NOTE: I know people are iffy on Gohan's fight with Buu. But please, let me cook. I think you guys will like how all this ends. Some things just gotta happen to make things more enjoyable in the end.
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Chapter 22: Ultimate Majin
Gohan stood over twin cribs, each one holding a small infant inside of him. A boy and a girl, his little siblings that his mother brought into the world a few weeks ago. His eyes scanned over their cute forms with brotherly warmth. His brother, Goten, looked like a mini clone of their late father. A man that Goten would never get to know due to his mistake back during the Cell Games. Then his little sister, Nayuta, resembled their mother much more. Except her hair was black instead of the red color their mother was known for. Gohan thinks that his mother was glad that at least one of her children resembled her in looks. Something about his father's genes being far too strong at times.
Gohan smiled softly as he gently brushed his fingers through Goten's hair. The world was now at peace, or at least as peaceful it could get between Devils and humans. He, his family, and friends didn't have to worry about some immediate world ending threat. Gohan could finally push all of his efforts into going to school, making friends, and acting his own age. The same can be said for these two who will be able to have a much better childhood than he did.
Could he be a good big brother? He wasn't even a good son for his parents.
Well, he'd just have to try.
A big brother protects his little siblings.
And he'll always keep them safe.
Gohan twirled through the air and backhanded Majin Buu into the ground. The Majin skids across the dirt on his hands to stop himself. He turned around to see the teenager charging up a powerful Kamehameha! Fear coursed through the Majin upon feeling the unmatched power radiating through the attack. Acting quickly, he opened up a portal and ducked through it moments before the blast could eviscerate him completely.
The dust settled to reveal that Majin Buu was nowhere in sight. Gohan lowered himself to the ground as his allies celebrated. "Alright! Big brother is super strong now!" Goten cheered.
"He wiped the floor with that pink loser so easily!" Nayuta added.
Denji ran over to his friend, throwing an arm over his shoulder. "That's what I'm talkin' about, buddy! You kicked that bastard's ass!"
"Not yet." Gohan said.
"Huh?"
"He's still around."
Right as he said that a portal opened up beneath their feet. Gohan reacted quickly and pushed Denji out of the way. Pink reached out to grab his legs, but Gohan flipped back through the air to avoid the grab. He pushed out his palms and unleashed a torrent of energy blasts through the portal.
An explosion occurred a few away, taking their attention to the sky to see Buu flailing through the air. Gohan flashed above the Majin and slammed him back down into the ground. Majin Buu bounced like a beach ball before rolling to a stop. Gohan touched back down, standing over him with a raised hand. "It's over, Buu."
Majin Buu snarled with gritted teeth as he stared at the boy's feet with pure hatred. This wasn't fair! He was Majin Buu, the strongest creature in the universe! He shouldn't be losing to some stupid boy that he had utterly decimated a few days prior! Buu had sensed a powerful presence while he was chasing around those insects earlier, but he figured that he still would hold the advantage over the oncoming foe. But Gohan had proven that his power was far more than what he had sensed. A deep ocean of power that put him to shame without even trying!
It wasn't fair!
It wasn't fair!
IT WASN'T FAIR!
"NOT FAAAAIIIIRRRR!" Majin Buu roared. His power started to skyrocket just from the pure rage coursing through him. Gohan jumped back to avoid whatever it was Buu was trying to do, standing protectively in front of the others.
Majin Buu knew that his current level of power wouldn't be enough to kill Gohan, and even that girl who came with him had something up her sleeve for him to watch out for. If he wanted to prove to them all that he was the strongest creature in existence, then he'll have to get creative. His eyes trailed over to the children and Piccolo.
"Come on out, Buu! If you don't hurry up, then the fusion will give out! It'll take an hour for me to fuse back into Gotenks!"
"We already figured out how you managed to kill our Mother! All it took was blocking out anyone else that may try to reverse their effect or steal control! A higher level of 'will' so to say!"
Yes…that'll work.
Buu increased the output of his power as he thought back to that widow's peak idiot that he fought before. The moron's idea to blow himself up would actually prove useful here…for someone capable of regenerating that is.
The air around them started to grow increasingly hotter as Buu's power continued to reach critical levels. All Buu did was stand there as the Earth shook in fear of the on-coming force of raw power being generated.
"W-what are you…?" Gohan questioned.
Asa realized it immediately, remembering when the fatter Majin Buu released a huge explosion of KI. "He's gonna do that again! He's gonna release a huge explosion!"
"What?!" Yoru gasped.
Gohan heard her and spun on his heels. "WE NEED TO MOVE!" The strongest warrior and Yoru raced towards the others, who clearly wouldn't be fast enough to avoid the explosion.
Majin Buu released an ear-piercing scream as his body exploded in a violent pink explosion that caused earthquakes across the vacant planet. Gohan, who held his siblings, and Yoru, who held Denji and Piccolo, fought to keep themselves steady through the raging wind pressure smashing into them.
Once everything had died down, the group peered down the crater to see that Majin Buu was nowhere to be found.
Death observed her young sister's soul with a bored expression. Seems the only sister of hers to not get killed by Buu was War, a shocking surprise to be honest. Famine was the least troublesome of her sisters, but still liked to be a pain in the ass when she wanted something. Her own laziness tends to be the cause of her inability to go through with most of her ideas. Death decided to leave Fami's soul alone in case she gets brought back by those pesky Dragon Balls.
She looked over at her own crystal orb that showed all of the events happening on Earth. A pleased expression blessed her features upon seeing how strong her nephews and niece had grown. She would have to send them all presents once all of this was finished.
"Hmm…what should I send them? Books about immortality? I'm sure Nayuta would find some interest in that. As long as she hides that from her Mother." Death grinned. "For Goten, how about I give him some cursed tools. He'll probably mistake them for toys but I'm sure the kid can find some usage for them. For Gohan, I'll give him some history books related to the concept of Devils and Hell. Should do the boy some good to learn more about his heritage. Their control freak of a Mother isn't teaching them anything useful."
Death grumbled a bit. "Maybe I should come up with a name for myself too. Confuse the kids a bit, since they wouldn't know about it. It'll be funny."
RUMBLE!
"Hm?" Death frowned and leaned up on her throne. Her eyes scanned for the disturbance that ruptured through her domain. She stood from her throne and descended down the steps to reach her balcony. Peering down she noticed something amiss immediately. "The hell?!"
The essence from multiple Devils were ascending from her plain at a quickening pace. It wasn't even everyone but far too many for her own liking. Death stretched her presence to find out where they were being sucked towards. The realization filled her with a seething amount of rage, because there was only one person responsible.
"CONTROL, YOU FUCKING BITCH!"
Makima happily sipped on her tea that was given to her by Kibito. She rested on her husband's lap as they watched their son give Buu the beatdown of a lifetime. A pleased sense of satisfaction coursed through her from two things.
First, seeing the monster that had tortured her badly eat absolute shit was cathartic.
Second, knowing full well her older sister was cursing her profusely as she absorbed the fear of a vast amount of Devils kept down in Hell.
Makima took another sip. "Ah~! I'm happy."
"Hm?" Goku asked.
"Don't worry about it, darling."
Gohan and the others stood on a mountain as the dust from Buu's explosion continued to settle. They had tried to sense Buu's energy, but he was nowhere to be found. "Is he dead?" Trunks asked.
"No. He's hiding his energy." Gohan answered.
"Which means the pink bastard is plotting something." Yoru said.
Denji puffed out his chest. "Doesn't matter what the loser plans! There's no way he can take on Gohan!"
"Yeah! Big brother was kicking his butt!" Goten agreed.
Nayuta nodded her head. "Bro bro's the strongest in the universe!"
"Aw~! Their energy is so cute!" Asa giggled. Then she stopped when Goten and Nayuta turned their heads in her direction. Such a simple action reminded the teenager that the two can see and hear her just like Gohan can. "Uh…hi?"
"Ah! That's right! Auntie War!" Goten exclaimed.
"What, brat?" Yoru asked, putting a hand to her hip.
"Why are you in that girl's body?! Are you trying to act young?!" Nayuta questioned.
"THE HELL DID YOU SAY?!" Yoru roared.
"You're old! Old! Old! Old!" The twins mocked her.
"AS IF THAT'S THE REASON, YOU STUPID BRATS!" She yelled, blushing brightly.
"Well…you are pretty old-" Asa stopped herself when Yoru's glare turned on her. She quickly stepped away from her partner with a nervous grin. "W-what I mean to say is that you two should call her 'Yoru'. It's the name she prefers."
"Auntie Yoru! Auntie Yoru!"
"Now they're never going to shut up…" Yoru sighed.
Denji approached next, clearly confused. "Wait, so Asa's an aunt?! I didn't know she had kids!"
"As if! How did you get to that conclusion?!" Asa yelled.
"I'm the War Devil, you dumb chainsaw! I'm just sharing a body with your friend!" Yoru explained.
"Sharing a body?" Denji hummed as he thought it over. "Isn't it kinda weird for you to be in a teenage girl's body?"
"What?" Yoru blinked.
"Yeah! It's because she wants to know what it's like to be young again!" Nayuta exclaimed.
"Seems right to me." Trunks agreed.
"She hates being old!" Goten laughed.
"SHUT THE HELL UP! YOUR MOTHER IS OLDER THAN ME!" Yoru shouted angrily.
They weren't listening to her. The children simply settled for mocking her continuously which led to her chasing the kids around with a confused Denji and an embarrassed Asa watching.
Piccolo opted for tuning out the noisy idiots behind him to focus on his former pupil. The Namekian was still shell-shocked by Gohan's newfound power. As a teacher he couldn't be prouder of him. "Tell me, Gohan. How did you acquire this power?"
When Gohan finished explaining everything that's happened to him since his first fight with Majin Buu, the former guardian was surprised. "I'm shocked. To think something even greater than Guru's abilities existed out there."
"Yeah, but we should focus on the other matter. Do you have the Dragon Radar?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, I do have it with me." Piccolo answered. "But without Dende-"
"He's still alive. Can't you feel his energy?" Gohan pointed out further in the wasteland.
Piccolo's eyes widened upon realizing Gohan was correct. "You're right! Dende's still alive! I must've been so focused on Buu that I wasn't able to pinpoint him!" The Namekian turned to the rest of the group. "HEY! Enough playing around, we need to find Dende before Buu does something drastic!"
Thankfully, everyone listened to Piccolo and followed Gohan as he led them towards Dende's location. The kids and Denji observed the empty cities and landscape around them. Not a single life could be felt around them. "That creep… He really did kill everyone." Trunks grumbled.
"Not a single person or Devil can be felt. It's weird." Nayuta said.
"She's right. Everything feels so…creepy with nobody around." Asa adds.
"I wouldn't say that, Asa." Gohan points down at the stopped car with three figures standing around it. Those with the better eyesight were able to make out the appearance of Hercule, Kobeni, and their dog Bee. "Seems some people managed to survive."
Goten's eyes widened. "Hey, Nayuta! It's the cowardly babysitter!"
His sister recognized the woman as well. "You're right, Goten! The cowardly babysitter managed to survive!"
"Even that Hercule guy lived." Trunks said. "We should just leave them."
"Agreed." Yoru crossed her arms.
Surprisingly, Denji was the first to reject the idea. "Nah, Kobeni may be weird but she's not a bad person. Though, Power enjoyed pickin' on her lot because of her fears. She also cries a lot."
"Huh? I'm surprised to see him care that much. Well…it might just be because she's a girl though." Asa said.
"And Hercule isn't as bad as he seems. There's good in him." Piccolo adds.
Gohan wasn't going to leave them alone regardless, but he was happy to hear that not everyone was against it. He wasn't going to leave Videl's father alone to potentially die, and Ms. Kobeni didn't deserve the abuse fate seemed to give her a lot. He flew down towards them first, causing the rest to follow him.
Hercule shut the lid of the truck. "No good. The thing's busted, must've been that crazy storm that hit." He was referring to Buu's explosion, but he didn't know what that was.
Kobeni held Bee in her arms and frowned at the puppy. They were all thirsty and hungry but seeing the poor puppy in such a state was hurting her a lot. "Well, we need to reach a city or something. I-I really don't think we'll reach one by foot."
"I wouldn't worry too much about that."
The two humans and dog turned to see Gohan and his group behind them. Kobeni's eyes lit up in familiarity at Makima's oldest son (Who was always polite to her whenever they interacted), but then her eyes landed on the twins. Fear started running through her. "AAAAAAHHH!" Kobeni almost dropped Bee in her efforts to get as far away from the twins as possible.
"See! She's a freakin' scaredy cat!" Nayuta bragged to Trunks.
"Huh. I honestly thought you two were exaggerating." The heir said.
Hercule was baffled until he recognized most of them from the tournament and Asa (Yoru) as one of Videl's friends. "Y-you guys?! W-what are you doing here?!"
Gohan raised a hand to calm him down. "It's okay, Mr. Satan. We're here to help. It's probably best if you guys stick with us at this point."
As weary as the champion was, he knew the boy was right. Their car was no longer working, and they wouldn't last any longer out here on their own. At times like these it really was best to stick in groups, regardless of how weird the group may seem. "W-well, okay. But I'm only trusting you because Videl seemed to have back at the tournament!"
Gohan, Asa, and Denji winced hard, knowing they'd have to explain Videl's death to her father soon.
Denji approached Kobeni, which luckily managed to calm her down. She recognized him from the times he visited the Division building to meet with Aki and Power. While she didn't know the full story behind him, the girl had no real reason to fear him. "C'mon, Kobeni, I'll carry you."
"Nah, we got it." The twins and Trunks quickly grabbed the cowardly hunter before Denji could do anything. Kobeni started panicking as the twins lifted her by the legs while Trunks held her arms. The three flew into the air and started swaying her around, regardless of Kobeni's pleas to stop.
"I-is she going to be okay?" Denji was genuinely worried.
"Who cares?" Yoru took off next.
Shrugging his shoulders, Denji picked Bee up off the ground and held him gently. He smiled a bit as he thought back to when he'd hold Pochita in his arms. The hybrid followed after Yoru and the kids. Gohan and Piccolo flew off with Hercule in the Saiyan hybrid's arms.
Piccolo thought about something. "But how exactly did Dende escape? Buu had plenty of time to find and kill him."
"Dad said you guys were in the Time Chamber. Buu left first, right?" Gohan asked.
"He did."
"And you guys left soon after, right? One day out here is one year there. If you left soon after Buu then-"
"That's right! I was too upset to think straight! It was the other way around! We followed after him by mere seconds!" Piccolo exclaimed. "He never had the time to look for Dende!"
"Took you long enough to figure it out." Yoru scoffed.
"Tch! I like to see you think straight when you have those three!" Piccolo pointed at the kids, who were still tossing Kobeni around. "Giving you a damn heart attack every second!"
"Trust me… I'd spank the hell out of those brats if I didn't have to deal with their Mothers." Yoru responded.
"I'm sure it wasn't that bad." Gohan defended his siblings and Trunks. He was completely ignorant to the 'Are you kidding me' stares his aunt and Piccolo were giving him. Gohan turned ahead and pointed with his free hand. "We're coming up on Dende now!"
True to his word, the group eventually managed to find Dende walking along the desert wasteland on his own. The teenage Namekian smiled brightly at the recognizable faces, especially when he saw that Gohan was still alive. Piccolo forced the kids to stop torturing Kobeni to give the girl time to breathe. Bee rushed over to comfort her once Denji gently lowered him to the ground.
"Dende! How are you doing?" Gohan greeted his first ever friend.
"I'm alright, Gohan. I can't believe you're alive! It's a miracle!" Dende exclaimed.
"What's even more miraculous is that you're still alive, Dende." Piccolo walked over to them. "How did you survive?"
Dende lowered his head as he thought back to Buu's attack. "M-Mr. Popo said that as the guardian I shouldn't die. He threw me down here to Earth while the others were distracting Buu."
"The Dragon Balls would be mere rocks without you and the Earth would remain a ghost planet. It was good thinking on Mr. Popo's part." Piccolo said.
"H-hey? Who's that kid over there?" Hercule asked.
"Him? Oh, that's just God." Trunks answered.
"GOD?!" The two humans screamed.
"I get how they feel. I was shocked too." Asa sighed.
"Phew! They managed to find Dende!" Goku let out a breath of relief. "For a second there I was really scared we were screwed."
"That's at least some piece of good news." Makima said.
Elder Kai hummed loudly. "I do wonder what Buu's up to. Not like he'll win though."
"He's planning something." Makima clutched her cup a bit tighter.
"How can you tell?" Goku asked.
"You've fought him, darling. Though it may have been a different version of him, he still shared a common trait." She thought back to Buu's sadistic act of killing her. "Both may look stupid, but they are far smarter than they let on."
"True. Buu was picking up on things pretty quickly during our fight. But Gohan should be strong enough to handle whatever he throws out." Goku said.
Shin listened to their words and scratched his chin. He felt like there was something that he forgot about…something important. The Supreme Kai couldn't figure it out but he had confidence that it wasn't anything too difficult for Gohan.
"N-no! No, it can't be true! She can't be dead!" Hercule cried. "V-Videl can't be dead! Not my little girl!"
Gohan had been the one to deliver the terrible news to Hercule. A feeling of guilt and anger swelled in him. He could imagine the pain and fear everyone went through as they died at Buu's hands. His aunt, his crush, and his friends didn't deserve what happened to them.
"E-everyone on Earth…?!" Kobeni trembled. To think she was one of the last remaining humans left on Earth…HER of all people?! She should be happy that she's still alive, but that evil version of Buu might kill her next! Why did fate hate her so much?!
"Don't worry! We can still bring them all back with the Dragon Balls!" Goten tried to reassure them.
"Y-you better not be joking, kid! That stuff isn't funny!" Hercule yelled tearfully.
Suddenly, Gohan and the others snapped their heads in the opposite direction. The ultimate warrior's eyes narrowed as he recognized the resurgence of that evil energy. "It's Buu! He's making himself known again!"
"But why…?!" Piccolo questioned.
"Whatever the reason may be, he's basically sending us an invitation. He's coming right towards us." Yoru said.
Gohan jumped onto the rocky pillar a bit further away to meet Buu head on. Everyone followed after him as the evil Majin arrived at their location. All Buu did was stand there with that stupid look on his face. "What's going on? I don't sense anything different about him."
"Heh! I bet he's accepted the fact that he's gonna die!" Trunks exclaimed.
Buu turned to their direction and grinned. "Get over here, brats! You're the ones I want to kill first!"
"What?!" Gohan gasped.
"Us?!" Nayuta pointed at herself and the boys.
"Yeah." Buu nodded.
Yoru stepped in front of the kids as Gohan shook his head. "Not gonna happen, pinky!" The War Devil declared.
"Your fight is with me!" Gohan yelled.
"Uh-uh! First I settle the score with the stupid runts! Unless they're too chicken to face me!" Buu argued. His gall to call them chickens right to their faces had already snared the children into his trap.
"Scared?! Us?!" Trunks hissed.
"As if, dumb-face! We'll kick your ass, right now!" Nayuta declared.
"Yeah!" Goten agreed.
"Oh yeah? Then why are you hiding behind that girl, huh?" Buu continued to taunt.
"Hiding?" Nayuta's tempter snapped. She jumped over her aunt and landed in front of Gohan. "That's it! We're totally gonna kick your ass! BOYS!" Goten and Trunks hurried to her side, preparing themselves for the fusion dance.
"He seems to have forgotten the beatdown we gave him last time!" Trunks smirked.
"We may have ran out of time before, but this time it'll be different!" Goten declared.
Piccolo stepped forward. "Wait! He's clearly planning something!" However, the kids clearly weren't listening to any of them.
The boys were already finishing the dance number and Nayuta transformed into her Super Saiyan 2 form. Their bodies were encased in a bright light, and Gotenks made his re-debut on the battlefield, already in his Super Saiyan 3 form. "TA-DAAAAA! Say hello to the Mac-Daddy of Justice!"
"I thought we said that one was bad?" Nayuta grumbled.
"Shut up!" Gotenks hissed.
Gohan felt the power the kids' possessed and was really impressed. He didn't get to see their battle with Buu before, so he was surprised to see just how strong they had gotten. And Nayuta had complete control of her Devil side unlike himself.
Buu kept his usual expression as a poker face. Three pink blobs separated themselves from his legs, remaining out of everyone's view.
"Let us handle this, Gohan! We can't let you hog all the credit!" Nayuta demanded.
"Yeah! Watch us in action!" Gotenks added.
Yoru was against this entirely. "Gohan, don't listen to them! Buu is taunting them for a reason! Whatever he has planned is dangerous!"
Gohan understood his aunt's words but shook his head. "I think it'll be fine. They're strong and know to take things seriously this time. But if things go wrong, I'll jump in."
"Are you kidding me?! Those brats are just gonna do some stupid parade of attacks again!" Yoru argued.
"Watch it, hag!" Nayuta hissed.
"Insult my age again, brat! Watch what happens!" The War Devil growled.
"C'mon, Yoru! Just let the kids handle it! It'll be awesome!" Denji argued in the kids' favor.
She spun on him quickly. "I don't need Idiot #4 joining in!"
"Well, I think things will be fine. We're gonna be watching over them this time. They deserve a second chance to prove themselves."
"They had their chance and they fucked up! Let's just get this over with!"
"You're just mad that we're stronger than you!" Gotenks mocked.
"That's not it at all!"
Buu continued to watch them argue and smiled. "Perfect!"
FWOOMP!
"Huh?" Nayuta and Gotenks blinked as a large shadow was casted over them both. The siblings turned back to see a pink substance wrap itself over them. The two fought to try and escape, but the magical pink goo refused to release them from its hold. Everyone gasped in shock at the surprise attack.
"WHAT?!"
"GOTENKS! NAYUTA!"
Gohan spun on his heels to glare at Buu. "What are you doing?!"
"Are you sure you should be paying attention to me?" Buu pointed behind the teenager. Gohan turned around to see that Piccolo had also been grabbed while they weren't looking.
"PICCOLO!" Gohan cried.
"Dammit!" Yoru whipped out the Z-Sword to cut through the pink goo. However, a set of chains burst through the ground and wrapped themselves around her. The War Devil and Asa screamed as a shock of energy erupted through their bodies.
"ASA!" Denji's transformation roared to life immediately. He sliced through the chains to release the girls from its hold. He caught them in his arms, pleased to see that they weren't too badly hurt by the attack.
"HA HA HA HA HA!" Majin Buu laughed as the three trapped individuals were brought towards his body. Gohan and the others watched in horror as their family and friends were absorbed into Majin Buu. The evil bastard's body began to undergo a drastic change as a result of the new power added to his own.
His pink antenna was now far longer than it was before, reaching the back of his knees. His face took a much more defined shape compared to the chubby one before. Gotenks' jacket hung over his shoulders and his eyes resembled that of Makima's. Buu spread out his hands and smiled joyfully at his soon-to-be dead enemies. "What do you think, Gohan? A splendid success for me, and an honored one for you! For you have now bore witness to the birth of the Ultimate Majin!"
"Goten! Nayuta!" Makima cried out to her children after watching Buu absorb them. She gripped the crystal ball between her palms, resisting every urge to crush the thing in anger.
"Piccolo and Trunks too! Dammit! He had an ability like that all this time?!" Goku grits his teeth at the sight of Buu's transformation.
"As much as I hate it, this makes sense! If he somehow managed to copy my powers from Gohan, then he likely had the ability to actually absorb people much like Cell!" Makima explained.
Shin gasped, grabbing their attention. "That's it! I remember ! Majin Buu's absorption technique!"
Makima flashed in front of the God within a millisecond, her eyes bore into him like a furious dragon. "You knew he could do something like this and said nothing?!"
"I-I only just remembered! I apologize but-" She turned away from Shin without a second thought. Her opinion on the Supreme Kai dropped even lower than it had before.
"Why are these Gods so damn useless?!" She hissed mentally.
Shin lowered his head in shame. Kibito hurried over to comfort his lord. "My Lord, don't think too much about it. She's just-"
"No, Kibito, she is correct. If I had been better, then none of this would've come to pass. Any injustice that Buu commits next shall be on my head as well. I can only hope Gohan and the others will be able to stop him."
Goku kept his gaze on the crystal ball, silently praying for a miracle. "C'mon, son! You gotta beat him!"
Majin Buu touched down and slowly closed the difference between himself and Gohan. "Can't you feel it, Gohan? The growth of my power?"
"You bastard! This is what you've been planning the whole time?!" Gohan growled.
"It's your fault, Gohan." Buu confused the others.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm supposed to be the strongest. I began to form this plan when I sensed your power far away on some distant planet and realized that you may be stronger than me. So, I thought if I should absorb Gotenks, I should be able to retain my title as the strongest being regardless of who appears." Buu explained. "Fortunately, those brats have loose lips and mentioned that he has a time limit. I had to wait for their time to recharge before absorbing them."
"If you wanted Gotenks' power, then why grab Nayuta and Piccolo too?!" Yoru demanded to know.
"Those brats are too stupid and arrogant for their own good, so I needed to strike a balance to avoid their behaviors interfering. As for the girl?" Buu raised a finger to his lips. "That's a secret."
"Bastard…!" Denji growled.
Gohan scoffed. "If you wanted to be the strongest, then why didn't you absorb me instead?"
"What's the point in ultimate power if you have nobody to use it against? Don't you agree, Son Gohan?" Buu tightened his fist. "I'm going to make you pay for earlier. Today is the day you die a painful death!"
Gohan focused his power and prepared himself. "I gotta admit, you got us. If we had been paying better attention, then this wouldn't have happened. I only have myself to blame for all of this. That's why I'm definitely going to beat you. My little siblings are counting on me."
Buu got into his own stance. "Then allow me to show you their feelings of betrayal."
Everyone waited with baited breath as the battle for the fate of the world was about to start. Though, unlike last time, this one seemed far more uncertain.
"HYAH!" Gohan threw out a kick aimed at Buu's head. The Majin blocked his attack and whipped the boy around into the rocks behind him. Gohan kicked out of Buu's grasp and flipped back onto his feet. He threw out a KI blast that Buu easily avoided. Gohan leaped to meet his opponent head-on in the air. The two engaged in a fierce melee clash that cracked the air around them as if it were glass.
The humans, dog, and Dende took cover to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, while Yoru and Denji kept themselves steady. Asa turned to her partner. "There has to be something we can do!"
"For now we wait! Right now, getting in the middle of that without an opening is suicide!" Yoru responded.
Their clash ended when Gohan was uppercutted into the air with Buu gleefully giving chase. Gohan recovered immediately and flipped to avoid Buu's oncoming assault. He spun and slammed his foot into Buu's back, sending the Majin flying through the air. Gohan brought his hands to his forehead. "Masenko-HA!"
Buu grinned and slapped the beam away with his tentacle. He vanished from sight, catching Gohan off guard. The boy gasped when a pink appendage wrapped around his neck in an attempt to strangle him. Buu laughed and started plunging his fists into Gohan's back repeatedly, earning a cry of pain from the teenager. Gohan reached back and grasped both sides of Buu's head. An explosion of energy blinded the Majin, forcing him to release Gohan from his hold. Gohan then unleashed his own barrage of close-ranged attacks into the blinded Majin Buu.
"Kick his ass, Gohan!" Denji cheered.
Gohan slammed Buu into the ground and unloaded a barrage of KI blasts to bury him further into the ground. But a sudden impact in his ribs stopped him short of continuing the barrage. He looked over to see Majin Buu had managed to avoid getting hit by his attacks. "What's wrong, Gohan?" Buu caught Gohan's fist, squeezing it enough to cause a bit of pain. "Am I too quick for you?"
Gohan grunted, then smirked. "You should know…"
"Know what?"
"...I haven't even used all my power yet!" Gohan pulled Buu in, then slammed his foot into his gut with enough force to send the Majin flying. Gohan crossed his arms and unleashed his strength. "HYAAAAAAA!" Crimson colored energy started to seep its way into his clear white aura. His eyes shone for a brief moment to indicate a slight change in his state of being.
Majin Buu recovered from the attack and grinned at Gohan's might. "Good. I haven't been trying either. HRAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Just like Gohan, a crimson color started mixing with his pink aura. The Earth was shaking violently from their combined pressure, and everyone else did their best to stay on their feet.
"H-He's actually matching Gohan…!" Asa gasped.
"Those stupid brats…dammit!" Yoru cursed.
"HAAAAAA!" Majin Buu dived towards Gohan at blitzing speeds. The ultimate warrior crossed his arms to block the punch that managed to rattle his bones still. Buu pulled back and slammed his leg into Gohan's side to blast him in the other direction.
The boy spun to realign himself, then yelled out an invisible blast of power that knocked Majin Buu back. He dashed forward and landed a fierce combo of attacks into Buu's torso, then slammed the back of his fist across Buu's face. Gohan fired off another Masenko to blast him away into the ground.
Suddenly, several golden rings shot out of the smoke, catching Gohan by surprise. He had no idea what these were and that split second costed him. Each ring enclosed around his body, trapping him tightly. Gohan struggled to break free from the grip. "W-what kind of move is this?!"
"You can thank Gotenks for this one. Trust me, I know how much of a pain it can be." Buu flashed in front of him. The Majin grinned sadistically and started pounding his fists across Gohan's face with the force of spiked sledgehammers. He kept on this pressure without an ounce of mercy. Blood and spit erupted from Gohan's mouth and orifices from the might of the impacts.
"Gohan!" Denji cried.
"Yoru, we-"
"I know!" The War Devil shot off with the Z-Sword in her hands. She dashed for Majin Buu with the blade raised.
Buu, who had sensed her movement, raised his hand to block the sword's attack. However, to his shock, the weapon sliced cleanly through his appendage effortlessly. What concerned him even more was the way the sliced hand crumpled to dust with no sign of regenerating. "WHAT?!"
Yoru smirked. "So, that's what this bad boy is capable of? Mama likes it!"
Buu grew back the sliced hand and aimed it at her. "She's dangerous! No, that sword of hers is the bigger threat!" He blasted a huge wave of KI at her. Yoru manifested a shield to block the blast, but she was still sent flying into the ground.
"Auntie! HYAH!" Gohan shouted and broke free from the golden rings. He punched the Majin across the face and slammed a powerful ball of KI into his chest. As Majin Buu flew back, Gohan cupped his hands to the side. "KA! ME! HA! ME! HAAAAA!"
As the beam raced towards him, Majin Buu smiled easily without fear. He opened his mouth and created a portal with a mystic shout. The beam traveled through the portal before shutting with a loud snap.
"What?! How did you?!"
"Watch your back, Gohan!" Buu warned.
TEAR!
His own attack smashed into his back, burning the clothes and skin underneath. Buu rushed forward and buried his fist into Gohan's stomach, causing a bunch of blood to be coughed out. He gripped the boy by his throat and lifted him up. "You want to know how? A little trick I learned to escape that stupid time dimension. You can thank your teacher for that one."
Yoru flashed above him with her sword and swung downwards. Buu vanished before her attack could land. She hissed under her breath and snapped her head to the side to see Buu glaring right at her. "As if I'd allow that sword to strike me a second time!"
"You don't have a choice!" Yoru dashed forward but stopped when Buu chucked Gohan right at her. The nephew crashed into his aunt, knocking them both out of the air.
"Be grateful, you two! Aunt and nephew can go to hell together!" Majin Buu cupped his hands and prepared the turtle school's signature move. "KA! ME! HA! ME! HAAAAAA!"
Gohan held out his hands and caught the beam. His aunt and friend stared in shock as Gohan struggled to keep the attack at bay. "I-I'm not gonna lose!" His eyes flashed red, and his power increased even more. Step-by-step, Gohan started to gain better handling against the beam attack.
"Yoru! While he's focused on Gohan! Let's attack!" Asa suggested.
"Agreed!" Yoru dashed away to gain a vantage point to use against Buu. She moved around him and dashed upwards to strike. However, a second face grew on Majin Buu's back, shocking the duo.
"Did you really think I wouldn't expect this?" Buu's second face opened his mouth and unleashed a blast of energy. Yoru used the sword as a baseball bat to smack the beam away with too much effort in her opinion.
Denji shoved the others down, so that the beam didn't hit them as it flew a little too close to them. He looked back at the battle with a pained expression. "Dammit! There's gotta be something I can do!"
Majin Buu released his attack, allowing Gohan to toss the beam into the sky to dissipate. The boy released ragged breaths from all of the power he had to exert. It baffled him how Buu was able to gain such a boost in power from stealing his siblings and friends. There was also the fact that he still couldn't properly draw out the power of his other half, as if it was refusing to help him. "Dammit! I need my full power and yet…!"
"GOHAN!"
He looked up at his aunt, then felt something solid tap the side of his face. His eyes shifted to see that Buu's fist was up against his cheek. Buu shook his head. "Looking away from your opponent? How amateurish. Piccolo would be so disappointed."
"Shut up!" Gohan spun around and punched at him. Buu caught the fist and landed a left jab into the hybrid's nose.
"Goten would be disappointed in you."
"S-shut up!" Gohan tried for another punch, but Buu caught that fist as well.
"Nayuta would be disappointed in you."
"S-s-shut up…!" Gohan's spirals started flashing a red color. He jumped and slammed his feet into Buu's chest. However, the attack barely managed to budge the Majin, who leaned in real close.
"And your parents would be disappointed."
That did it.
Something inside of Gohan snapped. His anger and power skyrocketed as he roared like a raging animal. He broke free from Buu's grip and smashed his fist into Buu's jaw. The Majin spun through the air from the force. Gohan roared once more, cracking the air and ground around him.
Yoru fought to hold steady as the boy was losing control of himself. "Dammit! Not again!"
"Gohan! Get a hold of yourself!" Asa yelled.
She went completely ignored in favor of focusing on the one responsible for all of the damages done to Earth. Gohan charged forward and started throwing out wild attacks at Majin Buu, who was easily able to telegraph the attacks.
"Such ferocious power! If only you were in control of yourself, boy!" Buu smashed his knee into Gohan's jaw, then smashed him into the ground. He pointed his palm down and unloaded a fierce blast that buried the Saiyan deep into the earth.
"No! No! NO!" Goku shouted. "At this rate they're gonna lose!" He was shocked to see that Buu held the complete advantage of the fight.
"Not only that, but Gohan completely lost control. But how did that happen?" Makima questioned.
Elder Kai hummed. "It seems that with his newfound bout of power, his other half had grown in ferocity as well. Did he have control over it before?"
"...No. Ever since the Cell Games Gohan had been too afraid of his Devil side to ever properly train with it." Makima cursed herself for not just forcing her son to train years ago. All of this could've been avoided if she was a better mother. She looked back at the crystal orb. "Gohan…"
Elder Kai saw the anxiety coursing through the parents and sighed. "Fine, seems that I must correct this oversight of mine. Looks like you'll have to go down there yourself, Son Goku."
"Huh?!" Goku and Makima turned to face Elder Kai. "What do you mean?! I'm dead!"
"I know that! I'm saying that I'll give you my life!" Elder Kai explained.
"Your life?!"
"B-but, Elder Kai! You can't do something like that!" Kibito exclaimed.
"The alternative is the death of the universe. I believe this is the best course of action to take." Elder Kai responded.
"Then let him have my life!" Shin offered, surprising Makima. "It's my fault for not being a proper Supreme Kai that all of this happened! If anyone should give up their life, it's me!"
"Don't be silly! You're still young and have tons of growing to do. I probably only had a thousand years left anyway." Elder Kai said.
Goku was still stunned by the offer. "You'd do this for me?"
"My darling will be alive again…?" Makima gasped.
Yoru skids around Buu's swing and creates a grenade. She flicks it up to let it explode in Buu's face. A bright flash seemingly blinded the Majin, however he easily reached through and grabbed her by the throat. Buu began squeezing her throat tightly, suffocating both Yoru and Asa.
"LET 'EM GO!" Buu felt something strike his back. He looked back to see Denji attempting to slice through his body with his left chainsaw.
Buu growled at the annoying little hybrid. "Annoying little worm!" He released Yoru and spun to face Denji. Buu grabbed the hybrid by his head and brought the boy's neck down against his knee. Blood splashed out of Denji's mouth as a result. "I already said that weaklings don't interest me! Now, die!" Buu pulled back his left arm with a KI blast building within his palm.
Suddenly, his arm was sliced clean off. He looked over to see the severed arm crumble to dust before his eyes before moving to the side. Buu avoided getting cut in half by the sword and snarled at the War Devil.
Yoru opened her palm, transforming it into a high-grade missile. It exploded against Buu's face, knocking him back and freeing Denji. The Chainsaw hybrid coughed as his body started to heal from the wounds. "T-thanks." The boy said.
"For once, you managed to give me an opening. So, I didn't allow you to die." Yoru responded.
"Man…you're really mean."
"Shut up."
TEAR!
"SHIT!" Yoru and Denji spun around to be greeted by a powerful blast of energy. The two were sent flying by the explosion, right towards Majin Buu. They struggled to get up from the attack as Buu slowly came towards them.
Asa had gone down the hole where Gohan was buried. She phased through the mess until she found the unconscious hybrid. "Gohan! C'mon! I don't know what Buu said to you, but you can't let that stop you!" She heard him groan. "Yoru and I are counting on you! Denji's counting on you!" His eyes started to flutter open. "Dende, Piccolo, Mr. Satan, and Kobeni are counting on you!" Gohan started to move his body. "And most importantly… your family is counting on you to win!"
Gohan's eyes snapped fully awake, and he exploded out of the ground in a bright burst of energy. Asa released a sigh of relief at the fact that her little pep talk actually managed to work. She quickly phased up back to the surface to rejoin the battle.
Buu was about to blow them to bits until Gohan's fist smashed into his face, knocking him away. Gohan released hard breaths as he fought to keep his mind together. "S-sorry, about that, guys. I-I don't know what came over me."
Yoru struggled back onto her feet. "Just don't pull that shit again! Last time you almost got killed because of it!"
"At least you're back in the fight, buddy! That's all that matters!" Denji gave Gohan a thumbs up. His friend returned the gesture quickly before putting his attention back on Majin Buu. The evil pink monster stood back up and smirked.
"Looks like the riffraff wishes to band together. That'll just make it sweeter when I send you all to hell!" Buu declared.
CRACK!
BURST!
Turning back to the wall of her throne room, Death watched as one of the crystals exploded in a bright flash of light. She scoffed slightly at the overdramatic way the one responsible stood with his hand to his hip. "Do you always have to do something extra when making an entrance?"
Vegeta crossed his arms with his usual gruff. "Shut it, Death-"
"Nope. Don't refer to me as that now."
"What?" Vegeta raised a brow.
"I've been thinking of a name this entire time since my little sisters all have their own. And I've been thinking that Lilith was a good substitute for Death." The newly dubbed Lilith explained.
"I don't care."
"I didn't ask if you cared, Veggie." Lilith rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers to close the hole Vegeta had created in her wall. "Now then, we have far more important things to take care of."
"The training promised to me?" Vegeta reminded her.
"Nope. You took too long, so that'll have to be on a different day." Lilith grabbed her crystal ball and tossed it over to the prince. Vegeta caught it in his palms and looked down to peer at whatever the ball was showing. His eyes widened upon seeing the drastic change in Majin Buu's form and the battle being waged on Earth.
"What the hell happened?!" Vegeta asked.
"A lot of bullshit. So, put your big boy pants on, Prince. We're heading out." Lilith said.
"You're actually capable of heading into the world of the living?"
"Not on my own, unfortunately. The best I can do is manifest my spirit up there for a short period of time. Yemma decided to make an exception since everything has gone to shit." Lilith started stripping off her clothes, embarrassing the Saiyan.
"T-the hell are you doing?!" Vegeta blushed brightly.
"Getting changed into something fit for battle." She turned her head with a sly smile. All she had on was her black lingerie. "Like what ya see?"
"GO TO HELL!"
"Already am, Veggie." Lilith giggled as she hurried into her chambers to switch into a different outfit.
The prince scowled at her direction before turning back to the glass orb below. His eyes stared at Gohan as he battled desperately against Buu. "So, you were still alive after all, Gohan."
Elder Kai relaxed his body as he started transferring his lifeforce over to Goku. "And with this…farewell." Once the process was finished, the old Kai fell over onto the grass.
Makima's eyes widened as Goku's halo vanished from above his head. Which meant that her darling was once again alive in this world.
Goku felt his heart beating again for the first time in seven years. It felt weird but he can get used to it quickly. His eyes sorrowfully looked down at Elder Ka's dead body. "Thanks, old timer. I'll use this life well."
"You'd darn better!" The old man shot up suddenly, surprising them. "Now get going before you waste my death!"
Makima crossed her arms. "That was less dramatic than I was expecting."
"Tell me about it." Kibito sighed.
Dende winced as Denji was smashed across the rocky ground like a dragged anchor. Yoru and Gohan followed his example quickly as Buu continued to wear them all down with no signs of growing tired. "This is bad…! They're losing!"
"I-isn't there something we can do?! Aren't you God?!" Kobeni questioned the Namekian. "Use your God powers!"
"I-I'm not the combatant type of Namekian! Piccolo is!"
"Doesn't that make you useless?!"
"I'm not useless! I can heal them, but there's no way I can get close enough to them without Buu killing me!" Dende explained.
Hercule smirked, puffing up his chest. "If it's a distraction you need…" He reached into his GI and pulled out a pistol. "Then I got you covered! I'd like to see that Buu wannabe survive this .45!"
…
…
…
Dende just groaned into his hands.
Goku placed his fingers on his forehead. "Well then, I'm off!"
"Good luck, darling." Makima couldn't go with him since she was still dead. All she could do at this point was hope that her husband's strength would be enough to turn the tides.
"Wait, Son Goku!" Elder Kai stopped him in time. "How exactly do you plan to beat Buu? Even together, in the state they're all in, I'm not certain you'll be able to win."
"I can try fusion! If Gohan and I fuse together, then we'd totally be able to win!" Goku responded.
"That won't work, darling. Gohan doesn't know the dance and Buu wouldn't be dumb enough to let you two perform it." Makima dashed the idea.
"She's correct. If fusion is your solution, then I have a better one." Elder Kai removed his earrings and handed them to the Saiyan. "Clip this Potara Earring to your left ear." Goku did as he was told.
"This will make me stronger?" Goku didn't seem all that confident.
"Gohan will put the other earring on his right ear, and you two will combine into a powerful warrior. Much less complicated than that dance." Elder Kai explained.
"Really?!" Goku and Makima were surprised by such a simple process for fusion. Though it shouldn't have been too much of a shock that an easier method existed all this time.
"Why didn't you say anything about this before?" Makima asked.
"Only us Gods are allowed to use these earrings. Be grateful that the universe is at stake here for me to allow this." Elder Kai responded.
"I-I can't believe this! I never knew such a method existed!" Shin exclaimed.
"Tsk! Kids these days don't know anything." Shin lowered his head once again. The elder pointed at him and Kibito. "You and Kibito demonstrate as an example for Goku."
Shin and Kibito did as told, each removing one of their earrings. Instantly their respective earrings glowed brightly, and their bodies were pulled together. The others waited until the light vanished to see what had happened.
The fused being standing in front of them was a mixture of Kibito and Shin. He has Shin's skin color and Kibito's long white hair. He is also considerably taller than Shin, being more comparable to the height of Kibito. His clothing is also the same as Kibito's. It would be best to refer to this fusion as Kibito Kai.
"Wow! Amazing! This power flowing through me is astounding!" Kibito Kai declared proudly. He turned to the Saiyan with determination. "Goku, let us go together! I'll help!"
"Don't be foolish! Your power may have grown but you're still weak in comparison to these two." Elder Kai pointed at the married couple. His words utterly shattered the fusion's confidence in one fell swoop.
"But this is great! How long will they stay fused?!" Goku asked.
Elder Kai looked pretty smug. "Heh! The Potara doesn't have such a weakness! The fusion is permanent!"
"PERMANENT?!" Kibito Kai screamed.
Makima's eye twitches violently as she thinks about the implications. Her husband and son would be stuck together forever…she just got her husband back and he was going to be gone just like that.
No more cuddles.
No more kisses.
And worst of all…no more sex.
"For the greater good, Control… For the greater good…" She repeated to herself with deep breaths.
Goku's brain wasn't even thinking about that. "If Gohan and I are stuck together, then doesn't that mean I have to go to school?!"
"There's not going to be any high school if the universe gets wiped out! Hurry up and go!" Elder Kai yelled.
"R-right!" Goku tossed the thoughts away to focus on the situation.
"Darling!" Makima gave him a look.
He smiled confidently at his wife. "Don't worry. Everything will be fine."
She watched as Goku vanished from the God's domain with that happy-go-lucky look he always used to comfort her. Makima gripped her own hands tightly. As much as she would like to have faith in the situation, she still couldn't help but feel like something was about to go terribly wrong.
Gohan pushed against Majin Buu; their arms clashed with sparks flying in between. The fearsome Majin just continued to smile arrogantly at his powerful opponent. "What's wrong, Gohan? Slowing down?"
"As if! I'm just getting started!" Gohan declared.
"Bold words!" Pink chains sprouted out of Buu's body and stabbed themselves into the hybrid's body. "But can you back them up?!"
"T-tch…! This won't work on me!" Gohan flexed his own power to repel the chains. However, the spiritual shackles refused to budge from his body. As if his own powers were blocked from repelling the chains. "W-what?!"
"Thank your little sister for this one! That little brat enjoyed bragging a little too much!" Buu took control of Gohan's body much to his horror. With a flick of his hand, the hybrid generated a wave of KI that smashed into Yoru and Denji below. The two went flying back from the force of the explosion.
"Denji! Auntie!" Gohan cried.
"And next…!" Buu's eyes targeted Dende and the others who were watching from afar. "I think the spectators could use a little action themselves!"
"N-no!" Gohan tried to fight back against Buu's control as best he could. His arm steadily rose up and fired off a ball of KI. "NOOO!"
Dende and the others froze as the blast quickly approached them. Hercule uselessly kept firing his bullets at the blast. Everything looked hopeless until a new voice entered the battle.
"TRI-BEAM!"
A triangular blast intercepted Gohan's attack, saving the spectators from getting killed. Everyone looked over to see Tienshinhan had made his appearance on the battlefield. The three-eyed warrior released a breath. "Looks like I made it on time."
"TIEN?!" Gohan gasped.
Tien gave the boy a look. "You've changed a lot, Gohan. Sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances."
Buu scoffed at the human. "More annoying little pests? Not that it matters! Time for you to die as well!" Buu was about to order Gohan to attack Tien until a strange force trapped his body in place, preventing him from moving.
Floating behind Buu was Chiaotzu, who was using his psychic abilities to hold Buu in place. "I-I can't hold it for much longer, Tien!"
"THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH!" Yoru appeared and sliced through the chains with the Z-Sword, freeing Gohan. "GOHAN! NOW!"
The teenager didn't need any other incentive to act. His hands cupped and generated as much power as he possibly could. "KA! ME! HA! ME! HAAAAAAAAA!"
Buu's eyes widened as the huge beam smashed into his body, burning the Majin far more than he had anticipated. Gohan didn't let up and continued pouring more and more energy into his attack. Majin Buu screamed as he was blasted far into the distance towards a mountain in the distance.
Gohan allowed himself to breathe a bit after stopping his attack. He knew that wouldn't be enough to kill Buu, but damn did it feel good to hit that smug bastard hard.
"GOHAN!" He looked down to see Dende waving down to him. "Before he comes back! Let me heal you guys!"
"Right!" Everyone joined up with Dende. The Namekian used his abilities to heal up the injured warriors as quickly as possible.
Tien turned to the direction Majin Buu had been blasted in. "To think Buu would change so drastically in such a short time. It's terrifying."
"I hate to say this, but you two showed up at a good time. That bastard was getting too smug for my own liking." Yoru said.
Tien smiled a bit. "To think I'd hear you give out appreciation. You've changed."
"Shut the hell up, tri-clops!" Yoru growled. The interaction brought some levity to the situation, earning some snickering from the group.
"So, does anyone actually have a plan to stop that guy? Or to free the others?" Denji asked. "I ain't the smartest but wouldn't killing him also kill the kids and Piccolo?"
Gohan tightened his fists. "W-we don't have a choice. I can't think of any other way to undo the situation."
"If you had just listened to me, then we wouldn't even be in this mess!" Yoru growled.
"Yoru…" Asa frowned.
"She's right, Asa." Gohan lowered his head. "I should've just killed Buu when I had the chance. I owe the kids and Piccolo an apology when we get out of this."
"Not when. It's if."
There was no time to react as Chiaotzu was turned into a piece of candy instantly. Tien cried out for his long-time friend as the psychic was crushed to bits by a pink fist. Buu rammed his fist into the crane fighter's gut, blowing him away through several boulders.
"TIEN! CHIAOTZU!" Gohan cried.
Majin Buu loomed over the group as his arm retracted back to normal. "I've had enough games! All of you have annoyed me far too many times!" He raised his hands into the air, generating a huge ball of malicious KI. "I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY WITH THIS ENTIRE PLANET!"
"NO!" Gohan cried.
"We have to stop him!" Asa yelled.
"There's no way we can stop that!" Yoru yelled back.
"KYAAAAA!" Kobeni clung onto Bee for dear life.
"S-stop it, Buu!" Hercule continued to fire bullets.
Denji stared hopelessly at the attack. "T-there's no way it can end like this…!"
"GOODBYE-"
Suddenly, Goku appeared behind the Majin. He threw a Destructo Disk at Buu, slicing him in half and off setting the ball to dissipate in the sky. Buu's lower half fell a few feet away from the group and his upper half turned to angrily glare at the Saiyan. "You…!"
"Dad!"
"Goku/Goku?!"
Buu searched through his memories. "I remember you. You're the one I fought before, the long-haired blonde guy. Did you come to help them? Can't you see that I'm far stronger than before."
"Heh! Oh yeah?! Wait till you see what I've got up my sleeve!" Goku declared.
"Tch." Buu regenerated his lower half. "Nothing but rubbish."
"I don't know, you seemed pretty quick to just regenerate your legs. Scared of what I've got?" Goku smirked.
"You seem to have a death wish!" Buu grinned.
Goku turned to his son and tossed the earring without warning. "Gohan! Catch!"
"Huh?" The boy was too stunned to see that his dad was suddenly alive again, which caused him to completely miss the earring that flew past. "What?!"
"EHHHH?!" Goku cried. "PICK IT UP! HURRY! WE GOTTA FUSE!"
"Fuse?!" Asa was very confused.
"Whatever the hell that idiot has planned requires that earring! Hurry up and get it, Gohan!" Yoru ordered.
"R-right!" Gohan snapped out of his daze and hurried to search for it.
Buu clenched his fist at the Saiyan. "Fusion? As if I'd allow you to do something like that!"
"W-w-wait! Just give us like…five minutes!" Goku requested.
"Gohan!" Yoru yelled.
"I can't find it! It's too small!" Her nephew responded.
"How hard is it to find a dumb earring?!" Denji started searching for it as well.
Majin Buu charged at Goku. "DIE, FOOL!"
The Earthly Saiyan powered up to Super Saiyan 3. "Dammit! I'll just have to hold him off!"
Fortunately for him, something caused Majin Buu to stop in his tracks. The evil Majin's body started to twist and fidget around. "O-oh no…!"
"Huh?" Goku stared at him in confusion.
Gohan lifted a rock and smiled at the earring that was underneath. "I found it! Isn't this the same one that the Supreme Kai was wearing?"
"Gohan!" Denji got his attention. "I think somethin' is happen'."
Everyone watched as Buu suddenly lost Gotenks' appearance. He was now wearing Piccolo's cape, and his pants were replaced by a white skirt. "N-no! It can't be…!"
"Ha!" Goku powered down back to his base. "Looks like the boys' fusion time finally ran out! Now you just have four separate powers in there! We won't even need fusion to deal with you at this point."
Buu smirked. "Oh really?"
"Huh?" Goku blinked.
"Why do you think I didn't regenerate my tentacle or legs?" Buu smiled sinisterly. It took Goku a full three seconds to realize what the Majin had been planning the entire time. "OH NO! GOHAN!"
It was too late.
Gohan turned around to see Buu's tentacle morph into pink goop that swallowed him whole. He dropped the earring on the ground as he tried to fight against the slippery substance.
"GOHAN!" Yoru took a step forward to try and free him, but she ended up tripping on a rock at the most crucial moment. As she cursed her stupid partner's shitty fucking accident-prone ass, the War Devil's eyes widened as Buu's legs appeared in front of her. They morphed into pink goop as well to swallow her whole. Yoru tried to slice through the goop with her sword but someone else got in the way.
"I GOT YA, ASA!" Denji cried as she sliced through the goop. Unfortunately, his efforts just made things worse by splitting it into two. The top piece ended up swallowing him while the second one captured the War Devil.
"HYAAAAA!" Buu roared and ordered the three pieces of goop to join with his body. Goku dashed down to the ground to grab the fallen earring. He turned back to watch in horror as Majin Buu's power proceeded to skyrocket once more.
"GOHAN!" Makima screamed as she watched the monster absorb another one of her children. He had also grabbed Denji and War, which was going to make matters worse here. She knew what her sister's newfound power could do and the problems it could cause. But the Chainsaw Devil was far worse, and his abilities would prove horrendous if left unchecked. "Darling! You have to do something!"
There was nothing Goku could do as Buu finished transforming. The Majin now adopted the top half of Gohan's GI and his own white pants had returned. The delightful force of destruction laughed proudly at his accomplishment. "HA HA HA HA HA! Now I'm stronger than ever before! No time limit to fear either! I am now the strongest being in the universe!"
Goku looked down at the earring in his hand. "I-I can't combine with Gohan and Yoru's no longer an option either!" He looked over at the others to see what his options were. "I gotta pick someone!"
Tien still hadn't recovered from Buu's earlier attack.
Dende wasn't a fighter.
Kobeni was damn near close to passing out.
And Hercule was just confused.
Goku wallowed in despair. "You gotta be kidding me…!"
Circular eyes blinked open slowly, taking in the pink fleshy substance above them. Slowly, Asa sat up on the squishy ground beneath her. "W-where are we…?"
"Where do you think?" Yoru appeared next to her. She gestured to the entire landscape they found themselves in. "Because of that stupid chainsaw bastard and your shitty luck, we're stuck inside of Majin Buu!"
Asa climbed to her feet and gagged in disgust at the putrid smell of Buu's innards. Hell, her shoes were getting covered in his fluids with each step. "This is so gross…!"
Deep within Majin Buu's body, something dark and powerful stomped through the pink squishy ground. The creature had torn itself free from the pink pod that Buu had trapped it in moments prior. It released deep and hard breaths as it continued without a destination in mind. It is a large humanoid creature with four arms with four chainsaws protruding from each, and another coming out of its head. It has dark armored scales that cover its entire body. An intestine still connected to its stomach is wrapped around its neck, resembling a scarf or a collar.
Pain, grief, regret, and rage swirled within the creature like a tsunami. The creature raised its head upwards and bellowed out a mighty roar that shook the innards slightly.
Chapter End
NOTE: I hope the ending at least made everything else worth it. Also, I hope you guys liked the difference in the battle. Buu was still stronger, but I wanted Gohan to at least have a better showing. I decided that the Z-Sword's magical properties can pretty much negate Buu's regeneration to an extent. Which would be useful in killing him if Gohan was still the one using it.
To explain some of the earlier stuff. Makima was absorbing the fear from several Devils in Hell to make herself stronger to compensate for humanity getting wiped out. Lilith doesn't like anyone, especially her sisters, messing with her domain.
Death's new name is Lilith. In some religions it's associated with demon folklore, so I felt that it fit.
Denji has fully transformed here. Next chapter will go a bit more in depth on it but yeah. All that bullshit was pretty much building up to him exploding here. Now he, Asa, and Yoru are stuck inside of Buu. Next chapter is going to explain why the girls weren't properly absorbed.
The next chapter is something I've been looking forward to a lot. Genuinely a lot of my decisions have been made just for what's going to happen next, so I hope to deliver well on it. Vegito won't be going inside of Buu here, so yeah.
Have a great day!