Risk
Chapter 9
Energy gathered from around the Planet Namek from every living thing that was still alive on it due to all of the chaos and destruction caused by Frieza and his men. Goku knew this wouldn't be enough and attempted to draw energy from the heavens themselves; knowing that he was putting the planet at a giant risk if he were to throw it at Frieza.
'I know I shouldn't use the Spirit Bomb since it could destroy this planet if I'm not careful,' Goku thought to himself while weighing options of using his ace against Frieza. 'But if I don't gather enough energy, then the Spirit Bomb won't work and Frieza could destroy the universe! I really don't have any other choice! Get ready Frieza! It's time to take out the heavy artillery!'
"Oh look, how cute," Frieza spoke in such a bored tone. "The little Saiya-jin is trying to scare me with pathetic water tricks." If anything, the water gushing from the earth was Frieza's fault due to his minor planet carving trick he did earlier. "Pity, he tries so hard."
"Come on Goku!" Krillin begged. "You just got to come through for us! Give him your best shot!" It was then everyone felt something powerful gathering together.
"Wh-what was that?" Piccolo exclaimed in shock. He was praying he wasn't the only one that felt it.
"It's… it's part of the…" Krillin began before Gohan cried out in shock.
"Hey look!" Gohan pointed in the skies above them and Chi-chi was staring in mute horror in the sky. "Look at that! It's up in the sky!"
Everyone's reaction was that of shock and awe when they saw the huge blast hovering over where Goku was standing like a fourth sun in the sky.
'That's… that's incredible…' Chi-chi thought silently. 'How did Goku learn this?'
An intense white aura gathered around Goku's body as he mentally focused all of his concentration in completing the Spirit Bomb as it slowly grew bigger in size. Due to this, Goku was literally wide open to any attacks that Frieza might try upon the Earth-raised Saiya-jin while he continued gathering energy from anywhere he could pull energy from in order to complete his ultimate task.
'What is he doing? I can't figure it out,' Frieza attempted to read Goku to no avail. If he truly knew what Goku was doing, Frieza would have already ended the Earth-raised Saiya-jin's life and carried out his plans to destroy the universe. Sadly, the tyrant was in the dark about the Spirit Bomb.
For the moment anyway.
'I call upon the trees and water…' Goku mentally commanded, 'the sun, moon and the stars… the plants and the animals… all living things… let me share your power!'
"Man! Take a look at it!" Krillin exclaimed. "It's filling the sky!"
"I think you're exaggerating a bit," Chi-chi muttered, still in shock at the idea that Goku's creating this huge ball of energy out of the living things around them.
"I never had seen anything like it!" Piccolo admitted.
"It was only this big when we were on Earth," Gohan showed them.
"That thing must be about 150 meters long!" Krillin estimated.
"Let's hope Frieza doesn't discover this is going on or this will all be over before Son can launch that thing," Piccolo noted.
"Why is he taking so long to use it?" Chi-chi asked, almost though she wanted it used right then and there before it could fully develop.
"Goku probably doesn't think there's enough energy and he's gathering as much as he possibly can before he launches that thing." Krillin explained.
"Hurry up dad!" Gohan begged.
'Stars in heaven, give me more power…' Goku pleaded to the heavens above. Despite Goku's mental pleas for help, Frieza was growing more and more frustrated at the idea that Goku was doing nothing but holding his arms up in the air.
"What's wrong? You're planning to do something, aren't you? So do it!" Frieza grew impatient with the Saiya-jin warrior. "That is unless, are you supposed to be raising your hands in surrender?" If that were truly the case, Goku would have probably been begging Frieza to end it; however, it didn't seem like that on the warrior's face at all.
'All the time it takes to gather the chi required is the technique's greatest weak spot!' Goku mentally noted. 'Don't let him find out about this a little while more please!'
"Cut it out already!" Frieza grew irritated. "How long do you intend to just stand there like that?"
"Good question," Goku spoke in a strained voice. "How long indeed?" Those words were perhaps the stupidest words any warrior could ever say to irritate a tyrant further.
Especially if one were to laugh at the lame joke to tease the tyrant that is Frieza.
"Damn you!" Frieza yelled and lunged at the defenseless warrior holding the fate of the universe at his very fingertips. Goku was knocked backwards with a kick to the left cheek before he hit the ground. Frieza landed on the ground and hoped that attack would get the Saiya-jin warrior to fight again; however, he was sadly mistaken when Goku just thrust his hands back in the air. Frieza continued to try to get Goku to fight; however, Goku kept defying him and kept his hands up when he was being assaulted.
"He's not fighting back!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Gohan, Krillin, give me your remaining power!" Piccolo commanded.
"What?" Gohan questioned.
"Just do it!" Piccolo snapped.
"What good will that do?" Chi-chi looked at the Namek in question.
"I'm going to save your husband," Piccolo growled at the woman who did hardly anything since she arrived at the planet. "If you want to help, now's your chance."
"Gladly," Chi-chi rose to her feet with eagerness on her face. "It's about time I see some action."
"Just don't get over your head. We're going to stall Frieza, not try to take him out," Piccolo explained his plan to the female while gathering what energy he could from Gohan and Krillin.
Goku continued to get the living daylights beaten out of him in the one-sided fighting while he struggled to maintain both his concentration and focus on the task. He was sent flying into another island through the water. Frieza landed in front of him while he struggled to catch his breath.
"I can't tell what Saiya-jins are thinking," Frieza growled in disgust. "It's the same thing back then. You're a most unpleasant group. I have no intention of continuing this uninteresting battle any further. I'm going to finish both you and this planet off at once. Just another runt will have died, and the Saiya-jins will be completely eliminated from this world. The Super Saiya-jin was nothing more than a bedtime story after all."
While Frieza pointed a finger at the downed Goku who was still sitting in the water with his arms resting upon the ledge of the island, he noticed a glow reflecting in the water behind the Saiya-jin. At first, he had mistaken the glowing object a sun within the skies of Namek; however, it did not look like the sun at all.
"That's not the sun! What is it?" Frieza questioned. He saw a glowing object in the sky and looked up at it; trying to figure out what it was.
"He found it!" Goku growled angrily to himself more than anything else. He had hoped Frieza didn't see it, but now, he knew deep inside that he would avoid the blast if possible. It was too large to deflect this time around and he knew that if Frieza dodged it, then that would be it. There wouldn't be anymore chances to defeat the tyrant and keep him from doing what he desired to make more lives miserable.
"W-what is that?" Frieza muttered in shock. He never had seen anything like that before. "It couldn't be… a mass of energy? Y-you did that?" It was realized in absolute horror what Goku had been doing this entire time. Now he was terrified at the very thought of this Saiya-jin destroying him.
If he managed to use that thing…
"That should do it," Piccolo confirmed. "We don't want to give up all of our energy."
"When do we go in?" Chi-chi questioned to Piccolo.
"When things look grim," Piccolo growled. "Frieza knows about Goku's attack. Gohan, Krillin, you two stay here and don't follow us!"
"So that's what he's been up to all this time: Collecting energy into one giant ball!" Frieza stared at this orb of light as though it could crush him by just staring at it. "But where did he get so much power?"
'It's no use,' Goku though to himself in utter horror. 'If I launch it now, he'll just dodge it!'
"Oh I get it," Frieza assumed that he figured out the secret of the attack. "That ball is your idea of a clever diversion. Well I hate to ruin your little 'game', but your trump card won't work on me!" He once again pointed the finger that would unleash a powerful blast if used properly at Goku while the Earth-raised Saiya-jin grew angrier by the minute. Taking the bait, Goku lunged from the water he had rested in and attempted to throw a fist at Frieza's face. The tyrant caught the warrior's fist and aimed the blast at almost point-blank range in front of Goku's head.
"Die." Frieza muttered while the blast started to intensify on the tip of his finger.
Almost though this was a silent signal, Piccolo lunged from the cliff side towards the battle field. Chi-chi followed the Namekian warrior to where Frieza was. Piccolo planted a foot directly in the side of Frieza's head and sent the tyrant flying into the water. Chi-chi landed beside her husband as though she was ready to sacrifice her life for him.
"Piccolo! Chi-chi!" Goku gasped in amazement that his arch-nemesis and wife were at his side.
"Goku, you must hurry and finish collecting energy for your attack!" Piccolo commanded.
"Yeah, you got it!" Goku confirmed and stood back onto his feet with help from Chi-chi.
"Please hurry," Chi-chi kissed his cheek.
"Don't worry, I'm almost done." Goku smiled weakly at his wife before he turned his attention back onto the Spirit Bomb. Piccolo and Chi-chi scouted the area in case Frieza decided to come out of the waters and play with them further.
"This is frustrating how he managed to survive all of that," Chi-chi muttered.
"If Goku's attack connects, then we won't be worried about Frieza trying to destroy us all," Piccolo barked at the woman. "Don't let your complaints cloud your senses and make sure Goku isn't attacked anymore!"
"Right," Chi-chi waved it off casually; her intentions of pinpointing Frieza difficult to do at that moment. Out of the depths of the water, Frieza had risen in pure rage while looking down angrily at the warriors that these warriors were still insisting on causing trouble.
"I spy with my little eye…" Frieza vainly joked. "…one pitiful Namek and human woman that are irritating the shit out of me."
Piccolo glared angrily at Frieza while Chi-chi backed up a slight bit from Frieza's harsh remark. Whatever would happen next, there was no way she was going to back down from this fight.
No matter what, she wanted to make sure her husband kept her promise and come home.
To Be Continued…