Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Cold As Ice ❯ Oozaru ( Chapter 17 )

They were ready when it happened. The Z Fighters surrounded the airship, Vegeta right below it, already in Oozaru form. The ape was taller than most skyscrapers, it's eyes glowing blood red, fangs shining in the moonlight, dripping saliva as it snarled. Usually, by now it would already be on a rampage, destroying everything in it's path, but this was Vegeta, fully in control of his furry self. He was full of rage and feeling very destructive indeed, but his focus was on Ice, not the world at large. They could feel it on the air when the transformation inside the ship began. Waves of power crashed over them and they faintly heard screams from inside. Only moments later, the very center of the ship cracked and then seemed to explode into scrap metal, dark brown fur and glowing red eyes. The air filled with the enraged roar of four Oozarus. Goku and Gohan were waiting when they felt the familiar Kis of Chi-Chi, Videl and Bulma and heard their voices screaming as they fell through the air, the ship exploding around them. Among all the other bodies that were falling, they located the three women and flew toward them.

Chi-Chi closed her eyes and thanked Kami for granting her wish for death and then gasped as a strong arm clasped around her and stopped her descent toward the ground. Disbelieving, she opened her eyes and stared into the face of her husband. "Goku," she breathed. He had Bulma in his other arm and she was staring at him as well, her eyes wide. "What happened?" Bulma asked, finding her voice and looking around. "Oozaru," he said, shortly, nodding in the direction of where the airship had once been. The women looked up and saw five giant apes in the air above them. Gohan appeared beside them with Videl clasped in his arms. "Mom, are you okay?" he asked. She nodded, not looking away from what was happening in the sky.

Vegeta swiped at his son with one massive paw, catching him in the side of the head with a monstrous blow. Stunned, Oozaru Trunks wasn't prepared when Vegeta grabbed his tail at the base and ripped it away. Immediately unconscious and receding back to his normal form, he fell, right into the waiting arms of Piccolo. One by one, the Oozarus were changed back into the young Saiyans they had been, caught easily by the Z Fighters. When Goten landed safely in 18's arms, Oozaru Vegeta looked at Gohan, who quickly fired a Ki blast that seared Vegeta's tail from his body. Once again in the form of the Saiyan Prince, seemingly uncaring of his naked state, he retained his consciousness and flew to where Goku and Gohan were waiting. She was already reaching for him when Goku released Bulma into Vegeta's arms.

Clutching his wife close, her battered, blood smeared state tugging at his heart, Vegeta whispered, for her ears alone, "I love you." Tears welled in her eyes and spilled down her face at the words he'd never spoken before. "I know. I've always known," she told him. Then she pulled back. "Where are Bra and Trunks?" "Here," said Piccolo, Trunks and Bra in his arms, the Namek's white cape wrapped around their naked forms. "Take them back to the Lookout. We need to get out of here. We can't be sure Ice was destroyed in the explosion," said Goku. As a unit, they turned toward the Lookout and flew back to the home of the Guardian of the Earth.