Chapter 21: Saiyan Vengeance
Frieza and Vegeta quickly charged at each other after having briefly exchanged words. Down below on the ground, both Trunks had gone Super Saiyan. King Cold stared at them while smiling.
"Come on now." He said while gesturing for them to come forward. "Anytime you're ready."
"Hey bro." Future Trunks said to Kid Trunks.
"Huh? We're not brothers, are we?"
"It's just a saying so forget about that. We need to figure out how to take this guy down."
"That's easy. Like this!" Kid Trunks flew forward through the air right at King Cold.
"Wait! Stop!" Kid Trunks took a swing at King Cold's face only to have him dodge. King Cold quickly hopped up and elbowed him into the ground. Kid Trunk's bounced off the ground once and landed on his back. King Cold's right hand then started to glow purple as he gazed at Kid Trunks on the ground. 'I have to stop him!' Future Trunks moved his hands around rapidly and then stuck them out in front of him. "Burning Attack!" King Cold looked up just in time to have the blast hit him in the chest. There was an explosion and King Cold went flying backwards and skidded out into the street. Future Trunks rushed over to Kid Trunks and kneeled down beside him. "Hey! You alright?" Kid Trunks sat up and rubbed the back of his head.
"Owww! I mean, that didn't hurt a bit."
"Then why are you rubbing your head?"
"Just shut up!" Kid Trunks stood up. "I won't mess up this time."
"Hold on! Just stand back for now and let me take him." Future Trunks then powered up into his Ultra Super Saiyan form. He took it as far as he could go without losing any speed.
"Woah! Your muscles are like ginormous!"
"I can get even stronger than this, but then I get too slow. I think I can take him like this, so just wait here for now. Understand?"
"Oh fine."
Up above them in the air Frieza and Vegeta were rapidly exchanging punches. Vegeta was managing to dodge all of Frieza's attack and land quite a few hits of his own.
"Yah!" Vegeta yelled as he landed a downward right punch on Frieza's face. He followed it up with a left knee to Frieza's gut and then a left backhand to his face. Frieza went twirling back in the air and then regained his composure. Frieza pointed his finger at Vegeta and instantly a thin purple beam of energy shot out of it. Vegeta dodged it by less than a centimeter as it went past his face. Frieza continued to fire his Death Beam shots at Vegeta. Vegeta quickly dodged in and out of all of them, slowly getting closer to Frieza. Then after one shot, when he was finally close enough, he leapt forward and hit Frieza in the face with his right knee. Frieza backed off and put his hands across his face as blood came running out of his nose.
"Curse you Vegeta!" Frieza yelled in anger. "You're not holding back at all, are you?" Vegeta simply stared at him.
'I'm going to keep my promise this time. No holding back at all.' Vegeta thought to himself as the lightning from his Super Saiyan 2 aura crackled around him.
"Fine then. I never thought you'd get to see 100%." Frieza's muscles suddenly bulged out and he was at full power. "Now I'm more than a match for you." Frieza charged forward and the two of them were once again rapidly exchanging blows, but this time, it was much more even.
Back on the street, King Cold had gotten back up and was now searing with anger.
"Yaaaarrrrggghhh!" King Cold's yell echoed throughout the fighter's ears. He charged forward with his head down and his horns forward.
"Yikes!" Kid Trunks dove out of the way as Future Trunks grabbed his horns. King Cold didn't even slow down though and Trunks was pushed back until they went right through the wall of the Capsule Corp. building. King Cold pushed him through three walls before Future Trunks let out an even louder yell than King Cold. He had gone into his Ultra 2 form. King Cold slowed to a stop and stood there growling.
"You aren't welcome here!" Future Trunks yelled as he then started to push King Cold back. It started slowly, but then began to pick up momentum until he was running forward with King Cold's horns. They ended up back outside the house in no time. Future Trunks then flipped King Cold onto his back while still holding his horns.
"My turn!" Kid Trunks yelled. He flew into the air and his hands started to glow yellow. "Rapid fire!" Kid Trunks then fired off a volley of ki blasts at King Cold. Each one hit its mark and a cloud of smoke was soon covering King Cold. Future Trunks hopped back and reverted back to his regular Ultra form. He was panting and waiting for the dust to clear. Before it did though, King Cold came charging out from it and grabbed Future Trunks's neck with his massive left hand.
"Gack!" Trunks gagged out as he was caught completely off guard. King Cold lifted him into the air and began to squeeze harder as Trunks tried to pull his hand off. Future Trunks desperately gasped for air. 'I can't get loose!' Just then Kid Trunks came flying down at full speed in a kick and hit King Cold's wrist. King Cold's hand loosened and Future Trunks got out of his grip. He immediately charged forward and began rapidly punching King Cold. Kid Trunks also joined in and the two had him completely overwhelmed. Future Trunks then grabbed King Cold's arm and tossed him into the air. "Get back!" He quickly yelled to Kid Trunks.
"Okay!" Kid Trunks took off away from Future Trunks. Future Trunks raised his arms above his head, much like Goku did whenever he made a Spirit Bomb.
"Heat Dome!" A giant blast of energy came out of Trunks's hands and went soaring up into the air. The blast hit King Cold and Trunks put even more of his energy into the blast. "I'll give this everything I've got! Yaaaaaaahhhh!" He yelled as the blast reached its largest size yet. Trunks then fell to the ground as the blast began to fade into the sky. When the blast was finally out of sight, King Cold was nowhere to be seen. Kid Trunks went rushing over to his future self.
"Alright! You did it!" Future Trunks looked up at Kid Trunks and smiled. "By the way, you can call me bro if you want. I don't mind, really."
"Okay, bro." Future Trunks replied back. Just then King Cold came flying down and landed on Future Trunks's back. Future Trunks spat up blood right onto Kid Trunks's face. The blood splattered across the child's face as he stared at him with unblinking eyes. Everything seemed to move in slow motion for Kid Trunks at this point. He could see Future Trunks's hair change back to its regular purple color, he could see his back bending as if he were about to be broken in two, worst of all though, he could see the smile on King Cold's face. King Cold was covered in blood and bruises from the attack.
'…' No thoughts went through Kid Trunks's mind. It was as if forgot how to speak or even think thoughts in his head. '…' All images in the world seemed to vanish except for King Cold and Future Trunks. King Cold then quickly looked up into the air where Frieza was. King Cold quickly took off into the air. Kid Trunks's eyes instantly followed him, yet everything still seemed like it was in slow motion.
Vegeta and Frieza had continued their fierce exchange of blows. It was a battle of attrition and both were betting on the other wearing down first.
'In this form…' Vegeta thought to himself '…he uses energy fast. But Zarbon wore me down earlier and that stupid Mejinn power is making me tired. But I still won't lose!' Vegeta gritted his teeth and dodged another one of Frieza's attacks. Vegeta then launched a series of quick punches, far too many for a normal person to count, into Frieza's stomach. He then ended it with fierce right hook to Frieza's gut. Frieza bent over forward and clutched at his gut. He slowly floated away from Vegeta. As he did he coughed up some blood. He was gasping heavily, but Vegeta was also breathing hard.
"Gaaaah!" Frieza yelled into the air. "Damn you Vegeta! Damn you! I'll send you to Hell with this attack and you won't dare dodge it!" Frieza backed up further and put his finger above his head. "This is my Death Ball and it's far more powerful than any attack you have!" Frieza's Death Ball began to form above his finger.
"That thing is a joke compared to my move." Vegeta put his hands together in front of him and began to power up his Final Flash attack. The two fighters quickly powered up their attacks, but Frieza seemed to be far more intimidated than Vegeta. All around them the buildings of the city began to shake. What started with the buildings though, quickly spread to the ground and soon it felt like the whole Earth was shaking. "Do you feel that Frieza!?"
"Wha, what is that?" The terror in Frieza's voice was obvious.
"That's the Earth shaking and it's all because of me!" The energy in Vegeta's hands was spiking out as it became harder for him to control.
"No, I am the Ruler of the Universe. I cannot be defeated!" With that Frieza threw his Death Ball at Vegeta.
"Finnnnnaaaaaalllll Flaaaaaasssshhh!" Vegeta let loose his Final Flash attack. The Final Flash and Death Ball collided, but Vegeta's Final Flash swallowed up the Death Ball and kept on going as if nothing had happened. Frieza began to shake and his eyes got wide. Then something appeared in front of him.
Down below on the ground, Kid Trunks's eyes had instinctively followed King Cold. He watched as King Cold flew in front of Vegeta's Final Flash. With his arms spread apart, he faced Frieza and let the blast hit his back. Frieza watched as his father was quickly vaporized from the edges on in. The blast faded and King Cold, was now definitely dead.
"What, just happened?" Kid Trunks said aloud to himself. Suddenly everything was moving at normal speed again and he had no trouble talking. Kid Trunks never even realized just how close he had come to reaching the next level of Super Saiyan. "He's dead." He said while answering his own question. Up in the air Vegeta's mouth hung open a little.
"Uh." Was all he could mutter out. 'Where did he come from? I wasn't counting on something like that to happen. I put all of my energy into that, I've got nothing left!' Vegeta's thoughts came out one after another in his head. Frieza stared at the air in front of him in shock. Frieza's mouth was hanging open in shock as well.
"This…" Frieza paused for another brief moment. "…is all your faulllllttttt!" Frieza rushed forward and grabbed Vegeta's left arm with his left hand. Frieza then quickly delivered a crushing right punch to the upper part of Vegeta's arm. Both of them could hear the bones crack. Vegeta's eyes got wide and then intense pain suddenly shot through his left arm.
"Yaaaaahhh!" Vegeta cried out in pain as he then slowly tried to back away from Frieza. All the while he kept his right hand on his left arm. Vegeta had lost his Super Saiyan 2 form and was back in his base form.
"Oh no!" Kid Trunks said aloud below. "Dad!" Kid Trunks quickly powered up and flew directly at Frieza. Frieza saw him coming and before Trunks could react, smacked him with the back of his hand across his face. Trunks went flying into the ground. He hit the ground and made a small impact crater. He had lost his Super Saiyan form and was now unconscious, just like the other Trunks.
"Vegeta." Frieza began. "I was just going to kill you, but now I'm going to make you suffer even worse that you did on Namek."
"No Frieza!" A demanding and firm voice said, but it wasn't Vegeta's. It came from behind Frieza.
"That voice!" Frieza began to slowly turn around.
"I won't let you!"
"It's you!" Frieza yelled in anger. Vegeta managed a small smile as he muttered.
"Kakarot."