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"Talking"
'Thought'
~Lyrics~

Majin Vegeta

By Myself

~What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red - handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?~

As their fight went on, he couldn't believe how strong Kakarotto really was. He was surprisingly strong. But he would never give in, NEVER. His pride wouldn't let him, that's why he let that wizard turn him. So he could defeat Kakarotto and regain his pride once and for all. His life was saved from this worthless clown to many times, he helped him. He helped HIM. He was strong, powerful, everything, he had everything but as the years went on, he found himself being surpassed by Kakarotto or his half-breed brat. Kakarotto was the one to finish off Frieza the right that should've been his, the first to become a Super Sayian in 1000 years, a right he thought was rightfully his, and his half-breed brat achieved what he struggled so long for, to ascend and defeat Cell. NO! Never again, he had to show everyone he is and will always be forever, THE PRINCE OF ALL SAIYAIJIN.

~Because I can't hold on
When I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again~

Vegeta and Kakarotto were now looking at each other, each of them in a fighting stance, breathing heavily.

"I've been going thru the most intense training in the afterlife, and I guess you've been going thru the same, if the gap between us has been closed" Kakarotto smirked.

"I painfully realized that the gap between us would never be closed. I agonizingly found that out when you were up against Babadi's henchmen" he smirked back "So, that's when I secretly made up my mind" Vegeta told him everything, he wanted him to know why he did this, why he let Babadi change him.

"You mean…you…you fool…you deliberately let yourself fall under Babadi's spell" Kakarotto said with uncertainty in his voice.

"Yes, I saw the power at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Those two henchmen he sent." Vegeta informed his former brother in arms.

***Flashback to the fight with Videl and Spovofich***

"Those people who had seen those fighters in the previous Tournament couldn't understand how they could've become so powerful. But you and I both know, don't we? It was Babadi's magic. And I know whatever his magic had done for those fighters could also do for me. I know that if I allowed my self to fall under his control the difference in our power would disappear. I'm quite please with results. Even if they do come at a price." He powered up a little bit making himself surrounded by a golden aura "I'd say that the end more than justify the means!"

"Vegeta…I don't understand. You never before allowed anyone to help you before in you life. Why start now? Why Babadi?" The clown didn't understand, he just didn't. He is of a warrior race, the elite; he has royal blood flowing thru his veins. That clown cut down his pride. His pride! Pride! The one thing that Saiyajin's base their lives on, he cut it down. When he saw that he had the chance to beat the one who took his pride and cut it into pieces, so he took it.

~By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in~

"Because I wanted him to reawaken the evil in my heart. I wanted him to return me to the way I was BEFORE!!" Vegeta powered up, letting the golden aura around him overwhelm him "I was the perfect warrior! Cold and ruthless! I lived by my strength alone! Uninhabited by foolish emotion!" He moved his head so he was looking down "But slowly over the years, I became one of you. My quest for greatness, gradually giving way to this life of mediocrity," Looked up into the sky "I awoke one day to find that I had settled down. Formed a family. I had even grown quite fond of them. Would you believe I almost started to think the Earth was a nice place to live?" Looks at Kakarotto "Do you understand know Kakarotto? That's why I needed Babadi, to set me free by releasing the evil in my heart. He has freed me of these petty attachments" he 'hmphed' "And I'd have to say it feels pretty damn good."

"Do you really believe what you're saying?" Kakarotto asked.

Vegeta didn't say anything. He just powered up and charged at Kakarotto.

~If I
Turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they'll take from me 'till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]~

They both stopped sensing a great power; it only could be Majin Buu. He was powerful, but he wanted this fight to finish first, he had to know which one of them was the greatest warrior, and it had to be him. He had to regain his pride, he just had too. It had been taken, cut, and bruised too many times, for it to end. He didn't care that Majin Buu was probably strong enough to give them a good pounding, all that matter was his PRIDE and the one who TOOK it from him.

"Vegeta, can't you sense it? Lets stop this fight, combined we can defeat Majin Buu and then we'll continue this later" Kakarotto suggested.

No! He wouldn't get out of this to easily. He gave everything up for this fight. He wouldn't give up not until THIS fight was over. "Of course I could sense it, you clown. He's no match for either of us. He isn't up to par, when Kaioshin talked about him that was eons ago, he may have been powerful then, but now he isn't anything to us" He chuckled, not really sure about what he was saying. This Majin Buu was powerful, but not too powerful. This Majin Buu probably could hold his own if he were to fight him.

"Vegeta, I'm not so sure. I think we should go over there and check it out"

"Stop making excuses and fight me!!" He powered up and attacked Kakarotto. There was no way he was going to let this fight end, not until he was the victor.

"Stop this! Don't you even care if Bulma and Trunks live? They could die if Majin Buu lives. Do you care?" Kakarotto asked.

"IF you don't know, I sold my soul. I don't care about anything except fighting you. They mean nothing to me. Absolutely nothing!" He lied; he did say he had grown quite fond of them. What would happen if he let them die? HE did have a duty to his life mate. He was bonded to both of them. Damn him! Making him think of all these things, he only wanted to think of this fight, that shrugged off all the thoughts about them. Kakarotto was making him more angrier, that he charged him and thru a punch at him.

"Talk all you want, Vegeta. But you better convince yourself that first"

~How do you think I've lost so much
I'm so afraid I'm out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to
Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside~

He stopped mid-air, he was about to punch Kakarotto, but he felt Majin Buu's power increased.

"Vegeta, I know you felt that"

He grunted, he would never be able to get a good fight out of him, if this Majin Buu was still alive, an idea forming in his head, he responded.

"Fine, let's go. I know I can't fight you if you're distracted."

"Good, I have some sensu beans" before Kakarotto could go for them, Vegeta knocked him out.

"I'll kill that Buu off, then I'll come back for you" He said taking the last sensu bean and ate it.

He would fight Majin Buu by himself.

~By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in~