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As his finger inched closer and closer, Goku fired a beam at Vegeta's eye, making him roar in pain. The action made you escape his grasp as you flew your way down to Goku and picked him up.

Taking flight with Goku in your arms, Vegeta uncovered his face, revealing that his right eye was bleeding from the attack.

He swung his arms in random directions, trying to catch you in the air. You flew higher in the air, getting away as fast as possible.

You looked down to see Goku with a wavering smile, all the pain was getting to him as he held you tighter.

Yajirobe was trying to think of how he could be a help to this situation. "Hang on, Goku" he nodded before you flew faster.

Vegeta started to take flight and chased after you, dodging every swing he made towards you.

Before Yajirobe could take off running, he came across two familiar figures, Krillin and Gohan. "Yajirobe! What are you doing?!"

"What do you think I'm doing?! I'm running away!" he retorted back.

"I know that, but I have an idea! We have to cut off his tail. If we can do that, he'll go back to normal!" Krillin explained.

"Gohan! Yajirobe! I need you to swing around in front of him and draw his attention. I'll find a way to sneak behind him and cut his tail! Hurry! Nemui and Goku are going to get caught!"

"R-right!" Krillin and Gohan took flight, leaving Yajirobe to himself. 'Draw his attention? You gotta be kiddin' me...'

'Don't worry dad and Nemui! W-were on our way!'

As Vegeta came close to catching you, Gohan tried to call out his father's name. Turning around, you see Gohan trying to distract Vegeta.

"Leave my dad and Nemui alone!" The yelling from him made Vegeta smirked.

"Why, what a surprise! Kakarot, your son is here!" As you carried Goku, you saw that he was starting to pass out.

'It's going to be alright, Goku. Your son and Krillin are here'

Behind Vegeta was Krillin charging another Destructo-Disk, putting most of his ki into his right hand. When it was ready, Krillin threw the projectile with all his might, but Vegeta jumped over it.

Gohan dodged the incoming projectile as it cut its way through mountains.

"Do you really think I wouldn't know?! I knew you sentimental worms would be here!" He then turned to Krillin, an evil smirk forming on his face.

"By the time I get my hands on Kakarot and Nemui, you're next!"

Before he could rush back to you, Vegeta froze in place. You hear something heavy hit the ground behind Vegeta, seeing that it was his tail.

You then see Yajirobe running away from Vegeta as he holds his sword.

'He cut off his tail. Good thinking'

"A third one! I didn't count the third one! My tail...!" He yelled in pain as he started to get smaller and smaller, reverting back to his normal self.

"You bastards! You must really want to die..." he was shaking with anger as he turned his way towards Gohan. "Get out of there, Gohan!" Yelled Krillin as Vegeta rushed his way towards him.

Descending to the ground, you gently place Goku on the ground and rush your way towards him. Before he could land a hit on Gohan, your knee connected with his face, sending him flying.

Appearing behind him, you spiked him to the ground, creating a huge dent. He tried to fire many ki blasts at you, but you dodged and smacked them away.

While he was still down, you slammed your knee onto his stomach, causing him to spit out blood. Grabbing his leg, you threw him in the air and kicked him away, his body going through multiple mountains.

You waited a few moments before Vegeta took flight in the sky, making you follow him. You both exchanged blows, seeing that he was getting pissed yet he felt excitement.

'Damn it! How can he be this strong?! He must have saved his energy! He's actually making me try!'

As he was thinking, he was hit in the jaw and spiked into the ground.

Gohan went to check on his dad. "Gohan... your dad is all banged up. I can't do anything right now. You'll have to fight with Nemui..." spoke Goku. "D-don't worry dad! I'll go help!"

Gohan rushed towards Vegeta and fired a blast, but Vegeta vanished before the blast could hit him. He kicked Gohan in the jaw, but you caught him before he could go flying.

"He won't give up Nemui..." said Gohan. "I know, but we're going to be okay, alright?" he nodded before you rushed towards Vegeta and took the fight in the air.

Krillin made his way towards Goku, he held up his arm in pain. "Krillin... I'm going to give this to you while we still have time... It's a Genki-Dama. Just grab my hand"

Krillin hesitated but grabbed his hand. Goku concentrated all the energy into his right hand, an electrifying glow surrounding it.

Krillin retracted his hand away from Goku's, his hand surrounded with the glow. "W-what is this...? That's an amazing amount of energy!"

"I know... just focus the energy and form a ball..." Krillin tried his best to focus on the energy, his eyes widened when a sphere levitated above his hand.

"It worked..."

"Please Krillin... make sure to hit him with it... I won't be able to make another one, so make sure you don't miss it..." Krillin nodded before making his way towards where you and Gohan were.

Vegeta had knocked down Gohan but was sent flying by you. The three of you were covered in bruises but were determined to fight. Krillin closed his eyes as he sensed an opening.

He opened his eyes, making his way to launch it. "There it is-"

"What are you doing?! Hurry up and finish him!"

The yelling from Yajirobe distracted Krillin, making him throw the energy ball. Vegeta turned to see it coming straight towards him, but he jumped over, the energy ball now heading towards you.

As it came closer, you saw that Vegeta was in the air. 'Just a bit more...' When Vegeta was in the right position, you smacked the energy ball away, making it head straight toward him.

Once it made contact, the sphere enveloped Vegeta, making his screams of pain and anguish echo. He felt heat and electricity struck him everywhere in his body, he has never felt so much pain in his life.

His body was sent higher in the air as he continued to scream, wanting this pain to go away. He felt himself about to die.

Krillin and Yajirobe cheered as they finally got rid of him, Gohan stumbled his way towards his dad. You descended to the ground, walking towards Goku.

"I knew you guys could do it... you did amazing, Nemui..." A small smile formed on your face as you let out a tired chuckle.

You were exhausted. The entire time with this situation with Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta made you want to go take a long nap.

You were glad that you were strong enough to take them down. Looking up, you see Vegeta's body crashing down to the ground.

"Damn you all... Damn you all!" Everyone's eyes widened when Vegeta slowly stumbled his way up from the ground.

"I have to admit... you did a number on me... I thought I was done for..." As he stood up fully, his face formed with hatred and anger.

"I still have the energy... to fight. Once I finish killing you all, I'll annihilate every living creature on this planet!"

He slowly made his way towards the group. Blood, cuts, and bruises littered his entire body.

"I've had enough! Just drop dead!" He crossed his arms before he spread them in the air, releasing a huge blast that surrounded him.

You quickly grabbed everyone, carrying Goku as Krillin and Gohan were on your back. You set them down gently on the ground, waiting for the smoke to clear out.

"Damn it, Nemui! I was this close! I'm weaker than I thought..." Before he could react, you appeared behind and spiked him in the ground.

Yajirobe jumped in and sliced his back with his sword, creating a huge scar on Vegeta's back.

Before you could finish him, you hear an animalistic roar echo in the air. Turning around, you see Gohan transforming into a great ape.

You couldn't react as you see Vegeta rushing his way towards Gohan. "I won't let you transform!" He tried to rip it off, but he was smacked away. Gohan looked around as he roared at Vegeta.

He picked up a huge boulder and threw it at Vegeta, but he managed to dodge. Gohan got angry and jumped in the air as he tried to launch himself towards Vegeta.

Vegeta then raised his hand, creating a disk-like projectile like Krillin's and threw it at Gohan. The projectile was able to cut Gohan's tail, making his body slowly revert back to his normal form.

'Heh... wait, wait! He's going to land on me...! I can't move!'

He was then crushed by Gohan. They laid there as Gohan returned to his normal self.

Vegeta groaned in immense pain as he reached for a device in his armor, typing something before he threw it to the ground.

'This guy won't give up... this is ridiculous' you thought as you rubbed your eyes, feeling yourself slowly getting tired. You then hear something coming towards you all, it was his space pod.

'To think that... I had to force myself to run away...' His space pod landed next to him as the door opened.

Before he could enter, he felt a hand tightly grab his hair.

He felt himself being lifted by the hair as he turned to see you. Cold, exhausted eyes staring into his wavering, black eyes.

Vegeta felt his heart rushing as he could move from the grip. A small red tint formed on his face as he stared at you.

He felt powerless as you stared deep into his soul, causing a shiver to go down his spine as he silently begged.

"Nemui... please don't..."

You slowly raised your other hand as a dark colored ki ball formed on your hand. Vegeta's eyes widened as he stared at your tired eyes.

Slowly inching your hand closer to his chest, Vegeta felt the heat that was coming from the charged up ki.

'Nemui wait!'

The voice of Goku made you halt as you made the ki from your hand disappear.

'Nemui... please forgive me for what I'm about to ask you...' you waited for him to speak once more.

'I want you... to let him go...' The answer made your eyebrows furrow. You wanted to argue back, but you were too tired to even yell.

'Are you sure Goku...? This guy tried to kill us multiple times...' you retort back in a calm tone.

'I know... but I couldn't help but think that I didn't want to die... He surpassed me... even when I was in Kaio-ken... I want to prove myself that I'm stronger than him. I know that this is wrong, but please... please Nemui...'

As you took in his words, an audible sigh escaped your lips. You both stared at each other, his face had a pleading look in his eyes with a red tint covering his face.

Dropping his body onto the ground, his body slowly made his way into his space pod. "Nemui..."

You turn around to see why Vegeta whispered your name. "Next time, there won't be any miracles to save them... I also can't wait to see you too and I'll take you with me..."

As he spoke, you saw slight possessiveness and want in his eyes. He closed the door to the pod before it launched itself into space.

You rub your hands against your face, feeling exhausted from the encounters. It would be so good to just fall face first into a bed.

Making your way towards Gohan's sleeping body, you picked him up and made your way towards the others.

"Sorry about that, Nemui..." said Goku. "Don't worry about it..." you spoke back as you heard something coming closer to you all, seeing that it was the machine from before.

As the machine landed, Bulma appeared out of it with Roshi and a small white cat.

"Are you all okay?!" You all nodded as you regrouped. "This is just brutal..." you then see the white cat staring at you.

"You must be Nemui, correct?" you nodded at the question. "I'm very glad to meet you. You've been a great help to everyone. I'm glad that you joined the fighters instead of Vegeta" you nodded as a tired smile formed on your face.

"Bulma... I'm afraid that Yamcha and the others were killed" spoke Krillin with hesitance.

"That's okay! In one year, we'll be able to use the dragon balls again and bring them back" she hoped.

But she frowned when Korin explained that Kami was gone and wouldn't be able to get the dragon balls again.

Tears began to stream down her face, knowing she won't see Yamcha anymore.

Roshi made his way to lift Goku to the machine as the rest followed inside. The machine lifted off the ground and started to fly. Krillin was in the front with Roshi as he drove.

Bulma cried in the seat area while you stayed in the back with Goku and Gohan.

On the way, Roshi went to pick up the soulless bodies of your friends. You looked down to see Gohan moving around in your arms, his eyes started to flutter open.

"You alright, Gohan?" you asked in a gentle tone. He nodded as he looked around. "Where's dad?"

"I'm right here, Gohan. Thanks to everyone, I managed to survive." Gohan smiled at his dad as you smiled softly as well.

You gently placed your hand on Goku's hair, combing his wild hair through your fingers gently. The affection made him smile and caused him to softly purr.

"Krillin, do you think you can tell us about what you mentioned earlier?" Bulma questioned.

"Yeah. The Saiyan's seemed to already know that there were dragon balls here on earth. They probably heard it from Goku's brother. It seemed that they wanted to make a wish"

"But it's what they called him. A Namekian, and he and Kami were aliens. They also said that not only do they have a high-power level, but they can use magic"

"They live on a planet called Namek as they might find more powerful dragon balls there" explained Krillin.

"Which means that Piccolo can come back!" Gohan said, his voice filled with excitement.

"Yeah! And we can use the dragon balls to revive the others as well!" You then hear Goku talking to King Kia, saying that Planet Namek still had their people alive on it.

"Great, we need to go there!" spoke Goku but was interrupted by Bulma.

"Quit being naive, Goku. I just calculated how long Planet Namek is from here, and it will take us 4339 years and 3 months"

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The next day went by, everyone was in the hospital. Goku was strapped into a bed, his whole body covered in bandages.

Krillin and Gohan's bodies were mostly bandaged. With you, your arms and chest were bandaged up.

"They said it'll be over four months until my injuries heal up... they also said that I might never be back to normal..." next to him was Korin.

"Hey, you've got nothing to worry about. The next crop of senzu beans will be ready in a month or so" he added.

"They told me and Gohan would be ready to leave in three days. With Nemui, he'll be ready within a day" explained Krillin.

A small frown formed on Goku's face, seeing that you get to leave earlier than him. He then felt a hand gently caressing head.

"It's alright, Goku. I'll be here to visit you most of the time. Your son and Krillin will too" A bright smile formed on his face. He was so glad that you get to visit him.

As you all conversed, Bulma rushed through the doors, telling us to turn on the tv. It appears that the people in the metro east city have discovered one of the space pods that were left behind from the Saiyan's.

Before the scientist could take it in, it exploded, making Bulma scream with anger. Now that it was destroyed, there was no way for any other options to travel into space.

You then hear her scream when she sees a figure in the window.

"Someone, come with me... there is a spaceship" Krillin made his way towards the window with a surprised expression. "You have a spaceship?" The question made him nod.

"That's Mr. Popo, he lives with Kami. He's known for being an ancient god" spoke Goku, making everyone but Roshi nod their head.

"Someone needs to go with me to see if it's going to work. Mr. Popo will show the way" After he spoke, Krillin turned towards Bulma, seeing that she was the only one that could fix it.

You made your way to a comfy chair next to Goku, feeling the soft cushion on your backside as you start to feel yourself getting tired.

The battle and charging up ki made you exhausted. You definitely needed a nap.

Your eyelids became heavier as you crossed your arms around your chest. A few seconds went by as you found yourself enveloped into a calming darkness.

Goku softly chuckled as you fell asleep, he was glad that you did your best in the fight and taking care of his son and friends.

"Thank you, Nemui..."

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You feel your eyes flutter open as you find yourself outside. Confusion slowly started to form as you looked around and saw that you were a few feet away from Goku's house.

Something didn't feel right.

'What the... How long was I asleep for...?' You thought to yourself as you got up from the ground.

You could tell that it was close to the afternoon, seeing how the sky was decorated in colors of oranges and pinks.

As you stretched, hearing the soft pops from your joints, you heard the door open from his house. A few seconds passed as you saw Gohan, he was still a child.

He still had his tail as well.

He looked around and saw you, a big smile forming on his face. As if he hadn't seen you in ages.

"Nemui!" He ran with excitement as he gave you a big hug. "Hey...?" A bigger smile formed on Gohan's face. "I'm glad you're here! You've been gone for a while" His cheery voice spoke.

Your mind began to think where you were. Were you transferred here? Is this a different place? Or a different dimension?

As your thoughts were going through, you heard another familiar voice. "Gohan? Gohan-" He stopped talking as he froze when his eyes found yours.

A few seconds passed as you found yourself tackled to the ground.

"Nemui! You're back!" You felt his arms tightly wrap around your torso as you heard both Goku and Gohan's laughter.

'What is going on...?'

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A/N: Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. The next chapter will be in the Tree of Might movie.