Bye, Everyone!! Goku Returns to the Other World

"Understood? The only way you can beat Majin Buu is with fusion." Goku takes a few breaths before continuing. "You're going to have to learn it perfectly in the next two days." Standing at attention, Goten and Trunks reply in unison, "Yes sir!" Piccolo watches the obviously exhausted Goku. "Goku's out of breath. He must have used up all his energy when he turned Super Saiya-jin 3 to fight Majin Buu." Goku, "You two have to form a mirror image of each other when you do this pose. Okay, do it." Nothing. "Hm? What's wrong?" A little louder than normal, Trunks asks, "What do you mean by 'form a mirror image'?" Goku, "Huh? Ah...Well, how can I explain it?" He rubs his chin. "Hmm." After a few seconds, he drops his hand back to his waist. "Okay, Piccolo and I will show you. Watch closely." Piccolo, "Huh?" Goku smiles and Goten and Trunks turn to Piccolo. He shouts and asks, "You want me to do that!?" No one answers, but in the next shot, Piccolo is standing a few feet away from Goku, arms out to one side. Goku stands with his arms pointing in the opposite direction. They stand ready to perform the fusion dance. Goku, "Watch closely. You start like this. You move in reverse, like the image in a mirror." Piccolo just stares at him, waiting. When Goku yells, "FUUUU," Piccolo chokes and then begins going through the dance as well. Goku, "-SION!" The kids nod together. "HA!" Goku and Piccolo put their fingers together. A few feet away, Kuririn watches from behind Goku and Piccolo. "W-what? Are they practicing a dance?" Bulma asks, "Do they really think that can defeat Majin Buu?" Muten Roshi strokes his beard. "Hmm."

Piccolo straightens up again and wipes the sweat from his face. Goku, "Okay! Trunks, Goten, do it." Both kids yell, "Yes sir!" and begin running. Piccolo, "Goku, you said you wanted to try this with Vegeta? I don't think he would have let you, even if he were still alive." Goku, "Huh? Why not? What's wrong?" Piccolo, "Uh, well, you see..." He's interrupted by Trunks. "Hey!" Goku looks over to them. "Like this?" He and Goten are spread two or three yards apart, arms out. Goku nods. "Yeah. Goten, your arm's a little low. Raise it a bit." Goten looks over to Trunks, then raises his arms. Goku claps his hands together. "Yes. Walk together." They begin the dance, yelling together, "FUU...SION." Standing on one leg, Goten loses his balance for a moment, but avoids falling over and quickly gets back into position. "...HA!" They lean in together, but can't get their fingers to touch. Trunks, "Move a little closer..." They both move their fingers around, never managing to get index to index. Goku sighs and holds his right hand up to his head. Goku, "Okay! Once more, but a little slower."

Chichi, passed out somewhere, begins having a dream. She tosses and cries out, "Gohan! Gohan!" Gyuu Maou puts a wet rag on her forehead. "Snap out of it, Chichi." Uranai Baba shows up behind him. "She's been out ever since she heard of Gohan's death. How pitiful." Gyuu Maou spins around. "Hey, Baba! How long does Goku-san have left on Earth?" Baba, "Hm. Goku's just about out of energy. I'd say he only has about fifteen minutes left." Gyuu Maou, "Fifteen minutes!?" He turns back to Chichi. "Chichi, you've gotta wake up before then! Otherwise, you'll miss your last chance to see Goku-san!"

"FUUUUUSION! HA!" This time, they seem to get it right. Goku nods, smiling. "That's starting to look good. Alright! Keep practicing!" Bulma chews her thumbnail, watching. "This is terrible. While we're doing this, Majin Buu is running wild on the Earth, destroying everything." Kuririn holds up a fist. "Even as powerful as the Dragon Balls are, will they really be able to restore everything?"

A butterfly lands on a pink flower. Birds fly over a field. A small town rests in the background. Suddenly, one beam of light, quickly followed by two more on either side of it, springs up out of the ground. All three beams expand and merge into one large one, and the town and field are destroyed in a bright flash of light. Majin Buu's laugh rings out and when the light fades, he's hovering over what used to be the town. "I did it! I did it!" He laughs and waves his arms and legs around. "This is great! Babidi's gone! There's no one to give me commands!" Below him, several fires rage in the rubble. Black smoke billows out over the countryside. Skip ahead a few minutes, he's now standing on a hill, his hand over his eyes to shield them from the sun as he looks around. "Which city should I destroy next?" He flies through the fires and continues on his way, a smile on his face. He yawns. "I've gotten sleepy." He stops over another small town.

Below, people are just going about their business. A truck drives through what appears to be the only real road in town. Plenty of pedestrians walk around on sidewalks. Majin Buu lands in the middle of the town. A man in a truck suddenly sees him in the street and stops. His truck screeches to a stop; he gasps. He leans out the window, shaking his fist. "What do you think you're doing, idiot!?" No response. "Huh? Can't you hear me!? I told you to get out of the way!" Buu looks back over his shoulder, smiling. "Do you think I look good?" Man, "What? There's no way you could ever look good. Have you ever looked in a mirror, you bastard?" Buu turns to face him, his smile gone. "I-i-it's the Majin!" Buu reaches out and hits the front of the truck, and it goes bouncing into a nearby house. The man, somehow unhurt after apparently being thrown from the car, stands up and runs away, screaming. Man, "I-it's Majin Buu!" Some women scream; everyone stares at Buu in alarm. Buu laughs and hops up, turning around in the process. Everyone turns and begins running away as Buu slowly steps forward. Even the animals flee. "This is a nice place. I think I'll make a house here and take a nap." He looks around angrily. "They're noisy. I'll make them quiet down." He holds his arms up over his head. "Living things, gather!" Suddenly, all of the people and animals lift into the air. People scream and flail their limbs, but to no avail. "Now I'll make them all into clay!" A pink beam shoots out from the thing on his head and everyone in the sky becomes a big glob of white clay. Buu laughs and hurls all of the clay to one spot, where it collects into a big ball. "Next, I clean." He takes a deep breath and exhales, blowing away the entire town. He laughs. "Now then..." He drops the ball of clay in the clearing in front of him and walks over to it, pulling chunks off and setting them aside. He smiles and hums as he works, and slowly, his house begins to take shape.

"FUUUUSION! HA!" The technique name rings out at God's Palace. Goku, "That's no good. Try again." Trunks, "FUUU..." Goten, "...UUUU..." Both of them, "...SION! HA!" They put their fingers together again. Goku sighs. "It's still not working. You're not moving together." Trunks leans over and whispers to Goten, "Goten, is this training fun?" Goten unhappily shakes his head. "Not at all." Goku, a bit more firmly than we're used to hearing from him, yells at them, "Hurry and do it!" They both straighten up again and yell, this time close together but not in complete unison, "YES SIR!"

--COMMERCIAL--

A bird calls overhead. Majin Buu smiles and hums, still working on his house. A gopher burrows through the ground and pokes its head through, looking up at Buu. Buu pats some clay into place and jumps up, laughing. He holds his arm up in the air and proclaims, "I'm done!" He stands atop the roof of his new house, which looks...interesting, to say the least. The bottom of the house starts with a spherical form with a huge hole in the side that acts as an entrance. A little less than half of this sphere would be buried underground (if it were a full sphere, but what we see above the ground is all there is). From there, a few rings of varying length connect to form a tube shape. On top, the "second floor" of the house basically looks like the turbine off a jumbo jet, but with five windows along the side. Again, a huge hole in the back. The whole house is white, just like the clay, as he didn't bother to paint it or anything. The gopher stares up at Buu from just outside the house. Buu jumps off the roof and almost lands on it, but it manages to duck back into its hole. He lands with his back to the house, but he hops back and looks up at it from the ground. He throws his arms into the air and shouts, "It looks great!" He laughs, walks over to the "entrance" (which is several feet above the ground) and climbs in. The gopher sticks its head back up through the ground and sighs.

Inside the house, Buu sits at a table next to the entrance. On the table is an empty plate, and he bangs silverware down, smiling and laughing. There's an extra seat on the opposite side of the table. He smiles and laughs. "This is where I'll eat!" He blows bubbles out of a straw as he sits in a basin full of water, now no longer wearing any clothes. "This is the bath tub!" He relaxes a little and sends a lot of water splashing over the sides. He sighs. "I'm in heaven." Next, he pulls on some red pajamas while repeating the word "Pajama" over and over again. After he gets the pants on, he smiles and sways a little, not quite going into a full out dance, as he continues repeating the word. He pulls on the shirt and buttons it up. Then, he makes another trip to the bathroom, but this time not for the bathtub. He reads the newspaper as he informs us, "This is the toilet." Suddenly he frowns, squeezes his eyes shut, and begins groaning...and well, you get the idea. After the toilet, he squeezes some toothpaste out onto a toothbrush. "And this is where I brush my teeth and wash my face!" He opens his mouth wide and begins brushing, but after a few seconds, stops to urge us all to "Brush your teeth carefully." Finally, he hops into a weird...thing that looks kind of like the bathtub, but with no water. He looks back at the 'camera' and smiles. "And this is the bed." He falls asleep, a bubble inflating and deflating from his nose. It pops and he awakens, jumping out of bed and stretching. "That was a good nap! I must have slept for five seconds." Back in his regular clothes, Buu jumps out of his house. "Well, now. He said a strong guy would appear in two days, didn't he?" He looks around. "It'll be boring until then. Okay! I'll destroy more cities until then! GO!" He flies away.

Goku, "Okay, one more time, from the top. Stretch out your arm. Go! One, two, one, two, one, two..." As he counts (in English), he claps his hands, and the kids perform the fusion dance in tune with his clapping. Trunks sighs and drops his arms. Goku stops. "What is it, Trunks?" Trunks, "Mister, this technique is ugly." Goku, "Huh? Ugly? Maybe. But this is an incredible technique! The Metamoru-sei-jin who taught me this technique were incredible fighters!" He smiles. Trunks, "But... Show us Super Saiya-jin 3 again!" Goku, "Huh?" Trunks, "I wasn't able to see it before because I was getting the Dragon Radar!" Goten smiles. "I want to see Super Saiya-jin 3, too!" Goku just kind of stares at them. Trunks, "Wouldn't it be better for us to learn to become Super Saiya-jin 3 than to learn this ugly technique?" Goten nods. "I know we could beat Majin Buu!" They both start laughing, but Goku stares at them seriously. "It's impossible." The laughter abruptly stops. Both of them, "Eh?" Goku, "You can't possibly beat Majin Buu without learning the fusion technique. Don't underestimate Buu." Goten and Trunks look at each other. Trunks, "R-really...?" Goku smiles and claps his hands together again. "Let's continue training." Both kids groan. Goku, "Hm. Okay, I'll show you Super Saiya-jin 3 one more time." Trunks just yells some random sound. Goten, "Really!?" Goku, "But only if you promise to work hard on fusion." Both kids nod enthusiastically. Piccolo, "Stop, Goku! You'll use up the little time you have left on the Earth!" Goku smiles. "I don't have any time left anyway. Trunks, Goten, watch closely." They both nod, and Piccolo nervously backs away.

Goku clenches his fist and transforms. "First Super Saiya-jin." The kids nod and Goku transforms again. His golden aura appears stronger and his hair goes up straighter. "This is Super Saiya-jin 2, which surpassed the first Super Saiya-jin." A strong wind now blows the kids' hair. They nod anxiously. Goku smiles, and both kids watch attentively. Goku screams and begins powering up, and Piccolo and the kids are hit with a sudden gust of wind that pushes them back. The kids actually fall out of the building, barely clinging to the side. God's Palace trembles, and everyone looks up alarmed. Muten Roshi, "Wh-wh-what is this!?" Kuririn, "What!?" Piccolo has finally managed to steady himself against the wind. Goku's hair begins to grow as the transformation continues. The kids are still hanging out the side of the building, but their eyes are glued to Goku. With a bright flash of light, the transformation is over. Piccolo opens his eyes, looks up at Goku, and gasps. The kids both climb back up, but before actually pulling themselves into the room, they look up at Goku and cry out in surprise. "This is Super Saiya-jin 3." Both kids run up to him, yelling "Incredible!" Goten, "Dad!" Piccolo is just in awe. Goku smiles and falls to one knee. Trunks, "Old man!" (Note: Trunks says this in a bit more respectful way than "old man" would usually come across in English.) Goten, "Dad!" Piccolo steps forward. "Goku!" Goku holds up his hand to stop Piccolo. He breathes heavily and fades out of Super Saiya-jin. He looks over at Piccolo, smiling. "I'm fine, Piccolo." He climbs back to his feet. "Okay, you promised. Let's continue with the fusion training." Both kids nod, but a new voice interrupts. "You can't, Goku." Goku looks back to see Baba behind him. "You have to go back to the Other World. You used up all the time you had left on Earth just now." Goku turns around. "Really? Piccolo, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to do the rest. Those two should have fusion down by tomorrow afternoon." Piccolo, "G-Goku..." Goku smiles, but soon turns serious. "You're the only one who can teach those two. I'm counting on you." Piccolo nods. "I understand." Goku turns back to the kids. "Trunks, Goten! You're the only ones who can save the world from Majin Buu. Train hard." Kids, in unison, "Yes sir!"

Chichi seems to still be having a bad dream, tossing in bed. "Chichi! Chichi! Wake up, Chichi!" She slowly opens her eyes. "Where am I?" Gyuu Maou, "I'll tell you later. Goku-san's about to return to the Other World." Chichi, "Huh!? G-Goku-san!?" She jumps out of bed and tramples Gyuu Maou on her way out.

Everyone is gathered outside. Muten Roshi, "This was your last time here. It's unfortunate you couldn't have had more fun." Bulma, "Goodbye, Son-kun." Standing beside Baba, Kuririn holds Marron. "Goku, this may sound funny, but have a nice life." Goku nods. "Yeah." Chichi comes barreling out of the building. "Goku-sa!" Behind her, Gyuu Maou walks out, rubbing his face. Chichi runs up and hugs Goku, crying. She looks up at him. "G-Goku-sa....What's going to happen to me? Gohan's gone." Goku, "Don't look so depressed, Chichi. You still have Goten." Chichi looks away. "But what if he's killed by Majin Buu?" Goku, "If he perfects the technique they're working on now, there's no way they can lose. If I see Gohan in the Other World, I'll say hello for you." Videl steps forward. "I think Gohan-kun is still alive." Goku turns around. "Oh? Why?" Videl, "I just have a feeling." Kuririn, "I understand how you feel, but I don't think that's possible. We'd know. We'd be able to feel his ki." Goku smiles. "But we can hope he's still alive." Videl's sad expression lightens up a bit as she smiles weakly. "Right..." Baba, "That's all the time you've got. Let's go, Goku." Goku, "Yeah." Goten holds out his arms. "Uh..." Goku turns around. "Hm? What is it, Goten?" Goten looks away and folds his hands, twiddling his thumbs. Chichi, "I know. You want your dad to hug you, don't you?" Goten doesn't answer, but drops his arms to his side. Goku, "What? Why didn't you just ask?" Goku walks over and picks Goten up. Goten has his eyes shut tightly, biting down on his lower lip. Goku hugs him and whispers, "Goten. Take care of your mother." Goten nods. Baba, "You're really out of time, Goku." Goku, "I know." He sets Goten down and kneels beside him briefly with his hand on Goten's head before lifting into the air. "Bye, everyone!" Everyone waves, yelling whatever. Bulma, "Son-kun!" Trunks, "We'll do our best!" And other people just yelling things like "Goodbye!" Goku, "Everyone, we'll meet again when you die!" Still waving, he and Baba disappear. Kuririn smiles. "I hope that wasn't a bad omen." Everyone continues waving at the sky. An image of Goku smiling appears and fades away above them.

All is well in some new major metropolitan area until it suddenly is engulfed in a bright yellow light and explodes. Majin Buu sits in the middle of the explosion. "I want to destroy more! I want to kill more!" He laughs.

Meanwhile, Gohan's training continues on Kaioushin Kai...