Revenge

Chapter Fifteen

"Pi...Piccolo-san...." Gohan said, his eyes streaming with tears. He turned the Namek-seijin over gently, examining the wound where Freeza's bolt had embedded itself in Piccolo's chest. Gasping at the sight of Piccolo's purple blood slowly trickling out, Gohan felt for a pulse. He felt it, small, but there. Sighing in relief, he pressed his hands against Piccolo's wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

He didn't notice the two forms land behind him until they were right beside him. Looking up, Gohan saw Kuririn and Tenshinhan standing over Piccolo, faces registering worry as they glanced over Piccolo's wound. "Gohan...." Kuririn began. "Is Piccolo.....dead?"

"No, but he's hurt badly and unconscious. He needs a senzu seed Kuririn-san." Gohan replied.

"But.." Tenshinhan was abruptly cut off by Kuririn.

"What Tenshinhan was about to say is that we were only able to get one senzu from Karin-sama. He said that there were no more left...." Kuririn said softly.

A frown crossed Gohan's face at the news. "Kuso..we need Piccolo. At least I got the bleeding stopped. Freeza...."

Up above Freeza smirked at Vegeta, anger blazing in his eyes. Vegeta slowly hovered back, unsure of what to do, shuddering in fear as he felt Freeza's power slowly rising. Freeza suddenly focused his eyes, and an invisible wall of force struck Vegeta, sending him flying head over heels. Finally righting himself, Vegeta gasped in fear as he saw Freeza was right in front of him. Blinking to react, Vegeta doubled over as Freeza's fist buried itself in his stomach. The air rushing out of his lungs, Vegeta struggled to catch his breath and to think of some way to not be killed at the hands of this monster yet again.

"Freeza...." Vegeta gasped. "I will....not let...you live!!" Yelling he burst into energy flames and threw all his effort into a punch that snapped Freeza's head to one side. Smiling, Vegeta reached back to thrown another punch. Lunging forward, Vegeta's fist was suddenly caught in the air by Freeza, who was still looking off to the side from when Vegeta has punched him.

"Vegeta, why do you bother? You are now the weakest Saiyajin alive. You can't even hurt me." Freeza said in a low voice. Releasing the Saiyajin, Freeza folded his arms over his chest and said, "Well now, I will give you just one more chance to do your best before I finish you off. Make it count."

Vegeta snarled at the remark Freeza had made about his being the weakest. Turning to his side, folding his hands over one another, Vegeta charged his power for his most powerful technique.

"Garlick-Hou!!!" Vegeta yelled as he threw his hands forward, throwing a huge energy blast point blank into Freeza. The explosion knocked Vegeta back, and he quickly tried to see if Freeza was still alive. He has to be hurt, Vegeta thought, a point blank shot like that would kill anyone else. Looking down at Gohan, who had just stood up and caught glimpse of what had happened, he thought again, well, almost anyone else.

"Vegeta, that was it?" He head a voice. Bursting into sweat from fear, Vegeta watched the smoke fade away and saw Freeza in front of him, not only unhurt, but also unscathed. It can't be, he thought.

"Time to die." Freeza abruptly appeared in front of Vegeta and kicked him hard in the chest, sending Vegeta flying back again. His chest was on fire from the sheer force of the blow, and he knew it wouldn't take much more to finish him. But, he thought, I will not show my weakness this time. I will die in glory. Looking up, he laughed at Freeza.

"Come on Freeza, finish me off already!" He yelled, expecting the worst. Freeza sneered and again flew after Vegeta, slapping him away with his tail. Raising his hand up in the air, he formed a huge energy ball.

Vegeta said nothing, but the fear on his face was very easily read by Freeza. Smiling he thrust his arm forward.....and hesitated as he saw two figures materialize next to Vegeta. He recognized one. Yes, it was the human he had killed back on Namek. The small human raised his hands up quickly and yelled, "Taiyouken!!!"

Immediately the bright light enveloped Freeza's eyes, bringing blinding pain. He remembered the agony he had gone through before, and made a silent vow the human would die even worse than he had before.

Kuririn grabbed Vegeta and swiftly flew towards the ground. Tenshinhan held his hands together and formed a small opening between them. Focusing this hole on Freeza, who still fought to regain his vision, Tenshinhan yelled, "Kikouhou!!!"

"Nani?!!" Freeza yelled as the blast hit him, sending him flying right into the ground, burying him in the rubble. Gohan quickly flew over him and yelled as he began to throw energy blasts into the ground where Freza had landed. The ground blew apart in a huge explosion, sending debris flying everywhere. Finally Gohan raised one hand and focused all his power. A larger blast formed, and he launched it into the ground, creating a tremendous explosion, nearly twice the size of the previous one.

Gasping for air, Gohan smiled. "Nice work Tenshinhan-san, Kuririn-san. Is Vegeta-san alright?"

Kuririn yelled, "Yes, he's okay! He'll be alright once he can see again."

Gohan abruptly turned as the ground began to shake beneath him. Rumbling for miles, the ground shook so hard Kuririn fought to maintain his balance. Vegeta muttered, "Fools, we can't kill him!"

The ground exploded in an uproar of debris and rock. Freeza flew out of the ground to match altitude with Gohan. His lip was bleeding, along with a scratch on the side of his face. His entire body was covered in dirt and dust and he breathed hard.

"Nice move, Saiyajin." Freeza said, beating dirt off of his body. "Now, it's time to show you something you have never seen before, child."

Gohan blinked, unsure how to react. He had overcome his momentary shock of seeing Freeza still alive, but didn't know what to do now. He and Freeza appeared to be even, but he also sensed Freeza was still hiding some of his power.

"Now you will see my final transformation!!" Freeza cackled with glee. Extending his arms, he roared as power coursed through him. He bent over as if in pain, and Gohan saw muscles tightening as his power level rose. His body stretched, making Freeza taller. His head extended and grew sleeker, forming what appeared to be an elongated pointed crown above his head. A potrusion of bone, resembling a face plate, covered Freeza's mouth and lower face. He stood himself back up, igniting into energy flames like a brushfire. The feeling of Freeza's KI knocked Gohan back like a physical blow, sending him sprawling.

"No one has ever seen this, and only my brother Cooler could do it before me. It is the ultimate transformation of power, and I truly wish your father was alive to see this now, child!"

Some distance away, Kuririn raised his arm and yelled, "Kienzan!" A blazing disc of energy formed above his right arm, and Kuririn leapt into the air and hurled it at Freeza.

"Oh...what's this?" Freeza asked as the disc flew towards him. Not bothering to move, Freeza smirked as the disc struck him in the neck, and bounced off towards Gohan. Caught by surprise, Gohan leapt aside just in time to avoid being sliced in half.

"Shimata!" Kuririn yelled, shuddering with fear. Freeza turned to him and flicked his finger at him. The ground abruptly exploded beneath Kuririn from the power, and Kuririn and Vegeta were both flung away from the blast. Flying, Kuririn struck a mountain, collapsing it from the force. He fought to stay conscious, but the waves of darkness quickly folded over him. Vegeta was knocked sprawling, skidding along the ground with such force that the upper layer of turf was ripped away as he flew over it. He hit the ground, unconscious.

Tenshinhan folded his hands together and focused, splitting into four version of himself.

"Tenshinhan-san, don't!" Gohan yelled.

"Hmm...this could be interesting." Freeza chuckled.

Tenshinhan paid no attention to Gohan and the four versions quickly surrounded Freeza. All focused their power and released simultaneous "Kikouhous!!!!"

The explosion had enough force to knock even Gohan to the ground. The four forms wavered and fought to regain their breath as their energy was expended from the blast. Suddenly, a giant form materialized in front of one of the versions and knocked it flat with a fist that seemed to obliterate its face. Freeza quickly flew to each version, nearly killing each with every blow that connected. All four forms finally landed together, reforming back into the original Tenshinhan. Gohan flew quickly to see if he was okay. Tenshinhan was unconscious and near death, but was not mortally wounded that Gohan could see.

"It's just you and I now brat!" Freeza's voice called from a distance. Gohan stood and burst into energy flames, flying to land just in front of Freeza. Taking up a defensive stance, Gohan muttered, "Yes, it ends here!"

To be continued......