Disclaimer: Don't own it, ever will.

A/N: *Nervous laugh* Uh... I just found out that this story wouldn't look updated unless I put a new chapter in. You're lucky you get two chapters at once. Enjoy it. It WON'T happen again.

Warning: Lots of violence

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Mirai looks over at the ruined city and frowns, "What the hell is going on over there?" It's already past the time that Gokan was supposed to diffuse, and the others are starting to get worried.

Well, except Vegeta who's busy pouting in his chibi form with half an hour still to go.

"You can never tell with fusions," Piccolo mutters, recalling the time he had dealing with Gotenks. "They're some of the most arrogant beings I've ever seen."

Trunks nods in assent, "Yeah, combine all the fusion's egos together, they can even beat Dad's."

The chibified ouji just makes a small, "Hn," of annoyance, while the others laugh.

Goten, however, is sitting on top of the ridge, well away from the others. Mirai looks over to him and asks, "Do you see anything over there?" He just ignores the question. The teenager mutters, "What's with the attitude?"

Vegeta grins at a mental joke, "Maybe he's got a bad case of hemorrhoids." The group just stares at him, completely silent. Vegeta scowls, "Hey! Why the heck did you think it was funny when Krillen said that about me?!"

Trunks looks up in thought, "Was I even alive then?"

Mirai shrugs, "Don't recall."

Piccolo says, "I thought Krillen was serious."

The ouji glares at them and mutters, "Bakas."

The sun starts to set over the horizon, setting a blood red sky over all of them and elevating their unease. That's when Goten stands up and declares, "I'm going over there to help."

Suspicious at this sudden turn, Vegeta gives the full-grown demi-saiyajin a venomous glare, "Oh? Who said that they needed your help?"

Mirai stands up as well, "He has a point Dad. We can't just stay here the whole time. They could be in serious trouble."

Goten gives them all a strange look and says, "I'm going alone."

"What?! The heck you are!" yells Trunks, jumping up.

Sighing, Goten throws something at the young demi-saiyajin, hitting him square in the forehead. At once Trunks, screams and clutches at his forehead.

"Trunks!" Mirai runs to his younger counterpart as he falls to his knees. Black ooze starts seeping through his fingers. Vegeta stares at his son, horrified, and he turns back to attack the offender. Only Goten has already left. Off in the direction of the high tensioned ki. The ouji curses and yells at Piccolo, "You! Take care of my son! I'm going after him!" Knowing better than to argue, Piccolo nods, and Vegeta flies off after "Goten" as fast as he can.

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Goku pants heavily as he and Kakarot come to a stand still once again. He notes that he got a few good hits in that last bout and that Kakarot's fairing badly. Then again, he isn't doing so well himself. He wipes the blood from his forehead, keeping it from going in his eye. Kakarot takes that second to charge once again, gaining an upper hand. He gives Goku a hard punch in the gut, sending him down 50 feet into the ground. Shaking, the young saiyajin sits up and winces at the pain coming from his chest. His ribs are probably decimated by now. Not willing to give up, he clambers to his feet, taking in painful sharp intakes of breath. Then he realizes with horror, that Kakarot has already started his finishing move.

Already surrounded by a red ball of light, all Kakarot has to do is throw his Annialation attack at him and then it'll all be over. Goku hastily looks around for Gohan's body, so that he can teleport them both out of there. All of a sudden he hears a choking noise coming from his opponent's direction and to his amazement, he sees Goten up in the sky, Kakarot hanging limply in his arms.

Goku smiles and pumps a fist into the air, "Yeah! Way to go, Goten!" Then cries, "OW!!" cradling his arms around his chest. "Goten" tosses Kakarot aside like a rag doll. The young saiyajin protests, "Hey! Careful! That's my body!"

The saiyajin just smirks and floats down onto the ground, right in front of Goku. Covered in shadow, Goku's eyes widen and he subconsciously steps back, alarm bells going off in his head.

"Goten" smiles, "Look at what I have here. An immortal brat." He chuckles ruefully, "Who would have thought that my success would come from an endangered species?"

Goku frowns in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"Immortality, Goku! Immortality! The one thing I have strived for ever since the beginning of my existence! The one thing that keeps me from my throne of power!" "Goten" leans down to the little saiyajin's level and gives him a feral grin, "You don't seem to know how valuable you are, do you?"

Goku stares at him, horrified and he chokes out, "Who the hell are you?"

"Goten" laughs, "Now you get it!" He pulls out his sword and brings the ice cold tip under Goku's chin, tilting his head up to get a better look. "I want it, Goku. I need it. Give it to me!"

With his ki already drained to nearly nil and barely able to move, Goku is helpless, unable to defend himself. He steps back from the sword and whispers, "I can't give it to you. Even if I could I probably wouldn't! Now answer me when I ask who you are!"

"Goten" cocks his head slightly and grins, "How convenient that you're so weak after your fight with Kakarot."

Goku keeps slowly walking backwards, away from this new opponent, "Why do you say that?"

"Because, since you can't give me your immortality, I'll just have to take it from you." Suddenly he charges straight at Goku. Before the young saiyajin can even breathe, he gets slammed into the ground, creating a mini crater with his body. Goten flies high up into the air, only to zoom back down, heels first right into Goku's stomach.

Goku gasps in pain and coughs some blood onto his chest. His opponent tosses him up in the air with his foot and kicks him into a mass of iron bars. Goku screams in pain and more bones are broken and jutting out of his skin. His whole body is all nearly coated with crimson blood and he curls into a defensive ball on his side, throwing up a mixture of vomit and blood. "Goten" calmly walks over to his shaking body and smiles maniacally. Then begins a whole new round of excessive violence.

Finally, when the young saiyajin starts to look nearly unidentifiable, his psychopathic torturer stops his beating and kneels by Goku's side, into the pool of blood that surrounded the chibi. He laughs, "So it's true! Those attacks should have killed you! Hell, you look dead enough already!" He slaps Goku on the back, and the little saiyajin cries out in pain. "Goten" grins, "So, how does it feel to be immortal?"

Goku can't speak and struggles for breath through long, hard wheezes. He keeps his eyes shut tight, enduring the excessive agony that he's going through. Then with a final effort he puts both hands on the ground and tries to feebly get up, but "Goten" pushes him back down with his foot and keeps it there. Then he draws out his sword once more, holding the shiny blade above Goku's heart. "Just to let you know, you should feel honored. You are my last stepping stone to my reign of power." A sick smile crawls on his face, "Whole worlds, no, galaxies shall be under my total control and I shall rule them for eternity! The gods themselves shall bow down to my power!

He laughs with glee, "And it'll all be thanks to you, Son Goku!" He puts both hands onto his sword, raising the blade above his head. "I hope that you have a wonderful nonexistence!"

Suddenly they both hear a loud yell of fury and Vegeta comes to the rescue! (Although VERY late.) He kicks Goten in the face and sends him flying across the battlefield. Chibi Vegeta pulls Goku to his feet and yells, "Prince Goku! Come on! Get up! We need to fuse and beat this guy!" Goku stares at him in disbelief, his legs swaying under him and then he falls back down, unconscious. The ouji stares at him and yells, "Aw, dammit!"

Then he gets covered in shadow and he turns around to see a really ticked off saiyajin behind him. He smiles nervously, his mouth twitching at one side, "Eh... Hi?" Goten growls and slashes his sword at him. With a yipe, the chibified ouji dodges it and flies back ten feet. He glares at his opponent and then goes into a fighting stance, "If that's the way you want to play it!" The saiyajin gives him a very unimpressed look and starts to slowly walk towards the ouji. Vegeta glares him down, keeping his position.

All of a sudden, a small hand grabs Vegeta's leg, and looking down the ouji sees Gohan's tired looking face smiling at him. "Fusion?"

Vegeta nods, acting quickly by lifting Gohan up from the ground and changing his ki to Gohan's level. "Goten's" eyes widen and he curses, "Dammit!" running at the two while they start their fusion dance. Out of the blue, he gets blasted in the back by a strong attack and turns to see Piccolo high in the air with Mirai beside him, holding a now resting Trunks. Vegeta and Gohan finish their fusion dance quickly enough, forming a chibi Gogeta of a different sort. "Goten" looks around at the group, not liking his odds. He eyes Goku's unconscious form lying nearby and runs for him, but Gogeta is too quick and picks him up off the ground before "Goten" could reach him.

His opponent glares at Gogeta, absolutely furious. He holds up his sword and yells, "Just save yourself a lot of trouble and give him to me!"

The fusion smirks, "Trouble? The only one who's going to get into trouble is you." As if on cue, Vegeta's chibi time expires and Gogeta grows into a teenager, nearly doubling in strength.

"Goten's" eyes widen and he takes a step back, but he growls, "I won't be defeated so easily! I shall have him!"

"You'll have to get through me, Mr. Nameck, and Mirai Brat first!" Gogeta declares as he clutches Goku possessively. Piccolo and Mirai both look at the fusion very oddly.

The dark saiyajin scowls and charges... Not at Gogeta, but at Kakarot! "Goten" yells, "If I can't have Goku now! I'll take a consolation prize in the meantime!" And he drives his sword into Kakarot's chest, impaling him, before the rest can stop him. Kakarot wakes up from his stupor, screaming in agony as the crystalline sword is thrust into his heart. Too late, Piccolo hits Goten in the chest sending him flying from his sword and victim.

Staring up at this foreign display of kindness, Kakarot's eyes widen, but he's already dying from loss of blood. He chokes on the blood welling up in his throat and curls onto his side, pulling the blade from his chest. Gogeta yells, "NO! Don't! The blood will flow faster!"

Kakarot shudders in pain, as he draws the weapons from his bloody heap of a chest. But he smirks at his would be rescuers, "It doesn't matter... I'm dead anyway." His skin is already as white as snow, as all the blood drains from his body onto the ground.

Gogeta watches him in horror and he turns to "Goten" in a fury, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! WHAT USE IS HE TO YOU IF YOU KILL HIM?!"

"Goten" smiles, "He won't die, he'll just belong to me."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Mirai demands, equally sickened and horrified as the others.

But then they're interrupted by the sound of shrill screams. The three warriors turn to see the crystalline sword hovering off the ground and vibrating as it emits thousands upon thousands of different screams. Screams of the old, the young, women and men, all of them screaming of such absolute terror and agony, chills crawl up the fighters' spines. Suddenly, Kakarot begins screaming too, even though he's nearly dead, joining the chorus of voices emitting from the blade. Then the impossible happens.

Kakarot's body begins to blacken and liquefy as his screams become even worse. Soon, there is nothing but a puddle of oozing decay. Gogeta demands, "What kind of witchcraft is this?!" The ooze snakes its way over to "Goten" who welcomes it with a smile, dipping his tail into it. The black liquid climbs up his tail, covering all of it and spreading over the rest of his body like a thick layer of mud. Gogeta, Mirai, and Piccolo back away from him, disgusted.

When the ooze finally covers him completely, it takes a humanoid form and the black starts peeling off by itself, revealing new skin.

Piccolo says, "We have to get out of here, now."

Gogeta yells, "And just leave him, it, whatever, here like this?! We have to defeat him!"

"No. We have to take care of the kids. We can't leave them off to the side and fight him! We have to go!"

The fusion scowls and clutches Goku tighter. Resolving the issue in his mind, he nods his assent. "Alright, let's go. While we can."

Just then, Trunks begins to wake up and he says groggily, "Wha? What time is it?"

Mirai mutters, "Time to leave."

His younger counterpart looks around until his gaze fixes on the black ooze. Upon which he bolts up in Mirai's arms and yells, "Holy! What the hell is that?!"

Gogeta already flying off, yells, "Come ON! We're leaving!"

Wide-eyed, Trunks points down at the newly emerging figure, catching the others' attention.

Most of the black is already off, revealing a dramatic change. The saiyajin's body became much more muscular and his hair more like Kakarot's unruly mop of hair, but it still has those two bangs he starts out with. "Goten" smirks at the change, ruffling his new hair with a hand and calls up, "What do you think? A bit much? Maybe I could do with a makeover in general." Before the other's can respond, "Goten's" form changes once more, right before their eyes.

Gogeta whispers, "He's a shape shifter..."

The new form has relatively normal auburn hair with a small ponytail at the back. His body becomes more compact and his skin more bronzed. His face gets even more pretty-boy than Mirai's. The tail is gone, but he gains blades forming out of his lower arms as formidable weapons. This form is completely different than the saiyajin one before, but even then, Gogeta doubts that this is the monster's true form.

"Blade" as the fusion now dubs him, picks up his sword from the ground and points it at Goku's direction. Then he stalks off towards the innards of the ruined city. Mirai demands, "What was that about?"

"He said that he's going to get Goku," Trunks answers.

Gogeta scowls, "If he does, it'll be over my dead body."

Watching the others, Piccolo finally turns towards Capsule Corp's direction. "Come on, let's go." And so they leave, at a draw.

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A/N: Yes, I know what you're saying. She put ANOTHER villain in?! Ah well, I was kind of inspired by a friend about a year ago, blame her. *sigh* I wonder if anyone's still reading this? Anyway, you have to wonder. Is it Vegeta talking? Or is it Gohan?