Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Internal Darkness ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Sorry about the long wait, but I've been playing a lot of Chrono Cross and C&C:Red alert. Both being very addictive games. Anyways, hopefully this chapter will be longer than last chapter but who knows? Now, on with the story.



Vegeta was still pretty angry when he flew away from the prisoner cells of Hell, so he decided to see if there were any ogres hanging around the pool of blood before he went to see King Yemma. When he got near the pool of blood, he slowed down and looked around for any unsuspecting victim. He almost missed two ogres that were just sitting around and goofing off. Vegeta smirked as he landed by the edge of the pool and walked up to the ogres, not noticing that two shadows had been following him and landed just after he did.
"Well look what we have here." said Vegeta. "If it isn't a couple of Yemma's worthless cronies." The ogres, who had been sitting in lawn chairs facing the opposite direction, turned around to see Vegeta smirking at them. "I need to talk to Yemma, so if you don't tell me how to get to him now you'll end up in that pool over there." he said pointing over his shoulder. The two ogres looked unimpressed.
"Now look here, we can't just tell you how to get out of here. If we started telling everyone how to escape Hell there would be chaos all over otherworld." Vegeta grabbed both ogres by the scruffs of their necks and pulled their faces down to his as they both were at least a head taller than him.
"Look here imbeciles, I've been summoned to go talk to Yemma. If you tell me how to get to him now, I might just not do anything to you and leave you in peace, but if you don't tell me there'll be dire consequences for both of you." Both ogres were struggling to get out of Vegeta's grasp, but neither was any where near strong enough. Eventually, they decided to relent the information that Vegeta requested.
"You'll find the way out up the stairs in that cave." one of them said, pointing to a cave not too far from where they were.
"Well thank you, you've been quite helpful today." said Vegeta with an evil glint in his eyes. "Now I'll let you go." With that he threw both ogres directly into the pool of blood.
"I thought you were going to let us go." one of the ogres complained when he surfaced long enough to get a breath.
"And I'm no longer holding you am I?" said Vegeta. "I didn't say I was going to let you go gently now did I?" With that he flew off toward the cave that had been pointed out to him, the shadows once again following him. When he reached the top of the stairs, he ran into a dead end and snarled.
"Those ogres tricked me! They're going to regret..." Vegeta's sentence was left unfinished as he looked up to find light coming from above. He quickly flew up through the hole in the cave ceiling and found himself floating right in front of King Yemma. Vegeta started to fly away, but stopped and looked down into the dark hole that he had just flown through. Though he could see nothing in the hole, he called out anyway. "Come out you two, I know you're hiding down there." having said that he formed an energy blast in his right hand and threw it down into the hole. Two figures shot up through the hole just before the energy exploded, sending a bit of dust and dirt out of the hole.
"That's enough!" roared Yemma, as he had become tired of waiting. "I only called Vegeta here, so why are you here Bardock and Radditz? Don't you have some peace to keep?"
"Because we want to go to Earth with Vegeta." said Bardock. "From what I've heard about this Majin Buu creature, they could use all the help they can get. Besides, I want to meet my youngest son and his children."
"And how exactly is it that you could possibly help us?" asked Vegeta. "You are equal with Frieza in power, which is strong for your standards, but Majin Buu makes Frieza look like a spec of dust. You don't even come close to me and I couldn't beat him. What makes you think you'll have any more luck than the rest of us?"
"Even if I can't beat Buu, I can still buy some time if it's needed for an attack or something. Besides, wouldn't it be better to have more Saiyajins around that actually know of our culture? From what I gather, Kakarrot isn't much of a Saiyajin and hasn't been since he was a child."
"Perhaps you are right." said Vegeta. "But no one said that anyone was going to be sent back to Earth."
"Besides being able to see the future, I can also read minds." said Bardock. Yemma is desperately behind in his paperwork, and besides, Earth is Kakarrot's planet, and Yemma feels obliged to help him out in any way because of all the lives he's saved."
"Very well then." said Vegeta. "You may accompany me to Earth."
"Now just hold on there a minute, I haven't authorized you two to go back to the living world, so you have to stay here."
"Oh, but you have authorized them." said Vegeta. "Because if you haven't, then I'm not going either, so I suggest you either include them in your plans or you find someone else." Yemma turned a darker shade of red than usual and looked like he was about to explode at someone, but he regained his composure before he lost it.
"Fine, whatever. Just step into the portal and you'll be on Earth. But remember, you're still dead, so this isn't permanent." That being said, he created a portal of swirling energy in the middle of the room. Bardock, Radditz, and Vegeta all stepped through to land on Earth.
"Before we do anything, I have a question." Radditz said to Vegeta.
"Make it quick."
"How did you know that Bardock and I were behind you when you got out of that hole? I know for a fact it was too dark for you to see us, so how did you know?"
"Once I got rid of some frustration by picking on those ogres, I could sense your energies behind me the entire time." Before either of them could respond, Vegeta took off, having sensed the fight between Trunks and Buu beginning. Bardock and Radditz quickly followed, not wanting to be left behind.
"Gohan!" yelled Trunks as Gohan's form disappeared into Buu.. Within seconds Buu's power jumped dramatically, easily going up to twice what Gohan's and Trunks' power would be combined. Trunks began to despair, but then he felt it. Buu's increased power and most likely increased ego had caused the amount of negative energy he was outputting to go up as well. Trunks quickly took advantage of this and soon black tendrils of energy were radiating off of Buu and going into him. He felt a surge of energy and something new. Something he didn't like. He felt a surge of negative emotions. Trunks decided to ignore it and concentrate on Buu. "You're going to pay for what you've done Buu! You're going to pay for every life you've taken, especially Gohan's!" Trunks was about to charge at Buu, but he felt one familiar energy and two unfamiliar energies fly up behind him. "I don't know how you're here, but you should leave. I'm the only one strong enough to even fight Buu, let alone win.
"Hm! Stay out of my way boy. I've got a score to settle with ugly over there." Trunks was about to reply, but Goku suddenly arrived as well, which upset Vegeta. "You! How dare you show your face around me?!" Goku, who was about to comment on Radditz and Bardock's presence, looked at Vegeta with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong Vegeta?" he asked. "You seem upset at me about something."
"Of course I'm upset you idiot! I destroyed myself on a lie! Did you not think that I'd find out about your super saiyajin three sooner or later?! You made me believe that I had a chance to beat you. You held back against me through our whole fight! You even let me beat on you. You've made a mockery of me and you don't think I'd be upset?!"
"Aw I'm sorry Vegeta." Goku said looking down. "I was going to tell you, but I kind of got distracted during our fight and besides, I can't hold that form for long in the living world because it's so draining. In fact, using that form shortened my time on earth. So you see? I couldn't have used it anyways."
"Feh! Whatever. Just stay out of my way." Vegeta then powered up to super saiyajin two and charged in at Buu, but suddenly stopped as he ran into the brick wall that was Trunks.
"I told you, I'm going to fight Buu, not you. You're not strong enough to fight him, so just go over there by those two and only get involved if I need help, the same goes for you Goku. I'll take care of him." Trunks began to take in more darkness, this time it came from Vegeta. Vegeta and Goku stared at Trunks with awe as they felt his power rise.
"I told you to stay out of my way!" before he could say any more, Trunks backhanded Vegeta across the face, sending him flying into a far away mountain. Trunks turned to face Buu.
"Now that that's taken care of, I can concentrate on destroying you." He then charged at Buu and threw a punch at him, which was caught so he threw his other fist at Buu's midsection. Also caught. Trunks and Buu began pushing against each other's arms in an attempt to break the lock, but neither was gaining any ground so Trunks brought his head back and slammed it into Buu's head. Buu screamed in pain and brought his hands up to hold his head, so Trunks punched him in the gut, doubling him over in pain. He then folded his hands together and brought them down hard on Buu's back, sending him hurtling towards the ground. Buu realized this just in time and stopped himself mere inches from the ground. Buu looked up to see Trunks flying at him and brought his forearm up to block a kick aimed at his head. He then grabbed Trunks' foot and swung him up and slammed him down into the ground, swung him up and slammed him into the ground about three or four times before Trunks launched an energy blast that exploded painfully in his face. Trunks flew back and landed in front of Buu and snarled at him. "You see? I'm a little stronger than you are and as long as there's darkness in the universe, I will continue to get stronger and stronger until I have no equal! You stand absolutely no chance against me!" as he said that, Trunks' crimson eyes glowed with an eerie light that sent shivers down Buu's spine. Trunks was struggling to maintain control and it was keeping him from his maximum power, and Goku could tell. Before he could contemplate the matter further however, Vegeta exploded out of the mountain that Trunks smashed him into and flew over to Goku. He could tell that Vegeta was going to start complaining so he decided to initiate some conversation.
"Trunks is really doing good over there." he said. "But I'm worried about him."
"What's to worry about?" asked Vegeta. "He's holding his own just fine and even seems to be winning a bit. I see no problem."
"Yes, he is doing good, but he's unable to reach maximum power because he's struggling to maintain control of himself. It seems the stronger he gets, the more trouble he has controlling himself and the more he slips. I'm afraid at this rate he may turn against us or go insane, and if he does, there will be no one to stop him."
"Well what do you suggest we do if he does go insane? Run away screaming like a couple of babies?"
"Well I do have an idea, but you probably won't like it. Actually, I was going to suggest we do it now and take over fighting Buu to give Trunks a chance to rest."
"What's your ingenious plan? Somehow make Buu tremble with fear by making him think that we're stronger than we really are? Or are you just going to hold back and bore him to death?" Vegeta said the last part not without malice in his voice.
"Actually, I was going to suggest fusion." Goku said as he pulled two earrings out of his gi. "If we each put an earring on the opposite ear, then we'll fuse and become someone way stronger than both of us."
"And what makes you think I'll go along with this? Like I would want to join bodies with you."
"Just get over it Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed. "We don't have time for this. We should get over our differences and truly act like the last of the saiyajins. If you can't do it for that reason, then do it to get revenge for Bulma."
"Why? What's happened to Bulma?"
"She's gone. So is Trunks. Buu ate them, ate everyone that was on the lookout. Other than Trunks and Buu, we're the only ones left on the planet." Vegeta looked over at where Buu and Trunks were fighting and growled.
"Fine!" he said. "What do I do?"
"Clip it on your right ear. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the fusion is permanent."
"You could have said something sooner!" Vegeta growled as he clipped the earring on his right ear. Instantly their bodies flew towards each other and they slammed together as if being drawn together by a giant magnet. There was a bright explosion and where two people once floated, there was only one. He pumped his fists and shouted "Alright!" before he took off after Buu. Bardock and Radditz, who had explained/introduced themselves to Goku earlier stared in shock at what they had just seen.
"I just can't believe it's possible." said Bardock. "I've heard rumors about fusion, but I thought it to be just some fairytale."
"So what exactly does this fusion do?" asked Radditz.
"Obviously it takes two people and makes them one, and as Kakarrot...er...Goku said, it makes a stronger person, but not just that. According to the rumors, the fused warrior is actually stronger than just adding two powers together, so the new person would actually be stronger than the original two people put together."
"Hmm... interesting." said Radditz. They looked over to see Trunks flying in their direction. When he reached them, he suddenly stopped and began questioning them.
"Who are you two?" he asked.
"I'm Bardock, Goku's father and that's Radditz my eldest son and Ka.... I mean Goku's older brother.
"I see you're having trouble adjusting to Goku's earth name. It doesn't matter anymore though. Goku no longer exists."
"What do you mean?!" Bardock and Radditz asked at the same time.
"Goku and Vegeta fused into Vegito, and they're stuck that way because the fustion's permanent." Bardock and Radditz were left speechless by what they had just heard. "Goku's knowledge and memories live on in Vegito, as well as Vegeta's, but as individuals they no longer exist."
"Why'd you stop fighting?" asked Radditz. "From what I was seeing, you were doing a pretty good job fighting that thing on your own, so why did Vegito interfere?"
"Because he's afraid that I'm going to lose control of myself and go on an intergalactic killing spree or something. He seems to think that this new power I posses is too much for me to handle mentally. I disagree though. I have complete control over my power." Trunks' eyes glowed with an eerie light as he attacked.
Oooh another cliffhanger. Once again, I'm sorry for the long wait for an update. As promised this chapter was of my usual length. I hope you liked this chapter. Please R&R.