Fusion…HA! 2- The Dead Zone
Part 11- 2X Cross
In a flash it was over. No one saw it coming. Boo had simply charged in past everyone, intent on a simple task; kill a fusion, any fusion. That one happened to be Chima, and she wasn't formed at the time. Bulma and ChiChi wouldn't have been able to get out of the way in time unless they had been. It didn't matter though. It was over at that point. Nenks was completely silent. B-chan tried to speak, but was getting more of the same.
"There. Those mettlesome two are out of the way. Things are a bit more even now." Boo retracted his blades and morphed them back into hands. He caught the two bodies before they fell and tossed them at Nenks. All he could do was stare at them. Even then Buu did a flip kick that forced Nenks to finally let go of him. Buu flew over to his brother. Nenks didn't care. Neither did b-chan. All they could do was stare.
"It looks like you might have made them cry- Ha!" Buu started laughing like never before, mocking the women on the floor, pointing and gawking. Nenks finally started to move toward them, kneeling down beside Bulma. Half of him didn't really care all that much… the other half was being torn apart. Krillan, who had stayed out of everything for a while, ran over to them. All the time he kept wondering; why?
"I'll take them away from here. I seem to be doing a lot of that today…" He tugged on b-chan's arm. "I need your help. If they were just hurt I'd carry both of them, but in this case that would be disrespectful."
"…Okay." She picked up Bulma in her arms, trying to make her as "comfortable as possible". It was going to be a long silent trip.
"Hmmm…" wondered Boo out aloud. "Brother, what do you think about killing those two? The monk head would make a nice bowling ball." As Buu laughed even harder Nenks snapped out of it all and shot a glance over the both of them.
"Maybe he would, but I think I want to kill the girl. Her tail would make a decent belt." B-chan heard that, and she didn't like the idea. Nenks heard that as well and… he hated the idea. If one side of him was rebelling against being upset before it had quit now.
"I'll bet you the fusion breaks down and cries first before he does anything else." Buu got a good chuckle out of that one, a depraved chuckle.
"Well he's about to do something right now." Nenks clenched his fist, trying to hold his anger down. It was all consuming, but it was clouding him. He couldn't think straight. He wanted to punch, kick, blast, and kill them all at the same time. It wasn't possible, but that was all that would quench his thirst for revenge at the moment. He took a deep breath, hoping to clear his head with it. It worked… kind of.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" His ki soared ski high and he unleashed an amateurish blast that had no real form. Boo and Buu were gone before it came within 50 yards. The second downside is that it had sapped a lot of Nenks energy. It would be regained in the next few moments, most of it, but he was now much more vulnerable. That was the least of his worries at the time. The big question was where did they go?
"Um… Nenks…?" It was b-chan, and she was whispering. Nenks faced her, and saw yet another horror. There were two of them and they were in the form of the two demons.
"Now fusion, you have yourself in quite a dilemma. It seems you have a choice to make, and so soon after such a heart-wrenching loss." Boo smirked his evil way. The tables were now turned. Before they were on the run, but now the fusions were being put to the test. It was great, and the fun was just starting.
"If you harm one-"
"Don't bother giving me the sob story." Boo squeezed his grip on b-chan's neck. "If I have to listen to another word her neck gets bent in a way it wasn't meant to… Good. Your silence says you understand. Now be a good boy and look over at my brother. He's got another present." Nenks knew what it was before he saw it. The other one had his friend (half friend) Krillan. Boo was strangling him in much the same way that Nenks had him.
"I think he understands finally what's at stake." Indeed he did. That reckless blast earlier had sapped some of his strength and they had took advantage, taking hostages and moving apart so that they couldn't be reached quickly.
"Now you have a choice to make. Your friend the Namek is coming and he wants to break up this little party. You have until he gets here to decide which one you want to save. Don't pick and they both die. It's a simple game. You have about one minute."
"Or pop goes the bald head!" Buu broke out in laughter, infuriating Nenks even more. There wasn't anything he could do at the moment, but they were going to pay soon. Nenks was going to pay too. He couldn't just save one of them and not the other. At the same time he couldn't let them both die.
They've backed me into a corner. I need Piccolo's help with this one, but he's not close enough. By the time he gets here it will be too late. They'll have already killed both b-chan and Krillan. I have to act alone. How do I get to both of them at once? The answer was simpler than Nenks gave it credit for. He crossed his arms over his chest in an "X". He was grinning all over. They weren't going to believe this one.
"I think he's going to try to attack," said Buu, still keeping Krillan in his iron grip. He was making Krillan's face turn all sorts of shades of blue.
"Let him. He's just one person and he has no help-"
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"Tell me this is some sort of joke. Dr. Boo knew I was going to come up here and he is trying to make me look stupid." Goten was face to face, or should it be ankle to face, with about 5 little black clothed ninja toys. They walked in a straight line, marching like toy soldiers. Goten's face faulted.
"Ninja scouts!" yelled the first one as loud as it could (which turned out to be about normal volume). "Attack!" The little imps bounded into action, jumping all over Goten. They kicked and clawed, punched and bit. Goten simply stood there with a look of concern for the mental well being of Doctor Boo. One of the little one's tried to climb up to his face. It was on his chest. Goten flicked it off and it fell to pieces on the wall.
"That was way too easy."
"He killed Pedro!" yelled the leader again. "Kick him in the shin!" All at once they dropped to the floor and walloped him on the foot. Goten barely felt it. He began to wonder if they even knew how small they were. Not wanting them to get their hopes up he kicked two of them, destroying them instantly.
"This is sad… really. This is sad." He shook his head is disbelief. These little toy soldiers were between him and freeing his friends. Boo must have no respect for him at all.
"No! Henry! Felix! Not you! FELIX!!!" The leader fell all of a fraction of an inch to his knees and began to weep. The last remaining ninja other than himself came over to console him. Goten slapped a hand over his forehead.
"This is too much. I can't take this."
"You will pay for this! I'll kill you with my bare hands." The leader began to pound on Goten's leg with fists of fury. They had no effect, but he didn't seem to realize that. Goten, not wanting to deal with them much more, bent down and picked the both of them up. He dropped them outside of the doorway and placed the door back in its proper place. Even though it wasn't on its hinges the two still weren't strong enough to push it down.
"That was disturbing. Now to find-"
Launching "Monkey" countermeasures.
"Oh for the love of-" The same door opened and out jumped 2 monkeys. One was wearing clothing like that of Goku. The other was wearing Vegeta clothes. Goten had to fight back a laugh. Even with Vegeta no where near here if he ever found out… The first monkey's mouth began to move.
"You will not escape the wrath of Moku and Monketa!" The voice was coming from the monkey, but his lips were flapping randomly. Goten was just getting more confused by the second. "We are specially trained in many martial arts, but we like to just hit people." Monketa nodded as if he had too much sugar.
"…" Goten had opened his mouth to say something, but there just wasn't anything he could that would make sense.
"You need not talk, for we will do all the talking! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You don't know that I am laughing not at my own joke, but at you. That is what makes you stupid. We will crush your stupid brain." Monketa nodded again.
"Sure…" Goten decided to humor them now, seeing as how all reason had been thrown out the window.
"I detect sarcasm in your voice. Do you not believe the awesome force of our power?"
"…"
"Then I will show you!" Moku did a back flipped and landed in the crane position.
"Ooooooooo…" Monketa pretended to be impressed. Goten 'pretended' that he thought that both of the monkeys were idiots.
"Behold the dazzling display of my agility! Ha!" Moku kicked around a few times and chopped at the air. Monketa watched him, amazed by the display. Goten backed up to the doorway, 'scared for his life'. He leaned on it and it fell down. On the outside, just out of range of the top of the door, were the ninjas. They looked as if their hearts (Not that they had any) had stopped.
"We were about to give up, but now we have you right where we want you!" The ninjas stormed in the room. That's when they saw the monkeys. "You!" The ninjas pointed accusing fingers at the monkeys.
"You!" The monkeys pointed fingers back at the ninja.
"Our mortal enemies!" The ninja crouched down into what looked like a defensive position, but they were in fact trying to tie their shoes. "We don't have time to deal with you now. We must make him pay for what he did to our friends."
"You will not!" Moku's lips flapped yet again, completely out of sync with his words. "We have chosen to be his destroyers. It will be us who deliver the final blow. Hoo Ha!" Moku did a jab and Monketa clapped.
"Never!" The two ninja jumped at the monkeys and went at it. While the ninja's attacked with kicks and punches, the monkeys used their fingers to defend. Goten nonchalantly walked by them to the door from which they had all come. He didn't need anymore craziness. Anything else in there was going to be stopped before he lost his mind. He stepped in the pitch-black room and was about to use his ki to light it when the door slammed behind him. There was a whirling sound, and then the floor began to move downward.
"It's an elevator. It's taking me away from that control room. I should have taken my chances with the foreign monkeys and the delusional toy ninjas." The elevator stopped soon thereafter. Goten had no idea what floor he was on, but he figured that he was below the first level. The door opened and Goten stepped out into a corridor only lit by lights that were running along the middle of the wall. They were casting a soft, blue glow. It gave the hallway a ghostly feel to it. That was enough to make Goten power-walk the entire way. A wall was all he could find two corners later. There was no other way to go. It was a dead end.
"That can't be right." Goten approached the wall in and ran his hand over it. It shot up into the ceiling, revealing a very dark, wide-open space. There was something at the far end that Goten couldn't really make out. All he knew was that it was big. There was another large object closer, about half the distance of the first. It was to the left. It was red and thick. Goten couldn't really see it either. He began to approach it when it powered on. It rose off of the ground and for the first time Goten noticed that it had legs. It had arms as well.
"It's like a big person. A really big person." On top of the machine it had a head. It was metallically hooded, so the face couldn't be seen. The only things visible in that area were the eyes, which were bright red. The machine turned to Goten, eyes flashing evilly.
"Target acquired. Proceeding to phase two: Elimination of target"
"Uh oh." Goten watched the machine's movements closely, trying to make them out. Suddenly the lights flicked on and he was able to see what he was up against clearly. It was like it was a giant version of death. It had long Saiyan-like shoulder guards that were a blood red color. The only other color red on the suit was it's metallic boots. Ironically on the lower outsides of them there were small white wings like those of an angel.
"Son Goten," came a monstrous voice from inside the mech. It had such a cold and callous tone to it that Goten had to double check with himself to make sure that it was only audio from the mech. Then his problems seemed to go into the red zone. Not visible before, Goten finally spotted an insanely large battle axe in the right hand of the machine. There wasn't any question what it was meant to do. Goten whimpered… a lot.
"I hope one of those little ninjas aren't in there."
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"How could I have fallen for such a stupid trick?" 18 rubbed her eyes again. Her vision was fuzzy, but not too bad. She could get around. She found Gogeta over by a body on the ground. 18 felt old anger and frustrations building up to new levels. It was Cell. The worst part was that Gogeta looked like he was trying to revive him. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm going to try to wake him up. He and the others have to get to Dende's lookout." 18 was flabbergasted. Gogeta was trying to help some of his most powerful enemies.
"Why is that? What reason could you possibly have for wanting to help him!" 18 stormed over to Cell and kicked him in the face. That was enough to get him moving. Gogeta cracked a smile. 18 just turned her back. Cell had his eyes closed as he shook his head. Gogeta was the first thing he saw when he opened them. That didn't leave him a lot to say.
"Can you teleport?" asked Gogeta.
"…Get away from me." Cell pushed him away and stumbled around until he remembered that in order to stand both of his feet had to be firmly under him. Still he had to keep his feet spread wide to brace himself.
"If you want to pay him back then go to Dende's lookout. You need to be rejuvenated first."
Cell gave him a look of confusion. "Why would you help me?"
"I can't beat him now. My fusion will wear off too soon. I also need to convince these two that they can actually help us. By the time I can fuse again he will be more powerful than ever before. Still we might have a chance if everyone, including you, are able to fight together."
Cell considered the offer. Goku wasn't really his enemy, and he was indifferent to Vegeta. It was Gohan that he loathed. This idea might prove useful, and Cell did want to get his chance to fight Boo again. He stood up straight. "Fine. I'll do it."
Gogeta nodded. 18 huffed. That was when Cell first noticed her. "18. Long time, no see." He grinned and placed his fingers on his head. Gogeta grabbed him by the arm.
"Just one more thing."
"What is that?"
Gogeta zanzokened behind 18 and slapped her across the neck. She flopped to the ground and he grabbed her by the back of her shirt. He handed her to Cell. "Take her with you. She doesn't need to be around her right now."
Cell grinned evilly. "A fusion… one of these days I'm going to have to fight you."
"Maybe." Seconds later Cell transported himself away with 18 under his arm. Gogeta peered down at the two on the ground. Garlic Jr. would probably give him a song and dance about why he didn't want their help and he could do it on his own. Losing him would be of little consequence. Frieza… was much more valuable, but there was a huge problem. The ones trying to talk him into it were Goku and Vegeta. Frieza hated Goku more than anything in existence. Frieza wasn't too fond of Vegeta either, and they had their differences. It was going to be a circus trying to just talk to him. He wasn't awake just yet, but soon. Gogeta had some time. Not much left as a fusion, but it was time none the less. He could go help Piccolo, but something told him that teleporting to the battlefield would be a grave mistake. Besides Piccolo could handle everything for now. Everyone has to make sacrifices.
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"There he is." Aspa closed in on her target, Dr. Boo. He was on the ground with Devil and Gohan towering in front of him. Rae came up behind Aspa, the iron grip of the Saiyan being long since released when they found everyone had already stopped.
"He has Gohan and Videl still." They broke out of their ki and landed. Gohan and Devil inched in front of Dr. Boo just a little bit more to make it clear that no one was going to get to him. Aspa paid them no mind. To her they weren't there. Even Rae had disappeared from her senses. She was alone with her husband, and he had a lot to answer for.
"Yoshu…"
"Aspa. You- you are alive and well." He began to push through his guards, but they nudged him back when Rae raised her ki slightly.
"Rae. Stand aside. I need a chance to talk to him alone."
"…I understand." Rae hesitated, still not wanting to either leave Aspa alone or leave her friends in the clutches of Boo. She did understand the significance of them talking, so that outweighed her own worries. She made a hastily exit.
"Gohan, Videl. You may leave. Keep your eyes and ears open for Boo." They both gave quick nods and then walked away without a word. That left only Aspa and Dr. Boo.
"Yoshu…"
"Let me guess. You've come here to try to stop me, possibly talk some sense in me. My dear Aspa, do you think that if I was willing to go this far that I would let you stop me?"
"Maybe. There is still a chance to stop. All you have to do is return Gohan and Videl to the way they were. That's how it begins."
Dr. Boo grinned, amused by her words. "Really? Let me ask you something, Aspa. If I were to simply release them, what will happen to myself?" He stuck a finger out, pointing in the general direction of the battles that were taking place. "There is more than one person out there that would like to make me pay for things I have done."
"And who do you blame for that?" Aspa crossed her arms over her chest. "You are to blame for everything that these people feel for you. You haven't exactly tried to get on their good sides."
"I don't blame anyone for anything besides Gohan being the one to hurt you." Dr. Boo flashed a black look at Gohan. "He's the one to blame for everything. This has all come about because of his mistake."
"You really believe that was a mistake?! He was trying to save the world, Yoshu!" She stormed over to him, getting in his face to punctuate her point. "With the weight of the world on his head he did what he had to do and you should be happy that he did it! If you want to blame anyone then blame Cell. He is the one at fault. Now I am healed and feeling much better. You don't have to worry about getting revenge because I don't want it. You were doing it for me, remember? Or has your view on that changed as well? Tell me, Yoshu. What is your motivation now that I am alive and well?
"…Domination. I will dominate the world. After that I will take the strongest fighters and use them to dominate planet after planet. From there my power will spread everywhere…"
"And what of me? Did you decide that I was expendable? Have you given up on our marriage? What about our daughter?"
"She is too far gone for me to take her back. I will not hurt her unless she insists on getting in my way." Aspa slightly feel back a step. She had just heard her husband say basically that he would harm his daughter if he had to. She was of no consequence either. It was clear that the Yoshu that she knew was gone and that Dr. Boo had taken over like a split personality. Aspa picked Dr. Boo up by his collar and lifted him high into the air.
"Now listen to me, Dr. Boo. If you try to go through with this plan not only will Goku and his friends stop you, but I shall be right there helping them. You don't have a chance. Now listen very closely because I'm only going to say this next part once. B-chan is my daughter and whether you care anymore or not she is also yours. She is the most important thing to both of us. You know that as well as I do. If you, or any of your "soldiers", attempt to harm one hair on her head… I will come for you and I will kill you."
"Not if you're dead already."
"…?"
"Devil. Get rid of Ms. Aspa." Devil's head sprung up and to the side, locking its eyes in on the target. With the fury of a wild boar she came, one thought running through her mind. Aspa is the enemy; I must kill her. Aspa threw Dr. Boo right in her path. A failsafe in Devil's mind caused her to save him. Aspa took that chance to grab Rae's hand and blast off. Soon Devil was after them.
"What are you doing Aspa?" asked Rae. She was still trying to hold on to Aspa's hand, but their current speed was making that very difficult. She latched on with her other hand and was able to start using her own ki to fly, but Aspa was going too much faster for it to make much of a difference.
"We have to get a way from here. If we don't Yoshu might have Gohan join in. At least this way we will have a chance to get her alone. Maybe we can get lucky and not have to fight her."
"Do you think that might happen?" There was silence. Rae and Aspa both knew it wasn't going to. They might be able to slow her down, but Devil was going to keep going until she succeeded in her mission, or died trying. Neither of those scenarios was any good for the duo, so they were going to have to make one of their own. How was the question?
"Rae, do you think you could keep her occupied for just a few seconds?"
"Videl?" Rae glanced back at their assailant. She wasn't too far behind them, and her face looked like that of a gremlin. She was ready to chew through leather. "I don't know."
"All I need is about 20 seconds. I've got a plan. If it works we might be able to free her from Yoshu's control. I just need to get something from inside his lab. That's where we are headed now, so do you think that you might be able to find some way to occupy her time?"
"I think so, if it's for only 20 seconds. I should be able to get her attention. What do you have in mind?"
"You'll see. Videl won't."
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WHAM!
KAPOW!
Both Boo and his brother were nailed by two solid hits each. B-chan and Krillan were released and quickly were out of harms way. They cleared the area again, moving toward the approaching Piccolo. That was the best thing they could do.
"Can you believe that?" asked Krillan. B-chan shook her head.
"I didn't know he could do that." They sped off, leaving the battlefield. Boo and Buu wiped their faces off, the stinging sensation of the shots they had just received still a lasting impression. Neither one of them could think of a thing to say. When things were getting good they always found a way to get worse. Nenks didn't seem to mind the turn of events though. Neither did Hunter or Trunks.
"If you could only see the looks on your faces." Hunter laughed hysterically, pointing at the brothers as if they were a freak show. Trunks chuckled a bit as well. Nenks just stared at the two.
"Now that you don't have any hostages…" Trunks reached behind his back and pulled out his sword. He brought it around and lowered it until the tip was just between his eyes.
"Now you're talking my game, Trunks." Hunter grinned with evil intentions. He and Trunks were finally on the same page. That meant they could kick some ass. Hunter let the energy in him build up. The anticipation was playing hell with his ki levels.
"If you think that in your present state you can take the both of us…" started Boo, "you are deadly mistaken." He opened his hand and fired a volley of blasts at both Trunks and Hunter. He dodged around. That's when Buu went to work. He flew into the fray and in moments took Hunter out of the sky with a solid right.
"Hunter!"
"You should worry about yourself, boy!" Boo used two hands to blast Trunks, and the demi-Saiyan was sent careening through the air. He skidded along the ground before rolling to his feet. He ran back the entire way, his sword poised above his head to attack.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" He slashed from a side-to-side form. Boo not only jumped over it, but he landed on the sword.
"You missed." Trunks gritted his teeth and growled. "Don't even think about moving. The second you try to I'll make you wish you hadn't."
"Let's see you try!" Trunks pulled back, making Boo fall off. He then tried to chop him down with the sword. Boo caught him by the hands and twisted them. An involuntary reflex caused him to drop the sword and flip over, landing roughly on his back. The weapon never touched the ground as Boo snagged it before it had a chance.
"I tried." Trunks flipped up to his feet in a hurry. Boo had his sword and that wasn't good. Trunks balled up his fists, ready to try and stop him. "Run." The first hit came ultra fast. Trunks took it in the chest. It wasn't even hard, but it served notice that Boo was indeed fast enough to slash him with sword if he wanted to.
"You won't get a chance to use that on me. Piccolo will be here in just a few seconds." Boo paused just in front of Trunks, thinking to himself.
"You're right," he said. Then he flew away. Trunks was stunned. Boo flew over to his brother. Buu had Hunter pinned down and was having the time of his life. Whenever Hunter tried to punch him Buu would block it before it made it half way and then smack him. Hunter was infuriated, but could do nothing about it. Buu noticed his brother behind him but didn't turn to see him. He was busy at the moment.
"What is it?"
"The Namek is almost here. I plan to deal with him most severely."
"Good. I don't like green people." Boo had a small laugh at that.
"Neither do I. Then again, I never liked you either." Buu ignored the jibe. Boo snarled, locking his arms around his brother's neck and gaining his full attention.
"What- are you doing?!"
Boo tightened his grip. Not even his brother could do a thing about it. Then his body started to seep over Buu's shoulders. Frantically the captured demon tried to escape, but there was no escaping. He was trapped. His brother had betrayed him.
"I need your power to defeat the Namek, brother. Don't worry. You will become part of the most dominant force in the universe. You will still have your revenge!" By this point Buu couldn't say anything audible because his mouth was covered. He entire body was sucked in soon after. Boo steadily broke all of his newfound power down so that he could use it. Hunter crawled back and then stumbled to his feet. He flew past Boo and over to Nenks. Trunks did the same. They stood on either side of him and phased back into the now transparent fighter. He had been an image, left after the split form. Soon he was the real deal again.
"This isn't good." Nenks' eyes wavered just a second as Piccolo landed right next to him.
"Seems like I made it just in time."
"I wouldn't say that." The only sign of that bothering Piccolo was a slight twitch of his left eye.
"What did he do?"
"Boo just united with his brother, forcefully actually. That's the end result." The both of them were looking basically at Boo. The difference? He was now Mr. Universe, arms and legs layered with muscles. He had also grown slightly larger. One look at his face made it clear that he had also grown a bit more psychotic.
"If they fused then he might lose power." A few seconds later Piccolo knew that wasn't the case. Boo was getting stronger and stronger. They had to act.
"Do you think we can attack him?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure that while he has all of his ki building up around him that we could do any damage. His defense is at its peak right now." Nenks stared at the pink monster. He was glowing with a pink energy. Even though he had his back to the two fighters Nenks and Piccolo knew that Boo had his thoughts on them.
"We have to try something before he-" Just like that it ended. Boo, buffed out, was hunched over standing on the floor. He straightened up, stretching his back out.
"Oh that does feel much better." His voice was brimming with confidence. "I haven't felt this good since… since I killed those two women. What were their names again?" Piccolo knew that one was directed at Nenks. Nenks knew it too. He knew that Boo was only trying to anger him. It didn't matter. It worked.
"You bastard! I…" Nenks couldn't find the words to describe what he wanted to say. There weren't any.
"Don't worry, fusion. You will get your chance to fight me, but first things are first. Piccolo- your death is my primary concern right now" Boo stalked forth, like a looming assassin. "You will fight me. You will die. I will kill this fusion. I will kill the other. No one will live." Piccolo readied himself in his battle position, but he still had chills running up his spine. Boo wasn't just Boo anymore. He was Boo and Buu. He was…
"He's a Super Boo," Piccolo whispered.
"That's right," replied Boo, overhearing Piccolo's comment. "You might have been prepared for me before, but do you think you can survive me now?"
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Gogeta listened to the sounds of the earth. He wondered if they would all be there much longer. Boo had to be defeated, as well as his brother, but there was still a bit of doubt about whether it were possible. He had beaten Boo before. He had done it again just recently, but then Boo ran away. If he did that there was a reason. Boo had a plan. That meant that things were going to get harder before they were any easier.
"I think I might have given him too much. I should have killed him off as soon as he released everyone else." Gogeta sighed and looked to the sky. He closed his eyes. "Maybe Goku and Vegeta can do a better job than I did." A bright flash encased him, and then he was two people again. Goku and Vegeta landed on their bottoms.
"The fusion wore off," stated Goku. He dusted himself off as he stood. Vegeta did the same. Then he turned his face up and clenched his fists when he saw Frieza. Goku's face hardened, but he wasn't as appalled. Neither one of them paid Garlic Junior much mind.
"For years I begged for the chance to face him again." Vegeta's voice was low and emotional. "He killed my people. He killed my father. He killed me. I wanted to get him back. Now I have that chance." Vegeta faced an open palm right at Frieza's head. "And I won't miss it."
"Urrrghhh." Frieza (luckily for him) sat up at that moment. His head was groggy and his vision wasn't there yet, but he was alive. Vegeta didn't move an inch. He just waited. Frieza put both of his knees under his stomach and rubbed his head and eyes.
"Frieza!" Vegeta's voice echoed over the many miles of canyon. The changling heard it well, and he recognized it too. He snapped to attention and couldn't believe his eyes. Son Goku… the man who had defeated him on Namek, was standing right in front of him and looking smug and nonchalant. Vegeta, on the other hand, was a volcano on the brink of eruption.
"It's… you." Frieza was obsessed with Goku. "It's… you."
"That's right, Frieza. It's me. Don't ever forget it. I defeated you. Nothing but a monkey, remember?" Frieza did remember, and it pissed him off.
"You got lucky, monkey! I'll destroy you now!"
"You don't have the time. In a few minutes we are going to be attacked by an enemy with power far superior to yours. You remember Boo, don't you?" Once again Frieza remembered. Boo had gone into Hell and absorbed him just after the Ginyu Force had made fools out of themselves for the umpteenth time. It had been the most unpleasant experience outside of his falling at the hands of the Saiyan. It wasn't something he wanted to repeat.
"You will get no help from me, monkey! I'll be happy to watch you get torn to bits. Afterward I will rise and kill the one who did it and reassert myself as the most powerful in the universe!" Frieza had a long-winded laugh after that. Both Goku and Vegeta knew he was delusional if he thought that he was going to be able to defeat Boo. It seemed like there wasn't much else to do. Cell had already half agreed to help, but that was about all of the help they would have. Garlic Jr. was now getting up, but he'd probably have a similar reaction. There was no real point in trying.
"Stop wasting our time, Kakarotto. That thing will be on his way here. If we aren't ready to fight him it won't be much of a struggle. He still has to go through the Namek first. You know Piccolo won't survive this time, don't you?" Goku's head seemed to drop and then pull itself back up as he acknowledged that he did understand. Their sixth sense about ki levels helped them out immensely but it also told them when things were hopeless.
"Why don't you try to save him, monkey?" It had been a while since Frieza had anything to tease Goku about. Doing things of that nature often satisfied his bitterness. "Are you afraid that you might die? You can't beat a little pink gumball?" There was no reply. Goku appeared deep in thought, facing the place that Super Boo would be in the distance. "I hope I didn't hurt your feelings. I'd much rather make you suffer like I did…" Deceptively Frieza calmed down, only to lunge at Goku like an attacking tiger. He swiped with a crooked hand, but Goku snatched it and almost crushed it right after.
"I might not be able to beat him, but I was able to beat you. If I do die… remember that it was him that did me in, not you. The immortal Frieza couldn't beat the lowly Saiyan." He lifted off of the floor and floated toward the ki. He was completely out of sight before Garlic Jr. came to fully. He rubbed his head and blinked his eyes a few times.
"Uhhh… what hit me?" That's when Frieza and Vegeta came into view. Garlic knew Frieza by reputation. He recognized him immediately. He did not, however, know who Vegeta was. Frieza stepped over to Garlic, looking down on him the entire time.
"Get up!" He kicked Garlic none-too-gently in the shin. Garlic rolled over and got up, fuming at Frieza.
"What the hell?!"
"Move! You're in my way!" It wasn't true, but Frieza felt the need to make himself feel important at the moment. Right now he was just a small time player in a much bigger game. He wasn't used to that.
"Maybe I'll make my way over you!" Garlic had no idea what the argument was about, but he wasn't about to lose. Vegeta, on the other hand, couldn't help but be disgusted. Frieza had lowered himself to trying to make himself feel important by making Garlic feel small. It made killing him less of a rewarding experience. Who wants to kill someone who has hit rock bottom? When Vegeta's father died Frieza was at the top of his game. Only a battle with that Frieza would make his revenge mean even the smallest of things.
"Children." Vegeta had to distance himself from the two before he threw up. He walked away.
"My dear Vegeta…" Frieza folded his arms. "Leaving so soon? I thought you wanted to kill me." Vegeta never even paused. He completely ignored all of the comments. Frieza didn't like that, so he dug deeper. "Your father made the most wonderful scream when I killed him… and it was so easy."
"…" His muscles tensed, his eye twitched, and he almost tripped, but other than that he didn't do anything. Frieza was trying to bait him, but as he had already witnessed- it wasn't worth it.
"It was such a simple process. All I did was shoot him. I killed him, that fool Bardock, the entire Saiyan race… I even killed you, didn't I?" Frieza pretended to wonder whether or not he had done the deed or not. "Yes. Just before I fought the monkey. I remember. You were crying like a little girl about how I made you such a bad man. Boo hoo." Frieza now pretended to be crying and Garlic was now cracking up. Vegeta stopped moving and peeked back over his shoulder.
"That's right. Just before you lost to your worst nightmare- a Super Saiyan." Vegeta looked forward again. "I am not going to fight you now, Frieza. In fact you disgust me. You aren't what you used to be. Your power is a joke. I could use my Super Saiyan level and kill you easily. Oh wait. You're already dead. Oops. Kakarotto beat me to it."
"Shut up, Saiyan."
"You don't seem to like to hear things about yourself being as weak as you really are, Frieza. Too bad. For years I felt the hunger to avenge my father's death. In true Saiyan tradition I was the only one who was supposed to kill him. Therefore I was to ascend to the throne of my race. Because of you I am the Prince of a near extinct race."
"You make it sound like I should be sorry about it. It rather enjoyed exterminating the whole lot of you. You were beginning to smell."
"We were getting too strong for you. You didn't want us to defeat your flunkies. If you couldn't boss anyone and you had to kill everyone then there wouldn't be much left to rule, now would there? I know your games, Frieza. I will avenge my father's death, but you aren't worthy to die by my hands." That hit home. Frieza was livid. Veins were showing up everywhere that was possible. Frieza was on the verge of blowing up the planet, but the only thing stopping him was that he somehow knew it wouldn't do a thing to stop Boo.
"You think I have to prove my worth to you? I have no equal!" Frieza lifted into the sky, raging with power and anger. "I'm going to do you a favor and bring back that bastard's head with the monkey's body attached." There was a crack of sound as Frieza took off at blazing speed. Vegeta managed a little smirk afterward. Whether Frieza survived the onslaught that was going to fall upon him wasn't really the point. All that mattered was that he had used the Changeling's own mind games against him. Whenever Frieza dealt with someone afraid of his power he used head games to further throw them off. Vegeta had just done the same to him. He made Frieza believe that he had to prove something so he went off on a suicide mission, which suited Vegeta just fine.
"Goodbye Frieza. May I never see you again."
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