A/N: Hi everybody! Okay so this chapter was actually supposed to go a totally different direction but as I was typing it I started to really really hate the way it was going so I deleted it and started over and I must say that I like this way better than before. I'm so sorry for not updating for so long but I'm trying to get into this college and it's really starting to tire me out with all this crap. Good lord why can't this be an easier! Lol anyways I'm just rambling now :D Soooooo enjoy!

Chapter 18- Goten's Determination

"Come on Goten, I know that you're faster than that." Android 29 smirked as Goten continued to throw punch after punch toward the large android yet no of them seem to land. 'How is he so fast?' Goten clenched his teeth in frustration.

28 and the others were observing from afar with watchful eyes. "You know, he ain't doing a half ass job." 28 smirked.

27 shrugged. "He could be a little faster." He took his hands in his pockets and leaned on the trunk of the tree. "But I guess he's pretty good." 26 smiled at 27. He's changed so much since they were first created. He used to be so distant and angry. He was true to his nature as a killing machine but now…he seems calmer. He isn't the angry man he was before. Sure he was still sarcastic and arrogant but to a much lesser degree. "But he still isn't half way strong enough to go up against him."

"He will be though….I believe in him." 26 said with hope in her eyes. 27 rolled his eyes at 26 but on the inside he was nodding in agreement. Goten gasped as he fell down to his hands and knees with beads of sweat pouring from his face. He just couldn't land on hit on him, he was too fast. 29 flew down in front of Goten and smiled.

"Goten, you have to think ahead to what your opponent is going to be doing. When fighting you must always be ahead of them, outsmart them."

"H-How….do I….do….that?" Goten said in between breaths.

"Every opponent has a kink in them….a small sign as to what they are planning on what attack they might do. You must learn how to read your opponent to the point where you can predict every single blow they make. Do not be distracted with the thought of taking me down, many try and fail when they plan like that. You must keep a level head and think clearly or you might end up with your head on the ground while your body is floating in the air." Goten nodded and stood up. 29 stepped back and placed his arms behind his back. "Are you ready to continue?"

"Yeah…." Goten got into a fighting stance. "…I'm ready." Goten grinned then rushed at the large Android.

New Android

Yamcha chuckled as he picked up the small and exhausted Goten and placed him on his back. "So he basically used up all his energy and passed out?" he asked with a grin on his face.

"Mmhmm just knocked himself out." 28 crossed her arms around her chest and chuckled. "It was the funniest think that I eva seen."

"28!" 26 jumped over to them. "I don't think that seeing some poor child passing out from exhaustion is something amusing." Yamcha grinned at 26 who was trying hard not to giggle at Goten's predicament.

"Come on 26 you know it was funny." Yamcha said to his pink girlfriend. 26 turned away and giggled.

27 rolled his eyes and turned his head to 29, "You really worked him out didn't you?"

29 nodded. "I'm just doing my job." 27 smirked.

"Yeah, I have to admit I would have thought that would have gone easy on him….not bad." 29 stopped and stared at 27 with complete shock in his eyes. Never has Android 27 complimented or even acknowledged another person before yet here he was now telling him that he did a decent job. 'He really has changed…..' 27 looked back and frowned. "What the hell are you looking at?" 29 shook his head and smiled.

"Nothing brother….nothing at all…" 27 narrowed his eyes suspiciously then shrugged and continued walking back to the cottage. 29 sighed and ran up to the others. 'Some things on the other hand never change.'

New Android

Goku yawned as he stared up at the sky, thinking of nothing but his son. It's been about three months since he saw him and Goku was actually starting to feel a little curious on how Goten was. Goku knew that his son couldn't be in any real danger but being that he was still his father there will always be that feeling in his stomach that no matter how hard he tries he could not get rid of it. 'Maybe I should have gone with Yamcha…?' Goku thought until he felt a presence coming from behind him.

"Kakarot…" Goku smiled and looked behind him to see Vegeta walking up to him with his usual intimidating nature.

"What's up Vegeta?" Goku turned to face Vegeta.

"I can ask you the same thing. Usually your mister 'Everything's gonna be okay' but now you look like you're thinking, which is surprising to say the least." Goku ignored his friends insult and smiled.

"You know how it is…wondering if your kid is alright or if he's hurt or something." Goku said in a soft yet serious tone. "I do believe that he can do it…its just weird not having him around for a long time you know…"

Vegeta chuckled. "I know…my hearing has improved since his training with the androids." Goku couldn't help but chuckle at Vegeta's comment. 'Goten's voice is…unique.' "Your feelings always seem to get the best of you, Kakarot." Goku frowned. "I swear for the supposed most powerful man in the universe you have the emotions of a female."

"Hey-."

"For example you worry to damn much. I boys' gonna be fine so stop worrying." Goku stepped back as Vegeta gave Goku a knowing smirk. "He is your son after all and he does have Sayian blood running through his veins. The Sayian race is a warrior race and no pathetic science experiment from a crazed Doctor is going to get the better of us. So to worry about your son is completely ridiculous." Goku smiled at Vegeta's own way of making someone feel better.

"Thank you Vegeta." Vegeta frowned and turned.

"Don't thank me Kakarot that only proves to me how pathetic you really are." Goku chuckled and walked next to Vegeta.

"So word on the street is that Bulla wants to learn how to fight, you really gonna teach her?" Vegeta smirked.

"Well she is the Sayian Princess and I refuse to have her as a weak human girl." Vegeta said with pride in his voice.

"You know, my son trained Videl and he said that training a girl is a lot harder than a guy when it comes to training, something about being careful on what you say."

Vegeta chuckled as he saw his daughter running with Marron right behind her from a distance. "I highly doubt that a female could be possibly any harder than a male." Goku smiled.

"I don't know….I'd just watch it if I were you." Vegeta shook Goku's words off.

"Whatever Kakarot." Vegeta said as he began to walk away. Goku shook his head and stared up at the sky again. 'He's so hard headed….' Goku smiled. 'But he does have a point; I should stop worrying about Goten so much. He's grown up so much and he's a heck of a lot stronger than I was when I was his age so….he's gonna be fine.' Goku nodded to himself and slowly began to walk back to the temple with new trust in his son.

New Androids

"Eat up ya'll!" 28 grinned as she placed everyone's plates in front of them.

"28, when did you ever learn how to cook?" 27 said as he poke the steak she cook with his fork.

"Child please cooking ain't nothin hard." 28 sat down and rubbed her hands. Goten grinned at 28 then dug into his food.

"This is really good!" Goten said with a full mouth. 28 smirked and stuck her tongue at 27, who simply rolled his eyes and took a small bite of his food.

"It's okay…" he mumbled before taking a larger piece of his steak. 28 nodded with a smirk and looked over to see 26 and Yamcha feeding each other.

"What the hell is ya'll doin?" 28 asked. "I mean dang I know ya'll like each other and all but ain't ya'll got hands of ya'll own?" 26 giggled and Yamcha blushed. 28 smirked. "I'm just playin with ya'll." The room was filled with the laughter of the androids and Goten and Yamcha. Goten looked around and smiled. It was such a nice moment between all of them. To be around all of his friends with such warmth in him, he didn't want this moment to end. That unfortunately brought the fear of losing them to his mind. The mere thought of this just being a small memory in the future as he looked back on them before their death…it scared him. It pushed him to want to become stronger, to defeat this threat. He knew that he had the potential in him, he was now confident in his abilities as a warrior to defeat the threat. 27 looked at the determined look in Goten's eyes and smirked. 'He's got that look in his eyes….'

Later that night Yamcha yawned as he awoke to see 26 sleeping next to him and smiled kindly. Since the old woman and man were not to return for a while Yamcha made the suggestion that they'd sleep in there room until their return. At first 26 was uncomfortable being that they did not ask for their permission but Yamcha eventually persuaded her to agree. He never thought she would look any more beautiful than she already does but now at this moment when there's nothing but the pure essence of peace on her face, it was just too hard to believe that she was an android. He gently touched her face and sighed. He really couldn't wait until this whole thing was over….then he and 26 could live a peaceful life together. His thoughts were however interrupted by the small thumps and heavy breaths coming from outside. He slowly walked out of the bed and ran outside to see what was going on. He ran to the backyard to see Goten and 29 breathing heavy with scratches on both their faces.

"Goten, I'm impressed you were able to actually reach me." 29 chuckled. Goten smirked and tightened his fist. "But you have to do better than that in order for me to consider you ready." Goten nodded and rushed at 29. 29 smirked and grabbed Goten's fist who late tried to use his other fist to get 29's head but 29 grabbed that fist as will. Goten smirked as he spun around, regaining his fist and kicked 29 right at the side of his head causing him to fly right into a tree. 29 flipped up and shot a blast at Goten who slapped it away. 29 chuckled and blast another at his arm. Goten dodged his attack but unfortunately realized too late that it was merely a distraction as 29 rushed and grabbed Goten then tossed him in the air. Goten flipped while flying up in the air and moved his hands in a very familiar motion.

"KA….MA….HA….MA….." Goten shouted as a large blue ball of energy started to form in his hands. "HAAAAAAAA!" Yamcha watched as the blue blast shot at 29 with remarkable speed. 29's smirk however surprised Goten as 29 simply blocked the attack as if it was nothing. "W-What…." Goten was surprised to say the least. He put all his energy into that attack and was now starting to feel the effects. 29 jumped and caught the falling Goten and sighed.

"The pour boy tired himself out." 29 turned to Yamcha and smiled. "Oh hello Yamcha, sorry did we wake you?" Yamcha cleared his throat then shook his head. The android continued smiling and walked over to Yamcha. "He has a lot of energy for someone his size. As soon as dinner was done he ran up to me and asked if we could continue our session."

"Yeah….his Dad was like that when he was his age, he still is kinda." Yamcha chuckled. 29 nodded and walked with Yamcha back inside. "So….29 I have to ask, why are you guys doing all this. I mean, Goten's an awesome kid but…you guys are basically putting your lives and the lives of everyone on earth on his shoulders….why do you guys trust him so much?" Yamcha asked as 29 pushed 27 off the bed and placed Goten in his place. 29 smiled.

"Well why we believe that he could do defeat the threat is basically because he has a power that no other can ever hope to achieve. Deep within this boy is something that even this threat better fear. He was in some sense chosen to fight and defeat the threat." 29 chuckled. "And the reason why we trust him is simple….He's unlike anyone we've ever met. He's eyes showed friendship and kindness that we have never experienced or seen since all of us were together. He's change us in ways we never thought we could be changed." 29 took a breath glance to 27. "He has this aura around him that just makes you trust in him and believe that he could do whatever he sets his mind to."

Yamcha chuckled. "Trust me I know how you feel. Goku was the same way when I met him for the first time. So determined and way stronger than me, and I was older than him. He was always helping people who he came across and if it wasn't for him I probably would have still been a desert bandit and afraid of girls." 29 chuckled at Yamcha's statement.

"I see that the apple does not fall far from the tree." Yamcha nodded and yawned.

"Man I better hit the hay." Yamcha stretched and turned to the door. "Night 29." Yamcha waved as he walked out the room. N

"Good Night Yamcha." 29 yawned and laid down on the wooden floor, quickly drifting off to sleep.

New Androids

'Why am I doing this again?' 28 thought as she flew across the blue sky with her braids flowing from the air. She decided to be the person, since no one else was going to do it, to go up and inform the Z fighters of Goten's progress. They would have sent Yamcha but he and 26 were too busy whispering things and giggling to even pay attention to what the heck was going on. 28 sighed as she spotted the tall pillar 'Why they gotta be so high?' 28 frowned and flew up; ignoring the clouds pushing passed her face. Eventually she made it up the pillar and landed gently on the ground. She fixed her now slightly damp clothes and cleared her throat.

"YO WHAT UP!" she shouted so loud that the ground actually started to shake which alerted the group immediately. Goku ran out and stopped seeing the dark skinned android smirking with her hand on her hip. "What up Goten's old man."

"What the hell is she doing here?!" Goku turned to see Vegeta and the rest running out to the scene. 28 frowned and stepped closer.

"Brotha you wanna step up to me?"

Vegeta looked at her with confusion in his eyes. "What the hell do you mean I haven't stepped up to you I just got here?" 28 almost fell over from shock.

"Neva mind fool." 28 crossed her arms. She gave a small smile as 17 and 18 pushed through, Marron safely in 17's arms. 28 walked up to them and smiled.

"Hey what up ya'll?" 28 smiled at Marron. "Ooh ain't you just the cutest lil thing!" 28 said as Marron giggled. "You look just like yo mama!" 18 smiled as Marron and 28 were smiling and laughing.

"28, what are you doing here?" 17 asked as he gave Marron to 28. 28 ignored his question and continued to play with her 'niece'.

"Android woman!" 28 looked up and frowned at Vegeta. "Are you not supposed to be training Kakarot's son, not hanging up here and visiting like you're family. Are you too incompetent to even do that?!" 28 glared at the prince of Sayians and gently put Marron down.

"Hold up lets back this bitch up!" 18 sighed at 28's choice of words. "Now I know that this short bitch ain't talkin to me as if he knows me like that! I know he ain't!" 17 grabbed 28 and tried hard to hold her back. "Child we can go right now if you want to cuz I ain't afraid to hit no bitch trust and believe that!" Goku couldn't help but feel some small amount of fear as she started to step closer. "I didn't have to come here to tell ya'll how Goten is doin, hell I could be at way betta places than this so don't be thinkin you tough or nothing cuz I can tell you for real that I will hurt you!" 28 pushed Goku aside and stepped right in front of Vegeta. "Do you get me….fool?"

"Vegeta….back away…." Bulma gently grabbed her husband's arm and tried to pull him away. 17 tried to do the same with 28 but the two refused to move from their spots. Goku cleared his throat and gently pushed Vegeta back.

"You said that you were here to tell us about Goten?" Goku asked with Chi-Chi and Gohan coming from behind him.

"Yeah, yo man yo son is on point dawg." 28 grinned, completely ignoring Vegeta. "I mean dang he be killin it when it comes to trainin, Surprised the hell outta me." Goku and Gohan grinned while Chi-Chi smiled. "Ya'll should be very proud."

"We are…." Goku's cheerful smile made 28 smile herself. "Come on eat with us!" Goku motioned for her to follow him. 28 smiled but stopped as a piercing power came shooting through her. 28 stared up at the sky and gasped. Goku turned back to her confused. "What's wrong-." Goku stopped as he felt a strange power. 28 ran over to the edge while muttering curses. "W-What was that?"

18 tightened her hold on Marron. 'No….I thought we had more time!' She put Marron down and crouched down to her level. "Go to Daddy!" Marron nodded and ran over to her father. "Damn it!" She jumped up and ran next to 28 with 17 following him. Vegeta's fist tightened as he felt the power as well.

"I-Is this…him?" Piccolo asked. 28 had no time to answer as she, 18 and 17 jumped off the pillar and blasted off. Goku ran over and blasted off with them. Chi-Chi bit her lip and stared at Gohan.

"Go with your father." Gohan nodded and quickly followed his father. Vegeta was about to follow when Piccolo call to him.

"No….we have to stay here to guard the others." Vegeta growled but knew he was right. 'This is….worse than I thought.'

New Androids

"Damn it!" 28 shouted as she and the other fighters shot across mountains and plains. "I thought we had more time!"

"This is no time to kick yourselves!" 18 frowned. "All we have to do now is go and get Goten and the others before-." 18 stopped as she heard a soft voice echoing through the air. 17 growled as the air started to fog and become cold and thick. Goku and Gohan stopped behind 17 with confused expressions.

"Where's that voice coming from?" Goku asked. 28's body tensed as the sound was building.

"I-It's…..him." 28 muttered with hate in her voice. Goku stared at her with eyes of both anger and slight fear.

"No..."

A/N: Hope you like and stuff. Now I'm finally at a place that I can say brings out the drama and the fun with action scenes flying out the whoo whoo area. Now I personally find it annoying that at the end of a chapter the first thing a person sees is "Please Review!" Now I know that I used to do that buuuutttt I now started to see the slight annoyance that readers get when they read that. Any ounces of support whether it's favorite to alerting to just seating and reading the whole thing is good enough for me. So don't feel any pressure to review or anything because just knowing that you took the time of day to seat and read a story by a DBZ fan is good enough for me. THANKS! XD