To everyone that's reviewed The Vegeta Redemption, thanks!
Enna Namo: Vegeta's wish had to be put on hold, at least temporarily, until he's completed his redemption plan. Otherwise he would die and go to Hell and never see Bulma again. Remember, the Namekian Dragonballs recharge in three months instead of one year like the Earth Dragonballs did. So he may still get his wish, or he may get his wish without the use of the Dragonballs. Only time may tell.
Una: I don't mind criticism as long as it's constructive and offered in the spirit of the story. Keep it coming! As far as King Kai's planet being 10 times Earth gravity, that is true. But one could easily raise the argument that since it's in another dimension, it doesn't follow what we consider normal laws of physics that we are under in this dimension. Given the relative size of King Kai's planet, you would pretty much have to make that argument. You are absolutely correct that Toriyama didn't take into account the laws of physics, or at least not strictly, when writing the DBZ Manga. One of the beauties of writing such stories is the artistic license one might take.
On with the story!
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Roger seemed to awaken, but he wasn't with the others anymore. Instead he found himself lying on a straw filled pallet of some sort. His chest was uncovered and bleeding profusely. He was mortally wounded. His eyes locked on to a small boy, maybe ten or eleven years old. The boy spoke to him, "You're going to be alright Master!"
"No Roshi, I'm not going to make it. The poison has been in my blood too long now." Roger felt himself saying. Roger didn't seem to have any power over his body. He had become just a spectator.
"NO Master Rogalle! You can't leave us!" Roshi wailed. Roshi loved this man that he had come to think of as his father since the day that his own parents had been brutally murdered by a band of murderous thieves. They had forced Roshi to watch as they raped, tortured, and finally killed his mother. They took all the food, the stored water, and everything else of value, finally burning down his home and barn. They rode away laughing, leaving a four year old Roshi to starve.
He might have done just that if it hadn't been for a man that just happened to be passing through two days later. Roshi had heard him coming and ducked under a giant turtle shell that his father gutted a few days before he was murdered. The man came into the yard and dismounted from his horse. Roshi could hear him walking about the ruin that was Roshi's life. Finally, the footsteps came closer and seemed to stop just outside Roshi's hiding place. Suddenly, the turtle shell lifted a bit where Roshi's head was and a man peered in.
"What have we here? A young turtle?" The man inquired.
"N-no mister, I'm just a boy, and I have nothing left worth stealing!" Roshi cried.
"I see, well come out off there and let's have a look at you then. My name is Rogalle." Rogalle stated.
Slowly, Roshi crawled out from underneath the shell.
"Well you look like a fine lad! Ever consider training in martial arts?" Rogalle offered.
"Yes, but we could never afford the lessons our local master was offering." Roshi complained.
"Well, come with me then, we'll work out some sort of deal, and I'll teach you." Rogalle offered.
Rogalle tied the boys turtle shell to the back of his saddle, then hoisted Roshi up to the front and rode for many days, finally arriving at the Turtle Master's camp.
Now, the great man was dying, and there wasn't a damned thing Roshi could do about it. The arrow wound was bad enough, but The Dragon Elite tipped their arrows with a deadly poison. Additionally, numerous wounds from ki- blasts covered his body. His left leg was completely missing from the thigh down, and half his face was burned away.
Suddenly, a hand dropped on Roshi's shoulder. Roshi knew who it was without looking. "Master Cordell! Please Master Cordell! Isn't there something we can do? We can't let Master Rogalle die!" Roshi wailed.
"I'm afraid that we can't stop it Roshi. His injuries are too extensive." Cordell said.
"Roshi." Rogalle started.
"Please Master, don't talk! Save your energy!" Roshi pleaded.
"No, listen to me Roshi!" Rogalle said. "I have to go for now, but one day the Earth will need a strong defender. There will be dark times between now and then, but when the Earth REALLY needs me, I will return. Watch for me Roshi." Rogalle explained.
"I will Master, I will." Roshi consigned himself.
Rogalle took three more labored breaths, then his body became lifeless.
Roger then felt himself leave his body, and simply floated up towards the thatched ceiling.
Roshi cried over his Master's body for what seemed like an eternity. Finally Cordell pulled him away, "Roshi you must hang on. You're the only one left that can train now."
"What about you Master Cordell?" Roshi puzzled.
"I've seen too many friends die. I can't stomach it anymore Roshi. I'm going back home, marry, raise a family, all the normal stuff." Cordell confided. "Do me a favor Roshi, go and fetch me some water so we can clean Master Rogalle's body and prepare it for burial."
"Right away Master Cordell." Roshi ran out the door.
As soon as Roshi left, Cordell went and opened up a large trunk at the end of Rogalle's bed. After a bit of searching he pulled out three scrolls, and the Four Star Dragonball. "Hehehehe.. Well Roshi, sorry to disappoint you, but I've got a wish to make!" With that, Cordell bolted out the door, and was never seen or heard from again.
Roger was suddenly hit with another giant wave of pain.
"Your wish has been granted!"
Roger's eyes snapped open just in time to see the Dragonballs launch themselves into the sky and head off in seven separate directions. The pain was gone, and Roger sat up a bit, his eyes focusing on the assembled heros.
"Whoa! What a rush!" Roger finally managed.
"Are you okay?" Goku held out his hand to help Roger up.
"Yeah, I'll live at least, am I a Saiyan?" Roger asked?
"Oh yeah, you're a Saiyan alright." Vegeta smirked.
"Hey Supreme Kai, you've been monitoring my thoughts and stuff, were you monitoring that dream I was just having?" Roger said.
'That wasn't a dream Roger. When the pain became so intense, your mind sought to escape into your subconscious until it was over. But it accidentally brought forth memories from a past life experience." The Supreme Kai explained.
"Wow! Really? Roshi was in it as well." Roger said.
Master Roshi didn't exactly know what Roger/Rogalle should know at this point, so he kept quiet to let the Kai handle things.
Roger tried to stand up, with Goku's help, only to overbalance himself and land on his face. "Damned that was clumsy!" Roger complained.
"It will take you a little time to learn to walk and balance properly again with that tail." Vegeta offered.
"Wha? I got a tail! Cool!" Roger exclaimed as he looked at his new appendage and started swinging it back and forth. "This is great!!"
Roger stood up shakily to his feet. "It's not just the tail either. I feel much bulkier, stronger than before. The dynamics of my body has totally changed."
"And for the better.. MUCH better." Yambia thought. "I was really starting to like Roger before, but now that he's a Saiyan, with Saiyan looks, and especially that Saiyan scent, I will be hard pressed to control myself!"
"Okay," The Supreme Kai began, "Roger, you and Yambia can go and train. Myself, Goku, and Vegeta has some serious business to discuss. Mouri, thanks for all your help."
Mouri nodded his head and was picked up by two of the ten large Nameks and flown back to the Villiage.
"Sure.. Hey, any of you guys up for a spar?" Roger asked the remaining eight Nameks.
"Sounds good" The largest one smirked. "Just let me fly back to the village and pick up Crail. He's a healer, we're all warriors. We wouldn't want to cause you any permanent damage." The Namek grinned.
"No, we wouldn't want that." Roger grinned back.
Meanwhile, Kaioshin, Vegeta, and Goku used Kaioshin's teleportation technique to move as far away from any Namek settlements as possible.
"Okay Vegeta, as Goku explained to you we, the Kais, have been working on a plan that will allow you to keep your body, and be with Bulma after you die. It will not be easy for you. It will require you to swallow a lot of pride and face some realities. Are you ready?" Kaioshin asked.
"For Bulma, I will do this!" Vegeta said.
"And for yourself?" Kaioshin asked.
Vegeta thought for long moment. "Yes, for both of us!" Vegeta finally said.
"Goku, you know where to take him first then, you know what to do." Kiaoshin commanded.
"The first item on your redemption plan Vegeta. You must forgive the unforgivable." Goku said as he placed his hand on Vegeta's shoulder. "Where are we going?" Vegeta demanded. "To the center of all things." Goku answered as he placed two fingers to his forehead and both he and Vegeta disappeared.
Meanwhile, Roger was having a whole lot of trouble with the Namek warriors. Not only were they stronger than what they looked, Roger simply did not have the hang of his new body yet. He felt, and looked clumsy out there. "Damned this tail keeps getting in my way!" Roger shouted to no one in particular.
"Roger! Wrap your tail around your waist!" Yambia shouted from her side of the fight, the momentary distraction earning her an elbow to the side of the head.
"Oh right! I've seen you and Vegeta do that, thanks!" Roger stopped for a second and wrapped his tail around his waist. A second was all the big Namek needed for a kick to Roger's gut. "Ooof!! Damned! That'll leave a mark! Ah yes, this feels better, more balanced. Ok big, green, and ugly! Here I come!"
Roger launched an aggressive offensive campaign and the big Namek started falling back under the assault. Roger was gaining confidence and skill with his new form with every technique. Roger felt stronger than before, and much faster! About that time, one of the Nameks on the sidelines must have felt that Roger wasn't being challenged enough, so he joined the fight.
"Two opponents!! My Kami but this is intense!! Roger thought. Out loud he said, "Bring it on Namek!"
The assault from the two Nameks was enough to drive Roger back some, but then he stopped and held his ground. Blocking and kicking almost every technique thrown at him. Suddenly, the two Nameks flew away on opposite sides of him, but not directly so, and powered ki attacks.
"Oh.. So it's a ki war you want eh?" Roger knew that the Big Bang attack was done with one hand, and it was possible to perform a one handed kamehameha, so he wanted to try something really tricky. He stuck his hands out to either side, one palm out, the other pulled in towards his side. He gathered up as much ki as he could. "Kaaa.. Meee.. Haaa.. Meee.. HAAAA. as he pushed the attack towards his opponent on his left, Big Bang Attack! As he pushed the attack towards his opponent on the right. His attacks met theres causing a huge explosion on either side. Unfortunately, Roger's power was split between the two opponents, lending only half strength to either side. The Namek's attacks began to push Roger's attacks back towards him. "Eeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" Roger screamed, putting every ounce of stregnth he could muster into the attacks. It was no use. Individually Roger could have pushed their attacks back with no problem, but with his power divided like this, he couldn't overpower them. Their attacks finally made contact with Roger. "EEEEAAARRRGGGG" Roger screamed and fell to the ground as the attack engulfed him, then exploded. Roger's smouldering form lay prone on the ground when Crail ran as fast as he could to reach him.
Back with Goku and Vegeta, they had appeared in an area that Goku had called the center of all things. It was much like the Room of Spirit and Time. Empty whiteness as far as the eye could see. There was no door visible in or out.
"Where are we Kakkarot?" Vegeta demanded.
This is what Kiaoshin calls the Nexus. Here we can see what we need to see.
"So what do I do?" Vegeta asked.
"You earn forgiveness by learning to forgive." Goku said. "Do you remember this Vegeta?"
Suddenly, in the swirling whiteness, an image began to form. It was Vegeta, on the planet Namek, dying as he pleaded with Goku to kill Frieza, to show him no mercy. Vegeta was crying his last tears.
"..he made me what I am.." The image said.
The scene in the image suddenly shifted to some years earlier. Frieza was beating a adolescent Vegeta for some failure. Beating him unmercifully. Vegeta was bleeding, and near unconsciousness. And before Goku's horrified eyes, Frieza took the boy. After he finished sexually molesting Vegeta, he dumped him unceremoniously out in the hall. "Clean yourself up and report to Zarbon for your next assignment!" Frieza screamed as he closed the door. The scene focused on the face of the boy. Pure rage and hatred appeared in the eyes.
The image faded to white.
Vegeta's fists were clenched in rage! "Why are you showing me this? Why are you making me relive this!" Vegeta wailed.
"You are here for a purpose Vegeta, and like I said, this place shows you what you need to see." Goku answered. "I'm sorry that this is so difficult for you."
"Not as sorry as I am.." Vegeta said.
"The person you hate most in the world has been dead many years, yet you still carry that hatred around with you?" Goku said.
"Yes!" Vegeta yelled.
"So, he is unforgiveable?" Goku asked.
"No! I will never forgive him! Not him!" Vegeta yelled.
"Then that is who you MUST forgive." Goku stated plainly.
"Kakkarot, please, anyone but him!" Vegeta pleaded.
"It's not my decision Vegeta." Goku frowned.
"How can I forgive that monster?" Vegeta asked.
Suddenly, the white swirled in front of Vegeta and started to form a completely different image. It was of a planet that Vegeta recognized almost immediately. He had gone there with his father once a very long time ago. King Cold's home planet. The image focused in on a large castle, then on a room within the battlement. There Vegeta saw King Cold, and a very young icejin that looked to be a 10 or so year old Frieza. "You're weak boy! I'm beginning to doubt that you're my son at all!!" The large king bellowed. "Get over here now!" The trembling Frieza walked over to his father who began to beat on him with a vengence. "I'm going to make a proper warrior out of you yet you stinking little shit!" King Cold cussed, each syllable punctuated with another blow to Frieza's small form. The beating went on for what seemed like forever. Frieza never so much as whimpered. "You'll never be as strong as Cooler!" The King shouted
Vegeta was overjoyed at first to see his tormentor getting tormented. But somewhere along the line even Vegeta wanted it to stop. "He's only a kid there after all! How could anyone do that to their own child?" Vegeta became repulsed by the scene.
The beating finally stopped. Vegeta looked at Frieza, he was bleeding from all over his body, his ribs looked broken on one side, and his arm was twisted at an unnatural angle.
Then the horror happened. King Cold picked his broken and battered son up, bent him over his bed, and sexally molested the boy for the next half an hour. When he finished, he dumped the boy outside the door in a heap. "Go clean yourself up boy! Hahahaha!" King Cold laughed. Only rage and hatred could be seen on the face of the small icejin.
The scene faded.
"You see Vegeta, no one is born cruel, or evil." Goku stated plainly. "Just as you blame Frieza for making you what you were, forces also shaped Frieza'a life. Forces which he had no control over."
"I-I never knew, never realized. I never even thought about what made Frieza the way he was." Vegeta said.
"Release your hatred Vegeta. Frieza was truly evil, but he was forged in the same blazing furnace that forged you. The only difference is that you found a better way to lead your life." Goku assured. "For all his power, and wealth, Frieza never knew a happy day in his life, and from what's I've seen, things are no better for him in his afterlife."
"What do you mean?" Vegeta asked.
"He cannot give up his hatred for you, or me, or any of the Saiyans. Even now, if released, his first goal would be our elimination. Same thing with Cell, and Evil Buu. That is why they can never be released. Hell doesn't have to be permanent Vegeta, but it's a rare occurrence that a truly evil person turns their lives around once they get to Hell. Frieza could be offered a chance to get out, just as you are being offered a chance to stay out, but it would require a complete turnaround on Frieza'a part. Goku explained. "The chances for Frieza'a salvation is small.
Vegeta was quiet for a long time. "I've spent so long hating him though.." Vegeta was hiding his face, trying to hide the fact that he was close to tears.
"Please Vegeta, let it go. He won't hurt you anymore if you release the anger you carry constantly." Goku pleaded.
"Ok Kakkarot, I don't know if I can do it all at once, but I do forgive Frieza, and will try and let what he did to me go. DO YOU HEAR ME FRIEZA? I FORGIVE YOU!" Vegeta cried out.
Somewhere in Hell, Frieza sneezes
"Good Vegeta. No one expects you to let it go instantly, but you've fulfilled the requirement for the plan." Goku said. "Okay, now Kaioshin said that since this would be a huge emotional scene for you that you would probably have issues that you wanted to work out before we went back." Goku smiled.
"Yeah, and just how am I supposed to work them out?" Vegeta smiled back.
"Kaioshin did say that this place is indestructible." Goku stated as he powered up to Super Saiyan Four.
"Well, we'll just have to see about that, won't we?" Vegeta smirked
The two mightiest warriors in the Universe charged each other.
Roger awoke to the obsidian pools of Yambia's eyes. The healer had reached Roger in time and healed him completely. "Is that a look of genuine concern in those eyes of hers?" Roger thought. "Well, if you look past the shiner she now has anyways."
"Someone smack you around a bit?" Roger asked.
"Yeah, these Nameks are tougher than I thought." Yambia said. "Just about the time I had two of them defeated, they fused into one Namek and beat the crap out of me."
"What? They can fuse?" Roger said getting to his feet. "Tell me, did they do a sort of a little dance before they fused?"
"No.. One just put his hand on the other's chest then powered up and fused." Yambia said.
"How would you like to learn a technique that will surprise the hell out of them when we rematch?" Roger said. "It's sort of personal thought. You and I can fuse as well."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Yambia sounded worried.
"I don't know, but I don't think it can hurt us any, I've seen others do it on video. You remember the Fusion Dance from Vegeta's stories, right?" Roger asked.
"Sure, is that what we are going to do?" Yambia said, still not quite convinced.
"If everything goes right, yes." Roger affirmed.
"Ok, I'm with you then." Yambia said.
"Remember that we have to practice this extensively before we try it for real. Every movement has to be absolutely precise." Roger explained. "First let's check our power levels. Power up to your maximum."
"Here goes. Eeeeeaaahhhh!" Yambia powered up.
"Impressive! You've gotten stronger!" Roger said. "Our power levels have to match exactly. Eeeeaaahhh!" Roger powered up. "Oops, a little too much, a little lower, there got it! Ok, remember that level. Go ahead and power down. Next we need to practice the movements over and over until we get it perfect!"
Yambia couldn't help but to laugh out loud when Roger demonstrated it the first time. "That just doesn't look dignified, Roger!"
"Well, I can't argue with you there, in fact is looks down right silly. Maybe we'll defeat the Nameks when they laugh themselves to death." Roger chuckled.
For the next two hours Roger and Yambia practiced the fusion dance.
"Ok Yambia, we've gotten this down pat I think. You ready to try this for real?" Roger asked.
"Are you sure we won't like explode or something?" Yambia asked
"No, I don't think so." Roger smirked a bit.
"Ok, let's do it then." Yambia said.
"Ok, power up. Right there perfect! Go!" Roger signaled.
"Fusion, HA!!" Twin voices call out.
Enna Namo: Vegeta's wish had to be put on hold, at least temporarily, until he's completed his redemption plan. Otherwise he would die and go to Hell and never see Bulma again. Remember, the Namekian Dragonballs recharge in three months instead of one year like the Earth Dragonballs did. So he may still get his wish, or he may get his wish without the use of the Dragonballs. Only time may tell.
Una: I don't mind criticism as long as it's constructive and offered in the spirit of the story. Keep it coming! As far as King Kai's planet being 10 times Earth gravity, that is true. But one could easily raise the argument that since it's in another dimension, it doesn't follow what we consider normal laws of physics that we are under in this dimension. Given the relative size of King Kai's planet, you would pretty much have to make that argument. You are absolutely correct that Toriyama didn't take into account the laws of physics, or at least not strictly, when writing the DBZ Manga. One of the beauties of writing such stories is the artistic license one might take.
On with the story!
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Roger seemed to awaken, but he wasn't with the others anymore. Instead he found himself lying on a straw filled pallet of some sort. His chest was uncovered and bleeding profusely. He was mortally wounded. His eyes locked on to a small boy, maybe ten or eleven years old. The boy spoke to him, "You're going to be alright Master!"
"No Roshi, I'm not going to make it. The poison has been in my blood too long now." Roger felt himself saying. Roger didn't seem to have any power over his body. He had become just a spectator.
"NO Master Rogalle! You can't leave us!" Roshi wailed. Roshi loved this man that he had come to think of as his father since the day that his own parents had been brutally murdered by a band of murderous thieves. They had forced Roshi to watch as they raped, tortured, and finally killed his mother. They took all the food, the stored water, and everything else of value, finally burning down his home and barn. They rode away laughing, leaving a four year old Roshi to starve.
He might have done just that if it hadn't been for a man that just happened to be passing through two days later. Roshi had heard him coming and ducked under a giant turtle shell that his father gutted a few days before he was murdered. The man came into the yard and dismounted from his horse. Roshi could hear him walking about the ruin that was Roshi's life. Finally, the footsteps came closer and seemed to stop just outside Roshi's hiding place. Suddenly, the turtle shell lifted a bit where Roshi's head was and a man peered in.
"What have we here? A young turtle?" The man inquired.
"N-no mister, I'm just a boy, and I have nothing left worth stealing!" Roshi cried.
"I see, well come out off there and let's have a look at you then. My name is Rogalle." Rogalle stated.
Slowly, Roshi crawled out from underneath the shell.
"Well you look like a fine lad! Ever consider training in martial arts?" Rogalle offered.
"Yes, but we could never afford the lessons our local master was offering." Roshi complained.
"Well, come with me then, we'll work out some sort of deal, and I'll teach you." Rogalle offered.
Rogalle tied the boys turtle shell to the back of his saddle, then hoisted Roshi up to the front and rode for many days, finally arriving at the Turtle Master's camp.
Now, the great man was dying, and there wasn't a damned thing Roshi could do about it. The arrow wound was bad enough, but The Dragon Elite tipped their arrows with a deadly poison. Additionally, numerous wounds from ki- blasts covered his body. His left leg was completely missing from the thigh down, and half his face was burned away.
Suddenly, a hand dropped on Roshi's shoulder. Roshi knew who it was without looking. "Master Cordell! Please Master Cordell! Isn't there something we can do? We can't let Master Rogalle die!" Roshi wailed.
"I'm afraid that we can't stop it Roshi. His injuries are too extensive." Cordell said.
"Roshi." Rogalle started.
"Please Master, don't talk! Save your energy!" Roshi pleaded.
"No, listen to me Roshi!" Rogalle said. "I have to go for now, but one day the Earth will need a strong defender. There will be dark times between now and then, but when the Earth REALLY needs me, I will return. Watch for me Roshi." Rogalle explained.
"I will Master, I will." Roshi consigned himself.
Rogalle took three more labored breaths, then his body became lifeless.
Roger then felt himself leave his body, and simply floated up towards the thatched ceiling.
Roshi cried over his Master's body for what seemed like an eternity. Finally Cordell pulled him away, "Roshi you must hang on. You're the only one left that can train now."
"What about you Master Cordell?" Roshi puzzled.
"I've seen too many friends die. I can't stomach it anymore Roshi. I'm going back home, marry, raise a family, all the normal stuff." Cordell confided. "Do me a favor Roshi, go and fetch me some water so we can clean Master Rogalle's body and prepare it for burial."
"Right away Master Cordell." Roshi ran out the door.
As soon as Roshi left, Cordell went and opened up a large trunk at the end of Rogalle's bed. After a bit of searching he pulled out three scrolls, and the Four Star Dragonball. "Hehehehe.. Well Roshi, sorry to disappoint you, but I've got a wish to make!" With that, Cordell bolted out the door, and was never seen or heard from again.
Roger was suddenly hit with another giant wave of pain.
"Your wish has been granted!"
Roger's eyes snapped open just in time to see the Dragonballs launch themselves into the sky and head off in seven separate directions. The pain was gone, and Roger sat up a bit, his eyes focusing on the assembled heros.
"Whoa! What a rush!" Roger finally managed.
"Are you okay?" Goku held out his hand to help Roger up.
"Yeah, I'll live at least, am I a Saiyan?" Roger asked?
"Oh yeah, you're a Saiyan alright." Vegeta smirked.
"Hey Supreme Kai, you've been monitoring my thoughts and stuff, were you monitoring that dream I was just having?" Roger said.
'That wasn't a dream Roger. When the pain became so intense, your mind sought to escape into your subconscious until it was over. But it accidentally brought forth memories from a past life experience." The Supreme Kai explained.
"Wow! Really? Roshi was in it as well." Roger said.
Master Roshi didn't exactly know what Roger/Rogalle should know at this point, so he kept quiet to let the Kai handle things.
Roger tried to stand up, with Goku's help, only to overbalance himself and land on his face. "Damned that was clumsy!" Roger complained.
"It will take you a little time to learn to walk and balance properly again with that tail." Vegeta offered.
"Wha? I got a tail! Cool!" Roger exclaimed as he looked at his new appendage and started swinging it back and forth. "This is great!!"
Roger stood up shakily to his feet. "It's not just the tail either. I feel much bulkier, stronger than before. The dynamics of my body has totally changed."
"And for the better.. MUCH better." Yambia thought. "I was really starting to like Roger before, but now that he's a Saiyan, with Saiyan looks, and especially that Saiyan scent, I will be hard pressed to control myself!"
"Okay," The Supreme Kai began, "Roger, you and Yambia can go and train. Myself, Goku, and Vegeta has some serious business to discuss. Mouri, thanks for all your help."
Mouri nodded his head and was picked up by two of the ten large Nameks and flown back to the Villiage.
"Sure.. Hey, any of you guys up for a spar?" Roger asked the remaining eight Nameks.
"Sounds good" The largest one smirked. "Just let me fly back to the village and pick up Crail. He's a healer, we're all warriors. We wouldn't want to cause you any permanent damage." The Namek grinned.
"No, we wouldn't want that." Roger grinned back.
Meanwhile, Kaioshin, Vegeta, and Goku used Kaioshin's teleportation technique to move as far away from any Namek settlements as possible.
"Okay Vegeta, as Goku explained to you we, the Kais, have been working on a plan that will allow you to keep your body, and be with Bulma after you die. It will not be easy for you. It will require you to swallow a lot of pride and face some realities. Are you ready?" Kaioshin asked.
"For Bulma, I will do this!" Vegeta said.
"And for yourself?" Kaioshin asked.
Vegeta thought for long moment. "Yes, for both of us!" Vegeta finally said.
"Goku, you know where to take him first then, you know what to do." Kiaoshin commanded.
"The first item on your redemption plan Vegeta. You must forgive the unforgivable." Goku said as he placed his hand on Vegeta's shoulder. "Where are we going?" Vegeta demanded. "To the center of all things." Goku answered as he placed two fingers to his forehead and both he and Vegeta disappeared.
Meanwhile, Roger was having a whole lot of trouble with the Namek warriors. Not only were they stronger than what they looked, Roger simply did not have the hang of his new body yet. He felt, and looked clumsy out there. "Damned this tail keeps getting in my way!" Roger shouted to no one in particular.
"Roger! Wrap your tail around your waist!" Yambia shouted from her side of the fight, the momentary distraction earning her an elbow to the side of the head.
"Oh right! I've seen you and Vegeta do that, thanks!" Roger stopped for a second and wrapped his tail around his waist. A second was all the big Namek needed for a kick to Roger's gut. "Ooof!! Damned! That'll leave a mark! Ah yes, this feels better, more balanced. Ok big, green, and ugly! Here I come!"
Roger launched an aggressive offensive campaign and the big Namek started falling back under the assault. Roger was gaining confidence and skill with his new form with every technique. Roger felt stronger than before, and much faster! About that time, one of the Nameks on the sidelines must have felt that Roger wasn't being challenged enough, so he joined the fight.
"Two opponents!! My Kami but this is intense!! Roger thought. Out loud he said, "Bring it on Namek!"
The assault from the two Nameks was enough to drive Roger back some, but then he stopped and held his ground. Blocking and kicking almost every technique thrown at him. Suddenly, the two Nameks flew away on opposite sides of him, but not directly so, and powered ki attacks.
"Oh.. So it's a ki war you want eh?" Roger knew that the Big Bang attack was done with one hand, and it was possible to perform a one handed kamehameha, so he wanted to try something really tricky. He stuck his hands out to either side, one palm out, the other pulled in towards his side. He gathered up as much ki as he could. "Kaaa.. Meee.. Haaa.. Meee.. HAAAA. as he pushed the attack towards his opponent on his left, Big Bang Attack! As he pushed the attack towards his opponent on the right. His attacks met theres causing a huge explosion on either side. Unfortunately, Roger's power was split between the two opponents, lending only half strength to either side. The Namek's attacks began to push Roger's attacks back towards him. "Eeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" Roger screamed, putting every ounce of stregnth he could muster into the attacks. It was no use. Individually Roger could have pushed their attacks back with no problem, but with his power divided like this, he couldn't overpower them. Their attacks finally made contact with Roger. "EEEEAAARRRGGGG" Roger screamed and fell to the ground as the attack engulfed him, then exploded. Roger's smouldering form lay prone on the ground when Crail ran as fast as he could to reach him.
Back with Goku and Vegeta, they had appeared in an area that Goku had called the center of all things. It was much like the Room of Spirit and Time. Empty whiteness as far as the eye could see. There was no door visible in or out.
"Where are we Kakkarot?" Vegeta demanded.
This is what Kiaoshin calls the Nexus. Here we can see what we need to see.
"So what do I do?" Vegeta asked.
"You earn forgiveness by learning to forgive." Goku said. "Do you remember this Vegeta?"
Suddenly, in the swirling whiteness, an image began to form. It was Vegeta, on the planet Namek, dying as he pleaded with Goku to kill Frieza, to show him no mercy. Vegeta was crying his last tears.
"..he made me what I am.." The image said.
The scene in the image suddenly shifted to some years earlier. Frieza was beating a adolescent Vegeta for some failure. Beating him unmercifully. Vegeta was bleeding, and near unconsciousness. And before Goku's horrified eyes, Frieza took the boy. After he finished sexually molesting Vegeta, he dumped him unceremoniously out in the hall. "Clean yourself up and report to Zarbon for your next assignment!" Frieza screamed as he closed the door. The scene focused on the face of the boy. Pure rage and hatred appeared in the eyes.
The image faded to white.
Vegeta's fists were clenched in rage! "Why are you showing me this? Why are you making me relive this!" Vegeta wailed.
"You are here for a purpose Vegeta, and like I said, this place shows you what you need to see." Goku answered. "I'm sorry that this is so difficult for you."
"Not as sorry as I am.." Vegeta said.
"The person you hate most in the world has been dead many years, yet you still carry that hatred around with you?" Goku said.
"Yes!" Vegeta yelled.
"So, he is unforgiveable?" Goku asked.
"No! I will never forgive him! Not him!" Vegeta yelled.
"Then that is who you MUST forgive." Goku stated plainly.
"Kakkarot, please, anyone but him!" Vegeta pleaded.
"It's not my decision Vegeta." Goku frowned.
"How can I forgive that monster?" Vegeta asked.
Suddenly, the white swirled in front of Vegeta and started to form a completely different image. It was of a planet that Vegeta recognized almost immediately. He had gone there with his father once a very long time ago. King Cold's home planet. The image focused in on a large castle, then on a room within the battlement. There Vegeta saw King Cold, and a very young icejin that looked to be a 10 or so year old Frieza. "You're weak boy! I'm beginning to doubt that you're my son at all!!" The large king bellowed. "Get over here now!" The trembling Frieza walked over to his father who began to beat on him with a vengence. "I'm going to make a proper warrior out of you yet you stinking little shit!" King Cold cussed, each syllable punctuated with another blow to Frieza's small form. The beating went on for what seemed like forever. Frieza never so much as whimpered. "You'll never be as strong as Cooler!" The King shouted
Vegeta was overjoyed at first to see his tormentor getting tormented. But somewhere along the line even Vegeta wanted it to stop. "He's only a kid there after all! How could anyone do that to their own child?" Vegeta became repulsed by the scene.
The beating finally stopped. Vegeta looked at Frieza, he was bleeding from all over his body, his ribs looked broken on one side, and his arm was twisted at an unnatural angle.
Then the horror happened. King Cold picked his broken and battered son up, bent him over his bed, and sexally molested the boy for the next half an hour. When he finished, he dumped the boy outside the door in a heap. "Go clean yourself up boy! Hahahaha!" King Cold laughed. Only rage and hatred could be seen on the face of the small icejin.
The scene faded.
"You see Vegeta, no one is born cruel, or evil." Goku stated plainly. "Just as you blame Frieza for making you what you were, forces also shaped Frieza'a life. Forces which he had no control over."
"I-I never knew, never realized. I never even thought about what made Frieza the way he was." Vegeta said.
"Release your hatred Vegeta. Frieza was truly evil, but he was forged in the same blazing furnace that forged you. The only difference is that you found a better way to lead your life." Goku assured. "For all his power, and wealth, Frieza never knew a happy day in his life, and from what's I've seen, things are no better for him in his afterlife."
"What do you mean?" Vegeta asked.
"He cannot give up his hatred for you, or me, or any of the Saiyans. Even now, if released, his first goal would be our elimination. Same thing with Cell, and Evil Buu. That is why they can never be released. Hell doesn't have to be permanent Vegeta, but it's a rare occurrence that a truly evil person turns their lives around once they get to Hell. Frieza could be offered a chance to get out, just as you are being offered a chance to stay out, but it would require a complete turnaround on Frieza'a part. Goku explained. "The chances for Frieza'a salvation is small.
Vegeta was quiet for a long time. "I've spent so long hating him though.." Vegeta was hiding his face, trying to hide the fact that he was close to tears.
"Please Vegeta, let it go. He won't hurt you anymore if you release the anger you carry constantly." Goku pleaded.
"Ok Kakkarot, I don't know if I can do it all at once, but I do forgive Frieza, and will try and let what he did to me go. DO YOU HEAR ME FRIEZA? I FORGIVE YOU!" Vegeta cried out.
Somewhere in Hell, Frieza sneezes
"Good Vegeta. No one expects you to let it go instantly, but you've fulfilled the requirement for the plan." Goku said. "Okay, now Kaioshin said that since this would be a huge emotional scene for you that you would probably have issues that you wanted to work out before we went back." Goku smiled.
"Yeah, and just how am I supposed to work them out?" Vegeta smiled back.
"Kaioshin did say that this place is indestructible." Goku stated as he powered up to Super Saiyan Four.
"Well, we'll just have to see about that, won't we?" Vegeta smirked
The two mightiest warriors in the Universe charged each other.
Roger awoke to the obsidian pools of Yambia's eyes. The healer had reached Roger in time and healed him completely. "Is that a look of genuine concern in those eyes of hers?" Roger thought. "Well, if you look past the shiner she now has anyways."
"Someone smack you around a bit?" Roger asked.
"Yeah, these Nameks are tougher than I thought." Yambia said. "Just about the time I had two of them defeated, they fused into one Namek and beat the crap out of me."
"What? They can fuse?" Roger said getting to his feet. "Tell me, did they do a sort of a little dance before they fused?"
"No.. One just put his hand on the other's chest then powered up and fused." Yambia said.
"How would you like to learn a technique that will surprise the hell out of them when we rematch?" Roger said. "It's sort of personal thought. You and I can fuse as well."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Yambia sounded worried.
"I don't know, but I don't think it can hurt us any, I've seen others do it on video. You remember the Fusion Dance from Vegeta's stories, right?" Roger asked.
"Sure, is that what we are going to do?" Yambia said, still not quite convinced.
"If everything goes right, yes." Roger affirmed.
"Ok, I'm with you then." Yambia said.
"Remember that we have to practice this extensively before we try it for real. Every movement has to be absolutely precise." Roger explained. "First let's check our power levels. Power up to your maximum."
"Here goes. Eeeeeaaahhhh!" Yambia powered up.
"Impressive! You've gotten stronger!" Roger said. "Our power levels have to match exactly. Eeeeaaahhh!" Roger powered up. "Oops, a little too much, a little lower, there got it! Ok, remember that level. Go ahead and power down. Next we need to practice the movements over and over until we get it perfect!"
Yambia couldn't help but to laugh out loud when Roger demonstrated it the first time. "That just doesn't look dignified, Roger!"
"Well, I can't argue with you there, in fact is looks down right silly. Maybe we'll defeat the Nameks when they laugh themselves to death." Roger chuckled.
For the next two hours Roger and Yambia practiced the fusion dance.
"Ok Yambia, we've gotten this down pat I think. You ready to try this for real?" Roger asked.
"Are you sure we won't like explode or something?" Yambia asked
"No, I don't think so." Roger smirked a bit.
"Ok, let's do it then." Yambia said.
"Ok, power up. Right there perfect! Go!" Roger signaled.
"Fusion, HA!!" Twin voices call out.