Trunks and Goten stared at the pink blob in front of them. Trunks stepped forward. "Majin Buu, I presume," he said evenly, looking at the pink monstrosity in the eyes. The pink blob looked at him curiously. "You know my name?" he wondered, then clapped his hands childishly. "I'm famous!" he exclaimed happily.

Trunks hmph-ed and asked, "What are you doing here? Where's Babidy?" At the mention of his master's name, Buu became upset. "I killed him," he said. "He wanted to put me in the spell, so I got mad and turned him into candy. Then I ate him."

"But why did you come here?" Trunks asked. "And why turn all these people into candy?"

"It's fun," Buu said simply. Then the expression on his face became darker. "You just talk about bad things. I'll kill you," he said to Trunks and Goten, and zapped them with the appendage on his forehead. Buu did not like to be reminded of his former master. However, the two demi-Saiyajin managed to avoid his attack. This angered Buu, and he tried to zap them again. Again, he missed, but this time just narrowly. The ki attack singed Trunks' jacket, while Goten had to dive away to avoid it. As a result he fell ungracefully on his face on the ground. While he picked himself up, Trunks was floating a little higher above Buu. "Ha! Missed again," he taunted, but his face was pale as a sheet. Even with Buu's overwhelming ki, he'd forgotten how powerful the monster was until he felt its attack. He took a deep breath, and glanced down to see that Goten has picked himself up, and was now looking at him meaningfully. Trunks nodded, understanding the unspoken signal. He floated down, and both boys stood facing Buu. Buu stopped too, expecting a fight, but instead the two boys suddenly turned around and flew in the other direction!

Buu was surprised for a moment, but then his mood worsened. He began gathering ki, and as the earth began to shake and tremble from the power he was gathering, Trunks and Goten made a preparation of their own. Over in the distance, they were now in an open space far from the Capsule Corp. building, where there was nothing to hinder their movement. They both knew how powerful Buu could be, and that even the two of them may not be a match for him. But they do know of somebody who had a chance.

Trunks and Goten moved with perfect synchronization, each boy's movement a perfect mirror image of the other's. When the sequence of movements were completed, there was a shout of 'FUSION-HA!' amid a bright light which engulfed the two teenagers. When the light light subsided, there was no trace of the two boys.

Instead, in their place stood a lone figure. His hair stood up in spikes. It was black in the middle and purple at the sides, and he wore a vest and a pair of baggy white pants. The new figure, who was also a teenaged boy around the same age as Trunks and Goten, stood straight confidently with a cocky grin on his face, one hand on his hip and the other flashing a V sign at Buu. Buu just stared at him curiously.

"Wahahahaha!!!" The new figure laughed confidently and, with the finger which was previously showing the V sign, pointed at Buu. "Your time's up, Majin Buu! Now, feel the wrath of the mighty GOTENKS!" he exclaimed. Apparently, the fused figure never lost his overconfidence. He got ready in a fighting stance.

Buu just looked at Gotenks dumbly. "Where are the two idiots?" he asked, looking around. A vein popped on Gotenks' head. "Never mind them," he said. "Your opponent is I, Gotenks!" he pointed at himself.

"Fine!" Buu started zapping at him. Gotenks easily avoided each zap. Buu stopped for a while, angry because all his shots missed. Gotenks smiled smugly, pieces of chocolates, sweets and biscuits lying all around him; the unfortunate things which got turned into candy in his place. "Now it's my turn," he declared, and attacked.

***

Meanwhile, Videl flew her aircar as fast as she could toward the police station. She turned on the communicator and dialled Shapener's number. A few moments passed before he answered. "Ah! Videl!" he said. "You look stressed. What's up?" From the screen, Videl could see that he was outdoors. "Where are you?" she asked.

"I'm investigating the mysterious sweets which are raining down everywhere. Not a big case, may not even turn to be any sort of crime, but--"

"Listen to me carefully," Videl cut him off. "Earth is in danger. Evacuate everybody immediately. I'm serious," she emphasised. Seeing the expression on her face, Shapener stopped the question which was forming on his mouth. Videl wasn't the type who would joke about such matters. "I understand," he said, and signed off. Videl too signed off, and headed to the opposite direction. There was one person whose safety she had to make sure of first. "Father...," she whispered. "Please let him be OK," she prayed to the nonexistent Kami.

***

Elsewhere, Buu was flying after Gotenks, who had thrown a small blast into his face and then promptly flew away. The angered Buu chased after him, shouting "Cheater! Chicken! I'll turn you into broccoli, then I won't eat you, 'cause you're so yucky, I'll pull all the green hair from your head and then I'll kill you!"

"Try it if you can!" Gotenks taunted him. He had stopped flying and now landed on a rocky desert, away from the Western Capitol or any other human settlement. Buu landed a short distance away. They faced each other, and one of them started to attack, this time, for real.

***

"Father! Father! Are you here?" Videl parked her car outside her house and ran in. Her father was not in his normal place by the fire. Her heart raced as she searched frantically. "Father! Please answer me!" She searched the whole house but her father was not to be found. He couldn't have gone anywhere. Her father never went out, not in his condition. So he must have been... No! Videl slammed her fist on the dinner table as tears started to flow from her eyes.

"Videl?" The voice which called out her name came from outside, and it belonged to Mr.Satan. "Father!" Videl ran outside to find her father sitting in his wheelchair in the yard, surrounded by candies.

"Videl, you're home," Mr.Satan beamed. "Look, the yard is full of candies. I heard on the radio that it was raining candies, so I went outside to see for myself. And they're quite good too. Want some?" He offered her a piece.

"NO!" Videl almost screamed, startling her father. "Videl, what's wrong?" he asked.

"I'll explain later," Videl replied, after taking a deep breath. "Right now, we have to evacuate. There's an emergency." She pushed her father's wheelchair out of the house and helped him into her car, not giving him a chance to pack, or even to question her.

Chapter 29
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