Sorry about not uploading last week. I was in the hospital for a few days, and it just slipped my mind. I'm fine, and nothing should get in the way of my final few uploads. I hope my hiatis didn't drive anyone away.

Meadow

We all looked on as the two warriors stared each other down, one with long, flowing golden hair, putting out a golden glow, and the other with purple hair of the same size and black fire billowing from his eyes, his body letting off hazy black-and-purple energy.

"Gotenks," Locke growled, his voice strained from his transformations. "Our final bout... starts now!" In the blink of an eye, their forearms collided, unleashing a shockwave that pushed all the superhumans back and knocked us normals off our feet. I quickly got back up, desperate to see the battle, but I found that it was almost impossible to follow their movements. All I could tell was that they were there, and moving very fast. Though from the lack of shockwaves, they'd yet to land another blow.

"Holy crap..." I breathed as I watched the fight. I'd never witnessed anything as amazing as this; even Locke's fight with Oreg paled in comparison. Locke and Oreg's fight was just them trading dominance, but these two seemed evenly matched, even from my untrained eyes. The awe faded, along with the despair of possibly losing the love of my life again. In its place came fierce adrenaline, like a fan would have at a Battleball game. I pumped my fist in the air and shouted, "Kick his ass, babe!"

Locke

I grinned as Meadow cheered. Gotenks's eyes narrowed in annoyance as he heard it. "Damn," he growled, only loud enough for me to hear. "Locke, we're friends again, so maybe now we can talk this out."

"Not too good at-" Gotenks landed a punch on my jaw. "-talking while fighting!" He took advantage of the distraction and unleashed a flurry of punches, striking my abdomen and head multiple times before I caught his arm and threw him back. "Goten, I'm sorry I took Meadow from you; I never meant to. It just happened, and we were both happy." Gotenks resumed his assault, but I managed to block his punches. "Until a week ago, I would have been okay to let you have her, if she'd take you. But things just didn't work out that way."

"Shut up!" he roared, throwing a much harder punch that pushed me back, despite my block.

"You're the one who wanted to talk about it!"

He took a second to recover his stamina, then got back into it. "Locke, Goten forgives you now, and he's glad that you and Meadow are so happy. He's just confused."

"About what?" I asked.

"Why she chose a guy she knew for a few weeks over her friend for almost a year!" He spun and sent a hard kick straight for my neck. I caught it, but with difficulty. "The way she was acting, we both thought she and Goten were meant to be. But when you came along, you shattered that illusion on your second day! Well, for Trunks at least. Goten was still ignorant." One of his eyes twitched; probably Goten's response to that last comment.

I sighed. "We both already agreed that I had more in common with her, Trunks." I grabbed his leg tighter and started spinning him around. "Now can we please stop talking and actually start fighting? You realize that 3 has a time limit."

"Alright, then." I threw him, but he stopped almost immediately and flipped forward, slamming his forehead into mine. It didn't seem to go as planned, as we both reeled back, holding our heads. He recovered first, though, and fired an energy blast at my stomach. Spittle flew from my mouth and I was thrown back, my feet carving two long trenches in the dirt.

I gripped my stomach and panted, feeling the effects of SSO3 beginning to show. Upon close examination, though, Gotenks was having the same issue. Almost in sync, we both shot up into the air, then changed directions and collided, fists on fists. We pushed against each other, neither really gaining the advantage, until Gotenks smirked and opened his mouth wide. A ball of yellow ki shot out and hit me right in the face, distracting me enough for Gotenks to win over and throw me back. I held my marked-up face as I floated backwards, glaring at Gotenks.

Almost simultaneously, we gave a pained grunt; our forms were costing too much energy. Seeing this, Gotenks lifted his hands into the air, beginning to charge a giant ball of fiery ki. I responded my charging my Reaper Cannon.

"Finish Buster!" he shouted, throwing the blast.

"Hyper Reaper Cannon!" I fired a much larger version of my attack, colliding with his. They pushed against each other, neither giving in. Finally, they both quaked, then exploded, throwing us both back.

We slammed into the ground, making large craters, and I lay still for a few seconds, catching my breath. When I floated out, Gotenks was as well. We made eye contact, and Gotenks smirked, releasing his transformation. Intrigued, I did the same.

He crossed his arms. "I can see how you beat Oreg now, Locke. You've grown since our last fight."

I smirked. "You haven't been slacking, either. I've never actually fought an even match before; I've always been either winning or losing by a large margin."

Gotenks held up one finger. "And this isn't even my full power." His smirk became darker. "Our dads aren't the only ones who have the power of Gods." His body exploded in blue light. His ki went higher than any I'd ever sensed, then vanished. The light faded, and revealed Gotenks, covered in a glowing blue shell. The shell broke away, and he stood in Super Saiyan Blue form. "What'cha think?" he asked mockingly. "The first Super Saiyan Blue fusion: Gotenks Blue!"

I clapped, smiling brightly. "Great job guys! You may have the advantage now!" He grinned triumphantly, but my own became a smirk reminiscient of the one he'd worn seconds before and I moved one of my hands to my hip. "But on the other hand, you're still just two monkeys who have no idea what they're up against." My ki turned white and exploded, enveloping me.

Gotenks

"Wh-what?!" I had to cover my eyes as his ki exploded with white light. It slowly faded, and I saw him now covered in a glowing white shell, similarly to how I had just been. Almost luminescent white clouds had moved in while I was blinded, and snow was beginning to fall.

The shell started to break away, revealing his slimmer form, spiked-up white hair, and pupilless white irises. "This is how I beat Oreg," he announced. "My own form, utilizing the ki of the Gods: Super Saiyan White!" He raised his fist into the air and unleashed a shockwave as a demonstration.

I gritted my teeth; I'd thought I was first God of our generation. It was a little upsetting that Locke had beaten me to that as well. "Why are you always a step ahead of us?" I growled. "Agh, never mind! Just finish transforming and let's get back to this."

"Actually, I am done." I looked at him questioningly. "This form and my Noire and Darkness Forms don't agree. I tried it, but it put too much strain on my body. Blood dripped from my eyes like tears."

I cringed at the image. "So we're both relying solely on our God forms, then. I guess I have the advantage now!" I shot forward, hoping to catch him off guard. He seemed surprised, as I'd planned, but when my punch would have made contact, it passed right through him. "Oh, god, no!" The afterimage faded and I felt a heavy force smack my head downwards.

Locke

I backpedaled while Gotenks recovered, then fired a barrage of small blasts from my hand. Every one met their mark and kicked up a dust cloud that fully enveloped him. I waited for the dust to clear before atacking again, but before it did, a Kamehameha blasted out of the cloud. I tried to dodge, but it struck my left shoulder, not injuring it too badly but sending me spinning like a top. I dizzily wobbled when I stopped, my vision still spinning.

While I was distracted, Gotenks took advantage of it to attack. "Die Die Missile Barrage!" I couldn't even act; every one of the blue missiles struck me, and I was knocked off my feet. Luckly, the attack brought me back to my senses and I immediately leapt back to my feet, just in time to catch his next punch. A shockwave blew from our hands, tearing up the ground beneath us and throwing the slowly-piling snow into the air. Gotenks immediately started a flurry of attacks, and I countered with my own.

Fist-on-fist, forearm-on-forearm, shin-on-shin; our clash continued for a while, each of us sneaking in a direct hit every now and then. Blood dripped down the right side of my face from one of his, and Gotenks's left eye was squeezed shut from one of mine.

Finally we broke apart, and, to my surprise, Gotenks shot straight up into the air. I followed close behind, firing blasts after him. He dodged every single one and kept going straight up. The air started to thin, when he suddenly changed directions. I struggled to cope with the sharp turn, but continued my chase.

"Where the hell are you going?" I demanded. He either didn't hear me or just plain ignored me.

After a few seconds, he changed directions again, once again going straight up. By now, we were almost on the opposite side of the planet, where it was night time. My clouds had followed us, covering the stars, but the darkness still betrayed the time of day.

We shot through the clouds, and I took a deep breath as we shot through the atmosphere into space.

We came to a crashing hault on the moon and immediately resumed our fight. This time, though, neither of us could land a hit, us both deflecting every attack sent our way. I threw a punch, he pushed it aside and tried to counter with an upward kick that I dodged. It continued on for maybe ten seconds, then I ducked behind him, leaving behind an afterimage, and went for a punch square on the nape of his neck. But before I could, he spun around and slammed his shin into my side. My body became visible again and blood sprayed from my mouth, along with all the air I'd been trying to hold it. Suddenly suffocating, I back towards the Earth, followed by Gotenks.

We both crashed down back on our original battleground, gasping for air. "How... did you... counter?" I panted.

He grinned. "I fired an invisible eyebeam, probably right when you left that afterimage. You didn't explode, so I realized what you were doing."

"Just my luck." I straightened up. "But it looks like we're still evenly matched in our God forms. Someone's gonna need to change strategy, or this'll just become a test of stamina."

Gotenks smirked and closed his eyes. "Actually, I do have one other trick up my sleeve." I subtly panicked, as I was already giving it my all. He clenched his teeth and got into his charging stance, his sparkling blue aura flaring up around him. "Super Saiyan Blue is pretty much just Super Saiyan while using the power of Super Saiyan God. So I figured that it probably had other levels." My eyes widened when I realized what he was insinuating. "Aaaaaaaah!" I couldn't sense his power, but I did feel gravity increase many times over. He bent over, his hair growing out behind him in a familiar fashion. He reared up and gave a might roar, unleashing a blinding flash.

When the light cleared, I was staring at what was probably the world's first Super Saiyan Blue 3. Gotenks smirked. "What about you? Anything you've been hiding?"

I took a step back, scared for my life. "Considering this is only my second time using Super Saiyan White, I never even thought about it."

Gotenks nodded. "I expected as much. Now, I think it's time I ended this." Then he disappeared. I was about to look around, but suddenly he reappeared right in front of me, unleashing a flurry of melee attacks of all kinds. I was rendered completely helpless, his movements too fast to counter or dodge.

When I was thoroughly beaten, he leapt back and crossed his arms in front of him. "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!" Five white blobs blew out of his mouth like chewing gum, taking the form of ghostly Gotenks. They all flew at me, but when I tried to knock away the first one, it exploded, followed by the others. Before I could even act in response, Gotenks was in the air, firing another Die Die Missile Barrage down onto me. I could no longer hold it in and screamed in agony.

The missiles finally stopped, but by then I was laying in a crater, too beaten to move. The dust cleared, and I saw Gotenks still in the air, charging a colossal Finish Buster above him with one hand.

I forced a smile. "Go ahead, guys. Secure your victory."

"Are you abolutely sure?" he asked one final time.

"I am. Just let me do something first." With some difficulty, I reached up and pressed the button on my earpiece. "Meadow?"

"Locke!" came the choked response. "Locke, you have something prepared, right?"

"No," I sighed. "I'm all out of options."

"What about your Darkness Form?!"

"I don't think I can. Last time, I was too angry to care about the consequences; it probably won't happen while I'm in my right state of mind."

"B-but you can't just die!"

I closed my eyes, feeling the heat of the Finish Buster, even though it hadn't been thrown yet. "It sucks, yeah, but I already told you why it has to be this way."

"Locke, please... you... I-I..."

Assuming she was going to say "I love you", I started to do the same. "I love you, too-"

"I'm pregnant!"

Silence fell over the entire area and Gotenks's blast faded away.

"... C-come again?"

"Locke, I took the test this morning. We beat the odds, somehow."

Meadow

Flashback

I slowly walked out of the bathroom, holding the pregnancy test. Mom and Dad were still arguing, but stopped when they saw me.

"Meadow, tell your father- what's that?" From her face, it was clear that she already knew; she just wanted to be wrong.

I sat down between them on the couch and handed Dad the test. "Is this...?" He trailed off as he read it. "Meadow, please tell me this is a joke?"

I shook my head. "I'm sorry, Dad. I'm... I'm pregnant."

Mom looked at me with pleading eyes. "Honey, please tell me that it isn't that Android's!"

I glared at her. "Stop calling him that," I snapped. "And yes, it is."

She snatched the test from Dad and scrutinized it. "These things can be wrong, right?"

I shook my head. "Not since Capsule Corp. started making them. Besides, Gero's notes listed signs that would appear in the first few days, and I had them all."

She shook her head, clearly angry. "Well, I won't stand for this! Meadow, we're taking you out right now and getting rid of this... parasyte!"

"You can't," Dad informed her. I was about to thank him, but he continued. "Not until the baby's formed a little."

"There are other-"

"No!" I shouted, startling them both. "We can't because I won't do it!" They stared at me, shocked. "This is my baby, too, you know! I'm going to have it, and I'm going to raise it!"

Mom narrowed her eyes. "If you think we'll support this-!"

I cut her off again. "You don't need to; Locke's family will if you won't. His mom had him when she was fourteen, so she'd be a hypocrite if she didn't, and his grandparents are the third richest people in the world. We'll be fine, with or without you two." They both looked even more shocked, but hurt as well.

Dad put his hand on mine. "I'm sorry, sweetheart; I was just panicking. I'd never imagine making you do something so extreme."

"Are you two crazy?" Mom snapped. "Ben, our daughter has an Android growing inside her!"

"So did you," Dad pointed out. "And you refuse to accept that he was a monster. Why are you so against Locke and your own grandchild?"

Mom ground her teeth, then stood and stormed towards the door. "Fine! But if this freak kills you while you're giving birth, don't expect me to be a forgiving grandma!" She slammed the door behind her.

I looked up at Dad, my eyes beginning to tear up. "You're really okay with this?"

"Meadow, I've always said that Locke was a good kid. I'm sure you and him will make great parents. I'll admit, I'm dissapointed that you were so careless, but what's done is done. We may as well make the most of it."

I hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Daddy."

Flashback End

Locke

I forced my head to turn to where everyone was watching. It was far away, but I could just barely make out who was who. "Then..."

"You're going to be a daddy. So you can't die!"

I stared with shock. A small smile found its way onto my lips, and I was about to say something, but Gotenks cut me off with an angry shout. "You bastard!" My head whipped back up to my opponent, his Finish Buster reforming and doubling in size. "What the hell were you thinking?!" He hurled the flaming ball down at me. "Ultimate Finish Buster!"

I forced myself to my feet, but felt my SSW form begin to faulter. "N-no! I... I-I...!"

Meadow

"Locke!" I screamed as the blast came down on him. I dropped to my knees, sobbing. My hand came to my belly, where everyone now knew his baby was located.

I felt a hand fall on my shoulder. I expected condolences, but instead came the last thing I expected. "This isn't over just yet," Goku informed me.

I looked back up, and to my shock, the ball of fire was rising back into the air.

Gotenks

I grunted in shock as my attack started rising back into the air, pushed back by Locke. I could see that his transformation was still flickering, but he somehow managed to hold my attack back. He pushed it upwards, then let go and brought his leg up, kicking it and sending it flying at me. I dodged, letting the attack fly into the air before it exploded. Locke stood in the crater, bloody and panting, but still alive.

I ground my teeth. "What the hell were you thinking?" I roared. "She's still a kid; you both are! You're too young to have a baby!"

He clutched his chest, his breath becoming heavier. "I know. We shouldn't have done it, but it's too late to regret it now; it won't do any good." He raised his head to look at me, and the first thing I noticed was the red lines forming on his eyelids. "Sorry, Gotenks, but I can't afford to die anymore."

I dropped to the ground and walked towards him, every step cracking the ground. "And why's that?" I asked.

He looked me right in the eyes, and the red lines turned into dribbles of blood flowing down his cheeks. I knew what he was intending. "Goten, we both know what it's like to grow up without our dad. It sucks. There's no way I'm going to make my kid go through that; no way in hell."

I wound my fist back and punched his face, knocking him down. "And how the hell do you plan on making sure of that?"

"Either I convince you not to kill me..." He struggled to his feet, and raised his white eyes to meet my blue. "... or I win." The flow of blood increased, and his sclerae started to darken.

"How are you going to?" I asked. "I thought you said you couldn't do that on command."

He shook his head slowly. "I can't; it causes too much strain. But..." Small wisps of flame started to appear. "... just the thought of my son or daughter growing up without their dad..."

I gritted my teeth and punched him twice, knocking him down again, but finding a bit more resistance. "No need to worry about that. Once you're dead, she'll go running back to Goten. I'm sure he'll be ten times the dad you'd have been."

A sharp snarl ripped from his throat as he got up again. "If you think she'll let either of you anywhere near that kid after you've killed their father, then you need to check your facts."

"I'll figure it out. Either way, they'll be better off without you!" I threw one final punch, with enough power to knock his head right off his shoulders, but faster than my eyes could follow, his hand was in the way, holding my fist in a death-grip.

Black and white flames appeared around him, then flames of an even darker black erupted from his eyes, white pinpricks piercing through. "No." The single word shook me to my core. "I can't afford to die anymore. Not when my family needs me now more than ever." His aura flared up, tearing up the ground beneath us, and would have blown me away were it not for Locke's hold on my fist. The snow around us was quickly picking up into a full-blown blizzard, covering us both in a thin layer of frost. His teeth clenched with enough force that they cracked and he gave a mighty roar, throwing a punch. It connected with my forehead, shattering the frost and snapping my entire head back. My vision filled with bright spots, and I felt him let me go, letting me fall to the ground. But before I landed, I turned and caught myself, vaulting away and turning back to face him.

We both blasted into the air, then collided, trading blows just like before. Only this time, instead of every attack failing, every single one met its mark.

Locke

Defense was the last thing on either of our minds. All we could think of was how quickly we could kill the other. This battle had officially become a test of endurance, as our power had finally re-synced. We were evenly matched once again. Not one square inch of our bodies was spared from our assaults. I felt everything be hit with the force of twelve megatons each strike, but I managed to dish out just as much. The blood pouring from my eyes was now joined with the blood each of us was spewing from countless lacerations. Almost every inch of our skin was bruised, torn, or both.

One final kick from me sent Gotenks flying, but he recovered and took off into the sky. I followed close behind.

He stopped, but this time still inside the atmosphere, and whipped his hands around in front of him in various quick motions, then snapped into the Kamehameha position. I caught on and backed away as far as I could while still being able to see him, then put my hands out in front of me. Orange flames collected in his hands, while black and white energy ran down my arms to fill mine. I glanced downwards, seeing the clouds across the world moving at an insane rate from the wind our fight was generating, and my snow was being spread across the planet as a result.

"Burning...!" His attack was generating a bright light, signalling it's impending blast. "Kamehameha!" He thrust his hands out, firing the flaming Super Kamehameha towards me

"Cataclysm Ultima!" My blast fired just after, slamming into his halfway.

The two attacks pushed against each other, unable to make any ground over the other. I couldn't sense his ki, but I knew it was at its peak, just as mine was. We were both giving this our all, just like I'd asked; the winner would really be the stronger of the two. I put as much ki as I could spare into the attack, and it was clear Gotenks was doing the same. I tried to peer around the blasts to catch sight of him. When I did, I noticed something: his aura was flickering like dying fire. His SSB3 form was eating too much energy; he'd wear out soon. But so would I. Armed with this piece of information, I took a gamble, and put more power into the blast. If he managed to beat me out still, I wouldn't have enough energy to dodge. This spelled the end for one of us.

And luckly, it wasn't me. My blast quickly overpowered his, approaching him at a steady pace.

"Wh-what the fu-?!" Before he could finish, his blast broke, and he had to resort to holding mine back with his bare hands, but due to his lack of energy, he wasn't able to hold his ground. He was quickly being pushed back. He gave a roar of anger, then was swallowed by the blast and carried with it far away from the Earth.

I released the blast and took a second to catch my breath, then put my fingers to my forehead and searched. Almost instantly, I found the ki signatures of Goten and Trunks and used Instant transmission to retrieve them before they suffocated in the vacuum of space.

Once I had them, I appeared back on Earth in front of everyone who'd been watching. I dropped the two Saiyans, the stumbled forward and fell. Someone caught me, and I looked to see who. Meadow's teary but smiling face met my eyes, and I sighed in relief, returning to my normal form.

"You did it!" she happily cried. "You're still alive!"

I smiled and closed my eyes, nuzzling my head against her chest, which I noted had already gone up maybe half a letter size. "What kind of dad abandons his kid before they're even born? And yes, that was slightly directed at you, Goku."

"Ouch."

Suddenly realizing something, I looked up at Meadow again. "You were serious, right? You didn't just say that so I wouldn't die?"

She shook her head, smiling wider. "I meant it, Locke. I'm really having your baby."

I smiled again and placed my hand on her partially-exposed stomach, unintentionally leaving a bloody handprint on her white shirt. "Our baby." I forced myself to sit up and kissed her.

"Congrats, you two," Gohan said, somewhat hesitantly.

"Are you sure this is worthy of congratulations?" Piccolo asked. "They're still children."

"I don't care," Meadow told everyone. "I'm glad, actually. Scared, but glad."

"Same," I sighed, then passed out.