Chapter 8...
Piccolo flew in the direction he was given, so far he had been mice hunting the Planet Trade corps, literally mice hunting as none of the aliens he met put up any good fight..not even a bad fight. All he did the entire time was blast the hell out of each units. Finally after covering a long distance, he was met with the sight of a huge ship, no doubt about it belonging to Frieza.
"Should I blast it or not?" Piccolo thought about how to deal with his small question, but the soldiers gave him enough time to think when some started to fly at him while the others proceeded with surface to air attacks.
Without a moments hesitation..or concern or to the fact that he was still trying to find an yes or no, he distractedly slaughtered all the airborne threats. "Is this the best you can offer?" Piccolo snorted at the pathetic fighting skills his enemies displayed.
Without wasting time he made his way into the ship and grabbed the first crew member by the neck. "The dragon balls, now."
"I don't-" the purple skinned alien began.
"Wrong answer." The Namekian decapitated the alien and turned to the next colored skin being. "How is it going to be? You die or you tell me the location and-" Piccolo was cut off by the scared alien.
"They are buried under the ship! All of them!"
"-die" Piccolo finished with a smirk.
The ship was in tact, even though the insides were painted with varied bloods of color and texture. With all his roughness and uncaring personality, Piccolo wasn't an ignorant being, he knew that they would need to use a ship to get back, unless Gohan uses Instant transmission, which would be a rarity.
The earth born Namekian grunted before bagging the last of the five dragon balls into the bag he borrowed from the ship, permanently from it's owner of course! With all five in the bag, Piccolo flew in search of more vermin. Piccolo went further west, searching for ki's similar to his own.
A few minutes passed before he closed in on the similar ki, the strongest Namekian ki of Namek. It felt foreign for the Namekian, but at the same time it was the same. Piccolo landed a few feet away from the other him, it felt like he was in front of a mirror, which was also strange thing for him.
"Who are you brother, I haven't seen you before?" The new Namekian questioned coolly, while giving a suspicious look at the bag.
Piccolo didn't like being questioned, whether it was a universally powerful being or a normal powered one, but here it was not the case here, here he was supposed to avoid any and all hostilities from the inhabitants of Namek. "My name is Piccolo and I am not from Namek." The green man replied grumpily, earning a doubting glare.
"Then, where are you from?"
"Earth, it is quite far away." Piccolo's reply outrightly narrowed the other Namekian's eyes.
"So, you are with the parasites?" His voice didn't change but Piccolo could see his muscles tensioning up.
"If you are talking about the colorful demons, no, but I came with a few others to liberate the people of Namek with them, and thought it would be generous to retrieve these from them." Piccolo threw the bag in front of him and saw the other Namekian once again look suspiciously after seeing two dragon balls roll out.
"Why do they want it?"
"Obvious reasons. Immortality and I and my friends don't think it would best to have a intergalactic space tyrant to be immortal. You can take these to safety." Piccolo turned around to leave.
"Wait." The departing Namekian stopped.
"Hn?"
"The Guru wishes your audience, please follow me." Piccolo didn't question who the Guru is, instead gave a curt nod and followed the fellow green alien, who didn't bother to pick the dragon balls.
"My name is Nail. I am the Grand Elder Guru's bodyguard.." Piccolo soaked in on what Nail spoke of, it all seemed surreal to him, but from what his pupil explained, this perfectly matches all the loop holes.
Finally after ten minutes of flying, they reached the dome shaped residence of the Elder in this planet. Both warriors walked inside and the Earth born Namekian was baffled at the sight of the mountain of a Namekian who sat there on his throne.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it brother?" The aged voice of the giant Namekian chuckled as he saw Piccolo's eyes narrow in confusion and Nail's widen in shock.
"You..I..I'm not your brother.." Piccolo tried to speak without offending the ancient being but the latter gave another round of chuckles yet again.
"I am well aware of that, after all you would have at least wrinkled a bit, and of course you could have wished for immortality if what I said wasn't accurate." Guru said to Piccolo before turning to Nail. "Nail, I would like you to meet my younger brother. He was sent from Namek when he was an egg before our calamity started. And if you don't mind, I can help you." Again to Piccolo, who nodded and immediately pulled of his turban and walked to the mountain of an alien, who gently placed his hand on Piccolo's head.
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"Hahahahahaha ohhh..you are a funny one lad.." Oh how he wanted to finish the chuckling Icean in one punch but that won't be satisfying, would it? Gohan smirked as he heard Frieza's scouter starting to beep as it detected incoming powers. 'What! 700,000! 650,000! 800,000!' Grrr.. Frieza growled and felt a drop of sweat sliding down his brow as he saw the three power levels land in front of him. One with a joyful smile, another, a Namek with a neutral face and last, Vegeta with his scowl.
"Ha what a luck, I thought I would have had to hunt you down Lord Frieza." Vegeta spat as he glared at the Icean. The latter however, quickly regained his composure and gave a small smirk.
"While I still see the monkey knows how to respect me. Jolly good, old sport." His smirk grew as he saw the expected reaction in the Saiyan Prince's face, but then his gaze went on to Piccolo. "Hmm quite interesting..a Namekian with such power..I never expected you farmers to grow this strong, but alas..you are still no good."
Piccolo's silent demeanor changed into a smirk, catching Frieza off guard with the action. "Oh? Well we have to see about that, won't we?"
"I don't know guys..but he's got quite a ki." Frieza raised an eyebrow and turned his head towards the new uncertain voice.
"Kakarot! This is just a form to conserve his energy. Come on Frieza, let us see what you can do." Vegeta's grunted, which once again brought a smirk on to Frieza's face.
"Ah..but Vegeta, it's not because of energy conservation I use this form..its because my power is way too strong for all of you if I stay in my real form." Frieza's smirk widened as he saw Vegeta scowling at him, clearly annoyed.
"Quit your yapping and just get on with it you ice lizard!"
"Awe..but Vegeta, you know I won't transform without a count down!" Frieza's mock whining nearly stumped the adults.
"Argh! This is..fine! Five four three-" Vegeta was going to finish this quickly but Goku had other plans.
"Ooh! Ooh! Can I? Can I? I can count!" Piccolo didn't know whether to burry himself or let Mrs. Briefs plant him.
"Seriously Goku? Can't you act a little mature?" Piccolo grumbled.
"Let the young chap do it, after all its going to be the end of you lot." Frieza amusedly stated, and that's when he noticed a three sixty in Goku's face, the childish pout turned into a warrior's grin.
"Don't get me wrong pal, but I like to fight my opponents when they are at their maximum. So..five..four..three..two..one." Goku's words were not of a naive child, but of a battle tactician..minus the count down part which he voiced like a mars mission.
Frieza scowled and without even a seconds delay, he powered up, his body reassembling and expanding to adjust the new power.
"That's it? You grew two inch in muscle?" Vegeta critically questioned, only earning a grin from the Icean.
"Not quite.." And his body started to expand in bulk and within a few seconds, he was three feet clearly taller the Piccolo, but the warriors were still unfazed, except Vegeta, not because this power was stronger than him, but because of his partial relief on the fact that he didn't face this Frieza earlier.
Without warning, Frieza came at Vegeta, who didn't make any attempts to move and the Icean took the opportunity to the maximum, but just as his fist was about two feet from punching the Saiyan Prince, he was blown back abruptly, it wasn't an attack, Vegeta just powered up.
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Upon the arrival of his father and friends, Gohan turned towards the Namekians. "Hey. My name is Gohan. Nice to meet you." He bowed politely while the Namekians continued to glare suspiciously at the newly arrived lot. The two baby Nameks hid behind Moori, peaking worriedly at the demi-saiyan.
"You may have defeated those men, but don't expect any cooperation from us." Gohan deadpanned at Moori's words.
"Uh..no..we didn't come for the dragon balls..we came for that guy..besides! We have our on dragon balls back on planet earth!" The sudden revelation surprised the Namekians, 'there are other dragon balls..No! Without a Namek...' That's when the elderly alien's eyes fell on the seven foot plus tall turban wearing Namekian in the newly arrived group.
"A-A Super Namekian?!" But more than the fear of the exiled class of Namekians, Moori was afraid of the ominous aura Frieza let out.
"Gohan!" Piccolo called out gaining the boy's..man's attention. "The elder Guru said he wanted someone to bring a boy named Dende to him..since you have no interest in fighting Frieza at the moment, you take him."
Gohan nodded. "Piccolo..does he know?" The Namekian shook his head.
"No. He said he wouldn't invade my privacy.."
Gohan nodded again and looked back at the group of the two elder Namekians and the two children. "So eh who's Dende?"
"Dende is not going anywhere!" Moori let out. "How do we know you are not just trying to trick us?" Just as Moori's words came off, a sudden increase in Frieza's power was observed only to be blown away by Vegeta's.
"Now can we go?" The battle has started and the elder Namekian was no fool, he knew with powers like these battling here was more unsafe than believing the boy..or at least he hoped so. Moori nodded but was confused when Gohan extended his right hand, a little reluctantly the Namekian took the hand and was surprised at the strength that the small hand hid and he saw his brother taking the other hand. Looking at the two baby Namekians. "Hold on tight guys." His words were rewarded with both of them tightening their grip on Moori's legs and without a flash, he disappeared with the Namekians, leaving the fight to his friends.
The four green aliens were slightly surprised when they blinked and opened to see that they were greeted by Nail standing in front of with his normal stoic face. No words left his mouth but Gohan knew the warrior was sizing him up. "Hi. My name is Gohan, Piccolo asked me to bring Dende to the Elder Guru." The demi-saiyan knew how Nail's head worked, and knew one small false action would be enough to trigger the warrior Namekian.
"Hmm. Very well, follow me."
The meeting with the giant Namek was fairly easy, the ancient being promised the oath of silence even after death about the information he received and was more than glad to make Moori the new elder of the planet and give Dende the choice of staying here or take up the role of a guardian on earth after showing a few clips from Gohan's memory.
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Frieza coughed out blood as he kneeled in his third form, panting. 'This is i-impossible! I have to act now!'
"Ha! Feeling a bit under the weather, are we?" Vegeta cackled, this was the moment he was waiting for, to be able to dominate Frieza single handedly, make the Icean feel the pain he has caused for him.
"Till now the Namekian and the clown, in Frieza's opinion hadn't joined the fight, but if what his scouter showed was correct, he needed to tap into his full power now! "Argh! Alright monkey, I guess you learned a few tricks after all." Frieza took in a deep breath and the action caught the attention of the other fighters.
"Goku, his ki is fluctuating rapidly!" Piccolo was naturally concerned, after all, Frieza's power was constantly growing, and he didn't like where this was going.
"Namek, keep quiet. I am fully capable of taking him out." Vegeta boasted.
"Well Vegeta..I must say that I am impressed, and it seems I have to use my final transformation to finish you off as you remain persistent." Frieza cackled.
'It is as if he's not yet fully powered..' Observing everything, Goku nodded. "You are right Piccolo, something is not right.."
"Well, get it on with." Vegeta's impatient words were the only thing needed for Frieza who immediately was encased in light where his body morphed into a more humanoid one. The Saiyan Prince's eyes twitched in annoyance at the small difference in Frieza's ki. "That's it? You are yet to be strong as-" Vegeta's eyes widened and his voice froze as Frieza's ki jumped his and so did he and the next thing the prince knew was the feeling of a hard fist bending his abdominal muscles before sending him flying across the plain.
"Argh! How the-" he didn't even get the time to balance himself as Frieza's new form appeared behind him with a very bored look. Vegeta whipped his body and aimed a kick at the tyrant, which the latter caught with one hand before throwing the Saiyan down.
Frieza was relentless in his attacks on Vegeta, who clearly emphasized his wish to the other two about fighting this battle alone, no, war alone, this was his moment after all. "Kakarot! Do not interfere! This does not concern you..I..I am still the Prince of all Saiyans! And...I will not let a third class fool like you to take my battle..away from me! HA!" Vegeta let out the charged blast at Frieza who had no intention of avoiding the super charged attack and at the last moment, he deviated the attack by simply swatting it away into a mountain range which was instantly leveled to a car park.
Frieza disappeared out of sight. "Vegeta! Behind you!" The Saiyan prince whipped around to counter it, but the feeling of a hand inside his abdomen froze him, not even allowing him to let a scream out.
"Come on now Vegeta, you were saying something about my power being weak and now you are eating dirt?" The tyrant taunted. Not one to let insult pass by, Vegeta sprung back up and attacked Frieza only to miss him every time a punch or a kick was sent. The Icean was seemingly enjoying toying with his old pet. "Come on Vegeta, you were the only one with some moxy lad, and now you are being just pathetic."
"I'm not gonna just stand here!" And without any delay Goku rushed in with speed that stunned Frieza before he was blown away by the thorough feet Goku placed on his chest.
Piccolo, stayed behind, keeping his cool as he watched his greatest rival fighting against the space tyrant, the Namekian knew both parties were not yet fully utilizing each others strength and this is what exactly lead to this planets untimely destruction in Gohan's life. 'But not today.'
Vegeta struggled to keep up with two super beings, but refused to back down although he was already punctured. He saw Frieza abruptly freeze, and the next second knew why that happened. Goku transformed, his hair and eyes changing colour while the gaze hardened. Vegeta knew it by the ki, but the same can't be said for Frieza as the tyrant didn't know the amount of ki without a scouter, even so, the magnificent transformation stunned him, making him reforge the image his father passed on through stories.
"Hehehehaha! Oh..I must say..Frieza..I can't really blame you..for..destroying my people.." Vegeta spoke in between coughs, his injury releasing his blood too much. "Be..ecause yo..u are in..front of that..t worst..nightmare..Super Saiyan...argh!" And he passed out, but not before emphasizing the legend.
"Special Beam Cannon!"
"Whatttttaahhhh!" Frieza was quick enough to change his stance, otherwise the piercing energy strike would have gone through his heart..or his chest in short, but he wasn't quick enough to avoid the full rage of the attack as it pierced his left shoulder resulting in a rough edged hole on his shoulder and his shoulder bone that connected his arm were completely blasted off and the dead limb hung lifelessly with purple blood gushing out.
"Piccolo! Why did you do that! I wanted to fight that guy at full strength!" Goku whined at the loss of a good fight. The Namekian shrugged and looked at the injured form of Frieza who's mortal wound was slowly taking it's toll on the powerful space tyrant as he kneeled down.
"I-impossible! No one..e-especially Namekians don't have the pow-owwer to even sssccratch me! Howww?" Frieza grunted out
"Well..let's just leave it at the dying part. You can get your answers in the other world." With that he turned to the earth raised Saiyan. "Goku! Finish this."
"But-"
"Just do it." Piccolo demanded, but Goku was hesitant in killing an injured opponent.
Frieza mentally sighed in relief at the Super Saiyan's hesitation as he slowly build up for a planet buster. "Piccolo..I think we should give him another-" his relief was short lived though as the small boy from earlier appeared in front of him.
"Masenko HA!" The attack came out of nowhere and collided with Frieza's body, disintegrating it into nothingness, leaving only the scorched earth, a bitter memory.
Gohan landed softly on the battlefield, his eyes hardened like that of a warrior than a little boy's, his body stiff. He maybe an adult in mind but killing wasn't his thing and even if the situation is necessary, it would be restrictive from his part.
"Gohan!" Goku exclaimed, horrified at his son's action. "What have you done!"
'What you should have done in Trunks's timeline.' Gohan sighed, but kept his voice stern. "He never gave any of the hundreds of billions that pleaded a second chance."
"But still.." Goku began, but couldn't form any words and for the first time, Gohan saw fear, doubt and..disappointment? His father was disappointed?
"Goku, Frieza was a tyrant. He destroyed countless families and countless people. And he came to Namek for immortality, just like Garlic Jr. Do you want such a being to have immortality?" Piccolo's words further confused Goku's beliefs.
"I..guess..alright son. But Gohan, you must know that life is the most valuable thing. No matter who's it is." Goku smiled weakly but the young Son's face remained neutral, before a small smile broke out.
"Then I had to kill that monster for the very life you seem to cherish." Goku sighed at the mature reply from his son.
"Son? When did you get so mature?"
Gohan grinned broadly. "Well, I grew!" Goku let out a few chuckles before walking towards Vegeta and swinging the Saiyan Prince over his shoulder, only earning a groan of discomfort from him.
Gohan quickly turned around and was about to fly. "Gohan, where are you going?" Goku asked curiously.
"Well we all kinda..forgot about Bulma..hehehe.." With that Gohan launched himself into the air to find Bulma followed by his Merry men.
It wasn't hard to find the lady, but all three of the hesitated to go inside the cave. "Uh..dad, you should go first."
"No, you should go first. Besides, I am carrying Vegeta! She doesn't like him so she might get angry!"
"No she won't!" Gohan shot back.
"Yes she will!"
"No she won't!"
"Yes she will! And you know what Gohan? You made me mad! Let's settle it like men! Prepare yourself!" Goku's ki spiked, and in response Gohan spiked his too. The tension became thick, both awaiting the others movement and the first one to break was the father, who cocked back his fist at his son, who by the way did the same action. Goku's fist remained the same while Gohan's opened and caught it.
"Ha! Paper beats rock! Gohan wins! Toasty." Gohan cheered as his father lost against him.
"Hey that ain't fair! And I'm sure Piccolo will support me, won't you Piccolo? Uh..Piccolo? Where did he go?" The green alien who was with them just few seconds back has completely disappeared.
"Where...oh I can sense him! He's coming here! But..where did he go?" Gohan confusedly stated as he and Goku continued to track the incoming Namekian until he stopped several hundred feet away. Curious to the Namekian's strange behavior, the father and son walked out of the cave, momentarily forgetting Bulma, again, so they can see what their green friend was up to.
"Piccolo, what..oh my.." They found the reason for Piccolo's absence, a ship, Frieza's ship was in front of them.
"Thought you might like it." The mean green grunted as he walked through them and into the cave, leaving the still stunned Sons
"HEY! What's the big idea! Don't push that button-" they heard a poof and then Piccolo walking out with a flailing Bulma on his shoulder and the Capsule shelter in his hand.
He walked past the still shocked Sons and looked over his shoulder. "You coming?"
"Y-yeah!"
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"And that would do it! Wow Gohan, I didn't know you had this much experience in refitting the software and control panel of foreign spacecrafts!" Gohan blushed lightly at Bulma's compliment.
'I learned from the best.' "Ah..well..you know..hehehe." An hour had passed since they started working on the huge ships control system. The planets Namekians were kind enough to help them in cleaning the coloured walls by Piccolo, Goku sat at a corner, enjoying space junk foods while Vegeta was still inside the rejuvenation chamber.
"Well, thank you for your help." Bulma and Gohan bowed to the Namekians who gave a bow in return.
"Please. It is the least we can do after you helped us this much. Are you sure you do not want to use the Dragon Balls?" Moori, the new guardian asked.
"No, not actually..but you could wish for an open link to us, right son?" Goku added the suggestion.
"Why?" Gohan asked confusedly at his father's suggestion.
Goku sighed. "What if they need our help, again? We won't know unless the tell us. Also, what will we do if something happens to the Earth Dragon Balls?" Piccolo spat the water he was drinking. Bulma and Gohan had their mouths hanging.
"G-Gok-ku? Are you feeling fine? You don't have a fever do you?" Bulma placed her palm over Goku's forehead while Gohan poked around his father's legs to see if this was really Goku.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" Goku exclaimed.
"Well..its jst that..you said something that is not in your level Goku..." Bulma said causing more complaints from Goku. The Namekians chuckled at the antics of the three while Piccolo himself was trying to control his chuckles.
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That's it folks!
Power Levels
1. Piccolo
Suppressed: 2
Base: 50,000
Base(full power): 100,000
Partial Super Namekian: 850,000
Partial Super Namekian (after potential unlocked): 130,000,000
2. Vegeta
Suppressed: 2,000
Base: 80,000
Base (full power): 220,000
Base full power (after healed twice): 800,000
3. Goku
Suppressed: 6
Base: 75,000
Base (Kaioken): 90,000
Base (Kaioken x10): 190,000
Base(after super Saiyan): 500,000
Base(full power): 850,000
Super Saiyan(not fully trained): 140,000,000
4. Gohan
Suppressed: 5
Base: 150,000,000
Base(full power): 220,000,000
Mystic: 860,000,000
Super Saiyan: 120,000,000
Mystic(50%): 1,000,000,000
5. Frieza
First form(base): 600,000
Second form: 650,000
Third form: 680,000
Fourth form (50%): 750,000
Fourth form (75%):112,500,000
Fourth form(100%): 150,000,000
