"I'm going to track down Spopovich and Yamu. If you're willing, come with me. I'm sure you'll be a great help," Supreme Kai said. He had seen Spopovich and Yamu use the Flight Technique to leave the Martial Arts Tournament after draining Son Gohan's energy. His tone was calm, but held a hint of pleading. Then, with a whoosh, he took off after them.
The people in the waiting room glanced at Son Gohan, who was lying on the ring. Suddenly, they heard two whooshes, one after the other, and their attention was drawn to the sound.
"That's... Goten." Everyone saw Son Goten take off first. Then a dark green figure followed him. "And Trunks."
"I'm going too. I want to know what Supreme Kai meant when he said we could help." Son Goku looked after Son Goten and Trunks with a confident smile.
Over the sea, two figures flew at tremendous speed, enveloped in white auras.
"With this energy, the Majin will awaken soon. Lord Babidi will be very pleased," Yamu said with a wicked grin, looking extremely excited.
The two idiots had no idea that three people were following them—and doing so very obviously.
"You're with Mr. Son Goku?" Supreme Kai was surprised that Son Goten and Trunks had followed them. He couldn't tell just by looking at Trunks, but Son Goten was obviously Son Goku's son. Still, he scolded the two of them. "What are you doing here? You're just children. Hurry back."
Clearly, Supreme Kai hadn't watched the junior division tournament. If he had, he wouldn't have said that. Forget Son Goten; even Trunks was already strong enough to stand against Son Gohan—I mean, as a Super Saiyan.
"No." Son Goten shot Supreme Kai a cold look. "Those two troublemakers even dared to drain my brother's energy. I won't let them get away with it."
Sensing the aura Son Goten was giving off, Supreme Kai was stunned. He hadn't imagined that Son Goten's power would surpass Son Gohan's and come close to Son Goku's.
"All right, but be careful." Sweat trickled down Supreme Kai's crest as he could only remind them to watch out.
Spopovich and Yamu really were a pair of idiots. Not only were Son Goten and the others following them in plain sight, Son Goten was also releasing a terrifying aura. Anyone would've known they were being followed. Babidi had forcibly increased their power, but hadn't given them the ability to sense ki.
"Gohan!" Seeing Son Gohan lying on the ground with a blank stare, Videl couldn't help running onto the ring.
"Hey, isn't that Miss Videl?"
"What's going on? Wasn't she badly hurt just now?"
The spectators were bewildered. How could Videl, who'd been so badly injured, be bouncing around like nothing had happened?
"Well, I'll go too, though I'm not exactly thrilled about it," Krillin said. "I'll go let my wife know."
"Oh, all right," Son Goku agreed.
"Are you kidding me, Kakarot?"
Vegeta was instantly furious. Damn it, I finally get a chance to fight you, and now you're trying to slip away? "We still have a fight to finish."
"Uh, something more important has come up!" Son Goku said, sweating nervously.
"Don't think you can fob me off." Vegeta wasn't buying it. "I don't care about some Supreme Kai. The only reason I came to this boring tournament was to settle things with you."
"How about we fight another time?" Son Goku kept trying to put him off.
"Don't try to fool me. You can only stay in this world for one day!" Vegeta continued angrily.
"Why don't you come to my world with me?" Son Goku suggested.
"Bah."
Damn it, now you're trying to drag me along with you? What living person in their right mind would go running off to join the dead? My life is great as it is—why would I go die with you?
"Let's go!" Piccolo called, leaving the arena behind Supreme Kai.
Son Goku hurriedly jumped onto the ring. "I'll leave Gohan to you."
"Don't worry. I'll heal him and then catch up. Though I'm sure Son Gohan will come along too." Kibito spoke with the same expression as if Son Goku owed him five million.
Son Goku glanced at Kibito without a word, then shot off through the air at top speed. Seeing him leave, Vegeta clicked his tongue and took off after him.
Son Goku and the others flew at full speed and caught up with Supreme Kai and the others in just a few minutes.
"You came after all." A relieved smile appeared at the corner of Supreme Kai's mouth. "Without you, I might have lost."
"Lost? Are those two hard to deal with?"
Son Goku stared blankly at the two idiots being followed ahead of them. He couldn't see what was so impressive about them, yet Supreme Kai had said he might lose.
"No," Supreme Kai replied with a shake of his head. "They're just puppets."
Supreme Kai spoke gravely. "A long time ago, when humans on Earth had only just begun walking upright... (The introduction is the same as in the original, but it's too long, and the author is too lazy to write it in case you say I'm padding things.)"
Perhaps it was the butterfly effect, but Trunks had heard the tale of Majin Buu here. Unlike in the original, he didn't childishly say that it sounded fun.
"So we have to stop Majin Buu from awakening," Son Goku said solemnly.
"Yeah."
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