Red: I know these fighting scene are crap and I can't write detailed action scenes! So, just in case somebody decides to point that out…I know. A Permanent Fusion

The beginnings of a Battle

Vegeta flew over the mountains, gathering speed with every thought. He didn't want to lose Gojita. He didn't want her to be torn between him and her kaasan. And he didn't want to lose Goku…not again. I have to make it in time! He thought as he flew over a familiar sight. I just have to!! If she tells Kakarot that she's sorry, he might take it the wrong way! He might think she's sorry she ever met him!! I know I've had some pretty fucked up thoughts but…he paused. I'm not sure if I want him back in my life or not. I don't want to be taken for granted and used, just like I was before. But, I miss him. I miss him so bad! I can't deny it anymore! Kakarot does have an important role to play! Not only as Gojita's kaasan, but my mate!! We bonded! He decided then what he was going to do.

He was going to take Gojita aside and have a talk with her before Goku. Then, he'd talk to Goku and give him two choices; one, he could enter back into their lives and they could live as a family. Or two, he could just fuck off if he only want Vegeta back for sexual pleasure. But Vegeta knew that even if Goku chose option number one, it wouldn't be an easy task. No one, besides themselves and Piccolo, knew that they were a mated couple and that Gojita was their child. He wasn't sure of Bulma's reaction, but he knew all too well what Chichi's would be. She'd put on her banshee act again and start screaming 'til he was sure the whole planet could hear! Obviously he'd be tempted to silence her once and for all, but he knew it wouldn't do any good. Sure, the planet would be one less of a bitch, and it would be free from frequent earthquakes when Goku even mentioned training one of their sons, but he was done with killing innocent. Not that she was, mind you.

But Vegeta knew, that one day, they'd find out. He knew it, but he wanted to tell them after he had gotten things sorted out between the three of them. But I have to hurry! I don't know if Gojita's apology will lead to the revealing of the truth, but I don't want to find out!! With that, he gathered up the last bit he had, and powered on to 439 East District.

Gojita could see that Cell was about to hit her, and she made a quick escape by ducking low. She had learnt painfully from experience that sometimes dodging by jumping up only makes you easier to hit. There was also the risk of getting kicked when you ducked down low but she knew Cell wouldn't be able to recover from the swing fast enough. She pushed up and bashed into his gut. He gave a loud huff as she knocked the wind out of him. She took the opportunity to give him an uppercut in the jaw, which sent him flying in the air. Moving quickly, she elbowed him in the back, kicked him in the jaw and gave him one last solid punch before she let him fall helplessly to the ground. Cell fell into a cliff, smashing it to bits and causing a huge dust cloud to rise and obscure her vision. But she knew he was there, and she knew he was okay. She was just hoping he wasn't too okay.

Cell winced fully as he got up this time, feeling the pain of the huge bruises she had given him. His back was sore, his jaw was numb, and he swore it was like being at the half way mark and having Vegeta wupp him up all over again!

"Man! That kid packs a wallop!" he said, almost admirably if he wasn't glaring nastily at the chibi in the sky. He realised then that he couldn't fight her at this level. At least, toy with her. She seemed a little too prepared at this level. This must be the level Vegeta trains her at. He realised. Cell smirked as he realised what he had to do. He had to tempt her, play with her…then break her. He had to first tease her into reaching her full power, and then he'd power up himself. He'd then play with her, just to make sure she reaches her max. Then, once he's sure she has…he'll crush her! Cell grinned at the thought of Gojita's bloody and battered body lying in a ditch in the canyons. And if I play my cards right…the victory will be sweet. He promised himself.

He stood up and dusted himself off very casually, even though parts of him were aching like hell! Gojita watched his every move, making sure he wasn't going to suddenly pull some fast move. Even at the distance she was at, she knew all too well from experience that it sometimes wasn't enough.

"I must say," he called out to her. "I am rather impressed. You're the first person to ever touch me in my new and improved trained form, and you haven't even reached your peak yet." Gojita said nothing. "It's quite a shame you didn't hurt me." Cell knew he was bluffing, as those 'non-aching' parts were yelling at him in agony. He just hoped Gojita didn't know. Truth was, she wasn't sure. Sure, she could call it a bluff and she might be right. But what if she wasn't. Gojita didn't know what to choose. "I tell you what," he said. "I'll let you power up to your maximum and then you can have a go at me. If you manage to get in a number of successful hits, I'll power up to my maximum and we can have a fair fight, okay?"

Gojita's eyes widened in shock. A fair fight??! She thought in disbelief. Since when did Cell ever want a fair fight??! Gojita didn't know what Cell's plan was, but she had inkling that it had something to do with showing him her maximum so he could decide whether he would fight her or retreat. I could power up to my full capacity, as his max might be lower than mine. She thought. But she knew that was about as safe as picking your nose with a red-hot poker! Okay, so I won't chance it. She thought. If Cell's power is truly higher than mine, he'll be able to beat the shit out of me…one-shot easy! No, I'll power up to each level slowly. If I can't beat him in SSJ1, then I'll have to move onto SSJ2. And if that doesn't work, then SSJ3. And Gojita tried to ignore that if that didn't work either…she was screwed! But she nodded anyway.

"Fine. But don't blame me if you end up ten feet under the ground and you can't move." She said.

"Agreed." He said as he watched her come down, keeping her arms crossed and her eyes fixed on him. And I hope the same for you, daughter of Vegeta.

Gojita slowly began to power up, trying to make as though she was new to this whole new thing, and she couldn't go any higher than SSJ1. And Cell believed it. Well, sort of. He could feel her power creep up slowly, as though it was a struggle to get to her max, even though it was lower than when he had fought Vegeta and Goku. He didn't understand it. Was it him, or was she just pretending to be new to this whole thing? Cell wasn't sure how the whole concept of Super Saiyan worked, and figured that she needed something else to become a Super Saiyan, not sheer strength. Well, he was right, you know…

Slowly, her hair began to flicker from midnight to gold, the tips sticking out from her clustered hair rising slowly, as did her fringe. Her eyes flashed between a sea of ink and jade as golden sparkles crackled around her, a golden aura sparkling. Finally, she was complete. She had powered into SSJ1. Cell smirked down at her, thinking her a fool to take him on at such a low level. And he voiced it too.

"Is that all you've got?" he asked, snickering. "A pretty display? I'm afraid that if that's all you have, you had better quite now while you're ahead." But Gojita knew better.

"You haven't tried to fighting me, kisama!" she pointed out. "So how would you know? After all, things are not what they seem. I'm a lot stronger than you think!!" Cell just laughed at this.

"Okay, if you say so." He grinned smugly. "But I dare say you'll get anywhere, Gojita. After all, you're father did exactly the same thing, and I managed to beat him…easily." Gojita's face faulted. It wasn't the fact that he was telling her that he had beaten Vegeta easily at this level, no. It was that he knew that Vegeta was her father!

"Nani?! How did you…"

"Hai, how did I know that Vegeta was your father?" he laughed again at her shocked expression. "Simple, you look very much like him. And you practically have the same attitude!" Gojita wiped the dazedly shocked look off her face as she scowled at him. "Nevertheless, I will go easy on."

"Go as easy as you like!!" she screamed, pissed off at his nonchalant attitude. "I can promise that I won't!!" with that, she attacked him, throwing a flurry of kicks and punches. But Cell was able to block them.

"I must say," he said. "You're pretty determined to get in a hit aren't you? And let me tell you, you could take me out with one of your hits…if you could hit me!" he jeered as he blocked off her attacks. With each attack he blocked, he made Gojita more and more pissed off. And he knew it. Too bad he didn't know about SSJ2. He stopped blocking as soon as she stopped hitting. She lowered herself down, feet on the ground as she glared daggers at the Jinzouningen. Cell smirked, deciding to taunt her even more. Bending down until he was eyes level with her, he pointed to his face and said, "Come on, give it your best shot!"

Gojita didn't waste any time. She took that as an open invitation and attacked Cells face with a barrage of mean, jaw breaking punches. But it didn't faze Cell one bit. This infuriated her even more, and she hit even harder. Cell chuckled nastily as he watched her anger flushed face.

"Keep it up!" he jeered. "I think they're staring to sting now!" Gojita had now had enough.

"Fine! If those sting, you'll really get a kick outta this!!!"

Instantly, as she drew back her arm, she powered up to SSJ2. Cell saw this, but could do nothing as he was too shocked by this sudden change. Also, it was a bit too late to move. She brought the punch down with all her might and hit Cell right in the kisser!

Defense lowered from shock, Cell got hit far worse than he had anticipated. He flew back through a number of rocks, cliffs and boulders before Gojita hit him again in the back, right between the shoulder blades. He cried out in pain, only to be stopped when she got him in the jaw. From there, she did nothing but attack. She hit him wherever she could, wherever there was no protection and as hard as could. Gojita was in a fighting frenzy. She not only wanted to beat Cell to keep him away from her parents, but she wanted to kill him for humiliating her! She was Vegeta's daughter, she was the Saiyan no Oujo. And royalty was not weak! And she was, by the pits of hell and the deepest abyss of space, going to prove it.

Because she was attacking with an unstoppable number of punches, kicks and other bone-shattering attacks, Cell couldn't get his defense up and hold her off until he had powered up to a decent amount. He was getting the shit beaten out of him, and he knew it. What kept him going wasn't the idea that a chibi was kicking the shit out of him…well, that was part of it. He kept going because he would not live it down, in hell, if another generation of saiyans defeated him…the most perfect being in the entire universe!

Just as she began to pummel his gut, he saw a window of opportunity that might stun her for a minute. Trying to endure the pain, he brought his hand up to his face and spread his finger apart, palms facing in. Powering up, he looked down at Gojita and let his attack loose.

"SOLAR FLARE!!!!" he cried as a blinding light hit Gojita right in her eyes.

Because she was so close, she was instantly blinded. She immediately stopped her attack as she shut her eyes and held her hands over her face.

"UUUGGHH!!!!" she yelled, being caught by surprise. She dropped to the ground where she held her face in her hands, wincing from the pain of the blinding light while screaming rather rude phrases in Saiyanese at him. But Cell didn't waste any time. He picked himself up and ran until there was enough space between them for him to safely power up. No, he was not running away. He just wanted to make sure that he had enough time to power up to be able to hold her off, just in case she should recover from the attack quicker than expected. But by the time he had reached his desired level, she was still on her knees.

Gojita strained to open her eyes, as they were so sore! But she wouldn't give up; she couldn't!! Hnn…she groaned in thought. I must open my eyes! She commanded herself. She could sense Cell's power to the left of her, and she could feel an incredible rise in level. Turning slightly, she peered through half-opened eyes, and white spots dancing on her pupils. But she instantly regretted it. As soon as she had done so, she came into contact with Cell's foot. The impact of his solid foot on her jaw sent her flying into a boulder, head first. It was quite painful, but Gojita was made of tough stuff. Still, she was still momentarily blinded, as the white spots were only just disappearing when she tried to stagger to her feet and came into contact with Cells foot yet again, this time in her gut. To Cell, she looked like a little golden koneko with her gold tinted tail, and her small size made her even more so. And the idea of kicking a kitten just excited him. He kicked her up until she was within reach, and then elbowed her into the ground.

Gojita glanced up, the blindness worn off and staring at Cell with wide eyes. She narrowly missed getting squashed into the ground when Cell brought him fist down and she quickly rolled out of the way. She rolled and pushed herself up on her feet, narrowly missed getting hit again and backflipped until she was a certain distance away from him.

The two of them stood opposite each other, glaring hatefully at one another. Both not only wanted to prevent the other from completing whatever mission they had, but they wanted to kill the other. Destroy them. Send them on their way to the other dimension for a permanent vacation.

To Cell, he now knew that Gojita had been hiding her true power. She had only pretended to struggle to power up to check out his own. He growled at himself for not being so aware, but promising that once he had killed her, it wouldn't matter.

Gojita realised as well that Cell was also a lot more powerful than he was letting on. And it scared her. She was beginning to doubt her own power when his seemed stronger than hers…so much, much, much more stronger! She didn't know how much he was hiding, or how far he could go. And it was this idea that terrified her the most. But there was something else that made her forget that fear. It was another fear, strangely enough. The fear of what would happen to her family if she didn't succeed. Kaasan and tousan don't know that Cell's still alive! I know Cell won't let me go, especially after I've beaten the shit out of him! I have to stay and fight! I have to!!! There was nothing left to argue about. She was going to destroy Cell and save her parents. Even if it means dying myself!! That was it.

"So," he said after a lengthy silence. "It seems I have underestimated you, Gojita." She wasn't sure, but she thought she detected a waver of hate in his voice. But she was most certainly sure of the hate in hers.

"It seems so." She spat out. She knew she was letting her emotions get the better of her, and that if she kept this up, he'd be able to pick on her easily.

"You know, I'm surprised you've lasted this long," he said, smirking. "I wouldn't have expected a chibi to hurt me, let alone get in a single punch." Gojita knew he was saying that to get her piss her off again. She knew that game very well. So, she decided to play along.

"Hai," she said, crossing her arms, as she stood up tall. "I would never had expected you to stay together after what I did to you. Maybe your joints are so rusted, they won't come apart." She said wittily, giving the famous arrogant Vegeta smirk. To anyone else, they'd think that Cell had shrugged it off. But he hadn't. Gojita could see his hands visibly clench into a tight fist, a sign hat he was trying to control his anger. At least I hit a nerve… she thought.

"Hmm…it would seem so." He said smoothly, masking his voice of any frustration therein. "But I can guarantee it now, Gojita…you will not get in another hit."

"Ah, another false advertisement." She said nonchalantly. "You must've been spending quite a bit of time around ningens, hmm?" she chuckled as she saw him scowl at her, knowing that she was finally getting on his wick…if she wasn't before. "Still, at least I have truth in mine. I can promise you that I will kill you! Whatever it takes…"

"Well, my dear." He smirked, getting hold of his arrogant side once again. "It might take everything you've got…" he smiled nastily. "And that still might not be enough." She scowled darkly at him.

"We'll see about that, won't we, Jinzouningen!!" she yelled at him as she slid down into her fighting stance. Cell remained standing for a few moments, analyzing the situation and deciding on what to do. Gojita knew what she had to do…she just didn't know how.

Fine. End of round one. Round two.

All the while Gohan, Goten, Chichi, Krillin, Juuhachi-gou, Marron and Pan were talking outside, Goku was mourning in his room. Thrice Krillin had come to check if he was okay, five times Pan had come to see if he wanted to play with her and Marron, seven times Gohan and Goten and knocked on his door to check if he was still breathing, and an uncountable number of times Chichi had banged in the door, threatening to break it down if he didn't come out within the next five minutes.

But all through their concern (umm…well, maybe not Chichi's entirely…ahem…), he stayed curled up in his crumpled blanket, his head either laying on a wet spot or making another one, soaking the pillows even more. He was certain that by now his tears had soaked right through his pillows and into the bed as well, but he didn't care. He really couldn't. Not when his heart was still aching over what happened between him and Vegeta that day. He knew it wasn't Gojita's fault. All she wanted to do was help them. She wanted them back together, just like it used to be…

Feh, who would have thought it? He thought spitefully to himself. Who would have thought that Kakarot, Earth's greatest warrior who had saved this measly planet on a number of occasions, was such a coward? Goku had longed stopped using his Earth name in his thoughts, as he found his saiyan name was far more comforting than his Earth one. And being called 'Kakarot' had more meaning. It was also his real name. And the only name Vegeta ever called me. He thought sadly. Well, now he knew he had a whole new list from Vegeta. Such as coward. Weakling. Dickhead. Scuzbucket. Loser. Jerk. There were probably plenty more, but Goku didn't want to think about it. He didn't want to think about Vegeta at all. The thought of his beautiful mate and ouji, crying because of him, made his heart ache even more. He had thought that over time, the guilt would wear off. Like all those other little mistakes he made. When he broke something of Chichi's, she'd get upset, but he'd always get up the next day feeling guilt free.

But that was just it, it wasn't a little mistake. It was a big one. And breaking a heart is far worse than breaking a plate or ornament…far worse. And it seemed like the guilt would never go away. Not until he was reunited with Vegeta. He curled himself deeper into the already creased blankets, screwing his eyes tightly, trying to keep back the new batch of tears from coming. But to no avail. He wiped away the thin trails of salt from the dried up tears that snaked down his cheeks, taking with them a few of the fresh batch.

If I keep this up, I'm going to die of dehydration. He thought in remorseful humor.

Then, he sensed it. Well, not it, him! Vegeta! Goku opened his eyes and lay dead still, feeling the strong ki. Feeling that same, oh-so familiar ki that he was once so attracted to like a moth to a flame. And he still was. But he shrugged it off, thinking he was deluded. Hallucinating Vegeta's ki when he knew he missed him so much. Pretty soon, I'm going to be hallucinating his voice, his scent…even his aura. He thought miserably.

Well…I wouldn't say hallucinating, Goku…