Chapter 33: SSJ4

Goku came right at us, hitting the ground.

"What a shameful battle your fighting, Kakorot." Vegeta said as Bulma prepared the machine.

"Vegeta? What are you doing here?" Goku asked as I helped him up.

"Hopefully in a moment he'll be doing what you're doing." Bulma said.

"I see, a new Bluntz Wave machine?" Goku pointed.

"Yeah, and hopefully I'll get to help you."

"That's the problem, Katie. You took off before it could be tested for you. It may not work on you."

"Dammit…" isn't that my luck? I looked back over to my son, "You better get back up there, Goku. Naiad isn't doing well on his own." I said. Goku didn't respond, but took off again.

"Naiad?" Vegeta asked.

"Yeah, I had a plan to get Codie and Cell to merge. That's the result." I said, pointing at Naiad.

"So what's going to happen when they unfuse? Cell won't go back to HFIL on his own."

"He isn't going back. I know Enma and the Kais won't like it, but Codie absorbed Cell."

"I see, and what will happen to Codie?"

"I don't know, Vegeta. I'm hoping that-" I pointed, "-is only a transformation and not permanent. But it's a risk Codie and I had to take."

"You told him this?" Vegeta asked.

"I'm not the Council."

"Ready!" Bulma called.

Vegeta nodded to me, and walked to his place. Bulma powered up the laser and fired. The blast hit Vegeta, and he immediately started to change.

First a tail grew. Then he grew as a whole, becoming an Oozaru. Coarse, brown hair covered his body as his clothes ripped and popped. He became huge as his eyes turned blood red.

Vegeta stood tall and roared, pounding his chest. I jumped back, out of the way of his stomping foot. As big as he was now, he could smack Omega without even having to fully extend his arm.

And Omega took notice. Vegeta reached out, and Omega got out of the way, but Vegeta wasn't after Omega, he was after Goku.

Vegeta grabbed Goku and brought him closer, squeezing him. Goku screamed in pain as Vegeta growled.

I had to stop Vegeta, so I flew up next to Goku. Naiad joined us.

"Vegeta, stop! You have to remember us! We're you friends, and if you don't snap out of it you'll kill us!"

"Yes, it'll make my job easier!" Omega laughed.

Vegeta looked at me, then to Goku.

"Ka-trin… Ka-kor-ot. Yes, I remember. My rivalry toward you Kakorot, and my respect for you Katrin, is more powerful than this primal form. As an elite I will not let this form rule over my mind."

Vegeta let Goku go, and started to glow as he began to change yet again. This time he shrank and grew dark red fur. Clothes magically re-grew, and his hair was long, back to the original flame style plus some.

"I'm back." Vegeta said confidently, and Goku and Vegeta nodded in an understanding agreement.

"It still isn't enough. We have to fuse as one."

"As much as I hate fusing with you Kakorot, I have to agree."

"Think of it this way, Vegeta: would you rather fuse with me?"

"…No way in HFIL would I fuse with a female, even you Katrin." Vegeta replied, shuddering.

"Thought so." I said with a smirk. The idea of a male/female fusion didn't sound very good to me, either.

Goku and Vegeta powered up so they'd be at their best, then they started the Fusion dance.

"Fu-" but Omega interrupted them.

"You think I'm stupid? I know what will happen if you finish that ridiculous dance, you filthy Sayjins!" Omega charged at Goku and Vegeta, and the three started a cat and mice game.

"We have to get those two to fuse!" I said, stomping.

"Then why don't you get Bulma to fire that Bluntz Wave thing at you so you can transform into a Super Sayjin four, mom?" Naiad asked.

"Duh!" I said, running over to Bulma.

"Katie, what is it?"

"Power up that machine again, Bulma. You have to use it on me!"

"But Katie, I didn't get the chance to test it on you!"

"If those boys can do it, so can I." I replied.

"Katie, listen! It might kill you. I tested it and prepared it for Vegeta, not you. Even though you're both pureblooded Sayjins, Vegeta and you are very different. Your ages, your genders, you DNA, everything is different! Even if it works you might die from the amount of new power you'll receive. And that's if it works."

I didn't have to think about that at all.

"Bulma, if we don't do something fast we'll all die anyway. Now fire up that machine!"

"I guess if we get the Dragonballs back we can restore you… Alright, just don't haunt me if this kills you."

"I'd have too much fun in Otherworld to think about that." I smiled and ran to the place Vegeta stood.

"It may hurt a little!" Bulma called as she hit the switch.

A little was an understatement. As the beam hit I felt fire running through my veins and on my skin. I screamed as I felt the old Oozaru changes begin once more. It had been forty years, but it still felt the same. Until I was completely transformed.

This time was different. I lost myself completely in the beast. My fur wasn't brown or black, either, it was red-orange.

I felt the primal instincts erode my mind away, and all that was left was the Oozaru.

Kill… kill…blood, I want blood! Destroy! Smash!

All around me is a foreign place. This isn't my jungle, its weird. I have to get to a jungle!

Food! Destroy! Smash!

I thrashed around, looking for anything to smash.

"Katie, stop!"

"She doesn't remember us!"

What's a Katie? Is it food?

I looked and saw a group of tiny, tailless monkeys and a bug.

Big bug! Food!

I reached down and grabbed the bug.

"Mom, stop!" it fought back, but I wanted food. "Mom, its me, Codie!"

Codie?

I sniffed him. He didn't smell like anything but food. I squeezed him, making him tender enough to eat.

"Naiad, you have to power down! She doesn't recognize you in that form!"

"But if I do that I may not be able to get back to this form!" the bug screamed.

"That's a risk you'll have to take!"

I saw three more things flying around, a lizard and two different monkeys. They were too fast for me to see clearly, so I focused back on the bug.

But the bug was changing. I stopped squeezing and watched curiously as he looked more like the other tailless monkeys. He looked familiar.

"Mom, its me, Codie! I'm Cell's son, remember? Focus!"

I sniffed him again. This time he smelled familiar.

Codie? …my son… I want my mate back, and to do that I have to stop the lizard… Omega Shenron! Focus!

"Co-die… Cell… I said I'd never forget!"

I let Codie go and started to transform again.

"Come on mom!"

I shrank, but my power didn't. I had hold over myself once more, and I realized that I had broken my promise never to forget. I had forgotten for a moment, but no more.

I was now SSJ4. My hair was long and black similar to Raditz's style, only I had some red-orange streaks running all the way through it and it was smoother. The fur covering my body was fine and smooth, red-orange colored, like a skin-tight suit completely covering all my parts from the collarbones down.

My pants, boots, and wristbands were black, and the belt was oddly lavender.

"Mirai…" I said, looking at the belt, holding it in my hand. It was the same shade of purple as his hair; "I will get you and the kids back. I swear it."

I looked at Omega, still chasing Goku and Vegeta. I swore at him, cursing him and his kind. Because of him I didn't have my mate back yet, and because of that I had a traumatic experience that led to amnesia. But now I could get my family back together and be happy.

And it'll start with him… and I know exactly how to get the Dragonballs back…

AS22: SSJ4 Katie! What does she have planned? Ooohhh…. You'll like it, but you have to wait! Cliffies are so fun…