Chapter 1

The Price Of One's Actions

The deadly tyrant had almost fallen at the hands of a Saiyan child. Such an atrocity could not be allowed to happen. Frieza had revealed his capacity to transform, but never had he imagined that he would need to utilize all of his transformations. First Vegeta had proven to be a match for his first form, then the Saiyan child and Namekian had matched his second form. Frieza was reluctant to transform again, he was a vain individual and even he found his third form to be utterly grotesque, but the Namekian and the child were individually holding their own and he could not risk them getting the upper hand if they fought together. Thus he transformed into this third form that his kind possessed. He was initially right. He was superior to the Namekian and the runt had been put out of commission. Vegeta was too cowardly to face him and the Earthling was no threat at all as long as Frieza kept his senses alert against the energy disk produced earlier.

As powerful as Frieza was, he had some weaknesses. One of them was his arrogance, which frequently led him to toy with his opponent. He had no doubts that he would finish them all off now and he knew that he was perfectly capable of destroying them instantly if he so desired. Instead he chose to unleash a barrage of weak (compared to what he was capable of producing) energy blasts at Piccolo, taking massive pleasure in the agony he knew he was inflicting. Nearby, Gohan was watching in desperation, knowing he needed to take action, but all too aware of how powerful Frieza had just become. What he wasn't aware of however, was his himself and his heritage. Whenever a Saiyan recovers from battle, their power increases as a result of their genetics. The closer to death they were, the larger the power increase. Just moments earlier, Gohan had been the victim of a brutal assault be Frieza in retaliation of his own attack. Frieza had brushed aside Gohan's attack in his second transformed state, so what good would Gohan be now? If it weren't for Dende, Gohan would still be out of the fight, but lucky to be alive. If he attacked again, wasn't he essentially committing suicide? But seeing his mentor screaming in agony in front of him and likely on the verge of another death was too much for Gohan to handle and at the expense of logic and reason, he again unleashed his inner rage, completely unaware of his own new strength.

"MASENKO-HAAAAAAA"

Frieza, ignorant of the child's dna was humoured by the idea of the child attacking him again and did not realise that the 'runt' was much more powerful than he was earlier. That attack, as well as the appearance of Piccolo were what had prompted Frieze to transform a second time. Frieza's arrogance once again proved to almost be his downfall, the attack that Gohan had just unleashed was far more powerful than the attacks he had produced earlier and caught Frieza absolutely off guard. The masenko was enormous, easily dwarfing Frieza. Beads of sweat were forming on the tyrant's forehead as he struggled against the might of the attack.

'How did the child produce such an extraordinary attack, didn't I leave him in the dirt just moments ago? And the Earthling, I impaled him and watched his lifeless body fall into the ocean. How is this happening! Did they use the wish to grant themselves immortality?"

As Frieza struggled against the might of the attack, he tried to understand how it was possible for it to have been created to begin with. All 4 limbs plus tail were proving ineffective at pushing back the beam, and he was finding himself edging closer and closer to the ground at which point an explosion would likely take place and engulf him. With a deafening roar of desperation, Frieze exerted his ki and was able to force the masenko right back towards it's caster. If not for an energy blast fired by Piccolo, Gohan would have been destroyed by his own attack.

"I have underestimated you insects yet again. Make no mistake, you have only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to my power. I have one more transformation! I have allowed you all to live for far too long, but I will now end your worthless lives once and for all. There will be no escape for any of you".

And with that, Frieza began reaching deep within himself, extracting power long held dormant. Gohan flew to the injured Piccolo to aid him in travelling to Dende. Their chances of survival were virtually zero, but as long as they weren't zero then they had to take advantage of Frieza's focus on his transformation to heal Piccolo. However, neither of them knew of the events that had happened whilst they had been in combat with Frieza. They saw Krillin flying towards them and Dende flying away from them and Vegeta was nowhere to be seen. Gohan landed to meet Krillin and carefully laid Piccolo down on the ground. Dende noticed this and flew back towards them.

"Krillin, what's going on?" Gohan desperately asked.

"Vegeta demanded that I attack him and seriously injure him, he wanted Dende to heal him knowing that it would make him stronger. It might be our only chance to win, I didn't have much of a choice"

"But where is Vegeta?"

"I couldn't bring myself to heal somebody who has harmed my people" answered Dende.

Gohan and Krillin exchanged anxious looks whilst Dende focused on healing Piccolo. The looming threat continued to rise, as Frieza's power level continued to soar. Piccolo, whilst gravely injured, had retained full awareness of everything happening around him. Piccolo addressed Dende in a manner unlike he had ever spoken to anybody before, Nail's influence already taking place

"Right now you have to look past the crimes he has committed Dende. The fate of our planet is no longer the only thing at stake here, this battle could ultimately influence the entire galaxy. Look past your pain, we need Vegeta for this fight"

Dende stared at the ground, but nodded at Piccolo and flew off to Vegeta, whilst thinking to himself 'how did he know my name?'. Dende landed at the spot where Vegeta had collapsed and took a deep breath. After hesitating for several moments, he thought of what would happen to his friends from Earth if he did not help Vegeta and finally brought himself to heal Vegeta. Several moments passed before the task was complete, Vegeta had been moments away from perishing. Suddenly aware of his restoration of strength, Vegeta slowly stood up, fists clenched in anger, struggling to contain his anger

In other universes, Vegeta attacked Dende and leaves him on the floor in pain. Moments later Dende (who is all alone) is killed by Frieza. Here is where the chain breaks free in Dragonball Z Reaction. The ensuing chain of reactions as a result of Vegeta's action will forever change the destiny of everyone.

"I strongly advise you to hide yourself behind those other weaklings. Consider yourself extremely lucky that I do not end your life right now. I warn you however, do not ever cross me again, or I promise that I will slay you were you stand even if I am an inch from death"

Dende whimpered in fear and quickly flew away without looking back. Vegeta took time to assess his new powers, he was indeed far stronger than he had been previously. He was also aware that he had nearly been killed by somebody much weaker than him due to his carelessness. But surely with this new found strength, he would now be unstoppable. Vegeta focused upon the gigantic power, no doubt that it was Frieza. Apparently he had yet another transformation.

"No matter, I have the strength to defeat him regardless of how high his power rises. I have attained the power of legend, I will destroy Frieza here and now" and with that, Vegeta flew back to the battlefield. He landed near the Z warriors and addressed them without looking at them.

"I demand that none of you interfere from here on out. Frieza destroyed my race and I will have the sole honour of being the one to vanquish him. If any of you idiots get in my way, I will finish you off without hesitation" he said with a smirk.

Piccolo growled and Gohan, Krillin and Dende all shook with fear but their fear of Vegeta was instantly replaced by the rush of wind that enveloped all of them. Frieza's transformation was complete. None of them could see him due to the surge of dust in the air, but all of them could feel his overwhelming power. In the furthest corners of his mind, Vegeta thought that this power coming from Frieza was more than he anticipated but his arrogance brushed aside that worry. He still believed himself to be the legend of lore.

"Bang"

Out of the dust came a purple beam, travelling at unimaginable speeds. Who it was aimed at, nobody knew for Vegeta intercepted it before it had a chance of hitting any possible target. The others looked at him in awe and fear, they hadn't been able to follow the attack but clearly Vegeta had. Was he indeed capable of taking on Frieza after all?

"Hahaha, after all this time and this is the ultimate power you hold? You are going to fall at my hand you traitorous scum. Show yourself!"

"As you wish Saiyan"

More gusts of winds were produced, seemingly by Frieza himself. The clouds of dust were vanishing.

The fight between Vegeta and Frieza is about to take place

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my story. I have been reading fanfictions for about a year now. I was following a dragonball z thread on a forum that I visit and two stories were mentioned. Bringer of Death and Honor Trip. I ignored the links initially, but I had nothing else to do so I went back and read the post in full and found myself fascinated by the descriptions. I realised that there was much more to "fanfics" than I initially thought. Over the last year I have found more stories which I have found a lot of interest in and I now find myself eagerly awaiting the email informing me that the latest chapter for whichever story has been released.

Recently I started thinking to myself if I could imagine a story of my own, purely for fun. I was suffering from insomnia one night and I thought of different scenarios. Then it hit me, how would the battle with Frieza on Namek have gone if Dende was not killed? From that idea, I thought of countless more scenarios all of which were a result of that one difference in the story. All of the ideas were formed off the new ideas and as a result, Dragonball Z Reaction has come to be. As I develop the story further, the full extent of the name will become absolutely clear. The chapter title is also a reference to the result of the action of Vegeta regarding Dende. The price in the normal universe is that Dende dies. The price in this universe? You'll have to wait and see.

I leave you with this thought for now. Is it possible that Dende being alive could lead to devastation?

Thank you again for reading my story, I hope that you find it enjoyable and I hope to improve my quality of writing bit by bit. As this is a brand new thing for me, I currently do not have a planned schedule for chapter posts. If I am able to create a schedule, I will post it at the end of a new chapter. My hope is that people find my concept to be interesting enough to want to read the next chapter.