Chapter 6
Battle Royale, Everyone Fight!
Quote: "I lied when I said you could go. At least I partly lied, for I will let you go to another dimension!" --Vegeta
Part 1
A dish crashed to the ground and shattered into a hundred pieces.
"Bulma, what's wrong?" asked Chi-Chi.
Bulma staggered back against the rake of dishes she had just dried. The towel she held slipped out of her hand as she started blankly ahead.
"Bulma?!" shouted Chi-Chi, grabbing her by the shoulders. Chi-Chi became more alarmed when she felt the fine tremor run threw Bulma's slender frame.
"Bulma! What's wrong?!" shouted Chi-Chi, shaking her.
Bulma snapped her gaze up to look at Chi-Chi. Her eyes were wide and she looked almost scared. "I don't know," she whispered. Bulma grabbed her head.
"I don't know! Something isn't right. Something's terribly wrong. I feel like I am forgetting something very important, but I don't know what."
She let go of her head and looked behind Chi-Chi. "Trunks." Bulma pushed past Chi-Chi and headed towards the door.
"Bulma, wait! What's wrong? Tell me!" yelled Chi-Chi, running after her friend.
Bulma broke into a run and slammed the door shut in her hurry. "Trunks!" she screamed, looking around. "Trunks, where are you!"
Trunks, who had been sparring with Goten in the air, heard his mother and slowly lowed himself to the ground. "Mom, what's the matter?" he asked in a worried voice.
"Trunks," said Bulma, running up to her oldest child and grabbing his shoulders. "Trunks, can you feel your father? Can you feel his power, ki, or whatever it is you feel?" Bulma's voice got more panicked by the minute.
"I'll check," said Trunks, closing his eyes and concentrating on looking for a ki that was much like his own. He stretched out his sense and felt it.
"There," he said pointing his finger in a direction. "I feel him far off in that direction." Trunks opened his eyes. "Are you all right mom? You look scared. Did something happen?"
Bulma blinked and tightened her grip on Trunks shoulders. "You're sure? He's alive; he's okay?"
Trunks looked at his mother with shock. "Yes, Mom, I'm sure. He feels just fine. What's wrong?"
Bulma let go of Trunks and stared in the direction Trunks had pointed. "He's alive, but the last time I felt this.... this was when.... was when he....." Bulma's eyes began to water and threatened to spill over with tears. "Was when he died, only it didn't feel this bad. I didn't feel this empty inside." Bulma covered her eyes with her hands. "What's wrong with me?" she sobbed. Goten, Carrot, Veggi, Gohan, and Goshin all stopped their practice to see what was the matter. Chi-Chi finally caught up with her panicked friend.
"Is she okay?" asked Chi-Chi in a concerned voice.
"I'm not sure," said Trunks, going over and wrapping his mother in his strong arms. She wept openly on his chest. "She asked me if dad was okay.
When I told her he was fine, she said something about feeling empty and started crying."
Suddenly they all felt a ki rising and turned to see Bra, her face twisted in a snarl that would have made her father proud. "How dare he!" she screamed. "No one messes with my dad and gets away with it!" The others felt a wave of energy roll over them. It blew them back wards and cracked the ground at Bra's feet. Bra noticed what was happened and her power dropped.
"Sorry. Are you all right?" she asked in a worried voice. Goten dug his head out of the ground.
"What the hell was that?!" he shouted. "That wasn't ki!"
Carrot propped himself up on his elbows, "That was her mental power. She had no control so it just struck out in all directions."
"Bra-chan, what's wrong? Way are you so mad?" asked Trunks.
"Trunks," she hiccuped. "Trunks he, he...." Bra broke into sobs and ran to her brother, who still held Bulma. "Trunks, he hurt dad! He did something to him. I felt it!" she sobbed against Bulma's chest.
"Something must have happened to Vegeta," said Veggi.
Piccolo appeared in the clearing, "Don't just sit there," he growled "Don't you feel them?" Everyone that could cast out their sixth sense and felt three ki heading their way.
"That's my father's and Vegeta's," said Gohan, getting to his feet.
"And Nall's," said Piccolo.
"What are they doing?" asked Bulma.
"Looks like they're coming for a fight," said the Namek sei-jin.
"But Vegeta's on our side," protested Goshin.
"Fickle fellow," growled Piccolo.
"Mom, please. You and Chi-Chi take the kids and hide. We don't know what they have planned."
"No," said Bulma firmly. "I want to know what happened to Vegeta." She crossed her arms in front of her chest and widened her stance.
"Mom, this is not the time!" shouted Trunks.
"I'm not going anywhere," said Bulma.
"He's right, Bulma-san," said Goten. "Wait till we've beaten them, then ask."
Bulma frowned, but gave in and walked away. Chi-Chi and the kids followed.
"Just as stubborn as I remember her," said Veggi.
"No time for reminiscing," said Carrot. "Here they come."
The three landed a few yards away. Nall stepped forward with a smirk. "We meet again. What a pleasure."
"The pleasure's all yours," growled Trunks.
"Indeed. After all, I get to watch the splendor of your death," laughed Nall. As he said that, Gokku and Vegeta stepped forward.
The Dragon Ball crew crouched down into fighting stances. Piccolo took control. "Veggi! Carrot! Fusion! Trunks and Goten, you too! The rest of us, stall them till they're done." They all nodded in agreement. Goshin, Piccolo, and Gohan crouched down into fighting stances while the others lined up to do Fusion. They all powered up and began their assigned task. Piccolo jumped forward to meet Gokku head on. The two began a series of punching and kicking combos. Gohan faced Vegeta, throwing a more rapid round of punches at the Saiya-jin prince. Vegeta smirked and dodged the punches with twists and turns of his head and body. Goshin powered up two kienzans. His sore arm complained painfully, but he growled through his teeth and gathered his power. Goshin shouted to Piccolo and Gohan before launching the disks.
Piccolo and Gohan both jumped high just as the disks were about to slice them. Vegeta fell backwards to the ground as the disks flew over him, and Gokku jumped up, but landed on one of the disks. The saw blade-like disk spun at an incredible speed and Gokku started to get dizzy. The Saiya-jin began running on top of the disk as if it were a treadmill. Goshin sweat dropped at the scene.
"He can't do that!" he shouted.
Gohan raced back at Vegeta, just as the Saiya-jin jumped back up. Gohan elbowed the Saiya-jin in the gut. Vegeta growled and ducked under his arm. Gohan gasped and tried to turn, but soon found himself stuck. Vegeta put one arm under Gohan's, another over the boy's shoulder, and locked them together in a iron grip. Vegeta then lifted one of his legs and hooked it around Gohan's waist; then he tightened all his muscles and squeezed. Gohan huffed in pain as he was slowly crushed under the pressure.
Piccolo turned his jump into a kick and aimed for the running Saiya-jin. Gokku lifted his head just in time to get the Namek sei-jin's foot right in the face. Gokku fell back and landed flat on the disk. Piccolo stepped on his cheek and ground the Saiya-jin's face into the energy disk. Gokku howled in pain and grabbed Piccolo's foot. He twisted it and sent the Namek sei-jin spinning off the disk. Unfortunately for Gokku, the disk had reached a giant rock sticking out of the ground and it crashed into it. The distructo disk sliced right through the rock, but Gokku didn't. He slammed into the rock at neck-breaking speed. Gokku growled in his throat as he picked himself out of the Gokku-sized hole. His eyes landed on Goshin and narrowed. Goshin saw the look and began to sweat. Gokku leapt from the hole right at him and Goshin did the only thing that he could: he ran!
"He's going to kill me!" shouted Goshin with a mad Gokku right on his heels.
The quarter-Saiya-jin was so panicked that he tripped over a rock and went tumbling. Unfortunately for Gokku again, he tripped over the fallen Goshin and went tumbling as well. Goshin got to his knees, but was met by a raging Gokku. Gokku wrapped his hands around Goshin's neck and began to choke the life out of the boy. Gokku caught movement out of the corner of his eye and swung his leg into a kick, hitting Piccolo. The Namek sei-jin took the hit full in the chest, but managed to hold on to Gokku's foot. Piccolo growled and twisted Gokku's foot, breaking the Saiya-jin's hold on Goshin and unbalancing him. Goshin fell unconscious to the ground. Gokku hopped up onto his other foot and kicked out at the Namek sei-jin. Both were sent flying backwards. Piccolo turned his fall into a roll, and Gokku landed on his hands and flipped back to his feet. Both stood breathing hard for a moment before Gokku turned level three.
Gohan couldn't breath. He fought in Vegeta's grip, trying to shake the Saiya-jin off. He let out a scream of rage and power blazed around him. Vegeta yipped and let go as the skin on his arms began to burn from the high ki. Vegeta growled at Gohan who panted, trying to get back his breath. The Saiya-jin prince smirked and powered up to level three. He leapt forward and drove his fist into Gohan's chest. Gohan's breath left his lungs again, and he was sent tumbling head over heels till he ran into a rock and shattered it. Gohan's whole body ached as he pulled himself up, but he was struck down again as a ki blast slammed into him.
Gokku advanced on Piccolo and pummeled the Namek sei-jin. He gathered his power and shot a ki blast at Piccolo. Piccolo jumped, but not fast enough, as pain sheared his foot. The Namek sei-jin tried to land, but was unbalanced and fell onto his back. He sat up and saw the problem: his foot had been burnt off. Gokku laughed and looked back to see Vegeta was done with Gohan. He smirked and started toward Piccolo, but stopped when he heard four voices shout, "Fusion Ha!"
Vegeta and Gokku turned to see Gotenks and Varrot standing with cocky smiles on their faces. They both powered up to level three.
"Well, well, we meet again," said Gokku as he eyed Gotenks.
Gotenks smiled. "We finish it this time."
"Agreed," said Gokku, and he leapt toward the fused boy.
Vegeta turned to regard Varrot. She stood in the same stance as him: arms crossed, feet wide apart, and with a confident smirk. He narrowed his eyes at her and wordlessly they both ran forword.
Gotenks and Gokku clashed with a roar. The two hovered inches off the ground as they fought, their feet dancing on air. Gotenks elbowed Gokku under the chin. Gokku's head snapped back and he retaliated with open hand slaps on either side of Gotenks' head. Gotenks drew back with a hiss of pain, but Gokku wouldn't let him retreat. Gokku grabbed Gotenks by the shoulder and leaned into a backwards roll. Gotenks was sent flying into the distance and crashed into a tree, turning it into toothpicks.
Vegeta dodged Varrot's flying kick and kicked out with his own foot where he thought she would land. Varrot hopped over Vegeta's foot just in time. She struck out at the Saiya-jin's backside and hit him in the shoulder. Vegeta growled and continued the kick, switching legs. He hit Varrot in the ribs and knocked her down to the ground. Vegeta's hand glowed with ki as he raised it and aimed it down at Varrot. Varrot nimbly rolled back on her hands and kicked out with her feet as Vegeta's fist connected with the ground. She continued to strike out with her feet till her arms were swept out from under her by Vegeta. She landed on her head, but had enough sense-of-mind to roll to the side as Vegeta's foot came down to grind her into the ground. Vegeta leapt at her prone form, ready to blast her. Varrot quickly charged her own hands with ki and countered Vegeta's ki blast.
Vegeta landed on her anyway and Varrot huffed as the air was forced out of her lungs. Thinking quickly, Varrot charged the little remaining ki in her hands and clapped them together in front of Vegeta's eyes. Vegeta drew back with a hiss and spots danced before his eyes. Varrot drew back her fist and punched, out sending Vegeta tumbling head over heels.
Gotenks leap from tree to tree as Gokku threw ki blast after ki blast at him. Gotenks blurred out of sight to catch his breath, and a thought came to him. Gotenks quickly created five ghost-like versions of himself and sent them out. Gokku spotted what he thought was Gotenks behind a tree and threw a ki blast at the tree, destroying it. The little ghost copy of Gotenks drifted slowly toward him.
"What the hell?!" said Gokku as he looked at the copy. He turned around to see four more of them had joined the first in a circle around him. The ghost clapped their hands, then smacked the ghost closest to them. All five Gotenks ghosts exploded, and Gokku screamed out in pain.
"Ha, gotacha!" shouted Gotenks, coming out from his hiding place. He blinked in confusion when he saw no sign of Gokku.
"Like hell you did!" shouted a voice from above, and Gotenks was slammed in the head by a fist at faster-than-sound speed. The fused boy drew back with stars dancing around his head. He was too dazed to see Gokku's fist coming towards his chest, but he sure felt the force of the connection. Gotenks crashed through four trees before he was able to stop his flight. Gokku was right at his heels, so Gotenks worked quickly. He made a circle with one of his hands and a circle of energy flew forth and wrapped around Gokku, trapping his arms to his sides. Gotenks raced forward and booted Gokku into the air. He reappeared and kicked him down. Gotenks continued to kick Gokku around like a hacky sack. He kicked the Saiya-jin up high again, and then slammed him down like a volleyball.
Piccolo concentrated his energy and growled in pain as he regrew his foot.
He carefully stood up and tested it. It was wobbly but would have to do. He hurried over to Gohan, who was embedded into the ground, and pulled the boy out.
"Piccolo-san," said Gohan. He tried to get up, but his body complain loudly at the movement. "How's Goshin? Is he alright?"
"Unconscious. Rest a bit. I can't tell how this fight will end. They might need our help." Gohan nodded, but all he wanted to do was go to sleep. He hoped that Varrot and Gotenks would be enough.
Gotenks crashed through some more trees and sat up with a curse. He cursed more when he turned his head and saw Chi-Chi and the others. "Get out of here!" he shouted to them. Gokku also noticed the small group. One of the young girls must be the one Nall-sama wants, he thought. The others are just rebel trash. With that, he powered up a ki blast, but stopped when he saw one of the women turn and look him in the eyes. Images flashed in front of his eyes, images of this blue-haired woman taunting him, speaking to him, just looking at him. Gokku lost his hold on the power in his hand and it disappeared. He shook his head, trying to rid himself of those haunting images. He became dazed as two fists slammed into his chest, knocking the air from his lungs. Gotenks!
Gotenks flipped behind Gokku and tried to pin him, but the Saiya-jin fought back, and Gotenks knew he wouldn't be able to hold him for long.
"Bulma-san! Chi-Chi-san! Everyone run!" he shouted. Gokku broke free with a roar, turned, and slammed his fist into Gotenks' face, sending the fused boy crashing to the ground. He then turned to the group. That woman was dangerous; he had to get rid of her. Gokku powered up another ki blast in his hand and aimed it at Bulma. Bulma's eyes widened as she saw she was the target, and she could only stand still, knowing that running wouldn't help.
"Kame…hame…HAA!" Bulma screamed and covered her face with her hands as the ki blast came at her. She felt it hit her, but there was no pain. Am I dead? she thought as she opened her eyes. To her surprise she wasn't dead, she was flying, and the scream she had thought was her own was Gotenks as the ki blast struck him in the back and sent them both flying.
Bulma was blinded by a bright flash, then she landed hard on the ground with Trunks in her arms. "Trunks!" she cried and hugged her boy. He and Goten had separated when the ki blast hit them. Trunks groaned. His shirt had been ripped from his back. Goten wasn't much better, and Bulma saw Chi-Chi run to him and roll him onto his stomach to reveal his burned and bleeding back.
Chi-Chi was pissed. "Gokku! How dare you hurt your own son like that! You come down here right this instant and take what's coming to you!"
Gokku looked at Chi-Chi with shock written all over his face. He took a step back in mid-air, then growled. "Who do you thing you are woman, making demands from me!?" He lowered to the ground and stood tall.
Chi-Chi hissed and marched over to him. "I'm your wife, that's who I am!"
She bashed him over the head and grabbed his ear. Gokku howled with pain and tried to pull away, but all he did was hurt his ear more. "I should skin you alive!" shouted Chi-Chi, twisting his ear.
"Ow! I'm sorry! I'M SORRY!!" screamed Gokku. Chi-Chi let him go, but glared at him with a look that could kill. Gokku backed away with terror written across his face. He glanced around and his eyes met Bulma's. Again images passed through his head, and he groaned and held it like it would fall apart.
"Who are you?" asked Gokku, looking at Bulma. Bulma and Gokku had the strangest feeling of deja-vou.
Vegeta caught the fused girl by the leg and swung her in a wide circle. Varrot crashed through tree after tree till Vegeta let her go, causing her to crash into more trees. Varrot managed to get up and saw Vegeta heading right at her. She grabbed a fallen tree and swung it at him. Vegeta batted the tree away and jumped into a flying kick at Varrot. Varrot jumped and Vegeta broke another fallen tree in half. Varrot began jumping up the branches of a tall tree, and Vegeta followed in hot pursuit. Varrot reached the top of the tree and expanded her ki. The top branches exploded in a shower of leafs and pieces of wood. Vegeta covered his eyes as the debris rained down on him. Varrot saw her chance and jumped down, aiming her foot at Vegeta. The Saiya-jin prince had just enough time to open his eyes before a foot came barreling down and struck him in the chest. The two fell down the tall tree, with Vegeta breaking every branch in the way. They crashed into the ground and the whole area shook with the impact. The tree they had climbed toppled and fell. Vegeta jumped up from the rubble and punched Varrot across the face. The fused girl went flying and landed hard on her back.
"Varrot!" she heard someone shout, and looked back to see Bulma and the others behind her. She turned her head back to see Vegeta leaping at her with his fist cocked. Varrot closed her eyes, but never felt the punch land. Instead, she felt warmth, then nothing, as Varrot ceased to exist.
The two quarter Saiya-jins-opened their eyes to see Vegeta kneeling in-between them, his fist deep in the ground. The Saiya-jin prince looked more then a little confused as he looked from Veggi to Carrot.
"We separated," said Carrot.
"So did they," said Veggi, looking at the messed up Goten and Trunks.
"Shit," cursed Carrot and the twins climbed to their feet.
Nall calmly walked into the clearing they were now in, and Piccolo, Gohan, carrying an unconscious Goshin soon followed, but they kept their distance from Nall.
"It would seem you've lost," smiled Nall. Vegeta and Gokku walked over and stood by his side. "You're all tired and worn out. All I have to do is say the word and these two," he said gesturing at Gokku and Vegeta, "will rip you limb from limb."
Veggi and Carrot backed up, standing protectively in front of the others.
Nall smiled in a way that sent chills down their backs. Gokku and Vegeta powered up and sent ki blasts at the group. Veggi and Carrot were knocked back. Carrot slammed into a tree and slowly slid down it, and Veggi landed on the ground and rolled till she came to a stop and didn't move.
Bulma looked with shock at Vegeta. He looked back at her; there was nothing in his eyes, like he didn't know her. She closed her eyes and hugged Trunks tighter as the two Saiya-jins powered up again and sent another round of ki blasts at them.
The ki blasts struck hexagonal-shaped, prism-colored shield that absorbed the blasts, twirled in the air, and then disappeared.
"No! It's not possible!" shouted Nall. His eyes found and looked at the young Bra. "She didn't do anything, yet it was her!"
Beautiful laughter filled the air, like the sound of bells chiming.
"Impossible!" shouted Nall, looking around. Everyone else glanced around for the source of the laughter. They all turned when a transparent figure stepped into the clearing. Nall's eyes looked like they would fall out of his head as the figure slowly became visible piece by piece. A woman with waves of rich blue hair down to her waist stood before them. Her eyes were blue crystal, and she seen to glow with a holy light.
"Nall-sama," she greeted. "It's been a long time."
"Bra-sama! Blue lady!" He glanced at chibi Bra then back at the older version. "How?"
"You didn't think I would just sit there and disappear, did you?" She smiled a sweet smile and walked towards him. "I've been watching you this whole time."
"And just what do you think you'll do now? Fight me?" Nall almost laughed; his voice was full of amusement. "No offense, my Blue lady. You're strong, but not that strong. I don't even need to fight you. I have my body guards to do it for me. I don't think you'd last too long against two level three Saiya-jins when you only stand at level two."
"You're right, Nall-sama. I can't fight them, but I never said I wanted to fight."
Nall raised an eyebrow at Bra. "Then do tell me why you are here."
Bra smiled again and walked closer to Nall. She stood only a foot away from him. "Perhaps I'm just here to watch." Nall reached out and drew her to him, wrapping his arm around her slim waist. He brushed his hand through her long, blue hair.
"Then tell me Bra: why did you stop me?"
Bra tapped her finger against one of his cheeks. "You ruin the game too quickly. I haven't seen Vegeta and Gokku's combined power."
Nall pulled her closer, wrapping his other arm around her waist. "You are a violent woman," he said, his voice full of lust. Bra smirked her father's trademark grin.
"I am half-Saiya-jin."
Nall laughed. "Kakarot, Vegeta. I want you to do Fusion."
"What?!" said Vegeta.
"I hate that stupid Fusion dance!" said Gokku."
"Do it!" growled Nall. "And take your time in disposing of them."
Carrot groaned and pulled himself up. He glanced around and saw Bra. "Mom!
What are you doing?!" he shouted, terrified to see his mother being held by man other than his father. Nall smiled triumphantly.
"She's mine now."
Carrot's mouth dropped open and he glanced around to see Veggi not far away. He crawled over to her and pulled her unconscious body to him."What?" he asked in a whisper. Nall laughed again, but Carrot heard a soft voice whisper in his head, watch and you will understand. Carrot raised his head and watched as Gokku and Vegeta did Fusion. To his eyes, this couldn't get any worse.
"Fusion…ha!"
The sky turned black and the planet trembled beneath their feet. Lighting flashed in the sky and struck the ground in random places. After the blinding flash that came with fusion, the Dragonball crew saw before them the true Gogeta. He was already in level three form, and power sparked around him in a hypnotic dance. His ki was massive. It threatened to overload their senses with just the feel of it.
"Oh, Kami-sama," breathed Gohan. "We don't stand a chance."
Goshin groaned and came to. "What's going on?" he mumbled.
"Welcome back to the land of the living son. To bad you won't remain in it long," said Piccolo.
"What?!" said Goshin, and he looked around the clearing. "That's Blue lady.
What is she doing here?"
"Getting us killed," grumbled the Namek sei-jin.
"No she won't," protested Goshin. "That's not like her."
The three watched as the adult Bra drew back from Nall and slapped him hard across the face.
"See," said Goshin with a grin. "She's got something up her sleeve."
Nall took a step back and touched his lip. His hand came back with blood.
He narrowed his eyes at Bra. "I knew you'd never come to me so easily."
"I'd never come to you period," said Bra.
"Either you're incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid," said Nall. He smiled. "It doesn't matter. Once Gogeta has defeated them, you will have to submit to me."
Bra smiled. "What you don't know is that Gokku-san has every memory that you took from my father. What do you think will happen when they separate?"
Nall's face dropped for a second, then lifted in a confident smirk.
"Doesn't matter. I'll just erase them again. You didn't think this through, Bra-sama. Your warriors are at the end of their rope. Who will fight Gogeta?"
"Gogeta will," smiled Bra.
Nall got a confused look on his face, then turned to look at the small girl with the blue braid. "That little girl?" He laughed.
"Yes, that little girl." Bra walked over to Gogeta and knelt in front of her. "Gogeta-chan, it is time to fight."
"But Bra-sama, what if I hurt him? He's half grandpa," said Gogeta. She was obviously nervous.
"They are strong, Gogeta. Just stop when they separate."
Gogeta nodded and stepped forward to face the fused Gogeta.
"No, Blue Lady! Gogeta can't fight him!" shouted Goshin.
"She can and she must," said Bra. Then she smiled softly at him. "Have faith in her."
Chibi Gogeta stood before fused Gogeta and the two just stared at each other. Fused Gogeta looked over his shoulder at Nall.
"Fight her," laughed Nall.
"You've got to be kidding," said Gogeta looking back at chibi Gogeta.
Chibi Gogeta hissed and launched herself foreword. Gogeta dodged and struck her on the back as she passed. Chibi Gogeta fell to her knees with a yipe.
She glared over her shoulder at the tall Gogeta. Chibi Gogeta climbed to her feet and charged at Gogeta again. Gogeta effortlessly dodged every one of her strikes.
"Gogeta!" yelled Nall. "Hurry up and finish her! We don't have time to fool around."
Gogeta spat with disgust and punched out at Chibi Gogeta. He connected with her stomach and Chibi Gogeta was sent flying back. She hit a tree and slumped down on the ground, holding her stomach.
"Gogeta!" shouted Goshin. He pushed off of Gohan and took a step toward the girl. Bra appeared in front of him, blocking his passage. "Out of my way, Bra!"
"Don't be a fool Goshin! You'll get yourself killed!"
"Killed!? Gogeta's the one that's going to get killed!" he shouted back at her.
Bra straightened suddenly as if her spine had turned into a steel rod. She smiled. "Now the fight really begins."
Everyone watched at Gogeta slowly got up. The blue-haired girl had a sadistic look on her face. Her tongue flicked out to wipe the small trickle of blood that ran down her chin. "You're strong," she purred. "I can feel my blood turn and boil in my veins at the mere thought of fighting you."
Chibi Gogeta took a step forword, "I'll try not to kill you," she said with a smile. Chibi Gogeta threw back her head and roared. A globe of energy surrounded her and the air around her tingled. A wave of pure energy rolled over them, knocking many of them off their feet. Gogeta was pushed back several feet, then flung into the air by the sheer force. There was a deafening scream, and then an explosion that knocked everything flat within the area. When it was over, the Dragonball crew gasped with shock at the new Gogeta.
Chibi Gogeta was no longer chibi. The girl was now a woman. Her form was slender but muscular, and curved in all the places a woman should. Her clothes had not grown with her increase in size. The black tank top was gone. Her purple jacket's sleeves had shredded off. Luckily, the jacket was still buttoned in the front, but it still showed much cleavage. Her pants were now shorts that rode low on her hips. The belt had snapped and the top button had come undone. Gogeta's boots were completely gone, so she floated in the air barefoot. Her golden hair stood up in a fashion much like Trunks in super Saiya-jin mode, only the long hair at the nape of her neck had come undone from its braid and now hung in thick spikes down her back. All of her body but her chest, belly, face, and hands were covered with thick gold fur that shined in the morning sun. Thin golden lines lay under her eyes, and her eyes themselves were a greenish blue. The area inside of Gogeta's blast ball had disappeared, leaving behind a bowl-shaped hole in the ground and a scoop missing out of the tree behind her. She stood floating in the center of her ball blast as if she were standing on a stage, looking up at Gogeta.
She smiled sweetly at him, then wickedly as she slid into a fighting stance.(M) Gogeta lowered himself till he was even with (F) Gogeta and crouched down into his own fighting stance. (M) Gogeta snarled and leaped towards (F) Gogeta. FG raised her hand and neatly caught his fist. MG drew back with a growl and started a series of punches at FG. FG's hands moved in a blur as she blocked all of MG's hits well before they found their mark. MG drew back with shock written on his face. FG smiled, then spun in a roundhouse kick.
MG was sent flying nearly out of the forest and into the meadow where they had set up camp. His body dug a long trench in the ground. MG barely managed to get up as FG came at him, hot on his tail. The two met and clashed with sparks of power radiating around them. FG charged the ki in her hand and punched out at MG. MG tilted his head to the side and the ground behind him was torn up as ki rushed past his face. MG punched out at FG's face. FG ducked underneath the punch and the ground behind her was torn up as well. They both continued to punch at each other with super-charged fists, destroying the terrain all around them. The Dragonball Gang and Nall hurried over to watch the battle. The fistfight ended as MG connected with FG's face. He drew back for a breath. FG stood still for a few moments with her head turned to the side. Then she started to laugh. She turned her head back and there was a bruise on her cheek. "I can't tell if that hurt or felt good. Do it again." MG roared and rained a shower of punches across FG's face and chest. After the hundred-thousandth punch, he drew back with a pant. FG hung in the air with her head down. No one could see her face.
She slowly rotated her shoulders, then snapped her head up. There was a big smile painted on her lips. "Oh yeah; that felt good," she purred. FG disappeared and reappeared behind MG. She interlocked her fingers and hammered MG back down to the ground. FG disappeared again and reappeared in front of MG before he hit the ground. She drew back her foot and booted him back into the air. FG then charged and expanded her ki she flew up and began to twirl around MG. Soon she had formed a tornado in the air made of ki. MG was trapped inside and was spun around like a rag doll, unable to tell which direction was up or down. FG charged her hands and fired several ki blasts into the cyclone. Once done, she stood back and crossed her arms. The cyclone continued to twist for a few more seconds, then stopped suddenly. MG was left disoriented in the air as the ki blasts found their mark and exploded. MG crashed to the ground and created a crater. MG leap out of the crater and at FG with a roar. The two started raining punches at the other again. MG managed to keep up with FG for several seconds before FG landed a hit on his chest. From then on his defense was shattered. FG mercilessly kicked and punched MG. Her foot hit his leg with a crack. She rapidly punched his gut till his internal organs were bruised at the least.
She struck one final blow to his chest, and MG was sent crashing to the ground. FG slowly lowered herself to the crash sight and looked at the mess that was MG. She snarled, and to everyone's horror powered up a ki blast in her hand. She launched it right as and familiar blue figure appeared in front of the beaten Saiya-jin with her arms spread wide. "No!" shouted FG, and the blast stopped a foot from Bra's face. FG let out a shaky breath and closed her hand. The ki blast disappeared in a shower of light. Behind Bra, her counter-part also was engulfed with light as Gogeta separated into two people: Gokku and Vegeta. Both Saiya-jins were royally messed up, each with a broken leg, many deep cuts, and lots of bruises.
"Ouch," said Gokku, the only thing he could think at the moment.
With much pain, Vegeta sat up.
"GRANDPA!"
Vegeta was flat on his back again, with a golden-haired woman on him.
"Ah, it hurts! Get off, get off!" he cried from under the hyperactive woman.
The Dragonball gang sweat dropped at the scene.
Trunks and Goten had regained consciousness during the fight, but Carrot was still holding on to his unconscious sister. They all watched at Gogeta's power dropped and she returned to her normal form as a blue-haired ten-year-old.
"Did I get a little carried away again grandpa? I'm so sorry," she sobbed into the prince of Saiya-jins' chest. Vegeta looked like he was going to cry, too, but not for the same reason.
Trunks laughed, and walked with a slight limp over to the two. He picked Gogeta off Vegeta. Gogeta wrapped her arms around Trunks neck. "Daddy, I think I broke grandpa," she sobbed in his chest.
"Don't worry Gogeta. He'll live," said Trunks, patting her back.
"Thought I was going to die," said Vegeta weakly, and he tried to sit up again.
"VEGETA!"
Vegeta was back on his back again as another blue-haired woman jumped on him. Bulma sobbed into his chest and told him how stupid he was. The touching scene was broken by a snarl from Nall. "Fine! I'll destroy you with my own power!" Nall ripped his white military jacket off, revealing a muscular chest.
Once again the air was filled with sweet laughter.
"Do you find this funny, Bra!? I can kill everyone of your precious family with only a fraction of my power. None of them stand a chance against me in their current state." Nall smiled. "Unless you plan on fighting me, Blue Lady."
Bra stopped laughing and looked around. Gogeta had cried herself to sleep in
Trunks' arms, and he and Goten were too weak to do Fusion again. Veggi was still unconscious; no Varrot. Piccolo, Goshin, and Gohan were too beat up from their earlier fight. Her younger self, Pan, and Uub were too inexperienced to fight Nall, and Chi-Chi and Bulma weren't fighters. Even if Gokku and Vegeta agreed to help, they were the most injured of the whole group. Bra turned back to Nall with a frown.
Nall laughed again. "Let's make a deal; a bet if you will. If I win, you join Crono in the nice little prison I created. If you win I'll let your family and friends go."
"No," said Bra calmly. She tore her white robe off to reveal a dark blue leotard-like fighting suit underneath. "If I win you're dead and Crono is free."
Nall frowned. "So be it." Nall leapt forward at Bra, a purple aura surrounding him. Bra leapt up into the air as Nall's fist impacted with the ground, a soft blue aura surrounding her. She hung in mid-air.
"You and I control our fates, Nall. This is the final battle!" Bra powered up. Her hair became spiky and gold. Her aura changed from a soft blue to a dark navy color with sparks of energy coursing through it. She charged the ki in her hand. "Final Flash!"
Nall threw up a shield that changed colors like a soap bubble. The ki blast was absorbed. As soon as Nall lowered his shield though, Bra was upon him. Bra's fist slammed into Nall's face, snapping it to the side; he coughed up blood. With a growl Nall drew back his hand like a claw. Purple lines followed his fingers as he raked them across Bra's blocked arm. Four lines of blood formed where Nall had cut her. Bra screamed and punched Nall in the chest. He fell back on his back and Bra leaned forward to strike, but Nall rolled back farther and coiled his legs. Both of Nall's legs connected full force with Bra's chest, sending her tumbling head over heels. Bra gained control of her tumbling and turned it into a roll. Nall chased after Bra with his fist cocked. He punched out at her, but missed as Bra rolled away.
Nall continued to chase Bra as she rolled till he punched wide from his body and Bra rolled towards him. She uncoiled and head-butted Nall in the stomach. He doubled over in pain. Wasting no time, Bra grabbed Nall's head with both hands, jumped up, and slammed both knees into his throat. Nall began to fall back. Bra used him like a spring board and leapt up into the air. Nall fell flat on his back and Bra landed on him, straddling his waist.
She drew back her fists and rapidly pummeled his face and chest. Nall interrupted her with a fist to the throat. He then pulled his legs out from under her, put them against her stomach, leaned back, and launched Bra into the air. Bra did a flip in the air and landed on her feet, her back facing Nall. He stood up. Bra looked at him over her shoulder and spat blood on the ground. Slowly she turned to face him. Nall smirked and gathered his power. Purple tinted mirrors appeared around Bra. She turned her head looking at them, then ran a hand through her hair, smoothing it. "Nice," she purred. "I'll have to remember this when I'm trying on clothes." She turned once in the mass of mirrors.
Nall snorted and powered up a ki blast. He threw it at Bra. Bra dodged the blast with a tilt of her head. She was caught by surprise when it bounced off one of the mirrors and into her back. Bra fell to her knees and cursed.
Nall laughed. "The empress of the Free Universe kneeling before me! Get used to it, Bra-chan!"
Bra jumped to her feet with a growl. Nall smirked and launched several more ki blasts into the trap of mirrors. Bra soon moved in a blur as she ducked and dodged inside the mass of mirrors. A ki blast buzzed past her face, another under her arm, and one between her legs. Bra was struck by another ki blast that left her dazed. She landed on one of the mirrors and managed to get up and push away as a ki blast struck it and bounced off. Bra tried to move out of the mirror trap and found that it moved with her. She snarled and began firing her own ki blasts. They hit Nall's blasts and bounced off mirrors till all the ki blasts were gone and Bra was left floating in the middle of the mirrors, panting. She growled deep in her throat, then charged up more ki in her hands and launched several ki blasts to bounce around in her prison. She then flew at Nall. Nall realized what Bra meant to do too late, and found himself stuck in the mirror trap with her. Bra added more ki blasts and mirrors till it was chaos inside the mirror trap. Nall launched a ki blast a Bra as she dodged two other blasts. The blast zipped past her face, bounced off a mirror and struck her in the shoulder. Bra spun wildly and barely managed to regain control before crashing into another ki blast head on. Having had to wait to launch his ki blast, Nall was hit by a loose one that sent him crashing into another blast. Nall landed on the ground and flipped away before another could hit. Bra roared and shoulder-slammed Nall into the path of a ki blast. He was hit by it, but turned around and kicked her into a loose blast. While Bra was dazed he flew up behind her and grabbed her. He then used her like a shield to stop a large ki blast. The force of the blast knocked them back, and Nall struck a mirror full force.
The Dragonball crew was starting to get dizzy watching the madness inside the mass of mirrors. Both fighters were taking a beating.
"Damn it! She's the empress! She's not suppose to fight!" cursed Goshin.
"I thought Bulma-san was the empress," said Goten, his eyes darting around, trying to follow the pair.
"She was. Bra-sama took over with Uub-sama after Vegeta-san's death."
"What about Trunks?" asked Goten, looking a little sick.
"He's the president of Capsule Corps."
"That's no big deal," said Gohan, listening to their conversation. "He's that now."
"That may not seem like a big thing now, but in the future there are millions of branches of Capsule Corps spread throughout the universe. Even planets that don't belong to the Free Universe have branches. In a way, that makes Trunks more powerful then Bra-san. He's also probably the richest bastard ever to live."
"You're kidding, right?" said Trunks, taking his eyes off the fight for a second to look at Goshin.
"Nope. You were the universe's most legible bachelor for years till you married Pan-san."
Trunks paled.
Goshin laughed, "It was sure fun to see you. You had to beat them off with a stick; even had to fight a few that wouldn't take no for an answer."
"Great," said Trunks, looking annoyed.
Goten laughed, "That sounds like Trunks all right." He hooked his arm around his friend's shoulder. "A real ladie's man."
"Stop that!" shouted Trunks uncomfortably. "Bra's in the middle of a life or death fight, and you guys want to talk about my future love life!"
The two shrugged and Trunks threw up his hands in defeat.
"The really lucky one I think is Uub," said Goshin. "Blue Lady is really beautiful." The three looked at Uub, who was watching the fight intently.
Goten went over and ruffled his hair. The boy looked at them, confused.
"Better cheer her on," said Trunks. "That's you future wife fighting in there."
Uub's eyes widened, and he looked closer at Bra. His checks colored slightly. The three boy were interrupted by a scream from the fight.
Bra had gotten caught between two ki blasts that struck her on the back and front. She hung limply in the air with her head bowed. Bra snapped up her gaze. Her eyes burned with an inner fire. "That's it! I've had enough!" she shouted. Bra's power flared around her. She clapped her hands together and as she pulled them apart, a ball of energy formed inbetween them. As she slowly pulled her hands apart the ball became bigger and bigger.
"Bra! What are you doing?!" shouted Nall. "If you use that you'll kill us both!"
Bra held the ki ball in front of her. "We'll see about that!" Bra exploded the ki blast in her hands.
"Black hole!"
The explosion caused all the loose ki blasts and mirrors to explode as well.
The Dragonball crew had to shield their eyes from the light that the pure ki gave off. When the light died down something hit the ground hard; it was Nall. He was a total mess. Several bones were broken; deep cuts covered his body; bruises showed everywhere on his skin. Everyone looked around for signs of Bra. When the explosion fully cleared, a figure could be seen floating in the air; it was Bra. She had protected herself by creating many hexagonal-shaped shields around her. They shimmered in the morning sun, then disappeared. Bra slowly lowered herself to the ground beside Nall.
"I've lost.... haven't I?" His voice sounded amused.
Bra nodded.
Nall laughed softly, "Then I'm glad.... it was you.... Lady in Blue." Nall closed his eyes and his form disappeared.
"Goodbye, Nall," said Bra, falling backwards. She would have hit the ground, but Gohan rushed forward and caught her.
"Now that," she smiled. "Was fun." Everyone face faulted.
"Saiya-jins," grumbled Piccolo.
"Blue lady!" shouted Goshin. "Please never do that again! You're the empress! You shouldn't be risking yourself like that!"
"Oh, shut up! Can't a girl have some fun? I swear that I'm going to forget how to fight with all my advisors advising me. I should use some of them for practice. That would shut them up."
Goshin sweat dropped and stepped back.
"All I want right now is a hot bath," said Bra.
"Me two," said Bulma.
"Me three," said chibi Bra.
"That sounds so nice right now," said Trunks.
"Too bad there aren't any hot springs around here," said Goten.
"Sure there are. Piccolo and I found one yesterday," piped in Gohan.
"Shouldn't we finish fixing the time line, then worry about a bath?" said Goshin.
"NO!" shouted almost everyone.
"I think we should take care of our wounds first," said Carrot adjusting Veggi on his shoulder. She was awake, but still leaning on Carrot for support.
"Wait a minute! What's going on?" asked a confused Gokku.
"I'll explain later," said Vegeta. He tried to get up, but decided he needed a few more minutes.
"What ever happened to Crono?" asked Piccolo.
"Did someone say my name?" said a voice right behind Piccolo.
Everyone turned around to see Crono in his male adult form.
"Crono," shouted Bra. The energy of time nodded his greeting to her.
"You guys look terrible," laughed Crono.
"Well sorry. We've just had the stuffing kicked out of us," said Trunks.
"Yes, that was quite a show. We'll have to do it again some time."
Everyone looked at him like he'd turned into a one-eyed monster. "Just kidding," he said innocently.
"Sure you are," mumbled Bra under her breath.
"So you guys want a nice bath before you fix the time line." He tapped the ground with his staff and they found themselves next to a beautiful hot spring with pink water.
"Why is it pink?" asked Uub.
"You don't want to know." He then grinned and tapped his staff again.
Everyone's wounds heals up as good as new.
"He's handy," said Goten, inspecting himself.
"Girls over there and boys over there," said Crono pointing in each direction. "Namek sei-jins go where you will." Crono then tapped his staff again and everyone's clothes disappeared to be replaced with towels.
"Are we taking a bath with them?" asked a very confused Gokku. "Aren't they the enemy?"
Vegeta looked down at the towel around his waist, "Doesn't look like we have much choice."
"I want to get out of here," said Gokku.
"Oh no you don't," said Chi-Chi grabbing his ear. Gokku yiped. "You're staying right here."
"Not this crazy woman again!" said Gokku, flailing his arms.
"Baka!" Chi-Chi pulled on his ear.
"Ah! Stop that! You have no right to do this to me!"
Everyone looked at the scene with wide eyes. Crono laughed.
"Oh poor Kakarot. You know, that's your mate."
Gokku stopped his flailing and looked at Crono. He looked back and Chi-Chi.
Suddenly he broken free and was trying to run away, but couldn't due to the fact that Gohan and Goten grabbed a hold of his arms.
"No! Let go! That woman is evil! You hear me?! Evil!"
"Evil!?" Chi-Chi started towards them.
Gohan and Goten suddenly were being dragged along as Gokku tried to make his escape.
"No!" he shouted in terror. "She going to get me!"
Crono was laughing his head off. "Chi-Chi, do calm down. After all, you're the one thing beside needles that he's afraid of."
"Why you!" shouted Chi-Chi turning her attention to Crono. Crono waved his hands in front of himself.
"Chi-Chi please," said Bulma putting a hand on her shoulder. "He doesn't remember you. Why don't we go take a bath? Doesn't that sound nice?" She grabbed Chi-Chi's arm and pulled her in the direction of the girls' side.
"That woman's amazing," said Vegeta, watching them go. "Too bad," he said, turning towards Gokku. "Looks like I got the good one." He started towards the hotsprings.
"Come on, dad," said Gohan, pulling on his arm.
"Dad!?" shouted Gokku, looking at the two boys.
Crono laughed again. "Your sons, Gohan and Goten. Two of the most powerful being in the universe, might I add."
"Really?" said Gokku, sounding interested. He studied the boys and smiled.
"How about we spar after the bath?"
"All right," said Goten.
"If we have time," said Gohan. "We should be fixing the time line."
"Time line can wait," said Goten. Gokku clapped him on the back.
"I could get to like this," said the Saiya-jin.
Crono smiled as he watched the three disappear to the springs. This wasturning out to be a fun game so far, but it was far from over yet.