Chapter 4 - Ambitions

Disclaimer: I do not owe DBZ or any of the characters involved in it. All of that belongs to Akira Toriyama and Toei / Funimation.

Wasteland Battlefield

Now being a mere few yards away from Vegito, Vegeta cocked his right fist and amplified it with plenty of purple ki to maximize the damage to Vegito's soon-to-be destroyed face. At last, he will be able to tear him limb from limb and disintegrate the bastard who proclaims to be a merged version of himself from the future. The time was nigh, and vengeance shall be all of his for the taking!

To Vegito however, Vegeta was flying as fast as a tortoise trying to cross a riverbank. Knowing that the saiyan prince was fueled with adrenaline and pumped up with remorseless aggression to the brim, Vegito decided that he will put Vegeta in his place until he calms down from his homicidal tendencies. Even if it takes brute force to accomplish, he will do it if necessary.

Upon being right in front of Vegito, Vegeta threw his augmented punch violently at Vegito to give him a facial makeover. But to his utter shock, Vegito effortlessly caught it without moving a single iota of his being besides his right arm. Sneering at the scowling fused saiyan, Vegeta withdrew his hand and proceeded to release a barrage of attacks all across his body. Punches, kicks, elbow drops, knee strikes, you name it and Vegeta did just that. But to his increasing frustration, Vegito effortlessly blocked them all while standing perfectly still the entire time. When Vegeta decided to headbutt Vegito's forehead to knock some sense into the dense bastard, Vegito intercepted it by simply clobbering Vegeta's chin with a light palm strike, thus making the saiyan prince soar into the air as blood dripped down to his throat. Upon landing back down on the ground in a crouched position, Vegeta's rage literally made him looked like a feral animal, which was amplified with his lip leaking out copious amounts of blood down his throat. To think that one attack made him look like a weakling was infuriating beyond all logic. Even if he drew his last breathe, Vegeta vowed he would rip out Vegito's eyes and piss inside of his skull if it was the last thing he did. To hell with honor!

As Vegeta was slowly getting back up with a crazed look only the devil can appreciate, Vegito remained motionless and pondered on how he can defuse the entire situation. At this rate Vegeta will do something so reckless that he would put everybody in grave jeopardy, something Vegito will never allow. When Vegeta was back on both of his own two feet, Vegito decided that perhaps taunts will make him back down.

"You know Vegeta, you can try whatever tactic you want, but it will all be futile against me in the end. Even at my current power you are hundreds of times weaker than me, and I'm barely using about 1% of my true power. Give up Vegeta, because this battle is fruitless."

"HOW DARE YOU" screamed Vegeta as he once again threw himself at Vegito like a starving lion on an antelope. To think that the fucker proclaimed to be using even less than 1% was inconceivable, and nobody could have that much power. Not even Frieza. This all had to be a trick, and Vegeta was determined to find his weakness no matter what.

Upon being five yards away from Vegito, Vegeta immediately stopped and released a barrage of potent energy blasts straight at Vegito, which engulfed the entire outcrop that it exploded almost immediately. Not finished yet, Vegeta flew out of the small cloud of debris and threw a volley of Shine Shots at the epicenter of the explosion, thus creating a malevolent maelstrom of fire that was burning everything in the vicinity to ashes. After firing his twenty-fifth fireball, Vegeta took a break and began to suffer from fatigue from firing many powerful energy blasts consecutively. While puffing in air as the firestorm was burning brightly underneath the fake moon's illumination, Vegeta failed to see Vegito standing behind him a mere fifty yards away with Goku resting on another plateau. From Goku's perspective, he didn't even realize he was transported to another part of the area until he saw the sea of fire several yards away from him. Having no idea how Vegito did it, he was grateful yet again at the fused saiyan for saving his life from a fiery death. He just wished that he had enough power to join Vegito in the battle against the mad saiyan prince.

From Vegito's viewpoint, he was highly displeased at Vegeta's continuing delusions at trying to kill him at all costs. Once again he nearly put Goku's life in jeopardy and that was something Vegito was not going to tolerate. Besides from his vantage point, Vegeta looked like a disheveled demon who was basking in the fires of Hell he has created. To think that a part of him was once like this caused Vegito to involuntarily shudder at the reality of it. Nonetheless, he was no longer like the beast standing before him, and will do everything in his power to save him from his own sins. It is his duty to at least do that for the man who helped create him in his timeline.

With that goal in mind, Vegito flew straight at Vegeta, who gasped at the sight of the fused saiyan completely unharmed from his latest attacks. It one thing to survive a brilliant display of attacks, but it another thing to survive it without receiving a single goddamn wound. What will it take to kill him?

Now ten yards away from Vegeta, Vegito folded his arms while keeping his scowl on his face to keep a superior air around him to intimidate Vegeta.

"Don't you think that this is enough Vegeta? You cannot win, so please just give up so that we can do something else besides fighting against each other."

Vegeta did not immediately respond, but just simply stared at the fused saiyan dumbfounded as his blood continued to drip down in the fires he created. Damn, this bastard is persistent, there is no doubt about it. But he is just prolonging his own demise, and Vegeta will deliver it to him in this next attack.

"I hope you have been enjoying your extended stay in life punk. This time you will die like the worthless dog shit that you really are. Pray to whatever deity you believe in, because destruction shall swallow you whole."

"It pointless Vegeta."

"Tch, we shall see won't we?"

And with that Vegeta flew straight up into the mesosphere, leaving Vegito hovering above the dying sea of fire underneath him. Now at the altitude he wanted to be at, Vegeta briefly gazed at his own moon construct before smiling to himself. Despite not having his tail anymore to induce a mighty oozaru transformation, his optic nerves are still absorbing blutz waves at a much lower dosage, thus stimulating his adrenaline quite a bit. With the extra feelings of strength coursing through him, Vegeta flared up a mighty purple aura before entering a unique firing stance. Everybody shall die, and nobody will stop him from claiming his birthright!

"HAHAHAHA" screamed a hysterical Vegeta as he began to pump most of his energy into his second Galick Gun of the day.

Down below, Goku began to squirm upon realizing what Vegeta was trying to accomplish. If Vegito does not stop him, everyone will be killed by Vegeta in the attack he was preparing. He HAD to do something, but his body just would not cooperate to save his life, literally. With no energy to do anything, Goku prayed that Vegito will save the day.

Several yards away from Goku, Yajirobe began to panic upon realizing what Vegeta was doing. Since Goku was down for the count, Vegeta's attack will surely destroy the Earth this time around. With that sudden thought, Yajirobe slumped back down on some rocks and prayed for a miracle to happen.

King Kai's Planet

Up until now when Vegito first appeared, King Kai began to heavily sweat upon seeing the technique Vegeta was preparing to do. That one attack almost overpowered Goku and killed him, and if it wasn't for the kaioken being used at the forbidden multipliers then it would have destroyed the Earth already. As Gregory and Bubbles were watching their master from afar, King Kai began to pace back and forth on his lawn as the battle of the century took place before his very own eyes.

Several miles away from the Wasteland Battlefield

Now extremely close to the battlefield, Gohan and Krillin were almost there to assist Goku and see who was this new stranger on the battlefield. Upon closer inspection, both warriors realized that another moon has appeared in the stratosphere and a small but sinister purple glow was shining a gloomy, hazy light around the area. Realizing that the dark ki must be Vegeta's, but warriors skyrocketed their speed to arrive within minutes to provide whatever kind of assistance they could give. Time was of the utter essence!

Wasteland Battlefield

As Vegeta was charging up his strongest attack, Vegito merely gazed at Vegeta's rising ki as nostalgic memories played in his mind. A similar situation played out in his timeline when both Goku and Vegeta charged up their signature techniques in order to overwhelm the other. Both were virtually dead even, but Goku played his cards right and manages to vanquish Vegeta before he managed to defeat the proud hero of the Earth. Luckily Vegeta did not die, but at least that defeat slowly made Vegeta realize his own fallacies over the course of the years, though it did spawn an unhealthy obsession of besting Kakarot at every opportunity. But now, he himself will have to play the role of Goku and overpower his other progenitor to once again save the world from his hands.

Upon raising his right arm, Vegito swiftly brought it down to perform a quick kiai to exterminate the flames Vegeta has created earlier. Upon landing on the scorched area in an ashen crater, Vegito bended both of his knees while cupping his hands to his right side. While concentrating enough ki to not kill Vegeta, this attack will shock him straight to his core.

"Ka" said Vegito as a dimly blue ball of energy was generating in his cupped hands.

"Me" muttered Vegito as the energy blast filled up his hands and began to shine brightly around him. Luminescence flashes began to dance around the sphere, thus making it appear like a azure disco ball that caught on fire.

"Ha" spoken Vegito as a gentle breeze was being generated by the amount of power he was pumping into it.

For Vegeta, he had just finished charging his energy blast and it was time to rain down Hell upon this small blue world. They will rue the day the moment they had crossed him!

"Say hello to your maker for me you fools. Now DIE! GALICK GUN FIREEEEEE!"

At that exact moment, Vegeta released a brilliant purple energy wave straight at the Earth, which held enough power to destroy it from the face of the cosmos. His vengeance shall at last be realized.

"ME HAAAAA" screamed Vegito as he released a magnificent azure energy wave of similar density to Vegeta's Galick Gun. While ascending up into the heavens, it violently clashed against the Galick Gun adjacent to the fake moon in the stratosphere. After briefly colliding which sent out all kinds of light and energy flying in every direction, Vegito's Kamehameha easily overpowered the Galick Gun and went straight towards Vegeta. Alarmed that his most powerful attack was defeated in practically a second, Vegeta futilely tried to curl up in a ball knowing he won't have enough time to dodge it. When the blast was mere yards away from burning him alive, it suddenly reversed its trajectory away from him by going back towards the Earth. Stupefied that he was saved by poor aim, Vegeta then realized that the blast was heading straight for his moon. Before he could say anything to stop it, the kamehameha collided against it and violently exploded the fake moon into many small, fiery fragments.

As the greatest fireworks display of the day illuminated the wasteland region, Vegito decided to use that time to finish Vegeta off once and for all. As the many larger pieces were still falling into the Earth like meteorites, Vegito used his superior speed and strength to grab a giant fragment and appeared next to Vegeta in a blink of an eye. Vegeta suddenly found his field of vision eclipsed in darkness and was powerless for what was to come next.

Smack!

Vegeta was violently struck by an unknown object, which shattered on impact as Vegeta instantly became limp. While falling down onto the Earth with virtually his entire body broken and bleeding, he fell through another descending chuck of his fake moon, thus further causing him damage as he blacked out. Before he hit the ground, Vegito teleported and grabbed him by the arm to save him from further harm.

As Vegeta was limply swinging back and forth in his tight grip, Vegito used his other hand to destroy all of the fragments of the fake moon to stop further destruction on the Earth. With the deed done, Vegito gently laid Vegeta on the soil and wiped the sweat away from his brow. At last, the violent prince is knocked out of commission.

King Kai's Planet

Overjoyed is not a strong enough term to describe the euphoria coursing through King Kai's mind. He was literally on cloud nine upon seeing the evil prince defeated once and for all. Especially by an older time-traveling fused version of himself who had arrived by a freak accident. When the good feelings finally fading away with the cheering and dancing dying down, King Kai went over and slumped into his chair to cool down from all of the excitement. Today has been a good day indeed.

But now it was time to see how and what this Vegito will do next to clean up the problem he was in. Like a good drama show, King Kai was glued to the show with suspense on what will happen next.

Wasteland Battlefield

With the greatest threat to plague the world finally over, Goku released a breathe he didn't know he was holding. At last the saiyan invasion finally ended, and now everybody can finally relax after today. Of course more things needed to be done, but for now rest is of the utmost importance. Before he could continue his thoughts, Vegito arrived with an unconscious Vegeta in his hands. After putting Vegeta down a second time and wiping his forehead once more, Vegito disappeared before reappearing with a stunned Yajirobe in his hands.

"What the heck. How the hell I ended up here?"

"Don't worry. You are safe."

With that Vegito released Yajirboe, who fell flat on his chubby ass before getting up to dust himself off. Upon looking at the one who fetched him, Yajirobe stepped a few feet back upon seeing how much this dude looked like Goku. Despite the flame hair and inverted coloration of his uniform, he was the spitting image of him. Amazed to be in his presence, Yajirobe happened to trip over the prone body of Vegeta, thus causing the fat samurai to scream and crawl away from the evil alien prince. While backing up, he brushed up against the body of Goku, causing him to flinch until noticing it was the hero of this world. With real concern coming to the surface, Yajirobe examined Goku's injuries until Goku spoke to him.

"Im okay Yajirobe, just messed up hehe. I sure could use a senzu though."

"Holy shit, I am glad you are alive Goku. I was afraid you might have been dead by now."

"Nope, I'm still in it *cough*."

After watching the conversion between Yajirobe and Goku silently for several moments, Vegito wondered what he should do next until he sensed Gohan and Krillin several yards away from them. Happy to see his best friend and his son, Vegito called out to them by amplifying his voice for them to hear him.

"Hey you guys, come down here."

After waiting for several seconds, both fighters descended down from the heavens and landed on the same plateau the other three people were resting at. Both Gohan and Krillin were amazed to see the unknown individual since he looked practically identical to Goku minus a few different traits. They were so amazed that they failed to see the real Goku mere yards away from them.

"D..D..DADDY" muttered a sniffling Gohan at looking at the person who he thought was his father.

" ... Is that y-you Goku" questioned Krillin who was mystified just like Gohan.

Moved by the emotions flowing through both warriors, Vegito merely smiled before shaking his head 'no'. He then gently unfolded his arms and pointed behind the mini duo, which is where the real Goku laid right next to Yajirobe. Immediately both warriors lunged themselves right at Goku, crying and thanking the stars that he was alright. As all three embraced each other for their good fortune, Vegito couldn't help but smile at seeing such a wonderful sight before him. Everything he has done so far is to protect the very thing in front of him: Happiness and love. Without these, nobody will be able to prosper and will fall into the clutches of evil just like the prone prince several yards away from him.

When everybody finished hugging each other and celebrating. Gohan went over to the stranger and bowed his head to him.

"Thank you mister for saving my daddy. We are forever in your debt."

Krillin also joined in and bowed his head as well, expressing similar words Gohan had just used.

Pleased to see his loved ones so happy, Vegito cracked another smile at the sight before him. This just further proves that he has to get back into his timeline to save them both from the monster who has robbed them of their future. No matter what, he was going to do just that.

Thanks to using Yajirobe as an anchor, Goku had managed to get on both of his feet and slowly walked his way over to Vegito. Upon being right in front of his face, Goku extended his hand to him. Surprised yet happy with the unexpected gesture, Vegito shook it and locked eyes with one of his creators in a bond of friendship and respect. When the moment finally ended, Goku decided to break the silence.

"Thank you Vegito for everything you have done for us."

"No problem Kakarot. It is my honor to help you out since you are destined to do many more great things in the future to come."

"Stop, I can never compare to you hehe."

"Definitely the modest one ehh."

"So what are you planning to do now Vegito?"

"I am not sure yet, but I do have one more thing left to do though." With that Vegito walked away from Goku and approached the unconscious body of Vegeta. Upon going inside of his chest armor, he withdrew a remote control device and pressed a couple buttons before settling it back on the ground. Then with a single wave of his hand, he placed it on Vegeta's body and gave a small percentage of his ki to rejuvenate Vegeta enough to stir him back into consciousness. Upon seeing him opening his eyes, Vegito lifted his hand off of him and walked away as Vegeta began to violently cough.

Both Gohan and Krillin became immediately frightened of the revived prince and began to back away as Yajirobe gripped himself tighter against Goku. Goku however remained steadfast and knew that Vegeta was no longer a danger to anybody in his current condition.

While trying to make sense on what had just happened, Vegeta tried to get up, but severe vertigo gripped him and he violently threw up a mixture of blood and stomach fluids from his system. After expunging his third wave of material from his mouth, Vegeta lay back down in his pool of oral waste while breathing erratically with one eye tightly closed. While trying to regain focus, his other eye happened to land on the image of Vegito and remained focused on him as he tried to make sense of the whole situation.

'Did I lose' thought Vegeta as feelings were slowly returning back into his body. As the only one who is on the ground, that means he was defeated the moment his fake moon exploded. But how was something he could not figure out. Knowing he was in grave danger, Vegeta attempted to reach into his armor to pull out his emergence space pod controller, but became alarmed when he could not feel it.

'You got to be fucking kidding me. Was that piece of shit material destroyed when he attacked me? Fuck my life' internally screamed Vegeta as anger, paranoia, and fear was gripping his soul. In his current condition, they can torture him and he couldn't do a damn thing about it. Perhaps if he utilized some of his life energy, he could perhaps launch one final super explosive wave, though the attack may kill him in the end. But it was better than being a prisoner for these scumbags. As his thoughts grew darker by the second, suddenly his space pod he left in East City materialized out of the sky, thus greatly shocking the prince that his salvation was mere feet away from him.

Using all of the strength he could muster, Vegeta attempted to crawl towards his ship, but the task proved even too much for him in his condition. Damning his luck even further, Vegeta once again tried to crawl, but was suddenly lifted from the ground and was softly put inside of his ship. Upon looking at the one who took him to his safe haven, Vegeta was disgusted to see Vegito being the one to save his life. The mere thought made Vegeta believe he was about to puke again.

"The moment you close the hatch, you will go to Planet Frieza 79 to get healed Vegeta. I know you will make a full recovery, and I will see you very soon."

"Dumbass, you have just wasted a golden opportunity to finish me off when you had the chance. Now I will hunt you down as I get stronger, and when I find you, you will forever regret the decision you have made."

"You don't know what the future has in store for you. Anything is possible."

"Go shove your philosophical bullshit straight up your ass. You, the clown, the Earth, and Frieza will all suffer my wrath in due time. None of you will live for long once I become the fabled super saiyan. HAHAHAHAHA *cough*."

"We shall see then."

With that Vegito backed away from the ship so that the hatch could properly close to initiate takeoff. Vegeta immediately closed his eye and slumped his head back as the engines prepared to leave the planet.

"Hey you guys. Should we allow him to escape right now" muttered an exasperated Krillin that their vilest enemy was about to get away.

"It okay Krillin. If I was in Vegito's shoes, I too would do the same thing since he can no longer harm anybody else. Let him be" said Goku as the space pod slowly levitated off the ground

In just a blink of a eye, the space pod soared straight into the air and then completely left the planet as it made its track to Planet Frieza 79. All five heroes merely watched the leave of Vegeta until he became one with the stars themselves.

Outer Space

After being in space for a solid five minutes now, Vegeta briefly opened his eyes to gaze at the black, empty space before him. After concluding that the open space is just the outward expression of his dead heart that continues to pump life into him, Vegeta cursed before hacking up more blood on his lap. To think that he was defeated in battle is simply unfathomable, but to be done in by a fucking time traveling asshole is simply inconceivable. No matter who this Vegito was, he along with Kakarot and Frieza will feel his wrath when the time comes. Nobody will save them when he finally wakes up and becomes stronger from the beating he has received. In fact, he will just be even closer to become a super saiyan to be a true god of this world. That and immortality are within his reach!

With that, Vegeta smiled to himself until hearing the computer stating that suspended animation will take place in one more minute. Pleased to finally escape the pain he was in, Vegeta closed his eyes and waited for the relief to come.

In less than two minutes, Vegeta was in a deep sleep as his ship sailed across the empty space of the universe, with dark ambitions waiting to be realized.

Authors Note: I hope you guys enjoyed the fourth chapter of FD! Next chapter will be kind of hard for me to write since it will be a transitional chapter with little to no fighting (my specialty hehe). But trust me, the plot will reveal some interesting twists that some may not expect.

I also decided to rank up the ratings from 'T' to 'M' since I am planning on revealing dark aspects about Vegeta's past in the future. Stay tuned for those!

Also can anybody guess which fighting scene was inspired by a certain DBM page? I'll give you a hint: it was featured in chapter 55. Happy hunting. :)

Edit: Updated and fixed some mistakes on 8/5/17.