V

Ginyu was learning how to handle Goku's body too quickly.

"Don't touch her!" Veltro flew ahead the second V got knocked down, he landed a few good hits but Ginyu just knocked him aside.

Now we're getting somewhere." Ginyu laughed "you brats are in for it now."

"What do we do?" Gohan asked,

"You stay back," V picked herself up for the hundredth time. Try and figure out how we can get them to switch again." She charged forward.

"V, wait!" Gohan called after her but she was right, they had to figure something out before it was too late. What If this became permanent if they didn't get them changed in time. There was always a time limit in the books he's read.

"Well?" Veltro itched to do something but he seemed to get in V's way more than he helped her. she spent too much time worrying about him, taking hits for him. Why couldn't she and Dronare just let him fight?"

"You're not my father!" V yelled more so trying to convince herself. Tears streamed from her eyes as she said it, she hated saying it, she hated fighting her father's body.

"You are not him." She swung and knocked him into the ground. "you're not you're not you're not."

Ginyu rebounded and slammed V face first into the ground.

"Awe does the baby want to cry because she misses her daddy?" he threw her across the field., Veltro dove for her.

"V!" V twisted away from him and charged right back at Ginyu.

Come and get it small fry!" Ginyu was ready. V came to a halt,

"Dad?"

"I can be your new dad; I'll teach you all about how to be a great fighter?" Ginyu lunged and punched V straight into the ground.

"V, NO!" The voice was that of Ginyu's, but the concern was her father's.

"Daddy!" V popped up from the ground relatively unfazed by Ginyu's blow.

"Daddy…" Gohan's disgust and fear and pain surged through V and his bond. "no…. that can't be him." Tears welled up in Gohan's eyes at the sight of his father. He couldn't stop his overactive imagination from seeing a new life with his father in Ginyu's body.

"Daddy, you're hurt." V went for him but Ginyu caught her tail and slammed her into the ground.

"you're not going anywhere pipsqueak."

"Get your hands off my daughter!" Goku coughed up a wad of blood but he wasn't going to let that stop him from saving his kid.

"you're hurt." V stared in horror at the gaping hole in his chest, anger filled her, and she whirled on Ginyu.

"you cheater!" she nailed him in the jaw "stealer!" she punched him so hard he skid across the ground. She pursued him.

"it's not fair!" she kicked him into the ground, cracking the ground with the impact. "you stole his body because you were too weak!"

Ginyu kicked her and sent her across the field, chasing her he knocked her into the ground so deep her whole body was covered in dirt.

"You little brat, you actually made me bleed."

"Ginyu, you are going to regret this. My body can't just be used like that. It took years of finding the perfect balance between body mind and spirit for me to achieve my strength." Goku struggled ahead. Gohan was still in shock

That is out father V sent the message to him with all the confidence she felt. I know he looks weird but feel him, don't look at him. That's our dad, not this phony. V had been reluctant to fight Ginyu the same way Gohan was but seeing him now, even in a different body, the look in his eyes was unmistakable.

I know, it's just…

Mom's gonna kill him V joked, and it worked because Gohan cracked a smile and she ripped herself out of the ground.

"Eh." Jiece plowed Dronare into the dirt "what's this guy doin here?"

"Dronare!" Veltro rushed to help him but Jeice just blasted him and sent him skidding across the ground. V snatched him up before he could get too far.

"You okay?" she asked him.

"I'm fine, thanks for the save." She offered him a smile and she set him back on his feet.

"Gohan, are you okay?" Goku hadn't missed Gohan's reaction to him.

"Goku…" Krillin finally spoke up, pulling himself off the ground from his fight with Jeice. They were so incredibly outclassed Krillin was almost embarrassed.

"It's me." Goku assured him. "how're you doing?" Goku winced again. Krillin couldn't help but smile, nothing was fixed, Goku was injured and not even in his body, they were getting their butts handed to them but… Goku was here and that smile, even on the wrong face, he just knew everything would be okay.

"Could be better, but boy am I glad to see you here." He picked himself up and smiled at his friend.

"Sorry I'm late." Goku winced again "and that I'm not more help right now."

V ached at seeing her dad so hurt, she could still feel Gohan's shock. Anger built up inside her and she barreled through the air tackling Ginyu into the ground and slamming her fists at him

"give my daddy his body back right now!" she screamed at him "now now now now!" she screamed shrill and loud and animalistic, Chichi would not be happy with her right now.

Ginyu caught her fists "you might not be as weak as I thought." He blasted her in the face and hammered her into the ground again. "but you're still a saiyan and vermin like you need to remember your place."

"Let go of her!" Veltro and Gohan clotheslined Ginyu off V, their friend in danger making them both move without a thought.

"Are you okay?" Gohan pulled her out of the dirt.

"I'm fine, stop getting in the way." She charged passed the two and plowed her elbow into Ginyu's face.

"Give his body back now!" she screamed at him. He caught her by her tail and threw her into the ground.

"now!" she rebounded immediately and swung her leg out at him, he dodged, and she thwacked him with her tail, it was relatively weak hit, but it did the job, he redirected his attention and she blasted him directly in the face.

"Give it back now." V's energy surged. Goku couldn't help but feel a sense of pride as he watched his daughter fight for the safety of her family and friends, that's my little girl.

"Give it back give it back give it back!" She screamed at him, tackling him into a giant boulder.

V's energy surged, she felt herself drawing Ginyu's energy from her father's body and then light filled her vision so that Ginyu was the only thing she could see and then she saw herself for just a second and then she was staring at Ginyu again.

"What the hell was that?" Ginyu caught her by her neck and squeezed. The shock of what V had just done had stunned her.

"how did you do that?"

"I don't know?" she wasn't afraid of him; she was afraid of herself. She just used his power, she was gaining more bad guy powers, she was going to be the bad guy if she kept doing this.

"You stole from me this time." Ginyu smirked, V hated that look on her dad's face.

"Give my daddy back his body, now." She growled at him.

"you're no better than me you little thief." He blasted her in the face.

"V!" Goku, Gohan and Veltro called out.

I don't want to be a bad guy. V skid across the ground. Veltro attacked Ginyu. Gohan went to V. Dronare smashed into the ground beside Krillin.

"He's too strong." Dronare picked himself up and wiped the blood from his mouth.

Goku suddenly noticed the energy "Vegeta."

"You all are pathetic." Vegeta sneered. "I am going to wish on that damn dragon, and I am going to kill frieza and none of you are going to stand in my way."

Ginyu tossed Veltro aside "well well well, if it isn't the lapdog."

"You'll regret those words." Vegeta smirked and V felt a chill pass through her. Ginyu was usually stronger than Vegeta but not right now. V felt Vegeta's new energy increase and saw the determination in his eyes. Anyone that got in his way mind was well dig their own grave, including Ginyu.

"Well come on then, show me what all the saiyan hype is about." Ginyu squared off and Vegeta charged at top speed.

"Go to hell." Vegeta slammed his fist into Ginyu's face.

"He's so much stronger." V felt herself trembling, there was still no way he was stronger than her daddy. Her daddy was the strongest.

"V!" Gohan yelled through their link.

Huh?"

"Are you okay?" concern filled his eyes "you didn't answer me."

"Sorry, I just… Vegeta." V pushed herself to her feet.

"He's so strong." Gohan acknowledged.

"How do we fight that, as soon as he's done with Ginyu he'll come for us next." V looked to Gohan "He'll come for you…"

"you're not even afraid for you." Gohan hugged V.

Veltro finally regain himself and went to V, "are you okay?"

"are you?" she asked looking at all the cuts and bruises covering him.

"I'm fine." She plastered on a huge smile "he's not so tough."

V laughed; she could feel the pain aching through him.

"Vegeta will finish off, we need to go help Dronare." V bolted and slammed her fist into Jeice's face. Jiece was nothing compared to Ginyu. His fighting style was sloppy, he wasn't as fast as V originally thought, he wasn't unstoppable, none of these guys were. That's what her dad showed her. even if it seems like its impossible… it can be done. She had to remember that I'm not a bad guy V charged forward. Jeice nailed her in the gut but she caught his arm with her tail and anchored herself there to land her next shot.

"Together!" V shouted as sent Jiece a few feet back and she, Dronare, Gohan, Veltro and Krillin powered up their best attacks.

"NO WAY!" Jeice tried to block it but the combined strength of the z fighters took him out. He hit the ground, out cold.

"Good job guys!" V cheered "perfect timing!"

"Great work you guys!" Goku cheered them on.

A crash dragged their attention back to the real fight. Vegeta was slammed into the ground.

"Oh No! he'd figuring out how to use my power!" Goku wanted to take his body back but what could he do in this body.

Vegeta ripped himself out of the ground and plowed his fists into Ginyu's stomach and kicked him in the face.

"DIE ALREADY!" Vegeta screamed charging him again but he froze, midair.

"Change…"

"Dad!" V bolted toward her dad, but he already saw the opportunity.

"NOW!"

Goku jumped into the path of the change.

"Yes!" V, Gohan and Krillin cheered as the normal look of Goku's eyes returned to the correct body.

"Damn Vegeta." Goku winced in even more pain "did you have to wreck my body do much?"

"What the hell just happened?" Vegeta growled confused as to why he had suddenly been unable to move and why Kakarot seemed back to his annoying self.

"Dammit." Ginyu clutched at his chest. "you got in my way."

"Serves you right?" V yelled at him.

"What the hell just happened!" Vegeta demanded.

"Ginyu was trying to steal your body." V clarified for him. "Dad jumped in the way though, he saved you."

"I didn't need to be saved." Vegeta growled giving her a death stare.

"Second times the charm." Ginyu smirked.

"I'll kill them both!" Vegeta charged at Ginyu again.

"Vegeta you dummy! V bolted and grabbed him, but the beam was already reaching out for them.

"Get off me you brat!"

"CHANGE NOW!" Ginyu shouted drawing their attention, they were both stuck this time. How the heck did that work.

Gohan watched and imagined the same thing happening with V, Chichi already had a hard time with her, there's no way their mom would take her back looking like that.

"I guess it's up to me then." Gohan snatched the nearest living thing he could find, a frog and launched it in the middle of the beam.

"Leave me sister alone!" he shouted as the frog crossed into the path of the beam just in time.

V and Vegeta's bodies were released. Vegeta seethed at being caught in the same trap twice.

"get off me you brat." Vegeta smacked V aside.

"You have Gohan to thank for you not being stuck in Ginyu's body." V left him there tackled her brother to the ground.

That was genius!" she hugged him.

"You're okay." Gohan hugged her back.

"I am but I don't know if dad is." The two kids flew over to their dad.

"Hey guys." He winced but didn't lose his smile.

"Daddy, you're hurt bad." Gohan and V got on either side of him.

"Nah, I'm okay." Goku smiled even wider as Krillin and Dronare limped over.

"Things always work out when you're around, Goku." Krillin breathed a sigh of relief.

Vegeta hit the ground beside them, eyes raging. "and exactly how is everything okay when I'm about to kill you all?" V stood up and met him midway.

"No, you're not." She stood solid between him and her family.

"And who's going to stop me runt?" he sneered "You?"

"You're not gonna do it because you know you need my dad's help to fight frieza."

"not when I'm immortal." Vegeta smiled.

"and how are you gonna do that when you don't even know hot to use the dragon balls.?" V smirked right back at him, feeling his influence on her.

Vegeta snorted. "he's not worth my time in this state, when I beat that idiot it's going to be at full strength, and no one will be able to deny that I am the superior fighter." He snatched her off the ground and held her up to his face.

"Got it brat."

V smiled right back in his face knowing full well where this part of her comes from "good luck with that."

Vegeta tossed her aside, earning some dirty looks from Veltro and Gohan.

"come on, we need to get you back into fighting shape." Vegeta turned toward the ship. V and Gohan lifted their dad up and followed with the rest of the gang.

"You okay, Veroca?" Veltro asked.

"I'm fine." V offered a smile "he's mad cause I'm right."

"we'll show him when we beat Frieza." Veltro smiled back, his smile faltered, and he looked at V with the fear he had been pressing down to keep up with her courage.

"we're gonna beat him, right?" Veltro had never looked so vulnerable to V, he was always smiling, always laughing, he made her feel better, but he was looking to her for the reassurance. So, she plastered on an imitation of her father's smile. The one she saw just before he fought Vegeta the first time and she had felt so incredibly safe.

"Of course, we are." She exuded that same confidence and safety. Veltro decided right there that this was his favorite look on her.

"yeah." He nodded and flew beside her into the ship.

Author's Note:

So I'm super sorry for such a delayed post. I actually didn't realize that many people cared if I finished this and I have gotten literal hundreds of messages from people asking me to post again and that made me feel super awesome, soooo yeah here we go. I have been rewatching the series so I can get things as right as possible and if you're enjoying this I do love to hear from you because it does help me see which stories people genuinely want to see the end to wand which ones are solely for my enjoyment. Interaction helps me think of what can and should happen next.

this is also a story that was a huge coping mechanism for a super toxic family situation I was in and that I am not longer in so the adjustment period has been strange and given me a lot of anxiety and so my creative juices have just not been 100% there so i do apologize and thank you for all those who have messaged me. i will be trying to get this back on track. I have already started the next chapter so that should be up sunday and I hope you enjoy this one.

P.S i do have a tiktok, very anime related, bunch of diy merch stuff coming up. also my own personal merch with V if anyone is interested it is NunchiGoya. I have a bunch of My Hero Academia stuff posted right now because I just finished the anime and I am catching up on the mangas and I made an Aizawa shirt that I'm super happy with. there is also a tiktok bnha video fic up there if you want to check it out that would be awesome.

Again thank you all for reading and for the massive support on this story. It's not got an insane amount of followers or anything but the comments on my stories have really helped me get through my hardest days and I still go back and read them when I'm having especially bad days.

XOXO

See you Sunday 3