Chapter 12: The Time Has Come

Marron woke up early that morning. She was so excited. Drake had been in bad shape the night before and she wanted to make sure he wasn't traumatized. She got out of bed and put on the cutest dress she could find. It was light pink with dark pink flowers on it. She looked in the mirror and fixed her hair for about the millionth time. Everything had to be perfect. She hurried out the door to her car. She took off.

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Tapion woke up with a start. He was worried that Krista wouldn't be there when he got up. She still was, and she was still asleep. Tapion had been worried because she took off like that. She had come back in and just smiled at him. She asked if he could sleep next to her and of course he couldn't turn down that beautiful face. He had woke up a few times in the middle of the night and made sure that she was still there. If she left him, he wouldn't know what to do.

He softly kissed her forehead and her eyes fluttered open. "Good morning handsome," she whispered.

"Good morning beautiful," he said as a smile crossed his lips. He leaned down and kissed her on the lips. After the kiss was ended, he asked, "Are you okay? I mean about what Goten said yesterday."

"Yeah, it just struck me as odd that he would know and I had to get my bearings right," she said smiling. She leaned more into his arms and he wrapped them around her tighter.

"Today is going to be tough, Krista."

"Yeah, I know."

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Vegeta walked out of the gravity chamber. He looked around. "BOY!!!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Almost instantly, Trunks appeared in front of Vegeta. "Get your worthless friends, the time has come to train."

"Yes sir," Trunks stammered still wiping sleep out of his eyes. He flew off.

It took a few minutes, but Trunks managed to gather Goten, Bra, Pan, Tapion, and Krista. They all waited for instruction from Vegeta. They stood in a straight line, as Vegeta walked the length of them, then turned around and walked back.

"Everyone into the gravity chamber!" Vegeta commanded. All six of the Z teens ran into the chamber. Vegeta walked over to the outer controls. He spoke into the microphone. "Alright, you will do three hours of training and then eat. You will train under one hundred times gravity. Gravity is on…now!" He turned on the gravity. He watched the screen as all the teens braced themselves as the gravity pushed down on them. Vegeta pushed a button and watched as the drones came into view. All the teens paired off with three and began training. Vegeta turned away from the screen. That should keep those brats busy. He got an evil grin on his face and flew off towards Goku's house.

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Marron got to Drakes house and knocked on the door. Drake answered the door. "Hey, cutie," he said smiling.

"Hi," she said smiling back. He kissed her softly on the lips and she smiled bigger. "Ummm…would you like to come with me to my friends' house?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure babe! Let's go!" he way too excitedly.

"Are you okay?" Marron asked worried.

"Perfect!" he said kissing her again. Then the two slowly walked towards her car.

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Goku woke up at the break of dawn. He slowly crept out of his room, being careful not to wake Chi-chi. He wanted to get a little exercise in before breakfast. He walked outside into the fresh morning air. It was going to be a beautiful day. It was one of those days where nothing could go wrong. He set out at a brisk run. After he was sure he had ran five miles, he jumped into the air. He did some warm up kicks and punches. After a little warm up, he started using ki blasts, being careful not to damage anything. He practiced like that for a good hour or so. He headed back home. He could already smell Chi-chi's cooking. He sped home quicker. He opened the door to an odd sight. Videl, Gohan, Ubuu, Piccolo, and Chi-chi were sitting at the table, with Vegeta.

"What brings you here Vegeta?" Goku asked.

"I came here to get the Dragonballs and take them back to Capsule Corp." Vegeta answered.

"Okay," Goku said going into his room and coming back with all seven Dragonballs. "Why don't we all go to Capsule Corp. and train? I mean there is plenty of room there and plus, they have the gravity chambers."

"Good idea Dad!" Gohan said smiling. Vegeta growled.

"Okay, so it is settled. We'll go train at Capsule Corp." Goku decided.

"Fine! Just bring the Dragonballs," Vegeta said with an evil smile.

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"Hey you all! Marron and Drake are here," came Bulma's voice over the loudspeaker as the drones and the gravity shut off in the chamber. The teens in the chamber walked to the door and came out. Marron and Drake were standing there with Marron holding on to Drake.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Marron said with a huge smile on her face.

"Nothing really Marron. We're just training," Bra answered.

"I'm hungry," Goten complained.

"Let's go eat," Trunks suggested. All the teens walked into the kitchen, where Bulma had already set out enough lunch for everyone. The teens sat down and began to eat. A mild conversation went around as the teens ate. After they got done, they walked back outside and looked up at the sky.

"Here comes Dad," Bra said.

"My dad and brother are coming too," Goten said. Goku and everyone landed. Goku set Chi-chi down after carrying her the entire way. Everyone greeted each other. Goku gave the Dragonballs to Bulma.

"So are we all going to train together?" Pan asked.

"Yeah, Goku decided it would be a good idea," Videl said. Suddenly, a red light covered the area. The warriors covered their eyes.

"You don't have to worry," an evil voice came from the center of the light. The Dragon King stepped out of the light.

"Oh no," Krista said. "It's him, he's come to take care of everyone." The Dragon King stepped closer to everyone as the red light disappeared. Bulma dropped the Dragonballs.

"Hello everyone," the Dragon King said.

Bulma stared at the Dragon King and said, "Ve…Vegeta?"

"Very good, Bulma," the evil king laughed. The Z fighters took a fighting stance. Vegeta looked at the Dragon King then to the Dragonballs lying on the ground. An evil smile crossed his face. He sneaked around and picked up all the Dragonballs off the ground. He flew away out of everyone's view, into the forest surrounding Capsule Corp.

After a few minutes of staring down the Dragon King, Krista looked around. "Where's Vegeta?"

"More importantly, where are the Dragonballs?" Trunks asked.

"Oh, shit," Krista cried.

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Yes, I know. Really bad cliffhanger, but I wanted to make the final battle the last chapter. So next chapter should be the last one. Hey look! It didn't take me too long to get this chapter out. Maybe I'll have the next one out soon.