Authors note: Um..........it made me cry too ok! ^^'
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Ch. 1 Unexpected Loss
The ominous clouds rolled and clashed, shutting out all light in the turbulent storm raging out of control. Swirling winds tugged at their hair and veins of lighting lit up the sky lending the clouds a reddish glow in the midst of its turmoil as they remained locked in a deadly stare down. SS4 Goku's mocking laughter followed, echoing throughout the night sky, his piercing gaze never leaving Babi's face.
Babi's anger rose, "What is so funny!?"
Goku gave a humorless smirk that didn't quite reach his eyes, "It's just that I couldn't help but notice how much Vegeta is influencing your motives; it's very amusing coming from someone who claims to be invincible."
"What are you talking about? I am in complete control of Vegeta's body!"
Goku laughed again bitterly, "If that's true, then why is SHE still around?" He pointed to the infected Bulma smirking behind Babi. "And don't tell me it's because she's useful. Yes it's true that she possesses great capability in the field of science but is it not true that there are plenty of other capable people in the area with abilities like hers." His eyes shown with dark intent and his mischievous smile widened. "The truth of the matter is that you only kept her around because Vegeta doesn't want anything to happen to her, he's been magnifying her "importance" in your mind to protect her. She is the proof of your weakness."
Babi's rage rose to a deafening pitch, becoming a seething cauldron of black emotion, the dark clouds broiling and cracking with thunder in response to his wrath. "How dare you!" A tint of red flashed in his eyes, his face contorting into a mask of pure, uninhibited fury. "I'll show you I have NO weaknesses!!!"
With that Babi swirled around toward his blue haired minion.
His woman.
The thought went uncensored through his mind. Babi's eyes widened in shock. That sayian was right! How could he not have known? He had to stop this now before that damn Vegeta took over completely!
Smiling with dark purpose, he turned his attention to the expectant Bulma and hissed, "Tsk tsk. It's a shame but I'm afraid you have outlived your usefulness, my dear." Laughing crudely, he raised his plated, muscular arm toward her, forming a reddish-purple ki blast in his palm.
Bulma's hand went to her throat in a protective gesture and gave a confused, scared look at Babi. "What!!!? What do you mean Mast--!!!?"
Babi shot the ki blast at her before she could finish her sentence, and in that split second she could she the lost, desperate look of despair, of a man unable to protect the one person he cared for the most, softening those cold eyes, Vegeta's eyes, just for a moment before the blazing energy hit her, disintegrating her body.
Babi stood suspended in the air, the triumphant smile slowly fading from his face as an uncontrollable emotion seemed to creep up through his heart.
Guilt?
Deep despair?
Babi's form seemed to waver under the onslaught of the all consuming emotions that seemed to be eating away at his heart. His body doubled over in actual pain, his eyes seeming to burn as grief raked at his insides, clawing at his very soul.
Babi's white hair shimmered, faded; darkening to black as it's shape changed back to spiked trendles. His armor cracked, broke apart to reveal the tattered leather pants and black sleeveless shirt Vegeta always wore, along with his cut-off gloves and black boots. His eyes lost their strange, blue look as they were replaced with eyes filled with inconceivable pain, a scar so deep it could never possibly heal.
Babi's true form was literally torn from Vegeta's body. The metallic blue creature hissed and screamed its unfathomable rage at the smirking SS4 sayian, whose predatory eyes never left him, never blinked, those emotionless eyes that seemed to pierce the soul. That only raised his anger up another notch.
"You planned that you bastard sayian! You DID didn't YOU!!!!" Babi's voice screeched above the howling the turbulent winds.
Goku let out a deep taunting laugh. "Of course I did! You didn't honestly believe I would have you kill someone dear to me without a reason and a way to get them back?"
Babi smoldered with anger, his eyes flashing red with hatred. "So you just think you've won, huh?" A wicked smiled curved the corners of his mouth, "Well, I'm sure there is one thing you did not plan on sayian."
Hundreds of his followers gathered close by to watch their master beat his opponent in this one last bout.
Babi formed a gigantic blackish-red energy ball in his hands. He swirled around toward the heaven planet in which he had sent Bulma and, laughing wickedly, he fired.
Believing the energy ball was meant for him, Goku stood dumbfounded when Babi shot it in the opposite direction, unable to fully comprehend his intentions before it was far too late. He could only stand there in horror as he watched the planet glow a bright yellow before going up in a turbulent explosion. Vegeta's eyes widened in shock as they reflected the bright yellow light that shot off from the annihilated planet.
Shaking with tightly leashed anger, Goku raised his vengeful eyes to the metallic abomination, fire and deadly purpose lingering in their depths. "Die...." Goku bit out in a low, seething voice devoid of any mercy.
Babi looked up from his moment of glory only to witness the white, blazing energy collide with his body, and the feel the agonizing heat incinerate him once and for all in its light.
At once, all of those who were under Babi's control rid themselves of the veil of compulsion, pounding their minds to remember all that had transpired in the time that had past. Bra raised her eyes above to the remains of the planet still shimmering in the black of the night sky causing Gohan, Videl, and the others to do the same, all recognizing what it could only mean.
Bra switches her gaze back and forth between her father and Goku (who has just changed back to his normal self). She takes a few steps toward Goku, looking at him with teary, pleading eyes. "We c-can wish her back right—right Goku? We can wish my mom back with the dragonballs..." Bra shakes her head in disbelief, bringing her hand to her chest, seeing the sorrow answering her in his eyes.
Goku's voice was raw as he gave her the answer, "If you die again once your already dead, your soul no longer exists, Bra, I'm sorry..." He hung his head in defeat, "It's my fault; I don't know what I was thinking...."
A slow movement brought his attention to the man behind him.
Vegeta's hopeless gaze glanced in his direction, deep pain radiating from his very being reflecting in his eyes. All the grief, all the despair seemed to build inside him. His eyes burned with unshed tears that seemed to fill his eyes, making them impossible to blink away this time. The whole world seemed to be crushing down upon his very soul, squeezing his heart to the point of pain. His knees buckled and the tears spilled over; little droplets darkening the ground below him as he hunched over and let out a heart wrenching cry to the heavens. The one person he ever loved, ever could love, was gone forever, leaving him to face eternity alone.
His body shook with anguish even as the clouds at last opened up and poured down their fury upon the earth (although, please note, they are not on Earth). Bra could no longer hold in her tears letting them mingle with the rain as she stumbled toward her father, falling to her knees beside him and holding him to her desperately in despair.
"Dad, I--"her voice cracked and she could only slump against him for comfort as she continued to cry.
Vegeta lifted his empty eyes to peer at his daughter. God, she looked just like her mother. His heart clenched in pain as grief poured into soul. Bulma was gone. His other half. His mate. He squeezed his eyes shut, fighting the realization of it all. The chance for Bulma losing him had always been great but he never believed the danger of losing her was mutual. Now he was sentenced to live a half life, his only care, to protect his children who still needed him.
Picking Bra up he strode over to the closest transportation machine, bending his head protectively over her shaking body to protect her from the onslaught of the rain. He no longer cared what the others thought, his reputation didn't matter anymore. Bulma was gone and for all the power he possessed, he couldn't bring her back. Fresh tears made their way down his face and his heart ached at the memory. But what hurt the most was that he had never told her he loved her, he was sure she had known it but there were times when she must have wanted to hear him say it. At this moment, he would give anything to just have the chance to hold her and tell her how he felt about her.
I love you, Bulma.
Ch. 1 Unexpected Loss
The ominous clouds rolled and clashed, shutting out all light in the turbulent storm raging out of control. Swirling winds tugged at their hair and veins of lighting lit up the sky lending the clouds a reddish glow in the midst of its turmoil as they remained locked in a deadly stare down. SS4 Goku's mocking laughter followed, echoing throughout the night sky, his piercing gaze never leaving Babi's face.
Babi's anger rose, "What is so funny!?"
Goku gave a humorless smirk that didn't quite reach his eyes, "It's just that I couldn't help but notice how much Vegeta is influencing your motives; it's very amusing coming from someone who claims to be invincible."
"What are you talking about? I am in complete control of Vegeta's body!"
Goku laughed again bitterly, "If that's true, then why is SHE still around?" He pointed to the infected Bulma smirking behind Babi. "And don't tell me it's because she's useful. Yes it's true that she possesses great capability in the field of science but is it not true that there are plenty of other capable people in the area with abilities like hers." His eyes shown with dark intent and his mischievous smile widened. "The truth of the matter is that you only kept her around because Vegeta doesn't want anything to happen to her, he's been magnifying her "importance" in your mind to protect her. She is the proof of your weakness."
Babi's rage rose to a deafening pitch, becoming a seething cauldron of black emotion, the dark clouds broiling and cracking with thunder in response to his wrath. "How dare you!" A tint of red flashed in his eyes, his face contorting into a mask of pure, uninhibited fury. "I'll show you I have NO weaknesses!!!"
With that Babi swirled around toward his blue haired minion.
His woman.
The thought went uncensored through his mind. Babi's eyes widened in shock. That sayian was right! How could he not have known? He had to stop this now before that damn Vegeta took over completely!
Smiling with dark purpose, he turned his attention to the expectant Bulma and hissed, "Tsk tsk. It's a shame but I'm afraid you have outlived your usefulness, my dear." Laughing crudely, he raised his plated, muscular arm toward her, forming a reddish-purple ki blast in his palm.
Bulma's hand went to her throat in a protective gesture and gave a confused, scared look at Babi. "What!!!? What do you mean Mast--!!!?"
Babi shot the ki blast at her before she could finish her sentence, and in that split second she could she the lost, desperate look of despair, of a man unable to protect the one person he cared for the most, softening those cold eyes, Vegeta's eyes, just for a moment before the blazing energy hit her, disintegrating her body.
Babi stood suspended in the air, the triumphant smile slowly fading from his face as an uncontrollable emotion seemed to creep up through his heart.
Guilt?
Deep despair?
Babi's form seemed to waver under the onslaught of the all consuming emotions that seemed to be eating away at his heart. His body doubled over in actual pain, his eyes seeming to burn as grief raked at his insides, clawing at his very soul.
Babi's white hair shimmered, faded; darkening to black as it's shape changed back to spiked trendles. His armor cracked, broke apart to reveal the tattered leather pants and black sleeveless shirt Vegeta always wore, along with his cut-off gloves and black boots. His eyes lost their strange, blue look as they were replaced with eyes filled with inconceivable pain, a scar so deep it could never possibly heal.
Babi's true form was literally torn from Vegeta's body. The metallic blue creature hissed and screamed its unfathomable rage at the smirking SS4 sayian, whose predatory eyes never left him, never blinked, those emotionless eyes that seemed to pierce the soul. That only raised his anger up another notch.
"You planned that you bastard sayian! You DID didn't YOU!!!!" Babi's voice screeched above the howling the turbulent winds.
Goku let out a deep taunting laugh. "Of course I did! You didn't honestly believe I would have you kill someone dear to me without a reason and a way to get them back?"
Babi smoldered with anger, his eyes flashing red with hatred. "So you just think you've won, huh?" A wicked smiled curved the corners of his mouth, "Well, I'm sure there is one thing you did not plan on sayian."
Hundreds of his followers gathered close by to watch their master beat his opponent in this one last bout.
Babi formed a gigantic blackish-red energy ball in his hands. He swirled around toward the heaven planet in which he had sent Bulma and, laughing wickedly, he fired.
Believing the energy ball was meant for him, Goku stood dumbfounded when Babi shot it in the opposite direction, unable to fully comprehend his intentions before it was far too late. He could only stand there in horror as he watched the planet glow a bright yellow before going up in a turbulent explosion. Vegeta's eyes widened in shock as they reflected the bright yellow light that shot off from the annihilated planet.
Shaking with tightly leashed anger, Goku raised his vengeful eyes to the metallic abomination, fire and deadly purpose lingering in their depths. "Die...." Goku bit out in a low, seething voice devoid of any mercy.
Babi looked up from his moment of glory only to witness the white, blazing energy collide with his body, and the feel the agonizing heat incinerate him once and for all in its light.
At once, all of those who were under Babi's control rid themselves of the veil of compulsion, pounding their minds to remember all that had transpired in the time that had past. Bra raised her eyes above to the remains of the planet still shimmering in the black of the night sky causing Gohan, Videl, and the others to do the same, all recognizing what it could only mean.
Bra switches her gaze back and forth between her father and Goku (who has just changed back to his normal self). She takes a few steps toward Goku, looking at him with teary, pleading eyes. "We c-can wish her back right—right Goku? We can wish my mom back with the dragonballs..." Bra shakes her head in disbelief, bringing her hand to her chest, seeing the sorrow answering her in his eyes.
Goku's voice was raw as he gave her the answer, "If you die again once your already dead, your soul no longer exists, Bra, I'm sorry..." He hung his head in defeat, "It's my fault; I don't know what I was thinking...."
A slow movement brought his attention to the man behind him.
Vegeta's hopeless gaze glanced in his direction, deep pain radiating from his very being reflecting in his eyes. All the grief, all the despair seemed to build inside him. His eyes burned with unshed tears that seemed to fill his eyes, making them impossible to blink away this time. The whole world seemed to be crushing down upon his very soul, squeezing his heart to the point of pain. His knees buckled and the tears spilled over; little droplets darkening the ground below him as he hunched over and let out a heart wrenching cry to the heavens. The one person he ever loved, ever could love, was gone forever, leaving him to face eternity alone.
His body shook with anguish even as the clouds at last opened up and poured down their fury upon the earth (although, please note, they are not on Earth). Bra could no longer hold in her tears letting them mingle with the rain as she stumbled toward her father, falling to her knees beside him and holding him to her desperately in despair.
"Dad, I--"her voice cracked and she could only slump against him for comfort as she continued to cry.
Vegeta lifted his empty eyes to peer at his daughter. God, she looked just like her mother. His heart clenched in pain as grief poured into soul. Bulma was gone. His other half. His mate. He squeezed his eyes shut, fighting the realization of it all. The chance for Bulma losing him had always been great but he never believed the danger of losing her was mutual. Now he was sentenced to live a half life, his only care, to protect his children who still needed him.
Picking Bra up he strode over to the closest transportation machine, bending his head protectively over her shaking body to protect her from the onslaught of the rain. He no longer cared what the others thought, his reputation didn't matter anymore. Bulma was gone and for all the power he possessed, he couldn't bring her back. Fresh tears made their way down his face and his heart ached at the memory. But what hurt the most was that he had never told her he loved her, he was sure she had known it but there were times when she must have wanted to hear him say it. At this moment, he would give anything to just have the chance to hold her and tell her how he felt about her.
I love you, Bulma.