-Legend No More-
(Last time on Piccolo's Students: Nappa sacrificed his life to save his daughter Fasha. For one last act of defiance, Vegeta too was killed by Frieza before the cruel Emperor met the power of three Spirit Bombs as he was held in place by Bulma's invention. The power of the Spirit Bombs as they exploded threw Namek into chaos, did those fighting against Frieza succumb to the planet's wrath? What of the Emperor himself? Find out now!)
The chaos on Namek began die down as the planet recovered from the devastation of the Spirit Bombs. The planet's rotation had been changed slightly, as well as the angle of the planet's tilt due to the impact of the attack that hit Frieza. Quietness fell onto the planet, interrupted by occasional rock slides as the land settled. A steady rain began to fall, it rippled on the surface of a lake. Some bubbles rose to the surface of the same lake and then Krillin burst out of it. He shook off some water and looked around, the landscape had been altered drastically. He realized his attempt to dry off was a wasted effort as the rain pelted him.
"That was some attack... I sure hope everyone's okay." He said softly and reached out to sense anyone's energy. "Nuts, the residual energy from the Spirit Bomb is clouding my ability to sense Ki." He said, still looking around for signs of life as he flew towards where the others were when it hit. He landed at the only visible land left where the battle had been, everything else was covered by water. The island looked like it had been recently submerged too. He jumped back as a mound of dirt and mud began moving, thinking for sure with his luck that it would be Frieza. He sighed in relief as he made out Raditz's long black hair shaking out the mud and water. Krillin approached him cautiously. "Need help?" He asked.
"Hah, not from the likes of you, but you can help this human." Raditz said getting up, revealing Upa underneath him. Upa coughed softly.
"You protected him?" Krillin asked.
"Ehh, kid's a good cook." Raditz mumbled.
"How long since you've showered?" Upa grumbled. Raditz growled at the remark. Upa chuckled and checked on Puar whom he had placed in the quiver on his back for protection. He began to panic seeing catfish in it instead and filled with water. "Oh no I lost Puar." He said showing the others.
"I don't think Namek would have catfish." Krillin chuckled as Upa emptied his quiver of the water and the fish. It flopped and then vanished in smoke leaving behind a drenched Puar.
"Can't a girl get some sleep?" She mumbled and curled into a ball.
"What about the others?" Krillin asked. Raditz jumped slightly as Fasha jumped out of the water and landed behind them.
"Gohan?" Raditz asked and came to her side, seeing his nephew in her arms. She patted his back and he sputtered out some water.
"Uncle Raditz, Miss Fasha?" Gohan asked confused.
"It's alright Gohan, I've got you." Fasha said softly and set him down.
"Thank you." The young boy smiled and looked around, his smile fading.
"Where are my parents and Mister Piccolo?" He asked, holding back tears of worry.
"Relax nephew, Kakarot won't let some water stop him." Raditz said.
"And Piccolo should have been clear of the blast." Krillin added.
"Then where are they?" Gohan whimpered as they waited.
"They'll be okay." Fasha said, as she bent down on a knee to his level and hugged him. Gohan nodded and hugged back, grateful for the reassurances.
"Shh sleepy time." Puar said. Gohan smiled a little and then his eyes widened, hearing a voice in his head.
"Mister Piccolo." He said and wiggled his way out of Fasha's hug and went to the water.
"Gohan?" Fasha asked. Piccolo surfaced, near Gohan, gasping for air. Gohan grabbed onto his shoulders and began pulling him ashore, finding his master fairly heavy.
"Hey kid." Piccolo said weakly and smiled. Most of his clothes had been blown away and it looked like he took one heck of a beating.
"I don't understand, weren't you clear of the blast?" Gohan asked worried.
"I was, but they weren't." Piccolo said, straining his voice some as one hand pulled out Chi-Chi from the water and pulled her beside him. He let that arm rest on her while the other arm dragged Goku's body to shore with much more effort. Chi-Chi moaned softly, Goku seemed to be unconscious.
"You saved them? Thank you so much Piccolo!" Gohan cried and hugged his master's neck. Piccolo was too exhausted to pretend to be angry about it. Raditz didn't waste a second, he grabbed Goku and hit him hard in the gut, the force of it expelling the water inside Goku's lungs.
"Kakarot?" Raditz asked as Goku sputtered some and groaned softly.
"Grampa Gohan?" Goku asked out of it, before shaking his head and coming to his senses. "Chi-Chi, Gohan?" Goku asked alarmed.
"I'm right here dad." Gohan said and tackle hugged him as Upa tended to Chi-Chi.
Goku hugged back as Chi-Chi coughed up a little water. "What happened?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Last thing I remember was falling out of the sky with you in my arms." Goku said.
"Mister Piccolo saved both of you." Gohan said with a gleaming smile. Fasha had helped Piccolo to his feet. He begrudgingly let her. Chi-Chi and Goku both looked at Piccolo a little surprised.
"Tch you two didn't give me much of a choice, being so close to the epicenter of the blast. I can't take care of the kid all of the time after all if you two are gone." Piccolo said. Chi-Chi fumed at the comment while Goku only laughed, earning him a glare from Chi-Chi that discouraged further laughter from him or anyone else.
"Come on Chi-Chi, we can't help the past, and I've lost count of how many times Piccolo has saved us now." Goku said and tensed, expecting her to yell at him. Instead she only huffed and turned to face Piccolo, who tensed expecting to get hit. Chi-Chi took a deep breath.
"I can't forget that you took my son from me...but...I also can't forget that you also kept him from being taken away from me, or me him several times over...I... I thank you Piccolo, but also warn you to never ever take my son away from me again." She said with intensity. Piccolo nodded and let off a sigh of relief. Gohan smiled and hugged Piccolo's leg and his mother's with each arm, bringing Chi-Chi and Piccolo closer together then either one liked. Piccolo tried to steer the conversation away from his recent acts of charity.
"Speaking of the kid, thanks for keeping him safe Fasha." Piccolo said and ruffled Gohan's hair, cracking the faintest of smiles down at the boy. Fasha nodded.
"Of course, as I said I'll do anything to keep him safe...I didn't realize my father was willing to do the same for me though." She said softly and looked out at the water, wondering what became of Nappa's body.
"We can use Earth's dragon balls to bring the old hothead back." Raditz said softly, finding himself missing Nappa too despite their past differences.
"And all the others that died fighting Frieza and his men." Krillin added, after ending a hug with Goku, glad his best friend was okay.
"Speaking of, Frieza is gone right?" Chi-Chi asked. Goku and Piccolo exchanged glances as they thought it over. Both of them hesitantly nodded.
"The power in those combined Spirit Bombs was well above his maximum power if everything he said was true." Piccolo said.
"And the Spirit Bomb is especially effective with those with evil in their hearts." Goku said.
"Frieza was as evil as they come, I only wish I had realized sooner." Fasha said softly. Everyone nodded as silence fell over them as they thought on the recent events.
Warning lights and an alarm sounded through the halls of Frieza's ship after it had crash landed in a sea. It began to take on water. Bulma quickly got to her feet and helped the Namekians stem the water. With their help they halted the flooding and by working together they levitated the ship out of the water and onto dry land. One crisis averted, Bulma began to worry about her friends. She went to elder Moori. "Can you tell if my friends are okay?" She asked.
"Hmmm odd, I'm having trouble sensing anything out there." He said.
"Does that mean?" Bulma asked as her voice began to tremble.
"Huh, oh no dear child, I just meant I can't sense anything, something is blinding my sight to feel other's Ki.
"Oh, could you try reaching them telepathically again?" She asked. Moori nodded.
"Without knowing their location it will be harder, but I can try." He said and reached out for Nail's presence. It was like a faint whisper but it led him to Piccolo, a quick mental conversation and he smiled. "They are alright and will be heading here soon." Moori said.
"Great." Bulma said.
"Does that mean we can go back to our homes?" One of the other Namekians asked.
"That would be ill advised." C-6 spoke up.
"Why?" Moori asked.
"According to the logs, Frieza has a father who previously ran his empire, should his son go missing, there is a ninety-eight percent chance that he will come here to investigate ." He said.
"Hmm most troubling it may be best to make ourselves scarce." Moori said.
"You could all come to Earth with us still, we have plenty of space for you all at Capsule Corp, and then maybe we can figure something out." She said softly.
"Thank you, that is most kind." Moori said.
"Then let's get this ship space worthy again." Bulma said.
"And soon we will have more help, your friend Piccolo informed me that his counterpart on Earth has just gathered the sixth dragon ball, so soon all those we've lost during this tragedy can be brought back." Moori said. The moral on the ship lifted at the news.
Back on the small island, Piccolo spoke up, breaking the silence. "From what Elder Moori told me, it sounds like Bulma could use some help getting Frieza's ship into working order. Add to that Goku needs some healing as does Fasha's hand, while the rest of us need some rest, we should be getting back." Piccolo said.
"A warm bed, some warm food and getting out of this rain, I think I'd choose that over immortality right now." Raditz chuckled. The others aside from Piccolo and the now sleeping Puar laughed as well, feeling quite exhausted themselves. Puar continued snoozing and Upa gently picked her up. Piccolo rolled his eyes slightly, despite his recent changes, humor still mostly just irritated him. He soon tensed, though not because of the laughing, instead his amazing sense of hearing heard something emerge out of the water, and rain sizzling as it landed on something hot.
"No." Piccolo thought. Surprising everyone, he turned around quickly and fired an uncharged Special Beam Cannon just above a hill behind them on the island. The beam barely missed as the ball of destructive energy it was aimed for was pulled back to be thrown. The others looked behind them and froze, not believing their eyes. Looking down at them with pure malice was what appeared to be a charred corpse that vaguely resembled Frieza. The nightmare before them was missing it's left hand and a third of his tail. The right hand was mostly just skeletal and holding up a ball of purple energy that cracked with power. The only skin still left surrounded the purple plates on his body and a portion of his face. The other side of his face where he had been stabbed in the eye now revealed part of his skull. Within the eye socket on that side glowed a bead of dark purple light. Other patches of bone were visible across his body as well.
"Goodbye." Frieza said slightly garbled and threw the Death Ball at them. Piccolo sent out telekinetic push to clear everyone from its path before he jumped out of the way too. He realized too late that the attack wasn't meant for them. "Namek." Frieza added laughing like a demon. He covered Chi-Chi and Gohan with his body as the Death Ball bore into the ground creating a blinding light.
King Kai had just reestablished his link to Namek when he saw what was left of Frieza throw the planet busting attack at Namek. He sank to his knees as he turned away. "No no no no NO!" King Kai said and pounded the ground.
"Yo what happened King Kai?" Yamcha asked as he and the others gathered around King Kai.
"Frieza's alive... and he just blew up the planet." King Kai said shaking his head.
"You mean Frieza survived the Spirit Bombs, I thought you said it was a direct hit?" Tien asked.
"It was, and Frieza looked like he was barely holding himself together, which must be why he was desperate enough to destroy Namek." He said and sighed defeatedly. Yamcha fell to his knees, in grief for Puar and Bulma.
"Miss Chi-Chi." Chiaotzu said sadly and hid his face into Tien who was holding him because Chiaotzu was too exhausted to levitate. Tien patted Chiaotzu's back as he whimpered.
"Darn it all." Tien grumbled. Roshi only hung his head down. Even Yajirobe paused his eating and thought about those on Namek.
"Umm hello, King Kai?" Kami asked in the Kai's mind.
"Not now Kami." King Kai replied depressed. King Kai then bolted up to his feet. "Kami you're alive!" King Kai yelled aloud and into Kami's mind. Those on his planet looked at King Kai confused.
"Ouch, that was loud, but yes I'm alive. I'm a little winded from gathering the Spirit Bomb but I'm not so old that I could drop dead at any second you know." Kami said sounding a little miffed.
"Hush Kami, if you're alive that means that Piccolo is still alive." King Kai said and searched for Namek again.
"Yes, our life connec..." Kami was hushed by King Kai before he could continue his thought.
"Yes it's still there, planet Namek is still intact, they're all okay." King Kai said aloud and to Kami. Those on his planet breathed a sigh of relief.
"That is good, if I may continue?" Kami asked.
"Oh yes, sorry about that Kami, go ahead." King Kai replied.
"Thank you, my assistant Mister Popo has collected Earth's set of dragon balls. Is the wish to revive everyone killed by the Saiyans and by Frieza and his soldiers still the same?" Kami asked.
"That should also restore the Namekian set and give us a third wish to work with. I had hoped to use it for Roshi or Chiaotzu but it looks like it may be needed to wish everyone off Namek. Even though the planet survived the blast I don't think it's going to hold together much longer." King Kai replied.
"Then we will get to it at once." Kami said and ended the transmission. King Kai focused back on the battlefield.
"Oh no." King Kai said, seeing what had taken place while distracted.
"What is it?" Roshi asked.
"Frieza's far from beaten." He said.
Frieza slowly raised his skeleton hand after throwing his Death Ball, chuckling maniacally all the while. He had purposely missed the core of the planet to give himself some time to play with these monkeys, but given his current condition he elected to take the strongest monkey out of the equation for now as the group that had defied his will hovered above the unending crater that was left in it's wake. "You're sufferings have only truly begun, you will all be dead before this planet explodes." Frieza said and shot a death beam at Goku.
"Brother!" Raditz cried out and intercepted the blast with his body. Raditz was knocked back into Goku's arms as the light from his eyes began to fade.
"Raditz?" Goku asked, holding his brother close.
"Kill him." Raditz said and coughed up some blood. "Kill him Kakarot...Goku." The latter coming out like a whisper as the life left Raditz's body. Goku trembled in pain and threw his brother's body onto the hill beside Frieza.
"Oh apologies, I missed. No matter, one less monkey in the universe." Frieza laughed.
"Frieza!" Goku yelled, causing Frieza to get a momentary flashback of Goku's father Bardock defying the emperor to his face above Planet Vegeta before it was turned to space dust. Goku's punch to Frieza's head snapped him out of it. Frieza found himself starting to get overwhelmed as Fasha, Gohan and Piccolo joined into the fray. Not to mention the constant barrage of attacks from the Earthlings. Puar began to wake up as Upa began to run low on arrows. Frieza let out an explosion around himself to get free from them and flew high up. He smirked seeing his ship in the distance as well as the opportunity it presented.
"I assume you plan to use my ship for escape?" Frieza chuckled and shot a full powered death beam at it, forcing Goku into action. Ignoring his body's protest at going to Kaioken times five, he got in front of the beam and fired a Kamehameha at it to save the ship, knowing Bulma and all the Namekians were aboard. The two attacks collided and exploded. Frieza came down from above, gabbing Goku's head with one of his feet and slamming the exhausted Saiyan head first into the ground, leaving Goku unable to stand. "Two monkeys down, now watch." Frieza said to Goku and kicked him behind the others who had landed to face Frieza on the ground where his advantage in speed was reduced. "Now who next?" Frieza asked.
"I've only got one arrow left." Upa whispered. Piccolo linked them telepathically.
"Use it to blind him, Krillin create that cutting attack of yours, Chi-Chi hit him with lightning, while he's blinded me, Fasha, and Gohan will tag team him once he's hit with the lightning." Piccolo ordered. They all nodded. Puar was trying to gather up enough energy to transform again.
"Kamihamihai Arrow!" Upa mumbled and shot his last arrow. Chi-Chi swiped her sword to send lightning down at Frieza as Krillin prepared a Destructo Disc.
"Predictable." Frieza said turning away from the flash of the arrow. His stubbed arm held Upa's arrow in place midair briefly and then shot it back with increased power at Fasha's shoulder. She cried out, falling back as the arrow pierced her shoulder. Frieza's skeletal hand pointed towards the sky as the lightning came down, shooting a beam at it just before it hit him. The lightning bounced around Frieza and took on a purple glow as it went for the desperate warriors facing him.
Puar's eyes widened and she thought quickly to try and save her friends. She vanished in smoke and reappeared as a lightning rod that redirected Frieza's lightning to her. Frieza was put on the defensive as he blocked a number of blows from Piccolo. Gohan got in a few hits to Frieza's blind spots before he was whipped by Frieza's tail and sent crashing into Fasha. Puar changed back to normal and realized absorbing the lightning gave her some strength back. Piccolo grunted as he was stabbed in the side by Frieza's tail and was then kicked backwards. "Don't worry I've got this." Puar said and tried to shapeshift but found herself paralyzed as a yellow glow surrounded her.
"I've had enough of you, no one makes a fool of Lord Frieza." Frieza growled and telekinetically pulled her to him, grabbing her by the head.
"No Puar!" Upa said. Krillin threw his Destructo Disc at an angle into the ground. Piccolo began charging a Special Beam Cannon. Goku struggled to get back onto his feet.
"Ha, want your friend back, then here!" Frieza yelled and threw Puar towards the ship.
"I can't move!" Puar screamed afraid. Upa flew up to catch her.
"Oh and if anything touches her but me, well boom." Frieza added softly.
"Wait no Upa!" Goku shouted but was too late. Upa was already committed to catching Puar. As soon as Upa caught her they were both lost in a tremendous explosion, with not a trace left of them. Tears came from Goku's eyes as Frieza's demented laughter echoed in their ears along with Puar's terrified scream. Goku fell to his knees and pounded the ground, his veins starting to bulge. "I won't let you get away with this Frieza!" Goku screamed, distracting the nightmare that was torturing them.
"Die you monster." Krillin cried and moved his hands up some. His Destructo Disc came out of the ground, ready to slice Frieza in half. Frieza's good eye widened in fear, no time to doge he quickly swiped his hand in front of the blast creating a slashing beam that met Krillins attack head on. Both attacks cut against each other, pushing back and forth.
"Hehe." Frieza chuckled and swiped the other way, creating another slashing beam of energy. It added to his other and destroyed Krillin's in an instant as it headed for where Chi-Chi was helping up Fasha and Gohan.
"Nooo." Goku grunted and as his body twitched and his breathing became labored.
"Get down." Piccolo said appearing before Fasha, Chi-Chi and Gohan. He momentarily blocked the slashing attack of energy with the two fingers that had been charging his Special Beam Cannon.
"Now that is actually impressive, that attack has cleaved worlds in two." Frieza chuckled as Chi-Chi brought her son and Fasha down onto the ground. Piccolo's energy gave out and Frieza's attack sliced threw his fingers and then his arms. He stretched his legs just enough to keep the attack from slicing his torso, but it did cut both of his legs off before barely missing the three behind them before continuing out into space harmlessly. Piccolo's body fell on the ground in front of them, barely alive. Gohan got images of his master sacrificing himself the first time to save him and his mother.
"Not again." Gohan whispered before being filled with rage. "Piccolo!" He screamed, his eyes flashing blue for a moment. The child roared like an Oozaru and came at Frieza with everything he had being thrown into one punch into Frieza's purple chest plate. It cracked under the force of the punch and Frieza coughed up blood as he stumbled backwards.
"Runt." Frieza barely got out and jabbed Gohan with his tail creating a sickening thud. Gohan was thrown back to Chi-Chi from the force of the hit. The power he exerted combined with the vicious hit left him unconscious and badly wounded.
Krillin jumped towards Frieza, forming a Destructo Disc as he did so. "Piccolo...Gohan..." Goku said with a voice that didn't sound like his own, rising up on his feet again. He began to explode with energy. His hair began flashing blond and his eyes flashed blue like Gohan's did earlier. Frieza shot an eye beam at Krillin.
"No, please stop." Chi-Chi said. Frieza only smirked as he telekinetically grasped Krillin with his skeleton hand and sent him into the sky before exploding.
"Now what's going on with him?" Frieza asked and stared down Goku as the Saiyan roared in anguish. Not liking what he was seeing, Frieza pointed his hand at Goku, ready to kill him as he didn't want to take anymore chances.
"Lookout Kakarot!" Fasha called, but Goku seemed to be lost in his own world. As Goku's body changed, his mind was somewhere else.
"What's... what's happening to me?" Goku asked himself. "I've got to help them, got to stop Frieza." He grunted as his sight faded away to darkness.
"Kakarot." He heard in the darkness.
"Wha?" Goku asked.
"Kakarot listen to me." Vegeta said as his body came into view.
"Vegeta? But?" Goku asked.
"You have to listen to me Kakarot, you can't hold back anymore. You are a Saiyan warrior, like me. Let out the power within yourself. Don't deny your heritage, take pride in it. You are from a warrior race. Frieza is nothing to us, he feared us." Vegeta said.
"No, I'm nothing like you Vegeta and I never will be." Goku said, shaking his head.
"Even to save your pathetic friends, you watched them die and did nothing against Frieza. What he has done to your friends he has done also to our people... no worse, he betrayed our people when we were loyal to him. He killed them, my father, your parents and now it comes down to you Kakarot. It is up to you to end Frieza once and for all, but to do that you must accept what you are. You're a Saiyan Warrior, show Frieza our true might." Vegeta demanded.
"Don't you think I tried, but it wasn't enough Vegeta." Goku yelled back. "My brother, Piccolo, Upa, Puar, one of my oldest friends Krillin, even you and Nappa. Not to mention my son and those still on Namek and throughout the universe. I failed all of you." Goku said.
"Hah, we Saiyans never back down, even when dead. We only stand up again, it's in our nature. The pride of a warrior race. So what are you going to do Kakarot, lay down and die or fight in a way to make our people proud?" Vegeta asked.
Goku took a deep breath. "Alright I'll fight him until the very end." Goku shouted.
"Yes show him why he was right to fear the might of a true Saiyan warrior, and then end him without mercy." Vegeta chuckled.
"Without mercy, doesn't sound like the kind boy I found." An old man with a big white mustache said softly. Goku froze, hearing the voice he hadn't heard in years. His eyes began to water.
"Grandpa Gohan." Goku said amazed.
"A little far from home aren't you my boy?" The old man chuckled as Goku rushed him and hugged him.
"Yeah on a different planet right now, but how are you here?" Goku asked.
"Never mind that, and that wasn't what I meant. I meant your heart was far from home." Grandpa Gohan said.
"I... I don't understand." Goku said confused.
"Why do you fight Goku? Why do you train so hard and give it your all?" Gohan asked.
"Umm I like fighting I guess." Goku said.
"Is that why you sacrificed yourself when you fought your brother, or why you let the demon king's son live? Is that why you tortured your body in preparation for the trials you'd face here?" Grandpa Gohan asked.
"No, I fight for my friends and for my family." Goku said. Gohan nodded smiling and slapped his back.
"That's the boy I knew." Grandpa Gohan said, wiggling his mustache.
"But what about what Vegeta said?" Goku asked.
"In all things, find balance." Gohan said and pointed at a pool of water. "What do you see?" He asked Goku.
Goku cautiously approached the water and looked down at it. An image of himself came into focus, well not entirely, he appeared to be wearing some Saiyan armor. "Myself." Goku said confused.
"Look closer." Gohan said and faded away into the void. Goku looked closer and the image sharpened. Goku saw a diagonal cross shaped scar on the warrior's cheek, as well as a crimson sash tied around his forehead. He also was wearing a scouter. Definitely not Goku. Then again, maybe what Goku could have grown up to be if things happened differently?
"Who are you?" Goku asked, tilting his head. The image in the water pointed towards him. Goku followed his point and it led to the Kanji on what was left of his clothes. "That's the symbol for my family. It means enlightenment." Goku said softly. The figure nodded and with drew his point and patted his chest with his hand. Goku's Kanji appeared on the Saiyan's armor. The Saiyan began to power up and his Oozaru form appeared behind him, with Goku's Kanji on it's armor too. Despite the Great Ape looking ferocious, it remained as calm as the Saiyan before it. "You have complete control, both inside and out... you are one." Goku said softly and closed his eyes thinking on these things. He began to vaguely hear other voices. He was needed. "Thank you." Goku said. "To all of you."
Then Goku heard a voice he had never heard before, or had he? "Roar Kakarot... let out your roar." The voice said. Goku was certain he couldn't remember a voice like that before, but he felt a connection to it. Goku nodded and let out a roar "I am a Saiyan raised on Earth!" With that acknowledgement, he became a legend. While Goku was lost in his head, the fight with Frieza had continued.
"Stay away from him!" Chi-Chi cried and shot forward like lightning with her bansho blade. Light reflected off the sword from lightning, blinding the tyrant. Her sword absorbed a lightning strike from above and she poured all her energy into the blade like she was creating the attack Piccolo taught her. With both hands she thrust the sword into the crack her son's attack had made at the center of Frieza's chest. The blade sliced through and the tip of it appeared on the other side of Frieza's back. Frieza moaned in pain and let out a burst of energy, flooring Chi-Chi to the ground.
"You'll die for that." Frieza barely got out and pulled the sword out of himself and pointed it at her. The planet seemed to rock as Goku let out one final and violent scream. Lightning struck, the sea roared, tornadoes formed, the land crumbled and lava shot out of the ground.
"Frieza!" His voice echoed and he exploded with a brilliant light of gold. His pupils and irises vanished as his hair color turned a bright gold. His eyes slowly reappeared, now blue.
Frieza only had time to turn his head before he felt his wrist being crushed by one of Goku's hands. The other took the sword out of his hand and let it fall beside Chi-Chi before throwing Frieza back.
Fasha watched in awe, she had never believed the legend until now. It was a legend no more now. Bardock's son had become a "Super Saiyain." She said softly.
"Chi-Chi, Fasha... grab Gohan and Piccolo, then get out of here... get to Bulma and the ship and go now." Chi-Chi grabbed her sword as she got up.
"But?" She asked timidly, the first time her husband was actually scaring her.
"I said go now!" Goku yelled and clinched his fist. One look was all Chi-Chi needed to realize her husband was barely keeping himself in check. She went over to Fasha and gently placed Gohan into her arms. She would have preferred to carry him herself, but with Fasha's injuries she doubted she could carry Piccolo. Chi-Chi gently picked up the unconscious Namekian who was missing for limbs. She turned back to Goku, now covered in some of Piccolo's blood.
"I love you Goku, now teach that monster a lesson." She said and took off with Fasha flying behind her with Gohan.
"Oh ho, no one disrespects the emperor like that and lives to tell about it." Frieza said and aimed at Chi-Chi. He gasped as Goku appeared in front of him. Goku let out a pulse of energy from his hand that sent Frieza flying past the horizon. Goku vanished from sight, following him.
King Kai fell backwards on his planet after sensing Goku's energy. He had been previously describing Frieza's rampage to the group before Goku's transformation into the legendary Super Saiyan. Yamcha had taken Puar's death pretty hard, and they all felt for Krillin. Tien easily caught King Kai and propped him back up. "What is it King Kai, who was it this time?" Tien asked.
King Kai shook his head. "It's Frieza, he's the one in trouble now. I don't understand it but Goku has unlocked an ancient power. He's about fifty times stronger now then he was before.
"How are we going to keep up with him now?" Tien asked.
"Just be thankful he's on our side and about to destroy Frieza." King Kai said. Tien nodded.
Back on Namek, Goku caught up with Frieza and slammed him into the ground. He slapped Frieza's face back and forth as soon as the Emperor had gotten back to his feet, continuing the beat down. The fact that the monkey had gone silent since sending his allies off only put Frieza on edge more.
"No more of this." Frieza said jumping back. "Die monkey." He growled and fired a barrage of Ki bullets at Goku. Goku smirked dodging each shot easily. "Say something darn it!" Frieza said agitated as he jumped up and fired more bullets of purple energy from his feet. He poured extra energy into his finger and fired one super charged Ki bullet from his skeletal hand to finish the barrage. It hit Goku in the cheek, causing him to turn his cheek like he had been slapped. Frieza grinned a nightmarish grin but was left shocked when Goku simply turned his head back to face him again.
Goku brushed his cheek with his fist and looked down at the blood on it. His cheek now had a slight horizontal cut on it that had bled slightly. Frieza twitched in anger. "Say something." He demanded.
"My turn." Goku said vanishing from sight. Next thing Frieza knew he was being battered back and forth by Goku relentlessly, only having time to register the pain from each hit before the next one came. Each hit came with a shockwave and another one of Frieza's bones being shattered.
C-6 opened a hatch on Frieza's ship for Fasha and Chi-Chi to fly into. Fasha fell down onto the floor exhausted. Chi-Chi carefully laid Piccolo's body down next to them. Moori and Bulma greeted them.
"What's going on out there?" Bulma asked.
"Frieza tried to blow up the planet, he killed Raditz, Puar, Upa, and Krillin before Goku snapped and changed." Chi-Chi said as tears started to fall. Bulma's eyes widened in fear but she gently hugged Chi-Chi.
"Changed into what?" Bulma asked.
"A Super Saiyan, an old legend we Saiyains have of a being with absolute power." Fasha answered. "And his power was incredible, he will certainly defeat Frieza but we have to go. If I'm right Frieza's attack destabilized the core of this planet, we only have minutes before it explodes." Fasha said urgently. Moori gasped and Bulma paled.
"The engines are out, I need hours to fix them, not minutes." Bulma said panicking.
"Could you all calm down... Kami is about to use the dragon balls on earth to reactivate Namek's, then Earth is one wish away." Piccolo said into their minds, even though he still appeared to be unconscious. Bulma breathed a sigh of relief.
"Will you be okay Piccolo?" Chi-Chi asked.
"In time." He strained to say in their minds and then went silent.
Fasha looked down at the dismembered Namekian beside her. She saw a brief flashback of one of the times Bardock had gotten hurt protecting their squad. Like Bardock this Namekian gave it his all when he fights, and he always protected his allies. He might be a Namekian, but he had the heart of a Saiyain warrior, one of Bardock's caliber, a rare feat indeed. "Thank you for saving us, rest up." She said and kissed Piccolo's cheek somewhat unintentionally before she realized what she was doing. She then looked to the others, with a slight red on her cheeks. "If your safety is assured I must go, if Frieza's family learns about Earth you'll all be in danger. Is there still a pod I can use?" Fasha asked.
"Indeed there is miss Fasha." C-6 said over a speaker in the room, apparently he'd been listening in.
"Wait you're just going to leave, you're just trying to save your own hide." Bulma said.
"Actually Miss Bulma, according to the records I've found stored on the computer in this ship, her thinking is logical. Without her covering for us I postulate that there is a ninety percent chance of a hostile planetary invasion force coming to Earth within about a year's time." C-6 said. Bulma frowned.
"Alright go, C-6, see to whatever she needs." Bulma said.
"Thank you." Fasha said.
"Preparing a space pod now." C-6 said.
"Will we see you again?" Chi-Chi asked softly.
"I don't know, but someday, I hope." Fasha said and hugged Chi-Chi. "Continue to keep your family safe." She added. Chi-Chi nodded hugging back. Fasha kissed Gohan's head gently after ending the hug with Chi-Chi. "Grow up strong, make your parents and your grandparents proud." She said and brushed a tear away. "Watch over them." She added to the unconscious Piccolo. She kissed his head, feeling an attachment to this warrior who reminded her so much of Bardock in the way he had fought now that she had thought about it. She couldn't shake it from her mind. She quickly ran out of the room to get to her pod, leaving Bulma and Chi-Chi a little confused with how she acted with Piccolo. Soon she was on her way to King Cold as her pod left the Namekian solar system.
"Well that happened." Bulma said.
"She does think a lot of my family, I don't understand why she was acting like that around Piccolo though, all he did was save her a few times." Chi-Chi said.
"Oh... that makes more sense, I guess if you didn't know his past Piccolo might seem kinda heroic now, like a knight in shining armor that's also green. Now that I think about it, he is kinda handsome for an alien, tall too." Bulma giggled. Chi-Chi's jaw dropped, processing what Bulma said before shaking her head and letting out an exasperated sigh at Bulma, and herself for partially agreeing with her.
"Shouldn't you be workin on the engines or something just in case?" She asked. Bulma's eyes got big and she nodded before running off to work on the ship. Chi-Chi sank to her knees against the wall of the room she was in, monitoring Gohan and Piccolo. Moori stayed with her and began sharing his energy with Piccolo.
King Kai watched as Goku floated down towards Frieza who was struggling to stand after the beating he received from Goku.
"You're done Frieza." Goku said as he landed. Frieza's body twitched in anger.
"How dare you!" He screamed and put what power he had left into a death beam that Goku slapped aside sending it into the air. Frieza's eye widened, now starting to realize that this monkey was indeed stronger than him, and it infuriated him. He noticed however that his deflected beam had hit something in the sky. He noticed the same thing that trapped him activated briefly. He smirked getting an idea.
"Anything else before we finish this?" Goku asked.
"Yes... catch." Frieza said and flung a ball of energy at Goku's face.
"Huh?" Goku asked, blocking the hit easily. It didn't even tickle.
"Over here monkey." Frieza chuckled as he hovered high in the sky near where he had been trapped before. He made it appear that he was going to throw down another planet destroying ball of energy. He threw it down at the planet causing Goku to go right where he wanted him. Goku caught the ball and tore it in two, finding the energy in it to be barely enough to destroy a mountain. Frieza chuckled and reached out with his mind to where Goku's ship was above them. It was a desperate move, but the only one he had left. He fired off a beam up to it to power it up. It activated and locked onto Goku.
Goku grunted as he found his body locked in place midair, gravity fluctuating around him. Lacking Frieza's ship being connected to the system, the gravity well beam was far less regulated. The beam interfered with Namek's gravity, causing massive quakes across the planet and even more volcanic eruptions, speeding up the planet's impending doom.
"Now who is trapped Saiyan?" Frieza chuckled and shot death beams at weak points on Goku's body as Goku struggled to keep the beam from taring his body in two.
"Oh no Goku! You were so close!" King Kai said panicking. "Who can help him... Chi-Chi." He said thinking quickly and searched for her.
Once the shaking had started the Namekians aboard Frieza's ship immediately worked together to levitate it off the ground where it would be safe. C-6 alerted Bulma that the gravity well machine was responsible, unfortunately he lacked any way of regaining control of it. Bulma was torn between trying to find a workaround or keep working on the engines. As she thought up solutions, King Kai linked her into his conversation with Chi-Chi. He explained to them what Frieza had done to Goku.
"I could try to destroy it." Chi-Chi offered.
"I might have given it really good shields, I doubt you could bust through them." Bulma said.
"What else could I do?" Chi-Chi asked.
"If you could get something in between the beam and Goku it might interrupt it long enough for him to escape." Bulma said. "Maybe one of the space pods the Ginyu Force used." She said.
"Assuming Frieza lets me get close enough." She said softly.
"He is much weaker, close to what he was in his third form now if I'm any judge." King Kai said to her.
"That's still strong." Chi-Chi said unsure. She squeaked as Piccolo woke up and roared in pain as his limbs regrew thanks to Moori sharing his energy. Chi-Chi leaned down beside him in an instant and held one of his hands.
"Piccolo thank goodness, Goku needs your help. I.." Chi-Chi was interrupted as Piccolo spoke.
"I can barely move, but I do have another way I can help you." He said and said some words in Namekian. Her sword shook and glowed before turning back into the Bansho Fan. Chi-Chi gently grabbed it with her other hand as he telepathically taught her the words to change it. He squeezed her hand weakly. "You can do it, Namek is doomed, so there's no need to hold back the power you can wield with that fan." He said.
She nodded and then looked at her son. "If..." She started.
"I'll watch over him." Piccolo said, his hand went limp as he passed out again. Chi-Chi took a deep breath and held the fan tightly. She flew out of the ship and grabbed one of the Ginyu's pods before flying as fast as she could where she sensed Frieza and Goku. She somewhat noticed that one seemed to be missing, but brushed the thought aside.
Frieza has continued to take shots at Goku, but so far, nothing had dealt a too serious blow to Goku. Frieza focused intently and created a purple energy disc. "Hey you're copying Krillin's attack." Goku said, breaking Frieza's focus, causing it to blow up.
"Am not." Frieza growled.
"Right, Krillin's actually works." Goku chuckled.
Frieza seethed with rage. "Only because you distracted me you filthy Saiyan." He screamed and made another one. He prepared to throw it when he noticed what appeared to be a rather large island being thrown at him. "What the.." he got out before it slammed into him.
As Chi-Chi got into view of Frieza and Goku, she noticed the effects of the gravity well was causing a chain of islands to float off the ground. It was perfect. She tossed the Ginyu pod high into the air towards the beam before flying to the islands. She flowed he Ki into the fan as she swiped the fan once at each island, aiming them at Frieza. The flying islands did distract Frieza but to her dismay, the pod was pushed away from the gravity well beam. It seemed she'd need to force it into position. She flew up and caught it. "He's coming back!" Goku warned.
"Die!" Frieza cried. Chi-Chi tossed up the pod again even higher into the air to give herself more time and let her Ki flow through the fan as she swiped it down, creating a down burst of cold air that flash froze Frieza. Another swipe of the fan sent Frieza flying. Not holding anything back, Chi-Chi made two swats of her fan as lightning flashed above her. One more swat down towards the thawing Frieza and he was consumed in a massive pillar of lightning that lingered for a few seconds. The sound of its thunder shook Namek to its core and the flash of light visible halfway across the planet. She flew as fast as she could and appeared above Frieza who was now twitching on the ground and sparking. With one swat of her fan she sent down a tremendous gust of wind at Frieza. The gust was so powerful it pushed Frieza deep into the ground, creating a canyon. The wind carved it deeper and deeper till magma was visible. One more swat of her fan against the sea created a tsunami that slammed into the canyon.
"Now to bury you." She said and sent a chilling blast of air down at the canyon from the upper atmosphere, freezing the surface of the water covering the canyon. She made one more major swat with the fan at one side of the canyon that basically created a land tsunami that covered the canyon and compressed the icy water closer to the magna below. This resulted in an explosive eruption. Just to be certain she sent a few dozen waves of tornadoes at the site of the eruption.
"That should keep him busy." Chi-Chi said and caught the pod she had tossed upwards. She tossed it up again and tried shooting a Special Beam Cannon up at Goku's ship. Just like Bulma predicted though the shields held up. The beam did flicker slightly, if she had more time enough hits might free him. "Wait what?" She asked looking around as the skies darkened.
"You've got to hurry Chi-Chi." Goku said.
Meanwhile on the planet known as Earth, it's skies had darkened. Kami and Mister Popo stood before the mighty eternal dragon Shenron.
"Can you do it, revive people from two different planets, those killed on Earth by the Saiyans and those killed on Namek by Frieza and those serving him?" Kami asked.
"IT IS NO SMALL TASK, BUT... AS YOU HAVE GROWN IN POWER SO HAVE I." The dragon's voice thundered as it's eyes glowed a brighter red. "YOUR WISH IS GRANTED!" Shenron said before glowing into a bright light and then disappearing. The seven dragon balls streaked across the sky.
On King Kai's planet, Yamcha, Yajirobe and Tien lost their halos as they were brought back to life. "Yamcha is back people." He smiled and flexed.
"Not just Yamcha." King Kai chuckled as he watched Namek. "Now I just gotta find someone close to him." He said thinking.
Porunga reappeared on the dying world as Guru and others killed by Frieza and his soldiers were revived. Dende gasped coming too and looked around confused as the planet was now unrecognizable from when he last saw it.
"Hey kid, it's me again King Kai. Listen up, that rock you call home, it's about to blow up. You need to get to that big green dragon and wish for everyone on Namek besides Frieza to be sent to Earth." King Kai said.
"Yes sir." Dende replied back.
"Wait, Dende right? Don't include me in the wish either, I need to finish this fight with Frieza once and for all." Goku said telepathically.
"But you'll die here?" Dende asked confused and began flying towards Porunga.
"I'll figure something out, worse case scenario you can wish me back." Goku replied.
"As you wish." Dende said reluctantly.
"Goku." King Kai sighed. "Also as you wish hehe good one kid." King Kai snorted.
"Don't fret, as soon as I'm free of this trap I'll be fine." Goku said before the link between them was cut as King Kai began laughing too much at Dende's unintentional joke.
Frieza broke out of the mountain of cooled lava he'd been left trapped in after Namek itself had seemed to turn against him. He gulped as he saw saw a legion of tornadoes coming down on him. He was thrown about like he was in a blender. His rage as explosive as ever he let out an explosion around himself to get free. Before he charged for Chi-Chi again he noticed the sky was darkened. He blinked looking around and then spotted Porunga. He cackled as only a villain could. "Everything I have endured will be worth it if I get my wish." Frieza said and flew for the dragon.
Chi-Chi tried a third time to force the pod in the path of the beam. Still it failed. "Any other ideas?" Goku asked.
"Just one, I love you Goku." She said.
"Wait what are you doing Chi-Chi?" He asked as Chi-Chi opened the pod and flew into it. She flew it up high into the atmosphere after closing the door. She flew with everything she had, pushing the pod with her inside it into the beam. Finally she managed to do it. The pod groaned as it felt the stress of the gravity well. The beam affecting Goku fluctuated, letting him escape. "Hold on Chi-Chi." Goku said.
"Wait Goku, Frieza is heading for Porunga, there's no time to waste!" King Kai said.
"Oh man, be right back Chi-Chi!" Goku called out and flew after Porunga.
Chi-Chi found it difficult to even breathe within the pod. "Meditate." Moori said to her telepathically.
"What?" She asked.
"Meditate, let the gravity flow around you." Moori instructed within her mind and taught her how to meditate like Piccolo does. She followed his instructions and found that it helped her handle the effects of the gravity well.
Frieza chuckled as he got closer to the mighty dragon Porunga. He was flying swiftly over a sea of choppy waves, when suddenly a massive fist rose from the depths and hit Frieza, stopping him in his tracks. The fist shrank as the revived Nappa reverted to his normal form. He rose out of the water.
"Out of my way you over grown monkey." Frieza growled.
"Still better looking than you, especially now. Malfunction with the healing tank your highness?" Nappa asked.
Frieza's tortured body let out a demonic roar as he attacked Nappa. Nappa instantly was on the defensive, unable to match Frieza's speed or chaotic movements. Frieza kneed Nappa in the chin stunning him. Frieza resumed his course for Porunga. He looked back seeing Goku chasing him in the distance, but too far behind to catch him. "Yes, immortality will be mi... oof." Frieza saw stars as he was close lined by non other then Vegeta as Frieza hadn't been watching where he was going. Frieza flipped over and over until he came crashing into the ground.
"I don't know what happened, but now you're mine Frieza." Vegeta said as he began charging up his most powerful attack. Frieza ignored him though and rose to his feet before the dragon.
"I wish to be immortal!" Frieza shouted, but nothing happened. The dragon didn't even acknowledge him. He followed the dragon's gaze and spotted the tiny Namekian he could have swore he vaporized, come to think of it, Vegeta and Nappa should both be dead too.
"YOUR WISH SHALL BE GRANTED." Porunga roared down to Dende.
"Thank you." Dende smiled and then noticed Frieza's glare, well what look like a zombified Frieza. "Uh oh." He squeaked as he saw a purple glow emanate from the pointed skeletal hand towards him. Just before the Death Beam hit its mark, Dende vanished.
"Wait what?" Frieza asked confused and then began to feel the air heat up as Vegeta launched his attack. Frieza made a futile attempt to block the attack but as with Dende, Vegeta and his attack seemed to have been erased from existence. Vegeta caught a brief glimpse of Kakarot and his power before being yanked to Earth.
Upa had been returned to life as well, though Puar decided to stay in otherworld so she could find Yamcha. She went with Krillin and Raditz as they made their way to King Kai's planet. Upa had just reached Frieza's ship when he vanished and reappeared on Earth. He jumped back seeing Vegeta and Nappa. "What's going on here human?" Vegeta demanded, with a yellow beam of energy fading off into the distance behind him as Vegeta's attack meant for Frieza left Earth's atmosphere.
"Porunga teleported everyone on Namek to Earth besides Goku and Frieza." Dende said nervously.
"Hmmph so Kakarot is really going to finish it after all... good, but it should've been me." Vegeta grumbled and went to brood as more Namekians that Frieza or his men had killed appeared around Dende. There was a loud pop as Frieza's ship and all its occupants appeared a little ways behind Dende to where it wouldn't squish anyone. Guru was the last one to get teleported to Earth.
Bulma's hair was in complete disarray and her clothes tattered as she worked furiously to get the engines back online. Getting fed up she kicked the compartment she was working on and left a dent in the alloy. She smiled hearing the engines purr to life. She called C-6 through the communications network. "I've got the thrusters up and running, still no FTL, but at least we can leave orbit with thrusters and get to safety." She said exhausted.
"I can see that from my sensors Miss Bulma, but that is no longer required." C-6 said.
"What do you mean it's no longer required, I've been busting my butt off trying to get this ship to fly again." She yelled at the speaker near her.
"The ship is no longer in danger, according to my sensors and calculations of the stars, we're on Earth. May I open the landing bay doors, the Namekians are eager to see their leader again?" C-6 asked. He waited a few seconds not getting a response. "Miss Bulma?" He asked.
"We're home, finally. Yes yes let them out!" Bulma said happily and flew for the closest exit, planning to kiss the ground. Moori levitated Gohan and Piccolo outside to Dende.
"Dende?" Moori asked.
"Elder Moori." Dende said happily and hugged him. Moori patted his back.
"Your friends need your help." Moori said. Dende nodded and began healing Piccolo at once. Kami arrived to their location with Mister Popo on his carpet.
Back on Namek, Frieza was seething with rage. "There... though I could not transport one without killing her. I will now take my leave. FAREWELL!" Porunga boomed as he flew off into the sky, the dragon balls trailing behind him.
"Wait what?" Goku asked appearing behind Frieza. He had known of only three girls on Namek, one was Fasha whom he'd felt leave orbit some time ago, the other was Bulma and then...Chi-Chi. He rocketed off to where he left her.
"What... get back here Saiyan!" Frieza shouted and followed him. Frieza threw a Death Slicer at him. Goku altered his course to dodge it but it cut his cheek perpendicular to where his cheek had been hit by Frieza's Death Beam. Goku shot a blast at it once it passed him, destroying it.
"Alright Frieza, you want to go now?" Goku asked and flew back at him, hitting him hard in the gut.
"Owe ." Frieza grunted and fell down to the ground. Goku resumed his path back to where Chi-Chi was trapped. Frieza clenched the dirt in his hand before getting back up. "Ahh I see now, his mate is still trapped... then I'll free her." He chuckled darkly and shot a barrage of death beams at the pod before taking flight.
"Now how to free her?" Goku asked thinking. He tensed sensing Frieza's attacks. He deflected each one. Frieza cackled and fired more shots, forcing Goku to block them. Frieza then took a few shots at Goku, trying to wear him down. Another tremendous quake shook Namek and more eruptions occurred.
"Ha it won't be long till this rock is space dust, and you along with it." Frieza said and continued trying to hit the pod Chi-Chi was trapped in. By now though Goku was fed up with Frieza's antics but there was little he could do as Frieza kept shooting attacks at the pod. Within the pod Chi-Chi sensed Goku was struggling. She focused on the energy coming from Frieza. It made her shiver as her fan began to point in his direction. She took a breath as she forced the fan to swipe down. Outside the pod Frieza was hit with a sudden gust of wind, causing him to pause his barrage of attacks as he was blown back some and his vision blurred by smoke in the air that the gust had caught. This was the chance Goku needed, he blitzed Frieza as fast as he could. Frieza quickly tried to shoot at Chi-Chi again to get free but Goku grabbed his arm and made him miss.
"Enough." Goku said and punched Frieza hard with his other hand. There was a sickening rip as the arm Goku was still holding was torn off Frieza's body as he was sent backwards. "Woah I didn't mean to do that." Goku said and quickly threw the arm at Frieza a little grossed out. Frieza caught his arm with his tail.
Frieza growled and tried to reattach his arm using his telekinesis. "No I've had enough!" Frieza yelled forming a Death Ball as he powered up. Goku began preparing a Kamehameha. Their energies clashed, but Goku's began overwhelming Frieza's. Frieza only smirked however. He threw it down at the planet, planning to destroy it and then shot a Death Beam towards the pod.
"Not so fast Frieza." Goku said and launched his Kamehameha from his feet. The propulsion from it sent him down fast enough to catch it while the Kamehameha intercepted the Death Beam. Frieza snarled and aimed a Death Beam at the Death Ball, planning to destroy it while it was in Goku's hands. His shot missed due to getting hit with lightning and another gust of smoke that hit him hard as Chi-Chi used the fan with her mind once more. "Heh thanks, I got better plans for this though." Goku said and hurled it into the sky, aiming for his ship. The sky flashed as it exploded and destroyed Goku's ship. The gravity well beam flickered and cut out. The pod Chi-Chi was in began to fall. Goku flew to catch the pod. Just as he did Frieza flew into him, putting all his power into a kick aimed at Goku's head. Goku immediately dropped the pod as Frieza followed through with his kick, driving Goku head first into the ground below creating a massive crater. Frieza chuckled.
"This is the end for you monkey." Frieza said creating a Death Slicer, readying to cut this Saiyan in half. Frieza failed to notice the Kamehameha Goku was building up using his feet. Just as Frieza was ready to throw the attack he was hit by the blue energy waved fired from Goku's feet. Frieza was sent spiraling into the sky where he was struck by multiple bolts of lightning. Goku used the momentum from the attack to blast off and pursue Frieza. His first hit was a throat chop that made Frieza feel like his head was nearly severed from his body.
"This is for Krillin, Upa, Puar, Bulma, Piccolo, the Namekians, my brother, Nappa, Fasha, Vegeta, all Saiyans, Earth, my son and my wife. Along with everyone else you've ever hurt." Goku said as he proceeded to absolutely demolish Frieza with a flurry of hits that ended with the Emperor being slammed down to the ground. Goku beat him there and held up his fist, shattering Frieza's back as he landed on it. Goku then grabbed Frieza's tail. He slung him down over his shoulder, slamming Frieza into the ground, creating a massive crater. "Stay down." Goku said and flew to the pod Chi-Chi was in. He opened the pod, afraid of what he might find. He tilted his head seeing her inside, meditating like Piccolo. "Chi-Chi?" He asked. She opened her eyes.
"Goku?" She asked softly and then collapsed exhausted, her body full of micro fractures in her bones due to enduring the gravity well. "Everything hurts." She said softly.
"I've got you Chi-Chi." Goku said and powered down out of Super Saiyan. "Your pod looks too banged up to use." He said and picked her up bridal style as gently as he could.
Chi-Chi nodded. "If they're still intact there should be more where I got it from, where Frieza's ship was." She said.
Goku nodded and levitated her pod just in case. He started to fly towards where the other Ginyu pods were, but paused as he heard something.
"Please... help me." Frieza's voice rasped. "You can't just leave me here... like this." He said. Frieza had used up all his remaining power in that last attempt to kill Goku, now he had nothing left. Goku froze hearing his plea for help.
"Goku we don't have time." Chi-Chi warned. Goku sighed and slowly floated down to Frieza.
"You expect us to help you, after everything you've done?" Chi-Chi asked
"Please... have mercy..." Frieza begged as he lay broken.
"How many have asked for Mercy before you Frieza?" Goku asked, his anger sparking him back into his Super Saiyan form.
"And did you show our friends any mercy, I begged you to stop. You brought this on yourself." Chi-Chi said.
Frieza only hacked up some blood in response. "What are you two doing, moping around?Planet Namek is about to explode, you need to get out of there now." King Kai said to them urgently.
"Forgive me." Frieza said weakly as his consciousness wavered. Goku sighed and shifted Chi-Chi to hold her with just one arm. Goku pointed his free hand at Frieza.
"Ha!" He said blasting Frieza with some energy. "There, I've given you some of my own energy, but now you're on your own." Goku said and turned away as he went back to holding Chi-Chi with both arms.
"And don't you dare ever show your face around us or any of our friends again!" Chi-Chi threatened, earning a chuckle from Goku. He began to fly away with her, having the pod follow them.
Frieza slowly got to his feet. "No... this isn't right... me beaten, begging for mercy... and they turned their back on me. No monkeys will get the better of Lord Frieza." He said and created another Death Ball filled with pure malice. He threw it at them.
Goku felt it coming closer "Huh?" He asked turning to face it as it vaporized the pod behind them. Chi-Chi grunted in pain and swatted the bansho fan at it. The gust created by the magical swat held the attack back.
"You fool." Goku yelled and kicked it back at Frieza. Frieza's eye widened as he tried to hold it back. It vaporized his skeletal hand and the rest of his arm, but he did manage to regain control of it. He held it with his stubbed arm and increased its power.
"Fool am I, then I'll just destroy this planet instead." Frieza said and cackled. Chi-Chi mumbled the words to turn the fan to its sword form. She sent a strong bolt of lightning down at the Death Ball. "Nooo!" Frieza cried as the Death Ball exploded, vaporizing what was left of his body.
"I wanted to help him, but he wouldn't let me." Goku said. Chi-Chi smiled softly and kissed his cheek.
"Not everyone can be helped, let's go home to our son." She said softly. Goku nodded. He flew her to where the Ginyu pods were, following Chi-Chi's directions. They arrived just in time to grab the last pod before it fell into lava.
"Looks like we gotta share." Goku said and opened the pod. He quickly got into it with Chi-Chi on his lap. He pressed several buttons before the pod door closed and it's engines activated. It flew off right as the planet exploded.
"Oh no!" King Kai cried unable to tell if they had made it off the planet or not. He tried sensing for them but couldn't find them.
"What is it? I thought you said Goku had Frieza on the ropes?" Roshi asked.
"He did, and Frieza's certainly no more, but the planet exploded soon after, I don't know if they made it out in time." King Kai said.
"Poor Miss Chi-Chi." Chiaotzu said as a few tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Uhh what's the big deal, if they are dead the Namekian set can bring them back sooner or later." Yajirobe said and shrugged as he finished the meal he was eating.
"That's kinda cold." Yamcha said.
"Ehh Goku's already died once anyways." Yajirobe said.
"Just because you died once before doesn't make the second time any better." Chiaotzu pouted.
"Hehe yeah, I'll attest to that." Roshi chuckled. "Though I do wonder... who's going to watch over their son while they're gone?" Roshi asked softly.
"I imagine it'll be Piccolo." King Kai said and chuckled seeing their doubts in their eyes. "You guys didn't see all of the fights, but trust me, that Piccolo will take good care of him." King Kai snickered as he switched channels with his antenna to view Earth.
Once Gohan and Piccolo were fully healed thanks to Dende, Gohan hugged his master in a tight embrace. Piccolo grunted but patted Gohan's back gently. "It's alright kid, I'm fine." He said, a little uncomfortable. Bulma giggled watching them.
"Do I get a hug to?" She asked.
"I wouldn't try it unless you want to get snapped in half." Piccolo warned.
"Hey I was only joking." Bulma pouted. Gohan giggled and looked around.
"Hey where are my parents?" He asked. Dende's eyes widened getting a message from Porunga.
"They stayed on Namek to fight Frieza." Dende said softly.
"But... but the planet was going to explode." Gohan whimpered. Piccolo placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll ask King Kai, hey you hear me up there?" Piccolo asked, reaching out with his mind.
"Yeah but I'm sorry to say that I couldn't find Chi-Chi or Goku after the planet exploded." King Kai replied back to them.
"But then that means.." Gohan said, his eyes getting big before he started balling his eyes out and clung tighter to Piccolo who was still sitting down.
"Uhh." Piccolo stuttered as he panicked internally. After about a minute of letting Gohan crying he spoke up again. "Alright enough of that kid, your tears won't bring them back but the Namekian Dragon Balls can, in the meantime you've got me to watch over." Piccolo said fairly harshly, though his eyes were full of care.
"Hey you can't speak to him like that you jerk, he just lost his parents." Bulma said, getting a quick glare from Piccolo that made her jump back.
"It's okay Bulma, Mister Piccolo is right." He said sniffling. "I need to be strong for them." Gohan said. Piccolo nodded.
"Yeah it's like I said, Piccolo will take good care of him." King Kai said aloud.
"Still here." Piccolo grumbled telepathically to him.
"Hehe sorry." King Kai said.
"Hey can't you talk to the big guy, King Yemma to find out how the kid's parents are doing?" Yajirobe asked.
"Huh, oh of course you're right, why didn't I think of that, putting you all on hold." King Kai said to those he was in communication with on Earth. He refocused his antenna onto King Yemma, the one responsible for judging souls this side of the universe.
"What is it King Kai I'm terribly busy. As if your friend Kami using his pet dragon to revive a planet full of Namekians and the aftermath of a Saiyan invasion on Earth wasn't enough paperwork, some revengeful monkey and a demented slug just destroyed an entire world to revive some blokes that died decades ago." King Yemma grumbled from behind his desk. Despite his colossal size, he was still hidden by a mountain of paper on his desk.
"Uh yeah, sorry about that...but uh could you look to see if a Goku or Chi-Chi passed away real quick... I'll Uhh have one of the boys here bring you back some food from Princess Snake." King Kai offered.
"Fine fine, hold on let me see here... I've got a Raditz that passed by here on his way to you, along with a floating cat, a noseless monk, and three Namekians, but no Goku or Chi-Chi. Looks like they're still living." King Yemma said.
"Thanks." King Kai said and cut back to Earth. "They're alive." King Kai relayed down to those there.
"Yay." Gohan cheered happily. Bulma and Nappa smiled hearing the news.
"Tch of course Kakarot did. He had become the legendary Super Saiyan." Vegeta grumbled.
"But how long till they can get home?" Gohan asked.
"That I can't tell you kid, space is a big place." King Kai replied. Gohan looked down sadly.
"Hey, your parents are probably together, so do you think any force in the universe will stop them from coming back to you?" Piccolo asked. Gohan shook his head and smiled weakly. Piccolo nodded.
"Thank you King Kai, tell my uncle Raditz, Krillin and Puar I said Hi?" He asked.
"Will do, King Kai out." King Kai said and left their minds. Moori approached Piccolo, Gohan and Bulma.
"Have any of you seen my older brother Tsuno or two warriors from his village, they are missing." Moori asked. The three shook their heads.
"I can answer that...your wish to bring back the Namekians was likely too specific. One looking older then you and two warriors fell by my hand." Vegeta chuckled.
"Why you!" Moori said getting angry.
"Hah what are you going to do Namek?" Vegeta asked.
"Not him, me." Piccolo said standing to his feet. Gohan and Dende quickly hid behind him.
"I'd welcome the challenge, after my body getting healed from dying I'd say we're about even now." Vegeta said smugly.
"We'll just see about that." Piccolo chuckled. Vegeta's eyes widened as something tapped the back of his neck.
"Spirit Beam Cannon." Kami said, transferring a small Spirit Bomb he had been forming to his body and then firing it point blank into Vegeta's neck. He only made it strong enough to knock out the Saiyan. "That was for bringing chaos to my planet." Kami said as Vegeta fell to the ground unconscious.
"Hey, that was my fight old man." Piccolo growled.
"True, but there are more pressing matters, besides just imagine how annoyed he'll be when he realizes I'm the one that knocked him out." Kami said and chuckled.
"True as that is I will need to do some training to overcome him once he heals, if I let him. What pressing matters though?" Piccolo asked.
"I believe he is referring to me." Guru said as the Namekian Dragon Balls, now stone as they recharged, fell at his feet. "Ah good, I was afraid I might have to leave you without them." He said and coughed weakly.
His children gasped and huddled around him. "No father." Moori said softly.
"Be at ease my children, but there's something I must do first. Sons of Katas, Kami Piccolo, come by my side." He said.
"What is it lord Guru?" Kami asked coming to his right side, Piccolo came to his left side after a moment of hesitation.
"I can unlock the power hidden in both of you, if you will promise to teach my people. Piccolo, specifically of you I ask to train our warriors with your knowledge and the knowledge Nail gave you so that they may be able to defend themselves in the future." Guru said.
"Of course." Kami said.
"This power, it is my own?" Piccolo asked.
"Indeed it comes from you, I just bring it to the surface." Guru said.
"Very well, I will train those that wish to fight, as a debt to Nail." Piccolo said. Guru smiled.
"Thank you." Guru said and placed his hands over Piccolo and Kami. He unlocked their potential. Piccolo surged with power. Piccolo stared at his hands in disbelief. Kami gasped as he was flooded with energy and knowledge.
"Astounding." Kami said softly. Guru coughed again. "Moori, to me my son." He said weakly.
"Yes father?" Moori asked, tears streaming from his eyes.
"It is up to you to lead our people in this new age." Guru said and passed over ownership of the Namekian Dragon Balls to Moori. "I've taught you the best I can, it is up to you now my child." Guru said.
"Thank you father." Moori said looking down.
"This is not truly goodbye my children, I leave you in good hands. However my sight grows ever dimmer of the future... but I can sense that your story is not yet finished Kami... I offer one last gift to help you with what is to come." Guru said and coughed badly.
"What is it?" Kami asked.
"As your other half merged with the strongest of our kind to preserve our ways, I offer this same gift to you Kami... it is the only way I can truly show you what it means to be a Namekian, and to preserve my memories of the past. I will fuse with you if you would permit it." Guru said.
"I..." Kami said thinking, the request taking him off guard.
"Time is short to decide." Guru said.
"What do you think Piccolo?" Kami asked telepathically, not having anyone else he could really ask that would understand.
"I doubt he will add to your power and you can't get any older... wisdom though, seems to be something you like more than power. It may benefit others more than yourself." Piccolo replied, surprising Kami somewhat that he actually did give his advice.
"Alright, if you are okay with it." Kami said.
"Yes." Guru said and coughed. "Place you hand upon me." Guru said.
"Goodbye my children, I am in each of you, I wish you good luck and good will." Guru said before powering up. He and Kami were lost in a bright light. When the light faded Kami was standing alone. He looked taller and less bent. His body also now fuller.
"Maybe a gust of wind won't knock you over now." Piccolo said.
"Kami?" Mister Popo asked worried.
"I'm fine old friend, just... adjusting." He said and smiled. The other Namekians looked down.
"What now Elder Moori?" a young Namekian asked.
"I do not know, we are without a home." He said softly.
"It is small but you are all welcomed to the lookout where I live." Kami said.
"No reason to be cramped, you can all come to stay at Capsule Corp." Bulma smiled.
"Are you sure?" Moori asked.
"Of course." Bulma smiled. "And I can take you all there using Frieza's ship." She said.
"Thank you for your kindness." Moori said. The other Namekians echoed his gratitude.
"No problem." Bulma smiled.
"Kami's lookout would be a good location to train the warriors among you." Piccolo said. Kami nodded in agreement.
"Can I train with you too Piccolo?" Gohan asked.
"Well you are my student still right?" Piccolo asked Gohan.
"Always." Gohan said excited.
"Me too?" Upa asked nervously.
"Tch sure, you too. Meet me up there in the morning, as for the rest of you I'll send Gohan to fetch you." Piccolo said to the Namekian warriors. They nodded. Bulma began leading the Namekians back onto the ship. Piccolo settled his gaze on Nappa who was picking Vegeta up off the ground. "And what about you?" Piccolo asked Nappa.
"Find my daughter, she isn't here." Nappa said softly.
"I was unconscious but I think I heard mention she was going back to someone named Cold so he wouldn't come to Earth." Piccolo said. Nappa's face paled considerably.
"I need a ship to rescue her." Nappa said urgently. Piccolo pointed at Bulma.
"She's your best bet." He said. Nappa nodded and flew over to Bulma, still carrying Vegeta.
"I need a ship." He said. Bulma glared at him.
"Why should I help you, after everything you've done?" Bulma asked angrily as she put her hands on her hips.
"I helped stop Frieza, and I'm doing this to help my daughter who helped you." Nappa said. Bulma tilted her head and looked into his eyes.
"You really do love her don't you?" She asked softly.
Nappa nodded. "She's all that matters to me now, I wasn't a good father before, but maybe it isn't too late." He said. Bulma stared at him for a while.
"Fine, come on board, but try anything and I'll have Piccolo set you straight." She said. Nappa nodded thankfully and let out a smile.
"Hey I don't work for you woman." Piccolo growled.
"No, but with everyone gone right now, you are this planet's defender." Bulma said. "I mean you are easily the strongest one on the planet right now." She added. Kami chuckled and got back on Popo's carpet.
"I thought that was his job?" Piccolo asked and nodded towards Kami.
"Oh no no, you've been doing a good job at it." Kami said chuckling and disappeared with Popo as the carpet took them to the lookout. Bulma giggled softly.
"Coming with us? Gohan?" She asked flying over to the ship.
"No." Piccolo said, turning his back.
"I wanna spend more time with Piccolo." Gohan said smiling and waved goodbye.
"Well alright, just be sure to visit C-6 tomorrow." Bulma said and went into the ship.
"Okay, bye." Gohan waved. C-6 flew the ship to Capsule Corp. headquarters. "Now what?" Gohan asked his master. Piccolo closed his eyes thinking.
"We rest, and then we train like we never had before." Piccolo said. "Follow me though, I need to make good on a promise." Piccolo said.
"A promise?" Gohan asked. Piccolo nodded as he led Gohan to where he sensed the Ox King at, which was fairly easy to do as he was now one of the strongest humans on Earth currently.
(And with that, the Frieza arc draws to a close. This has been a long road, I suspect this chapter will put me over the 100k word mark. With the last chapter I just hit the threshold of 8,000 views, so thank you to all of you who have been following along and to those who've helped me with this story.
Let's take a last look at some power levels, they'll be a thing of the past after this.
Zombified Frieza- ranges from 60 million down to 12 million throughout the fight.
Super Saiyan Goku- at least 100 million (depends if the transformation healed him back to his full power or not before the multiplier)
False SS/enraged Gohan- 30 million though it was too much for his body so he kinda fizzled.
Chi-Chi with the fan, not holding back - 10 million per attack, mostly the fan at work, her base is still about 100, 000.
Gohan after being healed on Earth - 10 million
Piccolo after getting his potential unlocked - Up to 30 million after some time.
Kami and Guru fusion- 700,000
Speaking of their fusion, Guru saw this as a backup plan to preserve Namekian history, he also wanted to help Kami and Piccolo with an impending danger he can sense.
The next chapter and possibly the one after will be focused on the training that everyone is going to be doing, till next time.)