Chapter Thirty-three - Sai-jin enraged

Vegeta's eyes opened slowly and he picked himself up off the ground in confusion. Beside him stood the little Namek from the ship who turned from him to look into the distance toward the battle Vegeta could feel raging. "What... what happened?" he asked looking down at himself, he felt stronger somehow...

"You were badly injured, unconscious." Dende replied. "I healed you."

"Healed?" he asked glancing down at the kid. "Well now, this changes things a bit."

Dende nodded. "But don't count on me to much, healing uses up energy and I'm not that strong..."

"Right." Vegeta nodded lifting into the air. "Well, I don't intend to need your help again." with that he bolted off toward the battlefield again. As he reached it he found the Namek still fighting with Frieza while the other three stood on the ground and seemed to be preparing a fairly powerful joint attack, one he felt sure would have been enough to at least incapacitate him if not kill him. /This is unbelievable... who are these people? How do they have so much power? It dosen't matter, they're on my side at least./

As Piccolo blocked a punch from Frieza Hotaru's voice yelled out his name. The Namek pulled back and dropped to the ground quickly. As he did he saw the blue light bath the ground, water, and sky as it tore through the air for it's target. "What!" Frieza cried seeing the attack at last. He thrust his arms out and caught the attack. He began to push it back when a purple light flared to life a few yards above the other three warriors.

"Gallic Gun!" Vegeta cried firing the stream of purple energy up along the length of the Kamehamehas. The energy stream merged with the Kamehameha stream at the last second and added even more strength to the attack. Vegeta glanced to his side as the Namek floated up beside him holding energy in his hands. With a cry he thrust his arms up and out firing his own powerful attack at Frieza. The purple-orange energy merged with the others and they began to push Frieza into the sky.

"No! You cannot defeat me!" Frieza cried. "You have no idea what power is!" he shouted down.

Vegeta licked his lips. "We'll see about that Frieza!" he yelled pushing more power into his blast. Frieza let out a roar as the energies overtook him and engulfed him completely. After a moment the five warriors stopped their attacks. Gohan, Krillin, and Hotaru were all panting. As she tried to catch her breath Hotaru dropped out of the Kinryoku to let her body relax. Vegeta seemed only slightly drained while Piccolo seemed fine.

"So... did we... do it?" Gohan asked.

"Not yet." Piccolo said. "I can still sense him, but I don't know how he's alive, he should be in space..."

Vegeta grunted. "His race can survive in space." As he finished a stream of red and black energy surged down from the sky crashing into the ground about a hundred yards away.

Frieza glared daggers across at the warriors he was fighting. /The Namek's the strongest of them but how did Vegeta recover so quickly? He should have been dead!/ Frieza didn't have any longer to think about it though as Vegeta sped toward him. The prince lashed out with a left kick but Frieza blocked it and countered with a punch of his own. Vegeta slipped around it and fired a point blank energy blast into the other's face knocking him backwards.

Frieza quickly regained his balance and spun around slamming his tail into Vegeta's face and then wrapping it about his neck. Holding him tight he began to pound on him like a punching bag. He then saw Piccolo charging in and flung the Sai-jin prince at him before firing a KI blast at both of them knocking them over. Piccolo slid Vegeta off of him and stood up quickly charging in at Frieza again. Near-by the fight Krillin held his arm up over his head charging a Destructo Disk. He glanced over to Hotaru. "Think you can do that Dark Spirit Restriction thing of yours?" he asked.

"I'll try." she replied powering up the Kinryoku again. She watched Frieza and Piccolo fighting for a moment and saw her opening when Frieza's tail gripped Piccolo's ankle and the tyrant pitched him away. "Here goes, Kuro Omoi Seichuu!" she cried placing her fingers on her temples. She held her position and tried to hold onto the darkness inside Frieza.

They watched for a moment as Frieza lifted up into the air slowly. It was obvious her move was having some effect on the other but not much. /It's the best I'm going to get./ Krillin thought as he pumped more power into the Destructo Disk making it larger. "Destructo Disk!" he called firing the energy disk at Frieza. The tyrant began to dodge to the side but Hotaru's move was slowing him down enough he couldn't completely avoid the attack and it sliced off the last quarter of his tail. As it did Hotaru lowered her arms panting from the strain of holding Frieza.

"Why you!" Frieza cried looking at his tail. Suddenly he charged at Krillin and slammed a fist into the small Human's stomach knocking him into the air. He leapt up after him and began to pound on Krillin as they worked higher and higher into the air.

"Krillin!" Gohan yelled up as a sudden kick from Frieza sent the Human sailing into a distant cliff face. Gohan shot quickly after him but Frieza suddenly appeared in his way.

"And where do you think you're going little man?" he asked smirking.

Gohan floated backwards a little but stopped and held his ground. He glanced past Frieza to where Krillin laid. /I've got to get him to Dende!/ Gohan dropped down toward the water and the surged toward Krillin again. He nearly slammed head first into Frieza as the tyrant appeared before him again still smirking.

"If you're that worried about him I can put him out of his misery." he said pointing an arm back at Krillin, a small point of energy charging at the tip of his finger. Gohan's eyes widened at first but then his face hardened and his aura flickered to life about him. With a cry of anger he lunged at Frieza and caught him off guard with a hard punch to his jaw that sent him reeling.

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Earth:

The four Sai-jins stared at the monitor before them in utter shock. Gohan's hundred thousand plus power from earlier had been one thing but now... his power had climbed to over four hundred thousand and was still going up as he continued to attack the shocked Frieza. After a few moments it finally settled at almost seven hundred and fifty thousand. "How is that possible?" Mango asked softly. "He's only a child but his power... he's one of the strongest Sai-jins alive."

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Planet Namek:

As Gohan landed an uppercut to Frieza he caught a glimpse of Dende healing Krillin. The sight caused him to relax a bit and clam down which caused his power to begin dropping again. He was caught off guard as a fist slammed into his stomach and knocked the wind from him. "You little brat!" Frieza roared. "Where'd a child get that kind of power! That hurt!" The tyrant thrust an arm out and slammed his open palm into Gohan's face which sent the young Sai-jin sailing out of sight.

While still admiring his handiwork Vegeta came up and slammed a fist into his face. As he was recoiling from the blow a streak of green slipped passed his eyes which was followed closely after by a foot to the face. In a blur the two warriors began to work Frieza together. After a few moments Frieza's temper broke free again and he sent another shockwave out pushing Piccolo and Vegeta away from him.

"That's it! I've had it with you lizards and monkeys! If 25% of my power isn't enough to kill you with then I'll try 33%!"

"What!" Vegeta cried pulling away from Frieza as the alien tyrant began to power up. "He's only been fighting at a quarter of his power! But... how's that possible!"

Piccolo growled and cursed himself under his breath. /If I'd just gone for the quick kill I could have ended this easily.../

In a flash of black Frieza charged in at Vegeta and smashed his fists against his face several times before slamming him down into the ground again. He then turned from Vegeta toward Piccolo. "And now I'll destroy you!" He charged at Piccolo and landed a hard right to the Namek's face before kneeing him in the chest. Piccolo blocked the next attack and the two continued to trade blows. Vegeta surged up from the ground and back into the fight against Frieza a moment later. Again Frieza turned from Piccolo long enough to smash his fists against Vegeta and turned back to Piccolo. A moment later the tyrant found an opening in Piccolo's defenses and landed a crushing blow to his chest cracking several ribs.

"Mr. Piccolo!" Gohan cried.

Frieza whirled around and saw the pint sized Sai-jin surging toward him at top speed. /What the hell! First Vegeta and now him! These roaches just wont die!/ He thrust his arm out and blasted a KI stream at Gohan but the short warrior simply plowed through it. "What!" Suddenly Gohan's fist slammed across his face and the young Sai-jin began to rapidly pound his fists into the tyrant as his anger once again rose to the surface. The child suddenly vanished from before Frieza and re-appeared above him. He then smashed the tyrant down into the ground and fired a volley of KI blasts after him.

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Planet Vegeta:

"How is that possible!" Pug cried in shock as Gohan's power reading jumped through the roof. His power had dropped considerably a moment before and he'd nearly been dead. Then somehow he'd recovered and his power had climbed to almost 300 thousand. Then, a moment later, it spiked to over 1.5 million. It was one thing for Bardock and Goku to be that strong but something completely different for a child...

Vadora was in shock as well. She'd seen Gohan's power on Earth but this was... something else. His power was incredible now. "Could he... be the one?" she asked watching as the computer simulated the battle between Gohan and Frieza.

King Vegeta glanced at her with a raised eyebrow. That thought had crossed his mind as well. He'd assumed that Brolly had been the Sai-jin the legends spoke of. Then he saw Bardock and Goku fighting against Ginyu and thought perhaps one of them. But now, this child was far stronger than any of them where. He was almost certain now that he was the one the legends spoke of.

Pug, too, was looking at Vadora. "You don't mean... You actually believe those legends? I mean, a Super Sai-jin is one thing but..."

"What other possible explanation is there?" King Vegeta asked him. Pug remained silent as Gohan's power reading split into two readings again as he charged a powerful attack.

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Gohan raised his hands above his head and charged a massive ball of KI bigger than he was. "Take this Frieza! Masenko Ha!" He thrust his arms downward and fired the massive stream of KI toward where Frieza laid. The tyrant only caught a glimpse of the attack as it slammed into the ground over him and exploded rocking the entire planet. Gohan floated in the air panting heavily, his power having dipped extremely low after the amount of energy he'd put into his last attack.

When the dust below settled it revealed a massive crater full of debris but no sign of Frieza. Then white light began to seep from the cracks and the rocks began to shake. There was a deafening yell as Frieza caused an explosion and blew the rock off of him. He stood there panting and staring up at Gohan. "You... little... brat! How the... hell do you... have so... much... damn power!" His eyes widened in shock as two forms floated up beside the child. Vegeta and the Namek. "What! You two should be dead!"

Piccolo merely reached up and lifted his cape off while also removing his turban. Holding them clutched in his hand he held his arm out to his side. Suddenly his fingers opened and the weighted clothing plummeted toward the ground. Frieza watched them descend down and slam into the ground a few feet away forming a noticeable crater. /He was wearing weighted clothing this entire time?! How strong are these guys and where the hell did they come from!?/

While Frieza was contemplating his enemies Piccolo turned to Gohan. "I want you to stay back for now kid. You used up most of your power in that last attack."

"But..."

"No arguments kid. I can handle this guy but I don't want to be there when your mother finds out you're dead." Gohan grinned widely and nodded before darting back to where Krillin and Hotaru were standing. Both had tried to help in the fight but had quickly learned that they were far outmatched in this fight. In the sky Piccolo and Vegeta prepared for the next round of the battle.