"I don't like the feel of this." Goku muttered.
"Me neither." Atticus added.
Janemba soon lunged out to attack them. Atticus and Goku dodged his attack before attacking back. Janemba dodged their attacks just as well as they had.
"Huh, not bad." Atticus had to admit until he and Goku were grabbed by their legs after being knocked down by the demon's tail.
The two of them soon hit Janemba again with their legs. Goku then brought out an energy ball and threw it against Janemba. Janemba smirked before bringing out a portal to take the energy ball and hit Goku back with it. Atticus saw this coming and soon got Goku out of the way. He then took the blast for Goku, but luckily, it didn't hurt a whole lot. Goku soon chased after Janemba and kneed him against the stomach and struck his face. Atticus soon attacked Janemba next.
"Show him what you've learned." Goku told Atticus like a mentor.
Atticus nodded in agreement ready to hit Janemba with a Kai Blast with his right hand. Janemba seemed to be going down at first before seeming to slip away.
Suddenly, Janemba reassembled himself through another portal and shot at them again with a violet blast. Goku and Atticus both glared while Janemba seemed to grin darkly to them before hitting them with a blast from his mouth. Atticus soon blocked the attack as The Elements of Harmony formed around him. Janemba glared to that. Atticus then smirked since Janemba clearly didn't expect that. The Elements of Harmony soon went invisible to Janemba.
"GONNA CRY LIKE A BABY?!" Pikkon continued to badmouth the barrier to break it. "Is this some kind of sick trick Goku's playing on me or what? YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, GOKU!"
Janemba soon vanished before appearing by a weapon. Goku and Atticus panted heavily and aggressively, refusing to lose.
"Why won't you stay down?!" Atticus glared.
Janemba soon turned the weapon into his own sword.
"Oh, boy..." Atticus muttered.
Janemba soon snickered and slashed against Atticus and Goku with his sword. Atticus and Goku soon started to dodge it. Janemba continued to fight them with his sword and they used Kai Blasts back at him. Another explosion hit and it sent Goku and Atticus flying while Janemba grinned while with the flames caused by the explosion.
"He's not even bruised." Atticus said.
"Get down!" Goku warned.
Atticus then went with him as the sword shined a big and dangerous blast through the flames. The blast soon hit Goku, causing some blood to gush out. Atticus winced as he saw his mentor hurt.
"How can he bleed?!" Cherry asked. "He's dead! ...Isn't he?"
"Um, well, yes, but it's kind of complicated." Drell said.
"You don't know, do you?" Cherry asked in slight deadpan.
Drell narrowed his eyes back before throwing popcorn at her.
Goku and Atticus continued to hide until one jelly bean was sliced from Janemba's blade and Goku held his shoulder as it was bleeding even though he was already dead.
"You okay?" Atticus asked his mentor.
"I'll be fine... Just a small wound..." Goku grunted through his teeth.
The part of the jelly bean soon fell off.
"Come on, Goku!" Atticus called out as he flew with him.
Janemba grinned darkly as he tried to slash at them as they kept trying to avoid him. He had a few close calls in getting them, but not close enough. Eventually, Goku and Atticus fell back and appeared to be going to a new place than The Other World, and where they both fell into a red liquid. Atticus looked around as he and Goku were suddenly somewhere else. Janemba grinned darkly as this was exactly what he had wanted.
'Uh-oh...' Atticus thought to himself.
Janemba soon used his sword even from far away and somehow, made a slice in the red liquid. The liquid soon broke apart and gushed from the splatters. Soon enough, Atticus and Goku were shown after a few slashes. Atticus and Goku held onto each other as there was another slash on their way. The shot was then somehow repelled and it flung right back at Janemba. What remained of the red liquid soon splattered and Atticus and Goku fell to the ground.
"How many times do I have to tell you that if anyone's going to end your existence, it's going to be me?!" A dark voice sneered from behind the two after they had landed.
"Vegeta?" Atticus asked out of confusion.
"But how...?" Goku added.
"I've been trying to answer that question myself, you two, I don't know how I got my body back," Vegeta replied. "It was as if death was a dream and I just woke up."
"Must be because of what's been going on." Atticus said.
"Yeah, the Check-In Station's out of commission." Goku added.
"It doesn't matter; I'm here and I'm ready to fight against that," Vegeta replied. "Now stay back while I handle this."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you; this guy is tough." Atticus told him.
"Hm... Don't worry, I have one thing in my favor; I have nothing to lose." Vegeta smirked.
"What do you mean?! Don't say that!" Goku told him.
"You've been good, Kakarot, I have it, and it quite frankly sucks for me," Vegeta replied. "Beating him will be a piece of cake, and anything's better than my existence here."
"You sure?" Atticus asked.
"Better than you anyway." Vegeta smirked.
Janemba soon had his sword ready, but the weapon seemed to dissolve somehow, and even after seeing what happened to the weapon, he laughed evilly. Vegeta soon came in to attack him next.
"I'm not sure if I'll ever understand the Dragon Ball Z world." Cherry muttered.
"Maybe you can visit if it's all peaceful with no danger involving the Dragon Balls." Drell replied.
"Yeah, maybe." Cherry said.
"But... You'll have to find the Dragon Balls." Drell said.
"No problem, you can just use your magic to bring them here." Cherry said like it would be simple.
"It's not that simple." Drell said as they watched the fight.
"Huh?!" Cherry asked.
"I'll tell you later." Drell told her as he wanted to watch this.
Vegeta and Janemba were soon fighting each other. Atticus brought out a cloth and tried to dress Goku's wound.
"I told you I'm fine; it's just a scratch." Goku told him.
Vegeta was soon heard yelling out.
"Vegeta!" Goku cried out and flew after him.
"Man, it's spikier in here than a pile of sea urchins," Atticus said about the spikes. Luckily, he then saw there was plenty of room for him, Goku, and Vegeta to hide in. "Ah, much better." Atticus smiled.
"Why don't you two just leave me be?" Vegeta grunted and glared. "I don't need your stinkin' help, do you hear me?!"
"Yeah, we know." Atticus said.
"But this time, I'm going to need your help, Vegeta," Goku added. "You saw what he did to me back there."
Janemba soon began to wander around for his competition.
"We'll have to work together," Atticus said. "Without getting killed."
"Can he be beaten?" Vegeta groaned.
"Yes..." Goku replied. "If we all work together, then there's still a chance."
"What?! Come on!" Vegeta glared. "He picked us apart!"
"Well, I don't see any other way we can fight him, unless we were one person." Atticus said which gave Goku an idea.
"Atticus, that's it!" Goku replied.
"What? What do you mean?" Vegeta asked before having a hunch. "Surely you're not suggesting-"
"It's the only way," Goku said to them. "We have to do a fusion, guys."
Atticus was surprised to know that they could be able to do that.
"You know better... Fusion..." Vegeta growled. "I'll never join bodies with you clowns!"
"Would you rather be at the mercy of that monster?" Atticus glared in determination. "He could turn us to shreds, and he's already taken another universe captive!"
"Atticus's right." Goku said.
Vegeta scoffed to that. "There's some things a warrior just can't do. I'd rather die!"
"You've been dead," Goku replied. "Didn't you say that life was better than anything here?"
"Didn't you?" Atticus asked Vegeta.
Vegeta seemed to twitch before nodding as that was true before groaning to himself in misfortune. Janemba soon smirked as it looked like he had found who he was looking for.
"So, you going to fuse with us?" Atticus asked.
"N-O, not in a million years!" Vegeta complained. "Now don't ask me again!"
Something was soon coming.'
"Look out!" Goku warned as a bright light soon came in.
Atticus, Goku, and Vegeta soon started to dodge the lights.
"Guys, are you okay?" Goku asked as they made it out.
"I'm fine," Atticus replied before looking over as Vegeta seemed to have problems. "I'm not sure about Vegeta though."
They soon went over to Vegeta.
"I didn't think anyone besides The Crystal Gems could fuse..." Atticus commented.
"Vegeta, you okay?" Goku asked.
"Am I okay?!" Vegeta replied. "Do I look okay, Kakarot?!"
Atticus and Goku looked down to him.
"The most painful thing is that you got strong, while I remain the same!" Vegeta grunted as a tear seemed to roll down his cheek.
Atticus was surprised to see a tear coming from Vegeta but didn't bring it up.
"What you're saying is true, Vegeta," Goku had to admit. "But you have to understand, I've been training in The Other World this whole time. It's only natural that I'm repressed to know, I'm more amazed just that you're as strong as before, even though you haven't had a body to train in."
"Bah! Don't belittle me with your pity, Kakarot!" Vegeta huffed.
"Look, if you don't wanna do the fusion, then we don't have to." Atticus told Vegeta.
Vegeta merely glared at him blankly. They suddenly heard something.
"We better go, he's on the move." Goku suggested.
"This place is going to be gone in a minute," Atticus said. "Grab on, Vegeta, we gotta get moving."
"I refuse to ride!" Vegeta glared before standing up.
"You'll be slaughtered!" Atticus told him.
"I can't, you two, if I did, living too would be a hell," Vegeta replied. "If I run, life will be a hell, if I die, it will be a hell, so I only have one choice! I'll do it... I'll do the stupid Fusion charade."
"Vegeta..." Atticus said, surprised to hear Goku's rival would agree to doing the fusion.
Goku also felt surprised before glaring up. Janemba soon came to attack all of them.
"Let's go." Goku told Atticus.
Atticus nodded in agreement.