Disclaimer: I don't not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball S, and thank God Dragon Ball GT. All are owned by Akira Toriyama, Funimation, Toei Animation, and Fuji TV.

AN: This is the sequel to Always a Prince, Never a King. I do own my OCs, Aspara and Teicu. Thank you to chadtayor020 for being my beta and writing my fight scenes and Lovelykortori for the awesome artwork. Also a huge thank you to my followers, without you this sequel wouldn't have happened. Give yourselves a hand.

Chapter 11: The Dark Prince Returns Pt2

Bulma stared at Vegeta. His face looked much…crueler, angrier. She never saw him like this at all. "Vegeta, what has gotten into you!?" she yelled at him. Vegeta looked at her and glared at her. Bardock got in between them, "I don't know what Teicu did to him, but it wasn't good. Piccolo, Gine, Chi-chi, you should go look for a Dragon Ball. We'll keep these clowns occupied." "Be careful," Gine said as she, Piccolo, and Chi-chi flew off. "You seem awfully confident," Vegeta said with a sneer. 'Bardock… help…me' went through his mind. Kakarot and Raditz stood with their father and Bardock said, "Kakarot, I'm going to need your help with this. Raditz, you and Bulma keep those pirates from helping him," and he shoved his thumb over to the four pirates with Vegeta. "Okay," Raditz said. "Don't hurt him…" Bulma said. "I can't make promises," Bardock told her as he and Kakarot took their stances.

"So this is how you treat your Prince is it!?" Vegeta said as veins started to throb in his temples and he went Super Saiyan. Vegeta seemed to disappear and then reappeared between Kakarot and Bardock and punched them both away. Vegeta went straight for Kakarot who blocked three of his punches and tried five of his own that Vegeta blocked easily. "SNAP OUT OF IT VEGETA!" Kakarot yelled. Vegeta answered with a hard knee to Kakarot's stomach that knocked the wind out of him. 'Kakarot…sorry…' Vegeta's will tried to say, only for his body to then backhand Kakarot away. Bardock quickly blasted a ki beam at the mind-controlled prince, only for Vegeta to dodge it and blast him with a ki ball. Kakarot flew forward as fast as he could and kicked Vegeta into a nearby mountain.

The four pirates saw what was happening and tried to go after Bardock and Kakarot, but Bulma and Raditz were faster and knocked them all back with ki blasts. "You're not doing anything you mangy vermin," Raditz told them. "That female must be the blue-haired bitch that Captain Teicu despises," one green skinned pirate with one eye said. "Right," said a pirate that looked like a humanoid dog. "If we take her out the Captain might reward us," the other two pirates that looked like purple skinned three eyed twins said in unison. "Bring it on!" Bulma yelled at the pirates. The four pirates all yelled in unison as they charged at Raditz and Bulma. Raditz kicked the one with one eye away and got the one that looked like a dog in a headlock while the twins went straight at Bulma.

Bulma dodged one twin's kick and blocked the other's punch and kicked him back then blasted the first twin with a ki ball, sending him plummeting into the ocean below. Raditz meanwhile was laughing as the two pirates he was fighting struggled to hit him. Raditz was dodging all their punches and kicks easily. "Is this the best that you boys can do!?" he asked them, then got a ki blast in his eyes, distracting him long enough for one pirate to grab his tail. "Not this time boys!" Raditz yelled as he axe kicked the dog-pirate's head, sending him into the hard ground below. The green Cyclops took the chance to kick Raditz in his solar plexus then elbow him in his head, sending him down into the ocean as well.

The mountain Vegeta was sent into exploded as he flew out of it. Kakarot barely blocked Vegeta's punch and Bardock went for a kick that Vegeta blocked. Kakarot and Bardock punched and kicked at Vegeta as fast as they could, but he was so fast! Bardock and Kakarot flew back from him and sent a storm of ki balls at him. Vegeta flew through the air, dodging every attack easily. "He's gotten so fast!" Kakarot yelled. "Kakarot, we can't hold back on him!" Bardock yelled as he stopped attacking and his aura flared out. Kakarot stopped attacking as well and his own aura flared out as he stood back to back with Bardock. "I can barely sense him he's moving so fast," Kakarot said as he and Bardock looked around.

"Right here," a voice said below. Vegeta grabbed their ankles and then flew up and slammed them both together like cymbals. Kakarot quickly concentrated and blasted Vegeta full on in his face with ki, knocking him back. Kakarot flew right at the Prince and landed a hard elbow right in his stomach. Vegeta's eyes were bloodshot as he slammed his fists down on Kakarot's head. "I'll make you pay for that!" Vegeta roared as he blasted a massive purple ki blast right at Kakarot, hitting the young Saiyan and sending him flying into the distance. "KAKAROT!" Bardock yelled. He flew at Vegeta like a missile and kicked him full on in his face then blasted him with a large ki beam, sending him slamming through a mountain. Bardock looked back and sensed that Kakarot was still alive, not as wounded as he feared. 'Good…maybe some part of Vegeta is still in there somewhere,' he thought.

Raditz blasted out of the ocean at the same time as one of the twins. The Cyclops summoned up his ki and sent a hundred small ki balls Raditz's way. Raditz deflected every blast as he flew right at the Cyclops. Raditz kicked the Cyclops right on his chin, then grabbed his ankle and threw him into the ocean, "Let's see how you like it!" The dog pirate took his chance to nail Raditz right in his groin. "GAH!" Raditz yelled out in pain and shock. The dog pirate then blasted five ki blasts right into the surprised Saiyan, knocking him back. "You…son of a bitch!" Raditz screamed as he barely dodged the dog pirate's follow up kick and landed an elbow to his chin. Raditz followed up his attack by summoning ki into his fist and punched right through the dog pirate's heart.

Bulma dodged the twin's punches quickly and kicked one of them away. She then summoned up a ki ball and hit the other twin in his stomach with it. Bulma got hit with a ki beam in her back from the returning twin and barely blocked his follow up punch. She punched him in his solar plexus as hard as she could then grabbed his head and slammed his head into her knee, stunning him long enough to throw him into the ground. The twin she hit with a ki ball returned with a vengeance and landed three hard punches to her face before she blocked his next ten punches. Bulma landed a hard uppercut into his stomach then elbowed the last twin's head, sending him flying down next to his brother. Bulma then flew down and saw them starting to get up. Bulma grabbed them by their shirts and said, "You guys are a lot of trouble," and slammed their heads into each other, knocking them both out.

Vegeta slammed into Bardock with all the force of a meteor, then grabbed his head and head butted him three times until blood was running down his face. Vegeta was pretty badly banged up himself; but didn't let that stop him as he wrapped his arms around Bardock and piledrived him headfirst into the ground below. Kakarot then appeared from thin air and looked around to see Raditz was still battling the green Cyclops while Bulma was flying over to help him and Bardock was unconscious, Vegeta was holding him by his breastplate and summoned a ball of ki that looked deadly. "VEGETA!" Kakarot yelled out. Vegeta looked at the battered Kakarot and smiled like a crocodile having found new prey. 'Kakarot… help…' rang through Vegeta's mind. "Vegeta! This isn't like you at all! What did that Teicu woman do to you!?" Kakarot yelled as Vegeta slowly flew up to him.

Vegeta laughed like a madman, "She released the part that has been hidden for far too long. I am Vegeta, the Dark Prince!" and blasted ki balls at him as fast as he could. Kakarot charged right at him, deflecting ki balls as he went and landed a hard punch right into Vegeta's face and followed up with a knee to his stomach. Vegeta answered with a hard punch to Kakarot's stomach then elbowed his face. Kakarot recovered quickly and blasted a beam into Vegeta's face, sending him back then before Vegeta could recover he landed both his feet into Vegeta's solar plexus. Vegeta snarled like an animal as he grabbed Kakarot's feet and spun around like a tornado and threw him away then summoned all his remaining ki into a massive ki beam. Kakarot saw the blast coming for him and blasted a beam of ki at Vegeta's attack. The two Saiyans struggled as they poured more and more energy into their attacks. 'If I let that thing hit me, I'm through!' Kakarot thought as Vegeta's ki beam edged closer and closer.

'No!' Kakarot thought as he was losing the struggle. His mind turned to Chi-chi and their little son Gohan as he fought harder. "III! CAAANNN'TTT! DDIIIIEEEE! HHHEEERRREEE!" Kakarot screamed as he focused every last drop of power he had left and his ki beam flared out, lancing right through Vegeta's attack and slammed right into him. Kakarot floated down to see that Raditz and Bulma had finished off the green Cyclops pirate, Raditz was now helping Bardock up, and Bulma looked up to the sky where Vegeta was. "Oh no," Bulma whispered. Kakarot went down on all fours and sucked in air. He then sensed the energy above, "He's still alive." A badly battered and bleeding Vegeta, his Super Saiyan form depleted, floated down from the sky, and fell to one knee as he glared at Kakarot and sucked in air. "VEGETA!" Bulma yelled as she ran to him.

Vegeta's expression softened as he looked at Bulma. Bulma held his face in her hands as she said, "Vegeta, please, let us help you." "B-Bulma," Vegeta said, "I-I can't disobey her…N-not this time." Then all of a sudden his irises glowed red and he pushed her away. Before anyone could do anything Vegeta flew off into the sky.

Bulma was devastated, somehow Teicu had put a curse on her husband and she didn't know how, or even what kind of curse it was. Raditz made it over to Bulma first, he held his hand out to her, "You okay?" "What do you care? You don't even like me," Bulma said wiping her face. "You get on my nerves sometimes, but I never said I didn't like you," Raditz said and shoved his hand in her face. Bulma glared up at him and took his hand. Once she was standing, Raditz wrapped his arms around her and engulfed her entire body in a giant hug. "We will get the Prince back, alright?" Bulma looked up at Raditz completely shocked and she began to sob.

Bardock and Kakarot made it over to Bulma and Raditz, and Raditz handed the sobbing girl over to Kakarot. "Raditz is right; we are going to get him back. But can we make a plan this time now?" Kakarot said, and Bulma nodded, her head in his chest. "Come on let's go find the others. How many Dragon Balls do you think Teicu and her crew have? And what do you think they are going to use them for?" Bardock said. Bulma dug in her backpack and pulled out her Dragon Radar, "It looks like they have 5. All we have to do is get one and they won't be able to make their wish. And if we have to we can use it as a peace offering to get Vegeta back," Bulma said. "Well that depends on what their wish is," Raditz said and everyone nodded.

"Kakarot, do you think you can find Chi-chi and use you instant transmission to get us there?" Bardock asked and Kakarot blushed, "I haven't lost her ki yet." He admitted. Raditz rolled his eyes and gagged a little. "Well let's go then," Bardock said and everyone grabbed hold of Kakarot and fazed away.

*Teicu's Ship*

Vegeta had just landed and he walked over to Teicu to give his report. As he approached Teicu he was about to speak and she stopped him. "I saw the whole fight. I don't need a report; I just wanted you to come back to the ship. Go gather the crew," she ordered and red in his eyes glowed and he did as he was told. Once the whole crew was in front of Teicu she quieted everyone down. "So, the plan has changed. According to what I just saw in my crystal ball, it seems as though Vegeta's friends are going to get the last two Dragon Balls for us. That makes the winner of the first Dragon Ball hunt my squad, give the Green Team a hand," Teicu announced. Some of the crew cheered, and some of crew booed. "Now back to business. Since Vegeta's friends are here, no one let their guard down. If they have a chance to steal the Dragon Balls they will take it. That being said, whatever Elite team you were on you will stay on those teams and there will always be on some sort of watch. Tomant will make the schedule of what team is watching at what time. That is all I have for you guys," Teicu said and she saluted, dismissing her crew.

Tomant walked up to Teicu, "What about Vegeta?" "What about him?" Teicu asked. "Do you think he is entirely under your control this time?" Tomant pointed out. Teicu glared at him, "Princey?" Vegeta walked up to Teicu, "Yes Captain?" "I want you to punch Tomant as hard as you can in the stomach." Teicu ordered and Vegeta's eyes glowed red and he smirked. "Wait what?" Tomant said but before he could block it Vegeta's fist was in his stomach and he couldn't breathe. "Do you doubt me now?" Teicu asked Tomant and he shook his head no. "Good," Teicu smiled and walked away.

*Namekian Village*

"How do we know you aren't a part of the group of pirates that destroyed two of our villages?" An Elder asked Chi-chi. "Would a group of pirates have a Namekian who is part of Kami, the Guardian of Earth?" Piccolo said. "Y-you are part of Kami?" The Elder asked and Piccolo nodded. "But you should know the rules about using the Dragon Balls," the Elder pointed out. "I do know the rules, but this is a bit of a crisis. We don't know what those pirates are going to do with their wish," Piccolo pointed out and the Elder sighed, "I just don't know, I can hand you over my Dragon Ball, but the other Dragon Ball closest to here is Guru's. And I don't know how comfortable I am giving you the information to get to him." "Honestly we aren't here to hurt anyone," Gine said and suddenly Kakarot showed up next to Chi-chi and she screamed and fell over.

"Chi-chi are you okay?" Kakarot asked his wife. "Yes I am fine, I am just going to have to get used to you being able to do that," Chi-chi said as she wiped dirt off her armor. "Have you guys had any luck?" Kakarot asked and Chi-chi shook her head, "Not much, but it seems they like you." Kakarot looked at what Chi-chi meant and everyone in the village was staring at him in awe. Kakarot was beginning to feel uncomfortable, "Uh, do I have something in my teeth?" "No son, you have a power in you. We have a legend that says a man will show up with a pure heart, and he will bring peace to the darkest time. We haven't had any visitors in hundreds of years, and suddenly we have pirates show up and destroy two villages. We must take you to Guru to let him release your potential," the Elder explain and Kakarot looked weirded out, "Ehh I don't really know guys. I don't think I have a pure heart." Piccolo elbowed Kakarot's side, "Go with it, the elder has the final Dragon Ball." "Oh okay. Well then sure take me to your leader," Kakarot answered and Chi-chi hit the palm of her hand to her forehead.

As the Elder was taking Kakarot and Piccolo to Guru, everyone else decided to stay behind to get some rest. Bulma was sitting next to the main building when she heard footsteps. She saw Gine Chi-chi walking towards her with some food. "Thanks you guys, but I'm not entirely hungry right now. Nor am I in a pep talk kind of mood," Bulma said. "Bardock told us what happened. I just wanted to tell you, whatever decision you make, we are with you on it. Vegeta is like a third son, I want to help him just as much as you do," Gine said with a serious face and Chi-chi nodded. "You mean, if I decide to go and save Vegeta you will go with me?" Bulma asked. Gine put her hand out, Chi-chi put her hand on top of Gine's, and Bulma put her hand on top. "Bardock and Raditz are both asleep. So now is our chance," Gine said and they all shook on it.

*Guru*

Kakarot and Piccolo landed after the Elder and they were greeted by another Namekian who looked to be strong and the same age as Piccolo. "Welcome home Kami, I have heard a lot about you. I am Nail," the younger Namekian bowed his head to Piccolo. "I am not Kami, I am his other half Piccolo." Piccolo said sounding unamused. "Of course, forgive my mistake. You must be Kakarot, Guru is expecting you," Nail said to Kakarot. "How did you know my name and not Piccolo's?" Kakarot asked and Piccolo rolled his eyes. "Please follow me," Nail said and began to walk towards the weird shaped building.

Kakarot and Piccolo followed him, and they watched him float up into the ceiling so they followed him. Once they reached the top level, they couldn't believe their eyes. It was the biggest Namekian they had ever seen, and the oldest. "Welcome men. Thank you for coming to save our planet, Kakarot," Guru said. "How do you know my name?" Kakarot asked again. "I know everything that happens on this planet. As you know, there has been a terrible evil that has taken over our planet, and he has destroyed two villages. My warriors are not enough for him, for he is being controlled by the one who carries the Cocheuha. Only a pure hearted warrior can defeat those who are cast under that spell. Do you think you can handle the task?" Guru asked Kakarot. Kakarot nodded, "It will be just like sparring with Vegeta. I can do it." "No, it will be much different, once the spell has been lifted from this person they will die," Guru said. "What?" Kakarot said not understanding.

"So you are saying that I am going to have to kill my best friend? I-I don't think I can do that," Kakarot admitted. "What choice do we have? The only way we can get rid of the curse is to kill him. We can wish him back, but I have a feeling the only way we are going to get the last Dragon Ball is if you agree to help their planet." Piccolo said to Kakarot. "I guess you are right." Kakarot said and stepped forward. "What do I need to do?" "Come stand over here, I am going to unleash your pure power, but to accept the power you must take a new name. For you will be an entirely new person. Can you do that, Goku?" Guru said. "Yes," Kakarot said and Guru put his hand on Kakarot's shoulder, and a white aura surrounded him. Goku yelled out in shock as he felt incredible power flow through his body, his soul, his very being! "It has been done. Now, Goku, take this Dragon Ball and keep it safe. Our entire race is relying on you," Guru said.

*Bulma*

The three women flew through the skies of Namek, looking for Teicu through the Dragon Radar. "There it is!" Chi-chi yelled, and pointed to Teicu's ship, they were approaching it fast. "Alright, let's go!" Bulma yelled and they flew even faster. They flew down to see that the pirates were celebrating their acquisition of the Dragon Balls. Gine, Bulma, and Chi-chi flew down in front of them and Bulma stepped forward, "Let Vegeta go, now!" One of the pirates, a tall blue haired woman with grey skin said, "That isn't happening, so I suggest you leave now. The woman then snapped her fingers and three dozen pirates streamed out of the ship. "What is it Gollu?" one asked, a short insect alien that looked like a large beetle holding two swords. "Take care of these three," Gollu ordered, and all the pirates smiled at Chi-chi, Bulma, and Gine.

The pirates all charged at the three women, but were then stunned when their ki flared all around them, letting them know that this wasn't going to be an easy fight. Gine flew forward and spun around until she created a small tornado, sucking a third of the pirates in and tossing them all around. Chi-chi was tossing punches and kicks faster than any of the pirates could see, sending many of them flying with each blow. Bulma blasted a small storm of ki balls all around, and in under a minute all three dozen pirates were defeated. Gollu glared at them all, but especially at Bulma. Gollu charged straight at her, tackling the Earthling turned Saiyan and flying off with her into the side of a mountain and then flew back. "You and your husband have caused a Hell of a lot of trouble for me," she yelled down at Bulma as she blasted out of the mountain. "It was your bitch Captain's fault! She's the one that brainwashed Vegeta!" Bulma yelled back.

Bulma's ki aura flared out brilliantly as she flew at Gollu and kicked her right in her nose, breaking it. The pirate answered by drawing her sword and trying to swipe at Bulma; who narrowly dodged the blade. Gollu saw an opening and blasted ki at Bulma, who quickly blocked the blast with her hands. "How are you so powerful!?" Gollu screamed in shock. Bulma answered with an elbow right into Gollu's stomach before saying, "A metric ton of training from Hell." She then kicked the pirate as hard as she could, sending Gollu flying right into the side of Teicu's ship. A giant orange humanoid alien flew out of the ship and looked around. "Tomant… help…" Gollu wheezed before she completely lost consciousness.

Tomant looked at Gine, Bulma, and Chi-chi and said, "I suggest you leave now, before I have to kill you." "We aren't leaving without Vegeta!" Bulma yelled at him. "Then it looks like I have no choice then," Tomant said, and the three of them were knocked back as his aura exploded out from him. Tomant then disappeared and reappeared in front of Gine and kicked her back, sending her flying off into the distance. Chi-chi tried to blast him with a ki wave, but he disappeared again and then reappeared and slammed his fists down on her head, sending her plummeting into the Namekian soil below. Bulma tried to blast a ki wave at him and he easily dodged it and went after her like a missile.

Bulma barely dodged three of his kicks and then blocked one of his punches and was sent spinning back. Gine flew back into the fray as fast as she could and kneed Tomant full force into his head, knocking him back. Tomant grabbed her by her ankle and threw her into a mountain in response. Bulma then blasted him with a massive ki wave that he struggled to block, only for Chi-chi to get up and blast her own ki wave at him. The two beams hit him and sent him flying up into the sky, screaming the whole time. Chi-chi, Gine, and Bulma flew up to each other, "Are you girl's alright?" Gine asked. "I'm fine," Bulma told her. "He hit you harder," Chi-chi answered.

They were interrupted when Tomant suddenly flew through the sky towards them, blue blood covering his body and his eyes looking like they belonged on a rabid monster. He quickly got in the middle of the three women and sent them all away in a small tornado of kicks. He then flew right at Chi-chi and stomped on her from above, making her cough up blood from the power of his blow. Bulma and Gine quickly came to Chi-chi's rescue and punched him as hard as they could in his face, forcing him off of her. "Focus girls, this will take all of us to beat!" Gine yelled as she summoned ki to her hands. Bulma and Chi-chi did the same and with a combined yell unleashed an immense blast of energy right at Tomant, who could only scream in shock. When the smoke cleared they saw that he was miraculously still alive, but definitely knocked unconscious.

They then all felt as two immense powers arrived. They turned around and saw Teicu, along with Vegeta, his eyes glowing red and an evil looking aura surrounding him. "V-Vegeta…" Bulma cried as she saw her husband. "Sorry dearie, but as you can see, he's a bit indisposed at the moment," Teicu said. "Let him go!" Bulma screamed at Teicu. "Nope, I still need him to finish this. After this is all over, maybe I'll be able to let you take him, maybe not. But it doesn't really matter now," Teicu said as her green aura glowed around her, "After what you've done to my crew, I can't let you three leave." Teicu then charged right at Bulma and kicked her high into the air. Gine went to try to help her, but the brainwashed Vegeta blasted her away before she could get anywhere near her.

Chi-chi rushed to defend her mother-in-law and kicked Vegeta hard under his chin. The Dark Prince turned his attention onto her and unleashed a furious storm of punches and kicks. The Earthling blocked and dodged his attacks as best as she could, but every blow she blocked hurt, Vegeta's supernaturally enhanced strength was threatening to break her bones with every blow. Gine saw Chi-chi's distress and quickly flew behind Vegeta and got him in a headlock. "CHI-CHI! HIT HIM HARD!" she screamed. Vegeta quickly slammed his elbow into her ribs, shattering her armor and breaking her ribs. He hit her again and Gine coughed up blood, but she held on like a boa constrictor, giving Chi-chi the opportunity to summon a giant ki ball and slam it right into Vegeta's head. Gine let Vegeta go and coughed up blood. "Gine!" Chi-chi yelled, "We need to get you out of here!" she said as she went to assist the wounded Saiyan woman.

Bulma had already recovered from Teicu's attack and was now trading ki balls with the pirate captain, filling the area between them with light as they both unleashed hundreds of ki balls that would explode as they collided with their opponent's. But Bulma proved her power when with a mighty shout she doubled the number of ki balls she was sending, overwhelming Teicu's and hitting her with a dozen ki balls. Bulma charged at the stunned pirate captain, but Teicu quickly drew her sword and spun around, slamming it's pommel into Bulma's face, diverting her flight into the ocean below. "I WAS CONSIDERING LETTING YOU LIVE! BUT NOT ANYMORE!" Teicu raised her sword high with both hands and slashed down with it, sending a massive wave of ki into the ocean that split the waters of Namek like an angry god!

Chi-chi was trying to fly Gine away from the fight, when all of a sudden Vegeta slammed into her like a meteor, blood streaming from his face and his mouth frothing like a rabid demon! Gine and Chi-chi were quickly separated and Chi-chi lost several inches of her hair when she narrowly dodged his ki blast. Chi-chi went on the offensive and punched and kicked his head four times in rapid succession before he then blocked her knee with his own then head butted her hard enough to draw blood, stunning her. Before she could recover, Vegeta slammed dozens of punches down on her body, destroying her armor and breaking all her ribs before kicking her in her stomach, sending her falling to the hard ground below. The Earthling vomited blood as she struggled to move, but her body was too broken and it felt as if every nerve cried out in pain.

Vegeta flew down and lifted her up by the under cloth of her ruined armor. His fist glowed with ki and Chi-chi knew she could do nothing to stop it. Tears fell from her eyes as she thought of her family, 'Kakarot, I love you. Gohan, Mommy will always watch over you'. With speed that should have been impossible for anyone under her condition, Gine tackled Vegeta, making him let go of Chi-chi. Vegeta blasted her off of him then grabbed her hair and screamed as he slammed her face into his knee.

Teicu looked around for any remains of Bulma, and didn't find any at all. She flew back to her ship see how Vegeta was faring. She saw Gine lying face down in a pool of blood and Chi-chi as well looked terrible as she struggled to crawl away from the Dark Prince. Teicu would have watched closer, but before she knew what hit her Bulma slammed her elbow hard into Teicu's back, making the pirate captain gasp as her breath escaped her. Bulma wrapped her into a headlock and squeezed her tightly. "Let him go! Or I'll squeeze your head off!" Bulma said as she tightened her grip. "I…can't," Teicu choked out before slamming her elbow into Bulma's ribs, making her let her go. Bulma blocked Teicu's follow up kick then grabbed Cocheuha's blade as Teicu tried to slice her in two.

Bulma watched as below them Vegeta summoned ki to his hands, ready to blast Chi-chi away. "VEGETA! DON'T!" Bulma screamed. If he could even hear her he made no sign of it. What happened next would be etched into Bulma's mind forever.

She watched helplessly as the ki blast approached the struggling Chi-chi.

With amazing speed, Gine appeared in front of Chi-chi.

The blast enveloped them both.

"NO!" Bulma screamed. Ki surged all around her and Teicu could only watch in wide eyed shock as Bulma started to overpower her, pulling her sword to the side. Faster than the eye could follow Bulma slammed her fist into Teicu's stomach. She then grabbed her by her hair and slammed her knee into her face hard enough to break her nose. Teicu sent a wave of ki all around her to get the avenging woman off of her and sliced and stabbed at Bulma as fast as she could. Bulma dodged all of her attacks like they were nothing and slammed a ki ball into her stomach, sending her screaming into a mountain that then exploded in a brilliant cascade of light. An exhausted Bulma looked down to see her husband was standing there with Chi-chi laying on the ground unconscious, and Gine.

Bulma quickly flew down and saw that Gine was indeed dead, having taken nearly all the force of the Dark Prince's attack. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at him. "VEGETA SNAP OUT OF IT! PLEASE!" she begged. But his eyes still glowed red and the aura still surrounded him. Vegeta looked at her, and then blasted her with ki. Before she could defend herself Vegeta then kicked her in her head, sending her to the ground, she had used up too much power with her last attack on Teicu, she couldn't fight. Bulma then looked up to see a battered and bleeding Teicu slowly fly over. Teicu flew down and fell to her knees, leaning on her sword. "You're stronger than I *huff huff* expected. If things had been different, we might have been *huff huff* friends," Teicu said, then with a loud groan forced herself to stand and lifted up her sword and pointed it at Vegeta. "Kill her," Teicu commanded, then fell to her knees again.

Vegeta walked up to Bulma, grabbed her by her throat and lifted her up off the ground. "Vegeta," Bulma whispered as the air was choked from her. Darkness started to envelop her when all of a sudden she heard Kakarot's voice yell, "VEGETA!" and then Vegeta was kicked away from her. Kakarot then looked all around and saw Chi-chi and Gine. "MOTHER! CHI-CHI!" he yelled as he quickly flew to them. Bulma slowly flew over to Kakarot; his face was already streaked with tears. "Teicu put Vegeta under some kind of spell; she told me she can't release him now. He was too strong for them, he was about to kill Chi-chi, but Gine took the blast for her," Bulma wearily told him. Kakarot stood up and scooped up a handful of dirt and poured it over Gine's body, saying, "Ezzi faal et bafu, awi faal et Ouji. Eyphiwam ushha, ovovat jul Ozda ipu atho dormu faal seze."

Bulma could only watch as power then seemed to erupt from Kakarot's body, and a golden light shot out of him. With a mighty cry that seemed to shake the entire planet his hair stood straight up like Vegeta's and turned a bright gold as his eyes turned turquoise. Vegeta flew up and got into a fighting stance and Kakarot turned to look at him. "Prepare yourself Vegeta! You will now face the wrath of the Super Saiyan, Goku!"

AN: I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update. Hopefully I will get a new chapter out soon. Thank you to Kinglongoria for helping me with some ideas!