"Listen attentively Goku," The Queen of the Dragons ordered calmly.
Goku gazed dreamily at the sanctuary, which spanned in everlasting white around him.
"Our time is swiftly running out," she continued. "We need to act now and we need to act fast."
Goku relaxed his head to the side slightly seeking to better view the face staring worriedly back at him. He stretched his hand a bit forward to the right, aiming to touch the beautiful woman's face.
"What's your name?" Goku asked suddenly. "You told me you were the Queen of the Dragons but you never told me your name."
The woman clasped the hand embracing her right cheek savoring the curiosity that poured out each finger.
"Very unlike you Goku; to show such interest and affection to a female you hardly know. But this is not the time nor the place, especially since there is a huge battle erupting below us."
She parted a screen before Goku visualizing an insanity surrounding Planet Vegeta. A sea of hate and anguish shrouded the entire planet into a world of chaos and utter despair.
"Is this happening now?" Goku asked terrified.
"No, but it will soon, if you don't act quickly."
The Queen of the Dragons motioned Goku towards a small altar, which suddenly appeared out of the scenery of white. Glowing upon it was a green emerald stone encased in a glass very transparent and cold.
"There are two purposes which the Yttrium was made for," she continued. "To control all time and to control all thoughts. Currently, Frieza is utilizing only one of these qualities. So now you must harness the other."
The woman removed the stone from its barrier placing it snugly into Goku's hands.
"I was able to extract that property from the Yttrium and transfer its components into that green crystal-stone. Now all that's left is for you to harness its power and for you to use it to destroy Frieza."
"But…"
"You only have two hours before the Festival begins Goku. And you must return to the present with the others by then. If you don't, not only will the Yttrium be lost and tainted, but your soul will also be trapped in that era forever."
Goku stared at the jewel within his grasp, a bit timid about the responsibility before him.
"I wish you well my brave young warrior. The seven dragons will be watching over you in a place beyond the trials of time…"
"What's happening to me? What are you doing in my mind? Get out of my head now you stupid ape!"
While Frieza was on bended knees battling his acerbic thoughts, the saiya-jin warriors had a skirmish of their own fending off the blast that Frieza had created.
"Nothing seems to be able to slow this thing down!" Bardock shouted.
"Yeah!" Raditz agreed. "That red demon managed to suck up all my Dynamite Mondays!"
"That's because the ball is too large you incompetent fools! Stand aside and let me show you how a real battle is won!"
The others flew away at a secure distance as the ball mercilessly ravished half of King Vegeta's palace.
Vegeta, who had pushed them aside earlier, was now advancing to bar the ball against his two gloved hands.
"Has he gone mad?" Raditz looked on uneasily.
"That's Vegeta, always looking for a death wish," Bardock commented.
They both continued to watch in amazement as Vegeta transformed into Super Saiya-jin two. They looked on as he effortlessly dispelled the blast, kicking it upwards towards the sky.
"Don't look away now Raditz. Here he comes," Bardock commented. "Ready to rub it in our faces I'm guessing."
Vegeta dusted his hands off cockily as he slowly descended towards the others.
He stood there silently, not saying a word, observing the damage, which had collected behind him.
Surfacing from the rubble was Goku and his father, who had Frieza huddled half-dead over him.
"Kakarott? How did you...?"
"No time to explain Vegeta. Time is running out so we have to return to the underworld right away."
"Leave?" We can't just leave! Not when there's another Frieza still out there on a rampage!"
"He's probably still hovering over our planet right now," Bardock added. "Getting ready to send us to our inevitable destruction."
"Well, we have no time for that now!" Goku shouted. "The Festival is starting in about thirty minutes and we have to be back by then!"
"I don't think you heard me clearly Kakarott. I'm not leaving Planet Vegeta 'til that other Frieza is completely destroyed!"
"I'm with Vegeta," Bardock added supportively.
"So am I," Raditz solemnly agreed.
"It won't make much of a difference you guys," Goku continued pleadingly. "Once this thirty minutes is up, you guys will be trapped here forever! You'll be trapped here with no means of ever getting back! Trapped in an era that obviously doesn't belong to you.
And who knows if you guys will eventually win this battle. Don't you know it's almost impossible to change the course of history and time?"
Everyone stared at Goku in uncertainty pondering whether or not his words were precise.
"So are you guys coming?" Goku asked conclusively waiting for at least one of them to give a reply.
"Raditz, Bardock… you guys can go ahead." Vegeta finally added. "It's quite obvious to me that you're doing this in a bit of reluctance. I'll stay behind and fulfill our true destinies… to live in a world where Frieza doesn't exist, not ever."
"But how will you return to us Prince Vegeta?" Raditz asked worriedly. "Kakarott did say that there'd be no way for you to get back…"
"Worries and senseless feelings are for the weak Raditz. I'll see you guys some other time… maybe in the near future…"
Vegeta flew off in the direction of Frieza's spaceship, not looking back once to bid the others farewell.
"That's Vegeta for ya alright," Bardock commented. "As stubborn as a mule…"
VegetaGoku stretched his arm forward, grasping for his ally who was now out of reach. He contemplated on taking off behind him, but was stopped in his tracks by the two warriors at his side.
"Let him be Kakarott," Bardock advised. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink… if that's the path he chooses… so be it."
Goku stared above him sadly as Vegeta disappeared through the clouds.
"Well let's go guys," Raditz interrupted. "No sense in wasting anymore time around here that we don't have."
"Kakarott…?"
Farewell my friend, Goku thought to himself unhappily as he teleported he and the others with the use of the Yttrium back to the underworld.
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"…. And so we consecrate this treasure in the name of the Dragon Gods, so it shall be cleansed and holy for another five thousand generations."
The Kais council concluded the alluring Festival securing the Yttrium on the sacred altar. The seven Dragons then descended from the heavens once again concealing the orb from that underworld plain.
Thanks again Goku, a feminine voice whispered as the burst of light finally dimmed around the massive temple. Goku was the only one able to witness the beautiful woman completely, who was now disappearing from his side.
"Great work Goku," the Supreme Kai commended. "You were able to bring the Yttrium back safe and sound."
"All that except for Vegeta," Goku replied coldly. "Some sorta hero I am and I couldn't even bring him back alive."
"Even though the planet was eventually destroyed Goku, that doesn't mean Vegeta perished as well."
Shin stared at Goku hopelessly trying to ease the sadness and doubt within his heart.
"See you later Supreme Kai."
It's no use trying to deny it. Vegeta probably perished on Planet Vegeta and it was all because of me. I should have tried harder to convince him that fighting that battle wasn't the best solution. However, nothing could stop the pride of a saiya-jin especially one with a pride as big as his…
"Gallick GUN!"
"Vegeta?"
Goku turned around swiftly expecting to be greeted by the proud saiya-jin's face. Instead, he was greeted by thin air and yellow clouds which surrounded the bounds of snake way.
Oh Vegeta, I hope you're somewhere out there… living within the boundaries of another time. And if you are, I promise that I will find you and bring you back still cocky and sound….
"Gallick GUN!"Vegeta fought off an army of Frieza's henchmen as he struggled his way to the enemy's spaceship.
"Blast you Kakarott for abandoning me in this forsaken era!" He shouted as energy blasts rained incessantly upon him.
"King Vegeta? What a pleasant surprise. Wasn't expecting you to be the one to try to defeat me."
"I'm not King Vegeta you babbling buffoon! And I'm not going to try to; I will destroy you!"
Frieza laughed furiously at the warrior's arrogance forming an enormous energy ball at the tip of his finger.
"Very honorable for the king bee to make an entrance, so he can go down nobly with the rest of his hive. Ha ha ha!"
"Oh just shut up!"
Vegeta braced himself sturdily as Frieza prepared to commence his attack.
"Die monkeys! Die!"
Frieza plunged the energy ball behind Vegeta and savored the sight of the blast ravishing the planet mercilessly.
"Sweet victory."
He hopped back into his spaceship contentedly when every last bit of the planet was completely destroyed.
"Zarbon, Dodoria…"
"Yes, Lord Frieza."
"Set course for Planet Mirage…"
"I don't think so," a husky voice interrupted.
"Not you again! I watched you die with that wretched planet!"
"Well, I guess your eyes deceived you once again Lord Frieza… and now I'll show no mercy as I make you and your men suffer, for the atrocity that you have now caused…!"
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A/N: Thanks to all of you who reviewed. This was one of my first stories. A very old one at that and I honestly, at that time, thought it was great. But after some years of writing I realized it wasn't all that. But I submitted the old chapters any way. I don't think I will ever do a Dragonball Z fic again unless I am really inspired.
Thanks AGAIN!