"Did you just steal my wish?" Vegeta growled stalking toward V.

"Do whatever you want to me, you can't hurt me now." V smirked. The dark energy swirled without the influence of Gohan to calm it.

"Watch me." Vegeta charged forward snatching V from the group and slamming her face into the ground. She wrapped her tail around Vegeta's arm and pulled herself toward him.

"It doesn't matter what you do to me." V slammed her fist into his face and rammed her head into his skull, successfully shaking him loose. She powered up two blasts in her hands and launched them at him. They hit and V was actually surprised when they knocked him into the ground. She followed through and kicked him deeper into his crater.

"You always think you can go around telling everyone what to do." She jumped away from him and her hands gathered energy.

"You always think you're better than everyone else." The energy she gathered grew.

"You always think you can hurt people and get away with it." her body felt like it was on fire, she drew from the core of her strength, there as no one here to look down on here for this, no one to stop her this time.

"I hate you, Vegeta!" she launched the blast but Vegeta just smiled and then he was gone and the blast hit and then he was in front of her.

"Die." Vegeta blasted her into the sky, followed after her and elbowed her into the planet, namek shook with her impact. He powered up his ons blast.

"Let me show you a real Saiyan's anger…. GALIK." Purple energy swirled in his hands, "GUN!" A direct hit.

"Veroca!" Dende called out. V didn't get up. Dronare and Krillin just stared. Even Krillin felt bad.

"Veroca." Dronare ground his teeth, what could he do? This alien as too strong.

"Still worthless" Vegeta cackled "after all this training, and spouting all this nonsense about your new family. You're still weak, you still can't stand shoulder to shoulder with me." He laughed, landing at her head. He pressed his boot into her head and rubbed her face into the ground.

"If you beg I'll spare their lives." Vegeta held his hand out to the others.

"Dammit…" Krillin ground his teeth together.

"Don't touch them." V ground pushing herself back onto her knees. Her energy pulsed, growing, swirling around her , her eyes glowed.

"Back for seconds runt?" Vegeta reached to pick her up by her hair. V tackled him surged forward by a burst of energy. V's body ached with the increased energy, it was not her energy, that much was clear.

Where did all this power come from? Vegeta was surprised when her attack actually hurt. She came at him again and again. She was relentless and so incredible fast he was losing sight of her.

Where the hell did this all come from? He tried to get his hands up to block but she got straight passed his defenses.

Five seconds ago she was at my feet, her face in the dirt right where she belonged Vegeta finally caught her eyes and saw it. the spark of that saiyan blood.

Gohan

"No, V, you can't do this!" Gohan yelled reaching through their bond. She felt so far, she hadn't felt this far ever before. It was painfully empty. It made his very soul ache.

"Wish me back there, Dronare!" Veltro yelled, tears filled his eyes despite how hard he tried to keep them back how could she do this, she was supposed to be his friend, they were supposed to be stronger together.

Gohan looked to Piccolo but he couldn't even be excited when V was so far away. "tell her she can't do this, she's not supposed to fight on her own." Gohan wanted to feel tears but all he felt was anger, why are you doing this, V, I can help.

"You wish us back right now!" Veltro grabbed King Kai and Yelled at the others "wish my back right now, Dronare."

"I won't." Dronare answered back, Veltro could feel the disturbance on the other side.

"What's going on?" Veltro asked suspiciously.

"Nothing."

"V and Vegeta are fighting." Gohan filled him in, he could feel it, he knew V was doing but her energy was off. it wasn't hers.

"What!" Veltro felt sick "alone!"

"V is a warrior, she wouldn't have you guys involved even if you were there." Piccolo had never felt such a frustrating rage before. V, ho could you do this.

"Wish me back right now, Dronare!" Veltro could barely see through his tears. "Please, she needs me." Veltro begged, Veltro could see himself in Dronare's memory, begging Dronare to bring her back to him after she left, to go out and search for her, he had to save her. Veltro realized this desperation he felt was the same as it was then, when he lost V the very first time.

V… you wish us back right now. He felt the fight going on, Vegeta was winning until her energy changed.

V, don't give in to that part of you. He had sensed the dark energy in her growing, he had chosen to ignore it because she was not evil. He just knew it, she would never hurt an innocent person, she was just confused, she grew up with evil people if she wanted to be evil she would've been already. Its the energy she's absorbing, its messing with her, he needed to be with her to keep her focus off it. If he were there she wouldn't be letting it take over like this.

You wish me back now, V He yelled at her but she didn't answer, she was so far out of his reach. This felt like watching an accident that you couldn't stop.

Piccolo watched the scene through the connection King Kai allowed. Vegeta had been winning, but V had access to a different part of her power now and the tables had turned. V charged after Vegeta, it as brutal. The apathy he felt from her, she hated Vegeta but she wasn't malicious. It was so mechanical as if she decided he as a threat that needed to be eliminated. It wasn't unlike a move Vegeta himself would make, its similar to when he took out Nappa, he didn't do it for any real reason other than the fact that he decided Nappa was in the way. Vegeta was in V's way, that's all she saw and she was going to remove it that obstacle.

"You can't just do whatever you want." V's screamed so loudly King Kai flinched.

Yamcha and Tien exchanged glances "is… all that power…

"…coming from that little girl?" Yamcha shivered.

"V is powerful, she is not evil." Piccolo snapped at them. He tried to reach out to her but there was a groaning chasm between them. She didn't want anyone to stop her.

Come on, kid… you've got to pull yourself together.

"V…" Gohan kept reaching out for her. He felt her resistance but he kept at it, pressing harder reaching farther. "you're not bad, V. you're better than Vegeta. You're more than what you think." Gohan fought her for the first time.

"I'll lose this fight if you keep this up." V finally responded.

"You don't have to fight him. Wish us back, we can fight Frieza together." Gohan argued still pushing.

I'll open the connection after I take care of Vegeta Gohan sensed her energy blast and then felt her get his. She closed the door on their connection again.

"V COME BACK!" he screamed it into otherworld and through their connection.

V

It was too late to turn back. V charged and hit charged and hit. She was unstoppable right now, she could win. She was so sure of it, if only Gohan would stop pushing and Veltro would stop yelling and Piccolo could stop being worried.

Shut them out something inside her whispered. Vegeta will kill Gohan, he'll hurt his friends, he has to be destroyed That was all true. Vegeta had already tried to kill them all once, he kept threatening it, he would do it again, he would kill them and the if she didn't take care of this now then Vegeta could strike the moment opportunity arises. She could not let that opportunity arise she had to take her opportunity right now.

"Die!" V powered up her blasts, vegeta was on the ground, there was no way he could defend himself.

"She sure sounds just like Vegeta." Krillin's voice, of everyone trying to get through to her, hy did his voice break her concentration? V felt herself freezing up, the idea that she was like Vegeta in any way.

I have to do this her innermost self yelled at her I have to protect Gohan!

"You little brat." Vegeta charged. V lost too much concentration, the energy slipped from her hands, she barely had enough to block his assault but that didn't matter, he hit her again right after the initial blow.

"You are nothing!" Vegeta yelled "you aren't even ranked, you have no family, you have no power and you have NO SAIYAN PRIDE!" he slammed her into the ground. Why were his hits hurting s much, she felt so little before, this was Krillin's fault, if he just kept his mouth shut Vegeta would be dead, they'd never have to worry about him again.

"You thought for a second you had me." Vegeta shoved her face into the ground. Why was all her energy leaving her. exhaustion set in for no reason. Why can't I control my power?

"You think I'd let myself get killed by you?" Vegeta picked her up and slammed her into the ground. "Some low class, halfling brat!"

"Stop it!" Dende yelled, he couldn't bare it anymore, he couldn't watch his friend be hurt like this anymore.

"What's that?" Vegeta slid his glare to the young Namekian.

Don't touch him!" V swung her arm out but Vegeta caught it and shoved her back into the ground. Energy gathered in his hand, the same hand gripping the back of V's head.

"Now you are going to wish for immortality for me or I am going to blast her head off right now."

"You wouldn't" Dronare couldn't believe he was so evil, he had a sense that Vegeta wasn't exactly a good guy but he seemed willing to fight frieza on their team and now he was threatening to kill Veroca, just like that, that would absolutely destroy Veltro. He couldn't let Vercoa die.

"Don't you dare do it, Dende." V called out to him, her voice muffled by the dirt. "don't give him that wish."

"If you don't wish for my immortality by the count of five her death will be on your hands, brat." Veget gathered more energy into his palm, the energy made V shiver, she tried to take it from him but nothing was working. She was losing energy, like someone pulled the stopper on the sink and all her energy was escaping.

"one." Veget gripped V's head harder.

"Don't do it!" V yelled at him, Dende glanced to Dronare for help but he was torn as well. This kind of alien couldn't have immortality, he had no respect for life but if Veroca dies… Veltro would never forgive him, he would be so sad Dronare feared what would become of him.

"Two." Vegeta squeezed harder again.

"No!" V screamed again.

"V…" Dende could barely watch the scene, this was Gohan's soul mate, how could he allow her to die? It would kill Gohan if she died.

"Three." Vegeta slammed V into the ground "make a choice, her life or a wish."

Dende squeezed his eyes shut hoping to rid this scene from his view.

"Four…" Vegeta powered the blast up "Five"

"Okay!" Dende turned to Porunga, arms raised and asked the dragon for Vegeta's immortality.

"YES!" Vegeta released V.

"No…" She slammed her first into the ground. "I failed you Gohan." How could she protect Gohan from Vegeta now?

The dragon dispersed and the dragon balls fell to the ground covered in stone.

"Well." Vegeta demanded, "did it work? I don't feel any different."

"No…" Dende fell to his knees, Dronare rested a hand on his head, both Namekians knew what this meant.

"Did it work or not?" Vegeta demanded reaching for Dende, V managed to step in the way.

"No." V smirked "your wish was not granted." Then her smile fell and she glanced back at Dende and Dronare and saw their despair, she felt it as well, one of the very first beings that showed her kindness… his energy was gone.

"Guru has passed." V explained as Dende's eyes filled with tears.

"What?" Vegeta stared at the solemn expressions of the Namekians and V, she wasn't lying. "you idiots, you took too long to make the wish, how do you think we're going to beat Frieza now!" he snatched V up, hand raised and froze. Everyone knew that energy but only Vegeta and V knew what it was capable of.

"someone has been a bad little monkey while I've been away."

V and Vegeta shivered at the voice, the voice that was the last sound thousands upon thousands of people had heard.

"Fr-Frieza." Vegeta stammered, fear evident in his voice, that fear made V feel afraid, so afraid she could barely remind herself to breath.

"You've caused quite and annoyance Vegeta." Frieza went on as if nothing were wrong, as if he wasn't about to kill them all on the spot.

V knew fear too well, the familiar cold tendrils as his energy pressed against her. she shrank back even Vegeta was frozen in fear.

Dende run V yelled at him in his head, why didn't she wish him away with Gohan and Veltro, how narrow sighted she had been. How could she do this to him, he was just a little kid, he was smaller than her and she couldn't remember to protect him. Gohan would be so disappointed in her.

"Don't stop on my account." Frieza sauntered toward the group. This was when he was most dangerous, when he was calm, when he could kill you any second and you couldn't do a thing about it.

No no no no! I panic set in, Everyone, she should have wished them all back to earth, why didn't she do that? If Dronare got hurt it would destroy Veltro and it was her fault.

"Frieza." V did the only thing that she could do. "you don't want to fight them." She pushed herself up, she ignored the pain her body was in, the exhaustion weighing her down.

Get Dende out of here. V told Dronare telepathically.

"It'll hardly be a fight." Frieza smiled at the young saiyan, she was worth nothing to him, just another spec. Just another monkey to kill.

"Them no, but I've gotten stronger." V smirked, she heard the Vegeta in her voice.

"Oh…." Frieza smiled back and it took everything in V not to fall to the ground and cower.

"So, you think you can fight me?" Frieza watched her, what made her even an inkling of a threat was her ability to copy powers, the half of her that was not a saiyan. Too bad she had no idea what she could do.

"I know I can," v dug her feet in, gathering the energy around her, all she wanted to to go to sleep, everything hurt, she was exhausted but one glance at Dende cowering there, tears in his eyes, she gathered everything in her.

"you've played tyrant long enough." She felt her body pushing the energy she was gathering away, it was trying to give up. "Now I'm gonna kill you." She launched herself forward and tackled Frieza.

"No way…" Vegeta stared absolutely astonished at what he was seeing.

V tackled Frieza into ground, she powered up more blasts, her body felt like it was going to shatter if she took anymore energy.

"I-impossible." Vegeta's anger blazed, she was nothing, she was less than trash with no lineage, no training, no one wanted her.

"Is… is she insane?" Dronare ground his teeth, no wonder Veltro had become so reckless with that influence but he had also never been more passionate, she had lit a fire inside of him. He had to do something, he couldn't let her die.

Run!

V's voice rang out in Dronare, Krillin's, and Dende's head.

Get out of here, I cannot win this V kicked Frieza away from her, gathering even more energy. her body threatened to tear her apart to relieve the pressure, but she forced it to stay there. She would not let this energy go, if she did she was one hundred percent certain she would be done for. Her body could not take the yoyoing of releasing all the energy it had and then refilling with foreign energy.

I can't do it again, it's now or never, I have to hold him off. I can't let him kill the last of Piccolo's People, I can't let him kill Veltro's father.

"Heeeh….heeeh…." V's body ached as she pressed on "I don't think I'm going to make it out of this one…" she winced "but I'm not letting you hurt anyone that I care for."

Author's Note:

This is late another chapter will be up, I was struggling to get this to the ten page mark i prefer it to be at but i have been making masks for hospitals and that has taken much of my time. I am working on the next chapter and will pst that as soon as it is finished in a day or two and then the regular post of next sunday will be up.

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