A/N: Thank you to GhostNappa for the review! Glad you like the story despite it seeming unoriginal at first. Yes, Cress living despite King Vegeta's pride was hard to write, but eh had to do what I had to do for my idea to work. There's a reason it's AU after all.\

Enjoy the chapter!

Cress was finding it difficult to continue her fight with Nappa. The intense battle between Goku and Vegeta was distracting enough, but the longer the fight with her former general continued, the more her arms and legs felt like they were being weighed down by heavier and heavier lead. Exhaustion was beginning to seep into every muscle in her body, her breath becoming ragged while Nappa only blocked another of her attacks before disengaging, the two jumping back as a stray energy blast from the bout between Goku and Vegeta nearly got them both.

"You're tiring fast", Nappa taunted her, a smug grin forming on his face. "I can tell. You used up too much energy with the assault on me earlier. Kakarot may have gotten you to calm down, but you had already used up too much energy by than, and now you're on fumes from attempting to continue this fight."

"Shut up", Cress snarled, her temper nearly consuming her again, until Goku's words echoed in her mind of keeping calm. Her aura flared for a moment before returning to a calmer state.

Nappa only gave a huff at that, "I must admit that I am curious about something though. I might not be the best at math, but by my calculations you should be 42... 25 years have passed since the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so why do you still look 17?"

Cress raised her eyebrow at that, wondering why Nappa even cared at all how young or old she looked. The Tuffle-hybrid didn't respond for a few moments before finally deciding to play along with her opponent just to stall for time, and to allow herself a moment to breathe. "My escape from Planet Vegeta was not my own. The Dragon Balls were the one that brought me off Planet Vegeta, and forward into the future."

"I see", Nappa grinned and laughed a bit. "So they can do amazing things like that, huh? How interesting. Vegeta and I were right to come to this planet after all, and if the balls on this planet are so powerful that they can bring you forward in time, just imagine what the Dragon Balls on Namek could do for us! "

"You won't get them", Cress declared, getting back into a fighting stance. "I will make sure you don't leave this planet alive! I told you, didn't I? I am going to make you suffer for saying what you did about my parents, and I intend to keep that vow!"

Nappa frowned at that, and bent over to pick up his formally discarded scouter, surprisingly undamaged from the fight. With a few button presses, he calibrated it to ignore all other power levels other then that of Cress, and the numbers displayed for him on the screen with an arrow pointing directly to her image on the device. "WIth a power level of 6000, I would've taken you seriously under normal circumstances. However, you're still too inexperienced, and you tired yourself out too quickly fighting me earlier. You won't win at this rate."

Cress ignored him, hearing Goku had amped his Kaio-Ken technique up to a times three and managed to turn the tides in his battle against Vegeta. This renewed her fighting spirit, and she charged at Nappa, ignoring the soreness in her muscles as she continued her mission. However, Nappa did have a point when he said that Cress wasn't going to win. Her attacks were becoming weaker not because of her power level going down, but because her body was becoming too tired to keep up. Every punch and kick was getting weaker and weaker, and when she did fire off Ki blasts they were not nearly as strong as they should've been. Finally, Nappa and Cress were caught off guard by Vegeta's sudden scream, as he flew into the air and began to charge a purple energy blast, his entire aura changing to purple and shooting everywhere.

"NO!" Cress screamed, staring at him in shock. "With an attack like that, he will destroy the planet!" To her farther horror, Nappa began to laugh as he looked up at his prince, causing Cress to look at him baffled. "Are you insane!? If he fires that attack and manages to hit the planet, we will be vaporized along with it!"

"You don't think I know that!?" Nappa smirked, turning to Cress again. "But I trust Vegeta. He will never do anything to hurt me, and even if he does accidentally destroy the planet and me along with it, I am sure that my revival will be his first wish with the Namekian Dragon Balls. You can count on that. However, if you are so scared, then let me put you out of your misery! It's time to say goodbye, Cress!" Nappa charged up his attack, aiming both of his palms at Cress as yellow energy flooded into them.

"GALIC GUN!" Vegeta screamed, firing his attack.

"HA!" Goku also screamed, the Kamehameha Wave bursting forth to meet Vegeta's attack head on.

"DIE!" Nappa shouted, firing his own blast of energy.

"COSMIC CANON!" Cress yelled desperately, her silver blast of energy shooting out to meet Nappa's own.

The sky flashed and crackled as the two attacks were struggling to overpower the other one, the intense crackling of energy causing the very foundation of the planet to shake. Vegeta and Goku were both grunting under the weight of their attacks, while Nappa was cackling with laugher as his own attack pushed Cress' slowly back, despite her strength over that of her opponent. Her arms felt like tons of weight were pushing down on them, and that made it difficult to fire her attack with full force.

"Cress, you can do this!" Trunks shouted from her ear piece. "You have to win this! Goku will be fine, he will use the Times Four Kaio-Ken and overpower my father, but you must do the same and finish of Nappa now!"

"I know that", Cress hissed both in pain and annoyance, her arms beginning to shake. "Trunks I know that but-"

"Anger", she heard Trunks whisper, almost as if he realized something. "Anger triggered that form, almost like a psuedo-Super Saiyan... Listen to me, Cress! Think about what he said about your mother! Think about what other insults he will say about her if he continues to live! You must destroy him! NOW!"

Goku shouted as his blast became stronger, just as Trunks' words hit a cord with Cress. A sudden geyser of power erupted within her, as she screamed out in anger. Her aura became intense once again, and the might of her Cosmic Canon began to overwhelm Nappa's own attack, the former general looking on in horror as his beam began to be pushed back.

"W-what!?" Nappa shouted, fear flooding his face. "What is going on!? Her power level is 9,000!" A yell of both fury and terror came from Nappa as the Cosmic Canon attack slammed into him, sending him flying back into a mountain, where a massive explosion filled the air with more light, before vanishing. Cress could sense Nappa from underneath the rubble, but his energy was beginning to fade. It wouldn't be long until it vanished completely. Cress collapsed at that, huffing on the ground as she struggled to even remain sitting.

"That was incredible, Cress", Trunks' voice praised her. "All that's left to do is make sure Goku survives the battle against my father when he becomes a Great Ape."

"Y-yeah", Cress panted, her crimson eyes looking up at the spot where Vegeta vanished. "J-just give me a m-moment."

"That red eyed form, though... what is that? You never have done that before."

"I have red eyes?" Cress asked, looking confused before sighing. "I don't know what this is. I felt like this before though. When King Vegeta, your grandfather, taunted me over the slaughter of the Tuffle race, I went berserk and attacked him. He overwhelmed me, but I do remember feeling like this back than... not to this extent though."

"It seems to be tied to your anger, but this is not a Super Saiyan form... i wonder if it has something to do with your Tuffle side."

"If it does, I wouldn't know. The Tuffles were not fighters, so if this form was something that they had all along, then it's new to me and was never discovered by them... I doubt that though, there were never any Tuffle martial artists that I knew of, anyway."

"I can talk to the Supreme Kai of Time, maybe she will know."

"Who?"

"The Supreme Kai of Time", Trunks repeated. "She is our boss, the one who formed the Time Patrol in the first place. She manages all of time, and... well, let's just say I was recruited because of my experience with Time Travel. Anyway, on your feet, here comes my father."

"Great... I was hoping I could rest a bit more", Cress sighed, standing up slowly. However, just as she got to full height, she felt a sudden surge of energy. Looking in horror, she watched as the rubble she had buried Nappa under shifted, and the bald man emerged with a snarl on his face, and pure hate in his eyes. "NO! You're supposed to be dead!"

"Surprised?" Nappa growled, stepping forth, his scouter cracked but still displaying her power level. "Now you know how I felt when your power level hit 9000! Nine-fucking-thousand!" Nappa snatched the scouter off his face, shattering it in fury. "YOU FUCKING CU-"

"NAPPA!" Vegeta's voice suddenly shouted down at him, the Saiyan Prince having just landed, glaring down at him. "Control your temper... I am angry too, but we must keep a level head. I have to say, you surprised me, Kakarot, especially now that I know you destroyed the moon."

"The moon?" Goku asked confused. "The moon is gone!?"

"Heh, so it wasn't you", Vegeta chuckled. "Must've been the Namekian then, after all he seems like the type to destroy it in order to ensure we could not transform... it doesn't matter though. Do you know why we transform at the sight of the full moon, Kakarot? The moon appears lit only because it reflects the light from the sun. It's only when the moon reflects the sunlight that a certain type of light spectrum is created that we call a Blutz Wave. When the moon is full, the Blutz Waves emitted reach their peak, and trigger a transformation to occur within the Saiyan's Tail."

"And in circumstances where there is no moon..." Cress spoke with her eyes narrowed, watching as Vegeta held up his hand, his palm facing up and producing a faint, white ball of energy.

"That's right!" Vegata laughed, the energy sparkling in his hand. "There are a few Saiyan's such as myself that can produce an artificial moon in order to create the Blutz Wave necessary to trigger this transformation! When this energy mixes with the atmosphere of the planet, it will act as the Full Moon instead!"

"His power level dropped the moment he created that weird light", Goku whispered, looking confused. "To go that far... what exactly he is planning?"

"Your time is up, Cress!" Nappa laughed, his confidence returning. "You might be stronger then me with a power level of nine thousand, but in my Great Ape form my power level is forty thousand! You cannot defeat me once I unleash the power of the Oozaru!"

Vegeta gave a roar, as he launched the ball of light into the sky. Once it soared high enough into the air, Vegeta clenched his hand into a fist, causing the light to stop and expand, filling the air with more light for a brief moment before it just hovered there, reflecting the sunlight coming from Earth's sunset onto it. Vegeta was both laughing and growling, his body pulsing as his eyes turned completely red. Nappa, too, had blood red eyes and was snarling as he began to transform as well.

"You're going to regret losing your tail, Kakarot", Vegeta snarled.

"As are you, Cress", Nappa roared, his body seeming larger. "If I ever see Fennelle again, I'll have to thank her for doing me that favor." Their mouths began to elongate as hair began to grow all over their bodies, though Nappa remained bald in the head. Their size also began to rapidly increase, until they were towering even over the mountains of the wasteland they were fighting in. With a roar, both Saiyans had completed their transformations, now looking down at their opponents like they were no more then bugs to step on.

"What do you think?" Vegeta let out a low rumble, eyeing his pray. "You stand no chance now, Kakarot. Let me let you in on a little secret. In this form, we're both ten times stronger then before! You cannot win like this!"

"He's right..." the defeated voice of Trunks said in her ear piece. "We failed, our mission was to prevent both of them from assuming the Great Ape form, but they did anyway... Cress, you need to come back, now! I will get Zero or someone else to finish this mission in your place once I can!"

However, Cress was glaring up at Nappa, determination in her eyes. "No! I got this, I can still complete my mission! We haven't failed yet!"

"What are you saying!" Trunks yelled at her, though this time the Saiyan-hybrid did not flinch from the sudden increase in volume. "You can't win like this! You need to come back now and I'll see if I can get someone else to fill your place!"

But Cress ignored him, glaring up at Nappa with an intense but calm rage. She was finally staring down the monsters that slaughtered her mother's people, and no matter what Trunks said to her, she was determined to take Nappa down and assist Goku in defeating Vegeta. It might have been a twisted form of revenge from the eyes of someone like Trunks, but no matter what she felt like she had to do this.

"You won't win now, Cress", Nappa growled at her.

"Bring it on, Nappa!" Cress yelled back, her red aura appearing once again.

"CRESS I ORDER YOU TO COME BACK NOW!"

The command was ignored as Cress leapt into the air, dodging out of the way from Nappa's hammer attack. Despite his size, she was still fast enough to avoid most of his attacks, though that also could've been just Nappa toying around with her. This was fine with Cress, though, as her plan was to lure Nappa away from Goku and Vegeta, and that was working perfectly.

"Run away, little Cress", Nappa snarled with glee. "Just like your people did all those years ago... yes, I remember it well. They ran away the exact same way you are now, and it made it all the more fun to kill them one by one." Cress hissed in anger and fired a few energy blasts at Nappa, though they did nothing but cause the ape to laugh at her struggle. Suddenly, his tail lashed out of nowhere, slamming into her and causing her to bounce off the ground a few times before settling in the dirt, Nappa laughing as he approached her. "You should be happy, Cress. You'll die just like your people did. Don't you want that, Cress? To die like the insect you are? Squashed like a useless bug under my feet? You should, at least it will be a quick death. You should be grateful for that."

Snarling, Cress looked up as Nappa raised his foot. When it was at full height, Cress felt another surge of energy erupt in her body, and darted to the side just as Nappa's foot was coming down, the impact of the foot causing the Earth to rumble. Nappa smirked through his elongated snout, thinking he had killed her at last, however Cress was dashing behind him, coming to a screeching halt and raising her hand in the air, preparing another Goku taught trick.

"Kienzan!" Cress shouted, launching the spinning energy disk. Nappa barely had time to process that she was alive before the energy saucer sliced through his tail in an instant, stunning the ape. As his tail landed with a massive thud, Nappa let out a mixture between a roar and a panicked yell as he began to shrink in size, the roar slowly fading as his normal form replaced his ape one, the panicked yell all that was left once Nappa shrunk back to normal size and lost all the excess hair he had grown, his mouth now once more resembling that of a humanoid.

Nappa turned, snarling, but this time Cress was not going to give him a chance to speak. She charged, her fist cloaked in energy as she made contact with his jaw, a loud crack and pop sounding out as the Saiyan could do no more then give a gargled yell of pain. The broken man flew backwards, coming to a halt once his body hit the ground, his jaw hanging from the impact of the blow that Cress had struck. Nappa's jaw was broken, shattered completely and uselessly making his mouth hang open like he had a constant look of shock on his face. Panic filled his eyes, his inability to talk preventing anything more then shouts of pain and panic from coming out.

"I told you I would break your jaw", Cress coldly said to him, holding out her hand. "And lucky for you, I decided to end your life quickly after all. Goodbye... General." With that, Cress shot out a massive blast of energy, Nappa's yells vanishing as he was vaporized into the sea of white plasma. Nappa was dead for sure this time, the only thing left by the Saiyan being his tail, which was lying there uselessly. Cress lowered her hand, before to the shock of even herself, she stood up fully before placing her hands together and giving a bow of respect.

"Cress..." Trunks whispered, the surprise in his voice clear as day.

"He was still my general", Cress replied, as she stood back up fully and opened her eyes. "I might have hated him, heck I still do for what he did to my mother's people... no, they were my people too... however, he was once the commander of the entire Saiyan army, the same army that I was once a part of too, and to that I at least owe him some respect."

"You are taking the high road here, and I am proud of you for it", Trunks replied. "I must admit, I doubted you earlier, and I am sorry."

"Don't be", Cress replied, still looking at the spot where Nappa last clung to life. "Before, I doubted myself too. I thought that I had failed the second I was the only one left to stop Nappa. I never thought I could even come close to matching his power, let alone being the one to finally end his life, even if it is because of a time distortion that needs to be corrected."

"Well, you did it, and that's all that matters", Trunks replied to her, pausing a moment to think before sighing. "Mission complete, Cress. Let me-" But before he could say anymore, a sudden spike in the direction of Vegeta and Goku caught their attention. Vegeta's power was amplified suddenly, causing Cress to groan as she looked over in that direction. "Or not... you might need to assist in taking down my father after all. Remember, leave him alive, ok?"

"You got it", Cress replied as she took off into the air, the red aura making her look like a rocket as she dashed towards the site. Once she was within the air space, she could see Vegeta holding Goku captive, crushing him within his massive grip. Gohan was facing him, glaring up at the monster who was taunting him. Behind the beast was Krillin, who was charging up a Kienzan of his own, before launching it in the direction of the beast. Vegeta, to the shock of them all, leapt over the attack and chuckled.

"Nice try!" Vegeta taunted him, looking over his shoulder at Krillin. Cress noticed his bloodied right eye at that, and guessed that Goku had managed to blast it before his bones were completely crushed and broken. "You didn't think I wouldn't realize that another one of you came back as well, did you? Now, watch closely... I will crush your dear friend until there is nothing left." It was then that Cress realized Vegeta had left himself open. Despite slowly figuring out how to sense power levels, he had yet to completely figure out the technique. While he was laughing and taunting Earth's heroes, Cress flew in and charged a Kienzan of her own, launching it and managing to land a successful strike, which stunned Vegeta the same way that it did Nappa as his tail was sliced clean off.

"D-dammit, I forgot about Cress!" Vegeta roared, beginning to shrink in size as the extra hair on his body disappeared, his mouth took on the humanoid form once again, and his eyes went back to black from the pure red they once were. Goku landed on the ground, letting out a groan as he lay there unable to move, Vegeta panting and glaring at all three of the remaining warriors once he resumed his base form. "You bastards! You're making me really angry! I guess you all really want to die, huh?"

Vegeta charged at Gohan, getting ready to deliver a death blow in revenge, but before he could he sensed Krillin attempting to save the half-Saiyan child, and delivered a kick right to the head of the bald warrior, sending him rocketing off the ground and into a mountain a distance away. Vegeta turned back to Gohan in an attempt to finish the job, picking him up and knocking him around for a bit before launching him the direction of Goku, where he landed face up next to his father.

"VEGETA!" Cress roared, charging at him. This caught the prince off guard, who blocked her attack just in time. The royal Saiyan snarled as they began to exchange blows, her increased power allowing her to fight somewhat evenly with the prince, who was getting angry.

"I don't get you", he growled, blocking another one of her blows. "You started with a power level of three thousand, doubled it to 6000, managed to kill Nappa, and now you're fighting evenly with me! What exactly are you, you mutant freak!?"

"I'll tell you who I am!" Cress shouted, landing a stomach punch that stunned Vegeta and sent him backwards, the prince kneeling on the ground and growling as he stared up at the green haired warrior. "My name is Cress! I am half-Tuffle, half-Saiyan, and I am proud of that! And you, prince, owe me for your father causing me to suffer for all these years!"

"Good luck collecting your payment, you bitch!" Vegeta roared back at her, the two warriors charging and continuing their exchange. Cress could sense Krillin preparing something, a sudden energy spike drawing her attention for a brief moment, but she had to keep Vegeta distracted until then. However, the exhaustion that she had been ignoring this entire time was making it difficult, as her body was screaming at her to stop and rest. Vegeta capitalized on a moment of pause, and managed to slam his foot into her, sending her flying to the ground, where she lay in a crater created from the impact, panting with her eyes tightly shut.

"Guess you won't get your payment after all", Vegeta snarled, holding his hand out. However, Gohan suddenly charged in and began to fight him, though with the difference in their power levels it didn't take long for Vegeta to send Gohan to the ground again, covered in blood and wounds. "Hey, Kakarot, watch closely! These are the final moments in your son's pathetic life!" However, a whirling sound caught his attention, and he turned to see a blue energy sphere launched by Krillin heading in his direction. Vegeta soared into the air, dodging the blast which was heading right for Gohan. The young warrior, however, held out his hands after a moment of panic and bounced it off of him as if setting a volleyball. The energy headed right back towards Vegeta, who only managed to catch it briefly before it slammed into him.

The sphere of light surrounded Vegeta, energy cracking in every direction as the screams of the prince filled the air, pain shooting through his entire body. He was flung into the air, the energy still surrounded him and assaulting him from all angles. Cress climbed out of the crater, her crimson eyes watching as the attack ended, the prince's body falling to the ground like a rag doll discarded by it's owner, unmoving and broken.

"He's... dead?" Cress asked, looking at him with a bit of worry on her face, knowing it was one of her goals to keep Vegeta alive in order to preserve the flow of time.

"No", Trunks replied. "This happens in the original timeline too. He'll be back up in a moment."

Sure enough, Vegeta opened his eye to the horror of Krillin and the others, raising to his feet and huffing in pain. "I have to admit, that blast really did a number on me... for a moment there, I actually thought I was going to die..."

Cress growled as Vegeta knocked Krillin away, before he began walking towards Gohan, panting and growling all the way before finally stopping halfway towards him. "You fools have made me use more power then I have had to use in a long time... but no more. No more of this! You will pay dearly for making a fool out of Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans! Now, become no more then dust in the wind!"

At that, Vegeta let out a massive yell, energy surging off him and creating a massive explosion. Cress, Goku, Gohan and Krillin were all caught up in the blast, being sent tumbling to the ground and damaged beyond believe. Cress felt her yellow Gi be torn up, revealing her black undershirt as only the left side remained, the right being vaporized in the explosion. She could sense Vegeta's energy fluttering a little, as he snarled at his inability to finish them all off. The green haired warrior stood fully, panting as she faced Vegeta, the only one once again able to get on her feet and protect them all, despite the exhaustion being felt in her entire body, the aching of even her bones now begging her to let it be over at last.

"I can't believe this", Vegeta grumbled, glaring at her. "You're all still alive... no matter, I'll finish this quickly. Enjoy whatever life you have left, Tuffle. You'll be joining your parents soon. Too bad you don't have a tail, otherwise you might be able to defeat me."

"I don't... but he does!"

"W-what!" Vegeta yelled, at first turning to Kakarot before suddenly realizing that Gohan was lying there, his tail thwacking after being suddenly regrown. The transformation had begun in him, and there was nothing they could do to stop it. Vegeta looked on in horror, running up to Gohan and beginning to punch him in a desperate attempt to stop the transformation, but it was in vein as the transformation finished, the Oozaru appearing once again, this time on their side.

Or so they though, as Gohan's first move after slamming his fist into Vegeta's head for attacking him was to throw a massive rock at Cress, which collided with her head and knocked her out cold.