Goku

"So this is him." Captain Ginyu stood before Goku with Jeice at his side. Vegeta stood just behind Goku.

"Yeah, that's him." Jeice smirked at Goku.

Goku stood strong as stone, ready to fight for his family and this planet.

Vegeta's energy spiked and he chuckled "See you later Kakarot."

"No!" Goku exclaimed s Vegeta bolted and Captain Ginyu Struck.

Captain Ginyu flew across the field and hammered Goku with a strong fist. He staggered but righted himself and when Ginyu came round for another blow, Goku was ready. He dodged and swung and watched.

Captain Ginyu was used to being the strongest, he did not need to win a fight with too much thought but that didn't mean he wasn't smart.

The two traded blows, knocking each other back and forth, testing each other's strengths and trying to find a weakness. Goku allowed himself to be a punching bag while he searched for a weakness.

He fell into easy traps and then caught himself before any real damage could be done. Even playing he could feel Ginyu's Strength but… he could win.

Facing off once again the two stared each other down

I can't let this drag on Goku Thought, my kids, Krillin, the Nemekians, they need my help and who knows where Vegeta's headed, although V could take him. She doesn't know it but she could take him right now if she needed to.

"Enough games." Ginyu spat a bit of blood from his mouth. Lucky shot.

"What do you mean?" Goku couldn't keep the smile off his face.

"show me what you're really made of, I know you can hide your power level."

"So, you figured that much out, huh?" Goku rubbed his nose and rested his hand on his hip.

"Why don't you quite fooling around." Now Ginyu smirked and Goku got the sense a threat was coming

"so that I can finish you off and then this miserable planet."

Goku frowned and Ginyu's grin widened. "don't worry about the boy and Veroca. Frieza will put them to use."

"You should know better than to threaten a man's kids." Goku tacked on a confident smile because of course, this was all show, a game that he had the upper hand in because for all the strength he sensed in Captain Ginyu. Goku was stronger.

"but if you're so excited to see how strong I really am…" he met Captain Ginyu's gaze "Sit back and have a look."

Goku widened his stance, he gathered his energy, every muscle in his body tensing as he drew his inner strength out his energy surged and swirled. He concentrated it into himself, bring It out and wrapping it around him like armor.

"That's it." Ginyu watched at Goku powered up. His Scouter beeped as it listed the ever increasing numbers reading Goku's power level.

The numbers climbed to 50,000

Easily soaring up to 100,000

"hey… wait." Ginyu's fear was almost debilitating. "stop that."

"Captain, he's-"

"Shut up!" Ginyu snapped at him.

"but, Sir, this might be a good time to go get Frieza."

"I said shut up, Jeice!" Ginyu snapped as Goku's power level hit 115,000 "I can handle this."

"But he's only 3,000 away from your max, Jeice called back reading the 117,000 on his scouter.

"I said, SHUT UP!" Ginyu shouted.

"But sir!" Jeice couldn't help but stare, couldn't help the fear crawling up his spine because the only person stronger than Captain Ginyu was Frieza except this guy, who's power was still climbing.

"Stop that." Ginyu shouted at Goku but Goku ignored the fear etched onto their faces, he ignored the way they trembled and he tuned out Captain Ginyu's shouting.

"140,000! IT CAN'T BE!" Captain Ginyu grabbed his head, panic seeping in and flew into the ocean.

"I think your friend is having a nervous break down." Goku said to Jeice.

"Na, he's just cooling off, Mate, he'll be back." Jeice staggered back a few steps as Goku's energy continued to climb.

"This is unreal." He gaped at the saiyan.

"Jeice, look out!" Ginyu called as he emerged from the ground he just smashed into with a giant boulder. He launched the boulder at Goku with all of his strength and smirked.

The boulder exploded on impact with the wall of energy surrounding Goku.

"Grrrr." Ginyu powered up a few energy blasts "try. These. On. For. Size." He threw a blast with each word, emphasizing his anger at Goku.

Goku's energy caught the blasts and threw them right back.

"Look out!" Jeice cried scrambling out of the way trying his best to not get hit.

Ginyu stared on.

"180,000." Ginyu gasped, Jeice fell back one step at a time, ready to bolt.

"Awe man, Captain, we should be getting out of here." He gulped, still subtly retreating.

"No, I can handle this." Ginyu tried to swallow his fear, something he had not felt in so long he almost didn't recognize it.

"But Captain!"

"I'm in charge here." Ginyu snapped. "I can handle this."

Geeze…" Jeice swallowed hard.

"There's no need to be afraid of me." Goku smiled at them, extending an olive branch. "If you say your sorry and leave this planet now, no harm will come to you."

"What?" Jeice and Ginyu sounded as confused as they looked.

"Apologize?" Ginyu repeated.

"Yes." Goku nodded and looked at the two fighters. He had the notion these guys weren't going to take him up on the offer but he had to at least try. There was always a chance they could come around. Piccolo did, or was heading in that direction. Vegeta had even saved Gohan, his choice to let Vegeta live had already proved right.

"I'm warning you to go home." Goku tried one final time.

"I think." Ginyu said "we should turn the heat up!" Ginyu released a series of powerful blasts the Goku easily deflected.

"Please." Goku had to try just one more time "this doesn't have to be this way."

"You've got good form in the face of fire." Ginyu cackled releasing more blasts. Goku wasn't even phased and the fact the Ginyu seemed pleased about this made him begin to worry. He was either insane or had something sly up his sleeve.

"Yes, YES!" Ginyu threw his scouter to Jeice.

"Captain?"

"Hold that for me." He smiled at Goku, Goku tried to prepare himself but what could he be planning.

"but you'll need this?" Jeice called back.

"Not just yet I won't." Ginyu threw his arms wide. Goku sensed the rise in his energy he readied himself as best he could but he was completely open to attack right now..

Ginyu punched a hole through his own chest and howled in pain.

"What are you doing?" Goku shouted. "you're nuts!"

"now, it begins." Ginyu smirked and his energy raised even higher.

"what are you doing?" Goku demanded. The ground shook, his energy pulsed.

Come on Goku thought give me your best shot

Ginyu extended his arms again and Goku felt something wrong with his body.

"Change…"

"I can't move!"

"NOW!" A beam shot out from Ginyu's mouth and Goku couldn't feel his body anymore. He couldn't tell what was going on.

Finally, the light settled and Goku found himself looking at himself. Pain radiating from his chest, his energy cut in half.

"What… what kind of power is this?" Goku demanded.

"the power to metamorph into your body." Captain Ginyu smirked, the look was strange on Goku's face. It was strange to be looking at himself.

"No." Goku grunted through the pain "you can't do this."

"Captain." Jeice flew up to his leader and handed him the scouter.

"Thanks." Securing the scouter Ginyu just laughed at the powerful man, thankfully he didn't have to be stronger than his opponents, he just had to steal their body's.

"well, it was great to meet you, Goku, your body will serve both frieza and myself well.

"No!" Goku struggled to hold himself up let alone launch an attack. "you can't."

"I'd say see you around." Ginyu chuckled "but without medical attention you aren't going to make it very far." Ginyu waved as he and Jeice took to the sky and bolted.

"this body is so fast!" Ginyu laughed as he took off.

"No!" Goku called after them "you can't leave me like this." Goku struggled through the air and, barely able to keep in the air with his decreasing power and this strange new bulky body.

"It doesn't matter." Goku growled at himself angry he had let this happen. "I can't give up, I will stop you!" He yelled at the sky "if it takes the last breath in my body I will stop you!"

V

"Something's wrong…" V felt it in her core but she didn't know what it was.

"What's wrong?" Gohan and Veltro came to her side. V shook her head "I don't know, I can just feel it."

Gohan reached for her and felt what she meant immediately. "you feel it in your heart." Gohan clarified for her.

"what, how can I feel it in my heart?" She asked him.

"Is something wrong with dad?" Gohan tried to feel out their father but his energy seemed okay, a little off but he had changed so much it was hard to tell.

"feel that?" V asked.

"there's something about the energy from his body and his spirit." She went on, unable to figure out what was going on here.

"I…" Gohan reached and felt but she was taking most of his attention, everything he felt right then was from her.

"I don't know V," Gohan sighed. "I don't feel anything off expect what I'm feeling from you."

"I… don't." V shook herself "maybe it's nothing."

"I think you should trust your instincts." Nail rested a hand on her shoulder. "you have them for a reason. But it's time for you to go. Retrieve the dragon balls before Frieza can get back to his ship." He nudged her toward the door.

"Frieza is on his way here." V's blood ran cold. "hurry Nail, we have to get Guru out of here."

"Go." Nail pushed her ahead and then pushed Dende into her "take him with you, protect him."

"But, Nail-"

"are you denying the order of your elder?" He cocked a smiled at her and she felt her heart breaking. Nail who had defended her when she first came here and then brought her to Guru to hear the words that affected her life so much.

"Protect him, V." Nail looked at her seriously. She took Dende's hand "I will protect him with my life." She swore "only second to Gohan." She told him honestly.

"I understand that." Nail nodded at the group of fighters. "now go, before Frieza gets her."

"Nail." V met his eyes "please don't die."

"I am Namek's greatest warrior." Nail smiled at her "give me a bit of credit." V forced a smile because if you have never fought frieza before or seen him you couldn't possibly understand the fear V had crawling up and down her spine and chilling her blood to ice.

"I'll wish you back… if anything happens." She swore.

"I trust you." Nail smiled "now go."

V bobbed her head and collected her boys, Gohan with her tail, Veltro with her left hand and Dende with her right. She would protect them all.

"Dende will be safest with Bulma and the dragon radar can't hurt." Krillin offered.

"right." V agreed, she felt out Bulma's energy and followed it.

Finding Bulma was easy but she was playing with another dinosaur.

"she and Piccolo would get along." V rolled her eyes and Gohan laughed.

"What's so funny?" Krillin asked feeling left out.

"Piccolo left us with dinosaurs a lot." Gohan snickered.

"um… that sounds concerning considering you guys are like 5 years old." Krillin really wondered what kind of training Gohan underwent with Piccolo. If maybe leaving them alone wasn't the smartest of moves, Gohan was just a kid after all and not like V was a kid, like a real kid.

"it doesn't matter now, does it." V demanded picking up on Krillin's thoughts. She hated that his thoughts were becoming easier and easier to pick up.

Krillin scowled at her, he hated that he could read her thoughts.

"hey, Veroca." Veltro intervened sensing Veroca's Darkening mood.

"hmm?" she met Veltro's warm eyes. "after all this is over and we win, we're gonna have so much fun." Veltro squeezed her hand in his "we can spar together now too since we're both better fighters."

"I'd wipe the floor with you." V smiled at him.

"oh yeah?" Veltro smiled back, that competitive saiyan blood unable to turn down a challenge.

"for sure." V had the biggest smile on her face and both Gohan and Veltro felt good that she was smiling for once. Like she was really enjoying this moment.

"THERE YOU GUYS ARE!" Bulma's voice grated against V's ears and they landed in front of her, Gohan swiftly rescuing her from the giant dinosaur.

"I have been here all by myself this whole time. I fought a giant crab underwater and there are all these Dinosaurs and you guys have been off doing what?" she demanded.

"almost dying." V answered honestly.

"wh…what?" Bulma just stared at the small girl. A little taken aback by her wide eyes and blunt tone.

"Frieza is here and we need the dragon radar." V held her hand out for it.

"may we please have it?"

"What so you all can run off and leave me again!" She screamed at the girl. Gohan slipped his hand into her pocket and snagged the radar.

"I promise you Bulma." Krillin sighed "I wish I could stay here with you but I have to go possibly fight Vegeta again."

"wait what?" Bulma exclaimed.

"Dende will fill you in." V nudged Dende to Bulma's side.

"who?" Bulma looked at the little green Namekian.

"This is Dende, keep him safe. It's too dangerous where we're going, he'll tell you everything and we will be back soon or we'll be dead." V grabbed Gohan's hand squeezed Veltro's. they would not die. She could die, but not them.

Gohan led the way with the radar. V tried to monitor everything but then there was too much happening, she felt Vegeta destroying things, frieza closing in on Nail and Guru and What she thought was her father's energy but the core of her being told her something was wrong.

Daddy? She tried to reach out but what she felt didn't feel like her father and was weak, so focused on something else that it paid no attention to her.

Frieza had just gotten to Nail. Gohan senses V's distress through their bond, while Veltro could read it in the tension in her hand.

"What's wrong?" Gohan asked in her head and Veltro asked aloud.

"Frieza is with Nail now." Veltro and Dronare both understood between what that meant.

"then we should hurry." Dronare suggested. V nodded her head and tried to resist the urge to fly back and try to help because she wouldn't be any help. Frieza would kill them both without hesitation. She'd be a distraction, something in the way. She had her mission, she knew what she could do to help and it wasn't going to be getting killed with Nail.

"are you okay?" Veltro whispered while Gohan just tried to fill her with his affection for her.

"I'm fine." She whispered back. She didn't want to seem weak for wanting to go back for Nail and Guru.

You're not weak Gohan's voice was firm in her head.

"Drop!" V tugged Gohan and Veltro down. Dronare immediately followed Veltro and Krillin stuck with Gohan. They saw Frieza's ship in the distance. it didn't try to hide.

"Vegeta is in there." She felt his presence more than sense his energy. This extra extension of herself was turning out to be useful.

"you're sure?" Krillin asked.

"She's sure." Veltro and Gohan answered in unison. Gohan because she felt him through their link and Veltro because he'd believe anything V said. Side with her over anything and anyone.

The z fighters landed by the ship. V was fully aware of Vegeta watching them but didn't bring attention to it yet.

"it says they're right here." Gohan noted, confused as he stood with the dragon radar right there.

"the dirt." Krillin noted.

"it looks recently dug up." Dronare followed Krillin's thought.

"better start digging." Veltro dropped to his knees first. Krillin and Gohan following his lead.

"figures, Vegeta had one job, find the dragon balls for us." V stood, ready for Vegeta to pounce. She was ready. she could take him this time. She was stronger and smarter and would not fall for his tricks again.

"Nail!" V exclaimed felling the sharp decrease. Veltro and Dronare felt it at the same time and froze just as Veltro dug up the last dragon ball.

"Veroca, no." Dronare placed a hand on her shoulder. "we can save him in the long run if we do this now."

"I… know." V ground her teeth together, daring Vegeta to try anything right now because she would take this anger out on him.

"You're young." He whispered to her "but you need to be a warrior right now." He squeezed her shoulder "for them." She didn't have to look to know he was talking about Gohan and Veltro.

"I know." She swallowed hard and balled her hands into fists.

"hide." She felt it all of a sudden. She grabbed her boys and threw them behind the nearest rock and then grabbed Krillin and dove behind the same rock, Dronare right on her tail.

Jeice and Goku landed beside the dragon balls. And Krillin blew a sigh of relief.

"Hey Goku!" Krillin stepped out first. V didn't move and both Veltro and Gohan were anchored to her. Dronare hovered over the kids and waited for V to make a move, she was sensing something but he wasn't sure what it was yet.

"Hey, Goku, what are you doing with this guy?" Krillin approached his friend. "he switch sides?"

"How did you find the dragon balls." Ginyu asked disguised by Goku's face.

"Quite kidding around, you know how we found them, with the dragon radar." Krillin laughed. V and the others hung back.

"why are you hiding?" Veltro whispered "isn't that your dad?"

"I…" V looked him over, he sure looked like her dad but something was wrong.

"I feel it too V." Gohan assured her

"Hey, Goku" Krillin waved his hand in front of his friend. "You there bud?"

"That's not dad!" Gohan and V shouted at the same time.

Goku's hand struck out faster than lightning and wacked Krillin aside. Krillin recovered in a back hand spring.

"are you okay?" Gohan asked him.

"Yeah but, what do you mean, this isn't your dad, take a look for yourself." Krillin gestured ahead of him.

"His eyes." Gohan and V said it at the same time again. Their thoughts completely in sync. "when I look into his eyes I just know its not dad." Gohan and V continued. V pushed Gohan and Veltro back.

"What have you done with my father?" V demanded sinking into a fighting stance. She knew how under handed the Ginyus were.

"Lets' just say I'm taking your dad's body for a test drive.

"You're what!" they all exclaimed in unison, except for V who had heard rumors before but never believed them.

"You're a thief and you're going to give back that body." V growled angrily, energy swirling.

"Come and take it from me," Ginyu smirked and V hated the look on her father's face. "if you can half pint."

"What did you do to our dad?" Gohan demanded joining V.

"Where is he?" Krillin demanded.

"Lets put it this way." Ginyu sneered "the same thing I'm gonna do to you."

He charged forward and attacked. V took the first blow stepping in front of Gohan. Gohan tried not to be irritated with her but she needed to let him fight. Veltro landed the next hit in anger for hitting V.

The three young fighters and Krillin struggled while Dronare squared off with Jeice.

"You hurt my son." Dronare settled into his fighting stance. "now you will pay for it."

"you couldn't beat me then," Jeice smirked "what makes you think you're gonna beat me now?"

"Call it a boost." Dronare charged the red alien.

"You give me back my dad you creep." V swung out at her father's face and hesitated. She could not hit her father not matter how much she knew it wasn't him. Ginyu capitalized on that moment and nailed her in the face with a powerful knee. It occurred to V then that she had never sparred with her own father. She met him, he died, she trained with Piccolo and then they fought the Saiyans and then he got hurt and then she and Gohan went to Namek and then he showed up saved them and sent them off. She had watched him fight but that wasn't the same as fighting him and figuring out how he really ticked as a fighter.

"Gohan?" V ducked, Veltro swung V yanked Veltro back with her tail from the next swing and then landed a devastating kick to Ginyu's gut.

"Yeah, V?" Gohan ducked and swung and missed and duck and hit and then got hit.

"have you ever." V smashed her elbow into Ginyu's face wincing when it looked a lot like Goku when he was in pain.

"sparred with dad?" she ducked and pushed both Gohan and Veltro and Krillin back when she dodged his kick.

"No." Gohan Ducked "I haven't."

"Well I have." Krillin barely parried Ginyu's next blow "and this is not his style at all so knowing how Goku fights would have helped this at all."

"Oh…" V slammed a double knee and an elbow to Ginyu's face, closing her eyes when the pain contorted his face into something somewhat more like her father

"well, good to know." V yanked Gohan backed and threw a ki blast into his face before yanking everyone else back.

"back off." V's energy swirled and pulsed "I got this." She wrapped her tail around her waist and charged.

It's not dad V chanted head butting Ginyu

It's not dad V was kicked across the field but bounced back.

"let me help!" Gohan charged after her as she kicked and punched and dodged.

"Stay back, Gohan." V shouted taking another blow to the gut and getting kicked across the field.

It's not dad

"MASENKO…"

It's not dad

"HA!" she felt the energy drain from the attack as she released it on the face and body of her father.

It's not dad.

"Stay back, Gohan."

"We're a team, V." Gohan shouted
"You two Veltro." She snapped sensing Veltro sneaking forward.

"I told you." V rolled her neck, doing her best Vegeta imitation "I've got this."

"Oh, you've got this do you?" Ginyu laughed "Vegeta's pet has got this huh?" Ginyu threw his head back and laughed. V charged and they went at it again leaving Gohan and Veltro worried on the sidelines and also angry with their sister and friend because she was too stubborn for her own good and getting to be strong enough to back it up.

"You're going to give my daddy back his body!" V yelled missing her high kick and getting nailed in the side. She recovered and mentally brushed Gohan's concern away because no matter what she did in life, nothing would feel better than the battle that was in her blood. She was not a peaceful race, or a kind race but she was a strong race and that strength would have to be enough today because if she couldn't stop this guy here and soon then he'd go after Gohan next, he'd go after Veltro and Krillin and Dronare and then Dende and Bulma and then this planet would be nothing. How would she stop Frieza if she couldn't even handle Ginyu?

I'll never forgive myself if anything happens to Gohan or V. Goku's voice was strong in her head but the energy accompanying it was weak.

"Gohan, Veltro, shoot a blast into the sky." V commanded ducking from Ginyus' leg. "Now!" she snapped and her two boys obliged.

We're here daddy V forced the words across the expanse of the planet to him. She had a feeling he wasn't in any condition to fight.

"Come and get me Ginyu." V charged again. She would not fail her family… either of them. Not Veltro and the Namekians and not Gohan and Goku. She would not fail.

"you're nothing but a body snatcher and you can't win fights with stolen moves." She missed her kick.

"Watch me." Ginyu landed a solid hit to her stomach and she hit the ground.

"any last words."

"Actually." V smirked and for once was happy with her secondary power. She pressed her fingers to her forehead and closer her eyes. "I do."

"cover your eyes. Krillin hissed at Gohan and Veltro.

"Solar Flare!" V shouted filling the battlefield with light.

"how do you like being blindsided." V continued her barrage of assaults hoping Ginyu's lack of understanding of Goku's body would be enough to save them. Maybe she really could win this fight.

**Author's Note**

Okay it's up, I am sorry for the wait all of those who messaged me demanding when the next chapter would be up.

I like my stories to be thought out and sometimes that means more time spent on one chapter than is meant to be. I was also participating in nanowrmio this month and just about go there but just a hair under the mark.

as always, thanks for reading. I hope you are enjoy it. especially this story because the V stories(as i call them) were something I made when I was about sevenish years old and wanted to be in the z world so badly I convinced myself I was Goku's daughter and he was my anime dad and Gohan my Anime brother. V is one of my ll time favorite of my OC's and she'll always hold a special place in my heat.

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