Chapter 6: Two As One

A/N: Sorry for the delay, but hopefully another distraction from the craziness around us. Stay safe.

Krillin helped up Yamcha, who was barely able to stand on his own. From where they had just been not too long ago, beaten, broken, and on the very precipese of complete defeat. The saiyans were showing no mercy and enjoying their brutal nature, wel, the large one Nappa was. The other just sat back and watched with a mixture of brodem and contempt from his rock.

"Doesn't seem real does it?" Krillin remarked, looking at how Goku and Chi-Chi were now standing across from the long remaining opponent.

Yamcha managed a weak chuckle, "No, but that's impossible. We trained so hard and we barely brought the big guy down for more than a few seconds. Chi-Chi shows up and completely wrecks him and makes us all look like fools. I know Goku and Chi-Chi were training to get stronger, but how does that happen?"

"No idea," Krillin added, helping Yamcha move further away from the chaos about to unfold in front of them. "But man, if that was Chi-Chi, just imagine how strong Goku is, he has to be insanely powerful now."

That thought hadn't crossed his mind. "Yeah, if Chi-Chi is just sweating after a few minutes with that big bastard and I know Goku is suppressing his power because there's no way Goku is showing his full hand. He always has some new trick or some ridiculous strength to show off, it's always how he's been since I've known him."

Goku had always amazed everyone, even considering that Goku was an alien. He had never been one to take the back seat or stand off to the side when there was a challenge in front of him. It was what made their friend someone more than unique. "Whatever that training was, I certainly want some of that."

"You and me both," As they made it, a minimal safe distance away they rested, their bodies beaten up pretty badly but they weren't going to be dying anytime soon. While it did little to undo the damage that their friends had already suffered. Tien and Chaotzu were dead, Piccolo had also been felled leaving the planet with no dragon balls either. Whatever their plans would be from here would have involved finding a planet Namek that they heard the saiyans talk about.

If they were going to believe some bloodthirsty saiyan, however, they didn't have much else to go off of at the moment.

That saiyan was staring down the last and best line of defense. Goku and Chi-Chi. "Hn, I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised by this turn of events, Kakarot, considering you were responsible for your brother's death. But you are a third class, what could I truly expect from you?" Vegeta raised up his arms and laughed, those his mockery meant for the situation rather than his opponent who cared little about his heritage. "You won't consider kneeling before me? I can promise you will remain alive as long as you prove useful to me, and as a side benefit I'll even let you keep that little hellcat of yours." It made Chi-Chi give him an angry scowl which only further amused the prince.

"Well, if I beat you I won't have to do that and still have Chi-Chi. Besides, you killed your friend, how could I ever trust you?"

"Ha ha ha." Vegeta laughed. "Friend? No, Kakarot, there are no friends. Nappa was merely an asset and one that had used itself up, and it's a far cry from the abilities of that dead fool to myself. I am the prince of all saiyans and if you don't take me up on my offer your death will be much worse than his." His smile dropped into a neutral mask. His amusement ending, turning his voice serious. "Make your choice, this will not be offered again."

"Thanks, but no thanks." Goku didn't hesitate to reject Vegeta who just shook his head.

"Well then, Kakarot, I hope you and the female are prepared for this battle because I promise I will not hold back."

Goku just grinned, he cast his eyes to the side toward Chi-Chi. "Let me have this one okay?" Undoing the small brown bag from his hips as well. "You take these, we've only got three left and don't want them destroyed just in case." Tossing Chi-Chi the senzu beans, which she affixed to her own person.

"Sure, I'll step back on this one. You just make sure to whip his butt extra hard." Her response made Goku chuckle. Taking a leap backwards, Chi-Chi just let herself focus on channeling extra power into him and the side benefit of being able to view the fight from a separate angle allowed her to send even more information to Goku through their link. Could it be considered a little unfair? 'Not at all' She told herself as Goku squared himself off against the prince.

"Alright Kakarot, I do hope you're ready to fight a super elite." Vegeta then drew upon his own incredible power letting it rush forwards and engulf himself as he felt the rush of energy spark from his head down to his toes. The crackle in the air and the tremors of the ground that only increased in intensity with every passing second the two stared each other down.

Vegeta's power spiked and his mouth opened and his voice exploded in a primal roar as the ground ripped apart. Goku remained undaunted, his hands still remaining in his stance, but they began to lightly tremble as his blood rushed through his body. He could feel Vegeta's strength increasing by the second and it was fueling a desire for a truly great fight.

'King Kai wasn't joking either, Vegeta is incredibly strong!' He couldn't stop himself from smiling as the ceiling for Vegeta's power increased, but as Vegeta kept powering up his scouter continued to blip showing Goku's strength rising at a similar rate. But what the saiyan couldn't read was Chi-Chi's power increasing as Goku's did.

As the air electrified until every hair on both warrior's bodies were completely on edge the inevitable switch was flipped and they charged one another. The ground ripped apart in front of them as their auras met and then their fists. The connection was deafening as Goku and Vegeta met, the prince's expression blank while Goku was still grinning. Both split apart for a moment before throwing themselves back then heading right back into each other.

Neither side backed down, each one matched one another blow for blow. The prince would deflect Goku's strike only to be met by a swift deflection of his counter attack. Both sides now realized this wasn't going to be an easy fight, and that would make the victory all the sweeter.

The prince blocked an elbow thrown by Goku, the prince's forearm catching the strike just behind the elbow causing Goku to glance off of him. The minor shift in angle was all he needed and attempted to catch him with a kick only to be blocked from nowhere. "Heh, that was predictable." Goku said grinning as the two locked up their grips.

Vegeta's face showed nothing as he just looked ahead. "Keep talking, just keep talking." Both phased from sight as the shockwaves once again rippled outwards. Sections of dirt and stone tore free from the ground. Goku's kick would miss and send a blast of wind like a jet fighter passing overhead. Vegeta would counter with a fist that would blow apart sections of Earth as the force missed and tore into the softer ground.

It was deafening and Chi-Chi could feel the excitement and every impact, the missed blows, the struggle and desire to begin taking control over the battle as she felt everything through that connection. Knowing Goku's moves she could send what she knew was going on from a third person perspective that Goku could not directly see but had the ability to act upon.

Vegeta favored hard blows, domination and control of the fight was evident but only from one viewing the fight from the outside. All of the finess, the careful practice was there but when watching the strikes and feints Chi-Chi could tell the prince was a brutal warrior.

"Chi-Chi… Hey," Yamcha made his way over with Krillin still supporting him. "What's going on?"

Keeping her focus mostly on the fight Chi-Chi "They're fighting." She said bluntly.

"Jeez we know that, but what is happening they are moving so fast and you don't seem to be joining in. Are you holding back for some opening or special technique?" They were curious as to why they weren't both engaging in the fight. It would make sense for them both to overwhelm Vegeta, two fighters could make everything a hell of a lot more difficult. It was partially the only reason as to why they were even still around. Their numbers, as well as Nappa's overconfidence that didn't let them end up being slaughtered.

"Yes and no," Chi-Chi said, "It has to do with our training."

Krillin and Yamcha looked at each other. "Care to explain?"

Groaning inwardly, Chi-Chi looked from one of her eyes at them. "I'm helping Goku by sharing my power with him." Then flicking her full attention back to the fight at hand. Certain Goku could feel her passing along the small hints and nudges as to Vegeta's tactics without stepping over that invisible boundary that was pushing back against her. Goku would accept help but not interference.

Though how long her patience would remain was another thing. "Sheesh, don't tell me Goku doesn't want you to fight because he wants the challenge?" Krillin recalled exactly how it had been when Piccolo was revealed, refusing to accept help in his battle as it would cost him the match for the world martial arts tournament. As if that was the most important thing other than stopping the demon king at the time who wanted nothing more than complete world domination and who had been responsible for many of their friend's deaths.

Yamcha agreed with Krillin, both were having the exact same thought. Knowing that most guys had that male pride thing, they were all guilty of it of course, but this guy had and his friend had come here and killed Piccolo and Kami by default, causing Chaotzu to self sacrifice, and Tien to be killed as well. Plus add an entire city to the body count. "Thousands of people are dead. We can't let Goku do this, we have to strike together and end him. Goku can't afford to be revived again, or you Chi-Chi."

It was a good argument, and while Chi-Chi would certainly agree, she wasn't wholly able to make that choice to interfere. "Not yet." She told them.

"Why?!" Yamcha almost started shouting at her but knew it wasn't probably just her choice right now but he wanted to voice his displeasure, "They beat me half to death and Piccolo along with Tien's bodies are still warm if you haven't forgotten."

"I know why you're both mad, believe me. But Goku's emotions are affecting me and right now I can't just jump in there." Explaining this would be impossible, but she would give it a shot. How could you explain sharing thoughts and emotions through another person?

"If this is about pride, forget it. The world is at stake" Krillin said his hand slashing out in the air as he vented his own frustrations. "We didn't have it easy, we bought you guys time and now you want to just sit back and hope everything works out playing nice and fair? This wasn't a fair fight from the start!"

Growling a bit, thought it was perhaps some of the saiyan inside of her telling them that this wasn't just about pride. "If I jump in there I might be strong, but right now Goku is leeching parts of my power to keep pace with the prince."

The series of explosions as Vegeta drove Goku into the ground with a stomach kick only to have the saiyan below him snag his ankle and slam him into the same space beside him. Both flipped back to their feet before delivering more bone crunching blows.

"He helped me easily overpower Nappa. It probably would've been slightly in my favor if Goku hadn't, but with him out of the fight I easily beat Nappa and you guys weren't complaining then." A small point, but it didn't exactly excuse the more important brawl.

"Not that I'm trying to be an asshole, Chi-Chi, but seriously this is the world we're fucking talking about. We have as much say in all of this as you do! You can't make the decision for the planet we fought and bled for today, so do whatever shit you have too and help Goku beat that son of a bitch for our friends and for the thousands the saiyans already killed!" Yamcha couldn't believe this, Krillin had made a point but Chi-Chi was standing by her staying out of the fight because Goku had? What were they playing some juvenile game back in school? This was so much more serious.

"Look!" She turned her head towards them. "I know it isn't right, but Goku wants this and since he's the man who promised to marry me after all of this I will not get involved unless I have to." Her bomb of a revelation made both Yamcha and Krillin's jaws drop. "Yes me and Goku agreed to get together after all of this. We're made for each other and with the abilities we have it's only strengthened my love for that man. I know you can't probably believe it, but through our training and connection that we now share he learned how to care and express his feelings for me." Perhaps she was letting this out of the bag earlier but they were starting to annoy her a tiny tiny bit.

Goku's hand skimmed across Vegeta's before rounding around the prince. He attempted to use his size and reach but Vegeta was lightning fast reading the maneuver and slipping his arm just enough so that Goku missed his chance to strike fully as he closed the distance. Goku's blow skipped right off and Vegeta socked him straight in the gut twisting his fist into the lines of his abs before igniting a ki blast which sent him streaking towards the ground.

Chi-Chi brought a hand to her stomach, she felt where the blow had landed but no real pain. "You forget Goku is made of the same stuff as them and he's being challenged."

"So what? Aren't you giving him strength right now? Isn't that already interfering?" Krillin shouted, "What difference does it make?

"A big one, me and Goku fight better when we're linked, and I know you can't understand it but please believe me. If Goku is in danger I will help him. But we've had our minds and bodies connected in ways that you can't even imagine-" Chi-Chi stopped herself as she realized what she had just said. Her face went red. "And not sexually!" She said in a harsh bark before they even had the chance to think about it for more than a few seconds. Focus on the battle. Focus!

"Kaio-ken!" Goku shouted his body bursting with the same red aura that had once engulfed Chi-Chi, exploding forward his speed and power doubling as he locked back up with Vegeta. Delivering a vicious cross to the side of the prince's face only to be kicked under the chin by the prince's retaliation.

Vegeta floundered in the air for a minute, his fist clenched tightly as he suffered yet further humiliation. The low class dog dared to continue to put up a fight against his prince? 'You are nothing, Kakarot! You are NOTHING!' A purple aura flared around his body as Vegeta felt the oncoming blow from Goku still engulfed in a fiery red. Doding the strike with a quick shift Vegeta drove a flat palm into his opponent's ribs and at the same time blasted him with a scorching amount of energy.

The orange gi Goku wore and the blue training garb underneath was shredded into pieces leaving a large scorch mark across his skin. The cry of pain was brief as Goku's red aura burst back like a reignited flame. The short lived agony only causing the blood from the wound made his heart hammer faster in his chest. Driving a knee upwards he decked Vegeta right in the nose, the satisfying crunch of his nose being broken and the smell of blood that was not his own filled the air.

Yet this saiyan warrior was not unused to having his nose broken. It had been done many, many times before. Shoving his head upwards, Vegeta's forehead clashed with an echoing smack of bone on bone. Goku and Vegeta were both momentarily stunned, falling back for but a brief second to recover before throwing themselves right back at each other with renewed viciousness.

Chi-Chi could feel a growing burn as she heard another yell from Goku. "Times TWO!" Her body began to shake as Goku's swelled yet further.

Another devastating hook hit Vegeta, but there was no counterattack, Goku hit him again, twice, three times, then a fourth sending him skyward with several new holes added to his once prstine armor. A single line of blood fell down from Vegeta's forehead covering a part of his vision on his eyes. WIth his hair becoming more spiked it matched the growing rage as his veins bulged. "You think your cheap tricks will defeat me, Kakarot?! Well I'm done playing around, I'm going to turn you and this whole planet into dust!"

"What?" Goku yelled as he landed on a nearby outcropping of rocks. Taking a moment before surging back into Kaio-ken. Extended use was not advised though it strained his energy using it constantly would burn up his body even with the added benefit of Chi-Chi being linked to him he wasn't going to hurt her inadvertently.

"Let me show you, Kakarot!" Throwing his hands back, a purple orb burst behind them as Vegeta charged up one of his premiere attacks. "Go ahead and dodge this if you can, third class, but just know that if you do, you and this entire planet will be going up in smoke!"

Goku could feel the rapidly increasing energy in Vegeta. He felt what was coming, he didn't have time to waste as Vegeta's power rapidly eclipsed his own and went further. "Triple Kaio-ken!" Goku called out the red flames once again surged around his body as he drew back his palms. "KA-ME-HA-ME!"

Vegeta watched with contempt as Kakarot attempted to stand defiant, but there wasn't going to be forgiveness, not for such blatant disrespect to the ruler of the saiyan race. "You had potential. Kakarot, it's a shame that you're going to die because of it!"

Goku's hands were shaking as he put more energy into without a doubt the most powerful attack he'd ever done in his life so far. Gritting his teeth, he closed his eyes for a moment. 'Chi-Chi!'

Goku? Goku do you need me-' 'No, I can do this, just get ready I am going to double it again. I'm not going to let him hurt anymore people. This can end it right here and now!' There was a brief pause. 'Everything I have, I'll send you what I can.'

Yamcha and Krillin watched as Chi-Chi began to channel her own ki. "KAIO-KEN!" The surge pulsing through her body as she closed her eyes and threw her hands towards Goku. Her heart was with him, her mind and his were but of one thought and goal.

Without even realizing it, she mirrored Goku's movements. Dropping down into his attack, but as she did the flicker of Kaio-ken dimmed and was almost sucked away. 'Here it is.'

The massive hue around Goku burst out even greater. His mouth hung agape as he screamed at the huge influx of energy.

"Same move, over and over? I've seen it before Kakarot. You are going to die." His purple orb sparked, "Now-! GALICK-GUN! FIREEE-!" Roaring like a tornado, the rush of ki shot forwards, the purple energy and aura darkened the very surface of the earth, but the roaring red flame still shone brightly as Goku felt his own energy and that of Chi-Chi peak.

"TIMES SIX! HAAA-!" Goku's muscles bulged even further, becoming almost gross distortions of their natural shape. Chi-Chi screamed as her own body suffered the repercussions but held firm as she was standing beside him. She could feel him as he felt her. As one they threw their hands together through Goku's body.

Vegeta's Galick gun met the massive blue orb, both impacted but as Vegeta's confidence in his own abilities left him exposed to sheer overconfidence as his attack was checked, matched and then thrown back. The sheer intensity breaking through his blat designed to decimate entire solar systems and felt the incredible punch of the blue orb that he was left with no defense for. His energy was used up and he had no time to recover and was blasted skywards.

Chi-Chi collapsed beside Yamcha and Krillin, her body pouring sweat down her brow. Taking in large gulps of air she laid against the ground and continued to breath heavily. She could hear Yamcha and Krillin asking if she was okay but she ignored them.

'Goku?' She called out but heard not response directly, but she felt him resting on one knee. He dismissed his Kaio-ken to alleviate the burden that had taxed them both quite heavily. Goku was breathing heavily through his nose, but his eyes were focused on the blue dot that was being sent into the upper stratosphere.

'He's-He's still alive.'

Coughing, she pushed herself back up, "Hey-! Chi-Chi talk to us, what the hell just happened?" Yamcha asked, putting his hands on her shoulders. She settled back onto her backside as she continued just breathing.

"Ah-Ah- mo-mom-moment." She said between her breaths. "Goku… he took a lot from me."

They couldn't follow exactly how that worked, but with how she explained their linked technique they couldn't quite argue over that. After a few more seconds she swallowed and started breathing normally, looking up as she followed what Goku was telling her.

Yamcha and Krillin knew where his focus was, as the longer they waited the more they could feel it right now as well. Vegeta was injured, but far from dead. He came rocketing back down, his throat belting a furious scream as the echoes were carried for miles around.

His body was rejecting the massive use of power and it hurt to just stand right now but he couldn't do much at the moment. He'd hoped that his last attack would've taken the fight out of Vegeta, but he'd only wounded the beast as the prince slammed back into the ground sending rock and dirt flying everywhere for dozens of meters. The impact crater dug through chunks of earth as he jumped out seething, his face burnt, his fingers bleeding from his shredded gloves. A large chunk of his right breastplate and shoulder guard were completely gone leaving naught but bruised flesh. His pants were only a loincloth with scraps hanging from his thighs and ankles.

"You think that would kill me?!" His voice breaking into a high pitched shout. "You're a fool, Kakarot, a great big fucking fool." 'You dare attempt to best me! ME, the mightiest saiyan in the galaxy! Injured in both pride, mind, and body Vegeta had finally had enough and was ready to officially snap. Bringing up his one good hand he began to create a new ball of energy.

From where he was Goku could tell it wasn't an attack, but whatever its purpose he couldn't follow. "You seem surprised, guess all that training paid off." His chuckle only made Vegeta's other hand drip crimson blood as he clenched his fist tight enough to turn coal into diamonds.

"You think a little bit of training would be enough to best me, dog?" His lips peeled into a jagged grin, the blood dribbling down from the cuts on his face created a haunted visage. "I've been bathed in blood and combat since I was four, I've lived through hell and fought through all the shit the universe as thrown at me without batting so much as a fucking eyelash."

Goku did not move as he stood there, able to feel the tumultuous waves rolling off of Vegeta. The pain and anger was there but beneath that surface there was something else lying beneath the bravado exterior he showed off. "Then why are you here fighting?"

Such a ridiculous question made Vegeta roar in laughter, "Because I'm a saiyan, something you had no clue of until your dear brother killed you?" He swiped his one hand in front of them as it cut through some barrier. "I am fighting because I need to crush you, to teach those who dare to stand against my will shall suffer!"

The earth-raised saiyan shook his head. "Then I pity you Vegeta."

Vegeta's sneer snapped into a berserk expression. "You! Who knows nothing about what I am or what i've been through has the nerve to pity me!" His voice broke into a cry as his own anger erupted. "You've signed your and everyone else's death warrant on this planet Kakarot!" Pulling his hand back Vegeta then hurled the orb upwards but Goku did not even have to react as it streaked upwards past him and then burst the sky. The brilliant glowing orb hovered in the air, the glowing white orb expanding many times over but as the parties still the area looked towards the ball pulsing the air. They missed the critical details of Vegeta as his eyes turned white.

Goku's head snapped backwards as Vegeta's body began to swell, his tan skin becoming a thick brown fur as he grew larger and larger until Goku was looking up at him, straining his neck to keep the prince's height into perspective.

His nose became a long snout and continued to grow further and further until it became a muzzle, a large series of canines protruded from his mouth as the white of his eyes became a blood red. Any time to react had passed as Vegeta fully assumed the form of his Oozaru. In all of his bestial glory the prince unleashed a challenging warcry, he'd been pushed to his limit and now it was time to go beyond them. This was giving it his all and with all of his senses amplified Vegeta beat on his chest as he let his cries rip free to the heavens.

Goku now dwarfed by Vegeta he felt the spike in power that came from such a massive transformation. His head looked down and seemed to leer at Goku, "Just know, Kakarot, that your death will be the only thing that can be seen as saiyan and perhaps find redemption in your feeble and pathetic existence!"

Having no time to speak Goku barely dodged the tail slapped at him by Vegeta, clearing about a hundred feet with a jump only to have the massive behemoth upon him again. Goku blasted into the air, the red aura of his Kaio-ken bursting around him to give him that much more necessary boost just to keep himself one step ahead. But he couldn't do it for long.

"Insane! He transformed like Goku did!" Krillin said his voice in disbelief and his eyes were wider than dinner plates as he viewed the giant ape Vegeta smashing through the ground as he pursued Goku.

It was also more than even Yamcha could handle, they could feel the difference in power and it was making his knees weak. "That's crazy there's no way Goku can take him down like that!"

Chi-Chi said nothing, undoing the bag of senzu beans and tossing them to Krillin who slightly bobbled the brown bag as she threw them to him. "H-Hey, where-" She just shot him a glare backwards.

"I'm going to help, use the senzu and get out of here. Goku and I will handle it."

"You're crazy! Chi-Chi, we need a plan you can't-" But it was too late, she blasted off her own body beginning to burn red as Kaio-ken ignited around her. Looking down he dropped two of the three beans from the bag and looked to Yamcha who stared back at him, Son of a bitch.

Vegeta slammed his fist through one mountain the force driving through the feet of rock and out as Goku just barely managed to get him out of the path of one blow and then feel the whisk as the other blow came from above and the prince's gargantuan fist embedded itself twenty feet into the ground.

"Not so confident now, Kakarot!" Vegeta laughed as Goku's red aura disappeared leaving him panting. He'd put so much into that last attack but it failed to cripple Vegeta and at the same time the longer he and Vegeta kept fighting the stronger the two of them became… except he was doing less fighting and just trying to stay alive.

But Goku just grinned, "No, I'm just waiting for an opening." Goku said with a chuckle, his body was starting to break down after so much Kaio-ken use and just turning such power off and on was doing him little in the way of favors.

"Hah, well you can keep waiting until you DIE-!" Vegeta's mouth opened up as he yelled and a burst of red ki fired upwards striking the rocky outcropping that Goku was throwing him backwards. But the attack was merely meant to incapacitate and not kill. As a saiyan he planned on using his fists for that.

Bearing down like a dive bomber, Vegeta surged his one hand forward, his body already anticipating the glorious connection of flesh and bone. But his face was struck from the side, snapping him off course just enough to let Goku have that extra second to react and throw himself to the side. Vegeta spun once he was forced to take flight. "Damn, what hit me?" His voice now just a guttural rumble looked around until he spotted a new firey red figure. Dodging her fist with greater speed despite the sheer size difference, Vegeta snorted. Rounding backwards, his palm smacking Chi-Chi from the sky like he was knocking away a fly.

Her guard protected her but she was blasted backwards hitting the ground until she was buried up till her midsection. "Chi-Chi!" Goku saw that she had come to help him, but his concern for her had to be put on hold as Vegeta's gaze was brought back to him.

"Heh, you bring the woman you've tainted yourself with to save you? How pathetic, can't fight your own battles?" Vegeta stalked Goku his fists down by his side as he shook the ground. "You had better start trying harder or I'll kill her right in front of you." he got quite the rise out of his opponent as Kakarot headed straight towards him. The burning red aura coming closer and as he prepared to dispatch him his eyes barely caught a glimpse of the second one.

Chi-Chi was back up, she came low, he shot high. Swinging to strike them both Vegeta's quick strike was evaded, as Goku and Chi-Chi's close proximity only enhanced their strength further. Chi-Chi darted up as Goku went low.

The prince realized his mistake as he'd left himself open thinking he could beat them away. They both crashed into his face with a twin sided kick. His vision doubled slightly leaving him stunned as his ears rang from the impact.

Goku and Chi-Chi flipped around to his back and dropped a heavy two handed kick to the prince's shoulder plexes. His arms buckled and made him stagger as he took a heavy step forward to balance himself.

Rounding backwards in an effort to swat them both from the sky, Vegeta then let himself appear to be drawn into their little game. Trying the same trick again, but this time they met with a burst of fire from Vegeta's mouth and his tail crashing over his shoulder. Chi-Chi was stopped by the heat and retreated as Goku was hit over the shoulder and into the ground.

He didn't get a chance to recover as Vegeta's giant foot slammed down on top of him. It gifted the prince with a very useful piece of information.

Chi-Chi cried out in pain as she slowed almost doubling over as she clutched at her back. The prince noticed and then drew his foot up again- to be greeted by another powerful cry of pain as Chi-Chi slipped from the sky, her red aura fading as she grit her teeth through an intense pain.

Releasing a deeply amused laugh, Vegeta withdrew his foot from Goku who was buried several feet down face first into solid rock. "So Kakaort, would you like to explain to me how your little woman over there suffers whenever I put you through pain?"

Pushing himself up, Goku made an attempt to rise up from the ground but a burly hand sunk through the solid rock like it was wet sand and plucked him up and into one full fist. "A foolish effort to oppose your better third class. Just like how I warned you!" holding Goku just a meter from his face.

'Goku… the pain… your replasing from Kaio-ken and it's tearing me up.' Her voice was panicked as she was on her knees about a hundred yards away. The added agony of Vegeta beating the hell out of Goku was causing a vicious backlash. The closer they were and drawing on one another the more traumatic the pain would become as both felt it.

'Break-Break the link-!' He called out to her, but he was unable to continue as Vegeta's hand clenched around Goku's body. The pressure made the saiyan scream as all of his bones and organs were compacted into themselves slowly and in turn Chi-Chi released a painful scream, her arms wrapping around her body. It was like waves of convulsions and spasms that she could not control.

"HAHAHA! Oh this is amusing… normally breaking a man's loved ones in front of them helps with teaching them a lesson." He brought his other hand around his fist holding Goku's body. "But since she feels everything you feel, I wonder who will break first. You or her?" His face leaned into Goku allowing his rank breath to wash over his opponent but that was the least of his troubles.

Goku tried to sever the link but the pain blocked him, as Chi-Chi's scrambled thoughts were lost in the blind pain that was rocked by their connected bodies. Each one tried to compensate for the other by taking that burden but when it was overloading them both they didn't have the chance to hold back down on how much they screamed.

Being squeezed like a toy he felt his ribs pop into his lungs as one broke, the effect was instant and Chi-Chi started coughing up blood. Her body locking up as if she was being crushed all the same. "How much more can she take?" Vegeta laughed before squeezing down on Goku's lower legs and heard the ear piercing wail as Chi-Chi's own leg began to break.

"IT HURTS, DEAR KAMI, IT HURTS!" She trashed around making the giant Oozaru more delighted.

"Heh heh," Vegeta brushed one thumb against Goku's head. "How about I see if your neck will break first… or hers?" As he spun Goku around to see Chi-Chi struggling with the pain. "What do you think, Kakarot?"

"No… No more. St-Stop hurting her!" Goku pleaded unable to view the way Chi-Chi's body was contorted in such obvious agony. The flood of memories on how Raditz intended to use Chi-Chi as a means of making him be punished for refusing to do as he asked was even more painful, and though she agreed to come here Goku didn't think witnessing this would be so cruel.

His heart was being crushed in two ways. One from Vegeta and two from that very same beast. He didn't want to see those he cared about being hurt, and not so cruelly. From just a friend she and him had bonded so deeply, and connected on such a level that Goku never wished to lose that feeling. But as Vegeta began to wrench down upon him he felt his eyes burning with tears as he was helpless and watching as Chi-Chi screamed as her neck was bulging as if she were in his place and he knew… her body couldn't handle much more.

"Just one little push Kakarot… Let's see-" "NNNNOOOOO-" Goku screamed as Vegeta laughed as his finger began to rotate-!

The Oozaru jumped, his grip becoming but a fraction of life ending power before. He caught a glimpse of a yellow golden disk sailing just below where Vegeta had once been standing.

"You missed!" Yamcha yelled seeing that Krillin's attack had gone close but nowhere near a hit. Krillin had used the senzu bean and tried to get off a sneak attack but somehow Vegeta had avoided it.

"Hnn, these giant ears of mine don't just frame my face you pathetic Earthlings." He turned back around still holding Goku. Looking between the now rejuvenated warriors, though curious how they had recovered it didn't bother him. They were scarcely a challenge for Nappa. They had nothing against him while transformed. "But since you want to get involved I'll be more than happy to give you a very painful reminder you little bald human."

Gritting his teeth, Krillin raised his hand back above his head again attempting to gather another destructive disk but, Vegeta unleashed a shotgun spread of ki blasts from his hand. The orbs peppering the landscape leaving basketball to car sized craters as he fired indiscriminately at the now fleeing Krillin.

Yamcha remained partially concealed waiting for his chance which was- The hand firing at Krillin shifted and now pointed towards him. "Thought I forgot about you?"

SHIIIT-! Yamcha broke away from the location in a mad dash to create space as the prince toyed with him. Taking pleasure in returning some of his earlier pain at their hands. With Kakarot and his woman down there was nothing that could threaten him.

Tossing Goku aside like a rag doll, his body skidding across the ground, his one leg twisted at an odd angle, two of his ribs were visibly caved in and his arm was dislocated from one of its shoulder sockets. Chi-Chi still looked worse than him. "Chi…" Goku called out to her weakly. Outstretching his only good arm to her.

She didn't respond to her body remaining still but Goku could tell she wasn't dead, her body had given into its pain and had rendered her unconscious. The thuds of Vegeta's walking away left Goku with enough time to drag himself ten or twenty meters towards her, each one was nail biting agony but he did make it close enough to her.

"Stay- Stay with me." He told her, but she still didn't move. Goku now had his chance, bringing his head to hers Goku felt through their link. Following the path that they had created many times before and then- like being struck by a car Goku felt his agony return almost tenfold. His pain was no longer hers and he rolled onto his back to endure his suffering.

Chi-Chi maybe ten seconds later found herself able to open her eyes but immediately felt the void in herself. "Goku-!" She cried out pulling herself onto her knees to him. "Goku, why did you break the link?!"

There was no response to give as he just clenched his teeth and eyes in an attempt to bare it. His body was damaged, her own body was just a barrier that was absorbing it, though she was suffering a broken arm and leg she wasn't crippled like he was, laid out in a miserable heap on the ground.

Looking up from her position, she watched as Vegeta pursued Krillin and Yamcha, the two had come at the last second… which left her with only so much time. Taking her one good arm she pushed herself up, a bit shaky but she managed to stand haphazardly on one leg. I have no choice now… Mother Earth, Please hear my words and answer me with your power!

Vegeta dodged another destructo disk sent towards him, the bladed attack cutting through a small mountain pillar like a hot knife through butter before flying off into the air. "Yes, run, run, you dogs."

Yamcha jumped out from the side holding his volleyball attack and threw it straight towards Vegeta, the massive Oozaru pulled his head to the side. Letting it zip past him. "Not impress-" Vegeta started only to have the blast slam back into his head, like an anvil it banged against his skull once dazing him before slamming in and out, two or three more times. Yamcha's fingers maneuvering the controllable attack as Krillin did his best to get into position above their target.

"Maggot-!" Vegeta blasted, his energy exploding nearby and sending the scarred fighter rolling end over end across the ground.

Krillin now floating in the air cupped his hands around his mouth. "HEY UGLY-!" Getting the burly saiyan to turn his head up towards him with an annoyed sneer on his snout. "Watch this-!"

"You're going to throw another frisbee badly? Keep trying, I'm sure it'll work." Raising up one large partially gloved paw towards Krillin who remained in position but snapped both of his hands with spread fingers alongside his face as Vegeta stared directly at him.

"No, but SOLAR FLARE!"

The burst of pure illumination of both the sun and Vegeta's glowing ball turned his entire vision white and left his eyes feeling as if they had been set on fire. It was a flesh tearing scream as Vegeta clutched at his massive face with his paws and dug into them in some vain attempt to alleviate the inferno that was dancing across his face.

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