Chapter 12: End Game
The saiyans scattered away from Cold and Cooler but one saiyan wasn't fast enough and was sent flying into the palace from a powerful punch. Gohan snarled and flew towards Cold and swiftly planted a fist into his stomach and sent him flying skyward. Cooler kicked Gohan in the back and sent him flying down where he was caught by his father.
Cold halted his flight and flew back towards the battle. Bardock and another elite guard fired some ki blasts at Cold but he just caught them and threw back to their owners. The blasts hit the saiyans and knocked them to the city below where they slammed into some buildings. Gohan flew up to meet Cooler and exchanged a flurry of blows. The fight seemed even until Cold hit Gohan from behind and sent him into a kick from Cooler. Gohan flew down and was hammered by two blasts from Cold and Cooler.
Kakkarot snarled in anger and fired an energy wave at Cooler. Cooler glanced at the energy wave for a second before he knocked it into the atmosphere.
Gohan slammed into a building and laid there as he waited for Cold and Cooler to get near. When they got near him he erupted from the building in a flash and rammed his head into Coolers stomach and sent him flying up. Gohan turned to receive a fist in the face from Cold. Gohan recovered quickly and returned with a flurry of punches and kicks.
Vegeta found the opportunity he had been waiting for. Cooler flew up and saw Vegeta just as he turned super saiyan in a flash of yellow light. Cooler gasped in surprise for a split second before Vegeta planted both his feet into his face. Cold looked up when Vegeta turned super and gaped in surprise. Gohan took advantage of the opportunity and slammed his fist into Cold's face before he zipped up behind and kicked him down towards the city. The rest of the elite guards, seeing Cold unguarded, flew after him. Kakkarot and Landyn flew up and hovered beside Gohan.
"Way to go Gohan! We might win this battle after all, now that Vegeta has decided he wants a piece of them." Kakkarot said to his son as he looked down at Cold.
"This is far from over." Gohan said in a cold voice.
True to Gohan's statement an explosions rocked the city and the saiyans that had flown after Cold were incinerated as the blast encompassed a quarter of the city.
Cold stared up at Gohan from the center of the crater, a smile on his face. "Is that the best you have little super saiyan? If it is, I am not impressed." Cold called from below. Cold flew and swatted Landyn and Kakkarot away like flies as he renewed his attack against Gohan.
Vegeta grabbed Cooler by his face and rammed it into the side of the platform that the palace sat on. "Had enough Cooler? You're going to be nothing but a bloody body by the time I finish with you." Vegeta said and threw Cooler away from him and fired an energy blast at him.
Cooler caught the blast and smiled at Vegeta, "You have no idea what you are up against do you? I was a little worried when you turned into a super saiyan, but now that I've seen your strength, I am no longer worried." Cooler said and crushed the blast.
Cooler rushed Vegeta and slammed a knee into his stomach. Vegeta bent over and coughed up some blood. Cooler smashed his fist into Vegeta's face and kicked him into the palace. As Vegeta slammed into the palace Cooler charged up a large ki blast and fired it at the hole that Vegeta had created. The blast flew into the hole and an explosion resounded.
All of a sudden out from the hole three words could be heard, "BIG BANG ATTACK!" Vegeta roared and an energy wave ripped a bigger hole and rocketed towards Cooler. Cooler's eyes opened in surprise and fired an energy wave back at Vegeta's. The two waves clashed and bulged out at the epicenter creating a huge ball of crackling energy halfway between the two combatants.
Gohan smashed Cold's head off his knee and hit him the face with his left hand and quickly brought his right up and into his stomach. Cold bent over and gasped for breath and Gohan rewarded him with an upper cut. As Cold flew upwards Gohan zipped behind him and planet both his feet into Cold's back and sent him careening down towards the city where he created a second crater.
Cold slowly got to his feet and glared up at Gohan, "You'll pay for that one." Cold muttered and then noticed the predicament Cooler was in. Cold blasted towards Gohan as Gohan flew down to meet him but Cold just ignored him and flew right by. Gohan turned and flew after him. Cold flew up beside his son and sent his own energy wave down at Vegeta. Vegeta's energy wave was quickly engulfed by the combined might of Cooler and Cold and a scream erupted from the inside of the palace as the two waves slammed into Vegeta. Gohan stared at the palace in horror as it detonated and Vegeta fell from the sky. Gohan's control slipped and rage took command on his actions.
"MASENKO-HA!" Gohan roared and sent a gigantic energy wave flying at Cold and Cooler. The two of them turned and stared on in horror as the energy wave enveloped them and sent them into the atmosphere.
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Elsewhere on the planet…
Goten flew over a forest as he looked for Trunks. "TRUNKS WHERE ARE YOU!" Goten yelled.
An explosion erupted nearby causing Goten to turn towards the explosion. There were some rebels and aliens in the sky firing blasts down at someone in the forest. Goten powered up and blasted towards the rebels. As Goten got close the rebels turned to Goten and began to fire at him as well as the person on the ground. Goten dodged the blasts and kicked the first person he came to in the stomach and sent him reeling backwards. Gohan fired a ki blast that ripped his head off but Goten never noticed as his attention was pulled away by two on coming aliens. Goten charged the two aliens and kicked one in the stomach while he dodged a punch from the other.
As Goten's kick carried him past the second alien he fired a ki blast at him and turned back to the first alien, not noticing his first ki blast go through the first alien, killing it. Goten grabbed the alien's arm and threw him at a saiyan that was about to fire a ki blast towards the ground.
When the alien hit the saiyan hundreds of ki blasts flew up from the ground and hammered into the two of them as well as a few of the surrounding saiyans. Goten flew down to the source of the energy blasts and saw a purple haired saiyan glaring upwards, his hands extended in front of him. Trunks eyes widened at the sight of Goten.
"GOTEN! You're alive! They said you had died and… and…" Trunks covered his surprise and concern, "Well, now that you're here, lets kick these rebels all the way back to where they came from." Trunks said as a smirk much like his fathers appeared on his face.
"TRUNKS! Alright, let's beat these bad people!" Goten said and flew up at the rebels with Trunks close behind.
The two of them quickly dispatched the remaining rebels and aliens with a few ki blasts, punches and kicks. When the all the rebels had either died or been defeated the two of them looked at one another and did a high five.
"ALRIGHT! We showed those rebels not to mess with us!" Trunks said, elated at their victory, "Now let's go find our fathers, maybe we can help them in their fight." Trunks suggested.
Goten nodded vigorously and attempted to find Gohan with the trick he had taught him three days before. He didn't need too as a massive beam of energy erupted from the east and headed towards the atmosphere. Goten and Trunks looked at each other for a second before they both bolted in the direction of the energy beam.
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At Kakkarot's house…
"TAKE THIS!" Chichi screamed and smashed a rebel on the back of the head with a ki pan and flattened him into the floor where Videl picked him up and kicked him away from the house.
"That's 52 rebels so far" Videl said as she walked back in and sat down in one of the chairs.
Chichi looked at Videl and smiled, "No saiyan or alien is going to mess up MY house." Chichi said and slammed her ki pan into an alien that rushed into the house as soon as it saw two supposedly defenseless females. "Now its 53." Chichi said before she sat down.
Videl just shook her head before she picked up the latest victim of the ki pan and kicked it away from the house.
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Back at the capital…
Gohan glared up at Cold and Cooler as they floated before him. His attack had hurt them, but not badly enough to make the fight fair. With Vegeta down Gohan was the only one who had a chance at beating the two, and that chance was slim.
"Well? What are you two waiting for, an invitation?" Gohan said, acid dripping from his voice.
Cold smirked down at Gohan before he matched his son's nod. Suddenly Cold and Cooler were in Gohan's face punching and kicking. Gohan dodged and blocked as best he could but blows were still getting through despite all his effort. Gohan knew he was losing, there was no way he could fend off the combined assault of Cold and Cooler, even if they were weakened.
Then Gohan made a fatal error, he extended his arm to far and Cold caught it and twisted it around Gohan's back. Gohan's scream was short lived as Cooler slammed a fist into his stomach, knocking the breath out of him. Gohan lashed out with his free arm and hit Cooler in the face which sent him through the air a short distance. Cold, seeing this grabbed Gohan's free arm and wrapped that around his back as well and held on tightly.
Gohan snarled and tried to break free, his arms came forward slightly and he thought he was going to get free. Cooler would have none of it. He rushed forward and started to hammer punches into Gohan's face and chest. Gohan's head snapped from side to side as the blows rained down on his face. He screamed once when Cooler punched him in the chest, breaking a rib and puncturing a lung with it.
Gohan coughed up blood into Cooler's face. Cooler snarled and began to punch harder and faster.
Kakkarot slowly got up and looked towards Gohan. Nooo… my son… ARGH! I have to help him… but… I'm not strong enough… DAMNIT! I HAVE TO HELP HIM! Kakkarot thought as anger enveloped him. A scream erupted from Gohan as Cooler punctured his lung. Kakkarot saw red, then yellow. Rage overwhelmed Kakkarot and pushed him over the edge.
A roar erupted from Kakkarot as his hair shot upwards and flashed yellow. Cooler stopped punching Gohan and looked down at Kakkarot, surprise written on his face. Kakkarot's eyes turned teal and a yellow aura flared around him. Kakkarot fixed his rage filled eyes on Cooler.
"LEAVE GOHAN ALONE!" Kakkarot roared and charged Cooler.
Cooler left Gohan alone and prepared to brace himself against Kakkarot's onslaught, which was until a blast hit him in the back and set him flying down to meet Kakkarot's fist. Cooler flew up and straight into a very angry Vegeta in super saiyan state.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME! A SUPER SAIYAN! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! TIME TO DIE!" Vegeta roared and began to pummel Cooler Mercilessly.
Cold loosened his grip on Gohan as he gaped at Kakkarot and Vegeta beat on his son. Gohan snarled and used this to his advantage. Gohan ripped away from Cold's grasp and slammed a fist into his stomach. Cold bent over as he felt something tear within him. Gohan grabbed his head and slammed it off his knee before he grabbed Cold's tail and threw up into a falling Cooler.
The three super saiyans began firing blasts at Cold and Cooler and sent them into the atmosphere for a second time.
Their victory was short lived when they saw a red energy ball greater then the one that destroyed the planetary shields come into existence. Cold turned to his son as they both poured all their energy into the ball, "If we can't destroy them in single combat, then we'll destroy they're entire god damn planet!" Cold said.
The energy ball Cold and Cooler generated reached max size, about the size of a small planet. The two of them condensed the energy and cut its size in half before they sent the ball flying towards the planet.
The three super saiyans looked at each other and nodded. As one they flew upwards and caught the energy ball and began to push it backwards. Cold and Cooler looked on in horror as the energy ball halted and began to reverse direction, back towards them. The two of them snarled together and grasped the energy ball and attempted to push the ball back towards the planet.
When Goten and Trunks arrived at the capital the first thing they noticed was a massive red ball hanging in the sky and three glowing yellow figures holding it back. The two kids looked at each other before they rushed up towards the ball. When they neared the energy ball they noticed three saiyans, all glowing yellow, and all with yellow hair and yellow auras flaring around them.
"FATHER!" Trunks and Goten yelled at the same time as they noticed them through the yellow hair and auras.
"Goten… Get… Out… of here…" Kakkarot gasped as he poured all his strength into the fight.
"No father, it doesn't matter if I get out of here, if that thing hits… we're all dead." Goten said, sounding mature beyond his years.
Trunks nodded in agreement and positioned himself beside his father and added his strength to the fight. Vegeta took a second to glance at his son and pride filled his eyes as he, for the first time, visibly showed pride in his son. Goten went between his brother and his father and added his own strength to the fight.
The added strength was nothing compared to what was already in use, but it was enough to break the stalemate. Slowly, inch by inch, the ball moved out towards space.
With a sudden surge of energy, all five saiyans yelled and gave a final push as they used all their energy. The energy ball blasted backwards and ripped through Cold and Cooler. Two screams echoed out from the ball as Cold and Cooler were torn apart by the energy ball. The ball flew into the atmosphere in into orbit where it ripped through the central portion of the rebel star fleet before it exploded out in space.
Goten and Trunks fell from the sky, exhausted, but before they could fall far they were caught by their fathers. Gohan floated down and dropped out of super saiyan, too exhausted to stay in it. Kakkarot dropped out soon after followed by Vegeta.
"We did it… Cold… Cooler… They're dead… maybe now we can… have peace." Gohan said breathing hard.
Vegeta smirked at Kakkarot, "You dog, you managed to ascend as well. I must say you have impeccable timing." Vegeta said and looked towards the sky. "Well, we showed them what happens when they mess with super saiyans." Vegeta gloated.
All of a sudden Gohan gave a hacking cough and blood spurted from his mouth and he fell from the sky. Kakkarot's eyes widened and caught his son before he could fall far.
"What's wrong with him?" Kakkarot asked Vegeta.
"How the hell should I know, by the sounds of it something is wrong with his lungs." Vegeta replied, "I think you should take him to a regeneration chamber. I'm going to go find my mate."
Kakkarot nodded and flew towards the one remaining hospital in the capital, the rest having been destroyed in the massive battle between the super saiyans and tyrants Cold and Cooler. When Kakkarot arrived at the hospital he zipped through the hospital as he tried to find an empty regeneration chamber. Many of them were occupied but after several minutes of searching he found one.
When Gohan was safe in one of the last remaining regeneration chambers Kakkarot turned to the doctor, "What was wrong with him? He seemed fine, just winded, but all of a sudden he coughed up blood." Kakkarot asked.
The doctor walked over to a computer terminal and pushed a few buttons. A display of Gohan's vital signs appeared with parts of his system in red showing damage. The doctor turned to Kakkarot, "It seems his lung was punctured by one of his ribs. With all the adrenaline flowing through him during the battle, he barely felt it after the initial breaking and puncture. But once it ended… well the full force of it hit him." The doctor told Kakkarot.
Kakkarot nodded, "If my son wakes before I'm back, tell him I've gone home." He said and left with Goten asleep in his arms to check up on Chichi. Even though Cold and Cooler were dead, there were still hundreds of thousands of rebels on the planet.
As Kakkarot flew back towards his house a loud roar resounded above him. He looked up to see an allied star ship fly overhead and begin blasting the rebels that flew about. Kakkarot looked in other directions and noticed several other star ships doing the same thing. Kakkarot smiled, we have won, those ships wouldn't be here unless the battle in space was finished and won, thank god for these armbands. Kakkarot thought as he looked at the bluish piece of metal on his right arm. These allow us to tell a rebel from an ally.
Several minutes later Kakkarot landed in the clearing around his house and rushed in doors. Chichi, not recognizing Kakkarot in time, whacked him over the head with her ki pan and flattened him to the floor. A gasp escaped from Chichi when she finally recognized her mate.
"Oops." Chichi said causing Videl to laugh from where she sat.
Chichi noticed Goten on the floor beside his father, "Poor Goten." Chichi said as she picked her son up and rushed her to his bed.
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One day later…
Thraknor was held upright by Bardock and Landyn with a ki inhibiting collar around his neck as he glared at Vegeta. Vegeta stood in front of him, arms crossed, with Bulma beside him and Trunks hovering slightly above him imitating his father. Kakkarot hovered on his left with his mate Chichi beside him and Goten on his shoulders. Gohan hovered on his right with Videl beside him, their tails entwined around each other. Below them every saiyan and alien that was alive gathered to witness the event, the sentencing of Thraknor. Above them several star ships hovered just within the atmosphere.
"Thraknor," Vegeta began, "You have waged war against me, the true and rightful ruler of the saiyan race. You have destroyed an outpost and conquered one of my allies' home world. Those three things are enough to have you sentenced to death, but you went further. You even conspired with the diabolical Frieza, Cooler and Cold." Vegeta said, ignoring the fact that at one point he too conspired with Frieza. "You then attacked Vegeta, the birthplace and home world of the saiyan race TWICE! You killed millions of my fellow saiyans and hundreds of thousands of my allies. What do you have to say for yourself?" Vegeta demanded with rage evident as his hair started to flash gold, the thought of Thraknor trying to take his place was unthinkable.
Thraknor spit at Vegeta, "I DEMAND A ONE ON ONE COMBAT!" Thraknor roared as he struggled to get at Vegeta.
Vegeta looked back at Thraknor and smirked, the rage inside him fled as he thought up a suitable punishment. "No, you're not getting a one on one combat. You're going to help repair what you destroyed. The saiyans that blindly followed you have seen that my rule is MUCH better then yours and have decided to join me. They will be welcomed, but watched until they have proven themselves totally loyal. You on the other hand, I can't allow such luxury, or even the luxury of a death, no matter how painful." Vegeta said, his smirk growing bigger, "Your sentence: You shall help rebuild the capital which you helped to destroy twice, and when it is complete, you shall serve us still, as a servant." Vegeta said, a grin taking in his entire face, "Landyn, Bardock, escort our new… slave to where he will be staying for the rest of his life. Oh, and one more thing… remove his tail." Vegeta said and a look of horror crossed Thraknor's face.
The crowd below gasped and then began to laugh. Thraknor was led away slowly and the laughter grew louder before it died away as it was replaced by, "KING VEGETA! KING VEGETA!" The crowd roared its approval.
Vegeta smirked; Thraknor will have a hard time playing martyr when he's washing the floors of the imperial palace, Vegeta thought to himself.
The end… or is it?
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Not far away…
A massive figure looked up at Kakkarot, insanity evident in his eyes, "Kakkarot!" the being said before it got into its space pod and blasted off.
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Far far away…
A being looked through a tear in space and time as smiled down at Vegeta, Kakkarot and Gohan. "Super saiyans… more super saiyans… they'll be… delicious." The being cackled and went back to its work, opening the tear wider, wide enough for it to pass through.
If you're wondering what the power levels are at, well here is what they are all at. (Remember this isn't throughout the story, just at the end.)
Big Final End Ball Pushy Thing
Ultra Super Saiyan Gohan – 7,000,000
Super Saiyan Vegeta – 3,000,000
Super Saiyan Kakkarot – 5,000,000
King Cold – 8,000,000
Cooler – 7,000,000
Goten – 35,000
Trunks – 30,000
Good Guys
Ultra Super Saiyan Gohan – 10,000,000
Super Saiyan Gohan – 6,000,000
Normal Gohan – 1,000,000
Super Saiyan Vegeta – 5,600,000
Normal Vegeta – 900,000
Super Saiyan Kakkarot – 5,000,000
Normal Kakkarot – 700,000
Landyn – 110,000
Bardock – 70,000
Goten – 32,000
Trunks – 28,000
(Yes I KNOW it varies from above but Goten and Trunks went above and beyond what they normally could to show their parents they could help.)
Videl – 25,000
Alysa – 21,000
Chichi – 20,000
Bad Guys
King Cold level 5 – 9,000,000
King Cold level 4 – 7,000,000
King Cold level 3 – 4,000,000
King Cold level 2 – 3,000,000 (King Cold started at level 2)
Cooler level 5 – 8,000,000
Cooler level 4 – 6,500,000
Cooler level 3 – 3,000,000
Cooler level 2 – 1,500,000
Cooler level 1 – 900,000
Frieza level 4 – 3,000,000
Frieza level 3 – 1,500,000
Frieza level 2 – 1,000,000
Frieza level 1 – 530,000
Thraknor – 75,000
(Note, these power levels are their max before they got healed after the end battle.)