Freeza Arc: "The Pride of the Heir"

Once the brief throwing of minor insults between Vegeta and Freeza was over, the proclaimed Saiyan King transformed into a Super Saiyan. Freeza held his power at a steady 20%, and the two began to fight rather on par. Vegeta started a long chain of attacks alternating between hard kicks, harder punches, and huge Ki blasts.

He placed both of his hands together, and fired a giant beam of energy at Freeza, yelling out the name of this technique, "FINAL FLAAAASH!"

Freeza managed to block the blast for a few seconds, before deflecting it towards the Z-Fighter group. Goku responded by turning Super Saiyan briefly to negate the blast.

"Careful, Freeza," he warned. "If you try to attack us out of the battlefield, we'll have to disqualify you."

Freeza rolled his eyes and looked at Vegeta. "I can tell you're holding back. You must have something else in store?"

Vegeta smirked. "I'm glad you didn't underestimate me."

He charged up his Ki massively and transformed into a new form achieved through training, Super Saiyan 2.

"I know, it's not much." the King admitted. "However, it's much more efficient than a form I used earlier, which greatly slowed me down."

"Whatever works," Freeza replied, raising his power up to 35%. "Anything to get you to shut up."

Vegeta replied, "I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to shut you up for good!"

Immediately after saying this, Vegeta dashed right in front of Freeza and threw a punch at his face. Freeza just barely blocked it, and threw his own punch towards Vegeta's stomach. Vegeta blocked that as well, putting the two in a position where neither one could move without taking a hit.

"Heh," Freeza chuckled. "I'll tell you one thing. You aren't terrible either. You managed to detect my speed even this high up in my power."

"High?" Vegeta said. "I wouldn't call this high. No, nowhere near it. I'm only getting started with this fight."

Both Vegeta and Freeza then broke away from each other simultaneously.

Freeza replied, "That's just too bad then, because I'm about to finish the fight. Unless you use every bit of your power!"

"100%?" said Vegeta. "All right, I'll do as you say."

Both of them charged at one another and started a melee clash in the sky, with only the effects of the blows being visible. The skirmish lasted for a few seconds, giving the Z-Fighters enough time to observe.

"(Wow...)" Goku thought. "(I can't believe Vegeta's improved so much. Maybe he just never used this much power.)"

He looked at Gohan and Pan and told them, "Just so you know, Vegeta's not using all of his power. He's at about 80%, but I don't think he'll ever humble himself enough to go at his full, especially not against Freeza."

Gohan looked at his father. "Really? Wow. I'll have to improve a whole lot if I ever want to fight him."

The two fighters finally returned to the ground. Vegeta was clearly exhausted.

Freeza raised his power once again, to 40% now. "It's about time I finish you off, don't you think?"

He then launched a thin, razor-sharp disc called a Death Saucer to Vegeta, cutting his neck. Vegeta was too worn-out to dodge, and as such, he took the attack in its full force.

"Urgh... I forfeit..."

The King of Saiyans threw the long match shamefully. He reverted back to his base and surprisingly returned to the Z-Fighter group. Pan then tried to comfort him.

"All right, this is it," said Goku, the last fighter against Freeza.

"Finally," Freeza said. "When you lose, I think I'll just get rid of this planet; it bores me so."

Goku became a Super Saiyan and spoke with a stern voice. "I'm not going to let you destroy this planet. I'll stop you and save this planet. But first, I'm going to offer you a chance to stay with us, and become a guardian of this planet and Universe."

"Don't bore me further with your petty offers," Freeza yelled. "I'm going to defeat you, and I'll have the satisfaction of killing you once I destroy your precious planet."

"So be it," Goku replied. "Let's get this going!"

The final match is about to begin! Who will come out on top, Goku or Freeza? Will Earth really be destroyed? And what will become of Vegeta, with his pride now damaged? Come back next time for Dragon Ball Universe #11!