A.N.: I hope I still have some readers. Don't worry Ranma isn't dead and he will fight Vegeta alongside Goku.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Emphasis

"SCREAMING VERY LOUD!"

Dragonball 1/2

Chapter 4: Goku Arrives

"I-I'll g-get you f-for tou-ching Ak-k-kane," Ranma still got up and limped towards Vegeta.

"You just don't learn do you?" Vegeta asked rhetorically. Vegeta moved his hands back. "For your persistant bravery or overall stupidity, I shall show you a technique that not many see and live to tell the tale." He gathered energy in his hands. "Galick Gun!" He fired purple ki at Ranma, making him fly half a mile away. "Hmph. That'll teach you. Huh?" Vegeta saw Ranma slowly getting up from the hit. "Oh just die already." He fired a small ki blast at Ranma and he didn't get back up.

"Ranma!" Akane shouted weakly.

"You want to join him? Allow me!" Vegeta prepared another Galick Gun. "Galick Gun!"

"Kamehameha!" Another beam crossed the Galick Gun's path and deflects it.

"What?!" Vegeta yelled.

When the dust cleared, Goku stood in front of Akane with his hands forward, as if he just performed a Kamehameha Wave.

"Kakarot? You finally decided to show up?" Asked Vegeta. Goku walked over to Gohan and gave him a sensu bean.

"Where's Piccolo?" He asked. Gohan responded with a sad look on his face. Goku headed back to Akane. "Where's Ranma at?" He threw her a sensu bean and she caught it and pointed to where Ranma went. "Eat it. It'll make you feel better." Goku seemingly disappeared and reppeared next to Ranma in less than a second. Goku put the sensu bean into Ranma's mouth and told him to chew it and swallow it. He disappeared and reappeared next to Krillin now. "Here." Goku threw him a sensu bean.

"You take it. You'll need it more than me," said Krillin. He threw the sensu bean back. Goku broke it in half and threw one half to Krillin. Goku turned to Vegeta.

/*****/

'He's so much faster than the others. And he keeps healing them or something!' Vegeta growled.

/*****/

"Hey! Are you ready to fight or are you gonna keep walking to your friends?!" Vegeta shouted, annoyed.

"I'm ready but not here! I know a better place to fight!" Goku took to the air as Ranma returned. Vegeta followed.

"Hey Ranma!" Ranma turned to Krillin. "Take this and go with Goku. I think he'll need your help." Ranma caught the half of the sensu bean and followed Goku and Vegeta.

/*****/ Five minutes later

"How far away are we going?!" Vegeta restlessly shouted.

'Good. Out here, no innocent people will be hurt,' Goku thought as he stopped at a rocky desert. He landed and Vegeta and Ranma followed. "Ranma? Why did you come? You should be with the others."

"And let this guy get away with pummeling me?! No way!" Ranma questioned.

"He's not getting away with anything. I'll make sure of that," Goku stated.

"Yeah right. I may not have known you very well but ever since our fight with that Raditz guy I was able to tell you were softhearted," Ranma stated. 'Even though you were dead.'

"And I was always able to tell that you were stubborn," Goku countered with a smile.

"And I'm able to tell that I'm getting tired of waiting! Let's do this already!" Vegeta complained.

Ranma and Goku got into fighting stances. "Hey. Did you have a tail during our fight with Raditz?" Goku asked Ranma.

"Yeah, uh. I'll explain later," Ranma avoided the subject.

Vegeta charged at Goku, who placed his hands on Vegeta's fist just in time to flip over him and elbow him in the back. Ranma then performed a slide kick and punched him in the gut along the way. Vegeta turned around and caught Ranma while he was sliding away and twisted his arm. "Aaaaah!" Vegeta then, thrust his arm down to break Ranma's arm, but Goku caught the arm and punched Vegeta in the face and kicked him in the stomach.

Vegeta was forced to let go of Ranma and take a step back. He then readied a Galick Gun at the two fighters. Ranma and Goku readied their own ki beams(Kamehameha Waves). "Ka-Me-Ha-Me-" Ranma and Goku chant.

Vegeta then shouted "Galick Gun!" The beam was fired at the fighters and Goku disappeared.

"Ha!" They both finish. Ranma hit the Galick Gun head on but Goku hit Vegeta from behind.

"Kaio-Ken!" Goku then glowed red and sped over to Vegeta while he was regaining his balance. Vegeta quickly blocked the attacks and finished with a counter, which was a kick to the stomach.

Goku was forced back. The red glow faded. 'Well that didn't work. He must've been toying with us before. I nearly doubled my speed and power yet I wasn't able to hit him even though I hit him with my normal power before,' Goku thought.

Ranma then performed a roundhouse kick to Vegeta's head, but Vegeta disappeared before the kick connected and he reappeared behind Ranma. Then, he punched Ranma in the back with full force. Ranma went flying into Goku, who caught him and placed him back on the ground. "This guy's something else," Ranma stated.

"I have an idea, but it's a long-shot," Ranma said.

"Okay," Goku replied and Ranma explained his plan. "Okay, got it!" Goku stated.

Goku and Ranma then moved to opposite sides of Vegeta. "You think you can divide and conquer? Doesn't it work the other way around?" Vegeta taunted.

Ranma then charged at Vegeta and right as Vegeta was about to counter, Ranma disappeared and Goku hit him from behind. Ranma then reappeared from the side and gave Vegeta a flying kick.

Ranma then grabbed Vegeta's head with his feet and flipped backwards, slamming Vegeta into the ground. Then, Ranma placed his feet on Vegeta's back and lifted off of him, performing another one-handed Kamehameha Wave without chanting. After if hit, Goku then kicked Vegeta into the air and Ranma performed a series of attacks from different directions, just like he did to Nappa a couple of times. He finished with a downward slam and Goku caught his back with his fist and Ranma slammed his feet down onto Vegeta while he was still on Goku's fist.

Goku then moved out from under Vegeta and moved away. Ranma moved to the other side of Vegeta again. They waited a minute and Vegeta quickly got up. "You'll pay for that boy!" Vegeta screamed as he charged Ranma and slammed his elbow into him full force and pinned him to the cliff behind him. Vegeta then turned Ranma around and repeatedly punched his stomach. Goku then charged Vegeta, but Vegeta pulled his arm farther back to elbow Goku in the face and continued punching Ranma.

After a minute, Vegeta turned back to Goku. "Now it's just us. I'm pretty sure I broke the kid's back so he won't be helping you anymore," stated Vegeta.

Goku readied his Kamehameha Wave. "Kaio-Ken X2!" He glowed red. "Ka-Me-Ha-Me-" he chanted. Vegeta just crossed his arms, waiting for the attack so he can make Goku look worse by dodging when his powers increased even more than before. But Vegeta found himself unable to move as fast as before.

"What the-" Vegeta looked down and saw Ranma holding his leg. "Let go!"

"Ha!" Goku finished and hit Vegeta head on.

After a second, Ranma flew out of the dustcloud, having been kicked by Vegeta, and flew into another cliff, destroying it. Vegeta flew out of the dust and punched Goku straight in the gut. And he finished with a powerful roundhouse kick to the head. "How dare you draw blood from a saiyan elite! Let alone the prince of all saiyans!"

Vegeta was then hit straight into the cliff that he had Ranma pinned to. Then he was turned around, and repeatedly punched. Now Vegeta was having done to him, what he did to Ranma. But this time it was finished with a powerful Kamehameha Wave aimed upward at his spine. Vegeta flew through the cliff and into the air. Then, his assailant started playing human volleyball with his body in mid air. When it was finished, it was finished with a downward slam into the ground.

"Who dares harm the prince of all saiyans?!" Vegeta demanded when he got up. The dust around Vegeta cleared, and he saw a certain red, sleeveless shirt wearing pig-tailed boy floating where he was with a smirk on his face.

"You?! But I broke your spine! Impossible! How did you recover so quickly?!" Vegeta demanded.

"I had a little snack," Ranma said just loud enough for Vegeta to hear. He then thought back to when he was kicked out of the dustcloud after helping Goku land his Kamehameha Wave. He had eaten his half sensu bean after hitting the cliff that had been destroyed on impact. "What's the matter? Scared now? We have plenty of those healing snacks left!" He lied.

'He must be stronger now, since saiyans get stronger every time they recover from a serious injury. If they really can heal many times, then I have no chance against these two low-class saiyans! How humiliating!' Thought Vegeta.

"Oh, and goodbye," Ranma gave farewell.

"Huh?" Vegeta turned just in time to see Goku's fist collide with his face. He then stumbled backwards, trying to regain his balance since receiving that punch after the pummeling Ranma had given him. Goku then performed a roundhouse kick to Vegeta's side, sending him in Ranma's direction. Ranma dropped to the ground and landed on Vegeta with one foot in his stomach. Ranma and Goku then regrouped and after a few moments, Vegeta began to rise. "You pathetic low-class scum DARE to harm ME?!" Vegeta shouted. Vegeta then gained a thoughtful look on his face and raised into the air and began to look around.

"What's he doing?" Asked Ranma.

"I don't know but be on your guard. I don't like this," Goku replied.

After a few moments, Vegeta returned to the ground. "You thought you could out-smart me by destroying your moon? Ha! The greatest of saiyans don't need an actual moon!" Vegeta bragged.

"The moon?" Ranma and Goku look into the sky.

"Watch as I use an artificial moon to destroy you!" Vegeta shouted.

"Oh no!" Goku realized what was going on after a few minutes thought. He looked at Ranma and sees his tail. 'Will Ranma lose control?'

"I shall use an artificial moon to become a Great Ape! A saiyans most powerful form!" Vegeta shouted. "And since you don't have a tail anymore Kakarot, you won't be doing the same thing!"

"Did you forget about me? I still have a tail," stated Ranma.

"By the way, why do you still have that tail? You trained at Kami's didn't you? Why didn't he permanently cut if off?" Asked Goku.

"I don't know," Ranma replied.

"I was counting on your inexperience," Vegeta replied.

Then, a ball of ki rose from Vegeta's hand. And both he and Ranma looked at it, beginning to grow bigger. Vegeta's armor expanded to fit him, but Ranma's clothes didn't do the same. Instead, they ripped. Ranma immediately pounded his chest and roared when he finished his transformation. "This is the end for you!" Vegeta shouted after his transformation was complete.

"Oh no!" Goku shouted.

A.N.: You probably already noticed but I left out Vegeta's little speech about how the transformation works and Goku's little conversation with himself when seeing and hearing about the Great Ape and the moon. So if you wanted to read those parts, sorry. Gotta move on.