As the remaining whisps of Yo-gert's existence were wiped out on a molecular level by Gohan's blast, the young warrior stood up straight and stared at the spaceship. He could sense now only 1 power in that ship and it was pretty big. Nothing Gohan couldn't handle in his base form but there was no telling how much power it could be hiding from him. Gohan looked over to where he saw the body of the one who could impaled through the skull and floated towards it. Krillin looked in confusion and disgust as Gohan hefted up one of the corpses and began floating up towards the ship in the sky. He noticed Krillin's look and simply cast a, "Scare tactic" over his shoulder to explain himself. He rose up to where, based on his memory of Frieza's ship, the throne should be and while he couldn't see inside, he was sure that whoever was inside could see him just fine.
Gohan lifted the body up before him by the scruff of its neck, "Leave now or die as your men did!" Gohan demanded of the ship. There were moments of silence and Gohan waited patiently for the sound of the engines to hum to life. As time ticked on and it became evident that it wasn't leaving Gohan's blank face twisted into a scowl before he bared his teeth and growled. Gohan tossed the body he was holding into the Glass-like bubble that signified the pilot's seat. It made a mixture of a thud and a squelched as its bones and muscles were further damaged and compressed. The corpse slid down the ship and fell hundreds of feet to the street below. Gohan had had enough of this and he built up enough Ki in his right hand to destroy the ship in a blast about the size of a large Orange. Just as he prepared to throw it he heard a hissing noise and the glass began to lift on some metal pistons. He let the energy recede back within him and waited. Just within the threshold of the cockpit floated a cloaked figure. "What do yo-?" Gohan began but he was cut off when a fist planted itself on his chest and sent him careening to the Earth on a 45 degree angle from his position.
Right before he hit the road he remembered he needed to minimise damage and used his Ki in a burst behind him to stop his momentum mere feet from the street. Then he was kicked in the back and put through a low brick wall that separated two properties. As Gohan slid on his face and chest he curled his legs behind him and planted his hands in the earth, fingers digging into the solid ground, and he used his grip to throw himself into a front flip. He landed on his feet and spun to face his enemy as he jumped away landing on a street that was perpendicular to the one he was kicked from. He looked back towards his enemy and saw Krillin squaring off against who ever this opponent was. Krillin lept up and swung a kick at the head area and only succeeded in hitting air. The short man somersaulted in the air and flipped as he rotated so that he landed facing the enemy. As his left foot touched down he launched back the way he came throwing a punch at the robed figure.
It side-stepped the ex-monk and caught him by the back of his red T-shirt as he passed by. The invader kneed him in the stomach, momentarily winding him, but the seasoned warrior used the knee as a platform to push away from and gain some distance. The robed figure moved its arms out to its sides, though it had its back to Gohan so he couldn't see whoever it was. Krillin seemed to pale in colour drastically when he saw what was under the cloak and Gohan began to worry. What could scare Krillin like that? Suddenly, as Krillin froze in fear, he was hit with an uppercut to the chin and backhanded through a building. "KRILLIN!" Gohan cried in worry and shot off, catching him before he flew any further. His old friend was alive but unconscious. Gohan put him down on a patch of grass before flying over to the one who put his friend in such a condition.
This...opponent... Was incredibly strong. He had not trained in roughly 3 years due to his inhibitor but he knew he was still more powerful than he had been with Cell, if not a bit rusty in an actual fight. "Who the hell are you!?" Gohan demanded from the robed and hooded figure who appeared to have some kind of dark purple tail extending from the back of the cloak. In response the hidden figure merely chuckled darkly and an obviously alien hand extended from its depths and grasped the material. It was cast aside and the figure beneath left Gohan speechless. The being was obviously lizard-like and most of the exposed skin was a dark purple colour. Most everything else was covered by a sort of stormy grey bio-armor plating that was encrusted with what appeared to be a dark green, crystal-esque substance with two dark grey horns protruding directly to either side.
"F-Frieza?!" The young man stuttered in confusion, "No...no, you're just similar to him." Gohan added a little quieter, taking a cautious approach to the situation. The creature laughed haughtily with a sinister tone before finally responding.
"Quite the bright one I see? Yes you are correct. I am indeed similar to the late Frieza in appearance. I am of his species you see...my name is Vrozan" Of course, Frieza wasn't a one off alien. He had a father and so it stands to reason he had a mother. Logically they had to come from somewhere. "In fact I'm looking to rebuild the renowned Cold Empire you know." He added conversationally. Gohan grimaced at that. He had hoped that just because Frieza was cruel, it didn't mean this being was but it appeared he was wrong. He looked himself over. Baggy jeans and a long-sleeved shirt underneath a sleeveless hoodie, not exactly fighting gear but he would work with it.
"Hmph, and what makes you think for a second I'd let you do that asshole?" Gohan stated aggressively, "if you wanted to do this you should have stayed far from me and tried not to let us find out, not come to me to tell me about your plans for revenge."
"Oh no no, you misunderstand me. I couldn't give even 1 shit less about Frieza. I simply want to profit from his Empire that he left for me so nicely. I heard however that he was defeated by a Saiyan from Earth named Goku." The deceivingly calm alien explained. "I figured I'd come along now and eliminate any threats to establish my rank in the universe."
Gohan grunted with a small smirk gracing his features, "Sorry to tell you, but Son Goku died years ago. I'm his son." Gohan told them earning himself a grin from the mysterious Vrozan.
"I was hoping for that. You are the next best thing." Vrozan remarked entitled-sounding. "I already knew he was dead, A little detail I forced from a particularly wise and powerful creature right before I destroyed most of its people...Namek I believe it was called?" He added, knowing exactly what he did. Gohan's eyes shot open wide in rage.
"Moori..." He thought before his Ki enveloped him and he shot at Vrozan. "You bastaaaaard!" He bellowed with a roar like a wild animal. His fist was caught by the reptilian adversary who proceeded to wrap his tail around Gohan's throat and used it to pelt him across the street. He smashed through the large glass windows of a 24/7 corner store and plowed through a few shelves leaving the cashier stunned, confused and afraid. Gohan sat back up through the glass shards, wood splinters and packaged service station snacks before growling and shooting back out the hole he came from. Vrozan used his tail to try and whip Gohan out of the air but the young fighter ducked it and grabbed it. Using the 5th appendage to pull himself close, he struck Vrozan's cheek with a straight that caused his opponent to slide back a few feet. As soon as Gohan had a foot back on the ground he lunged forward, continuing the assault with an uppercut to the abdomen and a hook to the jaw. Vrozan went bouncing down the road. The alien managed to get his feet beneath him.
As Gohan came forward Vrozan threw his hands forth and launched a blast of bright pink Ki. Gohan was too slow realising it to go around it and threw himself to a side, rolling back on to his feet unharmed. But by now Vrozan held the metaphoric torch of offense. The alien creature charged Gohan and stopped feet away and cast his hand out as a curved wave of Ki launched out at him. He ducked it purely on reflex and watched as it cut a light pole and two-story building clean in half. "Shit" he muttered to himself looking forward just in time to see another Ki blade flying his way, this time too low to duck. The Saiyan sprung up, but Vrozan apparently had counted on that as he launched into the air and lashed out with a spinning tail whip that hit the Black-haired you across his side and sent him rolling through the air.
He regained control in time to see Vrozan go to Double hammer-fist the back of Gohan's neck and so the Saiyan crossed his forearms over his head, catching the blow between them. A shockwave rang out like an explosion from the force of the attack hitting such an immovable object. The two struggled for a moment in that position, trying to win by brute strength. Gohan being both bigger and more muscular than Vrozan began to overpower the alien and straightened out, pushing the attack up and away from himself with his forearms. As soon as Vrozan's arms had been forced above his head Gohan headbutted his enemy in the nose.
Vrozan recoiled from that and clutched a hand to his nose. Gohan then threw a spinning heel kick at his opponent's jaw but the Freiza-lookalike managed to lean back and avoid the kick. As Gohan's body came around to face Vrozan he dropped a chop with his far hand on the alien's shoulder that had him barrelling for the ground like a bullet. Gohan moved faster than Vrozan could detect after such a blow and landed behind Vrozan as the tyrant got to its feet. It heard Gohan behind it and spun around just in time to dodge a left hook from the young fighter.
He followed through with the motion of the hook, turning half way around Before hopping, extending his leg and spinning the rest of the way with a heavy kick, striking Vrozan in the neck with the top of his foot. Vrozan was sent flying by the blow and bounced across the Earth, leaving cracks, craters and trenches in his wake. Gohan followed, not willing to give up his advantage and appeared in Vrozan's path, punching him into the ground. Vrozan rolled upon hitting the ground and spun catching the kick Gohan launched. Using the grip he attempted to slam Gohan into the ground but in the process of doing so, the Saiyan warrior rolled in mid-air, forcing Vrozan to release him.
He landed on his hands and sprung gaining distance. The battlers dashed in at each other and began exchanging powerful blows. Vrozan tried a neck chop but Gohan raised his forearm to block. Gohan attempted a counter in the form of a roundhouse to the body that was guarded. Vrozan threw a straight that was caught and Gohan shot a wide elbow that was stopped. Each blow caused a small shockwave that rocked the streets. Gohan ducked a spinning tail swipe and kicked upwards at Vrozan's chin as the alien came around to face him again. The kick was stopped by both Vrozan's forearms before he countered with a front flip axe-kick that Gohan stopped by raising his arm over his head. The hooded Saiyan, still holding back Vrozan's leg over his head, now had a shot at the exposed back of his opponent and launched a vicious uppercut over his head. Vrozan placed his lizard-like foot on Gohan's still raised blocking arm and pushed, back flipping and avoiding Gohan's uppercut. He fired a blast at the teenage warrior who swatted it into the sky as he dashed forward but in that brief moment the blast was in between them, blocking Gohan's vision of him.
Vrozan shot behind Gohan just under the speed of sound. Gohan sensed his presence too late and turned to receive a cross to his jaw that knocked him back spinning. "Dammit! He's smart!" Gohan thought, "Normally I'd be able to track his every move but due to the blast I didn't see him upon his initial movement, meaning my eyes didn't get the time to adjust!" He got his feet on the ground and the first foot down dug a trench in the road. He jumped up and forward while he did a front flip, using a hand to toss a blast the size of a basketball mid flip. As it curveballed for Vrozan he gathered energy for another one in his other hand. He landed and shot at Vrozan holding the blast for a second longer before throwing it too. His enemy slapped the first blast and his vision was immediately filled with the second one which panicked him a moment before he slapped that out the way and now saw the bottom of Gohan's shoe, being too slow to stop that. Vrozan smashed through a street light and rolled a few feet. Gohan shot at the alien fighter as it began to get to his feet, grabbing hold of his unsuspecting head as he flew past. Gohan pushed his face into the road and dragged him along, tearing up a trench in the bitumen road.
Gohan pulled him up as he continued flying and let him fly for a bit before appearing in his path and kicking him up into the sky. Vrozan found himself accompanied by a powered up blast that struck him in the face. Gohan watched the smoke cloud with concentration, scanning with his eyes for movement. Out of nowhere he flew through the smoke and punched Gohan across the cheek and they both flew to the ground. Gohan backflipped and landed on his feet, seeing Vrozan charging horn-first. Gohan caught a horn in each hand and tried to hold his momentum off. He was pushed along the ground and his veins protruded as his muscles shook, attempting to hold back the colossal force of Vrozan moving at this speed. As Gohan managed to bring him to a stop his muscles relaxed and his brute strength advantage once again came into play. Gohan, still holding him by the horns, smashed Vrozan back and forth into the ground before pulling his face into continuous knees.
As Gohan attempted to pull him into another knee Vrozan got a palm between his face and the knee and used it to pull himself savagely forward. Gohan wasn't ready for the sudden burst of resistance and lost control of his opponent. Vrozan's right horn pierced Gohan's left shoulder and he grunted and tried to restrain his cry of pain. What came out was instead a strangled, muffled growl as Gohan fought to remove the razor sharp horn from his shoulder. With a hard shove Gohan managed to dislodge his desperate opponent from his arm and immediately hot blood began to flow freely out the wound. Before he could do anything about it however he was on the defensive as Vrozan launched an attack on the wounded fighter. He ducked the spinning kick and raised his right arm to catch the tail-whip. With his one good arm in use he was defenseless against the hook to his jaw.
Gohan backed off and his face turned solemn. This was getting dicey, he needed to end this. Gohan powered up to his maximum power in his Base form and launched forward faster than Vrozan could see, kicking him across the face and putting him through multiple buildings. He zipped right through the hole moving faster than Vrozan could track while in his predicament. Gohan flew ahead of Vrozan to where he would be going and spun and kicked Vrozan higher up before seemingly appearing back above him, dropping an elbow right into the center of what appeared to be his cranium. Vrozan hit the ground below on all fours and bellowed with rage. "YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT ME!" The alien invader screamed contemptuously at the young fighter. At that his body was enshrouded by a great green light. He couldn't tell for sure but Gohan would say that it looked like he was changing amongst all that excess energy.
"Oh perfect, he's transforming..." Gohan thought sarcastically, not only that his power was now easily twice what it was before and still shooting up. When the light faded there stood a being not unlike Frieza's final form but with structural differences and different colours. The new figure chuckled deeply, seeming to be entertained by something Gohan wasn't aware of.
"I was only using less than a quarter of my power before. This is my true form!" Vrozan boasted proudly as pink bolts of electricity danced across his lithe, dangerous form.
"You mean you haven't got like 3 more transformations? Oh thank god because that would have got extremely dull and repetitive." Gohan half-joked half-sighed in relief. Vrozan growled in confusion and babbled something about what he was talking about and why he disregarded the ability to transform so lightly. "Um, that'd be because Frieza also hid his power by creating lesser forms. Except he made a lot more. Neither what you just did, nor the ability to transform in general is new to me Vrozan. I've seen it a lot throughout my life." Gohan explained to the now-not-so-cocky extra terrestrial before him. "In fact, I'm capable of transforming myself." He stated, earning a wide eyed expression and a confused exclamation.
Without further explaining Gohan dropped into a crouched stance to power up, a bone chilling roar tearing through his vocal chords and out his mouth, projected through the empty city. The ground cracked beneath him and his feet sunk into the ground and debris and chunks of their surroundings seemed to defy gravity around the young warrior. His aura grew brighter and more flame-like. His hair flashed between deepest Black and the most brilliant Gold before settling on Gold. His eyes flashed a bright teal colour and his hair stood straighter, the smooth, Black flame-like hair he sported now raged wildly like a forest fire, only a lone golden bang and another single hair bang hanging over his forehead. His eyes narrowed in silent ferocity and his mouth drew thinner. His features were now sharper. His muscles bulged just slightly beneath his clothes, pumped with white hot power that seared through his being, totally at his whim.
Vrozan looked on in terror as Gohan merely tilted his head towards his opponent. His eyes narrow but emotionless. Full of rage yet feeling nothing. The tyrant had never been more scared of anything in his life. The being could not sense energy like the Earthling could but he could FEEL the raw power emitted by the boy and it concerned him. But he had not just changed physically, there was something different about him altogether, and that more than anything fostered fear in Vrozan's thoughts.
"This is what is known as a Super Saiyan Vrozan. Take a good look, because it'll be the last thing you ever see." He stated coldly and indifferently, as if he was entirely detached from the situation and unconcerned with the outcome. Vrozan simply gawked before regaining his wits and howling petulantly.
"How can you insinuate something so ridiculous!? My power is over 4 times greater than it was before. There is no possible way you can stand up to me!" Vrozan attempted to argue, or boast really but Gohan's lips merely twisted up slightly into a smirk.
"Unfortunately for you this form multiplies my power by exactly four-fold. However with training and practice it will become much greater. I'm still strong enough compared to you to kill you where you stand." Gohan told him simply, bringing a fresh wave of terror and rage to Vrozan who blindly charged the Super Saiyan. "Tch, fool." Gohan remarked at seeing the blind charge and dodged the flurry of attacks with little effort. He ducked a straight and slipped multiple hooks and jabs. Be blocked a roundhouse with his forearm and viciously kicked Vrozan in the temple, knocking him completely off his guard and momentarily rocking him. Vrozan clutched at his head and peaked at Gohan through his fingers. When he thought Gohan's guard was down he lunged with a neck chop that Gohan caught easily. The young Saiyan squeezed lightly on the hand and Vrozan felt the bones creak and protest as they rolled and were compressed in ways they shouldn't be.
Vrozan lashed out by creating a curved energy blade that aimed to cut Gohan apart from him to opposite shoulder however he weaved away and avoided it completely, even at point blank range. Gohan put a solid uppercut between Vrozan's ribs that left him gasping for air. "As if this wasn't enough...you know...I have another level of power beyond even this?" Gohan told Vrozan who looked disbelieving and afraid. "Oh it's true. Even if you managed to somehow out-do me and overpower me I would simply get angry and ascend, doubling even this power. So to be honest, you never really had a chance." Gohan told the arrogant space pirate. Gohan stared at the injured and humiliated Vrozan thoughtfully for a moment before staring off into space.
"My father was a man of peace." He started and Vrozan looked skeptical of whatever the boy may be trying to accomplish, "In a situation like this he would have taken into account that you're beaten and demoralised, and he would have given you an opportunity to escape in your ship. He would want me to do the same, spare your life, give you a chance to redeem yourself. I take my fathers wishes and advice very seriously." Gohan remarked, releasing Vrozan from his grip, who now looked shocked and hopeful at what he was hearing. Would this boy actually spare him?
"And you didn't kill anyone here on this planet, the worst you did was knock my friend unconscious, you really didn't do anything bad here. So as much as I loathe this, its what my father would have wanted. Last chance, get going now." With that he made a 'shu' ing gesture with his hand in the direction of Vrozan's ship, floating in the sky. Vrozan looked wary, before he spun around and dashed madly for his ship. Gohan merely floated and watched him. Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan and floated to the ground as the ship left Earth's orbit.
"Huh, it actually worked. And it feels alright. I guess this is why dad did it so often." Gohan thought to himself as he moved over to where Krillin lay unconscious. "You did your best old pal, now lets get you back to your family." Gohan said before he noticed the ground around him seemed to have the tint of sunset. "Wow...that's so bright." But just then he realised that it was a very overcast day and on top of that it was only midday. "Son of a bitch!" Gohan screamed spinning around to see a giant, murderous ball of pink Ki descending towards the Earth. He figured that Vrozan must have flown out to space and thrown it from there. Gohan shot to his maximum power as a Super Saiyan and flew up to the giant ball of death catching it in his two hands. It didn't seem to stop it tho as Gohan merely got pushed down by its massive energy. He slowed it but it still steadily drifted down towards the rooftops of the highest buildings.
"Shit shit shit! I should have just killed the bastard!" Gohan reprimanded himself. He looked around and saw that Krillin was still out of it below him. "DAMMIT! This thing will destroy the whole Earth and probably most of the planets on either side of it! FUCK!" Gohan screamed as he looked around for a way to stop it. Gohan felt it push him down and down until his feet touched the roof top of the tallest building around. He pushed harder against the gigantic blast and noticed that it was beginning to slow. Gohan's feet cracked and sunk into the thick concrete roof of the building. He kept on sinking through it like it was quicksand but the blast was gradually decelerating. Right as Gohan had sunk knee deep into concrete, the blast came to a stop in Gohan's hands. Gohan felt that his reserves were low and, through his hands, injected his ki into the blast, mixing the energy's together before absorbing it all together.
The amount of energy inside him right then was incredible but the state his body was in would not be able to support this much energy for long. Gohan with his new found power shot out into the atmosphere in mere moments where Vrozan floated outside of his ship looking completely thrown for a loop and exhausted. Gohan's aura was brilliant with the influx of energy.
"You know something? I'm kinda happy you're a total fucking coward and that you tried to kill me and everyone on my planet..." He started dangerously as he gathered all his Ki into his right hand, it shook and vibrated with the amount of energy focused into it. "BECAUSE NOW I GET TO SEND YOUR ASS TO HELL!" He bellowed before casting his hand forward, bracing it at the forearm with his other hand as he unleashed all the combined energy of his Super Saiyan form and that blast. The wave was wider and taller than the original blast had been and completely vaporized Vrozan and his ship without so much as faltering. It passed by as if they hadn't even been there. As the blast faded out of existence, Gohan felt extremely tired and sore. He flew back down to the ground and picked up Krillin. As he began hovering away he heard someone scream out for him to wait.
"Who are you!?" Called out a news reporter surrounded by camera men. They all looked nervous and terrified but otherwise okay.
"I...guess I'm a vigi-lante..." Gohan forced out, feeling the exhaustion coming on. He couldn't afford to drop out of Super Saiyan in front of these people though. They asked him if they had really just watched him save the city from the monster and he nodded. They questioned if he would survive his wounds and he joked that he might if he was lucky which obviously had them reeling in panic that he might die. Honestly they weren't that bad compared to other injuries he'd suffered, it was mainly the blood loss from the hole in his arm. With that he flew away from the area and collapsed in the backyard of Capsule Corp where Mrs Briefs was gardening. He blacked out as she began to fuss about him.
Jesus this took me awhile. Sorry all I have been extremely sick but hopefully as I am now recovering I'll be able to get another chapter before the end of this week. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the first real battle, review and tell me what you thought about it, that'll be all yo. Till next chapter.