Chapter Thirty-seven - Frieza Defeated!?
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Goku thrust his arms forward firing the massive Kamehameha wave at Frieza. The tyrant had finished his power up and thrust his arms out to catch the attack. Frieza pushed back against the attack building energy in his palms. With a roar of anger he fired a blast of energy into the Kamehameha and down it's length where it slammed into Goku and exploded knocking him down into the ground.
Goku pulled himself up out of the crater he'd formed and glanced up to were Frieza floated. /A times 20 isn't enough, but I can't use much more than that or I'll be helping him.../ He contemplated just how much more energy he could handle, he new it wasn't much. /Well, only one way to find out./ "Kaio Ken times 23!" Goku grimaced slightly as the power flowed through him. /That's it, anything more and I'll began damaging my muscles.../
Goku launched in at Frieza once more and resumed his attack. However Frieza was now managing to dodge some of his attempts at attacks and block others. Frieza's increase in power had tipped the scale in his favor yet again. The difference wasn't enough to prevent Goku from landing several blows now and again, or from dodging or blocking a few as well.
"Damn, I was worried about this." Bardock said watching the battle. "Goku still has a chance but it's not as great as it was before."
"Daddy..." Gohan said worriedly.
Piccolo placed his hand on Gohan's head and messed up his hair a bit. "Don't worry about him kid. He's good at pulling victories out of thin air." he said with a smirk. Gohan felt a little better but he was still worried.
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King Kai's Planet:
"I wish there was something we could do!" Tien cried watching the battle through King Kai's senses.
"I know, I feel completely useless." a female voice said from behind them. They turned and were all quite shocked to see Hotaru floating there, Krillin just climbing down off her back. "So, they're still alive then?"
"For now." King Kai said sadly shaking his head. "But things are still dicey. Frieza's powered up even more since you two died and the only one close to his power is Goku. The thing is, I'm not sure it'll be enough. Frieza still hasn't reached his full power."
Appla smiled. "Don't worry so much. My son's a lot tougher than that."
Yamcha nodded in agreement. "Yeah, no one can beat Goku. I don't care who they are!"
King Kai wasn't so sure about that. He didn't doubt in Goku's abilities or determination, and when given the right motivation he could do just about anything. Still, sometimes things were just beyond anyone's control. Frieza was a monster, his power was almost unrivaled. Only King Cold, Frieza's father, could beat him in battle. He was just to strong for Goku. Maybe, before he'd powered up this far, Goku could have had a chance. But now... now he wasn't so sure.
"So how'd you get here so quick?" Yamcha asked Krillin and Hotaru. "It took us a couple weeks to get here."
King Kai turned to face him. "You're forgetting, they're a lot faster than you were then. Goku and Bardock would have gotten here faster if Goku had been as fast as his father. But since their speeds were so different Goku slowed them down. But Hotaru, she's fast enough to cover the distance in about an hour or so."
Hotaru smiled as she walked up beside Yamcha and put her hand on King Kai's back. "Forty-seven minutes actually." she said. "Thanks to the Kinryoku." Yamcha smiled at her as he slipped his arm around her waist.
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Planet Cold:
King Cold watched the monitor before him in growing interest and disgust. Unlike the Sai-jins who simply had power readings and computer composites of the battle on Namek he had video footage. After the data transmission from Planet Vegeta had begun his people had intercepted it and fed it to him upon his request. Then he'd ordered one of Frieza's surveillance satellites to the location. The system was equipped with the most advanced video monitoring systems, energy detection systems, and data composite systems in the galaxy. It was able to pick up every move of either combatant.
He'd expected to see his son take out the Sai-jins with ease, King Vegeta was supposed to be the only one with any real power. And yet, three Sai-jins had climbed out from under their rock and they were all powerful. The child had been quite the shock and he didn't like the implications. If the child held that kind of power at his age he would most likely surpass King Vegeta in time. It was even possible he could become stronger than Frieza. He was seriously beginning to dislike these Sai-jins.
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Planet Namek:
Goku and Frieza arced across the green Namekian sky landing blow after blow to each other, Goku receiving the worst of it. The spectators all felt completely helpless as the battle raged on. As a hard hit knocked Goku away from the battle Frieza took the chance to relax some as he glared at Goku.
The Sai-jin pulled himself to a stop some distance away and looked back at Frieza panting. He was getting tired, his body ached all over, and his power was beginning to drop noticeably. He reached up and placed a hand on his neck. With a quick nod and push he popped it. "Ah, that feels better." he smirked. As he watched Frieza he noticed a reflection in the water and glanced back. /One of the suns... Hey, that give me an idea!/ He turned back to Frieza and smiled.
"Oh, think this is funny do you?" Frieza asked. "Well you wont be smiling after I kill you."
"Oh really? Well I don't think you can kill me. You're to weak."
"What was that! Why you!" Frieza roared as he launched in at Goku.
The Sai-jin grinned wider as he placed his hands over his face. "Solar Flare!" Frieza's eyes went wide in shock and the blinding light of the Solar Flare nailed him full force.
The tyrant reached up and covered his eyes as the light faded. "Why you worthless monkey!" he cried. "That was a dirty trick! Just you wait until my vision clears!"
Goku laughed as he pulled his arms back and began to charge energy around each fist. He charged in at Frieza as he called out, "Let me show you an attack I learned from Bardock!" Only a few feet from Frieza he brought his arms forward and slammed his clenched fists together. The neon green and bright pink energies clashed and mixed in a brilliant flash and thunderous explosion that shook the entire planet. "Sonic Blast!" Frieza reflexively covered his ears as the shrill wail of the attack sounded. The stream of energy slammed into the tyrant's face and knocked him backward several hundred yards. Goku chased after him and took advantage of the situation with a series of quick and powerful attacks.
In a fit of rage Frieza threw his arms forward and blasted Goku in the face. The tyrant charged in and slammed his right fist into Goku's stomach hard doubling him over. He brought his left fist up in an uppercut that knocked him higher into the air. Then he spun and slammed his foot into Goku's chest sending him careening away. "This ends now Sai-jin!" he roared extending his right arm. He grabbed his wrist with his left hand to brace it. Rivulets of black, red, blue, and purple energy flowed to the center of his palm.
"I'm done with you all! It's time to send you into the afterlife!" The energies in front of his palm coalesced into an orb which quickly built in size. "Now you die! Death Wave!" The orb of energy erupted into a massive stream of orange energy that surged quickly toward Goku and enveloped him before he could react. Frieza continued to pour energy into the attack for several moments as those on the ground watched on in fear.
Finally Frieza let up on the attack and grinned expecting to see a nearly dead Goku. However, when the smoke cleared he looked pretty good considering. The top of his GI had been completely shredded as had his pants from his knees down. He slowly un-balled himself as he panted from exertion. He'd managed to erect a hasty KI barrier after the attack had reached him but it had taken a lot of energy to sustain it.
Frieza growled and launched in at Goku again. The Sai-jin was to worn to keep up with the tyrant and he pounded on him with little resistance. His final blow was an elbow to the top of Goku's head which knocked him into the water. Goku managed to stop before his head hit the bottom. He floated upside down in the water for a moment, holding his breath and trying to regain his strength. /It's no good... Bardock was right, there's only one way to stop Frieza./ He raised, or lowered depending upon your perspective, his arms above (or again, depending upon perspective, below) his head.
Slowly he turned and lifted toward the water's surface as he began to call upon the energy he needed. He mentally called forth to all the life upon the planet for help, for the energy he needed, and upon the three Suns of Namek. Slowly his hands broke forth from the water. Then his hair and head followed slowly by the rest of him. Frieza smiled down at him as he finally stopped a few inches above the water's surface.
Bardock watched his son for a moment and remembered what King Kai had taught them about the Spirit Bomb. "It draws upon the energies of any and all living things willing to give it over. However, it can only be formed by someone pure of heart for no living thing will yield it's energy willingly to those who are evil. The attack is powerful but can only be used as a defense." Bardock hadn't quite understood what he'd meant then but he thought he did now.
He and Piccolo would be needed to stall Frieza while Goku formed the attack so he turned to Gohan. "Kiddo, we need your help. Piccolo and I will stall Frieza while you give as much of your power as you can to the Spirit Bomb." Gohan nodded and raised his arms to offer up his energy.
Meanwhile Bardock flew over to Vegeta. Frieza watched him but didn't bother to do anything, he was positive he would win now. He just needed a little time to gather his energy again after that last round of attacks. He'd used up a good deal of power.
Vegeta glanced at Bardock as he landed. "What is it?" the prince asked hotly.
"My son is forming his strongest attack, it can defeat Frieza but he'll need time. Piccolo and I are going to attack Frieza, keep him busy. We could use your help my Prince."
Vegeta merely stared at him for a moment. /Father said Bardock was one of our most loyal soldiers.../ he thought looking at him. /But that dosen't explain their power, I don't get it./ He turned to look from Bardock toward Goku. Then he looked up into the sky and saw the small blue dot and his eyes snapped open in shock. He could feel it now, it wasn't that strong yet but it was growing quickly. It was also rather large. It had to be, it looked the size of a baseball but was several miles in the air. He nodded slowly, right now all that mattered was defeating Frieza.
Bardock signaled Piccolo and the three launched toward Frieza at full speed. The tyrant hadn't been expecting the assault and the three landed a joint attack to his face that knocked him back. None of them had the kind of power needed to actually hurt Frieza but they were still trying. However he dodged easily about their blows after a moment to recover.
As he dodged them he smirked. He was no longer annoyed by their attempts to fight him as he had been before. Now he was amused and having fun again. /They've finally realized they can't defeat me!/ he thought gleefully. /I'll let them try their hardest to hurt me for a little while then kill them all!/
He continued to dodge around their swings for several moments longer smirking all the while. "Blast you, hold still!" Vegeta cried. Frieza laughed as he dodged around his punch and then slammed his own fist into Vegeta's face knocking him far into the distance. Just as he regained control Vegeta heard Goku's voice call out.
Goku's eyes had been closed as the Spirit Bomb formed. He'd focused on comparing it's power to Frieza's. Suddenly his eyes snapped open. "It's ready! Everyone out of the WAY!" he cried bringing his arms down quickly. Bardock and Piccolo moved away from Frieza as the attack came down from the sky.
The tyrant looked toward Goku first then up into the sky as light bathed the area around him. "What, no way, that's impossible! How could he generate an attack with so much power! It's to large, I can't dodge it!" he cried thrusting his arms out to catch the attack. The Spirit Bomb slammed into his hands full force and began to push him down. His feet touched the ground and he looked down in shock. The attack forced his feet into the rock cracking it and pushing him deeper.
The energy of the attack began to tear up the rocks around him and form a large crater. "Noooooo! This can't beeeeee! You can't defeat me! Noooooooo!" Frieza's cries were drowned out by the swelling roar of the Spirit Bomb as it began to exploded. A moment later the entire area was bathed in a blinding light as the Spirit Bomb exploded. The wind created by the blast gushed passed them and blew Goku and Gohan off their feet. Bardock caught Goku while Piccolo caught Gohan.
They set their catches down a safe distance from the explosion and turned to look back. The light died down and the ocean began to fill the hole. The sky shimmered as the atmosphere began to stabilize after the force of the explosion. Vegeta touched down a few dozen yards away and crossed his arms as he watched Goku intently.
"Alright Goku!" Bardock cheered patting him on the back. "I can't believe it! You defeated Frieza! Frieza!" he grinned.
"Daddy!" Gohan cried running over and jumping on to him, wrapping his arms around his neck.
Piccolo smirked as well. "That was something else Goku." The worn and weary Sai-jin merely grinned stupidly at his friends and son.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Goku thrust his arms forward firing the massive Kamehameha wave at Frieza. The tyrant had finished his power up and thrust his arms out to catch the attack. Frieza pushed back against the attack building energy in his palms. With a roar of anger he fired a blast of energy into the Kamehameha and down it's length where it slammed into Goku and exploded knocking him down into the ground.
Goku pulled himself up out of the crater he'd formed and glanced up to were Frieza floated. /A times 20 isn't enough, but I can't use much more than that or I'll be helping him.../ He contemplated just how much more energy he could handle, he new it wasn't much. /Well, only one way to find out./ "Kaio Ken times 23!" Goku grimaced slightly as the power flowed through him. /That's it, anything more and I'll began damaging my muscles.../
Goku launched in at Frieza once more and resumed his attack. However Frieza was now managing to dodge some of his attempts at attacks and block others. Frieza's increase in power had tipped the scale in his favor yet again. The difference wasn't enough to prevent Goku from landing several blows now and again, or from dodging or blocking a few as well.
"Damn, I was worried about this." Bardock said watching the battle. "Goku still has a chance but it's not as great as it was before."
"Daddy..." Gohan said worriedly.
Piccolo placed his hand on Gohan's head and messed up his hair a bit. "Don't worry about him kid. He's good at pulling victories out of thin air." he said with a smirk. Gohan felt a little better but he was still worried.
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King Kai's Planet:
"I wish there was something we could do!" Tien cried watching the battle through King Kai's senses.
"I know, I feel completely useless." a female voice said from behind them. They turned and were all quite shocked to see Hotaru floating there, Krillin just climbing down off her back. "So, they're still alive then?"
"For now." King Kai said sadly shaking his head. "But things are still dicey. Frieza's powered up even more since you two died and the only one close to his power is Goku. The thing is, I'm not sure it'll be enough. Frieza still hasn't reached his full power."
Appla smiled. "Don't worry so much. My son's a lot tougher than that."
Yamcha nodded in agreement. "Yeah, no one can beat Goku. I don't care who they are!"
King Kai wasn't so sure about that. He didn't doubt in Goku's abilities or determination, and when given the right motivation he could do just about anything. Still, sometimes things were just beyond anyone's control. Frieza was a monster, his power was almost unrivaled. Only King Cold, Frieza's father, could beat him in battle. He was just to strong for Goku. Maybe, before he'd powered up this far, Goku could have had a chance. But now... now he wasn't so sure.
"So how'd you get here so quick?" Yamcha asked Krillin and Hotaru. "It took us a couple weeks to get here."
King Kai turned to face him. "You're forgetting, they're a lot faster than you were then. Goku and Bardock would have gotten here faster if Goku had been as fast as his father. But since their speeds were so different Goku slowed them down. But Hotaru, she's fast enough to cover the distance in about an hour or so."
Hotaru smiled as she walked up beside Yamcha and put her hand on King Kai's back. "Forty-seven minutes actually." she said. "Thanks to the Kinryoku." Yamcha smiled at her as he slipped his arm around her waist.
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Planet Cold:
King Cold watched the monitor before him in growing interest and disgust. Unlike the Sai-jins who simply had power readings and computer composites of the battle on Namek he had video footage. After the data transmission from Planet Vegeta had begun his people had intercepted it and fed it to him upon his request. Then he'd ordered one of Frieza's surveillance satellites to the location. The system was equipped with the most advanced video monitoring systems, energy detection systems, and data composite systems in the galaxy. It was able to pick up every move of either combatant.
He'd expected to see his son take out the Sai-jins with ease, King Vegeta was supposed to be the only one with any real power. And yet, three Sai-jins had climbed out from under their rock and they were all powerful. The child had been quite the shock and he didn't like the implications. If the child held that kind of power at his age he would most likely surpass King Vegeta in time. It was even possible he could become stronger than Frieza. He was seriously beginning to dislike these Sai-jins.
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Planet Namek:
Goku and Frieza arced across the green Namekian sky landing blow after blow to each other, Goku receiving the worst of it. The spectators all felt completely helpless as the battle raged on. As a hard hit knocked Goku away from the battle Frieza took the chance to relax some as he glared at Goku.
The Sai-jin pulled himself to a stop some distance away and looked back at Frieza panting. He was getting tired, his body ached all over, and his power was beginning to drop noticeably. He reached up and placed a hand on his neck. With a quick nod and push he popped it. "Ah, that feels better." he smirked. As he watched Frieza he noticed a reflection in the water and glanced back. /One of the suns... Hey, that give me an idea!/ He turned back to Frieza and smiled.
"Oh, think this is funny do you?" Frieza asked. "Well you wont be smiling after I kill you."
"Oh really? Well I don't think you can kill me. You're to weak."
"What was that! Why you!" Frieza roared as he launched in at Goku.
The Sai-jin grinned wider as he placed his hands over his face. "Solar Flare!" Frieza's eyes went wide in shock and the blinding light of the Solar Flare nailed him full force.
The tyrant reached up and covered his eyes as the light faded. "Why you worthless monkey!" he cried. "That was a dirty trick! Just you wait until my vision clears!"
Goku laughed as he pulled his arms back and began to charge energy around each fist. He charged in at Frieza as he called out, "Let me show you an attack I learned from Bardock!" Only a few feet from Frieza he brought his arms forward and slammed his clenched fists together. The neon green and bright pink energies clashed and mixed in a brilliant flash and thunderous explosion that shook the entire planet. "Sonic Blast!" Frieza reflexively covered his ears as the shrill wail of the attack sounded. The stream of energy slammed into the tyrant's face and knocked him backward several hundred yards. Goku chased after him and took advantage of the situation with a series of quick and powerful attacks.
In a fit of rage Frieza threw his arms forward and blasted Goku in the face. The tyrant charged in and slammed his right fist into Goku's stomach hard doubling him over. He brought his left fist up in an uppercut that knocked him higher into the air. Then he spun and slammed his foot into Goku's chest sending him careening away. "This ends now Sai-jin!" he roared extending his right arm. He grabbed his wrist with his left hand to brace it. Rivulets of black, red, blue, and purple energy flowed to the center of his palm.
"I'm done with you all! It's time to send you into the afterlife!" The energies in front of his palm coalesced into an orb which quickly built in size. "Now you die! Death Wave!" The orb of energy erupted into a massive stream of orange energy that surged quickly toward Goku and enveloped him before he could react. Frieza continued to pour energy into the attack for several moments as those on the ground watched on in fear.
Finally Frieza let up on the attack and grinned expecting to see a nearly dead Goku. However, when the smoke cleared he looked pretty good considering. The top of his GI had been completely shredded as had his pants from his knees down. He slowly un-balled himself as he panted from exertion. He'd managed to erect a hasty KI barrier after the attack had reached him but it had taken a lot of energy to sustain it.
Frieza growled and launched in at Goku again. The Sai-jin was to worn to keep up with the tyrant and he pounded on him with little resistance. His final blow was an elbow to the top of Goku's head which knocked him into the water. Goku managed to stop before his head hit the bottom. He floated upside down in the water for a moment, holding his breath and trying to regain his strength. /It's no good... Bardock was right, there's only one way to stop Frieza./ He raised, or lowered depending upon your perspective, his arms above (or again, depending upon perspective, below) his head.
Slowly he turned and lifted toward the water's surface as he began to call upon the energy he needed. He mentally called forth to all the life upon the planet for help, for the energy he needed, and upon the three Suns of Namek. Slowly his hands broke forth from the water. Then his hair and head followed slowly by the rest of him. Frieza smiled down at him as he finally stopped a few inches above the water's surface.
Bardock watched his son for a moment and remembered what King Kai had taught them about the Spirit Bomb. "It draws upon the energies of any and all living things willing to give it over. However, it can only be formed by someone pure of heart for no living thing will yield it's energy willingly to those who are evil. The attack is powerful but can only be used as a defense." Bardock hadn't quite understood what he'd meant then but he thought he did now.
He and Piccolo would be needed to stall Frieza while Goku formed the attack so he turned to Gohan. "Kiddo, we need your help. Piccolo and I will stall Frieza while you give as much of your power as you can to the Spirit Bomb." Gohan nodded and raised his arms to offer up his energy.
Meanwhile Bardock flew over to Vegeta. Frieza watched him but didn't bother to do anything, he was positive he would win now. He just needed a little time to gather his energy again after that last round of attacks. He'd used up a good deal of power.
Vegeta glanced at Bardock as he landed. "What is it?" the prince asked hotly.
"My son is forming his strongest attack, it can defeat Frieza but he'll need time. Piccolo and I are going to attack Frieza, keep him busy. We could use your help my Prince."
Vegeta merely stared at him for a moment. /Father said Bardock was one of our most loyal soldiers.../ he thought looking at him. /But that dosen't explain their power, I don't get it./ He turned to look from Bardock toward Goku. Then he looked up into the sky and saw the small blue dot and his eyes snapped open in shock. He could feel it now, it wasn't that strong yet but it was growing quickly. It was also rather large. It had to be, it looked the size of a baseball but was several miles in the air. He nodded slowly, right now all that mattered was defeating Frieza.
Bardock signaled Piccolo and the three launched toward Frieza at full speed. The tyrant hadn't been expecting the assault and the three landed a joint attack to his face that knocked him back. None of them had the kind of power needed to actually hurt Frieza but they were still trying. However he dodged easily about their blows after a moment to recover.
As he dodged them he smirked. He was no longer annoyed by their attempts to fight him as he had been before. Now he was amused and having fun again. /They've finally realized they can't defeat me!/ he thought gleefully. /I'll let them try their hardest to hurt me for a little while then kill them all!/
He continued to dodge around their swings for several moments longer smirking all the while. "Blast you, hold still!" Vegeta cried. Frieza laughed as he dodged around his punch and then slammed his own fist into Vegeta's face knocking him far into the distance. Just as he regained control Vegeta heard Goku's voice call out.
Goku's eyes had been closed as the Spirit Bomb formed. He'd focused on comparing it's power to Frieza's. Suddenly his eyes snapped open. "It's ready! Everyone out of the WAY!" he cried bringing his arms down quickly. Bardock and Piccolo moved away from Frieza as the attack came down from the sky.
The tyrant looked toward Goku first then up into the sky as light bathed the area around him. "What, no way, that's impossible! How could he generate an attack with so much power! It's to large, I can't dodge it!" he cried thrusting his arms out to catch the attack. The Spirit Bomb slammed into his hands full force and began to push him down. His feet touched the ground and he looked down in shock. The attack forced his feet into the rock cracking it and pushing him deeper.
The energy of the attack began to tear up the rocks around him and form a large crater. "Noooooo! This can't beeeeee! You can't defeat me! Noooooooo!" Frieza's cries were drowned out by the swelling roar of the Spirit Bomb as it began to exploded. A moment later the entire area was bathed in a blinding light as the Spirit Bomb exploded. The wind created by the blast gushed passed them and blew Goku and Gohan off their feet. Bardock caught Goku while Piccolo caught Gohan.
They set their catches down a safe distance from the explosion and turned to look back. The light died down and the ocean began to fill the hole. The sky shimmered as the atmosphere began to stabilize after the force of the explosion. Vegeta touched down a few dozen yards away and crossed his arms as he watched Goku intently.
"Alright Goku!" Bardock cheered patting him on the back. "I can't believe it! You defeated Frieza! Frieza!" he grinned.
"Daddy!" Gohan cried running over and jumping on to him, wrapping his arms around his neck.
Piccolo smirked as well. "That was something else Goku." The worn and weary Sai-jin merely grinned stupidly at his friends and son.
