Dragonball Mae: The Early Years

The Demon King

They jumped down to stage three and found themselves in a similar room as before. This would be the last stage before they could face Babidi and finally be finished with this. "You would think he would change up the rooms." Gohan said as he examined the room.

"Hmph. I have a feeling this is going to take awhile." Vegeta said impatiently.

"Look, for stage three you guys should all fight together!" Shin urged.

"Pass." Mae said crossing her arms. "There's no fun in that."

"Fun?!" Shin snapped. "This isn't supposed to be fun!"

Mae shrugged her shoulders and Goku said, "Gohan can fight on his own."

"Yea I should be able to handle this." Gohan said his eyes full of confidence.

"Besides it wouldn't be fair." Goku said.

"What do you mean?" Shin asked.

"Well Vegeta and I got to fight on our own. It's only fair that Gohan does too." Goku chuckled.

"Wait!" Mae said suddenly. "If this is the last stage does that mean I get to fight Babidi?"

"Oh I hadn't even thought about that!" Goku exclaimed.

"It's doubtful. I imagine Dabura will be protecting him." Shin sighed.

"Hmm well I guess that will be a decent fight." Mae said.

"I can't believe you actually want to fight the demon king!" Shin was becoming more frustrated with her.

"Hey I haven't gotten to fight all day!" Mae snapped back. "I didn't come here just to stand around!"

Shin shrunk back and they began to wait. Time passed and still no one had come through the door. Mae was starting to grow bored and Vegeta was becoming irritated. "This is a waste of time!" Vegeta finally snapped. "I'll just blast open that door!"

"Vegeta no!" Shin said. "This is the last stage. We just need to wait a little longer."

Mae shrugged and Vegeta backed off. "Fine."

More time passed and Gohan started to stretch for his fight. "It's been a while now hasn't it." He said as he brought an arm across his chest.

Mae and Goku were sitting on the ground both of them bored. "You know I can't wait to see you fight, Gohan." Goku said. "You were a little kid when you fought Cell. I bet you are twice as strong now."

"He's not." Mae said flatly.

"Yea Mae is right." Gohan laughed nervously. "I've actually grown weaker since then."

"Gohan seems to put all his time into school and dating instead of training." Vegeta mocked.

"Well at least you are doing good in school." Goku laughed.

"Hey speaking of." Mae said. "Gohan I'm dropping out of high school."

"What why?!" Gohan questioned.

"Because while I was training with Vegeta he pointed out I was slowly getting weak. That's just not acceptable for me. So I'm dropping out and I'm going to dedicate all my time to training." Mae explained.

"Vegeta are you forcing her to?" Gohan asked.

"Of course not. She can do what she wants." Vegeta scoffed. "I merely pointed out she was slacking. I told her that if she didn't make a choice she would end up soft like you."

"Bulma said she would pay off my tuition." Mae said. "Besides I only went to school because you and mom asked me to. Sure if I put my mind to it I can excel but my heart isn't in it. I want to be strong."