Piccolo emerged from the Room of Spirit and Time, then paused. 'What is this...' he thought, narrowing his eyes in concentration. 'The human Krillin...? They have returned from Namek so soon? And who are these other two?' he thought.
Slowly walking forward he appeared at the doorway leading out onto the Lookout within a few minutes, taking his time to listen, but no one spoke, and he concluded they must be waiting for him.
Stepping out into the light, Piccolo confirmed his first two assumptions. Kami stood across from two purple skinned aliens. Both were weaker then him, though the smaller of the two was the stronger.
"I take it you were successful on Namek." Piccolo called out to Krillin, keeping both eyes on the other two aliens, not trusting them.
Krillin laughed weakly as he approached. "You could say that. We gained a couple of allies..." he began.
Gohan slowly stood up and glanced to the east. Across from him, Vegetto set his fifth helping of dinner aside and stood up as well, frowning.
"Thats not Piccolo." Vegetto stated flatly. "It feels like Frieza." his frown slowly began a manic grin. "Care to give Friezas friends a trashing this time around?" he asked his son. Gohan nodded his head, not quite as pleased as his father was, but a little of the saiyan bloodlust finally awoken in him.
"Lets go then. See you later, Chi-chi!" Vegetto said eagerly, floating upwards and rocketing out the doorway. "Bye, mom." Gohan added over her indignant sputtering and followed.
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"...." Piccolo watched the so called Kaioshin with narrow eyes. "Do not think I will sit around and let you lord over this planet! Its already got one god I have toppled, do not think you will be invulnerable forever." he growled.
Kaioshin stiffly walked forward, letting his power rise. He raised a finger and poked Piccolo in the chest with it. "I will not tolerate such impudence from
as well. I have no choice but to accept Vegettos attitude, but you are expendable." he warned in a soft tone.
Despite himself, Piccolo winced in pain from the simple poke, feeling more like a stab with the strength behind it.
Behind them, Kami sighed. "If Piccolo dies, so do I, and earths dragonballs are rendered inert." he said. "That is hardly a problem. I am confident a replacement among your people could be found to restore them." Kaioshin continued in the same tone, now staring Piccolo in the eye.
"C'mon, guys, lets not fight or anythin', ye-- huh?" Krillins attempt to defuse the situation before it blew up was halted as he swiveled his head around in the opposite direction, concentrating with a frown.
He gasped and spun back around to see Frieza still laying on the ground and blinked, confused. "Why are two powerlevels that feel just like Frieza down below??" he questioned.
Kaioshin broke off his staring game with Piccolo and turned to Krillin. "Did you just say... Oh!" with a shout of remembrance, Kaioshin teleported to the edge of the Lookout and scanned the world below.
He raised a hand to rub his eyes wearily. "Of course... his brother and father..." he murmured lowly. "Go swiftly, Vegetto, Son Gohan."
Vegetto turned his head to see Gohan trailing slightly behind and called out to him
"Ginyu and Kaioshin can take out the peons; Lets tackle the main problem!"
Gohan nodded his head and put more energy into his speed.
"You fool! You attacked Frieza without disabling his family, knowing full well they could track his ki back to this planet?!" Piccolo shouted. "I intended to slay Frieza on Namek with no interference from Son Goku or his friends! Will you save the innocent people below, or continue to argue with me??" Kaioshin demanded.
Piccolo growled. "Incoming!" Ginyu called over to them, seeing two fighters soaring into the air suddenly divert from their set course and head up towards the Lookout.
Piccolo looked down and leaped back from the edge of the platform as a large burst of ki tore through the place his head had been at a moment before. "I'll deal with you eventually!" he swore at the Supreme Kai, then shot over the edge at the on-coming fighters.
"Lookee here, we've got a Namekian from the looks of it!" mocked Dore, drawing back a hand to throw another large ki blast. A dozen white orbs shot from Piccolos already outstretched palms ahead, shooting past them.
"Great aim there, Namekian!" Dore called across the open space. "Uh... Dore?" the alien at his side said slowly, distracting him. "What?" Dore demanded, taking his eyes off Piccolo ahead of him. His eyes narrowed as he saw all the energy orbs that shot past simply floating behind them.
"A sneak attack, huh?" he yelled ahead to Piccolo. Piccolo simply shot another dozen forward at the empty space ahead of his enemies, halting them in mid-air.
"Consider yourself honored; this is the first time I have used this technique against another living being." Piccolo finally called across to them. Dore scoffed and threw his now charged ki ball ahead, watching as it pushed the others out of its way and continued right at the namekians head.
Piccolo spun in place and kicked it off to the side, hardly caring as it soared down and destroyed a large section of forest. Shaking his head at the pathetic attack, he commanded "Hellzone Grenade!" and clenched his hands.
Dore and the alien beside him never had a chance as they were engulfed in the explosion of every sphere of ki.
Piccolo laughed deeply at the sight of terror on their face in the split-second before they were killed.
Vegetto landed a short distance away from the two ships, Gohan at his side moments later. "You want the one standing at the door or inside the ship?" Vegetto asked. "I'll take the guard." Gohan responded.
"Alright." with that both saiyans shot forward, raising their power levels back up.
Coolers scouter suddenly beeped to life and he swiveled in the direction of the two oncoming saiyans. The taller shot forward with an intense burst of speed and brushed right past him, but the smaller came to a stop in the air before him.
"I don't know why you came to this planet, but I won't let you get it!" Gohan stated, and without another word, threw a punch at the aliens head. Cooler scoffed as he blocked it with one arm. "You can't defeat me, child." he responded, jumping up and kicking Gohan in the head.
The half-saiyan spun in the air several times before righting himself, and wiping a bit of blood from the corner of his mouth. "I guess I should have powered up fully first." he said to himself, then with a shout, threw his arms and legs out and raised his power level to full.
The backlash of wind threw Cooler backwards, and his scouter beeped as it read out Gohans full power. "1'200'000?? Impossible! Thats stronger than I am!" he growled, looking up at the other.
He was just in time to see Gohan lock his hands together and chant the words "Kame.. ha.. me.. HAAAAAH!!"
As the blue-white beam came down at him, Cooler threw himself aside and rolled along the ground, body glowing as it transformed into his second stage mid-roll.
When he came back up, his form was slightly taller and a little bulkier, as well as just over doubling his power level. "Death Beam!" he shouted, raising his left hand and aiming one finger at Gohan.
The half saiyan responded with "Kaioken x2". The deadly beam rushing at him at an impossible speed suddenly slowed down and Gohan actually smiled down at Cooler before he caught it in both hands and threw it upward.
In the middle of West City, Thousar was massacring humans left, right and center. He laughed at the sight of the the blood spread out thickly along the ground, pieces of flesh and bone here and there.
Drawing back his left hand to fire off another volley of ki, he heard a sudden whoosh before pain set in, and a sharp and angry voice spoke up.
"Who do you think you are?" Piccolo demanded, one leg outstretched with the foot where Thousars left hand had previously been. A bleeding stump was all that was left at the wrist. The first member of Coolers Armored Squadron howled in pain, then narrowed his eyes and summoned a blade of ki to his right hand.
"You'll pay for that!" he promised, swinging it at the namekians head. Piccolo tilted his head to the side, narrowly dodging the attack, then thrust one arm straight at the others chest, pressing his palm directly to it, and unleashing a flare of ki.
Thousars upper body was erased by the explosive wave of energy, leaving his torso and extended right arm from the elbow and down behind. "The only one who will kill these humans is me, scum, Demon King Piccolo." he growled lowly at the remains.
Narrator: Piccolo seems to be falling into his old persona once more, with quite a high strength to back it, but will he remain on this path? Son Gohan is holding his own quite well, but will the Kaioken eventually fail him against Cooler? What of Vegetto against King Cold? Read on for the preview below....
Cooler shook off the blow slowly. "You insignificant worm... bringing the mighty Cooler so low... but I have a trick my brother never learned. You will see a power so great you will beg me for a swift death, but no, I will ensure you suffer for forcing me into this form..." he spoke slowly, as his body began to glow again.
Gohan watched with narrowed eyes, wondering where this was going, when he felt the others power level rising steadily. "Another transformation!?" he shouted in exasperation.
Vegetto: 14'750'000(Base). Kaioshin: 523'000'000. Son Gohan: 1'200'000(Base). Piccolo: You'll find out shortly ;) Frieza(Current first form): 200'000. Cooler(First form): 1'000'000. King Kold/Cold(First form): 1'500'000.