Despite everything that occurred the previous evening Frieza had in fact managed to get some sleep in his new bed. Feeling refreshed and ready for anything he stood in the center of the training room with his arms folded across his chest and a small smile on his face. Frieza moved his head slightly to the left just as Weiss' fist appeared from behind, missing its intended target by barely an inch. Weiss was now stretched out and completely vulnerable as Frieza's tail coiled around the Frost Demoness' ankle. The young girl let out a startled yelp as Frieza whipped his tail in front of him dragging his young protégé with it. She was now hanging upside-down with her own arms crossed and a pout on her face "I thought I had you that time."
"If I were anyone else that punch would have definitely connected" Frieza chuckled as he turned the young girl back on her feet. "You keep overextending yourself with punches, your arms are still a little too short to give you the reach needed, try using your tail more."
Weiss cradled her tail in her arms nervously "but I'm still not really used to using it in a fight."
Frieza chuckled at the young girl as he bent down and placed a reassuring hand atop her head. "Well isn't that why we have these little sparring matches?" Straightening back up Frieza once again crossed his arms "try again."
Weiss vanished from sight as she hit her max speed this time leading with a kick aimed once again for the back of Frieza's head. Just as before though Frieza tilted his head at the last moment and the kick hit nothing but air. Weiss had planned for this though and firing off a quick Ki blast from her foot she was able to pivot while still in the air aiming her tail at Frieza's midsection. The young Demoness spirit soared and quickly plummeted back down as her tail passed right through the Afterimage left in Frieza's wake.
"Not bad, a very nice improvement already" Weiss turned around to see her mentor standing a foot behind her that smirk still on his face. She knew he wasn't trying to be condescending so Weiss never took it personally, but something about it just made her want to punch it right off his face.
"Oh come on I totally had you that time!" Weiss pouted with her arms crossed just like Frieza.
"I'll give you that one, boosting your strike with a Ki blast was a nice touch I didn't see it coming." Giving compliments had become much easier over the past year especially with the young one, but it was still somewhat uncharted territory for the Frost Demon.
"Humph you still managed to dodge it." In all honesty she would have been happy to land even one shot on Frieza just to show she could. She had many close calls over the last few months, but even though her power had increased immensely she still couldn't connect a single hit.
"Well of course my dear I am the mightiest in the universe after all." With that Frieza gave an exaggerated bow and Weiss saw her opportunity.
With a burst of speed Weiss charged forward at her bowed mentor aiming her fist right for the top of his head. Frieza had expected such a tactic and his tail was ready and coiled around her wrist stopping her momentum. Once again Weiss fired a burst of Ki from both her feet to propel her waist towards Frieza, her tail was poised to connect but was met by Frieza's own leg catching the tail mid swing.
"I do appreciate exploiting the element of surprise but you need to get more creative if you want to truly catch your opponent off guard." Teaching, much like compliments, were something new to Frieza, but he felt like he was doing a better job in that department.
"Ok" Weiss chimed in as her eyes flashed emerald and twin beams shot out impacting Frieza right in the face. The sudden impact had taken Frieza by total surprise and he released his old on Weiss' tail just as she swung a punch towards him. The punch was caught before impact but that had been the point as the Frost Demoness' tail coiled around Frieza's exposed leg and pulled him forward, directly into Weiss' outstretched front kick.
The impact had taken Frieza by surprise, the girl packed a bigger punch than Tukkan! As he regained his composure Frieza sought out his young protégé. She was busy zipping around the training room cheering at the top of her lungs. "I DID IT! I DID IT! I FINALLY GOT YOU! WOOOOO!" It had taken months but she finally managed to land a physical hit on Frieza and she couldn't have been happier. Coming to a halt she nervously looked to her mentor, while yes she had managed to hit him she had to use her Ki attack to set it up. They had only been practicing with physical moves up until that point. "Umm I'm sorry about using my Gorgeous Beam there Frieza." She was holding her tail nervously as she smiled up at her mentor who once again had his arms crossed.
Her nervousness was soon alleviated as his frown was once again replaced with his trademark smirk "I told you to get creative and you did, I'm quite impressed." As Frieza walked towards his protégé he caught on to something she had said. "Did you call that eye blast your 'Gorgeous Beam'?" His eyebrow was now cocked as he thought over the name choice.
"Yeah Raijin thought of it for me" she answered happily.
"Ugh that boy cannot think of a good name for an attack to save his life." Frieza covered his eyes has he smiled at the thought of the boy first seeing the Frost Demon's Death Beam and insisting on calling it the Assault Reaper Laser. Both mentor and student shared a laugh as they prepped themselves for another round. As Weiss charged once again at Frieza, the elder Frost Demon couldn't help but think today was going to be a fantastic day.
As Seluba stood aboard the bridge of Freedom's Hammer he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. This nervousness wasn't one born of fear or uncertainty, it was one of anticipation. Much like a child waking up on Qrem to receive their presents, Seluba was nervously awaiting his own gift. As the fleet pulled out of hyperspace he saw his prize the pale blue planet, Fuar. Activating the communicator that linked to every ship in the fleet Seluba prepared to give one final speech.
"My brothers and sisters today we reclaim our freedom, fight hard, fight well, do not give the enemy an inch for they will not give any in return, let's kill us some demons!" He could hear the deafening roars of approval through the communicator bringing a smile to his face. Sometimes a quick to the point declaration beat a long drawn out speech. Turning around Seluba was greeted by the glare of Shuyo, once again the self-righteous green skinned warrior seemed to have a bone to pick with the rebel leader. Audibly sighing Seluba decided to address his partner's presence "what do you want shouldn't you be preparing for the attack?"
Shuyo simply stared down the rebel leader before slowly turning away and leaving the bridge. Seluba had been dealing with the green warrior for months now and part of his excitement over the coming battle was that by the end of it he would no longer have to tolerate his presence. At first Shuyo's self-righteous attitude was exactly what he had hoped for, someone who stuck to their morals and would fight for what was 'right'. As time went on however he quickly realised just how much the man got on his nerves, always preaching about the betterment of all and how a peaceful resolution to the war would be the better route once the Cold's were removed.
Shaking away thoughts his thoughts of Shuyo, Seluba took a moment to once again mentally prepare for the coming battle. The attack itself was to be a simple one, no cunning strategies or devious plots. Seluba was going to throw the full force of the Galactic Freedom Movement at Fuar, the last one standing would be declared the victor. Of course they would have the element of surprise catching Frieza and his people flat footed, but at the end of the day the strongest would win.
As the fleet pulled into the atmosphere of Fuar a calming wave spread through Seluba's body as he gazed out at the shielded cities beneath his mighty warships. He had been preparing for this moment for years now and when it was all over Frieza and his wretched people would be gone, Seluba would finally have the vengeance he so craved.
Every gunner, every pilot, every warrior and every crewmember of the fleet waited with baited breath for the order from their leader. Each and every one of them ready to fight to the death on this frozen rock their oppressors called home. They knew many of them would not be coming back from this fight, but they were resigned, to them this was more than just about themselves this was for the fate of the entire galaxy. None of them would realise that this entire endeavour was merely a broken survivor's quest to avenge his own loss. None of them would ever know that their fearless leader who brought them all together was prepared to sacrifice every last one of them if it meant Frieza's death. So when their communicators finally lit up and the voice of Seluba rang throughout the fleet ordering the attack they cheered, they yelled, they soared from the hangars with vim and vigour charging to the ground below just as the cannons from the ships above began laying down heavy bombardment into the shields that protected the cities. As the shielding finally succumbed to the intense bombardment they charged into the breach only to be met by the forces of the Planet Trade Organization.
The battle for Fuar had officially begun, and up above on the bridge of Freedom's Hammer Seluba stood watching the fires and explosions tear the cities of Fuar apart. With a smile on his face he waited for the arrival of his nemesis.
Weiss was improving by leaps and bounds and Frieza couldn't help but feel a swell of pride for the girl as she pressed forward attacking Frieza. Her unorthodox style kept Frieza on his toes and while she didn't quite have the natural strength and speed to compete with Frieza she still hung in there. Frieza chuckled at how this little girl was already doing better than those fools back on Namek.
Just as Frieza ducked to avoid Weiss' tail he felt the entire ship shake violently and could just make out the muffled sounds of explosions occurring in the distance. Both mentor and student locked eyes and began heading to exit the training room when Nadan's voice rang out on the ships intercom system. "My Lord you have to hurry we're under attack!" Nadan's voice was not its usual boisterous self, there was panic and fear in it that Frieza rarely heard from the Malakan.
Going over to the intercom system by the door Frieza responded back over the entire ship. "What do you mean we're under attack who is it?" At first a feeling of dread spread through Frieza at the thought of Goku and that mystery kid, but Nadan quickly dashed those thoughts.
"It's the GFM they pulled out of hyperspace and began bombing runs on every city on the planet, now their soldiers are touching down." A fierce scowl passed over Frieza's face as Nadan's words sunk in, those cowards were only capable of sneak attacks and attacking the unarmed citizens of his kingdom, and just as before they would all pay for this. Frieza quickly grabbed a communicator off the wall, he would need to stay in close contact with Nadan if he was going to take part in the planet's defense.
"Nadan I have a communicator can you hear me?" Frieza waited what felt like an eternity, every second that passed were more Frost Demon lives lost.
"Yes my Lord crystal clear, Lord Cooler and his armored squad have already started leading the defenses, but there are tens of thousands out there my Lord he's being overrun." Nadan already seemed to be monitoring the battle bringing Frieza a bit more confidence as he ran out of the training room with Weiss in tow.
"Nadan I need you to get this ship off world alright, you need to be my mission control and keep tabs on this battle." Frieza came to a halt just outside the dining area where Tukkan, Raijin and Tyr were waiting for his orders. "I need all four of you to stay aboard The Nemesis where it's safe." Frieza didn't need a repeat of last time his home was attacked and all his allies were spread across the planet.
"Four?" Weiss looked up at her mentor with a hint of anger mixed in with her usually stoic expression. "Frieza I don't want to stay let me help, it's my home to!" Under normal circumstances Frieza might have allowed this but as Frieza looked down at the communicator streaming live information of the battle he realised this was no battle for a child, as powerful as she was it was chaos out there.
"You need to stay and protect the ship" it was a cliché response but it was also true she, was the strongest of the group surpassing even Tukkan. "I need you to watch everyone's backs, the ship will be cloaked so you should be safe but anything can happen. If you come under attack out in space you are the only one who can defend the ship." This seemed to soften the Frost Demoness' features as her mentors words sunk in but Frieza could still see a hint of annoyance in her eyes. Placing a reassuring hand over the young girl's head Frieza gave her the best smile he could "don't worry I'll finish this up quickly then we can get back to training." With that said Frieza turned around and quickly ran out of dining area.
Up on the bridge of The Nemesis Nadan could see as Frieza gave him the thumbs up that he was clear for takeoff. Not taking any chances the Malakan immediately activated the cloaking systems before activating the engines. He pushed the engines to their limit knowing that Frieza needed field support as soon as possible. It took only thirty seconds to find a safe zone up in the upper reaches of the exosphere. Heading over to his work station Nadan began gathering information on every battle taking place. As he gazed down at the mess of information flooding his screens he could only sigh to himself knowing he was in for a long day.
An alarm suddenly went off, Nadan slid over to the command console only to have a surge of panic rush through him. The air lock had been opened and shut for just a moment, at first Nadan thought it must have been an intruder but a quick scan of the ships camera feed showed no signs of a trespasser. In fact the only other people he could see were Raijin, Tyr, Tukkan and….. "Oh no" rushing to the viewport Nadan's eyes widened in horror as a streak of emerald light raced back down to the planet under siege.
Streaking through the air it didn't take long until Frieza found his first group of enemy combatants, they were already engaged with a group of his own soldiers. Needless to say his group was losing as three GFM grunts dogpiled one soldier while two others blasted a building's supports hoping to bring it down on a group of civilians trying to escape. Quickly reaching out with his telekinesis Frieza halted the building's decent long enough for the people underneath to make their escape. Frieza turned to the two who had tried to bring the building down firing a Death Beam straight through each of their chests, before their bodies could even hit the ground Frieza had already moved on to the three others of the group. Coiling his tail around one of the assailant's neck Frieza lifted him off his quarry, the other two grunts just realising what was going on jumped forward and attacked the Frost Demon.
Both tried to throw the biggest punches they could but Frieza easily caught both with his own hands. A quick pull and both of their shoulders were now dislocated, at that moment however a feeling he remembered all too well sent a piercing pain through his tail. The vermin had bit him! Frieza turned his head to lock eyes with the soldier still being strangled by his tail. Flexing the muscles in his tail he quickly shook it to the side breaking his neck in the process, Frieza then turned to the other two who were now on the ground in pain. "Enough of this nonsense" Frieza quickly slammed his foot down directly onto one of the soldier's chest, he could feel the man's sternum shattering upon impact bringing a small smirk to the tyrant's face. Turning to the other soldier a quick Death Beam put an end to his miserable existence.
Frieza took a moment to check the information being streamed to him, things were not good those damn warships were pummeling the surface and the PTO forces were simply not prepared for such an immense attack. Most of their forces had formed up alongside Cooler back at the palace and that was where the brunt of the assault was focused. In fact looking at the information told Frieza that apart from a few stragglers almost all of their ships were now committed to overwhelming the capital. Frieza took off in a roar of purple energy, if the palace was where most of the fighting was occurring then that's where he would be.
On his way over Frieza had still taken the time to blast anyone who looked even remotely hostile, but they were at best target practice for the real show coming up. As Frieza came up on a GFM warship he prepared a Death Ball in his right hand, the ships were slightly larger target practice he thought to himself. Before Frieza could throw his signature attack a flash erupted from some of the viewports along the middle of the cruiser. Crimson blades erupted from the center in all directions causing the ship to crumple in half before plummeting out of the air and exploding just above the ground.
Floating now in the warship's place was the azure beauty herself, wearing her black and ivory armor and enveloped in a burning aura of crimson Ki. Aayla tuned to see another warship approaching their position all the while their cannons rained down on the streets below. The look of pure rage would have made anyone shrink away from the Securan warrior.
"Giga Cannon!" Aayla thrust her right fist forwards firing a powerful ball of energy which tore straight through the front of the ship before detonating. The blast shredded the ship from the inside out, most of the ship had been vaporized by the blast, what was left could only be described as scorched confetti.
Spinning around Aayla locked eyes with Frieza as he approached her. "There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"You have?" Frieza cocked an eyebrow out of amusement.
"Yeah what part of BODYGUARD don't you get? Here I find you flying around in a warzone with no one watching your back." Aayla's arms were crossed in a very Frieza like fashion which only managed to bring a smile to the Frost Demon's face.
"My dear I assure you…" Frieza stopped for a moment to fire a Ki blast incinerating a group of GFM soldiers who had just entered the area. "None of these fools could even make me bleed much less put my life in danger. Now come we are heading back to the palace now Cooler's holding the defenses and I don't want him to have all the fun." After a quick nod from Aayla both her and Frieza took off once again this time leaving a trail of destruction and vanquished soldiers in their wake. At most the soldiers on the ground were lucky if they saw a flash of red or purple before their time was up.
Cooler hated playing defense, being on the offensive was far more to his liking. But these were one of the few occasions where he was forced to keep his men and his people safe. A true ruler puts his subjects first above all others. That had been something his mother had taught him from a very early age, it was one of the few things that stayed with him despite his father's best efforts to erase such lessons. So despite his desire to charge forward and rip the enemy ships from the skies he knew he had to hold the line. The warships' bombardment was so brutal that Cooler had spent most of the fight intercepting blasts and incoming shells while his soldiers evacuated the populace below and looked to engage the thousands of soldiers rushing them.
Firing off an occasional Death Flash skyward was all he could do offensively as his troops were almost always in danger. Luckily Salza and the rest of the squadron were doing their part to aid in the battle. As if on cue Dore exploded out of the bridge of one of dreadnaughts above before unleashing a barrage of Ki blasts along the hull to finish the job. Salza appeared beside a light cruiser sliding his Salza Blade along the hull until he reached the engines, from there he fired a blast of his own destroying the engines and sending the ship plummeting to the ground. The ship never made it though as Neiz appeared and unleashed a ball of energy that blew what was left of the cruiser to pieces.
He could always count on those three to destroy everything in their path giving Cooler time to defend his weaker forces. As if on cue an energy blast hurtled down towards an injured Frost Demon on the ground. Cooler swiftly intercepted the blast and swatted it back to its source, a small smirk graced the frost princes face as he watched the charred corpse of the attacker plummet out of the sky.
"T-Thank you My L-Lord" the man stuttered as he tried to get back to his feet. His scouter suddenly went wild beeping and trying to lock onto several high power levels before it finally exploded on the man's face.
Turning around Cooler saw over two dozen warriors clad in red armour racing towards the Frost Demon. With that many focusing on him Cooler would have to stop intercepting shots but it couldn't be helped. Quickly gathering a Supernova at the tip of his finger Cooler hurled the energy ball into the air, all but one of their group dodged out of the way, the fool that didn't died screaming. Just as the Supernova smashed through a command ship Cooler directed a burst of energy into the sphere causing it to self-destruct emitting an immense explosion severely damaging or outright destroying several ships in the air. Cooler hoped that would give his ground forces time to set up more defensible positions.
The first of the attackers closed in firing a straight blue Ki blast which impacted the Frost Demon's shoulder leaving a surprising welt behind. Clearly these chumps were stronger than they looked Cooler thought to himself as the rest closed in behind their comrade. Cooler took one last moment to gather some energy before taking off straight for that first warrior who had attacked him. Appearing in front of him Cooler had just enough time to smash the warrior to the ground with his tail before he was attacked from behind by another. Nimbly dodging out of the way Cooler responded with a Death Laser straight to the heart, surprisingly the soldiers armour withstood the blast, it was blown to pieces but the flesh underneath was unharmed. Cooler had been taken so off guard he didn't have enough time to react when six of the red clad warriors rushed him throwing punches and kicks while their partners fired Ki blasts from afar.
One on one not of these men would have stood a chance in hell against the frost prince, but having to focus on over twenty constantly moving targets was no easy matter. But true to his own name the Frost Demon kept his cool and felt the flow of the fight dodging, weaving and blocking incoming attacks, whenever he saw an opening he took it sending one of the fighters spiraling back down to the surface either in pain or dead.
"DORE! NEIZ! GET OVER HERE YOU SLACKERS! LORD COOLER IS OVERRUN!" Salza called out to the rest of the armoured squadron. Salza could barely make out his boss amidst the swarm of bodies surrounding him, however he did see some of them drop away only to regain their composure and charge back at the Frost Prince. Neiz was first to join up beside Salza he had several scorch marks running along his arms but for the most part he was fairly unharmed. Dore showed up a moment later holding an enemy soldier by the head, the creature was clearly dead yet Dore had a look of disappointment as he tossed the body away.
"Damn thing about invertebrates, the Can-Opener doesn't really work as well when they got no bones to break." Dore chuckled at the thought using his favourite technique on a more solid opponent. Looking down he saw the swarm of soldiers surrounding Cooler and his chuckle transformed to thrilled laughter. "Alright boys I believe it's go time!" and with that Dore, Neiz and Salza charged forward to give their boss a reprieve.
It wasn't much of one however, as soon as the three made their approach three of the red clad warriors broke off from the mosh of bodies to engage them. They were all evenly matched neither one able to gain any ground on the other but the armoured squadron had to worry about the constant threat of incoming cannon fire from above. This distraction led to them taking more hits than they should have and soon they were being pushed back farther from their boss.
Salza was busy dealing with a fellow Brench, his skin was a bright orange which was almost nauseating to look at. As they were trading blows Salza had to dodge an incoming projectile from one of the ships above. The momentary distraction was enough for his opponent to land a powerful snap kick to his jaw sending him into the side of an already crumbling building. Regaining his senses Salza looked up to see his opponent mere feet from him with arm outstretched and a blade of Ki formed around his raised hand. It was an exact copy of his own Salza Blade so he knew what would happen if that hit. Time seemed to slow as he ignited his own Ki blade but he was in no position to intercept, his opponent would land his hit first and it would be over.
Shutting his eyes tightly Salza prepared for his coming doom, any second now he would feel the pain of an energy blade carve through him. Any time now…. What was taking him so long? Salza opened his right eye a crack to see what the delay was. The sight he was greeted to snapped both eyes wide open. Weiss had her tail wrapped firmly around his would be executioner's throat from behind while she held both his arms behind his back leaving his chest puffed out. Not wasting another moment Salza charged forward sweeping his own blade across the orange Brench's abdomen. As his lower half fell to the rubble below Weiss let go of the now dead man.
"Never going to let you live that one down" Weiss cheerily exclaimed to the panting Salza.
"Not now we need to help Neiz and Dore and then get back to Lord Cooler" Salza wasted no time rushing towards Neiz who was closest to him. Neiz seemed to be having an easier time with his opponent who he had captured in his Bind Wave. The fighter looked like some kind of strange brown rock man with a heavy set chin. Every follow up punch from Neiz seemed to do no damage to his rocky adversary, his skin was simply too hard to break with a traditional attack.
"Heh heh heh I can sit here all day ugly and you won't even dent my skin" the rocky alien was laughing at Neiz's growing irritation.
"Zen we will take care of you a different way" Salza had appeared just below the rock man a glowing orb of purple Ki held in front of him. "Neiz get down here let's zee how monsieur tough skin handles zee vacuum of space!" Neiz quickly joined up beside his captain adding his own energy to Salza's ball together they pushed it upward lifting the rock man up into the atmosphere. Judging by his screaming it sounded like he was the type of person who needed air, what a shame because Neiz's Bind Wave kept him in place all the way on his trip to Fuar's moon.
Meanwhile Weiss and Dore seemed to have their hands full with their opponent. Whatever race he was he had six glowing yellow eyes, massive fangs and was around ten feet tall. The creature fought like a wild animal slashing at the duo with claws and biting at their outstretched hands when given the chance. Weiss closed in encircling her arm in Ki and using it to project her punch even faster landing a vicious uppercut that snapped the creatures head back. The feral beast was quick to recover however as he quickly lunged forward fangs outstretched looking to bite off the young girl's arm.
The monster's outstretched mouth came within an inch of its target before being pulled back by Dore who had the top of the creature's head in the palm of his massive hands. "Alright there sweety you might want to look away for this next part" Dore chuckled as he increased his grip on the monster's cranium. A horrible blood churning howl erupted from the creature's maw, it whipped its arm backwards digging its claws into the Beppan's face leaving behind a deep, gory trench. The sudden attack forced Dore to let go of the creature which was now preparing to attack the wounded mercenary.
"Dore!" Weiss' aura flared to life as she rushed the creature. It had just turned around in time to see the young girl's fist slam straight into its face. The monster's front most teeth shattered on impact stunning the creature with the ferocity of the punch. Weiss quickly coiled her tail around the creature's neck applying enough pressure to force the dazed creature's mouth open. Her eyes flashed as she fired her Gorgeous Beam straight into the creature's open maw. The creature shrieked in agony before the blast ripped through the back of its head, once it's screaming was over the Frost Demoness' let it's corpse fall to the ground below.
"Damn I'm not gonna get a chance to do a proper Can-Opener today am I?" Dore chuckled as he made his way over to his petite partner. "Nice work there girly you really showed him, got to remember that move for the future." He smiled as he ruffled the young girl's head playfully.
"Are you ok? You're bleeding a lot" Weiss asked showing genuine concern for the green Beppan. That took him off guard, not too many people save Salza and Neiz ever cared about his wellbeing. Speaking of which Dore could see his two teammates making their way towards them, they must have just finished their own fights as well. "Don't worry about it girly tiss but a flesh wound" Dore chuckled at the worried look on the girl's face.
"What are you two standing around for Lord Cooler still needs help!" Salza had stopped just long enough to scold the pair. Salza quickly took off back for the battle swatting aside a weaker soldier attempting to get in his way.
In truth though Cooler needed no help these fools were annoying and hard to land a hit on but that was it. They were far too weak to be any real danger, while yes this in and out strategy may have succeeded in vanquishing his father, Cooler was of a different caliber. He was a seasoned warrior, he didn't blow through massive stores of energy to dispatch his worthless opponents. Quick, precise and deadly were his three favourite words in combat. Dodging another incoming punch Cooler quickly chopped his assailant in the throat, the force of the impact eliciting a strangled gurgle before the fighter collapsed.
Turning his head to the right he leveled his gaze upon another approaching fighter. That poor fool barely had time to register Cooler's Darkness Eye Beam before it atomized him. Of the two dozen or so red clad warriors that had assaulted him Cooler had vanquished all but five of them. They had barely touched him over the course of the fight, leaving only a few minor scuffs and welts on his skin. But the real damage was done they had distracted him and during that time the ships above had mercilessly ravaged the capital leaving the palace and everything else in charred ruins.
With an angered wave of his hand Cooler vaporised the remaining five warriors in a brilliant flash of purple energy. There were still hundreds of ships in the air, and he could see that despite his forces being almost completely wiped out there were still people down there. Citizens ran to and fro trying to seek out shelter or just plain run for their lives. It was too late for most of the soldiers but as the ruler of this kingdom he would not stand idly by and watch his subjects, his people fall. Frieza had criticized him back when he first arrived about not being there during the first attack, and despite his best efforts to shrug that off it still ate away at him.
These were his people and he would defend them from this barbarism. Out of the corner of his eye he could see his brother and Aayla arriving. "Late as usual brother, well at least I get to show this off to you" Cooler may have been a tad bit jealous of Frieza's new ship, but that was nothing compared to what his brother was about to feel.
Reaching deep down within himself Cooler's power surged he felt the hate towards the GFM as they tore apart his home and it's people and used that to fuel his power. His muscles bulged as he began to grow shouting at the top of his lungs. A few of the warships attempted to fire upon him but the energy being released by the raging demon formed a barrier halting the attacks before they even came close.
Cooler could see the horrified looks upon his enemy's faces as they ran for their lives, their scouters were exploding by the dozens, this brought a hearty laugh to the Frost Demon. His laughter steadily grew deeper as his bio-armour thickened around his chest, forearms and shins. Deep blue bio-gems formed along the bio-armour of his limbs and his arms sprouted small curved spikes. His deltoid covers grew into bows around his shoulders and his tail grew a small piece of armour just at the tip. Cooler's eyes were next to change his red pupils expanding to fill his entire vision into a solid sea of red. The bio-armour around his head expanded as well forming a four pronged crown with the bio-gem in his forehead forming an oval centerpiece.
Looking up at the starships still desperately trying to destroy him a wide grin spread across the Frost Demon's face as a solid bone mask slid over his mouth. With an earthshattering burst of speed Cooler took to the air smashing through the bridge of the nearest ship like it was paper. His new augmented form gave him incredible speed, power and durability and he used all of it acting as a living wrecking ball slamming through ship hulls, obliterating foolish soldiers that thought they stood a chance against him and outracing attack fighters just before he would slam them into the larger ships. The rush of power was invigorating and Cooler couldn't help but laugh the whole time, his voice ringing out across the landscape.
"Woah since when can your brother do that?" Aayla was floating next to Frieza both of them gazing up at the elder Frost Demon as he made mincemeat of the once intimidating invasion fleet. "I got to say that is so cool!" Aayla chimed in excitedly while beside her Frieza grit his teeth in agitation.
Cooler had found a fifth form! When? How? Frieza was completely beside himself he didn't know such a feat was possible yet there he was. Frieza began contemplating his brother's newfound strength, how powerful was he? Without the ability to sense energy and no scouter in existence being capable of reading the power levels being thrown around in this battle Frieza was left clueless and was forced to observe the carnage.
"Hey Frieza can you do something like that?" Aayla's voice snapped the younger Frost Demon out of his contemplation. She was looking at Frieza with a slight tilt to her head trying to get a better view of his face.
"Grrr not yet but if he can do that then so can I" Frieza was trying to keep a cool head but the thought of his brother attaining such a form before Frieza had even heard of it infuriated him. He refused to be left behind, but before he could focus on attaining this new form there was still the matter of the battle.
"Oh man you would look so cool if you could transform like that Frieza!" Weiss voice rang out whipping both Frieza's and Aayla's gaze down to the young Frost Demoness' who had a huge smile on her face as she stared up at her mentor.
"Frieza! You let her fight in this mess!" Aayla was clearly not amused by the young girl's presence.
"No I did not, as a matter of fact I believe my exact words were…" Frieza bent down so he was face to face with the excited young girl. "Stay. With. The. Ship" his eyes narrowed as the young demoness floated backwards slowly, nervously stroking her tail.
"I'm sorry I just wanted to help" she mumbled shying away from the two people she looked up to most. "Plus I haven't really been alone I've been with Salza and the others" she had hoped that might alleviate their worries, unfortunately she was wrong in that regard.
Frieza sighed audibly as he looked back towards his brother's rampage, he was currently busy swinging a destroyer over his head and into a heavy cruiser causing both to crumble and explode on impact. "Very well you can stay but only if you promise to stick by our side" Weiss feverishly shook her head up and down in agreement at her mentor's concession. "Go against my wishes and I will have Nadan down here in a minute to come pick you up" Frieza pointed his finger down at the girl a stern look plastered on his face to show just how serious he was.
Cooler's assault was nothing short of awe-inspiring mixed with a hint of absolutely terrifying, but even then the GFM forces tried their best to stop the rage fueled monster before them. Every soldier, ship and cannon in the attack force across the planet converged on his position they all knew they couldn't hope to win while the Frost Demon was around.
"Come on boys we can't let Lord Cooler have all the fun now can we?" Dore chuckled as his boss atomized several gunships with an intense stare.
"There's so many up there I'm sure he won't mind if we snag a few right?" Neiz's high pitched laugh echoed across the battlefield. Cracking his knuckles he was prepared to head out into the fray when a sharp pain surged through his neck knocking him unconscious instantly.
"What the-" was all Dore could say before a sharp jab knocked him out of the sky. He hit the ground in an awkward heap below, unconscious but otherwise unharmed save for a few scratches.
Salza had just enough time to pull back a punch of his own, looking to go after their assailant when a powerful fist connected with the Brench's gut knocking all the wind out of him. Salza slumped forward incapacitated like his comrades into his assailant's shoulder but instead of just letting him fall the mystery fighter held him on their decent before laying him down gently on the ground by his fallen allies.
"I apologize but it would be best if you would not interfere" Shuyo quickly checked the other two to make sure they weren't too hurt either before taking off towards his first target.
Cooler was being swarmed once again by soldiers attacking from all directions, this time though he just took the hits. Not one soldier was capable of leaving a mark on the juggernaut to the dismay of any soldier brave enough to attack. "I commend you all for your bravery but for attacking my home and people I'm afraid the punishment for that crime is DEATH!" Cooler shouted the last word as a brilliant orange orb of light surrounded him, anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the swirling sphere of hot death were vaporized immediately. After a brief moment the sphere exploded outward sending a volley of blasts in the thousands outwards in all directions but down. Most of the soldiers in the immediate vicinity were cut down by the barrage which continued on its way colliding with every ship in the area. The GFM were foolish enough to pack their ships in such close proximity that Cooler's attack couldn't have missed even if he tried. Ship after ship exploded under the torrent of energy, shields overloaded, hulls breached, fuel cells ruptured. The carnage wrought from the single attack brought the entire GFM fleet down around the Frost Demon who looked on at his handiwork with a self-satisfied nod of approval.
Amidst the chaos and destruction a lone figure caught the Frost Demon's crimson gaze. He was green skinned and wore flowing white robes with a black sash and undershirt. He had a serene look about him despite his surroundings. He wasn't wearing The GFM's armour like the rest of them so perhaps he was an ally, taking the chance Cooler called out to the lone figure "so who might you be?"
The tranquil figure bent down into a fighting position raising both hands up to his face never breaking eye contact with the Frost Demon before him. "My name is Shuyo Lool, I'm afraid you are my adversary and so I must now defeat you."
Author's Notes: Hey guys! If i had to describe this chapter in one word…. Well I can't because I have had balls to the wall fun writing it. A nice healthy mix of both action and character development for just about everyone really. I do have to apologize on the long wait, I had no less than 3 funerals to attend this week which really brought a damper on my mood.
But enough about that let's get into the meat of the story, I wanted to form this bond between Frieza and Weiss early on because I feel that Frieza is at his core such a broken character he needs as many good influences as possible to steer him in the right direction. And yes this chapter was a little light on the Frieza portions but that's because I wanted to try my hand at Cooler for a bit. Now I have tweaked his personality a tad, my version is a quite a bit nobler than the real one which I'm hoping you all approve of. One thing I should note is that Frieza and Cooler are about on par in terms of max power now, Frieza had a natural advantage over Cooler that he needs to have his augmented form to close the gap on. The only reason they haven't come to this realisation is as stated neither can sense what the others are putting out.
I personally adore sci-fi so when I first thought of this battle I just loved picturing characters from DBZ taking part in massive ship battles reaping destruction wherever they went. Some of you may be able to guess where I pulled inspiration for some of the aliens during the battle specifically the creature fighting Weiss and Dore, I'll let you guys figure out what he is though. Also that reminds me I wanted to give Cooler's Armoured Squadron their time in the sun working as a team and taking out some decently powerful opponents I always did like them even if they were short lived.
Well that's enough out of me for one chapter I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did, just checked our view count is now at 3500 that's crazy! I'm so glad my story is reaching so many people you guys have been nothing but great.
As always ask away if you got questions and I'll see you in the next chapter