Chapter 32

After a hot shower and a change of clothes, Trunks and Goten returned to the battlefield, both of them wearing gas masks and keeping containment suits encapsulated in their pockets, just in case. A short distance from where they left Buu before, the boys turned Super Saiyajin and fused.

Gotenks found Buu standing still surrounded by his messy and smelly bodily wastes. It seemed he was done. He looked smaller and weaker, and somewhat haggard, as though his previous efforts had exhausted all his energy. And he must be really hungry now.

Not that Gotenks cared whether Buu was hungry or tired. This was his chance, while the monster was weak. He powered up all the way up to SSJ3, flew straight towards Buu while preparing a ki blast on his palms. Buu had only time to look up in surprise before the blast hit him point blank. There was a great explosion.

There was no trace of Buu after the explosion. But Gotenks didn't let down his guard. His face was taut with concentration as he shot multiple ki blasts at various locations where the remains of the exploded Buu did not disintegrate completely. He did not stop until he couldn't feel any more ki from the Buu pieces. Finally, he couldn't detect any ki anymore, and he allowed himself to relax. "Is he completely gone?" Gotenks asked himself, while still watching his surroundings warily. He certainly hoped so; his half an hour was almost up.

From behind him, something crept ever so slowly. The blob lunged at Gotenks just as he turned around. It attached itself on his face. Gotenks tried to pull it off, but it wouldn't budge. So he tried killing by clawing at it with a ki-powered hand. It seemed to work, but something was amiss. He could feel his energy being absorbed by the thing. The blob was off his face, but now it started to grow a head, face and limbs.

The blob, which now has turned into Buu gave a sigh of relief. "Fooh... I was the last piece, but thanks to your energy, I can grow back," he said, then smiled evilly. "You tricked me. I'll kill you," he said as he split himself into many small pieces and started to attack. "There's only one you and many of us. You can't beat us all," the main Buu said.

"Oh yeah?" Now it was Gotenks who smirked evilly. He snapped his fingers, and out of nowhere, ten Super Kamikaze ghosts appeared. "Destroy them all!" Gotenks commanded. The ghosts (who are now a lot more disciplined than when we last saw them) split up and touched the little Buus, causing them to explode. It was like ten simultaneous and deadly game of tag. Meanwhile Gotenks fought the main Buu.

Fortunately for Gotenks, Buu never had the chance to regain his full energy, and the battle was short and decisive. As he planted a sharp ki sword into Buu, he spoke. "I know the fat Buu isn't evil, but there is another one inside you that is totally evil. Sorry, I can't let you live." With that, he plunged the sword in, and shooting another burst of ki through the sword, totally destroyed Majin Buu.

By now, all the small Buus have been destroyed by the Super Kamikaze ghosts. The ghosts stood in line facing Gotenks. "Report! All Buus have been destroyed," a ghost reported. Gotenks nodded wearily. "Good, you're dismissed," he said. The ghosts lifted their hands to salute, unfortunately in doing so, they touched each other and exploded.

"Idiots," Gotenks muttered. He laid down on the ground, totally exhausted. "Finally, it's over." He closed his eyes.

***

"Uhnn..." Trunks rubbed his eyes lazily, then started when he remembered where he was. Beside him, Goten was still sleeping. Trunks shook him. "Goten, wake up." As Goten rubbed the sleep from his eyes, Trunks looked around. He didn't feel any ki. Buu was totally destroyed. They've won.

"Trunks, you stink." Goten was fully awake now, and he too was watching their surrounding for any traces of Buu's ki. "Well, you smell like shit too." Trunks retorted. Strangely enough, their surrounding did not smell so badly any more. Their ki battle had heated and dried the surrounding area, so that the smaller piles of Buu's wastes had crumbled away. The first and biggest one, however, still remained. Both boys looked over at the new landmark. "It sure is ugly," Goten remarked. "Yeah," Trunks agreed. "But I'd like to check it out." He flew towards it, followed by Goten.

At the foot of the mountain, they found that it had dried, though not completely. But it was hard and did not crumble when touched. It looked like the structure was there to stay. "We better call Videl," Goten said.

"You're right," Trunks dialled Videl's number on his watch-videophone. "Trunks?" Videl's voice sounded anxious. "We won," Trunks said. "Before you let the people put, get them gas masks. I prepared some at Capsule Corp. Get them. I'll have more manufactured soon." At Videl's puzzled look, Trunks chuckled. "We'll meet you at Capsule Corp. I'll explain everything later." "OK," Videl nodded. "By the way, did you happen to see two--"

"Hey Trunks! Come quick! I think there's someone here." Goten was digging somewhere near the foot of the mountain. Trunks hung up and rushed over to help him. After some frantic digging, they found a young man covered all over with the stuff the mountain was made of. Miraculously, he was still alive, although his breathing was very weak. As they dusted the dirt from his nose and mouth, they heard his weary voice. "..S--per... help... her...."

"There's someone else in there?" Trunks asked. But the man was too weakened to say anything anymore. "Goten, call for help. We have to get him to a hospital," Trunks said, as he dug deeper. After some more frantic digging, they found another figure. It was a girl, and she was barely conscious. Trunks had to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation before they could get a pulse. But then she gagged, and Trunks realised he was the cause. He chuckled, then donning their containment suits, the two demi Saiyajins searched the site in case there were other people there. The boy and girl they found had slipped into unconsciousness again, but they seemed to be out of mortal danger. Trunks and Goten did not find anyone else.

The emergency team arrived to at the foot of the new mountain in a helicopter to find two figures in Capsule Corp. containment suits who directed them to the two injured persons. As the team was busy moving the injured to the helicopter, they did not notice the two strangers had left.

Chapter 33
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