Dragon Ball Fusion
Episode 10:
The Time Has Come

It was as if they had entered complete nothingness. It was like the entire area was blanketed in pure white snow, never knowing the touch of mankind. The only area of this room that had any color of any kind other than white was the small 'house' near the door where the beds, kitchen, and bathing area were located, and the gray tiles that were spread out for about twenty feet on the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's floor. Goton continued to gap at the area, while Gotenks, who immediately walked into the kitchen to check the refrigerator, seemed to be completely undaunted by this dimension.

"What the hell? Do they really expect us to live on this small amount of food for a year?" Gotenks's voice echoed throughout the area, which in turn sent a chill up Goton's spine.

Gotenks's head peeped into view from behind the wall that separated the two side wings from the main building – the side wings were where the bedding, kitchen, and bathing area were located. Gotenks gazed at Goton quizzically; still unaware of just how awesome the Hyperbolic Time Chamber was to someone who had never seen it before. "Goton, what are you staring at?"

The older boy whipped his head around in a start, expecting the voice to belong to someone else, even though he knew that only he and Gotenks were in this dimension. It was then that he noticed the two huge hourglasses – filled with emerald green sand – adorning the sides of the small building. His mouth stood wide open again, until he realized that Gotenks was watching him with growing curiosity. "Oh, uh... this place is so big. It looks like it extends forever."

Gotenks nodded his head to show that Goton was right. He walked up next to Goton and put his hand on his forehead to shield his eyes from the glow that came from nowhere. "I've heard that if you journey off too far, then you'll be lost forever in the void of whiteness." He let out a bored sigh. "I guess the thought of being stuck here forever is a scary one. Heh, but I doubt Saiyans of our strength would have any problems getting back."

A half-hearty laugh became audible from Goton. He threw his hands into his pockets and slumped over, inaudibly mumbling to himself. Gotenks, on the other hand, immediately began stretching where he stood, ready to begin training, which he hadn't done in nearly four years. Sure Goten and Trunks had been training since the fight with Majin Buu, but they only trained while fused once every week, and that was only for thirty minutes. To be blunt with himself, he was out of shape with his own attacks; he hardly considered being adept in both Goten and Trunks's attacks to be keeping him in shape.

"Hey, wanna spar?" Gotenks asked, originally thinking that Goton would've gotten the message the moment he had started to stretch. "I know we've got a year in here, but that doesn't mean we can just waste days doing nothing."

Goton rubbed his forehead with his fingers, trying to get out of the dazed state the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's pure whiteness had put him in. "Sure... yea, whatever. But we need to rest every once in a while, too. Straining yourself constantly everyday will only wear us out, and we need to be in top shape for those bastards."

One glance at Gotenks told Goton that he hadn't heard anything he had just said. Somehow he wasn't surprised. He had to admit that he was eager to spar with Gotenks again, too. The last time they had fought was at the Tenkaichi Budoukai, and it felt like ages since that had happened. Goton started to raise his power level, a signal to Gotenks that he was willing to fight.

Gotenks turned to get a good look at Goton, smirking all the while. "So you finally decided to fight? And to think I thought you were frightened by my obvious strength." He got up from his stretching position, and faced Goton, powering up just as Goton was doing. "Now, let's finish that fight from the tournament."

"Heh, fine with me. I was winning in the first place. I guess you're finally going to know what it feels like to be beaten by someone of superior strength."

Gotenks snorted and then got into a fighter's stance. Both had powered up to their maximum in their regular forms, and had silently agreed to fight one form at a time. "I'll show you what true strength is!"

The two eyed each other down for a few moments, the ground under them beginning to crack from the power of their aura. Gotenks unintentionally blinked, and Goton was gone the instant Gotenks closed his eyes. Gotenks cursed himself, swiftly reacting my glancing around all of his surroundings – he saw nothing but whiteness. If Goton wasn't around him, then there was only one other place he could be. "Shit!"

Goton hammered his elbow into the back of Gotenks's head, sending the boy right into the ground. Gotenks's reaction was faster than Goton had expected; the boy used his arms to propel himself into the air while upside down, and stuck Goton's chin with the tips of his feet. Goton didn't waste time in worrying about the negligible injury; instead he threw a sidekick at Gotenks's side, hurling the younger boy in the opposite direction. He wasn't finished, however. Charging up ki blasts in both his hands, Goton began to throw wave after wave of ki blast at Gotenks.

He abruptly stopped once dust from the ki blasts obscured his view of Gotenks. Not but a second had passed when a ki blast from the dust emerged, heading straight towards Goton. Goton easily swiped it away, letting out an unenthusiastic yawn. "How predictable can you be?" His mind raced with a thousand thoughts, and he made a quick jerk of his head to look behind him, fully expecting Gotenks to pull off the overplayed move of trying to distract the enemy in order to sneak up behind him. But there was nothing there.

"Renzokou Shine Shine Missile!" Again Goton jerked his head around, only to be barraged by an uncountable amount of ki blasts that came from the exact same direction as the first ki blast Gotenks had thrown at him. Goton gritted his teeth while the ki blasts struck his body, many of them, however, missed their target and merely continued on out of sight. "Having fun?" Gotenks appeared right above Goton, a giant grin on his face. His face became stern, and he immediately thrust himself down at Goton – his ki attack from before had finally ended.

He threw a furry of punches at Goton, but Goton had expected such, and had raised his arms in an 'x' over his face and upper body for defensive purposes. Gotenks didn't stop, though; he continued his massive assault, throwing in a few random kicks to throw Goton off. Goton grimaced as each kick dug itself into his side, and as each punch pounded into his arms. But he wasn't completely helpless; he had a few tricks up his sleeves as well. Goton glanced at Gotenks's incoming leg, and shoot out his right arm. Gotenks stopped immediately, and gapped in shock at the unexpected action Goton had taken.

"Let's settle this once and for all!" Goton pulled on Gotenks's leg, swinging the boy so that he slammed straight into the ground. He cupped his hands together, brought them back to his side, and then threw them in front of him with a thunderous yell. A colossal ki blast was thrown from his hands, and hit its target dead on, rendering Gotenks once again invisible by the dust that had risen.

Goton floated down to the ground, twenty feet away from where Gotenks had been thrown. He touched down, and fell to his knees, breathing heavily in exhaustion. Gotenks soon walked out from the dust, his battered clothing and scratched up body nearly proportional to Goton's. "H-heh, just... too eas-easy..." Gotenks fell down to his knees as well.

"Don't te-tell me you're already... already worn out?" Goton coughed a bit, and managed to bring himself up from the ground, his legs shaking. "And to think I considered you worthy enough to fight me. How pathetic."

"You're disappointed? I'm more than disappointed. I had thought that you would've been a challenge. So far all you've done is prove how much better I am than you." Gotenks scoffed. He managed to carry his body up, ignoring the amount of energy he had to exert to do so. "So I am out of shape? Already tired from a measly fight?"

The two stared at each other again for a few moments, both refusing to show any more fatigue than what they had shown before. When they had simultaneously regained their energy back, they nodded at each other and gathered their energy again. A blast of golden aura flew from both their bodies, and in an instant they were both at their Super Saiyan stage, their hair golden and spiked up more than usual, and their eyes a greenish-blue color. Both nodded again to each other, throwing themselves at each other with the intent to beat the other.

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The flight had been a long, and treacherously boring one, but now they had finally made the landing. The group of Saiyans scurried around the ship, checking the various computer screens to make sure that the air was breathable – though they knew it was just by the fact that others Saiyans were on the planet. Still, it was mandatory to do so, and they were not going to take their chances.

Silos thumbed at his armrest impatiently. Already he could feel the power levels of the ones who they had come for. As of now, they weren't moving, but he was certain that they had been expecting them and would arrive very soon. That was all he needed to keep him from lashing out into the Earth's atmosphere before they were sure without a doubt that they could breath the air. He watched as a few weak Saiyans headed for the computer that Karen usually maintained. Besides the seven Saiyans from his team, they had brought along a total of twenty weaker Saiyans, that brought the total to twenty-eight when he included himself.

"Lord Silos," one of the weaker Saiyans piped up. "Earth's air is breathable, and there are no organisms that pose as a threat to us in this area. We can depart from the ship whenever you want."

The scowl that had been plastered on Silos's face changed into a wicked and pleasurable smirk. "Perfect. Inform everyone. We are to set foot on this miserable planet as soon as everyone has gathered. I want 'Prince' Vegeta to know that we're ready for him. We wouldn't want the 'prince' to think that we're disrespecting him by making him wait, now would we?"

The others said nothing and continued on with what they were doing. Silos let out a menacing laugh, getting up from his seat as he did so. Karen entered the room, and wrapped her arm around her mate without second thought. "Silos, soon everything that we have worked for will be finished. Soon 'Prince' Vegeta will be no more, and the position as King of Neo Vegeta will be open."

Silos caressed his mate, their tails intertwining with each other. "Yes, just as planned. I was worried when our ship had technical problems, but it seems that the star in this solar system is stronger than we had expected. Strong enough to power our engines up so the wasted time was recovered, and so that the time it'd take to get here was reduced."

The metal doors of the ship's control room slid open, and one of the weaker Saiyans, a female, casually strode in. "Silos, everyone has gathered just outside the door. We're ready to exit upon your word."

"Then let's go!" Silos ordered, picking up Karen and holding her in his arms. "Today is the day we've been longing for! It's time to kick 'Prince' Vegeta off the throne that he has neglected for all these years! It's time for the reign of a new king to come!"

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Goku's head twisted so that he was now looking to the northeast. "They're here." Everyone on the Lookout had felt the power levels descending upon the Earth, but all they could do was to stand and wait. Now the power levels had ceased movement; an obvious sign that they had made their landing. "They arrived quicker than we had hoped, Gotenks and Goton are still in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."

"Who needs the two of them? We'll be enough to take these pathetic fools on." Vegeta grinned, and began to float in the air. "First we'll talk with their leader and find out just it is they want from us. No matter what their reason, I plan to kill all of them anyway."

Gohan pocketed his glasses and the book for college he had been reading since their arrival on the Lookout. "Vegeta, Dad can just teleport us all to the location." Noticing the glower Vegeta showed when thinking of having Goku teleport him, Gohan explained further. "If we waste our time in getting there, then that leaves them time to harm innocent people."

"C'mon, Vegeta!" Goku laughed, adding to Gohan's reasoning. "If I teleport all of us, then that means that we'll get to start fighting sooner." Vegeta seemed satisfied with that answer, floated back down to the ground, and said nothing more of the matter.

The others, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo, who had trained with Gohan, made their way up to Goku. All of them had changed into their fighting gis after they had trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and now the time for battle was less than an hour away. Everyone was ready, and the only thing left for them to do was to receive Senzu Beans – Dende had gone to retrieve them.

"How much time left do Gotenks and Goton have in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?" Goten asked as they watched the sky for signs of Mr. Popo's magic carpet that Dende had used to fly down to Korin's Tower.

"According to Mr. Popo," Trunks answered, idly scratching his face with his index finger, "they still have a little more than two hours before it's time for them to leave."

Goten couldn't hide the utter shock and concern that came upon his face, "That long? But what happens if we need their help before then? What'll happen if we start to get beaten by the enemy, and are defeated before they exit the chamber?"

"I'm sure it won't come to that," Gohan replied. "We'll be able to take care of ourselves even if we are outnumbered."

By now, Dende and Mr. Popo had appeared in the sky on Mr. Popo's magic carpet. The two jumped off from the magic carpet, and headed up to the group of warriors. When he got closer, they noticed that he carried a small brown bag in his hands. "Here, Goku," he said handing the bag to Goku. "Korin had a total of four Senzu Beans ready for us. I hope it will be enough for you."

Goku took the bag from the young Namekian, and placed it in his gi for safekeeping. "I'm sure four will be more than enough for us. Hopefully they won't be needed, though." He turned his head to the northeast, taking another reading on the power levels the enemies gave off. "They don't seem very strong from what I feel, but more than likely they're suppressing their true power."

"Let's get going then," Piccolo spoke up. "The Saiyans have just now made their way off their ship. The longer we stand here stalling, the more of a chance they have to attack a nearby city."

"Right," Goku agreed, eagerly clenching his right fist. "OK, everyone grab a hold of my back. I'll have us there in no time." He placed his index and middle fingers on his forehead, and waited for the others to place a hand on his back. All the warriors placed one hand on his back, Vegeta being the last and most hesitant of all. Goku's face immediately became serious as he started to focus on a random power level emitted by an enemy. An instant later the six of them disappeared out of sight.

"By Kami, let them be safe and successful. Please let them protect Earth with no casualties on our side." Mr. Popo's closed eyes snapped open, and he hurriedly dashed to keep up with Dende who was heading for the door that led to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

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The entire group of Saiyans took in a deep breath of the fresh Earth air upon their first step on the land. Silos and Karen walked among the stretching Saiyans, finally stopping when they reached the edge of a cliff where a large city could be seen. Both Karen and Silos smirked, thinking the same wicked thoughts.

"Oh my," Karen cried out, acting as sympathetic as she could, "those poor Earthlings. They're all peaceful! They so oblivious to the mean bad guys who want to do them harm!"

Silos's face changed to that of utter pity as well, his eyes opening wide in surprise, and his mouth hanging wide open. "My darling you're right! These poor unsuspecting Earthlings! What ever shall we do?" He finished his sentence by throwing a large ki blast at the largest building in the city.

Karen cupped her hands around her ears to hear better for a moment before replying with more of her fake sympathy. "Poor, poor people! I can already hear their cries of terror and fear! And there's nothing we can do to help them! They're being attacked without knowing who their attackers are!" Like Silos, she also ended her sentence by throwing a ki attack at a random location in the city.

By now smoke was starting to rise from the city, and Karen and Silos, along with Silos's six other trust men were laughing while throwing wave after wave of ki blasts in the city's direction. "How will these people survive this ruthless massacre!" Silos's voice called over the noise of the destruction. "There's no way these people have a chance now!"

The slaughter continued on, the cries and screams of those living in the city becoming audible to those who were miles away. At last Silos stopped throwing ki blasts at the ruined city, and held up his hand to let the other seven know to stop. The seven gave him a questioning look, knowing that Silos normally wouldn't have stopped until nothing was left but a large crater. It was then that they noticed the power levels that had formally been so far away were now right behind them.

Silos smirked, the same evil smirk that was almost always plastered on his face when he smiled. "Oh, have the warriors finally come to protect their city? It's such a shame, too. It seems like they were a tad late."

Goku, normally the cheerful and forgiving one of the group, clenched his fists in an enraged fit, blood trickling down his hand. His gaze shifted from the eight Saiyans to the ruined city in the distance. "H-how could you be so heartless! Those people had nothing to do with what you came here for, and yet you slaughtered them without mercy!"

"Oh my," Karen replied, still acting as if she cared for what had transpired, "those poor innocent people! Should we punish the meanies who did this to them?" This earned chuckles from all the enemies. Karen let out a laugh, and glanced at them through taunting eyes. "What are you going to do, heroes of this planet? You've already failed to protect them, so now what?"

Louder laughter from the enemies accompanied Karen's last sentence, enough to tick Vegeta off. "You idiots! Do you realize who you stand before! If you're Saiyans like Kakarrot claims, then show your allegiance!"

Silos's eyes narrowed when peering at Vegeta, though his wicked smirk never left his face. He walked forward; the group of twenty-eight Saiyans had made a circle around the small group of warriors composed of five Saiyans and one Namekian. "Of course we did not forget about our loyal leader, Prince Vegeta." Silos bowed down before the prince, seemingly as loyal as could be to those who saw him. Still bowing, Silos went on, "But excuse me, as you must know, you are no longer just Prince Vegeta, you are now King Vegeta."

Vegeta's eyes grew wide in astonishment the minute he was called King Vegeta. Never since his father had been killed had he realized that he was now technically the King of Planet Vegeta. The simple fact had eluded him for all these years, and now it had just made itself known to him. Vegeta continued to stand there, his thoughts racing with different things at tremendous speeds.

Silos pretended that nothing was happening, and proceeded on with what he had been saying. "I'm sure that you must be wondering why we're here." He was greeted by a flat out 'no' from Trunks and Goten, but ignored them for the time being. "We're here to retrieve our king and bring him back with us so that Planet Neo Vegeta may have its rightful ruler. What is your answer?"

"Of course my Dad's gonna say no!" Trunks cut in seconds after Silos had finished talking. "There's no way he would be king of a bunch of savages who just killed all those innocent people!" Trunks wasn't sure about everyone else, but it had been obvious to him that these people were their enemies and would bring nothing but trouble to them. "You think we're that stupid to believe what you just said after what you did! Who do you take us for!" Trunks made a quick look around at the rest of his group, and could tell just by their facial expressions that none of them believed what this Saiyan had told them. None of them except for Vegeta.

In reality, Silos would have knocked the light purple haired boy out and then snapped his neck after saying such things. However, in this matter he had to remain calm and collected; he had to make sure Vegeta thought he was on Vegeta's side. "Ah, King Vegeta is your father? So then you must be the Prince of Neo Vegeta! It's such an honor for me to be in the presence of both the king and prince!"

Just who did this guy think he was? How could anyone expect them to believe the sincerity in his voice after killing so many people? Even the docile Goten was on his feet, prepared for any sudden attack by the Saiyans who were surrounding them. That was another thing that bothered Trunks and the others. How were they supposed to trust them if they were surrounding them? "This is a joke! Dad, c'mon! There's no way they're on our side! How can you be fooled by this!"

"Shut up, boy! I'm tired of hearing your voice!" The King of Saiyans finally spoke, snapping at Trunks, but still remaining like he was deeply thinking about something.

"Dad..." Trunks didn't say anything else; he merely walked back so that he was next to Goten and away from Vegeta.

Goten saw the disappointed look etched out on Trunks's face, and decided to be as good a friend as he could in the situation. "Trunks, you OK?"

"Yea," Trunks replied in a mumbled tone, "I just didn't think my Dad would be fooled so easily..." Trunks didn't hear another word from Goten, and expected it was because his friend was unsure of what to say. Trunks didn't mind that his friend was unable to reply; nothing that trivial mattered to him right now. All he cared about was what his Dad was going to do since he seemed to trust these Saiyans.

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"OH MY GOD! Chi-Chi! Bulma! Come here quickly!" Inside the usually quiet house of Goku and Chi-Chi, Videl's voice boomed like it was being amplified hundreds of times. Both women rushed into the living room and saw Videl standing in front of the couch in complete fright. Videl fixed her gaze onto both women, and saw that they were confused about Videl's sudden outburst. She hurriedly pointed at the television screen, causing Chi-Chi and Bulma to immediately watch.

What they saw was something that they had seen many times before, but never got used to. The flashing TV screen showed a female news reporter, the image of destruction surrounding her in every direction. "..right behind me is the ruins of what once used to be the Northern Capital." The women's eyes darted from one side of the screen to the next, simultaneously taking in every word the newswoman said. "As of now officials are unsure of what could have caused such devastation, but some believe it to be similar to what happened in Satan City about a week ago."

"So it's started," Bulma looked at the other two with downcast eyes. "It was supposed to happen at a later time, but it's happening now."

Videl bit her lip, unlike Chi-Chi and Bulma, she wasn't used to having someone she loved fight amidst such chaos, except once before. "Does... does that mean that they won't make it in time to stop any more killings from happening? Or does this attack mean they've been defeated by the enemy?"

Chi-Chi shook her head, and dropped onto the couch. She closed her eyes and let her head fall back. "It could mean anything. There's no way for us to know..." she suddenly remember back to when Vegeta had first appeared, "...unless the media is daring enough to find who did it, and then stick around to show the fight."

Baby Bra, who had been sleeping noiselessly in Bulma's arm, let out a wail. Bulma instinctively tried to hush the baby, talking while doing so. "And if that doesn't happen, then we just have to believe in our husbands. We have to have faith that they will defeat the foes just like they have many times before." Bra finally stopped crying. "In essence, we need to have faith just like you had faith in Gohan when everyone else thought he was killed by Majin Buu."

The youngest of the females nodded her head in understanding. "Right, I'll put all my trust in Gohan. I believe that he, along with everyone else, can take care of these monsters." She wiped a tear from her eye, and smiled glowingly. "If we don't have faith in our husbands, then just who will? We've got to support them with all we have!"

Her hand was thrown in front of Chi-Chi and Bulma. They both took once glance at each other, then at Videl, and knew what to do. They too threw their hands down so that they were touching Videl's hand. The next movement involved them throwing up their hands into the air, yelling out energetically. "Right!"

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So there we go! Another chapter written by me! I'm not sure how much I like the last bit with Chi-Chi, Bulma, and Videl throwing their arms up, but... eh, I'll just keep it that way. (8/13/2006)