Unexpected Fate

Chapte 42

*camera comes on as Scrix's eyes are seen*

Scrix: I guess we're on.

Karis: Good. I was hoping that the camera wasn't broken. I swear. That's the 15th camera this week!

CMG: *tail twitching as Karis wraps her arms together while still unconscious*

Saria: At least that plant was still a baby.

Infr: They're still dangerous.

Karis: *finishes job with a smile on her face : )* There. That will keep her busy. Like the first chapter ever written and repeated about 41 more times or so, she doesn't own Dragon Ball Z. She only owns us Gods and Goddesses that are babysitting her, even though she's technically an adult and...

Scrix: Okay. We get the idea.

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The three warriors fly over the landscape as it blurred beneath them. Goku was stirring as Bardock held him closer to his body to try and reassure the Earth-raised Saiya-jin that everything will be alright. As they flew, they saw a mountain ahead of them as Wingdof flies down near the summit of the mountain and into the clearing. Vegeta and Bardock followed suit as they too land.

/It's getting late,/ said Wingdof. /You two are still tired from the battle and you'll need to conserve your strength./

/Right,/ said Bardock as he yawned. /How much farther do we have to go?/

/Hopefully, it's not much farther,/ said Wingdof as Vegeta goes and cuts down a young tree using energy blasts and hauling the wood back to the makeshift camp site. Bardock went and fished several giant silver fish from the water while Wingdof made shelter for the unconscious Goku in the cave they were to spend the night in. In an hour, a roaring fire was outside the cave entrance as fish were slung from a spear-like stick over the fire to cook. The warriors ate in silence as Goku came to.

/Huh?/ said Goku as he opened his eyes. Bardock saw a red glare in them and tried to hide the shock. /What happened? Where are we?/

/We're on another quest,/ said Bardock. /Right now, we're camping out./

/Oh,/ said Goku.

/Are you hungry?/ said Wingdof as Goku nodded his head. Goku was handfed by Bardock since he was too weak to get up from using all of his power. As the fires die down later that night, the four warriors slept as Goku tossed and turned. Bardock was awakened by this and walked up to his ill son.

'Kakarot, hang on,' thought Bardock as he stood watch over his son that night.

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Meanwhile, King Vegeta took Goten and Trunks to see Scrix. After a brief explaination to King Yemma, he allowed the Saiya-jins to continue their quest. As they reached the entrance of the place, Goten and Trunks were nervous like two kids waiting for Santa Claus to hear what they want for Christmas. (A/N: Figure of speech. Go figure.)

"Is Scrix really powerful?" said Goten.

"Yeah!" said Trunks.

"He is," said King Vegeta. "You two must treat him with respect."

"Right!" said both boys. Little did King Vegeta know, the boys crossed their fingers behind their backs.

"Then let's go find him so we can find out what happened to your fathers," said King Vegeta.

"Do you think he knows where my grandpa is too?" said Goten.

"Of course!" said King Vegeta.

The trio walk inside and walked into the throne room where Infr was sitting. King Vegeta bowed as the two boys stared in awe at the sights around them. King Vegeta cleared his throat to get the boys attention and make them bow as well for respect of the Saiya-jin God himself.

"King Vegeta," said Infr, "I see you brought some children from hell with you. But why, may I ask, are these two still breathing the breaths of life?"

"We're not dead, you old idiot!" said Trunks.

"Yeah!" said Goten.

"Quiet you two!" yelled King Vegeta as he scolded the boys. With a lighter voice, King Vegeta continued, "My apologies, Lord Infr. These two boys were wanting to see Scrix himself to see him of their fathers fates."

"Don't forget Goten's grandpa, Bardock!" said Trunks as Goten agreed with him.

"Very well," said Infr as he sat there quiet for a few minutes. Both boys were growing impatient as silence hung in the air like a think fog. Finally, Goten spoke up.

"Well?" said Goten. "Where is he?"

"Goten!" said Trunks quietly. "Don't you get it?"

"What?" whispered Goten.

"He's summoning him," said Trunks.

"What does summoning mean?" said Goten as Trunks face vaults.

"That means that any minute now, Scrix will appear and tell us where our dads and your grandfather is!" said Trunks.

"Oh!" said Goten as he smiled. "I wonder what his entrance will be like!"

"Maybe there will be lighting and thunder clashing outside this place, lighting up the windows while fire burns on the walls," said Trunks. "He'll be glowing with unearthly power with a kick-ass staff made of the strongest gold in the universe! He'll have so much power that it will make even Yajarobi shutter and wet his pants since he's a giant coward!!" (A/N: *smacks Trunks for cursing and thinks about the other stuff Trunks said* Hmm... that would be cool though if I did make him like that...)

"Whoa!" said Goten. "What else will happen?"

"Then, he'll be surrounded by a lot of women that will worship the ground he walks on as he strides around with long flowing hair toward the three of us!" said Trunks. "He'll probably make it so that our fathers and your grandfather were able to help us defeat Majin Buu and give them some weapons made of the finest silver that looks like..."

"Quiet!" said King Vegeta as he grew annoyed with Trunks' ranting. "Scrix will not make any cool appearances at all. He'll just walk in and ask what's going on."

As King Vegeta predicted a few moments later, Scrix walked in. Trunks was angry that Scrix didn't make the cool entrance he was talking about. (A/N: While the author continues to bitch about his entrance and appearance being so bland. 'Nuff said!)

"What's going on?" said Scrix. "I see two demi-Saiya-jins and King Vegeta."

"King Vegeta has a request," said Infr as Scrix looked into King Vegeta's eyes for a moment.

"I see," said Scrix. "Right now, Kakarot, Vegeta, and Bardock are busy with the Trials of the Saiya-jin. They should be done soon."

"Wow!" said Trunks. "I wish we could have gone!"

"Yeah!" said Goten.

"Are you two hungry?" said Scrix.

At once, the boys stomaches started to growl. "Man! You jinxed us!" said Trunks.

"Don't worry," said Karis as she brought in a large plater of food. "You can eat and then, we'll start your training."

"Training?" said Trunks.

"I plan on making you both stronger than you are currently," said Scrix, "so you can stop Majin Buu."

"Wow!" said Goten. "This is going to be cool!"

"We're going to be trained by the Saiya-jin God himself!" said Trunks.

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The morning sunlight made Bardock close his eyes tighter as he realized that his son was missing. Rushing out of the cave, he saw trees burned as he saw the bodies of Vegeta and Wingdof laying there in pools of their own blood dead with their eyes glazed and tails limp against the ground. Laughter rang through the air as Bardock saw Kakarotto with fur all over his body ready to throw Dark Nebula at him.

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Bardock woke from the dream with sweat running down his pale face. (A/N: Sucker!) He saw his son laying there as he felt the darkness starting to eat away at his body like fire. (A/N: *pulls a Beavis and Butt-head joke and imimates Beavis first* FIRE! FIRE! *immitates Butt-head* Fire rules. *dumb laughter is heard as Scrix drags her off the set with a sound enhancer in her hands*)

As Bardock looked around, he decided not to wait until morning to seek the Guardian of Planet Vegeta. So quietly, he lifted his son's body and took off into the night. The pale moonlight made his blood boil as Goku stirred in discomfort in Bardock's arms. Resisting the urge to go Oozaru, he kept running as he felt something guiding him with each step he took. The burning grew stronger as he reached a clearing where he saw a figure standing there in the moonlight with a black hooded cloak on as Bardock's tail lashed.

/Welcome,/ said the figure. /I see that your instincts have guided you well./

/Who are you?/ said Bardock in a deeper voice.

/I am the Guardian of Planet Vegeta,/ said the figure as it drew closer to Bardock and his son. /You've done well, Bardock, in getting here./

/How do you know.../ started Bardock as the guardian's power seemed to answer his question.

/I know all,/ said the guardian. /I know of what's inside your son and you will have to use the moonlight to help him regain his sanity./

/The moonlight?/ said Bardock.

/Unlike the attack Vegeta used long ago in your timeline against Goku, the pure moonlight has the power to help the person infected by darkness find themselves,/ said the guardian as Bardock looked up at the moon and his breath froze as he saw visions of the past. He saw his son's fate if he didn't trust the guardian and broke the gaze.

/Wake up, Kakarot,/ said Bardock as he shook his son. Goku's eyes fluttered open as Bardock saw the redness in his eyes almost completely take over. /Look at the moon./

With a quick thrust, Goku pushed Bardock back as he growled. /You're too late,/ said Goku. /I cannot be saved./

/No!/ cried Wingdof as he appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Goku. /Look! It's the only way to regain your sanity!/

/My sanity is gone!/ said Goku as he elbowed Wingdof and Vegeta punched Goku in the jaw. As Goku's body flew back, he saw the moon for a brief instant as his tail reacted. Without any idea what was about to happen, Vegeta grabbed Goku as he began to transform into an Oozaru. (A/N: You got to wonder how they're supposed to stop him now.)

/If he destroys Planet Vegeta, then I will die along with the remains of this race,/ said the guardian as blue eyes sparkled from beneath the hooded figure's hood as Bardock felt energy flowing what seemed endless to him as his body began to charge up. /Bardock, I bestow the forbidden power to aid you in saving your son./

Bardock screamed what sounded like a primative roar as the same blood red fur surrounded his body and his black hair grew down his back. The spandex part of his clothing and armor ripped as he was left in rugged spandex pants. The green eyes Bardock had were threatening, yet peaceful as Bardock stood there in his new power. (A/N: *drools all over the keyboard* I created a cute Bardock-chan Densetsu no (Legendary) Super Saiya-jin 4! Beat that, peeps!)

/Oh shit,/ said Vegeta. /Now he's going to destroy this planet too!/

/No,/ said Wingdof. /The guardian blessed Bardock with this power to stop Kakarot!/

//Kakarot,// said Bardock as his voice seemed to echo as he flew up to face the Oozaru Goku. //Look inside yourself! You aren't Kakarotto!//

/Shut-up, geezer!/ roared Goku as his giant hand swatted at Bardock, but it went through an after-image. /What?/

//I won't be defeated that easily, boy!// said Bardock as he slams his foot into the side of his left ankle to trip him. The giant Oozaru fell on his back with a roar that shook the planet and caused the planet to quake with the rush and pressure of the fight. It seemed to be barely hold together on its own as Bardock stood there in the power forbidden to all Saiya-jin over Goku's giant body.

/Don't do that again,/ growled Goku as he got up to his feet.

//You have a disadvantage when it comes to size since I have an advantage with speed,// said Bardock. //Why don't you just listen and stop fighting me?//

/Because I told you already that it's too late to save me,/ said Goku.

/Not quite,/ said the Guardian as Goku looked at him. /You are only doing this because the demon's forcing you to do so. If you are to revert to normal, look at the moonlight and use it to fight him./

/What would the moon do for me other than transform me into this... beast?!/ spat Goku saying 'beast' like a curse.

/Kakarot,/ said Vegeta. /You have the power. Don't resist the Saiya-jin urges inside of you. That's what's making you resist Kakarotto./

//Use the urges that are making you a beast...// said Bardock.

Goku roared as he looked at the moon. Bardock felt through the father-son bond with Goku that he was fighting for his life as well as the lives of million others. As he slowly shrunk, he collapsed in the nude. (A/N: Then, the auther runs out and tries to kidnap Goku to put in her cage, but the guardian zaps her and she mopes away with a limp tail.)

/Is he...?/ said Vegeta as the guardian zapped some clothing on Goku's nude body. It was his regular fighting outfit as Vegeta wondered why the guardian decided to clothe him in the strange Earth clothes.

/No, stay back,/ said the guardian. /Bardock, you must stay by his side. It will be hours before he's conscious again and it will make a difference if Kakarot has his father by his side throughout the rest of the night./

//My son...// sighed Bardock as he stood there trying to calm down. //Why do I have to risk my ass all the time to pull you out of the fire. You are going to owe me a very good fight after we defeat Buu and finish these damn trials!//

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Morning light shines down as Bardock wakes up and realizes that he reverted to normal. Quickly, he looked around as he feared that his son was evil. As he looked around for the others, he noticed Vegeta was sleeping in a tree with his tail curled around the giant branch supporting his body and sucking his thumb. (A/N: MUHAHAHA!) Confused, he looked for Wingdof and the Guardian of Planet Vegeta, but they weren't around at all. Suddenly, Bardock felt a familiar power level being surpressed as he ran towards the source. The long grass seemed to be alive as Bardock ran and kept his power level surpressed, in case Kakarotto was around so he could get the jump on him. As he neared a lake, he saw a figure sitting on the ground looking out towards the water.

'Kakakot?' thought Bardock as he slowed down and crept up carefully and with extreme caution as he drew slowly near the warrior. As Bardock crept closer, he noticed that the tail Goku had was swinging around lazily. 'It could be a trick, or Kakarot doesn't really know that it's stupid for him to leave his tail unwound from his waist. Anyone could grab it.'

/I know you won't grab it,/ said Goku's voice as Bardock suddenly stopped in his tracks, afraid for his life. His face became pale as Goku turned to face his father, with blue eyes.

/How-?/ gasped Bardock.

/I can feel you in my heart,/ said Goku. /I heard what you were thinking. And I know you are a bit frightened about my eyesight. To be honest, I had no idea that I would become blind after fighting Kakarotto. He told me before I defeated him that he would keep me from seeing daylight again. I thought I would have died, but instead, I woke to find that I couldn't see. So, I'm just trying to adapt to it./

/No way, you can't be blind,/ said Bardock, but he felt a stinging ache in his heart.

/Dad, stop lying to yourself, I am blind,/ said Goku sadly.

/Kakarot! There's got to be a way to reverse it!/ shouted Bardock as he grabbed his son and carried him back to where Vegeta was at. 'I can't accept it! I can't! My son's a warrior! He doesn't deserve this!'

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Saria bowed before Infr as she came with news about the trials.

/Well?/ said Infr.

/Kakarot's blind due to the recent battle with Kakarotto,/ said Saria. /They have passed the trials, but now that one warrior's no longer able to see, what should we do?/

/Bring the three warriors here,/ said Infr. /Scrix can take Kakarot to the Forbidden Springs to cure his eyesight there and bring him back well./

/Very well, I shall fetch them,/ said Saria as she vanishes.

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/Vegeta, wake up!/ said Bardock.

Bardock shook the stubborn prince as his face became a scowl and he crunched his eyes tightly. /Why in the hell are you waking me this early, seer?/

/We need to get going,/ said Bardock. /We need to.../

/Bardock, Vegeta, and Kakarot,/ said Saria's voice as the planet suddenly disappeared. They appeared in a white void where Vegeta fell on his ass as he growls and curses under his breath. /You have passed the Saiya-jin trials, with a price./

/Yeah, my blindness,/ said Goku as he remained sitting on the ground that seemed to move beneath him.

Saria appeared as she held out her hands. /Take my hands and we shall travel back to Lord Infr's chambers./

The three warriors did what was said as they faded out.

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CMG: *wakes up weakly* Mommy?

Saria: I'm not your fucking mommy! *bashes CMG in the head as she cries out in pain*

Karis: Saria! She's already hurt! I mean every bone in her body is pretty much broken and you had to make it worse!

Saria: Well excuse me for living!

Scrix: You know, I like the author all tied up like this.

CMG: *mock-pouting seriously* Very funny, Scrix. *becomes cross* GET ME MY FUCKING MYSTIC PEPSI SO I CAN GET OUT OF THESE DAMN BANDAGES BEFORE I GO SUPER BITCHIN' 3 AND NUKE THIS WHOLE PLANET TO HELL, BROKEN BODY OR NOT!

Scrix/Karis/Saria:......

CMG: *eye-twitching* WELL?

Scrix: How are you going to nuke Earth in that condition?

CMG: I have my ways. Now GO! *fires blast from her mouth as Scrix, Karis, and Saria flee* Review or die! *camera is destroyed in random blast*