"Did I wake you?" Vegeta snarled. Kakarotto noticed that he was super saiyan, and looked quite pissed off.
"Hey, little buddy!" Kakarotto smirked. He got out of bed, and stretched. "So she grassed me up, did she? That's a pity. I was gonna get a few others before I got you." he smirked. "Save the best 'til last, right? Ha ha ha."
"Quit your joking!" Vegeta snapped.
"Whoa. Calm down...." Kakarotto said. "Don't wanna give yourself a heart attack now, do you?" he laughed coldly. "So, I guess we're taking this outside then?"
"We can take it wherever you fucking well like!!" Vegeta pinned him up against the wall. "I don't care!! You son of a bitch! Do you know how pathetic you are?!"
"Says the little orphan from the blown - up planet?" Kakarotto replied with the snidest smirk possible. Vegeta almost choked he was so angry. Too angry to answer right away.
"You.... you BASTARD!!!" he threw it across the room. Kakarotto let him, and climbed to his feet as if it were nothing. This just made Vegeta more mad, and Kakarotto knew it.
"I am going to FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" Vegeta threatened, advancing towards him. "I'll wipe that smirk of your face and rip up the rest of you while I'm doing it."
"Yeah, that's great." Kakarotto mumbled. "But what, you gonna fight your opponent while he's in his pajamas? At least let me get changed before you "rip me up."
"... I'll give you thirty seconds." Vegeta growled. He left the room.
~~~
Kakarotto flew down, opposite Vegeta. Vegeta glared at him, and unfolded his arms.
"You bastard! You've got a hell of a lot of explaining to do! What the fuck's the matter with you, Kakarotto?!" he demanded. "Your wife! Your sons! Your daughter - in - law! And MY WIFE?!?"
"What can I say." Kakarotto shrugged. "I love to kill. It's a saiyan thing. You of all people should know that. Don't act like you didn't enjoy your job all those years ago."
"You - -" Vegeta clenched his fist. "Don't bring my past into it!! And don't you DARE use the saiyan bloodline as an excuse for what you've done!! Even then I would never, NEVER have killed my own wife! And my own children?! Are you insane?!?!"
"But they weren't my children, were they?" Kakarotto answered. "They were Goku's. And he's not wanted anymore. Neither were his family." he shrugged. "Anyway, I don't see what the big deal is. People change all the time. You changed from your true self to the guy you are now. Only your change happened so gradually what you are now really is WHO you are." he shook his head. "It's not the same with me. I was never Goku. Maybe if I'd been Kakarotto all those years I was Goku, I'd be him now. Maybe I'd have changed just like you did. But as it turns out, I became Goku so early I didn't have a chance to be the guy I was born to be." he clenched his fist. "But now.... now I'm gonna make up for all those lost years." he gave Vegeta a cold smile. "And you're gonna help me do that."
"To hell with you!" Vegeta shouted. He charged towards Kakarotto. "You won't get away with it!!"
Kakarotto sighed, and in seconds he turned super saiyan and punched Vegeta in the stomach as hard as he could.
Vegeta cried out, and fell to the floor. He started to cough.
"Pathetic." Kakarotto stood over him. He stood on Vegeta, grinding his foot into him.
"Arrr..." Vegeta grabbed Kakarotto's leg and tried to push him away. Kakarotto smirked.
"Not doing a very good job, are you?" he pushed his foot down harder. Vegeta glared up at him, still fighting him off.
"But y'know.... before I kill you, I should probably thank you, "your majesty." Kakarotto said with a hint of sarcasm on the last two words.
"Thank me....?" Vegeta choked out.
"Yeah." Kakarotto pressed down a little lighter. Still holding Vegeta there, but allowing him to live a little longer while he listened.
"You've always called me by my real name." Kakarotto began. "And until a few days ago, it didn't really bother me. But now... it means a lot, y'know. It makes me stronger. Helps keep Goku away." he said. "Actually... if it wasn't for you constantly calling me Kakarotto, I don't think I would've had the strength to defeat Goku. But you calling me that made Goku think about Frieza's words a little more, and they had a bigger effect on him." Kakarotto smirked. "So you could say... that if it wasn't for you, Vegeta, none of this would have happened."
"No..." Vegeta glared at him. "I won't fall for that."
"I'm serious." Kakarotto promised. "You really did help. Just think..." he pressed down on Vegeta a little harder. Vegeta cringed at the pain.
"If you hadn't called me Kakarotto for all those years... Goku's family might still be alive. And you wife? Well, she wouldn't have had the taste of a real man."
"YOU BASTARD!!!" with a great surge of energy powered mostly by anger Vegeta pushed Kakarotto off him. He jumped to his feet and threw himself at Kakarotto, pinning himself to the ground.
"Do you think I'm thick or something?!" he growled. "I'm not going to fall for that!!"
Kakarotto chuckled.
"Oh, Vegeta.... what you mean is you don't want to believe that. But guess what?" he smirked up at him. "It's true."
"You're lying!" Vegeta snapped.
"Sure I am, Vegeta. I'm lying. Because I have every reason to do so."
"Well aren't you?!?!" Vegeta demanded. Kakarotto just stared at him.
"............ Ah, that's bullshit!!" Vegeta jumped to his feet. "A name doesn't affect you!"
"Nicknames don't. But that isn't a nickname, is it?" Kakarotto replied, climbing to his feet. "All this is because of you. Well, you and Frieza."
"Frieza's dead, you moron!! He has been for over ten years!!" Vegeta argued. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
"I'm ready to tell you my secret now..." Kakarotto sounded weird. Kinda innocent, like a kid. He smirked, and whispered. "I see dead people." he burst out laughing.
"Yeah, quote from a film. Really funny." Vegeta folded his arms angrily. "Is Frieza alive or not?!?!"
"Uh, no Vegeta. That's why I said "I see dead people." Quite frankly, because he's dead! Get it? Dead people?" Kakarotto replied sarcastically.
"How the fuck can you see him?!" Vegeta demanded. "You're not making any sense!!"
"I just see him." Kakarotto shrugged. "He appeared in a dream, and I saw him in the day, too. I heard it voice as well. Well, Goku did. I've not heard from him since."
"...... Have you lost your mind?!?!" Vegeta exclaimed.
"No. Why?" Kakarotto asked innocently.
"Are you mad?!?! You're seeing Fr - You need a psychiatrist!!"
"No! What I NEED is for people like YOU to stop getting in my way!" Kakarotto argued.
"What do you mean?"
"What did Frieza want apart from immortality?" Kakarotto replied.
"To be ruler of the universe?"
"Exactly. And what stopped him doing that? In this time line?"
"... You...." Vegeta mumbled. "You can't seriously mean -"
"That's right!" Kakarotto beamed. "I'm no threat to myself! Well, maybe Goku's a threat to me, but he's not coming back. There is no body and no THING that is stopping me from claiming this whole universe!"
"You've completely lost it!!" Vegeta protested.
"Will you quit saying that?!?!" Kakarotto snapped. "Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Either you try and fight for your life and fail, or I just kill you now and we get it over with." he looked at Vegeta. "What'll it be?"
"Fuck you." Vegeta snarled. "I won't let you kill me. Not after what you did to my wife!"
"Fine. Have it your way." Kakarotto shrugged. "I was just tryna make it easier for you." he clenched his fist. "But whatever." he charged at Vegeta.
~~~
"Hey, Bulma, what's up?" Krillin ran over to her. "Something about Kakarotto...?"
"No time to explain. But you have to go and find Vegeta! And when you do, kill Goku!"
"WHAT?!?!" Krillin exclaimed. "Are you crazy?!"
"Goku? But why? Isn't he like you best friend?" Eighteen said to Bulma.
"He's Kakarotto!" Bulma protested. "He - just go, okay!! Please! If you don't kill Kakarotto he'll kill every one of you! He's the one that killed the others!"
"No way!!" Krillin shook his head. "Sorry Bulma, but I don't believe that! Goku wouldn't hurt a fly!"
"He's not Goku!!" Bulma yelled. "Just go, okay?! Before Vegeta gets himself killed!!"
"What's happening to dad?" Trunks' somewhat sleepy voice came up behind her.
"Trunks?!" Bulma spun around. She frowned at him. "Nothing! Just go back to bed!"
"What about Kakarotto?" Trunks asked. "Isn't that what dad calls Goku?"
"Listen, just what exactly is going on?" Eighteen put her hand on her hip.
"Wait - who's looking after Marron?!?!" Krillin exclaimed.
"She'll be fine on her own for a little while." Eighteen shrugged.
"Eighteen!!" Krillin protested. He looked at Trunks.
"Hey, would you mind babysitting while we sort this thing out with Goku?"
"Kakarotto!" Bulma corrected him. "His name is KAKAROTTO!!"
"Wait, is dad in trouble?" Trunks asked.
"No, he's fine. Go and babysit Marron." Bulma ordered.
"But mom -"
"NOW!!!"
"Okay, okay!!"
~~~
"Come on! Isn't Kakarotto supposed to be the one who loves to fight? What, are you stalling?" Vegeta challenged, throwing kicks and punches too fast for anyone to see.
"Haven't you noticed that you haven't injured me once? I'm faster than you and I'm stronger than you. So rather than rush it, I wanna squeeze the life out of you." Kakarotto replied. He grabbed Vegeta's wrists and held him there. He smirked coldly at him.
"Give my regards to Frieza."
"Frieza?" Vegeta looked at him. Kakarotto threw him into the air and threw a series of ki attacks after him. Vegeta zipped about, dodging almost all of them. But they were powerful when they hit.
"Big bang attack!" Vegeta threw it at him. Kakarotto just stood there, looking a little bored just for show. He sent it back towards Vegeta, and it hit. Kakarotto laughed when Vegeta fell to the ground. The saiyan prince squatted down, breathing heavily. Kakarotto walked towards him. As he did so, Vegeta raised his head to glare up at him.
"Give up?" Kakarotto asked.
"Never." Vegeta growled.
"Hm." Kakarotto grabbed his throat, and raised him up about a foot above his own height. Vegeta squirmed and gabbed Kakarotto's arm, trying to escape. Kakarotto smirked.
"Look at you. Where's your pride now? That also pissed me off, you know. All that crap you gave me about pride. You don't think I have any? But what happened to yours? I don't see it. Look at you. Squirming like a child." he glared at him, and placed his fist on Vegeta's stomach, getting ready to punch into him. "It's over, Vegeta. You lost. Again. Sorry." he laughed coldly. "See you in Hell!" with one great burst of energy he -
"FUCKING HELL!!!" Kakarotto screamed as something hit the back of him, knocking him forward and forcing him to release Vegeta.
He caught his balance while Vegeta coughed and started to breath again.
"What the FUCK was that?!" Kakarotto turned around angrily, and smirked at who he saw. "Krillin."
"Goku!" Krillin yelled. he was accompanied by Eighteen and Bulma.
"Bulma! Get out of here! Are you insane, woman?!" Vegeta snapped.
"You're okay?" Bulma smiled. "I'm so relieved!" she ran over to him. "Vegeta!"
"Get off me..." Vegeta mumbled angrily, turning red as the others watched them.
"So, Blueberry, you sent some help for him?" Kakarotto commented.
"DON'T call me Blueberry!!" Bulma yelled.
"I'll call you whatever I like." Kakarotto answered back. "Blueberry. Whore. Slut. They all suit you."
"Kakarotto!" Vegeta growled.
"Why are you doing this, Goku?!" Krillin protested. "Come on! We're your friends!"
"Goku's friends." Kakarotto corrected him. "You're no friend of mine, Krillin."
"Then bring Goku back!" Krillin ordered. "Come on, Goku! You can't be gone! You've been like that your whole life!"
"Exactly. And now it's my turn." Kakarotto said.
"This doesn't make sense!" Eighteen exclaimed. "How can you be two people?!"
"I'm not. I'm one." Kakarotto replied. "Goku's dead, honey, and he's not coming back. Sorry."
"Goku!!" Krillin whined.
"Shut up!!" Kakarotto shouted. "You're giving me a headache!!"
"Goku!!" Krillin continued.
"Shut the fuck UP!!" Kakarotto blasted him to pieces, along with Eighteen.
"YOU BASTARD!!" Bulma shouted. "YOUR BEST FRIEND?!?!"
"Careful, bitch!!" Kakarotto snapped. "I am NOT in the mood for people calling Goku's friends my friends!!"
"Just leave her alone!!" Vegeta shouted. "Come on! Where were we?!"
"Vegeta, no!"
"Quiet! Bulma, get away from here!" Vegeta wasn't taking his eyes off Kakarotto.
"Vegeta -"
"BULMA!! I don't want you around here!! Where's Trunks, anyway?!"
"H - He's babysitting Marron..." Bulma told him.
"Well go help him, he doesn't know a thing about kids." Vegeta ordered.
"No! I'm not leaving you here! You would've died if Krillin hadn't -"
"Bulma." Vegeta looked at her sternly. "Go. I'm going to fight him. And you're going to leave, because it's not safe for you to be around here."
"..... Will you be alright?" Bulma asked. Vegeta nodded. "I'll be fine."
"..." Bulma hugged him. "Be careful."
"I will."
Bulma ran off.
"About time." Kakarotto rolled his eyes. "Doesn't she ever do what she's told the first time round?"
"Never." Vegeta answered. "But this has nothing to do with her."
"Oh, come on!" Kakarotto laughed. "You don't still think you stand a chance?"
"Is your headache still here?" Vegeta asked.
"No. It's gone." Kakarotto replied. "What's your point? What does it have to do with you anyway?"
"Well... I noticed that it came when people called you Goku..." Vegeta told him.
"What, you think that headache was him? Yeah, right." Kakarotto smirked. "You're just hoping. You know you have no chance really."
"So what if I call you Goku? It wouldn't make a difference?" Vegeta started walking towards him.
"... No." Kakarotto said. "No. Of course not!"
"You see tense, "Goku." Vegeta smirked. "What's the matter with you?"
"Vegeta..." Kakarotto growled. He shook his head. "Whoa..."
"Not feeling too good, Goku?" Vegeta asked innocently.
"Not... working..." Kakarotto rubbed his head. "Just a little tired, that's all. What time is it?"
"I don't know, Goku. I don't have a watch." Vegeta replied.
"E... Enough of this!" Kakarotto launched an attack at Vegeta. They started fighting. Punching and kicking faster than anything. Kakarotto glared at his opponent.
"You're pathetic!"
"Sorry, Goku. But hey, you wanna kill me. Right, Goku?"
"QUIT IT!!!" Kakarotto started to slow down. He felt sort of... "dazed". He'd had this feeling before...
Vegeta smirked.
"What's wrong, Goku?"
"Don't..." Kakarotto stopped fighting. He fell to his knees. "I can't.... I can't think straight..." he shook his head. "Never mind..." he rose to his feet.
"What's wrong, Goku?" Vegeta asked. "You seem so dazed, Goku."
"My.... my head...." Kakarotto clutched his scalp. "What are you doing to me?!"
"What's the matter, Goku?" Vegeta carried on.
"Don't call me that!!" Kakarotto snapped. He was really stressed now. The confusion was growing stronger.
"Call you what, Goku?"
"Quit it!!" Kakarotto covered his ears. "Shut up!"
"I think that name kind of suits you, Goku." Vegeta persisted.
"Not LISTENING!!" Kakarotto cried as he shook his head and covered his ears, trying to drive the confusion away.
"Goku?" Vegeta looked at him. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"What's.... I can't think straight..." Kakarotto felt so light - headed.
The feeling in his body started to go. No! He wouldn't let it!
"ARRGH!" he screamed. He started banging his head against the ground as hard as he could. "Get out of my MIND!!"
"Goku?" Vegeta looked at him. Geez. What a sight!
"SHUT UP!!!" Kakarotto shouted. He glared up at Vegeta. "Quiet!"
"What's wrong, Goku? You don't look so good. You should take it easy, Goku." Vegeta insisted.
"I...." Losing control of his own body, Kakarotto fell to the ground. He lay on his back, staring up at Vegeta. At least, he tried to. His eyes wouldn't focus. "You..."
"Goku?" Vegeta's echoing voice made him feel even weaker.
"What's happening to me...? Who...?" Kakarotto seemed so dazed. Confused.
"What's your name?" Vegeta asked.
"I... don't know...." Kakarotto replied.
"Goku, right?"
"I.... I think.... no!" Kakarotto tried to fight again. He struggled to raise himself to kneel down. He grabbed his hair. "Why can't I think straight?! I... I'm so..." he fell down again. "... Help me..."
"What's your name, Goku?" Vegeta asked.
"My name...." Kakarotto couldn't fight it anymore. "My name..." he said. "It's Goku."
