TITLE: Chapter Twenty - End of Beta
AUTHOR: Rachel Wong
AUTHOR'S EMAIL: Hidden_Angel_83@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS: None
WARNINGS: None
NOTE: This is set in an alternate universe. Please do not read it if you do not like A/U's. As I have mentioned, this is a story about B/V. There will be a bit on G/CC as well. If you don't like them, please don't read. And YES! Everyone is OOC (out of character) other than Vegeta. Like I said, this is an A/U. It is MY A/U. So if you don't like it, don't read it. If you have the time, please also read my partnered fic (partner is Kureeji) called Eyes in Dark Corners.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragonball Z and am in no way connected to them. I only wish I was, than I'd have at least SOME $$$. Seeing as how I am broke, sueing me would do you no good. =Þ





Last time on The Journey:


A slight jolt rocked the ship and Bulma fell into Vegeta's arms. Steadying herself, she looked into his eyes. For a second, his icy glare was replaced with an emotion she couldn't quite get a grip on. Than it was gone, replaced with a scowl again. To her, and his, surprise, she reached up and pulled his lips to her's. The kiss was deep and passionate, nothing like any kiss either one had ever dreamed of. All the voices of their previous visions returned with a force. "Prince of Darkness....Princess of Light....destinies shall clash....one will prevail..."

Both jerked away from each other forcefully. Their eyes were wide open in shock. Each wondered why they had kissed the other. Afterall, it hadn't been a one-sided kiss. And what were those voices? What did they mean?



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Vegeta was snapped out of his thoughts as he sensed Beta's ki very near. So near that...no. Not possible. His mind raced back a bit. The ship had jolted. Why? Without even a glance at the woman, he took off to the control room. He had barely made it into the door when his blood almost froze over.

There was Beta, smirking at him, inside the ship. That was what had caused the jolt. Beta had rammed into them and boarded. Could anything else go wrong? He powered up and crouched into a fighting stance, waiting for Beta to make a move.

"Vegeta what's..." Bulma's words died in her mouth at the sight of the strange creature in front of her.

"Ah, Prince Vegeta. So we meet again. I had thought you were dead. I guess not." He looked past Vegeta to the girl cowering behind him. "And who is this? A friend of your's Vegeta?" Smirk.

The Prince crouched. "Shut up Beta. You won last time, but only because I wasn't paying attention. This time, you won't win. I just want you to know that you made a mistake when you let me live Beta. And I will personally make sure you pay for that mistake."

Beta's laugh irritated Vegeta beyond belief. It sounded to him as nails on chalkboard sound to many people. He cringed, hating the sound. "Oh poor little Prince. Do you seriously think you can beat me?" He laughed some more before powering up to his final form. "This, my Prince, is my true, final form."

Try as he might, Vegeta could not hide his shock. This monster in front of him was virtually unbeatable. His powers seemed to be limitless. Shaking all thought from his mind, Vegeta flew towards Beta. Punch, kick, jab, nothing seemed to work against the much more powerful Beta.

Without much effert, Beta was tiring Vegeta out. He found the fight unbelievably boring and knocked the Prince away with one mere wave of his hand. Vegeta slowly picked himself up off the floor, feeling every bone in his body and knowing that a few were broken. His senses pirked up, feeling the quickly approaching ki of five warriors. He immediately recognized them as the ki's from Earth.

Beta glared angrily at Vegeta as a smirk crossed his face. "What is so funny monkey boy?"

"Nothing ugly." Once again, Vegeta flung himself at Beta, knowing that it would be fruitless.

Just as Beta was about to knock Vegeta away again, the ship was rocked. A few seconds later, Kakkarot and the Earth warriors came running to the main control room.

"What the hell is going on?"

Bulma was yanked away from where she had been standing, staring wordlessly as Vegeta was being beaten almost senseless. "Kakkarot, help Vegeta!"

Kakkarot's head spun around to face the Princess. "But Princess..."

"The other guy is the bad guy. Trust me."

Kakkarot's gaze fell once more on the Saiyan who claimed to be the Prince and the other creature whose power level was tremendously high. He wanted to kill the other Saiyan for killing Piccolo, but he could not go against the Princess's wishes.

Beta was no less than shocked to find that there was another Super Saiyan other than Vegeta. In fact, he had believed that Vegeta was the only Saiyan alive in the entire universe. Still, he was not scared. There powers combined could do nothing to him. He was still more powerful.

He quickly threw Vegeta aside in amusement as the other Saiyan came at him. This was going to be fun. He could feel his crew's ki vanishing, but he didn't care. He knew the other warriors who had come with the Saiyan were killing his crew. In due time, they would pay for their actions.

Vegeta tried to get up but fell to the floor again. His vision was hazy and he felt weak. Through the haze, he saw the other Saiyan getting beaten just as badly as he had just been beaten. Not understanding why he did it, he flung himself at Beta, preventing him from finishing off the other Saiyan. A few seconds later, he was violently thrown off of Beta's back and against a wall.

Stars exploded in his head and he began to lose the feeling of pain as he felt himself slipping from life, forever. The next thing he remembered was Beta raising his hand, building a ki ball and firing it at him. The woman screamed and ran into the path of the ball. Her weak body was nothing compared to the energy of the ball and it disintegrated, leaving nothing at all.

After that, Vegeta remembered nothing, but everyone else present would remember it forever.

Vegeta's eyes glazed over and his anguished shout rocked the ship worse than any collision could. His hair began to return to it's natural black but grew longer than before. His eyes returned to their natural color as well, but there seemed to be a black border around them. His power level jumped more than twenty times of it's normal level.

Kakkarot backed out of the way, sensing that the Prince was now more than enough to take on the other warrior. Beta began to feel true fear as he sensed that Vegeta was now very much more powerful than he. Fear was not a feeling he liked.

"Ve..Vegeta, please. We can talk this over."

However, Vegeta would not listen. In fact, he could not listen. The warrior had gone berserk. He was no longer in control of his body or his actions. Relentlessly, he beat on Beta. Punch after punch, kick after kick, never letting Beta get his fists up.

Beta crumpled up in pain as he was hit flying towards the wall. Vegeta was unconciously, slowly killing him, breaking his bones one at a time. He tried to catch his breath, but felt it hurt too much. Before he could even think of anything else, Vegeta descended on him once more. More punches, more kicks, more pain.

"I...raised...you." He tried one last pitch attempt to get Vegeta to lighten up, to stop his assult.

His words seemed to cause nothing but more anger in the Saiyan Prince. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Beta watched in horror as Vegeta's hand formed a ki ball and released it at him. Beta the murderer, Beta the tyrant, Beta the evil passed into the next dimension at the hands of the Saiyan that he had raised.

Kakkarot let out a sigh of relief as the powerful creature that Vegeta had been fighting died. He could feel the ki slip away. Just as he was about to let his guard down, Vegeta came flying at him as well. His attempts at defence were pitiful and his Earth comrades could do little to help him.

It was obvious that Vegeta was berserk. He could not control his new found power. Instead, it was controlling him.

Fear spread it's way through Kakkarot's body as well as pain. Would this be it for him? Was this how he was going to die? Chi Chi, I love you, he furiously thought, hoping she would get his message, hoping it would not be his last message to her.



SPECIAL NOTE: Sorry that I didn't make the fight longer. It's just that if I had done that (make the fight long), it would have taken up at least two chapters, and I didn't want to do that. Anyway, I hope no one is bored of this fic. I hope people are still reading this, and not thinking it is just another very long fic. *groans* Anyway, if you are reading this, please continue to read and review. Thanx. ^_^