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Ryu's eyelids slowly rose, then they snapped open as he recognized his surroundings. He glanced up, and recognized the figure holding him as Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin on both of his sides. Ryu slipped out of Piccolo's hands, and Piccolo stopped as he glanced back at his pupil.
"What happened while I was knocked out?" Ryu glanced at his waist where he was shot, and he didn't find any wound.
"I gave you some of my energy to heal you up. Vegeta managed to stall enough time for Goku to arrive, but he died. Goku's fighting Frieza as we speak." Piccolo explained briefly. Ryu glanced backwards, where he could sense the two's energy, and he closed his eyes to pinpoint on their energy signatures.
As he did, he felt his vision dash around the area, then stop next to Goku and Frieza. Goku's clothes were torn, and he was heavily wounded as he held his hands flat above him. Frieza was throwing punches onto Goku's body as the Saiyan stood completely still. Frieza stopped momentarily, and glanced in the direction that Ryu's vision was in, smirking softly.
Ryu's eyes popped back open, and he spun around in the direction of his father, cloaking energy around him as he prepared to blast off. Piccolo extended his left hand, wrapping it around Ryu's waist and arms before he could leave.
"Hey, slow down, kid. Goku's got this, otherwise we wouldn't have left." Piccolo growled. Ryu exclaimed briefly as he powered up his ki, a barrier of energy sparking around him as it forced Piccolo's arm off of him.
"Maybe we should just check up on him. The last time Ryu left to help Goku, we ended up saving his life." Krillin proposed.
"Or we could end up getting in Goku's way." Piccolo retorted.
"I'd rather be safe than sorry." Gohan cloaked his ki around him as he powered up, then shot off in the direction of Goku, Ryu blasting off after him. Krillin dashed after the two, and Piccolo, after a gruff groan, was right behind the three.
As Ryu neared his father, he radiated a blast of ki in his right hand, and lunged it onto Frieza. Frieza glanced up, and leapt backwards as he dodged the blast of energy, dust smoking up in front of Goku. From behind the dust, two more blasts of ki dashed towards Frieza, but the tyrant slapped them both away with his tail effortlessly. Ryu exclaimed as he powered up, a cloak of ki shooting up in the air. Ryu's eyes narrowed at the tyrant as Frieza groaned.
"You're really starting to get on my nerves, you know. You just won't die!" Frieza scowled. Ryu slowly slid into a stance, and the rest of the Z-Fighters landed next to him.
"J-Just distract him for a little bit! That's all I need." Goku panted. Ryu nodded slowly, and, as Piccolo dashed towards Frieza, he dashed to the tyrant as well.
Piccolo threw an avalanche of punches and kicks, but Frieza simply swerved his body around each attack. Ryu dashed behind the tyrant, and threw his own barrage of blows, but Frieza still dodged each attack effortlessly. Frieza spun around, slapping both Piccolo and Ryu away with his tail. Ryu backflipped once to regain himself, then threw an avalanche of blasts of ki onto Frieza. Frieza deflected each one easily, then shot towards the young boy, kicking his face harshly.
Ryu crashed down onto the ground, then backflipped himself back upwards to dodge a fatal beam. Piccolo crashed his knee onto Frieza's back, sending him flying forwards, straight towards Ryu. Ryu clenched his left hand into a fist, lunged it backwards, then crashed it onto Frieza's stomach with all the strength he could muster, sending him flying backwards. Krillin radiated golden orbs of ki onto his hands, then mashed them together as he aimed his cupped hands towards Frieza.
"Kaku...!" Krillin fired his golden beam of ki towards Frieza, and the tyrant whirled around just as the attack neared him. Frieza extended his hand to stop the attack, but Krillin waved his hands upwards, the beam curving higher into the air, then Krillin swung his hands downwards, the blast dividing into numerous blasts of ki as Krillin cried out, "Sandan!"
Frieza dodged each one desperately, his eyes widening as his teeth gritting as he was surprised at how much effort he had to use. Krillin swung his right hand upwards, creating a large golden disk of razor-sharp ki, then swung it towards Frieza. The disk divided into numerous other razor-sharp disks of ki, and Frieza flipped around and swerved to make sure he dodged each one. Krillin radiated ki above his right hand, then his left as his ki shaped into disks of energy, then he lunged one disk of ki after the other, a barrage of attacks dashing towards Frieza as Krillin cried out, "Kienretsuzan!"
Frieza screeched as he powered up his ki, purple energy exploding around him and darkening the area slightly as each Kienzan Krillin lunged towards him slowly faded into thin air. Gohan levitated behind Frieza, radiating ki in the palms of his hands, and his hands were a blur as he shot a barrage of blasts of ki onto Frieza, the tyrant barely deflecting each one. Gohan radiated ki above his right hand, lifting it above him as his energy swirled into an orb of ki, then he blasted a beam of golden ki towards the tyrant as he cried out, "Masenko!"
Frieza extended his right hand to stop the blast, his eyes widening as he grit his teeth, struggling with the blast. Frieza screeched, and he clenched onto the blast tightly, causing it to explode, smoke dusting around him. Ryu blasted through the smoke, kicking Frieza's cheek harshly, sending him flying to his right. Piccolo extended both of his hands, wrapping them firmly around the tyrant, then lunged him upwards, where Gohan dashed towards. Gohan threw a powerful punch towards Frieza, the tyrant blocking the attack, but the force from the impact sent him flying backwards. Frieza flipped around, radiating a deadly, dark blast of energy above his right hand's index finger. Electricity sparkled around Frieza's attack as he prepared to launch it.
"I-It's done! Move outta the way!" Goku cried out as he lunged himself backwards slowly, then swung his hands downwards. Piccolo grabbed onto Ryu's scarf and dashed away from the attack, and Gohan and Krillin dashed right behind them.
Frieza's attack slowly dissolved as he glanced around at his fleeing opponents in confusion. Frieza glanced upwards, and his eyes widened in disbelief as an immense ball of blue ki dashed down onto him. Frieza extended his hands, his eyes straining and his teeth gritting as he struggled to stop the attack. Frieza pushed as hard as he could to stop the attack, but as he pushed harder, he slowly sunk himself inside the blast, and, as the attack made contact with the ground, the blue ball sparkled twice, then erupted in a devastatingly powerful explosion of ki, light consuming the entire area from the attack.
Ryu felt something drag him, and he was lifted out of what he recognized as water around him. Ryu's eyes snapped open as he glanced around in terror, then glanced up as he recognized the person helping him out of the large lake surrounding him was his mentor. Ryu climbed up on a small pad of land, rolling onto his back as he panting heavily. Ryu glanced around, and his eyes widened as he noticed a humongous hole on the ground, water from the ocean surrounding them sinking down into the pit.
"Come on. We need to find the others and make sure they're okay." Piccolo stood up with a groan, then cloaked his ki around himself as he dashed around the area, Ryu following him.
After moments of searching, Ryu glanced down, and noticed his father was hanging onto another pad of land desperately. Ryu swung himself downwards, and grabbed onto his father's hand just as he began to sink down into the water, and Piccolo lunged the Saiyan up onto the piece of land. Goku coughed and wheezed as he caught his breath, then smiled softly.
"I... I think I'm gonna take a break with fighting once we get home." Goku coughed out.
"I'm sure we all are." Piccolo chuckled with a small grin.
Ryu glanced up, and he noticed two figures nearing them, then recognized the two as Gohan and Krillin. Gohan and Krillin landed next to the two, and Krillin helped Goku stand up as Gohan gave Piccolo a hug. Ryu smiled softly at the sense of peace swimming through him.
Ryu froze as Piccolo shouldered Goku to the side, taking a beam straight on, a hole piercing through his chest. Saliva dripped from Piccolo's mouth as he fell face-first to the ground, the soul in his eyes swirling away until his eyes disappeared completely. Ryu felt heat swimming through him as rage burned inside of him, his eyes swirling into a scarlet red color as his pupils slitted.
Another beam shot towards Goku, but this time, Krillin shoved him out of the way. Krillin was knocked backwards as the beam came in contact with him, and he tried to regain himself as he levitated above the ground. Frieza raised his hand, and Krillin flew up high in the air. Ryu's eyes shrunk as he glanced at Frieza, a sadistic smirk planted on his head.
No...
"DON'T DO THIS, FRIEZA!" Goku screamed towards the tyrant.
Frieza slowly clenched his hand into a fist, and Krillin screamed in agony, "Goku!"
In the blink of an eye, Krillin erupted into an explosion, smoke dusting around where he was. Gohan froze as sorrow filled his eyes, and Ryu's eyes slowly completely slit into daggers just as his pupils did. Ryu grit his teeth as a pain far worse than a wound could ever bring him.
"Heheh... Pop goes the weasel..." Frieza snickered.
Ryu clenched his hands into fists as his face darkened, and his breathing began to increase as he felt a heavy weight push against him. Ryu's entire surroundings darkened as he returned into the same dark room, and two glowing, scarlet red beads glared down upon him, a sharp smirk planting on the creature's face.
You... Certainly are a fighter... I suppose I'll lend you... Power. But this time...
Ryu began to glow as his eyes snapped open, energy flowing through him from a string of gray, thick energy. Ryu's eyes pierced onto the creature behind the cage.
"Give me more."
...As you wish...
Ryu's entire eyes began to glow a dark gray as he felt himself completely enveloped in the energy, and he snapped back into reality as he fell to his knees from the immense power that was coursing through him. Throughout the energy, it was all giving him one message.
KILL HIM.
Gray energy swirled around Ryu, then it swirled high above Ryu, swirling into the face of a dragon above him. A scaly pattern planted on Ryu's right arm, and gray energy exploded around the entire area as Ryu screamed, grief and rage burning within him. Dark energy completely enveloped Ryu as he slid onto all fours, his eyes snapping open to show a white, oval void as his eyes. Six tails of gray energy waved behind Ryu, and the young boy howled as he shot towards the tyrant.
"This again?!" Frieza scowled, and leapt up into the air to dodge a powerful punch from the young boy, Ryu's fist crashing onto the pillar he stood on.
Ryu sat his hand on the pillar beneath him, and his hand extended, shooting him upwards. Ryu whirled around, mashing a large fist of energy onto the side of Frieza's face, sending the tyrant crashing down onto a piece of land. Ryu radiated gray energy above him, then spat a volley of blasts of energy down onto Frieza. The tyrant dodged each one, then punched the last one to the side, his fist sizzling from the impact with the blast.
Ryu flipped down, landing on a piece of land, and his eyes widened as he leapt towards Frieza once more, a blur through the air as he dashed. Frieza whirled around, kicking the young boy's cheek harshly, and sent him crashing onto a mountain nearby, rocks and boulders crashing down onto him. A hand of energy shot out of the rubble Ryu was underneath, and grabbed onto Frieza's leg, lunging him across the area and slamming him face-first onto the ground underneath the ocean surrounding them. Ryu threw Frieza overhead, then sprung himself upwards with a powerful leap, a crater forming as Ryu whizzed through the air towards the tyrant.
"I've had enough of this!" Frieza screeched with rage, and extended his right hand forward, throwing an avalanche of blasts of ki down towards Ryu as he soared higher into the air. A small pad of a strange, red energy swirled under Ryu's feet, and the young boy used it as a foothold, then leapt even higher into the air, swerving around each blast of energy that Frieza shot. Ryu landed onto another pad of red energy, then hopped higher in the air, and he bounced from side to side, a blur as he dashed throughout the air, dodging every attack from Frieza.
Ryu soared higher into the air, soon shooting higher in the air than Frieza, then landed on a pad of red energy above him. Ryu propelled himself back downwards, his cloak of dark gray energy swirling onto his right hand as he lunged his fist back, then crashed it onto Frieza's back, crashing down onto the ground underneath the ocean above the two. A small sparkle from underneath the water shone, then an explosion of energy blasted across the area.
The explosion died down as it swirled into a final shockwave, and Ryu leapt out of the water, his dark cloak of energy gone but his eyes still completely slit. The young boy landed on a nearby piece of land, his eyes narrowing as Frieza rose from the water he was underneath, cracking his neck from the little fight Ryu put up.
"You...!"
Ryu glanced backwards towards his father, his eyes widening as he saw nothing but pure rage on Goku's face, his teeth grit as he clenched his hands into fists, bending over as a golden aura shone around him.
"How dare you...!"
Goku's hair slowly lifted upwards, his eyes glowing turquoise briefly. Tears surfaced onto Goku's left eye, but it evaporated as soon as his tear dripped down his face. Goku's head snapped upwards as his hair shone golden momentarily, and he glared back down at the ground, trembling at the immense power coursing through him from the fury burning inside of him.
"I...!" Goku exclaimed as he cried out, his golden aura exploding around him as his eyes completely disappeared, his hair spiking up and glowing golden as his eyes swirled into a turquoise color. "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!"
Gohan stumbled backwards from the immense power Goku was exerting, and Goku's transformation was so powerful that it knocked Ryu's eyes back to their normal, icy blue state, his rage completely dying out and being replaced with astonishment. Frieza's eyes widened in terror as he staggered backwards.
"Gohan, Ryu..." Goku murmured softly to his children. "...Grab Piccolo, find Bulma and the ship, and get out of here. Now!"
Gohan blinked as Goku's order registered in his head, and he grabbed onto the barely living Namekian, blasting off in the direction of Bulma's energy signature. Ryu glanced at his father, then dashed after his younger brother reluctantly.
Ryu held onto Piccolo's left side, and Gohan held onto his right, the two dashing through the air towards Bulma. As time passed, they both landed, and Bulma glanced up, her eyes widening.
"Hey! Where have you guys been- Is that Piccolo?! What happened!?" Bulma barked in confusion. Ryu and Gohan walked inside the space ship they used to travel to Namek, and the two boys sat Piccolo down on a bench softly, the Namekian groaning softly.
"Go home, I'm going back with Dad." Ryu murmured as he started towards the exit of the ship.
"Goku's here now? What's he doing? Did you guys get the Dragon Balls yet?" Bulma asked.
"Let's go together, we'll stand a chance!" Gohan proposed.
"You need to go home, where it's safe."
"And you don't?!"
"I'll be fine."
"You'll be better if we both go! I'm not just going to sit here and run while my brother and father are fighting Frieza to the death!"
Ryu opened his mouth to argue, but he glanced around in confusion as he glanced up in the air. Ryu murmured softly, "The sky's dark. And the sky only turned this dark when we used the Dragon Balls."
"Someone's using the Dragon Balls? Wait- You guys used the Dragon Balls before?! Where's everyone else? You did revive them, right?" Bulma squeaked with confusion.
Ryu's ears twitched as he could vaguely make out someone speaking, and he recognized the language as Namekian, and the voice as Dende's. Before Ryu could even think properly, and, in the blink of an eye, he was standing on green grass. Trees surrounded him, and besides him Gohan appeared. Then Bulma was near him, then numerous Namekians, including Piccolo and Dende. Ryu glanced around, then stared at Dende.
"What did you do...?"
"Someone told me to transport everyone here, and that golden man told me to leave him and Frieza on Namek, since it was going to blow soon." Dende explained briefly. Gohan's eyes widened, and Ryu clenched his hands into fists.
"That bastard really does plan on killing Frieza, huh...? Seems he's not as stupid as I thought he was."
Ryu glanced in the direction of the voice, and Gohan's eyes widened in disbelief, the young boy pointing and exclaiming, "Dende and Vegeta was revived?!"
"Everyone killed by Frieza was resurrected." Dende spoke up briefly.
"I suppose I'll have to miss out on my chance to kill Kakarot. But that won't stop me from killing you lot." Vegeta continued on. "I suppose I could start with the brats. You two really tick me off, just like your pathetic father."
"Don't talk about my father like that! If he was here right now, I bet you wouldn't be saying this!" Gohan growled.
"I'll say whatever I please. Unless you want to stop me." Vegeta smirked. "But someone as weak as you won't be able to do jack shit. I'll just kill you, then kill everyone else here! Then I'll get my immortality, and nothing-"
Gohan cried out, ramming his right knee onto Vegeta's cheek, then throwing an avalanche of punches onto his stomach. Gohan kicked Vegeta up into the air, then crashed his left foot onto the Saiyan's stomach, snapping his right elbow onto his face, and lunged backwards, radiating energy in the palm of his hands. As the young Saiyan lunged his beam of ki onto Vegeta, he cried out, "Masenko!"
Vegeta slapped the beam away from him, a golden explosion of ki erupting to Vegeta's left. Vegeta spat blood on the ground, then smirked at the young boy.
"You've got guts, kid, I'll give you that, but your punches are lacking. THIS is how a punch is supposed to be thrown!" Vegeta lunged his right hand back, clenching it into a fist, and he threw it towards Gohan.
Ryu grabbed Vegeta's fist with his right hand easily, his nonchalant expression piercing onto Vegeta's. Ryu slowly released the Saiyan's hand, then levitated to the ground silently, Gohan, after a final glare at Vegeta, doing the same. Ryu glanced at his younger brother, murmuring, "You shouldn't pick fights you can't win."
"I won't let him talk about my Dad like that." Gohan responded, his eyes narrowing. "No matter what."
Ryu glanced to his left when he sensed ki, and he saw Dende healing up Piccolo. The Namekian stood up after his wounds were healed, and Dende walked up to his kin as Guru was fading away.
"Don't be sad, my children. I have lived a full and blessed life. Death is just another stage of life." Guru gave a wrinkled smile. "Moori... I pass on my role to you. I trust you'll keep all Namekians safe."
"Yessir, I will. I swear." The short Namekian named Moori nodded, blinking away tears stubbornly as they surfaced repeatedly. Guru smiled softly as he completely faded away.
"I know you will."
Numerous Namekians, including Dende, rubbing their tears from their faces, sorrow looming around the area. After a few moments, Bulma stepped forwards, exclaiming, "Sorry for intruding on your little moment, but we need to use some Dragon Balls and revive some of our friends."
"W-We can't use Earth's Dragon Balls for a y-year. They were used to resurrect me, and V-Vegeta." Dende sniffled. Bulma groaned.
"We can make our own Dragon Balls, if you wish. We need a way to find ourselves a home, anyways." Moori spoke up. "But it will take me a good while. I'll need a place to stay in the meantime."
"Really? I can lend you some space to stay if you can help us." Bulma offered, and Moori stuck out his hand. Bulma clutched onto it, and Moori shook her hand with a smile as their deal was made.
"You've got yourself a deal."