WHEN THE PAST DOESN'T DIE

SUMMARY: Goku and Vegeta encounter an anomaly while training aboard their spaceship. They are sucked in by it and transported to an alternate past where Vegeta-sei still exists. What happened different in this timeline that allowed the Saiyans to survive Frieza's wrath? And how will this detail affect the lives of the galaxy's greatest warriors?

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of Dragonball Z/GT.

'Italic text' Characters' thoughts.

"Bold Italics" Computers' voice.

CHAPTER 1: SPATIAL PHENOMENON

Deep space…

In the gravity room aboard the Capsule Ship markIII two warriors clashed with a thunderous boom. Goku and Vegeta had matched each other blow for blow and were now locked in a stalemate. Each man fought to push the others' energy back, neither succeeding in budging more than a few millimeters in either direction. After a few minutes Vegeta grew tired of this and surged his remaining Super Saiyan three power into the beam in hopes of forcing Goku to back off. Goku jumped back in surprise at Vegeta's sudden increase. Vegeta smirked at this and pushed the beam steadily toward Goku. Goku regained his composure and realized what Vegeta was doing. He had thought they were equally matched as Super Saiyan three's but Vegeta was apparently holding out. So Goku tapped into his Super Saiyan four energy, without transforming, and cancelled out the beam leaving two extremely exhausted Saiyans in their normal forms.

"Kakarot…" Vegeta panted, "You…Suck."

Goku just flashed his famous Son grin and passed out on the floor, Vegeta followed suit.

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Vegeta woke up some time later and guessed by the size of Goku's drool puddle, it had been at least three hours. He stood up in the one thousand times gravity environment and felt the pull way more intensely due to his normal form. He had to focus everything he had to keep himself upright. He looked over to Goku who was in a labored sleep and caught sight of his tail as it twitched independantly.

'That bastard, if I still had my tail I'd be able to show him a thing or two.'

He stood there staring at Goku's tail and considered cutting it off for a second, but decided that it would be dishonorable of him to betray his friend slash ally that had saved him and his family more than once.

"Damn you" he simply stated before leaving the GR chamber.

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Dinner was silent as usual. Vegeta wasn't one for small talk and Goku only paused from his binge long enough to catch his breath. Vegeta had only agreed to come along on Goku's training mission because he wanted to attain Super Saiyan three and couldn't stand the thought of 'Kakarot's first spawn' surpassing him with that stupid Mystic form.

Their one year journey had nearly come to an end and he was ready to get away from Goku and his annoying habits. His thoughts dwelled on his family and how they were doing. He missed his children and most especially his wife. He couldn't wait to jump her bones when he got home. Vegeta chuckled to himself and a small grin spread across his face as his thoughts about his wife turned dirty.

Goku stopped eating when he noticed Vegeta's grin and he knew what it was for. Goku himself had been feeling the void of his wife's absence. It wasn't just the cooking or the lovin' he missed, although both were extremely good. Even at her age, Chi-Chi's body was as fit as ever. She had slim muscle-toned legs, a tight stomach, a full rack, and an ass that was perfectly shaped. 'Oh yeah', he drooled. Goku soon found himself so consumed in his thoughts that he let his food get cold.

Both Saiyans were snapped out of their individual trances as turbulence rocked the ship. They both ditched the kitchen in favor of the command center.

"Computer, Report!" Goku yelled over the creaking hull.

The calm monotonous feminine tone replied, "An unknown anomaly is disrupting our plotted trajectory."

"What does that mean?" Goku asked dumbly while scratching the back of his head.

"You truly are dense aren't you Kakarot. It means that it's most likely a wormhole or an ion storm and its gravitational forces are pulling us off course."

"Wow, Vegeta, I had no idea that you knew about that kind of stuff."

"I had a few run-ins with spatial phenomenon during my years as a super-elite."

"So how do we get outta this then?"

"Computer," Vegeta called, ignoring Goku, "Scan for concentrated neutrinos and any subspace instability within the anomaly!"

"Subspace instability, negative. Concentrated neutrinos, positive."

'Hmmm… Two possible conclusions' thought Vegeta, 'I can only think of two phenomenons that emit neutrinos, black holes and wormholes. Black holes severely tear up subspace and obliterate anything they devour, so it can't be a black hole. It must be a wormhole because we couldn't be this close to a black hole and still be alive. Chronotrons are the answer.'

"Computer," he once again commanded, "Scan for chronotron fluctuations."

"High levels detected within the anomalies core. Time distortions are becoming more violent. WARNING! The spatial turbulence poses a threat to the sensitive components of the engines. It is recommended that a course correction be made to compensate for the pull and avoid getting to close."

"Divert power to the thrusters and move us away from here."

"Stand by."

Goku and Vegeta strapped themselves in to prepare for rapid acceleration but nothing happened. They waited a couple more minutes and still there was nothing.

"Computer, what is our position relative to the anomaly and why haven't we moved yet?"

"We are caught in the event horizon and there is insufficient power to break us free."

"What?" both Vegeta and Goku shouted at the same time.

"Shit!" Vegeta cursed to himself, "I forgot to turn the GR off before I left you in there."

"No big deal, Vegeta, we'll turn it off later."

"You don't understand! That is the reason we have insufficient power!"

"Oh…" Goku trailed off and thought for a moment. "I got it! Computer, prepare the engines to accept power directly from Vegeta and I."

Vegeta stared at Goku for a moment, surprised at how quickly he was able to find a solution under such pressure.

"Come on" said Goku with his serious face on.

Goku and Vegeta took the lift to the lower level of the ship. When they got to the engine room the glass panel that shielded the power converters was slid open. They approached the converters and took a power up stance. Goku turned to Vegeta who gave a nod and signaled to start. They both gritted their teeth and summoned their power.

"Haaaaaaaaa!" both screamed as they took it to level one.

The bars on the indicator jumped a bit at the increase but it still remained in the red. Both

Noticed this and decided to skip the warm up. Vegeta jumped into his Super Saiyan three form first and expanded his aura. The bar spiked significantly and turned orange. Goku decided it was his turn and burst into his Super Saiyan three form as well. The bar was now fluctuating between orange and yellow as it moved up and down. Both were stunned that it didn't shoot to green at the power of two Super Saiyan three's.

'Why isn't it working?' thought Vegeta, 'This should be more than enough power. We should at least be moving.'

The computer's voice chimed in and updated them. "We are being pulled into the anomaly's core. It seems the anomaly's hold on the ship has been feeding off of the engine's power exertion. Please terminate power feed to--."

The computer's voice scrambled and faded out as the ship rocked violently.

Goku and Vegeta dropped back into their normal forms and dashed back to the command center to get a view of what was happening. As they made their way towards the command center a massive purple glow engulfed the ship and blue electricity pulsed around the interior of the ships hull. When the two made it to the view-screen all they saw was a swirling purple and blue vortex. They knew it was going to be a rough ride that might tear apart the hull so they quickly put on their space suits.

"This is it Kakarot! Brace yourself!"

Outside the ship, protective sheets of metal started to fly off of the hull like potato peels. Then there was a white flash and both the wormhole and the ship were gone.

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To be continued…for shizzle.

( Just in case some of you out there are confused, this is supposed to take place after GT. However, this stems from a GT where Goku would have been returned to his adult body and not have gone with the dragon.)