Chapter 11

Tien's determination was unbreakable.

He sped toward his friends' hiding spot with new power running through his veins. Just as he thought Goku had left him in the dust, forever to be nothing but part of the B-Team, he had his potential truly unlocked. He touched down and looked over to see Krillin, Gohan, Dende, Chaotzu, and Bulma inside a little capsule house, but they rushed out to see him. "Y-you made it!" Gohan said. "Heheh, nice job, Tien!" Said Krillin, smirking, "Don't celebrate just yet, guys, I got the Dragon Balls, but Frieza's strong, we're gonna have to see if Piccolo and Yamcha can help us out," Tien said, setting down the Dragon Balls. Dende stepped forward, confusing the Z fighters, he looked at Tien "I know how to summon Shenron from these. You must speak in Namek's native tongue." Tien nodded and Dende stepped forward.

"What are your wishes? Porunga will grant any three." Said Dende.

"Th-three!? Awesome! We've got 2 wishes to spare!" Said an elated Krillin "Alright.

We bring back Yamcha and Piccolo, and with our next wish, bring them to Namek!" Dende looked confused "The dragon can only resurrect one person at a time." The group deflated a bit at this, but Chaotzu stepped forward to brighten their moods. "If we bring back Piccolo, then Kami will be alive, and we can bring Yamcha back to life on Earth!" Krillin smiled and stepped forward. "Alright, Now we're sure to-huh?!"

They suddenly all sensed 5 enormous evil ki energies, everybody but Bulma, Dende, and Tien seem to panic. "O-oh jeez! Those ki's are massive! What're we gonna do?" Gohan cried. "They're coming to us, on your guard, guys." 5 pods crashed down, revealing 5 brightly coloured warriors, who instantly started posing together.

"Recoome!" "Burter!" "Jeice!" "Guldo!" "Ginyu!"

"And together we are-?" Said the purple alien in the middle, presumably Ginyu.

"The Ginyu Force!" The whole team posed together before Ginyu chuckled and stepped forward. "Looks to me like we've got someone disrespecting Lord Frieza, huh? Well, we just can't have that. Jeice! Help me carry these dragon balls to Lord Frieza!" Jeice quickly nodded and they started flying off to Frieza, "Damn it! Just when we had all 7!" Krillin lamented, Burter, Recoome, and Guldo menacingly stepped forward. "Heh, let me handle the runts." Burter looked extremely upset at this "You!? I wanna fight them first!" Recomme stepped in. "Uh, actually, you called first last time, it's Guldo on the runts, and me on baldy over there." Recomme said, pointing to Tien. "Wha-? Fine then." Said Burter as he crossed his arms, looking upset, Guldo stepped toward Krillin, Gohan, and Chaotzu. "It's best for now if we play along, guys, but don't worry, I'm not sensing a lot of Ki off this guy." Guldo stepped forward and smiled, as soon As the three rushed him, he put his hand forward and they were all stopped in their tracks.

"Huh? I can't move!" Gohan said. "N-neither can I!" Chaotzu cried. Guldo used psychokinesis to bring some sharp tree trunks to him. "Now, get ready to die!" The trunks flew at them, Chaotzu closed his eyes and yelled "Tien, help!" In an instant, when his eyes opened, the tree trunks were in pieces on the floor. The 3 looked over to Guldo, and he was on the ground, unconscious. Recomme and Burter looked shocked, seeing Tien right next to the body. "What?! How can this be!? This guy's power level is only 5000!" Tien chuckled and walked towards Recoome. "As a matter of fact-" He flared his ki and gut punched Recoome, causing him to stumble back and cough blood, "-It isn't." Recoome collapsed, and Burter had his eyes wide. Tien looked at him before there was a loud crash, he looked over to see a spaceship touching down, he readied himself, with Burter still shaking in fear, Tien saw the ship open and three shadowy figures ominously stepped out, but when they stepped into the light, it was Goku, Vegeta, and Raditz! "Hey guys! Sorry I'm late! Goku said, smiling. The whole group was happy to see him "Goku!" "Dad!" Krillin and Gohan ran to him, he smiled and hugged the two, Raditz looked away like he didn't care, but Gohan walked over to him and hugged him as well. "I missed you too, Uncle Raditz." Raditz smiled softly, suddenly, Gohan stepped back and was about to head back to the battle when Burter shot a beam at him out of nowhere, Tien didn't expect that and it flew right past him and hit Gohan right on the back, he coughed and fell, leaving Goku and Raditz in shock. Goku looked up at Burter and gave him an extremely angry look. "Raditz. Watch Gohan for a second." Suddenly, Goku appeared to vanish, Vegeta smirked as he saw Burter hit the ground, coughing up blood. "Even the mighty Ginyu Force is nothing...compared to a Super Saiyan!" Goku and Raditz heard this many times and learned to ignore it, Raditz gave Gohan a senzu bean. "That was a close one." He said, Goku looked at Tien, confused. "Jeez, Tien, thought you'd be stronger by now... I mean, unless you're hiding your power?" Tien smirked "You'll just have to find out, Goku. Now c'mon, we gotta go get the Dragon Balls back." "Wait, back?" Said Raditz, confused. "I'll explain on the way." Said Tien.

Later..

They had caught up with Captain Ginyu and Jeice, who had been talking to Frieza just a bit earlier, but he was long gone by now, Ginyu smirked. "Well, looks like the whole barrel of monkeys has arrived!" Goku and the rest touched down, but Vegeta stepped forward first. "If you value your life, you will surrender now." "Vegeta? Threatening me? Of all people YOU should know your place, but don't worry, I'm happy to SHOW YOU!" Ginyu rushed at Vegeta and they clashed, everyone watched in awe, but Vegeta had the upper hand. The fighting stopped for a moment and Ginyu was out of breath, suddenly, he shoved his hand into his own chest, everyone watched in horror, even Vegeta, suddenly, he extended his arms to the side "Change now!" There was a large flash of light and Vegeta smiled, but that definitely was NOT Vegeta "wh-what the hell?" Said Vegeta, in Ginyu's body. "Hah! Now I can use your amazing battle power to MY advantage!" Ginyu then rushed toward Goku, who actually managed to dodge and counter his attack fairly easily, in fact, he was beating him up! Even Vegeta in his own body was stronger, Jeice watched in horror as Ginyu was pummelled in Vegeta's body, suddenly, when Goku was about to throw another punch, Ginyu smiled and yelled "Change now!" Goku was in front of him, but Vegeta was behind Goku, and Goku dodged the blast, putting Ginyu in his own body, from behind Goku, Ginyu latched onto Goku, now in his own body "Change now!" He switched into Goku's body and rushed at Raditz, who, yet again, beat him up easily. "WHY. IS. THIS. HAPPENING?! I should be just as strong as you!" Raditz chuckled. "You're using Kakarot's body, molded to be a martial artist Saiyan fighting machine, YOU, however, are none of those things, so it's little more than a low class Saiyan husk." Ginyu got frustrated and dashed at Raditz "Change no-!" Raditz, in a split second, grabbed Goku in Ginyu's body and held him up, causing Ginyu to go back into his own body. Ginyu looked tired, but latched onto Raditz. "Jeice! Code Alpha Magma!" Jeice seemed scared and reluctant. "Wha-? But...Cap'n, are you sure? It'll be the end of the Ginyu Force!"

"Jeice, the Ginyu force, despite its name, was never about me. It was about teamwork...and friendship. The Ginyu force will never end, not as long as you hold that in your heart, besides, as the leader of the force, you're gonna have to call the shots. And i trust you to." As everyone was moved by this amazing speech, Jeice reluctantly threw a speeding energy ball that pierced Ginyu and Raditz, Raditz coughed blood, though felt like this was familiar, he hit the floor and Vegeta seemed shocked, He looked at Jeice with rage, but as he took a step to him, he collapsed, as did Goku, Tien knew he had to take charge, he knocked out Jeice, easily, to everyone's surprise, and looked at Krillin and Gohan. "Get those three to a healing pod, now!" They nodded and rushed the Saiyans to the healing pods, he could sense Frieza approaching, and a ki fading from where he came from, he looked at Dende. "We gotta summon the dragon, now." Dende nodded and spoke a foreign language over the dragon balls, suddenly, Porunga, a buffed out version of Shenron, appeared. "Revive the Namekians named Piccolo, and then bring him to Namek." Dende nodded and told this to the dragon, it's eyes glowed red and Dende looked at Tien. "He's on Namek." "...Where?" "On Namek." Tien sighed "Should've been more specific." Tien looked over to the ship, knowing Gohan and Krillin were there, he sensed Frieza approaching, he looked at Chaotzu. "Go make sure Krillin and Gohan stay in the ship, and take Dende too." "But...what about you, Tien? You can't fight this Frieza guy alone!" Chaotzu worried. Tien just smiled "Maybe not. But I have to buy some time. Just until Piccolo arrives." Chaotzu sadly nodded and flew off, Tien sighed, as The Emperor of The Universe, Lord Frieza, touched down, looking angry. "I've had quite enough of your shenanigans, earthling. Now move, so I can get my immortality and perhaps spare your life, to serve me." Tien smiled and shook his head. "As a matter of fact, I won't, and besides, these balls aren't going to last long." Almost on que, The Dragon Balls turned to stone and dropped, Frieza looked confused "Wait...what?" "When the creator of a set of Dragon Balls dies, the Dragon balls become useless." Frieza's eye twitched "Foolish worm...You've sealed the fate of all your little friends, as well as your whole planet!" Frieza rushed at Tien, who caught his fist, catching Frieza by surprise. "As a matter of fact. I haven't." He kneed Frieza in the stomach and started fighting with him, Krillin and the rest could sense the battle raging. A little while later, it seemed both were running out of gas. Tien chuckled. "Guess I was wrong to think I needed help to beat you." Frieza then smiled widely. "Well, I do have another trick up my sleeve." With that, Frieza's ki started rising Tien's eyes widened as he grew in size, as did his horns, Frieza smiled "how do you like my second form?" Tien grit his teeth and rushed at him, only to get batted away easily, now Frieza clearly had the upper hand, toying with him.

Meanwhile, Piccolo was rushing to get there, he suddenly felt a fading ki and found a Namekian, dying on the ground. "Who're you?" Said Piccolo "...Nail...I had to...fight Frieza...to buy your friends some time...you're Piccolo, right?" Piccolo nodded, and nail smiled. "I don't know what you want, but I have to go see if I can help." As Piccolo stepped away, Nail spoke "before you go...Frieza's powerful, too powerful to be beaten...but if we fuse...we might stand a chance" Piccolo seemed reluctant. "Don't worry...I won't stick around, I'll just be the catalyst for your power to grow." Piccolo sighed. "Fine." Per Nail's instruction, he put his hand on his chest, and with a burst of light, Nail was gone, and Piccolo felt new power running through him. He rushed to go save the group.

As the fight raged on, with Frieza barely trying, he was ready to finish him off, but before he could fire a death beam, he was kicked to the side, when Frieza looked up, he saw Piccolo "Oh, look, I missed one of you." Piccolo had a serious look. "For all the Namekians that you killed, prepare to face your reckoning, Frieza!" Piccolo dashed at Frieza, and actually started winning! Tien watched in awe as Piccolo turned the tables. After a while of Fighting, Frieza was yet again getting mad, but he smiled. "Looks like not all of you are as easy to squash as an average Namekian, but just a reminder that you're still insects compared to me!" Frieza slightly grew in size as his head elongated and his horns grew again, resulting in his terrifying third form. In this form, Piccolo started being beaten, Tien even jumped in to help, but to no avail. Back at the ship, everyone could sense this and Krillin had enough "That's it! We all have to go help them, guys!" At this point, Raditz burst out of his healing pod. "Raditz! You're healed?" Raditz lied "Yeah! I must've taken less of a beating than those other 2." They all rushed over to Tien and Piccolo's aide when Frieza just laughed "Come along! The more the merrier! But no matter how much trash there is, it's still trash!" Frieza was somehow able to keep up with all of them, and Raditz was too weak to use the Kaioken. Dende was secretly healing them when hey went down, but Frieza ended up noticing, and he chuckled. "As you should know, I'm more than capable of ending all of your lives in this form, but I'll give you a treat and show you..My Final Form." With a flash of l get, a much smaller, less horned Frieza appeared, Tien sighed. "I guess his goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover." Frieza death beamed Dende before anybody could see "There, no more coming back to life."

But back at this ship. Goku and Vegeta healed and burst out of their pods, they looked at each other and nodded, and got to where Frieza was about to terrorize the group, Frieza recognized Vegeta "Oh, Vegeta, glad you made it to the finale of this little gathering." Vegeta scowled, nobody else was fit to fight, so Goku and Vegeta squared up to Frieza, and they started the fight, but with everything they had, the fight seemed hopeless. Goku suddenly had an idea, he put his hands in the air, "Vegeta! Distract him for me!" "Don't tell me what to do Kakarot!" Vegeta tried his best, but could barely stand to Frieza's final form. But soon, Frieza noticed an orb in the sky "What? How did you gather so much energy? Well, no matter, I'm ENDING this!" Frieza summoned an energy ball, so Goku sent his Spirit Bomb at him, Frieza looked up as his energy was eaten by the ball, he tried to hold it back. "This...is nothing, this is nothing!" The ball exploded, leaving Tien, Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan, Raditz, And Chaotzu standing there. "Did...did they make it?" They flew over and saw Vegeta rise from the water, and he pulled up Goku with his other hand. Goku got up and smiled "W-we did it guys!" He hugged Krillin, Gohan and Raditz and everyone sighed in relief, the nightmare was over, or so they thought.

Suddenly, a death beam fired at Piccolo, Raditz saw it coming and stepped in the way, the beam pierced his chest, but only Piccolo's arm, Raditz hit the floor, dead, it went right through his heart, Vegeta froze, Goku was shocked, and Gohan looked terrified Frieza smiled and laughed "Looks like that's one less monkey in the barrel, whoopsie daisy." Goku looked at Frieza "Everyone, run! I'll handle this!" Krillin shook his head "No way, Goku, we're in this together!" Suddenly, a small twinkle of ki hit Krillin in the chest, he looked down and started to float up, Frieza had his hand raised, Goku looked in terror, and shouted to Frieza. "Wait! Frieza! STOP IT!" As Frieza closed his fist, Krillin screamed "Help, Goku-!" He exploded, Goku was left in the same shock as Vegeta, who was staring at Raditz's lifeless body. Was this real? He couldn't be gone...just like that? Goku and Vegeta were there, frozen in anger and pain. Lightning started to strike. The clouds darkened "Im...not...gonna let you...get away...with this.." They both said, shaking, their heads flicked up for a moment, their hair glowing, and going back down, suddenly they both yelled out "RRRAAAAAAAGH-!" Suddenly, their hair was shimmering gold. Vegeta looked at Frieza, but Goku turned to the group. "Gohan, take everyone, go get Bulma, and leave on the ship." "B-but dad-" "Are you deaf, boy?! Listen to your father!" Gohan nodded and flew off with Piccolo and Chaotzu, Tien stayed for a moment, looking at Goku. "Win this, Goku, for all of us." Tien flew off with the rest, and now both Goku and Vegeta were looking at Frieza. "But...how? Saiyans transform into apes! What are you?" Goku and Vegeta floated up slightly. "We are Saiyan Warriors, with true hearts. Awakened by rage." They both said at the same time.

"I am the answer to all living things that cry out in pain!" Said Goku

"I am the most powerful warrior in he universe!" Said Vegeta

"I am the light in the darkness!" Said Goku

"I am the hope of the universe!" Said Vegeta

"We are truth." They said in synchrony.

"We are the legendary Super Saiyans!"

"Prince Vegeta!" "Son Goku!" They both yelled, flaring their ki, Frieza looked shocked, then smiled. "Really into that old myth, eh? Well, super Saiyan or not, you will die by my hand!" Frieza started to power up and his arms grew in muscle mass. "This is 100% of my pow-" Frieza was knocked to the side by Vegeta, Goku then got in the way and kicked him into the air, Vegeta then flip kicked him, sending him flying to the ground, Frieza widely beamed at them, but they dodged them all.

Vegeta kept up the fight and ended up completely battering Frieza with ease, especially with the help of Goku, they were practically one single fighting machine. Frieza managed to land a kick to the top of the head, causing Vegeta to be buried into the ground, and he laughed at him "Just as easy as your other monkey friend, you cannot stand to me Vegeta!" Vegeta got up, looking livid, Frieza death beamed him, but Vegeta purposely took it to the face, he simply looked at him "Are you talking about Raditz? DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT RADITZ!" Frieza then realized the battle was practically over, but he raised his hands "FINE! If I can't kill you, then I'll blow up the planet!" He threw an energy ball into the floor and there was a large explosion, but after it, there was a large hole in the ground with lava spewing from it. Goku's eyes widened "I held back too much, but the core has been activated, in 5 minutes, it will explode!" Vegeta sighed. "Guess that means we won't have as much time to pummel you." He then started rushing Frieza, who could barely fight back, Goku managed to see the dragon being brought back to life, King Kai's doing. He told king Kai telepathically to leave him and Vegeta to fight Frieza, and he reluctantly complied. Goku flew over to Vegeta as he was staring down Frieza. "Are you done? We have to go." "Go?! We're not done with Frieza." I'm content with having his pride broken, he was beaten by 2 monkeys." Vegeta looked at Frieza and sighed, Raditz would want him to stop. His hair turned back to black and Goku and Vegeta started to fly off, Frieza's anger got the better of him and he fired a blast with all he had at Vegeta. Vegeta turned, hair glowing gold once again. "I...I gave him a chance...but he's just SO STUPID." He used a single hand to return the blast, and Frieza was no more, Goku and Vegeta were now rushing to a ship, any ship, they found one and Vegeta and Goku started pressing buttons at random, well, Goku at random, Vegeta had some slight piloting skills. But at King Kai's place, he felt the planet explode. King Kai sighed. Yamcha was no longer with him, everyone killed by Frieza and his men were now on Earth. Including Raditz, who, in all of the reunion commotion, had no clue what happened to his dear friend. But he knew one thing. Vegeta was a super Saiyan now.

And one other thing.

He knew that he would have to catch up.