Fighting Dog

Goku's left arm hung limply beside him as growing rivers of blood freely flowed from his wounds. Despite how his power mirrored his father's, and he continued to reach his peak while inching closer to death, there was still a chance he could not handle Frieza. That is, without blowing up the world and potentially himself.

He was so frustrated that he didn't notice a monstrous ki emanating from behind him. It was only Frieza's wordless and horrified expression that made him catch what was going on.

In the surreal dusty atmosphere, a form stepped through the dust, emerging like a resurrected being. Then a power spurned whirlwind cleared and swirled the dust away as Vegeta's renewed ki shouted to the rest of the world.

Goku instantly smiled, shocked and happy that somehow the Saiyan had pulled through and he was going to keep to his word. His elation would have been longer lived had Vegeta not punched him clear in the gut.

Consciousness fading fast, Goku sputtered his confusion.

"Ve..geta…why!?"

"You're taking too damn long.", Vegeta hissed into Goku's face as he sent the Saiyan's unconscious body flying toward's Piccolo's way.

Piccolo catched the limp Saiyan, while the others were in a state of sheer shock and disbelief.

Krillin gave Bulma a dirty look while she herself was dumbfounded.

Vegeta just took out Goku from an equally matched battle, likely reassuring them all to doom. Did she make a horrible mistake in trusting the Saiyan?

Piccolo, on the other hand wasn't nearly as worried about Frieza. He knew the monstrous ki from Vegeta was still being held back, and he realized what must be done.

"We need to run, he will destroy everything if we—"

"No."

A regal and proud voice answered clearly.

"You will stand here in place of my people and witness the end of a tyrant and living under him like a dog."

Piccolo turned towards him, stunned. Ki aside, this Vegeta seemed different from before. He was not caring to boast about his princely status and instead steeled himself for imminent battle. But more than that, he seemed to actually have something more than pride he cared about.

His people.

Suddenly a flash of ki was sent Vegeta's way, enveloping him in an explosion of dust.

Frieza laughed, as a smiling snarl grew on his lips acknowledging none of the promise Vegeta's ki had held.

"That's it? That's all you got, DOG?! HAHAHAHAHA"

The smoke cleared, revealing a snarling Vegeta. He was untouched but his gaze was focused and almost solemn.

"Ha… lucky dodge, but with a ki like that all you're doing is barking still. And to think I was almost nervous. But your bark is as always worse than your bite."

Upon speaking the words, Frieza dashed towards him.

Vegeta stilled his anger, for once not throwing verbal daggers and dodged the attacks. This only seemed to spur Frieza into more laughter as he believed Vegeta was finally giving up. Frieza sent a flurry of punches, each one dodged effortlessly by the Saiyan.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes his strategic mind calculating whether the odds were in his favor. He wasn't sure of his own ki let alone Frieza's and he hadn't had time to test his new body.

10 to 15 times his original power was at best a guess, but he was wary.

Is fifteen enough?

He jumped from the ground as Frieza sent a ki blast.

He had already died once when he assumed he could take it. He knew he couldn't afford the same mistake twice.

Meanwhile Frieza was impressed.

"You're still weak, but I have to admit, you dodge a lot better."

He was toying with Vegeta but decided it was time to up the power and give him an onslaught.

Vegeta's eyes closed, concentrating as he dodged Frieza. The demonic lizard hurled a punch directly to his face knowing Vegeta couldn't dodge it. Sudeenly, Vegeta's focus was complete, and made sense of their situation. Frieza's his eyes opened as a verystrong fist blocked the punch.

The reptilian jumped back, startled.

Vegeta knew the odds. Frieza was strong. Very strong but still a force only when serious.

In a clever smirk, he knew he would use the lizard's arrogance against him by holding his ki back.

Suddenly Frieza disappeared kicked from behind him. Vegeta easily dodged and cleverly sent his next attack as ki rings that binded Frieza.

"WHAT THE-!?" Frieza struggled out of his bind but to no avail.

With a barely controlled snarl, Vegeta hurled Frieza by the tail into a distant cliff wall then sent a torrent of Kis at him. Frieza blocked almost every single one but did not expect to see through the cloud of smoke a point blank Galick Gun.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Frieza howled while the attack disintegrated the bottom half of his body.

Then Frieza began to realize the bitter truth.

That his own death would still be by the hands of a Saiyan but he could not have predicted it would have been from Vegeta.

It's why he obliterated the planet in the first place yet the death foretold by dreams never stopped and kept promising a slow, horrifying death.

Quickly scrambling he had to find Vegeta's weakness. He had to find something that would give him some sort of leverage opening

Then from the corner of his eye he saw it.

Blue.

There she was, the woman who stood beside Vegeta, alive and peering up at their fight. Something must have happened as Vegeta never took survivors.

Before Vegeta could cleave his being into half, he heard her scream.

"DON'T YOU DARE STOP! KILL HIM FOR ME! KILL HIM FOR THE SAIYANS! KILL HIM FOR FREEDOM!"

Vegeta gave a puzzled stare when the ki beam Frieza surged forth.

Bulma knew.

Before it all transpired Bulma looked up and already knew Frieza's intent. She knew she was dead and before her demise she had to scream at Vegeta to do his worst.

Something hit her then instantly Bulma's brave little ki was snuffed out. Wails of sorrow and shock spread across the fighters as Krillin ran to her lifeless body.

Vegeta looked down and his hawk-eyed vision saw the hole, the same hole that ended him earlier.

It was then something in him snapped.

In the barely two minutes he got to know her she already became more important than anyone else. This of course didn't say much as he had no one and nothing, but this sudden and insignificant creature managed to revive him, turn his fate around, feel genuine concern for him, all the while wishing him happiness.

Happiness… whatever did that word MEAN?

This little woman gave him the sweet taste of victory at the cost of her life.

The harsh reality awakened something beyond anger. Something beyond pride or even the revenge of a long lost family. Instead it revived the overwhelming need to fight for someone in the present. To fight for something he could believe in. And ultimately to fight for someone who was alive just seconds ago helping him, egging him on, and willing to risk it all for him.

Blind fury gave way to pure, deadly calm, as the raging storm of destruction threatened to burst through hell's gates.

In a glimpse the legendary started to surface but a cruel hard crack broke his reverie as Frieza slammed him the skull. Blood colored Vegeta's vision, though his ki took the brunt of the attack.

Frieza laughed noticing his plan had worked.

"What's wrong, mutt? Didn't like it when I slapped the girly around?"

Vegeta shook to regain focus, then snarled.

"No, I don't give a shit."

He lied but his pure rage was replaced with a dull headache. The awakening broken, Vegeta had to rely on his former power, though it was more than enough to take Frieza down.

With surgeon like precision, Vegeta pointed at Frieza, burning a hole in his shoulder. Frieza howled in pain as Vegeta slowly burned hole after hole, drawing out his imminent death.

Coughing blood, Frieza spat in fury, finally realizing Vegeta was holding his ki back.

"You….. lowly…. DOG! HOW DARE YOU TOY WITH ME!" Frieza suddenly powered up when Vegeta screamed in unholy fury back.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

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The Saiyan's power completely overwhelmed that of Frieza and the reptilian suddenly froze, terrified of Vegeta's sheer power.

Vegeta howled to the winds of fate and in a swirl his ki charged him to new heights. His eyes flicked back and forth between onyx and teal while his blue aura twitched to near gold, angrily enflaming his power to insanity. With no effort he cleaved off and destroyed Frieza's limbs until he was nothing more than a torso.

"Still wondering if your dog's bark is worse than his bite, BASTARD?" Vegeta yelled, his voice nearly cracking from anger. He sent his knee crashing into Frieza's ribs.

Frieza spat out green blood and looked at Vegeta hatefully. Then Vegeta closed in and hissed into Frieza's hateful stare.

"Well take your time wondering asshole… because I'm going to send you slowly to HEEEELLLLL!"

With a savagery that made everyone flinch Vegeta slowly and deliberately ripped the head off a screaming Frieza. With a disgusting snap of vertebrae the head came free and it was over.

A horrible end fit for a horrible tyrant.

Vegeta, impassive and displaying none of his usual pride and conceit flew down, then stepped to the body of Bulma. Something in his formerly dead heart twitched as she saw the pale lifeless, bloodied form before him. Then in a move that shocked everyone he knelt down like a knight to a queen and presented Frieza's head.

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The meaning was universal: A beast slain in return for a monarch's recognition and respect.

A/N: Yup this was how I wanted Frieza to die die die in the anime. But at least Trunks did a number on him that should make his dad proud (if he wasn't so dumb and got all jealous over him)