Dragonball Z is the property of Toei Animation and Funimation. This story is a bit of a revamp of a DBZ fic that I had created but eventually scrapped but I am reviving it but it will be a bit different as well as have a different title.

Something Worth Fighting For

By EmperorDraco7

"I want candy and I want it right now!" yelled the evil creature that is Majin Buu, he was furious that he is trapped within the Hyperbolic Time Chamber during his battle against the Super Saiyan Gotenks by the Namek named Piccolo. While the two were arguing, Buu lets out a loud and powerful scream that eventually ripped a hole to the real world.

The three starred at the hole in disbelief and after a minute, it soon started closing. Buu knew that it was only a matter of time before it closed completely. "Farewell, I hope that you two enjoy this place as you will be staying here for the rest of your lives" he said to his opponents with a sadistic grin before squeezing himself through the hole right before it sealed itself up.

Piccolo started clenching his fists in anger. "Dammit! He's back on Earth!"

At the other side, Buu appears before the others and began returning to his original shape much to their shock. He soon took a glance at them.

"What have you do with Goten and Trunks, you big bully!" yelled Bulma, wanting to know what had become of the two boys and why neither of them had exited the Time Chamber with Piccolo. "I swear to you if they're dead, I'll…"

"You'll do what?" he asked, grinning at the group while licking his lips. "I had enough talk, time to eat. How about I turn you all into chocolate but what kind? Milk-chocolate filled with cherries or maybe dark chocolate?" he slowly approached them, now that those two fools are trapped forever; he is free to do whatever he wanted with the remaining survivors. "Now who should I eat first?"

They glared at him for a few second and soon Krillin turned his attention to his wife. "18, I'm going to try and fight off Majin Buu and I want you to get everyone inside."

"You can't be serious, what if you get killed?"

"Then so be it, I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you or the others" replied Krillin. "Please, don't worry about me and get them to safety." 18 remained completely silent and after a while, she nodded her head.

With that, he charged at the evil Buu at fast speed and the others soon began to follow 18 to a safe place. Krillin did his best but was ultimately turned into a chocolate bar and then eaten by Buu. "Delicious."

Soon his eyes turned towards the others climbing up the stairs and he fired a pink beam from his antenna. "Videl, look out!" yelled Bulma, suddenly noticing it and pushing the younger girl out of the way before meeting Krillin's fate.

"No Bulma!" she watched in horror as Buu then eats the transformed Bulma and she knew that it would be suicide to fight him but she knew that if she doesn't then the Earth would be destroyed. "Hey Buu!"

He took noticed to her flying at him and swats her away with his antenna, causing her to hit the floor. "So you think you can fight me all by yourself? How pathetic" he fired another beam but she barely managed to move out of the way.

"I'm not that easy" she snarled sending several punches, to which he blocks without any effort. She wants to distract him long enough for the others to get out of there in one piece. Buu was starting to get annoyed and held his antenna up.

"Time for everyone to turn into chocolate!"

Videl got down to the ground as many beams spreads through every direction and soon everyone present except her and Buu were now chocolate bars. Laughing, he collected each of them and ate every last one.

"Tasty" he then turned his attention towards an enraged Videl. "You are the last of your kind, how sad and very soon you will meet the same end."

"Don't count me out yet" she got into her fighting stance once again; this was going to be the fight of her life.

Planet of the Kais

"I can't believe this!" Goku was in complete shock and anger upon seeing the events taking place on Earth as was Shin the Supreme Kai and Kibito. "We can only watch as that monster is taking the lives of our friends!"

"What's going on, dad?" asked Gohan, wanting to know what was happening since he can't move until the Old Kai is finished releasing his hidden powers.

"Uh…. Everything's just fine, Gohan. There's nothing to worry about" Goku lied to his son, hiding the current situation from him. "Just concentrate on what you're doing."

"Sure" said Gohan, turning back towards the Old Kai. He better hurry up, I would never forgive myself if anything bad has happened to the others, especially Videl. He had been thinking much about Videl since he had broken the legendary Z sword and released the Old Kai, he wished to see her again and wants to be there so he can help out the others and put an end to Buu once and for all.

Shin looked at Goku. "What about Goten and Trunks?"

"I don't know, I can't sense their energies or Piccolo's." answered Goku, watching as Videl tried to fight off the evil monster. "If they're gone then there won't be anyone left who can stand up to Buu but I'm not giving up on the two boys."

Earth

Videl kicked Buu in the stomach but he wasn't fazed by the attack at all, in fact none of her hits were affecting him. "Are you done yet?" he frowned before punching her in the face. "You are simply delaying the inevitable and it is going to cost you your life but don't worry, I plan to make your death quick and painless."

Getting up, she rubbed her right cheek and glared at him as his left hand started glowing pink and he fired an energy ball at her. She jumped to the right and was able to dodge the beam. "Stay still!" he snapped as he shot another pink ball at her but she flew up to avoid them.

I can't keep this up forever; it's only a matter of time before he finishes me off thought Videl. However, she suddenly realized something. He must be toying with me, he's waiting until I eventually get too tired and when that happens, he's going to… she heard breathing and turns to see Buu behind her. "Shit!"

"You fought your last battle, now die" he held his hand up and was prepared to silence her permanently until he noticed a rift opening where the door to the Time Chamber was and to his shock, he saw Gotenks, who now had longer hair, and Piccolo coming through. "Impossible."

"Guess whose back?" grinned Gotenks as he watched Buu float back down to the ground to confront him. "Notice anything different about me? Not only is my hair longer, I'm now stronger than I was before."

Piccolo was horrified at the sight of the lookout and then he realized something. "Where are the others? What happened to them?"

"Hehehehe…." Buu laughed as he started rubbing his stomach. "They're in me."

"What?!" exclaimed Gotenks "You mean you ate them?"

"Yes and they were really tasty, especially as chocolate" replied Buu before letting out a small burp. Just then, he and Piccolo felt Gotenks powering up, both his fists were clenched in anger and hatred.

"You're going to pay for what you've done to them!"

"Wait a mintue" Piccolo felt a smaller power level and looked up to see Videl floating above them, the surviving human was glad that the remaining Z Fighters managed to escape from the Time Chamber in one piece and soon floated down to the ground but refrained from saying anything as now wasn't the time to talk.

The Namek secretly lets out a sigh of relief knowing that she is still alive before turning his attention back to Buu and Gotenks, who have already begun fighting each other. The latter had the upper hand but was doing heavy damage to the lookout, much to Piccolo's horror.

"No way" said Videl in surprise as she watched Gotenks laying some swift and serious punches and kicks onto his opponent. Unfortunately, Buu isn't going to be taken down that easily and counters by grabbing him by the leg then swinging him around until throwing him down to the ground. This in turns causes him to go through.

"Gotenks!" yelled Piccolo, running to the newly formed hole and saw the fused warrior plummeting towards the Earth. "Pull yourself out now!" Buu went through the hole to go after the Saiyan with one thing in mind, to kill him.

"Is he alright?" Videl made her way to meet with Piccolo, hoping that Buu hadn't already defeated him.

"I don't know… However, I can still sense him."

She wondered what he meant by sensing but remained silent before seeing a small yellow light where a pool of water was and soon two more flashes of light appear in that location. Piccolo knew that it was a good sign. "Perfect, now that is a Super Saiyan."

"Did he actually beat Majin Buu?" asked Videl in surprise at Piccolo's words, to which the Namek nodded his head. She started smiling and knew that it was finally over or so she thought.

Below, Gotenks was glad to have finally taken Buu down and thought about the previous times he went up against the pink creature, man those were intense but with his new Super Saiyan 3 form, he made quick work of Buu with hardly any effort. He was prepared to return to the lookout when he suddenly noticed something and he looked around to find out what it was.

To his dismay, he saw the pieces of Buu coming back together and he began wrapping himself around Gotenks in an attempt to suffocate him to death. "Augh! No fair!" Buu then proceeds to flying down to the ground before releasing Gotenks and seeing him crash into a nearby mountain.

He soon got his face off of the mountain and he starts exhaling energy which forms into a ball above Buu. After it was big enough, it soon exploded and several ghost versions of Gotenks surrounded him.

"Tell me, are you scared of my ghosts? Well you should be because their power levels have increased as well" grinned Gotenks. "Now attack!"

The ghosts started swarming around Buu, exploding upon every contact with him. Soon, he was left almost completely melted down as Gotenks kicked him down but he quickly recovered and floated back up.

"Damn you!"

"Hehehehe…." said Gotenks, scratching his nose. "You have a bad temper for a big guy." He then moved out of the way of a punch before seeing Buu crashing into a mountain behind him. Making a silly face, he then heads off and is followed by none other than Buu himself.

Above, Piccolo and Videl were looking down as the former wanted to know that Gotenks was thinking as he saw something heading towards the lookout. It was Gotenks and he had all but destroyed the place, leaving only half of it remaining and shocking the two almost instantly.

"What have you done, Gotenks?!" demanded a shocked Piccolo. "Look at this! The entire lookout has been destroyed!" Gotenks suddenly noticed Videl and was shocked to see her, didn't Buu say before that he had eaten everyone?

"Guys, I think we have company" Videl took notice to Buu above them and he was pissed.

Gotenks crossed his arms, he saw that Buu was now turning into a ball and was flying towards him in fast speed. Videl then turned her attention towards the still horrified Piccolo and pushed him out of the path of the creature. "Listen; there is nothing we can do for the lookout and we need to get out of here before Buu decides to kill us."

Just then, Buu crashed through from above and continued his assault which destroys the remaining half of the lookout. "Here he comes again" said Videl, seeing him coming at them once more.

"I got him" Gotenks sent three Cosmic Halos at Buu, trapping him and transforming into a yellow ball. "Hah, how do you like that?" he laughed, catching the ball.

"Alright, Gotenks! Now finish him off before he gets free."

"I'm on it, Piccolo" he said before sitting down in mid-air and began thinking. "However, I need to come up for the right move to use…" He remained in that position for a while and then he snapped his fingers. "I got it, how about the Spiking Buu Ball Slam? Yes, that would work just fine. Hey Piccolo, are you ready?"

"What?!"

"Are you going to help me destroy Buu or not?" Gotenks asked the Namek, wanting an answer from him. "You're the one who taught me to be a team player and I need you to help me now before he gets out!"

Piccolo started feeling embarrassed and eventually he nodded before muttering. "Fine, I'll help but hurry up."

Gotenks threw the ball towards Piccolo; the Namek responds by sends it back towards him. "Alright, here it goes…. SPIKING BUU BALL SLAM!!!" he smacks the ball hard, sending it down towards the earth before following it. He arrives and sees a giant hole on the ground. "Well look at that, I've heard of meteorites hitting the earth and making smaller craters than this!"

Videl and Piccolo soon met up with him. "About time you guys showed up, Majin Buu really did a number here and…" he never got to finish as Piccolo hushed him before closing his eyes. "Is there something wrong?"

"Yes, he's still alive."

This shocked Gotenks. "Oh great" he muttered before looking down at the crater. "Hey, are you still there? I only have five more minutes before the fusion ends and then I'll have to wait another hour before doing another one." He then started laughing. "Then again, there is no way he could have survived my Spiking Buu Ball Slam."

Suddenly, the three saw a pink beam coming out of the crater and they got out of the way as Buu soon emerged, smiling and was ready for action once again.

"That jerk, he won't be smiling when I do this!" Gotenks powered up and fired several ki blasts at Buu, he watched as they hit him several times.

"Are you crazy?! If you keep this up, you'll destroy the entire planet!" snapped Piccolo, wanting Gotenks to stop his attack. "Don't forget that the Dragonballs are scattered all over the place and if even one of them are destroyed then we won't be bringing anyone back to life."

This makes him stop what he was doing. "Good point." He soon turned to the hole he made bigger. "Man, would you look at that. If he could survive that then I would be shocked."

Piccolo wasn't paying attention as he looked around to see if Buu was anywhere to be found. "He's still alive isn't he?" he heard Videl asking him, he nodded his head and looked down to see something coming out of the ground. "I knew it."

"This is getting old" said Gotenks. "He isn't even bruised up at all and I'm starting to have enough of him."

"You did hurt him but it isn't his body you damaged, it's his ego" replied Piccolo, starring at Buu with a serious expression. "Right now you are his equal, he's never fought anyone as strong as him and I don't think he can handle it."

"Hahahaha… You're saying that Majin Buu is afraid of me huh? But how can you blame him, he's fighting against the greatest fighter in existence. Give me five more minutes and he's history!"

"I don't think that's what Piccolo said" interrupted Videl. "Besides, you don't have a lot of time before your fusion ends and we're going to be the ones who end up history."

"What makes you think that?" he asked mockingly. "Right now he's too afraid to face me" with that, he started laughing. However, he failed to notice Buu charging towards him and began fighting against the young Saiyan once more.

Videl had her arms crossed and she glanced at the battle taking place, she was secretly hoping that Gotenks would actually be smart enough to finish Buu off before they separate. Next to her, Piccolo had similar thought and he knew that if Gotenks is defeated then there would be no one left to challenge Buu.

"Gotenks, you need to control your anger" he said to the fused warrior, as he continued fighting against the evil creature. Soon, he was once again gaining the upper hand and was damaging Buu with fast kicks and punches.

"Alright, it's time I finish you off for good this time" he prepares for a final attack that would obliterate Buu but before he had the chance to do so, he suddenly returned to his original form. "What just happened?"

Planet of the Kais

"This isn't good" Goku frowned at the sight of Gotenks, who is no longer in his Super Saiyan 3 stage, as Buu soon healed himself. "He's run out of energy and he's back to normal." He turned his attention towards the Old Kai and Gohan. "You better hurry up; the fusion isn't going to last much longer!"

"Dad, I don't know how much time we have left."

Goku was starting to become impatient. "This is taking too long."

"That's fine, you can go" said Old Kai, turning the page of his pornographic manga. "The process should have already been done a while ago."

This shocked both everyone else completely. "A while ago?!" Shin, Goku and Kibito exclaimed at the same time.

"Exactly how long was my training complete?" asked Gohan, getting up and starring at the Old Kai in disbelief. "Was I sitting and waiting for 10 minute for no reason while many people were getting killed?!"

"Stay focus, take the anger inside of you and use it to your advantage."

The four were dumbfounded by this revelation and then Gohan spoke. "Fine, I will. We have to hurry!" he clenched his hands together. "How do I make sure what you did comes through in my fighting?"

"Just do that Super Saiyan thing you always do and stop worrying" replied Old Kai. "It will happen, just make sure you get it."

Gohan nodded. "Alright, all I have to do is become a Super Saiyan and believe" he started powering up, his level increased dramatically but his hair and eyes remained black despite this. Everyone watched in awe as it happened as Gohan noticed sparks of electricity flashing on his hands before looking at himself and his newly discovered power. "This is awesome. Dad, are you checking this out?"

"I sure am, Gohan" said Goku, he was happy to see that his son was now stronger than he was before. "I'm proud of you, and I bet Videl would be as well." This got a slight blushing coming across Gohan's cheeks.

Kibto stood up. "Perfect, Gohan has surpassed his previous limitations." It was then that Goku realized something.

"But look at him, he's normal" he said in a serious tone. "This is incredible, he's a lot stronger than he was as a Super Saiyan but it looks like he hasn't changed a bit. I didn't know that sitting still for a while would do that to you."

"I'm the one who trains the boy but no one even bothers to help me up" muttered Old Kai, returning to his feet and brushing off his clothes.

"We must return to earth at once," said Shin. "Gotenks can only stall Buu for a short amount of time so we need to hurry."

"No," interrupted Kibito, shaking his head. "Gohan will make his way back to his home alone."

"What about my obligations? I am responsible for that planet's fate."

"Going with him will not increase his chances of defeating Majin Buu, Master" stated Kibito as he looked at Shin with a serious expression. "Your presence will only present a greater danger" he then began smiling. "I will take him back and then return to hear of the good news."

Gohan approached both his newly made friends. "So what's the plan?"

"It's time for you to go and you will be traveling without me" Shin turned his attention towards Kibito and then back at Gohan with a smile. "Kibito is right."

"Good luck, Gohan" said Goku, walking towards his eldest child. "I wish I could go with you but I belong here now. Make me proud, son. I have faith that you can beat Buu."

"Thanks dad."

Goku started smiling and placed a hand on his left shoulder. "This is going to be the last time I get to see you, until you make your journey into this world. Show him what a Saiyan is made of."

Gohan nodded before hugging his father, who soon returns the embrace without hesitation. "Now go be a hero." He told the younger man after releasing him and watching him run to Kibito.

"I'm gonna do my best, dad. I won't let you down." Gohan gave Goku a thumbs up before disappearing with Kibito from the Otherworld.

Upon arriving on Earth, the two starred into the horizon as the Half-Saiyan knew that he needs to be ready for the fight of his life. "From this point you are now on your own."

"Kibito? I want to change out of these clothes but I don't have exactly what I want" said Gohan. "As you can see, my father is the greatest fighter ever and I want to fight in the same clothing as him."

This caused Kibito to smirk. "Of course… you are quite respectful. Now, what does the outfit looks like?"

"How about the one he was just wearing?" With that said, Kibito transformed Gohan's clothing into the same outfit that Goku currently wore. "That's the one, thanks Kibito."

"Anything for a savior. We expect great things from you, Gohan. Please don't leave us or the world disappointed."

He started smiling at Kibito. "No way, I'm not going to disappoint them now" he gave him the peace sign before watching him teleport away. His face then turned serious as he looked back at the horizon. "Alright, this is it."

He flew off to where the others and Buu were located, hoping that he was not too late to save them.

Meanwhile, Buu was enjoying his revenge on Gotenks as he threw him into a rocky cliff nearby. However, emerging wasn't Gotenks but Goten and Trunks. They then turned to face each other. "Huh? You're here, that means the fusion is over."

Buu began grinning as gazed at the two boys, knowing that they are no match for him now that they're no longer Gotenks. Above them, Piccolo started gritting his teeth at this.

"Those two imbeciles had their chance to destroy Majin Buu and they blew it, now we're done for."

Videl on the other hand remain silent as she watched to see what they were going to do next.

"This is just great" muttered Trunks. "Without the fusion, we're dead meat."

"Are you saying that we're gonna die?" asked Goten, not wanting to believe what he is hearing.

"Face it, we're seriously going to bite the big one" replied Trunks, nodding his head to his friend. "But if we do die, it will be in battle."

Goten didn't like the sound of this and thought about it for a moment, then an idea suddenly popped into his head. "Hey, why don't we run away?"

"Do you think we can? Besides if we do, then he'll just decide to destroy this entire planet so either way we're dead."

He took a look at the still grinning Buu and then right back to Trunks. "I see your point, we're done for."

"This isn't fair" said Trunks while gritting his teeth. "We're too young to die."

"Yeah" nodded Goten. "We're just kids."

Then Buu approached the two boys and watched them back away in fear before Piccolo and Videl appeared in front of them, the former removing his cape and hat. "Well what a surprise? You fools really wish to die so badly don't you?"

"You wish" Piccolo got into his fighting stance as did Videl. "Boys, we'll try to stall him and buy you some time for the next fusion but should we fail, then we'll die together."

"What?!" exclaimed Trunks in disbelief. "Goten and I were Super Saiyan 3 when we fought against Buu and we were fused together but we still couldn't beat him!"

"Yeah and we're little kids, we really don't want to die" added Goten who was equally afraid as Trunks was.

"Hold on" interrupted Videl, pointing to where Buu was standing before them. However he wasn't standing anymore, he was sitting down and was fast asleep. "What's he doing?"

"Is he sleeping?" Goten asked Trunks, a bit dumbfounded by the sight of that as his friend starred at Buu for a few second and soon nodded his head.

"He is but I'm not entirely sure, we should check it out" he told the younger boy before they ran towards the sleeping creature

"What do you think you two are doing?!" snapped Piccolo as he saw the boys running off.

"We're going to see if he is really sleeping" answered Goten. "We'll be right back okay?"

Videl had a hand on her forehead and closed her eyes. "What are they thinking? Are they trying to wake him up and get us killed?" she decided to go after them and make sure they don't do anything stupid but stopped upon seeing them freaking out. She was relieved that he was still sleeping.

That was close she thought to herself only to see the two boys near him, both were wondering if he was really asleep or was faking it to try and catch them off guard. "I'll just squeeze his antenna, that way we'll know for sure if he is sleeping" Goten stood on his toes to try and grab it but felt a hand on his arm. "Videl?"

"Shhh…" she hushed him, covering his mouth with her free hand and pulling him further away from Buu.

"Videl, what are you doing?"

"That's what I'm asking you two" she whispered to Trunks. "Are you trying to get us all killed or something?"

The purple-haired boy huffed and was about to say something when Piccolo spoke with his mouth covered. "You two get your asses back here and use this chance to prepare for the fusion, right now this is our only chance."

"He's right," added Videl, releasing Goten. "The last thing we need is for Majin Buu to wake up and decide to finish where he left off, now let's go."

They remained silent for a moment and eventually nodded their heads before they followed her back to where Piccolo was standing. Suddenly, the Namek felt something and turned around to find out what it was as Buu woke up.

Videl took notice to the now puzzled looks on Goten and Trunks' faces. "What is it?"

"We don't know" said Goten as the boys looked up into the sky, causing her to do the same. "But it's heading this way, wait a minute. Someone's coming."

"Who is it?" questioned Piccolo with a surprised look on his face. "I've never experienced a power like this before but it's outrageously strong." It was then that they saw the person in the sky. "Huh? Is that… Is that Goku?"

Videl squinted her eyes a bit as she isn't like Piccolo, Goten and Trunks. The black-haired boy's face turned to excitement. "No it's my brother, guys! It's Gohan!"

Gohan? It can't be! Her eyes widened in shock at this news and the sight above her as Gohan landed in front of Buu, much like Goku did with Vegeta and Nappa, the Ginyu Force and Frieza years ago. She turned to see if it was really him, her heart began beating fast as memories of learning about his supposed death flashed before her. "G… Gohan?"

He looked behind him with a smile. "Hey guys, did you miss me?"

"Hey Gohan" Trunks still couldn't believe it nor did Piccolo and the most shocked of all was Videl herself.

"Gohan! Is that really you?" Goten was really happy to see his older brother alive and well. "We thought that you were dead!"

"I would have been if it wasn't for the Supreme Kai but that's all in the past and right now we need to focus on the here and now" replied the older Half-Saiyan, glaring at Buu.

Piccolo remained completely silent as he starred at Gohan, wondering how he had gotten so powerful. I've known you since you were a child, Gohan but I hardly recognize you now. Your face has changed and your power has increased dramatically but that's not it, your attitude is different. You're so confident.

It was then that Gohan suddenly turned around, noticing a certain teenage girl that he had grown to love. "Hey Videl…"

She didn't know what to say, her hands were clenched and tears were starting to leak from her eyes at the sight of him. However after about a minute of standing, she couldn't hold her emotions back anymore as she ran at him and starting hitting his chest as hard as she could.

"Do you have any idea how worried sick I was, you idiot?!" she cried out as she continued punching him.

He felt bad and remembered when they were going after Spopovich and Yamu before and he had her to go back to meet with the others at the Tournament, he held the crying girl in a gentle embrace. "I'm sorry… I'm back now, please don't cry." He reassured her before he realized something wasn't right. "Where are the others, are they safe?"

The tear-stricken Videl looked up and shook her head. "They're dead, Buu killed them and I'm alive because Bulma sacrificed herself to save me."

"What?"

"It's true, Gohan" said Goten. "Majin Buu turned everyone into chocolate and ate them, including Dende."

Just great and without Dende, we won't be able to bring anyone back to life thought Gohan, gritting his teeth in anger before hearing Buu laugh.

"That's right, they were quite tasty and I would have finished off the girl but those boys and that Namek managed to escape from their imprisonment."

He started grinning at the sight of Gohan's anger being shown; the fighter soon felt a strange sensation. Wait, it's faint but I can sense something not too far away, could that be him? He then looked down to Videl. "Please stay out of this, I'm going to fight him and I'm going to put an end to him once and for all."

"No way!" snapped the shorter female, their eyes meeting each other. "Last time I nearly lost you, I don't want that to happen again!"

"Listen, I'm not the same man I was back then. I know I can beat him, trust me" he placed a hand on her cheek. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you, Goten, Trunks or Piccolo. That's a promise."

"Gohan…"

"Trust me, I am stronger than before and I'm sure that I can win" he paused for a moment, he knew that if he is going to die then it would be better to tell her how he felt now. "What I'm trying to say that… I love you."

Videl gasped in surprise when he said that. "You love… me?" she asked as he nodded and kissed her forehead before letting go of her and heading off the fight against the grinning Buu with a look of determination. She then had her right hand right her heart was located. "I love you too, Gohan. Please win."

"So, hot shot. You wish to fight against Majin Buu?"

Gohan had a grin on his face. "Fight you; no I want to kill you."