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A Permanent Fusion

Save Gojita!

Silence. That was all that filled the air between them. Well, maybe except for the wind whistling through the canyons, bringing the scents from the trees and flowers. But even though both were aware of this, neither took their eyes off each other. The one was staring at the smaller, looking very calm. The smaller was scowling; trying to mask her nervousness even though her tail was twitching as it waved behind her.

Gojita focused on Cell, brows knitted together in concentration. She knew why Cell was so calm all of a sudden. It was because he knew that she was the daughter of Vegeta, and would therefore have the same weaknesses as him. But what she didn't know that he didn't know was that Goku was her kaasan. She had to plan this carefully; or else it could spell disaster for her…and the rest of the universe! Well, she didn't exactly have an actual plan, but she knew that she wouldn't go SSJ3 unless it was totally necessary. She didn't want Cell to find out about her true power and then power beyond her, if he could. Privately, she wondered if all her father's taunts were merely to keep himself calm, delude himself from thinking the worst of things. But there was a big difference between the two of them. He had fought many battles before; this was her first one.

Cell eyed the chibi saiyan for a while, wondering if she was as powerful as her father, or even more so. He knew about Vegeta's insatiable desire for power, and therefore, he assumed that he would train his offspring to be just the same. No matter. He thought. All I have to do is find a weak spot, drive her to madness and then beat her into submission. After that, I'm afraid I'll have to get back to work. He smirked as he lowered his head; eyes still glued to the tiny saiyan. Cell knew well enough that saiyans were masters at covering up their true power, and that no matter how insignificant they may seem at first glance, they can handle anything. And to his great surprise, this chibi turned SSJ2! She was so tiny, yet she held so much power! It was incredible! But Cell wasn't in a mood to applaud Gojita for reaching a high level…not until he had beaten her down.

Gojita frowned as Cell smirked, knowing that the wheels in his head were turning, but not sure if she should make a move. It could be a trick! She reminded herself. But then again, this is getting ridiculous! Just standing her and trying to psyche each other out…it's pathetic! Her first instinct after that was to charge at Cell and beat him into the ground, but she again reminded herself that he might be ready and waiting for her. And she couldn't let him get the better of her.

"I say, Gojita." He finally said, making her blink and scowl up at him even more.

"What?!" she spat. Big mistake. Cell grinned as she tried to cover up her highly embarrassed blush.

"I just wanted to make a deal with you." She eyed him suspiciously.

"Deal? What deal?"

"Oh, it's nothing big."

"Well, what is it?!"

"Hmm…touchy, touchy," he muttered, and was rewarded with a deadly scowl. "Well, since you asked, I was wondering if we could make things a little interesting?"

"Oh, and how is that?"

"Simple." He smirked. "We'll both power up to our full potential and fight, but not to the death. If you win, I have to leave Earth and never return." She nodded, not believing him at all, but just nodding to show she understood.

"Fine…but what if you win?"

"Oh, that's a surprise…"

"BAKAYARO JINZOUNINGEN!!!" she cursed at him. "If you're not going to tell me what you're going to do in this deal, then you can shove it up your mottled, green ass!!" Cell looked surprised that such foul words like that came out of something so small, but he just smirked and tittered.

"Tsk, tsk…you know, it's not good to swear."

"Just tell me, or else!!"

"Or else what?"

"Or else this boot," she indicated, lifting up her leg. "Will be shoved so far up your ass, you'll need a godammed proctologist to get it out!!!"

"Hmmm, such empty promises."

"Say that again and I'll show you just how empty!" she snarled nastily.

"Well, there's no need to get so hot-headed," he smirked, totally enjoying the anxious look he was getting, even if it was kind of scary. "My part of the deal is this, if I win, I get to own you. Is that clear?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever Jinzouningen!" she snapped. "Now are you gonna fight me or not??!"

"Very well." He said as he finally moved, standing with his legs far apart, arms held at his sides. He stood like that for a while, a sign that he wanted Gojita to do the same.

Gojita wasn't going to power up fully, that might just give the game away. She was still testing the waters, and by the looks of it…it ran deep! She abandoned her fighting stance and slid into her powering up one. Glaring at Cell, she slowly raised her power level. Cell did the same, and in no time, they were in a heated battle to reach their max. Or at least, in Gojita's case, their supposed max.

He flew even faster when he saw that he was nearing the house, and would be there anytime soon. His heart began to beat madly at his chest, and he almost stopped in mid-flight when he remembered that he would be in the presence of his mate's former wife. Or at least, he hoped former wife. Not only her, but his two sons as well. How was he going to ask Goku about Gojita if that meant he had to explain to the others too? Ah, fuck that!! He thought. My main priority for now is to get Gojita back, and then talk to Kakarot. After that…I don't know…but I'll figure something out when the time comes. With one last burst of energy, he flew even faster.

Finally, he saw the peaceful domed house nestle amongst nature. The crystal clear river, the lush green grass and the brightly coloured flowers that seemed to decorate the whole place…it reminded him of his present home. But even though the scene was beautiful, he knew better. He knew that things weren't as fine or dandy as it seemed, and he needed to sort a few things out before it would be relatively okay. He stopped and gazed down at the house, almost hesitant to go through with being in their presence again.

No, he wouldn't be afraid, he couldn't! He was going to see Goku and take Gojita home, and that was that! His pride was screaming at him to turn back, but his heart wanted him to stay. So, they compromised…he was going to go in there, but he was going to remain the icy and arrogant ouji they all knew and hated very well. He lowered himself down to the ground, unaware that Krillin was picking up on his ki.

He walked towards the door, lifted up his hand and rapped on the door. Inside, he could hear shuffling and voices talking to each other. He almost lost his nerve when he heard Krillin's voice, but quickly pushed the fear away. He wasn't going to leave without Gojita! The door opened to reveal Gohan. Both choked back a gasp when they saw each other. Vegeta was…surprised. He didn't recognise Gohan at first, but his ki told him it was Goku's first child. Oh my god! Is that Gohan??! He thought in disbelief. Kami-sama! He's grown!!

The same thing was going through Gohan's head. Well, nearly. He was more amazed that it was Vegeta standing on his front door when he hadn't heard from the proud ouji for so long. Is that really Vegeta? What's he doing here? Both were brought back to earth when Vegeta narrowed his eyes at him.

"Where is Kakarot?" he asked, trying to spit out the name, but failing miserably.

"My father, Goku," Gohan said, drawling out the name in correction to Vegeta. "Is in his room." He narrowed his eyes suspicious at the ouji. "Why? What do you want with him?"

"That is between me and Kakarot!" he snapped. Even though it does involve you to a degree. He added privately. Gohan's eyes were still narrowed at him.

"Well, maybe you should come back later." He suggested icily. But Vegeta was having none of it. He was going to get Gojita, and he was going to get her now! He growled as he pushed past Gohan and walked into the house. "VEGETA!!" he yelled after the Saiyan no Ouji who had stomped into the living room. He could feel eyes turn on him as he entered the room and Gohan call out his name. His eyes glanced to one side, and he almost wished he didn't. There, sitting in the living room was Goten, Krillin, Juuhachi-gou, Videl, Chichi and two other small children. At the sight of the crowd, he almost totally lost his nerve and ran out of the house. But he kept his cool and stomped on ahead to the room he knew as Goku's, despite the fact that his hands had gone cold from nervousness and his heart began to bang against his ribcage. He knew exactly where Goku's room was; he not only had been there many times before, but he could also smell the scent of the tall burly saiyan.

Everyone in the living room stared at Vegeta with wide eyes and open mouths, looking like Guppies at feeding time. It was broken as they saw him head towards Goku's room.

"Vegeta!" yelled out Chichi as she stood up. "What are you doing here?!" he didn't answer her. Instead, he just carried on walking towards Goku's room. Because nobody knew what was going on, and by the decided look on his face, they all thought Vegeta had lost it and now he was finally going to kill Goku, just like he had promised all those years ago. Quickly, Krillin ran up in front of him and blocked off the route to the stairs.

"Vegeta!" he asked, shivering a little. "What are you doing here? What do you want?"

"Out of my way!!" he snarled as he hit Krillin, sending him flying into a wall. Vegeta knew he was getting a bit carried away with himself, but it was the only way he could mask the sheering nervousness that he felt. He hadn't been in this house for more than five years now, and the feeling of being back again made his knees weak. Which was exactly why had to hurry and get out of there before his emotions got the better of him!

Everyone watched as Gohan jumped up and grabbed Vegeta, restraining him from walking up the stairs. Vegeta yelled and tried to thrash out, trying to get loose from his grip. Fuck it!! He cursed in his head. Gohan just had to be as big as his father, didn't he??! He thrashed his legs about, trying to kick Gohan in the shins. Gohan had to tilt his head back a bit to prevent Vegeta from whacking their heads together.

"Let me go!!!" he screamed. "My business is with your father, not you, brat!!"

"I don't care!" he said as he struggled to keep Vegeta restrained. "You're not going anywhere until you tell me what you want with him!"

Vegeta was just about to throw a whole stream of curses at the older demi-saiyan when he opened his eyes to see the man of his dreams standing in front of him. He stopped briefly as he stared at the vision in front of him. His hair was messy, well, messier than usual. He had blanket creases on his face, his clothes were crumpled and messed up and his eyes were red and there was a thin trail of salt under each eye. Vegeta could feel his heart ache at the sad and remorse sight. Oh, Kami…did I do that to him? He wondered, feeling very guilty.

Goku stood dead still, staring at the sight in front of him. He had walked down only a few minutes before, wondering what all the commotion was. He had felt Vegeta's ki hovering over his house, then enter. He could feel that same ki rise as it hit Krillin out the way and prepared to stomp up the stairs. But it couldn't have been Vegeta. Vegeta kicked him out, with good reasons…why on earth would he come back? Goku didn't know why, but he wanted to know, he needed to know. Even though he was being a glutton for punishment, he was wishing, hoping that Vegeta was coming back for him. Even if he thought that would never happen. Now, he stood staring at the form he had loved, and still did, dressed in tight, light jeans, a crimson t-shirt, a black jacket and sneakers. Auburn hair rising in anti-gravity style, copper tanned skin and deep pools of onyx completed the living dream, being held in Gohan's arms.

There was silence as they stared, hardly believing that they were looking at their missing half again. But it was broken when Vegeta that it was only a third. He growled and took advantage of Gohan's unsuspecting state. He slowly dropped his head and knocked it back, ramming the back of his head into Gohan's forehead. Gohan stumbled back, holding the front of his head in pain.

"Vegeta!!" cried Goku in shock. He moved to help his son, but stopped when he saw those same, beautiful onyx eyes narrow at him, demanding silence.

There was tension in the air as Vegeta slowly crossed his arms, standing tall (well, as tall as he could get).

"Where is she?" he demanded. Everyone, including Goku, frowned in confusion.

"Who?"

"You know very well!!" he yelled, his patience and calm barrier wearing thin. Goku jumped back a little frightened.

"I…I don't know who you mean..."

"Of course you do!!" he snapped. "A chibi about yay high," he said, indicating with his hand. "With midnight black hair, spiky fringe, copper skin, small, petit and slender frame. About five years old?" He watched as Goku's eyes widened in realization. He's talking about Gojita!

"What about her?" He saw Vegeta's jaw tense, and realised that his patience was breaking.

"Like I asked you before," he growled low. "Where…is…she?!"

Goku was silent for a few moments, absorbing what was being asked. He gulped when he formulated an answer on his tongue, knowing that even though it was honest, his kawaii ouji would not be pleased with it.

"I…I don't know. I haven't seen her since yesterday!!" he quickly added when he saw the frown on Vegeta's face deepen in annoyance.

"Liar!!" he spat.

"I'm not lying!!" he retorted. "I haven't seen her since yesterday! I haven't seen her after you…" he was about to say 'kicked me out of your house', but then he remembered the interested crowd, and held his tongue. Vegeta got the message, and both blushed at the awkward memory. But that wasn't going to stop him from finding her. Though, he was quite confused, and maybe a little embarrassed at his outburst.

"So…" he asked, a little nervously, looking down at the floor, absorbing what Goku told him. "You…haven't seen her at all?"

"Iie," Goku shook his head. "Why?"

"She said she was coming here to…umm…apologize." He muttered the last bit softly, wishing that there wasn't an audience watching him.

"She…she was?" he asked, a little hopeful and surprised. Then he frowned. "But…she hasn't turned up." There was silence. "You…you don't think…"

Suddenly, everybody stopped as they felt a sudden surge of ki. Goku and Vegeta whipped their heads to the one side, feeling out the power. There were two of them. Both felt familiar. The one felt like four ki's combined; namely that of Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Frieza. The other was more of an individual, an original.

"Kakarot…" he asked. "Do you feel that?" Goku nodded.

"I know who the one is…but the other…"

"Dad!!" yelped Gohan. "That's Cell!!" At this, both saiyan males paled.

Cell! They weren't expecting that! The ki they knew was that of their offspring…none other than Gojita! And now that Gohan had identified the second power…they were terrified!! They knew that Gojita was a strong little warrior, but she had no actual battle experience whatsoever! And Cell…if Buu hadn't come after him, they might have thought that he was the most devious and evil fiend in the universe (well, they thought the same about Frieza and Buu…but let's just say, every bad guy gets more and more evil as they go along. So you can imagine what Cell would be like now!)!

Everyone stood dead still.

"I thought you said you killed Cell!!" screeched Videl.

"Seems like he survived somehow!" said Krillin as he began to sweat.

"What are we going to do?!" whimpered Videl as she held Pan tightly against her.

"I know bloody well what I'm going to do!!" snarled Vegeta. He turned and ran towards the front door. Goku understood and followed.

"Wait! Dad! Vegeta!" called Gohan as he ran after them. "We aren't prepared!!"

"Fuck that!!!" yelled Vegeta. "All I want is to save Gojita!!" with that, the two pureblooded saiyans took to the sky, flying in the direction of the battle.

Gohan stood dead still, brain processing this sudden piece of information that Vegeta had just given him. How…how does Vegeta know Gojita?? He wondered. But he shook it off quickly, deciding to ask after they had rescued Gojita and destroyed Cell. He turned to Goten.

"Goten!" he commanded. "Call Trunks! Tell him to meet us where the ki is surging!"

"Right!" he nodded, instantly heading over to the phone.

"Krillin," Gohan turned towards the small man. "Let's go!" Even though Krillin was sweating bullets, he nodded and took off with Gohan. After a while in flight, Krillin turned his head towards Gohan.

"Hey, Gohan!" he called. "How do you think Vegeta knows Gojita?"

"I don't know Krillin," he replied. "But that's not the only thing that's bugging me!"

"Yeah, like what's Cell doing back alive! I thought you and Vegeta squashed that bug for good!"

"So did I, but that's not the only other thing I'm wondering about."

"Oh, what's the other?"

"If that is Gojita's ki…how in the hell did she get so strong??!!"