"Damned it!  Missed her again!" Gogeta complained. "How can I destroy her if she keeps teleporting away like that?"

Gogeta's 1,000 times KaMeHaMeHa had taken its toll in the surrounding solar system.  Every other planet had been vaporized, and the sun had been seriously destabilized.   It looked as if it could go nova at any time.   Huge solar flares scorched space aground him. .   The only thing left was the chunk of planet where the citadel remained.  For some reason, just for an instant, Gogeta could feel the energy of his friends and family, like his power opened up a small rip in the dimensional fabric, and then it closed almost instantly.  "Did I open up a dimensional door or something?" Gogeta wondered

In the next instant Gogeta was cursing himself for his lapse of concentration as Chaos' talons raked across his face.

"Damned her! She tried to rip the crystal out of my forehead!" Gogeta said blood dripping into his eyes.  He concentrated and in the next instant completely healed.   Gogeta phased out as another strike aimed at his chest passed through the space he had just occupied.

"Wait a minute.  She's trying to take these crystals out, what about her crystal?" Gogeta moved back in fast and grabbed the horn where the large blue crystal was embedded extending out of Chaos' forehead.   Pulling her over his head he grabbed her leg with his free hand bringing her swiftly down while his knee drove up into her back.  There was a sickening crunch as Chaos screamed.  Gogeta then grabbed the horn with both hands with the intention of ripping it out of her head.

"Release me at once!" Chaos screamed as her horn began to grow.   Before Gogeta could get enough leverage, a massive burst of ki erupted from the blue crystal blowing Gogeta back several yards.

"Almost had it!" Gogeta thought as he launched himself back at Chaos and started a blindingly fast series of punching and kicking attacks.  At Gogeta's new power level, Chaos just couldn't keep up; she was getting pounded Saiyan style.  

Chaos finally broke and ran.    Chaos disappeared but didn't reappear within Gogeta's sight.

"Blast her!  Where'd she go?" Gogeta wondered as he let himself relax and extend his senses.  "There she is!"

Placing two fingers to his head, Gogeta disappeared as well.

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On Earth, all the heads of the ki-sensing warriors suddenly snapped up.

"Trunks!  Did you feel that?" Goten asked.

"Yeah.  That was dad and Goku!   They must be fighting something extremely powerful to have needed to fuse." Trunks said.

"Who is that?  I've never sensed a ki that large before!" Trunks Jr. said.

"That's Gogeta." Trunks smiled.

"It's gone now!" Goten said. "They're not…"

"No, I don't think so." Trunks looked thoughtful.  "It was more like a door opening and closing."

"What are you talking about?" Celritri asked.

"My dad, and Goku…  Kakkarot.   We felt their ki for just a second.   There was also another, evil power."  Trunks said.

"You felt Kakkarot's ki?   What do you mean you felt it?" Celritri asked confused.

"Some of the warriors on Earth could sense a person's fighting spirit or ki without a scouter, and father learned how to sense ki from them." Goten said.  "My father seen that the Earth warriors could do it, and then taught himself."

"So anyone can learn?" Celritri asked. "That means that Kakkarot is still alive?"

"Yes and yes." Pan smiled.

Celritri smiled back. "There's still hope then."

"Where your son is concerned, there is always hope." Trunks said.

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"Dad!" Gohan suddenly exclaimed.

"They're still alive!  Bardock whooped and pumped his fist in the air.

Raditz and Videl ran into the pilothouse.  "Did you guys feel that?"  They said almost in unison.

"Yeah, they just gave the universe a kick in the side." Bardock smirked.

"That wasn't just dad and Vegeta though."  Gohan said.  "They were fused and fighting another ki.  A really dark ki."

"Gogeta?"  Videl asked.

"Yeah, Gogeta." Gohan said.

"Where's the brat?" Bardock asked.

"Sleeping.  He had an active day." Raditz said. "We were training in a gravity gym when you called us about mother.    He's on the verge of Super Saiyan level two you know." Raditz said proudly.

Bardock shot a quick look to see if his son was serious.  He saw that he was.   Bardock gave a low whistle. "How times of changed.  Even our children could defeat Frieza now."

"Gohan, do you still feel anything?" Bardock asked knowing that Gohan's ability to sense ki was much better than his own

"No, it only lasted a second or two." Gohan answered.

"What does that mean?" Videl asked.

"Not sure." Gohan said. "Buu was able to punch holes from one dimension to another using his power.  Maybe Gogeta did the same."

"Well, at least we know they're still alive." Raditz said hopefully. "There's hope."

"There's always hope." Bardock smiled.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Roger woke up in a cold seat.  Yambia, sleeping next to him, sensed her husband's distress and woke up as well.

"What is wrong my love?" Yambia said as her husband sat bolt upright.

"A nightmare I suppose." Roger answered.  "It was so real though."

"What was it?" Yambia pressed.

"Vegeta and Goku were fused.  They were fighting some horror in the middle of space somewhere." Roger said.

"Fused?" Yambia repeated, remembering the stories of Gogeta that she and Roger had been told or watched aboard the ES-19PX. "That seems like centuries ago!" Yambia thought.

"Yeah, they were fused into Gogeta.   But even more powerful somehow." Roger rubbed his temples.

"Headache?" Yambia asked concerned.

"No, not really.  The more I think about it, the less I think I had a nightmare." Roger said.

Then came a knock at the door.

Roger took a quick look at his queen to make sure she was decent. "Come in!"

Turles entered with Abigail.

"Sire, did you feel that?" Turles asked respectfully.

"Yeah, I thought it was a dream at first, but apparently Vegeta and Goku are still alive." Roger said.

"I didn't sense any of the others." Abigail said worried. "I didn't sense Jessica or Gerald."

Gerald and Yambia exchanged a quick look. "Neither did we." Gerald said sadly. "The energy that Gogeta and that other ki was giving off could have masked the other's ki though."

"True." Abigail brightened a bit. "I hope Jessica comes home soon."

"Don't worry Abi, Jessica has shown that she is capable of taking care of herself." Yambia tried to console her friend.

"I know, but I'm still her mother."  Abigail smiled wanly.

"I know.  I'm worried about Gerald as well." Yambia smiled back.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"What's happening Buu?  We can't see them anymore?"  Bulma said hitting the "picture screen" Buu had provided for them.

"Buu don't know, they teleported away!" Buu answered.

"Piccolo!" Bulma started but stopped when she seen the tall Namekian's look of severe concentration.

"There!  I found them!" Piccolo's eyes suddenly shot open.

"Where?" Chi-Chi asked.

"They've teleported into the star!" Piccolo said incredulously.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Super heated plasma surrounded Gogeta's ki shield.   He was inside a solar flare of immense proportions.   The size of this single flare would easily engulf every planet in Earth solar system.   This star was growing increasingly unstable, and would explode at any moment.   Gogeta wasn't sure if even he could survive an exploding star.   Gogeta put more power into his ki shield.   He could feel Chaos in front of him someplace not far away.      She was under the surface of the star and her ki was going up again.

"What the hell his she doing?" Gogeta wondered as he took off after Chaos.

Gogeta reached the surface in time to see Chaos rise from the surface.   She was white hot and glowing brightly.

"She's absorbed energy from the star!"  Gogeta just had time to think before Chaos was in his face again.   Chaos opened her mouth and a white hit beam of ki and super heated plasma hit Gogeta's ki shield driving him into the surface of the star.

"Damned good thing I increased my ki shield!" Gogeta thought. "Alright, I hope this star holds together!"

Chaos was closing in for another attack when Gogeta's big bang attack left the surface of the star.  The attack had collected an enormous amount of energy and heat from the sun.   Chaos was caught by surprise and took the attack square in the face.   She was engulfed in an explosion that made Hiroshima seem like a small firecracker. 

Gogeta's energy attacked sparked a violent reaction from the star and he found himself riding the front of another huge solar burst.

"Whooooooooaaaaaaahhh!"

 The flare carried him right into Chaos' punch, a punch hard enough to bring stars spinning in front of his eyes. 

Gogeta recovered and spun around inside the flare.   He ducked just as Chaos send a vicious kick at his head then followed up with a hammer blow that sent Gogeta hurtling back toward the star's surface.

"There is only one way to destroy this creature!" Gogeta thought to himself. "But I got to buy some time!"

All of a sudden, a new power appeared.  Gogeta smiled wide. "Where've you been kid?" Gogeta projected mentally.

"Took me a while to get here.  You two opened up some sort of weak spot between the dimensions.  I was able to get through with a bit of difficulty."  Gerald Jr. answered. "You need a hand?"

"You bet your Saiyan heritage!" Gogeta smirked. "Do you think you can keep this witch busy for about two minutes?"

"Yeah, I suppose, but her ki is outrageous!  I don't think I can beat her, but I can give you the two minutes you need." Gerald said.

"She's tough kid, real tough.  Be careful." Gogeta warned.

"Will do."  Gerald said realizing now was not the time to get cocky.

Gogeta raised both his hands and started pulling in energy.  The solar flares began to order itself into an energy ball over Gogeta's head.   Every erg of energy that was pouring off the star was soon providing energy for an ever-growing spirit bomb.

+++++++++++++++++++++

"Gerald's Here!" Jessica jumped up and down. "I can feel his ki!"

Piccolo smiled. "Yeah kid, and what a ki it is!  I had no idea he had become that powerful!!"

"Yeah.  He's the strongest non-fused Saiyan ever!" Bulma said. "He's an amazing young man."

"Wait everyone!  Do you feel that?   Gogeta is building a spirit bomb!" Piccolo exclaimed. "Buu!  Can you channel our energy toward Gogeta?"

"Yes, just give it to me and I'll give it to Gogeta." Buu said.

"Let's do it then!" Piccolo placed his hand on Buu's insides and began pouring his energy into the wall.  Everyone else followed suit.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Chaos closed in on Gogeta, she wasn't sure what he was doing, but all that energy he was collecting wasn't looking very healthy for her.   She flew at him at very high speed and prepared to kick him square in the face.

"The fool isn't even moving.  Just floating there with that damned smirk on his face!" Chaos thought.

"Let me wipe that insipid smile off your face for you!" Chaos yelled.

But her foot never made contact.   Another foot struck her in the side of the head driving her sideways and spiraling down into the star's gravity field.

"Good job kid, keep her busy for a while." Gogeta smirked as he felt the energy of his friends and fellow warriors enter the already incredibly huge spirit bombs.

"Consider it done sire." Gerald answered and flew after his opponent.

The more energy Gogeta's spirit bomb drew, the more unstable the sun was becoming.  It looked like it would be a race between completing the spirit bomb, and the star's explosion killing them all.

Gerald flew at Chaos who had recovered and was flying directly back at him with murder in her eyes.   The both wildly struck at each other and their fists collided with a devastating force.  Lighting flew off their bodies and crashed into space all around them.

"Who are you?" Chaos demanded.

"Gerald's my name." Gerald said and smiled. "Why?  Are you writing a book?"

"No punk, just wondering who it is I'm going to kill.  Makes things more personal."  Chaos smirked.

"No need to be too curious, it's not like you're going to live long enough to memorize my name." Gerald chuckled.

"Well, we'll see about that." Chaos disappeared and reappeared in back of Gerald, but Gerald was prepared for such a move and also disappeared before Chaos was able to strike.   Chaos was momentarily confused but also managed to phase out just as Gerald tried to drop an elbow strike on her head.   Gerald reappeared facing her as another huge solar flare erupted joining the already massive energy of the spirit bomb.  

Huge fissures now appeared across the face of the star.  Molten material spewed up toward Gerald and Chaos.   A large arm of super heated magma crossed between Chaos and Gerald.

Chaos quickly crossed through the magma stream and Gerald found himself in to locked combat with the rage insane creature.

"I WILL ESCAPE THIS PRISON AND NO ONE WILL STOP ME!" Chaos' hands were locked with Gerald who was desperately attempting to push her back and away from him.   Their aura's clashed and exploded against each other.

"You're not going anywhere." Gerald smirked.

"ARRRRRAAAHHHHH!" Chaos screamed in frustration and swung Gerald around and threw him deep into the star's rapidly deteriorating interior.

Chaos flew into he pit that Gerald had made in the star and hit him in the gut with both feet.

"Uuughh!" Gerald had the wind knocked out of him.   He recovered just enough to send a ki blast into Chaos' face.

Gerald flew out to the surface and caught his breath.   Chaos flew out after him, the burns he had inflicted already healing on her face.

Chaos continued her assault pounding Gerald with kicks and punches.   Her speed was much greater than Gerald's.

"Gerald, get out of there!" Gogeta spoke in his mind. "The Spirit Bomb is ready!"

"If I leave too soon, she'll just follow!   Throw the thing and I'll get out in time!"  Gerald answered.

Gogeta didn't like it, he didn't like it at all, but he knew Gerald was right, and he saw no other alternative.

"Alright kid, but don't stay too long.  That sun is likely to blow completely when this thing hits."  Gogeta warned.

"Here it comes!" Gogeta threw the huge energy sphere directly at Gerald's position.

Gerald felt the energy falling toward them.   He knew that he had to keep Chaos' attention on him until the very last instant, and then use instant transmission to get away.  

Gerald fought back with everything he could muster knocking Chaos' head back and forth with the force of his punches.

"A few more seconds…." Gerald thought at the planet sized Spirit Bomb blocked out his view of space.

"NOW!" Gerald screamed as he jumped back and brought his hands up to his face. "SOLAR FLARE!"

A blinding light hit Chaos full in the face.

"Arrrggghhh!   My eyes!  What did you do you little bastard?!" Chaos stumbled back screaming, but Gerald was already gone.  He was now standing next to Gogeta, who was working hard to push the Spirit Bomb down into the star.

But instead of an incredible explosion, the Spirit Bomb was now stopped.

"She's stopped the Spirit Bomb!" Gogeta said incredulously.

Then the unthinkable happened.   With a small popping noise, Gogeta separated into Goku and Vegeta.  The fusion had ended.  Both fell back into Super Saiyan level six.   The crystals floated lazily between them.

"No!!  Not now!" Vegeta exclaimed.

"Gerald!  Help us push this thing!" Goku yelled.

Gerald put his considerable power behind the spirit bomb and tried to force it down.

"No good!  She's forcing it back up!" Vegeta yelled.  "Damned it!"

"She could teleport at any time!  She's just playing with us!"  Goku said.

It was true.  Chaos had recovered her sight just in time and stopped the energy ball with both hands.  She was now using her power to force the huge attack back at her opponents.   The Spirit Bomb was now looming in their face.

"Damned her!  Damned her!" Vegeta yelled and put two fingers to his head.

"VEGETA!" Goku yelled but was still trying to push the Spirit Bomb away with no success.

"What's he doing?" Gerald asked.

Goku knew only too well, but didn't answer.

Chaos was silently laughing to herself, her hands were pointed toward the Spirit Bomb, palms outward.  "What great irony!  To finally destroy them with their own attack!"

Suddenly, Chaos was grabbed from behind, a firm set of legs wrapped around her waist as a strong arm encircled her throat.   A hand grabbed her horn.

"Wha!?!?  Let go of me immediately!" Chaos exclaimed as Vegeta tightened his grip.

"Oh, I don't think so.  Now let's see what happens when I pull this thing out by the roots!" Vegeta strained to rip Chaos' horn out.

A sudden ki burst burned Vegeta's hand and body where he was in contact with the crazed would be universe conqueror.   Vegeta winced at the pain as his skin and flesh began to sear and blister.  But he hung on through the pain.

Vegeta felt the horn give way a bit and he redoubled his efforts.   Chaos dramatically increased her ki assault on the Saiyan King.  

"I will not give up!  I AM KING OF ALL THE SAIYANS!" Vegeta yelled

Vegeta grit his teeth against the pain, he felt his skin begin to slip off his hands and arm.  But he wouldn't let go.  With the last of his strength fading, he gave one last mighty pull.   The horn ripped free, and with it, came the crystal.  He threw the horn from him like it was diseased.

Chaos' ki immediately fell almost to half of what it had previously been as she fell to her knees.

Still she tried to teleport.

"Hehehehe! You're not going anywhere!"  Vegeta used his own ki to prevent her from teleporting.

Then the Spirit Bomb hit its target.

"Gerald get Kakkarot out of there now!" Vegeta's mental orders came. "That is an order!"

Gerald flew over and grabbed Goku and teleported away.

Then the Spirit Bomb exploded, and, as if in sympathy, the star exploded as well.