“You really pick the worst times for that attack, Kakarot.” The words are directed to Goku as Vegeta flies into range, stopping just short of the other Saiyan, his eyes on their opponent the entire time. This entire thing had just been… he was still getting his head around it, to have been stripped of his identity and given another… it was beyond infuriating.

Positioning himself between Goku and that energy, Vegeta instantly charging up into Blue form. “Keep working on it, I have this.” He’s tempted to just go all out, to attack and be a distraction, but Vegeta knows playing bodyguard was the better bet between his ability to take those hits and that lingering power this world had given him to heal. If Goku could get that attack off…