Ash Ketchum, Super Saiyan Part 6.
By Songbreeze.
"..."= Speech
'...'= Thought
~~~~~= Scene Change.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. They belong to whoever owns them.
Notes: This whole series follows Ash and his journey in the DBZ world. Some of these lines and most of the events were taken straight from the DBZ show.

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Last Time:

Krillin looked up to the ridge in shock." If that's the same ki that Goku had, then that means that..."

Ash was confused. All these people were talking about ki's and Goku. Ash looked over at his Father and opened his mouth, but closed it almost immediately.

Vegeta was deep in thought with a scowl. 'That's impossible! There can't be another Super Saiyan, but there is. And it's not even Kakarot! Now there are two! I must work harder!'

Swallowing hard. Ash tried to ignore is father as he turned his attention back towards the ridge and tried to focus on the battle that was almost at hand.

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Back on the ridge, the previously lavender-haired youth looked up at the androgynous creature before him and sneered, looking alarmingly similar to Vegeta. This kid now had glowing golden hair instead of soft lavender locks. His eyes, too, had changed colour and were now a starling turquoise.

King Cold looked over at his son and was clearly unimpressed at the aura of fear that surrounded Freeza. "This is a Super Saiyajin?" He asked incredulously.

Finally, trunks ki stopped flaring and had settled down to a pulsating golden glow. Glancing up, he stared at Freeza and watched as the androgynous android's eyes widened in fear.

"Those eyes! Those are the eyes!" Freeze screams as he sees his battle against Goku on Namek flash before his eyes.

Trunks looked at Freeza with a mocking smile and began walking over to him. "What is it that are you so afraid of?"

"Burn in Hell!" Freeza yelled as he threw a deep orange ki ball at Trunks' smirking face.

Below the ridge, the Z warriors looked up in surprise when they felt Freeza's ki rise. "It's started," Yamcha said ominously.

"Damn!" Said Krillin as he ran and jumped into the air, ready to fly. Suddenly, Vegeta's hand darted out, catching Krillin's arm.

"I said don't fly! They'll have scouters with them! If we're discovered, we're finished! If we want to get closer, we'll have to WALK!" He said scornfully as he threw Krillin back onto the ground.

Ash watched silently as the Gohan ran forward to his friend.

"Krillin!"

"Gohan, where is Goku and what is he doing?" Krillin asked and Gohan shook his head in response. "Ya know? As much as I hate to say it, there's not a thing we can do! When Goku finally gets back, Earth may not even be here, dammit!" Krillin swore viciously as he punched the ground.

Ash watched the bald man cautiously as Bulma smiled at him and winked.

"Vegeta, surely you can manage something?" She asked with mock sincerity.

Vegeta scowled as said, "Shut up! Unless you want to be killed with the rest of us, go home now! You managed to return safely from Namek. No matter how big an idiot you may be, you should know what kind of situation this is!"

"Idiot?" Bulma asked indignantly.

"Vegeta, you can't accuse Bulma of being an idiot." Yamcha said in his girlfriend's defence.

"That's right!" Interrupted Bulma.

"She's just the world's biggest rubbernecker, not to mention biggest shrew." He said, finishing his thought.

"Hey! You're not helping!" Bulma yelled as she grabbed Yamcha's ear.

"Huh? Oh, right!" He said, heedless of the laughter surrounding them.

"Yamucha, I've had just about enough of you!" Bulma said menacingly. "And the rest of you, what's so funny?"

Everyone stopped laughing and Krillin said dejectedly "That's probably the last laugh we'll ever have."

Everyone looks down as Vegeta began feeling agitated. He took off running and left everyone else to follow.

"Ah, hell!" Bulma said as she and Ash bring up the rear. "Hold up! I can't believe they would just leave a lady behind like this!"

"Bulma, let's go home now." Puar said.

"Yeah, come on Bulma," Said Ash agreeing with Puar's sediments.

"You guys, we've come so far, how can we leave now? Who do you think you're talking to? I've been in scenes this dangerous many times before... besides, I'm the Queen of situations like this." Bulma said laughing.

Puar didn't say anything and Ash looked at Bulma curiously.

Bulma grabbed Puar by the tail and started running. "So then, let's go! Hey, Vegeta! Take us with you! You're on foot anyhow!"

Sighing, Ash effortlessly caught up to Bulma, quickly passing her.

"Hey Ash, slow down, I can't run as fast as you guys can!"

Stopping Ash turned around and waited. "Bulma! You're so slow," he whined.

"Oh shut up!"

Back on the ridge, Freeza and King Cold look on as Freeza's blast exploded and took out a chunk of the ground.

"Freeza," King Cold said to his son, his voice differential, "If you destroy this planet, this Son Goku guy won't be able to return."

Freeza just rolled his eyes and said, "I know that Father. I didn't put everything I had into..." Freeza trailed off as he saw the Super Saiyan standing alive and unharmed in the middle of the hellfire. Freeza cringed as the smoke dissipates.

The teen just looked down at the crater in the ground. Cockily, he said, "You can't afford to think so little of me if that's all your power. Especially, not since you're going to be killed by me."

Freeza simmered, "Why, you smart-ass kid! Take this!" He screamed as he powered up another ki blast and threw it at the blonde haired kid.

"Freeza!" King Cold, vague panic lacing his voice, "The planet is going to crumble!"

"What!?" Freeza exclaimed as the teen yelled and braces himself against the blast. Freeza watches in shock as the blast diminishes rapidly.

Soon several smaller blasts are seen parting from Freeza's original first blast and they land all over the area. Freeza's opponent laughs as he stands about twenty feet away from where the original blast had been fired.

The smoke from the explosion slowly wafts up above the ridge. Ash and the other Z warriors stop running and Ash looks up at the smoke. "What's this smoke from?" He asks.

"Now what?" Bulma asks as Ash put her on the ground. "Huh? What's happening? Hey, what's going on?" Seeing that no one was answering her, Bulma looked towards the horizon. Seeing the smoke, she asked, "What kind of fight are they having?"

Back on the ridge, King Cold stared at the young Super Saiyan. "Not bad." King Cold said, as he surveyed the lack of damage.

Smirking, the Saiyan said to the android Freeza, "That was foolish, Freeza. You're conceited and arrogant and it looks like that will cost you you're life. After all, a fight is something to be finished all at once.

Freeza looked at the teen and said with a mockingly grand bow, "Well then, as you wish, let's finish this... all at once." Freeza flew back up into the air and began to gather energy to form a Death Ball. The ball kept growing until it was finally almost twice the size of the ball used on Namek. Freeza smiled down at the Super Saiyan.

"Freeza!" King Cold yelled at his son. "What are you doing? You're going to destroy the whole planet!"

Freeza looked at his father scornfully. "So what? We can always kill Son Goku in space!" He said as he fired the Death Ball at the Saiyan. The orange ki ball closed in on the teen as is hit earth. It began to sink into the earth as Freeza laughed maliciously from the sky.

Down below the ridge, all the Z warriors could see was a large orange ball up in the air. They watched horrified as Freeza threw the ball at the earth.

"What the...?" Ash asked, puzzled.

"Everybody, get down!" Krillian yelled as he dove for cover.

"The planet's going to explode! Freeza, let's go!" King Cold yelled at his son from his vantage point on the ridge. King Cold began to float towards the spaceship. His son followed his example and began to fly towards the large ship. Once on the ship, both Freeza and King Cold realized that the Death Ball was not fully sinking into the ground. Instead it began to rise upwards!

"What's the..." Freeza began, but the question died on his tongue as the Super Saiyan rose out of the crater, holding the Death Ball in his hands.

"What?" Freeza asked, amazed that someone could control so much ki.

"Impossible!" King Cold gasped as his son jumped onto the ground.

The super Saiyan climbed out of the crater.

"How can it be? You're still alive." Freeza angrily asked.

The teen smirked. "What's the matter Freeza? This all you got?"

Freeza fumed with rage and threw numerous ki balls at the smirking Saiyan. Unfortuanatley for Freeza, the Saiyan has created a blast of his own which had absorbed all of Freeza's ki balls. With a tremendous yell, the Saiyan released the energy.

Hovering over the crater, Freeza looked down and saw that the Saiyan was missing. Assuming he incinerated his opponent, Freeza laughed triumphantly.

"You did it, Freeza!" King Cold said as he jumped off of the spaceship. "It seems as though he had underestimated you."

As the Cold was congratulating his only son, the mysterious Saiyan looked down upon the pair from a cliff. Smirking, he began to prepare a Burning Attack. The Saiyan heard as Freeza gloated over his victory.

"Well, at least that wasn't a complete waste of time. I got in some good exercise before Goku showed up."

"Freeza!" the Saiyan yelled. "Burning Attack!" He aimed his ki at the ground and fired.

King Cold and Freeza weaved throughout the air as they flew up towards the Saiyan.

"You dare to challenge me with such a low-level attack?" Freeza demanded angrily.

Freeza looked towards the cliff, but did not see his opponent. Looking to the left, Freeza saw the last image he would ever see. The unknown Super Saiyan rushed towards Freeza and lifted up his sword, which was concealed in a sheath behind his back, and struck Freeza, cutting the androgynous creature in half.

King Cold was in shock; some Saiyan had just killed his son. Powering up, King Cold launched a large volley of ki balls at the smirking teen.

The battle between King Cod and the Super Saiyan was different from the pervious one. This was a battle of revenge for King Cold. Blows were exchange at a rapid rate and every so often a stray ki ball would hit the Z Warriors at the bottom of the rige.

"Hey!" Bulma as another ki ball just missed her head.

"What's going on up there?" Gohan speculated aloud. "The fight has changed... And I can't find Freeza's ki anymore."

"Who knows," Yamcha said.

"Maybe the guy managed to finally kill Freeza for good." Krillian replied.

"Oooh..." Ash said, his ki rising slightly, "I hope so. I remember what he did. It was horrible."

"How did you know?" Bulma asked.

"King Kai." Ash said simply. "He wanted me to know about my..."

"About what?" Piccolo asked, looking down at his student.

"He wanted me to know why he cheered for Goku." Ash said lamely.

"Oh?" Said Bulma with a raised eyebrow. "And what exactly do you think about Freeza now?"

"I think he's a sorry son of a muk!" Ash said venomously. "He doesn't deserve to live!"

The others agreed and began to throw in their thoughts on the sadistic ruler, but none of them noticed how tense Vegeta was. No one saw how his eyes widened ever so slightly as he looked at the mysterious boy Bulma brought home. And no one noticed as searched Ash's face, looking for something he could not find.

On the ridge the battle continued, even though both participants began to tire. Finally, after launching three consecutive Burning Attacks, the Super Saiyan managed to gain the upper hand, bringing King Cold to his knees. The Saiyan raised his sword, but was interrupted by King Cold.

"Wait!" King Cold shouted as he saw the blade swing down, "If you spare me, I will make you the commander-in-chief of my army! You will take the place of my son at my side!"

"Humph. Commander-in-chief?" The Saiyan paused.

"Yes," King Cold said, his voice tense.

"Commander-in-chief of an army of weaklings who have no skill and only enjoy torturing and murdering those weaker than them?"

The Saiyan brought the sword back up and let if fall gracefully in an arc as he cut through the layers of skin, muscle and bone.

"I think not."

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Yay! It's finally done! Thanks to Jiana, Jordan, Setharaielle, Zero-Tribal-004, Saiyan Moon Goddess, Jane Silver for reviewing and a special thanks to Jane Silver for the 'Son of a Muk' quote and events!

Does anyone know Ash's mom's name?? I keep referring to her as Ash's mom, but I think that Vegeta would know her first name, don't you?