February 22nd, Age 763
It was an incredibly awkward time at the home of Son Goka. Son Gohan sat at a table while Prince Vegeta the 4th was pacing back and forth impatiently. Despite both Gohan's misgivings, Vegeta had been allowed to stay with them to train for the androids. Chi-Chi also disapproved of this greatly and frequently yelled at Vegeta, but the saiyan prince ignored it all.
When she had heard of the threat of the androids and Future Gohan's world, she had initially not wanted the younger one to fight in the battle, but was ultimately convinced to not get in the way. All she wanted to do was protect the boy who had become like a surrogate nephew to her, but if this was what he wanted, she supposed she couldn't help it. Besides, if the androids destroyed the world, then he could never become a scholar.
Future Gohan had also noticed that Vegeta had been getting closer to Goka, and that concerned him greatly. Just looking at the saiyan prince made him angry due to what he had done in his timeline. Speaking of which, the saiyan prince then asked him and his younger self,
"Brats! Do you know where Kakarotta is?"
Future Gohan clenched his fist at the saiyan prince, but his younger self responded,
"She went to swim in the little pond nearby. Apparently, it's supposed to help get rid of muscle atrophy."
Goka had at this point almost fully recovered the use of her legs, but still had some kinks to work out. At the mention of this, Vegeta smirked, and Future Gohan immediately got on the defensive, telling the saiyan prince,
"If you even think of trying anything, I'll-!"
"Relax, I'm just going to wait for her to come out of the water so that I can test her power."
Despite wanting to rip Vegeta's guts out, Future Gohan reluctantly allowed him to leave, knowing that they couldn't afford to lose an ally as strong as him. After a few minutes of walking, the saiyan prince eventually reached the pond where Goka was swimming and prepared to ask her to fight. However, as soon as he caught a glimpse of her, he stopped in his place. He had seen her naked before, but that had been only briefly.
Now, when she was swimming and looked so peaceful, he couldn't help but blush immensely. He blushed even more when her head peaked up and she noticed him. The female saiyan let out a yelp of surprise and covered her breasts out of reflex. After a few awkward seconds, Goka asked him,
"What are you doing here?"
Vegeta couldn't respond out of sheer embarrassment, and Goka then added,
"Were you peeking? Chi-Chi warned me about men who like to look at naked women."
Vegeta was about ready to combust from sheer embarrassment, but managed to respond,
"N-No…I was going to ask you if you were ready to spar yet."
"Oh! Not yet, no. But I think I'll be ready by the time old man Briefs finishes the gravity room!"
Vegeta grumbled at this. That wouldn't be for another few weeks. He then covered his eyes and told Goka,
"Just put your damn clothes on, woman!"
Goka blinked a few times at this before agreeing to do so. Stepping out of the pond, she stumbled over to her clothes, which she had laid in a pile nearby. Once she finished putting on all of her clothes, she looked at Vegeta and told him,
"Alright, you can look now."
Vegeta then opened his eyes and saw that Goka was indeed wearing her clothes, albeit she was still wet from the swim. He tapped his feet on the ground, wondering what to say next. Goka finally broke the silence by asking him,
"So…how close are you to getting Super Saiyan?"
Vegeta paused for a moment before replying,
"I'm…not sure if I can."
"Eh?"
Goka was surprised by this reaction. It wasn't like Vegeta to express doubt like this. She asked him why not, and the saiyan prince replied by telling her,
"The legend of the Super Saiyan says that only one appears once every thousand years. I thought I was that Super Saiyan, but now that the future version of your brat has it and I've learned that mine is only a false version, I'm not sure-"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!"
Vegeta stepped back in surprise at Goka's outburst, but the saiyan woman continued,
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL MY GOHAN-CHAN A BRAT!!! APOLOGIZE, NOW!!!!"
Stunned, Vegeta stammered out an apology which Goka reluctantly accepted before telling him,
"Alright, you can finish what you were saying now."
Hearing this, Vegeta told Goka,
"Now that your bra-Gohan, has the transformation, I'm beginning to fear that the False Super Saiyan I achieved on Namek is all I'll ever achieve. That I'll never be able to achieve what my father thought was my birthright. That I'm a failure."
Vegeta looked down in shame upon finishing his sentence, and Goka was even more surprised. She had never seen Vegeta this…vulnerable before. It surprisingly made her feel a little bad for him. She began to think that maybe there was some good in him. Seeking to cheer him up, she put on a smile and told him while patting him on the back,
"Come on 'Geta, don't be like that. I'm sure we'll be able to get Super Saiyan. And even if we can't, we'll be able to catch up to the older Gohan-Chan in our own ways."
Vegeta blushed profusely at this and angrily yelled at Goka,
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!!!"
The saiyan woman giggled at Vegeta's flustered reaction and told him,
"Come on, I know you like it!"
Lowering his head to hide his blush, Vegeta then turned away and grumbled to himself. Goka couldn't help but think he looked cute like this. However, she quickly shook her head. How could she call the guy that kidnapped her cute? She wasn't sure what to think. Vegeta then broke the silence by telling her,
"Remember: Once that old man finishes his gravity chamber, you have 10 days before I come to challenge you. You had better be ready to face me by then."
Goka looked at him for a moment before smirking and replying,
"Heh. you're on!"
Vegeta smirked as well and then flew off, Goka watching as he did. As she stared up at the horizon, she couldn't help but think about the saiyan prince. Yes, he wasn't exactly a good guy, but she couldn't help but feel that there was some good in him. Regardless, she couldn't wait to fight him again.
2 weeks later
Goka landed outside of Capsule Corp, cracking her knuckles in eagerness for the upcoming training. She had finally regained the ability to walk as well as she had before the saiyans attacked, and it was just in time as Dr Briefs had called Chi-Chi and told her that he had finished the gravity chamber, which Chi-Chi had then told Goka.
The saiyan woman was extremely excited to get started and to catch up to the boys. The two Gohans were busy training together and Vegeta was training on his own to prepare for his eventual fight with Goka. Said saiyan woman walked up to Dr Briefs and giddily asked him,
"Sooooooooooo…?"
The old man nodded and told her,
"Come on in."
Dr Briefs then walked into Capsule Corp with Goka following behind him. After about a minute, they entered a large room with a red floor and a large metallic pillar with various buttons on it in the middle of the room. The doctor explained to Goka,
"This room is where you'll be training. You'll just have to press the buttons on the pad in order to make the controls work."
He explained what buttons she had to push to get the device to work and then told her,
"Well, I'll be leaving now. Good luck!"
Goka watched Dr Briefs walk out of the room and then turned to the gravity controls. She said to herself,
"Alright. I've got a lot of work to do if I wanna get as strong as the others."
The saiyan woman then walked up to the controls and again said to herself,
"Let's see. I've already trained at 10 times gravity, so I think I'll start at…20!"
She imputed the gravity controls and the machine whirred to life. Immediately, she felt the increase in gravity and braced herself. Barely able to stay on her feet, she muttered,
"Maybe I should've started at 11…"
Regardless, she began taking slow steps, trying to get her body used enough to the high gravity in order to begin proper training. Even through all the pain, she thought of her next match with Vegeta, and that gave her the strength to go on. She thought to herself,
"Vegeta…just you wait…!"
Author's note: Alright, before I answer the 3 comments I've gotten, here's the only new power level I have left to state:
Goka (Zenkai boost): 9,594
Now for the comments. Only 3 this time, so it shouldn't be too long:
DBZ Fan: You're welcome! To be honest, I didn't even think of the whole Piccolo and Vegeta being rivals thing, but that's actually a good idea. For the humans, well if they didn't learn the kaioken in canon, there's no real reason for them to do so here. Nothing's changed with them, sadly. I have no idea where you got the Future Gohan losing half his power when he lost his arm thing from, but that's not a thing here. As for King Cold and Cooler, I'm not sure if I'm going to do anything major with them, but we'll see.
Anne 13: Thank you! Now that you guys have pointed out that I accidentally created a rivalry between Piccolo and Vegeta, I think I might do something with it. As for that other part…yeah. But I have plans.
Guest: Indeed it is, and yes she did!
