AN- First and foremost, Moonraker One played beta for me on this chapter. Many thanks!
Vegeta snorted as he dropped into his fighting stance. Look at this clown. He thinks that just because he reached my level of power he is superior! Even his stance is feeble! "Sixty times gravity, Kakkarot. Think you can handle it?"
Goku stretched out his legs and smiled. "I think I'll be okay. Are you?"
Vegeta growled. I am a Saiyan prince! I've fought many opponents… entire worlds! And yet this fool has the gall to question whether or not I will be okay! "You may have reached my level of strength, but don't get cocky! I have destroyed planets, and I have the killer instinct. Your skill can't compare to mine!"
Vegeta dashed forward, swinging down his fists in a double axe handle smash. Goku rolled to the side and threw a small energy attack. His opponent smirked as he smacked it back, sending the light attack back into the sender's face. The prince used the distraction to snap kick Goku in the jaw. Earth's hero smashed into the wall, making a dent. Vegeta charged up ki into his fist and brought it into Goku's stomach before he could do anything.
He grinned, noting his opening advantage in spite of his fellow Saiyan's earlier confidence. "You see, Kakkarot? You don't have the ability to beat me, equal strength or not!"
Goku unleashed a wave of ki from his entire body, thrusting Vegeta back a bit. He sped out of his hole and threw out several fast punches, each of which Vegeta easily dodged. He countered with a backhand into Goku's face.
Vegeta laughed. "You may be strong, but I am much faster! You won't be worth anything against Frieza's men if you are that slow!"
Goku's face became serious and Vegeta felt his ki rise a bit. Wow, he wasn't kidding about his skill… I have to go all out! They exchanged several punches at hyper speed, none of which hit their mark. Goku's ki spiked, throwing Vegeta off guard as he cut through and landed a punch directly on his face. The Sayian prince fell back more from shock than pain.
"He... he hit me?... but how?.." He felt his anger rising. "Enough!" He threw both of his hands back and charged a ball of energy that was writhing erratically in his hands.
"Galick-ho!" the purple beam shot forward, violently catching Goku in the chest and sending him flying.
Right before he crashed into the ground, Goku spun around in midair and landed on his feet. Looks like I have no choice… "Do you mind if I take off some of my clothes?"
Vegeta raised an eyebrow. Is he serious? "Are you that weak that even your clothes are too heavy? Well, if it makes you feel any better, fine."
"Thanks." Goku smiled as he began to remove his undershirt. Vegeta gave him an odd look. Is he actually struggling with that shirt? Goku's face contorted with effort as he got the clothing over his head. As the shirt came off, it smashed into the ground, causing a dent. Vegeta's eyes opened wide in shock.
"What the...?"
Goku grinned. "Those clothes were weighing me down. Now I'm much faster!"
"How heavy was that shirt, Kakkarot?" His face betrayed the sense of surprise running through the Prince's head.
Goku rubbed his shoulder as he stretched out his arms. "Oh, about 100 pounds."
Vegeta's jaw dropped. We're in sixty times gravity!... he managed to hit me while wearing six thousand pounds!
Goku began bouncing back and forth, his playful grin returning to his face. "Oh yeah! That's much better! You ready for another round?"
There was a pained silence for several seconds. Finally Vegeta shook his head. "We're almost at Namek. We need to be fresh."
Goku nodded with a barely concealed smile. "Sure we do."
A small energy blast hit the wall right next to his head. Vegeta growled and walked out of the room. Once he was sure Vegeta was out of earshot, he began hysterically laughing to himself.
The Sayian spaceship landed on the planet, and Krillin jumped out as the hatch opened. The planet before them was almost entirely green, with an abundance of plant life, grassy hills and plains, and even a green sky. The only thing that seemed to be missing was wildlife. It was a very welcome change for the monk.
"Finally! No more spaceships! Fresh air!" Sayians weren't known for their rosy scents. It felt nice to smell something other than sweat for a change.
Vegeta stepped out of the ship and sighed. "Fool! Stop messing around! Frieza and his men are already here!"
Krillin stopped mid-jump, hovering in the air. "Really?" he closed his eyes and concentrated. His eyes shot open. "Holy crap! There's some strong guys on this planet!" his eyes shut again and he felt out the enemy. "V…Vegeta?"
"What?"
Krillin's voice wavered. "One of them is… it's different. It's strong enough on it's own, but I can feel something else…. Something… I dunno. Kind of like, inside it. Like it's a mask, and there's something worse further down…."
Vegeta nodded, his face grim. "It's Frieza. There's rumors among his top men that he has the ability to transform, and that his power is even more horrible than before."
Krillin slowly dropped to the floor, as did his mood. "But…. His power is already too much…. You mean there's more?…."
"Hence why we need to avoid him at all costs. We need to get rid of his men and secure the dragonballs first." Vegeta turned to Nappa. "We need to tell which power is which." He pointed towards the right. "There is a large power that way. Who is it?"
Nappa consulted his scouter. "20,000. That's Kyui."
"And to the left?"
"22,000. Gotta be Dodoria."
Vegeta turned around. "There's another one behind us."
"24,000. Isn't that Zarbon's level?"
Vegeta nodded. "If we play our cards right, we may be able to pull this off before Frieza knows what happened. Kakkarot, I want you to..."
Vegeta stopped. They all stopped. Each of them felt hundreds of smaller ki readings die out to their left. The feeling left a slight nausea in their hearts. Everyone's faces drained, except for Vegeta. He simply sighed. "It's begun. We may be too late. He might have the dragonballs already."
Nappa looked at them all in confusion. "What's wrong? What's going on?"
Yamcha shook his head, sweat forming on his brow. "They're being slaughtered..." And we're next... we're gonna be killed! Yamcha tried to shake off the panic attack, but his fear of death was overwhelming him.
The brutal slaughter that had been claiming so many innocent lives kept so much of the warrior's attentions, none of them noticed Piccolo's rage boiling over. I may not have been born here, but these are my people! I'll kill these bastards! His ki spiked as he shot off into the air, heading towards the site of the carnage.
"You fool!" Vegeta growled. "That damn Namek is going to ruin everything!"
Raditz shook his head. "What's done is done. What should we do?"
"We'll have to leave that idiot to his own devices. Hopefully he will defeat Dodoria. Nappa, take Raditz and try to ambush Kyui. Kakkarot, you and I will take out Zarbon as quietly as possible. We need to work quickly, and hope Frieza doesn't notice until it's too late."
Tien cleared his throat. "And what about us?" Is he purposely ignoring us? I can't wait to prove this arrogant bastard wrong…
Vegeta snorted. "Like I would trust a non-Sayian to fight? You and the other two dogs can try to capture one or two of the dragonballs. Frieza can't become immortal if he doesn't have all seven, correct?"
Yamcha nodded. The longer we stay out of the battle, the better. We are in way over our heads. "Come on, guys." He went to take off, and then stopped. "Hey, how are we supposed to find dragonballs without a radar?"
Raditz pulled out a scouter and threw it to him. "The dragonballs give off a strange energy signal. You can pick it up with this."
Yamcha put on the scouter and grinned. "Awesome! Stay safe, everyone!"
Krillin, Yamcha and Tien flew off in search of the dragonballs. Tien still wasn't happy about playing fetch for the Sayians, but he kept his cool. After all, we may as well let the Sayians deal with their own problems…
Vegeta turned to Nappa with a scowl. "You two know what to do. Now get moving!"
Nappa and Raditz nodded silently and took off after Kyui. Vegeta wordlessly turned around, his power building and wrapping around him. He let the energy pick him up, sending up dust in Goku's face. He blasted off, leaving Goku coughing.
"Hey, Vegeta! Wait up!"
Goku's ki flared up as he flew off, trying to catch up with the Sayian prince. These opponents feel so strong… I'm a little nervous, but I also feel excited! I wonder what this Frieza looks like?…
AN- I just want to take a minute to thank everyone. We've flew past the 100th review mark, and while that may seem trival to some, I am extremely grateful. Of my two other stories, one isn't getting many reviews (street fighter) and the other... man, I don't even want to get into the other. It's a Super Smash Bros fic, and geez, I don't understand why people take it so seriously. I'm writing nothing more than a silly little tournament, in which even I'm not taking it seriously, and I'm getting cursed out in reviews, and death threats. Like, literaly. One guy threatened to choke me out with his bare hands, except he didn't want to actually have to touch me. If you want some funny reading, go to "The Ultimate battle" and look at how violently religious people are about the game. scary. But so, you understand why I am so happy to be well recieved with this fic now. So I figured I would take the time to respond to some of the comments that have been left by you fine readers.
First things first, the most common comment I get is "Can we have multiple super sayians against Frieza. ... no. Sorry. Frieza will have a hard enough time dealing with the one super sayian I throw at him.
Marih Dimtri, about King Kai, don't worry. He will be in the story, just maybe later than in the manga.
Lord Deestroyer, I have no qualms about your pairing idea, and while JOHN is uneccesarily harsh and vulgar, he has a point. If you can come up with a feasable way for them to be paired, by all means, leave it in a review, and it shall be done.
Toby, do not worry. Although it may seem thta I'm being harsh to Yamcha power level wise, he is one of my top four favorite characters, and he will not be bitched out. You saw my reasoning for making Krillin stronger, (if you didn't re-read the prolouge to this story). But as I said, don't worry. Yamcha will not fall out of the fighting world like he did in the manga. I have the utmost respect for Krillin, Tien and Yamcha.
And that's about it. Stay tuned, everyone! The Namek saga begins next time on Dragonball Z.
