Ethereal~Goten

Can life get any worse in high school? Maybe, but I'm starting this chapter early just in case. Winter break was an estimate and I promise to finish this chapter before it. This is a long chapter, but there is still some more good stuff to come.

Disclaimer: I have no ownership over dbz/gt!

Goten: 25 Trunks: 27 Uub: 25 Bra: 24 Pan: 21 And all the other characters are suggested as older people.

Just so you know. "blahblahblah"=talking (blahblahblah) =thinking ((blahblahblah))=conscience is talking

Chapter 7:
Greatest Sacrifice

20 days later..

Goten tried. He tried so hard to get Bra out of his mind, but it was killing him. Constantly training on the spaceship made him weary and illusions were so real and lifelike. The way the illusions moved and looked were unbelievably real and made Goten melt to the floor. The illusions became so real that while he was training, Trunk's head turned into Bra's with a very indulging smile, and made Goten defenseless for anything.

Goten's dreams were about on the same level. It was always somewhere in a field of flowers and grass, appeared Bra running toward him. As they embraced, Goten could feel her warm lips touching his as they locked in passionately, and then everything fell apart. It wasn't bad or anything, but it was the only thing that kept him from going crazy in the ship.

Goten knew that today they would land on Namek, to fight the monster that was destroying everything. Back on earth, Goten knew today as the day of New Year's Eve. Everybody was going to celebrate the New Year with big parties and such. Goten wondered what Bra was doing that moment at home and then he felt and heard a crashing noise.

"We've landed?" Goten asked Trunks. "Yeah, just give me a second, and I'll prepare the equipment we need." Trunks said. "Ok, I'll meet you outside." Goten said as he went out of the spaceship to look at the world in front of him. Goten stuffed a senzu bean in his pocket, just in case.

Goten's eyes widened and then he frowned. Namek was such a beautiful place, but now that the monster was here, destruction was everywhere. All of the land was torn up, with Nameks lying around, most likely already dead. This monster would pay for every single life he took. Goten and the others (Trunks, Uub, Vegeta, and Goku) got ready to fight.

After they were finished preparing, they set to find this monster, but it wasn't very hard since the amount of power it was giving was large. When they saw the monster they couldn't believe it. It was Cell. Even when Goku told Goten about the time they were fighting him, he wasn't this powerful. Cell was just blasting innocent Nameks while laughing like a maniac.

Goku couldn't take it anymore. "STOP!" He shouted. Cell turned his heard around to the side, and still had a wicked smile. "Ah yes. It's the famous Goku and he brought along some friends." "It has been awhile Vegeta," Cell said with a smile. Vegeta only grunted. "Ah yes, I know you three boys, you're the infamous three, Trunks, Goten, and Uub, saving the universe from peril, how. interesting." Cell said mockingly

"Hey Cell, are you going to fight, or are you going to mock us all day like that?" Goten asked. "Well," Cell said. "If it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you'll get." Cell said with a mischievous laugh.

Bra was busy working on the New Year party at Capsule Corp. Everything had to be perfect in terms of decorations and food. It turns out that since Trunks was away fighting the monster, Bra had become the Capsule Corp. president for a while. This was probably the most strenuous work, but it was the only way Bra got her mind off a Goten.

Meetings and a constant flow of paperwork made thinking about anything else hard, so that's why she took the job. For the first few weeks Goten was gone, she was crazy about him. Bra longed to touch Goten, to see his eyes, his smile. She wanted to take a romantic stroll across the park they went to and kiss in the moonlight.

She knew he wouldn't be back anytime soon. They forgot to take the communication port, thus severing any contact from home. She knew Goten could instant-transmission right back home to see her, but it would waste energy that he probably would need. The only way she could take her mind off was by taking the job her mom was going to take up herself, but really had no time to do the job.

Bra's attire had changed; instead of wearing normal clothes she started wearing a white blouse and a red blazer over it, and a red mini-skirt to boot. She was treated with respect as she went to work, or went back home, but she knew there were men talking about her as she went from place to place.

Since it was the day of New Year's Eve, Bra didn't have work that day and decided to help her mom with the New Year's party. Even after the decorations, the caterers needed help getting the food to the house, and so Bra was here to help.

Bra was very exhausted by the time she finished. She started at 2 p.m., but now it was 6 p.m. The party was going to start soon, but Bra didn't feel like going to dress up right now. She just sat in a very comfortable chair. She mind was off thinking about all the work she had to do once she got back to work, then her mind drifted to Goten. "Goten," she whispered. "Please come back. For me."

The battle had become the worst thing they could imagine. Cell had become unbelievably powerful and nothing could really stop him. Vegeta was the first one to take on Cell, just using ssj, believing that he was still as weak as he used to be. By the time Vegeta had laid a fist on Cell, he was already beaten to a pulp.

"Does anybody want to be my next warm-up?" Cell said. Goten, Goku, and Trunks quickly powered up to ssj3, Trunks to ssj, and Uub to his highest power level. "Ooh, I feel soo scared, I guess I should run away now." Said Cell Without word, Goku, Goten, and Uub rushed at Cell, and Trunks went to help Vegeta with a senzu bean. Cell was blocking and dodging punches and kicks as easily as they were in slow motion.

As soon as Vegeta was back on his feet, the three disengaged from fighting Cell. "Cell is definitely a lot more powerful than we are." Goten said. "If we don't do something now, we may all die." Uub declared. When none of them were looking, Vegeta suddenly powered up and started to fight Cell. "No, Vegeta!" Goku yelled.

"You're only going to get yourself killed!" Goku shouted "He wounded my pride once before, and I won't let him do it again!" Vegeta said. "I'm getting tired of this." Cell yawned and punched Vegeta right into a mountain and shot a energy blast right in his face. Goku and the others could hear Vegeta's muffled yell as the energy pounded into his face.

Cell grabbed Vegeta's neck and started to crush it right where Vegeta had slammed into the mountain. As much as Vegeta resisted, he couldn't stop Cell. As Vegeta gasped his final breath he whispered to Trunks, "Take good care of Bulma and Bra, Trunks."

When Cell stopped, everybody could see Vegeta's lifeless body drop to the ground. "NO!" Trunks yelled. Trunks rushed to his father to see if he was okay. Tears started to form out of Trunks' eyes as Vegeta just laid there still, not moving. Trunks felt his pulse, nothing.

Trunks turned his head towards Cell "You," Trunks said. "You'll die by my hand and I will get my revenge for my father." Everybody could see Trunks' energy flare around him, he was just about to go to the next level. Cell just chuckled. "If you really think you can kill me, just look at your father. He died because of his stupid arrogance." Before Cell could say more, Trunks punched him right in the face. Or at least he tried to. Cell caught his punch, and threw him away using an energy ball. "Anybody else want to try?" Cell asked.

"Your time ends now Cell, I won't allow anymore deaths here except yours." Goku said. "I won't die." Cell said with a chuckle. "You will. Not even your super saiyan five power can help you now." Goku and Cell went at it with surprising strength and speed.

Unfortunately, it was a stalemate. No matter how hard they punched or kicked each other, their strength was the same and they couldn't overcome each other. When they stopped, both Goku and Cell were breathing hard and Goku's clothes were in rips. Unsurprisingly, Goku and Cell started fighting again, but still no advantage was there. Trunks flew back with his father on his shoulder. "We need to get Vegeta back to Earth now. Bulma might want to see him." Trunks said to Goten and Uub. They all fell this shockwave as Goku and Cell punch at the same time. Both of them were incredibly tired.

"How did you get here?" Goku asked. " Some stupid Namek brought me back to life, then wished I was as strong as you, but as he made his final wish to have complete control over me, I killed him, thus making the wish neutralized. So here I am fighting brainless saiyans who have nothing better to do. Then Goku suddenly did a solar flare right in Cell's face.

"This should give us a few minutes before he comes back from being blinded." Goku said. "We need someone to take Vegeta back home to rest until we can get the dragon balls on earth." Trunks said. "I'll take him back home," Goku said. "Bulma will need a someone to comfort her once she finds out that Vegeta is dead. "Then it's settled." Trunks smiled sadly.

Goku lifts Vegeta onto his shoulders, says good luck to everyone, and then instant-transmissions out of Namek. Cell comes back to life and starts patting dirt off himself. "What is he doing?" Goten asks. "I have no idea, but we'll have to get him now if we plan to survive." Trunks answers.

The second right after Trunks spoke Cell slams into him, sending him into a giant boulder, then rapidly fires 30 quick energy blasts at him. Goten saw it all in slow motion as his best friend collides with the boulder and Cell with a smirk on his face. Before Goten can do anything, Uub powers up and starts laying punch by punch to Cell. Uub's rage increased as he threw a giant energy ball at Cell to finish the job.

Goten rushed to see if Trunks was okay and luckily he was still alive, but he was going to go out fast. Before he went out Trunks whispered, "You know Uub won't last long once Cell goes perfect, so do whatever you can to help him, even take drastic measures. You.you have to def.defeat him." Trunks was gone, he had no regrets to what life had thrown at him, and yet he wanted to kill Cell for his father's revenge "Rest in peace old friend." Goten said, trying to keep his anger down.

When Goten got back to where Uub and Cell were fighting, Cell had gone perfect and was pushing Uub to the limits to stay alive. "YOU!" Goten yelled. Uub and Cell stopped fighting wondering why Goten had yelled. "First you kill Vegeta then you kill my best friend."

"I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Goten had powered down after awhile and stayed just normal, but now his energy was lashing wildly about. Goten thought seeing Vegeta, lifeless, with his eyes open was enough, but this it was too much for him. He had enough of Cell killing people; he was going to end this now. Goten was at ssj5 now, with his hair glowing like crazy, and then, everything was blinded by a white flash of light.

When the flash had gone, Uub and Cell saw the newly transformed saiyan, at level six. Goten was breathing as hard as he could. He felt as if all of his energy was sucked out, then it was sucked right back in. He felt his hair; it was like he was at ssj3 again, but now he was thirty times more powerful than that. He felt different, his rage wasn't calmed, it magnified before him he felt like we wanted to kill anything and everything.

Cell was amazed, never had he seen a saiyan as strong as this. Fortunately, he had confidence in himself and in his perfect form. Uub flew towards Goten to check out his new form. Uub knew it was ssj6 but Goten had the hair of an ssj3, but with that reddish tint again. Uub checked out Goten's eyes, they weren't the color of the ssj aquamarine, but now his eyes flashed an evil red. It now seemed evident that even Uub couldn't surpass Goten's level of power, but he felt confident that now that Cell would be beaten.

"Well, well, well, well. It seems that Goten has acquired a new level. I feel so happy for you. Are you willing to give a test drive?" Cell said with a smirk. Goten raised his eyebrow and said, "Who said anything about a test drive?" As soon as those words left his mouth, Goten was eye to eye with Cell in less than a blink of well, an eye.

Goten threw three punches as Cell so fast, Cell wasn't able to block it in time. It seemed as if, Cell was fazed and ready to hold his stomach to throw up. Sadly, Cell kept his stance. "Are you ready, Kakkarot's brat?" Cell asked. "Whenever you're ready, machine boy." Goten answered. Uub couldn't quite keep up with the action, but he did see the faces of Goten and Cell from time to time. Goten looked collected and cool, while Cell looked tired and ready to fall down.

Uub finally realized why he couldn't keep up, his body finally succumbed to the pain and Uub only keep his hand on the ground to keep him from falling. He couldn't stay too long or else he might faint here. Luckily, he found half a senzu bean he had saved in his pocket and ate it. (Where the other half is, don't ask me.)

Uub regained some of his power, and he was there to see Goten score a lucky hit. Lucky enough to send Cell flying across the horizon. Uub ran to where Goten was, and surprised to see Goten tired. "What's wrong Goten?" Uub asked. "Even in this new form, my energy being sucked out too fast, and I need to kill Cell right now. So I want you to take Trunks and instant transmission back to earth."

"Ok." Uub quickly answered and went and got Trunks' body. "Wait." Uub said, "You're not going to do what I think you're going to do." Uub said suspiciously. "Just go, right now." Goten said. Uub didn't move an inch. "I said, GO!" Goten yelled. Uub gave an uneasy look, but said to good luck to Goten, then took Trunks' body and instant-transmissioned back to earth. Goten found the senzu bean from his pocket and ate it. He felt better, his wounds were healed and his energy was at 100%.

Cell levitated in the air in front of Goten. "Do you really think you can destroy me?" Cell asked. "I can't, but my technique can." Goten answered. "Oh really. Well let's see then." Cell smiled. Goten first created a small barrier that protected himself from everything. Then inside that barrier, he released almost all of his energy, inside the barrier ready to explode. All he could do was watch and let the energy take him.

"This is for you Bra. This.is.for.you." Goten let a tear slip out of his eye, wishing that Bra would forgive him for what his was about to do. "Omega Destruction!" Goten yelled. The barrier broke and he energy was multiplied many times to create infinite waves of destructive energy. "What?!" "M.m.my body it's breaking!" "NOOOOOOOO!" Cell screamed. Goten felt the energy overcome his body, freezing it, then shattering it into thousands of pieces, yet his only thought was

"Please forgive Bra. Please."

Bra walked to her balcony to feel the cool air against her body. The party had been going on for a while, and it didn't seem it would stop anytime soon. Se looked at the bright moonlit sky, wondering where Goten was. She turned her head to look at another part and saw a completely yellow star enveloping what looked like another planet.

Bra could feel Goten's energy everywhere. The pulses of energy from the planet must be from Goten she thought. His energy was getting stronger and stronger, and then little by little, his energy faded and so did the yellow star. Once it was gone she felt this unbearable void in her heart, like something was ripped apart from it. Bra felt like crying, but she didn't know why. It felt like someone close to her had died, but was there?

Bra heard gasping and screams from the party below and went to check. Uub was there carrying Trunks, and put Trunks onto the couch. Uub's clothes were torn to shreds, he had bruises everywhere. Bra ran to Uub trying to figure out what happened. "Uub what happened?" Bra asked "The fight on Namek, it was almost a disaster." Uub started.

"Trunks and Vegeta died, both at the hands of the monster we call Cell. Goku has the body of Vegeta, but as we speak Goku getting weaker since hr took the time to see if he could get Vegeta patched up before we revived him." Uub stated. The crowd was asking questions amongst themselves since half of them didn't know anything about this"

"Luckily, Goten was there to fight back against Cell and he could possibly win against him. Uub's words comforted Bra the second she heard Goten's name, but one thought was nagging her. What was that yellow star doing so close to a planet? She decided to find out.

"Uub, could you come with me?" Bra asked. Uub gave a nod and followed her. When they were at the balcony, Bra said, "I saw something strange a few minutes ago, there was this massive yellow star that was too close to a planet to be there, and I was wondering if it had to do anything with Goten."

"Uub cursed himself for coming up here. If his predictions were right, Goten had initiated his self-destruction technique that would take the whole planet with him. "Well, could you point out the planet you saw?" Uub asked. "Sure." Bra replied. Bra searched for the planet but she couldn't find it. She swore the saw it the last time she was out here. "Umm I can't really find it, but I know that it was out here a few minutes ago." Bra said.

Uub's fear had come true. The only way Goten had to destroy Cell was self- destruction. Now that Cell was dead, Goten had given up his life to do it. "Bra," Uub started. "This isn't easy for my to say, but that yellow star was Goten's final technique." "What do you mean by that?" Bra asked.

"What I'm trying to say is, Goten is dead. He sacrificed his life to kill Cell and to protect everybody else." Uub said. Without holding back, Bra released her tears. She felt that pain in her heart all over again, but this time it was worse. Knowing that she had lost the only man she had loved was devastating. The fact that her father and brother were gone too only added to the pain. She cried for what seemed for hours into Uub's shoulder until she stopped.

"Look Bra, everything will be okay. We'll just wish him back when we get the dragon balls and then, you'll be together again. Bra sniffled and said, "Thanks Uub, for everything." Then she walked off.

Uub stared at the sky with the infinite amount of stars. "You'd better come back Goten," Uub whispered. "At least for Bra's sake."

A/N note: Wow, this is biggest chapter I've ever made. They just keep getting bigger and bigger.

A/N note: The second half of the chapter sounds like the Freiza saga, eh?

A/N note: Omega Destruction is probably the most overrated and lamest name for a self-destruction technique, but I had to think of something.

A/N note: Review like you've never had before!