For the Sake of My Loved Ones... Vegeta Falls!!

Trunks races toward his father. Piccolo holds out his hand. "Wait, Trunks!" Goten jumps up. "Trunks-kun! I'm going too!" He turns Super Saiya-jin. Piccolo spins around. "Goten!" Goten jumps into the air, but Piccolo grabs him by the arm. "Stop it! Nothing will change if you go! Don't do something stupid!" Goten, "But what about Uncle Vegeta and Trunks-kun!?" Piccolo looks away, but doesn't let go. "If Brother was here, I know he'd go!" Piccolo gasps and in his momentary surprise, Goten pulls his arm free. "Goten!!" Goten follows after Trunks and Piccolo lowers his arm, clenching his fist. He watches with frustration and helplessness. "D-damn it...!"

Babidi laughs. Trunks screams as he charges forward, flying right past Babidi. Babidi, "What!?" And then Goten flies past him on the other side and he jumps out of the way. "Wh-what was that!?" Majin Buu stomps on Vegeta; Vegeta grunts with each hit. Buu suddenly looks up at the sound of a scream and sees Trunks' foot pointed at his face. Trunks hits and Buu goes sailing several hundred yards through several rock formations. Trunks lands as he watches Buu fly. Goten, "Uncle Vegeta!" Trunks spins around. "Papa!" Goten pulls on one end of the Buu-flesh wrapped around Vegeta and Trunks runs over to them. "Papa!" He rolls Vegeta away while Goten pulls on the strand of what was Buu's stomach, and slowly Vegeta becomes unwrapped.

Babidi watches from a good distance away. "What are those kids doing there? I didn't know there were more of them." He grins. "Oh well, it doesn't matter how many of them there are. They'll all end up the same." He giggles. Back on the battlefield, Vegeta is finally freed. Goten drops the rest of the Buu flesh and joins Trunks at Vegeta's side. Trunks, "Papa!" Goten, "Are you alright, Uncle Vegeta!?" Vegeta doesn't answer as he's kind of unconscious. "Hang in there, Papa!" Trunks starts shaking Vegeta. "Papa! Papa! Papa! Papa!" He stops, clenches his teeth, and makes that "kch" sound that DBZ characters seem so fond of. Goten almost whispers, "Is he dead?" Trunks looks back over his shoulder at him. "DON'T BE STUPID! My Papa wouldn't die from an attack like that!!" Tears well up in his eyes. Goten, "B-but he can't fight anymore...!" Trunks, "Goten, clean your ears out and listen carefully!" Goten sticks his fingers in his ears to clean them out. Trunks turns back to Vegeta. "Mama said that Papa's the proud prince of the Saiya-jin." Goten, "Eh!? He's the prince!?" Trunks, "Of course! My Papa is great! A Saiya-jin prince would never let himself lose to a jerk like that!"

Vegeta makes a few faint labored breathing sounds and slowly opens his eyes. Trunks gasps and leans over his father. "Papa!" Goten, "Uncle Vegeta!" Vegeta turns his head and looks up at them. "T-Trunks..." He opens his eyes all the way and the kids' smiling faces come into focus. They both laugh, relieved. Vegeta sits up, trembling with pain. He holds his right hand up to his head and pushes Trunks back. "What happened to that other guy?" Babidi, "Hmph. So he's still alive. It would have been easier for him if he had died just now. What an idiot. My Majin Buu is without equal. Now he can suffer with those two brats." He closes his eyes, laughing. "Majin Buu will pay for what he's done, but it's mostly your fault." Babidi's eyes shoot back open at the first sound of Piccolo's voice. He looks back to see Piccolo standing right behind him. "Huh? S-so it's you!" His surprised expression fades to a confident grin. "You still look bad. You're looking a little green, but that's normal for anyone faced with my Majin Buu's strength!" As he speaks, he turns all the way around to face Piccolo. "I was born this color. Don't get on my bad side, even if you are a Madoshi." Babidi, "Wh-what did you just say!? You're in a fine position to anger me! Alright! I'll ask Majin Buu to kill you in the most painful possible way!" Piccolo, "Too bad, but I can't allow you to use Majin Buu any longer." Babidi, "What!? I wish you idiots would take a break from talking!" Piccolo narrows his eyes. "Even if I can't do anything about Majin Buu, I can still kill you." Babidi's eyes widen and he gasps. Piccolo pulls back his arm and prepares to attack. Babidi throws up his arms in defense. "B-barrier!" Piccolo's hand bounces off a ball of yellow light and he looks back up, surprised.

Babidi laughs. "I'm not completely helpless! Papparapa!" He throws his hands out and something shoots at Piccolo. He's suddenly covered in a weird grayish-colored material with occasional electricity running around him. His body begins to bulge (especially in the arms) and parts of it become discolored. Babidi laughs. Piccolo glares at him, then throws his fists up and pulls them back down as he rapidly charges up his ki. The material disappears and Piccolo's body returns to normal. Babidi's laughing abruptly stops. "Eh?" He stares at Piccolo through wide eyes and Piccolo glares back at him angrily. They stare each other down for several seconds, then Babidi turns around and lands. "Majin Buu! Majin Buu! What are you doing!? Kill this thing!" He points back up at Piccolo. Piccolo calmly lands and at the sound of his feet hitting the ground, Babidi fearfully looks back at him. Babidi throws up his barrier again and Piccolo approaches. "Hmph! Did you really think you could kill me!?" Piccolo responds by charging forward with a shout and driving his palm right into Babidi's barrier. Babidi gasps. Piccolo pushes energy into the barrier and in turn, barrier energy is channeled out through Piccolo's arm, dispersing around him. "You fool! If you kill me, you'll never be able to seal Majin Buu away!" Piccolo ignores him and begins to make some progress as the barrier gives a few inches. Piccolo concentrates on the barrier as Babidi continues pleading. "If you kill me, Majin Buu will keep destroying until nothing is left! Do you want that to happen!?" Piccolo, "That would happen even if you didn't die! Am I wrong?" In a bright flash of green light, the barrier explodes. Babidi stumbles back, screaming. He leaps into the air and Piccolo appears behind him. He spins around, crying out in fear. Piccolo, "Die." Babidi holds his arms up and screams. Piccolo pulls back his hand and slices straight through Babidi's body. Blood flows out of Babidi's mouth as he's cut into a few pieces. Piccolo glares at him and little scraps of Babidi's clothing litter the air. Babidi falls into the crater Buu created (last episode). "I can't believe it! I was destined to become the king of the universe!" He falls in several parts, but the three main ones are his lower body, his upper body, and one of his arms. When he hits the bottom of the crater, he throws up a little bit of dust. Piccolo spits and then remains still.

Majin Buu sits up from under a pile of rocks. He sighs, shakes his head, and then throws his arms up, which causes all of the rocks around him to be lifted into the air. The dust clears to reveal no rocks around a now-standing Majin Buu, who's looking from side to side around himself. "Who did that!? Who did that to me!?" Piccolo calmly looks over toward Buu. Vegeta stares off into the sky, maybe up at Piccolo since Piccolo seems to be in his line of sight. Without looking away from whatever he's staring at, Vegeta says, "Trunks, take care of Bulma. Treat your Mama nicely." Trunks looks up at him curiously. "Huh?" Vegeta looks away from the sky off toward Buu. He grins. Trunks simply stares up at him with confusion.

--COMMERCIAL--

Son Goku remains unconscious on what was the spot where he was fighting Majin Vegeta. A light breeze blows some dust over him. Son Gohan is in much the same condition in a forest not far from the battlefield. Animals stare at and sniff him, but he doesn't move.

"Wh-what do you mean? Why should I take care of Mama, Papa?" Still without looking away from Buu, Vegeta warns, "You two should find someplace safe to hide." Trunks blinks, still confused. "I want to fight Majin Buu myself." Trunks gasps. "Uncle Vegeta?" Trunks, "No! We want to fight too! If you fight by yourself, he'll kill you! If all three of us attack, we can beat him! Right, Goten?" Goten nods. "Yeah!" Trunks, "We're really strong!" Vegeta, "It's no good. No matter how many of us attack him, we'll lose if we fight normally." Goten smiles and holds up his fists to about chest height. "Uncle Vegeta, if all three of us fight him, it'll be easy!" Trunks smiles. "This isn't like you, Papa! Why are you acting so weak?" Goten, "Yeah, that's right! You always have to act important!" Trunks, "Yeah!" And then they both abruptly cover their mouths and stare up at Vegeta, awaiting a reaction.

"Trunks, I've never hugged you. Not even when you were a baby." The kids slowly lower their hands. Trunks, "Huh?" After a long pause, Vegeta turns to him and holds out his arm. "Let me give you a hug." Trunks shrinks back. "Eh?" Vegeta walks up to him and embraces him. "P-Papa...? What are you doing, Papa? Stop it, you're embarassing me." Vegeta remains silent, simply staring down at his son. Everyone remains still for several seconds, with Goten simply watching as Vegeta hugs Trunks. Goten begins to suck his thumb. Finally, Vegeta smiles. "Take care of yourself, Trunks." Trunks looks up at him. "Huh?" Vegeta pulls back his right hand and hits Trunks on the side of the head. Trunks grunts and falls over, fading out of Super Saiya-jin. "P-Papa!" He falls unconscious as soon as he hits the ground. "T-Trunks-kun!" Goten runs over to Trunks. "Uncle Vegeta, why did you do that!?" Vegeta lowers his hand. "Why did you do that to Trunks-kun!?" Piccolo watches from his spot in the sky. Goten runs up and grabs Vegeta. "Why did you hit Trunks-kun!? That wasn't nice! That wasn't nice, Uncle Vegeta! Uncle Vegeta! Why did you do that!?" Vegeta looks down at him, then crouches and gently punches Goten in the stomach. Goten's eyes widen as he takes the unexpected hit. Kuririn peers out from behind a rock, gasping. Goten clutches his stomach, fades out of Super Saiya-jin, and collapses, first falling to his knees and then toppling over, face down in the dirt. Kuririn watches in shock; Piccolo lands a few feet away from Vegeta.

Vegeta watches as Piccolo approaches. Piccolo stops and they stare at each other. Piccolo begins to say something, but the sound of humming catches the attention of both of them. They look over to see Majin Buu happily walking forward, his eyes closed and a smile on his face. He stops several yards away from the Z Senshi. "Who's the person who just hit me?" Vegeta, "Take these two and get as far away as you can. Hurry." He walks away as Piccolo crouches to pick up the unconscious children. Piccolo takes Goten under his left arm as Vegeta stops a few feet away. Piccolo takes a few steps, crouches again, and lifts Trunks under his right arm. Vegeta doesn't turn around as he says, "I'm counting on you, Piccolo." Piccolo stands, looks back over his shoulder, and then turns fully around. "You're planning to die, aren't you?" Vegeta doesn't respond for several seconds, and they stand in silence as Buu once again begins walking. Vegeta finally breaks the silence. "Just tell me one thing. After I die, will I be able to meet Kakkarotto again?" Piccolo answers after a few more seconds pass. "There's no point in trying to cheer you up now, so I'll be honest." He pauses, then says, "You won't be able to." Vegeta's eyes twitch once, but he says nothing. After another pause, Piccolo continues, "You've killed too many innocent people. After you die, your body will rot away and your spirit will be taken to a different world than Goku's."

Humming, Buu continues forward, his upper body swaying from side to side as he walks. "Your soul will be cleansed there, you will lose your memories, and you will be placed in a new body." Vegeta smiles and closes his eyes. "I see. That's not so bad..." Majin Buu continues his nonchalant approach. "That's enough. You can go now. Hurry." Piccolo, "Yeah." He turns around and takes on a white aura. He lifts into the air and flies away, but Buu holds up his hand. "Hey, you! I won't let you get away!" Vegeta, "Wait, Majin Buu!" Buu looks over at Vegeta. "Hm?" Vegeta, "You'll have to stop them after you defeat me!" He holds up a fist to about chest height. "Do you understand, you ugly balloon?" Buu hunches over, shoots out steam, and does his little humming scream thing (which there's probably a word for, but damned if I can think of it right now). "You're saying bad things again! In spite of being weak!" Vegeta grins and Buu shoots out a little more steam, then stops, and then does just a little more again. "You're cheeky!" Kuririn watches from his cliff as Piccolo races by. "Get away, Kuririn! Get out of here quickly!" Kuririn, "Uh...yeah..." He takes a white aura as well and leaps into the air, following Piccolo.

Majin Buu takes a few steps forward. "Die, already!" Vegeta's grin widens. "Hmph." Buu shoots out more steam. "You've really made me mad!" Vegeta, "I've finally figured out how to beat you." Buu, "Huh?" Vegeta holds out a fist and charges his ki. Immediately, the sky goes dark. Kuririn takes note as they fly away. "H-hey! What's Vegeta doing!? Doesn't he know he'll be killed if he does that!?" Piccolo, "This is the first time he's ever fought for someone else. He's given up his own life."

A healthy golden aura flows around Vegeta, throwing up dust all around him and causing some boulders to crumble. Buu's cape flies up into the air behind him. "Hm. Maybe I should turn you into fudge and eat you! Or maybe I'll turn you into a cheese cracker!" Vegeta laughs. "I'm going to blow you into so many pieces that you'll never be able to regenerate!" Buu's eyes go wide. "Huh!?" He looks down at each hand, then back up at Vegeta. Vegeta grins. "Farewell Bulma, Trunks... and Kakkarotto..." He looks away as Buu makes more nonsensical noise. Vegeta hunches over, groans for a moment as he prepares himself, then throws his head back, screaming. A massive dome of golden light expands out from around him, throwing up dust and debris. His scream fades away as the explosion continues to expand. Clouds part in the sky above. Majin Buu screams as he's hit with an incredible amount of ki. Vegeta continues screaming in view closer up as he's overcome by bright light. Kuririn and Piccolo watch in shock from a pretty good distance. Kuririn, "V-Vegeta!" And the explosion continues to expand. "VEGETA!!" Piccolo is speechless as he watches the explosion continue out.

"A great warrior died in that pillar of light. He was the proud Prince of the Saiya-jin, Vegeta..." The explosion still keeps expanding...