#VEGITO POV#
"Do you have a way for us to defeat Majin Buu?" Gohan asks Old Kai
"I have one way that will give you the power to give you a chance," He says after some time of thinking it over
"The situation we are in right now is so dire that drastic measures have to be taken," He continues while rubbing his chin while deep in thought
"What can you do to give us this power?" Gohan asks while I just watch their interaction
"Well...what I can do is draw out your latent potential and bring it to the surface," He says
"Wait, Gohan didn't Guru already draw out your potential..."I start only for Old Kai to scoff
"It's quite noticeable to me. Yes, some of your potential was poked at, yet a lot of it still remains hidden deep within. I am certain I can rouse more of your potential than whoever that Guru was," He says and I blink at his reaction
'Well...that was unexpected'
"Now, if we are to defeat this foe we need to make haste, I can sense evil brewing on the edges of the universe," He says mysteriously causing both Shin and Kibito to gasp
"THE EDGES OF THE UNIVERSE!!!" They both gasp out
"Yes," He confirms and a memory of Vegeta comes to the surface as I go through a memory of his father telling him to stay away from the edges of the universe telling him to stay away as he would be stranded if he ventures too far out
I don't know why, but I feel like something more is going on there
"That...makes a lot of sense," Shin says after a bit gaining back his composure
"Why would him being on the edge of the universe matter?" I ask them curious about them
All three of them look at each and a silent agreement comes over them
"Most of what you may know about the edge of the universe is...not true, you won't get lost if you venture too far out. No...you will be hunted down," Shin starts to explain
"Hunted down...you mean to tell me there are people living out there?" I ask them causing their expressions to darken
"No Vegito...not people," Kibito says shaking his head
"Dark things exist out there...things that should remain nameless," Old Kai warns us seriously
"Are they strong?" I ask them causing them to admonish me severely
"Don't even think about fighting them Vegito...you are not ready for such things, and I pray for you to never encounter a being from there, otherwise you will be lost to the universe," Old Kai reprimands me and the message is heard loud and clear
Don't fuck with the Eldritch beings of this reality
Still...I definitely wasn't expecting there to be any
"Now...going back to finding this Babidi, once the rituals are complete, we may begin searching for him,"
"You make it sound like it will take a while for the ritual to be completed, will it take long?" Gohan asks Old Kai
"It will depend on how much potential you have, it may take 10 hours or it may take a week," he answers much to Gohan's stress
"A WEEK, WE CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG..."
"Gohan, calm down, if you want I will go first and you can go back to Earth to check up on everybody," I tell him and he takes a deep breath
"Yeah...I think that would be best," He says calming down
"Kibito if you would please," Shin orders him
"Of course,"
After they both leave, I let out a sigh
"I apologize for him, he is just worried about our home," I tell them
"He has gone through a lot and this situation with Babidi and Majin Buu has him on edge," I continue
"It's alright Vegito, from what I have heard happened on Earth, it is understandable that Gohan would act like this. Especially since he sees Babidi's escapes as if the androids were the ones that escaped," Shin says and I am relief that Shin doesn't take offense
"So...when do we start this ritual?" I ask them
"First, I need to prepare the land for it," He says
"Prepare the land?"
"Oh, in case your power starts destroying this place, from what I can sense this planet is in very dire need of strengthening, as no one has been maintaining it. It's going take a few hours though," He says which brings up more questions than answers
"That's alright in the meantime, I wanted to ask something," I say turning to Shin
"Would it be possible for me to learn the technique that Kibito is using to go back and forth between places?" I ask him
"Oh, sure, it is quite useful, if you truly want to learn then I see no harm in it," Shin says after thinking about it for a bit and shrugging at it
"Thank you," I say gratefully right as Kibito returns and from the look on his face, I am not going to like what he is going to say
"The damage to Earth is extensive especially since it is the first place that Magic is returning to..." He starts before someone cuts him off
"What do you mean that it's the first place that magic is returning to. Whatever happened to it?" Old Kai demands to know as both Shin and Kibito wince
Shin lets out a loud sigh
"We...were forced to close the mortal realm from Magic..." Shin starts off before stopping
"Why would you need to do such a thing in the first place?"
"It kept getting abused, most mortals were using it for their own evil purposes, we had to act once they began capturing and torturing souls for their personal gain and a lot of other atrocities," Shin gives a very brief explanation while exchanging glances between Old Kain and me
"Oh, that sounds horrific and not totally unexpected," Old Kai says taking a deep breath
"What pushed you to let magic out once again,"
"Babidi was using a magic cloud that surrounded the planet and hid him from me. I was forced to let the magic out once more in order to help with the ritual that I conducted to find him, even then, due to it being a slow process, I had to use my own magical reserves to make up for the rest..."
#BULMA POV#
I keep typing as I crunch the numbers for my project to merge with 18
I growl as one of my fingers buries itself into the keyboard again with my stress
I calm down as I sense Gohan return back to Earth which takes some of it away
Yet...I can't sense Vegito anywhere, but if Gohan's energy is calming down enough that I can tell that he is worried about him, then Vegito is probably fine
"Damn it, I don't have enough," I say rubbing my face with my hands and scream into them
"I need more Katchin," I say out loud exhausted and mentally
If I want to be more useful, I have to complete this as soon as possible
I frown as I remember that people need some reassurance about the current situation...
Damn it all...
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