Warnings: Violence, language, plus an icky sceene towards the middle.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or Dragon Ball GT series, ideas like senzu beans, or the DB/Z/GT universe.

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JAT: Gomen. I know I haven't posted this story for a while, but I've had a REALLY bad case of writers block. That and the fact that another story idea hit me like a brick.
Trunks (Mirai that is): Ouch, that must've hurt.
JAT: Huh?
Trunks: Getting hit with a story idea, if it's like getting hit with a brick you have my pity.
JAT: *slaps forehead* Trunks you baka! That was a simile! It didn't really hurt!
Trunks: Sheez, okay, okay! You don't have to get so cranky.
JAT: Anyways, I finally got over my writers block thanks to lots and lots of midis. I found Fushigi Yuugi, Bubblegum Crisis, Evangelion, and Slayers work really well. Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Pokemon stickers! They really helped clear up my case of writers block this time! Mwahahahaha!
Trunks: Don't ask.

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-Goku-

"Vegeta?" I cried in shock.

He didn't respond.

"Trunks!" I yelled to Vegeta's recovering son, "Can you carry Vegeta?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Get Vegeta to Capsule Corp., see if Bulma can do anything about his condition."

Without a word my son flew over and picked up Vegeta, then took of for Capsule Corp as fast as he could go.

"Your going to be sorry you took your friends place, I'm going to squash you like a bug."

"Sure." I scoffed.

"You'll see." Croo laughed lunging.

I dodged his attack easily. "Your going to have to do better then that!"

Croo's eyes no longer centered on me. "Haha." he sneered. His eyes, they were on another.

"Goten." I whispered.

Without warning Croo dissapeared then reappeared behind Goten. My son must've been taken by surprise, because as he looked up at the walking scum his eyes widened in fear. Again, Croo made a sudden move, and my youngest son was grabbed by the scruff of the neck.

"Put him down!" I growled.

Croo just looked back at me and laughed, then he was off like a rocket again.

-Vegeta-

My vision was blurring and my chest ached like hell. ~I hope Bulma has been studing this sickness.~ I thought. ~She's my only prayer.~

"Dad?" I heard Trunks ask.

"What?" I replied.

"Are you gonna be alright?" he asked.

"That all depends on your mother."

-Goku-

"Dad! Go after him, I'll stay here with Piccolo!" Gohan shouted.

I could tell he wanted to go after Goten himself, but knew that he was too weak. "Fine." I looked back at him, "Your going to be alright arn't you?" I asked.

He nodded his head, "Just get Goten."

I too nodded and took of at full speed following my son's chi. Croo must've sensed this because he slowed and turned himself around. "So, you want to fight?" he asked.

I smirked, "Your going to be sorry you ever put a hand on my son."

"Tough words 'commin from a monkey." Croo spat.

~He must've been hanging around Frieza too long.~ I thought to myself. ~Well, even if I am a monkey, I can still beat the living daylights out of him.~

"What are you smiling for?" he asked me.

"Nothing." I said lunging for his head.

Croo snapped it backwards at the last second and I over shot him. Without landing I reversed my direction. This time he didn't expect me to move as fast as I did and I landed a well placed kick to his nose. That weird colored blood began to drip out of his nose.

"Ya know..." I said between punches and blocks, "Frieza called me a monkey."

"So?" Croo replied, "He's dead, that's nothing new. I was collecting power long before you were even born." he replied.

"Well then," I said, "I guess you'll be dissapointed to go back to hell."

Croo uttered a growl. "I'm NOT going back!"

I easily blocked his punch and canceled out a chi blast thrown from the other hand, but I didn't see the second chi attack nearly directly behind it. Both attacks moved at such an incredible rate I couldn't tell there was two and expected one.

The second chi blast wasn't that powerful, but the fact that it hit me in my eyes really hurt me. I'd closed them, but the impact was still strong.

I opened my eyes and realized in terror I no longer had sight. "What!?" I cried.

The only return I got was a quick kick to the back.

~So he's still attacking me.~ my mind raced, ~I can still feel his chi, but no vison will definitly be a disadvantage.~

"What's the matter?" Croo mocked, "Not much of a fighter without your eyes."

I could feel him coming towards me. The only problem was figuring out if he was going to use a punch or kick. That and where ever it was aimed. I just braced myself for whatever might come.

The attack never came. It was as if it had been stopped. Stopped by Goten! In our fight Goten must've gotten free. I could hear the grunts the two were making with exertion.

As I listened, I noticed the black was slowly turning to gray. ~Maybe my loss of sight was only temporary. Hopefully.~

"Dad, are you okay?" I heard my youngest son ask.

"Other than the fact that I've been blinded. Yes." I answered.

"I..." he was cut off and I felt the battle begin again.

I shut my eyes tightly. I stayed like this for a while just listening to the two of them fight. Slowly, ever so slowly I inched one eye open after what seemed like hours. ~COLOR!~ I screamed in my mind as the two battling figures came into view. I did the same with the other eye. It was bright, and I felt like I was being blinded again, but I could see.

I looked at my son. He was holding his own against that scum. My eyes drifted over to Croo. There was something different about him. Something I couldn't place. It was the same evil lowlife that had killed Vegeta and kidnapped my son, but there was something wrong.

"His face!" I cried out loud.

Both Croo and Goten turned to face me. "What?" the asked.

I pointed a finger at Croo, "He's getting older."

Croo felt around his face. It had a few wrinkles and there were baggs under his eyes. In fact, as I looked at him, it seemed he was shrivling up. As I watched the aging got faster. Faster and faster.

Croo looked at his hands in shock. "How can this be?"

He screamed as the flesh rotted on them and feel off. Goten obviously scared at such a sight looked like he was frozen in mid air. I quickly pulled him away from the disgusting site and behind me.

Croo was defanitly dead, and his bones soon turned to mist. I'm not kidding, they turned to mist!

I turned to Goten. "Are you alright?" I asked.

He was a bit shaken up but he nodded.

"C'mon." I said, "Let's go home."

Goten nodded again. "Okay."

-Trunks-

~Wait a second! Dende's a healer!~ I changed directions as fast as I could and headed for the lookout. ~Dad hang on.~

I landed on the lookout and nearly ran Mr. Popo over.

"Hey!" he yelled. "Your going to kill the flowers!"

"I got no time!" I yelled running quickly inside. Dad was getting heavy. I nearly ran Dende over too as I turned the corner.

"What do you want?" he asked stepping back.

"My dad!" I panted. "He's in bad shape!"

Dende's eyes opened wider. "Hurry! Set him on the floor!"

I did as he instructed and gently put him down. AS I watched in awe, and the golden glow diminished, my dad's eyes opened.

"What the hell?" he asked.

"DAD!" I cried with joy throwing my arms around him.

"Get off me brat." he growled.

I didn't do what he said. I think I must've made him madder, but I didn't care.

"That's funny." Dende said.

"What?" I asked letting go of my dad.

"The fight has stopped." the Namek replied.

We could all feel it. Croo's power had vanished.

"So?" Dad asked, "Kakarot beat the dirty slime."

Dende shook his head, "He wasn't defeated by Goku."

"Huh?" Dad and I asked.

"It was something else." Dende said softly.

-Goku-

It puzzled me. ~How could he suddenly grow old like that?~ I asked myself silently. ~Whenever I've died before I haven't aged. Or even when I've come back.~ it puzzled me. ~Unless...~ my mind started turning with possibilities. "Goten?" I asked.

"What is it dad?" he asked.

"You know your way home right?"

"Yeah."

"Good." I said, then I teleported.

Enma-Sama almost looked shocked to see me. "Goku?" he asked.

"I was just curious." I said. "What ever happened to that blue guy?"

Enma-Sama grinned, "He got sent to King Kai's planet."

"I won't even ask what he's doing." I replied.

"Good." Enma-Sama said, "You wouldn't want to know"

"Well then." I began, "What happened to Croo?"

Enma-Sama sighed. "I knew you'd ask that."

"Well?" I asked.

"I have my ways." he smiled.

I laughed, "Remind me to never get on your bad side then."

"Good-bye Goku." Enma-Sama chuckled, "I hope I won't see you around here with a halo anytime soon. The world would be a far sadder place with you gone."

I smiled before I teleported, "Good-bye."

-Vegeta-

I walked into my room and was startled to see my teddy-bear sitting on the night stand. "Bulma!" I growled looking at the stuffed toy.

"It reminds me of you." she smiled, "Besides, if anyone asks, you can just say it's mine."

I sat down on the bed and looked at her. All ready for bed and so beautiful. I sighed. "I'm going to have to cherish the time we have on earth together." I said softy.

"Yeah." she whispered.

~Oh Kami! She heard that!? I hadn't meant for her to!"

She sighed.

"If I could change time, and alter who I am." I said quietly feeling more than a bit depressed at the thought of my future, "You know I would."

"I wish that we wouldn't be torn apart in the future." Bulma said in a soft voice. I could tell she was trying hard not to cry.

I crawled closer to her on the bed and she snuggled herself into my arms with her head under my chin. "Maybe we won't." I said hopefully.

"It's just not fair." she said in a choked voice.

"No, it is fair. I deserve to pay for the crimes I've wrought against life." I said all too aware that I was right.

"But you've changed!" Bulma protested.

"It doesn't really matter. I've still commited vile crimes beyond imagination." I whispered.

"It wasn't your fault. You grew up that way." Bulma replied. "You had to be that way or else you might not have survived."

I sighed again, "Where do you draw the line of want to and have to?" I asked more to myself.

Bulma didn't speak for a while. She just hugged me tighter as if I might vanish. When she finally did it was in a quiet voice. "Chi Chi's so lucky, she'll have Goku in heaven."

"What makes you think that loud mouthed wife of a third class soldier is going to get into heaven. I'm willing to bet she goes to hell too." I said with a smirk.

Bulma playfully punched me, "Your such an arrogant Sayian." she said.

I shifted her around so that her eyes were facing mine. Her blue eyes brimming with tears. "Yes, but I'm your arrogant Sayian."

She smiled and then I kissed her deeply.


THE END