Oh the manga, a place to see a grown man call a child a dumbass. Also I do have plans for more after Namek, but nothing is set right now.
Chapter 7: The Might Of The Frieza Force. The Top's Transformation.
Goku had finally gotten used to 20g's. He needed to push himself to his limits if he wanted to be ready for Namek. There was no doubt in his mind that Vegeta would be much stronger than he was on Earth. He flipped off the machine and went downstairs for a snack. On his way to the kitchen a voice popped into his head.
"Hey Goku." King Kai said. "How's your training goin'?"
"It's going great, King Kai. I've already nailed 20g's and I'm ready to kick it up to 30." Goku replied. "Speaking of training, how are Piccolo and the others doing?"
"Oh they're doing great. They've all made tons of progress." King Kai said. "But that's not why I'm here, Goku. I forgot to tell you something last time we talked. It's not just Vegeta and your friends on Namek. Someone far stronger than Vegeta's there too. Goku, I want you to promise me you'll stay away from him."
"But King Kai," Goku whined, "I don't want to sit back and watch the strong guys. I want to fight them."
"Absolutely not!" King Kai demanded. "You are not to go anywhere near someone who makes even me shudder."
"But King Kai..." Goku whined.
"Don't listen to him, Goku." Piccolo chimed in. "Just don't go fighting him without me. I don't want you hogging all the fun."
"You got it, Piccolo." Goku said. "I promise I won't go anywhere near him for now, King Kai."
"Goku, I don't want you near him at al-" King Kai said. It was too late. Goku had cut the connection.
"Damn that man." King Kai mumbled.
Goku raced back to the gravity machine and leaned over the console controls. Just because I can't fight him when I arrive, doesn't mean I can't be prepared for him. Let's see if I can handle 50 times Earth's gravity. He thought to himself.
Krillin and the namekian dashed as fast as they could towards the elder's house. Krillin wished that they would get there sooner. The planet's silence shook him to his core. Nothing but the wind's whistles could be heard for miles. The silence seemed deafening now that the namekians were gone.
"Hey how much longer do you think it'll take to get to your elder's?" Krillin yelled ahead to the namekian child.
"Well guessing by the positions of the suns, I'd say a few more hours." The namekian replied.
Krillin groaned at the information. He couldn't stand the vast nothingness of the planet for much longer. He was soon brought back into the reality of things by a foreboding energy. "Hide!" He yelled, darting behind a rock.
Vegeta had just left a namekian village and was searching for the next Dragon Ball when he felt two moving energies. Probably just more fish. He thought to himself. What soon grabbed his attention was something far stronger off in the same direction. Something he knew all too well. He immediately stopped dead in his tracks and went straight for this energy, passing straight by Krillin and the namekian.
Krillin watched as Vegeta flew straight past them. "What could he be going after? He clearly doesn't sense the Dragon Ball or he'd be going in the other direc-" He said stopping abruptly at the realization of another energy. "We gotta go now!" He yelled, grabbing the namekian and taking off.
Zarbon flew over the river, frantically searching for another village. "We couldn't have wiped out every namekian on the planet. Not one this size atleast. There has to be another village. If only I still had a scouter." He said to himself. He could faintly make out a blue glow coming straight at him. He realized too late what the glow was coming from.
Vegeta and Zarbon collided head on, coming face to face with each other.
"Fancy seeing you out here, Zarbon." Vegeta mocked. "Finally decided to stop holding daddy Frieza's hand and venture out into the world by yourself, did you?"
"How dare you talk to your superior that way!" Zarbon demanded. "Just who do you think you are!"
"My superior?" Vegeta chuckled. "Oh that's rich. Do you honestly think I'm below you Zarbon?"
"You know you've always been beneath me Vegeta." Zarbon said. "Nothing could ever change that."
"Try telling that to Dodoria." Vegeta chuckled. "He was as strong as you, wasn't he?"
"Yes he was." Zarbon said. "Oh don't tell me you beat him."
"Hit the nail right on the head." Vegeta said. "The bastard couldn't even put up a fight."
"Your bluffing!" Zarbon said. "There's no way he could've been beaten by the likes of you, let alone not even match you in a fight!"
"Believe what you want, Zarbon, but it's all true." Vegeta said. "Although what he told me was interesting. Is it true that Frieza was the one who destroyed Planet Vegeta and not an asteroid?"
"How did you find out about that?" Zarbon gasped.
"So it's true then, isn't it?" Vegeta said. "Then it's also true that Frieza is scared of the saiyans."
"Frieza was scared of the saiyans." Zarbon said, putting emphasis on the plural. "A single saiyan isn't something Lord Frieza would even bat an eye to. Clearly you haven't learned from Bardock's example, have you?"
"Bardock was a fool for going up against something without knowing what it was, let alone by himself." Vegeta retorted. "I won't be making the same mistakes."
Zarbon burst into laughter. "You think you could take down Lord Frieza by yourself! Not even immortality would help you with that!" He said through his laughter.
"I won't need immortality to send him to Hell." Vegeta said.
The saiyan moved quickly, landing his knee into Zarbon's chest, knocking the wind out of him. Zarbon replied with a fist to the saiyan's gut. The saiyan was knocked back a bit, but quickly bounced back with a series of quick punches. Zarbon disappeared from view and reappeared far behind Vegeta. He extended his arm and fired a large, red beam straight at the saiyan. Vegeta simply swatted outwards and knocked the beam away.
Krillin watched as a large light came from the direction of the fight. A few seconds later he felt the blast's residue hit him in the face, almost like a punch. "Good thing we're not involved in that. I'd get destroyed by either one of them." Krillin said. They continued to fly along until Krillin came to a realization. "I can go full speed while Vegeta's distracted. Hopefully he won't notice the energy spike." He grabbed hold of the namekian and sped off at full speed to the guardian of Planet Namek.
Zarbon was shocked at the level of power that Vegeta had displayed. "H-How could you have deflected t-that so easily?" He cried out.
Vegeta let out a short chuckle and stared straight into Zarbon's eyes. "It's simple, Zarbon. I'm just stronger than you." In a flash he was next to Zarbon, who extended his fist to catch Vegeta. The saiyan quickly caught him and tossed him away into the sky. When Zarbon looked back, Vegeta was already above him. He kicked downwards, catching Zarbon in the head, sending him straight into the ground. As he got back to his feet, another kick to his back sent him flying face first into the dirt.
"Is that all you have, Zarbon?" Vegeta scoffed. "I expected much, much more from one of Frieza's top generals."
Zarbon chuckled as he rose onto his hands and knees before fully standing up. "You think that's all I can give you, you ape. No. I have something that will multiply my strength tenfold."
"What?" Vegeta laughed. "Do you turn into a giant ape as well?"
"Oh heavens no!" Zarbon said in disgust. "But this transformation does make me look quite ape-ish."
Zarbon let out a low roar as his body began to swell in size. His chest bulged with muscle as his facial features began to twist and distort.
Vegeta was left astonished by the size of Zarbon after he transformed. "I can see why you don't use this more often." Vegeta laughed. "Where's the fun in a fight when your opponent would just run away in fright?"
"Enjoy this, Vegeta." Zarbon said. "It'll be the last thing you do before I crush your lungs!"
Zarbon raced forward and plowed his knee into Vegeta's gut. He swiped out with his arm and knocked Vegeta straight in the face. He kicked up upwards and connected with the saiyan's jaw, sending him straight up. He grabbed Vegeta's ankle and threw sideways into a nearby rocky hillside. Before he could get back up, Zarbon grabbed him at the back of the head and repeatedly slammed his face into the rocks.
Vegeta found an opening to jump backwards, blood trickling from cuts all over his face. "I-I WON'T LOSE!" He yelled, an aura surrounding his body.
Zarbon took his chance to charge Vegeta, blasting him with a series of punches and kicks. Vegeta tried to fight back but couldn't keep up with the speed of the general. Zarbon planted another kick to Vegeta's face, sending him flying backwards. He charged up a ki blast and fired it at Vegeta. The energy caught Vegeta's midsection and carried him downwards. The energy flipped Vegeta around and exploded beneath him, knocking him outwards into the dirt. Zarbon fired off a volley of ki blasts at Vegeta, who ran as fast as he could to avoid being hit. The saiyan jumped to the side and fired at Zarbon, who knocked the blast away. Zarbon fired back at the saiyan, who dodged the attack, giving Zarbon an opening to plant his knee into Vegeta's gut again.
"Fight back as hard as you can! It'll only make this all the more enjoyable for me!" Zarbon said.
Krillin and the namekian stopped at the bursts of energy coming from behind them. "This is insane. We've got a huge distance between us and I can still feel their energies." The duo were stunned at the amount of energy that radiated towards them. "Come on. It can't be that much farther now, can it?" Krillin said.
The namekian quietly shook his head at Krillin. Krillin grabbed onto the youth again and took off again at full speed.
Vegeta and Zarbon charged full speed at each other. The two connected with Zarbon's arm slamming into Vegeta's head. He grabbed the saiyan's arm and spun around while wrapping his arm around Vegeta's neck, locking him in place. "As hideous as this form may be, it makes snapping your neck much easier. Almost like breaking a twig." Zarbon said.
With his free arm Vegeta planted his elbow into Zarbon's side over and over again. The abuse to his side caused Zarbon to lose his grip on Vegeta. The two floated away from each other, with Zarbon coughing up a deal of blood.
This was all useless. I was fool for thinking Earth prepared me for all this. Vegeta thought to himself.
Zarbon landed several heavy kicks to Vegeta, followed up with a heavy blow to the head. He grabbed onto Vegeta and flew straight downwards at full speed. "Let's finish this up, Vegeta. It's time to put you out of your misery." Zarbon said. He threw Vegeta directly into the ground as he let go. The saiyan landed with an explosion that created a sizeable crater.
As the dust cleared over the crater, Zarbon hovered above the crash site. "The fool really hasn't learned anything from Bardock. He truly thought he knew what he was up against."
The few rocks seperating the river and the crater split open, flooding the crater and submerging Vegeta. "Water, water everywhere, and no corpse to be found. If he somehow survived that beating, he'll surely drown from all the water." Zarbon taunted.
Zarbon body bulged outwards before returning to it's original shape. "I can't believe that a monkey forced me to transform. I should go and report this to Lord Frieza. He'll be pleased to hear that Vegeta's been taken care of."
Orlen flew over the valleys of Namek following Zarbon's orders. He had no clue how long he had been flying for after the destruction of his scouter. He soon came across a ransacked village, much to his surprise. "How is this possible? We haven't been over in this direction yet. Who could've done this?" He said to himself. His eyes settled upon a moving figure by the lake. One of the namekians had survived Vegeta's attack and was determined to reclaim the Dragon Ball.
The namekian slowly inched his way closer and closer to the water. As he came near, a shadow crept over him, causing him to look up.
Orlen stood over the broken namekian. "Care to explain what happened to this village and its Dragon Ball?" Orlen demanded.
"The-The saiyan came..." The namekian gasped.
"Smells like Vegeta's doing. I'll have to report this directly to Lord Frieza." Orlen said.
As he turned to leave, the namekian grabbed onto his ankle. "P-Please..." He coughed. "He...lp me..."
"Do I look like a doctor to you?" Orlen said coldly. He fired off a single shot, killing the dying namekian. With the namekian dead he took off to report back to Frieza.
