Vegeta had tried blasting the maze walls with his Galik Gun, Big Bang Attack, and Final Flash, but none of them had even put a dent in it. After that he tried flying, but when he got to the top of the maze walls it was like he had hit an invisible force field.

"I don't believe this… Alright, I'll do it the hard way. Besides, I enjoy a good challenge."

Vegeta had been walking through the maze for about thirty minutes, but had not met any resistance.

"In thought that self proclaimed god said there would be obstacles in this stupid labyrinth, so far all I've seen is a bunch of walls!"

"If you keep going you'll find your first one soon enough."

Vegeta looked around for the source of Kattalnuva's voice.

"Don't worry Vegeta, I'm just a fly on the wall."

"Come out here and fight like a man!"

"Don't worry, we'll get to that, but first I crave amusement, so entertain me."

"Err… You better hope I don't make it out of this maze, because when I find you, I'm going to rip your arms off and beat you to death with them!"

"I don't think that's the correct adverb."

"What?"

"You said, "You better hope I don't make it out of this maze, because when I find you, I'm going to rip your arms off and beat you to death with them!" I believe the more appropriate thing to say would be if I find you."

"He's just trying mess with my head. I'll play this little game of his, but when I'm done I'll kill him slowly."

"You're almost to your first obstacle Vegeta… It's just around the corner… I wonder what it could be."

Vegeta went around the corner ready to blast anything that jumped out at him, but all that was there was a wall.

"Is this some kind of joke!"

"Not a joke, a riddle, can't you read?"

Vegeta noticed that there was something carved into the wall.

When is it bad luck to meet a white cat?

"Oh come on, that's ridiculous!"

"No it's really that simple, solve the riddle and it will let you pass, fail to do so and you'll get no where fast."

"Err… This is unbelievable… When is it bad luck to meet a white cat? That makes no sense!"

"Stumped already? In need of a clue your highness? It's not superstition, it's simply logic."

"Not superstition simply logic? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Calm down… You'll never figure this out by getting angry about it… It is bad luck to cross a black cat, not a white one… so I guess that's what he means by it is not superstition… So when is it bad luck to… wait a minute… When you're a mouse!"

Just like that the wall flew up.

"Now was that so hard?"

Vegeta didn't get far before he ran into another riddle.

It has seven letters. It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. Rich people need it and poor people have it. If you eat it, you will die. What is it?

"This getting really old really fast."

"Is it too much for you Vegeta? Are you giving up?"

"Go to hell!"

Vegeta had fought opponents who were infinitely more powerful than him over the years, he wasn't about to surrender to someone like Kattalnuva.

"Alright… What is greater than God… eviler than the devil… Something rich people don't have but poor people do… What the heck do poor people have that rich people don't?"

"What indeed? And just so you know, the answer isn't body odor."

"Very funny."

Surprisingly it didn't take Vegeta long to figure out what the answer was.

"The answer is nothing."

The wall flew up, but it wasn't long until Vegeta came to yet another riddle.

Which of the following statements are true?

1. At least one of these ten statements is false.

2. At least two of these ten statements are false.

3. At least three of these ten statements are false.

4. At least four of these ten statements are false.

5. At least five of these ten statements are false.

6. At least six of these ten statements are false.

7. At least seven of these ten statements are false.

8. At least eight of these ten statements are false.

9. At least nine of these ten statements are false.

10. At least ten of these ten statements are false.

"I don't believe this… Nine!"

Vegeta went further and further into the maze until he came to a square wall that was made of nine smaller black squares in three rows and three columns.

"What the hell is this?"

"Just the last little challenge before you face your opponent. And it's not another riddle, this time it's a puzzle."

"What? I will not tolerate this childish little game!"

"You have no choice, then again maybe you do… You could always give up."

Vegeta was silent.

"I'll take that as a no… In that case I'll explain the rules. Whenever you blast one of the nine squares on the wall it and all the adjacent squares, both vertically and horizontally, change color. The object is to turn the entire wall white, and you have to do it in five moves. If you're unable to do so, then it's game over."

"First it was riddles, now it's a damn puzzle… What a day…"

Vegeta fired a Ki blast at the center square. It and the squares above, below, and to the sides of it all lit up so that the wall looked like it had a cross on it. Vegeta then blasted the square at the center of the top row, then he tried the one at the center of the bottom row, then the center square again, then the one in the center of the top row again. Unfortunately instead of being completely white, the wall looked like it had an upside down T on it.

"Oh, so sorry. But tell you what, since I'm too kind I'll give you a second chance to get it right."

"Err… Where is Bulma when I need her?"

Vegeta decided not to try the center square first since that didn't work last time. He thought about trying one of the squares on the center of the side columns or on the top or bottom rows, but quickly deduced that would get him nowhere fast, there was only one other option. He blasted the square on the bottom left corner, as a result it and the squares above and to the right of it lit up.

"Wait a minute…"

Vegeta followed up by blasting the square on the top left corner. It and the square to the right of it lit up, but the one beneath it went out again.

"Okay… Now we're getting somewhere."

Vegeta blasted the square on the top right corner, then the bottom right corner. Now all the corner squares had been lit up.

"And now for the grand finale."

Vegeta blasted the square in the middle, now the whole square had been lit up. The wall flew up revealing a door with five stars. Vegeta opened the door.

"Oh it's only you… I was hoping I'd be the one to kill Goku."

"Wait a minute… I know that voice."

A long time ago that voice would have scared Vegeta, now it made him crack a smile.

"Sorry to disappoint you… Frieza."

"No matter… killing you will be a nice warm up, then I'll go after Goku."

"And what makes you think you could kill me?"

"Because I already have once before."

Vegeta hadn't forgotten the time Frieza blasted him with his Death Beam on Planet Namek.

"Your point? That's history! Even at full power you couldn't defeat Kakarot after he became a Super Saiyan, and now I'm an Ascended Super Saiyan, so you don't stand a chance in hell!"

"Perhaps you Saiyans are as dumb as we originally thought."

Someone else walked out of the shadows and stood beside Frieza.

"So you must be Cooler. Excellent, maybe you two can kill each other so I don't have to get my hands dirty."

"We may hate each other, but we hate you monkeys more. We're going to destroy you and your friends first."

"And how do you propose to do that?"

"Like this…"

Cooler transformed into his fifth form and Frieza was able to do the same. But Vegeta was still unimpressed.

"Is that all you've got?"

"No… Thanks to Kattalnuva we have a way to combine our mutual hatred and gain enough power to put you monkeys in your place!"

Frieza and Cooler both started posing.

"What the? No way!"

"Fu…sion… HA!"

There was a flash of light, when it faded Frieza and Cooler were gone, replaced by a single being.

"I am not Cooler or Frieza, I am Coolza! Prepare to die you blasted monkey!"

Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 just as Coolza started rapidly firing beams from his fingers and from his eyes.

"I'll admit this is unexpected, but I'll still defeat you! Big Bang Attack!"

Vegeta fired his attack, but much to his surprise Coolza just knocked it away with his tail.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

"I'm curious Vegeta, what would your father think of you now? You've died twice, you've been surpassed by a low-class warrior, and now you've started a family with a breed of weaklings. Personally I believe he'd think you're a disgrace, he'd probably bust his gut laughing."

"You obviously didn't know my father that well… I surpassed him as child, I've fought enemies more powerful than anything he ever dreamed of, I've stayed strong in the face of certain death, and I've always come back stronger than before, and as for my family… you can burn in hell. I am no disgrace, I AM PRINCE VEGETA!"

Vegeta flew at Coolza with a barrage of punches and kicks, but Coolza dodged all of them.

"So this is what an Ascended Super Saiyan is supposed to be, what a laugh!"

Out of nowhere Vegeta was wacked in the face by Coolza's tail, then he flew at Vegeta gave him a headbutt that sent him flying into the wall.

"After all that talk you're giving in already? It is true after all, all you are is just a bunch of talk."

"I'll be happy to prove you wrong… FINAL FLASH!"

It seemed like Vegeta's attack hit home, but then he saw Coolza flying right through it.

"NO WAY!"

Coolza came out at the end and punched Vegeta hard in the gut.

Vegeta spent the next fifteen minutes taking a beating, until he finally couldn't take it anymore.

"That's it! Now I'm mad! I was hoping to save this for a special occasion, but you leave me no choice."

Vegeta started powering up.

"What? This can't be!"

"It can be and it is… Behold, once again my determination to be better than Kakarot has yielded results, I am now a Super Saiyan 3!"

"Super Saiyan 3? So what?"

"So you're about to die!"

Suddenly Vegeta was right there in Coolza's face, while the fused freak was taken by surprise Vegeta kicked him hard in the head. The he grabbed Coolza by the tail and started spinning around and around until he finally sent him flying face first into the wall.

"Err.. Kienzan Disks!"

Coolza hurled four disks at Vegeta, but he dodged them all and blasted them with his Big Bang Attack.

"Looks like your fusion isn't as strong as you thought, then again you're both just a couple of weaklings combined to make a bigger one."

"Err… You stupid Saiyan… prepare to die!"

Coolza created a humongous Death Ball in a matter of moments. But after he threw it Vegeta just deflected it with a single kick.

"My turn."

Vegeta started channeling all his energy into one final attack.

"CRIMSON GALIK GUN!"

There was nothing left of Coolza, not even splatter of blood. Vegeta took a deep breath and reverted back to normal.

"Whoa… I guess Kakarot was right… that really takes a lot out of you."

Vegeta made his way to the marble chest and found the five star Dragon Ball, the key, and a Senzu Bean inside.

"Funny… There was a time when I would have killed everyone to get my hands on these so I could use them to wish for immortality… But I've died twice since then… And to tell the truth death doesn't scare me anymore."

(To be continued)