Vegeta let out a cackle, looking around at the scene. Gohan and Trunks just stared in shock, and the other four aliens…well they had no faces…so no facial expressions there. Vegeta's cackle turned into a loud chuckle. He looked at the creature. He couldn't tell what it was doing or thinking. It did not issue a sound. Vegeta began to laugh hysterically. The pride of his saiya-jin background was painfully evident as Vegeta clenched his fists and retracted his hand from the red body.
"And I didn't even need to dye my hair…" said Vegeta, shaking his head. He turned to Trunks and Gohan.
"You shouldn't have done that, Vegeta," said Gohan shakily, "I was just about to work out some truce with the guy."
Vegeta laughed, "What is your deal, kid? A truce? You are truly pathetic, a carbon copy of your father!" and Vegeta continued, "and what kind of truce are you going to make with someone who was affiliated with the Ginyus. He was probably a friend of Freeza's!"
"And I still am," replied Remeth. The saiya-jin trio turned to see Remeth in perfect shape, and not just a blob without a hole. Remeth had transformed, he now was in the shape of a human, perfectly crafted with arms, legs, a torso, and a head. Still, the face was gone, but it seemed that this alien was ready for battle.
"Just who the hell are you?" asked Trunks, staring at the five aliens who were all cackling. Remeth pointed to Vegeta.
"You. You and those two. And there are two more. You are indeed the Ginyu Squad! Quick thinking and ultimately evil, we knew it was you when your spiky haired friend here plunged his hand into my torso," explained Remeth.
"What are you talking about, you have no proof that we are the Ginyus! This is ridiculous! The Ginyus were killed a very long time ago!" said Gohan impatiently.
"ENOUGH LIES!" screamed Remeth. With his newly formed body, he launched at Vegeta. Seeming to be in slow motion, his fist connected with the right side of Vegeta's mouth. His eyes wide with surprise, Vegeta's entire face contorted to the left, his mouth seeming to jut out. Three teeth flew out with the shot, as well as an ample amount of blood.
But Remeth wasn't finished. He lifted his foot into the air and deftly plunged it into Vegeta's prone stomach. With that, Vegeta hunched over to be met by an axe-handle smash to his back. Vegeta collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Remeth stood over him, gloating, and panting heavily. As Vegeta helped himself to his feet, he spit out another tooth. He then turned to Remeth and spat a glob of blood directly onto his face. Vegeta smiled.
"You got lucky, fool. And let's face it, you haven't even scratched the surface of my true powers!" said Vegeta confidently. Remeth just laughed and rubbed the blood into his body.
"Your vital transportation substance matches my color. How flattering," taunted Remeth. Vegeta wasn't taking to kindly to Remeth's witty remarks. He brought both hands to his sides and clenched his fists. In his mind flashed the thought of Kakarotto stronger than him, and in an instant, he was a super saiya-jin. It was so easy now, as if the transformation came naturally, and was never a challenge to achieve. Without a word, Vegeta disappeared. He reappeared behind Remeth, and punched forward. Unfortunately, Remeth leaped in the air to avoid it. In a second of silence, all was still.
Remeth's foot met the nose of Vegeta. It sent him careening across the field, finally stopping by smashing into the boulder Gohan had hid behind earlier. Vegeta was lodged into the rock, with cracks running all around it, so much that the rock imploded and collapsed. Vegeta also collapsed, falling onto the rubble in exhaustion. His eyes were closed and his face was wincing in pain, for Vegeta's nose was broken. The blood poured from his nose freely, entering his mouth. Vegeta let his tongue out to catch some of it. That was the taste he loved. The taste of a battle.
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"…so I said 'Kakarotto,' and he just collapsed like that. Poof, out like a light. Dad, he fainted. He--"
"Okay, I get the point now, Chi-Chi," groaned Gyuu Mao (Ox King for dubbies). In his arms was his loving daughter, Chi-Chi, was now crying on his massive forearm. They were both sitting in Goku's hospital room, waiting for any news, whether it be good…or bad. To his delight, Gyuu Mao spotted a doctor enter the room to take Goku's temperature. He then heard a loud shout.
"Hi doc, what's goin' on?" asked a voice.
Who could that have been? wondered Gyuu Mao, getting up and around the curtain housing Goku's bed. Chi-Chi followed, and then fainted into Gyuu Mao's arms. Goku was awake.
"Oh my God, what's wrong Chi-Chi!?" screamed Goku, jumping out of bed and running to Chi-Chi.
"NO!!! Get back in bed, you're sick!" screamed the doctor, but then held back observing that Goku was in perfect condition. As Goku talked to Chi-Chi, she began to awaken. As her eyes opened, they lighted up in joy.
"Goku! I'm so happy you're back!" she screamed, falling into his arms. Goku smiled happily. Goku then saw his doctor in the hallway talking to the other doctors. He overheard them saying, "It doesn't make sense. We didn't know what was wrong with him, and now he just wakes up!"
Goku frowned. The doctors were very suspicious.
"Sorry everyone!" he smiled, while nervously laughing. "I have to go…um…to the bathroom! Yeah that's it!"
Goku slowly tiptoed into the bathroom and shut the door and locked it. His expression then turned serious as he placed to fingers to his forehead. He found the powers of Gohan and Vegeta, and in an instant, he was gone.
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Goten and Pan sat on the couch, trying to watch TV. But it was to no avail, they both sat there, shivering, and Goten wasn't even going to attempt to try to reassure Pan. He was so scared. He remembered the note, and its eerie message:
Do not forget, Kakarotto, for your time for regrowth is on the horizon.
But what did that mean? Regrowth? Goten just could not figure out any of it, it didn't make any sense. And who was the person that did it?
Suddenly, Goten heard a car honking and Videl pulling into the parking lot. Out of the car came Pan's mother, Videl, who rushed into the house quickly, hugging both of them.
Everything was okay…
…for now.
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Vegeta slowly stood up from the ruins of the once large boulder. He cackled, wiping the blood away from his nose. Yes, the pain from his broken nose was immense, but it did not compare to his compassion now. To kill. To take out that thing…that red blob of shit. Vegeta's anger gave him strength, and that strength awakened the power inside of him. In his mind flashed the teachings of Babidi, the Majin charm becoming part of him. And with that, Vegeta screamed out. His hair elongated and he became super saiya-jin 2.
But Remeth was still not impressed.
"Is that it? That's your impressive hidden power? Oh please, give me a break!" boasted Remeth. Sick of talking, he once again flew to the air, and charged up red energy in both hands. Quickly, he fired the two blasts at Vegeta, both of them exploding the ground in front of him. Remeth then shot at Vegeta, kicking at his head, but Vegeta deftly slipped under it, grabbing Remeth and throwing him to the distance. Vegeta then held out his palm.
"Big Bang Attack!" he screamed, releasing the large blue light from his palm. The energy rushed to Remeth, but he blocked it easily. Vegeta flew after him, throwing a punch, which Remeth dodged and countered with his own, hitting Vegeta in the face. Vegeta spit up more blood and began to grow impatient. He threw himself at Remeth, throwing two kicks to either side of him, both blocked. Vegeta then grabbed Remeth and head-butted him, sending him flying back. Remeth just smiled and blurred under Vegeta, grabbing his legs and throwing him to the ground with all his might.
Vegeta hit the ground with a thud. He looked up to see Remeth flying down at him, as his two feet plunged right into Vegeta's stomach, causing a fountain of blood to spew from his mouth. Vegeta's face was covered in red, and Remeth didn't even care. Remeth continued to stomp Vegeta mercilessly.
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From the ground, Gohan and Trunks looked on in amazement.
"Your father is going to be killed! I'm going to help him Trunks…" said Gohan.
"My dad's the strongest in the universe, and no one compares to him!" screamed Trunks, trying to fight for his father's pride.
After Trunks had spoken, a great energy was felt as Goku appeared on the ground in front of them.
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Vegeta felt the power as well. He looked over to see Kakarotto, his greatest rival, appear on the battlefield. He was surprised to see him here, especially since all of the older members of the Z-Senshi were here. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chao-zu all were with Kakarotto, and Vegeta was very annoyed.
"What are you doing here, Kakarotto?" screamed Vegeta to Goku, forgetting about Remeth for a second. Remeth also looked over to Goku.
"Hi there Vegeta! I thought I'd check out what was going on here, and I brought the rest of the gang here as well!" said Goku happily. Vegeta frowned.
"We have a little matter on our hands here, Kakarotto," Vegeta pointed to the Remeth, who had stopped flying up and was now recollecting himself, "this guy thinks that us five saiya-jins are the Ginyu Squad, and he wants to kill us. And I can't tell what they do, or where they are from. They just want the--"
Vegeta was cut off by Remeth stomping on him. He leaped in the air as Goku flew at him in super saiya-jin, and easily axe-handled Goku to the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust. Remeth cackled in the sky.
"Both of you are immensely weak, and you stand no chance against me!" he boasted, not noticing the two super saiya-jins rushing up in the air, who appeared before Remeth, smiling.
"What's so funny, you two? Are you what they call 'homosexuals,' or two of the same gender that love each other?" Remeth laughed hysterically at his comment. But Goku and Vegeta weren't listening, as they spaced themselves apart and pointed their arms outward.
"FU…" they said as they slowly floated towards each other, rotating their arms to face the middle.
"SION…" they chanted, pointing their knees inward and thrusting their fists outward.
"HA!!!' they screamed, bending their inside knees and touching both fingers together. In a flash, Goku and Vegeta fused together into the being known as Gogeta. Gogeta slowly floated in the air, a strange combination of Goku and Vegeta. His hair stood up like a super saiya-jin, a slight mixture of Goku and Vegeta's. His face was an eerily handsome mix of the two warriors. Gogeta smiled.
"Never expected this, did you freak?" said Gogeta's combined voice cockily, smiling broadly. In an instant, Gogeta blurred in front of Remeth, thrusting his fist into his stomach with great strength. Remeth let out a shout of pain, the first heard all day. Gogeta laughed and sent him flying with a hard punch. The match was won. But something was wrong, all of the energies of the rest of them was falling. And in despair, Gogeta looked to the ground to see Trunks, Gohan, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chao-zu all collapsed. If it was Goku, he would've turned to the ground and helped. And if it was Vegeta, he would've laughed and turned away. But this was Gogeta, and the answer was tough. Gogeta observed the four other blobs, brown, yellow, blue, and green, seeming to be casting a spell over them, all of them laughing.
But even Vegeta could not watch his own son be killed. Gogeta sent a blast after Remeth and quickly darted to the ground. Remeth was the least of their concerns, plus, they'd just kill him later…right?