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"Speech"

Thoughts

'Telepathic'

Summary: What if Goku had been more involved in training Gohan at an early age? This story starts at the beginning of dbz.

Chapter 25

Gohan stood in a defensive stance holding onto the Kaioken x10 while the technique sent excruciating pain through his whole body. I have to buy enough time for dad to gather the needed energy. Gohan brought his hands up to his face and yelled, "Solar Flare." Using the moment of blinding light to his advantage, Gohan surged forward with a knee to Frieza's face.

The tyrant went flying back blinded and confused. How had that kid managed to catch me off guard like that?

The changeling was brought out of his thoughts when another fist hit him right in the back. Piccolo brought his knee up to match the previous blow. The blows didn't do much damage but the distracted the now half blind Frieza long enough for Gohan to deliver another quick blow Frieza's head.

Frieza went flying down into the ground hard creating a huge crater. A minute later the tyrant climbed to his feet and dusted himself off. "I must say I'm impressed with you're technique but did you really think you'd hurt me that easily?"

"Destructo Disc" Krillin shouted adding his signature move to a somewhat distracted Frieza. Frieza jumped out of the way and laughed. "That's not going to work." Unfortunately for him his arrogance was too early as the disk curved back around at the tyrant's back. Frieza noticed a fraction of a second to late as he got out of the way saving his life but losing the tip of his tail in the process. Frieza turned to the little monk with murder in his eyes.

Shit, Gohan thought. Krillin's gone and done it now. That's why I wanted him and Piccolo to stay out of this. There's only one shot left. I hope my body can handle this. "Kaioken x15," Gohan's aura erupted with a flare of red as he charged in and kicked Frieza in the face before he could kill Krillin. "Your fight's with me," he said.

Frieza wiped a trace of blood from his lip. "Fine I'll kill you first." Frieza charged at Gohan and elbowed him in the face sending him flying back into the ground.

Before the young demi-Saiyan could even bring himself to his feet, he was lifted off the ground by Frieza and had another fist buried in his stomach. Blood spewed from Gohan's mouth as Frieza hit him over and over.

"Hang in there son," Goku whispered quietly. "It's almost ready."

Frieza lifted Gohan above his head and brought him down over his knee cracking a few bones in the process. "This time there's no little green man to make you better."

Gohan looked up seeing the growing spirit bomb in the sky. "Go screw yourself," he said to Frieza defiantly. Gohan hacked up some spit and sent it right into Frieza's face.

Frieza roared with anger at the insolent little monkey and brought his fist down into his defiant face with as much force as he could at his current power. Gohan lost consciousness as his nose broke and his skull was cracked.

Gohan's power's dropping fast, Piccolo thought. He quickly charged up some ki on his fingers. "Special Beam Cannon," he shouted as he shot the beam at Frieza.

The tyrant was too fast and jumped out of the way taking a limp Gohan with him. Frieza brutally grabbed Gohan's right leg and snapped it like a twig. The lizard then sent his other fist into the small of Gohan's back cracking some more bones along the way. "Now to kill the insolent little brat," Frieza said.

Piccolo and Krillin took this opportunity to double team Frieza. The evil tyrant flared his aura displaying his power and sending the two helplessly back.

"I have to do something," Goku said. "I hope this works." He turned to Frieza, "look behind you moron."

Frieza looked up at the sky and stared in horror at the sight before him. The completed spirit bomb glowed brightly in Namek's sky. So that's what the monkey was up to.

Goku brought his hands down sending the spirit bomb down at the evil one.

Frieza turned on pure reaction dropping Gohan and putting up his hands to block the energy.

Goku reacted instantly. I hope this doesn't destroy my body. "Kaioken x25," he yelled as he dived in at full speed catching his son before he even hit the ground. A split second later stood panting a safe distance away with Piccolo and Krillin as they saw Frieza be consumed by the spirit bomb. The energy created a huge crater in the ground for a few seconds before exploding.

"Yeah, Frieza's gone," Krillin shouted with joy. He then turned to Goku looking at the young Saiyan his best friend held. His face fell seeing the condition the young warrior, who'd become many times stronger than him, was in. "How is he?" he asked.

"He's alive but in bad shape," Goku replied.

"He saved us all," Piccolo said. "He's a hero. He thought nothing of putting his life on the line when he knew he was no match for Frieza."

"But how'd he use the Kaioken?" Krillin said scratching his head.

"He learned it from watching his dad fight Frieza using it," Piccolo replied. He turned to Goku, "I'll take him, you look exhausted."

"Yeah," Goku said handing his son over to his once mortal enemy. "I'm amazed his body withstood a x15 with out shutting down. My body barely withstood that x25 Kaioken I tried." Goku suddenly turned more serious. "But we need to get him to my ship in a hurry and get him patched up a bit."

Krillin's face suddenly lit up in horror. "We're in trouble guys."

Piccolo looked behind him expecting to see Frieza coming up from his now watery grave. "What is it?"

"Bulma," Krillin said. "She's going to kill us for leaving her behind."

"You fool," Piccolo exploded at the little man. "I thought Frieza was back. Don't scare me over anything that trivial again"

I don't know," Goku laughed. "Have you ever seen Bulma mad?"

"No," Piccolo said. "But I've seen Gohan mad. That's pretty scary."

"Only if he's mad at you," Krillin pointed out.

"We'll have to ask Raditz about that one," Goku joked.

"Well," Krillin said. "Next time you die you can ask him. And while you're there tell Frieza he looks like a sissy."

The three warrior's laughter was broken by a voice. "Why don't you tell me now?" a very dirty and slightly bruised Frieza said.

Krillin, Piccolo, and Goku all turned to see a look of hatred on Frieza's face. Krillin swallowed hard. The spirit bomb didn't finish him. We're all screwed now.

"Did you really think that was going to work? All I had to do is power up to 75 of my max to shield myself from the blast." He turned to Krillin, "you'll be the first to die for that sissy comment," Frieza said. Frieza raised his hands up and raised Krillin off the ground in a telekinetic grip. Frieza slowly squeezed his fist shut causing Krillin's body to explode on the spot.

Goku looked on in horror as he saw his best friend die right before his eyes. Memories of Krillin and himself training under Master Roshi flashed before his eyes. Tears came to the Saiyan's eyes as the finality finally hit him. Krillin had been wished back by the Dragonballs already. With Guru dead, the Namekian Dragonballs were out of the question. Goku's body shook with rage as the finality of the situation finally hit him. He turned to Frieza. "You killed him. He couldn't even defend himself. You're slime. You deserve to be ground into nothing one cell at a time," Goku growled as his power began to rise uncontrollably.

"Oh," Frieza laughed. "The monkey lost his friend. How sad," Frieza turned to where Piccolo held an unconscious Gohan. "Now how about you lose your son next?"

"NO!" Goku shouted, emotion exploding inside of him as he pictured Gohan in Krillin's place. His power began to skyrocket uncontrollably as his white aura exploded outward. A great wind surrounded Goku and his hair began to defy gravity and stand up in a point similar to Vegeta's but with a few strands hanging down over his forehead. Almost immediately his hair began to flash gold as his eyes flashed between their normal brown and teal. "I'LL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE," Goku shouted as his now golden aura exploded outward in a giant flash of light.

When the momentary blindness of the situation finally wore off, Frieza stared in horror. Standing before him was a very angry Goku. But he'd changed slightly. His hair now stood on end fully gold and his eyes were a solid teal. A slight golden aura still surrounded him but flared much less violently as he'd gained some control over his new power.

Goku turned to Piccolo and pointed, "Take Gohan away from here. I'll handle this monster."

Piccolo looked up at his friend in shock. The venom in Goku's words when he talked about Frieza was disturbing coming from the usually good natured Saiyan. He was acting more like Vegeta than himself. But his power was amazing. It dwarfed Frieza's power even if the vile creature's boasts were true. Piccolo nodded to his friend and took off toward the direction Goku had motioned the ship to be in.

"I don't think so," Frieza said charging toward the retreating duo. "I'm not done with you yet."

Goku materialized in front of the tyrant backhanding him away with ease. "Your fight's with me you son of a bitch. Don't you forget that."

Frieza got up off the ground and wiped some blood from his mouth and grinned evilly. "This must be the Super Saiyan Vegeta kept talking about. I'm not impressed. I'll show you my true power you foolish Saiyan."

Goku charged in and delivered another punch to Frieza's face sending the lizard sprawling. "I'm finished playing around. I don't intend to give you the opportunity to power up."

"Fool," Frieza said laughing. "I wasn't asking you're permission. The evil tyrant yell in as he drove his power higher. Great bolts of lightning came down from the heavens and struck his body. Almost instantly his muscles bulged and his power rose even further. When he was done he turned to Goku, "It doesn't take me that long to reach my max. In that few seconds you've wasted you've spelled your own doom."

"That's your max? I thought you were just getting started," Goku said stretching. "I was just about to step in and stop you but then you got done with such a pathetic power that I decided that it wasn't worth the time."

Frieza stared at the Super Saiyan in rage. "You'll die for that."

"Yeah that's what all evil villains say," Goku said stretching his body getting used to the new power rushing through him.

A/N: Here's a special update just for Christmas. Btw I've been considering maybe having Gohan and some of the other Z-warriors enter the 24th World Tournament right before the androids attack. I'd like it if people let me know what they think of that idea. Anyway Merry Christmas and I should have another chapter out by Thursday on the normal update schedule.

Power levels

Gohan
3.5 million
21 million (using a x10 Kaioken and losing a lot of it though a flaring aura.)
30 million (using a x15 Kaioken and losing a lot of it though his aura.)

Krillin
75,000

Piccolo
2 million

Goku
3 million
75 million (using a x25 Kaioken to pull Gohan out of the way. Very brief control)
150 million (Super Saiyan)

Frieza
60 million (50 of max)
90 million (75 of max)
120 million (max)

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