Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Thirty-Five: Approaching
"Okay the Dragon Balls are gathered up, hurry and summon him." Vegeta demanded.
Nail glared and growled at Vegeta. "I'm not your underling, don't order me around!" Nail snarled.
Vegeta scoffed in response, rolling his eyes, which Nail sent an irritated glare once more before turning to face the Dragon Balls that laid in front of them. Nail reached his arms out, then proceeded to speak in an unfamiliar language.
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Although...it sounds and looks like gibberish to most. A moment later, the skies grew dark, the Dragon Balls gleamed bright yellow, and a blinding strobe light flashed a couple of times before a white silhouette had appeared.
The white silhouette looked muscular, ripped even, with broad shoulders, large pectoral muscles, and almost alligator-like. The white silhouette quickly became green and yellowish skin, with bright red eyes, his height had towered that of Shenron, the Eternal Dragon of Earth, and his tail was longer than anything seen before.
"You who have gathered all Seven Dragon Balls, I shall grant you three wishes." Porunga said, showing three fingers as he spoke from his left hand. The mighty Dragon's voice echoed for a large distance.
Once again Nail spoke in the Namekian language, to which only Porunga's ears understood. "Dragon! Please restore the souls of Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Raditz to their original bodies."
Porunga's eyes gleamed bright red for a moment then stopped. "This wish will take much power from me, and thus I can only grant one more wish after this. Do you wish for me to proceed?" Porunga asked.
"W-What?!" Nail said. He widened his eyes in shock and dropped his jaw. "Then we'd only have a total of two wishes."
"So? Use one to fix their souls and the other to grant me the immortality I was promised!" Vegeta replied.
"We were going to use one of the wishes to restore their bodies back to full health." Nail explained. "Otherwise we'd have to wait for them to heal up!"
"We won't need them to heal up if I'm given immortality, nor will it take that long for most of them to heal anyways!" Vegeta yelled, pointing the obvious out.
"Agh, Fine." Nail sighed. Nail turned his attention away from Vegeta and back to Porunga, letting the Dragon know to grant the wish.
"Finally! Even if it takes 1 or a thousand upon thousands of battles, I'll be the one to slay Frieza!" Vegeta grinned in thought. Vegeta had waited for this very moment for years, when finally he'd be the one with the upper edge against Frieza, he'd be the one to slay Frieza! The one to avenge the Saiyan race! The one who would be unbeatable!
A moment later, the Dragon's eyes radiated a bright red for a short moment before returning back to normal. "The wish has been granted." He said. "State your Final Wis-."
Porunga had frozen, not moving an inch, not even a full second after he disappeared, the clouds vanished, the three suns now brightened the green sky, and the three fighters gaped in shock as the Seven Orange Balls fell from the sky turning to stone.
"W-What the?! What the hell happened!" Vegeta yelled. "The Dragon! It vanished! And the Dragon Balls are turned to stone?! Somebody explain!"
"Damn it!" Nail yelled, slamming the ground with his fist. He gritted his teeth angrily, and scraped the dirt off the ground. "The Grand Elder...he's...gone…"
"W-What do you mean gone! He can't be gone! I haven't gotten my wish of immortality!" Vegeta yelled, taking a foot forward.
Nail stood up, and turned to Vegeta. "I mean he's dead!" Nail shouted. "The Grand Elder has passed away!"
Vegeta's mouth hung in shock. "W-What?! N-No! Not yet!" Vegeta said. "I-I was so close! SO CLOSE TO IMMORTALITY!" He clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth angrily. "Damn it! This is all your guys' fault! If you had granted me my immortality in the f-..."
Vegeta stood still, with his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped, staring in a specific direction, confusing the other two fighters.
"Uh Vegeta? Hello?" Gohan said, tilting his head. He turned around to look in the same direction as Vegeta, to see Frieza standing there with a blank expression on his face at the top of a cliff. Nail followed along to be just as shocked as the others.
"Satisfied yet?" Frieza said, his tone raising. "Cause if not, then I'll be sure to keep it that way!"
Gohan's hand shook repetitively, and the only thing that uttered from him were short lived breaths. He swallowed hard at the intense power Frieza was emitting, and clearly it wasn't his full power.
A smile appeared across Frieza's grin, something that was not in fact a good thing, a smile that was wicked beneath the surface.
"And I wonder, what happened to the Ginyu Force?" Frieza said, the three fighters remaining silent. Frieza glanced to the right without turning his head, in the distance, he could see a frog with beady red eyes, very well knowing this was the Captain, and although in a Frog's body, Captain Ginyu had already known he'd been seen, so he hid under a huge rock.
Frieza then moved his eyes to a different position where the Ginyu Force members' bodies had laid, Recoome's body with a hole in it, the red stained blue grass beneath him, Guldo nowhere to be found nor Jeice, and Burter's body under rubble from the ground.
"You've actually managed to do with them all hm?" Frieza said, no one responded, so Frieza continued himself. "I imagine you've already said your goodbyes, yes?" Frieza lowered himself to the ground, planting his feet firmly on it. "How sad, the Dragon Balls have turned to stone as you were making your wish. Isn't that right Vegeta?"
Vegeta remained silent, scowling his eyes at Frieza while baring his fangs.
"I on the other hand should be even angrier, after all I've been waiting for this a lot longer than you have, and have gone through much more trouble." Frieza said. His tail dragged itself across the ground before it lifted back up. "This has to be the first time I've ever been this angry, I don't recall a time where I was this infuriated."
Frieza took a couple steps forward, his smile dissipated into an angry and irritated frown. "I should've seen the presage in the first place!" His tone raised once more as he growled. "Now I'll make you all suffer and you'll rue the day you crossed paths with me you maggots!"
Frieza clenched his fist angrily, as his energy flared, his tail slammed against the ground, causing it to crack in a path behind him for as long as this island was.
Vegeta took a stance, and smirked. "Finally showing your true colors?!" Vegeta shouted. "If you think that's going to happen then you're dead wrong!"
Both Nail and Gohan jumped out of Vegeta's way as Vegeta unleashed his energy, and let loose a mighty roar.
"Bring it on!" Vegeta yelled.
"Tch! Looks like you've forgotten just how vastly frightening I can be!" Frieza said. Frieza bent his legs and arms as he powered up. "Let me refresh your memory!" Frieza gleamed a bright white for a moment, the ground, the whole planet, trembled beneath them as Frieza's power echoed out.
"W-What is that huge power!" Dende shouted, blocking the wind with his right arm. The young Namekian had gotten very close to the battlefield, however, the intense winds from the sudden power spike were causing issues. Dende stopped moving, and used his energy to keep himself from being blown away.
"Almost there! I've got to make it to Nail and the others!" Dende thought. A short moment later the roaring winds slowed down, and became gentle breezes. Dende took his chance to speed up and get ahead.
Vegeta and Frieza charged after each other simultaneously and instantly, clashing their arms together. Chunks of ground broke apart and jumped up for a split second before falling back to the ground, the planet rumbled, and small sparks of electricity sparked on their clash.
Vegeta hurled his right fist aimed at Frieza's head, but missed as Frieza dodged the attack, hitting nothing but air. Frieza jumped back a couple feet, and swung his foot to Vegeta's head, but Vegeta ducked. Vegeta threw his left leg aimed at Frieza's head but Frieza blocked with his arm, and fired an energy blast with his other hand.
Vegeta hovered rapidly in the air, avoiding the energy blast, the other fighters, Gohan and Nail, leaped back, gaining more distance to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.
"You call that an energy blast?! I'LL SHOW YOU A REAL ENERGY BLAST!" Vegeta yelled. He pulled his right hand back and gathered bright yellow energy to it, firing a few seconds later at Frieza.
Frieza took a stance, firmly planted his feet in the ground, and unleashed his energy, ramming his fist into the energy blast Vegeta had shot at him. The blast was deflected and sent elsewhere before randomly exploding mid-air.
Vegeta soared to Frieza and hurled a flurry of punches, which collided against a flurry of Frieza's punches, causing minor shockwaves on each collision. After a short moment, Frieza swung his right leg to cease the repetitive clash, and to try to land a direct hit against Vegeta. However his leg missed as Vegeta had ducked sideways.
Vegeta lifted his fist towards Frieza's chin but Frieza bent slightly back, avoiding the attack. Vegeta reacted quickly, gathering energy in his left hand and pushed it up against Frieza's gut, unleashing nearly immediately. Frieza tried to resist the attack but the attack pushed Frieza away at least about a hundred feet, as that blast faded away, and the dust settled, Frieza's eyes met with tons of energy blasts approaching.
"THOSE ARE REAL ENERGY BLASTS FRIEZA!" Vegeta shouted, with a wicked smirk. Frieza tried to dodge the attacks but he had little time, and narrowly avoided them, a few which had successfully collided against him.
Frieza flared his aura angrily and rushed after Vegeta, clashing attacks with him.
"H-How could anyone generate so much power!" Nail shouted. Both him and Gohan had their feet planted harshly in the ground with their arms in front of them to block any debris. "This is completely unreal!"
Each punch or kick, or any form of attack Vegeta and Frieza had thrown caused massive rumbling on the planet, but for them, this was keeping it controlled. As the two clashed in the green skies, a young Namekian, Dende, had arrived unknowingly to the two.
"Nail! Gohan!" Dende shouted as he lowered himself to the ground, both Nail and Gohan instantly turned their attention to the younger Namek.
"Dende!" Gohan said.
"Good, you've arrived." Nail said. "I was beginning to worry something had happened."
"No, I'm fine, thanks Nail!" Dende replied.
"I need a favor to ask of you, Dende." Nail said.
Dende gave a slightly confused look to Nail. "What do you mean?" He asked.
"When the Grand Elder unlocked your potential, it enhanced your healing abilities, correct?" Nail answered. Dende nodded in response. "Good."
For a quick moment, Nail had explained the situation to Dende, while Frieza and Vegeta had continued to fight.
"I'll be back soon then." Dende said, hovering up.
"Wait, I shall come with you, it'll be faster if I take you there." Nail replied. "That way we'd only be a few short minutes, wasting more time would be reckless."
"Alright." Dende nodded.
"Please hurry back quickly guys." Gohan said, as the two had begun to leave. Nail and Dende turned around, with Nail grabbing hold of Dende, however a sudden energy blast was sent towards them, causing Nail to narrowly avoid it, and stop for a second.
"Nobody leaves the battlefield without my permission!" Frieza yelled. Frieza lifted his hand attempting to fire another blast but Vegeta rammed his knee into Frieza's gut.
"Your fight is with me! Vegeta! The Prince of All Saiyans! And nobody else, they can do as they please!" Vegeta yelled. He hurled his fist into Frieza's right cheek, then unleashed a powerful energy torrent.
Nail and Dende took their opportunity to leave, leaving instantly.
Frieza brought himself up from the rubble and snarled angrily. "This is getting very tiresome!" Frieza shouted.
Vegeta lowered himself to Frieza and put on a wide grin. "What Frieza? Are you getting fearful? Don't you see it now?" He said. Vegeta let out a short chuckle before continuing. "I am close to becoming the Legendary Super Saiyan! The one thing that you fear most of all!"
Frieza scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Nothing more than a desperate boast!" He said. "Even if there's a glint of truth in your statement, it wouldn't matter!"
"Why?" Vegeta said. Frieza opened his mouth to speak but Vegeta cut him off. "Actually, don't tell me, let me guess? You can transform? Is that what you're going to say?"
Frieza gritted his teeth angrily, then recomposed himself, and proceeded to talk in a calm manner. "So you know of my little secret?"
"To be fair, Guldo wasn't much of a secret keeper, and besides Zarbon let a thing or two slip." Vegeta explained.
Frieza raised an eyebrow, then gave a quick chuckle. "I'd cut Zarbon's pay for that one but he's dead already, oh well, I'll admit I was a bit surprised."
"F-Frieza can transform!?" Gohan gasped.
"Yes, he's not the only one that has that ability. Once in a while you'll run into someone out there who can alter their form at will, and kill the unsuspecting." Vegeta pointed out. "Usually it's nothing more than a parlor trick."
Frieza let loose an evil grin. "A parlor trick eh?" Frieza said. "Then apparently you don't know everything about my transformation."
"What're you talking about?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow in suspicion.
"My case is a little something more...extraordinary per say." Frieza replied. "The reason I stay in my current form isn't because my transformation state increases my power, or because of some sort of deceptive trick." Frieza let out another quick chuckle, before grinning widely, and making his tone and pitch a little more evil.
"It's because I can't control my true power."
"W-What?!" Gohan shouted.
"Don't listen to him." Vegeta said. "He's bluffing."
"Oh I am, am I?" Frieza asked. "Then how about we test your theory, hm? I'll let you know this will take some time. I haven't quite been able to stretch my legs in so long."
Frieza bent his knees and elbows, gritting his teeth, flaring his aura. His energy roared like that of a powerful Dragon, the ground trembled yet again and only much more so dramatically. Every so couple of minutes, an island or two would hover off the ground before falling instantly back down.
The ocean waves waked nearly several hundred feet in the air.
"Agh, T-Thanks." Krillin said. "That Ginyu guy really screwed up my body and spirit. My body is good now thanks to you, but my spirit is gonna take some time to heal."
"No problem Krillin!" Dende smiled.
"Yeah well hopefully it can heal fast." Piccolo said. He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. "With that power Frieza is emitting right now, it doesn't look like anyone will stand a chance."
"Well, we'll have to try and do something, we can't just let Frieza win, even if it seems hopeless." Yamcha pointed out. "At best we should be able to stall him."
"Hey Dende, how much longer till you're able to heal one of the others?" Nail asked.
Dende shrugged. "I'm not sure, it took quite a bit out of me to just heal them three, I may need some time to recover." He answered. "Plus the others are much more wounded so I'm not sure if I can heal them back to full right away."
"Then I guess it'll be safer to buy some time on the battlefield." Nail said. "Let us hurry to the battlefield."
"Right." Krillin and Yamcha nodded.
All five had exited the ship, and flew towards the battlefield.
"HRAAAAAAAAAH!" Frieza shouted. His shoulders broadened widely, his legs stretched up and deepend, and the rest of his body adjusted quickly along with him. His horns stretched and looked like that of a trident piece. Frieza's total height had gone from a short four feet to six feet and ten inches.
As Frieza's body had taken a great metamorphosis, so did his power, his power had doubled, and the massive power echoed throughout the Planet. Gohan stood completely shocked and frozen, his mouth hung wide open, yet again he could utter nothing except short breaths. The young boy's hands shook from the intense fear, and color lightly drained from his face.
Vegeta on the other hand kept a smug face, with a wide smirk. "Is that all? So you're a little taller and more evil looking now, is that supposed to scare me Frieza!?" Vegeta said, letting a short laugh escape him.
Suddenly, Frieza's tail abruptly shot forward, and extended, although his tail was large after the transformation, no one had expected it to be capable of stretching out. Vegeta had narrowly avoided the attack, leaping to the side, and falling against the ground.
The tail had struck a greatly sized hill with absolutely no effort in destroying it into pieces and although anyone could've done that at much much much lower levels of strength, it was the intense speed that Frieza had displayed that shocked them, the clearly intense speed that was so obviously held back.
"Oops, sorry my tail has seemed to slip." Frieza said, with a wide grin. "It is hard to keep my overwhelming power under control, after all I do hold a powerlevel of..one million." His grin grew wider speaking the last two words of his sentence.
Vegeta's jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "O-One Milion?! T-That's impossible! Nobody has a powerlevel of one million!"
Frieza chuckled evilly, and shook his head disappointedly at Vegeta. "Oh believe it whether you want to or not Prince, but I assure you my strength, my speed, is clearly on a level beyond your anyone's belief!"
Vegeta remained silent but stared at Frieza with intense anger, frustration and disbelief, gritting his teeth viciously. Frieza let another wicked yet short chuckle escape him at Vegeta's frustration. Frieza looked below and saw the terrified Gohan, but at the same time he looked down, five other newcomers had arrived, although one of them was of no concern to Frieza, his smirk disappeared for a moment.
"What's this? More fighters seeking their death? So be it then." Frieza thought. He looked back to Vegeta with a wide grin, and then raised his energy, swiftly unleashing a violent explosion of ki.
"GET DOWN!" Vegeta yelled. Vegeta turned around and headed towards the ground, flying swiftly but not fast enough, he was caught in the explosion, but quickly created a shield to protect himself.
Gohan leaped forward against the ground, as well as the others next to him, Krillin grabbed Dende as he had fallen to the ground to protect the young Namekian. Although an incredible amount of power was displayed, only the ground around Frieza had shook, the Planet itself did not, to great surprise.
The violent explosion of energy rapidly grew and in an instant it had erased the island which everyone was standing on, causing them to fall into the ocean. Once the explosion had finished, and the dust and smoke had risen, the group of fighters had pulled themselves out of the waking waves, floating mid-air.
"You okay?" Krillin asked.
"Yes, thank you." Dende nodded. The young Namekian floated off to the side.
"Did everyone make it out?" Nail shouted. He glanced around to see Piccolo, Yamcha, Gohan, Krillin and Dende.
"I think so…" Yamcha replied as he looked around. "Wait where's Vegeta?!"
The group turned their heads and darted their eyes around to find the Prince. There they saw Vegeta climbing up from the water onto a small piece of land, gasping for air.
When the dust and smoke around Frieza had settled, he had a wide smirk across his face as he faced the others, instantly not a moment later, Frieza fixed his eyes on Krillin, no one could react, say or do anything when Frieza had charged after Krillin, and rammed his horns into the right side of Krillin's chest.
Yamcha, Gohan, Piccolo, Nail, and Dende all dropped their jaws, gaping in shock and horror, not one of them saw it, not a single bit. Frieza had moved so fast, so powerfully, that they thought this was most definitely a fatal blow, except..Krillin didn't die right away.
Although the monk felt his life slipping from him, his breath escaping him, his face turning blueish purple, the stab was so precisely done, that his death was a very slow one. Krillin couldn't gather any air, couldn't do anything as Frieza shook Krillin repetitively back and forth while his horn was staked in.
There was but one thing Krillin could utter. "H-Help…...M-Me.." The color from his face drained, and his pupils quickly dilated. After a short minute, Krillin collapsed, his body hanging on Frieza's horn limply.
"Dead? Already? Sad I thought you had a bit more in you." Frieza said. He threw Krillin towards the ground, laughing loudly. "Ahahahaha! Who's next?!"
Yamcha, Nail, and Piccolo reacted quickly, immediately charging after Frieza, so that Dende would have an opportunity to rescue Krillin. Dende flew and rushed to Krillin as fast as he could but Krillin had plummeted quicker.
Gohan… on the other hand stayed frozen, this, this was entirely different from the fight with the Saiyans or the fight with the Ginyu Force, not even like the Saiyans, when they arrived, it wasn't so dire, Everyone, they all stood a chance, sure Tien and Chiaotzu had died but that was due to an unexpected transformation, which they managed to beat.
The Ginyu Force started out fine, nothing setted in, but this...this was far different, almost like a never-ending nightmare, a sense, a feeling, something Gohan couldn't shake off, a sense of reality and dread filled Gohan, it churned his gut, made him feel dizzy, his temperature began rising almost like a fever, but not one.
It caused Gohan to immediately pass out from the sky against his own will, even when he tried to fight against it, the dread was too much for the young halfbreed.
"G-Gohan!" Dende shouted, seeing his other friend fall, but he had no time to worry about Gohan as Krillin was on a thread of life. He shook his head and hurried to Krillin.
To be continued…
Powerlevels:
Frieza: 530,000 | 1,060,000
Vegeta: 420,000
Nail: 80,000
Yamcha: 75,000
Gohan: 51,000
Piccolo: 45,000
Krillin: 26,000