Piccolo's Vengeance
(Last time on Piccolo's Students, Frieza went into his third form and began overpowering those fighting for their lives. At the last moment the son of the demon king Piccolo arrived. Will the sacrifice of Nail be enough to help Piccolo stop Frieza, find out now!)
Goku gasped in his healing pod and flinched, the sudden arrival of power he sensed where the others were fighting, surprising him greatly. "Who who could that be?" He asked himself and concentrated harder. "Piccolo... but how his power is like something I've never felt, not even kaioken could explain it." He thought and focused on the others there, several were gravely injured, but Goku hoped this new power could keep everyone alive until he got there.
Piccolo laughed softly. "Sorry to keep you waiting Gohan." Piccolo said.
Chi-Chi gasped, opening her eyes after hearing Piccolo's voice. She found herself clinging to his side for dear life. "You're... you're here." Chi-Chi said in amazement.
"Yes.. and you can let go now." Piccolo said, a little uncomfortably while Frieza watched him with agitation.
"Huh oh right." Chi-Chi blushed and quickly let go. She then bit her lip thinking and gave Piccolo a quick hug. "Thank you for saving us again." Chi-Chi said. Piccolo froze unsure what to do. Chi-Chi giggled and let go. "You know I think I see right through your tough guy act." She said with a smile. "But you did take your sweet time getting here." She said a little angrily.
"Uhh." Piccolo said trying to process his own thoughts as well as trying to decipher Chi-Chi's emotions that he just couldn't keep up with. He shook his head, this being neither the time or place. "Get Gohan and Fasha to safety." He said. Chi-Chi nodded.
"So you know everything that has been going on?" She asked as she gently picked up Fasha and Gohan.
"Mostly, I've been watching." Piccolo said and assumed a fighting stance.
"Wait so you lot wasted one of the wishes on bringing him here?" Vegeta asked angrily.
"Well actually two." Krillin said, chuckling nervously.
"But Nappa killed him, what help could he be?" Vegeta asked.
"Hey still here." Nappa said weakly after coming too. He gulped a little seeing Piccolo.
"Shut it Vegeta, I was brought here to kill Frieza, and once I'm done with him it's your turn." Piccolo said and looked down at Nappa. Frieza covered his mouth with his hand, finding this Namekian's bravado amusing. Chi-Chi lay Fasha and Gohan down where the others were gathered, watching Piccolo and Frieza. Puar came back carrying an injured Raditz to them as well. "Dende be sure to heal the others when Frieza isn't watching, just in case." Piccolo said telepathically to him. Dende's eyes got big, wondering how this stranger knew so much about him.
"Well I'm waiting." Frieza said, twitching his tail impatiently.
"Hold on." Piccolo said and glared at Nappa, while Frieza dealt with the fact that he had basically just been ignored.
"Ehh no hard feelins right pal?" Nappa asked. Piccolo smirked again.
"Of course not." Piccolo said and levitated Nappa with his mind, he threw him harder then what was necessary at Vegeta so he'd be close by for Dende to heal. Vegeta sucked for air and tried to get out from beneath Nappa as Nappa groaned in pain.
"Still feelings... yup definitely still sore about that." Nappa grunted.
"I'm not the only one that likes to terrorize these monkeys it seems." Frieza chuckled. "But if someone doesn't do something soon I'm going to destroy this planet out of boredom." He threatened.
"That's why I'm here, I'm the son of the Demon King Piccolo, and I will make you pay for what you've done here!" Piccolo shouted and powered up some. The earthlings stared in amazement, his power beyond anything that had yet conceived of. Vegeta looked on in horror almost, this Namekian, of all beings, surpassing him by so great an amount, to him it was inconceivable.
"Yes yes I'm a ruthless dictator, and have obliterated millions of lives, your point?" Frieza asked mockingly.
"That I promise I will kill you!" Piccolo said and reached his right arm back.
"Do your best, the most powerful of your kind barely left a dent, and now I'm more then ten times stronger then I was then." He chuckled, but his laughter was cut off suddenly as Piccolo right arm stretched out at amazing speeds, covering the distance quicker then the blink of an eye. Piccolo made his hand a bit bigger as he grabbed Frieza's neck. The sound of laughter was replace gags as Piccolo choked Frieza. "Impossible." Frieza barely got out.
"Just keep thinking that." Piccolo said with a smirk, and retracted his arm to its normal length, whipping Frieza to him along with it. Once within reach, Frieza was punched hard in the gut and spat up blood.
The others watched in absolute shock. "Can you give me some cover so I can heal them?" Dende whispered to Puar. Puar turned into a large boulder for Dende to hide behind as he healed the others. He started with Gohan and caused his tail to regrow. He then healed Nappa regrowing his tail too, followed by Raditz and Fasha, all without Frieza noticing. Dende looked from behind the boulder, hearing Frieza scream.
After punching Frieza hard in the gut, Piccolo grabbed his tail and began spinning him, making a small tornado around them. Frieza screamed in anger as he was spun around. Finally he threw Frieza and then vanished from sight. He reappeared in front of Frieza's trajectory, holding up a fist which Frieza's face slammed into. He started to fall but was hit in the gut with Piccolo's knee. Piccolo then proceeded to absolutely demolish Frieza with a beat down.
"Time to end this Frieza!" Piccolo yelled. With that, Piccolo did a hard chop to Frieza's neck and then kicked him high into the sky. Piccolo vanished and reappeared above frieza. He grabbed the two biggest spikes on Frieza's back with each hand as his feet pressed against Frieza's back.
"What are you doing... Namek?" Frieza asked, grunting in pain.
"Just some remodeling." Piccolo said and with a yell broke off both of the large spikes off where they connected to Frieza's back. Frieza was then kicked towards the ground as he howled in pain.
The others continued to watch in disbelief. "Brutal." Krillin said softly.
"I'm not done with you just yet." Piccolo said and stretched his arms forward, each still holding a spike. They went past Frieza, and then came back towards the tyrant, the spikes pointed at him. Frieza's eyes widened as he saw them coming at him. He got ready to dodge but a blast fired from Piccolo's mouth sent him falling even faster. The others gasped, realizing what Piccolo was planning to do. Chi-Chi covered Gohan's eyes, causing him to pout.
Time seemed to slow down as both of Frieza's spikes impaled him on either sides of his chest as Piccolo flooded them with ki. Frieza spat up blood. "Ha... ha... how?" He gasped before Piccolo's arms began moving again. Frieza was spun in a wide circle before being thrown into the sky. Piccolo retracted his arms and created seven balls of basketball sized energy that he began to juggle. He added more power and speed to each till it looked like Piccolo was holding a ring of energy. Once they were ready he fired one after the other in quick succession at Frieza. Two connected to Frieza's knees, two more around his elbows, two latched on to the bases of the spikes still in Frieza, and the seventh latched on around Frieza's neck. Then Piccolo held out his right palm towards Frieza while his left hand held his wrist and fired the same attack he used to destroy the moon. Piccolo's previous attack prevented him from dodging this last attack. It pushed Frieza outside of Namek's atmosphere and into space. Once there, the seven balls of ki detonated together in a massive explosion that was visible from the ground. Piccolo placed two fingers on his head as he waited to see if Frieza survived or not.
"Remind me not to ever make Piccolo mad, alright?" Krillin asked. Gohan had finally gotten free from his mom and got to see the explosion in the sky. The others nodded in agreement with Krillin, except for Vegeta. He looked a little pale.
"You blasted fool, Frieza can survive in space. You've just given him the perfect opportunity to destroy the planet if he's still alive!" Vegeta yelled at Piccolo.
"What... he can actually survive in space?" Piccolo asked shocked. Raditz and Nappa nodded in agreement.
"I got so caught up I forgot about that, I thought you had killed him." Nappa admitted. Piccolo tensed and continued charging his special beam cannon. Raditz involuntarily winced, recognizing the move that had killed him.
Sure enough, high above the planet Namek, a very angry and broken Frieza stared down at the planet. He was heavily damaged. "I've had enough of this loathsome planet. Begone." He said and raised his arm with one finger pointing up. He formed the same attack that had destroyed Bardock and planet Vegeta with him so long ago. The orb of destructive energy grew and grew in size. With a flick of his wrist it was thrown and it continued to grow as it headed for Namek. It was soon visible too those down below. Frieza chuckled darkly and began powering up, going into his final transformation.
Goku flinched, sensing the orb of destructive energy hurtling towards the planet. "Come on guys, you can do it." He thought, and was desperate to get out there to help.
Piccolo watched the planet destroying attack come closer. "Everyone, we gotta do our best to push it back. Dende, go ahead and heal Vegeta." Piccolo said.
"But?" Dende asked panicked.
"Just do it." Piccolo yelled as the others began charging up their attacks. Dende jumped some and then went to Vegeta.
"About time." Vegeta grumbled as Dende began healing him. The humans and Raditz charged Kamehamehas to their max and fired together towards the gigantic sphere of destruction. Fasha and Nappa threw a barrage of Bomber DXs, trying to push it back. Desperate to help, Puar shapeshifted into a great ape, and fired her own Kamehameha into the sky along with the others. The combined beams momentarily halted the descent of Frieza's nova attack towards the planet, but it continued to grow in size. Piccolo growled realizing he'd have to use the special beam cannon he was charging to kill Frieza, to save Namek instead. He let out a yell as he grew into his giant form. He pointed his right hand forward and grabbed his wrist with his left hand as he opened his palm.
"Give it everything you've got!" Piccolo roared. "Special beam wave!" He shouted, firing off the charged attack. The others yelled out in unison and gave what they had left.
Frieza was moments away from reaching his true form. He took mild amusement at the fact that they had managed to halt his attack from reaching Namek. No matter, soon he could send dozens of planet destroying attacks down, or maybe play with his toys a bit longer. His thoughts were interrupted as a massive force slammed into his super nova attack. It began to be pushed back faster and faster at him. Frieza let out a silent yell in space as he changed into his final form and his planet busting attack exploded around him.
Namek's sky seemed to catch on fire as the horizon above was filled with the explosion of Frieza's attack. Piccolo fell to his knees and changed back to his normal size as everyone had to look away and cover their eyes. However Piccolo could still feel him, as did Vegeta. Frieza was still alive up there, and stronger then ever. Vegeta clenched his fist in anger, despite the zenkai gained from Dende healing him, he could tell he was still weaker then Frieza and Piccolo, possibly even in his great ape form. He watched as Dende went to Piccolo to try and heal him and restore his strength. There was only one option while everyone was still distracted and with their defenses down. Vegeta charge up some power and shot out four shots, hitting Nappa, Fasha, Raditz and Gohan in the back. All four grunted and fell to the ground. "A little payback." Vegeta chuckled.
"Va... Vegeta!" Krillin yelled angrily as a look of confusion and horror took over Upa's and Puar's faces. Piccolo growled standing up.
"What's the big idea!" Piccolo demanded as Chi-Chi flew like lightning at Vegeta, her rage bubbling like a volcano, ready to erupt.
"You hurt my baby!" She screamed and stabbed her sword deep into his side and then pulled it out. She kneed him in the same wound and then body slammed him into the ground before jumping back and checking on Gohan. Vegeta groaned and flipped over.
"Not enough to kill him, or any of them. Once little green over there heals us we will all be stronger. You can feel Frieza's strength... we need every advantage." Vegeta grunted.
"That seems like the easy way out." Piccolo said thinking. "But it may be the only way. Puar give them some cover so Dende can heal them, I'll distract Frieza." Piccolo said and looked into the sky, still sensing Frieza. Puar turned into a giant tent over the ones Vegeta had hurt. Upa and Krillin tossed Vegeta inside. Dende flew in and began healing.
High above Namek, Frieza opened his eyes and looked around after the explosion had finished. Now in his true form,his body was much smaller and more streamlined. All the wounds he had sustained in his previous forms were no longer visible. Even his tail was now whole. "Those pathetic beings actually managed to save the planet.. no matter. They've only prolonged their suffering. No mortals outside of my family can withstand my true power." He thought. He chuckled darkly and began flying down to the planet as though he were a comet about to impact it. He held his hand forward in a fist.
Piccolo spotted Frieza cutting through the sky. "Take cover!" He said to the others and powered up.
"Witness my true form and now die!" Frieza yelled and attempted to punch Piccolo with his momentum. Piccolo used both hands to block the punch. Frieza hit with the impact of an asteroid. Piccolo grunted, absorbing the hit. The shockwave of the collision caused a small earthquake. The force of the shockwave pushed Puar off the ground momentarily, revealing Dende healing Nappa. Frieza glimpsed the sight before being shocked by the fact that the Namekian was still standing. He was even more shocked as Piccolo held his hand and then slammed him into the ground behind him.
Frieza grumbled as he stood back up and faced Piccolo. "It seems our strength is about even." He said a little too calmly and then charged at Piccolo. The pair exchanged blows. Though they were even in strength, Frieza failed to land a single hit as Piccolo dodged, blocked and parried. He followed each with a devastating counter attack, his vast knowledge of martial arts and fighting giving Piccolo a distinct advantage over Frieza who obviously relied on his overwhelming power in all previous fights. Frieza cursed as Piccolo drop kicked him into a boulder, shattering it. Frieza growled and was actually a little winded from the attack.
"Teh, didn't expect someone to actually be as strong as you in your true form?" Piccolo asked.
"Well that is very much true, but this is merely a glimpse of my true power. Just ten percent in fact." Frieza chuckled as he levitated out of the remains of the boulder.
"What you can't be serious." Piccolo said.
"Deadly serious." Frieza said and flicked his long tail like a cat watching its cornered prey.
"Then I guess I need to start fighting seriously." Piccolo said and took off his cape and his weighted clothing.
"Wait what?" Frieza asked stunned that Piccolo didn't show the least bit of fear.
"Even if you are holding back considerably, I've got several lifetimes of experience and knowledge in fighting on my side... I will destroy you Frieza!" Piccolo shouted.
Whether this was just grandstanding or not, Frieza was unsure. However he couldn't risk the Namekian distracting him any longer while the Saiyans kept getting stronger now that he knew there was a healer helping them. "First let's play catch." Frieza said and hurled a nova blast. Piccolo gasped and chased after it. It took most of his strength to knock the planet destroying sphere into the air to save Namek. Meanwhile, Frieza opened his palm towards Puar in her tent form and sent a telekinetic push that threw her off the ground and slammed her into some trees, revealing the Saiyans and Dende underneath her. Puar turned back into her cat form.
Vegeta had already been preparing a version of his final flash. He fired it off at Frieza with everything he had. Frieza vanished in a beam of light that engulfed him from the attack. However Vegeta could still sense his power and knew he wasn't dead yet. As his attack finished he lowered one hand and began preparing a power ball to throw up into the air. His eyes widened as he saw a hand reach out of the remnants of his energy beam. The hand grabbed his neck and a tail wrapped around the arm creating the power ball, crushing it. Vegeta howled in pain and the forming power ball faded away.
"What is it little prince, you look like you've seen a ghost." Frieza chuckled darkly and used his free hand to blast Vegeta's other arm as he continued to choke him. All of this happened so quickly that the others didn't even have time to react before Vegeta was incapacitated. Vegeta only managed to spit in Frieza's face in response. That earned him an immediate head butt that left the prince limp. "Now now, don't go dying on me just yet, I'm saving you for last." Frieza said and unraveled his tail around Vegeta's arm. He wrapped his tail around Vegeta's legs instead. "However one of you dies now." Frieza chuckled and spun, swinging Vegeta's body with his tail. He slammed Vegeta's body hard into Dende, sending the little Namekian flying. Dende had tried to heal Vegeta when they collided but it seemed to do little good. The small Namekian's body came to rest over the spot where the Saibamen had fallen. Dende's healing powers seeped into the ground and into the seeds of the Saibamen. The grass grew greener and flowers bloomed around Dende's body. Frieza then let go of Vegeta and let him fly into Nappa, knocking Nappa onto the ground.
Goku flinched, feeling the power of an individual being snuffed out, but he couldn't tell who it was. He clenched his hand in anger, still unable to help. However he gasped sensing Gohan's power spike again. "Be careful Gohan." He thought.
Enraged at Dende's death, Gohan blind sided Frieza again and sent him soaring into the air with a volley of Masenkos. Piccolo leaped into the air and pushed the giant ball of energy that he had deflected from Namek back at Frieza. The sky erupted with an explosion as Piccolo landed beside Gohan who was panting. Piccolo placed two fingers on his own forehead and began charging. Nappa was trying to wake up Vegeta.
"Without Vegeta we can't transform, so now what?" Raditz asked, showing a little fear in his voice.
"No need to panic... the same attack I used on you and Goku should be enough to put him down. But I need time to charge it." Piccolo said. Raditz looked over at him and paled seeing the stance Piccolo uses to prepare his special beam cannon.
"How are we supposed to buy time? Vegeta was the strongest of us Saiyans and Frieza demolished him." Fasha asked.
"Vegeta was arrogant and didn't fight smart. Frieza can't sense energy, so we need to use that to our advantage." Piccolo said.
"I get it, we find hiding spots and wait for the perfect opportunity to strike." Upa said.
Piccolo nodded. "I'll try to force him into positions where you can score a hit in, remember you don't have to hurt him, just distract him and then get yourself to safety and set up for another hit." He ordered.
"Who made you the boss?" Nappa asked, glaring at the Namekian who glared back with an even colder gaze. Before Piccolo could reply Fasha elbowed Nappa in the side.
"Unless you have a way to stop Frieza, shut it." She said to her father. Nappa huffed but stayed quiet. "That's what I thought." She said with a satisfied smile. Piccolo even cracked a slight smile because she made Nappa fume.
"All that being said.. I'm not certain I can keep him from blowing up the planet, if you see him try to, hit whatever he's creating with your best attack. Once I'm ready you all need to pin him down with your strongest attack so he can't dodge out of the way." Piccolo said and eyed the clearing of smoke in the sky, easily able to pick out where Frieza was in it as Frieza's power continued to climb upwards. The others nodded and on that note, Piccolo attempted to reach out to King Kai.
"I'll keep trying to wake up Vegeta so you can help fight." Puar said to Nappa.
"Alright find some cover." Nappa said to her and handed over the prince. With a pink poof of smoke, Puar took Piccolo's shape so she could easily hold Vegeta. She flew into a crevice between too cliffs.
As Puar and Nappa talked, Piccolo's call was heard by Kami, who passed it onto King Kai. "Uh oh yeah Piccolo I'm impressed and you're right about Namek not being able to survive this battle." King Kai said telepathically.
"Then can you send a message to all the Namekians still alive to go to Frieza's ship so Bulma can get them off world?" Piccolo asked.
"Sure thing Piccolo, and I'll tell them to avoid your battle like a bad space virus." King Kai replied chuckling and sent the message to all the Namekians on Namek and Bulma. Bulma panicked briefly but then doubled down on getting Frieza's ship ready to fly with the help of C-6. The Namekians began flying towards the ship, giving a wide berth to where they sensed Frieza and the others.
Piccolo whispered something to Krillin and Upa. They nodded as Frieza became visible in the sky. Piccolo charged into the sky and used his after image technique to fool Frieza. Then Upa used a light bang arrow along with Krillin's solar flare to blind Frieza. Piccolo followed up with a chain of punches and kicks while everyone else scattered to their positions.
Despite Frieza now being close to twice as strong as Piccolo after powering up some, Piccolo kept him on his heels. The constant barrage of sudden attacks from out of no where kept Frieza unbalanced, thus ruining most of his counter attacks and giving Piccolo the time needed to charge his attack in increments. When Frieza tried to go after the other fighters Piccolo took full advantage and delivered a punishing blow each time. "I've had enough of this." Frieza said and flew high into the sky so he could see the attacks thrown his way and easily dodge them.
"Big mistake." Chi-Chi said softly and made several swipes with her sword, summoning a ferocious thunder storm. Frieza growled as the dark clouds blocked his view. Piccolo took the time to charge his special beam cannon more as the others fired blast after blast aimed at Frieza. With a point of her sword and focusing hard on Frieza she made the sky burst in a flash of sustained light as lightning from all sides hit Frieza stunning him. He just barely over came the stun in time to avoid a destructo disc that cut his cheek.
"Enough!" Frieza screamed and created a shockwave around himself that sent the the clouds rolling away from his position like a scroll, causing havoc with sudden storms forming everywhere else on Namek.
"Can't catch me!" Piccolo shouted and blasted him in the back before diving into a large body of water. He resumed charging his special beam cannon on the sea floor. Frieza growled and chased after him shooting errant blasts into the water, all missing. The result was a steam and then fog that was created.
Meanwhile Puar did her best to try and wake Vegeta. She started simple, turning into an obnoxious alarm clock that continually rang. She poofed backed after that didn't work. She then turned into a snowman and landed on top of Vegeta, hoping the cold would wake him. Still no dice. She decided to try coaxing that famous Saiyan appetite by turning into an aromatic tray of freshly fried bacon. Vegeta sniffed once but still nothing else. She tried turning into a bottle of smelling salts next. He crinkled his nose but made no other movements. She changed back and opened his eyelids. "Come on wake up." She huffed and slapped him. Still nothing. She smiled getting an idea and flew off. The steady drum of a helicopter could be heard as Puar returned as a helicopter outfitted to fight wild fires. She dropped a huge payload of water onto Vegeta before turning back. She flew down to check on him. Now he was just a soggy unconscious Saiyan prince. Next she tried turning into a camp fire and setting his tush on fire. Unfortunately his armor appeared to be fireproof. She changed back pouting as she ran out of ideas.
Vegeta sputtered a little, his body reflexively dispelling some water that had gotten up his nose. This gave her an idea. She turned into a copy of Frieza and tossed Vegeta into the air, much higher then she meant to but that was fine, maybe the sensation of falling would wake him. It didn't. She then turned into a set catapult. Vegeta fell right where the rock would normally be. Puar let out the tension she had been building up and sent Vegeta flying. She changed back into Frieza's shape and followed him. "Come on Vegeta, wake up!" She yelled as he hit water. He started to sink but then his eyes fluttered open. In a blur he shot out of the water and aimed a kick for Puar.
"Frieza!" Vegeta yelled as Puar barely managed to block the kick, expecting to get sent flying backwards and closed her eyes in fear. Instead she held firm and only moved back an inch. She opened her eyes confused and saw another kick coming for her head.
"Wait I'm not Frieza!" Puar squeaked and vanished in a puff before reappearing in her normal fuzzy form as Vegeta's kick missed.
"Warn someone next time, and why am I soaked?" Vegeta asked.
"I had a hard time waking you up, but now you're up and can throw that ball thing so you and the others can transform and help Piccolo kill Frieza." She cheered.
"Wrong.. I can't move my arms, and if I can't use them I can't create the power ball. I need that Namekian kid to heal me." Vegeta said.
Puar's eyes watered as her excitement died a quick death. "What is it, why are you wasting time fur ball?" Vegeta growled.
"Dende's dead, Frieza killed him... is is there some other way you can be healed?" She asked.
"Not without the ship or some Blutz waves created by a moon... but you could help that Namekian why are you sticking around here?" Vegeta growled.
"Huh... I'm not a fighter." Puar said softly.
"That's plenty obvious but when you were in Frieza's form you had some of his power. He's still stronger then you were, but you could slow him down." Vegeta said.
"I'll ... I'll try." Puar said and flew off towards Frieza. She changed into a copy of Frieza once she entered the fog.
Frieza peered through the fog, searching for Piccolo. Underwater Piccolo used a one handed version to create the spheres of energy he had used to pin Frieza before. He spread them out and shot them out of the water like missiles from a submarine to further distract Frieza and buy himself more time. He blinked in confusion suddenly sensing two Frieza's... well no one was slightly off and about half as strong as the real thing. He chuckled silently underwater, impressed by the tiny shapeshifting Puar.
Frieza froze seeing his reflection emerge from the fog. It then vanished again.
"Alright Namekian, I've had enough of your parlor tricks." Frieza said unamused.
"I'm no illusion." He heard his own voice say softly from behind him. He turned around, nothing. "In front of you now." The voice said. Frieza turned and gasped seeing his own eyes staring back at him before they vanished into the fog again.
"What's what's going on here?" Frieza asked, a tinge of concern in his voice. He felt a tap on his shoulder and glimpsed what looked like his tail retreating into the fog. "Who's there?" Frieza growled.
"Hmm well I suppose I'm you... maybe your conscience or perhaps more accurately the ghost of your future self here to warn you." Puar chuckled.
"I fear nothing, whatever you are." Frieza said and fired a few blind shots into the fog.
"Even death?" Puar asked as an odd sound was heard. Frieza's body reappeared missing its head seemingly freshly cut off... "Down here." Puar said. In the headless Frieza's body's hands was Frieza's severed head. The head turned staring up at Frieza with empty eyes and then cackled crazily before vanishing again as the same odd sound was heard.
"No! Get away!" Frieza screamed actually a little unhinged as he pushed the fog away. Puar appeared again, now looking like Frieza again, the head where it's supposed to be this time. Piccolo wasn't entirely sure what Puar was doing, but she'd almost given him all the time he needed. He reached out to Gohan, Raditz, Fasha and Nappa, giving them some instructions.
Frieza gritted his teeth but then noticed that the attacks fired off by the others had stopped ever since this copy had shown up. "Why aren't they still.. of course they've stopped attacking because they're afraid they'll hit their changeling friend." Frieza chuckled.
"Shapeshifter actually." Puar said and turned her body blue and let her normal ears appear as she stayed in Frieza's form.
"You had me going for a moment... but now it's over." Frieza said and shot a death beam at her. She narrowly dodged it. "Well well isn't this interesting, it seems you have a fraction of my power to boot." Frieza smiled.
"Would you like to see how much?" She asked.
"Hmm go ahead, it seems the Namekian I was fighting got smart and hit the road. Give it your best." Frieza said.
Puar took a deep breath, hoping she could pull this off. Surely she could after watching Yamcha do it for so long. "Wolf Fang Fist!" She yelled and unleashed the combos of hits into Frieza, ending with her hands held out in the shape of a wolf. Without hesitation she pulled them back charging a Kamehameha and released it point blank into Frieza, sending him upward.
"Now." Piccolo said into the heads of the Saiyans still able to fight. Just as Puar's beam ended, Fasha and Nappa fired two high powered breaker cannons from below. Frieza caught each beam with one of his feet. Simultaneously, Gohan and Raditz appeared on either side of him. Both fired Kamehamehas they had been charging. Frieza caught each of them with his hands and held them back. The four poured out more energy to keep Frieza in place as he held back the beams. Piccolo lowered his hand and pointed it forward. He stretched out hand to the surface of the water and fired his special beam cannon that had been charged to a massive extent. The power of it instantly evaporated the water around Piccolo, revealing himself.
Frieza expected the attack and attempted to use his tail to block Nappa and Fasha's attacks so he could dodge, but it was too little too late. Instead of going through the chest were Piccolo aimed it, the beam bore into Frieza's stomach. The spiraling beam dug deeper and deeper into Frieza flesh before piercing the emperor all the way through. The beam continued on its path and traveled far out into space, the amount of its power causing the planet itself seem to shudder some. Disbelief was briefly apparent on Frieza's face before he lost his ability to hold back the four beams pressing into him. Yet another great explosion occurred as the four attacks collided.
"Don't let up." Piccolo shouted, rising out of the water and shot countless blasts into the explosion. Krillin shot off a Double Scatter Kamehameha he'd been charging and then prepared the best destructo disc he could muster. Chi-Chi sent out slashes of energy from her sword and Upa rained down a volley of ki infused arrows. Puar fired another Kamehameha. Not willing to be left out of killing Frieza, Vegeta fired the strongest beam he could create from his eyes into the explosion. Piccolo condensed the explosion and all the energy being unleashed into it till he couldn't hold it any longer and let it explode again as he sent it back down to the ground. A plume of smoke following the explosion crashed into the ground creating a crater.
"This is it!" Krillin yelled and threw a super sized destructo disc down into the center of the crater to seal the deal. The amount of power that had been exerted momentarily diminished everyone's ability to sense energy. They waited anxiously for the smoke to clear as they landed on the ground.
Goku gasped, opening his eyes as he felt the tremendous amount of power Piccolo unleashed. Goku cracked a smile, surprisingly proud of how strong his rival had become. The healing tank he was in pinged, indicating that he was done healing. The healing fluids drained and the glass door popped open. Goku sprang out of the tank in one motion and undid all the cords connected to him. He began to get dressed in the clothes his family had laid out for him.
Goku had just finished tying the belt around his orange Gi when Bulma entered the room. "You're up, you just missed one heck of a light show." Bulma said, having witnessed Piccolo's beam going into the sky followed by some explosions. Goku shook his head.
"I didn't see them, but I sure felt them... feels like I might not be fighting Frieza after all. However a rematch with Piccolo and Vegeta sounds just as good." Goku smiled happily.
"Wait they really beat him? And without you?" Bulma asked shocked.
"Yeah... kinda rude wasn't it?" Goku asked pouting a little but suddenly got serious as his head snapped to attention, as he focused on a energy that was slowly rising. Bulma paled as she realized what that far off stare in Goku's eyes meant.
Krillin's destructo disc slowly swirled away all the smoke, revealing that it was being held between the two hands of Frieza, who was on his knees. The disc cutting a scar across his chest as he struggled to hold it back. He slammed his tail into the side of it breaking it and causing a small explosion. Frieza slowly rose out of the smoke. One hand gripped his stomach where a hole went all the way through his body. His eyes twitched in absolute wrath as he stared down the fighters, who couldn't believe their eyes. "How.. how could he survive that?" Raditz asked as Piccolo grunted in aggravation.
"Well maybe we weakened him enough to where we can fight him, can't be easy to walk off that wound." Nappa said.
"It's no good." Piccolo growled. "His power diminished some but even now it's still rising and has surpassed how strong he was before." He continued.
Back on Frieza's ship, Goku confirmed Bulma's fears. "He's still alive.. hurt yes.. but his power is still rising." Goku said softly.
"Then what are you waiting for, go and help them, I'm sure you can beat him." Bulma said. Goku slowly shook his head.
"I'm much stronger now but even if I pushed my Kaioken as high as I could, I don't think I could out do what Piccolo just did." Goku said. Bulma fell to her knees in despair.
"So we can't beat him?" She asked.
"I didn't say that Bulma, cheer up. I've got one technique that could do the job, but it'll take time to charge, and if I miss it could destroy the planet, the Spirit Bomb." Goku said thinking. "Yeah the biggest problem is keeping Frieza in place to hit him perfectly so it doesn't hurt the planet." Goku added. Bulma stood back up thinking.
"So something to keep Frieza in place would be helpful?" She asked, the gears in her mind already spinning faster and faster. Goku nodded. "Then I'll figure something out here, just come up with a back up plan just in case. Worst case scenario we can evacuate the planet, all the Namekians are supposed to be making their way here." Bulma smiled.
"You're the best Bulma, but I best be getting over there now." Goku said and looked in the direction were he sensed Frieza. When he looked back though, Bulma was already gone, brainstorming ideas of how to help using what she had at her disposal. Goku shrugged and flew to the exit of the ship, passing a few Namekians on the way. He contacted King Kai to let him in on the plan.
"Why not just flee Namek, most of the Namekians have gotten to Frieza's ship already?" King Kai asked.
"Then he might just follow us to earth, besides I feel like the others got so close to stopping him." Goku replied.
"They did have me fooled for a bit...oh alright I can see I can't talk you out of this. That doesn't mean I can't help you though." King Kai chuckled.
"What do you mean King Kai?" Goku asked.
"Well as I said earlier you're no longer my only student. Both Chiaotzu and Kami have learned the Spirit Bomb. Kami's even better at it then you are." He chuckled.
"Alright that's pretty awesome, but how does that help me?" Goku asked.
"Well ya see Chiaotzu is still here with me and Kami is back on Earth. With a little help from me Chiaotzu can make one here and I can send it to you. If Piccolo can actually stand working with Kami for a moment, Kami should be able to send the one he forms on Earth over to Piccolo." King Kai explained.
"Wow three planets worth of energy." Goku thought.
"Yes my boy and possibly more if you reach beyond Namek and into the solar system." King Kai instructed.
"Right, there should be plenty of power to put down Frieza, thanks King Kai." Goku thought to him as he spotted Frieza in the distance.
King Kai had the ones left on his planet to stop training. He had Chiaotzu begin to form a Spirit Bomb. He instructed the others to give all the energy they could to Chiaotzu. He then contacted Kami who informed him that he and Mister Popo had collected four of the seven dragon balls and were on the way to the fifth one. "Excellent, you're making good progress Kami. However Goku needs your help now. I need you to create a Spirit Bomb from the energy on Earth and then transfer it to your other half, Piccolo." He explained.
"What.. is that even possible?" Kami asked.
"Well I don't know if Piccolo will do it or not but the Spirit Bomb is spiritual energy at its core. Since your spirit is split with Piccolo's you should be able to send it to the other half of your spirit." King Kai said.
"Hmm yes I see and then he could hand over control of it to Goku then." Kami thought.
"Now you're catching on, get to it." King Kai said and cut the connection. Kami immediately began forming a Spirit Bomb as he traveled with Mister Popo.
Frieza took a deep breath and opened his eyes, glaring daggers at the ones below him. "You'll all pay for this." He snarled as one hand still covered the spot where he had been shot through. His other hand pointed at the group, ready to fire off a barrage of Death Beams from his finger tips. Just before Frieza started to fire, his arm was hit and his shots missed, destroying a small island that was far off. Goku jumped back away from Frieza.
"Looks like you guys started without me." Goku said with a smile.
"Goku!" The humans and Puar cheered together.
"Daddy." Gohan smiled big.
"So another monkey wants to play, fine fine step in line soo..." Frieza stopped and focused on this new Saiyan. Something about him seemed very familiar. "Just who are you?" Frieza asked.
"Well I'm a Saiyan from Earth named Goku, and I'm here to put an end to you Friezer." Goku chuckled.
"That's right, the sons of Bardock will avenge planet Vegeta." Raditz called out.
"Bardock... ah yes the lone Saiyan that confronted me above planet Vegeta. He made an impressive show until I turned him and then the planet into space dust." Frieza chuckled. "I guess I'll finish my extermination of his family on this planet." Frieza added coldly.
"Well I was going to give you the chance to back down considering the shape you're in, but it seems we've been on a collision path for sometime." Goku said.
"I've still got more then enough power to finish my extermination of the Saiyan race." Frieza said.
"Then let's start it on the ground." Goku said and landed. Frieza did the same.
"Go get him dad." Gohan smiled.
"Thanks, listen the rest of you get to safety, go to Bulma." Goku said.
"But?" Gohan started, however a look from Piccolo made him comply. Gohan and Chi-Chi gave Goku a quick hug before flying off to a safe distance. Piccolo and Puar stayed with Goku. Vegeta stayed close by as well. Fasha led the others back towards the ship but halted as a rain of ki blasts fell from the sky.
"That's far enough... none of you are leaving this battle alive." Frieza announced. Goku gritted his teeth some and got into a fighting stance along with Puar and Piccolo. Fasha and the others landed on a cliff to watch.
"Can you two keep up with me?" Goku asked.
"Can you keep up with him?" Piccolo snorted.
"Fair point, so we work together then..we just need to stall a little bit to give Bulma some time." Goku whispered. Puar nodded.
"So you do have a plan." Piccolo said softly.
"Well that, but I really do want to fight this guy." Goku smirked. Piccolo and Puar shook their heads a little in exasperation. Only Goku could be this excited about a fight that could determine the fate of the universe.
(Will Goku's plan work, and what does Bulma have planned? Find out next time and thanks for reading.)
Frieza's final form and not powered up - 12 million (10% his full power)
Piccolo- also about 12 million.
Puar in Frieza's form 12 million too. Ordinarily she cannot copy the power of an ordinary biological being, just their attributes (like being able to breathe underwater). However since Frieza was apparently born with such a great power and never trained, she's able to copy some of his innate power since it appears to be somewhat biological in nature.
Gohan, Fasha, Nappa, Raditz after being healed from Vegeta's attacks - 3million
Vegeta - 3.5 million, if he gets healed fully 4 million.
Piccolo's super special beam cannon - 60- 80 million (same as Goku's x20 Kaioken Kamehameha in the original, however due to to the nature of the attack it did manage to hurt Frieza.)
Goku - 4 million. His comment to Bulma about not being able to make a stronger attack then Piccolo took into consideration how much more deadly the special beam cannon is vs the Kamehameha when facing a stronger opponent (assuming they can't regenerate.).