Chapter 6

(Training)

Frieza walked out of the music room with new vision. He was seeing the world in a new light. To his left was the room where the others were training. Goku was standing outside watching from a window while Kriluin and Vegeta fought.

Vegeta was throwing punches all over Kriluin. He blocked them, but couldn't manage an offensive of his own. Vegeta soon got by Kriluin's defense and landed a powerful punch to the chest, and followed it up with several others before Kriluin could get his bearings. Vegeta finished with a solid kick to the face, which sent Kriluin into the wall. Vegeta patiently stood, waiting for his opponent to get up. "This is too easy, I haven't even broken a sweat! I should be fighting Kakarot, or at least Frieza!" He complained.

Frieza looked on and decided to test his new power. He closed his eyes and concentrated. "Hmm...Ha! They're nothings. Vegeta's power is somewhere around 1,000,000, and that bald one is about 730,000. I wonder if they're using their full power." He thinks. Then he looks over at Goku. "...30? How can it be 30? He's hiding ALL of his power. Blast! I wanted to see his maximum. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait till we fight. Heh heh." he thought again of his sweet revenge.

"Well that works well enough. Now I'll try detecting them without my eyes." He closed his eyes and concentrated. Quick visions of the fighters began moving through his head, then a full picture. "Wow, it works! It actually works! Who would have believed it?!" he shouted aloud. "Testing out your new ability Frieza?" asked Goku, who had his eye on Frieza all along. "Why yes, actually, I was. And I was wondering what your full power might be. Would you be so kind as to enlighten me?" he requested. "Actually Frieza, I'm not to sure myself. I've been dead so long that I really don't know." Goku responded. "Well, I guess well find out together in a few minutes now won't we?" Frieza calmly said. "And this time you won't have the advantage of that technique of yours. Now we'll see who's strongest." Frieza grinned.

Kriluin had gotten a second wind and was on the offensive. He had just powered up to full. Vegeta wanted to play with him some more, so he let Kriluin lead the attack and blocked all his punches. Soon Vegeta realized that he couldn't get the upper hand back. He was overwhelmed by Kriluin's new power. Kriluin eventually got a few punches in. Vegeta continued to block, seemingly unfazed. Then Kriluin nailed Vegeta in the face and sent him flying against the wall. "All right ya little punk! No more games! Now prepare to see a super saiya-jin in action!" Vegeta shouts as he prepares to transform.

Vegeta powered up. However, he finds he can't become a super saiya-jin. "What's wrong with me? I can't transform! I feel so weak!" he shouted. "I guess we're more rusty than we thought." Kriluin said. "No, it's not just that. My body is weaker than I remember. What is this?!" he raged. "Hey your right, I feel it too. Maybe you should try again" Kriluin suggested. "Fine then, I will!" Vegeta said. He shut his eyes tight and concentrated as hard as he could. He shouted with frustration and rage. Finally, with much effort, Vegeta became a super saiya-jin. He panted heavily, sweat pouring down his face. "That was definitely harder than I remember it being. We'll finish this fight later. I'm going to see Demetrium about this" he stated walked out.

"Hey, what happened Vegeta?" Goku asked. "There's something wrong with my body! I feel so much weaker than I used to. I had to struggle just to transform! Try it, maybe it affected you too. I'm going to Demetrium to see what it is" he finished and walked off. "Well now that they're done, why don't we start?" Frieza asked Goku. "Ok, sure."

Kriluin left the room and watched from outside while Goku and Frieza got ready. The room was much bigger than Frieza had expected. The sides stretched about a half a mile out and the ceiling rose out of view. The room was well lit, however, by lights embedded in the wall.

"Well than," Frieza said while stretching, "let's get right to it shall we? No sand bagging. I'm already in my final form, so I'd appreciate it if you went to yours. Got it?" he finished. "That's fine with me" Goku said, also stretching, "but I warn you, I'm much stronger than the last time you fought me" he cautioned. "We'll see" Frieza confidently said. "And no energy attacks." Goku demanded. "But of course." Frieza said, "We wouldn't want anyone getting hurt, now would we? Heh heh heh. So, shall we move toward the center of the room, or just start here by the door?" Frieza asks. "Whatever you feel like" Goku replied. "Very well, we'll start here. Now start powering up" Frieza said.

Both of them took a few minutes to power up. Frieza gets to 100%. "That didn't feel hard at all. Vegeta must be full of crap" Frieza said. Goku changed into a super saiya-jin without much of a problem. "Hey, maybe you're right Frieza. That might have been a little harder than usual, but I can't tell. Now I guess I'll try for super saiya-jin 2" he said. Frieza was a bit surprised to hear that Goku had reached super saiya-jin level 2, but remained silent. Goku concentrated and raised his power, but nothing happened. "Hmm...maybe Vegeta wasn't kidding after all. That is harder" he said, and began to try again. He had to concentrate very hard, but he pulled it off and transformed. Out of breath, he spoke "Man, he's right. There is something wrong. I didn't lose this much energy from being dead." "Your both full of crap! I'm at 100% and it didn't feel weird" Frieza said. "Well whatever it is, I guess it didn't effect you. Anyway, now I'll try Super saiya-jin 3." he finished. "Just how many damn levels are there?!" Frieza asked. "I'm not sure. I can go up to 4." he explained, and began to concentrate. His power rose, sweat poured down his face, he made groaning noises as if he were constipated, but he didn't change. Frieza looked a little worried by the power increase. "Huff, puff, I...can't do it." SS2Goku managed to say. "So this is your max. Well, I'm impressed, but I hate to tell ya, you can't beat me!" Frieza said, "So let's get to it!" "Wait a minute Frieza. Could you give me a sec to catch my breath? That really took it out of me." Goku asked. "Hmmm...no. YAAAAAA!!!" Frieza shouted, as he sent his fist straight into SS2Goku's chest and pounded him into the wall.

"Ah, that felt good. I've been waiting over 3000 years for this" Frieza enthusiastically remarked. This gave SS2Goku enough time to get up and fight. The two started fist fighting. Both threw punches and kicks while blocking the others attacks, but no one was apparently leading. The brawl moved around the room. Than Frieza dared a quick spin and slapped SS2Goku with his tail, sending him flying. "HAHAHAHA! This is wonderful!" Frieza raved. SS2Goku flew at Frieza and punched, but Frieza was quicker than he remembered and disappeared. "Aw, no way!" he shouted, as he notices Frieza behind him. Frieza pounded him to the ground with a two handed hammer. Goku fell to the floor. "How did you get so strong?" Goku wondered aloud. "Just a little bit of training in hell. But now I'm getting bored. It's time to finish you." Frieza said as he launched a cutting disk. Then another. And another! The three disks homed in on SS2Goku. He got up in time and started dodging the disks. "Hey Frieza! What's the big idea?!" SS2Goku demanded. "The big idea is that I'm going to kill you! Now stand still!" Frieza shouted.

SS2Goku darted around to avoid the disks, but he knew that they would eventually trap him. He tried the same trick he did on Namek and flew toward Frieza while blasting him. Frieza turned the disks in the opposite direction, blocked the attack, and sent the disks around and back to Goku. "Foolish saiya-jin! I'm not as stupid as you!" SS2Goku continued to dodge, but was soon backed against a wall. In a desperate move, SS2Goku waited for the disks to come within inches of him, and jumped over them at the last second. The disks passed him, hit the wall, and shattered.

"How in the hell-!?" Frieza shouted. SS2Goku took advantage of Frieza's surprise and pounded him over and over into the wall in an all out attack. Frieza lay paralyzed against the side of the room, which wasn't even dented. "Damn you...monkey. I'll kill you! *cough, cough* I'll murder you in you sleep! I-I'll kill you. You...Ugh..." Frieza closed his eyes and began coughing up blood. Four robots came out of slots that opened in the wall. One injected Frieza with something and they took him into the slot they came from.

Goku let out a sigh, powered down, and walked out of the training room. He noticed Kriluin, Vegeta, and Demetrium at the window. They turned to greet him. "Good job Goku! You really showed Frieza. I thought you were a goner there for a while." Kriluin said. "Yeah, you just can't trust Frieza. Where did they take him anyway?" Goku asked. "To a medical bay. He'll be fine. It looked like you gave him a few broken bones and some battered organs and maybe a minor concussion, but he'll be fine." Demetrium informed them. "So Vegeta, did you find out what's wrong with us?" Goku asked. "Yes, I did. When Demetrium wished us back, he had to specify how old to make us because we died natural deaths. He made us as old as we were when Frieza was killed by Trunks. That's why we're weaker than we were when we died." Vegeta finished. "But we all kept our bodies when we died." Goku observed. "Our bodies weren't brought back. Just our minds and spirits. We were given the bodies we had at that age. Demetrium says we'll be back to normal soon, and stronger than ever." Vegeta explained.

"Oh, I get it. That must be why Frieza wasn't effected." Goku said. "Yep, that's right. Speaking of Frieza, I better go talk to him. You guys keep training on your own. You can adjust the gravity in the room if you want. Just tell the computer how much. And if you want to work at separate gravity levels, the computer can do that. Just be sure to spread out, there's plenty of room." Demetrium told them. The others continued their training while Demetrium walked off.