Sorry for the cliffhanger. It just kind of happened. Well to make up for it here's a longer chapter. Sorry again. Read and Review if you have some time. I hope you like this chapter. It's pretty...well...just go read. Thanks for keeping up with this and putting up with me. I appreciate it.

Goten had closed his eyes for what he thought to be the last time. There was just no way he could move away fast enough to evade that blast. And he wasn't strong enough to deflect it. This was it. He thought about all the things he wouldn't get to do because of this. He was angry. He didn't want to be, but he was.

But he heard Veala shout out a "no." and that hurt him the most of all. He was going to die without having told her he loves her. He was leaving before they could really be a couple. He was leaving her because he wasn't strong enough. She would have to live without him. He got so angry at the thought. What would he do in the opposite situation? He couldn't live without her. He'd do what he needed to and then he'd kill himself if she was the one to die. He felt his anger levels rise and he knew what was coming. He'd only felt this once before, when those boys had been bad talking his girl. He had been interrupted then, but not this time.

His adrenaline levels had been skyrocketing and in the fifteen seconds it took for the blast to get to him his subconscious made a decision. He was not going to die. Not like this. He needed to be there for Veala. He didn't care about anything else.

He was so angry at the prospect that he was about to die and leave her that the blue energy crackled around him and his hair turned blonde right as the blast hit his chest. But it barely even scratched him. It disintegrated the second he transformed. His hair was golden and spiked up. His eyes opened to reveal teal instead of black.

"W-What just…It's not possible!" Yamcha Jr. was looking in shock at Goten.

Goten felt the energy spread through him and let out a breath. The looks on the faces around him were priceless. Particularly his girlfriend. She was wide eyed and her mouth was open slightly in shock.

"G-Goten?" she whispered. He was at her side in an instant.

"I'm good Vey." He said quietly and smiled at her. She hesitantly reached out and put a hand on his cheek. He made sure he kept one eye on Yamcha Jr. at all times, but couldn't help his heart beating faster at her touch. Trunks slowly came out of his haze and shook his head

"So you're like….ten times stronger than I thought you were."

"This isn't possible! There's no way that a weakling like you can be super! And it couldn't have happened that quickly! I've done my research and I know it takes years of training and willpower to master it!"

"Yeah, that or you just threatened his mate. That has been known to trigger it. Especially if the bond is as strong as this one between Veala and Goten is. There was no way his body and mind would let him leave her. It simply isn't the way it's done." King Briefs was smiling slightly at his granddaughter and her mate. He completely approved now.

"It doesn't matter! You still won't win!" Yamcha Jr. was livid now. He looked up and threw a blast into the air. He flew up just enough so he was above all of them and blasted the trees away from that side of the palace so there was no cover for them. He sounded like a five year old throwing a fit, because he wasn't getting what he wanted.

"That's the signal for his troops! We need to get out of here!" Zale's voice sounded panicked and that's when they all knew they were in trouble. They immediately heard marching sounds coming from all around them.

"There is no escaping now!" Yamcha Jr. laughed a maniacal laugh and put his hand into a fist.

"You're all going to die here!"

Veala and Trunks both cursed at the same time.

"Vey, I'm going to have to go super if we have any chance of holding them off at all. Grab Amy, Jewls and the guys and get the hell out of here. Goten and I will hold them off. Take Grandpa with you." Trunks had already taken his jacket off and was in full prince 'I'm-in-charge' mode.

"No let me stay and help you!" Veala tried to get him to listen, but Goten shook his head

"Not a chance. Just get Amy and your grandpa and everyone else away safely. Please?" he asked her calmly but firmly.

She was shaking slightly in both fear and anger. The marching was getting closer. She nodded and, after a moment of thought, jumped up and kissed Goten briefly and then shouted orders to the others.

"Ren! Zale! Go get Jewls and Amy and we'll catch up with you!" she watched as they both nodded and ran to do as they were told.

Trunks had his eyes on Yamcha Jr. the entire time. And he was looking right back, a smirk etched into his face.

"You're not going to win this, prince of Vegeta-sai. You're going to lose like your pathetic father and mother will when they get back here."

That comment was all Trunks needed to get angry enough to transform. In seconds he was full super Saiyan. His purple hair now a golden blonde and spiking up, and his eyes a powerful blue.

"Go Veala. Take…" he didn't finish his sentence before Yamcha Jr. was shooting at him.

"Trunks!" Veala cried out as he dodged a few hits

"Just go!" he yelled to her. Goten jumped to the other side of the enemy and the two boys got to work trying to hold him off.

Veala ran over to her grandpa and they both took off running towards the others.

"They'll be okay, Vey." Her grandfather was trying to help her feel better, but he wasn't really. She just nodded and used all her willpower not to look back.

They reached the others and Amy was immediately at her side

"Veala! Where's Trunks?"

"F-fighting…with Goten." She said and looked around at her resources. Ren and Zale were good fighters. Jewls was as well. Amy was smart and so was she. Obi and Delvi weren't anywhere to be seen and she desperately hoped they were alright.

"What are we doing standing here?" Amy asked in frustration.

"Listen, Trunks sent me away. It's a good idea to trust and listen to him sometimes…" Veala gave her a look that said not to interrupt her and she continued

"But this time I think he's wrong. That army is coming and those two are going to need our help."

Amy nodded with a fierce look in her eyes. Jewls and Ren both smirked at each other like they were excited about being able to fight. Zale looked sick to his stomach but didn't say anything about it.

"Veala, you're in charge here." Her grandfather's voice was quiet. "You call the shots and we'll follow you."

Veala looked at him and nodded.

"We're going to sneak around the back and start fighting our way to the front. They won't expect it because Trunks and Goten will be fighting them at the front of the lines. Let's spread out but stay in groups of two. Ren and Jewls head to the east of the army. Amy you and I will take the south. Grandpa and Zale you two will go west. Any questions, suggestions, or comments?"

She looked around and it was silent for a moment.

"What do we do if we start to lose? Or someone gets injured?" Amy asks quietly.

"If the injury is bad enough get the hell out of there. Take care of each other. Watch each other's backs. We're not going to lose." She was firm and curt

"Anyone bows out or decides to quit in the middle of a fight and bails I will personally find them and kill them." She said and glared at all of them, mostly Zale.

They all nodded to her and she took a deep breath.

"Then let's get going. Amy, let's go."

Veala turned around and started walking to where she was going to start ripping soldiers apart. She was so angry right now she didn't know how she was still walking in a calm manner. Amy followed behind her and though she was quiet Veala could tell she was determined and ready to kick some ass. No one touched their men.

Veala and Amy made it to their stations and as soon as they saw the enemies they jumped in to the fight. They started blasting through them and injuring others with one hit blows. It took almost three rows of soldiers before they realized that they were under attack from the other side.

"Veala!" Amy called out to her in a panic

"I see them! Just keep fighting!" she yelled back over and punched a guy in the stomach, using her energy so she put a hole right through him.

Amy continued to blast the enemy's heads right off and sometimes she blasted the rest of them so she didn't have to worry about them still being alive.

They were too busy fighting to notice the time passing. It had been almost three hours since they'd first arrived to their meeting spot. They just kept fighting. They couldn't see Trunks and Goten yet and they were getting worried.

Vegeta was restless. He could see his home planet from where they were and he wanted nothing else but to be there helping to end this battle. Nothing would please him more than to put a hand through the chest of Yamcha Jr. and rip his heart out. He felt his hands clench and unclench in his frustration and he almost jumped when Bulma wrapped her hands around him from behind

"Calm down." She said softly but firmly

"I'm fine."

"Uh huh."

They stayed like that for a few minutes before Vegeta got out of her arms and walked to the control panel.

"Vegeta..." Bulma tried once to get him to talk to her but ended up sighing and walking away. She found herself in the hallway next to her room and sitting on the floor outside his room was Tarble. He was playing with his armor and looked very nervous.

"Tarble?" she asked him gently as she approached him.

He quickly scrambled up and bowed to her

"B-Bulma! Hello…"

"Hey calm down. I'm just making sure you're alright." She smiled at him with a light chuckle.

"I'm fine. Just nervous…I mean about what happens after this is all over." He got very quiet suddenly and looked down sadly.

"You mean you are worried that Vegeta will kick you off the planet again?" she asks as she sits down next to where he had previously been sitting. She nods next to her and he takes the hint and sits next to her with a sigh.

"Yeah." He says somberly.

"Well don't worry about it." she says and pats him on the back a little.

"I'm not going to let him do that to you. Especially not after how much help you've been. I mean saving Veala and fighting with us. You're a part of the family now Tarble. I'm not letting Vegeta do anything with you unless I approve. And I can be very…persuasive with him when I need to be." She smirked a little and laughed as Tarble blushed

"W-Well th-than-nk y-you.." he cleared his throat and tried again

"Thank you." He smiled at her and she smiled back.

"We'll be home soon, okay? After this fight when everything is back to normal we'll see where you fit into our little family and it'll be amazing."

She seemed so sure of it all so Tarble couldn't help feeling a lot better. They sat in the hallway talking for another few minutes before the alarms signaling they were about to land went off.

"Show time." Bulma muttered under her breath and she shot up and flew to where Vegeta was waiting for her. She started flying next to him and they landed in the bay where they were going to exit. They weren't stupid. Even landing that far away from the castle there would still be soldiers and enemies so some were going to jump out of it early and the others would take care of the rest of the ship and catch up with them later.

Bulma, Vegeta, Goku, and a few others were jumping right as they got over the castle. They would end up further away than they'd like, but they'd get there faster than if they waited until they were miles away.

Tarble was to stay behind and get everything else going. Bulma had been the one to suggest and get that approved. Vegeta had needed a lot of persuading and she delivered all that and then some, as a reward.

As they neared the ground Bulma vaguely heard what Vegeta was telling the others to do. She was far too focused on getting to her kids to actually listen.

Vegeta grabbed her hand and she was pulled back into the situation at hand.

"The door will open and we're jumping together okay? Don't let go of my hand or you'll end up lost and injured again and I don't really want to look for you again, woman." He was smirking but she knew he really did care. He just hated to show it.

"Yes sir." She mocked and almost mock saluted but didn't because of the look he gave her. She giggled a little and when the doors opened she pulled him to the front. They were directly over the castle and she saw a fight going on. She felt three very high power levels going at it and frowned.

"Let's go." Bulma muttered and Vegeta tugged her hand so she'd follow him as they jumped and powered up to join the fight. She went Super Saiyan and he powered up only once. He didn't think he'd need Super Saiyan 2. They were on their way to kill enemies and re-conquer their home.

Trunks and Goten were fighting off Yamcha Jr. as best as they could. He had used most of the energy stolen from Trunks to power himself and as a result he was ten times stronger than they had ever thought was possible.

"Goten!"

"I got it!" he yelled as he went left and Trunks went right.

Yamcha Jr. chuckled and moved just in time for them to almost run into each other.

"You two are not very good at this. Strategy is just as important as strength you know." He was lecturing them like he knew so much better and the look in his eyes was one of pure hatred and malice.

"Shut up!" Goten shouted at him before shooting a KI blast right at his face. He simply extended a hand and extinguished it.

"Like I said. Not very good at this." He was smirking still and Goten hated that.

Trunks felt his parents power before he saw them and Yamcha Jr. seemed to as well. He visibly paled and for the first time since he'd arrived he looked scared.

Trunks knew that this meant he was losing. He didn't plan for them to be back so soon and that gave the young prince comfort. He smiled and took the opportunity to punch him in the side.

"Ah!" Yamcha Jr. cursed and glared at the boy.

"Looks like I'm going to have to kick it up a notch. Fine." He phased in and out and suddenly wasn't in front of the boys anymore. They looked around and then at each other and Goten sighed in frustration

"I don't sense him anymore." Goten mumbled.

"Me neither." Trunks said angrily

"Coward." They muttered together.

"Trunks!" it was Amy.

"Amy what are you doing here?" Trunks flew down and landed in front of her

"Goten!" There was Veala

"Veala you're not supposed to be over here either!" Goten flew over to her and lightly stepped to the ground by her.

Veala jumped up and shot a blast at a soldier behind Goten and he ducked down to avoid her hit.

Amy punched into a different enemy's chest and ripped his heart out, causing him to fall to the ground and not hit Trunks like he'd been planning.

"We're saving your sorry asses." Amy said with an innocent smile. Trunks' eyes were wide and his lips threatened a smile.

"Kami…you're wonderful." He was all goo-goo eyes for her and Veala and Goten both made a gagging sound.

"Oh shut up the both of you." Trunks shot them a look and they both laughed at him

"Don't get too comfortable you four." The voice made them spin around to find the source. Yamcha Jr. was back and he had a small device in his hands. He smirked and before the four young Saiyans could do anything he raced towards them and grabbed Amy and Veala.

"Hey! Veala!"

"Amy! No not again!"

Trunks flew up and attempted to hit him to free his girl and sister.

"Ah ah ah. Not so fast Trunks. You see I need more power to defeat your parents. This little device here in my hand will help me do exactly that." He smirked but before he could do anything, Veala kicked backwards and got him right in the balls. Amy bit his arm and they both grabbed an arm as he was distracted and pulled back as hard as they could. He howled in pain and then growled as he tossed them both and they went hurling towards the ground.

"Think again you freak!" Veala spat at him as she glared. He wasn't going to get her again. Never again.

"Fine. Then prince Trunks will have to do." He tossed the device and it hit Trunks right above his heart and he yelped in pain. It felt as if he was being electrocuted and he couldn't feel half his body anymore.

"Trunks!"

Trunks couldn't respond as the pain was now spreading all over his body.

"V-Veala! Y-You have t-to g-get it off!" he was screaming in pain as he went spiraling towards the ground. Goten, fortunately, was there and caught him with a grunt.

They watched as his hair went back to being purple as he descended.

Veala started to run at him but was being shot at from above by Yamcha Jr.

"NO! I will NOT have this interrupted again!" he flew right at her and went to grab her again but she was too fast for him and jumped at the last minute.

"Amy go help Trunks!" she yelled as she dodged him again.

"No!" he yelled and went for Amy. Goten was in his way as he tried; however, and Goten punched him in the face.

Amy quickly ran to Trunks and grabbed the thing attached to him and pulled it off easily. His body was still shaking and for a minute he just twitched. His eyes were closed and he groaned. He rolled over and put his face into her stomach

"No…I don't like that…please don't make me do it again." He was whimpering in pain and Amy knew he was half unconscious or he'd never let anyone hear him like that.

"Shh Trunks it'll be alright…We're going to get you help." She whispered and watched as Goten and Veala fought off Yamcha Jr.

Veala was doing almost as well as Goten without being a Super Saiyan. She'd pride herself on that later.

Yamcha Jr. flew up higher and Veala and Goten waited for him to make the next move. He touched his arm and they felt as the energy that had once been in Trunks entered into him. Their eyed widened as his strength went up once more.

"Crap baskets…" Goten managed to say.

"More like oh fuck my life." Veala muttered

"Watch your language young lady."

Veala turned to see her mother and father behind her.

"Dad! Mom!"

"Vegeta." Yamcha Jr. Growled and then glared at Bulma as well

"We meet again. So sorry to have kept you waiting." He says as he gets ready for another fight.

"Yeah. Sorry your stupid face didn't get more badly damaged the last time I tried to kill you. I won't make that mistake again. You're dead for sure this time." Vegeta growled out

"Oh please. I now have all the super Saiyan powers your son had possessed. I'm just as powerful as you are Vegeta. You can't win this!"

"Oh really? My son is a Super Saiyan and you think you can win by having taken the energy from him? Well I'm not even beginning to show you my power." The king grinned showing all his teeth and powered up to Super Saiyan 2.

Yamcha Jr. felt the power spike and his eyes widened.

"T-that can't…"

"Hold on Hun." Bulma interrupted him.

"You promised I got the first punch." She smirked and phased in behind him. He tried in vain to jump away from her punch to his sides. She felt and heard multiple ribs crack and chuckled as he yelled in pain.

"Who's going to win now?" she asked with a wicked grin.

Yamcha Jr. looked so mad he could burst and they could all tell he was scared now. Rightly so.

King Briefs was fighting with the young Zale where they were assigned to fight. He wasn't as young as he used to be, but he was still kicking ass.

He felt his daughter and son in law return and kept fighting.

"Quickly son! This way!" he yelled to Zale as they finished their round of enemies.

"What? Why?!" he asked but followed anyways.

They were so close to being where everyone else was. So of course something had to go wrong. They were immediately surrounded by guards and Zale fought them off as best as he could.

"Bulma!" The old King yelled as soon as he thought he was done fighting for a moment. She turned her head but was busy fighting herself. He could see she was trying to leave it to Vegeta to fight so she could go to him.

Zale was still fighting and tried to keep them all at bay, but there was one that almost caught him off guard. Before he could do anything the old King jumped in front of the soldier to block the hit.

"Ack!" he heard the old King sputter out and turned too late to see him getting injured. Zale killed the soldier who had punched the old man so his ribs around his heart had shattered. But it was too late to do anything about those injuries. He was quickly by his side.

"Hold on old man! You're not allowed to die on me because then I'll get in more trouble with your granddaughter than I'm already in and she'll kill me! Especially not after you just saved me!"

King Briefs managed a weak chuckle but his breathing was getting more and more shallow.

"DAD!" it was the queen's voice. Zale moved aside quickly to let her through.

"Bulma?" he said quietly and he smiled even though he couldn't see her very well. All the energy had left his body. He could see a white light and the pain was leaving. But he couldn't leave quite yet.

"I'm going to be with your mother dear." He managed to say. He took her hand gently in his own and gripped it with the little strength he had left.

"No no no no! You mean mom's gone too? They can't take you both! Dad no come on stay with me I'm going to make you better!" he could hear her trembling voice and tried to open his eyes enough so he could see her properly one last time. She looked so sad. Couldn't she see that this would be best? That he would be happy again? He had helped all he could so he was useless now as it was.

"Bulma…I'm so…pr-proud of you…" he let out a few more breaths and Bulma watched as the life drained out of his face. He looked so peaceful and she felt all the energy and fighting spirit leave her as quickly as it had come.

"No. Please come back." she whispered as one single tear fell down her cheek. Both her parents were gone and she had never felt so bereft.