A/N: Alright, this chapter has a bit of a tenser breaker at the beginning… You may want to skip the first part of the chapter if you are reading this and you are under age. Oh just so everyone remembers, Goten and his family only wear battle armor when there is a war to fight or some powerful foe. For stuff like the academy or just regular days they wear the clothing they had on in the series, although a different color. But man… I think it's my best sex scene yet. I may have used 1 or 2 vulgar terms in the entirety of the entire thing and the ones I used were the… least vulgar ones I could possible use for it. :).

A/N: Thanks again to SSJ_ChibiGoten for his help editing my story. He seemed to take special joy in critiquing the sex, I wonder why… hmm… Oh well. He has my thanks none-the-less.

Chapter 21: Love and Rage, Death and Ash

Six months have passed, since the party of Saiyans and an unconventional form of a goddess had been violently thrown out of the parallel reality and back into their own. During that time preparations for the up coming battle had nearly been completed. Although this was good, disturbing news had been filtering in during those six months. Planets have been disappearing and with them a few of Trunks' allies. People were starting to get nervous wondering if perhaps there was another enemy they had to deal with in addition to the creature.

The strangest thing was that there was no order to the planets disappearing. No rhyme or reason to it. Planets would seem to disappear at seemingly random times and places. This was confusing to say the least, but one thing that the leaders had noticed was; although not steadily, the warpath was heading in the direction of Cerian Prime. It was as if the person destroying the planets was completely insane but despite that he/she/it knew where they wished to end up and was merely taking their time to get there.

The Cerians were getting prepared for whatever was coming towards them. They had pulled the majority of their fleet back to their home world and many others had pitched in to help with the defense. The majority of the alliance was still gathering at the rift in space and time despite this.

Back on planet Vegeta everything was going according to plan. The saiyan race was getting stronger at an incredible rate and Goten and Trunks were still stuck in the academy.

Goten sighed as he sat through yet another lecture. He really wished the class would end. He was so incredibly bored. Goten turned to look out the window for what must have been the hundredth time that period and sighed yet again. Exams would start soon, signaling the end of his third year at the academy. Only one more and he could leave the stupid place behind. Goten and Vil'Tani continued to have the same classes year after year, not that he minded.

Vil'Tani was just as bored as Goten. She sat beside him at the back of the class balancing a pen on her nose. She sighed and blew some of her hair out of her face as she caught her pen. Vil'Tani leaned over and whispered to Goten, "When will the bell go? This guy is so boring! The other Instructors at least have the decency of making the lectures fun by swearing or cracking jokes or something. This guy just keeps talking on and on in his stupid monotone voice!" Vil'Tani complained.

Goten smiled at her absently, "Ya… I know how you feel but you say that every day. We'll make it through this one like we did the others." Goten said as he tried to placate Vil'Tani.

Vil'Tani just pouted at him. Goten laughed silently and kissed her on the lips, or tried to. He suddenly stopped and jerked back, shaking uncontrollably.

Vil'Tani looked at him in confusion and the concern, "Goten? What's wrong?" She asked.

Goten just shook his head and said, "No-Nothing… I… forget it." He said and kept his eyes glued on the Instructor.

Vil'Tani was confused. She couldn't make heads or tails of the emotions she was feeling from Goten. Granted she couldn't normally but now was especially bad. He seemed to be in turmoil and this made her concern grow.

"Goten… You can't hide anything from me. Something IS wrong, just tell me!" Vil'Tani demanded.

Goten didn't respond, he just kept his eyes on the Instructor and clenched his hands in front of him and desperately wished for the lecture to finish. No sooner had he made that silent wish it had come true. The bell rang and Goten's eyes opened wide with surprise and happiness. He bolted from the classroom leaving Vil'Tani behind for the first time since they had started going to the academy.

Vil'Tani frowned in concern and raced after him. They still had a class left and were going to go there when she felt Goten leave the academy and head home. Now really worried she left as well and followed Goten home. Vil'Tani flew as fast as she could but couldn't seem to catch up to him no matter how hard she tried. It didn't matter much anyways because Goten stopped at his house and disappeared inside. Vil'Tani landed in front of the house and rushed in less then a minute after him.

Chichi was standing in the living room looking up the stairs in confusion when Vil'Tani rushed into the house causing her to look at Vil'Tani questioningly.

"I don't know Chichi, he was fine until a few minutes ago when suddenly he just stiffened and refused to even meet my eyes or anyone else. After class he bolted home. I don't know what's going on!" Vil'Tani said, panic starting to appear deep inside. She was beginning to think that Goten hated her for some strange unknown reason or didn't want to be around her.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when Chichi began to push her from behind, "Don't just stand here young lady, go up and comfort my son! You are more then likely the cause of everything so fix it!" Chichi said as she pushed Vil'Tani right up the stairs. Once at the proper point Chichi left Vil'Tani and headed back downstairs to go to work on her gardens.

Vil'Tani nervously approached the door leading into Goten's room. She knew he was in there, she could feel him, but she wasn't sure she wanted to know the reason of him running away from her. Vil'Tani slowly opened the door to Goten's room and found him laying on his back on his bed breathing hard like he had just flown across the world several hundred times. The covers of the bed were where he had left them, thrown aside in his haste to get ready for school. Vil'Tani frowned, perhaps it wasn't her; perhaps he was sick. The thought of such, scared her infinitely times more, for the thought of losing Goten was simply unbearable at any degree Closing the door she rushed towards Goten's side; she knelt beside him and took his hand in her own causing him to flinch.

Vil'Tani felt as if she had been struck when he flinched from her touch but she held on anyways, "Goten… Tell me… What's wrong?!" She said, panic now evident in her voice and face.

Goten turned to look at her with a pained look on his face, "Vil… I… I'm sorry…" He said causing her eyes to widen. Her heart was now in her eyes as she looked down upon him in fear, "… that I left. I had to… Or I would have torn your clothes off… right there in the academy and…" He trailed off, "I was fine one moment but… then the next all I could think about was… I'm so embarrassed!" Goten said as his cheeks began to burn. He quickly turned his head again to stare at the ceiling once more, unable to look Vil'Tani in the eyes anymore.

Vil'Tani's eyes widened even more, but this time all fear and panic had fled from them. Her eyes slowly closed and when they opened, happiness shown through them, happiness and love. Vil'Tani suddenly laughed causing Goten to turn to stare at her again. She just gazed down at him with love in her eyes, "Oh Goten, you had me so worried!" Vil'Tani said with a smile.

Goten looked at her in confusion. Vil'Tani leaned forward and kissed him full on the lips, "You have kept me waiting three years my love… How much longer will you make me wait?" She whispered.

Goten's eyes widened for a moment as he struggled but finally his self control was overwhelmed. Goten wrapped his arms around Vil'Tani's neck and brought her lips down upon his and kissed her passionately. Vil'Tani was surprised by the suddenness of it but soon recovered and kissed him back just as passionately.

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Vil'Tani slid onto the bed when Goten moved over to make room for her, the two still kissing one another passionately. When the two broke apart for breath they smiled at one another. Goten bent forward to kiss Vil'Tani across her neck as he moved his hands under her shirt. He continued to place kisses on her neck, only pausing long enough to bring her shirt up and over her head in one swift movement.

Vil'Tani moaned softly as Goten placed kisses along her neck and slowly moved down to her breasts. She moved her hands under Goten's shirt and began to caress his back. Her hands suddenly tightened and gripped his back as he placed a kiss upon her nipple. Goten didn't have a clue what he was doing, he had let his instincts take over a long time ago and had just been enjoying the ride.

Vil'Tani was in much the same state as she pulled up both Goten's shirt and undershirt. With those encumbering clothing out of the way Vil'Tani took Goten's face in his hands and kissed him soundly, letting her tongue explore him as he explored her. Goten's right hand snaked under her and began to rub her back as his other hand softly gripped one of her breasts. He gently stroked and caressed the soft yet firm breast, sending her into a fit of ecstasy as she moaned into his mouth.

One particularly hard squeeze caused Vil'Tani to arch back and gasp as waves of bliss rippled throughout her body. She brought her head down to gaze at Goten lovingly, "Oh you sure know how to make me happy…" She whispered breathlessly as she went in for another kiss. Goten happily complied by kissing her back just as fiercely.

Vil'Tani's hands snaked down his back and slipped into his pants. She brought her hands around and began to indulge his erect member. Goten's eyes widened for a second before narrowing with mischief. Hands deftly slipped into Vil'Tani's pants causing her eyes to widen and gasp in pleasure as fingers slowly entered her.

Similar thoughts suddenly entered their minds and two pairs of pants and undergarments flew across the room as they were torn from each other. She rolled on top of him, gazing down into his gentle eyes. She swept down for a swift, yet gentle kiss before rising again to meet him in the eyes. She gazed down upon him with love in her eyes as she positioned his member before her opening. She graced her love with a little smile that was returned in kind. This was the point of no return. Once she went down she was his and he was hers.

Vil'Tani slowly lowered herself onto her partner causing twin gasps of pleasures to echo throughout the room as Goten and Vil'Tani joined one another. Waves of pure pleasure washed over her as Goten entered her completely sending them both into heaven. The two lovers found themselves moaning in pleasure as Vil'Tani leaned forward to lie upon Goten's chest.

Goten smiled as he looked up at her and swiftly bought his arms around her slender back. Holding her gently he softly kissed her silken lips. She returned the kiss; deepening it slightly as she began to rock back and forth. Goten picked up the rhythm and the two began to move in sync with each other. The walls of Vil'Tani's cervix widened and collapsed in time to the rhythm the two had begun causing waves of pure pleasure to wash through both their bodies.

The two had begun at a slow pace but soon they picked the tempo up causing the frequency and volume of the moans of pleasure to increase. Goten and Vil'Tani suddenly broke their kiss and both arched back at the same time as they climaxed. Goten released himself into Vil'Tani with a loud moan as Vil'Tani emulated his actions. He continued to arch back and yelled in ecstasy as his climax escalated with the releasing of his seed, passing through the wave of vaginal lubrications that rushed out from his love and deeper into her cervix.

In the midst of the climax Goten's eyes suddenly turned animalistic as his head shot forward. Vil'Tani gasped in both pleasure in pain as Goten's teeth sunk deep into shoulder. Vil'Tani was still arched backwards; as she continued to climax. She gently held Goten's head in her hands and pulled him away from her. He looked up at her with confusion in his eyes, but the confusion disappeared as he witnessed a change within her eyes.

The twin red dots within Vil'Tani's eyes had changed shape to form a five point star pattern instead of a circle. Suddenly she brought her face down and kissed him passionately, as twin beams of red light shot from her eyes and pierced Goten's. There was no pain involved in the process as the same star pattern formed within Goten's eyes, only a sense of a circle being completed. Suddenly the two buckled as they climaxed one final time into each other before collapsing in exhaustion.

Goten rolled Vil'Tani over so that they were both on their sides facing one another. He smiled at her with all the love he felt for her. Their bond had been completed and no one was ever going to separate them. Vil'Tani smiled back at him and kissed him softly on the lips, "That was unbelievable." She whispered tiredly, "It was worth the wait… Oh Goten… I love you." She whisper as she hugged him tightly and buried her face happily into his neck.

Goten smiled down at her again and held her just as tightly, "I love you as well Vil." Goten whispered to her. A thought occurred to Goten, "Vil… Do you think you will become pregnant because of this?" He asked quietly.

She didn't bother looking up at him as she replied. "Oh I sure hope so Goten… I spent a lot of money on those pregnancy pills…" She murmured with her face still buried into his neck. Goten's eyes widened a little and was about to reply when he noticed Vil'Tani had fallen asleep. He just brushed some of her hair out of her face and pulled the covers over them. Goten laid his head down on top of his mates and drifted off into slumber with her.

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Two hours later…

Goten blinked his eyes as he slowly woke up. It took him a moment to figure out where he was and what was going on but when he did his eyes widened for a moment. The young saiyan looked down and smiled softly at his mate who was sleeping soundly in his arms. Vil'Tani had never looked as beautiful to him as she did now. Goten slowly brushed a piece of hair that had slid down in front of Vil'Tani's face and gently kissed her forehead. The young Cerian stirred a little inside Goten's arms as she woke.

It took Vil'Tani only a second to realize what had happened as sleep left her much more quickly then Goten. She raised her head to stare at him in the eyes. Black eyes met teal eyes and their lips met soon after for a kiss.

"Now this is a sight I can learn to love waking up to." Vil'Tani said as she beamed up at Goten.

Goten smiled right back, "I know what you mean. It just feels so right to hold you. I never want to let go." He replied.

Vil'Tani smiled and snuggled closer to Goten, "What a nice thing to say."

Goten brought one hand up and began to run it through her hair, "Vil… What did you mean about… what was it? Pregnancy pills?" Goten asked curiously.

Vil'Tani looked up at him again smiling as she answered, "It means I should be bearing our child as we speak. Normally there is a species barrier that can't be pierced, meaning we can never have children. Thanks to technology there are pills that overcome that barrier. I've been taking them ever since your birthday… I wanted to be prepared should this happen… And I'm glad I went through all that trouble." Vil'Tani said as she kissed Goten again.

Goten frowned for a moment, "Aren't we a little… young to be parents?" Goten asked uncertainly.

Vil'Tani just smiled, "Oh don't worry… It'll be several years before I give birth. The children inside my womb age just as slowly as I do." She responded.

Goten nodded and smiled, "Alright… Wait children?" Goten asked in confusion, "As in multiple children? How would know that already?" Goten asked.

Vil'Tani just gave a secretive smile, "That's for me to know and you to think about." She said with a wink.

"But…" A growl distracted Goten from what he was going to say. Goten gave a little laugh which Vil'Tani emulated, "I guess I'm a little hungry." Goten said sheepishly.

Vil'Tani disentangled herself from Goten and stretched luxuriously before she got out of bed. Goten followed suit and soon the two were staring at the pile of clothes in the center of the room where they had been flung.

Vil'Tani kneeled down and picked up her pants and inspected them for a moment before she turned to regard Goten, "Uh… Do you have a pair of pants I could use? Mine seem to have seen better days." Vil'Tani said as she showed Goten the torn pants.

Goten blushed, "Ah, I guess you could. I suppose I should have been a little gentler with them." Goten apologized.

Vil'Tani shook her head, "No don't apologize, I'd probably have gotten impatient and torn them off myself if you hadn't" She said.

Goten sighed with relief, "Sure, you can use a pair of my pants until you can get your own." He said as he walked over to his dresser.

Vil'Tani smiled as she followed him and took the pair of pants he handed her. The two dressed in silence, neither needed to speak aloud to communicate with each other. Once they finished the two newly mates left Goten's room and were immediately assaulted by the smells of Chichi's cooking.

Goten looked over at Vil'Tani and saw her smiling at him. They had both forgotten that it was only early afternoon when they had started their love making. Goten grinned at Vil'Tani, race ya! Goten sent to Vil'Tani a second before he bolted away. Despite that, Vil'Tani still beat him to the table.

Chichi smiled when the two suddenly appeared at the dinner table. "So Vil'Tani, I see everything has turned out for the best." Chichi said mildly.

Vil'Tani smiled and nodded, "Yup, everything worked out fine." She said as she glanced at Goten.

Chichi looked closer at Goten and Vil'Tani, "My oh my, you both have little red stars inside your eyes. I wonder what happened!" Chichi exclaimed.

Chichi smiled, "That's great but next time you two… could you be quieter?" Chichi asked.

Both Vil'Tani and Goten blushed, a deep shade of red, and stammered their apologies out. Chichi laughed at their feeble apologies causing the two to blush even more. Suddenly Kakkarot appeared at the table drooling totally oblivious to what had just occurred at first. Suddenly he sniffed the air and turned to regard the two young people.

Kakkarot grinned wolfishly and winked at Goten causing the two to blush even more. Needless to say it was a rather uncomfortable dinner for Vil'Tani and Goten as Goten's parents relentlessly teased them about their 'activities' earlier that day.

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Three month's later…

Trunks was sitting in his study going over the last few reports that had come in. All preparations for the war had been completed and now had come the time everyone hated the most, the waiting. Once Vegeta returned the final elements of the star fleets were to head to the rift to help aid their comrades for the inevitable. Suddenly the screen on the desk popped up and the communication's officer came online.

"PRINCE TRUNKS! You'll want to hear this! Your father is back! His ship just left warp-stream and is heading into our atmosphere!" The officer reported.

Trunks eyes widened, "Holy shit! Thanks! Bye!" Trunks said quickly and bolted from the room as he raced for the hangar bay. When he reached the bay they found Brolly, Landyn and Bulma already there and waiting.

Bulma turned and smiled at her son as she walked over to him, "Trunks! This is fantastic. Vegeta is finally back." Bulma said happily, a glow shining in her eyes.

Trunks bobbed his head excitedly as he smiled back, he had no idea of the pain she had to go through being separated from her mate for so long and he had no wish to ever find out.

Suddenly the hangar bay opened up making the others look up in anticipation, and they were not disappointed. The ship had already entered the capital and was slowly easing itself into the hangar that had been specifically designed for it. Suddenly Trunks' eyes widened in surprise, surprise that was mirrored in the eyes of both Brolly and Landyn. The power that was radiating from within the ship was enormous, far greater then anything they had ever thought possible.

A loud ka-chunk was heard as the ship eased itself into the locking mechanisms in the hangar. Several shadows appeared in the sky making the others to momentarily take their attention away from the ship and the power within it. From the sky came Kakkarot, (carrying Chichi to get to the hangar faster), Pan and Videl holding Eyan in her arms.

Kakkarot looked at the others as the group landed, "Do you feel that power?" Kakkarot asked. "That has to be Arthain, no one is that strong!"

The others nodded in agreement, suddenly hopeful that the future may turn out alright. Before anyone else had a chance to respond a hissing sound was heard as the door to the star ship opened up and began to lower. Suddenly an explosion rocked the ship and the door blasted free from the ship. Out from the hole floated Vegeta, in his evolved saiyan form.

"Stupid fucking door! It should learn to open faster when I'm in a hurry!" Vegeta growled as he glared at the door.

Vegeta turned to regard the gathering group and his eyes softened as he beheld his mate and his son. Suddenly Bulma found herself wrapped up in Vegeta's arms as he hugged her as tightly as he dared. Bulma's eyes were wide in surprise and happiness. Vegeta rarely displayed this much affection when they were alone, to display this much to everyone must have meant something big had happened. Bulma closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment as she wrapped her arms around Vegeta.

Vegeta slowly looked up to regard his son, "I'm proud of you Trunks. The fact that I wasn't facing an armed mob upon my arrival is a miracle considering all the possibilities for disaster that I left behind." Vegeta said, surprising everyone yet again.

"Enough of this mushiness Vegeta. You can tell them all that in private later, we do not have much time." A deep voice said from with the darkness of the ship.

The huge power that every had felt suddenly moved and exited the ship. To everyone's surprise Gohan stood before them in an evolutionary form beyond even that of Vegeta's. Everyone was thoroughly confused since they all thought it was Arthain they had been feeling.

Videl didn't care, all she cared was the fact that the love of her life was now within her sight. Gohan looked at everyone and his eyes softened, like Vegeta's, as he saw his family. Suddenly he too was beside his family hugging Videl. It was then that he noticed something.

"Videl… you have… you have become normal. How has this happened?" Gohan asked curiously.

Videl smiled up at him, "I didn't want to be left behind. You kept getting stronger while I was falling behind. I suppose when a saiyan reaches a certain power level they automatically evolved because their body can no longer contain the energy within them so the have to evolve. That's what happened to me. That didn't stop me from training even more. It scared me that someday I might lose you so I tried my best to catch up. I can go beyond this but I fear you've left us behind again. Pan and I, we both wanted to impress you." She said.

Gohan's eyes widened in fear as he remember what Arthain said to him years ago. 'You see children aren't meant to do intensive training… not until their body has grown enough naturally to handle it…' Gohan looked over at Pan and his eyes widened in surprise. Arthain was right; something had gone wrong, horribly wrong.

Pan smiled at her father, "Hello father, I'm glad you are home." She said in a voice that she should not possess.

Gohan sighed, "I am sorry Pan. If I had known training at an early age would do this to you I would not have let you train with me and your mother." Gohan said.

Pan shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry father, I don't mind. I did it for you, and for our race. I guess I inherited too much of your personality: friends and family before myself." She said in a soft voice.

Gohan nodded softly as he looked his daughter over again. Where a 7 year old child should have stood there was now an eighteen year old young adult saiyan. The intensive training at a young age had force Pan's body to grow much more rapidly, and for her mind and emotions to mature much more quickly, then was natural. If she had stopped training when the accelerated growth had started her body would have stopped at the age it had reached and proceeded to grow normally but Pan was too much like her father. She had kept going despite the unnatural changes that had been occurring with her. Her body had nearly fully grown and matured by this time cutting her time as a child short and her time as a teenager even shorter. She was already a woman in full bloom, and with the maturity to match. It was as if 14 years had been compressed into 4, with all the memories and experiences that a girl would have normally experienced added in.

Gohan walked over to his daughter and hugged her, "It is going to take awhile to get used to this…" He said softly as he kissed her forehead, "I expected to come back and still see a child and find a woman instead." Gohan said but frowned for a moment, "Your power though… It is greater then your mothers yet you have not evolved yet… why?" Gohan asked.

Pan looked down at the ground, at her mother, and then back to Gohan, "I have… just not like everyone else. My body wasn't what evolved… my mind was." She whispered.

Gohan was confused by this for a moment before his eyes widened, "You… have psychic powers?" Gohan asked curiously.

Pan nodded, "Yes… I've become a telekinetic telepath. Not many people like being around me because they are afraid I'll read their minds, or dominate their minds or crush them. Apparently there have been psychic people in the past but they all did horrible things." She answered.

Gohan frowned, "Do not worry Pan. I will take care of these rumors. You have become the beautiful women I knew you would become. You should have guys swarming you, not avoiding you." Gohan said, "Not that I will allow anything to take place. You are still my seven year old daughter to me." Gohan said jokingly.

Pan giggle softly before she lightly punched her father. "Oh father, you're the best." She said as she hugged her father again.

Gohan turned to embrace Videl again when he noticed a pair of arms around her neck and a pair of eyes staring out from her hair.

Gohan looked at Videl questioningly, "Is that who I think it is?" Gohan asked.

Videl smiled at him, "Yes it is." Videl said as she reached behind her head and pulled out Eyan. The little saiyan looked up at his father shyly. Eyan suddenly smiled brightly and flew into his fathers arms.

"Daddy daddy!" Eyan cried as he burrowed into his father's arms. Gohan smiled down at the little bundle of energy in his arms and smiled happily. Videl approached him and hugged him tightly. It was at that time that Eyan noticed the huge mass of hair on his fathers head. With a cry of joy Eyan jumped into the long hair and began to swim and play within it.

Gohan sighed helplessly although he didn't mind to much, "It appears that I have become a play ground." Gohan said.

Videl laughed and was about to respond when Landyn cleared his throat.

Landyn looked at Gohan in confusion, "Where's Arthain? We thought you were him because you're so powerful." Landyn said.

Gohan's mood took a 180 degree turn as he spat at the ground, "That bastard betrayed us!"

Gohan snarled out surprising everyone more with his tone then with what he said.

Vegeta's eyes hardened as the past came back. He let go of Bulma and turned to address everyone. "Arthain betrayed us! He used us to get his body back, and that's it! He killed Karie!" Vegeta snarled.

Everyone was shocked yet again but Brolly felt something more, hurt and sadness. "Wh… Why did he do that? I thought he was on our side." Brolly said, almost on the verge of tears.

Vegeta understood what he was feeling but didn't say anything about it, "He needed her to get his body back… or as he put it, give birth to his body. He tore her soul out, destroyed it, and then used the parts from her body to reconstruct his!" Vegeta said. "After that he destroyed a country, annihilated a dragon clan, and killed multiple gods before he fled. He totally trashed us. You may think Gohan is strong, but he is NOTHING compared to that freak! He can't be a Saiyan… there is no way anyone can be that powerful and be normal!" Vegeta said as he hammered the floor in frustration.

Bulma reached down and comforted Vegeta as the others attempted to digest this new predicament.

Trunks approached his father, "Ah… Dad, I thought you may like to know. Everyone knows about Aerie." Trunks said.

Vegeta's head shot up in surprise, "WHAT! How did that happen? I said prepare quietly not blare the news to every fucking person!" Vegeta snarled in anger and confusion.

"I told them. Goten accidentally let it slip to Thraknor's son that Brolly was the one that attacked us. He incited a rebellion and in order to put it down I had to reveal the truth. Everyone knows… from the lowliest peasant on the poorest planet to the highest official and leaders." Trunks said and quickly continued as he saw Vegeta get angrier, "Don't worry, everything worked out for the best. As a matter of a fact every single race in the quadrant is mobilized for war against her. The rift from which she will emerge has been identified and we have hundreds of star bases constructed around it. The majority of our forces are in the vicinity and the final elements were just awaiting your return. Also once the Saiyans realized what Aerie had taken from them… Well many have gained it back." Trunks finished.

Vegeta's anger had quickly left him as Trunks relayed what had happened in his absence. "What do you mean… gotten back what she took?" Vegeta asked carefully, not really getting his hopes up for the answer he wanted.

Trunks cleared his throat, "I mean as in many Saiyans have evolved to become normal… like me and Goten. There are hundreds, maybe a thousand normal Saiyans now." Trunks answered.

Vegeta's eyes widened, "How did this happen?" He asked.

"Well mother distributed gravity chambers world wide and they've all been beating themselves into the ground trying to reach our level. After the first few reached our level their determination sky rocketed and soon they were popping up everywhere." Trunks said.

Vegeta smiled; hope flowing into him for the first time in almost a year, "Good, this is good. Perhaps we will have a chance after all. And all our allies are mobilized? Good! I'll send the signal. We need every ship at that rift. Send all the Cerians to Cerian Prime and pull the rest to the rift." Vegeta said.

Trunks looked at him in askance, "Why?"

Vegeta looked at Trunks, "Because their race is doomed, they might as well slow Arthain down as much as possible, by us as much time as possible. There's no point in wasting people defending a doomed race." Vegeta said.

Everyone but Gohan looked at him in confusion, "Doomed? What do you mean?" Chichi demanded. "There is no way I'm going to lose my daughter in law!" Chichi said.

"Daughter in law?" Gohan asked.

"Goten and Vil'Tani mated three months ago." Trunks said with a tinge of sadness in his voice.

Gohan nodded and sighed, "This is going to be hard on Goten… He may not survive it." Gohan said.

Chichi glared at Gohan, "Is that all you have to say?! Don't you care?" Chichi demanded.

Gohan glared right back, "Of course I care! That does NOT mean I can do anything about it! All I can do is hope for the best and prepare to beat Arthain. Like my daughter said. Our race comes first. The individual members of it can and will be sacrificed if the whole will remain safer and be stronger because of it! Everyone is expendable if it helps the Saiyan race survive, even me." Gohan snapped. Chichi rocked back as if slapped, she stared at Gohan in confusion and hurt. "Now, in case you are wondering, which no doubt you are, Arthain is headed to Cerian Prime to absorb their world crystal. Aerie absorbed the one on the old Saiyan home world and became what she is. Arthain intends to do the same with the one on Cerian Prime. You all know what that means: Two insane super powers either a) fighting each other or b) fighting with each other. Either way it is NOT going to be a walk in the park and I estimate that if we survive everyone will be severely weakened and completely dependent on everyone else. It gets even better. Aerie is Arthain's mate so there is a good chance of them joining forces." Gohan finished.

This news shocked everyone to their core and hope began to leak out. Vegeta saw this and snapped, "Get some backbones. Do NOT reveal this until the last moment. We can't have our allies backing out. If we are to have any chance we must hit the both hard and fast. A long dragged out battle will forever change our universe."

Trunks sighed, "Can this get any worse?" He asked.

"Unfortunately yes…" A feminine voice said from within the ship.

Alihvan stepped out and onto the walkway beside the ship. Trunks was thunderstruck. He had never seen a girl more beautiful in his entire life. It was as if a goddess had come down from the heavens and entered his life, needless to say he was struck speechless.

Alihvan caught Trunks staring at him and stared right back. She knew what he was thinking; it was quite obvious because his entire body was screaming it out. Slowly she crossed her eyes causing Trunks to snap out of his stupor. She felt odd around Trunks, even though she had just met him, but that wasn't going to change who she was.

"Ahh… I ah… I'm sorry" Trunks stammered, "I-I didn't mean to stare like that. It's just that… well… to me you seem like a goddess. Your beauty… elegance… everything…" He said and he blushed bright red.

Alihvan laughed out a merry tinkle, "It's alright Trunks. I am a goddess after all so you don't have to be embarrassed by calling me one." She said with a wink. Surprise crossed everyone's faces but she ignored it and continued, "As I was saying it can get worse. Arthain is after the world crystal. This universe hasn't recovered from the loss of the last one. Should this one be ripped away… it will die. The sad thing is that nothing can stop it from dying. We not only have to defeat Arthain and Aerie, but we must find some way of restoring the universe or everything is lost anyways. The universe will decay and break apart within a decade of its death." Alihvan said.

Worry and concern rippled through the group this time. Bardock came out of the ship and stood beside Vegeta. "We do have on piece of good news which makes me wonder. Arthain is insane, just as much as Aerie but… He has some control over it because it's not due to excessive power. He taught us a technique that may be used to defeat them. It's a fusion technique that triples the power of the combined fusioners. He may have used us but I don't think he could help it. His drive to be reunited with his mate overwhelmed nearly everything. I think he really wants us to beat them, to find some way to end their existence, or to cure their conditions. I'm not sure how to do this, but that is what I believe." Bardock said.

Vegeta glared at Bardock, "Why the hell didn't you reveal this sooner?" Vegeta demanded.

Bardock shrugged, "Because it just came to me." He said.

Vegeta grumbled to himself, "Alright fine. Anyways, when we fight Arthain and Aerie, Gohan and Videl will fuse together. It's good that Videl increased her strength. It will make that fusion just that much stronger." Vegeta announced.

Videl looked at Gohan and he smiled back at her. "Now, let the final preparations commence! Everyone, make sure you are ready because we are heading to the front line in two days."

Everyone scattered as they went off to complete their duties. Gohan caught his father before he had a chance to leave, "Father, where is Goten?" Gohan asked.

Kakkarot looked back at his son, "Him and Vil'Tani went to Cerian Prime to meet Vil'Tani's parents… If what Vegeta says is true then they'll have front row tickets to their own destruction." Kakkarot said sadly and flew off.

Gohan watched him go, sadness in his eyes. The thought of never seeing his brother again made him want to cry. Videl walked up to Gohan and wrapped her arms around him, "Don't worry Gohan, I'm sure he'll be fine. He is strong, like his father, like you. He'll live… even if Vil'Tani doesn't." She said softly.

Gohan sighed, "I hope you are right Videl… I hope you are right…"

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Later that day…

Vil'Tani and Goten entered the warp gate that would take them to Cerian Prime. They had to wait a full day in customs on the Zioran home world but luckily for them the academy had been closed due to preparations for the greatest battle of all time, or that was the 'widely distributed' reason. The real reason was that Trunks and Goten wanted to train and the academy was getting in the way so Trunks postponed it until after the war. Goten and Vil'Tani had taken this time to train with each other as well as their friends.

Vil'Tani had thought it was time that her family learned of her relationship with Goten and so that brings them to where they are now, inside the warp gate leading to Cerian Prime. The warp gates were huge constructs that were capable of transporting thousands of people at a time. Two huge rings criss-crossed over the main platform of the warp gate. When turned on the rings began to twist and turn around the platform moving more and more rapidly until the people within it were atomized and their information carried across space to their desired destination where they were reconstructed again.

Aside from the rings and the platform a ground building made up the rest of the building. Inside the building was where one could get their tickets, or rather have their tickets checked. The warp gates were currently not available for anything aside from military and political uses. There were a few exceptions, like Goten and Vil'Tani, but not very many.

A white light enveloped Goten and Vil'Tani and suddenly they found themselves elsewhere. Vil'Tani arched back and breathed in deeply as a smile crept across her face.

"Planet Vegeta is nice and all but there is nothing like the smell of home." Vil'Tani said happily.

Goten smiled back at her and hugged her tightly, "I know what you mean. Let's not keep your parents waiting any longer?" Goten asked.

Vil'Tani smiled at Goten and took off with Goten's hand held tightly in hers completely oblivious to the danger that was just a month away.

Goten and Vil'Tani flew off and they soon reached her parent's place. It was an opulent palatial home that was situated just outside the capital city. Her father was the highest ranking general for the Cerian race while her mother was one of the three advisors to the empress. Vil'Tani's parents were surprised to find their only daughter already mated but they were happy she was happy. It also helped matters that Goten was a close friend and advisor to the future king of the Saiyan race as well as being extremely powerful in his own right.

Vil'Tani's parents paraded the two of them around past the glowering faces of Cerian noble sons that had hoped to gain Vil'Tani's hand. They couldn't do anything and everyone knew it. If Goten had been a weakling they could have pushed him or had him killed but he far out-classed them in every way shape and form. He had a higher position, he was stronger, faster, and he also already had possession of her heart and body, just like she possessed his.

There were many feasts and tournaments, many of which Goten entered and won. Goten literally romped through the competition. The strongest fighter he faced was weaker then he was when he was completely powered down. Goten and Vil'Tani met the empress and her family. There Vil'Tani was congratulated on her choice and the two were acknowledged officially as a couple under the Cerian law removing any possibility of another suitor breaking the two up. Any Cerian caught trying to do that was instantly killed without questions asked.

Their visit went like that day after day with training only occurring late in the afternoon but everything changed a month after the two had arrived. The entire Cerian fleet dropped out of the warp stream and took up defensive positions around the planet while the ships from the other races suddenly left. There was no explanation for this until Vil'Tani and Goten were summoned to the palace with urgency.

Upon arrival the two knew something was wrong almost immediately. The empress looked extremely tired as she sat upon her throne. When she became aware of the two she announced why she had summoned them.

"Vil'Tani… Goten… I want you two to leave this planet. Today, no as soon as I finish speaking with you." The empress said.

Vil'Tani and Goten exchanged confused looks, "But why?" They asked in unison.

The empress smiled sadly, "Do not question, you will find out only all too soon… Just make preparations to leave. You have one hour to pack. After that you'll be bodily dragged to a shuttle and sent to one of the out lying orbiting star bases." She responded.

Vil'Tani was about to protest but the empress shot her a glare, "I'm your empress and you'll do as I command Vil'Tani. Your parents serve me without question, I expect you to do the same. You know what I do is in your best interest." The empress said.

Vil'Tani curtsied and left. Goten quickly followed her, not wanting to be left behind. Within an hour, just like the empress said, the two were bundled up and placed upon a shuttle that immediately took off. Many of the high officials that were on the planet, including Vil'Tani's parents, had been placed upon the shuttle and others like it. The empress knew the planet was doomed but she had no idea what would happen should the world crystal be taken or destroyed. She thought that either each individual life force would return to its owner or they would scatter to the nine winds. She wanted to make sure as many people survived as possible should it be the first. If it was the second it wouldn't matter where they were.

The shuttle soon docked with the star base and the passengers disembarked. All of them were curious as to why they were sent away. None would be able to sleep or do anything until the mystery was solved. One person suggested heading to the viewing room to try and 'see' the reason they were sent away. Since no one else had a better idea they all agreed and went into the main control center of the star base.

There were other people in the control center and when the desire was conveyed to those working within the room the large screens suddenly turned on.

Vil'Tani looked over at Goten, "I wonder why the Empress sent us away." She asked curiously. "I thought it was just us but it appears as if it was everyone, even my parents."

Goten nodded, also thoroughly confused, until he felt something. "HOLY SHIT!" Goten yelled out causing everyone to stare at him in surprise.

"What is it?" Vil'Tani's father asked.

Goten shook his head and tried to come to grips with what he was feeling, "There's… There's no way… Nothing can be that powerful…" Goten said in horror.

Everyone stared at him in confusion until an explosion lit up on the screen, and then another and another. Suddenly every ship in orbit around the planet converged upon a single point firing their complete arsenal of weapons, only to be destroyed. Ships fell by the 10's, and then hundreds until finally the entire Cerian fleet exploded in a bright flash of light. The screen focused upon the center of the blast and soon something came into focus, a single person: A person with long golden hair, a person who looked disturbingly familiar to both Goten and Vil'Tani.

"ARTHAIN!" Both Vil'Tani and Goten shouted in surprise at the same time.

Everyone in the room stared at them in surprise and then horror.

One official grabbed Goten by his shirt, "WHAT! Arthain! Wasn't that the name of the saiyan that was supposed to help us?" He demanded.

Goten stared at him helplessly, "I… I don't know… That's what I thought… That's what I was told, me and Trunks, by Vegeta and Gohan. They said they were getting Arthain's body back… I don't understand…" Goten said in confusion.

The official was about to shake him again when Vil'Tani's mother remove his arm, "Leave my son-in-law alone. He obviously doesn't know what's going on. No one knows what is going on! We just have to make due." She said firmly.

The official grumbled and walked away. A bright light flashed across the screen and every stared in horror as a massive beam slammed into the planet. The beam didn't penetrate the surface, it wasn't meant to kill planets, but to cleanse them. There were mixed reactions in the control room as people cried out in horror while others collapsed and began to cry as mountain shattering shockwaves and kilometer high walls of fire rippled across the planet several times. All that was left of the planets surface after the beam had ended was dust and ash. All life had been extinguished.

Tears began to fall from everyone's eyes as the destruction became fully apparent. The planet had been completely leveled. All water had been evaporated and all surfaces smoothed down to make the planet one flat plane. Arthain descended to the planets surface and penetrated through the crust of the planet, his destination was the center, the world crystal.

When Arthain reached the center he turned and sealed the hole his entry had made. He was inside the reinforced adamantium core of the planet. It was virtually unbreakable; virtually meaning it was impossible to break through for anyone, with a few exceptions. Arthain wasn't alone in the room; the room had one other occupant, the empress.

"Why are you doing this?" She cried, tears streaming down her face.

Arthain shrugged, "Very simple reason: Aerie. I love her despite everything that has happened. I have to be with her, or I have to kill her. Only one of those two options will satisfy my mind, my insanity, my heart… but the only way I can get her attention is by being her equal, hence I need that crystal." Arthain said in an offhand manner.

"But all this death… this destruction! Why! You know what will happen to us once you take the crystal! Is the death of our entire race worth this?" She pleaded, hoping to reason with Arthain.

Arthain sighed, "You know, I've tried to find alternatives. I spent many millennia mulling over different ideas but… every idea that had any chance of working require the world crystal. But you don't understand… or rather you do. Love is the most powerful emotion in any being. I will do anything, be anything, and kill anything to be with her for just one moment. And I intend to do just that. I will kill you, I will take the crystal, your race will die, and I will be with my love, if only for an instant. If she refuses to accept me… I will kill her." Arthain said simply in a wistful kind of voice. His words had torn out any hope the Empress had of her race surviving this, "Love and Rage… They are the two most powerful emotions in a Saiyan. And the levels they have reached inside me are nearly overwhelming. If I can't act upon my love… I'll have to act upon my rage. One way or another, I will have my emotions satisfied and I will experience more peace than I have in a very long time." Arthain revealed, "Besides, I know what she did wrong. I also know that I will be able to avoid her situation. I'm insane yes… but it won't be because of the power which means that I will be able to control it… unlike her." He whispered.

The Empress tried once more, grasping onto a single ray of hope, "But what about the universe! If you take the crystal it will die with us!" She cried.

Arthain shrugged tearing the ray of hope away from the Empress. "I don't care, I told you. I will KILL anything to be with her… And I mean it… Now I'm finished talking with you." Arthain said as he raised his arm.

The Empress closed her eyes and bowed her head. Twin tears trickled from her closed eyes and fell to the floor as a flash of light erupted and ash drifted throughout the room. Arthain shook his head sadly as he approached the crystal that hovered in the center of the chamber. It was small, but it was to be expected. It was about the size of his palm and was thin and pointy. Inside the crystal the life forces of millions swirled and danced around inside. Arthain shrugged gripped the crystal tightly; their lives meant nothing to him. The universe shuddered as Arthain removed it from its place and brought it to him.

"Aerie made the mistake of inserting this into her brain… her head. It drove her insane… I won't make the same mistake… Because the only thing that can hope to compete with the power of the crystal is…" Arthain trailed off as he rubbed the crystal. Time seemed to slow as Arthain extended his arms and slammed the crystal directly into his heart.

Arthain roared in pain as he pushed the crystal entirely into his body, into his heart. Suddenly the pain ended and he felt a rush of energy, a rush beyond anything had ever experienced before.

Arthain bent over and snarled as he drew upon every single bit of pain and rage he had experienced in his long life and brought them to bear on the power that surged through him. With a roar of rage and power the core exploded, along with the planet. The universe cried out in agony as it, and the chosen race, died in a flash of bright light.

To be continued…

Wow… holy shit… I LOVED THAT!! DID YOU SEE EVERYONE I KILLED AHAHAHAH!! GO ARTHAIN! KILL KILL KILL!!… ahh I mean… ahem ok Geoff, settle down… whew k I'm good. Boy that was neat, what a cliffy eh?

Whew, ok like I promised I said I would post power levels before the big final battle and well… here they are :).

Alright… who to start with first… k, let's do insane people first… Oh I'll also be using super saiyan just so it corresponds with my previous power level posts but there is one thing I dislike but oh well. The power levels unfortunately did get insanely high but… what can I do. I want them that way. Call me a hypocrite I don't care, my story, you no like go somewhere else. Anyone who isn't Saiyan and have their power levels posted just assume it's the equivalent. Remember, these are maximums in each form or for each being. If you are wondering why I don't have even power levels like on the websites well… I really don't believe that the hero's in the series had EXACTLY 30,000,000 or exactly 100,000,000 or anything. I keep mine accurate to the nearest 1000 instead of rounding up to the nearest million or hundred million. The web power levels seem to dislike having anything more then 2 significant digits.

Insane Beings
Aerie as an insane Implementor – Infinite, she draws power as she needs it, there is no limit to how strong or weak she can be.
Aerie Super Saiyan 2 – 196,700,000
Aerie Super Saiyan – 66,670,000 (She can't go ultra because they realized its disadvantage and didn't bother teaching how to go ultra in the past.)
Arthain as an insane Implementor – Infinite, he draws power as he needs it, there is no limit to how strong or weak he can be.
Arthain Super Saiyan 3 – 467,480,000
Arthain Super Saiyan 2 – 217,430,000 (Can't go level 1 because he hit the third level.)

Heroes
Gohan Super Saiyan 3 – 285,412,000
Gohan Super Saiyan 2 – 132,750,000 (Can't go level 1 because he hit the third level.)
Vegeta Super Saiyan 2 – 119,475,000
Vegeta Ultra Super Saiyan – 60,750,000 (Comes with a slight speed decrease)
Vegeta Super Saiyan – 40,500,000
Brolly Legendary Ultra Super Saiyan – 78,600,000 (Doesn't come with a speed decrease)
Brolly Legendary Super Saiyan – 39,300,000
Kakkarot Ultra Super Saiyan – 58,545,000 (Comes with a slight speed decrease)
Kakkarot Super Saiyan – 39,030,000
Karie Super Saiyan – 19,092,000 (Before she died)
Bardock Ultra Super Saiyan – 35,242,000
Bardock Super Saiyan – 23,495,000
Landyn Ultra Super Saiyan – 26,085,000
Landyn Super Saiyan – 17,390,000
Goten Ultra Super Saiyan – 41,910,000 (Slight speed decrease… Didn't know he was one eh? :P)
Goten Super Saiyan – 27,940,000
Trunks Ultra Super Saiyan – 41,890,000 (Slight speed decrease… Can't have one going up without the other :P)
Trunks Super Saiyan – 27,925,000
Alihvan – 119,234,000 (She also has other abilities like runic magic, immunity to spells/elements, immortality, immunity to disease and poison and other neat abilities.)
Vil'Tani – 1,650,000 (Before the end of this chapter.)
Videl Super Saiyan 2 – 124,401,000
Videl Ultra Super Saiyan – 63,255,000 (Comes with a slight speed decrease)
Videl Super Saiyan – 42,169,000
Pan Psychic Super Saiyan – 109,234,000 (Will explain why it is so high below.)
Pan Psychic Saiyan – 34,670,000
Eyan Super Saiyan – 4,576,000
Chichi – 541,000 (Infinite when the pans come into play)

(Pan's level is so high because of several reasons. One is non-stop hardcore training for years. Also she was growing and naturally gaining strength at a VERY rapid rate. She naturally would have reached 1,000,000 by the time she was 18. Also each generation of Saiyans is more powerful then the last. Kakkarot far outclasses Bardock, Gohan far outclasses Kakkarot, and Pan is going to far outclass Gohan. Makes sense right? Also she's a mutant saiyan. Her training turned her into one… although because she wasn't born one and of the unique way she became a mutant Saiyan, as in not through genetic manipulation, she gets none of the side affects of being a mutant but all the benefits, as in the special powers, one of which is physic powers while another is that she gets far more out of training then anyone else. There are a few other reasons but I've stated enough and I'll finish with ITS MY STORY!)

Others
Alysa Super Saiyan – 11,293,000
Arsenic Super Saiyan – 8,750,000 (Landyn beat him into the ground and trained him to become as strong as the elites, as well as his entire family.)
Cain – 940,000
Riho – 870,000
Gahlanthas – 24,670,000
Other Rune Lords – (15,040,000 – 20,307,000)
Dragons – (0 – 196,749,000 (The 196,749,000 being the dragon god))
Demon High Lord – 114,201,000 (Not actually seen but that's what it is. Demon Emperor is on par with the dragon god, hell you could call them rivals)
Demon Lord – 86,704,000
Other Demons – (14,000 – 1,203,000)
I hesitate to put this but… I might as well because it was obvious that they were going to fuse for many chapters. Any transformations that are unexpected or will ruin the story if I post them will not be revealed here but at the end.
Videl + Gohan fused = Vohdan – 746,406,000 (As level 2 super saiyan, any succeeding level is multiplied by 2.15 times (If there are any, not sure yet))
Trunks + Goten fused = Gotenks – 167,560,000 (As level 1 super saiyan, level 2 is multiplied by 2.95 and the levels after that are 2.15 (If there are any, not sure yet))
All the other Super Saiyans, the ones without names because I don't feel like giving them one have power levels between from 8,504,000 – 12,653,000

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter, I did… I think there's just 1 more left before the epilogue. This is going to be a hard one because I'm NOT entirely sure how I want this to end and worse yet… I'm not sure how the heroes are going to win if I DO want it to end that way.  I may just kill all the good guys because it's an easier ending… Who knows you'll have to wait and see.  I've done the same in the past; doing again now will just ensure that I have probably one of the most unique stories ever written. It may either end happy for everyone, happy for some and bad for others or the shit will hit the fan and everyone gets ass fucked. Haven't decided yet :).