A/N: I'm sooooooooo sorry for the incredibly long delay do not kill me! I had regents and finals to study for as well as my new summer job to manage so uh…yea…pretty damn time consuming my humblest apologies to those who have been waiting so long! On with the fic…!

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Chapter 25

Maduka and Goten had just made it very clear that neither one of them was giving Bra up without a fight. It was going to be held in the saiyan battle dome where many saiyans have fought for both and honor and the love of a woman. Everyone began packing into it almost immediately after King Vegeta had said what was to take place.

Bra however was not pleased, she also thought that it was extremely unfair that her brother and Pan got to be together without a problem and her and Goten have to face the possible threat of being apart, "Daddy this isn't fair, you know I can only be with Goten."

Vegeta glared at her in annoyance, "You saw the decision of the council, Goten has to fight for you its within Maduka's right."

"I still say that you could've protested, do you have any idea as to what will happen to me if Goten dies? Have you honestly forgotten?" Bra said in a shaky voice as her tear filled eyes glanced at her father.

Vegeta looked at her for a moment not saying a word, his hands clenched into fists and he closed his eyes a moment and tilted his head back slightly as if trying to find some sort of escape, he then sighed and glanced back at Bra, "I have not forgotten, I know you'd will yourself into death…I'M NOT A FOOL!" He shouted.

Bra glanced at him silently as one tear fell down her cheek, "Seeing the pain in your eyes dad tells me everything…I'm sorry things turned out the way they did…I really am sorry."

"Come…the match is about to begin." He said walking in front of Bra, as the two of them went to join Bulma, Trunks and Pan. Pan now had a throne specifically for since it was obvious she would be the new princess. The stadium was filled to the max and suddenly everyone went quiet as Vegeta sat down on his throne. Maduka then walked into the arena met with cheers, he was obviously basking in the glory of his popularity as he held a fist up high to the crowd. Then Goten walked into the arena he too was met with an even larger applause than Maduka, he didn't seem to care about the cheers he was too busy shooting firey glances at Maduka, Goten wanted to rip him apart, and that's just what he was planning on doing. The two young warriors glanced up at Vegeta once they were both in the arena, "You know what you have to do, this battle does not have to be to the death….please keep that in mind."

Vegeta then raised his hand forward in a Hitler manor and the two warriors leaped away from each other and got into their fighting stances.

Maduka placed a smug grin on his face, "I'm going to send you home crying little boy. Cry, cry, cry all the way home to mommy. The princess will then realize what a mistake it was to see anything mate worthy in you to begin with."

You heard a deep growl come from Goten as he narrowed his eyes at his opponent, "Shut up and fight."

Goten then vanished and then instantly reappeared in front of Maduka dealing a hard blow to his stomach with his leg, he then banged his back down with his fists clamped together.

It took Maduka five seconds to recover, though it was obvious he was a little hurt now.

Maduka cracked his bones in a sudden movement and he then shot a large white energy blast right at Goten who just barely got out of the way. Goten then rolled over and from his knees he shot a ki blast right at Maduka's head knocking the cocky warrior down. Goten felt a sharp pain in his arm, apparently a little of the energy blast from Maduka hit him. Goten looked up and saw Bra looking more worried then he had ever seen her. Suddenly his thoughts of Bra evaporated as he saw Maduka plunge towards him, Goten also leaped towards him head on and the two collided as they threw punches and kicks at each other left and right. They were moving incredibly fast, many saiyans had extreme difficulty following their movement as the two of them continued what seemed to be an endless brawl of fists and fury. Then they both stopped in mid air and slowly flew back a few feet from each other panting.

"Not bad, little boy…your keeping up."

Goten frowned in annoyance to Maduka's superior attitude, "You act as though it was difficult to keep up with you." He said with a sudden grin coming to his face, followed by a small chuckle. He found it fun to make the large warrior in front of him think he wasn't a match for him.

It was then Maduka's turn to frown, "What's so funny?"

Goten looked up at him still holding on to his grin, "The thought of how fun it'll be to see you as a crater."

Maduka growled and leapt at Goten knocking him down with a heavy punch. Goten immediately regained his balance after being sent to the ground, he then evaporated again and appeared behind Maduka placing him in a headlock, then he formed a large energy ball in his hand and blasted it into Maduka's face. He then let him go, and let him fall to the ground with a thud. Goten walked around to look at Maduka on the floor holding his face in pain, he then saw two dark eyes look up at him through scratched up bloody fingers, followed by a low beastly voice, "You-will-pay-f-for-that-boy!"

Goten smirked, "Waiting for you darling."

"AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!"

Maduka lunged at Goten once again this time throwing several energy blasts of blue and white at him, soon Goten was covered by gray and white smoke. Bra rose from her seat in fear as did Bulma, Vegeta merely clenched his armrest hoping his instincts about Goten are right and that Goten was just taking a breather behind the smoke.

After a minute and Maduka finally stopped shooting energy blasts at Goten the smoke cleared and there was Goten down on one knee while one hand held up his body on the floor with his head looking down. Maduka looked at him in disbelief that the boy was still there, Maduka grew a bit worried though for that assault took a lot of his energy out of him.

Then Goten raised his head up slowly with an evil Vegeta style smirk plastered on his face, his black eyes bright with an intense flame of fury, as he then said quietly, "Like I said, you'd make a much better crater then warrior."

Maduka raised a brown brow in confusion, "Huh?"

Goten chuckled, "Later."

Goten then pulled out his other hand from behind his back and shot a large pink energy blast right at Maduka, the whole stadium went into shock and silence as the large blast faded and as the smoke cleared there was nothing left but a large crater…and deep down in the bottom of the crater was an unconscious Maduka.

Vegeta rose in masked delight an said in a loud and commanding voice, "Goten has honorably fought and won this battle, he has earned the right to my daughter Princess Bra."

Bra looked down at Goten with a huge smile and Goten could do nothing but smile back…cause now it was over he and Bra could be together without any problems.

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The week after the battle, Vegeta, Kakarott, Goten, Trunks, Pan, Bra, ChiChi and Bulma were all seated at the grand dining table eating breakfast.

"After only a week of training, the warriors have shown slight improvements…this is definitely a good sign, don't you think so Vegeta?" Kakarott asked with a smile.

Vegeta glanced over at Kakarott without moving his head, "Obviously it's a good sign. Now we simply need to make sure that the warriors do not stop there training until the day the Kantu arrive."

Bulma frowned, "Vegeta…once Pan and Bra reach their third trimester of pregnancy they won't be able to train anymore."

Everyone glanced at Bulma, Pan and Bra looked a little upset about the news, for they had completely expected to train right up until the day their babies were to be born. Vegeta growled in irritation, "I suppose you are right woman, but I believe that that decision is for Bra and Pan to make. They know their limitations and I'm sure they know what they should and shouldn't be doing in concern for the welfare of their children. In my opinion I feel that they can still train, perhaps not as intensely as now but all in all I don't see need for them to stop training completely."

Everyone's eyes directed towards Bra and Pan who both looked unsure of what to say.

"I think that if the baby can handle you training then train. If not then don't, its as simple as that ladies." ChiChi commented suddenly.

Bra and Pan both looked at their mates for some advice.

Goten shrugged, "Hey Bra, I agree with my mom. Only you know what's the right thing to do, and no matter what happens…I'll support your decision completely, 100%, ok?"

Bra smiled and nodded, "Ok, thanks."

"I basically would say the same thing as Goten Pan, whatever you want I'm there for you." Trunks replied with a reassuring grin.

Pan smiled back, "Yea I know."

"There, so that's settled, better now than later." Vegeta replied dryly as he resumed eating his breakfast.

"Uh, Vegeta…exactly what's our training schedule for today anyway?" Kakarott asked looking at Vegeta curiously.

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Don't you ever shut up!?"

Kakarott shrugged, "Don't know."

Everyone grinned.

Vegeta sighed and placed a hand to his forehead and pressed to his face as he moved it past his face in frustration, "We need to practice fusion."

Kakarott's brows shot up in surprise, "Fusion? You think we really need to resort to Fusion?"

"I wouldn't have suggested it if I didn't think it wasn't necessary you imbecile!"

Suddenly Nuka came running through the door, the color in his face gone leaving him ghostly looking, "Sir, we have just received some disturbing and troubling news."

Vegeta's brows came together in curiosity as to what the news could be, "Well, Nuka, what is it?"

Nuka's face went even paler than before if that was even possible, "The, Kantu sir, " he began and everyone glanced up at him immediately with extreme concern now on their faces, "they are no longer sticking to what they had said a while ago, they have decided to come in three months time instead of a year sir."

"WHAT!? IS THIS SOME SORT OF SICK JOKE!?"

Nuka shook his head, "No, no joke sir." He said as he handed Vegeta a disk and a video message player, he placed it on the table and inserted the disk shakily. Vegeta watched as everyone gathered around him to view the message.

Suddenly the king of the Kantu appeared on the screen looking as smug as ever, "Ah, Vegeta. I know that last time you saw the Kantu we said we'd be back in a years time. But we liked your planet so much that we have decided to cut a few months out, so that we could visit all the sooner…hope you don't mind…of course you don't. See you in three months, hope your ready to greet me."

The screen went black and everyone was pale with fright, and Vegeta's black eyes went dead as he clenched a tight fist and broke the table as he smashed it down.

"HE CAN'T DO THIS! THIS IS MY HOME, MY PLANET! HE WILL NOT TAKE OUR HOME! I SWEAR EVEN IF IT COSTS ME MY LIFE…HE WILL NOT TAKE AWAY OUR HOME!" Shouted Vegeta as he then stormed off leaving everyone either on the verge of tears or in a deep despair.

Sorry it took so long to bring this chapter out and sorry its kind of short, but I'm running on a schedule so sorry, I shall try to finish this fic up soon cause its almost done…yay! Lol, anyway please check out my new Harry Potter fic "Hidden in the Dark" if you're a Harry Potter fan! Please R&R! Tankies Ja ne!