fill him with enough blood to increase the power of his Devil abilities." Fami explains. She reaches into her pocket, pulling out a tiny dried out corpse. She flicked it out towards Denji and snapped her fingers. It grew in size, revealing to be another Devil for the hybrid to fight. "Does he know how to use KI?"

"He knows how to fly. Anything else hasn't been refined at all." Aki responds. Not that he or Gohan haven't tried, but their methods of teaching just didn't stick with Denji. His own patience was too short and Gohan used big words. The Chainsaw hybrid's attention was also just severely lacking in several areas.

"I see. We'll work on refining that during these two days as well." Fami bit into a ham sandwich that she pulled out of her pocket.

Videl looked even more disgusted. "Where do you get all of this food?!"

"I don't know." Fami shrugged and kept eating.

Power, who wasn't paying attention to their conversation, was yelling at Denji. "GO LEFT, DENJI! DODGE THAT ONE! DON'T GET HIT, STUPID!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" Denji roared at the Blood Fiend. That distraction cost him and allowed him to get impaled by the Karate Devil. Blood exploded out of his mouth as the fist was ripped out of his chest. Denji ignored the pain, swirling around and knocking the Devil away to catch his breath. He noticed the other ones that Fami kept tossing out where started to surround him. "C'mon! I can take each one of ya bastards on!" With a monstrous roar, Denji lunged at them with fierce strikes.

He needed to get stronger, strong enough to protect the life he had now. Just like before, he's going to tear apart anything that gets in the way of his dream.

On the Supreme Kai's Planet, Gohan continued to work hard at mastering the Z-Sword. After reuniting with his father, Goku explained the situation back on Earth. More guilt slammed against his heart as he thought about all of the destruction Buu could be causing while he was here. His family and friends were all in danger because of him. That dark seed that had been festering inside of him since the Cell Games continued to grow inside of his heart.

Asa released heavy breaths as she continued her own training. In an effort to get her to master creating matter from nothing she needed to at least be able to create matter from something. In a way, Yoru's abilities already allowed that to happen but the difference was that she could only create weapons while touching them. Asa was trying to transform a rock into a sword, an actual bladed weapon made from metal. Thankfully, she was making progress but getting the matter to shift into metal was difficult.

And the lack of communication from her partner wasn't helping matters either.

Off to the side, Son Goku was taking a nap, having grown bored from watching the teenagers train. Kibito and Shin were supervising the training and were doing their best to tone out Goku's snoring.

"Again!"

"Fu-sion-HA!"

Again!"

"Fu-sion-HA!"

"Again!"

"Fu-sion-HA!"

"Again!"

"Fu-sion-HA!

Piccolo and the boys could be heard from the outskirts of the Lookout. The Namekian wasn't wasting a second on drilling the corrected motions of the dance into the boys' bodies until they knew it by muscle memory. "Trunks, your legs are too close! Goten, get your timing to match Trunks!"

"Yes, sir!" The boys shouted, though their exhaustion was clear to anyone listening.

Floating above the Lookout was Makima and Nayuta, the two were surrounded by a red sphere of energy, the only daughter of the Son Family was fighting against her instincts to turn Super Saiyan. "Do not transform. Your body won't survive the transfer from the sudden shift." Makima warned. She could see that her daughter's eyes were switching from black to teal repeatedly.

"I-I'm…trying…" Nayuta struggled to even talk.

"I know." Makima replied softly. It wouldn't be long until Nayuta's body learns to accommodate for the excess power being pumped into her. Once her body is ready, then they can work on refining everything for battle.

BOOM!

"BUUUUUU!" Majin Buu yelled happily. The pink menace just got done tearing through most of the Western Continents. It was barely even an hour since he finally killed Babadi and the monster had already destroyed 2/3rds of the Earth as a whole. Nothing but smoke and barren waste was left in his wake. He tapped his chin with that goofy look of his. "Buu wonders what he should destroy next? Somewhere Buu can find anything delicious to eat?"

"How about a raincheck?!"

"Huh?" Majin Buu looked up to see seven figures descending down on top of him. They surrounded him, keeping him pinned to his position in a sense. The doughy pink monster tilted his head. "Who are you?"

The young man of the group stepped forward. "My name's Miri, bastard! The guy who's gonna kick your ass!" He is a young man of average height with unkempt black hair that goes down to the middle of his neck and visible dark circles under his brown eyes. He's dressed in the Public Safety uniform with a white hoodie over the top.

"Do you always have to be so loud?" One of the women complained. She is a tall woman with cream colored hair tied back into a ponytail. She wears an eye patch over her right eye, has a brown left eye, and possesses an athletic build with rather wide hips. She dons a set of sheathes on her back, holding up to three swords which resemble Dao. She is also dressed in the Public Safety uniform.

"Don't be too harsh on him, Miss Quanxi. Boys are pretty brash at this stage in their lives." A girl who looked similar in age to Miri commented. She is a young girl of slender build. She wears a choker around her neck with a grenade pin sticking out. She is dressed in the Public Safety uniform as well.

"Shut up, Reze!" Miri yelled, blushing a bit.

"I agree with the Lesbian!" An older man speaks up, earning an eye roll from Quanxi. "The stupid sword brat is too much like that Chainsaw Man! It pisses me off!" He is a tall man with short black hair and notable sideburns. He wears the Public Safety uniform, but keeps the shirt unbuttoned at the collar.

"Are you saying that because Denji almost turned you into a woman, Katana?" Reze's question caused the man to glare fiercely at her.

"Keep your mouth shut, brat! I'll kill him the next time I see him!" Katana roared.

"Can we please focus for once?" The man standing next to Katana said. He is a tall man with relatively long black hair that's swept behind his ears, with the exception of one strand of hair that drops from his forehead and connects to his right eyebrow. He wears his uniform neatly with a bowtie instead of a necktie. "We have a job to do here." The other two unnamed hybrids nodded their heads, clearly wishing to get on track.

Miri rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue. "Fine, but I'm not doing it because you said so, Barem! I'm doing this because-WHY IS HE ASLEEP?!" He and the rest of the hybrids turned back to see Majin Buu had fallen asleep during their introductions. A snot bubble had even inflated from the monster's non-existent nose.

"Guess he got bored." Quanxi shrugged.

"Our introductions must've taken too long." Reze said.

"Tch…! Fat pink bastard!" Miri cursed loudly.

POP!

The snot bubble popped as Buu woke up from his slumber. His eyes opened, staring directly at Miri. "What did you say?" His voice was filled to the brim with quiet rage.

The young hybrid smirked. "Heard that one, did ya? Don't worry, that insult is the last thing you need to be worried about!" Miri shoved his hand down his throat and bit his hand off. Two long swords spiked out of his arms, his head shifted into a demonic helmet.

Reze pulled the pin in her neck. Her head exploded, revealing the transformed torpedo helmet.

Quanxi stabbed herself in the head with a black arrow. Her skull shifted into an arrow head with several bone-like arrows growing out of her collarbones. Her arms transformed into bone-like crossbows.

Another member pulled a spear out of his spine. His head shifted into demonic form.

The other snapped their fingers, transforming their body into demonic whips.

Katana's hands fell off, his form flashed brightly to reveal his true form. Two long katana's extended out of his arms with a singular long one coming out of his head.

Barem ignited his form with a snap of his fingers. His head transformed into a huge fire tank as dual flamethrowers took the place of his arms.

Buu, after witnessing the cool transformation sequences, forgot his anger and clapped his hands. "OH~! Do it again! Do it again!"

Katana Man descended first. "Don't worry, I'll give you a close and personal show!" His swords swiped at the pink blob, but ended up hitting nothing but air. "Huh?"

"Katana, behind you!"

He didn't even have a second to react before Buu's fist smashed into his head, embedding him into the ground. Buu laughed loudly until several arrows started impaling his body, knocking him back from the Katana hybrid. Buu didn't get a chance to react as each of the arrows proceeded to explode, engulfing him in flames and smoke. Quanxi and Reze had attacked together to deal some damage to the pink blob. However, their attacks proved fruitless as Buu emerged from the smoke unharmed.

Buu pushed out his hand, generating a forcefield around the two female hybrids. The two tried to bust their way out of it, but the field was studier than they expected. With his other hand, Majin Buu snapped his fingers with a sinister grin. The ladies gasped as the dust particles beneath their feet exploded violently. Their screams echoed as each explosion had far more weight than they could've seen coming.

A spear attempted to stop Buu, but he easily dodged out of the way. The Spear Devil and Whip Devil attacked Buu in tandem, forcing him to release the force field around the girls. Several whips wrapped around his pink arms, stretching them out to keep him still. Spear Devil rushed in with his spears to try and cut through the Majin. However, Buu took a deep inhale and flexed his arms. The whips snapped easily, shocking the Whip Devil thoroughly, and leaving them open for Buu to grab the extended whips to pull them in. Buu bashed the Whip Devil into the Spear Devil, then blasted them both away with a KI blast.

"Don't think it'll be that easy!" Miri cried as he came flying down with his swords. His blades clashed against Buu's arms, attempting to slice through the pink flesh. "Dammit! Why can't I cut through ya?!"

"Hehe! Buu's body is sturdy!" Buu pushed Miri's arms apart, causing him to gasp. The Majin's yellow gloves clapped against the sides of the teen's head harshly, almost crushing his skull. Buu kicked Miri away, laughing as the Longsword hybrid bounced across the ground.

Flames engulfed Buu quickly, Barem unleashed hell upon the monster. "Attack!" He yelled towards his comrades.

Reze had recovered from the earlier onslaught and raised her arms. "Here comes the boom~!" Her arms snapped off, blasting into the air like torpedoes. They descended into the fire tornado and exploded, increasing the intensity of it. As her limbs regenerated, Quanxi and Katana Man joined in next.

With KI enhancing their abilities, the two attacked fiercely. Quanxi's KI arrows mixed with the flames and Katana's energy slashes kept on the pressure inside. Miri decided to follow Katana's lead, repeating a similar action as him. The Spear Devil was the same, tossing KI enhanced spears into the massive flaming tornado. The Whip Devil recovered and wrapped their whips around the fire tornado to keep the flames condensed enough to focus solely on Buu.

"Keep it up! This has to have hurt him!" Miri yelled.

"HA HA HA! I'd like to see the look on that pink bastard's face right now!" Katana laughed.

"Uh huh! Buu wants to see it too!"

"What-"

SQUELCH!

All of the other hybrids stopped their attacks to stare in horror at Buu tearing a hole right through Katana. The Majin roughly pulled his hand out of the hybrid's body, allowing him to fall to the ground. Buu frowned at his bloodied hand. "That no good! You can't play with Buu like that! Oh well, guess Buu will turn you into candy!"

"We won't let you!" Spear and Whip tried to stop him.

"Go away! Buu no like you!" Majin Buu unleashed a powerful wave of KI that swallowed the two Devils up like a tidal wave. Quanxi and Reze had to jump out of the way to avoid the blast. When the dust settled, there wasn't a trace of the two left to be found.

"No way…! Spear and Whip…!" Miri cried.

Buu stomped down on Katana's head, crushing it like a grape as he walked towards the rest of the hybrids. "Hmm…! Buu wonders what snack he'll turn you all into!" His words sent a wave of terror through the four that were left.

"...We need to run." Quanxi said.

"What?!" Miri exclaimed.

"That thing is too strong. We knew this was a suicide mission, especially since Mrs. Makima's husband wasn't even able to beat it. But I genuinely didn't think it would be this impossible." Quanxi admitted.

"We can't just give up here! If we leave now, then this thing will continue destroying shit!" Miri yelled.

"I hate to admit it, but at this point there's nothing that we can do." Reze said. She turned to Miri with a saddened smile. "This is even worse than the Cell Games seven years ago. I'm sorry, Miri, but the world needs a miracle and that isn't us."

"A time where both humans and Devils are facing the reality of extinction." Barem speaks up. "To think such a time would actually seem to be possible. This world will finally reach its end at the hands of this monster unless a savior appears to stop it. Funny how it was some pink monster instead of a Devil that would end us all."

Miri stared at them with shock. He couldn't believe they were so ready to give up so readily, especially when everything was hanging in the balance. They were sent out here to stop this monster and he'd be damned if he ran like a coward. "Fine, then! You can all run away, but I'm not gonna lose to this fatass!" He charged in before any of them could stop him.

"Miri, wait!" Reze called out to him. She was going to follow him but was pulled back by Quanxi. "Why are you-"

"Some of us need to live if there's going to be any form of hope." Barem stood in front of them. He sighed a bit and readied his flamethrowers. "I hope you ladies find some way to enjoy your final days in some fashion." He boosted himself into the air with his flames and descended onto Buu alongside Miri.

"Wait! We can't just leave them!" Reze cried as she was pulled into the skies by Quanxi. The one-eyed hybrid continued to fly through the air as fast as she could from Majin Buu.

"We can and will. Besides, you're too pretty to let die. And there are my girls who I need to make sure…oh…" Quanxi suddenly came to a stop, confusing Reze.

"Why did you stop-oh…" Reze looked ahead to see Majin Buu looming over them both. The tubby Majin was rubbing his belly, chocolate crumbs littered his mouth. He held the chocolate form of Miri in his hands and swallowed it in one whole gulp.

"Yummy~! They were delicious~!" Buu exclaimed. He then opened his eyes, smiling sadistically at the frozen hybrids. "Buu wonders how you two will taste!"

The last thought that went through Reze's head before she was turned into chocolate was if Denji had managed to survive Buu's terror wherever he was.

Kishibe watched on his tablet as Quanxi and Reze were effortlessly killed by Majin Buu. The special forces that had been put together to deal with the monster couldn't even manage to hurt the damn thing. He let out a deep sigh and took a long swallow of his alcohol.

"Welp, we're dead."

A day later, back on the Supreme Kai's planet, Gohan effortlessly twirled the Z-Sword in the air before posing with it. He finally got the handling of the sword done perfectly, using it just as he would any other weapon. His father and the others clapped their hands to applaud him on his efforts.

"Nice work, son! You managed to get so much better in just one day!" Goku congratulates him.

"Hehe…! Thanks, Dad." Gohan blushes a bit.

Shin turned to Asa. "Now, let's see your progress, Asa."

The one-armed teen nodded her head. She turned to the large stone in front of her and raised her hand. A pulse of energy entered the stone, enveloping the material in a bright flash of light. The light vanished to reveal a polished steel tipped spear with her name engraved on the handle. Asa picked it up and twirled it around. "Figured it out even without Yoru's help! Not bad for a human, huh?" She directed that last part to Kibito.

"Hmph! Don't get so full of yourself, mortal. You still have a ways to go till you're ready to face Buu." Kibito huffed.

"You really can't compliment anyone who isn't the Supreme Kai, can you?" Asa rolled her eyes. The apprentice sputtered at her claim with an embarrassed look on his face.

Goku got up off the rock he was sitting on. "Hey, I got an idea." He gained everyone's attention. The Saiyan ripped the large rock out of the ground, holding it over his head. "Why don't we test out that sword to see how good it is?"

Gohan got into a batter's stance. "Alright, Dad! I bet the Z-Sword will cut through it like butter!"

"Hold it!" Shin stopped them. "If we're going to test the sword then we're going to need something harder." He raised his hand into the air, summoning a large cube of black metal. Goku caught the cube when it was tossed over to him.

"Woah! This thing feels pretty tough!" Goku tapped the cube and felt the pure density of it. "What is it?"

"That is Katchin, the hardest metal in the universe. Try it out." Shin said.

Asa looked a bit unsure. "Uh, what if the sword breaks?"

Shin and Kibito both chuckled at her, causing the teen to feel a bit self-conscious. "Nonsense, Asa, the Z-Sword is the greatest weapon in the universe. If anything can cut through Katchin it'll be the legendary weapon-"

KRAK!

The sword broke the second it came into contact with the metal cube. The severed half clattered to the ground as the cube smashed into the dirt behind Gohan. The air around them was deadly silent as the horrid reality of the situation processed in their minds.

Asa gave the gob smacked deities a flat stare. "Told you so."

"T-t-t-t-t-the Z-Sword…?!" Shin trembled.

"H-how can this be?! It's the most powerful weapon in the u-universe!" Kibito was in just as much turmoil.

Goku frowned at Shin. "Look at what you did! You just had to use that metal, huh?"

"B-but it's the legendary weapon! It should be able to handle something like Katchin!" Shin stuttered, trying to defend his actions.

"Even legendary weapons can break." Asa shook her head. She walked over to Gohan and picked up the broken half of the blade. "Maybe I can piece it back together?"

"Yeah, but if it broke that easily then will it really be effective against Buu?" Gohan questioned.

"Do you at least feel stronger?" Asa asked.

"I mean, I do feel like my physical strength increased after swinging around the Z-Sword for so long." Gohan answered.

"But I don't think that'll be enough to stop Buu, though." Goku said.

"No! That has to be it!" Shin was still trying to salvage the situation. "Perhaps once you turn Super Saiyan you'll see a tremendous growth in power that'll-"

"You're wrong!"

"EEEKKK!" Shin and Kibito jumped away, turning to see who had snuck up on them. Standing across from them was an old man who looked very similar to Shin.

"Woah! Supreme Kai is that your Grandpa?" Goku asked.

"W-what?! No, he's not my Grandfather!" Shin exclaimed.

"Correct! I am the Supreme Kai from fifteen generations ago." The Elder Kai explained.

"Fifteen generations?!" Shin gasped.

"That's right. A long, long, long, long time ago this lazy God of Des-I mean-this powerful entity sealed me away inside of the Z-Sword." Elder Kai explained.

"Why would he do something like that?" Asa asked.

"Because he's a short tempered-I mean-a very dangerous individual!" Elder Kai coughed to cover his slip-up. "Trust me, you're lucky to never have to meet him."

Goku smiled and turned to the teens. "He doesn't look very impressive. Let's test it out to see if he's got any hidden strength."

"Uh, Dad, I don't think that's a good idea-" Gohan was too late as his father shot a weak KI blast at Elder Kai. The ball exploded against the old man's face, knocking him over effortlessly.

"CRAP!" Goku cried.

"DAD!" Gohan yelled.

"Dumbass." Yoru's voice vibrated in the back of Asa's head. The one-armed girl was wondering how someone smart like Gohan was related to someone like Goku. Then she remembered who his mother was and that probably balanced him out.

"G-great ancestor!"

"Elder Supreme Kai!"

The old Kai shot up like a missile, hissing dangerously at Goku. "YOU STUPID MORON! WHAT WAS THAT FOR, DOODOO BRAINS! TWINKLE TOES!" He continued to curse Goku's existence as Shin and Kibito tried to calm him down.

"Hehe… My bad." Goku apologized.

"Dummy! He wasn't afraid of my strength, but of my special powers!" Elder Kai explained after calming down some.

"Special powers?" Goku asked, growing interested.

"Nope! Now I'm not gonna show you!" Elder Kai huffed.

"What are you? A child?" Asa's opinion on these Gods was really starting to hit rock bottom. Instead of seeming like these larger figures that governed the universe, they just seemed like manchildren given too much power.

Elder Kai's eyes turned to Asa, trailing up and down her body. She felt his perverted gaze and shifted back a bit. "Well, I'd be willing to tell you if your lady friend over there gives me a kiss-" He suddenly found himself at the end of a pointed weapon, Asa's eyes glaring at him dangerously.

"Finish that sentence, old man, and I'll happily turn you into a woman!" Asa threatened.

"Asa, wait!" Gohan pulled her back away from the terrified old God. "You can't just kill him!"

"He's a pervert! What kind of old man asks a teenage girl to give him a kiss?!" Asa yelled.

Elder Kai just spat at her. "Fine, then! I guess you'll never learn about my powers!"

"Wait, wait, wait!" Goku called out to him. "I can get you some dirty magazines if you agree to tell us!"

"DAD/MR. GOKU?!" The teens exclaimed.

"Goku?!" Even Shin was surprised.

"Peh!" The old God scoffed. "I don't need any magazines. With these eyes of mine I can see women changing clothes from here!"

"I'm going to kill him." Asa was held back from ending the God's life by Gohan, Shin, and Kibito.

"Well, how about I know Asa refused but I could bring another woman here who would be happy to give you a kiss!" Goku suggested.

"Really?!" Elder Kai turned to the Saiyan with glee.

"Yup!" Goku thought back to his early days with Roshi and how he got the old turtle hermit to train him. He was starting to think all old guys were the same with their weird ways of thinking.

"D-Dad! W-what are you planning to do?" Gohan asked.

"I can't go back to Earth, so you're gonna have to convince your Auntie Fami to give him a kiss." Goku replied.

"W-WHAT?!" Gohan flinched back. "W-why Auntie Fami?!"

"Asa already disagreed, War would kill me, Death would kill me, your mother would kill me, Bulma would kill me, I don't know Lazuli enough to suggest her, I don't know Power either, and I don't think your girlfriend would agree either."

Gohan nodded his head. He could envision the hell storm that would've been unleashed on his father's head if this topic even reached his mother's ears or Bulma's.

"Fami is the only one who wouldn't care enough, so she's the best solution." Goku said.

"Okay, but let's not tell Mom, okay?"

"Agreed." Father and son shook on it to keep this entire conversation a secret.

"This is still sexual harassment, Dad."

"What's that mean?"

"...Nevermind." Gohan turned back to help calm down Asa.

Goku gave the Elder Kai a thumbs up. "Alright! Once Majin Buu is taken care of you'll get that kiss!"

"Deal!" Elder Kai agreed, already imagining the beauty who he'd be locking lips with or at least getting a kiss on the cheek from. Either way it was a win/win. "Alright, I'll start explaining my special powers!" Elder Kai got the others' attention.

Asa scoffed. "Better be something good then."

"My psychic powers allow me to draw out the hidden strength far beyond the normal limits of the most skilled fighters. Ever heard of anything like that?" Elder Kai bragged.

"Uh, yeah, every day." Goku said.

"Tch! Well, I can go even further than that! Nobody else in the universe can do it like I can!" Elder Kai yelled, then pointed at Gohan. "You're the one who pulled out the Z-Sword, right? C'mere."

Gohan approached the Elder Kai, separating from everyone else. "If you can swing that sword around while I was still sealed inside, then you'll really be the strongest in the universe by the time I'm done with you." He then shifted his gaze to Shin. "I am disappointed that it wasn't a God who freed me. To think…freed by an Earthling."

"I-I'm sorry." Shin muttered.

"Now stay right there!" Elder Kai held out his arms at Gohan. Everyone watched in anticipation at the special technique that would be used. "Here I go! Let's beat Buu!"

He started walking around Gohan, dancing to his own tune. "Dee-dum! Dee-dum! Dee-dum!"

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"Yeah… I'm just going to go back to my own training." Asa walked away, tired of dealing with perverts and Gods.

"How long is this supposed to take?" Goku asked.

"Five hours for the ritual and twenty for the power-up! Now shut up and let me work!" Elder Kai yelled.

"In that case, I'm just gonna take a nap. Good luck, Gohan!" Goku walked over to a nearby tree to rest.

"N-no fair…!" Gohan groaned.

"I suppose we should remain awake?" Kibito asked.

"Yes, we should." Shin replied.

As Asa was about to continue refining her abilities, her eyes shifted over to the Katchin cube, then down to the broken pieces of the Z-Sword in her hands. "Hm… I think that can work."

Makima ducked under a kick from her daughter and grabbed the girl by the collar of her GI. She flipped her over her shoulder, tossing down into one of the Palace's structures. Nayuta steadied herself quickly and quickly re-engaged her mother. Several blood red chains wrapped around Nayuta's legs, giving her a boost in raw power. She nailed her mother in the stomach, then pointed her index fingers at Makima.

BANG!

Rapid fire shots connected with the Control Devil, blasting her down onto the surface of the Lookout. Everyone else kept back to avoid getting caught up in the intense sparring match going on between mother and daughter. Nayuta smirked at her growth in prowess, until she felt something approach her from behind. She turned to see her mother's fist smash into her stomach, folding her over. "Do not let your guard down!" Makima scolded Nayuta.

She smashed her knee into Nayuta's jaw, then knocked her down with a hammer strike. Nayuta laid in a small crater with a tired groan. Dende quickly approached to heal her as Makima floated down to the floor. "You're still not using the power properly, Nayuta. It's not just a boost in your abilities, but the key."

"Key?" Nayuta questioned.

"There's a lot of power inside of you, Nayuta, hidden strength comparable to your big brother. You need to evolve if you wish to control it." Makima explained.

"Evolve?" Nayuta repeated the word. "That doesn't make any sense!"

"You'll understand it soon enough."

"Makima. It's time." Piccolo's voice echoed inside of her head.

"Fine." She turned to everyone else as they were approaching. "The boys have completed their training! It's time to see what the Fusion technique can truly do!"

"We're finally getting something done?" Lazuli approached her. "About time."

"Yes, it does feel like things have been progressing slowly." Makima agreed. She looked down at Marron softly patted the girl's head, earning a cute smile from the blonde child.

A ragged Denji was being carried outside by Aki with Fami, Power, and Videl following from behind. Makima could feel that the hybrid's power had also grown from his intense training, but she knew that it could only get him so far. There was the other option of awakening the Chainsaw Devil inside of him, but that was more of a last resort all things considered. She wondered if his special power could work against Majin Buu in some way.

Lastly, Piccolo came strolling out with Goten and Trunks following by his side. "We'll perform it out here just in case to avoid the Lookout getting too damaged." Piccolo said.

"Don't screw it up, Goten, Trunks." Nayuta said as they walked past her.

"Pssh! As if! We're totally gonna look cooler than you by the end of this, right Goten?" Trunks bragged.

"Yeah! But you look cool too, Nayuta!" Goten quickly complimented his sister.

"I always look cool! I don't need you to tell me that!" Nayuta yelled with a blush.

Krillin rubbed his chin in thought. "Y'know, if they're going to become one person then I wonder what they'll look like."

"I doubt they'll look too different from how they are now. Unless they become some huge muscle-head." Roshi said.

"What about their name? The fusion may want a name to refer to him as." Aki said.

"How about…Power II?!" Power suggests.

"That's stupid as hell." Denji snarked, then he got kicked across the head by her.

"Don't insult my name, peasant!"

"Screw you!" Denji yelled back.

"Behave for one second! Can't you see something important is going on?!" Aki yells.

"You really have your hand full with them, don't you?" Yamcha chuckled.

"It's like watching toddlers." The hunter sighed.

"Hear that, Denji! You act like a toddler!" Nayuta giggled.

"Says the brat." He shoots back.

"Who are you calling a brat?!"

"Ha! You're a brat!" Power joined in.

"Nobody was talking to you, moron!" Nayuta hissed.

"Quiet!" Piccolo's shout ceased all conversations on the Lookout. He turned to the boys, who were standing the correct distance from one another. He sensed the boys' energy levels for assurance. "Okay, you both are identical in power now. Begin!"

"FUUUU-!"

Trunks and Goten moved closer to each other.

"-SION!"

Trunks extended his index fingers outwards.

"HAAA!"

SHINE!

Their fingers connected, completing the dance, and creating a new warrior to save the world.

Chapter End

NOTE: Next chapter Gotenks makes his debut in this story! It'll also feature some Hercule since I haven't had the chance to delve into him at all up to this point. The hybrids got wiped out as expected and Elder Kai is now here.

I like to think that none of the Supreme Kais liked Beerus at all. The guy is a lazy short-tempered manchild who throws a tantrum when someone eats his favorite food. He's literally the reason U7 has such a low-quality rate compared to most other universes. He sucks at his job, but he's still strong as all hell so they can't say all of that to his face. I understand that he can't be everywhere, but he spends more time sleeping than he does keeping the universe stable. He had a leash on Freeza, but wasn't around enough to keep that leash tethered to something. There is no excuse for Buu, since the moment that bubblegum monster started targeting the Kais (Who his very life is tied to by the way) he should've been woken up immediately to deal with him.

Goku knew better than to suggest his own wife for that stupid kiss stuff. Fami just won't care too much, get it over with quickly, and move on.

Asa's opinion of the Gods continues to dwindle the more she interacts with them. She still has some respect for Shin, but his idea to risk their ultimate weapon like that was dumb. But that's the whole point in introducing Elder Kai. He's very experienced compared to Shin who became a Supreme Kai by pure process of elimination.

None of the hybrids were going to make a difference against Buu. We all saw their deaths coming from a mile away. There is some history with them (Things I'll have to show in a spin-off I'm planning to write. Shouldn't take too long to do. It's mostly Gohan-centric). Yes, Denji still kicks Katana Man in the nuts, that's just too funny to ever pass up on.

There will be more to Denji's meeting of the Sons. That was just the beginning of it.

Have a great day!