Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 15

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A/N - A lot of people got the wrong idea about the last chapter so I'm going to clarify something for you all - Bulma didn't forgive Goku in the last chapter, she's upset because she found out that Turles really was quite a bastard - but she loves him anyway.

And as for the people, who were freaking out over me cutting the fic short, don't worry because I won't write a short crappy ending, the fic will end when it ends.

Chapter 15: 'Great Love'

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Now, what my love is, proof hath made you know; ~*~

~*~ And as my love is sized, my fear is so: ~*~

~*~ Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; ~*~

~*~ Where little fears grow great, great love grows there. ~*~

- Player Queen from 'Hamlet'

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Vegeta awkwardly held Raven in his arms as Bulma finished plaiting her hair.

"Thanks Vegeta." Bulma held out her arms and Vegeta gratefully handed the squirming baby back.

"I don't think she likes me." Vegeta rubbed his hand where Raven had bitten him moments before.

"Of course she likes you, she was just playing." Bulma hugged her small daughter. "Weren't you honey? You were toying with the prince!"

Raven gurgled happily and squeaked with laughter as Bulma tickled her.

"I'm telling you, the baby has something against me!" Vegeta felt himself blush as mother and daughter turned to give him identical looks of impatience.

"Nonsense, you're just imagining thing." Bulma put Raven down in her cot and kissed her.

"She bit me!" Vegeta insisted and crossed his arms. "And she pulled my hair and yesterday she tried to scratch my eyes out!" He stared at Raven whose eyes were gleaming evilly at him.

There was something about that baby that troubled him…she was a saiyan through and through and yet she had an intelligence which was astounding for a baby…

"Oh Vegeta! Honestly! You know why she pushes you around? Because you're too soft with babies!"

"Too soft…" Vegeta's jaw dropped open and he stared at Bulma in shock. "I am not too soft with her!"

"Whatever you say." Bulma rolled her eyes and stretched. "Where's Goku gone?"

"Probably training." Vegeta watched Bulma from the corner of his eye. "You two seem to be getting on much better lately."

"A little better." Bulma sighed and flopped into a chair. "Since I saw that memory of Turles saying those awful things I've been able to forgive Goku a little…but he still killed my mate and I can't forgive him for such a big thing yet. I'm trying to get over it…but I loved Turles! I loved him with all my heart and seeing him die, killed by my own best friend was…was…well, it was one of the worst things to ever happen to me."

"He does love you, you know." Vegeta sank gracefully into a chair across from Bulma and scrutinised her face.

"I know, and part of me is always going to love him as a friend…but I can't even begin to love him as anything else at the moment. Turles' death is still so close…it still hurts every time I think about him." Bulma sighed. "I know I should move on, I know I should forgive Goku, after all he did kill Turles defending himself…"

"So why don't you forgive him?" Vegeta prodded.

"I…I'm trying, but I loved Turles in a way I don't love Goku!" Bulma seemed to come to her senses and she stood up. "Talking of trying, I'm thinking of taking a trip back to Earth with Goku to see if we can find any survivors. It is possible that some people survived Turles attack."

Vegeta nodded but looked doubtful. "I think that's a good idea. You and Goku need some time alone."

"Will you be able to watch Raven while I'm gone?" Bulma smiled sweetly and battered her eye lashes at Vegeta, already knowing what his answer would be…

"Absolutely not!" Vegeta bristled. "I will not look after a child that holds a grudge against me. I will however, allow her to stay at my apartment and be cared for by a nanny while you're gone." Vegeta gave her a dignified look. "I suppose it is the least I could do since you did agree for her to become my mate." Vegeta looked a little pale at the thought. "Hopefully she'll have outgrown her grudge by her late teens."

Bulma swallowed her laughter and nodded gravely. "Yes, we can only hope."

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"Kakarot!"

Vegeta's voice broke through the silence like a whip lash; guiltily Goku clambered to his feet and looked anywhere but at Vegeta who was glowering at him from the doorway.

"Training are we? Getting stronger are we?" His voice was dripping with sarcasm and Goku was forced to raise his eyes to meet Vegeta's mocking gaze. "Yes I can see how hard you're training."

Goku wiped sleep from his eyes and yawned. "I was training! I swear! I just got a little tired…"

"You're not here to slack off Kakarot! Just because I've been cutting you some slack lately because of your mate and her troubles, doesn't mean I'm going to allow you to go soft." Vegeta scowled ferociously and Goku swallowed, not wishing to incur the wrath of Vegeta.

"Sorry Vegeta…"

"Sorry nothing! I don't want apogees, I want to spar with someone worthy and if you go too soft on me I won't be able to train with you - will I?"

"You could spar with Frieza!" Goku said in a joking voice, trying to lighten the mood but Vegeta only deepened his frown.

"If that was a joke, then it was in the worst possible taste. Frieza is not someone to joke about; he is as dangerous as they come." Vegeta began to stretch in readiness for a sparring match.

"Well then, you could spar with Nappa…or with Raditz!"

"Those idiots are even weaker then you are." Vegeta scowled again. "No, I won't settle for anything less then someone of your strength as a sparing partner." Vegeta finished stretching and looked over at Goku. "Ready?"

"Of course!" Goku crouched in a fighting stance and waited for Vegeta to initiate the attack.

"Aaaaaaaaah!" Vegeta's battle cry echoed around the training room, reaching Goku's ears seconds after Vegeta's fist had connected with his face.

How was he that fast? How did Vegeta manage to become so strong?

Goku dodged under the next punch his prince threw at him and launched himself into the air; gathering his ki into small balls of burning light then halting mid flight and slamming his fist and the ki balls they contained into an unsuspecting Vegeta who had been chasing him.

As Vegeta was flung back to the ground from the force of his unexpected attack Goku phased underneath him and kicked him back into the air.

Preparing to attack again, Goku crouched on the ground and powered up yet again, but before he could fly after his sparring partner, Vegeta disappeared and the next thing Goku felt was a piercing pain in his head as Vegeta reappeared behind him and dealt him a stinging kick to the head.

The fight wore on and on, both of them sweating and grunting as they followed their body's instincts and fought as they never had before.

Their attacks became fiercer and their defences improved beyond either of them had expected.

Slowly but surely a new power built inside of them both, a power which sung through their veins and pounded inside their skulls, demanding to be let out. The power bore down upon them both at the same time, an ancient power which bit and stung and yet urged them both on and on.

With equal screams of pain and rage they were both swallowed by a swirling mass of bright light. It whirled around them with the fury of a tornado; whipping and tearing at them, forcing them both to change - and deep inside the swirling binding cloud black hair change to gold and endless black eyes turned to clear turquoise as both of them were pulled into a transformation which had not been seen for thousands of years.

When the power receded and the blinding light faded the two warriors found themselves staring down at themselves in wonderment. The power that pumped through their veins was unimaginable. It made the ground tremble around them; it made the sky glow in reflection of their new glory.

"This…this is unbelievable!" It was Vegeta who spoke first, his cultured accent thicker then usual. He was staring at his own hands as if he couldn't believe was he was seeing.

"I know! I feel as though I've been reborn!" Goku's voice was less reverent then Vegeta's, it held only a deep seeded excitement.

"In a way you have been." Vegeta vented a rough laugh. "We have, both of us, transformed into the ultimate saiyan warrior! Super saiyans!" Vegeta laughed again and clenched a fist. "The true power that we have inside of us is finally free, we are complete Kakarot! We have achieved the perfection that our race has dreamt of for centuries!"

"Super saiyans." Goku tasted the word and nodded slowly. "It feels right…this feels right."

Vegeta unclenched his fist then re-clenched it again and began to power up, causing the ground to shake and the buildings to tremble. "This power is amazing! I feel as though I could take on Frieza and win!" Abruptly Vegeta's power dropped and both his hair and his eyes turned back to jet black. He looked at Goku and a small smirk crept over his mouth. "And I shall."

"Do what? Why'd you let the power go?" Goku followed Vegeta's example and relaxed back to normal.

"I let the power go because I can reclaim it again at anytime. I have the blood of countless super saiyans running through my veins, it was destiny to one day become a super saiyan." Vegeta looked sideways at Goku. "Of course you may not be strong enough to reclaim the power, but we shall deal with that bridge when we come to it. For now we have more important matters to worry about."

"What? What are you talking about?" Goku frowned in confusion.

"I'm talking about Frieza." Vegeta growled. "We now have enough power at our disposal to rid the universe of him forever, but we must tread carefully. We must let no one know of our power of that runt Frieza might run."

"Do you think he would?" Goku frowned harder then slowly nodded. "Yes, yes I see now! You want to defeat Frieza…but you…" Goku trailed off again and his look slipped back to one of confusion. "I still don't see why we're hiding out power."

"You fool!" Vegeta bit out viciously. "If Frieza knows that we have become super saiyans he will run, or even worse he might hold those nearest to us as hostages!"

Gou's eyes cleared again as what Vegeta was saiyan dawned on him. "Bulma! You're talking about Bulma!"

"And Raven" Vegeta slotted in tensely. "We cannot afford to mortgage the future of our race by acting in haste. We must plan our next more carefully."

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A/N - Yeah I know not much happened in this chapter…in the way of Goku/Bulma-ness. But the next chapter is bound to have some more G/B in it…as well as a little more anti-Frieza talk by our two favourite saiyans! Anyhow please review!

Also if any of you are interested in reading a one shot sequel about Vegeta and Raven please let me know because I might write one if enough people would read it.