The ground was shaking and cracking. Soon the entire field caved in and was engulfed with turquoise water. Goku and Vegeta both fell in and were unable to resurface. The water was too rough and the waves would just push them back under. They were pressed back to back. In the distance was a light. Goku motioned for Vegeta to follow him but it didn't matter. The light was upon them. The big red monster was hovering in front of them. It turned all too quickly and slapped both men out of the water with its tail. They caught themselves in the air and waited. The creature came out of the water and landed on the near by grass. Goku and Vegeta landed in front of it, taking their fighting positions.

"You will not defeat me." The creature's voice echoed loud and booming in their ears.

Vegeta smirked and lunged forward followed by Goku. The creature turned again and swatted it's tail down and smashed Vegeta into the dirt. Goku came up behind and kicked it as hard as he could, sending the creature back into the water. He landed next to Vegeta, who had made a giant out line in the dirt. Vegeta pried himself out and stood. Within seconds, the creature came back. It was rubbing the new red spot on it's cheek.

"You'll pay for that." It stated then tried to come after them.

It was big. Too big and it's feet wouldn't listen to it. It was clearly only meant for water. It stood approximately 9 feet tall and was as round as two houses. Goku didn't understand how they didn't notice it before. It was huge and not hard to miss. It attacted again and sent Goku flying into a bolder. Before either man could counterattack, another being made it's self known. It hovered slightly above the other creature, holding it's hand above to signal 'stop'. The red creature stoped and bowed slightly to the new being. The being turned and pointed a finger at the creature and shot a blast. Goku and Vegeta watched in agony. The creature morphed into a dragon like form. The being laughed and descended down to the ground.

"I see you've met my latest creation." The being crossed his arms. "He was supposed to stay in the chamber until the testing was complete." He eyed the creature from the corner of his eye.

"Who are you?" Goku spoke up.

"I am Blue." He stated. "Where is Cell?"

Goku and Vegeta just stared at him.

"Cell, Cell is dead." Vegeta half whispered.

Blue scoffed. "That's funny, really. Now be serious," He leaned in closer. "where is Cell?"

"Cell is dead. You a few years too late." Vegeta was getting angered.

"Fine." He lifted his hand and shot a blast at a city near by and it exploded into smithereens. Vegeta flinched and Goku gasped. Goku's face hardened and he took his fighting position. Blue smirked slightly and made eye contact with them both. "As you can see, I'm not messing around here. I don't have time for mindless distractions. To be real, it doesn't matter if he's dead." He shrugged.

"Then why did you have to kill all of those innocent people?" Goku said.

"'Cause it's fun." He smiled.

Goku grunted and lunged forward.

"No, Kaka-!" Vegeta screamed as he just missed Goku's foot. Something wasn't right about this guy. He was much stronger than they anticipated. Vegeta felt something deeper this time. This guy was pure evil. Black to the core. He seemed mellow at first.

Blue dodged everything Goku threw at him and did it with a smile that reminded Vegeta of Frieza. Goku was doubled over in pain on the grass, clenching his stomach. Vegeta didn't even see him get hit. Blue climbed on top of his creature and ascended into the sky. They flew off to the east. Vegeta ran up to Goku.

"I didn't even see him hit you."

Goku was still gasping for air. "I... didn't either.." he managed.

Vegeta looked into the direction that Blue went. "We should get a move on."

"Right.." Goku stood and they raced on after Blue.

They tracked him to a wasteland where there weren't any people. There was a gigantic creator in the ground and heavily clothed men in white suits working in the soil. Vegeta and Goku lowered their ki and stayed behind a rock. Blue was standing around the men. The one on the left handed him a bright yellow gem. It shimmered in the sun. Blue examined it closely then handed it back to the man. Blue fed the creature a bean looking supplement and the creature dropped to the floor in a deep slumber. He stocked over to the small house like building and talked to another guy. Vegeta stepped out into the open and Goku followed. Blue turned and crossed his arms.

"Back for more are we?" He asked sarcastically.

Vegeta grunted and prepared himself to kick this guy's ass. He looked at Goku to get the go ahead when Goku clenched his stomached yet again and fell to his hands a knees. He vomited up pure red blood. He screamed in agony. Vegeta rushed over to him and put his hand on his back.

"Kakarott? What's happening?" He asked. He was confused. Goku had been hit hard before. He had been near to death so many times before. What could be causing this much pain? "Kakarott! Speak!" He grabbed his shoulders and pulled him up. He fell limp in his arms. His heart was beating a mile a minuet and his breathing was getting difficult. He grabbed at his throat and clenched Vegeta's side. Vegeta supported his neck with his arm. Goku sucked in more air. It was still difficult but slightly easier.

"I.. I can't feel my legs!" Goku was getting worked up. "Vegeta! I cant feel my legs." He started thrashing back and forth. He was panicking and his ki was spiking up then dropping down to near death.

"Kakarott calm down!" He cupped his face between his hands and looked him in the eye. Goku's eyes stared into Vegeta's. His eye lids started to close. His breathing evened out and his grip on Vegeta's clothing subsided. He fell asleep. Blood started coming from his nose. Vegeta set him on the ground and stood.

"Nifty little trick you got there." Blue stated. "Putting someone to sleep by looking at them." he looked impressed. "You're going to have to teach me that."

Vegeta ignored the praising. "What did you do to him?" He asked, still looking at the limp body before him.

"If I told you, then what fun would that be?" He laughed. " He's going to die. That's all you need to know."

Vegeta was so irate. He scooped Goku up in his arms and looked back at Blue. That smug bastared. He gently lifted into the sky and flew towards Capsule Corp..

He landed on the front lawn and raced into the building. He nearly blew trucks clean to Africa when he passed him. Vegeta had Goku in Bulma's lab in mere seconds. He placed him on the examination table. Bulma ran up to them and placed her hand on his forehead.

"He doesn't have a cold woman!" He knew nothing of medical science. Or any science for that matter. He knew enough though.

She swatted him out of the way and worked Goku's shirt and pants off his body. He was lying there in his light blue underwear. She looked up at Vegeta. "You may want to leave now." She suggested.

He shook his head. She removed his last article of clothing. He watched her face as she looked oddly surprised. He then moved his eyes to where hers were and understood why she looked the way she did. Goku had a decent sized member. He thought for a second then turned his gaze back to Bulma who was now starring at him.

"Enjoying what you see?" She asked sarcastically.

Vegeta's face burned bright red. "Shut up woman!"

She giggled then her face turned serious. "I told you to get out."

"I'm not leaving."

"Vegeta,"She sighed, "Now is not the time for you to be an asshole. Goku is dying and I can't help him with you starring down my neck." She crossed her arms and nodded her head towards the exit.

Vegeta didn't want to leave Goku alone. He felt responsible. Bulma was right though. His presences wasn't going to help the situation. He walked out and sat in a chair out side of her lab. What could she being doing that he couldn't be in there for? It didn't make sense. Bulma was never the type to not want someone to watch her perform miracles. He rested his head on the wall and closed his eyes. He had a feeling what he was going to be there for a while.

Bulma lowered his body into the liquid. There was nothing wrong with him on the outside. She let him soak in the healing liquid for an hour. When the timer went off, she had him placed back on the original examination table. She ran a ultrasound on his abdomen. There was something growing in his stomach. The image was too blurry to tell. If she didn't know any better, she'd say he was pregnant. She knew there wasn't any way he could be. He was a man. Clearly. She shifted the wand to show his intestines. She almost passed out from what she saw. There were large masses on his intestines. She shifted the wand to his heart. There were larger masses surrounding his heart. Tears started to well up in her eyes. She couldn't fix this. There wasn't anything she could do. This cancer looked like it must have been there for a while. The last time she looked at him was the last time Vegeta and he had spared. That was only a week ago. How could it have spread so rapidly? She cleaned the jelly from his skin and wrapped him in a blanket. She ran her fingers through her short hair. There was nothing she could do. Chemo wouldn't help. the cancer was too far along. She walked to her door and found Vegeta pacing back and forth in the hall way. He acknowledged her presences and ran up to her. Her dried tears became wet again. She couldn't make eye contact with Vegeta. She kept her eyes on her shoes.

"Bulma.." She looked quickly. His face expressed great pain. "What.." he swallowed. "What is it?"

She tried to hide her disparity. It must've been apparent because Vegeta's face became twisted. He pushed past her and looked at Goku's body. He covered his eyes with his fingers and sat on the floor. Bulma walked to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"It's cancer." She stated.

She felt Vegeta shift beneath her hand. He had his head in his hands and was hunched over. She couldn't tell if he was crying or if he was about to blow up. Either way, she didn't want any parts of that. She backed up slowly. Before she could get away, Vegeta had pulled her into a hug. He buried his face into her neck. She was slightly shocked but she gently stroked his hair. She knew how Vegeta felt about Goku. She'd known for some time now. He had let it slip one night when they were having an argument. She was fine with it. It made sense. When things calmed down, she asked if Goku felt that way for him. He'd shook his head. Goku seemed happy with who he was with so he wasn't about to become a home-wrecker. She had comforted him and they actually had a normal conversation that didn't include screaming. Seeing him like this now, made her realise that he was in love. He was wracked with sadness.

"You should have a few days left with him." The lump in her throat made it harder for her to speak.

Vegeta gripped her harder and she felt his warm tears wet her lab coat. She heard him mumble something then he backed up and laced his fingers between Goku's. Goku was still sleeping soundly. She turned and left the room.

Vegeta caressed Goku's face gently. He traced his jaw line with his index finger. Goku was beautiful. He was a beautiful man. Inside and out. Even when he was the most annoying person in the galaxy, he was still utter perfection. Vegeta was never soft with anyone. Not even when Goku was conscious. Now, he might as well get that out of the way. He might as well just tell him. He's going to die and he'll regret not telling him how he felt. He leaned down to Goku's ear and whispered those three little words.

"I love you, Kakarott."

He pulled up a chair and rested his head on their entwined fingers. The tears began their journey down his cheeks. He tried to hold them back but they just continued to fall. He ground his teeth and bit his tongue. He couldn't think of anything to fix this. He felt like it was his fault. He wanted to die too. The reason he hadn't ended it a while ago was laying in front of him, dying himself. If he hadn't festered feelings for him, he would be happy that Goku is finally dying. He wasn't. He was far from it in fact. He was willing to do anything to save him. He rested his head on Goku's arm and closed his eyes.

Goku opened his eyes slowly at first. The light was bright and it looked like the sun. He turned his head away and rubbed his eyes with his fee hand. Something was in his other one. He focused his eyes again and saw he was in a room that resembled a research facility. Bulma's lab. He thought to himself. He remembered spitting up blood and losing feeling of his legs. He wiggled his toes to make sure. Everything was normal. He leaned his head to the side where there was pressure on his hand. He found Vegeta with his head down on his arm and his fingers laced between his. He stared for a few seconds then looked back at the ceiling. Why the hell is Vegeta holding my hand? He asked himself. He closed his eyes and wiggled his fingers slightly. He felt Vegeta's head fly up and his hand rip away. Goku opened his eyes and stretched his arms above his head. He turned his head to meet Vegeta's shocked expression.

"What?" Goku asked.

"Nothing." Vegeta looked away.

Goku sat up and rubbed the back of his head. He looked around for Bulma.

"What's wrong with me? Am I okay?" He asked.

He herd Vegeta grunt. He looked over and examined the prince's face. There were dried tears on his cheeks.

"Vegeta?" He asked.

"You have cancer." His voice was cold.

Goku laughed. He even threw his head back. He laughed so hard his stomach began to hurt. Then he started crying. The tears he didn't know he was holding back slid down his face. He hid his eyes in his arms. Vegeta tugged on his shirt and pulled his head into his stomach. Goku latched onto him and buried his cheek into Vegeta. Vegeta rhythmically rubbed the nape of his neck. He calmed down quickly and gained control of his breathing. He didn't move. He held Vegeta there and purred slightly. Vegeta was the only one keeping him sane at the moment. He felt like a time bomb waiting to go off. He nuzzled Vegeta again then pulled his head back. He slumped over.

"How bad is it?" He didn't look up.

"It's everywhere. On everything." He could hear Vegeta's voice crack.

Goku sighed. He swung his legs over the table and stood. He was light headed and about fell over. Vegeta caught him and helped him steady. He gathered his clothing from the floor and put them on. He looked behind him and noticed Vegeta starring. He tried to make it look like he didn't notice. He grabbed the door way and worked his way down the hall way. Vegeta followed closely behind. He reached the exit and looked to the sky. He absorbed the sun and let out the air he didn't know he was holding in.

"Well," he began, "I'm not going to spend my last days in a hospital room." He looked back at Vegeta. "Spar with me."

"Are you fucking nuts?! You're sick you're fucking dying and you want to spar? We've got some crazy ass lunatic digging up yellow gem things and killing people and you want spar?" Vegeta's face was red.

"I'm not going to be much help. Besides, you'll get him. I believe in you. I have nothing to worry about and neither does the Earth." He sat in the grass.

"Yeah you totally have absolutely NOTHING to worry about huh? Oh yeah! Lets completely forget the fact that you're dying."

Goku raised his hand. "Don't remind me. Do you really want to yell at me? I'm dying. You're so worried about it. Isn't that want you've always wanted?" Goku closed his eyes and faced the sky.

"No, Kakarott. I do not want you to die." He mellowed a bit and sat next to him on the back lawn.

"I won't. I'm not."

"You are. Don't be an ass."

"No Vegeta. We're going to pretend that I'm fine. This is too damn depressing. I'm not dying and we're going to go about life like normal." He stood. "Now spar with me! Or are you too scared?" He teased.

Vegeta crossed his arms and stood.

"This isn't a game Kakarott! You're dying and I can't pretend that's not happening!"

"Vegeta, please. For me?" He gave him the most pathetic look ever.

"No Kakarott. That's not going to work." He looked away.

"Then I'll see you around Vegeta. I'm going to train."

"Not by yourself you're not!" Vegeta's eyes were wet again.

"I don't have a choice." He lifted to the air. He was still lightheaded and it was difficult for him to manoeuvre properly. Vegeta appeared in front of him and grabbed him by his shirt.

"Go to the damn Gravity Room. I'll fucking spar you." He left go of his shirt.

Goku descended slowly and nearly lost his balance when he landed. Vegeta followed behind him again until the reached the Gravity Room. Vegeta shut the door and rested his head on the wall. Goku walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Will you go with me later to tell Chichi and my family?" He asked

Vegeta just grunted and turned to met his eyes. "You're staying here. You're not leaving Capsule Corp., over my dead body."

"I don't understand why you care so much. You seem as heartbroken as I was or as my family will be." Goku looked away.

"I have to tell you something." Vegeta look at his boots and bit his lip.

"What?" Goku stammered a little but kept his eye locked on Vegeta.

Vegeta looked up at him and closed the space between them. Their noses were touching. Goku was frozen. He didn't know how to act or what to make of the close facial contact that was going on between them. He watched Vegeta's eyes. They looked down at Goku's lips then back at him. Goku couldn't help but lean in a little. Vegeta met him the rest of the way. Their lips met ever so slightly. Goku wrapped his arms around Vegeta's waist, pulling him closer. Vegeta grunted a little when he was pressed against Goku's body. Vegeta felt so right in his arms. He fit perfectly like a missing puzzle piece. Their lips moved slightly. He felt Vegeta's upper lip twitch. His skin was hot and his body was shaking. He must've wanted to do this for a while. Goku didn't understand why he didn't do it sooner. He didn't really understand it either but he wanted Vegeta. In every way possible. He'd kept to himself because he didn't think Vegeta would ever consider him this way. Vegeta pulled away and bit his lip. He looked at his shoes. Their arms were still wrapped around each other. Goku put his finger under Vegeta's chin and lifted his gaze. Their eye locked and they just stared. Vegeta's eyes began to water again. He closed them and tried to pull his face from Goku's grasp. Goku left go and smashed Vegeta into his chest. Vegeta gripped the back of his shirt and squeezed him harder. Goku rested his cheek on the top of Vegeta's head. His hair tickled his face slightly. He felt himself getting weaker. He didn't have a choice. His legs gave out. He fell limp in Vegeta's arms. Vegeta coddled him and gently lowered him to the floor. Goku sat on the floor. His vision was blurring and there wasn't anything he could do. He tried to keep his eyes open. He felt Vegeta shaking him. He tried to focus on Vegeta. His lips were moving. Then Goku realised that his hearing had went as well. Vegeta's eyes were red. He was panicking. He looked over to his left and Bulma was beside him, shining a light in his eyes. He tried to move his arm to get the light out if the way. Bulma and Vegeta were screaming at each other. It was so hard for him to keep his eyes open. He felt like he'd been treading water for hours. He felt like the darkness calling him was peaceful. He wanted to let himself sink. He couldn't keep his head above the water any longer. So he left himself slip away