Episode 22 A Dream Come True, Part 1
The fight had continued for a long time, but the heroes on earth all stood on the lookout and followed the battle with their senses. The fight had, had both ups and downs for both parts, but now it seemed that Vegito had gained a clear advantage. Goten suggested that Vegito had transformed into a new form of the super saiyan, but they had all dismissed it. The battle continued until, finally, Aku was defeated.
"Go dad!" - Goten shouted joyfully.
"Don't cheer. We don't know what will happen, now that Aku is dead" - Piccolo said quieting the half saiyan. They all concentrated on the dimension, but suddenly a giant outburst of power caused their senses to go berserk.
"What is that?" - Tien shouted as the immense power filled his mind.
"The power of the dragon has been unleashed. It is over" - Dende sighed. They all looked down and seemed heartbroken.
"No, wait! I feel... Like the power is being manipulated. Being pushed" - Dende said slowly, wondering if what he felt was true.
"It is Vegito! He is forcing the power back into the dragon balls!" - Dende shouted in joy. They all smiled as they realized that they may have a chance after all. Even Piccolo allowed himself a smirk. Suddenly Vegito's power disappeared.
"What happened? Did he die?" - Goten asked wondering.
"I think he just went unconscious. Don't worry our dad should be back soon!" - Gohan said, calming down his younger brother.
Despite what Gohan said, neither of them felt Vegito for a long time. Eventually Dende found some rooms for them, and everyone went to sleep.
Their sleep however was disturbed. A cry of pain shouted out over the lookout, followed by Hogosha's robotic voice.
"Dende! We need you" - The guardian of the dragon balls shouted.
Dende and Piccolo, who did not sleep, both came rushing out of the small palace. The others soon followed.
"Dad! Are you okay?" - Gohan said, as he and Goten rushed to his aid. He was squirming on the white tiles, and he looked like he was having some sort of seizure. Dende immediately tried to heal him, but it didn't work. "There is nothing to heal!" - Dende cried, as he felt something dark within Vegito and stepped back from the fusion's body.
In Vegito's mind:
Goku and Vegeta were both eating in their usual saiyan manner. Vegeta had noticed that the front of Goku's shirt was missing. He hadn't mentioned it yet, because ever since he had noticed it, his mouth had been full of delicious food.
"Mhmm... Dis.. fuut.. suar.. is... gut" - Goku said with his mouth full between bites. Vegeta nodded and took a bite out of piece of chicken. Once they were finished they both lay resting against a wall. "What happened to your shirt, Kakarot?" - Vegeta asked suspiciously.
"Oh... That. Well, while I was getting the food, I got in a fight with this weirdo. I am pretty sure it was my mind or this place, playing tricks on me, though" - Goku said and burped loudly.
"Why's that?" - Vegeta asked and his eyes narrowed.
"Well, that thing I was fighting. It was something from a dream of mine" - Goku said and looked at Vegeta as if he was going to mock him.
"Did you kill it?" - Vegeta asked in a breath.
"Yeah, I think... Why do you ask?" - Goku asked, suddenly he was the suspicious one.
"I fought someone too. Someone from a dream. A nightmare" - Vegeta said and looked at his feet.
"What?" - Goku erupted. Goku was about to say more, when two power levels appeared within their senses. Potestate, thought Goku. Navitas, thought Vegeta. They shared a look, then stormed off towards the powers. After rushing through the labyrinth of dark walls, they finally reached their destination. The two figures were smashing all kinds of structures. Some they blasted away, others they destroyed with their fists.
"They are tearing this place apart!" - Vegeta said angrily.
"No wonder Vegito isn't feeling too well" - Goku said and gestured to the giant screen that displayed Vegito on a white floor squirming around in pain. "What do you say we keep these creatures busy then?" - Vegeta asked and approached the two monsters.
"Hey! You two!" - Vegeta he shouted and sent a ki blast their way, to catch their attention.
They turned around and smiled. In a short time they had powered up, and the result left Vegeta speechless. How did this monster get so much stronger? Vegeta thought. Both Navitas and Potestate had nearly doubled their power.
"Why aren't you dead?" - Goku asked as he walked up to Vegeta's side.
"We don't die. We are, in many ways, not even alive" - Navitas spoke in his hissing voice.
"Then what are you?" - Vegeta erupted.
"Should I tell them, brother?" - Potestate asked the equally scary being next to itself. Navitas nodded. "Vegito defeated Aku. He tried to push the power of the dragon back into the dragon balls, but some of it managed to make its way into his body. That is us" - Potestate said in its gravelly voice.
"Normally inflicting a being like this is easy. But you two were here. So we took the form of some of your nightmares, to fight you most effectively" - Navitas finished its brother's story.
"What do you want with Vegito?" - Goku asked.
"Aku was useful. This one... Not so much. He is too difficult to control. So we are destroying him from the inside" - Potestate said, finished with a grin. Goku cast glance to the rubble, that the monsters had caused.
"That isn't going to happen" - Vegeta said and powered up to the third form of super saiyan, Goku quickly followed suit. "Aww.. That is cute. They think they stand a chance. Can't you sense it? We are much stronger now!" - Navitas said with a grin.
The hulking creature which seemed to resemble no living being, launched itself at Goku. While its lizard brother launched itself at Vegeta. Both Vegeta and Goku fought to the best of their ability, against the two monstrosities. Both fights were incredibly equal, and it seemed they could have gone on for hours. Somehow Vegeta managed to gain the upper hand for a second, and so he knocked Navitas into a wall. As soon as the reptile was out of sight, Vegeta stormed at Potestate. He wasn't going to help Goku too much, but since their fight was so equal, even just a little advantage could mean a lot. He reached Potestate, fist ready, and swung a mighty punch straight through Potestate.
At least that is how it looked. Potestate merely smiled and kicked Vegeta away. There was no sign of Vegeta's assault even hitting it, let alone penetrating its skin. "Oh, did we not mention? Only Goku can hurt me physically and only Vegeta can hurt Navitas physically" - Potestate said with a laugh. Vegeta smirked as he realized the meaning of the ghoul's words. "Galick Gun!" - Vegeta screamed and launched a bright red ki beam towards Potestate.
It connected beautifully with Potestate's side, and it caused it to get blown straight into a nearby wall. Vegeta's didn't have long time to be joyful, as Navitas had recovered and was chasing him down. Vegeta barely dodged a kick aimed for his gut, but his maneuver left him vulnerable to a left hook from Navitas. The punch shook Vegito's body, but he quickly recovered, blocked one of Navitas' hooks and then countered with a kick across its chest.
Potestate cried out in pain and frustration as Vegeta's beam had collided with its side. The split second allowed Goku to zoom in on his enemy and place a powerful knee straight into Potestate's abdomen. Potestate, however, would not let the onslaught continue, and so it send Goku flying with a kick to the saiyan's chest.
Vegeta continuously managed to push Navitas back. Although even in power, Vegeta's determination and experience managed to give him the upper hand. Vegeta cast a glance to the fight parallel to his own and noticed Goku was not faring so well. Although equal in terms of power, Goku didn't seem to be using all of his strength. "What are you doing Kakarot? We need to dispose of these freaks!" - Vegeta roared as he placed an incredibly powerful roundhouse kick to Navitas' chin.
"We can't kill them in here. And if we are not keeping them busy, then they will just terrorize Vegito's mind. Until they figure out a plan on the outside, we need to keep them busy" - Goku shouted back.
"Huh. I guess he is right. In that case, we should finish them. What do you say brother?" - Navitas asked its brother with a malicious smile.
"I like the way you think!" - Potestate said and grinned. The brothers disengaged their opponents and landed on the floor.
Their eyes glared simultaneously and then a bright flash blinded both Goku and Vegeta. When their vision returned. Both Navitas and Potestate were gone. Instead there stood only one fighter.
He was much taller than both Navitas and Potestate, and twice as terrifying. He had the body figure of Potestate, a hulking figure with long limbs. But his skin was scaled just as Navitas. He had long claws, but no fangs. His eyes were red and seemed as deep as a sea of blood.
"Ha! If you had a chance before, then it is all gone now!" - the creature spoke in a loud voice.
"They... fused" - Goku said with wide eyes.
"Do you sense it's power? It is... amazing" - Vegeta said astounded.
On earth:
Vegito slowly opened his eyes. "Hey... How are you guys doing?" - Vegito said as he tried to get back up. Surprisingly he managed to get all the way back to his feet. "You... are standing" - Dende said astounded.
"Yeah. I guess I am. I am not feeling too well, however" - Vegito said with a slight grin.
"What is wrong? Did Aku do something to you?" - Gohan asked worried.
"No. I did this to myself. Not on purpose, though. When I tried to force the power back into the dragon balls, I couldn't control it all. Thus, some of it made its way into me. Now it is tearing me apart from the inside" - Vegito said.
"While I am still conscious, we should wish Trunks back" - Vegito said and walked over to Hogosha. Hogosha nodded and spread the balls onto the white tiles of the lookout.
"Is this really the best time?" - Dende asked.
"If I don't survive... I want to see my son alive one more time" - Vegito said.
Dende nodded and lifted his arms over the dragon balls. "Great Shenron! Arise!" - Dende shouted and from the balls a giant dragon spurred. The sky went dark and a green drake filled the sky. "Speak your wish mortals! You have one wish remaining!" - Shenron said in his booming voice.
"How come we only have one?" - Uub pondered.
"I guess it counted the one Aku made in the other dimension" - Hogosha theorized.
"Could you bring the one called Trunks back to life?" - Dende asked as respectfully as he could.
"That is well within my power. Your wish has been granted" - Shenron said just before he disappeared. The dragon balls glowed, then they shot off in seven different directions.
"Trunks!" - Vegito shouted and limped his way into the palace. Before he was there, Trunks had made his way outside.
"Dad? No..." - Trunks said in a confused manner.
"Our dad fused to save your life! They went back to Caruna, beat Aku and brought back the dragon balls" - Goten explained.
"So... You are Vegito..." - Trunks said realizing who was standing in front of him, as a response Vegito smiled.
"How come the power is affecting you negatively, when it helped Aku?" - Piccolo asked, disrupting the sentimental moment.
"Aku harnessed the power and let it become a part of him. But for some reason this energy does not like my body. When I absorbed it, I tried my hardest not to reject, so instead, it rejected me" - Vegeta explained.
"Now... I need to get off this planet" - Vegito said.
"What? Why?" - Uub asked surprised.
"For now the energy is preoccupied. But soon it will be free. After that it will destroy me and be released onto the world. If I am on some distant planet it will take a while before it hurts anyone" - Vegito said and placed his fingers on his forehead. He waved, then disappeared in a flash.
He appeared on a hilly planet mostly covered in lush green grass. There were no chirps of birds in the air and no wind, it was completely silent. "Argh! What are you doing here!" - the elder kai cried, noticing Vegito in front of him. During the fight with Majin Buu the supreme kai's planet had been mostly destroyed, but after lots of effort and work, it was finally repaired. The elder kai had been staring into a crystal ball, while Kibito Kai was reading a book.
"Vegito? What are you doing here?" - Kibito kai asked.
"You said you were going to 'some distant planet'! Not ours!" - the elder kai nearly screamed.
"Sorry. It was the only place I could think of" - Vegito said apologizing.
"Plus. I thought you may know of some way to fight this power?" - Vegito asked hopefully.
"Afraid not. We never busied ourselves much with the dragon powers. We figured the namekians had it under control" - Kibito Kai said.
"Oh well. Hopefully, since it is only a fraction of the dragon powers, it will only affect this corner of the galaxy" - Vegito said as he shrugged.
"Well... I suppose it could happen. But even then..." - Kibito kai began, but when Vegito fell unconscious to the floor, he stopped.
"What is happening?" - Kibito kai asked desperately.
"Looks like Goku and Vegeta couldn't hold up any longer" - the elder kai said and walked to Vegito.
"There is not much we can do now. It will not take long before Vegito will be all gone" - the elder spoke in a wise voice.
Authors note:
I think the plot in this episode was a bit thin, but I couldn't think of any way to progress with the story.
Anyways, next couple of week is exams for me, so I am going to be a bit busy. Luckily I was smart and have already written the next chapter, so there will be no delay.