The New Saiyan Race

Chapter 10: Veku's reason

When he appeared in Satan City, what he saw shocked him. On the surface the devastation that he saw wasn't that much different than it had been in Sayna. Buildings destroyed, road ways gone, and general chaos. But thought the senses of trained warrior, it was totally different. In Sayna, the deaths he'd felt were comparatively low. But here, there was an almost constant stream of energies disappearing. Gogeta gritted his teeth and wished he could turn that sense off. But in his current state it didn't seem possible.

A nearby scream pulled him out of his despair. He saw a woman, falling from the top of a nearby building. He lunched him self up and caught her, while she was still half way up the building.

"Don't worry I've got you." He said, and started floating down to the ground. She looked at him and screamed again. She started to struggle as if trying to get away from him. When he landed, she ran away without even looking at him again. There's gratitude for you. Gogeta thought to him self. Then chuckled when he realised what had scared her. If she'd seen Veku, to her, his Super Saiyan 4 state would have made her think he was dangerous.

Gogeta shook his head, and flew towards Veku. It didn't take long to find him. Veku had let off a blast to destroy another building. Gogeta sent off his own blast and diverted Veku's into space.

Veku turned his head to look in Gogeta's direction. He grinned when he saw him. Gogeta felt a shiver go down his spine at the sight of those lifeless reflective yellow eyes of Veku's. Veku turned to fully face him, chuckled.

"Hello, little brother." He said. "I see you've made it to Super Saiyan 4." He shook his head. "Surely you know that's not enough to beat me."

"I know." Gogeta said, and had to fight against every instinct that his new body possessed to get the next words out. "I didn't come here to fight you." Veku's eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh, really?" He said, then his eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Then why did you come?"

"I came to ask you as one brother to another, to stop killing." Gogeta said and gritted his teeth. He hated him self for what he was about to say, it felt like a betrayal of Pana and Kornan. But if his plan was going to work, he needed to do it. "One day, that's all I'm asking of you. We'll be ready to fight you then." Veku laughed.

"I could give you a year, and you still wouldn't be ready to face me." He said. Gogeta smiled to him self internally, he didn't realise how close to the truth he really was. "But I don't think I will. I'm enjoying my self too much." Veku grinned, and raised his right arm and let off a energy ball at the same building as earlier. Using his new speed, Gogeta positioned him self between the building and the energy ball. Raised his hands and prepared to block it. When it hit him, Gogeta gasped at the power of it, but managed to stop it from overwhelming him.

Suddenly Gogeta realised that he was being pushed back, towards the building, he powered up, but found that didn't have any effect on it. He gritted his teeth, and raised a barrier behind him self to prevent destroying the building, and focused his energy to his hands and let out as much as he dared. He turned his head from the resulting flash of light.

When he felt the pressure on his aura disappear, he looked up. The energy ball was gone. He allowed his energy to drop, then in alarm realised it had dropped to normal. Not only that he was breathing heavily. He hadn't realised that he'd used that much energy. He hoped he had enough energy to get back to Moon Station.

"I'm impressed." Veku said.

"Why." Gogeta said, and took another breath. "Are you doing this?"

"You really don't understand!" Veku said, then smiled. "This is all your fault."

"What!?" Gogeta cried.

"Yours and the whole system that said that because you happened to be born with a tail, that you were in someway better than me!" Veku spat. Gogeta was stunned by what Veku was saying.

"That's not my fault, or anyone else's, it's just the way it is." Gogeta said, but even to him it sounded flimsily at best.

"Are you mocking me?" Veku asked. Gogeta shook his head. "It doesn't matter now because I took steps to make sure no one would ever be better than me!"

"You meant to earn power, not just wish for it." Gogeta said. Veku smirked.

"You can talk, you got yours by altering your DNA." He said.

"Maybe so, but still more natural than what you did and I didn't kill anyone for it." Gogeta said in disgust.

"Who would that be, little brother?" Veku said. How could Veku be so cruel?

"You killed Pana!" Gogeta spat, the hate welling up within him. Veku shrugged like it was of no concern.

"She was in my way." Veku said. Gogeta couldn't contain him self anymore.

"You bastard!" He yelled. Veku looked surprised.

"You really cared for her, didn't you?" Veku smiled.

"I love her." Gogeta said in little more than a whisper. It felt good to finally say it to someone other than Pana. But the pain and anger overwhelmed everything else. He really wanted to wipe that smug smile off Veku's face, but in his current weakened state, he wouldn't even be able to reach Veku. Gogeta swallowed, and with it he locked up all his anger, pain and pride. He was here for a reason and needed to accomplish it.

"Please." He said, even though it broke his heart to say it. "Just one day." Veku looked generally shocked by the change of subject.

"I've already said no." Veku said.

"Even Buu managed a day." Gogeta said. "If you don't, it truly means your insane." Gogeta knew he was walking a dangerous line. But, even though he killing people, he knew Veku still had his pride. Veku floated in deep thought for a long time.

"Alright," He said finally. "You have your day." He pointed at Gogeta. "But after tomorrow, I will come for you, and I will kill you."

That cut Gogeta far deeper than he would have thought it would, after all they are brothers. Even after all that had happened that day, Gogeta had hoped that there was someway to get Veku back. But now he finally realised that his brother was really gone. Veku didn't wait for a response from Gogeta, he just took off, so fast Gogeta didn't see where he'd gone. Gogeta put two fingers to his forehead.

"I hope I have the energy for this." He muttered, and locked onto Trunks's energy and pulled him self though. He appeared on Moon Station, he saw Trunks and Riddalo, they stared at him. Gogeta half smiled.

"It's done." He said. "We have a day." He fell forward, and Trunks caught him. Using Instant Transmission had used the last of his energy.

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