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The Quest for the Divine Dragon

Chapter 12

Krillin regained consciousness. Looking around, he almost screamed.

"Good to see you're up."

"Don't worry, we'll take care of it."

The two figures flew off. Krillin fainted.

"KAME HAME HA!"

Using a more basic attack, Vegeto teased the warriors. Gohan and Piccolo scattered, almost too late. 18 charged at Vegeto from behind, catching him by surprise. But he threw his head backwards, slamming into her and she recoiled. Gohan kicked Vegeto from the side, Piccolo coming at the fusion from the front. 18 came and tried to get him in a headlock.

Goku and Vegeta watched from a far.

"He's not weak enough! Damn it!"

Vegeta cursed. Goku called out-

"Yeah, that's it, Gohan! Hit him! Again! Come on, you can do it!"

But the fusion broke all their plans as he quite easily threw his enemies away.

"Fools! You can't defeat me!"

"Can't blame us for trying, can ya?!"

~But it's futile!~

Above the fight there was a small, rather repulsive creature.

~Hello, young 'uns! I'm Bibidi. Prepare to pay for the death of my son, and creation!~

He began laughing maniacally while the three fighters took a moment to breath and consult.

"Bibidi?"

"Babidi's father?"

The Namek and demi Saiyan exchanged looks.

~Now, you shall feel my wrath!~

Another insane laughter.

"Well, now we know where Babidi got that horrid laughter from."

~Vegeto! It is time!~

The fusion couldn't get less pleased with being ordered.

"Yes, master."

Both concentrated, and were engulfed in light.

"Quickly! We have to get them while they're distracted!"

18, Piccolo and Goten sent whatever they had left at Vegeto, but it didn't seem to scratch him.

"Damn! If he finishes what he started, I fear for our world."

Piccolo said almost matter-of-factly.

Goku was so into the fight, he didn't notice the two figures landing close by. Vegeta did.

"Kakarotto… over there!"

Reluctantly turning from the fight, Goku saw the two figures. They seemed to be around Gohan's age, probably a year or two less. Their Gi's looked painfully familiar.

"Wha… what happened to them?!"

"Never mind that, can you feel their power levels?! Kakarotto…"

Goku grinned.

"Yeah, they might beat him!"

The two so-called-strangers commenced a somewhat bizarre dance, and the two Saiyans' hopes went up.

"Kami, please!"

"We're screwed."

Gohan stated the rather obvious fact, as the light faded to reveal a SSJ3 Vegeto. Electricity flew around him. Bibidi seemed excited.

~Now, finish them!~

"With pleasure."

Bring drained from the recent attack, the three were helpless. Vegeto took the time to extra torture Piccolo.

"You know, it's a shame Kami is no more… I'd have loved to know I was the one responsible for the Dragon Balls' disappearance. Oh well. I'll just have fun crushing you!"

Gohan attempted to get up and help his former sensei, but he was drained. 18 was down for the count.

"Damnit! Vegeto… dad… stop it!"

The Demi Saiyan shouted out in frustration.

"Make me, boy!"

"I will if I have to."

Putting his arms at his side, Gohan began calling his Ki, knowing that after that, he'd be out.

"Ka-me Ha-me…"

Vegeto's smirk never faltered.

"HA!"

Instead of one blast, the fusion was hit by two. He dropped Piccolo, and was thrown right above Gohan's head to hit several trees. Both still conscious warriors looked at the source of the other blast. Bibidi stared wide eyes.

~He betrayed me! He lied to me! He used me!~

Walking up, dressed in traditional fusion-dance clothes, he stood there, energy as strong as Vegeto's. If not more.

"Who are you?"

Gohan asked. He could think of one other fusion, but that was absurd. That one was about 10 years old. This seemed about the end of his teenage years.

"Come on, brother, don't you recognize me?"

Gohan froze. That COULDN'T be Gotenks!

"What happened to you two?!"

Then Goku noticed a rather unique item that was never there before. A dragon amulet. Two heads coming out of the same body, as though two necks fused together.

"What…"

"Take Piccolo and 18. Get out of here. I'll take care of ours dads."

"But…"

Gohan still tried to argue. Then he and Gotenks locked gazes, and the older brother noticed anger in the fusion's eyes. Deep anger.

"Ok. Take care."

"Same here."

When Vegeto came back, he wasn't a happy camper.

"Well. You sure hit puberty fast."

"You know another thing I'm gonna hit? EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF YOUR BODY!"

And then he, too, powered up to SSJ3.

"I feel as though we should be offended by the anger they show towards him…"

Goku said, frowning lightly.

"But... they'll do it."

He added, confidently.

"How can you be so sure, Kakarotto?"

"They have to. There's no other choice."

"We should get ready. We have strong enough of a link, now to wait until Gotenks wears him down enough for us to get our bodies back."

"Hai."

Bulma sighed as she looked at the horizon.

"I wanna know what's going on there…"

Dende seemed thoughtfull, then a bit worried.

"Dende, what do you see?"

Chichi asked.

"Gotenks…"

The two women smiled.

"They made it?!"

"In a way…"

The smiles faded.

"What do you mean 'in a way'?"

The new Kami didn't answer, just smiled weakly.

"It'll end soon."

"At least that."

Trading punches, Vegeto and the now teenaged Gotenks were rather equally matched.

"Well, I… I must admit… I didn't expect that out of you."

"Then how about this?!"

Surprising Vegeto with a kick to the gut, and an elbow to the back. Vegeto began falling and Gotenks flew to hit him from below, but the older fusion blocked his fall and hit Gotenks using an energy beam.

"HA!!! You think you can beat me?!"

But Gotenks came through the smoke, teeth gritted. Vegeto was caught of guard.

"Vegeta, do you think he's weak enough?"

A bored Goku asked. They knew they needed Vegeto weakened. But how weak?

"You may be a super Saiyan 3, but I'll beat you nonetheless!"

"Over my dead body!"

Gotenks shouted back angrily. Vegeto smirked.

"That's where I'm headed. BIG BANG ATTACK!"

Gotenks disappeared out of the beam's way and reappeared behind Vegeto. But Vegeto was too fast and caught the punch.

"Hello there."

Gotenks pretty much let Vegeto grab his hands, thus securing his position in relation to Vegeto…

"Super…"

Giving him more confidence in swinging his legs upwards. The right, more dominant leg hit the other fusions' jaw….

"Ghost…"

 The left pushing Vegeto away.

"Kamikaze…"

While still rather upside down, Gotenks finished the attack sequence.

"ATTACK!"

The ghost hit Vegeto rather roughly, pushing him away through the treetops again. Gotenks soon followed.

"Come back here, where are you going? We're not done yet!"

Vegeto stopped himself being thrown away and charged back towards Gotenks.

"That we aren't!"

18 came-to slowly, to see Krillin's worried face. She hugged him, almost choking him.

"Where were you, I was so worried about you!"

"Honey, sweetie, please! You're chocking me!"

18 let go and Goten and Piccolo turned back to where the fight was.

"They're still at it."

"I feel like we should be there… but they're throwing too much energy at each other."

Gohan glanced at the Namek.

"Piccolo, do you think this Gotenks has a chance?"

"They seem to be about the same energy level. I don't know."

His eyes narrowed.

"Bibidi's still there. Wait here."

"Wait, Piccolo!"

Bibidi laughed.

~Hah hah hah! You're so funny! This is exciting! You could never beat him!~

Gotenks paid the sorcerer little attention, if any at all. That made the small creature raged.

~Oh, I've waited so long to come back to life. Especially since Babidi died… Finally, that Dragon offered me life if I got him the brats… but he cheated me! I can't lose, I just can't!~

"So… it's you we have to thank for."

Bibidi glared at the Namek. Piccolo kept his Piccolo-ish attitude.

"I met you son. If he's anything like you, you're as good as dead."

~Oh, yeah?!~

Both fusions farther away gathered energy and hit each other at the same time, the result- a blast which sent Piccolo flying some distance away, and a really hurt Bibidi. To his surprise, two figures caught him.

~Wha… you two?! But how?!~

Vegeta smirked.

"Oh, you don't like it? We can send you back there."

The little wizard stopped.

~Why are you doing this?!~

Goku answered.

"You got us into this mess, you'll help getting us out of it."

~I can't, I didn't think we'd lose… and I can't imfuse you while at SSJ3!~

"Then we have to wait until Gotenks gets him…"

Vegeta said coldly.

"Bibidi, you bastard, do you know what happened to our sons?!"

Goku asked harshly.

~They got help. For a price.~

"I'm tired of this! FINAL FLASH!"

Vegeto attacked. Gotenks answered with one of his own, the energy collusion resulting in another blast. Both fusions stood there, panting.

"Isn't your half an hour over yet, brat?"

He smirked at Gotenks. The younger mirrored the older's expression.

"Maybe… if I only had half an hour.."

"Then we better heat it up then. Big Bang…"

Gotenks didn't lose time, spread his arms and concentrated. Goku raised an eyebrow.

"How does he know that?"

Vegeta smirked.

"He's a good kid."

"KAME HAME HA!"

"GALIC GUN!"

As the lights went on and off in the sky, the two spirit warriors had a somewhat idle chat.

"Brings back memories, doesn't it, Vegeta?"

"Sure does, Kakarotto. Sure does. Now he's getting weaker. Get ready."

Piccolo attacked Vegeto from a distance, if only to gain Vegeto's lack of attention from Gotenks. If worked. As the Big Bang Kamehameha faltered for a few precious seconds. 18 flew in with Krillin after having a Zensu Bean, and along with Piccolo, kept blasting the older fusion. The younger one, however, had other plans.

"Get back! He's mine!"

Rage fueling him, Gotenks poured almost everything he had. The two beams finally exploded and though the dust the other warriors could hardly see the fusions. Vegeto was thrown at the cliff, Gotenks soon after him.

"Don't you think something's wrong with this picture?"

Goten commented, having joined the others.

"Indeed. Gotenks is far too…"

"Bloodthirsty."

Once 18 stated it, it registered. She was right. Those were his fathers there. And Gotenks was going in for the kill.

~AAAAAH! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! HE'S WINNING! NOT FAIR!~

"Oh, shut up!"

Vegeta grabbed the small wizard roughly. Bibidi smirked.

~My son got to you, once. I can fell it. I can do it again~

Goku tore his gaze from the fight.

"Vegeta, don't listen to him!"

Bibidi's smirk widened.

~I'm afraid, my dear boy, he has little choice but to listen to me!~

A/N: o.o almost done!