453: The announcer goes on about there being only three competitors left, and Satan figures his victory's in the bag. He decides to go after Mighty Mask with one of his AWESOME punches, and then he'll just softly push Juuhachigou out while she's stunned by his strength. He does the peace sign, declaring victory to the crowd, and Trunks and Goten decide to ignore him. Satan tells Mighty Mask that he's gonna go after him first, and then Mighty Mask charges Juuhachigou as Satan goes after him with a Mr. Satan Punch. He misses, and Juuhachigou and Mighty Mask start fighting, with her easily gaining the advantage. Then Trunks and Goten fly up, and Juuhachigou follows, and she continues to kick their ass since they lack coordination in their outfit. She knocks him straight down into the ring, and he gets up, having left a huge hole in the ring. Trunks tells Goten to try kicking, but he has trouble seeing (there's little eyeholes in the stomach for him to look through). She fires down a blast at them, and they just barely get outta the way, losing their boots. They fly up, and Goten thinks they should turn SSJ, and Trunks agrees, thinking no one'd notice under there. Juuhachigou thinks he's pretty strong for such a weirdo, and then they transform. She notices the little golden aura, and Trunks says they should use ki attacks, and it won't bother her, she's Juuhachigou. She realizes "he" is a Super Saiya-jin, and she's figured out who Mighty Mask really is. They fire off a huge blast, and she just barely moves outta the way. There's a huge explosion outside the arena, and they're pissed about missing. Juuhachigou actually looks a little worried about the little dudes' strength. Then she gets mad and tells Trunks and Goten she's gonna win, and they freak out about her figuring out their secret. She fires off a Kienzan (Destructo Disc) and tears their suit in half. The announcer freaks out about Mighty Mask being torn in half, and then everyone sees it was just two kids. They decide to fly away, as they've been disqualified for fighting in pairs. She swoops down, and Mr. Satan looks a little worried about their one-on-one fight.

454: The crowd chants for Satan, and also for Juuhachigou...? The announcer explains that the previous fight has garnered her support with the crowd, and Satan seems worried. Chi-Chi tells the little blond girl that her mom's gonna win, and Kamesennin says they'll be rich, but Yamcha reminds them that they don't know what's going on with the others. Trunks and Goten, meanwhile, throw off what remains of Mighty Mask's outfit, and Trunks is really pissed, when suddenly, Goten spots Videl. He yells out to her, and she heads their way. The fight between Mr. Satan and Juuhachigou begins, and he freaks out as she charges at him. She puts him in a headlock, and he begs for her not to kill him. She tells him shut up or else he really will die, and asks if he'd like to win. She says she'll do the job if he gives her twenty million zenii, double the actual prize money. He reluctantly agrees, and then she jumps back as if she was hit. The crowd cheers about Satan's escape, and he charges up for an attack and tells her he's figured out all her little tricks. He declares it ends now, and then charges at her with a Satan Miracle Special Ultra Super Megaton Punch. Once it makes contact, she asks if that's his strongest move, he says yeah, and she throws herself backwards outta the ring. He's declared the winner, and he does the usual posing as the crowd cheers. Elsewhere, Trunks and Goten have apparently been informed by Videl, and they think the thought of a magician and a monster sounds really cool. Videl thinks they're insane for wanting to go. Then they turn SSJ and head in the direction of their dads' kis. They have to hurry so they don't miss Buu, of course. Off they zoom, and Videl is ultra-freaked (ugh, that sentence makes me sound like a damned fool...).

455: Gohan's been fighting Darbura as Mr. Satan was gaining his victory. He's turned SSJ, and the fight looks about even. Darbura breathes out some fire across the ground of whatever planet they've been transported to (it's a rocky desert place with lots of random mountain things, like they're always fighting at). Gohan swipes at him, but makes no contact, and then Darbura calls out from his actual location and fires off this huge flaming comet thing. It's a direct hit, driving Gohan underwater, and then he flies. Gohan's pissed, and he throws off the last remaining pieces of his GREAT SAIYAMAN outfit, the tunic thing and the belt, and all that's left is the spandex jumpsuit thing and the gloves and boots. Gokuu says Darbura's a lot stronger than he thought, but Vegeta thinks it's nothing they can't defeat, and Gohan was stronger as a kid. Gokuu thinks he must've been lazy, and Vegeta's pissed. Gohan charges at the unmoving Darbura, and then some more spit. Gohan quickly puts his hand to his face, and his glove alone is turned to stone, and he quickly throws it off, and it shatters. Then Darbura pulls a big, bad-ass looking sword outta nowhere ("Form Blazing Sword!") and starts attacking Gohan with it, but then The Artist Formerly Known As THE GREAT SAIYAMAN breaks the awesome thing. Babidi wonders what Darbura's doing, why he hasn't caused more damage. Vegeta's pissed that the fight's taking so long, and decides to finish it himself. Gokuu says Gohan's not losing, but Vegeta doesn't care, he wants it over with so the two of them can fight. Darbura suddenly smirks and tells Babidi to bring him back to the ship, he knows something good that will help to revive Buu. "Papparapa!" They're back in the ship, and Darbura heads back through the door, and Gohan thinks he's running away. But Darbura explains on the way out that it's quite the contrary, they've found the perfect opponent for them. Babidi asks Darbura what's up, and he tells him that one of them has a lot of evil in his heart, and could easily be turned. Babidi thinks getting them to fight each other is great, and he's excited, cause it means Buu'll be revived very soon.

456: Gohan wants to know what Darbura was talking about, and Gokuu says he said something about having found a new fighter. Gohan wonders about that, and Kaioushin-sama gets a rude awakening, as he seemingly realizes what Darbura meant. Omniscience must be fun. Babidi then looks at Vegeta through his crystal ball, and affirms Darbura's theory about Vegeta having an evil heart. He obviously didn't come there to beat the bad guys. Then suddenly, Vegeta gets attacked inside his head (hard to describe), and he ends up turning Super Saiya-jin against his will. Kaioushin-sama tells him what's going on, and tells him to clear his head, but Vegeta just tells him to shut up. Babidi says he's already under his control, and he's going to release all Vegeta's hidden powers and he'll overcome all his limits. Vegeta continues powering up as Gokuu looks on in shock, and Gohan tells him not to let Babidi control him. And then, Vegeta bends over, and when he looks up again, he has an M on his head. Babidi is delighted, and decides to send them somewhere great. "Papparapa!" They find themselves in the middle of the ring, at the Tenkaichi Budoukai. Mr. Satan and the announcer are still in the ring, and Babidi tells Vegeta to fight as hard as possible, he can even kill them. But Vegeta tells him to shut up, he only wants to fight Kakarott, the others don't matter. Babidi says this is the first time anyone hasn't been fully under his power, but disregards it. Yamcha notices that they're back and thinks nothing of it, but Kamesennin realizes something's up. And Mr. Satan recognizes them from the Cell Games, whom he'd thought were all dead. Then, Vegeta positions his hand in a perfect ninety degree angle, and fires off what I'm pretty sure is a Big Bang Attack at Gokuu. He easily dodges it, but the crowd is unable to do the same, and Vegeta blows a huge hole through the side of the stands, killing lots of people. Buruma and everyone are really shocked, and the rest of the crowd screams and runs around. Vegeta smirks, and Gokuu's definitely pissed at Vegeta.

457: More running away by the hapless civilians, and Buruma yells out worriedly at Vegeta. Babidi's overjoyed, and says that Vegeta's killed 200 people. Vegeta continues his trademark evil smile (you know, just the left side), with Mr. Satan behind him, incredibly scared. Gohan yells at Vegeta, asking him what he's doing, and Vegeta tells Kakarott to fight him, or more people will die. Then Gokuu asks if Vegeta let himself get possessed, and Vegeta replies with another Big Bang Attack towards the stands. More people run scared, and Gokuu starts to get pissed, and he and Vegeta stare each other down. Gokuu turns Super Saiya-jin, and Kaioushin-sama yells out his objections, that's exactly what Babidi wants, and if they fight, the energy'll be used to bring back Buu. Gokuu asks once more if Vegeta let himself get possessed, and Gohan wonders what he's talking about. Vegeta says it was his only chance, as he's only there for one day. Kaioushin-sama says that's a stupid reason, and Vegeta says it's not stupid, it's everything to him, he doesn't care about Buu. Kakarott surpassed him, they're both Saiya-jin, but Gokuu still left him in the dust. Vegeta, the prince, whose only pride is in his strength, and Kakarott even spared his life. It's unforgivable. Gokuu then yells out for Babidi to move them somewhere where there is no people. Kaioushin-sama says they'll fight over his dead body, and he and Gokuu have a little stare down. Finally, Gokuu puts up his hand as if to blast him, surprising everyone, including Vegeta. Kaioushin-sama gives in, and Gokuu apologizes. Babidi gloats over the scene, and "Papparapa!" They're out in one of those rocky desert places with lots of random mountain things, presumably somewhere on Earth. Satan then says he would've kicked their asses if they hadn't left (of course, ha ha!). Back at the place, Kaioushin-sama tells them to fight hard, while he and Gohan try to break the sealed up little hole that leads to the next level of Babidi's ship (this follows them wherever they go, it's magic). And they're gonna fight Darbura and Babidi. He continues that if the blast wakes up Buu, it won't matter, at least it won't be revived at full power. They'll be able to stop it from being revived, if they're lucky. Babidi hears this through his crystal ball, and tells Vegeta to kill them. But, after a slight struggle, Vegeta tells him no, he doesn't care about Kaioushin, as long as they don't interfere with his fight with Kakarott.

458: Babidi tries once more to get Vegeta to kill them, and he once again says his only target is Kakarott. He's a prince, not his slave, and even if he has his body and soul, he'll never have his pride. Babidi says nothing like this has ever happened before, but Darbura says not to worry, since Vegeta's only purpose was to collect energy. Darbura says that Kaioushin won't be able to do anything so long as he's there, and he reminds Babidi that he'd wanted to see Kaioushin die right in front of him. Kaioushin-sama is stunned that someone was able to defy Babidi like that. Darbura thinks they should just let Kaioushin in, since if he breaks in, Buu might awaken at half power. So, Babidi opens the door, and Gokuu wishes Gohan and Kaioushin-sama good luck as they prepare to hop down to the next level. But first, Gokuu hands Gohan one of the two remaining Senzu beans, and he tells Gohan to get angry like he did fighting Cell, and he'll be unstoppable. Gohan feels bad about all of this happening on Gokuu's only day on Earth, and then they say bye and head for the hole. They hop down, and the next hole is also open. The two of them find themselves face to face with Babidi and Darbura, and behind them is Buu's sphere. Babidi tells Kaioushin that he's glad his father's killer could make it. And Kaioushin-sama says he's here to defeat Babidi and stop the revival of Ma-jin Buu. Babidi says the odds aren't in their favor, since he has Darbura, the king of evil, on his side. Kaioushin-sama tells Gohan they need to hurry, since Gokuu's energy will go to Buu, and he's gonna fight Babidi. Gokuu and Vegeta stare each other down, and Gokuu says he's gonna end it quickly, he doesn't want his damage energy to go towards Buu. Vegeta says he's looking forward to seeing how strong he's gotten. Then Gokuu powers up to SSJ2, and Vegeta's impressed, he's even stronger than Gohan was during the Cell Games. And then, to Gokuu's surprise, Vegeta also goes SSJ2. Gokuu thinks it won't be as easy as he thought, and Vegeta tells Kakarott he's going to kill him. They start fighting, and it looks to be dead even, as neither can initially get a hit on the other. They fight pretty damn hard, and then pause with a mutual smirking stare-down.

459: Babidi says Buu'll be out soon, once it reaches full power, and it's best they don't fight on the ship. Kaioushin-sama says he's going to stop Buu from being revived in spite of it. So, they head towards the surface, "Papparapa!" Another rocky desert place with lots of random mountain things, and Buu's sphere came with them. Babidi asks Darbura if he can defeat the Earthling, and he says yes, they did fight earlier, after all. Gohan remembers what Gokuu said before, and thinks he's angry, but not as angry as he was fighting Cell. Babidi says he's not going to die like his father, since he's got more magic (he's more magical?!), and there's Darbura. But then they hear some beeping sounds, and they all look towards the sphere. Babidi wonders about it, and Kaioushin-sama wonders what he's wondering about, and then Babidi looks towards the clock thing (energy meter). It's fu-fu-full, he remarks. And then he screams it out, Buu's at full power, Buu's gonna be revived! Kaioushin-sama freaks out, and tries to figure out how Gokuu could've received that much damage in such a short amount of time. Gohan realizes that since his dad and Vegeta are fighting at such high levels, the damage they take is at high levels as well. Darbura and Babidi are excited, and Kaioushin-sama realizes he made a mistake. And we see Gokuu and Vegeta, damn, that is one bad fight. Trunks and Goten, meanwhile, notice two really large kis, and think it has to be their dads. Back at the fight, they're both pretty bloody, and Gokuu says that despite all his afterlife training, they're both pretty even, and he applauds Vegeta for having trained harder to catch up to him. But Vegeta says that's not the case, and no matter what, there'll always be a difference between the two of them. So when he saw him fighting the monster, he made the hardest decision he's ever had to make. And Gokuu begins to understand. Vegeta explains that the people who knew Yamu and Supopo Bitchi before their possession said they'd gotten stronger, and Vegeta realized that if he let Babidi take control of him, the gap between them would cease to be. He says he hated doing it, and Gokuu finishes that he let himself become possessed in desperation for getting stronger. Vegeta then screams out how he wanted to be his old self again, the heartless Saiya-jin he used to be. He let himself become possessed to be evil again. And it feels great. And then, smoke starts to come out of Buu's sphere.

460: Smoke continues to shoot out, and Babidi yells out about how Buu's coming. Kaioushin-sama tells Gohan they have to run away, but Gohan says it would be pointless to leave, what would they do after that? Kaioushin-sama says that not even Gohan is strong enough to beat Buu, and their deaths are assured if they stay there. Babidi's excited about everything, and Gohan continues objecting to the cowardly way out. He says he should at least try something, since he's reached his full power, and fires off what I guess is a Kamehameha at Darbura and Babidi, but they dodge it and it hits the sphere. But Babidi says that was useless. And then the sphere flies up, and the four of them all look at it as it comes back down again and starts rolling around. It cracks open, Kaioushin-sama freaks, Babidi screams that Buu's coming out, and it's...empty, as Darbura points out. Babidi can't believe it, and Kaioushin-sama is relieved, and tells him that Gohan's attack destroyed Buu after all. It's gone soft from being sealed away so long. Darbura reassures Babidi, as he still has him and even Vegeta. Kaioushin-sama says Gokuu vs Vegeta will probably continue for some time, and that he'll take care of Babidi while Gohan defeats Darbura, and then all the evil will be gone. He tells Gohan to show off the power of his anger like Gokuu said, and Gohan says he's wrong. He feels an incredible ki, and it's getting larger. He looks up at the sky, at the smoke that came out of the sphere. Darbura looks up too, and the smoke begins to come together. Everyone watches as the smoke continues to accumulate. And finally, it's appeared. "Buu!"