Disclaimer: Don't own it, never will.

Miyanon: Hey guys! Sorry I took so long to update what with exams n' all. Anyway, I finally get to update this story! And look forward to an update for "Onnafied" in the near future! I would also like to thank all the people who've reviewed my story! Thanks guys! I never expected 100 reviews for this thing... Of course one of them is mine. Anyway (I just love that word) on with the story!

Finally the time had come for Mirai to start his new job. Flying towards Satan City, Gohan points to a little bleak on the horizon with rain clouds just beginning to collect, "Okay, there it is. If you need me just use the radio Bulma built into the watch."

Mirai asks, "Well how am I supposed to know what Videl looks like?"

Gohan smiles sheepishly, "Well she pretty much has the same costume as I, only she wears a helmet with a heart on it, and she has very short, but very beautiful black hair, and the prettiest blue eyes you've ever seen and- "

The future demi-saiyajin snaps, "OKAY! Sheesh! The costume part was enough! You didn't have to get all mushy on me!"

Gohan laughs, "I did? Sorry." He pauses, looking up at the storm clouds, "Looks like it's going to rain. Blessing in disguise I guess. Criminals tend to not like getting soaked. I'll see ya, tonight, but my dad's probably going to be in my body by then."

Mirai punches the button and waves, "Well good luck," Gohan smiles and flies off. Then Mirai mutters grudgingly, "And good riddance too." Once Gohan is out of sight, Mirai pushes the red button and says, "Now at least I can walk incognito," flying towards the edge of the city.

However, once he gets nearer to Satan City, he notices plumes of smoke ascending from the center of town. And cars pile up on the road as if they were thrown there, several large craters made in the ground that could only be made by intense ki blasts. The storm clouds above the city gather and darken, thunder and lightning clapping every now and then. With a deafening boom of thunder, fear grips his heart and Mirai whispers his eyes wide with dread, "I have the worst feeling of déjà vu."

He flies towards the center of the deserted city, going as fast as he can. The only sound breaking the deathly silence are the clouds just beginning to rain upon the buildings which are becoming more and more destroyed as he goes further into town. A fearful anticipation crawls up his spine when he sees a clearing where there shouldn't be one.

Mirai nearly stops breathing right then and there. Piled up in the center of all the destruction, is an immense mountain of ashen limbs and corpses all on fire. Horror seizes his body, as he watches the flames licking up the blackened flesh and bones. Out of the corner of his eye he notices a scrap of metal near the carnage marked crudely with the words, 'Kakarot was here.'

An intense hatred suddenly builds up in his heart and he screams, "You BASTARD! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I SWEAR UPON IT WITH EVERY OUNCE OF MY BEING! YOU'LL PAY!" He whips out the watch, intent on calling the other Z-fighters and growls, "This is too much! They should have been here!"

A quiet muffling noise distracts him from his task, and Mirai looks around the area, trying to find the source of the noise. Just a slight movement behind a concrete chunk of debris catches his eye, and he flies down next to the protrusion in the ground. He makes out sobbing noises in the rain and as he gets closer he becomes more confident that the source of the crying is coming from behind the wreckage.

Peeking behind the concrete slab, Mirai sees the small figure of a young black haired girl, hiding her head in between her knees, shivering from the icy cold rain. He says gently, "Hey there, are you okay?" startling the little girl. She looks at him with wide blue eyes and nods her head, so the demi-saiyajin continues, "Are you alone? Do you know where any of your family is?" Slowly she points over to the pile of human bodies.

Mirai gives her a look of pity and says, "I think you should come out. You can't stay here. Come out, I'll take you to my mom's place." The young girl vigorously shakes her head and her eyes flick up towards the skies.

Mirai says comfortingly, "No, it's okay. I won't let him get you. Come on, or else I'll come and get you out myself." Again she shakes her head. Mirai sighs and steps towards her, but suddenly feels something squishy under his boot. He looks down and a look of disgust crawls onto his face.

The girl looks at him apologetically. Apparently, she had vomited from the shock before.

He wipes his boot off on a random piece of debris and says, "It's alright." Stooping down to her level, Mirai gently picks the girl off of the ground into his arms, where she held onto him tightly, afraid to let go. Mirai takes to the air, much to the shock of the young child, and turns on the radio on his watch, "Hello, Gohan, hello?"

A static voice calls out, "Mirai? That was quick! I just got back to Capsule Corps! What is it? Did you forget a line or something?"

Suddenly infuriated Mirai yells, "To hell with Saiyaman! Come over here RIGHT NOW!"

****

A little later, Gohan shows up in the center of the city with Goten trailing behind him. Both wearing grave expressions. They find Mirai sitting on top of a building along with a little girl sleeping on his lap, who he covered with his blue denim jacket. The rain had stopped a little while ago, yet puddles of water and blood are still scattered all over the area.

Gohan flies over to the two on the building, guilt very apparent on his face. He says quietly, "Kakarot did this didn't he?" Mirai nods his head. Gohan continues, "I had no idea! We all had no idea!" But then he sighs, "That's no excuse though. We should have been here."

Silence follows, as the two watch Goten flit around the city, apparently scanning it. Then Mirai speaks up with a strange emotionless voice, "You know, the androids in my time were like this. So cruel. I hoped I never had to see something like it ever again."

Gohan frowns, "I want to get him as much as you do. But he has my dad's body. There's no way we can kill him." Mirai merely nods.

Goten flies back to them with a strange expression on his face. When he gets closer the other two demi-saiyajins notice that it's an unimpressed look. Both of them instantly frown upon it with disdain. Mirai demands, "What's the matter with you?"

Goten snorts derisively, "Kakarot's such an amateur. How could you not have beaten him yet?"

Gohan bristles, "An amateur?!"

His brother nods, "Yeah. His execution was poor, and the way he disposed of the bodies wasn't cruel at all. I've seen tons of destruction tens of times worse than what Kakarot's done. I remember it like it was yesterday." Strangely his memories don't bring up a hateful expression as lingering memories of Cell would to every Z Fighter.

Mirai's eyes widen, "You've taken care of the person responsible right?"

The question seems to take Goten by surprise, "Huh? Oh right, well... He's uh... under control. Yeah." The other two regard him with looks of suspicion. Trying to quickly change the subject, Goten brings out a white helmet; half of it is gone, with blood smeared on the inside. Gohan stares at it in shock, and Goten all too willingly drops it into his shaking hands.

Mirai yelps, "Wait a sec! Is that-" Gohan looks at him helplessly and nods. The lavender haired prince makes a sharp intake of breath. Kami, what must be going on through Gohan's mind right now?

Gohan stares at the broken helmet in his hands, an emotion undetectable to Mirai playing across his face. But Goten can tell what it is very clearly, and a hint of a cruel smirk twitches the corner of his lips. Gohan allows the helmet to drop from his hands to the ground several hundred stories below them. He says in a flat emotionless voice like the one Mirai carried earlier, "It's my fault. I wasn't here. I should've been here to protect her. I would've killed that bastard even if he was in my dad's body."

Mirai nods, "We'll get him. Somehow."

Gohan sighs, not allowing himself to break down then and there. He would save it for later, when it's the right time. "Let's get my dad into my body."

****

The trio of demi-saiyajins walks back into Capsule Corps with the young girl trailing behind Mirai, somber expressions on all of them, sans Goten. Goku happens to pass by and smiles at the group, "Hey guys! How was Mirai's first day?" Apparently, Vegeta had heard some metal banging together again.

The girl clutches at Mirai's leg tightly, recognizing Goku to be the mass killer's form. Gohan notices and bends down to her level, "No, it's okay. He's not the one you know. He's nicer. The one you know is his evil twin, okay?" Frowning in confusion, the young girl nods.

Seeing this interaction, Goku's expression turns serious and he demands, "What happened?"

Glancing back at Gohan, the lavender haired demi-saiyajin says, "Satan City's gone. We only found this girl here." The girl stares at the burly new stranger, wondering how he could be unlike his twin.

Noticing the young child, Goku makes a small smile and says, "Hey there. You okay?"

His smile and his eyes are so bright. At once, the first warm feeling the girl has felt for the first time leaks into her body, and she quickly nods.

Mirai says, "There's no one left... Not even Vi- What was her name again?"

Gohan says quietly, "Videl."

A sickening silence fills the room, and Goku says sincerely, "I'm sorry Gohan. But we'll wish her back with the dragonballs once this is all over with, and I get my body back."

His son demands, "But are you sure you want to go back into the body of a mass murderer?"

Goku frowns, not quite sure what to comment. His glance turns back onto the little girl, who seems to be very uncomfortable with the discussion. So he allows a smile back onto his face, for her sake, and bends down to her height, asking, "So what's your name?"

The young girl answers shyly, "My name's Danny." The three demi-saiyajins blink in surprise. This is the first time they've ever heard her talk.

Goku says jokingly, "Funny, you're too pretty to be a boy." Danny gives a small blush, but doesn't say anything. The tall saiyajin frowns, "You don't say very much."

The young girl sighs, "Strange, my daddy always said I was a blabbermouth." At once tears spring from her eyes, "He would've said that now if he wasn't... wasn't..." Too distressed to continue, Danny breaks into bitter sobs. Goku looks at her sympathetically and gathers her up into his arms, sighing comforting words into her ear.

Gohan gives a bittersweet smile, "You were always good with kids." His father gives him a knowing smile, but then Gohan's expression turns serious, "Dad, we need to get you to my mind." He can feel the urgency pulling at his gut.

Goku blinks, "Um sure Gohan. But maybe it would be better if we did it tomorrow... There's something that I need to tell everyone." This announcement perks everyone's interests. What could be so important that he has to tell everyone? Goku turns his attention back to Danny and says, "How about we introduce you to everyone, huh?" Turning to the interior of Capsule Corps he goes off in search of the other residents.

Mirai and Gohan glance back at Goten suspiciously, who had been wearing a stoic expression the whole time. Goten scowls, "What?!" They say nothing, so he stomps off, fuming.

****

That night, Gohan shifts restlessly in his sleep, the heat twisting his thoughts and his dreams, until he finds himself in a completely black void. Yet, for some reason he feels like he's being suffocated. Gohan looks up ahead and suddenly sees the mangled bodies of his parents, ChiChi's lying in a pool of blood, while Goku bends over her, tears streaming from his eyes. Too weak to carry on, he falls to the ground next to ChiChi, passing out.

Horror seizes Gohan's body, and he yells, "MOM! DAD! I'M RIGHT HERE!" He starts running towards them, but the more he runs, the further away they seem. The black void envelopes them, and suddenly, Gohan runs straight into something like a solid wall, knocking the wind out of him.

He wheezes for breath and looks up to see Kakarot towering over him. The spiky haired monstrosity pulls an evil smirk and puts up his palm to Gohan's face, "Good to see you again, Vegeta. Mind Weave!"

Gohan tries to close his eyes, but he can't. It's like his eyelids disappeared or became transparent. Distorted ripples of light flow from Kakarot's hand, and Gohan can't help but get hit by it, paralyzing him to the ground. An evil smirk flits across Kakarot's face and he begins to laugh sadistically, like very other madman before him.

Then Kakarot changes, shrinking and becoming smaller, his cruel expression replaced by an innocent face. Goten, he's changed into Goten, the one that Gohan always knew. Goten laughs, "Hi Gohan!" But the older demi-saiyajin cans see a huge shadow lurking behind his brother, holding a very familiar sword above Goten, ready to strike him down.

Gohan's eyes widen in fear and he tries to warn his brother, but his mouth won't move. {Kami! No! Goten doesn't deserve this! Leave him alone, whoever you are! LEAVE HIM ALONE!} But it comes to no avail. The shadow drives the sword down into Goten's back and through his stomach. Goten's eyes widen more in shock than in pain, and he coughs up blood, landing on top of Gohan's body in a lifeless heap. Tears well up in Gohan's eyes and he screams, "YOU LOWLY PIECE OF CRAP! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!"

The shadow steps out of the darkness, revealing a tall figure in a black gi and purple chest plate. The older Goten. The taller demi-saiyajin laughs menacingly, "Is this a good enough reason?" Then he brings the steely blade above Gohan's chest as well. But Goten disappears as well, leaving only the sword suspended in the air by invisible threads. The laughter's echoes still hang in the air as well, mocking the death of Gohan's little brother, sprawled on his legs.

Fear gripping him, Gohan can feel his death at hand. Suddenly the suspension gives way and the sword falls straight towards the ridge between Gohan's eyes. Faster than a heartbeat, it flies down at him, and just when Gohan feels it brush his forehead- "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Gohan wakes up in a cold sweat, seeing nothing but darkness around him. He sighs with relief, "Thank God, it was just a dream." Suddenly a yellow light flashes on and sees Goten glaring at him. Gohan shrieks and promptly falls out of bed.

The other demi-saiyajin is not impressed. "What the heck's the matter with you?! You woke me up!" He pauses seeing the way Gohan is looking at him, "Why're you staring at me like that?"

Gohan shakes it off, realizing that this Goten had nothing to do with the one in his dream, "Oh nothing, it was just a nightmare."

"Oh yeah? About what?"

"It was so horrible! So scary!"

Goten demands, "What was it about?!"

His brother smirks playfully, "Your face."

Goten narrows his eyes, "Har, har. Very funny. Now shut up and go to sleep." He flips off the light and goes back to sleep. Gohan unsteadily gets up from the ground and flops back onto his bed. However, the memory of the nightmare won't allow him to sleep. So he spends the whole night staring at the sword propped up against Goten's bed stand.

**** (But wait! There's more!)

Goku wanders into his sons' bedroom around midday and sees his previously eldest son, still in bed, dozing the day away. Goku frowns, "I've never seen you sleep this much." His eyes flick towards the clock on the wall, and he yelps in surprise, "3:30?!" Goku hastily shakes Gohan awake and says, "Come on, sleepy head! Everyone's waiting for you!"

Gohan moans in between conscious and subconscious, "Sword, big sword."

A large sweatdrop forms at the back of Goku's head and he mutters, "Sheesh, what got into him? He smacks Gohan particularly hard over the head, startling the poor demi-saiyajin.

Gohan yelps, "Huh?! What?!" quickly rising up from bed.

Goku smiles brightly, "Morning Gohan!"

His son looks up and says, "Oh, morning Dad. Vegeta still hasn't gotten his body beck yet, huh?"

Laughing, the saiyajin shakes his head, "Nope. But he will soon." Goku's expression turns serious, "But I need to tell you something before try to get over to your mind."

Gohan frowns, "What is it Dad?"

Laying a hand on Gohan's head, Goku ruffles his son's hair and says, "Well, I just need to say, that no matter what happens, I'll always love you, okay? And... I hope you can forgive me if this all doesn't work out."

Gohan's eyes widen, and he demands, "What are you talking about?! What if what doesn't-" He suddenly gets cut off when Goku strikes him against the head, hard. The demi-saiyajin falls back onto his bed, knocked out. Goku looks at his son sadly, before rising from the bed to go and confront the people that he rounded up in the living room before.

The remaining Z-Senshi look up at Goku as he walks down the stairs. Goten, Trunks, Mirai, Piccolo and Bulma. ChiChi and 18 have Marron and Danny safe away in a separate part of Capsule Corps. Goku smiles at the small group and sighs, "Well, I only have one thing to say to you. You've been the best friends that anyone could ask for. So that's why I need to say good-bye."

Yelps of surprise come up from the group, and Mirai demands, "What do you mean, good-bye? You're not going anywhere!"

The saiyajin looks down and says, "I'm not going to lie to you. There's a very likely chance that I might not come out of this. Us sharing the same mind was a fluke; him changing to my body was a fluke. Heck even coming into Vegeta in the first place was a fluke. If I try to switch bodies I might live an eternal life of wandering a spiritual embodiment with no physical form or... I may cease to exist altogether."

Silence is his response. The deafening sound of silence. Goku anxiously waits for them to absorb the information and actually say something.

Finally, breaking the spell, Trunks says quietly, "Um, maybe this isn't such a good idea."

Bulma suddenly states, "I think it's an outrageous idea! Goku, what will I have to say to ChiChi about this?! That he just decided it was a good idea to risk his existence over a little body switch?! I'd rather share you and Vegeta with her, and I know that ChiChi would agree with me!"

Goku protests, "But I need to get back to my body eventually, so no matter what I do I have to change bodies! Besides, it's not fair to Vegeta! He never asked for me to be in his body, and I promised him I would leave!"

Goten suddenly asks, "But would he agree to this if he knew the risks?"

Before Goku can answer, Mirai says, "How about we find out?" He snaps his fingers, and Goku drops to his knees, his body writhing in pain. Slowly his body compacts and changes until it's no longer his own. Exhausted, Goku and Vegeta fall down onto their back, breathing shallowly.

The first thing Vegeta says is, "How long?"

"One day."

"Humph." They lean up and Vegeta says grudgingly, "So, what was so important you thought it convenient to bring me out?" bitterness reeking in his tone.

Goku says nervously, "Actually it's not really-"

Bulma suddenly says, "Vegeta, if you dare make Goku-kun leave your body I will make sure that you regret it for the rest of your life!"

Vegeta blinks in surprise, "What?!"

Leaving his leaning spot against the wall, Piccolo comes over and says, "What she means is that if Goku leaves your body, then he might cease to exist."

Goku adds, "Don't forget or live an eternal life of spiritual-"

Bulma snaps, "Can it! You don't know what's good for you!"

Slowly getting up to a stand, the ouji asks, "How big is the chance?"

Goku answers, "About 9 to 1 in favor of my demise."

Vegeta scowls, deep in thought. He glances over at his reflection in the window and says, "Get out."

"....Okay."

The blue haired scientist yells, "Vegeta! You selfish-"

The ouji suddenly snaps, "Selfish?! How dare you call me such!" His eyes burn in anger, and he demands, "You fools have no idea what it's like to have this BAKA in my body! Making me do things I would never do, making me say things I would rather cut my tongue off than say! And Goku even has the luxury of having his own body and mind, while my every waking moment is plagued with his presence! And it's coming to the point where I don't even think I own this body anymore! So, if you dare to call me selfish, then so be it! But I can't see any of you doing any different in my situation! Except for that foolish boy, I doubt you would even want Goku in your body."

Tears spring from Bulma's eyes and she turns away, while the rest look down with guilt. Vegeta humphs, folding his arms, "I thought so."

Uneasiness sets in, so Goku tries to get them back on track, "Well, now that that's decided, all we need now is for someone to knock us out into a coma."

Vegeta says flatly, "You have to be kidding me." Goku shakes their head. They glance over to the demi-saiyajins, who just back away, rather than have Goku's death on their hands.

Being the only fit person left to do it, Piccolo sighs, "Well, Son's going to have to leave eventually anyway." He walks over to them and says, "If Goku dies then I'll assume full responsibility." He brings up his arm and takes a giant swing at the saiyajin body. Goku gives one last wave before both he and Vegeta are knocked out. Piccolo's hand makes a loud crunch as it impacts Vegeta's head, and the saiyajin/s fall to the floor with a sickening thud.

**** (Maybe I should stop now... Nah.)

Hours later, Vegeta wakes up, finding himself in total blackness. He moans as he pulls himself up to a sitting position, "Ugh, here again. Now where's that clown? Goku! Where are you?!" But there's no answer. Chills creep up Vegeta's spine and he screams, "GOKU! DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME! WE BOTH KNOW YOU'RE TOO STRONG TO GET WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE! GOKU! ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!"

Dead silence.

Fear pricks up Vegeta's spine and he hastily gets up to look around for the other saiyajin, calling out his name, "GOKU! GOKU, WHERE ARE YOU?!....." He unknowingly breaks into a run, desperately trying to find Goku, "GOKU! ANSWER ME! GOKU!!!........ Kakkarotto... KAKAROT! COME BACK!"

After nearly an hour of running around in circles, Vegeta flops down onto the ground, despair wearing him thin. He looks up at the ceiling in despair, "Kakkarotto, WHY DID YOU LEAVE! THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!..... You were supposed to live."

The ouji continues sorrowfully, "Damn it, what have I done? This is even worse than death. You can't come back... Well maybe you can." At this he says angrily, "Oh who am I kidding?! I wiped you out! Poof! Gone! Not here or in the Otherworld! I should've listened to everyone, right? But noooo, I had to be mister stuck-up prick, didn't I?! Damn me! I'm alone and it's all my fault!" (Dude, he has issues.)

Sighing, Vegeta says, "You deserve to be the prince, not I. You were nobler than I ever was. Stupid Kakkarotto, you fulfilled your promise even when you knew you could've vanished in a heartbeat." Saluting the air Vegeta adds, "Well then Prince Kakkarotto, I hope you have a good non-existence."

Suddenly an upside-down face pops up right in front of Vegeta's face from above and smiles, "Aww, Veggie, I didn't know you cared."

Vegeta's eyes nearly bug out of his skull and he screams bloody murder. A firm grip spins him around, and a sudden smack brings the ouji to his senses. Vegeta looks at the figure dazedly and recognizes it to be the so called "lost saiyajin." Goku grins, waving, "Hey, Vedge."

First the ouji's face takes on an expression of shock and disbelief, but it slowly but surely turns into one of pure anger and humiliation, "YOU FOOL! WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU THE WHOLE TIME?!"

"Tsk, tsk," Goku smirks mischievously, "it that anyway to talk to your prince?"

A cold dread crawls up the ouji's spine, and he says quietly, "You heard me?" The younger saiyajin nods his head vigorously, grinning like an idiot. "Where?"

Goku answers, "I was invisible!"

Vegeta's eyes widen, "You did that on purpose?..... WHY YOU LITTLE PIECE OF CRAP! I OUGHT TO KILL YOU! YOU MADE ME HUMILIATE MYSELF ON PURPOSE!"

"It didn't sound very humiliating. In fact it was very nice and mushy sounding."

"THAT'S THE POINT! Don't take anything I said to heart because I was DISTURBED by the idea that people could vanish IN A FRICKIN' PUFF OF SMOKE!"

Goku frowns, "So it didn't mean anything?"

"OF COURSE NOT! I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU!"

"Sure sounded like it."

"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE! THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!"

"But you still called me Prince Kakkarotto." Vegeta smacks his forehead in frustration, using all his energy to control his hands from wringing Goku's neck. But Goku continues in a mocking tone, "You did, didn't you? Prince Kakkarotto. It has such a nice ring to it. Doesn't that make you the peasant? Maybe I should make you my personal servant! Vegeta, I order you to massage my feet!"

"THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD!"

Goku laughs as Vegeta chases him around the recesses of his mind.

****

After several hours of being chased around Goku plops onto the ground, pooped out. Vegeta drags his feet along behind him and plops down onto his rival's body, smirking weakly in satisfaction, "HA! I (pant) got you!"

Goku asks with a lack of interest, "You going to kill me now?"

The ouji flops alongside him and says, "I'll do it later."

They lie down together in silence, just going over the past day's events. Suddenly Vegeta perks up, "How the hell am I suppose to get out of here?"

Goku yelps, "No! Don't ask any-" Too late, a massive book lands on top of the ouji's head nearly knocking him out. Goku finishes weakly, "rhetorical questions... Are you okay Veggie?"

Looking up at the black void, Vegeta demands, "Ka- I mean Goku! What the hell was that?!"

Goku answers, "Well apparently this place is like a huge library where you can call up a lot of books that answer rhetorical questions. Like, for example, why you?" Suddenly a whole mass of books suddenly fall on top of the ouji. Goku shrieks, "ACK! Veggie! Are you alright?! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

Vegeta pokes his head out of the mound of books, glaring furiously at the other saiyajin, "Why didn't you bother to WARN me?!"

Scratching the back of his head, Goku gives a sheepish grin, "Sorry. But when I said that in my mind I only got a couple books landing on me. Boy, I guess your subconscious doesn't like you very much."

The ouji huffs, and jumps out of the pile. "What do these all say anyway?" he asks, reaching down to pick up a book.

Goku yells, "NO! Don't read it!"

Ignoring him, Vegeta opens up the book and reads, 'Why you reason #217. Because you are a pointy-haired, egotistical fool.' And that is it out of a massive 400 page book.

Vegeta yells, "What the HELL?!"

Goku folds his arms, "I told you so."

"Oh shut up. Get me that book for me to get out of here."

The taller saiyajin sighs and chucks the book towards the ouji, who catches it and begins reading it. "I guess I'll be going. Anyway you can look for the answer yourself, but if you aren't awake by the time Gohan and I are, I can pull you out of the coma."

Vegeta says irritably, "I don't need your help! Just go already!"

Shrugging, Goku says, "Okay. See ya." His body fades out until there is nothing left.

The ouji chuckles, "Finally, all alone." He yells up, "What are Goku's spirit form capabilities?!"

****

Goku pops into another black void, a wave of disorientation washing over him, but he quickly shakes it off. Off in the far reach of the general area, a tall figure looks around, also looking very disoriented. Goku quickly recognizes him to be Gohan. Waving, the tall saiyajin yells, "Hey! Gohan! I'm here!"

Gohan turns around and to see his father waving at him and he brightens up, yelling back, "Hi Dad! What took you?!"

Finding it better if they weren't so far apart, Goku teleports over and starts up, "I was-! Oh sorry, I was just helping Vegeta get back out of his body. You ready to get back out?"

His son nods, "I'm more than ready. It's as boring as heck here. And random books keep falling on me too!"

Goku laughs, "Don't worry about it. Now I just need to teach you how to fuse."

"FUSE?!"

Meanwhile... "AAARGH!!! I can't believe it! Nothing works unless you're in spirit form! Not even killing by glaring!" Vegeta tosses the book aside and resumes a pout, "Why does it always seem like Ka- Goku has all the luck?! Even his dumb spirit form is immortal dammit!"

He yells angrily up at the black sky, "WHY CAN HE BE IMMORTAL AND I CAN'T?! GOKU, YOU DINGBUTT! WHY ME?!"

A heap of books fall on top of him, once again. Vegeta spits out a corner of a book that landed in his mouth, and he curses vehemently, "Why the little- I thought last time was all of it!"

****

"Okay, let's try this again."

Gohan nods and they bring themselves into the fusion position.

"Fu-

-sion-

-HAAA!!!"

Gohan and Goku bring their fingers together at the last position and... nothing happens.

The younger demi-saiyajin stomps his foot angrily, "Dang it! I thought we had it perfect that time!"

Goku sits down and says encouragingly, "Well, you didn't exactly proportion your body weight right. You need to shift it to your left just a little, then it'll be perfect."

With a depressed sigh, Gohan practices the fusion pose once more, asking, "So how long did it take Vegeta to learn fusion?"

Goku gives a nervous laugh, "Um, would you believe he only needed to see me once?"

Stopping immediately, his son turns to stare at him in disbelief, "WHAT?!"

Goku merely shrugs, "I guess he's just a fast learner."

"Of course I am, what do you expect from a prince?" Both Sons snap their heads in the direction of the voice, finding a nearly translucent apparition of the ouji smirking at both of them. Amused by their shocked expressions, Vegeta chuckles and asks, "Surprised?"

Gohan asks, "Um, you're not here to share my body too are you cuz-"

Vegeta's expression turns sour, "Of course I'm not! I'm already awake in my body. The only reason why I'm here now is because the onnas were worried about you and wanted me to check on you. I wonder what they'll say if I tell them you two have just been relaxing the whole time."

Goku protests in a childlike manner, "We have not!"

"Tch. Bakas. Fine, then why aren't you fused yet?"

Also annoyed, Gohan pulls his father up off the ground and says, "We were just about to. Come on Dad."

Blinking in surprise, Goku says, "Uh... sure."

They resume the fusion position start going through the poses once more. "Fu-sion-HAAAA!!!!" Their fingers interlock and a flash of light explodes from both of them.

The ouji watches them, unamused, but as the light fades away, his bored expression turns into one of shock. Now what we have here, is a severe case of obesity. The fusion yells cockily, "All hail me! For I am the strongest man alive, GOKAN!!!" Vegeta's head droops and he stares at the fusion dumbstruck. He had absolutely no idea that this is the way that he looked when he messed up his first fusion with the younger saiyajin.

Gokan looks around, confused, and asks, "Hey... Where's that other guy? Oh yeah! He's me!" he laughs scratching the back of his head. Gokan seems to have inherited a cockiness that belonged to neither Goku nor Gohan and also Goku's... 'je ne sais quoi.'

Vegeta just shakes his head halfheartedly, "Baka."

The ouji sticks around for the next half hour, waiting for Gokan to split apart. Suddenly there is a flash of light and Gokan ceases to be, letting Goku and Gohan exist in different bodies. Dazed by the experience, Gohan flops over onto the ground to recover. Goku yips cheerfully, "Well that was a rush!"

Getting up, Vegeta says, "Well you can fuse again, but I'm not sticking around."

Goku frowns, "But don't you want to see if this next one works?"

"NO! I mean, no. I've had enough disturbing images in my mind to last me a long while. I'll see you on the outside." With that the specter of the ouji fades out, leaving no evidence of his trip.

Goku shrugs, "Oh well, I suppose we can't stop him. Come on, Gohan! Everybody's waiting for us!"

"But what if we turn back into-"

Scoffing, Goku says, "Come on. It's not THAT big a deal!"

"Yes, it was!"

Goku pulls Gohan to his feet and says, "Don't get so worked up about it. It'll be fine. Now let's try again."

Once again, much to Gohan's reluctance, they resume the fusion pose. "Fu- sion-HAAAA!!!!" An immense amount of energy and light emits from the duo and they form into Gokan, once again, only better.

A figure similar to Gogeta, only with Goku's bangs and Gohan's hair. There are also slight variations to the outfit with black gi pants purple sash and wrist bands, and green instead and orange puff thingies lining the edge of his vest.

Gokan stretches out his temporary body and mumbles to himself, "Alright, you two. Now what did you leave me to do?" He spends nearly all of his time in the short half hour of his existence, pulling up memories from Goku's half of his mind and smirks, "Alright! 50 paces forward, then 25 backwards. That should get me out!"

He follows Goku's directions and at once feels himself being pulled towards the ceiling. However, as he floats up, he notices that something's amiss. Gokan's eyes widen in shock, "Holy frick! Where the hell's the mind barrier?!"

He realizes too late that Goku never put Gohan under mind control and Gokan desperately tries to fight the force pulling him upwards, "NO! LET ME GO! I NEED THAT MIND BARRIER TO SPLIT!" However, it comes to no avail. Gokan yells, "Dammit! I can't go back now! What will happen to Gohan's body when the time's up?!" But it's too late. Gokan feels himself being pulled into the world of the conscious, dizzying images of a room full of people swirling in his mind.

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Gokan wakes up to find ChiChi hovering over his bed and his eyes snap wide open, "AAAAHHH!!!!" ChiChi shrieks as well, when Gokan tumbles out of bed, only to find himself inside of Gohan's body.

A gruff voice says, "Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the brain."

Gokan yells, "I don't have time for this Vegeta!" surprising everyone with his dual voice. He does a quick survey of the room to find all the remaining Z-senshi in the room along with Bulma and ChiChi. He turns to Piccolo and says, "Piccolo, I know this is strange, but I need you knock me back into a coma!"

The nameck yelps in surprise, "WHAT?!"

The fusion says quickly, "I don't have much time to explain, but I wasn't able to split when I needed to because Goku didn't put a mind meld on Gohan! I'm Gokan! I can't be here!"

As everyone takes this in, Gokan's eyes dart over to the clock and he curses, "Crap! It's almost half an hour! Hit me into a coma so that I don't split!"

Bulma frowns, "But you said you were suppose to split!"

An awful rush of urgency sweeps over Gokan and he shouts, "THAT WAS THEN! THIS IS NOW! WE CAN'T SPLIT NOW!" He turns back to the nameck and yells, "Dammit, Piccolo! Do it now or else Goku and Gohan will die!"

Good enough for Piccolo. He takes a giant swing at Gokan's head, but Gohan's body suddenly flashes and a red line of blood cracks down the middle of Gohan's body. All Gokan can manage to do is say weakly, "Too late..." and an unnatural ripping courses down Gohan's body, until two halves are flung to the opposite sides of the room. Nearly everyone screams or intakes a gasp of horror. ChiChi's eyes roll up into her head and she slumps onto the ground into a faint. Bulma shakes uncontrollably, and the rest seem on the verge of tears or ready to faint alongside ChiChi. All, except Goten, who just stares at the scene with an emotionless face. Well, maybe not quite emotionless, but bored.

Vegeta kneels by the body parts, his head sunk in grave respect for the two dead comrades. His face suddenly contorts with fury and he turns on to Piccolo, "You fool! Why did you let them die?! You couldn't even do as Gokan asked! Now we have to wish them back with the dragonballs! We were suppose to save them for wishing back the population of this stupid mudball!"

Piccolo turns his head away in shame, "Vegeta, I-"

"Shut UP! DON'T YOU REALIZE YOU'VE JUST KILLED OFF TWO OF OUR GREATEST FRICKIN' ASSETS?!"

Again, Piccolo tries to respond, but his eyes drift behind Vegeta to the body halves and they widen in complete and utter shock. Vegeta frowns, "What?" He looks at the other people in the room and sees the same expression on everyone else's' faces. He slowly turns around and yelps, "Holy-!"

The halves begin to glow and slowly form into two separate piles of goop. Then a blinding light flashes simultaneously from both piles, yet Vegeta continues watching them closely, squinting through the light. He can't see much, but he barely manages to make out the outlines of two... BODIES?! Vegeta's eyes widen in shock, but he quickly realizes his mistake, "OW!!!"

He turns away, clutching his eyes in pain. Blinking rapidly, his watery eyes begin to focus, but he suddenly gets assaulted by a scream by Bulma, "Vegeta! Look!" Spinning around once more, Vegeta stares at the figures before him, rubbing his already sore eyes in disbelief.

Two young children, about the age of nine, are blinking rapidly at the group, confusion sweeping over them when they realize everyone's taller than they should be. Both of them are the exact carbon copies of the adults that the rest had seen ripped into two, Gohan and Goku.

Looking to his left, Gohan is the first to notice what the trouble is. "HOLY FRICK! DAD! YOU'VE BEEN CHIBIFIED!" Quickly surveying himself, he adds with a small wail, "I'VE BEEN CHIBIFIED! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING TO ME! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL ALL OVER AGAIN!" He starts ranting on his current situation, nearly hyperventilating.

Goku just cocks his head stupidly.

Everyone continues staring at the two in speechless shock, until Vegeta is bold enough to poke Goku in the head to see if he's real or not. The chibi saiyajin turns his head up and looks at the ouji dead in the eye. Suddenly he grabs Vegeta's leg and grins, "Daddy!"

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Miyanon: Wow... That had to be the longest post I've done for this story yet... Yes, I know it's kind of a cliffy, but I had so many opportunities to end this at much better cliffies. In fact I could have stopped this about a quarter of the way in. I'm still not sure if I should have or not. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this latest installment of 'Incidences of Madness'. Hopefully I'll get a new chapter up for 'Onnafied' soon too. Ja ne!