A/N: A few plot twists to be revealed in this chapter, which of course, will give you new questions. :) Also of note, if you've ever played Dark Rift (fighting game for the N64) think of Morphix when Razor and Azura 'change'. If you've never heard of it, or him, then just read and hopefully my description will make sense :/ Enjoy!

Chapter Thirty-nine - Evacuation

The soft click of her feet across the metal floor of the ship was drowned out by the roar of the battle outside. Frieza had achieved his full power and was once again clashing with Goku. Azura had other matters to attend to however, ever since Frieza's ship had landed upon Namek she'd felt a presence that demanded her attention. As the Guardian of Namek rounded another corner within Frieza's saucer ship she came face to face with several dozen of his soldiers.

"Hold it right there!" one of them called.

"Out my way, my business isn't with you." she replied evenly as she continued to walk forward.

"Open fire!" the same man ordered. The soldiers all grinned as they began to fire KI blasts down the length of the hall at the woman before them. Azura simply continued on her path down the hall through the barrage of energy. Many of the blasts simply missed her all together but those that hit seemed to do nothing. "What the hell!" the soldier cried.

They stopped firing and took a few steps back in fear. The soldiers parted as she walked passed them and continued on down the hall. After going passed several doors she finally stopped. The door to her right slid open and she stepped into the room. The room was almost completely empty. Only two things were to be found inside. A bed and a person with dark green hair.

"Razor... so, it was you I sensed."

The man turned and looked at her, his dark gray eyes seemed to sparkle at the sight of her. "Azura. I'd heard you'd become guardian of this world. It's been a long time."

"Not long enough. I can't believe the council agreed to release you after everything you did."

"Come now Azura, you're still holding a grudge after all these millennia?"

"You tried to take over the universe and you killed my father! Of course I still hold a grudge!"

"And you would rather sit back and do absolutely nothing when the entire universe could be yours? It's people like Frieza and his father who do and forever will have true power. Not you're pathetic Nameks or anyone else like them. Zildar, Sanil, and Slug understood this..."

"No, you corrupted them just as you did Yadish!" she said with an edge.

Razor shook his head. "Well, I have no interest in returning to Anzikar so you needn't worry about my direct 'interference' anymore. I've been playing by the rules, just like you. Guidance, not interference. Isn't that the motto?"

"My father should have just killed you when he crashed on Planet Vegeta..."

At that Razor smiled broadly. "Ah, the Sai-jins. I was tempted to go to them at first but King Vegeta is far to soft and his son isn't much better. Yadish was a true visionary. I'll be glad once these new weak Sai-jins are dead..." He turned to look out a window and sighed. "It's strange though... I'd thought twice today that my vision had come to pass but the child wore the wrong colors and this one's got the wrong hair..." Azura was now at a lose as to what Razor was talking about but he continued anyway. "Still, something big is coming and I intend to be there." He turned to face Azura again. "I will find a warrior out there worthy of my power, knowledge, and aid. Someone to conquer the universe for me. Just you wait and see Azura, one of these days I will be the one in charge."

Azura shook her head. "No, you wont, because you wont be leaving the Planet." She took on a determined look and there was a flash of deep blue light about her. When the light faded it revealed a being comprised of nothing but dark blue energy that swirled and pulsed. At her center, about where the heart would be, floated a dark blue orb of energy from which the rest of her seemed to be coming from.

"Very well Azura, if we must." Razor replied. Pink light flashed about him as well and he became a pink energy being. "Come, let's end this between us."

"It would be my pleasure!" she cried. Suddenly both of them vanished.

******

As Goku deflected several of Frieza's KI blasts into the distance he felt two odd KI's flare up near-by but almost instantly they vanished completely from his senses. Goku pushed them from his mind and returned to the battle. He launched in at Frieza and slammed his fist across the tyrant's jaw.

"Damn you Sai-jin! I will destroy you!"

Goku said nothing but resumed his attack. The two powerful titans clashed again in the skies above Namek. Despite having attained his full power Frieza was still having trouble even landing a blow on Goku. Meanwhile Goku was pounding on him. After a moment Frieza managed to land a solid blow that knocked Goku higher into the sky. He thrust one arm up into the sky and formed a black and red ball of KI at the tip of his outstretched finger. "That's it you rotten monkey, it's time to die! I'll take out this entire planet! Sai-jins may be able to survive in space for a little while but I can survive indefinitely! Say good by to Namek!"

He thrust his arm down and the KI ball sped toward the planet. "NO!" Goku cried as the attack surged down. /I can't stop it!/ ~Bardock, can you hear me?~

~What is it Goku?~

~Frieza just sent an attack at the planet, it's going to blow, get off world now!~

~But what about you?~

~Hotaru's ship is here somewhere, so is Vegeta's and Frieza's. I'll get off, now go!~

~Just make sure you do get away.~ he replied solemnly.

~I will.~

As the attack bored down into the planet there was a thunderous crack and a massive gusher of magma surged into the air nearly a hundred feet tall. Frieza smiled. "The core of this planet is now unstable. With a planet of this size it shouldn't take more than fifteen to twenty minutes. Then it'll stop spinning completely and the atmosphere will drift into space after which the planet will began to pull apart. Within an hour it will be nothing but space rocks."

"That's okay. Gives me more than enough to time to finish you."

"Why you!" Frieza lunged in at him but the Sai-jin ducked under a tail swipe and came back with an uppercut that knocked Frieza for a loop. With a roar the changeling thrust his arms out to his sides. Sparks of purple came from each palm for a second before each formed into a spinning disk. "Take this monkey!" he cried thrusting his arms forward.

Goku flipped over the first and dodged around the second. Frieza smirked and moved his arms. Goku's eyes widened and he turned to look. The two disks were coming back his way again. He dodged them again and again Frieza redirected them. Goku bolted toward the ground and the disks chased after him. A few feet above the ground he turned sharply and zoomed along the ground.

As he flew he could feel an electromagnetic build up starting in the air. The planet was beginning to slow. He turned to the right sharply and then turned up so that he was angled toward Frieza. As clouds began to form in the sky and an electromagnetic storm began Frieza called out, "I'm not stupid Sai-jin, you can't hit me with my own attack!"

Goku reached Frieza and turned up, the attacks followed him. /I need to come up with something... that's it!/ Goku dove back down and started toward Frieza again. The tyrant smirked as he neared but this time Goku moved his hands to his sides and a blue orb of energy formed in his palms. "Kamehameha!" he cried thrusting his arms forward. The attack held a good deal of power but not enough to actually hurt Frieza. However, he reached out to deflect the attack. Goku reached him and slammed his elbow into his face.

******

Unknown location:

Two lights streaked through a black void of nothing, one a deep blue, the other pink. The two reached each other and swung their fists with all their might. They connected with each others face with a resounding crack that somehow echoed in the empty space around them.

"I've been waiting for this!" Azura cried, her voice reverberating in the empty space.

"To bad you wont live to enjoy it!" Razor moved his hand from her face and spun around to slam his foot across the side of her head. The blow spun her around but as she spun she lashed out with her own foot and smacked it into his side. The two pulled back for a second then lunged in at each other again. The void was alight with flashes of various colors and thunderous explosions as they traded blow for blow.

She launched a hard left at his face which he caught with his left. He threw a right hook at her which she caught with her right hand. The two grasped each others hands tightly as they struggled against the other. Razor pulled his head back and launched it forward slamming it into hers hard and knocking her away.

Razor thrust his arms out to his sides and threw his head back in a scream as he clutched his hands into fists. His body flashed and a pink aura flared to life and grew to a size even larger than the Earth. Azura shielded herself from the rush of energy as he continued to power up. /I hadn't realized how much power he'd gained!/ With a roar and a flash of energy his power up finished. His appearance had changed little, the energy that comprised seemed more active and thick, but that was it. However his power had increased over a hundred fold. /Right then, guess I'll need to power up as well, and end this!/

"Impressive Razor, but I don't feel like taking forever!" she cried bracing herself. Razor smirked at her, sure of his own superiority. Her body flashed several times before her blue aura flared to life her power began to build. Like Razor her aura flared out to a massive size.

After a few seconds Razor gasped in shock. "There's no way!"

There was a loud crack and blinding flash as Azura finished her power up. Now, instead of there being areas were you could seemingly see through her body she was solid pulsing energy. "I spent the last two millennia training with the Council Razor... I'm far stronger than you and this ends now!" She launched in suddenly and crossed the massive distance between them in a matter of seconds. Lashing out with a hard right she slammed her fist into his stomach doubling him over then turned behind him and held her arm outstretched.

He turned and stared at her open palm in shock. Blue light sparked around her hand as a KI ball formed between her palm and his face. "Good riddance." she said as she fired. The ball of KI exploded into a massive KI beam that completely engulfed Razor. His screams rang out for only a few seconds as she felt the energy beam rip his body apart. And then came the massive explosion of blinding pink energy as his core was shattered.

Azura relaxed and her body shifted back to the blue haired form that was Guardian of Namek. /Father... I finally got my revenge but... it dosen't feel like I'd expected./ she thought closing her eyes. Through her eyelids she saw a spark of light, opening them she found a dark purple energy being 'standing' before her in the void. "Elder Grivor..."

The purple energy person raised his right hand for silence. "It's okay my child. You see now the final lesson we've been trying to teach you." She nodded slowly. "Then your training is complete now."

"But... I just..."

Grivor shook his head. "No, Razor could have simply left. He fought you of his own accord. If things had been reversed, if he had been the stronger, he would have killed you without a second thought. I suggest you return to Namek quickly."

Azura nodded as she looked around at the sparkles of pink that still floated in the void. "Thank-you..." she said before fading out of the void. A second later she was inside Frieza's ship again. As soon as she appeared she felt several different energies hit her senses, ones that weren't from the battle. "Oh no, the planet!" /I let my own feelings interfere with my job.../ She closed her eyes and searched out possibilities. She'd seen that this could happen and had established a few contingency plans.

As her mind searched she found her answer and smiled. /Guru, you were one smart man./ She focused her mind to patch into her Earth counterpart. ~Kami, can you hear me?~

~Who...~

~I am Azura, Guardian of Planet Namek. Frieza has destabilized the core, the planet wont last much longer than fifteen minutes. However, everyone's still on the planet.~

~Oh my. There's not enough time to evacuate everyone. Do you want to use our Dragonballs?~

~Yes, but not in the way you think. I have another plan...~

******

"A Sai-jin does not run!" Vegeta yelled. "If Kakkarotto fails then it will be up to me to stop Frieza!"

Bulma glared at him. "Look outside Vegeta, the world is ripping apart!" she cried as she sat in the control seat. "Like it or not we are leaving! I know Goku, he'll win. He's never lost when it's really counted!"

"Like you could even fly this..." Vegeta stopped as he was knocked off his feet by the sudden launch of the ship. "What the hell!"

"I AM a genius Vegeta!" she said grinning.

The Sai-jin prince merely glared at her as they left Namek's atmosphere.

******

Earth, Kami's Lookout:

Kami looked to the Dragonballs gathered atop the lookout with him and Popo. After he'd been restored with Piccolo he'd sent Popo out to track down the Dragonballs incase they were needed. That was one of the pluses with him having been dead, the Dragonballs had regained their power early.

At first he'd not understood why Azura had made the wish request she had but then she'd explained things a bit further. Now it was clear to him and he quite agreed with her take on things. With a nod to Popo the short man summoned the dragon.

It only took a few moments for Shenron to appear before them. "You who have summoned me to this plane, what is your wish?"

Kami turned his head up to look at the Dragon. "I wish for everyone killed by Frieza to be restored to this plane of existence."

******

King Kai's planet:

"Oh my, seems Namek's Guardian has come up with her own plan guys." King Kai said.

Then, suddenly, Hotaru's halo vanished. Looking up she smiled. "I didn't stay dead very long, but that's fine by me..." She looked toward the others. It took a moment longer and then Yamcha's halo faded followed by Tien's and then Appla's. "I don't get it... Why'd we revive though? Not that I I'm not grateful..."

"Zarbon worked for Frieza. After Kui and Kuwa failed Frieza sent Zarbon to Earth to fight you himself. Cause and Effect. Of course, I wasn't sure it would work but it did."

"Alright!" Yamcha cheered pumping his fist into the air. Then he saw Krillin. "Ah, sorry bud..."

"Don't worry about it..." Krillin sighed. "I guess everyone has to die eventually." He looked them over for a moment, they all looked rather down now. "Hey, no being sad guys. Besides, I'm going to train with King Kai. You guys better keep training because the next time I see you I'm gonna kick your butts."

Appla grinned. "You can try baldy."

"Oh, I will. Now get going." He said shooing them away. The four lifted into the air and gave Krillin one last glance before flying off for the check-in station and a return to life.

******

Namek:

~Dende. Dende, can you hear me?~

~A... Azura? Are you dead too?~

She laughed softly in her mind. ~No, and neither are you. You were revived by the Earth Dragon. I have something for you to do.~

~Me? What can I do?~

~Guru gave you the power to create Dragonballs Dende. It's still fledgling and undeveloped so you can't make a set yet but you can empower the existing Dragonballs long enough to grant the final wish. You've probably noticed what's happening around you, Frieza has begun the destruction of the planet...~

~No! Our home...~

~I know how you feel, but right now we have to worry about the population. You need to get to the Dragonballs and restore them. Then make the last wish, send everyone on Namek, except Frieza, to the Star Gazer base on Planet Earth.~

~Um... I have a change to that.~ Goku's voice echoed in their minds. ~Leave me here too.~

~Goku, are you sure?~ Azura asked.

~I have to stop Frieza here, otherwise he'll just follow us to Earth.~

~Alright. You heard him Dende. Have the Dragon send everyone but Goku and Frieza to Earth.~

~Okay, but how do I restore the Dragon?~

~I'll walk you through it once you get to the Dragonballs.~

~Azura...~ Goku began again.

~Yes?~

~Thank-you.~ Azura smiled and nodded lightly even though he couldn't see her.

******

Bardock paced from one end of the ship to the other. "That isn't going to help." Piccolo said gruffly from where he sat.

"I know that!" Bardock replied frustrated. "But I feel useless! I've come so far in just over a year and yet... I can't do anything." Piccolo glanced at him and he relaxed some. "I know..." Bardock turned to look at Gohan and gasped as he saw his wound suddenly heal. "What the..."

Piccolo grinned. "Kami... you sly devil. They made a wish."

Gohan sat up and looked around him. "Where... where am I?"

"Our ship." Bardock replied kneeling down beside him. "We came here while Goku fights Frieza."

"What! All by himself!"

Bardock grinned. "Don't worry about him, he's unstoppable now. He's become a Super Sai-jin!"

******

Goku slammed his foot into Frieza's stomach knocking the tyrant into the ground hard. His conversation with Azura had lasted only a moment, during the time he'd been firing the Kamehameha at Frieza. Now he was focused on the battle again. His anger had died a bit now, he knew Gohan was alive again. But Krillin was still dead, there was no way to undo that. No, Frieza still had a lot to pay for and there were a lot of people depending on him to win the fight.

/Once Dende gets everyone off the planet I can max out, I don't want to risk destroying Namek quicker with them still here.../ He thought. Quickly he brought his arms up to block a punch to his face but Frieza stopped it at the last second and instead kneed him in the stomach. He quickly brought his hands down in a double axe across Goku's back knocking him into the ground this time.

Goku lunged back into the air and the two began to trade quick blows with each other as they arced across the sky. "You can't win Frieza!" Goku cried landing a hard kick to the back of his head. "You can't destroy what I am!"

"You are nothing but a Sai-jin, a dirty worthless monkey!" Frieza shouted slamming his foot into Goku's chest. "No one but my father is stronger than I am!"

******

Dende looked to his right as the dark sky went a blaze with gold and red flashes of light. He could feel the enormous powers of the two warring titans as they fought over the fate of the Namek people. Returning his attention to the ground before him he spotted the location where the Dragonballs sat, nothing but worthless stones at the moment. Dende landed quickly and stood before the stones. ~Alright, I'm here Azura. Now what?~

~Your healing powers. Stand over the Dragonballs and tap into your healing powers. As the energy flows into the Dragonballs you'll sense a pull of sorts, a resonance with in the balls themselves. You need to adjust your energy to match it.~

~I'll try.~ Dende reached out and the gold light began to flow from his palms and into the Dragonballs. It took only a few seconds for him to notice the odd sensation of his own healing powers being deflected back at him. Focusing with all his might he began to shift his energy to match what he felt. The young Namek had never done anything as draining as this before, consciously altering his energy patterns took great and extended effort but after a moment he succeeded.

He took a stop back in shock, surprised he'd managed to actually do it, as the stones before him began to glow orange. Slowly they shifted into the orange orbs they were meant to be and a moment later energy exploded forth and surged into the sky. Parunga had returned.

"Parunga! One wish still remains, right!?"

"Yes, you have one wish left."

Dende smiled. This would work! "Then here's my wish! Send everyone on the planet except for Goku and Frieza to the Star Gazer base on the Planet Earth!"

Parunga's eyes began to glow a bright red as his body extend and his muscles flexed. "It shall be done but... this will take a moment." Dende nodded. He stood watching expectantly as the Dragon did it's magic. And then, suddenly, he wasn't standing on Namek anymore. He looked around him in awe as he saw Namek's appearing left and right. "It worked!"

******

Back on Namek:

Goku smiled as he felt the last energy signature vanish. "We're alone Frieza. Just you and me."

"What? What are you talking about!"

Goku nodded his head to his forward just slightly. "Behind you."

Frieza turned and saw the large Dragon looming in the distance, just barely over the horizon. And then, in a flash of light, it vanished. A stream of orange slid over their heads and then suddenly arced up into space. "The Dragon! But... you!" he cried turning to look at Goku again. "You did this somehow!"

"Yep." he said grinning. "And now I can show you my full power!"

"What!?" Frieza cried, and then he smirked. "You almost had me fooled. You aren't holding back anything..."

Goku threw his head and arms back, his fists clenching shut, as his aura flared to life. His roar echoed across the empty planet as his power built higher and higher. He'd been at his full power after he'd first transformed but he'd lowered it because he hadn't been sure if he could control it all. Now that he'd gotten used to this new form he was more sure of his control over his power.