(A/N: At this point, you should all have a pretty idea at what's going to happen, but lets see how accurate your theories are.)

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Chapter 38: Last Attack

The battle had begun to move away from the others as Vegeta and Frieza continued to go head to head. But even from this distance, it was obvious who had the advantage. It seemed as if Frieza had been serious about not fooling around anymore. Vegeta had hardly landed more than a single blow ever since the Icejin began using his hands.

"How much longer can this go on?" Bulma wondered out loud.

"I'm surprised it's gone on this long." Piccolo admitted.

Bulma didn't like the sound of that, so she looked desperately to the two saiyans. "Hey, Vegeta still has a chance to win this, right?" When she didn't receive an answer, she pressed harder. "Right?"

Tarble hung his head and shook it in the negative. "No, there's no possible chance for him to win. We never had a chance. This battle was over before it started."

That was not the answer she wanted to hear. "How can you say that? He's your brother! Show some enthusiasm!"

"Tarble's right." Gohan admitted. "Vegeta has already lost."

"No he hasn't!" Bulma insisted. "He's still fighting!"

"That's because his pride won't let him quit." Tarble told her. "Big brother is too stubborn to just give up, even though he knows he's already lost. But if he stops, he dies. It's a simple as that."

And he was right. Several minutes after the battle truly began, Vegeta realized that he would not be able to stop Frieza. He was already struggling to stand up, and he'd barely landed a few punches of his own. He was simply prolonging his death.

"Are you done yet?" Frieza asked when the saiyan prince stopped for a breather. "Have you decided to surrender?"

In response, Vegeta threw a punch, but Frieza easily caught it and buried his own fist in the saiyan's gut. The Icejin grinned and dropped to the ground, kicking Vegeta's feet out from under him. Before the saiyan prince even hit the ground, Frieza was on his feet again, kicking upward.

As he went flying through the air, Vegeta realized that he was left with one option. He would have to use all his power in an attempt to destroy Frieza with a single attack. Halting his momentum, he took position in the air, stuck his arms out, and began gathering energy.

Down on the ground, Frieza watched as Vegeta hovered in the air, waiting for him to make a move, but the saiyan prince simple hovered in the air, not seeming to be doing anything.

After several long seconds, Frieza called up to him impatiently. "Are you going to stay up there all day?"

Vegeta didn't answer. He was too busy focusing on gathering his energy. Frieza continued waiting, wondering if he was taking a break. He tapped his fingers against his side as his patience deteriorated with each passing second.

"All right then, if you won't come to me, then I'll come to you."

He took to the air, speeding towards Vegeta. The saiyan prince's eyes widened as Frieza appeared in front him. Raising his hands, Frieza fired an energy blast directly into Vegeta's chest. He didn't even try to block it. Even as he went flying through the air, he maintained the posture.

Frieza waited some more, thinking that that would have gotten Vegeta back in the game, but the saiyan just continued with what he was doing before. "Are you ignoring me? Fine, lets see if you can ignore this."

He began fire a series of energy blasts. Vegeta stayed where he was, letting the blasts hit him and doing his best to ignore the pain as he was struck again and again. At this rate, he might not live long enough to unleash his attack.

This was getting old quickly. Frieza couldn't figure out what the saiyan was doing. He'd been in that position now for a few minutes, simply letting himself getting attacked. Was this some kind of statement he was making? If so, it only served to anger him.

"Fine then," he grumbled, stopping his attacks, "if you're not going to fight, then I'll just end this right now."

He gathered power, creating a much larger ball of energy. With a wicked sneer on his face, he prepared to throw it as the saiyan prince. Just as he was getting ready to toss it, he was hit from behind by an energy blast. His attack went off course, missing Vegeta and falling in the ocean, creating a massive tsunami.

Irritated, Frieza turned around, seeing the youngest saiyan with his hands cupped together, having unleashed a Kamehameha Wave. He'd almost forgotten about those brats. It seemed as if they wanted to play too. Well, if Vegeta wasn't going to, then why shouldn't he let them join?

Faster than they could see, Frieza was suddenly in front of them. "If you wanted to die so badly, all you had to do was ask."

It happened so fast, they couldn't even see it. A punch to Piccolo, a kick to Gohan, and a tail whip to Tarble, and they all went down. Then he set his sights on Gure. The little alien squeaked and began backing away. Frieza just chuckled and began making his way towards her.

Bulma didn't know what made her do it, but she suddenly grabbed a rock and threw it at Frieza's head. It bounced right off, not even fazing the evil alien, but it succeeded in getting his attention.

Frieza turned to her with a scowl on his face, irritated by the fact that she even thought she could hurt even. "You obnoxious little…"

He trailed as the ground began to shake. Blinking he looked up to where Vegeta was floating in the air. The saiyan prince was glowing with power. He was the reason the whole planet was shaking. A shadow fell over them all as the clouds came swirling together, drawn in by the gathering of energy.

Vegeta's hands snapped together as his body trembled under the strain of his suppressed power. Bolts of lightning made of pure energy flew from his body as he focused his power.

"Frieza!" he shouted. "You have underestimated us saiyans at every turn, and now you'll pay the ultimate price! If you really think that you're superior to a lousy stinking saiyan monkey, then stay right where you are, otherwise you can turn tail and run like the coward you truly are!"

Frieza scowled at the saiyan. He studied him for a few moments before crossing his arms in front of him stubbornly, accepting the challenge.

'That's what he's doing.' Tarble realized. 'He's trying to provoke Frieza into challenging his attack!'

Piccolo had figured that out as well, but he also recognized the danger at hand. "Vegeta, stop it! You're going to destroy the whole planet!"

Vegeta just laughed as he continued building up his energy for one massive attack.

"There's no time!" Gohan shouted. "We have to go, now!"

He grabbed Bulma and flew off, Tarble did the same with Gure, with Piccolo following them. Frieza let them go, bracing himself for Vegeta's attack.

"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta roared.

A beam of energy of enormous size burst forth, heading towards Frieza, whose eyes widened in shock. "What's this?"

The attack hit and continued onward, going up into space. Any planet with Namek in its view was able to see the attack coming from the green world as it flew off into the darkness off space, erupting in a massive explosion that, for a few brief seconds, left a star floating where the blast erupted before it slowly faded away.

Back on Planet Namek, the dust slowly began to settle. When it did, a large groove in the ground was left behind from Vegeta's attack that surpassed even the Grand Canyon. And Frieza was nowhere in sight.

Shocked, terrified, and hopeful, the others stared at the saiyan prince in amazement as he slowly hovered to the ground.

"I don't believe it." Tarble whispered. "He actually did it."

"He knew what he was doing all along." Piccolo observed. "He focused his attack on Frieza alone. That was a close one."

Bulma looked at them hopefully. "Does this mean… we won?"

Gohan looked around. "I… I think so. I don't see Frieza anywhere, and I don't feel anything either."

Gure began hopping up and down. "He did it! He did it!"

Tarble wiped a tear of joy from his eye. "Big brother…" Then ran over to the saiyan prince, who was struggling to stay on his feet. Tarble made it there first, glomping his older brother happily. "Vegeta, you won! You actually won!"

"This is so great." Said Gohan, looking, like he was going to cry as well.

"Speak for yourself." Bulma muttered. "I don't think my heart can take this."

Suddenly looking angry, she marched purposefully over to Vegeta and pried Tarble off, then glared at him angrily. Vegeta watched as she raised her hand and slapped him across the face. Gohan, Tarble, and Gure's mouths all dropped open at what they just saw.

Vegeta blinked in surprise, not entirely sure that what had just happened actually happened. "What the hell was that for?" he demanded.

"That's for scaring me!" she shouted as angry tears threatened to escape.

Vegeta humphed. "I had it under control. I wouldn't just destroy the planet while we were still on it. I'm not a fool."

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, YOU IDIOT!" Bulma shouted, once again surprising the saiyan prince. Then she buried her face into his chest, snuggling into him. "I thought I was going to lose you. I really thought Frieza was going to kill you."

This was certainly a day for surprises as Vegeta was once again caught off guard by her display of affection. He didn't know exactly how to react to this, and the look the Namekian was giving him was infuriating.

"What are you looking at?" he demanded.

"Nothing." The smile left Piccolo's face. "But I suppose I should thank you for getting rid of that monster and saving my people."

Vegeta scoffed. "I didn't do it for you or your people. You have no reason to thank me."

"That's because there's nothing to be thankful for!"

The angry shout rang out from behind them. Whirling around, the color drained from each and every one of their faces as they saw the impossible. Frieza was alive, and he did not look happy.

(A/N: As you probably figured out, Vegeta's Final Flash was supposed to be the substitute for Goku's Spirit Bomb. It was basically a reenactment of the scene when he faced Cell, only with Frieza instead. By the way, I know this chapter was kind of short, but it was supposed to be all about gathering energy for one massive blast. There's only so long you can write about energy being gathered. Next chapter will be better, I guarantee it.)