A/N: Well, it looks like fanfiction.net's new text editor that shows up when I preview a document doesn't like the punctuation marks I've been putting around character's thoughts, so from here on out I'll be using: 'x' around thoughts. Also I would once again like to ask that anyone who knows if in Dragonball GT 1) Vegeta has a tail when he isn't in his transformed state, 2) If Uubu is pink or different looking in any other way after he fuses with Buu to let me know. I've looked at Pojo's website and can't find the info there or anywhere else that I've looked.
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Chapter 38
It had been a long time since the Saiyan Prince had awoken in a cold sweat, but it had happened five times in the last two nights. Vegeta was so exhausted from the lack of sleep that he had decided to train by himself today in an auxiliary gravity room, letting the others have the main room.
He exercised for six hours in the intense gravity before finally allowing himself to take a small break. He turned the gravity machine down to 100G, sat down and leaned against the wall of the gravity room.
'Kakorrot, old friend, I wish you were here. We could use your help,' Vegeta thought. He closed his eyes and began to meditate as he tried to calm his mind.
He'd only been at it for a few minutes when he began to feel something strange; the gravity was no longer pressing down upon him. He opened his eyes and found that he was no longer in the gravity room, nor was he in Capsule Corp, in fact, he wasn't sure where he was. Looking around, he found himself standing outside near some large mountains, the ground was rocky and rough, but with small patches of grass here and there.
Then he felt it; or rather, them. He spun on his heels, in the distance, several large shadows, radiating huge amounts of energy, were moving through the clouds towards him. He powered up, preparing to attack, but even as he did a part of him welcomed the shadows. Suddenly a small, golden light appeared in the path of the oncoming of the darkness. The light felt familiar to Vegeta. It took him a moment of reflection before he realized who it was he was feeling. It was Goten and he had powered up to Super Saiyan, but was just standing there; not trying to escape or attack the shadows.
The Saiyan Prince called out a warning to the distant light, but Goten didn't seem to hear him. Vegeta ran forward, still trying to get Goten's attention, as the darkness drew closer and closer to the young Saiyan.
"Goten, you fool! Get out of there!" Vegeta called out, but the Super Saiyan gave no sign that he had heard anything. Vegeta put on a new burst of speed, but no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't seem to get any closer.
And then the shadows were upon the young warrior. The Saiyan Prince could here his screams of pain and fear. Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan and tried to move faster. Finally he was able to make some headway, but the going was slow. It seemed to take ages to get to the spot were Goten had fallen. Vegeta's golden aura shown brightly and the shadows moved away from it.
As the darkness slowly fell back, the body of Goten was revealed. Vegeta knelt next to the corpse and examined it. Goten's skin was gray and lifeless, his face was frozen in a look of pain and terror. His chest appeared to have been ripped open by a large energy blast, the smell of burnt flesh hung thickly in the air. But the image that disturbed Vegeta the most was that of Goten's eyes; which had lost all color and were staring up at him.
The Saiyan Prince reached out a hand to close the eyes when suddenly they blinked.
"Help me Vegeta...please..." Goten's teeth had all been busted out and his tongue was swollen and purple, but the words came out crystal clear.
Vegeta stepped back in surprise and the shadows began to laugh. After a moment, Vegeta joined in merrily.
The shadows and the prince laughed together for several minutes.
'Wait, why am I laughing?' Vegeta asked himself.
'Because you are with friends,' a voice in his mind replied.
Vegeta looked down at the corpse of Goten and shook his head. 'No! They killed Goten...they...they're not my friends...they...are my enemies!'
He looked up at the shadows that were now advancing on him. "You're doing this! I won't be manipulated, stay out of my mind!" He threw his arm forward and fired a massive ki blast.
Vegeta's eyes snapped open, he was back in the gravity room. He called out a voice command to the computer, returning the gravity to normal, and then rushed to the Main Gravity Room.
The moment he walked through the door he called out the same command and the computer shut the gravity down. Trunks and Goten, who had been sparring, turned and looked at him questioningly.
"Where's Goten?" Vegeta demanded.
"He decided to take the day off," Gohan replied.
"Call him. Call everyone. Tell them to come here and to bring their families with them. And make sure they all keep their power levels suppressed."
Gohan and Trunks immediately did as they were told without asking questions. They knew that Vegeta would tell them what was going on when the others arrived.
It was several hours latter when the last of the Z-Fighters arrived at Capsule Corp. Everyone sat down in a large room and Vegeta stood in front of them. He looked around the room. Someone was missing.
He turned to Valese. "Where's you're husband?"
"He didn't answer his cell phone," the brown haired woman replied. "He said he was going to relax today, so I assume he's off catching fish somewhere."
"We need to find him immediately," Vegeta said, his mind was replaying the images of Goten from his vision, or dream, or whatever it was. "Keep trying to call him and tell him to get over here as soon as possi—"
Dozens of huge power levels surged causing all of the Z Fighters to rush to the window; looking to the East just in time to see numerous mushroom clouds begin rising into the sky as the ground shook from the shock waves.
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"Oh I don't know if I would go so far as to say that..."
Goten turned his head and found himself staring into two huge, yellow, catlike eyes; an instant later the creature sent him flying with a mighty uppercut. The Saiyan did a quick flip in the air and landed on his feet, powering up to Super Saiyan the moment he hit the ground. To his surprise, the creature just laughed.
"Is that it? This is the Super Saiyan transformation that we're supposed to be worried about?" the alien said through his laughter. "What a disappointment." He stepped into the clearing giving Goten his first good look at the creature. The similarities between it and a cat didn't stop with the eyes, the alien looked exactly like a giant cat, but was wearing shinny black armor with Ammit's symbol painted in red on the chest plate.
"Here kitty, kitty," Goten called out tauntingly. "If you're good maybe I'll get you some nice milk after I finish kicking your ass."
With a lion-like roar, the alien attacked. In a heartbeat he'd crossed the distance between Goten and himself, leveling the Super Saiyan with a powerful kick. Goten was back to his feet in an instant, driving his fist deep into the feline's stomach and then kick the slumping alien into the air. As the big cat reached the peak of his flight, Goten appeared above him and hit him with a huge ki blast sending him plummeting back to earth.
The alien climbed out of the hole his landing had formed and glared at the smug Saiyan who was slowly lowering himself back to the ground.
"What's the matter?" Goten asked mockingly, "I hope I'm not disappointing you already."
"No, as a matter of fact, you surprise me with your abilities. What a pity that we have to kill you now." As the creature spoke, Goten suddenly became aware of several rapidly rising power levels coming from the forest. With in seconds, the large cat had nine similarly dressed comrades standing behind him.
'Great,' thought Goten as he dropped into his fighting stance, every muscles ready to move at the first sign of attack.
"Before we kill you, I think an introduction is in order. I am Commander Chiat," the cat said with a bow.
"Oh, uh, great...Say, do you think we could get to the fighting sometime today? Cause my wife's going to be really mad if I'm late for dinner," Goten said with a smile.
Chiat furled his lip, showing his sharp teeth. "You're pretty cocky for someone that's about to die!" he growled and then he and the warriors behind him charged.
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Chapter 38
It had been a long time since the Saiyan Prince had awoken in a cold sweat, but it had happened five times in the last two nights. Vegeta was so exhausted from the lack of sleep that he had decided to train by himself today in an auxiliary gravity room, letting the others have the main room.
He exercised for six hours in the intense gravity before finally allowing himself to take a small break. He turned the gravity machine down to 100G, sat down and leaned against the wall of the gravity room.
'Kakorrot, old friend, I wish you were here. We could use your help,' Vegeta thought. He closed his eyes and began to meditate as he tried to calm his mind.
He'd only been at it for a few minutes when he began to feel something strange; the gravity was no longer pressing down upon him. He opened his eyes and found that he was no longer in the gravity room, nor was he in Capsule Corp, in fact, he wasn't sure where he was. Looking around, he found himself standing outside near some large mountains, the ground was rocky and rough, but with small patches of grass here and there.
Then he felt it; or rather, them. He spun on his heels, in the distance, several large shadows, radiating huge amounts of energy, were moving through the clouds towards him. He powered up, preparing to attack, but even as he did a part of him welcomed the shadows. Suddenly a small, golden light appeared in the path of the oncoming of the darkness. The light felt familiar to Vegeta. It took him a moment of reflection before he realized who it was he was feeling. It was Goten and he had powered up to Super Saiyan, but was just standing there; not trying to escape or attack the shadows.
The Saiyan Prince called out a warning to the distant light, but Goten didn't seem to hear him. Vegeta ran forward, still trying to get Goten's attention, as the darkness drew closer and closer to the young Saiyan.
"Goten, you fool! Get out of there!" Vegeta called out, but the Super Saiyan gave no sign that he had heard anything. Vegeta put on a new burst of speed, but no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't seem to get any closer.
And then the shadows were upon the young warrior. The Saiyan Prince could here his screams of pain and fear. Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan and tried to move faster. Finally he was able to make some headway, but the going was slow. It seemed to take ages to get to the spot were Goten had fallen. Vegeta's golden aura shown brightly and the shadows moved away from it.
As the darkness slowly fell back, the body of Goten was revealed. Vegeta knelt next to the corpse and examined it. Goten's skin was gray and lifeless, his face was frozen in a look of pain and terror. His chest appeared to have been ripped open by a large energy blast, the smell of burnt flesh hung thickly in the air. But the image that disturbed Vegeta the most was that of Goten's eyes; which had lost all color and were staring up at him.
The Saiyan Prince reached out a hand to close the eyes when suddenly they blinked.
"Help me Vegeta...please..." Goten's teeth had all been busted out and his tongue was swollen and purple, but the words came out crystal clear.
Vegeta stepped back in surprise and the shadows began to laugh. After a moment, Vegeta joined in merrily.
The shadows and the prince laughed together for several minutes.
'Wait, why am I laughing?' Vegeta asked himself.
'Because you are with friends,' a voice in his mind replied.
Vegeta looked down at the corpse of Goten and shook his head. 'No! They killed Goten...they...they're not my friends...they...are my enemies!'
He looked up at the shadows that were now advancing on him. "You're doing this! I won't be manipulated, stay out of my mind!" He threw his arm forward and fired a massive ki blast.
Vegeta's eyes snapped open, he was back in the gravity room. He called out a voice command to the computer, returning the gravity to normal, and then rushed to the Main Gravity Room.
The moment he walked through the door he called out the same command and the computer shut the gravity down. Trunks and Goten, who had been sparring, turned and looked at him questioningly.
"Where's Goten?" Vegeta demanded.
"He decided to take the day off," Gohan replied.
"Call him. Call everyone. Tell them to come here and to bring their families with them. And make sure they all keep their power levels suppressed."
Gohan and Trunks immediately did as they were told without asking questions. They knew that Vegeta would tell them what was going on when the others arrived.
It was several hours latter when the last of the Z-Fighters arrived at Capsule Corp. Everyone sat down in a large room and Vegeta stood in front of them. He looked around the room. Someone was missing.
He turned to Valese. "Where's you're husband?"
"He didn't answer his cell phone," the brown haired woman replied. "He said he was going to relax today, so I assume he's off catching fish somewhere."
"We need to find him immediately," Vegeta said, his mind was replaying the images of Goten from his vision, or dream, or whatever it was. "Keep trying to call him and tell him to get over here as soon as possi—"
Dozens of huge power levels surged causing all of the Z Fighters to rush to the window; looking to the East just in time to see numerous mushroom clouds begin rising into the sky as the ground shook from the shock waves.
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"Oh I don't know if I would go so far as to say that..."
Goten turned his head and found himself staring into two huge, yellow, catlike eyes; an instant later the creature sent him flying with a mighty uppercut. The Saiyan did a quick flip in the air and landed on his feet, powering up to Super Saiyan the moment he hit the ground. To his surprise, the creature just laughed.
"Is that it? This is the Super Saiyan transformation that we're supposed to be worried about?" the alien said through his laughter. "What a disappointment." He stepped into the clearing giving Goten his first good look at the creature. The similarities between it and a cat didn't stop with the eyes, the alien looked exactly like a giant cat, but was wearing shinny black armor with Ammit's symbol painted in red on the chest plate.
"Here kitty, kitty," Goten called out tauntingly. "If you're good maybe I'll get you some nice milk after I finish kicking your ass."
With a lion-like roar, the alien attacked. In a heartbeat he'd crossed the distance between Goten and himself, leveling the Super Saiyan with a powerful kick. Goten was back to his feet in an instant, driving his fist deep into the feline's stomach and then kick the slumping alien into the air. As the big cat reached the peak of his flight, Goten appeared above him and hit him with a huge ki blast sending him plummeting back to earth.
The alien climbed out of the hole his landing had formed and glared at the smug Saiyan who was slowly lowering himself back to the ground.
"What's the matter?" Goten asked mockingly, "I hope I'm not disappointing you already."
"No, as a matter of fact, you surprise me with your abilities. What a pity that we have to kill you now." As the creature spoke, Goten suddenly became aware of several rapidly rising power levels coming from the forest. With in seconds, the large cat had nine similarly dressed comrades standing behind him.
'Great,' thought Goten as he dropped into his fighting stance, every muscles ready to move at the first sign of attack.
"Before we kill you, I think an introduction is in order. I am Commander Chiat," the cat said with a bow.
"Oh, uh, great...Say, do you think we could get to the fighting sometime today? Cause my wife's going to be really mad if I'm late for dinner," Goten said with a smile.
Chiat furled his lip, showing his sharp teeth. "You're pretty cocky for someone that's about to die!" he growled and then he and the warriors behind him charged.