Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Akki no Onna ❯ The End of Majin Gokou ( Chapter 15 )

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EC-Chan: ARG!!!!! It's ALL your fault Vegeta!!!

Vegeta: My fault? What are you talking about Onna?!

EC-Chan: How COULD you kill Bura? I leave you alone for a minute and you do something this crazy!!! I can't believe you!!!

Vegeta: How many times do I have to fucking explain it to you bakas? I HAD to!

EC-Chan: *whaps Vegeta on the head* But now I hafta change things and it's SOOOOOOOOOO annoying!!!!

Vegeta: You should have wrote it this way in the first place onna- don't blame your poor writing on me.

EC-Chan: *eyes narrowed* I don't understand how Bulma puts up with you….

Vegeta: …

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Bura….dead? It hardly seemed possible! Hardly seemed probable. Vegeta loved Bura- hadn't everyone decided this? Hadn't Bulma proudly told his own mother this time and time again, repeating every small act of affection she had seen Vegeta display to the small child? Vegeta loved Bura. How could he kill her?

The only thing almost as ludicrous as this statement was the duo's claims of the fainted girl lying haphazardly beside his father was in fact Pan. It couldn't be possible- it had been what? Two days? Even in the time chamber that only measured out to two years. How could she have grown up so quickly into that….that woman?! A clone of Akki?

Just a few days ago she had been so young….so small and cute- a miniature Chi Chi. But now they were telling him THIS was HIS little Panny? And to make it worse…. Those clothes, he shuddered, absently glancing towards them again. Who's idea was it to put her in _that_? [1]

For brief moment he looked the now old girl up and down, trying to decipher the random array of garments, until he finally noticed something that had unconsciously been nagging him- her face was turning a bit blue? And….were her clothes wet? Yes….how strange are things going to get around here before all of this ends? At this moment in time he seriously considered that he had just taken a bit too many drugs….perhaps he had. That would be the most logical explanation for all of this anyway.

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For the last few minutes Akki had been staring intently at the girl who looked just like her. Her clone….in body at least. Perhaps it was like having a twin….after all a person is merely a product of their environment and obviously the duo had different backgrounds….so hence they were different, right? If that theory was true she supposed. Actually she had never really thought about any of the shit she learned in the Psychology course she had taken- she had never really cared. Until now that is.

It had happened so suddenly…. One moment this girl was a mere six year old and two days later she was eighteen. Eighteen. A year older then her. Akki's head was spinning. Two much had happened in the last- what now- four days? Kami…. It seemed like such a long time ago since she had been sitting in Goten's lap, blissfully content and so unaware….

She took in a shaky breath. First her memories, then Gokou turning evil, then Bura's bonding, then Trunks and Goten, then….she couldn't- didn't even want to remember it all. So many things….so many damn things have changed in the last four days. And here she was- the end of the battle near, forced to simply wait, watching this lifeless, soulless body without knowing or even understanding what was exactly going on in there….

She could be dead….she could be trapped. She could be screaming for help right now and they'd never know. If anything could possibly be worse then the last four days she had just been put through, then it would most likely be these long restless moments in time. Being helpless wasn't exactly an enjoyable feeling….being helpless for the millionth time in the last few days and not knowing what was happening….that just made it ten times worse.

"Why….is she wet?" Goten asked, seemingly out of no where. Akki blinked, her eyes focusing on the sight before her. Was she….drowning?!

"Shit!" Akki cried, running over to the stricken girl. But then she realized that it was pointless….there's nothing she could do about it…. No way she could help. She could only sit here, watching this girl either drown or somehow get out of whatever situation she was in. She might as well be with Trunks searching for those Galaxy Balls or whatever- at least he was getting something done.

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Unwatched a few feet away, Vegeta clenched at his chest, gasping for breath. What the hell was going on? Damn. It must be the bonding. He snorted in disdain of that word. Bonding. Mate. He was this onna's mate…. What exactly had he been thinking again? Oh- revenge. Gee perhaps if he had waiting for twelve years to get to this point or had even just thought that he could do this….whatever. It's not like he actually cared.

So he was bonded. Worse things had happened to him in his long life….he smirked. Okay, so a LOT worse things had happened to him then being bonded to that Onna over there. As long as she didn't get him killed by her stupidity right now….

Baka onna, he shook his head. She still had so much to learn….

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Pan burst through the crest of the water sputtering and gasping for breathe while attempting to hold her Grandfather's head up also, but almost failing utterly. She didn't know how far underneath this ocean she had been but it felt like hundreds and hundreds of endless feet. She was so tired- she didn't feel like she had any strength left….

She looked around, trying to make out any semblance of land from her blurry eyes, and sighed in relief, still choking and sputtering on water. It didn't take her long to reach it though, and when she did she collapsed, her feet still half in the water- simply coughing up all she had swallowed.

Gokou watched the girl, his eyes glinting in anger. Vegeta…. He had seen how that…..that…..Saiyan was staring at her…. He had bonded with her. He knew it. He KNEW it! To get revenge. Ha! That was a laugh. But he had killed Bura. His own daughter. Bura! His heart sang out for her now familiar presence, only she wasn't there…. Vegeta…. He gritted his teeth.

His hands twitched as he unconsciously took a step forward. And then another. And another. Until he had reached her, his shaking hand pulling back the girl's extremely long hair to reveal that yes there was two small scars on her neck….Vegeta had, in fact, done it.

He stepped back, silent laughter racking his frame. He had done it. He had done it. And he would pay for it! "Bura," he called up to her, "watch me now! I'll get proper revenge for your death- just you wait!"

He smirked into the sky, only slightly aware that she could never possibly hear him from inside his own body….it was impossible. Impossible. He shook his head, trying to clear it, but continuous unbearable pain gnawed at his heart, forcing him to gasp for breath yet again. It hurt too much….he needed the little blue haired angel more then he had ever wished to consider.

"Vegeta…" He gritted his teeth, reaching down to grab the still choking girl by her head. "You'll pay for this! As soon as I'm done for her your suffering will be ten times greater what you can ever imagine!"

The girl was easy to lift into the air- she put up no struggle, still half-drowned from the water he supposed. Smirking at her vulnerability, his grip tightened on her head and her eyes flashed in confusion and then pain. He would squeeze the life out of her. Yes. That's how he would do it. And Vegeta would suffer more for it….suffer without knowing why. Yes! This was how it would happen. It was perfect. Perfect….

The girl cried in pain as he squeezed harder. And harder. And even harder. Until her cries were full-fledge screams and her screams grew to shrieks and then….she was flailing, her arms digging into his hand and her feet kicking in all directions, trying to connect with….something.

"Stupid, helpless, powerless-," And miraculously he felt his fingers loosen. He watched in surprise as she fell from them to the ground, whimpering and clutching her head. "Girl?"

He stepped back. What had just happened? Why did he drop her? He had her in his grasp and then he dropped her…. How could this happen? How DID this happen? This wasn't supposed to happen! NO! He was supposed to kill her and make Vegeta suffer- he was supposed to take revenge for Bura! How could he let her manipulate her like that? He was supposed…..

"Grandpa…." She said, her voice small but soothing. "Calm down…"

"Panny?" Gokou said, his eyes clearing- he didn't notice that both he and the supposedly unconscious figure on the ground spoke this word. "Panny- what's going on?"

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"Look at her head- look at those bruises," Goten commented, pointing to the strange discoloration. Akki, also knelt besides Pan, studying them as well.

"It looks like Gokou's trying to squeeze her head," She commented, stating the obvious. "That would be a weird way to die….do you think we'd see it?"

"Akki- why are you being so morbid," Goten asked, appalled.

"I'm sorry- I've been put through a lot in the last four days!" Akki frowned, trying to defend herself. "And you know how much I hate just sitting here and watching like this!"

Goten frowned, knowing that what he had done with Trunks was part of the reason why Akki was put through `a lot.' He wanted to make it up for her, but there really wasn't any way how. She knew everything after the fusion. She had seen what they had done. She had heard what Trunks had said. There was nothing they had to hide from her, and therefore nothing else that needed to be said about the situation. And he knew that she would hear no apology anyway….so there was nothing he could do- no way to bring it up.

She looked at him, raised an eyebrow at the helpless way he was staring at her, and then looked past him to Gokou. "HE doesn't seem to have any weird bruises. I guess she hasn't even laid a hand on him yet. Wait…. Dad- you got her to level….DAD?!"

Akki jumped to her feet and was at her father's side in a split second, supporting his weight, but he refused to sit down. For the first time since Goten had regained consciousness, he looked at Vegeta and his jaw dropped at what he saw. A few feet away the older man was clutching at his head and gasping for breath; stating that he was in extreme pain was an understatement.

What was going on? First Pan's body and now Vegeta's? Was it some kind of epidemic?

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"Dad- what's wrong? What's going on?" Akki's mind was working one-hundred miles per hour, and she was in the same bewildered state as Goten. The gasping for breath….clutching his head- yes there were bruises. It seemed like her father was experiencing everything Pan was… "Did you bond with her?"

Her voice was harsh and her conclusion may have been a bit of a jump, but if she was correct then it wasn't only with Bura that her father had gone slightly insane over. The bonding had hit him hard- she would be the first to understand that. But seriously- what was he trying to pull off with bonding with this…girl?! And killing Bura for that matter?

"Yes," He acknowledged, his voice forced. "She's going to die…. I have to help her."

He tried to move forward, but Akki held him back, "There's no way you can help her from out here baka. What's wrong with you papa? You ALWAYS clearheaded."

"Shut up brat!" He barked, his voice strained. He took in a deep breath, and when he let it out he straightened, pulling out of Akki's hold. He growled lowly, "Give her your strength."

"What?" Akki swung away from her father, hurt and anger clouding her eyes. "I don't think so! I'm barely standing as it is!"

"Give. Her. Your. Strength." He said slowly, his hair sparking yellow in warning. "You're the only one who can help her brat- I don't care what happened to you in the last few days. I don't care how tired you are. And I really don't care what you think about the fact that I betrayed the onna or killed your sister. Just do as I say or else I will beat the shit out of you- give her your strength."

For a moment there was complete silence. Akki couldn't believe this- she couldn't believe that her father could be so cruel to her. So cold. How could he stand there and say those things? How could he ask this of her in the first place? She didn't want to help that girl. She wouldn't. She couldn't!

"Vegeta," Goten said, his voice small. He was completely ignored by the father and daughter.

Akki glared angrily into her father's eyes, while the other man stood indifferent, only the sparks of power he was sporadically emitting, revealing his emotions and what he was preparing to do. There was another long silence and then abruptly Akki looked to the ground, turned, and walked over to the unconscious girl. Goten stumbled backwards, wisely trying to stay as much out of the fight as possible.

Akki placed her hands on the girl and clenched her eyes- she knew what her father was asking of her. And she also knew that he knew exactly what it might do to her. She could die doing this- she was never trained like this girl obviously had been….she only hoped that Pan had been trained enough to help her through this. With a deep breath, she mentally plunged into the other girl's mind.

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Pan frowned at her grandfathers, she was fidgety, slightly nervous about saying the wrong thing. She had decided that it probably was a good thing for both of them to be talking at the same time, saying the same thing, though neither Dende nor Piccolo had ever told her that this would happen and therefore she had no idea what she was doing…. At least she wasn't about to have her head concave in anymore. She wondered if Vegeta had felt that….probably. Damn. He'd yell at her later for letting her guard down.

"Let me get this straight Panny- I turned evil?" Both grandfathers asked.

"Yeah- it was this whole big thing," Pan nodded. "You turned evil, Akki got her memories back, and Vegeta whisked Goten, Trunks, and me up to Kami's lookout. When we came back you were nearly about to kill Akki and the boys, and had bonded with Bura."

There was a flicker in Gokou's eyes at the mention of Bura. "Bonded….with Bura?"

"Yeah," Pan said, too busy thinking about her dead friend then to realize that only one of the Grandpa's had spoken. "And Vegeta killed her so that you won't have to deal with the consequences….wasn't that nice of him?"

"Not really," The Grandpa before her said, emitting a low growl. "Actually it wasn't `nice' at all."

"G-grandpa?" Pan asked, slowly backing away. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit! "You went to sleep again?"

"I didn't `go to sleep'," The man laughed. "I woke up. Or do you just not get that?"

Pan frowned at him- this was her grandfather evil. A pure hearted man turned evil equals a pure evil man. And although he looked and acted and sounded and smelled like her fun-loving grandpa, this side of his was completely different from any she had ever thought she could possibly see from him. And he was a definitely insane `Doctor Jekyl and Hyde' type of evil.

"You are Vegeta's mate, are you not?" He grinned at her. She nodded dumbly. "Then I think I'll just return the favor and then if we ever meet again you can tell me exactly how `nice' I'm being right now. This time you won't take me by surprise and we'll have a `fair' fight."

He raised his hand to form a ki blast and when he brought it down, Pan feebly tried to block it, raising her hands over her head. This couldn't possibly be her grandfather…was her last thought as a bright light blinded her. A few seconds passed and nothing happened. A minute. Two. Three. Finally Pan looked up and saw that her grandfather was now sprawled on the ground to her side, Akki standing over him, looking from him to the other unconscious figure.

"Akki?" Pan asked, completely baffled. What was SHE doing here?

"Dad sent me," She didn't even bother to turn even her face to look at Pan. "He said you needed my help and now I see why. What were you doing _waiting_ for him to kill you? He's the bad guy- hit him."

"But he's my grandpa," Pan muttered, blushing slightly. What HAD she been doing? Damn him! He must have done something to her mind. Had she just been thinking about….she rubbed her head. "I can't believe he…" She hadn't even known it was possible to manipulate the thought process in someone's mind like that- it had to have been him too. To forget that she had powers….that she couldn't fight back. How did he know how to do something like that? Where had he learned?

"Pan," Akki said angrily, and then shook her head. "He's out- what do you have to do?"

"Oh!" Pan said, walking swiftly to her real grandfather's side and squatting down. She felt Akki's stare of disdain on her back, before she was forced to concentrate solely on her job. It was one of the last things Dende had told her…

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Akki stared at the girl, a little confused of the scene she had witnessed between her and Gokou a moment before. Why hadn't she powered up? It didn't make sense- why had she been so afraid? Finally she shook the strange scene off, and tried to decipher what Pan was doing at the moment.

From her vantage point it seemed like the girl was just sitting there, doing nothing. But she knew that appearances could be deceiving….that and she had seen Dende in this position countless times before when he was healing people. Sure enough a few seconds later Pan's hands began to glow, and an eerie red light pulsated around Gokou.

For a moment he remained as he was, lifeless, and then his right hand began to twitch sporadically. Enthralled by this strange scene, Akki stared unblinkingly down at the older man, and then she heard movement from behind her. She had just managed to turn enough to see the evil Gokou standing there before he sent her flying into Pan.

Pan fell, her arms returning to normal in her surprise, and they landed in a heap beside the still-sleeping Gokou. Akki groaned, trying to get up, but failing miserably. She was too weak….too damn weak. Her vision began to haze, and she could barely feel Pan trying to push her off.

"I have to hand it to you two," Majin Gokou grinned down at them. "Both of you have put up with a good fight. I'm surprised by your presence Akki, and also surprised that you're still conscious. You're stronger then I thought."

Akki tried to reply, but found her mouth was not responding to her will any more. Kami- was she going to die? Had she finally been pushed beyond her limits? Had her father just ordered her to her death? Why had she ever listened to him?

"Don't worry- this won't hurt," Gokou smirked. "At least not much."

He gathered a ki blast into his hand and then- miraculously, Akki felt herself flying through the air, landing in a heap a few feet away before blackness finally engulfed her.

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Pan faced her grandfather, Super Saiyan 3, her dark eyes flashing, "Your cheap tricked won't work anymore Grandfather!"

"My tricks aren't cheap," Gokou frowned at her. "And when it comes down to it nothing you can or will do matters- you're no match for me. I don't care how long it takes- in the end you'll die. You're no match! No match!"

"We'll see about that," Pan smirked, crouching into ready position. Gokou snorted and followed suit, but before she do anything, he charged, heading towards her with gathering speed. Pan smirked, straightening, and then held out her arms- he froze in midair.

"What?!" He asked, and she smiled innocently. He frowned and then after a second, broke from her hold.

She smirked, "It's as I expected- you know what you're doing, but you've never had to fight someone like me before, have you?"

"Someone like you?" He laughed. "You're not a `someone'. You're a no one!"

"We'll see," Pan smiled. "We'll see."

Gokou gritted his teeth and flung himself at the girl. Pan clucked her tongue, and pushed him backwards, slamming his body into the sand. She followed him, picking him back up with her mind and holding him in midair.

"You really are no match for me," She smiled. He gnashed his teeth at her as if he were some ill-mannered dog. She shook her head, and gathered her strength, forming it into a ki ball. Dende had told her before she had left that there were only two ways to save her grandfather- one was to wake him up, the other was to destroy his evil half. It looked like she would end up doing the latter.

"Kameameah (sp?;)!" And with his own special attack, he was defeated. Pan smiled, proud of herself, and then she turned around and promptly passed out.

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"So….you bonded with my niece?" Goten asked, trying to sound casual.

"Yes- do you have a problem with that boy?"

"Oh no," Goten said sarcastically. "Not only are you old enough to be her GRANDFATHER for Dende's sake, but you already have a wife! Of course there's no problem."

Vegeta turned to the boy, his face set in a blank expression, "I already killed my own daughter today brat and I have no qualms with adding my son's mate to my `I-killed-you-and-I'm-now-sentenced-to-hell-for-it' list. Is there still something you'd like to discuss?"

Goten blinked. "You actually made a list?"

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[1]- I'm sorry people but I refuse to even try and describe that outfit…it's so amusing though- <A HREF="http://www32.brinkster.com/ahoc/fanart.html/pan1.jpg"> http://www32.brinkster.com/ahoc/fanart.html/pan1.jpg</A>. I dunno; I think I got a bit overzealous in designing it ^^;;; just….don't ask;

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Random ending -.-; Yay! Only the epilogue left ^^;; Sorry that there wasn't like any fighting;;; I really have no idea how I came up with this ending; Completely random…. Oh well *rubs back of head* But the next chappy- everyone's final reactions to what happened. ^^;;

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