Chapter Five:

The Potara Fusion.





"Are you all just morons? I said go LEFT!! NO!! MY LEFT!!!"

The bridge was in utter chaos.

The external censors where picking up a massive out put of energy. Suddenly, the ship lurched and the sirens began whaling. Bulma stumbled into a computer bank and brought an external camera online.

The ship was surrounded by Saiya-jin.

"Damn," Bulma husked as her eyes widened.





They had found the ship by accident, really. However, how could anyone miss such a huge ship in the first place?

Nonetheless, no doors were visible. It seemed hopeless.

Suddenly and silently, a crack of light appeared in the huge hall.

"The doors!!!" The leader shouted as he flew up to the widening crack. Two small figures were silhouetted there. One of them, the one wearing the orange gi, he knew immediately. "Kakarotto?"

"Kakarotto," the boy blinked. "Hey, Trunks-kuh, isn't that what your dad calls my dad?" The boy with purple hair nodded once and turned to look the leader straight in the eye.

"How do you know our fathers, you monkey man?"

"Fathers? And my name is Tocino..." The Saiya-jin said in a peevish tone.

"So?" Asked Trunks. "How do you know our dads?"

"Kakarotto, what the hell is he talking about? Bardock is you father, and I have no clue who sired that purple haired brat," Tocino snorted.

"Purple haired brat?" Trunks asked as his eyes narrowed.

"Vegeta-san is gonna kill you when he hears you called his son a brat," Goten chuckled.

"Vegeta-san???? Prince Vegeta??? ALIVE????" Tocino sweatdropped and looked at the two boys. "And… you're…. His son…" Trunks nodded. "Please for give my Rudeness, Trunks-Sama." Tocino said in a regal voice as all the Saiya- jin bowed before Trunks.

"Well now, I could get used to this..." Trunks smirked. "Clean my boots Tocino! I, The Saiya-jin Prince command you!" Tocino looked up at Trunks and then started to clean his boots. "WHAT! NO! Leave my boots alone! I was kidding! Jeez!"

"Let's let them inside, Trunks-kuh! If they think you're the Prince, they won't do anything bad if you tell them not to!" Goten exclaimed. Trunks gave the Saiya-jin the once over and then nodded.

"Okay!" Trunks shouted. "If you all promise to be good monkeys, you can come inside! Got it? But if you're mean, I'll do this!" Trunks shouted as he transformed into Super Saiya-jin. The Saiya-jins gasp.

Then, following Trunks's lead the Saiya-jin board the ship.





She wished she could see the sun again. She had been cooped up in this tiny hut for three days now.

"I'm a slave..." Vica began in a sing-songy voice as she balanced her self on a dragonball. "I watch over these dragon balls... this sucks.... And I know it...." She fell off the dragon ball, and landed on her tail. "Ouch!! Damn stupid Dragon Ball!" (She blasted the dragonball into the side of the hut and began to brush her tail. "This sucks so much..."

"What was that?" asked an elf-like guard wearing the remote control scouter.

"I was just playing!" Vica whined. "Go'way, asshole! If I can't play with my friends, then I'll play with the Dragon Balls!"

The scouter blipped, and the guard's expression softened. "Why is it you can't play with the other children?"

"What a crock!" Vica snarled. "You know why I'm here!"

The guard's scouter blipped again. "That's punishable by he who...!" Vica blasted at the guard, who dodged the blast. It hit his scouter. "He who.. blah blah!!! STOP!"

"Th... thank you...." The guard muttered. "Thank you. That metal thing was controlling my thoughts."

"Well duh..." Vica snorted. "He who smells like toenails controls all…." Vica stooped mid-sentence and her eyes grew wide.

"Well, then finally it looks like you have a friend to play with, my dear Vica... This man from Konack will keep you company for a while. Yes." Uminium chirped.

"But... But..."

"I'm sure you'll get along fine." Said Uminium's retreating form as guards surrounded the door.

"Great..." Vica sighed. " Now I get to baby-sit some guy with a mowhawk... Yey me!"

"I'm sorry..." The former guard said as he sat down. "And, please, call me Tapion. Vica laid down on her back, picked a dragonball up with her tail, and began spinning it like a basketball. Tapion picked his ocarina up off his belt, and began to play the mournful melody that contained Hildergarn. Vica dropped the dragonball, and crawled over to Tapion.

"What's that?"

Tapion stopped playing. "This? Oh.. it's the Holy Flute..."

"Can you play some more? I like it!

"Yes. I'll play something else." Tapion began to play another soft, saddened song with his flute, and soon, Vica was asleep next to Tapion. Tapion looked at her, took his shoulder-cape off, and laid it on her like a blanket.





BOOM

"Sayonara, Vegeta-kun," Nappa smirked as the smoke from his attack began to clear.

The land was devastated. Where the ground had not been turned to glass, dead bodies, both human and Saiya-jin, littered the ground.

The only figures left standing were Nappa and Maize.

Above the battlefield floated Gokou, with Gohan and Vegeta hanging from either arm.

"That's a... a lot of power," Vegeta gasped.

"What do we do now, Otousan?" Gohan asked as he and Vegeta began to float on their own.

Gokou floated there for what seemed like hours before he finally spoke. "Vegeta, can you hold Super Saiya-jin 3 for five minutes?"

"…. Heh." Vegeta smirked, as he understood Gokou's plan. "I can, but I doubt it will work. Even together, we can't beat him."

"We aren't going to be fighting together, Vegeta. I need five minutes…."

"GENKI DAMA!" Gohan shrieked.

"Hai, Genki Dama." Gokou nodded. "Can you do it, Vegeta?"

"Heh. Just watch me." Vegeta snorted as he began to power up.

"Gohan, I need you to keep the other one busy." Gokou ordered as Gohan also began to power up. "From the mountains and the ocean…" Gokou whispered as he raised his hands skyward.

Golden ki clashed around Vegeta, and pushed him over Super Saiya-jin 2 up to Super Saiya-jin 3 again.

Gohan's face hardened and ki also clashed around him.

"From the ground to the sky, from the littlest ant to the great whale…"

Vegeta began to hurl blasts at Nappa.

"Ug...." grunted Nappa as a ki sphere slammed into his gut. "Such bad manners here on Earth, don't you even know to show respect to a GOD!?" Vegeta screamed and rocketed straight at Nappa. Before Nappa could react, Vegeta slammed his fist into Nappa's gut.

"All things living, I beg you to please share your energy."

"God, huh? Guess that makes this sacrilegious." With his hand still embedded in Nappa's gut, Vegeta slammed his heel into Nappa's jaw. Nappa fell down holding his gut. "Ohhhh... that looks like it hurt... did it?"

Nappa stood right back up. "...Vegeta... I didn't think you had it in you.... "A huge glow surrounded Nappa as he laughed, charging a blast in his hand.

Gohan rocketed toward the other Saiya-jin, Maize who grabbed Gohan by the feet, and hurled him into the side of a mountain.

"Please, share your energy so I may save this planet!"

"That was easy enough," Maize spat as he wiped sweat from his cheek. Gohan burst from the mountainside and slammed feet first into Maize's chest. Maize did not even flinch.

"Now GOD says for you to DIE VEGETA!!" Nappa rumbled as the huge blast of ki headed right at Vegeta. "YOU WON'T SURVIVE THIS VEGETA!"

"HA!!!" Gokou roared as the Genki Dama speed toward Nappa.

"What is this?" Nappa asked casually has the attack rushed toward him.

He held out his hand and caught it.

"Shit." Gokou muttered as his eyes widened. Nappa examined the blueish ball of energy in his hand.

"You can have this back, Kakarotto." Nappa hurled the ball at breakneck speeds right at Gokou.

"Kakarotto!"

"Otousan!"

The Genki Dama exploded on impact.

As the smoke cleared, two figures floated where only one should have. One figure stood with his arms outstretched, while the other was guarding his face.

As the smoke cleared and the light faded, the figure was revealed to be Raditzu, who was breathing extremely heavily. "N... Nappa... how dare you.... I won't let you.... do... this..."

"Huh?" Gokou gasped as he saw his brother.

"Heh," Maize barked. "This is finally starting to get entertaining," Maize chuckled to himself. Nappa began to smolder when he saw who had saved Gokou.

"Kakarotto! Get yourself out of here... Nappa is controlling this army of mindless zombies, and---" Raditzu began, but was cut off by a blast through the chest, sending him coughing up blood, falling to the ground.

"Shut up and die." Nappa snarled as he again blasted Raditzu.

"You... asshole...." Vegeta gasped as Raditzu hit the ground with a wet plop. "I.... I will defeat you.... for the future of this civilization, you asshole.... For the future of my family..." Vegeta rasped, as his already huge aura grew larger. "I will KILL YOU!!!" Vegeta rocketed forward and slammed his fists repeatedly into Nappa's body.

"HA~A!" Gokou bellowed overhead as he transformed into Super Saiya-jin 3. Almost instantly, Gokou was beside Vegeta, fist after fist slamming into Nappa.

Suddenly the ground dipped out from under them as Nappa screamed.

"THE DEATH BLOW!" A huge ki attack came barreling straight at Gokou and Vegeta. They could not even block as the blast slammed into them.

Gohan could not believe his eyes. His father and Vegeta had both… "God, don't be dead, Otousan, Vegeta-san! Please don't be dead."

Suddenly, the world turned black.

"Annoying pest..." Maize snickered as Gohan fell to the ground unconscious.





The Bridge had gone deadly silent since the Saiya-jin had been turned away. High on the platform, Bulma was asleep in the chair, as the sun appeared to be setting in this part of the Earth. The only person awake on the bridge was Chichi, who was fooling around with a monitor.

The door opened, and Trunks, Goten, and Tocino stepped onto the bridge. Chichi almost screamed, but Goten jumped up and covered her mouth.

"Okaasan! It's okay! He's a good guy!" Goten squealed softly.

At a glare from Trunks, Tocino bowed politely to Chichi. "Hello.. my name is Tocino.... and.."

"Thats better!" Trunks proclaimed as he clapped Tocino on the back.

"TRUNKS! I... I can't feel our dad's powers any more!!!" Goten screeched suddenly.

"WHAT!?!? YOU MEAN THAT OVER GROWN APE KILLED VEGETA AND MY GOKOU?" Chichi shirked.

"Huh? what? Is Vegeta back?" Bulma asked as she rubbed her eyes.

Chichi looked at Bulma and tears began streaming down her cheeks. She shook her head. "No.... "

"Tocino," Trunks commanded. "Get yer friends and follow me! Goten.. get Buu! I'll go get..." Tocino and Goten nodded and left the bridge.

"I'm coming too..." Bulma began as she climbed down from the platform.

"But! Mom! Nappa'll kill you!" Trunks protested.

"Trunks.... Here... take this..." She said as she put a headset and on Trunks. If Anything happens, push the red button on the headset, and we'll take the ship out into space."

"Don't worry, mom! If things get bad, you can count on GOTENKS!" Bulma began to cry as she hugged Trunks. Trunks looked up at her, gave her the "peace" sign and exited.





For some reason, Kaiou-Sama could only find two good hearts left alive on Namek-sei. It disturbed him greatly, but it was enough for his plane to work.

He needed use of the dragonballs, and since the ones on earth were dormant, he had no choice but Namek-sei.

"Can anyone hear me? Anyone at all?"

Tapion sat straight up as the voice rung through the hut. "Ummmmm.... I can..." he said timidly.

Vica kicked him in the leg and groggily snorted, "Look, elfboy.... If you're gonna talk to yourself, keep it down.... I was having a good dream..."

"Do either of you know how to speak the Namek-sejin language?"

Vica nearly jumped out of her skin. "GHOST!!! Go 'way spirit!"

"Who is this? What do you want?" Tapion asked, trying not to laugh at Vica as she looked under a bail of hay for the 'spirit'.

"I'm the northern Kaiou-Sama... and I have a favor to ask of you.."

"Listen here spirit.... I won't be doing any favors of yours." Vica snorted as she continued searching for her spirit.

"I'm listening. What do you need?"

"Well, my friends on Earth are in a bit of a spot..."

"What can I do to help you?" Tapion asked as he stood up.

"I need someone to use the Dragon Balls.... but I also need someone that can speak Namekian..."

"Bah... I hate that language..." Vica muttered aloud as she tossed a bail of hay behind her. "Rooli made me learn it, and it took forever..."

"You mean.... CAN YOU GET THE DRAGON BALLS FOR ME?"

"Well, duh spirit...." Vica snorted. "I'm the Slave to watch over the Dragon Balls... and this is my friend... the slave to watch over the slave who watches over the...."

"You get the idea..." Tapion said as he clapped a hand over Vica's mouth.

"This is perfect!! Can you call Porunga-Shenlong?"

"Yes," Vica replied as he removed Tapion's hand. "But if anyone finds out, he smells like toenails will cause us great grief and torture... or so he says... personally, I think he couldn't hit water if he fell into the ocean, but hey..."

"Well, I need a set of Potara Fusion Earrings... and I don't want a Permanent Vegetto, so.. I need the Fusion to be temporary...."

Vica kicked the last dragonballs into place. "Get your ass out

here Porunga!" Nothing happened.

"Fine..." Vica said, and then spoke in the Namekian Language. In

a flash, the dragon was summoned, and it ripped through the hut.

"Okay... wish one... Wish for a set of Potara Earrings...."

"....first off, Kaiou-Sama..." Porunga rumbled. "I can't create Potara from nothing... only a Kaiou-shin can.... but if you gave me a base set of earrings..."

"NO! MINE!" Vica yelped as she clapped her hands over her ears.

"I could make a similar set of earrings allowing fusion..." Porunga continued. "A temporary fusion ended with the removal of an earring, but.... that's only if you tell me to in my native language."

"Little girl.. I beg you.. please..."

"First.." Vica growled as she planted her hands on her hips. "The name is VI-CA! Say it with me now... VI-CA..."

"Vica..." Porunga grumbled, playing along. "Are you done?"

"No. not you, Porunga..." Vica barked. "The spirit..."

"Vica. Are you happy?"

"No..." Vica whined as she sat down. "I'm stuck on this planet, with elfboy, and he who bathes not....!"

"Then use the other two wishes to go to Earth and send the Potara to Gokou and Vegeta!"

"Fine fine... Porunga...." Vica snorted as she stood back up.





The situation was getting worse. Most of the mountains had been leveled by Nappa's last attack. Gokou had no clue where Vegeta, Gohan or for that matter Raditzu were.

It was all he could do to crawl out of the mountain he had been imbedded in. "Damn it... I'm nearly out of... Power.... I can't even scratch him...!"

"B.... brother... while the.... there's still time..... go..." Raditzu slowly stood. Blood covered his chest, and he was breathing heavily. Gokou could barely feel his ki. "... get your friends... your son and go!!! ... I'll keep h.... him busy for as long as I can..."

"...Raditzu.....?"

"No arguments...." Raditzu barked over his shoulder. "Just go... GET OUT OF HERE KAKAROTTO!!!"

"I won't leave..." Gokou husked as he stood also.

"I.... Said... get out of here..." Raditzu snarled in reply.

Vegeta slowly managed to regain a little consciousness. "Hey.... Kaka.... rotto...... listen to... him...... if we both die....... all hope is lost......."

"..... Veget....." Before Gokou could finish his speech, a flash of light blinded him. He felt a small round object in his hand, and looked down to see what it was. "A Potara....?"

Suddenly, Nappa was no more than 25 meters away. "You damned ants!!! How dare you even try to impose me..."

Two figures suddenly appeared between him and Gokou. "Who the hell are you two?"

"Wow... that spirit guy was right.... this place is trashed......" Vica said in awe. Without another word, Nappa sent a huge blast hurling toward Vica and Tapion, who could only stare wide-eyed.

Meanwhile, almost directly overhead, Goten, Trunks, Buu, and the Saiya-jin legion saw this unfolding.

"Hey, Trunks-kuh.... Who's that?" Goten asked as he point to the ground.

Trunks looked down and screamed.

"ONIISAN!!!!!" In less time than it took to blink, Trunks was Super Saiya- jin and racing towards Tapion.

An instant before the giant blast hit, Trunks was spiriting both Tapion and Vica to safety.

"TRUNKS!!!" Tapion exclaimed.

Vica's eyes bugged out in fear. "AHHHH!" She shirked as she waved her arms frantically. "Putmedown putmedown putmedown!"

"Brother! How did you get to Earth?" Trunks questioned.

"We used the Dragon Balls on..... Ummmm.... Vica? Where were we....?" Tapion asked.

"Putmedown putmedown putmedown!"

"Is she okay?" Trunks asked as he looked down to the ground and saw his father. He then looked over and saw Gokou standing behind the injured Raditzu. "GOTEN!!!!! OUR DADS ARE ALIVE!!!!!!" His face went from a grim expression to a smile that nearly touched his eyes.

"That's great, Trunks-kuh!"

Nappa was dumbfounded by all of this. Where the Hell had those two come from? How the hell had Vica gotten to earth? He stood there not comprehending.

"Hey, Buu!!!!" Trunks shouted. "I need you to come with me and give my Dad a great big hug!!!!" Buu clapped his hands and followed Trunks, who was speeding towards Vegeta.

"I like hugs!" Buu landed beside Trunks, as he woke his father up.

"C'mon, Papa!" Trunks shouted as Vegeta's eyes slowly opened. "We came to help...." Before Trunks could say anymore, Buu ripped Vegeta from the ground and gave him a huge hug.

"HUGS! HUGS! HUGS!!!"

Vegeta's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "HEY!!! THAT HURTS..... PUT ME DOWN!!!!!"

"You hurt?" Buu questioned. "I make you aaaaaaall better!" Buu's arms began to glow, and before Vegeta could say anything, Buu gently sat down a fully healed Vegeta.

"Thanks....." Vegeta grunted as he looked up into Buu's stupid looking face. "I think..."

"BUU!!! Come help my dad too!!!" Goten grabbed Gokou by the arm and ran over to Buu.

"Goten! You guys okay?" Gokou asked as his son dragged him along.

"Do you want a hug too? It'll make you feel all better!" Buu grabbed Gokou and again his arms glowed. An instant later, Gokou was fully healed.

"Thank you, Buu!"

"What happened?" Goten began. Suddenly, Nappa snapped back to reality.

"I did, you little ass!" Nappa lunged at Goten, but Gokou quickly grabbed him and dodged Nappa.

Buu looked directly at Nappa. "You're bad.... Like I was."

"Then why don't you help me destroy them?" Nappa growled as he buried his fist in Buu's rubber-like belly.

"Satan told me to be good. I like Satan. I don't like you." Buu moved with lightning speed, and slammed his fist into Nappa's jaw. As Buu attacked Nappa, Vegeta turned to Gokou.

"Why do we both have Potara?" Vegeta snorted as he opened his hand to reveal the earring.

".... Vegeta.... Vegetto could beat him...."

"Bakka! Even together we don't have enough power!" Vegeta growled.

"Super Saiya-jin 3," was all Gokou said.

Vegeta looked at Gokou. "This had better work, Kakarotto.... I

don't want to be fused with you permanently for nothing!"

"Papa?" Vegeta placed the Potara on his right ear, then looked down at Trunks and smiled.

"Otousan?"

Gokou looked down at his young son. "Don't worry.... if things get bad.... we'll have Buu absorb us.... Potara fusion ends when you enter a mystical body...."

"Kakarotto!" Vegeta snarled, as he grew more impatient. "Shut up already and use the damned Potara! Buu isn't going to last much longer!" Gokou nodded and placed the Potara silently on his left ear.

"You done yet, blob boy?" Nappa chuckled as Buu regenerated his arm.

"You make me mad! I don't like you!" Steams shot out of his head as he readied himself to attack. A glove hand rested his hand on Buu's shoulder, making him stop. "You look like Gokou and Vegeta..... Who are you?"

Vegetto spoke with both Gokou and Vegeta's voices. "I am the combination of Vegeta and Kakarotto. I am Vegetto."

"The combination of Vegeta and Kakarotto....? What bullshit is this?" Nappa snorted.

"You'll soon find out!" In the blink of an eye, Vegetto's fist slammed into Nappa's nose.