Chapter 54: The Fall of a King

Raditz couldn't believe what he was seeing, an incredible rush of fear shooting through his veins. It wasn't until he heard Gohan's booming shout of "Frieza!" that his mind started to function again as he realized everything just got more complicated.

To his left Burter was still frozen in place his eyes squinting trying to figure out if what he was seeing was real. Since he wasn't rushing to join Frieza's side, Raditz decided to ignore him for the moment.

Gohan's aura had already burst forth brighter than Raditz had ever seen it as he rocketed towards Turles and the Frost Demon floating in the sky.

Immediately Raditz launched forward as well, if that really was Frieza, and Gohan tried to deny Turles his chance at a true challenge there was little doubt in his mind Gohan's punishment would be severe.


Turles floated before the coward who tried to play assassin, his lips pulled back into a snarl. "And just who do I owe the pleasure of killing this afternoon." He managed in a somewhat mocking tone, his somewhat drunk mind still trying to process the situation he had found himself in. Clearly the warrior before him was a Frost Demon, in the same form that Cooler had used. The only question was if the rumors of Frieza, Cooler and King Cold's deaths were premature and they were returning to reclaim their empire, or if there were more of their species lurking around the galaxy.

Somewhere in the distance he faintly heard Gohan enraged shouts, clearly the boy had come to his own conclusions quickly enough.

The Frost Demon just smirked. "Who I am is not important since you'll be dead shortly anyway, if my first attack is any indication." Both of them very aware of the massive injury on Turles' shoulder, a steady stream of blood rolling down his limp left arm.

Gohan's form was rapidly approaching Turles knew he would only have time for one more line before the brat interrupted, "This little scratch? If this is the best you can manage I'm not sure you can even defeat a Saiyan child." He was immediately rewarded with a look of irritation by the Frost Demon, who at this point Turles was fairly certain wasn't Frieza by his lack of boosting.

"You mean that weak child in your care? As soon as I am finished with you I'll be sure to-" the rest of his threat was cut off by Gohan colliding full speed into his back and pushing his challenger through the ruins of Turles palace.

As they passed by Turles shouted, "It looks like you have it backwards. He'll be fighting you first." Turles smirked slightly wondering just how good of a fight Gohan would give his mystery attacker. Hopefully a good enough warm up to show if this was the extent of the Frost Demon's power. At the very least it might give the child enough of a lesson that he wouldn't interfere in his fights when not asked to in the future.


Gohan hit the frost demon square in the back with a satisfying amount of force. It only took an instant before they slammed their way through the remains of the palace, before hitting the ground with the force of a small asteroid.

Immediately the young demi-Saiyan began to pound on the back of the disoriented Frost Demon's skull.

After the third blow through a massive wall of energy burst forth from the Frost demon sending Gohan flying backwards.

"You dirty monkey! You dare ambush me, Taiga of the highest class of noble families of Planet Frost?" The Frost Demon shouted a deep purple aura completely enveloping him.

Gohan had quickly risen to his feet, slightly off-guard at the sudden announcement from his adversary, his immense well of energy beginning to falter as uncertainty washed away his rage.

Before Gohan even had a time to react the Frost demon had disappeared from his sight. He located his adversary an instant later as he appeared in front of Gohan, his fist already crushing the young Saiyan's cheek.

Gohan immediately rocketed upwards, in too much pain to even think about slowing himself down.

Finally just as his mind started working again the Frost Demon appeared above him his elbow extended out.

Gohan let out a scream of pain as his back bent painfully inward, all of his momentum dying in an instant.

As his body started to limply fall back to the ground Taiga helped him along by delivering a full powered ax handle to his back.

Gohan let out a short screech of pain before he impacted the ground and lay still.


Raditz had just arrived at the palace when he saw Gohan streaking by. His eyes wide with shock. 'Just how powerful is this guy?" Raditz thought to himself. He had initially assumed with Gohan's aura as powerful as it was the child would at least put up a better fight.

Raditz was frozen in place trying to decide if he should attempt to interrupt the fight or not when Turles' voice shouted out. "Alright my turn again."

Confidently the Saiyan ruler floated to the ground, his damaged arm still hanging limply by his side. "Impressive...Taiga, I believe it was. I have to say after I defeated Avo and Cado I was afraid I wasn't going to have another good fight. You seem to fit the bill though." Turles eyes had taken a predatory glint to them.

Taiga's body was shaking with rage as Turles landed between himself and Gohan. "Get out of the way. I won't allow you to keep switching whenever you feel like it."

"As far as I know I'm still the ruler of the galaxy, and you are just some planet's noble." A small smirk crossed his face before he address Raditz. "Raditz remind me to interrogate him as to where his planet is. Oh and keep the brat outta my way." Before he turned and kicked Gohan's still limp body high into the air.

Raditz quickly positioned himself to catch Gohan, before the child could fall back to the ground.

With all potential distractions out of the way Turles fully turned his attention back to Taiga. "So ready to begin?"


'Taiga? There were more of Frieza's kind?' Burter couldn't believe his eyes, he had always believed there were just three of his kind left in the universe. "Captain are you getting this?" Burter whispered into his scouter.

"Yeah...but I'm not sure what to think of this…keep an eye on things for now. We don't know if this new arrival is like Frieza or that bastard Cooler."


Turles was fighting at near full power but his adversary was keeping up better than Turles had ever hoped to find again. The fact he was down an arm before the fight really began just added to his thrill.

Each blow he landed was immediately responded too. Already he felt blood flowing down the side of his face from a blow to his lower jaw towards the beginning of the exchange.

His opponent though was taking similar damage, as his nose had clearly been broken and several massive welts were forming across Taiga's torso from well-timed punches.

Finally though Turles was ready to break the stalemate. Forcing all of his power out, he landed an uppercut square on Taiga's chin.

The Frost Demon staggered backwards, momentarily stunned. He quickly followed the strike up with a roundhouse kick to the head and finished the combo by throwing his one working hand above his head and quickly charging an attack. "Calamity Blaster!" He shouted as a massive purple blast almost immediately enveloped the Frost Demon.

Turles could only smirk as the shockwave from his attack ripped through the planet's surface.


The shockwave hit Raditz hard enough to send the hardened Saiyan warrior completely out of the sky.

Even further back Burter barely could keep himself afloat against the air pressure of the blast as Turles' palace and several square miles of the city were flattened in an instant.


For nearly a minute the battle was paused as the debris fell back to Earth and the smoke cleared.

Turles just smirked as Taiga appeared from the smoke, his hardened skins slightly singed, "I'm glad you managed to survive that one. This wouldn't be very fun if an attack of that level finished you."

"Can it Monkey. The only thing I want to hear from you is you begging for mercy." Taiga snarled still lost in his rage.

In a flash Turles and Taiga were colliding again. Each landing a fist to the other's face, immediately afterwards Turles foot launched upwards aiming to kick Taiga's face.

The Frost Demon barely reacted in time to catch the blow. Gripping his leg with two hands the Frost Demon began to spin in a in a circle building up more and more speed. Finally he launched him into the air.

Taiga unleashed a barrage of Ki blasts the instant he let go, hoping to deal enough damage to finally gain an advantage over the frustratingly powerful monkey he found himself needing to kill.

Turles though managed to deflect several of the attacks by lashing out with Ki empowered kicks and chops, sending the super charged attacks away from himself, before finally getting his body back under control.

Taiga launched himself upwards as fast as he could trying to get behind the Saiyan warrior; only to have a large blast thrown right into his path.

He quickly launched a blast of his own right into the center of the blast, causing the attack to detonate prematurely.

Taiga snarled to himself as he was forced to close his eyes, as an incredible flash shot out from the explosion.

By the time the attack had passed Turles had vanished from his previous position. Before Taiga could even hope to locate the Saiyan, he appeared behind him moving at an incredible speed, his knee driving deeply into the square of his adversaries back.

Taiga was launched back into the planet's surface, leaving a large crater when he hit.

Turles dropped straight into the crater intending to hammer away at the still stunned Frost Demon, only to see his adversary launching back up towards him a possessed look in his eyes.

The battlefield shook as fist met fist, neither fighter able to gain an advantage over the other.

Finally Turles broke the stalemate by launching a weak Ki blast from his otherwise immovable arm.

It was just strong enough to push Taiga back. Both sides stood still for a moment, trying to catch their breaths.

"You know... I never thought... I'd have a fight like this again…" Turles said with a bloody smile. "Unfortunately for you… You piqued my interest… So since I can't risk finishing you without getting those coordinates, I'm going to have to finish this now." Immediately Turles' hand reached into his armor.

Just as the Tree of Might fruit emerged though Taiga launched forward, his arm outstretched trying to reach the magical fruit.

The initial shock of his opponent actually trying to interfere with his usually unexpected strength boost, slowed Turles' reactions down slightly, he still managed to parry Taiga's first attack with a quick kick at the Frost Demon's hand.

He couldn't avoid the Frost Demon's real attack though, as for the first time in their fight he felt a tail wrap around his leg pulling the Saiyan to the ground.

As Turles fell his arm went into the reach of Taiga allowing the Frost Demon to snatch away the fruit. In same movement of his tail dragging Turles down, Taiga ignited his aura and blasted upwards at the highest speed he could muster trying to gain distance from Turles.

'Finally! It's mine!' Taiga thought to himself as he continued to gain distance from Turles who had just begun his pursuit.


It had begun the day he arrived on the world, using the advanced technology his world had gathered from centuries of being the dominant species of the galaxy, Taiga had managed to keep a low profile. His outward appearance was that of one of the local species instead of as the dominant species in the universe.

From his vantage point it was just a matter of keeping his power level suppressed and watching. He needed to learn his target's patterns, where his guards would be, how many were on the planet at any given moment. He quickly learned that the Turles' guards were just strong enough to be a nuisance if it ever came to a fight.

A part of him was curious though, as far as he could tell the capture and sale of planets had more or less ended throughout the galaxy. Why would someone take over an organization the size of the Planet Trade and eliminate its main source of revenue at the same time. And given that its main revenue stream was cut off how was it funding itself today, and why would so many strong warriors be necessary to begin with. None of it made sense to him.

It had taken him weeks of watching from the shadows, before he finally got close enough to see it, to understand what was going on. Fruit, fruit had become the currency of the empire that was once the Planet Trade.

That wasn't all though but the Saiyan in charge seemed to be allowing more or less free trade between the systems under his control. As long as each planet paid him a tribute they were spared. But if they didn't pay the entire planet would vanish seemingly overnight. Apparently all for the sake of growing these small orange fruits.

His curiosity only grew after making that discovery. At that point he was finally able to see why those fruits were so important. It was while watching an exchange between Captain Ginyu and some of his associates that he was able to notice it. After an intense training regime between several of the Ginyu Force members and the Captain, they all took out a single fruit and ate it. Immediately their wounds healed and they continued their training as if nothing had happened.

The importance of the fruit was now clear, it had some sort of magical healing properties to it, and could end up being the deciding factor in any fight he tried to engage in. At that point the Frost Demon began to alter his original plan.


After getting enough distance between them to react to any attacks the enraged Turles could throw at him, Taiga took his first bite, the effects of the fruit were like nothing he had ever expected. Not only did his wounds begin to heal instant, but he also felt a rush of strength running through his body as he quickly returned to full strength and even slightly surpassed it.

As quickly as possible Taiga finished the rest of the fruit and turned to face his now disadvantaged opponent.


Turles came to a complete halt well over a half a mile away still. A sense of dread starting to fill his body for the first time in over a decade. He was now outmatched, and had no way to turn the table on his opponent. An opponent who was in just about every way his equal to begin with. Not to mention his arm was still inoperable.

At this point there was only one path to victory left to him. Immediately he formed a pale white ball into his hand, and tossed it upwards, hoping Taiga wouldn't know all of his secrets.

His moon ball only made it a few hundred feet from his body before it suddenly exploded and dissipated into nothing.

Turles' eyes turned to face Taiga again, only to see the Frost Demon staring back, a knowing smirk on his face.

His fist tightened and loosened several times as he desperately tried to think of a solution to his current predicament, then it hit him, 'I've got to get to the vault.' Immediately he fired a barrage of Ki blasts, and launched himself in the opposite direction, back towards the ruins of his palace.

He barely made it to just above the center of his palace when Taiga suddenly phased above him and delivered a powerful ax-handle to his back.

Turles couldn't help but let out a yell of pain as his body hit the ground harder than it ever had before. He felt several bones snap on impact as his body crashed through several layers of his palace.

Finally ending up in the lowest basement, and forming a large crater.

Turles struggled to rise to his feet only for Taiga to land on his back causing blood to spray from his mouth, ribs puncturing his lung.

"Now then you monkey trash, let's start the real fun." Taiga said with a sinister smile spreading across his face.


Turles' yells echoed throughout the battlefield. Reaching even Raditz and Burter high in the sky.

Raditz's fist tightened, Turles was going to be killed if they didn't stop this now and if that happened this new monster was going to rule the galaxy and likely hunt them all down, and if that happened he'd fail at his mission to protect Gohan.

"Burter, hold onto Gohan, I'm going to try and buy Turles some time to get those fruits." Raditz said as he tossed Gohan to the still silent blue alien warrior and tried to keep his body from shaking. This was without doubt the stupidest decision of his life.

Immediately he flashed his aura and launched forward, charging up a blast in each hand.


Taiga continued to blast hole after hole into Turles extremities. Sadistically enjoying Turles' yells of agony.

He was so engrossed in his fun that he failed to notice the full powered Saiyan heading his way.

His first notice of the new combatant was a yell "Double Sunday!" Raditz shouted at the top of his lungs, his two blasts merging together into a single large blast immediately.

Taiga looked up, shouting "Idiot!" And easily dodged out of the path of the attack, leaving Turles to bear the full power of Raditz's attack.

It was only at the very last second though that Raditz pulled out a trick he saw from his own little brother shortly before his death and curved the blast back up towards the now slightly off-balance Taiga.

Immediately the frost Demon re-ignited his aura and blasted away the attack right on his heels.

'Come on Turles get moving!' Raditz shouted inwardly hoping his distraction wasn't all for nothing.


On the ground Turles was barely hanging onto his consciousness, he was vaguely aware something was happening above him, but he wasn't sure what.

A lone thought slowly crept through his mind though, 'I need fruit.' He slowly pushed his body into action. As he began to crawl up the side of the crater he was in, none of his limbs working like they should've.

Burter noticed this immediately, "Captain...things are getting out of hand here, should I intervene?" He whispered into his scouter hoping for a response.

"Get Turles then get off planet." Was Ginyu's only response.

With Gohan still over his shoulder Burter launched forward hoping Raditz would keep Taiga sufficiently distracted for him to grab their leader.

It only took him a matter of seconds to reach Turles but upon arriving his orders were immediately changed.

"Take me to...the vault…" Turles rasped out, barely able to talk.

Against his better judgement Burter scooped up Turles and rushed over to the vault door,

He barely made it halfway to the vault door before the entirety of the ruined palace was shook by a massive explosion somewhere in the distance.

Not even a fraction of a second later the trio moving towards the vault were sent flying by a blast hitting the ground just off to their side.

Burter couldn't even get onto his feet again before Taiga's hand was on Burter's throat. "You shouldn't have tried to interfere." A dangerous sneer on Taiga's face.


Raditz stared down at the situation below and felt a sense of helplessness wash over him, just to Taiga's left was the now blasted open vault containing the emergency stash of Tree of Might fruit.

A desperate plan flashed through Raditz's mind as he quickly formed a Ki attack and fired it down towards the planet's surface before racing towards his nephew.

out of the corner of his eye, Taiga noticed the golden flash of power descending, expecting an attack he immediately turned towards the sight.

Instead of needing to deflect a low level attack, he instead saw the attack crashing into the surface, and instead of detonating like most attacks, it began to drill through the surface.

A feeling of cold dread rushed through the Frost Demon as he realized the Saiyan warrior intended to try and destroy the planet to kill them all.

Without thinking about it Taiga's grip on Burter loosened immediately and the Blue warrior hit the ground, his hands immediately rushing to his partially collapsed windpipe.

The only thing the Taiga could think of was escape, even if the blast didn't kill him he would be trapped floating hopelessly in the depths of space. He needed a ship and he needed it fast.

As the Frost Demon turned to escape he noticed the partially opened vault, with a pile of fruit stacked inside.

His greed and fear fought briefly before, before greed won. He blasted through the vault door grabbing as much of the magical fruit as he could carry and continued through the vault roof into the sky in search of a ship.

In that same instant Raditz hit the ground and scooped up Gohan, "Grab Turles we've got to get moving!" He ordered the still recovering Ginyu Force member and took to the sky.

At the far end of the ruined city they arrived at a secondary spaceport. The entire planet was already rumbling showing the internal stress the planet was currently under.

Civilians were swarming the remaining ships trying to get off planet before the fight that leveled a large section of the city, escalated any further. They didn't even realize that they were facing the end of their world.

Raditz didn't think twice when he arrived outside a large cargo ship, in an instant he had fired off over two dozen small blasts instantly killing all of the desperate civilians trying to flee onto the ship. Burter landed behind him an instant later as all four of them rushed aboard and got the ship into the air and away from the doomed planet.

In a brief moment all they had worked for had collapsed, now they were back where they started, on the run from a Frost Demon who far exceeded their power. Raditz looked over to Turles' mangled body a concerned look on his face. If they couldn't quickly find a world with the proper medical facilities that is.


Hey everyone, sorry for another long delay but I am finally done with that crazy semester. I actually got one of my best GPA's ever this semester it just ate up all of my time to get there. I expect updates to speed up more while i am on break and that will hopefully carry over to next semester. Thanks to everyone who has stuck with the story so far :). Thanks again for all the reviews.

On another related note, happy 3 year anniversary everyone :). I'm sorry I'm a day late for posting this chapter on the actual 3 year anniversary, I had some stuff come up yesterday. I honestly can't believe it's been this long since I first started this story. I hope everyone has enjoyed this ride as much as I have so far.

Since it has been awhile since I've done a power level list for this batch of characters we'll have a short one this chapter.

Power List

Turles - 5,000,000

Taiga - 4,700,000

Gohan - 1,000,000

Gohan (Rage boost 1) - 4,000,000

Raditz - 900,000

Burter - 600,000

Turles (post combat) - 2,400,000

Taiga (post combat) - 2,300,000

Taiga (post Tree of Might) - 4,710,000

Reviews:

RKF22 - Excellent work wonder how strong Gohan has become

This one should be answered in the power level list. Hope you enjoyed the latest chapter.

The Lord of the Pies - Well this was a nice suprise! I'd almost forgotten about this story. I gotta admit, I spent fifteen minutes trying to remember what the f$& is going on :) . I'm curious what Cold's new form is gonna look like, whether it's similar to Cooler's or completely new. As for Gohan, I'm guessing this is Kuriza, if I remember what's going on correctly, can't wait to see that fight! Anyways, I'm excited for the next chapter, no matter how long it takes!

Glad you enjoyed the last chapter, hopefully this one was a nice surprise for you too. I had intended for his 5th form to look pretty much the same as Cooler's, the coloring would be different though. Since it's been so long I'm sure everyone has forgotten this scene a few chapter back, but Planet Frost is in a state of complete civil war at the moment. Kuriza was one of the first victims of the in-fighting his head on a spike in front of the throne. One of the noble families decided to make a ploy for the rest of the galaxy while the infighting continued. They sent Taiga, a low level Noble to deal with everything going on with Turles and get that under control while they continued their fight on the planet.

Simgr101 - Welcome back, you have been missed. I loved Nappa's arc honestly and I look forward to seeing his family again in whatever way that may be. Frieza's return! Turles my good sir, it was at this moment you knew you fucked up. If this is Frieza and not just a random ice demon then I see a massive betrayal against Turles coming up real soon.

Hey, sorry again for another long wait, I'm glad you're still sticking with the story though :). Glad you enjoyed the Nappa arc, some important ground work was definitely laid during those chapter ;). As for if this was Frieza or not, that particular Frost Demon was last seen as Cepa's pet down in hell. Hope you enjoyed Taiga's battle's this chapter. For the back story on him you can look at the response for The Lord of the Pies review for his backstory ;)

Dragonmaster1296 - Awesome to finally have a new chapter to come out. Nice tricking us into thinking it was goten being born instead of a female oc saiyan. I would of never thought you would give cold a fifth form like cooler though it was too read for the short time he was there but I can't image how strong cepa is if a fifth form cold whose power I'm guess is around 700 million is no match for her. It looks like there is a winner to the civil war on planet frost and they have come to take the throne and I look forward to seeing the power levels an how strong gohan, raditz, and the ginryu force have become

Glad you enjoyed last chapter, I hope you enjoyed this one too. I'm glad you enjoyed the suspense on who would be born. My thinking is since it is early even if it was a boy that boy wouldn't necessarily be the same Goten we saw in the show. Pretty close on the estimate I gave for 5th form Cold, I've placed him at around Perfect Cell's level, so around 800,000,000. We haven't been back to Frost since that brief chapter, but a victor very likely has been decided at this point. Taiga was a agent sent during the heat of the war, during that brief scene a few chapters back to try and stabilize things in the rest of the galaxy while things were decided back home. I'm glad you remembered the civil war scene though :)

Luke - Haha, I've been waiting faithfully for an update on this story for a very long time. Glad to see you are still in a creative mood!

Great chapter! Lots covered! Frieza, huh?

Glad you're still enjoying the story, sorry for all the waiting. Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well ;)

super mystic gohan - glad the chapter up isit actually frieza attacking though ? and see cepa actually a lot stronger than she lets on so yeah she would kick goku ass! and how long was nappa in hell for? and how much longer have all the time got to train till the androids come? and will you do a filler chapter with what the humans have been doing in there training at all before the androids turn up even if its a small one?

Glad you enjoyed the chapter, I hope you enjoyed this one as well. No it wasn't Frieza but an agent from Planet Frost. At this point Cepa could likely one punch any of the Saiyan warriors still alive at this point. Just imagine the monster that finally sent her down there ;). The last chapter was about the halfway point of the 3 years. The stuff going on with Gohan is at 2.5/3 years. I was planning on having a human focused chapter, but these chapters have already lasted alot longer than I was expecting. I will have to decide what to do for the next chapter.

tarrangar - I must say I like the whole warriors from the past in Hell, but I also see why they aren't there in canon, I believe it's because Dragonballs Hell isn't an eternal punishment but merely a very long prison sentence before you get to be reincarnated.

I prefer that belief for Hell in general myself, because I really don't think anyone deserves an eternity of suffering, even the worst criminals deserve a few million years at most.

That's also an interesting view of the DBZ after life. Since we don't know for sure which way it actually works we can't be sure. Both are interesting view for it I think. Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well.

JOEL - I am so glad you are back!

I had a bad feeling that you stopped writing your story.
is it possible if you could answer a few of my questions.

Q1] How strong is future Videl?
Q2]Who is stronger Chichi or Gohan?
Q3] is there a possibility that Turles could become a hero?
I know I am ask quite a few questions but how strong is Cepa compared to cannon dragon ball characters .Where does she stand in power compared to characters such as cannon perfect cell and so on.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

Glad you are still following the story. I don't intend to stop the story any time soon, just based on how difficult my last semester has been I couldn't keep up my school and my story and since I'm already a long shot to get into grad school I had to focus all of my effort to giving things one last good go.

Future Videl is strong she would far outpace any of the human fighters at this point. Her full power plus Kaioken is over 100,000,000, with an upper limit of being able to beat Full power Final form Frieza aka 120,000,000

At the moment Chi Chi with Kaioken is stronger than Gohan. Gohan with his rage burst is strong enough to at least give her a fight for a minute.

All i'll say about Turles is he's alive at the moment so anything is possible, this is DBZ after all.

To at least give you an idea of how strong Cepa is, I'm placing 5th form Frieza at Perfect Cell level so 800,000,000, and she was still somewhat playing with him at that point. I won't go into her full power at the moment though ;). Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Spirax570 - I was wondering when you would come back

A superb story

Q1] Will there be new androids?
Q2]How long do you plan to continue this story?
Q3]When will Gohan return to earth?
Q4] Did future Gohan return to earth?

keep up the good work!

Sorry I was gone for so long, I have to put school first. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

New Androids are possible, Dr. Gero has been a busy Android builder.

I plan on continuing this story all the way through the end. Currently estimating it at around 125ish chapters in all.

Gohan's return will come in due time, I'm sorry it's taken so long but I think everyone will enjoy it when the time comes.

I think I might've touched on this really briefly during Lime's introduction so it really isn't a spoiler. Future Gohan did not return to Earth, because the condition for him returning to Earth was not met.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.