DRAGONBALL Z

THE LEGEND OF THE ULTIMATE

A BATTLE ON AN EXPLODING PLANET

Chapter 2

Gohan felt the full brunt of Cooler's take off when a gust of wind suddenly exploded in his face, like a tornado pushing him back instead of sucking him in. The ground beneath seemed to cave in when Cooler charged at Gohan, his speed incredibly fast for his size.

"AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH… YOU'RE MINE", screamed Cooler, his massive form towering over Gohan like a lion on its prey.

Thinking quickly, Gohan chose to retreat at this point, putting as much distance as he could between him and this monster. He fazed out of sight, using his super speed as an advantage.

Gohan reappeared a few hundred meters back and at a lower altitude to his previous position. He had expected to have out run his opponent, seeing as that the ground where they used to be floating over was still caving in, he thought he was safe. But he suddenly had his thoughts thrown at his face when he was attacked from behind by the mighty tyrant. Shocked and winded from the knee, Gohan was forced into a cliff side, Cooler's knee driving into his gut. His spandex armor cracked slightly from the pressure, Gohan's blood starting to stain it as well.

Once his opponent was pinned, Cooler locked his fingers together and raised his two fists above his head, swinging down fast and knocking Gohan into the ocean with a jackhammer blow. The planet seemed to shake from such an attack, even though it was already collapsing and shaking with earthquakes.

Cooler laughed and, turning to see the ripples in the water from his opponent's crash landing into the water, Cooler decided to put some climax into their fight. Sensing his opponent in the right position, Cooler dove for the water, fist held out in front of him in a dive punch.

The water exploded from the force and the impact of the blow from Cooler shook the planet again, causing the moving shells of the world to crack. In the space in the water Cooler had created with his attack, the mighty tyrant had his opponent pinned to the ground, his fist jabbed into the chibi's gut. It was a sickening attack, with Gohan at the wrong end of the attack. When he finally was able to feel the pain of the attack rush him, he cried out loud with blood leaking down his cheek.

Cooler laughed and pulled up, the water finally falling back into place. Gohan's cries were drowned out when he was covered by thousands of liters of water, much too Cooler's amusement.

"HAHAHAHAHA… I love doing that"!

It was only a few seconds till Gohan was able to pull him out of his predicament, flying out of his ocean supposed burial planned by Cooler and coming to float behind his opponent a fair distance away, his white aura warping around him.

"Well, back for more I see", exclaimed Cooler in amusement. Even though his back was turned to his opponent, he still was able to sense his opponent.

Gohan just floated there, his aura radiating around him and his chest heaving as he panted for breath, his hair waving upwards in the winds of his energy. His situation was looking desperate, he couldn't even sense Cooler's attacks or approach, and neither could he even track his opponent's movements. It was time for him to bring out his hidden powers.

Balling his fists and spiking to his maximum, Gohan powered up, his form now surrounded by the furious waves of his unlocked potential. His from was completely blue, sort of like Kaioken but different in color.

In a flash, he disappeared, coming to fly around his opponent and approach in stealth and surprise. He circulated his opponent at an incredible speed, seemingly impossible to track. However, Cooler could see him.

Suddenly throwing his left fist behind him in a hammer blow, Cooler smacked Gohan in the face, the chibi appearing out of thin air, his aura disappearing as soon as the fist made contact with him.

"Hello", said Cooler, still holding his fist up where he hit Gohan.

Gohan recovered quickly from his fall and flew off again, his blue aura bursting exploding out to increase his speed and agility since his strength was already increased by it.

Flying around and coming to float next to Cooler, Gohan punched at Cooler, expecting to hit him with his drive attack.

Cooler vanished however, too fast for even Gohan to track. Gohan stopped in his flight and searched frantically to track his opponent. But he found him eventually when Cooler appeared above him and elbowed him down, sending the chibi plummeting towards the planet below.

Powering up and recovering yet again, Gohan decided to retreat and use his speed, to his advantage and put as much distance between him and his opponent. But he didn't get very far.

Like lightning, he stopped when he smacked into something hard and firm. It was like running into a brick wall. Cooler had suddenly appeared behind him, standing tall and in a proper posture, not your regular every day fighting stance.

"So this is the best you can do? What a laugh", taunted Cooler in a haunting voice. Gohan sweated nervously, his eyes casting to look behind him. His opponent was real strong, far stronger then Frieza now. But, Gohan wasn't going to give up just yet.

Spinning around with a yell, Gohan sent a kick at his opponent. Cooler vanished into thin air again, his speed making it impossible to track him. For Cooler's size, it was incredible at how fast he could move. Gohan didn't have time to act when he was jack hammered into the ground. He trailed through the air and eventually trailed along the ground, leaving a good trench in his wake with his corpse ending at the end of it.

He was too shocked and injured to move too fast, leaving him exposed to attack. Cooler came diving in from the skies like a speeding bullet or even faster, following Gohan's crater trail.

With a yell of power, Cooler drove his fist into Gohan's gut, sending him into a mountain side and imprinting him in the side. Gohan left a real good imprint where he was pinned, his face showing his shocked and bewildered expression.

Continuing his attack, Cooler drove Gohan up and then over his shoulder, throwing him into the ground behind him. Gohan was once again pinned and felt the increasing pressure on his body as he was forced into the ground at a painfully slow rate. But the pain ended when he was blasted right into the ground, the land Cooler was on splitting into two because of the massive craves appearing.

Cooler stood up, removing his fist from the ground and he glared up into the sky. And, while watching the crater he had made spilt the planet, he saw out of the corner of his sights Gohan floating up from the crater, all in a mess.

Gohan was bruised up pretty bad and bleeding in some places. His hair was messed up; his spandex uniform was ripped in half from his neck down to his waste. His Saiyan body armor was gone, leaving him in only a pair of spandex boots, tight spandex pants and two white gloves. He was panting in an effort to regain his breath from getting out of the full brunt of Cooler's blast.

"Look at you. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You couldn't even detect my movements. What are you going to do about it now huh", taunted Cooler. Gohan was enraged now and was more then determined to beat Cooler. A force like this cannot be left to destroy the universe any more.

Balling his fists and powering up his blue aura, he held his hands to his forehead, one on top of the other and powered up his signature move. Cooler saw this, also sensing the increase in his opponent's ki and the position he was in, his eyes widening slightly.

Keeping his aura locked and powering up his attack full force, Gohan launched his blast with a mighty yell.

"MASENKO HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"!!!!!!!!!

The giant yellow attack soared through the air, straight at Cooler. The last could easily destroy the planet if Gohan was not careful, but his intentions were clear and his target, Cooler. He didn't want to destroy the already collapsing planet Namek.

Cooler smiled, seeing a way to escape… straight through the blast! All he did was push off from the ground and straight into Gohan's attack, cutting through it with the blast having no effect on him whatsoever.

Gohan gasped, his eyes widening as he saw what Cooler was now doing, trialing up his attack and charging right at him.

"NO WAY!!"

In an instant, Cooler stopped in front of Gohan and punched him in the gut, smacking him away. The blast had done nothing to Cooler; the alien wasn't even scarred in the least.

Using Gohan's momentum, Cooler came up to him and kneed him in the torso, then, finishing his assault, elbowed him into a cliff side. Gohan landed with a crash, leaving a good imprint of him in the cliff side and cratering himself even further. Then, with Gohan's shock in place and pain flowing through his body, Cooler kicked him in.

After a couple of stomps into the cliff, Gohan passed out, giving up from exhaustion. He was done.

"Ha… so this is what a Super Saiyan is supposed to be. He's just a kid. Even though I am highly impressed by the kid's skill, he was still a pathetic loss. Saiyan monkey"! Cooler spat his words, floating up to float above the rumbling planet. The oceans waved more violently, and the skies shook with lightning.

"This planet is going to explode in 3 minutes, it being the boy's funeral. There will be nothing left, his corpse incinerating into nothing. And now, once this planet is gone, I will rule supreme! Nothing will stand in my way! NOTHING!"

Cooler laughed out loud, throwing his fist out and causing some mountains and rubble to fly into the air. The planet was starting to come apart, and it was looking desperate now.

"I am the supreme master of this universe! I am the great destroyer, the taker of life! It is my will and duty, that this planet and everything in it be annihilated"!

Gohan fell from his place in the cliff and onto the solid round of a floating island. His from remained lifeless and his eyes were shut tight. He was in pain, and it kept him conscious still. He couldn't die yet… but why?

It took the flapping wings of a bird to land beside him to bring him to reality. The bird was chirping in pain, the planet beginning to kill everything on it, starting with the small, innocent and small life forms who did nothing wrong to it.

"No Krillin… Dad…"

His memories of terrible battles where his friends had fallen were brought into his mind. The sheer pain and anguish he felt on those days, the pain of loss. Just like what his father felt before transforming into a Super Saiyan. It was happening to him. The pain, the memories, the loss… it was all coming back.

Then, Gohan saw his friend Piccolo struck down by Frieza's death beam, the purple beam piercing his friends heart faster then any attack ever could. He never saw it coming… it was too fast.

The visage of Piccolo came into his head, and the torture of his friends at the hands of Frieza and Cooler, his mother and father being killed, millions of people dying when he saw his planet, home planet be destroyed by a massive explosion. It was maddening, horrific, and unbearable. He could feel it slipping.

Gohan opened his eyes with a start, the sounds of evil laughter, screaming and crying heard in his mind. It was coming to him at an amazing rate.

Then, he saw it, the little bird crying out in pain, chirping its last song. Its wings flapped helplessly, its life ebbing away. Then, it fell. Its wings stopped flapping and its suffering ceased. How can someone be so cruel? To hurt something so beautiful, something that did no harm to anyone, who loved life and lived for the purpose of creating a wonderful image. It did nothing wrong, just like his friends and family before it. And they died for the right cause, to protect their loved ones and the life they had created.

Slowly, Gohan reached out with his hands and picked the bird up, covering it and protecting the poor creature. Its heart beat was dying out, slowly and painfully. It was like his beat, slow and calm, yet going out… dying…

The screaming and crying came to his head again and he sobbed as well, clutching the bird in his hands like it was the most precious thing he ever had, and it was gone. It was an innocent living creature that had done nothing, and a monster of unspeakable ruthlessness and evil was killing!

"NO! They didn't do… anything wrong! I can't let this happen… If I don't fight back, I'm going to lose them all… mom, dad, Piccolo, everyone… everything and everyone I hold dear is nothing but a play thing to these monsters! I CAN'T"!!!

His hair spiked up and stood on end, debris and winds starting to circulate around him like a vortex. Lightning struck down from the sky around him, a golden aura bursting around his small form. His tears ran down his cheeks and onto his skin or to the ground, polluting it with a hot sting of anguish. He was growing in strength, and he wasn't going to let go. The pain of loss was unbearable and the images of his family and everyone else suffering came into his mind. He kept it there, it spurred him on and he was going to keep going until he had reached his limit. This was not his limit, it was just the beginning!

With Cooler's last laugh echoing around him, Gohan let out a cry of rage, his aura bursting out in an uncontrollable torrent of flame. The ground gave way as he powered up to maximum and into the beyond!

Cooler stopped laughing and all the rubble and debris he had brought into the air fell to the ground. Something was preventing him from doing so, but what?

"What's this"?

When the scream of Gohan echoed to a stop, the planet was silent, even the earthquakes and lightning stop. It was as if time had ceased its route and was frozen. A new miracle has happened.

Raising the bird into the air by holding his hand out, Gohan sent his energy into the creature, giving it new life. The bird lifted its head and chirped, flapping its wings once again and turning to Gohan. It chirped happily towards him and pecked his hand in affection before flapping its wings and flying off into the distance, disappearing into specks of blue light, its spirit soaring away.

"WHAT! What's going on, he's different, he's changed", yelled Cooler in shock upon setting his sights on Gohan who had gone through an amazing transformation. At least, he thought it was Gohan. In fact, he barely recognized him.

A golden light radiated from Gohan, a pure light of good and life. It was a new power never seen in a thousand years and a form seemingly impossible to accomplish. Gohan had transformed into a Super Saiyan! He had increased in size and strength, his muscles more bulkier and his speed increased 100 fold. Not only that, his blonde hair stood on end, with pure gold radiating off of it. And his eyes… well…

When Gohan focused his glare up at Cooler, the tyrant discovered to his horror that his eyes were shining a dangerous green. His eyes were filled with rage and hate, and a new determination to defeat his enemy.

"Saiyan insect, prepare to be squashed", growled Cooler, immediately raising his hand above his head to fire an attack down at his enemy.

Suddenly, his arm stopped moving and he felt he was being held back by an incredible force. Looking up in shock, he saw that it was Gohan who had his hand firmly gripping his arm, preventing it from moving. He tried to pull his arm out, but to no avail. While he was trying his hardest to pull his arm out, Gohan was calm and relaxed, unmoving.

"Why don't you wake up, you're hurting people what have they done to you? They have done nothing", stated Gohan coldly. Even though he had full control over his Saiyan side and Super Saiyan form, he was angry…

Instantly and with amazing force, Cooler managed to pull his arm out of Gohan's grip. Then, floating up to a higher altitude, he sent his fist into Gohan's torso or gut, striking him right at his amazingly tough and broadened abs. At this point, Gohan had lowered his arm by his side and was glaring at Cooler angrily. When Cooler's fist connected with Gohan's torso, there was a tremendous shock wave, the planet actually shook from the blow. However, no damage was ever done when Cooler discovered to his horror that Gohan hadn't even budged, nor did he even flinch. Cooler stared at Gohan with wide eyes, too shocked to move his fist from the chibi's gut.

"I can't let you take your unhappiness onto other people any more"!

Cooler removed his fist and backed off, completely in shock. He tried to summon enough courage to speak but his efforts were in vein, he was too afraid now.

"W-W-What are you? You're a monster", yelled Cooler. Gohan growled through bared teeth, flaring his golden aura with the waves of energy warping around him violently.

"Like I said before, I am Son Gohan, son of Goku and guardian of all that is good. I stand for the right cause and protect the innocent. I light up the darkness and shun the night! I am the hope of the universe! I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace! ALLY TO GOOD! NIGHTMARE TO YOOOOUUUUUUUUUU", yelled Gohan, powering up enough to create a shock wave.

Cooler grunted as he was blasted back by the shock wave, never feeling so much pain in his life from just a rise in ki. Before he could recover, he felt a small fist impale his face, and then a knee drive into his gut, causing him to drape his arms over his midsection to stop the pain. He retreated back, his hands over his torso and his posture hunched over.

Gohan turned to him, sill furious with the mighty tyrant. "I will never forgive you for what you have done Cooler, its over"!

Unexpectedly, and out of the blue, Cooler started laughing, undraping his arms and looking up. His eyes were still red and it was clear that he was amused with something, but what.

"Now I see… the Super Saiyan isn't a legend, it's actually real. I love it! You're too much… AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH", Cooler screamed, throwing his hand forward and letting off a incredible blast of energy. The orange blast consumed Gohan's form entirely, the chibi not bothering to block it since it was nothing to him now.

When the blast died down, it is seen that Gohan wasn't at all damaged by the attack. The only wounds that were seen were his old scars from his battle with Cooler but… hang on, where is Cooler? Gohan quickly sought out his opponent and found that the tyrant was floating above him. He looked up…

Within the dark skies of Namek, Gohan clearly made out a round object of fiery orange and red. It was incredible, about the size of a meteor, and the person holding the object above him was none other then Cooler. He laughed madly, his voice reaching Gohan's sensitive ears.

Gohan gasped as he stared at the energy ball in Cooler's hand. It was the exact same ball of energy fired by Frieza which destroyed planet Vegeta, and now Cooler was using it! This was not good…

"Sleeping on the job Super Saiyan? I can gather energy a lot faster then my brother! You shouldn't have taken your eyes off of me! Now since Frieza's job is too slow, I guess I'll finish it for him, now die with this planet AAARRRRGGGHHHH", yelled Cooler, throwing his hand forward, along with the massive ball of energy.

The ball of fiery, planet destroying energy flew at Gohan at an incredible rate, the object proving to be quite formidable and powerful. Gohan glared at it. This would take a hell of a lot of energy to block that thing!

Powering up and spiking his ki, Gohan screamed out in rage and threw his hands out to stop the giant Super Nova attack. His hands made contact with the surface of the ball and eventually, started to burn his skin. He growled under his breath and cried, pushing all of his energy into stopping the attack. But slowly, ever so slowly, he was pushed into the ground, his feet making contact with the small island he had transformed on.

Cooler laughed, focusing solemnly on his objective.

"Yes, struggle all you want, its over. That's what you get for disgracing my family"!

Gohan pushed harder, putting as much energy as he could into forcing the energy ball away from the planet. Even though it seemed pointless, Gohan's determination and his thoughts of his family spurring him on.

"You've… murdered millions of innocent people… can't… let it… go on"!

His feet dug into the ground and soon, the ground began to give way, the force of the attack and the pressure increasing rapidly.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA… Yes, it is I who decides who lives and who dies, all living things are mere play things to me… no one can predict my power and cunning", laughed Cooler loudly. But suddenly, his attack let off a gust of wind which incredibly enough, blasted in Cooler's face.

"WHAT"!

Under the attack where it has been driving into the planet stood Gohan, pushing all of his effort and strength into pushing the energy ball away from the planet. He was doing it, he is winning!

With a mighty yell, Gohan threw his arms forward and, powering up his won attack, blasted the energy ball straight back at Cooler. The ball flew at a faster rate towards Cooler then it had done towards him. This shocked Cooler as he saw his attack flying back at him…

"NO… IT CAN'T BE! CURSE YOU", growled Cooler, throwing his hand forward to blast his attack back. But, instead of pushing his energy ball back, it ended up in him getting pushed back as Gohan continued to pour out his energy into his attack, and eventually forced Cooler into space and beyond.

"Curse that Saiyan, this bema can't hold me forever! I'm going to get off and when I do, I'm going to rip him to pieces"! The alien continued his cursing when the light of one of Namek's 7 suns' caught his attention.

"It's the star for the solar system. Maybe I'll just blow that up instead and let them all freeze to death in darkness. Hey, wait a second; I'm heading right for it"!

Soon enough, Cooler found himself pinned against the blazing hot sun of Namek. With the sun at his back and his attack pushing him into it from in front of him, he began losing his life force. The heat was force was unbearable, and he wasn't going to last very long!

Curse that Saiyan monkey, why wasn't he destroyed with the rest of them? Wait, I remember now, I remember!

Flash back…

Planet Vegeta, North quadrant, destruction imminent…

In a black and white vision of Cooler's past, he found himself floating in his hover chair, his henchmen watching the four screens on the bride of the ship intently. Each screen showed a different view of the exploding planet Vegeta with Frieza's Star destroyer attack caving into the planet's centre, causing a force explosion to ripple across the planet unlike anything before…

"Cancel that order Souza", ordered Cooler to his right hand man. Souza bowed low, a hand on his chest in a salute to the mighty tyrant.

"Yes lord Cooler… but, what about that Saiyan child, the one named Kakarote. He's escaping in that Saiyan-Space-pod"!

The hover chair containing Cooler in his third transformed state floated forward, the alien staring intently at the screen playing above him.

"Frieza is the one in charge of this quadrant, let him clean up his own mess. I have seven planets to destroy by the end of the day in my quadrant of the universe. Why should allow myself to fall behind schedule just to cover up his mistake. Beside's, it's just a Saiyan child, he's no threat to us"…

Up on the screen, they could see Frieza laughing madly as the Saiyan home planet was reduced to nothing, the whole entire area of space erupting into a ball of fire.

"Bah, look at him, what foolishness. He is so pleased with himself that he is blinded by his arrogant pride. That could be King Vegeta on that space pod for all he knows. What an imbecile", spat Cooler, turning to his henchmen standing behind him at their stations at the bridge.

"You've got a lot to learn, brother. For now, leave that Saiyan, like I said, he's no threat to us…"

End flashback…

He's no threat… to us…

Those words echoed throughout Cooler's mind as he was reducing to nothing, his body crushing under the strain and heat of his own Super Nova attack. He was finished, and it was his fault… he knew it. If he didn't let that Saiyan escape, Kakarote, or the one named Goku, the Super Saiyan whose son had now won, claimed victory over him!

"I don't believe it… I could have killed him. If I killed that Saiyan heading for earth, then he wouldn't have had his son… the one… Gohan! If I killed him, I wouldn't be dying right now! I let him go… I let him go!!!"

And he couldn't be anymore correct then he was now… soon, in a brilliant flash of fire and light… he was gone…

"NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo…"

Cooler's scream echoed for miles, his body disintegrating along with his echo. Soon, with the pieces of his flesh breaking away and burning up, there was nothing left but ash at the end, his attack taking him with it in one fiery explosion!

Darkness…

Character profiles:

Name: Cooler

Race: Lizardia Memphis

Age: Unknown

Power level(s):

Form 3: 13,605,000

Form 3 (Full Power-100): 15,900,000

Form 4: 17,500,000

Name: Son Gohan

Race: Half Saiyan, Half Human

Age: 5

Power level(s):

Base: 14,025,000

Unlocked Potential: 15,000,000

Super Saiyan: 20,050,000

TO BE CONTINUED…